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[01:20]	MinceR	(cat) (video) (audio:important) https://imgur.com/gallery/dB2OVnU   =   https://rimgo.lunar.icu/gallery/dB2OVnU
[01:20]	TR Bot	to you - Album on Imgur
[01:20]	TR Bot	 Purrs to you - rimgo
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[01:30]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Got three radios on the same station.
[01:30]	IsambardPrince	Playing Don't Fear the Reaper.
[01:30]	IsambardPrince	It's just like the opening to The Stand.
[01:30]	IsambardPrince	:D
[01:30]	MinceR	:)
[01:31]	IsambardPrince	I need more cowbell though.
[01:31]	MinceR	:>
[01:31]	MinceR	you have a fever?
[01:31]	IsambardPrince	I was playing that a lot when Trump was golfing and the news was reporting on COVID.
[01:31]	IsambardPrince	I have a weird sense of humor.
[01:33]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I'm just throwing it out there.
[01:33]	IsambardPrince	I have the same initials as the antichrist in Stephen King's novels.
[01:34]	IsambardPrince	He never really dies, he just comes back and tries to end the world and kill everyone.
[01:34]	IsambardPrince	Sometimes centuries go by.
[01:34]	IsambardPrince	Sometimes he tries to invade from another dimension, you know.
[01:35]	MinceR	:)
[01:35]	MinceR	well, better get going then, the world needs a cleansing
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[01:39]	IsambardPrince	Yeah, he kills everyone except the ones who will serve him.
[01:39]	IsambardPrince	But it doesn't ever really end well.
[01:39]	IsambardPrince	You know, god reaches down and makes the nuke explode.
[01:39]	IsambardPrince	Things like that.
[01:40]	IsambardPrince	The pastor of our church had a copy of that movie I noticed, when I was a child.
[01:40]	IsambardPrince	It does fit God's narrative you know.
[01:40]	IsambardPrince	Devil kills everyone with the flu. God and the devil save a bunch of people each, to serve them.
[01:41]	IsambardPrince	God uses cheat codes and wins by playing dirty.
[01:41]	IsambardPrince	:D
[01:41]	MinceR	good old god mode
[01:41]	IsambardPrince	This is a common trope.
[01:42]	IsambardPrince	Like the second Omega Code movie.
[01:42]	IsambardPrince	The one with Michael York.
[01:42]	IsambardPrince	The forces of Satan / Globalism led by the European Union somehow were winning.
[01:42]	IsambardPrince	Then God darkens the sky and throws the devil (Michael York) in chains.
[01:43]	IsambardPrince	And forces him to shout "Nazarene! You are Lord!"
[01:43]	IsambardPrince	Very anti-climactic. 
[01:43]	IsambardPrince	I blame the source material.
[01:44]	MinceR	:>
[01:48]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I posted: "
[01:48]	IsambardPrince	The field officer didn't go to stokes but he had some questions for us in the green card interview.
[01:48]	IsambardPrince	When he asked what we shared in common, I said "Oh definitely the sense of humor for starters."
[01:48]	IsambardPrince	He said, "Give me an example."
[01:48]	IsambardPrince	I said, "Okay, well the neighbor put up some bee traps to catch hornets and we came out and saw them all hanging from the sticky strips and he started singing "Poor Unfortunate Soul" from The Little Mermaid, and I may have joined him.""
[01:48]	MinceR	:)
[01:50]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t3kQf3lWBs
[01:50]	TR Bot	https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=4t3kQf3lWBs
[01:50]	TR Bot	( status 502 @ https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=4t3kQf3lWBs )
[01:50]	IsambardPrince	Ursula sort of reminds me of Mandy's sister.
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[02:03]	TR News	China Uses Public Shaming to Motivate State Workers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/world/asia/china-officials-slacking-economy.html
[02:03]	TR Bot	 China Uses Public Shaming to Motivate State Workers - The New York Times
[02:06]	TR News	Time is running out for jailed pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/19/china-hong-kong-jimmy-lai-time-running-out/
[02:06]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/19/china-hong-kong-jimmy-lai-time-running-out/ )
[02:09]	TR News	"Voice Control" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/19/be-careful-what-you-ask-for-voice-control/ | Source: Hackaday
[02:09]	TR Bot	Careful What You Ask For: Voice Control | Hackaday
[02:10]	TR News	Yamming CRT Yokes https://hackaday.com/2025/02/19/retrotechtacular-yamming-crt-yokes/ | Source: Hackaday
[02:10]	TR Bot	Yamming CRT Yokes | Hackaday
[02:10]	IsambardPrince	What a coincidence. America uses public shaming and mass firings to motivate state workers!
[02:10]	IsambardPrince	The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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[02:11]	TR News	Rotating Cube Demo https://hackaday.com/2025/02/19/homebrew-cpu-gets-a-beautiful-rotating-cube-demo/ | Source: Hackaday
[02:11]	TR Bot	CPU Gets A Beautiful Rotating Cube Demo | Hackaday
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[02:13]	TR News	Hundreds of Black Hole 'Missing Links' May Have Been Discovered in New Survey https://www.sciencealert.com/hundreds-of-black-hole-missing-links-may-have-been-discovered-in-new-survey
[02:13]	TR Bot	of Black Hole 'Missing Links' May Have Been Discovered in New Survey : ScienceAlert
[02:19]	TR News	"NCE (New Customer Experience) and price hikes during the last 4 years were all predatory. The selling point of O365 for a while was to lower costs and provide better management. Once you moved, they have a money machine they can manipulate to drive their share price." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jm4wh2cd
[02:19]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jm4wh2cd )
[02:21]	TR News	"Training your own replacement is like biting the hand that feeds ya" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmdqxdh4
[02:21]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmdqxdh4 )
[02:22]	TR News	Insiders say IBM's broader return-to-office plan hits older, more expensive staff hard https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/ibm_colocation_program_described_as/
[02:22]	TR Bot	 IBM co-location program described as worker attrition plan The Register
[02:23]	TR News	"Like it does with every other company. AK wants all expensive dinosaurs gone so that he can keep his $30 million a year job. AK is an expensive dinosaur. IBM is doing fine without him. AKA Age discrimination" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284
[02:23]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284 )
[02:24]	TR News	"These UK jobs are most likely moving to India, the old British colony. The Brits ra--d India in the past, time to pay back. It is ironic is kicking the Brits. " Is this a part of the massive layoffs for Europe that has been announced this week?" Likely so. See this original post for a link to details" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmhgb5ne
[02:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmhgb5ne )
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[02:26]	TR News	"usable is not the right word. Quantum is still not a functioning platform nor will it ever be. There's massive flaws in the entire premise of quantum computing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmge4e7x
[02:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmge4e7x )
[02:26]	TR News	"IBM is transforming its business to focus on enterprise software. Logic (yeah, I know) would suggest that R&D in the basic sciences and engineering behind quantum computing are therefore not a priority in the company." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmge4e7x
[02:26]	TR News	"In fact, I wouldn't look for any real R&D into anything beyond the next 10 years of Z evolution. If an idea cannot be quickly packaged and sold as either a hardware or software product, don't expect IBM to stick with it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmge4e7x
[02:31]	TR News	Hey Hi (AI) and LLMs aren't the same; this is about plagiarism tools, not intelligence https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/19.02.2025-suspicions-of-ai-use-in-pupil-education-competitions-in-latvia.a588359/
[02:31]	TR Bot	 Suspicions of AI use in pupil education competitions in Latvia / Article
[02:32]	TR News	MElons DOGE Seeks Access to Americans Data, Alarming Government Employees https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/us/politics/elon-musk-doge-personal-data.html
[02:32]	TR Bot	 Elon Musks DOGE Seeks Access to Americans Data, Alarming Government Employees - The New York Times
[02:32]	IsambardPrince	https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/20/2305123/-Congressman-who-called-Musk-a-dick-gets-put-on-notice-by-DOJ
[02:32]	TR Bot	 Congressman who called Musk a 'dick' gets put on notice by DOJ
[02:32]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz-pi, Sound familiar?
[02:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	kremlin?
[02:34]	TR News	Taiwan seeks to persuade US that it offers chip cooperation not competition https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-seeks-to-persuade-the-us-that-it-offers-chip-cooperation-not-competition
[02:34]	TR Bot	 Taiwan seeks to persuade US that it offers chip cooperation not competition | The Straits Times
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[02:36]	TR News	Energy CISO: Agencies cant implement zero trust alone https://cyberscoop.com/zero-trust-federal-government-vendors-interoperable/
[02:36]	TR Bot	CISO: Agencies cant implement zero trust alone | CyberScoop
[02:38]	TR News	Windows TCO https://www.securityweek.com/lee-enterprises-newspaper-disruptions-caused-by-ransomware/
[02:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/lee-enterprises-newspaper-disruptions-caused-by-ransomware/ )
[02:39]	nobody	"Elon Musks DOGE Seeks Access to Americans" | sed 's/Americans/Everyones/'
[02:39]	nobody	"Elon Musks DOGE Seeks Access to Americans" | sed 's/Americans/Everyones/' | sed 's/Seeks/Got/'
[02:39]	nobody	NYT does the typical spin-doctor wording trickery
[02:40]	TR News	Multimodal model quantization support through LLM Compressor https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/02/19/multimodal-model-quantization-support-through-llm-compressor
[02:40]	TR Bot	 Multimodal model quantization support through LLM Compressor | Red Hat Developer
[02:40]	nobody	not only have they got _access_; in germany public institutions systematically TAMPER anyones data, such as energy bills, employment record etc
[02:40]	nobody	in parallel to total control over public media, in particular public tv and their propaganda news
[02:43]	TR News	Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Magnifier https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-microsoft-magnifier/
[02:43]	TR Bot	Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Magnifier - LinuxLinks
[02:43]	TR News	Zint barcode generating solution https://www.linuxlinks.com/zint-barcode-generating-solution/
[02:43]	TR Bot	- barcode generating solution - LinuxLinks
[02:43]	TR News	22 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux System Profilers https://www.linuxlinks.com/systemprofilers/
[02:43]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Linux System Profilers - LinuxLinks
[02:43]	TR News	Prometheus systems and service monitoring system https://www.linuxlinks.com/prometheus-systems-service-monitoring-system/
[02:43]	TR Bot	- systems and service monitoring system - LinuxLinks
[02:44]	TR News	Peter Czanik: The syslog-ng Insider 2025-02: Prometheus; RHEL UBI; WSL https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2025-02-prometheus-rhel-ubi-wsl
[02:44]	TR Bot	syslog-ng Insider 2025-02: Prometheus; RHEL UBI; WSL - Blog - syslog-ng Community - syslog-ng Community
[02:45]	IsambardPrince	Meanwhile, Walmart's stock crashed when they released a report saying they expect Trump to be exceptionally bad for the economy.
[02:45]	IsambardPrince	And Trump is blaming Ukraine for being invaded by Russia, and is plotting with Vladimir Putin to give it to them.
[02:45]	IsambardPrince	And he says he will take over the post office and make it part of the government again so he can run it personally.
[02:45]	IsambardPrince	The law says that the post office is not part of the government.
[02:45]	IsambardPrince	It is an independent corporation, regulated by Congress, that is the sole carrier of the mail.
[02:45]	IsambardPrince	So what Trump is doing here is illegal too.
[02:46]	TR News	Promotion of fake security to appease those who outsource, based on false assumptions https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/02/19/how-deploy-confidential-containers-bare-metal
[02:46]	TR Bot	 How to deploy confidential containers on bare metal | Red Hat Developer
[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-200225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-200225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-200225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-200225.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, February 20, 2025
[02:46]	IsambardPrince	The law says that the commissioners at the post office's regulatory commission, can't be fired for no reason.
[02:46]	nobody	i've noticed various iregularities with postal mail delivery and unusual long duration for a letter sent from some city office arriving in my mailbox within the same city
[02:46]	IsambardPrince	It has to be for cause, which means they're either not doing their job or have done something illegal or corrupt.
[02:47]	nobody	iirc two weeks was the maximum, so they had time to intercept, i suspect
[02:47]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-200225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-200225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-200225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-200225.txt
[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, February 20, 2025
[02:48]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-200225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-200225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-200225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-200225.txt
[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, February 20, 2025
[02:49]	nobody	this month, the montly online report email notification from the energy metering service arrived two weeks late
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-200225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-200225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-200225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-200225.txt
[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, February 20, 2025
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-02-20.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-02-20.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-2025-02-20.txt
[02:50]	nobody	btw. the whole Ukraine, defence, climate dispute is related to just this: energy supplies, transit fees, and energy bills
[02:51]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 20, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_February_20_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_February_20_2025.gmi 
[02:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 20, 2025
[02:51]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[02:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[02:52]	nobody	it's just not talked about in public, if a gallon (a gallong, not a barrel) of heating oil was billed with up to >$100
[02:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[02:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[02:52]	nobody	anyway, last monthly online report arrived two weeks late... another drone strike in Ukraine reported in german public tv evening news
[02:53]	nobody	during the election campaign, none of the 8 political parties who debated this evening, again, dared to mention
[02:54]	nobody	makes me freak out still, the excess accounting fraud, extortion letters and blackmailing
[02:54]	nobody	i've checked the electricity billing that arrived tuesday, it's tampered too
[02:55]	nobody	since i had to seal all heating vents as best as i could, there's rarely any "cheap russian gas" with transit fees stamped atop arriving here
[02:55]	nobody	but i did need the tiny heating matrace still, which needs a little extra electricity during winter
[02:56]	nobody	nonetheless my annual consumption remained at ~1300kWh, for 50cents/kWh, which is INSANE too
[02:56]	nobody	it's just, they can't easily tamper the electricity bill as excessively as they did with the complicated "cheap russian gas" accounting
[02:57]	nobody	the latter spiked up to 300cents/kWh september 2022, boom went the dynamite two days later at nordstream
[02:57]	nobody	but, it's NOT over yet, because government did NOT abandon the accounting fraud
[02:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat Hype, Flathub Misunderstandings, and IBM Layoffs Disguised as RTO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Red_Hat_Hype_Flathub_Misunderstandings_and_IBM_Layoffs_Disguise.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Red_Hat_Hype_Flathub_Misunderstandings_and_IBM_Layoffs_Disguise.gmi 
[02:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat Hype, Flathub Misunderstandings, and IBM Layoffs Disguised as RTO
[02:57]	nobody	in THIS is the peculiar tiny little detail that's driving ME mad
[02:58]	nobody	to my understanding, Trump wishthinks a little more cashflow for himself salvaged from this, another 500billion ukraine aid or something
[02:59]	nobody	in the evening talk our politicians ahead of the election next sunday wouldn't want to discuss another 700billion cash from EU
[02:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Applications: FOSS Weekly, Whisper for Hindi, The syslog-ng Insider https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Applications_FOSS_Weekly_Whisper_for_Hindi_The_syslog_ng_Inside.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Applications_FOSS_Weekly_Whisper_for_Hindi_The_syslog_ng_Inside.gmi 
[02:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Applications: FOSS Weekly, Whisper for Hindi, The syslog-ng Insider
[02:59]	nobody	anyway, i would say the whole fraud and extortion scheme is maxed out beyond good and evil, it already was 15 years ago
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[03:00]	nobody	it's just, now, it's hitting industry and highly paid jobs of labor union staff
[03:00]	nobody	otherwise the politicians had not bothered with it
[03:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers and Windows TCO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.gmi 
[03:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
[03:01]	nobody	for as long as they could squeeze out the last remaining drop of energy and cash of low income
[03:01]	nobody	they still argue, my below minimum wage was too generous
[03:01]	nobody	for 70hours/week work
[03:02]	nobody	they haven't the slightest clue, what they've done
[03:02]	nobody	the damage they did
[03:04]	nobody	anyway, someone did systematically tamper and extort with access to all my data, if it was Elon's DOGE or some corrupt german labor unions doesn't make a difference
[03:04]	nobody	in germany, they've begun to believe their own lies and propaganda
[03:05]	nobody	that's why they were surprised, the accounting fraud had already hit beyond good and evil, _before_ september 2022 when nordstream detonated
[03:05]	IsambardPrince	Indiana Republicans just killed a bill that would have canceled your hospital bill.
[03:05]	IsambardPrince	It would have earmarked a fund like Illinois has that buys delinquent medical debt for pennies and then rips it up.
[03:05]	IsambardPrince	So far the fund in Illinois has spent less than $50 million and has destroyed over $6.5 billion in medical debt.
[03:05]	IsambardPrince	The state set up a "debt collection" firm that doesn't collect.
[03:05]	IsambardPrince	It just bids and buys on tranches of unpaid medical debt.
[03:05]	IsambardPrince	Most of it sells for about 1-3 cents on the dollar.
[03:08]	TR News	Reconciling my brain! https://rubenerd.com/reconciling-my-brain/
[03:08]	TR Bot	Reconciling my brain!
[03:09]	TR News	TTAB Grants Petition to Cancel VIVACE Registration for Microneedling Device: Manufacturer Owns the Mark, Not Distributor http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/02/ttab-grants-petition-to-cancel-vivace.html
[03:09]	TR Bot	 The TTABlog: TTAB Grants Petition to Cancel VIVACE Registration for Microneedling Device: Manufacturer Owns the Mark, Not Distributor
[03:10]	TR News	New USPTO Leadership on the Horizon: Lutnick Confirmed as Commerce Secretary, Squires Expected as Director https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/leadership-confirmed-secretary.html
[03:10]	TR Bot	 New USPTO Leadership on the Horizon: Lutnick Confirmed as Commerce Secretary, Squires Expected as Director | Patently-O
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[03:12]	TR News	Mesa 25.0 Released with Support for Vulkan 1.4 & OpenGL 4.6 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/mesa-25-0-vulkan-1-4-amd-rdna4
[03:12]	TR Bot	 Mesa 25.0 Released with Support for Vulkan 1.4 & OpenGL 4.6 - OMG! Ubuntu
[03:13]	IsambardPrince	The US Patent Troll Office.
[03:14]	TR News	mesa 25.0.0 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2025-February/226464.html
[03:14]	TR Bot	 [ANNOUNCE] mesa 25.0.0
[03:15]	TR News	Troubleshooting Ethernet and DNS Issues in Ubuntu 22.04 https://net2.com/troubleshooting-ethernet-and-dns-issues-in-ubuntu-22-04/
[03:15]	TR Bot	 Troubleshooting Ethernet and DNS Issues in Ubuntu 22.04
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[03:17]	TR News	EasyOS Scarthgap-series version 6.6.3 released https://bkhome.org/news/202502/easyos-scarthgap-series-version-663-released.html
[03:17]	TR Bot	 EasyOS Scarthgap-series version 6.6.3 released
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[03:17]	TR News	Leafpad and SolveSpace compiled in Easy Daedalus https://bkhome.org/news/202502/leafpad-and-solvespace-compiled-in-easy-daedalus.html
[03:17]	TR Bot	 Leafpad and SolveSpace compiled in Easy Daedalus
[03:17]	TR News	EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.6.3 released https://bkhome.org/news/202502/easyos-daedalus-series-version-663-released.html
[03:17]	TR Bot	 EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.6.3 released
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[03:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
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[03:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines New Release of EasyOS and Other EasyOS News
[03:19]	IsambardPrince	"The United States deported more than 170 Venezuelan migrants from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Honduras on Thursday, ahead of their expected transfer to Venezuela appearing to have nearly emptied out the base of migrants."
[03:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	go to #techpol
[03:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	stop polluting #techrights
[03:20]	IsambardPrince	So there was never a need to send them there and we paid another $500,000 for the extra flight?
[03:20]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Efficiency.
[03:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware and Retro Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Open_Hardware_and_Retro_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Open_Hardware_and_Retro_Leftovers.gmi 
[03:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware and Retro Leftovers
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[03:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[03:26]	TR News	Techrights Links 21/02/2025: Myanmar Scam Centre and Disruptions at USPTO https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Links_21_02_2025_Myanmar_Scam_Centre_and_Disruptions_at_USPTO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Links_21_02_2025_Myanmar_Scam_Centre_and_Disruptions_at_USPTO.gmi 
[03:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 21/02/2025: Myanmar Scam Centre and Disruptions at USPTO
[03:30]	nobody	in germany businesses MUST accept electronic bills since this year, which requires some special software, typically proprietary malware
[03:31]	nobody	in parallel, the electronic medical file (EPA it's abbreviated here) was introduced, which "legalized" access to health care data
[03:31]	nobody	employment agency and financial department enforce digital files, in conjunction with the "passport app"
[03:32]	nobody	seems we're a little ahead of some DOGA having access to and tampering all data
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[03:32]	nobody	*DOGE
[03:35]	TR News	VC Firm Insight Partners Hacked https://www.securityweek.com/vc-company-insight-partners-hacked/
[03:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/vc-company-insight-partners-hacked/ )
[03:39]	IsambardPrince	It's going to hurt rural Americans that voted for Trump a lot more if he seriously fucks up the post office.
[03:39]	IsambardPrince	They rely on the mail more because they skew older and poorer, with less access to the internet.
[03:40]	IsambardPrince	It won't necessarily hurt me a lot at all because I can resort to throwing a letter in a fedex box if I really have to.
[03:42]	IsambardPrince	https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/02/federal-trade-commission-launches-inquiry-tech-censorship
[03:42]	TR Bot	 Federal Trade Commission Launches Inquiry on Tech Censorship | Federal Trade Commission
[03:42]	IsambardPrince	Investigate Reddit.
[03:43]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I am going to submit testimony to the Federal Trade Commission's docket regarding censorship by Reddit.
[03:43]	MinceR	they should investigate xitter
[03:43]	MinceR	i bet they don't dare to do that
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[03:57]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I'm talking about Richard Stallman in my testimony to the federal trade commission.
[03:58]	IsambardPrince	Specifically, how Reddit censors speech about Free Software.
[03:59]	MinceR	so does faecesbook
[03:59]	TR News	TikTok layoffs: Job cuts to affect employees in this unit https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/tiktok-layoffs-job-cuts-to-affect-employees-in-this-unit/articleshow/118418541.cms
[03:59]	TR Bot	 TikTok layoffs: Job cuts to affect employees in this unit - The Times of India
[03:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	and mastodon:
● Feb 21
[04:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://stallmansupport.org/updates.html
[04:00]	TR Bot	 Updates | Stallman Support
[04:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Removed the link to @mastodon.social. Our account was suspended on grounds that are still unclear to us."
[04:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	lxo said RMS himself was also removed from some instance of mastodon before
[04:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	but i didn't notice such an incident when it happened
[04:00]	IsambardPrince	Is Mastodon.social in the United States?
[04:00]	IsambardPrince	The FTC would have jurisdiction maybe if it is.
[04:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	i think you got censored by a german instance
[04:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	but the Cheeto FTC is not serious
[04:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's trying to prop up bad actor
[04:01]	IsambardPrince	They can definitely do something about Reddit if they want to.
[04:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	it';s not about free speech
[04:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-16/salman-rushdie-musk-does-not-defend-freedom-of-expression-he-curates-the-discourse-of-the-extreme-right.html
[04:01]	TR Bot	 Salman Rushdie: Musk does not defend freedom of expression; he curates the discourse of the extreme right | Culture | EL PAS English
[04:01]	IsambardPrince	Reddit is an American publicly traded company, which engages in commerce.
[04:02]	IsambardPrince	(advertising)
[04:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	btw, techrights must have strrruck many nervbes in recent years
[04:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	judging by how desperate the microsofters became
[04:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	that's also a matter of free speech
[04:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	but
[04:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	not social control media
[04:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's not a new issueee
[04:02]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I've submitted testimony to many organizations.
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[04:03]	IsambardPrince	The FTC, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (which Trump is destroying), the Illinois Attorney General, and the Illinois General Assembly.
[04:03]	IsambardPrince	Sometimes they listen.
[04:04]	IsambardPrince	Lenovo and Intel probably don't like that.
[04:04]	IsambardPrince	The State government wasn't amused.
[04:04]	IsambardPrince	Things got fixed fast.
[04:05]	IsambardPrince	They kept it quiet while still lying in public.
[04:05]	IsambardPrince	And trying not to address anything I said, and getting me banned from Reddit, again.
[04:05]	IsambardPrince	But they did what they had to do to end the investigation which was underway.
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[04:11]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Reddit is also violating the Communist Control Act of 1954.
[04:11]	IsambardPrince	:)
[04:11]	IsambardPrince	I mention this in my testimony.
[04:11]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, ^
[04:12]	MinceR	?
[04:13]	IsambardPrince	"Going back to politics, Reddit hosts a forum for self-avowed Communists. Communism is illegal under United States federal law. Specifically, the Communist Control Act of 1954. US Code Title 50 Chapter 23 Subchapter IV 844, which proscribes certain acts and activities.
[04:13]	IsambardPrince	See; https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/844
[04:13]	IsambardPrince	Such forum includes at least /r/LateStageCapitalism, and some of the members of this subreddit have engaged significantly with the Communist Party of the United State or its successor or similar organizations, in order to destabilize the American government, and to promote sanctioned organizations, such as Hamas."
[04:13]	TR Bot	 50 U.S. Code 844 - Determination by jury of membership in Communist Party, participation, or knowledge of purpose | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
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[04:17]	MinceR	ic
[04:18]	IsambardPrince	"While pure speech is protected by the First Amendment, certain acts of material support for the Communist Party certainly are not. Reddit maintains legal immunity for its hosting of this activity under S. 230 of the Communications Decency Act only insofar as it is not aware it is happening, and removes it promptly upon becoming aware, however, /r/LateStageCapitalism has been operating openly and notoriously on Reddit's platform for 
[04:18]	IsambardPrince	almost ten years as of this writing. The creation date of the subreddit is given as Aug 28, 2015, meaning that Reddit has no doubt been aware of it for quite some time now."
[04:19]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, ^
[04:19]	IsambardPrince	:D
[04:24]	TR News	DIY micro lab analyzes ammonia levels in blood and urine https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/02/19/diy-micro-lab-analyzes-ammonia-levels-in-blood-and-urine/
[04:24]	TR Bot	 DIY micro lab analyzes ammonia levels in blood and urine | Arduino Blog
[04:26]	TR News	How scammers use fake sales posts on Facebook (Farcebook) https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/how-scammers-use-fake-sales-posts-on-facebook-azBHi5u0bEXM
[04:26]	TR Bot	 How scammers use fake sales posts on Facebook - Which? News
[04:27]	TR News	ModRetro Chromatic Review: The Premium Game Boy You Always Wanted https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/02/19/modretro-chromatic-review-the-premium-game-boy-you-always-wanted/
[04:27]	TR Bot	 ModRetro Chromatic Review: The Premium Game Boy You Always Wanted
[04:28]	TR News	New Orders are Scrubbing the Internet of Equity, Dismantling Transparency, and Making it Harder To Implement Bipartisan Law https://publicknowledge.org/scrubbing-the-internet-of-equity/ publicknowledge itself needs more "Transparency"; it's stacked by Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml
[04:28]	TR Bot	 New Orders are Scrubbing the Internet of Equity, Dismantling Transparency, and Making it Harder To Implement Bipartisan Law - Public Knowledge
[04:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights At Microsoft, Promoting Back Doors, Proprietary Lock-in and Mass Surveillance Under the Guise of Diversity ("Microsoft Philanthropy Team")
[04:29]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I'm having myself a time with this.
[04:29]	IsambardPrince	I couldn't care less that there's a Communist forum on Reddit.
[04:30]	IsambardPrince	But I see various federal laws they're violating and this is an opportunity.
[04:32]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Supporting the Communist Party is a fun accusation to make against them.
[04:34]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE8T_zI47fs
[04:34]	TR Bot	https://inv.zzls.xyz/watch?v=TE8T_zI47fs
[04:34]	IsambardPrince	:D
[04:34]	TR Bot	inv.nadeko.net | Lost in Space (1998) - Destroy Robinson Family! Scene (1/6) | Movieclips - Invidious
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	i am glad to say that our ordeals turn out to lead us to covering similar (connected) abuses elsewhere
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	you study a and then b and c turn up 
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: i need your comment re
[04:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	ttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/patrickstrudwick/this-law-firm-is-trying-to-target-people-on-facebook-whose-h
[04:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	that's the firm gulagboy picked
[04:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/patrickstrudwick/this-law-firm-is-trying-to-target-people-on-facebook-whose-h
[04:37]	TR Bot	( status 406 @ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/patrickstrudwick/this-law-firm-is-trying-to-target-people-on-facebook-whose-h )
[04:38]	IsambardPrince	Facebook gathered the HIV status of people and probably a lot else from spying on their Grindr account.
[04:38]	IsambardPrince	Facebook has spyware libraries embedded into Grindr.
[04:38]	IsambardPrince	It tells Facebook who you're fucking, what your listed HIV status is, if you take PrEP drugs, everything.
[04:39]	IsambardPrince	Facebook his this all under a special "off facebook activity" page where they said they would delete it, but only if you found the page and asked them to.
[04:39]	IsambardPrince	They made finding that page very very hard.
[04:39]	TR News	Microsoft backtracks controversial account sign-in change hhttps://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-backtracks-controversial-account-change/
[04:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	what do you make of this firm ambulance chasing?
[04:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	form profit?
[04:39]	IsambardPrince	Grindr is one of the third party apps that will show up.
[04:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	*for
[04:40]	IsambardPrince	It's certainly not unheard of I guess.
[04:41]	IsambardPrince	Facebook doesn't only track people with a Facebook account.
[04:41]	TR News	technologyreview is promoting Microsoft lies and vapourware again
[04:41]	IsambardPrince	But having a Facebook account definitely makes it worse for you and easier for them.
[04:41]	IsambardPrince	They testified to Congress I believe, years ago, about their efforts to compile data about non-users.
[04:42]	IsambardPrince	To fingerprint them and try to find out who they are anyway, even if there's no Facebook account.
[04:42]	IsambardPrince	That information is valuable, not just to advertisers. But to nation states. To the government when it doesn't have enough on you to try to find out legitimately, it'll buy data from Facebook and comb through it and see if it's interesting.
[04:43]	IsambardPrince	Facebook has had to pay me a lot of money.
[04:43]	IsambardPrince	They violate almost every law and you know, it's lucrative because nobody is willing to punish them enough.
[04:44]	IsambardPrince	When the Illinois BIPA one happened though, Facebook lobbied. They set up a lobbying group to try to get it repealed.
[04:44]	IsambardPrince	It cost them enough money to hurt and to be worth fighting. They didn't get it repealed but they managed to stall progress on getting other states to pass it.
[04:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	right, makes sense
[04:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	at least we're also on topic now ;-)
[04:44]	IsambardPrince	At one point like 11 other states were trying to pass our law, and I think Facebook managed to corrupt all of them into sidelining it.
[04:45]	IsambardPrince	It wasn't a partisan thing either.
[04:45]	IsambardPrince	I think like 6 were blue states and 5 were red states.
[04:45]	IsambardPrince	Even Kentucky.
[04:45]	TR News	Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Features https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/business/apple-iphone-16e-ai.html
[04:45]	TR Bot	 Apple Unveils Lower-Priced iPhone 16e With A.I. Features - The New York Times
[04:46]	IsambardPrince	Nobody likes the idea that there's a Facebook out there which has more data on you than government agencies or the police.
[04:46]	IsambardPrince	And will sell data those places could never collect legally any other way, to them, or advertisers.
[04:46]	TR News	Jimmy Lai denies condoning violence despite urging solidarity between protesters, as nat. sec trial continues https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/19/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-denies-condoning-violence-despite-urging-solidarity-between-protesters-as-nat-sec-trial-continues/
[04:46]	TR Bot	 Jailed Apple Daily founder denies condoning violence
[04:46]	IsambardPrince	Facebook shouldn't even be legal.
[04:46]	IsambardPrince	There should be a law that makes most of what they do illegal.
[04:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	i think william binney said
[04:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	bill binney
[04:47]	IsambardPrince	Except generic advertising maybe, no tracking.
[04:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	that if FB did not exist
[04:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	then NSA or similar would make one
[04:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	something to that effect
[04:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	finding a URL for this now might be hard
[04:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	bill lost his ability to walk
[04:47]	IsambardPrince	Yeah, Zuckerberg burns through so much money.
[04:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	but he was very high up in NSA
[04:47]	IsambardPrince	How the hell do we even know where all of that came from?
[04:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	so you cannot just ignore what he said
[04:47]	IsambardPrince	He's too useful to the governments (not just ours) to let fail.
[04:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	he spoke a lot about Stellar Wind (programme)
[04:48]	IsambardPrince	So he plays with that, wastes billions even just to amuse himself.
[04:48]	IsambardPrince	They don't care. They don't care. It's tax money.
[04:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	iirc, it 's about the US using what i t developed to combat Soviets/Russia... against  US  citizens
[04:48]	IsambardPrince	The only way they become incensed at spending tax money if they turn around and give you a benefit.
[04:48]	IsambardPrince	But when it's spying or threatening, there is no budget cap.
[04:48]	IsambardPrince	*is if
[04:49]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], If they have to spend money on your healthcare, or educating your child, or food stamps....they hate it.
[04:49]	IsambardPrince	That's always where they want to cut.
[04:49]	IsambardPrince	It's never the military, it's never the cops, it's never the spy agencies.
[04:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	social control
[04:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	it replaced social security
[04:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	let's put it like this:
[04:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	social security: make people happy enough
[04:50]	IsambardPrince	Social Security is part of social control.
[04:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	(food subsidies, accommodation etc.)
[04:50]	IsambardPrince	It's one way to do it, and it's the cheapest way.
[04:50]	IsambardPrince	If people are bought off they're much less likely to rock the boat.
[04:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	social control: treat people like enemies
[04:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	spy and t ry to mitigate the damage their anger can inflict
[04:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	social security is boomers
[04:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	genZ is "tiktok"
[04:51]	IsambardPrince	Right, their goal is to give them a platform to rage.
[04:51]	IsambardPrince	Then move in on the ones that are a threat and say too much about it.
[04:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	right
[04:51]	IsambardPrince	You can see it happening, even at local level, where I live.
[04:51]	IsambardPrince	The cops are always coming in and grabbing people and they admit "social media".
[04:52]	TR News	Kontron 3.5-SBC-AML/ADN 3.5-inch Amston Lake/Alder Lake-N single board computer offers three DisplayPort video outputs https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/20/kontron-3-5-sbc-aml-adn-3-5-inch-amston-lake-alder-lake-n-single-board-computer-offers-three-displayport-video-outputs/
[04:52]	TR Bot	 Kontron 3.5"-SBC-AML/ADN 3.5-inch Amston Lake/Alder Lake-N single board computer offers three DisplayPort video outputs - CNX Software
[04:52]	IsambardPrince	It was something they did on "social media".
[04:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	t hat too
[04:52]	IsambardPrince	Then when they have you, they check your phone to see if there's anything else.
[04:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	notice how little ontario criminal writes
[04:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	or gulagboyt for that matter
[04:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	they now realise it is evidence
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	and the more they say, the more will come up
[04:53]	TR News	Raspberry Pi Pico SDK 2.1.1 release adds 200MHz clock option for RP2040, various Waveshare boards, new code samples https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/20/raspberry-pi-pico-sdk-2-1-1-release-adds-200mhz-clock-option-for-rp2040-various-waveshare-boards-new-code-samples/
[04:53]	TR Bot	 Raspberry Pi Pico SDK 2.1.1 release adds 200MHz clock option for RP2040, various Waveshare boards, new code samples - CNX Software
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	in 2023 I also instructed MinceR to not be too hard
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	let gulagby t alk some more
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	a lot of what he said is now used against him
[04:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	he cannot take that down
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	unlike a blog pos
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	*post
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	the twitter "keyboard warriors" now panic a little after the US electtion
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	they assumed it'll always be obama/biden
[04:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	and now we see DoJ moving on on MElon critics
[04:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	that's DoJ overstepping boundaries for social cccontrol
[04:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	and the governing authority is now benign
[04:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	not  even remotelyt
[04:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	*not benign
[04:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/14/Moving_Away_From_Certificate_Authorities_CAs_Like_Let_s_Encrypt.shtml
[04:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights Moving Away From Certificate Authorities (CAs) Like Let's Encrypt Means Taking Away From the US Government the Power to 'Censor' Sites by Revoking Certificates
[04:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	see the animation
[04:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	also here http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/15/Certificate_Authority_CA_Let_s_Encrypt_Now_Down_to_TEN_0_3_of_t.shtml
[04:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights Certificate Authority (CA) Let's Encrypt Now Down to TEN (0.3% of the Whole) in Geminispace
[04:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	i wish i was wrong about  CAs
[04:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	but now we have our "work" done... 
[04:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	people can recofnise t hey are turnkey tyranny
[04:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	MElon et al control the Web
[04:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	as  the US government
[04:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	they can exercise control over all  those "trust" system
[04:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	we in europe cannot t rust americans anymore
[04:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	more so the official gov and oval office
[04:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's actively hostile to us
[04:58]	TR News	"But rather than admire the light show from afar, they decided to recreate it at a scale suitable for a 1U server rack." https://hackaday.com/2025/02/19/add-a-little-wopr-to-your-server-rack/ | Source: Hackaday
[04:58]	TR Bot	A Little WOPR To Your Server Rack | Hackaday
[04:58]	TR News	Lange: The secret maze of Debian images https://lwn.net/Articles/1010855/
[04:58]	TR Bot	The secret maze of Debian images [LWN.net]
[04:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	we do not argue for "MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN"
[04:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	we say,
[04:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	let countries and groups control their systems
[04:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	that applies to every nation
[04:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	or smaller units than nations and blocs
[04:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	it would not be chaotic
[04:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	and the system would be vastly more secure
[04:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	hence, smaller costs assoc. with maintaining them
● Feb 21
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	but we are not policymakers
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	and not lobbyists eithger
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	we're are just some "farts" with sites and blogs and...
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	so we can at least express ideas
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	sure, IBM and Google and Microsoft will try to gag us
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	i welcome their SLAPP
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	 that just shows we are on the right track
[05:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	and  they cannot rebu t what we say
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	they just send threats
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	from ambulkance chasers
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	also the firm t hat gulagboyt chose:
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/11/28/what_happened/
[05:01]	TR Bot	 HMRC investigating landlord tax avoidance
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/10/06/slappedagain/
[05:01]	TR Bot	 SLAPPed by tax avoidance firm Property118 - Tax Policy Associates
[05:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	so gulagboy gave money to a tax evasion enablers
[05:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	how "social justice" of him
[05:02]	TR News	In First 5 Weeks of 2025 67,630 People Died in England and Wales Compared to 58,461 in the Same Period in 2019 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/02/19/first-5-weeks-of-2025/
[05:02]	TR Bot	Blog Archive In First 5 Weeks of 2025 67,630 People Died in England and Wales Compared to 58,461 in the Same Period in 2019
[05:03]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Yes.
[05:03]	IsambardPrince	The Acting US Attorney of DC.
[05:04]	IsambardPrince	"You called Elon a dick. Big Brother is watching you." to the Congressman's office.
[05:04]	IsambardPrince	:)
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[05:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	spooky
[05:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	you realise this is not:
[05:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	about one person
[05:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	about one instance
[05:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	they send a signal
[05:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe next trhey will detain adam schiff
[05:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	for daring to say trump is close to putin
[05:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	or something to that effect
[05:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	and then chaos will break out
[05:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	as the Dems will keep schtum
[05:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250219-trump-is-very-interested-in-doing-business-with-russia-analyst
[05:09]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250219-trump-is-very-interested-in-doing-business-with-russia-analyst )
[05:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	(this week)
[05:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.twincities.com/2025/02/11/bribery-ban-trump-halt-explainer/
[05:09]	TR Bot	 Trumps halt of US law banning business bribes abroad raises specter of a Wild West of dealmaking
[05:10]	TR News	Pulsed Deposition Points A Different Path To DIY Semiconductors https://hackaday.com/2025/02/19/pulsed-deposition-points-a-different-path-to-diy-semiconductors/ | Source: Hackaday
[05:10]	TR Bot	Deposition Points A Different Path To DIY Semiconductors | Hackaday
[05:11]	TR News	Hong Kongs Democratic Party will not rule out discussion of potential disbandment, says party head https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/19/hong-kongs-democratic-party-to-discuss-potential-disbandment-reports/
[05:11]	TR Bot	 Hong Kong's Democratic Party to discuss potential disbandment - reports
[05:11]	TR News	Vietnam parliament approves US$8 billion rail link to China, boosting links between 2 communist-ruled countries https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/19/vietnam-parliament-approves-us8-billion-rail-link-to-china-boosting-links-between-2-communist-ruled-countries/
[05:11]	TR Bot	 Vietnam parliament approves US$8 billion raillinktoChina
[05:12]	TR News	Microsoft PowerShell https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31700
[05:12]	TR Bot	 XWorm Cocktail: A Mix of PE data with PowerShell Code - SANS Internet Storm Center
[05:13]	TR News	Using ES&QL in Kibana to Queries DShield Honeypot Logs, (Thu, Feb 20th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31704
[05:13]	TR Bot	 Using ES|QL in Kibana to Queries DShield Honeypot Logs - SANS Internet Storm Center
[05:14]	TR News	The NovaCustom V54 Series 14.0 inch coreboot laptop is Qubes certified! https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/02/19/novacustom-v54-series-qubes-certified/
[05:14]	TR Bot	 The NovaCustom V54 Series 14.0 inch coreboot laptop is Qubes certified! | Qubes OS
[05:15]	TR News	Patent case: Huang v. Amazon.com, Inc, USA https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/02/19/patent-case-huang-v-amazon-com-inc-usa/
[05:15]	TR Bot	 Patent case: Huang v. Amazon.com, Inc, USA - Kluwer Patent Blog
[05:16]	TR News	Patents https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-could-block-intel-sale-due-to-a-cross-licensing-agreement
[05:16]	TR Bot	 AMD could block the sale of Intel due to a cross-licensing agreement | Tom's Hardware
[05:17]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], This is worst than the opening days of Nazi Germany.
[05:17]	IsambardPrince	Hitler at least put unemployed Germans back to work doing something you know.
[05:17]	IsambardPrince	Trump just creates millions more unemployed Americans.
[05:17]	IsambardPrince	Threatens to shoot the ones who complain.
[05:17]	IsambardPrince	Putin.
[05:17]	TR News	UPC is illegal. JUVE knows it is illegal. But JUVE got paid by Team UPC to prop up and try to legitimise these constitutional violations and a kangaroo court. https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/upc-to-hire-multiple-new-judges-in-2025/
[05:17]	TR Bot	 UPC to hire multiple new judges in 2025 - JUVE Patent
[05:17]	IsambardPrince	*worse
[05:18]	TR News	Mesa 25.0.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1010898/
[05:18]	TR Bot	25.0.0 released [LWN.net]
[05:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	yes, i can imaginnne
[05:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	tbh, i cannot comment on 1930s
[05:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	none of us can really
[05:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	there are books
[05:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	but no remaining adults from that time are alive
[05:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	so you rely on their books
[05:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	from before they died
[05:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	people born around 1910
[05:21]	TR News	SQLPage v0.33: Build Custom UIs, and now Hey Hi (AI) All in SQL! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/sqlpage-v033-build-custom-uis-and-now-apis-all-in-sql-3017/
[05:21]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: SQLPage v0.33: Build Custom UIs, and now APIs All in SQL!
[05:21]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], From what I gather...
[05:21]	IsambardPrince	Hitler realized it was better having unemployed Germans working and happy that they were working.
[05:21]	IsambardPrince	Trump figures you just shoot them when they have food riots.
[05:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	anyway, back to tech and social cccontrol media
[05:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	so it seems that DoJ is "watching"
[05:22]	IsambardPrince	They are.
[05:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	and it sends signals that it does
[05:22]	IsambardPrince	They do.
[05:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	esp. high-profile people
[05:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	for nopw
[05:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	later it'll do t he same to media
[05:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	threateeening journalists who call MElon "dick"
[05:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	imho, the social control media era is in many way over
[05:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	tiktok is... different
[05:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's like scrollby video thing
[05:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	not media per se
[05:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	just some stupid brain drug
[05:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	and youtube was always different from twitter
[05:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	no, it does have comments, SURE
[05:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	but the main function was
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	people talking to cams and documentaries etc.
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	FB tried to "pivot to video"
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	it didn't work
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's   also expensive
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	FB fakes "views"
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	got sued over it
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	Twitter got sued and settleeed
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	tiktok is funded by Pooh-tin
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	to do harm abbbaord
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	*aborad
[05:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	*abroad
[05:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	seems a lot of "apps" become this way
[05:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	1. get ":engagement"
[05:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	(while losing money
[05:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	2. change
[05:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	3. get taken over by KSA, Larrison, and MElon
[05:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	4... profit
[05:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	  (that's how Jack Dorrrsey did it)
[05:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	the common person should reach a simple conclusion
[05:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	do not participate
[05:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	apropos:
[05:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://mwl.io/archives/23895
[05:26]	TR Bot	 My Social Media in 2024 Michael W Lucas
[05:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Until it can prove otherwise Bluesky is just another company, sowing another crop of victims."
[05:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	he has his ooown site and book
[05:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	for him the issue is, what platform to sell on
[05:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	or raise funds to write
[05:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	the ones he adopted turned out to be bad
[05:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	and he cccomplained
[05:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	cory doctorow has the same issue
[05:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	the biggest book store is owned by Jeff Cheeto Bezos
[05:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	so that in itself is worrying
[05:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's like the "presidential library" now includes amazon.com
[05:28]	TR News	Now available: combined print/ebook bundles direct from my bookstore https://mwl.io/archives/23992
[05:28]	TR Bot	 Now available: combined print/ebook bundles direct from my bookstore Michael W Lucas
[05:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	^ this was yesterday
[05:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	he is tryiung to bypass the gatekeepers
[05:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's not easy
[05:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	selling outside amazon or ebay is now easy
[05:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://scifitness.co.uk/
[05:29]	TR Bot	 Scifitness
[05:29]	IsambardPrince	Department of Defense 
[05:29]	IsambardPrince	@DeptofDefense
[05:29]	IsambardPrince	
[05:29]	IsambardPrince	10h
[05:29]	IsambardPrince	.
[05:29]	IsambardPrince	@USNationalGuard
[05:29]	IsambardPrince	 soldiers from the 132nd MP Company and the 1055th Transportation Company teamed up with 
[05:29]	IsambardPrince	@CBP
[05:29]	IsambardPrince	 at the Rio Grande in Loredo, Texas. Together we are strengthening security and safeguarding our borders.
[05:29]	IsambardPrince	----
[05:29]	IsambardPrince	They managed to misspell Laredo, Texas.
[05:32]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], What do you make about the Complaint I'm getting ready to file against Reddit for violating the Communist Control Act of 1954?
[05:33]	IsambardPrince	It's basically, as far as I can tell, never been used.
[05:33]	IsambardPrince	In over 70 years.
[05:36]	IsambardPrince	"As I will demonstrate, Reddit promotes an agenda and culture of censorship, while committing very serious violations of American law."
[05:36]	IsambardPrince	:D
[05:36]	TR News	KDAB at Embedded World 2025 https://www.kdab.com/kdab-at-embedded-world-2025/
[05:36]	TR Bot	at Embedded World 2025 | KDAB
[05:37]	TR News	RISC-V and Fedora: All Aboard! - Fedora Magazine https://fedoramagazine.org/risc-v-and-fedora-all-aboard/ Source: Fedora Magazine | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//fedoramagazine.org/risc-v-and-fedora-all-aboard/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1010857/
[05:37]	TR Bot	 RISC-V and Fedora: All Aboard! - Fedora Magazine
[05:37]	TR Bot	and Fedora: All Aboard! (Fedora Magazine) [LWN.net]
[05:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: go for it
[05:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	if you make complaints about redit
[05:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	*redit
[05:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	>*reddit
[05:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	to us gov agencies
[05:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	see also how they lie about   their origins:
[05:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/10/The_Standard_Need_to_Improve_Its_Standards_for_Fact_Checking_Aa.shtml
[05:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Standard Needs to Improve Its Standards for Fact-Checking, Aaron Swartz Had Nothing to Do With Reddit and He Detested the Company That Created It
[05:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	in short,
[05:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	reddit pretends to come from fighters for open access
[05:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	in reality, nope
[05:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's a censorship site
[05:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	with big   clients like microsoft
[05:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	placements
[05:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	and censorship
[05:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	for sponsors
[05:40]	TR News	Pgpool-II 4.6 beta1 is now released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgpool-ii-46-beta1-is-now-released-3013/
[05:40]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: Pgpool-II 4.6 beta1 is now released
[05:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  PSQL Releases: SQLPage v0.33 and Pgpool-II 4.6 Beta 1 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/PSQL_Releases_SQLPage_v0_33_and_Pgpool_II_4_6_Beta_1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/PSQL_Releases_SQLPage_v0_33_and_Pgpool_II_4_6_Beta_1.gmi 
[05:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines PSQL Releases: SQLPage v0.33 and Pgpool-II 4.6 Beta 1
[05:43]	IsambardPrince	"Reddit also has a habit of overthrowing moderators of subreddits and replacing them, as it did when some subreddits were set to "read-only" in protest of Reddit's 2023 policy change which locked out Third Party Applications. They also have a tendency to accuse subreddits of being unmoderated, and banning them so that nobody can take over, or re-create that "community".
[05:43]	IsambardPrince	See; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy
[05:43]	IsambardPrince	Some of the applications that were affected were instances of "libreddit", which is a Freedom Respecting and Open Source program that allows read-only privacy respecting mirror sites to set up and show people Reddit posts, comments, and media, without having to run non-Free closed source code from reddit.com, some of which has malicious functions, such as to spy on the user or prevent the user from making copies or getting directly 
[05:43]	TR Bot	 2023 Reddit API controversy - Wikipedia
[05:43]	IsambardPrince	to the files.
[05:43]	IsambardPrince	Another reason users would want to use libreddit, is that the Reddit website is extremely bloated, and it is hard to run on older computers. In many cases, the bloat is from the tracking and advertising content, but in other cases it's stylistic junk such as many megabytes (sometimes hundreds) of unnecessary HTML, CSS, JavaScript (which is slow to run), and autoplay videos that begin making noise, which is incredibly annoying. 
[05:43]	IsambardPrince	Sometimes Reddit's site is so badly engineered that the tab will fail to respond and crash."
[05:44]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Embedded World 2025, RISC-V and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Embedded_World_2025_RISC_V_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Embedded_World_2025_RISC_V_a.gmi 
[05:44]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Embedded World 2025, RISC-V and More
[05:45]	TR News	HP laptop: top - 05:45:28 up 500 days, 12:30, 41 users, load average: 0.63, 0.51, 0.50
[05:46]	IsambardPrince	"Reddit has the disturbing requirement (on New Reddit, not Old Reddit, which can be accessed at old.reddit.com) of requiring people to log in to see anything that Reddit has deemed "Not Safe For Work", which is a euphemism for pornography.
[05:46]	IsambardPrince	This doesn't just mean that Reddit wants people to uniquely identify themselves to view adult content, so Reddit can make a list of their activity, for spying, for intents and purposes unknown to the user none of which can be good, and also that Reddit has abused this to censor subreddits as "NSFW" that are not pornographic, lewd, obscene, or objectionable, to limit exposure to purely political speech. 
[05:46]	IsambardPrince	Reddit falsely declared that the subreddit /r/stallmanwasright is "pornographic" when there is in fact no pornography there. Which interferes with the ability of the general public to read the political and Free Software (software which respects the user's freedom, another form of political speech and opinion), of Richard Matthew Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation. 
[05:46]	IsambardPrince	See; https://www.fsf.org/about/ for more information regarding the Free Software Movement.
[05:46]	TR Bot	 About Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
[05:46]	IsambardPrince	Mr. Stallman does not participate on Reddit, however, people should not be suppressed for discussing Mr. Stallman's opinions on Reddit. Mr. Stallman is a significant public figure and by suppressing speech and debate about Mr. Stallman and Free Software, this is another example of how Reddit abuses its position."
[05:47]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1562.jpg
[05:47]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1212.jpg
[05:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: not just reddit
[05:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	see the earlier link
[05:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	re supportstallmaaan or stallmansupport
[05:48]	IsambardPrince	*opinions
[05:48]	IsambardPrince	Noticed that. Edited
[05:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	or how he's brigaded there
[05:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	as does torvalds
[05:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/When_It_Comes_to_Social_Control_Media_Linus_Torvalds_is_Channel.shtml
[05:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights When It Comes to Social Control Media, Linus Torvalds is Channeling Techrights
[05:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	 "that the social media brigading just makes me not want to have anything at all to do with your approach." 
[05:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	-Torvalds
[05:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	it is not a question
[05:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	he does read techrighs
[05:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	the question is,
[05:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	how much, how often
[05:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	he even use our terms
[05:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	*uses
[05:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	notice how some of his trolls keep quiet now
[05:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	because they got sued
[05:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	"his" as in "those who target him"
[05:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	sharp, gulagboy etc.
[05:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	hector martin quit
[05:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	and nothing was lost
[05:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	good riddance
[05:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	go finmd a job at apple
[05:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	i doubt they hire
[05:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	they pppretend to, like every other company
[05:51]	TR News	"No scheduling, no easy toggling, no time outs (like dont disturb for the next N minutes), no allowlist for specific numbers to punch through, no if they call twice let them through. gemini://idiomdrottning.org/lock-screen-design
[05:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	every week if not every month i learn about companies that do thisss because insiders speak out
[05:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	sirius did   that too:
[05:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/08/Why_Government_Data_on_Job_Openings_is_Typically_a_Lie_Perpetra.shtml
[05:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights Why Government Data on "Job Openings" is Typically a Lie (Perpetrated in Part by Corporations)
[05:53]	TR News	The Sentinel gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2502
[05:56]	IsambardPrince	"As the Commission can see from just these examples, bans on Reddit, and especially this subreddit, can be arbitrary, doled out to people who don't even break any written rules. This behavior is common on Reddit in general. Moderators can do whatever they want, but frequently the written rules are pernicious and offensive enough to quash speech and debate. /r/LateStageCapitalism even openly admits to being Marxist and Socialist, and 
[05:56]	IsambardPrince	admits further that debate is not allowed.
[05:56]	IsambardPrince	"
[05:58]	IsambardPrince	I rather like this part:
[05:58]	IsambardPrince	"Going back to politics, Reddit hosts a forum for self-avowed Communists. Communism is illegal under United States federal law. Specifically, the Communist Control Act of 1954. US Code Title 50 Chapter 23 Subchapter IV 844, which proscribes certain acts and activities.
[05:58]	IsambardPrince	See; https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/844
[05:58]	IsambardPrince	Such forum includes at least /r/LateStageCapitalism, and some of the members of this subreddit have engaged significantly with the Communist Party of the United States or its successor or similar organizations, in order to destabilize the American government, and to promote sanctioned organizations, such as Hamas.
[05:58]	TR Bot	 50 U.S. Code 844 - Determination by jury of membership in Communist Party, participation, or knowledge of purpose | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
[05:58]	TR News	"This been IBM''s game plan since Sam Palmisano. They've miss the ship with cloud saying it would never take off and paying billions buying companies to try and catch up. Anywhere they can reduce except the executives taking smaller bonuses as if a million isn't enough. I've Been Misled" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284
[05:58]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284 )
[05:58]	IsambardPrince	How is Reddit, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, allowed to do this? 
[05:58]	IsambardPrince	While pure speech is protected by the First Amendment, certain acts of material support for the Communist Party certainly are not. Reddit maintains legal immunity for its hosting of this activity under S. 230 of the Communications Decency Act only insofar as it is not aware it is happening, and removes it promptly upon becoming aware, however, /r/LateStageCapitalism has been operating openly and notoriously on Reddit's platform for 
[05:58]	IsambardPrince	almost ten years as of this writing. The creation date of the subreddit is given as Aug 28, 2015, meaning that Reddit has no doubt been aware of it for quite some time now."
[05:59]	TR News	"Wouldn't it be nice if all the Red Hat people walk out knowing IBM's reputation" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmbge75p if you leave Red Hat as a specialist in that sort of stuff, there are not many employers with similar needs
[05:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmbge75p )
[05:59]	IsambardPrince	I forgot to add "its successors, or similar organizations".
[05:59]	IsambardPrince	Under the accusation of material support.
● Feb 21
[06:00]	IsambardPrince	That's important because the law says that you can't support anything "substantially similar" or decended from the Communist Party.
[06:00]	IsambardPrince	Which includes the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the Socialist Party USA.
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[06:27]	IsambardPrince	It's not illegal to be pretty far to the left, but you can't be a Communist.
[06:27]	IsambardPrince	PSL is being promoted on Reddit.
[06:28]	IsambardPrince	It's illegal to be in PSL because it was formed from the Worker's World Party, which was split from the Socialist Party USA, which was banned as a Communist organization, by the CCA, which states that successor organizations are also banned.
[06:28]	IsambardPrince	So PSA is definitely banned.
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[06:28]	IsambardPrince	Whether the government uses the Communist Control Act, or not, PSA is banned by it.
[06:29]	IsambardPrince	It's probably just easier to let them talk and keep tabs on them.
[06:29]	IsambardPrince	If they started winning elections, they'd do more.
[06:31]	TR News	"smart socket"??? https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/19/xcrhom-t4s-wifi-outdoor-smart-socket-features-power-meter-function-tasmota-open-source-firmware/
[06:31]	TR Bot	 Xcrhom T4S WiFi outdoor smart socket features power meter function, Tasmota open-source firmware - CNX Software
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[06:40]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], We're staying planted for a while.
[06:40]	IsambardPrince	The federal government can only file things in the district you live in.
[06:40]	IsambardPrince	And almost all of the judges here are from Biden and Obama.
[06:41]	IsambardPrince	So they probably won't buy it, you know the incessant stream of horseshit.
[06:41]	IsambardPrince	I'm pretty sure the DC federal court won't either, but the US Attorney there is sending scary letters to people.
[06:41]	IsambardPrince	Implying that bad things will happen to them because they talked about Elon Musk.
[06:42]	IsambardPrince	This wasn't a hard state for Biden to appoint judges to.
[06:42]	IsambardPrince	Both the Senators are Democrats. They let him appoint whoever he wanted.
[06:43]	IsambardPrince	In fact, they didn't return the blue slips for Trump's so they actually kept some seats open until Biden could appoint someone.
[06:43]	IsambardPrince	The mad rush to appoint federal judges on the way out was to shield people from a weaponized DoJ in those states.
[06:44]	IsambardPrince	The US Attorneys all serve at the pleasure of the president though.
[06:44]	IsambardPrince	So we'll probably get some dumbass going around trying to scare people.
[06:44]	IsambardPrince	Like what happens in DC.
[06:45]	IsambardPrince	https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/business/walmart-stock-earnings/index.html
[06:45]	TR Bot	 Walmart warns of a slower 2025. Thats a bad sign for Americas economy | CNN Business
[06:45]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Walmart down 6%.
[06:46]	IsambardPrince	They warned that Cheeto's tariffs will "slow" the business.
[06:46]	IsambardPrince	You know "cooling" business with out of control inflation.
● Feb 21
[07:04]	TR News	GDPR Procedural Regulation: A critical opportunity to strengthen cross-border enforcement https://edri.org/our-work/gdpr-procedural-regulation-a-critical-opportunity-to-strengthen-cross-border-enforcement/
[07:04]	TR Bot	 A critical opportunity to strengthen cross-border enforcement - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[07:04]	TR News	The EDPBs Rorschach Test: What the data protection bodys Opinion on Hey Hi (AI) training Means for GDPR Enforcement https://edri.org/our-work/the-edpbs-rorschach-test-what-the-data-protection-bodys-opinion-on-ai-training-means-for-gdpr-enforcement/
[07:04]	TR Bot	 The EDPBs Rorschach Test - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[07:05]	IsambardPrince	https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/politics/elon-musk-private-security-deputized-marshals-service/index.html
[07:05]	TR Bot	 Elon Musks private security detail gets deputized by US Marshals Service | CNN Politics
[07:05]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], They made Musk's private security federal police officers.
[07:06]	TR News	12 civil society organisations tell delivery platforms its time to deliver answers on how they use algorithms to manage their workers https://edri.org/our-work/12-civil-society-organisations-tell-delivery-platforms-its-time-to-deliver-answers-on-how-they-use-algorithms-to-manage-their-workers/
[07:06]	TR Bot	 How do delivery platforms use algorithms to manage workers? - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[07:06]	TR News	The ePrivacy Regulation proposal has been withdrawn, but the fight for your privacy is far from over https://edri.org/our-work/the-eprivacy-regulation-proposal-has-been-withdrawn-but-the-fight-for-your-privacy-is-far-from-over/
[07:06]	TR Bot	 ePrivacy Regulation, but the fight for your privacy is far from over - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[07:06]	TR News	EDRi-gram, 19 February 2025 https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-19-february-2025/ "the latest digital rights news in our bi-weekly newsletter."
[07:06]	TR Bot	 EDRi-gram, 19 February 2025 - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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[07:07]	IsambardPrince	https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/20/2305066/-Ex-NFL-player-arrested-for-protesting-MAGA-plaque-in-public-library
[07:07]	TR Bot	 Ex-NFL player arrested for protesting MAGA plaque in public library
[07:08]	TR News	15 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Session Recording https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-terminal-session-recording/
[07:08]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Terminal Session Recording - LinuxLinks
[07:08]	TR News	hascard minimal command-line utility for reviewing notes https://www.linuxlinks.com/hascard-minimal-command-line-utility-reviewing-notes/
[07:08]	TR Bot	- minimal command-line utility for reviewing notes - LinuxLinks
[07:08]	TR News	Drum Machine create and play drum beats https://www.linuxlinks.com/drum-machine-create-play-drum-beats/
[07:08]	TR Bot	Machine - create and play drum beats - LinuxLinks
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[07:12]	TR News	New FrigidStealer macOS Malware Distributed as Fake Browser Update https://www.securityweek.com/new-frigidstealer-macos-malware-distributed-as-fake-browser-update/
[07:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-frigidstealer-macos-malware-distributed-as-fake-browser-update/ )
[07:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> schestowitz[TR2], They made Musk's private security federal police officers.
[07:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	MElon   Squad
[07:13]	TR News	QRab QR code reader https://www.linuxlinks.com/qrab-qr-code-reader/
[07:13]	TR Bot	- QR code reader - LinuxLinks
[07:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.dailykos.com | Ex-NFL player arrested for protesting MAGA plaque in public library
[07:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	phase i   ^
[07:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	phase two is probation with force labour in MElo's plantatuioin
[07:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	or his dad's mine 
[07:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	*forced
[07:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	MAGA = bring slavery back
[07:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	Bill Gates is already the biggest US "landowner"
[07:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe he can get some prisoners
[07:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	to labour in his farmland, like in Communist China which he so much admires
[07:16]	TR News	AliView alignment viewer and editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/aliview-alignment-viewer-editor/
[07:16]	TR Bot	- alignment viewer and editor - LinuxLinks
[07:20]	TR News	Self-host Your Own VPN Using PiVPN https://linuxhandbook.com/self-host-pivpn/
[07:20]	TR Bot	 Self-host Your Own VPN Using PiVPN
[07:21]	IsambardPrince	https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2025/02/20/tesla-cybertruck-banned-in-the-uk-due-to-safety-issues
[07:21]	TR Bot	 Tesla Cybertruck Banned And Seized By Police In The U.K.
[07:21]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], They say heating costs have gone up.
[07:21]	IsambardPrince	I say it must be nice to have heat.
[07:22]	IsambardPrince	We haven't turned ours on since the "green energy adjustments".
[07:22]	IsambardPrince	Holy hell, it's already more expensive to pay the light bill without heat now than it was before with heat.
[07:22]	TR News	BUZZWORD "Governance".... Hey Hi (AI) Scientific Panel https://www.accessnow.org/publication/oral-statement-at-the-gdc-stakeholder-consultation-ai-scientific-panel/
[07:22]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], But I'd rather endure four years of Kamala than this.
[07:22]	IsambardPrince	Whatever the fuck this is.
[07:23]	IsambardPrince	Elon with a chainsaw motherfuck vrooom vroom.
[07:23]	TR News	Oral statement at the Informal Meeting of the UNGA Third Committee https://www.accessnow.org/publication/oral-statement-at-the-informal-meeting-of-the-unga-third-committee/
[07:23]	TR News	Hong Kong taxi group halts strike plan after citys leader warned against drastic action https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/19/hong-kong-taxi-group-halts-strike-plan-after-citys-leader-warned-against-drastic-action/
[07:23]	TR Bot	 HK taxi group halts strike plan after city's leader warned against 'drastic action'
[07:24]	TR News	Ex-Karabakh official held by Azerbaijan declares second hunger strike amid terrorism trial https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/ex-karabakh-official-held-by-azerbaijan-declares-second-hunger-strike-amid-terrorism-trial
[07:24]	TR Bot	 Ex-Karabakh official held by Azerbaijan declares second hunger strike amid terrorism trial | The Straits Times
[07:25]	TR News	The REDATAM format and its challenges for data access and information creation in public policy https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/the-redatam-format-and-its-challenges-for-data-access-and-information-creation-in-public-policy/
[07:25]	TR Bot	REDATAM format and its challenges for data access and information creation in public policy | R-bloggers
[07:25]	TR News	cpp11armadillo: An R package to use the Armadillo C++ library https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/cpp11armadillo-an-r-package-to-use-the-armadillo-c-library/
[07:25]	TR Bot	An R package to use the Armadillo C++ library | R-bloggers
[07:26]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY7hfnkiphM
[07:26]	TR Bot	https://iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=DY7hfnkiphM
[07:26]	TR Bot	( status 500 @ https://nyc1.iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=DY7hfnkiphM )
[07:27]	IsambardPrince	"DON'T TRUST IDIOTS! J.B. Pritzker On Why The Kindest People Are Usually The Smartest"
[07:27]	IsambardPrince	The Governor of Illinois.
[07:27]	TR News	Kremlin Message to Convicted Felon: Theres Money to Be Made in Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/europe/trump-russia-ukraine-putin-trump.html
[07:27]	TR Bot	 Kremlin Message to Trump: Theres Money to Be Made in Russia - The New York Times
[07:31]	IsambardPrince	"The kindest person in the room is often the smartest."
[07:35]	IsambardPrince	There was nothing kind about my parents.
[07:35]	IsambardPrince	It left a lot of trauma, being exposed to their stupidity, and their cruelty.
[07:35]	IsambardPrince	They didn't break bones, but they didn't love me. They said that they'd rather I kill myself than be gay.
[07:36]	IsambardPrince	So I know what he's talking about when he said cruel people are the dumbest people.
[07:36]	IsambardPrince	My parents managed to find a niche and stay at it and earn money, career-wise, of course they existed in an easier time to do anything.
[07:37]	IsambardPrince	Including going to college and not being immediately a bankrupt when you got out of college, before you were even employed.
[07:37]	IsambardPrince	And when they bought a house, they got a $20,000 house, which is now 42 years older than it was then, and last sold for like $168,000.
[07:38]	IsambardPrince	This country is running on fumes, because of hateful and selfish decisions their generation made.
[07:38]	IsambardPrince	Like that they'd leave no jobs for my generation, and that they would turn everything over to Wall Street and private equity, including the apartment I have to rent.
[07:40]	IsambardPrince	Now they made this dead, dried husk of a country.
[07:40]	IsambardPrince	And they're sending people in to shut off the lights in the hope there's more money in there for themselves somehow.
[07:41]	IsambardPrince	They don't realize that some of the lights that get shut off by Chainsaw Man are their healthcare and social security.
[07:48]	TR News	FLOSS Weekly Episode 821 https://hackaday.com/2025/02/19/floss-weekly-episode-821-rocky-linux/ | Source: Hackaday
[07:48]	TR Bot	Weekly Episode 821: Rocky Linux | Hackaday
[07:48]	TR News	KOL453 | Objections to Argumentation Ethics, Libertarian Property Rights, Scarcity, Intellectual Property: Discussion with a Student https://stephankinsella.com/as_paf_podcast/kol453-argumentation-ethics-discussion-student/
[07:48]	TR Bot	 KOL453 | Objections to Argumentation Ethics, Libertarian Property Rights, Scarcity, Intellectual Property: Discussion with a Student
[07:49]	TR News	[Podcast] RPKIViews: The archive of RPKI states https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/20/podcast-rpkiviews-the-archive-of-rpki-states/
[07:49]	TR Bot	 [Podcast] RPKIViews: The archive of RPKI states | APNIC Blog
[07:49]	TR News	How to Tell a Really Smart Home From a Not-So-Smart Home That Only Thinks Its Smart https://fossforce.com/2025/02/how-to-tell-a-really-smart-home-from-a-not-so-smart-home-that-only-thinks-its-smart/
[07:49]	TR Bot	 How to Tell a Really Smart Home From a Not-So-Smart Home That Only Thinks It's Smart - FOSS Force
[07:49]	TR News	Cybersecurity Chief Says MElon Can Use Purloined IRS Data Against Taxpayers https://fossforce.com/2025/02/cybersecurity-chief-says-musk-can-use-purloined-irs-data-against-taxpayers/
[07:49]	TR Bot	 Cybersecurity Chief Says Musk Can Use Purloined IRS Data Against Taxpayers - FOSS Force
[07:50]	TR News	'Linux' Foundation SPAM! https://fossforce.com/2025/02/foss-force-deal-of-the-week-open-source-software-month-sale-at-linux-foundation/
[07:50]	TR Bot	 FOSS Force Deal of the Week: Open Source Software Month Sale at Linux Foundation - FOSS Force
[07:51]	IsambardPrince	https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/19/gov-j-b-pritzker-likens-trump-administration-actions-to-nazi-germany-what-comes-next/
[07:51]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/19/gov-j-b-pritzker-likens-trump-administration-actions-to-nazi-germany-what-comes-next/ )
[07:51]	IsambardPrince	"Toward that end, the governor proposed the elimination of a state-run health care initiative for noncitizens under 65, a program popular with progressive lawmakers, but one where ballooning costs led to enrollment being sharply curbed. The move would save an estimated $330 million in state funding, the governors office said."
[07:52]	IsambardPrince	Bashes Trump and Nazis. Calls for bill to end healthcare for immigrants.
[07:52]	IsambardPrince	Hmm.
[07:52]	IsambardPrince	It's political reality.
[07:52]	IsambardPrince	It's expensive and they can't vote, so they get thrown under the bus first.
[07:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: draft?
[07:53]	TR News	LLMStick An Hey Hi (AI) and LLM USB device based on Raspberry Pi Zero W and optimized llama.cpp https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/20/llmstick-an-ai-and-llm-usb-device-based-on-raspberry-pi-zero-w-and-optimized-llama-cpp/
[07:53]	TR Bot	 LLMStick - An AI and LLM USB device based on Raspberry Pi Zero W and optimized llama.cpp - CNX Software
[07:54]	TR News	Software Patent: $4,000 for STT WebOS web-based communication patents prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/2/19/4000-for-stt-webos-web-based-patents-prior-art
[07:54]	TR Bot	 $4,000 for STT WebOS web-based communication patents prior art Unified Patents
[07:54]	TR News	TikToks Head of Music Ole Obermann Reportedly Exiting for Fashion Company Apple Music https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/19/ole-obermann-leaving-tiktok-joining-apple-music/
[07:54]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/19/ole-obermann-leaving-tiktok-joining-apple-music/ )
[07:55]	TR News	Pluralistic: Pluralistic is five (19 Feb 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/19/gimme-five/
[07:55]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Pluralistic is five (19 Feb 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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[08:15]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Yeah
[08:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: thanks, see http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Hype_Watch_Weeks_After_Microsoft_Disappointed_Investors_With_He.shtml
[08:16]	TR Bot	 Techrights Hype Watch: Weeks After Microsoft Disappointed Investors With "Hey Hi" It's Trying Some "Quantum" Hype (Adding Impractical Vapourware to Accompany This Hype and Even LLM Slop in 'News' Clothing)
[08:19]	TR News	"Airport X-Ray Simulator from developer Rainbow Lab has a fresh Beta available on Steam, which includes some overhauled controls for gamepads and Steam Deck. Currently in Early Access the game isn't finished." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/airport-x-ray-simulator-gets-a-gamepad-and-steam-deck-beta/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:19]	TR Bot	X-Ray Simulator gets a gamepad and Steam Deck Beta | GamingOnLinux
[08:19]	TR News	"While Valve continue building up their next MOBA with Deadlock, their current Dota 2 is still as popular as ever and the Wandering Waters update for Dota 2 sounds pretty awesome." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/theres-been-a-flood-in-the-wandering-waters-update-for-dota-2/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:19]	TR Bot	been a flood in the Wandering Waters update for Dota 2 | GamingOnLinux
[08:23]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[08:23]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[08:24]	TR News	"The huge hit deck-builder Monster Train is getting a sequel, with Monster Train 2 getting an announcement and demo in the same day so you can try it early." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/monster-train-2-announced-with-a-demo-live/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:24]	TR Bot	Train 2 announced with a demo live | GamingOnLinux
[08:24]	TR News	"A name you might know from the likes of Dicey Dungeons, Super Hexagon and VVVVVV. This is not a single game but a collection of various experiments done by Terry Cavanagh over many years." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/take-a-trip-through-an-indie-dev-brain-in-terrys-other-games-from-terry-cavanagh/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:24]	TR Bot	a trip through an indie dev brain in Terry's Other Games from Terry Cavanagh | GamingOnLinux
[08:24]	IsambardPrince	Looks okay.
[08:24]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], IBM is locating something "quantum" in Chicago.
[08:25]	IsambardPrince	Pritzker was talking about it a while ago.
[08:27]	IsambardPrince	https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/governor-mike-braun-signs-executive-order-to-cut-medicaid-costs-for-aba-therapy
[08:27]	TR Bot	 Governor Mike Braun Signs Executive Order to cut Medicaid costs for ABA Therapy
[08:27]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Indiana Governor Braun signed an order stripping treatment for autism from Indiana Medicaid.
[08:27]	IsambardPrince	Said it costs too much.
[08:28]	IsambardPrince	No need to even ask the rubber stamp legislature to pass a law I guess.
[08:28]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The Orbanistan of corn.
[08:31]	IsambardPrince	"According to the Governor's office, medicaid payments for ABA therapy surged from $14.4 million in 2017 to $120 million in 2019 and an audit by the U.S. Office of the Inspector General revealed more than $56 million in improper payments."
[08:31]	IsambardPrince	That's a concerning report of improper payments, but now that Trump has fired all the Inspectors General (illegally) I guess no more bad news, or clawbacks of wasted government money based on them.
[08:32]	IsambardPrince	https://newrepublic.com/post/191707/elon-musk-fake-doge-savings-data
[08:32]	TR Bot	 Elon Musk Is Faking DOGE Results to Hide His Incompetence | The New Republic
[08:32]	IsambardPrince	I like that.
[08:32]	IsambardPrince	Department of Greedy Elon
[08:32]	TR News	"Recently I highlighted a fight that had broken out between the OBS Studio team and the Fedora Linux developers. The issue was centred around the Fedora Flatpak of OBS Studio but it seems to have calmed down now." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/the-obs-versus-fedora-drama-seems-to-have-calmed-down-no-more-legal-threats/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:32]	TR Bot	OBS Studio versus Fedora drama seems to have calmed down - no more legal threats | GamingOnLinux
[08:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: thanks for checking it overrr
[08:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	yes, IBM pays politicians with marketing cookies
[08:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	they need to repeat the buzzwords
[08:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	IBM the "job creator"
[08:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	(in Indi)
[08:34]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], If anything job creates like a motherfuck (vroom vroom) in Illinois, I'll be seriously impressed.
[08:34]	IsambardPrince	Without the government bloating the budget to hire more state workers than ever before, the jobs figures would be negative.
[08:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Working together for free software: Our interview with Melanie Punz https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Working_together_for_free_software_Our_interview_with_Melanie_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Working_together_for_free_software_Our_interview_with_Melanie_P.gmi 
[08:35]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Working together for free software: Our interview with Melanie Punz
[08:35]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I'm still not moving.
[08:35]	IsambardPrince	I want to be in the district that I'm in now.
[08:36]	IsambardPrince	If Trump's assclowns start threatening or fucking with people, this is one of the courts most likely to dismiss all the crap.
[08:36]	IsambardPrince	You'll notice that the US Attorney here hasn't sent scary letters to people.
[08:36]	IsambardPrince	He probably knows Trump is universally despised and that someone would do something about it if he tried to scare people.
[08:38]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I'm an "Indiana Democrat". I went extinct and the body goes on living in another state.
[08:39]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Internally, you don't need permission to flee the state and go find another one.
[08:39]	IsambardPrince	So everyone who can does, and Indiana gets left with all the shit and garbage that doesn't even know how to read and goes to prison and makes babies.
[08:39]	IsambardPrince	And votes MAGA.
[08:40]	TR News	"One for the creative types and people who love doing chores. The House Flipper and Friends Humble Bundle has an assortment of simulator treats available." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/house-flipper-and-friends-humble-bundle-has-some-fun-looking-sims/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:40]	TR Bot	Flipper and Friends Humble Bundle has some fun looking sims | GamingOnLinux
[08:41]	TR News	why does Liam at gamingonlinux give lip service to obvious vapourware from Microsoft in "hey hi" clothing?
[08:41]	TR News	If slop makes slop games, then nobody will buy or play these; just like slop turns into books that never sell, more so when people realise those are slop
[08:42]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], At some point I figure Trump will try to get rid of NICS.
[08:42]	IsambardPrince	Then we'll really be in trouble.
[08:43]	IsambardPrince	There's millions of people on NICS that can't legally buy a gun, most of them for a very good reason.
[08:44]	TR News	"It's been a little bit over a year now since Palworld arrived in Early Access, with developer Pocketpair announcing how well it's done along with another patch out now. ICYMI: Pocketpair recently launched Pocketpair Publishing." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/a-year-later-palworld-hits-32m-players-while-continuing-to-fight-off-nintendo/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:44]	TR Bot	year later, Palworld hits 32m players while continuing to fight off Nintendo | GamingOnLinux
[08:44]	TR News	"Surprisingly, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has been given the Steam Deck Verified checkmark by Valve, after the latest patch was released with more updates planned. Valve verified it against the latest Proton 9.0-4" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/marvels-spider-man-2-is-now-steam-deck-verified/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[08:44]	TR Bot	Spider-Man 2 is now Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux
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[08:49]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Pritzker asked the General Assembly to pass a regulatory bill for cryptocurrency.
[08:49]	IsambardPrince	I support this.
[08:49]	IsambardPrince	As many different regulations from as many different governments as possible.
[08:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fedora threatened with legal action from OBS Studio due to their Flatpak packaging https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/15/Fedora_threatened_with_legal_action_from_OBS_Studio_due_to_thei.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/15/Fedora_threatened_with_legal_action_from_OBS_Studio_due_to_thei.gmi 
[08:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Spider-Man 2, Palworld, Monster Train 2, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Games_Spider_Man_2_Palworld_Monster_Train_2_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Games_Spider_Man_2_Palworld_Monster_Train_2_and_More.gmi 
[08:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fedora threatened with legal action from OBS Studio due to their Flatpak packaging
[08:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Spider-Man 2, Palworld, Monster Train 2, and More
[08:51]	TR News	"Chat Control 2 omvnda roller i ministerrdet" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/02/19/chat-control-2-omvanda-roller-i-ministerradet/
[08:51]	TR Bot	 Chat Control 2 omvnda roller i ministerrdet
[08:51]	TR News	"Mexico Threatens To Sue Google Over Gulf Of America Change" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/19/mexico-threatens-to-sue-google-over-gulf-of-america-change/
[08:51]	TR Bot	Threatens To Sue Google Over Gulf Of America Change | Techdirt
[08:55]	IsambardPrince	https://www.reddit.com/r/Louisville/comments/1is9buy/to_beg_trump_for_mercy/
[08:55]	TR Bot	- Dive into anything
[08:55]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz-pi, I said the only thing funny about this was some of those fired feds voted for Trump.
[08:55]	IsambardPrince	And it would be amusing to see how they reacted.
[08:55]	IsambardPrince	Here's one begging for her job back after voting for the guy who fired her three times.
[08:56]	TR News	"Re: Free book on software architecture" https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-02/msg00016.html
[08:56]	TR Bot	 Re: Free book on software architecture
[08:56]	TR News	 (NEW):  OpenRazer 3.10 Brings Support for Latest Razer Peripherals https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/OpenRazer_3_10_Brings_Support_for_Latest_Razer_Peripherals.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/OpenRazer_3_10_Brings_Support_for_Latest_Razer_Peripherals.gmi 
[08:56]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines OpenRazer 3.10 Brings Support for Latest Razer Peripherals
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-02/msg00016.html
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	" Hello Paul,
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	   Thank you for spreading the word about my book.
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	   I've already registered with PublishDrive (another service like Lulu)
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	   and it pushed the ebook to Amazon and Apple Books. Resulting in only 4
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	   downloads.
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	   The trouble is that connecting a book and its readers requires some
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	   kind of promotion. I chose the free license for the book expecting it
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	   to be upheld by the Free Software society. However, when I got it
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	   finished, it became apparent that there is no such a society or that it
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	   is disinterested in free books. People pay $20 or $50 for
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	   well-advertised books with less content, and nobody cares.
[08:58]	schestowitz[TR2]	   Best regards,"
[08:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	writing things and getting them read should not be opposites; correlation is somewhere around reputation or past writings (karma)
● Feb 21
[09:09]	TR News	"AlienBOB Shouts Out Regarding Ukraine" https://soylentnews.org/~turgid/journal/19107 "AlienBOB has just posted to his blog a heartfelt piece about the situation in Ukraine and Donald Trump's shockingly ignorant announcements today, basically blaming Ukraine for the invasion."
[09:09]	TR Bot	 Journal of turgid (4318)
[09:11]	TR News	"Doctors who change gender are allowed to scrub past wrongdoing from public record" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/20/doctors-change-gender-scrub-records/
[09:11]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/20/doctors-change-gender-scrub-records/ )
[09:13]	TR News	"Ephemeral content" https://manuelmoreale.com/ephemeral-content
[09:13]	TR Bot	 Ephemeral content Manu
[09:14]	TR News	Microsoft stenography or LLM slop? nytimes already admits doing LLM slpp. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/technology/microsoft-quantum-computing-topological-qubit.html
[09:14]	TR Bot	 Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers - The New York Times
[09:21]	TR News	"Elon Musk Is Such a Garbage-Tier Dad That His Kids Find Out About Their New Siblings While Browsing Reddit" https://futurism.com/elon-musk-vivian-wilson-reddit-discovery
[09:21]	TR Bot	 Elon Musk Is Such a Garbage-Tier Dad That His Kids Find Out About Their New Siblings While Browsing Reddit
[09:21]	TR News	"Economist Warns That Elon Musk Is About to Cause a "Deep, Deep Recession [sic]"" https://futurism.com/economist-elon-musk-recession
[09:21]	TR Bot	 Economist Warns That Elon Musk Is About to Cause a "Deep, Deep Recession"
[09:22]	TR News	"A form of resistance | Technology education and me" https://ambersettle.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/a-form-of-resistance/
[09:22]	TR Bot	 A form of resistance | Technology education and me
[09:22]	TR News	"Microsoft Power Pages websites attacked via security hole" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/microsoft_patch_power_pages/
[09:22]	TR Bot	 Microsoft Power Pages websites attacked via security hole The Register
[09:26]	TR News	"In one of the AI lawsuits faced by Meta, the company stands accused of distributing pirated books. The authors who filed the class-action lawsuit allege that Meta shared books from the shadow library LibGen with third parties via BitTorrent." https://torrentfreak.com/meta-says-it-made-sure-not-to-seed-any-pirated-books/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[09:26]	TR Bot	Says it Made Sure Not to Seed Any Pirated Books * TorrentFreak
[09:28]	TR News	"Embrace of Far-Right" https://www.desmog.com/2025/02/20/elon-musks-embrace-of-far-right-energizes-transatlantic-climate-denial/ | Source: DeSmog
[09:28]	TR Bot	Musks Embrace of Far-Right Energizes Transatlantic Climate Denial - DeSmog
[09:28]	TR News	"ARC" https://www.desmog.com/2025/02/20/canadian-fossil-fuel-advocate-stewart-muir-among-arc-attendees/ | Source: DeSmog
[09:28]	TR Bot	Fossil Fuel Advocate Stewart Muir on ARC Attendees List - DeSmog
[09:33]	TR News	OSI is rogue like that https://blog.luke.wf/2025/02/im-running-for-osi-board-maybe.html see https://www.freesoftwhere.org/2022/05/01/engaging-with-the-osi-elections-2022-1/
[09:33]	TR Bot	 Luke W. Faraone: I'm running for the OSI board... maybe
[09:33]	TR Bot	( status 500 @ https://www.freesoftwhere.org/2022/05/01/engaging-with-the-osi-elections-2022-1/ )
[09:33]	IsambardPrince	https://wgntv.com/news/trending/nyc-bodega-finds-success-with-loosie-eggs-amid-skyrocketing-prices/
[09:33]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://wgntv.com/news/trending/nyc-bodega-finds-success-with-loosie-eggs-amid-skyrocketing-prices/ )
[09:33]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Make America Great Again.
[09:33]	IsambardPrince	They sell eggs one at a time now.
[09:34]	IsambardPrince	Because people can't afford 12.
[09:41]	TR News	"Users transitioning from Windows to Linux through the Upgrade to Freedom campaign can use openSUSEs tools to protect sensitive data" https://news.opensuse.org/2025/02/20/setup-fde-on-opensuse/ | Source: OpenSUSE
[09:41]	TR Bot	 Windows to Linux, Set Up Full Disk Encryption on openSUSE - openSUSE News
[09:42]	TR News	LLM slop!! "Open-Source Code Influencing the Development of Bots" https://www.unixmen.com/how-does-open-source-code-influence-the-development-of-bots/ | Source: Unix Men
[09:42]	TR Bot	 How Does Open-Source Code Influence the Development of Bots?
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[09:50]	TR News	"On 17 December 2024, the EDPB released its long-awaited Opinion 28/2024 on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models." https://edri.org/our-work/the-edpbs-rorschach-test-what-the-data-protection-bodys-opinion-on-ai-training-means-for-gdpr-enforcement/ | Source: EDRI
[09:50]	TR Bot	 The EDPBs Rorschach Test - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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[09:51]	TR News	"These cases can end one of three ways: rightsholders win, everybody settles, or developers win. As weve noted before, we think the developers have the better argument" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/copyright-and-ai-cases-and-consequences | Source: EFF
[09:51]	TR Bot	 Copyright and AI: the Cases and the Consequences | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[09:51]	TR News	"Sources tell Billboard that Eric Greenspan of Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobster Younger & Light has been spearheading a recorded music catalog deal" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/19/rhcp-recorded-music-catalog-sale-rumors/ | Source: Digital Music News
[09:51]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/19/rhcp-recorded-music-catalog-sale-rumors/ )
[09:51]	TR News	"The stakes are high, because ML is critical to helping us interpret the world around us." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/ai-and-copyright-expanding-copyright-hurts-everyone-heres-what-do-instead | Source: EFF
[09:51]	TR Bot	 AI and Copyright: Expanding Copyright Hurts EveryoneHeres What to Do Instead | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[09:52]	TR News	"In Thompson Reuters Vs Ross Intelligence, US Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas ruled that Ross Intelligence's use of editorial content owned by Thompson Reuters did not fall under fair use." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/using-copyrighted-material-to-train-ai-isnt-always-fair-use-judge-rules-but-what-are-the-implications-for-photographers | Source: Digital Camera World
[09:52]	TR Bot	 Using copyrighted material to train AI isnt always fair use, judge rules. But what are the implications for photographers? | Digital Camera World
[09:52]	TR News	"After the gloves came off earlier this week, Cloudflare has asked a Spanish court to declare LaLiga's disproportionate piracy blocking measures illegal" https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-asks-court-to-end-laligas-illegal-blocking-response-to-encrypted-client-hello-250220/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[09:52]	TR Bot	Asks Court to End LaLiga's "Illegal" Blocking Response to Encrypted Client Hello * TorrentFreak
[09:52]	TR News	"incredibly impractical" https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/xbox/microsoft-xbox-showcases-an-incredibly-impractical-ai-model-for-gameplay-ideation | Source: Tom's Hardware
[09:52]	TR Bot	 Microsoft Xbox showcases an incredibly impractical AI model for 'gameplay ideation' | Tom's Hardware
[09:53]	TR News	Right of Publicity https://futurism.com/netflix-clone-voice-ai-true-crime-doc | Source: Futurism
[09:53]	TR Bot	 Fury Erupts After Netflix Used AI to Clone the Voice of a Murdered Influencer for a True Crime Doc About Her Death
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[10:06]	IsambardPrince	https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/15/chicago-immigration-court-hearing/
[10:06]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/15/chicago-immigration-court-hearing/ )
[10:07]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], The Shock and Awful campaign was designed to make Immigrants skip their ICE and immigration court dates out of fear.
[10:07]	IsambardPrince	When that happens, they just issue a removal order by default in absentia and you never get to contest it.
[10:07]	IsambardPrince	So it actually makes deportation easier for the government.
[10:09]	TR News	Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://ethanzuckerman.com/2025/02/20/liz-pelly-at-umass-spotify-the-mood-machine/ | Source: Ethan Zuckerman
[10:09]	TR Bot	 Liz Pelly at UMass: Spotify, the Mood Machine - Ethan Zuckerman
[10:10]	TR News	"Some 1.6 million, or 55%, of the combined 2024 digital magazine circulation came from services like Apple News+, Cafeyn, Kindle Unlimited and Readly." https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/digital-magazine-abcs-2024/ | Source: Press Gazette
[10:10]	TR Bot	 Digital magazine ABCs 2024: Half of titles down in past year - Press Gazette
[10:10]	TR News	"As of earlier this week, they are no longer on Amazon at my direction. Instead, I put them on Gumroad as .epub files. They are still DRM-free, so once you have a copy, you can shove them onto all of your devices without having something "phone home" to approve it first." https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/02/20/books/ | Source: Rachel
[10:10]	TR Bot	 My books have moved to Gumroad
[10:10]	TR News	"After working toward this goal for some months, we're pleased to present a first look at the new RIPEstat: [...]" https://labs.ripe.net/author/ties/introducing-the-new-ripestat-ui/ | Source: RIPE
[10:10]	TR Bot	 Introducing the New RIPEstat UI | RIPE Labs
[10:11]	TR News	"Algorithmic management of workers has become the norm for gig-economy platforms." https://edri.org/our-work/12-civil-society-organisations-tell-delivery-platforms-its-time-to-deliver-answers-on-how-they-use-algorithms-to-manage-their-workers/ | Source: EDRI
[10:11]	TR Bot	 How do delivery platforms use algorithms to manage workers? - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[10:11]	TR News	"The phrase no harm, no foul doesnt apply to law enforcement personnel" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/19/court-grants-immunity-to-da-who-shared-nude-photos-from-a-searched-phone-with-local-law-enforcement/ | Source: Techdirt
[10:11]	TR Bot	Grants Immunity To DA Who Shared Nude Photos From A Searched Phone With Local Law Enforcement | Techdirt
[10:12]	TR News	"Students rallied to walk out onto the University Lawn with the Students Organizing Against Repression Coalition (SOAR), Anakbayan Northridge, M.E.Ch.A de CSUN, Students for Justice in Palestine and others to voice their frustrations with CSUNs compliance with ICE." https://sundial.csun.edu/190271/news/we-will-not-be-erased-students-rise-against-ice/ | Source: California State University Northridge
[10:12]	TR Bot	 We will not be erased! Students rise against ICE Daily Sundial
[10:14]	TR News	"Microsoft Hosted Explicit Videos of This Startup Founder for Years. Here's How She Got Them Taken Down" https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-survivor-breeze-liu-microsoft/ | Source: Wired
[10:14]	TR Bot	Hosted Explicit Videos of This Startup Founder for Years. Here's How She Got Them Taken Down | WIRED
[10:14]	TR News	"But that concern is misplaced, finds new research co-authored by a Cornell economist." https://phys.org/news/2025-02-struggling-men-noncollege-women-marriage.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[10:14]	TR Bot	( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-struggling-men-noncollege-women-marriage.html )
[10:15]	TR News	"As of the first week of February, office occupancy remained stable at 54.1 percent on average in those 10 cities, according to Kastle. Houston led at 65.1 percent, while San Francisco brought up the rear at 43.2 percent." https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/20/rto-mandates-office-record/ | Source: The Washington Post
[10:15]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/20/rto-mandates-office-record/ )
[10:16]	TR News	"Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said around 7,000 individuals are awaiting transfer to Thailand and confirmed the government was working as quickly as possible to remedy the issue." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/thailand_ready_to_welcome_7000/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:16]	TR Bot	 Thousands of trafficked scammers await return to Thailand The Register
[10:16]		*koo5__ (~quassel@vmi579006.contaboserver.net) has joined #techrights
[10:26]	TR News	"The mainframe giant's recent return-to-office (RTO) push is already arguably achieving that, namely forcing out those kinds of workers, but we're told that Big Blue is taking a broader approach, echoing a 2016 initiative from then marketing chief Michelle Peluso." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/ibm_colocation_program_described_as/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:26]	TR Bot	 IBM co-location program described as worker attrition plan The Register
[10:26]	TR News	"The complaint says that OPMs egregious firings were made on false pretenses and violate federal law" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/public-service-unions-and-state-democracy-defenders-fund-challenge-unlawful-mass-federal-firings | Source: Common Dreams
[10:26]	TR Bot	 Public Service Unions and State Democracy Defenders Fund Challenge Unlawful, Mass Federal Firings | Common Dreams
[10:27]	TR News	"The misfortunes that have ravaged local journalismsome self-inflicted, some nothave been unfolding for more than a decade. Spending cuts by owners have hollowed out local newsrooms" https://thewalrus.ca/local-news-is-dying-the-consequences-are-worse-than-you-think/ | Source: The Walrus
[10:27]	TR Bot	 Local News Is Dying. The Consequences Are Worse than You Think | The Walrus
[10:27]	TR News	"A United States judge dismissed a lawsuit pursued by four American attorneys and journalists" https://scheerpost.com/2025/02/20/burying-the-cias-assange-secrets/ | Source: Scheerpost
[10:27]	TR Bot	 Burying the CIAs Assange Secrets
[10:28]	TR News	"The capitulation of Apple and Google validates a widespread fear that it isnt just Elon Musk who is doing Trumps dirty work to undo democracy, but that the Big Tech community generally has lined up to stay in the good graces of executive power." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/letting-trump-have-his-way-with-words-erodes-the-first-amendment/ | Source: Truthdig
[10:28]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/letting-trump-have-his-way-with-words-erodes-the-first-amendment/ )
[10:28]	TR News	"hey, dont bother ruling on this appeal, were working on a settlement." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/19/extwitter-pays-trump-10m-to-settle-case-it-had-already-won/ | Source: Techdirt
[10:28]	TR Bot	Pays Trump $10M to Settle Case It Had Already Won | Techdirt
[10:28]	TR News	"Near-universal facial recognition in the hands of this administration what a frightening prospect. Keep an eye on that terrible settlement." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/clearview-ceo-resigns/ | Source: Nick Heer
[10:28]	TR Bot	 Clearview A.I.s CEO Resigns, New Leadership Likes Its Chances Under Trump Pixel Envy
[10:29]	TR News	"So Chris Kluwe, 43-year-old Huntington resident and decent guy, showed up at Tuesday's City Council meeting to tell them what he thought of their propaganda and offer a calm but robust indictment of what MAGA really means." https://www.commondreams.org/further/no-nazis-be-like-chris-kluwe-and-all-who-came-before | Source: Common Dreams
[10:29]	TR Bot	 Further | No Nazis: Be Like Chris Kluwe, And All Who Came Before | Opinion
[10:29]	TR News	"The suspension comes after Azerbaijani state-run media last week reported that the Azerbaijani government wanted to reduce the number of BBC staff working in the country to one." https://www.voanews.com/a/azerbaijan-suspends-bbc/7982159.html | Source: VOA News
[10:29]	TR Bot	 Azerbaijan suspends BBC
[10:30]	TR News	"But the claim is misleading. The video, taken out of context, ignores interactions between the two leaders earlier in the event. The 22-second video was shared on X on Feb. 11." https://www.rfa.org/english/factcheck/2025/02/19/afcl-macron-modi-ai-summit/ | Source: RFA
[10:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.rfa.org/english/factcheck/2025/02/19/afcl-macron-modi-ai-summit/ )
[10:30]	TR News	"Chinese social media app, Xiaohongshu known as RedNote in English has been flooded with unfounded anti-Korean claims, warned professor Seo Kyoung-duk, a longtime advocate of Korean culture." https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/02/281_392573.html | Source: The Korea Times
[10:30]	TR Bot	 Activist warns of false, anti-Korean content spreading on Chinese social media app RedNote - The Korea Times
[10:31]	TR News	"The Philippines has detected foreign attempts to access intelligence data, but its cyber minister said on Tuesday no breaches have been recorded so far." https://www.voanews.com/a/philippines-reports-intrusions-targeting-intelligence-data/7978813.html | Source: VOA News
[10:31]	TR Bot	 Philippines reports intrusions targeting intelligence data
[10:33]	TR News	"While Obermann oversaw TikToks music strategy during a period of meteoric growth, there are mixed sentiments about his strategy in the industry." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/19/ole-obermann-leaving-tiktok-joining-apple-music/ | Source: Digital Music News
[10:33]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/19/ole-obermann-leaving-tiktok-joining-apple-music/ )
[10:33]	TR News	"Given recent pricing decisions, one has to ask if Microsoft is going out of business." https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/microsoft-going-out-of-business/ | Source: Logikal Solutions
[10:33]	TR Bot	 Is Microsoft Going Out of Business? Logikal Blog
[10:34]	TR News	"The lesson for me is not that anything resembling this product was doomed to fail." https://www.manton.org/2025/02/19/humane-pin-wrapup.html | Source: Manton Reece
[10:34]	TR Bot	 Manton Reece - Humane pin wrap-up
[10:34]	TR News	"This whole thing is written in neutral language, but almost certainly motivated by a longstanding belief that technology companies are biased against U.S. conservatives." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/ftc-tech-censorship-redux/ | Source: Nick Heer
[10:34]	TR Bot	 U.S. Federal Trade Commission Launches Inquiry Into Tech Censorship Pixel Envy
[10:34]	TR News	"The FTC issued a Request for Information (RFI) requesting public comment on how consumers may have been harmed by technology platforms that limited their ability to share ideas or affiliations freely and openly." https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/02/federal-trade-commission-launches-inquiry-tech-censorship | Source: Federal Trade Commission
[10:34]	TR Bot	 Federal Trade Commission Launches Inquiry on Tech Censorship | Federal Trade Commission
[10:35]	TR News	"The relationship between Scam Altman and Elon Musk goes back to the early days of OpenAIthen a nonprofit research lab." https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-15-sam-altman-elon-musk/ | Source: Wired
[10:35]	TR Bot	Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman | WIRED
[10:35]	TR News	"CISA (Cyber security and Infrastructure Security Agency) has been doing its best to thwart security threats and deter the spread of misinformation about government security." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/20/donald-trump-is-turning-cisa-into-the-embodiment-of-his-election-conspiracy-theories/ | Source: Techdirt
[10:35]	TR Bot	Trump Is Turning CISA Into The Embodiment Of His Election Conspiracy Theories | Techdirt
[10:35]	TR News	"The measure will allow Infineon to complete the MEGAFAB-DD project, which will be able to produce a wide range of different types of computer chips, the Commission said." https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-approves-960-million-in-german-aid-for-infineon-chips-plant/7981638.html | Source: VOA News
[10:35]	TR Bot	 EU approves $960 million in German aid for Infineon chips plant
[10:36]	TR News	"Vietnam approved plans on Wednesday for a multibillion-dollar railway with China, boosting links between the two communist countries." https://www.voanews.com/a/china-s-sprawling-rail-projects-around-asia/7981628.html | Source: VOA News
[10:36]	TR Bot	 China's sprawling rail projects around Asia
[10:36]	TR News	"Inspired by Daves Cars and Motorcycles page, these are the cars Ive driven over the years." https://mihobu.lol/old-motors | Source: Michael Burkhardt
[10:36]	TR Bot	 Old Motors - Michael Burkhardt's Whirled Wide Web
[10:37]	TR News	"If that sounds familiar, it may be because theres been a constant stream of headlines about energy demand recently, largely because of the influx of data centersespecially those needed to power the AI thats spreading seemingly everywhere." https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/20/1112119/electricity-demand-2025/ | Source: MIT Technology Review
[10:37]	TR Bot	 What's driving electricity demand? It isn't just AI and data centers. | MIT Technology Review
[10:37]	TR News	"The Commissariat (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, or CEA) announced that its CEA WEST Tokamak maintained plasma for more than 22 minutes last week." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/france_tops_chinas_tokamak_record/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:37]	TR Bot	 France tops Chinas tokamak record in 22-minute plasma trap The Register
[10:38]	TR News	"So in response, we kicked off a Railway Metal project last year." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/21/so-you-want-to-build-your-own-data-centre/ | Source: APNIC
[10:38]	TR Bot	 So you want to build your own data centre | APNIC Blog
[10:38]	TR News	"Dark mode is a popular dark-theme colour content scheme and research has found that, for some devices, switching to dark mode can reduce device power consumption." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/dark_mode_energy_saving/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:38]	TR Bot	 Using dark mode to save energy? You might want to rethink The Register
[10:38]	TR News	"It seems likely that the object once belonged to a Falcon 9 rocket that made an "uncontrolled reentry" over Poland early Wednesday morning, according to the Polish Space Agency." https://futurism.com/chunk-spacex-rocket-crashed-garden | Source: Futurism
[10:38]	TR Bot	 Man Wakes Up, Finds That Large Chunk of SpaceX Rocket Has Crashed Into His Garden
[10:39]	TR News	"Activists filed a lawsuit in 2022 arguing that the state violates the European Convention on Human Rights by not doing enough to limit climate change, or mitigate its effects, and the case has since been subject to review on procedural grounds." https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/02/501_392613.html | Source: The Korea Times
[10:39]	TR Bot	 Sweden's top court rejects Greta Thunberg lawsuit on climate action - The Korea Times
[10:39]	TR News	"Over the weekend, the Trump administration appeared to begin the process of rolling back enforcement of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Magna Carta of federal environmental law" https://jacobin.com/2025/02/nepa-federal-environment-law-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[10:39]	TR Bot	 Trump Is Moving to Kill a Key Federal Environmental Law
[10:41]	TR News	"He is the lead author of an article published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials that addresses new findings regarding the toxins." https://phys.org/news/2025-02-bird-larger-volumes-toxic-pfas.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[10:41]	TR Bot	( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-bird-larger-volumes-toxic-pfas.html )
[10:42]	TR News	"The average global temperature has already risen by 1.5 C above preindustrial levels. We reached this grim milestone just last year." https://www.sciencealert.com/places-on-earth-too-hot-for-humans-will-triple-this-century-scientists-warn | Source: Science Alert
[10:42]	TR Bot	on Earth Too Hot For Humans Will Triple This Century, Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert
[10:43]	TR News	"Elon Musk, richest man in the world and federal government up-ender, has been discovered to follow an account on X that exclusively posts Nazi content" https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/02/elon-musk-caught-following-x-account-posting-only-nazi-content-and-soft-core-porn.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC
[10:43]	TR Bot	Musk caught following X account posting only Nazi content and soft-core porn - lonestarlive.com
[10:44]	TR News	"Take a trip into the world of systems administration, programming, networking, tech support, and living in Silicon Valley." https://rachelbythebay.gumroad.com/l/bozo-loop-epub |
[10:44]	TR Bot	 The Bozo Loop (epub format)
[10:44]	TR News	"It has been nearly a thousand years since we last saw the total number of humans on this planet decrease year by year." https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-handoff-to-bots/ | Source: Kevin Kelly
[10:44]	TR Bot	 The Technium: The Handoff to Bots
[10:45]	TR News	"Secretaries of state and municipal clerks fear those moves could expose voter registration databases and other critical election systems to hacking" https://michiganadvance.com/2025/02/20/election-officials-blast-trumps-retreat-from-protecting-voting-against-foreign-threats/ | Source: Michigan Advance
[10:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/02/20/election-officials-blast-trumps-retreat-from-protecting-voting-against-foreign-threats/ )
[10:46]	TR News	"Labor unions have sued to try to stop the mass firings, but a federal judge in Washington ruled that they can continue for now" https://www.ksl.com/article/51257750/irs-fires-6000-employees-as-trump-slashes-us-government | Source: Deseret Media
[10:46]	TR Bot	fires 6,000 employees as Trump slashes US government | KSL.com
[10:46]	TR News	"GSA SmartPay Travel and Purchase Cards issued to GSA employees and contractors are being paused" https://www.wired.com/story/doge-government-credit-cards/ | Source: Wired
[10:46]	TR Bot	Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards | WIRED
[10:48]	TR News	"Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world | Source: BBC
[10:48]	TR Bot	 The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
[10:50]	TR News	"PHR calls on the global community to hold perpetrators of attacks on health to account and support Ukraine" https://phr.org/news/1762-attacks-on-health-care-over-three-years-as-russia-escalates-its-war-on-ukraines-doctors-and-hospitals-phr/ | Source: PHR
[10:50]	TR Bot	 1762 Attacks on Health Care Over Three Years as Russia Escalates its War on Ukraines Doctors and Hospitals: PHR - PHR
[10:51]	TR News	"Now, that's just the data brokers." https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/20/privacy-first-second-third/#malvertising | Source: CoryDoctorow
[10:51]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Ad-tech targeting is an existential threat (20 Feb 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[10:51]	TR News	"In theory, DOGE [sic] exists to promote efficiency. And the need for efficiency is real. The federal government is deeply in debt" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/musk-terror-reign/681731/ | Source: The Atlantic
[10:51]	TR Bot	 DOGEs Reign of Ineptitude - The Atlantic
[10:52]	TR News	"The decision came in a lawsuit filed by 14 Democratic states challenging DOGE [sic]s authority to access sensitive government data." https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/02/judge-declines-to-immediately-block-elon-musk-or-doge-from-federal-data-or-layoffs/ | Source: Federal News Network
[10:52]	TR Bot	 Federal judge wont immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE from federal data or worker layoffs
[10:53]	TR News	"At the time, Wired didnt have a solid bead on the origins of the data" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/19/lithuanian-adtech-firm-and-florida-data-broker-trafficked-in-sensitive-u-s-military-and-intelligence-worker-location-data/ | Source: Techdirt
[10:53]	TR Bot	Adtech Firm And Florida Data Broker Trafficked In Sensitive U.S. Military And Intelligence Worker Location Data | Techdirt
[10:55]	TR News	"David Joice, the company's director of networks, said it's suspected that an anchor or a piece of gear, such as a trawling net" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bell-subsea-fibre-optic-cable-newfoundland-1.7461963 | Source: CBC
[10:55]	TR Bot	 Subsea fibre optic cable deliberately cut for the 2nd time between N.S. and N.L. | CBC News
[10:57]	TR News	"EPIC Counsel Suzanne Bernstein testified before the Vermont Senate Committee on Institutions on February 18 in support of S. 69" https://epic.org/epic-testifies-in-support-of-vermont-age-appropriate-design-code/ | Source: EPIC
[10:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://epic.org/epic-testifies-in-support-of-vermont-age-appropriate-design-code/ )
[10:57]	TR News	"Google has given itself - and the advertising industry it dominates - permission to use a form of tracking" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm21g0052dno | Source: BBC
[10:57]	TR Bot	 Fingerprinting: Critics say Google rules put profits over privacy
[10:57]	TR News	"Ton-That has long been the public face of Clearview and its facial recognition tool." https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2025/02/19/clearview-ai-ceo-resigns/ | Source: Forbes
[10:57]	TR Bot	 Clearview AIs CEO Resigns As Facial Recognition Company Focuses On Trump 'Opportunities'
[10:58]	TR News	"And where exactly was this cybercriminal goldmine? At a flea market next to Weelde airbase, obviously." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/19/hundreds_of_dutch_medical_records/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:58]	TR Bot	 Dutch medical data breach uncovered at airport flea market The Register
[10:58]	TR News	"request to block DOGE [sic]" https://fedscoop.com/judge-doge-musk-federal-data-agencies-ruling/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[10:58]	TR Bot	judge denies request to block DOGE, Musk from seven agencies data systems | FedScoop
[10:59]	TR News	"The data could easily be leaked in a breach, experts and civil liberties advocates say" https://therecord.media/doge-access-to-social-security-irs-data-poses-risks | Source: The Record
[10:59]	TR Bot	 DOGE access to Social Security, IRS data could create privacy and security risks, experts say | The Record from Recorded Future News
[10:59]	TR News	"Google had previously allowed advertisers to shadow users with cookies, which only track people across websites and sometimes across sessions." https://therecord.media/new-google-tracking-pandoras-box | Source: The Record
[10:59]	TR Bot	 New Google ad tracking policy a Pandoras box for privacy, experts warn | The Record from Recorded Future News
[10:59]	TR News	"ICE is experiencing an uptick in visible criticism" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/19/ice-wants-to-set-up-a-social-media-dragnet-so-it-can-figure-out-whos-criticizing-the-agency/ | Source: Techdirt
[10:59]	TR Bot	Wants To Set Up A Social Media Dragnet So It Can Figure Out Whos Criticizing The Agency | Techdirt
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[11:00]	TR News	"EFFs mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/saving-internet-europe-defending-privacy-and-fighting-surveillance | Source: EFF
[11:00]	TR Bot	 Saving the Internet in Europe: Defending Privacy and Fighting Surveillance | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[11:00]	TR News	"The employees account, along with the accounts of several others across federal agencies" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/02/doge-god-mode-access/681719/ | Source: The Atlantic
[11:00]	TR Bot	 DOGE Has 'God Mode' Access to Government Data - The Atlantic
[11:03]	TR News	"King, who was with the agency for more than 30 years before becoming its acting director last month" https://michiganadvance.com/2025/02/18/social-security-head-leaves-as-musk-led-doge-seeks-americans-data/ | Source: Michigan Advance
[11:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/02/18/social-security-head-leaves-as-musk-led-doge-seeks-americans-data/ )
[11:04]	TR News	"Its official the ePrivacy Regulation proposal has been withdrawn" https://edri.org/our-work/the-eprivacy-regulation-proposal-has-been-withdrawn-but-the-fight-for-your-privacy-is-far-from-over/ | Source: EDRI
[11:04]	TR Bot	 ePrivacy Regulation, but the fight for your privacy is far from over - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[11:05]	TR News	"As EU negotiators continue trilogue discussions on the GDPR Procedural Regulation" https://edri.org/our-work/gdpr-procedural-regulation-a-critical-opportunity-to-strengthen-cross-border-enforcement/ | Source: EDRI
[11:05]	TR Bot	 A critical opportunity to strengthen cross-border enforcement - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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[11:27]	TR News	Techrights Before Trying Censorship by Extortion the Serial Strangler From Microsoft Literally Begged Us to Delete Pages https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Before_Trying_Censorship_by_Extortion_the_Serial_Strangler_From.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Before_Trying_Censorship_by_Extortion_the_Serial_Strangler_From.gmi 
[11:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights Before Trying Censorship by Extortion the Serial Strangler From Microsoft Literally Begged Us to Delete Pages
[11:32]	TR News	Windows TCO: "The group behind Ghost ransomware allegedly operates out of China and has targeted organizations in more than 70 countries, including critical infrastructure, schools, healthcare, government networks and businesses, for financial gain." https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/20/cisa-fbi-warns-ghost-ransomware-targeting-critical-infrastructure-businesses/ | Source: Silicon Angle
[11:32]	TR Bot	and FBI warns Ghost ransomware is targeting critical infrastructure and businesses - SiliconANGLE
[11:33]	TR News	Windows TCO: "The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-24919, allows attackers to access sensitive data on Check Points Security Gateway." https://therecord.media/china-linked-hackers-target-european-health-orgs | Source: The Record
[11:33]	TR Bot	 China-linked hackers target European healthcare orgs in suspected espionage campaign | The Record from Recorded Future News
[11:33]	TR News	Windows TCO: "Norwegians fell victim to a prolonged Microsoft Azure outage today, which impacted businesses and took down multiple government websites delivering online services to citizens." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/microsoft_azure_outage_norway/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:33]	TR Bot	 Microsoft Azure outage hits Norway for hours The Register
[11:33]	TR News	Windows TCO: "Previously known as Virgin Care and now owned by Twenty20 Capital, HCRG runs child and family health and social services across the UK for the NHS and local authorities" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/medusa_hcrg_ransomware/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:33]	TR Bot	 Medusa extortion gang demands $2M from UK's HCRG Care Group The Register
[11:34]	TR News	Windows TCO: "The operators of Ghost ransomware continue to claim victims and score payments" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/fbi_beware_of_ghost_ransomware/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:34]	TR Bot	 Feds warn Ghost ransomware crew remains active, potent The Register
[11:34]	TR News	Windows TCO: "Researchers at Symantec and Trend Micro separately discovered sophisticated tools, once deployed exclusively for nation-state level cyberespionage, in financially motivated extortion schemes" https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-apt-tools-found-in-ransomware-schemes-blurring-attribution-lines/ | Source: Security Week
[11:34]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-apt-tools-found-in-ransomware-schemes-blurring-attribution-lines/ )
[11:34]	TR News	Windows TCO: "A Ghost ransomware group also referred to as Cring, has been actively exploiting vulnerabilities in software and firmware as recently as January 2025" https://thecyberexpress.com/ghost-ransomware-attacks/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[11:34]	TR Bot	 Ghost Ransomware Strikes AgainIs Your Organization At Risk?
[11:34]	TR News	Windows TCO: "A class-action lawsuit filed against the surgeon claims he also did nothing to protect his patients data, including their financial information and nude photos of them." https://www.404media.co/beverly-hills-plastic-surgeon-sued-for-not-telling-his-patients-he-got-hacked-twice/ | Source: 404 Media
[11:34]	TR Bot	 Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Sued for Not Telling Patients Hackers Stole Their Nude Photos
[11:35]	TR News	"Right now, there is a crisis in adolescent mental health." https://www.the-scientist.com/a-state-of-flux-leaves-teen-brains-sensitive-to-experiences-72700 | Source: LabX Media Group
[11:35]	TR Bot	 A State of Flux Leaves Teen Brains Sensitive to Experiences | The Scientist
[11:35]	TR News	"Flash forward to the present day, and X-formerly-Twitter has lost upward of 79 percent of its original value after neo-Nazis flocked to the platform and big-name advertisers fled in droves." https://futurism.com/elon-investors-gullible-twitter-x | Source: Futurism
[11:35]	TR Bot	 Elon Searching for Investors Gullible Enough to Pour More Money Into Twitter
[11:36]	TR News	"ELIZA was a simple program created in the 1960s by Joseph Weizenbaum, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was interested in human-computer interfaces." https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/eliza-chatbot-1.7459487 | Source: CBC
[11:36]	TR Bot	 Does ELIZA, the first chatbot created 60 years ago, hold lessons for modern AI? | CBC Radio
[11:36]	TR News	"simple jailbreaks" https://futurism.com/elon-musk-new-grok-ai-vulnerable-jailbreak-hacking | Source: Futurism
[11:36]	TR Bot	 Researchers Find Elon Musk's New Grok AI Is Extremely Vulnerable to Hacking
[11:36]	TR News	"The Chinese company stunned the tech industry in January with low-cost AI models that can match or even outperform Western rivals at a fraction of the cost, stirring doubts about the lead US has in the race to dominate the technology." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/deepseeks-outside-funding-draws-interest-from-alibaba-chinese-state-funds/articleshow/118403004.cms | Source: India Times
[11:36]	TR Bot	 DeepSeek's outside funding draws interest from Alibaba, Chinese state funds - The Economic Times
[11:36]	TR News	"But that doesnt describe the things sold as agents. In practice, theyre any old AI rubbish that promises it might do something in the future. Because it certainly doesnt do it in the present." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/20/businesses-still-dont-know-what-an-ai-agent-is-and-they-dont-really-want-one/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[11:37]	TR Bot	 Businesses still dont know what an AI agent is and they dont really want one Pivot to AI
[11:37]	TR News	"wait and see." https://lmnt.me/blog/humane.html | Source: Louie Mantia
[11:37]	TR Bot	 Humane
[11:38]	TR News	"Hoopla, a service that provides public libraries around the country with ebooks, announced that it will do more to prevent the spread of low quality AI-generated books after a 404 Media investigation showed that they were common on its platform." https://www.404media.co/public-library-ebook-service-to-cull-ai-slop-after-404-media-investigation-3/ | Source: 404 Media
[11:38]	TR Bot	 Public Library Ebook Service to Cull AI Slop After 404 Media Investigation
[11:39]	TR News	"But theres another way the field of artificial intelligence has been transformed in the past 10 years: Concerns about the societal effects of artificial intelligence are now being taken much more seriously." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/5/13/18525571/ai-safety-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning | Source: Vox
[11:39]	TR Bot	rapid development of AI has benefits and poses serious risks | Vox
[11:39]	TR News	"The initial complaint [PDF], a federal securities investor lawsuit, was filed on September 9, 2024, and subsequently amended [PDF] with more detail on February 5, 2025." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/gitlab_thrice_sued/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:39]	TR Bot	 GitLab thrice sued for 'misleading' investors with AI hype The Register
[11:40]	TR News	"Technically, fixing this kind of problem is a good thing." https://www.theverge.com/news/616719/fitbit-versa-3-sense-overheating-battery-wearables | Source: The Verge
[11:40]	TR Bot	 Fitbits got a battery problem | The Verge
[11:41]	TR News	"Cisco Talos said it hasnt identified any evidence to confirm Salt Typhoons exploitation of other known Cisco vulnerabilities. The company declined to answer questions." https://cyberscoop.com/cisco-talos-salt-typhoon-initial-access/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[11:41]	TR Bot	Typhoon gained initial access to telecoms through Cisco devices | CyberScoop
[11:43]	TR News	"How do you respond to uncertainty? Do you jump straight into action" https://nesslabs.com/experimentalist | Source: Ness Labs
[11:43]	TR Bot	 What Type of Experimentalist Are You? - Ness Labs
[11:43]	TR News	"That post really solidified to me that there might be something to this blogging" https://atthis.link/blog/2025/36390.html | Source: At This Link
[11:43]	TR Bot	 Blog Question Challenge 2025
[11:43]	TR News	"Sleeping while traveling has been my favorite pastime lately, when I travel, that is, almost never." https://lucas.art/blog/about-30h-or-so-sleeping-until-arriving-in-japan/ | Source: Lucas da Silva
[11:43]	TR Bot	 About 30h or so sleeping until arriving in Japan
[11:44]	TR News	"No scheduling, no easy toggling, no time outs (like dont disturb for the next N minutes)" https://idiomdrottning.org/lock-screen-design | Source: Idiomdrottning
[11:44]	TR Bot	 Designing the perfect lock screen and notifications system
[11:45]	TR News	"Instead, Musk argued, the station should be destroyed within two years" https://futurism.com/elon-musk-huge-headache-new-head-nasa | Source: Futurism
[11:45]	TR Bot	 Elon Musk Just Caused a Huge Headache for the New Head of NASA
[11:45]	TR News	"Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface." https://phys.org/news/2025-02-years-ranger-moon-photos-aid.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[11:45]	TR Bot	( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-years-ranger-moon-photos-aid.html )
[11:46]	darwin	USA has lost free thought/expression/speech (including medie/press, likely whistleblower rights), free elections, etc.
[11:46]	darwin	and they're using the Internet to restrict people's rights this way
[11:46]	TR News	"The NSF confirmed the cuts to us in an email" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/nsf_staff_cut/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:46]	TR Bot	 NSF decimation puts future US science leadership in doubt The Register
[11:47]	darwin	USA is now like Hungary, Rusia, Turkey, etc.
[11:47]	TR News	"Plasma arc cutting (PAC) is a thermal cutting technique widely used in manufacturing applications" https://phys.org/news/2025-02-plasma-arc-scientists-decode-gas.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[11:47]	TR Bot	( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-plasma-arc-scientists-decode-gas.html )
[11:47]	TR News	"On Tuesday February 18, NASA staffers on probationary status who were warned by managers" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/nasa_comment_piece/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:47]	TR Bot	 NASA and the on-again, off-again job cuts The Register
[11:47]	darwin	even according to organizations that rate types of freedom: was approaching and now already is like some the second-world (banana republics, post-USSR authoritarianism, etc.)
[11:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	<darwin> USA is now like Hungary, Rusia, Turkey, etc.
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	same blueprint
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	and now similar political alliances
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	anti-EU
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	pro-putin
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	invvviting orban
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	media is "enemy"
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	to the state
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	so the media is being banned
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	cheeto joked with duterte that journalists are "spies"
[11:49]	darwin	at least for some speech, like inciting non-imminent violence against Islamism, Americans won't get arrested (or Supreme Court will reverse that) but in UK, parts of EU, that can lead to prison sentence longer than violent crimes
[11:50]	darwin	CPB (PBS, NPR, public broadcasting) was defunded and 'president' tRUmp is suiing ABC, CBS, books publishers, newspapers
[11:51]	darwin	even just saying you dislike Islam on a social network or in the street or passing by a related peaceful protest (even in wheelchair) gets people arrested & imprisoned in UK
[11:51]	darwin	or quoting bad parts of the Koran
[11:51]	darwin	or bad parts of Mohammed's official biography (the third sacred text, basically, after Hadiths)
[11:52]	TR News	Geographically, USA is only tens of KMs from Russia and thousands of KMs from Europe. How many states can rebrand as "oblasts"?
[11:52]	darwin	or saying what all students learned in Western Mediaeval history classes through 1990s: spread by sword
[11:52]	TR News	"I also plan to host a monthly morning edition so friends in other time zones can join." https://micro.webology.dev/2025/02/19/office-hours-at-a-glance/ | Source: Jeff Triplett
[11:52]	TR Bot	 Office Hours at a Glance - Jeff Triplett's Micro.blog
[11:53]	TR News	"Hes not wrong, but his initial question about how we make time is one that haunts me often." https://brandons-journal.com/too-many-hobbies-and-not-enough-time/ | Source: Brandon
[11:53]	TR Bot	 Too Many Hobbies, and Not Enough Time | Brandon's Journal
[11:53]	darwin	Russia sold USA Alaska and some (Alexander Dugin maybe) want it back... as for 'lower 48 states', unlikely
[11:53]	TR News	"Melanie Punz lives in Austria and has been using GNU/Linux and free software enthusiastically" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/interview-with-melanie-punz | Source: FSF
[11:53]	TR Bot	 Working together for free software: Our interview with Melanie Punz Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
[11:53]	darwin	Alaska is also unlikely because Russia's military isn't that powerful since Soviet times closer to WW2
[11:54]	TR News	"This freedom to share whatever they found exciting kept the sessions fun, engaging and low pressure." https://gcollazo.com/demo-days/ | Source: Giovanni Collazo
[11:54]	TR Bot	 Demo Days: A Simpler Approach to Engineering Leadership
[11:54]	TR News	"So you have to spoon feed the hiring manager. Sounds easy." https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/02/20/target-practice | Source: Tim Kellogg
[11:54]	TR Bot	 Target Practice: Resumes, But Better - Tim Kellogg
[11:54]	darwin	they bought cheap Chines vehicle tyres and/or tank treads which halted their invasion in at least the first Winter starting 2022
[11:54]	darwin	'Chinese'
[11:55]	darwin	they're not very well-organized, not as advanced equipment in general, often excess-macho/-irrational due to cultural reasons
[11:55]	darwin	also much smaller than NATO, though maybe could win with hypersonics, which USA claims to have since some months/years ago
[11:56]	darwin	but who knows what's going to happen to NATO...?
● Feb 21
[12:00]	darwin	i forgot: did TechRights cover the possible situation 'president' tRump (some say with Elon Musk) bribed one or more voting machine companies in one or more swing states to steal election (in addition to voter suppression of 3.5+ million votes)?
[12:01]	darwin	those are why he said "I don't need votes"
[12:04]	darwin	of course, it's a conspiracy theory... I don't know if there was any reliable source about it
[12:07]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Trump is using Indiana as the beta test for some of the more ambitious ideas.
[12:07]	IsambardPrince	The governor is basically just a Trump puppet.
[12:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	<darwin> i forgot: did TechRights cover the possible situation 'president' tRump (some say with Elon Musk) bribed one or more voting machine companies in one or more swing states to steal election (in addition to voter suppression of 3.5+ million votes)?
[12:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	yes
[12:07]	IsambardPrince	As bad as things are where I am, it would be worse over there.
[12:08]	darwin	tariffs also went up, raising prices 10% to 15% on most types of technology (some available from a few other sources than China)... American workers were protesting it, some even if they otherwise agree with him, because mainly workers end up paying... businesses only shunt the cost to buyers.  Tariffs may be outdated, except in autarky (probably nonexistent)
[12:08]	IsambardPrince	The governor of Indiana, Mike Braun, is an idiot.
[12:08]	IsambardPrince	His job is to go enact Trump's policies as fast as possible.
[12:08]	IsambardPrince	On a state level.
[12:08]	IsambardPrince	Then if it blows up on him, Trump doesn't do it like that. It's to see what happens.
[12:09]	darwin	CCP said avoid discussing Mao in public or online, and soon Republicans will say same about Thomas Jefferson
[12:10]	darwin	soon or now one maybe can't say one of his quotations in same sentence about current USA administration without getting SS visit
[12:10]	darwin	'with' not 'about', well kind of both
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[12:12]	darwin	i'd say 'president' tRump has also been trying to copy Hitler, Mao, Castro, etc. in implementing 'cult of personality'... maybe even since years ago
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[12:14]	darwin	but more capitalistically & online (more posts, memes, t-shirts) than in public other than saying he wants to be on Mount Rushmore
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[12:39]	TR News	"adding full storage space" https://www.quantamagazine.org/catalytic-computing-taps-the-full-power-of-a-full-hard-drive-20250218/ | Source: Quanta Magazine
[12:39]	TR Bot	 Catalytic Computing Taps the Full Power of a Full Hard Drive | Quanta Magazine
[12:39]	TR News	"We have created a new state of matter called a topological superconductor" https://phys.org/news/2025-02-topological-quantum-processor-majorana-modes.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[12:39]	TR Bot	( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-topological-quantum-processor-majorana-modes.html )
[12:39]	TR News	"For a few years I've had my eye on getting a "dumb" TV from Sceptre." https://davidjohnmead.com/posts/2025-02-18-set-up-cec-on-sceptre-tv/ | Source: David Mead
[12:39]	TR Bot	 Setting up CEC on Sceptre 4K TV
[12:41]	TR News	"The sum represents a tiny sliver of program funding the USDA suspended after the White House's broad freeze" https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-02-20/usda-says-it-will-release-20-million-of-frozen-farmer-funds | Source: US News And World Report
[12:41]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-02-20/usda-says-it-will-release-20-million-of-frozen-farmer-funds )
[12:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	<darwin> soon or now one maybe can't say one of his quotations in same sentence about current USA administration without getting SS visit
[12:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	trump 'free speech': http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2017/07/29/trump-blocks-me-in-twitter/
[12:42]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Trump Blocks Me in Twitter
[12:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	trump the "free speech absolutist"
[12:43]	TR News	"While there remains a lot of uncertainty and questions in the wake of the 2024 elections" https://writing.jasonheppler.org/2024/11/08/becoming-newsresilient/ |
[12:43]	TR Bot	 Becoming News-Resilient | Jason Heppler
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[12:43]	TR News	"Its true. If you dont, somebody else will." https://anniemueller.com/posts/if-you-dont-somebody-else-will | Source: Annie Mueller
[12:43]	TR Bot	 If you dont, somebody else will: - annie's blog
[12:44]	TR News	"the USDA paused" https://www.wired.com/story/usda-layoffs-throw-climate-and-crop-projects-into-chaos/ | Source: Wired
[12:44]	TR Bot	Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers | WIRED
[12:44]	TR News	Make American Hepatitis Again (MAHA)
[12:46]	TR News	"Under pressure, we can indeed accomplish more work in less time, but this often comes at the expense of accuracy" https://jeroensangers.com/2025/02/20/although-time-pressure-makes-us.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers
[12:46]	TR Bot	 Jeroen Sangers brain tags - Although time pressure makes us work faster, it does not automatically mean we work better
[12:46]	TR News	"An Arduino Nano board controls the whole process through a custom PCB." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/02/19/diy-micro-lab-analyzes-ammonia-levels-in-blood-and-urine/ | Source: Arduino
[12:46]	TR Bot	 DIY micro lab analyzes ammonia levels in blood and urine | Arduino Blog
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[13:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	darwin: i am writing something relatted to this
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[13:22]	TR News	Techrights Techrights Disconnected From the United States Two Years Ago https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Techrights_Disconnected_From_the_United_States_Two_Years_Ago.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Techrights_Disconnected_From_the_United_States_Two_Years_Ago.gmi 
[13:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights Techrights Disconnected From the United States Two Years Ago
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[13:44]	TR News	Techrights Richard Stallman 'Only' Founded the FSF https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Richard_Stallman_Only_Founded_the_FSF.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Richard_Stallman_Only_Founded_the_FSF.gmi 
[13:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights Richard Stallman 'Only' Founded the FSF
[13:52]	TR News	"Whats new on CPAN" https://www.perl.com/article/what-s-new-on-cpan-january-2025/ | Source: Perl
[13:52]	TR Bot	 What's new on CPAN - January 2025
[13:53]	TR News	"Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors" https://www.wired.com/story/the-national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-braces-for-mass-firings/ | Source: Wired
[13:53]	TR Bot	National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings | WIRED
[13:53]	TR News	"The Korea Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), a standards agency under the ministry" https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2025/02/133_392551.html | Source: The Korea Times
[13:53]	TR Bot	 Korea to invest $29.5 million in developing international standards for advanced technologies - The Korea Times
[13:54]	TR News	"In the last blog posts, we looked at different ways to compare strings in Zig. A few posts back, we introduced Zig's @bitCast." https://www.openmymind.net/Comparing-Strings-as-Integers-with-bitCast/ | Source: Karl Seguin
[13:54]	TR Bot	 Comparing Strings as Integers with @bitCast
[13:54]	TR News	"Courtesy of my CRANberries, there is also a diffstat report. More detailed information is on the RcppDE page, or the repository." http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/02/18/#rcppde_0.1.8 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel
[13:54]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[13:55]	TR News	"As of today, Rcpp stands at 3001 reverse-dependencies on CRAN." http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/02/20/#rcpp_3000_packages | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel
[13:55]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[13:55]	TR News	Dirk Eddelbuettel: Rcpp now used by 3000 CRAN packages! http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/02/20#rcpp_3000_packages
[13:55]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[13:57]	TR News	"There are two driving passions in my work. One is the love of creating beautiful, elegant code making Open Source libraries and APIs that focus on clear design and reusability" https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/2/20/ugly-code/ | Source: Armin Ronacher
[13:57]	TR Bot	 Ugly Code and Dumb Things | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
[13:57]	TR News	"Pico Gets A Speed Bump" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/20/pico-gets-a-speed-bump/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:57]	TR Bot	Gets A Speed Bump | Hackaday
[13:59]	TR News	"The Sovereign Tech Agency has announced an investment of 515,200 to strengthen the Eclipse Foundations ecosystem" https://linuxiac.com/sovereign-tech-agency-injects-e515k-into-eclipse-foundation/ | Source: Linuxiac
[13:59]	TR Bot	 Sovereign Tech Agency Injects 515K into Eclipse Foundation
[13:59]	TR News	"Delphi is still very much with us, but the FOSS world also has its own, largely compatible, GUI-based Object Pascal environment and it's worth a look." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/19/delphi_turns_30/ | Source: The Register UK
[13:59]	TR Bot	 Type-safe C-killer Delphi turns 30 The Register
[13:59]	TR News	"Back in 2017, I got tired of manually checking and creating git tags." https://carlosbecker.com/posts/svu3/ | Source: Carlos Becker
[13:59]	TR Bot	 svu v3
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[14:01]	TR News	[Old] "Trojan Source: Invisible Vulnerabilities" https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2021/11/01/trojan-source-invisible-vulnerabilities/ | Source: Light Blue Touchpaper
[14:01]	TR Bot	 Trojan Source: Invisible Vulnerabilities | Light Blue Touchpaper
[14:02]	TR News	"The November coworking session welcomed Stefanie Butland from Openscapes as a co-host. She shared Openscapes approach of Forking as a worldview." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/the-dynamic-relationship-of-forks-with-their-upstream-repository/ | Source: Rlang
[14:02]	TR Bot	Dynamic Relationship of Forks with their Upstream Repository | R-bloggers
[14:02]	TR News	"Beej's Guide to Git" https://beej.us/guide/bggit/html/split/ | Source: Beej
[14:02]	TR Bot	 Beej's Guide to Git
[14:05]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[14:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[14:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware: PiVPN, LLMStick, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Open_Hardware_PiVPN_LLMStick_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Open_Hardware_PiVPN_LLMStick_and_More.gmi 
[14:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware: PiVPN, LLMStick, and More
[14:09]	TR News	 (NEW):  NovaCustom V54 Series 14.0 for Fedora-Based Qubes OS Release 4, New Episode About Red Hat Clone Rocky Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/NovaCustom_V54_Series_14_0_for_Fedora_Based_Qubes_OS_Release_4_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/NovaCustom_V54_Series_14_0_for_Fedora_Based_Qubes_OS_Release_4_.gmi 
[14:09]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines NovaCustom V54 Series 14.0 for Fedora-Based Qubes OS Release 4, New Episode About Red Hat Clone Rocky Linux
[14:11]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security and Windows TCO Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Security_and_Windows_TCO_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Security_and_Windows_TCO_Leftovers.gmi 
[14:11]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
[14:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi 
[14:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[14:12]	TR News	gemini
[14:12]	TR News	Cats in japanese now in gemini space gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-02-21.gmi
[14:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: two of your fav things?
[14:13]	TR News	SpellBinding: ACDETVX Wordo: GRAMS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-21.gmi
[14:14]	TR News	"Me: I don't know. Maybe I'm just meant to be a sort of starving FOSS community volunteer who lives with his parents for the foreseeable future." gemini://hyperreal.coffee/gemlog/2025-02-21-the-foreseeable-future.gmi
[14:16]	TR News	"I'm not going to lie - the future is scary. Even though I don't live in the US, having the most powerful nation in the world nose dive into fascism is a concern for us all. One way I'm preparing is overhauling my internet hygiene and I just wanted this post to show what I'm doing, much of it likely being old hat for Geminauts." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2503
[14:17]	TR News	"I'm still working on it, but I've hacked a bit of PHP to create a functional mechanism for placing orders for my FRST Computer stuff via Gopher." gopher://jonsharp.net:70/0/gl2/02-20-2025-FRST-Gopher-Store.md
[14:17]	TR News	"Last year I bought a Japanese abacus, called a soroban (). I had played with slide rules extensively at that point, and I wanted to learn about other forms of mechanical calculation." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202502/20250220-mechanical-shortcuts.gmi
[14:18]	TR News	"There is a sea of Firefox browsers, all with varying degrees of quality and usability, I will attempt to review the three most popular "old" ones against modern Firefox." gemini://hanzbrix.pollux.casa/gemlog/20250221.gmi
[14:19]	TR News	For sure Greenland is BOYCOTTING GAFAM, right? RIGHT?
[14:21]	TR News	Counties need alliances with leaders, not flags. The meaning and allegiances of some flags change a lot this year. Adapt.
[14:24]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 21/02/2025: Web Browsers, Mechanical Shortcuts, and Internet Hygiene https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Gemini_Links_21_02_2025_Web_Browsers_Mechanical_Shortcuts_and_I.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Gemini_Links_21_02_2025_Web_Browsers_Mechanical_Shortcuts_and_I.gmi 
[14:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 21/02/2025: Web Browsers, Mechanical Shortcuts, and Internet Hygiene
[14:27]	MinceR	21 092452 < IsambardPrince> schestowitz[TR2], IBM is locating something "quantum" in Chicago.
[14:27]	TR News	Techrights Links 21/02/2025: TikTok Layoffs, WebOS Software Patents in Bad Hands https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Links_21_02_2025_TikTok_Layoffs_WebOS_Software_Patents_in_Bad_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Links_21_02_2025_TikTok_Layoffs_WebOS_Software_Patents_in_Bad_H.gmi 
[14:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 21/02/2025: TikTok Layoffs, WebOS Software Patents in Bad Hands
[14:27]	MinceR	the smallest possible indivisible part of the corporation?
[14:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	:D
[14:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	invisible business machiiiines
[14:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	after they file chap 11
[14:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	so dead it is invisible
[14:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	"quantum company"
[14:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	not certain where it  is either
[14:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	could be in NJ and India at the same time !!
[14:30]	TR News	New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Stories from Sol, and Dawnfolk - 2025-02-19 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-02-19-edition/index.html
[14:30]	TR Bot	 New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Stories from Sol, and Dawnfolk - 2025-02-19 Edition
[14:43]	MinceR	https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/trump-backlash-social-media-king
[14:43]	TR Bot	 Trump receives widespread backlash to social post calling himself king | Donald Trump | The Guardian
[14:50]		*MinceR` is now known as lightbringer
[14:58]	TR News	US National Park Workers Reckon With Fear, Anger After Layoffs https://www.barrons.com/news/us-national-park-workers-reckon-with-fear-anger-after-layoffs-871b2cc6
[14:58]	TR Bot	 US National Park Workers Reckon With Fear, Anger After Layoffs - Barron's
[14:59]	TR News	"This follows 2024, which saw 280,991 jobs lost globally as companies struggled with economic uncertainty, declining revenues, and shifting market conditions." https://www.capacitymedia.com/article-tech-layoffs-continue-into-2025
[14:59]	TR Bot	( status 406 @ https://www.capacitymedia.com/article-tech-layoffs-continue-into-2025 )
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[15:00]	TR News	Microsoft Copilot Down: Company Investigates and Resolves Copilot Features and Service Disruption https://www.latestly.com/socially/technology/microsoft-copilot-down-company-investigates-and-resolves-copilot-features-and-service-disruption-6658866.html
[15:00]	TR Bot	Copilot Down: Company Investigates and Resolves Copilot Features and Service Disruption | LatestLY
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[15:02]	TR News	"It's OK. The God-bit Majorana will save us all." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jm995aej http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Hype_Watch_Weeks_After_Microsoft_Disappointed_Investors_With_He.shtml
[15:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jm995aej )
[15:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights Hype Watch: Weeks After Microsoft Disappointed Investors With "Hey Hi" It's Trying Some "Quantum" Hype (Adding Impractical Vapourware to Accompany This Hype and Even LLM Slop in 'News' Clothing)
[15:06]	TR News	What Kind of Job Can You Get if You Learn Linux? https://linuxhandbook.com/linux-careers-beginners/
[15:06]	TR Bot	 What Kind of Job Can You Get if You Learn Linux?
[15:06]	TR News	Build CachyOS Kernel 6.13.3 on Debian Testing (Trixie) https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/02/build-cachyos-kernel-6133-on-debian.html
[15:06]	TR Bot	 Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: Build CachyOS Kernel 6.13.3 on Debian Testing (Trixie)
[15:08]	TR News	"A key priority for this version has been smoothing out the installation process and ensuring upgrades remain as seamless as possible. In this release: [...]" https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-24-04-2-lts-released/ | Source: Linuxiac
[15:08]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Released with Many Bug Fixes and Security Updates
[15:09]	TR News	OpenRazer 3.10 Brings Support for Latest Razer Peripherals https://linuxiac.com/openrazer-3-10-brings-support-for-latest-razer-peripherals/
[15:09]	TR Bot	 OpenRazer 3.10 Brings Support for Latest Razer Peripherals
[15:10]	TR News	FSF Blogs: Working together for free software: Our interview with Melanie Punz http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/interview-with-melanie-punz
[15:10]	TR Bot	 Working together for free software: Our interview with Melanie Punz Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
[15:11]	TR News	Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS released https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/02/20/ubuntu-24-04-2-lts-released/
[15:11]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS released
[15:13]	TR News	Open Data https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2025/02/19/digital-archivists-on-the-offensive-against-trump-s-unprecedented-purge-of-government-websites_6738342_13.html | Source: Le Monde
[15:13]	TR Bot	 Digital archivists on the offensive against Trump's 'unprecedented' purge of government websites
[15:14]	TR News	"This is not the first time Raspberry Pi has been to Embedded World" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/meet-the-raspberry-pi-team/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[15:14]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/meet-the-raspberry-pi-team/ )
[15:14]	TR News	"we'll be watching and discussing Louise Grandjonc Leinweber's talk" http://rhaas.blogspot.com/2025/02/postgresql-hacking-patch-review.html | Source: Robert Haas
[15:14]	TR Bot	 Robert Haas: PostgreSQL Hacking + Patch Review Workshops - March 2025
[15:14]	TR News	"I originally wrote this article in 2004." https://brothke.medium.com/yoran-and-spafs-law-in-memory-of-amit-yoran-952d9fb1fe16 | Source: Ben Rothke
[15:14]	TR Bot	 Yoran and Spafs Law in memory of Amit Yoran | by Ben Rothke | Jan, 2025 | Medium
[15:16]	TR News	"Maybe its a mild OCD thing (yes, Im allowed to use that term!)" https://rubenerd.com/i-wish-i-could-delete-spreadsheet-columns/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[15:16]	TR Bot	I wish I could delete spreadsheet columns
[15:17]	TR News	"It also has two critical security flaws, researchers at OPSWAT revealed today" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/mongoose_flaws_mongodb/ | Source: The Register UK
[15:17]	TR Bot	 Two critical vulns lead to stolen MongoDB data, RCE The Register
[15:17]	TR News	"You can see the (awful) code here. But how does this work?" https://eieio.games/blog/running-pong-in-240-browser-tabs/ | Source: Nolen Royalty
[15:17]	TR Bot	Pong in 240 Browser Tabs eieio.games
[15:19]	TR News	"GitLab Duo Self-Hosted" https://itwire.com/business-it-news/data/gitlab-announces-general-availability-of-gitlab-duo-self-hosted.html | Source: IT Wire https://techrights.org/o/2023/07/29/writing-about-github-and-gitlab-state-today/
[15:19]	TR Bot	- GitLab Announces General Availability of GitLab Duo Self-Hosted
[15:19]	TR Bot	 GitLab the Company, Just Like GitHub (Now Part of Microsoft, Going Through Several Rounds of Layoffs This Year, Even Office Shutdowns), is Sinking Deep Into Debt and Showing the Risk of Outsourcing
[15:20]	TR News	"Every now and then, you'll find a maker with an itch to spruce up their hardware with a Raspberry Pi" https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-pico-brings-a-wopr-of-a-feature-to-a-server-rack | Source: Tom's Hardware
[15:20]	TR Bot	 Raspberry Pi Pico brings a 'WOPR' of a feature to a server rack | Tom's Hardware
[15:20]	TR News	"Cofounded by several former Intel central processing unit (CPU) engineers and executives" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/ex-intel-executives-raise-21-5-million-for-risc-v-chip-startup/articleshow/118394352.cms | Source: India Times
[15:20]	TR Bot	 RISC-V: Ex-Intel executives raise $21.5 million for RISC-V chip startup - The Economic Times
[15:21]	TR News	"Larry the Qcow2 We are very happy to announce new official downloads on our website and our mirrors" https://www.gentoo.org/news/2025/02/20/gentoo-qcow2-images.html | Source: Gentoo
[15:21]	TR Bot	 Bootable Gentoo QCOW2 disk images - ready for the cloud! Gentoo Linux
[15:23]	TR News	Judging someone's importance or achievements of a person by the amount of press is like implying that becominf a terrorist or mass murderer is the same as "importance". The media should quit feeding Cheeto.
[15:28]	TR News	"These releases include minor fixes and enhancements over their previous versions" https://www.arcanoae.com/driver-updates-now-available/ | Source: Arca Noae
[15:28]	TR Bot	closed with 87415 bytes remaining to read ( status 200 @ https://www.arcanoae.com/driver-updates-now-available/ )
[15:28]	TR News	"Arca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a new release of our AMouse driver package." https://www.arcanoae.com/amouse-driver-package-4-01-released/ | Source: Arca Noae
[15:28]	TR Bot	 Arca Noae releases new AMouse package
[15:29]	TR News	"The disappearance of the building's backbone router took out all local networking" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OfflineNetworkingContacts | Source: University of Toronto
[15:29]	TR Bot	 Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/OfflineNetworkingContacts
[15:30]	TR News	"To answer a rhetorical question: Indeed." https://gkeenan.co/avgb/how-to-make-an-audioblog/ | Source: Keenan
[15:30]	TR Bot	 How to Make an Audioblog: A Guide Written by an Anxious Moron Haunted by Imposter Syndrome
[15:30]	TR News	"Laptops, however, saw little to no advances, with most brands remaining difficult to mend." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/laptop_manufacturers_repairability/ | Source: The Register UK
[15:30]	TR Bot	 Laptop repairability improvements have stalled, says PIRG The Register
[15:36]	TR News	How To Install Podman on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-podman-centos-stream-10/
[15:36]	TR Bot	 How To Install Podman on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot
[15:37]	TR News	How To Install Darktable on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-darktable-linux-mint-22/
[15:37]	TR Bot	 How To Install Darktable on Linux Mint 22 - idroot
[15:37]	TR News	How To Install BleachBit on AlmaLinux 9 https://idroot.us/install-bleachbit-almalinux-9/
[15:37]	TR Bot	 How To Install BleachBit on AlmaLinux 9 - idroot
[15:37]	TR News	How To Install Syncthing on Fedora 41 https://idroot.us/install-syncthing-fedora-41/
[15:37]	TR Bot	 How To Install Syncthing on Fedora 41 - idroot
[15:37]	TR News	How To Install Syncthing on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-syncthing-opensuse/
[15:37]	TR Bot	 How To Install Syncthing on openSUSE - idroot
[15:38]	TR News	How To Install TestDisk on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-testdisk-ubuntu-24-04/
[15:38]	TR Bot	 How To Install TestDisk on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot
[15:39]	TR News	How To Use the Docker exec Command https://thenewstack.io/how-to-use-the-docker-exec-command/
[15:39]	TR Bot	 How To Use the Docker exec Command - The New Stack
[15:46]	TR News	Ukraine can unleash energy investment even amid war https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/global-energy-agenda/ukraine-can-unleash-energy-investment-even-amid-war/
[15:46]	TR Bot	 Ukraine can unleash energy investment even amid war - Atlantic Council
● Feb 21
[16:01]	TR News	Why developers should use MicroShift https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/02/20/why-developers-should-use-microshift
[16:01]	TR Bot	 Why developers should use MicroShift | Red Hat Developer
[16:02]	TR News	LibreOffice 24.8.5 is available for download https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/20/libreoffice-24-8-5-is-available-for-download/
[16:02]	TR Bot	 LibreOffice 24.8.5 is available for download - The Document Foundation Blog
[16:04]	TR News	Leaked Recording Confirms Apple's Discriminatory DEI Hiring Policies https://lunduke.substack.com/p/leaked-recording-confirms-apples
[16:04]	TR Bot	 Leaked Recording Confirms Apple's Discriminatory DEI Hiring Policies
[16:04]	TR News	"Majorana 1, currently can do nothing." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/microsoft-creates-new-form-of-quantum
[16:04]	TR Bot	 Microsoft Creates New Form of Quantum Matter to Avoid Fixing Windows
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[16:09]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/today_s_howtos.1.gmi 
[16:09]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
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[18:27]	MinceR	https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/110/466/396/162/537/131/original/3a63828a93aa3acf.png
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● Feb 21
[19:38]	TR News	gbhackers.com is Not Hackers, It's LLM Slop Outputs (Fake 'Articles') That Attack 'True Hackers' https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/20/gbhackers_com_is_Not_Hackers_It_s_LLM_Slop_Outputs_Fake_Article.shtml
[19:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights gbhackers.com is Not Hackers, It's LLM Slop Outputs (Fake 'Articles') That Attack 'True Hackers'
[19:38]	TR News	linuxsecurity.com Continues to Spread Lies or Machine-Generated FUD (Microsoft LLMs Likely the Source) About OpenSSH and GNU/Linux (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/20/linuxsecurity_com_Continues_to_Spread_Lies_or_Machine_Generated.shtml
[19:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights linuxsecurity.com Continues to Spread Lies or Machine-Generated FUD (Microsoft LLMs Likely the Source) About OpenSSH and Linux
[19:41]	TR News	Red Hat's Bluewashing to be Further Completed This Year https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Red_Hat_s_Bluewashing_to_be_Further_Completed_This_Year.shtml
[19:41]	TR Bot	 Techrights Red Hat's Bluewashing to be Further Completed This Year
[19:41]	TR News	Join the Cooperation SIG to help shape the WSIS+20 Review process https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/20/join-the-cooperation-sig-to-help-shape-the-wsis20-review-process/
[19:41]	TR Bot	 Join the Cooperation SIG to help shape the WSIS+20 Review process | APNIC Blog
[19:43]	TR News	BSD Now 599: Core Infrastructure Control https://www.bsdnow.tv/599
[19:43]	TR Bot	 BSD Now 599: Core Infrastructure Control
[19:44]	TR News	Solar-powered LLM over Meshtastic solution may provide live-saving instructions during disasters and emergencies https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/20/solar-powered-llm-over-meshtastic-solution-may-provide-live-saving-instructions-during-disasters/
[19:44]	TR Bot	 Solar-powered LLM over Meshtastic solution may provide live-saving instructions during disasters and emergencies - CNX Software
[19:45]	TR News	"Open-Source Random Numbers" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/20/open-source-random-numbers/ | Source: Hackaday
[19:45]	TR Bot	Random Numbers | Hackaday
[19:47]	TR News	The Responsible Lithium Partnership ends with a new beginning https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/02/20/the-responsible-lithium-partnership-ends-with-a-new-beginning/
[19:47]	TR Bot	Responsible Lithium Partnership ends... with a new beginning - Fairphone
[19:48]	TR News	People Who Came From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Demanding Removal of Articles About Them, About Microsoft, and About Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub is "Generous" (According to Them) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/20/People_Who_Came_From_Microsoft_Demanding_Removal_of_Articles_Ab.shtml
[19:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights People Who Came From Microsoft Demanding Removal of Articles About Them, About Microsoft, and About Microsoft GitHub is "Generous" (According to Them)
[19:48]	TR News	IBM Layoffs in Europe Already Happening or Underway (UK and Spain). They Try Not to Call These "Layoffs". https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/20/IBM_Layoffs_in_Europe_Already_Happening_or_Underway_UK_and_Spai.shtml
[19:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Layoffs in Europe Already Happening or Underway (UK and Spain). They Try Not to Call These "Layoffs".
[19:48]	TR News	Possibly a Third Round of Mass Layoffs at Abusive Monopolist Microsoft in 2025 ("Cloud Solution Architects, Customer Roles"), Report Removed or Censored https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/20/Possibly_a_Third_Round_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_in_2025_Clo.shtml
[19:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Possibly a Third Round of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft in 2025 ("Cloud Solution Architects, Customer Roles"), Report Removed or Censored
[19:48]	TR News	IBM's CEO Has Become a Stochastic Buzzword-Generating Machine https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/IBM_s_CEO_Has_Become_a_Stochastic_Buzzword_Generating_Machine.shtml
[19:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM's CEO Has Become a Stochastic Buzzword-Generating Machine
[19:48]	TR News	Chicago Transit Authority Has Dumped Ex-Twitter (X), As Did Many Others Without Announcing It (Due to Fear of Right-Wing Mobs) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/Chicago_Transit_Authority_Has_Dumped_Twitter_X_As_Did_Many_Othe.shtml
[19:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Chicago Transit Authority Has Dumped Twitter (X), As Did Many Others Without Announcing It (Due to Fear of Right-Wing Mobs)
[19:48]	TR News	Microsoft Has "Made the Customer the Product." https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/Microsoft_Has_Made_the_Customer_the_Product.shtml
[19:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Has "Made the Customer the Product."
[19:52]	TR News	FCC launches probe into censorship on Big Tech platforms https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/20/fcc-launches-probe-censorship-big-tech-platforms/
[19:52]	TR Bot	launches probe into censorship on Big Tech platforms - SiliconANGLE
[19:53]	TR News	Reimagining Patent Examination: A (Half-Baked) Proposal for Pre-Filing Certification https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/reimagining-examination-certification.html
[19:53]	TR Bot	 Reimagining Patent Examination: A (Half-Baked) Proposal for Pre-Filing Certification | Patently-O
[19:53]	TR News	IPVal entity, 5G IP Holdings, 5G patent monopoly found invalid https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/2/19/ipval-entity-5g-ip-holdings-5g-patent-found-invalid "The '163 patent monopoly generally relates to discontinuous reception (DRX) and utilizing slots within subframes to adapt DRX to function within the 5G frame structure."
[19:53]	TR Bot	 IPVal entity, 5G IP Holdings, 5G patent found invalid Unified Patents
[19:54]	TR News	Unified Patent Court is illegal, so this Team UPC-funded rag is asking the qrong question. It's just EPO corruption crossing over to the EU. https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/how-transparent-is-the-unified-patent-court/
[19:54]	TR Bot	 How transparent is the Unified Patent Court? - JUVE Patent
[19:57]	TR News	Hong Kong university student union axes Burmese film screening, citing last-minute govt warning https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/20/hong-kong-university-student-union-axes-burmese-film-screening-citing-last-minute-govt-warning/
[19:57]	TR Bot	 HK university student union axes Burmese film screening
[19:59]	TR News	STMicro expands the STM32C0 Cortex-M0+ MCU family with STM32C051, STM32C091, and STM32C092 (with CAN FD) https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/20/stmicro-expands-the-stm32c0-cortex-m0-mcu-family-with-stm32c051-stm32c091-and-stm32c092-with-can-fd/
[19:59]	TR Bot	 STMicro expands the STM32C0 Cortex-M0+ MCU family with STM32C051, STM32C091, and STM32C092 (with CAN FD) - CNX Software
● Feb 21
[20:00]	TR News	PostgreSQL 17.4, 16.8, 15.12, 14.17, and 13.20 Released! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-174-168-1512-1417-and-1320-released-3018/
[20:00]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 17.4, 16.8, 15.12, 14.17, and 13.20 Released!
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[20:05]	TR News	Microsoft Patches Exploited Power Pages Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-exploited-power-pages-vulnerability/
[20:05]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-exploited-power-pages-vulnerability/ )
[20:06]	TR News	Microsoft trims File Explorer's Recent, Favorites, and Recommended content in Europe https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-trims-file-explorers-recent-favorites-and-recommended-content-in-europe
[20:06]	TR Bot	 Microsoft trims File Explorer's Recent, Favorites, and Recommended content in Europe | Tom's Hardware
[20:07]	TR News	"ethnic recognition" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/20/officials-in-st-petersburg-are-about-to-equip-surveillance-cameras-with-ethnic-recognition-technology | Source: Meduza
[20:07]	TR Bot	 Officials in St. Petersburg are about to equip surveillance cameras with ethnic recognition technology Meduza
[20:08]	MinceR	lol
[20:08]	MinceR	that will work great
[20:08]	TR News	Chinas homegrown tech boosts global surveillance, social controls: report https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/20/china-ai-neuro-quantum-surveillance-security-threat/
[20:08]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/20/china-ai-neuro-quantum-surveillance-security-threat/ )
[20:09]	TR News	Mexico president threatens to take legal action against Surveillance Giant Google over Gulf name change https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/mexico-president-threatens-to-take-legal-action-against-google-over-gulf-name-change/
[20:09]	TR Bot	 Mexico president threatens to take legal action against Google over Gulf name change - JURIST - News
[20:10]	TR News	Protect Not Surveil position paper: Stop Europols expanding digital surveillance against migrants! https://edri.org/our-work/protect-not-surveil-position-paper-stop-europols-expanding-digital-surveillance-against-migrants/
[20:10]	TR Bot	 Protect Not Surveil position paper: Stop Europols expanding digital surveillance against migrants! - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[20:11]	TR News	How-To Geek Sort of Supersedes MakeUseOf (MUO) for GNU/Linux Coverage https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/How_To_Geek_Sort_of_Supersedes_MakeUseOf_MUO_for_GNU_Linux_Cove.shtml
[20:11]	TR Bot	 Techrights How-To Geek Sort of Supersedes MakeUseOf (MUO) for GNU/Linux Coverage
[20:12]	TR News	Avoid Microsoft altogether https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/how-to-avoid-microsoft-365-price-rises-aGNYY5O92as9
[20:12]	TR Bot	 Microsoft 365 prices have risen by up to 30 a year - here's how to beat them - Which? News
[20:12]	TR News	An LLM Trained to Create Backdoors in Code https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/an-llm-trained-to-create-backdoors-in-code.html
[20:12]	TR Bot	LLM Trained to Create Backdoors in Code - Schneier on Security
[20:13]	TR News	Apps Updates Round-up #1: Xournal++ 1.2.6, qBittorrent 5.0.4 & More https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/apps-updates-round-up-1-xournal-1-2-6-qbittorrent-5-0-4-more/
[20:13]	TR Bot	 Apps Updates Round-up #1: Xournal++ 1.2.6, qBittorrent 5.0.4 & More | UbuntuHandbook
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[20:14]	TR News	Paul Tagliamonte: boot2kier https://notes.pault.ag/boot2kier/
[20:14]	TR Bot	 Paul's Notes | boot2kier
[20:15]	TR News	Niko Matsakis: Rust 2024 Is Coming https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2025/02/20/rust-2024-is-coming/
[20:15]	TR Bot	 Rust 2024 Is Coming baby steps
[20:16]	TR News	Jordan Petridis: The Fedora Project Leader is willfully ignorant about Flathub https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/02/19/the-fedora-project-leader-is-willfully-ignorant-about-flathub/
[20:16]	TR Bot	 The Fedora Project Leader is willfully ignorant about Flathub Rust in Peace
[20:17]	TR News	Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1011056/
[20:17]	TR Bot	updates for Thursday [LWN.net]
[20:18]	TR News	Evgeni Golov: Unauthenticated RCE in Grandstream HT802V2 and probably others using gs_test_server DHCP vendor option https://www.die-welt.net/2025/02/unauthenticated-rce-in-grandstream-ht802v2-and-probably-others-using-gs_test_server-dhcp-vendor-option/
[20:18]	TR Bot	RCE in Grandstream HT802V2 and probably others using gs_test_server DHCP vendor option | die-welt.net
[20:19]	TR News	Mike Blumenkrantz: Againicl https://www.supergoodcode.com/againicl/
[20:19]	TR Bot	 Againicl Mike Blumenkrantz Super. Good. Chair.
[20:20]	TR News	OBS Issues Legal Threats to Fedora LinuxHeres Whats Happening https://tuxdigital.com/videos/obs-issues-legal-threats-to-fedora-linux-heres-whats-happening/
[20:20]	TR Bot	Issues Legal Threats to Fedora LinuxHeres Whats Happening - Tunnell Vision - TuxDigital
[20:21]	TR News	Femtofox Pro v1 LoRa and Meshtastic development board runs Linux-based Foxbuntu OS on Rockchip RV1103 SoC https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/21/femtofox-pro-v1-lora-and-meshtastic-development-board-runs-linux-based-foxbuntu-on-rockchip-rv1103-soc/
[20:21]	TR Bot	 Femtofox Pro v1 LoRa and Meshtastic development board runs Linux-based Foxbuntu OS on Rockchip RV1103 SoC - CNX Software
[20:22]	TR News	Tool update: sigs.py - added check mode, (Fri, Feb 21st) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31706
[20:22]	TR Bot	 Tool update: sigs.py - added check mode - SANS Internet Storm Center
[20:22]	TR News	Redot Engine multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine https://www.linuxlinks.com/redot-engine-multi-platform-2d-3d/
[20:22]	TR Bot	Engine - multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine - LinuxLinks
[20:23]	TR News	Eloquent proofreading software https://www.linuxlinks.com/eloquent-proofreading-software/
[20:23]	TR Bot	- proofreading software - LinuxLinks
[20:23]	TR News	SME Server GNU/Linux Server distribution for small to medium sized enterprises https://www.linuxlinks.com/sme-server-linux-server-distribution/
[20:23]	TR Bot	Server - Linux Server distribution for small to medium sized enterprises - LinuxLinks
[20:23]	TR News	multiClock track the time around the world https://www.linuxlinks.com/multiclock-track-time-world/
[20:23]	TR Bot	- track the time around the world - LinuxLinks
[20:25]	TR News	A functional analysis of doomscrolling gemini://smol.diy/gemlog/doomscrolling.gmi
[20:25]	TR News	"i was washing some berries for breakfast in the morning and remembering all the time spent at my grandparents' allotment when i was younger. how often my sister (well, cousin) would fail to join us, because she was just so busy." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/sociallifemystery
[20:27]	TR News	Picket screen color picker https://www.linuxlinks.com/picket-screen-color-picker/
[20:27]	TR Bot	- screen color picker - LinuxLinks
[20:27]	TR News	14 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Image Viewers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-terminal-based-image-viewers/
[20:27]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Image Viewers - LinuxLinks
[20:30]	TR News	Checkmk IT monitoring platform https://www.linuxlinks.com/checkmk-it-monitoring-platform/
[20:30]	TR Bot	- IT monitoring platform - LinuxLinks
[20:30]	TR News	Oboete simple flashcard application https://www.linuxlinks.com/oboete-simple-flashcard-application/
[20:30]	TR Bot	- simple flashcard application - LinuxLinks
[20:30]	TR News	abPOA adaptive banded Partial Order Alignment https://www.linuxlinks.com/abpoa-adaptive-banded-partial-order-alignment/
[20:30]	TR Bot	- adaptive banded Partial Order Alignment - LinuxLinks
[20:31]	TR News	What's new on CPAN - January 2025 https://www.perl.com/article/what-s-new-on-cpan-january-2025/ "new CPAN uploads for your reading and programming pleasure. Enjoy!"
[20:31]	TR Bot	 What's new on CPAN - January 2025
[20:34]	TR News	"It can be difficult to integrate all of the tools needed to provide these functions, and to ensure that they all seamlessly and efficiently interoperate with each other." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/event-driven-architecture-modern-applications | Source: Red Hat Official
[20:34]	TR Bot	 Event-driven architecture for modern applications
[20:38]	TR News	Red Hat is posting in an LLM slop site that it is funding https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/red-hat-tops-t-mobiles-common-cloud-edge-extension/2025/02/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/10/13/SDxCentral_which_the_Linux_Foundation_Paid_to_Produce_Marketing.shtml
[20:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/red-hat-tops-t-mobiles-common-cloud-edge-extension/2025/02/ )
[20:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights SDxCentral, which the Linux Foundation Paid to Produce Marketing SPAM, Has Now Become Slop (LLM Spew) Disguised as 'Articles'
[20:41]	TR News	How RamaLama runs Hey Hi (AI) models in isolation by default https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/02/20/how-ramalama-runs-ai-models-isolation-default
[20:41]	TR Bot	 How RamaLama runs AI models in isolation by default | Red Hat Developer
[20:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers
[20:49]	TR News	LLM slopper Brian Fagioli stopped 'writing' about "Linux" https://betanews.com/topic/linux/
[20:49]	TR Bot	 Linux
[20:55]	TR News	Rubenerd Show 430: The two mugs episode https://rubenerd.com/show430/
[20:55]	TR Bot	Rubenerd Show 430: The two mugs episode
[20:58]	TR News	"Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS also brings an updated hardware enablement stack (HWE). This is composed of a newer Linux kernel and updated graphics driversLinux 6.11 and Mesa 24.2.8 respectivelyback-ported from Ubuntu 24.10." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/ubuntu-24-04-2-lts-is-now-available-to-download
[20:58]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS is Available to Download - OMG! Ubuntu
[20:58]	TR News	"A lot of people using Ubuntu prefer to stick with the old reliable LTS builds. They're not as bleeding edge, but they're supported for a long timeeven over a decade if you're willing to pay. Now, Ubuntu is getting a new minor LTS update." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-linux-240-4-2-lts-release/
[20:58]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Has Arrived: Heres Whats New
[20:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Femtofox Pro Examined https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Femtofox_Pro_Examined.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Femtofox_Pro_Examined.gmi 
[20:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Femtofox Pro Examined
[20:58]	Sompi_	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Bzy_tq4uY
[20:58]	TR Bot	https://inv.in.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=d7Bzy_tq4uY
[20:58]	TR Bot	( status 502 @ https://inv.in.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=d7Bzy_tq4uY )
[20:58]	Sompi_	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJhBgYJZVJM
[20:58]	TR Bot	https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=cJhBgYJZVJM
[20:58]	TR Bot	( status 502 @ https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=cJhBgYJZVJM )
[20:58]	TR News	"After a weeks delay, Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS was published today by Canonical for all official flavors as the second point release to the long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-2-lts-is-now-available-for-download-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-11
[20:58]	TR Bot	24.04.2 LTS Is Now Available for Download Powered by Linux Kernel 6.11 - 9to5Linux
[20:58]	Sompi_	the new normal of digital doorlocks
● Feb 21
[21:02]	TR News	This is CLASSIC fake new. Outright FALSE. Also, the headline is NOT supported by the body! https://www.tekedia.com/how-elon-musk-saved-twitter-with-ubuntu-spirit-as-valuation-returns-to-44b/
[21:02]	TR Bot	Elon Musk Saved Twitter with Ubuntu Spirit As Valuation Returns to $44B - Tekedia
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[21:03]	TR News	"AMD RDNA4 graphics sees initial support in the RadeonSI Gallium3D (OpenGL) and RADV (Vulkan) drivers is present, the former worked on by AMD themselves and the latter by engineers at gaming company Valve." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/mesa-25-0-vulkan-1-4-amd-rdna4
[21:03]	TR Bot	 Mesa 25.0 Released with Support for Vulkan 1.4 & OpenGL 4.6 - OMG! Ubuntu
[21:03]	TR News	"Ubuntu is one of the most widely used Linux distributions out there, catering to both individuals and enterprises, offering a wide variety of releases that cover general computing, edge computing, IoT, and more." https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-25-04-features/
[21:03]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 25.04 Features and Release Date: Here's What You Need to Know
[21:05]	TR News	"Whether youre a confirmed command line-dweller, or just terminal-curious, youve maybe wondered how easy it is to search the web with a simple text command. Well, Linux being Linux, there are several options at your disposal." https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-search-the-web-from-the-linux-terminal/
[21:05]	TR Bot	 4 Ways to Search the Web From the Linux Terminal
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[21:26]	TR News	"The Mesa 25.0 open-source graphics stack has been released today as a major update introducing new features and improvements for several of the included graphics drivers." https://9to5linux.com/mesa-25-0-linux-graphics-stack-brings-vulkan-1-4-support-on-radv-anv-and-nvk
[21:26]	TR Bot	25.0 Linux Graphics Stack Brings Vulkan 1.4 Support on RADV, ANV, and NVK - 9to5Linux
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[21:44]	TR News	Techrights Slopwatch: Anti-Linux Machine-Generated FUD (LLM Slop) From GBHackers, CybersecurityNews, and Guardian Digital, Inc (Google News Promotes Slop Plagiarism, Misinformation) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Slopwatch_Anti_Linux_Machine_Generated_FUD_LLM_Slop_From_GBHack.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Slopwatch_Anti_Linux_Machine_Generated_FUD_LLM_Slop_From_GBHack.gmi 
[21:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slopwatch: Anti-Linux Machine-Generated FUD (LLM Slop) From GBHackers, CybersecurityNews, and Guardian Digital, Inc (Google News Promotes Slop Plagiarism, Misinformation)
[21:48]	TR News	"AI is so good at IBM then use it to replace the front office. Any AI can dribble the same nouns and verbs as the CEO et al." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmdqxdh4
[21:48]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmdqxdh4 )
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	I witnessed first hand "IBM cloud era". When, IBM decision makers realized the missed opportunities, in the rush to catch up, the most incompetent technical leaders were put in charge of creating IBM cloud response. The organization became an Indian tribe. Money was lavishly spent, brown-nosing is so prevalent, huge salary raises and promotions were gifted, silly acquisitions, no return on investment.
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284
[21:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284 )
[21:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmj6c284 )
[21:50]	TR News	"Yes you are redundant after they cloned your job in India." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmhgb5ne
[21:50]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmhgb5ne )
[21:53]	MinceR	(video) (audio:important) https://imgur.com/gallery/vopgvfN   =   https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/gallery/vopgvfN
[21:53]	TR Bot	exploits - Album on Imgur
[21:53]	TR Bot	 DOGE exploits - rimgo
[21:55]	TR News	"The European Ham Radio Show is a weekly YouTube live-show about everything amateur radio. I discovered it late 2023 (when they were guests at the Ham Radio Workbench podcast) and quickly found my way into the friendly community on their Discord server." gemini://blog.raek.se/2025/02/21/i-guested-the-european-ham-radio-show/
[21:56]	TR News	mental health problems gemini://gbryant.co.uk/gemlog/2025-02-18_gendery-thoughts.gmi
[21:57]	TR News	"This is the first work of fiction featuring James Bond and I'm sure a lot has been said of it since, so I'll try to take a different approach with this review." gemini://sdf.org/diggy/posts/2025/02/casino-royale-by-ian-fleming.gmi
● Feb 21
[22:01]	TR News	Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Is Now Available for Download Powered by GNU/Linux Kernel 6.11 https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-2-lts-is-now-available-for-download-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-11
[22:02]	TR News	Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS is Available to Download https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/ubuntu-24-04-2-lts-is-now-available-to-download
[22:02]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS is Available to Download - OMG! Ubuntu
[22:03]	TR News	The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.85.0 and Rust 2024 https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/02/20/Rust-1.85.0.html
[22:03]	TR Bot	 Announcing Rust 1.85.0 and Rust 2024 | Rust Blog
[22:03]	TR News	The Fridge: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS released https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/02/20/ubuntu-24-04-2-lts-released/
[22:03]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS released
[22:05]	TR News	Ubuntu Studio: Ubuntu Studio 24.04.2 LTS Released, and Financial Help Needed https://ubuntustudio.org/2025/02/ubuntu-studio-24-04-2-lts-released-and-financial-help-needed/
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[22:05]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu Studio 24.04.2 LTS Released, and Financial Help Needed Ubuntu Studio
[22:08]	TR News	How a new Europol reform threatens digital war on migrants https://www.accessnow.org/new-europol-reform-threatens-digital-war-on-migrants/
[22:08]	TR Bot	 Migrants under attack by proposed Europol reforms
[22:09]	TR News	Hong Kong police intercept 8 cars over suspected illegal hire after cab union chief apologises for strike threat https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/20/hong-kong-police-intercept-8-cars-over-suspected-illegal-hire-after-cab-union-chief-apologises-for-strike-threat/
[22:09]	TR Bot	 HK police intercept 8 cars over alleged illegal hire after cab strike halted
[22:15]	TR News	China repatriates 200 citizens from Myanmar scam centers amid crackdown https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/02/20/thailand-china-scam-centers-myawaddy/
[22:15]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/02/20/thailand-china-scam-centers-myawaddy/ )
[22:17]	TR News	More ryokan inns in Japan encouraging guests to eat out due to staff shortage https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/more-ryokan-inns-in-japan-encourage-guests-to-eat-out-due-to-staff-shortage
[22:17]	TR Bot	 More ryokan inns in Japan encouraging guests to eat out due to staff shortage | The Straits Times
[22:20]	TR News	Hours ago: Did you know? Richard Stallman once held an auction for a GNU toy! -- and it sold for 120 euros! https://www.instagram.com/itsfoss/reel/DGWCZlxN7AC/
[22:20]	TR Bot	FOSS | Did you know? Richard Stallman once held an auction for a GNU toy! -- and it sold for 120 euros! Original video - Richard Stallman... | Instagram
[22:20]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Trump fired the "Sergei Shoigu" of ICE today over his failure to win the "Special Three Day Operation" to remove all the immigrants from the country. :P
[22:20]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, ^
[22:20]	MinceR	lol
[22:20]	IsambardPrince	"Yes, Mr. President. eep eep eeep!"
[22:21]	MinceR	should have started with felon musk
[22:21]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, ICE arrests have collapsed to levels barely over the Biden Administration despite a "whole of government effort" even bringing in IRS tax investigators.
[22:22]	IsambardPrince	ICE agents have complained that Trump is working them 7 days a week, they're burning out, they're pressured to make random arrests so they have no time to investigate which would lead to mass arrests that he wants. 
[22:23]	IsambardPrince	They spend so much time trying to arrest each one that they get random people instead of a coordinated operation that takes a few months to plan and can get several hundred in one go.
[22:24]	IsambardPrince	This has turned into Putin-style government. This is the way XRevan86 described Putin's draft board going around catching anyone they could and shoving papers in their hand. So people went into hiding to avoid the papers.
[22:30]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I was recalling my split from John on Reddit and some of the things that happened.
[22:30]	IsambardPrince	My favorite part was freezing the assets, and cutting off the credit cards and turning all his utilities off.
[22:31]	IsambardPrince	He complained that I threw him into financial disarray and that he had to live without electricity for days during a heat wave and all the food rotted, and his rent and car payments went late, and he had to bum money for transportation to work.
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	I was President Trumping him before it was cool.
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	Just turn off the money and watch him squirm.
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	It might not stick but he'll suffer in the mean time.
[22:33]	MinceR	(cat) (video) (audio:important) https://imgur.com/gallery/Q569SYO   =   https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/gallery/Q569SYO
[22:33]	TR Bot	Kitty chitters - Album on Imgur
[22:33]	TR Bot	 #16 Kitty chitters - rimgo
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[22:41]	TR News	Techrights Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Proud to Host Free Software Talk by Richard Stallman https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Free_University_of_Bozen_Bolzano_Proud_to_Host_Free_Software_Ta.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Free_University_of_Bozen_Bolzano_Proud_to_Host_Free_Software_Ta.gmi 
[22:41]	TR Bot	 Techrights Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Proud to Host Free Software Talk by Richard Stallman
[22:46]	IsambardPrince	https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-walmart-stock-sinking-today-171928937.html
[22:46]	TR Bot	 Why Walmart Stock Is Sinking Today
[22:46]	IsambardPrince	The stock doubles, they don't pay you another dime.
[22:46]	IsambardPrince	The stock falls 10%, they lay people off.
[22:46]	IsambardPrince	Stocks going up don't mean anything to employees, stock going down means they're all in danger.
[22:47]	IsambardPrince	https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/21/2305335/-Ex-Proud-Boys-leader-pardoned-by-Trump-arrested-at-the-Capitol-again
[22:47]	TR Bot	 Ex-Proud Boys leader pardoned by Trump arrested at the Capitolagain
[22:48]	IsambardPrince	Shitdick! SHITDICK!!! -One of the motorists in GTA V
[22:48]	IsambardPrince	"He's a wordsmith!" -Saul Goodman (Breaking Bad)
[22:48]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, :D
[22:50]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, That woman shouting "Fuck you!" needs to calm down.
[22:50]	IsambardPrince	The police could arrest her for Disorderly Conduct.
[22:51]	IsambardPrince	He's being arrested already. She doesn't need to get herself arrested too.
[22:51]	IsambardPrince	Trump won't help her.
[22:52]	IsambardPrince	The US Capitol Police don't like this guy. He was part of a violent mob that attacked and killed police officers, their agency actually, then Trump pardoned them.
[22:53]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I laughed pretty hard when one of them pulled a gun on an Indiana cop after Trump let him out of prison.
[22:53]	TR News	Techrights Links 21/02/2025: Doomscrolling and European Ham Radio Show https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Links_21_02_2025_Doomscrolling_and_European_Ham_Radio_Show.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Links_21_02_2025_Doomscrolling_and_European_Ham_Radio_Show.gmi 
[22:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 21/02/2025: Doomscrolling and European Ham Radio Show
[22:53]	IsambardPrince	The cop pulled his gun and shot the guy 6 times and killed him 2 days after he got pardoned and let out of federal prison.
[22:54]	IsambardPrince	These people are still being monitored. Maybe not by the feds, but the states are watching them.
[22:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security and Windows TCO Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Security_and_Windows_TCO_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Security_and_Windows_TCO_Leftovers.1.gmi 
[22:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
[22:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, Repairability https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_RISC_V_Repairability.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_RISC_V_Repairability.gmi 
[22:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, Repairability
● Feb 21
[23:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  Operating System: ArcaOS/Arca Noae Updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Operating_System_ArcaOS_Arca_Noae_Updates.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Operating_System_ArcaOS_Arca_Noae_Updates.gmi 
[23:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Operating System: ArcaOS/Arca Noae Updates
[23:04]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, There's an app now called Protector.
[23:04]	IsambardPrince	You can rent a bodyguard and an armored limo for 5 hours.
[23:04]	IsambardPrince	In New York or LA apparently.
[23:05]	IsambardPrince	I immediately thought of why I might need a bodyguard.
[23:05]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZXH3EXEQTA
[23:05]	TR Bot	https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=TZXH3EXEQTA
[23:05]	TR Bot	invidious.baczek.me | We are going to war | ABC Warrior "Judge Dredd" (1995) - Invidious
[23:05]	TR News	 (NEW):  PostgreSQL 17.4, 16.8, 15.12, 14.17, and 13.20 Released, MongoDB Patched https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/PostgreSQL_17_4_16_8_15_12_14_17_and_13_20_Released_MongoDB_Pat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/PostgreSQL_17_4_16_8_15_12_14_17_and_13_20_Released_MongoDB_Pat.gmi 
[23:05]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines PostgreSQL 17.4, 16.8, 15.12, 14.17, and 13.20 Released, MongoDB Patched
[23:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	oh, wow
[23:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=TZXH3EXEQTA  is fast
[23:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://invidious.baczek.me
[23:06]	TR Bot	 Invidious
[23:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	it also lets you download videos
[23:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR:  ^^^
[23:06]	schestowitz[TR2]	bookmark.
[23:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	(since you asked weeks ago)
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[23:11]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], US stock market starting to fail.
[23:11]	IsambardPrince	Walmart down 10% in a couple days.
[23:11]	IsambardPrince	Long live King Trump! :P
[23:12]	IsambardPrince	Anyway, this is why if you want exposure to stocks you need to diversify.
[23:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Rust 1.85.0 and Rust 2024 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Rust_1_85_0_and_Rust_2024.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Rust_1_85_0_and_Rust_2024.gmi 
[23:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Rust 1.85.0 and Rust 2024
[23:12]	IsambardPrince	World stocks excluding the US haven't had much attention from American investors in years.
[23:12]	IsambardPrince	But ever since Trump was elected, they do better than ours, even Europe's.
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[23:13]	IsambardPrince	Diversification is some protection against exposure to a failing class of investments.
[23:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi 
[23:13]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers
[23:13]	nobody	"starting to fail" is a mis-interpretation of facts
[23:14]	nobody	that's why it's called a market, rating might go down once in a while
[23:14]	ZedHedTed	my dad's gonna love the MElon nickname hehe
[23:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/21/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[23:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[23:16]	nobody	yesterday he was posing with a chainsaw, articulating some confused phrases, he found himself being himself
[23:16]	ZedHedTed	schestowitz[TR2]: regarding the nickname MElon: it's cuz it's all about 'him him him', right? or am i missing other meanings here?
[23:16]	TR News	Techrights Links 21/02/2025: Linux Foundation Openwashing, Microsoft Copilot Goes Down https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Links_21_02_2025_Linux_Foundation_Openwashing_Microsoft_Copilot.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Links_21_02_2025_Linux_Foundation_Openwashing_Microsoft_Copilot.gmi 
[23:16]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 21/02/2025: Linux Foundation Openwashing, Microsoft Copilot Goes Down
[23:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	ZedHedTed: Musk, Elon
[23:19]	MinceR	schestowitz[TR2]: thanks
[23:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	some people say "felon"
[23:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	but we call t he mr. t convicted felon already
[23:20]	MinceR	poor mr. t gets lumped in with cheeto hitler
[23:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://news.tuxmachines.org/node/164141
[23:20]	TR Bot	content type. Ignoring.
[23:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	" Network maintenance
[23:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed."
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[23:22]	ZedHedTed	schestowitz[TR2]: oh ok :(
[23:23]	ZedHedTed	massachusetts has its own hitler running it. healey's coming for the guns again, and she doesn't like that people have access to firearms.
[23:24]	ZedHedTed	just like hitler took the guns.
[23:24]	MinceR	it will be interesting when the nazis try to take their own voters' guns
[23:25]	MinceR	though i guess once cheeto hitler says it's gonna be great, they'll suddenly want to get rid of their guns
[23:26]	MinceR	https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
[23:27]	TR Bot	 Spurious Correlations
[23:27]	TR News	"Microwave Motion Detector Notifies Your Smart Phone" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/20/microwave-motion-detector-notifies-your-smart-phone/ | Source: Hackaday
[23:27]	TR Bot	Motion Detector Notifies Your Smart Phone | Hackaday
[23:28]	TR News	"DEC tapes" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/20/unix-archaeology-turns-up-1972-v2-beta/ | Source: Hackaday
[23:28]	TR Bot	Archaeology Turns Up 1972 V2 Beta | Hackaday
[23:28]	ZedHedTed	if his followers defend such an action, we're screwed. no leader should be able to curtail our gun rights. that's what a dictator does.
[23:29]	MinceR	afaik all states do already
[23:29]	ZedHedTed	but he's got too many sycophants who twist everything he does, including the bad stuff, into being good in their own minds
[23:30]	ZedHedTed	i don't think VT, NH, or ME do. all of northern new england is constitutional carry, according to my safety course instructor.
[23:30]	TR News	"DIY Yagi Antenna Sends LoRa Signals Farther" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/20/diy-yagi-antenna-sends-lora-signals-farther/ | Source: Hackaday
[23:30]	TR Bot	Yagi Antenna Sends LoRa Signals Farther | Hackaday
[23:31]	TR News	"3D Print Yourself A Split Flap Display" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/20/3d-print-yourself-a-split-flap-display/ | Source: Hackaday
[23:31]	TR Bot	Print Yourself A Split Flap Display | Hackaday
[23:33]	MinceR	afaik in all of nazi america, rifles capable of full automatic fire are restricted
[23:33]	MinceR	(to say nothing of nuclear weapons)
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[23:34]	MinceR	afaik the original rationale for allowing gun ownership was, among other things, the ability to resist a state that has become tyrannical
[23:34]	MinceR	but it's pretty difficult to fight that with non-repeating rifles...
[23:35]	ZedHedTed	yes it was. if the public can't match its government in firepower, then the government can do whatever it wants to them.
[23:35]	ZedHedTed	come to think of it, AK-47s might be banned federally. but AR-15s are not.
[23:36]	MinceR	well, civilian versions of AR-15-s are referred to as AR-15
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[23:36]	MinceR	afaik what the US military calls M-16 is also called an AR-15 by the design owner
[23:37]	MinceR	and afaik ordinary civilians are not allowed to own selective fire AR-15-s
[23:37]	ZedHedTed	i see
[23:40]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, It's illegal to buy one of those in Illinois now.
[23:41]	IsambardPrince	You can still own one, pre-ban, if you register it with the state police.
[23:41]	IsambardPrince	But almost nobody has.
[23:41]	MinceR	the civilian versions?
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[23:41]	IsambardPrince	Which means if they get caught with it, it will be a felony when all they had to do was say they had it.
[23:41]	ZedHedTed	MinceR: you're right. see part 3 of this section. https://wooxstore.com/blogs/woox-journal/understanding-the-ar-15-carbine-mid-length-and-rifle-length-variants
[23:41]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Yes, the civilian ones.
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[23:41]	ZedHedTed	oh. the URL didn't change.
[23:41]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Literally all you have to do to avoid a felony if you own one is tell the State Police via the Firearm Services Bureau.
[23:42]	IsambardPrince	They states that less than 1% have complied with this.
[23:42]	ZedHedTed	MinceR: the "civilian spec vs. military spec" section pretty much confirms what you said.
[23:42]	IsambardPrince	You go to the ISP FSB website, log into the FOID system, and tell them what you have and the serial number, and you're in no danger of being charged for illegal assault rifle, but these people won't comply with it.
[23:43]	IsambardPrince	Instead they've gone on a two year long fight against the state to try to get the law struck down.
[23:43]	IsambardPrince	If anyone breaks into your home and steals the stupid thing, you have 72 hours to report it stolen, and if you don't, that's another felony.
[23:43]	IsambardPrince	So then when you report it stolen after not reporting you had it, that's a felony.
[23:44]	IsambardPrince	If someone breaks in and you shoot them with it, even though the shooting may have been justifiable, you didn't say you had it, so you get a felony.
[23:44]	ZedHedTed	IsambardPrince: perhaps they're against being tracked/have privacy concerns? idk why else they'd be against performing such a simple action
[23:44]	IsambardPrince	Yes, they say they're worried about confiscation.
[23:44]	IsambardPrince	I'd be more worried about 15 years in a state prison.
[23:45]	ZedHedTed	law-abiding citizens attend the required training courses in MA. criminals don't.
[23:45]	IsambardPrince	But you know, I'm funny like that.
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[23:45]	IsambardPrince	The maximum magazine size for rifles in Illinois is a joke.
[23:46]	IsambardPrince	That's in the same law.
[23:46]	IsambardPrince	10 rounds rifles. 15 rounds handguns.
[23:46]	ZedHedTed	15 rounds for handguns? isn't that plenty??
[23:46]	MinceR	lol
[23:46]	IsambardPrince	But all that happens if they find you with a magazine that's too big is a fine not to exceed $1,000.
[23:46]	IsambardPrince	You can never go to prison just for that, it's a fine.
[23:47]	IsambardPrince	15 for a handgun is fine.
[23:47]	IsambardPrince	For a rifle, 10 is not much.
[23:47]	ZedHedTed	true
[23:48]	IsambardPrince	There's no limit to how many clips you can carry.
[23:48]	IsambardPrince	So it just slows you down because you have to change them out more.
[23:48]	ZedHedTed	most of these deep blue states have all kinds of restrictions on guns, some of which are more pointless than others.
[23:49]	nobody	it's a waste of money and resources, even with military use
[23:49]	ZedHedTed	in the end, they're all pointless cuz a law won't deter a criminal from getting a firearm.
[23:50]	MinceR	exactly
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[23:50]	ZedHedTed	all it does is make it so only criminals can have guns
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[23:51]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The neighbors had the radio up real loud again. Their door is broken so it all rushes out to the hall.
[23:51]	IsambardPrince	I've asked them nicely a lot.
[23:52]	IsambardPrince	So this time I just pointed my stereo directly at the door and turned it up and played the Kars 4 Kids commercial.
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[23:52]	MinceR	:)
[23:52]	ZedHedTed	lol
[23:52]	IsambardPrince	"1-877-kars for kid 1-877 kars for kids 1-877 kars for kids! DONATE YOuR CAR TODAY! 1-877 KARS FOR KIDS K-A-R-S KARS FOR KIDS!!!!"
[23:52]	MinceR	is that like Bars & Kids?
[23:52]	MinceR	lol
[23:54]	ZedHedTed	next you should work out to "Join in the Chant" by Nitzer Ebb really loud and pointed at their door
[23:54]	IsambardPrince	This is the commercial I'd torture terrorists with.
[23:54]	IsambardPrince	That and the Empire commercial.
[23:54]	IsambardPrince	The carpet cleaners.
[23:54]	ZedHedTed	1-888-2300-EMPIIIIIIIIIRE! that one?
[23:55]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5CjEBSIRgQ
[23:55]	TR Bot	https://inv.in.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=X5CjEBSIRgQ
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[23:55]	IsambardPrince	Yes.
[23:55]	IsambardPrince	We get that in Chicago a lot.
[23:57]	ZedHedTed	it's worse than hearing the same 20 xmas songs on the radio for 2 months.
[23:57]	ZedHedTed	i swear the music in stop & shop is meant to drive people crazy. all those songs suck!
[23:58]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpvyG2NrS1Y
[23:58]	TR Bot	https://invidious.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=VpvyG2NrS1Y
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[23:58]	IsambardPrince	This would be in the rotation.
[23:58]	IsambardPrince	"Fat Joe - What's Luv? ft. Ashanti"
[23:58]	ZedHedTed	every 2 years or so, they're trying to fuck their employees. and the union goes on strike or comes very close to it.
[23:58]	IsambardPrince	It gets in your head and expands.
[23:59]	ZedHedTed	hey now, i liked that one as a kid. it's better than the original.
[23:59]	ZedHedTed	put the fuckin' mic on!
[23:59]	IsambardPrince	The Bee Gees.