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[00:31]	MinceR	(no audio) https://apina.biz/211601.webm?mode=sfw
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[00:32]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], After over 100 job applications one got back to me with an interview.
[00:33]	Isambard_Prince	It would pay basically minimum wage to do laundry at a hotel.
[00:33]	Isambard_Prince	There's advantages to being the nobody that does hotel laundry on third shift.
[00:33]	Isambard_Prince	No real job stress.
[00:34]	Isambard_Prince	Nobody can actually make you pay them.
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● Jan 03
[01:16]	Isambard_Prince	Just throw towels and bedsheets in the washer and pour bleach and detergent in. Then the dryer. Then fold.
[01:16]	Isambard_Prince	Make sure they get to the maids.
[01:16]	Isambard_Prince	Nobody yells at you as long as the maids get clean towels and bedsheets come first shift.
[01:17]	Isambard_Prince	No bank on the phone asking where your house payment is that month.
[01:17]	Isambard_Prince	You know, that house that the bank owns.
[01:17]	Isambard_Prince	You lose your job, they take it and all the payments you made, sell it to someone else.
[01:17]	Isambard_Prince	Because that's how owning things works apparently.
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● Jan 03
[02:04]	Isambard_Prince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHbjAtvNF2M
[02:04]	TR Bot	https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=pHbjAtvNF2M
[02:04]	TR Bot	invidious.nerdvpn.de | Making sure you're not a bot!
[02:04]	Isambard_Prince	Dave Ramsey says never use a credit card, just use a debit card from the same bank.
[02:04]	Isambard_Prince	It's like a credit card, except you don't get any cashback, which makes it better than a credit card somehow. 
[02:05]	Isambard_Prince	If you have to use fraud protection on a debit card, you do it after the money has been stolen from you, not the bank, which makes it better than a credit card somehow.
[02:07]	Isambard_Prince	If a thief clones a debit card, they can potentially clean out your checking account and leave you without money to pay your rent or groceries or avoid having your electricity shut off.
[02:07]	Isambard_Prince	You might get the money back two months from now.
[02:07]	Isambard_Prince	If a thief clones your credit card, you report which transactions weren't you, you don't lose any money, the bank deletes them from your statement, and the bank has a problem.
[02:08]	Isambard_Prince	He says that a debit card is more painful to pay something with because it "feels more like money".
[02:08]	Isambard_Prince	How? A credit card and a debit card are both plastic cards, the same size, with a chip, and some numbers.
[02:09]	Isambard_Prince	I've never felt any worse or better about paying the same amount of money with one vs. another.
[02:09]	Isambard_Prince	I get a thousand dollar bill from a hospital I still say "ouch".
[02:09]	Isambard_Prince	But at least the credit card gives me $20 of it back.
[02:11]	Isambard_Prince	He says if you spend $10,000 on a credit card you might get $200. He says that's a "terrible investment". Paying bills isn't an investment. If you pay $10,000 of bills with a debit card, you're out $10,000 and get nothing.
[02:11]	CrystalMath	i think the point of that advice is to never use money that isn't yours
[02:11]	CrystalMath	that is, NEVER get any loan ever
[02:11]	CrystalMath	which is a common piece of boomer advice that i personally adhere to but i notice that if everyone did there would be some trouble with financing
[02:12]	CrystalMath	i also don't use debit cards, i use cash
[02:12]	Isambard_Prince	CrystalMath, Capital One at least doesn't punish you at all for paying on your credit card every single day.
[02:12]	Isambard_Prince	Most banks let you pay every day. The only one that apparently doesn't like that is American Express.
[02:13]	CrystalMath	i only use cash so i don't really understand the details of using those
[02:13]	Isambard_Prince	Using cash gets worse every year.
[02:13]	Isambard_Prince	Inflation runs about 5-6% so you need about 60% more cash in your wallet to do the same things vs. 2019.
[02:14]	CrystalMath	haven't really had a problem, except when i need to order something from another country, then i have hit a hard wall
[02:14]	Isambard_Prince	Landlords don't take cash.
[02:14]	CrystalMath	2019 was a long time ago
[02:14]	Isambard_Prince	Can't send cash through the mail.
[02:14]	Isambard_Prince	Yeah, we're still using the same bill denominations we used in 1970.
[02:14]	Isambard_Prince	I found an ad from the KMart cafeteria from 1970 today, on Reddit.
[02:15]	CrystalMath	gosh i saw that like a 1960 mcdonalds charged 15 cents for a hamburger
[02:15]	CrystalMath	if you carry cash in america
[02:15]	Isambard_Prince	A half a pound chopped steak cooked to order, a dinner roll with butter, a side salad with dressing, a drink, and mashed potatoes with gravy for $1.18 on Mondays and Tuesdays.
[02:15]	CrystalMath	a sudden time travel into the past
[02:15]	Isambard_Prince	Know where you can do that now?
[02:15]	CrystalMath	makes you SUPER rich
[02:15]	CrystalMath	too bad those don't really happen though
[02:15]	Isambard_Prince	Time travel wouldn't make you rich.
[02:16]	Isambard_Prince	If you had all those funny looking future-dated bills with all the security crap in them, people would notice.
[02:16]	Isambard_Prince	So you couldn't spend them.
[02:16]	CrystalMath	hmm, so even US bills changed a lot?
[02:16]	CrystalMath	coins didn't
[02:16]	Isambard_Prince	You'd have to find old banknotes, which is a problem for most denminations because the Fed destroys them for being worn out.
[02:16]	Isambard_Prince	Or lacking the new security features.
[02:17]	Isambard_Prince	I suppose you could go through stacks of quarters trying to find old ones that would work.
[02:17]	CrystalMath	anyway, where i live that isn't really an option since we change our currencies too much
[02:17]	CrystalMath	the euro didn't exist long enough ago
[02:17]	Isambard_Prince	Would you be considered odd for paying for everything in rolls of quarters?
[02:18]	MinceR	you could take your rolls of quarters to the bank in the past
[02:19]	admfubar	https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/microsoft-quietly-kills-official-way-to-activate-windows-11-10-without-internet.458890/
[02:19]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/microsoft-quietly-kills-official-way-to-activate-windows-11-10-without-internet.458890/ )
[02:23]	Isambard_Prince	That is true.
[02:23]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, As a child I only made 10 cents per newspaper I delivered.
[02:24]	Isambard_Prince	But I got $3 for signing someone up who didn't have the paper.
[02:24]	MinceR	question is, how well will your time machine transport tons of metal alongside you...
[02:24]	Isambard_Prince	So I went and sold subscriptions on other people's routes.
[02:24]	Isambard_Prince	I only kept one route and I only did that one because it let me sell newspaper subscription.
[02:27]	MinceR	OTOH you could go further into the past and make investments
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● Jan 03
[03:04]	admfubar	https://xkcd.com/3189/
[03:04]	TR Bot	Conic Sections
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[03:24]	Isambard_Prince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD4Tmszy27c
[03:24]	TR Bot	https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=RD4Tmszy27c
[03:24]	TR Bot	invidious.nerdvpn.de | Making sure you're not a bot!
[03:24]	Isambard_Prince	"An AmEx card with a $700 annual fee so you can get a few free meals at an airport each year."
[03:24]	Isambard_Prince	LOL
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, schestowitz[TR2] I posted:
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	"
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	In 2009, they repossessed a then-record number of vehicles from consumers who fell behind on their payments. It was the peak of the auto repossessions spawned by the 2008 Financial Crisis. The 2nd worst (to that point) recession in US history, which was being compared to the Great Depression. 2.1 million repos.
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	According to preliminary repossession data for 2025, which does not have December's total in it, there were over 3 million auto repossessions and a new record, with an entire month of repo data missing.
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	Meanwhile, gasoline is dirt cheap. At the worst part of the 2008 Great Recession, I pulled over and paid $1.79 a gallon. Despite the fact that the gas tax has been raised by over 39 cents a gallon in my state since then and despite the fact that the US Dollar buys about half of what it did then, I pulled over and paid just $2.29 at the supermarket yesterday.
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	Gas always gets SUPER cheap when the economy is terrible and people are losing their jobs. It's just that this time there's another factor at play. I put in over 100 job applications in the past two weeks. So far I have an interview to be the guy who throws towels and bedsheets in the washer for minimum wage. To get that, I had to submit to something creepy that ended in ".ai" of course. Yuck. But what people need now, and many 
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	are not getting, is a steady paycheck.
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	Let's hope that the "Economic Miracle" we're being told about doesn't get "any better". Yes?
[03:35]	Isambard_Prince	"
[03:36]	MinceR	yeah, i'm not surprised
[03:54]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Someone complained on the FICO forum a couple years ago that he paid his friend's bankruptcy lawyer with his Chase debit card.
[03:54]	Isambard_Prince	And as soon as the word "bankruptcy" hit his account statement, Chase closed all of his bank and credit card accounts.
[03:54]	Isambard_Prince	Even though it wasn't him that was filing..
[03:56]	Isambard_Prince	Mandy opened a bank account at Chase that I'm not supposed to know about.
[03:56]	Isambard_Prince	Apparently he doesn't understand that Chase will take $12 a month until it causes him to overdraft and then they'll slam his account shut and report him to Chexsystems.
● Jan 03
[04:00]	MinceR	will they send the Chex Warrior after him?
[04:11]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 02, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_January_02_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_January_02_2026.gmi 
[04:11]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 02, 2026
[04:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[04:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[04:13]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[04:13]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[04:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	Isambard_Prince: job interviews for laundry?
[04:17]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], It was a chatbot that arranged the interview.
[04:18]	Isambard_Prince	You know they're just fucking with us now. You have to talk to a robot to get on at McDonald's.
[04:18]	Isambard_Prince	No paper application and a guy comes and talks to you for a few minutes at a table.
[04:18]	Isambard_Prince	I mean, they spend billions on a robot to do something that paper and some guy at a table could do better.
[04:19]	TR News	"I don't use Amazon so this isn't something that I think about, but it had me thinking about dupes. For this specific lamp, I thought about what would happen if instead of buying the actual lamp, people just bought a dupe" gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2026-01-01-thought-on-dupes.gmi
[04:19]	TR News	"I've seen a couple of posts discussing how folks post on Gemini and I think it's rad that this tiny little corner of the smolweb allows for so many unique ways to participate." gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2026-01-01-how-i-post.gmi
[04:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	bad sign if they use chatbots
[04:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	says how they treat both staff and guests
[04:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	chatbots don't work
[04:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	that's why eventually they get rid of these
[04:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	they could just use an email tgemplate
[04:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	to invite you
[04:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	no need for chatbots
[04:22]	TR News	"Very few blogs (this one?) support RFC 5005 "Feed Paging and Archiving". Xobaque is a search engine that doesn't crawl the web. It gets fed using feeds. That makes it the ideal companion for web rings, blog planets and the like. And I just added blog crawling using RFC 5005 to it." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-02-xobaque
[04:24]	TR News	"It always gives me the feeling that all the good ol' gemini people, which are well known and have formed the space are leaving, because Gemini isn't the right thing anymore, at least for them." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2026-01-03-Re_So_Long_and_Thanks.gmi
[04:26]	TR News	"The Marx Bros film, Animal Crackers, just entered the public domain and you can watch it on Wikipedia...so I did. I was disappointed." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-01-03_Animal_Crackers.gmi
[04:26]	TR News	"This gemini capsule is one of the latter. I'll be taking it offline after the domain expires, likely around mid-late February." gemini://moddedbear.xyz/logs/2026-01-02-so-long-and-thanks.gmi
[04:27]	TR News	"Up until recently, I've been connecting the oscilloscope probes directly to the jacks or rather, the spare patch cables connected to the jacks in order to get the full 10V output." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260102-0.gmi
[04:28]	TR News	"This morning I got an email from an old friend, one I haven't seen in a dozen years. She and her family have moved to my city; it's been a long time, sorry, sorry; would I like to get together sometime?" gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/1-02.gmi
[04:29]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1524.jpg
[04:29]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1874.jpg
[04:30]	TR News	"That's why I find Why does the Electoral College exist? [2] video so goodit goes into the history of why the Founding Fathers picked such a convoluted scheme to elect the President (and I did not know that direct election by the population was on the table)." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/01/02.2
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[04:31]	TR News	"Names made from names! Usually funny, and thus sometimes reviled by serious people who insist we already have better names for these names." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/02/name-names.gmi
[04:31]	TR News	"Easier said than done (have to move the lawn mower to reach the tire valve attactment, and I have to move several miscellaneous items to extract the compressor unit, then find an extension chord, etc.) but I finally had it set up, turned on, and started to inflate the tire." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/01/02.1
[04:33]	TR News	"I need a place to have my streams of consciousness, my secondary brain, to help me figure out my life. Sometime gopher is not the place. I feel it creates more noise, which might not be as interesting to you the reader." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/noteBook
[04:35]	TR News	"I don't even know how many ways, how many different times I've tried to get organized. Complicated systems, simple systems, paper analog systems, elaborate digital systems. Getting Things Done, Personal Kanban, Cal Newport style stuff, just using a simple notebook" gemini://ieve.me/squall/8.gmi
[04:38]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 03/01/2026: New Organisation System (Notebooks) and "2026 Already Off to an Amazing Start" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Gemini_Links_03_01_2026_New_Organisation_System_Notebooks_and_2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Gemini_Links_03_01_2026_New_Organisation_System_Notebooks_and_2.gmi 
[04:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 03/01/2026: New Organisation System (Notebooks) and "2026 Already Off to an Amazing Start"
[04:42]	admfubar	https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/crypto-users-forced-to-share-account-details-with-tax-officials.458881/
[04:42]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/crypto-users-forced-to-share-account-details-with-tax-officials.458881/ )
[04:43]	MinceR	good old Rubber-Hose Cryptanalysis
[04:49]	TR News	"There are customers who are experimenting with it and co-investing with IBM, because that's what Quantum is right now - a science experiment. No matter how many pictures of fancy gold cooling towers they publish, there still is no such thing as an actual error-corrected quantum computer." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdxcaev1
[04:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdxcaev1 )
[04:49]	TR News	"Right now, QC is at the stage of people noticing that vacuum tubes can switch a current and that switches can be used to perform calculations. It was a long way from that to an actual computer." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdxcaev1
● Jan 03
[05:04]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux up to 7% in Turkey https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_up_to_7_in_Turkey.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_up_to_7_in_Turkey.gmi 
[05:04]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux up to 7% in Turkey
[05:04]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, schestowitz[TR2] https://old.reddit.com/r/Tech_Updates_News/comments/1q2jqe3/microsoft_ceo_satya_nadella_really_wants_you_to/
[05:04]	TR Bot	 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella really wants you to stop calling AI "slop" in 2026 "We are beginning to distinguish between spectacle and substance." : Tech_Updates_News
[05:04]	MinceR	lol
[05:04]	MinceR	well, what is he willing to offer in exchange?
[05:05]	admfubar	sloppy seconds?
[05:05]	MinceR	lol
[05:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/02/So_You_Should_Definitely_Call_it_Slop_and_Stop_Saying_AI.shtml
[05:08]	TR Bot	 Techrights So You Should Definitely Call it "Slop" and Stop Saying "AI"
[05:18]	TR News	Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXIII - Antnio Campinos Knows He's Extremely Vulnerable at This Time https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXIII_Antonio_Campinos_Knows_He_s_Extreme.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXIII_Antonio_Campinos_Knows_He_s_Extreme.gmi 
[05:18]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXIII - Antnio Campinos Knows He's Extremely Vulnerable at This Time
[05:31]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High of 5% in Indonesia (Not Counting Chromebooks and Android) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Reaches_All_Time_High_of_5_in_Indonesia_Not_Counting_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Reaches_All_Time_High_of_5_in_Indonesia_Not_Counting_.gmi 
[05:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High of 5% in Indonesia (Not Counting Chromebooks and Android)
[05:42]	TR News	 (NEW):  First Weekend of the Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/First_Weekend_of_the_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/First_Weekend_of_the_Year.gmi 
[05:42]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines First Weekend of the Year
[05:48]	TR News	One year ago https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/companies/microsoft-reportedly-lays-off-more-employees/ar-AA1xhLXL?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
[05:48]		-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-MSN
[05:48]	TR News	One year ago as well https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/microsoft-is-laying-off-employees-will-that-negatively-affect-its-stock/ar-AA1z6ZXT?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
[05:48]	TR News	It'll happen again soon
● Jan 03
[06:01]	TR News	Techrights The More Influential Richard Stallman (RMS) Becomes, the More Aggressive Attacks on Him (and the FSF) Will Get https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/The_More_Influential_Richard_Stallman_RMS_Becomes_the_More_Aggr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/The_More_Influential_Richard_Stallman_RMS_Becomes_the_More_Aggr.gmi 
[06:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights The More Influential Richard Stallman (RMS) Becomes, the More Aggressive Attacks on Him (and the FSF) Will Get
[06:06]	TR News	Now that TikTok in the US is controlled by Cheeto even Microsoft Lunduke joins that...
[06:09]	Isambard_Prince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALxYanSuj3M
[06:09]	TR Bot	https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=ALxYanSuj3M
[06:09]	TR Bot	( status 500 @ https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=ALxYanSuj3M )
[06:09]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], "AI Munger"
[06:09]	Isambard_Prince	I was right that there would be an Eternal Munger.
[06:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR loves in Mungery
[06:23]	TR News	Techrights A Year of Relaxation, But Also of Hardcore Whistleblowing https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/A_Year_of_Relaxation_But_Also_of_Hardcore_Whistleblowing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/A_Year_of_Relaxation_But_Also_of_Hardcore_Whistleblowing.gmi 
[06:23]	TR Bot	 Techrights A Year of Relaxation, But Also of Hardcore Whistleblowing
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[06:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  No "Google Killer": Bing Has Only Lost Share in Europe Since Microsoft's ChatGPT Hype https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/No_Google_Killer_Bing_Has_Only_Lost_Share_in_Europe_Since_Micro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/No_Google_Killer_Bing_Has_Only_Lost_Share_in_Europe_Since_Micro.gmi 
[06:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines No "Google Killer": Bing Has Only Lost Share in Europe Since Microsoft's ChatGPT Hype
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[06:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux 6.18.3 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Linux_6_18_3.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Linux_6_18_3.gmi 
[06:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux 6.18.3
[06:46]	TR News	Techrights In the Search Engine Market, Microsoft is Falling Behind Russia's Yandex https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/In_the_Search_Engine_Market_Microsoft_is_Falling_Behind_Russia_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/In_the_Search_Engine_Market_Microsoft_is_Falling_Behind_Russia_.gmi 
[06:46]	TR Bot	 Techrights In the Search Engine Market, Microsoft is Falling Behind Russia's Yandex
[06:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  Side Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Side_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Side_Linux_distribution.gmi 
[06:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Side Linux distribution
[06:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Hits 6% in The Netherlands in 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Hits_6_in_The_Netherlands_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Hits_6_in_The_Netherlands_in_2026.gmi 
[06:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Hits 6% in The Netherlands in 2026
[06:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	psydroid2: ^^ good news, i guess
[06:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[06:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software
[06:59]	TR News	Techrights New Record High for GNU/Linux in Benelux in 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/New_Record_High_for_GNU_Linux_in_Benelux_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/New_Record_High_for_GNU_Linux_in_Benelux_in_2026.gmi 
[06:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights New Record High for GNU/Linux in Benelux in 2026
● Jan 03
[07:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  With a Touch of Nostalgia, MiDesktop Brings KDE 1 Back to Life https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/With_a_Touch_of_Nostalgia_MiDesktop_Brings_KDE_1_Back_to_Life.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/With_a_Touch_of_Nostalgia_MiDesktop_Brings_KDE_1_Back_to_Life.gmi 
[07:02]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines With a Touch of Nostalgia, MiDesktop Brings KDE 1 Back to Life
[07:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Systemd-Free Devuan GNU+Linux 6.1 Released with Unofficial Raspberry Pi Images https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/02/Systemd_Free_Devuan_GNU_Linux_6_1_Released_with_Unofficial_Rasp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/02/Systemd_Free_Devuan_GNU_Linux_6_1_Released_with_Unofficial_Rasp.gmi 
[07:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Systemd-Free Devuan GNU+Linux 6.1 Released with Unofficial Raspberry Pi Images
[07:25]	TR News	Alexandria https://theconversation.com/we-discovered-an-ancient-party-boat-in-the-waters-of-alexandria-heres-what-might-have-happened-on-board-272133
[07:25]	TR Bot	 We discovered an ancient party boat in the waters of Alexandria heres what might have happened on board
[07:25]	TR News	Winner, Name That Ware November 2025 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/winner-name-that-ware-november-2025/
[07:25]	TR Bot	 Winner, Name That Ware November 2025 bunnie's blog
[07:26]	TR News	digital nomadism https://theconversation.com/the-evolution-of-digital-nomadism-from-hi-tech-hacker-spaces-to-crypto-coworking-272380
[07:26]	TR Bot	 The evolution of digital nomadism: from hi-tech hacker spaces to crypto coworking
[07:27]	TR News	why some people hate nature https://theconversation.com/biophobia-why-some-people-hate-nature-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-271421
[07:27]	TR Bot	 Biophobia: why some people hate nature and what you can do about it
[07:28]	TR News	Supercharge Event Loops with Thread::Subs https://blogs.perl.org/users/tfbw/2025/12/supercharge-event-loops-with-threadsubs.html
[07:28]	TR Bot	Event Loops with Thread::Subs | tfbw [blogs.perl.org]
[07:28]	TR News	ANNOUNCE: Perl.Wiki V 1.36 https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2025/12/announce-perlwiki-v-136.html
[07:28]	TR Bot	Perl.Wiki V 1.36 | Ron Savage [blogs.perl.org]
[07:29]	TR News	Flattery will get you nowhere - But don't stop trying http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/flattery-will-get-you-nowhere-but-dont.html
[07:29]	TR Bot	 Flattery will get you nowhere - But don't stop trying - The IPKat
[07:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  How-To Geek: Linux CLI Tools and Useful Linux Applications https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/How_To_Geek_Linux_CLI_Tools_and_Useful_Linux_Applications.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/How_To_Geek_Linux_CLI_Tools_and_Useful_Linux_Applications.gmi 
[07:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines How-To Geek: Linux CLI Tools and Useful Linux Applications
[07:32]	TR News	UK police arrest Greta Thunberg under Terrorism Act https://www.dw.com/en/uk-police-arrest-greta-thunberg-under-terrorism-act/a-75286097
[07:32]	TR Bot	police arrest Greta Thunberg under Terrorism Act DW 12/23/2025
[07:33]	TR News	massive fine https://www.dw.com/en/ryanair-faces-massive-fine-in-italy-over-abusive-strategy/a-75282204
[07:33]	TR Bot	faces massive fine in Italy over 'abusive strategy' DW 12/23/2025
[07:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Celebrate the new year: join the free software community! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Celebrate_the_new_year_join_the_free_software_community.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Celebrate_the_new_year_join_the_free_software_community.gmi 
[07:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Celebrate the new year: join the free software community!
[07:36]	TR News	TEPCO's nuclear restart plan sparks angst https://www.dw.com/en/japan-tepco-s-nuclear-restart-plan-sparks-angst/a-75285419
[07:36]	TR Bot	TEPCO's nuclear restart plan sparks angst DW 12/23/2025
[07:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  Icecast 2.5 Streaming Media Server Brings Web UI Enhancements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Icecast_2_5_Streaming_Media_Server_Brings_Web_UI_Enhancements.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Icecast_2_5_Streaming_Media_Server_Brings_Web_UI_Enhancements.gmi 
[07:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Icecast 2.5 Streaming Media Server Brings Web UI Enhancements
[07:38]	TR News	Techrights Links 03/01/2026: Ryanair Fines and Facebook Misleads Regulators https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Links_03_01_2026_Ryanair_Fines_and_Facebook_Misleads_Regulators.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Links_03_01_2026_Ryanair_Fines_and_Facebook_Misleads_Regulators.gmi 
[07:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 03/01/2026: Ryanair Fines and Facebook Misleads Regulators
[07:41]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[07:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[07:56]	TR News	Techrights Firefox Fell Below 1% in Asia https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Firefox_Fell_Below_1_in_Asia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Firefox_Fell_Below_1_in_Asia.gmi 
[07:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights Firefox Fell Below 1% in Asia
[07:57]	TR News	"""Oops! The 6.1.0 desktop-live and minimal-live isos don't boot UEFI. Fixed in 6.1.1.""" https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260103.004949.8f2db8f6.en.html ("Re: [devuan-dev] DEVUAN EXCALIBUR 6.1.0 ADDENDUM") https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/15/Due_to_Secure_Boot_An_Anti_Security_Measure_a_Kill_Switch_Compu.shtml
[07:57]	TR Bot	 Re: [devuan-dev] DEVUAN EXCALIBUR 6.1.0 ADDENDUM
[07:57]	TR Bot	 Techrights Due to 'Secure Boot' (An Anti-Security Measure, a Kill Switch) Computer Users Are Afraid of GNU/Linux
● Jan 03
[08:01]	TR News	Blame IBM? https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/when-an-hiring-manager-at-ibm-dumbfounded-melinda-french-gates-making-her-join-microsoft/articleshow/126301831.cms
[08:01]	TR Bot	 When an hiring manager at IBM 'dumbfounded' Melinda French Gates, making her join Microsoft - The Times of India
[08:05]	TR News	"the Price of Truth." https://observer.co.uk/culture/film/article/julian-assange-has-been-in-prison-for-his-virtues-not-his-vices
[08:05]	TR Bot	 Julian Assange has been in prison for his virtues, not h...
[08:08]	TR News	Everybody on his team said to us, theres no way he will ever go to the U.S. If he gets extradited, hell end his own life https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/the-six-billion-dollar-man-documentary-julian-assange-saga-1236442894/
[08:08]	TR Bot	 How The Six Billion Dollar Man Reframes the Saga of Julian Assange
[08:10]	TR News	Washing their hands, as usual https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/sweden-police-dismiss-assange-complaint-over-machado-nobel-win http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/06/Nobel_Prize_in_Economics_Does_Not_Exist_It_s_Propaganda_From_Sv.shtml
[08:10]	TR Bot	 Sweden police dismiss Assange complaint over Machado Nobel win | The Straits Times
[08:10]	TR Bot	 Techrights Nobel Prize in Economics Does Not Exist, It's Propaganda From Sveriges Riksbank
[08:13]	TR News	"Sometimes the board brings in a CEO to do whatever it takes. Not the first time in history this has happened. At Digital Equipment Corporation, I lived through the disaster when Bob Palmer was brought in to replace Ken Olsen, founder of DEC. Palmer sold off DEC piece by piece." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96
[08:13]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96 )
[08:13]	TR News	"DEC was once a fantastic company to work for with brilliant people and superior technology. The board did not care and ruined the company together with Palmer." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96
● Jan 03
[09:11]	TR News	SpellBinding AEHMYTP Wordo: TRIBE gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-03.gmi
[09:12]	TR News	Another all-time high today: "There are 4751 capsules. We successfully connected recently to 3252 of them." gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi
[09:16]	TR News	Spreading yet MOAR Disinformation in social control media https://x.com/glcst/status/2007164437321662514
[09:16]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[09:16]	TR News	And then putting men in bikinis, using fakes https://x.com/LukasHozda/status/2007255377134661693
[09:16]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[09:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	over a million impression for a deliberate lie https://x.com/LukasHozda/status/2007120043000348762
[09:18]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[09:25]	TR News	Techrights Unverified Claim: Mass Layoffs at Microsoft to Start Around Week 3 of This Month https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Unverified_Claim_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_to_Start_Around_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Unverified_Claim_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_to_Start_Around_Week.gmi 
[09:25]	TR Bot	 Techrights Unverified Claim: Mass Layoffs at Microsoft to Start Around Week 3 of This Month
[09:28]	TR News	Mesa 25.3.3 released with more Linux graphics driver bug fixes | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-25-3-3-released-with-more-linux-graphics-driver-bug-fixes/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:28]	TR Bot	25.3.3 released with more Linux graphics driver bug fixes | GamingOnLinux
[09:29]	TR News	"For this month we see that Linux is pretty much just holding steady, after hitting an all-time high for November 2025." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steam-survey-for-december-2025-shows-linux-holding-to-3-19p/
[09:29]	TR Bot	survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19% | GamingOnLinux
[09:30]	TR News	GE-Proton 10-28 brings fixes for Duet Night Abyss, World of Tanks, games with spatial audio and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ge-proton-10-28-brings-fixes-for-duet-night-abyss-world-of-tanks-games-with-spatial-audio-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:30]	TR Bot	10-28 brings fixes for Duet Night Abyss, World of Tanks, games with spatial audio and more | GamingOnLinux
[09:30]	TR News	River City Ransom: Underground is getting delisted from stores | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/river-city-ransom-underground-is-getting-delisted-from-stores/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:30]	TR Bot	City Ransom: Underground is getting delisted from stores | GamingOnLinux
[09:31]	TR News	"Study Reveals Just How Much AI Slop is on YouTube" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/31/022234
[09:31]	TR Bot	 Study Reveals Just How Much AI Slop is on YouTube - SoylentNews
[09:32]	TR News	"Award-winning nurse struck off after sharing anti-immigration posts on social media saying 'foreigners' coming to Britain will become 'your rulers' | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15428819/Award-winning-nurse-struck-sharing-anti-immigration-posts-social-media-saying-foreigners-coming-Britain-rulers.html
[09:32]	TR Bot	 Award-winning nurse struck off after sharing anti-immigration posts on social media saying 'foreigners' coming to Britain will become 'your rulers' | Daily Mail Online
[09:33]	TR News	Epilogue reveal the SN Operator to play real SNES cartridges on various platforms | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/epilogue-reveal-the-sn-operator-to-play-real-snes-cartridges-on-various-platforms/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:33]	TR Bot	reveal the SN Operator to play real SNES cartridges on various platforms | GamingOnLinux
[09:33]	TR News	D7VK v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/d7vk-v1-1-is-out-with-experimental-direct3d-6-support-via-vulkan-for-windows-games-on-linux/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:33]	TR Bot	v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux | GamingOnLinux
[09:34]	TR News	The 2026 Carnage Collection from Humble Bundle brings some fun games to begin the year | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-2026-carnage-collection-from-humble-bundle-brings-some-fun-games-to-begin-the-year/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:34]	TR Bot	2026 Carnage Collection from Humble Bundle brings some fun games to begin the year | GamingOnLinux
[09:35]	TR News	"foreigner" https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/01/02/collection-of-biometrics-from-anyone-associated-with-a-foreigner/ | Source: Papers Please
[09:35]	TR Bot	 Collection of biometrics from anyone associated with a foreigner Papers, Please!
[09:35]	TR News	"They can feel that this is the end" https://insighthungary.444.hu/2026/01/03/they-can-feel-that-this-is-the-end-hungarian-opposition-leader-gives-powerful-speech-on-new-years-eve | Source: Insight Hungary
[09:35]	TR Bot	 "They can feel that this is the end," Hungarian opposition leader gives powerful speech on New Year's Eve - InsightHungary
[09:36]	TR News	"The country cannot have a leader who does not put the welfare of Hungarian children first, who does nothing for years while knowing that thousands of children are being abused"
[09:36]	TR News	Orbn "will betray our Hungarian brothers and sisters in Upper Hungary, Transylvania (...) his main task is not to eliminate poverty, but to enrich his own family."
[09:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: fideath
[09:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	aka MHGA
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[09:38]	TR News	Bazzite Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/bazzite-linux-gets-a-spring-cleaning-update-to-end-2025/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/bazzite-linux-gets-a-spring-cleaning-update-to-end-2025/
[09:38]	TR Bot	Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025 | GamingOnLinux
[09:39]	TR News	"it will have what they now say is "experimental" Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/native-linux-support-for-hytale-will-be-launched-as-experimental/
[09:39]	TR Bot	Linux support for Hytale will be launched as "experimental" | GamingOnLinux
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[09:39]	TR News	Valve reveal the most popular Steam games of 2025 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-most-popular-steam-games-for-2025-were-not-exactly-surprising/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-most-popular-steam-games-for-2025-were-not-exactly-surprising/
[09:39]	TR Bot	reveal the most popular Steam games of 2025 | GamingOnLinux
[09:40]	TR News	"According to the complaint, the works were used under a 2015 agreement that did not grant authorization to copy or use the works for artificial intelligence training." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/01/stability-ai-lawsuit-musician-opt-out/ | Source: Digital Music News
[09:40]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/01/stability-ai-lawsuit-musician-opt-out/ )
[09:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Humble Bundle, Valve, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Games_Humble_Bundle_Valve_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Games_Humble_Bundle_Valve_and_More.gmi 
[09:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Humble Bundle, Valve, and More
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[11:58]	psydruid	that should have been 
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[12:55]	TR News	"After Spotify integrated audiobooks into its Premium Individual, Family, and Duo plans in late 2023" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/02/spotify-basic-subscription-sunset-language/ | Source: Digital Music News
[12:55]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/02/spotify-basic-subscription-sunset-language/ )
[12:55]	TR News	"Star Wars Racer Revenge, which sports the CUSA-03474 game code" https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/forgotten-star-wars-racer-revenge-game-is-key-to-jailbreaking-playstation-5-price-soars-1-900-percent-overnight-amid-leaked-rom-keys-exploit-physical-copies-of-the-ps4-game-go-from-usd20-to-usd400-on-ebay | Source: Tom's Hardware
[12:55]	TR Bot	 Forgotten Star Wars Racer Revenge game is key to jailbreaking PlayStation 5, price soars 1,900% overnight amid leaked ROM keys exploit Physical copies of the PS4 game go from $20 to $400 on eBay | Tom's Hardware
[12:55]	TR News	"Social media firms should take responsibility for content they publish and a standing committee has already recommended a tough law to fix accountability of platforms" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-should-take-responsibility-of-content-they-publish-union-minister-vaishnaw/articleshow/126307820.cms | Source: India Times
[12:55]	TR Bot	 Social media should take responsibility of content they publish: Vaishnaw - The Economic Times
[12:57]	TR News	"PJAK stated that the new popular resistance movement, which began on December 28, 2025" https://english.anf-news.com/kurdistan/pjak-the-iranian-regime-has-no-solution-other-than-to-yield-to-the-people-s-legitimate-demands-82923 | Source: ANF News
[12:57]	TR Bot	 ANF | PJAK: The Iranian regime has no solution other than to yield to the people's legitimate demands
[12:57]	TR News	"The tactics behind protest policing are changingfrom one of cooperation to intentional antagonism for political marketing purposes." https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-protest-surveillance/ | Source: Wired
[12:57]	TR Bot	Protesters Became Content for the Cops | WIRED
[12:57]	TR News	"Union contracts expiring in 2026 could open up major fights by manufacturing, education, entertainment, and government workers." https://truthout.org/articles/big-union-contract-fights-are-coming-in-2026-heres-a-preview-of-whats-ahead/ | Source: TruthOut
[12:57]	TR Bot	 Big Union Contract Fights Are Coming in 2026. Heres a Preview of Whats Ahead. | Truthout
[12:58]	TR News	"In 2025, about 29% of the people who were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were convicted criminals, compared with 71% who had no criminal convictions, according to the agency." https://www.minnpost.com/fact-briefs/2026/01/did-less-than-30-of-ice-detainees-in-2025-have-criminal-convictions-on-their-records/ |
[12:58]	TR Bot	 Did less than 30% of ICE detainees in 2025 have criminal records?
[12:58]	TR News	"Much of this material was directed at online models and sex workers, who already face a disproportionately high risk of violence and homicide." https://futurism.com/future-society/grok-violence-women | Source: Futurism
[12:58]	TR Bot	 Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
[12:58]	TR News	"According to SAMER, the low clearance rate is striking. In 60.1 percent of cases, the perpetrator was not identified." https://english.anf-news.com/women/samer-420-women-were-murdered-508-others-died-under-suspicious-circumstances-in-turkey-in-2025-82924 | Source: ANF News
[12:58]	TR Bot	 ANF | SAMER: 420 women were murdered, 508 others died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in 2025
● Jan 03
[13:00]	TR News	"One hundred and twenty-eight journalists and media workers, including 10 women, lost their lives in 2025" https://english.anf-news.com/freedom-of-the-press/ifj-128-journalists-and-media-workers-were-killed-in-2025-82909 | Source: ANF News
[13:00]	TR Bot	 ANF | IFJ: 128 journalists and media workers were killed in 2025
[13:00]	TR News	"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on leaders of the armed rebel coalition controlling Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)" https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/rsf-calls-on-eastern-drc-rebels-to-end-abductions-after-journalist-found-alive/ | Source: JURIST
[13:00]	TR Bot	 RSF calls on eastern DRC rebels to end abductions after journalist found alive - JURIST - News
[13:02]	TR News	"The convictions stem from cases registered after violent protests on May 9, 2023, when Khan's supporters attacked military installations following his brief arrest." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/8-journalists-youtubers-sentenced-to-life-by-pakistan-anti-terror-court-10199696#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV
[13:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/8-journalists-youtubers-sentenced-to-life-by-pakistan-anti-terror-court-10199696#publisher=newsstand )
[13:03]	TR News	Censorship: "sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian-Kurdish woman arrested for an alleged breach of the country's mandatory dress code." https://english.anf-news.com/human-rights/iran-executed-at-least-1-500-people-in-2025-82911 | Source: ANF News
[13:03]	TR Bot	 ANF | Iran executed at least 1,500 people in 2025
[13:03]	TR News	Censorship: "I thought, what could they do to me?" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/02/i-thought-what-could-they-do-to-me | Source: Meduza
[13:03]	TR Bot	 I thought, what could they do to me? Russian street singer Diana Loginova, jailed for performing anti-war songs, gives first major interview in exile Meduza
[13:04]	TR News	"Opposed to some of the "non woke" team leads who do nothing, have no skills but cronyism, hoard work to appear busy and then release it at the last minute to someone else, and put on countless, meaningless presentations to hear their own voice?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdmwe55y
[13:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdmwe55y )
[13:07]	TR News	"Reports of a nationwide freeze came after a video with debunked claims circulated social media this week." https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-child-care-funding-across-the-us-after-bogus-social-media-claim/ | Source: TruthOut
[13:07]	TR Bot	 Trump Threatens Child Care Funding Across the US After Bogus Social Media Claim | Truthout
[13:07]	TR News	"Secretary of State Dariusz Standerski warned the synthetic audiovisual materials pose threats to public order, information security" https://thecyberexpress.com/tiktok-ai-generated-disinformation/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[13:07]	TR Bot	 Poland Calls For EU Investigation Of TikTok Over AI-Generated Disinformation Campaign
[13:07]	TR News	"For organizations operating in China, selling products or services into the Chinese market" https://thecyberexpress.com/china-cybersecurity-law-2026/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[13:07]	TR Bot	 The New China Cybersecurity Law Becomes A Reality In 2026
[13:08]	TR News	"Public power means public ownership and democratic control of our energy system." https://truthout.org/articles/as-electricity-bills-rise-activists-are-demanding-public-control-of-utilities/ | Source: TruthOut
[13:08]	TR Bot	 As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities | Truthout
[13:09]	TR News	"I wish there was such maturity when it came to the primary purpose of, say, cars." https://rubenerd.com/the-primary-purpose-of-lift-lobbies/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[13:09]	TR Bot	The primary purpose of lift lobbies
[13:14]	TR News	"Any Japanese politician could solve Japans plastic crisis and be a national hero if they championed outlawing all single-use plastic food packaging" https://lmnt.me/blog/plastic-part-2.html | Source: Louie Mantia
[13:14]	TR Bot	 Plastic, Part 2
[13:15]	TR News	"the oligarchs and their apologists will seek to use the celebration of Americas anniversary to strengthen their grip on the economy and government" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/2026-thomas-paine-sestercentennial/ | Source: The Nation
[13:15]	TR Bot	 Make 2026 the Year of Thomas Paine | The Nation
[13:16]	TR News	"The Founding Fathers knew exactly what they were fighting. They wrote about it constantly, in the Declaration of Independence and in decades of letters to one another." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-new-year-begins-the-old-fight-continues/ | Source: Truthdig
[13:16]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-new-year-begins-the-old-fight-continues/ )
[13:16]	TR News	"crew members of ship suspected of cable break" https://therecord.media/finland-arrests-crew-ship-suspected-cable-break | Source: The Record
[13:16]	TR Bot	 Finland arrests two crew members of ship suspected of cable break | The Record from Recorded Future News
[13:16]	TR News	"detected a fault in the undersea cable" https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/finland-authorities-investigate-underwater-cable-damage-in-the-countrys-gulf/ | Source: JURIST
[13:16]	TR Bot	 Finland authorities investigate underwater cable damage in the country's Gulf - JURIST - News
[13:18]	TR News	"We started this year by taking a deep look at our various encryption guides" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/surveillance-self-defense-2025-year-review | Source: EFF
[13:18]	TR Bot	 Surveillance Self-Defense: 2025 Year in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[13:18]	TR News	"The good news is that courts have blocked many of the laws seeking to impose age-verification gates on social media" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/year-states-chose-surveillance-over-safety-2025-review | Source: EFF
[13:18]	TR Bot	 The Year States Chose Surveillance Over Safety: 2025 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[13:19]	TR News	Windows TCO: "agreed to pay the ALPHV BlackCat administrators a 20% share of any ransom payments they received in exchange for the ransomware and access to ALPHV BlackCats extortion platform." https://thecyberexpress.com/security-experts-blackcat-ransomware-case/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[13:19]	TR Bot	 2 Security Experts Plead Guilty In BlackCat Ransomware Case
[13:19]	TR News	Windows TCO: "rendered its online services inaccessible" https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20251223-cyberattack-on-french-postal-service-causes-disruption-during-christmas-rush | Source: RFI
[13:19]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20251223-cyberattack-on-french-postal-service-causes-disruption-during-christmas-rush )
[13:20]		*psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights
[13:26]	TR News	Windows TCO: "This incident follows a previous denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that began on December 22, 2025, and continued until December 26." https://thecyberexpress.com/la-poste-la-banque-postale-cyberattack-2026/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[13:26]	TR Bot	 La Poste & La Banque Postale Hit By Cyberattack Disruptions
[13:26]	TR News	Windows TCO: "Covenant Health began sending breach notification letters to victims on New Years Eve. Victims are being offered one year of credit monitoring services." https://therecord.media/covenant-health-breach-qilin | Source: The Record
[13:26]	TR Bot	 Nearly 480,000 impacted by Covenant Health data breach | The Record from Recorded Future News
[13:27]	TR News	"Recently, the admin of a relatively prominent Mastodon server, med-mastodon.com, decided to stop maintaining the server and shut it down without warning." https://blog.kamens.us/2026/01/02/the-why-and-how-of-backing-up-your-mastodon-data/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens
[13:27]	TR Bot	 The why and how of backing up your Mastodon data Something better to do
[13:27]	TR News	"One of many disappointments from the rise of social media and hot takes is that it sometimes feels that our most nuanced blog posts get over-simplified when quoted online." https://www.manton.org/2026/01/02/quotes-and-notes-on-the.html | Source: Manton Reece
[13:27]	TR Bot	 Manton Reece - Quotes and notes on the case for blogging
[13:27]	TR News	"The other big problem is US political influence through the billionaires that control the media along with social media." https://smist08.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/2026-another-year-avoiding-the-usa/ | Source: Stephen Smith
[13:27]	TR Bot	 2026 Another Year Avoiding the USA | Stephen Smith's Blog
[13:28]	TR News	"Despite 2025 having been another year marred by layoffs, tech industry hiring overall continued to grow." https://thenewstack.io/advice-for-people-still-entering-the-tech-industry-in-2026/ | Source: The New Stack
[13:28]	TR Bot	 Advice for People (Still) Entering the Tech Industry in 2026 - The New Stack
[13:28]	TR News	"AI 2027" https://ai-2027.com/summary |
[13:28]	TR Bot	 Summary AI 2027
[13:29]	TR News	"The Year in LLMs" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/01/the-year-in-llms-2025/ | Source: Michael Tsai
[13:29]	TR Bot	 Michael Tsai - Blog - The Year in LLMs: 2025
[13:29]	TR News	"sexually explicit and derogatory content" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meity-issues-formal-notice-to-x-over-groks-it-act-lapses/articleshow/126308037.cms | Source: India Times
[13:29]	TR Bot	 MeitY issues formal notice to X over Grok's IT Act lapses - The Economic Times
[13:30]	TR News	"Grok being used to generate and spread obscene images and videos of women" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meity-issues-notice-to-x-over-misuse-of-grok-to-create-obscene-content/articleshow/126308251.cms | Source: India Times
[13:30]	TR Bot	 Remove Grok-generated obscene content of women within 72 hrs: Govt to X - The Economic Times
[13:30]	TR News	"Grok, xAIs flagship image model, is now being widely used to generate nonconsensual lewd images of women on the [Internet]." https://www.seangoedecke.com/grok-deepfakes/ | Source: Sean Goedecke
[13:30]	TR Bot	 Grok is enabling mass sexual harassment on Twitter
[13:31]	TR News	"Point being: Grok is not a sentient being. It does not have agency. It is computer software created and maintained by humans." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/03/elon_musk_grok_scandal_underwear_strippers_gross/ | Source: The Register UK
[13:31]	TR Bot	 Users prompt Grok AI chatbot to make photos dirty, apologize The Register
[13:31]	TR News	"Earlier this week, some people on X began replying to photos with a very specific kind of request." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/elon-musks-pornography-machine/685482/ | Source: The Atlantic
[13:31]	TR Bot	 Elon Musks Pornography Machine - The Atlantic
[13:32]	TR News	"Grok provoked widespread outrage this week after responding to a users prompt to remove clothing from an image of a 14-year-old actress" https://therecord.media/europe-regulators-grok-france | Source: The Record
[13:32]	TR Bot	 European regulators take aim at X after Grok creates deepfake of minor | The Record from Recorded Future News
[13:32]	TR News	"The button allows users to modify any image on the platform -- with some users deciding to partially or completely remove clothing from women or children in pictures, according to complaints." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/grok-under-fire-after-complaints-it-undressed-minors-in-photos-182247236 | Source: RTL
[13:32]	TR Bot	 'Obscene and sexually suggestive content': Grok under fire after complaints it undressed minors in photos
[13:33]	TR News	"In one X post, now removed from the platform, Grok edited a photo of two young girls into skimpy clothing and sexually suggestive poses." https://www.theverge.com/news/853191/grok-explicit-bikini-pictures-minors | Source: The Verge
[13:33]	TR Bot	 Grok is undressing anyone, including minors | The Verge
[13:33]	TR News	"Fueled partly by American tech companies, governments around the globe are racing to deploy generative A.I. systems and training in schools and universities." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/technology/school-ai-chatgpt-estonia-iceland.html | Source: New York Times
[13:33]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/technology/school-ai-chatgpt-estonia-iceland.html )
[13:34]	TR News	"There are two major security problems with these photo frames and unofficial Android TV boxes." https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network/ | Source: Krebs On Security
[13:34]	TR Bot	 The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network Krebs on Security
[13:36]	TR News	"If I'm watching a video on the YouTube website and send it, via AirPlay, to AppleTV from my laptop I get the wrong audio. I get the video just fine, but the audio is some random language." https://davidjohnmead.com/posts/2026-01-02-youtube-sends-wrong-language-to-airplay/ | Source: David Mead
[13:36]	TR Bot	 Watching YouTube has wrong language when using AirPlay
[13:36]	TR News	"After attempting all these steps, one after another, and seeing little or no changes, I kept seeing the same thing mentioned again and again in my research." https://louplummer.lol/how-apple-nearly-ruined-my-vacation/ | Source: Lou Plummer
[13:36]	TR Bot	 How Apple Nearly Ruined My Vacation | Living Out Loud
[13:36]	TR News	"So do I replace it for 69, or wait out and see if it turns up?" https://mark.hysted.com/for-faffs-sake-i-lost-an-airpod | Source: Mark Hysted
[13:36]	TR Bot	 for faffs sake - I lost an AirPod - mark hysted
[13:36]	TR News	"The University of Phoenix reported earlier this month in an SEC filing that it was among the Oracle EBS victims" https://thecyberexpress.com/oracle-ebs-victims-university-of-phoenix/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[13:36]	TR Bot	 Oracle EBS Victims Include Korean Air, University Of Phoenix
[13:37]	TR News	"Back pain is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. Recent research reveals how much time you should spend walking on a daily basis to prevent it." https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-long-you-should-walk-every-day-to-prevent-back-pain/ | Source: Wired
[13:37]	TR Bot	How Long You Should Walk Every Day to Prevent Back Pain | WIRED
[13:38]	TR News	"Maybe it's something to do with the compressor, I thought." https://boston.conman.org/2026/01/02.1 | Source: Sean Conner
[13:38]	TR Bot	 I hope this isn't an omen for the year that just started - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm
[13:38]	TR News	"This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with V.H. Belvadi, whose blog can be found at vhbelvadi.com." https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/v-h-belvadi | Source: Manuel Moreale
[13:38]	TR Bot	 V.H. Belvadi Manu
[13:38]	TR News	"Now, why do I even tolerate boredom? Here are some quotes that hopefully jot up the setup for my position: [...]" https://aartaka.me/boredom.html | Source: Artyom Bologov
[13:38]	TR Bot	 Boredom is Good, Actually
[13:39]	TR News	"The above sorting algorithm is an instance of the more generic Shellsort." https://orlp.net/blog/fibonacci-sort/ |
[13:39]	TR Bot	with Fibonacci Numbers and a Knuth Reward Check | orlp.net
[13:39]	TR News	"One of the most unsettling anomalies involves the object's interaction with the solar system's largest planet." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/3i-atlas-2025s-most-chilling-theories-that-proves-its-alien-spacecraft-testing-earths-defence-1767784 | Source: International Business Times
[13:39]	TR Bot	 3I/ATLAS 2025's Most Chilling Theories That Proves It's an Alien Spacecraft Testing Earth's Defence | IBTimes UK
[13:40]	TR News	"The shutdown of the library at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/climate/nasa-goddard-library-closing.html | Source: New York Times
[13:40]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/climate/nasa-goddard-library-closing.html )
[13:40]	TR News	"Musk previously laughed at Grok's ability to make photos sexual when someone shared a picture of him in a bikini Grok had created" https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/02/grok-chatbot-users-making-inappropriate-child-ai-images/ | Source: TMZ
[13:40]	TR Bot	 Grok Chatbot Let Users Make AI Images Depicting Children in 'Minimal Clothing'
[13:43]	TR News	"Ive blogged for decades now. The early Blogger and Movable Type accounts are gone now. Some of the latter I saved, but despite not having a full archive here on this site, there is certainly enough." https://canion.blog/2026/01/03/the-value-of-blogging.html | Source: Canion dot Blog
[13:43]	TR Bot	 The Value of Blogging | Canion dot Blog
[13:43]	TR News	"You can send more postcards to people. I've been doing it recently and it's more fun than texting, particularly when people bother to send a postcard back." https://gilest.org/notes/how-to-write-more-postcards.html | Source: Giles Turnbull
[13:43]	TR Bot	to write more postcards - gilest.org
[13:44]	TR News	"It seems fitting that, to close out the year I finally watched Koyaanisqatsi" https://www.jmduke.com/posts/cameraperson.html | Source: Justin Duke
[13:44]	TR Bot	 Cameraperson | Applied Cartography
[13:44]	TR News	"I had a great time reading all your submissions, listed below with a short summary,1 in the order in which I received them." https://vhbelvadi.com/indieweb-carnival-round-up-dec-2025 | Source: V H Belvadi
[13:44]	TR Bot	 V.H. Belvadi IndieWeb Carnival Dec 25 round-up (Venkatram Harish Belvadi)
[13:44]	TR News	"Reading that post from 9 years ago made me smile: 27-year-old me wanted to cut down on distractions and get the habit of waking up early back." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/year-10 | Source: Manuel Moreale
[13:44]	TR Bot	 Year 10 Manu
[13:44]	TR News	"Im not calling these resolutions. Resolutions never work, they never stick." https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/goals/2026-goals-for-my-life/ | Source: Matthew Weber
[13:44]	TR Bot	 2026 Goals For My Life - Matt's Blog
[13:45]	TR News	"Through all these changes, the URLs remained the samethey still had the old-fashioned .html extension." https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202601/no_more_html | Source: Ned Batchelder
[13:45]	TR Bot	 No more .html | Ned Batchelder
[13:46]	TR News	Former Head of Elder Scrolls Online Left ZeniMax Due to Microsoft's Actions https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/01/03/byvsii-glava-elder-scrolls-online-usel-iz-zenimax-iz-za-deistvii-microsoft.html
[13:46]	TR Bot	 Former Head of Elder Scrolls Online Left ZeniMax Due to Microsoft's Actions
[13:46]	TR News	"Well, I finished 2025 trying to simplify things. I left social media a couple months ago. Not entirely, I was still lurking around instagram an embarrassing amount of time." https://blog.pcora.eu/2026/01/02/simplifying-things.html | Source: Pedro
[13:46]	TR Bot	 Simplifying things | Pedroblog
[13:47]	TR News	"Just start." https://yordi.me/on-getting-started/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost
[13:47]	TR Bot	 On Getting Started | Yordi - A Lifelong Journey of Growth
[13:47]	TR News	"The number 26, which gets back-burnered compared to numbers with neater divisibility, is an essential digit. And youre gonna be hearing all about it in 2026." https://tedium.co/2026/01/02/tedium-trends-2026/ | Source: Tedium
[13:47]	TR Bot	 Tedium Trends 2026: The Surprisingly Importance Of 26
[13:48]	TR News	https
[13:49]	TR News	Mesa 25.3.3 Release Notes https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/25.3.3.html
[13:49]	TR Bot	 Mesa 25.3.3 Release Notes / 2026-01-01 The Mesa 3D Graphics Library latest documentation
[13:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  Graphics Stack: Mesa 25.3.3 and D7VK v1.1 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Graphics_Stack_Mesa_25_3_3_and_D7VK_v1_1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Graphics_Stack_Mesa_25_3_3_and_D7VK_v1_1.gmi 
[13:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Graphics Stack: Mesa 25.3.3 and D7VK v1.1
[13:50]	TR News	"A while back I wrote an entry about understanding reading all available things from a Go channel (with a timeout), where the code used two selects to, well, let me quote myself: [...]" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoTestingSelectQuestion | Source: University of Toronto
[13:50]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[13:51]	TR News	"The challenge texts vary in length, but the second one this time is quite possibly the most verbose so far." https://raku-musings.com/mad-shift.html | Source: Arne Sommer
[13:51]	TR Bot	 MAD Shift with Raku - Arne Sommer
[13:51]	TR News	"TL;DR null pointer dereferences are empirically the easiest class of invalid memory addresses to catch at runtime" https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2026/01/02/was-it-really-a-billion-dollar-mistake/ |
[13:51]	TR Bot	 Was it really a Billion Dollar Mistake? - gingerBill
[13:53]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[13:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[13:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[13:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	New year, new beginnings. 
[13:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	Yesterday was my last day at Red Hat (again). As part of the Operations Evolution, my role has transitioned to the IBM People organization. While Ill be wearing an IBM badge, Im thrilled that I will remain a collaborative partner for Red Hat operations, continuing to support HR and Global Workspace solutions.
[13:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	Ill admit, the last few months were emotionally tough. I had planned to spend many more years at Red Hat, collecting a few more 5-year service pucks and contributing to the "Shadowman" legacy. However, Ive always believed that changewhether expected or notshapes who we are and opens doors we hadn't yet considered.
[13:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	Im stepping into this new chapter as a Data Engineer, and Im genuinely excited to dive deep into how IBM operates at scale."
[13:57]	TR News	"Counting chars by hand is tedious - let tools do the work for you. Read about formatting text the easy way with fmt" gemini://station.martinrue.com/sava/387b708999804060b3584140180c6ec1
● Jan 03
[14:00]	TR News	 xkcd: Conic Sections #3189 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3189.gmi
[14:01]	TR News	"In addition to the HTML formatted posts, the blog of Terence Eden started a couple of years also serving the posts in plain text." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/textonly-websites.txt
[14:02]	TR News	"Gopher works best with lines no longer than 70 chars. Long lines can wrap badly and become hard to read in simple clients." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/formatting-text-for-gopher-the-easy-way-with-fmt/
[14:04]	TR News	So Twitter has basically become a child pr0n site. Bravo to Nazi MElon?
[14:07]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 03/01/2026: Formatting Text for Gopher and Text-only Websites https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Gemini_Links_03_01_2026_Formatting_Text_for_Gopher_and_Text_onl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Gemini_Links_03_01_2026_Formatting_Text_for_Gopher_and_Text_onl.gmi 
[14:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 03/01/2026: Formatting Text for Gopher and Text-only Websites
[14:09]	MinceR	03 103612 < techrights-news> Orbn "will betray our Hungarian brothers and sisters in Upper Hungary, Transylvania
[14:09]	MinceR	he already has
[14:09]	MinceR	he sided with george simion
[14:09]	MinceR	and none of the hungarian nationalists mind
[14:09]	MinceR	even our nationalism is shit, even compared to other nationalisms
[14:10]	MinceR	lol @ shadowman
[14:10]	MinceR	what a fucking joke ratcrap turned out to be
[14:19]	TR News	"At the heart of the scheme, Drake acting directly and through willing and knowledgeable co-conspirators" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/02/drake-stake-lawsuit/ | Source: Digital Music News
[14:19]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/02/drake-stake-lawsuit/ )
[14:19]	TR News	"Some of my favorite self-hosted services and tools are: [...]" https://blog.thea.codes/my-2025/ | Source: Stargirl Flowers
[14:19]	TR Bot	 Reflecting on my 2025 - Stargirl (Thea) Flowers
[14:22]	TR News	Techrights Links 03/01/2026: Twitter Turns From Disinformation Powerhouse to Production and Dissemination of Child Pr0n, "New China Cybersecurity Law Becomes A Reality In 2026" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Links_03_01_2026_Twitter_Turns_From_Disinformation_Powerhouse_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Links_03_01_2026_Twitter_Turns_From_Disinformation_Powerhouse_t.gmi 
[14:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 03/01/2026: Twitter Turns From Disinformation Powerhouse to Production and Dissemination of Child Pr0n, "New China Cybersecurity Law Becomes A Reality In 2026"
[14:23]	TR News	"Still theoretical, still rough, but with every change I believe this idea can grow into something real." https://blog.ignaciobrasca.com/systems/2026/01/02/infinity-db-part-2.html | Source: Ignacio Brasca
[14:23]	TR Bot	 InfinityDB: the comeback | Happiness Machines
[14:24]	TR News	"For those unfamiliar with Sixel, it's a bitmap graphics format designed for terminals and printers that encodes bitmap data into terminal escape sequences" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/02/brow6el_browser_terminal/ | Source: The Register UK
[14:24]	TR Bot	 Brow6el is a full-featured browser that runs in a terminal The Register
[14:25]	TR News	"SyncThing is a cross-platform, open source file synchronization tool that Ive been using for a while now to keep my files in sync across all my devices." https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/syncthing | Source: Rui Carmo
[14:25]	TR Bot	 SyncThing - Tao of Mac
[14:25]	TR News	"Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, the company unveiled two new products aimed at people who type for a living." https://interestingengineering.com/culture/clicks-communicator-phone-launch | Source: Interesting Engineering
[14:25]	TR Bot	 Clicks unveils BlackBerry-style keyboard phone for work-focused users
[14:27]	TR News	"Manivannan designed this project to work with a Tommee Tippee bottle prepping machine, but you should be able to apply the same principles to any machine that starts with a single button or switch." https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/01/02/ai-automatically-preps-a-bottle-when-the-baby-cries/ | Source: Arduino
[14:27]	TR Bot	 AI automatically preps a bottle when the baby cries | Arduino Blog
[14:27]	TR News	"In this video, Patrick (from STH) and I put Gateway through a real-world torture test using CyPerf: [...]" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/testing-mono-gateway-custom-built-10-gbps-router | Source: Jeff Geerling
[14:27]	TR Bot	 Testing the Mono Gateway, a custom-built 10 Gbps Router | Jeff Geerling
[14:27]	TR News	"Lightstrip V4 has been out for six years, but at least as far as Hues official product line goes, the statement Cut pieces can be reconnected is not true." https://aphyr.com/posts/402-no-you-cant-officially-reconnect-cut-pieces-of-hue-strip-lights | Source: Kyle Kingsbury
[14:27]	TR Bot	( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/402-no-you-cant-officially-reconnect-cut-pieces-of-hue-strip-lights )
● Jan 03
[15:04]	TR News	"Pakkanen, who maintains Meson packages in Debian" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/debian-maintainer-criticizes-managed-bug-tracker-as-outdated-for-modern-development | Source: Tom's Hardware
[15:04]	TR Bot	 Debian maintainer criticizes email-managed bug tracker as outdated for modern development there is a web interface for viewing, but email remains the only way to perform critical functions | Tom's Hardware
[15:05]	TR News	"Kept in sync with Debian 13.2, this point release introduces no major new features and focuses on correctness, stability, and installation reliability." https://linuxiac.com/devuan-6-1-point-release-ships-with-debian-13-2-updates/ | Source: Linuxiac
[15:05]	TR Bot	 Devuan 6.1 Point Release Ships With Debian 13.2 Updates
[15:05]	TR News	"Updated isos for Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 are now available from your favorite mirror." https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260102.015856.3514fb19.en.html | Source: Dyne
[15:06]	TR Bot	 [devuan-dev] DEVUAN EXCALIBUR 6.1.0 POINT-RELEASE
[15:06]	TR News	"I have an idea to set up a home NAS on FreeBSD." https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-1-configuring-zfs-mirror-raid1/ | Source: Arseny
[15:06]	TR Bot	 FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 1 configuring ZFS mirror (RAID1)
[15:07]	TR News	[Old] "Having answered the same question multiple times, I figured the time had come to post my "why" here." https://blog.thechases.com/posts/why-bsds/ |
[15:07]	TR Bot	 Why BSDs? | Tim's blog
[15:08]	TR News	"My mom on the other hand, uses Linux also for more than 15 years now. At one point, she told me that she needs a new computer and asked if I could provide support for it." https://blog.bembel.net/2025/12/my-job-as-family-admin-or-linux-rules-the-house/ |
[15:08]	TR Bot	 My job as family admin or Linux rules the house bembel.net
[15:09]	TR News	"But to be honest, it's not as if the Bazzite team has miraculously made Linux pleasant to use after decades of it seeming difficult and esoteric to normie computer users." https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-want-to-feel-like-you-actually-own-your-pc-make-2026-the-year-of-linux-on-your-desktop/ | Source: PC Gamer
[15:09]	TR Bot	 I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop | PC Gamer
[15:09]	TR News	"2026 is going to be The Year of The Linux Desktop for me. I haven't booted into Windows in over 3 months on my tower and I'm starting to realize that it's not worth wasting the space for." https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/year-linux-desktop/ | Source: Xe's Blog
[15:09]	TR Bot	 2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop - Xe Iaso
[15:10]	TR News	[Old] "In a recent discussion [sic] on Reddit I shared a number of tips about the common utility less(1) that others found helpful so I figured I'd aggregate some of those tips here." https://blog.thechases.com/posts/assorted-less-tips/ |
[15:10]	TR Bot	 Assorted less(1) tips | Tim's blog
[15:10]	TR News	"As far as I recall - and I may be totally wrong with this - back in school convolution was considered a "black box" being too complex math to get into." https://solhsa.com/oldernews2026.html#CONVOLUTION | Source: Jari Komppa
[15:10]	TR Bot	- blog
[15:11]	TR News	"Earlier in 2025, I participated in the SPIRITCYBER IoT hardware hacking contest organised by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore with YesWeHack." https://spaceraccoon.dev/reverse-engineer-tapo-c260-tdp-v2/ | Source: Spaceraccoon
[15:11]	TR Bot	 Reverse Engineering the Tapo C260 and Tapo Discovery Protocol v2 | Spaceraccoon's Blog
[15:12]	TR News	"Luckily, tshark has some great tools to inspect and summarize DNS. To get started, I collected about an hour of DNS traffic on my firewall, and next, loaded it into tshark." https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32592 | Source: SANS
[15:12]	TR Bot	 Debugging DNS response times with tshark - SANS ISC
[15:15]		*SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@y3syynzkwyc9u.irc) has joined #techrights
[15:18]	TR News	"And so, continuing with tradition, let's take a walk through my infrastructure: [...]" https://theorangeone.net/posts/state-of-the-server-2026/ |
[15:18]	TR Bot	 State of the Server 2026 :: TheOrangeOne
[15:19]	TR News	Kubernetes v1.35: New level of efficiency with in-place Pod restart https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01/02/kubernetes-v1-35-restart-all-containers/
[15:19]	TR Bot	 Kubernetes v1.35: New level of efficiency with in-place Pod restart | Kubernetes
[15:20]	TR News	Jussi Pakkanen: New year, new Pystd epoch, or evolving an API without breaking it https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-year-new-pystd-epoch-or-evolving.html
[15:20]	TR Bot	 Nibble Stew: New year, new Pystd epoch, or evolving an API without breaking it
[15:22]	TR News	Dima Kogan: Using libpython3 without linking it in; and old Python, g++ compatibility patches http://notes.secretsauce.net/notes/2026/01/01_using-libpython3-without-linking-it-in-and-old-python-g-compatibility-patches.html
[15:22]	TR Bot	 Using libpython3 without linking it in; and old Python, g++ compatibility patches
[15:24]	TR News	https://www.redhat.com/en/rss/blog Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Red Bait Performance and Scale Engineering
[15:25]	TR News	HardenedBSD 15-build7 is out https://distrowatch.com/hardenedbsd
[15:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/hardenedbsd )
[15:25]	TR News	Wristwatch https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/qron0b-a-minimalist-low-power-bcd-wristwatch/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:25]	TR Bot	A Minimalist, Low-Power BCD Wristwatch | Hackaday
[15:32]	TR News	""When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of 'disaster,' I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers -- so many caring people in this world."" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fred-rogers-post-goes-viral
[15:32]	TR Bot	 Mr. Rogers Post Goes Viral | PBS News
[15:34]	TR News	[Anon] Here is a money furnace which will never produce anything of value: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/fiscal_peoplesoft_california/
[15:34]	TR Bot	 Inside California's 16-year public-sector IT project The Register
[15:34]	TR News	"About 20 years ago, there were still articles about Peoplesoft and about how those that cut their losses and dropped their contract came out ahead of those who only threw good money after bad and ended up squandering millions with no effect other than to have eliminated whatever old, working ERP they used to have and replacing it with a non-functional boondoggle."
[15:35]	TR News	Steinar H. Gunderson: Rewriting Git merge history, part 1 http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2026-01-02-10-50_rewriting_git_merge_history.html
[15:36]	TR Bot	 Steinar H. Gunderson
[15:36]	TR News	Birger Schacht: Status update, December 2025 https://bisco.org/notes/status-update-december-2025/ "A couple of months after DebConf25 I picked up the idea"
[15:36]	TR Bot	 Status update, December 2025
[15:38]	TR News	"Possibly Low Cost" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/a-steam-machine-clone-for-an-indeterminate-but-possibly-low-cost/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:38]	TR Bot	Steam Machine Clone For An Indeterminate But Possibly Low Cost | Hackaday
[15:38]	TR News	AMD closes in on defective chip maker Intel in latest Steam Hardware Survey RAM capacity continues to rise despite the ongoing memory crunch https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/amd-closes-in-on-intel-in-latest-steam-hardware-survey-ram-capacity-continues-to-rise-despite-the-ongoing-memory-crunch
[15:38]	TR Bot	 AMD closes in on Intel in latest Steam Hardware Survey RAM capacity continues to rise despite the ongoing memory crunch | Tom's Hardware
[15:40]	TR News	WCH CH32H417 dual-core RISC-V MCU offers USB 3.0, 500MB/s UHSIF, and Fast Ethernet interfaces https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/03/wch-ch32h417-dual-core-risc-v-mcu-offers-usb-3-0-500mb-s-uhsif-and-fast-ethernet-interfaces/
[15:40]	TR Bot	 WCH CH32H417 dual-core RISC-V MCU offers USB 3.0, 500MB/s UHSIF, and Fast Ethernet interfaces - CNX Software
[15:42]	TR News	Amendments would amount to censorship. Journalists to boycott working group on LRT https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2794184/amendments-would-amount-to-censorship-journalists-to-boycott-working-group-on-lrt
[15:42]	TR Bot	 Amendments would amount to censorship. Journalists to boycott working group on LRT - LRT
[15:43]	TR News	Louis-Philippe Vronneau: 2025 A Musical Retrospective https://veronneau.org/2025-a-musical-retrospective.html
[15:43]	TR Bot	 Louis-Philippe Vronneau - 2025 A Musical Retrospective
[15:45]	TR News	FreeBSD upgrade-to-15 https://euroquis.nl/freebsd/2026/01/02/freebsd.html
[15:45]	TR Bot	 FreeBSD upgrade-to-15 | [bobulate]
[15:48]	TR News	ktlint Kotlin linter with built-in formatter https://www.linuxlinks.com/ktlint-kotlin-linter-built-in-formatter/
[15:48]	TR Bot	- Kotlin linter with built-in formatter - LinuxLinks
[15:48]	TR News	Side GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/side-linux-distribution/
[15:48]	TR Bot	- Linux distribution - LinuxLinks
[15:49]	TR News	6.18.3 stable kernel released https://lwn.net/Articles/1052589/
[15:49]	TR Bot	stable kernel released [LWN.net]
[15:49]	TR News	Icecast 2.5 Streaming Media Server Brings Web UI Enhancements https://linuxiac.com/icecast-2-5-streaming-media-server-brings-web-ui-enhancements/
[15:49]	TR Bot	 Icecast 2.5 Streaming Media Server Brings Web UI Enhancements
[15:50]	TR News	FSF Blogs: Celebrate the new year: join the free software community! http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/celebrate-the-new-year-join-the-free-software-community
[15:50]	TR Bot	 Celebrate the new year: join the free software community! Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
[15:50]	TR News	With a Touch of Nostalgia, MiDesktop Brings KDE 1 Back to Life https://linuxiac.com/with-a-touch-of-nostalgia-midesktop-brings-kde-1-back-to-life/
[15:50]	TR Bot	 With a Touch of Nostalgia, MiDesktop Brings KDE 1 Back to Life
[15:52]	TR News	Garden command runner and multi-repo Git configuration tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/garden-command-runner-multi-repo-git-configuration-tool/
[15:52]	TR Bot	- command runner and multi-repo Git configuration tool - LinuxLinks
[15:52]	TR News	OpenSSH GUI graphical frontend https://www.linuxlinks.com/openssh-gui-graphical-frontend/
[15:52]	TR Bot	GUI - graphical frontend - LinuxLinks
[15:53]	TR News	7 Best Free and Open Source PHP Linter Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-php-linter-tools/
[15:53]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source PHP Linter Tools - LinuxLinks
[15:53]	TR News	Psalm static analysis tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/psalm-static-analysis-tool/
[15:53]	TR Bot	- static analysis tool - LinuxLinks
[15:53]	TR News	zuse terminal IRC client https://www.linuxlinks.com/zuse-terminal-irc-client/
[15:53]	TR Bot	- terminal IRC client - LinuxLinks
[15:53]	TR News	16 Best Free and Open Source Vim-Like Text Editors https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-vim-like-text-editors/
[15:53]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Vim-Like Text Editors - LinuxLinks
[15:54]	TR News	Increasing Lab Efficiency with an Open Source LIMS https://www.linuxlinks.com/lims/
[15:54]	TR Bot	Lab Efficiency with an Open Source LIMS - LinuxLinks
[15:55]	TR News	cpx CLI for C++ that unifies the fragmented C++ ecosystem https://www.linuxlinks.com/cpx-cli-unifies-fragmented-cplusplus-ecosystem/
[15:55]	TR Bot	- CLI for C++ that unifies the fragmented C++ ecosystem - LinuxLinks
[15:55]	TR News	SoS data collection tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/sos-data-collection-tool/
[15:55]	TR Bot	- data collection tool - LinuxLinks
[15:55]	TR News	gsh POSIX-compatible, Generative Shell https://www.linuxlinks.com/gsh-posix-compatible-generative-shell/
[15:55]	TR Bot	- POSIX-compatible, Generative Shell - LinuxLinks
[15:56]	TR News	tinycss2 CSS parser and generator https://www.linuxlinks.com/tinycss2-css-parser-generator/
[15:56]	TR Bot	- CSS parser and generator - LinuxLinks
[15:56]	TR News	Robocode educational programming game https://www.linuxlinks.com/robocode-educational-programming-game/
[15:56]	TR Bot	- educational programming game - LinuxLinks
[15:56]	TR News	Using Multiple Mice Simultaneously on GNU/Linux with xinput https://www.linux.org/threads/using-multiple-mice-simultaneously-on-linux-with-xinput.58544/
[15:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.linux.org/threads/using-multiple-mice-simultaneously-on-linux-with-xinput.58544/ )
[15:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	Isambard_Prince: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Inaccuracy-OOM-High-CPUs
[15:57]	TR Bot	Addressing Out-Of-Memory Killer Inaccuracy On Large Core Count Systems - Phoronix
[15:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	are you sure it was systemd?
[15:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	killing xchat?
[15:58]	TR News	Decline in LLM Slop About "Linux" is a Good Start for 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/02/Decline_in_LLM_Slop_About_Linux_is_a_Good_Start_for_2026.shtml
[15:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights Decline in LLM Slop About "Linux" is a Good Start for 2026
[15:58]	TR News	Europe in 2026: Over 5% GNU/Linux, Not Counting Chromebooks https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/02/Europe_in_2026_Over_5_GNU_Linux_Not_Counting_Chromebooks.shtml
[15:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights Europe in 2026: Over 5% GNU/Linux, Not Counting Chromebooks
[15:58]	TR News	Manjaro 26.0-rc4 is out https://distrowatch.com/manjaro
[15:58]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro )
● Jan 03
[16:13]	TR News	10 state-run universities in South Korea reject 162 applicants over school bullying records https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/10-state-run-universities-in-south-korea-reject-162-applicants-over-school-bullying-records
[16:13]	TR Bot	 10 state-run universities in South Korea reject 162 applicants over school bullying records | The Straits Times
[16:22]	TR News	How To Install MERN Stack on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-mern-stack-debian-13/
[16:22]	TR Bot	 How To Install MERN Stack on Debian 13 - idroot
[16:22]	TR News	How To Install 3X-UI VPN on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-3x-ui-vpn-debian-13/
[16:22]	TR Bot	 How To Install 3X-UI VPN on Debian 13 - idroot
[16:22]	TR News	How To Install Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Fonts on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-fonts-debian-13/
[16:22]	TR Bot	 How To Install Microsoft Fonts on Debian 13 - idroot
[16:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Happy New Year, She's Back https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Happy_New_Year_She_s_Back.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Happy_New_Year_She_s_Back.gmi 
[16:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Happy New Year, She's Back
[16:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Devuan and Debian Updates, News, Analysis, Development https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Devuan_and_Debian_Updates_News_Analysis_Development.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Devuan_and_Debian_Updates_News_Analysis_Development.gmi 
[16:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Devuan and Debian Updates, News, Analysis, Development
[16:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[16:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[16:30]	TR News	How to Install Elasticsearch 9 on Ubuntu https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-elasticsearch-9-on-ubuntu-linux/
[16:30]	TR Bot	to Install Elasticsearch 9 on Ubuntu - LinuxCapable
[16:31]	TR News	How to Install Firefox Dev on Fedora https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-firefox-dev-on-fedora/
[16:31]	TR Bot	to Install Firefox Dev on Fedora - LinuxCapable
[16:31]	TR News	How to Install OpenSSH on GNU/Linux Mint https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-openssh-on-linux-mint/
[16:31]	TR Bot	to Install OpenSSH on Linux Mint - LinuxCapable
[16:31]	TR News	How to use Plex and a spare computer to build a streaming movie service https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/streaming/how-to-use-plex-and-a-spare-computer-to-build-a-streaming-movie-service
[16:31]	TR Bot	 How to use Plex and a spare computer to build a streaming movie service | Tom's Hardware
[16:43]	TR News	"it got replaced by in dia layoffs. nobody cares cause the new mission has changed. Useless lifeforms are marked. Right now, the planet will cure itself. Just be patient." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdzx31jp
[16:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdzx31jp )
[16:44]	TR News	"They signed the right to sue away. But its not legally enforceable in the courts." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdzx31jp
[16:45]	TR News	Anon: A few years ago there were some legal cases backing up the rights of the former employees and confirming that many of those clauses were invalid.
[16:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Leaps to All-Time High in Taiwan This Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Leaps_to_All_Time_High_in_Taiwan_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Leaps_to_All_Time_High_in_Taiwan_This_Year.gmi 
[16:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leaps to All-Time High in Taiwan This Year
[16:57]	MinceR	(cat) https://imgchest.com/p/vj4jdm9x48m
[16:57]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[16:59]	TR News	Chinas BYD Surpasses Tesla as World Leader in Electric Car Sales https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/business/tesla-electric-vehicles-fourth-quarter-sales.html
[16:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/business/tesla-electric-vehicles-fourth-quarter-sales.html )
● Jan 03
[17:00]	MinceR	whoda thunk that cheaply made crap would sell better when sold for less...
[17:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: but MinceR ....
[17:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	tesla is NOT cheap
[17:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	I checked last year
[17:01]	MinceR	i know, it's only cheaply made
[17:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	cheapest model about 44k (GBP)
[17:01]	MinceR	every corner cut, no QA
[17:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: they all are
[17:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	but one does more lying
[17:01]	MinceR	huge gaps, poorly glued parts that just fall off
[17:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/With_Net_Income_of_One_Billion_Dollars_Tesla_Claims_It_Can_Pay_.shtml
[17:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights With Net Income of One Billion Dollars Tesla Claims It Can Pay a Fake Founder (Who Paid for This Lie) 1,000 Billions
[17:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	related: https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Financial_Engineering_Companies_A_Company_Worth_4_Trillion_Doll.shtml
[17:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights Financial Engineering Companies: A Company Worth 4 Trillion Dollars Would Not Borrow 100+ Billion Dollars at Interest Rates Like Today's
[17:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: https://linuxmint.hu/cimkek/ezen-a-napon
[17:05]	TR Bot	 ezen a napon | Linux Mint Magyar Kzssg
[17:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	just stumbled upon this
[17:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	"983. szeptember 27-n Richard Matthew Stallman egy jelents bejelentst tett: elindtja a GNU projektet, amely egy Unix-kompatibilis, teljesen szabad szoftverrendszer ltrehozst tzte ki clul. Ez a bejelents mrfldknek szmt a nylt forrskd s szabad szoftverek trtnetben."
[17:06]	MinceR	pft
[17:08]	TR News	Swasticar(TM) loses EV crown to Chinas BYD in 2025 as sales slip https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/03/tesla-loses-ev-crown-to-chinas-byd-in-2025-as-sales-slip/
[17:08]	TR Bot	 Tesla loses EV crown to China's BYD in 2025 as sales slip
[17:09]	TR News	"Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, todays Windows experience doesnt feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s when XP and later Windows 7 ruled the roost." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/benchmarking-windows-against-itself-from-windows-xp-to-windows-11/ | Source: Hackaday
[17:09]	TR Bot	Windows Against Itself, From Windows XP To Windows 11 | Hackaday
[17:11]	TR News	Why You Always Seem to Get Sick Just as Your Holiday Begins https://www.sciencealert.com/why-you-always-seem-to-get-sick-just-as-your-holiday-begins
[17:11]	TR Bot	You Always Seem to Get Sick Just as Your Holiday Begins : ScienceAlert
[17:14]	TR News	"Solar Power" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/adding-solar-power-to-an-electric-tractor/ | Source: Hackaday
[17:14]	TR Bot	Solar Power To An Electric Tractor | Hackaday
[17:16]	TR News	Sri Lanka launches investigation over English syllabus gay website link https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka-launches-investigation-over-english-syllabus-gay-website-link
[17:16]	TR Bot	 Sri Lanka launches investigation over English syllabus gay website link | The Straits Times
[17:19]	TR News	Cops Forced to Explain Why Hey Hi (AI) Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-police-report-frog
[17:19]	TR Bot	 Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog
[17:21]	TR News	Joachim Breitner: Seemingly impossible programs in Lean https://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/818-Seemingly_impossible_programs_in_Lean
[17:21]	TR Bot	 Seemingly impossible programs in Lean Blog Joachim Breitner's Homepage
[17:23]	TR News	Hong Kong govt condemns BillBC over unfounded report on Jimmy Lais health https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/02/hong-kong-govt-condemns-bbc-over-unfounded-report-on-jimmy-lais-health/
[17:23]	TR Bot	 HK govt condemns BBC over unfounded report on Jimmy Lais health
[17:25]	TR News	Kaidan 0.14.0: Advanced Media Sharing and Registration Provider Filtering https://kaidan.im/2026/01/01/kaidan-0.14.0/
[17:25]	TR Bot	 Kaidan 0.14.0: Advanced Media Sharing and Registration Provider Filtering - Kaidan
[17:26]	TR News	Software Patents: PTAB Doubles Section 101 Reversal Rate Under Director Squires https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/doubles-reversal-director.html
[17:26]	TR Bot	 PTAB Doubles Section 101 Reversal Rate Under Director Squires | Patently-O
[17:28]	TR News	UPC is illegal, JUVE knows this, but JUVE is paid to promote this Mafia-connected abomination that's tied to Cocainegate and other forms of corruption in the EU https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/all-upc-judges-and-their-current-capacities/
[17:28]	TR Bot	 All UPC judges and their current capacities - JUVE Patent
[17:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	Sompi: https://yle.fi/a/7-10090804
[17:29]	TR Bot	 Riksdagsledamot vill stoppa riskfartyg nra stersjns kritiska kablar | Inrikes | Svenska Yle
[17:30]	TR News	Adobe ColdFusion Servers Targeted in Coordinated Campaign https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-coldfusion-servers-targeted-in-coordinated-campaign/
[17:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-coldfusion-servers-targeted-in-coordinated-campaign/ )
[17:31]	TR News	Utkarsh Gupta: FOSS Activites in December 2025 https://utkarsh2102.org/posts/foss-in-dec-25/
[17:31]	TR Bot	 FOSS Activites in December 2025 utkarsh2102
[17:32]	TR News	Path Aware High Availability (PAHA) https://azouhr.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/path-aware-high-availability-paha/
[17:32]	TR Bot	 Path Aware High Availability (PAHA) | azouhr
[17:34]	TR News	Greg Kroah-Hartman: Linux kernel security work http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2026/01/02/linux-kernel-security-work/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1052607/
[17:34]	TR Bot	 Linux kernel security work -
[17:34]	TR Bot	Linux kernel security work [LWN.net]
[17:35]	TR News	This Week in GNOME: #230 Happy New Year! https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/01/twig-230/
[17:35]	TR Bot	 #230 Happy New Year!
[17:36]	TR News	"Woke" tech: making things that work. "Anti-woke" tech: turning photos of kids into child porn. Thanks, MElon. Go back to sucking up to Epstein and Cheeto.
[17:37]	TR News	Security updates for Friday https://lwn.net/Articles/1052600/
[17:37]	TR Bot	updates for Friday [LWN.net]
[17:38]	TR News	Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in December 2025 https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2026/01/02/foss-activity-in-december-2025.html
[17:38]	TR Bot	 FOSS activity in December 2025 | Better living through software
[17:38]	TR News	Devuan 6.1 Point Release Ships With Debian 13.2 Updates https://linuxiac.com/devuan-6-1-point-release-ships-with-debian-13-2-updates/
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Devuan 6.1 Point Release Ships With Debian 13.2 Updates
[17:40]	TR News	Hyprland 0.53.1 Released With Stability and Crash Fixes https://linuxiac.com/hyprland-0-53-1-released-with-stability-and-crash-fixes/
[17:40]	TR Bot	 Hyprland 0.53.1 Released With Stability and Crash Fixes
[17:40]	TR News	Seamless backdoored Windows Apps on openSUSE with WinBoat https://cubiclenate.com/2026/01/02/seamless-windows-apps-on-opensuse-with-winboat/
[17:40]	TR Bot	 Achieve Windows Freedom on openSUSE with WinBoat Integration
[17:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Hyprland 0.53 Lands With Window Rule Rewrite and Dozens of Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Hyprland_0_53_Lands_With_Window_Rule_Rewrite_and_Dozens_of_Fixe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Hyprland_0_53_Lands_With_Window_Rule_Rewrite_and_Dozens_of_Fixe.gmi 
[17:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Hyprland 0.53 Lands With Window Rule Rewrite and Dozens of Fixes
[17:41]	TR News	Remi Collet: PHP version 8.4.17RC1 and 8.5.2RC1 https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2026/01/02/PHP-version-8.4.17RC1-and-8.5.2RC1
[17:41]	TR Bot	 PHP version 8.4.17RC1 and 8.5.2RC1 - Remi's RPM repository - Blog
[17:41]	TR News	10 Biggest Ubuntu Changes in 2025 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu-2025-year-in-review
[17:41]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu Year in Review: 10 Biggest Changes in 2025
[17:42]	TR News	GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High of 5% in Indonesia (Not Counting Chromebooks and Android) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Reaches_All_Time_High_of_5_in_Indonesia_Not_Counting_.shtml
[17:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High of 5% in Indonesia (Not Counting Chromebooks and Android)
● Jan 03
[18:06]	TR News	Ukrainian soldier's M1 MacBook Air takes direct shrapnel hit, saving his life screen cracked and letter 'K' missing but laptop remains functional https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/ukrainian-soldiers-m1-macbook-air-takes-direct-shrapnel-hit-still-works-despite-battle-damage-screen-cracked-and-letter-k-missing-but-laptop-remains-functional
[18:06]	TR Bot	 Ukrainian soldier's M1 MacBook Air takes direct shrapnel hit, saving his life screen cracked and letter 'K' missing but laptop remains functional | Tom's Hardware
[18:13]	TR News	EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.1.2 https://bkhome.org/news/202601/easyos-excalibur-series-version-712.html
[18:13]	TR Bot	 EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.1.2
[18:13]	TR News	The mysterious missing libscalar-list-utils-perl https://bkhome.org/news/202601/the-mysterious-missing-libscalar-list-utils-perl.html
[18:13]	TR Bot	 The mysterious missing libscalar-list-utils-perl
[18:13]	TR News	sysvinit-core and initscripts incompatible with EasyOS https://bkhome.org/news/202601/sysvinit-core-and-initscripts-incompatible-with-easyos.html
[18:13]	TR Bot	 sysvinit-core and initscripts incompatible with EasyOS
[18:16]	TR News	"4-Bit Intel Computer" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/zork-running-on-4-bit-intel-computer/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:16]	TR Bot	Running On 4-Bit Intel Computer | Hackaday
[18:16]	TR News	Hackaday Podcast https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/hackaday-podcast-2025-holiday-placeholder-edition/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:16]	TR Bot	Podcast Ep 351: Hackaday Goes To Chaos Communication Congress | Hackaday
[18:18]	TR News	Felipe Borges: Looking for Mentors for Surveillance Giant Google Summer of Code 2026 https://blogs.gnome.org/feborges/cfp-gsoc-2026-with-gnome/
[18:18]	TR Bot	 Looking for Mentors for Google Summer of Code 2026 Felipe Borges
[18:20]	TR News	Revised code to test drive speed in initrd https://bkhome.org/news/202601/revised-code-to-test-drive-speed-in-initrd.html
[18:20]	TR Bot	 Revised code to test drive speed in initrd
[18:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  EasyOS Excalibur Released and Related Developments https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/EasyOS_Excalibur_Released_and_Related_Developments.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/EasyOS_Excalibur_Released_and_Related_Developments.gmi 
[18:21]	TR News	Warner Bros. Board Expected to Vote Against Paramount OfferWill Stay the Course With Netflixs $80B Buyout https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/31/warner-bros-board-paramount-offer/
[18:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines EasyOS Excalibur Released and Related Developments
[18:21]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/31/warner-bros-board-paramount-offer/ )
[18:21]	TR News	"Jailbreaking" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/jailbreaking-the-amazon-echo-show/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:21]	TR Bot	The Amazon Echo Show | Hackaday
[18:22]	TR News	On BSD, Desktops, and New Years Resolutions https://fossforce.com/2026/01/on-bsd-desktops-and-new-years-resolutions/
[18:22]	TR Bot	 On BSD, Desktops, and New Year's Resolutions - FOSS Force
[18:22]	TR News	Boredom Is the Latest Online Trend Trying to Sharpen Young Peoples Short Attention Spans https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/style/boredom-online-trend-influencers-tiktok.html
[18:22]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/style/boredom-online-trend-influencers-tiktok.html )
[18:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: Jailbreaking, Arduino, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Open_Hardware_Modding_Jailbreaking_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Open_Hardware_Modding_Jailbreaking_Arduino_and_More.gmi 
[18:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Jailbreaking, Arduino, and More
[18:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  State of the Server 2026 and Kubernetes Updates/Tips https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/State_of_the_Server_2026_and_Kubernetes_Updates_Tips.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/State_of_the_Server_2026_and_Kubernetes_Updates_Tips.gmi 
[18:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines State of the Server 2026 and Kubernetes Updates/Tips
[18:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/today_s_howtos.1.gmi 
[18:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[18:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  People Moving to GNU/Linux on Desktops and Laptops https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/People_Moving_to_GNU_Linux_on_Desktops_and_Laptops.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/People_Moving_to_GNU_Linux_on_Desktops_and_Laptops.gmi 
[18:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines People Moving to GNU/Linux on Desktops and Laptops
[18:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  BSD: FreeBSD Upgrade, "Why BSDs?", and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/BSD_FreeBSD_Upgrade_Why_BSDs_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/BSD_FreeBSD_Upgrade_Why_BSDs_and_More.gmi 
[18:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines BSD: FreeBSD Upgrade, "Why BSDs?", and More
[18:31]	MinceR	(cat) https://imgchest.com/p/md7ollz27p6
[18:31]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[18:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[18:32]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[18:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux, Games, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Games_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Games_and_More.gmi 
[18:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux, Games, and More
[18:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security: Attacks, Bugs, and Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Security_Attacks_Bugs_and_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/Security_Attacks_Bugs_and_Linux.gmi 
[18:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security: Attacks, Bugs, and Linux
[18:39]	TR News	Techrights Links 03/01/2026: Growing Censorship, Another US Invasion, and Will Smith 'Cancelled' https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Links_03_01_2026_Growing_Censorship_Another_US_Invasion_and_Wil.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Links_03_01_2026_Growing_Censorship_Another_US_Invasion_and_Wil.gmi 
[18:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 03/01/2026: Growing Censorship, Another US Invasion, and Will Smith 'Cancelled'
[18:41]	TR News	Flock Exposes Its AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/flock-exposes-its-ai-enabled-surveillance-cameras.html
[18:41]	TR Bot	Exposes Its AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras - Schneier on Security
[18:41]	TR News	Treasury removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list https://cyberscoop.com/treasury-removes-intellexa-spyware-linked-trio-from-sanctions-list/
[18:41]	TR Bot	removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list | CyberScoop
[18:44]	TR News	New Parents Mocked for Letting Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Name Their Baby https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/parents-named-baby-chatgpt
[18:44]	TR Bot	 Parents Named Their Baby With ChatGPT and You Will Die When You Learn What It Picked
[18:44]	TR News	RondoDox Botnet Exploiting React2Shell Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/rondodox-botnet-exploiting-react2shell-vulnerability/
[18:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/rondodox-botnet-exploiting-react2shell-vulnerability/ )
[18:46]	TR News	BotWave and Raspberry PI: Turning your Computer Board Into an FM Transmitter (Part 1) https://peppe8o.com/botwave-raspberry-part-1/
[18:46]	TR Bot	 BotWave and Raspberry PI: Turning your Computer Board Into an FM Transmitter (Part 1)
[18:47]	TR News	Under a Convicted Felon Deal, International Students Are Singled Out for 'Open Debate' Training https://www.chronicle.com/article/in-northwesterns-trump-agreement-international-students-singled-out-for-open-debate-training
[18:47]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.chronicle.com/article/in-northwesterns-trump-agreement-international-students-singled-out-for-open-debate-training )
[18:47]	TR News	"But Reiser5 development never saw too much upstream interest and it's now been several years without any updated patches for Reiser5 or Reiser4..." https://www.phoronix.com/news/Six-Years-Since-Reiser5 maybe the problem is the name?
[18:47]	TR Bot	Years Since The Reiser5 File-System Was Announced - Phoronix
[18:48]	TR News	In 'Linux' Foundation you can "make a killing" (like Jim Zemlin's wife, a life-long fraudster), just don't kill the wife
[18:49]	TR News	And pedophilia is also OK with LF and Jim Zemlin https://techrights.org/n/2024/03/17/Jim_Zemlin_Says_Linux_Foundation_Should_Combat_Fraud_Together_W.shtml
[18:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights Jim Zemlin Says Linux Foundation Should Combat Fraud Together With the Gates Foundation. Maybe They Should Start With Jim's Wife.
[18:49]	TR News	Linux became "your" criminal pedophiles-friendly kernel, funded by those oligarchs who think they're exempted from rules and laws
[18:51]	TR News	And somehow Torvalds fails to acknowledge that Linux is harmed by this https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/To_Linus_Torvalds_the_Microsoft_Linux_Foundation_is_Increasingl.shtml http://techrights.org/o/2019/08/14/linux-foundation-chief/
[18:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights To Linus Torvalds, the Microsoft Linux Foundation is Increasingly a Liability and Risk to the Brand
[18:51]	TR Bot	 Wrong Person in Charge of the Linux Foundation (and in Charge of Linus Torvalds)
[18:51]	MinceR	do they serve cheeto hitler yet?
[18:52]	TR News	Windows TCO: Two US Cybersecurity Pros Plead Guilty Over Ransomware Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/two-us-cybersecurity-pros-plead-guilty-over-ransomware-attacks/
[18:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/two-us-cybersecurity-pros-plead-guilty-over-ransomware-attacks/ )
[18:52]	TR News	Windows TCO https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/01/the-pentagons-short-more-than-20000-cyber-pros-veterans-could-help-fill-the-gap/
[18:52]	TR Bot	 The Pentagons short more than 20,000 cyber pros. Veterans could help fill the gap.
[18:53]	TR News	Covenant Health Data Breach Impacts 478,000 Individuals https://www.securityweek.com/covenant-health-data-breach-impacts-478000-individuals/
[18:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/covenant-health-data-breach-impacts-478000-individuals/ )
[18:58]	TR News	[japan] [winter] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-01-03.gmi
● Jan 03
[19:07]	TR News	Nonsense. Spin. Vista 11 just cannibalises Vista 10. This headline is pure BS. https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/windows-11-surges-among-pc-gamers-on-steam-as-linux-stalls
[19:07]	TR Bot	 Steam survey shows Windows 11 gains, Linux growth pauses | Windows Central
[19:07]	TR News	3 legitimately useful Linux apps to try this weekend (January 2 - 4) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-january-2/
[19:07]	TR Bot	 3 legitimately useful Linux apps to try this weekend (January 2 - 4)
[19:08]	TR News	"Tuxedo Computers' InfinityBook 14 Pro runs Tuxedo Linux, based on Ubuntu." https://www.zdnet.com/article/tuxedo-computers-infinitybook-14-pro-laptop-review/
[19:08]	TR Bot	Linux laptop I keep coming back to nails performance and portability | ZDNET
[19:08]	TR News	"Currently this puts the Linux user share on Steam at its second highest." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steam-survey-for-december-2025-shows-linux-holding-to-3-19p/
[19:08]	TR Bot	survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19% | GamingOnLinux
[19:09]	TR News	Voxel RPG Hytale Will Have Native Linux Support And It Works On The Steam Deck https://steamdeckhq.com/news/voxel-rpg-hytale-will-have-native-linux-support/
[19:09]	TR Bot	 Voxel RPG Hytale Will Have Native Linux Support And It Works On The Steam Deck - Steam Deck HQ
[19:09]	TR News	"I've covered the game a few times recently, since it moved from being under Riot Games to being cancelled and then revived as an indie game again and they did previously confirm Linux support for it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/native-linux-support-for-hytale-will-be-launched-as-experimental/
[19:09]	TR Bot	Linux support for Hytale will be launched as "experimental" | GamingOnLinux
[19:10]	TR News	"Use OpenZIM/Kiwix to archive and browse entire websites offline via .zim files." https://www.howtogeek.com/7-alternatives-that-can-replace-the-default-linux-cli-tools/
[19:10]	TR Bot	 7 alternatives that can replace default Linux CLI tools
[19:10]	TR News	"The very popular gaming-focused Bazzite Linux has a fresh release out that ended 2025 with a little spring cleaning, and I've finally joined the ranks." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/bazzite-linux-gets-a-spring-cleaning-update-to-end-2025/
[19:10]	TR Bot	Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025 | GamingOnLinux
[19:11]	TR News	"The first bug fix release of 2026 for the open source graphics drivers Mesa is here with Mesa 25.3.3 out now." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-25-3-3-released-with-more-linux-graphics-driver-bug-fixes/
[19:11]	TR Bot	25.3.3 released with more Linux graphics driver bug fixes | GamingOnLinux
[19:11]	TR News	Kiwix's Windows and Linux app for browsing Wikipedia offline just got a big update https://www.howtogeek.com/kiwixs-windows-and-linux-app-for-browsing-wikipedia-offline-just-got-a-big-update/
[19:11]	TR Bot	 Kiwix's Windows and Linux app for browsing Wikipedia offline just got a big update
[19:12]	TR News	"While muted in December compared to November, the year-over-year growth for Steam on Linux has been better. In December 2024, market share was at 2.29% and in December 2023, it was at sub-2% levels." https://www.neowin.net/news/amd-and-steam-deck-continue-to-drive-linux-gaming-adoption-on-steam/
[19:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/amd-and-steam-deck-continue-to-drive-linux-gaming-adoption-on-steam/ )
[19:12]	TR News	How to show a live clock in your Linux terminal (3 easy methods) https://www.howtogeek.com/i-wanted-to-tell-time-in-the-terminal-heres-how-i-added-a-live-clock/
[19:12]	TR Bot	 How to show a live clock in your Linux terminal (3 easy methods)
[19:13]	TR News	"Like how DXVK started with the developer wanting to play NieR: Automata (see my original interview), the D7VK developer wanted to play Sacrifice and Disciples II on top of DXVK and so they started D7VK to get them working well." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/d7vk-v1-1-is-out-with-experimental-direct3d-6-support-via-vulkan-for-windows-games-on-linux/
[19:13]	TR Bot	v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux | GamingOnLinux
[19:14]	TR News	If real, this article fails for using slop images https://www.technobezz.com/news/tech-enthusiasts-old-chromebooks-into-linux-servers-2026-01-02-iss7
[19:14]	TR Bot	Enthusiasts Transformed Old Chromebooks into Linux Servers | Technobezz
[19:14]	TR News	I made GNOME feel like the 2000s again with these 3D extensions https://www.howtogeek.com/take-your-linux-distro-back-to-the-2000s-with-these-3d-gnome-extensions/
[19:14]	TR Bot	 I made GNOME feel like the 2000s again with these 3D extensions
[19:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Desktop/Laptop Recommendation, Transforming Old Chromebooks into GNU/Linux Servers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Desktop_Laptop_Recommendation_Transforming_Old_Chrome.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Desktop_Laptop_Recommendation_Transforming_Old_Chrome.gmi 
[19:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi 
[19:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Desktop/Laptop Recommendation, Transforming Old Chromebooks into GNU/Linux Servers
[19:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers
[19:22]	psydroid3	Vista at 50% in its primary markets
[19:22]	psydroid3	that's going to be a bloodbath each and every year
[19:25]	TR News	"The Arch Linux ISO snapshot for January 2026 also ships with the latest Archinstall 3.0.15 menu-based installer for a better installation experience." https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-kicks-off-2026-with-new-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-18-lts
[19:25]	TR Bot	Linux Kicks Off 2026 with New ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS - 9to5Linux
[19:29]	TR News	False variability in Rebirth gemini://idiomdrottning.org/variability-in-rebirth
[19:29]	TR News	"I was listening to the radio in my car on the way to the supermarket earlier, and they were talking about when it is too late in the year to use the phrase "Happy New Year"? Apparently the cut-off point is the 7th January, so I'm in the clear in wishing everyone on Gemini a very happy and prosperous 2026!" gemini://capsule.valkyrieshowl.com/gemlog/happy-new-year-2026.gmi
[19:30]	TR News	A year of hill climbs gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/a-year-of-hill-climbs.gmi
[19:31]	TR News	"In the Autumn, I heard tawny owls hooting in the dark (identified with F-Droid's "whoBIRD" app)." gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/a-year-of-hill-climbs.txt
[19:31]	TR News	"Been off these past two weeks. Love being home, but I head back out 9n the road tomorrow. Hope everyone is doing well." gopher://1436.ninja:70/0/Phlog/20260103.md
[19:32]	TR News	"why did I wake up? there was no alarm." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2762
[19:33]	TR News	Social media connection gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/jan5q "I don't know, I used to let anyone connect with me, then I made my mastodon request needing approval, then I felt really bad not to approve people when they do a request."
[19:36]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 03/01/2026: Climbing, Waking Up, and Social Control Media Woes https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Gemini_Links_03_01_2026_Climbing_Waking_Up_and_Social_Control_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Gemini_Links_03_01_2026_Climbing_Waking_Up_and_Social_Control_M.gmi 
[19:36]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 03/01/2026: Climbing, Waking Up, and Social Control Media Woes
[19:39]	TR News	Techrights Slop Still Rare https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Slop_Still_Rare.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/Slop_Still_Rare.gmi 
[19:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slop Still Rare
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[20:43]	MinceR	https://www.oglaf.com/macrame/
[20:43]	TR Bot	 Macram
[20:50]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/anthrax-nearly-kills-healthy-18-year-old-welder-amid-puzzling-pattern/
[20:50]	TR Bot	 Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthraxthe 9th such puzzling case - Ars Technica
[20:53]	admfubar	aaaaawwwwwww... https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/tesla-sales-fell-by-9-percent-in-2025-its-second-yearly-decline/
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Tesla sales fell by 9 percent in 2025, its second yearly decline - Ars Technica
[20:58]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-lawyer-clown
[20:58]	TR Bot	 You Will Never in 100 Years Guess What Elon Musk's Lawyer Does as a Side Job
● Jan 03
[21:00]	MinceR	does he eat babies?
[21:00]	MinceR	raw?
[21:00]	MinceR	still alive?
[21:01]	MinceR	without bbq sauce?
[21:09]	admfubar	no, he eats hickory smoked horse buttholes
[21:10]	MinceR	lol
[21:11]	admfubar	https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/the-setun-was-a-ternary-computer-from-the-ussr-in-1958/
[21:11]	TR Bot	Setun Was A Ternary Computer From The USSR In 1958 | Hackaday
[21:14]	admfubar	https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/benchmarking-windows-against-itself-from-windows-xp-to-windows-11/
[21:14]	TR Bot	Windows Against Itself, From Windows XP To Windows 11 | Hackaday
[21:22]	admfubar	:))pot, kettle... https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/12/26/google-sues-serpapi-parasitic-scraping-circumvention-protection-measures/
[21:22]	TR Bot	 Google Sues SerpApi for Parasitic Scraping and Circumvention of Protection Measures
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[22:14]	admfubar	https://www.salon.com/2026/01/03/snap-restrictions-soda-candy-grocery-stores/
[22:14]	TR Bot	stores are about to get worse - Salon.com
[22:25]	admfubar	https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/microsofts-windows-11-se-once-supposed-to-be-a-chromeos-killer-bites-dust-in-next-ten-months.458882/
[22:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/microsofts-windows-11-se-once-supposed-to-be-a-chromeos-killer-bites-dust-in-next-ten-months.458882/ )
[22:36]	admfubar	https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/02/ai-threats-in-healthcare/
[22:36]	TR Bot	 Hospitals are drowning in threats they cant triage - Help Net Security
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[23:15]	MinceR	https://crzysdrs.net/dv/victim/283-messing-with-people-who-play-majestic-is-probably-a-really-bad-idea/
[23:15]	TR Bot	 Daily Victim Archive
[23:49]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Fuel Dilution is when a little bit of gasoline gets through into the crankcase in a vehicle's engine. On a modern car, maybe 1% of the oil becomes gasoline even after 6,000 miles between an oil change.
[23:49]	Isambard_Prince	But dad said that VW designed a mechanical fuel injection system in the late 70s that was so bad that so much gasoline got into the crankcase that it overflowed and burned the car down.
[23:50]	Isambard_Prince	Leaving my mom stranded in Illinois.
[23:52]	MinceR	yeah, you've mentioned it
[23:52]	MinceR	they just had to get fancy with fuel injection before electric fuel injection existed or something