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[00:21]	MinceR	https://imgur.com/gallery/XR3QhmY
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[01:19]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], Mark and MARISOL bought a Tesla and a boat.
[01:19]	Isambard_Prince	You know, because that's what people do when they finally make enough headroom in their loans that they could technically borrow again.
[01:19]	Isambard_Prince	:)
[01:25]	Isambard_Prince	You don't finance a boat and a Tesla Cyber Truck when you have people threatening to put your asses out on the street.
[01:25]	Isambard_Prince	But that's how they live.
[01:39]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, A couple of years ago I amused myself. My cousin's friend got evicted by her landlord.
[01:39]	Isambard_Prince	I got it thrown out three times and eventually the guy gave up because it was costing him $200 each time I got it thrown out.
● Jan 05
[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-040126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-040126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-040126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-040126.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, January 04, 2026
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[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, January 04, 2026
[02:48]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-040126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-040126.txt
[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, January 04, 2026
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-040126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-040126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-040126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-040126.txt
[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, January 04, 2026
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-01-04.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-01-04.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-01-04.txt
● Jan 05
[03:00]	Isambard_Prince	I got a DVD player from Amazon that's region free and converts from PAL to NTSC.
[03:02]	MinceR	regions aren't that important to our owners anymore?
[03:04]	Isambard_Prince	I think that DVDs aren't.
[03:04]	Isambard_Prince	So they just don't care anymore.
[03:05]	MinceR	:>
[03:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	<Isambard_Prince> schestowitz[TR2], Mark and MARISOL bought a Tesla and a boat.
[03:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	if thy got it with "credit", they didn't buy it
[03:16]	TR News	hubie
[03:17]	TR News	"False neutrality is for propaganda not news" https://soylentnews.org/~hubie/journal/20071#1428648
[03:17]	TR Bot	 Journal of hubie (1068)
[03:17]	TR News	third in a week https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/latvia-pm-says-baltic-sea-optical-cable-has-been-damaged-2026-01-04/
[03:17]	TR Bot	( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/latvia-pm-says-baltic-sea-optical-cable-has-been-damaged-2026-01-04/ )
[03:17]	TR News	"This is also called "bothsidesism" and the BBC made a huge mistake with it over many years by inviting Climate Change Deniers (see Nigel Lawson) on news and current affairs programmes to give "the other side of the story." This is a bit like inviting Creationists on to argue against new discoveries in biology or geology, and even cosmology."
[03:19]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], Bought it with bank money.
[03:19]	Isambard_Prince	Paid for it 2 times Only got 1.
[03:20]	TR News	Germany job-finding chances hit record low https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-germany-job-finding-chances-hit-record-low/live-75279871
[03:20]	TR Bot	news: Household wealth reaches record 10 trillion DW 01/03/2026
[03:21]	TR News	German minister sees 'merit' to social media ban for teens https://www.dw.com/en/german-minister-sees-merit-to-social-media-ban-for-teens/a-75308862
[03:21]	TR Bot	minister sees 'merit' to social media ban for teens DW 12/26/2025
[03:23]	TR News	elementary OS 8.1 is amazing, but still not for everyone https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=3s83kULBiJ0
[03:23]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=3s83kULBiJ0 )
[03:23]	TR News	Santa on the Linux desktop https://www.yewtu.be/shorts/sMWQ3RwzjSc
[03:23]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/shorts/sMWQ3RwzjSc )
[03:24]	TR News	KDE Plasma Christmas Customization (Step-by-Step Guide) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=WLIT0RZA5yE
[03:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=WLIT0RZA5yE )
[03:24]	TR News	RIP Perfectly Fine Nvidia GPUs On Arch Linux https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=2-obijeo_bU
[03:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=2-obijeo_bU )
[03:24]	TR News	It's Time To Make A Major Change On Linux https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=upKM5mViQrY
[03:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=upKM5mViQrY )
[03:25]	TR News	Linux can be the perfect system for heavy content creation https://www.makeuseof.com/transform-linux-into-a-ruthless-content-creation-beast/
[03:25]	TR Bot	 Linux can be the perfect system for heavy content creation
[03:26]	TR News	I stopped distro-hopping because this tool lets me run everything at once https://www.makeuseof.com/i-stopped-distro-hopping/
[03:26]	TR Bot	 I stopped distro-hopping because this tool lets me run everything at once
[03:27]	TR News	Travel YouTuber Dead At 51 https://decider.com/2025/12/23/adam-the-woo-williams-travel-youtuber-dead/
[03:27]	TR Bot	Adam The Woo Williams: Travel YouTuber Dead At 51 | Decider
[03:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[03:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[03:34]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 04, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_January_04_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_January_04_2026.gmi 
[03:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 04, 2026
[03:34]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[03:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[03:35]	TR News	"The number of Think40 hrs completed has a negligible impact on whether youll be laid off or not" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdxcaev1
[03:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdxcaev1 )
[03:35]	TR News	"What a fool, doing far more education hours then the expected 40 just beens your skills are not really needed if you got that much free time. The valued employees are ones that struggle to get 40 cause they are to busy to take classes. So think about it, management wear different glasses then what you think they do."
[03:38]	TR News	"I reached out to a few law firms back in 2023 when I was laid off who had in the past been involved in suing IBM for age discrimination. However I didnt get enough interest from a law firm willing to work on a contingency basis to forgo the separation package by not signing it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdzx31jp
[03:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdzx31jp )
[03:38]	TR News	"My view was if they werent willing to work on contingency then they dont think its worth their time to fight it for whatever settlement offer may be made (and I sure as he-l wasnt going to pay a lawyer by the hour for them not to have skin in the game for trying their best to produce results)"
[03:39]	TR News	"these large corporations can bring a lot of money to court cases plus the politicians and fudges probably get a lot of campaign money from them one way or another ... it a david and goliath situation the government is supposed to be on your side but it is not"
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[03:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux 6.19-rc4 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Linux_6_19_rc4.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Linux_6_19_rc4.gmi 
[03:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux 6.19-rc4
[03:44]	TR News	How to make resolutions for 2026 https://www.dw.com/en/new-year-s-eve-how-to-make-resolutions-for-2026/a-51751859
[03:44]	TR Bot	Year's Eve: How to make resolutions for 2026 DW 12/29/2025
[03:44]	TR News	Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (52/2025): postmarketOS v25.12 and Other Last Minute Goodies! https://linmob.net/weekly-update-52-2025/
[03:44]	TR Bot	- Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (52/2025): postmarketOS v25.12 and Other Last Minute Goodies!
[03:45]	TR News	"F U, NVIDIA" https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/12/27/0744237/nvidia-drops-pascal-support-on-linux-causing-chaos-on-arch-linux
[03:45]	TR Bot	 NVIDIA Drops Pascal Support On Linux, Causing Chaos On Arch Linux - Slashdot
[03:45]	TR News	New Runtime Standby ABI Proposed for Linux Like Microsoft Windows' 'Modern Standby' https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/12/27/2053239/new-runtime-standby-abi-proposed-for-linux-like-microsoft-windows-modern-standby
[03:45]	TR Bot	 New Runtime Standby ABI Proposed for Linux Like Microsoft Windows' 'Modern Standby' - Slashdot
[03:46]	TR News	How to Enable Linux on Chromebook (Crostini) https://pendrivelinux.com/linux-on-chromebook/
[03:46]	TR Bot	 How to Enable Linux on Chromebook Crostini - Linux Beta
[03:46]	TR News	5 New Linux Distributions We Discovered in 2025 https://itsfoss.com/new-distros-2025/
[03:46]	TR Bot	 5 New Linux Distributions We Discovered in 2025
[03:47]	TR News	Meta Is Using The Linux Scheduler Designed For Valve's Steam Deck On Its Servers https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/227227/meta-is-using-the-linux-scheduler-designed-for-valves-steam-deck-on-its-servers
[03:47]	TR Bot	 Meta Is Using The Linux Scheduler Designed For Valve's Steam Deck On Its Servers - Slashdot
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[03:48]	TR News	Package Forge: The Lesser Known Snap/Flatpak Alternative Without Distro Lock-In https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/12/21/199237/package-forge-the-lesser-known-snapflatpak-alternative-without-distro-lock-in
[03:48]	TR Bot	 Package Forge: The Lesser Known Snap/Flatpak Alternative Without Distro Lock-In - Slashdot
[03:48]	TR News	What the Linux Desktop Really Needs To Challenge Windows https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/1840258/what-the-linux-desktop-really-needs-to-challenge-windows
[03:48]	TR Bot	 What the Linux Desktop Really Needs To Challenge Windows - Slashdot
[03:49]	TR News	Apple OSes Are Insecure By Design To Aid Surveillance https://sneak.berlin/20231005/apple-operating-system-surveillance/
[03:49]	TR Bot	 Jeffrey Paul: Apple OSes Are Insecure By Design To Aid Surveillance
[03:49]	TR News	Apple Announces Changes to iOS in Japan for Compliance With the Mobile Software Competition Act https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/apple_japan_msca_compliance
[03:49]	TR Bot	 Daring Fireball: Apple Announces Changes to iOS in Japan for Compliance With the Mobile Software Competition Act
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[03:59]	TR News	LOSFA sends out letter to students warning of data security incident involving information https://www.wbrz.com/news/losfa-sends-out-letter-to-students-warning-of-data-security-incident-involving-information/
[03:59]	TR Bot	 LOSFA sends out letter to students warning of 'data security incident' involving information
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[03:59]	TR News	CISA Releases Cybersecurity Performance Goals 2.0 for Critical Infrastructure https://www.insideprivacy.com/uncategorized/cisa-releases-cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-for-critical-infrastructure/
[03:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.insideprivacy.com/uncategorized/cisa-releases-cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-for-critical-infrastructure/ )
● Jan 05
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[04:00]	TR News	Judge Blocks Cheeto Mussolini Effort to Strip Security Clearance From Attorney Who Represented Whistleblowers https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-12-24/judge-blocks-trump-effort-to-strip-security-clearance-from-attorney-who-represented-whistleblowers
[04:00]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-12-24/judge-blocks-trump-effort-to-strip-security-clearance-from-attorney-who-represented-whistleblowers )
[04:01]	TR News	Industry Continues to Push Back on HIPAA Security Rule Overhaul https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/industry-oppose-hipaa-security-rule-overhaul
[04:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/industry-oppose-hipaa-security-rule-overhaul )
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[04:07]	TR News	Xray_OS 2025.12.20, Synex 13 "Server", and Gentoo 20251221 are out
[04:07]	TR News	"Were pleased to announce the stable release of Qubes OS 4.3.0! This minor release includes a host of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The ISO and associated verification files are available on the downloads page." https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/12/21/qubes-os-4-3-0-has-been-released/
[04:07]	TR Bot	 Qubes OS 4.3.0 has been released! | Qubes OS
[04:08]	TR News	"Since then, there have been many minor version updates, 7.0.x, the last being 7.0.34. We have had lots of issues, and there have been many improvements. Finally, it is solid enough to be bumped to 7.1." https://bkhome.org/news/202512/easyos-excalibur-series-version-71-released.html
[04:08]	TR Bot	 EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.1 released
[04:08]	TR News	"ServerHub continues as the modular framework for enterprise application deployment, now with complete CLI interface complementing its TUI. Available with 7 production-ready modules (LAMP, Docker, Nginx Proxy Manager, Zabbix, Nextcloud, GLPI, Odoo), it enables full automation through scripts" https://synex.ar/en/synex-server-13-available-with-synex-control-improvements-and-updates/
[04:08]	TR Bot	 Synex Server 13 available with Synex Control improvements and updates | Synex
[04:09]	TR News	"This set has been overdue for a while so it mainly comes as an update with new versions. This set is based on kernel 6.18 and comes with latest versions of desktop environments and most other software" https://chimera-linux.org/news/2025/12/new-images.html
[04:09]	TR Bot	 New images
[04:09]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], Mom asked why I was going to go to an interview in my jeans and T-shirt. I said "Well, I don't want to invest a lot into an interview that might end up being a time waster." She didn't realize that companies do fake job interviews now.
[04:10]	TR News	Mauna 25.1, Talos 1.12.0, and ELEGANCE 25.1.0 are out
[04:10]	TR News	What's New in Talos 1.12.0 https://docs.siderolabs.com/talos/v1.12/getting-started/what's-new-in-talos
[04:10]	TR Bot	 What's New in Talos 1.12.0 - Sidero Documentation
[04:11]	TR News	"Today, were proud to announce that elementary OS 8.1 is available to download now and shipping on several high-quality
[04:11]	TR News	"This prevents accidentally typing your password anywhere other than the authentication dialog and youll be able to make sure these are legitimate system dialogs and not an application trying to read your password." https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-1-available-now/
[04:11]	TR Bot	 elementary OS 8.1 Available Now elementary Blog
[04:12]	schestowitz[TR2]	<Isambard_Prince> schestowitz[TR2], Mom asked why I was going to go to an interview in my jeans and T-shirt. I said "Well, I don't want to invest a lot into an interview that might end up being a time waster." She didn't realize that companies do fake job interviews now.
[04:12]	schestowitz[TR2]	which _type_ of fake?
[04:12]	schestowitz[TR2]	Sirius ran some BS 'ads'
[04:13]	TR News	Goldman Sachs Says Some Clients Data May Have Been Exposed in Law Firm Data Breach https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-24/goldman-warns-fund-clients-about-outside-law-firm-s-data-breach
[04:13]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-24/goldman-warns-fund-clients-about-outside-law-firm-s-data-breach )
[04:14]	TR News	South Korean retail giant Coupang to compensate $1.1 billion to affected users over data breach https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/29/south-korea-retail-coupang-bon-kim-1-billion-trillion-won-data-breach-compensation-vouchers.html
[04:14]	TR Bot	 South Korean retail giant Coupang to compensate $1.1 billion to affected users over data breach
[04:14]	TR News	Coinbase Discloses Arrest Of Former Customer Agent Over Data Breach Report https://bitcoinist.com/coinbase-discloses-arrest-of-former-customer-agent/
[04:14]	TR Bot	Discloses Arrest Of Former Customer Agent Over Data Breach Report | Bitcoinist.com
[04:15]	TR News	Hacker Who Stole Millions in Seconds Finally Caught https://coinpaper.com/13426/hacker-who-stole-millions-in-seconds-finally-caught
[04:15]	TR Bot	 South Korea Extradites Lithuanian Hacker in $1.8M Crypto Theft Case
[04:16]	TR News	Sinkholes https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-23/sinkholes-in-turkeys-agricultural-heartland-fuel-farmers-concerns
[04:16]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-23/sinkholes-in-turkeys-agricultural-heartland-fuel-farmers-concerns )
[04:17]	TR News	[Only because the currency sank] Turkey announces 27% minimum wage hike for 2026 https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-announces-27-minimum-wage-hike-for-2026-314866
[04:17]	TR Bot	 Turkey announces 27% minimum wage hike for 2026
[04:18]	TR News	Income gap in Turkey https://bianet.org/haber/income-gap-in-turkey-persists-despite-rising-average-earnings-official-data-shows-314992
[04:18]	TR Bot	 Income gap in Turkey persists despite rising average earnings, official data shows
[04:19]	TR News	widespread frost https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-sees-sharp-decline-in-fruit-production-in-2025-after-widespread-frost-315029
[04:19]	TR Bot	 Turkey sees sharp decline in fruit production in 2025 after widespread frost
[04:20]	TR News	Syria Detains Prominent American Islamist Journalist https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-23/syria-detains-prominent-american-islamist-journalist-sources-say
[04:20]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-23/syria-detains-prominent-american-islamist-journalist-sources-say )
[04:23]	TR News	Bardot Identified With the Animals She Later Set Out to Save https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2025-12-28/hounded-by-photographers-for-years-bardot-identified-with-the-animals-she-later-set-out-to-save
[04:23]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2025-12-28/hounded-by-photographers-for-years-bardot-identified-with-the-animals-she-later-set-out-to-save )
[04:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Isambard_Prince: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2025-12-26/photos-show-california-homes-buried-in-mud-and-debris-during-christmas-storms
[04:23]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2025-12-26/photos-show-california-homes-buried-in-mud-and-debris-during-christmas-storms )
[04:25]	TR News	putin's russia knows how cheap it is to cut things, expensive to repair https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/latvia-pm-says-baltic-sea-optical-cable-has-been-damaged-2026-01-04/
[04:25]	TR Bot	( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/latvia-pm-says-baltic-sea-optical-cable-has-been-damaged-2026-01-04/ )
[04:26]	TR News	Tim Crook Posts Slop https://x.com/tim_cook/status/2003873311504130173
[04:26]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[04:28]	TR News	Now about $3000 away from goal. Nearly there. https://my.fsf.org/donate
[04:28]	TR Bot	 Support the Free Software Foundation | Free Software Foundation
[04:30]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], California could fall into the ocean and nobody would care.
[04:30]	Isambard_Prince	It's the source of a lot of fraud and weirdos.
[04:31]	TR News	New OMB Memo Imposes Detailed New Disclosure Requirement on Government Contractors Utilizing LLMs https://dataprivacy.foxrothschild.com/2025/12/articles/general-privacy-data-security-news-developments/new-omb-memo-imposes-detailed-new-disclosure-requirement-on-government-contractors-utilizing-llms/
[04:31]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://dataprivacy.foxrothschild.com/2025/12/articles/general-privacy-data-security-news-developments/new-omb-memo-imposes-detailed-new-disclosure-requirement-on-government-contractors-utilizing-llms/ )
[04:32]	TR News	Justice Department Announces Seizure of Stolen-Password Database Used in Bank Account Takeover Fraud https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/justice-department-announces-seizure-stolen-password-database-used-bank-account
[04:32]	TR Bot	( status 401 @ https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/justice-department-announces-seizure-stolen-password-database-used-bank-account )
[04:34]	TR News	Baker University discloses December 2024 breach https://databreaches.net/2025/12/23/baker-university-discloses-december-2024-breach/
[04:34]	TR Bot	University discloses December 2024 breach DataBreaches.Net
[04:34]	TR News	Singing River Health System temporarily shut down access to patient medical records https://magnoliastatelive.com/2025/12/24/mississippi-hospital-system-addresses-cyber-incident-temporarily-shuts-down-access-to-medical-records/
[04:34]	TR Bot	 Mississippi hospital system addresses cyber incident, temporarily shuts down access to medical records | Magnolia State Live
[04:37]	TR News	CISA loses key employee behind early ransomware warnings https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ransomware-warning-program-key-employee-left/808589/
[04:37]	TR Bot	 CISA loses key employee behind early ransomware warnings | Cybersecurity Dive
[04:37]	TR News	"Heres what happened, according to a blog published this week by the penetration testing and security consulting firm." https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/24/pentesters_reported_eurostar_chatbot_flaws/
[04:37]	TR Bot	 Pen testers accused of 'blackmail' over Eurostar AI flaws The Register
[04:38]	TR News	Hackers Unredact Epstein Files What You Need To Know https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/12/25/epstein-files-hacked---all-you-need-to-know/
[04:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/12/25/epstein-files-hacked---all-you-need-to-know/ )
[04:39]	TR News	Cond Nast gets hacked, and DataBreaches gets played Christmas lump of coal edition https://databreaches.net/2025/12/25/conde-nast-gets-hacked-and-databreaches-gets-played-christmas-lump-of-coal-edition/
[04:39]	TR Bot	Nast gets hacked, and DataBreaches gets played Christmas lump of coal edition (1) DataBreaches.Net
[04:41]	TR News	OrthopedicsNY fined $500K by NYS for patient data breach https://www.news10.com/news/albany-county/capital-region-healthcare-center-fined-500k-for-patient-data-breach/
[04:41]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.news10.com/news/albany-county/capital-region-healthcare-center-fined-500k-for-patient-data-breach/ )
[04:42]	TR News	Thousands of medical records found in auctioned storage unit https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/12/24/thousands-medical-records-found-auctioned-storage-unit/
[04:42]	TR Bot	 Thousands of medical records found in auctioned storage unit
[04:42]	TR News	Steward Health Care insurance mess leaves doctors liable for settlements https://masslawyersweekly.com/2025/12/23/steward-traco-malpractice-insurance-settlement-crisis/
[04:42]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://masslawyersweekly.com/2025/12/23/steward-traco-malpractice-insurance-settlement-crisis/ )
[04:43]	TR News	Health Share of Oregon and CareOregon notify members of data breach https://databreaches.net/2025/12/28/health-share-of-oregon-and-careoregon-notify-members-of-data-breach/
[04:43]	TR Bot	Share of Oregon and CareOregon notify members of data breach DataBreaches.Net
[04:44]	TR News	Parrot 7.0, Vipnix 20251223, Besgnulinux 3-2 are out
[04:46]	TR News	biased against dialect speakers https://www.dw.com/en/ai-chatbots-are-alarmingly-biased-against-dialect-speakers/a-75247017
[04:46]	TR Bot	chatbots are 'alarmingly' biased against dialect speakers DW 12/29/2025
[04:52]	TR News	75318074
[04:52]	TR News	refurbished appliances https://www.dw.com/en/german-company-to-sell-more-refurbished-appliances/a-75318074
[04:52]	TR Bot	company Miele to sell more refurbished appliances DW 12/28/2025
[04:54]	TR News	colorful aurora skies https://www.dw.com/en/uncovering-the-mystery-behind-colorful-aurora-skies/a-75254474
[04:54]	TR Bot	lights: The science behind the nighttime spectacle DW 12/29/2025
[04:57]	TR News	postmarketOS v25.12: The One Where The Saga Continues https://postmarketos.org/blog/2025/12/23/v25.12-release/
[04:57]	TR Bot	 postmarketOS // v25.12: The One Where The Saga Continues
[04:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  Besgnulinux JWM 3-2 Full, Simple and Core ready to use https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Besgnulinux_JWM_3_2_Full_Simple_and_Core_ready_to_use.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Besgnulinux_JWM_3_2_Full_Simple_and_Core_ready_to_use.gmi 
[04:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Besgnulinux JWM 3-2 Full, Simple and Core ready to use
[04:58]	TR News	extrox 2.1, OmegaLinux 3.3, DragonOS Noble_R8, and CentOS 10-20251223 are out
[04:59]	TR News	trademarks BS https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sex-drugs-and-lobster-rolls-a-tale-of-trademarking-9.7010295
[04:59]	TR Bot	 Sex, drugs and lobster rolls: A tale of trademarking | CBC News
● Jan 05
[05:00]	TR News	Differences in Privacy and Compliance https://devopsmyway.com/data-room-in-canada-vs-us-providers-key-differences-in-privacy-and-compliance/
[05:00]	TR Bot	 Canada vs US Data Rooms: Privacy and data room price
[05:02]	TR News	AlterOS 2025.7.6 is out
[05:03]	TR News	openKylin 2.0-SP2-20251225 also out https://distrowatch.com/openkylin
[05:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/openkylin )
[05:03]	TR News	ALT 11.2 "Workstation K" (Russia) out
[05:07]	TR News	Parrot 7.0 Release Notes https://parrotsec.org/blog/2025-12-24-parrot-7.0-release-notes
[05:07]	TR Bot	( status 308 @ http://parrotsec.org/blog/2025-12-24-parrot-7.0-release-notes/ )
[05:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  openmediavault/OMV8 (Synchrony) released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/openmediavault_OMV8_Synchrony_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/openmediavault_OMV8_Synchrony_released.gmi 
[05:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines openmediavault/OMV8 (Synchrony) released
[05:09]	TR News	 (NEW):  Parrot 7.0 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with KDE Plasma, RISC-V Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/24/Parrot_7_0_Ethical_Hacking_Distro_Released_with_KDE_Plasma_RISC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/24/Parrot_7_0_Ethical_Hacking_Distro_Released_with_KDE_Plasma_RISC.gmi 
[05:09]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Parrot 7.0 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with KDE Plasma, RISC-V Support
[05:10]	TR News	GuideOS 1.0 der finale Release https://guideos.de/news/guideos-1-0-der-finale-release/
[05:10]	TR Bot	 GuideOS 1.0: Das neue Linux-Release
[05:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  Gnoppix 26 - Merry Christmas - A Happy New Year from Gnoppix! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Gnoppix_26_Merry_Christmas_A_Happy_New_Year_from_Gnoppix.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Gnoppix_26_Merry_Christmas_A_Happy_New_Year_from_Gnoppix.gmi 
[05:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Gnoppix 26 - Merry Christmas - A Happy New Year from Gnoppix!
[05:11]	TR News	PorteuX 2.5 out but outsourced to Microsoft, so no-go
[05:13]	TR News	Canaima GNU/Linux 8.3 is out https://canaima.softwarelibre.gob.ve/canaima-gnu-linux-lanza-su-nueva-actualizacion-de-mantenimiento-de-su-version-kavanayen/
[05:13]	TR Bot	 Canaima GNU/Linux lanza su nueva actualizacin de mantenimiento de su versin Kavanayn Canaima GNU/Linux
[05:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  PearlOS 13 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/PearlOS_13.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/PearlOS_13.gmi 
[05:14]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines PearlOS 13
[05:14]	TR News	sourceforge is now blocked by clownflare javascript
[05:15]	TR News	MagOS 20251226, Nobara 43, SliTaz 20251228, and Ultimate 2025.12.28 are out
[05:18]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], Everyone at my mother's church is insane.
[05:18]	Isambard_Prince	She gave the Impala to some guy named Craig that's tearing it up.
[05:20]	Isambard_Prince	Tracy's husband George died and left her $57,600 and a $350 a month pension, and she's not eligible for Social Security for 7 more years, and she's blowing the money on Apple Watches and Hello Fresh and a new iPhone Pro Max and driving her car that's 20 years old up to Fort Wayne to eat Bob Evan's and paying for the whole group.
[05:20]	Isambard_Prince	She's making the minimum payments on the HELOC she took out on their house so she could go to worthless community college classes for her tentative plan to write children's books.
[05:21]	Isambard_Prince	Now she owes $20,000 on the house that they did have paid off a few years ago.
[05:21]	Isambard_Prince	She's going to be homeless very quickly at the rate she's burning through cash.
[05:21]	Isambard_Prince	At least the man I'm dating runs his phones into the ground. 
[05:21]	Isambard_Prince	The last one was 8 years old.
[05:22]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], I like to run them into the ground and then hit a Black Friday sale, but I'm also not buying $1700 phones. More like $500 maybe.
[05:22]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Distribution "Ultimate Edition" Fixes Its Web Site (Apparently Compromised Months Ago) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Distribution_Ultimate_Edition_Fixes_Its_Web_Site_Appa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Distribution_Ultimate_Edition_Fixes_Its_Web_Site_Appa.gmi 
[05:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Distribution "Ultimate Edition" Fixes Its Web Site (Apparently Compromised Months Ago)
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	8 years is not that much
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	you can do 20
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	the issue is 2g
[05:25]	TR News	StormOS January Point 1, Drauger 7.8-beta1, and Green 22.3.0 (GNU/Linux) out
[05:26]	Isambard_Prince	I turned off 2G support as soon as I could.
[05:27]	Isambard_Prince	Basically the only use by the time they let you disable it was that some police "Stingrays" could exploit it.
[05:35]	TR News	Techrights The Reputation Issue Is Not Our Fault https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_Reputation_Issue_Is_Not_Our_Fault.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_Reputation_Issue_Is_Not_Our_Fault.gmi 
[05:35]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Reputation Issue Is Not Our Fault
[05:46]	TR News	New Stjerna paper on UPC refusal to submit question to the CJEU about its dubious legality https://www.stjerna.de/lack-of-independence-and-impartiality-at-the-unified-patent-court/?lang=en "Happy new year 2026, and all the best for you and your family," says Anon
[05:46]	TR Bot	 Dr. Ingve Bjrn Stjerna, LL.M. | EU Patent Reform: The structural lack of judicial independence and impartiality at the Unified Patent Court (Published on 29/12/2025, latest update on 02/01/2026)
[05:57]	TR News	Techrights "The European Patent Reform" That Represents a Gross Violation of Laws, Constitutions, and Conventions (in Order to Make the Rich Even Richer, Mostly Outside Europe) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_European_Patent_Reform_That_Represents_a_Gross_Violation_of.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_European_Patent_Reform_That_Represents_a_Gross_Violation_of.gmi 
[05:57]	TR Bot	 Techrights "The European Patent Reform" That Represents a Gross Violation of Laws, Constitutions, and Conventions (in Order to Make the Rich Even Richer, Mostly Outside Europe)
● Jan 05
[06:24]	TR News	Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXV - While EPO Managers Snort Cocaine the Staff Compiles 'Insurance Files' to Expose EPO Corruption https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXV_While_EPO_Managers_Snort_Cocaine_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXV_While_EPO_Managers_Snort_Cocaine_the_.gmi 
[06:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXV - While EPO Managers Snort Cocaine the Staff Compiles 'Insurance Files' to Expose EPO Corruption
[06:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  New Year, New Reality: GNU/Linux Has Risen to Record High in New Zealand https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/New_Year_New_Reality_GNU_Linux_Has_Risen_to_Record_High_in_New_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/New_Year_New_Reality_GNU_Linux_Has_Risen_to_Record_High_in_New_.gmi 
[06:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines New Year, New Reality: GNU/Linux Has Risen to Record High in New Zealand
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● Jan 05
[07:01]	TR News	Techrights Whistleblowing is About Understanding Boundaries and Risks https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Whistleblowing_is_About_Understanding_Boundaries_and_Risks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Whistleblowing_is_About_Understanding_Boundaries_and_Risks.gmi 
[07:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights Whistleblowing is About Understanding Boundaries and Risks
[07:09]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Share in Mongolia More Than Doubles https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Share_in_Mongolia_More_Than_Doubles.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Share_in_Mongolia_More_Than_Doubles.gmi 
[07:09]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Share in Mongolia More Than Doubles
[07:10]	TR News	They should rebrand Tails as WhistleblOS
[07:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  Forlinx Embedded introduces FET1126Bx-S industrial SoM for edge AI and vision https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Forlinx_Embedded_introduces_FET1126Bx_S_industrial_SoM_for_edge.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Forlinx_Embedded_introduces_FET1126Bx_S_industrial_SoM_for_edge.gmi 
[07:14]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Forlinx Embedded introduces FET1126Bx-S industrial SoM for edge AI and vision
[07:19]	rianne_	https://blog.cornelius-schumacher.de/2026/01/what-does-it-mean-to-write-in-2026.html
[07:19]	TR Bot	 Cornelius' Blog: What does it mean to write in 2026?
[07:19]	rianne_	https://zaitcev.livejournal.com/269796.html
[07:19]	TR Bot	 The fall of LJ: zaitcev LiveJournal
[07:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  This Week in KDE Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/This_Week_in_KDE_Apps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/This_Week_in_KDE_Apps.gmi 
[07:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This Week in KDE Apps
[07:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Review: postmarketOS 25.06 and 25.12 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Review_postmarketOS_25_06_and_25_12.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Review_postmarketOS_25_06_and_25_12.gmi 
[07:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Review: postmarketOS 25.06 and 25.12
[07:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[07:32]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[07:34]	TR News	Techrights No, Writing Isn't in Decline, Some of the Large and Centralised Platforms Are https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/No_Writing_Isn_t_in_Decline_Some_of_the_Large_and_Centralised_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/No_Writing_Isn_t_in_Decline_Some_of_the_Large_and_Centralised_P.gmi 
[07:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights No, Writing Isn't in Decline, Some of the Large and Centralised Platforms Are
[07:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  Refine 0.7.0 added Hidden Break Reminder Options for GNOME https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Refine_0_7_0_added_Hidden_Break_Reminder_Options_for_GNOME.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Refine_0_7_0_added_Hidden_Break_Reminder_Options_for_GNOME.gmi 
[07:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Refine 0.7.0 added Hidden Break Reminder Options for GNOME
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[07:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  7 things that must happen for Linux to overtake Windows in 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/7_things_that_must_happen_for_Linux_to_overtake_Windows_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/7_things_that_must_happen_for_Linux_to_overtake_Windows_in_2026.gmi 
[07:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 7 things that must happen for Linux to overtake Windows in 2026
[07:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop for Linux is here and it's amazing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/System76_s_Rust_based_COSMIC_desktop_for_Linux_is_here_and_it_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/System76_s_Rust_based_COSMIC_desktop_for_Linux_is_here_and_it_s.gmi 
[07:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop for Linux is here and it's amazing
[07:51]	TR News	Techrights Battles Are Won in the Court of Public Opinion https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Battles_Are_Won_in_the_Court_of_Public_Opinion.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Battles_Are_Won_in_the_Court_of_Public_Opinion.gmi 
[07:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights Battles Are Won in the Court of Public Opinion
[07:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  What Is Liquorix Kernel? Should You Use It? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/What_Is_Liquorix_Kernel_Should_You_Use_It.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/What_Is_Liquorix_Kernel_Should_You_Use_It.gmi 
[07:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines What Is Liquorix Kernel? Should You Use It?
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[07:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  New GeForce NOW native Linux support could lure Windows 10 refugees https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/New_GeForce_NOW_native_Linux_support_could_lure_Windows_10_refu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/New_GeForce_NOW_native_Linux_support_could_lure_Windows_10_refu.gmi 
[07:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines New GeForce NOW native Linux support could lure Windows 10 refugees
● Jan 05
[08:02]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Allegedly Uses Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) to Hide the Massive Scale of Company-Wide Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Microsoft_Allegedly_Uses_Performance_Improvement_Plans_PIPs_to_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Microsoft_Allegedly_Uses_Performance_Improvement_Plans_PIPs_to_.gmi 
[08:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Allegedly Uses Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) to Hide the Massive Scale of Company-Wide Layoffs
[08:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  Two Linux Distributions Im Watching Closely in 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Two_Linux_Distributions_I_m_Watching_Closely_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Two_Linux_Distributions_I_m_Watching_Closely_in_2026.gmi 
[08:13]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Two Linux Distributions Im Watching Closely in 2026
[08:17]	TR News	Major changes to Ontario law on job postings coming Jan. 1 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/major-changes-to-ontario-law-on-job-postings-coming-jan-1-9.7026281
[08:17]	TR Bot	 Major changes to Ontario law on job postings coming Jan. 1 | CBC News
[08:17]	TR News	Peak oil https://www.dw.com/en/peak-oil-why-the-world-can-t-break-its-fossil-fuel-habit/a-75214502
[08:17]	TR Bot	oil: Why the world can't break its fossil fuel habit DW 12/27/2025
[08:18]	TR News	Medical association demands home firework ban https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-medical-association-demands-home-firework-ban/live-75279871
[08:18]	TR Bot	news: Household wealth reaches record 10 trillion DW 01/03/2026
[08:19]	TR News	drought https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/in-times-of-drought-why-are-residential-consumers-targeted-with-conservation-measures-9.7005196
[08:19]	TR Bot	 In times of drought, why are residential consumers targeted with conservation measures? | CBC News
[08:19]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[08:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[08:20]	TR News	50 C https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/extreme-cold-yukon-9.7028005
[08:20]	TR Bot	 It's so cold in the Yukon, some places have been 50 C. Here's what's causing the extreme cold snap | CBC News
[08:21]	TR News	temperatures continue to dip into -40s = power outages https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/be-prepared-in-case-of-power-outage-in-extreme-cold-say-yukon-officials-9.7027221
[08:21]	TR Bot	 Be prepared in case of power outage in extreme cold, say Yukon officials | CBC News
[08:22]	TR News	RMS opposes the term "global warming" because the term "warming" conditions us to think industrial revolution and overpopulation will give us cozy, beach-like weather in the north. "GOOD TIMES!"..."warming"
[08:24]	TR News	Canadian economy shrank by 0.3% in October https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-gdp-oct-2025-9.7026157
[08:24]	TR Bot	 Canadian economy shrank by 0.3% in October, the biggest slump in almost 3 years | CBC News
[08:28]	TR News	kickbacks https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/peguis-lawsuit-former-chief-hudson-9.7026057
[08:28]	TR Bot	 Peguis First Nation sues former chief, alleging 'kickbacks,' diversion of funds and other corrupt practices | CBC News
[08:34]	TR News	Why Germany struggles to go digital https://www.dw.com/en/fax-and-furious-why-germany-struggles-to-go-digital/a-75206481
[08:34]	TR Bot	Germany struggles to go digital DW 12/27/2025
[08:35]	TR News	COVID-19 https://www.dw.com/en/what-german-politicians-learned-and-didn-t-from-covid-19/a-75283320
[08:35]	TR Bot	COVID-19 response under scrutiny DW 12/28/2025
[08:36]	TR News	cherish many gifts from the forest https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-kristine-thoreson-christmas-tree-9.7023810
[08:36]	TR Bot	 After a decade of hunting Christmas trees, I've learned to cherish the forest as a friend | CBC News
[08:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  Recent Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Recent_Videos_About_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Recent_Videos_About_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software.gmi 
[08:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Recent Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software
[08:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  postmarketOS 25.12 Linux Mobile OS Rolls Out Based on Alpine Linux 3.23 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/23/postmarketOS_25_12_Linux_Mobile_OS_Rolls_Out_Based_on_Alpine_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/23/postmarketOS_25_12_Linux_Mobile_OS_Rolls_Out_Based_on_Alpine_Li.gmi 
[08:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines postmarketOS 25.12 Linux Mobile OS Rolls Out Based on Alpine Linux 3.23
[08:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Slashdot Discussions About NVIDIA Giving Middle Finger to Linux, 'Modern Standby', Schedulers, Package Forge, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Slashdot_Discussions_About_NVIDIA_Giving_Middle_Finger_to_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Slashdot_Discussions_About_NVIDIA_Giving_Middle_Finger_to_Linux.gmi 
[08:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Slashdot Discussions About NVIDIA Giving Middle Finger to Linux, 'Modern Standby', Schedulers, Package Forge, and More
[08:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_leftovers.gmi 
[08:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[08:49]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/01/2026: A Shrinking Canadian Economy, Brigitte Bardot's Environmentalism Recalled, Unredacted Epstein Files https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_A_Shrinking_Canadian_Economy_Brigitte_Bardot_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_A_Shrinking_Canadian_Economy_Brigitte_Bardot_s.gmi 
[08:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/01/2026: A Shrinking Canadian Economy, Brigitte Bardot's Environmentalism Recalled, Unredacted Epstein Files
[08:54]	TR News	iophk: Setting them up for a repeat of the rug pull they did to Ukraine ... https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-factor-looms-starlink-offers-free-internet-venezuela-amid-power-blackouts-1768174
[08:54]	TR Bot	 Trump Factor Looms as Starlink Offers Free Internet to Venezuela Amid Power Blackouts | IBTimes UK
[08:55]	TR News	"I have been using Obsidian for my notes for a couple of years. It seemed perfect - it's low friction, low distraction, customizable, programmable for slightly fancier things (like workout logs and buttons that add notes from templates), pretty to look at, and a tool I actually _enjoy_ using." gemini://ieve.me/squall/9.gmi
[08:56]	TR News	Discover new capsules every day - Capsule of the day - 2026-01-04 gemini://discogem.gmi.bacardi55.io/capsules-of-the-day-2026-01-04/
● Jan 05
[09:04]	TR News	"I wrote an email today to canfood about his post from 2026-01-03, which made me think about hunger and poverty in the world." gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2026-01-04-Poverty_and_Hunger.txt
[09:05]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1526.jpg
[09:05]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1876.jpg
[09:06]	TR News	"This is part of the story of my family as I remember it. Just to show you how the "financially better situated" people work from my perspective, although I'm not really a part of it." gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2026-01-05-Story_of_an_entrepreneurial_family.txt
[09:07]	TR News	SpellBinding: BDWOSUN Wordo: ENJOY gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-05.gmi
[09:11]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 05/01/2026: "Poverty and Hunger", &quot;Entrepreneurial Family&quot;, &quot;Abandoning Obsidian for Logseq&quot; https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Gemini_Links_05_01_2026_Poverty_and_Hunger_Entrepreneurial_Fami.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Gemini_Links_05_01_2026_Poverty_and_Hunger_Entrepreneurial_Fami.gmi 
[09:11]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 05/01/2026: "Poverty and Hunger", "Entrepreneurial Family", "Abandoning Obsidian for Logseq"
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[09:44]	TR News	Techrights IBM's CEO Makes No Sense https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IBM_s_CEO_Makes_No_Sense.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IBM_s_CEO_Makes_No_Sense.gmi 
[09:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM's CEO Makes No Sense
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[09:58]	TR News	Techrights There's No Such Thing as "AI Godfather", Stop Repeating This Pure Nonsense! https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/There_s_No_Such_Thing_as_AI_Godfather_Stop_Repeating_This_Pure_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/There_s_No_Such_Thing_as_AI_Godfather_Stop_Repeating_This_Pure_.gmi 
[09:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights There's No Such Thing as "AI Godfather", Stop Repeating This Pure Nonsense!
● Jan 05
[10:09]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Usage Said to Have Doubled in Oceania https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Usage_Said_to_Have_Doubled_in_Oceania.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Usage_Said_to_Have_Doubled_in_Oceania.gmi 
[10:09]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Usage Said to Have Doubled in Oceania
[10:21]	TR News	Techrights The Real GNU Anniversary (Not Manifesto or Announcement) is Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_Real_GNU_Anniversary_Not_Manifesto_or_Announcement_is_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_Real_GNU_Anniversary_Not_Manifesto_or_Announcement_is_Today.gmi 
[10:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Real GNU Anniversary (Not Manifesto or Announcement) is Today
[10:26]	TR News	iophk: important but for some reason he appears not allowed to write in English lately https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/04/2026-eu-starker-greppet-om-internet/
[10:26]	TR Bot	 2026: EU strker greppet om internet
[10:26]	TR News	"Classroom changes since my own teaching days make me believe phones should be banned in schools" https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/classroom-changes-since-my-own-teaching-days-make-me-believe-phones-should-be-banned-in-schools-5462038 blocked by gratuitous javascript
[10:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/classroom-changes-since-my-own-teaching-days-make-me-believe-phones-should-be-banned-in-schools-5462038 )
[10:29]	TR News	2025 Steam Awards winners have been revealed | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/2025-steam-awards-winners-have-been-revealed/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/2025-steam-awards-winners-have-been-revealed/
[10:30]	TR Bot	Steam Awards winners have been revealed | GamingOnLinux
[10:30]	TR News	"The FET1126Bx-S is based on the Rockchip RV1126 B or RV1126BJ processor, integrating four Arm Cortex-A53 CPU cores. Datasheet information indicates that commercial variants operate at up to 1.6 GHz" https://linuxgizmos.com/forlinx-embedded-introduces-fet1126bx-s-industrial-som-for-edge-ai-and-vision/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[10:30]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/forlinx-embedded-introduces-fet1126bx-s-industrial-som-for-edge-ai-and-vision/ )
[10:30]	TR News	"The system uses an ESP32-S3 application processor to run user applications alongside the OpenThread stack. It integrates 16MB of flash and 8MB of PSRAM, and provides 2.4GHz Wi-Fi for IP backhaul connectivity." https://linuxgizmos.com/m5stack-cores3-thread-br-targets-matter-and-thread-iot-gateways/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[10:30]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/m5stack-cores3-thread-br-targets-matter-and-thread-iot-gateways/ )
[10:43]	TR News	</li>
[10:43]	TR News	"A lot happened in 2025 for browsers and web apps with new investigations, laws, and court cases across the EU, Japan, the US, Australia, and the UK" https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-2025-review/ | Source: Open Web Advocacy
[10:43]	TR Bot	 Open Web Advocacy 2025 in Review - Open Web Advocacy
[10:43]	TR News	"But Matt hits on an important theme in this post, defending billionaires" https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/is-bitcoin-a-post-scarcity-asset | Source: Michael Green
[10:43]	TR Bot	 Is Bitcoin a "Post-Scarcity" Asset? - by Michael W. Green
[10:53]	TR News	"Severe heatwave warnings have been issued for large parts of the country, with temperatures forecast to top 40C in at least four states in the coming days." https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australians-in-these-states-are-set-to-swelter-amid-40c-warnings/wbutwwouy | Source: SBS
[10:53]	TR Bot	 Australians set to swelter across four states | SBS News
[10:53]	TR News	"The demand for power and for AI is like nothing Ive ever seen." https://truthout.org/articles/fracking-industry-executives-are-salivating-over-the-ai-data-center-boom/ | Source: TruthOut
[10:53]	TR Bot	 Fracking Industry Executives Are Salivating Over the AI Data Center Boom | Truthout
[10:53]	TR News	https://endof10.org/ now available in multiple languages
[10:53]	TR Bot	 End of 10
[10:54]	TR News	"NPR's Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack." https://text.npr.org/g-s1-102891 | Source: NPR
[10:54]	TR Bot	 Trump tried to bury evidence of the Jan. 6 riot. NPR's archive preserves the facts
[10:54]	TR News	"long history of cycles of impunity" https://thedissenter.org/cover-up-the-complicity-of-the-press-in-us-violence/ | Source: The Dissenter
[10:54]	TR Bot	 'Cover-Up': The Complicity Of The Press In US Violence
[10:56]	TR News	Multi-lang seems not new a thing https://invent.kde.org/websites/endof10-org/-/commits/master?ref_type=heads
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[11:08]	TR News	"Air traffic controllers used alternative frequencies to allow some flights to take off and land in the afternoon" https://www.dw.com/en/greek-aviation-disrupted-by-radio-communication-issues/a-75383839 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[11:08]	TR Bot	aviation disrupted by radio communication issues DW 01/04/2026
[11:10]	TR News	"Instead, I want to explain why cryptographers and security engineers that work on cryptography have largely abandoned any efforts to make encrypted email happen." https://soatok.blog/2026/01/04/everything-you-need-to-know-about-email-encryption-in-2026/ | Source: Dhole Moments
[11:10]	TR Bot	 Everything You Need to Know About Email Encryption in 2026 - Dhole Moments
[11:11]	TR News	iophk: VR bought trains that 1) fail to work in the cold of winter, 2) fail to work in the heat of summer, and 3 are Russian guage. "Train and flight delays as deep freeze grips Finland" https://yle.fi/a/74-20202635 Not only that, they are very cramped, uncomfortable, and stinky on the inside
[11:11]	TR Bot	 Train and flight delays as deep freeze grips Finland | Yle News | Yle
[11:12]	schestowitz[TR2]	Sompi: ^^
[11:13]	TR News	"If you walk into a typical museum in the UK and ask to buy tickets, they'll usually ask you to pay with Gift Aid." https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/against-giftaid.html | Source: James Stanley
[11:13]	TR Bot	 James Stanley - Against Gift Aid
[11:13]	TR News	"Predator has all the usual features of a commercial spyware product. It allows users to perform espionage-related activities on infected devices, including device tracking, surveillance, data theft, and the like." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/04/trump_admin_lifts_sanctions_predator_spyware_execs/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:13]	TR Bot	 Trump admin lifts sanctions on Predator-linked spyware execs The Register
[11:13]	TR News	"The EU Council shares preliminary views on new data retention framework" https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-eu-prepares-ground-for-wider-data-retention-and-vpn-providers-are-among-the-targets | Source: TechRadar
[11:13]	TR Bot	EU prepares ground for wider data retention and VPN providers are among the targets | TechRadar
[11:14]	TR News	[Old] "The Roadmap focuses on six key areas: [...]" https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1599 | Source: European Commission
[11:14]	TR Bot	 Press corner | European Commission
[11:14]	TR News	[Old] "Delegations will find in the Annex the four-column table of the above-mentioned proposal, containing the initial positions of the institutions." https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-16495-2025-INIT/en/pdf | Source: European Council
[11:15]	TR News	"numerous malicious comments" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-05/paris-court-to-rule-in-case-involving-alleged-cyberbullying-of-brigitte-macron | Source: US News And World Report
[11:15]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-05/paris-court-to-rule-in-case-involving-alleged-cyberbullying-of-brigitte-macron )
[11:17]	TR News	"Children are being bombarded online by so-called AI girlfriend porn apps, which are grooming boys to perpetrate sexual violence and girls to accept such behaviour" https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41769617.html | Source: Irish Examiner
[11:17]	TR Bot	 Children being 'bombarded' online by 'AI girlfriend' porn apps
[11:24]	Sompi	schestowitz[TR2]: The old Russian-built trains were the only ones that work
[11:24]	Sompi	The new ones are all bought from western European countries and they always have problems
[11:25]	TR News	"If were to believe Yoshua Bengio, one of the so-called godfathers of AI, some advanced models are showing signs of self-preservation" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-godfather-self-preservation | Source: Futurism
[11:25]	TR Bot	 AI Godfather Warns That It's Starting to Show Signs of Self-Preservation
[11:25]	Sompi	And actually only the locomotives were Russian/Soviet, the carriages were built in Finland and they were very comfortable and had lots of space. Unlike these new ones that are cramped and have bad air inside
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	interesting
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	privately made?
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	or state owned?
[11:26]	Sompi	They were all state-owned
[11:26]	TR News	"The job of an advocate is to spark interest, not to reproach people or instill FOMO. And yet that's exactly what AI advocates do." https://antonz.org/ai-advocacy/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov
[11:26]	TR Bot	 Fear is not advocacy
[11:26]	TR News	"Then X gave Grok image-editing capabilities anyway. An "Edit Image" button now lets any user alter photos using text prompts without the original poster's consent" https://boingboing.net/2026/01/02/how-musks-decisions-led-to-grok-making-abusive-deepfakes-of-kids.html | Source: BoingBoing
[11:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/02/how-musks-decisions-led-to-grok-making-abusive-deepfakes-of-kids.html )
[11:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	Sompi: i noticed something similar to this
[11:27]	Sompi	VR's downhill started when they ended the state-owned metal workshop that was used to service the trains, and they removed the soviet communist stars from those Sr1 locomotives
[11:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	more profoundly obvious in recent years:
[11:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	<techrights-news> Worrying trend in travel companies: cancel whole planes/trains/buses for financial, not technical, reasons, then make people wait for ages so you can lump more people together on a single unified ride
[11:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	<techrights-news> Because greater inconvenience to people is more savings (i.e. more profits) to THEM
[11:27]	Sompi	The reasoning behind removing that communist star was that "tourists may become confused because of it", which is of course only nonsense
[11:28]	Sompi	The fact that Finland was such a weird mix of capitalist west and communist east was part of the charm
[11:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	like germany?
[11:29]	Sompi	Now it's just an ultra-americanized western vassal state with depressing soviet architecture
[11:30]	TR News	"In my previous post, I shared my annual running stats which were generated in R using summary data from Garmin Connect." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/running-around-an-r-package-to-analyse-garmin-running-data/ | Source: Rlang
[11:30]	TR Bot	Around: an R package to analyse Garmin running data | R-bloggers
[11:31]	TR News	"The ban -- targeting ads for products high in fat, salt or sugar -- is expected to remove up to 7.2 billion calories from childrens diets each year, according to the health ministry." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/uk-starts-ban-on-junk-food-ads-on-daytime-tv-and-online-755123535 | Source: RTL
[11:31]	TR Bot	 To tackle childhood obesity: UK starts ban on junk food ads on daytime TV and online
[11:32]	Sompi	That makes no sense. Fat and salt doesn't make people obese
[11:33]	Sompi	It's the ultraprocessed food with high sugar content and weird chemical additives
[11:40]	TR News	"This is kind of an all around failure. You know how there are drive lights on the front?" https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/wd-red/ | Source: Logikal Solutions
[11:40]	TR Bot	 The Viciously Sad State of NAS Disk Logikal Blog
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	Sompi: that too
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	but not only
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	atm we drink alcohol-free merlot
[11:41]	TR News	"Whether the loss of the conventional twelve days of Christmas bothers you or not" https://kevinboone.me/fairy_lights.html | Source: Kevin Boone
[11:41]	TR Bot	 Kevin Boone: They dont make em like that any more: filament fairy lights
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	crisps give appetite
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	where otherwise none would be/exist
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	because of the chemicals in them
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	you can be not hungry
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	then east crisps, then you feel inhury
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	*hungry
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's like hunger booster
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	"De-Alcoholised Wine (Grapes, Preservative: Sulphur Dioxide), Invert Sugar Syrup, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid, Naturall Flavourings"
[11:44]	TR News	[Old] "Ive been trying to improve my writing so I read Writing with Style, the Economists style guide book." https://evanhahn.com/economist-style-guide-book-takeaways/ | Source: Evan Hahn
[11:44]	TR Bot	 Takeaways from The Economist's style guide book
[11:44]	TR News	"Ive been trying to improve my writing so I read On Writing Well by William Zinsser." https://evanhahn.com/on-writing-well-book-notes/ | Source: Evan Hahn
[11:44]	TR Bot	 Notes from "On Writing Well"
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[12:00]	TR News	"If you aren't fortunate enough to have a monopoly, you need to solve people's problems, and as a product or design person, you need to be obsessed with advocating for those users and solving their problems." https://birchtree.me/blog/dont-fall-in-love-with-the-product-fall-in-love-with-the-problem/ | Source: Matt Birchler
[12:00]	TR Bot	 Don't fall in love with the product, fall in love with the problem
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[12:00]	TR News	"None of these were intended by their creators to be about research; even Marie Curies line was about her education. But each of them touched a nerve for me." https://svpow.com/2026/01/04/four-quotes-about-doing-good-work/ | Source: Matt Wedel
[12:00]	TR Bot	 Three Four quotes about doing good work | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week
[12:00]	TR News	"Despite facing repeated rejection from twelve different publishers, Rowling persevered." https://www.vintag.es/2026/01/jk-rowling-writing-harry-potter-at-cafe.html | Source: Vintage Everyday
[12:00]	TR Bot	 J.K. Rowling Writing Harry Potter at a Caf in Scotland, 1998 ~ Vintage Everyday
[12:02]	TR News	"Based on Database Theory in Action: Yannakakis's Algorithm to appear at ICDT 2026" https://remy.wang/blog/ya-fast.html |
[12:02]	TR Bot	 4 Ways to Improve A Perfect Join Algorithm
[12:04]	TR News	"Where did the fucking creativity go?" https://afranca.com.br/why-everyone-is-reacting/ | Source: Andre Franca
[12:04]	TR Bot	 Why Everyone Is Reacting
[12:04]	TR News	"As 2018 ended I had successfully blogged every week for the entire year as a new years resolution." https://connortumbleson.com/2026/01/05/a-year-of-blogging-2025/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson
[12:04]	TR Bot	 A Year of Blogging (2025)
[12:23]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft's Windows Falls Below 20% in the UK https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Microsoft_s_Windows_Falls_Below_20_in_the_UK.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Microsoft_s_Windows_Falls_Below_20_in_the_UK.gmi 
[12:23]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft's Windows Falls Below 20% in the UK
[12:25]	TR News	"But most online articles about the difference between these three marks give a US-centric explanation that omits any mention of the spaced en dash." https://davidyat.es/2026/01/04/dash-it-all/ | Source: David Yates
[12:25]	TR Bot	 Dash it all
[12:25]	TR News	"how will the miracle happen today?" https://kk.org/thetechnium/how-will-the-miracle-happen-today/ | Source: Kevin Kelly
[12:25]	TR Bot	 The Technium: How Will the Miracle Happen Today?
[12:25]	TR News	"From the beginning, the focus of this blog has been technical, very rarely organizational." https://blog.frankel.ch/2025-retrospective/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel
[12:25]	TR Bot	 2025 in retrospective
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[12:28]	TR News	openmamba 20260105 is out https://distrowatch.com/openmamba
[12:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/openmamba )
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[12:28]	TR News	Ubuntu Sway 25.10 also out https://distrowatch.com/ubuntusway
[12:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ubuntusway )
[12:30]	TR News	BotWave and Raspberry PI: Control FM Clients and Enlarge your Network (Part 2) https://peppe8o.com/botwave-raspberry-pi-network-part-2/
[12:30]	TR Bot	 BotWave and Raspberry PI: Control FM Clients and Enlarge your Network (Part 2)
[12:31]	TR News	Allwinner V861 dual-core 64-bit RISC-V Hey Hi (AI) Camera SiP features 128MB DDR3L, 4K H.265/H.264 video encoder https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/04/allwinner-v861-dual-core-64-bit-risc-v-ai-camera-sip-features-128mb-ddr3l-4k-h-265-h-264-video-encoder/
[12:31]	TR Bot	 Allwinner V861 dual-core 64-bit RISC-V AI Camera SiP features 128MB DDR3L, 4K H.265/H.264 video encoder - CNX Software
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[12:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, RISC-V https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_RISC_V.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_RISC_V.gmi 
[12:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, RISC-V
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[12:37]	TR News	"Filterable HTML named colours with colour contrast values and copy functionality" https://frills.dev/experiments/html-named-colors/ |
[12:37]	TR Bot	 HTML named colors - Frills
[12:38]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/01/2026: Slop Ruining Children's Minds, "Complicity of the Press in US Violence" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_Slop_Ruining_Children_s_Minds_Complicity_of_th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_Slop_Ruining_Children_s_Minds_Complicity_of_th.gmi 
[12:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/01/2026: Slop Ruining Children's Minds, "Complicity of the Press in US Violence"
[12:38]	TR News	Two GNU/Linux Distributions Im Watching Closely in 2026 https://linuxiac.com/two-linux-distributions-im-watching-closely-in-2026/
[12:38]	TR Bot	 Two Linux Distributions I'm Watching Closely in 2026
[12:40]	TR News	New GeForce NOW native GNU/Linux support could lure backdoored Windows 10 refugees https://www.neowin.net/news/new-geforce-now-native-linux-support-could-lure-windows-10-refugees/
[12:40]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/new-geforce-now-native-linux-support-could-lure-windows-10-refugees/ )
[12:41]	TR News	What Is Liquorix Kernel? Should You Use It? https://itsfoss.com/liquorix-kernel/
[12:41]	TR Bot	 What Is Liquorix Kernel? Should You Use It?
[12:41]	TR News	Refine 0.7.0 added Hidden Break Reminder Options for GNOME https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/refine-0-7-0-added-hidden-break-reminder-gnome/
[12:41]	TR Bot	 Refine 0.7.0 added Hidden Break Reminder Options for GNOME | UbuntuHandbook
[12:42]	TR News	Jotit simple note taking https://www.linuxlinks.com/jotit-simple-note-taking/
[12:42]	TR Bot	- simple note taking - LinuxLinks
[12:42]	TR News	bvi hex editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/bvi-hex-editor/
[12:42]	TR Bot	- hex editor - LinuxLinks
[12:42]	TR News	Jump quick and fuzzy directory jumper https://www.linuxlinks.com/jump-quick-fuzzy-directory-jumper/
[12:42]	TR Bot	- quick and fuzzy directory jumper - LinuxLinks
[12:43]	TR News	Ekphos terminal-based research tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/ekphos-terminal-based-research-tool/
[12:43]	TR Bot	- terminal-based research tool - LinuxLinks
[12:43]	TR News	PeekFetch interactive system information https://www.linuxlinks.com/peekfetch-interactive-system-information/
[12:43]	TR Bot	- interactive system information - LinuxLinks
[12:44]	TR News	"GNU indirect function (ifunc) is a mechanism making a direct function call resolve to an implementation picked by a resolver." https://maskray.me/blog/2021-01-18-gnu-indirect-function | Source: MaskRay
[12:44]	TR Bot	 GNU indirect function | MaskRay
[12:44]	TR News	"This is the third part of a series exploring how C, C++, and Rust manage memory at a low level. In Part I we examined how memory is organized at the hardware level." https://lukefleed.xyz/posts/who-owns-the-memory-pt3/ |
[12:44]	TR Bot	 Who Owns the Memory? Part 3: How Big Is your Type? | Luca Lombardo
[12:44]	TR News	"In the first part of this series, we saw that objects occupy storage, that storage has duration, and that the type system imposes structure on raw bytes." https://lukefleed.xyz/posts/who-owns-the-memory-pt2/ |
[12:44]	TR Bot	 Who Owns the Memory? Part 2: Who Calls Free? | Luca Lombardo
[12:44]	TR News	"Here's a little "cognitive complexity" tip for your next programming project: get rid of your else statements." https://flower.codes/2026/01/04/elseless.html | Source: Zach Flower
[12:44]	TR Bot	 flower.codes
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[12:55]	TR News	"I think it was the right license and it still is the right license." https://thenewstack.io/linus-torvalds-gets-candid-about-windows-workflows-and-ai/ | Source: The New Stack
[12:55]	TR Bot	 Linus Torvalds Gets Candid About Windows, Workflows, and AI - The New Stack
[12:56]	TR News	"But I like my plain-text files. And I love my native writing app." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/os-as-cms/ | Source: Jim Nielsen
[12:56]	TR Bot	 Creating Edit Links That Open Plain-Text Source Files in a Native App - Jim Nielsens Blog
[12:57]	TR News	"But I could not stick with any other browser either. The experience generally sucked. I have tried them all. Firefox (again). Orion. Vivaldi." https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2026/4-jan-2026-at-4-33-pm/ | Source: Amit Gawande
[12:57]	TR Bot	 4 Jan 2026 at 4:33PM
[12:57]	TR News	"(This lists upgradeable files, finds the ones matching the pattern libreoffice-????-??, then cuts out the first field of each line, where / is the delimiter, and dumps the result in a file called tempp, because I already had one called temp.)" https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/cleaning-up-libreoffice-locales/ | Source: Darren Goossens
[12:57]	TR Bot	 Cleaning up LibreOffice locales DSPACE
[12:57]	TR News	"This post announces a patch release for the darktable styles I published two days ago." https://jssfr.de/dtsolve/2026-01-04-fujifilm-darktable-styles-1.1.html | Source: Jonas Schfer
[12:57]	TR Bot	styles mimicing Fujifilm film simulations, version 1.1 jssfr.de
● Jan 05
[13:00]	TR News	"Does reading this website count towards learning skills to deal with inevitable layoffs?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke3n3tjk
[13:00]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke3n3tjk )
[13:00]	TR News	"Fewer people probably know that while typing a command you can use Ctrl-R to insert the object under the cursor. There are several objects supported by this: [...]" https://batsov.com/articles/2026/01/04/how-to-vim-insert-thing-at-point-in-command-mode/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov
[13:00]	TR Bot	 How to Vim: Insert Thing at Point in Command Mode - (think)
[13:00]	TR News	"This will replace all instances of target in the current buffer (thats what the % is about) with target." https://batsov.com/articles/2026/01/04/how-to-vim-alternative-approach-to-find-and-replace/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov
[13:00]	TR Bot	 How to Vim: Alternative Approach to Find and Replace - (think)
[13:02]	TR News	Slop.... about slop... about Microsoft https://news.ssbcrack.com/microsofts-2026-vision-a-future-fixated-on-ai/ see https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Ponzi_Schemes_Are_Useful_to_Corrupt_CEOs.shtml
[13:02]	TR Bot	 Microsoft's 2026 Vision: A Future Fixated on AI - SSBCrack News
[13:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights Ponzi Schemes Are Useful (to Corrupt CEOs)
[13:02]	TR News	"When dealing with prose (regular text), its good to know a couple of essential Vim motions: [...]" https://batsov.com/articles/2026/01/04/how-to-vim-navigating-prose-in-style/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov
[13:02]	TR Bot	 How to Vim: Navigating Prose in Style - (think)
[13:03]	TR News	"The Clicks Communicator is smaller and it has a proper QWERTY keyboard. It is all very BlackBerry, and I love that." https://kevquirk.com/blog/i-ve-pre-ordered-the-clicks-communicator/ | Source: Kev Quirk
[13:03]	TR Bot	 I've Pre-Ordered the Clicks Communicator | Kev Quirk
[13:03]	TR News	"After the early December preview-release of Manjaro Linux 25.1, the team has today officially pushed a new stable update, marking the release of Manjaro 26, code-named Anh-Linh, following the previous Zetar release from April 2025." https://linuxiac.com/manjaro-26-released-with-plasma-6-5-and-gnome-49-on-wayland/ | Source: Linuxiac
[13:03]	TR Bot	 Manjaro 26 Released With Plasma 6.5 and GNOME 49 on Wayland
[13:04]	TR News	"As we already informed you, the headline change is the move to Plasma 6.5 and GNOME 49, both now configured to use Wayland by default." https://linuxiac.com/manjaro-26-released-with-plasma-6-5-and-gnome-49-on-wayland/ | Source: Linuxiac
[13:04]	TR News	"Philip Mller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 26, a major update of the project's set of rolling-release distributions with a choice of GNOME, KDE Plasma and Xfce desktops" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12692 | Source: Distro Watch
[13:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12692 )
[13:05]	TR News	"Welcome to the Spring 2025 (25.03) release of the CheriBSD operating system." https://www.cheribsd.org/release-notes/25.03/index.html |
[13:05]	TR Bot	 CheriBSD 25.03 Release Notes
[13:26]	TR News	Techrights Time for Microsoft to Rebrand to Fit the Vapourware (Ponzi Scheme) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Time_for_Microsoft_to_Rebrand_to_Fit_the_Vapourware_Ponzi_Schem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Time_for_Microsoft_to_Rebrand_to_Fit_the_Vapourware_Ponzi_Schem.gmi 
[13:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights Time for Microsoft to Rebrand to Fit the Vapourware (Ponzi Scheme)
[13:32]	TR News	"[...] Then, in our News section, we talk about the FreeBSD Foundation working to improve laptop support and we report on a new X11 server which has entered development." https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260105 | Source: Distro Watch
[13:32]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260105 )
[13:32]	TR News	"Although this Linux distribution does have a slight learning curve, you can have it up and running fairly quickly." https://thenewstack.io/openmediavault-a-linux-based-solution-for-building-a-nas/ | Source: The New Stack
[13:32]	TR Bot	 OpenMediaVault, a Linux-Based Solution for Building a NAS - The New Stack
[13:34]	TR News	This Week in KDE Apps https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/04/this-week-in-kde-apps/
[13:34]	TR Bot	 This Week in KDE Apps - KDE Blogs
[13:35]	TR News	39C3 https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/01/04/39c3.html
[13:35]	TR Bot	 39C3
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[13:46]	TR News	worldwide
[13:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Rises to 6% in Fiji https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_6_in_Fiji.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_6_in_Fiji.gmi 
[13:55]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Rises to 6% in Fiji
[13:56]	TR News	"Wayland is the successor to the X server (X11, Xorg) to implement the graphics stack on Linux." https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2026-01-04-wayland-sway-in-2026/ | Source: Michael Stapelberg
[13:56]	TR Bot	 Can I finally start using Wayland in 2026? - Michael Stapelberg
● Jan 05
[14:05]	TR News	"Continuing the setup of my home NAS on FreeBSD." https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-6-samba-server-and-client-connections/ | Source: Arseny
[14:05]	TR Bot	 FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 6 Samba server and client connections
[14:05]	TR News	"And today, finally, we will do the main part set up a ZFS pool on real disks, look at working with datasets, encryption, snapshots, and monitoring." https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-5-zfs-pool-datasets-snapshots-and-zfs-monitoring/ | Source: Arseny
[14:05]	TR Bot	 FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 5 ZFS pool, datasets, snapshots, and ZFS monitoring
[14:05]	TR News	"currently, to connect to any host in the networks, you have to specify an IP address." https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-4-local-dns-with-unbound/ | Source: Arseny
[14:05]	TR Bot	 FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 4 Local DNS with Unbound
[14:06]	TR News	"In the previous post, FreeBSD: introduction to Packet Filter (PF) firewall, we got acquainted with firewalls; the next step is to configure a VPN for access." https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-3-wireguard-vpn-linux-peer-and-routing/ | Source: Arseny
[14:06]	TR Bot	 FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 3 WireGuard VPN, Linux peer, and routing
[14:07]	TR News	"Weve since moved all our sites to the cloud. Our servers are now cattle, not pets. Nobody is going to have to drive to our New Jersey data center and replace or reboot hardware" https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/12/24/the-great-unracking-saying-goodbye-to-the-servers-at-our-physical-datacenter/ | Source: Stack Overflow
[14:07]	TR Bot	 The Great Unracking: Saying goodbye to the servers at our physical datacenter - Stack Overflow
[14:13]	TR News	Of course Microsoft Lunduke uses Microsoft GitHub. Does he even know how to configure Git?
[14:30]	TR News	Techrights IBM Buys, Then Disposes/Sacks, the Staff (That It Paid For) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IBM_Buys_Then_Disposes_Sacks_the_Staff_That_It_Paid_For.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IBM_Buys_Then_Disposes_Sacks_the_Staff_That_It_Paid_For.gmi 
[14:30]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Buys, Then Disposes/Sacks, the Staff (That It Paid For)
[14:46]	TR News	Techrights From GNU/Linux Boosting to Slop-Boosting Career https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/From_GNU_Linux_Boosting_to_Slop_Boosting_Career.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/From_GNU_Linux_Boosting_to_Slop_Boosting_Career.gmi 
[14:46]	TR Bot	 Techrights From GNU/Linux Boosting to Slop-Boosting Career
● Jan 05
[15:05]	TR News	Techrights Of Course GNU/Linux Has Reached All-Time High in Africa in 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Of_Course_GNU_Linux_Has_Reached_All_Time_High_in_Africa_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Of_Course_GNU_Linux_Has_Reached_All_Time_High_in_Africa_in_2026.gmi 
[15:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Of Course GNU/Linux Has Reached All-Time High in Africa in 2026
[15:11]	MinceR	(cat) https://imgchest.com/p/9ryd5ogn4kz
[15:11]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[15:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Grew in 2025, LLM Slop About GNU/Linux Gradually Died https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Grew_in_2025_LLM_Slop_About_GNU_Linux_Gradually_Died.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Grew_in_2025_LLM_Slop_About_GNU_Linux_Gradually_Died.gmi 
[15:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Grew in 2025, LLM Slop About GNU/Linux Gradually Died
[15:33]	TR News	Techrights Googlebombing for Bill Epsteingate https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Googlebombing_for_Bill_Epsteingate.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Googlebombing_for_Bill_Epsteingate.gmi 
[15:33]	TR Bot	 Techrights Googlebombing for Bill Epsteingate
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[15:50]	TR News	Techrights Baidu and Yandex Have Overtaken Microsoft in Asia https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Baidu_and_Yandex_Have_Overtaken_Microsoft_in_Asia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Baidu_and_Yandex_Have_Overtaken_Microsoft_in_Asia.gmi 
[15:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights Baidu and Yandex Have Overtaken Microsoft in Asia
[15:57]	MinceR	https://i.imgur.com/K2wVWC5.jpeg
● Jan 05
[16:08]	TR News	Techrights Remember That Nobel Prizes Are All Named After the Inventor of Explosives (Even a "Nobel Prize for Peace") https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Remember_That_Nobel_Prizes_Are_All_Named_After_the_Inventor_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Remember_That_Nobel_Prizes_Are_All_Named_After_the_Inventor_of_.gmi 
[16:08]	TR Bot	 Techrights Remember That Nobel Prizes Are All Named After the Inventor of Explosives (Even a "Nobel Prize for Peace")
[16:10]	TR News	Can ISIS also win Nobel for Peace for "Jihad" that uses TNT? Or will ISIS not qualify?
[16:11]	TR News	Unless Kissinger kisses their hand or something... bombing is OK when "good" (according to themselves) do it.
[16:14]	TR News	Building connections: India seeks to redraw energy map with green power grid plans https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/building-connections-india-seeks-to-redraw-energy-map-with-green-power-grid-plans
[16:14]	TR Bot	 Building connections: India seeks to redraw energy map with green power grid plans | The Straits Times
[16:15]	TR News	South Korean mathematician solves 60-year-old maths puzzle https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-mathematician-solves-60-year-old-math-puzzle
[16:15]	TR Bot	 South Korean mathematician solves 60-year-old maths puzzle | The Straits Times
[16:20]	TR News	Why China is racing to develop its own commercial jet engine https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/sovereignty-in-the-skies-why-china-is-racing-to-develop-its-own-commercial-jet-engine
[16:20]	TR Bot	 Why China is racing to develop its own commercial jet engine | The Straits Times
[16:20]	TR News	Pete Zaitcev: The fall of LJ https://zaitcev.livejournal.com/269796.html https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/No_Writing_Isn_t_in_Decline_Some_of_the_Large_and_Centralised_P.shtml
[16:20]	TR Bot	 The fall of LJ: zaitcev LiveJournal
[16:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights No, Writing Isn't in Decline, Some of the Large and Centralised Platforms Are
[16:20]	TR News	Kernel prepatch 6.19-rc4 https://lwn.net/Articles/1052732/
[16:20]	TR Bot	prepatch 6.19-rc4 [LWN.net]
[16:22]	TR News	Jussi Pakkanen: Converting Chapterizer from Cairo + Pango to CapyPDF https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/01/converting-chapterizer-from-cairo-pango.html
[16:22]	TR Bot	 Nibble Stew: Converting Chapterizer from Cairo + Pango to CapyPDF
[16:23]	TR News	Dr. Richard Stallman (RMS) Giving Another Talk This Month, First in 2026 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/01/04/first-rms-talk-in-2026/
[16:24]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Dr. Richard Stallman (RMS) Giving Another Talk This Month, First in 2026
[16:26]	TR News	"I was genuinely sad to hear that the CBS Reality TV channel has closed down. It feels like the end of a small but meaningful era of comfort television." gemini://station.martinrue.com/sava/216c4021764f45b799823f171555b0d9
[16:27]	TR News	"CBS Reality was never flashy or cutting-edge, but that was part of its charm. It was dependable. You could turn it on at almost any time of day and know exactly what kind of show you were going to get: familiar, simple, and oddly reassuring." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/farewell-to-cbs-reality/
[16:28]	TR News	"This year, during my review of the projects of the semester, Github decided to block my IP for one hour. During that hour, I simply could not access Github." gemini://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.gmi
[16:29]	TR News	[japan] [cat] [food] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-01-05.gmi
[16:29]	TR News	"If you happen to follow my website[1] you have potentially seen some recent mentions of my movement away from containers. I certainly had some early enthusiasm for them and found certain workflows they enabled to be helpful" gemini://going-flying.com/~mernisse/35.gmi
[16:30]	TR News	"Speaking broadly here, I actually love working in IT. Growing up, technology was one of the few things I had a genuine interest in and was "good" at. From a young age, I enjoyed experimenting with the BASIC programming language on my ZX Spectrum" gemini://capsule.valkyrieshowl.com/gemlog/joys-working-in-it-and-on-call.gmi
[16:31]	TR News	"This article the very gemtext page you are reading right now on my Gemini capsule began in a place many clearnet visitors might never encounter: the I2P network." gemini://justinmacauley.com/maverick.gmi
[16:32]	TR News	"The early 1990s were a time of transition for the internet. Before the graphical World Wide Web became dominant, the primary way to access online information was through the Gopher protocol, created in 1991 at the University of Minnesota." gemini://justinmacauley.com/allmusic.gmi
[16:33]	TR News	"Today I learned that the global digital ad spending market is projected to cross USD 700 billion in 2026. [1] Which is bigger than the GDP of Belgium. [2]" gopher://box.matto.nl/0/digital-ad-spending-usd-710-billion-in-2026.txt
[16:33]	TR News	qrencode gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/qrencode.txt
[16:34]	TR News	Discovered a game potentially even better than Bulls and Cows gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2026-01-05-discovered-new-game.txt
[16:36]	TR News	"I don't like reinventing the wheel. [...] In a matter of twenty-four hours, I found that two such situations had happened. Which means, I can close the topic on identifiers and simply point to other folk's work and build the little quirk I want on to of those." gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2026/01/04/other-smarter-people/
[16:39]	TR News	NVIDIA GeForce NOW to gain native Linux support https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-now-to-gain-native-linux-support
[16:39]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-now-to-gain-native-linux-support )
[16:41]	TR News	This gorgeous terminal UI changed how I use Docker on Linux https://www.makeuseof.com/this-gorgeous-terminal-ui-changed-how-i-use-docker-on-linux/
[16:41]	TR Bot	 This gorgeous terminal UI changed how I use Docker on Linux
[16:41]	TR News	"A cost-effective, Linux-based alternative to proprietary NAS devices, OMV is a powerful and flexible way to manage network storage on your own hardware." https://thenewstack.io/openmediavault-a-linux-based-solution-for-building-a-nas/
[16:41]	TR Bot	 OpenMediaVault, a Linux-Based Solution for Building a NAS - The New Stack
[16:42]	TR News	"Jokes about "the Year of the Linux Desktop" seem to have been around almost as long as Linux has. The last few years have seen more developers and desktop users taking Linux seriously." https://www.howtogeek.com/7-things-that-must-happen-in-2026-for-linux-to-steal-real-market-share-from-windows/
[16:42]	TR Bot	 7 things that must happen for Linux to overtake Windows in 2026
[16:42]	TR News	Fjall 3.0 Targets Embedded Linux Data Storage https://www.elektormagazine.com/news/fjall-3-0-embedded-storage
[16:42]	TR Bot	 Fjall 3.0: Rust Storage Engine for Embedded Linux | Elektor Magazine
[16:43]	TR News	"Most of the Linux distros I usually recommend to people tend to either use GNOME or KDE. Those 2 dominate the space, despite alternatives like XFCE and Cinnamon existing for years. There really hasnt been a desktop environment built specifically with a particular distro or hardware in mind." https://www.makeuseof.com/system76s-rust-based-cosmic-desktop-for-linux-is-here-and-its-amazing/
[16:43]	TR Bot	 System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop for Linux is here and it's amazing
[16:43]	TR News	GeForce
[16:43]	TR News	NVIDIA Prepares Native Support for GeForce Now on Linux https://www.eteknix.com/nvidia-prepares-native-support-for-geforce-now-on-linux/
[16:43]	TR Bot	Prepares Native Support for GeForce Now on Linux - eTeknix
[16:44]	TR News	Make Python scripts smarter with regex: 5 practical re examples https://www.howtogeek.com/make-python-scripts-smarter-with-regex-practical-re-examples/
[16:44]	TR Bot	 Make Python scripts smarter with regex: 5 practical re examples
[16:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[16:47]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[16:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[16:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[16:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[16:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[16:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi 
[16:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[16:57]	TR News	Exton 260104 "ArchEX" is out https://distrowatch.com/exton
[16:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/exton )
● Jan 05
[17:02]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 05/01/2026: Farewell to CBS Reality, Being On-Call, Digital Ad Spendings https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Gemini_Links_05_01_2026_Farewell_to_CBS_Reality_Being_On_Call_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Gemini_Links_05_01_2026_Farewell_to_CBS_Reality_Being_On_Call_D.gmi 
[17:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 05/01/2026: Farewell to CBS Reality, Being On-Call, Digital Ad Spendings
[17:05]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/01/2026: Tensions in Korea, Ukrainians See "Double Standard" in a US Russia-Style Invasion https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_Tensions_in_Korea_Ukrainians_See_Double_Standa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_Tensions_in_Korea_Ukrainians_See_Double_Standa.gmi 
[17:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/01/2026: Tensions in Korea, Ukrainians See "Double Standard" in a US Russia-Style Invasion
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[17:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Measured as Exceeding 7% in Burkina Faso https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Measured_as_Exceeding_7_in_Burkina_Faso.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Measured_as_Exceeding_7_in_Burkina_Faso.gmi 
[17:32]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Measured as Exceeding 7% in Burkina Faso
[17:34]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], I'm on the phone with Chase trying to file an appeal so I can get back in with their Amazon Visa.
[17:34]	Isambard_Prince	They lost some money on me years ago but it was not an absolute fortune. I've heard other people say that this is their easiest card to get and an appeal was successful.
[17:40]	Isambard_Prince	Okay, the appeal was successful. :)
[17:40]	Isambard_Prince	They gave me a $250 Amazon gift card too. Not bad
[17:57]	TR News	Techrights To The Register MS, ARM Means Microsoft Windows (Follow the Money) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/To_The_Register_MS_ARM_Means_Microsoft_Windows_Follow_the_Money.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/To_The_Register_MS_ARM_Means_Microsoft_Windows_Follow_the_Money.gmi 
[17:57]	TR Bot	 Techrights To The Register MS, ARM Means Microsoft Windows (Follow the Money)
[17:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	Amazon Visa?
[17:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	what is this?
[17:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	it'sa like Mcirosoft Apple
[17:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	two companies
[17:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	one card?
[17:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	debt you can only use in amazon.com?
● Jan 05
[18:01]	TR News	China may take time to lift unofficial ban on South Korean culture: Official https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-may-take-time-to-lift-unofficial-ban-on-korean-culture-south-korean-official-says
[18:01]	TR Bot	 China may take time to lift unofficial ban on South Korean culture: Official | The Straits Times
[18:02]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], No, it's an open loop credit card.
[18:03]	Isambard_Prince	The one from Synchrony is the closed loop one that only works on Amazon and Whole Foods.
[18:04]	TR News	Print Pixel Art To A Floppy Disk https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/print-pixel-art-to-a-floppy-disk/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:04]	TR Bot	Pixel Art To A Floppy Disk | Hackaday
[18:04]	Isambard_Prince	The Amazon Visa is a Chase card, but it's co-branded.
[18:04]	Isambard_Prince	The best rewards are at Amazon, like 5%, liky the Synchrony.
[18:04]	Isambard_Prince	But it's a regular credit card that does have other rewards like 2% at gas stations and restaurants. 1% everywhere else.
[18:05]	Isambard_Prince	It's primarily intended to be used on Amazon.
[18:05]	Isambard_Prince	It's easier to get approved for than other Chase cards because these deals usually involve the company that co-brands demanding more lax lending standards from the bank in order to get the contract.
[18:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	use cash
[18:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	much better
[18:06]	Isambard_Prince	In the case of the Walmart Capital One which we used to have, Walmart told Capital One that they'd share credit card write-offs if Capital One lowered the standards for that card.
[18:07]	TR News	15,000 Pounds https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/bicycle-tows-15000-pounds/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:07]	TR Bot	Tows 15,000 Pounds | Hackaday
[18:08]	TR News	"Have you heard the saying the problem is the solution? It seems to originate in the permaculture movement, but it can apply equally well to electronics." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/an-rpn-calculator-and-a-bonus-vfd-clock-from-casio-revival/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:08]	TR Bot	RPN Calculator And A Bonus VFD Clock From Casio Revival | Hackaday
[18:08]	TR News	"Do you remember ReBoot? If you were into early CGI, the name probably rings a bell, since when it premiered in 1994 it was the first fully computer-animated show on TV." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/reviving-reboot-with-a-tape-deck-repair/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:08]	TR Bot	ReBoot With A Tape Deck Repair | Hackaday
[18:09]	TR News	Mark Kapo-bergs Former Top Hey Hi (AI) Scientist Reveals Exactly Why He Quit https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-top-ai-scientist-reason-quit
[18:09]	TR Bot	 Mark Zuckerberg's Former Top AI Scientist Reveals Exactly Why He Quit
[18:09]	TR News	The Most Popular Streamer on Twitch Is Now an Hey Hi (AI) Construct https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-twitch-streamer-neuro-sama
[18:09]	TR Bot	 The Most Popular Streamer on Twitch Is Now an AI-Powered Entity
[18:10]	TR News	Parents of disturbed passenger who died after crawling into engine of Delta plane sue Salt Lake City https://nypost.com/2026/01/04/us-news/parents-of-disturbed-passenger-who-died-after-crawling-into-engine-of-delta-plane-sue-salt-lake-city/
[18:10]	TR Bot	 Parents of disturbed passenger who died after crawling into engine of Delta plane sue Salt Lake City | New York Post
[18:15]	TR News	Microsoft CEO Begs Users to Stop Calling It Slop https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-satya-nadella-ai-slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Ponzi_Schemes_Are_Useful_to_Corrupt_CEOs.shtml
[18:15]	TR Bot	 Microsoft CEO Begs Users to Stop Calling It "Slop"
[18:15]	TR Bot	 Techrights Ponzi Schemes Are Useful (to Corrupt CEOs)
[18:17]	TR News	Cryptocurrency Scam Emails and Web Pages As We Enter 2026, (Sun, Jan 4th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32594 'Cryptocurrency' IS a scam
[18:17]	TR Bot	 Cryptocurrency Scam Emails and Web Pages As We Enter 2026
[18:18]	TR News	Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping - Review https://boilingsteam.com/duck-detective-the-ghost-of-glamping-review/index.html
[18:18]	TR Bot	 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping - Review
[18:18]	TR News	How to Install Betterbird on FunOS https://funos.org/install-betterbird-funos/
[18:18]	TR Bot	 How to Install Betterbird on FunOS FunOS
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[18:24]	TR News	How To Install Prometheus on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-prometheus-rocky-linux-10/
[18:25]	TR Bot	 How To Install Prometheus on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot
[18:25]	TR News	How To Install Prometheus on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-prometheus-debian-13/
[18:25]	TR Bot	 How To Install Prometheus on Debian 13 - idroot
[18:25]	TR News	How To Install Taiga on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-taiga-debian-13/
[18:25]	TR Bot	 How To Install Taiga on Debian 13 - idroot
[18:25]	TR News	How To Install Elasticsearch on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-elasticsearch-debian-13/
[18:25]	TR Bot	 How To Install Elasticsearch on Debian 13 - idroot
[18:26]	TR News	How To Install Elasticsearch on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-elasticsearch-fedora-43/
[18:26]	TR Bot	 How To Install Elasticsearch on Fedora 43 - idroot
[18:27]	TR News	I See Live People | LINUX Unplugged 648 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/648/
[18:27]	TR Bot	 I See Live People | LINUX Unplugged 648 | Jupiter Broadcasting
[18:28]	TR News	Pakistan court sentences journalists, YouTubers and former military official over 2023 riots https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/pakistan-court-sentences-journalists-youtubers-and-former-military-officials-over-2023-riots/
[18:28]	TR Bot	 Pakistan court sentences journalists, YouTubers and former military official over 2023 riots - JURIST - News
[18:31]	TR News	Sahil Dhiman: Full /8 IPv4 Address Block Holders in 2025 https://blog.sahilister.in/2026/01/full-/8-ipv4-address-block-holders-in-2025/
[18:31]	TR Bot	 Full /8 IPv4 Address Block Holders in 2025
[18:32]	TR News	"Modifying A QingPing Air Quality Monitor For Local MQTT Access" https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/modifying-a-qingping-air-quality-monitor-for-local-mqtt-access/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:32]	TR Bot	A QingPing Air Quality Monitor For Local MQTT Access | Hackaday
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[18:42]	TR News	Disturbing Messages Show Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-murder-suicide-lawsuit
[18:42]	TR Bot	 Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
● Jan 05
[19:15]	MinceR	https://i.imgur.com/eX7D8nl.jpeg
● Jan 05
[20:15]	admfubar	:O
[20:16]	admfubar	https://consortiuminfo.org/opendocument-and-ooxml/will-donald-trump-help-odf-rise-again/
[20:16]	TR Bot	Donald Trump Help ODF Rise Again? | ConsortiumInfo.org
[20:16]	MinceR	lol
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[20:25]		*Topic for #techrights is: Techrights.org IRC discussions @ localhost | Channel #techrights for http://techrights.org [logged online] :: please also join channels #boycottnovell-social #techbytes and #boycottnovell for related discussions. For scrollback see http://techrights.org/irc-channel/
[20:25]		*Topic for #techrights set by schestowitz!~roy@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc at Fri Jun 18 16:51:47 2021
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[20:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  postmarketOS 25.12 Linux Mobile OS Rolls Out Based on Alpine Linux 3.23 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/23/postmarketOS_25_12_Linux_Mobile_OS_Rolls_Out_Based_on_Alpine_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/23/postmarketOS_25_12_Linux_Mobile_OS_Rolls_Out_Based_on_Alpine_Li.gmi 
[20:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Parrot 7.0 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with KDE Plasma, RISC-V Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/24/Parrot_7_0_Ethical_Hacking_Distro_Released_with_KDE_Plasma_RISC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/24/Parrot_7_0_Ethical_Hacking_Distro_Released_with_KDE_Plasma_RISC.gmi 
[20:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines postmarketOS 25.12 Linux Mobile OS Rolls Out Based on Alpine Linux 3.23
[20:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Parrot 7.0 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with KDE Plasma, RISC-V Support
[20:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 4th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_January_4th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_January_4th_2026.gmi 
[20:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 4th, 2026
[20:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Australia in 2026: New High for GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/Australia_in_2026_New_High_for_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/Australia_in_2026_New_High_for_GNU_Linux.gmi 
[20:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Scientific Publishing, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Scientific_Publishing_and_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Scientific_Publishing_and_S.gmi 
[20:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Australia in 2026: New High for GNU/Linux
[20:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Scientific Publishing, and Standards
[20:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Rises to 5% "Market Share" in Afghanistan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_5_Market_Share_in_Afghanistan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_5_Market_Share_in_Afghanistan.gmi 
[20:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Rises to 5% "Market Share" in Afghanistan
[20:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Manjaro 26.0 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.5, and GNOME 49 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/Manjaro_26_0_Released_with_Linux_6_18_LTS_Xfce_4_20_KDE_Plasma_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/Manjaro_26_0_Released_with_Linux_6_18_LTS_Xfce_4_20_KDE_Plasma_.gmi 
[20:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Manjaro 26.0 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.5, and GNOME 49
[20:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Programming, Databases, Education With Free Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/Programming_Databases_Education_With_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/Programming_Databases_Education_With_Free_Software.gmi 
[20:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming, Databases, Education With Free Software
[20:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/today_s_leftovers.gmi 
[20:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[20:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Web Browsers/Web Servers Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/04/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers Leftovers
[20:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  7 things that must happen for Linux to overtake Windows in 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/7_things_that_must_happen_for_Linux_to_overtake_Windows_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/7_things_that_must_happen_for_Linux_to_overtake_Windows_in_2026.gmi 
[20:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 7 things that must happen for Linux to overtake Windows in 2026
[20:29]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[20:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Besgnulinux JWM 3-2 Full, Simple and Core ready to use https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Besgnulinux_JWM_3_2_Full_Simple_and_Core_ready_to_use.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Besgnulinux_JWM_3_2_Full_Simple_and_Core_ready_to_use.gmi 
[20:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Besgnulinux JWM 3-2 Full, Simple and Core ready to use
[20:30]	admfubar	isnt that special???... https://www.neowin.net/news/popular-windows-11-debloating-tool-updated-with-better-ai-removal/
[20:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/popular-windows-11-debloating-tool-updated-with-better-ai-removal/ )
[20:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Forlinx Embedded introduces FET1126Bx-S industrial SoM for edge AI and vision https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Forlinx_Embedded_introduces_FET1126Bx_S_industrial_SoM_for_edge.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Forlinx_Embedded_introduces_FET1126Bx_S_industrial_SoM_for_edge.gmi 
[20:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Forlinx Embedded introduces FET1126Bx-S industrial SoM for edge AI and vision
[20:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[20:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[20:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[20:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Gnoppix 26 - Merry Christmas - A Happy New Year from Gnoppix! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Gnoppix_26_Merry_Christmas_A_Happy_New_Year_from_Gnoppix.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Gnoppix_26_Merry_Christmas_A_Happy_New_Year_from_Gnoppix.gmi 
[20:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Gnoppix 26 - Merry Christmas - A Happy New Year from Gnoppix!
[20:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Grew in 2025, LLM Slop About GNU/Linux Gradually Died https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Grew_in_2025_LLM_Slop_About_GNU_Linux_Gradually_Died.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Grew_in_2025_LLM_Slop_About_GNU_Linux_Gradually_Died.gmi 
[20:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Grew in 2025, LLM Slop About GNU/Linux Gradually Died
[20:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Measured as Exceeding 7% in Burkina Faso https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Measured_as_Exceeding_7_in_Burkina_Faso.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Measured_as_Exceeding_7_in_Burkina_Faso.gmi 
[20:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Measured as Exceeding 7% in Burkina Faso
[20:35]	admfubar	that is so kind of them!!!... https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-will-soon-let-you-see-fewer-ads-in-windows-11/
[20:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-will-soon-let-you-see-fewer-ads-in-windows-11/ )
[20:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Rises to 6% in Fiji https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_6_in_Fiji.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_6_in_Fiji.gmi 
[20:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Rises to 6% in Fiji
[20:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux 6.19-rc4 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Linux_6_19_rc4.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Linux_6_19_rc4.gmi 
[20:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux 6.19-rc4
[20:38]	TR News	Techrights 2026 Should be the Year We All Stop Saying "AI" and Call Things What They Really Are https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/2026_Should_be_the_Year_We_All_Stop_Saying_AI_and_Call_Things_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/2026_Should_be_the_Year_We_All_Stop_Saying_AI_and_Call_Things_W.gmi 
[20:38]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 04/01/2026: 64-bit Addressing and 39th Chaos Communication Congress https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Gemini_Links_04_01_2026_64_bit_Addressing_and_39th_Chaos_Commun.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Gemini_Links_04_01_2026_64_bit_Addressing_and_39th_Chaos_Commun.gmi 
[20:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights 2026 Should be the Year We All Stop Saying "AI" and Call Things What They Really Are
[20:38]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Surges to About 4% in Peru This Year https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/GNU_Linux_Surges_to_About_4_in_Peru_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/GNU_Linux_Surges_to_About_4_in_Peru_This_Year.gmi 
[20:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 04/01/2026: 64-bit Addressing and 39th Chaos Communication Congress
[20:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Surges to About 4% in Peru This Year
[20:39]	admfubar	https://pogowasright.org/state-law-aims-to-give-hoosiers-more-control-of-their-electronic-data/
[20:39]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://pogowasright.org/state-law-aims-to-give-hoosiers-more-control-of-their-electronic-data/ )
[20:39]	MinceR	hoosier daddy?!
[20:40]	TR News	Techrights Links 04/01/2026: US Imperialism in Greenland and Venezuela, "Climate Protesters Face Greater Risk of Crackdown Amid Rising Authoritarianism" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Links_04_01_2026_US_Imperialism_in_Greenland_and_Venezuela_Clim.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Links_04_01_2026_US_Imperialism_in_Greenland_and_Venezuela_Clim.gmi 
[20:40]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 04/01/2026: US Imperialism in Greenland and Venezuela, "Climate Protesters Face Greater Risk of Crackdown Amid Rising Authoritarianism"
[20:41]	admfubar	https://www.rawstory.com/maha-2674848625/
[20:41]	TR Bot	 MAGA faction revolts as GOP slips 'middle finger' into latest spending bill: report - Raw Story
[20:42]	TR News	 (NEW):  New GeForce NOW native Linux support could lure Windows 10 refugees https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/New_GeForce_NOW_native_Linux_support_could_lure_Windows_10_refu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/New_GeForce_NOW_native_Linux_support_could_lure_Windows_10_refu.gmi 
[20:42]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines New GeForce NOW native Linux support could lure Windows 10 refugees
[20:42]	TR News	Techrights Links 04/01/2026: War Without Borders, "Large Hadron Collider Being Shut Down" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Links_04_01_2026_War_Without_Borders_Large_Hadron_Collider_Bein.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Links_04_01_2026_War_Without_Borders_Large_Hadron_Collider_Bein.gmi 
[20:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 04/01/2026: War Without Borders, "Large Hadron Collider Being Shut Down"
[20:44]		*darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights
[20:44]	TR News	 (NEW):  New Year, New Reality: GNU/Linux Has Risen to Record High in New Zealand https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/New_Year_New_Reality_GNU_Linux_Has_Risen_to_Record_High_in_New_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/New_Year_New_Reality_GNU_Linux_Has_Risen_to_Record_High_in_New_.gmi 
[20:44]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines New Year, New Reality: GNU/Linux Has Risen to Record High in New Zealand
[20:44]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, RISC-V https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_RISC_V.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_RISC_V.gmi 
[20:44]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, RISC-V
[20:44]	TR News	Techrights Outline of Slop, LLMs, IBM, and Things to Come https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Outline_of_Slop_LLMs_IBM_and_Things_to_Come.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Outline_of_Slop_LLMs_IBM_and_Things_to_Come.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Outline of Slop, LLMs, IBM, and Things to Come
[20:45]	TR News	Techrights The Doors Are Closing, Windows Closing Too https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/The_Doors_Are_Closing_Windows_Closing_Too.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/The_Doors_Are_Closing_Windows_Closing_Too.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Doors Are Closing, Windows Closing Too
[20:45]	TR News	Techrights The FSF's Program Manager, Dr. Miriam Sabrina Bastian, Left in October to Lead Climate School https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/The_FSF_s_Program_Manager_Dr_Miriam_Sabrina_Bastian_Left_in_Oct.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/The_FSF_s_Program_Manager_Dr_Miriam_Sabrina_Bastian_Left_in_Oct.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights The FSF's Program Manager, Dr. Miriam Sabrina Bastian, Left in October to Lead Climate School
[20:45]	TR News	Techrights This Year Our Adoption of IRC Turns 18 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/This_Year_Our_Adoption_of_IRC_Turns_18.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/This_Year_Our_Adoption_of_IRC_Turns_18.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights This Year Our Adoption of IRC Turns 18
[20:45]	TR News	Techrights Windows Was Always the Punchline https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Windows_Was_Always_the_Punchline.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Windows_Was_Always_the_Punchline.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Windows Was Always the Punchline
[20:45]	TR News	Techrights Baidu and Yandex Have Overtaken Microsoft in Asia https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Baidu_and_Yandex_Have_Overtaken_Microsoft_in_Asia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Baidu_and_Yandex_Have_Overtaken_Microsoft_in_Asia.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Baidu and Yandex Have Overtaken Microsoft in Asia
[20:45]	TR News	Techrights Battles Are Won in the Court of Public Opinion https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Battles_Are_Won_in_the_Court_of_Public_Opinion.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Battles_Are_Won_in_the_Court_of_Public_Opinion.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Battles Are Won in the Court of Public Opinion
[20:45]	TR News	Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXV - While EPO Managers Snort Cocaine the Staff Compiles 'Insurance Files' to Expose EPO Corruption https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXV_While_EPO_Managers_Snort_Cocaine_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/EPO_People_Power_Part_XXV_While_EPO_Managers_Snort_Cocaine_the_.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO People Power - Part XXV - While EPO Managers Snort Cocaine the Staff Compiles 'Insurance Files' to Expose EPO Corruption
[20:45]	TR News	Techrights From GNU/Linux Boosting to Slop-Boosting Career https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/From_GNU_Linux_Boosting_to_Slop_Boosting_Career.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/From_GNU_Linux_Boosting_to_Slop_Boosting_Career.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights From GNU/Linux Boosting to Slop-Boosting Career
[20:45]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 05/01/2026: Farewell to CBS Reality, Being On-Call, Digital Ad Spendings https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Gemini_Links_05_01_2026_Farewell_to_CBS_Reality_Being_On_Call_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Gemini_Links_05_01_2026_Farewell_to_CBS_Reality_Being_On_Call_D.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 05/01/2026: Farewell to CBS Reality, Being On-Call, Digital Ad Spendings
[20:45]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 05/01/2026: "Poverty and Hunger", &quot;Entrepreneurial Family&quot;, &quot;Abandoning Obsidian for Logseq&quot; https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Gemini_Links_05_01_2026_Poverty_and_Hunger_Entrepreneurial_Fami.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Gemini_Links_05_01_2026_Poverty_and_Hunger_Entrepreneurial_Fami.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 05/01/2026: "Poverty and Hunger", "Entrepreneurial Family", "Abandoning Obsidian for Logseq"
[20:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  openmediavault/OMV8 (Synchrony) released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/openmediavault_OMV8_Synchrony_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/openmediavault_OMV8_Synchrony_released.gmi 
[20:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines openmediavault/OMV8 (Synchrony) released
[20:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  PearlOS 13 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/PearlOS_13.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/PearlOS_13.gmi 
[20:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines PearlOS 13
[20:46]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[20:47]		*psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)
[20:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  Recent Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Recent_Videos_About_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Recent_Videos_About_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software.gmi 
[20:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Recent Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software
[20:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  Refine 0.7.0 added Hidden Break Reminder Options for GNOME https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Refine_0_7_0_added_Hidden_Break_Reminder_Options_for_GNOME.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Refine_0_7_0_added_Hidden_Break_Reminder_Options_for_GNOME.gmi 
[20:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Refine 0.7.0 added Hidden Break Reminder Options for GNOME
[20:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  Review: postmarketOS 25.06 and 25.12 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Review_postmarketOS_25_06_and_25_12.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Review_postmarketOS_25_06_and_25_12.gmi 
[20:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Review: postmarketOS 25.06 and 25.12
[20:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  Slashdot Discussions About NVIDIA Giving Middle Finger to Linux, 'Modern Standby', Schedulers, Package Forge, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Slashdot_Discussions_About_NVIDIA_Giving_Middle_Finger_to_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Slashdot_Discussions_About_NVIDIA_Giving_Middle_Finger_to_Linux.gmi 
[20:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Slashdot Discussions About NVIDIA Giving Middle Finger to Linux, 'Modern Standby', Schedulers, Package Forge, and More
[20:49]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Distribution "Ultimate Edition" Fixes Its Web Site (Apparently Compromised Months Ago) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Distribution_Ultimate_Edition_Fixes_Its_Web_Site_Appa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Distribution_Ultimate_Edition_Fixes_Its_Web_Site_Appa.gmi 
[20:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Distribution "Ultimate Edition" Fixes Its Web Site (Apparently Compromised Months Ago)
[20:49]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Share in Mongolia More Than Doubles https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Share_in_Mongolia_More_Than_Doubles.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Share_in_Mongolia_More_Than_Doubles.gmi 
[20:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Share in Mongolia More Than Doubles
[20:49]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Usage Said to Have Doubled in Oceania https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Usage_Said_to_Have_Doubled_in_Oceania.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/GNU_Linux_Usage_Said_to_Have_Doubled_in_Oceania.gmi 
[20:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Usage Said to Have Doubled in Oceania
[20:51]	admfubar	boo boo bee doo...https://slashdot.org/story/26/01/04/2234236/fleischer-studios-criticized-for-claiming-betty-boop-is-not-public-domain
[20:51]	TR Bot	 Fleischer Studios Criticized for Claiming Betty Boop is Not Public Domain - Slashdot
[20:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop for Linux is here and it's amazing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/System76_s_Rust_based_COSMIC_desktop_for_Linux_is_here_and_it_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/System76_s_Rust_based_COSMIC_desktop_for_Linux_is_here_and_it_s.gmi 
[20:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop for Linux is here and it's amazing
[20:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  This Week in KDE Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/This_Week_in_KDE_Apps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/This_Week_in_KDE_Apps.gmi 
[20:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This Week in KDE Apps
[20:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[20:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[20:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[20:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi 
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[20:53]	TR News	Techrights Googlebombing for Bill Epsteingate https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Googlebombing_for_Bill_Epsteingate.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Googlebombing_for_Bill_Epsteingate.gmi 
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Googlebombing for Bill Epsteingate
[20:53]	TR News	Techrights IBM Buys, Then Disposes/Sacks, the Staff (That It Paid For) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IBM_Buys_Then_Disposes_Sacks_the_Staff_That_It_Paid_For.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IBM_Buys_Then_Disposes_Sacks_the_Staff_That_It_Paid_For.gmi 
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Buys, Then Disposes/Sacks, the Staff (That It Paid For)
[20:53]	TR News	Techrights IBM's CEO Makes No Sense https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IBM_s_CEO_Makes_No_Sense.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IBM_s_CEO_Makes_No_Sense.gmi 
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM's CEO Makes No Sense
[20:53]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 04, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_January_04_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_January_04_2026.gmi 
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 04, 2026
[20:53]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/01/2026: A Shrinking Canadian Economy, Brigitte Bardot's Environmentalism Recalled, Unredacted Epstein Files https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_A_Shrinking_Canadian_Economy_Brigitte_Bardot_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_A_Shrinking_Canadian_Economy_Brigitte_Bardot_s.gmi 
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/01/2026: A Shrinking Canadian Economy, Brigitte Bardot's Environmentalism Recalled, Unredacted Epstein Files
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/01/2026: Slop Ruining Children's Minds, "Complicity of the Press in US Violence" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_Slop_Ruining_Children_s_Minds_Complicity_of_th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_Slop_Ruining_Children_s_Minds_Complicity_of_th.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/01/2026: Slop Ruining Children's Minds, "Complicity of the Press in US Violence"
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/01/2026: Tensions in Korea, Ukrainians See "Double Standard" in a US Russia-Style Invasion https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_Tensions_in_Korea_Ukrainians_See_Double_Standa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Links_05_01_2026_Tensions_in_Korea_Ukrainians_See_Double_Standa.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/01/2026: Tensions in Korea, Ukrainians See "Double Standard" in a US Russia-Style Invasion
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Allegedly Uses Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) to Hide the Massive Scale of Company-Wide Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Microsoft_Allegedly_Uses_Performance_Improvement_Plans_PIPs_to_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Microsoft_Allegedly_Uses_Performance_Improvement_Plans_PIPs_to_.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Allegedly Uses Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) to Hide the Massive Scale of Company-Wide Layoffs
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft's Windows Falls Below 20% in the UK https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Microsoft_s_Windows_Falls_Below_20_in_the_UK.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Microsoft_s_Windows_Falls_Below_20_in_the_UK.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft's Windows Falls Below 20% in the UK
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights No, Writing Isn't in Decline, Some of the Large and Centralised Platforms Are https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/No_Writing_Isn_t_in_Decline_Some_of_the_Large_and_Centralised_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/No_Writing_Isn_t_in_Decline_Some_of_the_Large_and_Centralised_P.gmi 
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights Of Course GNU/Linux Has Reached All-Time High in Africa in 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Of_Course_GNU_Linux_Has_Reached_All_Time_High_in_Africa_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Of_Course_GNU_Linux_Has_Reached_All_Time_High_in_Africa_in_2026.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights No, Writing Isn't in Decline, Some of the Large and Centralised Platforms Are
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Of Course GNU/Linux Has Reached All-Time High in Africa in 2026
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights Remember That Nobel Prizes Are All Named After the Inventor of Explosives (Even a "Nobel Prize for Peace") https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Remember_That_Nobel_Prizes_Are_All_Named_After_the_Inventor_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Remember_That_Nobel_Prizes_Are_All_Named_After_the_Inventor_of_.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Remember That Nobel Prizes Are All Named After the Inventor of Explosives (Even a "Nobel Prize for Peace")
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights "The European Patent Reform" That Represents a Gross Violation of Laws, Constitutions, and Conventions (in Order to Make the Rich Even Richer, Mostly Outside Europe) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_European_Patent_Reform_That_Represents_a_Gross_Violation_of.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_European_Patent_Reform_That_Represents_a_Gross_Violation_of.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights "The European Patent Reform" That Represents a Gross Violation of Laws, Constitutions, and Conventions (in Order to Make the Rich Even Richer, Mostly Outside Europe)
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights The Real GNU Anniversary (Not Manifesto or Announcement) is Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_Real_GNU_Anniversary_Not_Manifesto_or_Announcement_is_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_Real_GNU_Anniversary_Not_Manifesto_or_Announcement_is_Today.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Real GNU Anniversary (Not Manifesto or Announcement) is Today
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights The Reputation Issue Is Not Our Fault https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_Reputation_Issue_Is_Not_Our_Fault.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/The_Reputation_Issue_Is_Not_Our_Fault.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Reputation Issue Is Not Our Fault
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights There's No Such Thing as "AI Godfather", Stop Repeating This Pure Nonsense! https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/There_s_No_Such_Thing_as_AI_Godfather_Stop_Repeating_This_Pure_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/There_s_No_Such_Thing_as_AI_Godfather_Stop_Repeating_This_Pure_.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights There's No Such Thing as "AI Godfather", Stop Repeating This Pure Nonsense!
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights Time for Microsoft to Rebrand to Fit the Vapourware (Ponzi Scheme) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Time_for_Microsoft_to_Rebrand_to_Fit_the_Vapourware_Ponzi_Schem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Time_for_Microsoft_to_Rebrand_to_Fit_the_Vapourware_Ponzi_Schem.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Time for Microsoft to Rebrand to Fit the Vapourware (Ponzi Scheme)
[20:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/today_s_leftovers.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights To The Register MS, ARM Means Microsoft Windows (Follow the Money) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/To_The_Register_MS_ARM_Means_Microsoft_Windows_Follow_the_Money.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/To_The_Register_MS_ARM_Means_Microsoft_Windows_Follow_the_Money.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights To The Register MS, ARM Means Microsoft Windows (Follow the Money)
[20:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  Two Linux Distributions Im Watching Closely in 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Two_Linux_Distributions_I_m_Watching_Closely_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/05/Two_Linux_Distributions_I_m_Watching_Closely_in_2026.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Two Linux Distributions Im Watching Closely in 2026
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