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[00:02]	admfubar	it is bad,,, for them
[00:03]	admfubar	liquid ass.. https://www.osnews.com/story/143522/liquid-glass-is-cracked-and-usability-suffers-in-ios-26/
[00:03]	TR Bot	Glass is cracked, and usability suffers in iOS 26 OSnews
[00:03]	MinceR	they cared about usability at some point?
[00:04]	admfubar	by copying windows aero
[00:04]	admfubar	https://www.osnews.com/story/143520/in-bizarre-move-framework-embraces-deeply-extremist-views/
[00:04]	TR Bot	bizarre move, Framework embraces deeply extremist views OSnews
[00:04]	MinceR	:>
[00:05]	MinceR	i saw that coming (though not specifically regarding framework)
[00:05]	MinceR	MICROS~1 and their SJW troll hordes brought politics into IT, and it isn't leaving
[00:08]	admfubar	https://www.bitchute.com/video/Z9MdipJNWbc/
[00:08]	TR Bot	 Microsoft Reacts to macOS Tahoe
[00:08]	MinceR	this is an obvious response to MICROS~1's and Indian Bowel Movement's drones pushing their CoC into every project they could find
[00:08]	MinceR	damn, i hate humans
[00:10]	MinceR	that iMessage screenshot looks hilarious
[00:10]	MinceR	the cultists will tell you with a straight face that this is what "usability" looks like
[00:13]	admfubar	https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/10/synology/
[00:13]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: A disenshittification moment from the land of mass storage (10 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[00:13]	MinceR	the sensor continent is also hilarious in an age where most smartphones get away with a punch hole for the camera
[00:25]	admfubar	sam tucker's channel is always hilarious.. 
[00:26]	admfubar	https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/10/11/2254200/german-state-of-schlesiwg-holstein-migrates-to-foss-groupware-next-up-linux-os
[00:26]	TR Bot	 German State of Schlesiwg-Holstein Migrates To FOSS Groupware. Next Up: Linux OS - Slashdot
[00:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 Is Now Available for Download https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/11/LMDE_Linux_Mint_Debian_Edition_7_Is_Now_Available_for_Download.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/11/LMDE_Linux_Mint_Debian_Edition_7_Is_Now_Available_for_Download.gmi 
[00:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 Is Now Available for Download
[00:31]	admfubar	https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/10/09/2356204
[00:31]	TR Bot	 Windows 7 Usage Jumps as Users Refuse to Upgrade to Windows 11 in Wake of Windows 10 End of Support - SoylentNews
[00:32]	admfubar	https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/10/06/1314255
[00:32]	TR Bot	 Ultra-Thin Sodium Films Offer Low-Cost Alternative to Gold and Silver in Optical Technologies - SoylentNews
[00:33]	MinceR	also, now i know i can swipe left/right in the address bar to switch tabs in brave for android :>
[00:37]	MinceR	i see now Bitch Ute is also into wasting your time with ads before they'll play the video you wanted (unless you block ads)
[00:37]	admfubar	https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-printable-aluminum-alloy-strength-enable.html
[00:37]	TR Bot	( status 422 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-printable-aluminum-alloy-strength-enable.html )
[00:37]	admfubar	odd i dont see ads in there
[00:38]	admfubar	https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-shhhh-california-noisy-tv-commercials.html
[00:38]	TR Bot	( status 422 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-shhhh-california-noisy-tv-commercials.html )
[00:38]	MinceR	first i tried watching it in Crashium, which, despite the enterprise magic that kept it working for a while, blocked uBlock Origin
[00:38]	MinceR	because the mountain view mafia just can't stand having people not watch ruscist propaganda
[00:45]	admfubar	https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-green-electronics-biodegradable-circuit-boards.html
[00:45]	TR Bot	( status 422 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-green-electronics-biodegradable-circuit-boards.html )
[00:47]	admfubar	https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/09/republicans-are-trying-to-make-government-efforts-to-help-poor-people-afford-broadband-illegal/
[00:47]	TR Bot	Are Trying To Make Government Efforts To Help Poor People Afford Broadband Illegal | Techdirt
[00:47]	admfubar	https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/08/elon-musks-spacex-took-money-directly-from-chinese-investors-company-insider-testifies/
[00:47]	TR Bot	Musks SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies | Techdirt
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[00:58]	admfubar	https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/08/scientists-say-they-have-first-blood-test-to-diagnose-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me
[00:58]	TR Bot	 Scientists develop first accurate blood test to detect chronic fatigue syndrome | ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome | The Guardian
[00:59]	admfubar	i guess all they will soon have is just chips....  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/08/brexit-nothing-stem-decline-uk-fish-populations-study
[00:59]	TR Bot	 Brexit has done nothing to stem sharp decline of UK fish populations, shows study | Fishing | The Guardian
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[01:01]	admfubar	https://therecord.media/fake-water-utility-honeypot-hacked-pro-russian-group
[01:01]	TR Bot	 Pro-Russian hackers caught bragging about attack on fake water utility | The Record from Recorded Future News
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[01:12]	MinceR	iirc the founder of Framework espoused very different views from those of dhh, though
[01:41]	MinceR	https://ircz.de/p/25061026
[01:41]	TR Bot	 WHOOPSIE
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[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, October 11, 2025
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[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, October 11, 2025
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-10-11.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-10-11.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-10-11.txt
● Oct 12
[04:41]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1441.jpg
[04:41]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1791.jpg
[04:42]	TR News	Palm computering gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2025/OCT2025/entry-1 like MincerR with his 11-month old Palm PDA...
[04:43]	TR News	"I believe that I am no longer human. I, of course, retain my humanity; however, I feel as if I am no longer human today. Why is it that I feel this way? I do not know. Perhaps I am touched with melancholia today. Perhaps I do not have any time to do that which I feel inclined to do? Perhaps it is a combination of everything. All I can say for sure, today, is that I don't feel quite right." gemini://beyond-mundanity.com/inhuman.gmi
[04:43]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-10-12.gmi
[04:45]	TR News	"In which I discuss the classic argument for believing in God known as Pascal's Wager, and refute both it and related arguments by discussing unconsidered, related possibilities." gemini://thehans255.com/gemlog/2025/pascals-wager.gmi
[04:46]	TR News	"I continue to experience delays in getting my THAT analog computer. To make a long story short, I finally figured out how to submit a duty dispute request to UPS, which is the process for getting tariff-related problems corrected, but I was told that they are so backed up, that the process would take at least three months." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20251011-0.gmi
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[04:58]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft and Apple Are Rare Topics in Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Microsoft_and_Apple_Are_Rare_Topics_in_Geminispace.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Microsoft_and_Apple_Are_Rare_Topics_in_Geminispace.gmi 
[04:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft and Apple Are Rare Topics in Geminispace
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[05:05]	TR News	Techrights Tomorrow: Founder of the Free Software Foundation and of GNU/Linux, Richard Stallman, Speaks in Roma (Rome), Italy at 4PM https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Tomorrow_Founder_of_the_Free_Software_Foundation_and_of_GNU_Lin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Tomorrow_Founder_of_the_Free_Software_Foundation_and_of_GNU_Lin.gmi 
[05:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Tomorrow: Founder of the Free Software Foundation and of GNU/Linux, Richard Stallman, Speaks in Roma (Rome), Italy at 4PM
[05:08]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 11, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_October_11_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_October_11_2025.gmi 
[05:08]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 11, 2025
[05:09]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[05:09]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[05:10]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[05:10]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[05:13]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 12/10/2025: "Palm Computering", Further Exploration of Slide Rules, and Key Takeaways from The Well-Grounded Rubyist https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Gemini_Links_12_10_2025_Palm_Computering_Further_Exploration_of.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Gemini_Links_12_10_2025_Palm_Computering_Further_Exploration_of.gmi 
[05:13]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 12/10/2025: "Palm Computering", Further Exploration of Slide Rules, and Key Takeaways from The Well-Grounded Rubyist
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[05:28]	TR News	Techrights Lucas Nussbaum & Debian pregnancy cluster https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Lucas_Nussbaum_Debian_pregnancy_cluster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Lucas_Nussbaum_Debian_pregnancy_cluster.gmi 
[05:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights Lucas Nussbaum & Debian pregnancy cluster
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[05:32]	TR News	Techrights Stefano Zacchiroli (Zack) & Debian pregnancy cluster https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Stefano_Zacchiroli_Zack_Debian_pregnancy_cluster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Stefano_Zacchiroli_Zack_Debian_pregnancy_cluster.gmi 
[05:32]	TR Bot	 Techrights Stefano Zacchiroli (Zack) & Debian pregnancy cluster
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[05:47]	TR News	Techrights Paris 'Love Nest' & Debian Outreachy: from Lyce Lakanal to ENS Cachan, Cr@ns, nepotism https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Paris_Love_Nest_Debian_Outreachy_from_Lycee_Lakanal_to_ENS_Cach.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Paris_Love_Nest_Debian_Outreachy_from_Lycee_Lakanal_to_ENS_Cach.gmi 
[05:47]	TR Bot	 Techrights Paris 'Love Nest' & Debian Outreachy: from Lyce Lakanal to ENS Cachan, Cr@ns, nepotism
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[06:08]	TR News	Techrights The Register MS: Microsoft is the Security Expert, Not the Prime Culprit, So Buy More Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/The_Register_MS_Microsoft_is_the_Security_Expert_Not_the_Prime_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/The_Register_MS_Microsoft_is_the_Security_Expert_Not_the_Prime_.gmi 
[06:08]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Register MS: Microsoft is the Security Expert, Not the Prime Culprit, So Buy More Microsoft
[06:15]	TR News	Austria finds Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students: privacy campaign group https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital/austria-finds-microsoft-illegally-tracked-students-privacy-campaign-group/124471276?utm_source=portal_category_widget&utm_medium=homepage
[06:15]	TR Bot	 Austria finds Microsoft illegally tracked students: privacy campaign group, ETBrandEquity
[06:16]	TR News	Austria-based privacy group Noyb said Microsoft 365 Education installed cookies that collect browser data and are used for advertising purposes https://www.islandernews.com/news/national/austria-based-privacy-group-noyb-said-microsoft-365-education-installed-cookies-that-collect-browser-data/image_a58171af-f8bc-592e-873d-21037bf55157.html
[06:16]	TR Bot	privacy group Noyb said Microsoft 365 Education installed cookies that collect browser data and are used for advertising purposes | News | islandernews.com
[06:16]	TR News	Austria: Microsoft Education Tracked Kids https://newscentraltv.com/austria-microsoft-education-tracked-kids/
[06:16]	TR Bot	 Austria: Microsoft Education Tracked Kids
[06:20]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Has Just Lost Privacy Case in Austria and Its Latest Moves Make a Complete Ban Seem Imperative https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Microsoft_Has_Just_Lost_Privacy_Case_in_Austria_and_Its_Latest_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Microsoft_Has_Just_Lost_Privacy_Case_in_Austria_and_Its_Latest_.gmi 
[06:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Has Just Lost Privacy Case in Austria and Its Latest Moves Make a Complete Ban Seem Imperative
[06:22]	TR News	"Forbesk rankings are always a joke. You know that. Everything on Forbes is clickbait." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7b7whws
[06:22]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7b7whws )
[06:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Winter Comes Knocking https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Winter_Comes_Knocking.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Winter_Comes_Knocking.gmi 
[06:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Winter Comes Knocking
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[10:24]	TR News	"I lost count of how many times a version of the phrase we care about copyright was invoked at Screentime like a prayer." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/798496/hollywood-openai-training-netflix-paramount-warner | Source: The Verge
[10:24]	TR Bot	 Hollywood has no idea what to do about AI | The Verge
[10:25]	TR News	"Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-sued-over-use-of-copyrighted-books-to-train-apple-intelligence/articleshow/124469325.cms | Source: India Times
[10:25]	TR Bot	 Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence - The Economic Times
[10:25]	TR News	"If that joke seems off-colour, or crass, or some kind of manipulative stretch please, dont worry." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/10/sam-altman-copyright-ai-sora-2-video-generator | Source: The Guardian UK
[10:25]	TR Bot	 Its Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If hes the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde | The Guardian
[10:25]	TR News	"With the aim of making popular Pinterest downloader Pintere.com more difficult to find, the social media giant sent DMCA anti-circumvention notices to Google Search." https://torrentfreak.com/pinterest-accused-of-sending-false-dmca-claims-to-delist-downloader-from-google/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[10:25]	TR Bot	Accused of Sending 'False' DMCA Claims to Delist Downloader From Google * TorrentFreak
[10:25]	TR News	"The likeness to the Mrs Doubtfire star not only struck me as uncanny, it disturbed me to my core" https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/robin-williams-daughter-zelda-ai-generated-tiktok-videos-b2843343.html | Source: The Independent UK
[10:25]	TR Bot	 Posthumous fan videos of Robin Williams demonstrate everything thats wrong with AI | The Independent
[10:26]	TR News	"PERA would overturn long-standing court decisions that have helped keep some of the most problematic patents in check." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/pera-remains-serious-threat-efforts-against-bad-patents | Source: EFF
[10:26]	TR Bot	 PERA Remains a Serious Threat to Efforts Against Bad Patents | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[10:27]	TR News	"Partnerships provide access to additional resources but also introduce potential complications." https://www.michigandaily.com/news/research/umich-deepens-pharma-partnerships-amid-astrazeneca-lawsuit/ | Source: University of Michigan
[10:27]	TR Bot	 UMich deepens pharma partnerships amid AstraZeneca lawsuit
[10:27]	TR News	"It will twist words into their antipodes to serve the powerful at the expense of the weak." https://infrequently.org/2025/10/the-app-store-was-always-authoritarian/ | Source: Alex Russell
[10:27]	TR Bot	 The App Store Was Always Authoritarian - Infrequently Noted
[10:28]	TR News	"Here's the latest victory from the land of wallet-based elections: Synology, a leading maker of "network-attached storage" (NAS) devices, has done a quiet (but total) 180 on its enshittificatory policy of blocking third party hard drives from its products: [...]" https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/10/synology/#how-about-nah | Source: CoryDoctorow
[10:28]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: A disenshittification moment from the land of mass storage (10 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[10:29]	TR News	"As the singer explained in his note that called for fans to forget Amazon and the companies under its umbrella, including Whole Foods Market" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-forget-amazon-removing-music-1235445170/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[10:29]	TR Bot	 Neil Young Says to 'Forget' Amazon: 'Soon My Music Will Not Be There'
[10:29]	TR News	"Neil Youngs message to his fans is a direct one, urging them to avoid shopping on Amazon and Whole Foods Marketwhich is owned by Amazon." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/10/neil-young-pulls-music-amazon/ | Source: Digital Music News
[10:29]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/10/neil-young-pulls-music-amazon/ )
[10:30]	TR News	"But it will cost the city $2.5 million to assess and repair the damage, according to Councilmember Ysabel Jurado, whose district includes downtown and Boyle Heights." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-10/6th-street-bridge-no-longer-lights-up-copper-thieves | Source: Los Angeles Times
[10:30]	TR Bot	 This L.A. landmark was hailed as a 'ribbon of light.' Scrap metal thieves have made it dark and invisible - Los Angeles Times
[10:30]	TR News	"Californians are tired of paying the price for that theft that steals more than copper" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-10/fiber-cable-vandalism-likely-to-blame-for-verizon-service-outage | Source: Los Angeles Times
[10:30]	TR Bot	 Cable vandalism likely resulted in Verizon service outage, firm says - Los Angeles Times
[10:30]	TR News	"Millions of rural Americans live in counties with doctor shortages and where high-speed internet connections arent adequate to access advanced telehealth services." https://kffhealthnews.org/dead-zone/ |
[10:30]	TR Bot	 Dead Zone - KFF Health News
[10:31]	TR News	"The Digital Equity Act is part of the sweeping 2021 infrastructure law, which included $65 billion to build high-speed internet infrastructure and connect millions without access to the [Internet]" https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/09/trump-called-the-digital-equity-act-racist-now-internet-money-for-rural-americans-is-gone/ | Source: Maine Morning Star
[10:31]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/09/trump-called-the-digital-equity-act-racist-now-internet-money-for-rural-americans-is-gone/ )
[10:31]	TR News	"However, the Leh district administration has invoked legal provisions to prohibit the spread of misinformation on social media platforms in the district, which had witnessed violence last month." https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/mobile-internet-service-restored-in-leh-101760124194071.html | Source: Hindustan Times
[10:31]	TR Bot	 Mobile internet service restored in Leh | Hindustan Times
[10:31]	TR News	"However, what if we flipped the model? We aim to explore an innovative new concept: utilising submarine cable technology to address the longstanding challenges in Africas terrestrial infrastructure." https://techcentral.co.za/africas-next-terrestrial-internet-leap-might-come-from-the-sea/272652/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
[10:31]	TR Bot	 Africa's next terrestrial internet leap might come from the sea
[10:32]	TR News	"The strike continued until 1987, when, due to public pressure, the Irish government banned the importation of South African goods. The ban was the first ban of South African imports by a Western Government. " https://tommyp.org/blog/grapefruit/ |
[10:32]	TR Bot	 Grapefruit | Tommy Palmer
[10:32]	TR News	"But as Abdullah Aloudh, senior director for countering authoritarianism at the Middle East Democracy Center, explains, speech is far from free in the kingdom." https://www.vox.com/culture/464429/riyadh-comedy-festival-saudi-arabia-bill-burr-marc-maron | Source: Vox
[10:32]	TR Bot	backlash against Saudi Arabias Riyadh Comedy Festival, briefly explained | Vox
[10:32]	TR News	"Needless to say, these are all ridiculous lies. The thankless task of correcting Trump has been left to journalists, local officials in Oregon, and even a Trump-appointed federal judge." https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/portland-protests-dancing-frog-trump/ | Source: The Nation
[10:32]	TR Bot	 Portlands Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump | The Nation
[10:33]	TR News	"The Taliban administration has largely rolled back rights for women and girls established by elected governments in recent decades." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/no-women-journalists-at-taliban-fm-muttaqis-press-meet | Source: Deccan Chronicle
[10:33]	TR News	"It is learnt that the decision on inviting journalists to the media interaction was taken by Taliban officials accompanying the Foreign Minister." https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/no-women-journalists-at-muttaqis-press-conference/article70150888.ece | Source: The Hindu
[10:33]	TR Bot	 No Women Journalists at Taliban FM Muttaqis Press Meet
[10:33]	TR Bot	 No women journalists at Afghanistan Foreign Minister Muttaqis press conference in Delhi - The Hindu
[10:33]	TR News	"refuse to grant women human rights because they do not consider women to be human." https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/for-taliban-women-not-human-says-taslima-nasreen-on-row-over-journalist-ban-9437347#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV
[10:33]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/for-taliban-women-not-human-says-taslima-nasreen-on-row-over-journalist-ban-9437347#publisher=newsstand )
[10:34]	TR News	[Old] "Starting summer 2025, the European Accessibility Act will require digital products provided in the EU to meet actual, enforceable accessibility standards. Not we added some alt text accessibility. Real accessibility. The kind you can be sued over." https://denodell.com/blog/a-better-web-for-everyone-everywhere |
[10:34]	TR Bot	 The Web Is About to Get Better for Everyone, Everywhere Den Odell
[10:34]	TR News	"Iranian journalist Zeinab Rahimi has refused to wear the mandatory hijab for over two years, despite the risk of arrest and imprisonment." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-hijab-woman-life-freedom-tehran-protests/33555684.html | Source: RFERL
[10:34]	TR Bot	 Iran's Streets 'Transformed' As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab
[10:36]	TR News	"A lesson it took me much too long to learn is that you dont have to wait for anyone to give you the opportunity to be a writer or reporter." https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/grennell-college-speech | Source: Marisa Kabas
[10:36]	TR Bot	 Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime
[10:37]	TR News	"Canadian SF magazine On Spec is closing after 35 years. Decembers issue #134 will be the last. Managing editor Diane Walton explained in an editorial to issue #133: [...]" https://locusmag.com/2025/10/on-spec-to-close/ | Source: Locus Magazine
[10:37]	TR Bot	 On Spec to Close Locus Online
[10:37]	TR News	"Some fear the law will give the authorities the power to pre-emptively stifle the work of independent journalists and activists." https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-photo-ban-tourism-industry/33555477.html | Source: RFERL
[10:37]	TR Bot	 Dont Shoot! Photo Ban Looms In Uzbekistan
[10:37]	TR News	"I understand his point." https://kansasreflector.com/2025/10/10/conservative-distrust-of-journalism-threatens-to-spread-among-liberals/ | Source: Kansas Reflector
[10:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/10/10/conservative-distrust-of-journalism-threatens-to-spread-among-liberals/ )
[10:38]	TR News	"Calvin said the answer to these questions was easy: The requested documents didnt exist." https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/02/openai-sam-altman-elon-musk-ai-regulation/ | Source: The San Fancisco Standard
[10:38]	TR Bot	 OpenAI thinks its critics are funded by billionaires. Now its going after them
[10:38]	TR News	"One Tuesday night, as my wife and I sat down for dinner, a sheriffs deputy knocked on the door to serve me a subpoena from OpenAI" https://www.theverge.com/news/798523/openai-ai-regulation-advocates-subpoenas-police | Source: The Verge
[10:38]	TR Bot	 OpenAI allegedly sent police to an AI regulation advocates door | The Verge
[10:39]	TR News	"In an open letter to U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Kornbluth said some of the policies would restrict MIT's independence and freedom of expression." https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-10/mit-refuses-to-accept-white-house-terms-for-funding-other-schools-still-mulling | Source: US News And World Report
[10:39]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-10/mit-refuses-to-accept-white-house-terms-for-funding-other-schools-still-mulling )
[10:39]	TR News	"People that want to keep pushing an agenda to go against these library materials and the First Amendment [right to free speech], I hope they see this, and I hope it's a deterrent." https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/wyoming-librarian-settlement-9.6935492 | Source: CBC
[10:39]	TR Bot	 Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement | CBC Radio
[10:39]	TR News	"Of course, this is not entirely unprecedented. As weve covered over the years, whenever laws and rules against hate speech exist, inevitably the powerful seek to use them to protect themselves rather than those who are actually marginalized or vulnerable." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/10/apple-decides-ice-agents-are-a-protected-class-because-apparently-government-accountability-is-now-hate-speech/ | Source: Techdirt
[10:39]	TR Bot	Decides ICE Agents Are A Protected Class, Because Apparently Government Accountability Is Now Hate Speech | Techdirt
[10:41]	TR News	Giving illusion of growth to a Ponzi scheme https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/sam-altman-backed-college-startup-campus-acquires-sizzle-ai-hires-metas-exec-as-technology-head/articleshow/124479611.cms | Source: India Times
[10:41]	TR Bot	 Sam Altman-backed college startup Campus acquires Sizzle AI; hires Metas exec as technology head - The Economic Times
[10:42]	TR News	"We were objectively bad before, but that doesnt mean past solutions are necessarily repeatable (or were even the reason for that progress), that there isnt space for improvement, and that those pushing for the change he wants to see arent the irrational actors he portrays them to be." https://rubenerd.com/i-was-wrong-about-steven-pinker/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[10:42]	TR Bot	I was wrong about Steven Pinker
[10:42]	TR News	"Will Brussels ever stand up to Donald Trump and US big tech?" https://blog.zgp.org/you-can-t-spell-eurostack-without-u/ | Source: Don Marti
[10:42]	TR Bot	 you cant spell #Eurostack without U
[10:43]	TR News	"He emphasised achieving digital sovereignty by becoming active players, not just customers, and fostering European innovation, while ensuring companies have choices over data storage, infrastructure, and technology supply chains" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-need-for-digital-sovereignty-does-not-mean-protectionism-german-minister-says/articleshow/124476076.cms | Source: India Times
[10:43]	TR Bot	 EU need for 'digital sovereignty' does not mean protectionism, German minister says - The Economic Times
[10:43]	TR News	"The primary reason for these delays is the missing information, according to the company." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/ups-reportedly-destroying-packages-due-to-customs-confusion-thousands-of-parcels-per-day-are-seemingly-affected-by-delays-due-to-documentation-issues | Source: Tom's Hardware
[10:43]	TR Bot	 UPS reportedly destroying packages due to customs confusion thousands of parcels per day are seemingly affected by delays due to documentation issues | Tom's Hardware
[10:44]	TR News	"They described shipments of tea, telescopes, luxury glassware, musical instruments and more some worth tens of thousands of dollars all in limbo or perhaps gone." https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/ups-delay-customs-tariffs-packages-destroyed-rcna236607 | Source: NBC
[10:44]	TR Bot	 UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems
[10:44]	TR News	"In a renewed push to safeguard Americas digital infrastructure, U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) have introduced the Protecting America from Cyber Threats Act" https://thecyberexpress.com/bipartisan-bill-targets-cybersecurity-gap/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[10:44]	TR Bot	 Bipartisan Bill Revives Cybersecurity Safeguards
[10:45]	TR News	"The Lord does not help those who help themselves. By a miracle, he helps the utterly and pathetically helplessof whom I am chief. Thats truly good news. Its also a terrible scandal. And thats the point." https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/10/you-dont-have-to-be-radical-ordinary-christian-life/ | Source: Christianity Today
[10:45]	TR Bot	 You Dont Have to Be Radical - Christianity Today
[10:45]	TR News	"Not all of it." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-note-on-sustainability-and-access | Source: Mike Brock
[10:45]	TR Bot	 A Note on Sustainability and Access - by Mike Brock
[10:46]	TR News	"These changes are creating significant stress on a system designed for a different era. Transmission congestion, bottlenecks, and reliability concerns are becoming more common, with some regions experiencing severe delays in interconnecting new generation projects." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/grid-modernization/the-u-s-high-voltage-grid-is-at-a-crossroads/ | Source: Renewable Energy World
[10:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/grid-modernization/the-u-s-high-voltage-grid-is-at-a-crossroads/ )
[10:46]	TR News	"The radio is just one feature that Tesla has left out of two new cars in the name of affordability." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/cheaper-tesla-elon-musk-trump/684528/ | Source: The Atlantic
[10:46]	TR Bot	 The Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Tesla - The Atlantic
[10:46]	TR News	"A Lithuanian consortium has secured 65 million euros in EU co-financing to establish LitAI, a 130-million-euro artificial intelligence (AI) factory that will be the only facility of its scale in the Baltic states." https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2709522/lithuania-wins-eu-bid-to-set-up-eur130m-ai-factory | Source: LRT
[10:46]	TR Bot	 Lithuania wins EU bid to set up 130m AI factory - LRT
[10:47]	TR News	"Researchers at Georgia Tech developed a mechanochemical method to recycle PET plastics efficiently without heat or solvents." https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/georgia-tech-mechanochemical-plastic-recycling | Source: Interesting Engineering
[10:47]	TR Bot	 Recycling breaks new ground as PET plastics shattered by pure force
[10:47]	TR News	"This spike in demand is driving an unexpected resurgence in coal generation, which has increased nearly 20 percent year-to-date. The research note, seen by The Register, states: [...]" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/datacenter_coal_power/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:47]	TR Bot	 Coal making a comeback as US datacenters demand power The Register
[10:47]	TR News	"Over the decades, there've been many moments where I've been struck by the parallels between climate activism and tech activism. In both cases, the foundational challenge is getting people to care about the looming catastrophic effects of bad policies." https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/11/cyber-rights-now/#better-late-than-never | Source: CoryDoctorow
[10:47]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: The curious, intertwined history of climate and digital rights activism (11 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[10:48]	TR News	"In 2024, Congress ordered TikToks parent corporation to divest its U.S. operations or face a U.S. ban." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/questions-trump-tiktok-deal/684519/ | Source: The Atlantic
[10:48]	TR Bot	 Trumps Dodgy Plan for TikTok - The Atlantic
[10:49]	TR News	"Rayna Mehta, a clinical psychologist and a school counsellor who runs a private practice in Mumbai" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/children-plug-into-ai-chatbots-leaving-reality-parents-behind/articleshow/124489915.cms | Source: India Times
[10:49]	TR Bot	 Children plug into AI chatbots, leaving reality, parents behind - The Economic Times
[10:52]	TR News	"TikTok is turning right-wing." https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-10-11/social-media-completes-its-shift-to-the-right-tiktok-is-consequential.html | Source: El Pas
[10:52]	TR Bot	 Social media completes its shift to the right: TikTok is consequential | Technology | EL PAS English
[10:53]	TR News	"Plans for the project, which is expected to be based in the northeastern state of Ceara, were disclosed by Reuters in April" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/brazil-to-begin-construction-on-tiktok-data-center-in-six-months-minister-says/articleshow/124469377.cms | Source: India Times
[10:53]	TR Bot	 Brazil to begin construction on TikTok data center in six months, minister says - The Economic Times
[10:54]	TR News	"Connecting Outlook or Gmail lets Copilot retrieve inbox content" https://www.androidpolice.com/copilot-on-windows-now-connects-to-gmail-google-drive-and-more/ | Source: Android Police
[10:54]	TR Bot	 Copilot on Windows now connects to Gmail, Google Drive, and more
[10:54]	TR News	"The decision from Austrias Datenschutzbehrde (DSB) came in response to a 2024 complaint lodged by the Austrian privacy advocacy group noyb" https://therecord.media/microsoft-violated-eu-law-austria | Source: The Record
[10:54]	TR Bot	 Microsoft violated EU law in handling of kids data, Austrian privacy regulator finds | The Record from Recorded Future News
[10:54]	TR News	"Since one of the uses of the tool is to track productivity through metrics, it is inevitable that Microsoft would add benchmarks for the adoption of Copilot." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/microsoft_copilot_viva_insights/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:54]	TR Bot	 Microsoft adds Copilot adoption benchmarks to Viva Insights The Register
[10:55]	TR News	"The Austrian Data Protection Authority ("DSB") issued a decision finding that Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks students and uses student data for Microsoft's own purposes." https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-microsoft-365-education-tracks-school-children | Source: NYOB
[10:55]	TR Bot	 noyb win: Microsoft 365 Education tracks school children
[10:55]	TR News	"Austria's data protection authority has determined that Microsoft "illegally" tracked students using its education software and must grant them access to their data, a privacy campaign group said Friday." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/austria-finds-microsoft-illegally-tracked-students-privacy-campaign-group/articleshow/124453351.cms | Source: India Times
[10:55]	TR Bot	 Austria finds Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students: privacy campaign group - The Economic Times
[10:55]	TR News	[Old] "A few quick notes for other folks who are geoblocking the UK. I just set up a basic geoblock with Nginx on Debian." https://aphyr.com/posts/379-geoblocking-the-uk-with-debian-nginx | Source: Kyle Kingsbury
[10:55]	TR Bot	( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/379-geoblocking-the-uk-with-debian-nginx )
[10:55]	TR News	"Now Mississippis 2024 HB 1126 has made it illegal for essentially any web site to know a users e-mail address, or other personal identifying information, unless that site also takes steps to "verify the age of the person creating an account." https://aphyr.com/posts/395-geoblocking-multiple-localities-with-nginx | Source: Kyle Kingsbury
[10:55]	TR Bot	( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/395-geoblocking-multiple-localities-with-nginx )
[10:56]	TR News	"Lawmakers in at least 16 states this year introduced bills to regulate the use of automated license plate readers responsible for collecting large amounts of data on drivers across the country." https://michiganadvance.com/2025/10/11/repub/despite-widespread-interest-only-3-states-passed-license-plate-reader-laws-this-year/ | Source: Michigan Advance
[10:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/10/11/repub/despite-widespread-interest-only-3-states-passed-license-plate-reader-laws-this-year/ )
[10:56]	TR News	"Company data shows that millions of users worldwide now own several Xiaomi devices from smartphones and wearables to robot vacuums and smart appliances all managed through a single app." https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/xiaomi-ai-ecosystem-explained-smart-home-phone-ev | Source: The Straits Times
[10:56]	TR Bot	 Your phone, home and car all talking to one another: Xiaomis AI ecosystem explained | The Straits Times
[10:57]	TR News	Windows TCO: "Forescout said the short-lived TwoNet hacktivist group fell for one of its researchers' honeypots" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/russia_hacktivists_honeytrap/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:57]	TR Bot	 Hacktivists deactivate after falling into researchers' trap The Register
[10:57]	TR News	Windows TCO: "PowerSchool that he would leak the Social Security #s" https://therecord.media/powerschool-prison-sentence-hacker | Source: The Record
[10:57]	TR Bot	 Prosecutors seek 7-year prison term for sophisticated PowerSchool hacker | The Record from Recorded Future News
[10:58]	TR News	"However, YouTube is drawing firm boundaries. The program excludes channels that were removed for severe offenses like copyright violations, abuse of the Creator Responsibility policy, or repeated and egregious misconduct." https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-gives-banned-creators-a-second-shot-but-with-a-catch/ | Source: Android Police
[10:58]	TR Bot	 YouTube gives banned creators a second shot, but with a catch
[10:58]	TR News	"Inspired by Australia's social media ban for under-16s, Brussels is analysing whether to set bloc-wide limits on minors' access to platforms -- with 25 of 27 EU countries coming out Friday in support of at least studying such a measure." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-grills-apple-snapchat-youtube-over-risks-to-children/articleshow/124459210.cms | Source: India Times
[10:58]	TR Bot	 EU grills Apple, Snapchat, YouTube over risks to children - The Economic Times
[10:58]	TR News	"people like Anya Lacey are part of a new spectrum of tradwives with OnlyFans accounts. That is, conservative housewives who show off their naked bodies on social media and make a lot of money doing so." https://english.elpais.com/society/2025-10-10/ultraconservative-housewives-on-onlyfans-the-paradox-of-the-maga-women-who-strip-naked-on-social-media.html | Source: El Pas
[10:58]	TR Bot	 Ultraconservative housewives on OnlyFans: The paradox of the MAGA women who strip naked on social media | Society | EL PAS English
[10:58]	TR News	"There are some good things Im going to miss, specially the interaction with some people I met there others are long time acquaintances coming from Twitter, but there is nothing to do about it: you cant not be and be there." https://www.usebox.net/jjm/blog/i-m-not-on-mastodon/ | Source: Juan J Martnez
[10:58]	TR Bot	NOT on Mastodon - usebox.net
[10:59]	TR News	"While the dynamic is most advanced on X" https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/was-the-left-wrong-to-leave-x-for-bluesky | Source: New Statesman
[10:59]	TR Bot	 Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky? - New Statesman
● Oct 12
[11:00]	TR News	"Fueling the machine causing issues we are fighting against - Ethical dilemma about using social media for civil society causes" https://bianet.org/haber/trapped-in-the-algorithm-rethinking-medias-role-in-a-rigged-digital-world-312475 | Source: BIA Net
[11:00]	TR Bot	 Trapped in the algorithm: Rethinking medias role in a 'rigged' digital world
[11:03]	TR News	"Ryanair now requires every passenger to have a so-called "smart" phone. I suspect that it requires every passenger to run a nonfree Ryanair app, too, meaning that a snoop-phone running some non-Google Android variant won't work." https://www.stallman.org/ryanair.html
[11:03]	TR Bot	 Don't fly Ryanair if you can help it
[11:03]	TR News	"This is a very dangerous form of pressure, and other airlines will be tempted to imitate it. Please, even if you do carry a snoop-phone, boycott the airlines that exclude the people who don't have one."
[11:04]	TR News	"The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way, it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works this way." https://www.azquotes.com/quote/755256?ref=capitalism
[11:04]	TR Bot	 Richard Stallman quote: The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the...
[11:11]	TR News	"Reading Oatmeal stuff is always such a seesaw for me. Its so riddled with like boobshark jokes and Im like, yeah yeah ha ha. I dont hate that kind of humor or find it offensive, I just dont think its very funny." https://chriscoyier.net/2025/10/10/oatmeal-on-ai-art/ | Source: Chris Coyier
[11:11]	TR Bot	 Oatmeal on AI Art Chris Coyier
[11:12]	TR News	"This technology may, to some extent, break down the barriers involved in making video, but we should not pretend that is the objective here, or even halfway considered by any of these A.I. companies. They want to make gimmicks." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/hank-green-sora-2/ | Source: Nick Heer
[11:12]	TR Bot	 Give Me a Single Reason Why Sora 2 Should Exist Pixel Envy
[11:12]	TR News	Yesterday I wrote a post about why I wasnt using those Written by a Human buttons, despite appreciating their intentions (or at least, I thought I did, more on that in a moment)." https://rubenerd.com/feedback-on-those-written-by-humans-buttons/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[11:12]	TR Bot	Feedback on those Written by Humans buttons
[11:12]	TR News	"But I also overthink everything! So I have a few reservations." https://rubenerd.com/written-by-humans-not-ai-badges/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[11:12]	TR Bot	Written by Humans, Not AI badges
[11:17]	TR News	"Not that those initiatives are paying off, mind you. A recent study from MIT found that 95 percent of enterprises have seen zero ROI on their AI projects - and that's hardly a new story." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/ai_is_displacing_entrylevel_professionals/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:17]	TR Bot	 Staff, schmaff: Business leaders racing to adopt unproven AI The Register
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[11:21]	TR News	"a telling new data point has emerged: Donaldson is worried that his niche could be threatened by AI." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mrbeast-ai-slop-sora2 | Source: Futurism
[11:21]	TR Bot	 MrBeast Concerned That AI Slop Will Put Him Out of Business
[11:21]	TR News	"It is the implementation of APIs, stupid! Someone could go rogue and screw you so hard that you could end up crying in a corner." https://blog.adnansiddiqi.me/lets-talk-about-llm-guardrails/ | Source: Adnan Siddiqi
[11:21]	TR Bot	 Lets talk about LLM guardrails
[11:22]	TR News	"On Wednesday we had a terrific panel discussion about AI at the CUNY Graduate Center, which will eventually be available on YouTube." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-ai-with-martin-wolf | Source: Paul Krugman
[11:22]	TR Bot	 Talking AI With Martin Wolf - Paul Krugman
[11:22]	TR News	"One way to get around the filters is ASCII smuggling where you hide your command in weird high-end Unicode characters." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/11/google-wont-fix-ascii-smuggling-hack-in-gemini-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[11:22]	TR Bot	( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/11/google-wont-fix-ascii-smuggling-hack-in-gemini-ai/ )
[11:23]	TR News	"SlopTok" https://tiv.today/the-sort-of-mother-fucker-who-makes-sloptok/ | Source: The Independent Variable
[11:23]	TR Bot	 The sort of mother fucker who makes SlopTok
[11:23]	TR News	"I think a lot about AI-assisted and AI-based coding. The first one is a human who writes code with more or less support of an AI solution." https://www.ufried.com/blog/ai_assisted_coding/ | Source: Uwe Friedrichsen
[11:23]	TR Bot	 Solving the wrong problem
[11:23]	TR News	"Im assembling a full report from my slop writing on 8Ball. If you want to review what Ive written so far, links and graphics are below: [...]" https://www.8ball.report/p/the-aura-farm-and-the-slop-distillery | Source: Sean Monahan
[11:23]	TR Bot	 the aura farm and the slop distillery - by Sean Monahan
[11:31]	TR News	"Suppose, not hypothetically, that your system is running some systemd based service or daemon that resets or erase your carefully cultivated state when it restarts." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdRestartAfterService | Source: University of Toronto
[11:31]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[11:31]	TR News	"The ransomware gang caught exploiting Microsoft SharePoint zero-days over the summer has added a new tool to its arsenal: Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response app not previously tied to ransomware incidents." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/ransomware_velociraptor/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:31]	TR Bot	 SharePoint attackers add Velociraptor to ransomware tools The Register
[11:31]	TR News	"The number of users reporting issues with Microsoft 365 had fallen to 136 as of 5.38 p.m. ET, compared with 17,000 earlier, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/microsofts-productivity-software-suite-recovers-after-outage/articleshow/124453433.cms | Source: India Times
[11:31]	TR Bot	 Microsoft's productivity software suite recovers after outage - The Economic Times
[11:32]	TR News	"One of the changes Apple has introduced with macOS Tahoe is the ability to use SSH at the unified login screen available on Apple Silicon Macs. Apple has built on this to provide a way to allow a FileVault-encrypted Mac to be unlocked via an SSH session. [...]" https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/unlocking-filevault-via-ssh-on-macos-tahoe/ | Source: Rich Trouton
[11:32]	TR Bot	 Unlocking FileVault via SSH on macOS Tahoe | Der Flounder
[11:32]	TR News	"This is software developed by a company with the net worth of some countries! Whats the opposite of imposter syndrome?" https://rubenerd.com/outlook-for-mac-fun/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[11:32]	TR Bot	Outlook for Mac fun
[11:33]	TR News	"we do not plan to support SoundTouch products through any other app" https://www.theverge.com/news/798501/bose-soundtouch-speakers-cloud-discontinue-shut-down | Source: The Verge
[11:33]	TR Bot	 Bose is yanking key features from its SoundTouch speakers | The Verge
[11:37]	TR News	"one in five high schoolers in the US 19 percent" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/high-schoolers-romantic-relationship-with-ai | Source: Futurism
[11:37]	TR Bot	 An Astonishing Proportion of High Schoolers Have Had a "Romantic Relationship" With an AI, Research Finds
[11:37]	TR News	"Artificial intelligence (AI) has continued to alter the educational experiences of teachers, students, and parents" https://cdt.org/insights/hand-in-hand-schools-embrace-of-ai-connected-to-increased-risks-to-students/ | Source: Center for Democracy & Technology
[11:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://cdt.org/insights/hand-in-hand-schools-embrace-of-ai-connected-to-increased-risks-to-students/ )
[11:37]	TR News	"I do not use QWERTY, instead opting for Colemak-DH." https://vale.rocks/posts/typing-systems | Source: Declan Chidlow
[11:37]	TR Bot	to Colemak-DH | Vale.Rocks
[11:38]	TR News	"Im coming up on 20 years of professional web development and I still dont get it sometimes. I tend to measure myself or view work productivity through the lens of How much code did I write? and that does a great disservice to myself and what I do." https://daverupert.com/2025/09/you-cant-drink-coffee-on-a-running-horse/ | Source: Dave Rupert
[11:38]	TR Bot	years on the job and I still don't get it. - daverupert.com
[11:38]	TR News	"The first week back at work. It could have been much worse" https://jimmitchell.org/2025/10/11/the-return-to-work/ | Source: Jim Mitchell
[11:38]	TR Bot	 The Return to Work | Jim Mitchell
[11:38]	TR News	"Carved into the Tyndall stone above the arched entrance to Winnipeg's first public library are the words "Free to All," but for the past 11 years, it's been closed to everyone." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/carnegie-library-winnipeg-archives-history-1.7642166 | Source: CBC
[11:38]	TR Bot	 'Free to All': Winnipeg's 1st public library opened 120 years ago, soon to start new chapter | CBC News
[11:39]	TR News	"In this interactive article, we explore the borderline-magical algorithm known as the Burrows-Wheeler Transform (BWT). It powers data compression in bzip2, and is used by sequence alignment tools like bowtie and bwa, both of which were named after the algorithm." https://sandbox.bio/concepts/bwt |
[11:39]	TR Bot	Transform (BWT) - Interactive article - sandbox.bio
[11:39]	TR News	"Also antenna pattern normalization and polarimetric calibration suitable for drone mounted SAR with non-linear track is described." https://hforsten.com/synthetic-aperture-radar-autofocus-and-calibration.html |
[11:39]	TR Bot	 Synthetic aperture radar autofocus and calibration - Henrik's Blog
[11:39]	TR News	"I wasnt intending to rework my tasks and notes system. It just happened to me" https://bentsai.org/posts/text-is-best | Source: Ben Tsai
[11:39]	TR Bot	 Text Is Best - Ben Tsai
[11:40]	TR News	"This post is interesting in terms of users thinking they 'own' a platform or offer value, but never will. Which is a weird thing to think as a platform user, but whats the alternative?" https://gregmorris.co.uk/free-content/ | Source: Greg Morris
[11:40]	TR Bot	 Free Content
[11:40]	TR News	"And then Kev Quirk described his experience of switching from contact forms to bare email addresses and the protections he put in place (like plus-addressing), only to discover that he didnt need it at all." https://danq.me/2025/10/11/email-vs-contact-form-spam/ | Source: Dan Q
[11:40]	TR Bot	 Do Contact Forms Attract More Spam than Email Addresses? Dan Q
[11:41]	TR News	"The idea always seemed to be drifting away from me, and there was always some excuse to put it off and say, Not today, maybe tomorrow. A huge source of this feeling for me is the need to put everything in its right place." https://matanabudy.com/thoughts-things-1/ | Source: Matan Abudy
[11:41]	TR Bot	 Thoughts & Things #1 | Matan Abudy
[11:41]	TR News	"so entirely blind to the virtues and beauties of compassion?" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-birth-of-the-sociopath-why-smart | Source: Mike Brock
[11:41]	TR Bot	 The Birth of the Sociopath: Why Smart People Choose to Stop Seeing Goodness
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[12:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/today_s_leftovers.gmi 
[12:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[12:17]	TR News	Techrights Links 12/10/2025: 'False' DMCA Claims and Slop Facing Perils Again (the Hype Wears Off) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Links_12_10_2025_False_DMCA_Claims_and_Slop_Facing_Perils_Again.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Links_12_10_2025_False_DMCA_Claims_and_Slop_Facing_Perils_Again.gmi 
[12:17]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 12/10/2025: 'False' DMCA Claims and Slop Facing Perils Again (the Hype Wears Off)
[12:19]	TR News	"First, I'm back posting on gemini! I know it's been a while. Got my server setup tweaked a bit so that I'm happier with it. Mainly the OpenBSD sysupgrade(1) stuff is better now with more space for /usr (for now)." gemini://thfr.info/ublog/2025-10-11-news.gmi
[12:20]	TR News	SpellBinding ACELVUO Wordo: LUVYA gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-12.gmi
[12:21]	TR News	"It often strikes me as so wild, the fact that Im typing this in a curses UI in 2025. I see this less as a vindication of the durability of the textual software stack (although it is) and more as a failure of the stack as the whole. [I hate laptops] but Linux on the laptop and desktop was in a great place." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/cursed-android
[12:22]	TR News	J.G. Ballards The Drought gemini://idiomdrottning.org/jg_ballard-the_drought
[12:23]	TR News	"'formalized' is important as there have been prior arguments that anticipate some forms of Pascal's reasonings, the Apaaka Sutta (MN60) being perhaps the earliest known. 'reasonings' is plural on account of there being apparently at least four forms of Pascal's wager in Penses." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/10/12/odds.gmi
[12:26]	TR News	"Ive been watching fairly alternative OSs like Haiku (the BeOS clone) and I wanted to really clear the slate and assume multiple orders of magnitude of work done just for this OS. Otherwise an operating system is just a way to run stuff that people can already run on a Linux distribution or macOS." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/ideal/os/
[12:28]	TR News	"This fellow predicted the 2008 depression (I know, that word is on the Controlled Words list, and has a variable definition) in 1997. And, he predicted a worse one for 2026." gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-10-09_depressionOf2026.txt
[12:29]	TR News	"In my 20s, I had a Fossil PalmOS watch. That thing was clunky, and had horrible battery life. But hey, it had a tiny stylus and PalmOS!" gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-10-09_watches.txt
[12:29]	TR News	"There are far too many films that I've watched over and over again. If I had to list films that I've seen more than half a dozen times, you would move on before reaching the end. I have a friend who studied film, he helped me expand my selections a bit while he was around." gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-10-12_Christinas5Qs.txt
[12:34]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 12/10/2025: Watches, the Depression of 2026, Gamboling with Odds https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Gemini_Links_12_10_2025_Watches_the_Depression_of_2026_Gambolin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Gemini_Links_12_10_2025_Watches_the_Depression_of_2026_Gambolin.gmi 
[12:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 12/10/2025: Watches, the Depression of 2026, Gamboling with Odds
[12:34]	TR News	"I was excited to finally remove django-extensions from my pyproject.toml file when 5.2 dropped" https://jmduke.com/posts/post/django-shell/ | Source: Justin Duke
[12:34]	TR Bot	 Adding imports to the Django shell Applied Cartography
[12:35]	TR News	"Im excited to announce a significant usability improvement for all moteus controllers" https://blog.mjbots.com/2025/10/09/uuid-based-addressing-and-python-multiple-device-support/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC
[12:35]	TR Bot	 UUID based addressing and python multiple device support - mjbots blog
[12:37]	TR News	"This release brings over 3400 integration rules from the renowned RUBI (Rule-Based Integrator) system, originally from Mathematica, now available natively in Julia." https://sciml.ai/news/2025/10/10/SymbolicIntegration/index.html | Source: SciML
[12:37]	TR Bot	 SymbolicIntegration.jl: Best-of-Both-Worlds Symbolic Integration with Risch and 3400+ Integration Rules
[12:37]	TR News	"Lack of memory safety is such a predominant cause of security issues that we have a responsibility as professional software engineering to robustly mitigate it in security-sensitive use casesby using memory safe languages." https://words.filippo.io/compromise-survey/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda
[12:37]	TR Bot	 A Retrospective Survey of 2024/2025 Open Source Supply Chain Compromises
[12:37]	TR News	know
[12:38]	TR News	<li>
[12:38]	TR News	"You know we have seen more than our fair share of slop reports sent to the curl project so it seems only fair that I also write something about the state of AI when we get to enjoy some positive aspects of this technology." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10/10/a-new-breed-of-analyzers/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg
[12:38]	TR Bot	new breed of analyzers | daniel.haxx.se
[12:38]	TR News	"So I see this as a great opportunity to talk about the nature of proof, correctness, and how "correct" code can still have bugs." https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/three-ways-formally-verified-code-can-go-wrong-in/ | Source: Buttondown LLC
[12:38]	TR Bot	ways formally verified code can go wrong in practice Buttondown
[12:38]	TR News	"What many fail to grasp is that the world is not the United States. Not every country follows the same rules and laws." https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/10/10/when-bigger-stops-being-better/ | Source: Stefano Marinelli
[12:38]	TR Bot	 When Bigger Stops Being Better | MyNotes
[12:39]	TR News	"Im pleased to announce nim-yottadb, a language binding that connects Nim with the YottaDB database." https://yottadb.com/nim-meets-yottadb/ | Source: YottaDB
[12:39]	TR Bot	Meets YottaDB - YottaDB
[12:39]	TR News	"However, AWStats shows Im getting referrals: Google .com ( catchall ) 41,634/ 41,634 Google .com 12,960/ 12,972" https://tracydurnell.com/2025/10/10/question-my-sites-not-indexed-but-im-getting-referrals-from-google/ | Source: Tracy Durnell
[12:39]	TR Bot	 Question: my sites not indexed but Im getting referrals from Google Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden
[12:40]	TR News	"Hello! Earlier this summer I was talking to a friend about how much I love using fish, and how I love that I dont have to configure it. They said that they feel the same way about the helix text editor, and so I decided to give it a try." https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/10/10/notes-on-switching-to-helix-from-vim/ | Source: Julia Evans
[12:40]	TR Bot	 Notes on switching to Helix from vim
[12:40]	TR News	"According to the changelog, the release fixes crashes related to filter jobs and effects on sequence clipsissues that could interrupt editing workflows. Problems with transitions and effects, including the fade to black preset being incorrectly applied, have also been resolved." https://linuxiac.com/kdenlive-25-08-2-released-with-stability-fixes-and-polished-effects/ | Source: Linuxiac
[12:40]	TR Bot	 Kdenlive 25.08.2 Released with Stability Fixes and Polished Effects
[12:41]	TR News	"OpenSSH 10.2 addresses bugs and prepares to deprecate SHA1 SSHFP records, pushing for stronger, SHA256-based security." https://linuxiac.com/openssh-10-2-released-with-key-bugfix-for-controlpersist-issue/ | Source: Linuxiac
[12:41]	TR Bot	 OpenSSH 10.2 Released with Key Bugfix for ControlPersist Issue
[12:41]	TR News	"Cranking up the heat for the upcoming OpenBSD 7.8 release, the OpenSSH project has issued OpenSSH 10.2." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251010131052 | Source: Undeadly
[12:41]	TR Bot	 OpenSSH 10.2 released
[12:41]	TR News	"Welcome back to our thirteenth episode of State of the Thunder! Nothing unlucky about this latest installment, as Managing Director Ryan Sipes walks us through how Thunderbird creates its roadmap." https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/10/state-of-the-thunder-13-how-we-make-our-roadmap/ | Source: Thunderbird
[12:41]	TR Bot	 State of the Thunder 13: How We Make Our Roadmap - The Thunderbird Blog
[12:41]	TR News	"In a surprising move, Andrew Dolgov (known online as fox), the original developer of the popular self-hosted open-source RSS reader and news aggregator Tiny Tiny RSS (TT-RSS)" https://linuxiac.com/tt-rss-shuts-down-but-the-project-lives-on-under-a-new-fork/ | Source: Linuxiac
[12:41]	TR Bot	 TT-RSS Shuts Down, but the Project Lives On Under a New Fork
[12:42]	TR News	"To me, uninstalling apps is just as fun as trying out new ones." https://thejollyteapot.com/2025/10/11/uninstalling-apps-part-2/ | Source: Nicolas Magand
[12:42]	TR Bot	 Uninstalling apps (part 2)
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[12:43]	TR News	"Well, it's not quite all new, but it's getting some love in a new post, because some things have changed" https://www.androidpolice.com/the-pebble-appstore-is-back-and-better/ | Source: Android Police
[12:43]	TR Bot	 Pebble sets the stage for its comeback with the revival of its app store
[12:46]	TR News	"The coreboot project is pleased to announce the release of coreboot 25.09" https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2025/10/10/announcing-coreboot-25-09-release/ | Source: Coreboot (Official)
[12:46]	TR Bot	 Announcing coreboot 25.09 release coreboot
[12:46]	TR News	"Node-RED is a visual programming environment that is commonly associated with IoT" https://taoofmac.com/space/dev/javascript/node-red | Source: Rui Carmo
[12:46]	TR Bot	 Node-RED - Tao of Mac
[12:47]	TR News	"We all know there are plenty of AUR helpers out there that make life easier for Arch users when installing packages." https://linuxiac.com/pacsea-is-a-new-tui-that-makes-arch-package-browsing-easier/ | Source: Linuxiac
[12:47]	TR Bot	 Pacsea Is a New TUI That Makes Arch Package Browsing Easier
[12:47]	TR News	"I've been running Gentoo as my desktop's main operating system for about a year now, so I consider myself something of an expert." https://gabrielsimmer.com/blog/year-of-gentoo | Source: Gabriel Simmer
[12:47]	TR Bot	 A Year of Gentoo
[12:48]	TR News	"The end of Windows 10 support is the perfect opportunity to break free from this cycle and switch to GNU/Linux operating system" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2025-end-of-windows-10 | Source: FSF
[12:48]	TR Bot	 Windows 10 sunsetting doesn't mean the end for your PC Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
[12:48]	TR News	"A month after the previous 6.18 release, KDE announced the launch of Frameworks 6.19" https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-19-released/ | Source: Linuxiac
[12:48]	TR Bot	 KDE Frameworks 6.19 Is Out, Heres Whats New
[12:50]	TR News	"In practice, that means updates do not interrupt the user. They are read shortly after, and the entire content is spoken rather than just the part that changed. You can override this behavior by setting your own ARIA properties if needed." https://denodell.com/blog/html-best-kept-secret-output-tag |
[12:50]	TR Bot	 HTMLs Best Kept Secret: The <output> Tag Den Odell
[12:50]	TR News	"My slide show from Pacificon on the Counterpoise." https://perens.com/2025/10/10/the-counterpoise-the-other-half-of-your-antenna/ | Source: Bruce Perens
[12:50]	TR Bot	Counterpoise: The Other Half of Your Antenna Bruce Perens
[12:50]	TR News	Yesterday I wrote about restarting or redoing something after a systemd service restarts." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/NotesAreForMyselfToo | Source: University of Toronto
[12:50]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[12:50]	TR News	"Specifically, we had someone write in and say that their spacing on their emails was a little wonky for reasons passing understanding." https://jmduke.com/posts/post/superhuman/ | Source: Justin Duke
[12:50]	TR Bot	 Fixing CSS variables in Superhuman Applied Cartography
[12:51]	TR News	"I want to draw some vertical bar charts. I don't want to use a 3rd party library, or bundle someone else's CSS, or learn how to build SVGs." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/quick-and-dirty-bar-charts-using-htmls-meter-element/ | Source: Terence Eden
[12:51]	TR Bot	 Quick and dirty bar-charts using HTMLs meter element Terence Edens Blog
[12:51]	TR News	"Welcome to the inaugural SciML Developer Chat!" https://sciml.ai/news/2025/10/10/SciMLDevChat1/index.html | Source: SciML
[12:51]	TR Bot	 SciML Developer Chat Episode 1: Trimming, Base Splits, and Symbolics Precompilation
[12:52]	TR News	"The M5Stack Unit C6L is a compact LoRa module featuring the ESP32-C6 SoC and SX1262 transceiver." https://linuxgizmos.com/compact-m5stack-unit-c6l-integrates-risc-v-esp32-c6-and-sx1262-for-lora-meshtastic-use/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[12:52]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/compact-m5stack-unit-c6l-integrates-risc-v-esp32-c6-and-sx1262-for-lora-meshtastic-use/ )
[12:53]	TR News	iophk: microsoft misrepresented as an authority rather than as the cause of the insecurity https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/microsoft_payroll_pirate/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/The_Register_MS_Microsoft_is_the_Security_Expert_Not_the_Prime_.shtml
[12:53]	TR Bot	 Microsoft warns of 'payroll pirate' attacks against US unis The Register
[12:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Register MS: Microsoft is the Security Expert, Not the Prime Culprit, So Buy More Microsoft
[12:54]	TR News	Monitor those suspected of crimes not everyone else, all the time | "vervaka dem som misstnks fr brott inte alla andra, hela tiden" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/10/10/overvaka-dem-som-misstanks-for-brott-inte-alla-andra-hela-tiden/
[12:54]	TR Bot	 vervaka dem som misstnks fr brott inte alla andra, hela tiden
[12:54]	TR News	In reality, it's very simple... | "I virkeligheden er det meget simpelt... | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/i-virkeligheden-er-det-meget-simpelt
[12:54]	TR Bot	 I virkeligheden er det meget simpelt... | Version2
[12:56]	TR News	spam from Microsoft operative inside The Register MS https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/11/who_gets_mac_at_work/
[12:56]	TR Bot	 How to decide who gets a Mac at work The Register
[12:56]	TR News	iophk: the reg and msft find a way to blame (pseudo-) FOSS https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/microsoft_365_na_outage/
[12:56]	TR Bot	 Microsoft 365 services fall over in North America The Register
[12:57]	TR News	"John Candy Was Selling Paper from His Car When a Chance Meeting Changed His Life | The Walrus" https://thewalrus.ca/john-candy/
[12:57]	TR Bot	 John Candy Was Selling Paper from His Car When a Chance Meeting Changed His Life | The Walrus
[12:58]	TR News	iophk: microsoft is not fit-for-purpose https://rubenerd.com/outlook-for-mac-fun/
[12:58]	TR Bot	Outlook for Mac fun
[12:58]	TR News	iophk: misappropriation of funds https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-11/trump-says-his-administration-identified-funds-to-pay-troops-during-shutdown
[12:58]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-11/trump-says-his-administration-identified-funds-to-pay-troops-during-shutdown )
● Oct 12
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[13:05]	TR News	KDE Frameworks 6.19 Is Out, Heres Whats New https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-19-released/
[13:06]	TR News	TT-RSS Shuts Down, but the Project Lives On Under a New Fork https://linuxiac.com/tt-rss-shuts-down-but-the-project-lives-on-under-a-new-fork/
[13:06]	TR Bot	 TT-RSS Shuts Down, but the Project Lives On Under a New Fork
[13:07]	whatA__	"payment pirate" what pirate https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#piracy
[13:07]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#piracy )
[13:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	pirates are bad
[13:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	they are typically a subgroup of terror groups
[13:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	like al-shabaab\
[13:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	some of the enemies of techrights and tuxmachines are terror sympathisers
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[13:11]	TR News	Pluralistic: The curious, intertwined history of climate and digital rights activism (11 Oct 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/11/cyber-rights-now/
[13:11]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: The curious, intertwined history of climate and digital rights activism (11 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[13:12]	TR News	I was wrong about Steven Pinker https://rubenerd.com/i-was-wrong-about-steven-pinker/
[13:12]	TR Bot	I was wrong about Steven Pinker
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[13:15]	TR News	Meanderer trike test assemble front suspension https://bkhome.org/news/202510/meanderer-trike-test-assemble-front-suspension.html
[13:15]	TR Bot	 Meanderer trike test assemble front suspension
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[13:18]	TR News	Kevin Fenzi: infra weekly recap: First full week of October 2025 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/10/11/infra-weekly-recap-first-full-week-of-october-2025/
[13:18]	TR Bot	 infra weekly recap: First full week of October 2025 | Kevin's musings
[13:20]	TR News	Gutenprint installed https://bkhome.org/news/202510/gutenprint-installed.html
[13:20]	TR Bot	 Gutenprint installed
[13:22]	TR News	Microsoft and Fashion Company Apple Are Rare Topics in Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Microsoft_and_Apple_Are_Rare_Topics_in_Geminispace.shtml
[13:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft and Apple Are Rare Topics in Geminispace
[13:23]	TR News	Computer scientist petitions US Supreme Court to reconsider AI-generated copyright monopoly https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/computer-scientist-petitions-us-supreme-court-to-reconsider-ai-generated-copyright/
[13:23]	TR Bot	 Computer scientist petitions US Supreme Court to reconsider AI-generated copyright - JURIST - News
[13:23]	TR News	How To Install Apache JMeter on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-apache-jmeter-fedora-42/
[13:23]	TR Bot	 How To Install Apache JMeter on Fedora 42 - idroot
[13:24]	TR News	How To Install osTicket on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-osticket-fedora-42/
[13:24]	TR Bot	 How To Install osTicket on Fedora 42 - idroot
[13:24]	TR News	How To Install Zammad on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-zammad-debian-13/
[13:24]	TR Bot	 How To Install Zammad on Debian 13 - idroot
[13:24]	TR News	How To Install Magento on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-magento-fedora-42/
[13:24]	TR Bot	 How To Install Magento on Fedora 42 - idroot
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[13:42]	TR News	Techrights Richard Stallman's Talk 25 Hours Away, Aula Magna Palazzo del Rettorato (CU001), Sapienza Universit di Roma (Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Richard_Stallman_s_Talk_25_Hours_Away_Aula_Magna_Palazzo_del_Re.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Richard_Stallman_s_Talk_25_Hours_Away_Aula_Magna_Palazzo_del_Re.gmi 
[13:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Richard Stallman's Talk 25 Hours Away, Aula Magna Palazzo del Rettorato (CU001), Sapienza Universit di Roma (Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5)
[13:46]	TR News	How To Install Nautilus Terminal on GNU/Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-nautilus-terminal-linux-mint-22/
[13:46]	TR Bot	 How To Install Nautilus Terminal on Linux Mint 22 - idroot
[13:46]	TR News	How To Install MERN Stack on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-mern-stack-linux-mint-22/
[13:46]	TR Bot	 How To Install MERN Stack on Linux Mint 22 - idroot
[13:47]	TR News	How To Install Plotly on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-plotly-linux-mint-22/
[13:47]	TR Bot	 How To Install Plotly on Linux Mint 22 - idroot
[13:47]	TR News	How To Install Moodle on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-moodle-fedora-42/
[13:47]	TR Bot	 How To Install Moodle on Fedora 42 - idroot
[13:50]	TR News	"Critical Bug Prevents Flatpak Apps from Installing on Ubuntu 25.10" https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-25-10-flatpak-bug/
[13:50]	TR Bot	 A Bug Broke Flatpaks on Ubuntu 25.10 [Patch Released]
[13:51]	TR News	"The root cause lies with AppArmor, Ubuntu's security policy enforcement tool. According to the bug report, the AppArmor profile for fusermount3 lacks the necessary privileges to function properly in Ubuntu 25.10."
[13:51]	TR News	"Lubuntu 25.10 ships with the latest LXQt 2.2 desktop environment, Xubuntu 25.10 features the latest Xfce 4.20 desktop environment by default, Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.10 comes with the Cinnamon 6.4.12 desktop environment, and Ubuntu MATE 25.10 defaults to the MATE 1.26 desktop." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-official-flavors-are-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new
[13:51]	TR Bot	25.10 Official Flavors Are Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New - 9to5Linux
[13:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  today's howto https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/today_s_howto.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/today_s_howto.gmi 
[13:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howto
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[13:56]	TR News	These are the only two Linux distros I'd use for gaming https://www.xda-developers.com/if-youre-choosing-a-linux-distro-for-gaming-try-these-two-first/
[13:56]	TR Bot	 Why CachyOS and Bazzite are the best Linux gaming distros right now
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[13:57]	whatA__	https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#TrustedComputing
[13:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#TrustedComputing )
[13:57]	TR News	CachyOS is the best Arch-based Linux distro out there https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-best-arch-based-linux-distro/
[13:57]	TR Bot	 CachyOS is the best Arch-based Linux distro out there
[13:57]	whatA__	People blame Microsoft but little did they know, Nintendo did it in 1985
[13:57]	whatA__	a tyrant chip known as 10NES CIC Circuit
[13:58]	whatA__	Nintendo was the backbone of Treacherous Computing all along, not Microsoft
[13:58]	TR News	Ready to ditch your Windows PC? I found a powerful mini PC that's optimized for Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/ready-to-ditch-your-windows-pc-i-found-a-powerful-mini-pc-thats-optimized-for-linux/
[13:58]	TR Bot	to ditch your Windows PC? I found a powerful mini PC that&apos;s optimized for Linux | ZDNET
[13:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	Nintendo was not on general-=purpose PCs
[13:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	like the ones we buy at stores
[13:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	and it targeted games
[13:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	when you had "nintendo-compatibles" and  "IBM-compatibles"
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[14:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  XDA on Bazzite and CachyOS (GNU/Linux Distros) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/XDA_on_Bazzite_and_CachyOS_GNU_Linux_Distros.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/XDA_on_Bazzite_and_CachyOS_GNU_Linux_Distros.gmi 
[14:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines XDA on Bazzite and CachyOS (GNU/Linux Distros)
[14:02]	whatA__	now the 10NES chip is in all pc in forms like UEFI Secure (sic) Boot, Trusted (sic) Platform Module,
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[14:02]	whatA__	Intel Managment (sic) Engine, AMD Platform Security (sic) Processor, ARM Secure (sic) Core, Apple Secure (sic) Enclave
[14:03]	whatA__	they do the same: digital handcuffs
[14:03]	whatA__	so that only thing which will boot is the system they approve
[14:03]	TR News	"This release is based on Debian GNU/Linux 13 Trixie and it features the Cinnamon 6.4.13 desktop environment." https://9to5linux.com/lmde-linux-mint-debian-edition-7-is-now-available-for-download
[14:03]	TR Bot	(Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 Is Now Available for Download - 9to5Linux
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[14:04]	whatA__	RISC-V is rising but has yet to gain mainstream adoption thanks to proprietary x86 and ARM
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[14:10]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[14:11]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[14:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  Oreon 10 gets a timely update as Windows 10 reaches its end of life - download the alternative operating system now! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Oreon_10_gets_a_timely_update_as_Windows_10_reaches_its_end_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Oreon_10_gets_a_timely_update_as_Windows_10_reaches_its_end_of_.gmi 
[14:14]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Oreon 10 gets a timely update as Windows 10 reaches its end of life - download the alternative operating system now!
[14:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and SciML Developer Chat https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_SciML_Developer_Chat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_SciML_Developer_Chat.gmi 
[14:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and SciML Developer Chat
[14:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and Hardware Leftovets https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/GNU_Linux_and_Hardware_Leftovets.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/GNU_Linux_and_Hardware_Leftovets.gmi 
[14:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and Hardware Leftovets
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[14:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Kernel 6.16 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.17 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Linux_Kernel_6_16_Reaches_End_of_Life_It_s_Time_to_Upgrade_to_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Linux_Kernel_6_16_Reaches_End_of_Life_It_s_Time_to_Upgrade_to_L.gmi 
[14:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux Kernel 6.16 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.17
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[14:37]	TR News	Techrights Slopwatch: GNU/Linux Sites That Became Slopfarms and Spamfarms https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Slopwatch_GNU_Linux_Sites_That_Became_Slopfarms_and_Spamfarms.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Slopwatch_GNU_Linux_Sites_That_Became_Slopfarms_and_Spamfarms.gmi 
[14:37]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slopwatch: GNU/Linux Sites That Became Slopfarms and Spamfarms
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[14:53]	TR News	RMS talk 24 hours from now
[14:54]	TR News	Still not even mentioned in https://stallman.org/talks.html
[14:54]	TR Bot	 Talks - Richard Stallman
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[15:04]	TR News	Techrights Brett Wilson LLP Getting Sued by Its Very Own Clients, a Legal Story That Has Made the Mainstream News (Law360) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Getting_Sued_by_Its_Very_Own_Clients_a_Legal_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Getting_Sued_by_Its_Very_Own_Clients_a_Legal_S.gmi 
[15:04]	TR Bot	 Techrights Brett Wilson LLP Getting Sued by Its Very Own Clients, a Legal Story That Has Made the Mainstream News (Law360)
[15:06]	MinceR	https://ircz.de/p/25061025
[15:06]	TR Bot	 WHOOPSIE
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[15:26]	MinceR	https://ircz.de/p/25061014
[15:26]	TR Bot	 WHOOPSIE
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[15:34]	TR News	Brett Wilson LLP, the Firm That Lodged a Frivolous Lawsuit Against Tux Machines (for Talking About Abuses and Hate Crimes Committed Against Tux Machines), Got Sued by Its Very Own Clients http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Brett_Wilson_LLP_the_Firm_That_Lodged_a_Frivolous_Lawsuit_Again.shtml
[15:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Brett Wilson LLP, the Firm That Lodged a Frivolous Lawsuit Against Tux Machines (for Talking About Abuses and Hate Crimes Committed Against Tux Machines), Got Sued by Its Very Own Clients
[15:35]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man strikes back at China with a 100% tariff and critical software ban major escalation retaliates for China's rare earth restrictions https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/trump-strikes-back-at-china-with-a-100-percent-tariff-and-critical-software-ban-major-escalation-retaliates-for-chinas-rare-earth-restrictions
[15:35]	TR Bot	 Trump strikes back at China with a 100% tariff and critical software ban major escalation retaliates for China's rare earth restrictions | Tom's Hardware
[15:36]	TR News	AI as personal therapist: Despite risks, Hong Kong teenagers turn to chatbots for counselling https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/12/ai-as-personal-therapist-despite-risks-hong-kong-teenagers-turn-to-chatbots-for-counselling/
[15:36]	TR Bot	 Despite risks, Hong Kong teenagers turn AI chatbots for counselling
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[15:47]	psydroid3	https://www.kicad.org/blog/2025/06/KiCad-and-Wayland-Support/
[15:47]	TR Bot	 KiCad and Wayland Support | KiCad
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[15:50]	TR News	"IBMs CEO is all about cutting out the things IBM used to be good at in favor pumping up the stock price. Its a matter of time until he does the same to Red Hat" https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1o40uvk/red_hat_will_begin_to_integrate_even_further_into/
[15:50]	TR Bot	- The heart of the internet
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[15:50]	MinceR	i thought they cut that out long ago
[15:51]	TR News	"awards, polls, ... are just shown to manipulate the naive; they are not legit anymore" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7b7whws
[15:51]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7b7whws )
[15:51]	TR News	"How much IBM pay Forbes for that. Lost their credibility long time ago. Just goes to show how corrupt the system is. How every thing is a manipulation and spin. Were folks in India solely polled? If so I can see why IBM was able to crack the top 10"
[15:51]	TR News	"It is an epidemic created by the consultant goons in India who believe that more is better for you. That is why Agile methodology was invented but there again, the Indian consultant losers have worked on destroying that philosophy. They believe in bulldozing and overwhelming the clients and employees with so much BS, that sanity will never prevail." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k77r9dqd
[15:51]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k77r9dqd )
[15:53]	TR News	On IBM: "Medicare Advantage plans for the most part are trash and good for folks who werent forward thinking enough to save to pay for a medigap plan where one can go see any doctor that takes Medicare and not just doctors that take that particular Medicare advantage plan" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k73d54nz
[15:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k73d54nz )
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[16:07]	TR News	Techrights Weekend Discussion About How IBM's Bluewashing of Red Hat Will Cause "Enshittification" for Users https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Weekend_Discussion_About_How_IBM_s_Bluewashing_of_Red_Hat_Will_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Weekend_Discussion_About_How_IBM_s_Bluewashing_of_Red_Hat_Will_.gmi 
[16:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights Weekend Discussion About How IBM's Bluewashing of Red Hat Will Cause "Enshittification" for Users
[16:58]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft as a Golden Cage https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Microsoft_as_a_Golden_Cage.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Microsoft_as_a_Golden_Cage.gmi 
[16:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft as a Golden Cage
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[17:00]	TR News	Techrights "[TR] is very much needed, given the lack of ICT and ICT policy coverage in recent decades." -Anon
[17:02]	TR News	About time https://yle.fi/a/7-10086045 Assistant professor: Adults should also receive screen time guidelines not just children https://yle-fi.translate.goog/a/7-10086045?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
[17:02]	TR Bot	 Bitrdande professor: Vuxna br ocks f riktlinjer fr skrmtid inte bara barnen | Inrikes | Svenska Yle
[17:02]	TR Bot	 Bitrdande professor: Vuxna br ocks f riktlinjer fr skrmtid inte bara barnen | Inrikes | Svenska Yle
[17:03]	TR News	The issue is the screen, not screen time. Just like the issue is alcohol, not alcohol "units". Poison is poison. But these people are like homeopaths...
[17:48]	TR News	"The survey was targeted only to IBMers who drink the Kool-Aid." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7b7whws
[17:51]	TR News	It's called "B2B" - that is the term they themselves use. IBM buys ads from Forbes, which then reciprocates with some "work-life balance" puff pieces and some "ladders" which serve as paid endorsements for paying members. It's a rogue business model. Glorified spam. The ads may help sell nothing, but they're just a vehicle for something else.
[17:51]	TR News	Also see: "consultants" and "analysts". Microsoft, internal document (PDF): http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/comes-3096.pdf
[17:56]	TR News	Bangladesh: Windows down to 54% in desktops/laptops https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bangladesh/#monthly-200902-202510 25% all form factors together https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/bangladesh/#monthly-200902-202510
[17:56]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Bangladesh | Statcounter Global Stats
[17:56]	TR Bot	 Operating System Market Share Bangladesh | Statcounter Global Stats
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[18:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  Murena smartphone OS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Murena_smartphone_OS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Murena_smartphone_OS.gmi 
[18:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Murena smartphone OS
[18:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  MocaccinoOS minimal Linux meta-distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/MocaccinoOS_minimal_Linux_meta_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/MocaccinoOS_minimal_Linux_meta_distribution.gmi 
[18:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines MocaccinoOS minimal Linux meta-distribution
[18:11]	TR News	 (NEW):  Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[18:11]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software
[18:21]	TR News	Techrights The Way Things Are Going, They May Soon Stop Saying "Web Address" and Instead Say &quot;Chrome Address&quot; https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/The_Way_Things_Are_Going_They_May_Soon_Stop_Saying_Web_Address_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/The_Way_Things_Are_Going_They_May_Soon_Stop_Saying_Web_Address_.gmi 
[18:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Way Things Are Going, They May Soon Stop Saying "Web Address" and Instead Say "Chrome Address"
[18:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Say goodbye to Linux audio headaches: how PipeWire simplifies everything https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Say_goodbye_to_Linux_audio_headaches_how_PipeWire_simplifies_ev.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Say_goodbye_to_Linux_audio_headaches_how_PipeWire_simplifies_ev.gmi 
[18:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Say goodbye to Linux audio headaches: how PipeWire simplifies everything
[18:23]	TR News	 (NEW):  LinuxHub Prime Arch-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/LinuxHub_Prime_Arch_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/LinuxHub_Prime_Arch_based_Linux_distribution.gmi 
[18:23]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines LinuxHub Prime Arch-based Linux distribution
[18:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Solus Begins a New Epoch with Polaris Repository and Python 2 Removal https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Solus_Begins_a_New_Epoch_with_Polaris_Repository_and_Python_2_R.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Solus_Begins_a_New_Epoch_with_Polaris_Repository_and_Python_2_R.gmi 
[18:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Solus Begins a New Epoch with Polaris Repository and Python 2 Removal
[18:34]	TR News	Slop infesting Google https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=Sfs5NfTW9VI
[18:34]	TR Bot	 Making sure you're not a bot!
[18:44]	TR News	Techrights GNU Tools Cauldron Event in Portugal: Videos Now Available via Invidious https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/GNU_Tools_Cauldron_Event_in_Portugal_Videos_Now_Available_via_I.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/GNU_Tools_Cauldron_Event_in_Portugal_Videos_Now_Available_via_I.gmi 
[18:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU Tools Cauldron Event in Portugal: Videos Now Available via Invidious
[18:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	lxo: you also ^
[18:46]	lxo	*nod*
[18:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	the venue looks very decent
[18:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	and recording quality
[18:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	job well done
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[19:03]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[19:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
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[19:16]	TR News	 (NEW):  Keeping Healthy https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Keeping_Healthy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Keeping_Healthy.gmi 
[19:16]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Keeping Healthy
[19:25]	admfubar	the leak that wasnt... https://databreaches.net/2025/10/12/from-sizzle-to-drizzle-to-fizzle-the-massive-data-leak-that-wasnt/
[19:25]	TR Bot	sizzle to drizzle to fizzle: The massive data leak that wasnt DataBreaches.Net
[19:26]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-real-work-ai
[19:26]	TR Bot	 Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With
[19:27]	TR News	Moments ago RMS FINALLY announced tomorrow's talk. https://stallman.org/talks.html
[19:27]	TR Bot	 Talks - Richard Stallman
[19:28]	admfubar	aye aye ai.... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/students-falsely-accused-cheating-with-ai
[19:28]	TR Bot	 University Using AI to Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating With AI
[19:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Daniel Pocock Has Three New Articles About Bedroom Nepotism in the Debian Project https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Daniel_Pocock_Has_Three_New_Articles_About_Bedroom_Nepotism_in_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Daniel_Pocock_Has_Three_New_Articles_About_Bedroom_Nepotism_in_.gmi 
[19:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Daniel Pocock Has Three New Articles About Bedroom Nepotism in the Debian Project
[19:31]	admfubar	never heard of him before this...  https://futurism.com/future-society/jordan-peterson-icu
[19:31]	TR Bot	 Strange New Health Issues Put Jordan Peterson in ICU
[19:32]	admfubar	this is a plus.... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ohio-ban-ai-marriage
[19:32]	TR Bot	 Ohio Seeks to Ban Human-AI Marriage
[19:40]	admfubar	https://hackaday.com/2025/10/12/the-subtle-art-of-letterform-design/
[19:40]	TR Bot	Subtle Art Of Letterform Design | Hackaday
[19:46]	TR News	Techrights Richard Stallman (RMS) Has Announced His Talk in Rome Less Than 20 Hours in Advance (and on a Sunday) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Richard_Stallman_RMS_Has_Announced_His_Talk_in_Rome_Less_Than_2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Richard_Stallman_RMS_Has_Announced_His_Talk_in_Rome_Less_Than_2.gmi 
[19:46]	TR Bot	 Techrights Richard Stallman (RMS) Has Announced His Talk in Rome Less Than 20 Hours in Advance (and on a Sunday)
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[20:03]	TR News	Techrights The Same People Who Attacked Richard Stallman (RMS) Are Attacking Daniel Pocock to Discourage People From Listening to His Information https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/The_Same_People_Who_Attacked_Richard_Stallman_RMS_Are_Attacking.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/The_Same_People_Who_Attacked_Richard_Stallman_RMS_Are_Attacking.gmi 
[20:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Same People Who Attacked Richard Stallman (RMS) Are Attacking Daniel Pocock to Discourage People From Listening to His Information
[20:14]	TR News	Techrights Your Typical Anti-Richard Stallman (RMS) Cancellist https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Your_Typical_Anti_Richard_Stallman_RMS_Cancellist.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Your_Typical_Anti_Richard_Stallman_RMS_Cancellist.gmi 
[20:14]	TR Bot	 Techrights Your Typical Anti-Richard Stallman (RMS) Cancellist
[20:21]	lxo	schestowitz[TR2], it looks like my "time-traveling" session didn't have the audio recorded for most of it :-(
[20:22]	lxo	fortunately, the last 5 minutes or so were, and so the first public performance of "Happy Hacking to GNU" is available for all to see and listen to ;-)
[20:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	oh.
[20:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	yes, rather unluckt
[20:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	*cy
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[20:57]	TR News	bubi's uptime now getting close to 700 days: 20:55:36 up 668 days, 12:07, 3 users, load average: 9.16, 8.50, 8.26
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[21:12]	TR News	"IBM is one the best company for liars, cheaters, incompetent engineers. It is the best company for executives with no vision or integrity." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7b7whws
[21:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7b7whws )
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[21:18]	TR News	Death or euthanasia in action: "Xbox Is Hiring Gaming Finance Personnel To Drive "Transformation With Urgency" & "Harmonization Across Studios""
[21:30]	TR News	"In a couple of days it will be my birthday.Its a strange day to celebrate Ive never really understood what there is to celebrate: birth?" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/tty/33571
[21:31]	TR News	"The Blue Jays played the Yankees in the ALDS and it almost killed me. Despite the often-lopsided scores, the games always felt close. Blame the Yankees' offense, homer-heavy and always dangerous." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/10-11.gmi
[21:33]	MinceR	(cat) https://ircz.de/p/25062551
[21:33]	TR Bot	 WHOOPSIE
[21:38]	TR News	Hubert Figuire: Dev Log September 2025 https://www.figuiere.net/hub/wlog/dev-log-september-2025/
[21:38]	TR Bot	 Dev Log September 2025 - Hubert Figuire
[21:39]	TR News	Nintendo allegedly hacked by Crimson Collective hacking group screenshot shows leaked folders, production assets, developer files, and backups https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/nintendo-allegedly-hacked-by-crimson-collective-hacking-group-screenshot-shows-leaked-folders-production-assets-developer-files-and-backups
[21:39]	TR Bot	 Nintendo allegedly hacked by Crimson Collective hacking group screenshot shows leaked folders, production assets, developer files, and backups | Tom's Hardware
[21:40]	TR News	Committee Unable to Contact Nobel Prize Winner Because Hes Too Chill, Had Phone on Airplane Mode https://futurism.com/health-medicine/nobel-prize-winner-airplane-mode
[21:40]	TR Bot	 Committee Unable to Contact Nobel Prize Winner Because He's Too Chill, Had Phone on Airplane Mode
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[21:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.18 Release Candidate https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_6_18_Release_Candid.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_6_18_Release_Candid.gmi 
[21:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.18 Release Candidate
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[22:28]	MinceR	https://files.catbox.moe/94b3zn.png
[22:35]	psydruid	and it will be re-enabled every time
[22:36]	MinceR	indeed
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[23:32]	cblinux	the (unfortunate) Big Brother Award winners 2025 https://bigbrotherawards.de/en/2025#awardees
[23:32]	TR Bot	 2025 | BigBrotherAwards
[23:32]	MinceR	i'm sure they worked hard for their award
[23:33]	cblinux	tirelessly for years :)
[23:33]	cblinux	xshell
[23:37]	cblinux	young and surveilled https://bigbrotherawards.de/en/2025/social-exclusion-through-whatsapp-ipad-coercion-in-schools a children rights initiative
[23:37]	TR Bot	 social exclusion through WhatsApp; iPad coercion in
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[23:51]	MinceR	https://explosm.net/comics/fight-or-flight#comic
[23:51]	TR Bot	& Happiness (Explosm.net)
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