●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, May 15, 2026 ●● ● May 15 [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights [00:57] admfubar ??? ● May 15 [01:03] MinceR site's called firstpost and "frosty piss" was a distorted form of "first post" people used in comments [01:10] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/energy-supplier-abandons-lake-tahoe-residents-to-serve-data-centers/ [01:10] TR Bot Energy supplier abandons Lake Tahoe residents to serve data centers - Ars Technica [01:10] admfubar ahhh [01:12] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/foiled-plot-tried-to-sneak-49-lbs-of-cocaine-into-australia-via-xerox-printers/ [01:12] TR Bot Foiled plot tried to sneak 49 lbs of cocaine into Australia via Xerox printers - Ars Technica [01:17] MinceR "curses! foiled again!" [01:47] IsambardPrince MinceR: ncurses foiled again [01:49] MinceR :> ● May 15 [02:22] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 25.10 Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Heres How https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Ubuntu_25_10_Users_Can_Now_Upgrade_to_Ubuntu_26_04_LTS_Here_s_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Ubuntu_25_10_Users_Can_Now_Upgrade_to_Ubuntu_26_04_LTS_Here_s_H.gmi [02:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 25.10 Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Heres How [02:34] IsambardPrince MinceR: I like my Barclays card but they don't want you redeeming for cash. [02:34] IsambardPrince They try to steer you toward horrible redemption value for your points, like travel mugs or a gift card. [02:34] MinceR "DO NOT REDEEM" [02:34] IsambardPrince If you get a $50 Apple gift card, you have to redeem $54 worth of points. [02:35] MinceR and you get a crApple gift card :( [02:35] IsambardPrince :) [02:35] IsambardPrince MinceR: My main concern with using a Mac would be how easy is it to shut off Gatekeeper? [02:36] IsambardPrince Their users are so dumb that the only way to keep viruses out is to lock it down to the app store and maybe things signed by Apple. [02:36] MinceR is that the thing that scans your files for CSAM? [02:36] IsambardPrince No. [02:36] IsambardPrince It enforces digital signatures on software. [02:36] IsambardPrince You can turn it off apparently. [02:36] MinceR ah, digital handcuffs [02:36] IsambardPrince Requires dropping down to the terminal. [02:37] IsambardPrince It's on by default. [02:37] IsambardPrince By default it's "App Store Only" [02:37] MinceR is that the one that screws with the working directory of xonotic unless you do some weird magic with finder? [02:37] IsambardPrince In the GUI you can change it to "App Store and Software Signed by Apple". [02:37] MinceR (you can still run the 'app' but it won't see its own files, which apparently makes it secure in cupertino...) [02:37] IsambardPrince That lets you download and run software from the internet as long as it's signed by an Apple developer certificate. [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-140526.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-140526.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-140526.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-140526.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, May 14, 2026 [02:46] MinceR this scheme helps increase profits for crApple and does nothing else [02:46] MinceR https://www.macrumors.com/2017/04/28/mac-malware-apple-certificate-https-traffic/ [02:46] TR Bot Uses Apple Developer Certificate to Infect MacOS and Spy on HTTPS Traffic - MacRumors [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-140526.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-140526.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-140526.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-140526.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, May 14, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-05-14.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-05-14.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-2026-05-14.txt ● May 15 [03:10] admfubar antitrust [03:10] admfubar https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/05/14/1923223/uk-antitrust-regulator-is-officially-investigating-microsoft-office [03:10] TR Bot UK Antitrust Regulator Is Officially Investigating Microsoft Office - Slashdot [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.engadget.com/2172943/uk-antitrust-regulator-is-officially-investigating-microsoft-office/ [03:44] TR Bot UK Antitrust Regulator Is Officially Investigating Microsoft Office [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] "The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will officially begin a strategic market status investigation into Microsoft this month. The organization will examine whether the bundling of Windows, Word, Excel, Teams, Copilot and related Office products is uncompetitive. [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] "Our aim is to understand how these markets are developing, Microsoft's position within them and to consider what, if any, targeted action may be needed to ensure UK organizations can benefit from choice, innovation and competitive prices," CMA Chief Executive Sarah Cardell said in a statement published by Reuters. [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] Read More: https://www.engadget.com/2172943/uk-antitrust-regulator-is-officially-investigating-microsoft-office/"\ [03:48] TR News "While I was entering I noticed the padlock fell from the navbar and broke. I recall talking with someone here about how things may vanish someday without making a noise, and how that would be so sad." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2821 [03:50] TR News "I borrowed the game Homeworlds from my sister, and I am really liking it so far." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260514-0.gmi [03:50] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:51] TR News "Last time I started writing a post with the title "What I've been up to", and ended up ranting about western imperialism. Hardly surprising, for it's been bothering me for a while. I was meaning to make a post about it, in fact. I also ended up saying I should also write more constructively." gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1778788083 [03:52] TR News black lace hugging hips gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/shabby_chic [03:53] TR News Le tengo ms miedo al telfono inteligente que al hantavirus gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/diariodebicicleta/miedoaltelefono.gmi [03:54] TR News "I don't know why. But my YouTube, Twitter (I still refuse to call the thing X) and Facebook account has been simultaneously infested with AI slop. Absolutely low effort, low quality, hype or fear mongoring (I think the AI risk is real, both economy and human existence. But that needs real adult conversation)." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/05-15-i-had-enough-with-slops.gmi [03:54] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #techrights [03:55] TR News Gemini on I2P gemini://sojuz.v-tr.org/mumble/gemini-on-i2p.gmi [03:56] TR News "Chazz Martin was a former New York City ad man, twice divorced, whod spent his entire adult life living in Manhattans Upper East Side." gemini://foofaraw.smol.pub/no-solicitors [03:57] TR News Sherry Turkle gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/resenas/endefensadelaconversacion.gmi [03:58] TR News "AI has been spreading _very_ fast lately. And I feel conflated.. one hand it's literarly my job writing code that runs said AI and on ther other hand with pratical use, I feel that I learn nothing while using LLMs for tasks." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/05-10-llm-usage-policy-on-this-blog.gmi ● May 15 [04:00] TR News Slop with "human touch" is still slop; editing of slop by a human does not change the fast it all started with slop. [04:02] TR News "The 1st of may we did our first real day-trip of this year to the Edersee (perhaps known from its "Dambusters" fame)." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/120526.txt [04:05] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [04:05] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 14, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_May_14_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_May_14_2026.gmi [04:05] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [04:05] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 14, 2026 [04:08] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:08] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:08] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:11] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 15/05/2026: Slop Fatigue and Banning LLM Use https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Gemini_Links_15_05_2026_Slop_Fatigue_and_Banning_LLM_Use.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Gemini_Links_15_05_2026_Slop_Fatigue_and_Banning_LLM_Use.gmi [04:11] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 15/05/2026: Slop Fatigue and Banning LLM Use [04:35] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Windows 11 [04:35] IsambardPrince Some users report that KB5089549 is failing to install and may even be causing slower internet speeds on certain systems [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] maybe slop code [04:38] schestowitz[TR2] who knows... [04:45] TR News Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXIII - Cocaine Use at the EPO's Top-Level Management "Adds Up" and Worsens Things "Over Time" https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXIII_Cocaine_Use_at_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXIII_Cocaine_Use_at_t.gmi [04:45] TR Bot Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXIII - Cocaine Use at the EPO's Top-Level Management "Adds Up" and Worsens Things "Over Time" [04:46] TR News (NEW): Six-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Read Root-Owned Files https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Six_Year_Old_Linux_Kernel_Flaw_Lets_Unprivileged_Users_Read_Roo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Six_Year_Old_Linux_Kernel_Flaw_Lets_Unprivileged_Users_Read_Roo.gmi [04:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Six-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Read Root-Owned Files ● May 15 [05:07] TR News Techrights Codecs and Software Patents - Part VII - Entering Phase II, the Battle Against Companies That Normalise Taxed (by Patents on Mathematics) Codecs https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Codecs_and_Software_Patents_Part_VII_Entering_Phase_II_the_Batt.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Codecs_and_Software_Patents_Part_VII_Entering_Phase_II_the_Batt.gmi [05:07] TR Bot Techrights Codecs and Software Patents - Part VII - Entering Phase II, the Battle Against Companies That Normalise Taxed (by Patents on Mathematics) Codecs [05:13] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I go to a movie theater that's nice, but it's in a failed shopping mall. [05:13] IsambardPrince Acres of boarded up storefronts. [05:13] IsambardPrince The occasional tenant that's there because the mall is desperate and rent is cheap. [05:13] IsambardPrince The food court is totally empty except for a Korean restaurant that's pretty good. [05:14] IsambardPrince Lots of the benches and tables in the mall have been taken over by old people to play cards. [05:14] IsambardPrince Some people walk around to get exercise in. [05:14] IsambardPrince There's still a JC Penney. [05:47] *lxo has quit (connection closed) [05:49] TR News (NEW): Stable kernels: Linux 7.0.7, Linux 6.18.30 and Linux 6.12.88 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Stable_kernels_Linux_7_0_7_Linux_6_18_30_and_Linux_6_12_88.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Stable_kernels_Linux_7_0_7_Linux_6_18_30_and_Linux_6_12_88.gmi [05:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 7.0.7, Linux 6.18.30 and Linux 6.12.88 [05:53] TR News (NEW): KDE Gear 26.08 release schedule https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/KDE_Gear_26_08_release_schedule.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/KDE_Gear_26_08_release_schedule.gmi [05:53] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Gear 26.08 release schedule ● May 15 [06:02] *lxo (~lxo@ejtt6wjxgf2mc.irc) has joined #techrights [06:03] TR News (NEW): KLV-Airedale lightweight Void Linux-based distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/KLV_Airedale_lightweight_Void_Linux_based_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/KLV_Airedale_lightweight_Void_Linux_based_distribution.gmi [06:03] TR Bot Tux Machines KLV-Airedale lightweight Void Linux-based distribution [06:03] TR News Techrights Update on Sirius Open Source in 2026 (When Your Former Employer Commits Crimes and Nobody is Held Accountable) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Update_on_Sirius_Open_Source_in_2026_When_Your_Former_Employer_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Update_on_Sirius_Open_Source_in_2026_When_Your_Former_Employer_.gmi [06:03] TR Bot Techrights Update on Sirius Open Source in 2026 (When Your Former Employer Commits Crimes and Nobody is Held Accountable) [06:08] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [06:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [06:11] *Phil (Phil@AIRC-FED30CAC.w90-73.abo.wanadoo.fr) has joined #techrights [06:11] *Phil has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [06:18] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 77 Out of 200: They Never Knew #HowTo Handle Women (Except to Attack Them) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_77_Out_of_200_They_Never_Knew_How_to_Hand.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_77_Out_of_200_They_Never_Knew_How_to_Hand.gmi [06:18] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 77 Out of 200: They Never Knew How to Handle Women (Except to Attack Them) [06:26] TR News (NEW): I became a better Linux user by watching these 10 YouTube channels https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/I_became_a_better_Linux_user_by_watching_these_10_YouTube_chann.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/I_became_a_better_Linux_user_by_watching_these_10_YouTube_chann.gmi [06:26] TR Bot Tux Machines I became a better Linux user by watching these 10 YouTube channels [06:31] TR News (NEW): Linux is incredible, but these 4 things will frustrate you if you're not ready https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Linux_is_incredible_but_these_4_things_will_frustrate_you_if_yo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Linux_is_incredible_but_these_4_things_will_frustrate_you_if_yo.gmi [06:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux is incredible, but these 4 things will frustrate you if you're not ready [06:40] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Country that falls apart. [06:40] IsambardPrince First mom said the malls died because people "shop elsewhere". [06:40] IsambardPrince I did find a good pair of shoes at Costco this week for $27. [06:40] IsambardPrince That would have been like $70 at the mall, at least. [06:40] IsambardPrince Like that guy in Jurassic Park said. (Dennis) [06:41] IsambardPrince "Eh, no wonder you're extinct! I'm gonna run you over when I come back down!" [06:41] IsambardPrince Nobody can afford to shop based on selection. [06:42] IsambardPrince Now they have to go to a warehouse store when they need shoes. There's 4-5 designs for men, 4-5 for women. [06:42] IsambardPrince It's not where MARISOL gets shoes. [06:42] IsambardPrince She gets a whole rack of them, with only two feet. And not at Costco, at the expensive rich people store. [06:42] IsambardPrince Then gets sued by "CAPITAL ONE NA BANK SUCCESSOR OF DISCOVER FINANCIAL" [06:49] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights ● May 15 [07:06] IsambardPrince https://www.facebook.com/reel/969775882428675 [07:06] TR Bot NO TITLE [07:06] IsambardPrince MinceR: ^ [07:17] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:39] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:41] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@r9btn7xpe9rvc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:44] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:58] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] any input on this: (?) [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] " [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] "Hyvsti Windows? Nin Linux Mint asentui tavallisen kyttjn pelikoneeksi" [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.is.fi/digitoday/art-2000011993704.html [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] A very positive article about the /technology/ but one which makes the fatal [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] mistake of not addressing the /politics/ now blocking FOSS from coming back. [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] Each and every Finnish teaching institution has been subverted and occupied [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] by kotiryss who sit in place of the once great IT departmentss. They acively [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] block deployment of non-M$ products and services. The kotiryss are [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] ostensibly Finns but work for the advantage of foreign powers by ensuring [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] that no useful products and technolgies are actually learned / taught. [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] Similar for most businesses, though there are a few small exceptions there [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] in the private sector. [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] " [07:59] TR Bot Hyvsti Windows? Nin Linux Mint asentui tavallisen kyttjn pelikoneeksi - Ilta-Sanomat ● May 15 [08:11] *DALEK has quit (Quit: leaving) [08:16] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [08:22] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [08:34] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [08:42] TR News (NEW): Finland's Embrace of GNU/Linux in 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Finland_s_Embrace_of_GNU_Linux_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/15/Finland_s_Embrace_of_GNU_Linux_in_2026.gmi [08:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Finland's Embrace of GNU/Linux in 2026 [08:42] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: ^ [08:52] TR News Techrights Truth Hurts. People Hurt by Truth Aren't Entitled to Compensation. https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Truth_Hurts_People_Hurt_by_Truth_Aren_t_Entitled_to_Compensatio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Truth_Hurts_People_Hurt_by_Truth_Aren_t_Entitled_to_Compensatio.gmi [08:52] TR Bot Techrights Truth Hurts. People Hurt by Truth Aren't Entitled to Compensation. ● May 15 [09:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [09:17] TR News Techrights Up to 10,000 Microsoft Layoffs in a Couple of Months https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Up_to_10_000_Microsoft_Layoffs_in_a_Couple_of_Months.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Up_to_10_000_Microsoft_Layoffs_in_a_Couple_of_Months.gmi [09:17] TR Bot Techrights Up to 10,000 Microsoft Layoffs in a Couple of Months [09:20] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [09:20] *Righty (~Username@mw8z96avyj374.irc) has joined #techrights [09:22] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [09:23] *Righty (~Username@xy8f3cfvrmnvi.irc) has joined #techrights [09:34] TR News Techrights IBM is Googlebombing the Media With Fake Numbers to Promote Fake Technology https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/IBM_is_Googlebombing_the_Media_With_Fake_Numbers_to_Promote_Fak.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/IBM_is_Googlebombing_the_Media_With_Fake_Numbers_to_Promote_Fak.gmi [09:34] TR Bot Techrights IBM is Googlebombing the Media With Fake Numbers to Promote Fake Technology [09:40] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [09:40] *Righty (~Username@g3fahj69824me.irc) has joined #techrights [09:44] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [09:47] TR News Techrights ICYMI: GNU/Linux Did Not Start in Finland https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/ICYMI_GNU_Linux_Did_Not_Start_in_Finland.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/ICYMI_GNU_Linux_Did_Not_Start_in_Finland.gmi [09:47] TR Bot Techrights ICYMI: GNU/Linux Did Not Start in Finland [09:52] Sompi schestowitz[TR2]: For Finnish institutions "free" always means "gratis" [09:54] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-asa.ci7.v1ickb.IP) has joined #techrights ● May 15 [10:19] TR News Techrights IBM's Kyndryl in Trouble: Mass Layoffs, Payroll Problems, Buybacks (in Company Whose Debt is Almost Twice Its Total Value), and Soon $9 Per Share (Down Over 80%) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/IBM_s_Kyndryl_in_Trouble_Mass_Layoffs_Payroll_Problems_Buybacks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/IBM_s_Kyndryl_in_Trouble_Mass_Layoffs_Payroll_Problems_Buybacks.gmi [10:19] TR Bot Techrights IBM's Kyndryl in Trouble: Mass Layoffs, Payroll Problems, Buybacks (in Company Whose Debt is Almost Twice Its Total Value), and Soon $9 Per Share (Down Over 80%) [10:24] TR News "On Tuesday, a federal Los Angeles jury found Kanye West (who now goes by Ye), as well as his business entities" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/12/jury-kanye-copyright-infringement-donda-listening-party/ | Source: Digital Music News [10:24] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/12/jury-kanye-copyright-infringement-donda-listening-party/ ) [10:26] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://techcentral.co.za/netflixs-astonishing-r2-2-trillion-content-bill/281274/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [10:26] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://techcentral.co.za/netflixs-astonishing-r2-2-trillion-content-bill/281274/ ) [10:28] TR News "The table below shows traffic on this website for the last few days: [...]" https://vic.demuzere.be/articles/bots-crawlers-and-geoblocks/ | Source: Vic Demuzere [10:28] TR Bot Bots are dominating the web - Vic Demuzere [10:30] TR News [Old] "For the better part of a generation, low-income and minority US communities have struggled to gain access to affordable broadband." https://www.theverge.com/23983055/fcc-broadband-access-digital-discrimination-redlining-rules-enforcement?ref=karlbode.com | Source: The Verge [10:30] TR Bot The battle to stop broadband discrimination has only just begun | The Verge [10:30] TR News "Its one thing for an activist group to say that, or even a local equity champion" https://karlbode.com/u-s-broadband-is-racist/ | Source: Karl Bode [10:30] TR Bot U.S. Broadband Is Racist [10:31] TR News "A new report from Worth Rises, a nonprofit that advocates in opposition to the prison industry" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/05/13/repub/free-prison-jail-calls-linked-to-lower-costs-better-outcomes-in-new-report/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner [10:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/05/13/repub/free-prison-jail-calls-linked-to-lower-costs-better-outcomes-in-new-report/ ) [10:32] TR News "One of the most interesting stories in the news business these days is whats going on at the Baltimore Banner." https://dicktofel.substack.com/p/the-baltimore-banner-ceo-on-progress | Source: Richard J Tofel [10:32] TR Bot The Baltimore Banner CEO on Progress There and Plans for Their Pittsburgh Newspaper Purchase [10:33] TR News "Karl Bode has called this CEO Said a Thing! journalism, and it is all over the place." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/rich-guy-quote-journalism/ | Source: Nick Heer [10:33] TR Bot Rich Guy Quote Journalism Pixel Envy [10:33] TR News "press freedom" https://www.projectcensored.org/journalists-covering-ice-operations/ | Source: Project Censored [10:33] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/journalists-covering-ice-operations/ ) [10:36] TR News "Other news outlets, including Axios and the Washington Post, published similar stories that day. Trump launched the war five days later, on Feb. 28." https://thedissenter.org/trump-administration-issues-subpoenas-to-stifle-reporting-on-war-against-iran/ | Source: The Dissenter [10:36] TR Bot Trump Goes After Reporters Covering War Against Iran [10:37] TR News "An editor at a Tehran publishing house, an online yoga instructor" https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-blackout-women-brunt-labor-market/33755949.html | Source: RFERL [10:37] TR Bot Women Bear The Brunt Of Iran's Internet Blackout As 'Parallel Labor Market' Collapses [10:37] TR News "The ban exempts information published by Russias Defense Ministry, the citys mayor on his official website and channels, and the Moscow city government." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/13/moscow-orders-media-blackout-on-drone-strike-and-attack-aftermath-photos | Source: Meduza [10:37] TR Bot Moscow orders media blackout on drone-strike and terrorist-attack aftermath photos Meduza [10:46] TR News "Trump reposted comments that Obama should be "arrested" and "prosecuted" for allegedly wiretapping Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign." https://www.france24.com/en/trump-shares-fake-quotes-falsely-accuses-obama-of-treason-in-late-night-rant | Source: France24 [10:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/trump-shares-fake-quotes-falsely-accuses-obama-of-treason-in-late-night-rant ) [10:47] TR News "You have tracked Iranian influence operations closely. How sophisticated has Iran become online? Are we watching the world's first real AI war unfolding around Iran right now?" https://www.rferl.org/a/lego-hip-hop-deepfakes-iran-ai-propaganda/33756098.html | Source: RFERL [10:47] TR Bot Lego, Hip-Hop, And Deepfakes: How Iran Uses AI To Shape Western Opinion [10:47] TR News "On April 30th Google Clouds DORA team released its latest report." https://makemeacto.cc/p/what-should-one-think-of-the-2026 | [10:47] TR Bot What should one think of the 2026 DORA brochure? [10:47] *asm has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:48] TR News "This news has the potential to boost the impending SpaceX IPO to infinity and beyond." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/google-reportedly-in-talks-with-spacex-to-launch-its-orbital-data-centers-partnership-could-mark-a-historic-turning-point-and-boost-upcoming-ipo | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:48] TR Bot Google reportedly in talks with SpaceX to launch its orbital data centers partnership could mark a historic turning point and boost upcoming IPO | Tom's Hardware [10:48] TR News "Teslas Elon Musk, Apples Tim Cook, and Nvidias Jensen Huang were just 3 of 17 tech executives who joined Trump at the summit." https://truthout.org/articles/trump-arrives-in-china-with-entourage-of-tech-ceos/ | Source: TruthOut [10:48] TR Bot Trump Arrives in China With Entourage of Tech CEOs | Truthout [10:48] TR News "The new course teaches Marines about the use of AI in todays operating environment and how AI can improve the decision-making process and overall mission effectiveness" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-ai-course-2026/ | Source: Task And Purpose [10:48] TR Bot Marines must take new course on the practical application of AI [10:50] *asm (~asm@nwue8k2xkhuhe.irc) has joined #techrights [10:56] schestowitz[TR2] Re: We gotta talk about Anthropic [10:56] schestowitz[TR2] > Oh and heres a meme my buddy sent me that [10:56] schestowitz[TR2] > I thought youd enjoy too [10:56] schestowitz[TR2] Thanks, will cover shortly ● May 15 [11:02] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). [11:03] TR News "The group, formed in 1970 to oppose Vatican II modernizations, has quietly become a parallel church operating globally with 733 priests, 264 seminarians and 50 nationalities despite decades of schism." https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-05-13/vatican-issues-final-warning-to-breakaway-traditionalist-group-attached-to-old-latin-mass | Source: Los Angeles Times [11:03] TR Bot Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist group attached to the old Latin Mass - Los Angeles Times [11:03] TR News "I worked with David Pennock and Yiling Chen to create an interactive map that colored every state based on how likely it was to go Democratic or Republican for both the presidential, gubernatorial and Senate races." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/05/prediction-markets-redux.html | Source: Computational Complexity [11:03] TR Bot Computational Complexity: Prediction Markets Redux [11:04] TR News "It's not even optimistic to say we have to try, it's just necessary. To give up, to stop trying, is to accept that things can't change." https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-05-14-trying-redux/ | Source: Dan Sinker [11:04] TR Bot pep talk in the face of despair (or: trying redux) | dansinker.com [11:04] TR News "the fact that such an accusation could even creep into Andreesens misshapen brain is an illustration of why such arguments are so alluring." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/who-is-out-of-touch | Source: Hamilton Nolan [11:04] TR Bot Who Is "Out of Touch?" - by Hamilton Nolan [11:05] *Now talking on #techrights [11:05] TR News "The Center for Biological Diversity, along with other conservation groups, escalated the fight by suing the city in October 2024." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oak-tree-california-old-saved-developers-b2976228.html | Source: The Independent UK [11:05] TR Bot redirect without Location header [11:19] TR News "Honda revealed prototypes of two new hybrid models, an Accord sedan and the Acura RDX SUV" https://www.theverge.com/transportation/931044/honda-hybrid-prototypes-accord-acura-rdx | Source: The Verge [11:19] TR Bot Hondas hybrid future starts with new Accord and RDX prototypes | The Verge [11:20] TR News "Virginia has become the center of the U.S. data center industry, with more than 660 facilities already operating and hundreds more planned." https://insidetowers.com/data-center-opponents-claim-victory-in-va/ | Source: Inside Towers [11:20] TR Bot Data Center Opponents Claim Victory in VA - Inside Towers [11:20] TR News "But the data center is now facing its first major wave of organized resistance." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-massive-ai-data-center-transforms-rural-utah-into-a-national-flashpoint/ | Source: Truthdig [11:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-massive-ai-data-center-transforms-rural-utah-into-a-national-flashpoint/ ) [11:20] TR News "Despite citing data standards consistent with the OPEN Government Data Act" https://fedscoop.com/omb-plans-make-it-contract-data-collection-public-federal-cio/ | Source: Scoop News Group [11:20] TR Bot plans to make IT contract data collection public, per federal CIO | FedScoop [11:24] TR News "This is where I ask you, dear reader, has texting people gotten more complicated for you since RCS rolled out?" https://birchtree.me/blog/the-war-on-green-bubbles-rages-on/ | Source: Matt Birchler [11:24] TR Bot Is the war on RCS actually an argument that texting Android users *should* suck? [11:25] TR News "The answer, unsurprisingly, is no. Ida Tarbells generation offers an alternative roadmap." https://jacobin.com/2026/05/surveillance-consumer-worker-protection-levine | Source: Jacobin Magazine [11:25] TR Bot The Surveillance Economy Is Here. This Is How We Fight Back. [11:26] TR News "Privacy is a human right because it gives you a fundamental measure of security and freedom" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/online-tracking-isnt-just-unethical-its-dangerous | Source: EFF [11:26] TR Bot Help EFF Solve an Issue That's Bigger than Creepy Ads | Electronic Frontier Foundation [11:27] TR News "Speaking during a high level panel discussion on Digital IDs, Mr Chinyama explained that while Zambia has experimented with various identity interventions over the years" https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/05/14/zambias-digital-id-ecosystem-takes-centre-stage-at-id4africa-2026-conference/ | Source: Lusaka ZM [11:27] TR Bot Zambia : Zambias digital ID ecosystem takes centre stage at id4Africa 2026 conference [11:27] TR News "Secure messaging service Signal yesterday became the latest company to warn that Bill C-22, the lawful access bill" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/bill-c-22s-groundhog-day-why-the-governments-dismissal-of-signal-apple-and-the-u-s-congress-concerns-runs-back-the-disastrous-online-news-act-playbook/ | Source: Michael Geist [11:27] TR Bot Bill C-22s Groundhog Day: Why the Governments Dismissal of Signal, Apple and the U.S. Congress Concerns Runs Back the Disastrous Online News Act Playbook - Michael Geist [11:28] TR News "Are lawmakers capable of learning from their peers elsewhere? Do we have to do this kind of thing every year, country-by-country?" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/signal-bill-c-22/ | Source: Nick Heer [11:28] TR Bot Signal Warns It Would Pull Out of Canada if Made to Comply With Bill C22 Pixel Envy [11:28] TR News "His persistence paid off." https://www.theverge.com/tech/930573/age-verification-bills-linux-open-source | Source: The Verge [11:28] TR Bot Linux devs are fighting the new age-gated internet | The Verge [11:30] TR News Windows TCO: "The package delivered to his home in the US was a warning from the ransomware group he had been having to talk to." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr71d8vyjv0o | Source: BBC [11:30] TR Bot Cyber-crime increasingly coming with threats of physical violence - BBC News [11:30] TR News Windows TCO: "In the United States that figure rose to 46%." https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/ransomware-physical-threats-violence | Source: Bitdefender [11:30] TR Bot When ransomware gets physical: cybercriminals turn to threats of violence [11:30] TR News Windows TCO: "YellowKey can be triggered simply by merely copying some files to a USB stick and rebooting to the Windows Recovery Environment." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/microsoft-bitlocker-protected-drives-can-now-be-opened-with-just-some-files-on-a-usb-stick-yellowkey-zero-day-exploit-demonstrates-an-apparent-backdoor | Source: Tom's Hardware [11:30] TR Bot Microsoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoor | Tom's Hardware [11:32] TR News "The evidence that Latifi collects in Like, Follow, Subscribe could easily support the conclusion that family influencing is unethical, full stop." https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/05/influencer-family-kids-latifi-review/687156/ | Source: The Atlantic [11:32] TR Bot An Urgent Question for Anyone Who Uses Social Media - The Atlantic [11:33] TR News "The two key ingredients to Mark Zuckerbergs all-in AI push? Money, and a heaping serving of misanthropy." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mark-zuckerberg-treating-workers-poorly | Source: Futurism [11:33] TR Bot Mark Zuckerberg Is Realizing That When You Treat Your Workers Like Human Garbage, They Might Not Like You Anymore [11:33] TR News "Criminal networks are exploiting children in Sweden. Here we explain what warning signs to look out for as a parent and how the Police work to stop the exploitation." https://polisen.se/en/victims-of-crime/are-you-worried-that-your-child-will-be-lured-into-crime/ | [11:33] TR Bot Criminal networks are recruiting children | The Swedish Police Authority [11:34] TR News "Together, they have written over 1,000 articles for more than 30 different news outlets." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/prolific-finance-journalists-facing-questions-over-identities/ | Source: Press Gazette [11:34] TR Bot Prolific finance journalists facing questions over identities - Press Gazette [11:34] TR News it [11:34] TR News "But it turns out that embrace of AI by programmers may come at a steep price." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/engineers-losing-coding-ability-ai | Source: Futurism [11:34] TR Bot Software Engineers Say They're Losing the Ability to Code Now That AI Does It for Them [11:35] TR News "supervising, reviewing, and coordinating machine-generated code rather than writing every line themselves" https://thenewstack.io/gitlab-ai-agents-jevons-paradox/ | Source: The New Stack [11:35] TR Bot GitLab is betting a 19th-century economic theory will shape its AI era - The New Stack [11:36] TR News "My next book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI, will be out in about a month and (once again) Amazon's monopoly audiobook platform refuses to carry it" https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/14/who-it-does-it-for/#who-it-does-it-to | Source: CoryDoctorow [11:36] TR Bot Pluralistic: Kickstarting The Reverse Centaurs Guide to Life After AI (14 May 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [11:37] TR News "Anthropic has really been pushing their managed agents product hard lately." https://martinalderson.com/posts/managed-agents-are-the-new-lambda/ | Source: Martin Alderson [11:37] TR Bot Managed agents are the new Lambda - Martin Alderson [11:37] TR News "I don't know why. But my YouTube, Twitter (I still refuse to call the thing X) and Facebook account has been simultaneously infested with AI slop." https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/05-15-i-had-enough-with-slops.gmi | Source: Martin Chang [11:37] TR Bot I had enought with slops - Martin's website/blog thingy [11:38] TR News "At the same time, Anthropics refusal to publicly release its new model makes a virtue out of necessity." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/how-dangerous-is-anthropics-mythos-ai.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [11:38] TR Bot Dangerous Is Anthropic's Mythos AI? - Schneier on Security [11:39] TR News "Yes, Googlebook. Not Chromebook. This is a whole new thing. Google is merging Android and ChromeOS into a new laptop platform with Gemini AI baked in from the ground up." https://www.techzim.co.zw/2026/05/google-just-announced-the-googlebook/ | Source: Zimbabwe [11:39] TR Bot ( status 428 @ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2026/05/google-just-announced-the-googlebook/ ) [11:39] TR News "billionaire entourage for Beijing as MElon and Tim Crook join President on China trip" https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-tim-cook-trump-china-tech-ceo-b2975568.html | Source: The Independent US [11:39] TR Bot Inside Donald Trumps billionaire entourage for Beijing as Elon Musk and Tim Cook join President on China trip | The Independent [11:40] TR News "(No I'm not linking to it.) Ok first, how in the everloving fuck did you allow a password manager to reach multiple millions of lines??" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/05/i-see-1password-is-stepping-on-the-rake-again/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [11:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/05/i-see-1password-is-stepping-on-the-rake-again/ ) [11:40] TR News "considering what happened with the Pixel and Googles penchant for unveiling category defining devices they never actually sell worldwide, My first reaction was meh." https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2026/05/14/1145 | Source: Rui Carmo [11:40] TR Bot Googlebook - Tao of Mac [11:41] TR News "Besides serving as a place where Microsoft Outlook places suspected spam, the Outlook Junk folder has one additional function that can be quite helpful when it comes to identifying malicious messages." https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32990 | Source: SANS [11:41] TR Bot Simple bypass of the link preview function in Outlook Junk folder [11:42] TR News "I often see newer calculators from HP, like the Prime G2, or new HP-like calculators like the ones from SwissMicros, and think I should pick one up." https://hackaday.com/2026/05/14/ask-hackaday-do-we-need-a-21st-century-calculator/ | Source: Hackaday [11:42] TR Bot Hackaday: Do We Need A 21st Century Calculator? | Hackaday [11:42] TR News "USB charging has become completely normalized. And sometimes we dont realize that what were plugging into is another computer." https://nbtv.substack.com/p/never-plug-in-raw-again | Source: Ludlow Institute [11:42] TR Bot Never Plug In Raw Again - by NBTV Media - NBTV Newsletter [11:43] TR News "I felt the pain of this, over and over again. Then I finally figured out a solution thats worked wonderfully for years." https://sive.rs/n0 | Source: Derek Sivers [11:43] TR Bot Prepare your no and keep it handy | Derek Sivers [11:43] TR News "Like most of Gen X, I didnt get any training before I got my first roles that involved managing other people." https://loudpoet.com/2026/05/14/five-things-may-14-2026/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez [11:43] TR Bot Five Things: May 14, 2026 | As in guillotine... [11:43] TR News "I think these teachers go by other namesfrugality, integrity, humility, and solidarity, to name a few." https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/freedom-from-unreal-loyalties | Source: Mandy Brown [11:43] TR Bot Freedom from unreal loyalties | A Working Library [11:43] TR News "The bookshelf has many layers of organization: first, where books will fit on the shelves; then, my system of classification, which is unique to my understanding of my own library" https://tracydurnell.com/2026/05/14/bookshelves-as-mental-constructs/ | Source: Tracy Durnell [11:44] TR Bot Bookshelves as mental constructs Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden [11:44] TR News "My BSc thesis is titled On the algebraicity of GKZ-hypergeometric functions defined by a (hyper)cuboid and was written under the supervision of Frits Beukers" https://www.joachimschipper.nl/publications/BSc%20thesis.html | Source: Joachim Hendrik Schipper [11:44] TR Bot BSc thesis | Publications, Hypergeometric functions, Mathematics | Joachim Schipper [11:44] TR News "I came across a post recently by a machine learning engineer who made the bold claim that logistic regression is the worst name for an algorithm ever, or something along those lines." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/05/is-logistic-regression-regression/ | Source: Rlang [11:44] TR Bot logistic regression regression? | R-bloggers [11:45] TR News "CoCoRaHS is, as the name implies, a community volunteer effort to measure rain, hail, and snow amounts across the member nations. It's also fun as hell." https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-05-14 | Source: Dr Molly Tov [11:45] TR Bot i'm doing citizen science and it's SO FUN and you can too [11:47] TR News "A year ago this week, I published the very first post of this newsletter." https://pointc.co/the-first-year/?ref=the-idea-bucket-newsletter | Source: The Point C Collective LLC [11:47] TR Bot The First Year [11:48] TR News "Simon Sptis web is one youll enjoy being caught in. You might enter via a blog post likely on data engineering then get hooked." https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/simon-spati-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [11:48] TR Bot Simon Spti on Technical Blogging - Write that blog! [11:49] TR News "In this edition, Im trying something a bit more ambitious." https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-6-megatrends-of-2026 | Source: Derek Thompson [11:49] TR Bot The Six Megatrends That Define 2026 - Derek Thompson [11:56] TR News Techrights Links 15/05/2026: UK antitrust regulator is officially investigating Microsoft Office, Anthropics Fraudulent Lies About Mythoslop Don't Withstand Scrutiny https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Links_15_05_2026_UK_antitrust_regulator_is_officially_investiga.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Links_15_05_2026_UK_antitrust_regulator_is_officially_investiga.gmi [11:56] TR Bot Techrights Links 15/05/2026: UK antitrust regulator is officially investigating Microsoft Office, Anthropics Fraudulent Lies About Mythoslop Don't Withstand Scrutiny ● May 15 [12:09] TR News Techrights For Effective 'Finlandisation' (Digital Sovereignty) Finland Needs to Think Like GNU (Software Freedom), Not Linux (Openwashing Source, Plus LLM Slop and Killswitches) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/For_Effective_Finlandisation_Digital_Sovereignty_Finland_Needs_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/For_Effective_Finlandisation_Digital_Sovereignty_Finland_Needs_.gmi [12:09] TR Bot Techrights For Effective 'Finlandisation' (Digital Sovereignty) Finland Needs to Think Like GNU (Software Freedom), Not Linux (Openwashing Source, Plus LLM Slop and Killswitches) [12:11] TR News Techrights articles are becoming one law firm's best-selling book, with it printing like 100KG of copies of it :) [12:12] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: we quoted you [12:12] schestowitz[TR2] feel free to add more [12:12] schestowitz[TR2] we can follow up later [12:14] TR News "Noah and Steve are at Red Hat Summit 2026! We talk to Stefanie Chiras to talk about her new role as Senior Vice President of the AI Innovation Hub." https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/491 | Source: The Ask Noah Show [12:14] TR Bot Ask Noah Show: Ask Noah Show 491 [12:15] TR News "It's not uncommon that people using filesystems want to map from an internal object number" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/ZFSObjectIdToPath | Source: University of Toronto [12:15] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:16] TR News "Definition: The noscript element provides alternate content when JavaScript is entirely toggled off or entirely unsupported." https://hacktivis.me/articles/no-noscript-element | [12:16] TR Bot The