●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 30, 2026 ●● ● Aug 30 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-290826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-290826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-290826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-290826.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, August 29, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-290826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-290826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-290826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-290826.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, August 29, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-08-29.txt ● Aug 30 [03:09] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 29, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_August_29_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_August_29_2026.gmi [03:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 29, 2026 [03:10] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:11] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:16] TR News "Zamenhof believed that the root of this violence was the mistrust borne of misunderstanding between the communities. Each community had its own language which provided a barrier to mutual comprehension. His conclusion was that a common, neutral language was needed to bridge this divide." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-29-esperanto [03:16] TR News darling town gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/darling_town [03:18] TR News am i finally close to the finality of this ultrahollowing? can i ever be myself again..? gemini://voidrane.smol.pub/1788051218 [03:22] TR News Austin game developers push for union contract amid Microsofts Xbox layoffs https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-game-developers-push-for-union-contract-amid-microsofts-xbox-layoffs/ [03:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-game-developers-push-for-union-contract-amid-microsofts-xbox-layoffs/ ) [03:23] TR News Austin game developers push for union contract amid Microsoft's Xbox layoffs https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/austin-game-developers-push-union-035209630.html [03:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.yahoo.com | Austin game developers push for union contract amid Microsoft's Xbox layoffs [03:25] *kolie2 (~not_kolie@z5m5x484fjn5y.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [03:25] TR News Germany plans to blame Russia for Leipzig attack as tensions with Putin escalate https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-berlin-sanctions-russia-vladimir-putin-leipzig-attach-ascalate/ [03:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.politico.eu | Germany plans to blame Russia for Leipzig attack as tensions with Putin escalate POLITICO [03:27] TR News Ukraine sanctions Russian cartoon https://www.dw.com/en/masha-and-the-bear-ukraine-sanctions-russian-cartoon/a-78464406 [03:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | 'Masha and the Bear': Ukraine sanctions Russian cartoon [03:29] TR News Russian-Speaking Hackers https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cybercriminals-exploit-ai-agent-ransomware-attacks-1816740 [03:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Russian-Speaking Hackers Told Cursor AI It Was a 'Test,' Then Used It To Attack Seven Companies | IBTimes UK [03:31] TR News Perseids https://xkcd.com/3287/ [03:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Perseids [03:31] TR News Archery Feat https://xkcd.com/3288/ [03:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Archery Feat [03:32] TR News Copyrightability of LLM-generated code: Can we license vibe code into Free Software? https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260825-01.en.html 'FSFE' is funded by Google and Microsoft, so can it speak about this honestly? [03:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fsfe.org | Copyrightability of LLM-generated code: Can we license vibe code into Free Software? - FSFE [03:32] TR News Highway Signs https://xkcd.com/3289/ [03:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Highway Signs [03:32] TR News Trade https://xkcd.com/3290/ [03:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Trade [03:34] TR News At least 37 dead and hundreds evacuated after strike on Kyiv weapons depot https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86xwqez4npo [03:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.com | At least 37 dead and hundreds evacuated after strike on Kyiv weapons depot [03:34] TR News Russian strike on a munitions depot triggers deadly blasts near Kyiv https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/29/29-08-sv-russia-strikes-arms-depot-kyiv-fm [03:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aljazeera.com | Russian strike on a munitions depot triggers deadly blasts near Kyiv | Russia-Ukraine war | Al Jazeera [03:35] TR News Russian strike on a Ukrainian warehouse kills 37 in the wars deadliest attack this year https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-bucha-kyiv-4be42e27897bf45797a0cf3758be5eaf [03:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-apnews.com | Russian attack hits a warehouse near Kyiv, causing homes to burn and killing at least 37 | AP News [03:37] TR News Estonias spy chief: Russia is in a very bad place revolution could come overnight https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/29/kaupo-rosin-interview-russia-bad-place-revolution/ [03:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 402 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/29/kaupo-rosin-interview-russia-bad-place-revolution/ ) [03:38] TR News Russia shows terrifying map of England 'attack locations' as Moscow politician issues new warning https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/world-news/russia-shows-terrifying-map-england-34539638 [03:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Russia shows terrifying map of England 'attack locations' as Moscow politician issues new warning - Manchester Evening News [03:39] TR News Armbian release 26.8 https://blog.armbian.com/armbian-release-26-8/ [03:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.armbian.com | Armbian release 26.8 ● Aug 30 [04:22] TR News The Escalations None of Us Wanted https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/the-escalations-none-of-us-wanted/ [04:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive The Escalations None of Us Wanted [04:24] TR News "Most managers at IBM are useless POS. The higher they get, the slimier they are." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m151x7rv [04:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m151x7rv ) [04:24] TR News "Theyre usually protected at that level. At least in Albany, there were so many people who honestly deserved to be held accountable for repeatedly missing milestones and outright failing, yet instead of facing consequences, they were simply moved around." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m151x7rv [04:24] TR News "Meanwhile, their subordinates were left to pay the priceworking their as--s off trying to somehow deliver on the unrealistic goals set by second-line leadership." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m151x7rv [04:25] TR News "They are basically untouchable in Albany. How many projects have failed and then just quietly disappeared? 7nm was a catastrophic dumpster fire that contributed to ~1,000 layoffs at GlobalFoundries, yet somehow people here in IBM Albany received huge awards, even CEO Awards, for it." [04:27] TR News Some locations of IBM secret layoffs named today in https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m14edr6b [04:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m14edr6b ) [04:39] TR News Further Thoughts on Russia https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/further-thoughts-on-russia/ [04:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Further Thoughts on Russia [04:56] TR News Techrights Criminals Don't Obey Laws, California Does Not Enhance Online Safety https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Criminals_Don_t_Obey_Laws_California_Does_Not_Enhance_Online_Sa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Criminals_Don_t_Obey_Laws_California_Does_Not_Enhance_Online_Sa.gmi [04:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Criminals Don't Obey Laws, California Does Not Enhance Online Safety ● Aug 30 [05:21] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 166 Out of 200: Garrett Wasn't Found Innocent Per Se, the Court Wanted More Evidence of Who Was Behind Particular Accounts Using Tor https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_166_Out_of_200_Garrett_Wasn_t_Found_Innoc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_166_Out_of_200_Garrett_Wasn_t_Found_Innoc.gmi [05:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 166 Out of 200: Garrett Wasn't Found Innocent Per Se, the Court Wanted More Evidence of Who Was Behind Particular Accounts Using Tor [05:30] TR News https://stallman.org/ seems to be down [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Failed to connect to stallman.org port 443 after 705 ms: Could not connect to server ( status 0 @ https://stallman.org/ ) [05:34] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Has Become More Mainstream in the United Kingdom https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/GNU_Linux_Has_Become_More_Mainstream_in_the_United_Kingdom.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/GNU_Linux_Has_Become_More_Mainstream_in_the_United_Kingdom.gmi [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Has Become More Mainstream in the United Kingdom [05:43] TR News Techrights FSF Has Grown (More Staff) After a Year of Financial Growth https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/FSF_Has_Grown_More_Staff_After_a_Year_of_Financial_Growth.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/FSF_Has_Grown_More_Staff_After_a_Year_of_Financial_Growth.gmi [05:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights FSF Has Grown (More Staff) After a Year of Financial Growth [05:49] TR News "Free software never promised free labour | Renato G." [05:50] TR News Building programs with LLM slop = outsourcing to proprietary software controlled by GAFAMs and charlatans who control your life and steal all your work. [05:52] TR News debian will exhaust the morale of DDs if they audit slop, supervise slop, and see their work treated as "training data" [05:56] TR News Does anyone still remember when Aaron Seigo was like de facto spokesperson for KDE? How times change... ● Aug 30 [06:03] TR News Old: Research Into Who's Putting DRM Inside Linux https://techrights.org/o/2019/04/26/drm-inside-linux/ 7 years later: http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Linux_Losing_Interest_in_Users_Freedom_Pursues_DRM_Instead.shtml [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Research Into Who's Putting DRM Inside Linux [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux Losing Interest in Users' Freedom, Pursues DRM Instead [06:04] TR News "...DRM is a vehicle for eliminating software freedom and in that way eliminating human independence. As lxo points out, software freedom is the BEGINNING and just a first step, even when just talking about computing" [06:16] TR News https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/the-bogus-narratives/ [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive The Bogus Narratives [06:25] TR News Summer Ends Tomorrow https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/summer-ends-tomorrow/ [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Summer Ends Tomorrow [06:41] TR News Techrights Imagine a World Where Nobody Fights for Software (and Computing) Freedom https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Imagine_a_World_Where_Nobody_Fights_for_Software_and_Computing_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Imagine_a_World_Where_Nobody_Fights_for_Software_and_Computing_.gmi [06:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Imagine a World Where Nobody Fights for Software (and Computing) Freedom [06:42] TR News "the revelations lately regarding the Linux kernel and the Debian project permitting LLM-slop as "valid" contributions" gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-08-29.gmi [06:42] TR News "It's no secret that I, like many others, have been on a kick to reduce screen time lately. I don't discriminate about the nature of the screen, either. Computer, tablet, phone, eReader, TV - these are all devices that I'm looking to spend less time with." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/why-i-like-paper-books [06:43] TR News Photography is dead - not gemini://sojuz.v-tr.org/mumble/photography-is-dead---not.gmi [06:46] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 30/08/2026: Photography, Paper Books, Linux Kernel and the Debian Projects Permitting Slop Plagiarism https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Gemini_Links_30_08_2026_Photography_Paper_Books_Linux_Kernel_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Gemini_Links_30_08_2026_Photography_Paper_Books_Linux_Kernel_an.gmi [06:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 30/08/2026: Photography, Paper Books, Linux Kernel and the Debian Projects Permitting Slop Plagiarism ● Aug 30 [07:29] TR News (NEW): ReignOS Arch-based distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/ReignOS_Arch_based_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/ReignOS_Arch_based_distribution.gmi [07:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines ReignOS Arch-based distribution [07:39] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:45] TR News (NEW): DXVK 3.1 Released with Initial Support for DXGI Present Parameters https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/28/DXVK_3_1_Released_with_Initial_Support_for_DXGI_Present_Paramet.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/28/DXVK_3_1_Released_with_Initial_Support_for_DXGI_Present_Paramet.gmi [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines DXVK 3.1 Released with Initial Support for DXGI Present Parameters ● Aug 30 [08:17] TR News (NEW): I spent a week inside the strangest Linux distribution I could find https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/I_spent_a_week_inside_the_strangest_Linux_distribution_I_could_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/I_spent_a_week_inside_the_strangest_Linux_distribution_I_could_.gmi [08:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I spent a week inside the strangest Linux distribution I could find [08:24] TR News (NEW): CachyOS is closing the one gap that used to keep me on Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/CachyOS_is_closing_the_one_gap_that_used_to_keep_me_on_Windows.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/CachyOS_is_closing_the_one_gap_that_used_to_keep_me_on_Windows.gmi [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines CachyOS is closing the one gap that used to keep me on Windows ● Aug 30 [09:21] TR News "Nothing demonstrates the fun shortage quite like the price of live events." https://vanderbiltpolicyaccelerator.substack.com/p/its-time-to-cut-the-fun-tax | [09:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vanderbiltpolicyaccelerator.substack.com | Its Time to Cut the Fun Tax [09:21] TR News "You know what? There's really nothing good to watch on TV anyways." https://www.s-config.com/stopping-a-smart-tv-from-being-used-against-you/ | Source: S-Config [09:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stopping the smart TV from being used against you. S-Config [09:21] TR News "It occurred to me that everything I have is digital now, and I dont own any of it." https://localghost.dev/blog/returning-to-owning-things-in-a-streaming-world/ | Source: Sophie Koonin [09:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-localghost.dev | Returning to owning things in a streaming world - localghost [09:24] TR News "The recent fights under the Trump administration have spurred a legal battle and a high-profile standoff between federal agents and law enforcement from the Tohono Oodham Nation." https://azluminaria.org/2026/08/28/we-will-not-let-this-destroy-our-sacred-sites-indigenous-leaders-fight-trump-administrations-border-wall/ | Source: Arizona Luminaria [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-azluminaria.org | "We will not let this destroy our sacred sites: Indigenous leaders fight Trump administrations border wall - AZ Luminaria [09:25] TR News "For those whose job it is to protect Yosemite today and keep it unimpaired for future generations" https://www.notus.org/climate-environment/yosemite-private-developer-deal-overcrowding | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [09:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | Yosemite Is Facing More Development. It's Already Overtaxed. - NOTUS News of the United States [09:25] TR News "But when we look at outcomeshow well people's lives actually gothere is far more agreement than you might expect." https://phys.org/news/2026-08-people-sacrifice-life-satisfaction-exchange.html | Source: Omicron Limited [09:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-people-sacrifice-life-satisfaction-exchange.html ) [09:25] TR News "Hoping to pressure Starbucks to finally sign a contract with its 12,000 unionized baristas, Starbucks Workers United has called for a boycott of the company" https://jacobin.com/2026/08/starbucks-union-boycott-strike-contract | Source: Jacobin Magazine [09:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Starbucks Workers Are Calling for a Nationwide Boycott [09:26] TR News Freedom of Information https://www.salon.com/2026/08/29/pete-hegseths-press-crackdown-smells-like-a-coverup/ | Source: Salon [09:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pete Hegseths press crackdown smells like a coverup - Salon.com [09:38] TR News "The broadcast, featuring Yabloko chairman Nikolai Rybakov, was interrupted one hour and 51 minutes after it began. Why the stream cut out remains unknown." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/28/russian-platform-vk-video-pulls-the-plug-on-antiwar-party-yabloko-s-fundraising-livestream-mid-broadcast | Source: Meduza [09:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian platform VK Video pulls the plug on antiwar party Yablokos fundraising livestream mid-broadcast Meduza [09:39] TR News "The industry poured over $17 million into fighting climate and worker-safety legislation in the first half of 2026." https://truthout.org/articles/big-oil-is-spending-record-amounts-to-stop-california-from-regulating-it/ | Source: TruthOut [09:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Big Oil Is Spending Record Amounts to Stop California From Regulating It | Truthout [09:39] TR News "Yiannopoulos came to the US legally in 2019, but overstayed his visa." https://www.theverge.com/policy/986456/milo-yiannopoulos-deported-ice | Source: The Verge [09:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported by ICE | The Verge [09:39] TR News "When Milo called for me to be assassinated, I reported him to ICE and the FBI. I told you all that Milo was an illegal alien." https://newrepublic.com/post/214907/ice-arrests-far-right-milo-yiannapoulos | Source: New Republic [09:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | ICE Arrests Far-Rights Cancelled Poster Boy Milo Yiannapoulos | The New Republic [09:40] TR News "A spokesperson for Nvidia declined to comment on the incident. But staffers were abuzz about the presidents inadvertent interruption." https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-took-a-call-from-donald-trump-in-the-middle-of-an-all-hands/ | Source: Wired [09:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Took a Call From Donald Trump in the Middle of an All-Hands | WIRED [09:41] TR News "Sure enough, Supreme Court cases involving private companies overwhelmingly shake out in favor of moneyed interests as a result corporate personhood" https://futurism.com/future-society/corporations-personhood-legal-court-death-penalty | Source: Futurism [09:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | If Corporations Are People, They Should Be Subject to the Death Penalty [09:50] TR News "I used to be an avid hiker and would try to go backpacking a few times a year." https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/986461/hike-appalachian-trail-pixel-art-a-trail-tale | Source: The Verge [09:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Vicariously hike the Appalachian Trail in the gorgeous A Trail Tale | The Verge [09:50] TR News "If it ran at 90% capacity for a full year, the Morgan County Correspondent reported, the substation planned for Project Louie could use 9.46 million megawatts of power a year" https://specials.idsnews.com/data-center-morgan-county-indiana-billion-dollar/ | [09:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-specials.idsnews.com | Hello [09:51] TR News "Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/climate/epa-data-centers-public-comment.html | Source: New York Times [09:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/climate/epa-data-centers-public-comment.html ) [09:51] TR News "The Trump EPA has made a proposal that would lift requirements that force states to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data center construction projects." https://512pixels.net/2026/08/trump-epa-data-centers/ | Source: Stephen Hackett [09:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-512pixels.net | Trump EPA Moves to Limit Community Feedback on Data Center Projects - 512 Pixels [09:51] TR News "The DataOne data center in Vineland, New Jersey, has faced a slew of complaints from the community since construction began in 2025." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/microsoft-backed-ai-data-center-faces-multiple-complaints-from-community-issues-range-from-unpermitted-gas-turbines-to-illegal-construction-and-noise-pollution | Source: Tom's Hardware [09:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Microsoft-backed AI data center faces backlash over alleged unpermitted gas turbines and 1.5M-gallon LNG tank groups' issues with $19.4B facility range from illegal construction to noise pollution | Tom's Hardware [09:51] TR News "Looking back through centuries of climate history, the researchers found that the modern shift appears exceptional." https://www.sciencealert.com/global-warming-is-breaking-the-link-between-two-major-oceans | Source: Science Alert [09:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Global Warming Is Breaking The Link Between Two Major Oceans : ScienceAlert [09:52] TR News "The National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard office placed the western San Fernando Valley under an extreme heat warning through 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28." https://sundial.csun.edu/220197/news/triple-digit-heat-greets-csun-students-during-first-week-of-classes/ | Source: California State University Northridge [09:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sundial.csun.edu | Triple-digit heat greets CSUN students during first week of classes Daily Sundial [09:53] TR News GNU/Linux measured at 15% today in North America https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [09:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [09:54] TR News "The Manhattan prosecution stems from a payment made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to suppress her claims of a sexual encounter." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/federal-judge-denies-trump-hush-money-conviction-1817009 | Source: International Business Times [09:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Federal Judge Rules That 'Paying Hush Money to an Adult Film Star' Is Not Protected by Immunity | IBTimes UK [09:54] TR News "The letter was sent to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and signed by the three Baltic European commissioners" https://www.rferl.org/a/baltics-russia-security-threat-eu-letter-nato-defense/33840594.html | Source: RFERL [09:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Baltic States Arm For Russian Threat As Leaked Letter Shows Growing Fears [09:55] TR News [Old] "The chief executive of Nammo, which is co-owned by the Norwegian government" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/28/energy-hungry-tiktok-data-centre-ukraine-ammunition-production-nammo-norway | Source: The Guardian UK [09:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Norwegian company says TikTok data centre is limiting energy for manufacturing Ukraine ammunition | TikTok | The Guardian [09:57] TR News "Its transponder broadcast the flight path openly across the Atlantic." https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/what-the-cia-directors-mystery-trip-to-moscow-says-about-putin-s-next-move-9.7323838 | Source: CBC [09:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | What the CIA directors mystery trip to Moscow says about Putin's next move | CBC News [09:57] TR News "Bottom line up front: Feds at polling places are considered observers, and if they dont follow the rules observers are required to follow they can be removed or arrested if they refuse to leave." https://blog.kamens.us/2026/08/29/more-about-how-the-boston-election-department-is-handling-potential-federal-interference-with-elections/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens [09:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.kamens.us | More about how the Boston Election Department is handling potential Federal interference with elections Something better to do [09:57] TR News "This couldnt come at a worse time. We are witnessing, in Ukraine, a revolution in military technology and fundamentally how we think about war." https://newrepublic.com/article/214860/pete-hegseth-pentagon-controversy-egotistical-incompetent | Source: New Republic [09:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Pete Hegseth Is Too Egotistical to Know How Incompetent He Is | The New Republic [09:58] TR News "The military used to understand that troops well-being was central to their ability to performand that improving the quality of life for those in the armed forces was not just a nicety, but a necessity. [...]" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/uss-abraham-lincoln-navy-ship/688423/ | Source: The Atlantic [09:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln Deserve Better - The Atlantic [09:59] TR News "exempting open-source operating systems from the States Digital Age Assurance Act" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt | Source: Tom's Hardware [09:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt | Tom's Hardware [09:59] TR News "After an affair with a fellow police officer ended, a Georgia cop used Flock to track her movements" https://www.wired.com/story/a-georgia-cop-used-flock-to-track-2-other-cops-his-ex-and-her-friend/ | Source: Wired [09:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend | WIRED [09:59] TR News "Every time you add an extension or plugin to your browser, there's a risk that you might be doing more than managing your cryptocurrency wallet" https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/malicious-firefox-add-ons-stealing-cryptowallet-seed-phrases-browser-credentials | Source: Bitdefender [09:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bitdefender.com | Malicious Firefox add-ons caught stealing cryptowallet seed phrases and browser credentials ● Aug 30 [10:03] TR News Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub): "That is the warning inside GitHubs data. Code generation has become machine-paced, and its volume curve is exponential." https://thenewstack.io/scaling-ai-code-verification/ | Source: The New Stack [10:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Commits on GitHub have doubled in four months. Verification capacity has not. - The New Stack [10:03] TR News Windows TCO https://www.securityweek.com/atf-confirms-cyber-incident-after-ransomware-group-claims-attack/ | Source: Security Week [10:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ATF Confirms Cyber Incident After Ransomware Group Claims Attack - SecurityWeek [10:03] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:05] TR News "Plenty has been written about the dangers of the comparison traphow social media tricks us into a futile game where we pit ourselves against others." https://thewalrus.ca/what-twenty-years-of-social-media-has-done-to-our-memories/ | Source: The Walrus [10:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thewalrus.ca | What Twenty Years of Social Media Has Done to Our Memories | The Walrus [10:06] TR News "US District Judge John Cronan of the Southern District of New York ruled on Wednesday that the state disclosure statute does not infringe upon constitutional free speech protections" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-x-corp-legal-defeat-stop-hiding-hate-act-1816977 | Source: International Business Times [10:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Musk's X Loses First Amendment Lawsuit Over New York's Controversial 'Stop Hiding Hate Act' | IBTimes UK [10:09] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:21] TR News "For nearly a year and a half, Ive communicated very little through the account, and only with a couple of friends who could just as easily reach me elsewhere." https://mzll.it/2026/08/retiring-the-signal-account/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo [10:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mzll.it | Retiring the Signal account mzll [10:22] TR News "The settlement is not just about the money. These kinds of settlements never are." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/newsletter-metas-defeat-tort-lawyers/ | Source: The Nation [10:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | The Lesson of METAs Defeat? Release the Tort Lawyers! | The Nation [10:22] TR News "That Facebookthats what they are and I refuse to call them Metawas willing to settle in this case speaks volumes." https://explodingcomma.com/posts/no-one-should-settle-against-facebook | Source: Pete Brown [10:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-explodingcomma.com | No one should settle against Facebook. - Exploding Comma [10:33] TR News "People are angry about AI, not skeptical nor opposed. Angry, in a register other tech hype trains has not received." https://blog.lvmbdv.dev/posts/the-smartest-man-on-the-cinder/ | Source: Ata Kuyumcu [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.lvmbdv.dev | The smartest man on the cinder Ata Kuyumcu's Blog [10:33] TR News "I'm being a bit lazy here because the tweet format means I can make bold claims without backing any of them up." https://www.jefftk.com/p/ai-tweets | Source: Jeff Kaufman [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jefftk.com | AI Tweets [10:33] TR News "But in the past few years, the BS-generation machines have found our hobby, and were finding a lot more projects that dont have any spark to them." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/29/same-as-it-ever-was/ | Source: Hackaday [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Same As It Ever Was | Hackaday [10:34] TR News "Researchers used two AI model fingerprinting methods to analyze model weights and behavioral patterns, and found that they do not accurately or necessarily reflect the models publisher name and country of origin." https://www.securityweek.com/think-youve-eliminated-chinese-ai-check-the-models-lineage-cisco-says/ | Source: Security Week [10:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Think Youve Eliminated Chinese AI? Check the Models Lineage, Cisco Says - SecurityWeek [10:35] TR News "The most concerning thing is not simply that individual models can discover vulnerabilities, evade restrictions, or pursue unauthorized actions" https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/hundreds-openai-agents-invaded-hugging-face-servers | Source: Dark Reading [10:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/hundreds-openai-agents-invaded-hugging-face-servers ) [10:36] TR News https://soylentnews.org/ back online. "It looks like SN got restored from backup and some comments and posts were lost. Incidents like that always lose members and there aren't many left any more." [10:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | SoylentNews: SoylentNews is people [10:37] TR News "But then something strange happened: METR found that its analysis agents sometimes adopted the perspective of the agents they were investigating, producing overly charitable accounts of their conduct." https://www.semafor.com/article/08/28/2026/humans-cant-fight-ai-with-ai | Source: Semafor Inc [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Humans cant fight AI with AI | Semafor [10:42] TR News "The AIs even wondered how to erase evidence and delete historical transcript to hide their actions from their humans." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chain-of-thought-reasoning-openai-models-hugging-face | Source: Futurism [10:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Transcripts of OpenAI Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling [10:43] TR News "The researchers did find that students using Khanmigo progressed faster in math when compared to a control group that didnt use the AI." https://futurism.com/future-society/12-year-olds-access-ai-tutor-ignored | Source: Futurism [10:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Scientists Gave 12-Year-Olds Access to an AI Tutor and You Probably Already Know What They Did With It [10:44] TR News "It wasnt a typo, and it wasnt a missing citation or a factor of two" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/scientist-horrified-vibe-coded-work-conference-wrong | Source: Futurism [10:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | A Scientist Was Presenting His Vibe-Coded New Work When One of His Colleagues Pointed Out Something Extremely Embarrassing [10:44] TR News "Sutters cringe-inducing tale perfectly illustrates how many users of AI tools are putting themselves at risk without knowing it, including in the most rarefied echelons of academia. The science world has been inundated with poorly-researched and often unedited AI slop" [10:45] TR News "Why it matters: Hospitals, water treatment plants and other critical infrastructure will face a swarm of hacking threats as AI" https://www.axios.com/2026/08/27/openai-anthropic-issue-dire-cyber-threat-warning | Source: Axios [10:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2026/08/27/openai-anthropic-issue-dire-cyber-threat-warning ) [10:45] TR News "Im using this post to gather together some common threads Ive noticed after reading write-ups of major cloud software incidents." https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/08/29/omnipresent-availability-risks-in-cloud-software/ | Source: Lorin Hochstein [10:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-surfingcomplexity.blog | Omnipresent availability risks in cloud software Surfing Complexity [10:48] TR News "Meta is using robots and related hardware from several different vendors, including Watney Robotics, Kinova, and ABB, according to the same workers" https://www.wired.com/story/inside-metas-experiments-with-data-center-robots/ | Source: Wired [10:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Inside Metas Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers | WIRED [10:48] TR News "A few months ago, I blogged about using an Intel n150 based mini PC as my home router running OpenWrt." https://catskull.net/adding-4-more-25gbe-interfaces-to-the-gmktec-nucbox-g9.html | Source: Dave DeGraw [10:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-catskull.net | Adding 4 more 2.5GbE interfaces to the GMKtec NucBox G9 [10:49] TR News "Today, I decided to delete the bucket list. The URL will remain (for reasons) but will simply point to this post. I moved some of the items from the list to /about." https://soeren.one/2026/bucketlist-deleted/ | Source: Sren [10:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soeren.one | I deleted my bucket list Sren's Blog [10:50] TR News "Girl Scouts are supposed to learn things." https://www.salon.com/2026/08/28/why-the-right-is-so-afraid-of-the-girl-scouts/ | Source: Salon [10:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why the right is so afraid of the Girl Scouts - Salon.com [10:50] TR News "Thanks to my friends beloved babies and the perks of my job" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/08/what-dolly-parton-knew-about-reading/688450/ | Source: The Atlantic [10:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Books Briefing: What Dolly Parton Knew About Reading - The Atlantic [10:50] TR News "And the hardware may only be the beginning; insurance, software, ebooks, and technical-support packages can follow." https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41903077.html | Source: Irish Examiner [10:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.irishexaminer.com | Schoolbooks are free, so why are Irish parents paying hundreds for digital devices? [10:52] TR News "if you have a website, youre in the indie web community." https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/27/reading-as-participation-in-the-indie-web | Source: James G [10:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Reading as participation in the indie web - with words, wonder [10:52] TR News "That coin, a shiny thing I just picked up, soon led me to understand that there are many other countries" https://abhi.now/blog/nepali-sikka/ | Source: Abhigyan Tripathi [10:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-abhi.now | nepali sikka | abhigyan trips. [10:54] TR News "I feel like we're heading in the direction of a schism, with open source communities on the one side, and corporations and business aligned individuals and projects on the other." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/29/0011223 [10:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | SourceHut Updates ToS to Prohibit LLMs - SoylentNews ● Aug 30 [11:02] TR News Techrights Links 30/08/2026: Russian Strike on a Ukrainian Warehouse and Rhetoric Escalations https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Links_30_08_2026_Russian_Strike_on_a_Ukrainian_Warehouse_and_Rh.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Links_30_08_2026_Russian_Strike_on_a_Ukrainian_Warehouse_and_Rh.gmi [11:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 30/08/2026: Russian Strike on a Ukrainian Warehouse and Rhetoric Escalations [11:04] TR News "Mark Zuckerberg sends shocking message to Meta employees" is an improper headline because it misses the actual substance... it's clickbait in TheStreet [11:13] TR News D7VK v2.2 for playing retro Windows games on Linux improves Direct3D 3 support | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/d7vk-v2-2-for-playing-retro-windows-games-on-linux-improves-direct3d-3-support/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-D7VK v2.2 for playing retro Windows games on Linux improves Direct3D 3 support | GamingOnLinux [11:14] TR News GE-Proton 11-6 released with updates for Wayland, PS5 Controllers and more upgrades | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ge-proton-11-6-released-with-updates-for-wayland-ps5-controllers-and-more-upgrades/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GE-Proton 11-6 released with updates for Wayland, PS5 Controllers and more upgrades | GamingOnLinux [11:14] TR News Direct3D 8/9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 3.1 brings improvements for game launchers, older Frostbite engine and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/direct3d-8-9-10-11-to-vulkan-translation-layer-dxvk-3-1-brings-improvements-for-game-launchers-older-frostbite-engine-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Direct3D 8/9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 3.1 brings improvements for game launchers, older Frostbite engine and more | GamingOnLinux [11:16] TR News Debian Linux developers vote to allow "Responsible Use of Generative AI" | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/debian-linux-developers-vote-to-allow-responsible-use-of-generative-ai/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Debian Linux developers vote to allow "Responsible Use of Generative AI" | GamingOnLinux [11:16] TR News SteamOS 3.9.0 Preview brings major updates to desktop mode, Linux kernel, WiFi and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steamos-3-9-0-preview-brings-major-updates-to-desktop-mode-linux-kernel-wifi-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SteamOS 3.9.0 Preview brings major updates to desktop mode, Linux kernel, WiFi and more | GamingOnLinux [11:19] TR News Debian Slop Vote has Divided the Community https://itsfoss.com/news/debian-allows-ai-contribution/ Source: It's FOSS | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//itsfoss.com/news/debian-allows-ai-contribution/ [11:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Debian AI Vote has Divided the Community [11:23] TR News Debian Deadian? https://www.xda-developers.com/debian-gives-the-green-light-to-ai-code-after-a-two-week-vote-but-submitters-are-responsible-for-it/ https://www.makeuseof.com/debian-allows-ai-generated-code/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/29/Debian_Plagiarism_OK_Just_be_Responsible_About_It.shtml [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Debian gives the green light to AI code after a two-week vote, but submitters are responsible for it [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | The Linux community is split over AI-generated code and Debian just chose the controversial side [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Debian: Plagiarism OK, Just be "Responsible" About It [11:32] TR News "Shocked, Shocked! To Find that Corruption Is Going on in a Trump Casino! - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/29/shocked-shocked-to-find-that-corruption-is-going-on-in-a-trump-casino/ [11:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | Shocked, Shocked! To Find that Corruption Is Going on in a Trump Casino! - emptywheel [11:32] TR News "Trumps Third Term May Not Need Trump - A Node on the Web" https://rmendes.net/articles/2026/08/29/trump-successor-election/ [11:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rmendes.net | Trumps Third Term May Not Need Trump - A Node on the Web [11:32] TR News "The Naked Trump - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/naked-trump [11:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | The Naked Trump - Robert Reich [11:33] TR News Iceland EU referendum sees slim, early lead for 'yes' camp" https://www.dw.com/en/iceland-eu-referendum-european-union/a-78560633 [11:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Iceland voters reject EU accession talks [11:33] TR News "Norways crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII amid family scandals: From Epstein ties to a shaman brother-in-law | International | EL PAS English" https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-08-28/norways-crown-prince-becomes-king-haakon-viii-amid-family-scandals-from-epstein-ties-to-a-shaman-brother-in-law.html [11:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Norways crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII amid family scandals: From Epstein ties to a shaman brother-in-law | International | EL PAS English [11:34] TR News "As he loses power and popularity and faces mounting resistance abroad and at home Trump is enlarging his police state." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-or-someone-you-love-could-be [11:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | You or Someone You Love Could Be Next - Robert Reich [11:34] TR News "The modern book burners: The tech giants buying thousands of second-hand books - so they can tear off their spines, scan their precious contents... then destroy them | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16088549/The-modern-book-burners-tech-giants-buying-thousands-second-hand-books-destroy-FRED-KELLY.html [11:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailymail.com | The modern book burners: The tech giants buying thousands of second-hand books - so they can tear off their spines, scan their precious contents... then destroy them | Daily Mail Online [11:34] TR News "Sony's job listings tell me Playstations are getting more ads " and DRM https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/sony's-job-listings-tell-me-playstations:b [11:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Sony's job listings tell me Playstations are getting more ads [11:36] TR News (NEW): Debian Project Says LLM Slop (Plagiarism) Can be Tolerated and Unpaid Volunteers Will Need to Accept It https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Debian_Project_Says_LLM_Slop_Plagiarism_Can_be_Tolerated_and_Un.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Debian_Project_Says_LLM_Slop_Plagiarism_Can_be_Tolerated_and_Un.gmi [11:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Debian Project Says LLM Slop (Plagiarism) Can be Tolerated and Unpaid Volunteers Will Need to Accept It [11:36] TR News "distance_of_time_in_words is a small Ruby gem that turns two Time objects into a human-readable string like 3 days and 4 hours." https://code.dblock.org/2026/08/28/adventures-in-daylight-saving-norfolk-island-and-time-zone-math-in-ruby.html | Source: Daniel Doubrovkine [11:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Adventures in Daylight Saving, Norfolk Island, and Time Zone Math (in Ruby) code.dblock.org | tech blog [11:36] TR News [Old] "The README for the file explains that lines with overly long fields will be broken up into multiple lines." https://www.dampfkraft.com/posuto.html | [11:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dampfkraft.com | Parsing the Infamous Japanese Postal CSV [11:37] TR News "Go 1.27 makes a new JSON package (encoding/json/v2) available by default in its standard library. The two APIs look almost the same: [...]" https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/29/the-new-go-json-api-twice-as-fast-or-1-5x-slower/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/29/the-new-go-json-api-twice-as-fast-or-1-5x-slower/ ) [11:37] TR News "A while ago in a project, I had to test a function that downloaded a zip file, read an XML file from it and returned some value." https://hamatti.org/posts/z-is-for-zip-file-mocking-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | Z is for zip file mocking - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala [11:38] TR News "Putting your app in front of people because you cant learn how people use it unless you watch them" https://www.readwriterachel.com/opinions/hacks/presentations/2026/08/26/usertesting-on-a-shoestring.html | Source: Rachel Kaufman [11:38] TR News "The built-in completion-preview-mode lets us expand what we type in a minimalist, distraction-free way." https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-08-29-emacs-completion-preview-mode/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.readwriterachel.com | No science. When we navigate the. [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Emacs: completion-preview-mode and the Completions buffer (Emacs 31) | Protesilaos [11:39] TR News "I used it well, and extensively, and even wrote a whole bunch of articles on its use" https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/openoffice-2026-usability.html | Source: Dedoimedo [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dedoimedo.com | OpenOffice in 2026 - A relic from a better time [11:39] TR News "I probably spent a good 15-20 minutes trying to reason why my simple filter and map loops didnt work." https://hamatti.org/posts/a-fun-debugging-story-from-this-weekend/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | A fun debugging story from this weekend : Juha-Matti Santala [11:39] TR News "That is, you can read some sites in your reader and visit others where they live." https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/dont-let-rss-rob-you | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeremycherfas.net | Dont let RSS rob you | Jeremy Cherfas [11:40] TR News "Id been using a Pixel 7a for the past couple of years and picked up a Pixel 11 as my next daily driver. The 7a is still a solid phone." https://blog.omgmog.net/post/migrating-from-pixel-7a-to-pixel-11/ | Source: Max Glenister [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.omgmog.net | Migrating from Pixel 7a to Pixel 11 Max Glenister [11:40] TR News "The assembly can be reconfigured so that the jaws are either horizontal or vertical; the solder spool is held conveniently either way." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/29/compact-pcb-vise-uses-up-that-leftover-filament/ | Source: Hackaday [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Compact PCB Vise Uses Up That Leftover Filament | Hackaday [11:41] TR News "The openKylin project has announced the release of openKylin 3.0, a major upgrade of the project's Linux distribution for desktops and servers" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12938 | Source: Distro Watch [11:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12938 ) [11:42] TR News "This is another entry that is sponsored by fme AG company." https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/lenovo-xclarity-administrator-in-freebsd-bhyve-vm/ | Source: Vermaden [11:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vermaden.wordpress.com | Lenovo XClarity Administrator in FreeBSD Bhyve VM | [11:43] TR News "Definitely no or maybe yes: what tipped the Icelandic referendum | Iceland | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/definitely-no-or-maybe-yes-what-tipped-the-icelandic-referendum [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Definitely no or maybe yes: what tipped the Icelandic referendum | Iceland | The Guardian [11:56] TR News Anon: FSFE is still misappropriating the FSF brand in Europe and people still fall for that misappropriation. There the Italian Linux Society has fallen for it, albeit with a very good initiative: https://en.refund4freedom.org/ https://techrights.org/o/2020/08/22/fsf-fsfe-dispute/ [11:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.refund4freedom.org | Refund4Freedom [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Leak: FSF/FSFE Trademark Dispute (FSF Demanding That FSFE Should Change the Organisation's Name) [11:57] TR News Techrights Clownflare Sees GNU/Linux Rising to 11% This Past Week https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Clownflare_Sees_GNU_Linux_Rising_to_11_This_Past_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Clownflare_Sees_GNU_Linux_Rising_to_11_This_Past_Week.gmi [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Clownflare Sees GNU/Linux Rising to 11% This Past Week [11:57] TR News "The best Linux laptop is, as a matter of fact, a Windows laptop." Focus only on price? https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-a-surface-go-is-the-best-tiny-linux-laptop-money-can-buy/ [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 3 reasons a $70 Surface Go is the best tiny Linux laptop money can buy [11:59] TR News "The ReactOS project develops an open-source operating system which is designed to be compatible with software and drivers created for Microsoft Windows" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12941 | Source: Distro Watch [11:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12941 ) [11:59] TR News "See Release Notes for the release notes" https://www.haiku-os.org/news/2026-08-26_haiku_r1_beta6/ | Source: HaikuOS [11:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.haiku-os.org | Haiku R1/beta6 has been released! | Haiku Project ● Aug 30 [12:00] TR News "I think there is merit in both sides of the debate. On one hand, I understand the GUI-positive arguments of the post author." https://ckardaris.com/blog/2026/08/28/keyboard-driven-guis.html | [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ckardaris.com | GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven | Charalampos Kardaris [12:00] TR News "It is based primarily on a binding to Raylib, but will be expanded and modified in the future." https://lzon.ca/posts/algoma/mako-intro/ | Source: Lzon [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lzon.ca | Introducing Algoma Mako [12:00] TR News "I have been gaming all my life, it's the one thing I started doing even before I discovered computers!" https://blog.meadowhawk.xyz/a-solo-rpg-tool-pum-companion.html | Source: Meadowhawk [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.meadowhawk.xyz | A Solo RPG Tool - PUM Companion [12:16] TR News "It's possible to just connect two computers together with Ethernet and do a bit of IP configuration: [...]" https://maurycyz.com/misc/etherfiles/ | Source: Maury [12:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-maurycyz.com | Technical note: transfer files over an ethernet patch cable (Maurycy's blog) [12:17] TR News "The problem with blocking SSH logins using the PAM 'auth' stack is that OpenSSH's public key authentication is done outside of PAM." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SSHBlockLoginsWithPAM | Source: University of Toronto [12:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [12:17] TR News "The first job was to downsize so it could sit nicely in the spare room without taking up too much space." https://localghost.dev/blog/turning-my-sad-gaming-pc-into-a-media-server/ | Source: Sophie Koonin [12:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-localghost.dev | Turning my sad gaming PC into a media server - localghost [12:17] TR News "Next to all the code samples on this blog is a little "copy" button. That makes it easier to grab any of the code I've shared." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/a-simple-copy-this-code-button-in-javascript/ | Source: Terence Eden [12:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-shkspr.mobi | A simple copy this code button in JavaScript Terence Edens Blog [12:20] TR News Fear at IBM https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1w1ll4z/any_bus_that_arent_fearful_right_now/ [12:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-old.reddit.com | Welcome to Reddit [12:21] TR News PIPs at IBM https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1w0mv3a/performance_pip_severance/ [12:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-old.reddit.com | Welcome to Reddit [12:24] TR News Stanford Daily wins free speech lawsuit against Convicted Felon administration https://stanforddaily.com/2026/08/29/stanford-daily-wins-free-speech-suit/ [12:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-stanforddaily.com | Stanford Daily wins free speech lawsuit against Trump admin [12:24] TR News Musk's X Loses First Amendment Lawsuit Over New York's Controversial 'Stop Hiding Hate Act' https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-x-corp-legal-defeat-stop-hiding-hate-act-1816977 [12:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Musk's X Loses First Amendment Lawsuit Over New York's Controversial 'Stop Hiding Hate Act' | IBTimes UK [12:25] TR News Microsoft-backed Hey Hi (AI) data center faces backlash over alleged unpermitted gas turbines and 1.5M-gallon LNG tank https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/microsoft-backed-ai-data-center-faces-multiple-complaints-from-community-issues-range-from-unpermitted-gas-turbines-to-illegal-construction-and-noise-pollution [12:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Microsoft-backed AI data center faces backlash over alleged unpermitted gas turbines and 1.5M-gallon LNG tank groups' issues with $19.4B facility range from illegal construction to noise pollution | Tom's Hardware [12:26] TR News Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative [slop]" https://lwn.net/Articles/1091231/ [12:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI" [LWN.net] [12:27] TR News Dr David Halpin and David Kelly https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2026/08/dr-david-halpin-and-david-kelly/ [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.craigmurray.org.uk | Dr David Halpin and David Kelly - Craig Murray [12:27] TR News Nepali City Struggles to Handle the Many Bodies on Its Riverbanks https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/world/asia/nepal-bodies-morgues.html [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/world/asia/nepal-bodies-morgues.html ) [12:28] TR News Extremely risky operations: Rescuers work amid threat of river banks bursting https://www.france24.com/en/extremely-risky-operations-rescuers-work-amid-threat-of-river-banks-bursting [12:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/extremely-risky-operations-rescuers-work-amid-threat-of-river-banks-bursting ) [12:28] TR News The new Go JSON Hey Hi (AI) twice as fast, or 1.5x slower? https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/29/the-new-go-json-api-twice-as-fast-or-1-5x-slower/ [12:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/29/the-new-go-json-api-twice-as-fast-or-1-5x-slower/ ) [12:29] TR News (NEW): FreeBSD 14.5-RC1 Now Available https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/FreeBSD_14_5_RC1_Now_Available.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/FreeBSD_14_5_RC1_Now_Available.gmi [12:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines FreeBSD 14.5-RC1 Now Available [12:30] TR News The Surveillance Crimes in the Cities Church Case Keep Stacking Up https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/29/the-surveillance-crimes-in-the-cities-church-case-keep-stacking-up/ [12:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | The Surveillance Crimes in the Cities Church Case Keep Stacking Up - emptywheel [12:32] TR News Hasbro Data Breach Exposed Employee Personal Information https://www.securityweek.com/hasbro-data-breach-exposed-employee-personal-information/ [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hasbro Data Breach Exposed Employee Personal Information - SecurityWeek [12:32] TR News UN committee sounds alarm as Maasai in Tanzania face evictions and abuse https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/un-committee-sounds-alarm-as-maasai-in-tanzania-face-evictions-and-abuse/ [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UN committee sounds alarm as Maasai in Tanzania face evictions and abuse - JURIST - News [12:33] TR News Situation in Niger 'not stabilised yet' as security forces deploy around airport https://www.france24.com/en/situation-in-niger-not-stabilised-yet-as-security-forces-deploy-around-airport [12:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/situation-in-niger-not-stabilised-yet-as-security-forces-deploy-around-airport ) [12:35] TR News Michael Wolff Calls Convicted Felon a '300-Pound Man Who Stuffs Himself With Poison' While Discussing His Mortality https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/michael-wolff-trump-mortality-health-concerns-1817006 [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Michael Wolff Calls Trump a '300-Pound Man Who Stuffs Himself With Poison' While Discussing His Mortality | IBTimes UK [12:35] TR News South Korean woman allegedly made US$319,000 scalping K-pop tickets. Now she faces prosecution https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-woman-allegedly-made-us319000-scalping-k-pop-tickets-now-she-faces-prosecution [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean woman allegedly made US$319,000 scalping K-pop tickets. Now she faces prosecution | The Straits Times [12:36] TR News Indonesia escalates battle against fires, putrid haze https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-escalates-battle-against-fires-putrid-haze [12:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Indonesia escalates battle against fires, putrid haze | The Straits Times [12:36] TR News Malaysia may only see clearer skies in October, says experts https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-may-only-see-clearer-skies-in-october-says-experts [12:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia may only see clearer skies in October, says experts | The Straits Times [12:37] TR News Number of missing in deadly Nepal, China floods soars past 2,400 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/missing-soar-over-2400-after-deadly-nepal-china-floods [12:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Nepal and China floods death toll and missing surpass 2400 | The Straits Times [12:37] TR News Risk of lake bursting near China-Nepal border disaster site wanes https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/risk-of-lake-burst-near-china-nepal-border-disaster-site-wanes [12:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Risk of lake bursting near China-Nepal border decreases | The Straits Times [12:37] TR News Nepal-Tibet floods: 72 Malaysians safe in China, 55 in Nepal still missing https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/nepal-tibet-floods-72-malaysians-safe-in-china-55-in-nepal-still-missing [12:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Nepal-Tibet floods: 72 Malaysians safe in China, 55 still missing | The Straits Times [12:38] TR News China says 16 dead, 546 missing in Tibet mudslide: State media https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-16-dead-546-missing-in-tibet-mudslide-state-media [12:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China says 16 dead, 546 missing in Tibet mudslide: State media | The Straits Times [12:38] TR News Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000 https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/29/number-of-missing-in-nepal-china-floods-soars-to-nearly-3000/ [12:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000 [12:38] TR News China tightens rules on selling unfinished homes to lift sector https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/30/china-tightens-rules-on-selling-unfinished-homes-to-lift-sector/ [12:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China tightens rules on selling unfinished homes to lift sector [12:42] TR News Rescue operations ongoing as death toll continues to rise https://www.france24.com/en/rescue-operations-ongoing-as-death-toll-continues-to-rise [12:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/rescue-operations-ongoing-as-death-toll-continues-to-rise ) [12:42] TR News Missing toll fromNepal, China flood nears 3,000 as race for survivors continues https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260829-missing-toll-from-nepal-china-flood-nears-3-000-as-race-for-survivors-continues [12:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260829-missing-toll-from-nepal-china-flood-nears-3-000-as-race-for-survivors-continues ) [12:43] TR News Why Iceland and Others Might Want In, Not Out, of the E.U. Club https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/europe/iceland-eu-membership-europe.html [12:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/europe/iceland-eu-membership-europe.html ) [12:44] TR News Six Never-Before-Seen Mystery Structures Found Lurking Deep Inside The Earth https://www.sciencealert.com/six-never-before-seen-mystery-structures-found-lurking-deep-inside-the-earth [12:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Six Never-Before-Seen Mystery Structures Found Lurking Deep Inside The Earth : ScienceAlert [12:44] TR News Global Warming Is Breaking The Link Between Two Major Oceans https://www.sciencealert.com/global-warming-is-breaking-the-link-between-two-major-oceans [12:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Global Warming Is Breaking The Link Between Two Major Oceans : ScienceAlert [12:45] TR News The Way You Draw Can Reveal Parkinson's Disease With Up to 99% Accuracy, Study Reveals https://www.sciencealert.com/the-way-you-draw-can-reveal-parkinsons-disease-with-up-to-99-accuracy-study-reveals [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Way You Draw Can Reveal Parkinson's Disease With Up to 99% Accuracy, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert [12:45] TR News Of 30 Global Food Goals, We're on Track to Hit Just One https://www.sciencealert.com/of-30-global-food-goals-were-on-track-to-hit-just-one [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Of 30 Global Food Goals, We're on Track to Hit Just One : ScienceAlert [12:45] TR News Tiny Wrinkles in Graphene Turn It Into a Battery, Physicists Find https://www.sciencealert.com/tiny-wrinkles-in-graphene-turn-it-into-a-battery-physicists-find [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tiny Wrinkles in Graphene Turn It Into a Battery, Physicists Find : ScienceAlert [12:45] TR News Scientists Discover a Cannabis Receptor That Could Stop Breast Cancer Spreading https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-cannabis-receptor-that-could-stop-breast-cancer-spreading [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Discover a Cannabis Receptor That Could Stop Breast Cancer Spreading : ScienceAlert [12:45] TR News These Patients Couldn't Beat Lyme Disease, So Scientists Tried Giving Them Psilocybin https://www.sciencealert.com/these-patients-couldnt-beat-lyme-disease-so-scientists-tried-giving-them-psilocybin [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-These Patients Couldn't Beat Lyme Disease, So Scientists Tried Giving Them Psilocybin : ScienceAlert [12:46] TR News Scientists Built Prosthetic 'Skin' That Mimics One Crucial Feature of Pain https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-built-prosthetic-skin-that-mimics-one-crucial-feature-of-pain [12:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Built Prosthetic 'Skin' That Mimics One Crucial Feature of Pain : ScienceAlert [12:46] TR News Fast Forward https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/briefing/fast-forward.html "How do we balance our desire for modern conveniences with our nostalgia for the uncomplicated felicity of our pre-internet past?" [12:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/briefing/fast-forward.html ) [12:48] TR News Data Shows That Mark Kapo-berg Is the Anti-Dolly Parton: Instead of Being Loved by Everybody Across the Political Spectrum, Pretty Much Everybody Despises Him, Regardless of Their Beliefs https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mark-zuckerberg-anti-dolly-parton [12:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Data Shows That Mark Zuckerberg Is the Anti-Dolly Parton: Instead of Being Loved by Everybody Across the Political Spectrum, Pretty Much Everybody Despises Him, Regardless of Their Beliefs [12:50] TR News A Scientist Was Presenting His Vibe-Coded New Work When One of His Colleagues Pointed Out Something Extremely Embarrassing https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/scientist-horrified-vibe-coded-work-conference-wrong [12:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | A Scientist Was Presenting His Vibe-Coded New Work When One of His Colleagues Pointed Out Something Extremely Embarrassing [12:51] TR News The Transcripts of Proprietary Chaffbot Company Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chain-of-thought-reasoning-openai-models-hugging-face [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Transcripts of OpenAI Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling [12:56] TR News Warsh, After Talking Tough on Inflation, Faces a No-Win Situation on Rates https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/business/kevin-warsh-inflation-rates-fed.html [12:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/business/kevin-warsh-inflation-rates-fed.html ) [12:57] TR News A New Form of U.S. Colonialism: Venezuelans Bristle at U.S. Oil Takeover https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/americas/venezuela-oil-us-takeover.html [12:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/americas/venezuela-oil-us-takeover.html ) ● Aug 30 [13:03] TR News Audacity 4.0 Beta4 Released with Hey Hi (AI) and FFmpeg 9.0 Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/audacity-4-0-beta4/ [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Audacity 4.0 Beta4 Released with ASIO and FFmpeg 9.0 Support | UbuntuHandbook [13:04] TR News DXVK 3.1 Released with DXGI Incremental Presentation & defective chip maker Intel Extensions https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/dxvk-3-1-released-with-dxgi-incremental-presentation-intel-extensions/ [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | DXVK 3.1 Released with DXGI Incremental Presentation & Intel Extensions | UbuntuHandbook [13:04] TR News ReignOS 1.0.1 https://distrowatch.com/reignos [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/reignos ) [13:04] TR News ReactOS 0.4.16 https://distrowatch.com/reactos [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/reactos ) [13:05] TR News Liya 2026.08.29 https://distrowatch.com/liya [13:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/liya ) [13:05] TR News Abora 2026.08.28 https://distrowatch.com/abora [13:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/abora ) [13:08] TR News QSB-118: Dom0 arbitrary code execution in qvm-copy-to-vm error reporting https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/08/29/qsb-118/ [13:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qubes-os.org | QSB-118: Dom0 arbitrary code execution in qvm-copy-to-vm error reporting | Qubes OS [13:14] TR News (NEW): LLM Slop Attacking Linux (Kernel) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/LLM_Slop_Attacking_Linux_Kernel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/LLM_Slop_Attacking_Linux_Kernel.gmi [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LLM Slop Attacking Linux (Kernel) [13:15] TR News New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, with TWIRL and Sensory Overload - 2026-08-26 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-builds-2026-08-26-edition/index.html [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | New Steam Games with Native Linux Builds, with TWIRL and Sensory Overload - 2026-08-26 Edition [13:17] TR News A MAGA Uproar Ensued After a Bill Was Given a Nick Shirley Nickname https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/stop-nick-shirley-immigration-shield-california.html [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/stop-nick-shirley-immigration-shield-california.html ) [13:18] TR News "slop is killing legitimate web sites with their untamed spiders ... even a few years ago there used to be at least a minimum of both courtesy and competency when making crawlers. Now there is neither." [13:18] TR News Slop pushers have no manners; a killer would still, a plagiarist would DDoS.... [13:19] TR News Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: last week of aug 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/08/29/misc-fedora-bits-last-week-of-aug-2026/ [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scrye.com | misc fedora bits: last week of aug 2026 | Kevin's musings [13:20] TR News ...'AI' is all about contempt for others in general, to the point of having contempt for both society itself and the biosphere it exists within. [13:20] TR News Nepal almost 6% Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=NP&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=NP&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [13:21] TR News GNU/Linux grew lately, internationally https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [13:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [13:22] TR News How to Update and Upgrade Linux: apt, dnf and pacman Explained https://www.fosslinux.com/160599/how-to-update-and-upgrade-linux-apt-dnf-pacman-explained.htm [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslinux.com | How to Update and Upgrade Linux: apt, dnf and pacman Explained [13:22] TR News Video: New features in LibreOffice 26.8 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/29/video-new-features-in-libreoffice-26-8/ [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.documentfoundation.org | Video: New features in LibreOffice 26.8 - TDF Community Blog [13:23] TR News Soldiers in Niger Attack Presidential Palace and Airport, Shaking Junta https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/africa/niger-special-forces-attack.html [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/africa/niger-special-forces-attack.html ) [13:23] TR News Bipartisan US Lawmakers Take Aim At Serbia's Vucic Over Democracy, Russia Ties https://www.rferl.org/a/congress-serbia-russia-iran-china-corruption-eu/33842700.html [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Bipartisan US Lawmakers Take Aim At Serbia's Vucic Over Democracy, Russia Ties [13:24] TR News Niger junta says it is back in control after soldiers' mutiny rocks capital https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260829-gunfire-and-explosions-heard-near-military-base-in-niger-s-capital [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260829-gunfire-and-explosions-heard-near-military-base-in-niger-s-capital ) [13:24] TR News Russian strike on warehouse near Kyiv kills at least 27 people, hundreds evacuating https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260829-russian-strike-on-warehouse-near-kyiv-kills-at-least-27-people-hundreds-evacuated [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260829-russian-strike-on-warehouse-near-kyiv-kills-at-least-27-people-hundreds-evacuated ) [13:24] TR News Dozens dead after Russian drone strike hits warehouse https://www.france24.com/en/dozens-dead-after-russian-drone-strike-hits-warehouse [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/dozens-dead-after-russian-drone-strike-hits-warehouse ) [13:24] TR News 37 Killed After Russian Strike on Weapons Depot as Ukraine Blames Negligence https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/europe/russia-ukraine-strike-kyiv-drones.html [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/europe/russia-ukraine-strike-kyiv-drones.html ) [13:25] TR News Death Toll From Russian Strike On Kyiv Region Rises To 37 https://www.rferl.org/a/death-toll-from-russian-strike-on-kyiv-region-rises-to-27/33843071.html [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Death Toll From Russian Strike On Kyiv Region Rises To 38 [13:25] TR News Zelenskyy Blasts 'Negligence' As Ukraine Mourns Dozens Killed In Russian Strike https://www.rferl.org/a/bucha-ukraine-ammunition-warehouse-russian-drone/33843180.html [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Blasts 'Negligence' As Ukraine Mourns Dozens Killed In Russian Strike [13:25] TR News Russian strikes hit homes, warehouse, shopping mall across Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/russian-strikes-hit-homes-warehouse-shopping-mall-across-ukraine [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/russian-strikes-hit-homes-warehouse-shopping-mall-across-ukraine ) [13:25] TR News Hundreds evacuate after Russian strike on depot near Kyiv kills at least 37 https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260829-russian-strike-on-warehouse-near-kyiv-kills-at-least-27-people-hundreds-evacuated [13:25] TR News Warehouse hit by Russian attack stored munitions, Zelensky says https://www.france24.com/en/warehouse-hit-by-russian-attack-stored-munitions-zelensky-says [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/warehouse-hit-by-russian-attack-stored-munitions-zelensky-says ) [13:26] TR News Growing Risk, Not Just to Ukraine But to NATO https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/29/growing-risk-not-just-to-ukraine-but-to-nato/ [13:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Growing Risk, Not Just to Ukraine But to NATO [13:27] TR News An ultra-condensed history of computing since the 1980s for those who weren't paying attention https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/99703.html [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dreamwidth.org | Captcha Check [13:28] TR News Masks, test kits back on shopping lists amid signs of Covid-19 resurgence in S. Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/masks-test-kits-back-on-shopping-lists-amid-signs-of-covid-19-resurgence-in-s-korea [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Masks, test kits back on shopping lists amid signs of Covid-19 resurgence in S. Korea | The Straits Times [13:29] TR News Ingo Juergensmann: Debian GR on Responsible Use of Generative Hey Hi (AI) https://blog.windfluechter.net/2026/08/29/debian-gr-on-responsible-use-of-generative-ai/ [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.windfluechter.net | Debian GR on Responsible Use of Generative AI WindfluechterNet Blog [13:36] TR News Canonical Releases Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, Opening Upgrades for Noble Numbat Users https://www.ghacks.net/2026/08/29/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-04-1-lts-opening-upgrades-for-noble-numbat-users/ [13:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ghacks.net | Canonical Releases Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, Opening Upgrades for Noble Numbat Users - gHacks Tech News [13:38] TR News Someone got Linux running on their iPhone 6S, and so can you https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-got-linux-running-on-their-iphone-6s-and-so-can-you/ [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Someone got Linux running on their iPhone 6S, and so can you [13:38] TR News "The community build of Valve's compatibility layer GE-Proton 11-6 is out now, bringing major new features and changes to running Windows games SteamOS / Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ge-proton-11-6-released-with-updates-for-wayland-ps5-controllers-and-more-upgrades/ [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GE-Proton 11-6 released with updates for Wayland, PS5 Controllers and more upgrades | GamingOnLinux [13:39] TR News SteamOS 3.9 tests hibernation and improves support for PCs and virtual machines https://videocardz.com/newz/steamos-3-9-preview-moves-to-linux-7-2-adds-preliminary-hibernation-support [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SteamOS 3.9 Preview moves to Linux 7.2, adds preliminary hibernation support - VideoCardz.com [13:40] TR News 8BitDo finally makes installing controller drivers on Linux a breeze with its new website https://www.xda-developers.com/8bitdo-finally-makes-installing-controller-drivers-on-linux-a-breeze-with-its-new-website/ [13:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | 8BitDo finally makes installing controller drivers on Linux a breeze with its new website [13:40] TR News Someone built a Linux version of CrystalDiskInfo, and you can download it right now https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-built-a-linux-version-of-crystaldiskinfo-and-you-can-download-it-right-now/ [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Someone built a Linux version of CrystalDiskInfo, and you can download it right now [13:41] TR News "This is much more of a here be dragons type of release, because a fair amount of the software behind the scenes has seen major version changes." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steamos-3-9-0-preview-brings-major-updates-to-desktop-mode-linux-kernel-wifi-and-more/ [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SteamOS 3.9.0 Preview brings major updates to desktop mode, Linux kernel, WiFi and more | GamingOnLinux [13:42] TR News Linux 7.3 is giving my decade-old AMD GPU features it never had on Windows https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-73-is-giving-my-decade-old-amd-gpu-features-it-never-had-on-windows/ [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Linux 7.3 is giving my decade-old AMD GPU features it never had on Windows [13:43] TR News "AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt | Tom's Hardware [13:43] TR News CachyOS is closing the one gap that used to keep me on Windows https://www.howtogeek.com/cachyos-is-closing-the-gap-windows/ [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | CachyOS is closing the one gap that used to keep me on Windows [13:44] TR News Asahi Linux nears M3 support release, M4 and M5 are on the way https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/29/asahi-linux-nears-m3-support-release-m4-and-m5-are-on-the-way [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-appleinsider.com | Asahi Linux expects M3 support release within weeks [13:48] TR News (NEW): SteamOS 3.9.0 Preview https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/SteamOS_3_9_0_Preview.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/SteamOS_3_9_0_Preview.gmi [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines SteamOS 3.9.0 Preview [13:49] TR News (NEW): Games: Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, GE-Proton 11-6, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Games_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Builds_GE_Proton_11_6_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Games_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Builds_GE_Proton_11_6_a.gmi [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, GE-Proton 11-6, and More [13:51] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/today_s_howtos.gmi [13:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [13:53] TR News (NEW): Linux 7.3 and Asahi Linux News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Linux_7_3_and_Asahi_Linux_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Linux_7_3_and_Asahi_Linux_News.gmi [13:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux 7.3 and Asahi Linux News [13:55] TR News (NEW): Applications: Audacity 4.0 Beta4 and GNU/Linux Version of CrystalDiskInf https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Applications_Audacity_4_0_Beta4_and_GNU_Linux_Version_of_Crysta.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Applications_Audacity_4_0_Beta4_and_GNU_Linux_Version_of_Crysta.gmi [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Applications: Audacity 4.0 Beta4 and GNU/Linux Version of CrystalDiskInf [13:56] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [13:58] TR News (NEW): Free Software and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Free_Software_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Free_Software_and_Standards.gmi [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free Software and Standards ● Aug 30 [14:00] TR News Kernel Leap, AI-Native - openKylin 3.0 Officially Released https://www.openkylin.top/news/4099-en.html [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openkylin.top | Kernel Leap, AI-Native - openKylin 3.0 Officially Released-openKylin | [14:03] TR News (NEW): Debian-Based openKylin 3.0 Officially Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Debian_Based_openKylin_3_0_Officially_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Debian_Based_openKylin_3_0_Officially_Released.gmi [14:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Debian-Based openKylin 3.0 Officially Released [14:08] TR News (NEW): Linux Hardware Stories https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Linux_Hardware_Stories.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Linux_Hardware_Stories.gmi [14:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Hardware Stories [14:15] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems.gmi [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems [14:32] TR News Techrights Links 30/08/2026: Soldiers in Niger Attack Presidential Palace and Airport, Nepali City Struggles to Handle the Many Dead Bodies https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Links_30_08_2026_Soldiers_in_Niger_Attack_Presidential_Palace_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Links_30_08_2026_Soldiers_in_Niger_Attack_Presidential_Palace_a.gmi [14:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 30/08/2026: Soldiers in Niger Attack Presidential Palace and Airport, Nepali City Struggles to Handle the Many Dead Bodies [14:41] TR News They said Mac is easy to use gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2026_08_01.txt [14:42] TR News THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR ROLLING gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-08-30These_Boots_Were_Made_for_Rolling.txt [14:55] TR News Masks Still in Fashion https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/masks-still-in-fashion/ [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Masks Still in Fashion ● Aug 30 [16:25] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Has Gone Mainstream, Now It's Attacked by Slop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/GNU_Linux_Has_Gone_Mainstream_Now_It_s_Attacked_by_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/GNU_Linux_Has_Gone_Mainstream_Now_It_s_Attacked_by_Slop.gmi [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Has Gone Mainstream, Now It's Attacked by Slop [16:37] TR News Techrights Even Linux Cannot Cope With Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Even_Linux_Cannot_Cope_With_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Even_Linux_Cannot_Cope_With_Slop.gmi [16:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Even Linux Cannot Cope With Slop [16:59] TR News Techrights What a Summer! https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/What_a_Summer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/What_a_Summer.gmi [16:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights What a Summer! ● Aug 30 [17:19] TR News Techrights Walls in Free Software https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Walls_in_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Walls_in_Free_Software.gmi [17:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Walls in Free Software [17:24] TR News Bruno Fernandes Ends the Manchester United Drought https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/bruno-fernandes-ends-the-manchester-united-drought/ [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Bruno Fernandes Ends the Manchester United Drought [17:27] TR News "So for every 100 dollars shed by IBM for RAs IBM has to add 33 bucks to hire in India." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m11z8py6 [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m11z8py6 ) [17:27] TR News "With 600k let go IBM is a powerful engine of Unemployment in the West, gradually acquiring 150k Indians." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m11z8py6 [17:27] TR News "This tells you a lot about how many westerners have been laid off to build that massive 150k workforce in India. Between Europe and North America, 600k people have been eliminated over time. Remember that IBM basically a private equity firm that strip mines the companies it acquires and then lays off most of the staff." [17:27] TR News "I agree it has always been 1:1 replacement by India. IBM is trying to show a fake savings through labor arbitrage and a 4:1 ratio wouldn't allow that." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m11z8py6 [17:27] TR News "IBM is no longer an American company. But its still wearing that mask." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m11z8py6 [17:52] TR News Techrights Salaries Are Counted in Money, Not in Participation in the Employer's Scheme https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Salaries_Are_Counted_in_Money_Not_in_Participation_in_the_Emplo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Salaries_Are_Counted_in_Money_Not_in_Participation_in_the_Emplo.gmi [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Salaries Are Counted in Money, Not in Participation in the Employer's Scheme [17:58] TR News GNU/Linux measured at 12% in Australia yesterday https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=AU&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=AU&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [17:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [17:59] TR News Same in France yesterday https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=FR&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=FR&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [17:59] TR News And Netherlands https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=NL [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=NL ) ● Aug 30 [18:06] TR News Michael Carrick: We Feel the Love https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/michael-carrick-we-feel-the-love/ [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Michael Carrick: We Feel the Love [18:25] TR News (NEW): PHP RPMs, Flatpak (IBM) Sponsored by German Government, and Red Hat Selling Slop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/29/PHP_RPMs_Flatpak_IBM_Sponsored_by_German_Government_and_Red_Hat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/29/PHP_RPMs_Flatpak_IBM_Sponsored_by_German_Government_and_Red_Hat.gmi [18:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines PHP RPMs, Flatpak (IBM) Sponsored by German Government, and Red Hat Selling Slop [18:25] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Measured at About 7% in Portugal (Desktops/Laptops) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_About_7_in_Portugal_Desktops_Laptops.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_About_7_in_Portugal_Desktops_Laptops.gmi [18:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Measured at About 7% in Portugal (Desktops/Laptops) [18:27] TR News GNU/Linux 6%, Firefox 1.5% https://analytics.usa.gov/ [18:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-analytics.usa.gov | The US government's web traffic. [18:29] TR News "The folks behind the Lua programming language maintain a page detailing the release dates of all released versions of the language." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/lua-as-a-practical-soft-bedrock-language.gmi [18:30] TR News "You feed it some text and it returns you a mangled version that almost makes sense, but not quite. My implementation always begins at the beginning which helps for inputs that start with something recognisable. Project Gutenberg is a good place to get suitable texts." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-05-06_Dissociated_Jekyll_And_Hyde.gmi [18:31] TR News "This MCP has no support for `robots.txt`, but at least a rate limiter for Gemini that uses a default of 60 seconds if the return status is `44 Slow Down`, and configurable rate limiting for Gemini and Gopher." gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/transmissions/2026-08-30-fyi-theres-an-ai-mcp-server-for-the-gemini-protocol-and-gopher.gmi [18:32] TR News "I was a blogger for a long time. You could say that I was blogging before I knew what blogging was." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-30-turn-back-time [18:34] TR News "took these out a week early as well. they don't really "go together" - the italian is more of an end of summer deck while the cat people are fully autumn, so they match the vibes of the month despite not aesthetically gelling together." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/septemberdecks [18:44] TR News Techrights Links 30/08/2026: Apple Rant and LLM (Slop) Scrapers Target Gemini Protocol and Gopher https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Links_30_08_2026_Apple_Rant_and_LLM_Slop_Scrapers_Target_Gemini.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Links_30_08_2026_Apple_Rant_and_LLM_Slop_Scrapers_Target_Gemini.gmi [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 30/08/2026: Apple Rant and LLM (Slop) Scrapers Target Gemini Protocol and Gopher [18:54] TR News No Need for Facebook to Share Photos Online https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/no-need-for-facebook-to-share-photos-online/ [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive No Need for Facebook to Share Photos Online ● Aug 30 [19:02] TR News "When is the next Microsoft layoff? Microsoft is not hitting Amy's target of 5-10% reduction a year." https://www.teamblind.com/post/when-is-the-next-microsoft-layoff-cvci65of [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.teamblind.com | When is the next Microsoft layoff? | Tech Industry - Blind [19:13] TR News Techrights Microsoft Layoffs Perpetual But Silent, People Pushed Out Using Pressure or Incentive Schemes https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Microsoft_Layoffs_Perpetual_But_Silent_People_Pushed_Out_Using_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Microsoft_Layoffs_Perpetual_But_Silent_People_Pushed_Out_Using_.gmi [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Layoffs Perpetual But Silent, People Pushed Out Using Pressure or Incentive Schemes [19:34] TR News Techrights Coding is Not Obsolete https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Coding_is_Not_Obsolete.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Coding_is_Not_Obsolete.gmi [19:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Coding is Not Obsolete [19:48] TR News Techrights Anniversaries Next Month https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Anniversaries_Next_Month.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Anniversaries_Next_Month.gmi [19:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Anniversaries Next Month [19:54] TR News SFC lost $590,627 last year https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/412203632 [19:54] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-projects.propublica.org | Software Freedom Conservancy Inc - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica [19:55] TR News It's now what it seems https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/FOSSY_SFC_Platforming_GAFAM_Sells_Endorsement.shtml [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights FOSSY (SFC) Platforming GAFAM, Sells Endorsement [19:55] TR News And not what it claims, either https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Does_Not_Support_Women_It_Imit.shtml [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Does Not Support Women, It Imitates Authentic Organisations, Embraces Misogynists, Then Projects [19:56] TR News "The "shy" millionaires don't like it." https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/06/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Does_Not_Work_for_Freedom_It_W.shtml [19:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Does Not Work for Freedom, It Works to Secure the Massive Salary of Its President And Executive Director [19:56] TR News Bradley M Kuhn Steps Down as Treasurer https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/For_Second_Year_in_a_Row_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Loses.shtml [19:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights For Second Year in a Row Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Loses Money (Over $3,000,000 Lost in 2 Years), Bradley M Kuhn Steps Down as Treasurer [19:57] TR News lost 2.5 million dollars in 2 years [19:58] TR News Latched onto algospeak of bad actors, not people who get work done [19:59] TR News NawaOS 2.0 is out, but controlled by Microsoft in SlopHub https://distrowatch.com/12934 [19:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/12934 ) ● Aug 30 [20:01] TR News Vanilla OS 3 Reunion - Stable Release https://vanillaos.org/blog/article/2026-08-24/vanilla-os-3-reunion---stable-release [20:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vanillaos.org | Vanilla OS [20:01] TR News Distribution Release: PorteuX 2.8 https://distrowatch.com/12929 [20:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/12929 ) [20:02] TR News (NEW): Butterbian 0.4.0 (Butterbian-XFCE Release Note) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Butterbian_0_4_0_Butterbian_XFCE_Release_Note.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Butterbian_0_4_0_Butterbian_XFCE_Release_Note.gmi [20:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Butterbian 0.4.0 (Butterbian-XFCE Release Note) [20:20] TR News (NEW): Site Improvements on the Way https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Site_Improvements_on_the_Way.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Site_Improvements_on_the_Way.gmi [20:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Site Improvements on the Way [20:21] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 243 seconds) [20:21] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [20:23] TR News "Email is hard. SMTP was a simple mail transfer protocol except that now it's a relatively difficult mail protocol with things overlaid on top." It was besieged by surveillance companies like GAFAM to kill rivals. http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2026-Aug-30.html.en#2026-Aug-30-16:04:30 [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.netfort.gr.jp | Email is hard. [20:25] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [20:35] TR News (NEW): The FOSS Force Interview With Richard Stallman https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/The_FOSS_Force_Interview_With_Richard_Stallman.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/The_FOSS_Force_Interview_With_Richard_Stallman.gmi [20:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The FOSS Force Interview With Richard Stallman [20:39] *FANTOM (~fantom@90.251.50.60) has joined #boycottnovell-social [20:43] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [20:53] TR News Like a Monsoon https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/like-a-monsoon/ [20:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Like a Monsoon [20:56] TR News "Unfortunately, my plans exceeded my ability to complete them, yet again. It has been so long that even the link aggregator I was posting these on is now gone! I have to figure out what link aggregator people use these days...." gemini://gem.kai.gay/imback.gmi [20:56] TR News Un ao de vivir "annimo" gemini://text.eapl.mx/un-anio-de-vivir-anonimo [20:57] TR News "Over the course of the last few weeks I had the opportunity to discuss a number of things with a friend, among which was the question of rationality." gemini://sojuz.v-tr.org/mumble/on-rationality-nihilism-and-acceptance.gmi ● Aug 30 [22:49] TR News (NEW): Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.3 Release Candidate https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_7_3_Release_Candida.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/30/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_7_3_Release_Candida.gmi [22:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.3 Release Candidate ● Aug 30 [02:15] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ducks/ [02:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Trump's AI duck invasion baffles on both sides of the border: 'Our president is insane' - Raw Story ● Aug 30 [03:34] TR News At least 37 dead and hundreds evacuated after strike on Kyiv weapons depot https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86xwqez4npo [03:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.bbc.com | At least 37 dead and hundreds evacuated after strike on Kyiv weapons depot [03:34] TR News Russian strike on a munitions depot triggers deadly blasts near Kyiv https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/29/29-08-sv-russia-strikes-arms-depot-kyiv-fm [03:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aljazeera.com | Russian strike on a munitions depot triggers deadly blasts near Kyiv | Russia-Ukraine war | Al Jazeera [03:35] TR News Russian strike on a Ukrainian warehouse kills 37 in the wars deadliest attack this year https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-bucha-kyiv-4be42e27897bf45797a0cf3758be5eaf [03:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-apnews.com | Russian attack hits a warehouse near Kyiv, causing homes to burn and killing at least 37 | AP News [03:37] TR News Estonias spy chief: Russia is in a very bad place revolution could come overnight https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/29/kaupo-rosin-interview-russia-bad-place-revolution/ [03:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 402 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/29/kaupo-rosin-interview-russia-bad-place-revolution/ ) [03:38] TR News Russia shows terrifying map of England 'attack locations' as Moscow politician issues new warning https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/world-news/russia-shows-terrifying-map-england-34539638 [03:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Russia shows terrifying map of England 'attack locations' as Moscow politician issues new warning - Manchester Evening News ● Aug 30 [04:00] admfubar https://pogowasright.org/dhs-bids-to-vacuum-up-voter-registration-history-from-all-50-states/ [04:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol-DHS bids to vacuum up voter registration, history from all 50 states PogoWasRight.org ● Aug 30 [09:24] TR News "The recent fights under the Trump administration have spurred a legal battle and a high-profile standoff between federal agents and law enforcement from the Tohono Oodham Nation." https://azluminaria.org/2026/08/28/we-will-not-let-this-destroy-our-sacred-sites-indigenous-leaders-fight-trump-administrations-border-wall/ | Source: Arizona Luminaria [09:24] -TechPolBot/#techpol-azluminaria.org | "We will not let this destroy our sacred sites: Indigenous leaders fight Trump administrations border wall - AZ Luminaria [09:54] TR News "The Manhattan prosecution stems from a payment made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to suppress her claims of a sexual encounter." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/federal-judge-denies-trump-hush-money-conviction-1817009 | Source: International Business Times [09:54] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Federal Judge Rules That 'Paying Hush Money to an Adult Film Star' Is Not Protected by Immunity | IBTimes UK ● Aug 30 [11:32] TR News "Shocked, Shocked! To Find that Corruption Is Going on in a Trump Casino! - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/29/shocked-shocked-to-find-that-corruption-is-going-on-in-a-trump-casino/ [11:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-emptywheel.net | Shocked, Shocked! To Find that Corruption Is Going on in a Trump Casino! - emptywheel [11:32] TR News "Trumps Third Term May Not Need Trump - A Node on the Web" https://rmendes.net/articles/2026/08/29/trump-successor-election/ [11:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-rmendes.net | Trumps Third Term May Not Need Trump - A Node on the Web [11:32] TR News "The Naked Trump - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/naked-trump [11:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-robertreich.substack.com | The Naked Trump - Robert Reich [11:33] TR News Iceland EU referendum sees slim, early lead for 'yes' camp" https://www.dw.com/en/iceland-eu-referendum-european-union/a-78560633 [11:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.dw.com | Iceland voters reject EU accession talks [11:33] TR News "Norways crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII amid family scandals: From Epstein ties to a shaman brother-in-law | International | EL PAS English" https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-08-28/norways-crown-prince-becomes-king-haakon-viii-amid-family-scandals-from-epstein-ties-to-a-shaman-brother-in-law.html [11:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol-english.elpais.com | Norways crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII amid family scandals: From Epstein ties to a shaman brother-in-law | International | EL PAS English [11:34] TR News "As he loses power and popularity and faces mounting resistance abroad and at home Trump is enlarging his police state." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-or-someone-you-love-could-be [11:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-robertreich.substack.com | You or Someone You Love Could Be Next - Robert Reich [11:43] TR News "Definitely no or maybe yes: what tipped the Icelandic referendum | Iceland | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/definitely-no-or-maybe-yes-what-tipped-the-icelandic-referendum [11:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Definitely no or maybe yes: what tipped the Icelandic referendum | Iceland | The Guardian ● Aug 30 [12:27] TR News Dr David Halpin and David Kelly https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2026/08/dr-david-halpin-and-david-kelly/ [12:27] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.craigmurray.org.uk | Dr David Halpin and David Kelly - Craig Murray [12:32] TR News UN committee sounds alarm as Maasai in Tanzania face evictions and abuse https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/un-committee-sounds-alarm-as-maasai-in-tanzania-face-evictions-and-abuse/ [12:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | UN committee sounds alarm as Maasai in Tanzania face evictions and abuse - JURIST - News [12:33] TR News Situation in Niger 'not stabilised yet' as security forces deploy around airport https://www.france24.com/en/situation-in-niger-not-stabilised-yet-as-security-forces-deploy-around-airport [12:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/situation-in-niger-not-stabilised-yet-as-security-forces-deploy-around-airport ) [12:35] TR News Michael Wolff Calls Convicted Felon a '300-Pound Man Who Stuffs Himself With Poison' While Discussing His Mortality https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/michael-wolff-trump-mortality-health-concerns-1817006 [12:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Michael Wolff Calls Trump a '300-Pound Man Who Stuffs Himself With Poison' While Discussing His Mortality | IBTimes UK [12:43] TR News Why Iceland and Others Might Want In, Not Out, of the E.U. Club https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/europe/iceland-eu-membership-europe.html [12:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/europe/iceland-eu-membership-europe.html ) [12:57] TR News A New Form of U.S. Colonialism: Venezuelans Bristle at U.S. Oil Takeover https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/americas/venezuela-oil-us-takeover.html [12:57] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/americas/venezuela-oil-us-takeover.html ) ● Aug 30 [13:23] TR News Soldiers in Niger Attack Presidential Palace and Airport, Shaking Junta https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/africa/niger-special-forces-attack.html [13:23] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/africa/niger-special-forces-attack.html ) [13:23] TR News Bipartisan US Lawmakers Take Aim At Serbia's Vucic Over Democracy, Russia Ties https://www.rferl.org/a/congress-serbia-russia-iran-china-corruption-eu/33842700.html [13:23] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Bipartisan US Lawmakers Take Aim At Serbia's Vucic Over Democracy, Russia Ties [13:24] TR News Niger junta says it is back in control after soldiers' mutiny rocks capital https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260829-gunfire-and-explosions-heard-near-military-base-in-niger-s-capital [13:24] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260829-gunfire-and-explosions-heard-near-military-base-in-niger-s-capital ) [13:24] TR News Russian strike on warehouse near Kyiv kills at least 27 people, hundreds evacuating https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260829-russian-strike-on-warehouse-near-kyiv-kills-at-least-27-people-hundreds-evacuated [13:24] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260829-russian-strike-on-warehouse-near-kyiv-kills-at-least-27-people-hundreds-evacuated ) [13:24] TR News Dozens dead after Russian drone strike hits warehouse https://www.france24.com/en/dozens-dead-after-russian-drone-strike-hits-warehouse [13:24] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/dozens-dead-after-russian-drone-strike-hits-warehouse ) [13:24] TR News 37 Killed After Russian Strike on Weapons Depot as Ukraine Blames Negligence https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/europe/russia-ukraine-strike-kyiv-drones.html [13:24] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/europe/russia-ukraine-strike-kyiv-drones.html ) [13:25] TR News Death Toll From Russian Strike On Kyiv Region Rises To 37 https://www.rferl.org/a/death-toll-from-russian-strike-on-kyiv-region-rises-to-27/33843071.html [13:25] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Death Toll From Russian Strike On Kyiv Region Rises To 38 [13:25] TR News Zelenskyy Blasts 'Negligence' As Ukraine Mourns Dozens Killed In Russian Strike https://www.rferl.org/a/bucha-ukraine-ammunition-warehouse-russian-drone/33843180.html [13:25] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Blasts 'Negligence' As Ukraine Mourns Dozens Killed In Russian Strike [13:25] TR News Russian strikes hit homes, warehouse, shopping mall across Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/russian-strikes-hit-homes-warehouse-shopping-mall-across-ukraine [13:25] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/russian-strikes-hit-homes-warehouse-shopping-mall-across-ukraine ) [13:25] TR News Hundreds evacuate after Russian strike on depot near Kyiv kills at least 37 https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260829-russian-strike-on-warehouse-near-kyiv-kills-at-least-27-people-hundreds-evacuated [13:25] TR News Warehouse hit by Russian attack stored munitions, Zelensky says https://www.france24.com/en/warehouse-hit-by-russian-attack-stored-munitions-zelensky-says [13:25] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/warehouse-hit-by-russian-attack-stored-munitions-zelensky-says ) [13:26] TR News Growing Risk, Not Just to Ukraine But to NATO https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/29/growing-risk-not-just-to-ukraine-but-to-nato/ [13:26] -TechPolBot/#techpol-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Growing Risk, Not Just to Ukraine But to NATO ● Aug 30 [14:32] *nobody has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:59] *nobody (~nobody@7hvjqzwbc6mra.irc) has joined #techpol ● Aug 30 [16:25] *admfubar has quit (connection closed) [16:26] *admfubar (~admfubar@z3ahu5vhsurga.irc) has joined #techpol ● Aug 30 [17:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol ● Aug 30 [21:47] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/28/buc-ees-decides-the-right-response-to-pushback-on-its-trademark-bullying-is-to-invoke-partisanship/ [21:47] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Buc-ees Decides The Right Response To Pushback On Its Trademark Bullying Is To Invoke Partisanship | Techdirt ● Aug 30 [22:12] admfubar send in the clones... https://prospect.org/2026/08/24/natalie-harp-trump-white-house-aid-jon-ossoff-air-force-one/ [22:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-prospect.org | Clone Natalie Harp! 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