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● Aug 21
[00:02]	admfubar	https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/19/1547232&from=rss
[00:02]	TR Bot	 Cant Pay, Wont Pay: Impoverished Streaming Services are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy - SoylentNews
[00:03]	MinceR	^ A Measured Response (Point)
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● Aug 21
[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-200825.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-200825.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-200825.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-200825.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
[02:47]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-200825.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-200825.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-200825.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-200825.txt
[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
[02:48]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-200825.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-200825.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-200825.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-200825.txt
[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-200825.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-200825.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-200825.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-200825.txt
[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-08-20.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-08-20.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-2025-08-20.txt
● Aug 21
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[03:44]	TR News	"I just had a little system administration nightmare. It all started yesterday when I decided that I wasn't going to move the MNT Pocket Reform to Debian stable (Trixie) after all. I had changed the apt sources a while ago, pointing them at Trixie and yesterday I had them point back at unstable." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-08-21-initramfs
[03:46]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-21.gmi
[03:47]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1389.jpg
[03:47]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1739.jpg
[03:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[03:51]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_August_20_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_August_20_2025.gmi 
[03:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[03:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
[03:52]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[03:52]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[03:57]	TR News	Indico: event management using Python https://lwn.net/Articles/1032422/
[03:57]	TR Bot	event management using Python [LWN.net]
[03:58]	TR News	Roun Tomas Roun https://static.lwn.net/images/2025/europy-roun-sm.png
[03:59]	TR News	"The Arch Linux project is especially well-known in the Linux community for two things: its rolling-release model and the quality of the documentation in the ArchWiki. No matter which Linux distribution one uses, the odds are that eventually the ArchWiki's documentation will prove useful." https://lwn.net/Articles/1032604/
[03:59]	TR Bot	shares its wiki strategy with Debian [LWN.net]
● Aug 21
[04:02]	TR News	Treating Python's debugging woes https://lwn.net/Articles/1031979/
[04:02]	TR Bot	Python's debugging woes [LWN.net]
[04:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/StarDict_sends_X11_clipboard_to_remote_servers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/StarDict_sends_X11_clipboard_to_remote_servers.gmi 
[04:02]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers
[04:03]	TR News	Slop or plagiarism should be turned down by all projects; those caught ought to be banned as they can never be trusted anymore. https://lwn.net/Articles/1032612/
[04:03]	TR Bot	the use of LLM assistants for kernel development [LWN.net]
[04:04]	TR News	The rest of the 6.17 merge window https://lwn.net/Articles/1032095/
[04:04]	TR Bot	rest of the 6.17 merge window [LWN.net]
[04:05]	TR News	Possible paths for signing BPF programs https://lwn.net/Articles/1031854/
[04:05]	TR Bot	paths for signing BPF programs [LWN.net]
[04:09]	TR News	 (NEW):  LWN on Kernel, Python, and Arch https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/LWN_on_Kernel_Python_and_Arch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/LWN_on_Kernel_Python_and_Arch.gmi 
[04:09]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines LWN on Kernel, Python, and Arch
[04:17]	TR News	"Microsoft has responded to Game Developer's request for comment by restating plans to undertake a formal review into a report" https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/microsoft-shuts-down-questions-about-layoffs-and-israel-ties-at-gamescom-2025
[04:17]	TR Bot	 Update: Microsoft shuts down questions about layoffs and Israel ties at Gamescom 2025
[04:23]	admfubar	https://thedebrief.org/researchers-just-created-an-electron-beam-generator-using-the-lead-tip-of-a-mechanical-pencil/
[04:23]	TR Bot	 Researchers Just Created an Electron Beam Generator Using the Lead Tip of a Mechanical Pencil - The Debrief
[04:26]	admfubar	https://thedebrief.org/move-over-iridium-northwestern-breakthrough-solves-decades-old-clean-hydrogen-fuel-problem-in-a-single-afternoon/
[04:26]	TR News	Techrights (At Least) Second Wave of Mass Layoffs in Microsoft This Month https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/At_Least_Second_Wave_of_Mass_Layoffs_in_Microsoft_This_Month.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/At_Least_Second_Wave_of_Mass_Layoffs_in_Microsoft_This_Month.gmi 
[04:26]	TR Bot	 Move Over Iridium: Northwestern Breakthrough Solves Decades-Old Clean Hydrogen Fuel Problem in a Single Afternoon - The Debrief
[04:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights (At Least) Second Wave of Mass Layoffs in Microsoft This Month
● Aug 21
[05:49]	TR News	Forty years, forty links https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/40-links
[05:49]	TR Bot	 Forty years, forty links Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
[05:54]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], That was easy.
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[05:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	done?
[05:55]	IsambardPrince	I moved my internet service in about 2 minutes online.
[05:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	pickup tomorrow?
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[05:55]	IsambardPrince	They pick up the furniture tomorrow at 9 AM
[05:55]	IsambardPrince	I plan to work a few more hours.
[05:55]	IsambardPrince	Moving the cats so they're not in the way of the movers over here.
[05:55]	IsambardPrince	Over there I can just put the cats in the bathroom until the movers are gone.
[05:56]	IsambardPrince	No more slumlord soon.
[05:56]	IsambardPrince	Welp, back at it. Bbl
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● Aug 21
[06:08]	TR News	Techrights Richard Stallman Will Speak in Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Richard_Stallman_Will_Speak_in_Ethereum_Cypherpunk_Congress.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Richard_Stallman_Will_Speak_in_Ethereum_Cypherpunk_Congress.gmi 
[06:08]	TR Bot	 Techrights Richard Stallman Will Speak in Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress
[06:20]	TR News	 (NEW):  Want to learn Linux? These 5 games make it fun - and they're free https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Want_to_learn_Linux_These_5_games_make_it_fun_and_they_re_free.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Want_to_learn_Linux_These_5_games_make_it_fun_and_they_re_free.gmi 
[06:20]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Want to learn Linux? These 5 games make it fun - and they're free
[06:46]	TR News	Techrights Financing of the "Hey Hi" (AI) Bubble by Those Who Profit From Planetary Destruction (Global Warming) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Financing_of_the_Hey_Hi_AI_Bubble_by_Those_Who_Profit_From_Plan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Financing_of_the_Hey_Hi_AI_Bubble_by_Those_Who_Profit_From_Plan.gmi 
[06:46]	TR Bot	 Techrights Financing of the "Hey Hi" (AI) Bubble by Those Who Profit From Planetary Destruction (Global Warming)
[06:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  Stable kernels: Linux 6.16.2, Linux 6.15.11, and Linux 6.12.43 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_16_2_Linux_6_15_11_and_Linux_6_12_43.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_16_2_Linux_6_15_11_and_Linux_6_12_43.gmi 
[06:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.16.2, Linux 6.15.11, and Linux 6.12.43
[06:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[06:55]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
● Aug 21
[07:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  Forty years, forty links https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Forty_years_forty_links.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Forty_years_forty_links.gmi 
[07:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Forty years, forty links
[07:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  CachyOS Distrowatchs Top Distro Has Speed, Polish and Features https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/14/CachyOS_Distrowatch_s_Top_Distro_Has_Speed_Polish_and_Features.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/14/CachyOS_Distrowatch_s_Top_Distro_Has_Speed_Polish_and_Features.gmi 
[07:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines CachyOS Distrowatchs Top Distro Has Speed, Polish and Features
[07:11]	TR News	Techrights Using Slop for Images Does Not Make Your Site Look Advanced or Witty, It Just Makes Your Whole Work Look Like Presumed Plagiarism https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Using_Slop_for_Images_Does_Not_Make_Your_Site_Look_Advanced_or_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Using_Slop_for_Images_Does_Not_Make_Your_Site_Look_Advanced_or_.gmi 
[07:11]	TR Bot	 Techrights Using Slop for Images Does Not Make Your Site Look Advanced or Witty, It Just Makes Your Whole Work Look Like Presumed Plagiarism
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[07:20]	TR News	 (NEW):  What to Expect From ClamAV 1.5 Open-Source Antivirus https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/What_to_Expect_From_ClamAV_1_5_Open_Source_Antivirus.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/What_to_Expect_From_ClamAV_1_5_Open_Source_Antivirus.gmi 
[07:20]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines What to Expect From ClamAV 1.5 Open-Source Antivirus
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[07:23]	MK	hello
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[07:30]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[07:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[07:38]	TR News	"Europa Universalis V from Paradox Interactive now has a confirmed release date for November 4." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/europa-universalis-v-set-to-release-november-4/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[07:38]	TR Bot	Universalis V set to release November 4 | GamingOnLinux
[07:38]	TR News	"Gimme! I know a good few people who will be terribly excited for the announced Woolhaven expansion for Cult of the Lamb. Set to arrive in "early 2026" it's a big one too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/woolhaven-expansion-announced-for-cult-of-the-lamb/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[07:38]	TR Bot	expansion announced for Cult of the Lamb | GamingOnLinux
[07:38]	TR News	"After Funcom have patched Dune: Awakening quite a few times since release, the experience on Steam Deck is now good enough that it's been Steam Deck Verified." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/dune-awakening-is-now-steam-deck-verified/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[07:38]	TR Bot	Awakening is now Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux
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[07:59]	TR News	"Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 from Paradox finally has a release date with October 21, but it gets expensive if you want all the content." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-launches-october-21-but-you-have-to-pay-extra-for-all-the-content/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[07:59]	TR Bot	The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 launches October 21 but you have to pay extra for all the content | GamingOnLinux
[07:59]	TR News	"When you think of a trucking sim you probably think American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 but here comes some big competition with Road Kings." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/scs-software-have-next-gen-trucking-competition-with-road-kings-from-saber-interactive/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[07:59]	TR Bot	Software have next-gen trucking competition with Road Kings from Saber Interactive | GamingOnLinux
● Aug 21
[08:08]	TR News	Techrights Search in 2025 (Age of DDoS Attacks Under the Guise of "AI" "Innovation") https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Search_in_2025_Age_of_DDoS_Attacks_Under_the_Guise_of_AI_Innova.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Search_in_2025_Age_of_DDoS_Attacks_Under_the_Guise_of_AI_Innova.gmi 
[08:08]	TR Bot	 Techrights Search in 2025 (Age of DDoS Attacks Under the Guise of "AI" "Innovation")
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● Aug 21
[09:01]	MinceR	https://ircz.de/p/25071322
[09:01]	TR Bot	 WHOOPSIE
[09:01]	TR News	"A competitive multiplayer game announced with Steam Deck support right away? Not something we see often! World of Tanks: HEAT has me cautiously interested." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/competitive-vehicle-shooter-world-of-tanks-heat-announced-with-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:01]	TR Bot	vehicle shooter World of Tanks: HEAT announced with Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux
[09:02]	TR News	"Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes is a new strategy game from Dotemu and developer Alt Shift releasing in Q1 2026." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/battlestar-galactica-scattered-hopes-announced-and-has-me-terribly-excited/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:02]	TR Bot	Galactica: Scattered Hopes announced and has me terribly excited | GamingOnLinux
[09:02]	TR News	"MicroProse Software are on a bit of a roll lately for their publishing, now they've announced Death By Scrolling from Ron Gilbert of Terrible Toybox" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/death-by-scrolling-is-the-next-game-from-ron-gilbert-of-terrible-toybox-and-publisher-microprose/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[09:02]	TR Bot	By Scrolling is the next game from Ron Gilbert of Terrible Toybox and publisher MicroProse | GamingOnLinux
[09:03]	TR News	"Germanys ad-blocker RISK in 2025: whats at stake" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/germany%E2%80%99s-ad-blocker-risk-in-2025:e
[09:03]	TR Bot	 Germanys ad-blocker RISK in 2025: whats at stake
[09:03]	TR News	"Car Features PAYWALLED: hardware already inside" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/car-features-paywalled-hardware-already:d
[09:03]	TR Bot	 Car Features PAYWALLED: hardware already inside
[09:05]	TR News	Germany: AdBlockers Could Become Illegal | "Tyskland: AdBlockers kan bli olagliga" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/08/19/tyskland-adblockers-kan-bli-olagliga/
[09:05]	TR Bot	 Tyskland: AdBlockers kan bli olagliga
[09:07]	TR News	iophk: odd that a security conference's site would be poisoned by javascript https://www.blackhat.com/us-25/briefings/schedule/#keynote-chasing-shadows-chronicles-of-counter-intelligence-from-the-citizen-lab-48196
[09:07]	TR Bot	 Black Hat USA 2025 | Briefings Schedule
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[09:14]	TR News	"A 20-year-old Florida man at the center of a prolific cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today, and ordered to pay roughly $13 million in restitution to victims." https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/08/sim-swapper-scattered-spider-hacker-gets-10-years/ | Source: Krebs On Security
[09:14]	TR Bot	 SIM-Swapper, Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years Krebs on Security
[09:16]	TR News	Microsoft Didnt Disclose Key Details to U.S. Officials of China-Based Engineers, Record Shows https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-china-defense-department-cloud-computing-security | Source: Pro Publica
[09:16]	TR Bot	 Microsoft Didnt Disclose Key Details to U.S. Officials of China-Based Engineers, Record Shows ProPublica
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[09:26]	TR News	"Spreadshirt will let random users mess with your designs via AI by default unless you specifically opt out. By leaving Spreadshirt." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/spreadshirt-to-artists-were-taking-your-designs-for-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[09:26]	TR Bot	 Spreadshirt to artists: Were taking your designs for AI Pivot to AI
[09:27]	TR News	"Why is it a problem? The problem is first, Generative AI is largely derivative." https://blog.viditb.com/the-problem-with-ai-filmmaking/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava
[09:27]	TR Bot	 The problem with AI filmmaking
[09:27]	TR News	"It is a good question; you should take this quick poll if you have a couple of minutes." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-ecosystem-poll/ | Source: Nick Heer
[09:27]	TR Bot	 How Invested Are You in the Apple Ecosystem? Pixel Envy
[09:28]	TR News	"From December 2019 to March 2021, the agreements required Google Search to be exclusively pre-installed on Android devices sold by the carriers, blocking other search engines." https://insidetowers.com/google-fined-36m-in-australia-over-anticompetitive-search-deals-with-telecoms/ | Source: Inside Towers
[09:28]	TR Bot	 Google Fined $36M in Australia Over Anticompetitive Search Deals With Telecoms - Inside Towers
[09:32]	TR News	the dumbest thing I've ever heard. https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/aws_ceo_entry_level_jobs_opinion/
[09:32]	TR Bot	 AWS CEO says AI replacing junior staff is 'dumbest idea' The Register
[09:33]	TR News	"Roger Alford, who served as principal deputy assistant attorney general in the DOJs antitrust division before being fired, has now delivered a blistering public account of what he witnessed inside the Trump administrations Justice Department." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/20/fired-antitrust-official-reveals-how-trumps-friends-turned-justice-into-a-pay-to-play-business/ | Source: Techdirt
[09:33]	TR Bot	Antitrust Official Reveals How Trumps Friends Turned Justice Into A Pay-To-Play Business | Techdirt
[09:38]	TR News	"There are $42.5 billion in broadband grants that are headed to the states thanks to the 2021 infrastructure bill most Republicans voted against (yet routinely try to take credit for among their constituents)." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/20/musks-starlink-gets-mad-at-the-state-of-virginia-for-refusing-to-shower-it-with-broadband-subsidies-it-doesnt-deserve/ | Source: Techdirt
[09:38]	TR Bot	Starlink Gets Mad At The State Of Virginia For Refusing To Shower It With Broadband Subsidies It Doesnt Deserve | Techdirt
[09:39]	TR News	"In the middle of the 20th century, one in three American workers was a union member." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/three-crises-of-labor | Source: Hamilton Nolan
[09:39]	TR Bot	 Three Crises of Labor - by Hamilton Nolan - How Things Work
[09:41]	TR News	"itd be journalistic malpractice for a local journalist not to report that a prominent public official listed a boarded-up house as his official residence in order to claim eligibility for his position" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/rights-groups-file-complaint-against-u-s-attorney-who-retaliated-against-the-press | Source: Common Dreams
[09:41]	TR Bot	 Rights Groups File Complaint Against U.S. Attorney who Retaliated Against the Press | Common Dreams
[09:41]	TR News	"The Malagasy government is exposing a worrisome intolerance of reporting that challenges official narratives" https://cpj.org/2025/08/madagascar-threatens-criminal-sanctions-against-2-journalists/ | Source: CPJ
[09:41]	TR Bot	 Madagascar threatens criminal sanctions against 2 journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
[09:42]	TR News	"Sentencing Sherwani for a third time on dubious charges and imposing the maximum penalty shows the authorities determination to silence his critical voice and keep him behind bars" https://cpj.org/2025/08/over-4-years-added-to-sentence-of-imprisoned-kurdish-journalist-sherwan-sherwani/ | Source: CPJ
[09:42]	TR Bot	 Over 4 years added to sentence of imprisoned Kurdish journalist Sherwan Sherwani - Committee to Protect Journalists
[09:42]	TR News	"His lawyer, Mohammed Abdullah, called the sentence oppressive and predetermined, noting that it repeats prior rulings." https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/kurdistan-authorities-urged-to-release-journalist-following-prison-sentence-extension/ | Source: JURIST
[09:42]	TR Bot	 Kurdistan authorities urged to release journalist following prison sentence extension - JURIST - News
[09:43]	TR News	"The letter, sent on Aug 6, is said to have demanded that Mr Biden retract his comments and issue an apology or face a $1bn (726m) legal action." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2025/08/19/prince-andrew-book-edited-epstein-claims-melania-trump/ | Source: The Telegraph UK
[09:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2025/08/19/prince-andrew-book-edited-epstein-claims-melania-trump/ )
[09:43]	TR News	"The school year is getting back into gear which unfortunately means that the book banners will get back at it in force at local school board meetings." https://raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/get-up-to-date-on-state-of-censorship.html | Source: Becky Spratford
[09:43]	TR Bot	 RA for All: Get Up to Date on the State of Censorship and Then DO SOMETHING
[09:44]	TR News	"During the last year of the Trump administration, there was this weird period where the Bill Barr DOJ decided that it could destroy the internet." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/20/new-foias-show-barrs-doj-coordinated-with-congress-on-destroying-section-230/ | Source: Techdirt
[09:44]	TR Bot	FOIAs Show Barrs DOJ Coordinated With Congress On Destroying Section 230 | Techdirt
[09:47]	TR News	"Privacy and safety are mutually enforcing rights. Peoples ability to communicate without unjustified intrusion - whether online or offline" https://edri.org/our-work/csa-regulation-document-pool/ | Source: EDRI
[09:47]	TR Bot	 CSA Regulation Document Pool - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[09:47]	TR News	"It's Already Arrived" https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-hollywood-stability/ | Source: Wired | misguided article because 1) a lot of this stuff isn't news. 2) a lot isn't AI at all. 3) wrong attribution to self-serving firm that didn't pioneer what it claims
[09:47]	TR Bot	Isnt Coming for Hollywood. It's Already Arrived | WIRED
[09:48]	TR News	Totally possible this article is a form of ad for a company in legal troubles and out of money, trying to sell some demos and gimmicks via Conde Nast
[09:50]	TR News	Conde Nast is, at its core, a marketing company, not a media company. The media is just a "medium" for the marketing.
[09:51]	TR News	The WWW has everything now: slop about spam, slop about slop, and spam about slop
[09:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2cy6p6t
[09:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	"the racism at IBM is FROM the Indians. Software transformed their leadership overnight and quietly fired all the non-Indians they could. They left one white person who they couldnt fire because of their knowledge of Z and the other I am sure is looking for another role since the writing is on the wall. Add to that there are only 300 US jobs open vs 2500 jobs in India and Im comfortable saying that ARVINDs plan is to turn
[09:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	 an American Icon into an Indian chop shop."
[09:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2cy6p6t )
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● Aug 21
[10:03]	TR News	"It is surprisingly difficult to simply figure out: how am I supposed to give you money?" https://mitchellh.com/writing/advice-for-tech-nonprofits | Source: Mitchell Hashimoto
[10:03]	TR Bot	 Advice for Tech Non-Profits Mitchell Hashimoto
[10:03]	TR News	"The Congress documents are to be turned over to the committee on Friday, but it is unclear exactly which or how many documents might be produced." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-21/judge-rejects-bid-to-unseal-jeffery-epstein-jury-transcripts/105679218 | Source: ABC
[10:03]	TR Bot	 Judge rejects Trump administration's bid to unseal Jeffery Epstein's grand jury transcripts - ABC News
[10:04]	TR News	"The one thing Trump has been consistently successful at in his lifetime: leading the media away from his failures." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/20/flying-spaghetti-monster-trumps-effort-to-evade-epstein-files-scandal/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
[10:04]	TR Bot	 Flying Spaghetti Monster = Trump's Effort to Evade Epstein Files Scandal - emptywheel
[10:05]	TR News	Overpopulation https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/08/how-to-reverse-nations-declining-birth-rate/ | Source: Harvard University
[10:05]	TR Bot	 How to reverse nations declining birth rate? Harvard Gazette
[10:05]	TR News	"the UNFPAs representative in Vit Nam" https://www.thevietnamese.org/2025/08/when-the-cost-of-living-becomes-birth-control-in-viet-nam-part-two/ | Source: The Vietnamese Magazine
[10:05]	TR Bot	 When the Cost of Living Becomes Birth Control in Vit Nam - Part Two
[10:06]	TR News	"Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, one of the most prominent organizations investigating government spyware abuses" https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/citizen-lab-director-warns-cyber-industry-about-us-authoritarian-descent/ | Source: TechCrunch
[10:06]	TR Bot	Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent | TechCrunch
[10:06]	TR News	"The ban on TikTok was enacted during former President Bidens administration, citing national security concerns over the apps Chinese parent company, ByteDance." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/20/trump-launches-white-house-tiktok-account/ | Source: Digital Music News
[10:06]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/20/trump-launches-white-house-tiktok-account/ )
[10:09]	TR News	"The basic concept is to use a privacy-preserving credential scheme, and in particular one that can carry other attributes such as age assertions." https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/age-verify.pdf | Source: Columbia University
[10:09]	TR News	"The GSA is leveraging the State Department's privacy-preserving API for passport records to compare passport photos submitted to Login.gov." https://fedscoop.com/login-gov-passport-identity-verification-state-department-api-fraud-agency-access/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[10:09]	TR Bot	will start accepting passports for identity verification | FedScoop
[10:10]	TR News	"After the Snowden revelations, I started to wonder about something fundamental: why spy at all?" https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/20/billionaireism/#surveillance-infantalism | Source: CoryDoctorow
[10:10]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Become unoptimizable (20 Aug 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[10:10]	TR News	"Our submission covers the following topics: [...]" https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5643/privacy-internationals-submission-discrimination-and-right-privacy | Source: Privacy International
[10:10]	TR Bot	 Privacy International's submission on discrimination and the right to privacy | Privacy International
[10:11]	TR News	Windows TCO https://thecyberexpress.com/europol-reward-qilin-ransomware-group/ | Source: Cyble Inc
[10:11]	TR Bot	 Europol Targets Qilin Ransomware Group With $50k Reward
[10:12]	TR News	"At the time this story went to press, AWS had not published any security bulletins about the potential for prompt injection and RCE, or the Amazon Q Developer updates." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/amazon_quietly_fixed_q_developer_flaws/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:12]	TR Bot	 AWS patches Q Developer after prompt injection, RCE demo The Register
[10:12]	TR News	"The letter notes that while Grok doesnt offer Spicy mode for user-uploaded photos" https://epic.org/epic-joins-coalition-to-urge-the-ftc-to-investigate-grok-spicy-image-generator/ | Source: EPIC
[10:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://epic.org/epic-joins-coalition-to-urge-the-ftc-to-investigate-grok-spicy-image-generator/ )
[10:13]	TR News	"PI believes that the use of AI technologies in counter-terrorism poses significant risks to human rights" https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5642/privacy-internationals-submission-artificial-intelligence-counter-terrorism | Source: Privacy International
[10:13]	TR Bot	 Privacy International's submission on Artificial Intelligence in counter-terrorism | Privacy International
[10:13]	TR News	"The UK government wanted the tech giant to create a "back door" to let authorities snoop on data uploaded by Apple users if required, for example by law enforcement agencies." https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2329665.html | Source: RTL
[10:13]	TR Bot	 RTL Today - No back doors: UK drops demand for access to Apple user data
[10:13]	TR News	"Figuring out what declarative device management (DDM) is sending to or requesting from a Mac can be a challenge." https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/reading-ddm-logging-on-macos-sequoia/ | Source: Rich Trouton
[10:13]	TR Bot	 Reading DDM logging on macOS Sequoia | Der Flounder
[10:14]	TR News	"If microplastics can be as small as 1 micrometer (about the size of a bacterium)or even 0.1 micrometers" https://phys.org/news/2025-08-plastics.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[10:14]	TR Bot	( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-08-plastics.html )
[10:17]	TR News	"Over the past few years" https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-05-28/sig-sauer-p320-pistol-gun-weapon-trigger-pull-safety-lawsuits-liability-immunity-new-hampshire | Source: New Hampshire Public Radio
[10:17]	TR Bot	 Facing a wave of P320 lawsuits, Sig Sauer asked for immunity. NH lawmakers granted it. | New Hampshire Public Radio
[10:17]	TR News	"The Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps incident reports, which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, detail unintentional shootings between September 2020 and June 2023." https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024-06-25/documents-detail-u-s-soldiers-shot-by-their-own-sig-sauer-guns-military-says-no-reason-for-concern | Source: New Hampshire Public Radio
[10:17]	TR Bot	 Documents detail U.S. soldiers shot by their own Sig Sauer guns; military says no reason for concern | New Hampshire Public Radio
[10:17]	TR News	"In October 2020, ICE issued a report linking the gun to an increase in unintentional discharges" https://www.thetrace.org/2025/07/sig-sauer-p320-pistol-safety-ice-ban/ | Source: The Trace
[10:17]	TR Bot	 Federal Agencies Reject SIG Sauer P320 Amid Safety Concerns
[10:20]	TR News	"The paper introduces a general machine learning framework for yield curve modeling" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/another-interesting-decision-now-for-beyond-nelson-siegel-and-splines-a-model-agnostic-machine-learning-framework-for-discount-curve-calibration-interpolation-and-extrapolation/ | Source: Rlang
[10:20]	TR Bot	interesting decision, now for Beyond Nelson-Siegel and splines: A model-agnostic Machine Learning framework for discount curve calibration, interpolation and extrapolation | R-bloggers
[10:20]	TR News	"Now, our analysis of the Bedale hoard and other Viking valuables promises to change the story of when their fellow-Scandinavians began travelling thousands of miles to the east to secure the silver that so captivated them." https://theconversation.com/vikings-were-captivated-by-silver-our-new-analysis-of-their-precious-loot-reveals-how-far-they-travelled-to-get-it-263222 | Source: The Conversation
[10:20]	TR Bot	 Vikings were captivated by silver our new analysis of their precious loot reveals how far they travelled to get it
[10:24]	TR News	"Classified as a national treasure of Romania, the nugget has had a home at the Provincial Museum of Buzau the county in which the relic was found since 2022." https://www.sciencealert.com/rock-used-as-doorstop-for-decades-found-to-be-worth-over-1-million | Source: Science Alert
[10:24]	TR Bot	Used as Doorstop For Decades Found to Be Worth Over $1 Million : ScienceAlert
[10:27]	TR News	"Something cool that I see from the people invested into these old school methods" https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/maybe-the-thrill-went-away/ | Source: Joel Chrono
[10:27]	TR Bot	 Maybe the thrill went away
[10:27]	TR News	"While I dont follow Zettelkasten method myself, one thing I do like about it is that it encourages you to go through your notes whenever youre adding new ones." https://hamatti.org/posts/notes-require-regular-gardening/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
[10:27]	TR Bot	 Notes require regular gardening : Juha-Matti Santala
[10:27]	TR News	"Still, work orders picked up, and she began hiring more programmers. Of her first 300 employees, 297 were women" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/business/stephanie-shirley-dead.html | Source: New York Times
[10:27]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/business/stephanie-shirley-dead.html )
[10:33]	TR News	Groklaw Domain Hijacked? Site Now Serving Crypto Content https://fossforce.com/2025/08/groklaw-domain-hijacked-site-now-serving-crypto-content/
[10:33]	TR Bot	 Groklaw Domain Hijacked? Site Now Serving Crypto Content - FOSS Force
[10:35]	TR News	"iRacing have announced iRacing Arcade made in partnership with Original Fire Games the developers of Circuit Superstars." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/iracing-arcade-announced-and-its-basically-circuit-superstars-2-with-licensed-cars-and-tracks/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[10:35]	TR Bot	Arcade announced and it's basically Circuit Superstars 2 with licensed cars and tracks | GamingOnLinux
[10:36]	TR News	"Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition released recently and it works great on Linux, even better now the online works properly too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/warhammer-40000-dawn-of-war-definitive-edition-fixes-desyncs-between-windows-and-linux-steamos/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[10:36]	TR Bot	40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition fixes desyncs between Windows and Linux / SteamOS | GamingOnLinux
[10:36]	TR News	"Nightdive Studios announced they're doing Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster, reviving the 1997 classic from LucasArts." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/outlaws-handful-of-missions-remaster-is-the-next-nightdive-studios-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[10:36]	TR Bot	+ Handful of Missions: Remaster is the next Nightdive Studios release | GamingOnLinux
[10:44]	TR News	"PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant really rolls off the tongue doesn't it? Is it basically Dome Keeper in 3D? Well, sort-of but not quite." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/i-cant-wait-to-fire-that-massive-cannon-in-pvkk-planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[10:44]	TR Bot	can't wait to fire that massive cannon in PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant | GamingOnLinux
[10:44]	TR News	"A small update to Proton Experimental landed with a few fixes for some nuisances for Windows games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-the-finals-avatar-frontiers-of-pandora-and-metal-gear-solid-v/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[10:44]	TR Bot	Experimental gets fixes for THE FINALS, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and METAL GEAR SOLID V | GamingOnLinux
[10:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Proton Experimental, iRacing Arcade, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Games_Proton_Experimental_iRacing_Arcade_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Games_Proton_Experimental_iRacing_Arcade_and_More.gmi 
[10:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Proton Experimental, iRacing Arcade, and More
[10:49]	TR News	Bluestar 6.16.1 released https://distrowatch.com/bluestar https://sourceforge.net/p/bluestarlinux/activity/?page=0&limit=100#68a5494900989ecc94486e0d
[10:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/bluestar )
[10:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://sourceforge.net/p/bluestarlinux/activity/?page=0&limit=100#68a5494900989ecc94486e0d )
[10:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  ArchWiki Talk and Bluestar 6.16.1 is Out Based on Arch https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/ArchWiki_Talk_and_Bluestar_6_16_1_is_Out_Based_on_Arch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/ArchWiki_Talk_and_Bluestar_6_16_1_is_Out_Based_on_Arch.gmi 
[10:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines ArchWiki Talk and Bluestar 6.16.1 is Out Based on Arch
[10:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  LWN Articles About Python https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/LWN_Articles_About_Python.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/LWN_Articles_About_Python.gmi 
[10:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines LWN Articles About Python
[10:53]	TR News	Three stable kernels for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1034567/
[10:53]	TR Bot	stable kernels for Wednesday [LWN.net]
[10:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
[10:54]	TR Bot	timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Security_Leftovers.shtml )
[10:56]	TR News	"For now, this means systems running in strict FIPS mode will still see Freshclam updates fail. However, the release candidate does include test keys and certificates so developers can begin trying out the new signing and verification workflow." https://linuxiac.com/what-to-expect-from-clamav-1-5-open-source-antivirus/ | Source: Linuxiac
[10:56]	TR Bot	 What to Expect From ClamAV 1.5 Open-Source Antivirus
● Aug 21
[11:00]	TR News	AI nonsense. "Vet inte hur dom resonerar men s hr tnker jag sjlv, att det kanske gller iframtiden om AI blir mycket bttre n hur det r nu, fr nu r det kasst." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/ditt-jobb-vs-ai
[11:01]	TR News	SpellBinding AUJNORD Wordo: GATED gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-21.gmi
[11:02]	TR News	SpellBinding BGTLOSI Wordo: LITHO gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-20.gmi
[11:03]	TR News	SpellBinding ABDEGHI Wordo: SCUMS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-19.gmi
[11:04]	TR News	SpellBinding AGINPTZ Wordo: DICTU gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-18.gmi
[11:05]	TR News	"Ever since I was a pre-teen, I've often gained an odd fascination for alleys. I'm not sure what about them draws me in, but it makes me wonder what goes on back there, and possibly, what hidden treasure may be lying in wait." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2691
[11:06]	TR News	"Day three of the wireless service unit and it's becoming clear why so many people are returning it [1]. Bunny's laptop seems to drop consistently from the network, and I can't figure out why it's happening. She needs to turn off Wi-Fi, then turn it back on again, and she can use the Internet for some random period of time." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/20.2
[11:07]	TR News	ChatControl gemini://jorgesanz.net/posts/2025-08-21-chatcontrol/
[11:13]		*IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@38r4t2i8geqza.irc) has joined #techrights
[11:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	ready?
[11:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	4 more hours
[11:17]	TR News	Techrights [AGemini Links 21/08/2025: The Attraction of Back Alleys, Initramfs, and BSD ISPs https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/AGemini_Links_21_08_2025_The_Attraction_of_Back_Alleys_Initramf.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/AGemini_Links_21_08_2025_The_Attraction_of_Back_Alleys_Initramf.gmi 
[11:17]	TR Bot	 Techrights [AGemini Links 21/08/2025: The Attraction of Back Alleys, Initramfs, and BSD ISPs
[11:18]	IsambardPrince	Yeah
[11:18]	TR News	Techrights Links 21/08/2025: Stephanie Shirley Dies and "Groklaw Domain Hijacked?" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Links_21_08_2025_Stephanie_Shirley_Dies_and_Groklaw_Domain_Hija.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Links_21_08_2025_Stephanie_Shirley_Dies_and_Groklaw_Domain_Hija.gmi 
[11:18]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 21/08/2025: Stephanie Shirley Dies and "Groklaw Domain Hijacked?"
[11:18]	IsambardPrince	I hurt all over.
[11:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	slumlord. bye-lord. gone.
[11:18]	IsambardPrince	I'm not 20 anymore.
[11:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	good exercise?
[11:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	or hernia?
[11:19]	IsambardPrince	Back hurts.
[11:19]	IsambardPrince	Tired.
[11:19]	IsambardPrince	I'll probably crash as soon as everything's in and I paid the movers.
[11:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	just don't transfer rockroaches wih your things
[11:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	or bedbugs or..
[11:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	.mark would panic
[11:21]	IsambardPrince	I'll try not to.
[11:21]	IsambardPrince	Mandy doesn't seem to care.
[11:22]	IsambardPrince	He made fun of me for being "afraid of tiny roaches".
[11:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	the issue was the maintenance
[11:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	the roaches were a symptom
[11:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	of a shit slumlord
[11:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	who doesn't give a s**
[11:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	does not know how to rtun the place
[11:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	increasing prices
[11:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	under the guise of "operational improvements"
[11:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	whatever that mean
[11:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	ask the guru in the coffee place
[11:23]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I placed roach bait stations all over the new apartment.
[11:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	in india the cow is a holy animal
[11:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	in many places you can be murdered for hurting a cow
[11:24]	IsambardPrince	The idea is if one got in it should find the poison.
[11:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	to this guy, cow = cash
[11:24]	IsambardPrince	Why is the cow so important in India?
[11:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	no idea
[11:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	some religious thing
[11:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	hinduism
[11:25]	IsambardPrince	I like cows. Tasty ones.
[11:25]	IsambardPrince	But the milk cows are fine too.
[11:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	you are the cow
[11:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	you got milked
[11:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	for 1150 in cash every month
[11:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	via bank-cheque
[11:26]	IsambardPrince	That ends after October.
[11:26]	IsambardPrince	Apartments are scarce right now.
[11:26]	IsambardPrince	Landlords don't like to work with people.
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	they say they are scarce
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	that might be false
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	this helps them keep prices artificially high
[11:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	to milk poor cows
[11:27]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Somehow I always get basement apartments.
[11:28]	TR News	"Over the years, browsers shipped many features that were supposed to be accessible but ended up being not ." https://medienbaecker.com/articles/trusting-the-browser | Source: Thomas Gnther
[11:28]	TR Bot	 Trusting the browser Medienbcker Thomas Gnther
[11:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	humid and no lighting?
[11:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	health problems
[11:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	sometimes radon gas
[11:29]	TR News	"Performance is one of the standout improvements in this release. Benchmarks show Writer and Calc opening documents up to 30% faster" https://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-25-8-released-this-is-whats-new/ | Source: Linuxiac
[11:29]	TR Bot	 LibreOffice 25.8 Released, This Is Whats New
[11:30]	TR News	"For 40 years, Phrack has published papers that have reflected and shaped hacker culture." https://phrack.org/issues/72/1 | Source: Phrack
[11:30]	TR Bot	 .:: Phrack Magazine ::.
[11:31]	TR News	"The five-day event comprised working groups, workshops, panel discussions, and conference sessions on topics including IPv6, AI, network automation and much more." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/20/event-wrap-apan-60/ | Source: APNIC
[11:31]	TR Bot	 Event Wrap: APAN 60 | APNIC Blog
[11:31]	TR News	"Groucho Marx was very nearly right when he said there are two certainties in life." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/charles-babbages-analytical-engine-the-computers-that-made-the-world/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[11:31]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/charles-babbages-analytical-engine-the-computers-that-made-the-world/ )
[11:32]	TR News	"Why does this matter? A lightweight drone isnt just easier to carry around (a huge perk for travelers and photographers)." https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/08/19/drones-under-250-grams/ | Source: The Drone Girl
[11:32]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/08/19/drones-under-250-grams/ )
[11:33]	TR News	"Academic publishing stands at a critical juncture where accessibility has become more than just a compliance requirement." https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/19/guest-post-beyond-open-access-part-1-make-academic-content-truly-accessible-for-all/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing
[11:33]	TR Bot	 Guest Post Beyond Open Access, Part 1: Make Academic Content Truly Accessible for All - The Scholarly Kitchen
[11:34]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], This one can go to over 80% RH without my dehumidifier. It's no wonder they thrive down here.
[11:36]	TR News	"You can already see why I might dislike custom/wrapper/proxy REPLs." https://aartaka.me/customize-repl.html | Source: Artyom Bologov
[11:36]	TR Bot	 Customizing Lisp REPLs
[11:36]	TR News	"Documenting the evolution of exploitation techniques serves a crucial purpose in security engineering: it helps us understand not just individual vulnerabilities but the systemic patterns that resist conventional fixes." https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/20/marshal-madness-a-brief-history-of-ruby-deserialization-exploits/ | Source: Trail of Bits
[11:36]	TR Bot	 Marshal madness: A brief history of Ruby deserialization exploits -The Trail of Bits Blog
[11:37]	TR News	"In our previous blog post, Why Hardware Needs a New Foundation, we looked at how legacy engineering tools in the physical realm struggle to keep up with modern demands." https://info.juliahub.com/blog/engineering-in-the-age-of-agile | Source: Julia Programming Language
[11:37]	TR Bot	 Engineering in the Age of Agile
[11:37]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I'm going to buy a new dehumidifier for the new place and a drain hose to stick in the bathtub.
[11:37]	TR News	"C++ already allows passing templates as template parameters, but only if they are class templates." https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/08/20/cpp26-P2841 | Source: Sandor Dargo
[11:37]	TR Bot	 C++26: Concept and variable-template template-parameters | Sandor Dargo's Blog
[11:38]	IsambardPrince	I don't want to have to yell for Mandy to empty it after my surgery,
[11:39]	TR News	"A pair of networking researchers have proposed that the Internet Engineering Task Force define support for IPv6 as a best practice for operators of DNS resolvers" https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/ietf_dnsop_3901bis_ipv4_ipv6/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:39]	TR Bot	 IETF Draft suggests making IPv6 standard on DNS resolvers The Register
[11:40]	TR News	"All right, lets be slightly more serious. Yes, there are countless different Markdown processors out there, and yes, all of them handle edge cases differently." https://coyotetracks.org/blog/markdown/ | Source: Watts Martin
[11:40]	TR Bot	 Seriously, Markdown
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	in soviet US, he yells at YOU!
[11:41]	TR News	"Pine64 is moving from Arm kit to RISC-V. As a result, its higher-end open smartphones is for the chop but not the lower-end model." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/19/pinephone_pro_riscv/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:41]	TR Bot	 PinePhone Pro canned in pursuit of RISC-V business The Register
[11:41]	TR News	"It's also, of course, a phone. You can speak to anyone anywhere, with video if desired, for zero marginal cost." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2025/08/the-phone.html | Source: Computational Complexity
[11:41]	TR Bot	 Computational Complexity: The Phone
[11:47]	TR News	"The machines were in Newbury and the owner needed to clear the whole lot, so wasn't particularly interested in people coming and collecting one at a time" https://thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-2025-08-20/ | Source: Jonathan Pallant
[11:47]	TR Bot	 JP's Website 2025-08-20 How many SPARCs is too many SPARCs?
[11:48]	TR News	"Wait, what. Yes, KDE is developing its own Linux distro called, well, KDE Linux." https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kde-linux-raw-image-test-virtual.html | Source: Dedoimedo
[11:48]	TR Bot	 How to install and test KDE Linux as a virtual machine
[11:48]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Soon I'll be singing..."Bye bye Mr. Indian slumlord guy."
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	it ain't over till the fat lady sings
[11:49]	IsambardPrince	You'd need to mention cockroaches, overflowing dumpsters, broken washing machines, toilets that don't flush, and broken windows.
[11:49]	TR News	"This week we talk about the ethical use of Ai and the blurring between humans and code. We take your feedback and answer some questions about VoIP & SIP." https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/455 | Source: The Ask Noah Show
[11:49]	TR Bot	 Ask Noah Show: Ask Noah Show 455
[11:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	those things are connected
[11:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	trash = food for bugs
[11:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	open winodws
[11:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	toilets as carriers
[11:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe not enough cleaning of floors
[11:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	the price is tenants that live in a dump
[11:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	because the conditions created by the slumlord were that of a dump
[11:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	he had it coming
[11:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	it is responding to a crisis of his own cheapness (makingf)
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[11:53]	TR News	"If you're moving from a colo that someone manages to VMware, the cloud, or a differentVMware data center, they all look and feel different." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/disaster-recovery-with-openshift-hot-hot | Source: Red Hat Official
[11:53]	TR Bot	 Disaster Recovery: Achieving Instantaneous Hot-Hot with OpenShift
[11:54]	TR News	"The new support for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on OpenShift Virtualization allows you to change hypervisors without disrupting Citrix workflows." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/elevate-your-citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-experience-red-hat-openshift-virtualization | Source: Red Hat Official
[11:54]	TR Bot	 Elevate your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops experience with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
[11:55]	TR News	"This is where implementing Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization as the foundation for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops makes a difference." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/unlocking-agility-and-efficiency-red-hat-openshift-virtualization | Source: Red Hat Official
[11:55]	TR Bot	 Evolve your Citrix Infrastructure: Unlocking agility and efficiency with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
[11:55]	TR News	"One was that in order to talk about what type of architectures are required to develop and scale AI applications, including agents andagentic AI, we needed to provide some context about the evolution of architectures." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/optimizing-application-architectures-ai-monoliths-intelligent-agents-part-1 | Source: Red Hat Official
[11:55]	TR Bot	 Optimizing application architectures for AI: From monoliths to intelligent agents - Part 1
[11:57]	TR News	Shallow greenwashing nonsense; Red Hat did a lot of things to prevent old PCs still being used https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-energy-efficient-it-solutions-sustainability | Source: Red Hat Official
[11:57]	TR Bot	 Red Hat: a leader in driving sustainability efforts within the IT industry
[11:58]	TR News	Scams and pure nonsense promoted by Red Hat https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/production-ai-success | Source: Red Hat Official
[11:58]	TR Bot	 Production AI success: From gen AI promise to business impact
[11:58]	TR News	Red Hat participates in the Ponzi scheme or valuation bubble; IBM is a bottomless pit.
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[12:05]	TR News	redhat.com with silly buzzwords, as usual https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/20/how-i-built-agentic-application-docling-mcp
[12:05]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/20/how-i-built-agentic-application-docling-mcp )
[12:06]	TR News	Thibault Martin: Cloud tech makes sense on-prem too https://ergaster.org/posts/2025/08/20-cloud-tech-on-prem/
[12:06]	TR Bot	 Cloud tech makes sense on-prem too
[12:07]	TR News	Apollonia Sues Prince Estate As Long-Running Trademark Dispute Boils Over, Says Prince Himself Consented to the Names Usage https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/20/apollonia-prince-estate-lawsuit/
[12:07]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/20/apollonia-prince-estate-lawsuit/ )
[12:08]	TR News	Your agent, your rules: A deep dive into the Responses API with Llama Stack https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/20/your-agent-your-rules-deep-dive-responses-api-llama-stack
[12:08]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/20/your-agent-your-rules-deep-dive-responses-api-llama-stack )
[12:10]	TR News	Like "Metaverse" and "Second Life" (IBM), this is more hype and Red Hat believes it can benefit from it before people get bored and move on
[12:12]	TR News	Improve PKGget sync with APT https://bkhome.org/news/202508/improve-pkgget-sync-with-apt.html
[12:12]	TR Bot	 Improve PKGget sync with APT
[12:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Perl-Critic static analyzer https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Perl_Critic_static_analyzer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Perl_Critic_static_analyzer.gmi 
[12:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Perl-Critic static analyzer
[12:13]	TR News	Rejecting Strategic Partners Argument, TTAB Affirms 2d Refusal of IN HARMONY WITH NATURE for On-line Sale of Personal Care Products http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/rejecting-strategic-partners-argument.html
[12:13]	TR Bot	 The TTABlog: Rejecting Strategic Partners Argument, TTAB Affirms 2d Refusal of IN HARMONY WITH NATURE for On-line Sale of Personal Care Products
[12:14]	TR News	Press freedom group urges Kazakhstan to end ban on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/press-freedom-group-urges-kazakhstan-to-end-ban-on-radio-free-europe-radio-liberty/
[12:14]	TR Bot	 Press freedom group urges Kazakhstan to end ban on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - JURIST - News
[12:15]	TR News	Texas launches inquiry into deceptive advertising and privacy risks in Hey Hi (AI) therapy chatbots https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/texas-launches-inquiry-into-deceptive-advertising-and-privacy-risks-in-ai-therapy-chatbots/
[12:15]	TR Bot	 Texas launches inquiry into deceptive advertising and privacy risks in AI therapy chatbots - JURIST - News
[12:17]	TR News	Popular VPN extension for Surveillance Giant Google Chrome is a security nightmare, screenshots every page users visit and sends them to anonymous developer FreeVPN.One flagged over enormous privacy concerns https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/a-popular-vpn-extension-for-google-chrome-has-been-screenshotting-every-page-users-visit-freevpn-one-flagged-over-enormous-privacy-concerns
[12:17]	TR Bot	 Popular VPN extension for Google Chrome is a security nightmare, screenshots every page users visit and sends them to anonymous developer FreeVPN.One flagged over enormous privacy concerns | Tom's Hardware
[12:18]	TR News	Guest Post: Quintara Clarifies and Complicates Trade Secret Identification Under the DTSA https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/damore-trade-secret-particularity.html
[12:18]	TR Bot	 Guest Post: Quintara Clarifies and Complicates Trade Secret Identification Under the DTSA | Patently-O
[12:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Tails 6.19 Brings Tor, Thunderbird, and Browser Updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Tails_6_19_Brings_Tor_Thunderbird_and_Browser_Updates.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Tails_6_19_Brings_Tor_Thunderbird_and_Browser_Updates.gmi 
[12:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Tails 6.19 Brings Tor, Thunderbird, and Browser Updates
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[14:11]	TR News	"Forlinx Embedded, an NXP gold partner, has officially launched its FET-MX9596-C SoM and the companion OK-MX9596-C development board. Built around NXPs i.MX 95 processor family, the platform targets industrial automation, medical systems, and edge AI applications." https://linuxgizmos.com/forlinx-fet-mx9596-c-som-arrives-with-nxp-i-mx-95-dual-10gbe-and-onboard-npu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[14:11]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/forlinx-fet-mx9596-c-som-arrives-with-nxp-i-mx-95-dual-10gbe-and-onboard-npu/ )
[14:11]	TR News	"DFRobot has officially introduced the FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4, a compact microcontroller board built for computer vision and multimedia projects." https://linuxgizmos.com/low-cost-firebeetle-2-esp32-p4-now-available-with-wi-fi-6-mipi-csi-dsi-and-risc-v-core/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[14:11]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/low-cost-firebeetle-2-esp32-p4-now-available-with-wi-fi-6-mipi-csi-dsi-and-risc-v-core/ )
[14:23]	TR News	Huawei's Kirin 9020 integrates 5G modem, China-made 5G FEM chip symbolizes resilience to U.S. sanctions https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/huaweis-kirin-9020-integrates-5g-modem-china-made-5g-fem-chip-symbolizes-resilience-to-u-s-sanctions
[14:23]	TR Bot	 Huawei's Kirin 9020 integrates 5G modem, China-made 5G FEM chip symbolizes resilience to U.S. sanctions | Tom's Hardware
[14:25]	TR News	Review or spam? https://itsfoss.com/terramaster-d1-ssd-plus-review/
[14:25]	TR Bot	 TerraMaster D1 SSD Plus Review: Experience a Faster External SSD
[14:25]	TR News	"Building A Robotic Arm " https://hackaday.com/2025/08/20/building-a-robotic-arm-without-breaking-the-bank/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:25]	TR Bot	A Robotic Arm Without Breaking The Bank | Hackaday
[14:27]	TR News	Embedding Wren in Hare https://drewdevault.com/2025/08/20/2025-08-20-Hare-and-Wren.html
[14:27]	TR Bot	 Embedding Wren in Hare
[14:28]	TR News	Networking for System Administrators, 2nd edition sent to copyedit https://mwl.io/archives/24396
[14:28]	TR Bot	 Networking for System Administrators, 2nd edition sent to copyedit Michael W Lucas
[14:29]	TR News	Andrea Corbellini: It will take decades to undo the damage done by "AI" https://andrea.corbellini.name/2025/08/20/it-will-take-decades-to-undo-the-damage-done-by-ai/ "Some of them go as far as forcing software developers to use such tools under the threat of being fired if they dont comply."
[14:29]	TR Bot	 It will take decades to undo the damage done by "AI" - Andrea Corbellini
[14:30]	TR News	Qt encourages plagiarism and bad 'coding' https://www.kdab.com/ai-coding-with-qt-qt-ai-assistant-for-qt-creator/
[14:30]	TR Bot	Coding with Qt: Qt AI Assistant for Qt Creator | KDAB
[14:31]	TR News	Tomasz Torcz: Actalis EAB ACME works it was base64url issue https://enotty.pipebreaker.pl/posts/2025/08/actalis-eab-acme-works-it-was-base64url-issue/
[14:31]	TR Bot	 Actalis EAB ACME works it was base64url issue | -ENOTTY
[14:32]	TR News	Waveshare ESP32-P4-ETH development board supports Ethernet and PoE https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/20/waveshare-esp32-p4-eth-development-board-supports-ethernet-and-poe/
[14:32]	TR Bot	 Waveshare ESP32-P4-ETH development board supports Ethernet and PoE - CNX Software
[14:32]	TR News	Kiwi TCMS: Self Support Subscription Explained https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2025/08/20/self-support-subscription-explained/
[14:32]	TR Bot	 Kiwi TCMS - Self Support Subscription Explained
[14:32]	TR News	Kiwi TCMS: Private Tenant Subscription Explained https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2025/08/20/private-tenant-subscription-explained/
[14:32]	TR Bot	 Kiwi TCMS - Private Tenant Subscription Explained
[14:33]	TR News	CentOS 7 vs CentOS 8 Which is a Better Choice For You? https://dekisoft.net/centos-7-vs-centos-8-comparison/
[14:33]	TR Bot	 CentOS 7 vs CentOS 8 - Which is a Better Choice For You?
[14:34]	TR News	Sven Hoexter: Istio: Connect via a VirtualService to External IP Addresses http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/gcp_istio_vs_external_serviceentry/
[14:34]	TR Bot	 Istio: Connect via a VirtualService to External IP Addresses
[14:36]	TR News	Krita Monthly Update - Edition 29 https://krita.org/en/posts/2025/monthly-update-29/
[14:36]	TR Bot	 Krita Monthly Update - Edition 29 | Krita
[14:37]	TR News	Your plants can now play your video games https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/08/20/your-plants-can-now-play-your-video-games/
[14:37]	TR Bot	 Your plants can now play your video games | Arduino Blog
[14:38]	TR News	Tails 6.19 is out https://distrowatch.com/tails
[14:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tails )
[14:40]	TR News	mesa 25.2.1 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2025-August/226550.html
[14:40]	TR Bot	 [ANNOUNCE] mesa 25.2.1
[14:41]	TR News	The Kids Arent Alright Online: Building a Safer, Better Internet https://publicknowledge.org/the-kids-arent-alright-online-building-a-safer-better-internet/
[14:41]	TR Bot	 The Kids Aren't Alright Online: Building a Safer, Better Internet - Public Knowledge
[14:41]	TR News	 Chatcontrol 2025 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/chatcontrol-in-brief-bulgarian/
[14:41]	TR Bot	 Chatcontrol 2025 - Bert Hubert's writings
[14:41]	TR News	Windows TCO: Microsofts August 2025 security updates are breaking recovery tools on backdoored Windows 10 and backdoored Windows 11 PCs https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsofts-august-2025-security-updates-are-breaking-recovery-tools-on-windows-10-and-windows-11-pcs
[14:41]	TR Bot	 Microsofts August 2025 security updates are breaking recovery tools on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs | Tom's Hardware
[14:42]	TR News	Young Latvians compete at 'Cybersecurity camp' https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/20.08.2025-young-latvians-compete-at-cybersecurity-camp.a611120/
[14:43]	TR Bot	 Young Latvians compete at 'Cybersecurity camp' / Article
[14:44]	TR News	GPT-5 Has a Vulnerability: Its Router Can Send You to Older, Less Safe Models https://www.securityweek.com/gpt-5-has-a-vulnerability-it-may-not-be-gpt-5-answering-your-call/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/GPT_5_is_Another_Microsoft_Dead_Cat_Trying_to_Bounce.shtml
[14:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/gpt-5-has-a-vulnerability-it-may-not-be-gpt-5-answering-your-call/ )
[14:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights "GPT-5" is Another Microsoft Dead Cat Trying to Bounce
[14:45]	TR News	UK withdraws Fashion Company Apple data access mandate amidst pressure from US https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/uk-withdraws-apple-data-access-mandate-amidst-pressure-from-us/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml
[14:45]	TR Bot	 UK withdraws Apple data access mandate amidst pressure from US - JURIST - News
[14:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Unlike GAFAM, Free Software Serves You, It Does Not Serve Governments and MElons (Overlapping Forces)
[14:45]	TR News	Elastic Refutes Claims of Zero-Day in EDR Product https://www.securityweek.com/elastic-refutes-claims-of-zero-day-in-edr-product/
[14:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/elastic-refutes-claims-of-zero-day-in-edr-product/ )
[14:46]	TR News	Tycoon Jimmy Lai did not ask activists to halt sanctions push after nat. sec law enacted, prosecutor says https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/20/tycoon-jimmy-lai-did-not-ask-activists-to-halt-sanctions-push-after-nat-sec-law-enacted-prosecutor-says/
[14:46]	TR Bot	 Tycoon Jimmy Lai did not ask activists to halt sanctions push after nat. sec law enacted, prosecutor says
[14:46]	TR News	RapperBot Botnet Disrupted, American Administrator Indicted https://www.securityweek.com/rapperbot-botnet-disrupted-american-administrator-indicted/
[14:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/rapperbot-botnet-disrupted-american-administrator-indicted/ )
[14:49]	TR News	Pharmaceutical Company Inotiv Confirms Ransomware Attack https://www.securityweek.com/pharmaceutical-company-inotiv-confirms-ransomware-attack/
[14:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/pharmaceutical-company-inotiv-confirms-ransomware-attack/ )
[14:49]	TR News	Flaws in Software Used by Hundreds of Cities and Towns Exposed Sensitive Data https://www.securityweek.com/flaws-in-software-used-by-hundreds-of-cities-and-towns-exposed-sensitive-data/
[14:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/flaws-in-software-used-by-hundreds-of-cities-and-towns-exposed-sensitive-data/ )
[14:49]	TR News	Intel Employee Data Exposed by Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/intel-employee-data-exposed-by-vulnerabilities/
[14:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/intel-employee-data-exposed-by-vulnerabilities/ )
[14:49]	TR News	Pentagon officials blast Washington Post for putting lives at risk with report on Pete Hegseths security https://nypost.com/2025/08/20/media/pentagon-officials-blast-washington-post-for-putting-lives-at-risk-with-report-on-pete-hegseths-security/
[14:50]	TR Bot	 Pentagon officials blast Washington Post for putting 'lives at risk' with report on Pete Hegseths security
[14:50]	TR News	Subverting AIOps Systems Through Poisoned Input Data https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/subverting-aiops-systems-through-poisoned-input-data.html
[14:50]	TR Bot	AIOps Systems Through Poisoned Input Data - Schneier on Security
[14:51]	TR News	Settings https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1087/settings
[14:51]	TR Bot	 Settings - David Revoy
[14:51]	TR News	Hong Kong jobless rate rises to 3.7% as construction, F&B among sectors hardest hit https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/20/hong-kong-jobless-rate-rises-to-3-7-as-construction-fb-among-sectors-hardest-hit/
[14:51]	TR Bot	 Hong Kong jobless rate rises to 3.7% as construction, F&B among sectors hardest hit
[14:52]	TR News	"Since the 0.85 TFT display would be wasted on multi-megapixel images, [Raphael] has dedicated this project to images from the Game Boy Camera." https://hackaday.com/2025/08/20/carry-your-grayscale-memories-with-this-tiny-game-boy-photo-frame/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:52]	TR Bot	Your Grayscale Memories With This Tiny Game Boy Photo Frame | Hackaday
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[15:05]	TR News	Sri Lanka police continue targeting families of the disappeared, HRW warns https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/sri-lanka-police-continue-targeting-families-of-the-disappeared-hrw-warns/
[15:05]	TR Bot	 Sri Lanka police continue targeting families of the 'disappeared,' HRW warns - JURIST - News
[15:07]	TR News	Airtell Router Scans, and Mislabeled usernames, (Wed, Aug 20th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32216
[15:07]	TR Bot	 Airtell Router Scans, and Mislabeled usernames - SANS ISC
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[15:14]	TR News	The Best PS2 Games For Emulation and Steam Deck in 2025 https://dekisoft.net/best-ps2-games-for-emulation-steam-deck/
[15:14]	TR Bot	 The Best PS2 Games For Emulation and Steam Deck in 2025
[15:16]	TR News	Valve's secretive 'Fremont' gaming device surfaces in benchmarks with 2X more processing power than Steam Deck OLED https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/valves-secretive-fremont-gaming-device-surfaces-in-benchmarks-with-2x-more-processing-power-than-steam-deck-oled-device-powered-by-six-core-zen-4-cpu-and-rx-7600-gpu
[15:16]	TR Bot	 Valve's secretive 'Fremont' gaming device surfaces in benchmarks with 2X more processing power than Steam Deck OLED device powered by six-core Zen 4 CPU and RX 7600 GPU | Tom's Hardware
[15:18]	TR News	Why the rule of law is the key to prosperity: Lessons from thirty years of data https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/why-the-rule-of-law-is-the-key-to-prosperity-lessons-from-thirty-years-of-data/
[15:18]	TR Bot	 Why the rule of law is the key to prosperity: Lessons from thirty years of data - Atlantic Council
[15:22]	TR News	Australias deepfake dilemma and the Danish solution https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-deepfake-dilemma-and-the-danish-solution/
[15:23]	TR Bot	 Australia's deepfake dilemma and the Danish solution | The Strategist
[15:25]	TR News	Spotify Takes Down Pirate App EeveeSpotifyCloned Version Immediately Takes Its Place https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/20/spotify-takes-down-pirate-app-eeveespotify/
[15:25]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/20/spotify-takes-down-pirate-app-eeveespotify/ )
[15:27]	TR News	Zig version 0.15.1 https://lwn.net/Articles/1034583/
[15:27]	TR Bot	version 0.15.1 [LWN.net]
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[15:39]	TR News	Email-based publisher The Flyover has 25 full-time staff two years after launch https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/email-based-publisher-the-flyover-has-25-full-time-staff-two-years-after-launch/
[15:39]	TR Bot	 Email-based publisher The Flyover has 25 full-time staff two years after launch - Press Gazette
[15:40]	TR News	"One-Motor Drone" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/20/one-motor-drone-mimics-maple-seeds-for-stability/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:40]	TR Bot	Drone Mimics Maple Seeds For Stability | Hackaday
[15:41]	TR News	"Capacitive touch sensors are entirely in the domain of DIY, requiring little more than a carefully-chosen conductive surface and a microcontroller." https://hackaday.com/2025/08/20/hide-capacitive-touch-buttons-in-your-next-3d-print/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:41]	TR Bot	Capacitive Touch Buttons In Your Next 3D Print | Hackaday
[15:42]	TR News	High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched in Chrome, Firefox https://www.securityweek.com/high-severity-vulnerabilities-patched-in-chrome-firefox/
[15:42]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/high-severity-vulnerabilities-patched-in-chrome-firefox/ )
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[15:46]	TR News	Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds summit 2025 to take place in Vienna https://reproducible-builds.org/news/2025/08/20/reproducible-builds-summit-in-vienna/
[15:46]	TR Bot	Builds summit 2025 to take place in Vienna reproducible-builds.org
[15:47]	TR News	Dirk Eddelbuettel: x13binary 1.1.61.1 on CRAN: Micro Fix http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/08/20#x13binary_1.1.61.1
[15:47]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[15:47]	TR News	Michael Meeks: 2025-08-19 Tuesday https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-08-19.html "bid a fond farewell to the American Meeks'"
[15:47]	TR Bot	 Stuff Michael Meeks is doing
[15:49]	TR News	While Zemlin et al (people who reject Linus) rake in GAFAM money to exploit people who develop Free software the developers themselves lack income https://cassidyjames.com/blog/heres-to-whats-next/
[15:49]	TR Bot	 Heres to Whats Next Cassidy James Blaede
[15:50]	TR News	Michael Meeks: 2025-08-20 Wednesday https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-08-20.html Published the next strip: on Fixed Price projects https://www.collaboraonline.com/torf/torf31
[15:50]	TR Bot	 Stuff Michael Meeks is doing
[15:50]	TR Bot	 The Open Road to Freedom #31 - Collabora Online and Collabora Office
[15:51]	TR News	(At Least) Second Wave of Mass Layoffs in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft This Month https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/At_Least_Second_Wave_of_Mass_Layoffs_in_Microsoft_This_Month.shtml
[15:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights (At Least) Second Wave of Mass Layoffs in Microsoft This Month
[15:51]	TR News	IBM Layoffs in MCC, or Marketing, Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/19/IBM_Layoffs_in_MCC_or_Marketing_Communications_and_Corporate_So.shtml
[15:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Layoffs in MCC, or Marketing, Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
[15:51]	TR News	Microsoft said GitHub and its leadership team will continue its mission as part of Microsofts CoreAI organisation. But it's just an empty shell created earlier this year. https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/19/Microsoft_said_GitHub_and_its_leadership_team_will_continue_its.shtml
[15:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft said GitHub and its leadership team will continue its mission as part of Microsofts CoreAI organisation. But it's just an empty shell created earlier this year.
[15:52]	TR News	Accessibility Isn't Overrated https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/19/Accessibility_Isn_t_Overrated.shtml
[15:52]	TR Bot	 Techrights Accessibility Isn't Overrated
[15:52]	TR News	Before CoreAI There Was Builder.ai https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Before_CoreAI_There_Was_Builder_ai.shtml
[15:52]	TR Bot	 Techrights Before CoreAI There Was Builder.ai
[15:52]	TR News	Many Companies Are Run by Liars Who Ride Other People's Money https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Many_Companies_Are_Run_by_Liars_Who_Ride_Other_People_s_Money.shtml
[15:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Many Companies Are Run by Liars Who Ride Other People's Money
[15:53]	TR News	The Register MS, Paid to Promote "AI" Hype, Does "Sez" (Says) Pieces https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/The_Register_MS_Paid_to_Promote_AI_Hype_Does_Sez_Says_Pieces.shtml
[15:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Register MS, Paid to Promote "AI" Hype, Does "Sez" (Says) Pieces
[15:53]	TR News	In Vietnam, Microsoft's Search Engine "Market Share" Fell to Almost 0%, CocCoc More Than 5 Times Bigger https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/In_Vietnam_Microsoft_s_Search_Engine_Market_Share_Fell_to_Almos.shtml
[15:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights In Vietnam, Microsoft's Search Engine "Market Share" Fell to Almost 0%, CocCoc More Than 5 Times Bigger
[15:53]	TR News	Microsoft May Have Become - at Least Partially - Like a Boiler Room Scam https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Microsoft_May_Have_Become_at_Least_Partially_Like_a_Boiler_Room.shtml
[15:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft May Have Become - at Least Partially - Like a Boiler Room Scam
[15:54]	TR News	Build a container image for a Quarkus project using Buildpacks https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/20/build-container-image-quarkus-project-using-buildpacks
[15:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/20/build-container-image-quarkus-project-using-buildpacks )
[15:56]	TR News	Paradox of chatbots and other nonsense, conflating them with "trust"; Red Hat jumping the shark https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/20/building-trustworthy-ai-developers-guide-production-ready-systems
[15:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/20/building-trustworthy-ai-developers-guide-production-ready-systems )
[15:58]	TR News	How To Install Fail2ban on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-fail2ban-debian-13/
[15:58]	TR Bot	 How To Install Fail2ban on Debian 13 - idroot
[15:58]	TR News	How To Install Squid Proxy on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-squid-proxy-almalinux-10/
[15:58]	TR Bot	 How To Install Squid Proxy on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot
[15:58]	TR News	How To Install FFmpeg on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-ffmpeg-rocky-linux-10/
[15:58]	TR Bot	 How To Install FFmpeg on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot
[15:59]	TR News	How To Install Geany on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-geany-ubuntu-24-04/
[15:59]	TR Bot	 How To Install Geany on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot
[15:59]	TR News	How To Install Laravel on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-laravel-rocky-linux-10/
[15:59]	TR Bot	 How To Install Laravel on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot
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[16:00]	TR News	Emmanuel Kasper: Benchmarking 3D graphic cards and their drivers https://00formicapunk00.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/bencharkings-3d-graphic-cards-and-their-drivers/
[16:00]	TR Bot	 Benchmarking 3D graphic cards and their drivers formicapunk
[16:01]	TR News	How To Install FFmpeg on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-ffmpeg-debian-13/
[16:01]	TR Bot	 How To Install FFmpeg on Debian 13 - idroot
[16:07]	TR News	A Lot of What Happened in Ex-Twitter Was Bots, Botfarms, and Troll Farms. It's Even Worse Now (Under X.com) and People Are Noticing. https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/A_Lot_of_What_Happened_in_Twitter_Was_Bots_Botfarms_and_Troll_F.shtml
[16:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights A Lot of What Happened in Twitter Was Bots, Botfarms, and Troll Farms. It's Even Worse Now (Under X.com) and People Are Noticing.
[16:07]	TR News	This 3D printer was repurposed as a robotic camera and it doubles as a photogrammetry rig for 3D scanning https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/this-3d-printer-was-repurposed-as-a-robotic-camera-and-it-doubles-as-a-photogrammetry-rig-for-3d-scanning
[16:07]	TR Bot	 This 3D printer was repurposed as a robotic camera and it doubles as a photogrammetry rig for 3D scanning | Tom's Hardware
[16:07]	TR News	Bangkoks Jay Fai restaurant fined over hidden pricing for VVIPs after YouTuber complaint https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bangkoks-jay-fai-restaurant-fined-over-hidden-pricing-for-vvips-after-youtuber-complaint
[16:07]	TR Bot	 Bangkoks Jay Fai restaurant fined over hidden pricing for VVIPs after YouTuber complaint | The Straits Times
[16:08]	TR News	"Over on his YouTube channel [Ryan Inis] has a video about how electrostatic motors are breaking all the rules." https://hackaday.com/2025/08/20/lets-brief-you-on-recent-developments-for-electrostatic-motors/ | Source: Hackaday
[16:08]	TR Bot	Brief You On Recent Developments For Electrostatic Motors | Hackaday
[16:09]	TR News	Easy Excalibur version 7.0.3 released https://bkhome.org/news/202508/easy-excalibur-version-703-released.html
[16:09]	TR Bot	 Easy Excalibur version 7.0.3 released
[16:09]	TR News	Linux Gets HDR Support in Chromium on Wayland https://linuxiac.com/linux-gets-hdr-support-in-chromium-on-wayland/
[16:09]	TR Bot	 Linux Gets HDR Support in Chromium on Wayland
[16:10]	TR News	Microsoft "Intifada" Shut Down After 4 Hours https://lunduke.substack.com/p/microsoft-intifada-shut-down-after
[16:10]	TR Bot	 Microsoft "Intifada" Shut Down After 4 Hours
[16:11]	TR News	Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1034546/
[16:11]	TR Bot	updates for Wednesday [LWN.net]
[16:11]	TR News	Adding stubble to Ubuntu's generic Arm64 Desktop ISOs https://lwn.net/Articles/1034579/
[16:11]	TR Bot	stubble to Ubuntu's generic Arm64 Desktop ISOs [LWN.net]
[16:12]	TR News	rescrobbled music scrobbler daemon https://www.linuxlinks.com/rescrobbled-music-scrobbler-daemon/
[16:12]	TR Bot	- music scrobbler daemon - LinuxLinks
[16:12]	TR News	Krafna Obsidion dataview plugin-like tool for command line https://www.linuxlinks.com/krafna-obsidion-dataview-plugin-tool/
[16:12]	TR Bot	- Obsidion dataview plugin-like tool for command line - LinuxLinks
[16:13]	TR News	Sessions focus with timed work intervals https://www.linuxlinks.com/sessions-focus-timed-work-intervals/
[16:13]	TR Bot	- focus with timed work intervals - LinuxLinks
[16:16]	TR News	rdict offline CLI dictionary https://www.linuxlinks.com/rdict-offline-cli-dictionary/
[16:16]	TR Bot	- offline CLI dictionary - LinuxLinks
[16:17]	TR News	Proprietary spyware controlled by a hostile company; try Jitsi or Jami instead? https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-teams-almalinux-10/
[16:17]	TR Bot	 How To Install Microsoft Teams on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot
[16:17]	TR News	How To Install LibreOffice on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-libreoffice-debian-13/
[16:17]	TR Bot	 How To Install LibreOffice on Debian 13 - idroot
[16:17]	TR News	How To Install AnyDesk on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-anydesk-almalinux-10/
[16:17]	TR Bot	 How To Install AnyDesk on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot
[16:18]	TR News	99Managers Futsal Edition futsal team-management game https://www.linuxlinks.com/99managers-futsal-edition-futsal-team-management-game/
[16:18]	TR Bot	Futsal Edition - futsal team-management game - LinuxLinks
[16:19]	TR News	15 Useful Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Foreign Language Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/foreignlanguagetools/
[16:19]	TR Bot	Useful Free and Open Source Linux Foreign Language Tools - LinuxLinks
[16:19]	TR News	Slopwatch: Serial Sloppers and Slopfarms in Surveillance Giant Google News (e.g. GNU/Linux Journal and WebProNews) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Slopwatch_Serial_Sloppers_and_Slopfarms_in_Google_News_e_g_Linu.shtml
[16:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slopwatch: Serial Sloppers and Slopfarms in Google News (e.g. Linux Journal and WebProNews)
[16:19]	TR News	Aiffro K100 All-SSD NAS running Linux: Introduction to the Series https://www.linuxlinks.com/aiffro-k100-all-ssd-nas-running-linux-introduction/
[16:19]	TR Bot	K100 All-SSD NAS running Linux: Introduction to the Series - LinuxLinks
[16:20]	TR News	Microsoft bloatware made in Microsoft proprietary software does the expected https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-259-Requirements
[16:20]	TR Bot	259 To Raise Linux System Requirements - Phoronix
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[16:21]	TR News	Gnuinos 2025.08.20 released https://distrowatch.com/gnuinos
[16:21]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/gnuinos )
[16:21]	TR News	Besgnulinux 3-0 also released https://distrowatch.com/besgnulinux
[16:21]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/besgnulinux )
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[16:28]	TR News	LibreOffice 25.8: smarter, faster and more reliable https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/20/libreoffice-25-8/
[16:28]	TR Bot	 LibreOffice 25.8: smarter, faster and more reliable - The Document Foundation Blog
[16:28]	TR News	LibreOffice 25.8 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1034558/
[16:28]	TR Bot	25.8 released [LWN.net]
[16:28]	TR News	"The best open source office suite continues to evolve, while maintaining its focus on privacy and digital sovereignty Berlin, 20 August 2025 The Document Foundation announces the release of LibreOffice 25.8. This latest version of the market-leading free open source office suite maintains its focus on digital sovereignty and privacy protection."
[16:28]	TR News	LibreOffice 25.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-25-8-open-source-office-suite-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
[16:28]	TR Bot	25.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux
[16:29]	TR News	Linux Kernel 6.15 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to GNU/Linux Kernel 6.16 https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-15-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-16
[16:29]	TR Bot	Kernel 6.15 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.16 - 9to5Linux
[16:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[16:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[16:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi 
[16:35]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers
[16:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi 
[16:35]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[16:38]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[16:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Retro and Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32 and SPARCs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Retro_and_Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_and_SPARCs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Retro_and_Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_and_SPARCs.gmi 
[16:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[16:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Retro and Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32 and SPARCs
[16:39]	admfubar	https://thedebrief.org/a-new-pale-blue-dot-nasas-psyche-glimpses-earth-and-the-moon-from-deep-space/
[16:39]	TR Bot	 A New Pale Blue Dot? NASAs Psyche Glimpses Earth and the Moon From Deep Space - The Debrief
[16:40]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE: Giving It a Try and Krita Monthly Update https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/KDE_Giving_It_a_Try_and_Krita_Monthly_Update.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/KDE_Giving_It_a_Try_and_Krita_Monthly_Update.gmi 
[16:40]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE: Giving It a Try and Krita Monthly Update
[16:42]	TR News	SIM-Swapper, Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/08/sim-swapper-scattered-spider-hacker-gets-10-years/
[16:42]	TR Bot	 SIM-Swapper, Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years Krebs on Security
[16:43]	TR News	"after attack on Druzhba pipeline" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/20/russian-oil-flows-to-hungary-restored-after-attack-on-druzhba-pipeline | Source: Meduza
[16:43]	TR Bot	 Russian oil flows to Hungary restored after attack on Druzhba pipeline Meduza
[16:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: moscv.hu
[16:45]	TR News	"foreign agents" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/20/russia-s-finance-ministry-proposes-hiking-income-tax-rate-for-foreign-agents | Source: Meduza
[16:45]	TR Bot	 Russias Finance Ministry proposes hiking income tax rate for foreign agents Meduza
[16:47]	MinceR	https://ircz.de/p/2506182
[16:47]	TR Bot	 WHOOPSIE
[16:48]	TR News	Report: Russian Sabotage Operations In Europe Have Quadrupled Since 2023 https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-sabotage-europe-hybrid-attacks/33508179.html
[16:48]	TR Bot	 Report: Russian Sabotage Operations In Europe Have Quadrupled Since 2023
[16:49]	TR News	New disinformation operation targets Armenian government with corruption claims https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250820-disinformation-operation-armenia-government-corruption-scandal "multiple accounts with ties to pro-Dihydroxyacetone Man and pro-Russian networks"
[16:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250820-disinformation-operation-armenia-government-corruption-scandal )
[16:50]	TR News	Russian cyber group exploits seven-year-old network vulnerabilities for long-term espionage https://cyberscoop.com/russian-static-tundra-hacks-cisco-network-devices-cve-2018-0171/
[16:50]	TR Bot	cyber group exploits seven-year-old network vulnerabilities for long-term espionage | CyberScoop
[16:52]	TR News	"Russian oil is flowing to Europe again and so is the bad blood between Ukraine and Hungary" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/21/russian-oil-is-flowing-to-europe-again-and-so-is-the-bad-blood-between-ukraine-and-hungary | Source: Meduza
[16:52]	TR Bot	 Russian oil is flowing to Europe again and so is the bad blood between Ukraine and Hungary Meduza
[16:59]	TR News	Social Control Networks Give You False Metrics to 'Addict' You To Them https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Social_Control_Networks_Give_You_False_Metrics_to_Addict_You_To.shtml
[16:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights Social Control Networks Give You False Metrics to 'Addict' You To Them
[16:59]	TR News	IBM Operatives Inside The Register MS and More Shady Money to Follow https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/IBM_Operatives_Inside_The_Register_MS_and_More_Shady_Money_to_F.shtml
[16:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Operatives Inside The Register MS and More Shady Money to Follow
● Aug 21
[17:00]	TR News	All That's Left of MSNBC (Microsoft-NBC) is Abusive Monopolist Microsoft NOW (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/All_That_s_Left_of_MSNBC_Microsoft_NBC_is_Microsoft_NOW.shtml
[17:00]	TR Bot	 Techrights All That's Left of MSNBC (Microsoft-NBC) is Microsoft NOW
[17:00]	TR News	On the Internet, Nobody Knows Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and backdoored Windows Are Becoming Niche Players Until Data is Shown Correctly, Not Microsoft-Sponsored Articles in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Publishers (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/On_the_Internet_Nobody_Knows_Microsoft_and_Windows_Are_Becoming.shtml
[17:00]	TR Bot	 Techrights On the Internet, Nobody Knows Microsoft and Windows Are Becoming Niche Players Until Data is Shown Correctly, Not Microsoft-Sponsored Articles in Microsoft Publishers
[17:01]	TR News	Wilco v. Weeks Marine: When Expert Disagreements Dont Create Genuine Disputes of Material Fact https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/disagreements-disputes-material.html
[17:01]	TR Bot	 Wilco v. Weeks Marine: When Expert Disagreements Don't Create Genuine Disputes of Material Fact
[17:01]	TR News	Kangaroo Court of corrupt EPO at it again https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/g1-25-eba-to-decide-on-hydroponic-case-between-knauf-and-rockwool/
[17:01]	TR Bot	 G1/25: EBA to decide on hydroponic case between Knauf and Rockwool
[17:04]	TR News	LibreOffice 25.8 Released with PDF 2.0 Export, Faster Performance https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/libreoffice-25-8-released-pdf-2-performance-boost
[17:04]	TR Bot	 LibreOffice 25.8 Released with PDF 2.0 Export, Faster Performance - OMG! Ubuntu
[17:04]	TR News	Ubuntu Blog: Canonical is now a platinum member in the Open Source Robotics Alliance https://ubuntu.com//blog/osra-membership
[17:04]	TR Bot	is now a platinum member in the Open Source Robotics Alliance | Ubuntu
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[17:07]	TR News	Proprietary = garbage-ware https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/free-vpn-chrome-extension-spying-on-users
[17:07]	TR Bot	 Free VPN Extension Found Taking Screenshots, Uploading Them - OMG! Ubuntu
[17:07]	TR News	LibreOffice 25.8 Released! PDF 2.0 Export & Many New Calc Functions https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/libreoffice-25-8-released/
[17:07]	TR Bot	 LibreOffice 25.8 Released! PDF 2.0 Export & Many New Calc Functions | UbuntuHandbook
[17:09]	TR News	CSA Regulation Document Pool https://edri.org/our-work/csa-regulation-document-pool/ EU still welcomes this dude... SOMEHOW https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html
[17:09]	TR Bot	 CSA Regulation Document Pool - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[17:09]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html )
[17:09]	TR News	So it would seem the EU is more or less implicitly OK with child sexual abuse as long as rich and high-profile people do it
[17:10]	TR News	Matthew Palmer: Progress on my open source funding experiment https://www.hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog/2025/08/21/open-source-funding-experiment-progress.html
[17:10]	TR Bot	 Brane Dump: Progress on my open source funding experiment
[17:11]	TR News	Neovim vs Vim Comparison Which is a better Editor? https://dekisoft.net/neovim-vs-vim-compared/
[17:12]	TR Bot	 Neovim vs Vim Comparison - Which is a better Editor?
[17:12]	TR News	Seems like openwashing of slop, with some standing to gain financially while producing nothing of real value https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-nsf-nvidia-open-ai-models-science/
[17:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-nsf-nvidia-open-ai-models-science/ )
[17:13]	TR News	SEP 12 | The Three Faces of Transnational Repression: The Citizen Lab at APSA Annual Meeting https://citizenlab.ca/2025/08/sep-12-the-three-faces-of-transnational-repression-the-citizen-lab-at-apsa-annual-meeting/
[17:13]	TR Bot	 SEP 12 | The Three Faces of Transnational Repression: The Citizen Lab at APSA Annual Meeting - The Citizen Lab
[17:16]	TR News	The "hey hi" (AI) hype kills people https://bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/report-states-like-michigan-simply-not-prepared-for-data-center-water-demand/
[17:16]	TR Bot	 Report: States like Michigan simply not prepared for data center water demand - Bridge Michigan
[17:18]	TR News	"This week Jonathan and Dan chat with Farid Abdelnour about Kdenlive!" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/20/floss-weekly-episode-843-money-usually-helps/ | Source: Hackaday
[17:18]	TR Bot	Weekly Episode 843: Money Usually Helps | Hackaday
[17:19]	TR News	Will Giant Companies Always Have a Monopoly on Top Hey Hi (AI) SLOP Models? https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/will-giant-companies-always-have-a-monopoly-on-top-ai-models
[17:19]	TR Bot	 Will Giant Companies Always Have a Monopoly on Top AI Models? | American Civil Liberties Union
[17:21]	TR News	White House launches Fentanylware (TikTok) account as September deadline for platforms ban looms https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/20/white-house-launches-tiktok-account-as-september-deadline-for-platforms-ban-looms/ China to have control over the communications of the highest American office
[17:21]	TR Bot	 White House launches TikTok account ahead of September ban deadline
[17:22]	TR News	Why Covid Cases Are Up This Summer https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/well/why-covid-is-spreading-again-this-summer.html
[17:22]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/well/why-covid-is-spreading-again-this-summer.html )
[17:22]	TR News	Covid cases on the rise in Latvia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/20.08.2025-covid-cases-on-the-rise-in-latvia.a611115/
[17:22]	TR Bot	 Covid cases on the rise in Latvia / Article
[17:22]	TR News	Antoine Beaupr: Encrypting a Debian install with UKI https://anarc.at/blog/2025-08-20-luks-ukify-conversion/
[17:22]	TR Bot	 Encrypting a Debian install with UKI - anarcat
[17:23]	TR News	Newelle: The Hey Hi (AI) Helper App for GNU/Linux https://fossforce.com/2025/08/newelle-the-ai-helper-app-for-linux/
[17:23]	TR Bot	 Newelle: The AI Helper App for Linux - FOSS Force
[17:24]	TR News	[Podcast] The inevitability of centrality https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/21/podcast-the-inevitability-of-centrality/
[17:24]	TR Bot	 [Podcast] The inevitability of centrality | APNIC Blog
[17:25]	TR News	Going GNU/Linux #470 How to try GNU/Linux without affecting your current system Pt. 2 https://goinglinux.com/episode-470-how-to-try-linux-without-affecting-your-current-system-pt.-2/index.html
[17:25]	TR Bot	( status 404 @ https://goinglinux.com/episode-470-how-to-try-linux-without-affecting-your-current-system-pt.-2/index.html )
[17:27]	TR News	Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppArmadillo 14.6.3-1 on CRAN: Minor Upstream Bug Fixes http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/08/20#rcpparmadillo_14.6.3-1
[17:27]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[17:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Web Browsers/Web Servers/Web Frameworks https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Web_Frameworks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Web_Frameworks.gmi 
[17:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers/Web Frameworks
[17:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  PinePhone Pro Linux smartphone has been discontinued, but the original PinePhone is still available https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/13/PinePhone_Pro_Linux_smartphone_has_been_discontinued_but_the_or.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/13/PinePhone_Pro_Linux_smartphone_has_been_discontinued_but_the_or.gmi 
[17:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines PinePhone Pro Linux smartphone has been discontinued, but the original PinePhone is still available
[17:33]	psydroid3	lol
[17:33]	psydroid3	what about a more up-to-date phone?
[17:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	software wise?
[17:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	phones existed for ages
[17:33]	MinceR	Fairphone 6 is also available
[17:33]	psydroid3	hardware wise
[17:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	they still exist
[17:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe they want a PDA
[17:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	with some computing functions
[17:34]	MinceR	the tradeoffs are different in either case :>
[17:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	your PDA lasted 11 months
[17:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	putin jinxed it
[17:34]	MinceR	lol
[17:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	my palm PDA is still here and works
[17:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	tungsten t
[17:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Debian_and_Ubuntu_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Debian_and_Ubuntu_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:35]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's docking station and the PDA itself are literally 1CM below your name on the monitor
[17:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe 2CM
[17:37]	psydroid3	it doesn't have to be a phone, but at least make a device that is modular and portable and that also fits in your pocket
[17:37]	psydroid3	I'm planning to do something like that with an SBC at some point
[17:38]	psydroid3	and running a fully free software stack is a requirement
[17:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Applications: Self-hosting With Proxmox, PKGget, Neovim vs Vim Comparison, and Newelle https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Applications_Self_hosting_With_Proxmox_PKGget_Neovim_vs_Vim_Com.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Applications_Self_hosting_With_Proxmox_PKGget_Neovim_vs_Vim_Com.gmi 
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Applications: Self-hosting With Proxmox, PKGget, Neovim vs Vim Comparison, and Newelle
[17:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly, Ask Noah Show, and Going Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Audiocasts_Shows_FLOSS_Weekly_Ask_Noah_Show_and_Going_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Audiocasts_Shows_FLOSS_Weekly_Ask_Noah_Show_and_Going_Linux.gmi 
[17:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly, Ask Noah Show, and Going Linux
[17:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  Benchmarking 3D graphic cards and their drivers, mesa 25.2.1 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Benchmarking_3D_graphic_cards_and_their_drivers_mesa_25_2_1_rel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Benchmarking_3D_graphic_cards_and_their_drivers_mesa_25_2_1_rel.gmi 
[17:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Benchmarking 3D graphic cards and their drivers, mesa 25.2.1 released
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[17:56]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and Sharing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/GNU_Linux_and_Sharing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/GNU_Linux_and_Sharing.gmi 
[17:56]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and Sharing
[17:59]	TR News	Techrights Links 21/08/2025: Covid Cases on the Rise, "Social Media Trolls", Russia's Attacks Intensify https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Links_21_08_2025_Covid_Cases_on_the_Rise_Social_Media_Trolls_Ru.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Links_21_08_2025_Covid_Cases_on_the_Rise_Social_Media_Trolls_Ru.gmi 
[17:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 21/08/2025: Covid Cases on the Rise, "Social Media Trolls", Russia's Attacks Intensify
● Aug 21
[18:02]	TR News	"For years, Linux has quietly powered the digital engines of business, running everything from bank transactions to airline bookings. Now, its preparing to shift gears from the racks of servers to the car in our driveways, and Red Hat wants to put it in the drivers seat." https://www.eetimes.com/red-hat-pushes-safety-certified-linux-into-automotive-sector/
[18:02]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.eetimes.com/red-hat-pushes-safety-certified-linux-into-automotive-sector/ )
[18:03]	TR News	The issue here is a hole in Apache software already patched 2 years ago, nothing to do with Linux https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/a-clever-new-linux-malware-is-breaking-into-systems-and-then-shutting-the-door-behind-it-to-avoid-detection
[18:04]	TR Bot	clever new Linux malware is breaking into systems - and then shutting the door behind it to avoid detection | TechRadar
[18:04]	TR News	New DripDropper Malware Exploits Linux Flaw Then Patches It Lock Rivals Out https://hackread.com/dripdropper-malware-exploits-linux-flaw-patche-lock-out/
[18:05]	TR Bot	 New DripDropper Malware Exploits Linux Flaw Then Patches It Lock Rivals Out
[18:06]	TR News	ActiveMQ is not Linux and not part of Linux
[18:06]	TR News	"Linux kernel 6.16 is already available in the stable repositories of various distributions, including openSUSE Tumbleweed and Arch Linux." https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-15-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-16
[18:06]	TR Bot	Kernel 6.15 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.16 - 9to5Linux
[18:07]	TR News	"This is where Linux enters the conversation. Unlike Windows, which is a proprietary operating system owned and controlled by Microsoft, Linux is open source. That means its source code is freely available and developers can inspect, modify" https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/08/20/beckhoff-opinion-operating-systems-for-industrial-automation-starts-with-people-not-tech/93796/
[18:07]	TR Bot	 Choosing the right operating system for industrial automation: Windows vs Linux
[18:08]	TR News	"Performance-tuned and optimized spin seems to be winning fans" https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/cachyos_distrowatch/
[18:08]	TR Bot	 CachyOS hits the top of the Distrowatch charts The Register
[18:08]	TR News	"Now we can all enjoy one of the best RTS games ever, with lots of enhancements and actually working multiplayer between platforms without having to resort to special external fixes. What a time to be alive." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/warhammer-40000-dawn-of-war-definitive-edition-fixes-desyncs-between-windows-and-linux-steamos/
[18:08]	TR Bot	40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition fixes desyncs between Windows and Linux / SteamOS | GamingOnLinux
[18:09]	TR News	How to Install Tor Browser on Linux https://www.techloy.com/how-to-install-and-use-tor-browser-on-linux/
[18:09]	TR Bot	 How to Install Tor Browser on Linux
[18:10]	TR News	"The highly sophisticated post-compromise tool abuses the Linux kernel's io_uring interface to remain hidden from endpoint detection and response systems." https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ringreaper-sneaks-past-linux-edrs
[18:10]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ringreaper-sneaks-past-linux-edrs )
[18:32]	TR News	The Frustrations and Resentment of Working-Class Russians https://jacobin.com/2025/08/russia-working-class-neoliberalism-resentment/
[18:32]	TR Bot	 The Frustrations and Resentment of Working-Class Russians
[18:34]	TR News	Russia Bars Entry to 21 People It Says Spread Disinformation Against It in UK Media https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-20/russia-bars-entry-to-21-people-it-says-spread-disinformation-against-it-in-uk-media
[18:34]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-20/russia-bars-entry-to-21-people-it-says-spread-disinformation-against-it-in-uk-media )
[18:35]	TR News	No more German visas for Kremlin critics fleeing Russia? https://www.dw.com/en/no-more-german-visas-for-kremlin-critics-fleeing-russia/a-73664017
[18:35]	TR Bot	more German visas for Kremlin critics fleeing Russia? DW 08/17/2025
[18:39]	TR News	WhatsApp Accuses Moscow of Trying to Block Secure Communication for Millions of Russians https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-14/whatsapp-says-russia-is-trying-to-block-it
[18:39]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-14/whatsapp-says-russia-is-trying-to-block-it )
[18:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi 
[18:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
[18:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fooyin 0.9 Music Player Arrives with Artwork Downloads, Synced Lyrics https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Fooyin_0_9_Music_Player_Arrives_with_Artwork_Downloads_Synced_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Fooyin_0_9_Music_Player_Arrives_with_Artwork_Downloads_Synced_L.gmi 
[18:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fooyin 0.9 Music Player Arrives with Artwork Downloads, Synced Lyrics
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[22:50]	TR News	An entertaining essay by one of my favourite authors, Neal Stephenson: In The Beginning Was The Command Line (1999) gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi
[22:51]	TR News	Looking at web server logs gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-08-21-web-server-logs
[22:54]	TR News	"Debian 13 (trixie) has been released on 2025-08-09. So up to upgrading! What could possibly go wrong?" gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2025/20250820-welcome-trixie.gmi
[22:56]	TR News	 xkcd: Cesium #3131 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3131.gmi
[22:57]	TR News	[jp] [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-08-21.gmi
[22:57]	TR News	[jp] [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-08-20.gmi
[22:59]	TR News	"1. Technology has negatively impacted the way we interact with one another in person." gemini://genxalt.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-08-21_Observations_on_Dating.gmi
[22:59]	TR News	Psilocybe, en Cositas, de Benot Coquil gemini://plr.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-21-psilocybe-en-cositas-de-benot-coquil.gmi
● Aug 21
[23:00]	TR News	warm as a dream gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/warm_as_a_dream
[23:07]	TR News	Not again! Microsoft blames config tweak for 365 outage in parts of North America https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/microsoft_365_outage/
[23:07]	TR Bot	 Microsoft blames configuration change for another 365 outage The Register
[23:12]	TR News	Microsoft stays mum about M365 Copilot on-demand security bypass https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/microsoft_mum_about_m365_copilot/
[23:12]	TR Bot	 Microsoft mum about M365 Copilot on-demand security bypass The Register
[23:13]	TR News	Windows at lowest level in years https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/asia/#monthly-200902-202508
[23:13]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Asia | Statcounter Global Stats
[23:28]	TR News	Techrights Slopwatch: Sites Gone Rogue, Google Promoting Lies, and DDoS Attacks by Plagiarism Giants https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Slopwatch_Sites_Gone_Rogue_Google_Promoting_Lies_and_DDoS_Attac.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Slopwatch_Sites_Gone_Rogue_Google_Promoting_Lies_and_DDoS_Attac.gmi 
[23:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slopwatch: Sites Gone Rogue, Google Promoting Lies, and DDoS Attacks by Plagiarism Giants
[23:48]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Has Had About 10 Waves of Mass Layoffs So Far This Year (Not Two as Mainstream Media and Slopfarms Endlessly Claim) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Microsoft_Has_Had_About_10_Waves_of_Mass_Layoffs_So_Far_This_Ye.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Microsoft_Has_Had_About_10_Waves_of_Mass_Layoffs_So_Far_This_Ye.gmi 
[23:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Has Had About 10 Waves of Mass Layoffs So Far This Year (Not Two as Mainstream Media and Slopfarms Endlessly Claim)
[23:50]	TR News	"Bungie CEO Pete Partons is retiring from his position and new studio head Justin Truman, a Bungie and Destiny veteran of 15 years, is stepping up to the plate." https://www.gamesradar.com/games/destiny/bungie-ceo-pete-parsons-is-out-new-studio-head-steps-up-with-destiny-2-flailing-marathon-in-limbo-and-the-eye-of-sony-burning/
[23:50]	TR Bot	CEO Pete Parsons is out, new studio head steps up with Destiny 2 flailing, Marathon in limbo, and the eye of Sony burning | GamesRadar+
[23:53]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 21/08/2025: Modern Dating, Debian 13, and Apache https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Gemini_Links_21_08_2025_Modern_Dating_Debian_13_and_Apache.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Gemini_Links_21_08_2025_Modern_Dating_Debian_13_and_Apache.gmi 
[23:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 21/08/2025: Modern Dating, Debian 13, and Apache