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[02:21]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2] just run some egg shells through the dishwasher and grind them up into powder and then piss on them at the point of use.
[02:22]	IsambardPrince	Roman toothpaste.
[02:22]	IsambardPrince	Very natural.
[02:22]	IsambardPrince	Bobby Brainworm approves.
[02:25]	TR News	 (NEW):  You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.10 to Ubuntu 25.04, Heres How https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/You_Can_Now_Upgrade_Ubuntu_24_10_to_Ubuntu_25_04_Here_s_How.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/You_Can_Now_Upgrade_Ubuntu_24_10_to_Ubuntu_25_04_Here_s_How.gmi 
[02:25]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.10 to Ubuntu 25.04, Heres How
[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-140525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-140525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-140525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-140525.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
[02:47]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-140525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-140525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-140525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-140525.txt
[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-140525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-140525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-140525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-140525.txt
[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-05-14.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-05-14.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-05-14.txt
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[05:25]	TR News	"Today was a no-car day and we went for a hike. First we walked along the coast to the neighbouring village of Dramalji, then up the hill and over a pass to Tribalj, then back along the Dubraina back to Crikvenica." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-05-14-crikvenica
[05:26]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-05-15.gmi
[05:27]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1645.jpg
[05:27]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1295.jpg
[05:28]	TR News	love detox evening 2 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/detox4
[05:30]	TR News	stream y gemini://jmax.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-05-14.gmi
[05:31]	TR News	"Assembly is complete on my DIY analog computer, and it appears to be working, although there are some components I haven't tested yet. I'm calling this the "Poor Man's Analog Computer"." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250514-0.gmi
[05:33]	TR News	"Posted another one about the new and amazing hallucination/truth (you tell me): PIT. This one is meant explicitly to allow others to play, too. Feedback welcome, especially if you actually try it out!" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/bobsh/28744
[05:34]	TR News	Intro (from me, Bob (a human), the instigator of all this). gemini://gem.refahs.com/pitSeed.gmi
[05:36]	TR News	Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ 
[05:36]	TR Bot	 Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights
[05:36]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_May_14_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_May_14_2025.gmi 
[05:36]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
[05:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Today_in_Techrights.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Today_in_Techrights.1.gmi 
[05:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[05:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[05:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[05:39]	TR News	Techrights Links 15/05/2025: Crikvenica, Analog Computer, and Slop 'Hallucinations' https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_Crikvenica_Analog_Computer_and_Slop_Hallucinat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_Crikvenica_Analog_Computer_and_Slop_Hallucinat.gmi 
[05:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 15/05/2025: Crikvenica, Analog Computer, and Slop 'Hallucinations'
[05:49]	TR News	Techrights Beyond Mass Layoffs at Microsoft: Entire Units Shut Down for Good https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Beyond_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Entire_Units_Shut_Down_for_Goo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Beyond_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Entire_Units_Shut_Down_for_Goo.gmi 
[05:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights Beyond Mass Layoffs at Microsoft: Entire Units Shut Down for Good
[05:52]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[05:52]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
● May 15
[06:02]	TR News	Torvalds ditches soft keyboard for clackety clack https://fudzilla.com/news/61028-torvalds-ditches-soft-keyboard-for-clackety-clack
[06:02]	TR Bot	 Torvalds ditches soft keyboard for clackety clack
[06:16]	TR News	Techrights Slopwatch: Sloppy Brian, Brittany Slop, and General Observations https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Slopwatch_Sloppy_Brian_Brittany_Slop_and_General_Observations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Slopwatch_Sloppy_Brian_Brittany_Slop_and_General_Observations.gmi 
[06:16]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slopwatch: Sloppy Brian, Brittany Slop, and General Observations
[06:16]	IsambardPrince	It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.
[06:16]	IsambardPrince	Yes it does, Precious. It gets the hose!
[06:18]	IsambardPrince	None of the original trilogy Star Wars movies are in my top 10 list. But they're worth watching every year or two around the holidays.
[06:18]	IsambardPrince	The Lord of the Rings movies are like this too.
[06:20]	IsambardPrince	There's maybe 1 or two movies from this century so far that would be in my top 10 list.
[06:20]	IsambardPrince	1 for sure.
[06:22]	IsambardPrince	If you expand that to 20 then there's quite a few from the 90s and early to mid 2000s in there.
[06:22]	IsambardPrince	Looking back, the 90s was a transition. Not too many great ones, but a lot of good ones.
[06:24]	IsambardPrince	https://www.yahoo.com/news/never-approved-children-fluoride-recalled-175750240.html
[06:24]	TR Bot	 Never approved childrens fluoride recalled by FDA but dentists push back
[06:24]	IsambardPrince	"While toothpaste with fluoride or fluoride rinses are meant to be spat out, the tablets, are meant to be swallowed and ingested by toddlers and infants, according to an FDA statement."
[06:24]	IsambardPrince	Toddlers and "infant is"?
[06:25]	IsambardPrince	:D
[06:29]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Rumours: This Week's Scale of Layoffs "Higher Than Reported" and More Coming Soon ("A Lot More Severe" Than May's) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Rumours_This_Week_s_Scale_of_Layoffs_Higher_Than_Repo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Rumours_This_Week_s_Scale_of_Layoffs_Higher_Than_Repo.gmi 
[06:29]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Rumours: This Week's Scale of Layoffs "Higher Than Reported" and More Coming Soon ("A Lot More Severe" Than May's)
[06:30]	TR News	"Can confirm. August will be more a lot more severe than this last round which was higher than reported" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5sx3t6
[06:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5sx3t6 )
[06:31]	TR News	"August is a complete farce. Try June and July as those are the next waves. MCAPS already got a small hit, but will be decimated after headcount and territories are finalized at the end of this week." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5sx3t6
[06:31]	TR News	"Not true. Some people actually benefit from getting paid off... If they were planning to retire anyway, they can pick up severance. 2021 was a good time to get laid off relative to now" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv6hrvk8
[06:31]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv6hrvk8 )
[06:32]	TR News	"100%. The job market for tech / white collar jobs has been absolutely dismal for at least the past two years. Microsoft just shafted 6000 people so their executives could further enrich themselves." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv6hrvk8
[06:33]	TR News	"LinkedIn is full of people with fake resumes and accomplishments. Your chances are slim to none being offered a job posted on LinkedIn. Most the jobs posted, don't even exist." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv6r78dv Many people still think you would MAKE real friends in Facebook
[06:33]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv6r78dv )
[06:42]	TR News	"It will come out soon, or maybe not. This is not 6,000 nor 7,000 it was closer to 11,000. Microsoft reports the 3% to their go to cnbc shill of a journalist and all media outlets follow. Now everyone is repeating the 3% when reality is 5%. This is larger than the previous layoffs and its being covered up." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5nhy0h
[06:42]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5nhy0h )
[06:47]	TR News	"Based on healthy number of IBM vaccinated buildings as well as across the board for RTP in general, it sure would be cheaper just to lease as needed." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5rrsej
[06:47]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5rrsej )
[06:48]	TR News	"Cafeteria status: Looks like Ill being forced to come back into the office starting next week at RTP. Does anybody know the status of the cafeteria there?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv84hexk
[06:48]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv84hexk )
[06:49]	TR News	"They still dont have yellow american cheese. Rumor they are switching over to Indian cruise. I am sure that if you reach out the IBM Chaiwalla-In-Chief (CIC) Alvind , he should be to arrange breakfast and perhaps Vindaloo curry and rice for lunch. Perhaps a beer too for a small fee. Would you prefer to eat off a banana leaf instead of a plate and a paan (betel) leaf to chew on ?"
● May 15
[07:01]	TR News	Techrights At IBM, Relocation Can be a Trick or a Trap (IBM Gets Rid of Staff Under the Guise of "Relo") https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/At_IBM_Relocation_Can_be_a_Trick_or_a_Trap_IBM_Gets_Rid_of_Staf.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/At_IBM_Relocation_Can_be_a_Trick_or_a_Trap_IBM_Gets_Rid_of_Staf.gmi 
[07:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights At IBM, Relocation Can be a Trick or a Trap (IBM Gets Rid of Staff Under the Guise of "Relo")
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[07:19]	TR News	Techrights The Lawyers Working for the Serial Strangler From Microsoft on SLAPPing Techrights Have Apparently Lost Their Voice https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/The_Lawyers_Working_for_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_on_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/The_Lawyers_Working_for_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_on_.gmi 
[07:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Lawyers Working for the Serial Strangler From Microsoft on SLAPPing Techrights Have Apparently Lost Their Voice
[07:27]	TR News	IBM outsourced Podman to Microsoft and proprietary software. What a joke! https://lwn.net/Articles/1021217/
[07:27]	TR Bot	5.5.0 released [LWN.net]
[07:29]	TR News	"Wow, I didn't realize Stallman was still active" https://x.com/Tudmotu/status/1922699057551573108 different GNU
[07:29]	TR Bot	( status 400 @ https://x.com/Tudmotu/status/1922699057551573108 )
[07:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Debian's AWKward essential set https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Debian_s_AWKward_essential_set.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Debian_s_AWKward_essential_set.gmi 
[07:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Debian's AWKward essential set
[07:31]	TR News	Custom out-of-memory killers in BPF https://lwn.net/Articles/1019230/
[07:31]	TR Bot	out-of-memory killers in BPF [LWN.net]
[07:31]	TR News	Injecting speculation barriers into BPF programs https://lwn.net/Articles/1018494/
[07:31]	TR Bot	speculation barriers into BPF programs [LWN.net]
[07:32]	TR News	Flexible data placement https://lwn.net/Articles/1018642/
[07:32]	TR Bot	data placement [LWN.net]
[07:34]	TR News	Filtering fanotify events with BPF https://lwn.net/Articles/1018493/
[07:34]	TR Bot	fanotify events with BPF [LWN.net]
[07:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  LWN on Linux Kernel and the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/LWN_on_Linux_Kernel_and_the_2025_Linux_Storage_Filesystem_Memor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/LWN_on_Linux_Kernel_and_the_2025_Linux_Storage_Filesystem_Memor.gmi 
[07:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines LWN on Linux Kernel and the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit
[07:42]	TR News	New bug doors ready to install https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-may-2025/ http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/
[07:42]	TR Bot	Patch Tuesday closes 72 vulnerabilities, including 5 zero-days | CyberScoop
[07:42]	TR Bot	 Microsoft and the NSA
[07:42]	TR News	Zero-Day Attacks Highlight Another Busy Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Patch Tuesday https://www.securityweek.com/zero-day-attacks-highlight-another-busy-microsoft-patch-tuesday/
[07:42]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/zero-day-attacks-highlight-another-busy-microsoft-patch-tuesday/ )
[07:43]	TR News	And meanwhile Microsoft's CEO boasts they try to use slop as code; devil in the details?
[07:43]	TR News	Stupid mindless hype for the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot https://stanforddaily.com/2025/05/13/artificial-imagination-can-chatgpt-tell-our-stories/
[07:43]	TR Bot	 Artificial Imagination: Can ChatGPT tell our stories?
[07:44]	TR News	AMD salesperson with suitcase/briefcase full of EPYCs (like he's about to hop over the Chinese border) https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-4585px-4565p-benchmarks
[07:44]	TR Bot	EPYC 4565P & EPYC 4585PX Benchmarks Against Xeon 6369P: EPYC 4005 Champions Entry-Level Server Performance Review - Phoronix
[07:45]	TR News	EPYCs are overpriced and are marketed by sites that receive bribes to do so. # su lisa. $ bribe bribe bribe
[07:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	more people now say msft layoffs are higher than reported 
[07:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	5% now
[07:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	next another 5%
[07:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	they lied
[07:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	via Jordan their shill
[07:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	the "new" Micro\soft Peter
[07:49]	IsambardPrince	There's a reference to The Lower Depths in Lady and the Tramp.
[07:49]	IsambardPrince	I liked Kurosawa's version.
[07:50]	IsambardPrince	Anyway, one of the dogs in the pound sums it up "Miserable being must find more miserable being. Then he is happy."
[07:50]	TR News	Court Rules Against NSO Group https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/court-rules-against-nso-group.html
[07:50]	TR Bot	Rules Against NSO Group - Schneier on Security
[07:50]	IsambardPrince	Of course it's Russian.
[07:52]	TR News	Microsoft Patch Tuesday: May 2025, (Tue, May 13th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31946
[07:52]	TR Bot	 Microsoft Patch Tuesday: May 2025 - SANS Internet Storm Center
[07:54]	TR News	Firefox Source Code Now Hosted On Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-On-GitHub
[07:54]	TR Bot	Source Code Now Hosted On GitHub - Phoronix
[07:55]	TR News	Call it a day, pass over Firefox to the very company that worked hard to destroy it and is now laying off 10% of its OWN workforce. Mozilla is a giant failure.
[07:55]	IsambardPrince	I probably saw this Disney movie the most. This and The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh probably nearly wore out a VCR or two.
[07:56]	IsambardPrince	There's another layer to all of these that you appreciate more from an adult point of view if you go back and watch them 30+ years later though.
[07:57]	TR News	When Mozilla said it'd move Firefox to "git" it means to MICROSOFT. It just worded it in a way that would not sound too offensive, but the damage is now done. Firefox is controlled by a firm of criminals.
[07:57]	IsambardPrince	I like the ones that bury some humor under the surface or just hit you in a different way.
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[08:05]	TR News	Wide-ranging Fashion Company Apple security update addresses over 30 vulnerabilities https://cyberscoop.com/apple-security-update-c1-modem-privacy-fixes-may-2025/ Apple does not value security https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml
[08:05]	TR Bot	Apple security update addresses over 30 vulnerabilities | CyberScoop
[08:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Unlike GAFAM, Free Software Serves You, It Does Not Serve Governments and MElons (Overlapping Forces)
[08:07]	TR News	"Incalculable" https://www.propublica.org/article/homevestors-fraud-charles-carrier-texas | Source: Pro Publica
[08:07]	TR Bot	 "We Buy Ugly Houses" Franchises Loan Scheme Left Incalculable Damage ProPublica
[08:07]	TR News	"Students With Disabilities in Idaho" https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump | Source: Pro Publica
[08:07]	TR Bot	 How Trumps DOE Cuts Could Harm Students With Disabilities in Idaho ProPublica
[08:08]	TR News	"Green Energy" https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-consequences | Source: Pro Publica
[08:08]	TR Bot	 How the Northwests Lagging Green Energy Push Could Affect Its Residents ProPublica
[08:08]	TR News	The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 891 https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/05/12/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-891/
[08:08]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 891
[08:11]	TR News	Bloomberg: Microsoft Layoffs Hit Coders Hardest. It also says the "slop" hype (LLMs) cost the company too much. There's no money in it.
[08:14]	TR News	"In this episode of PING, Professor Cristel Pelsser, who holds the chair of Critical Embedded Systems at UCLouvain" https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/15/podcast-dfoh-mvp-and-gill-new-ways-of-looking-at-bgp/ | Source: APNIC
[08:14]	TR Bot	 [Podcast] DFOH, MVP, and GILL: New ways of looking at BGP | APNIC Blog
[08:14]	TR News	"Just in time for PyCon..." https://davepeck.org/2025/05/14/talk-python-podcast-episode-505-t-strings-in-python/ | Source: Dave Peck
[08:14]	TR Bot	 Just in time for PyCon... | Dave Peck
[08:15]	TR News	"Hardware vendor ZOTAC have announced they're working on a new ZOTAC GAMING ZONE Handheld, with a prototype that will be shown off at COMPUTEX 2025 running Linux. The event takes place May 20-23 May, and so hopefully they will be giving out plenty of details then." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/zotac-gaming-zone-handheld-getting-a-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370-prototype-with-a-manjaro-linux-based-os/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:15]	TR Bot	GAMING ZONE Handheld getting a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 prototype with a Manjaro Linux-based OS | GamingOnLinux
[08:16]	TR News	Zotac's new OLED handheld gaming PC runs a Linux-based OS https://www.techspot.com/news/107907-zotac-new-oled-handheld-gaming-pc-runs-linux.html
[08:16]	TR Bot	new OLED handheld gaming PC runs a Linux-based OS | TechSpot
[08:17]	TR News	"Valve are on a bit of a roll lately with multiple nice Team Fortress 2 (TF2) updates coming in to fix up various issues." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/team-fortress-2-update-brings-new-server-options-like-friends-only-and-relaxed-chat-rules-for-all-players/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:17]	TR Bot	Fortress 2 update brings new server options like Friends Only and relaxed chat rules for all players | GamingOnLinux
[08:17]	TR News	"Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider has released GE-Proton 10-1 bringing over all the changes from Proton 10 Beta to this community-made compatibility layer, along with lots of specific game fixes for Linux / SteamOS + Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/ge-proton-10-1-released-with-proton-10-and-fixes-for-marvel-rivals-oblivion-remastered-and-more-on-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:18]	TR Bot	10-1 released with Proton 10 and fixes for Marvel Rivals, Oblivion Remastered and more on Linux / Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux
[08:18]	TR News	"Rift Riff is all about jumping through portals (okay Rifts, whatever) and extracting precious juice. Monsters don't like you doing that though but the juice must flow." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/rift-riff-is-a-beautifully-designed-tower-defense-game-about-pumping-juice/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:18]	TR Bot	Riff is a beautifully designed tower defense game about pumping juice | GamingOnLinux
[08:19]	TR News	"GSC Game World have just announced S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edition that will launch on May 20th with enhanced versions of Shadow of Chornobyl (2007), Clear Sky (2008), and Call of Prypiat (2009)" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-legends-of-the-zone-trilogy-enhanced-edition-announced-with-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:19]	TR Bot	Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edition announced with Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux
[08:19]	TR News	"We only just had the reveal of Training Solo from VUSec for Intel and Arm, and now we have another security flaw in Intel CPUs with Branch Privilege Injection." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/more-intel-cpu-security-flaws-revealed-with-branch-privilege-injection/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:19]	TR Bot	Intel CPU security flaws revealed with Branch Privilege Injection | GamingOnLinux
[08:19]	TR News	dynamic
[08:20]	TR News	"Rescue Ops: Wildfire is an upcoming immersive firefighter simulation game where you (and friends, if you have any) get to attempt to put out dynamic, unpredictable mega-fires." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/rescue-ops-wildfire-could-be-a-good-one-for-co-op-fans-where-you-fight-raging-infernos/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:20]	TR Bot	Ops: Wildfire could be a good one for co-op fans where you fight raging infernos | GamingOnLinux
[08:21]	TR News	iophk: :( microsofters inside canonical exfiltrate funds https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-maker-canonical-donates-to-support-open-source-developers/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Canonical_Will_Give_You_Money_Only_If_You_Work_for_Microsoft.shtml
[08:21]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu Maker Canonical Donates to Support Open Source Developers
[08:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights Canonical Will Give You Money Only If You Work for Microsoft!
[08:22]	TR News	"Today in MAGA: Republicans Ban Fluoride Prescriptions and Threaten to Take Away Toothpaste | BaronHK's Rants" https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/today-in-maga-republicans-ban-fluoride-prescriptions-and-threaten-to-take-away-toothpaste/
[08:22]	TR Bot	 Today in MAGA: Republicans Ban Fluoride Prescriptions and Threaten to Take Away Toothpaste | BaronHK's Rants
[08:22]	TR News	iophk: rip-and-tear, bruno! rip-and-tear https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/05/dr-tongues-3d-house-of-stewardesses/ ("Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Stewardesses")
[08:22]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/05/dr-tongues-3d-house-of-stewardesses/ )
[08:23]	TR News	openwashing? https://cedardb.com/blog/launch/ ("Announcing the CedarDB Community Edition | CedarDB")
[08:23]	TR Bot	the CedarDB Community Edition | CedarDB
[08:23]	TR News	"Moonsigil Atlas has a demo out now and it's already shot right up to the top of my wishlist." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/the-fusion-of-deck-building-and-space-tetris-in-the-demo-of-moonsigil-atlas-has-totally-hooked-me/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:23]	TR Bot	fusion of deck-building and space-Tetris in the demo of Moonsigil Atlas has totally hooked me | GamingOnLinux
[08:24]	TR News	"Rogue Worlds is a new free chaotic tactical roguelite platformer that's a spin-off of Aura of Worlds, a paid bigger game from developer Cognitive Forge." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/rogue-worlds-is-a-free-chaotic-tactical-roguelite-platformer-out-now-with-linux-and-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:24]	TR Bot	Worlds is a free chaotic tactical roguelite platformer out now with Linux and Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux
[08:25]	TR News	Firefox and Ubuntu have been outsourced to Microsoft. How many moles did this take to accomplish?
[08:25]	TR News	"The open source Mesa 25.0.6 graphics drivers bug-fix release is out now, and thankfully this one comes with the updates needed to run DOOM: The Dark Ages on Linux with Proton when you have an AMD GPU" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/mesa-25-0-6-released-with-amd-gpu-fixes-for-doom-the-dark-ages-on-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:25]	TR Bot	25.0.6 released with AMD GPU fixes for DOOM: The Dark Ages on Linux | GamingOnLinux
[08:25]	TR News	"There's been reports of a Steam data breach recently, and instead of jumping the gun I reached out to Valve first to see what was going on." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/heres-a-statement-from-valve-on-the-reported-steam-data-breach/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:25]	TR Bot	a statement from Valve on the reported Steam data breach | GamingOnLinux
[08:28]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights
[08:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Steam Data Breach, Mesa Changes, Moonsigil Atlas, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Games_Steam_Data_Breach_Mesa_Changes_Moonsigil_Atlas_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Games_Steam_Data_Breach_Mesa_Changes_Moonsigil_Atlas_and_More.gmi 
[08:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Steam Data Breach, Mesa Changes, Moonsigil Atlas, and More
[08:32]	TR News	Microsoft's latest back or bug doors are ready https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/05/patch-tuesday-may-2025-edition/ | Source: Krebs On Security
[08:32]	TR Bot	 Patch Tuesday, May 2025 Edition Krebs on Security
[08:33]	TR News	"Crypto" https://fair.org/home/crypto-is-the-biggest-corruption-issue-with-trump/ | Source: FAIR
[08:33]	TR Bot	 Crypto Is the Biggest Corruption Issue With Trump: FAIR
[08:36]	TR News	[Podcast] DFOH, MVP, and GILL: New ways of looking at BGP https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/15/podcast-dfoh-mvp-and-gill-new-ways-of-looking-at-bgp/
[08:37]	TR News	"Approximately two-thirds of all sharecroppers were white, and one third were black." https://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/sharecropping/ | Source: PBS
[08:37]	TR Bot	 Sharecropping | Themes | Slavery by Another Name | PBS
[08:37]	TR News	"bait" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ice-kids-bait-arrest-woman-worcester-massachusetts-1235338539/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[08:37]	TR Bot	 ICE Used Kids as 'Bait' to Arrest Woman in Worcester, Massachusetts
[08:37]	TR News	"Corporate communications VP Justin Higgs confirmed the new hybrid model to The Verge." https://www.theverge.com/news/667441/ea-return-to-office-work-hybrid | Source: The Verge
[08:37]	TR Bot	 EA is bringing employees back to the office three days per week | The Verge
[08:38]	TR News	They KNOW many will resign. This is "SOFT" layoffs.
[08:38]	TR News	"Electronic Arts has announced to employees that it will be ending its remote working policies permanently, and implementing a full return to office." https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-pushes-full-return-to-office-effectively-ends-remote-hiring | Source: IGN
[08:38]	TR Bot	Pushes Full Return to Office, Effectively Ends Remote Hiring - IGN
[08:39]	TR News	"This month, Airbnb will launch the first stage of its more than $200 million reinvention: a panoply of more than 10,000 vendors peddling a swath of services in 260 cities in 30 countries." https://www.wired.com/story/airbnb-is-in-midlife-crisis-mode-reinvention-app-services/ | Source: Wired
[08:39]	TR Bot	Is in Midlife Crisis Mode | WIRED
[08:44]	TR News	"There simply is no free speech principle at issue here. This is about having the power to dehumanize and destroyabout who is allowed to wield violence and who must absorb it." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/shiloh-hendrix-n-word-conservatives/ | Source: The Nation
[08:44]	TR Bot	 The Right Is Trying to Make the N-Word OK Again | The Nation
[08:45]	TR News	"This is short-term thinking at its absolute worst, said Walt Gasson, a fourth-generation Wyoming hunter and outdoorsman." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/trump-asks-congress-to-ruin-our-national-parks/ | Source: Truthdig
[08:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/trump-asks-congress-to-ruin-our-national-parks/ )
[08:47]	TR News	"Legal frameworks put in place to protect the audiovisual industries were never likely to exist in a vacuum forever." https://torrentfreak.com/ai-powered-news-piracy-site-blocked-by-isps-after-court-sides-with-publishers-250514/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[08:47]	TR Bot	News Piracy Site Blocked By ISPs After Court Sides With Publishers * TorrentFreak
[08:47]	TR News	"Oppenheim stopped short of accusing Chen of deliberate misconduct, but he emphasized the seriousness of submitting a court document citing AI-generated falsehoods in court." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/13/music-publishers-vs-anthropic-ongoing-case/ | Source: Digital Music News
[08:47]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/13/music-publishers-vs-anthropic-ongoing-case/ )
[08:48]	TR News	"Running with the point, the four-year SoundCloud higher-up confirmed a fresh terms update that looks as though it may put the kibosh on certain opt-out requirements." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/soundcloud-ai-training-terms/ | Source: Digital Music News
[08:48]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/soundcloud-ai-training-terms/ )
[08:49]	TR News	"The administrations attacks on both news outlets and universities places journalism schoolsand their studentsat an alarming intersection." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/journalism-school-trump-press-universities/ | Source: The Nation
[08:49]	TR Bot	 Journalism Schools Are Facing Dual Pressures Under Trump | The Nation
[08:52]	TR News	"The state of Indiana has a law that blocks journalists from observing executions at the Indiana State Prison. But on May 5, a coalition of media organizations filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn the law as unconstitutional." https://thedissenter.org/indiana-state-officials-sued-for-blocking-media-access-to-executions/ | Source: The Dissenter
[08:52]	TR Bot	 Indiana State Officials Sued For Blocking Media Access To Executions
[08:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: ^^^^^^^^^
[08:53]	TR News	"The principles underlying this case are the facts that a member of the public does have a right to disagree with police and officers are not entitled to stop, detain, arrest or use force against citizens to make the citizen listen to them until the citizen agrees" https://www.courthousenews.com/journalist-pushes-back-on-arrest-while-filming-vegas-trump-protest/ | Source: Court House News
[08:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/journalist-pushes-back-on-arrest-while-filming-vegas-trump-protest/ )
[08:54]	TR News	"The Court of Justice of the European Union General Court (EUCJ) ruled on Wednesday that the European Commission (EC)s refusal to give the New York Times access to communication exchanges between the EC President and Pfizer was incorrect." https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/eu-court-rules-european-commission-wrongly-denied-new-york-times-access-to-pfizer-communications/ | Source: JURIST
[08:54]	TR Bot	 EU court rules European Commission wrongly denied New York Times access to Pfizer communications - JURIST - News
● May 15
[09:13]	TR News	Techrights Breakdown of Microsoft Layoffs Shows It's About Cost, Not Performance or Hype (Like "AI") https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Breakdown_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Shows_It_s_About_Cost_Not_Perfor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Breakdown_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Shows_It_s_About_Cost_Not_Perfor.gmi 
[09:13]	TR Bot	 Techrights Breakdown of Microsoft Layoffs Shows It's About Cost, Not Performance or Hype (Like "AI")
[09:33]	TR News	Techrights Your Real Ally Would Not Defend the Company of SLAPP and Strangling of Women https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Your_Real_Ally_Would_Not_Defend_the_Company_of_SLAPP_and_Strang.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Your_Real_Ally_Would_Not_Defend_the_Company_of_SLAPP_and_Strang.gmi 
[09:33]	TR Bot	 Techrights Your Real Ally Would Not Defend the Company of SLAPP and Strangling of Women
[09:37]	IsambardPrince	<schestowitz[TR2]> IsambardPrince: ^^^^^^^^^
[09:37]	TR News	The people who make kubernetes use proprietary tools. That should make one wonder how "open" kubernetes truly is. Those are people who reject FOSS.
[09:37]	IsambardPrince	They know that people don't want to think about it.
[09:37]	IsambardPrince	But they're than happy to let it happen.
[09:38]	TR News	"And yet, Democrats seem to act as if none of that is happening" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/14/why-the-fuck-are-democrats-helping-build-magas-censorship-machine-with-kosa/ | Source: Techdirt
[09:38]	TR Bot	The Fuck Are Democrats Helping Build MAGAs Censorship Machine With KOSA? | Techdirt
[09:38]	TR News	"Russian authorities restricted mobile [Internet] access from May 5 to May 9" https://therecord.media/russian-internet-shutdown-condemned-by-rights-groups | Source: The Record
[09:38]	TR Bot	 Russian internet shutdown that disrupted essential services condemned by rights groups | The Record from Recorded Future News
[09:38]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Like that 450 pound man with all the tattoos that murdered his little girl and then the guy says he's a tranny so they have to pay a million dollars to get him unnecessary procedures.
[09:38]	IsambardPrince	Then move him in with the real women.
[09:38]	IsambardPrince	I'm sure they're thrilled.
[09:38]	TR News	"a wide variety of questions" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/grok-elon-musk-south-africa-white-genocide-1235339420/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[09:38]	TR Bot	 Grok Can't Stop Talking About 'White Genocide' in South Africa
[09:38]	IsambardPrince	Most people would rather spend the money putting this man to death.
[09:39]	IsambardPrince	Which is what he should have gotten to begin with.
[09:39]	IsambardPrince	There was no doubt.
[09:40]	IsambardPrince	We have a lot of people who just aren't fit to live.
[09:40]	TR News	Microsoft plug; the numbers are false: "These new job cuts are not related to performance, the spokesperson said." https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/13/microsoft-is-cutting-3percent-of-workers-across-the-software-company.html | Source: CNBC http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/There_Are_Bigger_Rounds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Coming_a_Cull_of_1.shtml
[09:40]	TR Bot	 Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce
[09:40]	TR Bot	 Techrights There Are Bigger Rounds of Microsoft Layoffs Coming, a Cull of 10% Implemented in Waves (the "3%" Figure is Misleading, Face-Saving)
[09:41]	TR News	A lot more due to debt https://www.pcworld.com/article/2781813/microsoft-lays-off-6000-employees-for-non-performance-reasons.html | Source: PC World http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/15/Microsoft_s_Total_Debt_Has_Just_Surged_to_an_All_Time_High_of_1.shtml
[09:41]	TR Bot	lays off 6,000+ employees for non-performance reasons | PCWorld
[09:41]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft's Total Debt Has Just Surged to an All-Time High of 106 Billion Dollar (26 Billion Increase in Just 3 Months Despite Mass Layoffs)
[09:42]	TR News	"about 3% of its 228,000 global employees" is false. A lot more. https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-layoffs-2025-6000-axed-including-this-popular-job-site-1733789 | Source: International Business Times http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Rumours_This_Week_s_Scale_of_Layoffs_Higher_Than_Repo.shtml
[09:42]	TR Bot	 Microsoft Layoffs 2025: 6,000 Axed Including Roles at This Popular Job Site | IBTimes UK
[09:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Rumours: This Week's Scale of Layoffs "Higher Than Reported" and More Coming Soon ("A Lot More Severe" Than May's)
[09:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	under astrotu there were 3 links about microsoft layoffs, relaying false information (numbers), so I had to "Ed" them with refutation
[09:45]	TR News	"The purpose of these cuts, sadism aside, would be to partially offset the cost of huge tax cuts for the rich cuts that would still explode the budget deficit." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-this-the-year-we-doom-civilization | Source: Paul Krugman
[09:45]	TR Bot	 Is This the Year We Doom Civilization? - Paul Krugman
[09:45]	TR News	"And yet the brutality of the cuts to the social safety net isnt what bothers me most about whats about to happen to public policy. Even worse is the assault on renewable energy."
[09:45]	TR News	"The Federal Aviation Administration official in charge of air traffic controllers, Frank McIntosh, confirmed the agency didnt even know the hotline hadnt been working since March 2022 until after the latest near miss." https://www.airforcetimes.com/air/2025/05/14/dc-military-air-traffic-control-hotline-hasnt-worked-for-over-3-years/ | Source: Air Force Times
[09:46]	TR Bot	 DC military-air traffic control hotline hasnt worked for over 3 years
[09:46]	TR News	"The countrys grid investment lagged other European countries, even as its solar capacity more than doubled over the last five years, the news agency added." https://www.theenergymix.com/massive-blackout-in-spain-shows-need-for-grid-investment-battery-storage-experts-say/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc
[09:46]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/massive-blackout-in-spain-shows-need-for-grid-investment-battery-storage-experts-say/ )
[09:46]	TR News	"Youve overseen mass reductions in the workforce at CISA" https://cyberscoop.com/dhs-wont-tell-congress-how-many-people-its-cut-from-cisa/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[09:46]	TR Bot	wont tell Congress how many people its cut from CISA | CyberScoop
[09:48]	TR News	"cavalcade of tech and business leaders was in Saudi Arabias capital" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/ | Source: The Washington Post
[09:48]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/ )
[09:48]	TR News	"I am left wondering what this "gift" jet is a distraction" https://boingboing.net/2025/05/13/even-republicans-admit-trumps-jet-is-an-unconstitutional-bribe.html | Source: BoingBoing
[09:48]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/05/13/even-republicans-admit-trumps-jet-is-an-unconstitutional-bribe.html )
[09:49]	TR News	"The money generated by data centres in Finland mostly ends up outside" https://yle.fi/a/74-20161766 | Source: YLE
[09:49]	TR Bot	 Why are so many data centres popping up in Finland? | Yle News | Yle
[09:51]	TR News	"My general dissatisfaction, especially with the tech industry and particularly with the ever-declining software quality and Apples behavior, led me to the decision to break free from these constraints" https://mb.esamecar.net/2025/05/14/leaving-the-apple-watch-behind.html | Source: Marco F
[09:51]	TR Bot	 Leaving the Apple Watch Behind | marco's blog
[09:51]	TR News	"A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users." https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/jury-orders-nso-to-pay-167-million-for-hacking-whatsapp-users/ | Source: Ars Technica
[09:51]	TR Bot	 Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users - Ars Technica
[09:51]	TR News	"Peak Points leverages Googles Gemini AI to analyze YouTube videos and identify moments it believes have the highest viewer engagement or are most emotionally impactful, and then suggests placing the ad right after it." https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/youtube-viewers-will-start-seeing-ads-after-peak-moments-in-videos/ | Source: TechCrunch
[09:51]	TR Bot	viewers will start seeing ads after peak moments in videos | TechCrunch
[09:52]	TR News	"YouTube just showcased a new, AI-based ad placement system called Peak Points, designed to take advantage of a video's most emotionally impactful moments." https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-peak-points-emotional-moments-targeted-ads/ | Source: Android Police
[09:52]	TR Bot	 YouTube unveils dystopian AI plan to insert ads when youre most emotionally vulnerable
[09:52]	TR News	"Data brokers operate within a multibillion-dollar industry built on the collection and sale of detailed personal informationoften without individuals knowledge or consent." https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-kills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/ | Source: Wired
[09:52]	TR Bot	Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers | WIRED
[09:53]	TR News	"jump from LPR [license plate reader] to person" https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/ | Source: 404 Media
[09:53]	TR Bot	 License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows
[09:53]	TR News	"The mobile phone in your hand may feel secure, but could someone be secretly listening in on your conversations?" https://itwire.com/your-it-news/mobility/can-people-really-listen-in-on-your-mobile-phone-conversations.html | Source: IT Wire
[09:53]	TR Bot	- Can people really listen in on your mobile phone conversations?
[09:54]	TR News	Technology being used by the powerful to oppress the masses and even commit genocide isn't some "AI" thing or "modern" or "computer" thing. IBM did that almost 100 years ago with machines. It's not a new problem, just an evolving one.
[09:55]	TR News	You don't need "AI" to kill people. Tabulation machines can be enough.
[09:55]	TR News	"NOYB highlighted in a Wednesday press release that if a company seeks to use personal data" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/noyb-threatens-meta-lawsuit-if-it-collects-personal-data-europeans-ai-training-without-consent-1733828 | Source: International Business Times
[09:55]	TR Bot	 NOYB Threatens Meta With Lawsuit if it Collects Personal Data of Europeans for AI Training Without Consent | IBTimes UK
[09:55]	TR News	"Meta has announced it will use EU personal data from Instagram and Facebook users to train its new AI systems from 27 May onwards." https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-sends-meta-cease-and-desist-letter-over-ai-training-european-class-action-potential-next-step | Source: NYOB
[09:55]	TR Bot	 noyb sends Meta 'cease and desist' letter over AI training. European Class Action as potential next step
[09:56]	TR News	A growing and already-great desire for SOCIAL CONTROL is the cental issue
[09:56]	TR News	(central)
[09:56]	TR News	"The online advertising system has no need to collect such a vast amount of data for delivering advertising." https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-responses-to-data-intermediaries-and-data-brokers-consultations/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup
[09:56]	TR Bot	 ORG RESPONSES TO DATA INTERMEDIARIES AND DATA BROKERS CONSULTATIONS | Open Rights Group
[09:57]	TR News	"We strongly oppose this." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/stopping-states-passing-ai-laws-next-decade-terrible-idea | Source: EFF
[09:57]	TR Bot	 Stopping States From Passing AI Laws for the Next Decade is a Terrible Idea | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[09:57]	TR News	USA is becoming more like KSA or USSR when it comes to human rights. It's not hard to see who copies who (or what).
[09:58]	TR News	"Now, with SB 282, Montana has become the first state to close the data broker loophole." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/montana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole | Source: EFF
[09:58]	TR Bot	 Montana Becomes First State to Close the Law Enforcement Data Broker Loophole | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[09:58]	TR News	Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/ransomware_targets_middle_systems_sans/ | Source: The Register UK
[09:58]	TR Bot	 Ransomware crims targeting systems between IT and operations The Register
[09:58]	TR News	Windows TCO https://therecord.media/cyber-incident-forces-nucor-steel-to-take-systems-offline | Source: The Record
[09:58]	TR Bot	 Cybersecurity incident forces largest US steelmaker to take some operations offline | The Record from Recorded Future News
[09:59]	TR News	Windows TCO https://therecord.media/british-retailer-marks-spencer-insurance | Source: The Record
[09:59]	TR Bot	 British retailer M&S reportedly set to claim 100 million from insurers after cyberattack | The Record from Recorded Future News
● May 15
[10:00]	TR News	Oligarchic control can be exercised through "investment", which may seem like "fun" and "games" when its shell is "sportwashing" or "entertainment"
[10:01]	TR News	Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub): "thanks.dev" https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-maker-canonical-donates-to-support-open-source-developers/ | Source: Linuxiac http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Canonical_Will_Give_You_Money_Only_If_You_Work_for_Microsoft.shtml
[10:01]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu Maker Canonical Donates to Support Open Source Developers
[10:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights Canonical Will Give You Money Only If You Work for Microsoft!
[10:01]	TR News	Social Control Media https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-05-14/youtube-will-air-its-first-exclusive-nfl-game-from-brazil | Source: Los Angeles Times
[10:01]	TR Bot	 YouTube will air its first exclusive NFL game from Brazil - Los Angeles Times
[10:02]	TR News	"As AI becomes embedded in academic life, a troubling reality has emerged: students are extremely vulnerable to its use." https://phys.org/news/2025-05-ai-danger-students-universities.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[10:02]	TR Bot	( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-05-ai-danger-students-universities.html )
[10:02]	TR News	"The iconic button may about to be replaced by a new AI Mode button as the search giant aims to move away from traditional search results" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2781814/google-is-testing-an-ai-mode-button-in-place-of-im-feeling-lucky.html | Source: PC World
[10:02]	TR Bot	is testing an 'AI Mode' button in place of 'I'm Feeling Lucky' | PCWorld
[10:02]	TR News	"Microsoft quietly announced earlier this week that it plans to shut down a long-standing tool supplying search engine startups and other software developers with a raw feed of Bing search results." https://www.wired.com/story/bing-microsoft-api-support-ending/ | Source: Wired
[10:02]	TR Bot	Cuts Off Access to Bing Search Data as It Shifts Focus to Chatbots | WIRED
[10:03]	TR News	"Of the 254 AI-enabled apps in use, 7% have been developed by companies based in China." https://www.securityweek.com/is-ai-use-in-the-workplace-out-of-control/ | Source: Security Week
[10:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/is-ai-use-in-the-workplace-out-of-control/ )
[10:03]	TR News	"The register of copyrights cast serious doubt on whether AI companies could legally train their models on copyrighted material. The White House fired her the next day." https://cyberscoop.com/us-copyright-office-ai-report-firing-fair-use-debate/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[10:03]	TR Bot	office criticizes AI fair use before directors dismissal | CyberScoop
[10:04]	TR News	"And how many, in your deepest of hearts, actually have a good grasp of the security risks involved in AI system controls, by a show of hands?" https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/cyberuk_ai_deployment_risks/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:04]	TR Bot	 Infosec pros still aren't nailing the basics of AI security The Register
[10:04]	TR News	"The recall comes after a series of minor crashes with gates, chains and other obstacles in the road that did not result in any injuries, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company said in a filing with the NHTSA." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-05-14/waymo-recalls-more-than-1-200-automated-vehicles-after-minor-crashes | Source: Los Angeles Times
[10:04]	TR Bot	 Waymo recalls more than 1,200 automated vehicles after minor crashes - Los Angeles Times
[10:05]	TR News	"It's Audible's biggest foray into AI yet, and will be a major blow for voice actors, who are fighting tooth and nail to win protections against the technology, particularly in the US video games industry, where they are still on strike." https://futurism.com/audible-announces-ai-narrators | Source: Futurism
[10:05]	TR Bot	 Even Audiobooks Aren't Safe From AI Slop
[10:06]	TR News	"When I wrote about switching to the Mac in July of 2023, I lamented the Macs lack of support for my language, Slovene." https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/want-apple-to-add-a-feature-pass-a-law/ | Source: Six Colors
[10:06]	TR Bot	 Want Apple to add a feature? Pass a law Six Colors
[10:06]	TR News	"Perhaps this is why I was shocked by the inner sanctum details revealed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in a suit against Apple by Epic Games. You can read all the back-and-forth details elsewhere, including this very site." https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/can-we-still-love-apple-should-we-ever-have/ | Source: Six Colors
[10:06]	TR Bot	 Can we still love Apple? Should we ever have? Six Colors
[10:06]	TR News	"This announcement is providing a end-of-the-road notification for AFP, which has been included in Apples operating systems for the Mac since System 6 in 1988." https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/apple-filing-protocol-client-deprecated-as-of-macos-sequoia-15-5-0/ | Source: Rich Trouton
[10:06]	TR Bot	 Apple Filing Protocol client deprecated as of macOS Sequoia 15.5.0 | Der Flounder
[10:20]	IsambardPrince	https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/more-young-people-suffering-strokes-colorado
[10:20]	TR Bot	 Colorado neurologist credited with saving woman after stroke amid spike in condition among young people - CBS Colorado
[10:20]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], COVID shots
[10:20]	IsambardPrince	"Spike in strokes among young people."
[10:21]	IsambardPrince	Also, weed.
[10:21]	IsambardPrince	They legalize weed and all sorts of shit happens. Strokes, heart attacks, lung disease, dementia, psychotic episodes (like Lobsta's).
[10:22]	IsambardPrince	Nobody should be smoking weed unless they're like, terminally ill or have major chronic pain where it's at least not as bad as the fentanyl patches or oxycontin crap.
[10:23]	IsambardPrince	If you're terminally ill and in pain, you should get whatever makes the pain subside because there's nothing that can help you otherwise now.
[10:23]	IsambardPrince	But they shouldn't be giving drugs to people who are already criminals, losers, and nutcases just because it brings in tax money for the government.
[10:35]	IsambardPrince	"Lady and the Tramp contains several instances of ethnic and cultural stereotyping. The depiction of the pair of Siamese cats in particular has been recognized for its racist Asian stereotypes.[45] "The Siamese Cat Song" was cut from the 2019 live-action remake of the film,[46] and in 2020 Disney+ included a content warning at the beginning of the film, advising viewers of "negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or 
[10:35]	IsambardPrince	cultures".[47]"
[10:35]	IsambardPrince	Meanwhile, they wonder why people don't go and they lose money.
[10:40]	IsambardPrince	Stoooopid liberals tearing apart good classic Disney looking for shit to be outraged about.
[10:41]	IsambardPrince	Screen Rant even says the song "He's a Tramp" is problematic because it creates a "negative" view of Tramp "exploring his sexuality". There really is something wrong with people who won't settle down given the chance.
[10:41]	IsambardPrince	It's the stuff they produce now that you have to be terrified children will see because the children have never been dumber and have never acted worse and have never felt more self-important and arrogant than they do now.
[10:44]	IsambardPrince	The movie didn't even take place in 1955 (when it was made), it took place sometime between 1902 and (likely) the October Revolution in Russia (1917).
[10:45]	IsambardPrince	You can tell that because the Russian dog mentions a Russian stage play that came out in 1902, but he mentions several things about Russia that make it obvious they're not Communists yet.
[10:45]	IsambardPrince	So it's appropriate for the movie to take a certain license with the viewpoint and not feel out of place.
[10:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> "Spike in strokes among young people."
[10:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	uk stats agree
[10:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	there is a crisis of this here
[10:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	many blood pressuure tests
[10:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	to "discover" cases
[10:50]	TR News	"The Trump administration plans to weaken drinking water rules meant to protect Americans from forever chemicals that have been linked to cancer, reproductive risks, liver damage, and other health issues." https://www.theverge.com/news/667349/forever-chemicals-pfas-drinking-water-rules-epa-trump-rollback | Source: The Verge
[10:50]	TR Bot	 Trump wants to weaken protections against forever chemicals in drinking water | The Verge
[10:50]	TR News	"In addition to removing those four other chemicals from the rule, the Trump EPA now says it will give drinking water systems until 2031 to get rid of PFOA and PFOS in the supplytwo years after the original deadline of 2029." https://www.wired.com/story/the-epa-is-giving-some-forever-chemicals-a-pass/ | Source: Wired
[10:50]	TR Bot	EPA Is Giving Some Forever Chemicals a Pass | WIRED
[10:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  Arch Linux Installer Now Supports Labwc, Niri, and River Wayland Compositors https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Arch_Linux_Installer_Now_Supports_Labwc_Niri_and_River_Wayland_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Arch_Linux_Installer_Now_Supports_Labwc_Niri_and_River_Wayland_.gmi 
[10:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Arch Linux Installer Now Supports Labwc, Niri, and River Wayland Compositors
[10:54]	IsambardPrince	We have a pretty good water treatment plant.
[10:54]	IsambardPrince	We ought to.
[10:54]	IsambardPrince	For what the water costs.
● May 15
[11:00]	TR News	"Have I sold off a passion? Does letting go of a camera" https://contino.com/blog/did-i-just-sell-a-passion | Source: Andrea Contino
[11:00]	TR Bot	I just sell a passion? - Andrea Contino - Go With The Flow
[11:01]	TR News	"At the same time, rising tuition and expenses" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2025/0514/free-college-tuition-harvard-enrollment-cliff | Source: CS Monitor
[11:01]	TR Bot	in the US are facing hurdles. More are hoping free tuition will help. - CSMonitor.com
[11:01]	IsambardPrince	https://screenrant.com/disney-lady-and-the-tramp-aged-poorly/
[11:01]	TR Bot	 Lady & The Tramp: 10 Things That Didn't Age Well
[11:01]	IsambardPrince	LOL
[11:02]	IsambardPrince	"Also worth noting is that the dish of spaghetti and meatballs would not have been available to the average Italian in the 1950s, as beef and pork were extremely expensive."
[11:02]	IsambardPrince	The movie takes place sometime between 1902-1917.
[11:02]	TR News	"I used those archetypes a lot when I was a new Staff Engineer. I have used it as a reference hundreds of times and shared it with tens of thousands of people." https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/staff-archetypes-are-anti-patterns | Source: Alex Ewerlf
[11:02]	TR Bot	 Staff archetypes are anti-patterns - Alex Ewerlf Notes
[11:02]	IsambardPrince	And they're nowhere near Italy, they're in the US.
[11:02]	TR News	"The federal government is using social media surveillance to target student visa holders living in the United States for online speech the Trump administration disfavors." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/14/trump-administrations-targeting-of-international-students-jeopardizes-free-speech-and-privacy-online/ | Source: Techdirt
[11:02]	TR Bot	Administrations Targeting Of International Students Jeopardizes Free Speech And Privacy Online | Techdirt
[11:03]	TR News	"So I dug a bit. Here are five threats: [...]" https://doc.searls.com/2025/05/14/whether-weather/ | Source: Doc Searls
[11:03]	TR Bot	 Whether Weather Doc Searls Weblog
[11:05]	TR News	 (NEW):  Removal of Deepin Desktop from openSUSE due to Packaging Policy Violation https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/08/Removal_of_Deepin_Desktop_from_openSUSE_due_to_Packaging_Policy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/08/Removal_of_Deepin_Desktop_from_openSUSE_due_to_Packaging_Policy.gmi 
[11:05]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Removal of Deepin Desktop from openSUSE due to Packaging Policy Violation
[11:05]	TR News	"So now anything about NetBSD and OpenBSD will no longer have an awkward "FreeBSD" tag at the end of the article." https://www.ncartron.org/the-freebsd-tag-is-dead-long-live-the-freebsd-tag.html | Source: Nico Cartron
[11:05]	TR Bot	 The FreeBSD tag is dead, long live the FreeBSD tag!
[11:06]	TR News	"A folksonomy is a way of organizing things where the people who use the service are allowed to create and apply their own tags to things." https://ericwbailey.website/published/organizing-a-design-system-via-folksonomy/ | Source: Eric Bailey
[11:06]	TR Bot	 Organizing a design system via folksonomy Eric Bailey
[11:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[11:13]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software
[11:14]		*IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)
[11:19]		*SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights
[11:20]	TR News	Techrights Bing Might Shut Down - Just Like Skype Did - Some Time in the Coming Months/Years (Parts of It Already Shut Down) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Bing_Might_Shut_Down_Just_Like_Skype_Did_Some_Time_in_the_Comin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Bing_Might_Shut_Down_Just_Like_Skype_Did_Some_Time_in_the_Comin.gmi 
[11:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights Bing Might Shut Down - Just Like Skype Did - Some Time in the Coming Months/Years (Parts of It Already Shut Down)
[11:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  'End of 10' offers hope and help to Windows 10 users who can't upgrade https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/12/_End_of_10_offers_hope_and_help_to_Windows_10_users_who_can_t_u.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/12/_End_of_10_offers_hope_and_help_to_Windows_10_users_who_can_t_u.gmi 
[11:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 'End of 10' offers hope and help to Windows 10 users who can't upgrade
[11:23]	TR News	 (NEW):  Nobara 42: SteamOS alternative updated with better driver manager, custom app store, and new Linux kernel https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Nobara_42_SteamOS_alternative_updated_with_better_driver_manage.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Nobara_42_SteamOS_alternative_updated_with_better_driver_manage.gmi 
[11:23]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Nobara 42: SteamOS alternative updated with better driver manager, custom app store, and new Linux kernel
[11:23]	TR News	IBM is promoting surveillance by Microsoft as "confidentiality"; IBM harms its customers for Microsoft's gain https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rhel-confidential-virtual-machines-protect-ai-workloads-microsoft-azure | Source: Red Hat Official
[11:23]	TR Bot	 Using RHEL confidential virtual machines to protect AI workloads on Microsoft Azure
[11:24]	TR News	Buzzwords, no substance https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/strategy-scale-bringing-ai-life-enterprise | Source: Red Hat Official
[11:24]	TR Bot	 From strategy to scale: Bringing AI to life in the enterprise
[11:24]	TR News	Weird business model explored https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-90-day-red-hat-learning-subscription-trial | Source: Red Hat Official
[11:24]	TR Bot	 Introducing 90 day Red Hat Learning Subscription Trial
[11:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  IBM Red Hat Serving Microsoft and Promoting Buzzwords, False Marketing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/IBM_Red_Hat_Serving_Microsoft_and_Promoting_Buzzwords_False_Mar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/IBM_Red_Hat_Serving_Microsoft_and_Promoting_Buzzwords_False_Mar.gmi 
[11:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines IBM Red Hat Serving Microsoft and Promoting Buzzwords, False Marketing
[11:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security and Fake Security https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Security_and_Fake_Security.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Security_and_Fake_Security.gmi 
[11:28]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security and Fake Security
[11:30]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[11:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[11:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/today_s_leftovers.gmi 
[11:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[11:33]	TR News	Techrights Links 15/05/2025: KOSA Censorship (USA Becomes More Like KSA) and More National Cuts https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_KOSA_Censorship_USA_Becomes_More_Like_KSA_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_KOSA_Censorship_USA_Becomes_More_Like_KSA_and_.gmi 
[11:33]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 15/05/2025: KOSA Censorship (USA Becomes More Like KSA) and More National Cuts
[11:33]	TR News	"What makes Linux the most flexible operating system on the planet? The option to create your perfect desktop environment certainly helps. These are my favorites." https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-5-most-customizable-linux-desktop-environments-when-you-want-it-your-way/
[11:33]	TR Bot	5 most customizable Linux desktop environments - when you want it your way | ZDNET
[11:35]	TR News	"Grafana, an open-source cloud-native observability platform designed for visualizing metrics, logs, and traces collected from various applications, widely adopted in DevOps circles, announced the general availability of version 12." https://linuxiac.com/grafana-12-observability-platform-released-with-major-upgrades/ | Source: Linuxiac
[11:35]	TR Bot	 Grafana 12 Observability Platform Released with Major Upgrades
[11:36]	TR News	GNOME 49 Finally to Use Showtime as Default Video Player https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/gnome-49-finally-to-use-showtime-as-default-video-player/
[11:36]	TR Bot	 GNOME 49 Finally to Use Showtime as Default Video Player | UbuntuHandbook
[11:44]	TR News	Page STILL not updates with Microsoft and subsidiaries' layoffs https://edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN/
[11:44]	TR Bot	 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)
[11:46]	TR News	LinkedIn hit by Microsofts global layoffs; impact on India still unclear https://www.exchange4media.com/media-others-news/linkedin-hit-by-microsofts-global-layoffs-impact-on-india-still-unclear-143459.html
[11:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.exchange4media.com/media-others-news/linkedin-hit-by-microsofts-global-layoffs-impact-on-india-still-unclear-143459.html )
[11:50]	TR News	Canonical Will Give You Money Only If You Work for Microsoft! (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Canonical_Will_Give_You_Money_Only_If_You_Work_for_Microsoft.shtml
[11:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights Canonical Will Give You Money Only If You Work for Microsoft!
[11:54]	TR News	"I opened this site on envs.net four months ago, in January 2025, with a very small parking page." gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/first_post.gmi
[11:55]	TR News	SpellBinding CITLOSK Wordo: FLANK gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-05-15.gmi
[11:56]	TR News	"I finally got around to setting up a gemlog! For my first major post, I'm republishing a writeup about my experience playing CATO, a puzzle game about a cat and buttered toast." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/gaming/28746
[11:57]	TR News	 What I'm playing CATO | cat + toast = puzzles gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/gamelog_cato.gmi
[11:59]	TR News	"The ongoing degradation of publicly accessible space in the UK continues. For many years I've been concerned about the rise of piped music in third places: you basically have to pay to be in public without artificial noise." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-05-15_a-novel-reason-for-forced-music-in-publicly-accessible-space.gmi
● May 15
[12:06]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 15/05/2025: Forced Music in Publicly Accessible Space and ~silv is Online https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Gemini_Links_15_05_2025_Forced_Music_in_Publicly_Accessible_Spa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Gemini_Links_15_05_2025_Forced_Music_in_Publicly_Accessible_Spa.gmi 
[12:06]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 15/05/2025: Forced Music in Publicly Accessible Space and ~silv is Online
[12:07]	TR News	"Nmap can identify live hosts, determine operating systems, detect packet filters" https://www.tecmint.com/nmap-command-examples/ | Source: TecMint
[12:07]	TR Bot	 24 Nmap Commands for Network Security and Scanning
[12:08]	TR News	"To support your learning and interview preparation" https://www.tecmint.com/basic-linux-interview-questions-and-answers/ | Source: TecMint
[12:08]	TR Bot	 15 Basic Linux Interview Questions and Answers for Beginners
[12:11]	TR News	"RAW video is like RAW files for photographers" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/what-is-raw-video-and-do-i-really-need-it-on-my-camera | Source: Digital Camera World
[12:11]	TR Bot	 What is RAW video? And do I really need it on my camera? | Digital Camera World
[12:12]	TR News	"Bad clients would be muscled aside by third-party clients." https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/14/pregnable/#checkm8 | Source: CoryDoctorow
[12:12]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Are the means of computation even seizable? (14 May 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[12:12]	TR News	"The EU cybersecurity agency ENISA" https://www.securityweek.com/eu-cybersecurity-agency-enisa-launches-european-vulnerability-database/ | Source: Security Week
[12:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/eu-cybersecurity-agency-enisa-launches-european-vulnerability-database/ )
[12:12]	TR News	"vulnerability" https://cyberscoop.com/cve-program-funding-crisis-cve-foundation-mitre/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[12:12]	TR Bot	Foundation eyes year-end launch following 11th-hour rescue of MITRE program | CyberScoop
[12:13]	TR News	"Last week, the CPython developers rolled out CPython 3.14.0b1." https://labs.quansight.org/blog/free-threaded-one-year-recap |
[12:13]	TR Bot	 The first year of free-threaded Python | Labs
[12:17]	TR News	around 40 TR articles at over 1k, so it reminds a self-flattering person, when you want to know more, and don't know where to look
[12:18]	TR News	TR covers topics no other sites cover (or in a way no other site would, covering hidden angles), that makes it more attractive to information takedown attempts
[12:20]	TR News	"The caret package contains functions to train machine-learning models, as well as for, e.g., model selection." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/spatial-machine-learning-with-caret/ | Source: Rlang
[12:20]	TR Bot	machine learning with caret | R-bloggers
[12:22]	TR News	Microsoft and Apple both down https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202505
[12:22]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats
[12:22]	TR News	Android. Always Commands. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share//all/africa/#monthly-202505-202505-map
[12:22]	TR Bot	 Operating System Market Share Africa | Statcounter Global Stats
[12:23]	TR News	North Asia Windows, the south Android (Linux) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share//all/asia/#monthly-202505-202505-map
[12:23]	TR Bot	 Operating System Market Share Asia | Statcounter Global Stats
[12:24]	TR News	And South American (Windows down to 2) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share//all/south-america/#monthly-202505-202505-map
[12:24]	TR Bot	 Operating System Market Share South America | Statcounter Global Stats
[12:27]	TR News	Bolivia: GNU/Linux grew from 1% to 3%. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bolivia/#monthly-200902-202505
[12:27]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Plurinational State Of Bolivia | Statcounter Global Stats
[12:29]	TR News	This Microsofter looks like he went mad. Perhaps that is why Microsoft hired him. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=kvPA1HJO8SI
[12:29]	TR Bot	( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=kvPA1HJO8SI )
[12:29]	TR News	"Now we're getting somewhere! This is the original walkwarding situation we wanted to capture." https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/modeling-awkward-social-situations-with-tla/ | Source: Buttondown LLC
[12:29]	TR Bot	Awkward Social Situations with TLA+ Buttondown
[12:30]	TR News	"Following Maximes presentation at RubyKaigi 2025, the Ruby developers meeting, and Matz-sans approval, ZJIT has been merged into Ruby. Hurray!" https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/merge-zjit/ | Source: Max Bernstein
[12:30]	TR Bot	 ZJIT has been merged into Ruby | Max Bernstein
[12:30]	TR News	"Version 0.112 of Game of Trees has been released (and the port updated): [...]" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250514173523 | Source: Undeadly
[12:30]	TR Bot	 Game of Trees 0.112 released
[12:42]	TR News	 (NEW):  BRICS and GNU/Linux Revisited https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/BRICS_and_GNU_Linux_Revisited.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/BRICS_and_GNU_Linux_Revisited.gmi 
[12:42]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines BRICS and GNU/Linux Revisited
[12:44]	TR News	"There are many kinds of music licenses." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/understanding-copyright-in-music-types-of-music-licensing/ | Source: Digital Music News
[12:44]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/understanding-copyright-in-music-types-of-music-licensing/ )
[12:44]	TR News	"Customers are blasting VPN Secure's new parent company" https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/vpn_secure_axe_lifetime_deals/ | Source: The Register UK
[12:44]	TR Bot	 VPN Secure parent co CEO explains why lifetime deals axed The Register
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[13:10]	TR News	Techrights If You Read Techrights, Then You Probably Want to Read Tux Machines as Well https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/If_You_Read_Techrights_Then_You_Probably_Want_to_Read_Tux_Machi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/If_You_Read_Techrights_Then_You_Probably_Want_to_Read_Tux_Machi.gmi 
[13:10]	TR Bot	 Techrights If You Read Techrights, Then You Probably Want to Read Tux Machines as Well
[13:28]	TR News	Techrights Richard Stallman Still Respected by Many in the Libre Graphics Community https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Richard_Stallman_Still_Respected_by_Many_in_the_Libre_Graphics_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Richard_Stallman_Still_Respected_by_Many_in_the_Libre_Graphics_.gmi 
[13:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights Richard Stallman Still Respected by Many in the Libre Graphics Community
[13:31]	TR News	"Major OS component packages with a ready-to-run makefile are extremely rare. In fact I can name only one package: bzip2." https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/What_We_Do_When_We_Say_GNU_Linux_to_People.shtml
[13:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights What We Do When We Say "GNU/Linux" to People
[13:36]	TR News	"Taiwan Network Operators" https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/13/event-wrap-twnog-6/ | Source: APNIC
[13:36]	TR Bot	 Event Wrap: TWNOG 6 | APNIC Blog
[13:37]	TR News	"This is a hybrid (in-person and virtual) conference being held in Austin" https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=11165005 | Source: PerlMonks
[13:37]	TR Bot	 Call for Papers! - Perl Community Conference, Summer 2025
[13:37]	TR News	"I use Eleventys global data files" https://hamatti.org/posts/providing-next-event-as-api-with-eleventys-global-data-files-and-netlify-functions/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
[13:38]	TR Bot	 Providing next event as API with Eleventys Global Data Files and Netlify Functions : Juha-Matti Santala
[13:38]	TR News	"This project is a custom and independent version of Firefox" https://librewolf.net/ |
[13:38]	TR Bot	 LibreWolf
[13:39]	TR News	"The other week we shipped the 266th curl release." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/14/supported-curl-versions-and-end-of-life/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg
[13:39]	TR Bot	curl versions and end of life | daniel.haxx.se
[13:39]	TR News	"WebKits justification unfolds in two parts: 87% of all connections are now made over HTTPS, meaning secure connections are the norm" https://manualdousuario.net/en/safari-lock-icon-ui/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin
[13:39]	TR Bot	 Apples Safari no longer displays the lock icon on its address bar Manual do Usurio
[13:43]	TR News	"There are two classes of things that we use to defend the user." https://www.wired.com/story/google-advanced-protection-vulnerable-users-lockdown-android-16/ | Source: Wired
[13:43]	TR Bot	Advanced Protection for Vulnerable Users Comes to Android | WIRED
[13:43]	TR News	"We can see what the port configuration is using stty; note that a real serial port will be something like ttys0, but the one created by plugging in the USB to RS232 is likely to be ttyUSB0." https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2025/05/15/usb-to-serial-devices-sipix-a6-pocket-printer-and-ftdi-debian-gnu-linux/ | Source: Darren Goossens
[13:43]	TR Bot	 USB to serial devices; SiPix A6 Pocket printer and FTDI; Debian GNU/Linux DSPACE
[13:44]	TR News	"I've been listening to my music via Navidrome for a bit now and it's working quite well. To manage my music, I use rclone locally and on my host machine." https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/managing-music-with-rclone/ | Source: Cory Dransfeldt
[13:44]	TR Bot	 Managing music with rclone
[13:44]	TR News	"(In practice the MFA protected network approach will probably be two things for people to deal with, not one, since if you have websites the natural way to protect them is with OIDC (or if you have to, SAML) through your single sign on system." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MFAEverywhereTwoApproaches | Source: University of Toronto
[13:44]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[13:45]	TR News	"In this post, we'll walk through a fully declarative, Kubernetes-native setup for running a highly available MQTT broker using Eclipse Mosquitto. This configuration leverages core Kubernetes primitives..." https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/High_Available_Mosquitto_MQTT_Broker_on_Kubernetes.html | Source: Remy Van Elst
[13:45]	TR Bot	Available Mosquitto MQTT on Kubernetes - Raymii.org
[13:45]	TR News	"When most people think of cryptography, the first thing they typically think of is encryption: keeping information confidential." https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/05/14/the-cryptography-behind-passkeys/ | Source: Trail of Bits http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Passkeys_Are_Vendor_Lock_in_and_Imperialism_Not_Security_So_Esc.shtml
[13:45]	TR Bot	 The cryptography behind passkeys - The Trail of Bits Blog
[13:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Passkeys Are Vendor Lock-in and Imperialism, Not Security, So Escape Them Before They Latch Onto Your Workflows
[13:46]	TR News	"Lets start bluntly: we love FreeBSD, but it isnt the easiest. Like any robust system, running FreeBSD in production comes with specific operational challenges particularly when used in commercial products or high-availability deployments." https://klarasystems.com/articles/what-weve-learned-supporing-freebsd-production/ | Source: Klara
[13:46]	TR Bot	 What Weve Learned Supporting FreeBSD in Production
[13:47]	TR News	Microsofters have low IQ. Trying to hide pages like these with a SLAPP, they have only made them MORE VISIBLE (and lost money in the process). http://techrights.org/o/2021/12/15/arrest-report-5-pages-balabhadra-alex-graveley/
[13:47]	TR Bot	 Arrest/Police Report for Microsofts Chief Architect of GitHub Copilot, Balabhadra Alex Graveley
[13:49]	TR News	Or this: https://techrights.org/o/2022/01/05/police-texas-graveley/
[13:49]	TR Bot	 Head of GitHub Copilot Arrested
[13:49]	TR News	SLAPPs tend to only AMPLIFY whatever it is you attempt to hide
[13:50]	TR News	"Researchers at IRIT and Adobe Research recently published a paper" https://www.mattkeeter.com/blog/2025-05-14-gradients/ | Source: Matt Keeter
[13:50]	TR Bot	 Gradients are the new intervals
[13:51]	TR News	"When launching privacy-critical apps and services" https://blog.torproject.org/introducing-oniux-tor-isolation-using-linux-namespaces/ | Source: Tor
[13:51]	TR Bot	 Introducing oniux: Kernel-level Tor isolation for any Linux app | The Tor Project
[13:52]	TR News	How To Install Dolibarr on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-dolibarr-rocky-linux-9/
[13:52]	TR Bot	 How To Install Dolibarr on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot
[13:52]	TR News	How To Install Clownflare Tunnel on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-cloudflare-tunnel-debian-12/
[13:52]	TR Bot	 How To Install Cloudflare Tunnel on Debian 12 - idroot
[13:53]	TR News	How To Install Pritunl VPN Server on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-pritunl-vpn-server-fedora-42/
[13:53]	TR Bot	 How To Install Pritunl VPN Server on Fedora 42 - idroot
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[14:12]	TR News	How To Install Htop on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-htop-fedora-42/
[14:12]	TR Bot	 How To Install Htop on Fedora 42 - idroot
[14:12]	TR News	This is proprietary spyware that steals all the users' passwords https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-edge-fedora-42/
[14:12]	TR Bot	 How To Install Microsoft Edge on Fedora 42 - idroot
[14:13]	TR News	How To Install MERN Stack on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-mern-stack-ubuntu-24-04/
[14:13]	TR Bot	 How To Install MERN Stack on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot
[14:21]	TR News	Sync Your Time: How to Install and Configure NTP on AlmaLinux 9 https://linux.how2shout.com/sync-your-time-how-to-install-and-configure-ntp-on-almalinux-9/
[14:21]	TR Bot	 Sync Your Time: How to Install and Configure NTP on AlmaLinux 9 - LinuxShout
[14:21]	TR News	How to Install CloudLinux on AlmaLinux 9 or 8 https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-cloudlinux-on-almalinux-9-or-8/
[14:21]	TR Bot	 How to Install CloudLinux on AlmaLinux 9 or 8 - LinuxShout
[14:23]	TR News	This is Windows riding other people's names https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-arch-linux-on-wsl/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Proprietary_Windows_Versus_Linux_News_Trying_to_Keep_People_on_.shtml
[14:23]	TR Bot	 How to install Arch Linux on WSL
[14:23]	TR Bot	 Techrights Proprietary Windows Versus "Linux" News (Trying to Keep People on Windows, Never Exploring GNU/Linux)
[14:29]	TR News	TDF and LibreOffice website, blogs and social control media Annual Report 2024 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/05/14/tdf-website-blogs-and-social-media-annual-report-2024/
[14:29]	TR Bot	 TDF and LibreOffice website, blogs and social media Annual Report 2024 - The Document Foundation Blog
[14:31]	TR News	QSB-107: Multiple CPU branch prediction vulnerabilities https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/05/15/qsb-107/
[14:31]	TR Bot	 QSB-107: Multiple CPU branch prediction vulnerabilities | Qubes OS
[14:31]	TR News	Understanding Copyright in Music (Part II): Types of Music Licensing https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/understanding-copyright-in-music-types-of-music-licensing/
[14:31]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/understanding-copyright-in-music-types-of-music-licensing/ )
[14:32]	TR News	"running undesirable organization" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/14/moscow-court-sentences-russian-election-monitor-grigory-melkonyants-to-five-years-in-prison-for-running-undesirable-organization | Source: Meduza
[14:32]	TR Bot	 Moscow court sentences Russian election monitor Grigory Melkonyants to five years in prison for running undesirable organization Meduza
[14:33]	TR News	"Retro Computer From Behind The Curtain" https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/raduga-the-retro-computer-from-behind-the-curtain/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:33]	TR Bot	The Retro Computer From Behind The Curtain | Hackaday
[14:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  Suriname Public Healthcare System embraces GNU Health https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Suriname_Public_Healthcare_System_embraces_GNU_Health.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Suriname_Public_Healthcare_System_embraces_GNU_Health.gmi 
[14:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Suriname Public Healthcare System embraces GNU Health
[14:51]	TR News	"E.U. set to end tariff-free regime for Ukrainian products in early June" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/14/e-u-set-to-end-tariff-free-regime-for-ukrainian-products-in-early-june-financial-times | Source: Meduza
[14:51]	TR Bot	 E.U. set to end tariff-free regime for Ukrainian products in early June Financial Times Meduza
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[15:02]	TR News	Techrights has it confirmed that 1) Microsofters get fired a lot and 2) they are shocked the company claims to be doing so well (a lie) when critical workers get fired
[15:03]	TR News	"Well, welcome to the club of the american workforce! We are treated like chairs not humans for awhile now. It's time to get used to it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5nhy0h
[15:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5nhy0h )
[15:11]	TR News	Input handling in spring 2025 https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/14/input-handling-in-spring-2025/
[15:11]	TR Bot	 Input handling in spring 2025 - KDE Blogs
[15:13]	TR News	Richard L. Garwin, a Creator of the Hydrogen Bomb, Dies at 97 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/science/richard-l-garwin-dead.html
[15:13]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/science/richard-l-garwin-dead.html )
[15:13]	TR News	Europe on brink of endemic dengue and chikungunya as mosquitoes move north due to global warming https://www.france24.com/en/health/20250515-europe-on-brink-of-endemic-dengue-and-chikungunya-as-mosquitoes-move-north
[15:13]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/health/20250515-europe-on-brink-of-endemic-dengue-and-chikungunya-as-mosquitoes-move-north )
[15:14]	TR News	RFK Jr. Defends HHS Overhaul as Democrats Denounce War on Science https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/politics/rfk-jr-hhs-overhaul-hearing.html
[15:14]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/politics/rfk-jr-hhs-overhaul-hearing.html )
[15:15]	TR News	RFK defends 25% cut to HHS budget in FY 2026 requestafter shrinking workforce https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/05/rfk-defends-25-cut-to-hhs-budget-in-fy-2026-request-after-shrinking-workforce/
[15:15]	TR Bot	 RFK defends 25% cut to HHS budget in FY 2026 request after shrinking workforce
[15:15]	TR News	Student faces over four years in prison for holding dictator Erdoan sign at protest https://bianet.org/haber/student-faces-over-four-years-in-prison-for-holding-dictator-erdogan-sign-at-protest-307418
[15:15]	TR Bot	 Student faces over four years in prison for holding dictator Erdoan sign at protest
[15:19]	TR News	Australian writer Yang Hengjun jailed in China shows profound courage, Canberra says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-writer-yang-hengjun-jailed-in-china-shows-profound-courage-canberra-says
[15:19]	TR Bot	 Australian writer Yang Hengjun jailed in China shows profound courage, Canberra says | The Straits Times
[15:21]	TR News	How undersea communication cables surrounding Taiwan could be targeted by China https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/05/14/taiwan-china-submarine-subsea-cable-fiber-optic/
[15:21]	TR Bot	 How undersea communication cables surrounding Taiwan could be targeted by China Radio Free Asia
[15:28]	TR News	Released
[15:29]	TR News	Ruby 3.4.4 Released https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/05/14/ruby-3-4-4-released/
[15:29]	TR Bot	 Ruby 3.4.4 Released
[15:29]	TR News	IXP development in the Pacific https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/14/ixp-development-in-the-pacific/
[15:29]	TR Bot	 IXP development in the Pacific | APNIC Blog
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[15:33]	TR News	Openwashing PR https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/14/sysdig-donates-stratoshark-wireshark-foundation-expand-open-source-cloud-forensics/
[15:33]	TR Bot	donates Stratoshark to Wireshark Foundation to expand open-source cloud forensics - SiliconANGLE
[15:35]	TR News	$39 ODROID-C5 is a power-efficient Amlogic S905X5M SBC with 4GB RAM, no heatsink needed https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/14/39-odroid-c5-is-a-power-efficient-amlogic-s905x5m-sbc-with-4gb-ram-no-heatsink-needed/
[15:35]	TR Bot	 $39 ODROID-C5 is a power-efficient Amlogic S905X5M SBC with 4GB RAM, no heatsink needed - CNX Software
[15:36]	TR News	UPC is illegal, so this whole thing should be thrown out and the people who created this unconstitutional mess be held accountable instead https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/10x-genomics-and-bruker-settle-landmark-upc-dispute/
[15:36]	TR Bot	 10x Genomics and Bruker settle landmark UPC dispute - JUVE Patent
[15:37]	TR News	Morris Routing network patent monopoly challenge instituted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/5/13/morris-routing-network-patent-challenge-instituted
[15:37]	TR Bot	 Morris Routing network patent challenge instituted Unified Patents
[15:38]	TR News	UPC is illegal; the only lesson here is that this "legal industry" is probably the biggest violator of laws, constitutions etc. and the ultimate goal is money, not science or justice https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/05/14/pharma-playbook-practitioners-can-learn-early-upc-litigation/id=188880/
[15:38]	TR Bot	 Pharma Playbook: What Practitioners Can Learn from Early UPC Litigation
[15:39]	TR News	Medical Devices: obtaining Patent Monopolies in Brazil https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/14/medical-devices-obtaining-patent-protection-in-brazil/
[15:39]	TR Bot	 Medical Devices: obtaining Patent Protection in Brazil - Kluwer Patent Blog
[15:39]	TR News	Jurisdictional Boundaries in Patent Licensing Disputes: Misuse Counterclaim Creates CAFC Jurisdiction https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/05/jurisdictional-counterclaim-jurisdiction.html
[15:39]	TR Bot	 Jurisdictional Boundaries in Patent Licensing Disputes: Misuse Counterclaim Creates CAFC Jurisdiction | Patently-O
[15:40]	TR News	XSAs released on 2025-05-12 https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/05/15/xsas-released-on-2025-05-12/
[15:40]	TR Bot	 XSAs released on 2025-05-12 | Qubes OS
[15:40]	TR News	No, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Didn't Lay Off So Many People Because of "AI" "Innovation" or "Efficiency" or "Era" or "Revolution" Etc. (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/No_Microsoft_Didn_t_Lay_Off_So_Many_People_Because_of_AI_Innova.shtml
[15:40]	TR Bot	 Techrights No, Microsoft Didn't Lay Off So Many People Because of "AI" "Innovation" or "Efficiency" or "Era" or "Revolution" Etc.
[15:40]	TR News	Beyond Mass Layoffs at Microsoft: Entire Units Shut Down for Good https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Beyond_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Entire_Units_Shut_Down_for_Goo.shtml
[15:40]	TR Bot	 Techrights Beyond Mass Layoffs at Microsoft: Entire Units Shut Down for Good
[15:41]	TR News	If Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Staff That Strangles Woman Pays You to Write Lies, It Will Not End Well https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/If_Microsoft_Staff_That_Strangles_Woman_Pays_You_to_Write_Lies_.shtml
[15:41]	TR Bot	 Techrights If Microsoft Staff That Strangles Woman Pays You to Write Lies, It Will Not End Well
[15:41]	TR News	Unless a Third of All Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs Worldwide Are in Redmond (Washington) Alone, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Has Just Lied to Everyone Via Jordan Novet in CNBC (i.e. the Usual Any Time There's Mass Layoffs and Novet Weighs in With False Numbers) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/Unless_a_Third_of_All_Microsoft_Layoffs_Worldwide_Are_in_Redmon.shtml
[15:41]	TR Bot	 Techrights Unless a Third of All Microsoft Layoffs Worldwide Are in Redmond (Washington) Alone, Microsoft Has Just Lied to Everyone Via Jordan Novet in CNBC (i.e. the Usual Any Time There's Mass Layoffs and Novet Weighs in With False Numbers)
[15:42]	TR News	As Expected, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Uses Media Operative (Jordan Novet) to Downplay the Scale of Mass Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/As_Expected_Microsoft_Uses_Media_Operative_Jordan_Novet_to_Down.shtml
[15:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights As Expected, Microsoft Uses Media Operative (Jordan Novet) to Downplay the Scale of Mass Layoffs
[15:42]	TR News	Slopwatch: Sloppy Brian, Brittany Slop, and General Observations (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Slopwatch_Sloppy_Brian_Brittany_Slop_and_General_Observations.shtml
[15:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slopwatch: Sloppy Brian, Brittany Slop, and General Observations
[15:42]	TR News	At IBM, Relocation Can be a Trick or a Trap (IBM Gets Rid of Staff Under the Guise of "Relo") https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/At_IBM_Relocation_Can_be_a_Trick_or_a_Trap_IBM_Gets_Rid_of_Staf.shtml
[15:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights At IBM, Relocation Can be a Trick or a Trap (IBM Gets Rid of Staff Under the Guise of "Relo")
[15:42]	TR News	Microsoft Rumours: This Week's Scale of Layoffs "Higher Than Reported" and More Coming Soon ("A Lot More Severe" Than May's) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Rumours_This_Week_s_Scale_of_Layoffs_Higher_Than_Repo.shtml
[15:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Rumours: This Week's Scale of Layoffs "Higher Than Reported" and More Coming Soon ("A Lot More Severe" Than May's)
[15:46]	TR News	Christian Hergert: Filtering Containers in Ptyxis https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/05/15/filtering-containers-in-ptyxis/
[15:46]	TR Bot	 Filtering Containers in Ptyxis Happenings in GNOME
[15:47]	TR News	Michael Meeks: 2025-05-14 Wednesday https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-05-14.html "Published the next strip around job titles" https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-05-13.html
[15:47]	TR Bot	 Stuff Michael Meeks is doing
[15:47]	TR Bot	 Stuff Michael Meeks is doing
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[15:48]	TR News	Evgeni Golov: running modified containers with podman https://www.die-welt.net/2025/05/running-modified-containers-with-podman/
[15:48]	TR Bot	modified containers with podman | die-welt.net
[15:49]	TR News	Ubuntu 24.10 to 25.04 Upgrade Channel Re-opened https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/ubuntu-2410-to-2504-upgrade-channel-re-opened/
[15:49]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 24.10 to 25.04 Upgrade Channel Re-opened | UbuntuHandbook
[15:50]	TR News	Vietnam PM vows to fight against counterfeits, trade frauds https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-pm-vows-to-fight-against-counterfeits-trade-frauds
[15:50]	TR Bot	 Vietnam PM vows to fight against counterfeits, trade frauds | The Straits Times
[15:51]	TR News	Pam Bondi Sold Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Tariffs: "Trump Media, which runs the social media platform Truth Social, fell 13% in the following days, before rebounding." https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-trump-media-stock-tariffs | Source: Pro Publica
[15:51]	TR Bot	 Pam Bondi Sold Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Tariffs ProPublica
[15:52]	TR News	"One of Elon Musks employees is earning between $100,001 and $1 million annually as a political adviser to his billionaire boss while simultaneously helping to dismantle the federal agency that regulates two of Musks biggest companies" https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-chris-young-cfpb-tesla-x | Source: Pro Publica
[15:52]	TR Bot	 DOGE Aide Chris Young May Get Up to $1M a Year From Elon Musk While Helping to Gut CFPB ProPublica
[15:54]	TR News	Today in MAGA: Republicans Ban Fluoride Prescriptions and Threaten to Take Away Toothpaste https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/today-in-maga-republicans-ban-fluoride-prescriptions-and-threaten-to-take-away-toothpaste/
[15:54]	TR Bot	 Today in MAGA: Republicans Ban Fluoride Prescriptions and Threaten to Take Away Toothpaste | BaronHK's Rants
[15:55]	TR News	Hypocrites! Android and Google "apps" mandated (upon OEMs) are Surveillance Spyware https://www.securityweek.com/google-ships-android-advanced-protection-mode-to-thwart-surveillance-spyware/
[15:55]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/google-ships-android-advanced-protection-mode-to-thwart-surveillance-spyware/ )
[15:55]	TR News	John Scott-Railton Testifies Before EU Parliaments Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs https://citizenlab.ca/2025/05/john-scott-railton-testifies-before-eu-parliaments-committee-on-civil-liberties-justice-and-home-affairs/
[15:55]	TR Bot	 John Scott-Railton Testifies Before EU Parliaments Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - The Citizen Lab
[15:56]	TR News	VS Code Is Not FOSS, And Neither Is the Site "It's FOSS" https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/VS_Code_Is_Not_FOSS_And_Neither_Is_the_Site_It_s_FOSS.shtml
[15:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights VS Code Is Not FOSS, And Neither Is the Site "It's FOSS"
[15:57]	TR News	Libogc https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/rtems-statement-deepens-libogc-license-controversy/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:57]	TR Bot	Statement Deepens Libogc License Controversy | Hackaday
[15:57]	TR News	Meta must stop putting profit over peoples rights in Nigeria https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/meta-stop-putting-profit-over-people-nigeria/
[15:57]	TR Bot	 Meta: Nigerias users face a choice of either no rights or no services Article 19
[15:59]	TR News	AppFlowy is an open source alternative to Notion https://www.linuxlinks.com/appflowy-open-source-alternative-notion/
[15:59]	TR Bot	is an open source alternative to Notion - LinuxLinks
● May 15
[16:00]	TR News	Docmost is a collaborative wiki and documentation software https://www.linuxlinks.com/docmost-collaborative-wiki-documentation-software/
[16:00]	TR Bot	is a collaborative wiki and documentation software - LinuxLinks
[16:00]	TR News	crumbs is a bookmarking system for the command line https://www.linuxlinks.com/crumbs-bookmarking-system-command-line/
[16:00]	TR Bot	is a bookmarking system for the command line - LinuxLinks
[16:00]	TR News	11 Best Free and Open Source Mailing List Managers https://www.linuxlinks.com/mailinglistmanagers/
[16:00]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Mailing List Managers - LinuxLinks
[16:01]	TR News	Blackbody is a thermogram viewer https://www.linuxlinks.com/blackbody-thermogram-viewer/
[16:01]	TR Bot	is a thermogram viewer - LinuxLinks
[16:01]	TR News	Gray Duck Mail modern group email discussion lists https://www.linuxlinks.com/gray-duck-mail-modern-group-email-discussion-lists/
[16:01]	TR Bot	Duck Mail - modern group email discussion lists - LinuxLinks
[16:01]	TR News	What We Do When We Say "GNU/Linux" to People (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/What_We_Do_When_We_Say_GNU_Linux_to_People.shtml
[16:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights What We Do When We Say "GNU/Linux" to People
[16:01]	TR News	Microsoft is Very Highly Stressed About Adoption of GNU/Linux at Windows' Expense (on Former "Vista 10" PCs) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Microsoft_is_Very_Highly_Stressed_About_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux_a.shtml
[16:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft is Very Highly Stressed About Adoption of GNU/Linux at Windows' Expense (on Former "Vista 10" PCs)
[16:01]	TR News	Slopwatch: BetaNoise (BetaNews), LinuxSecurity, and Slopfarms Still Promoted by Surveillance Giant Google News https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/Slopwatch_BetaNoise_BetaNews_LinuxSecurity_and_Slopfarms_Still_.shtml
[16:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slopwatch: BetaNoise (BetaNews), LinuxSecurity, and Slopfarms Still Promoted by Google News
[16:02]	TR News	Mlmmj is a simple and slim mailing list manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/mlmmj-simple-and-slim-mailing-list-manager/
[16:02]	TR Bot	is a simple and slim mailing list manager - LinuxLinks
[16:02]	TR News	FreeBSD is an operating system powering servers and desktops https://www.linuxlinks.com/freebsd-operating-system/
[16:02]	TR Bot	is an operating system powering servers and desktops - LinuxLinks
[16:03]	TR News	openSUSE Joins End of 10 http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/openSUSE-Joins-End-of-10
[16:03]	TR Bot	 openSUSE Joins End of 10 Linux Magazine
[16:03]	TR News	15 Free and Open Source Simple GUI Based GNU/Linux Text Editors https://www.linuxlinks.com/simple-gui-based-text-editors/
[16:03]	TR Bot	Free and Open Source Simple GUI Based Linux Text Editors - LinuxLinks
[16:03]	TR News	YaST2 is a GRUB graphical configuration tool for openSUSE https://www.linuxlinks.com/yast2-grub-graphical-configuration-tool-opensuse/
[16:03]	TR Bot	is a GRUB graphical configuration tool for openSUSE - LinuxLinks
[16:04]	TR News	Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Loop https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-microsoft-loop/
[16:04]	TR Bot	Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Loop - LinuxLinks
[16:05]	TR News	'Linux' Foundation and OpenSSF Release Cybersecurity Skills Framework to Strengthen Enterprise Readiness https://openssf.org/press-release/2025/05/14/linux-foundation-and-openssf-release-cybersecurity-skills-framework-to-strengthen-enterprise-readiness/ Cybersecurity or compliance? Not the same thing. http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/
[16:05]	TR Bot	 Linux Foundation and OpenSSF Release Cybersecurity Skills Framework to Strengthen Enterprise Readiness Open Source Security Foundation
[16:05]	TR Bot	 With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation
[16:06]	TR News	Jonathan Dowland: Orbital https://jmtd.net/log/orbital/
[16:06]	TR Bot	 jmtd log Orbital
[16:07]	TR News	RAJARs Q1 2025: News UKs Talk sees weekly reach fall by a third https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/rajars-q1-2025-talk-weekly-reach-down-more-than-a-third-in-a-year/
[16:07]	TR Bot	 RAJARs Q1 2025: Talk weekly reach down more than a third - Press Gazette
[16:08]	TR News	Alternatives to creating bootc images from scratch https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/beyond-default-bootc-images-scratch
[16:08]	TR Bot	 Alternatives to creating bootc images from scratch | Red Hat Developer
[16:08]	TR News	How to update OpenStack Services on OpenShift https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/05/14/how-update-openstack-services-openshift
[16:08]	TR Bot	 How to update OpenStack Services on OpenShift | Red Hat Developer
[16:09]	TR News	Kubernetes v1.33: Updates to Container Lifecycle https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/05/14/kubernetes-v1-33-updates-to-container-lifecycle/
[16:09]	TR Bot	 Kubernetes v1.33: Updates to Container Lifecycle | Kubernetes
[16:13]	TR News	Podman 5.5.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1021217/
[16:13]	TR Bot	5.5.0 released [LWN.net]
[16:13]	TR News	Proprietary Qt Creator 16.0.2 released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-16.0.2-released
[16:13]	TR Bot	 Qt Creator 16.0.2 released
[16:16]	TR News	Was this article also LLM slop? https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/microsofts-brutal-layoffs-can-you-believe-it-even-the-ai-director-was-fired-here-are-the-others-who-could-be-impacted/articleshow/121168429.cms?from=mdr
[16:16]	TR Bot	 microsoft layoffs 2025 update: Microsoft's brutal layoffs: Can you believe it? Even the AI director was fired; here are the others who could be impacted - The Economic Times
[16:18]	TR News	"They want chat bots to sell and RCG recent college grads to sell and cheap offshore labor to sell but they surely do not want "high paid older white guys" like me to sell." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv4te8hp
[16:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv4te8hp )
[16:18]	TR News	"IBM is now just a TLA three letter acronym most people recognize however about 5% of people asked would be able to name an IBM product or solution. It is the worst dumpster fire I have ever seem and it did not need to happen."
[16:28]	admfubar	time to modernize... https://xkcd.com/3089/
[16:28]	TR Bot	Modern
[16:44]	TR News	Hotter Climate Could Fuel Spread of Dangerous Fungi, Scientists Warn https://www.sciencealert.com/hotter-climate-could-fuel-spread-of-dangerous-fungi-scientists-warn
[16:44]	TR Bot	Climate Could Fuel Spread of Dangerous Fungi, Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert
[16:48]	TR News	Five Years of Collaboration Between the Global Encryption Coalition and Internet Society Chapters https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/05/five-years-of-collaboration-between-the-global-encryption-coalition-and-internet-society-chapters/
[16:48]	TR Bot	 Five Years of Collaboration Between the Global Encryption Coalition and Internet Society Chapters - Internet Society
[16:56]	TR News	Computers have long been used to aid in this area. Just rebranding it all as "AI" does not change anything. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/ai-jobs-radiologists-mayo-clinic.html
[16:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/ai-jobs-radiologists-mayo-clinic.html )
[16:57]	TR News	How business behind German newspaper of record Die Zeit went from misery to paradise https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/die-zeit-business-turnaround/
[16:57]	TR Bot	 How German newspaper Die Zeit went 'from misery to paradise' - Press Gazette
[16:58]	TR News	Sun Unleashes Most Powerful Flare We've Seen in 2025 https://www.sciencealert.com/sun-unleashes-most-powerful-flare-weve-seen-in-2025
[16:58]	TR Bot	Unleashes Most Powerful Flare We've Seen in 2025 : ScienceAlert
● May 15
[17:48]	TR News	Sri Lanka stalls Starlink over security and sovereignty concerns https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/sri-lanka-stalls-starlink-over-security-and-sovereignty-concerns/
[17:48]	TR Bot	 Sri Lanka stalls Starlink over security and sovereignty concerns | The Strategist
[17:52]	TR News	Ivanti Patches Two EPMM Zero-Days Exploited to Hack Customers https://www.securityweek.com/ivanti-patches-two-epmm-zero-days-exploited-to-hack-customers/
[17:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/ivanti-patches-two-epmm-zero-days-exploited-to-hack-customers/ )
[17:52]	TR News	Fortinet Patches Zero-Day Exploited Against FortiVoice Appliances https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-patches-zero-day-exploited-against-fortivoice-appliances/
[17:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-patches-zero-day-exploited-against-fortivoice-appliances/ )
[17:52]	TR News	Vulnerabilities Patched by Juniper, VMware and Zoom https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-patched-by-juniper-vmware-and-zoom/
[17:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-patched-by-juniper-vmware-and-zoom/ )
[17:53]	TR News	2025 Pet Hacks Contest: Automatic Treat Dispenser Makes Kitty Work For It https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/2025-pet-hacks-contest-automatic-treat-dispenser-makes-kitty-work-for-it/ | Source: Hackaday
[17:53]	TR Bot	Pet Hacks Contest: Automatic Treat Dispenser Makes Kitty Work For It | Hackaday
[17:55]	TR News	Kosovar Administrator of Cybercrime Marketplace Extradited to US https://www.securityweek.com/kosovar-administrator-of-cybercrime-marketplace-extradited-to-us/
[17:55]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/kosovar-administrator-of-cybercrime-marketplace-extradited-to-us/ )
[17:56]	TR News	Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD, Arm Respond to New CPU Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/chipmaker-patch-tuesday-intel-amd-arm-respond-to-new-cpu-attacks/
[17:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/chipmaker-patch-tuesday-intel-amd-arm-respond-to-new-cpu-attacks/ )
[17:58]	TR News	Insomniac Radio App Enters Streaming Space With 24/7 Free Dance Music, Hinting at a Shift in Fan Community Platforms https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/insomniac-radio-app-free-dance-music-streaming/
[17:58]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/insomniac-radio-app-free-dance-music-streaming/ )
● May 15
[18:01]	TR News	Starlink BS https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/inside-starlinks-user-terminal/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:01]	TR Bot	Starlinks User Terminal | Hackaday
[18:01]	TR News	"Has anybody heard of the ATW800 transputer workstation? The one that used a modified Atari ST motherboard as a glorified I/O controller for a T-series transputer?" https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/fancy-adding-a-transputer-or-two-to-your-atari-st/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:01]	TR Bot	Adding A Transputer Or Two To Your Atari ST? | Hackaday
[18:10]	TR News	What are the most reliable harddisks in 2023? https://dwaves.de/2025/05/14/what-are-the-most-reliable-harddisks-in-2023/
[18:10]	TR Bot	What are the most reliable harddisks in 2023? | dwaves.de
[18:10]	TR News	Backy is a nRF52840-powered wearable for real-time posture monitoring and injury prevention https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/15/backy-nrf52840-wearable-for-real-time-posture-monitoring-and-injury-prevention/
[18:11]	TR Bot	 Backy is a nRF52840-powered wearable for real-time posture monitoring and injury prevention - CNX Software
[18:12]	TR News	Customise Nginx Server Headers for Better Security https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/05/14/customise-nginx-server-headers-for-better-security/
[18:12]	TR Bot	 Customise Nginx Server Headers for Better Security - blackMORE Ops
[18:15]	TR News	ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Siemens, Schneider, Phoenix Contact https://www.securityweek.com/ics-patch-tuesday-vulnerabilities-addressed-by-siemens-schneider-phoenix-contact/
[18:15]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/ics-patch-tuesday-vulnerabilities-addressed-by-siemens-schneider-phoenix-contact/ )
[18:27]	TR News	Hong Kong police stop journalists from taking photos, videos of prohibited places linked to national security office https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/15/hong-kong-police-stop-journalists-from-taking-photos-videos-of-prohibited-places-linked-to-national-security-office/
[18:27]	TR Bot	 HK police stop journalists from taking photos, videos of 'prohibited places'
[18:29]	TR News	Another day, another phishing campaign abusing google.com open redirects, (Wed, May 14th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31950
[18:29]	TR Bot	 Another day, another phishing campaign abusing google.com open redirects - SANS Internet Storm Center
[18:30]	TR News	Web Scanning SonicWall for CVE-2021-20016 - Update, (Wed, May 14th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31952
[18:30]	TR Bot	 Web Scanning SonicWall for CVE-2021-20016 - Update - SANS Internet Storm Center
[18:31]	TR News	Moonsigil Atlas Demo Impressions https://boilingsteam.com/moonsigil-demo/index.html
[18:31]	TR Bot	 Moonsigil Demo
[18:31]	TR News	M5Stack Tab5 Review Part 1: Unboxing, teardown, and first try of the ESP32-P4 and ESP32-C6 5-inch IoT devkit https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/14/m5stack-tab5-review-part-1-unboxing-teardown-and-first-try-of-the-esp32-p4-and-esp32-c6-5-inch-iot-devkit/
[18:31]	TR Bot	 M5Stack Tab5 Review - Part 1: Unboxing, teardown, and first try of the ESP32-P4 and ESP32-C6 5-inch IoT devkit - CNX Software
[18:33]	TR News	Two Dilution Claims: TTAB Finds "IVY LEAGUE" to be Famous, But Not "ASUS" http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/05/two-dilution-claims-ttab-finds-ivy.html
[18:33]	TR Bot	 The TTABlog: Two Dilution Claims: TTAB Finds "IVY LEAGUE" to be Famous, But Not "ASUS"
[18:34]	TR News	The Music Industry Lives Here: Riot Games Bringing The Most Dynamic Community-Building Music Experiences Into Gaming https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/riot-games-downtown-music/
[18:34]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/riot-games-downtown-music/ )
[18:37]	TR News	There Are Also Loads of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn Layoffs Today (Keep Track of the Subsidiaries They Keep Out of Headlines) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/13/There_Are_Also_Loads_of_Microsoft_LinkedIn_Layoffs_Today_Keep_T.shtml
[18:37]	TR Bot	 Techrights There Are Also Loads of Microsoft LinkedIn Layoffs Today (Keep Track of the Subsidiaries They Keep Out of Headlines)
[18:38]	TR News	Why DMG online fashion brand Eliza ditched its website https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/why-dmg-social-only-eliza-isnt-worried-about-owning-the-audience/
[18:38]	TR Bot	 Why DMG's social brand Eliza isn't worried about owning the audience - Press Gazette
[18:39]	TR News	New PostgreSQL support in I.C.B.M. COBOL for GNU/Linux on x86 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/new-postgresql-support-in-ibm-cobol-for-linux-on-x86-3074/
[18:39]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: New PostgreSQL support in IBM COBOL for Linux on x86
[18:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta Release https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/KDE_Plasma_6_4_Beta_Release.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/KDE_Plasma_6_4_Beta_Release.gmi 
[18:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta Release
[18:40]	admfubar	https://pogowasright.org/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/
[18:40]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://pogowasright.org/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/ )
[18:40]	TR News	Linux backdoored Windows 11 dual boot to finally play well as Abusive Monopolist Microsoft fixes nine-month old bug https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-windows-11-dual-boot-to-finally-play-well-as-microsoft-fixes-nine-month-old-bug/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/21/Good_Reason_to_Delete_Windows_Not_Dual_Boot_and_Call_Out_the_Mi.shtml
[18:41]	TR Bot	 Linux Windows 11 dual boot to finally play well as Microsoft fixes nine-month old bug - Neowin
[18:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Good Reason to Delete Windows, Not Dual-Boot, and Call Out the Microsofters Who Worked to Impose 'Secure' Boot, Undermining Antitrust Complaints
[18:41]	TR News	You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.10 to Ubuntu 25.04, Heres How https://9to5linux.com/you-can-now-upgrade-ubuntu-24-10-to-ubuntu-25-04-heres-how
[18:41]	TR Bot	Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.10 to Ubuntu 25.04, Heres How - 9to5Linux
[18:42]	TR News	Linux Plumbers Conference: Submission time for GNU/Linux Plumbers 2025 https://lpc.events/blog/current/index.php/2025/05/14/submission-time-for-linux-plumbers-2025/
[18:42]	TR Bot	 Submission time for Linux Plumbers 2025 Linux Plumbers Conference
[18:43]	TR News	Varun R Mallya: GSoC and GNOME http://xeon.me/gnome/introduction/
[18:43]	TR Bot	 GSoC and GNOME | mallya's blog
[18:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	<admfubar> https://pogowasright.org/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/
[18:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	they have better already
[18:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	most people carry 'rfid'
[18:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	they call it iphone or android
[18:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	and it's more precise and persistent
[18:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	than any licence plate checkpoint (readers)
[18:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	those are carried not only on roads inside cars
[18:45]	TR News	Christian Hergert: Qemu in Foundry https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/05/14/qemu-in-foundry/
[18:45]	TR Bot	 Qemu in Foundry Happenings in GNOME
[18:45]	TR News	FOSS Weekly #25.20: KDE Widgets, Deepin Security Issues, New GNOME Player and More GNU/Linux Stuff https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-20/
[18:45]	TR Bot	 FOSS Weekly #25.20: KDE Widgets, Deepin Security Issues, New GNOME Player and More Linux Stuff
[18:49]	TR News	LF-funded spam from a site that runs marketing as "news" https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/14/linux-foundation-debuts-cybersecurity-skills-framework-address-enterprise-talent-gaps/
[18:49]	TR Bot	Foundation debuts Cybersecurity Skills Framework to address enterprise talent gaps - SiliconANGLE
[18:49]	TR News	Jonathan McDowell: Local Voice Assistant Step 3: A Detour into Tensorflow https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2025/05/voice-assistant-tensorflow.html
[18:49]	TR Bot	 Local Voice Assistant Step 3: A Detour into Tensorflow | Noodles Emptiness
[18:50]	TR News	Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1021199/
[18:50]	TR Bot	updates for Wednesday [LWN.net]
[18:51]	TR News	Turtl Review: A Secure, Open-Source Alternative to Evernote and Surveillance Giant Google Keep https://linuxwebdevelopment.com/turtl-review/
[18:51]	TR Bot	Review: A Secure, Open-Source Alternative to Evernote and Google Keep - linuxwebdevelopment.com
[18:53]	TR News	MinorMiner: we turn your kid's maths homework into Bitcoin https://robertheaton.com/minor-miner/
[18:53]	TR Bot	 MinorMiner: we turn your kid's maths homework into Bitcoin | Robert Heaton
[18:56]	TR News	What's new in Network Observability 1.8 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/05/12/whats-new-network-observability-18
[18:56]	TR Bot	 What's new in Network Observability 1.8 | Red Hat Developer
[18:56]	TR News	SoundCloud Announces Terms Update Amid Hey Hi (AI) Training Controversy IP-Rights Advocate Says The Change Doesnt Go Nearly Far Enough https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/soundcloud-ai-training-terms/
[18:56]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/14/soundcloud-ai-training-terms/ )
[18:57]	TR News	Sven Hoexter: Disable Firefox DRM Plugin Infobar http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/misc_firefox_disable_drm_plugin_info/
[18:57]	TR Bot	 Disable Firefox DRM Plugin Infobar
[18:58]	TR News	Red Hat Has Unofficially Released RHEL 10 https://fossforce.com/2025/05/red-hat-has-unofficially-released-rhel-10/
[18:58]	TR Bot	 Red Hat Has Unofficially Released RHEL 10 - FOSS Force
● May 15
[19:00]	TR News	"Burnout for Environmental Advocates" https://therevelator.org/burnout-environmental-advocates/ | Source: The Revelator
[19:00]	TR Bot	 Who Heals the Earths Healers? Ways to Avert Burnout for Environmental Advocates The Revelator
[19:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Firefox is Proprietary DRMware Hosted by Microsoft Now, People Explore Contingencies (E.g. LibreWolf) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Firefox_is_Proprietary_DRMware_Hosted_by_Microsoft_Now_People_E.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Firefox_is_Proprietary_DRMware_Hosted_by_Microsoft_Now_People_E.gmi 
[19:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Firefox is Proprietary DRMware Hosted by Microsoft Now, People Explore Contingencies (E.g. LibreWolf)
[19:02]	TR News	VIRGIN DEVELOPER https://preview.redd.it/q4scl3b2ov0f1.png?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ee4181cd121fce1a90d9628e468b4bb900289298 sort of nails it?
[19:02]	TR Bot	timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://preview.redd.it/q4scl3b2ov0f1.png?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ee4181cd121fce1a90d9628e468b4bb900289298 )
[19:05]	TR News	Googles Advanced Protection Now on Android https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/googles-advanced-protection-now-on-android.html Hypocrites! Android and Google "apps" mandated (upon OEMs) are Surveillance Spyware
[19:05]	TR Bot	Advanced Protection Now on Android - Schneier on Security
[19:09]	TR News	GNU Health: Suriname Public Healthcare System embraces GNU Health https://my.gnusolidario.org/2025/05/14/suriname-public-healthcare-system-embraces-gnu-health/
[19:09]	TR Bot	 Suriname Public Healthcare System embraces GNU Health MyGNUSolidario | GNU Solidario
[19:09]	TR News	Court Sides With New York Times Over Access to E.U. Covid Vaccine Messages https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/world/europe/eu-texts-covid-new-york-times.html "The case revolved around whether texts between a top official and a drug company executive counted as a public record that might need to be disclosed."
[19:09]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/world/europe/eu-texts-covid-new-york-times.html )
[19:13]	TR News	Notes from Alexander Petros Building the Hundred-Year Web Service https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/notes-from-hundred-year-web-service/
[19:13]	TR Bot	 Notes from Alexander Petros Building the Hundred-Year Web Service - Jim Nielsens Blog
[19:15]	TR News	Social Control Media, soon powered by Finland in EU: TikTok Trend Has Men Shaving Their Eyelashes Here's Why You Shouldn't https://www.sciencealert.com/tiktok-trend-has-men-shaving-their-eyelashes-heres-why-you-shouldnt
[19:15]	TR Bot	Trend Has Men Shaving Their Eyelashes - Here's Why You Shouldn't : ScienceAlert
[19:16]	TR News	Valeria Mrquez, Fentanylware (TikTok) Influencer, Shot Dead During Live Stream in Mexico https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/world/americas/valeria-marquez-tiktok-influencer-live-murder-mexico.html
[19:16]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/world/americas/valeria-marquez-tiktok-influencer-live-murder-mexico.html )
[19:17]	TR News	"plans to "dramatically" increase presence on Youtube and Tiktok." = shot in the last remaining toe https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-reveals-plan-to-expand-local-democracy-reporter-coverage-areas/
[19:17]	TR Bot	 BBC to expand Local Democracy Reporters and news on Tiktok
[19:17]	TR News	LGBTQ+ advocacy group says major social control media platforms failing LGBTQ+ users https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/lgbtq-advocacy-group-says-major-social-media-platforms-failing-lgbtq-users/
[19:17]	TR Bot	 Advocacy group says major social media platforms failing LGBTQ+ users - JURIST - News
[19:32]	TR News	Vandalism by the company https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-linux-boot-issues-on-dual-boot-windows-systems/
[19:32]	TR Bot	 Microsoft fixes Linux boot issues on dual-boot Windows systems
[19:33]	TR News	Apparently a new 'advanced' Zotac Zone will be announced at Computex and it looks like it might use a bespoke Linux OS https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pcs/apparently-a-new-advanced-zotac-zone-will-be-announced-at-computex-and-it-looks-like-it-might-use-a-new-bespoke-linux-os/
[19:33]	TR Bot	 Apparently a new 'advanced' Zotac Zone will be announced at Computex and it looks like it might use a bespoke Linux OS | PC Gamer
[19:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Microsoft Broke Linux PCs; Now Microsoft Sites Credit It With 'Fixing' What It Broke (a Year Later) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Broke_Linux_PCs_Now_Microsoft_Sites_Credit_It_With_Fi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_Broke_Linux_PCs_Now_Microsoft_Sites_Credit_It_With_Fi.gmi 
[19:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Microsoft Broke Linux PCs; Now Microsoft Sites Credit It With 'Fixing' What It Broke (a Year Later)
[19:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Moonsigil Atlas, Zotac Zone, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Games_Moonsigil_Atlas_Zotac_Zone_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Games_Moonsigil_Atlas_Zotac_Zone_and_More.gmi 
[19:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Moonsigil Atlas, Zotac Zone, and More
[19:36]	TR News	AMD Kicks Off Early Development of Zen 6 CPUs, Pushes First Patch On Linux To Pave The Way For Further Enablement https://wccftech.com/amd-kicks-off-early-development-of-zen-6-cpus/
[19:36]	TR Bot	 AMD Kicks Off Early Development of Zen 6 CPUs, Pushes First Patch On Linux To Pave The Way For Further Enablement
[19:38]	TR News	"It's not official yet, but there are signs that RHEL 10 has quietly landed for some of the IBM subsidiary's paying customers. It doesn't appear on Red Hat's list of RHEL release dates unless you switch the site language to Japanese, when the page reveals" https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/red_hat_enterprise_linux_10/
[19:38]	TR Bot	 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 starts trickling quietly out The Register
[19:38]	TR News	10 Essential Linux File System Commands for Data Management https://www.kdnuggets.com/10-essential-linux-file-system-commands-for-data-management
[19:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.kdnuggets.com/10-essential-linux-file-system-commands-for-data-management )
[19:40]	TR News	Nobara Linux 42 brings performance boost and better hardware support https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/14/nobara-linux-42-released/
[19:40]	TR Bot	 Nobara Linux 42 brings performance boost and better hardware support - Help Net Security
[19:41]	TR News	"I recently reported about the issues with DOOM: The Dark Ages, and it's nice to see it solved so quickly and just ahead of the game being released properly in a few hours." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/mesa-25-0-6-released-with-amd-gpu-fixes-for-doom-the-dark-ages-on-linux/
[19:41]	TR Bot	25.0.6 released with AMD GPU fixes for DOOM: The Dark Ages on Linux | GamingOnLinux
[19:41]	TR News	Zotac unveils Zone 2 gaming handheld running Manjaro Linux https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-news/joao-silva/zotac-unveils-zone-2-gaming-handheld-running-manjaro-linux/
[19:41]	TR Bot	 Zotac unveils Zone 2 gaming handheld running Manjaro Linux | KitGuru
[19:42]	TR News	"Since it's only a prototype, it doesn't mean it will actually see a release. And could end up just shipping with Windows instead like we've seen before like with the AYANEO NEXT LITE." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/zotac-gaming-zone-handheld-getting-a-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370-prototype-with-a-manjaro-linux-based-os/
[19:42]	TR Bot	GAMING ZONE Handheld getting a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 prototype with a Manjaro Linux-based OS | GamingOnLinux
[19:43]	TR News	"Want to learn more about all the different Proton versions? Be sure to read my guide. And my guide on how to install GE-Proton. I'll repeat though for people who don't click: you should stick with Valve's own normal Proton unless you need something specific from GE-Proton." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/ge-proton-10-1-released-with-proton-10-and-fixes-for-marvel-rivals-oblivion-remastered-and-more-on-linux-steam-deck/
[19:43]	TR Bot	10-1 released with Proton 10 and fixes for Marvel Rivals, Oblivion Remastered and more on Linux / Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux
[19:43]	TR News	System76: Linux laptop Serval WS refreshed with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU https://www.notebookcheck.net/System76-Linux-laptop-Serval-WS-refreshed-with-Nvidia-GeForce-RTX-5070-Ti-GPU.1015942.0.html
[19:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.notebookcheck.net/System76-Linux-laptop-Serval-WS-refreshed-with-Nvidia-GeForce-RTX-5070-Ti-GPU.1015942.0.html )
[19:45]	TR News	chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support: How to Enable Crostini GPU Support on Chrome OS https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/qa/chrome-flags-crostini-gpu-support/
[19:45]	TR Bot	 chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support: How to Enable Crostini GPU Support on Chrome OS
[19:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  System76 Refreshes Serval WS Linux Laptop with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/08/System76_Refreshes_Serval_WS_Linux_Laptop_with_NVIDIA_GeForce_R.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/08/System76_Refreshes_Serval_WS_Linux_Laptop_with_NVIDIA_GeForce_R.gmi 
[19:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines System76 Refreshes Serval WS Linux Laptop with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU
[19:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[19:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[19:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat and IBM Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Red_Hat_and_IBM_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Red_Hat_and_IBM_Leftovers.gmi 
[19:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat and IBM Leftovers
[19:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  Applications: Kubernetes, Turtl, GNU Health, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Applications_Kubernetes_Turtl_GNU_Health_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Applications_Kubernetes_Turtl_GNU_Health_and_More.gmi 
[19:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNOME: Ptyxis, GSoC, Qemu, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/GNOME_Ptyxis_GSoC_Qemu_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/GNOME_Ptyxis_GSoC_Qemu_and_More.gmi 
[19:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Applications: Kubernetes, Turtl, GNU Health, and More
[19:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNOME: Ptyxis, GSoC, Qemu, and More
[19:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Kernel and Graphics Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Linux_Kernel_and_Graphics_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Linux_Kernel_and_Graphics_Leftovers.gmi 
[19:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux Kernel and Graphics Leftovers
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[19:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Events Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Events_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Events_Leftovers.gmi 
[19:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Events Leftovers
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[19:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Retro: ESP32, ODROID, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Open_Hardware_Retro_ESP32_ODROID_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Open_Hardware_Retro_ESP32_ODROID_and_More.gmi 
[19:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Retro: ESP32, ODROID, and More
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[20:03]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[20:04]	MinceR	https://imgur.com/gallery/CZrfDfA   =   https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/CZrfDfA
[20:04]	TR Bot	would like to see more jokes in the wild - Album on Imgur
[20:04]	TR Bot	 I would like to see more jokes in the wild - rimgo
[20:04]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:04]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[20:04]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:04]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[20:09]	TR News	Techrights Links 15/05/2025: Google Betrays Publishers Again, Openwashing by Sysdig https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_Google_Betrays_Publishers_Again_Openwashing_by.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Links_15_05_2025_Google_Betrays_Publishers_Again_Openwashing_by.gmi 
[20:09]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 15/05/2025: Google Betrays Publishers Again, Openwashing by Sysdig
[20:15]	TR News	BIAS IN THE ONTOLOGY OF TOOLS gemini://quietsystems.smol.pub/qsys-013-bias-in-the-ontology-of-tools
[20:16]	TR News	Caada Mojada gemini://plr.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-05-15-la-ruta-de-las-trincheras-eleuseas.gmi
[20:18]	TR News	[japan] [food] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-05-15.gmi
[20:19]	TR News	"I had an introductory lesson in lock picking a couple years ago, and I found it to be like a form of meditation. My body and mind were as one, and I sought oneness with the lock. I had a similar experience playing Jenga a few years ago." gemini://the-brannons.com/poseurs/
[20:20]	TR News	"Today not much happened. We ate breakfast, packed our stuff and drove to Grabovac. The roads were small and progress was slow. The 125km took us a long time. And when we arrived, we had a siesta two hours long." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-05-14-grabovac
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[20:23]	TR News	Microsoft layoffs: "It's over. Everyone who was let go has been notified. Now we just wait until the next one. =/" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvane25r
[20:23]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvane25r )
[20:25]	TR News	Dallas and Atlanta offices closing https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq
[20:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq )
[20:26]	TR News	"Who said the Dallas office is closing? Where is the official announcement? I am in Dallas and heard nothing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv8fsvmm
[20:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv8fsvmm )
[20:27]	TR News	"Yeah AK, show us you can get some business from anyone... For sure RT is unable to do that. RT is more into getting his adidas Hashi/IBM sneakers! What a great line up of total mo--ns who running this IBM business into the ground. Also, nice jobs in keeping on closing more IBM offices. Soon we will be at a point in the US where no offices will be there." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv8jh7qb
[20:27]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv8jh7qb )
[20:52]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft WARN Notices Proliferate in the United States https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_WARN_Notices_Proliferate_in_the_United_States.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/15/Microsoft_WARN_Notices_Proliferate_in_the_United_States.gmi 
[20:52]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft WARN Notices Proliferate in the United States
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[21:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Plasma 6.4 Desktop Environment Enters Beta Testing with Many New Features https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/KDE_Plasma_6_4_Desktop_Environment_Enters_Beta_Testing_with_Man.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/15/KDE_Plasma_6_4_Desktop_Environment_Enters_Beta_Testing_with_Man.gmi 
[21:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.4 Desktop Environment Enters Beta Testing with Many New Features
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[23:15]	IsambardPrince	Cleaned off some used blu rays. I noticed the blu rays are much less likely to scratch (the coating). But DVDs that are scratched are more likely to play than blu rays that are scratched.
[23:15]	IsambardPrince	Data layer is closer to the surface on blu ray which is why there's a coating.
[23:15]	IsambardPrince	They could put that coating on DVDs, but in practice I've never seen them do it.
[23:16]	MinceR	I will not buy this record, it is scratched.
[23:22]	IsambardPrince	God, those are bad enough.
[23:22]	IsambardPrince	Scratches and bits of dirt embedding themselves into the grooves.
[23:23]	IsambardPrince	What a great thing to go back to. Vinyl. They're a dust magnet.
[23:23]	IsambardPrince	They attract is then the needle works it way in there to the point it's part of the record.
[23:26]	IsambardPrince	I said to Tim, I said, Tim look, we treated you really good, we put up with all the plants that you build in China for years, now you got build us. Were not interested in you building in India, India can take care of themselves ... we want you to build here, Trump said.
[23:26]	IsambardPrince	now you got build us! -Trump
[23:26]	IsambardPrince	:D
[23:29]	MinceR	I will not buy this tobacconist's it is scratched.
[23:29]	MinceR	s/s it/s, it/
[23:30]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I posted:
[23:30]	IsambardPrince	"Telling people to eat less sugar as you remove the fluoride from things is like the worst episode of Star Trek ever you know.
[23:30]	IsambardPrince	"Sir, the Romulans are firing disruptors, the ship is taking damage! Shall I raise the shields?"
[23:30]	IsambardPrince	No, no, we don't really know what the shields would do to us. Leave them down! Just try being where less Romulans are!"
[23:30]	MinceR	:)
[23:33]	IsambardPrince	"A good chunk of the United States is getting ground water with significant amounts of fluoride already in it.
[23:33]	IsambardPrince	Sometimes more than four times the recommended level, just from natural deposit erosion.
[23:33]	IsambardPrince	I wonder how Bobby Brainworms expects to "fix" that, especially considering that these deposits where it goes above the action level cover a lot of the Southwestern part of the United States."
[23:33]	IsambardPrince	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Groundwater-fluoride-world.svg
[23:36]	MinceR	sounds like his dementia remains untreated
[23:38]	IsambardPrince	"Banning community water fluoridation won't do anything about there being fluoride in the water for many Americans.
[23:38]	IsambardPrince	It will just create a patchwork where some parts of the country have really shitty teeth, and some are just lucky to get fluoride from mineral erosion.
[23:38]	IsambardPrince	We all know how local government is, they're too cheap to remove any contaminant no matter how harmful they claim it to be, even when it really is harmful. 
[23:38]	IsambardPrince	So I doubt they'll remove the fluoride."
[23:38]	IsambardPrince	https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/highlights/2020-06.html
[23:38]	TR Bot	 USGS Groundwater News and Highlights, June 1, 2020
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[23:41]	IsambardPrince	"If the EPA sets a very low action level for fluoride, it would create a new burden on local governments that would be even more expensive than lead remediation, which the federal government under Trump is already waffling on providing continued funding for, and must be addressed.
[23:41]	IsambardPrince	Putting idiotic mandates on the States that take away from the budget for lead remediation is exactly the kind of policy you would expect from this administration."