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[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-160126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-160126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-160126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-160126.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 16, 2026
[02:47]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-160126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-160126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-160126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-160126.txt
[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 16, 2026
[02:48]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-160126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-160126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-160126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-160126.txt
[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 16, 2026
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-160126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-160126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-160126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-160126.txt
[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 16, 2026
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-01-16.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-01-16.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-2026-01-16.txt
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[05:12]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 16, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_January_16_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_January_16_2026.gmi 
[05:12]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 16, 2026
[05:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[05:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[05:14]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[05:14]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[05:18]	TR News	Life after IBM. "if this is your new job, I would give it your name. how otherwise you can pass it on? or a fake name. create your BRAND name." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kewqfc9k
[05:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kewqfc9k )
[05:32]	TR News	Techrights Claim That IBM Marked 15% of its Workforce for Potential Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Claim_That_IBM_Marked_15_of_its_Workforce_for_Potential_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Claim_That_IBM_Marked_15_of_its_Workforce_for_Potential_Layoffs.gmi 
[05:32]	TR Bot	 Techrights Claim That IBM Marked 15% of its Workforce for Potential Layoffs
[05:33]	TR News	iophk: "Is Microsoft even needed any more now that Palantir has spread its tentacles into each and every country's internal communications and documentation? If not, they just might not get their regularly scheduled bailout this time around ..."
[05:33]	TR News	Palantir and Microsoft work together: https://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Privatisation_Catastrophe_Starting_with_NHS_England_Microsoft_a.shtml
[05:33]	TR Bot	 Techrights Privatisation Catastrophe, Starting with NHS England: Microsoft and Partners Attack British People's Health and Steal Their Medical Records (While British Taxpayers Unwillingly Pay for This)
[05:39]	TR News	iophk: I'm not sure the relation is bilateral. Microsoft is entirely expendable in that context I think, and they both know it.
[05:49]	TR News	Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part III - Europe's Second-Largest Organisation on Strike, Protests, Other Industrial Actions to Come Impacting Over 95% of the Workforce https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_III_Europe_s_Second_Largest_Organisatio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_III_Europe_s_Second_Largest_Organisatio.gmi 
[05:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part III - Europe's Second-Largest Organisation on Strike, Protests, Other Industrial Actions to Come Impacting Over 95% of the Workforce
[05:58]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-17.gmi
[05:58]	TR News	(Anon) Apropos Palantir, DOGE [sic], etc: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/842526-once-men-turned-their-thinking-over-to-machines-in-the From 1965, more than a few years ahead of GNU and the GNU Manifesto
[05:59]	TR Bot	 Quote by Frank Herbert: Once men turned their thinking over to machines...
● Jan 17
[06:09]	TR News	Techrights Record Traffic in Geminispace or Over Gemini Protocol https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Record_Traffic_in_Geminispace_or_Over_Gemini_Protocol.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Record_Traffic_in_Geminispace_or_Over_Gemini_Protocol.gmi 
[06:09]	TR Bot	 Techrights Record Traffic in Geminispace or Over Gemini Protocol
[06:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Gemini Growing, Not Google's, the One Predating the Renaming of 'Bard' https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Gemini_Growing_Not_Google_s_the_One_Predating_the_Renaming_of_B.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Gemini_Growing_Not_Google_s_the_One_Predating_the_Renaming_of_B.gmi 
[06:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Gemini Growing, Not Google's, the One Predating the Renaming of 'Bard'
[06:14]	TR News	"The Rubenerd LLM Licencing PAC" https://rubenerd.com/llm-licencing/
[06:14]	TR Bot	The Rubenerd LLM Licencing PAC
[06:14]	TR News	"Bruce Schneier is back in form today with his copyright post in his blog." -Anon
[06:15]	TR News	"Microsoft was my endgame: Techie claims he was laid off while vacationing with wife, 2-year-old"
[06:17]	TR News	"Meta slashes staff after staggering $73B wipeout"
[06:17]	TR News	Anthropic became somewhat of a Microsoft shop/proxy
[06:18]	TR News	Ubisoft Sees Waves Of Layoffs In 'The Division' Studio, Halifax, Abu Dhai and More Already In 2026 https://www.mmorpg.com/news/ubisoft-sees-waves-of-layoffs-in-the-division-studio-halifax-abu-dhai-and-more-already-in-2026-2000137046
[06:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.mmorpg.com/news/ubisoft-sees-waves-of-layoffs-in-the-division-studio-halifax-abu-dhai-and-more-already-in-2026-2000137046 )
[06:37]	TR News	Techrights Richard Stallman Encourages "ICE Out For Good" Protests, His Opponents Do Not (Passive and Uncaring About Human Rights) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Richard_Stallman_Encourages_ICE_Out_For_Good_Protests_His_Oppon.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Richard_Stallman_Encourages_ICE_Out_For_Good_Protests_His_Oppon.gmi 
[06:37]	TR Bot	 Techrights Richard Stallman Encourages "ICE Out For Good" Protests, His Opponents Do Not (Passive and Uncaring About Human Rights)
[06:51]	TR News	Techrights EPO Abuses Covered in Spanish https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/EPO_Abuses_Covered_in_Spanish.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/EPO_Abuses_Covered_in_Spanish.gmi 
[06:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO Abuses Covered in Spanish
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[07:06]	TR News	Techrights Report/Benchmark Says 'Vibe Coding' Results in Security Holes https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Report_Benchmark_Says_Vibe_Coding_Results_in_Security_Holes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Report_Benchmark_Says_Vibe_Coding_Results_in_Security_Holes.gmi 
[07:06]	TR Bot	 Techrights Report/Benchmark Says 'Vibe Coding' Results in Security Holes
[07:16]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linuxiac Still Isn't Linux and BSD News, It's LLM Slop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Linuxiac_Still_Isn_t_Linux_and_BSD_News_It_s_LLM_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Linuxiac_Still_Isn_t_Linux_and_BSD_News_It_s_LLM_Slop.gmi 
[07:16]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linuxiac Still Isn't Linux and BSD News, It's LLM Slop
[07:16]	TR News	good news, the server is fast again
[07:26]	TR News	Techrights Slop About Slop and Slop About "Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Slop_About_Slop_and_Slop_About_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Slop_About_Slop_and_Slop_About_Linux.gmi 
[07:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slop About Slop and Slop About "Linux"
[07:52]	TR News	Techrights At Least 5 Women Quit Brett Wilson LLP in Recent Months. It's the Firm That Attacked My Wife and I on Behalf of Americans (One of Them Strangled Women). https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/At_Least_5_Women_Quit_Brett_Wilson_LLP_in_Recent_Months_It_s_th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/At_Least_5_Women_Quit_Brett_Wilson_LLP_in_Recent_Months_It_s_th.gmi 
[07:52]	TR Bot	 Techrights At Least 5 Women Quit Brett Wilson LLP in Recent Months. It's the Firm That Attacked My Wife and I on Behalf of Americans (One of Them Strangled Women).
[07:59]	TR News	Third-person mech-action shooter roguelike RIG Riot gets a demo | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/third-person-mech-action-shooter-roguelike-rig-riot-gets-a-demo/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[07:59]	TR Bot	mech-action shooter roguelike RIG Riot gets a demo | GamingOnLinux
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[08:00]	TR News	Tabulo is chess meets Balatro and it's out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/tabulo-is-chess-meets-balatro-and-its-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:00]	TR Bot	is chess meets Balatro and it's out now | GamingOnLinux
[08:00]	TR News	No Rest for the Wicked co-op update lands on January 22 and it hit a big sales milestone | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/no-rest-for-the-wicked-co-op-update-lands-on-january-22-and-it-hit-a-big-sales-milestone/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:00]	TR Bot	Rest for the Wicked co-op update lands on January 22 and it hit a big sales milestone | GamingOnLinux
[08:02]	TR News	EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/endeavouros-linux-gets-an-upgraded-release-with-ganymede-neo/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:02]	TR Bot	Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo | GamingOnLinux
[08:05]	TR News	You and which child? | "Dig og hvilket barn ? | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/dig-og-hvilket-barn
[08:05]	TR Bot	 Dig og hvilket barn ? | Version2
[08:05]	TR News	"Using PGP With Proton" https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/PGP:4
[08:05]	TR Bot	 Using PGP With Proton
[08:05]	TR News	"British parents fighting TikTok in US courts over 'blackout challenge' deaths of their children say social media giants must be held accountable | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15469619/british-parents-fighting-tiktok-courts-blackout-challenge-children-deaths-accountable.html
[08:05]	TR Bot	 British parents fighting TikTok in US courts over 'blackout challenge' deaths of their children say social media giants must be held accountable | Daily Mail Online
[08:06]	TR News	iophk: Astro is not for web sites, it is for web apps. There is a big difference. https://thenewstack.io/cloudflare-acquires-team-behind-open-source-framework-astro/
[08:06]	TR Bot	 Cloudflare Acquires Team Behind Open Source Framework Astro - The New Stack
[08:06]	TR News	"This Is Not a Nobel Prize - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/this-is-not-a-nobel-prize https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/25/How_to_Win_Nobel_Prize_for_Peace.shtml
[08:06]	TR Bot	 This Is Not a Nobel Prize - Paul Krugman
[08:06]	TR Bot	 Techrights How to Win Nobel Prize for Peace
[08:06]	TR News	iophk: it's a trap; they need to recall that he pulled the same stunt in ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/iran-online-starlink.html
[08:06]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/iran-online-starlink.html )
[08:07]	TR News	techdirt speaking in defense of slop is VERY BAD NEWS!! https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/16/game-publisher-bans-working-with-devs-that-use-any-ai-rather-than-banning-bad-uses-of-ai/
[08:07]	TR Bot	Publisher Bans Working With Devs That Use Any AI, Rather Than Banning Bad Uses Of AI | Techdirt
[08:08]	TR News	""Despite all the foreign policy grandstanding, Hungary is less sovereign today than it was a decade and a half ago"" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/01/16/despite-all-the-foreign-policy-grandstanding-hungary-is-less-sovereign-today-than-it-was-a-decade-and-a-half-ago/ MinceR
[08:08]	TR Bot	 "Despite all the foreign policy grandstanding, Hungary is less sovereign today than it was a decade and a half ago" - New Eastern Europe
[08:09]	TR News	Masters of Albion from Peter Molyneux / 22cans arrives in April | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/masters-of-albion-from-peter-molyneux-22cans-arrives-in-april/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/masters-of-albion-from-peter-molyneux-22cans-arrives-in-april/
[08:09]	TR Bot	of Albion from Peter Molyneux / 22cans arrives in April | GamingOnLinux
[08:09]	TR News	Grab some awesome modern platformers in the Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/grab-some-awesome-modern-platformers-in-the-playful-platformers-2026-humble-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:09]	TR Bot	some awesome modern platformers in the Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux
[08:13]	TR News	Amazon confirm New World: Aeternum will go permanently offline next year and is being delisted | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/amazon-confirm-new-world-aeternum-will-go-permanently-offline-next-year-and-is-being-delisted/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:13]	TR Bot	confirm New World: Aeternum will go permanently offline next year and is being delisted | GamingOnLinux
[08:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  Budgie Desktop 10.10 is out, but not for me yet :( https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Budgie_Desktop_10_10_is_out_but_not_for_me_yet.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Budgie_Desktop_10_10_is_out_but_not_for_me_yet.gmi 
[08:14]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Budgie Desktop 10.10 is out, but not for me yet :(
[08:15]	TR News	OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/openxcom-extended-takes-over-from-openxcom-for-the-classic-x-com-ufo-enemy-unknown/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:15]	TR Bot	Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown | GamingOnLinux
[08:15]	TR News	IO Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/io-interactive-have-fixed-the-crazy-pc-specifications-for-007-first-light/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/io-interactive-have-fixed-the-crazy-pc-specifications-for-007-first-light/
[08:15]	TR Bot	Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light | GamingOnLinux
[08:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: RIG Riot, Tabulo, No Rest for the Wicked, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Games_RIG_Riot_Tabulo_No_Rest_for_the_Wicked_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Games_RIG_Riot_Tabulo_No_Rest_for_the_Wicked_and_More.gmi 
[08:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: RIG Riot, Tabulo, No Rest for the Wicked, and More
[08:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop Linux Environments Without Root Access https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Android_Power_Users_Can_Now_Run_Full_Desktop_Linux_Environments.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Android_Power_Users_Can_Now_Run_Full_Desktop_Linux_Environments.gmi 
[08:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop Linux Environments Without Root Access
[08:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  This Week in Plasma: dark mode switch and global push-to-talk https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/This_Week_in_Plasma_dark_mode_switch_and_global_push_to_talk.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/This_Week_in_Plasma_dark_mode_switch_and_global_push_to_talk.gmi 
[08:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: dark mode switch and global push-to-talk
[08:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Ni! OS Plasma Login Manager teaser https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/14/KDE_Ni_OS_Plasma_Login_Manager_teaser.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/14/KDE_Ni_OS_Plasma_Login_Manager_teaser.gmi 
[08:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE Ni! OS Plasma Login Manager teaser
[08:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Mint 22.3 Zena Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Linux_Mint_22_3_Zena_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Linux_Mint_22_3_Zena_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_.gmi 
[08:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux Mint 22.3 Zena Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New
[08:37]	TR News	Techrights Protecting Whistleblowers Requires Technical Knowledge/Skills https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Protecting_Whistleblowers_Requires_Technical_Knowledge_Skills.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Protecting_Whistleblowers_Requires_Technical_Knowledge_Skills.gmi 
[08:37]	TR Bot	 Techrights Protecting Whistleblowers Requires Technical Knowledge/Skills
[08:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  PelandukOS Debian-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/PelandukOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/PelandukOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.gmi 
[08:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines PelandukOS Debian-based Linux distribution
[08:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi 
[08:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
[08:45]	TR News	"Todays AI arms race involves a far more expansive, profit-driven form of information appropriation." https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/ai-copyright-research-law-21282101.php | Source: San Fancisco
[08:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/ai-copyright-research-law-21282101.php )
[08:46]	TR News	"More than a decade after Aaron Swartzs death, the United States is still living inside the contradiction that destroyed him." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/ai-and-the-corporate-capture-of-knowledge.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[08:46]	TR Bot	and the Corporate Capture of Knowledge - Schneier on Security
[08:46]	TR News	"Annas Archive is having a rough month. Following mysterious .org and .se domain suspensions, the shadow library is now facing a permanent injunction from a federal court." https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-court-order-against-annas-archive-spells-more-trouble-for-the-site/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[08:46]	TR Bot	Court Order Against Anna's Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site * TorrentFreak
[08:46]	TR News	"Wikipedia has signed training deals with a host of major AI companies, helping it recoup some of the exorbitant costs it accrued from being relentlessly pillaged by data scrapers." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/wikipedia-ai-deal | Source: Futurism
[08:46]	TR Bot	 After Being Pillaged By AI Companies, Wikipedia Signs Deal With Them
[08:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  I found a Linux distro that pairs a clean, Mac-like UI with a 'trade-free' philosophy - and it's super fast https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/I_found_a_Linux_distro_that_pairs_a_clean_Mac_like_UI_with_a_tr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/I_found_a_Linux_distro_that_pairs_a_clean_Mac_like_UI_with_a_tr.gmi 
[08:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I found a Linux distro that pairs a clean, Mac-like UI with a 'trade-free' philosophy - and it's super fast
[08:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  This new premium Linux laptop has up to 128GB RAM and 16TB storage https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/This_new_premium_Linux_laptop_has_up_to_128GB_RAM_and_16TB_stor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/This_new_premium_Linux_laptop_has_up_to_128GB_RAM_and_16TB_stor.gmi 
[08:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This new premium Linux laptop has up to 128GB RAM and 16TB storage
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[09:03]	TR News	Right of Publicity https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/press/elon-musks-x-to-block-ai-chatbot-grok-from-making-explicit-images-of-real-people/ | Source: Stanford University
[09:03]	TR Bot	 Elon Musk's X to block AI chatbot Grok from making explicit images of real people
[09:03]	TR News	"Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard attended President Claudia Sheinbaums Thursday morning press conference and responded to questions on a range of topics including investment in Mexico and the USMCA review." https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/usmca-negotiations-mexico-thursday-mananera-recap/ | Source: Mexico News Daily
[09:03]	TR Bot	 USCMA negotiations and Plan Mexico: Thursday maanera recap
[09:03]	TR News	[Old] "Some of the most remarkable changes that the LFPPI introduced in 2020 are the following: [...]" https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/general-overview-mexican-intellectual-property-landscape-2025-2025-07-31_en |
[09:03]	TR Bot	 A General Overview of the Mexican Intellectual Property Landscape in 2025 - IP Helpdesk
[09:03]	TR News	[Old] "Patents protect new and useful inventions (e.g., medicines, chemical processes, business technologies, and computer software)." https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11314 | Source: US Congress
[09:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11314 )
[09:04]	TR News	"The State government made this proposed legislation after a string of high-profile incidents involving 3D printed guns" https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/new-york-state-takes-steps-to-ban-3d-printed-guns-proposal-will-require-3d-printers-to-prevent-weapon-printing | Source: Tom's Hardware
[09:04]	TR Bot	 New York State takes steps to ban 3D-printed guns proposal requires 3D printer manufacturers to prevent weapon printing | Tom's Hardware
[09:04]	TR News	"To run properly, QuakeWorld Client must be started with parameters on the command-line pointing to a QuakeWorld Server (e.g.: -connect 192.168.01.)." https://fabiensanglard.net/quakeworld/index.html | Source: Fabian Sanglard
[09:04]	TR Bot	 Is QSpy still cool? Let's play QuakeWorld!
[09:05]	TR News	"To compensate customers who were impacted by Wednesdays hours-long widespread wireless outage, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is providing a $20 account credit that can be redeemed by logging into the myVerizon app to accept." https://insidetowers.com/verizon-to-offer-20-credit-to-outage-impacted-customers/ | Source: Inside Towers
[09:05]	TR Bot	 Verizon to Offer $20 Credit to Outage Impacted Customers - Inside Towers
[09:05]	TR News	"The Trump FCC says it is eliminating rules requiring that Verizon unlock handsets 60 days after they are activated on its network." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/16/trump-fcc-helps-verizon-make-it-harder-for-you-to-switch-wireless-carriers/ | Source: Techdirt
[09:05]	TR Bot	FCC Helps Verizon Make It Harder For You To Switch Wireless Carriers | Techdirt
[09:11]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[09:11]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[09:14]	TR News	Techrights Avoiding the Spooks (Nobody Watches the Watchers, They're Practically Unaccountable) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Avoiding_the_Spooks_Nobody_Watches_the_Watchers_They_re_Practic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Avoiding_the_Spooks_Nobody_Watches_the_Watchers_They_re_Practic.gmi 
[09:14]	TR Bot	 Techrights Avoiding the Spooks (Nobody Watches the Watchers, They're Practically Unaccountable)
[09:44]	TR News	Techrights Accounts or Devices (e.g. Phones) That Get 'Burnt' Have Many Pitfalls https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Accounts_or_Devices_e_g_Phones_That_Get_Burnt_Have_Many_Pitfall.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Accounts_or_Devices_e_g_Phones_That_Get_Burnt_Have_Many_Pitfall.gmi 
[09:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights Accounts or Devices (e.g. Phones) That Get 'Burnt' Have Many Pitfalls
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[13:11]	TR News	"Im not a daily screen reader user and I used the Braille viewers built into each screen reader, so they may not reflect actual hardware exposure to users." https://adrianroselli.com/2026/01/live-region-support.html | Source: Adrian Roselli
[13:11]	TR Bot	 Live Region Support Adrian Roselli
[13:11]	TR News	"Some newsrooms have built their own forms" https://werd.io/remarks-on-the-federal-governments-ongoing-presence-in-minnesota/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
[13:11]	TR Bot	 Remarks on the Federal Governments Ongoing Presence in Minnesota
[13:12]	TR News	"Anil Dash is not surprised by the dark turn the industry has taken." https://sf.gazetteer.co/theyve-pickled-each-others-brains | Source: Gazetteer, San Francisco, California
[13:12]	TR Bot	 Theyve pickled each others brains
[13:12]	TR News	"Anyone in the tech industry has been subjected to decades worth of libertarian myth-making about software eating the world and meritocracy and how software development exists on some entirely different level of reality." https://explodingcomma.com/posts/tech-workers-need-a-union-part-eleventy-billion | Source: Pete Brown
[13:12]	TR Bot	 Tech workers need a union, part eleventy-billion - Exploding Comma
[13:13]	TR News	"A minimum wage law increased pay for food delivery couriers but people tipped less. Is that a win or a loss for workers?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/16/tipping-food-delivery-etiquette/ | Source: The Washington Post
[13:13]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/16/tipping-food-delivery-etiquette/ )
[13:13]	TR News	"Rummler collapsed, his hands covering his bloodied face. An officer then dragged him across the ground by his hoodie as other protesters screamed for help." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-agent-shoots-protester-face-point-blank-range-leaving-21-year-old-permanently-blind-1771544 | Source: International Business Times
[13:13]	TR Bot	 FED Agent Shoots Anti-ICE Protester in Face at Point-Blank Range, Leaving 21-Year-Old Permanently Blind | IBTimes UK
[13:14]	TR News	"Tackling teachers and spraying chemical agents on school property, ICEs rampage through Minnesota is only getting more violent. Jacobin spoke with a Minneapolis parent about what shes seen so far." https://jacobin.com/2026/01/ice-minneapolis-violence-schools-neighbors/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[13:14]	TR Bot	 A Minneapolis Mom on the ICE Violence Shes Witnessed
[13:14]	TR News	"An employee of El Paso Countys Office of the Medical Examiner told Lunas Campos daughter this week that, subject to results of a toxicology report" https://www.commondreams.org/homicide-ice-detention | Source: Common Dreams
[13:14]	TR Bot	 'ICE Kills': Guards Reportedly Choked Man to Death at El Paso Detention Center | Common Dreams
[13:15]	TR News	"In a Fox News segment shared by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on X, Miller falsely said that it was a felony to obstruct" https://truthout.org/articles/fed-agent-shoots-second-person-days-after-miller-claims-agents-have-immunity/ | Source: TruthOut
[13:15]	TR Bot	 Fed Agent Shoots Second Person, Days After Miller Claims Agents Have Immunity | Truthout
[13:15]	TR News	"But Goods murder was not the first incident in which ICE and other deportation agents have aimed firearms at or threatened lethal force against US citizens and other unarmed people." https://jacobin.com/2026/01/ice-guns-shootings-protesters-deportation/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[13:15]	TR Bot	 ICE Wont Stop Shoving Guns in Peoples Faces
[13:16]	TR News	"After the bloodiest domestic crackdown in the history of the Islamic Republic, protests have died down since their peak last Thursday evening, the beginning of the Iranian weekend." https://jacobin.com/2026/01/iran-protests-repression-economy-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[13:16]	TR Bot	 After Weeks of Violence, the Iranian State Hobbles On
[13:16]	TR News	"Warzel is then joined by The Atlantics Sophie Gilbert, the author of Girl on Girl, for a conversation about how misogyny has been a constant throughline in the history of [Internet] innovation" https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/01/the-internet-was-built-to-objectify-women/685652/ | Source: The Atlantic
[13:16]	TR Bot	 The Problem Is So Much Bigger Than Grok - The Atlantic
[13:17]	TR News	"Under more ordinary circumstances, federal investigators investigating a leak of government secrets might seek a subpoena for reporters records." https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/15/media/fbi-hannah-natanson-washington-post-doj-search | Source: CNN
[13:17]	TR Bot	 FBI search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natansons home has newsrooms bracing | CNN Business
[13:17]	TR News	"It's not a crime in the United States for journalists to obtain or publish leaked documents" https://boingboing.net/2026/01/15/fbis-raid-on-washington-post-reporter-was-the-first-of-its-kind-with-more-to-come.html | Source: BoingBoing
[13:17]	TR Bot	 FBI's raid on reporter is first of its kind in leak case - Boing Boing
[13:18]	TR News	"They are the first entries in Press Gazettes new page for rolling updates on journalism industry redundancies and layoffs in 2026." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/ | Source: Press Gazette
[13:18]	TR Bot	 Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Rolling updates - Press Gazette
[13:19]	TR News	"to spread undivided the Science that operates unspent." https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/From-the-Editors/2026/0116/A-newspaper-based-on-unshakable-ideals | Source: CS Monitor
[13:19]	TR Bot	newspaper based on unshakable ideals - CSMonitor.com
[13:19]	TR News	"Hannah Natansons reporting focused on exposing what is happening inside our federal government a topic of immense public interest." https://www.freepress.net/download/press-freedom-and-civil-liberties-groups-condemn-government-invasion-washington-post | Source: Free Press
[13:20]	TR News	"Yet, thats what happened on Wednesday morning to Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/eff-condemns-fbi-search-washington-post-reporters-home | Source: EFF
[13:20]	TR Bot	 EFF Condemns FBI Search of Washington Post Reporters Home | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[13:20]	TR News	"posted her secure phone number to an online forum for government workers and amassed more than 1,000 sources, with federal workers frequently reaching out to her to share frustrations and accounts from their offices" https://thedissenter.org/trumps-war-on-journalism-officials-proudly-defend-raiding-a-journalists-home/ | Source: The Dissenter
[13:20]	TR Bot	 Trump Officials Proudly Defend Raiding Reporter's Home
[13:21]	TR News	"Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behavior by anyone including the President of the United States" https://boingboing.net/2026/01/15/ford-worker-who-called-trump-pedophile-protector-raises-440k-after-suspension.html | Source: BoingBoing
[13:21]	TR Bot	 Ford worker who called Trump "pedophile protector" raises $440K after suspension - Boing Boing
[13:22]	TR News	"Writing in the New York Times, she puts the number at around 200 documented instances: [...]" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/16/trumps-free-speech-presidency-racked-up-200-censorship-attempts-in-its-first-year/ | Source: Techdirt
[13:22]	TR Bot	Free Speech Presidency Racked Up 200 Censorship Attempts In Its First Year | Techdirt
[13:22]	TR News	"Rights groups report thousands killed and more than 19,000 detained, with an ongoing Internet blackout limiting the flow of information out of the country." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-blackout-protests-trump-deaths/33650664.html | Source: RFERL
[13:22]	TR Bot	 Thousands Killed As Iran's Security Forces Maintain Control And Internet Blackout
[13:24]	TR News	"There are several reasons why." https://www.vox.com/politics/475361/minneapolis-right-wing-influencers-journalist-ice-reality-immigration-social-media-internet | Source: Vox
[13:24]	TR Bot	it feels like right-wing ICE narratives are dominating social media | Vox
[13:24]	TR News	"ideologically neutral" https://cyberscoop.com/the-quiet-way-ai-normalizes-foreign-influence/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[13:24]	TR Bot	quiet way AI normalizes foreign influence | CyberScoop
[13:25]	TR News	Strings attached to pyramid scheme. "The investment will support the foundation overall, with a particular focus on Python ecosystem security." https://thenewstack.io/experts-hail-anthropics-1-5m-python-security-commitment/ | Source: The New Stack
[13:25]	TR Bot	 Experts Hail Anthropic's $1.5M Python Security Commitment - The New Stack
[13:25]	TR News	"Astro is used by major brands like IKEA, Unilever, Visa and OpenAI to build fast, content-driven websites." https://thenewstack.io/cloudflare-acquires-team-behind-open-source-framework-astro/ | Source: The New Stack
[13:25]	TR Bot	 Cloudflare Acquires Team Behind Open Source Framework Astro - The New Stack
[13:25]	TR News	"Once a company hits a plateau in its market share, the pressure begins to mount." https://seths.blog/2026/01/the-squeeze/ | Source: Seth Godin
[13:25]	TR Bot	 The squeeze | Seth's Blog
[13:25]	TR News	"The office is already operational and will finalize a $115 million investment in counter-drone technologies this week, specifically targeting security for America250 celebrations and 2026 FIFA World Cup venues." https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/01/16/dhs-counter-drone-office/ | Source: The Drone Girl
[13:25]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/01/16/dhs-counter-drone-office/ )
[13:26]	TR News	"The new system replaces a form which travellers had to print and hand in at airports. From now on, information can be submitted electronically on the Toldstyrelsen website." https://www.thelocal.dk/20260116/denmark-introduces-new-system-for-travelling-to-country-with-cash | Source: The Local DK
[13:26]	TR Bot	 Denmark introduces new system for travelling to country with cash
[13:28]	TR News	"According to his own description, once the birds mastered lifting and flipping objects to receive food" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/meet-man-training-army-crows-snatch-maga-hats-he-says-anyone-can-do-it-1771269 | Source: International Business Times
[13:28]	TR Bot	 Meet The Man Training An 'Army Of Crows' To Snatch MAGA Hats And He Says Anyone Can Do It | IBTimes UK
[13:29]	TR News	"The city added multiple two-way protected bike lanes in the past seven years, the first being on William Street." https://www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arbor/ann-arbor-completes-miller-avenue-improvements-project-adds-two-way-bikeways/ | Source: University of Michigan
[13:29]	TR Bot	 Ann Arbor completes Miller Avenue Improvements Project, adds two-way bikeways
[13:29]	TR News	"Microsoft's CEO admitted GPUs are sitting in warehouses unplugged." https://doc.searls.com/2026/01/14/everwhat/ | Source: Doc Searls
[13:29]	TR Bot	 Everwhat Doc Searls Weblog
[13:29]	TR News	"$4.5 trillion valuation depends on infrastructure that does not exist."
[13:30]	TR News	"From reading Huntley and Yegges posts, it seems like what happened was this: [...]" https://www.seangoedecke.com/gas-and-ralph/ | Source: Sean Goedecke
[13:30]	TR Bot	 Crypto grifters are recruiting open-source AI developers
[13:31]	TR News	"If youre a typical American, you get home from work and start flipping switches and turning knobs doing laundry, cooking dinner, watching TV." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/electric-vehicle/ev-charging/this-tech-could-keep-evs-from-stressing-the-grid-and-save-everyone-money/ | Source: Renewable Energy World
[13:31]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/electric-vehicle/ev-charging/this-tech-could-keep-evs-from-stressing-the-grid-and-save-everyone-money/ )
[13:31]	TR News	"Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies typically pegged to the US dollar, allow funds to be moved outside traditional banking systems." https://techcentral.co.za/visa-moves-to-plug-stablecoins-into-the-global-payments-system/276285/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
[13:31]	TR Bot	 Visa moves to plug stablecoins into the global payments system
[13:32]	TR News	"This additional capacity is expected to contribute to improved energy security, reduce reliance on fossil-fuel-based generation and support increased private-sector participation in electricity supply." https://techcentral.co.za/big-solar-and-energy-storage-projects-going-live-across-south-africa/276314/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
[13:32]	TR Bot	 Big solar and energy storage projects going live across South Africa
[13:32]	TR News	"The power plants drew the ire of local communities and legal organizations." https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/16/epa-rules-that-xais-natural-gas-generators-were-illegally-used/ | Source: TechCrunch
[13:32]	TR Bot	rules that xAIs natural gas generators were illegally used | TechCrunch
[13:33]	TR News	"Im surprised that 1) we still have an EPA and 2) that it ruled against xAI in this case." https://512pixels.net/2026/01/xai-epa-memphis-southaven/ | Source: Stephen Hackett
[13:33]	TR Bot	 EPA Rules Against xAI in Memphis Natural Gas Turbine Case as Residents Push Back Over Their Use in Southaven, Mississippi - 512 Pixels
[13:34]	TR News	"But what actually arrived on December 19, the Friday before Christmas" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/01/the-epstein-files-never-went-away/685664/ | Source: The Atlantic
[13:34]	TR Bot	 Whats Going on With the Epstein Files? - The Atlantic
[13:34]	TR News	"But theres another staffing choice that became public in recent weeks." https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/16/epstein-is-dead-pam-bondi-is-neglecting-live-sex-trafficking-defendants-to-criminalize-democrats/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
[13:34]	TR Bot	 "Epstein Is Dead:" Pam Bondi Is Neglecting Live Sex Trafficking Prosecutions to Criminalize Democrats - emptywheel
[13:35]	TR News	"While Trump was at the Ford Rouge plant, a worker yelled something at him that included the phrase pedophile protector, according to a video obtained by TMZ." https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/01/14/over-280000-raised-for-ford-worker-suspended-for-calling-trump-pedophile-protector/ | Source: Click On Detroit
[13:35]	TR Bot	 Over $440,000 raised for Ford worker suspended for calling Trump pedophile protector
[13:38]	TR News	"According to a May 2025 regulatory filing by Kobolds former Greenland exploration partner 80 Mile Plc" https://www.forbes.com/sites/martinadilicosa/2026/01/09/these-billionaires-bet-big-on-greenland-after-trump-took-interest/ | Source: Forbes
[13:38]	TR Bot	 Greenlands Billionaire Investors: Bezos, Gates, Altman And More Followed Trumps Lead
[13:39]	TR News	"to accelerate green energy innovation and build the industries of the future." https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/from-jeff-bezos-to-bill-gates-billionaires-bet-on-greenland-as-trump-hints-at-taking-it-the-hard-way/articleshow/126470878.cms | Source: India Times
[13:39]	TR Bot	 From Jeff Bezos to Bill Gates: Billionaires bet on Greenland as Trump hints at taking it the hard way - The Times of India
[13:39]	TR News	"Silicon Valley oligarchs like Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen have much to gain from Donald Trumps seizure of Greenland" https://jacobin.com/2026/01/trump-silicon-valley-greenland-crypto/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[13:39]	TR Bot	 The Tech Billionaires Behind Trumps Greenland Push
[13:39]	TR News	"KoBold Metals, the mining company backed by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates" https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kobold-metals-backed-by-bezos-gates-secures-deal-disputed-congo-lithium-deposit-2025-07-18/ | Source: Reuters
[13:39]	TR Bot	( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kobold-metals-backed-by-bezos-gates-secures-deal-disputed-congo-lithium-deposit-2025-07-18/ )
[13:40]	TR News	"Since 10 December 2025, anyone under 16 in Australia has not been able to create or maintain accounts on social media apps like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube." https://www.androidpolice.com/stop-ignoring-social-media-ban/ | Source: Android Police
[13:40]	TR Bot	 Stop ignoring the social media ban: Why it's more than just a headline this time
[13:41]	TR News	"Companies are literally designing everything for addiction these days. Trying to get you hooked on whatever they can profit off of as early in your development as possible." https://blog.absurdpirate.com/is-gen-alpha-screwed/ |
[13:41]	TR Bot	 is gen alpha screwed? | Absurd Pirate's Internet Blog
[13:42]	TR News	"Reading this as a father of a 1-year-old and a 3-year-old brings up a lot of reflections." https://afranca.com.br/is-gen-alpha-screwed/ | Source: Andre Franca
[13:42]	TR Bot	 is gen alpha screwed?
[13:43]	TR News	"We need to better protect children from social media." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/16/starmer-poised-to-ban-under-16s-from-social-media/ | Source: The Telegraph UK
[13:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/16/starmer-poised-to-ban-under-16s-from-social-media/ )
[13:44]	TR News	"How resource constrained? How about an HP-16C (Wikipedia), a programmable programmers calculator from over 30 years earlier?" https://dram.page/p/ascon-hp16c/ |
[13:44]	TR Bot	 Cryptography 30 years apart: Ascon on an HP-16C -- dramforever
[13:45]	TR News	"But there are problems with todays smart glasses that remain unchanged from those that affected Google Glass." https://pxlnv.com/blog/media-reaction-smart-glasses/ | Source: Nick Heer
[13:45]	TR Bot	 The Exact Same Things Were Said About Smart Glasses Ten Years Ago Pixel Envy
[13:46]	TR News	Social Control Media: This framework has ideological, if not factual, consistency. https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/01/the-iranians-who-feel-betrayed-by-the-left/685644/ | Source: The Atlantic
[13:46]	TR Bot	 The Silence of the Left on Iran - The Atlantic
[13:46]	TR News	"Epic Games is making a big change to the rules for Fortnite creators just days after allowing them to publish experiences with in-game transactions." https://www.theverge.com/news/863597/fortnite-creators-steal-the-brainrot-prize-wheel-spins-block | Source: The Verge
[13:46]	TR Bot	 Fortnite blocks creators from selling prize wheel spins | The Verge
[13:47]	TR News	Outsourcing UK to GAFAM USA: "BBC Close To Agreeing Landmark Deal To Produce Shows For YouTube" https://deadline.com/2026/01/bbc-youtube-landmark-deal-1236684960/ | Source: Deadline
[13:47]	TR Bot	 BBC Close To Agreeing Landmark Deal To Produce Shows For YouTube
[13:47]	TR News	"ripping artwork off the walls and eating it in a reported protest" https://www.uafsunstar.com/news/student-eats-ai-art-in-uaf-gallery-protest-arrested |
[13:47]	TR Bot	 Student arrested for eating AI art in UAF gallery protest The Sun Star - UAF's Student Voice
[13:48]	TR News	"The use of generative AI for creative purposes has spawned a major countermovement." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/protestor-tears-ai-art-chews-teeth | Source: Futurism
[13:48]	TR Bot	 Furious Protestor Tears AI-Generated Art Off Wall of Exhibit, Chews It Up Into Tiny Shreds Using His Teeth
[13:49]	TR News	"A coalition of 28 digital rights organizations, led by UltraViolet, delivered nearly-identical letters to Apple's Tim Cook and Google's Sundar Pichai on Wednesday." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/apple_google_pulled_into_grok/ | Source: The Register UK
[13:49]	TR Bot	 Campaigners demand Apple, Google remove Grok from stores The Register
[13:49]	TR News	"And you know. It turns out I can deny it if they cant give numbers to back up their claims." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/13/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-performance-numbers/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[13:49]	TR Bot	( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/13/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-performance-numbers/ )
[13:49]	TR News	"using the resources you have" https://cassidoo.co/post/good-brain/ | Source: Cassidy Williams
[13:49]	TR Bot	 Do not give up your brain
[13:50]	TR News	"Olive oil, wasabi, saffron, vanilla, Wagyu, honey, champagne, and truffle,...reality TV, all hold examples of what happens when demand exceeds supply companies fill the gap with slop" https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/slop-is-everywhere-for-those-with-eyes-to-see/ | Source: Jason Velazquez
[13:50]	TR Bot	 Slop is Everywhere For Those With Eyes to See
[13:50]	TR News	"Theres always going to be value in reading something longer that was researched and written by humans." https://www.manton.org/2026/01/16/ai-and-wikipedia.html | Source: Manton Reece
[13:50]	TR Bot	 Manton Reece - AI and Wikipedia
[13:51]	TR News	"However, companies scraping high volumes of freely available Wikipedia knowledge for AI training has driven up server demand and, subsequently, costs at the non-profit" https://techcentral.co.za/wikipedia-moves-to-monetise-ai-giants-reliance-on-its-content/276322/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
[13:51]	TR Bot	 Wikipedia moves to monetise AI giants' reliance on its content
● Jan 17
[14:01]	TR News	Techrights The Typical Trajectory: Datamation Began Experimenting With LLM Slop for Fake Articles. Then Datamation Died. (Last Month) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Typical_Trajectory_Datamation_Began_Experimenting_With_LLM_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Typical_Trajectory_Datamation_Began_Experimenting_With_LLM_.gmi 
[14:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Typical Trajectory: Datamation Began Experimenting With LLM Slop for Fake Articles. Then Datamation Died. (Last Month)
[14:08]	MinceR	(cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1767/96/1767966613630.jpg
[14:16]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft's "valuation depends on infrastructure that does not exist." https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_s_valuation_depends_on_infrastructure_that_does_not_e.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_s_valuation_depends_on_infrastructure_that_does_not_e.gmi 
[14:16]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft's "valuation depends on infrastructure that does not exist."
[14:22]	TR News	"This is concerning in and of itself." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/ais-child-porn-problem-getting-much-worse/685641/ | Source: The Atlantic
[14:22]	TR Bot	 A Tipping Point in Online Child Abuse - The Atlantic
[14:22]	TR News	"Misogyny, Manne argues, is often less about hating women outright than about policing and punishing their behavior." https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/01/misogyny-renee-nicole-good-grok/685646/ | Source: The Atlantic
[14:22]	TR Bot	 Renee Nicole Good, Grok, and the Punishing of Women - The Atlantic
[14:22]	TR News	"And the strategy is working." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/eight-ways-ai-will-shape-geopolitics-in-2026/ | Source: Atlantic Council
[14:22]	TR Bot	 Eight ways AI will shape geopolitics in 2026 - Atlantic Council
[14:23]	TR News	"Theres a good chance you have never heard of BLUVOYIX or Bluspark Global, and thats ok!" https://eaton-works.com/2026/01/14/bluspark-bluvoyix-hack/ | Source: Eaton Works
[14:23]	TR Bot	 Im The Captain Now: Hijacking a global ocean supply chain network
[14:23]	TR News	"Or, to put it another way, Gemini is worth to Apple roughly what a few months of default search placement in Safari are to Google, assuming these figures are in the right ballpark." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-gemini-features/ | Source: Nick Heer
[14:23]	TR Bot	 Google Gemini to Provide Foundation for Some Apple Intelligence Features Pixel Envy
[14:24]	TR News	"Following a recent series of commits by Helg Bredow (helg@) and Stefan Fritsch (sf@), OpenBSD/arm64 now works as a guest operating system under the Apple Hypervisor." https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260115203619 | Source: Undeadly
[14:24]	TR Bot	 OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor
[14:24]	TR News	"Its been said before, but the icons of Apples Creator Studio apps are not doing their job as icons" https://lmika.org/2026/01/17/on-apples-icons-for-their.html | Source: Leon Mika
[14:24]	TR Bot	 On Apple's Icons for Their Creator Studio Bundle - Leon Mika
[14:24]	TR News	"The threat actor uses a combination of tools in their post-compromise hands-on-keyboard operations, including Earthworm, Sharphound, DWAgent, and Certipy." https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-8837/ | Source: Threat Source
[14:24]	TR Bot	 UAT-8837 targets critical infrastructure sectors in North America
[14:25]	TR News	"Works every time for me, and I am now certifiably weak. (But not too weak to type this.)" https://doc.searls.com/2026/01/16/how-to-be-old-lesson-1/ | Source: Doc Searls
[14:25]	TR Bot	 How to Be Old, Lesson 1 Doc Searls Weblog
[14:25]	TR News	"US Chemical Safety Law" https://truthout.org/articles/house-gop-bill-would-roll-back-key-protections-in-us-chemical-safety-law/ | Source: TruthOut
[14:25]	TR Bot	 House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law | Truthout
[14:25]	TR News	"The media love a crisis but ignore systemic problems." https://overpopulation-project.com/overpopulation-is-a-major-factor-in-global-mortality/ | Source: Overpopulation
[14:25]	TR Bot	 Overpopulation is a major factor in global mortality - The Overpopulation Project
[14:25]	TR News	"Sometimes, people tell me that there is no more progress in CPU performance." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/14/how-stagnant-is-cpu-technology/ | Source: Daniel Lemire
[14:25]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/14/how-stagnant-is-cpu-technology/ )
[14:26]	TR News	"I recently joined my local makerspace, and one of the exciting things there is this shelf of electronic components, available for all members to use: [...]" https://www.blog.montgomerie.net/posts/2026-01-13-rescuing-the-makerspaces-vintage-microcontrollers/ | Source: Jamie Montgomerie
[14:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.blog.montgomerie.net/posts/2026-01-13-rescuing-the-makerspaces-vintage-microcontrollers/ )
[14:26]	TR News	"When you understand how it works, that ambiguity is translated into frustration." https://rubenerd.com/the-dyson-hair-dryer/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[14:26]	TR Bot	The Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer
[14:27]	TR News	"It all comes down to Lenovos new Space Frame interior design, which overhauls the X1's internals to create more room for improved thermal performance" https://au.pcmag.com/laptops/115174/i-tried-the-slick-new-thinkpad-x1-carbon-gen-14-its-lenovos-most-repairable-ultraportable-yet | Source: PC Mag
[14:27]	TR Bot	 I Tried the Slick New ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14. It's Lenovos Most Repairable Ultraportable Yet
[14:27]	TR News	"If you havent seen any of the CES keynotes or announcements this year, or indeed any of the commentary" https://rubenerd.com/a-repairable-thinkpad/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[14:27]	TR Bot	Wait, a repairable ThinkPad!?
[14:27]	TR News	"The math of data structures helps us understand how different storage systems come with different trade-offs between time, memory, and other resources." https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-theres-no-single-best-way-to-store-information-20260116/ | Source: Quanta Magazine
[14:27]	TR Bot	 Why Theres No Single Best Way To Store Information | Quanta Magazine
[14:27]	TR News	"Featuring a multicamera view, it can operate in a variety of confined spaces and also climb stairs." https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2026/01/16/us-navy-marines-to-get-l3harris-robots-for-bomb-disposal-missions/ | Source: USMC
[14:27]	TR Bot	 US Navy, Marines to get L3Harris robots for bomb disposal missions
[14:28]	TR News	"The U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy have sealed a deal with L3Harris Technologies for 34 large T7 robots to support the services in explosive ordnance disposal missions." https://www.c4isrnet.com/news/your-military/2026/01/16/us-navy-marines-to-get-l3harris-robots-for-bomb-disposal-missions/ | Source: C4ISRNET
[14:28]	TR Bot	 US Navy, Marines to get L3Harris robots for bomb disposal missions
[14:29]	TR News	"I start my degree in art history at the Open University in under two weeks." https://jamesg.blog/2026/01/15/getting-ready-for-studying | Source: James G
[14:29]	TR Bot	 Getting ready for studying | James' Coffee Blog
[14:29]	TR News	"Turns out that a big factor in my motivation to actually do things relied on me having a paying job to keep me busy." https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/motivation/lacking-job-lacking-motivation/ | Source: Matthew Weber
[14:29]	TR Bot	 Lacking Job, Lacking Motivation - Matt's Blog
[14:30]	TR News	"Other essential tools languish in neglect, artifacts of the old, good web the elegant weapons that dominated a more civilized age. First among these?" https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/16/interrupt-driven/#ping | Source: CoryDoctorow
[14:30]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Catch this! (16 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[14:31]	TR News	"This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Yancey Strickler, whose blog can be found at ystrickler.com." https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/yancey-strickler | Source: Manuel Moreale
[14:31]	TR Bot	 Yancey Strickler Manu
[14:32]	TR News	"Dependencies aren't created deliberately. They happen." https://makoism.com/when-it-falls-over/ | Source: Makoism
[14:32]	TR Bot	 When It Falls Over
[14:33]	TR News	"beneficial role that education technology and connectivity play in K-12 learning." https://www.ala.org/news/2026/01/ala-leading-education-organizations-highlight-value-technology-learning-senate | Source: American Library Association
[14:33]	TR Bot	 ALA, Leading Education Organizations Highlight Value of Technology for Learning as Senate Committee Examines Kids Screen Time | ALA
[14:34]	TR News	"It's not every day that one of my open problems is solved, especially one that I asked about over three decades ago." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/01/rational-functions-solved.html | Source: Computational Complexity
[14:34]	TR Bot	 Computational Complexity: Rational Functions Solved!
[14:35]	TR News	"I recently finished reading Science Under Siege by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez." https://smist08.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/review-of-science-under-siege/ | Source: Stephen Smith
[14:35]	TR Bot	 Review of Science Under Siege | Stephen Smith's Blog
[14:36]	TR News	"The goal of the project, called SETI@home, was to trawl through data collected by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico for signs of unusual radio signals from the cosmos." https://futurism.com/space/network-home-computers-100-alien-signals | Source: Futurism
[14:36]	TR Bot	 Network of Home Computers Detected 100 Potential Alien Signals
[14:37]	TR News	"on this date." https://austinkleon.com/2026/01/16/the-wheel-of-the-blog/ | Source: Austin Kleon
[14:37]	TR Bot	 The wheel of the blog - Austin Kleon
[14:38]	TR News	"The topic of this months IndieWeb Carnival is the meaning of life." https://jamesg.blog/2026/01/16/nature | Source: James G
[14:38]	TR Bot	 Nature | James' Coffee Blog
[14:38]	TR News	"Here's what we're doing to change it." https://www.ystrickler.com/the-2026-a-corp-annual-letter/ |
[14:38]	TR Bot	 The 2026 A-Corp Annual Letter
[14:43]	TR News	Techrights Links 17/01/2026: US Censorship and Violence Crisis, Growing Anger Levels Against Slop Sold as "Intelligence" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Links_17_01_2026_US_Censorship_and_Violence_Crisis_Growing_Ange.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Links_17_01_2026_US_Censorship_and_Violence_Crisis_Growing_Ange.gmi 
[14:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 17/01/2026: US Censorship and Violence Crisis, Growing Anger Levels Against Slop Sold as "Intelligence"
[14:43]	TR News	"At some point someone decided it would be a good idea to put such things as passwords and API keys into environment variables." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/17/env-leak.gmi
[14:44]	TR News	SpellBinding CEHIVSO Wordo: GRAZE gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-17.gmi
[14:44]	TR News	 xkcd International Station #3195 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3195.gmi
[14:46]	TR News	Idiots, idiots everywhere! gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260117-idiots_idiots_everywhere.txt "for complaining that Win software didn't work perfectly on Linux Mint."
[14:48]	TR News	Slow computing gopher://jonsharp.net:70/0/gl2/01-16-2026-Slow-computing.md
[14:51]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 17/01/2026: Slow computing and Environment Leak https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Gemini_Links_17_01_2026_Slow_computing_and_Environment_Leak.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Gemini_Links_17_01_2026_Slow_computing_and_Environment_Leak.gmi 
[14:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 17/01/2026: Slow computing and Environment Leak
[14:53]	TR News	"Im pleasantly surprised at how ubiquitous Markdown has become, though strangely its still not built into WordPress." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/15/how-markdown-took-over-the-world/ | Source: Michael Tsai
[14:53]	TR Bot	 Michael Tsai - Blog - How Markdown Took Over the World
[14:54]	TR News	"As part of my 2026 learning goals around Java on RISC-V (see this post about x86 versus ARM versus RISC-V)" https://webtechie.be/post/2026-01-16-first-test-visionfive-java/ | Source: Frank Delporte
[14:54]	TR Bot	Test of Java on the VisionFive 2 Lite (RISC-V) | webtechie.be
[14:54]	TR News	"In this article, well take an honest look at Bash scripting in 2026: what skills are still essential, what practices are outdated" https://coderlegion.com/9807/bash-scripting-in-2026-what-still-matters-and-what-doesnt |
[14:55]	TR Bot	 Bash Scripting in 2026: What Still Matters (and What Doesnt) - Coder Legion
[14:55]	TR News	"This is the first article in a series about the markup language RakuDoc." https://coderlegion.com/9768/rakudoc-more-than-just-a-documentation-markup |
[14:55]	TR Bot	 RakuDoc - More than just a documentation markup - Coder Legion
● Jan 17
[15:03]	TR News	[Old] "Given a k-ary tree, determine whether it is symmetric." https://bruceediger.com/posts/dfuds/ |
[15:03]	TR Bot	 Depth-first Unary Degree Sequence - Information Camouflage
[15:03]	TR News	"In the previous post, we added channels to Co, the small language we are implementing in this series of posts." https://abhinavsarkar.net/posts/implementing-co-5/?mtm_campaign=feed | Source: Abhinav Sarkar
[15:03]	TR Bot	Co, a Small Language With Coroutines #5: Adding Sleep | abhinavsarkar.net
[15:03]	TR News	"Why is that? I had never really needed to know. Such facts were enough for all of the programs and work Ive done. And so I decided I wanted to find out." https://agentultra.com/blog/taking-things-apart/index.html | Source: J Kenneth King
[15:03]	TR Bot	- Taking Things Apart
[15:04]	TR News	"Instead, we will send a script to each node so that it can fork its own cores to run the simulation." https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/parallel-computing/ | Source: Ken Koon Wong
[15:04]	TR Bot	 Setting Up A Cluster of Tiny PCs For Parallel Computing - A Note To Myself | Everyday Is A School Day
[15:04]	TR News	"If the feature works, then great; I can refine it further to make sure it is as good as it can be and then release it to everybody." https://birchtree.me/blog/rapid-iteration-in-the-modern-coding-world/ | Source: Matt Birchler
[15:04]	TR Bot	 Rapid iteration in the modern coding world
[15:06]	TR News	"It has come to my attention that the corpus of my public work has been scraped and used to train Large Language Models (LLMs)" https://rubenerd.com/llm-licencing/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[15:06]	TR Bot	The Rubenerd LLM Licencing PAC
[15:06]	TR News	"The materialist response isn't to reject the new technology. It's to evolve our licenses to encompass it." https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/01/histomat-foss-llm/ |
[15:06]	TR Bot	 Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them Hong Minhee on Things
[15:08]	TR News	"The ROS-Industrial Developers Meeting provided updates on open-source robotics tools, with a focus on advancements in Tesseract, Helping developers still using MoveIt2" https://rosindustrial.org/news/2026/1/16/first-ros-i-developers-meeting-looks-at-upcoming-releases-and-collaboration | Source: ROS Industrial
[15:08]	TR Bot	 First of 2026 ROS-I Developers' Meeting Looks at Upcoming Releases and Collaboration ROS-Industrial
[15:08]	TR News	"I say dense. Because massive success would make it sound large. And it wasnt a large event. 150 attendees, with speakers and volunteers we were around 200 in total." https://underjord.io/goatmire-2-announced.html | Source: Lars Wikman
[15:08]	TR Bot	 Underjord | Goatmire 2, announced
[15:09]	admfubar	https://www.rawstory.com/dr-oz-2674904171/
[15:09]	TR Bot	 'Horror story': Dr. Oz remarks slammed as red state replaces missing doctors with robots - Raw Story
[15:10]	TR News	"In principle, a static site generator is a good idea: They automatically populate your homepage, index pages and RSS feeds, making it impossible to forget anything." https://maurycyz.com/misc/new_ssg/ | Source: Maury
[15:10]	TR Bot	 My new static site generator: (Maurycy's blog)
[15:11]	TR News	"It was originally about Mozilla becoming an advertising company but it could as easily have been about Mozilla becoming an AI company or about Mozilla going all in on cryptocurrency" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/kitten-meat-deli-slices/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
[15:11]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/kitten-meat-deli-slices/ )
[15:12]	TR News	"Fast-forward to 2025. After tons of practice, I felt much more capable. Code did feel more like putty." https://evanhahn.com/i-set-all-376-vim-options-and-im-still-a-fool/ | Source: Evan Hahn
[15:12]	TR Bot	 I set all 376 Vim options and I'm still a fool
[15:13]	TR News	"It needs some cooling, but Im too cheap to buy a properly designed heat sink for it." https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/01/16/worst-media-server/ | Source: Herman unapuu
[15:13]	TR Bot	 I built the worst Jellyfin media server :: ./techtipsy
[15:13]	TR News	ll-embracing set of Release Notes." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/16/linux_mint_223_zena_officially_release/ | Source: The Register UK
[15:13]	TR Bot	 Linux Mint team officially releases 22.3 'Zena' The Register
[15:14]	TR News	"The latest Mint 22.3 was officially released on Tuesday. Downloads were available a few days before the announcement, but we thought it was better to wait until it was official."
[15:14]	TR News	"All three editions of Linux Mint Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce have been updated. The project used to publish separate announcements, "What's new", and release notes documents for each edition; for Mint 21.2 we resorted to a table to include all 12 links.
[15:14]	TR News	"As covered in the ip link manual page, network interfaces can have either or both of aliases and 'altname' properties." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/NetworkInterfaceNameLengthLimit | Source: University of Toronto
[15:14]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[15:15]	TR News	"Security-minded people are right to be suspicious about what is going on here." https://danielpocock.com/en/ray-dassen-debian-gnome-red-hat-unexplained-deaths/ | Source: Daniel Pocock
[15:15]	TR Bot	 J.H.M. Ray Dassen & Debian, Red Hat, GNOME unexplained deaths
[15:16]	TR News	"Ive always enjoyed the idea of having a portable, lightweight, 11 inch laptop for my personal use for around the house and small trips." https://btxx.org/posts/asus-openbsd/ | Source: Brad Taunt
[15:16]	TR Bot	 Liberating the ASUS CX1100CN Chromebook with OpenBSD
[15:16]	TR News	"Seasoned networkers will know to tell you that legacy IPv4 and modern IPv6 are, in fact, not directly compatible, and shipping traffic between IPv4 and IPv6 networks" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260116085115 | Source: Undeadly
[15:16]	TR Bot	 pf: make af-to less magical
[15:19]	TR News	"Youll need a text editor (any will do) and a browser (you already have one)." https://maurycyz.com/tutorials/website/ | Source: Maury
[15:19]	TR Bot	 How to write your own website: (Maurycy's blog)
[15:19]	TR News	"Given how awkward this is (and that not everything accepts or sees altnames)" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdNetworkdVirtualAltnames | Source: University of Toronto
[15:20]	TR News	"That's okay, but I would argue that in most cases you want your popovers aligned closely with the button that controls them." https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2026/better-defaults-for-popovers | Source: Manuel Matuzovi
[15:20]	TR Bot	 Better defaults for popovers - Manuel Matuzovic
[15:20]	TR News	"And we dig into Grok, Elon Musks AI chatbot, after it started generating sexualised images of women and children" https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-450/ | Source: Graham Cluley
[15:20]	TR Bot	 Smashing Security podcast #450: From Instagram panic to Grok gone wild Graham Cluley
[15:21]	TR News	"The status reaches Completed." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/empowering-federated-learning-multicluster-management | Source: Red Hat Official
[15:21]	TR Bot	 Empowering federated learning with multicluster management
[15:22]	TR News	The "Alicante Mafia" - Part III - Europe's Second-Largest Organisation on Strike, Protests, Other Industrial Actions to Come Impacting Over 95% of the Workforce (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_III_Europe_s_Second_Largest_Organisatio.shtml
[15:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part III - Europe's Second-Largest Organisation on Strike, Protests, Other Industrial Actions to Come Impacting Over 95% of the Workforce
[15:23]	TR News	"This tutorial will explain detailed procedures to install Debian 13 GNU/Linux "Trixie" with GNOME graphical user interface into a PC or a laptop." https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2026/01/how-to-install-debian-13-gnulinux-trixie-with-dualboot-method-uefi-and-external-disk-storage.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz
[15:23]	TR Bot	 How To Install Debian 13 GNU/Linux "Trixie" with Dualboot Method, UEFI, and External Disk Storage
[15:24]	TR News	"The below featured highlights listed on the communitys blog feed aggregator are from Jan. 9 to Jan. 15" https://news.opensuse.org/2026/01/16/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE
[15:24]	TR Bot	 Planet News Roundup - openSUSE News
[15:25]	TR News	"The Watchdog HAT supports a wide range of rechargeable battery chemistries, including Lithium-Ion, Lithium-Polymer, Lithium-Phosphate (Li3PO4), Lithium-Iron-Phosphate (LiFePO4)" https://linuxgizmos.com/sequent-microsystems-multichemistry-watchdog-hat-adds-ups-support-for-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[15:25]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/sequent-microsystems-multichemistry-watchdog-hat-adds-ups-support-for-raspberry-pi/ )
[15:26]	TR News	"The AI HAT+ 2 is based on the Hailo-10H neural network accelerator, delivering up to 40 TOPS of INT4 inferencing performance." https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-ai-hat-2-enables-generative-ai-on-raspberry-pi-5/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[15:26]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-ai-hat-2-enables-generative-ai-on-raspberry-pi-5/ )
[15:26]	TR News	"The CM0 NANO is based on the Raspberry Pi CM0, which integrates a 1 GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 processor." https://linuxgizmos.com/edatec-cm0-nano-combines-raspberry-pi-cm0-with-full-i-o-in-a-small-sbc/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[15:26]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/edatec-cm0-nano-combines-raspberry-pi-cm0-with-full-i-o-in-a-small-sbc/ )
[15:27]	TR News	This Week in Plasma: dark mode switch and global push-to-talk https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/17/this-week-in-plasma-dark-mode-switch-and-global-push-to-talk/
[15:27]	TR Bot	 This Week in Plasma: dark mode switch and global push-to-talk - KDE Blogs
[15:27]	TR News	Kentaro Hayashi: Budgie Desktop 10.10 is out, but not for me yet :( https://kenhys.hatenablog.jp/entry/2026/01/16/213649
[15:27]	TR Bot	 Budgie Desktop 10.10 is out, but not for me yet :( - 
[15:30]	TR News	How To Install OpenCV on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-opencv-fedora-43/
[15:30]	TR Bot	 How To Install OpenCV on Fedora 43 - idroot
[15:31]	TR News	The Journey of auditing UYUNI https://security.opensuse.org/2026/01/16/the-journey-of-auditing-uyuni.html
[15:31]	TR Bot	 The Journey of auditing UYUNI | SUSE Security Team Blog
[15:38]	TR News	Picture: Nu det NUUK! Viral kasket revet ned fra hylderne https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/nu-det-nuuk-viral-kasket-revet-ned-fra-hylderne
[15:38]	TR Bot	 Nu det NUUK! Viral kasket revet ned fra hylderne | Grnland | DR
[15:38]	TR News	Blocked by gratuitous javascript: https://officialnudetnuuk.com/
[15:38]	TR Bot	 Nu det Nuuk | Official Nu det Nuuk Merchandise
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[16:21]	TR News	Techrights Stack Ranking Against IBM/Red Hat Staff and a Signal of Mass Layoffs (RAs) Justified by Red Hat and IBM as Poor Performance/Misconduct/Other https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Stack_Ranking_Against_IBM_Red_Hat_Staff_and_a_Signal_of_Mass_La.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Stack_Ranking_Against_IBM_Red_Hat_Staff_and_a_Signal_of_Mass_La.gmi 
[16:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights Stack Ranking Against IBM/Red Hat Staff and a Signal of Mass Layoffs (RAs) Justified by Red Hat and IBM as Poor Performance/Misconduct/Other
[16:40]	TR News	Techrights The Splinternet is Already Here, Owing to the Militarisation of Technology (Slop, Social Control Media, Back Doors, and More) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Splinternet_is_Already_Here_Owing_to_the_Militarisation_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Splinternet_is_Already_Here_Owing_to_the_Militarisation_of_.gmi 
[16:40]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Splinternet is Already Here, Owing to the Militarisation of Technology (Slop, Social Control Media, Back Doors, and More)
[16:42]	TR News	Microsoft did NOT deny this! https://www.eteknix.com/microsoft-could-lay-off-thousands-of-employees-in-january-xbox-division-also-affected/ it might be delayed a bit
[16:42]	TR Bot	Could Lay Off Thousands of Employees in January, Xbox Division Also Affected - eTeknix
[16:45]		*psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights
[16:53]	TR News	Techrights Luzern Lion Monument, Albanian Female Whistleblowers: Swiss jurists were cowards https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Luzern_Lion_Monument_Albanian_Female_Whistleblowers_Swiss_juris.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Luzern_Lion_Monument_Albanian_Female_Whistleblowers_Swiss_juris.gmi 
[16:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Luzern Lion Monument, Albanian Female Whistleblowers: Swiss jurists were cowards
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[17:03]	TR News	Techrights Linuxiac Has Become a Slopfarm, Calling Them Out Isn't Fixing That https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Linuxiac_Has_Become_a_Slopfarm_Calling_Them_Out_Isn_t_Fixing_Th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Linuxiac_Has_Become_a_Slopfarm_Calling_Them_Out_Isn_t_Fixing_Th.gmi 
[17:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights Linuxiac Has Become a Slopfarm, Calling Them Out Isn't Fixing That
[17:27]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Lunduke Keeps Distracting From the Real Problems With Rust https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_Lunduke_Keeps_Distracting_From_the_Real_Problems_With.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_Lunduke_Keeps_Distracting_From_the_Real_Problems_With.gmi 
[17:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Lunduke Keeps Distracting From the Real Problems With Rust
[17:27]	TR News	pickled
[17:27]	TR News	on crony capitalism https://sf.gazetteer.co/theyve-pickled-each-others-brains
[17:27]	TR Bot	 Theyve pickled each others brains
[17:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  Why Rust Is Bad https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Why_Rust_Is_Bad.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Why_Rust_Is_Bad.gmi 
[17:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Why Rust Is Bad
[17:36]	TR News	the "bros" are f--king over our movement http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Why_Rust_Is_Bad.shtml
[17:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Why Rust Is Bad
[17:38]	TR News	iophk: "They did a lot of damage over the decades before Rust, too. Some of it's on purpose. Some of it, however, is just a side effect of people being regular people aka raging assholes."
[17:45]	MinceR	2 problems with the 'openai is going to bust' story are 1) they say 18 months, and it's highly possible that winnie the pooh will bomb the hardware industry to pieces before then and
[17:45]	MinceR	2) microslop practically owns "open""ai" and will either support them or just buy/merge with them
[17:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  Microsoft Windows Measured as Down to Just 3.7% "Market Share" in the Bahamas https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_Windows_Measured_as_Down_to_Just_3_7_Market_Share_in_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_Windows_Measured_as_Down_to_Just_3_7_Market_Share_in_.gmi 
[17:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Microsoft Windows Measured as Down to Just 3.7% "Market Share" in the Bahamas
[17:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	<MinceR> 2) microslop practically owns "open""ai" and will either support them or just buy/merge with them
[17:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	2 problems with this :)
[17:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	1) they need to fake paying for it (in "shares")
[17:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	2) they inherit way too much debt, like MElon with Twitter
[17:51]	MinceR	well, the author specifically claimed that microslop will be upheld by their other 'business'
[17:51]	MinceR	though i'm not sure what sort of 'ai' 'technology' they thought microslop owns that isn't "open""ai"
[17:51]	TR News	Swiss JuristGate: Luzern Lion Monument, Albanian Female Whistleblowers: Swiss jurists were cowards https://juristgate.com/en/luzern-lion-monument-albanian-female-whistleblowers-swiss-jurists-cowards/
[17:51]	TR Bot	JuristGate / JuristeGate Suisse -- Luzern Lion Monument, Albanian Female Whistleblowers: Swiss jurists were cowards
[17:51]	MinceR	afaik copilot is just old gpt in a cheap suit
[17:52]	TR News	Actors Trademarking Themselves https://heathermeeker.com/2026/01/16/actors-trademarking-themselves/
[17:52]	TR Bot	 Actors Trademarking Themselves Copyleft Currents
[17:52]	TR News	Why open standards are extremely beneficial to end users https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/01/16/why-open-standards-are-beneficial-to-end-users/
[17:52]	TR Bot	 Why open standards are extremely beneficial to end users - TDF Community Blog
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	no, copilot
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	is a dying brand
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	liek surface
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	and like xbox
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	they reuse it
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	it used to be slop for code
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	and then they paint everythuijing with copilot sometimes with "+"
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	pcs
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	opffice
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	anything
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	just copilot
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	to sell the illusion slop is like a productivity enhancer
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	another person
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's not
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's like ms bob or clippy
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's anag
[17:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	*a nag
[17:54]	MinceR	:>
[17:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/05/Time_for_Microsoft_to_Rebrand_to_Fit_the_Vapourware_Ponzi_Schem.shtml
[17:55]	TR Bot	 Techrights Time for Microsoft to Rebrand to Fit the Vapourware (Ponzi Scheme)
[17:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	it has gotten truly ridiculous
[17:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	like saying you have 400 millionnew hey hi users
[17:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	byu rebranding office as "copilot" something
[17:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	and it doesn't make sense
[17:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	the brand makes no sense
[17:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	it'sjust ponzi shit
[17:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	a lot of the media helped them lie about it
[17:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	ms said
[17:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	no
[17:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	not true
[17:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	we didn't rebrand ofice
[17:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	then you check
[17:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	yes,
[17:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	yues, you did!
[17:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	media still doesn't correct the story
[17:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	and lets microsoft lie about it
[17:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe with some bribe to play along
[17:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	pay to play
[17:56]	TR News	How To Install Nginx with Lets Encrypt SSL on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-nginx-with-lets-encrypt-ssl-fedora-43/
[17:56]	TR Bot	 How To Install Nginx with Lets Encrypt SSL on Fedora 43 - idroot
[17:57]	TR News	How to Install Git on CentOS Stream (10, 9) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-git-on-centos-stream/
[17:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-git-on-centos-stream/ )
[17:57]	TR News	How to Install PostgreSQL 17 on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-postgresql-17-on-ubuntu-linux/
[17:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-postgresql-17-on-ubuntu-linux/ )
[17:57]	TR News	How to Install MariaDB on Arch GNU/Linux https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mariadb-on-arch-linux/
[17:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mariadb-on-arch-linux/ )
[17:57]	MinceR	they should also rebrand edgesplorer as copilot
[17:57]	MinceR	and windows
[17:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	they did
[17:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's called ai pcs
[17:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	and then coipilot+
[17:57]	MinceR	then you can finally run copilot next to copilot on copilot on a copilot!
[17:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	windows is also "cpilot"
[17:57]	MinceR	and you can copilot on it.
[17:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	yo dawg, do be raysist
[17:58]	MinceR	also rebrand teams as copilot
[17:58]	MinceR	and then you can have a copilot meeting in copilot next to all that
[17:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	skype for busines
[17:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	what happened to "cloud"?
[17:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	can they also call the cloud copilot cloud?
[17:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	and make azure copilot?
[17:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	everythijing is hey hi
[17:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	congrats
[17:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	thr revolution is, INDEED< here
[17:59]	MinceR	maybe they could somehow acquire all "cloud" corporations and rebrand the "cloud" to copilot as well
[17:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	it happened ijn the marketing meetings
[17:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	at redmond and "meta"
[17:59]	MinceR	then you could also run copilot in the copilot and access it from copilot running on copilot on your copilot.
● Jan 17
[18:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	copilot-drive
[18:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	throw some slop in it
[18:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	say it's also hey hi
[18:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	uploading and downloading a file is hey hi
[18:00]	MinceR	well, all their products and disservices were pretty sloppy even before LLMs existed
[18:00]	MinceR	sloppy design, sloppy execution
[18:00]	MinceR	sloppilot
[18:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	slobby disk
[18:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/Ponzi_Schemes_Are_Useful_to_Corrupt_CEOs.shtml
[18:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights Ponzi Schemes Are Useful (to Corrupt CEOs)
[18:02]	MinceR	sloppy disk drive
[18:03]	TR News	Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the Hey Hi (AI) Industry to Its Core https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-industry-recall-copyright-books
[18:03]	TR Bot	 Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the AI Industry to Its Core
[18:03]	TR News	Matthew McConaughey Is Using a Clever Legal Trick to Bludgeon Hey Hi (AI) Companies https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/matthew-mcconaughey-ai-copyright
[18:03]	TR Bot	 Matthew McConaughey Is Using a Clever Legal Trick to Bludgeon AI Companies
[18:04]	TR News	TTABlog Test: Is BLACK SWAN for Vodka Confusable with BLACK SWAN for Wine? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/ttablog-test-is-black-swan-for-vodka.html
[18:04]	TR Bot	 The TTABlog: TTABlog Test: Is BLACK SWAN for Vodka Confusable with BLACK SWAN for Wine?
[18:04]	TR News	In Other News: FortiSIEM Flaw Exploited, Sean Plankey Renominated, Russias Polish Grid Attack https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-fortisiem-flaw-exploited-sean-plankey-renominated-russias-polish-grid-attack/
[18:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-fortisiem-flaw-exploited-sean-plankey-renominated-russias-polish-grid-attack/ )
[18:08]	TR News	Gedit Technology blog: gedit 49.0 released https://gedit-text-editor.org/blog/2026-01-16-gedit-49-0.html
[18:08]	TR Bot	 gedit 49.0 released | Gedit Technology blog
[18:10]	TR News	Spidermonkey Development Blog: Flipping Responsibility for Jobs in SpiderMonkey https://spidermonkey.dev/blog/2026/01/15/job-responsibility.html
[18:10]	TR Bot	 Flipping Responsibility for Jobs in SpiderMonkey | SpiderMonkey JavaScript/WebAssembly Engine
[18:11]	TR News	This Week in GNOME: #232 Upcoming Deadlines https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/01/twig-232/
[18:11]	TR Bot	 #232 Upcoming Deadlines
[18:12]	TR News	Allan Day: GNOME Foundation Update, 2026-01-16 https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2026/01/16/gnome-foundation-update-2026-01-16/
[18:12]	TR Bot	 GNOME Foundation Update, 2026-01-16 Form and Function
[18:13]	TR News	The Tinderbox Ignites: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Generic Equivalence Statements Constitute Inducement https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/equivalence-statements-constitute.html
[18:13]	TR Bot	 The Tinderbox Ignites: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Generic Equivalence Statements Constitute Inducement | Patently-O
[18:14]	TR News	UPC is illegal. This is a kangaroo court tied to a corrupt patent office run by cocaine addicts. https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/aorticlab-fends-off-infringement-suit-by-us-competitor-emboline/
[18:14]	TR Bot	 AorticLab fends off infringement suit by US competitor Emboline
[18:16]	TR News	Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSpdlog 0.0.26 on CRAN: Another Microfix http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01/16#rcppspdlog_0.0.26
[18:16]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[18:16]	TR News	I set all 376 Vim options and I'm still a fool https://evanhahn.com/i-set-all-376-vim-options-and-im-still-a-fool/
[18:16]	TR Bot	 I set all 376 Vim options and I'm still a fool
[18:17]	TR News	KDE Ni! OS Plasma Login Manager now available https://cukic.co/2026/01/16/kde-ni-os-plasma-login-manager-available
[18:17]	TR Bot	 KDE Ni! OS Plasma Login Manager now available | Ivan uki
[18:18]	TR News	11 Interesting ESP32 Microcontroller Projects Beginners Can Try https://itsfoss.com/esp32-microcontroller-projects/
[18:18]	TR Bot	 11 Interesting ESP32 Microcontroller Projects Beginners Can Try
[18:19]	TR News	Emms updated https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Emms
[18:19]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Emms )
[18:20]	TR News	Fedora Community Blog: Community Update Week 03 2026 https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/community-update-week-03-2026/
[18:20]	TR Bot	 Community Update - Week 03 2026 Fedora Community Blog
[18:20]	TR News	LLM Compressor 0.9.0: Attention quantization, MXFP4 support, and more https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/16/llm-compressor-090-attention-quantization-mxfp4-support-and-more
[18:20]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/16/llm-compressor-090-attention-quantization-mxfp4-support-and-more )
[18:21]	TR News	Your Questions Answered: Where We Are on Hey Hi (AI) Regulation, and Where We Go From Here https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/your-questions-answered-where-we-are-on-ai-regulation-and-where-we-go-from-here
[18:21]	TR Bot	 Your Questions Answered: Where We Are on AI Regulation, and Where We Go From Here | American Civil Liberties Union
[18:21]	TR News	Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/flock-ceo-goes-ballistic
[18:21]	TR Bot	 Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance | American Civil Liberties Union
[18:24]	TR News	Anon: The broligarchs pushing for the takeover of Greenland don't take any negative heat for it and will keep using their catspaw. It's worrisome situation, especially if it takes troops away from Bornholm etc The tariffs are slowly but surely making the US economically irrelevant to the rest of the world
[18:24]	TR News	Canada, China reach initial trade deal on electric vehicles, canola https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/canada-china-set-for-historic-gains-from-new-partnership-carney-says
[18:24]	TR Bot	 Canada, China reach initial trade deal on electric vehicles, canola | The Straits Times
[18:25]	TR News	China protests over Philippine coast guards Pooh-tin images https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-protests-over-philippine-coast-guards-xi-images
[18:25]	TR Bot	 China protests over Philippine coast guards Xi images | The Straits Times
[18:25]	TR News	Fraudsters flee Cambodias scam city after extradition of accused boss Chen Zhi to China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/fraudsters-flee-cambodias-scam-city-after-accused-boss-taken-down
[18:25]	TR Bot	 Fraudsters flee Cambodias scam city after extradition of accused boss Chen Zhi to China | The Straits Times
[18:26]	TR News	China acting like North Korea now https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/16/china-protests-over-philippine-coast-guards-president-xi-images/
[18:26]	TR Bot	 China protests over Philippine coast guard's President Xi images
[18:27]	TR News	Returning Soon? A Home Front in the U.S. Fight Against Foreign Tech Regulations https://project-disco.org/competition/returning-soon-a-home-front-in-the-u-s-fight-against-foreign-tech-regulations/
[18:27]	TR Bot	 Returning Soon? A Home Front in the U.S. Fight Against Foreign Tech Regulations - Disruptive Competition Project
[18:29]	TR News	Scientists Found a Sugar That's Sweet, Low-Calorie, And Doesn't Spike Insulin https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-a-sugar-thats-sweet-low-calorie-and-doesnt-spike-insulin
[18:29]	TR Bot	Found a Sugar That's Sweet, Low-Calorie, And Doesn't Spike Insulin : ScienceAlert
[18:31]	MinceR	inb4 scientists find out it's toxic and carcinogenic and eats babies
[18:31]	schestowitz[TR2]	eats DA babies?
[18:32]	TR News	Takeaway Coffees May Contain Thousands of Microplastic Fragments, Study Warns https://www.sciencealert.com/takeaway-coffees-may-contain-thousands-of-microplastic-fragments-study-warns
[18:32]	TR Bot	Coffees May Contain Thousands of Microplastic Fragments, Study Warns : ScienceAlert
[18:33]	TR News	Battles Over Truth Rage Online Amid Irans Internet Blackout https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/business/iran-internet-blackout-protests-disinformation.html
[18:33]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/business/iran-internet-blackout-protests-disinformation.html )
[18:33]	MinceR	yeah
[18:33]	TR News	HRW urges Uganda to lift internet restrictions amid ongoing elections https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/rights-group-urges-uganda-to-lift-internet-restrictions-amid-ongoing-elections/
[18:33]	TR Bot	 HRW urges Uganda to lift internet restrictions amid ongoing elections - JURIST - News
[18:34]	TR News	Iran: An uprising and a massacre, The Greenland narrative, Preventing WWIII https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-world-this-week/20260116-iran-an-uprising-and-a-massacre-the-greenland-narrative-preventing-wwiii
[18:34]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-world-this-week/20260116-iran-an-uprising-and-a-massacre-the-greenland-narrative-preventing-wwiii )
[18:37]	TR News	Nvidia China market share to drastically decrease from 66% to 8% https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-china-market-share-to-drastically-decrease-from-66-percent-to-8-percent-analysts-claim-export-curbs-and-homegrown-success-to-blame http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/28/Circular_Financing_in_NVidia_NVidia_Pays_Its_Clients_to_Buy_Fro.shtml
[18:37]	TR Bot	 Nvidia China market share to drastically decrease from 66% to 8%, analysts claim export curbs and homegrown success to blame | Tom's Hardware
[18:37]	TR Bot	 Techrights Circular Financing in NVidia (NVidia Pays Its Clients to Buy From NVidia) and "Lessons From the Dotcom Crash"
[18:39]	TR News	AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-centers-electric-grid-meltdown
[18:39]	TR Bot	 AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown
[18:39]	TR News	Calvin Harris Wins $13.5 Million Payout In Legal Battle Against Ex-ManagerThough Another $12 Million Remains Under Dispute https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/15/calvin-harris-ex-manager-lawsuit-win/
[18:39]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/15/calvin-harris-ex-manager-lawsuit-win/ )
[18:45]	TR News	Live Blog: Internet Blackout Continues As Security Forces Bolster Presence Across Iran https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html
[18:45]	TR Bot	 Live Blog: Trump: Khamenei Responsible For 'Violence At Levels Never Seen Before'
[18:46]	TR News	Carlsberg probably not the best cybersecurity in the world https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/carlsberg-probably-not-the-best-cybersecurity-in-the-world/
[18:46]	TR Bot	 Carlsberg probably not the best cybersecurity in the world | Pen Test Partners
[18:48]	TR News	It is only "evil slave labour" when NK and China do it... https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-prisoners-make-12000-license-plates-a-day-and-1-31-per-hour/
[18:48]	TR Bot	 Michigan prisoners make 12,000 license plates a day and $1.31 per hour - Bridge Michigan
[18:49]	TR News	Cisco Patches Vulnerability Exploited by Chinese Hackers https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-vulnerability-exploited-by-chinese-hackers/
[18:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-vulnerability-exploited-by-chinese-hackers/ )
[18:49]	TR News	Cybersecurity Firms React to Chinas Reported Software Ban https://www.securityweek.com/cybersecurity-firms-react-to-chinas-reported-software-ban/
[18:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cybersecurity-firms-react-to-chinas-reported-software-ban/ )
[18:50]	TR News	750,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Canadian Investment Watchdog https://www.securityweek.com/750000-impacted-by-data-breach-at-canadian-investment-watchdog/
[18:50]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/750000-impacted-by-data-breach-at-canadian-investment-watchdog/ )
[18:51]	MinceR	https://engrish.com/2024/06/im-suspicious/
[18:51]	TR Bot	 Im suspicious
[18:51]	TR News	Cronkit make cron jobs human-readable https://www.linuxlinks.com/cronkit-cron-jobs-human-readable/
[18:51]	TR Bot	- make cron jobs human-readable - LinuxLinks
[18:51]	TR News	Dupster duplicate file finder https://www.linuxlinks.com/dupster-duplicate-file-finder/
[18:51]	TR Bot	- duplicate file finder - LinuxLinks
[18:53]	TR News	Remi Collet: PHP version 8.3.30, 8.4.17, and 8.5.2 https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2026/01/16/PHP-version-8.3.30-8.4.17-8.5.2
[18:53]	TR Bot	 PHP version 8.3.30, 8.4.17, and 8.5.2 - Remi's RPM repository - Blog
[18:54]	TR News	Linux Candy: Fractal Art desktop wallpaper generator https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-candy-fractal-art-desktop-wallpaper-generator/
[18:54]	TR Bot	Candy: Fractal Art - desktop wallpaper generator - LinuxLinks
[18:54]	TR News	parqeye visualize parquet files https://www.linuxlinks.com/parqeye-visualize-parquet-files/
[18:54]	TR Bot	- visualize parquet files - LinuxLinks
[18:54]	TR News	rip fuzzy find and kill processes https://www.linuxlinks.com/rip-fuzzy-find-kill-processes/
[18:54]	TR Bot	- fuzzy find and kill processes - LinuxLinks
[18:56]	TR News	Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/3 https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/01/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-3/
[18:56]	TR Bot	 Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/3 Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*)
[18:57]	TR News	Security updates for Friday https://lwn.net/Articles/1054683/
[18:57]	TR Bot	updates for Friday [LWN.net]
[18:57]	TR News	runa terminal file browser https://www.linuxlinks.com/runa-terminal-file-browser/
[18:57]	TR Bot	- terminal file browser - LinuxLinks
[18:58]	TR News	claws TUI for proprietary trap AWS resource management https://www.linuxlinks.com/claws-tui-aws-resource-management/
[18:58]	TR Bot	- TUI for AWS resource management - LinuxLinks
[18:58]	TR News	crepe grep-like search tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/crepe-grep-like-search-tool/
[18:58]	TR Bot	- grep-like search tool - LinuxLinks
[18:58]	TR News	16 Best Free and Open Source Orthodox GNU/Linux File Managers https://www.linuxlinks.com/orthodoxfilemanagers/
[18:58]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Orthodox Linux File Managers - LinuxLinks
[18:59]	TR News	More People Nowadays Say "GNU/Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/More_People_Nowadays_Say_GNU_Linux.shtml
[18:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights More People Nowadays Say "GNU/Linux"
[18:59]	TR News	LLM Slop on the Web is Waning, But Linuxiac Has Become a Slopfarm https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/LLM_Slop_on_the_Web_is_Waning_But_Linuxiac_Has_Become_a_Slopfar.shtml
[18:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights LLM Slop on the Web is Waning, But Linuxiac Has Become a Slopfarm
● Jan 17
[19:00]	TR News	Linux Mint 22.3 Now Available with New Tools http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Mint-22.3-Now-Available-with-New-Tools
[19:00]	TR Bot	 Linux Mint 22.3 Now Available with New Tools Linux Magazine
[19:02]	TR News	NVIDIA 590 being Made Available for Ubuntu 22.04|24.04|25.10 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/nvidia-590-being-made-available-for-ubuntu-22-0424-0425-10/
[19:02]	TR Bot	 NVIDIA 590 being Made Available for Ubuntu 22.04|24.04|25.10 | UbuntuHandbook
[19:02]	TR News	Linuxiac May Have Reverted Back to LLM Slop (Updated Same Day) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/15/Linuxiac_May_Have_Reverted_Back_to_LLM_Slop.shtml
[19:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights Linuxiac May Have Reverted Back to LLM Slop (Updated Same Day)
[19:03]	TR News	GIMP works without WINE and without an oppressive licence https://www.phoronix.com/news/Adobe-Photoshop-2025-Wine-Patch
[19:03]	TR Bot	Photoshop 2025 Installer Now Working On Linux With Patched Wine - Phoronix
[19:05]	TR News	Matj Cepl: Rant about the current state of OpenSSL https://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/rant-about-the-current-state-of-openssl.html
[19:05]	TR Bot	 Rant about the current state of OpenSSL
[19:06]	TR News	ATZ GNU/Linux 12.13.1 is out https://distrowatch.com/atz
[19:06]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/atz )
[19:07]	TR News	Record Traffic in Geminispace or Over Gemini Protocol https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Record_Traffic_in_Geminispace_or_Over_Gemini_Protocol.shtml
[19:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights Record Traffic in Geminispace or Over Gemini Protocol
[19:08]	TR News	Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop GNU/Linux Environments Without Root Access https://itsfoss.com/local-desktop/
[19:08]	TR Bot	 Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop Linux Environments Without Root Access
[19:09]	TR News	This domain is still propping up scams https://linuxbsdos.com/2026/01/15/harden-ethereum-kernel-for-mass-adoption/
[19:09]	TR Bot	 Architects harden Ethereum kernel for mass adoption
[19:10]	TR News	Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 Improves Handling for Files Larger Than 4GB https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-4-improves-handling-for-files-larger-than-4gb
[19:10]	TR Bot	Pi Imager 2.0.4 Improves Handling for Files Larger Than 4GB - 9to5Linux
[19:11]	TR News	PipeWire 1.4.10 Backports Filter-Graph Channel Support and Fixes More Bugs https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-4-10-backports-filter-graph-channel-support-and-fixes-more-bugs
[19:11]	TR Bot	1.4.10 Backports Filter-Graph Channel Support and Fixes More Bugs - 9to5Linux
[19:11]	TR News	Fedora Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora GNU/Linux 44 https://9to5linux.com/fedora-games-lab-spin-to-switch-from-xfce-to-kde-plasma-with-fedora-linux-44
[19:11]	TR Bot	Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora Linux 44 - 9to5Linux
[19:12]	TR News	GNOME 50 Alpha Finally Released for Testing Purpose https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/gnome-50-alpha-finally-released-for-testing-purpose/
[19:12]	TR Bot	 GNOME 50 Alpha Finally Released for Testing Purpose | UbuntuHandbook
[19:12]	TR News	Voyager 26.04-alpha4 is out https://distrowatch.com/voyager
[19:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/voyager )
[19:13]	TR News	Canonical as salespeople of .NET https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/dotnet-10-0-1-update-ubuntu-24-04-lts https://techrights.org/o/2023/05/30/mark-shuttleworth-microsoft/
[19:13]	TR Bot	 First .NET 10 Servicing Update Now Available in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
[19:13]	TR Bot	 MS (Mark Shuttleworth) as a Microsoft Salesperson
[19:14]	TR News	Tomasz Torcz: Fashion Company Apple knows better (how big it is) https://enotty.pipebreaker.pl/posts/2026/01/apple-knows-better-how-big-it-is/
[19:14]	TR Bot	 Apple knows better (how big it is) | -ENOTTY
[19:14]	TR News	IBM Was Never the Good Guy https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/IBM_Was_Never_the_Good_Guy.shtml
[19:14]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Was Never the Good Guy
[19:14]	TR News	Google News Poisons Its Own Index With More Slopfarms (Including "filmogaz") (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Google_News_Poisons_Its_Own_Index_With_More_Slopfarms_Including.shtml
[19:14]	TR Bot	 Techrights Google News Poisons Its Own Index With More Slopfarms (Including "filmogaz")
[19:15]	TR News	Five US publishers sue Surveillance Giant Google over deceptive and manipulative adtech practices https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/five-us-publishers-sue-google-over-deceptive-and-manipulative-adtech-practices/
[19:15]	TR Bot	 Five US publishers sue Google over 'manipulative' adtech practices - Press Gazette
[19:15]	TR News	WhisperPair Attack Leaves Millions of Audio Accessories Open to Hijacking https://www.securityweek.com/whisperpair-attack-leaves-millions-of-bluetooth-accessories-open-to-hijacking/
[19:15]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/whisperpair-attack-leaves-millions-of-bluetooth-accessories-open-to-hijacking/ )
[19:16]	TR News	US strikes deal with Taiwan to cut tariffs, boost chip investment https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-says-reached-deal-with-taiwan-to-lower-tariffs-boost-investments
[19:16]	TR Bot	 US strikes deal with Taiwan to cut tariffs, boost chip investment | The Straits Times
[19:18]	TR News	Qt Quick for Android - Qt 6.9 and 6.10 https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-quick-for-android-qt-6.9-and-6.10
[19:18]	TR Bot	 Qt Quick for Android - Qt 6.9 and 6.10
[19:19]	TR News	credcheck v4.4 has been released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/credcheck-v44-has-been-released-3212/
[19:19]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: credcheck v4.4 has been released
[19:21]	TR News	msft crap, -1 https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/16/nagios03-2/\
[19:21]	TR Bot	( status 404 @ https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/16/nagios03-2/\ )
[19:22]	TR News	You Might Not Know This, but Your NAS Might Be a Good Docker Server https://thenewstack.io/you-might-not-know-this-but-your-nas-might-be-a-good-docker-server/
[19:22]	TR Bot	 You Might Not Know This, but Your NAS Might Be a Good Docker Server - The New Stack
[19:23]	TR News	Nagios03 https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/16/nagios03-2/
[19:23]	TR Bot	 Nagios03 Dan Langille's Other Diary
[19:25]	TR News	Dying, drowning in debt https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/16/openai-start-testing-chatgpt-ads-across-free-go-tiers/ ttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/technology/chatgpt-ads-openai.html
[19:25]	TR Bot	to start testing ChatGPT ads across free, Go tiers - SiliconANGLE
[19:25]	TR News	How to Install Remi RPM on CentOS Stream (10, 9) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-remi-rpm-on-centos-stream/
[19:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-remi-rpm-on-centos-stream/ )
[19:27]	TR News	Software Patents: NovaCloud networking patents prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/1/15/novacloud-networking-patent-prior-art-found
[19:27]	TR Bot	 NovaCloud networking patents prior art found Unified Patents
[19:31]	TR News	XIAO ESP32-C5 A tiny USB-C IoT board with dual-band WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, Zigbee, and Thread connectivity https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/16/xiao-esp32-c5-a-tiny-usb-c-iot-board-with-dual-band-wifi-6-bluetooth-5-0-le-zigbee-and-thread-connectivity/
[19:31]	TR Bot	 XIAO ESP32-C5 - A tiny USB-C IoT board with dual-band WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, Zigbee, and Thread connectivity - CNX Software
[19:31]	TR News	Tablet-like, ESP32-P4-based 7, 8, and 10.1-inch HMI displays integrate Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, 5MP camera https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/17/tablet-like-esp32-p4-based-7-8-and-10-1-inch-hmi-displays-integrate-wi-fi-6-connectivity-5mp-camera/
[19:31]	TR Bot	 Tablet-like, ESP32-P4-based 7, 8, and 10.1-inch HMI displays integrate Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, 5MP camera - CNX Software
[19:34]	TR News	Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/podcasts/jonathan-haidt-strikes-again-what-you-vibecoded-an-update-on-the-forkiverse.html If we cant win on social control media, then we definitely cant win on A.I., says Haidt
[19:34]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/podcasts/jonathan-haidt-strikes-again-what-you-vibecoded-an-update-on-the-forkiverse.html )
[19:36]	TR News	Origami Linuxs COSMIC Desktop on Fedora Atomic Almost Wins Me Over https://fossforce.com/2026/01/origami-linux-cosmic-desktop/
[19:36]	TR Bot	 Origami Linuxs COSMIC Desktop on Fedora Atomic Almost Wins Me Over - FOSS Force
[19:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: https://iol.co.za/business/window-on-china/2026-01-16-chinas-development-path-aligns-with-the-philosophy-of-ubuntu-african-scholar/
[19:39]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://iol.co.za/business/window-on-china/2026-01-16-chinas-development-path-aligns-with-the-philosophy-of-ubuntu-african-scholar/ )
[19:40]	TR News	"Newer kernel, newer Cinnamon, new tools, and even new icons" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/16/linux_mint_223_zena_officially_release/
[19:40]	TR Bot	 Linux Mint team officially releases 22.3 'Zena' The Register
[19:41]	MinceR	lol
[19:41]	MinceR	so, is communist china subordinating itself to microslop too?
[19:41]	MinceR	or is it just "we're humans so whatever we do is by definition humane"?
[19:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	minutes ago i sawe
[19:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	some article
[19:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	in ms publisher
[19:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	it said
[19:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	that microsoft had "community"first" hey hi DCs
[19:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	whatever that means
[19:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	community first
[19:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	slop
[19:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	disinfo
[19:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	wasting water
[19:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	wasting power
[19:44]	TR News	But the back doors cannot be removed https://itsfoss.com/local-desktop/
[19:44]	TR Bot	 Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop Linux Environments Without Root Access
[19:44]	MinceR	i wonder who that "community" consists of
[19:44]	TR News	3 cool and handy Linux apps to try this weekend (January 16 - 18) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-january-16/
[19:44]	TR Bot	 3 cool and handy Linux apps to try this weekend (January 16 - 18)
[19:44]	MinceR	i guess it consists of winnie the pooh, vladolf and cheeto hitler
[19:45]	MinceR	after all they are the people microslop is most willing to serve at all times
[19:46]	TR News	"This Linux distribution can compete with any lightweight OS on the market." https://www.zdnet.com/article/tromjaro-is-what-happens-when-a-group-of-developers-with-a-big-conscience-create-an-os/
[19:46]	TR Bot	found a Linux distro that pairs a clean, Mac-like UI with a &apos;trade-free&apos; philosophy - and it&apos;s super fast | ZDNET
[19:46]	TR News	4 Fedora-based Linux distributions that are better than Fedora https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-based-linux-distributions-that-are-better-than-the-original/
[19:46]	TR Bot	 4 Fedora-based Linux distributions that are better than Fedora
[19:46]	TR News	This new premium Linux laptop has up to 128GB RAM and 16TB storage https://www.howtogeek.com/this-new-premium-linux-laptop-has-up-to-128gb-ram-and-16tb-storage/
[19:46]	TR Bot	 This new premium Linux laptop has up to 128GB RAM and 16TB storage
[19:47]	TR News	"What is EndeavourOS? A Linux distribution based on Arch-Linux. It's as close as possible to a vanilla Arch install, but makes things a lot simpler to get going. A distribution aimed at more intermediate Linux users." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/endeavouros-linux-gets-an-upgraded-release-with-ganymede-neo/
[19:47]	TR Bot	Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo | GamingOnLinux
[19:47]	TR News	Fedora Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora Linux 44 https://9to5linux.com/fedora-games-lab-spin-to-switch-from-xfce-to-kde-plasma-with-fedora-linux-44
[19:47]	TR Bot	Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora Linux 44 - 9to5Linux
[19:48]	TR News	"Ganymede is fast, beautiful, stable, and relatively simple to use." https://www.zdnet.com/article/endeavoros-offers-a-new-release-with-a-beautiful-look-and-a-game-changing-feature/
[19:48]	TR Bot	latest EndeavorOS release just solved one of my biggest frustrations with Arch Linux | ZDNET
[19:49]	TR News	We May Be Able To Install Adobe Software On Steam Deck Soon https://steamdeckhq.com/news/adobe-software-linux-fix-soon/
[19:49]	TR Bot	 Adobe Software May Work on Steam Deck Soon - SDHQ
[19:49]	MinceR	why would we want to, though
[19:50]	TR News	Why 2026 might bring more Linux desktops to the enterprise https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterprisedesktop/feature/Why-2026-might-bring-more-Linux-desktops-to-the-enterprise
[19:50]	TR Bot	2026 might bring more Linux desktops to the enterprise | TechTarget
[19:50]	TR News	"In my opinion, there is no real "wrong answer" when picking out your very first Linux distro. Yes, some options are more difficult to set up, more niche, and may confuse a newcomer more than other distros, but if someone really has their mind set on a specific one" https://www.xda-developers.com/the-best-arch-linux-disto-for-beginners-just-got-even-easier-to-set-up/
[19:50]	TR Bot	 The best Arch Linux distro for beginners just got even easier to set up
[19:51]	TR News	"The Opera GX team has announced that it is "working on" a native Linux version of the web browser. Opera GX was launched back in June 2019 as a web browser for gamers. At first, it was only available for Windows users, but a macOS version followed in December that year." https://www.neowin.net/news/opera-gx-is-finally-making-its-to-way-to-linux/
[19:51]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/opera-gx-is-finally-making-its-to-way-to-linux/ )
[19:51]	TR News	Indomitus Group Launches indiPDF, a Professional PDF Editor for Linux https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/01/15/3219964/0/en/Indomitus-Group-Launches-indiPDF-a-Professional-PDF-Editor-for-Linux.html
[19:51]	TR Bot	 Indomitus Group Launches indiPDF, a Professional PDF Editor
[19:52]	TR News	I boosted my old laptops battery life by switching to this power-efficient Linux distro https://www.makeuseof.com/boosted-old-laptop-battery-switching-to-power-efficient-linux-distro/
[19:52]	TR Bot	 I boosted my old laptops battery life by switching to this power-efficient Linux distro
[19:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  indiPDF and Other Software for GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/indiPDF_and_Other_Software_for_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/indiPDF_and_Other_Software_for_GNU_Linux.gmi 
[19:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines indiPDF and Other Software for GNU/Linux
[19:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	<MinceR> i wonder who that "community" consists of
[19:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	they just mean nearby residents
[19:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	and what theyh say is flase
[19:53]	TR News	"Starting with this release, the NVIDIA proprietary drivers have been switched to nvidia-open due to the upstream changes to NVIDIA drivers." https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-ganymede-neo-rolls-out-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-and-kde-plasma-6-5-4
[19:53]	TR Bot	Ganymede Neo Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.5.4 - 9to5Linux
[19:54]	TR News	This old-school Linux distro is a nightmare to use today https://www.xda-developers.com/i-used-a-modern-fork-of-a-linux-de-from-the-90s/
[19:54]	TR Bot	 This old-school Linux distro is a nightmare to use today
[19:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Gedit 49.0 Released, This Week in GNOME, and GNOME Foundation Update (by IBM) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Gedit_49_0_Released_This_Week_in_GNOME_and_GNOME_Foundation_Upd.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Gedit_49_0_Released_This_Week_in_GNOME_and_GNOME_Foundation_Upd.gmi 
[19:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Gedit 49.0 Released, This Week in GNOME, and GNOME Foundation Update (by IBM)
[19:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[19:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[19:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Canonical/Ubuntu: NVIDIA, Microsoft Boosting, and Netplan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Canonical_Ubuntu_NVIDIA_Microsoft_Boosting_and_Netplan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Canonical_Ubuntu_NVIDIA_Microsoft_Boosting_and_Netplan.gmi 
[19:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Canonical/Ubuntu: NVIDIA, Microsoft Boosting, and Netplan
[19:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  OpenSUSE: Planet News Roundup, UYUNI, and Tumbleweed Review https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/OpenSUSE_Planet_News_Roundup_UYUNI_and_Tumbleweed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/OpenSUSE_Planet_News_Roundup_UYUNI_and_Tumbleweed.gmi 
[19:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines OpenSUSE: Planet News Roundup, UYUNI, and Tumbleweed Review
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[20:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi 
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[20:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat, Fedora, and Fedora Derivatives https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_Fedora_Derivatives.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_Fedora_Derivatives.gmi 
[20:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat, Fedora, and Fedora Derivatives
[20:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  OpenBSD: Liberating the ASUS CX1100CN Chromebook and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/OpenBSD_eftp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/OpenBSD_eftp.gmi 
[20:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines OpenBSD: Liberating the ASUS CX1100CN Chromebook and More
[20:04]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
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[20:04]	TR News	 (NEW):  Standards: Importance of ODF and "How Markdown Took Over the World" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Standards_Importance_of_ODF_and_How_Markdown_Took_Over_the_Worl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Standards_Importance_of_ODF_and_How_Markdown_Took_Over_the_Worl.gmi 
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[20:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Spidermonkey Development Update and Mozilla Lost Its Way (Says One of Its Original Creators) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Spidermonkey_Development_Update_and_Mozilla_Lost_Its_Way_Says_O.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Spidermonkey_Development_Update_and_Mozilla_Lost_Its_Way_Says_O.gmi 
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[20:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[20:10]	TR News	Techrights Links 17/01/2026: Internet Blackout Normalised, Russian Attacks Civilians by Causing Massive Blackouts https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Links_17_01_2026_Internet_Blackout_Normalised_Russian_Attacks_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Links_17_01_2026_Internet_Blackout_Normalised_Russian_Attacks_C.gmi 
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[21:57]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], AI: Whatever takes the focus off: Hyperinflation, no jobs, the Gestapo asking people for proof of citizenship after being detained for no Constitutional reason other than "Do you want to be fucking killed like we did to that lesbian bitch!? Just hand us the fucking card, man!"
● Jan 17
[22:00]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], Trump is having a meltdown over rumors of him considerig Jamie Dimon for Fed Chair.
[22:01]	Isambard_Prince	He says, actually, he'll sue Chase Bank for debanking him after January 6th.
[22:01]	Isambard_Prince	Well, hard to say who to root for.
[22:01]	Isambard_Prince	In this corner, one of Epstein's many clients, and in the other corner, the First Bank of Jeffrey Epstein.
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[22:02]	Isambard_Prince	They did business with Epstein and the people at Private Client even joked and laughed about him being a pedophile, and when they were sued for conspiring with him, by his victims, they very quickly settled for a lot of money.
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[22:04]	Isambard_Prince	Don't ever log into Chase from behind a VPN.
[22:04]	Isambard_Prince	If you so much as fart wrong they lock you out and you can't pay your credit card bill or (if you have a bank account) have access to YOUR money again until next week when the bank is open, if you can get an appointment.
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[22:21]	Isambard_Prince	Chase is actually one of the most secure banks I've ever seen, as far as online stuff.
[22:22]	Isambard_Prince	If they see a VPN they lock your account immediately and you have to go to a branch and show them your driver's license or a passport or something.
[22:22]	Isambard_Prince	I think that's pretty obnoxious really so I'd never put money there, but they have some neat credit cards.
[22:23]	Isambard_Prince	There's a point where security gets too obnoxious no matter how well it works.
[22:24]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Someone said the Apple Card was great because there's no late payment fees.
[22:24]	Isambard_Prince	I said if you're stretched so thin you can't make at least the minimum payment by the due date, you should not have any credit cards.
[22:25]	Isambard_Prince	Who cares what the late fee is if you can set up autopay for the minimum payment "just in case".
[22:25]	Isambard_Prince	I mean, it'll save you from a $39 fee if you forget or you're in the hospital or something and can't pay it.
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[22:26]	Isambard_Prince	People who care about late fees are paying their bills late all the time because there's no money.
[22:26]	Isambard_Prince	It not only means you couldn't pay the card off in full, which is already a reason to not have credit cards.
[22:27]	Isambard_Prince	It means you couldn't even make the interest payment which is reason to REALLY not have one.
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[22:27]	Isambard_Prince	On the way to "charging off" your card will hit you with six late payments and interest of about 25-45% depending on your credit and what sort of card it was.
[22:28]	Isambard_Prince	They'll double what you owed them then charge it off and sell it.
[22:28]	Isambard_Prince	A lot of banks are like hospitals, they want to keep their name out of it so they don't have a reputation for raking people over the coals.
[22:28]	Isambard_Prince	So it'll be a debt collector that doesn't care what their reputation is.
[22:28]	Isambard_Prince	Like Midland Funding or LVNV or Helvey and Associates.
[22:29]	Isambard_Prince	As long as the bank doubles what you actually spent, if they can even get 40-50 cents on the dollar for the account, they did not lose much.
[22:29]	MinceR	Chase Your Money, eh?
[22:29]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Their credit card is called Chase Freedom.
[22:30]	MinceR	:>
[22:30]	Isambard_Prince	What a cruel name for a product that charges 30% interest and late fees.
[22:30]	MinceR	well, you can Chase it but never reach it
[22:30]	Isambard_Prince	We used to have another name for this sort of a product.
[22:30]	Isambard_Prince	Loan Sharking.
[22:30]	Isambard_Prince	Most States in the US set their usury law for any type of loan at about 20-22%.
[22:31]	MinceR	how does Chase get around that?
[22:31]	Isambard_Prince	But the banks won court cases that allowed them to pick a State to locate in and charge that State's usury rate.
[22:31]	MinceR	lol
[22:31]	Isambard_Prince	After they won the court cases, South Dakota repealed the usury law.
[22:31]	Isambard_Prince	And I think Citi was the first bank to be located in South Dakota.
[22:31]	Isambard_Prince	:)
[22:31]	Isambard_Prince	So there is no usury limit now.
[22:32]	Isambard_Prince	They were one of the first.
[22:32]	Isambard_Prince	Because before that they were based in New York State and they were only charging about 8% on credit cards.
[22:32]	Isambard_Prince	They saw them as being "like a personal loan" just on a card.
[22:32]	Isambard_Prince	But obviously those days are long gone.
[22:33]	Isambard_Prince	So Trump's idea of a 10% interest rate cap on credit cards is actually not _terrible_.
[22:33]	Isambard_Prince	I would argue probably 14% is where it should be.
[22:33]	Isambard_Prince	The banks tend to base it on the Prime Rate and then there's a profit margin.
[22:34]	Isambard_Prince	So Prime is 6.25% right now.
[22:34]	Isambard_Prince	14% would accomplish a few things.
[22:34]	Isambard_Prince	Most people would still get credit cards.
[22:34]	Isambard_Prince	The cap would be about half the average interest rate right now.
[22:34]	Isambard_Prince	The banks would have to be happy with a tidy profit, but not bloody murder.
[22:35]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, So I called Chase to see why it was wanting me to call them for a code, but then they were locked out and could not give me one.
[22:35]	Isambard_Prince	The woman on the phone that I reached this time said to go into the app, which was working on LTE data but not my wifi, and select enable 2FA.
[22:36]	Isambard_Prince	And then exit that screen and try to log in again on my laptop.
[22:36]	Isambard_Prince	This time it asked if I wanted the code at my email or phone and it sent me the code.
[22:36]	Isambard_Prince	I said "You guys have a really daffy system. So it locks people at the bank out but it'll text me at whatever number I said to."
[22:43]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irowZ7qoZt8
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[22:43]	Isambard_Prince	Citibank Identity Theft Commercial
[22:44]	Isambard_Prince	It's Brandon Lobster.
[22:47]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Someone posted a home inspection report showing so many problems that I estimate it would cost about $80,000 or more to deal with all of them.
[22:47]	Isambard_Prince	And the realtor is telling them to relax because there's "a $5,000 closing cost credit".
[22:47]	Isambard_Prince	I started with "The roof alone is at least $15,000."
[22:48]	Isambard_Prince	Unless there's some way to get these people to just sign over the deed for free, THEN take out a HELOC to fix it, there's no value in that house.
[22:56]	MinceR	(cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1767/97/1767971110135.jpg
● Jan 17
[23:01]	Isambard_Prince	Credit cards do not solve any affordability crisis.
[23:01]	Isambard_Prince	They are taking a raging fire and dumping gasoline on it.
[23:02]	Isambard_Prince	Trump framing a temporary interest rate cap as an affordability issue is ridiculous.
[23:02]	Isambard_Prince	Even at 10% it's creating a bigger problem in the long run.
[23:05]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, At the hotel this week, scammers pretending to be Medicare were calling the elevators on the emergency phone.
[23:05]	Isambard_Prince	Apparently they have a phone number and the autodialers keep calling it, and someone set it up to allow incoming calls to the emergency phone.
[23:06]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, The elevators are Schindler elevators.
[23:06]	Isambard_Prince	Or as schestowitz[TR2] would call them. Schindler's Lifts.
[23:06]	MinceR	:>
[23:07]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Then we checked out and checked in to a cheaper hotel that I don't like much but I had a free night to get rid of.
[23:07]	Isambard_Prince	Kind of wishing I hadn't.
[23:07]	Isambard_Prince	 I turned the heater on and a burning smell happened and now my nose won't stop running.
[23:10]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, "I would cancel my Amazon Prime but where else are you going to buy a gallon of sex lube and a tuba at 3 in the morning?"
[23:10]	MinceR	lol
[23:11]	MinceR	you could order them from separate webshops
[23:11]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Apparently Swiss Navy created a special "anal" lube that's $30 more per gallon.
[23:11]	Isambard_Prince	The difference is they added clove oil for some reason.
[23:11]	MinceR	weird thing for the Swiss Navy to be involved with
[23:11]	Isambard_Prince	So you can smell like a Christmas ham when you're done.
[23:11]	MinceR	though i think we've discussed that
[23:11]	Isambard_Prince	<MinceR> weird thing for the Swiss Navy to be involved with
[23:12]	Isambard_Prince	Well, it's Europe so that explains everything I'm sure.
[23:12]	MinceR	not really
[23:12]	Isambard_Prince	When Greenland asked for resources from NATO they got a gallon of anal lube.
[23:12]	Isambard_Prince	True story.
[23:12]	Isambard_Prince	The Netherlands sent like one guy.
[23:13]	Isambard_Prince	NATO Article 5 never really says what kind of assistance other NATO members must provide if a member state is attacked.
[23:13]	Isambard_Prince	Or what happens if one member state attacks another one.
[23:14]	MinceR	it wasn't officially invoked in greenland's case yet, was it?
[23:15]	MinceR	and probably can't be, unless nazi america is somehow fired from the NATO before they attack
[23:22]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Someone on Reddit complained about Chase Private Client.
[23:23]	Isambard_Prince	They said the advice was "absolutely horrible" and they recommended investing in in-house funds that didn't even match S&P 500 index funds, and the Chase funds came with crazy management fees.
[23:23]	Isambard_Prince	That's why Dave Ramsey said they're called a broker because they sit there and make you broker, and broker, and broker.
[23:24]	MinceR	lol
[23:24]	Isambard_Prince	The slang term "broke" probably means "poor" because of the word "bankruptcy" having its roots in "broken bench".
[23:25]	Isambard_Prince	MinceR, Don't ever use a Chase Debit Card to pay a bankruptcy lawyer. Even for a friend.
[23:25]	Isambard_Prince	The computer sees "bankruptcy" and they slam your accounts shut.
[23:26]	Isambard_Prince	They don't close your bank account if you file bankruptcy but they do if you pay for the bankruptcy stuff with a Chase debit card.
[23:27]	MinceR	can you just have them not put "bankruptcy" in the message?
[23:28]	Isambard_Prince	The name of the law firm had "bankruptcy" in it according to the guy who told me this.
[23:28]	MinceR	lol
[23:28]	Isambard_Prince	So he paid them with his debit card for his friend's bankruptcy.
[23:28]	Isambard_Prince	Then he went to Walmart and his debit card wouldn't work.
[23:28]	MinceR	don't buy stuff at a shop called "Bankruptcy" with a chase card
[23:28]	Isambard_Prince	Then Chase closed his bank account and wouldn't say why and handed him the money out of it on a cashier's check.
[23:52]	Isambard_Prince	<MinceR> don't buy stuff at a shop called "Bankruptcy" with a chase card
[23:52]	Isambard_Prince	Well, there goes my favorite coffee place.
[23:53]	MinceR	:>
[23:55]	MinceR	there isn't even a Swiss Navy
[23:55]	MinceR	there's only a Swiss Army and a Swiss Air Force
[23:55]	MinceR	next time they'll try to sell you lube while claiming to be the Swiss Coast Guard or the Swiss Marine Corps...
[23:57]	Isambard_Prince	https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/15/politics/video/inside-politics-greenland-cnn-poll
[23:57]	TR Bot	 Trump says we need Greenland. 75% of Americans disagree | CNN Politics
[23:57]	Isambard_Prince	75% of Americans polled say there's no reason why we need Greenland.
[23:58]	Isambard_Prince	https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/16/business/credit-report-job-background-check
[23:58]	TR Bot	 Background checks: When a credit report can hurt your chances of being hired | CNN Business
[23:58]	Isambard_Prince	yes, America is a very fucked up place
[23:58]	MinceR	cheeto hitler's approval rating is between 38% and 41%
[23:58]	Isambard_Prince	People who lose their jobs default on credit cards.
[23:59]	Isambard_Prince	Then when they try to find a new job, they can't get it because they have bad credit.
[23:59]	Isambard_Prince	It reminds me of Judge Dredd saying that Rob Schneider should have jumped out the window to his death "because it would have been legal".
[23:59]	MinceR	why does an employer care about your credit rating? it's not like they'd loan you money...