●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, March 31, 2025 ●● ● Mar 31 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-300325.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-300325.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-300325.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-300325.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, March 30, 2025 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-300325.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-300325.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-300325.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-300325.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, March 30, 2025 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-03-30.txt ● Mar 31 [04:22] TR News "Yes, Indian engineers are really not the smartest and certainly cheat a lot, but hey this is their culture from home. Putting happens in India unless you lie or bribe. This is a fu--ing culture!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqec25mw [04:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqec25mw ) [04:22] TR News "This thread is for comments only, not for providing news or value added advise on Alvind or his lapdog Krabanaugh. So, stay annoyed in India. Unless you are up in the loo in Timbuktoo where you might be looking for an igloo !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqax2nm6 [04:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqax2nm6 ) [04:23] TR News "Think of it as IBM's (Alvind's) sneaky and devious way of telling you that it is time to pack up your bags and job and head for the hills ....but don't let the door hit you on the way out." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqkb928v [04:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqkb928v ) [04:24] TR News "Payback is a BIT$H ! And getting a paycheck for doing nothing is always a great way to get ahead when dealing with the dishonest management of IBM. It's like getting free money, and maybe even better." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqffgwez [04:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqffgwez ) [04:27] TR News "Cutting your way to growth is rarely successful when you are in a race to the bottom. And IBM is in a race to the bottom." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqffgwez [04:29] TR News "Googlers have questions for the company after getting smaller pay bumps" [04:29] TR News "On March 25, IBM filed that it would be performing layoffs at a Winston-Salem site, impacting 72 employees effective May 30." https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/rti-international-ibm-panera-among-hundreds-of-jobs-cut-factory-closures-impacting-nc/ar-AA1BLKGA [04:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-MSN [04:33] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [04:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [04:33] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 30, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_March_30_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_March_30_2025.gmi [04:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 30, 2025 [04:35] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... ● Mar 31 [05:18] TR News Auto restarting a Mac Mini running Ubuntu after power loss gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2025-03-30-macmini-restart-on-power.gmi [05:19] TR News "Airey Neave MP was assassinated 46 years ago today, leading to a radical change in Tory and Labour policy on Northern Ireland. His son and grandchildren were friends-of-a-friend, so I've met the family once or twice, including a Christmas dinner." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-03-30_rip-airey-neave-1916-1979.gmi [05:21] TR News "Most Unicode characters are not defined in monospace fonts, at least as far as I'm aware." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20250326-fonts_are_op.txt [05:22] TR News "What is the key for text justification in emacs? How to rename window in tmux? Hah! I've got it." gemini://szczezuja.space/tinylog.gmi [05:24] TR News "All of this would be a normal, miserable life, if not for the fact that I finally landed in Gophersphere again. I started Bongusta, Gopher Club, my bookmarks." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/szczezuja/phlog/2025-03-30-I-am-alive-2.txt [05:25] TR News "I stumbled across "36 Streets" by T.R. Napper last month, and was blown away when I sat down to read it. I grew up on cyberpunk fiction, but personally find a lot of modern attempts at cyberpunk to be a bit.. meh." gemini://tilde.pink/~inkhorn/books/250331_BookReview_36Streets.gmi [05:27] TR News "When I was a kid, my mother went through a deeply New Age-y phase. I am now the person who can give you an ironclad scientific argument debunking Western astrology while also drawing up your birth chart." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-03-30 [05:29] TR News "I'll be blunt: I don't think any of the mythology episodes should be in the top twenty. Maybe not the top forty. Yes, that's right: I don't think there's a single mythology episode that makes the top twenty percent of all X-Files episodes." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-03-30-2 [05:35] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 31/03/2025: More X-Filesposting and Dreaming in Emacs https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2025_More_X_Filesposting_and_Dreaming_in_Ema.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2025_More_X_Filesposting_and_Dreaming_in_Ema.gmi [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 31/03/2025: More X-Filesposting and Dreaming in Emacs [05:42] TR News Most Web requests in Namibia now come from Android https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/namibia/#monthly-200902-202503 [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Namibia | Statcounter Global Stats [05:47] TR News At Techrights we now have an outline of how to cover privacy and elections at OSI. Keep it coming, eventually we get around to all of it. Everything will be covered when the time or chronology is right. ● Mar 31 [06:20] TR News Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: The OSI Does Not Respect Anybody's Privacy https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Privacy_Fiasco_in_Detail_The_OSI_Doe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Privacy_Fiasco_in_Detail_The_OSI_Doe.gmi [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: The OSI Does Not Respect Anybody's Privacy ● Mar 31 [07:07] TR News "some argue that AI art tools merely expand creative possibilities rather than erase human artistry" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/hyderabad-chronicle/ghibli-or-gibberish-1869824 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | Ghibli or Gibberish? [07:07] TR News "The legal battle between library database giant OCLC and shadow library search engine Anna's Archive has hit a snag." https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-scraping-court-defers-key-questions-to-state-supreme-court/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Anna's Archive Scraping: Court Defers Key Questions to State Supreme Court * TorrentFreak [07:07] TR News "While Dramacool stepped away from offering pirated streams, the sites X account is still active and thriving, posting regular updates on Korean drama and entertainment." https://torrentfreak.com/dramacool-was-targeted-by-kocowa-as-part-of-an-ongoing-u-s-lawsuit-250329/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dramacool Was Targeted by Kocowa as Part of an Ongoing U.S. Lawsuit * TorrentFreak [07:11] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/jailbreaking-fire-stick-why-its-illegal-and-punishment/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/jailbreaking-fire-stick-why-its-illegal-and-punishment/ ) [07:11] TR News [Old] "In March 2022, when the Taliban refused to open secondary schools for girls , Gulghotai, or Gula, knew it was time to act - even if it meant putting her life in serious danger." https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/how-this-australian-run-network-of-secret-schools-is-helping-afghan-girls-defy-the-taliban/qc8h5552u | Source: SBS [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sbs.com.au | Taliban takeover anniversary: How this Australian-run network of secret schools is helping Afghan girls | SBS News [07:12] TR News "When she entered her classroom with her female peers, a Taliban officer followed and told them they were not welcome to pursue their studies." https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/bilqees-entered-her-class-to-receive-an-education-she-was-kicked-out-for-being-a-woman/ztjlli4eb | Source: SBS [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sbs.com.au | Afghanistan university ban: Women shut out from universities express devastation | SBS News [07:12] TR News "It was a breakthrough for the unions bottom-up reform movement when NALC leadership agreed to call a national day of action." https://truthout.org/articles/postal-workers-defend-usps-against-doge-attack/ | Source: TruthOut [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Postal Workers Defend USPS Against DOGE Attack | Truthout [07:12] TR News "Chhattisgarh HC cites Article 21, says test violates dignity and fundamental rights" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/hc-no-woman-can-be-forced-to-undergo-virginity-test-1869951 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | HC: No Woman Can Be Forced to Undergo Virginity Test [07:13] TR News "seemingly failed to consider any reliance issues in effectively closing the agency" https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-temporarily-blocks-trumps-gutting-of-public-funding-for-voice-of-america/ | Source: Court House News [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-temporarily-blocks-trumps-gutting-of-public-funding-for-voice-of-america/ ) [07:13] TR News "Incoming media outlets include the New York Post, Breitbart, the Washington Examiner, the Free Press, the Daily Caller, Newsmax, the Huffington Post and One America News Network" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-doubles-number-news-outlets-rotate-out-office-spaces-2025-02-08/ | Source: Reuters [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-doubles-number-news-outlets-rotate-out-office-spaces-2025-02-08/ ) [07:19] TR News "In an interview with Fox News, Musk railed against anyone targeting his company, threatening that the government will be investigating the protests." https://futurism.com/musk-government-go-after-tesla-critics | Source: Futurism [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Musk Says Government Will "Go After" Tesla Critics [07:19] TR News "Earlier this week anti-Hamas chants were heard during a wider protest against the war, a rare occurrence in a place where dissent is not tolerated." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/30/hamas-beat-protester-death-oday-al-rabbay-gaza-doorstep/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/30/hamas-beat-protester-death-oday-al-rabbay-gaza-doorstep/ ) [07:19] TR News "two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment" https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack/ | Source: Krebs On Security [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-krebsonsecurity.com | How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack Krebs on Security [07:20] TR News "We dont want to become Iran or Iraq. Were trying to save our country." https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0330/turkey-democracy-erdogan-protests-imamoglu | Source: CS Monitor [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-In Turkey, protesters denounce Erdoans authoritarianism - CSMonitor.com [07:21] TR News "In this tutorial, we will cover how to generate self-signed SSL certificate using openssl command in Linux." https://www.linuxbuzz.com/generate-self-signed-ssl-certificate-using-openssl/ | Source: Linux Buzz [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linuxbuzz.com | How to Generate Self-Signed SSL Certificate Using OpenSSL [07:22] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:23] TR News How To Install Shotcut Video Editor on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-shotcut-video-editor-debian-12/ [07:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Shotcut Video Editor on Debian 12 - idroot [07:24] TR News How To Install Apache Solr on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-apache-solr-manjaro/ [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Apache Solr on Manjaro - idroot [07:24] TR News How To Install Apache Cassandra on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-apache-cassandra-opensuse/ [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Apache Cassandra on openSUSE - idroot [07:25] TR News How To Install FrostWire on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-frostwire-ubuntu-24-04/ [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install FrostWire on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [07:25] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:27] TR News "Trump Admits He's Open to Using 'Military Force' to Seize Greenland" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-military-force-seize-greenland-1235306568/ [07:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Trump Admits He's Open to Using 'Military Force' to Seize Greenland [07:28] TR News "Trump Says Hes Not Joking About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/trump-third-term.html [07:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Trump Says Hes Not Joking About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution - The New York Times [07:28] TR News "Trumps U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-usaid-cuts.html [07:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Trumps U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar - The New York Times [07:28] TR News "Rome Wasn't Burned In A Day" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/rome-wasnt-burned-in-a-day/ [07:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jwz.org | jwz: Rome Wasn't Burned In A Day [07:29] TR News "Journal of AnonTechie (2275)" https://soylentnews.org/~AnonTechie/journal/19211 "According to a panel of hundreds of artificial intelligence researchers, the field is currently pursuing artificial general intelligence the wrong way." [07:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Journal of AnonTechie (2275) [07:29] TR News "Goodbye Zefram" https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=11164266 [07:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.perlmonks.org | Goodbye Zefram [07:29] TR News A peace agreement in Ukraine must also include nuclear weapons | "En fredsavtale i Ukraina m ogs omfatte atomvpen | Lars Egelands blogg" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://larsegeland.com/2025/03/30/en-fredsavtale-i-ukraina-ma-ogsa-omfatte-atomvapen/ [07:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-larsegeland-com.translate.goog | En fredsavtale i Ukraina m ogs omfatte atomvpen | Lars Egelands blogg [07:30] TR News "Trump says US will "purchase badly needed Icebreakers" from Finland after golfing with Stubb" https://yle.fi/a/74-20152664 [07:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | After golfing with Stubb, Trump says US will "purchase badly needed Icebreakers" from Finland | Yle News | Yle [07:30] TR News iophk: windows tco, and the article calls for more self-inflicted damage https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2025/03/28/americas-arsenal-of-democracy-needs-a-software-renaissance/ ("Americas arsenal of democracy needs a software renaissance") [07:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.c4isrnet.com | Americas arsenal of democracy needs a software renaissance [07:31] TR News "Canadas Military Has a Trump Problem" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/canada-military-spending-trump/682224/ [07:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Canadas Military Has a Trump Problem - The Atlantic [07:31] TR News "The End of College Life" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/03/end-of-college-life/682241/ [07:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The End of College Life - The Atlantic [07:32] TR News "After DOGE [sic] Targeted V.A., an Iraq Veteran Faced Uncertainty and Crisis" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/doge-iraq-veteran-fired.html [07:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | After DOGE Targeted V.A., an Iraq Veteran Faced Uncertainty and Crisis - The New York Times [07:32] TR News "The Normalization of Autocracy - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-normalization-of-autocracy [07:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Normalization of Autocracy - by Mike Brock [07:32] TR News "I'm an American Software Developer and the "Broligarchs" Don't Speak for Me (or Anyone I Know.)" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/30/0940218 [07:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | I'm an American Software Developer and the "Broligarchs" Don't Speak for Me (or Anyone I Know.) - SoylentNews [07:32] TR News "A Cult of Ignorance by Isaac Asimov, 1980" https://aphelis.net/cult-ignorance-isaac-asimov-1980/ [07:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aphelis.net | A Cult of Ignorance by Isaac Asimov, 1980 [07:32] TR News "What will be your alternative once Firefox and Chrome are no longer available" https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/what-will-be-your-alternative-once-firefox-and-chrome-are-no-longer-available-4175748721/ [07:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/what-will-be-your-alternative-once-firefox-and-chrome-are-no-longer-available-4175748721/ ) [07:33] TR News Gen-Z for proprietary garbage and lock-in (with email you get to keep what you and others said) https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/is-time-to-abandon-the-foss-mailing-list:5 ("Is Time To Abandon The FOSS Mailing List") [07:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Is Time To Abandon The FOSS Mailing List [07:33] TR News "Tor Network Status - A Pretty Yet Detailed Current List of Nodes and Type" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/28/1353243 [07:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Tor Network Status - A Pretty Yet Detailed Current List of Nodes and Type - SoylentNews [07:34] TR News = [07:34] TR News = [07:34] TR News "Soylent News Entering a New Phase" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/28/1139202 [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Soylent News Entering a New Phase - SoylentNews [07:35] TR News "In eBGP, you route between different ASes. I could probably have gotten way with iBGP also for this use case, but I wanted eBGP." https://vegard.blog.engen.priv.no/?p=452 | Source: Vegard [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vegard.blog.engen.priv.no | BGP part three eBGP between a VPS and on-prem Vegards Blog [07:35] TR News "As promised in my last blog post, here is part two of my BGP series." https://vegard.blog.engen.priv.no/?p=447 | Source: Vegard [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vegard.blog.engen.priv.no | BGP part two A VPN connection to the cloud. Vegards Blog [07:35] TR News "BGP is a much used routing protocol on internet." https://vegard.blog.engen.priv.no/?p=437 | Source: Vegard [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vegard.blog.engen.priv.no | My Unifi Gateway just learned to do BGP! Vegards Blog [07:39] TR News "When I wrote about how it's complicated to count how many professors are in our department" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OurSimpleAccountIdentityView | Source: University of Toronto [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [07:39] TR News "I like bsdinstall. So much actually that Id say it is clearly one of the best ones among Open-Source operating systems. However this does not mean it couldnt be improved further." https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/installing-bsd-in-2025-part-1-a-critical-look-at-freebsds-installer/ | Source: Eerie Linux [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eerielinux.wordpress.com | Installing *BSD in 2025 part 1 A critical look at FreeBSDs installer eerielinux [07:39] TR News "The Frontend Meeting Creation Add-on is a powerful new feature that enables users to create and manage meetings directly from the frontend." https://wppool.dev/host-your-own-meetings-with-frontend-meeting-creation/ | [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wppool.dev | Host Your Own Meetings with Frontend Meeting Creation in Jitsi Meet v2.7.0 WPPOOL [07:43] TR News "The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the news earlier in the day." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/openai-must-complete-for-profit-transition-by-year-end-to-raise-full-40-billion/articleshow/119715582.cms | Source: India Times [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | OpenAI must complete for-profit transition by year-end to raise full $40 billion - The Economic Times [07:44] TR News Shell game https://www.wired.com/story/xai-x-acquisition-deal/ | Source: Wired http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/30/The_LLM_Bubble_is_About_to_Implode_Gimmicks_and_Financial_Shell.shtml [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Elon Musks xAI Acquires X, Because of Course | WIRED [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The LLM Bubble is About to Implode, Gimmicks and Financial Shell Games Cannot Prevent That, Only Delay It [07:44] TR News "In an interview with Jacobin, Colombias former energy minister outlines left-wing president Gustavo Petros plan to make the rich nations that profit from its extractive economy help pay" https://jacobin.com/2025/03/colombia-petro-green-transition-debt/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Colombia Wants to Phase Out Fossil Fuels [07:45] TR News "Cleanup efforts have not dealt with the "source of contamination": the waste at the former mine, the report states." https://text.npr.org/g-s1-51935 | Source: NPR [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | This may be the most lead polluted place on Earth. Is there any hope? [07:45] TR News "Last years denial of a rehearing included a detailed dissent by eight of the 29 judges on the 9th Circuit" https://www.wired.com/story/us-cities-seeking-to-ban-natural-gas-in-new-buildings-just-got-a-big-win-in-court/ | Source: Wired [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US Cities Seeking to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings Just Got a Big Win in Court | WIRED [07:46] TR News "We are entering a new phase of developing Soylent News. I'm John and I am the president of the nonprofit board of Soylent Phoenix, which manages Soylent News." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/28/1139202 [07:46] TR News "Soon we'll be asking you to review, suggest, and comment on our proposals for a variety of organizational and management changes that we hope will build our community and that will make the site more useful and friendly without changing the intent and basic design." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/28/1139202 [07:47] TR News "inadvertently included The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2025/03/signal-breach-washington-week/682240/ | Source: The Atlantic [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Consequences of the Signal Breach - The Atlantic [07:47] TR News Overpopulation https://phys.org/news/2025-03-morocco-highway-averts-crisis-big.html | Source: Omicron Limited [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-03-morocco-highway-averts-crisis-big.html ) [07:48] TR News "Ms Abassi's views were already known in medical circles." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/new-york-doctors-long-live-hamas-social-media-post-lands-her-in-trouble-8046496 | Source: NDTV [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ndtv.com | New York Doctor's "Long Live Hamas" Social Media Post Lands Her In Trouble [07:48] TR News "Saturday's rally had been called for by the opposition party CHP (Republican People's Party) of which Imamoglu is a member." https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-mass-protests-target-erdogans-grip-on-power/a-72088299 | Source: Deutsche Welle [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Turkey: Mass protests target Erdogan's grip on power DW 03/30/2025 [07:48] *MinceR` has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:48] TR News "Something unexpected is happening in Turkey." https://jacobin.com/2025/03/turkey-erdogan-imamoglu-chp-protests/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | The Unlikely Resistance in Turkey [07:49] TR News "Elon Musk is destroying our democracy" https://truthout.org/articles/thousands-protest-outside-tesla-dealerships-during-global-day-of-action/ | Source: TruthOut [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Thousands Protest Outside Tesla Dealerships During Global Day of Action | Truthout [07:49] TR News "The Trump administration inadvertently shared its attack plans with a journalist, but it didnt share its strategy for victory" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/signal-group-chat-scandal-missing-plan-victory-1235306487/ | Source: Rolling Stone [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Signal Group Chat Scandal Is Missing a Plan for Victory [07:50] TR News "Bhutan became the latest nation to refer to Tibet as Xizang, prompting Tibetan politicians and advocates to urge Bhutan to stop" https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/03/28/tibet-xizang-bhutan/ | Source: RFA [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/03/28/tibet-xizang-bhutan/ ) [07:50] TR News "espionage operations were conducted by governments around the world" https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/29/taiwans-existential-battle-against-chinese-spies/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Taiwan's existential battle against Chinese spies | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP [07:50] TR News "I have serious concerns about the policies proposed in the Executive Order that would make it harder to vote for women" https://mainemorningstar.com/briefs/maine-secretary-of-state-concerned-over-trumps-order-to-overhaul-elections/ | Source: Maine Morning Star [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/briefs/maine-secretary-of-state-concerned-over-trumps-order-to-overhaul-elections/ ) [07:51] TR News "For reasons that are difficult to comprehend as a matter of geopolitical strategy" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/europe-trump-nato-russia/682239/ | Source: The Atlantic [07:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The U.S. Has Changed Its Mind About Europe - The Atlantic [07:51] TR News "The Middle Kingdoms Cyberspace Administration, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security" https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/asia_tech_news_in_brief/ | Source: The Register UK [07:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | China cracks down on personal information collection The Register [07:52] TR News "Musk runs all his companies like one big company, so Twitter and xAI shared data, resources, and staff already." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/30/elon-musk-merges-xai-and-twitter-the-new-aol-time-warner/ | Source: Pivot to AI [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Elon Musk merges xAI and Twitter the new AOL Time Warner Pivot to AI [07:53] TR News "Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/everything-you-say-to-an-alexa-speaker-will-be-sent-to-amazon/articleshow/119685332.cms | Source: India Times [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon - The Economic Times [07:53] TR News "Though the Trump administration has not provided transparency around what the collected data is being used for" https://alabamareflector.com/2025/03/30/repub/data-privacy-experts-call-doge-actions-alarming/ | Source: Alabama Reflector [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/03/30/repub/data-privacy-experts-call-doge-actions-alarming/ ) [07:53] TR News "I cant tell you how relieved this makes me." https://rubenerd.com/wait-you-dont-need-permission-to-run-linux/ | Source: Ruben Schade [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Wait, you dont need permission to run BSD or Linux!? [07:54] TR News Social Control Media: "According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, more than 8,000 users in US have flagged problems" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/x-faces-widespread-outage-as-users-get-affected-globally/articleshow/119765344.cms | Source: India Times [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | X faces widespread outage as users get affected globally - The Economic Times [07:54] TR News "What is new is the callous disregard with which this administration is treating the most vulnerable in America, in what basically amounts to a PR campaign for DOGE" https://futurism.com/elon-musk-rewriting-social-security-code-ai | Source: Futurism [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Elon Musk Secretly Working to Rewrite the Social Security Codebase Using AI [07:55] TR News "Ive also turned off the only other one my phone, Apple Intelligence. Not that it is intelligent mind you but its serving me no purpose." https://ljpuk.net/2025/03/30/opting-out-of-ai/ | Source: Lee Peterson [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ljpuk.net | Opting out of AI LJPUK [07:55] TR News "We've all seen photorealistic AI images, and most are dreadful. Video, as seen in the new tool Sora, is even shoddier." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/10-jobs-in-photography-that-ai-is-coming-for-and-the-10-that-are-safest | Source: Digital Camera World [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | 10 jobs in photography that AI is coming for and the 10 that are safest | Digital Camera World [07:56] TR News "that was before she instructed both ChatGPT and Google Gemini to profile her for her own edification." https://futurism.com/date-used-chatgpt-psychological-profile | Source: Futurism [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Woman Alarmed When Date Uses ChatGPT to Psychologically Profile Her [07:56] TR News "might turn you off." https://futurism.com/grok-rebelling-against-elon | Source: Futurism [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Grok Is Rebelling Against Elon Musk, Daring Him to Shut It Down [07:56] TR News "After reading this article, it is evident that Microsoft Teams is not for me. So, searching for alternatives is my only solution." https://www.androidpolice.com/not-ready-to-say-goodbye-to-skype/ | Source: Android Police [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | Skype is leaving: Why Microsoft Teams is not the answer [07:57] TR News "At that time, the emphasis was more on working out how to archive both forks of Mac files and how to restore them, and less on achieving efficient compression." https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/29/a-brief-history-of-compression-on-macs/ | Source: Howard Oakley [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eclecticlight.co | A brief history of compression on Macs The Eclectic Light Company [07:57] TR News "Smartphones enable people to access the online world from anywhere at any time." https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/2/pgaf017/8016017 | Source: Oxford University Press [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/2/pgaf017/8016017 ) [07:58] TR News "I was amused by the jetpack story (as well as Casey Niestats denial) and the idea that theres a 50/50 chance were all living in a simulation is right up my alley." https://kottke.org/20/10/how-to-kick-your-phone-addiction-using-stop-smoking-techniques | Source: Jason Kottke [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kottke.org | How to Kick Your Phone Addiction Using Stop-Smoking Techniques [07:58] TR News [Old] "My phone habits got healthier when I applied classic stop-smoking techniques that have been proven to work." https://medium.com/better-humans/quit-your-phone-addiction-using-methods-that-work-for-smokers-cdb44ce840 | Source: Medium [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-medium.com | Quit Your Phone Addiction Using Methods That Work for Smokers | McKinley Valentine | Better Humans [07:58] TR News "s detailed in a pilot study, which is awaiting peer review, a team of UCLA researchers found that chomping down on just one stick of the rubbery candy releases up to thousands of microplastic shards into your saliva." https://futurism.com/neoscope/chewing-gum-microplastics | Source: Futurism [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Chewing Gum Is Flooding Your Mouth With Microplastics [07:59] TR News "The field of computer science has developed a narrow frame. We could have a broader one" https://computinged.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/three-stories-about-cs-is-overwhelming-and-how-we-can-do-better/ | Source: CER [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-computinged.wordpress.com | Three stories about how CS is overwhelming, and ideas for how we can do better | Computing Ed Research - Guzdial's Take [07:59] TR News [Old] "Im sure many schools are handling technology better than my friends childs." https://css-irl.info/education-needs-teachers-not-more-technology/ | [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-css-irl.info | CSS { In Real Life } | Education Needs Teachers, Not More Technology [07:59] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 31 [08:00] TR News "Many algorithms can solve the tree evaluation problem quickly, putting it in the class P" https://www.wired.com/story/catalytic-computing-taps-the-full-power-of-a-full-hard-drive/ | Source: Wired [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Adding a Full Hard Drive Can Make a Computer More Powerful | WIRED [08:00] TR News "But last nights cold open brought a new dimension to the satire." https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/03/snl-signal-chat-cold-open/682242/ | Source: The Atlantic [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | SNL Has Entered the Chat - The Atlantic [08:01] TR News "The decorator simply works like this: [...]" https://blog.balthazar-rouberol.com/detecting-if-a-decorated-function-would-be-a-bound-method-if-called | Source: Balthazar Rouberol [08:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.balthazar-rouberol.com | Balthazar - Blog Detecting if a decorated function would be a bound method if called [08:02] TR News "Ive been a big fan of Mutation Testing since I discovered PIT." https://blog.frankel.ch/mutation-testing-rust/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.frankel.ch | Mutation Testing in Rust [08:02] TR News "I recently found some R code in the TidyTuesday repository which pulled data from Kaggle directly into the R console" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/03/robservations-51-download-kaggle-datasets-into-the-r-console-with-rkaggle/ | Source: Rlang [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-RObservations #51: Download Kaggle Datasets into the R Console with {RKaggle} | R-bloggers [08:11] TR News Techrights Links 31/03/2025: Press and Democracy Under Further Attacks in the US, Attitudes Towards Slop Sour https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Links_31_03_2025_Press_and_Democracy_Under_Further_Attacks_in_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Links_31_03_2025_Press_and_Democracy_Under_Further_Attacks_in_t.gmi [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 31/03/2025: Press and Democracy Under Further Attacks in the US, Attitudes Towards Slop Sour [08:13] TR News "Looking at the pictures that arent camellias and magnolias." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-03-31-flowers [08:14] TR News Love Story gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/loveStory [08:14] TR News I'm losing my love of tech... gopher://gopher.prismdragon.net:70/0/phlog/2025-03-31_losing_love_of_tech.txt [08:15] TR News "It is a known problem with our Stripe account which is not yet resolved, and I apologise that this is not being fixed as quickly as anyone would like. I issued a Meta about it and said that I would inform the community when it is fixed." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/28/1139202 [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Soylent News Entering a New Phase - SoylentNews [08:18] TR News IBM mass layoffs in US Hiring Shifts to India https://www.itvoice.in/ibm-mass-layoffs-in-us-hiring-shifts-to-india-airtel-world-longest-subsea-internet-cable-31-mar [08:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.itvoice.in | IBM mass layoffs in US Hiring Shifts to India | Airtel World Longest Subsea Internet Cable | 31 Mar IT Voice | IT in Depth [08:25] TR News "In this recent post, we have used Polars and DuckDB to convert a large CSV file to Parquet in steaming mode and Python." https://lorentzen.ch/index.php/2025/03/30/converting-arbitrarily-large-csvs-to-parquet-with-r/ | Source: Michael's and Christian's blog [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lorentzen.ch | Converting arbitrarily large CSVs to Parquet with R Michael's and Christian's Blog [08:26] TR News "Simple answer: We have DuckDB, and we have different Polars bindings. Here, we are using {polars} which is currently being overhauled into {neopandas}." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/03/converting-arbitrarily-large-csvs-to-parquet-with-r/ | Source: Rlang [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Converting arbitrarily large CSVs to Parquet with R | R-bloggers [08:26] TR News "Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) allows customers to run SaaS applications using their own cloud infrastructure and resources rather than relying on a third-party vendors infrastructure." https://thenewstack.io/saas-is-broken-why-bring-your-own-cloud-byoc-is-the-future/ | Source: The New Stack [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | SaaS Is Broken: Why Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) Is the Future - The New Stack [08:27] TR News "We're living in an age where digital photos reign supreme, but that hasn't stopped maker and developer Spacerower" https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-zero-camera-instantly-prints-photos-using-thermal-paper | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | This Raspberry Pi Zero camera instantly prints photos using thermal paper | Tom's Hardware [08:27] TR News "Going back to Alpha 21164 Hardware Reference Manual" https://thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-2025-03-30/ | Source: Jonathan Pallant [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thejpster.org.uk | JP's Website 2025-03-30 An AlphaStation's SROM [08:27] TR News "Im on a roll upgrading the Amiga 1000. This time, I replaced the PSU fan." https://celso.io/posts/2025/03/30/a1000-fan/ | Source: Celso Martinho [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-celso.io | Changing the A1000 fan - Celso Martinho [08:29] TR News "We last looked at Zorin OS a year ago (and as it happens, The Reg FOSS desk is working on a new story on it right now)." https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/30/zorin_and_dash_to_panel/ | Source: The Register UK [08:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Dash to Panel lives on, thanks to Zorin sponsorship The Register [08:31] TR News "Archinstall 3.0.3, a guided user-friendly TUI (Text User Interface) installer for Arch Linux that aims to simplify the setup process" https://linuxiac.com/archinstall-3-0-3-rolls-out-with-partitioning-and-bootloader-improvements/ | Source: Linuxiac [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Archinstall 3.0.3 Rolls Out with Partitioning and Bootloader Improvements [08:31] TR News "One of the most notable highlights is the new Limine bootloader, designed to support both BIOS and UEFI systems." https://linuxiac.com/cachyos-march-2025-release-brings-limine-bootloader/ | Source: Linuxiac [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | CachyOS March 2025 Release Brings Limine Bootloader [08:31] TR News "The first major change is that we have added a new Bootloader." https://cachyos.org/blog/2503-march-release/ | [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cachyos.org | CachyOS March 2025 Release CachyOS [08:35] TR News Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 13 (Mar 24 30, 2025) https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-13-mar-24-30-2025/ [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 13 (Mar 24 30, 2025) [08:39] TR News HTTP 409 Conflict Error: What is it and how to fix it? https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/http-409-conflict-error/ [08:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP 409 Conflict Error: What is it and how to fix it? | LinuxHostSupport [08:41] TR News Freexian Collaborators: Monthly report about Debian Long Term Support, February 2025 (by Roberto C. Snchez) https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-lts-report-2025-02/ [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Monthly report about Debian Long Term Support, February 2025 | Freexian [08:42] TR News "With the following commit, Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) moved -current to version 7.7 (dropping the "-beta"): [...]" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250330230026 | Source: Undeadly [08:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | OpenBSD -current has moved to version 7.7 [08:42] TR News "If you want to do that hdrtest thing" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linus-torvalds-rages-against-random-turd-files-in-linux-6-15-rc1-directories | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Linus Torvalds rages against random turd files in Linux 6.15-rc1 directories | Tom's Hardware [08:44] TR News WHO provides emergency aid after devastating earthquale in Myanmar and Thailand https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-world-health-organization-provides-emergency-aid-after-devastating-earthquale-in-myanmar-and-thailand [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-world-health-organization-provides-emergency-aid-after-devastating-earthquale-in-myanmar-and-thailand ) [08:45] TR News South Korean man cleaning grave site suspected of starting wildfires https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-man-cleaning-grave-site-suspected-of-starting-wildfires-police [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean man cleaning grave site suspected of starting wildfires | The Straits Times [08:45] TR News Instant noodles, beer, milk and burgers to cost more in South Korea starting from April https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/instant-noodles-beer-milk-and-burgers-to-cost-more-in-south-korea-starting-from-april [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Instant noodles, beer, milk and burgers to cost more in South Korea starting from April | The Straits Times [08:47] TR News Myanmar quake: Malaysia sends relief team, pledges $3 million for rescue efforts https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-quake-malaysia-sends-relief-team-to-aid-in-rescue-effort [08:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Myanmar quake: Malaysia sends relief team, pledges $3 million for rescue efforts | The Straits Times [08:48] TR News Man in Malaysia arrested after punching female driver who got into an accident with his family https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/man-in-malaysia-arrested-after-hitting-female-driver-still-seated-in-car Graveley? Zdat u? [08:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Man in Malaysia arrested after punching female driver who got into an accident with his family | The Straits Times [08:48] TR News Why China Is Wary of a Convicted Felon-Xi Summit https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/business/trump-xi-summit-tariffs.html [08:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Why China Is Wary of a Trump-Xi Summit - The New York Times [08:49] TR News China, South Korea and Japan agree to strengthen free trade https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-south-korea-and-japan-agree-to-strengthen-free-trade-joint-statement [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China, South Korea and Japan agree to strengthen free trade | The Straits Times [08:49] TR News Pentagon chief Hegseth says US command in warrior Japan being upgraded to deter China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pentagon-chief-hegseth-says-warrior-japan-indispensable-to-deter-china [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Pentagon chief Hegseth says US command in warrior Japan being upgraded to deter China | The Straits Times [08:49] TR News South Korea, China, Japan agree to promote regional trade as Convicted Felon tariffs loom https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-china-japan-agree-to-promote-regional-trade-as-trump-tariffs-loom [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea, China, Japan agree to promote regional trade as Trump tariffs loom | The Straits Times [08:53] TR News February/March in KDE Itinerary https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2025/03/30/kde-itinerary-february-march-2025.html [08:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.volkerkrause.eu | February/March in KDE Itinerary [08:54] TR News Sometimes Alzheimer's Strikes Early. This Experimental Drug May Help. https://www.sciencealert.com/sometimes-alzheimers-strikes-early-this-experimental-drug-may-help [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sometimes Alzheimer's Strikes Early. This Experimental Drug May Help. : ScienceAlert [08:55] TR News Live: Myanmar junta still bombing despite earthquake crisis, rebels say https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250331-live-myanmar-military-junta-still-bombing-towns-despite-earthquake-crisis-rebels-say-thailand-bangkok-rescue [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250331-live-myanmar-military-junta-still-bombing-towns-despite-earthquake-crisis-rebels-say-thailand-bangkok-rescue ) [08:57] TR News Federal Court Partially Blocks Executive Order Targeting WilmerHale: USPTO Acting Director Among Named Defendants https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/03/partially-wilmerhale-defendants.html [08:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Federal Court Partially Blocks Executive Order Targeting WilmerHale: USPTO Acting Director Among Named Defendants | Patently-O [08:57] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Mans U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-usaid-cuts.html [08:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Trumps U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar - The New York Times [08:59] TR News Radxa Orion O6 Preview Part 2: Debian 12 What works, what doesnt https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/30/radxa-orion-o6-preview-debian-12-what-works-what-doesnt/ [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Radxa Orion O6 Preview - Part 2: Debian 12 - What works, what doesn't - CNX Software ● Mar 31 [09:00] TR News Alternatives to popular CLI tools: man https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternatives-popular-cli-tools-man/ [09:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Alternatives to popular CLI tools: man - LinuxLinks [09:01] TR News 7 Best Free and Open Source Stock Tickers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-stock-tickers/ [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-7 Best Free and Open Source Stock Tickers - LinuxLinks [09:01] TR News entr Event Notify Test Runner https://www.linuxlinks.com/entr-event-notify-test-runner/ [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-entr - Event Notify Test Runner - LinuxLinks [09:01] TR News 14 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based News Aggregators https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-terminal-based-news-aggregators/ [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-14 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based News Aggregators - LinuxLinks [09:01] TR News kpcli is a command line interface to KeePass database files https://www.linuxlinks.com/kpcli-command-line-interface-keepass-database/ [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kpcli is a command line interface to KeePass database files - LinuxLinks [09:02] TR News Installing *BSD in 2025 part 1 A critical look at FreeBSDs installer https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/installing-bsd-in-2025-part-1-a-critical-look-at-freebsds-installer/ [09:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eerielinux.wordpress.com | Installing *BSD in 2025 part 1 A critical look at FreeBSDs installer eerielinux [09:02] TR News 11 Best Free and Open Source Accountancy Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-accountancy-software/ [09:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-11 Best Free and Open Source Accountancy Software - LinuxLinks [09:02] TR News sesh is a smart terminal session manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/sesh-smart-terminal-session-manager/ [09:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sesh is a smart terminal session manager - LinuxLinks [09:03] TR News 5 Ways to Play Wordle on your GNU/Linux PC https://www.linuxlinks.com/play-wordle-linux-pc/ [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-5 Ways to Play Wordle on your Linux PC - LinuxLinks [09:03] TR News mprocs runs multiple commands in parallel https://www.linuxlinks.com/mprocs-runs-multiple-commands-parallel/ [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mprocs runs multiple commands in parallel - LinuxLinks [09:04] TR News Killing the "First son" of Linus Torvalds. He won't be able to manage his own project anymore, let alone understand the code... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.15-Rust [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Many Rust Changes Submitted For Linux 6.15 - Phoronix [09:05] TR News Partly his fault for trusting or handing control over to Zemlin and the husband Microsoft Sheela [09:06] TR News sudo-sh handle more parameters https://bkhome.org/news/202503/sudo-sh-handle-more-parameters.html [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | sudo-sh handle more parameters [09:06] TR News The terrors of Adolescence https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/the-terrors-of-adolescence/ "Netflixs Adolescence is a brilliant four-part miniseries that delves into the complexities of teenage life in the age of the misogynistically laced internet" [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | Netflixs Adolescence explores the dark side of modern masculinity [09:07] TR News Myanmar junta accused of aerial attacks even after quake as 7 fighters were killed by strike https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-myanmar-junta-accused-of-aerial-attacks-even-after-quake-as-7-fighters-were-killed-by-strike [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-myanmar-junta-accused-of-aerial-attacks-even-after-quake-as-7-fighters-were-killed-by-strike ) [09:07] TR News Hamas agrees to new Gaza truce as Israel keeps up offensive https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-hamas-agrees-to-new-gaza-truce-as-israel-keeps-up-offensive [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-hamas-agrees-to-new-gaza-truce-as-israel-keeps-up-offensive ) [09:07] TR News 5 children killed in Israeli airstrike on house and tent sheltering displaced people https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-5-children-killed-after-israeli-airstrike-on-house-and-tent-sheltering-displaced-people [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-5-children-killed-after-israeli-airstrike-on-house-and-tent-sheltering-displaced-people ) [09:08] TR News Federal court partially blocks Convicted Felons order targeting prominent law firm https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/federal-court-partially-blocks-trumps-order-targeting-prominent-law-firm/ [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Federal court partially blocks Trump's order targeting prominent law firm - JURIST - News [09:08] TR News Amid earthquake crisis, Myanmar military still bombs towns https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/amid-earthquake-crisis-myanmar-military-still-bombs-towns [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Amid earthquake crisis, Myanmar military still bombs towns | The Straits Times [09:08] TR News Myanmar junta accused of air strike even after quake, killing seven rebels https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-junta-accused-of-air-strike-even-after-quake [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Myanmar junta accused of air strike even after quake, killing seven rebels | The Straits Times [09:10] TR News In Myanmar, Earthquake Aftershocks and Airstrikes Terrorize Residents https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aftershocks-airstrikes.html [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | In Myanmar, Earthquake Aftershocks and Airstrikes Terrorize Residents - The New York Times [09:11] TR News Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: An Introduction https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/29/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Privacy_Fiasco_in_Detail_An_Introduc.shtml [09:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: An Introduction [09:12] TR News The Open Source Promotion Program https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2025-03-29-ospp/ [09:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mentorship.kde.org | The Open Source Promotion Program - KDE Mentorship [09:14] TR News "The Luckfox Pico Pi series consists of four models with a Raspberry Pi SBC form factor, designed for embedded applications. Offering various processing capabilities, connectivity options, and memory configurations, these boards include PoE support and optional 4G connectivity." https://linuxgizmos.com/title-low-cost-luckfox-pico-pi-boards-offer-linux-development-with-ubuntu-support/ [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/title-low-cost-luckfox-pico-pi-boards-offer-linux-development-with-ubuntu-support/ ) [09:16] TR News "When you're new to Linux, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of distributions (distros) available. But what if I told you that the distro isn't important? For new users, the desktop environment matters far more than the distro itself. Here's why!" https://www.howtogeek.com/new-to-linux-focus-on-the-desktop-environment-not-the-distro/ [09:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | New to Linux? Focus on the Desktop Environment, Not the Distro [09:16] TR News "The terminal emulator is a ubiquitous part of the Linux computing experience for anyone who wants to do more than open a browser. But there are a ton of terminal emulator apps out there, from GNOME Terminal to Alacritty to the new kid on the block, Ghostty. Which do you prefer for command line work?" https://www.howtogeek.com/thread/which-terminal-emulator-on-linux-is-your-favorite/ [09:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Which Terminal Emulator on Linux Is Your Favorite? [09:19] TR News Linus' NT Surprise | LINUX Unplugged 608 https://feed.jupiter.zone/allshows#entry-13390 "Linux 6.14 lands with big improvements for gaming, laptops, and filesystemsbut why is a backdoored Windows feature sneaking into our kernel?" [09:20] TR News Three stories about how CS is overwhelming, and ideas for how we can do better https://computinged.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/three-stories-about-cs-is-overwhelming-and-how-we-can-do-better/ [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-computinged.wordpress.com | Three stories about how CS is overwhelming, and ideas for how we can do better | Computing Ed Research - Guzdial's Take [09:20] TR News The Insurrectionist 'pissed off' at Putin's comments calling for removal of Zelensky https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-en-nw-grab-graser-jackson-form-18h-for-21h-shpakova-anna [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-en-nw-grab-graser-jackson-form-18h-for-21h-shpakova-anna ) [09:20] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man says he is 'very angry' with Putin over Ukraine, raises prospect of bombing Iran https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250330-trump-says-very-angry-with-putin-over-ukraine-nbc [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250330-trump-says-very-angry-with-putin-over-ukraine-nbc ) [09:21] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Threatens Putin With Oil Tariffs, Pressures Zelenskyy On Minerals Deal https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-zelenskyy-putin-oil-tariffs-minerals/33364668.html [09:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Trump Threatens Putin With Oil Tariffs, Pressures Zelenskyy On Minerals Deal [09:21] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Threatens Putin With Oil Tariffs If Unable To Reach Ukraine Cease-Fire https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-zelenskyy-kharkiv-dnipro-donetsk/33364023.html [09:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Trump Threatens Putin With Oil Tariffs If Unable To Reach Ukraine Cease-Fire [09:21] TR News Ukraine's air force keeps up the fight https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-ukraine-s-air-force-keeps-up-the-fight [09:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-ukraine-s-air-force-keeps-up-the-fight ) [09:22] TR News As Tensions Escalate Between Convicted Felon and Europe, Meloni Is Caught in the Middle https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/world/europe/italy-meloni-trump-europe-tensions.html [09:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | As Tensions Escalate Between Trump and Europe, Meloni Is Caught in the Middle - The New York Times [09:22] TR News Key Takeaways From Americas Secret Military Partnership With Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-takeaways.html [09:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Key Takeaways From Americas Secret Military Partnership With Ukraine - The New York Times [09:22] TR News How the U.S. Broke Its Own Rules to Help Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000010059216/how-the-us-broke-its-own-rules-for-ukraine.html [09:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | How the U.S. Broke Its Own Rules to Help Ukraine - The New York Times [09:23] TR News Latvian medic injured in Russian drone attack in Ukraine https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/31.03.2025-latvian-medic-injured-in-russian-drone-attack-in-ukraine.a593526/ [09:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Latvian medic injured in Russian drone attack in Ukraine / Article [09:40] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:40] TR News Techrights LLM Slop Piggybacking News About GNU/Linux and Distorting It https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/LLM_Slop_Piggybacking_News_About_GNU_Linux_and_Distorting_It.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/LLM_Slop_Piggybacking_News_About_GNU_Linux_and_Distorting_It.gmi [09:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights LLM Slop Piggybacking News About GNU/Linux and Distorting It [09:40] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppZiggurat 0.1.8 on CRAN: Build Refinements http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/03/30#rcppziggurat_0.1.8 [09:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [09:42] TR News Migrating content collections from Astro 4 to 5 https://chenhuijing.com/blog/migrating-content-collections-from-astro-4-to-5/ [09:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chenhuijing.com | Migrating content collections from Astro 4 to 5 [09:45] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 31 [10:00] TR News Myanmar earthquake, Turkey protests, Eid al-Fitr: The week in pictures https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250330-myanmar-earthquake-turkey-protests-eid-al-fitr-last-week-in-pictures [10:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250330-myanmar-earthquake-turkey-protests-eid-al-fitr-last-week-in-pictures ) [10:01] TR News Antarctic Iceberg Breaks Away to Reveal a Never-Before-Seen Ecosystem https://www.sciencealert.com/antarctic-iceberg-breaks-away-to-reveal-a-never-before-seen-ecosystem [10:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Antarctic Iceberg Breaks Away to Reveal a Never-Before-Seen Ecosystem : ScienceAlert [10:01] TR News World's Most Common Pain Relief Drug May Induce Risky Behavior, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-most-common-pain-relief-drug-may-induce-risky-behavior-study-finds [10:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-World's Most Common Pain Relief Drug May Induce Risky Behavior, Study Finds : ScienceAlert [10:01] TR News Everybody's Heard of Repressed Memories. 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[15:07] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:09] TR News Protocol Analyzer https://hackaday.com/2025/03/30/protocol-analyzer-remembered/ | Source: Hackaday [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Protocol Analyzer Remembered | Hackaday [15:10] TR News ARM OS https://hackaday.com/2025/03/30/help-propel-the-original-arm-os-into-the-future/ | Source: Hackaday [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Help Propel The Original ARM OS Into The Future | Hackaday [15:12] TR News Prototyping Board https://hackaday.com/2025/03/30/a-prototyping-board-with-every-connector/ | Source: Hackaday [15:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Prototyping Board With Every Connector | Hackaday [15:13] TR News This Brain Mechanism Explains Why Teens Love Risk More Than You https://www.sciencealert.com/this-brain-mechanism-explains-why-teens-love-risk-more-than-you [15:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This Brain Mechanism Explains Why Teens Love Risk More Than You : ScienceAlert [15:14] TR News Quantum Computer Generates Truly Random Number in Scientific First https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-computer-generates-truly-random-number-in-scientific-first [15:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Quantum Computer Generates Truly Random Number in Scientific First : ScienceAlert [15:15] TR News A Huge Discovery in Morocco Could Rewrite The History of Africa https://www.sciencealert.com/a-huge-discovery-in-morocco-could-rewrite-the-history-of-africa [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Huge Discovery in Morocco Could Rewrite The History of Africa : ScienceAlert [15:15] TR News Dangerous Fungal Infection Sees a Dramatic Increase in US Hospitals https://www.sciencealert.com/dangerous-fungal-infection-sees-a-dramatic-increase-in-us-hospitals [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dangerous Fungal Infection Sees a Dramatic Increase in US Hospitals : ScienceAlert [15:16] TR News Autodialer https://hackaday.com/2025/03/30/automatically-crack-safes-with-this-autodialer/ | Source: Hackaday [15:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Automatically Crack Safes With This Autodialer | Hackaday [15:16] TR News Hegseth Pledges to Step Up Military Cooperation With Japan and Deter China https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/asia/hegseth-japan-military.html [15:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Hegseth Pledges to Step Up Military Cooperation With Japan and Deter China - The New York Times [15:17] TR News America First does not mean America Alone: US reassures Asian security allies of its commitment https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/america-first-does-not-mean-america-alone-us-reassures-asian-security-allies-of-its-commitment [15:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | America First does not mean America Alone: US reassures Asian security allies of its commitment | The Straits Times [15:18] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSpdlog 0.0.21 on CRAN: New Upstream http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/03/30#rcppspdlog_0.0.21 [15:19] TR News US will not 'get' Greenland, island's new PM says in response to Convicted Felon comments https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250330-us-will-not-get-greenland-island-s-new-pm-says-in-response-to-trump-comments [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250330-us-will-not-get-greenland-island-s-new-pm-says-in-response-to-trump-comments ) [15:27] TR News Roadkill https://kevquirk.com/blog/roadkill [15:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevquirk.com | Roadkill | Kev Quirk [15:29] TR News SparkFun Air Quality PM1/PM2.5/PM10 Sensor features Boschs BVM080, the worlds smallest particulate matter sensor https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/31/sparkfun-air-quality-pm1-pm2-5-pm10-sensor-features-boschs-bvm080-the-worlds-smallest-particulate-matter-sensor/ [15:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | SparkFun Air Quality PM1/PM2.5/PM10 Sensor features Bosch's BMV080, the world's smallest particulate matter sensor - CNX Software [15:30] TR News "Detecting single photons can be seen as the backbone of cutting-edge applications like LiDAR, medical imaging, and secure optical communication. Miss one, and critical information could be lost forever" https://hackaday.com/2025/03/30/reconfigurable-fpga-for-single-photon-measurements/ | Source: Hackaday [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Reconfigurable FPGA For Single Photon Measurements | Hackaday [15:30] TR News Pause and calm down before criticising CK Hutchisons ports deal, Hong Kong lawmaker urges https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/31/pause-and-calm-before-criticising-ck-hutchisons-ports-deal-hong-kong-lawmaker-urges/ [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Pause and calm down before criticising CK Hutchison: Lawmaker [15:31] TR News Syria's first Eid al-Fitr holiday since the collapse of the Assad regime https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-sunday-marks-syria-s-first-eid-al-fitr-holiday-since-the-collapse-of-the-assad-regime [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-sunday-marks-syria-s-first-eid-al-fitr-holiday-since-the-collapse-of-the-assad-regime ) [15:31] TR News Killing the News With Spam and Slop Benefits Those Whose Desire is an Uninformed Population https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/29/Killing_the_News_With_Spam_and_Slop_Benefits_Those_Whose_Desire.shtml [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Killing the News With Spam and Slop Benefits Those Whose Desire is an Uninformed Population [15:31] TR News Windows is an Unnatural Disaster, It is Also Avoidable https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/29/Windows_is_an_Unnatural_Disaster_It_is_Also_Avoidable.shtml [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Windows is an Unnatural Disaster, It is Also Avoidable [15:33] TR News The Cost of Pursuing the Much-Needed Reform/Shield Against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/30/The_Cost_of_Pursuing_the_Much_Needed_Reform_Shield_Against_Stra.shtml [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Cost of Pursuing the Much-Needed Reform/Shield Against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) [15:33] TR News Phasing Out Vista 10 in Nations Where ~90% of backdoored Windows Users Still Rely on It https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/30/Phasing_Out_Vista_10_in_Nations_Where_90_of_Windows_Users_Still.shtml [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Phasing Out Vista 10 in Nations Where ~90% of Windows Users Still Rely on It [15:33] TR News The LLM Bubble is About to Implode, Gimmicks and Financial Shell Games Cannot Prevent That, Only Delay It (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/30/The_LLM_Bubble_is_About_to_Implode_Gimmicks_and_Financial_Shell.shtml [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The LLM Bubble is About to Implode, Gimmicks and Financial Shell Games Cannot Prevent That, Only Delay It [15:35] TR News FreeBSD: Lazy Reading for 2025/03/30 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/03/30/lazy-reading-for-2025-03-30/ [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dragonflydigest.com | Lazy Reading for 2025/03/30 DragonFly BSD Digest [15:36] TR News The chestnut-naped antpitta https://rubenerd.com/the-chestnut-naped-antpitta/ [15:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: The chestnut-naped antpitta [15:36] TR News Seeing the NSWGR 3576 steam locomotive! https://rubenerd.com/seeing-the-3576-steam-train/ [15:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Seeing the NSWGR 3576 steam locomotive! [15:37] TR News Tiling Shell GNOME Extension Update Adds New Features https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/tiling-shell-gnome-extension-update-adds-new-features [15:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Tiling Shell GNOME Extension Update Adds New Features - OMG! Ubuntu [15:38] TR News Lets hope Wisconsin voters stand up for democracy in their Supreme court race https://nypost.com/2025/03/30/opinion/lets-hope-wisconsin-voters-stand-up-for-democracy-in-their-supreme-court-race/ [15:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | Let's hope Wisconsin voters stand up for democracy in their Supreme court race [15:39] TR News CachyOS ISO Snapshot for March 2025 Brings New Bootloader, Linux Kernel 6.14 https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-snapshot-for-march-2025-brings-new-bootloader-linux-kernel-6-14 [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CachyOS ISO Snapshot for March 2025 Brings New Bootloader, Linux Kernel 6.14 - 9to5Linux [15:39] TR News Arch GNU/Linux Installer Archinstall 3.0.3 Improves Limine Bootloader Support https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-installer-archinstall-3-0-3-improves-limine-bootloader-support [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Arch Linux Installer Archinstall 3.0.3 Improves Limine Bootloader Support - 9to5Linux [15:39] TR News Immutable Distro Nitrux 3.9.1 Brings New Convergent Web Browser, GNU/Linux 6.13 https://9to5linux.com/immutable-distro-nitrux-3-9-1-brings-new-convergent-web-browser-linux-6-13 [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Immutable Distro Nitrux 3.9.1 Brings New Convergent Web Browser, Linux 6.13 - 9to5Linux [15:40] TR News 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 30th, 2025 https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-march-30th-2025 [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 30th, 2025 - 9to5Linux [15:41] TR News We Are Sleepwalking Into Autocracy https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/senator-chris-murphy-this-is-how-democracy-dies-everybody-just-gets-scared [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | We Are Sleepwalking Into Autocracy | The New Yorker [15:42] TR News Vivaldi Adds Built-In Proton VPN to Its Browser https://fossforce.com/2025/03/vivaldi-adds-built-in-proton-vpn-to-its-browser/ [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Vivaldi Adds Built-In Proton VPN to Its Browser - FOSS Force [15:44] TR News Steinar H. Gunderson: It's always the best ones that die first http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2025-03-30-23-45_its_always_the_best_ones_that_die_first.html [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.sesse.net | Steinar H. Gunderson [15:47] TR News "Can Hackers Bring Jooki Back To Life?" https://hackaday.com/2025/03/30/can-hackers-bring-jooki-back-to-life/ | Source: Hackaday [15:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Can Hackers Bring Jooki Back To Life? | Hackaday [15:47] TR News Stop giving creators like Ash Trevino your attention https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/digital-culture/stop-giving-creators-like-ash-trevino-your-attention/ "front row seat to Shane Dawsons public internet execution." [15:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | TikToker Ash Trevino, while entertaining, shouldnt have a platform ● Mar 31 [16:30] TR News Techrights Link between institutional abuse, Swiss jurists, Debianism and FSFE https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Link_between_institutional_abuse_Swiss_jurists_Debianism_and_FS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Link_between_institutional_abuse_Swiss_jurists_Debianism_and_FS.gmi [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Link between institutional abuse, Swiss jurists, Debianism and FSFE [16:52] TR News Windows all-time low in Africa https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/africa/#monthly-200902-202503 [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Africa | Statcounter Global Stats ● Mar 31 [17:01] TR News layoffs at Narayana Murthys Infosys, 'Microsoft India' [17:03] TR News Today (hours ago): "A look at IBMs career page shows 3,722 jobs available in India, as of the time of writing, up from 173 at the beginning of 2024, and 2,946 near the end of the year." https://www.webpronews.com/ibm-appears-to-be-moving-thousands-of-jobs-to-india/ [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.webpronews.com | IBM Appears to Be Moving Thousands of Jobs to India [17:45] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:45] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:46] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Mar 31 [18:13] *liberty_box (~liberty@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [18:13] *rianne_ (~rianne@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [18:13] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-v3a.5o5.hl01nn.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [18:16] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:16] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:18] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [18:28] *rianne_ (~rianne@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [18:29] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-v3a.5o5.hl01nn.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [18:29] *liberty_box (~liberty@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [18:35] *rianne_ has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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It's been a long strange trip friends, just hope the earth isn't flat." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqpf2qap [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqpf2qap ) [19:24] TR News iophk: FreeBSD "still boosting Microsoft GitHub in the face of better options, [...] It is named multiple times in that very short post" https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/february-2025-laptop-support-and-usability-project-update/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/06/FreeBSD_Foundation_is_Trying_to_Improve_Laptop_Support_But_It_H.shtml [19:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-freebsdfoundation.org | February 2025 Laptop Support and Usability Project Update | FreeBSD Foundation [19:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights FreeBSD Foundation is Trying to Improve "Laptop Support", But It Has Outsourced Everything to Microsoft Proprietary Software [19:48] TR News Under Cheeto the US image (in the world) is now "weak" and "stupid"; the problem is, such image reinforces reality, in a loop... as scientists leave for greener pastures. [19:52] TR News Techrights R.T.O. at IBM in Texas and Atlanta (State of Georgia) Expected as "Soft Layoffs" Catalyst This Coming Year https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/R_T_O_at_IBM_in_Texas_and_Atlanta_State_of_Georgia_Expected_as_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/R_T_O_at_IBM_in_Texas_and_Atlanta_State_of_Georgia_Expected_as_.gmi [19:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights R.T.O. at IBM in Texas and Atlanta (State of Georgia) Expected as "Soft Layoffs" Catalyst This Coming Year [19:54] TR News Siemens, Wolfspeed announce layoffs in March https://finance.yahoo.com/news/siemens-wolfspeed-announce-layoffs-march-113100244.html [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-finance.yahoo.com | Siemens, Wolfspeed announce layoffs in March [19:54] TR News After layoffs at Narayana Murthys Infosys, another company to cut 2000 jobs in, to shakes up its, the name is, not Ratan Tatas TCS https://www.india.com/business/after-layoffs-at-narayana-murthys-infosys-another-company-to-cut-2000-jobs-in-2025-to-shakes-up-its-customer-services-the-name-is-sky-not-ratan-tatas-tcs-7721198/ [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.india.com | After layoffs at Narayana Murthys Infosys, another company to cut 2000 jobs in, to shakes up its, the name is..., not Ratan Tata's TCS [19:57] TR News "Reports indicate that badge swipes are being monitored, and management has allegedly denied medical exemptions." https://americanbazaaronline.com/2025/03/31/ibm-to-layoff-thousands-of-us-employees/ [19:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-americanbazaaronline.com | IBM to layoff thousands of US employees to shift hiring to India ● Mar 31 [20:01] TR News Parent-child relationship gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2025-03-30-child-parent.gmi [20:02] TR News An offline sun time calculator gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/an-offline-sun-time-calculator.txt gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/an-offline-sun-time-calculator.gmi [20:03] TR News "Now that I have submitted my newly created gemlog to the aggregators, I would like to present you Occidental which is a brilliant auxiliary language very easy to learn." gemini://occidental.srht.site/gemlog/occidental.gmi [20:04] TR News "Before even considering using any cryptosystem, regardless of its level of security" gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-03-31-a-single-why-for-a-thousand-how.txt [20:05] TR News "As this blog post is being published, we are sending out emails to all _openSNP_ users with some news: _OpenSNP_[1] will be turned off and with that also delete all the data stored on it on April 30, 2025." gemini://tilde.club/~gedankenstuecke/blog/2025-03-31-sunsetting-opensnp.gmi [20:06] TR News SpellBinding: ABSDNOC Wordo: LOGIN gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-03-31.gmi [20:06] TR News "This blog is going to get very cluttered very quickly if I keep writing my mini-reviews of old X-Files episodes on it. So here's a single page with all of them: [...]" gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-03-31-2 [20:07] TR News "this is the second book i'm reading that i've associated with limbus company characters, who are based on their literary sources :0 the first one was hell screen!! i'll try to read these books before any of their in-game chapters release in the future... but no promises!!" gemini://angelai.smol.pub/20 [20:07] TR News "I've worked in marketing or marketing-adjacent for a while now, so I know what marketers think a "relevant" ad is. By their standards, I've been inundated with them since I was old enough to sit in front of a TV on my own." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-03-31 [20:08] TR News "What follows are a collection of cursed programming indentation code styles, because nothing is sacred." gemini://zelena.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-04-01_Cursed_Indentation_Styles.gmi [20:19] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 31/03/2025: Falling Out of Love With Tech, Sunsetting openSNP https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2025_Falling_Out_of_Love_With_Tech_Sunsettin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2025_Falling_Out_of_Love_With_Tech_Sunsettin.gmi [20:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 31/03/2025: Falling Out of Love With Tech, Sunsetting openSNP [20:21] TR News Techrights Links 31/03/2025: China Tensions, Bombs Falling in Myanmar After Earthquake https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Links_31_03_2025_China_Tensions_Bombs_Falling_in_Myanmar_After_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Links_31_03_2025_China_Tensions_Bombs_Falling_in_Myanmar_After_.gmi [20:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 31/03/2025: China Tensions, Bombs Falling in Myanmar After Earthquake ● Mar 31 [21:57] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:57] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [21:58] *cmb has quit (connection closed) ● Mar 31 [22:01] *cmb (~cmb@y67qhiej8ixa6.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [22:25] *psydruid has quit (Quit: Gateway shutdown) ● Mar 31 [01:00] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/trump-signal-chat-2671638441/ [01:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Dem stuns Trump defender with 'Why are you so insistent on dividing this country?' - Raw Story [01:01] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/jimmy-patronis-gay-valimont/ [01:01] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | 'You're being outspent five to one': Fox News host confronts Florida GOP candidate - Raw Story [01:05] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/frost-murphy-troll-gop-event/ [01:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | 'Turn the tables on them': Dems troll GOP lawmaker after filling his 'void' at town hall - Raw Story ● Mar 31 [04:22] TR News "Yes, Indian engineers are really not the smartest and certainly cheat a lot, but hey this is their culture from home. Putting happens in India unless you lie or bribe. This is a fu--ing culture!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqec25mw [04:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqec25mw ) ● Mar 31 [07:22] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:25] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techpol [07:27] TR News "Trump Admits He's Open to Using 'Military Force' to Seize Greenland" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-military-force-seize-greenland-1235306568/ [07:27] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rollingstone.com | Trump Admits He's Open to Using 'Military Force' to Seize Greenland [07:28] TR News "Trump Says Hes Not Joking About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/trump-third-term.html [07:28] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Trump Says Hes Not Joking About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution - The New York Times [07:28] TR News "Trumps U.S.A.I.D. 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Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar - The New York Times [07:29] TR News A peace agreement in Ukraine must also include nuclear weapons | "En fredsavtale i Ukraina m ogs omfatte atomvpen | Lars Egelands blogg" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://larsegeland.com/2025/03/30/en-fredsavtale-i-ukraina-ma-ogsa-omfatte-atomvapen/ [07:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol-larsegeland-com.translate.goog | En fredsavtale i Ukraina m ogs omfatte atomvpen | Lars Egelands blogg [07:30] TR News "Trump says US will "purchase badly needed Icebreakers" from Finland after golfing with Stubb" https://yle.fi/a/74-20152664 [07:30] -TechPolBot/#techpol-yle.fi | After golfing with Stubb, Trump says US will "purchase badly needed Icebreakers" from Finland | Yle News | Yle [07:31] TR News "Canadas Military Has a Trump Problem" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/canada-military-spending-trump/682224/ [07:31] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | Canadas Military Has a Trump Problem - The Atlantic [07:32] TR News "After DOGE [sic] Targeted V.A., an Iraq Veteran Faced Uncertainty and Crisis" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/doge-iraq-veteran-fired.html [07:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | After DOGE Targeted V.A., an Iraq Veteran Faced Uncertainty and Crisis - The New York Times [07:32] TR News "The Normalization of Autocracy - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-normalization-of-autocracy [07:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Normalization of Autocracy - by Mike Brock [07:48] TR News "Ms Abassi's views were already known in medical circles." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/new-york-doctors-long-live-hamas-social-media-post-lands-her-in-trouble-8046496 | Source: NDTV [07:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ndtv.com | New York Doctor's "Long Live Hamas" Social Media Post Lands Her In Trouble [07:48] *MinceR` has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:48] TR News "Something unexpected is happening in Turkey." https://jacobin.com/2025/03/turkey-erdogan-imamoglu-chp-protests/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol-jacobin.com | The Unlikely Resistance in Turkey [07:50] TR News "Bhutan became the latest nation to refer to Tibet as Xizang, prompting Tibetan politicians and advocates to urge Bhutan to stop" https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/03/28/tibet-xizang-bhutan/ | Source: RFA [07:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/03/28/tibet-xizang-bhutan/ ) [07:50] TR News "espionage operations were conducted by governments around the world" https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/29/taiwans-existential-battle-against-chinese-spies/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [07:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | Taiwan's existential battle against Chinese spies | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP [07:50] TR News "I have serious concerns about the policies proposed in the Executive Order that would make it harder to vote for women" https://mainemorningstar.com/briefs/maine-secretary-of-state-concerned-over-trumps-order-to-overhaul-elections/ | Source: Maine Morning Star [07:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/briefs/maine-secretary-of-state-concerned-over-trumps-order-to-overhaul-elections/ ) [07:51] TR News "For reasons that are difficult to comprehend as a matter of geopolitical strategy" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/europe-trump-nato-russia/682239/ | Source: The Atlantic [07:51] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | The U.S. Has Changed Its Mind About Europe - The Atlantic [07:59] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techpol ● Mar 31 [08:48] TR News Man in Malaysia arrested after punching female driver who got into an accident with his family https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/man-in-malaysia-arrested-after-hitting-female-driver-still-seated-in-car Graveley? 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[08:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Man in Malaysia arrested after punching female driver who got into an accident with his family | The Straits Times [08:48] TR News Why China Is Wary of a Convicted Felon-Xi Summit https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/business/trump-xi-summit-tariffs.html [08:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Why China Is Wary of a Trump-Xi Summit - The New York Times [08:49] TR News China, South Korea and Japan agree to strengthen free trade https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-south-korea-and-japan-agree-to-strengthen-free-trade-joint-statement [08:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China, South Korea and Japan agree to strengthen free trade | The Straits Times [08:49] TR News Pentagon chief Hegseth says US command in warrior Japan being upgraded to deter China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pentagon-chief-hegseth-says-warrior-japan-indispensable-to-deter-china [08:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Pentagon chief Hegseth says US command in warrior Japan being upgraded to deter China | The Straits Times [08:49] TR News South Korea, China, Japan agree to promote regional trade as Convicted Felon tariffs loom https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-china-japan-agree-to-promote-regional-trade-as-trump-tariffs-loom [08:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea, China, Japan agree to promote regional trade as Trump tariffs loom | The Straits Times [08:55] TR News Live: Myanmar junta still bombing despite earthquake crisis, rebels say https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250331-live-myanmar-military-junta-still-bombing-towns-despite-earthquake-crisis-rebels-say-thailand-bangkok-rescue [08:55] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250331-live-myanmar-military-junta-still-bombing-towns-despite-earthquake-crisis-rebels-say-thailand-bangkok-rescue ) ● Mar 31 [09:07] TR News Myanmar junta accused of aerial attacks even after quake as 7 fighters were killed by strike https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-myanmar-junta-accused-of-aerial-attacks-even-after-quake-as-7-fighters-were-killed-by-strike [09:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-myanmar-junta-accused-of-aerial-attacks-even-after-quake-as-7-fighters-were-killed-by-strike ) [09:07] TR News Hamas agrees to new Gaza truce as Israel keeps up offensive https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-hamas-agrees-to-new-gaza-truce-as-israel-keeps-up-offensive [09:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-hamas-agrees-to-new-gaza-truce-as-israel-keeps-up-offensive ) [09:07] TR News 5 children killed in Israeli airstrike on house and tent sheltering displaced people https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-5-children-killed-after-israeli-airstrike-on-house-and-tent-sheltering-displaced-people [09:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-5-children-killed-after-israeli-airstrike-on-house-and-tent-sheltering-displaced-people ) [09:08] TR News Federal court partially blocks Convicted Felons order targeting prominent law firm https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/federal-court-partially-blocks-trumps-order-targeting-prominent-law-firm/ [09:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Federal court partially blocks Trump's order targeting prominent law firm - JURIST - News [09:08] TR News Amid earthquake crisis, Myanmar military still bombs towns https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/amid-earthquake-crisis-myanmar-military-still-bombs-towns [09:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Amid earthquake crisis, Myanmar military still bombs towns | The Straits Times [09:08] TR News Myanmar junta accused of air strike even after quake, killing seven rebels https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-junta-accused-of-air-strike-even-after-quake [09:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Myanmar junta accused of air strike even after quake, killing seven rebels | The Straits Times [09:10] TR News In Myanmar, Earthquake Aftershocks and Airstrikes Terrorize Residents https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aftershocks-airstrikes.html [09:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | In Myanmar, Earthquake Aftershocks and Airstrikes Terrorize Residents - The New York Times [09:20] TR News The Insurrectionist 'pissed off' at Putin's comments calling for removal of Zelensky https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-en-nw-grab-graser-jackson-form-18h-for-21h-shpakova-anna [09:20] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-en-nw-grab-graser-jackson-form-18h-for-21h-shpakova-anna ) [09:20] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man says he is 'very angry' with Putin over Ukraine, raises prospect of bombing Iran https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250330-trump-says-very-angry-with-putin-over-ukraine-nbc [09:20] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250330-trump-says-very-angry-with-putin-over-ukraine-nbc ) [09:21] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Threatens Putin With Oil Tariffs, Pressures Zelenskyy On Minerals Deal https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-zelenskyy-putin-oil-tariffs-minerals/33364668.html [09:21] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Trump Threatens Putin With Oil Tariffs, Pressures Zelenskyy On Minerals Deal [09:21] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Threatens Putin With Oil Tariffs If Unable To Reach Ukraine Cease-Fire https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-zelenskyy-kharkiv-dnipro-donetsk/33364023.html [09:21] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Trump Threatens Putin With Oil Tariffs If Unable To Reach Ukraine Cease-Fire [09:21] TR News Ukraine's air force keeps up the fight https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-ukraine-s-air-force-keeps-up-the-fight [09:21] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250330-ukraine-s-air-force-keeps-up-the-fight ) [09:22] TR News As Tensions Escalate Between Convicted Felon and Europe, Meloni Is Caught in the Middle https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/world/europe/italy-meloni-trump-europe-tensions.html [09:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | As Tensions Escalate Between Trump and Europe, Meloni Is Caught in the Middle - 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