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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-090426.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-090426.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-090426.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-090426.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, April 09, 2026 [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-090426.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-090426.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-090426.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-090426.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, April 09, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-04-09.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-04-09.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:51] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-04-09.txt [02:52] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights ● Apr 10 [03:01] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/man-lights-warehouse-fire-not-paying-enough [03:01] TR Bot Man Lights 1.2 Million Square Foot Warehouse on Fire for Not Paying Him Enough [03:02] admfubar he had nothing to hide.... https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-naked-shotgun [03:02] TR Bot Naked Man Bursts Into Tesla Service Center With a Shotgun [03:08] MinceR "Listen up, you primitive screwheads! This... is my BOOMSTICK!" [03:09] admfubar https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/ibm-open-source-ai-infrastructure/ [03:09] TR Bot IBM argues open source is essential as AI becomes critical infrastructure [03:34] schestowitz[TR3] this site is a slopfarm [03:34] schestowitz[TR3] the article is fake [03:39] TR News "So my salary is increasing 10x? Ha! Of course no!" gemini://robida.net/entries/2026/04/09/ai-will-improve-your-productivity-by-10x [03:40] TR News "I have a lot of photos that I have been carrying since a long time, this is certainly my oldest files that I was able to not lost over 20 years. It has been stored as a hierarchy since then, and it had very poor metadata information, and poor ability to be browsed. It was time to improve on this." gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/photo-library-management.gmi [03:40] *Goblin (~use@g5mtr4e86tp7q.irc) has joined #techrights [03:41] TR News "He just writes some notes and gets co-pilot to write the message. I pointed out that the recipient might not be reading it, but getting co-pilot to summarise it instead." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-04-10_Not_yet__but_soon__why_bother_.gmi [03:42] TR News "A few days ago I set a new personal record for the farthest distance traveled by bicycle in one day. My previous record was just under 26 miles over the course of about seven hours, and on Tuesday I rode just under 42 miles in about five and a half hours." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202604/20260409-42-miles.gmi [03:43] admfubar https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1sb6hzk/adobe_wrote_to_my_hosts_file_ive_never_had_an_app/oe1ap9h/ [03:44] TR Bot thenickdude comments on Adobe wrote to my hosts file. Ive never had an app do this before [03:47] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [03:47] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [03:47] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 10/04/2026: Cycling, Slop, and Software to Keep Photos Organised https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Gemini_Links_10_04_2026_Cycling_Slop_and_Software_to_Keep_Photo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Gemini_Links_10_04_2026_Cycling_Slop_and_Software_to_Keep_Photo.gmi [03:47] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 10/04/2026: Cycling, Slop, and Software to Keep Photos Organised [03:49] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 09, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_April_09_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_April_09_2026.gmi [03:49] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 09, 2026 [03:49] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:50] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:50] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... ● Apr 10 [04:11] TR News Techrights April 15: Richard Stallman to Speak at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/April_15_Richard_Stallman_to_Speak_at_the_University_of_Texas_i.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/April_15_Richard_Stallman_to_Speak_at_the_University_of_Texas_i.gmi [04:11] TR Bot Techrights April 15: Richard Stallman to Speak at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas [04:16] *includeals_ (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [04:17] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [04:17] *includeals_ is now known as includeals [04:26] TR News Techrights Microsoft, Drowning in Net Debt, Will Make Many More Cuts https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Microsoft_Drowning_in_Net_Debt_Will_Make_Many_More_Cuts.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Microsoft_Drowning_in_Net_Debt_Will_Make_Many_More_Cuts.gmi [04:26] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft, Drowning in Net Debt, Will Make Many More Cuts [04:26] TR News "So EFF stepped in as May Firsts counsel and explained why AFP and Higbee had no valid claim. After receiving our response, Higbee backed down." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/09/a-baseless-copyright-claim-against-a-web-host-and-why-it-failed/ | Source: Techdirt [04:26] TR Bot Baseless Copyright Claim Against A Web Host And Why It Failed | Techdirt [04:27] TR News "The suit alleged unauthorised use of the song Tirchi Topiwale from the film Tridev in the track Rang De Lal Oye Oye." https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/copyright-row-delhi-hc-refers-dispute-over-oye-oye-song-in-dhurandhar-2-to-mediation-101775728002998.html | Source: Hindustan Times [04:27] TR Bot Copyright row: Delhi HC refers dispute over Oye Oye song in Dhurandhar 2 to mediation | Latest News Delhi [04:28] TR News "Idrassi publicized his experience on March 30, saying: "Microsoft did not send me any emails or prior warnings." https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/microsoft_dev_account_deactivations/ | Source: The Register UK [04:28] TR Bot Microsoft locks out top open source devs, blames process The Register [04:28] TR News "Live Nations fate will soon be with a jury as closing arguments in the blockbuster antitrust case begin today, April 9." https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/live-nation-trial-closing-arguments-1235543669/ | Source: Rolling Stone [04:28] TR Bot Live Nation Trial: Closing Arguments to Begin Today [04:28] TR News "Just after rebranding itself as a multi-content platform, Spotify is rolling out new controls to stop video from playing alongside music and podcasts." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/09/how-to-turn-off-spotify-video-content/ | Source: Digital Music News [04:28] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/09/how-to-turn-off-spotify-video-content/ ) [04:29] TR News "Agile is just hacking on the fly until the money runs out. Starlink is proof." https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/starlink-2/ | Source: Logikal Solutions [04:29] TR Bot Starlink - Catastrophic Architectural Failure Logikal Blog [04:29] TR News "This initiative is a direct reflection of our unwavering commitment to the well-being of our sailors" https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2026/04/09/us-navy-introduces-free-wi-fi-to-barracks-in-greece-italy/ | Source: US Navy Times [04:29] TR Bot US Navy introduces free Wi-Fi to barracks in Greece, Italy [04:29] TR News "Starlink has recently seen several satellites blow up in orbit and has been very murky about the reasons for it. Tens of thousands more LEO satellites are slated for launch in the next few years." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/09/musk-bezos-both-cry-to-trumps-fcc-in-bid-to-dominate-satellite-broadband/ | Source: Techdirt [04:29] TR Bot Bezos, Both Cry To Trumps FCC In Bid To Dominate Satellite Broadband | Techdirt [04:30] TR News "The FCC on Thursday said it is considering a new rule meant to combat robocalls that would force originating providers to gather more information from customers before they allow calls" https://therecord.media/fcc-proposes-new-rule-robocall-crackdown | Source: The Record [04:30] TR Bot FCC proposes new rule to further crackdown on illegal robocalls | The Record from Recorded Future News [04:30] TR News "Longer answer: The lifetime equivalent hourly wage that I calculated in my book was assuming Musk would never take holidays, work 50 hours a week and work until 65." https://crookedtimber.org/2026/04/09/extreme-wealth-concentration-as-strong-as-ever/ | Source: Crooked Timber [04:30] TR Bot Extreme wealth concentration as strong as ever Crooked Timber [04:31] TR News "When Putin invaded Ukraine, he raised murder to the level of national policy. I felt guilt by association." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/09/i-had-poked-the-bear-right-in-the-eye-my-fight-to-renounce-my-russian-citizenship | Source: The Guardian UK [04:31] TR Bot I had poked the bear right in the eye: my fight to renounce my Russian citizenship | Russia | The Guardian [04:31] TR News "Under a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement program, federal authorities had detained Serigne, a Senegalese asylum seeker and the brother of dishwasher Abdoul Mbengue." https://www.wired.com/story/how-meta-cafeteria-workers-rallied-to-take-on-ice/ | Source: Wired [04:31] TR Bot Meta Cafeteria Workers Took on ICEand Won | WIRED [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > Thank y'all! [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > I just saw this message and the articles - sorry for the [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > delay, I had an exam this week that I just wrapped up. I'll [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > be sharing these with our members and the folks at Apereo [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > and the FSF! [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > While LibreLocal @ GT in April didn't draw the hundreds we had [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > for the RMS event in January, we welcomed three new members [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > to the club - so it was absolutely worth it for our VP and me to host. [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > Best of all, we did it without taking any Big Tech money. [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > Before Trump's [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > second term, I bought stock in Smith & Wesson Brands - which has [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > since returned over 50% - because I knew he'd be good for [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > exactly one thing. Just like most Republicans and Democrats [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > in this broken country: pillaging the third world. [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > And yes - we absolutely hacked for freedom while we were at it! We [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > discussed ways to reduce our dependence on the proprietary platforms [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > Georgia Tech provides (as most universities do), how to contribute [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > to free software outside of class, and other FLOSS opportunities [04:32] schestowitz[TR3] > available to students. [04:33] TR Bot Techrights IBM Red Hat Profited From 5+ Weeks of War in Iran [04:49] TR News Techrights Many Layoffs at IBM Red Hat, as the Rumours Said https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Many_Layoffs_at_IBM_Red_Hat_as_the_Rumours_Said.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Many_Layoffs_at_IBM_Red_Hat_as_the_Rumours_Said.gmi [04:49] TR Bot Techrights Many Layoffs at IBM Red Hat, as the Rumours Said [04:53] TR News "On March 25, the Trump administration informed a federal court that it has deported about 6,000 Cubans to Mexico under an unwritten deal in which Mexico agreed to receive them." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-us-is-dumping-elderly-migrants-in-mexico-without-id-money-or-phones/ | Source: Truthdig [04:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-us-is-dumping-elderly-migrants-in-mexico-without-id-money-or-phones/ ) [04:53] TR News Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-pulls-support-for-perfectly-fine-older-kindles/ Amazon wants to phase out old Kindles [04:53] TR Bot Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles | WIRED [04:54] TR News Amazon Is Pulling Support for Kindles From 2012 or Earlier. What to Do Now - CNET https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/amazon-pulls-the-plug-on-older-kindle-models/ [04:54] TR Bot Is Pulling Support for Kindles From 2012 or Earlier. What to Do Now - CNET [04:57] TR News "According to court documents, Williams, who served with Delta Force, provided Harp with sensitive tactics and procedures that are considered classified at the SECRET level." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-army-veteran-charged-leaking-classified-info-1790873 | Source: International Business Times [04:57] TR Bot Who Is Seth Harp? Journalist at Center of Delta Force Secrets Leak Involving Army Veteran Courtney Williams | IBTimes UK [04:57] TR News "Resul Tamur recalled that, as in every hearing, their requests to lift the travel ban were also rejected at the last hearing held on 20 January and noted that the court has so far provided no justification for this decision." https://english.anf-news.com/freedom-of-the-press/journalists-travel-ban-appeals-rejected-without-grounds-84827 | Source: ANF News [04:57] TR Bot ANF | Journalists appeals against travel ban rejected without grounds [04:58] TR News "definitions of false or misleading information (Section 44) and undesirable content (Section 42) leave journalists and other citizens in a dangerous position of legal uncertainty as these terms can be interpreted subjectively by authorities" https://cpj.org/2026/04/south-sudans-new-cybercrime-law-ramps-up-threat-of-jail-for-journalists/ | Source: CPJ [04:58] TR Bot South Sudans new cybercrime law ramps up threat of jail for journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists [04:58] TR News "Two other people were also detained around the same time, the outlet said." https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-fsb-freelancer-rferl-detained-treason/33728421.html | Source: RFERL [04:58] TR Bot Russia's FSB Detains, Accuses Former RFE/RL Freelancer Of Treason [04:58] TR News "The search of Novaya Gazetas office in Moscow and the detention of journalist Oleg Roldugin mark the latest escalation in years of pressure exerted by Russian authorities on the media outlet" https://cpj.org/2026/04/moscow-police-raid-novaya-gazeta-detain-journalist-oleg-roldugin/ | Source: CPJ [04:58] TR Bot Moscow police raid Novaya Gazeta, detain journalist Oleg Roldugin - Committee to Protect Journalists [04:59] TR News "The government holds a stick in its hand like the sword of Damocles and constantly swings it over journalists heads." https://english.anf-news.com/freedom-of-the-press/dedeoglu-journalism-bodies-must-be-more-courageous-84792 | Source: ANF News [04:59] TR Bot ANF | Dedeolu: Journalism bodies must be more courageous [04:59] TR News "He required the immediate restoration of reporters' access." https://www.dw.com/en/us-pentagon-must-restore-journalists-access-judge-says/a-76729492 | Source: Deutsche Welle [04:59] TR Bot US: Pentagon must restore journalists' access, judge says ● Apr 10 [05:04] TR News "x86 is on the decline and ARM is on the rise, both in consumer space and cloud infrastructure at hyperscalers, due to its efficiency, scalability, performance per watt, and the ability of customers to license and customize designs for their unique requirements. It won't save IBM, but partnering with ARM is a necessary reality in today's IT world, and once again, IBM is years late to the party." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn73vh31 [05:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn73vh31 ) [05:04] TR News "x86 is on the decline and ARM is on the rise, both in consumer space and cloud infrastructure at hyperscalers, due to its efficiency, scalability, performance per watt, and the ability of customers to license and customize designs for their unique requirements." [05:04] TR News It won't save IBM, but partnering with ARM is a necessary reality in today's IT world, and once again, IBM is years late to the party." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn73vh31 [05:05] TR News "KIRK: Because he was laid-off. [...] [Voyager's] ILIA PROBE: Kirk unit, disclose the information. Why has the Creator not responded?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn8mbcxz [05:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn8mbcxz ) [05:09] TR News "IBM has ZERO AI strategy. IBM has a bunch of incompetent id--ts spewing smoke off their as--s. The Indian id--t at the top is leading the bullsh-t talk." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kns92kzv [05:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kns92kzv ) [05:09] *koo5_ has quit (Quit: http://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) [05:09] TR News "sigh, 'science' or 'engineering' in the US now - is mostly propaganda or fraud - this won't end well" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kns92kzv [05:10] *koo5_ (~quassel@vmi579006.contaboserver.net) has joined #techrights [05:21] TR News Techrights "IBM is Constantly Laying Off People" (Not Just in Red Hat) https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/IBM_is_Constantly_Laying_Off_People_Not_Just_in_Red_Hat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/IBM_is_Constantly_Laying_Off_People_Not_Just_in_Red_Hat.gmi [05:21] TR Bot Techrights "IBM is Constantly Laying Off People" (Not Just in Red Hat) [05:21] TR News (NEW): Calibre 9.7 E-Book Manager Improves the Annotations Browser and Content Server https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Calibre_9_7_E_Book_Manager_Improves_the_Annotations_Browser_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Calibre_9_7_E_Book_Manager_Improves_the_Annotations_Browser_and.gmi [05:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Calibre 9.7 E-Book Manager Improves the Annotations Browser and Content Server [05:23] TR News "Hyneman said he was frustrated by feelings that he cannot freely comment about things back home in the US" https://yle.fi/a/74-20219588 | Source: YLE [05:23] TR Bot Thursday's papers: A mythbuster's opinion, moving out of the city, and Finnish Language Day | Yle News | Yle [05:23] TR News "Western governments are tightening export controls to safeguard military and industrial advantages amid rising geostrategic uncertainty." https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/from-lecture-halls-to-jail-cells-the-rising-risks-of-university-research/ | Source: The Strategist [05:23] TR Bot From lecture halls to jail cells: the rising risks of university research | The Strategist [05:23] TR News "The image of Jess del Triunfo was unable to take to the streets, Palm Sunday processions were held inside churches under surveillance by plainclothes police" https://www.laprensani.com/2026/03/30/english/3664773-nicaragua-holy-week-begins-under-government-repression-church-processions-restricted | Source: La Prensa [05:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.laprensani.com/2026/03/30/english/3664773-nicaragua-holy-week-begins-under-government-repression-church-processions-restricted ) [05:25] TR News "The detention of the Cherkessk resident, whose name has not been disclosed, was carried out by officers of the Interior Ministrys Centre for Combating Extremism " https://oc-media.org/cherkessk-resident-charged-with-extremism-over-anti-russian-statements/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media [05:25] TR Bot Cherkessk resident charged with extremism over anti-Russian statements [05:25] TR News "In December 2025, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that mass searches and the freezing of bank accounts belonging to Navalny supporters constituted political persecution." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/murmansk-activist-violetta-grudina-faces-charges-for-discrediting-the-army/447507 | Source: The Barents Observer [05:25] TR Bot Murmansk activist Violetta Grudina faces charges for discrediting the army [05:26] TR News "Websites belonging to the Governor of Svalbard and the newspaper Svalbardposten have become inaccessible from within Russia." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/collateral-damagenbspsvalbard-governors-website-blocked-in-russia/448192 | Source: The Barents Observer [05:26] TR Bot Collateral damage: Svalbard governors website blocked in Russia [05:26] TR News "Victor Olevich, a political analyst who appears as an American affairs expert on a propaganda show on NTV, a Russian state-controlled television channel, said he has left Russia after coming under pressure from the Federal Security Service (FSB)." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/09/ntv-pundit-says-he-left-russia-after-fsb-agents-threatened-him-at-home | Source: Meduza [05:26] TR Bot NTV pundit says he left Russia after FSB agents threatened him at home Meduza [05:27] TR News "In a statement to state-owned media, the FSB said the suspect joined a Telegram channel controlled by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and passed information about a local print publication covering Russias war in Ukraine" https://therecord.media/russia-accuses-radio-free-europe-journalist-aiding-ukraine-cyberattack | Source: The Record [05:27] TR Bot Russia accuses former Radio Free Europe journalist of aiding cyberattacks for Ukraine | The Record from Recorded Future News [05:27] *whytek has quit (Quit: ZNC - http://znc.in) [05:33] TR News "Security forces had earlier searched Novaya Gazetas Moscow offices. The Russian state news agency TASS said the search was connected to the case against Roldugin." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/09/novaya-gazeta-journalist-detained-in-moscow-on-suspicion-of-illegally-using-personal-data | Source: Meduza [05:33] TR Bot Novaya Gazeta journalist detained in Moscow on suspicion of illegally using personal data Meduza [05:33] TR News "Since its ban inside Russia, Memorial has been operating mainly from abroad to support hundreds of political prisoners still inside the country." https://www.rferl.org/a/nobel-memorial-extremist-russia/33728508.html | Source: RFERL [05:33] TR Bot Nobel-Winners Memorial Labeled 'Extremist' By Russian Court [05:33] TR News [Old] "The day after the meeting Claremore police posted a statement saying in part, "He was ordered removed by the City Manager, but refused to do so." https://ktul.com/news/local/data-center-opponent-pleads-not-guilty-to-trespassing-charge | Source: Sinclair Inc [05:33] TR Bot Data center opponent pleads not guilty to trespassing charge [05:34] TR News "Hegseths anti-comics viewpoint is part of a global trend." https://fair.org/home/uss-erosion-of-the-right-to-cartoon-is-no-laughing-matter/ | Source: FAIR [05:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://fair.org/home/uss-erosion-of-the-right-to-cartoon-is-no-laughing-matter/ ) [05:34] TR News "a threat to use military force against the Holy See." https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-reportedly-threatened-first-american-pope-for-criticizing-trump/ | Source: TruthOut [05:34] TR Bot Pentagon Reportedly Threatened First American Pope for Criticizing Trump | Truthout [05:40] TR News "Weve talked for years about how the DMCAs notice-and-takedown system is ripe for abuse." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/09/someone-filed-a-bogus-dmca-notice-to-kill-a-story-about-a-sketchy-seo-firm-it-worked-briefly/ | Source: Techdirt [05:40] TR Bot Filed a Bogus DMCA Notice to Kill a Story About A Sketchy SEO Firm. It Worked Briefly. | Techdirt [05:40] TR News "They just turn them on and see if they work." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/10/russia-s-internet-regulator-bans-site-that-tracks-which-vpns-still-work-in-the-country | Source: Meduza [05:40] TR Bot Russias internet regulator bans site that tracks which VPNs still work in the country Meduza [05:41] TR News "He was also given a one-year probationary period." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/08/russian-man-who-joked-his-way-onto-foreign-agent-list-gets-suspended-sentence | Source: Meduza [05:41] TR Bot Russian man who joked his way onto foreign agent list gets suspended sentence Meduza [05:45] TR News "Here is how the claim went from a single post to a global audience of millions in 69 minutes." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/09/business/iran-war-online-influence-propaganda.html | Source: New York Times [05:45] TR Bot How Irans Information War Machine Operates Online - The New York Times [05:45] TR News "The methods deployed by Kremlin disinformation have included spreading fake content posing as established media including the Kyiv Independent." https://kyivindependent.com/fact-check-from-bots-to-maidan-claims-kremlin-tactics-flood-hungarys-election/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent [05:45] TR Bot Fact-check: How Kremlin disinformation targets Hungary's election [05:46] TR News [Old] "In recent months, for example, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. and Alex. Brown & Sons have separately showered the Gates accounts with thousands of shares of red-hot stock offerings" https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19930307/1689167/convicted-felons-handle-gates-fortune | [05:46] TR Bot Convicted Felons Handle Gates Fortune | The Seattle Times [05:46] TR News "The Chinese navy is enhancing its guided-missile frigate, the Qinzhou, with an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm designed to illuminate blind spots during air defense engagements, an official military website said." https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/asia-pacific/2026/04/07/outpaced-by-the-us-chinas-military-places-selective-bets-on-artificial-intelligence/ | Source: C4ISRNET [05:46] TR Bot Outpaced by the US, Chinas military places selective bets on artificial intelligence [05:47] TR News "Maheshwari brings more than twenty years of experience across technology, [Internet] platforms, and startups. He has held senior roles at Twitter, Flipkart, and Intuit, and has also founded ventures such as Fanory. ai." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/stripe-appoints-manish-maheshwari-as-india-head-of-revenue-and-growth/articleshow/130133461.cms | Source: India Times [05:47] TR Bot Stripe appoints Manish Maheshwari as India head of revenue and growth - The Economic Times [05:47] TR News "Theres just the minor issue that when you do an IPO, your SEC S-1 filing needs to be an audited document thats not a tyre fire. OpenAIs own Chief Financial Officer, Sarah Friar, says the company is not ready at all: [...]" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/08/openai-ipo-proceeds-even-as-cfo-says-the-company-is-not-ready/ | Source: Pivot to AI [05:47] TR Bot Of self-hypnosis. [05:47] TR News "It's so weird that this keeps happening." https://karlbode.com/whoops-the-tech-press-mythologized-another-unethical-asshole/ | Source: Karl Bode [05:47] TR Bot Whoops, The Tech Press Mythologized Another Unethical Asshole [05:48] TR News "Theres a meaningful push afoot to implement statewide right to repair laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to repair the technology you own." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/08/tech-lobbyists-are-trying-to-kill-colorados-popular-right-to-repair-law/ | Source: Techdirt [05:48] TR Bot Lobbyists Are Trying To Kill Colorados Popular Right To Repair Law | Techdirt [05:48] TR News "Writing a law is not something for which there is a technological solution." https://www.newstatesman.com/technology/2026/04/the-silent-coup | Source: New Statesman [05:48] TR Bot AI's sinister takeover of British politics - New Statesman [05:49] TR News "The effort seems to mark a shift in OpenAIs legislative strategy. Until now, OpenAI has largely played defense, opposing bills that could have made AI labs liable for their technologys harms." https://www.wired.com/story/openai-backs-bill-exempt-ai-firms-model-harm-lawsuits/ | Source: Wired [05:49] TR Bot Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters | WIRED [05:49] TR News "The disagreement began earlier in the year during failed negotiations over a $200 million contract." https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/08/appeals-court-rejects-anthropics-bid-block-pentagon-blacklisting/ | Source: Silicon Angle [05:49] TR Bot court rejects Anthropics bid to block Pentagon blacklisting - SiliconANGLE [05:49] TR News "Liuson is part of Microsoft's CoreAI division, introduced by CEO Satya Nadella in January 2025 and headed by EVP Jay Parikh, former head of engineering at Meta, who joined the company in October 2024." https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/microsoft_devdiv/ | Source: The Register UK [05:49] TR Bot Microsoft developer chief Julia Liuson is logging off The Register [05:50] TR News "Recently, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has emerged as a major point of contention in Democratic midterms, as candidates have moved to distance themselves from the deeply unpopular pro-Israel lobbying group." https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-are-facing-new-political-litmus-test-military-aid-to-israel/ | Source: TruthOut [05:50] TR Bot Democrats Are Facing New Political Litmus Test: Military Aid to Israel | Truthout [05:51] TR News "Grandpapa" https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/04/09/They-Cut-Down-Grandpapa/ | Source: The Tyee [05:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/04/09/They-Cut-Down-Grandpapa/ ) [05:51] TR News "Mr Allan is credited with capturing extraordinary and often never-before-seen wildlife behaviour, helping to shape how global audiences understand and connect with some of the planets most remote and fragile environments" https://www.scotsman.com/news/pioneering-wildlife-cameraman-doug-allan-dies-in-nepal-6568057 | Source: The Scotsman [05:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.scotsman.com/news/pioneering-wildlife-cameraman-doug-allan-dies-in-nepal-6568057 ) [05:52] TR News "Who would have believed it without being close enough to check, and document it with photographic and film material, that indeed some fish are able to climb waterfalls?" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-these-rock-climbing-fish-scale-a-50-foot-waterfall-in-the-congo-basin-the-first-known-evidence-of-this-behavior-in-africa-180988502/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [05:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-these-rock-climbing-fish-scale-a-50-foot-waterfall-in-the-congo-basin-the-first-known-evidence-of-this-behavior-in-africa-180988502/ ) [05:54] TR News "The FAA logged 97 air incidents involving lithium batteries in the year prior to the rule, up from previous years" https://boingboing.net/2026/04/08/southwest-limits-passengers-to-one-portable-charger.html | Source: BoingBoing [05:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/08/southwest-limits-passengers-to-one-portable-charger.html ) [05:54] TR News "simple analog solution" https://boingboing.net/2026/04/08/bicycle-bell-designed-to-defeat-noise-cancelling-headphones.html | Source: BoingBoing [05:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/08/bicycle-bell-designed-to-defeat-noise-cancelling-headphones.html ) [05:55] TR News "Ascendant DC think tank Searchlight Institute, pushing Democrats to the center, has ties to megadonor Simone Coxe, whose Nvidia-linked money could boost AI-backed efforts to defend data center build-outs and limit AI regulation." https://jacobin.com/2026/04/democrats-coxe-ai-searchlight-nvidia/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [05:55] TR Bot The Moderate Think Tank Pushing Dems to Loosen AI Rules [05:59] TR News "These listings are not only sobering for two iconic animals; they reflect what is happening to penguins and seals globally" https://iucn.org/press-release/202604/emperor-penguin-and-antarctic-fur-seal-now-endangered-due-climate-change-iucn | [05:59] TR Bot Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now Endangered due to climate change IUCN Red List - Press release | IUCN ● Apr 10 [06:00] TR News "Sea ice is their primary habitat" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/as-their-antarctic-habitat-melts-away-emperor-penguins-are-now-considered-an-endangered-species-180988520/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [06:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/as-their-antarctic-habitat-melts-away-emperor-penguins-are-now-considered-an-endangered-species-180988520/ ) [06:00] TR News "The number of chicks and other non-breeding penguins is not known, partly because the remote Antarctic region is so difficult to monitor." https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/emperor-penguins-endangered-climate-9.7158057 | Source: CBC [06:00] TR Bot Emperor penguins now endangered as climate change shrinks sea ice | CBC News [06:01] TR News [Old] "They found the underlying rate of warming was about 0.06 C back in the 80s, but thats now increased to 0.27 C per decade. The team notes this is not a linear increase but an accelerating one." https://en.neritam.com/2026/04/09/the-ocean-surface-is-warming-over-400-faster-than-in-the-1980s/ | Source: Neritam [06:01] TR Bot The Ocean Surface Is Warming Over 400% Faster Than in The 1980s Neritam [06:01] TR News "Leakage of caesium-137 and strontium-90 from the nuclear reactor has been confirmed, but there is no evidence that these isotopes are accumulating in the marine environment." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/37-years-on-no-signs-of-leakage-from-plutonium-warheads/447938 | Source: The Barents Observer [06:01] TR Bot 37 years on, no signs of leakage from plutonium warheads [06:01] TR News "Massive drone attacks this week on the major Baltic terminals of Primorsk and Ust-Luga have left Russia with few remaining routes for exporting oil, increasing reliance on the Kola Peninsula." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/worries-grow-in-norway-as-murmansk-becomes-russias-main-oil-export-hub/447460 | Source: The Barents Observer [06:01] TR Bot Worries grow in Norway as Murmansk becomes Russia's main oil export hub [06:01] TR News "Last week, in Claremore, Oklahoma, a man named Darren Blanchard was arrested during a heated public hearing over a proposed data center." https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/europe-to-big-tech-we-dont-want-you | [06:01] TR Bot Europe To Big Tech: We Dont Want You, Either [06:02] TR News "Blanchard agrees with those in Montana who raised concerns about the extensive amounts of water that would be needed." https://www.okenergytoday.com/2026/03/reputation-grows-for-oklahoma-data-center-opponent/ | [06:02] TR Bot Reputation grows for Oklahoma data center opponent - Oklahoma Energy Today [06:03] TR News "At Onkalo, that solution lies hundreds of meters underground. Waste will be sealed in copper canisters and buried in tunnels carved into stable bedrock, where multiple layers of protection are designed to prevent leaks." https://interestingengineering.com/energy/finland-onkalo-nuclear-waste-repository | Source: Interesting Engineering [06:03] TR Bot Finlands nuclear waste vault in ancient rock nears operations [06:03] TR News "Tech, data policy expert says concerns legitimate over rising power rates, water use, environmental issues amid mushrooming growth" https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/04/why-are-communities-pushing-back-against-data-centers/ | Source: Harvard University [06:03] TR Bot Why are communities pushing back against data centers? Harvard Gazette [06:05] TR News "Gates' scheduled appearance was first reported by MSNOW." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5777585 | Source: BillPR https://techrights.org/o/2020/09/28/non-denying-and-false-denials/ [06:05] TR Bot Bill Gates will testify in the Epstein probe; Pam Bondi testimony postponed [06:05] TR Bot Speaking Through Spokespeople is a Sign of Weakness, Such as Non-Denying and False Denials (or: Bill Gates Never Denied His Connections to MIT Through Jeffrey Epstein) [06:05] TR News "The case against Williams is the second Espionage Act prosecution against a media source during President Donald Trump's second term." https://thedissenter.org/doj-targets-fort-bragg-whistleblower-with-espionage-act-prosecution/ | Source: The Dissenter [06:05] TR Bot DOJ Targets Fort Bragg Whistleblower With Espionage Act Charge [06:05] TR News "Read that sequence again. Trump fires Bondi on April 2. The DOJ uses the firing as the legal mechanism to dodge the subpoena on April 8. The firing and the dodge are not separate events. They are one operation." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-walls-are-closing-in | Source: Mike Brock [06:06] TR Bot The Walls Are Closing In - by Mike Brock [06:06] TR News "A federal grand jury today charged Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina, on a charge of willful transmission of national defense information, a violation of the Espionage Act." https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/09/former-army-employee-charged-with-leaking-classified-information-to-journalist/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [06:06] TR Bot Former Army employee charged with leaking classified information to journalist [06:06] TR News "Disagreements like this are repeated to varying degrees across Africas 63 major river basins as countries jostle to secure future water and energy supplies, turning water security into a geopolitical flashpoint." https://adf-magazine.com/2026/04/a-rising-tide-of-water-wars/ | Source: ADF [06:06] TR Bot A Rising Tide of Water Wars - Africa Defense Forum [06:07] TR News "A group of U.S. Senators led by California Senator Alex Padilla. raised strong concerns yesterday about a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule would change how Section 401 of the Clean Water Act." https://www.western-water.com/2026/04/09/senators-push-back-on-epa-water-rule/ | Source: Western Water [06:07] TR Bot EPA Rule Sparks Fight Over Water Authority [06:07] TR News "Researchers at Princeton University and the University of Arizona took data from about 800,000 wells and applied a machine-learning model to estimate the depth of the water table nationwide." https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2026-04-09/mapping-groundwater | Source: Los Angeles Times [06:07] TR Bot How much water lies underground? Scientists finally have an answer - Los Angeles Times [06:11] TR News "The new rules come amid wider scrutiny over social medias impact on young people" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/08/2026/greece-plans-to-ban-social-media-for-kids | Source: Semafor Inc [06:11] TR Bot plans to ban social media for kids | Semafor [06:11] TR News "A Finnair aircraft experienced some difficulty landing in Kirkenes on Monday, 6 April. Finnair has confirmed that this was due to GPS spoofing." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/finnair-captain-gps-spoofing-and-jamming-are-a-daily-nuisance/448174 | Source: The Barents Observer [06:11] TR Bot Finnair Captain: GPS spoofing and jamming are a daily nuisance [06:13] TR News "A proposed ban on children younger than 15 using social media platforms will stop access to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat as of January 1, 2027" https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1300504/social-media-ban-to-affect-facebook-instagram-tiktok-and-snapchat/ | Source: Greece [06:13] TR Bot media ban to affect Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat | eKathimerini.com [06:14] TR News "Only Bitwarden offers selfhosting, which is valuable if you want full control over your data and infrastructure." https://greycoder.com/comparing-bitwarden-proton-pass-lastpass-1password/ | Source: GreyCoder [06:14] TR Bot Bitwarden, Proton Pass, LastPass and 1Password - GreyCoder [06:14] TR News "Our family has used 1Password for many years. Most recently 1Password 7, now at least three years out of date." https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/04/09/Password-Manager-Angst | Source: Tim Bray [06:14] TR Bot ongoing by Tim Bray Password Manager Angst [06:15] TR News "We analyzed a 2025 sample of the Spyrtacus spyware, version 8.71." https://osservatorionessuno.org/blog/2026/04/italian-spyware-maker-sio-still-developing-and-distributing-spyrtacus/ | Source: Osservatorio Nessuno [06:15] TR Bot Italian spyware maker SIO still developing and distributing Spyrtacus - Osservatorio Nessuno [06:17] TR News "The incident was initially disclosed in January, when the company warned that customers who were issued a Eurail pass might have been affected." https://www.securityweek.com/300000-people-impacted-by-eurail-data-breach/ | Source: Security Week [06:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/300000-people-impacted-by-eurail-data-breach/ ) [06:17] TR News "The trial covered the entire passenger journey, from booking tickets and managing travel plans to moving through the airport, using biometric technology only" https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/face-as-passport-bengaluru-airport-trials-paperless-biometric-travel-system-all-you-need-to-know-101775717975093.html | Source: Hindustan Times [06:17] TR Bot Face as passport: Bengaluru airport trials paperless biometric travel system | All you need to know | Bengaluru [06:18] TR News "A shadowy industry is thriving alongside Africas digital boom: mass-surveillance systems powered by artificial intelligence." https://adf-magazine.com/2026/04/invasive-surveillance-tech-violates-africans-freedoms/ | Source: ADF [06:18] TR Bot Invasive Surveillance Tech Violates Africans Freedoms - Africa Defense Forum [06:18] TR News "best in remote, low-clutter environments" https://www.newsweek.com/ghost-murmur-secretive-cia-tool-iran-airman-rescue-11797688 | Source: Newsweek [06:18] TR Bot ( status 406 @ https://www.newsweek.com/ghost-murmur-secretive-cia-tool-iran-airman-rescue-11797688 ) [06:19] TR News "The CIA deployed a classified technology called Ghost Murmur, developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division." https://boingboing.net/2026/04/08/cia-located-a-downed-airman-from-40-miles-away-by-detecting-his-heartbeat.html | Source: BoingBoing [06:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/08/cia-located-a-downed-airman-from-40-miles-away-by-detecting-his-heartbeat.html ) [06:20] TR News "A Swedish non-profit has filed a class action lawsuit against Norway's Telenor, accusing it of endangering customers in Myanmar by sharing their data with the junta. The company said it had no real choice." https://www.dw.com/en/norways-telenor-faces-lawsuit-for-giving-junta-data-from-its-customers-in-myanmar/a-76710104 | Source: Deutsche Welle [06:20] TR Bot Telenor faces lawsuit for giving Myanmar junta customer data [06:20] TR News "More and more Dutch municipalities are using camera scanning cars to check parked cars, and then use an AI algorithm to determine whether they are parked illegally or without paying." https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/09/camera-scanning-cars-issue-500000-unjustified-parking-fines-per-year-regulator-says | Source: NL Times [06:20] TR Bot Camera scanning cars issue 500,000 unjustified parking fines per year, regulator says | NL Times [06:20] TR News "Thursday, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and American Oversight filed suit against the Trump administration for failing to release records related to a sweeping federal policy enabling the sharing of Medicaid enrollee data with immigration enforcement agencies." https://americanoversight.org/medicaid-ice-data-sharing-lawsuit/ | Source: American Oversight [06:20] TR Bot Groups Sue Trump Admin for Records on Medicaid Data Sharing with Immigration Enforcement - American Oversight [06:21] TR News "Police identified the 30-year-old suspect as an employee of a systems maintenance contractor hired by the Hospital Authority." https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/09/hong-kong-police-arrest-man-suspected-of-stealing-56000-hospital-authority-patients-personal-data/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [06:21] TR Bot HK: Man arrested over theft of 56K Hospital Authority patients personal data [06:21] TR News Windows TCO: "This apparent lack of patience with Microsoft comes as no surprise to Dustin Childs, head of threat awareness at Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)" https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/bluehammer-windows-exploit-microsoft-bug-disclosure-issues | Source: Dark Reading [06:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/bluehammer-windows-exploit-microsoft-bug-disclosure-issues ) [06:22] TR News Windows TCO: "Ransomware was a slower evolution for me to realize that's who is stealing from us today, that's the threat facing us today" https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/cynthia_kaiser_interview/ | Source: The Register UK [06:22] TR Bot Criminal wannabes even more dangerous than the pros The Register [06:24] TR News Old: Red Hat layoffs spark calls to unionize https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/28/red_hat_layoffs_union/ [06:24] TR Bot Red Hat layoffs prompt calls to unionize, CEO responds The Register [06:26] schestowitz[TR3] https://www.reddit.com/r/redhat/comments/1j8iea2/job_stability_at_redhat/ [06:26] TR Bot - Please wait for verification [06:26] schestowitz[TR3] " Job Stability at RedHat? [06:26] schestowitz[TR3] So I got 2 recruiter calls for 2 different positions at RH for Sr. SDET. In both the cases the hiring managers are in India. Is this a norm at RH? [06:26] schestowitz[TR3] I am located in USA and it seems that both managers are managing teams from India. I still have to complete the HM calls but was wondering how it works for them? Why not just hire in India? [06:26] schestowitz[TR3] Background: [06:26] schestowitz[TR3] I worked at a startup before where I worked under a manager in India where he was unaware of the situation as leadership removed all SDET teams in USA and kept roles only in India to reduce costs as part of restructuing. [06:26] schestowitz[TR3] Questions: [06:26] schestowitz[TR3] Was curious of possibility of layoffs at RH in future based on current working conditions and market? [06:26] schestowitz[TR3] How is Job Stability at RH now since based on my prior experience Indian managers are mostly unaware of situations like pay, expenses, immigration and other items since they have never been here so I am a little skeptical on job stability at RH? [06:26] schestowitz[TR3] " [06:26] TR News "The young woman described to a jury what it was like to lose control of her life to social media." https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/09/social-media-detox/ | Source: The Washington Post [06:26] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/09/social-media-detox/ ) [06:36] TR News "Mastodon is preparing to roll out Collections in the next few weeks, a feature that allows you to find and create lists of accounts worth following, according to an announcement on Thursday." https://www.theverge.com/tech/909308/mastodon-collections-bluesky-starter-packs | Source: The Verge [06:36] TR Bot Mastodon is about to launch its take on Blueskys starter packs | The Verge [06:36] TR News "We posted to Twitter (now known as X) five to ten times a day in 2018. Those tweets garnered somewhere between 50 and 100 million impressions per month." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x | Source: EFF [06:36] TR Bot EFF is Leaving X | Electronic Frontier Foundation [06:37] TR News "By 2024, our 2,500 X posts generated around 2 million impressions each month. Last year, our 1,500 posts earned roughly 13 million impressions for the entire year. To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago." [06:38] TR News So EFF quits MElon hate hub NOT based on principles, based on "traffic" alone. No principles then. [06:39] TR News "The digital privacy non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation will no longer be posting on X as of Thursday, largely due to a sharp decline in views on the platform over the past several years." https://www.theverge.com/tech/909550/eff-electronic-frontier-foundation-leaving-x-twitter | Source: The Verge [06:39] TR Bot The EFF is quitting X | The Verge [06:48] TR News "As a product. OpenAI is trapped between a far cheaper Gemini offering from Google, with its rising popularity" https://boingboing.net/2026/04/08/as-sam-altman-pushes-for-ipo-the-wheels-are-coming-off-openai.html | Source: BoingBoing [06:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/08/as-sam-altman-pushes-for-ipo-the-wheels-are-coming-off-openai.html ) [06:49] TR News "my previous two articles The Coming AI Compute Crunch and Is the AI Compute Crunch Here?" https://martinalderson.com/posts/what-next-for-the-compute-crunch/ | Source: Martin Alderson [06:49] TR Bot What next for the compute crunch? - Martin Alderson [06:49] TR News "It also has to be mentioned that I find the development process of LLMs morally wrong, although it seems to have fallen out of fashion to discuss it in some circles." https://erikjohannes.no/posts/20260408-on-the-usefulness-of-ai-agents/index.html | Source: Erik Johannes Husom [06:49] TR Bot On the usefulness of AI agents Erik Johannes Husom [06:58] TR News (NEW): I tried CuerdOS and this niche Debian distro is dramatically fast https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/I_tried_CuerdOS_and_this_niche_Debian_distro_is_dramatically_fa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/I_tried_CuerdOS_and_this_niche_Debian_distro_is_dramatically_fa.gmi [06:58] TR Bot Tux Machines I tried CuerdOS and this niche Debian distro is dramatically fast [06:59] TR News (NEW): Can Garuda Linux Mokka Take Manjaros Arch-Based Crown? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Can_Garuda_Linux_Mokka_Take_Manjaro_s_Arch_Based_Crown.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Can_Garuda_Linux_Mokka_Take_Manjaro_s_Arch_Based_Crown.gmi [06:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Can Garuda Linux Mokka Take Manjaros Arch-Based Crown? ● Apr 10 [07:04] TR News Techrights The Slop Delusion: This Morning We Broke Story on Red Hat Layoffs in Two Posts, Google is Already Plagiarising Them With Slop and Getting the Basic Facts Wrong https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/The_Slop_Delusion_This_Morning_We_Broke_Story_on_Red_Hat_Layoff.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/The_Slop_Delusion_This_Morning_We_Broke_Story_on_Red_Hat_Layoff.gmi [07:04] TR Bot Techrights The Slop Delusion: This Morning We Broke Story on Red Hat Layoffs in Two Posts, Google is Already Plagiarising Them With Slop and Getting the Basic Facts Wrong [07:05] TR News (NEW): My top 5 Linux desktops of 2026 (so far) - and I've tried them all https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/My_top_5_Linux_desktops_of_2026_so_far_and_I_ve_tried_them_all.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/My_top_5_Linux_desktops_of_2026_so_far_and_I_ve_tried_them_all.gmi [07:05] TR Bot Tux Machines My top 5 Linux desktops of 2026 (so far) - and I've tried them all [07:08] TR News (NEW): Tighter KDE Connect Integration https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Tighter_KDE_Connect_Integration.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Tighter_KDE_Connect_Integration.gmi [07:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Tighter KDE Connect Integration [07:09] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:12] TR News "No contributions built with, or assisted by, LLMs or any kind of "generative AI" tools will be considered. If you didn't bother writing it, I'm not going to bother reading it. XScreenSaver is art by humans for humans." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/04/important-xscreensaver-policy-update/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [07:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/04/important-xscreensaver-policy-update/ ) [07:13] TR News "I think you should be listening to what all those whitepapers and reports and studies are actually telling you, and working on fundamentals." https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2026/apr/09/llms/ | Source: James Bennett [07:13] TR Bot Lets talk about LLMs [07:14] TR News "The pattern is consistent: maintainers spend a disproportionate share of their time evaluating code that should never have been submitted, crowding out genuine contributions and accelerating burnout." https://thenewstack.io/ai-generated-code-crisis/ | Source: The New Stack [07:14] TR Bot Open source maintainers are drowning in AI-generated pull requests. Enterprise teams are next. - The New Stack [07:14] TR News [07:14] TR News "There are a few people I recommend following to understand what is going on with software development: [...]" https://wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/the-impact-of-llms-on-the-software-economy/ | Source: Alcides Fonseca [07:14] TR Bot The impact of LLMs on the Software Economy by Alcides Fonseca [07:15] TR News "ML models are chaotic, both in isolation and when embedded in other systems. Their outputs are difficult to predict, and they exhibit surprising sensitivity to initial conditions" https://aphyr.com/posts/412-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-dynamics | Source: Kyle Kingsbury [07:15] TR Bot ( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/412-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-dynamics ) [07:16] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:16] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:18] TR News "ML models are cultural artifacts: they encode and reproduce textual, audio, and visual media; they participate in human conversations and spaces, and their interfaces make them easy to anthropomorphize." https://aphyr.com/posts/413-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-culture | Source: Kyle Kingsbury [07:18] TR Bot ( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/413-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-culture ) [07:18] TR News "Artificial intelligence is a hungry species. It is designed to steal peoples livelihoods, hoard personal data, and devour enough energy and land to remake and ruin entire towns." https://jacobin.com/2026/04/bernie-aoc-artificial-intelligence-regulation/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:18] TR Bot Bernie and AOC Pump the Brakes on Artificial Intelligence [07:19] TR News "The infrastructure I have described in earlier articles Knowledge Priming, Design-First Collaboration, Context Anchoring, and Encoding Team Standards is not a collection of static artifacts. They are surfaces that can absorb learning." https://martinfowler.com/articles/reduce-friction-ai/feedback-flywheel.html | Source: Martin Fowler [07:19] TR Bot Feedback Flywheel [07:20] TR News "The "AI" bubble will soon burst. That is a good thing. It's a necessary correction of a mass hysteria that's gripped the world for many years now." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/fakewords/ | Source: The Cyber Show [07:20] TR Bot What "AI" means now [07:34] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [07:35] *Righty (~Username@89yam9i74iqzs.irc) has joined #techrights [07:36] TR News Techrights Dr. Andy Farnell Blasts Misuse of the Term "AI" to Describe Plagiarism, Plunder, and Misinformation https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Dr_Andy_Farnell_Blasts_Misuse_of_the_Term_AI_to_Describe_Plagia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Dr_Andy_Farnell_Blasts_Misuse_of_the_Term_AI_to_Describe_Plagia.gmi [07:36] TR Bot Techrights Dr. Andy Farnell Blasts Misuse of the Term "AI" to Describe Plagiarism, Plunder, and Misinformation [07:36] TR News (NEW): Framework is teasing a lot of Linux for its April 21st event https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Framework_is_teasing_a_lot_of_Linux_for_its_April_21st_event.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Framework_is_teasing_a_lot_of_Linux_for_its_April_21st_event.gmi [07:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Framework is teasing a lot of Linux for its April 21st event [07:36] TR News "Uthmeier also says that OpenAIs ChatGPT has been linked to criminal behavior related to child sexual abuse material and the encouragement of self-harm." https://www.theverge.com/policy/909557/openai-florida-investigation | Source: The Verge [07:36] TR Bot Florida launches investigation into OpenAI | The Verge [07:37] TR News iophk: Fuzzy logic could work in practice and only slowed programs down a little. [07:37] TR News "It primarily processes tasks directly on Apple silicon via a compact on-device LLM." https://www.securityweek.com/apple-intelligence-ai-guardrails-bypassed-in-new-attack/ | Source: Security Week [07:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-intelligence-ai-guardrails-bypassed-in-new-attack/ ) [07:38] TR News With limited resources, people think practically and not lose sight of the problem to piggyback brute force [07:38] TR News "Security researchers at RSAC estimate there are at least 200 million Apple Intelligence-capable devices in use as of December 2025, and up to 1 million apps on the Apple App Store that employ it." https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/security_researchers_tricked_apple_intelligence/ | Source: The Register UK [07:38] TR Bot Security reserchers tricked Apple Intelligence into cursing The Register [07:39] TR News "The findings mirror broader concerns among Americans over AI, despite rising adoption rates." https://www.semafor.com/article/04/09/2026/gen-zers-grow-more-uneasy-about-ai | Source: Semafor Inc [07:39] TR Bot Gen Zers grow more uneasy about AI | Semafor [07:39] TR News "Increasingly it would seem that were looking at the Car-as-a-Service (CaaS) model being implemented." https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/nissan-shuts-down-nissanconnect-app-for-older-leaf-evs/ | Source: Hackaday [07:39] TR Bot Shuts Down NissanConnect App For Older Leaf EVs | Hackaday [07:40] TR News "lack of confidence in assessing the systems overall security posture" https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/03/federal-cyber-experts-called-microsofts-cloud-a-pile-of-shit-approved-it-anyway/ | Source: Ars Technica [07:40] TR Bot Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway - Ars Technica [07:40] TR News "On Microsoft's Lousy Cloud Security" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/on-microsofts-lousy-cloud-security.html | Source: Bruce Schneier https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/08/Microsoft_Azure_is_Now_Perpetually_on_Life_Support_Even_Microso.shtml [07:40] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/on-microsofts-lousy-cloud-security.html ) [07:40] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Azure is Now Perpetually on Life Support, Even Microsoft Sites Express Concerns [07:40] TR News "American consumers deserve better." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/banning-new-foreign-routers-mistargets-products-fix-real-problem | Source: EFF [07:40] TR Bot Banning New Foreign Routers Mistargets Products to Fix Real Problem | Electronic Frontier Foundation [07:41] TR News "Honda has taken a feature that used to be a single dumb button press: open garage, go inside, live your life" https://boingboing.net/2026/04/09/honda-paywalls-its-garage-door-opener.html | Source: BoingBoing [07:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/09/honda-paywalls-its-garage-door-opener.html ) [07:45] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [07:51] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@uwb8s9bfzeyh4.irc) has joined #techrights [07:51] *liberty_box_ has quit (connection closed) [07:51] liberty_box https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lwvz1pl1no [07:51] TR Bot Want to help garden birds? Don't feed them in warmer months, says RSPB - BBC News [07:53] TR News Techrights A Sign of Progress? https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/A_Sign_of_Progress.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/A_Sign_of_Progress.gmi [07:53] TR Bot Techrights A Sign of Progress? [07:56] TR News "The volume control on my Apple TV remote recently stopped working." https://svenluijten.com/blog/volume-control-not-working-on-apple-tv-remote | Source: Sven Luijten [07:56] TR Bot Volume control not working on Apple TV remote - Sven [07:56] TR News "Of the programmable logic controllers manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley that Censys identified as potentially exposed to Iranian government attackers, nearly 3,900" https://cyberscoop.com/iran-attackers-industrial-ot-government-energy-water-censys/ | Source: Scoop News Group [07:56] TR Bot attacks on US critical infrastructure puts 3,900 devices in crosshairs | CyberScoop [07:57] TR News "The late psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was troubled by a paradox of progress. People alive today have more sophisticated machines, medicines, and systems for organizing the world." https://www.derekthompson.org/p/how-zombie-flow-took-over-culture | Source: Derek Thompson [07:57] TR Bot How Zombie Flow Took Over Culture - Derek Thompson [07:57] TR News "But that officer, Maj. William Norgard, is arguing his business ventures outside of the Army are not in violation of military regulations, and hes gearing up to challenge the service a fight that his lawyer says is likely to end up in court." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-marijuana-dispensary/ | Source: Task And Purpose [07:57] TR Bot Reserve officer in fight with Army for owning marijuana dispensary [07:57] TR News "For Paul Stacho, who lives in Stoney Creek, access to conservation areas has been life changing." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/nature-prescription-hamilton-9.7156573 | Source: CBC [07:57] TR Bot You can now get a prescription for nature access if you live in Hamilton, here's how | CBC News [07:58] TR News "Effectively, eight CPUs run the flight software in parallel. The engineering philosophy hinges on a fail-silent design." https://cacm.acm.org/news/how-nasa-built-artemis-iis-fault-tolerant-computer/ | Source: ACM [07:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://cacm.acm.org/news/how-nasa-built-artemis-iis-fault-tolerant-computer/ ) [07:58] TR News "Googles C4 instances use a specific variant of Xeon 6 called Granite Rapids." https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/09/intel-inks-multiyear-data-center-chip-partnership-google/ | Source: Silicon Angle [07:58] TR Bot inks multiyear data center chip partnership with Google - SiliconANGLE [07:58] TR News "This is the bad news from market watcher IDC, which says that the remainder of the year will see further declines in PC shipments as system prices continue to go up." https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/middle_east_madness_to_hike/ | Source: The Register UK [07:58] TR Bot Iran war piles more pain on already battered PC market The Register [07:59] TR News Want to help garden birds? Don't feed them in warmer months, says RSPB - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lwvz1pl1no Source: BBC | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lwvz1pl1no ● Apr 10 [08:00] TR News "you can look, but you cant touch." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/hackable-history-clay-interactive-and-raspberry-pi-at-the-young-va/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/hackable-history-clay-interactive-and-raspberry-pi-at-the-young-va/ ) [08:00] TR News "The Scholarly Kitchen (TSK) hosted a panel of librarian guest authors and Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) volunteers on stage at the 2025 Charleston Library Conference." https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/04/09/ask-the-librarians-recapping-a-scholarly-kitchen-roundtable-at-the-2025-charleston-library-conference/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing [08:00] TR Bot Ask the Librarians: Recapping a Scholarly Kitchen Roundtable at the 2025 Charleston Library Conference - The Scholarly Kitchen [08:01] TR News "She recently popped into the Overcommitted community (a great group, btw), and we couldnt resist asking her our usual writerly questions." https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/cassidy-williams-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [08:01] TR Bot Cassidy Williams on Technical Blogging - by Cynthia Dunlop [08:01] TR News "Ive always felt uncomfortable at the thought of advising others." https://billglover.me/2026/04/10/why-you-cant-change-anyone/ | [08:01] TR Bot Why You Can't Change Anyone [08:07] TR News "I am tired of wanting things I don't even respect." https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-04-09 | Source: Dr Molly Tov [08:07] TR Bot i'm tired of wanting things i don't even respect [08:07] TR News "CNI is pleased to once again serve as a cooperating organization for the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL), taking place September 2225, 2026, in Faro, Portugal." https://www.cni.org/news/theory-and-practice-of-digital-libraries-september-2026 | Source: Coalition for Networked Information [08:07] TR Bot Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries September 2026 [08:09] TR News "A bell-to-bell cellphone ban and an early literacy plan were among the governors priorities this year, while other new laws may help take students attention away from social media" https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/04/09/fewer-phones-more-books-gov-spencer-cox-new-education-laws/ | Source: Utah News Dispatch [08:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/04/09/fewer-phones-more-books-gov-spencer-cox-new-education-laws/ ) [08:10] TR News iophk: Stenography in place of exposing baldfaced lies: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/04/09/melania-trump-denies-relationship-with-jeffrey-epstein/ Stenography is epidemic. Telegraph is owned by German billionaires now. [08:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/04/09/melania-trump-denies-relationship-with-jeffrey-epstein/ ) [08:11] TR News sedated media for illusion of press apparatus still in effect; not a single article on IBM layoffs. [08:11] TR News iophk: Yes, pretty much everything is owned by oligarchs and the policy across the board is one of (nearly) pure stenography, for various reasons. Yes, one reason is to keep the media sedated and provide an illusion of a live 4th estate. Nor even a single article on the EPO AFAIK. [08:12] TR News Thankfully not a million dollars get spent trying to kill what's left of real tech journalism http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/30/How_Third_Party_Funding_and_Former_Microsoft_Staff_Spent_About_.shtml [08:12] TR Bot Tux Machines How Third-Party Funding and 'Former' Microsoft Staff Spent About a Million Dollars Lawyering Up Against Us [08:15] TR News "And here's the moon in total eclipse. Humans are seeing it from this perspective for the very first time." https://boingboing.net/2026/04/07/dark-side-of-the-moon-as-seen-from-artemis.html | Source: BoingBoing [08:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/07/dark-side-of-the-moon-as-seen-from-artemis.html ) [08:16] TR News "The five hours of observations were made using cameras and the naked eye. All four astronauts gave detailed descriptions of what they were seeing." https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/artemisii-eyes-lunar-observations-9.7156482 | Source: CBC [08:16] TR Bot Why human eyes are better at observing the moon than cameras | CBC News [08:16] TR News "Ive posted about publication lag times previously. The lag refers to the time from submitting a paper and it appearing in a journal." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/hold-on-hope-publication-lag-times-at-cell-biology-journals/ | Source: Rlang [08:16] TR Bot On Hope: publication lag times at cell biology journals | R-bloggers [08:16] TR News "New research led by the University of Otagotkou Whakaihu Waka, in close partnership with mana whenua, is shedding new light on Mori diet and burial practices in Aotearoa New Zealand prior to European colonization." https://phys.org/news/2026-04-ancient-mori-largely-based-diets.html | Source: Omicron Limited [08:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-04-ancient-mori-largely-based-diets.html ) [08:19] TR News London firm faces 35,000 SRA costs bill on top of 3,000 fines https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/london-firm-faces-35000-sra-costs-bill-on-top-of-3000-fines/5126442.article [08:19] TR Bot North London firm faces 35,000 SRA costs bill after tribunal issues fines coming to just 3,500 | Law Gazette [08:19] TR News [Old] "Sometimes we discover unpleasant truths. Whenever we do so, we are in difficulties: suppressing them is scientifically dishonest, so we must tell them, but telling them, however, will fire back on us." https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/ewd498.html | Source: University of Virginia [08:19] TR Bot Edsger Dijkstra - How do we tell truths that might hurt? [08:19] TR News "Specifically they have to be neutron stars, which sounds like a star wearing a Superman cape, but is just the ultra-dense remnants left over when a star dies." https://crookedtimber.org/2026/04/10/cosmic-alchemy/ | Source: Crooked Timber [08:19] TR Bot Cosmic Alchemy Crooked Timber [08:19] TR News "For the second year in a row, the Trump administration wants to slash NASAs budget." https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-09/the-trump-paradox-boasting-about-the-artemis-mission-while-demanding-deep-cuts-to-nasas-budget.html | Source: El Pas [08:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-09/the-trump-paradox-boasting-about-the-artemis-mission-while-demanding-deep-cuts-to-nasas-budget.html ) ● Apr 10 [09:36] TR News "An online presence feels so at odds with being a private person in some ways, or being picky about people, and being intentionally harder to access in real life." https://blog.avas.space/thepublic/ | Source: Ava [09:36] TR Bot the public | ava's blog [09:36] TR News "This is the American project. Not the easiest version. The correct one." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/techs-liberal-economist-really-isnt | Source: Mike Brock [09:36] TR Bot Techs Liberal Economist Really Isnt That Liberal at All [09:37] TR News "Your body is going to remain in that refrigerated unit for a long time. Typically it will be weeks or months; sometimes bodies can stay refrigerated for an entire year" https://davidoks.blog/p/how-funerals-keep-africa-poor | Source: David Oks [09:37] TR Bot How funerals keep Africa poor - David Oks [09:37] TR News "Unfortunately, Amazon is trying to block these helpful new tools, which can steer shoppers towards competitors." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/comparison-shopping-not-computer-crime | Source: EFF [09:37] TR Bot Comparison Shopping Is Not a (Computer) Crime | Electronic Frontier Foundation [09:37] TR News "In our testing, Polymarket bets are also showing up on the Google News home page." https://futurism.com/future-society/google-news-polymarket | Source: Futurism [09:37] TR Bot Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets Instead of Actual Journalism [09:41] TR News Techrights Links 10/04/2026: Pseudoscience and "Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles" and More Attacks on American Journalism https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Links_10_04_2026_Pseudoscience_and_Amazon_Pulls_Support_for_Per.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Links_10_04_2026_Pseudoscience_and_Amazon_Pulls_Support_for_Per.gmi [09:41] TR Bot Techrights Links 10/04/2026: Pseudoscience and "Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles" and More Attacks on American Journalism [09:55] TR News "The ministry stated that the submarines had been engaged in activity above critical underwater infrastructure but did not specify what that activity involved." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/09/uk-defense-ministry-says-3-russian-submarines-conducted-suspicious-activity-near-undersea-cables-in-north-atlantic | Source: Meduza [09:55] TR Bot UK Defense Ministry says 3 Russian submarines conducted suspicious activity near undersea cables in North Atlantic Meduza [09:55] TR News "As a cybersecurity researcher studying critical infrastructure and maritime systems, I investigate how digital threats affect ships and the people who operate them." https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/when-gps-lies-at-sea-how-electronic-warfare-is-threatening-ships-and-their-crews/ | Source: Defence Web [09:55] TR Bot When GPS lies at sea: How electronic warfare is threatening ships and their crews - DefenceWeb [09:56] TR News "In Zsh, we can avoid copying such generated filenames by using glob qualifiers, which are extra syntax you can add to filename globs in Zsh." https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/01/27/zsh-om1-glob-qualifiers/ | [09:56] TR Bot Zsh: select generated files with (om[1]) glob qualifiers - Adam Johnson [09:56] TR News "Together, these projects provide vendor-neutral infrastructure for the entire AI lifecycle, from training through inference" https://thenewstack.io/pytorch-ai-stack-expand/ | Source: The New Stack [09:56] TR Bot PyTorch Foundation Expands AI Stack with Safetensors, ExecuTorch, and Helion - The New Stack [09:58] TR News "If you have read our blogs previously then you will be aware that Jumping Rivers is a consultancy and training provider in all things data science." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/using-r-to-teach-r-lessons-for-software-development/ | Source: Rlang [09:58] TR Bot R to Teach R: Lessons for Software Development | R-bloggers [09:58] TR News "Initially, we had languages like Fortran (1957), Pascal (1970), and C (1972). Fortran was designed for number crunching and scientific computing." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/04/09/a-brief-history-of-c-c-programming-languages/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [09:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/04/09/a-brief-history-of-c-c-programming-languages/ ) [09:58] TR News "Since 1984, a music fan named Aadam Jacobs has been recording audio of sets from up-and-coming bands, predominantly in Chicago" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/08/fans-concert-recordings-online-archive/ | Source: Digital Music News [09:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/08/fans-concert-recordings-online-archive/ ) ● Apr 10 [10:01] TR News "The Microsoft and ValueLicensing legal tussle will enter an appeals phase this month, attracting the attention of a multibillion-pound class action against the Windows giant." https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/microsoft_valuelicensing_appeal/ | Source: The Register UK [10:01] TR Bot Microsoft software resale appeal catches eye of class action The Register [10:02] TR News "While hundreds of Arduino Days celebrations took place simultaneously in over 100 countries worldwide" https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/04/09/arduino-days-2026-empowers-students-across-vietnam-through-hands-on-technology-experiences/ | Source: Arduino [10:02] TR Bot Arduino Days 2026 empowers students across Vietnam through hands-on technology experiences | Arduino Blog [10:03] TR News "I've known EFF executive director Cindy Cohn for 27 years." https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/09/bernstein-2/#win-some-lose-some | Source: CoryDoctorow [10:03] TR Bot Pluralistic: Cindy Cohns Privacys Defender (09 Apr 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [10:15] TR News "Your choice of CMS is not a tooling decision. It is a constraint system." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/four-ways-to-build-a-website/ | Source: Jono Alderson [10:15] TR Bot There are only four sensible ways to build a website - Jono Alderson [10:16] TR News "Ill mostly only be writing HTML (via Astro components) here" https://piccalil.li/projects/personal-site/4/ | Source: Andy Bell [10:16] TR Bot Getting started with the HTML only build - Piccalilli [10:23] TR News "This is the fourth chapter of my SQLAlchemy 2 in Practice book. If you'd like to support my work, I encourage you to buy this book, either directly from my store or on Amazon. Thank you!" https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/sqlalchemy-2-in-practice---chapter-4---many-to-many-relationships | Source: Miguel Grinberg [10:23] TR Bot SQLAlchemy 2 In Practice - Chapter 4 - Many-To-Many Relationships - miguelgrinberg.com [10:23] TR News "In case you are wondering what is full-text search? for our purposes we are going to be looking at a search where we want to find any message that contains all the words the user has typed, in any order" https://blog.jmp.chat/b/2026-full-text-search-indexeddb | Source: JMP [10:23] TR Bot Full Text Search with IndexedDB JMP Blog [10:26] TR News "I write stuff here. Sometimes the stuff is good." https://matduggan.com/you-can-absolutely-have-an-rss-dependent-website-in-2026/ | Source: Mat Duggan [10:26] TR Bot NO TITLE [10:26] TR News "Simply put, Mirtillo is a digital agenda. It keeps track of what you're doing, your open tasks, events, it suggests you a schedule to follow, and it keeps track of your budgets. Its code is open-source and, well, I wrote it." https://thelibre.news/i-made-the-ultimate-productivity-device/ | Source: LibreNews [10:26] TR Bot I made the ultimate productivity device for less than 50 bucks [10:27] TR News "If antivirus for a given platform is free and not Open-Source, you are the product." https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/aura/ | Source: Logikal Solutions [10:27] TR Bot Review Aura Logikal Blog [10:27] TR News "So I took a very long pause from my other project kiln (CMake compatiable alternative) to work on tarnet." https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/04-10-tarnet-reimplementing-the-internets-archicture.gmi | Source: Martin Chang [10:27] TR Bot Tarnet - Reimplementing the Internet's archicture - Martin's website/blog thingy [10:27] TR News "I tried multiple solutions, each with pros and cons, here is an overview of my findings." https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2026-04-09-photo-library-management.html | Source: Data Swamp [10:27] TR Bot Solene'% : Software to keep photos organized [10:28] TR News "Judging by statements from Rostelecom Russias largest telecommunications company the situation may be long-term." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/democracy-and-media/russians-urged-to-return-to-landline-phones/447689 | Source: The Barents Observer [10:28] TR Bot Russians urged to return to landline phones [10:29] TR News "I also had to implement adaptive gain control almost immediately. If you set a fixed volume threshold, the visualizer either saturates in a loud room or barely flickers in a quiet one." https://scottlawsonbc.com/post/audio-led | [10:29] TR Bot Audio Reactive LED Strips Are Diabolically Hard Scott Lawson [10:29] TR News "At the start of 2026, we released three new wearable boards under the heading of Badgeware! This squad of Raspberry Pi RP2350 powered wearable tech is made up of..." https://blog.pimoroni.com/tiny-screens-big-ideas-show-us-your-badgeware-projects/ | Source: Pimoroni [10:29] TR Bot Tiny Screens, Big Ideas! Show Us Your Badgeware Projects. [10:29] TR News "SiFive was founded in 2015 by the creators of RISC-V, a popular open-source ISA" https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/09/risc-v-chip-design-startup-sifive-nabs-400m-investment/ | Source: Silicon Angle [10:29] TR Bot chip design startup SiFive nabs $400M investment - SiliconANGLE [10:30] TR News "Like the ESP32-S3 before it, the ESP32-P4 includes SIMD instructions - Espressif calls them 'PIE' - processor instruction extensions." https://bitbanksoftware.blogspot.com/2026/04/esp32-p4-simd-explained.html | Source: Larry Bank [10:30] TR Bot ESP32-P4 SIMD Explained [10:31] TR News "Let us discuss some notable highlights in TrueNAS 26-BETA1." https://ostechnix.com/truenas-26-beta-released/ | Source: OSTechNix [10:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://ostechnix.com/truenas-26-beta-released/ ) [10:32] TR News "Recent political events have pushed governments and organizations to seriously question their dependence on foreign-controlled software." https://obdev.at/blog/little-snitch-for-linux/ | [10:32] TR Bot Objective Development Blog [10:33] TR News [Old] "The GNU/Hurd is the Sagrada Famlia of the Software World: having started to develop in 1990, the GNU/Hurd has yet to reach version 1.0." https://mhatta.medium.com/gnu-hurd-strikes-back-4021433d506d | Source: Masayuki Hatta [10:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://mhatta.medium.com/gnu-hurd-strikes-back-4021433d506d ) [10:34] TR News "Since I'm on KDE Linux, I use flatpak apps for pretty much everything, such as Kontact suite." https://akselmo.dev/notes/flatpak-kdeplatform-ci/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen [10:34] TR Bot Testing org.kde.Platform flatpak built in CI [10:35] TR News "In the case I was debugging it was neither. The [Internet] connectivity between CloudFlare and origin was perfect. No packet loss, flat latency. So why did we see a 522 error?" https://blog.cloudflare.com/this-is-strictly-a-violation-of-the-tcp-specification/ | Source: Cloudflare [10:35] TR Bot This is strictly a violation of the TCP specification [10:36] TR News "Today is the CSS Naked Day, a day dedicated to showcasing the raw, unstyled version of websites." https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2026/css-naked-day/ | Source: Victor Kropp [10:36] TR Bot CSS Naked Day [10:36] TR News "In systemd v258, systemctl gained a new feature to help with this, systemctl -v." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdVerboseRestartNotes | Source: University of Toronto [10:36] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [10:36] TR News "Nftables is the current generation Linux firewall rule system, supplanting iptables (which supplanted ipchains)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/NftablesSymbolicVariables | Source: University of Toronto [10:37] TR News "FreeBSD and OpenZFS in the Quest for Technical Independence, Reviews make you 10x slower, OpenBSD on a Motorola 88000, Jailrun, and more." https://www.bsdnow.tv/658 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast [10:37] TR Bot BSD Now 658: Its the vibe of it [10:46] *TMF (~TMF@ugtkf8gqfm7b2.irc) has joined #techrights [10:48] TR News "Sweden Goes Back to Basics, Swapping Screens for Books in the Classroom" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/04/06/234206 [10:48] TR Bot Sweden Goes Back to Basics, Swapping Screens for Books in the Classroom - SoylentNews [10:51] TR News Does the obvious go unsaid (in MSM) until Rogan says it out loud? [10:52] TR News "Social Media is Virtually Useless for Publishers to Attract Readers" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/04/08/197218 [10:52] TR Bot Social Media is Virtually Useless for Publishers to Attract Readers - SoylentNews [10:53] TR News CNSA https://media.defense.gov/2025/May/30/2003728741/-1/-1/0/CSA_CNSA_2.0_ALGORITHMS.PDF [10:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://media.defense.gov/2025/May/30/2003728741/-1/-1/0/CSA_CNSA_2.0_ALGORITHMS.PDF ) [10:53] TR News "Can we Trust SLOP? No But Eventually We Must" https://www.securityweek.com/can-we-trust-ai-no-but-eventually-we-must/ [10:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/can-we-trust-ai-no-but-eventually-we-must/ ) [10:56] TR News Visa-free travel to the USA and your personal data | "Visumfria USA-resor och din persondata" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/04/09/visumfria-usa-resor-och-din-persondata/ [10:56] TR Bot Visumfria USA-resor och din persondata ● Apr 10 [11:00] TR News "Man arrested at data center forum calls trespassing charge 'retaliatory' | News | claremoreprogress.com" https://www.claremoreprogress.com/news/man-arrested-at-data-center-forum-calls-trespassing-charge-retaliatory/article_6c98a272-fcb6-493d-bc86-e56fcd6c2e0f.html [11:00] TR Bot ( status 451 @ https://www.claremoreprogress.com/news/man-arrested-at-data-center-forum-calls-trespassing-charge-retaliatory/article_6c98a272-fcb6-493d-bc86-e56fcd6c2e0f.html ) [11:23] TR News Techrights We'll Never Ever Do Social Control Media, Nate Silver's Article Helps Explain Why https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/We_ll_Never_Ever_Do_Social_Control_Media_Nate_Silver_s_Article_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/We_ll_Never_Ever_Do_Social_Control_Media_Nate_Silver_s_Article_.gmi [11:23] TR Bot Techrights We'll Never Ever Do Social Control Media, Nate Silver's Article Helps Explain Why [11:45] TR News Techrights Raw: Extensive Evidence of Red Hat's Mass Layoffs in China (IBM Meets Geopolitics) https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Raw_Extensive_Evidence_of_Red_Hat_s_Mass_Layoffs_in_China_IBM_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Raw_Extensive_Evidence_of_Red_Hat_s_Mass_Layoffs_in_China_IBM_M.gmi [11:45] TR Bot Techrights Raw: Extensive Evidence of Red Hat's Mass Layoffs in China (IBM Meets Geopolitics) [11:50] TR News Techrights More Information on IBM Red Hat Layoffs in April 2026, Hundreds of Laid Off (300+) https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/More_Information_on_IBM_Red_Hat_Layoffs_in_April_2026_Hundreds_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/More_Information_on_IBM_Red_Hat_Layoffs_in_April_2026_Hundreds_.gmi [11:50] TR Bot Techrights More Information on IBM Red Hat Layoffs in April 2026, Hundreds of Laid Off (300+) [11:50] TR News (NEW): New Issue of Linux Magazine, #306 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/09/New_Issue_of_Linux_Magazine_306.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/09/New_Issue_of_Linux_Magazine_306.gmi [11:50] TR Bot Tux Machines New Issue of Linux Magazine, #306 [11:50] TR News (NEW): PipeWire 1.6.3 Improves RAOP Compatibility to Make It Work on More Devices https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/09/PipeWire_1_6_3_Improves_RAOP_Compatibility_to_Make_It_Work_on_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/09/PipeWire_1_6_3_Improves_RAOP_Compatibility_to_Make_It_Work_on_M.gmi [11:50] TR Bot Tux Machines PipeWire 1.6.3 Improves RAOP Compatibility to Make It Work on More Devices [11:50] TR News (NEW): KDE Frameworks 6.25 Adds Support for Converting Momme Units in KRunner https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/KDE_Frameworks_6_25_Adds_Support_for_Converting_Momme_Units_in_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/KDE_Frameworks_6_25_Adds_Support_for_Converting_Momme_Units_in_.gmi [11:50] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Frameworks 6.25 Adds Support for Converting Momme Units in KRunner ● Apr 10 [12:07] TR News Techrights This Coming Weekend and Next Week We'll Cover EPO Scandals a Lot, There Are Still Perpetual Strikes That the Media Intentionally Avoids Covering https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/This_Coming_Weekend_and_Next_Week_We_ll_Cover_EPO_Scandals_a_Lo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/This_Coming_Weekend_and_Next_Week_We_ll_Cover_EPO_Scandals_a_Lo.gmi [12:07] TR Bot Techrights This Coming Weekend and Next Week We'll Cover EPO Scandals a Lot, There Are Still Perpetual Strikes That the Media Intentionally Avoids Covering [12:29] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [12:37] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 42 Out of 200: Getting the Very Basic Technical Concepts Very Wrong, or Where Miscomprehension Begets "Plausible Deniability" https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_42_Out_of_200_Getting_the_Very_Basic_Tech.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_42_Out_of_200_Getting_the_Very_Basic_Tech.gmi [12:37] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 42 Out of 200: Getting the Very Basic Technical Concepts Very Wrong, or Where Miscomprehension Begets "Plausible Deniability" [12:52] TR News Techrights IBM 'Value' Fell 20%, The Executives Took Bonuses and Bonus Hikes https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/IBM_Value_Fell_20_The_Executives_Took_Bonuses_and_Bonus_Hikes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/IBM_Value_Fell_20_The_Executives_Took_Bonuses_and_Bonus_Hikes.gmi [12:52] TR Bot Techrights IBM 'Value' Fell 20%, The Executives Took Bonuses and Bonus Hikes ● Apr 10 [13:04] TR News #064 | S7 | GNU Health | Dr. Luis Falcon in the chair https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=64 [13:04] TR Bot The Cyber Show - Episodes [13:16] TR News Wayland 1.25 Documentation Update https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/wayland-1.25-documentation-update.html [13:16] TR Bot Wayland 1.25 Documentation Update [13:19] TR News Old habits die hard: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft tries to limit our options, this time with Hey Hi (AI) https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/microsoft-copilot-ai-user-choice/ [13:19] TR Bot Old habits die hard: Microsoft tries to limit our options, this time with AI [13:20] TR News And yet, Mozilla outsourced Firefox to Microsoft (GitHub) and added Microsoft chatbots to Firefox. Great judgement! [13:20] psydroid3 Firefox absolutely wants to accelerate its path towards absolute irrelevance [13:21] TR News Openwashing slop some more. Mozilla disgraces its brand (and Firefox's). https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla-new-products/0din-ai-security-scanner/ | Source: Mozilla [13:21] TR Bot 0DIN is open-sourcing AI security and the hard-earned knowledge behind it [13:22] TR News "Config files may need editing between export and import formats" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/planning-your-upgrade-path-ansible-automation-platform-26 | Source: Red Hat Official [13:22] TR Bot Planning your upgrade path to Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 [13:24] TR News But hiring from Microsoft is OK? "My colleague, Maksim Beliaev, recently wrote about our hiring principles." https://ubuntu.com//blog/intentional-leadership-at-canonical | Source: Ubuntu [13:24] TR Bot leadership at Canonical | Ubuntu [13:25] TR News "local computation to support secure biometric authentication without relying on cloud-based processing" https://linuxgizmos.com/realsense-id-pro-f500-combines-depth-sensing-and-on-device-biometrics/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [13:25] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/realsense-id-pro-f500-combines-depth-sensing-and-on-device-biometrics/ ) [13:28] TR News OpenShot 3.5.1 Added Preview & UI Scaling for Better UI/UX Experience https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/04/openshot-3-5-1-preview-scaling/ [13:28] TR Bot OpenShot 3.5.1 Added Preview & UI Scaling for Better UI/UX Experience | UbuntuHandbook [13:29] TR News Rust API and a new plugin system added to Miracle-WM https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/miracle-wm-rust-plugins [13:29] TR Bot Rust API and a new plugin system added to Miracle-WM - OMG! Ubuntu [13:34] TR News Your old Kindle wont stop working on 20 May but it could https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/older-kindles-amazon-support [13:34] TR Bot Amazon Ends Support for Pre-2013 Kindles in May ● Apr 10 [14:17] *TMF has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:24] *TMF (~TMF@ugtkf8gqfm7b2.irc) has joined #techrights [14:25] TR News 658: Its the vibe of it https://www.bsdnow.tv/658 [14:25] TR Bot BSD Now 658: Its the vibe of it [14:26] TR News RISC-V chip design startup SiFive nabs $400M investment https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/09/risc-v-chip-design-startup-sifive-nabs-400m-investment/ [14:26] TR Bot chip design startup SiFive nabs $400M investment - SiliconANGLE [14:26] TR News Software to keep photos organized https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2026-04-09-photo-library-management.html [14:26] TR Bot Solene'% : Software to keep photos organized [14:27] TR News Arduino Days 2026 empowers students across Vietnam through hands-on technology experiences https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/04/09/arduino-days-2026-empowers-students-across-vietnam-through-hands-on-technology-experiences/ [14:27] TR Bot Arduino Days 2026 empowers students across Vietnam through hands-on technology experiences | Arduino Blog [14:28] TR News Pluralistic: Cindy Cohn's "Privacy's Defender" (09 Apr 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/09/bernstein-2/ [14:28] TR Bot Pluralistic: Cindy Cohns Privacys Defender (09 Apr 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [14:28] TR News A brief history of C/C++ programming languages https://lemire.me/blog/2026/04/09/a-brief-history-of-c-c-programming-languages/ [14:28] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/04/09/a-brief-history-of-c-c-programming-languages/ ) [14:29] *koo5_ has quit (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) [14:29] TR News Using R to Teach R: Lessons for Software Development https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/using-r-to-teach-r-lessons-for-software-development/ [14:29] TR Bot R to Teach R: Lessons for Software Development | R-bloggers [14:29] TR News Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets https://futurism.com/future-society/google-news-polymarket [14:29] TR Bot Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets Instead of Actual Journalism [14:30] *ewig has quit (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) [14:38] *ewig```` (~ewig```@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [14:38] *koo5_ (~quassel@vmi579006.contaboserver.net) has joined #techrights [14:49] *phebus has quit (Quit: POKE 1,0) ● Apr 10 [15:13] *TMF has quit (connection closed) [15:16] TR News Hold On Hope: publication lag times at cell biology journals https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/hold-on-hope-publication-lag-times-at-cell-biology-journals/ [15:16] TR Bot On Hope: publication lag times at cell biology journals | R-bloggers [15:17] TR News Intel inks multiyear data center chip partnership with Surveillance Giant Google https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/09/intel-inks-multiyear-data-center-chip-partnership-google/ [15:17] TR Bot inks multiyear data center chip partnership with Google - SiliconANGLE [15:18] TR News On Microsofts Lousy Cloud Security https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/on-microsofts-lousy-cloud-security.html [15:18] TR Bot Microsoft's Lousy Cloud Security - Schneier on Security [15:18] TR News Apple Intelligence Hey Hi (AI) Guardrails Bypassed in New Attack https://www.securityweek.com/apple-intelligence-ai-guardrails-bypassed-in-new-attack/ [15:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-intelligence-ai-guardrails-bypassed-in-new-attack/ ) [15:19] TR News Groups Sue Convicted Felon Admin for Records on Medicaid Data Sharing with Immigration Enforcement https://americanoversight.org/medicaid-ice-data-sharing-lawsuit/ [15:19] TR Bot Groups Sue Trump Admin for Records on Medicaid Data Sharing with Immigration Enforcement - American Oversight [15:20] TR News 300,000 People Impacted by Eurail Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/300000-people-impacted-by-eurail-data-breach/ [15:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/300000-people-impacted-by-eurail-data-breach/ ) [15:22] TR News Russia's FSB Detains, Accuses Former RFE/RL Freelancer Of Treason https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-fsb-freelancer-rferl-detained-treason/33728421.html [15:22] TR Bot Russia's FSB Detains, Accuses Former RFE/RL Freelancer Of Treason [15:23] TR News Now You Can Turn Off All of Spotifys Video Content https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/09/how-to-turn-off-spotify-video-content/ [15:23] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/09/how-to-turn-off-spotify-video-content/ ) [15:24] TR News Andy Wingo: wastrel milestone: full hoot support, with generational gc as a treat https://wingolog.org/archives/2026/04/09/wastrel-milestone-full-hoot-support-with-generational-gc-as-a-treat [15:24] TR Bot wastrel milestone: full hoot support, with generational gc as a treat wingolog [15:24] TR News Testing org.kde.Platform flatpak built in CI https://akselmo.dev/notes/flatpak-kdeplatform-ci/ [15:24] TR Bot Testing org.kde.Platform flatpak built in CI [15:31] TR News (NEW): Mass Layoffs at Red Hat This Week (Hundreds of Engineers Laid Off) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Mass_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_This_Week_Hundreds_of_Engineers_Laid_Of.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Mass_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_This_Week_Hundreds_of_Engineers_Laid_Of.gmi [15:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Mass Layoffs at Red Hat This Week (Hundreds of Engineers Laid Off) [15:32] TR News Can Garuda GNU/Linux Mokka Take Manjaros Arch-Based Crown? https://fossforce.com/2026/04/can-garuda-linux-mokka-take-manjaros-arch-based-crown/ [15:32] TR Bot Can Garuda Linux Mokka Take Manjaros Arch-Based Crown? - FOSS Force [15:33] TR News Tighter KDE Connect Integration https://blog.broulik.de/2026/04/kde-connect-solid-back-end/ [15:33] TR Bot Tighter KDE Connect Integration Kai Uwe's Blog [15:41] *phebus (~phebus@y62br8unm5ssk.irc) has joined #techrights [15:57] TR News Open-source hardware DAB+ receiver combines ESP32 SoC with Skyworks SI4684 digital radio chip https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/09/open-source-hardware-dab-receiver-combines-esp32-soc-with-skyworks-si4684-chip/ [15:57] TR Bot Open-source hardware DAB+ receiver combines ESP32 SoC with Skyworks SI4684 digital radio chip - CNX Software [15:57] TR News Raspberry Pi SBC gets (analog and) digital radio HAT with AM, FM, DAB, DAB+, HD radio https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/10/raspberry-pi-sbc-gets-digital-radio-hat-with-am-fm-dab-dab-hd-radio/ [15:57] TR Bot Raspberry Pi SBC gets (analog and) digital radio HAT with AM, FM, DAB, DAB+, HD radio - CNX Software [15:58] TR News Akademy 2026: Registration Now Open https://akademy.kde.org/news/2026-04_akademy-2026-registration/ [15:58] TR Bot Akademy 2026: Registration Now Open | Akademy ● Apr 10 [16:00] TR News Setting up Akvorado: A NetFlow analyser for your IPv6-first network https://blog.apnic.net/2026/04/09/setting-up-akvorado-a-netflow-analyser-for-your-ipv6-first-network/ [16:00] TR Bot Setting up Akvorado: A NetFlow analyser for your IPv6-first network | APNIC Blog [16:00] TR News Andreas Farre: BuildCache now works with mach https://blog.farre.se/posts/2026/04/09/buildcache-with-mach/ [16:00] TR Bot BuildCache now works with mach | farres blog [16:01] TR News What the Verdict Against Meta and Surveillance Giant Google Says About the Way We Live Now https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-the-verdict-against-meta-and-google-says-about-the-way-we-live-now [16:01] TR Bot What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now | The New Yorker [16:02] TR News Google Warns of New Campaign Targeting BPOs to Steal Corporate Data https://www.securityweek.com/google-warns-of-new-campaign-targeting-bpos-to-steal-corporate-data/ [16:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/google-warns-of-new-campaign-targeting-bpos-to-steal-corporate-data/ ) [16:02] TR News Social media ID verification plan raises mass surveillance concerns https://bianet.org/haber/social-media-id-verification-plan-raises-mass-surveillance-concerns-318494 [16:02] TR Bot Social media ID verification plan raises mass surveillance concerns [16:03] TR News Still Not a Privacy Law: Bill C-25s Political Party Privacy Provisions Fall Short Again https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/still-not-a-privacy-law-bill-c-25s-political-party-privacy-provisions-fall-short-again/ [16:03] TR Bot Still Not a Privacy Law: Bill C-25s Political Party Privacy Provisions Fall Short Again - 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[16:08] TR News The Dark Matter of Patent Law: Nearly 25% of Office Actions Now Cite Secret Prior Art https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/04/the-dark-matter-of-patent-law-nearly-25-of-office-actions-now-cite-secret-prior-art.html [16:08] TR Bot The Dark Matter of Patent Law: Nearly 25% of Office Actions Now Cite Secret Prior Art | Patently-O [16:09] TR News Embargo first, justice later? https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/new-patent-owner-silimed-lands-pi-against-polytech-at-munich-court/ [16:09] TR Bot New patent owner Silimed lands PI against Polytech at Munich court [16:09] TR News The Hit Erotica Writers Outwitting Nigerias Religious Censors https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/africa/nigeria-erotica-writers-censors.html [16:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/africa/nigeria-erotica-writers-censors.html ) [16:11] TR News Thibault Martin: TIL that Helix and Typst are a match made in heaven https://ergaster.org/til/helix-typst-match-in-heaven/ [16:11] TR Bot Helix and Typst are a match made in heaven [16:13] TR News High fuel prices spur interest in EVs https://www.france24.com/en/high-fuel-prices-spur-interest-in-evs [16:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/high-fuel-prices-spur-interest-in-evs ) [16:27] TR News Microsoft's ongoing legacy ... "HS: Nokia plans to cut 121 jobs in Finland" https://yle.fi/a/74-20219930 https://techrights.org/wiki/Nokia/ [16:27] TR Bot HS: Nokia plans to cut 121 jobs in Finland | Yle News | Yle [16:27] TR Bot Nokia [16:31] TR News Florida AG opens probe into Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot alleging connection to FSU shooting https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/09/florida-ag-opens-probe-chatgpt-alleging-connection-fsu-shooting/ [16:31] TR Bot AG opens probe into ChatGPT alleging connection to FSU shooting - SiliconANGLE [16:31] TR News Florida Attorney General Investigates Proprietary Chaffbot Company and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Over F.S.U. Shooting https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/florida-openai-chatgpt-fsu-shooting-investigation.html [16:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/florida-openai-chatgpt-fsu-shooting-investigation.html ) [16:32] TR News Hong Kong student whistleblower denounces intimidation as pro-Beijing petition calls for expulsion https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/09/hong-kong-student-whistleblower-denounces-intimidation-as-pro-beijing-petition-calls-for-expulsion/ [16:32] TR Bot HK student denounces intimidation as pro-Beijing petition seeks expulsion [16:33] TR News Skrooge 26.4.0 released https://skrooge.org/news/2026-04-09-skrooge_26.4.0_released/ [16:33] TR Bot Skrooge 26.4.0 released - Skrooge [16:34] TR News Tiny Screens, Big Ideas! Show Us Your Badgeware Projects. https://blog.pimoroni.com/tiny-screens-big-ideas-show-us-your-badgeware-projects/ [16:34] TR Bot Tiny Screens, Big Ideas! Show Us Your Badgeware Projects. [16:35] TR News MinIO Client work with object storage https://www.linuxlinks.com/minio-client-work-with-object-storage/ [16:35] TR Bot Client - work with object storage - LinuxLinks [16:35] TR News 25 Essential Free and Open Source LaTeX Tools typeset beautifully https://www.linuxlinks.com/latextools/ [16:35] TR Bot Essential Free and Open Source LaTeX Tools - typeset beautifully - LinuxLinks [16:35] TR News Super Lite GNU/Linux lightweight distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/super-lite-linux-lightweight-distribution/ [16:35] TR Bot Lite Linux - lightweight distribution - LinuxLinks [16:35] TR News SafeScript code snippet manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/safescript-code-snippet-manager/ [16:35] TR Bot - code snippet manager - LinuxLinks [16:36] *phebus has quit (Quit: POKE 1,0) [16:36] TR News cal the console calendar generator https://www.linuxlinks.com/cal-console-calendar-generator/ [16:36] TR Bot - the console calendar generator - LinuxLinks [16:38] TR News Debian vs Ubuntu Server: Which One Should You Use? https://linuxize.com/post/debian-vs-ubuntu-server/ [16:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/post/debian-vs-ubuntu-server/ ) [16:39] TR News Natalie Vock: Fixing AMDGPUs VRAM management for low-end GPUs https://pixelcluster.github.io/VRAM-Mgmt-fixed/ [16:39] TR Bot Fixing AMDGPU's VRAM management for low-end GPUs | pixelcluster's GPU blog [16:41] TR News Openwashing, reputation laundering, and promotion of slop plagiarism - in short dirty money https://fossforce.com/2026/04/apache-spins-anthropics-1-5m-into-responsible-ai-initiative/ [16:41] TR Bot Apache Spins Anthropics $1.5M Into Responsible AI Initiative - FOSS Force [16:43] TR News Russell Coker: HP Z640 and E5-2696 v4 https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/04/10/hp-z640-e5-2696-v4/ [16:43] TR Bot HP Z640 and E5-2696 v4 etbe Russell Coker [16:43] TR News Master C and C++ with our new Testing Handbook chapter https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/04/09/master-c-and-c-with-our-new-testing-handbook-chapter/ [16:43] TR Bot Master C and C++ with our new Testing Handbook chapter - The Trail of Bits Blog [16:44] TR News Fewer Computers, Fewer Problems: Going Local With Builds & Deployments https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/fewer-computers-fewer-problems/ [16:44] TR Bot Fewer Computers, Fewer Problems: Going Local With Builds & Deployments - Jim Nielsens Blog [16:45] TR News 10 petabytes of sensitive data stolen from China's National Supercomputing Center, hackers claim https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/10-petabytes-of-sensitive-data-stolen-from-chinas-national-supercomputing-center-hackers-claim-daring-heist-would-be-largest-ever-china-hack-covering-6-000-clients-across-science-defense-and-beyond [16:45] TR Bot 10 petabytes of sensitive data stolen from China's National Supercomputing Center, hackers claim daring heist would be largest ever China hack, covering 6,000 clients across science, defense, and beyond | Tom's Hardware [16:47] TR News A Maker of Pet Toys in Ukraine Turns to Killer Drones https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/europe/ukraine-defense-technology-companies.html [16:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/europe/ukraine-defense-technology-companies.html ) [16:49] TR News How To Install SQLmap on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-sqlmap-debian-13/ [16:49] TR Bot How To Install SQLmap on Debian 13 - idroot [16:55] TR News How to Upgrade to Fedora 44 from Fedora 43 or 42 https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-upgrade-fedora-linux-release/ [16:55] TR Bot to Upgrade to Fedora 44 from Fedora 43 or 42 - LinuxCapable [16:56] TR News How To Install Grub Customizer on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-grub-customizer-debian-13/ [16:56] TR Bot How To Install Grub Customizer on Debian 13 - idroot [16:56] TR News How To Install RustDesk on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-rustdesk-fedora-43/ [16:56] TR Bot How To Install RustDesk on Fedora 43 - idroot [16:56] TR News How To Install Apache Kafka on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-apache-kafka-fedora-43/ [16:56] TR Bot How To Install Apache Kafka on Fedora 43 - idroot [16:57] TR News LibreOffice State of the Project (April 2025 March 2026) https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/09/libreoffice-state-of-the-project/ [16:57] TR Bot LibreOffice State of the Project (April 2025 March 2026) - TDF Community Blog [16:58] TR News Dev snapshot: Godot 4.7 dev 4 https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-7-dev-4/ [16:58] TR Bot Dev snapshot: Godot 4.7 dev 4 Godot Engine [16:59] TR News Google API Keys in Android Apps Expose Gemini Endpoints to Unauthorized Access https://www.securityweek.com/google-api-keys-in-android-apps-expose-gemini-endpoints-to-unauthorized-access/ [16:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/google-api-keys-in-android-apps-expose-gemini-endpoints-to-unauthorized-access/ ) [16:59] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1066972/ [16:59] TR Bot updates for Thursday [LWN.net] ● Apr 10 [17:01] TR News IBM Red Hat is promoting slop bros while sacking hundreds of Linux engineers https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/09/build-resilient-guardrails-openclaw-ai-agents-kubernetes [17:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/09/build-resilient-guardrails-openclaw-ai-agents-kubernetes ) [17:02] TR News RadioGoGo surf global radio waves https://www.linuxlinks.com/radiogogo-surf-global-radio-waves/ [17:02] TR Bot - surf global radio waves - LinuxLinks [17:03] TR News Siggy terminal-based client for the Signal messaging service https://www.linuxlinks.com/siggy-terminal-based-client-signal-messaging-service/ [17:03] TR Bot - terminal-based client for the Signal messaging service - LinuxLinks [17:03] TR News lazyjira terminal user interface for Jira https://www.linuxlinks.com/lazyjira-terminal-user-interface/ [17:03] TR Bot - terminal user interface for Jira - LinuxLinks [17:04] TR News FEX 2604 Released [17:05] TR News "Primarily we have now enabled our Dynamic L1 lookup cache and disabled our L2 lookup caches by default. We talked about this more in the FEX-2511 release post, but this can save hundreds of megabytes by changing these default options." https://fex-emu.com/FEX-2604/ [17:05] TR Bot 2604 Tagged FEX-Emu A fast linux usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator [17:05] TR News uncover quickly discover exposed hosts on the internet https://www.linuxlinks.com/uncover-quickly-discover-exposed-hosts/ [17:05] TR Bot - quickly discover exposed hosts on the internet - LinuxLinks [17:06] TR News 21 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Astronomy Apps https://www.linuxlinks.com/astronomy/ [17:06] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Astronomy Apps - LinuxLinks [17:06] TR News ShredOS disk eraser operating system https://www.linuxlinks.com/shredos-disk-eraser-operating-system/ [17:06] TR Bot - disk eraser operating system - LinuxLinks [17:07] TR News Federal Judge Slaps Down Temus Attempt to Dismiss Twenty One Pilots Trademark Infringement Complaint https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/09/temu-twenty-one-pilots-lawsuit-dismissal-rejected/ [17:07] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/09/temu-twenty-one-pilots-lawsuit-dismissal-rejected/ ) [17:08] TR News Prince Estate Settles With Apollonia Trademark Lawsuit Voluntarily Dismissed Without Prejudice https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/09/apollonia-prince-estate-lawsuit-settled/ [17:08] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/09/apollonia-prince-estate-lawsuit-settled/ ) [17:10] TR News Relicensing versus license compatibility (FSF Blog) https://lwn.net/Articles/1066926/ [17:10] TR Bot versus license compatibility (FSF Blog) [LWN.net] [17:11] TR News FOSS Weekly #26.15: Rollback in apt, bad USB detection, Glass UI in KDE, GNU/Linux Kernel dropping older processor support and more https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-15/ [17:11] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #26.15: Rollback in apt, bad USB detection, Glass UI in KDE, Linux Kernel dropping older processor support and more [17:12] TR News StartOS 0.4.0-beta3 is ready https://distrowatch.com/startos [17:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/startos ) [17:12] TR News openmamba 20260409 out https://distrowatch.com/openmamba [17:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/openmamba ) [17:13] TR News MODOS 13 out as well https://distrowatch.com/modos [17:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/modos ) [17:13] TR News A Newspaper Is Raided and a Rights Group Outlawed Amid Kremlin Crackdown https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/europe/russia-newspaper-rights-group-crackdown.html [17:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/europe/russia-newspaper-rights-group-crackdown.html ) [17:14] TR News Nobel-Winners Memorial Labeled 'Extremist' By Russian Court https://www.rferl.org/a/nobel-memorial-extremist-russia/33728508.html [17:14] TR Bot Nobel-Winners Memorial Labeled 'Extremist' By Russian Court [17:14] TR News An Audacious Cyber Hack By Russian Military Intelligence Sets Off Global Alarms. Again. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-hacker-routers-gru-military-intelligence-forest-blizzard/33728527.html [17:14] TR Bot An Audacious Cyber Hack By Russian Military Intelligence Sets Off Global Alarms. Again. [17:15] TR News Lithuania says it took part in operation targeting Russia-linked APT28 network https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2893115/lithuania-says-it-took-part-in-operation-targeting-russia-linked-apt28-network [17:15] TR Bot Lithuania says it took part in operation targeting Russia-linked APT28 network - LRT [17:16] TR News Inside the FBIs router takedown that cut off APT28s tremendous access https://cyberscoop.com/fbi-operation-masquerade-russian-gru-router-takedown-brett-leatherman/ [17:16] TR Bot the FBIs router takedown that cut off APT28s tremendous access | CyberScoop [17:17] TR News How DNS name tracking enhances network observability https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/09/how-dns-name-tracking-enhances-network-observability [17:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/09/how-dns-name-tracking-enhances-network-observability ) [17:18] TR News Enable Firewall-as-a-Service in OpenStack Services on OpenShift https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/09/enable-firewall-service-openstack-services-openshift [17:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/09/enable-firewall-service-openstack-services-openshift ) [17:20] TR News For Artemis II, Returning to Earth May Be the Most Dangerous Part of the Mission https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/science/nasa-artemis-ii-earth-return-heat-shield.html [17:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/science/nasa-artemis-ii-earth-return-heat-shield.html ) [17:20] TR News As Astronauts Visit the Moon, NASA Insider Says Agency Is in Shambles Behind the Scenes https://futurism.com/space/nasa-insider-science-shambles [17:20] TR Bot As Astronauts Visit the Moon, NASA Insider Says Agency Is in Shambles Behind the Scenes [17:21] TR News Plaintiffs settle with Convicted Felon administration, halting cuts to agency that funds US libraries https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2026/04/plaintiffs-settle-with-trump-administration-halting-cuts-to-agency-that-funds-us-libraries/ [17:21] TR Bot Plaintiffs settle with Trump administration, halting cuts to agency that funds US libraries | Federal News Network [17:22] TR News Pay to pee? Debate in South Korea over cafes charging toilet fee https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pay-to-pee-debate-in-south-korea-over-cafes-charging-toilet-fee [17:22] TR Bot Pay to pee? Debate in South Korea over cafes charging toilet fee | The Straits Times [17:24] TR News Trolley thieves in Malaysia take a toll on grocers https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/trolley-thieves-in-malaysia-take-a-toll-on-grocers [17:24] TR Bot Trolley thieves in Malaysia take a toll on grocers | The Straits Times [17:25] psydroid3 what is happening in Norway? [17:25] psydroid3 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/norway [17:25] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Norway | Statcounter Global Stats [17:25] schestowitz[TR3] data changes [17:25] schestowitz[TR3] same for india [17:26] schestowitz[TR3] it impacts global averages a lot [17:27] psydroid3 people/companies buying new systems with Windows 11? [17:28] schestowitz[TR3] botnets and bots of all sorts [17:28] schestowitz[TR3] also chinese phones [17:28] schestowitz[TR3] (not android) [17:29] ZedHedTed windows phone never died? [17:29] ZedHedTed oh wiait that's desktop [17:29] TR News iophk: put this in the context of the multiple waves of layoffs ... https://www.ndtv.com/feature/oracle-appoints-hilary-maxson-as-cfo-with-29-7-million-package-after-firing-30-000-employees-11323707 ("Oracle Appoints Hilary Maxson As CFO With $29.7 Million Package After Firing 30,000 Employees") [17:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/feature/oracle-appoints-hilary-maxson-as-cfo-with-29-7-million-package-after-firing-30-000-employees-11323707 ) [17:29] TR News Booking over 20 flights: Some Chinese travellers stockpiled air tickets before fuel surcharge hike https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/he-booked-over-20-flights-some-chinese-travellers-stockpile-air-tickets-before-fuel-surcharge-hike [17:29] TR Bot Booking over 20 flights: Some Chinese travellers stockpiled air tickets before fuel surcharge hike | The Straits Times [17:32] TR News I Tried Apt Command's New Rollback Feature Heres How It Went https://itsfoss.com/news/apt-3-2-release/ [17:32] TR Bot I Tried Apt Command's New Rollback Feature Heres How It Went [17:32] TR News Strange Microbes Found in Shark Bay Could Reveal How Complex Life Began https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-microbes-found-in-shark-bay-could-reveal-how-complex-life-began [17:32] TR Bot Microbes Found in Shark Bay Could Reveal How Complex Life Began : ScienceAlert [17:34] psydroid3 one CFO is worth 30,000+ engineers [17:34] schestowitz[TR3] https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Oracle_Lays_Off_Because_of_Debt_and_Commercial_Issues_Not_Slop.shtml [17:34] TR Bot Techrights Oracle Lays Off Because of Debt and Commercial Issues, Not Slop [17:35] TR News NASA's Artemis II Crew Saw Meteorites Striking The Moon in Real Time https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-saw-meteorites-striking-the-moon-in-real-time [17:35] TR Bot Artemis II Crew Saw Meteorites Striking The Moon in Real Time : ScienceAlert [17:37] TR News I.M.F. Says Iran War Will Drag Global Growth Lower https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/imf-iran-war-global-growth.html [17:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/imf-iran-war-global-growth.html ) [17:38] TR News NASA's Artemis II: conspiracy theories take off about staged green screen https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260409-nasa-s-artemis-ii-conspiracy-theories-take-off-about-staged-green-screen [17:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260409-nasa-s-artemis-ii-conspiracy-theories-take-off-about-staged-green-screen ) [17:39] TR News Korean government to take action over soaring DRAM costs, including monitoring markets and pricing https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/korean-government-to-take-action-over-soaring-dram-costs-including-monitoring-markets-and-pricing-internet-data-plans-to-be-restructured-and-recycled-pcs-to-be-distributed-to-vulnerable-groups [17:39] TR Bot Korean government to take action over soaring DRAM costs, including monitoring markets and pricing internet data plans to be restructured and recycled PCs to be distributed to vulnerable groups | Tom's Hardware [17:39] TR News Final Results of the 2026 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections and IETF Selections https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/04/final-results-of-the-2026-internet-society-board-of-trustees-elections-and-ietf-selections/ [17:39] TR Bot Final Results of the 2026 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections and IETF Selections - Internet Society [17:43] TR News College Students Losing Ability to Participate in Class Discussions Because Due to Offloading Their Thinking to Hey Hi (AI) https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-college-students-homogenized [17:43] TR Bot College Students Losing Ability to Participate in Class Discussions Because Due to Offloading Their Thinking to AI [17:43] TR News We Talked to a Writer Accused of Publishing An AI-Generated Essay in The New York Times https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/kate-gilgan-ai-new-york-times [17:43] TR Bot We Talked to a Writer Accused of Publishing An AI-Generated Essay in The New York Times [17:51] TR News AI-Powered Drug Marketer Medvi Responds After Allegations About Fake Doctors and Patients https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-drug-marketer-medvi-responds [17:51] TR Bot AI-Powered Drug Marketer Medvi Responds After Allegations About Fake Doctors and Patients [17:51] TR News Appeals court rebuffs Anthropic in latest round of its Hey Hi (AI) battle with the Convicted Felon administration https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/04/appeals-court-rebuffs-anthropic-in-latest-round-of-its-ai-battle-with-the-trump-administration/ [17:51] TR Bot Appeals court rebuffs Anthropic in latest round of its AI battle with the Trump administration | Federal News Network [17:52] TR News Indonesia names Pertamina officials, oil tycoon as suspects in oil procurement probe https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-names-pertamina-officials-oil-tycoon-as-suspects-in-oil-procurement-probe [17:52] TR Bot Indonesia names Pertamina officials, oil tycoon as suspects in oil procurement probe | The Straits Times [17:53] TR News Universal Music, Sony Music, and Suno Reportedly Hit Hard Impasse in Settlement Discussions As Warner Musics Suno Partnership Takes Shape https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/09/suno-universal-music-lawsuit-settlement-impasse/ [17:53] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/09/suno-universal-music-lawsuit-settlement-impasse/ ) [17:54] TR News $21 billion stolen from more than 1 million Americans due to cybercrime in 2025 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/usd21-billion-stolen-from-more-than-1-million-americans-due-to-cybercrime-in-2025-usd11-billion-come-from-stolen-crypto-usd8-6-billion-taken-from-investment-scams-while-ai-related-attacks-cost-usd893-million [17:54] TR Bot $21 billion stolen from more than 1 million Americans due to cybercrime in 2025 $11 billion come from stolen crypto, $8.6 billion taken from investment scams, while AI-related attacks cost $893 million | Tom's Hardware [17:55] TR News You can pen test OT networks without breaking them https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/you-can-pen-test-ot-networks-without-breaking-them/ [17:55] TR Bot You can pen test OT networks without breaking them | Pen Test Partners [17:57] TR News Scammers get scammed https://www.securityweek.com/3-6-million-stolen-in-bitcoin-depot-hack/ [17:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/3-6-million-stolen-in-bitcoin-depot-hack/ ) [17:57] TR News Adobe Reader Zero-Day Exploited for Months: Researcher https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-reader-zero-day-exploited-for-months-researcher/ [17:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-reader-zero-day-exploited-for-months-researcher/ ) [17:58] TR News Much fewer SPAMvertisement in The Register MS lately - probably due to a lack of demand, not integrity growing [17:59] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/dad-stuck-in-support-nightmare-after-teen-lied-about-age-on-discord/ ● Apr 10 [18:00] TR Bot Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord - Ars Technica [18:04] TR News Techrights Media Blackout Regarding Mass Layoffs at Red Hat https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Media_Blackout_Regarding_Mass_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Media_Blackout_Regarding_Mass_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat.gmi [18:04] TR Bot Techrights Media Blackout Regarding Mass Layoffs at Red Hat [18:09] TR News Broken Ground: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fall-of-the-house-of-usher [18:09] TR Bot Broken Ground: *The Fall of the House of Usher* (1928) The Public Domain Review [18:11] TR News Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/palo-alto-networks-sonicwall-patch-high-severity-vulnerabilities/ [18:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/palo-alto-networks-sonicwall-patch-high-severity-vulnerabilities/ ) [18:12] TR News techrights sort of bears the brunt of fourth estate collapsing, as that means to suppress some topics the oppressor need not attack many separate "branches" but just one (and not well-funded at that) [18:13] admfubar https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-really-weird/ [18:13] TR Bot AI Is Really Weird [18:16] TR News The Chardet Controversy: Open Source and the Hey Hi (AI) Clean Room https://heathermeeker.com/2026/04/09/the-chardet-controversy-open-source-and-the-ai-clean-room/ [18:16] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://heathermeeker.com/2026/04/09/the-chardet-controversy-open-source-and-the-ai-clean-room/ ) [18:16] TR News Sipeed T256s A USB thermal camera with 256192 LWIR sensor, 640480 Hey Hi (AI) super resolution https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/09/sipeed-t256s-a-usb-thermal-camera-with-256x192-lwir-sensor-up-to-640x480-super-ai-resolution/ [18:16] TR Bot Sipeed T256s - A USB thermal camera with 256192 LWIR sensor, 640x480 AI super resolution - CNX Software [18:17] TR News Indonesia sends letter of reprimand to YouTube over breach of social control media curbs, minister says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-sends-letter-of-reprimand-to-youtube-over-breach-of-social-media-curbs-minister-says [18:17] TR Bot Indonesia reprimands YouTube over breach of social media curbs | The Straits Times [18:19] *Goblin (~use@g5mtr4e86tp7q.irc) has joined #techrights [18:20] schestowitz[TR3] wb, Goblin [18:20] schestowitz[TR3] how was your week? [18:20] TR News Talk about bad timing even Linux is asking for more RAM now, despite global shortages hitting PC users hard https://www.techradar.com/pro/talk-about-bad-timing-even-linux-is-asking-for-more-ram-now-despite-global-shortages-hitting-pc-fans-hard [18:20] TR Bot now wants 6GB of RAM during a global memory shortage talk about terrible timing for PC users | TechRadar [18:21] TR News Wait, Windows uses less?: I break down the surprising requirement that flips the Linux vs. Windows script https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-now-requires-less-ram-and-cpu-than-linux-ubuntu-26-04-lts [18:21] TR Bot Wait, Windows uses less?: I break down the surprising requirement that flips the Linux vs. Windows script | Windows Central [18:23] TR News Ubuntu is still the only Linux distro I recommend to beginnershere are 3 reasons why https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-is-still-the-only-linux-distro-i-recommend-to-beginnersheres-why/ [18:23] TR Bot Ubuntu is still the only Linux distro I recommend to beginnershere are 3 reasons why [18:24] TR News More honest? https://wccftech.com/ubuntu-26-04-linux-os-heavier-pc-requirements-vs-microsoft-windows-11/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/07/Ubuntu_More_Honest_Than_Microsoft_Windows.shtml [18:24] TR Bot Ubuntu 26.04 (Linux) OS Now Has Heavier PC Requirements Than Microsoft Windows 11 [18:24] TR Bot Techrights Ubuntu More Honest Than Microsoft Windows [18:24] TR News Why Ubuntu 26.04 will thrill gamers - and it's not just the performance bump https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-26-04-performance/ [18:24] TR Bot Ubuntu 26.04 will thrill gamers - and it's not just the performance bump | ZDNET [18:28] TR News "This release also avoids crashes in RTP streams because of concurrent event emission and MIDI conversions to and from UMP." https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-3-improves-raop-compatibility-to-make-it-work-on-more-devices [18:28] TR Bot 1.6.3 Improves RAOP Compatibility to Make It Work on More Devices - 9to5Linux [18:28] TR News 5 open-source projects that secretly power the world https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-tools-quietly-power-entire-internet/ [18:28] TR Bot 5 open-source projects that secretly power the world [18:29] TR News FSR 4 Upscaler Works on RDNA 3 in Linux-Based Games https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/apskejler-fsr-4-zarabotal-na-rdna-3-v-igrakh-na-baze-linux [18:29] TR Bot FSR 4 Upscaler Works on RDNA 3 in Linux-Based Games [18:30] TR News I tried Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap this one made Linux easier https://www.makeuseof.com/flatpak-vs-appimage-vs-snap-debate-is-finally-settled/ [18:30] TR Bot I tried Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap this one made Linux easier [18:30] *phebus (~phebus@y62br8unm5ssk.irc) has joined #techrights [18:31] TR News European firm endorses Linux, releases free spy-blocking tool to cut reliance on foreign tech https://cybernews.com/privacy/free-littlesnitch-version-released-for-linux/ [18:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://cybernews.com/privacy/free-littlesnitch-version-released-for-linux/ ) [18:32] admfubar https://epic.org/epic-joins-coalition-call-to-halt-metas-plans-for-facial-recognition-smart-glasses/ [18:32] TR Bot EPIC Joins Coalition Call toHalt MetasPlans for Facial Recognition Smart Glasses EPIC Electronic Privacy Information Center [18:33] TR News Stop believing these 4 myths about Linuxthey're all outdated now https://www.howtogeek.com/things-windows-users-still-get-wrong-about-linux/ [18:33] TR Bot Stop believing these 4 myths about Linuxthey're all outdated now [18:34] TR News This Linux distro will give your old Windows 10 PC a new lease on life https://www.howtogeek.com/this-mid-weight-linux-distro-will-give-your-old-windows-10-pc-a-new-lease-on-life/ [18:34] TR Bot This Linux distro will give your old Windows 10 PC a new lease on life [18:34] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/first-model-zuckerberg-superintelligence-labs-flops [18:34] TR Bot First AI Model From Zuckerberg's Wildly Expensive Superintelligence Lab Flops Compared to Virtually All Rivals [18:35] TR News Linux does these 3 things better than Windows, and the gap is widening https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-has-always-done-these-3-things-better-than-windows-and-the-gap-is-widening/ [18:35] TR Bot Linux does these 3 things better than Windows, and the gap is widening [18:36] TR News I ditched Windows for SteamOS on my PC, and gaming is way better now https://www.makeuseof.com/using-steam-os-on-desktop-for-gaming/ [18:36] TR Bot I ditched Windows for SteamOS on my PC, and gaming is way better now [18:36] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/economist-ai-job-forecast [18:36] TR Bot Economists Starting to Admit They May Have Been Wrong About AI Never Replacing Human Jobs [18:37] admfubar https://www.ghacks.net/2026/04/06/traffic-violation-scam-texts-now-use-qr-codes-to-bypass-security-filters-and-steal-payment-data/ [18:37] TR Bot Traffic Violation Scam Texts Now Use QR Codes to Bypass Security Filters and Steal Payment Data - gHacks Tech News [18:37] TR News I ditched Windows for SteamOS on my PC, and gaming is way better now https://www.makeuseof.com/using-steam-os-on-desktop-for-gaming/ [18:39] TR News "up to $100 million in AI usage credits." = classic pyramid scheme. These are scammers. https://news.bitcoin.com/claude-mythos-preview-anthropics-unreleased-ai-cracked-linux-and-openbsd-bugs-humans-missed-for-decades/ [18:39] TR Bot Claude Mythos Preview: Anthropic's Unreleased AI Cracked Linux and OpenBSD Bugs Humans Missed for Decades Bitcoin News [18:42] TR News Rethinking Linux security operations https://www.scworld.com/perspective/rethinking-linux-security-operations [18:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.scworld.com/perspective/rethinking-linux-security-operations ) [18:43] TR News (NEW): Openwashing and Scammers (Python Sells Out to Charlatans, Frauds, and Vicious, Shameless Plagiarists) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Openwashing_and_Scammers_Python_Sells_Out_to_Charlatans_Frauds_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Openwashing_and_Scammers_Python_Sells_Out_to_Charlatans_Frauds_.gmi [18:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Openwashing and Scammers (Python Sells Out to Charlatans, Frauds, and Vicious, Shameless Plagiarists) [18:43] TR News "I've spent decades testing nearly every Linux desktop. Which one should you try today? I've narrowed your options down to five." https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-linux-desktops-2026/ [18:43] TR Bot top 5 Linux desktops of 2026 (so far) - and I've tried them all | ZDNET [18:46] TR News (NEW): Security Patches, News, Analysis https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Security_Patches_News_Analysis.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Security_Patches_News_Analysis.gmi [18:46] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Patches, News, Analysis [18:46] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [18:54] TR News (NEW): Applications: Why GNU/Linux Works Better, LittleSnitch Targets GNU/Linux, Trying Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Applications_Why_GNU_Linux_Works_Better_LittleSnitch_Targets_GN.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Applications_Why_GNU_Linux_Works_Better_LittleSnitch_Targets_GN.gmi [18:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications: Why GNU/Linux Works Better, LittleSnitch Targets GNU/Linux, Trying Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap [18:58] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now, Dr. Luis Falcon in Cybershow (about GNUHealth) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Audiocasts_Shows_BSD_Now_Dr_Luis_Falcon_in_Cybershow_about_GNUH.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Audiocasts_Shows_BSD_Now_Dr_Luis_Falcon_in_Cybershow_about_GNUH.gmi [18:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now, Dr. Luis Falcon in Cybershow (about GNUHealth) [18:59] TR News (NEW): Kernel News and Graphics Coverage https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Kernel_News_and_Graphics_Coverage.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Kernel_News_and_Graphics_Coverage.gmi [18:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Kernel News and Graphics Coverage ● Apr 10 [19:00] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-york-times-edits-medvi-article [19:00] TR Bot New York Times Makes Substantial Changes to Article That Glazed a Sleazy AI Startup: "Our Piece Should Have Included That Information" [19:03] TR News (NEW): KDE: Skrooge 26.4.0, Akademy 2026, and Testing org.kde.Platform Flatpak Built in CI https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/KDE_Skrooge_26_4_0_Akademy_2026_and_Testing_org_kde_Platform_Fl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/KDE_Skrooge_26_4_0_Akademy_2026_and_Testing_org_kde_Platform_Fl.gmi [19:03] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE: Skrooge 26.4.0, Akademy 2026, and Testing org.kde.Platform Flatpak Built in CI [19:04] TR News (NEW): Games: Godot 4.7 dev 4 and FEX 2604 Tagged https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Games_Godot_4_7_dev_4_and_FEX_2604_Tagged.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Games_Godot_4_7_dev_4_and_FEX_2604_Tagged.gmi [19:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Godot 4.7 dev 4 and FEX 2604 Tagged [19:06] TR News Red Hat is pretending that IBM (US) is somehow 'freedom' from US https://www.raconteur.net/technology/digital-sovereignty-breaking-the-cloud-vendor-trap [19:06] TR Bot Digital sovereignty: breaking the cloud vendor trap - Raconteur [19:06] TR News IBM marketing stunt https://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/red-hat-2026-cloud-native-security-execution-gap/ [19:06] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/red-hat-2026-cloud-native-security-execution-gap/ ) [19:07] TR News Slop hype and false marketing ("sovereign") https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/ai/sovereign-ai [19:07] TR Bot What is sovereign AI? [19:08] TR News SLOPPY SLOP SLOP! https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-ai-tops-mlperf-inference-v60-vllm-qwen3-vl-whisper-and-gpt-oss-120b [19:08] TR Bot Red Hat AI tops MLPerf Inference v6.0 with vLLM on Qwen3-VL, Whisper, and GPT-OSS-120B [19:08] TR News IBM clothing (all blue) from Red Hat CEO https://www.redhat.com/en/summit [19:08] TR Bot Red Hat Summit 2026 Homepage [19:09] TR News All icons below... are MICROSOFT (GitHub and LinkedIn). Red Hat is a headless chicken. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-april-10-2026-red-hat [19:09] TR Bot Friday Five April 10, 2026 | Red Hat [19:11] admfubar https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/10/health-insurance-lead-generation-privacy/ [19:11] TR Bot Health insurance lead sites sell personal data within seconds of form submission - Help Net Security [19:11] TR News (NEW): [6~Red Hat Puff Pieces, Promotion of Slop and 'Clown Computing' (the Usual) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/_6_Red_Hat_Puff_Pieces_Promotion_of_Slop_and_Clown_Computing_th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/_6_Red_Hat_Puff_Pieces_Promotion_of_Slop_and_Clown_Computing_th.gmi [19:11] TR Bot Tux Machines [6~Red Hat Puff Pieces, Promotion of Slop and 'Clown Computing' (the Usual) [19:15] TR News (NEW): "Ubuntu 26.04 will thrill gamer", Leadership Debate, and Media Mocks Ubuntu Over RAM Requirements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/_Ubuntu_26_04_will_thrill_gamer_Leadership_Debate_and_Media_Moc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/_Ubuntu_26_04_will_thrill_gamer_Leadership_Debate_and_Media_Moc.gmi [19:15] TR Bot Tux Machines "Ubuntu 26.04 will thrill gamer", Leadership Debate, and Media Mocks Ubuntu Over RAM Requirements [19:16] TR News (NEW): Linux Devices, Open or Flexible Hardware, Going Back to Landlines https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Linux_Devices_Open_or_Flexible_Hardware_Going_Back_to_Landlines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Linux_Devices_Open_or_Flexible_Hardware_Going_Back_to_Landlines.gmi [19:16] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Devices, Open or Flexible Hardware, Going Back to Landlines [19:18] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [19:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [19:21] TR News (NEW): Databases: SQLAlchemy 2 Coverage and IndexedDB for Search https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Databases_SQLAlchemy_2_Coverage_and_IndexedDB_for_Search.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Databases_SQLAlchemy_2_Coverage_and_IndexedDB_for_Search.gmi [19:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Databases: SQLAlchemy 2 Coverage and IndexedDB for Search [19:23] TR News (NEW): Sharing and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Sharing_and_Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Sharing_and_Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [19:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Sharing and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [19:26] TR News (NEW): Debian vs Ubuntu Server and Debian-based TrueNAS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Debian_vs_Ubuntu_Server_and_Debian_based_TrueNAS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Debian_vs_Ubuntu_Server_and_Debian_based_TrueNAS.gmi [19:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian vs Ubuntu Server and Debian-based TrueNAS [19:28] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [19:28] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [19:31] TR News Techrights Links 10/04/2026: Indonesia's Social Control Media Bans Extend to Google YouTube, "I.M.F. Says Iran War Will Drag Global Growth Lower" https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Links_10_04_2026_Indonesia_s_Social_Control_Media_Bans_Extend_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Links_10_04_2026_Indonesia_s_Social_Control_Media_Bans_Extend_t.gmi [19:31] TR Bot Techrights Links 10/04/2026: Indonesia's Social Control Media Bans Extend to Google YouTube, "I.M.F. Says Iran War Will Drag Global Growth Lower" [19:35] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:38] TR News Ne rien avoir penser gemini://ploum.net/2026-04-10-rien-a-penser.gmi [19:40] TR News "OR ... fire more people! Yea, that's it -- reduce expenses. Growth? Nah ... nobody looks at growth for a 115 year old company. ("Show me the money" in Hindi)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knv96t8q#replies [19:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knv96t8q#replies ) [19:40] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [19:40] TR News "Im sure Alvind and the Pipmunks will sacrifice their millions in compensation for the good of the company, right? You knowsince its their fault." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knv96t8q#replies [19:41] TR News "It's headed under $200, probably down to the $160s which is where it was when Arvind adopted his "eat the seed corn, burn the furniture, achieve $300 even if it destroys the company" strategy. If he was smart he would have retired at the end of last year, but it's too late now." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knv96t8q#replies [19:42] TR News "This is going to have consequences. Gone are the days when they could sc--w over workers and have them later feel proud of having worked there. When I hear the name I want to sp-t. I absolutely loath IBM now and its a--hole executives. We gave more than we got and got sc--wed for it. What goes around comes around bi--hes." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knv96t8q#replies [19:42] TR News "What Arvind and his short-sighted minions fail to appreciate is these mass layoffs from the past three years have created tens of thousands of former IBM members who now hate the company passionately." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knv96t8q#replies [19:50] TR News "It's that magical time of year when chocolate is totally acceptable for breakfast and a mysterious rabbit somehow has a better delivery system than most couriers." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/happy-easter-2026/ [19:51] TR News Some comments about my being called out by an LLM and other random links about LLMs gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/04/09.1 [19:52] TR News "I hate that we have to do prompt injections now just to protect ourselves from AI, but hopefully we can find a way to do them so that it's not so disruptive to the reading experience." gemini://auragem.ddns.net/techlog/20260410.gmi [19:53] TR News Old: "You probably heard about the Wall Street Journal story where they had a snack-vending machine run by a chatbot created by Anthropic." gemini://ploum.net/2025-12-19-prepare-for-that-world.gmi [19:54] TR News Dear reader, I hate you gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1775843903 [19:55] TR News dream girl gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/dream_girl [19:55] TR News "I have become vegetarian years ago. It had been a long time before that, that eating meat bothered me. Granted, it tastes good. But is it worth it?" gemini://studios-lalla.fr/gemlog/im-a-flexivegan.gmi [19:56] TR News i am a bee landlord now gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-04-10 [19:57] TR News "The terrain is not just land. It also contains water. Islands need coastlines, valleys suggest rivers, and once those are present, structures like dams become relevant." gemini://geopeedees.org/~enthusi/blog/voxel_2026-04-10.gmi [19:57] TR News "Its a pet peeve of mine when people still call it Twitter (or variants like Xitter). The exact phrasing Twitter (I refuse to call it X) isnt even a callout to a specific person since Ive seen that exact text string multiple times by multiple geminauts." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/fail-whale-forever [19:58] TR News "Hey, it's me again. I don't typically write but I really should. Writing is fun. I think I'm gonna write more often starting with this one." gemini://breebee.smol.pub/another_post_by_bones_04_10_2026 [19:59] TR News "The problem appears once the renderer is no longer strictly uniform. To stay fast, it advances in depth spans. Parts of the map are skipped, others sampled more densely. As a result, there is no strict relation between a screen position and a single world position anymore." gemini://geopeedees.org/~enthusi/blog/voxel_2026-04-09.gmi [19:59] TR News "This strikes me as extremely odd. The arctangent of 1 is simply /4, but arctan(2) and arctan(3) don't seem to be special; they don't even have closed-form expressions. What's special about these numbers, such that their arctangents sum to , of all things?" gemini://jsreed5.org/math/20260409-an-elegant-arctangent-formula/index.gmi ● Apr 10 [20:00] TR News "small device with a 1-bit display and limited resolution. No grayscale, no soft transitions. Everything has to work within that." gemini://geopeedees.org/~enthusi/blog/voxel_2026-04-07.gmi [20:01] TR News "The reference version of this renderer is mathematically clean. It uses floating point, recomputes values per sample, and does not worry too much about where the time goes." gemini://geopeedees.org/~enthusi/blog/voxel_2026-04-06.gmi [20:02] TR News "This engine starts from a classic voxel-space terrain renderer: a heightmap, a colormap, and a screen filled column by column. Each map position stores one terrain height and one color. That is restrictive compared to full 3D, but also the source of its efficiency." gemini://geopeedees.org/~enthusi/blog/voxel_2026-04-04.gmi [20:06] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 10/04/2026: Flexiveganism, What Happened to Twitter, and Algorithm Fetishes https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Gemini_Links_10_04_2026_Flexiveganism_What_Happened_to_Twitter_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Gemini_Links_10_04_2026_Flexiveganism_What_Happened_to_Twitter_.gmi [20:06] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 10/04/2026: Flexiveganism, What Happened to Twitter, and Algorithm Fetishes [20:08] ZedHedTed https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/french-government-say-its-ditching-windows-for-linux-country-accelerates-plans-to-ditch-us-based-software-in-digital-sovereignty-push [20:08] TR Bot French government says it's ditching Windows for Linux country accelerates plans to ditch US-based software in digital sovereignty push | Tom's Hardware [20:13] schestowitz[TR3] apparently it was dumb of cheeto [20:13] schestowitz[TR3] to joker abolout macron's wife [20:13] schestowitz[TR3] over her age [20:14] schestowitz[TR3] while cheeto is married to some bimbo was modeled nufe [20:14] schestowitz[TR3] becauise she gave her ---- to a very old and corrupt man [20:14] schestowitz[TR3] who hangs out with epstein for "yopung meat" [20:16] schestowitz[TR3] ZedHedTed: http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/French_government_says_it_s_ditching_Windows_for_Linux_country_.shtml [20:16] TR Bot Tux Machines French government says it's ditching Windows for Linux - country accelerates plans to ditch US-based software in digital sovereignty push [20:16] schestowitz[TR3] thanks [20:21] ZedHedTed ah, already covered. great! [20:21] ZedHedTed cheeto puts his foot in it daily [20:22] ZedHedTed or as i call him, donald tariff [20:22] psydroid3 in the Netherlands they keep debating om the merits of free (and open source) software, whereas in other countries they just migrate to free software solutions [20:24] ZedHedTed better than the US where government works in tandem w/ big tech to further curtail the rights of the people [20:24] TR News Techrights Slopfarms We Forget About Because They Silently Die https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Slopfarms_We_Forget_About_Because_They_Silently_Die.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/Slopfarms_We_Forget_About_Because_They_Silently_Die.gmi [20:24] TR Bot Techrights Slopfarms We Forget About Because They Silently Die [20:25] schestowitz[TR3] ZedHedTed: in france, many people like to live [20:25] schestowitz[TR3] elsewhere, people take prrozac [20:25] schestowitz[TR3] cheto paints his face [20:27] ZedHedTed sad [20:31] schestowitz[TR3] *cheeto [20:31] schestowitz[TR3] *prozac [20:36] TR News Techrights IBM and Red Hat Whistleblowers Versus a Dying Fourth Estate (Journalism Seems to Have Died as Silently as IBM RAs Go) https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/IBM_and_Red_Hat_Whistleblowers_Versus_a_Dying_Fourth_Estate_Jou.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/IBM_and_Red_Hat_Whistleblowers_Versus_a_Dying_Fourth_Estate_Jou.gmi [20:36] TR Bot Techrights IBM and Red Hat Whistleblowers Versus a Dying Fourth Estate (Journalism Seems to Have Died as Silently as IBM RAs Go) [20:41] TR News The only way for the world to know what goes on inside the EPO is for messages from the staff reps to be seen externally :) [20:42] TR News EPO expose to resume very shortly ● Apr 10 [21:03] TR News Techrights While Thousands of EPO Workers Are on Strike the President of the EPO, Who Bribes His Voters, Gives Himself Millions of Euros and 5,000 Euros Per Month in Housing Allowance https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/While_Thousands_of_EPO_Workers_Are_on_Strike_the_President_of_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/While_Thousands_of_EPO_Workers_Are_on_Strike_the_President_of_t.gmi [21:03] TR Bot Techrights While Thousands of EPO Workers Are on Strike the President of the EPO, Who Bribes His Voters, Gives Himself Millions of Euros and 5,000 Euros Per Month in Housing Allowance [21:40] TR News (NEW): Next Week Dr. Richard Stallman Gives a Talk in University of Texas https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Next_Week_Dr_Richard_Stallman_Gives_a_Talk_in_University_of_Tex.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Next_Week_Dr_Richard_Stallman_Gives_a_Talk_in_University_of_Tex.gmi [21:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Next Week Dr. Richard Stallman Gives a Talk in University of Texas [21:58] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Apr 10 [22:02] TR News (NEW): Two Months Until Community Party https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Two_Months_Until_Community_Party.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Two_Months_Until_Community_Party.gmi [22:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Two Months Until Community Party [22:09] TR News "Amazon layoff rumours denied; 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France Starts Plan to Replace Windows With Linux on Government Desktops https://itsfoss.com/news/france-government-linux-switch/ Source: It's FOSS | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//itsfoss.com/news/france-government-linux-switch/ [22:26] TR Bot Good News! France Starts Plan to Replace Windows With Linux on Government Desktops [22:27] TR News French government abandons Windows: state-owned PCs are switched to Linux https://mezha.ua/en/news/uryad-franciji-vidmovivsya-vid-windows-310220/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//mezha.ua/en/news/uryad-franciji-vidmovivsya-vid-windows-310220/ [22:27] TR Bot French government abandons Windows: state-owned PCs are switched to Linux [22:37] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Layoffs "Affecting Over 400 Employees" This Week (Technical Staff) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Red_Hat_Layoffs_Affecting_Over_400_Employees_This_Week_Technica.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/10/Red_Hat_Layoffs_Affecting_Over_400_Employees_This_Week_Technica.gmi [22:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Layoffs "Affecting Over 400 Employees" This Week (Technical Staff) [22:51] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@usxm42fwwbv9e.irc) has joined #techrights [22:52] *oarion7 (~ryan@ebmq5x6cde5zg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 10 [23:47] IsambardPrince Trump's military standards are being harmonized with Russia's. [23:47] IsambardPrince "Are you 42 with a drug felony? Get in there!" [23:47] IsambardPrince Maybe they'll even take my neighbor. [23:47] IsambardPrince They should. [23:48] IsambardPrince Take my neighbor, please! [23:48] IsambardPrince bah dum tish [23:51] MinceR :> [23:52] MinceR Take, take back the land, / make, make, make a final stand. / Spread, spread the disease. / Take, take the Parliament please. [23:54] IsambardPrince Tuta [23:54] IsambardPrince Follow [23:54] IsambardPrince oodernSspt62ahic4h0tuu7i1tgg056ml5cfl6i1l598mt71fmlafh989h8a [23:54] IsambardPrince Positive News: France has announced its plan to switch from Windows to Linux for government desktops. [23:54] IsambardPrince Not only that, but they have also moved 80, 000 National Health Insurance Fund Employees to open source alternatives replacing Big Tech platforms like Microsoft Teams and Zoom. [23:54] IsambardPrince Its amazing to see the country take action and push for real digital sovereignty! [23:54] IsambardPrince More can be found here: https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/.../souverainete-numerique.../ [23:54] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/.../souverainete-numerique.../ ) [23:54] IsambardPrince More on why we need Digital Sovereignty: https://tuta.com/blog/digital-sovereignty-europe [23:54] TR Bot is digital sovereignty and how Microsoft sparked the trend. | Tuta [23:54] IsambardPrince #DigitalSovereignty #France #Linux [23:54] IsambardPrince ----\ [23:54] IsambardPrince If that's true, I'm happy or them. [23:55] IsambardPrince An entire national government throwing out Microsoft and other foreign tech companies that are spying on them.. [23:55] IsambardPrince How did it take this long after Snowden revealed part of the extent? [23:55] IsambardPrince They were even tapping Angela Merkel's phone when she was the Chancellor of Germany. [23:56] IsambardPrince This was way before Zoom and Teams made that even easier. [23:56] MinceR i'm guessing not only do they still depend on microslop-controlled Linux, but also microslop/Indian Bowel Movement-controlled systemd [23:56] IsambardPrince It's not even just a cost factor anymore. [23:56] IsambardPrince It's about National Security. [23:56] IsambardPrince And that's been completely obvious for over a decade. [23:56] MinceR i wonder if the EU could even afford to fork Linux [23:56] MinceR and unfuck that bloated mess [23:56] IsambardPrince Probably. [23:57] IsambardPrince I mean, the EU does represent a pretty good chunk of the world's government budgets. [23:57] IsambardPrince It has more people than the United States and an economy that's pretty massive. [23:58] IsambardPrince If they actually spoke a common language and worked together, they might actually rival us. [23:58] IsambardPrince Even after the UK left, it's huge. [23:58] IsambardPrince Hunngary is worse for the EU than the UK ever was. [23:58] IsambardPrince The UK got a lot of carve-outs and took more for themselves than they gave back. [23:59] IsambardPrince But so does Hungary, and they're basically Putin's "foot in the door". [23:59] IsambardPrince Much worse than the UK. [23:59] MinceR also eyes, ears and mouth