●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 ●●
● Jul 14
[00:01]	TR News	"Beginning Sept. 15, all new websites signing up for Cloudflare, as well as all the customers on its free tier" https://www.adweek.com/media/publishers-opt-out-google-search/ | Source: AdWeek
[00:01]	TR Bot	 Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
[00:02]	TR News	"The Mexican government told the Senate that it has already submitted to Washington a list of 13 trade concerns" https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-07-09/mexico-will-press-the-us-to-remove-tariffs-on-autos-and-steel-during-the-usmca-review.html | Source: El Pas
[00:02]	TR Bot	 Mexico will press the US to remove tariffs on autos and steel during the USMCA review | Economy and Business | EL PAS English
[00:02]	TR News	"was reminded about how much more Apple needs" https://ljpuk.net/2026/07/10/if-the-app-store-is-going-to-recommend-apps-apple-needs-to-monitor-the-store-better/ | Source: Lee Peterson
[00:02]	TR Bot	( status 404 @ https://ljpuk.net/2026/07/10/if-the-app-store-is-going-to-recommend-apps-apple-needs-to-monitor-the-store-better )
[00:05]	TR News	Statement in Open Court in Catfishing Case Davies v Weston https://www.5rb.com/statement-in-open-court-in-catfishing-case-davies-v-weston/
[00:05]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.5rb.com/statement-in-open-court-in-catfishing-case-davies-v-weston/ )
[00:06]	TR News	"Around the world, there are businesses whose services are available, intentionally or not, only to locals." https://bitsplitting.org/2026/07/10/multinational-apple-accounts/ | Source: Daniel Jalkut
[00:06]	TR Bot	Apple Accounts | Bitsplitting.org
[00:06]	TR News	"I finally got into my bloody Peugeot account and tried to enable to Connect features so I can do things like control air-con from the app, only to find that it costs 90 (~$120) per year!" https://kevquirk.com/a-rant-about-modern-cars | Source: Kev Quirk
[00:06]	TR Bot	 A Rant About Modern Cars - Kev Quirk
[00:06]	TR News	"This $99 million payout was roughly $79 million after legal fees and to be divided among more than 200,000 farmers" https://www.404media.co/farmers-finally-get-a-john-deere-right-to-repair-agreement-that-doesnt-screw-them-over/ | Source: 404 Media
[00:06]	TR Bot	 Farmers Finally Get a John Deere Right to Repair Agreement That Doesnt Screw Them Over
[00:11]	TR News	 (NEW):  I tested COSMIC's new Frosted Glass effect, and it's way better than MacOS' Liquid Glass https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/I_tested_COSMIC_s_new_Frosted_Glass_effect_and_it_s_way_better_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/I_tested_COSMIC_s_new_Frosted_Glass_effect_and_it_s_way_better_.gmi 
[00:11]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I tested COSMIC's new Frosted Glass effect, and it's way better than MacOS' Liquid Glass
[00:12]	TR News	"Backed by provisional BEAD awards from Arizona" https://insidetowers.com/navajo-nation-approves-244-6m-broadband-investment/ | Source: Inside Towers
[00:12]	TR Bot	 Navajo Nation Approves $244.6M Broadband Investment - Inside Towers
[00:12]	TR News	"Environmental advocates and leaders of Native tribes criticized the decision by the Bureau of Land Management" https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-07-09/cadiz-water-pipeline | Source: Los Angeles Times
[00:12]	TR Bot	 Feds greenlight controversial Cadiz water project in California - Los Angeles Times
[00:12]	TR News	"She didnt make it US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stopped, arrested, and handcuffed the 56-year-old." https://www.vox.com/politics/494881/ice-immigration-religious-liberty-nun-letty-catholic-episcopal-church-muslim-maga-freedom | Source: Vox
[00:12]	TR Bot	arrested a nun on her way to church. Does MAGA care? | Vox
[00:13]	TR News	"The call comes after task force members shot and killed two suspects in Memphis so far this week." https://www.memphisflyer.com/task-force-shoots-kills-man-in-east-memphis-second-shooting-death-this-week/ | Source: Memphis Flyer
[00:13]	TR Bot	 Task Force Shoots, Kills Another Man; Pearson Calls for Investigation - Memphis Flyer
[00:13]	TR News	"But this is the first time weve seen a single social platform rolled out by a public media company at this scale." https://werd.io/communities-will-build-trust-and-loyalty-for-local-public-media-chicago-public-media-is-taking-a-big-leap-forward/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
[00:13]	TR Bot	 Communities will build trust and loyalty for local public media. Chicago Public Media is taking a big leap forward.
[00:13]	TR News	"These leaders CEOs and Executive Directors, publishers, and an Editor-in-Chief / physician-scientist were uniformly thoughtful in their wide-ranging responses." https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/07/08/guest-post-where-do-we-go-from-here-how-scientific-societies-are-thinking-about-the-proposed-omb-funding-rule/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing
[00:13]	TR Bot	 Guest Post Where Do We Go From Here? How Scientific Societies are Thinking about the Proposed OMB Funding Rule - The Scholarly Kitchen
[00:14]	TR News	"ARL submitted its public comment on the proposed regulation on July 7, urging the withdrawal of revisions to two particular sections." https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/07/09/guest-post-why-research-libraries-oppose-the-omb-revisions-to-the-uniform-guidance/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing
[00:14]	TR Bot	 Guest Post Why Research Libraries Oppose the OMB Revisions to the Uniform Guidance - The Scholarly Kitchen
[00:14]	TR News	"We have always believed this was a frivolous lawsuit in violation of our clients First Amendment rights" https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/lion-king-zulu-chant-joke-lawsuit-dismissed-comic-learnmore-1235592335/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[00:14]	TR Bot	 Comic Escapes $27 Million Lawsuit Over Lion King Chant Joke
[00:16]	TR News	 (NEW):  Review: Artix 20260419 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/Review_Artix_20260419.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/Review_Artix_20260419.gmi 
[00:16]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Review: Artix 20260419
[00:22]	TR News	"What's this about?" https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/android-developer-verification.html | Source: Dedoimedo
[00:22]	TR Bot	 Android developer verification - The fox guarding the henhouse
[00:22]	TR News	"On its face, West's statement sounds reasonable, and most of us have heard a version of it" https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/11/your-risk/#my-reward | Source: CoryDoctorow
[00:22]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Workplace flexibility isnt (11 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[00:23]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[00:23]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[00:23]	TR News	"The list of bad behavior by former Apple employees goes on, including distributing internal Apple documents to new hires, evading security procedures" https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/07/apple-sues-openai-alleging-trade-secret-theft/ | Source: Six Colors
[00:23]	TR Bot	 Apple sues OpenAI, alleging trade secret theft Six Colors
[00:23]	TR News	"But in recent years, OpenAI has set its sights on more than just providing AI services to consumers and businesses." https://www.macworld.com/article/3189066/apple-sues-openai-exec-for-theft-of-trade-secrets.html | Source: Macworld
[00:23]	TR Bot	sues OpenAI for theft of trade secrets | Macworld
[00:23]	TR News	"OpenAIs head of safety systems, Johannes Heidecke, told staff this week that hes leaving the company, WIRED has learned." https://www.wired.com/story/openai-head-of-safety-leaving/ | Source: Wired
[00:23]	TR Bot	Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company | WIRED
[00:23]	TR News	"The Lincoln Highway was routed in 1913 to great fanfare." https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/07/10/the-1928-lincoln-highway-in-indiana/ | Source: Jim Grey
[00:23]	TR Bot	 The 1928 Lincoln Highway in Indiana - Down the Road
[00:23]	TR News	"Some of us have had old cars in our lives, so we appreciate this very well." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/11/the-first-new-ww2-jeep-since-1945/ | Source: Hackaday
[00:23]	TR Bot	First New WW2 Jeep Since 1945 | Hackaday
[00:24]	TR News	"Here are my notes, and a huge list of references for further investigation." https://blog.vrypan.net/2026/07/11/260711-chat-control-2-csar-a-risk-list/ | Source: Panagiotis Vryonis
[00:24]	TR Bot	Control 2.0 (CSAR): a risk list blog.vrypan.net
[00:25]	TR News	Social Control Media https://osteophage.dreamwidth.org/15347.html | Source: Coyote
[00:25]	TR Bot	 Captcha Check
[00:25]	TR News	"The past 3 years of work in NLP have been characterized by the development and deployment of ever larger language models, especially for English." https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3442188.3445922 | Source: ACM
[00:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3442188.3445922 )
[00:25]	TR News	"But a few reviewers didnt listen. And now theyre yelling in august scientific venues such as LinkedIn that they got caught fobbing their work off to a chatbot." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/10/neurips-conference-ai-cheats-outraged-they-got-caught/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[00:25]	TR Bot	 It's knots. You're driving me crazy." She jumped up and down.
[00:25]	TR News	"Even though I am not writing code, I am still indirectly producing code. And there is considerable discretion about what one can generate." https://fabiensanglard.net/extinct/index.html | Source: Fabian Sanglard
[00:25]	TR Bot	 Don't you mean extinct?
[00:26]	TR News	"These are two largely different ways of programming with different methods, practices and cultures" https://www.seangoedecke.com/in-defense-of-not-understanding-your-codebase/ | Source: Sean Goedecke
[00:26]	TR Bot	 In defense of not understanding your codebase
[00:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  These 5 distros prove that Linux isnt immune to bloatware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/These_5_distros_prove_that_Linux_isn_t_immune_to_bloatware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/These_5_distros_prove_that_Linux_isn_t_immune_to_bloatware.gmi 
[00:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines These 5 distros prove that Linux isnt immune to bloatware
[00:26]	TR News	"I use sbarexs QLMarkdown for rendering Markdown files." https://hamatti.org/posts/improve-finders-quicklook-with-plugins/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
[00:26]	TR Bot	 Improve Finders QuickLook with plugins : Juha-Matti Santala
[00:26]	TR News	"I then took the camera with the remaining unexposed frames to a friends cabin in the woods" https://misterchrisjones.ca/photographs/ethereal-cabin/ | Source: Chris Jones
[00:26]	TR Bot	Cabin | misterchrisjones.ca
[00:27]	TR News	"On the other hand, learning physics in university makes sense to me." https://minsoo.io/p/im-transferring-to-mathematical-physics | Source: Minsoo Choo
[00:27]	TR Bot	 I'm Transferring to Mathematical Physics - Minsoo Choo
[00:27]	TR News	[Old] "My experience taught me that this isnt settling." https://dev.jimgrey.net/2026/07/08/advice-to-new-grads-take-any-job-you-can-get-in-the-industry/ | Source: Jim Grey
[00:27]	TR Bot	 Advice to new grads: take any job you can get in the industry Jim Grey on software management
[00:28]	TR News	"The head-mounted cameras revealed that" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/drones/these-pigeon-cameras-could-help-create-smarter-drone-cameras-say-researchers | Source: Digital Camera World
[00:28]	TR Bot	 These pigeon cameras could help create smarter drone cameras, say researchers | Digital Camera World
[00:28]	TR News	"Hollie and cygnoir (Halsted) responded and felt the same, which comforted me. I asked them to join me in my "static webpage journey"." https://binarydigit.net/the-paused-web/ | Source: BinaryDigit
[00:28]	TR Bot	 The Paused Web Raging Against the Ex-Beloved Machine
[00:28]	TR News	"In amongst this discussion, I started to define a distinction between the author themselves being an audience and the audiences of others (a website can have many audiences that may be discrete or overlapping)" https://jamesg.blog/2026/07/11/websites-as-anthologies-of-self | Source: James G
[00:28]	TR Bot	 Websites as anthologies of self - James' Coffee Blog
[00:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  They promised Linux Mint could replace Windowshere's 3 ways it falls short https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/They_promised_Linux_Mint_could_replace_Windows_here_s_3_ways_it.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/They_promised_Linux_Mint_could_replace_Windows_here_s_3_ways_it.gmi 
[00:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines They promised Linux Mint could replace Windowshere's 3 ways it falls short
[00:31]	TR News	"With the 150th interview of People and Blogs now live, its officially time to downsize my online presence again." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/downsizing | Source: Manuel Moreale
[00:31]	TR Bot	 Downsizing Manu
[00:31]	TR News	"If we don't all want to end up like that poor sick dog did, we need to look away and remember what reality is, and what technology isn't." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/trigger/trigger.html | Source: The Cyber Show
[00:31]	TR Bot	 Mad Dogs
[00:32]	TR News	"Unfortunately, at some point, writing these tours stopped being fun and started to feel like a part-time job. I'm not really excited about that, so I've decided to stop." https://antonz.org/on-go-tours/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov
[00:32]	TR Bot	 On interactive Go tours
[00:32]	TR News	"While going through the Go generics proposal, I got curious about how the compiler implements it. Compilers usually handle generics in one of two ways: [...]" https://rednafi.com/go/gc-shape-stenciling/ | Source: Redowan Delowar
[00:32]	TR Bot	 GC shape stenciling in Go generics | Redowan's Reflections
[00:33]	TR News	"Scaling Marketplace experiments requires specialized statistical techniques" https://tech.instacart.com/leveraging-pyfixest-for-high-cardinality-marketplace-modeling-at-instacart-3913df91a04b | Source: Tech at Instacart
[00:33]	TR Bot	redirect without Location header
[00:33]	TR News	"Its worth knowing that I will be speeding through mentions of many different low-level hardware topics: instruction-level parallelism, branch (mis)prediction, memory caches, SIMD, and more" https://pythonspeed.com/articles/branchless-binary-search/ | Source: Python Speed
[00:33]	TR Bot	 6 faster binary search: from compiled code to mechanical sympathy
[00:33]	TR News	"looking through the list of ideas that will "never be added to python", three of them have since been added to python: [...]" https://sebsite.pw/w/20260710-pep3099.html | Source: Sebastian
[00:33]	TR Bot	 PEP 3099 is really funny to me
[00:34]	TR News	"This release of RQuantLib brings a minor update to the calendars for Israel which in QuantLib 1.43" https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/07/10/#rquantlib_0.4.28 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel
[00:34]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[00:34]	TR News	"Say you want to encode a byte stream, and bytes can be encoded in different formats, e.g. optimized for ASCII, numbers, raw binary, etc." https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/optimal-parse-with-phminposuw/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva
[00:34]	TR Bot	 Optimal parse with phminposuw | purplesyringa's blog
[00:34]	TR News	"In the project that I was running last year up to April we had to use Jetbrains IDEA, and it is loaded with things to make you stop thinking critically." https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/it-has-been-a-while | Source: Arjen Wiersma
[00:34]	TR Bot	 It has been a while Arjen Wiersma
[00:35]	TR News	"Fortunately we can take advantage of the simple Git HTTP protocol to directly query every server to see the state of their repository (assuming that they respond)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GitFindingOutdatedMirrorHost | Source: University of Toronto
[00:35]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[00:35]	TR News	"The other day I was iterating on a small C program with entr: [...]" https://rmpr.xyz/Where-did-my-segfault-go/ | Source: Mario Rufus
[00:35]	TR Bot	 Where did my segfault go? Paul Mairo The faster you fail, the faster you learn
[00:35]	TR News	"Lifting terms are the same ideas as the liftng egraph but simplified to the term setting." https://www.philipzucker.com/thin_term/ | Source: Philip Zucker
[00:35]	TR Bot	 Lifting Terms: Making Well Scoped Syntax Dumber | Hey There Buddo!
[00:35]	TR News	"I spent hours chasing down an issue in my 11ty a.k.a. Eleventy a.k.a. BuildAwesome setup" https://chriskirknielsen.com/blog/vento-includes-caching-rabbit-hole/ | Source: Christopher Kirk-Nielsen
[00:35]	TR Bot	includes sent me down a caching rabbit hole of my own making | chriskirknielsen
[00:36]	TR News	"To make a strict table, add STRICT to the end of its definition." https://evanhahn.com/prefer-strict-tables-in-sqlite/ | Source: Evan Hahn
[00:36]	TR Bot	 Prefer STRICT tables in SQLite
[00:36]	TR News	"Suppose that you (I) write an Apache configuration stanza to make some settings conditional" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/ApacheIfModuleMistake | Source: University of Toronto
[00:37]	TR News	"Wireshark release 4.6.7 fixes 12 vulnerabilities and 16 bugs." https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33146 | Source: SANS
[00:37]	TR Bot	 Wireshark 4.6.7 Released - SANS Internet Storm Center
[00:37]	TR News	"But minutes ago I decided to bail on it, and here are some hasty thoughts in support of that decision." https://sals.place/blog/24-hours-with-emacs/ | Source: Sal
[00:37]	TR Bot	 24 hours with Emacs (a hasty rant)
[00:37]	TR News	Open Hardware https://hackaday.com/2026/07/11/clay-extruder-enables-printable-pottery/ | Source: Hackaday
[00:37]	TR Bot	Extruder Enables Printable Pottery | Hackaday
[00:37]	TR News	"Debian 13.6 ships the latest batch of security fixes" https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-13.6-Released | Source: Phoronix
[00:37]	TR Bot	13.6 Released To Ship All The Latest Security Fixes, Reverts GeoIP Database - Phoronix
[00:38]	TR News	"My idea was to automate that, and I was prompted a few days ago to revisit decktape." https://jpmens.net/2026/07/11/rediscovering-reveal-js-to-pdf/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens
[00:38]	TR Bot	 Jan-Piet Mens :: Rediscovering converting reveal.js slides to PDF
[00:38]	TR News	"This week, GlitchyZorua brought to my attention the Ibiblio Icon Browser" https://danq.me/2026/07/10/rescuing-7234-gifs/ | Source: Dan Q
[00:38]	TR Bot	 Today I Rescued 7,234 Old GIFs Dan Q
[00:39]	TR News	"As much as I love Linux, I always want to see if there might be something better." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-netbsd-as-a-desktop-and-it-felt-like-stepping-into-the-90s-in-a-good-way/ | Source: HowTo Geek
[00:39]	TR Bot	 I tried NetBSD as a desktop, and it felt like stepping into the '90s in a good way
[00:39]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/13/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[00:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[00:40]	TR News	"If she wouldnt retract the paper, Google at least wanted the names of the Google employees removed." https://web.archive.org/web/20251005060408/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-03/google-s-co-head-of-ethical-ai-says-she-was-fired-over-email
[00:40]	TR Bot	 Googles Co-Head of Ethical AI Timnit Gebru Says She Was Fired for Email - Bloomberg
[00:41]	TR News	"The email and the firing were the culmination of about a week of wrangling over the companys request that Gebru retract an AI ethics paper she had co-written with six others, including four Google employees, that was submitted for consideration for an industry conference next year, Gebru said in an interview Thursday."
[00:42]	TR News	Blizzard fix up Diablo IV crashing on SteamOS / Linux | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/blizzard-fix-up-diablo-iv-crashing-on-steamos-linux/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/blizzard-fix-up-diablo-iv-crashing-on-steamos-linux/
[00:42]	TR Bot	fix up Diablo IV crashing on SteamOS / Linux | GamingOnLinux
[00:42]	TR News	DLSS Updater 4.3.0 for Linux has "grown into a full Proton Upscalers panel" | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/dlss-updater-4-3-0-for-linux-has-grown-into-a-full-proton-upscalers-panel/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/dlss-updater-4-3-0-for-linux-has-grown-into-a-full-proton-upscalers-panel/
[00:42]	TR Bot	Updater 4.3.0 for Linux has "grown into a full Proton Upscalers panel" | GamingOnLinux
[00:42]	TR News	Steam Beta adds Steam Machine Verified information to the interface | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/steam-beta-adds-steam-machine-verified-information-to-the-interface/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[00:42]	TR Bot	Beta adds Steam Machine Verified information to the interface | GamingOnLinux
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[00:48]	TR News	Valve fix up Marvel Rivals on SteamOS / Linux with Proton Hotfix | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-fix-up-marvel-rivals-on-steamos-linux-with-proton-hotfix/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[00:48]	TR Bot	fix up Marvel Rivals on SteamOS / Linux with Proton Hotfix | GamingOnLinux
[00:48]	TR News	Wine 11.13 arrives with better support for input pointers and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/wine-11-13-arrives-with-better-support-for-input-pointers-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[00:49]	TR Bot	11.13 arrives with better support for input pointers and more | GamingOnLinux
[00:49]	TR News	"[...] We begin this week with a look at Artix" https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260713 | Source: Distro Watch
[00:49]	TR Bot	Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
[00:50]	TR News	"The Debian Project has released Debian 13.6 and Debian 12.15. These are point releases." https://ostechnix.com/debian-13-6-and-debian-12-15-released/ | Source: OSTechNix
[00:50]	TR Bot	13.6 and Debian 12.15 Released With Security Updates - OSTechNix
[00:50]	TR News	"A parser is usually taught as a problem of grammars" https://www.arshad.fyi/writings/engineering-high-performance-parsers |
[00:50]	TR Bot	 Engineering High-Performance Parsers with Data-Oriented Design - Arshad Yaseen
[00:51]	TR News	"a journalist who wrote a definitive study" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/the-human-cost-of-doges-war-on-usaid | Source: New Yorker
[00:51]	TR Bot	 The Human Cost of DOGEs War on U.S.A.I.D. | The New Yorker
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● Jul 14
[01:05]	TR News	"Its a refreshingly intelligent and frank assessment of AI from a major filmmaker" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/christopher-nolan-ai-slop | Source: Futurism
[01:05]	TR Bot	 Christopher Nolan Unloads on AI Slop
[01:05]	TR News	Social Control https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-running-ads-child-abuse | Source: Futurism
[01:05]	TR Bot	 Meta Caught Running Ads for Child Abuse
[01:06]	TR News	"Ads on Instagram are only published after first being approved by its moderation technology." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgm4e0316zo | Source: BBC
[01:06]	TR Bot	Instagram running ads promoting child sexual abuse material, BBC finds
[01:07]	TR News	"The European Commission on Friday published preliminary findings accusing the social media giant" https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/07/10/eu-puts-addictive-design-of-facebook-instagram-under-the-dsa-microscope/5269975 | Source: The Register UK
[01:07]	TR Bot	 EU puts 'addictive' design of Facebook, Instagram under the DSA microscope
[01:07]	TR News	"Meta now has time to respond to the allegations" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/business/meta-instagram-facebook-europe.html | Source: New York Times
[01:07]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/business/meta-instagram-facebook-europe.html )
[01:08]	TR News	Windows TCO https://yle.fi/a/74-20236176 | Source: Yle
[01:08]	TR Bot	 Police issue wanted notice for Vastaamo hacker Aleksanteri Kivimki | Yle News | Yle
[01:09]	TR News	"Its gotten extremely bad in this last year and a half under Trump, but this has been going on for decades" https://truthout.org/video/the-freedom-of-information-act-is-in-serious-trouble-under-trump/ | Source: TruthOut
[01:09]	TR Bot	 The Freedom of Information Act Is in Serious Trouble Under Trump | Truthout
[01:10]	TR News	"Microsoft says it matched its entire electricity consumption with renewable energy last year." https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/07/10/ai-driven-datacenter-builds-drive-microsofts-emissions-up-a-quarter-in-one-year/5269924 | Source: The Register UK
[01:10]	TR Bot	 AI-driven datacenter builds drive Microsoft's emissions up a quarter in one year
[01:10]	TR News	"Their share rose to 23 percent in 2025 after passing 20 percent in 2023 and 14 percent in 2021" https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/07/11/irish-datacenters-now-guzzle-23-of-the-countrys-electricity/5270013 | Source: The Register UK
[01:10]	TR Bot	 Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity
[01:10]	TR News	"In some cases, the subpoenas were delivered by federal agents who showed up at reporters homes, according to The New York Times." https://cpj.org/2026/07/cpj-condemns-trump-dojs-subpoena-of-nyt-journalists/ | Source: CPJ
[01:10]	TR Bot	 CPJ condemns Trump DOJs subpoena of NYT journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
[01:11]	TR News	"Sowore said he told the DSS that he owned the drone and he believed Sodiq was detained in connection to her coverage of his events" https://cpj.org/2026/07/3-nigerian-journalists-harassed-with-detention-summons-punitive-bail-conditions/ | Source: CPJ
[01:11]	TR Bot	 3 Nigerian journalists harassed with detention, summons, punitive bail conditions - Committee to Protect Journalists
[01:11]	TR News	"The four reporters bylined on Wednesday's article Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt all received subpoenas, according to the Times." https://text.npr.org/g-s1-133160 | Source: NPR
[01:11]	TR Bot	 Justice Department subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One reporting
[01:12]	TR News	"The purported purpose is to enable collaboration and information sharing [and] that makes it sound kind of reasonable" https://truthout.org/articles/the-fbi-has-deputized-local-cops-as-federal-agents-communities-are-resisting/ | Source: TruthOut
[01:12]	TR Bot	 The FBI Has Deputized Local Cops as Federal Agents. Communities Are Resisting. | Truthout
[01:12]	TR News	"Imagine for a moment what might have happened if AI had arrived in the America of the 1950s or 1960s" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-in-an-age-of-oligarchy | Source: Paul Krugman
[01:12]	TR Bot	 AI in an Age of Oligarchy - Paul Krugman
[01:13]	TR News	"significant harm" https://torrentfreak.com/google-opposes-site-blocking-in-europe-as-u-s-piracy-blocking-plans-gain-momentum/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[01:13]	TR Bot	Opposes Site Blocking in Europe as U.S. Piracy Blocking Plans Gain Momentum * TorrentFreak
[01:13]	TR News	"Pearson's anti-piracy vendor inadvertently used a DMCA notice to take down the official GitHub code repository" https://torrentfreak.com/pearsons-anti-piracy-vendor-takes-down-best-selling-authors-own-github-repo/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[01:13]	TR Bot	Anti-Piracy Vendor Takes Down Best-Selling Author's Own GitHub Repo * TorrentFreak
[01:14]	TR News	"Chat Control 1.0 passed the European Parliament through the back door | Euronews" https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/07/10/chat-control-10-passed-the-european-parliament-through-the-back-door
[01:14]	TR Bot	Control 1.0 passed the European Parliament through the back door | Euronews
[01:14]	TR News	"armStone MX8ULP packs NXP i.MX 8ULP into a 100mm Pico-ITX single board computer" https://linuxgizmos.com/armstonemx8ulp-packs-nxp-i-mx-8ulp-into-a-100mm-pico-itx-single-board-computer/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[01:14]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/armstonemx8ulp-packs-nxp-i-mx-8ulp-into-a-100mm-pico-itx-single-board-computer/ )
[01:14]	TR News	"The kit focuses on assembling and configuring a portable Meshtastic node for decentralized messaging without cellular or internet service." https://linuxgizmos.com/hackerbox-0128-mesh-deck-explores-lora-communication-with-meshtastic/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[01:14]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/hackerbox-0128-mesh-deck-explores-lora-communication-with-meshtastic/ )
[01:25]	TR News	How To Install Apache Subversion on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-apache-subversion-fedora-44/
[01:25]	TR Bot	 How To Install Apache Subversion on Fedora 44 - idroot
[01:26]	TR News	How To Install Needrestart on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-needrestart-ubuntu-26-04/
[01:26]	TR Bot	 How To Install Needrestart on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot
[01:26]	TR News	How To Install Postfix on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-postfix-fedora-44/
[01:26]	TR Bot	 How To Install Postfix on Fedora 44 - idroot
[01:26]	TR News	How To Change TimeZone on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/change-timezone-fedora-44/
[01:26]	TR Bot	 How To Change TimeZone on Fedora 44 - idroot
[01:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Diablo IV, DLSS, Steam, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Games_Diablo_IV_DLSS_Steam_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Games_Diablo_IV_DLSS_Steam_and_More.gmi 
[01:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Diablo IV, DLSS, Steam, and More
[01:27]	TR News	Kentaro Hayashi: Try to build Mozc with Bazel 7.7.1 https://kenhys.hatenablog.jp/entry/2026/07/12/231009
[01:27]	TR Bot	 Try to build Mozc with Bazel 7.7.1 - 
[01:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[01:28]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[01:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Debian 13.6 Trixie Released with 124 Bug Fixes and 120 Security Updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/11/Debian_13_6_Trixie_Released_with_124_Bug_Fixes_and_120_Security.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/11/Debian_13_6_Trixie_Released_with_124_Bug_Fixes_and_120_Security.gmi 
[01:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Debian 13.6 Trixie Released with 124 Bug Fixes and 120 Security Updates
[01:30]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[01:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[01:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[01:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[01:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi 
[01:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
[01:35]	TR News	Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ 
[01:35]	TR Bot	 Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights
[01:35]	TR News	Techrights Links 14/07/2026: "The Freedom of Information Act Is in Serious Trouble"; Irish Datacenters Use Up Almost 25% of Total Energy https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Links_14_07_2026_The_Freedom_of_Information_Act_Is_in_Serious_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Links_14_07_2026_The_Freedom_of_Information_Act_Is_in_Serious_T.gmi 
[01:35]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 14/07/2026: "The Freedom of Information Act Is in Serious Trouble"; Irish Datacenters Use Up Almost 25% of Total Energy
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[02:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  Site Community News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Site_Community_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Site_Community_News.gmi 
[02:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Site Community News
[02:00]	TR News	Microsoft layoffs: Kevin LaChapelle, the Xbox veteran who got laid off after 37 years says I wish the team nothing but success' https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/microsoft-layoffs-meet-kevin-lachapelle-the-xbox-veteran-who-got-laid-off-after-37-years-i-wish-the-team-nothing-but-success/articleshow/132276881.cms
[02:00]	TR Bot	 Microsoft layoffs: Kevin LaChapelle, the Xbox veteran who got laid off after 37 years says I wish the team nothing but success' - The Times of India
[02:02]	TR News	"And I have never seen in my life a truly successful outsourced project." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwtb27gs#replies
[02:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwtb27gs#replies )
[02:02]	TR News	"They will import more from India, simple as... I have never seen in my life, anywhere in the world, the software engineers to successfully unionize."
[02:03]	TR News	"all while they conduct fake interview prescreens only to reject .... for documentation...." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx46tqfk#replies
[02:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx46tqfk#replies )
[02:06]	TR News	Still in the Central Staff Committee after election: Ion Brumme (MU). Good.
[02:07]	TR News	EPO unrest will continue
[02:07]	TR News	In the interim https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/30/EPO_Staff_Union_s_SUEPO_The_Hague_Committee_With_Help_of_Lawyer.shtml
[02:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO Staff Union's (SUEPO) The Hague Committee, With Help of Lawyer, Challenges Lack of Rewards for Hard Work
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[02:30]	TR News	Techrights Internet Relay Chat Trolls Are Not Expressing Opinions, They Are Saboteurs https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Internet_Relay_Chat_Trolls_Are_Not_Expressing_Opinions_They_Are.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Internet_Relay_Chat_Trolls_Are_Not_Expressing_Opinions_They_Are.gmi 
[02:30]	TR Bot	 Techrights Internet Relay Chat Trolls Are Not Expressing Opinions, They Are Saboteurs
[02:44]	admfubar	https://www.salon.com/2026/07/05/rubbish-it-didnt-help-at-all-mick-jaggers-no-fan-of-ai/
[02:44]	TR Bot	it didn't help at all": Mick Jagger's no fan of AI - Salon.com
[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-130726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-130726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-130726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-130726.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, July 13, 2026
[02:47]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-130726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-130726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-130726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-130726.txt
[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, July 13, 2026
[02:48]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-130726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-130726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-130726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-130726.txt
[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, July 13, 2026
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[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, July 13, 2026
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-07-13.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-07-13.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-07-13.txt
[02:50]	TR News	Techrights Modern Technology Harms Women More Than Men (Because the 'Tech Bros' Who Dominate STEM Have a Poor View of Women) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Modern_Technology_Harms_Women_More_Than_Men_Because_the_Tech_Br.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Modern_Technology_Harms_Women_More_Than_Men_Because_the_Tech_Br.gmi 
[02:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights Modern Technology Harms Women More Than Men (Because the 'Tech Bros' Who Dominate STEM Have a Poor View of Women)
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[03:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[03:03]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 13, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_July_13_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_July_13_2026.gmi 
[03:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 13, 2026
[03:05]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[03:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[03:08]	TR News	"Well, three silly things. I half distro hopped today. I have a secondary SSD in my laptop left over from years ago. It became my distro hopping drive. I've been using Fedora 43, now into 44 for a while." gemini://tilde.club/~moendopi/gemlog/july12-2026.gmi
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[03:09]	TR News	"Or when the rich are being celebrated, instead show how they emit 30 times more COe than a normal person; to clarify, thats only for the top 1%. Normal rich people; the richest person in your neighborhood." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/climate-news
[03:10]	TR News	"Ive been reading 1960s news (my grandpa saved a bunch of news yearbooks) as an alternative to internet and so far the most strikingand this goes for other books Ive lead from fifties through nineties was that it was from a world of hope, a world that could change." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/when-the-world-could-change
[03:11]	TR News	Confuse fesival gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/festivNot
[03:12]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1709.jpg
[03:12]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2066.jpg
[03:13]	TR News	"I recently dug out my old CaseLogic (tm) CD binder and thought it would be fun to flip through it and comment on some of my past purchases and obsessions." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/flipping-through-my-old-cd-binder-part-1
[03:13]	TR News	"I owe a serious thank-you to 4am (Apple II hacker extraordinaire), simply for linking his SDF gopherhole, thus making me aware of its existence. And thereby, SDF itself, and its community of gophernauts." gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/07/12/
[03:14]	TR News	Needs at least two weeks gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2026-07-13-two-weeks.gmi
[03:15]	TR News	"The internet is not dead in the technical sense. Its servers continue to operate, billions of people remain connected, and an almost unlimited quantity of material is uploaded every day. Yet something essential has disappeared." gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-07-13_the_internet_is_dead.gmi
[03:16]	TR News	"had a good long weekend - partner and i went to the beach! drove up to the netherlands and avoided roughly half of the current heatwave back home. hotel has AC, seaside has lots of wind." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/20260713
[03:17]	TR News	"Another brief training today, because it was too warm for anything more, and I'm back to feeling fatigued. But the short parkour we did, we did alright. A few new practises in the parkour, more to train." gemini://kaijudogs.gemcities.com/gemlog/260713.gmi
[03:20]	TR News	"I have been thrashing my brains hard drive between wanting to isolate forever from all humans vs still communicating with others." gemini://0x0.smol.pub/13-06-2026
[03:21]	TR News	sand and pebbles gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/sand_and_pebbles
[03:22]	TR News	"I've been playing turn-based Homeworlds game on BGA for about three weeks now. The games are usually set for one turn per day, though I can sometimes get in a few extra moves on a game each day, if the other player is also able to make extra moves." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260713-0.gmi
[03:23]	TR News	"Self-advocacy has never been my strong suit. And I've never really liked defining myself by my disability. But more and more I find myself in situations that strain my ability to manage my anxiety (I'm looking at you, Big Web)." gemini://gemini.turnquist.name/gemlog/2026071319_Self-Advocacy.gmi
[03:23]	TR News	"I put a line in both my IPv4 and IPv6 allowing all connections to port 1965, before any blocks. My feed was fetched fine via IPv6. So I started searching for a matching blocking rule. Didn't find one. Hmm." gemini://gemini.turnquist.name/gemlog/2026071320_Never_Assume....gmi
[03:24]	TR News	"I have been using Helix as my main editor for a while now. It is fast, modal, and stays out of the way. The one thing I missed was a bit of LLM help without leaving the editor or opening a browser tab. So I built Hexai." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-07-09-unveiling-hexai.gmi
[03:24]	TR News	It's been a tough and enlightening week gemini://offgridholdout.org/~calvusrex/its-been-a-tough-and-enlightening-week.gmi
[03:30]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 14/07/2026: Self-Advocacy Online; "The Internet Is Dead: How the Web Lost Its Human Soul" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Gemini_Links_14_07_2026_Self_Advocacy_Online_The_Internet_Is_De.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Gemini_Links_14_07_2026_Self_Advocacy_Online_The_Internet_Is_De.gmi 
[03:30]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 14/07/2026: Self-Advocacy Online; "The Internet Is Dead: How the Web Lost Its Human Soul"
[03:34]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/a/5270593
[03:34]	TR Bot	 Astronomers find sugar near the creamy center of the Milky Way (no caramel, though)
[03:35]	TR News	Techrights The Register MS Has Just Published "AI" Webspam That Mentions "AI" 54 Times. It Was Paid to Do This. https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/The_Register_MS_Has_Just_Published_AI_Webspam_That_Mentions_AI_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/The_Register_MS_Has_Just_Published_AI_Webspam_That_Mentions_AI_.gmi 
[03:35]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Register MS Has Just Published "AI" Webspam That Mentions "AI" 54 Times. It Was Paid to Do This.
[03:36]	admfubar	you pay many more times then twice... https://thenewstack.io/nadella-reverse-information-paradox/
[03:36]	TR Bot	 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says you're paying for AI twice the second price is worse - The New Stack
[03:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	The New Stack, funded by Microsoft
[03:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/19/The_New_Stack_Sponsored_by_Microsoft_Pay_Us_Money_to_Read_Promo.shtml
[03:36]	TR Bot	 Techrights The New Stack, Sponsored by Microsoft: Pay Us Money to Read Promotion of Slop Composed by Microsofters to Sell Their Proprietary Slopware
[03:40]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2]: The neverending pasta pass is back.
[03:41]	admfubar	https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/sam-altmans-space-data-center-trash-talk-is-what-most-experts-already-believe/
[03:41]	TR Bot	Altman's space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe | TechCrunch
[03:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	paste pass?
[03:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	*pasta
[03:42]	admfubar	pasta paste
[03:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	yeah
[03:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	what i had in mind
[03:43]	admfubar	https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/lapd-lets-contract-with-surveillance-giant-flock-expire-citing-serious-concerns-over-civil-liberties-and-privacy/
[03:43]	TR Bot	lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing 'serious concerns' over civil liberties and privacy | TechCrunch
[03:43]	TR News	"This may as well be a Pyrrhic victory in the face of thousands of layoffs at Xbox, but well take any one we can get, especially with the anti-consumer sentiment coming out of gaming as a whole." https://massivelyop.com/2026/07/13/a-gamer-successfully-sued-microsoft-for-telling-him-to-rebuy-his-xbox-games-after-his-account-was-hacked/
[03:43]	TR Bot	 A gamer successfully sued Microsoft for telling him to rebuy his Xbox games after his account was hacked | Massively Overpowered
[03:45]	TR News	How to Encrypt and Decrypt Files with GPG https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-encrypt-and-decrypt-files-with-gpg/
[03:45]	TR Bot	to Encrypt and Decrypt Files with GPG | Linuxize
[03:45]	TR News	How to Install SDKMAN on Fedora 44 https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-sdkman-on-fedora-linux/
[03:45]	TR Bot	to Install SDKMAN on Fedora 44 - LinuxCapable
[03:45]	TR News	How to Install LAMP on Fedora 44 https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-lamp-on-fedora-linux/
[03:45]	TR Bot	to Install LAMP on Fedora 44 - LinuxCapable
[03:45]	admfubar	https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/13/0548235/why-55-of-americans-stopped-posting-on-social-media
[03:45]	TR Bot	 Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting On Social Media - Slashdot
[03:46]	TR News	"One forged command from a deepfake "CEO doppelganger" can trigger an automated chain reaction before any human notices something is wrong" https://www.junauza.com/2026/07/the-age-of-ai-exciting-times-ahead-for.html
[03:46]	TR Bot	 The Age of AI: Exciting Times Ahead for Humanity If We Do It Right | Tech Source
[03:47]	TR News	Wayne is homeless https://bkhome.org/news/202607/wayne-is-homeless.html
[03:47]	TR Bot	 Wayne is homeless
[03:50]	TR News	Sega Dreamcast driver fixes appear in GNU/Linux 7.2-rc3 fabled console remains in favor while iconic computing architectures like i486 fall by the wayside https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/sega-dreamcast-driver-fixes-appear-in-linux-7-2-rc3-fabled-console-remains-in-favor-while-iconic-computing-architectures-like-i486-fall-by-the-wayside
[03:50]	TR Bot	 Sega Dreamcast driver fixes appear in Linux 7.2-rc3 fabled console remains in favor while iconic computing architectures like i486 fall by the wayside | Tom's Hardware
[03:50]	admfubar	https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/flock-cameras-can-surveil-cars-without-license-plates.html
[03:50]	TR Bot	Cameras Can Surveil Cars Without License Plates - Schneier on Security
[03:51]	admfubar	https://restofworld.org/2026/u-s-healthcare-philippines-remote-nurses/
[03:51]	TR Bot	 American hospitals turn to virtual healthcare workers - Rest of World
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[04:11]	admfubar	https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/license-plate-readers-are-about-to-get-even-more-personal
[04:11]	TR Bot	 NEWS & UPDATES | FISA REFORM | PPSA - Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA)
[04:16]	admfubar	https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/
[04:16]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Why arent AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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[04:20]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/google-comes-out-against-blocks-on-dns-resolvers-vpns-and-ip-addresses/ )
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[05:10]	IsambardPrince	[21:41] <schestowitz[TR2]> paste pass?
[05:10]	IsambardPrince	[21:42] <schestowitz[TR2]> *pasta
[05:10]	IsambardPrince	Yeah for $100 you get unlimited pasta, breadsticks, and salad at Olive Garden for 90 days.
[05:11]	IsambardPrince	It works out to $1.11 a day.
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[07:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Without Open Standards, Nothing Fits https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Without_Open_Standards_Nothing_Fits.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Without_Open_Standards_Nothing_Fits.gmi 
[07:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Without Open Standards, Nothing Fits
[07:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[07:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[07:58]	TR News	"Chat Control 1 och EU:s demokratiska underskott" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/12/chat-control-1-och-eus-demokratiska-underskott/
[07:58]	TR Bot	 Chat Control 1 och EU:s demokratiska underskott
[07:59]	TR News	"Chat Control 1 vad r det man brkar om?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/08/chat-control-1-vad-ar-det-man-brakar-om/
[07:59]	TR Bot	 Chat Control 1 vad r det man brkar om?
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[08:00]	TR News	Proton-CachyOS version 11.0-20260702 brings AMD FSR4 upgrades, Pipewire changes | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/proton-cachyos-version-11-0-20260702-brings-amd-fsr4-upgrades-pipewire-changes/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:00]	TR Bot	version 11.0-20260702 brings AMD FSR4 upgrades, Pipewire changes | GamingOnLinux
[08:01]	TR News	vkQuake 1.35.0 brings SDL3, Steam integration, support for the 2021 re-release and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/vkquake-1-35-0-brings-sdl3-steam-integration-support-for-the-2021-re-release-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:01]	TR Bot	1.35.0 brings SDL3, Steam integration, support for the 2021 re-release and more | GamingOnLinux
[08:02]	TR News	Theme Hospital game engine CorsixTH 0.70 released with UI scaling, accessibility improvements and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/theme-hospital-game-engine-corsixth-0-70-released-with-ui-scaling-accessibility-improvements-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:02]	TR Bot	Hospital game engine CorsixTH 0.70 released with UI scaling, accessibility improvements and more | GamingOnLinux
[08:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Plasma 6.8 will finally fix the worst part of Spectacle https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/KDE_Plasma_6_8_will_finally_fix_the_worst_part_of_Spectacle.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/KDE_Plasma_6_8_will_finally_fix_the_worst_part_of_Spectacle.gmi 
[08:02]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.8 will finally fix the worst part of Spectacle
[08:06]	TR News	FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE is SteamOS, Steam Deck and Steam Machine Verified | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/final-fantasy-resonance-is-steamos-steam-deck-and-steam-machine-verified/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:06]	TR Bot	FANTASY RESONANCE is SteamOS, Steam Deck and Steam Machine Verified | GamingOnLinux
[08:07]	TR News	DOOM: The Dark Ages and Digimon Story Time Stranger have Denuvo DRM removed | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/doom-the-dark-ages-and-digimon-story-time-stranger-have-denuvo-drm-removed/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:07]	TR Bot	The Dark Ages and Digimon Story Time Stranger have Denuvo DRM removed | GamingOnLinux
[08:08]	TR News	iophk: names OSS by name -- as a prerequisite https://www.hs.fi/nakemys/art-2000012129448.html iophk: identifies ICT as an extension of geopolitics
[08:08]	TR Bot	on otettava teknologian kehitys omiin ksiins | HS.fi
[08:08]	TR News	Shipolis is a cozy Anno-inspired city builder with a demo live | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/shipolis-is-a-cozy-anno-inspired-city-builder-with-a-demo-live/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:08]	TR Bot	is a cozy Anno-inspired city builder with a demo live | GamingOnLinux
[08:08]	TR News	Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000 looks explosive in the new footage | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/total-war-warhammer-40-000-looks-explosive-in-the-new-footage/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:09]	TR Bot	War: WARHAMMER 40,000 looks explosive in the new footage | GamingOnLinux
[08:11]	TR News	Heavy Metal Death Can is a retro survival horror set on a Cold War-era submarine - now on Linux | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/heavy-metal-death-can-is-a-retro-survival-horror-set-on-a-cold-war-era-submarine-now-on-linux/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:11]	TR Bot	Metal Death Can is a retro survival horror set on a Cold Warera submarine - now on Linux | GamingOnLinux
[08:12]	TR News	Fluff about slop, "including IBM and Red Hats recentlyannounced Lightwell." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/navigating-ai-vulnerability-discovery-and-achieving-operational-resilience-automation | Source: Red Hat Official
[08:12]	TR Bot	 Navigating AI vulnerability discovery and achieving operational resilience with automation
[08:12]	TR News	"Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes version 2.17 is engineered to eliminate these scaling bottlenecks." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-advanced-cluster-management-217-less-operational-toil-and-more-kubernetes-fleet-control | Source: Red Hat Official
[08:12]	TR Bot	 Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.17: Less operational toil and more Kubernetes fleet control
[08:12]	TR News	"But according to Red Hat's new State of Kubernetes Fleet Management report, that success has a flip side." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/results-red-hats-kubernetes-fleet-management-survey | Source: Red Hat Official
[08:12]	TR Bot	 Results for Red Hats Kubernetes fleet management survey
[08:12]	TR News	"The on-call engineer opened her laptop to find 3 unrelated failures from a single AI agent." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-good-ai-agents-fail-production-missing-infrastructure-layer | Source: Red Hat Official
[08:12]	TR Bot	 Why good AI agents fail in production: The missing infrastructure layer
[08:13]	TR News	Kubernetes Dashboard to Headlamp: A Step-by-Step Guide | Kubernetes https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/07/13/kubernetes-dashboard-to-headlamp/ Source: Kubernetes Blog | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//kubernetes.io/blog/2026/07/13/kubernetes-dashboard-to-headlamp/
[08:13]	TR Bot	 Kubernetes Dashboard to Headlamp: A Step-by-Step Guide | Kubernetes
[08:13]	TR News	Operating AI/ML Workloads on Kubernetes: A Headlamp Plugin for Kubeflow | Kubernetes https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/07/13/introducing-headlamp-plugin-for-kubeflow/ Source: Kubernetes Blog | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//kubernetes.io/blog/2026/07/13/introducing-headlamp-plugin-for-kubeflow/
[08:13]	TR Bot	 Operating AI/ML Workloads on Kubernetes: A Headlamp Plugin for Kubeflow | Kubernetes
[08:14]	TR News	"OpenCode was different from the start" https://www.tecmint.com/opencode-ai-coding-agent-linux/ | Source: TecMint
[08:14]	TR Bot	 OpenCode: AI Coding Agent That Runs in Your Terminal
[08:14]	TR News	"Nina ultimately failed to articulate (or realize) an alternative to Bandcamp or Spotify. Others may manage." https://components.news/not-your-keys-not-your-songs-nina-protocol/ |
[08:14]	TR Bot	 Not your keys, not your songs
[08:15]	TR News	"a feature that lets users generate and edit images" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-scraps-ai-image-feature-days-after-launch-following-privacy-backlash/articleshow/132323801.cms | Source: India Times
[08:15]	TR Bot	 Meta scraps AI image feature days after launch following privacy backlash - The Economic Times
[08:17]	TR News	"The moment you start treating your customers as captives, they begin to make other plans." https://seths.blog/2026/07/a-captive-audience/ | Source: Seth Godin
[08:17]	TR Bot	 A captive audience | Seth's Blog
[08:17]	TR News	"Although wed rather bring you news of clever modifications and repairs down on the farm, more often than not" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/hackaday-links-july-12-2026/ | Source: Hackaday
[08:17]	TR Bot	Links: July 12, 2026 | Hackaday
[08:18]	TR News	"Vinyl is the expensive ritual. Streaming is the frictionless buffet." https://boingboing.net/2026/07/13/cds-are-back-because-streaming-made-music-feel-disposable.html | Source: BoingBoing
[08:18]	TR Bot	 CDs are back because streaming made music feel disposable - Boing Boing
[08:18]	TR News	"The curve here is the technology adoption curve, and its not just one thing." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/13/life-on-the-internet-adoption-curve/ | Source: APNIC
[08:18]	TR Bot	 Life on the Internet adoption curve | APNIC Blog
[08:22]	TR News	"A century ago, Britain was rocked by perhaps the most serious episode of class struggle it has ever known." https://jacobin.com/2026/07/britain-1926-general-strike-class-struggle | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[08:22]	TR Bot	 Britains General Strike Was Class Struggle at Its Rawest
[08:22]	TR News	"Within moments, automotive journalist Joel Feder was at the centre of a high-risk stop during what had begun as a routine test drive." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-error-police-surround-journalists-range-rover-1808230 | Source: International Business Times
[08:22]	TR Bot	 AI License Plate System Wrongly Tracks Journalist Before Police Surround Range Rover: 'Are You Armed?! Get Out!' | IBTimes UK
[08:22]	TR News	"The shooting has outraged Houston leaders and renewed public scrutiny over ICE and Donald Trumps immigration crackdown." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/12/lorenzo-salgado-araujo-texas-killed-ice-vigil | Source: The Guardian UK
[08:22]	TR Bot	 His blood is on Trumps hands: man killed by ICE in Texas mourned at vigil | Texas | The Guardian
[08:23]	TR News	"asked journalists to update their technical and language skills" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/mp-urges-journalists-to-update-their-skills-constantly/article71214008.ece | Source: The Hindu
[08:23]	TR Bot	 MP urges journalists to update their skills constantly - The Hindu
[08:23]	TR News	"Historically, the Justice Department has sought to subpoena reporters only as a last resort" https://werd.io/the-trump-administration-is-subpoenaing-journalists-to-reveal-sources-their-data-security-is-more-important-than-ever/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
[08:23]	TR Bot	 The Trump administration is subpoenaing journalists to reveal sources. Their data security is more important than ever.
[08:24]	TR News	"At first glance, those brightly-colored treats look like fun, nostalgic pop art" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5783832 | Source: NPR
[08:24]	TR Bot	 An artist brought 'I.C.E. pops' to a Texas campus. The show was shut down in days
[08:24]	TR News	"Not only in the media, but also through diplomatic channels on Russia's part" https://news.err.ee/1610075686/russian-disinformation-surge-may-be-connected-to-upcoming-baltic-elections | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhling
[08:24]	TR Bot	 Russian disinformation surge may be connected to upcoming Baltic elections | News | ERR
[08:25]	TR News	"Public media should not lie." https://insighthungary.444.hu/2026/07/11/hungarian-public-media-suspends-news-service | Source: Insight Hungary
[08:25]	TR Bot	 Hungarian public media suspends news service | Insight Hungary
[08:26]	TR News	"The denials of the Baltic diplomats are all likely to be grist to Russia's propaganda mill" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/11.07.2026-baltic-states-strongly-reject-russian-lies-in-moscow.a654710/ | Source: Latvia
[08:26]	TR Bot	 Baltic states 'strongly reject' Russian lies in Moscow / Article
[08:27]	TR News	"Someone in a Signal chat last week said, in the flat pacifist maximalist way that has become the default register of American liberal ethics, that political violence is never justifiable." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/when-is-political-violence-justified | Source: Mike Brock
[08:27]	TR Bot	 When is Political Violence Justified - by Mike Brock
[08:27]	TR News	"The ritual by which American public life launders men like Lindsey Graham at their deaths is one of the ways American public life keeps producing men like Lindsey Graham, and I do not intend to participate in it." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/no-eulogy | Source: Mike Brock
[08:27]	TR Bot	 No Eulogy - by Mike Brock - Notes from the Circus
[08:27]	TR News	"This round of layoffs will effect over 3,000 staff members eventually, or about a fifth of the Xbox division workforce. The appetizer this past week accounts for about half that number" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/10/xbox-lays-off-20-of-staff-cut-studios-largely-impacting-acquired-devs-it-promised-it-wouldnt-layoff/ | Source: Techdirt
[08:27]	TR Bot	Lays Off 20% Of Staff, Cut Studios, Largely Impacting Acquired Devs It Promised It Wouldnt Layoff | Techdirt
[08:28]	TR News	"Apple also claims OpenAI used former employees, interviews, and suppliers to obtain protected hardware information. The claims have not been tested in court." https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/apple-challenges-openais-hardware-push-in-trade-secret-lawsuit/ | Source: JURIST
[08:28]	TR Bot	 Apple challenges OpenAIs hardware push in trade-secret lawsuit - JURIST - News
[08:28]	TR News	"Industrial Revolution in England and whose resistance to being displaced from their work was met with violence by the British monarchy." https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-luddite-festival-harnessing-gen-zs-rage-against-big-tech/ | Source: Wired
[08:28]	TR Bot	the Luddite Festival Harnessing Gen Zs Rage Against Big Tech | WIRED
[08:29]	TR News	"Thermometric cooling sounds great: replace all the plumbing with a solid state semiconductor junction." https://maurycyz.com/projects/cooled/ | Source: Maury
[08:29]	TR Bot	 Making cooled clothing: (Maurycy's blog)
[08:29]	TR News	"The report revealed that data center consumption rose to 7,663 GWh in 2025 from 6,973 GWh in 2024, a 10% rise in a single year." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/irelands-data-centers-consumed-nearly-as-much-electricity-as-every-home-in-the-country-combined-in-2025-server-farms-gulped-23-percent-of-national-power-despite-years-of-grid-restrictions | Source: Tom's Hardware
[08:29]	TR Bot	 Irelands data centers consumed nearly as much electricity as every home in the country combined in 2025 server farms gulped 23% of national power despite years of grid restrictions | Tom's Hardware
[08:29]	TR News	"Vehicles long ago began to incorporate electronics and software, to the point that modern vehicles increasingly have a sort of architecture problem." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/software-defined-vehicles-loom-closer-every-year/ | Source: Hackaday
[08:29]	TR Bot	Vehicles Loom Closer Every Year | Hackaday
[08:29]	TR News	"Archaeology experts know a faulty boiler caused the wreck, but Galbraith is now leading an underwater survey to find out more details." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/ss-erie-belle-marine-survey-9.7262214 | Source: CBC
[08:29]	TR Bot	 A ship exploded in Lake Huron 143 years ago. Now, a team is trying to find its wreckage | CBC News
[08:29]	TR News	"In theory, however, the [cryptocurrency] world should be apolitical and free of ideologies." https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-07-12/from-libertarian-dream-to-political-weapon-how-the-far-right-appropriated-the-crypto-wave.html | Source: El Pas
[08:29]	TR Bot	 From libertarian dream to political weapon: How the far right appropriated the crypto wave | Economy and Business | EL PAS English
[08:30]	TR News	"If you read a website like this one, you were probably aware that data centres were commonplace twenty or more years ago." https://pxlnv.com/blog/stories-told-about-data-centres/ | Source: Nick Heer
[08:30]	TR Bot	 Stories Told About Data Centres Pixel Envy
[08:30]	TR News	"With every passing year, awareness of light pollution grows" https://darksky.org/news/state-of-the-science-2026/ |
[08:30]	TR Bot	 State of the Science 2025 | DarkSky International
[08:31]	TR News	"The FCC on July 9 formally authorized the launch of Erendil-1" https://spacenews.com/fcc-approves-first-reflect-orbital-satellite/ | Source: SpaceNews
[08:31]	TR Bot	approves first Reflect Orbital satellite - SpaceNews
[08:33]	TR News	"clean, abundant energy available on demand" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/fcc-approves-orbital-space-mirrors-first-test-satellites-will-launch-this-year-large-spacecraft-reflects-sunlight-to-earths-surface-for-construction-sites-search-and-rescue-lighting-and-more | Source: Tom's Hardware
[08:33]	TR Bot	 FCC approves orbital space mirrors, first test satellites will launch this year large spacecraft reflects sunlight to Earths surface for construction sites, search-and-rescue lighting, and more | Tom's Hardware
[08:34]	TR News	"In lab tests, coating satellites with Vantablack 310 meant that only 2 percent of incoming light was reflected." https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-blackest-paint-could-stop-satellites-ruining-astronomers-views | Source: Science Alert
[08:34]	TR Bot	World's Blackest Paint Could Solve A Major Problem For Astronomy : ScienceAlert
[08:34]	TR News	"They haven't eaten for some period of months and as they're making their way back up the coast" https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/grey-whales-under-threat-9.7261423 | Source: CBC
[08:34]	TR Bot	 Grey whales are dying along our shores. Researchers say a warming climate may be part of the problem | CBC Radio
[08:36]	TR News	"Apple said in the lawsuit filed in a California federal court that OpenAI encouraged Apple employees" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/apple-files-lawsuit-accusing-chatgpt-maker-openai-of-stealing-trade-secrets/articleshow/132323638.cms | Source: India Times
[08:36]	TR Bot	 AI trade secrets theft: Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets - The Economic Times
[08:36]	TR News	"This product is still rumoured, and perhaps the shipping version will have some kind of external recording indicator." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-glasses-recording-light/ | Source: Nick Heer
[08:36]	TR Bot	 Perhaps Meta Should Not Have Spent Decades Being Creepy Pixel Envy
[08:37]	TR News	"The comments were captured in videos shared to social media." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/964539/lorde-says-ray-ban-meta-ai-glasses-are-not-sexy | Source: The Verge
[08:37]	TR Bot	 Lorde says Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are not sexy | The Verge
[08:37]	TR News	"The move follows an inspector general audit urging a pause on new deployments and contracts until enforceable privacy, security and oversight rules are in place." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-11/lapd-suspends-use-of-flock-surveillance-cameras-over-privacy-issues | Source: Los Angeles Times
[08:37]	TR Bot	 LAPD suspends use of Flock surveillance cameras over privacy issues - Los Angeles Times
[08:37]	TR News	"Smartwatches and rings give a detailed morning summary of the previous night, measuring everything from sleep duration to overall energy levels." https://news.err.ee/1610074621/sleep-doctor-urges-caution-with-smart-device-sleep-and-health-data | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhling
[08:37]	TR Bot	 Sleep doctor urges caution with smart device sleep and health data | News | ERR
[08:37]	TR News	"A large share of GitHubs API surface is reachable without authentication." https://www.securityweek.com/ghost-accounts-abuse-github-api-in-mass-recon-campaign/ | Source: Security Week
[08:37]	TR Bot	Accounts Abuse GitHub API in Mass Recon Campaign - SecurityWeek
[08:38]	TR News	Windows TCO https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/07/11/russia-opens-investigation-into-empire-of-geese-the-anime-and-gaming-community-whose-creators-allegedly-locked-children-s-computers-with-ransomware-and-then-demanded-nude-photos-to-unlock-them | Source: Meduza
[08:38]	TR Bot	 Russia opens investigation into Empire of Geese, the anime-and-gaming community whose creators allegedly locked childrens computers with ransomware and then demanded nude photos to unlock them Meduza
[08:38]	TR News	"This is a writeup of how I integrated Standard.site into my 11ty blog" https://brennan.day/publishing-my-eleventy-blog-to-the-atmosphere-with-standard-site/ | Source: Brennan
[08:38]	TR Bot	My Eleventy Blog to the ATmosphere with Standard.site brennan.day
[08:39]	TR News	"This week the talk on Twitter was LLMs deleting other peoples files." https://akitaonrails.com/en/2026/07/11/how-to-protect-yourself-from-agents-deleting-your-stuff/ | Source: Fabio Akita
[08:39]	TR Bot	Do I Protect Myself From My Agents Deleting My Stuff? AkitaOnRails.com
[08:39]	TR News	"According to boosters of AI, the tech was supposed to usher in an era of unprecedented productivity" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-linked-sickening-crime | Source: Futurism
[08:39]	TR Bot	 Grok Linked to Sickening Crime in Lawsuit That Puts SpaceX in Crosshairs
[08:40]	TR News	"On Saturday, beneath a sparkling blue sky, I joined the march to Stop the AI Race." https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/stop-ai-march/ | Source: Robin Sloan
[08:40]	TR Bot	 Report from the march to Stop the AI Race
[08:40]	TR News	"Tech billionaires companies are robbing humanity of its distinctive capacity to create." https://jacobin.com/2026/07/ai-big-tech-global-ownership-control | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[08:40]	TR Bot	 AI Is a Product of Humanity. Humanity Should Own AI.
[08:41]	TR News	"The prevalence of this device isnt just anecdotalits measurable. (Sorry.)" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/ai-chatbot-writing-tic-negative-parallelism/687892/ | Source: The Atlantic
[08:41]	TR Bot	 The Most Famous AI Writing Tic Is Also the Most Mysterious - The Atlantic
[08:41]	TR News	"Artificial Intelligence is a major issue these days for all sorts of reasons" https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/07/artificial-intelligence-and-the-elephant-in-the-data-room/ | Source: Spectator AU
[08:41]	TR Bot	 Artificial Intelligence and the elephant in the data room | The Spectator Australia
[08:42]	TR News	"The irony is that some of the loudest AI evangelists are the ones getting caught." https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/07/im-a-freelance-journalist-ai-is-stealing-my-work-and-calling-it-training/ | Source: Spectator AU
[08:42]	TR Bot	 Im a freelance journalist. AI is stealing my work and calling it training | The Spectator Australia
[08:42]	TR News	"This week had a very familiar pattern: attackers kept aiming at the places where normal business systems concentrate trust." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/security-signal-weekly-july-4-10-2026/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch
[08:42]	TR Bot	 Security Signal Weekly: July 4-10, 2026 - CybersecKyle
[08:42]	TR News	"In a nutshell, its truly amazing how bad the modern Windows user experience is when youre accustomed to anything else: [...]" https://pointieststick.com/2026/07/12/the-graveyard-of-being-paid-to-use-windows-11-aka-winning/ | Source: Nate Graham
[08:42]	TR Bot	 The graveyard of being paid to use Windows 11, AKA winning! Adventures in Linux and KDE
[08:42]	TR News	"Phia, co-founded by Phoebe Gates, faces accusations of violating affiliate marketing policies." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/gates-heirs-shopping-app-claimed-sales-it-didnt-drive/articleshow/132324402.cms | Source: India Times
[08:42]	TR Bot	 Bill Gates heirs shopping app claimed sales it didnt drive - The Economic Times
[08:43]	TR News	"Despite the doom and gloom. I am slowly getting back into doing more SCA/medieval fun stuff and will soon be picking up archery and rapier." https://armyeric67.com/2026/07/12/signs-of-life/ |
[08:43]	TR Bot	 Signs of Life Sir Seved Ribbing, SCA
[08:43]	TR News	"Even the best Thunderbolt dock at the time, the CalDigit TS3, would occasionally fail to wake up the system. It was super annoying." https://fabiensanglard.net/tb4/index.html | Source: Fabian Sanglard
[08:43]	TR Bot	 A dock that finally wakes up reliably
[08:43]	TR News	"And so, like programming, the EP-1320s inflexibility, its almost complete and absolute stubbornness, is what makes it so charming." https://robinrendle.com/notes/ep1320-medieval/ | Source: Robin Rendle
[08:43]	TR Bot	 EP-1320 Medieval Robin Rendle
[08:44]	TR News	"Apples new Mac chip road map represents the companys latest move to rebuild its operations for the artificial intelligence world." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-07-12/apple-s-chip-plans-m6-m7-pro-m7-max-m7-ultra-m8-details-touch-macbook-pro | Source: Bloomberg
[08:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-07-12/apple-s-chip-plans-m6-m7-pro-m7-max-m7-ultra-m8-details-touch-macbook-pro )
[08:44]	TR News	"Apple is making its AI hardware a cornerstone of its strategy going forward." https://www.theverge.com/tech/964519/apple-silicon-self-driving-car-ai-m7-ultra | Source: The Verge
[08:44]	TR Bot	 Apples self-driving car program left a legacy of powerful AI chips | The Verge
[08:44]	TR News	"Overall game performance isnt too bad, though in the ports current unoptimized state the resolution is fairly low." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/11/porting-doom-to-the-casio-loopy/ | Source: Hackaday
[08:44]	TR Bot	DOOM To The Casio Loopy | Hackaday
[08:45]	TR News	"We derive the 1/15 for 5. 1/5 of all numbers have a factor of 5." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/07/2-12-then-3-16-then-5-115-and-so-on-and.html | Source: Computational Complexity
[08:45]	TR Bot	 Computational Complexity: 2... 1/2 THEN 3... 1/6 THEN 5 ....1/15 and so on. And So On?
[08:45]	TR News	"But are we giving up too much information? As DNA testing becomes commonplace, Insight asks: Can any family secret truly stay hidden?" https://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/article/there-have-been-three-different-men-i-thought-were-my-father-it-took-53-years-to-learn-the-truth/9qrkhkv12 | Source: SBS
[08:45]	TR Bot	 It took 53 years to learn the truth about who my father is | SBS Insight
[08:45]	TR News	"I just enjoy sharing my thoughts in a blog, so Im trying Pika." https://ljpuk.net/2026/07/12/starting-a-new-blog-leaving-wordpress/ | Source: Lee Peterson
[08:45]	TR Bot	( status 404 @ https://ljpuk.net/2026/07/12/starting-a-new-blog-leaving-wordpress )
[08:46]	TR News	"Thing is, I did more and better work in all that chaos than I do today in my fancier, tidier, much more capable setup. This is because the desk has nothing to do with it." https://baty.net/posts/2026/07/my-home-office-in-1995/ | Source: Jack Baty
[08:46]	TR Bot	home office in 1995 baty.net
[08:46]	TR News	"One of the biggest sources of identity theft is being required to open a free account. Yes, identity theft insurance will help some. About as much as life insurance helps you get over the loss." https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/experience/bestbuy/ | Source: Logikal Solutions
[08:46]	TR Bot	 It's Time to Boycott BestBuy Out of Business Logikal Blog
[08:46]	TR News	"My TFTP honey pot has been running for over a month, continuously on my $5 a month VPS, and intermittently on my Dell R530 home server. Its time to see what surprises it has captured." https://bruceediger.com/posts/tftp-honeypot-results/ | Source: Bruce Ediger
[08:46]	TR Bot	 TFTP Honey pot Results - Information Camouflage
[08:47]	TR News	"I use my keyboards a lot, my job as a software engineer involves quite a lot of typing, I also spend quite a lot of my spare time in front of a computer." https://samsm.ch/small-keyboards/ |
[08:47]	TR Bot	 Why I Like Small Keyboards | Sam Smith
[08:47]	TR News	"Ill still taking photos and videos, but Ill probably post later when I have time." https://blog.pcora.eu/posts/closed-for-the-summer | Source: Pedro
[08:48]	TR Bot	 Closed for the summer - Pedroblog
[08:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat on Slop and Kubernetes News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Red_Hat_on_Slop_and_Kubernetes_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Red_Hat_on_Slop_and_Kubernetes_News.gmi 
[08:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat on Slop and Kubernetes News
[08:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Denuvo DRM, CorsixTH 0.70, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Games_Denuvo_DRM_CorsixTH_0_70_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Games_Denuvo_DRM_CorsixTH_0_70_and_More.gmi 
[08:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Denuvo DRM, CorsixTH 0.70, and More
[08:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	Sompi: ping
[08:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	Sompi: someone asks, 
[08:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	which area are you in?
[08:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	 near Jyvskyl at all?
[08:55]	TR News	How To Install Nmap on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-nmap-ubuntu-26-04/
[08:55]	TR Bot	 How To Install Nmap on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot
[08:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux 7.2, Third RC (rc3) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Linux_7_2_Third_RC_rc3.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Linux_7_2_Third_RC_rc3.gmi 
[08:55]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux 7.2, Third RC (rc3)
[08:55]	TR News	How To Install Odoo on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-odoo-ubuntu-26-04/
[08:56]	TR Bot	 How To Install Odoo on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot
[08:56]	TR News	How To Install COSMIC Desktop on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-cosmic-desktop-ubuntu-26-04/
[08:56]	TR Bot	 How To Install COSMIC Desktop on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot
[08:56]	TR News	How To Install Gemini CLI on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-gemini-cli-ubuntu-26-04/
[08:56]	TR Bot	 How To Install Gemini CLI on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot
[08:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/today_s_howtos.1.gmi 
[08:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
● Jul 14
[09:00]		*Received a CTCP VERSION from StatServ
[09:02]	TR News	Techrights Links 14/07/2026: Plagiarism Spun as "Training", Zelensky Announces Leadership Shuffle https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Links_14_07_2026_Plagiarism_Spun_as_Training_Zelensky_Announces.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Links_14_07_2026_Plagiarism_Spun_as_Training_Zelensky_Announces.gmi 
[09:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 14/07/2026: Plagiarism Spun as "Training", Zelensky Announces Leadership Shuffle
[09:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux "Market Share" Estimate Continues to Climb https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Estimate_Continues_to_Climb.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Estimate_Continues_to_Climb.gmi 
[09:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux "Market Share" Estimate Continues to Climb
[09:08]	TR News	"Sothebys is preparing a blockbuster History of Science & Technology sale packed with amazing artifacts and collectors items." https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/sothebys-video-showcases-working-apple-1-serial-number-01-0033-part-of-its-upcoming-history-of-science-and-technology-sale | Source: Tom's Hardware
[09:08]	TR Bot	 Sothebys video showcases working Apple-1 serial number 01-0033 part of its upcoming History of Science & Technology sale | Tom's Hardware
[09:08]	TR News	"Speaking is much faster than typing, and while its an increasingly convenient way to interact with computers, its hardly private." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/speak-silently-with-an-ultrasound-probe/ | Source: Hackaday
[09:08]	TR Bot	Silently With An Ultrasound Probe | Hackaday
[09:08]	TR News	"Key in hot wire foam cutting is getting the nickel-chromium wire hot enough to gently slice through the foam rather than annihilating it or having the wire encounter significant resistance." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/building-a-better-cnc-hot-wire-foam-cutter/ | Source: Hackaday
[09:08]	TR Bot	A Better CNC Hot Wire Foam Cutter | Hackaday
[09:08]	TR News	"As good as a desktop OS may be, at some point it has to feature accelerated 3D graphics." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/porting-the-nvidia-gpu-driver-to-haiku-for-3d-acceleration/ | Source: Hackaday
[09:08]	TR Bot	The Nvidia GPU Driver To Haiku For 3D Acceleration | Hackaday
[09:09]	TR News	"I've been running Nextcloud since years." https://aumont.fr/posts/nextcloud-alternatives/ | Source: Mathieu Aumont
[09:09]	TR Bot	for a Nextcloud replacement | Aumont.fr
[09:09]	TR News	"The word Gantt tends to evoke project-management software with bars you can drag and a hefty license fee." https://chrismaiorana.com/org-gantt/ | Source: Chris Maiorana
[09:09]	TR Bot	 Org mode as a gantt chart generator - Chris Maiorana
[09:09]	TR News	"These are my minimalist themes. They use few colours and will appear mostly monochromatic in many contexts. Styles involve the careful use of typography, such as italics and bold italics" https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-07-12-emacs-doric-themes-1-2-0/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou
[09:09]	TR Bot	doric-themes version 1.2.0 | Protesilaos
[09:09]		*yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@wvbkkdpxq9vtg.irc) has joined #techrights
[09:10]	TR News	"Let us know if you have any questions about the migration." https://lobste.rs/s/ko1ji1/lobste_rs_is_now_running_on_sqlite |
[09:10]	TR Bot	is now running on SQLite | Lobsters
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● Jul 14
[11:38]	Sompi	schestowitz[TR2]: Northern Savonia
[11:43]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights
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● Jul 14
[12:32]	Sompi	Finland already has more than 100 new data center plans - easily 30 gigawatts of new power consumption
[12:46]	TR News	"Something is wrong with the way the industry is talking about sovereign AI. Not slightly wrong." https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/11/sovereign-ai-will-decide-winners-losers-ai-race/ | Source: Silicon Angle
[12:46]	TR Bot	is sovereign AI - and why it will decide the winners and losers of the AI race - SiliconANGLE
[12:46]	TR News	"Regulators expect insurance companies, banks, and others not to discriminate by race" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/testing-racial-predictions-with-bisg/ | Source: Rlang
[12:46]	TR Bot	racial predictions with BISG | R-bloggers
[12:47]	TR News	"ok so i've been reading the "specification" from "the c programming language" (1st edition)." https://sebsite.pw/w/20260712-kandr.html | Source: Sebastian
[12:47]	TR Bot	 a bunch of stuff i used to not know about K&R C
[12:47]	TR News	"Week eight of the roundup, built from the package manager OPML feed collection and whatever Ive posted or boosted on Mastodon." https://nesbitt.io/2026/07/11/this-week-in-package-management.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
[12:47]	TR Bot	 This Week in Package Management: 11 July 2026 | Andrew Nesbitt
[12:47]	TR News	"One important problem was chunking the input string and optimally choosing the most compact encoding for each chunk (different encodings compress different characters better, so where to split is not immediately obvious)." https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/quadrupling-code-performance-with-a-useless-if/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva
[12:47]	TR Bot	 Quadrupling code performance with a "useless" if | purplesyringa's blog
[12:48]	TR News	"What do you think your role is as a designer?" https://adamsilver.io/blog/interaction-design-vs-content-design-vs-service-design/ | Source: Adam Silver
[12:48]	TR Bot	 Interaction design vs content design vs service design Adam Silver designer, London, UK
[12:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	Sompi: 
[12:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[12:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	Since most (just a guess based on a very small sample) of the hydrostations    
[12:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	are ~ 100 MW there's far from enough electricity to run those scams once they
[12:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	are in place.  
[12:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	An acquaintance was accepted to a doctoral programme at Jyvskyl, just a s      
[12:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	small handful out of thousands of applicants.  It's too early to know if it 
[12:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	is all BS or not though.  "
[12:49]	TR News	"PetaPerl was born." https://blogs.perl.org/users/petamem/2026/07/i-had-a-dream---announcing-petaperl-060.html | Source: Perl
[12:49]	TR Bot	had a dream" - Announcing PetaPerl 0.6.0 | PetaMem [blogs.perl.org]
[12:49]	TR News	"Ive made a few updates to my Bartender triggers that allow me to switch configurations" https://alienlebarge.ch/articles/smart-menu-bar-management-improvement | Source: Cdric
[12:49]	TR Bot	 Improvement of the Smart Menu Bar Management script | alienlebarge
[12:50]	TR News	"I love writing in cursive, shaping each word in one long stroke." https://mmapped.blog/posts/52-backtrack-free-cursive | Source: Roman Kashitsyn
[12:50]	TR Bot	 Backtrack-free cursive
[12:51]	Sompi	schestowitz[TR2]: Our government has already destroyed most weatherproof power plants here - we don't have enough even for the current consumption
[12:51]	Sompi	They demolished the chimneys so that they can never be used again
[12:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Resilience Restored https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Resilience_Restored.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Resilience_Restored.gmi 
[12:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Resilience Restored
[12:59]	TR News	https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-07/msg00001.html
[12:59]	TR Bot	 Re: Questions about this mail list
[12:59]	TR News	"Welcome to the list, I think as far as topics are concerned you can ask about most things gnu / free software related. Usually someone can help."
● Jul 14
[13:22]	Sompi	schestowitz[TR2]: Yes, and in addition to nuclear power plants (which are also far from enough) we only have hydro, wind and solar power left...
[13:23]	Sompi	Somehow we now have our own government actively sabotaging our energy infrastructure (and everything else) and it's considered the new normal
[13:23]	Sompi	When they blow up actual working power plants to make sure that they cannot be used again, what else is that than sabotage?
[13:28]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Layoffs Not Limited to XBox (False Narrative in the Mainstream Media) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Microsoft_Layoffs_Not_Limited_to_XBox_False_Narrative_in_the_Ma.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Microsoft_Layoffs_Not_Limited_to_XBox_False_Narrative_in_the_Ma.gmi 
[13:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Layoffs Not Limited to XBox (False Narrative in the Mainstream Media)
[13:32]		-Global-[animation] Quiz spcial fte nationale aujourdhui sur le salon #FILMS ! Venez tester votre culture gnrale, vous amuser et tenter de dcrocher la victoire.
[13:50]	TR News	Techrights In Defence of Physical Tickets https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/In_Defence_of_Physical_Tickets.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/In_Defence_of_Physical_Tickets.gmi 
[13:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights In Defence of Physical Tickets
[13:52]	TR News	How to Install BleachBit on Fedora 44 https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-bleachbit-on-fedora-linux/
[13:52]	TR Bot	to Install BleachBit on Fedora 44 - LinuxCapable
[13:52]	TR News	Financials and Budget TDF Annual Report 2025 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/13/financials-and-budget-tdf-annual-report-2025/
[13:52]	TR Bot	 Financials and Budget TDF Annual Report 2025 - TDF Community Blog
[13:53]	TR News	Garretts cause of death revealed https://pagesix.com/2026/07/13/celebrity-news/how-to-eat-fried-worms-child-star-blake-garretts-cause-of-death-revealed/
[13:53]	TR Bot	 'How to Eat Fried Worms' child star Blake Garrett's cause of death revealed
[13:53]	TR News	Efficiently manage host content with Red Bait Satellite's multi-CV https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/13/efficiently-manage-host-content-red-hat-satellites-multi-cv
[13:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/13/efficiently-manage-host-content-red-hat-satellites-multi-cv )
[13:54]	TR News	Sam Smith and Normani Just Cant Put This Dancing With a Stranger Lawsuit to Bed https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/12/sam-smith-normani-song-lawsuit/
[13:54]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/12/sam-smith-normani-song-lawsuit/ )
● Jul 14
[14:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	toothpick now defends elop
[14:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	defends nokia going windows
[14:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	etc etc
[14:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	revisionism
[14:02]	TR News	This Week in GNOME: #257 Pixel Density https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/07/twig-257/
[14:02]	TR Bot	 #257 Pixel Density
[14:03]	TR News	CRB Officially Posts Proposed Phonorecords V Settlement for Comment Eminem Publisher Eight Mile Style, Songwriters Guild, Others Demand Higher Rates https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/phonorecords-v-comment-period/
[14:03]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/phonorecords-v-comment-period/ )
[14:07]	TR News	Almost 5% now http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/03/Costa_Ricans_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux_Reaches_New_Highs.shtml https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/costa-rica/#monthly-200902-202607
[14:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights Costa Ricans' Adoption of GNU/Linux Reaches New Highs
[14:07]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Costa Rica | Statcounter Global Stats
[14:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Plasma 6.7.3 Is Out to Disable Keyboard Accent-Color Syncing by Default https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/KDE_Plasma_6_7_3_Is_Out_to_Disable_Keyboard_Accent_Color_Syncin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/KDE_Plasma_6_7_3_Is_Out_to_Disable_Keyboard_Accent_Color_Syncin.gmi 
[14:13]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.7.3 Is Out to Disable Keyboard Accent-Color Syncing by Default
[14:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Reaches 6% in Tanzania https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/GNU_Linux_Reaches_6_in_Tanzania.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/GNU_Linux_Reaches_6_in_Tanzania.gmi 
[14:14]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Reaches 6% in Tanzania
[14:14]	TR News	GNU/Linux at 7.5% in Luxembourg https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/luxembourg/#monthly-200902-202607
[14:14]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Luxembourg | Statcounter Global Stats
[14:18]	TR News	tree Command in Linux: Display Directory Structure https://linuxize.com/post/tree-command-in-linux/
[14:18]	TR Bot	Command in Linux: Display Directory Structure | Linuxize
[14:18]	TR News	Firefox Application Security Team: Firefox Security & Privacy Newsletter 2026 Q2 https://attackanddefense.dev/2026/07/12/firefox-security-privacy-newsletter-2026-q2.html
[14:18]	TR Bot	 Firefox Security & Privacy Newsletter 2026 Q2 | Attack & Defense
[14:20]	TR News	AI Agent Discovers 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Bug Named GhostLock https://www.ghacks.net/2026/07/13/ai-agent-discovers-15-year-old-linux-kernel-privilege-escalation-bug-named-ghostlock/
[14:20]	TR Bot	 AI Agent Discovers 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Bug Named GhostLock - gHacks Tech News
[14:20]	TR News	Pluralistic: Why aren't Hey Hi (AI) companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/
[14:20]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Why arent AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[14:22]	TR News	Normal-looking Linux 7.2-rc3 lands with fixes for SEGA Dreamcast driver https://www.neowin.net/news/normal-looking-linux-72-rc3-lands-with-fixes-for-sega-dreamcast-driver/?utm_source=rss
[14:22]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/normal-looking-linux-72-rc3-lands-with-fixes-for-sega-dreamcast-driver/?utm_source=rss )
[14:23]	TR News	Lessons Learned from CISAs Recent Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Leak https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/lessons-learned-from-cisas-recent-github-leak/
[14:23]	TR Bot	 Lessons Learned from CISAs Recent GitHub Leak Krebs on Security
[14:26]	TR News	New Linux Flaw Lets Attackers Escape VMs http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/New-Linux-Flaw-Lets-Attackers-Escape-VMs
[14:26]	TR Bot	 New Linux Flaw Lets Attackers Escape VMs Linux Magazine
[14:26]	TR News	CentOS 10-20260713 https://distrowatch.com/centos
[14:26]	TR Bot	CentOS
[14:26]	TR News	Oreon 10-2607 https://distrowatch.com/oreon
[14:26]	TR Bot	Oreon
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[14:48]	TR News	Android Screen Mirroring App Scrcpy 4.1 Added VP8/VP9 Encoders Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/android-screen-mirroring-app-scrcpy-4-1-added-vp8-vp9-encoders-support/
[14:48]	TR Bot	 Android Screen Mirroring App Scrcpy 4.1 Added VP8/VP9 Encoders Support | UbuntuHandbook
[14:49]	TR News	Biopass Another backdoored Windows Hello Style Facial Authentication for GNU/Linux https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/biopass-another-windows-hello-linux/
[14:49]	TR Bot	 Biopass Another Windows Hello Style Facial Authentication for Linux | UbuntuHandbook
[14:49]	TR News	Flora 20260713 https://distrowatch.com/flora
[14:49]	TR Bot	Flora Linux-libre
[14:50]	TR News	Ubuntu 26.04 fixes Papers bug that sent PDF links to wrong page https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-26-04-papers-pdf-viewer-bug-fixes
[14:50]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 26.04 fixes Papers bug that sent PDF links to wrong page - OMG! Ubuntu
[14:50]	TR News	Changing Night Lights colour temperature during the day https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/night-light-scheduler-gnome-extension
[14:50]	TR Bot	 Changing Night Light's colour temperature during the day - OMG! Ubuntu
[14:51]	TR News	Week 7: Gradient Widget Review Fixes https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-7-gradient-widget-review-fixes/
[14:51]	TR Bot	 Week 7: Gradient Widget Review Fixes Yash Bavadiya
[14:59]	TR News	Officials once again warn defenders that Russian hackers are targeting network devices https://cyberscoop.com/russian-fsb-cisco-joint-cybersecurity-advisory/
[14:59]	TR Bot	nations issue warning over Russian cyber targeting | CyberScoop
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[15:13]	TR News	Set Limine default in UEFI https://bkhome.org/news/202607/set-limine-default-in-uefi.html
[15:13]	TR Bot	 Set Limine default in UEFI
[15:14]	TR News	Open Book Touch is Crowdfunding: A Buttonless, Open Hardware Answer to Kindle https://itsfoss.com/news/open-book-touch-crowdfunding/
[15:14]	TR Bot	 Open Book Touch is Crowdfunding: A Buttonless, Open Hardware Answer to Kindle
[15:18]	TR News	Tindie and alternatives https://www.rubenerd.au/tindie-and-alternatives/
[15:18]	TR Bot	 Rubenerd: Tindie and alternatives
[15:19]	TR News	675: Sloppy Agent Roasting | LINUX Unplugged 675 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/675/
[15:19]	TR Bot	 Sloppy Agent Roasting | LINUX Unplugged 675 | Jupiter Broadcasting
[15:20]	TR News	They say "fact-checked, and edited by humans", but they relay LIES for IBM!! https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-computers-identify-nuclear-fusion-fuel-chemistry-in-major-first
[15:20]	TR Bot	Computers Identify Nuclear Fusion Fuel in Major First : ScienceAlert
[15:37]	TR News	Christopher Nolan Unloads on Hey Hi (AI) Slop https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/christopher-nolan-ai-slop
[15:37]	TR Bot	 Christopher Nolan Unloads on AI Slop
[15:37]	TR News	Journalist Alarmed When Hes Fired, But Company Keeps Posting Hey Hi (AI) Slop Under His Name https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/fired-journalist-ai-posts-in-his-name
[15:37]	TR Bot	 Journalist Alarmed When He's Fired, But Company Keeps Posting AI Slop Under His Name
[15:37]	TR News	OpenAI Is Shutting Down Its Browser That Was Supposed to Change Everything https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-shutting-down-browser
[15:37]	TR Bot	 OpenAI Is Shutting Down Its Browser That Was Supposed to Change Everything
[15:38]	TR News	States Prepare Lawsuit to Block Paramounts Merger With Warner Bros. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/business/state-ag-lawsuit-paramount-warner-bros.html
[15:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/business/state-ag-lawsuit-paramount-warner-bros.html )
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[15:40]	TR News	The Electro-Shield, a new powerup for SuperTuxKart Evolution https://blog.supertuxkart.net/2026/07/the-electro-shield-new-powerup-for.html
[15:40]	TR Bot	 Blog - Supertuxkart
[15:40]	TR News	powa-archivist 5.2.0 is out! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/powa-archivist-520-is-out-3347/
[15:40]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: powa-archivist 5.2.0 is out!
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[15:41]	TR News	Raspberry Pi gets 10BASE-T1S/T1L Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) HAT+ board https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/13/raspberry-pi-gets-10base-t1s-t1l-single-pair-ethernet-spe-hat-board/
[15:41]	TR Bot	 Raspberry Pi gets 10BASE-T1S/T1L Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) HAT+ board - CNX Software
[15:41]	TR News	Irelands data centers consumed nearly as much electricity as every home in the country combined in 2025 server farms gulped 23% of national power despite years of grid restrictions https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/irelands-data-centers-consumed-nearly-as-much-electricity-as-every-home-in-the-country-combined-in-2025-server-farms-gulped-23-percent-of-national-power-despite-years-of-grid-restrictions
[15:41]	TR Bot	 Irelands data centers consumed nearly as much electricity as every home in the country combined in 2025 server farms gulped 23% of national power despite years of grid restrictions | Tom's Hardware
[15:41]	TR News	Irelands data centers consumed nearly as much electricity as every home in the country combined in 2025 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/irelands-data-centers-consumed-nearly-as-much-electricity-as-every-home-in-the-country-combined-in-2025-server-farms-gulped-23-percent-of-national-power-despite-years-of-grid-restrictions
[15:42]	TR News	New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Palworld and Cat Mail Co. - 2026-07-11 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-07-11-edition/index.html
[15:42]	TR Bot	 New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Palworld and Cat Mail Co. - 2026-07-11 Edition
[15:43]	TR News	Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc3 https://lwn.net/Articles/1082487/
[15:43]	TR Bot	prepatch 7.2-rc3 [LWN.net]
[15:44]	TR News	Vasudev Kamath: Releasing debvulns-exporter: Prometheus exporter for Debian System Vulnerabilities https://copyninja.in/blog/debvulns-exporter.html
[15:44]	TR Bot	 Releasing debvulns-exporter: Prometheus exporter for Debian System Vulnerabilities
[15:45]	TR News	LLM slop again https://www.debugpoint.com/kde-frameworks-6-28/
[15:45]	TR Bot	 KDE Frameworks 6.28.0 Released: Key Features
[15:46]	TR News	screen @ Savannah: GNU Screen v.5.0.2 is released https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10913
[15:46]	TR Bot	timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10913 )
[15:46]	TR News	The graveyard of being paid to use backdoored Windows 11, AKA winning! https://pointieststick.com/2026/07/12/the-graveyard-of-being-paid-to-use-windows-11-aka-winning/
[15:46]	TR Bot	 The graveyard of being paid to use Windows 11, AKA winning! Adventures in Linux and KDE
[15:47]	TR News	LazyLinux 20260712 https://distrowatch.com/lazylinux
[15:47]	TR Bot	LazyLinux
[15:47]	TR News	Setup non-flat btrfs architecture on Arch GNU/Linux via CachyOS approach https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/07/setup-non-flat-btrfs-achitecture-on.html
[15:47]	TR Bot	 Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: Setup non-flat btrfs architecture on Arch Linux via CachyOS approach
[15:48]	TR News	This Week in Linux 351: Proton 11, Sabotage in OpenMandriva, Hannah Montana Linux, Cinnamon Wayland Ready & more GNU/Linux news https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-351/
[15:48]	TR Bot	Proton 11, Sabotage in OpenMandriva, Hannah Montana Linux, Cinnamon Wayland Ready & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital
[15:48]	TR News	Deb Dev Builds Graphical Debian Vulnerability Exporter for Prometheus https://fossforce.com/2026/07/deb-dev-builds-graphical-debian-vulnerability-exporter-for-prometheus/
[15:49]	TR Bot	 Deb Dev Builds Graphical Debian Vulnerability Exporter for Prometheus - FOSS Force
[15:49]	TR News	The Commodore Callback 8020 phone https://www.rubenerd.au/the-commodore-callback-8020-phone/
[15:49]	TR Bot	 Rubenerd: The Commodore Callback 8020 phone
[15:49]	TR News	Kamil Pral: Heroes of Fedora Quality for Q2 2026 https://kparal.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/heroes-of-fedora-quality-for-q2-2026/
[15:49]	TR Bot	 Heroes of Fedora Quality for Q2 2026 Kparal's Fedora Blog
[15:49]	TR News	Heroes of Fedora Quality for Q2 2026 https://kparal.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/heroes-of-fedora-quality-for-q2-2026/
[15:51]	TR News	Troubleshoot Red Bait OpenShift Virtualization localnet with the netobserv command https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/10/troubleshoot-localnet-virtual-machines-with-oc-netobserv
[15:51]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/10/troubleshoot-localnet-virtual-machines-with-oc-netobserv )
[15:51]	TR News	Travesty if publishers dont take up chance to opt out of Surveillance Giant Google Hey Hi (AI) Overviews https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/travesty-if-publishers-dont-take-up-chance-to-opt-out-of-google-ai-overviews/
[15:51]	TR Bot	 'Travesty' if publishers don't take up chance to opt out of Google AI Overviews - Press Gazette
[15:52]	TR News	Flight Restrictions Threaten to Smother Drone Journalism https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/drone-restrictions-and-journalism
[15:52]	TR Bot	 Flight Restrictions Threaten to Smother Drone Journalism | American Civil Liberties Union
[15:53]	TR News	Humanless Resources? Uncovering Hey Hi (AI) recruitment software http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5798/humanless-resources-uncovering-ai-recruitment-software
[15:53]	TR Bot	 Humanless Resources? Uncovering AI recruitment software | Privacy International
[15:54]	TR News	dormakaba strikes a blow against arch-rival GEZE at Dsseldorf Regional Court https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/dormakaba-strikes-blow-against-rival-geze-at-dusseldorf-regional-court/
[15:54]	TR Bot	 dormakaba strikes a blow against arch-rival GEZE at Dsseldorf Regional Court
[15:57]		-Global-[vnement ] vnement sur le salon #sport ! Venez partager avec nous lavant-match de la demi-finale ! Ce soir, tous derrire les Bleus pour les pousser vers la finale !
[15:58]	TR News	[MU] Demonstration of 30 June 2026 in front of the Isar building and "rolling strikes" https://munich.suepo.org/demonstration_of_30_june_2026_in_front_of_the_isar_building_and_rolling_strikes/d-50246
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[15:59]	TR News	Tim Retout: Blocking distracting news links https://retout.co.uk/2026/07/10/blocking-distracting-news-links/
[15:59]	TR Bot	 Blocking distracting news links | Tim Retout
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[16:00]	TR News	AFP journalists in stanbul go on strike after collective agreement talks fail https://bianet.org/haber/afp-journalists-in-istanbul-go-on-strike-after-collective-agreement-talks-fail-321388
[16:00]	TR Bot	 AFP journalists in stanbul go on strike after collective agreement talks fail
[16:00]	TR News	Fake Go DNS scanner spread malware through over 200 Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub repos 'Operation Muck and Load' has published 700 malicious modules since January https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/fake-go-dns-scanner-published-700-malicious-versions-before-researchers-traced-it-to-222-github-repos
[16:00]	TR Bot	 Fake Go DNS scanner spread malware through over 200 GitHub repos 'Operation Muck and Load' has published 700 malicious modules since January | Tom's Hardware
[16:01]	TR News	Network of 200 Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Repositories Used for Malware Infection https://www.securityweek.com/network-of-200-github-repositories-used-for-malware-infection/
[16:01]	TR Bot	of 200 GitHub Repositories Used for Malware Infection - SecurityWeek
[16:01]	TR News	GigaWiper Combines Multiple Malware for System-Level Sabotage https://www.securityweek.com/gigawiper-combines-multiple-malware-for-system-level-sabotage/
[16:01]	TR Bot	Combines Multiple Malware for System-Level Sabotage - SecurityWeek
[16:01]	TR News	Android developer verification - The fox guarding the henhouse https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/android-developer-verification.html
[16:01]	TR Bot	 Android developer verification - The fox guarding the henhouse
[16:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  System76 Launches Next-Gen Adder Pro Linux Laptop with 2K OLED Display https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/System76_Launches_Next_Gen_Adder_Pro_Linux_Laptop_with_2K_OLED_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/System76_Launches_Next_Gen_Adder_Pro_Linux_Laptop_with_2K_OLED_.gmi 
[16:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines System76 Launches Next-Gen Adder Pro Linux Laptop with 2K OLED Display
[16:02]	TR News	Rikomagic DS04 An Android 14 4K digital signage player powered by Rockchip RK3576 SoC https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/08/rikomagic-ds04-an-android-14-4k-digital-signage-player-powered-by-rockchip-rk3576-soc/
[16:02]	TR Bot	 Rikomagic DS04 - An Android 14 4K digital signage player powered by Rockchip RK3576 SoC - CNX Software
[16:02]	TR News	Open Book Touch A DRM-free, WiFi-connected 4.26-inch open-source hardware e-reader (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/10/open-book-touch-a-drm-free-wifi-connected-4-26-inch-open-source-hardware-e-reader/
[16:02]	TR Bot	 Open Book Touch - A DRM-free, WiFi-connected 4.26-inch open-source hardware e-reader (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software
[16:03]	TR News	Sebastian Wick: Display Next Hackfest 2026 https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/display-next-hackfest-2026/
[16:03]	TR Bot	 Display Next Hackfest 2026 - swick's blog
[16:03]	TR News	Civil society organisations call for ICO to be investigated over eVisas https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/civil-society-organisations-call-for-ico-to-be-investigated-over-evisas/
[16:03]	TR Bot	 Civil society organisations call for ICO to be investigated over eVisas | Open Rights Group
[16:04]	TR News	Open letter for an investigation into the ICO over eVisas https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/open-letter-for-an-investigation-into-the-ico-over-evisas/
[16:04]	TR Bot	 Open letter for an investigation into the ICO over eVisas | Open Rights Group
[16:06]	TR News	"I recently made a trip out to nashville with a couple of bandmates for a show. It was a quick turnaround - drove 8 hours there, played a show, slept overnight, drove 8 hours back." gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2026-07-13-show.gmi
[16:07]	TR News	"One trend with adapting to vim that I have struggled with is that it always requires you to know what you want to do, before you do it. This sounds like it would be obviously true for all editors, probably all programs, and maybe even every action that you make in every domain, computerised or other, so let me try to explain with an example." gemini://frooplet.com/glog/2026-07-13-acting-before-thinking.gmi
[16:07]	TR News	Flipping through my old CD binder, part 2 gemini://nullish.smol.pub/flipping-through-my-old-cd-binder-part-2
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[16:10]	TR News	"My mind is in overdrive while the clutch is burnt and no torque gets transferred into the rubber. Somehow that's the analogy that describes my mental health the best." gemini://sojuz.v-tr.org/mumble/a-freewheeling-mind.gmi
[16:14]	TR News	"Perhaps for the first time ever, I identified a use case and quickly solved a problem with a combination of awk and sed." gemini://frooplet.com/glog/2026-07-14-awk.gmi
[16:14]	TR News	"This weekend I felt myself coming down with the sickness. No this is not a Disturbed reference, but good taste. Clearly a person of culture. Anyway, I decided to take it easy and rest up in the hope that my body will fight it off." gemini://lowkey.party/gemlog/20260712-migrating-back-to-gemini/
[16:39]	TR News	Spammers abusing Surveillance Giant Google Analytics reports https://www.rubenerd.au/spammers-abusing-google-analytics-reports/
[16:39]	TR Bot	 Rubenerd: Spammers abusing Google Analytics reports
[16:42]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 14/07/2026: Old CD Binder and AWK https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Gemini_Links_14_07_2026_Old_CD_Binder_and_AWK.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Gemini_Links_14_07_2026_Old_CD_Binder_and_AWK.gmi 
[16:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 14/07/2026: Old CD Binder and AWK
[16:42]	TR News	This Week in Plasma: Audio Recording in Spectacle https://blogs.kde.org/2026/07/11/this-week-in-plasma-audio-recording-in-spectacle/
[16:42]	TR Bot	 This Week in Plasma: Audio Recording in Spectacle - KDE Blogs
[16:43]	TR News	TUXEDO OS is Ditching Ubuntu for a Debian Base That Never Goes Stable https://itsfoss.com/news/tuxedo-os-is-ditching-ubuntu/
[16:43]	TR Bot	 TUXEDO OS is Ditching Ubuntu for a Debian Base That Never Goes Stable
[16:43]	TR News	Ubuntu 25.10loses security updates on 9 July, 2026 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-2510-eol-july-9-2026
[16:43]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 25.10 support ends on 9 July 2026
[16:44]	TR News	Ubuntu 26.10 retires dbus-daemon after 22 year run as default https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-26-10-dbus-broker
[16:44]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 26.10 retires dbus-daemon after 22 year run as default - OMG! Ubuntu
[16:45]	TR News	Dirk Eddelbuettel: Rcpp 1.1.2 on CRAN: Usual Improvements in Semi-Annual Update http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/07/05#rcpp_1.1.2
[16:45]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[16:45]	TR News	FSF Blogs: How the FSF sysadmins block botnets with reaction http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/blocking-botnets-with-reaction
[16:45]	TR Bot	 How the FSF sysadmins block botnets with reaction Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
[16:46]	TR News	FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, July 17, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2026-07-17-irc
[16:46]	TR Bot	 Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, July 17, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
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[16:54]	TR News	Jeremy Cline: Flock 2026 https://www.jcline.org/blog/fedora/2026/07/09/flock-2026.html
[16:54]	TR Bot	 Flock 2026
[16:55]	TR News	NVIDIA 610 Driver Coming Soon to the Official Ubuntu Repository https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/nvidia-610-driver-ubuntu-repository/
[16:55]	TR Bot	 NVIDIA 610 Driver Coming Soon to the Official Ubuntu Repository | UbuntuHandbook
[16:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  Blender 5.2 LTS Released with New Fill Tool and Thin Wall Mode, Other Changes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Blender_5_2_LTS_Released_with_New_Fill_Tool_and_Thin_Wall_Mode_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Blender_5_2_LTS_Released_with_New_Fill_Tool_and_Thin_Wall_Mode_.gmi 
[16:55]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Blender 5.2 LTS Released with New Fill Tool and Thin Wall Mode, Other Changes
[16:55]	TR News	GNOME Has A Modern New Email App Work in Progress https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/gnome-has-a-modern-new-email-app-work-in-progress/
[16:55]	TR Bot	 GNOME Has A Modern New Email App Work in Progress | UbuntuHandbook
[16:56]	TR News	GSOC progress, Midterm and Upcoming goals https://sayandeep.bearblog.dev/gsoc-progress-midterm-and-upcoming-goals/
[16:56]	TR Bot	 GSOC progress, Midterm and Upcoming goals A blog for eternal code 
[16:57]	TR News	TUXEDO OS drops Ubuntu to rebase on Debian Testing https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/slug-tuxedo-os-debian-rebase
[16:57]	TR Bot	 TUXEDO OS drops Ubuntu to rebase on Debian Testing - OMG! Ubuntu
[16:58]	TR News	Linux Mint 23 to offer full Wayland support (but X11 is staying) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/linux-mint-wayland-fully-supported
[16:58]	TR Bot	 Linux Mint 23 to offer full Wayland support (but X11 is staying) - OMG! Ubuntu
[16:58]	TR News	ZimaOS 1.6.2 https://distrowatch.com/zimaos
[16:58]	TR Bot	ZimaOS
[16:58]	TR News	ML4W 2.14.1 https://distrowatch.com/ml4w
[16:58]	TR Bot	ML4W OS
[16:58]	TR News	Flatcar 4593.2.4 https://distrowatch.com/flatcar
[16:58]	TR Bot	Flatcar Container Linux
[16:58]	TR News	Shadowfetch 1.8.1 https://distrowatch.com/shadowfetch
[16:58]	TR Bot	Shadowfetch Linux
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[17:10]	TR News	Suspected Chinese espionage group used a Roundcube exploit chain to burrow into universities https://cyberscoop.com/china-espionage-attacks-us-canada-universities-proofpoint/
[17:10]	TR Bot	Chinese espionage group used a Roundcube exploit chain to burrow into universities | CyberScoop
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[17:29]	TR News	AVX-512 returns to Intel desktop CPUs with Nova Lake Linux Patch claims https://overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/avx-512-returns-to-intel-desktop-cpus-with-nova-lake-linux-patch-claims/
[17:29]	TR Bot	 AVX-512 returns to Intel desktop CPUs with Nova Lake - OC3D
[17:29]	TR News	4 ways to run a full Linux desktop on your Android phone https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-run-linux-desktop-from-android-phone/
[17:29]	TR Bot	 4 ways to run a full Linux desktop on your Android phone
[17:29]	TR News	How I run Linux GUI apps on my Android phone - and what to consider before you do it, too https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-run-linux-gui-apps-on-android-when-it-works/
[17:30]	TR Bot	I run Linux GUI apps on my Android phone - and what to consider before you do it, too | ZDNET
[17:30]	TR News	Juno Tab 4 Released: A 13-Inch Intel Core Ultra Linux Tablet https://www.ubergizmo.com/2026/07/juno-tab-4-released-a-13-inch-intel-core-ultra-linux-tablet/
[17:30]	TR Bot	Tab 4 Released: A 13-Inch Intel Core Ultra Linux Tablet | Ubergizmo
[17:31]	TR News	Apple Container: Open-source tool for Linux containers on the Mac https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/07/apple-container-open-source-linux-mac/
[17:31]	TR Bot	 Apple Container: Open-source tool for Linux containers on the Mac - Help Net Security
[17:31]	TR News	Can CS2 run on Linux? https://www.hotspawn.com/counter-strike/news/can-cs2-run-on-linux
[17:31]	TR Bot	CS2 Run On Linux? - Hotspawn
[17:32]	TR News	Bad Epoll: Anthropic's AI missed this root vulnerability https://www.notebookcheck.net/Bad-Epoll-Anthropic-s-AI-missed-this-root-vulnerability.1337005.0.html
[17:32]	TR Bot	 Bad Epoll: Anthropic's AI missed this root vulnerability - Notebookcheck News
[17:33]	TR News	"Linux has a wealth of applications, but sometimes the smaller tools get overlooked. Here's a list of those I'd prefer never to be without." https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-tiny-linux-tools-i-cant-live-or-work-without/
[17:33]	TR Bot	tiny Linux tools I can&apos;t live or work without | ZDNET
[17:34]	TR News	More Intel Nova Lake-S Desktop GPUs Appear in Linux 7.3 https://www.techpowerup.com/350563/more-intel-nova-lake-s-desktop-gpus-appear-in-linux-7-3
[17:34]	TR Bot	Intel Nova Lake-S Desktop GPUs Appear in Linux 7.3 | TechPowerUp
[17:35]	TR News	The lightest Linux laptop ever just launched, and it challenges the MacBook Air for battery life https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-lightest-linux-laptop-ever-just-launched-and-it-challenges-the-macbook-air-for-battery-life
[17:35]	TR Bot	lightest Linux laptop ever just launched, and it challenges the MacBook Air for battery life | TechRadar
[17:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Clonezilla Live 3.3.3 Disk Imaging Tool Adds Reverse-Connection Network Cloning https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Clonezilla_Live_3_3_3_Disk_Imaging_Tool_Adds_Reverse_Connection.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Clonezilla_Live_3_3_3_Disk_Imaging_Tool_Adds_Reverse_Connection.gmi 
[17:35]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Clonezilla Live 3.3.3 Disk Imaging Tool Adds Reverse-Connection Network Cloning
[17:35]	TR News	7 tricks to make learning the Linux command line easier https://www.howtogeek.com/these-tricks-make-learning-the-linux-command-line-easier/
[17:35]	TR Bot	 7 tricks to make learning the Linux command line easier
[17:38]	TR News	GNU/Linux at 5% in Estonia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/estonia/#monthly-200902-202607
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Estonia | Statcounter Global Stats
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[17:42]	TR News	 (NEW):  Apple and GNU/Linux Containers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/13/Apple_and_GNU_Linux_Containers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/13/Apple_and_GNU_Linux_Containers.gmi 
[17:42]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Apple and GNU/Linux Containers
[17:42]	TR News	 (NEW):  New Linux Patches Reveal What Comes Next From Intel https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/New_Linux_Patches_Reveal_What_Comes_Next_From_Intel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/New_Linux_Patches_Reveal_What_Comes_Next_From_Intel.gmi 
[17:42]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines New Linux Patches Reveal What Comes Next From Intel
[17:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fuzzing or Fuzz Hype in Relation to Linux Bugs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Fuzzing_or_Fuzz_Hype_in_Relation_to_Linux_Bugs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Fuzzing_or_Fuzz_Hype_in_Relation_to_Linux_Bugs.gmi 
[17:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fuzzing or Fuzz Hype in Relation to Linux Bugs
[17:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  Juno Tab 4 Wi-Fi Linux Tablet Is Now Available to Order for $989 USD https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/02/Juno_Tab_4_Wi_Fi_Linux_Tablet_Is_Now_Available_to_Order_for_989.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/02/Juno_Tab_4_Wi_Fi_Linux_Tablet_Is_Now_Available_to_Order_for_989.gmi 
[17:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Juno Tab 4 Wi-Fi Linux Tablet Is Now Available to Order for $989 USD
[17:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: Commodore, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Open_Hardware_Modding_Commodore_ESP32_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Open_Hardware_Modding_Commodore_ESP32_and_More.gmi 
[17:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Commodore, ESP32, and More
[17:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
[17:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: SuperTuxKart Evolution, New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and Can Counter-Strike 2 Run on GNU/Linux? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Games_SuperTuxKart_Evolution_New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_St.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Games_SuperTuxKart_Evolution_New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_St.gmi 
[17:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: SuperTuxKart Evolution, New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and Can Counter-Strike 2 Run on GNU/Linux?
[17:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Google Summer of Code KDE Work, This Week in GNOME, and GNOMEs Built-in Night Light https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Google_Summer_of_Code_KDE_Work_This_Week_in_GNOME_and_GNOME_s_B.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Google_Summer_of_Code_KDE_Work_This_Week_in_GNOME_and_GNOME_s_B.gmi 
[17:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Google Summer of Code KDE Work, This Week in GNOME, and GNOMEs Built-in Night Light
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[17:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
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[18:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Applications: Scrcpy 4.1, Biopass, and Limine https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Applications_Scrcpy_4_1_Biopass_and_Limine.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Applications_Scrcpy_4_1_Biopass_and_Limine.gmi 
[18:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Applications: Scrcpy 4.1, Biopass, and Limine
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[18:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  News About Ubuntu 26.04, Ubuntu 26.10, and "NVIDIA 610 Driver Coming Soon to the Official Ubuntu Repository" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/News_About_Ubuntu_26_04_Ubuntu_26_10_and_NVIDIA_610_Driver_Comi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/News_About_Ubuntu_26_04_Ubuntu_26_10_and_NVIDIA_610_Driver_Comi.gmi 
[18:13]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines News About Ubuntu 26.04, Ubuntu 26.10, and "NVIDIA 610 Driver Coming Soon to the Official Ubuntu Repository"
[18:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  FSF / Software Freedom Updates, Slop Industry Distorts the Meaning of Digital Sovereignty https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/FSF_Software_Freedom_Updates_Slop_Industry_Distorts_the_Meaning.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/FSF_Software_Freedom_Updates_Slop_Industry_Distorts_the_Meaning.gmi 
[18:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines FSF / Software Freedom Updates, Slop Industry Distorts the Meaning of Digital Sovereignty
[18:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and This Week in Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_and_This_Week_in_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_and_This_Week_in_Linux.gmi 
[18:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and This Week in Linux
[18:17]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi 
[18:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[18:18]	TR News	 (NEW):  System76 Launches New Lemur Pro Linux Laptop with 18-Hour Battery Life https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/System76_Launches_New_Lemur_Pro_Linux_Laptop_with_18_Hour_Batte.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/System76_Launches_New_Lemur_Pro_Linux_Laptop_with_18_Hour_Batte.gmi 
[18:18]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines System76 Launches New Lemur Pro Linux Laptop with 18-Hour Battery Life
[18:20]	TR News	 (NEW):  Graphics, Debian, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Graphics_Debian_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Graphics_Debian_and_More.gmi 
[18:20]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Graphics, Debian, and More
[18:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, the Web, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_the_Web_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_the_Web_and_Standards.gmi 
[18:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, the Web, and Standards
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[18:23]	TR News	Techrights Links 14/07/2026: Harsh But Also Fair Criticism of Hey Hi (AI) Slop, 'Open' AI Shuts Down Its Own Products as Funds Run Out https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Links_14_07_2026_Harsh_But_Also_Fair_Criticism_of_Hey_Hi_AI_Slo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Links_14_07_2026_Harsh_But_Also_Fair_Criticism_of_Hey_Hi_AI_Slo.gmi 
[18:23]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 14/07/2026: Harsh But Also Fair Criticism of Hey Hi (AI) Slop, 'Open' AI Shuts Down Its Own Products as Funds Run Out
[18:24]	TR News	Without Open Standards, Nothing Fits https://fossforce.com/2026/07/without-open-standards-nothing-fits/
[18:24]	TR Bot	 Without Open Standards, Nothing Fits - FOSS Force
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[18:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  Society Needs Free Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Society_Needs_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Society_Needs_Free_Software.gmi 
[18:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Society Needs Free Software
[18:52]	TR News	Techrights How Software Freedom Would Benefit Everybody https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/How_Software_Freedom_Would_Benefit_Everybody.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/How_Software_Freedom_Would_Benefit_Everybody.gmi 
[18:52]	TR Bot	 Techrights How Software Freedom Would Benefit Everybody
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[19:04]	TR News	Techrights I'll Be Extremely Difficult for Microsoft to Sell Any XBox Consoles Now https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/I_ll_Be_Extremely_Difficult_for_Microsoft_to_Sell_Any_XBox_Cons.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/I_ll_Be_Extremely_Difficult_for_Microsoft_to_Sell_Any_XBox_Cons.gmi 
[19:04]	TR Bot	 Techrights I'll Be Extremely Difficult for Microsoft to Sell Any XBox Consoles Now
[19:07]	TR News	Your Guide to WordCamp US 2026 https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wcus-2026-guide/
[19:07]	TR Bot	 Your Guide to WordCamp US 2026 WordPress News
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[19:27]	TR News	Techrights IBM Stock Collapses and It's Only the Beginning https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_Stock_Collapses_and_It_s_Only_the_Beginning.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_Stock_Collapses_and_It_s_Only_the_Beginning.gmi 
[19:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Stock Collapses and It's Only the Beginning
[19:31]	TR News	iophk: that would be a good lead in to LXO's essay about freedom being the _*start*_ and not the end destination gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/How_Software_Freedom_Would_Benefit_Everybody.gmi https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/How_Software_Freedom_Would_Benefit_Everybody.shtml
[19:33]	TR News	"IBM Suffers Biggest Share Drop in Its History - This will be a giant black (or brown in his case. . .) mark on the AK regime. Thankfully, there's no way they can keep AK in-charge for much longer after this historical disaster." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgtmath
[19:33]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgtmath )
[19:34]	TR News	"Don't be surprised if Arvind announces he's retiring at year end later this month." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgtmath
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	""
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	So who's gonna get the axe first to kick off the transition to lower banded jobs (and lower compensation of course) in the US ?
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	Nickel and Dime ?
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	Krabanaugh ?
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	Joanne the Walrus in F&O and her two CIO incompetent stooges ?
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	Alvind ? (can't leave that dirtbag off this wish list)
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	Jon Caddyshack (chief marketing loser) ?
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	and assorted crooks who have been laying off IBM employees in the US .
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	Will there be a slack channel dedicated to this downsizing (or is it rightsizing) ?
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	"The only thing that keeps IBM in business are mainframes on which most of the financial sector is running on. The rest is PR and bullsh-t, the hard truth. And it may not take so long to replace mainframes at some point what is going to erase IBM completely. But those sc-ms are not going to be there at that time anymore, like 2-4 years from now. And you can bet that there will be a massive round of layoffs, maybe another large div
[19:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	estitures so they can grab as much as money they can before the ship sinks competely. Shame on them, it is all their fault, but those psychopatic, sociopatic piece of sh-t do not care about anything but themself. They ki-led IBM and hard working IBMers, hope they will burn in he-l."
[19:35]	TR News	"Trump is gonna ask Arvind what happened to his Government investment of $1 billion in IBM Quantum lightening chips ? Now you see them, now you don't. The best answer from Arvind wins a prize of more worthless IBM stock." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgsrsvg
[19:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgsrsvg )
[19:35]	TR News	"Meanwhile, SP500 and NASDAQ are both in the green while the DOW is flat. This is an IBM problem not a tech industry problem." "@a1 Looks like AK is trying to paint it as an industry problem to keep the heat off him"
[19:36]	TR News	"So all the quantum and sub 1nm news was just bullsh-t?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxg5wdz2
[19:36]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxg5wdz2 )
[19:49]	TR News	Techrights IBM the Next Bear Stearns https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_the_Next_Bear_Stearns.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_the_Next_Bear_Stearns.gmi 
[19:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM the Next Bear Stearns
[19:55]		-Global-[vnement ] vnement sur le salon #sport ! Cest parti pour le match Venez le commenter avec nous et soutenir les Bleus !!!!!
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[20:04]	TR News	Techrights Red Hat Staff Needs to Start Looking for the Next Job https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Red_Hat_Staff_Needs_to_Start_Looking_for_the_Next_Job.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Red_Hat_Staff_Needs_to_Start_Looking_for_the_Next_Job.gmi 
[20:04]	TR Bot	 Techrights Red Hat Staff Needs to Start Looking for the Next Job
[20:04]	TR News	"Cramer strikes again." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgyqqp8 "If you listen to that clown, you deserve EVERYTHING that comes of it."
[20:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgyqqp8 )
[20:15]	TR News	Techrights IBM: From $306 to $212 in 7 Days, IBM Won't Go Up More Than 50% to Where It Was at 'Peak Vapourware' https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_From_306_to_212_in_7_Days_IBM_Won_t_Go_Up_More_Than_50_to_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_From_306_to_212_in_7_Days_IBM_Won_t_Go_Up_More_Than_50_to_W.gmi 
[20:15]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM: From $306 to $212 in 7 Days, IBM Won't Go Up More Than 50% to Where It Was at 'Peak Vapourware'
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[20:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux at 6% in Africa https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/GNU_Linux_at_6_in_Africa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/GNU_Linux_at_6_in_Africa.gmi 
[20:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux at 6% in Africa
[20:29]	TR News	Techrights The Register MS and Its Promotional Microsoft Content https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/The_Register_MS_and_Its_Promotional_Microsoft_Content.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/The_Register_MS_and_Its_Promotional_Microsoft_Content.gmi 
[20:29]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Register MS and Its Promotional Microsoft Content
[20:42]	MinceR	https://ircz.de/p/25090133
[20:42]	TR Bot	( status 308 @ http://ircz.de/d?from=%2Fp%2F25090133 )
[20:42]	TR News	Techrights Matters of Public Safety https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Matters_of_Public_Safety.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Matters_of_Public_Safety.gmi 
[20:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Matters of Public Safety
[20:54]	TR News	Techrights Michael McMahon Explains Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks on the Free Software Foundation (FSF) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Michael_McMahon_Explains_Distributed_Denial_of_Service_DDoS_Att.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Michael_McMahon_Explains_Distributed_Denial_of_Service_DDoS_Att.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Michael McMahon Explains Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks on the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
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[21:07]	TR News	Techrights Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni Becomes Program Manager at the Free Software Foundation (FSF) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Heshan_de_Silva_Weeramuni_Becomes_Program_Manager_at_the_Free_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Heshan_de_Silva_Weeramuni_Becomes_Program_Manager_at_the_Free_S.gmi 
[21:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni Becomes Program Manager at the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
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[21:24]	TR News	"Less expensive than (maybe?) a ls(1) alias, awk(1) to get the last column, and sed(1) to remove something the (maybe?) ls(1) options added would be to simply glob the files and then used the (more portable than the nightmare that is echo) printf(1) to print the filename line by line." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/07/14/pipelines.gmi
[21:24]	MinceR	ls -1 ?
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[21:40]	TR News	What ever happened to JingPad? https://x.com/hashtag/JingPad?src=hashtag_click
[21:40]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[21:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  IBM's Trouble is Also Red Hat's Problem https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_s_Trouble_is_Also_Red_Hat_s_Problem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_s_Trouble_is_Also_Red_Hat_s_Problem.gmi 
[21:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines IBM's Trouble is Also Red Hat's Problem
[21:51]	admfubar	that's a novel idea... https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-starts-testing-cleaner-windows-search-without-ads/
[21:51]	TR Bot	 Microsoft starts testing cleaner Windows Search without ads
[21:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	some spam about it:
[21:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/The_Register_MS_and_Its_Promotional_Microsoft_Content.shtml
[21:59]	admfubar	who's driving this "ai"??? ...  https://www.firstpost.com/tech/elon-musk-vows-purge-after-grok-build-reportedly-uploaded-entire-git-repositories-to-the-cloud-14031379.html
[21:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/elon-musk-vows-purge-after-grok-build-reportedly-uploaded-entire-git-repositories-to-the-cloud-14031379.html )
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[22:02]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/majority-americans-seize-wealth-ai
[22:02]	TR Bot	 A Majority of Americans Now Support Seizing Wealth From AI Industry
[22:02]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/us-realizing-chinese-ai-models-way-cheaper
[22:02]	TR Bot	 US Companies Are Realizing That Chinese AI Models Are Way Cheaper, Ditch American Ones
[22:03]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/future-society/data-center-economics-job-labor-construction-ai
[22:03]	TR Bot	 The Economics of Data Centers Creating Jobs Are So Bad That They Sound Like a Joke
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[22:07]	admfubar	The glassholes are coming, the glassholes are coming!!!.... https://futurism.com/future-society/backlash-meta-pervert-glasses-afraid
[22:07]	TR Bot	 The Backlash Is So Strong That People With "Pervert Glasses" Are Afraid to Use Them in Public
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[22:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi 
[22:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
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[22:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  I'm a serial Linux distro hopper - these 7 signs mean it's time to switch https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/I_m_a_serial_Linux_distro_hopper_these_7_signs_mean_it_s_time_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/I_m_a_serial_Linux_distro_hopper_these_7_signs_mean_it_s_time_t.gmi 
[22:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I'm a serial Linux distro hopper - these 7 signs mean it's time to switch
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[22:45]	in8s551mm	!list
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[22:48]	admfubar	https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/14/ibm-shares-profit-drop-value
[22:48]	TR Bot	 IBM loses quarter of its value as tech giants shares plunge and profits falter | IBM | The Guardian
[22:49]	admfubar	i though i felt an earthquake.. it was just ibm stock tanking
[22:51]	admfubar	https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/jul/14/anti-ageing-science-longevity-culture
[22:51]	TR Bot	 Anti-ageing is anti-life: why longevity culture is just ageism in a lab coat | Well actually | The Guardian
[22:52]	admfubar	https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/15/billionaire-coded-masculinity-feminine-mockery-social-power-ntwnfb
[22:52]	TR Bot	 In a world where superyachts are cringe and firing a rocket ship turns you into a dick joke, whats a poor billionaire to do? | Van Badham | The Guardian
[22:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  Every major Linux distro wants COSMIC, and it hasn't even finished its first year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Every_major_Linux_distro_wants_COSMIC_and_it_hasn_t_even_finish.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Every_major_Linux_distro_wants_COSMIC_and_it_hasn_t_even_finish.gmi 
[22:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Every major Linux distro wants COSMIC, and it hasn't even finished its first year
[22:55]	admfubar	what? no transparent aluminum?  https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/14/ryanair-passenger-sucked-through-window-flight
[22:55]	TR Bot	 If we die, we die together: wife of Ryanair passenger almost sucked through window speaks | Ryanair | The Guardian
[22:59]	MinceR	lol
● Jul 14
[23:01]	Goblin	it would be blown through the window not sucked.....higher pressure of the plane escaping to the lower pressure outside...like shaking a coke bottle then opening it...
[23:01]	Goblin	or am I wrong here?
[23:03]	MinceR	seems to be the same thing: higher pressure on the inside than on the outside
[23:04]	Goblin	I didnt think "suck" existed, its just the effect of pressure differential
[23:04]	admfubar	no you are not wrong.. it is a common error to describe it as being sucked out.. and you watch too much STNG...
[23:04]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/a/5271084
[23:04]	TR Bot	 RISC-V firmware project wants every board booting from the same hymn sheet
[23:05]	Goblin	lol
[23:05]	Goblin	true
[23:05]	Goblin	and babylon 5
[23:06]	admfubar	clip zone on you tube is rerunning babylon 5 series.. ;)
[23:06]	Goblin	:) 
[23:06]	Goblin	oh and I watch too much Red Dwarf also
[23:08]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/a/5270498
[23:08]	TR Bot	 Frame: A new X11 server implemented directly in assembly
[23:08]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[23:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[23:11]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/a/5271070
[23:11]	TR Bot	 Hands off our VPNs, privacy groups tell UK ministers
[23:14]	MinceR	> in assembly
[23:14]	MinceR	y tho
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