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[00:24]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AVYtMrlvpE
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[00:24]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Guy explains why BMW VANOS solenoids go bad a lot.
[00:24]	IsambardPrince	He says dirty oil usually.
[00:24]	IsambardPrince	Well, BMW is the one that said you could do those super long extended drain intervals.
[00:24]	MinceR	:>
[00:24]	IsambardPrince	Fucking retarded.
[00:25]	IsambardPrince	You're basically skipping oil changes if you don't do it at least every 5,000 miles even with the best oil and filters they make.
[00:25]	IsambardPrince	And so they're advising that and also knowing it will gunk up those VANOS systems.
[00:25]	MinceR	maybe they don't know or care
[00:25]	IsambardPrince	I'd lean on don't care.
[00:26]	MinceR	only that their (almost as incompetent) european competitors say such high figures, so they feel like they have to
[00:26]	IsambardPrince	There's nothing so special about Euro oil specs that you can go 15,000 miles on an oil change.
[00:26]	MinceR	of course, customers have to be pretty damn stupid to pick a car over slightly less frequent oil changes
[00:27]	MinceR	but then that's what humans are, usually
[00:27]	IsambardPrince	It's slightly better than the synthetic oils they sell here, but you'll still get contamination and fuel dilution.
[00:27]	IsambardPrince	So you need to drain it more often than they say.
[00:27]	MinceR	i mean, manufacturers were competing at this for no good reason
[00:27]	IsambardPrince	Contamination, dilution, and shearing.
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	That's before you even talk about depletion of the additives package.
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	Then if you use bad oil filters, contamination will happen faster.
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	(metal shavings, soot, dirt)
[00:29]	MinceR	looks like this trend isn't even specific to europe
[00:29]	IsambardPrince	It's not.
[00:29]	IsambardPrince	Some GM Oil Life Monitors suggested 6,000-10,000 miles.
[00:29]	IsambardPrince	Then it turned out there was so much oil consumption from their "active fuel management" that the engine would run dry and burn up.
[00:30]	IsambardPrince	So they "fixed it" by reprogramming the OLM to come on every 3,000 miles.
[00:30]	IsambardPrince	So there'd be enough oil in the system that the engine doesn't burn up.
[00:30]	MinceR	lol
[00:31]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Active Fuel Management basically disables cylinders at speed.
[00:31]	IsambardPrince	So your V8 might turn into a V6 or a V4.
[00:31]	MinceR	i wish i had a V8
[00:31]	IsambardPrince	But then what happens is oil makes it past the pistons and you're leaking oil.
[00:31]	MinceR	i have an I4
[00:31]	IsambardPrince	So they sell Active Fuel Management bypass devices.
[00:32]	IsambardPrince	You plud them in the OBD port and they tell the computer they're a diagnostic tool and to turn off AFM.
[00:32]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, My grandmother had AFM on her Cadillac.
[00:32]	IsambardPrince	She added a quart of oil every week.
[00:32]	MinceR	keeping random shit plugged into the OBD can also cause problems, afaik
[00:32]	IsambardPrince	Because that's what the guy at GM said to do with it.
[00:33]	IsambardPrince	Amazingly it ran fine for 17 years like that until she lost her mind and ran into someone's van.
[00:33]	MinceR	:>
[00:33]	MinceR	it's like a 2-stroke engine at that point
[00:33]	MinceR	you just feed it a mix of gas and oil
[00:40]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, East German Trabants did that.
[00:40]	IsambardPrince	They had no fuel gauge too.
[00:40]	MinceR	yeah
[00:40]	IsambardPrince	You just had to kind of guess when to put gas in them I guess.
[00:40]	IsambardPrince	Like a lawnmower.
[00:41]	MinceR	it had a dipstick
[00:41]	MinceR	but you had to open the hood and the fuel tank to look at it
[00:42]	MinceR	(yeah, i bet it felt super safe to refuel right next to the hot engine...)
[00:43]	MinceR	naturally, on the side that's further from the edge of the alleged car and closer to the alleged engine >> https://www.reddit.com/r/Trabant/comments/vz5jph/i_just_bought_an_88_trabant_and_i_was_wondering/
[00:43]	TR Bot	- The heart of the internet
[00:45]	MinceR	looks like it wasn't always there... >> https://www.route59.be/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC02827-HDR-279-1200x800.jpg
[00:47]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, It was so bad it got better when they changed to a VW engine
[00:48]	MinceR	:>
[00:48]	IsambardPrince	These are the people who almost conquered three continents.
[00:49]	MinceR	lol
[00:49]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I had to do more stuff to my car this week.
[00:49]	MinceR	wait till you see what the people who are about to conquer all of them are like.
[00:49]	IsambardPrince	But at least things are straightforward to reach with simple hand tools usually.
[00:49]	MinceR	(bug people and their orcish clients)
[00:50]	IsambardPrince	The Russians happened to be sitting on a lot of Soviet era military hardware they inherited and mostly had mothballed.
[00:50]	IsambardPrince	Their ability to produce modern munitions is almost comical.
[00:51]	MinceR	they also have tens of millions of slaves whose lives are absolutely worthless to them
[00:51]	MinceR	possibly of negative value
[00:51]	IsambardPrince	So does the US.
[00:51]	MinceR	:>
[00:51]	IsambardPrince	But our military hardware is about 30 years ahead of the Russians.
[00:51]	MinceR	so, has nazi america given up on the idea of a highly trained professional military force?
[00:52]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, No, they're still highly trained.
[00:52]	MinceR	that makes them expensive
[00:52]	MinceR	unlike the orcs
[00:52]	IsambardPrince	Our ground troops are meant to go in and survive.
[00:52]	IsambardPrince	Sometimes they don't.
[00:52]	MinceR	orcs aren't meant to survie
[00:52]	IsambardPrince	But we don't throw them in there expecting to lose all and just send more.
[00:52]	MinceR	s/vie/vive/
[00:52]	MinceR	though i suspect most of them don't know this
[00:53]	IsambardPrince	When a US soldier is wounded they sometimes get millions of dollars of healthcare.
[00:53]	IsambardPrince	Including the most advanced prosthetics if they lose limbs.
[00:53]	MinceR	maybe they accept the deal of "go to the front, die and (maybe) we'll give your surviving relatives a bunch of (worthless) money"
[00:54]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, "It sounded like a lot of money last week when it was worth 4 times as much."
[00:54]	IsambardPrince	;:)
[00:54]	MinceR	:>
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[00:55]	MinceR	and then there are the north korean grunts who are apparently even less valuable
[00:55]	MinceR	iirc they were often used as drone bait
[00:55]	IsambardPrince	The Russian soldiers complained that the North Koreans were getting better medical care and weapons.
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[01:00]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Apparently some guy drove a truck into a synagogue in Michigan and even though nobody but him got hurt, like all the police in America are there because it's Jews.
[01:01]	MinceR	:>
[01:05]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, My Ignition Control Module was failing in a rather specific way.
[01:05]	IsambardPrince	It was running cylinders 1 and 4 wrong, but only for about 30-40 seconds when the car started.
[01:06]	IsambardPrince	It would clear up when it got warm and wouldn't do it again unless the car sat out all night.
[01:06]	IsambardPrince	I replaced it fast.
[01:07]	IsambardPrince	There's no telling that it was running the cylinders correctly even when warm, just not poorly enough to trigger a misfire count.
[01:07]	IsambardPrince	And if it's beginning to fail, it will get worse.
[01:08]	IsambardPrince	I swapped out the contaminated plugs. I only bought a pack of 2 even though it's a 6 cylinder engine because I just changed all of them last year.
[01:08]	IsambardPrince	Poured a bottle of Chevron Techron in the gas tank and running down that tank right now.
[01:10]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Techron was originally developed to deal with carbon fouling of BMW intake valves.
[01:10]	IsambardPrince	They still sell it in the parts dept there.
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[01:16]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, They mark it up about 4 times over what you can buy it for at Walmart.
[01:16]	IsambardPrince	Then they call it BMW fuel system cleaner.
[01:17]	MinceR	:>
[01:17]	IsambardPrince	If you consistently buy fuel from stations in the Top Tier detergent gasoline brand, they all have at least 3x the EPA minimum detergents.
[01:17]	IsambardPrince	So carbon fouling should never be a problem.
[01:18]	MinceR	if you have port injection
[01:18]	MinceR	or no injection
[01:18]	IsambardPrince	They have a Top Tier + standard now for GDI.
[01:18]	MinceR	that isn't going to get the fuel to the intake valves, though
[01:18]	IsambardPrince	But that's very new and I have not seen any stations compliant with + yet.
[01:19]	IsambardPrince	I'd pull over and use a Top Tier + station if I knew of any.
[01:19]	IsambardPrince	Adding detergents is very cheap when they're buying them in bulk to blend directly into the gas.
[01:20]	IsambardPrince	I'ts like maybe a gallon of detergent to an entire tanker truck of gasoline.
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[03:10]	admfubar	https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/retailer-denies-memory-return-due-to-4x-increase-in-ddr5-pricing-says-price-increase-would-mean-an-upgrade-for-the-customer-australian-retailer-refuses-to-replace-faulty-corsair-kit
[03:10]	TR Bot	 Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer Australian retailer refuses to replace faulty Corsair kit | Tom's Hardware
[03:13]	admfubar	https://www.nbcchicago.com/consumer/suburban-school-district-uses-license-plate-readers-to-verify-student-residency/3906703/
[03:13]	TR Bot	 Alsip school district checks residency with license plate readers NBC Chicago
[03:13]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/12/medical_equipment_techs_right_to_repair/
[03:13]	TR Bot	 Biomedical repair pros say OEMs are slowing their work The Register
[03:17]	MinceR	upgrade from broken to working?
[03:17]	admfubar	something like that
[03:17]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/12/in_memoriam_sir_tony_hoare/
[03:17]	TR Bot	 Quicksort inventor Tony Hoare dies at 92 The Register
[03:19]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/12/xbox_mode_windows_11/
[03:19]	TR Bot	 Microsoft adding Xbox mode to Windows 11 The Register
[03:28]	admfubar	https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-ai-doesnt-problem-categorizes-scenes.html
[03:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-ai-doesnt-problem-categorizes-scenes.html )
[03:30]	admfubar	here's lookin' at you kid.... https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-biohybrid-image-sensor-based-electrolyte.html
[03:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-biohybrid-image-sensor-based-electrolyte.html )
[03:31]	admfubar	it really needs pasteurization ..... https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-ai-homogenizing-human-thought-scientists.html
[03:31]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-ai-homogenizing-human-thought-scientists.html )
[03:33]	MinceR	we're on it
[03:33]	MinceR	we're heating the atmosphere
[03:42]	admfubar	we're  on something.... 
[03:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	admfubar> https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/12/xbox_mode_windows_11/
[03:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	so xbox is dead, xbox is windows
[03:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	windows is xbox
[03:43]	admfubar	that's more like it.... winders is just for games
[03:45]	MinceR	but is xbox copilot yet?
[03:46]	MinceR	windows isn't even fit for gaming
[03:46]	TR News	gemini
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[03:46]	MinceR	even if you set 'active hours' and try to play when you're allowed to use 'your' computer, microslop store can still randomly launch an update and give you extreme lag
[03:46]	MinceR	you can't even turn it off, you can only 'pause' it for at most 5 weeks
[03:47]	MinceR	(other random shit also likes to 'update' itself while you're trying to play a game, and maybe pop up a modal dialog to tell you it succeeded... the windows culture is cancer)
[03:47]	TR News	"This procgen method is a diffusion-limited aggregation but instead of random motion and hopes for a collision movers are instead run along or adjacent to known occupied rows or columns in a random direction, and a cell is marked when an adjacent marked cell is found." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/03/13/dlaeleboopla.gmi
[03:48]	TR News	"What a nice day. It's Friday, and the weather is great, and it's neither hot nor cold for me, neither too gloomy nor too bright, and the amount of things happening in the day is manageable." gemini://thousand.naps.day/d/2026-03-13.gmi
[03:49]	admfubar	https://slashdot.org/story/26/03/10/212214/after-outages-amazon-to-make-senior-engineers-sign-off-on-ai-assisted-changes
[03:49]	TR Bot	 After Outages, Amazon To Make Senior Engineers Sign Off On AI-Assisted Changes - Slashdot
[03:49]	TR News	"I really like containers, but they are something that is currently very bad from a security point of view: distribution" gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/build-your-containers-from-trusted-sources.gmi
[03:50]	TR News	"I've already emailed ew0k, but I'd be willing to host another clone of Antenna since I already cloned it a few years ago to make DSN Antenna[1]. For those unaware, Antenna went down a few years back and we weren't sure if it was going to be resurrected so I took ew0k's code and cloned it" gemini://gemini.smallweb.space/gemlog/20260313-re-antenna.gmi
[03:52]	TR News	power outage gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/outage
[03:53]	TR News	"I had a surprise today. I have been invited to a Duke of Edinburgh award celebration event at Buckingham Palace. It is lovely to be nominated. Not often you get a chance to visit the King's London gaff." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20260311.txt
[03:54]	TR News	Random Seed gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/03/12/random-seed.gmi
[03:55]	TR News	"If you haven't read the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, please read it. It's short and to the point. And when you're done, you'll suspect that most of the workforce has in fact already read it, follows it, and sympathises with foreign powers." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-03-12-agent-sabotage
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[04:01]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 13/03/2026: "Someone to Take Over Antenna" and Random Seed/RNG https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Gemini_Links_13_03_2026_Someone_to_Take_Over_Antenna_and_Random.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Gemini_Links_13_03_2026_Someone_to_Take_Over_Antenna_and_Random.gmi 
[04:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 13/03/2026: "Someone to Take Over Antenna" and Random Seed/RNG
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[04:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, March 12, 2026
[04:05]	admfubar	https://petapixel.com/2026/03/11/he-tried-to-stop-adobe-from-training-its-ai-on-his-photo-library-he-lost/
[04:05]	TR Bot	Tried to Stop Adobe From Training its AI on His Photo Library - He Lost | PetaPixel
[04:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Calibre 9.5 E-Book Manager Introduces a New Tool to Remove Unused Images https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Calibre_9_5_E_Book_Manager_Introduces_a_New_Tool_to_Remove_Unus.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Calibre_9_5_E_Book_Manager_Introduces_a_New_Tool_to_Remove_Unus.gmi 
[04:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Calibre 9.5 E-Book Manager Introduces a New Tool to Remove Unused Images
[04:06]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[04:06]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[04:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkew6txs#replies
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[04:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	"IBM for decades has the best managers because they were trained very consistently and IBM actually had a culture everyone loved when they rolloed out of bed in the morning. Now IBM is simply a book of 200 different companies they have bought with NOTHING in common so it is chaos and juvenile. They have Excel files etc tracking ok this dept needs 3 women, 2 men, 4 black, 2 white, 3 asian etc. It is disgusting and illegal but here 
[04:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	is the CEO on leaked video planning it. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0u74BDiAjN/"
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[04:10]	TR News	"true that. Lets not over complicate this. IBM does whatever McKinsey tells them to do such as here where McKinsey tells the world "...India is the workforce for the world...". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ga-krrYgak SMH" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjx78wwh#replies
[04:10]	TR Bot	https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=3Ga-krrYgak
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[04:10]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjx78wwh#replies )
[04:13]	admfubar	https://petapixel.com/2026/03/11/photographer-ai-accusation-radio-times-cover/
[04:13]	TR Bot	Creates Something Original, Everyone Assumes It's AI | PetaPixel
[04:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	common problem
[04:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	had that 30 mins ago
[04:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	saw a nice photo
[04:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	was not sure if legit
[04:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	but it's not "AI"
[04:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	and calling it that is part of the problem
[04:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's fusion
[04:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	of other people's work
[04:38]	TR News	Techrights Head of Microsoft Office and Microsoft 360 is Leaving Microsoft Amid Problems and Mass Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Head_of_Microsoft_Office_and_Microsoft_360_is_Leaving_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Head_of_Microsoft_Office_and_Microsoft_360_is_Leaving_Microsoft.gmi 
[04:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights Head of Microsoft Office and Microsoft 360 is Leaving Microsoft Amid Problems and Mass Layoffs
[04:51]	TR News	Techrights Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Producing More Propaganda for EPO "Cocaine Communication Managers" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Willis_Towers_Watson_WTW_Producing_More_Propaganda_for_EPO_Coca.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Willis_Towers_Watson_WTW_Producing_More_Propaganda_for_EPO_Coca.gmi 
[04:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Producing More Propaganda for EPO "Cocaine Communication Managers"
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[05:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  Refocusing More on Software Freedom https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Refocusing_More_on_Software_Freedom.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Refocusing_More_on_Software_Freedom.gmi 
[05:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Refocusing More on Software Freedom
[05:25]	TR News	Techrights Priorities in 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Priorities_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Priorities_in_2026.gmi 
[05:25]	TR Bot	 Techrights Priorities in 2026
[05:50]	TR News	Techrights European Qualifying Examination (EQE) Being Reduced to Pieces of Papers One Can Buy, Patent System Rapidly Losing Its Legitimacy https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/European_Qualifying_Examination_EQE_Being_Reduced_to_Pieces_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/European_Qualifying_Examination_EQE_Being_Reduced_to_Pieces_of_.gmi 
[05:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights European Qualifying Examination (EQE) Being Reduced to Pieces of Papers One Can Buy, Patent System Rapidly Losing Its Legitimacy
[05:58]	TR News	At least this site quit doing slop https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-flash-server-bios-using-a-bootable-dos-usb-on-linux
[05:58]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-flash-server-bios-using-a-bootable-dos-usb-on-linux )
● Mar 13
[06:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  John at linuxteck.com Has Turned His Site Into LLM Slop About 'Linux', It's No Longer a Genuine Site https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/John_at_linuxteck_com_Has_Turned_His_Site_Into_LLM_Slop_About_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/John_at_linuxteck_com_Has_Turned_His_Site_Into_LLM_Slop_About_L.gmi 
[06:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines John at linuxteck.com Has Turned His Site Into LLM Slop About 'Linux', It's No Longer a Genuine Site
[06:19]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Thought I was in the clear after two days.
[06:20]	IsambardPrince	Ate a spicy chicken at Chik Fil A and I ended up throwing it up.
[06:20]	IsambardPrince	I held down food for two days but none of it was spicy.
[06:21]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Sitting here watching an "AI Upscale" of The Terminator.
[06:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	interepolation
[06:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	not so much "hey hi"
[06:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	and also not a new thing
[06:24]	IsambardPrince	yeah
[06:25]	IsambardPrince	I just took two immodium, a gas-x, and I'm sipping gatorade and nibbling on saltines.
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[07:06]	TR News	Now part of Microsoft https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/ex-overwatch-director-says-blizzard-threatened-to-lay-off-1-000-devs-if-the-game-didnt-make-enough-money
[07:06]	TR Bot	 Ex-Overwatch lead: Blizzard threatened layoffs over revenue | Windows Central
[07:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[07:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[07:12]	TR News	Worlds biggest astronomy camera seeks to answer pressing questions about the universe https://theconversation.com/worlds-biggest-astronomy-camera-seeks-to-answer-pressing-questions-about-the-universe-277017
[07:12]	TR Bot	 Worlds biggest astronomy camera seeks to answer pressing questions about the universe
[07:16]	TR News	The Labor Movement Must Go All In on Organizing Amazon https://jacobin.com/2026/03/organizing-amazon-teamsters-union-density-cio/
[07:16]	TR Bot	 The Labor Movement Must Go All In on Organizing Amazon
[07:20]	TR News	Software patents are an abomination and judges who don't know how computers work are destroying their own nations http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/guest-post-uk-assessment-of-computer.html
[07:20]	TR Bot	 [Guest Post] UK Assessment of Computer Implemented Inventions moves closer to EPO Practice - but by how far? (Emotional perception [2026] UKSC 3) - The IPKat
[07:21]	TR News	This is a Kangaroo Court controlled by the cocaine addicts who run the EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/breaking-imminent-new-referral-to-eba.html
[07:21]	TR Bot	 BREAKING: Imminent new referral to the EBA on the relevance of G1/24 to added matter - The IPKat
[07:23]	TR News	Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) with Perl https://blogs.perl.org/users/dean/2026/03/protocol-buffers-protobuf-with-perl.html
[07:23]	TR Bot	Buffers (Protobuf) with Perl | dean [blogs.perl.org]
[07:23]	TR News	More dev.to articles on beautiful Perl features https://blogs.perl.org/users/dami/2026/03/more-devto-articles-on-beautiful-perl-features.html
[07:23]	TR Bot	dev.to articles on beautiful Perl features | dami [blogs.perl.org]
[07:24]	TR News	Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (10/2026): Slow Spring https://linmob.net/weekly-update-10-2026/
[07:24]	TR Bot	- Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (10/2026): Slow Spring
[07:25]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[07:25]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[07:26]	TR News	A First Look At NebiOS (Ubuntu-Based Linux With Wayfire) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=J_PfMreLxA0
[07:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=J_PfMreLxA0 )
[07:27]	TR News	This Is Suckless Wayland https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=fKh-bdWecsg
[07:27]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=fKh-bdWecsg )
[07:28]	TR News	Linux Can't Escape Forced Age Verification https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=_8oxATrqGwU
[07:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=_8oxATrqGwU )
[07:28]	TR News	California wants to bankrupt FOSS with this new "privacy" law. https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=VliKQmEPDnA
[07:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=VliKQmEPDnA )
[07:29]	TR News	Microsoft FORCES Online Accounts https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=aEWb1otLVPo
[07:29]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=aEWb1otLVPo )
[07:29]	TR News	Reacting to LTT's 2026 Linux Challenge! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=W680f2iPu5o
[07:29]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=W680f2iPu5o )
[07:30]	TR News	GNOME 50 Is the Most Important Linux Release in Decades!(38 Years of Linux History, ENDED) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=iEiVNVbB9VU
[07:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=iEiVNVbB9VU )
[07:30]	TR News	Firefox redesign, Graphene OS's new partner, Plasma drops X11 in August https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=E9Y-t6AwAtI
[07:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=E9Y-t6AwAtI )
[07:31]	TR News	I Built a DAP with Easy Effects for Linux! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=CrW_Ru3CT28
[07:31]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=CrW_Ru3CT28 )
[07:32]	TR News	Replacing Native Apps With Snaps And Flatpaks? (Don't Do It!) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=58jkfpJ3j0E
[07:32]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=58jkfpJ3j0E )
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[08:03]		*x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@aksg6tcpv6ixw.irc) has joined #techrights
[08:09]	TR News	"A California federal court dismissed the copyright infringement lawsuit DISH Network filed against hosting provider Innetra, finding it lacked personal jurisdiction over the UK company." https://torrentfreak.com/court-dismisses-dishs-25-million-iptv-piracy-lawsuit-against-uk-hosting-provider/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[08:09]	TR Bot	Dismisses DISH's $25 Million IPTV Piracy Lawsuit Against UK Hosting Provider * TorrentFreak
[08:10]	TR News	"A federal judge in Texas has signed a default judgment ordering Dallas IPTV operator William Freemon to pay $18,750,000 in copyright damages to Amazon, Netflix, and several major Hollywood studios." https://torrentfreak.com/court-officially-orders-u-s-based-iptv-operator-to-pay-amazon-netflix-18-75-million/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[08:10]	TR Bot	Officially Orders U.S.-Based IPTV Operator to Pay Amazon & Netflix $18.75 Million * TorrentFreak
[08:10]	TR News	"while we reimagine the feature to make it more useful for users, while giving experts real control over how they want to be represented or not represented at all." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grammarly-pulls-down-expert-review-feature | Source: Futurism
[08:10]	TR Bot	 Grammarly Is Pulling Down Its Explosively Controversial Feature That Impersonates Writers Without Their Permission
[08:11]	TR News	"In a significant win for smaller browsers, the open web, and the EUs Digital Markets Act (DMA)" https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/google-backs-down--will-grant-hotseat-in-eu-browser-choice-screen/ | Source: Open Web Advocacy
[08:11]	TR Bot	 Google Backs Down: Will Grant Hotseat in EU Browser Choice Screen - Open Web Advocacy
[08:12]	TR News	"The procurement includes the design, development, launch, and operation of a Mars telecom orbiter to support future sample return and exploration missions." https://insidetowers.com/nasa-gives-new-meaning-to-non-terrestrial-networks/ | Source: Inside Towers
[08:12]	TR Bot	 NASA Gives New Meaning to Non-Terrestrial Networks - Inside Towers
[08:13]	TR News	"Surveillance capitalism's vile enshittification process has begun to spread from services and platforms to the entire ecosystem." https://www.netmeister.org/blog/open-web.html | Source: Jan Schaumann
[08:13]	TR Bot	 The End of the Open Web
[08:13]	TR News	"Indeed: if VPN blocks become an option, there will inevitably be more calls to use them for a wider range of material." https://walledculture.org/copyright-industry-intensifies-attempts-to-undermine-core-internet-plumbing-vpns/ | Source: Walled Culture
[08:13]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://walledculture.org/copyright-industry-intensifies-attempts-to-undermine-core-internet-plumbing-vpns/ )
[08:14]	TR News	"Who should be directly liable for online infringement the entity that serves it up or a user who embeds a link to it?" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/11/eff-to-court-dont-make-embedding-illegal/ | Source: Techdirt
[08:14]	TR Bot	To Court: Dont Make Embedding Illegal | Techdirt
[08:15]	TR News	"SES operates across the entire continent, confronting stark disparities between countries and often within them, too." https://techcentral.co.za/rowboats-and-solar-panels-the-reality-of-connecting-rural-africa/278909/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
[08:15]	TR Bot	 Rowboats and solar panels: the reality of connecting rural Africa
[08:16]	TR News	"HRWs accusation of white phosphorus use is backed by seven images of airburst chemical munitions, which the rights group verified and geolocated." https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/rights-group-demands-israel-to-halt-use-of-incendiary-weapon-in-lebanon/ | Source: JURIST
[08:16]	TR Bot	 Israel used white phosphorus over civilian homes in Lebanon, HRW says - JURIST - News
[08:17]	TR News	"We are all familiar with the ways that the gig economy has preyed upon flaws in American labor law to weaken workers and strengthen capital." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/an-existential-threat-to-organized | Source: Hamilton Nolan
[08:17]	TR Bot	 An Existential Threat to Organized Labor's Ability to Help People
[08:17]	TR News	"Ordinary Americans across the political spectrum have been fuming about the obscene disparities in pay between corporate Americas CEOs and workers ever since those gaps began to soar in the Reagan years" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ceo-worker-pay-gaps/ | Source: The Nation
[08:17]	TR Bot	 Taking Aim at Overpaid CEOs | The Nation
[08:17]	TR News	"To talk about all of this, I have three experts. Nina Burleigh is a journalist, bestselling author, documentary producer, and the publisher of a Substack on politics called American Freakshow." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/misogyny-fascism-trump-epstein-interview/ | Source: The Nation
[08:17]	TR Bot	 How Misogyny Fuels Fascism | The Nation
[08:18]	TR News	"The latest comes from a new analysis from ActivTrak of over 164,000 workers digital work activity." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-forcing-employees-work-harder | Source: Futurism
[08:18]	TR Bot	 AI Is Forcing Employees to Work Harder, and Longer Hours, Than Ever
[08:20]	TR News	"Kuznets currently lives outside of Russia. In addition to the prison sentence, the court banned him from managing websites for five years." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/03/10/russia-sentences-meduza-journalist-dmitry-kuznets-to-2-5-years-in-prison-in-absentia | Source: Meduza
[08:20]	TR Bot	 Russia sentences Meduza journalist Dmitry Kuznets to 2.5 years in prison in absentia Meduza
[08:25]	TR News	"The escalation in fighting and the M23 rebel groups rapid" https://cpj.org/2026/03/journalists-in-eastern-drc-detained-over-war-coverage-broadcasters-occupied/ | Source: CPJ
[08:25]	TR Bot	 Journalists in eastern DRC detained over war coverage, broadcasters occupied - Committee to Protect Journalists
[08:27]	TR News	"The detention of Sandaruwan Senadheera is a de facto attack on press freedom in Sri Lanka and will have a chilling effect on public interest reporting" https://cpj.org/2026/03/sri-lankan-authorities-detain-lanka-e-news-editor-sandaruwan-senadheera/ | Source: CPJ
[08:27]	TR Bot	 Sri Lankan authorities detain Lanka-e-News editor Sandaruwan Senadheera - Committee to Protect Journalists
[08:35]	TR News	"At about 2 p.m. on March 7, workers at Putraprima Mineral Mandiri, a zircon processing company in Bangka Belitung province" https://cpj.org/2026/03/indonesian-journalists-attacked-over-reporting-at-minerals-processing-plant-in-bangka-belitung/ | Source: CPJ
[08:35]	TR Bot	 Indonesian journalists attacked over reporting at mineral processing plant - Committee to Protect Journalists
[08:40]	TR News	"I would be happy if the old order were restored, using violence against anyone is not allowed, said Gergely Gulys, Minister of the Prime Minister's Office, at Thursday's government briefing." https://telex.hu/english/2026/03/12/all-acts-of-violence-against-journalists-are-wrong-and-condemnable-according-to-minister-gulyas | Source: Telex (Hungary)
[08:40]	TR Bot	 Telex: All acts of violence against journalists are wrong and condemnable according to Minister Gulys
● Mar 13
[09:17]	TR News	"The statement came several days after residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other Russian cities began experiencing widespread mobile Internet outages." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/03/10/the-kremlin-says-it-s-cutting-off-mobile-internet-access-for-security-reasons-muscovites-say-they-re-resigning-themselves-to-regular-blackouts | Source: Meduza
[09:17]	TR Bot	 The Kremlin says its cutting off mobile Internet access for security reasons. Muscovites say theyre resigning themselves to regular blackouts. Meduza
[09:17]	TR News	"The precondition structure is the tell. When someone says you must acknowledge X before they will take your Y seriously, they are not setting an epistemic standard." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/no-i-will-not-pay-tribute | Source: Mike Brock
[09:17]	TR Bot	 No, I Will Not Pay Tribute - by Mike Brock
[09:18]	TR News	"Among the organizations that have found Anthropics AI models more useful than those of its rivals is the Department of Defense" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-plot-against-intelligence-human | Source: Paul Krugman
[09:18]	TR Bot	 The Plot Against Intelligence, Human and Artificial
[09:18]	TR News	"Im told that TikTok now controlled by Trump loyalists Larry Ellison and his son David is throttling negative videos about Trumps war." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-the-truth-out-when-some | Source: Robert Reich
[09:18]	TR Bot	 How to get the truth out when some social media platforms are blocking criticism of Trumps war?
[09:20]	TR News	"Regular social media users are usually confronted and attacked for spreading misinformation, the study found." https://phys.org/news/2026-03-social-media-toxicity-power-misinformation.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[09:20]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-03-social-media-toxicity-power-misinformation.html )
[09:20]	TR News	"Memes such as monitoring the situation reflect a deluded belief that we can be more than just passive, confused bystanders to a spray of digital shrapnel." https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/war-in-the-age-of-the-online-information-bomb | Source: New Yorker
[09:20]	TR Bot	 War in the Age of the Online Information Bomb | The New Yorker
[09:21]	TR News	"Propaganda itself is nothing new. Warfare has always been accompanied by attempts to influence public perception." https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/the-information-battlefield-social-media-artificial-intelligence-and-modern-wartime-propaganda/ | Source: Defence Web
[09:21]	TR Bot	 The information battlefield: Social media, artificial intelligence and modern wartime propaganda - DefenceWeb
[09:21]	TR News	"FCC Bans DJI Drones" https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/03/10/fcc-drone-ban-explained/ | Source: The Drone Girl
[09:21]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/03/10/fcc-drone-ban-explained/ )
[09:22]	TR News	"heat-of-the-moment type statement that ignores the reality of the world millions of people are forced to reckon with everyday of their lives." https://tiv.today/just-admit-youre-playing-the-game/ | Source: The Independent Variable
[09:22]	TR Bot	 Just admit youre playing the game
[09:22]	TR News	"Tim Cook pens a letter about the 50th anniversary of Apple, linked from the companys homepage, and tips his hat to probably the best Apple advertising campaign of all time: [...]" https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/03/letter-from-tim-cook-marks-50-years-of-apple/ | Source: Six Colors
[09:22]	TR Bot	 Letter from Tim Cook marks 50 years of Apple, more celebrations to come Six Colors
[09:22]	TR News	"The logo features Apples original rainbow of colors scribbled with an Apple Pencil" https://www.macworld.com/article/3087296/tim-cook-salutes-the-crazy-ones-ahead-of-apples-50th-anniversary.html | Source: Macworld
[09:22]	TR Bot	Cook salutes the crazy ones ahead of Apples 50th anniversary | Macworld
[09:23]	TR News	"Its fine [...]" https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/just-admit-you-re-playing-the-game | Source: Manuel Moreale
[09:23]	TR Bot	 Just admit youre playing the game Manu
[09:23]	TR News	"The closest thing The Register could find to a rationale came on the companys earnings call" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/13/adobe_q1_2026/ | Source: The Register UK
[09:23]	TR Bot	 Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen to step down after 18 years The Register
[09:24]	TR News	"The Pentagon announced the CAMP program last April with the release of a solicitation calling for a new class of XL-AUV, or extra large underwater vehicle." https://www.c4isrnet.com/news/your-military/2026/03/12/us-navy-partners-with-anduril-to-develop-xl-underwater-vessel/ | Source: C4ISRNET
[09:24]	TR Bot	 US Navy partners with Anduril to develop XL underwater vessel
[09:24]	TR News	"pre-planned time off, legitimate illness or personal emergencies, and those calling in sick but seeking other work to pay bills." https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/03/11/repub/long-security-lines-start-popping-up-at-airports-as-tsa-officers-go-without-pay/ | Source: Maine Morning Star
[09:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/03/11/repub/long-security-lines-start-popping-up-at-airports-as-tsa-officers-go-without-pay/ )
[09:25]	TR News	"Narayen's exit from the role comes after he served as the head of Adobe for 18 years, during which he helped the company's flagship software such as Photoshop" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/adobes-longtime-ceo-shantanu-narayen-to-exit-role-amid-ai-disruption/articleshow/129532288.cms | Source: India Times
[09:25]	TR Bot	 Adobe's longtime CEO Shantanu Narayen to exit role amid AI disruption - The Economic Times
[09:25]	TR News	"Jha, who runs the Experiences + Devices unit, will transition out of his current position on July 1 and will stay at Microsoft in an advisory role, according to a memo shared with the company's employees." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsofts-rajesh-jha-head-of-experiences-and-devices-unit-to-retire/articleshow/129533590.cms | Source: India Times
[09:25]	TR Bot	 Microsoft's Rajesh Jha, head of experiences and devices unit, to retire - The Economic Times
[09:26]	TR News	"masterclass in dysfunction" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/tech-startup-ceo-on-linkedin-i-am-being-forced-to-leave-sweden-at-a-time-my-product-is-being-celebrated-and-i-do-not-have-/articleshow/128800909.cms | Source: India Times
[09:26]	TR Bot	 Tech startup CEO on LinkedIn: I am being forced to leave Sweden at a time my product is being celebrated and I do not have ... | - The Times of India
[09:26]	TR News	"Several governments have responded with fuel-saving measures." https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/11/asia_work_from_home_iran_response/ | Source: The Register UK
[09:26]	TR Bot	 Iran war sees Asian governments order work from home The Register
[09:26]	TR News	"What were seeing is just one of the clearest depictions yet of the frailty of a global order that is grounded in fossil fuels." https://truthout.org/video/worlds-dangerous-reliance-on-oil-transforms-fossil-fuels-into-weapons-of-war/ | Source: TruthOut
[09:26]	TR Bot	 Worlds Dangerous Reliance on Oil Transforms Fossil Fuels Into Weapons of War | Truthout
[09:27]	TR News	"The state is poised to be part of a three-year pilot program on Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL)" https://utahnewsdispatch.com/briefs/utah-to-test-new-electric-flight-technologies/ | Source: Utah News Dispatch
[09:27]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://utahnewsdispatch.com/briefs/utah-to-test-new-electric-flight-technologies/ )
[09:29]	TR News	"Ukraine's public railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia, has reported that engine wagons, freight cars and railway maintenance equipment have come under increased Russian fire since early March." https://www.dw.com/en/russia-steps-up-drone-attacks-on-ukraines-railways/a-76309315 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[09:29]	TR Bot	 Russia steps up drone attacks on Ukraine's railways
[09:30]	TR News	"Responding to the Climate Change Committees (CCC) finding that the cost of Net Zero is less than the cost of the 2022 Ukraine oil price shock" https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/03/11/war-on-iran-shows-dependence-on-fossil-fuels-makes-economies-vulnerable-to-oil-shocks/ | Source: Green Party UK
[09:30]	TR Bot	 War on Iran shows dependence on fossil fuels makes economies vulnerable to oil shocks - Green Party
[09:30]	TR News	"NBCs former national climate reporter" https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/climate-reporting-war/ | Source: The Nation
[09:30]	TR Bot	 A World on Fire Needs More Climate ReportingNot Less | The Nation
[09:31]	TR News	"Between 1963 and 1986 Gelman Sciences manufactured medical filters, discharging wastewater containing 1,4 dioxane, an industrial solvent, into surrounding ponds, creating a groundwater plume." https://michiganadvance.com/2026/03/12/gelman-dioxane-plume-in-ann-arbor-designated-as-a-superfund-site/ | Source: Michigan Advance
[09:31]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/03/12/gelman-dioxane-plume-in-ann-arbor-designated-as-a-superfund-site/ )
[09:39]	TR News	When Everybody Has a Right/Access to An Attorney/Lawyer (But Some Get Funding From Malicious American Corporations to Spend a Million Dollars on Many Lawyers and Several Barristers) http://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/When_Everybody_Has_a_Right_Access_to_An_Attorney_Lawyer_But_Som.shtml
[09:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights When Everybody Has a Right/Access to An Attorney/Lawyer (But Some Get Funding From Malicious American Corporations to Spend a Million Dollars on Many Lawyers and Several Barristers)
[09:42]	TR News	"A common theme among faculty and administrators caught up in the web of the Epstein scandal revolves around the need for funding." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2026/0312/epstein-higher-education-harvard-donors | Source: CS Monitor
[09:42]	TR Bot	scandal prompts universities to rethink donor ties - CSMonitor.com
[09:43]	TR News	"The approval is subject to new legally binding undertakings provided by TikTok Canada, Industry Minister Mlanie Joly said in a statement." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tiktok-canada-reach-deal-9.7121622 | Source: CBC
[09:43]	TR Bot	 TikTok allowed to keep business in Canada under new rules | CBC News
[09:44]	TR News	"Further, measures taken with regard to deported or transferred children have violated international humanitarian law and international human rights law provisions and were not guided by the best interests of the child." https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session61/a-hrc-61-crp-8.pdf | Source: UN Human Rights
[09:44]	TR News	"The commission, which studied 1,205 cases of Russian child abductions and conducted over 200 interviews" https://kyivindependent.com/russia-committed-crimes-against-humanity-through-deportation-of-ukrainian-children-un-inquiry-finds/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent
[09:44]	TR Bot	 Russia committed crimes against humanity through deportation of Ukrainian children, UN inquiry finds
[09:45]	TR News	"For the past year, Putin has sabotaged US-led peace talks with endless stalling tactics and diplomatic distractions." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/western-leaders-must-abandon-false-hopes-of-negotiated-peace-with-putin/ | Source: Atlantic Council
[09:45]	TR Bot	 Western leaders must abandon false hopes of negotiated peace with Putin - Atlantic Council
[09:46]	TR News	"The calls for leadership grow tiresome, having taken on a performative air of outrage without action." https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/words-are-not-enough-countering-relentless-antisemitic-violence-in-canada-with-action/ | Source: Michael Geist
[09:46]	TR Bot	 Words Are Not Enough: Countering Relentless Antisemitic Violence in Canada With Action - Michael Geist
[09:46]	TR News	"The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE [sic]." https://www.404media.co/i-watched-6-hours-of-doge-bro-testimony-heres-what-they-had-to-say-for-themselves/ | Source: 404 Media
[09:46]	TR Bot	 I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves
[09:46]	TR News	"The hard-line pro-Israel lobby is facing more opposition than ever before. But fully defanging it wont be easy." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/aipac-influence-us-politics/ | Source: The Nation
[09:46]	TR Bot	 Is AIPAC Doomed? | The Nation
[09:49]	TR News	"A new investigation by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has exposed a significant flaw in how AI chatbots handle municipal elections." https://nltimes.nl/2026/03/12/dutch-regulator-warns-ai-chatbots-ignore-local-parties-ahead-municipal-elections | Source: NL Times
[09:49]	TR Bot	 Dutch regulator warns AI chatbots ignore local parties ahead of municipal elections | NL Times
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● Mar 13
[10:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	lxo: can you chedk the cert now?
[10:04]	TR News	"Michael Richardson is now on the 14th iteration of an Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) draft in the thing to thing or t2trg research group." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/03/11/how-to-talk-about-the-trust-in-your-devices-an-irtf-draft/ | Source: APNIC
[10:04]	TR Bot	 How to talk about the trust in your devices: An IRTF draft | APNIC Blog
[10:04]	TR News	"Account abstraction transforms fixed private key can do anything models into programmable systems that enable batching, recovery and spending limits, and flexible gas payment." https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/03/11/six-mistakes-in-erc-4337-smart-accounts/ | Source: Trail of Bits
[10:04]	TR Bot	 Six mistakes in ERC-4337 smart accounts - The Trail of Bits Blog
[10:04]	TR News	"As announced earlier this year, Let's Encrypt now issues IP address and six-day certificates to the general public." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/certbot-and-lets-encrypt-now-support-ip-address-certificates | Source: EFF
[10:04]	TR Bot	 Certbot and Let's Encrypt Now Support IP Address Certificates | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[10:07]	TR News	"Before you strap a dashcam to your face and sprint out into the world filming everything and everyone in your life, there are some civil liberties and privacy concerns to consider before buying or using a pair" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/think-twice-buying-or-using-metas-ray-bans | Source: EFF
[10:07]	TR Bot	 Think Twice Before Buying or Using Metas Ray-Bans | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[10:16]	TR News	"The EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet or eID Wallet) is a mobile identity wallet intended to let people securely prove who they are online and share verified attributes." https://edri.org/our-work/the-eid-wallet-still-doesnt-deserve-your-full-trust/ | Source: EDRI
[10:16]	TR Bot	 The eID Wallet still doesnt deserve your full trust - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[10:16]	TR News	"There aren't many HTML elements that fully rely on JavaScript to do anything meaningful (e.g., canvas). Geolocation is one of them." https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2026/geolocation-is-odd | Source: Manuel Matuzovi
[10:16]	TR Bot	 The geolocation element is odd - Manuel Matuzovic
[10:17]	TR News	"Today at 12:30, the European Parliament will vote on whether to extend the so-called Chat Control 1.0 (Interim Regulation) until August 2027." https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/upcoming-vote-on-chat-control-new-sd-epp-and-renew-deal-is-worse-than-rejected-draft-report-ai-text-scanning-and-mass-surveillance-set-to-continue/ | Source: Patrick Breyer
[10:17]	TR Bot	 Upcoming Vote on Chat Control: New S&D, EPP, and Renew Deal is Worse Than Rejected Draft Report AI Text Scanning and Mass Surveillance Set to Continue Patrick Breyer
[10:17]	TR News	"In a sensational turn of events in the fight against Chat Control, a majority in the European Parliament voted today to end the untargeted mass scanning of private communications." https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/historic-chat-control-vote-in-the-eu-parliament-meps-vote-to-end-untargeted-mass-scanning-of-private-chats/ | Source: Patrick Breyer
[10:17]	TR Bot	 Historic Chat Control Vote in the EU Parliament: MEPs Vote to End Untargeted Mass Scanning of Private Chats Patrick Breyer
[10:17]	TR News	"But what players may not have realized as they scanned the world around them through the game was that they were helping developer Niantic build something even more valuable." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/pokemon-go-had-players-capturing-more-than-they-realized/ | Source: Hackaday
[10:17]	TR Bot	Go Had Players Capturing More Than They Realized | Hackaday
[10:18]	TR News	"Some people rarely lose things. Wallets are always exactly where theyre supposed to be, keys never go missing, and remotes never slip between the couch cushions" https://www.theverge.com/23769840/best-bluetooth-trackers | Source: The Verge
[10:18]	TR Bot	 The best Bluetooth trackers for Apple and Android phones | The Verge
[10:21]	TR News	"That's perhaps for the best in light of a recent UK study that found chatbots give poor medical advice." https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/12/microsoft_copilot_health/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:21]	TR Bot	 Microsoft Copilot now boarding your health information The Register
[10:21]	TR News	"Discord is asking users of all ages for a lot of information while offering very little reliable reassurance that their data won't be misused, or even what data will be gathered." https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-discord-doesnt-deserve-your-unquestioning-trust | Source: FSF
[10:21]	TR Bot	 Discord doesn't deserve your unquestioning trust Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
[10:22]	TR News	"Both provisos sought to allay fears about the legal ways the Pentagon surveils Americans under the laws specified in the contract." https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/03/03/openai-anthropic-ai-mass-surveillance-pentagon-red-lines/ | Source: Forbes
[10:22]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/03/03/openai-anthropic-ai-mass-surveillance-pentagon-red-lines/ )
[10:22]	TR News	"Senior researcher Wolfie Christl spoke with Forbes about OpenAIs deal with the Pentagon that permits the gathering of bulk data from users." https://citizenlab.ca/openai-blurs-its-mass-surveillance-red-line-with-new-pentagon-contract/ | Source: Citizen Lab
[10:22]	TR Bot	 OpenAI Blurs Its Mass Surveillance Red Line With New Pentagon Contract - The Citizen Lab
[10:22]	TR News	"EFF has long warned against age-gating the internet. Such mandates strike at the foundation of the free and open internet." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/ab-1043s-internet-age-gates-hurt-everyone | Source: EFF
[10:22]	TR Bot	 A.B. 1043s Internet Age Gates Hurt Everyone | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[10:22]	TR News	"The mandate is an expansion of a 40-year-old system known as IPEDS and follows the 2023 Supreme Court decision banning race-based admissions." https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/03/12/repub/states-lawsuit-argues-trumps-college-data-mandate-threatens-student-privacy/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner
[10:22]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/03/12/repub/states-lawsuit-argues-trumps-college-data-mandate-threatens-student-privacy/ )
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[10:41]	TR News	Windows TCO: "prolific ransomware" https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/inc-ransomware-healthcare-oceania | Source: Dark Reading
[10:41]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/inc-ransomware-healthcare-oceania )
[10:42]	TR News	Windows TCO: "Finland is facing a growing intelligence challenge as Russia and China cyberespionage targeting Finland continues to expand across the country" https://thecyberexpress.com/russia-and-china-cyberespionage-finland/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[10:42]	TR Bot	 Russia And China Cyberespionage Targeting Finland
[10:42]	TR News	"In practical terms, this could create a loophole where platforms escape accountability for harms linked to social media safety for kids simply by arguing they did not know minors were present" https://thecyberexpress.com/kids-internet-and-digital-safety-act/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[10:42]	TR Bot	 Kids Internet And Digital Safety Act Advances In U.S. House
[10:43]	TR News	"EDRi has filed a complaint with the Belgian Digital Services Coordinator, the Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) against YouTube under the Digital Service Act (DSA)" https://edri.org/our-work/edri-files-dsa-complaint-against-youtube-for-undermining-user-autonomy/ | Source: EDRI
[10:43]	TR Bot	 EDRi files DSA complaint against YouTube - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[10:43]	TR News	"My own site is the master source of everything I make. But now its also shared everywhere, so we can meet in your city instead of my little town." https://sive.rs/socials | Source: Derek Sivers
[10:43]	TR Bot	 I was inconsiderate but now Im everywhere | Derek Sivers
[10:44]	TR News	"Signal, the encrypted messaging app trusted by security-savvy users around the world, has confirmed that hackers have managed to takeover accounts with government officials and journalists among those being targeted." https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/signal-account-safe-unless-fall-for-this-trick | Source: Bitdefender
[10:44]	TR Bot	 Your Signal account is safe - unless you fall for this trick
[10:44]	TR News	"The researchers took a closer look at algorithmic influence on the social media platform, and found that just two months' worth of use of the increasingly-toxic platform was enough to drive subjects ideologically further to the right: [...]" https://karlbode.com/data-shows-elon-musks-x-quickly-rots-your-brain/ | Source: Karl Bode
[10:44]	TR Bot	 Elon Musk's X Rots Your Brain
[10:45]	TR News	"This might seem surprising for a case that is in many ways about so many of us and our increasingly online behavior." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/technology/social-media-addiction-society-verdict.html | Source: New York Times
[10:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/technology/social-media-addiction-society-verdict.html )
[10:45]	TR News	"X was fined in December by EU tech regulators for breaching online content rules, the first sanction under a landmark legislation that drew criticism from the US government." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musks-x-to-change-verification-system-in-europe-report-11208268#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV
[10:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musks-x-to-change-verification-system-in-europe-report-11208268#publisher=newsstand )
[10:45]	TR News	"The Secret Service has removed Anthropics technology from its workflows to comply with a directive from President Donald Trump requiring federal agencies to ditch the Claude-maker within the next six months." https://fedscoop.com/secret-service-anthropic-fallout-ai-model/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[10:45]	TR Bot	Service ditches Anthropics Claude | FedScoop
[10:48]	TR News	"The journal Nature in January published an unusual paper: A team of artificial intelligence researchers had discovered a relatively simple way of turning large language models" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/how-6000-bad-coding-lessons-turned-a-chatbot-evil/articleshow/129405859.cms | Source: India Times
[10:48]	TR Bot	 How 6,000 bad coding lessons turned a chatbot evil - The Economic Times
[10:50]	TR News	"That networks called Facebook, and it just bought Moltbook" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/11/ai-bot-network-facebook-buys-ai-bot-network-moltbook/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[10:50]	TR Bot	 She refilled her syringe. "John," she murmured as.
[10:50]	TR News	"A comic in four panels: [...]" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1127/dont-ever-give-elevated-permissions-to-an-avian-intelligence | Source: David Revoy
[10:50]	TR Bot	 Don't ever give elevated permissions to an Avian Intelligence... - David Revoy
[10:51]	TR News	"Even for an advanced user, confident assertions made by an AI can mislead." https://eclecticlight.co/2026/03/11/why-does-ai-tell-you-to-use-terminal-so-much/ | Source: Howard Oakley
[10:51]	TR Bot	 Why does AI tell you to use Terminal so much? The Eclectic Light Company
[10:51]	TR News	"The tech industry is convinced this is the future; every app on my phone and most of the apps on my computer want me to use their new AI features." https://sboots.ca/2026/03/11/generative-ai-vegetarianism/ | Source: Sean Boots
[10:51]	TR Bot	 Generative AI vegetarianism | Sean Boots
[10:51]	TR News	"But when you look at it more closely, things become a lot more interesting." https://makemeacto.substack.com/p/postiz-has-a-slop-problem | Source: Sergio Visinoni
[10:51]	TR Bot	 Postiz has a slop problem - by Sergio Visinoni
[10:52]	TR News	"I was reading the metr article on how llm code passes test much more often than it is of mergeable quality." https://entropicthoughts.com/no-swe-bench-improvement | Source: Chris
[10:52]	TR Bot	 Are LLMs not getting better?
[10:52]	TR News	"Fifty years after Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded the company in Jobs parents garage in Los Altos, California, Apple has become a behemoth, and billions of us use its products every day." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/10/50-years-apple-epic-hits-and-misses | Source: The Guardian UK
[10:52]	TR Bot	 Fifty years of sexing up tech: Apples epic hits and misses | Apple | The Guardian
[10:53]	TR News	"Apples logs, in macOS and all its devices, are stored in proprietary tracev3 files, sorted into three folders: [...]" https://eclecticlight.co/2026/03/12/how-long-does-the-log-keep-entries/ | Source: Howard Oakley
[10:53]	TR Bot	 How long does the log keep entries? The Eclectic Light Company
[10:53]	TR News	"Because I have a faster desktop (currently a M4 Max Mac Studio), I've always used a lower-end Mac laptop, like the iBook or MacBook Air, for travel." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/macbook-neo-replace-m4-air/ | Source: Jeff Geerling
[10:53]	TR Bot	 Can the MacBook Neo replace my M4 Air? - Jeff Geerling
[10:53]	TR News	"I have been trying to reduce the photos I have in iCloud anyway but on checking how many RAW images I had in my library I had to start to go through them." https://ljpuk.net/2026/03/11/finding-and-deleting-raw-files-in-apple-photos/ | Source: Lee Peterson
[10:53]	TR Bot	 Finding and deleting RAW files in Apple Photos LJPUK
[10:54]	TR News	"Apple was founded on April 1, 1976, so the company will turn 50 on April 1, 2026." https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/12/apple-announces-50th-anniversary-plans/ | Source: MacRumors
[10:54]	TR Bot	Announces 50th Anniversary Plans - MacRumors
[10:54]	TR News	"This is out of the box, no modifications required." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/iphones-and-ipads-approved-for-nato-classified-data.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[10:54]	TR Bot	and iPads Approved for NATO Classified Data - Schneier on Security
[10:54]	TR News	"Apples announcement of the $599 MacBook Neo last week was a bombshell for the companys fans and customers." https://www.macworld.com/article/3085407/uh-oh-pc-makers-are-doubting-apple-again.html | Source: Macworld
[10:54]	TR Bot	PC makers are doubting Apple again | Macworld
[10:54]	TR News	"Two years ago, it was revealed that Chinese hackers had compromised at least ten U.S. telecoms, giving them broad access to phone data affecting nearly all Americans." https://cyberscoop.com/salt-typhoon-china-telecom-hack-impact-new-jersey/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[10:54]	TR Bot	worry Salt Typhoon apathy is killing momentum for tougher telecom security rules | CyberScoop
[10:55]	TR News	"I immediately found at least seven different packages where people were providing severely outdated curl versions." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/03/12/chicken-nuget/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg
[10:55]	TR Bot	nuget | daniel.haxx.se
[10:56]	TR News	"Four full weeks of paying more attention to phone screen time are behind us, and its time for some closing thoughts on this experiment." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/step-aside-phone-closing-thoughts | Source: Manuel Moreale
[10:56]	TR Bot	 Step aside, phone: closing thoughts Manu
[10:56]	TR News	"The FOE report also warns that HB4 could hamper US exports since not all importing countries accept GMO wheat, and it would harm US farmers that are not using GMO wheat by contaminating their fields." https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/03/gmo-crops-wheat-herbicides/ | Source: The New Lede
[10:56]	TR Bot	 Report raises alarm over GMO wheat as it inches closer to US fields - The New Lede
[10:56]	TR News	"The plans that the chatbots created were highly variable but followed a common theme: They were too low in calories and carbs and too heavy on proteins and fats, researchers report March 12 in Frontiers in Nutrition." https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-teen-nutrition-advice-chatbot-diet-food | Source: Science News
[10:56]	TR Bot	 AI may be giving teens bad nutrition advice
[10:57]	TR News	"I use my computer for the same fundamental tasks I did ten years ago: browsing the web, writing, editing photos, running scripts, and building small websites." https://alexwlchan.net/2026/ten-year-computer/ | Source: Alex Chan
[10:57]	TR Bot	 Dreaming of a ten-year computer alexwlchan
[10:57]	TR News	"addresses the growing demand for a browsing experience that combines the benefits of the open-source Chromium project with the Google ecosystem of apps and features." https://www.theverge.com/tech/894095/google-chrome-for-arm-linux | Source: The Verge
[10:57]	TR Bot	 Google Chrome is coming to Arm-powered Linux devices later this year | The Verge
[10:57]	TR News	"Reports suggest that the robot belonged to an education center in Macau and was being used for promotional activities in the area." https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/police-escort-robot | Source: Futurism
[10:57]	TR Bot	 Robot Escorted Away By Cops After Terrorizing Old Woman
[10:58]	TR News	"Its been 4 years since I quit the Rails core team, so I wanted to mark the occassion and show off all the work Ive done since then." https://kaspth.com/posts/i-quit-rails-core-4-years-ago-heres-what-ive-been-up-to |
[10:58]	TR Bot	 I quit Rails core 4 years ago, heres what Ive been up to - Kasper Timm Hansen
[10:58]	TR News	"Laracon is always a great event. I saw many familiar faces from previous installments, internet friends who live far away." https://stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2026/03/12/laracon-eu-2026-recap/ | Source: Stefan Zweifel
[10:58]	TR Bot	EU 2026 Recap | stefanzweifel.dev
[10:58]	TR News	"By treating young adult fiction as a laboratory for professional-class moralizing, the publishing industry has effectively abandoned actual teens." https://jacobin.com/2026/03/how-adults-took-over-ya/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[10:58]	TR Bot	 How Adults Took Over YA
[10:59]	TR News	"Last year, we brought you a story about the BhangmeterV2, an internet-of-things nuclear war monitor" https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/replicating-a-nuclear-event-detector-for-fun-and-probably-not-profit/ | Source: Hackaday
[10:59]	TR Bot	A Nuclear Event Detector For Fun And Probably Not Profit | Hackaday
[10:59]	TR News	"During December 2025 and January 2026, there was a Mars conjunction, which means that Mars goes behind the Sun as seen from Earth." https://destevez.net/2026/03/where-is-tianwen-1/ | Source: Daniel Estvez
[10:59]	TR Bot	 Where is Tianwen-1? Daniel Estvez
● Mar 13
[11:00]	TR News	"A few years ago the list of friends grew a little too large and I was spending an entire day baking in my small domestic oven" https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/baking-for-friends | Source: Jeremy Cherfas
[11:00]	TR Bot	 Baking for Friends | Jeremy Cherfas
[11:00]	TR News	"But they were never measures of competitiveness. They were measurements of an interface." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/clicks-dont-count/ | Source: Jono Alderson
[11:00]	TR Bot	 Clicks don't count (and they never did) - Jono Alderson
[11:00]	TR News	"Then, use this simple Gut Decision Matrix to decide how much to trust the automatic response: [...]" https://nesslabs.com/gut-decision-matrix | Source: Ness Labs
[11:01]	TR Bot	 The Gut Decision Matrix: When to Trust Instinct and Intuition - Ness Labs
[11:01]	TR News	"I've been in Florence for over fifteen years, and even back then, tourism levels were already massive compared to the size of the old city." https://squeaki.sh/p/running-a-business-in-florence/ | Source: Stefano Verna
[11:01]	TR Bot	 Running a business in Florence
[11:02]	TR News	"We have a long-standing Django web application to handle (Unix) account requests." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/ | Source: University of Toronto
[11:02]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[11:02]	TR News	"The deltatest package provides deltatest(), a function for performing two-sample Z-tests using the delta method." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/deltatest-0-2-0-statistical-hypothesis-testing-using-the-delta-method-for-online-a-b-testing/ | Source: Rlang
[11:02]	TR Bot	0.2.0: Statistical Hypothesis Testing Using the Delta Method for Online A/B Testing | R-bloggers
[11:03]	TR News	"Have you wanted to write a manpage for your library or program but are put off by the complexity of the weird manpage language?" https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/mdoc.html | Source: BSD
[11:03]	TR Bot	 Lowdown Manpage Support
[11:03]	TR News	"Some of the posts on here get updated. For example, I change effective privacy tips as the available services and settings change." https://blog.zgp.org/when-did-this-file-last-change-in-git/ | Source: Don Marti
[11:03]	TR Bot	 When did this file last change in Git?
[11:03]	TR News	"C++26 brings us a small but meaningful cleanup to the language: deprecating ellipsis parameters without a preceding comma." https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/03/11/cpp26-oxford-variadic-comma | Source: Sandor Dargo
[11:03]	TR Bot	 C++26: The Oxford variadic comma | Sandor Dargo's Blog
[11:03]	TR News	"This is not Wasm-specific however: every host has to do this. Typically there are four total layers which need to be defined for this to work: [...]" https://blog.yoshuawuyts.com/why-webassembly-components/ | Source: Yoshua Wuyts
[11:03]	TR Bot	 Why WebAssembly components
[11:05]	TR News	"Pool and Vdev topology for promox, KDE Plasma is not forcing systemd, Running a 2.11 BSD system, Booting NetBSD from a wedge and more..." https://www.bsdnow.tv/654 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast
[11:05]	TR Bot	 BSD Now 654: Plasma Rage
[11:06]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[11:06]	TR Bot	not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Programming_Leftovers.shtml )
[11:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Shows and Videos: BSD Now and Recent Clips About GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Shows_and_Videos_BSD_Now_and_Recent_Clips_About_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Shows_and_Videos_BSD_Now_and_Recent_Clips_About_GNU_Linux.gmi 
[11:12]	TR Bot	not resolve host: tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Shows_and_Videos_BSD_Now_and_Recent_Clips_About_GNU_Linux.shtml )
[11:13]	TR News	"One day I decided to realize an idea that had been in my mind ever since I started renovating this apartment: turn the pantry into a server room." https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/03/11/server-pantry/ | Source: Herman unapuu
[11:13]	TR Bot	 Server room? No, I have a server pantry. :: ./techtipsy
[11:13]	TR News	"For this part countless chamfered holes were drilled to get smooth airflow, with an inline 12VDC duct fan providing up to 270 CFM (~7.6 m3/minute)." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/building-a-robot-partner-to-play-air-hockey-with/ | Source: Hackaday
[11:13]	TR Bot	A Robot Partner To Play Air Hockey With | Hackaday
[11:16]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update, "Robot Partner", and Server Pantry https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Open_Hardware_Modding_Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_Robot.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Open_Hardware_Modding_Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_Robot.gmi 
[11:16]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update, "Robot Partner", and Server Pantry
[11:17]	TR News	Techrights Links 13/03/2026: Chatbot "Pentagon Contract" (Bailout) and Secret Service Ditches Slop Pusher https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Links_13_03_2026_Chatbot_Pentagon_Contract_Bailout_and_Secret_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Links_13_03_2026_Chatbot_Pentagon_Contract_Bailout_and_Secret_S.gmi 
[11:17]	TR Bot	not resolve host: techrights.org ( status 0 @ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Links_13_03_2026_Chatbot_Pentagon_Contract_Bailout_and_Secret_S.shtml )
[11:19]	TR News	"From time to time, I need to take an nginx webserver or website offline for whatever reason." https://dan.langille.org/2026/03/11/taking-your-nginx-website-offline-for-maintenance-i-have-an-idea/ | Source: Dan Langille
[11:19]	TR Bot	 Taking your nginx website offline for maintenance? I have an idea. Dan Langille's Other Diary
[11:19]	TR News	"Part 3 ended on a high note: we got a real 200 OK from a server. But the code felt brittle." https://kmcd.dev/posts/http2-from-scratch-part-4/ | Source: Kevin McDonald
[11:19]	TR Bot	 HTTP/2 From Scratch: Part 4
[11:20]	TR News	"I published Subscribing to category-specific RSS feeds in early 2023." https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-york-california-post-metro-section-rss-feed/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal
[11:20]	TR Bot	 The New York/California Post Metro Section RSS Feed The New Leaf Journal
[11:20]	TR News	"We stopped the bug-bounty but it has not stopped people from finding vulnerabilities in curl." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/03/11/curl-8-19-0/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg
[11:20]	TR Bot	8.19.0 | daniel.haxx.se
[11:22]	TR News	"Get uBlock Origin from the Firefox add-ons site. Thats about it." https://blog.zgp.org/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/ | Source: Don Marti
[11:22]	TR Bot	 How to block ads on Firefox
[11:22]	TR News	"From the dropdown, click Feed Account. Go through the wizard, though there really isnt much to configure: [...]" https://rubenerd.com/folders-for-thunderbird-rss-feeds/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[11:22]	TR Bot	Folders for RSS feeds in Thunderbird
[11:24]	TR News	"Office.eu, a cloud-based office suite built entirely on open-source software and hosted exclusively on European servers" https://techcentral.co.za/europe-is-building-an-alternative-to-microsoft-office/278843/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
[11:24]	TR Bot	 Europe is building an alternative to Microsoft Office
[11:24]	TR News	"In case you havent heard, Eleventy, the excellent static site generator that I use for this very website has been acquired by Font Awesome." https://nathanupchurch.com/blog/eleventy-becomes-build-awesome/ | Source: Nathan Upchurch
[11:24]	TR Bot	 Eleventy Becomes, *Sigh*, Build Awesome
[11:25]	TR News	"In 2023 I wrote "SQLAlchemy 2 In Practice", a book in which I offer an in-depth look at SQLAlchemy version 2, still the current version today." https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/introduction-to-sqlalchemy-2-in-practice | Source: Miguel Grinberg
[11:25]	TR Bot	 Introduction to SQLAlchemy 2 In Practice - miguelgrinberg.com
[11:26]	TR News	"It was tongue-in-cheek, but it did generate a surprising amount of feedback. This was among the most common responses: [...] " https://rubenerd.com/how-would-you-enforce-llm-restrictions/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[11:26]	TR Bot	How would you enforce LLM restrictions?
[11:26]	TR News	"Apple started testing E2EE for RCS in the first beta, but the feature was limited to iPhone-to-iPhone communications with iMessage turned off" https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/23/ios-26-4-beta-2-android-iphone-e2ee/?ref=birchtree.me | Source: MacRumors
[11:26]	TR Bot	26.4 Beta Adds End-to-End Encryption for iPhone-to-Android RCS Texts - MacRumors
[11:27]	TR News	"A Whole New Challenge For Open Source Licenses" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/a-whole-new-challenge-for-open-source:8
[11:27]	TR Bot	 A Whole New Challenge For Open Source Licenses
[11:27]	TR News	"The Real Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's Not Just the UIIt's the End of Personal Computing" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/The-Real-Reason-Windows-Hate-Is-Exploding--It's-Not-Just-the-UI%E2%80%94It's-the-End-of-Personal-Computing:7
[11:27]	TR Bot	 The Real Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's Not Just the UIIt's the End of Personal Computing
[11:27]	TR News	"The Online ID Check Situation is Crazy" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/the-online-id-check-situation-is-crazy:c
[11:27]	TR Bot	 The Online ID Check Situation is Crazy
[11:30]	TR News	Hype around scam, Ponzi scheme https://kanenarraway.com/posts/ai-agent-access-control-problem/
[11:30]	TR Bot	 The AI Agent Access Control Problem | Kane Narraway
[11:31]	TR News	schneier still propping up slop https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/canada-needs-nationalized-public-ai.html
[11:31]	TR Bot	Needs Nationalized, Public AI - Schneier on Security
[11:31]	TR News	techdirt supporting slop, as usual https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/12/dont-ban-kids-from-using-chatbots/
[11:31]	TR Bot	Ban Kids From Using Chatbots | Techdirt
[11:32]	TR News	Chat Control 1 might still fall | "Chat Control 1 kanske nd faller" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/03/12/chat-control-1-kanske-anda-faller/
[11:32]	TR Bot	 Chat Control 1 kanske nd faller
[11:33]	TR News	"Nur auf Verdacht: EU-Parlament stimmt gegen Massenberwachung bei freiwilliger Chatkontrolle" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2026/nur-auf-verdacht-eu-parlament-stimmt-gegen-massenueberwachung-bei-freiwilliger-chatkontrolle/
[11:33]	TR Bot	 Nur auf Verdacht: EU-Parlament stimmt gegen Massenberwachung bei freiwilliger Chatkontrolle
[11:33]	TR News	"Chat Control 1 frlngd till augusti 2027" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/03/11/chat-control-1-forlangd-till-augusti-2027/
[11:33]	TR Bot	( status 429 @ https://www.google.com/sorry/index?continue=https://translate.google.com/translate%3Fsl%3Dsv%26tl%3Den%26u%3Dhttps://femtejuli.se/2026/03/11/chat-control-1-forlangd-till-augusti-2027/&q=EgReTM9xGILsz80GIjBqhh3WtF0pSTdI08L3_odRGDov9R8X3sVDTHY8NjptUyrjV8hvTBncLO0K8RpaS1MyAnJSWgFD )
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[11:35]	TR News	"Technology dependence in storage is no longer just an operational concern it is a strategic risk affecting cost control, compliance, and digital sovereignty." https://klarasystems.com/articles/the-real-cost-of-technology-dependence-building-independence-with-open-source-storage/ | Source: Klara
[11:35]	TR Bot	 The Real Cost of Technology Dependence
[11:35]	TR News	"Last year, I wrote a bit on maintaining open source projects." https://hacdias.com/2026/03/11/filebrowser/ | Source: Henrique Dias
[11:35]	TR Bot	 Update On File Browser - Henrique Dias
[11:35]	themusicfactory	What happened? I couldn't connect to the server for a few days
[11:48]	TR News	"In the computer playground wars of the 1980s, children would spend hours extolling the virtues of either the ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/picocpc-custom-board/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[11:48]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/picocpc-custom-board/ )
[11:48]	TR News	"(Long version: It involved downloading code to a memory card, adjusting a number, saving a text file back to the camera in a hidden service mode" https://chrisglass.com/2026/03/12/hacking-a-camera/ | Source: Chris Glass
[11:48]	TR Bot	 Hacking a camera Chris Glass
[11:49]	TR News	"Bryan Poerwo has announced the release of EndeavourOS 2026.03.06, code-name "Titan"." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12760 | Source: Distro Watch
[11:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12760 )
[11:50]	TR News	"It's that time of the year again. With the following commit" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260311062921 | Source: Undeadly
[11:50]	TR Bot	 OpenBSD -current moves to 7.9-beta
[11:50]	TR News	"I will expand on my inclusion of Wine at some point, because its found surprising utility in a few places." https://rubenerd.com/the-a-to-z-of-bsd/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[11:50]	TR Bot	The A to Z of BSD
[11:51]	TR News	"I need NFS 4.x storage for some tests. I would like to leverage FreeBSD 14.3 with ZFS and export two ZFS Datasets via NFS." https://freebsd.uw.cz/2026/03/nfs-on-freebsd-with-zfs.html |
[11:51]	TR Bot	 FreeBSD - A True Unix Way: NFS on FreeBSD with ZFS
[11:52]	TR News	"After a 4-hour power outage today (crews were working on the power lines), my home IP address changed, perhaps for the first time in over a year." https://dan.langille.org/2026/03/11/ddclient-4-changes/ | Source: Dan Langille
[11:52]	TR Bot	 ddclient 4 changes Dan Langille's Other Diary
[11:52]	TR News	"Here is a small post about deploying a Matrix server in the homelab." https://box.matto.nl/deploy-a-matrix-server-using-conduit-and-cinny-on-freebsd-in-the-homelab.html | Source: MJ Fransen
[11:52]	TR Bot	a Matrix server using Conduit and Cinny on FreeBSD in the homelab - box.matto.nl
[11:53]	TR News	"I run nvim on all my machines my laptop running FreeBSD with Alacritty as my terminal, and several OpenBSD and FreeBSD servers I connect to via SSH." https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20260312 | Source: Vincent Delft
[11:53]	TR Bot	 Vincent's blog
[11:53]	TR News	"In this blog, I will share some details and will explain the workaround I've put in place" https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20260311 | Source: Vincent Delft
[11:53]	TR Bot	 Vincent's blog
[11:54]	TR News	"In a move that would have gone unnoticed by most but will be appreciated by OpenBSD/amd64 laptop users" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260312185620 | Source: Undeadly
[11:54]	TR Bot	 Delayed hibernation comes to OpenBSD/amd64 laptops
[11:55]	TR News	"I really like containers, but they are something that is currently very bad from a security point of view: distribution " https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2026-03-12-build-your-containers-from-trusted-sources.html | Source: Data Swamp
[11:55]	TR Bot	 Solene'% : Make your own container base images from trusted sources
[11:57]	TR News	Techrights Friday the 13th & Debian Developers afraid to nominate in DPL elections https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Friday_the_13th_Debian_Developers_afraid_to_nominate_in_DPL_ele.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Friday_the_13th_Debian_Developers_afraid_to_nominate_in_DPL_ele.gmi 
[11:57]	TR Bot	 Techrights Friday the 13th & Debian Developers afraid to nominate in DPL elections
● Mar 13
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[12:19]	TR News	"The unique architecture of the web enables a much higher degree of user privacy than exists on other platforms." https://blog.mozilla.org/en/privacy-security/web-anonymity/ | Source: Mozilla
[12:19]	TR Bot	 The web should remain anonymous by default
[12:20]		*themusicfactory (~themusicfactory@ugtkf8gqfm7b2.irc) has joined #techrights
[12:20]	TR News	Mozilla plagiarising people's work and filtering them through GAFAM is a disgrace to Firefox https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-ai/ai-powering-firefox-shake-to-summarize/ | Source: Mozilla
[12:20]	TR Bot	 Under the hood: The AI powering Firefoxs Shake to Summarize
[12:21]	TR News	Mozilla help scammy companies fake "Demand" for slop and guess who pays Mozilla to do this
[12:22]	TR News	D7VK version 1.5 brings Direct3D 3 support via Vulkan on Linux | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/d7vk-version-1-5-brings-direct3d-3-support-via-vulkan-on-linux/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[12:22]	TR Bot	version 1.5 brings Direct3D 3 support via Vulkan on Linux | GamingOnLinux
[12:23]	TR News	OBS Studio 32.1.0 arrives with WebRTC Simulcast support and a new Audio Mixer | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/obs-studio-32-1-0-arrives-with-webrtc-simulcast-support-and-a-new-audio-mixer/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[12:23]	TR Bot	Studio 32.1.0 arrives with WebRTC Simulcast support and a new Audio Mixer | GamingOnLinux
[12:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  OBS Studio 32.1 Released with New Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/11/OBS_Studio_32_1_Released_with_New_Audio_Mixer_WebRTC_Simulcast_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/11/OBS_Studio_32_1_Released_with_New_Audio_Mixer_WebRTC_Simulcast_.gmi 
[12:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines OBS Studio 32.1 Released with New Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast Support
[12:25]	TR News	HORSES wins the 2026 Nuovo Award despite the bans from Steam and Epic Games | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/horses-wins-the-2026-nuovo-award-despite-the-bans-from-steam-and-epic-games/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[12:25]	TR Bot	wins the 2026 Nuovo Award despite the bans from Steam and Epic Games | GamingOnLinux
[12:26]	TR News	"Linux kernel fixes for the supported Ubuntu releases are being made available as security updates by the Canonical Kernel Team." https://ubuntu.com//blog/apparmor-vulnerability-fixes-available | Source: Ubuntu
[12:26]	TR Bot	vulnerability fixes available | Ubuntu
[12:26]	TR News	Game age rating system PEGI to get big changes for in-game items and online play | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/game-age-rating-system-pegi-to-get-big-changes-for-in-game-items-and-online-play/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[12:26]	TR Bot	age rating system PEGI to get big changes for in-game items and online play | GamingOnLinux
[12:27]	TR News	Lutris turns to JUNK https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash/
[12:27]	TR Bot	now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash | GamingOnLinux
[12:28]	TR News	"The MYC-YM62LX measures 43 45 mm and is powered by the TI AM62Lx processor, specifically the AM62L32BOGHAANBR variant, featuring dual Arm Cortex-A53 cores running at up to 1.25 GHz." https://linuxgizmos.com/myir-launches-am62lx-based-myc-ym62lx-som-with-3x-can-fd-and-8x-uart/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[12:28]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/myir-launches-am62lx-based-myc-ym62lx-som-with-3x-can-fd-and-8x-uart/ )
[12:30]	TR News	RWR 2 (RUNNING WITH RIFLES 2) announced with a teaser trailer | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/rwr-2-running-with-rifles-2-announced-with-a-teaser-trailer/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[12:30]	TR Bot	2 (RUNNING WITH RIFLES 2) announced with a teaser trailer | GamingOnLinux
[12:30]	TR News	Mesa 26.0.2 arrives with more bug-fixes for Linux graphics drivers | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mesa-26-0-2-arrives-with-more-bug-fixes-for-linux-graphics-drivers/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[12:30]	TR Bot	26.0.2 arrives with more bug-fixes for Linux graphics drivers | GamingOnLinux
[12:32]	TR News	"In this guide for Linux users, Ill show you how to find your Linux systems operating system version from the command line." https://www.tecmint.com/check-linux-os-version/ | Source: TecMint
[12:32]	TR Bot	 6 Ways to Check Your Linux OS Information and Kernel Version
[12:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: RWR 2, Lutris Turns Into Slop, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Games_RWR_2_Lutris_Turns_Into_Slop_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Games_RWR_2_Lutris_Turns_Into_Slop_and_More.gmi 
[12:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: RWR 2, Lutris Turns Into Slop, and More
[12:33]	TR News	Red Hat under IBM promoting slop all the time https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/enable-intelligent-insights-red-hat-satellite-mcp-server | Source: Red Hat Official
[12:33]	TR Bot	 Enable intelligent insights with Red Hat Satellite MCP Server
[12:36]	TR News	All the images here are SLOP https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-march-13-2026 | Source: Red Hat Official
[12:36]	TR Bot	 Friday Five March 13, 2026
[12:36]	TR News	Red Hat a mindless slop pusher https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-does-real-world-ai-deliver-value-ask-red-hat-example
[12:36]	TR Bot	 How does real-world AI deliver value? The Ask Red Hat example
[12:37]	TR News	More slop https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/mwc-2026-red-hat-drives-toward-cloud-native-and-ai-ready-telcos
[12:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/mwc-2026-red-hat-drives-toward-cloud-native-and-ai-ready-telcos )
[12:38]	TR News	"AI-native" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/scaling-future-open-ran-red-hat-joins-ocudu-ecosystem-foundation
[12:38]	TR Bot	 Scaling the future of Open RAN: Red Hat joins the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation
[12:38]	TR News	Red Hat a mindless slop pusher https://techstrong.ai/features/red-hat-extends-ai-reach-deeper-into-the-enterprise/
[12:38]	TR Bot	Hat Extends AI Reach Deeper into the Enterprise - Techstrong.ai
[12:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  IBM Red Hat's Site Becoming 100% Slop/Plagiarism/Scam https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/IBM_Red_Hat_s_Site_Becoming_100_Slop_Plagiarism_Scam.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/IBM_Red_Hat_s_Site_Becoming_100_Slop_Plagiarism_Scam.gmi 
[12:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines IBM Red Hat's Site Becoming 100% Slop/Plagiarism/Scam
[12:43]	TR News	HardenedBSD 15-build-11 is out https://distrowatch.com/hardenedbsd
[12:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/hardenedbsd )
[12:44]	TR News	Pluralistic: Three more Hey Hi (AI) psychoses (12 Mar 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/12/normal-technology/
[12:44]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Three more AI psychoses (12 Mar 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[12:46]	TR News	Mike Gabriel: Debian Lomiri Tablets 2025-2027 - Project Report (Q4/2025) https://sunweavers.net/blog/node/152
[12:46]	TR Bot	 Debian Lomiri Tablets 2025-2027 - Project Report (Q4/2025) | sunweaver's NET
[12:47]	TR News	Firefox Tooling Announcements: Happy BMO Push Day! (20260312.1) https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/happy-bmo-push-day-20260312-1/147613
[12:47]	TR Bot	 Happy BMO Push Day! (20260312.1) - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse
[12:48]	TR News	How to Install Firefox Without Snap on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-firefox-without-snap-on-ubuntu-26-04
[12:48]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-firefox-without-snap-on-ubuntu-26-04 )
[12:49]	TR News	Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1062570/
[12:49]	TR Bot	updates for Thursday [LWN.net]
[12:50]	TR News	Our Trip With Mindful Bodhi GNU/Linux 7.0 https://fossforce.com/2026/03/our-trip-with-mindful-bodhi-linux-7-0/
[12:50]	TR Bot	 Our Trip With Mindful Bodhi Linux 7.0 - FOSS Force
[12:50]	TR News	CIQ Ships RLC Pro AI, a GPUFirst Take on Rocky GNU/Linux https://fossforce.com/2026/03/ciq-ships-rlc-pro-ai-a-gpu-first-take-on-rocky-linux/
[12:50]	TR Bot	 CIQ Ships RLC Pro AI, a GPUFirst Take on Rocky Linux - FOSS Force
[12:51]	TR News	Two stable kernels for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1062575/
[12:51]	TR Bot	stable kernels for Thursday [LWN.net]
[12:51]	TR News	Axel command-line download accelerator https://www.linuxlinks.com/axel-command-line-download-accelerator/
[12:51]	TR Bot	- command-line download accelerator - LinuxLinks
[12:52]	TR News	Clockwork Orange cross-platform wallpaper manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/clockwork-orange-cross-platform-wallpaper-manager/
[12:52]	TR Bot	Orange - cross-platform wallpaper manager - LinuxLinks
[12:52]	TR News	Mecalin learn touch typing https://www.linuxlinks.com/mecalin-learn-touch-typing/
[12:52]	TR Bot	- learn touch typing - LinuxLinks
[12:52]	TR News	NeoDLP feature-rich video/audio downloader based on yt-dlp https://www.linuxlinks.com/neodlp-feature-rich-video-audio-downloader/
[12:52]	TR Bot	- feature-rich video/audio downloader based on yt-dlp - LinuxLinks
[12:52]	TR News	gosh-dl-cli download manager for the terminal https://www.linuxlinks.com/gosh-dl-cli-download-manager-terminal/
[12:52]	TR Bot	- download manager for the terminal - LinuxLinks
[12:53]	TR News	ec terminal Git mergetool https://www.linuxlinks.com/ec-terminal-git-mergetool/
[12:53]	TR Bot	- terminal Git mergetool - LinuxLinks
[12:53]	TR News	tortuise terminal-native 3D Gaussian splatting viewer https://www.linuxlinks.com/tortuise-terminal-native-3d-gaussian-splatting-viewer/
[12:53]	TR Bot	- terminal-native 3D Gaussian splatting viewer - LinuxLinks
[12:53]	TR News	Dgraph horizontally scalable and distributed GraphQL database https://www.linuxlinks.com/dgraph-horizontally-scalable-distributed-graphql-database/
[12:53]	TR Bot	- horizontally scalable and distributed GraphQL database - LinuxLinks
[12:55]	TR News	9 Steps to Install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Complete Guide With Screenshots (2026) https://www.linuxteck.com/install-ubuntu-24-04-lts-step-by-step/
[12:55]	TR Bot	 9 Steps To Install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Step By Step Complete Guide With Screenshots (2026)
[12:55]	TR News	Google is finally bringing Chrome to ARM64 GNU/Linux devices https://www.neowin.net/news/google-is-finally-bringing-chrome-to-arm64-linux-devices/
[12:55]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/google-is-finally-bringing-chrome-to-arm64-linux-devices/ )
[12:56]	TR News	9 Best Free and Open Source Self-Hosted Pastebin Alternatives https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-self-hosted-pastebin-alternatives/
[12:56]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Self-Hosted Pastebin Alternatives - LinuxLinks
[12:56]	TR News	14 Useful Free and Open Source JavaScript Web Frameworks https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-javascript-frameworks/
[12:56]	TR Bot	Useful Free and Open Source JavaScript Web Frameworks - LinuxLinks
[12:57]	TR News	8 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Boot Utilities https://www.linuxlinks.com/bootutilities/
[12:57]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Linux Boot Utilities - LinuxLinks
[12:57]	TR News	9 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Library Management Systems https://www.linuxlinks.com/librarymanagementsystems/
[12:57]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Linux Library Management Systems - LinuxLinks
[12:58]	TR News	Alternatives to popular CLI tools: Wget https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternatives-popular-cli-tools-wget/
[12:58]	TR Bot	to popular CLI tools: Wget - LinuxLinks
[12:58]	TR News	11 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Download Managers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-graphical-download-managers/
[12:58]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Graphical Download Managers - LinuxLinks
[12:59]	TR News	NetWatch htop for your network https://www.linuxlinks.com/netwatch-htop-network/
[12:59]	TR Bot	- htop for your network - LinuxLinks
● Mar 13
[13:00]	TR News	RTX 5090 gets 12% gaming boost in Ubuntu 26.04, thanks to optimizations with Gnome 50 https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/rtx-5090-gets-12-percent-gaming-boost-in-ubuntu-26-04-thanks-to-optimizations-with-gnome-50-latest-popular-distro-update-brings-significant-performance-uplift-for-nvidias-top-gpu
[13:00]	TR Bot	 RTX 5090 gets 12% gaming boost in Ubuntu 26.04, thanks to optimizations with Gnome 50 latest popular distro update brings significant performance uplift for Nvidia's top GPU | Tom's Hardware
[13:00]	TR News	By Expanding to Advocacy of Ponzi Schemes and Bill Epsteingate (Sex Trafficking), 'Linux' Foundation Revenue Grew to $220,730,594, But Salary of Linus Torvalds Not Even in Top 10 Anymore! https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/12/By_Expanding_to_Advocacy_of_Ponzi_Schemes_and_Bill_Epsteingate_.shtml
[13:00]	TR Bot	 Techrights By Expanding to Advocacy of Ponzi Schemes and Bill Epsteingate (Sex Trafficking), Linux Foundation Revenue Grew to $220,730,594, But Salary of Linus Torvalds Not Even in Top 10 Anymore!
[13:01]	TR News	Spam https://www.linux.com/news/mar26-training-promo/
[13:01]	TR Bot	Your Next Career Move The Formula for Opportunity Starts Here SAVE UP TO 40%!Ignite Your Next Career Move - Linux.com
[13:09]	TR News	"And I don't recall the rest of the lullaby. Annoyed that I couldn't recall the rest of the lyrics, I decided to look them up [1] and fell into a bit of a rabbit hole." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/03/12.1
[13:10]	TR News	"Around 2018, I had the same epiphany: I was unable to get out of my house without my phone. In fact, I was so addicted that it was hard not to take the phone with me even inside the house or, God forbid, into the bathroom!" gemini://ploum.net/2026-03-13-phone_addiction.gmi
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[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	(I do not condone Reddit, but ... click bait... )
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	worse: M$ github
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	"""
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	The original version of this investigation was posted to r/linux, 
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	where it was mass reported and pulled down pending moderator review
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	"""
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[13:25]	TR Bot	 I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills. The answer involves a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it. : linux
[13:25]	TR Bot	- upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings GitHub
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	it is interesting
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	they should do blog post
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	not reddit
[13:31]	TR News	IBM Has Already Admitted 2026 Mass Layoffs (in 4Q Earnings Call) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/23/IBM_Has_Already_Admitted_2026_Mass_Layoffs_in_4Q_Earnings_Call.shtml
[13:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Has Already Admitted 2026 Mass Layoffs (in 4Q Earnings Call)
[13:33]	TR News	Iran Says Its Ready to Destroy the Global Economy https://futurism.com/science-energy/iran-destroy-global-economy
[13:33]	TR Bot	 Iran Says It's Ready to Destroy the Global Economy
[13:36]	TR News	Woman uses AI-generated image to fake injury from nail treatment in S. Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/woman-uses-ai-generated-image-to-fake-injury-from-nail-treatment-in-s-korea
[13:36]	TR Bot	 Woman uses AI-generated image to fake injury from nail treatment in S. Korea | The Straits Times
[13:38]	TR News	At Chinas Big Political Meeting, a Rare Debate About Inequality https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/world/asia/china-pensions-inequality-farmers.html
[13:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/world/asia/china-pensions-inequality-farmers.html )
[13:38]	TR News	China Wants Its Ethnic Minorities to Blend In. Now Its the Law. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/world/asia/china-minorities-xinjiang-tibet.html
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[13:39]	TR News	Slowing economy, tricky external ties: China has plate full as annual Two Sessions close https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/slowing-economy-tricky-external-ties-china-has-its-plate-full-as-the-annual-two-sessions-close
[13:39]	TR Bot	 Slowing economy, tricky external ties: China has plate full as annual Two Sessions close | The Straits Times
[13:42]	TR News	Chinas Moon Landing Is Starting to Look Very Real https://futurism.com/space/china-moon-landing-site-proposal
[13:42]	TR Bot	 China's Moon Landing Is Starting to Look Very Real
[13:44]	TR News	Journalism still obtainable career for young as 88% with NCTJ qualification get jobs https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/journalism-still-obtainable-career-for-young-as-88-with-nctj-qualification-get-jobs/
[13:44]	TR Bot	 Journalism still obtainable career for young as 88% with NCTJ qualification get jobs - Press Gazette
[13:45]	TR News	Women in Space Could Face a Hidden Blood-Clot Risk, Study Suggests https://www.sciencealert.com/women-in-space-could-face-a-hidden-blood-clot-risk-study-suggests
[13:45]	TR Bot	in Space Could Face a Hidden Blood-Clot Risk, Study Suggests : ScienceAlert
[13:51]	TR News	The information battlefield: Social media, artificial intelligence and modern wartime propaganda https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/the-information-battlefield-social-media-artificial-intelligence-and-modern-wartime-propaganda/
[13:51]	TR Bot	 The information battlefield: Social media, artificial intelligence and modern wartime propaganda - DefenceWeb
● Mar 13
[14:00]	TR News	I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills. The answer involves a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it. http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/I_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45_states_of_lobbyin.shtml
[14:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills. The answer involves a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it.
[14:02]	TR News	People Really, Really Despise Hey Hi (AI) Even More Than ICE, Poll Finds https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hate-ai-more-ice-poll
[14:02]	TR Bot	 Poll Finds Surprise Answer to What Americans Hate More: AI or ICE
[14:03]	TR News	Disturbing Hey Hi (AI) Food Slop Is Strangling the Internet https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-food-slop-videos
[14:03]	TR Bot	 Disturbing AI Slop of Adorable Food Creatures Being Cooked in Horrible Ways Is Strangling the Internet
[14:04]	TR News	Records show reporter Selina Cheng was let go from WSJ due to redundancy, HR exec. says in unlawful dismissal suit https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/13/records-show-reporter-selina-cheng-was-let-go-from-wsj-due-to-redundancy-hr-exec-says-in-unlawful-dismissal-suit/
[14:04]	TR Bot	 Records show WSJ reporter Selina Cheng made redundant, HR exec tells court
[14:05]	TR News	We Havent Heard Much About the Dionne Warwick CatalogNow, a Contentious Lawsuit Offers an Explanation https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/11/dionne-warwick-catalog-lawsuit/
[14:05]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/11/dionne-warwick-catalog-lawsuit/ )
[14:06]	TR News	As a 14-Year Prison Term Awaits, Embattled Pras Michel Abruptly Dismisses Lawsuit Against Lauryn Hill https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/12/pras-michel-dismisses-lauryn-hill-lawsuit/
[14:06]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/12/pras-michel-dismisses-lauryn-hill-lawsuit/ )
[14:07]	TR News	Out of left field: Students with accommodations say housing rules disadvantage them https://stanforddaily.com/2026/03/11/housing-changes-disabled-residents/
[14:07]	TR Bot	 Students with accommodations say housing rules disadvantage them
[14:07]	TR News	Grammarly Forgot to Mention Something in Its Giant Apology That Changes the Whole Story https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grammarly-apology-lawsuit
[14:07]	TR Bot	 Grammarly Forgot to Mention Something in Its Giant Apology That Changes the Whole Story
[14:10]	TR News	Iran hacking group claims attack on med-tech company Stryker https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/iran-hacking-group-claims-attack-on-med-tech-company-stryker-says-over-200-000-devices-have-been-wiped-clean-and-over-50tb-of-data-extracted
[14:10]	TR Bot	 Iran hacking group claims attack on med-tech company Stryker says over 200,000 devices have been wiped clean and over 50TB of data extracted | Tom's Hardware
[14:10]	TR News	Security advisory: Recently reported dr_wav issue impacts Qt https://www.qt.io/blog/security-advisory-recently-reported-dr_wav-issue-impacts-qt
[14:10]	TR Bot	 Security advisory: Recently reported dr_wav issue impacts Qt
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[14:11]	TR News	Taming the dragon: reverse engineering firmware withGhidra https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/taming-the-dragon-reverse-engineering-firmware-with-ghidra/
[14:11]	TR Bot	 Taming the dragon: reverse engineering firmware withGhidra | Pen Test Partners
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[14:13]	TR News	Polyfill Supply Chain Attack Impacting 100k Sites Linked to North Korea https://www.securityweek.com/polyfill-supply-chain-attack-impacting-100k-sites-linked-to-north-korea/
[14:13]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/polyfill-supply-chain-attack-impacting-100k-sites-linked-to-north-korea/ )
[14:14]	TR News	Cisco Patches High-Severity IOS XR Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-high-severity-ios-xr-vulnerabilities-2/
[14:14]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-high-severity-ios-xr-vulnerabilities-2/ )
[14:14]	TR News	Splunk, Zoom Patch Severe Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/splunk-zoom-patch-severe-vulnerabilities/
[14:14]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/splunk-zoom-patch-severe-vulnerabilities/ )
[14:15]	TR News	Ally WordPress Plugin Flaw Exposes Over 200,000 Websites to Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/ally-wordpress-plugin-flaw-exposes-over-200000-websites-to-attacks/
[14:15]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/ally-wordpress-plugin-flaw-exposes-over-200000-websites-to-attacks/ )
[14:15]	TR News	Meta Launches New Protection Tools as It Helps Disrupt Scam Centers https://www.securityweek.com/meta-launches-new-protection-tools-as-it-helps-disrupt-scam-centers/
[14:15]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/meta-launches-new-protection-tools-as-it-helps-disrupt-scam-centers/ )
[14:18]	TR News	Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in February 2026 https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2026-02/
[14:18]	TR Bot	Builds in February 2026 reproducible-builds.org
[14:21]	TR News	Russia escalates online censorship with Telegram restrictions, rights group warns https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/russia-escalates-online-censorship-with-telegram-restrictions-rights-group-warns/
[14:21]	TR Bot	 Russia escalates online censorship with Telegram restrictions, rights group warns - JURIST - News
[14:24]	TR News	How To Install Putty on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-putty-debian-13/
[14:24]	TR Bot	 How To Install Putty on Debian 13 - idroot
[14:29]	TR News	How To Install BalenaEtcher on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-balenaetcher-fedora-43/
[14:29]	TR Bot	 How To Install BalenaEtcher on Fedora 43 - idroot
[14:30]	TR News	How To Install WildFly on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-wildfly-debian-13/
[14:30]	TR Bot	 How To Install WildFly on Debian 13 - idroot
[14:30]	TR News	How To Install CherryTree on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-cherrytree-ubuntu-24-04/
[14:30]	TR Bot	 How To Install CherryTree on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot
[14:34]	TR News	How To Install Beekeeper Studio on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-beekeeper-studio-almalinux-10/
[14:34]	TR Bot	 How To Install Beekeeper Studio on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot
[14:34]	TR News	How to Install Code::Blocks on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-codeblocks-on-ubuntu-linux/
[14:34]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-codeblocks-on-ubuntu-linux/ )
[14:35]	TR News	How to Remove Snapd on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-remove-snapd-on-ubuntu-26-04
[14:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-remove-snapd-on-ubuntu-26-04 )
[14:36]	TR News	The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing rustup 1.29.0 https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/03/12/Rustup-1.29.0/
[14:36]	TR Bot	 Announcing rustup 1.29.0 | Rust Blog
[14:37]	TR News	Bringing Chrome to ARM64 GNU/Linux Devices https://blog.chromium.org/2026/03/bringing-chrome-to-arm64-linux-devices.html
[14:37]	TR Bot	 Chromium Blog: Bringing Chrome to ARM64 Linux Devices
[14:38]	TR News	Forlinx Showcases i.MX95-Based FET-MX95xx-C SoM at Embedded World 2026 https://linuxgizmos.com/forlinx-showcases-i-mx95-based-fet-mx95xx-c-som-at-embedded-world-2026/
[14:38]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/forlinx-showcases-i-mx95-based-fet-mx95xx-c-som-at-embedded-world-2026/ )
[14:38]	TR News	COM HPC Mini-sized VersaLogic Raptor Embedded Processing Unit features 13th gen defective chip maker Intel Core i5-1345URE or Processor U300E SoC https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/12/com-hpc-mini-sized-versalogic-raptor-embedded-processing-unit-features-13th-gen-intel-core-i5-1345ure-or-processor-u300e-soc/
[14:38]	TR Bot	 COM HPC Mini-sized VersaLogic Raptor "Embedded Processing Unit" features 13th gen Intel Core i5-1345URE or Processor U300E SoC - CNX Software
[14:39]	TR News	IBM Red Hat peddling slop some more https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/12/how-develop-agentic-workflows-ci-pipeline-cicaddy
[14:39]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/12/how-develop-agentic-workflows-ci-pipeline-cicaddy )
[14:40]	TR News	Astra is billed as an audiophile music player https://www.linuxlinks.com/astra-audiophile-music-player/
[14:40]	TR Bot	is billed as an audiophile music player - LinuxLinks
[14:41]	TR News	Harry Wentland: Plane Color Pipeline, CSC, 3D LUT, and KWin https://hwentlan.github.io/2026/03/10/plane-color-pipeline-csc-3d-lut-kwin.html
[14:41]	TR Bot	( status 404 @ https://hwentlan.github.io/2026/03/10/plane-color-pipeline-csc-3d-lut-kwin.html )
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[14:59]	TR News	Special k: The Science (or Art) of Finding the Optimal k in Clustering https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/special-k-the-science-or-art-of-finding-the-optimal-k-in-clustering/
[14:59]	TR Bot	k: The Science (or Art) of Finding the Optimal k in Clustering | R-bloggers
● Mar 13
[15:00]	TR News	Whats New in EndeavourOS Titan Release? https://endeavouros.com/news/whats-new-in-endeavouros-titan-release/
[15:00]	TR Bot	New in EndeavourOS Titan Release? - EndeavourOS
[15:00]	TR News	watch Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/watch/
[15:00]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/watch/ )
[15:02]	TR News	WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 https://wordpress.org/news/2026/03/wordpress-7-0-beta-5/
[15:02]	TR Bot	 WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 WordPress News
[15:03]	TR News	The Market for Spyware is Growing: Its Used Differently Against Women https://citizenlab.ca/the-market-for-spyware-is-growing-its-used-differently-against-women/
[15:03]	TR Bot	 The Market for Spyware is Growing: It's Used Differently Against Women - The Citizen Lab
[15:04]	TR News	OBS Studio 32.1.0 Released with New Audio Mixer & WebRTC Simulcast https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/obs-studio-32-1-0-released-with-new-audio-mixer-webrtc-simulcast/
[15:04]	TR Bot	 OBS Studio 32.1.0 Released with New Audio Mixer & WebRTC Simulcast | UbuntuHandbook
[15:06]	TR News	GNU Terry Pratchett - Tiffany Aching https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1128/gnu-terry-pratchett-tiffany-aching
[15:06]	TR Bot	 GNU Terry Pratchett - Tiffany Aching - David Revoy
[15:08]	TR News	Google Chrome / Chromium146 Released with Vertical Tabs https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/google-chrome-146-vertical-tabs/
[15:08]	TR Bot	 Google Chrome / Chromium146 Released with Vertical Tabs | UbuntuHandbook
[15:09]	TR News	"One of my friends is in the hospital. I think they're dying. They're thousands of miles away. A bunch of us are trying to get information. It's hazy. But we know it's not good. A life of pre-existing conditions and lifestyle choices coming in like a freight train." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/3-13.gmi
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[15:11]	TR News	Iran Strikes US Fifth Fleet Base Bahrain Erupts in Uprising & Saudi Forces Move to Crush Dissent https://www.mintpressnews.com/iran-strikes-us-fifth-fleet-base-bahrain-erupts-in-uprising-saudi-forces-move-to-crush-dissent/290716/
[15:11]	TR Bot	 Iran Strikes US Fifth Fleet Base Bahrain Erupts in Uprising & Saudi Forces Move to Crush Dissent
[15:13]	TR News	Stryker Cyberattack Adds to Fears of New Front in Iran War https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/world/middleeast/stryker-iran-cyberattack.html
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[15:14]	TR News	US launches trade probes into China, other economies over failures to act on forced labor https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/13/us-launches-trade-probes-into-china-other-economies-over-failures-to-act-on-forced-labor/
[15:14]	TR Bot	 US launches trade probes into failures to act on forced labour
[15:15]	TR News	Fewer rules, more innovation? The miscalculation of the new Brussels https://edri.org/our-work/fewer-rules-more-innovation-the-miscalculation-of-the-new-brussels/
[15:15]	TR Bot	 Fewer rules, more innovation? The miscalculation of the new Brussels - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[15:17]	TR News	Aryan Kaushik: Open Forms is now 0.4.0 - and the GUI Builder is here https://www.aryank.in/posts/2026-03-12-open-forms-is-now-040/
[15:17]	TR Bot	 Open Forms is now 0.4.0 - and the GUI Builder is here
[15:18]	TR News	Google Chrome is (finally) coming to ARM64 GNU/Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/google-chrome-arm64-linux
[15:18]	TR Bot	 Google Chrome is (finally) coming to ARM64 Linux - OMG! Ubuntu
[15:18]	TR News	Mariposa 3.1.1 is released https://distrowatch.com/mariposa
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[15:19]	TR News	SolydXK 13-202603 is released as well https://distrowatch.com/solydxk
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[15:19]	TR News	Fwupd 2.1.1 Released
[15:20]	TR News	AMD pushing slop into Linux (kernel) now. Not good!
[15:20]	TR News	su slop
[15:21]	TR News	KDE neon 20260312 is released https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon
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[15:21]	TR News	pearOS 26.03 is released as well https://distrowatch.com/pearos
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[15:21]	TR News	EndeavourOS 2026.03.06 is released https://distrowatch.com/endeavour
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[15:22]	TR News	Perforator Continuous Profiling app https://www.linuxlinks.com/perforator-continuous-profiling-app/
[15:22]	TR Bot	- Continuous Profiling app - LinuxLinks
[15:22]	TR News	11 Best Free and Open Source non-GTK non-Qt File Managers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-non-gtk-non-qt-file-managers/
[15:22]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source non-GTK non-Qt File Managers - LinuxLinks
[15:22]	TR News	peek-cli CLI tool that opens a file or folder in your browser https://www.linuxlinks.com/peek-cli-cli-tool-opens-filer-folder-browser/
[15:22]	TR Bot	- CLI tool that opens a file or folder in your browser - LinuxLinks
[15:23]	TR News	Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppBDT 0.2.8 on CRAN: Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/03/12#rcppbdt_0.2.8
[15:23]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[15:25]	TR News	Feature Flagging at Databricks https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2026/03/12/Feature-Flagging-at-Databricks/
[15:25]	TR Bot	 Feature Flagging at Databricks | Ben Congdon
[15:27]	TR News	Microsoft systemd 260-rc3 "Released With Hey Hi (AI) Agents"... pushing slop through the lower level https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Microsoft_Amutable_Already_Reveals_That_Its_Focus_Is_Not_Linux_.shtml
[15:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Amutable Already Reveals That Its Focus Is Not Linux, It'll Promote "Remote Attestation"
[15:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: ^
[15:35]	TR News	Chatbots Want Your Health Records. Tread Carefully. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/technology/personaltech/microsoft-copilot-health-ai-chatbots.html
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[15:36]	TR News	US tech giants on Iran's list of potential targets in Gulf countries https://www.france24.com/en/us-tech-giants-on-iran-s-list-of-potential-targets-in-gulf-countries
[15:36]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/us-tech-giants-on-iran-s-list-of-potential-targets-in-gulf-countries )
[15:37]	TR News	Apple Updates Legacy iOS Versions to Patch Coruna Exploits https://www.securityweek.com/apple-updates-older-ios-versions-to-patch-coruna-exploits/
[15:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-updates-older-ios-versions-to-patch-coruna-exploits/ )
[15:40]	TR News	Qt Creator 19 released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-19-released
[15:40]	TR Bot	 Qt Creator 19 released
[15:41]	TR News	What's new in QML tooling in Qt 6.11, part 2: new qmllint warnings https://www.qt.io/blog/whats-new-in-qml-tooling-for-qt-6.11-part-2
[15:41]	TR Bot	 What's new in QML tooling in Qt 6.11, part 2: new qmllint warnings
[15:41]	TR News	Critical N8n Vulnerabilities Allowed Server Takeover https://www.securityweek.com/critical-n8n-vulnerabilities-allowed-server-takeover/
[15:41]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-n8n-vulnerabilities-allowed-server-takeover/ )
[15:43]	TR News	China firm Lisuan's homegrown 6nm G100 series GPUs announced with up to 12GB of VRAM https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/china-firm-lisuans-homegrown-6nm-g100-series-gpus-announced-with-up-to-12gb-of-vram-lx-7g106-can-play-cyberpunk-2077-and-other-popular-steam-games-arrives-june-18-in-china
[15:43]	TR Bot	 China firm Lisuan's homegrown 6nm G100 series GPUs announced with up to 12GB of VRAM LX 7G106 can play Cyberpunk 2077 and other popular Steam games, arrives June 18 in China | Tom's Hardware
[15:43]	TR News	Made in America: Director Squires Ties IPR Institution to Domestic Manufacturing https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/03/made-in-america-director-squires-ties-ipr-institution-to-domestic-manufacturing.html
[15:43]	TR Bot	 Made in America: Director Squires Ties IPR Institution to Domestic Manufacturing | Patently-O
[15:44]	TR News	All design patents are a disgrace; designs must not be covered by patents https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/03/untethered-uspto-loosens-the-article-of-manufacture-requirement-for-digital-designs.html
[15:44]	TR Bot	 Untethered: USPTO Loosens the Article of Manufacture Requirement for Digital Designs | Patently-O
[15:51]	TR News	Generics suspect GSK of playing divisional game after EPO revocation https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/generics-suspect-gsk-of-playing-divisional-game-after-epo-revocation/
[15:51]	TR Bot	 Generics suspect GSK of playing "divisional game" after EPO revocation - JUVE Patent
[15:51]	TR News	Amgen and Sanofi end epic battle over Praluent and Repatha https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/amgen-and-sanofi-end-epic-battle-over-praluent-and-repatha/
[15:51]	TR Bot	 Amgen and Sanofi end epic battle over Praluent and Repatha - JUVE Patent
[15:52]	TR News	NewHydrogen files patent monopoly for thermochemical water-splitting process https://www.h2-view.com/story/newhydrogen-files-patent-for-thermochemical-water-splitting-process/2138388.article/
[15:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.h2-view.com/story/newhydrogen-files-patent-for-thermochemical-water-splitting-process/2138388.article/ )
[15:53]	TR News	PSSH parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/pssh-parallel-versions-openssh/
[15:53]	TR Bot	- parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools - LinuxLinks
[15:54]	TR News	shpool service that enables session persistence https://www.linuxlinks.com/shpool-service-session-persistence/
[15:54]	TR Bot	- service that enables session persistence - LinuxLinks
[15:55]	TR News	Qantas to pay $95 million to customers for cancelled Covid flights https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/qantas-to-pay-95-million-to-customers-for-cancelled-covid-flights
[15:55]	TR Bot	 Qantas to pay $95m for cancelled Covid flights | The Straits Times
[15:57]	TR News	One-fifth of Australian teens still use TikTok, Snapchat after social control media ban https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/one-fifth-of-australian-teens-still-use-tiktok-snapchat-after-social-media-ban
[15:57]	TR Bot	 One-fifth of Australian teens still use TikTok, Snapchat after social media ban | The Straits Times
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[16:03]	TR News	Ubuntu-based Zentyal Server 8.1 launches with multiple improvements and a 24.04 LTS base https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ubuntu-based-Zentyal-Server-8-1-launches-with-multiple-improvements-and-a-24-04-LTS-base.1247588.0.html
[16:03]	TR Bot	Zentyal Server 8.1 launches with multiple improvements and a 24.04 LTS base - NotebookCheck.net News
[16:05]	TR News	"The event is jointly organized by both the GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V.." https://9to5linux.com/linux-app-summit-2026-will-take-place-on-may-16-17-in-berlin-germany
[16:05]	TR Bot	App Summit 2026 Will Take Place on May 16-17 in Berlin, Germany - 9to5Linux
[16:05]	TR News	"This release also introduces support for showing configuration files for development containers in the project tree." https://9to5linux.com/qt-creator-19-open-source-ide-released-with-minimap-for-text-editors-mcp-server
[16:05]	TR Bot	Creator 19 Open-Source IDE Released with Minimap for Text Editors, MCP Server - 9to5Linux
[16:06]	TR News	If you slop.. YOU LOSE https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash/
[16:06]	TR Bot	now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash | GamingOnLinux
[16:07]	TR News	"Secure boot." https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-1-linux-firmware-updater-released-as-a-massive-update
[16:07]	TR Bot	2.1.1 Linux Firmware Updater Released as a Massive Update - 9to5Linux
[16:07]	TR News	"This release introduces hardware detection for all graphics cards and virtual machines." https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-titan-released-with-linux-kernel-6-19-and-kde-plasma-6-6
[16:07]	TR Bot	Titan Released with Linux Kernel 6.19 and KDE Plasma 6.6 - 9to5Linux
[16:17]	TR News	7 essential keyboard shortcuts every Linux Mint user should know https://www.howtogeek.com/essential-keyboard-shortcuts-linux-mint-users-should-know/
[16:17]	TR Bot	 7 essential keyboard shortcuts every Linux Mint user should know
[16:18]	TR News	Looks Like SUSE Linux is Up For Sale (Again)! https://itsfoss.com/news/suse-for-sale-again/
[16:18]	TR Bot	 Looks Like SUSE Linux is Up For Sale (Again)!
[16:19]	TR News	SUSE Linux Up for Sale Again, Valued at $6 Billion - NYC Today https://nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-york/news/2026/03/12/suse-linux-up-for-sale-again-valued-at-6-billion/ Source: Art | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-york/news/2026/03/12/suse-linux-up-for-sale-again-valued-at-6-billion/
[16:19]	TR Bot	 SUSE Linux Up for Sale Again, Valued at $6 Billion - NYC Today
[16:20]	TR News	Some of these are proprietary and spyware https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-tools-that-secretly-power-the-world/
[16:20]	TR Bot	 8 open-source tools that secretly power the world
[16:21]	TR News	Unity says official Steam and native Linux support are expanding https://videocardz.com/newz/unity-expands-official-support-for-steam-linux-steam-deck-and-steam-machine
[16:21]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/newz/unity-expands-official-support-for-steam-linux-steam-deck-and-steam-machine )
[16:21]	TR News	4 ways to create a directory in Linux (and what each one teaches you) https://www.howtogeek.com/4-ways-to-create-a-directory-in-linux-and-what-each-one-teaches-you/
[16:21]	TR Bot	 4 ways to create a directory in Linux (and what each one teaches you)
[16:23]	TR News	Valve publicly asks for help securing RAM for its Linux-based Steam Machine at GDC 2026 - FRVR https://frvr.com/blog/valve-publicly-asks-for-help-securing-ram-for-its-linux-based-steam-machine/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//frvr.com/blog/valve-publicly-asks-for-help-securing-ram-for-its-linux-based-steam-machine/
[16:23]	TR Bot	publicly asks for help securing RAM for its Linux-based Steam Machine at GDC 2026 - FRVR
[16:23]	TR News	Unity is targeting better native performance on Linux, focusing on Steam Deck and upcoming Steam Machine - PC Guide https://www.pcguide.com/news/unity-is-targeting-better-native-performance-on-linux-focusing-on-steam-deck-and-upcoming-steam-machine/
[16:23]	TR Bot	 Unity is targeting better native performance on Linux, focusing on Steam Deck and upcoming Steam Machine - PC Guide
[16:25]	TR News	Unity Officially Gets Steam, SteamOS, and Linux Support | TechPowerUp https://www.techpowerup.com/347332/unity-officially-gets-steam-steamos-and-linux-support | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.techpowerup.com/347332/unity-officially-gets-steam-steamos-and-linux-support
[16:25]	TR Bot	Officially Gets Steam, SteamOS, and Linux Support | TechPowerUp
[16:25]	TR News	Unity Engine to Enhance Linux Support - Steam Deck HQ https://steamdeckhq.com/news/unity-engine-announces-enhancements-for-linux/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//steamdeckhq.com/news/unity-engine-announces-enhancements-for-linux/
[16:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://steamdeckhq.com/news/unity-engine-announces-enhancements-for-linux/ )
[16:27]	TR News	CIQ Announces General Availability of RLC Pro AI, Enterprise Linux Built to Deliver More from Every GPU in Production https://aijourn.com/ciq-announces-general-availability-of-rlc-pro-ai-enterprise-linux-built-to-deliver-more-from-every-gpu-in-production/
[16:27]	TR Bot	 CIQ Announces General Availability of RLC Pro AI, Enterprise Linux Built to Deliver More from Every GPU in Production | The AI Journal
[16:29]	TR News	Classic "AI-washing" https://www.technetbooks.com/2026/03/rabbit-cyberdeck-modern-linux-device.html
[16:29]	TR Bot	 Rabbit Cyberdeck Modern Linux Device for AI and Programming Featuring OLED Screen and Mechanical Keyboard | Technetbook
[16:29]	TR News	SUSE in the shop window: will the Linux player remain European? https://www.techzine.eu/blogs/infrastructure/139501/suse-in-the-shop-window-will-the-linux-player-remain-european/
[16:29]	TR Bot	 SUSE in the shop window: will the Linux player remain European? - Techzine Global
[16:31]	TR News	US disrupts SocksEscort proxy network powered by Linux malware https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-disrupts-socksescort-proxy-network-powered-by-linux-malware/
[16:31]	TR Bot	 US disrupts SocksEscort proxy network powered by Linux malware
[16:33]	TR News	SUSE up for potential sale, EQT reviews options for Linux specialists https://www.igorslab.de/en/suse-considers-possible-sale-eqt-examines-options-for-linux-specialists/
[16:33]	TR Bot	 SUSE up for potential sale, EQT reviews options for Linux specialists | igorsLAB
[16:35]	TR News	Anbernic RG Vita Series Technical Specifications Hardware Details and RG Vita Pro Specs Android 14 Linux AI Features https://www.technetbooks.com/2026/03/anbernic-rg-vita-series-technical.html
[16:35]	TR Bot	 Anbernic RG Vita Series Technical Specifications Hardware Details and RG Vita Pro Specs Android 14 Linux AI Features | Technetbook
[16:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
[16:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[16:40]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[16:40]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[16:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Anbernic, Valve, and Steam/Unity (Mono) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Games_Anbernic_Valve_and_Steam_Unity_Mono.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Games_Anbernic_Valve_and_Steam_Unity_Mono.gmi 
[16:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Anbernic, Valve, and Steam/Unity (Mono)
[16:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux/BSD Graphics: AMDGPU, Mesa, D7VK, and GPUs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Linux_BSD_Graphics_AMDGPU_Mesa_D7VK_and_GPUs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Linux_BSD_Graphics_AMDGPU_Mesa_D7VK_and_GPUs.gmi 
[16:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux/BSD Graphics: AMDGPU, Mesa, D7VK, and GPUs
[16:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  CIQ of Rocky GNU/Linux Targets GPUs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/CIQ_of_Rocky_GNU_Linux_Targets_GPUs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/CIQ_of_Rocky_GNU_Linux_Targets_GPUs.gmi 
[16:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines CIQ of Rocky GNU/Linux Targets GPUs
[16:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  OpenBSD 7.9-beta, delayed hibernation comes to OpenBSD/amd64 laptops, and the A to Z of BSD https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/OpenBSD_7_9_beta_delayed_hibernation_comes_to_OpenBSD_amd64_lap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/OpenBSD_7_9_beta_delayed_hibernation_comes_to_OpenBSD_amd64_lap.gmi 
[16:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines OpenBSD 7.9-beta, delayed hibernation comes to OpenBSD/amd64 laptops, and the A to Z of BSD
[16:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Bringing Chrome to ARM64 GNU/Linux Devices, Google Chrome / Chromium146 Released with Vertical Tabs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Bringing_Chrome_to_ARM64_GNU_Linux_Devices_Google_Chrome_Chromi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Bringing_Chrome_to_ARM64_GNU_Linux_Devices_Google_Chrome_Chromi.gmi 
[16:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Bringing Chrome to ARM64 GNU/Linux Devices, Google Chrome / Chromium146 Released with Vertical Tabs
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[17:05]	TR News	 (NEW):  Mozilla: Firefox Tooling, Privacy Drivel, Slop Plagiarism, and "#HowTo block ads on Firefox" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Mozilla_Firefox_Tooling_Privacy_Drivel_Slop_Plagiarism_and_How_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Mozilla_Firefox_Tooling_Privacy_Drivel_Slop_Plagiarism_and_How_.gmi 
[17:05]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Mozilla: Firefox Tooling, Privacy Drivel, Slop Plagiarism, and "How to block ads on Firefox"
[17:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  Gadgets/Devices: Raspberry Pi, Open Hardware, and Debian Lomiri Tablets https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Gadgets_Devices_Raspberry_Pi_Open_Hardware_and_Debian_Lomiri_Ta.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Gadgets_Devices_Raspberry_Pi_Open_Hardware_and_Debian_Lomiri_Ta.gmi 
[17:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Gadgets/Devices: Raspberry Pi, Open Hardware, and Debian Lomiri Tablets
[17:10]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi 
[17:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[17:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Web Clients and Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Web_Clients_and_Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Static_Site_Gene.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Web_Clients_and_Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Static_Site_Gene.gmi 
[17:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Web Clients and Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG)
[17:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  EndeavourOS Titan Released with Linux Kernel 6.19 and KDE Plasma 6.6 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/12/EndeavourOS_Titan_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_19_and_KDE_Plasm.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/12/EndeavourOS_Titan_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_19_and_KDE_Plasm.gmi 
[17:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines EndeavourOS Titan Released with Linux Kernel 6.19 and KDE Plasma 6.6
[17:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[17:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers
[17:17]	TR News	thai massage training gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/thaiTraining
[17:21]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 13/03/2026: Exhaustion and Smartphone Addiction https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Gemini_Links_13_03_2026_Exhaustion_and_Smartphone_Addiction.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Gemini_Links_13_03_2026_Exhaustion_and_Smartphone_Addiction.gmi 
[17:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 13/03/2026: Exhaustion and Smartphone Addiction
[17:24]	TR News	Techrights Links 13/03/2026: New US Weapons for Taiwan, Pakistan Air Strikes Hit Kabul https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Links_13_03_2026_New_US_Weapons_for_Taiwan_Pakistan_Air_Strikes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Links_13_03_2026_New_US_Weapons_for_Taiwan_Pakistan_Air_Strikes.gmi 
[17:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 13/03/2026: New US Weapons for Taiwan, Pakistan Air Strikes Hit Kabul
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[17:54]	TR News	Techrights Fake Articles From Sites With "Linux" in Their Name/Domain Name https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Fake_Articles_From_Sites_With_Linux_in_Their_Name_Domain_Name.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Fake_Articles_From_Sites_With_Linux_in_Their_Name_Domain_Name.gmi 
[17:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Fake Articles From Sites With "Linux" in Their Name/Domain Name
[17:56]		-Global-[r0d3nt] It's (almost) the most irrational holiday of the year, so we're doing 31.4% off sitewide. Code SLICE, ends March 17. nostarch.com
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[18:04]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/hp-has-new-incentive-to-stop-blocking-third-party-ink-in-its-printers/
[18:04]	TR Bot	 HP has new incentive to stop blocking third-party ink in its printers - Ars Technica
[18:06]	TR News	Techrights "Alternative to Microsoft Office" Must Use Free/Open Standards/Formats for Real Sovereignty https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Alternative_to_Microsoft_Office_Must_Use_Free_Open_Standards_Fo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Alternative_to_Microsoft_Office_Must_Use_Free_Open_Standards_Fo.gmi 
[18:06]	TR Bot	 Techrights "Alternative to Microsoft Office" Must Use Free/Open Standards/Formats for Real Sovereignty
[18:11]	admfubar	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-new-turing-test-how-threats-use-geometry-to-prove-humanness/
[18:11]	TR Bot	 The New Turing Test: How Threats Use Geometry to Prove 'Humanness'
[18:20]	admfubar	https://www.discovermagazine.com/wolf-reintroduction-to-yellowstone-national-park-helped-restore-aspen-trees-but-there-is-still-much-to-learn-48808
[18:20]	TR Bot	 Wolf Reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park Helped Restore Aspen Trees but There Is Still Much to Learn | Discover Magazine
[18:24]	TR News	Techrights IBM Has No Clue #HowTo Integrate Companies Like Red Hat https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/IBM_Has_No_Clue_How_to_Integrate_Companies_Like_Red_Hat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/IBM_Has_No_Clue_How_to_Integrate_Companies_Like_Red_Hat.gmi 
[18:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Has No Clue How to Integrate Companies Like Red Hat
[18:28]	admfubar	https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/rep-finke-was-right-age-gating-isnt-about-kids-its-about-control
[18:28]	TR Bot	 Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isnt About Kids, Its About Control | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[18:29]	MinceR	duh
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[18:29]	admfubar	https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/certbot-and-lets-encrypt-now-support-ip-address-certificates
[18:29]	TR Bot	 Certbot and Let's Encrypt Now Support IP Address Certificates | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[18:30]	admfubar	https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/government-spying-targeted-advertising-effector-385
[18:30]	TR Bot	 Government Spying Targeted Advertising | EFFector 38.5 | Electronic Frontier Foundation
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[18:32]	admfubar	smart glasses are for dumb people... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/think-twice-buying-or-using-metas-ray-bans
[18:32]	TR Bot	 Think Twice Before Buying or Using Metas Ray-Bans | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[18:33]	TR News	Techrights Scheduled Maintenance Tonight https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Scheduled_Maintenance_Tonight.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Scheduled_Maintenance_Tonight.gmi 
[18:33]	TR Bot	 Techrights Scheduled Maintenance Tonight
[18:34]	admfubar	pot, kettle.... https://www.firstpost.com/business/elon-musk-warns-kids-mentally-unwell-users-to-avoid-chatgpt-amid-ai-safety-row-13989087.html
[18:34]	TR Bot	Musk warns 'kids, mentally unwell' users to avoid ChatGPT amid AI safety row Firstpost
[18:37]	admfubar	https://www.firstpost.com/tech/atlassian-layoffs-company-plans-to-cut-around-1600-jobs-amid-ai-push-13988595.html
[18:37]	TR Bot	layoffs: Company plans to cut around 1,600 jobs amid AI push Firstpost
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[18:41]	TR News	Techrights Veteran GNU/Linux Journalist Jack Wallen Tries Geminispace and Likes It https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Veteran_GNU_Linux_Journalist_Jack_Wallen_Tries_Geminispace_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Veteran_GNU_Linux_Journalist_Jack_Wallen_Tries_Geminispace_and_.gmi 
[18:41]	TR Bot	 Techrights Veteran GNU/Linux Journalist Jack Wallen Tries Geminispace and Likes It
[18:45]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I enjoyed that ChrisFix video on YouTube where he got a broken down BMW real cheaply and he took it to a mechanic who fixed all of the engine design flaws with aftermarket parts.
[18:46]	IsambardPrince	If I knew a good mechanic who knew how to correct all the problems and make it work right, I might buy a BMW. Especially if I was paying for the repairs with YouTube ad revenue from viewers.
[18:46]	MinceR	:>
[18:46]	MinceR	you'll still end up with an ugly shitbox with some fixes
[18:47]	MinceR	though i guess there are savings
[18:47]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Z4OSrI59s&list=PLNgIOyQB0PkTb6DN_cLqxfC-AdAp-7w5d
[18:47]	TR Bot	https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=f8Z4OSrI59s
[18:47]	TR Bot	( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=f8Z4OSrI59s )
[18:48]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, GM likes to do extended oil caps too.
[18:48]	IsambardPrince	But if you take them off and throw out the "beauty cover" then the oil cap goes right on.
[18:49]	IsambardPrince	I always do that because I hate engine covers anyway.
[18:50]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The engine in my car won't win any races, at least not in the form they put it in a Buick.
[18:50]	IsambardPrince	There were some they did performance mods on.
[18:50]	IsambardPrince	Supercharger driven by the exhaust, higher voltage ignition coils.
[18:50]	MinceR	i suspect the engine cover also absorbs noise
[18:50]	IsambardPrince	Not as much as you'd think.
[18:51]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, On the 2003 Impala the dealership threw away the engine cover as part of a recall.
[18:51]	IsambardPrince	They said it contributed to engine fires from oil leaking out of the valve cover gaskets.
[18:51]	IsambardPrince	:)
[18:51]	MinceR	maybe they shouldn't take engine design lessons from BMW
[18:52]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Does BMW have valve gasket leak problems too?
[18:52]	MinceR	one of their famous cause of fires was that the alleged engine would spring a hole and blow flame through it, setting fire to plastic components outside the alleged engine
[18:53]	MinceR	and then the whole alleged car would burn down
[18:54]	TR News	Techrights Career Science and Academia as Corporate Propaganda 'on Tap' https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Career_Science_and_Academia_as_Corporate_Propaganda_on_Tap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Career_Science_and_Academia_as_Corporate_Propaganda_on_Tap.gmi 
[18:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Career Science and Academia as Corporate Propaganda 'on Tap'
[18:55]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/iran-google-microsoft-targets
[18:55]	TR Bot	 Iran Declares Google and Microsoft to Be Military Targets
[18:57]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, They told me to drink an oral rehydration solution. And to buy it at the pharmacy.
[18:58]	IsambardPrince	The pharmacy tech said "It's got electrolytes." and I immediately said "It's what plants crave."
[18:58]	MinceR	lol
[18:58]	IsambardPrince	And he looked at me.
● Mar 13
[19:01]	TR News	Warner Bros. Discovery Layoffs Test Merger Integration And Lofty Valuation https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/media/nasdaq-wbd/warner-bros-discovery/news/warner-bros-discovery-layoffs-test-merger-integration-and-lo
[19:01]	TR Bot	 Warner Bros. Discovery Layoffs Test Merger Integration And Lofty Valuation - Simply Wall St News
[19:01]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, That movie was really funny and subversive.
[19:02]	IsambardPrince	They couldn't get any food to grow, but they still had Hardee's.
[19:02]	IsambardPrince	Have you ever thought about that?
[19:02]	MinceR	no
[19:06]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/character-ai-epstein-island-ghislaine-maxwell
[19:06]	TR Bot	 Google-Linked AI Site Hosting Epstein Island Roleplays, Ghislaine Maxwell Bots
[19:09]	admfubar	now this is slop!!! https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-food-slop-videos
[19:09]	TR Bot	 Disturbing AI Slop of Adorable Food Creatures Being Cooked in Horrible Ways Is Strangling the Internet
[19:12]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/police-escort-robot
[19:12]	TR Bot	 Robot Escorted Away By Cops After Terrorizing Old Woman
[19:13]	TR News	Techrights Signs of Impeding Mass Layoffs - Not Just Quiet Layoffs - at Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Signs_of_Impeding_Mass_Layoffs_Not_Just_Quiet_Layoffs_at_Micros.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Signs_of_Impeding_Mass_Layoffs_Not_Just_Quiet_Layoffs_at_Micros.gmi 
[19:13]	TR Bot	 Techrights Signs of Impeding Mass Layoffs - Not Just Quiet Layoffs - at Microsoft
[19:13]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hate-ai-more-ice-poll
[19:13]	TR Bot	 Poll Finds Surprise Answer to What Americans Hate More: AI or ICE
[19:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	at least they said robot
[19:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	and not "hey hi"
[19:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	to some, the two things are synonyms now 
[19:15]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grammarly-apology-lawsuit
[19:15]	TR Bot	 Grammarly Forgot to Mention Something in Its Giant Apology That Changes the Whole Story
[19:17]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/future-society/ceo-ai-bubble-pressure
[19:17]	TR Bot	 CEOs Say Yeah, AI Might Be a Bubble, But They're Gonna Keep Shoveling Money Into the Furnace Because All Their Friends Are
[19:22]	MinceR	We Also Forgot to Put It In The Headline
[19:22]	MinceR	s/In/in/
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[19:28]	IsambardPrince	"Melaria" has been vote bombed on Rotten Tomatoes with chat robots leaving fake 5 star reviews.
[19:29]	IsambardPrince	11% on the Tomatometer, but 94% on the popcornmeter.
[19:30]	MinceR	Melanoma?
[19:30]	IsambardPrince	Malaria
[19:30]	IsambardPrince	That's what I call her.
[19:30]	MinceR	:>
[19:32]	admfubar	damn windy here...
[19:32]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, First you put a tax on foreign films.
[19:33]	IsambardPrince	Then you release an ad that says ICE will keep "dangerous ideas" out of the country.
[19:33]	TR News	Techrights Founder of IBM Ventures Has Just Quit IBM https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Founder_of_IBM_Ventures_Has_Just_Quit_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Founder_of_IBM_Ventures_Has_Just_Quit_IBM.gmi 
[19:33]	TR Bot	 Techrights Founder of IBM Ventures Has Just Quit IBM
[19:33]	MinceR	ah yes, "the land of the free"
[19:33]	admfubar	power has been having intermittent dropouts
[19:33]	IsambardPrince	Then you "Make Hollywood Great Again" and that involves Steven Seagall who is a Russian now, and movies about Trump's do nothing wife.
[19:33]	MinceR	lol
[19:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Valve Releases New Steam Client Stable Update to Address Various Bugs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Valve_Releases_New_Steam_Client_Stable_Update_to_Address_Variou.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Valve_Releases_New_Steam_Client_Stable_Update_to_Address_Variou.gmi 
[19:35]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Valve Releases New Steam Client Stable Update to Address Various Bugs
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[19:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  The FSF doesn't usually sue for copyright infringement, but when we do, we settle for freedom https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/The_FSF_doesn_t_usually_sue_for_copyright_infringement_but_when.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/The_FSF_doesn_t_usually_sue_for_copyright_infringement_but_when.gmi 
[19:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines The FSF doesn't usually sue for copyright infringement, but when we do, we settle for freedom
[19:37]	TR News	"US citizens: call on Congress to investigate the deportation thugs' mass surveillance and use of widespread face recognition." https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jan-apr.html#12_March_2026_(Urgent:_Investigate_facial_recognition)
[19:37]	TR Bot	 2026: January - April Political Notes
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[19:43]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The dead giveaways that the fake reviews of Malaria aren't from real people is that everything is spelled and capitalized and punctuated correctly. If it was just MAGA idiots it would sound like toothless cousin fuckers from Kentucky.
[19:43]	MinceR	lol
[19:43]	IsambardPrince	When you get down there it's just like Einstein said.
[19:44]	IsambardPrince	Everything's Relatives
[19:44]	IsambardPrince	Or something like that.
[19:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	<admfubar> damn windy here...
[19:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	here also
[19:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	Einstein was a plerv
[19:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	*perv
[19:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	so was mozat
[19:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	*mozart
[19:45]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYxgSlDKuzc
[19:45]	TR Bot	https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=TYxgSlDKuzc
[19:45]	TR Bot	invidious.nerdvpn.de | Gandalf
[19:45]	IsambardPrince	Breaking Bad - Everyone knows it's Windy
[19:45]	MinceR	Breaking Wind
[19:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Einstein
[19:47]	TR Bot	 Elsa Einstein - Wikipedia
[19:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Elsa Einstein (18 January 1876 20 December 1936)[1] was the second wife and cousin of Albert Einstein. Their mothers were sisters, making them maternal first cousins. The couple were also paternal second cousins (i.e. their fathers were first cousins)."
[19:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	one day you are a patent clerk
[19:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	the next day you "do" your cousin
[19:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	years later you get celebrated as the world's smartest ever person
[19:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	because of some papers you wrote (not many)
[19:53]	TR News	"I'll be glad when IBM sells the consulting division." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkmbhpt2#replies
[19:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkmbhpt2#replies )
[19:55]	admfubar	sounds more like the amish marriage style 
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[19:58]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/buzzfeed-disastrous-earnings-ai
[19:58]	TR Bot	 BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI
● Mar 13
[20:00]	admfubar	https://www.geekwire.com/2026/report-terrapower-leadership-faces-tough-questions-about-gates-myhrvold-and-epstein-ties/
[20:00]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2026/report-terrapower-leadership-faces-tough-questions-about-gates-myhrvold-and-epstein-ties/ )
[20:02]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVu1f8r0P2E
[20:02]	TR Bot	https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=eVu1f8r0P2E
[20:02]	TR Bot	( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=eVu1f8r0P2E )
[20:05]	admfubar	https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsofts-return-to-office-policy-creates-a-return-to-slower-commutes-traffic-analysis-shows/
[20:05]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsofts-return-to-office-policy-creates-a-return-to-slower-commutes-traffic-analysis-shows/ )
[20:05]	IsambardPrince	We Ranked 10 Battle Tanks In UKRAINE, Worst to Best
[20:16]	admfubar	https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-GIMP-The-Movie-Official-Trailer
[20:16]	TR Bot	 GIMP: The Movie | Official Trailer
[20:18]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The guy was talking about a T-90M that got hit.
[20:18]	IsambardPrince	"Here's a video of the crew bailing out, which for a Russian tank is something of a miracle."
[20:18]	IsambardPrince	:)
[20:18]	MinceR	:)
[20:19]	IsambardPrince	They don't have as many of that model.
[20:19]	IsambardPrince	But it's one that can actually sacrifice itself to protect the crew instead of just explode AND kill them too.
[20:20]	IsambardPrince	Amazing that the Russians ever figured out how to get that out of a machine they designed.
[20:20]	admfubar	https://idolinux.com/multitail-what-it-is-and-how-it-can-make-you-a-better-sysadmin/
[20:20]	TR Bot	What It Is and How It Can Make You a Better SysAdmin - iDoLinux
[20:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Marknote 1.5 WYSIWYG Note-Taking App Is Here with Source Mode, KRunner Plugin https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Marknote_1_5_WYSIWYG_Note_Taking_App_Is_Here_with_Source_Mode_K.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Marknote_1_5_WYSIWYG_Note_Taking_App_Is_Here_with_Source_Mode_K.gmi 
[20:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Marknote 1.5 WYSIWYG Note-Taking App Is Here with Source Mode, KRunner Plugin
[20:31]	admfubar	https://www.androidpolice.com/instagram-is-getting-rid-of-end-to-end-encryption-for-dms/
[20:31]	TR Bot	 Instagram to discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs [Update: Meta's statement]
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	admfubar: 
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	<em>It's difficult to measure how many employees have already "left on their own" due to the RTO policy</em>
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	Days ago from a Microsoft-funded [<a href="http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/17/GeekWire_Microsoft_Bribes_Us_While_We_Cover_Microsoft_Affairs_S.shtml">1</a>, <a href="http://techrights.org/o/2023/08/12/geekwire-microsoft-money/">2</a>] publisher:
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	<p class="center"><img src="/i/2026/03/rto-microsoft.png" alt="Microsofts return-to-office policy creates a return to slower commutes, traffic analysis shows" /></p>
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	<p class="dropcap-first">There are some rumours this week of <a href="https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Signs_of_Impeding_Mass_Layoffs_Not_Just_Quiet_Layoffs_at_Micros.shtml">a hiring freeze at Microsoft</a> as well as silent layoffs [<a href="/n/2026/03/02/2026_Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_in_So_called_AI_Datacentres_Why_Doe.shtml">1</a>, <a href="/n/2026/03/10/Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_March_2026.shtml">2</a>, <a href="/n/2026/03/11
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	/Quiet_Layoffs_or_Silent_Layoffs_Alleged_at_Microsoft.shtml">3</a>] (that Microsoft does not <U>always</u> manage to keep silent).
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	An element few speak about (or still remember; the mainstream media or <a href="https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/25/The_Fall_of_Corporate_Media_Controlled_by_Oligarchs_Who_Boost_o.shtml">what's left</a> of it rarely mentions it anymore) is <b>RTO</b>, or return-to-office; at Amazon and IBM, for example, many "Expensive" (read: Experienced) workers are discarded that way. They tend to have less patience for nonsense like this, eith
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	er because they can retire early or look for employment elsewhere. But the net effect is, all workers suffer and the stress levels increase. It does not improve productivity, but companies like it when people resign and need not be paid compensation/severance (this way they reduce "headcount" on the 'cheap').
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	Don't expect Amazon-owned media (Bezos owns <em>Washington Post</em>) to speak against RTO. It'll do the opposite. Some people are noticing that. The same goes for Microsoft-sponsored or <a href="https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/13/Forbes_Already_Stopped_Being_a_News_Sites_Now_It_s_a_Spam_and_P.shtml">IBM-sponsored</a> media. Gaslighting can be a business model. <a href="#top"></a></p>
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	Updated <a href="https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1keehrfd7">four days ago</a>:
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	<p class="center"><img src="/i/2026/03/Expensive-Staff.png" alt="it's everywhere in IT, if you are 45+, you are a dead person walking" /></p>
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	Updated <a href="https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjdmn2xa">four <B>hours</b> ago</a>:
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	<p class="center"><img src="/i/2026/03/msft-loyal.png" alt="It's highly stupid of one to expect loyalty from a company. You don't need to be loyal to a company either." /></p>
[20:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights GeekWire: Microsoft Bribes Us While We Cover Microsoft Affairs (Spin Doctoring), Hence We Are "Independent"
[20:43]	TR Bot	 GeekWire, Home of Longtime Microsoft Propagandists and Source Burners, Admits Taking Money From Microsoft
[20:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights Signs of Impeding Mass Layoffs - Not Just Quiet Layoffs - at Microsoft
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	oops
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	i meant to paste the url
[20:43]	TR News	Techrights Reminder: Microsoft silent Layoffs by RTO (Commute Time and Lack of Comfort/Work Satisfaction) Already in Effect This Year https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Reminder_Microsoft_silent_Layoffs_by_RTO_Commute_Time_and_Lack_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Reminder_Microsoft_silent_Layoffs_by_RTO_Commute_Time_and_Lack_.gmi 
[20:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights Reminder: Microsoft silent Layoffs by RTO (Commute Time and Lack of Comfort/Work Satisfaction) Already in Effect This Year
[20:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Fall of Corporate Media Controlled by Oligarchs Who Boost (or Are Compelled to Boost) Reckless Lies About the Poor While Normalising Rich People's Crimes
[20:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights Forbes Already Stopped Being a News Sites. Now It's a Spam and Propaganda Platform for "Paying Partners" (Companies).
[20:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1keehrfd7 )
[20:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjdmn2xa )
[20:50]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/13/adobe_q1_2026/
[20:50]	TR Bot	 Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen to step down after 18 years The Register
[20:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  3 Years Without Social Control Media https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/3_Years_Without_Social_Control_Media.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/3_Years_Without_Social_Control_Media.gmi 
[20:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 3 Years Without Social Control Media
[20:58]	admfubar	coming up to 250,000 without power in the area
● Mar 13
[21:07]		*wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights
[21:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	tehran?
[21:09]	TR News	Techrights Don't Forget Red Hat's RTO (Return-to-office) Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Don_t_Forget_Red_Hat_s_RTO_Return_to_office_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Don_t_Forget_Red_Hat_s_RTO_Return_to_office_Layoffs.gmi 
[21:10]	TR Bot	 Techrights Don't Forget Red Hat's RTO (Return-to-office) Layoffs
[21:11]	TR News	Ana Basilio gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/poemasdeotres/misifu.gmi
[21:12]	TR News	Bernardo Esquinca gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/resenas/reylepra.gmi
[21:13]	TR News	"How strong is the correlation between being a generally good person and having good manners, in my experience?" gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/relog/2026-03-13-re-good-manners.gmi
[21:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Maintenance Tonight and Next Tuesday https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Maintenance_Tonight_and_Next_Tuesday.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/Maintenance_Tonight_and_Next_Tuesday.gmi 
[21:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Maintenance Tonight and Next Tuesday
[21:48]	TR News	Techrights Price of Storage, Price of Energy... What Next? https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Price_of_Storage_Price_of_Energy_What_Next.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Price_of_Storage_Price_of_Energy_What_Next.gmi 
[21:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Price of Storage, Price of Energy... What Next?
[21:53]	TR News	Techrights Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 11 Out of 200: Cannot Censor His Spouse, Accusations Are Repeated Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Microsofters_SLAPP_Censorship_Part_11_Out_of_200_Cannot_Censor_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Microsofters_SLAPP_Censorship_Part_11_Out_of_200_Cannot_Censor_.gmi 
[21:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 11 Out of 200: Cannot Censor His Spouse, Accusations Are Repeated Today
● Mar 13
[22:03]	TR News	Atlassian lays off 63 WA workers as part of sweeping cuts https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2026/03/12/atlassian-layoffs-bellevue-jira-cannon-brookes.html
[22:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2026/03/12/atlassian-layoffs-bellevue-jira-cannon-brookes.html )
[22:13]	TR News	Techrights Atlassian Corp: We're Doing Layoffs Because of "Hey Hi"; Wall Street: Atlassian Corp is Just a Failing Business https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Atlassian_Corp_We_re_Doing_Layoffs_Because_of_Hey_Hi_Wall_Stree.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/13/Atlassian_Corp_We_re_Doing_Layoffs_Because_of_Hey_Hi_Wall_Stree.gmi 
[22:13]	TR Bot	 Techrights Atlassian Corp: We're Doing Layoffs Because of "Hey Hi"; Wall Street: Atlassian Corp is Just a Failing Business
[22:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Frameworks 6.24 Improves Support for Plasma and Kirigami-Based Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/KDE_Frameworks_6_24_Improves_Support_for_Plasma_and_Kirigami_Ba.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/13/KDE_Frameworks_6_24_Improves_Support_for_Plasma_and_Kirigami_Ba.gmi 
[22:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE Frameworks 6.24 Improves Support for Plasma and Kirigami-Based Apps
● Mar 13
[23:00]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], The US used to be reasonably free.
[23:01]	IsambardPrince	Until the early 2000s, most citizens didn't interact with the federal government very much.
[23:01]	IsambardPrince	The states and cities were in control for the most part, for day to day things.
[23:01]	IsambardPrince	Then federal overreach into everything from transportation into basic ID cards happened.
[23:02]	IsambardPrince	The federal system was working mostly as intended. The feds were in charge of foreign policy, war, currency, interstate commerce regulation, and crimes like terrorism, kidnapping, bank robbery, stuff like that.
[23:02]	IsambardPrince	You had to be a really bad person to get any attention from federal law enforcement.
[23:03]	IsambardPrince	Now it's cheap to just surveil everyone every time they pass by a camera, so it puts cameras everywhere.
[23:03]	IsambardPrince	They want to know what you're doing every day, even if you're nobody.
[23:03]	IsambardPrince	They didn't have this much surveillance on the mafia in the 1980s, as they do now on a single mom driving a clunker to work at Dollar General.
[23:04]	IsambardPrince	Governments that are collapsing or are unpopular become this concerned about internal security.
[23:04]	IsambardPrince	They call it "homeland security".
[23:06]	IsambardPrince	The government wasn't deeply unpopular back then.
[23:07]	IsambardPrince	People had arguments over politics, but people figured, hey, just put in my time at work, I turn 65 I get Social Security.
[23:07]	IsambardPrince	Then it was 66, 67, 68.
[23:07]	IsambardPrince	Now they're talking about "saving" it again by stealing another two years. If you ever make it to 70.
[23:10]	IsambardPrince	Meanwhile, they spent trillions on "Homeland Security". Which made the airports so safe that last year a Doordash driver accidentally drove onto the runway at O'Hare and parked next to a jumbo jet that was boarding passengers.
[23:10]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, ^
[23:16]	IsambardPrince	https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-13-26
[23:16]	TR Bot	 Live updates: Iran war news; 6 US crew killed in Iraq plane crash; blasts rock Tehran | CNN
[23:16]	IsambardPrince	There are no conditions!
[23:16]	IsambardPrince	The spice must flow!!!!!
[23:16]	IsambardPrince	-Trump
[23:16]	IsambardPrince	"Iran mulls conditions for allowing oil cargo ships through Strait of Hormuz, source says"
[23:27]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, RFK Jr. sez he'll force doctors in training to sit through nutrition classes.
[23:27]	IsambardPrince	While we have a president who is barely alive and has ankles swollen nearly 12 inches in diameter despite compression socks.
[23:28]	IsambardPrince	And bruises all over his body from....touching things.
[23:28]	IsambardPrince	Vladmir Lenin's preserved corpse looks better and it's been dead for over 100 years.
[23:30]	IsambardPrince	https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/13/americas/cuba-president-us-talks-intl
[23:30]	TR Bot	 Cuban president says talks held with the United States amid intense pressure from Trump | CNN
[23:30]	IsambardPrince	There are international factors that have facilitated these talks, Daz-Canel said in a video broadcast Friday on national television, describing the purpose of these talks to identify the bilateral problems that need a solution.
[23:31]	IsambardPrince	Yeah, your military stopped being supplied when the Soviet Union collapsed and now there's an oil embargo.
[23:41]	admfubar	https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/data-gap-why-nonprofit-cyber-incidents-go-underreported
[23:41]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/data-gap-why-nonprofit-cyber-incidents-go-underreported )
[23:42]	admfubar	https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/a-guy-who-wrote-code-died-in-2005-i-still-must-secure-it
[23:42]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/a-guy-who-wrote-code-died-in-2005-i-still-must-secure-it )
[23:45]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-orders-layoffs-xai-coding
[23:45]	TR Bot	 Elon Musk Orders Sweeping Layoffs as xAI Fails to Catch Up