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● Dec 19
[00:26]	MinceR	https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/amazon-rainforest-is-transitioning-to-a-hypertropical-climate-and-trees-wont-survive-that-for-long
[00:26]	TR Bot	 Amazon rainforest is transitioning to a 'hypertropical' climate and trees won't survive that for long | Live Science
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[01:25]	TR News	New $150 Cellik RAT Grants Android Control, Trojanizes Surveillance Giant Google Play Apps https://www.securityweek.com/new-150-cellik-rat-grants-android-control-trojanizes-google-play-apps/
[01:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-150-cellik-rat-grants-android-control-trojanizes-google-play-apps/ )
[01:27]	MinceR	(cat) (no audio) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1759/47/1759479746595.webm
[01:28]	TR News	Modern Kubernetes monitoring: Metrics, tools, and AIOps https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/17/modern-kubernetes-monitoring-metrics-tools-and-aiops
[01:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/17/modern-kubernetes-monitoring-metrics-tools-and-aiops )
[01:30]	TR News	Calibre 8.16s Hey Hi (AI) Wants to Talk Books. It Cant Even Find Mine. https://fossforce.com/2025/12/calibre-8-16s-ai-wants-to-talk-books-it-cant-even-find-mine/
[01:30]	TR Bot	 Calibre 8.16s AI Wants to Talk Books. It Cant Even Find Mine. - FOSS Force
[01:31]	TR News	TikTok unlawfully tracks your shopping habits and your use of dating apps https://noyb.eu/en/tiktok-unlawfully-tracks-your-shopping-habits-and-your-use-dating-apps
[01:31]	TR Bot	 TikTok unlawfully tracks your shopping habits and your use of dating apps
[01:31]	TR News	More Than 2,000 Dinosaur Footprints Are Found in the Italian Alps https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/science/dinosaur-footprints-olympics-italy.html
[01:31]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/science/dinosaur-footprints-olympics-italy.html )
[01:33]	TR News	Surveillance: In JB, Malaysias first leading smart city, Hey Hi (AI) is used to ease jams and detect potholes https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/in-jb-malaysias-first-leading-smart-city-ai-is-used-to-ease-jams-and-detect-potholes
[01:33]	TR Bot	 In JB Malaysias first leading smart city AI is used to ease jams and detect potholes | The Straits Times
[01:35]	TR News	Sales of chip production equipment to reach $156 billion by 2027 China, Taiwan, and Korea lead intense demand https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/sales-of-chip-production-equipment-to-reach-usd156-billion-by-2027-china-taiwan-and-korea-lead-intense-demand
[01:35]	TR Bot	 Sales of chip production equipment to reach $156 billion by 2027 China, Taiwan, and Korea lead intense demand | Tom's Hardware
[01:40]	Sompi_	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fshsk8MCAf4
[01:40]	TR Bot	https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=Fshsk8MCAf4
[01:40]	TR Bot	invidious.nerdvpn.de | Making sure you're not a bot!
[01:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	" He Built a Privacy Tool. Now Hes Going to Prison. "
[01:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	one hour long
[01:41]	TR News	US Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as NASA chief amid budget cuts and moon race https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20251218-us-senate-confirms-jared-isaacman-nasa-chief
[01:41]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20251218-us-senate-confirms-jared-isaacman-nasa-chief )
[01:42]	TR News	A Winning Combination Of Video Games And Anesthesia https://hackaday.com/2025/12/17/the-pedisedate-a-winning-combination-of-video-games-and-anesthesia/ | Source: Hackaday
[01:42]	TR Bot	PediSedate: A Winning Combination Of Video Games And Anesthesia | Hackaday
[01:43]	TR News	Common Home Appliances Emit Trillions of Harmful Particles, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/common-home-appliances-emit-trillions-of-harmful-particles-study-finds
[01:43]	TR Bot	Home Appliances Emit Trillions of Harmful Particles, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
[01:43]	TR News	"Most of us choose our own outfits on a daily basis. [NeuroForge] decided that hed instead offload this duty to artificial intelligence perhaps more for the sake of a class project than outright fashion." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/17/ai-picks-outfits-with-abandon/ | Source: Hackaday
[01:43]	TR Bot	Picks Outfits With Abandon | Hackaday
[01:44]	TR News	Evidence of Intel's 'Big Battlemage' GPU continues to mount, as BMG-G31 chip gets another official confirmation https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/evidence-of-intels-big-battlemage-gpu-continues-to-mount-as-bmg-g31-chip-gets-another-official-confirmation
[01:44]	TR Bot	 Evidence of Intel's 'Big Battlemage' GPU continues to mount, as BMG-G31 chip gets another official confirmation | Tom's Hardware
[01:46]	TR News	GhostPoster Firefox Extensions Hide Malware in Icons https://www.securityweek.com/ghostposter-firefox-extensions-hide-malware-in-icons/
[01:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/ghostposter-firefox-extensions-hide-malware-in-icons/ )
[01:46]	TR News	France probes 'foreign interference' after passenger ship hit by remote-control malware https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251217-france-probes-foreign-interference-after-malware-found-on-ferry-1
[01:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251217-france-probes-foreign-interference-after-malware-found-on-ferry-1 )
[01:46]	TR News	BMG Inks Expanded Fentanylware (CheeTok) Deal Prioritizing Deeper Value for Songwriters But Questions Remain Ahead of a Rumored Royalty-Model Pivot, Fentanylware (CheeTok) U.S. Ownership Change https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/17/bmg-tiktok-deal/
[01:46]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/17/bmg-tiktok-deal/ )
[01:48]	TR News	People are talking about the Vizio suit! https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/17/people-are-talking-about-the-vizio-suit/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Inc_Lost_2_Million_Dollars_Las.shtml
[01:48]	TR Bot	 People are talking about the Vizio suit! - Software Freedom Conservancy
[01:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Inc. Lost 2 Million Dollars Last Year and Its Chief Took a Salary Increase of Almost $6,000
[01:49]	TR News	Red Hat Goes Shopping for Hey Hi (AI) Safety, Comes Home With Chatterbox Labs https://fossforce.com/2025/12/red-hat-goes-shopping-for-ai-safety-comes-home-with-chatterbox-labs/ waste https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Red_Hat_Wastes_Money_on_Slop_and_on_Slop_Pushers_While_Laying_O.shtml
[01:49]	TR Bot	 Red Hat Goes Shopping for AI Safety, Comes Home With Chatterbox Labs - FOSS Force
[01:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights Red Hat Wastes Money on Slop and on Slop Pushers While Laying Off Red Hat Staff
[01:50]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Threatens Action Against Spotify if EU Regulators Dont Back Off American Tech Companies https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/17/trump-admin-threatens-spotify-eu-regulators/
[01:50]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/17/trump-admin-threatens-spotify-eu-regulators/ )
[01:51]	TR News	Gedit Technology blog: Mid-December News https://gedit-text-editor.org/blog/2025-12-17-mid-december-news.html
[01:51]	TR Bot	 Mid-December News | Gedit Technology blog
[01:51]	TR News	Rights group raises concern over conviction of Egyptian economist https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/rights-group-raises-concern-over-conviction-of-egyptian-economist/
[01:51]	TR Bot	 Rights group raises concern over conviction of Egyptian economist - JURIST - News
[01:52]	TR News	Bobcat challenges competitors Caterpillar and Zeppelin with Quinn Emanuel https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/bobcat-challenges-competitors-caterpillar-and-zeppelin-with-quinn-emanuel/
[01:52]	TR Bot	 Bobcat challenges competitors Caterpillar and Zeppelin with Quinn Emanuel
[01:53]	TR News	Using OpenSearch data streams in syslog-ng https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-using-opensearch-data-streams/
[01:53]	TR Bot	 Using OpenSearch data streams in syslog-ng | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik
[01:53]	TR News	Enthusiast modder stuffs an entire gaming PC inside a gutted Commodore PET 2001 replaced the screen with an iPad Retina LCD, but the original keyboard still works https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/enthusiast-modder-stuffs-an-entire-gaming-pc-inside-a-gutted-commodore-pet-2001-replaced-the-screen-with-an-ipad-retina-lcd-but-the-original-keyboard-still-works
[01:53]	TR Bot	 Enthusiast modder stuffs an entire gaming PC inside a gutted Commodore PET 2001 replaced the screen with an iPad Retina LCD, but the original keyboard still works | Tom's Hardware
[01:54]	TR News	Maxell PSB2032 35 mAh all-solid-state coin cell battery targets industrial IoT devices https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/17/maxell-psb2032-35-mah-all-solid-state-coin-cell-battery-targets-industrial-iot-devices/
[01:54]	TR Bot	 Maxell PSB2032 35 mAh all-solid-state coin cell battery targets industrial IoT devices - CNX Software
[01:54]	TR News	Compact development board features a single ESP32-P4 + ESP32-C5 dual-band Wi-Fi 6 module, MIPI display and camera interfaces https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/17/compact-development-board-features-a-single-esp32-p4-esp32-c5-dual-band-wi-fi-6-module-mipi-display-and-camera-interfaces/
[01:54]	TR Bot	 Compact development board features a single ESP32-P4 + ESP32-C5 dual-band Wi-Fi 6 module, MIPI display and camera interfaces - CNX Software
[01:55]	TR News	Sven Hoexter: exfatprogs: Do not try defrag.exfat / mkfs.exfat backdoored Windows compatibility in Trixie http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/deb_exfatprogs_defrag_wincompat/
[01:55]	TR Bot	 exfatprogs: Do not try defrag.exfat / mkfs.exfat Windows compatibility in Trixie
[01:55]	TR News	Investigating Starlinks performance during the May 2024 solar superstorm https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/17/investigating-starlinks-performance-during-the-may-2024-solar-superstorm/
[01:55]	TR Bot	 Investigating Starlinks performance during the May 2024 solar superstorm | APNIC Blog
[01:55]	TR News	Kiwi TCMS: Kiwi TCMS is going to FOSDEM 2026 https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2025/12/17/kiwi-tcms-is-going-to-fosdem-2026/
[01:55]	TR Bot	 Kiwi TCMS - Kiwi TCMS is going to FOSDEM 2026
[01:57]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man administration takes aim at EU over treatment of US tech giants https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/16/trump-administration-takes-aim-eu-treatment-us-tech-giants/
[01:57]	TR Bot	administration takes aim at EU over treatment of US tech giants - SiliconANGLE
[01:58]	TR News	"Anyone with an inkling of interest in super-sized remote control aircraft probably has at least seen some of the mind-blowing projects that[Ramy RC] has worked on over the years" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/17/building-a-flying-blended-wing-body-aircraft-prototype/ | Source: Hackaday
[01:58]	TR Bot	A Flying Blended Wing Body Aircraft Prototype | Hackaday
[01:58]	TR News	"The jet pack is one of those pre-war sci-fi dreams that the cold light of rational consideration reveals to be a terrible idea. Who wants to cook their legs with hot exhaust while careening out of control? Nobody." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/17/underwater-jetpack-is-almost-practical/ | Source: Hackaday
[01:58]	TR Bot	Jetpack Is Almost Practical | Hackaday
[01:59]	TR News	"Over on ScienceDaily we learn that an international team of scientists have turned a common semiconductor germanium into a superconductor" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/17/germanium-semiconductor-made-superconductor-by-gallium-doping/ | Source: Hackaday
[01:59]	TR Bot	Semiconductor Made Superconductor By Gallium Doping | Hackaday
● Dec 19
[02:00]	TR News	ASCAP Faces $123 Million Radio Royalties Lawsuit from Production Music Owners: ASCAP Severely Underpays Its Non-Feature Music Members for the Utilization of Their Works https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/17/ascap-radio-royalties-lawsuit/
[02:00]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/17/ascap-radio-royalties-lawsuit/ )
[02:03]	TR News	Bots again gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-12-18-bots
[02:04]	TR News	"The first integrator outputs the velocity, and the second integrator outputs the position, i.e., from the drop altitude. I set the drop altitude with a potentiometer. I also used a comparator to flat-line the display once the object has hit the ground, which I defined to be GND voltage." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20251218-0.gmi
[02:05]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1509.jpg
[02:05]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1859.jpg
[02:10]	TR News	Convention https://www.dw.com/en/uk-denmark-want-reform-of-european-convention-on-human-rights/a-75090855
[02:10]	TR Bot	Denmark want reform of Convention on Human Rights DW 12/10/2025
[02:10]	TR News	WINE Cooler https://tedium.co/2025/12/10/404-media-zine-linux-affinity/
[02:10]	TR Bot	 The Weird Way The 404 Media Zine Was Built
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[02:19]	TR News	Techrights Only a Few Examples of LLM Slop Found, Mostly via Google News https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Only_a_Few_Examples_of_LLM_Slop_Found_Mostly_via_Google_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Only_a_Few_Examples_of_LLM_Slop_Found_Mostly_via_Google_News.gmi 
[02:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights Only a Few Examples of LLM Slop Found, Mostly via Google News
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[02:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  Getting Earlier to Find and Curate GNU/Linux News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Getting_Earlier_to_Find_and_Curate_GNU_Linux_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Getting_Earlier_to_Find_and_Curate_GNU_Linux_News.gmi 
[02:28]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Getting Earlier to Find and Curate GNU/Linux News
[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-181225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-181225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-181225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-181225.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, December 18, 2025
[02:47]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-181225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-181225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-181225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-181225.txt
[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, December 18, 2025
[02:47]	TR News	Techrights EPO Violates Laws to Profit More From Invalid Patents, Then Cuts the Budget Allocated to Staff https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/EPO_Violates_Laws_to_Profit_More_From_Invalid_Patents_Then_Cuts.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/EPO_Violates_Laws_to_Profit_More_From_Invalid_Patents_Then_Cuts.gmi 
[02:47]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO Violates Laws to Profit More From Invalid Patents, Then Cuts the Budget Allocated to Staff
[02:48]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-181225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-181225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-181225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-181225.txt
[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, December 18, 2025
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-181225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-181225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-181225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-181225.txt
[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, December 18, 2025
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-12-18.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-12-18.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-12-18.txt
[02:51]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-19.gmi
[02:52]	TR News	Layoffs in Microsoft proxy. "IT Layoffs 2025: Over 12,000 Fired at TCS"
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[02:54]	TR News	"Emails I get from Linkedin are always from Indian recruiters" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcpb0aa5
[02:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcpb0aa5 )
[02:54]	TR News	"Also understand that 70-80% of jobs posted on LinkedIn are fake. Mostly used by companies just to provide evidence to the government that they "tried to find an American but couldn't" for an H1B/PERM that they are trying to get approved. Also used by staffing agencies to fill their CV database. Applying to LinkedIn job postings is like folding your CV into a paper airplane and throwing it into the abyss."
[02:54]	TR News	"and those Indian recruiters are a total waste of time and effort. They come with a bunch of fancy titles to impress you. They want you to tailor your resume to fit some fake job opportunity that they think they have and you waste a lot of time doing what they tell you. Best advice is to tell the clueless Bast--ds to go to he-l and not to call back. It is yet another 'Made In India' job scam like the LinkedIn Premium Scam."
[02:55]	TR News	"I saw someone post that he would take any job like Bagging Groceries. He is in danger of losing his house. I really feel bad for people in that situation. I had to get off that site. People begging for minimum wage jobs is not normal. This country is in some serious trouble." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcpb0aa5
[02:55]	TR News	"What's next? We outsource our military to that G0d forsaken country?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcpb0aa5
[02:56]	TR News	"Alvind and the Pipmonkeys need to be FIRED!!!!!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kchgf6qt
[02:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kchgf6qt )
[02:57]	TR News	"While it is bullsh-t it does hold real world consequences." "Alvind is getting Porky. And Jim Krabanaugh is getting Porkier" "Evaluations are a joke. I had a manger that rated the brown noses high and others low. One person rated high no one the account on the wintel side knew what he did" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24
[02:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 )
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[03:14]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 18, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_December_18_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_December_18_2025.gmi 
[03:14]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 18, 2025
[03:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[03:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[03:15]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[03:15]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
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[03:27]	TR News	Techrights More Shutdowns and Layoffs at IBM https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/More_Shutdowns_and_Layoffs_at_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/More_Shutdowns_and_Layoffs_at_IBM.gmi 
[03:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights More Shutdowns and Layoffs at IBM
[03:40]	TR News	Techrights You Can Get Work Done With Lean Software https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/You_Can_Get_Work_Done_With_Lean_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/You_Can_Get_Work_Done_With_Lean_Software.gmi 
[03:40]	TR Bot	 Techrights You Can Get Work Done With Lean Software
● Dec 19
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[04:02]	TR News	Techrights The Cost of Being Influential https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/The_Cost_of_Being_Influential.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/The_Cost_of_Being_Influential.gmi 
[04:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Cost of Being Influential
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[04:05]	_what__	not just WikiLeaks, but also the Snowden Effect as well
[04:05]	Sompi_	"Shortly afterwards we showed that Microsoft's notepad now takes as much as 32 MB of RAM (in Vista 11). That's about 20 times more than GNU Nano, which has vastly more fictionality than notepad."
[04:05]	Sompi_	fictionality?
[04:05]	_what__	functionality
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[04:11]	Sompi_	And "Vista 11"? Probably means Windows 11
[04:12]	MinceR	Backdoors 11
[04:14]	Sompi_	From the surface Notepad is still exactly the same as it was in Windows 3.1, so I wonder what type of changes they have made to its codebase
[04:15]	Sompi_	Unless it's just some runtime libraries that have became more bloated
[04:16]	MinceR	they probably rewrote it in MICROS~1 Visual Java
[04:17]	Sompi_	I'm surprised that they haven't already removed it completely because "it's so old"
[04:21]	MinceR	they must have seen it as an opportunity for a PR stunt
[04:22]	TR News	Techrights "The War on Privacy" is Real https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/The_War_on_Privacy_is_Real.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/The_War_on_Privacy_is_Real.gmi 
[04:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights "The War on Privacy" is Real
[04:23]		schestowitz-pi schestowitz-TR2 schestowitz[TR2] slingamn SomeGoat Sompi_ svenn 
[04:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	Sompi_: thanks, typo corrected
[04:26]	TR News	https://www.fsf.org/ fund raising now just 124k USD away from goal
[04:26]	TR Bot	 Front Page Free Software Foundation working together for free software
[04:27]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/peacock-showing-ads-upon-launch-opens-the-door-for-more-disruptive-streaming-ads/
[04:27]	TR Bot	 Peacock showing ads upon launch opens the door for more disruptive streaming ads - Ars Technica
[04:27]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/florida-schools-plan-to-vastly-expand-use-of-ai-that-mistook-clarinet-for-gun/
[04:27]	TR Bot	 School security AI flagged clarinet as a gun. Exec says it wasnt an error. - Ars Technica
[04:29]	admfubar	https://www.rawstory.com/melania-trump-2674742676/
[04:29]	TR Bot	 'Melania Trump is hiding': Author has trouble serving first lady subpoena over threats - Raw Story
[04:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	mafia country
[04:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml
[04:30]	TR Bot	 Techrights Like the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Donald Trump is Out of Time and Has Jurisdiction Issues in the UK
[04:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	because
[04:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	in a nuitshell
[04:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	when you live in a land governed by criminals
[04:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	doing what is lawful and just is a "crime"
[04:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	and that's where USA is (right now)
[04:31]	MinceR	that's where all states are
[04:31]	MinceR	"rule of law" is just a lie they tell to keep the slaves docile
[04:32]	TR News	Waterfox browser goes AI-free, targets the Firefox faithful https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/18/firefox_no_ai_alternative_waterfox/ in the past, Waterfox sold out users by signing up with a surveillance company, System1
[04:32]	TR Bot	 Waterfox browser goes AI-free, targets the Firefox faithful The Register
[04:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: the mirage of legiitimacy
[04:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	i got sent more threats last night
[04:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	they sent the same threats to rianne
[04:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	for Americans
[04:33]	MinceR	by what medium?
[04:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	as i the USA owns England
[04:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	by email and via social control media
[04:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	(so we clearly piss off their sponsors)
[04:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	who did sponsor almost 60 KG of legal papers
[04:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	send to our home
[04:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	*sent
[04:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	welcome to "free democracy"
[04:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/22/cost-of-censorship/
[04:35]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Apparently Some Articles I Published Are Worth a Million Dollars
[04:35]	MinceR	freedom has been cancelled due to lack of interest
[04:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	yes
[04:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	and pubnlic apathy
[04:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	too busy, people struggle
[04:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	so they don't pay any attentrion
[04:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	e.g. to https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml
[04:35]	TR Bot	 Techrights Unlike GAFAM, Free Software Serves You, It Does Not Serve Governments and MElons (Overlapping Forces)
[04:35]	MinceR	they want to struggle anyway
[04:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	and they carry on buying GAFAM gadgets
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	even if they know those are giant back doors
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: maybe some want
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	but many are compellexc
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	*lled
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	so you cannot generalise too much
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	it would be careless to assume this by generalisation
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe feel powerless
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	and iolsated
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	or misinformed
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	*isolated
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	those are not the same things
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	not sure about hungayr though
[04:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	it seems like all the smart people already let hungary
[04:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	that only makes orban and his openly pedophelic political front more "popular"
[04:37]	MinceR	they saw the growth of Total Factor Productivity in orbanistan fall from 2% to 1% in 2010 and then to 0.3% in 2020 and decided they've got to ruin their own too
[04:37]	MinceR	they saw the inflation in orbanistan after 2010 and they had to get in on that too
[04:38]	MinceR	so they elected their new king, a pedophile marinated in DHA
[04:38]	MinceR	and they enjoy a lower standard of living with a negative outlook
[04:38]	MinceR	i'm not sure if there will be much of a place left for smart people to go
[04:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	it is "proof"
[04:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	that EU  = "bad"
[04:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	so
[04:39]	MinceR	germany, austria and france are falling
[04:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	"let's join Putin"
[04:39]	admfubar	https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/12/18/2026202/north-korean-infiltrator-caught-working-in-amazon-it-department-thanks-to-lag
[04:39]	TR Bot	 North Korean Infiltrator Caught Working In Amazon IT Department Thanks To Lag - Slashdot
[04:39]	MinceR	the influence of communist china grows
[04:39]	MinceR	the EU is already capitulating
[04:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	we buy their "stufff"
[04:39]	MinceR	more people support nazism than ever before
[04:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	and we pay them
[04:39]	MinceR	more people support pedophilia than ever before
[04:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	then china uses the money to make arms
[04:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	to pass it to russia's war front
[04:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	to attack the EU
[04:40]	MinceR	not just arms, also instruments of surveillance and control
[04:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	so we fund thw weapons that fall on our heads
[04:41]	admfubar	https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/18/1933212/mass-hacking-of-ip-cameras-leave-koreans-feeling-vulnerable-in-homes-businesses
[04:41]	TR Bot	 Mass Hacking of IP Cameras Leave Koreans Feeling Vulnerable in Homes, Businesses - Slashdot
[04:41]	TR News	"Windows claimed 59.2% of developer personal use in 2024, but Android surged 11 percentage points to reach 29% adoption in 2025, overtaking Ubuntu for the first time. The Stack Overflow Developer Survey, with over 65,000 respondents in 2024 and 49,000 in 2025, documents how operating system preferences shift across 185 countries as developers balance personal choice against enterprise requirements."
[04:41]	admfubar	https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/18/1918239/tests-find-ai-toys-parroting-chinese-communist-party-values?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
[04:41]	TR Bot	 Tests Find AI Toys Parroting Chinese Communist Party Values - Slashdot
[04:41]	MinceR	i think koreans have much bigger vulnerabilities than that
[04:41]	TR News	"The 2024 Stack Overflow survey collected responses from 65,437 developers across 185 countries between May 19 and June 20. Windows secured the largest share at 59.2% for personal development and 47.6% for professional work." https://commandlinux.com/statistics/developer-os-preference-stack-overflow-survey/
[04:41]	TR Bot	 Developer OS Preference Statistics
[04:41]	MinceR	especially once the axis of evil and its sycophants rewards putler for his genocidal war
[04:42]	MinceR	that's when winnie the pooh will attack taiwan, then south korea and japan
[04:42]	TR News	"The end of the year often brings a sense of nostalgia. Lately, it made me think about the first time I used Linux, nearly 16 years ago. It was Ubuntu 9.04. Since then, Ubuntu has experimented with many ideas. Some worked well, others didnt." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-51/
[04:42]	TR Bot	 FOSS Weekly #25.51: Pop OS 24.04 Release, Fresh Editor, eBPF Tools, Cinnamon 6.6, NTFSPlus and More Linux Stuff
[04:42]	MinceR	s/rds/rd/
[04:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	so goes the theory
[04:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	which is why jaaaapan voted thhe way it did
[04:43]	MinceR	voting won't fix this
[04:44]	MinceR	developing WMDs might
[04:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	they have the US nukes
[04:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	in some bases, maybe only guam for now
[04:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	and in hawaii
[04:45]	MinceR	do they control them?
[04:45]	MinceR	probably not
[04:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	iirc, jaspan might not want uk nukes on its "soil"
[04:45]	admfubar	https://www.npr.org/2025/12/11/nx-s1-5637486/ancient-heat-producing-plants-glow-infrared-scent-not-color
[04:45]	TR Bot	 Forget flowers: These ancient plants attract pollinators by getting hot : NPR
[04:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	*us
[04:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	well, cheeto would have to ask putin
[04:46]	MinceR	so those will be only useful for the DHA-encrusted pedophile to nuke japan and south korea
[04:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	before using them offensivelky
[04:46]	MinceR	or taiwan
[04:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	putin needs to enter the "codes" also
[04:46]	MinceR	the codes might still be all 0-s
[04:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	Cheeto IQ
[04:46]	MinceR	you know, yank security standards
[04:46]	MinceR	they were like this before cheeto hitler
[04:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	"enter how many f's you give"
[04:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	"0-0-0-0-0.."
[04:47]	MinceR	run windows everywhere, have the NSA cripple the USA's own security
[04:47]	MinceR	bunch of fucking retards
[04:48]	TR News	cancer-linked genes https://www.dw.com/en/sperm-bank-sold-man-s-cancer-linked-genes-across-europe/a-75072227
[04:48]	TR Bot	bank sold man's cancer-linked genes across Europe DW 12/10/2025
[04:48]	TR News	neanderthals https://www.dw.com/en/signs-of-400-000-year-old-neanderthal-campfire-found-in-uk/a-75098034
[04:48]	TR Bot	Neanderthal campfire traces found in UK DW 12/10/2025
[04:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: that is for domestic populationm control
[04:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	in the class war
[04:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	the issue is,
[04:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	theey also interferes with national security
[04:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	as russia and china can also break into almosty anyuthing
[04:49]	MinceR	population will be controlled all right
[04:49]	MinceR	only the means is in question
[04:49]	MinceR	perhaps we will all fry to death due to climate suicide
[04:49]	TR News	Foreign pension giants sour on banks over green issues https://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/foreign-pension-giants-sour-on-banks-over-green-issues-20251210-p5nmhm.html
[04:49]	TR Bot	 Foreign pension giants sour on Westpac (ASX:WBC) and NAB (ASX:NAB) over green issues
[04:50]	MinceR	perhaps the bug people will take over, execute holodomor 2.0 and/or great leap forward 2.0 and we'll all starve to death
[04:50]	TR News	Faster isnt always better. Our super system needs speed bumps https://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/faster-isn-t-always-better-our-super-system-needs-speed-bumps-20251211-p5nmy3.html
[04:50]	TR Bot	 Australian economy: Faster isnt always better. Our super system needs speed bumps
[04:50]	MinceR	perhaps we'll slaughter each other per human nature
[04:50]	MinceR	or perhaps a meteoroid will slam into earth (which an intelligent species with science and technology could totally detect and prevent) and kill us all
[04:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	<MinceR> population will be controlled all right
[04:51]	MinceR	very unlikely scenario: somehow we make it to 1 billion years from now and then get burned by the Sun
[04:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	will be?
[04:51]	MinceR	prayer won't work against any of these
[04:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	it already is
[04:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	and always was
[04:51]	MinceR	i mean down to 0
[04:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	question is, how much?
[04:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	1 billion is 10^9
[04:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	human civilisatyon
[04:52]	MinceR	never existed
[04:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	dep on what you meeassure
[04:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	150,000
[04:52]	MinceR	humans are incapable of civilization
[04:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	so just over 10^5
[04:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	10^4 over
[04:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	our existence to date
[04:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	very improbable
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	the sun expanding is not the issue
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	overpopulation... is
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	more people = more "masses"
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	hence, more "social control"
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	CCTV, back doors etc.
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	and many people still breed
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	esp. in very poor countries
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	5-7 kids per couple, on average
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	and then there is a coup in those countriees
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	typically by islamic militants
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	who theen atack neighbouring countries
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	so that's more or less where "human kind" or "man kind" is headed
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	and it's not a new issue
[04:54]	admfubar	of course the drugs wont be any cheaper... https://www.geekwire.com/2025/scientist-as-a-service-seattle-startup-pauling-ai-aims-to-shrink-drug-discovery-timelines-by-months/
[04:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/scientist-as-a-service-seattle-startup-pauling-ai-aims-to-shrink-drug-discovery-timelines-by-months/ )
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	people raised alarm about this in the 90s
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	when we were kids
[04:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	admfubar: slop to m,ake drugss
[04:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	great idea
[04:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	how about THAT for "experiiemnting"?
[04:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	also, slop as "code"
[04:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	code you don't understand and can barely debug
[04:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	aka "legacy codde"
[04:56]	TR News	Teva Capitulates to Federal Trade Commission Coercion https://patentdocs.org/2025/12/11/teva-capitulates-to-federal-trade-commission-coercion/
[04:56]	TR Bot	 Teva Capitulates to Federal Trade Commission Coercion Patent Docs
[04:57]	TR News	Surveillance https://cphpost.dk/2025-12-11/life-in-denmark/skat-will-access-data-from-foreign-digital-banks/
[04:57]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2025-12-11/life-in-denmark/skat-will-access-data-from-foreign-digital-banks/ )
[04:59]	TR News	Climate Change Might Dull Children's Intellectual Growth https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-12-09/climate-change-might-dull-childrens-intellectual-growth
[04:59]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-12-09/climate-change-might-dull-childrens-intellectual-growth )
[04:59]	TR News	UN Says World Must Jointly Tackle Issues of Climate Change, Pollution, Biodiversity and Land Loss https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-12-09/un-says-world-must-jointly-tackle-issues-of-climate-change-pollution-biodiversity-and-land-loss
[04:59]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-12-09/un-says-world-must-jointly-tackle-issues-of-climate-change-pollution-biodiversity-and-land-loss )
● Dec 19
[05:00]	TR News	IMF Approves $1.2 Billion for Pakistan From Bailout, Citing Progress on Economic and Climate Reforms https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-12-09/imf-approves-1-2-billion-for-pakistan-from-bailout-citing-progress-on-economic-and-climate-reforms
[05:00]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-12-09/imf-approves-1-2-billion-for-pakistan-from-bailout-citing-progress-on-economic-and-climate-reforms )
[05:00]	TR News	Inaction on Climate Change https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2025-in-review/climate-change-donald-trump
[05:00]	TR Bot	 A Low Point of Human Inaction on Climate Change | The New Yorker
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: ^
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	apropos
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	that is a real issu
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	forget aboout sun expanding
[05:00]	MinceR	well, there's plenty of action, but mostly toward making it worse
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	and devouring the stmosphere
[05:00]	MinceR	the sun proceeding along its lifecycle is also a very real issue
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	we do a good job boiling our own planet in 10^2 years
[05:01]	MinceR	cultists can handwave meteoroids away, saying that we'll just get extremely lucky
[05:01]	MinceR	but luck doesn't work on the Sun
[05:01]	MinceR	and neither do prayers
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	blasting asteroids is tricky
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	some are very large
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	and  nuking them makes more pieces
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	that then fall on us
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	while hardly deflecting the pieces of mass
[05:01]	MinceR	if we (or any other lifeform from here) are to survive on the long term, we'll have to figure out a way to get off this planet
[05:01]	MinceR	and prayers don't do that
[05:02]	MinceR	only science and technology do that
[05:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	forget about it
[05:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	we have no other planet
[05:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	wer evolved for this one
[05:02]	TR News	UN environment head warns of climate complacency https://www.dw.com/en/un-environment-head-warns-of-climate-complacency/a-75065762
[05:02]	TR Bot	environment head warns of climate complacency DW 12/09/2025
[05:02]	MinceR	we won't be able to survive on this when the Sun boils away the oceans and the atmosphere
[05:02]	MinceR	s/this/this one/
[05:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: what you need to do is make a baby, then register is aan an app for "gig ecopnomy"
[05:02]	MinceR	lol
[05:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	so it can send some curry dish to someone
[05:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	and beg wwwwith a tip
[05:03]	MinceR	one gig economy is worth 1024 meg economies
[05:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	:)
[05:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	teraeconomy?
[05:03]	TR News	Climate: 2025 likely second hottest on record, EU scientists say https://www.dw.com/en/climate-2025-likely-second-hottest-on-record-eu-scientists-say/a-75072441
[05:03]	TR Bot	set for second-hottest year on record DW 12/09/2025
[05:04]	TR News	electrostate https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/china-energy-solar-electric-vehicle-climate-9.7005003
[05:04]	TR Bot	 The rise of the electrostate: By dominating clean energy, China is leading on climate action | CBC News
[05:04]	TR News	Climate-Change Summer or Nuclear Winter? https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/10/climate-change-summer-or-nuclear-winter-2/
[05:04]	TR Bot	Summer or Nuclear Winter? - CounterPunch.org
[05:04]	psydruid	> [notice] techrights.org | Techrights You Can Get Work Done With Lean Software
[05:04]	psydruid	We can go back to ultralean software, there just needs to be motivation to do so and to actually make it happen
[05:04]	TR News	concerns over climate targets https://nltimes.nl/2025/12/10/fall-greenhouse-gas-emissions-stagnating-raising-concerns-climate-targets
[05:04]	TR Bot	 Fall in greenhouse gas emissions stagnating again, raising concerns over climate targets | NL Times
[05:05]	TR News	climate disaster risk https://www.vox.com/climate/471758/zillow-climate-risk-score-real-estate-wildfire-tahoe
[05:05]	TR Bot	retreat from climate risk reveals the housing markets denial problem | Vox
[05:05]	TR News	Climate Change Is Straining Alaska's Arctic https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alaska/articles/2025-12-11/climate-change-is-straining-alaskas-arctic-a-new-mining-road-may-push-the-region-past-the-brink
[05:05]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alaska/articles/2025-12-11/climate-change-is-straining-alaskas-arctic-a-new-mining-road-may-push-the-region-past-the-brink )
[05:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	psydroid2: it exists already
[05:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	one barrier might be
[05:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	web sites
[05:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	like gov sites with JS
[05:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	that demand something like Firefox or Chome
[05:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	but many processes can be done on paper
[05:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	or
[05:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	they provide you with a computer in a public space
[05:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	to get it done
[05:07]	TR News	The EPA Website Got the Basics of Climate Science Right Until Last Week https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-epa-website-got-the-basics-of-climate-science-right-until-last-week/
[05:07]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-epa-website-got-the-basics-of-climate-science-right-until-last-week/ )
[05:07]	TR News	How rain is connected to climate change https://www.dw.com/en/how-rain-is-connected-to-climate-change/a-75102918
[05:07]	TR Bot	US floods linked to hotter climate DW 12/12/2025
[05:07]	admfubar	https://hackaday.com/2025/12/18/turn-em-on-modern-nintendo-cartridges-may-have-a-limited-lifespan/
[05:07]	TR Bot	Em On: Modern Nintendo Cartridges May Have A Limited Lifespan | Hackaday
[05:07]	TR News	Goodbye climate protection? How the EU is weakening its Green Deal https://www.dw.com/en/goodbye-climate-protection-how-the-eu-is-weakening-its-green-deal/a-75105710
[05:07]	TR Bot	Europe turning away from climate protection? DW 12/11/2025
[05:08]	TR News	NSW should end coal expansions to meet net zero targets https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/nsw-should-end-coal-expansions-to-meet-net-zero-targets-20251211-p5nmyj.html
[05:08]	TR Bot	 Climate change goals: NSW should end coal expansions to meet net zero targets, says report
[05:08]	TR News	Catastrophic US floods linked to hotter climate https://www.dw.com/en/catastrophic-us-floods-linked-to-hotter-climate/a-75102918
[05:08]	TR News	Polar bears are adapting to climate change at a genetic level and it could help them avoid extinction https://theconversation.com/polar-bears-are-adapting-to-climate-change-at-a-genetic-level-and-it-could-help-them-avoid-extinction-269852
[05:08]	TR Bot	 Polar bears are adapting to climate change at a genetic level and it could help them avoid extinction
[05:09]	TR News	Energy Ties = fuelling the anti-Europe war machine https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-10/putin-meets-indonesias-prabowo-to-discuss-military-and-energy-ties-wheat-exports
[05:09]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-10/putin-meets-indonesias-prabowo-to-discuss-military-and-energy-ties-wheat-exports )
[05:09]	TR News	Do Energy Drinks Increase Stroke Risk? https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-12-10/do-energy-drinks-increase-stroke-risk-one-patients-story
[05:09]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-12-10/do-energy-drinks-increase-stroke-risk-one-patients-story )
[05:09]	TR News	Cheeto Mussolini Bashes Renewable Energy https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-12-09/southeast-asia-embraces-offshore-wind-power-as-trump-bashes-renewable-energy
[05:09]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-12-09/southeast-asia-embraces-offshore-wind-power-as-trump-bashes-renewable-energy )
[05:10]	TR News	Utah Leaders Are Hindering Efforts to Develop Solar Despite a Goal to Double the States Energy Supply https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-solar-energy-operation-gigawatt-spencer-cox
[05:10]	TR Bot	 Utah Leaders Hinder Solar Efforts Despite Need for More Energy ProPublica
[05:10]	TR News	Cheeto Mussolinis CAFE Rollback is a Short-Sighted Bet Against Americas Energy and Economic Future https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/12/trumps-cafe-rollback-is-a-short-sighted-bet-against-americas-energy-and-economic-future/
[05:10]	TR Bot	CAFE Rollback is a Short-Sighted Bet Against Americas Energy and Economic Future - CounterPunch.org
[05:11]	TR News	suppression of independent reporting https://cpj.org/2025/12/under-the-radar-israel-steps-up-censorship-and-suppression-of-independent-reporting/
[05:11]	TR Bot	 Under the radar: Israel steps up censorship and suppression of independent reporting - Committee to Protect Journalists
[05:12]	TR News	toddler steering car on German autobahn https://www.dw.com/en/police-spot-toddler-steering-car-on-german-autobahn/a-75087513
[05:12]	TR Bot	spot toddler steering car on German autobahn DW 12/10/2025
[05:12]	schestowitz[TR2]	HUMANS!!
[05:13]	TR News	Digital Restrictions (DRM): HDMI Forum Continues To Block HDMI 2.1 For Linux, Valve Says https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/12/10/1652206/hdmi-forum-continues-to-block-hdmi-21-for-linux-valve-says
[05:13]	TR Bot	 HDMI Forum Continues To Block HDMI 2.1 For Linux, Valve Says - Slashdot
[05:14]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/19/china_environment_for_network_innovation/
[05:14]	TR Bot	 China turns on a vast and very rapid experimental network The Register
[05:15]	TR News	Fedora Magazine: Find out how your Fedora system really feels (with the linux-mcp-server!) https://fedoramagazine.org/find-out-how-your-fedora-system-really-feels-with-the-linux-mcp-server/ IBM is pushing slop via Red Hat
[05:15]	TR Bot	 Talk to your Fedora system with the linux-mcp-server! - Fedora Magazine
[05:15]	admfubar	code named banzai... https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/18/rivian-rolls-out-new-universal-hands-free-driving-feature/
[05:15]	TR Bot	rolls out new 'Universal Hands-Free' driving feature | TechCrunch
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[05:18]	TR News	This seems like an obvious slopfarm https://commandlinux.com/statistics/linux-container-kubernetes-adoption-statistics/ https://commandlinux.com/qa/linux-on-chromebook/
[05:18]	TR Bot	 Linux Container & Kubernetes Adoption Statistics
[05:18]	TR Bot	 Linux On Chromebook
[05:20]	TR News	"What We Dont Accept: Plagiarized or AI-generated content without significant human editing and expertise: https://commandlinux.com/write-for-us-tech-saas-ai-guest-post/
[05:20]	TR Bot	 Write For Us - Tech, Linux, SaaS, AI, Windows, Mac
[05:20]	TR News	But they do seem to be using LLMs. Very dodgy domain.
[05:21]	TR News	"Linux kernel 6.18 LTS is already available in the stable repositories of various distributions, including openSUSE Tumbleweed and Arch Linux." https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-17-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-18-lts
[05:21]	TR Bot	Kernel 6.17 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS - 9to5Linux
[05:22]	TR News	NVIDIA release Linux driver version 590.48.01 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/nvidia-release-linux-driver-version-590-48-01/
[05:22]	TR Bot	release Linux driver version 590.48.01 | GamingOnLinux
[05:23]	TR News	NVIDIA 590 Linux Graphics Driver Released with More Wayland Improvements https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-590-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-more-wayland-improvements
[05:23]	TR Bot	590 Linux Graphics Driver Released with More Wayland Improvements - 9to5Linux
[05:25]	TR News	 (NEW):  NVIDIA 590.48.01 graphics drivers for Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/NVIDIA_590_48_01_graphics_drivers_for_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/NVIDIA_590_48_01_graphics_drivers_for_Linux.gmi 
[05:25]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines NVIDIA 590.48.01 graphics drivers for Linux
[05:26]	TR News	This seems like sponsored chaff https://www.gbnews.com/tech/expressvpn-linux-desktop-app
[05:26]	TR Bot	 ExpressVPN releases redesigned app on Linux
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[05:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
[05:28]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[05:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[05:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[05:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  IBM Red Hat and Fedora Pushing "AIOps" and Slop (Basically a Ponzi Scheme IBM Uses to Fake Its Worth) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/IBM_Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Pushing_AIOps_and_Slop_Basically_a_Ponzi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/IBM_Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Pushing_AIOps_and_Slop_Basically_a_Ponzi.gmi 
[05:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines IBM Red Hat and Fedora Pushing "AIOps" and Slop (Basically a Ponzi Scheme IBM Uses to Fake Its Worth)
[05:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  Calibre 8.16 Adds LLM Slop for Hype's Sake https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/06/Calibre_8_16_Adds_LLM_Slop_for_Hype_s_Sake.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/06/Calibre_8_16_Adds_LLM_Slop_for_Hype_s_Sake.gmi 
[05:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Calibre 8.16 Adds LLM Slop for Hype's Sake
[05:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kernel Space: Intel Failure and 6.17 Reaches End of Life https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Kernel_Space_Intel_Failure_and_6_17_Reaches_End_of_Life.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Kernel_Space_Intel_Failure_and_6_17_Reaches_End_of_Life.gmi 
[05:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Kernel Space: Intel Failure and 6.17 Reaches End of Life
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[05:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and Open Hardware (or Devices) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/GNU_Linux_and_Open_Hardware_or_Devices.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/GNU_Linux_and_Open_Hardware_or_Devices.gmi 
[05:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and Open Hardware (or Devices)
[05:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Applications and Games https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/GNU_Linux_Applications_and_Games.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/GNU_Linux_Applications_and_Games.gmi 
[05:55]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Applications and Games
[05:57]	TR News	Techrights Links 19/12/2025: Scam Altman Humiliates Self in Public, Climate Alarm Sounded, Egyptian Economist Convicted Over "Social Control Media Posts Critical of the Government" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Links_19_12_2025_Scam_Altman_Humiliates_Self_in_Public_Climate_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Links_19_12_2025_Scam_Altman_Humiliates_Self_in_Public_Climate_.gmi 
[05:57]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 19/12/2025: Scam Altman Humiliates Self in Public, Climate Alarm Sounded, Egyptian Economist Convicted Over "Social Control Media Posts Critical of the Government"
● Dec 19
[06:16]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft, Over 120 Billion Dollars in Debt, Prepares Next Round of Mass Layoffs (After Christmas) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Microsoft_Over_120_Billion_Dollars_in_Debt_Prepares_Next_Round_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Microsoft_Over_120_Billion_Dollars_in_Debt_Prepares_Next_Round_.gmi 
[06:16]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft, Over 120 Billion Dollars in Debt, Prepares Next Round of Mass Layoffs (After Christmas)
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[06:34]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Reportedly Tries to Cause Top-Level Managers to Resign If they Don't Participate in the Ponzi Scheme https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Microsoft_Reportedly_Tries_to_Cause_Top_Level_Managers_to_Resig.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Microsoft_Reportedly_Tries_to_Cause_Top_Level_Managers_to_Resig.gmi 
[06:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Reportedly Tries to Cause Top-Level Managers to Resign If they Don't Participate in the Ponzi Scheme
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● Dec 19
[07:07]	TR News	Techrights Google Has Begun Linking to commandlinux.com in Google News, But It Seems to be a Slopfarm https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Google_Has_Begun_Linking_to_commandlinux_com_in_Google_News_But.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Google_Has_Begun_Linking_to_commandlinux_com_in_Google_News_But.gmi 
[07:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights Google Has Begun Linking to commandlinux.com in Google News, But It Seems to be a Slopfarm
[07:09]	TR News	"This release also adds support for the reinstall option on bundle installations and cancellation support for cURL downloads." https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-16-2-linux-app-sandboxing-framework-enables-va-api-for-intel-xe-gpus
[07:09]	TR Bot	1.16.2 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Enables VA-API for Intel Xe GPUs - 9to5Linux
[07:09]	TR News	"Supports over 300 Armbian-supported single-board computers organized by manufacturer and supports smart filtering of Armbiian builds." https://9to5linux.com/meet-armbian-imager-the-official-flashing-utility-for-armbian-linux-beta-out-now
[07:09]	TR Bot	Armbian Imager, the Official Flashing Utility for Armbian Linux, Beta Out Now - 9to5Linux
[07:10]	TR News	Linux Mint 22.3 Zena Beta Is Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.6 https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-3-zena-beta-is-available-for-download-with-cinnamon-6-6
[07:10]	TR Bot	Mint 22.3 "Zena" Beta Is Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.6 - 9to5Linux
[07:11]	TR News	Linux Mint 22.3 Zena Enters Public Beta https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-22-3-zena-enters-public-beta/
[07:11]	TR Bot	 Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" Enters Public Beta
[07:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  New Beta of Linux Mint https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/New_Beta_of_Linux_Mint.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/New_Beta_of_Linux_Mint.gmi 
[07:13]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines New Beta of Linux Mint
[07:18]	TR News	"A very smart recruiter once shared this gem with me: if youre not good enough at your job youll be fired. If youre too good at your him, youll be fired. The trick is to be mediocre. After many jobs across several large corporations including IBM, this explains what I observed about who is rewarded and for what." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24
[07:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 )
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[07:54]	TR News	Techrights In Activism and Journalism, If You're Ineffective They Ignore You, When You Become Effective They Stalk and Harass You, Failing That They Threaten You https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/In_Activism_and_Journalism_If_You_re_Ineffective_They_Ignore_Yo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/In_Activism_and_Journalism_If_You_re_Ineffective_They_Ignore_Yo.gmi 
[07:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights In Activism and Journalism, If You're Ineffective They Ignore You, When You Become Effective They Stalk and Harass You, Failing That They Threaten You
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● Dec 19
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[08:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fake Sites That Are Made by Bots Will Never Get Links From Tux Machines https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Fake_Sites_That_Are_Made_by_Bots_Will_Never_Get_Links_From_Tux_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Fake_Sites_That_Are_Made_by_Bots_Will_Never_Get_Links_From_Tux_.gmi 
[08:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fake Sites That Are Made by Bots Will Never Get Links From Tux Machines
[08:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[08:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[08:19]	TR News	Techrights Once Again, Just in Time for Christmas, UEFI and Its Boot System Turn Out to be a Giant Bug Door (Also a Microsoft Remote Kill Switch) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Once_Again_Just_in_Time_for_Christmas_UEFI_and_Its_Boot_System_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Once_Again_Just_in_Time_for_Christmas_UEFI_and_Its_Boot_System_.gmi 
[08:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights Once Again, Just in Time for Christmas, UEFI and Its Boot System Turn Out to be a Giant Bug Door (Also a Microsoft Remote Kill Switch)
[08:25]	TR News	 (NEW):  You keep hearing about immutable Linux heres the simple explanation https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/You_keep_hearing_about_immutable_Linux_here_s_the_simple_explan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/You_keep_hearing_about_immutable_Linux_here_s_the_simple_explan.gmi 
[08:25]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines You keep hearing about immutable Linux heres the simple explanation
[08:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Armbian Team Launches New Official Imager for Flashing Armbian OS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Armbian_Team_Launches_New_Official_Imager_for_Flashing_Armbian_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Armbian_Team_Launches_New_Official_Imager_for_Flashing_Armbian_.gmi 
[08:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Armbian Team Launches New Official Imager for Flashing Armbian OS
[08:34]	TR News	Techrights The Copycats of the FSF Have Serious Problems https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/The_Copycats_of_the_FSF_Have_Serious_Problems.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/The_Copycats_of_the_FSF_Have_Serious_Problems.gmi 
[08:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Copycats of the FSF Have Serious Problems
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[08:39]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[08:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[08:48]	TR News	Techrights Richard Stallman Explains Why Software Patents Are Really Bad and Very Much Unnecessary https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Richard_Stallman_Explains_Why_Software_Patents_Are_Really_Bad_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Richard_Stallman_Explains_Why_Software_Patents_Are_Really_Bad_a.gmi 
[08:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Richard Stallman Explains Why Software Patents Are Really Bad and Very Much Unnecessary
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[08:54]	TR News	Techrights Nearly Three Months Have Passed Since EPO Cocainegate and the EPO's Management Still Refuses to Talk About It https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Nearly_Three_Months_Have_Passed_Since_EPO_Cocainegate_and_the_E.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Nearly_Three_Months_Have_Passed_Since_EPO_Cocainegate_and_the_E.gmi 
[08:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Nearly Three Months Have Passed Since EPO Cocainegate and the EPO's Management Still Refuses to Talk About It
[08:57]	TR News	Drew Devault so quiet lately. Does he accept what a pest he became?
● Dec 19
[09:00]	TR News	Steam Winter Sale is live with Steam Awards 2025 open for voting | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/steam-winter-sale-is-live-with-steam-awards-2025-open-for-voting/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:00]	TR Bot	Winter Sale is live with Steam Awards 2025 open for voting | GamingOnLinux
[09:00]	TR News	Firefox dev clarifies there will be an AI 'kill switch' | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/firefox-dev-clarifies-there-will-be-an-ai-kill-switch/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:00]	TR Bot	dev clarifies there will be an AI 'kill switch' | GamingOnLinux
[09:02]	TR News	Mesa 25.3.2 brings more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-3-2-brings-more-bug-fixes-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:02]	TR Bot	25.3.2 brings more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers | GamingOnLinux
[09:04]	TR News	NVIDIA release Linux driver version 590.48.01 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/nvidia-release-linux-driver-version-590-48-01/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/nvidia-release-linux-driver-version-590-48-01/
[09:04]	TR Bot	release Linux driver version 590.48.01 | GamingOnLinux
[09:05]	TR News	"The Economy Is Flatliningand So Is Trump" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-economy-polling/
[09:05]	TR Bot	 The Economy Is Flatliningand So Is Trump | The Nation
[09:07]	TR News	"A Conspiracy of Capital - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-conspiracy-of-capital
[09:07]	TR Bot	 A Conspiracy of Capital - by Mike Brock
[09:07]	TR News	With AI in education, it's damned if you do - damned if you don't | "Med AI i uddannelse er det damned if you do - damned if you don't | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/med-ai-i-uddannelse-er-det-damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-dont
[09:07]	TR Bot	 Med AI i uddannelse er det damned if you do - damned if you don't | Version2
[09:08]	TR News	"Signs of trouble in the U.S. economy: Where are all the jobs?" https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/armstrong-tariffs-trump-jobs-9.7019960
[09:08]	TR Bot	 Signs of trouble in the U.S. economy: Where are all the jobs? | CBC News
[09:08]	TR News	"The whole case against him was based on the idea that privacy itself is criminal. This is his story." https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Samourai:e
[09:08]	TR Bot	 He Built a Privacy Tool. Now Hes Going to Prison.
[09:09]	TR News	politics strikes again... this time against Tor: "The Tor Project is Making a Switch to Rust, Ditches C" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/17/0154226
[09:09]	TR Bot	 The Tor Project is Making a Switch to Rust, Ditches C - SoylentNews
[09:09]	TR News	The wrong people are being monitored with new law https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/12/18/fel-personer-overvakas-med-ny-lag/
[09:09]	TR Bot	 Fel personer vervakas med ny lag
[09:11]	TR News	Continuing to make things weird Two Point Museum and Revenge of the Savage Planet do crossovers | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/continuing-to-make-things-weird-two-point-museum-and-revenge-of-the-savage-planet-do-crossovers/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:11]	TR Bot	to make things weird Two Point Museum and Revenge of the Savage Planet do crossovers | GamingOnLinux
[09:12]	TR News	Arriving early next year, Dune: Awakening - Chapter 3 is sounding great | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/arriving-early-next-year-dune-awakening-chapter-3-is-sounding-great/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/arriving-early-next-year-dune-awakening-chapter-3-is-sounding-great/
[09:12]	TR Bot	early next year, Dune: Awakening - Chapter 3 is sounding great | GamingOnLinux
[09:13]	TR News	Total War: THREE KINGDOMS gets a GOG release along with various DLC | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/total-war-three-kingdoms-gets-a-gog-release-along-with-various-dlc/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:13]	TR Bot	War: THREE KINGDOMS gets a GOG release along with various DLC | GamingOnLinux
[09:13]	TR News	The excellent BALL x PIT is getting three major updates in 2026 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-excellent-ball-x-pit-is-getting-three-major-updates-in-2026/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:13]	TR Bot	excellent BALL x PIT is getting three major updates in 2026 | GamingOnLinux
[09:16]	TR News	Zombie horde shooter World War Z is getting a big The Walking Dead DLC | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/zombie-horde-shooter-world-war-z-is-getting-a-big-the-walking-dead-dlc/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:16]	TR Bot	horde shooter World War Z is getting a big The Walking Dead DLC | GamingOnLinux
[09:16]	TR News	Rogue Legacy developer's next game is Neath, an eldritch roguelike tactical RPG | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/rogue-legacy-developers-next-game-is-neath-an-eldritch-roguelike-tactical-rpg/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:16]	TR Bot	Legacy developer's next game is Neath, an eldritch roguelike tactical RPG | GamingOnLinux
[09:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Dune, Total War, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Games_Dune_Total_War_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Games_Dune_Total_War_and_More.gmi 
[09:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Dune, Total War, and More
[09:22]	TR News	"Early December, Denmark's Ministry of Culture submitted a bill that aims to combat viewing of pirated content on illegal IPTV platforms." https://torrentfreak.com/govt-denies-iptv-piracy-law-bans-vpns-because-it-never-did-didnt-need-to-251218/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[09:22]	TR Bot	to IPTV Piracy Law That "Bans VPNs" Won't Change Its Intent or Scope * TorrentFreak
[09:23]	TR News	"Spoilers for an upcoming Cozy Zone episode" https://birchtree.me/blog/streaming-music-is-the-lie-we-tell-each-other/ | Source: Matt Birchler
[09:23]	TR Bot	 Streaming music is the lie we tell each other
[09:23]	TR News	"The rest is just making up the numbers to fit." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/17/youtube-the-problem-not-billboard-everybody-music-industry-agrees/ | Source: Digital Music News
[09:23]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/17/youtube-the-problem-not-billboard-everybody-music-industry-agrees/ )
[09:23]	TR News	"it turns out, thats simply not true. According to a new report by a group of anti-poverty researchers that uses AI tools to achieve unusually granular data of the picture on the ground" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/472422/the-low-low-cost-of-ending-extreme-poverty | Source: Vox
[09:23]	TR Bot	much would it cost to end extreme poverty? New study says $318 billion | Vox
[09:24]	TR News	"The agency plans to renew a sweeping cybersecurity contract that includes expanded employee monitoring as the government escalates leak investigations and casts internal dissent as a threat." https://www.wired.com/story/ice-seeks-cyber-upgrade-to-better-surveil-and-investigate-its-employees/ | Source: Wired
[09:24]	TR Bot	Seeks Cyber Upgrade to Better Surveil and Investigate Its Employees | WIRED
[09:24]	TR News	"In 2026, lets take back the media and our minds and spirits from the billionaires." https://truthout.org/articles/billionaires-are-encroaching-on-the-free-press-lets-act-to-defend-it-in-2026/ | Source: TruthOut
[09:24]	TR Bot	 Billionaires Are Encroaching on the Free Press. Lets Act to Defend It in 2026. | Truthout
[09:25]	TR News	"We want to reassure you that journalists across Africa and around the world are following your case closely." https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Aline-Sandra-Muhoza-Letter_Final_December-16_EN.pdf | Source: CPJ
[09:25]	TR News	"Muhoza is expected in court on December 19, a family member familiar with her case told CPJ, on condition of anonymity, citing safety concerns." https://cpj.org/2025/12/127-african-women-journalists-write-to-jailed-burundian-sandra-muhoza-as-she-returns-to-court/ | Source: CPJ
[09:25]	TR Bot	 127 African women journalists write to jailed Burundian Sandra Muhoza as she returns to court - Committee to Protect Journalists
[09:25]	TR News	"The legal problems are significant." https://boingboing.net/2025/12/18/trump-administration-orders-fbi-to-compile-lists-of-antifa-related-americans-for-investigation.html | Source: BoingBoing
[09:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/18/trump-administration-orders-fbi-to-compile-lists-of-antifa-related-americans-for-investigation.html )
[09:26]	TR News	"The filmmakers have said the film is a modern tale built in the spirit of feminism, the pro-government media outlet Kinobiz noted." https://oc-media.org/baku-film-festival-removes-film-over-immoral-depiction-of-12th-century-poet/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media
[09:26]	TR Bot	 Baku Film Festival removes film over immoral depiction of 12th century poet
[09:26]	TR News	"since Donald Trump returned to office in January" https://www.projectcensored.org/trumps-war-on-epistemic-institutions/ | Source: Project Censored
[09:26]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/trumps-war-on-epistemic-institutions/ )
[09:26]	TR News	"It is disgraceful that a sitting U.S. president would spend a portion of his tenure suing media companies" https://cpj.org/2025/12/cpj-trumps-bbc-lawsuit-is-yet-another-attack-on-us-media-freedom/ | Source: CPJ
[09:26]	TR Bot	 CPJ:Trumps BBC lawsuit is yet another attack on US media freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists
[09:27]	TR News	"The reality is quite different, as Finland grapples with an unemployment crisis that is especially difficult for foreign nationals." https://yle.fi/a/74-20200602 | Source: YLE
[09:27]	TR Bot	 Finland to tighten rules for foreign students | Yle News | Yle
[09:28]	TR News	"Impacted employees told Federal News Network theyre not sure what kind of work theyll be doing as part of this reassignment. Federal News Network spoke to four IRS employees." https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/12/irs-moves-1000-it-employees-out-of-its-tech-shop-with-few-clear-signs-of-what-work-theyll-do-next/ | Source: Federal News Network
[09:28]	TR Bot	 IRS moves 1,000 IT employees out of its tech shop, with few signs of what work theyll do next
[09:28]	TR News	"Ford Motor Co. will lay off about 1,500 workers in Kentucky as it converts a ballyhooed plant in Hardin County from making batteries for electric vehicles to making batteries" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-storage/battery/ford-to-convert-ky-battery-plant-for-energy-storage-business-reportedly-laying-off-1500-workers/ | Source: Renewable Energy World
[09:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-storage/battery/ford-to-convert-ky-battery-plant-for-energy-storage-business-reportedly-laying-off-1500-workers/ )
[09:29]	TR News	"While Nexperia does not produce cutting-edge semiconductors like TSMC and Samsung, its still one of the largest legacy chip manufacturers in the world." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/honda-to-temporarily-shut-down-factories-in-china-and-japan-because-of-chip-shortage-disruption-caused-by-fallout-from-on-going-conflict-within-nexperia | Source: Tom's Hardware
[09:29]	TR Bot	 Honda to temporarily shut down factories in China and Japan because of chip shortage disruption caused by fallout from on-going conflict within Nexperia | Tom's Hardware
[09:29]	TR News	"I came across this book review via Cory Doctorows blog. Its a review of, I think, two different books relating to finance." https://darthmall.net/notes/2025/a-useless-profession/ | Source: W Evan Sheehan
[09:29]	TR Bot	 A Useless Profession - Evan Sheehan
[09:29]	TR News	"Aiming to get that position enshrined in law, [cryptocurrency] companies and executives donated more than US$245-million" https://techcentral.co.za/cryptos-trump-era-boom-faces-a-2026-reality-check/275753/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
[09:29]	TR Bot	 Crypto's Trump-era boom faces a 2026 reality check
[09:29]	TR News	"To put this in perspective, HR workers now outnumber NHS doctors three to one. Second worldwide only to the Dutch, the UK is now an HR superpower" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/18/workplaces-scrub-christmas-christianity/ | Source: The Telegraph UK
[09:29]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/18/workplaces-scrub-christmas-christianity/ )
[09:30]	TR News	"It's a long and fascinating piece and it's certainly left me wanting to read both books, but that's not what convinced me to do one more newsletter before going on break" https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/#job-creators | Source: CoryDoctorow
[09:30]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance (18 Dec 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[09:30]	TR News	"I know, from personal experience, that it takes a significant amount of effort to research, write, revise, and submit a decently plausible funding proposal to the US government's National Science Foundation." https://harihareswara.net/posts/2025/python-software-foundation-national-science-foundation-and-integrity/ | Source: Sumana Harihareswara
[09:30]	TR Bot	 Python Software Foundation, National Science Foundation, And Integrity | Cogito, Ergo Sumana
[09:33]	TR News	"The prestigious publication added a forceful editorial that constitutes a full-fledged condemnation of the anti-renewable energy and pro-fossil fuel policies implemented by Donald Trump" https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-12-18/the-journal-science-criticizes-trumps-anti-renewable-energy-policy-the-us-is-failing-to-benefit-from-its-own-innovations.html | Source: El Pas
[09:33]	TR Bot	 The journal Science criticizes Trumps anti-renewable energy policy: The US is failing to benefit from its own innovations | Science | EL PAS English
[09:33]	TR News	"Allen, alongside three University of Michigan students Ciara Cade (right), Calvin Kraus (center) and Sydney Allen (second from right)" https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/18/university-develops-ai-training-groupd-googlecloud/ | Source: Silicon Angle
[09:33]	TR Bot	of Michigan develops AI training ground - SiliconANGLE
[09:33]	TR News	"The stations opening was delayed for years, partly because their construction revealed remnants of Romes past that had to be carefully excavated by archaeologists." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-now-see-2000-year-old-thermal-baths-and-military-barracks-without-ever-leaving-romes-new-subway-stations-180987896/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
[09:33]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-now-see-2000-year-old-thermal-baths-and-military-barracks-without-ever-leaving-romes-new-subway-stations-180987896/ )
[09:33]	TR News	"Cloud-computing firms including Oracle, Microsoft, and Meta have amassed a combined $500 billion in obligations toward data center leases, Bloomberg reported" https://www.semafor.com/article/12/17/2025/oracle-stock-falls-over-us-data-center-funding-troubles | Source: Semafor Inc
[09:33]	TR Bot	stock falls over US data center funding troubles | Semafor
[09:34]	TR News	Who DIDN'T SEE this fraud coming?
[09:34]	TR News	Oracle's Debt Continues Rising to All-Time Highs, The "Slop Bubble" is a Smokescreen for Larry Ellison https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/01/Oracle_s_Debt_Continues_Rising_to_All_Time_Highs_The_Slop_Bubbl.shtml
[09:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights Oracle's Debt Continues Rising to All-Time Highs, The "Slop Bubble" is a Smokescreen for Larry Ellison
[09:34]	TR News	"Senate Bills 761, 762 and 763 each propose amending existing state statutes." https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/12/bills-would-target-water-use-utility-costs-tied-to-michigan-data-center-boom.html | Source: Michigan News
[09:34]	TR Bot	would target water use, utility costs tied to Michigan data center boom - mlive.com
[09:34]	TR News	"Yes, energy demands are increasing. Yes, we must keep rates low." https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/12/18/continued-coal-use-serves-out-of-state-interests-not-nebraskans/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner
[09:34]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/12/18/continued-coal-use-serves-out-of-state-interests-not-nebraskans/ )
[09:35]	TR News	"Now this year, even some of the loudest voices calling for global action to curb emissions have begun to drop the pretense." https://www.vox.com/climate/472626/climate-change-1-5c-2025-goal-warming | Source: Vox
[09:35]	TR Bot	official: Earth will blow through the 1.5C global warming limit | Vox
[09:35]	TR News	"The photograph was reportedly taken at the Microsoft founders Seattle office in 2014, almost 10 years after Epstein was arrested for soliciting a child for prostitution." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/18/epstein-files-lolita-quotes-woman-body/ | Source: The Telegraph UK
[09:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/18/epstein-files-lolita-quotes-woman-body/ )
[09:35]	TR News	"The 68 images published by Democrat lawmakers from the US House Oversight Committee are taken from a cache of around 95,000 images which Congress acquired from Epstein's estate" https://www.dw.com/en/new-epstein-estate-images-released-ahead-of-deadline/a-75233792 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[09:35]	TR Bot	Epstein estate images released ahead of deadline DW 12/18/2025
[09:37]	TR News	"That includes flight logs and references to named individuals, including potentially government officials." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-files-release-deadline-justice-department-b2887239.html | Source: The Independent UK
[09:37]	TR Bot	 What to know about Epstein files release as the deadline approaches | The Independent
[09:38]	TR News	"The release did not include information about where or when the photos were taken." https://www.wired.com/story/house-oversight-jeffrey-epstein-photos-december-18-2025/ | Source: Wired
[09:38]	TR Bot	New Photos Emerge From the Jeffrey Epstein Estate | WIRED
[09:38]	TR News	"An email address listed on The Edges website did not respond to WIREDs request for comment."
[09:38]	TR News	"There are still questions about what materials could be withheld or redacted, but its extremely likely well see something" https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/472928/epstein-files-deadline-trump-doj-what-to-know | Source: Vox
[09:38]	TR Bot	files deadline: What to know | Vox
[09:39]	TR News	"A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System drone, known as a LUCAS drone, was launched from the flight deck of the USS Santa Barbara, an Independence-class littoral combat ship currently operating in the Arabian Gulf." https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/12/19/navy-launches-suicide-drone-from-ship-at-sea-for-first-time/ | Source: US Navy Times
[09:39]	TR Bot	 Navy launches suicide drone from ship at sea for first time
[09:40]	TR News	[Old] "These failings were perhaps most clearly seen in the prisons approach to rehabilitation." https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/kent-jail-is-failing-says-new-report-263207/ | Source: Kent UK
[09:40]	TR Bot	 'Failing' HMP Swaleside 'understaffed' and 'unsafe' says new prison report
[09:43]	TR News	"CEO Shou Zi Chew has confirmed to employees that ByteDance and TikTok have signed the binding agreements with the investor consortium." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/18/tiktok-signs-deals-oracle-silver-lake-mgx/ | Source: Digital Music News
[09:43]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/18/tiktok-signs-deals-oracle-silver-lake-mgx/ )
[09:43]	TR News	"The agreement forming the TikTok U.S. joint venture is set to close Jan. 22, 2026." https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/tiktok-us-joint-venture-deal-close-date-oracle-silver-lake-1236612315/ | Source: Variety
[09:43]	TR Bot	 TikTok U.S. Sale Set to Close in January With Oracle, Silver Lake
[09:43]	TR News	"Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabis MGX will collectively own about 50% of the new entity, with ByteDance retaining roughly 20%, addressing national security concerns about Chinese control of user data." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-18/tiktok-says-it-signed-agreements-for-new-u-s-joint-venture | Source: Los Angeles Times
[09:43]	TR Bot	 TikTok signs agreement for new joint venture keeping it online in the U.S. - Los Angeles Times
[09:44]	TR News	"The deal, set to close on January 22, would end years of efforts to force ByteDance to divest its U.S. business over national security concerns." https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-12-18/tiktok-signs-deal-to-sell-us-unit-to-american-investor-led-venture | Source: US News And World Report
[09:44]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-12-18/tiktok-signs-deal-to-sell-us-unit-to-american-investor-led-venture )
[09:44]	TR News	"protect Americans data and U.S. national security." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/tiktok-signs-deal-to-sell-us-unit-to-american-investors-including-oracle-silver-lake-1924877 | Source: Deccan Chronicle
[09:44]	TR Bot	 TikTok Signs Deal To Sell US Unit To American Investors, Including Oracle, Silver Lake
[09:44]	TR News	"Whether this unit would still be owned by ByteDance was not made clear in the memo." https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20251219-tiktok-joint-venture-deal-us-ban-ownership | Source: France24
[09:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20251219-tiktok-joint-venture-deal-us-ban-ownership )
[09:44]	TR News	"Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX, to form a new TikTok US joint venture named TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/tiktok-signs-deal-to-sell-us-unit-to-american-investor-led-venture-9843469#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV
[09:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/tiktok-signs-deal-to-sell-us-unit-to-american-investor-led-venture-9843469#publisher=newsstand )
[09:45]	TR News	"White House officials have said Oracle, which was co-founded by Donald Trumps supporter Larry Ellison" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/18/tiktok-signs-deal-us-entity-sale | Source: The Guardian UK
[09:45]	TR Bot	 TikTok signs Trump-backed deal to sell US entity to American investors | TikTok | The Guardian
[09:45]	TR News	"retraining the content recommendation algorithm on U.S. user data to ensure the content feed is free from outside manipulation" https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/tiktok-sale-done-oracle-silver-lake-buyers-1236454493/ | Source: Hollywood Reporter
[09:45]	TR Bot	 TikTok Sale Is Done, Oracle and Silver Lake Among Buyers
[09:45]	TR News	"as well as content moderation, data security, and deployment of the US version of the app and platform." https://www.theverge.com/news/847858/tiktok-sale-deal-memo-january-close | Source: The Verge
[09:45]	TR Bot	 The TikTok US sale is finally happening | The Verge
[09:45]	TR News	"three managing investors: Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi-based MGX." https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/tik-tok-us-sale-china.html | Source: CNBC
[09:45]	TR Bot	 TikTok signs agreement to create new U.S. joint venture, memo says
[09:45]	TR News	"According to the note, the American entity will be overseen by a fresh, seven-person board of directors, the majority of whom will be from the United States." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bytedance-signs-tiktok-us-deal-forced-sale-fears-peak-creators-face-upheaval-1764072 | Source: International Business Times
[09:45]	TR Bot	 ByteDance Signs TikTok US Deal As Forced Sale Fears Peak Creators Face Upheaval | IBTimes UK
[09:46]	TR News	"treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness | Source: Robert Reich
[09:46]	TR Bot	 The real threat in Trumps madness - Robert Reich
[09:46]	TR News	"will manage global product interoperability and certain commercial activities, including e-commerce, advertising, and marketing" https://www.reuters.com/business/american-investor-consortium-acquire-tiktok-us-entity-axios-reports-2025-12-18/ | Source: Reuters
[09:46]	TR Bot	( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/business/american-investor-consortium-acquire-tiktok-us-entity-axios-reports-2025-12-18/ )
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[12:15]	psydruid	https://www.club386.com/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d-resurrection/
[12:15]	TR Bot	AMD, it's now time to resurrect Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Club386
[12:15]	psydruid	as if AMD execs care
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[13:11]	TR News	"As part of this effort, in October 2025, 7aSecurity conducted a code audit of those tools." https://blog.torproject.org/code-audit-network-health-tools/ | Source: Tor
[13:11]	TR Bot	 Code audit for the Tor Project completed by 7aSecurity | The Tor Project
[13:12]	TR News	"Meta might be trying to save face, but a year ago, it was so distraught as to file a legal complaint to retain its pay or consent model." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-eu-advertising-privacy/ | Source: Nick Heer
[13:12]	TR Bot	 Instagram and Facebook Users in Europe to Get Option of Sharing Less Data Pixel Envy
[13:12]	TR News	"Austrian Supreme Court (OGH): Meta must provide full access to all personal data of user within 14 days" https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-supreme-court-meta-must-give-users-full-access-their-data | Source: NYOB
[13:12]	TR Bot	 Austrian Supreme Court: Meta must give users full access to their data
[13:12]	TR News	"MSC Cruises is prohibiting devices capable of covertly or discreetly recording or transmitting data which, as written, is pretty vague without the subsequent (e.g. smart glasses)." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/msc-cruises-smart-glasses/ | Source: Nick Heer
[13:12]	TR Bot	 MSC Cruises Bans Smart Glasses in Public Areas to Curb Covert Recording Pixel Envy
[13:14]	TR News	Openwashing https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-makes-its-wsl-image-fully-reproducible/ | Source: Linuxiac | A new form of attack on GNU/Linux and the brand http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/22/The_Evolution_of_Microsoft_s_War_on_GNU_Linux.shtml
[13:14]	TR Bot	 Arch Linux Makes Its WSL Image Fully Reproducible Across Builds
[13:14]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Evolution of Microsoft's War on GNU/Linux
[13:14]	TR News	Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/18/nhs_tech_supplier_cyberattack/ | Source: The Register UK
[13:14]	TR Bot	 NHS tech supplier probes cyberattack on internal systems The Register
[13:14]	TR News	also Windows TCO https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-will-finally-kill-an-encryption-cipher-that-enabled-a-decade-of-windows-hacks/ | Source: Wired
[13:14]	TR Bot	Will Finally Kill an Encryption Cipher That Enabled a Decade of Windows Hacks | WIRED
[13:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- Hey AMD, it's now time to resurrect Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Club386
[13:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	psydroid2: club386
[13:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	what are they celebrating or championing?
[13:15]	TR News	"In this post, Ill explain what I see as the key issues facing institutional social media archiving: what can be saved, what resists preservation, and how context is so hard to keep." https://alexwlchan.net/2025/hard-problems-in-social-media-archiving/ | Source: Alex Chan
[13:15]	TR Bot	 Hard problems in social media archiving alexwlchan
[13:16]	TR News	"The former HR manager has hired Dini von Mueffling, a communications consultant who previously represented Monica Lewinsky and Virginia Giuffre, to raise awareness about the harms of pile-ons by [Internet] mobs." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/18/hr-boss-breaks-silence-coldplay-kisscam/ | Source: The Telegraph UK
[13:16]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/18/hr-boss-breaks-silence-coldplay-kisscam/ )
[13:17]	TR News	"Her kids accidentally overheard one of the phone calls when Cabot played it on speakerphone for her mom." https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-12-18/coldplay-kiss-cam-woman-kristin-cabot-real-story | Source: Los Angeles Times
[13:17]	TR Bot	 Coldplay kiss cam woman explains how public shaming feels - Los Angeles Times
[13:22]	psydruid	> what are they celebrating or championing?
[13:22]	psydruid	x86 hardware becoming more affordable so they can get their gaming fix, I suppose
[13:25]	TR News	"Who controls love: Men, women, or capital? At first, the question sounds absurd." https://jacobin.com/2025/12/dating-apps-men-women-capital/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[13:25]	TR Bot	 Dating in the Age of the Algorithm
[13:25]	TR News	"However Techcrunch reported news publishers are not currently included in the experiment." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/facebook-tests-charging-creators-and-businesses-to-post-more-than-two-links-per-month/ | Source: Press Gazette
[13:25]	TR Bot	 Facebook tests charging to post more than two links per month - Press Gazette
[13:27]	TR News	"There's outrage in the computer science community over a new feature rolled out by the ACM Digital Library that generates often inaccurate AI summaries." https://anil.recoil.org/notes/acm-ai-recs |
[13:27]	TR Bot	 Dear ACM, you&apos;re doing AI wrong but you can still get it right
[13:27]	TR News	"Wall Street traders have sharply increased how much theyre spending on credit default swaps tied to artificial intelligence." https://jacobin.com/2025/12/wall-street-is-starting-to-short-ai/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[13:27]	TR Bot	 Wall Street Is Starting to Short AI
[13:27]	TR News	"When Your Avian Intelligence Agrees a Little Too Muc" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1107/when-your-avian-intelligence-agrees-a-little-too-much | Source: David Revoy
[13:27]	TR Bot	 When Your Avian Intelligence Agrees a Little Too Much - David Revoy
[13:28]	TR News	"What does the Internet Make of Us? is a piece I wrote in Medium that has had 2,500 views so far." https://doc.searls.com/2025/12/11/re-collections/ | Source: Doc Searls
[13:28]	TR Bot	 Re Collections Doc Searls Weblog
[13:28]	TR News	"The risks are just too darn high and the lack of transparency and recourse doesnt help the situation." https://initialcharge.net/2025/12/buttfield-addison-locked-apple-account/ | Source: Mike Rockwell
[13:28]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://initialcharge.net/2025/12/buttfield-addison-locked-apple-account/ )
[13:29]	TR News	"Systemd v259 has been released, delivering one of the most wide-ranging updates in recent cycles while preparing users and distributions for more disruptive changes planned for v260." https://linuxiac.com/systemd-259-released-with-major-changes-ahead-of-legacy-sysv-removal/ | Source: Linuxiac
[13:29]	TR Bot	 Systemd 259 Released With Major Changes Ahead of Legacy SysV Removal
[13:29]	TR News	"The vulnerability, detailed in Cisco Advisory ID cisco-sa-sma-attack-N9bf4" https://thecyberexpress.com/cisco-cve-2025-20393-secure-email-cyberattack/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[13:29]	TR Bot	 Cisco CVE-2025-20393 Cyberattack On Secure Email Appliances
[13:30]	TR News	"admin-like privileges" https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/18/crypto_crooks_use_stolen_aws/ | Source: The Register UK
[13:30]	TR Bot	 Crypto crooks co-opt stolen AWS creds to mine coins The Register
[13:30]	TR News	"the basic promise is simple: commit a lockfile, and any machine running install gets the exact same dependency tree. Cargo and nearly every other language ecosystem has something equivalent now." https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/18/docker-is-the-lockfile-for-system-packages.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
[13:30]	TR Bot	 Docker is the Lockfile for System Packages | Andrew Nesbitt
[13:30]	TR News	"NATO is in an existential race to develop sovereign cloud-based technologies to underpin its mission" https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/sovereign_cloud_is_existential_nato/ | Source: The Register UK
[13:30]	TR Bot	 NATO's battle for cloud sovereignty: Speed is existential The Register
[13:31]	TR News	"This benchmark is pretty simple, you give it an audio or video file and it transcribes the file using Apple's on-device language model over and over and over again." https://birchtree.me/blog/oops-i-made-a-benchmark/ | Source: Matt Birchler
[13:31]	TR Bot	 Oops, I made a benchmark
[13:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Proprietary 'Linux': Docker, Systemd, and WSL (Windows) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Proprietary_Linux_Docker_Systemd_and_WSL_Windows.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Proprietary_Linux_Docker_Systemd_and_WSL_Windows.gmi 
[13:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Proprietary 'Linux': Docker, Systemd, and WSL (Windows)
[13:33]	TR News	"Hyperlinks Should Have Context" https://btxx.org/posts/hyperlinks/
[13:33]	TR Bot	 Hyperlinks Should Have Context
[13:33]	TR News	"The past few months, I have thought a lot about aging, retirement and disability a lot." https://blog.avas.space/disability-and-retirement/ | Source: Ava
[13:33]	TR Bot	 disability and retirement | ava's blog
[13:34]	TR News	"Those victims number in the hundreds of thousands and include Vietnam veterans, Gulf War veterans, and post-9/11 veterans." https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/18/first-ever-wreath-laying-ceremony-at-utah-agent-orange-memorial/ | Source: Utah News Dispatch
[13:34]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/18/first-ever-wreath-laying-ceremony-at-utah-agent-orange-memorial/ )
[13:34]	TR News	"The security hole could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive data and conduct pre-boot code injection." https://www.securityweek.com/uefi-vulnerability-in-major-motherboards-enables-early-boot-attacks/ | Source: Security Week
[13:34]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/uefi-vulnerability-in-major-motherboards-enables-early-boot-attacks/ )
[13:34]	TR News	"The tool was reportedly developed by reverse engineering existing scanners from ASML and is said to be on-track to make prototype chips in 2028." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-may-have-reverse-engineered-euv-lithography-tool-in-covert-lab-report-claims-employees-given-fake-ids-to-avoid-secret-project-being-detected-prototypes-expected-in-2028 | Source: Tom's Hardware
[13:34]	TR Bot	 China may have reverse engineered EUV lithography tool in covert lab, report claims employees given fake IDs to avoid secret project being detected, prototypes expected in 2028 | Tom's Hardware
[13:35]	TR News	"China's machine is operational and successfully generating extreme ultraviolet light, but has not yet produced working chips, the people said." https://www.reuters.com/world/china/how-china-built-its-manhattan-project-rival-west-ai-chips-2025-12-17/ | Source: Reuters
[13:35]	TR Bot	( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/how-china-built-its-manhattan-project-rival-west-ai-chips-2025-12-17/ )
[13:36]	TR News	"The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) is consulting on plans that will require exam boards to stick to paper-based exams for the 13 most taken GCSEs" https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/england_pen_paper_exams/ | Source: The Register UK
[13:36]	TR Bot	 England to keep pen and paper exams, says watchdog Ofqual The Register
[13:36]	TR News	"Key findings in the report include: [...]" https://www.ala.org/news/2025/12/ala-welcomes-pathbreaking-study-state-nations-library-facilities | Source: American Library Association
[13:36]	TR Bot	 ALA welcomes pathbreaking study on the state of the nations library facilities | ALA
[13:37]	TR News	"I have survived another year of self-employment! Business has changed over that time. Gone are the days I can freely share a neat case study online." https://dbushell.com/2025/12/18/year-in-review/ | Source: David Bushell
[13:37]	TR Bot	 I Survived 2025 David Bushell Web Dev (UK)
[13:37]	TR News	"Well implement three classic sorting algorithms on the Commodore 64, visualizing each as an animated bar chart using PETSCII characters" https://imapenguin.com/2025/12/sorting-algorithms-visualized-on-the-commodore-64/ | Source: Mike Doornbos
[13:37]	TR Bot	Algorithms Visualized on the Commodore 64 | Imapenguin
[13:37]	TR News	"And over the course of the following months, billions of dollars of grants supporting research projects across disciplines, institutions and states were terminated." https://phys.org/news/2025-12-year-broke-scientist-science.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[13:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-12-year-broke-scientist-science.html )
[13:38]	TR News	"Though small, that difference could be critical in situations where time on Earth, the Moon, and Mars needs to be coordinated with split-second precision." https://www.sciencealert.com/time-moves-faster-on-mars-and-scientists-finally-know-by-how-much | Source: Science Alert
[13:38]	TR Bot	Moves Faster on Mars, And Scientists Finally Know by How Much : ScienceAlert
[13:38]	TR News	"NCAR, founded in 1960 and administered by the National Science Foundation, provides state-of-the-art data and technology resources for 129 North American university partners." https://www.vox.com/climate/472796/ncar-climate-science-trump-administration-colorado | Source: Vox
[13:38]	TR Bot	shutting down the National Center for Atmospheric Research would be one of the most consequential science cuts in US history | Vox
[13:38]	TR News	"Why target NCAR now? Hurting NCAR also hurts the state of Colorado" https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/472774/trump-russ-vought-dismantle-climate-research-center-ncar | Source: Vox
[13:38]	TR Bot	attack on a key climate research center, briefly explained | Vox
[13:39]	TR News	"What does become a problem is when the argument stops being about the idea and starts being about the person who shared it." https://remkusdevries.com/we-all-lose-with-ad-hominem-arguments/ | Source: Remkus de Vries
[13:39]	TR Bot	 We All Lose With Ad Hominem Arguments - Remkus de Vries
[13:39]	TR News	"So much happened, but heres a quick bullet-point overview before I dive in: [...]" https://nesslabs.com/annual-review-2025 | Source: Ness Labs
[13:39]	TR Bot	 2025 Year in Review: Presence versus Performance - Ness Labs
[13:40]	TR News	"So if there's no general purpose computer, that's meant for everyone (or Joe Six Pack in General Magic terminology)" https://blog.viditb.com/why-every-iphone-killer-will-fail/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava
[13:40]	TR Bot	 Why every "iPhone killer" will fail
[13:40]	TR News	"What has been the most surprising impact of blogging?" https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/the-impact-of-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop
[13:40]	TR Bot	 The Impact of Technical Blogging - Write that blog!
[13:40]	TR News	"So what does this mean to you as an end-user? First of all, thread uses wireless radios and to make things more difficult, it uses the 2.4GHz band." https://danieldk.eu/Thread-Networks | Source: Danil de Kok
[13:40]	TR Bot	 Thread Networks
[13:41]	TR News	"Ysee, I was born in Scotland, and Scottish law in contrast to the law of England & Wales4 permits a change of name to recorded retroactively for folks whose births (or adoptions) were registered there." https://danq.me/2025/12/18/actually-yes/ | Source: Dan Q
[13:41]	TR Bot	 Actually, Yes! (that IS what my birth certificate says) Dan Q
[13:41]	TR News	"If I were to open a shop, I think it would be a coffee shop." https://jamesg.blog/2025/12/17/coffee-shop | Source: James G
[13:41]	TR Bot	 Coffee shop | James' Coffee Blog
[13:42]	TR News	"I am grateful for so many people making cool things and sharing them on their websites. I have been inspired countless times by blog posts and websites this year." https://jamesg.blog/2025/12/17/grateful-for-the-indie-web | Source: James G
[13:42]	TR Bot	 Grateful for the indie web | James' Coffee Blog
[13:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  Firefox and Mozilla Commit Suicide With Slop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Firefox_and_Mozilla_Commit_Suicide_With_Slop_Market_Share_Falls.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/17/Firefox_and_Mozilla_Commit_Suicide_With_Slop_Market_Share_Falls.gmi 
[13:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Firefox and Mozilla Commit Suicide With Slop
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[13:46]	TR News	"The mil-std-882e standard specifies levels of software control, i.e. how dangerous the software can be based on what it is responsible for." https://entropicthoughts.com/mil-std-882e-software-control | Source: Chris
[13:46]	TR Bot	 Military Standard on Software Control Levels
[13:46]	TR News	Techrights Links 19/12/2025: Windows TCO in NHS, "Locked Out of Apple Account Due to Gift Card" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Links_19_12_2025_Windows_TCO_in_NHS_Locked_Out_of_Apple_Account.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Links_19_12_2025_Windows_TCO_in_NHS_Locked_Out_of_Apple_Account.gmi 
[13:46]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 19/12/2025: Windows TCO in NHS, "Locked Out of Apple Account Due to Gift Card"
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[13:49]	TR News	"Deadlocks, race conditions, and goroutine leaks are probably the three most common problems in concurrent Go programming." https://antonz.org/detecting-goroutine-leaks/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov
[13:49]	TR Bot	 Detecting goroutine leaks in modern Go
[13:49]	TR News	"Jubilant is a Python API that I created for Juju, a deployment and operations tool made by Canonical." https://benhoyt.com/writings/jubilant/ | Source: Ben Hoyt
[13:49]	TR Bot	 Don't fear Python subprocess or Go codegen
[13:52]	TR News	"In coverage.py, I have a class for computing the fingerprint of a data structure." https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202512/a_testing_conundrum.html | Source: Ned Batchelder
[13:52]	TR Bot	 A testing conundrum | Ned Batchelder
[13:52]	TR News	"Wow, the updates to the graphical moteus monitoring application tview just wont stop!" https://blog.mjbots.com/2025/12/18/tview-logging/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC
[13:52]	TR Bot	 tview logging - mjbots blog
[13:53]	TR News	"I think everyone agrees on the fact that the Economist magazine produces very-well designed graphics, sometimes the best in the world." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/12/how-to-draw-the-economist-style-graph-with-ggplot2-in-r/ | Source: Rlang
[13:53]	TR Bot	to draw the Economist-style graph with ggplot2 in R? | R-bloggers
[13:53]	TR News	"He cast his mind back to the App::Crag calcs he had done last time sure all the distances, times and speeds had worked out" https://raku-advent.blog/2025/12/13/day-13-christmas-crunching-part-ii/ | Source: Rakulang
[13:53]	TR Bot	 Day 13 Christmas Crunching Part II Raku Advent Calendar
[13:54]	TR News	"Data is persisted in a DB. Each table and field lies in the responsibility of one of these components." https://raku-advent.blog/2025/12/14/day-14-taming-concurrency/ | Source: Rakulang
[13:54]	TR Bot	 Day 14 Taming Concurrency Raku Advent Calendar
[13:54]	TR News	"Lets fragment the system a little bit by introducing an expression language just for this sort of composition." https://raku-advent.blog/2025/12/15/day-15-an-expression-language-for-vixen/ | Source: Rakulang
[13:54]	TR Bot	 Day 15 An expression language for Vixen Raku Advent Calendar
[13:55]	TR News	"To their surprise, Raku behaved as if it had been waiting for precisely this job." https://raku-advent.blog/2025/12/16/day-16-melian-and-the-helpers-of-evergreen/ | Source: Rakulang
[13:55]	TR Bot	 Day 16 Melian and the Helpers of Evergreen Raku Advent Calendar
[13:55]	TR News	"that cute one that I abstracted from the REPL module I worked on earlier this year. Ah, and theres Steves issue!" https://raku-advent.blog/2025/12/17/day-17-an-issue-with-evaluation/ | Source: Rakulang
[13:55]	TR Bot	 Day 17 An issue with evaluation Raku Advent Calendar
● Dec 19
[14:05]	TR News	This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 630 https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/12/17/this-week-in-rust-630/
[14:05]	TR Bot	 This Week in Rust 630 This Week in Rust
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[14:05]	TR News	"This year, Advent of Code only had 12 days instead of the usual 25." https://blog.pecar.me/advent-of-code-2025 | Source: Ane Pear
[14:05]	TR Bot	 Advent of Code 2025 | Anes Blog
[14:07]	TR News	"In this article I give an overview and explanation of various functions that people have developed to calculate whether a year is a leap year." https://www.benjoffe.com/fast-leap-year | Source: Ben Joffe
[14:08]	TR Bot	 The fastest "Is Leap Year" functions
[14:08]	TR News	"Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work." https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/18/code-proven-to-work/ | Source: Simon Willison
[14:08]	TR Bot	 Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work
[14:10]	TR News	"This is the entirety of the implementation in ZJIT1: [...]" https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/jit-perf-map/ | Source: Max Bernstein
[14:10]	TR Bot	 How to annotate JITed code for perf/samply | Max Bernstein
[14:10]	TR News	"Kyle ran some benchmarks to compare the different implementations: [...]" https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/18/swift-justhtml/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison
[14:10]	TR Bot	 swift-justhtml
[14:10]	TR News	"In this post, we describe one approach which allows rOpenSci members to use alternative platforms while still staying connected to rOpenSci operations on GitHub." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/12/code-hosting-options-beyond-github/ | Source: Rlang
[14:10]	TR Bot	Hosting Options Beyond GitHub | R-bloggers
[14:11]	TR News	"This turned out to be my own fault (as suggested by a helpful Fediverse denizen)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GitConcurrentUsageOops | Source: University of Toronto
[14:11]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[14:16]	TR News	Deploy and customize JBoss Web Server on Red Bait OpenShift https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/18/deploy-and-customize-jboss-web-server-red-hat-openshift
[14:16]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/18/deploy-and-customize-jboss-web-server-red-hat-openshift )
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[14:28]	TR News	Techrights IBM Research Shutting Down Labs, Lots of Workers Laid Off (Even Days Before Christmas in Devout Catholic Country) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/IBM_Research_Shutting_Down_Labs_Lots_of_Workers_Laid_Off_Even_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/IBM_Research_Shutting_Down_Labs_Lots_of_Workers_Laid_Off_Even_D.gmi 
[14:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Research Shutting Down Labs, Lots of Workers Laid Off (Even Days Before Christmas in Devout Catholic Country)
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● Dec 19
[15:00]	TR News	"The site is organized into easy-to-navigate sections: [...]" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/12/explore-the-pharmaverse-examples-your-gateway-to-clinical-reporting-with-open-source-tools/ | Source: Rlang
[15:00]	TR Bot	the Pharmaverse Examples: Your Gateway to Clinical Reporting with Open-Source Tools | R-bloggers
[15:00]	TR News	"But honestly, law needs the opposite! Law needs you. I miss you in law. I miss all you freaks. There is space for you here." https://blog.avas.space/law-freak/ | Source: Ava
[15:00]	TR Bot	 i need more freaks in law | ava's blog
[15:01]	TR News	"If you accept doing online banking and checking train times as purposes, attestation is an existential threat to software freedom." https://kellett.im/a/attestation | Source: Ed Kellett
[15:01]	TR Bot	 Freedom zero cannot survive a world with attestation
[15:02]	TR News	"2025 was an exciting year for Thunderbird. Many improvements were shipped throughout the year, from faster updates with a new release cadence, to a modernized codebase for the desktop app." https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/12/thunderbird-2025-review-building-stronger-for-the-future/ | Source: Thunderbird
[15:02]	TR Bot	 Thunderbird 2025 Review: Building Stronger for the Future - The Thunderbird Blog
[15:02]	TR News	"This months Emacs Carnival is The People Of Emacs hosted by George Jones (site here, Mastodon here). whirls suburbs typewriting" https://macadie.info/2025/12/14/emacs-carnival-people-of-emacs/ | Source: Eric MacAdie
[15:02]	TR Bot	 Emacs Carnival: People Of Emacs MacAdie Web Blog
[15:10]	TR News	Techrights Why We Got Told by Insiders That Almost Everyone at EPO Reads Techrights and Many at IBM Track IBM RAs Via Techrights https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Why_We_Got_Told_by_Insiders_That_Almost_Everyone_at_EPO_Reads_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Why_We_Got_Told_by_Insiders_That_Almost_Everyone_at_EPO_Reads_T.gmi 
[15:10]	TR Bot	 Techrights Why We Got Told by Insiders That Almost Everyone at EPO Reads Techrights and Many at IBM Track IBM RAs Via Techrights
[15:20]	TR News	Techrights Red Hat Senior Engineering Manager Leaves (or Gets Pushed Out by IBM) After Nearly 20 Years at the Company https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Red_Hat_Senior_Engineering_Manager_Leaves_or_Gets_Pushed_Out_by.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Red_Hat_Senior_Engineering_Manager_Leaves_or_Gets_Pushed_Out_by.gmi 
[15:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights Red Hat Senior Engineering Manager Leaves (or Gets Pushed Out by IBM) After Nearly 20 Years at the Company
[15:23]	TR News	"I resigned from IBM Canada and gave them a whole one month notice, even time to train and knowledge transfer with my replacement. My last day I was told. If you ever decide to come back to IBM Canada, our doors are always open leave people in good terms always" https://x.com/AdmiralMMI/status/1998319791069663300
[15:23]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[15:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  Birds Are Fantastic Pets and Not Much Maintenance (Just Don't Put Them in Cages) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Birds_Are_Fantastic_Pets_and_Not_Much_Maintenance_Just_Don_t_Pu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Birds_Are_Fantastic_Pets_and_Not_Much_Maintenance_Just_Don_t_Pu.gmi 
[15:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Birds Are Fantastic Pets and Not Much Maintenance (Just Don't Put Them in Cages)
[15:52]	TR News	NZBGet binary Usenet downloader https://www.linuxlinks.com/nzbget-binary-usenet-downloader/
[15:52]	TR Bot	- binary Usenet downloader - LinuxLinks
[15:53]	TR News	"The Armbian team has introduced Armbian Imager, a new official tool designed to simplify flashing Armbian OS onto single-board computers. Until now, installing Armbian has typically relied on third-party imaging utilities."
[15:53]	TR News	"With this release, the project now offers a first-party solution built specifically around its ecosystem and hardware support matrix." https://linuxiac.com/armbian-team-launches-new-official-imager-for-flashing-armbian-os/ | Source: Linuxiac
[15:53]	TR Bot	 Armbian Team Launches New Official Imager for Flashing Armbian OS
[15:53]	TR News	ParserLib CSS3 SAX-inspired parser https://www.linuxlinks.com/parserlib-css3-sax-inspired-parser/
[15:53]	TR Bot	- CSS3 SAX-inspired parser - LinuxLinks
[15:53]	TR News	AyanDict basic dictionary app https://www.linuxlinks.com/ayandict-basic-dictionary-app/
[15:53]	TR Bot	- basic dictionary app - LinuxLinks
[15:54]	TR News	4 Best Free and Open Source Noise Suppression Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-noise-suppression-tools/
[15:54]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Noise Suppression Tools - LinuxLinks
[15:54]	TR News	ferp grep clone https://www.linuxlinks.com/ferp-grep-clone/
[15:54]	TR Bot	- grep clone - LinuxLinks
[15:54]	TR News	PyGlossary convert dictionary files https://www.linuxlinks.com/pyglossary-convert-dictionary-files/
[15:54]	TR Bot	- convert dictionary files - LinuxLinks
[15:54]	TR News	timesup simple cli timer with notifications https://www.linuxlinks.com/timesup-simple-cli-timer-notifications/
[15:54]	TR Bot	- simple cli timer with notifications - LinuxLinks
[15:54]	TR News	amalgo create consolidated snapshots of source code https://www.linuxlinks.com/amalgo-create-consolidated-snapshots-source-code/
[15:54]	TR Bot	- create consolidated snapshots of source code - LinuxLinks
[15:56]	TR News	Linus Benedict Torvalds turns 56 in 9 days
● Dec 19
[16:05]	TR News	Techrights Today, The Register MS is Parroting Marketing Spam for Ponzi Scheme ("AI") in Exchange for Money https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Today_The_Register_MS_is_Parroting_Marketing_Spam_for_Ponzi_Sch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Today_The_Register_MS_is_Parroting_Marketing_Spam_for_Ponzi_Sch.gmi 
[16:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Today, The Register MS is Parroting Marketing Spam for Ponzi Scheme ("AI") in Exchange for Money
[16:06]	TR News	10 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Git Clients https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-web-based-git-clients/
[16:06]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Git Clients - LinuxLinks
[16:06]	TR News	4 Best Free and Open Source Native XML Databases for Big Data https://www.linuxlinks.com/nativexmldatabases/
[16:06]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Native XML Databases for Big Data - LinuxLinks
[16:06]	TR News	11 Best Free and Open Source File Systems for Big Data https://www.linuxlinks.com/filesystems/
[16:06]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source File Systems for Big Data - LinuxLinks
[16:08]	TR News	Frappe Learning Learning Management System https://www.linuxlinks.com/frappe-learning-management-system/
[16:08]	TR Bot	Learning - Learning Management System - LinuxLinks
[16:08]	TR News	Linux Candy: cutieascii displays random ASCII art emojis https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-candy-cutieascii-displays-random-ascii-art-emojis/
[16:08]	TR Bot	Candy: cutieascii displays random ASCII art emojis - LinuxLinks
[16:08]	TR News	doudou personal music player that puts privacy first https://www.linuxlinks.com/doudou-personal-music-player/
[16:08]	TR Bot	- personal music player that puts privacy first - LinuxLinks
[16:08]	TR News	Omeka S web publication system for universities, galleries, libraries, archives, and museums https://www.linuxlinks.com/omeka-s-web-publication/
[16:08]	TR Bot	S - web publication system for universities, galleries, libraries, archives, and museums - LinuxLinks
[16:09]	TR News	10 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Documentation Generators https://www.linuxlinks.com/documentationgenerators/
[16:09]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Linux Documentation Generators - LinuxLinks
[16:11]	TR News	cmdcreate create custom commands https://www.linuxlinks.com/cmdcreate-create-custom-commands/
[16:11]	TR Bot	- create custom commands - LinuxLinks
[16:11]	TR News	cmdcreate create custom commands https://www.linuxlinks.com/cmdcreate-create-custom-commands/
[16:12]	TR News	Musoq SQL Swiss Army Knife https://www.linuxlinks.com/musoq-sql-swiss-army-knife/
[16:12]	TR Bot	- SQL Swiss Army Knife - LinuxLinks
[16:12]	TR News	TigerBeetle financial transactions database https://www.linuxlinks.com/tigerbeetle-financial-transactions-database/
[16:12]	TR Bot	- financial transactions database - LinuxLinks
[16:12]	TR News	Slop Fatigue https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/18/Slop_Fatigue.shtml
[16:12]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slop Fatigue
[16:13]	TR News	RPM and DNF features and enhancements in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rpm-and-dnf-features-and-enhancements-red-hat-enterprise-linux-101 | Source: Red Hat Official
[16:13]	TR Bot	 RPM and DNF features and enhancements in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1
[16:15]	TR News	"NVIDIA has released Linux display driver 590.48, marking the first stable release in the R590 New Feature Branch. One of the most notable changes is a raised minimum Wayland requirement to version 1.20, alongside an increased minimum glibc version to 2.27 and an X.Org Server minimum of 1.17." https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-releases-linux-driver-590-48-with-wayland-and-vulkan-fixes/ | Source: Linuxiac
[16:15]	TR Bot	 NVIDIA Releases Linux Driver 590.48 With Wayland and Vulkan Fixes
[16:16]	TR News	Red Hat under IBM as slop pusher: "LLM training represents one of the most compute-intensive workloads in modern AI infrastructure." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/resilient-model-training-red-hat-openshift-ai-kubeflow-trainer | Source: Red Hat Official
[16:16]	TR Bot	 Resilient model training on Red Hat OpenShift AI with Kubeflow Trainer
[16:16]	TR News	"This gets the job done, but nobody enjoys maintaining 2 sets of infrastructure with 2 different lifecycles. Its a tax we all pay because there hasnt been a clean alternative." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/f5-big-ip-virtual-edition-now-validated-red-hat-openshift-virtualization | Source: Red Hat Official
[16:16]	TR Bot	 F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is now validated for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
[16:16]	TR News	HEY HI!! "AI-powered management across RHEL, Red Hat OpenShift, and Red Hat Ansible" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/master-modern-hybrid-cloud-security-and-scale-red-hat-updates | Source: Red Hat Official
[16:16]	TR Bot	 Master modern hybrid cloud security and scale with Red Hat updates
[16:18]	TR News	IBM Ponzi-isms https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/10/red-hat-leverages-cloud-native-toolbox-ai-kubeconna/ SPONSORED by IBM
[16:18]	TR Bot	tech fuels Red Hats next-gen cloud-native AI - SiliconANGLE
[16:19]	TR News	Promotion of slop again https://aimagazine.com/news/how-red-hat-and-aws-power-openshift-ai-at-re-invent-2025
[16:19]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://aimagazine.com/news/how-red-hat-and-aws-power-openshift-ai-at-re-invent-2025 )
[16:19]	TR News	boosted by IBM Red Hat https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-december-19-2025-red-hat
[16:19]	TR Bot	 Friday Five December 19, 2025 | Red Hat
[16:20]	TR News	"AI agents" !!!!!!!!!!!!! https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/looking-ahead-2026-red-hats-view-across-hybrid-cloud
[16:20]	TR Bot	 Looking ahead to 2026: Red Hats view across the hybrid cloud
[16:20]	TR News	IBM pushing nonsense, CTO must follow what IBM says https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/red-hats-cto-keeps-open-mind-ai
[16:20]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/red-hats-cto-keeps-open-mind-ai )
[16:22]	TR News	All about slop https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-accelerates-ai-trust-and-security-chatterbox-labs-acquisition see https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Red_Hat_Wastes_Money_on_Slop_and_on_Slop_Pushers_While_Laying_O.shtml
[16:22]	TR Bot	 Red Hat Accelerates AI Trust and Security with Chatterbox Labs Acquisition
[16:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights Red Hat Wastes Money on Slop and on Slop Pushers While Laying Off Red Hat Staff
[16:23]	TR News	"all the custom firmwares worked almost flawlessly without much need for tinkering bearing in mind my modest requirements." https://kevinboone.me/pixel-degoogle.html | Source: Kevin Boone
[16:23]	TR Bot	 Kevin Boone: Some thoughts on de-Googling Google Pixel phones
[16:23]	TR News	The resident Microsoft shill has turned from "let's punch people" to "let's DOX people" and "let's issue threats to women... in social control media"... stay classy
[16:24]	TR News	"Hello again it seems to be close to a year since I last managed to get some words published on this blog." https://blog.cavelab.dev/2025/12/rpi-diy-alarm-update/ |
[16:24]	TR Bot	 A short update on my Raspberry Pi security alarm project | Cavelab
[16:24]	TR News	"The project turns an E-ink tablet into a mirrored clone of an existing second display in a desktop setup." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/engineer-turns-e-ink-tablet-into-computer-monitor-in-linux-perfect-secondary-reading-screen-to-reduce-eye-strain-over-network | Source: Tom's Hardware
[16:24]	TR Bot	 Engineer turns E-ink tablet into computer monitor in Linux perfect secondary reading screen to reduce eye strain over the network | Tom's Hardware
[16:24]	TR News	"When faced with a broken Amstrad PPC 640, Mikey Damager had two choices: return the machine to its former glory or tear it apart and rebuild it using modern parts." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/amstrad-ppc-640-cyberdeck-gets-a-raspberry-pi-makeover/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[16:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/amstrad-ppc-640-cyberdeck-gets-a-raspberry-pi-makeover/ )
[16:24]	TR News	"And just like that, I could give away a fully interactive workspace terminal Journal entry to my players." https://blog.balthazar-rouberol.com/running-an-interactive-ypsilon-14-terminal | Source: Balthazar Rouberol
[16:24]	TR Bot	 Running an interactive Ypsilon 14 terminal
[16:24]	TR News	"Stocking stuffers anyone? Santa brought 6,000 index cards down the proverbial chimney today. Should have enough now to index all the books in the house?" https://boffosocko.com/2025/12/18/brodart-colored-blank-punched-catalog-cards/ | Source: Chris Aldrich
[16:24]	TR Bot	 | Chris Aldrich
[16:25]	TR News	"The most prominent change comes with the Cinnamon 6.6 desktop environment, which will be the default in the Cinnamon edition of Linux Mint 22.3. It introduces a redesigned application menu applet with configurable symbolic category icons, enhanced support for Places and Bookmarks, and several visual refinements that improve navigation and clarity." https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-22-3-zena-enters-public-beta/ | Source: Linuxiac
[16:25]	TR Bot	 Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" Enters Public Beta
[16:27]	TR News	Colin Watson: Preparing a transition inDebusine https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/debusine-transitions.html
[16:27]	TR Bot	 Preparing a transition inDebusine | Colin Watson's blog
[16:28]	TR News	Kdenlive 25.12.0 released https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.12.0/
[16:29]	TR Bot	 Kdenlive 25.12.0 released - Kdenlive
[16:31]	TR News	"One of the most practical user-facing changes is the addition of reinstall support for bundle installations. Until now, applications installed from local .flatpak bundle files required manual removal before reinstalling or updating."
[16:31]	TR News	"With 1.16.2, Flatpak can now cleanly overwrite an existing bundle-based installation, bringing bundle installs in line with repository-based workflows." https://linuxiac.com/flatpak-1-16-2-adds-reinstall-support-for-bundle-installations/ | Source: Linuxiac
[16:31]	TR Bot	 Flatpak 1.16.2 Adds Reinstall Support for Bundle Installations
[16:34]	TR News	"Jason and I recorded the next BSD Now episode!" https://rubenerd.com/bsdnow-642-look-harder/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[16:34]	TR Bot	BSD Now 642: Look Harder
[16:34]	TR News	"rtsold(8) and rtsol(8) are programs which process router advertisement packets as part of the IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC) mechanism." https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-25:12.rtsold.asc | Source: FreeBSD
[16:34]	TR News	"I answered that I used to run an IBM Model M clone (the Unicomp Spacesaver), and had the same issue on every OS I used to run." https://rubenerd.com/newsgroup-ibm-model-m-issue-on-netbsd/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[16:35]	TR Bot	netbsd-users: IBM Model M issues
[16:35]	TR News	FreeBSD Closes the Laptop Gap: Year One Project Update https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-closes-the-laptop-gap-year-one-project-update/
[16:35]	TR Bot	 FreeBSD Closes the Laptop Gap: Year One Project Update | FreeBSD Foundation
[16:36]	TR News	BSD Now 642: Look Harder https://www.bsdnow.tv/642
[16:36]	TR Bot	 BSD Now 642: Look Harder
[16:37]	TR News	OpenZFS 2.4 Released
[16:38]	TR News	TrueNAS 25.10.1 is out https://distrowatch.com/truenas
[16:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/truenas )
[16:39]	TR News	NVIDIA 590 GNU/Linux Graphics Driver Released with More Wayland Improvements https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-590-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-more-wayland-improvements
[16:39]	TR Bot	590 Linux Graphics Driver Released with More Wayland Improvements - 9to5Linux
[16:47]		*MinceR` is now known as lightbringer
[16:52]	TR News	"This is a effectively a guest blogpost where I, as usual, take the credit for the work someone else has done." https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/update-on-kde-home-automation-kiot/ | Source: David Edmundson
[16:52]	TR Bot	 Update on KDE Home Automation (KIOT) David Edmundson's Web Log
[16:52]	TR News	"One of the most significant changes is the introduction of a new, more flexible docking system. Widgets can now be grouped more freely, shown or hidden on demand, and saved as independent layout files." https://linuxiac.com/kdenlive-25-12-released-with-interface-and-workflow-improvements/
[16:52]	TR Bot	 Kdenlive 25.12 Released With Interface and Workflow Improvements
[16:53]	TR News	"Layouts are also stored directly inside project files, ensuring that when a project is reopened, the exact workspace used during the last editing session is restored automatically." https://linuxiac.com/kdenlive-25-12-released-with-interface-and-workflow-improvements/
[16:53]	MinceR	https://files.catbox.moe/pn1ep5.png
[16:53]	TR News	"The Delta emulator which I've used for mobile retro-gaming in the past has added beta support for SEGA Genesis and Master System games! Riley and Shane made the announcement through the Delta emulator Patreon and also on Mastodon." https://sethmlarson.dev/delta-emulator-adds-genesis-support | Source: Seth Michael Larson
[16:53]	TR Bot	 Delta emulator adds support for SEGA Genesis games Seth Larson
[16:54]	TR News	"So LightNode appears to have precomputed SSH host keys for each of the unique system templates it offers as an install option." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/18/journeys-in-hosting-1-x-precomputed-ssh-host-keys/ | Source: APNIC
[16:54]	TR Bot	 Journeys in hosting 1/x Precomputed SSH host keys | APNIC Blog
[16:55]	TR News	"So somebody tweeted about the Seagate Mach.2 , a harddisk with two independent heads combs, and I commented in german : Its two drives in one chassis, even shown as two drives." https://blog.koehntopp.info/2021/05/25/nvme-is-not-a-hard-disk.html | Source: Koehntopp
[16:55]	TR Bot	 NVME is not a hard disk | Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp
[16:56]	TR News	"An overview of the new classroom unit Programming with AI, helping students learn to code using LLM tools." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/introducing-our-new-programming-with-ai-unit/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[16:56]	TR Bot	 Introducing our new 'Programming with AI' unit - Raspberry Pi Foundation
[16:57]	TR News	"Thousands of open source contributors and enthusiasts attend, often with several folks from Canonical among them. The next one is coming quickly, with FOSDEM 2026 being held across the weekend of January 31st February 1st." https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-documentation-clinics-at-fosdem-fringe-2026 | Source: Ubuntu
[16:57]	TR Bot	and Documentation clinics at FOSDEM Fringe 2026 | Ubuntu
● Dec 19
[17:03]	TR News	"The Youyeetoo K1 integrates a quad-core, quad-thread Intel N100 processor with boost frequencies up to 3.4 GHz and a 6 W thermal design power." https://linuxgizmos.com/intel-alder-lake-n-n100-powers-modular-x86-embedded-platform-with-optional-nfc-interface/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[17:03]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/intel-alder-lake-n-n100-powers-modular-x86-embedded-platform-with-optional-nfc-interface/ )
[17:04]	TR News	Mozilla once again hires from GAFAM; monopolists running Mozilla https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/welcoming-john-solomon-mozilla-chief-marketing-officer/ | Source: Mozilla
[17:04]	TR Bot	 Welcoming John Solomon as Mozillas New Chief Marketing Officer
[17:05]	TR News	Scientists Intrigued by Huge Structure Under Bermuda https://futurism.com/science-energy/scientists-intrigued-by-huge-structure-under-bermuda
[17:05]	TR Bot	 Scientists Intrigued by Huge Structure Under Bermuda
[17:05]	TR News	Truth Social Stock Explodes as It Merges With Nuclear Fusion Company https://futurism.com/science-energy/truth-social-stock-fusion
[17:05]	TR Bot	 Truth Social Stock Explodes as It Merges With Nuclear Fusion Company
[17:06]	TR News	Latvian public media council member appointed https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/media/18.12.2025-latvian-public-media-council-member-appointed.a626986/ "Public Electronic Mass Media Council (SEPLP)"
[17:06]	TR Bot	 Latvian public media council member appointed / Article
[17:09]	TR News	Blank lock screen in Hyprland https://major.io/p/blank-lock-screen-hyprland/
[17:09]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[17:11]	TR News	Quantum Quantum Quantum Quantum Quantum Quantum https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/18/quantum-secure-gateways-openshift-service-mesh https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/30/IBM_s_Stock_is_Tied_to_Vapourware_Quantum_Bets_and_Circular_Fin.shtml
[17:11]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/18/quantum-secure-gateways-openshift-service-mesh )
[17:11]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM's Stock is Tied to Vapourware ("Quantum Bets") and Circular Financing Scam ("AI")
[17:14]	TR News	Nyarch 25.04.3 is out https://distrowatch.com/nyarch
[17:14]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/nyarch )
[17:18]	TR News	"Consulting exists to justify a modernized enterprise - Infrastructure exists to develop enterprise Technology - SW exists to purchase innovation around enterprise - Everything else will slowly but surely get sold or partnered off" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kce987ns
[17:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kce987ns )
[17:22]	TR News	Trying to blame Free software instead of back doors hidden in proprietary software https://cyberscoop.com/tom-cotton-open-source-software-foreign-influence-national-cyber-director/
[17:22]	TR Bot	Intel chair urges national cyber director to safeguard against open-source software threats | CyberScoop
[17:25]	TR News	Dirk Eddelbuettel: dang 0.0.17: New Features, Plus Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12/18#dang_0.0.17
[17:25]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[17:26]	TR News	Clearview and the long arm of the law http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5715/clearview-and-long-arm-law
[17:26]	TR Bot	 Clearview and the long arm of the law | Privacy International
[17:27]	TR News	privacyinternational and migrants... seems like conflation of two different 'activisms' http://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5716/international-migrants-day-2025-year-review
[17:27]	TR News	UK Justice and Home Affairs Committee publishes report on electronic monitoring http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5717/uk-justice-and-home-affairs-committee-publishes-report-electronic-monitoring
[17:27]	TR Bot	 International Migrants Day 2025 - A Year in Review | Privacy International
[17:27]	TR News	It Won't be Long Before Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Shuts Down Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn (Already Subjected to Many Waves of Mass Layoffs, Offices Shut Down) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/It_Won_t_be_Long_Before_Microsoft_Shuts_Down_LinkedIn_Already_S.shtml
[17:27]	TR Bot	 UK Justice and Home Affairs Committee publishes report on electronic monitoring | Privacy International
[17:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights It Won't be Long Before Microsoft Shuts Down LinkedIn (Already Subjected to Many Waves of Mass Layoffs, Offices Shut Down)
[17:29]	TR News	Argentinas election authorities must guarantee the right toa universally accessible secret vote http://privacyinternational.org/report/5718/argentinas-election-authorities-must-guarantee-right-universally-accessible-secret-vote
[17:30]	TR News	Resource delegation review update: Q4 2025 https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/19/resource-delegation-review-update-q4-2025/
[17:30]	TR Bot	 Argentinas election authorities must guarantee the right to a universally accessible secret vote | Privacy International
[17:30]	TR Bot	 Resource delegation review update: Q4 2025 | APNIC Blog
[17:32]	TR News	NASP NeuroVoice VAD chip enables always-on voice activity detection at microwatt-level power consumption https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/18/nasp-neurovoice-vad-chip-enables-always-on-voice-activity-detection-at-microwatt-level-power-consumption/
[17:32]	TR Bot	 NASP NeuroVoice VAD chip enables always-on voice activity detection at microwatt-level power consumption - CNX Software
[17:32]	TR News	Openwashing in a SPAM site https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/18/exclusive-sandisk-open-sources-technique-speed-testing-ultra-high-capacity-ssds/
[17:32]	TR Bot	Sandisk open-sources technique to speed testing of ultra-high-capacity SSDs - SiliconANGLE
[17:33]	TR News	Qt 6.11 Beta 1 Released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.11-beta-1-released
[17:33]	TR Bot	 Qt 6.11 Beta 1 Released
[17:33]	TR News	Qt keeps boosting proprietary software of Microsoft
[17:35]	TR News	How to install Java 25 on AlmaLinux 10 https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/how-to-install-java-25-on-almalinux-10/
[17:35]	TR Bot	to install Java 25 on AlmaLinux 10 | LinuxCloudVPS Blog
[17:35]	TR News	Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1051156/
[17:35]	TR Bot	updates for Thursday [LWN.net]
[17:36]	TR News	How To Install Squid Proxy Server on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-squid-proxy-server-debian-13/
[17:36]	TR Bot	 How To Install Squid Proxy Server on Debian 13 - idroot
[17:36]	TR News	How To Setup APT Proxy on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/setup-apt-proxy-linux-mint-22/
[17:36]	TR Bot	 How To Setup APT Proxy on Linux Mint 22 - idroot
[17:38]	MinceR	(nsfw) https://www.oglaf.com/suggestionbox/
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Suggestion Box
[17:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[17:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Update on KDE Home Automation (KIOT) and Qt Releases/News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Update_on_KDE_Home_Automation_KIOT_and_Qt_Releases_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Update_on_KDE_Home_Automation_KIOT_and_Qt_Releases_News.gmi 
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Update on KDE Home Automation (KIOT) and Qt Releases/News
[17:40]	TR News	 (NEW):  NetBSD, FreeBSD, and BSD Now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/NetBSD_FreeBSD_and_BSD_Now.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/NetBSD_FreeBSD_and_BSD_Now.gmi 
[17:40]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines NetBSD, FreeBSD, and BSD Now
[17:40]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat's Latest and Its Buzzwords Machine https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Red_Hat_s_Latest_and_Its_Buzzwords_Machine.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Red_Hat_s_Latest_and_Its_Buzzwords_Machine.gmi 
[17:40]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat's Latest and Its Buzzwords Machine
[17:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and Hacking With Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_and_Hacking_With_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_and_Hacking_With_Linux.gmi 
[17:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and Hacking With Linux
[17:41]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[17:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.gmi 
[17:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[17:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/today_s_leftovers.gmi 
[17:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[17:45]	TR News	Techrights Links 19/12/2025: Privacy International's Reports and Russian Assets in EU https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Links_19_12_2025_Privacy_International_s_Reports_and_Russian_As.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Links_19_12_2025_Privacy_International_s_Reports_and_Russian_As.gmi 
[17:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 19/12/2025: Privacy International's Reports and Russian Assets in EU
[17:48]	TR News	But GAFAM promotes back doors https://itbrief.asia/story/linux-foundation-unveils-orca-to-contain-cyber-attacks
[17:48]	TR Bot	 Linux Foundation unveils ORCA to contain cyber attacks
[17:49]	TR News	"The Mesa team have released Mesa 25.3.2 as the latest bug-fix release for the current main stable branch of open source Linux graphics drivers." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-3-2-brings-more-bug-fixes-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/
[17:49]	TR Bot	25.3.2 brings more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers | GamingOnLinux
[17:49]	TR News	I ran the one command in Linux you should never run. Here's what happened https://www.howtogeek.com/i-ran-the-one-command-in-linux-you-should-never-run-heres-what-happened/
[17:49]	TR Bot	 I ran the one command in Linux you should never run. Here's what happened
[17:49]	TR News	AI could spell the final end of Firefox - unless Mozilla does this https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-new-ceo-firefox-adopt-ai-privacy-linux/
[17:50]	TR Bot	could spell the final end of Firefox - unless Mozilla does this | ZDNET
[17:50]	TR News	SPAM https://www.factmr.com/report/server-operating-system-market
[17:50]	TR Bot	 Server Operating System Market | Global Market Analysis Report - 2036
[17:50]	TR News	Armbian's Raspberry Pi Imager alternative is here https://www.howtogeek.com/armbians-raspberry-pi-imager-alternative-is-here/
[17:50]	TR Bot	 Armbian's Raspberry Pi Imager alternative is here
[17:51]	TR News	"Switching to Linux can be challenging. But once you've overcome the learning curve, you'll find that Linux offers a more efficient and productive workflow than Windows or Mac. From dynamic workspace management to unique desktop tweaks, here's how Linux will make you more productive." https://www.howtogeek.com/5-features-that-make-linux-more-productive-than-windows-or-mac/
[17:51]	TR Bot	 5 features that make Linux more productive than Windows or Mac
[17:52]	TR News	Safely shutting down Linux on your single board computer https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/12/17/safely-shutting-down-linux-on-your-single-board-computer/
[17:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/12/17/safely-shutting-down-linux-on-your-single-board-computer/ )
[17:52]	TR News	Engineer turns E-ink tablet into computer monitor in Linux perfect secondary reading screen to reduce eye strain over the network https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/engineer-turns-e-ink-tablet-into-computer-monitor-in-linux-perfect-secondary-reading-screen-to-reduce-eye-strain-over-network
[17:52]	TR Bot	 Engineer turns E-ink tablet into computer monitor in Linux perfect secondary reading screen to reduce eye strain over the network | Tom's Hardware
[17:53]	TR News	https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/qt-desktop-apps-linux-macos/ https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/qt-linux-macos-apps/
[17:53]	TR Bot	introduces new Qt desktop apps
[17:53]	TR Bot	unveils new Qt-based desktop apps
[17:59]	TR News	Fastly report finds bot traffic now makes up nearly a third of all web requests https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/18/fastly-report-finds-bot-traffic-now-makes-nearly-third-web-requests/
[17:59]	TR Bot	report finds bot traffic now makes up nearly a third of all web requests - SiliconANGLE
● Dec 19
[18:02]	TR News	But do they really mean BIOS? https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/critical-motherboard-flaw-allows-game-cheats-riot-games-blocks-valorant-players-that-dont-update-bios-security-patches-pushed-live-by-all-major-motherboard-vendors http://techrights.org/n/2024/03/19/By_Sami_Tikkanen.shtml
[18:02]	TR Bot	 Critical motherboard flaw allows game cheats, Riot Games blocks 'Valorant' players that don't update BIOS security patches pushed live by all major motherboard vendors | Tom's Hardware
[18:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights Comparing U.E.F.I. to B.I.O.S. (Bloat and Insecurity to K.I.S.S.)
[18:04]	TR News	Positive trends related to public IP ranges from the year 2025, (Thu, Dec 18th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32584
[18:04]	TR Bot	 Positive trends related to public IP ranges from the year 2025
[18:04]	TR News	USPTO Publishes November 2025 Revision of the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/uspto-publishes-november-2025-revision.html
[18:04]	TR Bot	 The TTABlog: USPTO Publishes November 2025 Revision of the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
[18:05]	TR News	North Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/north-korean-infiltrator-caught-working-in-amazon-it-department-thanks-to-lag-110ms-keystroke-input-raises-red-flags-over-true-location
[18:05]	TR Bot	 North Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location | Tom's Hardware
[18:06]	TR News	Linux Mint 22.3 Zena Beta Is Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.6 https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-3-zena-beta-is-available-for-download-with-cinnamon-6-6
[18:06]	TR Bot	Mint 22.3 "Zena" Beta Is Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.6 - 9to5Linux
[18:10]	TR News	LibreOffice 25.8.4 Is Now Available for Download with More Than 70 Bug Fixes https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-25-8-4-is-now-available-for-download-with-more-than-70-bug-fixes
[18:10]	TR Bot	25.8.4 Is Now Available for Download with More Than 70 Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux
[18:11]	TR News	Linux Kernel 6.17 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to GNU/Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-17-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-18-lts
[18:11]	TR Bot	Kernel 6.17 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS - 9to5Linux
[18:11]	TR News	OpenZFS 2.4 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS Support, Quotas, Uncached IO, and More https://9to5linux.com/openzfs-2-4-released-with-linux-6-18-lts-support-quotas-uncached-io-and-more
[18:11]	TR Bot	2.4 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS Support, Quotas, Uncached IO, and More - 9to5Linux
[18:12]	TR News	Firefox Will Ship with an AI Kill Switch to Completely Disable all Hey Hi (AI) Features https://9to5linux.com/firefox-will-ship-with-an-ai-kill-switch-to-completely-disable-all-ai-features
[18:12]	TR Bot	Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux
[18:13]	TR News	Brioche package manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/brioche-package-manager/
[18:13]	TR Bot	- package manager - LinuxLinks
[18:13]	TR News	Amiga 600 https://hackaday.com/2025/12/18/chip-swap-fixes-a-dead-amiga-600/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:13]	TR Bot	Swap Fixes A Dead Amiga 600 | Hackaday
[18:16]	TR News	Integrating Abuse Case Scenarios to Improve Authorization Testing https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/12/18/integrating-abuse-case-scenarios-to-improve-authorization-testing/
[18:16]	TR Bot	 Integrating Abuse Case Scenarios to Improve Authorization Testing
[18:20]	TR News	IBM "to prepare them for future jobs." https://www.moneycontrol.com/europe/?url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/ibm-announces-plan-to-skill-5-million-people-in-india-over-the-next-five-years-article-13733676.html
[18:20]	TR Bot	 IBM announces plan to skill 5 million people in India over the next five years
[18:21]	TR News	Windows has fallen below Android https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/morocco/#monthly-200902-202512
[18:21]	TR Bot	 Operating System Market Share Morocco | Statcounter Global Stats
[18:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Microsoft Windows Falls to All-Time Low in 'Capital of Europe', Belgium https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_All_Time_Low_in_Capital_of_Europe_Be.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_All_Time_Low_in_Capital_of_Europe_Be.gmi 
[18:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Microsoft Windows Falls to All-Time Low in 'Capital of Europe', Belgium
[18:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  #HowTo Install Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS on Ubuntu 25.10 and Ubuntu 25.04 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/How_to_Install_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS_on_Ubuntu_25_10_and_Ubuntu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/How_to_Install_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS_on_Ubuntu_25_10_and_Ubuntu.gmi 
[18:35]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines How to Install Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS on Ubuntu 25.10 and Ubuntu 25.04
[18:38]	TR News	Techrights Google News Helps Slopfarms (What's Left of Them) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Google_News_Helps_Slopfarms_What_s_Left_of_Them.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Google_News_Helps_Slopfarms_What_s_Left_of_Them.gmi 
[18:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights Google News Helps Slopfarms (What's Left of Them)
[18:42]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights
[18:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  Engineering Freeze 2025 Means the Site Will be More Accessible, But We'll Patch and Reboot This Weekend https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Engineering_Freeze_2025_Means_the_Site_Will_be_More_Accessible_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Engineering_Freeze_2025_Means_the_Site_Will_be_More_Accessible_.gmi 
[18:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Engineering Freeze 2025 Means the Site Will be More Accessible, But We'll Patch and Reboot This Weekend
[18:48]	MinceR	(nsfw) https://www.oglaf.com/historical-adventure/
[18:48]	TR Bot	 historical adventure
[18:58]	TR News	Did Avram Piltch leave The Register MS? Nothing in 4 weeks now... https://www.theregister.com/Author/Avram-Piltch
[18:58]	TR Bot	 Avram Piltch The Register
● Dec 19
[19:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  analytics.usa.gov: Windows is Losing Market Share https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/analytics_usa_gov_Windows_is_Losing_Market_Share.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/analytics_usa_gov_Windows_is_Losing_Market_Share.gmi 
[19:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines analytics.usa.gov: Windows is Losing Market Share
[19:13]	TR News	"I'll have to respectfully disagree, otherwise I won't be able to take any aspirin, hoover my carpets, or ride my jet ski." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-12-19_Re__Don_t_call_it_a__Zoom_meeting_.gmi
[19:14]	TR News	"Automated snack vending machine is a solved problem since nearly a century. Why do you want to make your vending machine more expensive, more error-prone, more fragile and less efficient for your customers?" gemini://ploum.net/2025-12-19-prepare-for-that-world.gmi
[19:15]	TR News	SpellBinding: GUIMNPH Wordo: BEVVY gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-19.gmi
[19:15]	TR News	"My website setup has been more than a little janky for a while now. It's been very gemini-first: all my posts are written as .gmi files with the date in the filename." gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2025-12-19-rebuild.gmi
[19:16]	TR News	The senator gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-12-19-senator.txt
[19:17]	TR News	"even if it is completely stupid, AI will be everywhere, get used to it!" gemini://ploum.net/2025-12-19-prepare-for-that-world.gmi
[19:17]	TR News	"Automated snack vending machine is a solved problem since nearly a century. Why do you want to make your vending machine more expensive, more error-prone, more fragile and less efficient for your customers?"
[19:17]	TR News	"The first thing that blew my mind was how stupid the whole idea is. Think for one second. One full second. Why do you ever want to add a chatbot to a snack vending machine? The video states it clearly: the vending machine must be stocked by humans. Customers must order and take their snack by themselves. The AI has no value at all."
[19:17]	TR News	"But what appears to be journalism is, in fact, pure advertising. For both WSJ and Anthropic. Look at how WSJ journalists are presented as "world class", how no-subtle the Anthropic guy is when telling them they are the best and how the journalist blush at it."
[19:19]	TR News	"I haven't blogged for quite a while.. Well, life is happning and I just don't have the time or energy to sit down and write posts. Until now." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2025/12-09-running-openbsd-in-hostile-environment.gmi
[19:22]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 19/12/2025: Great Website Rebuild of 2025 and Running OpenBSD in a Hostile Environment https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Gemini_Links_19_12_2025_Great_Website_Rebuild_of_2025_and_Runni.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Gemini_Links_19_12_2025_Great_Website_Rebuild_of_2025_and_Runni.gmi 
[19:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 19/12/2025: Great Website Rebuild of 2025 and Running OpenBSD in a Hostile Environment
[19:22]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights
[19:45]	TR News	Techrights No Electronics, No Clocks, No Phones https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/No_Electronics_No_Clocks_No_Phones.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/No_Electronics_No_Clocks_No_Phones.gmi 
[19:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights No Electronics, No Clocks, No Phones
[19:46]	MinceR	no fishing, no firearms, no fires
[19:46]	MinceR	nothing that starts with 'f'!
[19:46]	TR News	North Korea stole $2.57b of crypto in 2025, report says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-stole-2-57-billion-of-crypto-this-year-report-says
[19:46]	TR Bot	 North Korea stole $2.57b of crypto in 2025, report says | The Straits Times
[19:47]	MinceR	absolutely no fun
[19:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	what the fish??
[19:47]	MinceR	:>
[19:47]	MinceR	how much is the fish?
[19:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	fifty five francs
[19:50]	TR News	How America Gave China an Edge in Nuclear Power https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-america-gave-china-an-edge-in-nuclear-power
[19:50]	TR Bot	 How America Gave China an Edge in Nuclear Power | The New Yorker
[19:50]	TR News	Cisco customers hit by fresh wave of zero-day attacks from China-linked APT https://cyberscoop.com/cisco-zero-day-attacks-china-apt/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/CALEA_CALEA2_is_the_Real_Problem_Not_Chinese_Operatives_Exploit.shtml
[19:50]	TR Bot	customers hit by fresh wave of zero-day attacks from China-linked APT | CyberScoop
[19:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights CALEA / CALEA2 is the Real Problem, Not Chinese Operatives Exploiting CALEA / CALEA2 (as Any Other Nation Can)
[19:51]	TR News	"government control over state broadcaster" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/19/thousands-of-lithuanians-protest-against-law-to-expand-government-control-over-state-broadcaster | Source: Meduza
[19:51]	TR Bot	 Thousands of Lithuanians protest against law to expand government control over state broadcaster Meduza
[19:53]	TR News	ORG End of Year Review 2025 https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/org-end-of-year-review-2025/
[19:53]	TR Bot	 ORG End of Year Review 2025 | Open Rights Group
[19:53]	TR News	GIMP 3.2 Release Candidate 2 Brings a Glut of Fixes https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/gimp-3-2-rc2-released-for-testing
[19:53]	TR Bot	 GIMP 3.2 RC2 Released with Fixes as Stable Launch Nears - OMG! Ubuntu
[19:53]	TR News	REETLE SmartInk I An AI-powered E-Ink phone case with voice recording (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/18/reetle-smartink-i-an-ai-powered-e-ink-phone-case-with-voice-recording/
[19:53]	TR Bot	 REETLE SmartInk I - An AI-powered E-Ink phone case with voice recording (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software
[19:54]	TR News	Qt for Android Automotive 6.8.6 is released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-android-automotive-6.8.6-is-released
[19:54]	TR Bot	 Qt for Android Automotive 6.8.6 is released
[19:54]	MinceR	https://imgur.com/gallery/v0Nzkjf   =   https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/v0Nzkjf
[19:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/v0Nzkjf )
[19:54]	TR Bot	 Making sure you're not a bot!
[19:54]	TR News	France Probes Foreign Interference After Remote Control Malware Found on Passenger Ferry https://www.securityweek.com/france-probes-foreign-interference-after-remote-control-malware-found-on-passenger-ferry/
[19:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/france-probes-foreign-interference-after-remote-control-malware-found-on-passenger-ferry/ )
[19:55]	TR News	Kubernetes v1.35: Job Managed By Goes GA https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/12/18/kubernetes-v1-35-job-managedby-for-jobs-goes-ga/
[19:55]	TR Bot	 Kubernetes v1.35: Job Managed By Goes GA | Kubernetes
[19:55]	TR News	Solvay wins Dutch chemicals case https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/solvay-wins-dutch-chemicals-case/
[19:55]	TR Bot	 Solvay wins Dutch chemicals case
[19:56]	TR News	Idahos Anti-Troll Law Takes Aim at Federal Court Complaints: Federal Circuit Punts on Preemption https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/12/federal-complaints-preemption.html
[19:56]	TR Bot	 Idaho's Anti-Troll Law Takes Aim at Federal Court Complaints: Federal Circuit Punts on Preemption
[19:56]	TR News	Three stable kernels for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1051157/
[19:56]	TR Bot	stable kernels for Thursday [LWN.net]
[19:57]	TR News	EPO Violates Laws to Profit More From Invalid Patents, Then Cuts the Budget Allocated to Staff https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/EPO_Violates_Laws_to_Profit_More_From_Invalid_Patents_Then_Cuts.shtml
[19:57]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO Violates Laws to Profit More From Invalid Patents, Then Cuts the Budget Allocated to Staff
[19:58]	TR News	A change of maintainership for linux-next https://lwn.net/Articles/1051179/
[19:58]	TR Bot	change of maintainership for linux-next [LWN.net]
[19:59]	TR News	Only !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://itsfoss.com/news/first-linux-kernel-rust-cve/
[19:59]	TR Bot	 The First Rust CVE in Linux Kernel Only Makes Your System Crash
● Dec 19
[20:00]	TR News	csc command-line scientific calculator https://www.linuxlinks.com/csc-command-line-scientific-calculator/
[20:00]	TR Bot	- command-line scientific calculator - LinuxLinks
[20:00]	TR News	bp cross-platform clipboard tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/bp-cross-platform-clipboard-tool/
[20:00]	TR Bot	- cross-platform clipboard tool - LinuxLinks
[20:00]	TR News	rumdl Markdown linter https://www.linuxlinks.com/rumdl-markdown-linter/
[20:00]	TR Bot	- Markdown linter - LinuxLinks
[20:01]	TR News	Zemlin the scammer pushing Ponzi schemes and disgracing the Linux Mark https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Foundation-2025-Report https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/To_Linus_Torvalds_the_Microsoft_Linux_Foundation_is_Increasingl.shtml
[20:01]	TR Bot	Foundation Expects To Break $300M In Revenue This Year - Phoronix
[20:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights To Linus Torvalds, the Microsoft Linux Foundation is Increasingly a Liability and Risk to the Brand
[20:01]	TR News	Unraid 7.2.3 is out https://distrowatch.com/unraid
[20:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/unraid )
[20:01]	TR News	TUXEDO 20251218 is out also https://distrowatch.com/tuxedo
[20:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tuxedo )
[20:02]	TR News	Someone Boarded a Plane at Heathrow Without a Ticket or Passport https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/someone-boarded-a-plane-at-heathrow-without-a-ticket-or-passport.html
[20:02]	TR Bot	Boarded a Plane at Heathrow Without a Ticket or Passport - Schneier on Security
[20:03]	TR News	Flatcar 4459.2.2 is out https://distrowatch.com/flatcar
[20:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/flatcar )
[20:03]	TR News	OSINT VM 2025.12 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/osintvm
[20:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/osintvm )
[20:04]	TR News	"The theory behind hydropower is very simple: water obeys gravity and imparts the gained kinetic energy onto a turbine, which subsequently drives a generator." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/18/building-and-testing-a-turbine-driven-hydro-generator/ | Source: Hackaday
[20:04]	TR Bot	And Testing A Turbine Driven Hydro Generator | Hackaday
[20:05]	TR News	'$100 Steam Machine' uses a cut-down PS5 APU with Bazzite DIY console offers 60 FPS at 1080p with 16GB of GDDR6 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/usd100-steam-machine-uses-a-cut-down-ps5-apu-with-bazzite-diy-console-offers-60-fps-at-1080p-with-16gb-of-gddr6
[20:05]	TR Bot	 '$100 Steam Machine' uses a cut-down PS5 APU with Bazzite DIY console offers 60 FPS at 1080p with 16GB of GDDR6 | Tom's Hardware
[20:05]	TR News	YouTubes the Problem, Not Billboard And Everybody In the Music Industry Agrees https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/17/youtube-the-problem-not-billboard-everybody-music-industry-agrees/
[20:05]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/17/youtube-the-problem-not-billboard-everybody-music-industry-agrees/ )
[20:05]	TR News	Oscars to stream on YouTube from 2029 https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251218-oscars-to-stream-on-youtube-from-2029
[20:05]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251218-oscars-to-stream-on-youtube-from-2029 )
[20:06]	TR News	"Hopscotch is a game usually played with painted lines or with the aid of a bit of chalk." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/18/interactive-hopscotch-tiles-make-the-game-more-exciting/ | Source: Hackaday
[20:06]	TR Bot	Hopscotch Tiles Make The Game More Exciting | Hackaday
[20:07]	TR News	"What is free software and why is it important?" https://www.unibzmagazine.it/en/magazine/article/fighting-for-software-freedom-interview-with-richard-stallman
[20:07]	TR Bot	 Fighting for (software) freedom: interview with Richard Stallman / Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
[20:08]	TR News	"Richard Stallman developed the GPL license, defining the four freedoms that would become central to our work, and. Linus Torvalds used that GPL to share" https://www.linuxfoundation.org/hubfs/Publications/2025%20Linux%20Foundation%20Annual%20Report_121825a_lr.pdf
[20:19]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Has Purchased Another Linux Foundation Seat https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Microsoft_Has_Purchased_Another_Linux_Foundation_Seat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Microsoft_Has_Purchased_Another_Linux_Foundation_Seat.gmi 
[20:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Has Purchased Another Linux Foundation Seat
[20:21]		*SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@y3syynzkwyc9u.irc) has joined #techrights
[20:30]	TR News	Techrights Austria vs GAFAM https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Austria_vs_GAFAM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Austria_vs_GAFAM.gmi 
[20:30]	TR Bot	 Techrights Austria vs GAFAM
[20:31]	TR News	They sued 12 months later https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmn4kwpkydo
[20:31]	TR Bot	 PinkNews bosses deny 'malicious' sexual misconduct claims - BBC News
[20:32]	TR News	Because UK libel law is a lottery ticket for people and jackpot for law firms
[20:36]	TR News	Dead site for 3 months now... https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/
[20:36]	TR Bot	 Open Source Watch
[20:50]	TR News	Techrights 'Linux' Foundation: The Foundation Has Almost Nothing to Do With Linux, It Just Misuses the Name "Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Linux_Foundation_The_Foundation_Has_Almost_Nothing_to_Do_With_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Linux_Foundation_The_Foundation_Has_Almost_Nothing_to_Do_With_L.gmi 
[20:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights 'Linux' Foundation: The Foundation Has Almost Nothing to Do With Linux, It Just Misuses the Name "Linux"
[20:55]	TR News	Games industry layoff figures were down slightly in 2025 but it was still horrendous | Year in Review https://www.gamesindustry.biz/games-industry-layoff-figures-were-down-slightly-in-2025-but-it-was-still-horrendous-year-in-review
[20:55]	TR Bot	industry layoff figures were down slightly in 2025 but it was still horrendous | Year in Review | GamesIndustry.biz
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[21:03]	MinceR	(cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1704/58/1704588748752.jpg
[21:05]	TR News	Techrights Very Shallow LLM Slop for IBM Disguised as Journalism About a "Plan to Train 5 Million Learners in India by 2030" (Unverified Figures With Very Distant Future Date/Year) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Very_Shallow_LLM_Slop_for_IBM_Disguised_as_Journalism_About_a_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Very_Shallow_LLM_Slop_for_IBM_Disguised_as_Journalism_About_a_P.gmi 
[21:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Very Shallow LLM Slop for IBM Disguised as Journalism About a "Plan to Train 5 Million Learners in India by 2030" (Unverified Figures With Very Distant Future Date/Year)
[21:08]		*oarion7 (~ryan@ebmq5x6cde5zg.irc) has joined #techrights
[21:39]	TR News	Techrights Barbados: Significant Gains for GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Barbados_Significant_Gains_for_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Barbados_Significant_Gains_for_GNU_Linux.gmi 
[21:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights Barbados: Significant Gains for GNU/Linux
[21:40]	TR News	Fwupd 2.0.19 Linux Firmware Updater Supports Lenovo Sapphire Folio Keyboard https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-0-19-linux-firmware-updater-supports-lenovo-sapphire-folio-keyboard
[21:40]	TR Bot	2.0.19 Linux Firmware Updater Supports Lenovo Sapphire Folio Keyboard - 9to5Linux
[21:43]	TR News	"Linux kernel 6.18 LTS is already available in the stable repositories of various distributions, including openSUSE Tumbleweed and Arch Linux." https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-17-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-18-lts
[21:43]	TR Bot	Kernel 6.17 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS - 9to5Linux
[21:44]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kernel Space / File Systems: linux-next, Rust CVE, OpenZFS, Fwupd https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Kernel_Space_File_Systems_linux_next_Rust_CVE_OpenZFS_Fwupd.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/19/Kernel_Space_File_Systems_linux_next_Rust_CVE_OpenZFS_Fwupd.gmi 
[21:44]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Kernel Space / File Systems: linux-next, Rust CVE, OpenZFS, Fwupd
[21:56]	admfubar	replicators?  https://thedebrief.org/creating-matter-with-light-breakthrough-method-creates-electrodes-using-visible-light/
[21:57]	TR Bot	 Creating Matter with Light: Breakthrough Method Creates Electrodes Using Visible Light - The Debrief
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[22:01]	admfubar	https://thedebrief.org/combining-these-two-cannabis-compounds-reveals-a-promising-tool-in-the-fight-against-ovarian-cancer/
[22:01]	TR Bot	 Combining These Two Cannabis Compounds Reveals a Promising Tool in the Fight Against Ovarian Cancer - The Debrief
[22:37]	admfubar	https://pogowasright.org/governments-are-pushing-digital-ids-are-you-ready-to-be-tracked/
[22:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://pogowasright.org/governments-are-pushing-digital-ids-are-you-ready-to-be-tracked/ )
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[23:11]	MinceR	(cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1765/65/1765655714946.png
[23:43]	MinceR	https://xcancel.com/robertwiblin/status/2001707335438270885
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