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[01:45]	MinceR	https://crzysdrs.net/dv/victim/295-unreal-tournament-got-me-into-college/
[01:45]	TR Bot	 Daily Victim Archive
[01:54]	admfubar	https://www.rawstory.com/tech-ceos-epstein-2675089892/
[01:54]	TR Bot	 Tech wives knew 'something terrible' was happening on Epstein's island: 'We need to leave' - Raw Story
[01:56]	admfubar	he regrets getting outed... https://www.salon.com/2026/02/04/i-was-foolish-to-spend-time-with-him-gates-says-he-regrets-associating-with-epstein/
[01:56]	TR Bot	was foolish to spend time with him": Gates says he "regrets" associating with Epstein - Salon.com
[01:57]	MinceR	:>
[01:57]	admfubar	https://www.salon.com/2026/02/04/among-the-darkest-days-washington-post-lays-off-a-third-of-its-staff-in-bloodbath/
[01:57]	TR Bot	the darkest days": Washington Post lays off a third of its staff in "bloodbath" - Salon.com
● Feb 05
[02:13]	admfubar	https://www.theverge.com/streaming/873416/piracy-streaming-boxes
[02:13]	TR Bot	 Everyone is stealing TV | The Verge
[02:14]	MinceR	we are? i didn't notice. where did i put that stolen TV?
[02:23]	admfubar	https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall
[02:23]	TR Bot	 You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11s AI overload | Windows Central
[02:24]	admfubar	https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/the-ai-boom-is-coming-for-apple-s-profit-margins/ar-AA1VpgpA
[02:24]		-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-MSN
[02:24]	MinceR	doesn't feel like winning
[02:27]	admfubar	sound more like whining...
[02:28]	MinceR	:>
[02:28]	admfubar	he does too... the bottom line must not look good from his vantage point... https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/sam-altman-got-exceptionally-testy-over-claude-super-bowl-ads/
[02:28]	TR Bot	Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads | TechCrunch
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[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-040226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-040226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-040226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-040226.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, February 04, 2026
[02:47]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-040226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-040226.txt
[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, February 04, 2026
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[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, February 04, 2026
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-040226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-040226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-040226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-040226.txt
[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, February 04, 2026
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-02-04.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-02-04.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-2026-02-04.txt
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[02:58]	TR News	Open source for phones: postmarketOS [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1055391/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1055391/
[02:58]	TR Bot	source for phones: postmarketOS [LWN.net]
[02:59]	TR News	Linux Kernel Runtime Guard reaches its 1.0 release https://lwn.net/Articles/1049295/
[02:59]	TR Bot	Kernel Runtime Guard reaches its 1.0 release [LWN.net]
● Feb 05
[03:00]	TR News	Filesystem medley: EROFS, NTFS, and XFS https://lwn.net/Articles/1055062/
[03:00]	TR Bot	medley: EROFS, NTFS, and XFS [LWN.net]
[03:01]	MinceR	lol ntfs
[03:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	msft
[03:01]	MinceR	microslop
[03:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	systemd.ntfsd
[03:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	from amutable
[03:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  Who should vote in Fedora elections? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Who_should_vote_in_Fedora_elections.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Who_should_vote_in_Fedora_elections.gmi 
[03:02]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Who should vote in Fedora elections?
[03:02]	TR News	Fedora and GPG 2.5 https://lwn.net/Articles/1055053/
[03:02]	TR Bot	and GPG 2.5 [LWN.net]
[03:02]	TR News	Implicit arguments for BPF kfuncs https://lwn.net/Articles/1055559/
[03:02]	TR Bot	arguments for BPF kfuncs [LWN.net]
[03:04]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, February 04, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_February_04_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_February_04_2026.gmi 
[03:04]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, February 04, 2026
[03:05]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[03:05]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[03:06]	psydruid	> lol ntfs
[03:06]	psydruid	nuke the file system
[03:06]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[03:06]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[03:07]	MinceR	:>
[03:09]	TR News	Bumped up by Google today: Microsoft cuts deeper into its workforce with another major round of layoffs https://www.aol.com/microsoft-cuts-deeper-workforce-another-165819949.html
[03:09]	TR Bot	cuts deeper into its workforce with another major round of layoffs - AOL
[03:10]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/ghost_gun_legislation_3d_printing/
[03:10]	TR Bot	 Ghost gun legislation casts shadow over 3D printing The Register
[03:11]	TR News	Workday reveals around 400 staff soon won't have to work another day https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/workday_layoffs_400_jobs/
[03:11]	TR Bot	 Workday layoffs to hit about 400 jobs The Register
[03:11]	MinceR	let me guess, the 2nd amendment not only does not apply to anyone the gestapo wants to kill, but also not to anyone who produces a gun with a 3d printer
[03:11]	TR News	Has Jeff Bezos run out of money... or? https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/washington-post-lays-off-amazon-com-reporter-odonovan/
[03:11]	TR Bot	 Washington Post lays off Amazon.com reporter O'Donovan - Talking Biz News
[03:12]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/workday_layoffs_400_jobs/
[03:12]	MinceR	no, this sounds a lot more insane than that
[03:12]	TR News	Jeff Bezos-Owned Washington Post Slashes a Third of Its Workforce https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/jeff-bezos-owned-washington-post-slashes-one-third-of-its-workforce/91297686
[03:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/jeff-bezos-owned-washington-post-slashes-one-third-of-its-workforce/91297686 )
[03:13]	TR News	Jeff Bezos fires Washington Post reporter tasked with covering AMAZON as part of devastating new cuts https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15528299/amp/Washington-Post-Layoffs-Amazon-reporter-fired-Caroline-ODonovan.html
[03:13]	TR Bot	 Jeff Bezos fires Washington Post reporter tasked with covering AMAZON as part of devastating new cuts
[03:14]	admfubar	cooked pi... https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/microsoft_manager_pi_smoke/
[03:14]	TR Bot	 Microsoft manager releases magic smoke from a Raspberry Pi The Register
[03:15]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/aws_codec_patent_holders/
[03:15]	TR Bot	 AWS will not protect users from media codec patent holders The Register
[03:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	software patents
[03:43]	TR News	Techrights Time for Change, More New Article, Less Curation https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Time_for_Change_More_New_Article_Less_Curation.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Time_for_Change_More_New_Article_Less_Curation.gmi 
[03:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights Time for Change, More New Article, Less Curation
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● Feb 05
[04:00]	TR News	Techrights Almost 1,600 EPO Employees Went on Strike Last Week https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Almost_1_600_EPO_Employees_Went_on_Strike_Last_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Almost_1_600_EPO_Employees_Went_on_Strike_Last_Week.gmi 
[04:00]	TR Bot	 Techrights Almost 1,600 EPO Employees Went on Strike Last Week
[04:04]	TR News	"I never expected people to understand this, but I am, and have been, under coersion from a Portuguese court decision, that degrades (a lot) my overall mood." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2026-02-04__Since_coersion.gmi
[04:05]	TR News	"Mechanical engineering student Efaz Bhuiyn has built a device to help busy people workout just about anywhere and charge a phone while doing it: a 3D-printed workout machine that doubles as a generator." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260204-workout.gmi
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[04:06]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1557.jpg
[04:06]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1907.jpg
[04:06]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-05.gmi
[04:07]	TR News	"I keep wanting to give an update on my little LVDT project, but I have had a lot of trouble getting the precision rectifier to work. This is the part that converts the signals from the secondary windings into DC voltages." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260204-0.gmi
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[04:08]	TR News	"I had ahead start at not spending this year because I was in hospital. I live in a country where healthcare is free at the point of use. Some people don't like this idea. WTF?" gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-02-04_Spending.gmi
[04:10]	TR News	mean
[04:10]	TR News	"People hate Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, but does that mean they can't judge their products harshly because of the men who made them?" gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260204-review_bombing_and_star_wars.txt
[04:11]	TR News	Un da para recordar gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/relatos/undiapararecordar.gmi
[04:12]	TR News	"There are a lot of "color comments" in the source code for ex-vi, which may lead one to wonder how the code works at all, or has as few crashes as it does. However, some of these comments may be lost in translation." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/02/04/lost-in-translation.gmi
[04:13]	TR News	Movies Game gemini://jeffrey.cam/movies-game/
[04:13]	TR News	Adania Shibli gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/resenas/undetallemenor.gmi
[04:16]	TR News	I am so annoyed with MSFT. Seriously considering moving elsewhere. This is just poor service. https://old.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/1qw4dd8/i_am_so_annoyed_with_msft_seriously_considering/
[04:16]	TR Bot	 I am so annoyed with MSFT. Seriously considering moving elsewhere. This is just poor service. : microsoft
[04:21]	TR News	ANon: This morning it occurred to me to wonder how much of the liquidation of IBM by its own management is due to them being implicated multiple times in the Epstein files.
[04:21]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 05/02/2026: Coercion, Antibiotics, and LVDT Project https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Gemini_Links_05_02_2026_Coercion_Antibiotics_and_LVDT_Project.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Gemini_Links_05_02_2026_Coercion_Antibiotics_and_LVDT_Project.gmi 
[04:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 05/02/2026: Coercion, Antibiotics, and LVDT Project
[04:22]	TR News	We have article covering IBM+EPO shortly
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[04:24]	TR News	"As soon as I get the RSU shares, I dump them the next day. I do not pay from my own money to pay for IBM stock garbage." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n
[04:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n )
[04:24]	TR News	"I am so glad I dump all my IBM stock at $318 a share... loving it!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n
[04:25]	IsambardPrince	NTFS support in Linux was not great last I knew.
[04:25]	IsambardPrince	If you need an external hard drive to work between operating systems, exFAT is probably a better choice.
[04:25]	IsambardPrince	It's a simpler file system.
● Feb 05
[05:00]	TR News	On IBM's demolition: "Because those cosplaying as leaders and executives are burning the company for exceedingly short term stock boosts, it looks like they are liquidating the whole company for some personal, emergency cash."
[05:00]	TR News	Third-world level stuff: "Savannah Guthrie ransom notes received by TMZ, CBS affiliate" https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/04/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-tmz-cbs-kold/88505697007/
[05:00]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/04/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-tmz-cbs-kold/88505697007/ )
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[05:05]	TR News	Techrights Like Microsoft and IBM, the 'Alicante Mafia'-Governed EPO Does PIPs Nowadays (at the EPO, It's "Professional Incompetence Procedure") https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Like_Microsoft_and_IBM_the_Alicante_Mafia_Governed_EPO_Does_PIP.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Like_Microsoft_and_IBM_the_Alicante_Mafia_Governed_EPO_Does_PIP.gmi 
[05:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Like Microsoft and IBM, the 'Alicante Mafia'-Governed EPO Does PIPs Nowadays (at the EPO, It's "Professional Incompetence Procedure")
[05:20]	TR News	 (NEW):  Keeping the Site and Capsule Accessible 100% of the Time https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_the_Site_and_Capsule_Accessible_100_of_the_Time.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_the_Site_and_Capsule_Accessible_100_of_the_Time.gmi 
[05:20]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Keeping the Site and Capsule Accessible 100% of the Time
[05:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Measured at 5.5% in Ecuador This Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_5_5_in_Ecuador_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_5_5_in_Ecuador_This_Year.gmi 
[05:32]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Measured at 5.5% in Ecuador This Year
[05:36]	TR News	Techrights JuristGate is for sale: three billion Swiss francs for a domain name https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/JuristGate_is_for_sale_three_billion_Swiss_francs_for_a_domain_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/JuristGate_is_for_sale_three_billion_Swiss_francs_for_a_domain_.gmi 
[05:36]	TR Bot	 Techrights JuristGate is for sale: three billion Swiss francs for a domain name
[05:41]	TR News	Techrights "Sponsored by Azul" to Write Fake 'Article' About Azul, Quoting Azul Itself https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Sponsored_by_Azul_to_Write_Fake_Article_About_Azul_Quoting_Azul.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Sponsored_by_Azul_to_Write_Fake_Article_About_Azul_Quoting_Azul.gmi 
[05:41]	TR Bot	 Techrights "Sponsored by Azul" to Write Fake 'Article' About Azul, Quoting Azul Itself
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[05:45]	TR News	"FWIW the CIA World Factbook has been rugpulled. The site is gone, no warning." -Anon. Odd, is that because apache2 is expensive to keep going? "More like facts are not relevant in the Kremlin administration's world view. The Kremlin based party has not operated in a fact based manner since at least Little Bush but also to a certain extent the Reagan administration too."
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● Feb 05
[06:00]	TR News	Techrights Linuxiac Not Rehabilitated, It's Still Full of LLM Slop (Part of a Trend) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Linuxiac_Not_Rehabilitated_It_s_Still_Full_of_LLM_Slop_Part_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Linuxiac_Not_Rehabilitated_It_s_Still_Full_of_LLM_Slop_Part_of_.gmi 
[06:00]	TR Bot	 Techrights Linuxiac Not Rehabilitated, It's Still Full of LLM Slop (Part of a Trend)
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● Feb 05
[07:10]	TR News	"Here is a success story: MS has turned a small cottage industry into a global giant with a multi-billion $ per year turnover: :P" -Anon https://thecyberexpress.com/ransomware-attacks-soar-30-percent/
[07:10]	TR Bot	 Ransomware Attacks Have Soared 30% In Recent Months
[07:13]	TR News	Explaining the Letter From JUDGE SYKES FRIXOU, Threatening Me Around the Time GNOME's Nat Friedman Lost His CEO Job at Microsoft GitHub and His Best Friend Got Arrested for Strangulation http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Explaining_the_Letter_From_JUDGE_SYKES_FRIXOU_Threatening_Me_Ar.shtml
[07:13]	TR Bot	 Techrights Explaining the Letter From JUDGE SYKES FRIXOU, Threatening Me Around the Time GNOME's Nat Friedman Lost His CEO Job at Microsoft GitHub and His Best Friend Got Arrested for Strangulation
[07:16]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Mint vs. Zorin OS: I've tried both Windows alternatives, and here's my winner https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Mint_vs_Zorin_OS_I_ve_tried_both_Windows_alternatives_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Mint_vs_Zorin_OS_I_ve_tried_both_Windows_alternatives_and.gmi 
[07:16]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux Mint vs. Zorin OS: I've tried both Windows alternatives, and here's my winner
[07:16]	TR News	"NVIDIA has asked a federal court to dismiss an expanded copyright lawsuit" https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contact-with-annas-archive-doesnt-prove-copyright-infringement/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[07:16]	TR Bot	Contact With Anna's Archive Doesn't Prove Copyright Infringement * TorrentFreak
[07:17]	TR News	"Secure Boot on an Apple silicon Mac is unlike anything youve seen in the past" https://eclecticlight.co/2026/02/03/what-happens-in-early-kernel-boot-on-apple-silicon/ | Source: Howard Oakley
[07:17]	TR Bot	 What happens in early kernel boot on Apple silicon? The Eclectic Light Company
[07:17]	TR News	"Periods of armed conflict often lead to renewed scrutiny of how the Internet functions and of the organisations involved in its coordination." https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/internet-coordination-in-times-of-war/ | Source: RIPE
[07:17]	TR Bot	 Internet Coordination in Times of War | RIPE Labs
[07:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  Slimbook Titan report 8 - The rollercoaster goes up https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Slimbook_Titan_report_8_The_rollercoaster_goes_up.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Slimbook_Titan_report_8_The_rollercoaster_goes_up.gmi 
[07:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Slimbook Titan report 8 - The rollercoaster goes up
[07:21]	TR News	" 100 technology-related employees lost their collective bargaining protections" https://fedscoop.com/education-department-technology-chief-information-officer-union-collective-bargaining-agreement-trump-administration-protection-executive-order/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[07:21]	TR Bot	IT, tech employees lose union protections | FedScoop
[07:21]	TR News	"As a government professor who studies policing and state security forces, I believe its clear that ICE meets many but not all of the most salient definitions." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/ice-is-a-paramilitary-force-and-those-dont-end-well/ | Source: Techdirt
[07:21]	TR Bot	Is A Paramilitary Force, And Those Dont End Well | Techdirt
[07:21]	TR News	"But I think the focus should be on the petitioners the folks who were detained who had no criminal records and were ordered released by the courts." https://json.blog/2026/02/04/just-the-conditions-of-his.html | Source: Jason Becker
[07:21]	TR Bot	 Just the conditions of his confinement
[07:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  2026 Krita Roadmap https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/2026_Krita_Roadmap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/2026_Krita_Roadmap.gmi 
[07:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 2026 Krita Roadmap
[07:23]	TR News	"The New York Times is addicted to bothsidesing." https://fair.org/home/at-nyt-pretending-you-dont-know-makes-you-a-real-reporter/ | Source: FAIR
[07:23]	TR Bot	 At NYT, Pretending You Dont Know Makes You a Real Reporter FAIR
[07:23]	TR News	"In Minneapolis, years of robust labor and community organizing set the stage for the fierce pushback against federal immigration agents aggressive invasion" https://jacobin.com/2026/02/minneapolis-ice-protest-organizers-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[07:23]	TR Bot	 The Minneapolis Strategy for Fighting ICE Is Worth Studying
[07:23]	TR News	"The protests call for an overthrow of the government and come after what protesters say is a long history of oppression and violence from the regime." https://sundial.csun.edu/205653/news/theyre-dancing-on-dead-bodies-irans-internet-blackout-nears-4-weeks/ | Source: California State University Northridge
[07:24]	TR Bot	 Theyre dancing on dead bodies: Irans internet blackout nears 4 weeks Daily Sundial
[07:24]	TR News	"Unfortunately, there is a gaping hole in the rule of law: when a federal agent violates the U.S. Constitution, it is increasingly difficult to sue them for damages." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/protecting-our-right-sue-federal-agents-who-violate-constitution | Source: EFF
[07:24]	TR Bot	 Protecting Our Right to Sue Federal Agents Who Violate the Constitution | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[07:24]	TR News	"The legal foundation of American journalism contains a fundamental tension that Hermes emphasized repeatedly." https://www.lonestarlive.com/palabra/2026/02/first-amendment-offers-limited-protection-for-newsgathering-expert-says.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC
[07:24]	TR Bot	Amendment offers limited protection for newsgathering, expert says - lonestarlive.com
[07:24]	TR News	"Nearly all news departments are being affected, executive editor Matt Murray told staff (read his full memo below)." https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/washington-post-cuts-one-third-of-all-staff-newsroom-sports-books-foreign/ | Source: Press Gazette
[07:24]	TR Bot	 Washington Post to cut one-third of all staff - Press Gazette
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[07:46]	TR News	"The Washington Posts decision to slash a third of its staff prompted an outcry in Washington and around the world." https://www.semafor.com/article/02/04/2026/post-cuts-ripple-through-us-journalism-industry | Source: Semafor Inc
[07:46]	TR Bot	cuts ripple through US journalism industry | Semafor
[07:46]	TR News	"one of Natansons alleged sources who had contacted her via the Signal messaging app." https://thedissenter.org/fbi-spied-on-washington-post-reporter-prior-to-raiding-their-home/ | Source: The Dissenter
[07:46]	TR Bot	 FBI Spied On Reporter Prior To Raiding Their Home
[07:47]	TR News	"Lets be clear: billionaires like Jeff Bezos dont want a functioning press." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/jeff-bezos-is-destroying-whats-left-of-the-washington-post-to-please-our-dim-unpopular-autocrats/ | Source: Techdirt
[07:47]	TR Bot	Bezos Is Destroying Whats Left Of The Washington Post To Please Our Dim, Unpopular Autocrats | Techdirt
[07:47]	TR News	"Inama is represented by attorneys Elijah Watkins and Aaron Bell of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, as well as local attorneys Latonia Keith and McKay Cunningham." https://www.courthousenews.com/idaho-teacher-sues-over-banned-everyone-is-welcome-poster/ | Source: Court House News
[07:47]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/idaho-teacher-sues-over-banned-everyone-is-welcome-poster/ )
[07:48]	TR News	"Senate Bill 74, sponsored by Sylvania Republican Sen. Max Burns, changes an exemption in state law dealing with the distribution of harmful materials to minors" https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/georgia-librarians-could-face-criminal-charges-for-harmful-materials/ | Source: The Georgia Recorder
[07:48]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/georgia-librarians-could-face-criminal-charges-for-harmful-materials/ )
[07:49]	TR News	"The argument? Higher management takes decisions on the basis of aggregated data that provide only an indirect" https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/04/a-modest-proposal-for-the-use-of-ai/ | Source: Crooked Timber
[07:49]	TR Bot	 A modest proposal for the use of AI Crooked Timber
[07:49]	TR News	"After getting the kids to school, walking the dog, prepping some rice for supper, and warming up my coffee (again), I opened the old RSS reader to see Dave Rupert" https://chrisenns.com/2026/02/everything-is-awful-and-why-isnt-anybody-doing-anything-about-it/ | Source: Chris Enns
[07:49]	TR Bot	 Everything is Awful And Why Isn't Anybody Doing Anything About It?
[07:50]	TR News	"That said, on Sunday at FOSDEM 2026 here in Brussels, Alexey Milovidov, co-founder and CTO of ClickHouse was very precise about what interested him" https://thenewstack.io/the-weird-things-that-happened-when-clickhouse-replaced-c-with-rust/ | Source: The New Stack
[07:50]	TR Bot	 The 'weird' things that happened when Clickhouse replaced C++ with Rust - The New Stack
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[07:50]	TR News	"Thats why the Heisman decided using a form of ranked choice voting." https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/02/ranked-choice-voting-works-for-the-heisman-can-work-for-indiana-too/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle
[07:50]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/02/ranked-choice-voting-works-for-the-heisman-can-work-for-indiana-too/ )
[07:51]	TR News	"Researchers from Japan have made a new system that can convert waste heat into electricity." https://interestingengineering.com/energy/waste-heat-electricity-thermoelectric-material | Source: Interesting Engineering
[07:51]	TR Bot	 Waste heat to be turned into electricity with thermoelectric material
[07:52]	TR News	"Its a fight flaring across the country, in red and blue states, from Oklahoma to Indiana to Pennsylvania, pitting big tech companies and their partners" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0204/data-centers-AI-electricity-costs | Source: CS Monitor
[07:52]	TR Bot	tech companies race to build data centers, communities are pushing back - CSMonitor.com
[07:52]	TR News	"The Army recently published a Request For Information on Autonomous Decontamination Systems (ADS) to see what might be out there in the existing commercial market" https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/army_bots_cleanup_ai_biological_chemical/ | Source: The Register UK
[07:52]	TR Bot	 US Army seeks autonomous bio, chemical cleanup bots The Register
[07:53]	TR News	"There have been a lot of complaints about both the competency and the logic behind the latest Epstein archive release by the DoJ" https://neosmart.net/blog/recreating-epstein-pdfs-from-raw-encoded-attachments/ | Source: Neo Smart
[07:53]	TR Bot	 Recreating uncensored Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments | The NeoSmart FilesThe NeoSmart Files
[07:53]	TR News	"Sloppy redaction leads to explosive claims, and difficult reputational consequences for cybersecurity vendors" https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-453/ | Source: Graham Cluley
[07:53]	TR Bot	 Smashing Security podcast #453: The Epstein Files didnt hide this hacker very well Graham Cluley
[07:53]	TR News	"Okay, thats the technological side. What about the political / social aspect?" https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/03/occasional-reason-to-be-cheerful-babies/ | Source: Crooked Timber
[07:53]	TR Bot	 Occasional reason to be cheerful: Babies Crooked Timber
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[07:56]	TR News	"RIT has so far moved about 8,500 of 25,000 government workstations to its cloud computing service and plans to increase this to 15,000 over the next two years" https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/estonia_hedges_its_bets_on/ | Source: The Register UK
[07:56]	TR Bot	 Estonia tests Euro alternatives amid Microsoft rollout The Register
[07:56]	TR News	"Our childrens brains are not for sale neither to American platforms nor to Chinese networks. Their dreams must not be dictated by algorithms." https://thecyberexpress.com/social-media-ban-for-children-france/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[07:56]	TR Bot	 French Lawmakers Back Social Media Ban For Children
[07:57]	TR News	"The Spain ban social media decision reflects a wider global shift: governments are finally admitting that social media has become too powerful" https://thecyberexpress.com/spain-ban-social-media-platforms-kids/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[07:57]	TR Bot	 Spain Ban Social Media Platforms For Children Under 16
[07:57]	TR News	"Failure to obey any court order will immediately terminate all funding for ICE or the Border Patrol" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/reining-in-ice | Source: Robert Reich
[07:57]	TR Bot	 Reining in ICE - Robert Reich
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[07:58]	TR News	"In democracies, journalists dont get arrested" https://futurism.com/future-society/democracy-harvard-political-science | Source: Futurism
[07:58]	TR Bot	 Democracy Itself Is Falling Apart, Harvard Professor Warns
[07:58]	TR News	"As news organizations, press freedom groups, and constitutional experts denounced the arrests as a brazen First Amendment violation" https://www.status.news/p/don-lemon-arrested-authoritarianism-donald-trump | Source: Status News LLC
[07:58]	TR Bot	 This Is a New Dimension
● Feb 05
[08:00]	TR News	"It does not mean perfect anonymitybut its far better than paying with your Visa and real home address." https://greycoder.com/the-best-seedbox-providers-where-you-can-create-anonymous-accounts/ | Source: GreyCoder
[08:00]	TR Bot	Seedbox Providers With Truly Anonymous Accounts 2026 - GreyCoder
[08:02]	TR News	Windows TCO: "ReliaQuest Threat Research published research today detailing how attackers lured multiple users into running a Windows screensaver file" https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/attackers-use-screensavers-drop-malware-rmm-tools | Source: Dark Reading
[08:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/attackers-use-screensavers-drop-malware-rmm-tools )
[08:02]	TR News	Windows TCO: "Ransomware groups claimed 2,018 attacks in the last three months of 2025, averaging just under 673 a month to end a record-setting year." https://thecyberexpress.com/ransomware-attacks-soar-30-percent/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[08:02]	TR Bot	 Ransomware Attacks Have Soared 30% In Recent Months
[08:02]	TR News	Windows TCO: "Member groups are free to operate independently while also having access to DragonForce's considerable resources and services" https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ransomware-gang-full-godfather-cartel | Source: Dark Reading
[08:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ransomware-gang-full-godfather-cartel )
[08:04]	TR News	"This article is the second in a two-part series on AI disclosures in scholarly publishing." https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/03/why-authors-arent-disclosing-ai-use-and-what-publishers-should-not-do-about-it-part-2/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing
[08:04]	TR Bot	 Part 2 - Why Authors Arent Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) do About It - The Scholarly Kitchen
[08:04]	TR News	 (NEW):  Canonical/Ubuntu: Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 3 and Old Bug Which "makes it impossible to print on Tuesdays" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Canonical_Ubuntu_Ubuntu_26_04_Snapshot_3_and_Old_Bug_Which_make.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Canonical_Ubuntu_Ubuntu_26_04_Snapshot_3_and_Old_Bug_Which_make.gmi 
[08:04]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Canonical/Ubuntu: Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 3 and Old Bug Which "makes it impossible to print on Tuesdays"
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[08:04]	TR News	"Before you read this post, ask yourself a question: When was the last time you truly thought hard?" https://www.jernesto.com/articles/thinking_hard |
[08:04]	TR Bot	 I miss thinking hard.
[08:04]	TR News	"A comic in four panels: [...]" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1119/everywhere | Source: David Revoy
[08:04]	TR Bot	 Everywhere... - David Revoy
[08:05]	TR News	"They note that the prevalence of moderate to severe disempowerment is increasing over time" https://aphyr.com/posts/405-trudging-through-nonsense | Source: Kyle Kingsbury
[08:05]	TR Bot	( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/405-trudging-through-nonsense )
[08:05]	TR News	"AI Consultation" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/02/aiconsultresults/ | Source: Michael Geist
[08:05]	TR Bot	 An Illusion of Consensus: What the Government Isnt Saying About the Results of its AI Consultation - Michael Geist
[08:06]	TR News	"French police raided the offices of the X social media platform today as European investigations grew into nonconsensual sexual deepfakes and potential child sexual abuse material (CSAM) generated by Xs Grok AI chatbot." https://thecyberexpress.com/french-police-raid-x-grok-investigations/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[08:06]	TR Bot	 French Police Raid X Offices As Grok Investigations Grow
[08:06]	TR News	"That's likely a conservative estimate too, says Tollbit, as AI bots just keep getting better at seeming like humans when they navigate a website." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/ai_bot_traffic_web_browsers/ | Source: The Register UK
[08:06]	TR Bot	 AI bot traffic closing in on human web visits, study finds The Register
[08:06]	TR News	"PowerGPU, a system integrator known for its high-performance gaming PCs, just issued a devastating price warning on social media." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/pc-vendor-warns-of-upcoming-price-hikes-due-to-ssd-and-memory-volatility-powergpu-to-pass-costs-to-customers-once-existing-inventory-depletes | Source: Tom's Hardware
[08:06]	TR Bot	 PC vendor warns of upcoming price hikes due to SSD and memory volatility PowerGPU to pass costs to customers once existing inventory depletes | Tom's Hardware
[08:07]	TR News	"Another issue with LLMs, that of hallucinated citations, or HalluCitations, is well known." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/openais-new-scientific-writing-and-collaboration-workspace-prism-raises-fears-of-vibe-coded-academic-ai-slop/ | Source: Techdirt
[08:07]	TR Bot	New Scientific Writing And Collaboration Workspace Prism Raises Fears Of Vibe-Coded Academic AI Slop | Techdirt
[08:07]	TR News	"Google Authenticator on iOS, Android, and Blackberry." https://thenewleafjournal.com/itch-io-outdated-totp-2fa-app-recommendations/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal
[08:07]	TR Bot	 Itch.io Outdated TOTP 2FA App Recs The New Leaf Journal
[08:08]	TR News	"Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++a widely used text editor for Windowswas compromised for six months by suspected China-state [attackers]" https://www.wired.com/story/notepad-plus-plus-china-hackers-update-infrastructure/ | Source: Wired
[08:08]	TR Bot	Users, You May Have Been Hacked by China | WIRED
[08:08]	TR News	"Salt Typhoons intrusion into telecom networks exposed major security weaknesses and put sensitive communications and data belonging to U.S. politicians and policymakers at risk." https://cyberscoop.com/cantwell-claims-telecoms-blocked-release-of-salt-typhoon-report/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[08:08]	TR Bot	claims telecoms blocked release of Salt Typhoon report | CyberScoop
[08:09]	TR News	"As a result, I wrote to Mandiant requesting copies of these reports and other relevant documentation." https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/DA339F69-7721-4625-86AF-4551C2A83402 | Source: US Senate
[08:09]	TR News	"The finding specifically concerns the group's malware that targets VMware ESXi." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/nitrogen_ransomware_broken_decryptor/ | Source: The Register UK
[08:09]	TR Bot	 Nitrogen can't unlock its own ransomware after coding error The Register
[08:10]	TR News	"All social media and news is off the phone and onto the MacBook so I dont immediately have it." https://ljpuk.net/2026/02/04/using-mostly-analog-tools/ | Source: Lee Peterson
[08:10]	TR Bot	 Using mostly Analog tools LJPUK
[08:10]	TR News	"Now that the month has passed, I'm back to report that it continued like the first post ended" https://blog.avas.space/caffeine-conclusion/ | Source: Ava
[08:10]	TR Bot	 a month without caffeine - conclusion | ava's blog
[08:11]	TR News	"In this narration, I will focus on only a subset of the MIPS-based systems. You might want to keep an eye on the timeline page as well." http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/sgi1.html | Source: Miod Vallat
[08:11]	TR Bot	 OpenBSD on SGI, 1/6: A missed opportunity
[08:13]	TR News	"This puts the Switch just 5 million units short of the PlayStation 2, the top selling game system of all time." https://birchtree.me/blog/the-massive-success-of-the-nintendo-switch/ | Source: Matt Birchler
[08:13]	TR Bot	 The massive success of the Nintendo Switch
[08:13]	TR News	"In my latest report, I mentioned a workaround to intermittent system freeze issue via general purpose event (GPE) interrupt blocking or masking" https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-titan-report-8.html | Source: Dedoimedo
[08:14]	TR Bot	 Slimbook Titan report 8 - The rollercoaster goes up
[08:14]	TR News	"I had time to kill so I wandered around the library finding memories in the stacks including the 1987 STOC Proceedings, home to my first conference paper" https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/02/sampling-oxford-cs-library.html | Source: Computational Complexity
[08:14]	TR Bot	 Computational Complexity: Sampling the Oxford CS Library
[08:14]	TR News	"I screenshotted this glyph after blowing it up quite large, then inserted it inline with text as an image, adjusted its size" https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/word-alt-text-on-a-character-glyph/ | Source: Darren Goossens
[08:14]	TR Bot	 Word alt text on a character/glyph DSPACE
[08:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  LWN on Kernel, Fedora and GPG 2.5, and postmarketOS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/LWN_on_Kernel_Fedora_and_GPG_2_5_and_postmarketOS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/LWN_on_Kernel_Fedora_and_GPG_2_5_and_postmarketOS.gmi 
[08:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines LWN on Kernel, Fedora and GPG 2.5, and postmarketOS
[08:25]	TR News	"There is a new HTML element called geolocation. I checked it out and here's what I learned." https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2026/geolocation-element | Source: Manuel Matuzovi
[08:25]	TR Bot	 Introduction to the new HTML element <geolocation> - Manuel Matuzovic
[08:25]	TR News	"Date and time management libraries in many programming languages are famously bad." https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/date-arithmetic-in-bash | Source: Miguel Grinberg
[08:25]	TR Bot	 Date Arithmetic in Bash - miguelgrinberg.com
[08:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Zorin OS vs. Linux Mint: Which is the better Linux distro for Windows converts? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Zorin_OS_vs_Linux_Mint_Which_is_the_better_Linux_distro_for_Win.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Zorin_OS_vs_Linux_Mint_Which_is_the_better_Linux_distro_for_Win.gmi 
[08:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Zorin OS vs. Linux Mint: Which is the better Linux distro for Windows converts?
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[08:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Keeping an eye on your laptop battery on COSMIC Desktop just got a ton easier https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_an_eye_on_your_laptop_battery_on_COSMIC_Desktop_just_go.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_an_eye_on_your_laptop_battery_on_COSMIC_Desktop_just_go.gmi 
[08:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Keeping an eye on your laptop battery on COSMIC Desktop just got a ton easier
[08:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Gifts of Nature and Other Empathetic Human Beings https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Gifts_of_Nature_and_Other_Empathetic_Human_Beings.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Gifts_of_Nature_and_Other_Empathetic_Human_Beings.gmi 
[08:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Gifts of Nature and Other Empathetic Human Beings
[08:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  Cine mpv frontend https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Cine_mpv_frontend.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Cine_mpv_frontend.gmi 
[08:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Cine mpv frontend
[08:39]	TR News	"One of the reasons that you dont hear about Perl in the headlines is its reliability." https://www.perl.com/article/fastmail-donates-usd-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/ | Source: Perl
[08:39]	TR Bot	Donates USD 10,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation
[08:40]	TR News	"FOSDEM 2026 ran last weekend in Brussels with its usual dense schedule of talks across open source projects and communities." https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/04/package-management-at-fosdem-2026.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
[08:40]	TR Bot	 Package Management at FOSDEM 2026 | Andrew Nesbitt
[08:40]	TR News	"AI is bringing an existential threat to a lot of B2B SaaS executives: How to keep asking customers for renewal, when every customer feels they can get something better built with vibe-coded AI products?" https://nmn.gl/blog/ai-killing-b2b-saas | Source: Namanyay Goel
[08:40]	TR Bot	 AI is Killing B2B SaaS | Ns Blog
[08:40]	TR News	"Time is time. We tend to think its simple to deal with it. But its more complex than it sounds. Both in programming and in real life" https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/02/04/clocks-part-10-conclusion | Source: Sandor Dargo
[08:40]	TR Bot	 Time in C++: Closing Thoughts | Sandor Dargo's Blog
[08:43]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[08:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[08:43]	TR News	"In a bizarre act of cultural vandalism they've not just removed the entire site (including the archives of previous versions)" https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison
[08:43]	TR Bot	 Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
[08:43]	TR News	"One of CIAs oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset." https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/spotlighting-the-world-factbook-as-we-bid-a-fond-farewell/ |
[08:43]	TR Bot	 Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell - CIA
[08:44]	TR News	"2026 is my 3rd FOSDEM attendance. And like most veterans of the events, I started to appreciate the people more than the talks." https://sluongng.substack.com/p/fosdem-26-my-hallway-track-takeaways | Source: Son Luong Ngoc
[08:44]	TR Bot	 FOSDEM 26 - My Hallway Track Takeaways - by Son Luong Ngoc
[08:44]	TR News	"This year, I went with a coworker of mine, Timo, whos also quite active in the open source space." https://hacdias.com/2026/02/04/fosdem/ | Source: Henrique Dias
[08:44]	TR Bot	 Surviving FOSDEM '26 - Henrique Dias
[08:45]	TR News	Misleading / lying accepted by officials: https://www.hbl.fi/2026-02-05/microsoft-trump-kan-inte-stanga-digitala-tjanster-i-europa/ Sompi, any input on this?
[08:45]	TR Bot	 Microsoft: Trump kan inte stnga digitala tjnster i Europa Hufvudstadsbladet
[08:45]	TR News	"The story so far: WithKnown lost my images, and my previous experience was not as helpful as I hoped. Back to the blow-by-blow troubleshooting" https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/images-have-reappeared | Source: Jeremy Cherfas
[08:45]	TR Bot	 Images Have Reappeared | Jeremy Cherfas
[08:55]	TR News	"A growing number of websites, burned from an unhealthy relationship with Facebook (a company too large and incompetent to function)" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/whoops-websites-realize-that-killing-their-comment-sections-was-a-mistake/ | Source: Techdirt
[08:55]	TR Bot	Websites Realize That Killing Their Comment Sections Was A Mistake | Techdirt
[08:55]	TR News	"Here is how I view SQLites strengths, and how a hosted version undermines them. Even SQLite documentation states that once theres a network boundary..." https://monroeclinton.com/i-dont-buy-sqlite-in-the-cloud/ | Source: Monroe Clinton
[08:55]	TR Bot	 I Don't Buy SQLite in the Cloud | Monroe Clinton
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[09:04]	TR News	"Tor Browser 16.0a2 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a2/ | Source: Tor
[09:04]	TR Bot	 New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 16.0a2 | The Tor Project
[09:06]	TR News	"I'm writing these words remotely via SSH using Zed's remote development feature. It's pretty cool" https://sals.place/remote-editing-in-zed/ | Source: Sal
[09:06]	TR Bot	 Remote editing in Zed | Sal's
[09:06]	TR News	"But it required me to buy myself a new one, as having a phone is now a civic duty." https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2026/my-new-mobile-phone/ | Source: Micha Sapka
[09:06]	TR Bot	 My new mobile phone
[09:07]	TR News	"We like this project, because it solves something weve all encountered at one time or another, and it does so in a novel way." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/a-keyboard-for-anything-without-a-keyboard/ | Source: Hackaday
[09:07]	TR Bot	Keyboard For Anything, Without A Keyboard | Hackaday
[09:07]	TR News	"Essentially, this is an ortholinear split with a built-in roller bar mouse, which basically acts like a cylindrical trackball." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-rollermouse-keyboard/ | Source: Hackaday
[09:07]	TR Bot	With Kristina: The One With The RollerMouse Keyboard | Hackaday
[09:08]	TR News	"they use the GNOME forum to make a public libel attack against Sonny Piers" https://danielpocock.com/en/sexism-gnome-shaming-men-hiding-women/ | Source: Daniel Pocock
[09:08]	TR Bot	 Sexism & GNOME: shaming men, hiding women, Sonny Piers update
[09:08]	TR News	"An interesting change to IP behavior landed in FreeBSD 15, as I discovered by accident." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/SocketConnectToAnyMeaning | Source: University of Toronto
[09:08]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[09:09]	TR News	"Today, instead of talking about the things we can do with ZFS, lets talk about OpenZFS monitoring and observability" https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-monitoring-and-observability-what-to-track-and-why-it-matters/ | Source: Klara
[09:09]	TR Bot	 OpenZFS Monitoring and Observability
[09:09]	TR News	"This week Jonathan chats with Olaf Andreas Schulte and Lars Kiesow about Opencast, the video management system for education" https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/floss-weekly-episode-863-opencast-that-code-is-there-for-a-reason/ | Source: Hackaday
[09:09]	TR Bot	Weekly Episode 863: Opencast: That Code Is There For A Reason | Hackaday
[09:10]	TR News	"COSMIC feature priorities are organized into Epochs, with each Epoch representing roughly six to eight months of focused development" https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-2-and-3-roadmap/ | Source: System76
[09:10]	TR Bot	 COSMIC Epoch 2 and 3 Roadmap - System76 Blog
[09:19]	TR News	Steam Machine - Steam Frame FAQ - RAM and storage crisis to blame for no pricing or dates | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-machine-steam-frame-faq-ram-and-storage-crisis-to-blame-for-no-pricing-or-dates/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:19]	TR Bot	Machine & Steam Frame FAQ - RAM and storage crisis to blame for no pricing or dates | GamingOnLinux
[09:20]	TR News	Winnie's Hole is a delightfully grim roguelite now in Early Access | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/winnies-hole-is-a-delightfully-grim-roguelite-now-in-early-access/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:20]	TR Bot	Hole is a delightfully grim roguelite now in Early Access | GamingOnLinux
[09:20]	TR News	Hyperslice is a fast, focused and extremely fun action arena roguelite | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/hyperslice-is-a-fast-focused-and-extremely-fun-action-arena-roguelite/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:20]	TR Bot	is a fast, focused and extremely fun action arena roguelite | GamingOnLinux
[09:21]	TR News	"This Looks Exactly Like A Massive Cover-Up" | Whitney Webb https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Gsw2byNTHak Anon: "she does explain why mainstream media avoids the topics, and the fact that she is covering this means the info is reaching new parts of the public"
[09:21]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Gsw2byNTHak )
[09:23]	TR News	Google's Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/googles-project-genie-experiment-allows-creating-interactive-worlds-with-generative-ai/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:23]	TR Bot	Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI | GamingOnLinux
[09:23]	TR News	Epic Games Store saw a 57% increase in purchases for third-party PC games in 2025 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/epic-games-store-saw-a-57-percent-increase-in-purchases-for-third-party-pc-games-in-2025/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:23]	TR Bot	Games Store saw a 57% increase in purchases for third-party PC games in 2025 | GamingOnLinux
[09:24]	TR News	Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy remaster gets a big upgrade | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/sphinx-and-the-cursed-mummy-remaster-gets-a-big-upgrade/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:24]	TR Bot	and the Cursed Mummy remaster gets a big upgrade | GamingOnLinux
[09:24]	TR News	"When 20-Year-Old Bill Gates Fought the 'Thieves' Who Stole His First Code" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/02/1228214
[09:24]	TR Bot	 When 20-Year-Old Bill Gates Fought the 'Thieves' Who Stole His First Code - SoylentNews
[09:25]	TR News	"Let's Do a Detailed Review of Zorin -- Is This Good for Ex-Windows Users?" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/Let's-Do-a-Detailed-Review-of-Zorin----Is-This-Good-for-Ex-Windows-Users-:6
[09:25]	TR Bot	 Let's Do a Detailed Review of Zorin -- Is This Good for Ex-Windows Users?
[09:26]	TR News	GAFAM site's false dichotomy. the correct answer is "none of the above" https://thenewstack.io/github-agent-hq/
[09:26]	TR Bot	 GitHub is letting developers choose between Copilot and its biggest rivals - The New Stack
[09:27]	TR News	iophk: wrongly asserts there can be beneficial uses without the negatives https://criticaledtech.com/2026/02/05/dealing-with-the-educational-impact-of-australias-social-media-ban/
[09:27]	TR Bot	 Dealing with the educational impact of Australias social media ban Critical Studies of EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY
[09:27]	TR News	"Une perquisition est diligente ce jour dans les locaux franais de la plateforme X" https://www.tribunal-de-paris.justice.fr/sites/default/files/2026-02/20260203CPXFrance.pdf
[09:29]	TR News	EFF boosting sh-t and slop. WTH, EFF???? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/smart-ai-policy-means-understanding-its-real-harms-and-benefits https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/31/Google_Bribes_EFF_EFF_Promotes_LLM_Slop_as_Fair_Use_To_GAFAM_It.shtml
[09:29]	TR Bot	 Smart AI Policy Means Examing Its Real Harms and Benefits | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[09:29]	TR Bot	 Techrights Google Bribes EFF. EFF Promotes LLM Slop as 'Fair Use'. To GAFAM It's a Low-Cost Lobby Hedge.
[09:30]	TR News	Delivery - Beyond is a free new chaotic physics-based co-op game | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/delivery-beyond-is-a-free-new-chaotic-physics-based-co-op-game/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:30]	TR Bot	& Beyond is a free new chaotic physics-based co-op game | GamingOnLinux
[09:31]	TR News	Resident Evil Village and more available in Humble Choice for February 2026 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/resident-evil-village-and-more-available-in-humble-choice-for-february-2026/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:31]	TR Bot	Evil Village and more available in Humble Choice for February 2026 | GamingOnLinux
[09:31]	TR News	AMD say the Steam Machine is "on track" for an early 2026 release | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/amd-say-the-steam-machine-is-on-track-for-an-early-2026-release/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/amd-say-the-steam-machine-is-on-track-for-an-early-2026-release/
[09:31]	TR Bot	say the Steam Machine is "on track" for an early 2026 release | GamingOnLinux
[09:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Steam Machines, Winnie's Hole, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Games_Steam_Machines_Winnie_s_Hole_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Games_Steam_Machines_Winnie_s_Hole_and_More.gmi 
[09:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Steam Machines, Winnie's Hole, and More
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[09:57]	TR News	"The meeting, accessible on the projects Jitsi channel, follows a recent draft proposal that outlines structural changes to how the project manages technical and community decisions" https://news.opensuse.org/2026/02/04/comm-to-discuss-new-gov-proposal/ | Source: OpenSUSE
[09:57]	TR Bot	 Community to Discuss New Governance Proposal - openSUSE News
[09:57]	TR News	Canonical is selling Microsoft and slop. How very shameful. https://ubuntu.com//blog/sql-server-2025-on-ubuntu | Source: Ubuntu
[09:57]	TR Bot	meets SQL Server 2025 on Ubuntu | Ubuntu
[09:58]	TR News	"To prepare for a quantum future, RHEL 10.1 improves defenses against such harvest now, decrypt later attacks and introduces post-quantum signatures for its packages." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-post-quantum-cryptography-rhel-101 | Source: Red Hat Official
[09:58]	TR Bot	 Whats new in post-quantum cryptography in RHEL 10.1
● Feb 05
[10:20]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights
[10:44]		-N-(Broadcast) It's time for the 2026 Winter Olympics (Milano Cortina 2026). As always you are welcome to join us in #olympics
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● Feb 05
[11:35]	Sompi_	Now even LibeOffice starts requiring x86-64-v2: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2
[11:35]	TR Bot	 ReleaseNotes/26.2 - The Document Foundation Wiki
[11:35]	Sompi_	Why is this spreading to so many free software projects in times like this, when it's more expensive than ever to buy new hardware, and that new hardware also tends to be increasingly hostile against user's freedom?
[11:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Gear 25.12.2 Brings Improvements to Dolphin, NeoChat, Kate, and Other Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/KDE_Gear_25_12_2_Brings_Improvements_to_Dolphin_NeoChat_Kate_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/KDE_Gear_25_12_2_Brings_Improvements_to_Dolphin_NeoChat_Kate_an.gmi 
[11:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE Gear 25.12.2 Brings Improvements to Dolphin, NeoChat, Kate, and Other Apps
[11:38]	Sompi_	Those free software organizations are clearly being infiltrated by people that only want to destroy them, so how is it possible that there isn't any widespread resistance against that crap?
[11:40]	Sompi_	Suddenly the most popular Linux distributions and pieces of free software programs require a newer hardware than Windows
● Feb 05
[12:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  Krita 6 Beta Digital Painting App Released with Wayland Color Management Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Krita_6_Beta_Digital_Painting_App_Released_with_Wayland_Color_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Krita_6_Beta_Digital_Painting_App_Released_with_Wayland_Color_M.gmi 
[12:13]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Krita 6 Beta Digital Painting App Released with Wayland Color Management Support
● Feb 05
[13:52]	TR News	slave labor making foreign investors even more rich: https://yle.fi/a/7-10092748
[13:52]	TR Bot	 Servicefacket Pam: Matbud tjnar mindre n fyra euro i timmen | Inrikes | Svenska Yle
[13:55]	TR News	Boeing layoffs: Aircraft maker cuts 300 defence supply-chain jobs https://www.firstpost.com/tech/layoffs-2026-boeing-to-cut-300-defence-supply-chain-jobs-as-workforce-reshapes-13976599.html
[13:55]	TR Bot	layoffs: Aircraft maker cuts 300 defence supply-chain jobs Firstpost
● Feb 05
[14:02]	TR News	evolution of sleep https://theconversation.com/what-an-ancient-jellyfish-can-teach-us-about-the-evolution-of-sleep-273307
[14:02]	TR Bot	 What an ancient jellyfish can teach us about the evolution of sleep
[14:04]	TR News	Regulating sexual content online has always been a challenge https://theconversation.com/regulating-sexual-content-online-has-always-been-a-challenge-how-we-got-here-274149
[14:04]	TR Bot	 Regulating sexual content online has always been a challenge how we got here
[14:05]	TR News	Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate but public understanding lags behind https://theconversation.com/facial-recognition-technology-used-by-police-is-now-very-accurate-but-public-understanding-lags-behind-274652
[14:05]	TR Bot	 Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate but public understanding lags behind
[14:06]	TR News	Amazon to Close Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2026-01-27/amazon-to-close-amazon-go-and-amazon-fresh-to-concentrate-on-whole-foods-and-grocery-delivery
[14:06]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2026-01-27/amazon-to-close-amazon-go-and-amazon-fresh-to-concentrate-on-whole-foods-and-grocery-delivery )
[14:07]	TR News	Coupang https://jacobin.com/2026/01/coupang-amazon-korea-financialization-precarity/
[14:07]	TR Bot	 Coupang, South Koreas Amazon, Is Copying Its Worst Habits
[14:08]	TR News	Perl.Wiki V 1.39 & Mojolicious.Wiki V 1.13 https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2026/02/announce-perlwiki-v-139-mojoliciouswiki-v-113.html
[14:08]	TR Bot	Perl.Wiki V 1.39 & Mojolicious.Wiki V 1.13 | Ron Savage [blogs.perl.org]
[14:09]	TR News	Copyright maybe, not "Intellectual Property" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/guest-book-review-feminist.html
[14:09]	TR Bot	 [Guest Book Review] A Feminist Reconstruction of Intellectual Property Laws in Music - The IPKat
[14:11]	TR News	Resources 1.10.0 Released with Monitoring Support for AMD NPU https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/resources-1-10-0-released-with-monitoring-support-for-amd-npu/
[14:11]	TR Bot	 Resources 1.10.0 Released with Monitoring Support for AMD NPU | UbuntuHandbook
[14:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  New Releases: Tiling Shell 17.3, Resources 1.10, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/New_Releases_Tiling_Shell_17_3_Resources_1_10_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/New_Releases_Tiling_Shell_17_3_Resources_1_10_and_More.gmi 
[14:13]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines New Releases: Tiling Shell 17.3, Resources 1.10, and More
[14:18]	TR News	Treasury cancels $21 million in Booz Allen contracts, blaming a breach that happened years ago https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/business/booz-allen-contracts-treasury
[14:18]	TR Bot	 Treasury cancels $21 million in Booz Allen contracts, blaming Trump tax return leak | CNN Business
[14:23]	TR News	Savannah Best Buy employee says hacker group blackmailed him into theft ring scheme https://www.wjcl.com/article/savannah-best-buy-theft-ring/70144185
[14:23]	TR Bot	( status 451 @ https://www.wjcl.com/article/savannah-best-buy-theft-ring/70144185 )
[14:24]	TR News	AI digital helper Lena Health breach exposed some Houston Methodist patients medical info https://databreaches.net/2026/01/28/ai-digital-helper-lena-health-breach-exposed-some-houston-methodist-patients-medical-info/
[14:24]	TR Bot	digital helper Lena Health breach exposed some Houston Methodist patients medical info (1) DataBreaches.Net
[14:25]	TR News	heat dome https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/how-the-record-breaking-heat-dome-enveloped-australia-20260123-p5nwjr.html
[14:25]	TR Bot	 Heat dome explained: How record breaking heatwave swept across Australia
[14:31]	TR News	Polar bears https://www.vox.com/climate/476873/polar-bears-ice-climate-change-svalbard-research-seals-biodiversity https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/polar-bears-barents-sea-svalbard-climate-9.7066053
[14:31]	TR Bot	bears and climate change: New research in Norway has scientists baffled | Vox
[14:31]	TR Bot	 No sea ice, no problem for these Barents Sea bears for now | CBC Climate Change News
[14:34]	TR News	Most Swedes want government action on climate change https://www.thelocal.se/20260129/most-swedes-want-government-action-on-climate-change
[14:34]	TR Bot	 Most Swedes want government action on climate change
[14:35]	TR News	Hikers spot hundreds of flowers blooming on Jan. 1 in U.K. https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-plant-hunt-9.7066302
[14:35]	TR Bot	 Hikers spot hundreds of flowers blooming on Jan. 1 in U.K. | CBC Climate Change News
[14:36]	TR News	Animals Are Climate Allies. So Why Are We Leaving Them Out of Climate Policy? https://therevelator.org/animals-climate-allies/
[14:36]	TR Bot	 Animals Are Climate Allies. So Why Are We Leaving Them Out of Climate Policy? The Revelator
[14:36]	TR News	Bonaire https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/28/dutch-government-ordered-protect-bonaire-residents-climate-change-court-rules https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bonaire-climate-change-hague-9.7064791
[14:36]	TR Bot	 Dutch government ordered to protect Bonaire residents from climate change, court rules | NL Times
[14:36]	TR Bot	 Netherlands must cut CO2 to protect Caribbean island of Bonaire, court rules | CBC News
[14:37]	TR News	.... Wash Post Reports ... Wash Post punished by its pervy owner https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-27/us-national-parks-told-to-remove-signs-on-mistreatment-of-native-americans-climate-wash-post-reports"
[14:37]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-27/us-national-parks-told-to-remove-signs-on-mistreatment-of-native-americans-climate-wash-post-reports )
[14:41]	TR News	Youre not paranoid: lawyers ARE coming to get you. https://databreaches.net/2026/01/29/youre-not-paranoid-lawyers-are-coming-to-get-you/
[14:41]	TR Bot	not paranoid: lawyers ARE coming to get you. DataBreaches.Net
[14:43]	TR News	<li><h5><a href="https://emmabuntus.org/january-26-2026-emmade5-1-05-an-update-focused-on-accessibility/">January 26, 2026, EmmaDE5 1.05: an update focused on accessibility!</a></h5>
[14:43]	TR Bot	 January 26, 2026, EmmaDE5 1.05: an update focused on accessibility! Emmabunts
[14:44]	TR News	DietPi 10.0 https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v10_0/
[14:44]	TR Bot	v10.0 - DietPi.com Docs
[14:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  Emmabunts Debian Edition 5 Gets New Accessibility Features, Debian 12.13 Base https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Emmabuntus_Debian_Edition_5_Gets_New_Accessibility_Features_Deb.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Emmabuntus_Debian_Edition_5_Gets_New_Accessibility_Features_Deb.gmi 
[14:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Emmabunts Debian Edition 5 Gets New Accessibility Features, Debian 12.13 Base
[14:47]	TR News	South Korea's 'fake news' law tests press autonomy https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-s-fake-news-law-tests-press-autonomy/a-75677742
[14:47]	TR Bot	 South Korea's 'fake news' law tests press autonomy
[14:47]	TR News	Plastic emissions could double health damage by 2040 https://www.dw.com/en/plastic-emissions-could-double-health-damage-by-2040/a-75677138
[14:47]	TR Bot	 Plastic emissions could double health damage by 2040
[14:49]	TR News	decarbonized cars https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hyundai-hydrogen-energy-canada-9.7068353
[14:49]	TR Bot	 Hyundai interested in Canada's hydrogen energy as it bets on decarbonized cars | CBC Accessibility
[14:50]	TR News	The ACLU Wants to Shrink Workers Speech Protections https://jacobin.com/2026/01/aclu-speech-protections-labor-nlrb/
[14:50]	TR Bot	 The ACLU Wants to Shrink Workers Speech Protections
[14:51]	TR News	Free speech for me but not for thee ttps://off-guardian.org/2026/01/29/free-speech-for-me-but-not-for-thee/
[14:53]	TR News	The Hidden Cost of [Slop]: How Data Centers Are Straining Water, Power, and Communities https://www.projectcensored.org/ai-data-centers-water-power-communities/
[14:53]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/ai-data-centers-water-power-communities/ )
[14:53]	TR News	DRC journalists besieged in year of rebel rule https://cpj.org/2026/01/threats-exile-censorship-drc-journalists-besieged-in-year-of-rebel-rule/
[14:53]	TR Bot	 Threats, exile, censorship: DRC journalists besieged in year of rebel rule - Committee to Protect Journalists
[14:57]	TR News	Shadow economy grows to over $500B https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-shadow-economy-grows-to-over-500b/live-75671587
[14:57]	TR Bot	 Germany news: Shadow economy grows to over $500B
[14:58]	TR News	ban social media for under-15s https://www.dw.com/en/france-s-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-social-media-for-under-15s/a-75669653
[14:58]	TR Bot	 France's lawmakers vote to ban social media for under-15s
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[15:02]	TR News	Deutsche Bank raided in money laundering probe https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-deutsche-bank-raided-in-money-laundering-probe/live-75687631
[15:02]	TR Bot	 Germany news: Deutsche Bank raided in money laundering probe
[15:03]	TR News	Sweden denies Turkey request to hear journalist facing terror charges https://www.thelocal.se/20260130/sweden-denies-turkey-request-to-hear-journalist-facing-terror-charges
[15:03]	TR Bot	 Sweden denies Turkey request to hear journalist facing terror charges
[15:04]	TR News	struggle of independent media in Turkey https://bianet.org/haber/report-highlights-survival-struggle-of-independent-media-in-turkey-amid-pressure-uncertainty-316099
[15:04]	TR Bot	 Report highlights survival struggle of independent media in Turkey amid pressure, uncertainty
[15:11]	TR News	"With Win 11, Microsoft has a hand in my digital pants. Maybe both hands." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgf892xr
[15:11]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgf892xr )
[15:12]	TR News	deficit concerns https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/credit-rating-downgrade-budget-9.7068759
[15:12]	TR Bot	 Nova Scotia's credit rating downgraded amid deficit concerns | CBC News
[15:15]	TR News	Slop steals energy, not only information or works of actual people https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ai-data-centres-competitive-bid-process-bc-9.7069103
[15:15]	TR Bot	 AI, data centre companies will have to compete for electricity in B.C. | CBC News
[15:16]	TR News	Microsoft loses billions in biggest stock drop in 6 years https://cphpost.dk/2026-01-30/news/round-up/microsoft-loses-billions-in-biggest-stock-drop-in-6-years/
[15:16]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-01-30/news/round-up/microsoft-loses-billions-in-biggest-stock-drop-in-6-years/ )
[15:18]	TR News	Linux Mint 22.3: Whats New (And Whats Not) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=B-h4UHrD8b0
[15:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=B-h4UHrD8b0 )
[15:18]	TR News	CachyOS 251129 Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/shorts/uP0EJBNHtX0
[15:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/shorts/uP0EJBNHtX0 )
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[15:19]	TR News	MouseTiler: The Most Unique Linux Tiling I've Ever Seen https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=mhZDxNQiFSQ
[15:19]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=mhZDxNQiFSQ )
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[15:20]	TR News	Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (05/2026): Farewell, FOSDEM! https://linmob.net/weekly-update-05-2026/
[15:20]	TR Bot	- Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (05/2026): Farewell, FOSDEM!
[15:26]	TR News	Can it protect its citizens? https://www.dw.com/en/the-eu-takes-on-musk-s-ai-that-undresses-women-can-it-protect-its-citizens/a-75709719
[15:26]	TR Bot	 Can the EU take on Musk over AI 'undressing' feature?
[15:26]	MinceR	https://engrish.com/2024/06/thats-all-the-motivation-i-need/
[15:26]	TR Bot	 Thats all the motivation I need!
[15:28]	TR News	TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-27/tiktok-settles-social-media-addiction-lawsuit-ahead-of-trial
[15:28]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-27/tiktok-settles-social-media-addiction-lawsuit-ahead-of-trial )
[15:29]	TR News	TikTok settles landmark lawsuit over youth addiction claims https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tiktok-settles-landmark-social-media-trial-youth-addiction-9.7063272
[15:29]	TR Bot	 TikTok settles landmark lawsuit over youth addiction claims | CBC News
[15:29]	TR News	Social Control Media: The new TikTok is freaking people out https://www.vox.com/technology/476985/trump-tiktok-censorship-ice-epstein-outage
[15:29]	TR Bot	Trumps new TikTok censoring users? | Vox
[15:30]	TR News	New US TikTok Spinoff Will Be Controlled by Cheeto Mussolini-Aligned Billionaires https://scheerpost.com/2026/01/29/new-us-tiktok-spinoff-will-be-controlled-by-trump-aligned-billionaires/
[15:30]	TR Bot	 New US TikTok Spinoff Will Be Controlled by Trump-Aligned Billionaires
[15:33]	TR News	after filming protest at Minnesota church https://www.dw.com/en/don-lemon-arrested-after-filming-protest-at-minnesota-church/a-75731587
[15:33]	TR Bot	 Don Lemon arrested after filming protest at Minnesota church
[15:35]	TR News	Trading card shops, collectors face rising thefts https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trading-card-shop-thefts-9.706743
[15:35]	TR Bot	( status 404 @ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trading-card-shop-thefts-9.706743 )
[15:36]	TR News	failing to support drivershttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/accessible-cabs-dwindling-toronto-9.7065512
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[15:43]	TR News	Belarus: Snow and cold used to torture political prisoners https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-snow-and-cold-used-to-torture-political-prisoners/a-75717969
[15:43]	TR Bot	 Belarus: Snow and cold used to torture political prisoners
[15:44]	TR News	Philippines: Are terror laws being used to silence critics? https://www.dw.com/en/philippines-are-terror-laws-being-used-to-silence-critics/a-75729580
[15:44]	TR Bot	 Philippines: Are terror laws being used to silence critics?
[15:45]	TR News	gold and silver prices suddenly collapsed https://www.dw.com/en/why-gold-and-silver-prices-suddenly-collapsed/a-75758156
[15:45]	TR Bot	 Why gold and silver prices suddenly collapsed
[15:46]	TR News	Adam Price: Manage an Offline Music Library with Linux https://maprys.net/posts/music-library-linux/
[15:46]	TR Bot	 Manage an Offline Music Library with Linux
[15:47]	TR News	Linux User Space Episode 6:07: New WebKids on the Block https://www.linuxuserspace.show/607
[15:47]	TR Bot	 Linux User Space: Episode 6:07: New WebKids on the Block
[15:48]	TR News	This Week in Linux https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-334/
[15:48]	TR Bot	What if Linus leaves Linux?, Open Gaming Collective, Xfce + Wayland, GOG.com & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital
[15:48]	TR News	Oracle and Facebook lad pushing slop into Linux https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/02/0718228/linux-kernel-developer-chris-masons-new-initiative-ai-prompts-for-code-reviews
[15:48]	TR Bot	 Linux Kernel Developer Chris Mason's New Initiative: AI Prompts for Code Reviews - Slashdot
[15:49]	TR News	How to Fix A Stop Job is Running Message During Shutdown in Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/fix-a-stop-job-is-running-message-linux/
[15:49]	TR Bot	 How to Fix "A Stop Job is Running" Message During Shutdown in Linux - Make Tech Easier
[15:50]	TR News	Alpine 3.20.9, 3.21.6, 3.22.3 and 3.23.3 released https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.20.9-3.21.6-3.22.3-3.23.3-released.html
[15:50]	TR Bot	 Alpine 3.20.9, 3.21.6, 3.22.3 and 3.23.3 released | Alpine Linux
[15:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	yup, i continually think i should wipe my dual boot windows/ubuntu machine
[15:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	and just go with ubuntu
[15:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	i get the impression windows is continually tracking me and grabbing my personal info
[15:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	it is not worth ityup, i continually think i should wipe my dual boot windows/ubuntu machine
[15:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	and just go with ubuntu
[15:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	i get the impression windows is continually tracking me and grabbing my personal info
[15:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	it is not worth it
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	from https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgf892xr
[15:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgf892xr )
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	<Sompi_> Suddenly the most popular Linux distributions and pieces of free software programs require a newer hardware than Windows
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	"in order to ensure deployment of TPM2 and UEFI, etc
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[15:58]	TR News	iophk: Probably so busy redacting cheeto that they missed the important stuff https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260205-disastrous-release-of-epstein-files-exposes-nude-photos-and-names-of-victims
[15:58]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260205-disastrous-release-of-epstein-files-exposes-nude-photos-and-names-of-victims )
● Feb 05
[16:02]	TR News	Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in January 2026 https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2026/02/04/foss-activity-in-january-2026.html
[16:02]	TR Bot	 FOSS activity in January 2026 | Better living through software
[16:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi 
[16:02]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
[16:02]	TR News	2026 Krita Roadmap https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/roadmap-2026/
[16:02]	TR Bot	 404 Page not found | Krita
[16:04]	TR News	Thousands of LEO satellites wont save us (but good regulation will) https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/04/thousands-of-leo-satellites-wont-save-us-but-good-regulation-will/
[16:04]	TR Bot	 Thousands of LEO satellites wont save us (but good regulation will) | APNIC Blog
[16:04]	TR News	NetGent: Agent-based automation of network application workflows https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/05/netgent-agent-based-automation-of-network-application-workflows/
[16:04]	TR Bot	 NetGent: Agent-based automation of network application workflows | APNIC Blog
[16:06]	TR News	Vulnerabilities Allowed Full Compromise of Surveillance Giant Google Looker Instances https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-allowed-full-compromise-of-google-looker-instances/
[16:06]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-allowed-full-compromise-of-google-looker-instances/ )
[16:07]	TR News	UK adequacy decision: a risk for the future and a lesson to be learnt https://edri.org/our-work/uk-adequacy-decision-a-risk-for-the-future-and-a-lesson-to-be-learnt/
[16:07]	TR Bot	 UK adequacy decision - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[16:07]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights
[16:07]	TR News	The EU Commission is gutting net neutrality https://edri.org/our-work/the-eu-commission-is-gutting-net-neutrality/
[16:07]	TR Bot	 The EU Commission is gutting net neutrality - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[16:08]	TR News	#DIDit: EDRi members spark movement for alternatives to Big Tech https://edri.org/our-work/didit-edri-members-spark-movement-for-alternatives-to-big-tech/
[16:08]	TR Bot	 #DIDit: EDRi members spark movement for alternatives to Big Tech - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[16:08]	TR News	Open Letter: Civil society concerned about extensive and indiscriminate data retention regime in Switzerland https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-civil-society-concerned-about-extensive-and-indiscriminate-data-retention-regime-in-switzerland/
[16:08]	TR Bot	 Civil society concerned about extensive data retention in Switzerland - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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[16:09]	TR News	Mozilla Localization (L10N): Localizer spotlight: Oliver https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2026/02/04/localizer-spotlight-oliver/
[16:09]	TR Bot	 Localizer spotlight: Oliver Mozilla L10N
[16:10]	TR News	Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1057247/
[16:10]	TR Bot	updates for Wednesday [LWN.net]
[16:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  3 Fedora features that make other Linux distros feel outdated https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/3_Fedora_features_that_make_other_Linux_distros_feel_outdated.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/3_Fedora_features_that_make_other_Linux_distros_feel_outdated.gmi 
[16:14]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 3 Fedora features that make other Linux distros feel outdated
[16:16]	TR News	Dave Airlie: nouveau: a tale of two bugs https://airlied.blogspot.com/2026/02/nouveau-tale-of-two-bugs.html
[16:16]	TR Bot	 nouveau: a tale of two bugs
[16:19]	TR News	Microsoft's VS Code in Ubuntu's Snap Format Eats Up Disk Space Like Bloatware Even After Removal https://itsfoss.com/news/vscode-snap-disk-space-issue/
[16:19]	TR Bot	 Microsoft's VS Code in Ubuntu's Snap Format Eats Up Disk Space Like Bloatware Even After Removal
[16:22]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi 
[16:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Microsoft Canonical: Selling Slop, Proprietary Software, Spyware, and Bloatware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Microsoft_Canonical_Selling_Slop_Proprietary_Software_Spyware_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Microsoft_Canonical_Selling_Slop_Proprietary_Software_Spyware_a.gmi 
[16:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[16:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Microsoft Canonical: Selling Slop, Proprietary Software, Spyware, and Bloatware
[16:22]	TR News	COSMIC Desktop 1.0.5 finally adds an option to show battery percentage in the panel https://www.neowin.net/news/cosmic-desktop-105-finally-adds-an-option-to-show-battery-percentage-in-the-panel/
[16:22]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/cosmic-desktop-105-finally-adds-an-option-to-show-battery-percentage-in-the-panel/ )
[16:24]	TR News	JetBrains drops X11 for Wayland as default in IntelliJ-based IDEs https://www.neowin.net/news/jetbrains-drops-x11-for-wayland-as-default-in-intellij-based-ides/
[16:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/jetbrains-drops-x11-for-wayland-as-default-in-intellij-based-ides/ )
[16:25]	TR News	dcat terminal-based 3D model viewer https://www.linuxlinks.com/dcat-terminal-based-3d-model-viewer/
[16:25]	TR Bot	- terminal-based 3D model viewer - LinuxLinks
[16:25]	TR News	6 Top Free and Open Source Scala Web Frameworks https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-scala-web-frameworks/
[16:25]	TR Bot	Top Free and Open Source Scala Web Frameworks - LinuxLinks
[16:25]	TR News	Cine mpv frontend https://www.linuxlinks.com/cine-mpv-frontend/
[16:25]	TR Bot	- mpv frontend - LinuxLinks
[16:27]	TR News	17 Must-Have Tools for Ubuntu Users in 2026 https://www.tecmint.com/ubuntu-apps-for-beginners/
[16:27]	TR Bot	 17 Best Ubuntu Apps for Beginners in 2026 (Essential Tools)
[16:28]	TR News	How To Install ImageMagick on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-imagemagick-debian-13/
[16:28]	TR Bot	 How To Install ImageMagick on Debian 13 - idroot
[16:28]	TR News	How To Install Navidrome on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-navidrome-fedora-43/
[16:28]	TR Bot	 How To Install Navidrome on Fedora 43 - idroot
[16:29]	TR News	LibreOffice 26.2 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1057256/
[16:29]	TR Bot	26.2 released [LWN.net]
[16:30]	TR News	Time for a $3.1 Billion (and Change) Mega-Case? Court Considers Consolidating Concord v. Anthropic Infringement Lawsuits https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/concord-v-anthropic-consolidation-motion/
[16:30]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/concord-v-anthropic-consolidation-motion/ )
[16:30]	TR News	EU Legislators Call for an End to Coercive Rights Buy-Outs by American VOD Giants Like DRM spreader Netflix https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/eu-legislators-rights-buy-outs/
[16:30]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/eu-legislators-rights-buy-outs/ )
[16:31]	TR News	NVIDIA Claps Back Against Authors Expanded Copyright Infringement Claims Amid Dismissal Push https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/04/nvidia-authors-lawsuit-dismissal-motion/
[16:31]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/04/nvidia-authors-lawsuit-dismissal-motion/ )
[16:31]	TR News	SFC Responds to the European Commission's Request for Feedback on European Digital Ecosystems https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/feb/04/eu-submission-digital-ecosystems/
[16:31]	TR Bot	 SFC Responds to the European Commission's Request for Feedback on European Digital Ecosystems - Software Freedom Conservancy
[16:32]	TR News	Please Dont Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/02/please-dont-feed-the-scattered-lapsus-shiny-hunters/
[16:32]	TR Bot	 Please Dont Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters Krebs on Security
[16:34]	TR News	Epstein emails claim Famous Criminal Bill Gates contracted STD, had sex with Russian girls https://www.france24.com/en/epstein-emails-claim-bill-gates-contracted-std-had-sex-with-russian-girls
[16:34]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/epstein-emails-claim-bill-gates-contracted-std-had-sex-with-russian-girls )
[16:35]	TR News	Fedora Community Blog: Flock CFP Extended to February 8 https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/flock-cfp-extended-to-february-8/
[16:35]	TR Bot	 Flock CFP Extended to February 8 Fedora Community Blog
[16:37]	TR News	How to connect OpenShift Lightspeed MCP to your IDE https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/04/how-connect-openshift-lightspeed-mcp-your-ide
[16:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/04/how-connect-openshift-lightspeed-mcp-your-ide )
[16:38]	TR News	Pluralistic: Justin Key's "The Hospital at the End Of the World" (04 Feb 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/04/slice-bees/
[16:38]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Justin Keys The Hospital at the End Of the World (04 Feb 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[16:38]	TR News	[Podcast] BGP in review for 2025 https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/05/podcast-bgp-in-review-for-2025/
[16:38]	TR Bot	 [Podcast] BGP in review for 2025 | APNIC Blog
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[16:49]	TR News	10 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Mastodon Clients https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-graphical-mastodon-clients/
[16:49]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Graphical Mastodon Clients - LinuxLinks
[16:53]	TR News	Might be a slopfarm https://www.technetbooks.com/2026/02/geforce-now-linux-app-beta-launches.html
[16:53]	TR Bot	 GeForce NOW Linux App beta launches with RTX 5080 cloud streaming for Ubuntu 24.04 plus ten new game titles | Technetbook
[16:54]	TR News	Snakeoil? https://aijourn.com/connectsecure-unveils-unified-linux-security-patching-for-red-hat-ubuntu-debian-and-centos/
[16:54]	TR Bot	 ConnectSecure Unveils Unified Linux Security Patching for Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS | The AI Journal
[16:54]	TR News	Microsoft is even gobbling up PC resources on Linux Visual Studio Code could be hogging hard drive space https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsoft-seems-to-be-gobbling-up-pc-resources-away-from-windows
[16:54]	TR Bot	 VS Code on Ubuntu could be filling your hard drive | Windows Central
[16:56]	TR News	Ubuntu 26.04 surprised me - this upcoming release is seriously secure https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-26-04-new-release/
[16:56]	TR Bot	26.04 surprised me - this upcoming release is seriously secure | ZDNET
[16:58]	TR News	I'm a Linux power user, and this distro made me rethink what an operating system can be https://www.zdnet.com/article/nixos-linux-review/
[16:58]	TR Bot	a Linux power user, and this distro made me rethink what an operating system can be | ZDNET
[16:59]	TR News	After 30 years with Linux, I switched it for Windows 11 - and found 9 serious problems https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-ditched-linux-for-windows-11-9-big-problems/
[16:59]	TR Bot	30 years with Linux, I switched it for Windows 11 - and found 9 serious problems | ZDNET
● Feb 05
[17:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  From Mac to Linux: Every app I replaced https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/From_Mac_to_Linux_Every_app_I_replaced.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/From_Mac_to_Linux_Every_app_I_replaced.gmi 
[17:02]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines From Mac to Linux: Every app I replaced
[17:02]	TR News	At embedded world 2026, Linutronix to Present IGLOS Secure Industrial Grade Linux OS https://embeddedcomputing.com/technology/open-source/linux-freertos-related/at-embedded-world-2026-linutronix-to-present-iglos-secure-industrial-grade-linux-os
[17:02]	TR Bot	 At embedded world 2026, Linutronix to Present IGLOS Secure Industrial Grade Linux OS - Embedded Computing Design
[17:03]	TR News	BDBOS Joins Linux Foundation and Advances Open Source Projects https://www.criticalcommunicationsreview.com/ccr/news/117952/bdbos-joins-linux-foundation-and-advances-open-source-projects
[17:03]	TR Bot	 The Critical Communications Review - BDBOS Joins Linux Foundation and Advances Open Source Projects
[17:03]	TR News	Linux users report Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Snap package isn't actually deleting files https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linux-users-report-microsofts-visual-studio-code-snap-package-isnt-actually-deleting-files
[17:03]	TR Bot	users report Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Snap package isn't actually deleting files | TechRadar
[17:04]	TR News	Zorin OS vs. Linux Mint: Which is the better Linux distro for Windows converts? https://www.howtogeek.com/zorin-os-vs-linux-mint-which-is-the-better-linux-distro-for-windows-users/
[17:04]	TR Bot	 Zorin OS vs. Linux Mint: Which is the better Linux distro for Windows users?
[17:05]	TR News	VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/vs_code_for_linux_trash_fail/
[17:05]	TR Bot	 VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files The Register
[17:06]	MinceR	trash looking out for other trash
[17:06]	MinceR	trash solidarity
[17:07]	TR News	"Silent Push believes the developers of SystemBC are Russian, based on Russian-language code strings and forum posts. SystemBC is a long-running malware family first detected by Proofpoint in 2019." https://cybernews.com/security/major-malware-gets-linux-variant-infects-thousands-of-servers/
[17:07]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://cybernews.com/security/major-malware-gets-linux-variant-infects-thousands-of-servers/ )
[17:08]	MinceR	the prequel to SystemD?
[17:08]	TR News	IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and other IDEs are getting a Wayland upgrade on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/wayland-support-is-coming-to-intellij-idea-pycharm-and-other-ides/
[17:08]	TR Bot	 IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and other IDEs are getting a Wayland upgrade on Linux
[17:09]	TR News	CIQ's NSS Module First to Achieve CAVP Certification for Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithms https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/ciqs-nss-module-first-achieve-170500721.html
[17:09]	TR Bot	 CIQ's NSS Module First to Achieve CAVP Certification for Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithms
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[17:10]	TR News	Novel ShadowHS malware targets Linux environments https://www.scworld.com/brief/novel-shadowhs-malware-targets-linux-environments
[17:10]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.scworld.com/brief/novel-shadowhs-malware-targets-linux-environments )
[17:10]	TR News	Using a slopfarm as a source
[17:12]	TR News	Calling Linux a "movement" and asserting it declines is misguided https://cryptobriefing.com/zooko-wilcox-ohearn-cryptos-future-may-mirror-linuxs-decline-the-cypherpunk-vision-has-largely-failed-and-user-experience-is-key-to-mass-adoption-bankless/
[17:12]	TR Bot	 Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn: Crypto's future may mirror Linux's decline, the cypherpunk vision has largely failed, and user experience is key to mass adoption | Bankless
[17:13]	TR News	 xkcd: Binary Star #3203 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3203.gmi
[17:13]	TR News	"I wanted a more comprehensive understanding of NixOS and for some reason I thought this could come from a book. I couldnt find anything with any reviews." gemini://thatit.be/2026-02-04-22-16-06.gmi
[17:14]	TR News	"I've seen this enough that I'd like to put out a public service reminder that Alhena supports not only four different color emoji sets but also monochrome emojis via the Noto Emoji font. On MacOS, you can even choose between Noto and the system's color font for a total of six emoji options." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Alhena/37683
[17:15]	TR News	Mon privilge gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2786
[17:15]	TR News	gentle tears gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/tears
[17:16]	TR News	past present future gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/future
[17:17]	MinceR	well, in a way it did decline -- it was taken over by its enemies and made much worse
[17:20]	TR News	 (NEW):  Audiocasts/Shows: Linux User Space, This Week in Linux, FLOSS Weekly, and Recent GNU/Linux Videos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_User_Space_This_Week_in_Linux_FLOSS_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_User_Space_This_Week_in_Linux_FLOSS_Week.gmi 
[17:20]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Linux User Space, This Week in Linux, FLOSS Weekly, and Recent GNU/Linux Videos
[17:20]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[17:20]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[17:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Graphics: Nouveau and Wayland https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Graphics_Nouveau_and_Wayland.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Graphics_Nouveau_and_Wayland.gmi 
[17:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux Graphics: Nouveau and Wayland
[17:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
[17:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Devices, Open Hardwar, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Devices_Open_Hardwar_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Devices_Open_Hardwar_and_More.gmi 
[17:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux Devices, Open Hardwar, and More
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[17:26]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[17:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers
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[17:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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[17:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation; Security and Even Slopfarms https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/ear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Fear_mongering_Dramatisation_Security_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/ear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Fear_mongering_Dramatisation_Security_and.gmi 
[17:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation; Security and Even Slopfarms
[17:32]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 05/02/2026: NixOS Books and Monochrome Emojis https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Gemini_Links_05_02_2026_NixOS_Books_and_Monochrome_Emojis.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Gemini_Links_05_02_2026_NixOS_Books_and_Monochrome_Emojis.gmi 
[17:32]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 05/02/2026: NixOS Books and Monochrome Emojis
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[17:37]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/02/2026: EU Commission Gutting Net Neutrality https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Links_05_02_2026_EU_Commission_Gutting_Net_Neutrality.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Links_05_02_2026_EU_Commission_Gutting_Net_Neutrality.gmi 
[17:37]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/02/2026: EU Commission Gutting Net Neutrality
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[18:25]	MinceR	(cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1768/99/1768993592878.jpg
[18:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Darktable 5.4.1 Brings Noise Profiles for Canon EOS 10D and Sony ILCE-7CR Cameras https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Darktable_5_4_1_Brings_Noise_Profiles_for_Canon_EOS_10D_and_Son.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Darktable_5_4_1_Brings_Noise_Profiles_for_Canon_EOS_10D_and_Son.gmi 
[18:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Darktable 5.4.1 Brings Noise Profiles for Canon EOS 10D and Sony ILCE-7CR Cameras
[18:46]	admfubar	well blow me down.... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/adobe-reverses-decision-to-discontinue-animate-after-a-lot-of-confusion-and-angst/
[18:46]	TR Bot	 User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D animation app - Ars Technica
[18:48]	admfubar	open and shut... https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/02/five-months-later-nvidias-100-billion-openai-investment-plan-has-fizzled-out/
[18:48]	TR Bot	 Nvidia's $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanished - Ars Technica
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[19:15]	admfubar	https://www.firstpost.com/tech/will-ai-shut-software-shops-the-fear-tanks-us-tech-stocks-after-anthropic-unveils-new-tools-13975956.html
[19:15]	TR Bot	AI shut software shops? The fear tanks US tech stocks after Anthropic unveils new tools Firstpost
[19:18]	admfubar	he is getting dizzy     er... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-anthropic-ads
[19:18]	TR Bot	 Sam Altman Is Spiraling
[19:19]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/peloton-mass-layoffs-ai
[19:19]	TR Bot	 Peloton Institutes Mass Layoffs After Pivoting to AI
[19:19]	admfubar	cash out while you can???... https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-tanking-death-spiral
[19:19]	TR Bot	 If Bitcoin Keeps Tanking, It Could Cause a "Death Spiral" for the Entire Economy
[19:21]	admfubar	oh no cops.... https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/drone-hive-detroit
[19:21]	TR Bot	 Police in Detroit Suburb Install Hives That Can Instantly Deploy Drones to Fight Crime
[19:22]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-distress-money-infrastructure
[19:22]	TR Bot	 Tech Companies Showing Signs of Distress as They Run Out of Money for AI Infrastructure
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[19:33]	yuhong	Aren't the hardware problems Google faced not related to software freedom?
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[19:39]	admfubar	https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/05/edr-killer-vulnerable-encase-driver/
[19:39]	TR Bot	 Why a decade-old EnCase driver still works as an EDR killer - Help Net Security
[19:40]	psydroid3	yuhong bai bai
[19:40]	MinceR	:>
[19:40]	admfubar	the holes are coming!!!, the holes are coming!!!! https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/05/ai-smart-glasses-privacy-risk/
[19:40]	TR Bot	 Smart glasses are back, privacy issues included - Help Net Security
[19:43]	MinceR	what user account is used to install and load the new driver?
[19:50]	admfubar	https://linuxiac.com/linux-users-do-you-use-non-free-software/
[19:50]	TR Bot	 Linux Users, Do You Use Non-Free Software?
[19:50]	MinceR	most of them do
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[20:08]	MinceR	https://engrish.com/2024/07/to-our-nutizens/
[20:08]	TR Bot	 To our nutizens
[20:10]	admfubar	https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/leading-pc-manufacturers-considering-using-chinese-memory-chips-report-claims-hp-and-dell-qualifying-cxmt-dram-acer-and-asus-asking-chinese-partners-to-source-locally-made-memory-chips
[20:10]	TR Bot	 Leading PC manufacturers considering using Chinese memory chips, report claims HP and Dell qualifying CXMT DRAM, Acer and Asus asking Chinese partners to source locally-made memory chips | Tom's Hardware
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[20:12]	IsambardPrince	CNBC is explaining the tech bubble now as "AI fatigue"
[20:13]	IsambardPrince	https://www.wired.com/story/hollywood-is-losing-audiences-to-ai-fatigue/
[20:13]	TR Bot	Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue | WIRED
[20:13]	IsambardPrince	LOL
[20:17]	admfubar	next it will be described as the "ai vapors"
[20:17]	admfubar	https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-reveals-next-gen-xbox-could-launch-in-2027-ceo-says-semi-custom-soc-ready-to-support-launch-in-2027
[20:17]	TR Bot	 AMD reveals next-gen Xbox could launch in 2027 CEO says semi-custom SoC ready to 'support launch in 2027' | Tom's Hardware
[20:17]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The news said that the cryptocurrency platform Gemini laid off like a quarter of their employees and the stock was down 7%.
[20:17]	IsambardPrince	https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/investing/bitcoin-price
[20:17]	TR Bot	 Bitcoin price under $70,000: Seriously, whats going on? | CNN Business
[20:19]	admfubar	https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/banker-claims-oracle-may-slash-up-to-30-000-jobs-sell-health-unit-to-pay-for-ai-build-out.459106/
[20:19]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/banker-claims-oracle-may-slash-up-to-30-000-jobs-sell-health-unit-to-pay-for-ai-build-out.459106/ )
[20:47]	IsambardPrince	https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/04/woman-recorded-herself-bragging-about-escaping-police-after-allegedly-hitting-2-random-people-with-car-outside-gurnee-mills-moments-before-knife-attack-attempted-murder-charges-filed/
[20:47]	TR Bot	 Woman recorded herself bragging about escaping police after allegedly hitting 2 random people with car outside Gurnee Mills moments before knife attack; attempted murder charges filed
[20:48]	IsambardPrince	"A Wisconsin woman recorded herself bragging about escaping Gurnee police after allegedly hitting and injuring two people with her car at a Gurnee Mills parking lot, before attacking a random man with a knife on Monday.
[20:48]	IsambardPrince	Katelyn A. Harmon, 25, of Waukesha, Wisc., was charged Tuesday with multiple counts of attempted murder and aggravated battery in what police called random acts of violence in the parking lot at Gurnee Mills.
[20:48]	IsambardPrince	Harmon is formally charged by the Lake County States Attorneys Office with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of leaving the scene of a crash involving personal injury, three counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and two counts of aggravated battery causing great bodily for the attacks at Gurnee Mills."
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[21:20]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/future-society/trump-crypto-gold-statue
[21:20]	TR Bot	 Crypto Guys Who Bought a Huge Gold Trump Statue Now Have a Problem
[21:26]	admfubar	https://restofworld.org/2026/big-tech-backlash-alternatives-upscrolled/
[21:26]	TR Bot	 U.S tech backlash grows as countries and startups seek alternatives - Rest of World
[21:27]	admfubar	hhhhmmm doughnuts..... https://www.salon.com/2026/02/05/the-donut-that-smiles-back-in-barcelona/
[21:27]	TR Bot	donut that smiles back in Barcelona - Salon.com
[21:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  Ardour 9.0 Open-Source DAW Brings Pianoroll Windows, Cue Recording, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Ardour_9_0_Open_Source_DAW_Brings_Pianoroll_Windows_Cue_Recordi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Ardour_9_0_Open_Source_DAW_Brings_Pianoroll_Windows_Cue_Recordi.gmi 
[21:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Ardour 9.0 Open-Source DAW Brings Pianoroll Windows, Cue Recording, and More
[21:49]	MinceR	https://imgur.com/gallery/nazis-old-new-OkBSJXg
[21:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/nazis-old-new-OkBSJXg )
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[22:16]	admfubar	might be a good time to buy a gpu....https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-crashing-miners-unplugging-equipment
[22:16]	TR Bot	 Bitcoin Is Crashing So Hard That Miners Are Unplugging Their Equipment
[22:18]	MinceR	:)
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[23:06]	Sompi_	Hopefully the same happens to hey hi