●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, July 09, 2025 ●● ● Jul 09 [02:32] schestowitz[TR3] > Thanks! It's been a difficult time. Hopefully, we'll get everything back up & running soon. [02:32] schestowitz[TR3] Let us know if we can help in some way... (pulling PCLinuxOS Magazine pages from our archives, which we have... a bot downloads every page we link to). ● Jul 09 [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > The mushrooms have been popping up in some of the British and Irish [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > press. It was even on the CNN home page on the same day as Trump [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > bombing Iran. Sadly people were distracted by Trump and didn't notice [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > the dangers of Australian mushrooms. [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > A sleepy little village in Australia where three people died and the [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > local baptist priest was the sole survivor. [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > Despite everybody from CNN to the Daily Mail covering the mushroom [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > story, nobody noticed that Father X briefly came out of retirement to [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > visit the local Catholic church in the same village. [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > Erin Patterson was convicted for putting death cap mushrooms into a [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > lunch. Father X faced no consequences for putting pedophile priests into [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > schools and hospitals. [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > The "Father X" thing is not just a gimmick. Have you noticed in most [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > abuse cases, the suspect is named publicly but in cases involving incest [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > or trafficking of family members, the name of the suspect is suppressed, [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > even after conviction, to prevent anybody identifying possible victims [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > related to the suspect by name or other circumstances? What I found [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > could be worst of the worst. I am trying to publish select insights [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > without revealing what and who I know. I appreciate your trust in [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > syndicating this content but I also kindly ask that if you come across [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > extra details joining the dots, please don't publish that. [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > Look at how the press covered the baker's dozen, no names, not even the [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > name of the city can be published: [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-02/victims-abused-by-former-bakery-couple-deliver-impact-statements/103795308 [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > The video hosting is more critical to some of my projects. I already [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > converted some of my existing videos to HLS to see if it is reliable and [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > if it reduces bandwidth requirements. HLS content can be placed on any [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > static hosting server. If the server becomes congested the JavaScript [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > client is supposed to detect that and switch to a lower resolution for [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] > the next 10 second chunk of video. [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] Did you notice that this week people discuss how Canonical hired a sex offender who engaged in incest and sexually abused his young sister (if not sisters) over 1000 times? [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] He signed the anti-RMS petition. [04:03] schestowitz[TR3] Many in Canonical knew, it was also connected to the Church. Remember that Scam Altman was also sued by his own young sister for sexual crimes. [04:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.abc.net.au | Victim abused by child sex offenders who ran bakery tells them 'you're both monsters' - ABC News [04:05] schestowitz[TR3] > Yes, the guys are awesome! They are still working on it, but hopefully [04:05] schestowitz[TR3] > they'll have it complete very soon. [04:05] schestowitz[TR3] > [04:05] schestowitz[TR3] > Thanks! [04:05] schestowitz[TR3] > Pam [04:05] schestowitz[TR3] WE VERY MUCH need community distros right now. [04:05] schestowitz[TR3] I'm sure you know why. ● Jul 09 [07:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [07:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [07:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Jul 09 [08:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:45] schestowitz[TR3] "Two weeks of wayback Ariadne's Space" x https://ariadne.space/2025/07/07/two-weeks-of-wayback.html [08:45] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ariadne.space | Two weeks of wayback Ariadne's Space ● Jul 09 [11:43] schestowitz[TR3]
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