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[00:40] TR News Techrights Progress on Techrights Site Search https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/Progress_on_Techrights_Site_Search.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/Progress_on_Techrights_Site_Search.gmi [00:40] TR Bot Techrights Progress on Techrights Site Search [00:41] TR News Rovio has announced the dismissal of 36 employees due to the disappointing performance of Angry Birds Dream Blast https://wnhub.io/news/hr/item-49112 [00:41] TR Bot Rovio has announced the dismissal of 36 employees due to the disappointing performance of Angry Birds Dream Blast | WN Hub [00:43] MinceR (cat) https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/funny-pictures-10-13-25-20.jpg [00:47] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@4fqyq57tpudzs.irc) has joined #techrights [00:52] TR News Techrights XBox is a Dead Microsoft Product in a Dying Industry https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/XBox_is_a_Dead_Microsoft_Product_in_a_Dying_Industry.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/XBox_is_a_Dead_Microsoft_Product_in_a_Dying_Industry.gmi [00:52] TR Bot Techrights XBox is a Dead Microsoft Product in a Dying Industry [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights ● Oct 22 [01:05] TR News Techrights Sounds Like Fedora is Ready to Become Less of a Slave of Microsoft (GitHub) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/Sounds_Like_Fedora_is_Ready_to_Become_Less_of_a_Slave_of_Micros.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/Sounds_Like_Fedora_is_Ready_to_Become_Less_of_a_Slave_of_Micros.gmi [01:05] TR Bot Techrights Sounds Like Fedora is Ready to Become Less of a Slave of Microsoft (GitHub) [01:07] TR News https://cybershow.uk/ offline again [01:08] TR Bot to connect to cybershow.uk port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://cybershow.uk/ ) [01:08] TR News (but do not blame AWS) [01:08] schestowitz[TR2] Isambard_Prince: just caught up, sorry [01:09] schestowitz[TR2] how is your arm? [01:09] schestowitz[TR2] what you wrote seems mostly off-topic fo\r this channel, tbh [01:17] TR News (NEW): New Audio: "Free/Libre software and freedom in the digital society" by Richard Stallman https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/New_Audio_Free_Libre_software_and_freedom_in_the_digital_societ.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/New_Audio_Free_Libre_software_and_freedom_in_the_digital_societ.gmi [01:17] TR Bot Tux Machines New Audio: "Free/Libre software and freedom in the digital society" by Richard Stallman [01:19] TR News "The most recent update to the cloud giants service health page opens by recounting how a DNS mess meant services could not reach a DynamoDB API, which led to widespread outages." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/aws_outage_update/ [01:19] TR Bot AWS admits more services broke as it recovered from outage The Register [01:26] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], Almost fell in the shower. The allegedly non-slip mat slipped. Caught myself on the wall left handed. [01:26] Isambard_Prince :P [01:26] Isambard_Prince This is why I only shower every third day. [01:26] Isambard_Prince Less showers in the first 42 days. [01:27] admfubar stand over there then.... waaaaaay over there. [01:27] admfubar https://thedebrief.org/the-brains-hidden-radar-how-theta-waves-sweep-the-mind-to-spot-the-unexpected/ [01:27] TR Bot The Brains Hidden Radar: How Theta Waves Sweep the Mind to Spot the Unexpected - The Debrief [01:27] Isambard_Prince yep [01:27] schestowitz[TR2] Isambard_Prince: if one arm is not working, does a shower less often make things safe? [01:28] Isambard_Prince Yeah because you're off balance and can only catch yourself one handed. [01:28] Isambard_Prince Plus it's healing. [01:33] TR News (NEW): The Fall of Windows: 3.1 and 3.11 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_Fall_of_Windows_3_1_and_3_11.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_Fall_of_Windows_3_1_and_3_11.gmi [01:33] TR Bot Tux Machines The Fall of Windows: 3.1 and 3.11 [01:34] schestowitz[TR2] there are mats with suction [01:34] schestowitz[TR2] and rugged texture on the top [01:35] schestowitz[TR2] they are cheap relative to how much in damage they can spare an old person or slippery slip-slip klutz [01:43] TR News (NEW): The Fall of Windows: 95 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_Fall_of_Windows_95.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_Fall_of_Windows_95.gmi [01:43] TR Bot Tux Machines The Fall of Windows: 95 [01:50] TR News (NEW): The Fall of Windows: 98 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_Fall_of_Windows_98.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_Fall_of_Windows_98.gmi [01:50] TR Bot Tux Machines The Fall of Windows: 98 ● Oct 22 [02:00] TR News (NEW): The Fall of Windows: ME and 2000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_Fall_of_Windows_ME_and_2000.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_Fall_of_Windows_ME_and_2000.gmi [02:00] TR Bot Tux Machines The Fall of Windows: ME and 2000 [02:02] admfubar you just need a shower made out of nerf [02:04] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [02:04] *a_fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [02:06] admfubar perfect for halloween... https://thedebrief.org/we-dont-know-why-it-happens-scientists-discover-bats-that-glow-an-eerie-green-under-uv-light/ [02:06] TR Bot We Dont Know Why It Happens: Scientists Discover Bats That Glow an Eerie Green Under UV Light - The Debrief [02:07] *whatA___ (~chatzilla@vs9cya85s7ibu.irc) has joined #techrights [02:08] TR News (NEW): The Fall of Windows: XP https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_Fall_of_Windows_XP.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_Fall_of_Windows_XP.gmi [02:08] TR Bot Tux Machines The Fall of Windows: XP [02:11] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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These distros shine on new PCs too." https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-free-linux-distros-built-for-speed-and-power-and-your-new-pc/ [07:42] TR Bot free Linux distros built for speed and power - and your new PC | ZDNET [07:43] TR News "I'll be upfront; I don't have a lot of experience with Linux. I started my journey with Linux Mint around five months ago, back when I was a Windows fanboy." https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-arch-linux-ex-windows-fanboy/ [07:43] TR Bot I tried Arch Linux as an ex-Windows fanboy [07:44] TR News Patented crap https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/ntfsplus_new_rw_driver/ [07:44] TR Bot NTFSplus is a new read-write NTFS driver for Linux The Register [07:45] TR News "KDE announced the full release of Plasma 6.5 on Monday night. This major update to the desktop environment for Linux distributions and BSDs comes with several new features and improvements, including fuzzy search functions and programmable theme transitions." https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-plasma-6-5-is-here/ [07:45] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.5 Is Here With New Linux Desktop Features [07:46] TR News "This release also introduces additional fixes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 and 9.7 kernels in Linux Guest Additions." https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-2-4-released-with-initial-support-for-linux-kernel-6-18 [07:46] TR Bot 7.2.4 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.18 - 9to5Linux [07:46] TR News "(Additionally, there are x86-64 images of Mobian, which in principle let you test it out if you don't have a suitable phone but we couldn't get any of them to start in three different hypervisors.)" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/mobian_trixie/ [07:46] TR Bot Mobian brings Debian 13 'Trixie' to phones and tablets The Register [07:58] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Oct 22 [08:01] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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($100,000, Resulting in Losses of $267,201 in 12 Months, Highest-Ever Losses) [08:16] TR News (NEW): Brett Wilson LLP Has Just Again (Implicitly) Admitted Breaching Civil Procedure Rules in Frivolous Case Against Tux Machines https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Has_Just_Again_Implicitly_Admitted_Breaching_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Has_Just_Again_Implicitly_Admitted_Breaching_C.gmi [08:16] TR Bot Tux Machines Brett Wilson LLP Has Just Again (Implicitly) Admitted Breaching Civil Procedure Rules in Frivolous Case Against Tux Machines [08:41] psydruid https://wccftech.com/intel-is-reportedly-increasing-prices-of-raptor-lake-cpus-by-10-percent/ [08:41] TR Bot Intel Is Reportedly Increasing Prices Of Raptor Lake CPUs By 10% Due To AI PC "Underperformance" [08:41] psydruid HEY HI RAISE PRICES [08:42] psydruid GO INTEL GO ● Oct 22 [09:10] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@d9gtug32f73sq.irc) has joined #techrights [09:14] *Isambard_Prince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:15] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@q8pxcn6tz5jjy.irc) has joined #techrights [09:20] *whatA____ has quit (connection closed) [09:37] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@yxuiaie2t7tfn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 22 [10:39] TR News Xubuntu website hijacked to serve malware | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/xubuntu-website-got-hijacked-to-serve-malware/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/xubuntu-website-got-hijacked-to-serve-malware/ [10:39] TR Bot website hijacked to serve malware | GamingOnLinux [10:40] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/21/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/21/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [10:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [10:40] TR News Open source racer SuperTuxKart 1.5 out now, development moving onto SuperTuxKart Evolution | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/open-source-racer-supertuxkart-1-5-out-now-development-moving-onto-supertuxkart-evolution/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:40] TR Bot source racer SuperTuxKart 1.5 out now, development moving onto SuperTuxKart Evolution | GamingOnLinux [10:41] TR News KDE Plasma 6.5 is out now with a number of highly-requested features | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/kde-plasma-6-5-is-out-now-with-a-number-of-highly-requested-features/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:41] TR Bot Plasma 6.5 is out now with a number of highly-requested features | GamingOnLinux [10:42] TR News Want to avoid AI gen on Steam? This browser userscript might save your day | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/want-to-avoid-ai-gen-on-steam-this-browser-userscript-might-save-your-day/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:42] TR Bot to avoid AI gen on Steam? This browser userscript might save your day | GamingOnLinux [10:43] TR News Fight the nazis to rescue your dog in the new free shooter Darkenstein 3D out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/fight-the-nazis-in-the-new-free-shooter-darkenstein-3d-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:43] TR Bot the nazis to rescue your dog in the new free shooter Darkenstein 3D out now | GamingOnLinux [10:46] TR News Valve doing more of a Steam Deck push with their Steam Deck Verified game pages | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/valve-doing-more-of-a-steam-deck-push-with-their-steam-deck-verified-game-pages/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:46] TR Bot doing more of a Steam Deck push with their Steam Deck Verified game pages | GamingOnLinux [10:52] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) [10:53] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@q8pxcn6tz5jjy.irc) has joined #techrights [10:55] psydruid this is looking more and more like the Microsoft universe teaming up against the Valve universe [10:56] psydruid and with the certainty that the former is trying anything to prevent the latter from taking the market and making and keeping gaming multiplatform [10:57] TR News The incredible UTOPIA MUST FALL has a big performance upgrade and now Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-incredible-utopia-must-fall-has-a-big-performance-upgrade-and-now-steam-deck-verified/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:57] TR Bot incredible UTOPIA MUST FALL has a big performance upgrade and now Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux [10:57] *Isambard_Prince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:59] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@3fkeiq63dh6yg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 22 [11:01] TR News The Outlast Trials new PvP invasion mode is out now with Easy Anti-Cheat added | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-outlast-trials-new-pvp-invasion-mode-is-out-now-with-easy-anti-cheat-added/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:01] TR Bot Outlast Trials new PvP invasion mode is out now with Easy Anti-Cheat added | GamingOnLinux [11:02] TR News THRASHER the mind-melting follow-up to Thumper releases November and Steam Deck optimised | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/thrasher-the-mind-melting-follow-up-to-thumper-releases-november-and-steam-deck-optimised/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:02] TR Bot the mind-melting follow-up to Thumper releases November and Steam Deck optimised | GamingOnLinux [11:08] TR News "Chat Control 2 the soundtrack" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/10/20/chat-control-2-the-soundtrack/ [11:08] TR Bot Chat Control 2 the soundtrack [11:09] *nosler (~nosler@37.19.izs.hti) has joined #techrights [11:09] TR News "AWS Outage WARNING: Centralized Web" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/aws-outage-warning-centralized-web:7 [11:09] TR Bot AWS Outage WARNING: Centralized Web [11:10] TR News iophk: all the Apple M5 reviews make a point of omitting mention of the built-in DRM [11:14] TR News (NEW): Games: THRASHER, The Outlast Trials, UTOPIA MUST FALL, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Games_THRASHER_The_Outlast_Trials_UTOPIA_MUST_FALL_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Games_THRASHER_The_Outlast_Trials_UTOPIA_MUST_FALL_and_More.gmi [11:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: THRASHER, The Outlast Trials, UTOPIA MUST FALL, and More [11:25] TR News "Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka has landed, marking the final interim release before Ubuntu 26.04 LTS" https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-25-10-security-updates | Source: Ubuntu [11:25] TR Bot new in security for Ubuntu 25.10? | Ubuntu [11:26] TR News "Synaptics has unveiled the Astra SL2600, a family of multimodal processors designed for edge computing across consumer, enterprise, and industrial IoT applications." https://linuxgizmos.com/astra-sl2600-processors-from-synaptics-combine-arm-cores-and-risc-v-coral-npu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [11:26] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/astra-sl2600-processors-from-synaptics-combine-arm-cores-and-risc-v-coral-npu/ ) [11:26] TR News "ASUS has expanded its industrial motherboard lineup with new Amston Lake models built on Intels Atom x7000RE processors." https://linuxgizmos.com/asus-adds-amston-lake-atom-x7000re-based-models-to-its-windows-11-iot-lineup/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [11:26] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/asus-adds-amston-lake-atom-x7000re-based-models-to-its-windows-11-iot-lineup/ ) [11:27] TR News "Silicon Labs has announced general availability of its new Series 3 platform, debuting with the SiMG301 and SiBG301 wireless SoCs." https://linuxgizmos.com/silicon-labs-sixg301-series-3-socs-target-zigbee-matter-and-thread-development/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [11:27] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/silicon-labs-sixg301-series-3-socs-target-zigbee-matter-and-thread-development/ ) [11:28] TR News "Anyone who's ever touched a public cloud has likely encountered an accidental overage payment." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-discover-cut-aws-budget-in-two-days | Source: Red Hat Official [11:28] TR Bot How Discover cut $1.4 million from its annual AWS budget in two game days [11:29] TR News "Thehigh-level guide to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization as a VMware adminlearning path is designed to bridge the learning gap many face when moving from traditional virtualization solutions to Kubernetes workflows." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/learn-red-hat-openshift-virtualization-vmware-admin | Source: Red Hat Official [11:29] TR Bot Learn Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization as a VMware admin [11:29] TR News "AI inferencethe process of using a trained model to generate an outputis the most resource-intensive and costly part of an AI application, especially because it happens constantly during production." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/overcoming-cost-and-complexity-ai-inference-scale | Source: Red Hat Official [11:29] TR Bot Overcoming the cost and complexity of AI inference at scale [11:34] TR News "Just 11% of the remaining journalists surveyed said they agree their online work should be licensed for use by AI (with or without their consent)." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/freelance-journalists-want-control-over-ai-using-their-work-survey-reveals/ | Source: Press Gazette [11:34] TR Bot Freelance journalists want to get paid for AI using their work, survey - Press Gazette [11:35] TR News "Having established itself as a moving and unpredictable target, it's widely accepted that piracy cannot be defeated using a single tool." https://torrentfreak.com/iptv-pirates-may-be-named-and-shamed-italian-minister-says-251020/ | Source: Torrent Freak [11:35] TR Bot Pirates May Soon Be Named and Shamed, Italian Minister Says * TorrentFreak [11:36] *nosler has quit (Quit: Client closed) [11:41] TR News "Apple Inc. launched a significant legal challenge against the EU's Digital Markets Act, arguing the antitrust rules impose "hugely onerous and intrusive burdens" on its rights." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-attacks-eu-crackdown-in-digital-laws-biggest-court-test/articleshow/124719977.cms | Source: India Times [11:41] TR Bot Apple attacks EU crackdown in digital laws biggest court test - The Economic Times [11:41] TR News "The complainants, led by lawyer Wang Qiongfei, argue that Apple maintains a monopoly over iOS app distribution in China while permitting alternative payment methods" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/china-consumers-file-antitrust-complaint-against-apple-over-app-store-practices/articleshow/124702636.cms | Source: India Times [11:41] TR Bot China consumers file antitrust complaint against Apple over app store practices - The Economic Times [11:41] TR News "A predictable update schedule means that incremental updates are inevitable." https://512pixels.net/2025/10/boring-is-what-we-wanted/ | Source: Stephen Hackett [11:41] TR Bot Boring Is What We Wanted - 512 Pixels [11:42] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:42] TR News "If you havent watched it yet" https://blog.apnic.net/2025/10/22/internet-in-spaaaaace/ | Source: APNIC [11:42] TR Bot Internet in Spaaaaace | APNIC Blog [11:42] TR News "APNIC welcomes the publication of the WSIS+20 Zero Draft (PDF) and appreciates the opportunity to contribute to this important review process." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/10/20/wsis20-an-important-moment-for-the-future-of-the-internet/ | Source: APNIC [11:42] TR Bot WSIS+20: An important moment for the future of the Internet | APNIC Blog [11:43] TR News "As we face the enormous crises of our fractured world, so many of which rise to the level of existential threats to humanity and our planet" https://thewalrus.ca/why-i-still-believe-in-human-rights-even-when-it-may-seem-easier-to-give-up/ | Source: The Walrus [11:43] TR Bot Why I Still Believe in Human Rights, Even When It May Seem Easier to Give Up | The Walrus [11:44] TR News "Since February 24, 2022, CPJ has documented: [...]" https://cpj.org/2025/10/russias-repression-record/ | Source: CPJ [11:44] TR Bot Russias repression record - Committee to Protect Journalists [11:45] *Righty (~Username@k9kj6udjnunh8.irc) has joined #techrights [11:45] TR News "Three journalists have been hurt, killed, or otherwise attacked in Turkey in the past three weeks." https://cpj.org/2025/10/3-journalists-in-turkey-receive-death-threats/ | Source: CPJ [11:45] TR Bot 3 journalists in Turkey receive death threats - Committee to Protect Journalists [11:45] TR News "In other words, are we actually feeding the beast that is eating us?" https://bianet.org/haber/tech-giants-social-media-and-journalism-to-leave-or-to-stay-312756 | Source: BIA Net [11:45] TR Bot Tech giants, social media, and journalism: To leave or to stay? [11:46] TR News "Its not clear why the blog posts were removed from the [Internet]. An FTC spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. Khan, through a spokesperson, declined to comment." https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-removes-blog-posts-about-ai-authored-by-by-lina-khan/ | Source: Wired [11:46] TR Bot FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khans Tenure | WIRED [11:46] TR News "A 61-year-old woman who wore a phallic costume to a No Kings protest in Fairhope on Saturday was arrested after being held down by police officers." https://alabamareflector.com/2025/10/20/fairhope-police-arrest-woman-in-penis-costume-at-no-kings-protest/ | Source: Alabama Reflector [11:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/10/20/fairhope-police-arrest-woman-in-penis-costume-at-no-kings-protest/ ) [11:47] *whatA____ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:47] TR News "Unfortunately, the institutional responses to Trumps power grab and shakedown attempts have been anemic-to-subservient compared to the actions of so many everyday Americans." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jane-fonda-committee-for-the-first-amendment/ | Source: The Nation [11:47] TR Bot Historys Lessons for the Second Committee for the First Amendment | The Nation [11:47] TR News "If you can stomach it, the X thread contains a list of supposed offenders of this brand new rule about temporarily residing in the United States." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/21/state-department-revokes-visas-of-foreigners-who-refused-to-pretend-charlie-kirk-is-worth-mourning/ | Source: Techdirt [11:47] TR Bot Department Revokes Visas Of Foreigners Who Refused To Pretend Charlie Kirk Is Worth Mourning | Techdirt [11:48] TR News "Observed messaging surrounding the Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace advanced multiple, often intersecting, influence objectives aligned with historic pro-Russia IO threat activity: [...]" https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/pro-russia-information-operations-drone-incursions/ | Source: Google [11:48] TR Bot Pro-Russia Information Operations Leverage Russian Drone Incursions into Polish Airspace | Google Cloud Blog [11:48] TR News "A major new study by 22 public service media organizations, including DW, has found that four of the most commonly used AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time regardless of language or territory." https://www.dw.com/en/ai-chatbots-misrepresent-news-almost-half-the-time-says-major-new-study/a-74392921 | Source: Deutsche Welle [11:48] TR Bot chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals DW 10/22/2025 [11:49] TR News "This incident has reignited fierce debates over the 'prosperity gospel', a controversial belief that financial donations will yield spiritual and material blessings in return." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-pastor-marvin-winans-outrage-after-he-shames-mum-who-gave-1200-instead-2000-donation-1749251 | Source: International Business Times [11:49] TR Bot Who Is Pastor Marvin Winans? Outrage After He Shames A Mum Who Gave $1,200 Instead Of $2,000 'Donation' | IBTimes UK [11:49] TR News "Hes learning what Roy Cohn learned: Youre useful until youre not." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/elon-musk-discovers-what-hierarchy | Source: Mike Brock [11:49] TR Bot Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means [11:51] TR News "Now refurbished, the trains will start service between Helsinki and Turku at the beginning of November." https://yle.fi/a/74-20189611 | Source: YLE [11:51] TR Bot Former Finland-Russia trains start Turku route next month with a new look | Yle News | Yle [11:51] TR News "More than three years ago, based on Paul Butler's The problem with bitcoin miners, I wrote Generally Accepted Accounting Principles." https://blog.dshr.org/2025/10/depreciation.html | Source: David Rosenthal [11:51] TR Bot DSHR's Blog: Depreciation [11:51] TR News "On Tuesday, the plaintiffs sought the courts permission to file yet another amended complaint, based on alleged information provided by an anonymous whistleblower." https://www.wired.com/story/melania-trump-used-as-window-dressing-in-elaborate-memecoin-fraud-legal-filing-claims/ | Source: Wired [11:51] TR Bot Trump Used as Window-Dressing in Elaborate Memecoin Fraud, Legal Filing Claims | WIRED [11:51] TR News "Copious data centers have sprung up across the United States, nearly doubling in number between 2021 and 2024, with no end in sight to their rapid spread." https://www.vox.com/climate/465032/data-center-electricity-power-bill-increasing-maryland-pjm | Source: Vox [11:51] TR Bot ratepayer backlash to data center expansion is here | Vox [11:52] TR News "Employees were told to avoid the office until the treatment was complete. On Monday morning, they were allowed to return." https://www.wired.com/story/theres-a-beg-bug-infestation-at-googles-manhattan-offices/ | Source: Wired [11:52] TR Bot Has a Bedbug Infestation in Its New York Offices | WIRED [11:52] TR News "After twenty years of campaigns, though, he sensed that the movement was going nowhereand missing the deeper point." https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/27/against-the-machine-paul-kingsnorth-book-review | Source: New Yorker [11:53] TR Bot A Dark Ecologist Warns Against Hope | The New Yorker [11:53] TR News "He first reported the finding on the Facebook page Skordr slandi (Insects in Iceland) after spotting an unusual-looking insect on October 16." https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2025/10/20/mosquitoes_found_in_iceland/ | [11:53] TR Bot Mosquitoes found in Iceland - Iceland Monitor [11:53] TR News "Bjrn later captured two more specimens and sent them to the Institute of Natural History, where entomologist Matthas Alfresson confirmed they were mosquitoes, specifically the species Culiseta annulata." https://www.icelandreview.com/news/scientists-confirm-first-mosquitoes-found-in-iceland/?srsltid=AfmBOooLocwOI2tdL7OzyY7ly5A3zjEUyrkoe-fCrd-VJZfCA3v5vOJ- | [11:53] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.icelandreview.com/news/scientists-confirm-first-mosquitoes-found-in-iceland/?srsltid=AfmBOooLocwOI2tdL7OzyY7ly5A3zjEUyrkoe-fCrd-VJZfCA3v5vOJ- ) [11:53] TR News "The species is cold-resistant and can survive Icelandic conditions by sheltering through winter in basements and barns." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/21/mosquitoes-found-iceland-first-time-climate-crisis-warms-country | Source: The Guardian UK [11:53] TR Bot Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country | Insects | The Guardian [11:54] TR News "Large increases in the number of satellite megaconstellations in the low Earth orbit (3002,000 km) are projected, with the number of satellites in an orbit exceeding 60,000 by 2040" https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024JD042442 | Source: AGU [11:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024JD042442 ) [11:54] TR News "In the new study, Maloney and his colleagues simulated how clouds of alumina vapor could impact Earths middle and upper atmosphere." https://cires.colorado.edu/news/within-15-years-plummeting-satellites-could-release-enough-aluminum-alter-winds-temp | [11:54] TR Bot Within 15 years, plummeting satellites could release enough aluminum to alter winds, temps in the stratosphere | CIRES [11:54] TR News "According to US researchers, the growing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could soon leave measurable traces in the atmosphere." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2948517/starlink-reaches-10000-satellites-launched-but-not-without-consequences.html | Source: PC World [11:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2948517/starlink-reaches-10000-satellites-launched-but-not-without-consequences.html ) [11:55] TR News "Through the fog of the past nine months, it may be difficult to remember the particulars of something that happened all the way back in March." https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/dc-metro-police-us-institute-of-peace-body-cam-lawsuit | Source: Marisa Kabas [11:55] TR Bot I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid ● Oct 22 [12:01] TR News "Im not here to add another complaint to the pile (but if we meet over a beer or coffee, Im happy to unload a lot of hilarious anecdotes on you)." https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/10/21/eu-resigation/ | Source: Armin Ronacher [12:01] TR Bot Regulation Isnt the European Trap Resignation Is | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [12:01] TR News "Nobody should be proactively surveilled. Promises of transparency mean nothing when there's already ample evidence that this technology has been abused." https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/a-flock-of-prying-eyes | Source: Cory Dransfeldt [12:01] TR Bot A Flock of prying eyes Cory Dransfeldt [12:02] TR News "As you might expect, this is based on Chromium, and my extensions work great in it.Other than that, it's a pretty basic browser that has quick access to ChatGPT everywhere from an "Ask ChatGPT" button at the top right" https://birchtree.me/blog/the-next-big-browser-is-here/ | Source: Matt Birchler [12:02] TR Bot The next big browser is here [12:02] TR News "The ruling stems from a 2019 NSO hack of WhatsApp to target 1,400 app users with its zero-click Pegasus spyware." https://therecord.media/judge-bars-nso-from-targeting-whatsapp-users-lowers-damages | Source: The Record [12:02] TR Bot Judge bars NSO from targeting WhatsApp users with spyware, reduces damages in landmark case | The Record from Recorded Future News [12:02] TR News "Released on Tuesday for macOS, OpenAI's Atlas offers the ability to direct ChatGPT via text or voice to interact with web content and to navigate through websites." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/22/openai_crams_chatgpt_into_atlas/ | Source: The Register UK [12:02] TR Bot OpenAI puts ChatGPT into Atlas browser in bid to rethink web The Register [12:03] TR News "OpenAI said Tuesday it is introducing its own web browser, Atlas, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer their questions." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/openai-launches-web-browser-to-compete-with-google-chrome/articleshow/124725611.cms | Source: India Times [12:03] TR Bot OpenAI launches web browser to compete with Google Chrome - The Economic Times [12:03] TR News "This is exactly the kind of clear-eyed recognition of fundamental rights thats been missing from much of the chat control debate." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/21/germany-blocks-eu-chat-control-proposal-noting-that-mass-surveillance-of-encrypted-messages-must-not-be-allowed/ | Source: Techdirt [12:03] TR Bot Blocks EU Chat Control Proposal, Noting That Mass Surveillance Of Encrypted Messages Must Not Be Allowed | Techdirt [12:03] TR News "Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is ramping up its surveillance capabilities to advance the governments immigration agenda on an unprecedented scale." https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-10-21/ice-intensifies-surveillance-of-immigrants-with-facial-recognition-programs-human-tracking-and-social-media-monitoring.html | Source: El Pas [12:03] TR Bot ICE intensifies surveillance of immigrants with facial recognition programs, human tracking, and social media monitoring | U.S. | EL PAS English [12:04] TR News Windows TCO https://thecyberexpress.com/ransomware-payments-get-bigger-as-fewer-pay/ | Source: Cyble Inc [12:04] TR Bot Ransomware Payments Get Bigger Even As Fewer Pay [12:05] TR News "So, you want to walk away from whichever tentacle of the creeping undead horror that the [Internet] has become in 2025 has engulfed you." https://www.tfeb.org/fragments/2025/10/21/how-to-orphan-an-online-account/ | Source: Tim Bradshaw [12:05] TR Bot How to orphan an online account [12:05] TR News "Now, thats social media in the sense of algorithmic silo socials like TikTok, X, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and similar." https://idiomdrottning.org/somle | Source: Idiomdrottning [12:05] TR Bot Chatbot the ultimate social media feed [12:05] TR News "Algorithms that identify influential people in social networks can help maximize the reach of messages" https://phys.org/news/2025-10-algorithmic-outreach-inequality.html | Source: Omicron Limited [12:05] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-algorithmic-outreach-inequality.html ) [12:06] TR News "harmful views and tropes are now becoming normalized among young people." https://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2025-10-20/algorithms-and-misogyny-how-latin-american-teenagers-are-exposed-to-toxic-content.html | Source: El Pas [12:06] TR Bot Algorithms and misogyny: How Latin American teenagers are exposed to toxic content | Women Leaders of Latin America | EL PAS English [12:06] TR News "I saw this quote circulating on Bluesky over the weekend and it has been rattling around my head since." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/blurry-sora-future/ | Source: Nick Heer [12:06] TR Bot The Blurry Future of Sora Pixel Envy [12:06] TR News "reduced traffic considerably to buyers guides and review content" https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/google-ai-overviews-leading-to-affiliate-revenue-drop-of-20-40-at-some-publishers/ | Source: Press Gazette [12:07] TR Bot Google AI Overviews 'leading to affiliate revenue drop of 20-40% at some publishers' - Press Gazette [12:07] TR News "Physics-informed neural network Lyapunov functions: PDE characterization, learning, and verification" https://phys.org/news/2025-10-math-ai-safely.html | Source: Omicron Limited [12:07] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-math-ai-safely.html ) [12:07] TR News "a dramatic misrepresentation" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-researcher-deletes-tweet | Source: Futurism [12:07] TR Bot OpenAI Researcher Forced to Delete "Embarrassing" Tweet Claiming Huge Breakthrough [12:08] TR News "AI credits take the place of unlimited usage of their "Underlord" AI tool. So now if you use "remove all 'uhms'" or "summarize this recording", you're using up credits each time you do any sort of AI assisted editing or automation." https://chrisenns.com/2025/10/descript-needs-more-money-for-ai-generator-slop-machine/ | Source: Chris Enns [12:08] TR Bot Descript Needs More Money for AI Generator Slop Machine [12:08] TR News "When Anthropic puts out stuff like this" https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-has-a-plan-to-keep-its-ai-from-building-a-nuclear-weapon-will-it-work/ | Source: Wired [12:08] TR Bot Has a Plan to Keep Its AI From Building a Nuclear Weapon. Will It Work? | WIRED [12:08] TR News "Amodei doesnt explicitly say why he feels the need to state all of these obvious positions for the CEO of an American AI company to have" https://www.404media.co/anthropic-promises-trump-admin-its-ai-is-not-woke/ | Source: 404 Media [12:08] TR Bot Anthropic Promises Trump Admin Its AI Is Not Woke [12:09] TR News "The New York Times used tools designed to detect A.I. images to help identify the fakes, alongside manual review. Content that could not be clearly identified as A.I." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/21/business/media/trump-ai-truth-social-no-kings.html | Source: New York Times [12:09] TR Bot How Trump is Using AI to Attack Enemies and Rouse Supporters - The New York Times [12:09] TR News "A Maryland woman who allegedly used AI to fake a home invasion was arrested and charged with making false statements after telling police that the ersatz intruder was part of a prank gone wrong." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/woman_pranks_husband_ai_intruder/ | Source: The Register UK [12:09] TR Bot Woman allegedly pranks husband with AI 'home invasion' The Register [12:17] TR News "As far back as 1958, Nation writers were grappling with the prospect of artificial brains, particularly when placed in the hands of the military." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/artificial-intelligence-warnings-archives/ | Source: The Nation [12:17] TR Bot A Warning From the Past About the Dangers of AI | The Nation [12:18] TR News "On the face of it, these numbers dont look good. Eds analysis shows that Anthropics AWS compute spend is well over 100% of revenue." https://werd.io/this-is-how-much-anthropic-and-cursor-spend-on-amazon-web-services/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [12:18] TR Bot This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services [12:19] TR News "Electron Apps Causing System-Wide Lag on Tahoe" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/09/30/electron-apps-causing-system-wide-lag-on-tahoe/ | Source: Michael Tsai [12:19] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Electron Apps Causing System-Wide Lag on Tahoe [12:19] TR News "Never take file attributes such as datestamps at face value. Its only too easy to pull tricks by changing the system clock, and its straightforward to construct a bogus file with a made-up history" https://eclecticlight.co/2025/10/21/rewriting-a-files-history/ | Source: Howard Oakley [12:19] TR Bot Rewriting a files history The Eclectic Light Company [12:25] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@pa58mtxm8bjpq.irc) has joined #techrights [12:39] TR News "After years of dealing with outdated or poorly maintained NTFS drivers, Linux might finally be getting a fresh and modern replacement." https://linuxiac.com/ntfsplus-proposed-as-new-ntfs-driver-for-linux/ | Source: Linuxiac [12:39] TR Bot NTFSPlus Proposed as New NTFS Driver for Linux [12:39] TR News "Dubbed GlassWorm, the malware was designed to steal sensitive information from the victims machines, including NPM, GitHub, and Git credentials, and to drain funds from 49 cryptocurrency extensions." https://www.securityweek.com/supply-chain-attack-targets-vs-code-extensions-with-glassworm-malware/ | Source: Security Week [12:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/supply-chain-attack-targets-vs-code-extensions-with-glassworm-malware/ ) [12:59] TR News "The US cybersecurity agency CISA on Monday warned that recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Windows SMB Client and Kentico Xperience CMS have been exploited in the wild." https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-exploited-apple-kentico-microsoft-vulnerabilities/ | Source: Security Week [12:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-exploited-apple-kentico-microsoft-vulnerabilities/ ) ● Oct 22 [13:00] TR News "AWS reported an issue to its Health Dashboard at 12:11 AM PDT (7:11 UTC) of increased error rates and latencies for multiple services in the US-EAST-1 Region, effectively Amazon's home region in Northern Virginia." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/amazon_aws_outage/ | Source: The Register UK [13:00] TR Bot Major AWS outage across US-East region sows chaos online The Register [13:00] TR News "My bed is stuck in Relax mode and won't change" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/aws_outage_aftermath/ | Source: The Register UK [13:00] TR Bot AWS outage turned smart homes into dumb boxes The Register [13:00] TR News "Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed it is tracking a massive issue that has rendered large parts of the [Internet] unusable." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/colossal-aws-outage-breaks-the-internet-roblox-fortnite-zoom-and-beyond-all-crippled | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:00] TR Bot Colossal AWS outage breaks the internet Roblox, Fortnite, Zoom, Snapchat, and beyond all crippled | Tom's Hardware [13:01] TR News "But for anyone stuck in a recovery loop or trying to service a dead system, you might be stuck." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-rushes-out-emergency-windows-11-patch | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:01] TR Bot Microsoft rushes out emergency Windows 11 patch after botched update breaks Recovery restores USB keyboard and mouse input inside WinRE for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 | Tom's Hardware [13:01] TR News "The Amazon lawsuit was by far the closest a ROSCA case has come to a jury trial and a decision of liability." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-good-and-bad-of-amazons-dark-patterns-settlement/ | Source: Truthdig [13:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-good-and-bad-of-amazons-dark-patterns-settlement/ ) [13:07] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [13:08] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [13:17] TR News They've Already Spent Close to a Million Dollars on Lawyers and Sent Us About 50 KG of Legal Papers (Sponsored by Mysterious Third Party) to Try to Censor Techrights, Without Success https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/They_ve_Already_Spent_Close_to_a_Million_Dollars_on_Lawyers_and.shtml [13:17] TR Bot Techrights They've Already Spent Close to a Million Dollars on Lawyers and Sent Us About 50 KG of Legal Papers (Sponsored by Mysterious Third Party) to Try to Censor Techrights, Without Success [13:20] TR News (NEW): Databases: PostgreSQL-Related Releases and News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/21/Databases_PostgreSQL_Related_Releases_and_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/21/Databases_PostgreSQL_Related_Releases_and_News.gmi [13:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Databases: PostgreSQL-Related Releases and News [13:20] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/21/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/21/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [13:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [13:20] TR News (NEW): Pulling a Microsoft OOXML on an Independent Publisher https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Pulling_a_Microsoft_OOXML_on_an_Independent_Publisher.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Pulling_a_Microsoft_OOXML_on_an_Independent_Publisher.gmi [13:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Pulling a Microsoft OOXML on an Independent Publisher [13:25] TR News "It was just over two years ago that the state discovered the source of the lead contamination was in the lateral pipes that supplied water to each house." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/1021/michigan-water-lead-pipes-cooperation | Source: CS Monitor [13:25] TR Bot one Michigan town is putting partisanship aside in pursuit of clean water - CSMonitor.com [13:25] TR News "Microplastics have become an invisible but persistent threat in rivers, lakes, oceans, and even in the water we drink." https://phys.org/news/2025-10-source-tool-microplastic.html | Source: Omicron Limited [13:25] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-source-tool-microplastic.html ) [13:25] TR News "Today in Tedium: Could we pin this all on C.W. McCall? In the early 1980s, the personal computer industry had a big problemthey were feeling perhaps their first-ever bout of regulation from a federal agency." https://tedium.co/2025/10/20/computers-fcc-rf-interference-history/ | Source: Tedium [13:25] TR Bot RF Shielding History: When The FCC Cracked Down On Computers [13:26] TR News "We believe the best alternative comes from System76 a U.S. computer maker and open-source tech company based in Colorado." https://greycoder.com/the-best-computing-set-up-without-apple-google-and-windows/ | Source: GreyCoder [13:26] TR Bot Best Computing Set-Up Without Using Apple, Google and Windows - GreyCoder [13:26] TR News "Imagine that your job is to carve thousands of tiny decorative marks into the surface of a clay. That is incredibly time consuming and repetitive, but it is also really difficult to program a robot for the task each mark requires dexterity and movement in several axes." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/21/worm-collaborative-robots-automate-art-in-a-new-way/ | Source: Arduino [13:26] TR Bot WORM collaborative robots automate art in a new way | Arduino Blog [13:26] TR News "I have looked into getting into fountain pens myself, if Im being honest. I love the idea of them. And I do own one. I do not know if its a good one or not, I just bought it on Amazon when I was looking for a new pen (I ended up with six new pens)." https://mtwb.blog/links/fountain-pens/ | Source: Matthew Weber [13:26] TR Bot Fountain Pens :: Matt's Blog [13:26] TR News "A research team at Stanford University has engineered a new approach to handling the thermal bottleneck of RF transistor by using diamonds." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/diamond-blanket-transistor-cooling-method-sees-incredible-success-in-testing-growing-micrometer-scale-diamond-layer-directly-on-transistors-drops-temps-by-70-c | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:26] TR Bot 'Diamond blanket' transistor cooling method delivers incredible success in testing, drops temps by 70C micrometer-scale diamond layer grown directly on transistors reduces heat by 90% | Tom's Hardware [13:29] TR News "The new badges arent Scouting Americas first foray into AI. It launched an AI chatbot called Scoutly over the summer to answer questions about the organization and its merit badges." https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/14/tech/scouting-america-ai-cybersecurity-merit-badges | Source: CNN [13:29] TR Bot Scouts will now be able to earn badges in AI and cybersecurity | CNN Business [13:29] TR News "We are now accepting proposals for the next edition of the CNI Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series. More information about this year-round program is available on the CNI website." https://www.cni.org/news/cni-pre-record-project-briefing-series-call-for-proposals-winter-2026 | Source: Coalition for Networked Information [13:29] TR Bot CNI Pre-Record Project Briefing Series Call for Proposals Winter 2026 [13:29] TR News "Nevertheless, I consider it dearly important to share and study and discuss the topic of innovation, and so I will provide some research notes here, as well as my overall interpretation of them." https://hazelweakly.me/blog/scaling-innovation-building-ecosystems/ | Source: Hazel Weakly [13:29] TR Bot Scaling Innovation: Building Ecosystems | Hazel Weakly [13:30] TR News "Here I demonstrate how Dirichlet regression with Gaussian process smooths provides a principled, flexible framework for modeling plant community composition across environmental gradients." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/compositional-modeling-of-plant-communities-with-dirichlet-regression/ | Source: Rlang [13:30] TR Bot modeling of plant communities with Dirichlet regression | R-bloggers [13:30] TR News "The mission involving SpaceX, Artemis 3, would be the first human lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972." https://www.reuters.com/science/us-seek-rival-bids-artemis-3-spacex-lags-nasa-chief-says-2025-10-20/ | Source: Reuters [13:30] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/science/us-seek-rival-bids-artemis-3-spacex-lags-nasa-chief-says-2025-10-20/ ) [13:43] TR News [Old] "Group theory is a branch of mathematics that studies algebraic structures known as groups." https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/maths/group-theory/ | Source: Geeks For Geeks [13:43] TR Bot Group Theory - GeeksforGeeks [13:43] TR News "This post continues where Hobby Hilbert Simplex left off. If you havent read it yet, start there. It explains the basics of Hobby curves, Hilbert sorting and Simplex noise that Im using." https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202510/natural_cubics_circular_simplex.html | Source: Ned Batchelder [13:43] TR Bot Natural cubics, circular Simplex | Ned Batchelder [13:43] TR News "Its an astonishing twist, showing that NASA is growing wary of SpaceX and its enormous Starship spacecraft falling behind schedule." https://futurism.com/space/nasa-spacex-moon-delays | Source: Futurism [13:43] TR Bot NASA May Ditch SpaceX for Moon Landing Because It's So Behind [13:43] TR News "I dont know if micro-blogging on a real blog makes sense. I could just post a blog post of the size I want and leave it at that." https://mtwb.blog/posts/2025/micro-blogging-vs-regular-blogging/ | Source: Matthew Weber [13:43] TR Bot Micro Blogging Vs Regular Blogging :: Matt's Blog [13:44] TR News "A widespread internet outage on Monday disrupted services for more than 1,000 companies, taking down major websites and apps including Amazon, Reddit, and Halifax Bank, according to multiple news outlets." https://insidetowers.com/major-internet-outage-hits-over-1000-companies/ | Source: Inside Towers [13:44] TR Bot Major Internet Outage Hits Over 1,000 Companies - Inside Towers [13:44] TR News "Myanmars junta said on Monday it raided one of the countrys most notorious cyberscam centers and seized Starlink satellite [Internet] devices." https://www.rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/10/20/myanmar-starlink-scam-center-raid/ | Source: RFA [13:44] TR Bot Myanmar junta says it seized 30 Starlink receivers in scam center raid Radio Free Asia [13:44] TR News "Eventually, I stopped using Spotify and streaming for the most part, and now that I have local music again." https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/listening-to-full-albums-again/ | Source: Joel Chrono [13:44] TR Bot Listening to Full Albums Again [13:45] TR News "I almost titled this post something along the lines of Rethinking the Rethinking of the Rethinking of My Blog. Fortunately, common sense won out and that didn't make the cut. But essentially that's what this is." https://mattlangford.com/the-ever-evolving-blog/ | Source: Matt Langford [13:45] TR Bot The Ever Evolving Blog | Matt Langford [13:45] TR News "For a while now, Ive been fascinated by Z3 and by SMT solving more broadly. While on pat leave recently, I was reminded of the existence of regular-expression crossword puzzles, and allowed myself to get nerdsniped by writing a Z3-backed solver." https://blog.nelhage.com/post/regex-crosswords-z3/ | Source: Nelson Elhage [13:45] TR Bot Solving Regex Crosswords with Z3 - Made of Bugs [13:46] TR News "Once it is out of warranty, with nothing to lose, a complete disassembly and review take place. It is well worth the read to learn about what a smart vacuum does" https://troypatterson.me/2025/10/21/suggested-read-the-day-my-smart-vacuum-turned-against-me/ | Source: Troy Patterson [13:46] TR Bot Suggested Read: The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me - Troy Patterson [13:46] TR News "The SEI Photometer is an astonishing device. Produced in Salford from 1948 until the 1960s, it looks like something that should be used while wearing a lab coat, a spacesuit or perhaps in a submarine." https://www.tfeb.org/fragments/2025/10/20/the-sei-photometer/ | Source: Tim Bradshaw [13:46] TR Bot The SEI photometer [13:49] TR News (NEW): Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi [13:49] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Open_Hardware_Modding_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Open_Hardware_Modding_Leftovers.gmi [13:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers [13:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers [13:50] TR News (NEW): Review: Kubuntu 25.10 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Review_Kubuntu_25_10.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Review_Kubuntu_25_10.gmi [13:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Kubuntu 25.10 [13:56] TR News Techrights Links 22/10/2025: Study on Misinformation by Slop and Heavily Debt-Sabbled Microsoft OpenAI (ClosedSlop) Uses "Browser" as Gimmick/Distraction https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Links_22_10_2025_Study_on_Misinformation_by_Slop_and_Heavily_De.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Links_22_10_2025_Study_on_Misinformation_by_Slop_and_Heavily_De.gmi [13:56] TR Bot Techrights Links 22/10/2025: Study on Misinformation by Slop and Heavily Debt-Sabbled Microsoft OpenAI (ClosedSlop) Uses "Browser" as Gimmick/Distraction [13:59] TR News "Whilst some of the thoughts on this are measured, most if it is a non issue. Take for instance the issue above. How small is the Venn diagram cross over between: [...]" https://gregmorris.co.uk/power-adapters-and-markets/ | Source: Greg Morris [13:59] TR Bot Power Adapters And Markets [13:59] TR News "We have published a list of IP addresses in the NTP Pool for a few years. We obtain this list from DNS lookups and some from our honeypot data." https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32390 | Source: SANS [13:59] TR Bot What time is it? Accuracy of pool.ntp.org. - SANS ISC [13:59] TR News "The level of interference coming from Russia is particularly significant." https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/electronic-warfare-commercial-gps-users-notice | Source: Dark Reading [13:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/electronic-warfare-commercial-gps-users-notice ) ● Oct 22 [14:00] TR News "Python recently adopted PEP 751 for lockfile specification. Doing so required an enormous amount of work: [...]" https://chrisholdgraf.com/blog/2025/lock-files/ | Source: Chris Holdgraf [14:00] TR Bot The slow boring of hard boards in open source - Welcome [14:00] TR News "Thats why Ive spent the last few months completely rebuilding LernerPython.com. Its a complete, structured learning experience, not just a set of courses." https://lerner.co.il/2025/10/21/your-personal-mentor-for-python-and-pandas/ | Source: Reuven Lerner [14:00] TR Bot Your personal mentor for Python and Pandas Reuven Lerner [14:21] TR News "A Perl function or subroutine is a group of statements that together perform a specific task." https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/perl/function-signature-in-perl/ | Source: Geeks For Geeks [14:21] TR Bot Function Signature in Perl - GeeksforGeeks [14:21] TR News [Old] "Perls roots were in simplicity and getting started as quickly as possible." https://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/2015/04/use-v5-20-subroutine-signatures/ | Source: The Effective Perler [14:21] TR Bot Use v5.20 subroutine signatures The Effective Perler [14:22] TR News "So, since I wanted to get away from the node-ecosystem, and my static site generator was written in JS, I thought I would try my hand at writing one in Perl. This is the most fun I've had writing code for years." https://blog.zerodogg.org/2025/10/13/the-joy-of-rediscovering-perl/ | [14:22] TR Bot The joy of rediscovering Perl - Eskild Hustvedt [14:22] TR News "I am of course humbled and greatly honored to have been selected as a receiver of said award this year." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10/21/a-royal-gold-medal/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [14:22] TR Bot royal gold medal | daniel.haxx.se [14:22] TR News "I think that modal editing is in the latter category. Vim is now very popular and has spawned numerous successors." https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/modal-editing-is-a-weird-historical-contingency/ | Source: Buttondown LLC [14:22] TR Bot editing is a weird historical contingency we have through sheer happenstance Buttondown [14:23] TR News "If youve read anything about compilers in the last two decades or so" https://mcyoung.xyz/2025/10/21/ssa-1/ | Source: Miguel Young de la Sota [14:23] TR Bot Why SSA? mcyoung [14:24] TR News "Want more info on what the book covers? https://rwd.education is the place. But check out some of the new hotness in the 5th edition" https://benfrain.com/new-book-responsive-web-design-with-html5-and-css-5th-edition/ | Source: Ben Frain [14:24] TR Bot Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS by Ben Frain [14:24] TR Bot New Book: Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, 5th Edition Ben Frain [14:25] TR News "For $8 (roughly 6/7), youll get DRM-free copies of our books, and your purchase will support the Raspberry Pi Foundations work to help young people reach their potential with computing." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/name-your-price-raspberry-pi-books/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [14:25] TR Bot Name your own price for this Humble Bundle of Raspberry Pi Press books - Raspberry Pi [14:28] TR News "In posting the previous post I encounted an interesting bug!" https://boston.conman.org/2025/10/20.2 | Source: Sean Conner [14:28] TR Bot It worked, but it failed - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [14:29] TR News "A quick reminder these updates are for users on our monthly Thunderbird Release channel." https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/10/thunderbird-monthly-release-144-recap/ | Source: Thunderbird [14:29] TR Bot Thunderbird Monthly Release 144 Recap - The Thunderbird Blog [14:30] TR News "The PDF specification is currently undergoing major changes and future versions are expected to have backwards incompatible features such as HDR imaging." https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/10/capypdf-180-released.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen [14:30] TR Bot Nibble Stew: CapyPDF 1.8.0 released [14:31] TR News "Owners of Eight Sleep smart beds got anything but a good nights sleep Monday" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2948826/these-smart-beds-began-roasting-their-owners-during-aws-outage.html | Source: PC World [14:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2948826/these-smart-beds-began-roasting-their-owners-during-aws-outage.html ) [14:31] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: time for you to get smart things [14:32] TR News "The key (pun intended) was the driver's phone using the car to reach the phone, then using the phone to reach the company's network." https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/car-byod-risk | Source: Dark Reading [14:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/car-byod-risk ) [14:33] TR News "Clonezilla Live is a Debian-based distribution for duplicating and restoring disk images and partitions." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12605 | Source: Distro Watch [14:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12605 ) [14:34] TR News "This version is built on the Debian Sid repository snapshot from October 17, 2025, and ships with Linux kernel 6.16, providing broader hardware compatibility and improved driver support across a range of systems." https://linuxiac.com/clonezilla-live-3-3-released-with-linux-kernel-6-16-and-new-utilities/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:34] TR Bot Clonezilla Live 3.3 Released with Linux Kernel 6.16 and New Utilities [14:34] TR News "The upcoming AlmaLinux 10.1 release will introduce native Btrfs support, a notable addition to the distributions storage capabilities. Btrfs has already been available in AlmaLinux OS Kitten since early September, and with version 10.1, its becoming part of the mainline experience." https://linuxiac.com/almalinux-10-1-adds-native-btrfs-filesystem-support/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:34] TR Bot AlmaLinux 10.1 Adds Native Btrfs Filesystem Support [14:35] TR News "See the full changelog for more details of the changes made over this latest six month development cycle." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251022025822 | Source: Undeadly [14:35] TR Bot OpenBSD 7.8 Released [14:35] TR News "As in our previous releases, 7.8 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system: [...]" https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=176109728712529&w=2 | Source: Mailing list ARChives [14:36] TR Bot 'OpenBSD 7.8 released: Oct 22, 2025' - MARC [14:36] TR News "Over four months after its previous major Plasma 6.4 release, followed by five maintenance updates, the last one being Plasma 6.4.5, the KDE desktop environment has just rolled out the much-anticipated Plasma 6.5." https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-5-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:36] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.5 Desktop Environment Released, This Is Whats New [14:37] MinceR schestowitz[TR2]: lol [14:37] TR News "One of the main highlights is the added initial support for the upcoming Linux kernel 6.18. The update also includes specific Guest Additions fixes for RHEL 9.6 and 9.7 kernels, addressing compatibility issues reported by some users." https://linuxiac.com/virtualbox-7-2-4-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-support/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:37] TR Bot VirtualBox 7.2.4 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 Support [14:37] MinceR time for me to loop every thermostat i own through AWS [14:37] TR News "Kata, for those of you who dont know, is an open source project that combines lightweight VMs with container runtimes." https://thenewstack.io/how-to-get-bare-metal-gpu-performance-in-confidential-vms/ | Source: The New Stack [14:37] TR Bot How To Get Bare-Metal GPU Performance in Confidential VMs - The New Stack [14:38] TR News (NEW): New Release of OpenBSD https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/New_Release_of_OpenBSD.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/New_Release_of_OpenBSD.gmi [14:38] schestowitz[TR2] what can possibly go wrong? [14:38] TR Bot Tux Machines New Release of OpenBSD [14:38] TR News "On my public server, I have the following bit of code in the configuration: [...] " https://boston.conman.org/2025/10/21.1 | Source: Sean Conner [14:38] TR Bot The actual root cause of yesterday's bug were laid over twenty years ago - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [14:43] TR News spell [14:43] TR News SpellBinding: AEFHLTU Wordo: DRAMA gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-22.gmi [14:43] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-10-22.gmi [14:44] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1801.jpg [14:44] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1451.jpg [14:45] TR News "The big thing that sets Niri apart is that its a scrollable tiling window manager. If youve used a normal tiling window manager, Niri behaves more or less like youd expect until you run out of room on your current workspace." gemini://moddedbear.xyz/logs/2025-10-21-niri-completely-changes-multitasking.gmi [14:45] TR News Alex Schroeders Diary Bots, again. I'm taking it personally. gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-10-22-bots-again ● Oct 22 [15:03] TR News S. Korean woman dies saving her baby from building fire sparked by neighbour trying to kill a cockroach https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-woman-dies-saving-her-baby-from-apartment-fire [15:03] TR Bot S. Korean woman dies saving her baby from building fire sparked by neighbour trying to kill a cockroach | The Straits Times [15:04] schestowitz[TR2] Isambard_Prince: piyush ^^ [15:05] TR News "Raised Shields | blarg" https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2025/10/21/raised-shields/ [15:05] TR Bot Raised Shields | blarg [15:05] TR News "Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam | ZDNET" https://www.zdnet.com/article/europes-plan-to-ditch-us-tech-giants-is-built-on-open-source-and-its-gaining-steam/ iophk: sjvn is still around it seems [15:05] TR Bot plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam | ZDNET [15:09] TR News Nvidia's China presence hits zero, says CEO Jensen Huang, and companies are already working around it Alibaba reduces reliance on H20 as U.S. and China division deepens https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/alibaba-slashes-gpu-usage-by-82-percent-with-new-pooling-system [15:09] TR Bot Nvidia's China presence hits zero, says CEO Jensen Huang, and companies are already working around it Alibaba reduces reliance on H20 as U.S. and China division deepens | Tom's Hardware [15:09] TR News I Tested Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta: A Few Hits and Misses But Mostly on the Right Track https://news.itsfoss.com/cosmic-beta/ [15:09] TR Bot I Tested Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta: A Few Hits and Misses But Mostly on the Right Track [15:10] TR News Krkn-AI: A feedback-driven approach to chaos engineering https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/21/krkn-ai-feedback-driven-approach-chaos-engineering [15:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/21/krkn-ai-feedback-driven-approach-chaos-engineering ) [15:11] TR News Remains of South Korean student allegedly tortured, killed in Cambodian scam centre repatriated https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/remains-of-south-korean-student-allegedly-tortured-killed-in-cambodian-scam-centre-repatriated [15:11] TR Bot Remains of South Korean student allegedly tortured, killed in Cambodian scam centre repatriated | The Straits Times [15:11] TR News KDAB at Embedded World NA 2025 https://www.kdab.com/kdab-at-embedded-world-na-2025/ [15:11] TR Bot at Embedded World NA 2025 | KDAB [15:13] TR News Dorothy Kabarozi: Laravel Mix Unable to Locate Mix File Error: Causes and Fixes https://dorothykabarozi.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/laravel-mix-unable-to-locate-mix-file-error-causes-and-fixes/ [15:13] TR Bot Laravel Mix Unable to Locate Mix File Error: Causes and Fixes Dorothy Kabarozi [15:14] TR News Josef Strzibny: devise-otp 2.0 released https://nts.strzibny.name/devise-otp-2/ [15:14] TR Bot devise-otp 2.0 released [15:14] TR News How to import provider network routes to OpenShift via BGP https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/21/how-import-provider-network-routes-openshift-bgp [15:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/21/how-import-provider-network-routes-openshift-bgp ) [15:15] TR News Emmanuel Kasper: How configuration is passed from the BinderHub helm chart to a running BinderHub https://00formicapunk00.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/how-configuration-is-passed-from-the-binderhub-helm-chart-to-a-running-binderhub/ [15:15] TR Bot How configuration is passed from the BinderHub helm chart to a running BinderHub formicapunk [15:16] TR News Fedora Community Blog: Forging Fedoras Future with Forgejo https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/forging-fedoras-future-with-forgejo/ [15:16] TR Bot Forging Fedoras Future with Forgejo Fedora Community Blog [15:17] TR News Microsoft's Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn is Losing Money, Traffic, and Hope; Now It Wants to Sell Its Users' Lifeblood (and Data) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Microsoft_s_LinkedIn_is_Losing_Money_Traffic_and_Hope_Now_It_Wa.shtml [15:17] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's LinkedIn is Losing Money, Traffic, and Hope; Now It Wants to Sell Its Users' Lifeblood (and Data) [15:17] TR News A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe, by Richard Stallman (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/A_radical_proposal_to_keep_your_personal_data_safe_by_Richard_S.shtml [15:17] TR Bot Techrights A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe, by Richard Stallman [15:18] TR News Ten Common Kubernetes Misconfigurations That Cause Outages (And What You Can Do About It) https://cloudnativenow.com/contributed-content/ten-common-kubernetes-misconfigurations-that-cause-outages-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/ [15:18] TR Bot Ten Common Kubernetes Misconfigurations That Cause Outages (And What You Can Do About It) - Cloud Native Now [15:19] TR News Mozilla Privacy Blog: Behind the Manifesto: Standing up for encryption to keep the internet safe https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/10/21/behind-the-manifesto-standing-up-for-encryption-to-keep-the-internet-safe/ [15:19] TR Bot Behind the Manifesto: Standing up for encryption to keep the internet safe - Open Policy & Advocacy [15:19] TR News Mozilla Addons Blog: Developer Spotlight: Fox Recap https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2025/10/21/developer-spotlight-fox-recap/ [15:19] TR Bot Developer Spotlight: Fox Recap - Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog [15:23] TR News From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/climate/from-industry-to-epa-lobbyist-now-oversees-pesticide-rules.html [15:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/climate/from-industry-to-epa-lobbyist-now-oversees-pesticide-rules.html ) [15:25] TR News Exercise May Actually Interfere With Weight Loss. Here's Why It's Still Critical. https://www.sciencealert.com/exercise-may-actually-interfere-with-weight-loss-heres-why-its-still-critical [15:25] TR Bot May Actually Interfere With Weight Loss. Here's Why It's Still Critical. : ScienceAlert [15:25] TR News 70% of US May Be Classed as Obese Under New Measures https://www.sciencealert.com/70-of-us-may-be-classed-as-obese-under-new-measures [15:25] TR Bot of US May Be Classed as Obese Under New Measures : ScienceAlert [15:26] whatA____ wii fit trauma [15:26] whatA____ "that's obese" [15:34] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/1mEs1l1 = https://imgur.artemislena.eu/gallery/1mEs1l1 [15:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/1mEs1l1 ) [15:34] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [15:34] TR News Valkey 9.0.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1042851/ [15:34] TR Bot 9.0.0 released [LWN.net] [15:35] TR News ISP tricked customers about fiber optics being used in their internet service, German court rules https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/isp-tricked-customers-about-fiber-optics-being-used-in-their-internet-service-german-court-rules-full-fiber-customers-found-to-have-last-mile-copper-connections [15:35] TR Bot ISP tricked customers about fiber optics being used in their internet service, German court rules 'full fiber' customers found to have 'last mile' copper connections | Tom's Hardware [15:35] TR News MElon's Grok misleads internet users about anti-Dihydroxyacetone Man 'No Kings' protests https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20251021-elon-musk-s-grok-misleads-internet-users-about-anti-trump-no-kings-protests [15:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20251021-elon-musk-s-grok-misleads-internet-users-about-anti-trump-no-kings-protests ) [15:38] TR News AI Slop Now Invading Spotifys Discover Weekly Lists https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-slop-invading-spotify-discover-weekly-playlists [15:38] TR Bot AI Slop Now Invading Spotify's Discover Weekly Lists [15:39] MinceR slopify [15:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:40] TR News Plasma 6.5 https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.0/ [15:40] TR Bot Plasma 6.5 - KDE Community [15:41] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/21/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/21/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [15:41] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [15:41] TR News Zorin OS 18 Broke Download Records on backdoored Windows 10 EOL Day https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/zorin-os-18-biggest-launch-ever [15:41] TR Bot Zorin OS 18 Broke Download Records on Windows 10 EOL Day - OMG! Ubuntu [15:43] TR News (NEW): Zorin OS 18 Downloads Skyrocket in the Last 48 Hours https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/18/Zorin_OS_18_Downloads_Skyrocket_in_the_Last_48_Hours.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/18/Zorin_OS_18_Downloads_Skyrocket_in_the_Last_48_Hours.gmi [15:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Zorin OS 18 Downloads Skyrocket in the Last 48 Hours [15:43] TR News KDE neon 20251021 is out https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon [15:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon ) [15:43] TR News Ultramarine 42 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/ultramarine [15:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ultramarine ) [15:44] TR News KDE Plasma 6.5 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-5-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new [15:44] TR Bot Plasma 6.5 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux [15:44] TR News VirtualBox 7.2.4 Released with Initial Support for GNU/Linux Kernel 6.18 https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-2-4-released-with-initial-support-for-linux-kernel-6-18 [15:44] TR Bot 7.2.4 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.18 - 9to5Linux [15:44] TR News Clonezilla Live 3.3.0-33 Adds Support for Cloning MTD Block and eMMC Boot Devices https://9to5linux.com/clonezilla-live-3-3-0-33-adds-support-for-cloning-mtd-block-and-emmc-boot-devices [15:44] TR Bot Live 3.3.0-33 Adds Support for Cloning MTD Block and eMMC Boot Devices - 9to5Linux [15:44] TR News AgarimOS 20251021 is out https://distrowatch.com/agarimos [15:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/agarimos ) [15:48] TR News Xubuntu Site Possibly Hacked http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Xubuntu-Site-Possibly-Hacked [15:48] TR Bot Xubuntu Site Possibly Hacked Linux Magazine [15:49] TR News RustDesk Released 1.4.3 with Multi-Monitor for Wayland & Virtual Mouse https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/10/rustdesk-released-1-4-3-with-multi-monitor-for-wayland-virtual-mouse/ [15:49] TR Bot RustDesk Released 1.4.3 with Multi-Monitor for Wayland & Virtual Mouse | UbuntuHandbook [15:49] TR News More Publishers and Companies Nowadays Say "GNU/Linux", Not "Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/More_Publishers_and_Companies_Nowadays_Say_GNU_Linux_Not_Linux.shtml [15:49] TR Bot Techrights More Publishers and Companies Nowadays Say "GNU/Linux", Not "Linux" [15:49] TR News When Prominent GNU/Linux Distros Are Run by Spies https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/When_Prominent_GNU_Linux_Distros_Are_Run_by_Spies.shtml [15:49] TR Bot Techrights When Prominent GNU/Linux Distros Are Run by Spies [15:49] TR News Slopwatch: Fake Articles (Slop) in "Linux" Clothing in Surveillance Giant Google News (Noise) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/Slopwatch_Fake_Articles_Slop_in_Linux_Clothing_in_Google_News_N.shtml [15:49] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Fake Articles (Slop) in "Linux" Clothing in Google News (Noise) [15:49] TR News 6 Best Free and Open Source Java Static Site Generators https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-java-static-site-generators/ [15:49] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Java Static Site Generators - LinuxLinks [15:50] TR News Yesser Calculator extensible calculator https://www.linuxlinks.com/yesser-calculator-extensible-calculator/ [15:50] TR Bot Calculator - extensible calculator - LinuxLinks [15:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://x.com/bit_sparkle/status/1980986576470470674 [15:52] TR Bot NO TITLE [15:52] schestowitz[TR2] "Politics has always been present in the open source movement. I mean, all of Richard Stallman's work is based on specific political ideas. [15:52] schestowitz[TR2] Up to this point, everything is fine, the problem is when politics consumes everything else and it's the only thing left, and especially when, instead of going after the real bad guys, people start civil wars that only serve to impoverish ideas and the community" [15:53] TR News British Train Departures https://hackaday.com/2025/10/21/british-train-departures-as-they-should-be-viewed/ | Source: Hackaday [15:53] TR Bot Train Departures As They Should Be Viewed | Hackaday [15:54] TR News Merlin Partially Dismisses Triller Missing Payments Lawsuit Ahead of Default Judgment Hearing As the Overarching Triller Group Stares Down Possible NASDAQ Delisting https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/21/merlin-triller-lawsuit-partial-dismissal/ [15:54] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/21/merlin-triller-lawsuit-partial-dismissal/ ) [15:54] whatA____ http://nitter.poast.org/GregMolnar/status/1980935956606890053 [15:54] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://nitter.poast.org/GregMolnar/status/1980935956606890053 ) [15:54] TR News Head in the clown(s) https://stanforddaily.com/2025/10/20/head-in-the-clouds/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Clown_Computing.shtml [15:55] TR Bot Head in the cloud(s) [15:55] whatA____ Ruby is washed [15:55] TR Bot Techrights Clown Computing [15:55] whatA____ http://stallman.org/discord.html [15:55] TR Bot Reasons not to use Discord [15:56] whatA____ IRC rocks [15:56] schestowitz[TR2] hard to follow that thread [15:56] schestowitz[TR2] and it also uses JS [15:56] schestowitz[TR2] for no good reasojn [15:56] schestowitz[TR2] i didn't know some nitter instances still existed [15:56] schestowitz[TR2] x.com made the api access very hard [15:58] whatA____ yeah so much for that lemon muskrat's acquisition just to make it a proprietary walled garden [15:58] whatA____ just another zuckbook now [15:59] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.androidpolice.com/x-new-revenue-stream-inactive-handles/ [15:59] TR Bot X will soon tap into a new revenue stream: inactive handles ● Oct 22 [16:00] TR News Oops! The proprietary trap AWS Outage Took Down Everybodys Bored Apes https://futurism.com/future-society/aws-outage-bored-apes [16:00] TR Bot Oops! The AWS Outage Took Down Everybody's Bored Apes [16:00] whatA____ "inactive handles" [16:01] whatA____ social control media that never was: actually handlejacking the dead [16:01] TR News "So much news, so little time left until Supercon! We hope you all have your tickets. If not: Workshop and general admission tickets are on sale now." https://hackaday.com/2025/10/21/2025-hackaday-supercon-two-new-workshops-costume-party-lightning-talks-and-a-new-space-panel/ | Source: Hackaday [16:01] TR Bot Hackaday Supercon: Two New Workshops, Costume Party, Lightning Talks, And A New-Space Panel | Hackaday [16:03] TR News F5 hack highlights persistent supply chain security concerns https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/10/f5-hack-highlights-persistent-supply-chain-security-concerns/ [16:03] TR Bot F5 hack highlights persistent supply chain security concerns [16:05] TR News Stop payroll diversion scams before they start https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/stop-payroll-diversion-scams-before-they-start/ [16:05] TR Bot Stop payroll diversion scams before they start | Pen Test Partners [16:08] TR News Myanmar Military Shuts Down Major Cybercrime Center and Detains Over 2,000 People https://www.securityweek.com/myanmar-military-shuts-down-major-cybercrime-center-and-detains-over-2000-people/ [16:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/myanmar-military-shuts-down-major-cybercrime-center-and-detains-over-2000-people/ ) [16:09] TR News Over 73,000 WatchGuard Firebox Devices Impacted by Recent Critical Flaw https://www.securityweek.com/over-73000-watchguard-firebox-devices-impacted-by-recent-critical-flaw/ [16:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/over-73000-watchguard-firebox-devices-impacted-by-recent-critical-flaw/ ) [16:12] TR News "The chiptune music scene is largely rooted in the sounds of the original Nintendo Game Boy and the Commodore 64, while still welcoming a wide range of other hardware under its general umbrella." https://hackaday.com/2025/10/21/the-pdp-1-can-sound-hauntingly-beautiful/ | Source: Hackaday [16:12] TR Bot PDP-1 Can Sound Hauntingly Beautiful | Hackaday [16:12] TR News Tinkercad https://hackaday.com/2025/10/21/tinkercad-continues-to-grow-up/ | Source: Hackaday [16:12] TR Bot Continues To Grow Up | Hackaday [16:13] TR News A Treatise on the All-Healing Qualities of Earth Bathing (1790) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/earth-bathing [16:13] TR Bot A Treatise on the All-Healing Qualities of Earth Bathing (1790) The Public Domain Review [16:14] TR News Clonezilla 3.3.0-33 is out https://distrowatch.com/clonezilla [16:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/clonezilla ) [16:14] TR News Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/inside-amazons-plans-to-replace-workers-with-robots.html [16:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/inside-amazons-plans-to-replace-workers-with-robots.html ) [16:15] TR News AWS outage sparks campus-wide disruption https://stanforddaily.com/2025/10/20/aws-outage-sparks-campus-wide-disruption/ [16:15] TR Bot AWS outage sparks campus-wide disruption [16:16] TR News ChatGPT Usage Has Peaked and Is Now Declining, New Data Finds https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-peaked-data http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [16:16] TR Bot ChatGPT Usage Has Peaked and Is Now Declining, New Data Finds [16:16] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [16:17] TR News CISA Warns of Exploited Apple, Kentico, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-exploited-apple-kentico-microsoft-vulnerabilities/ [16:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-exploited-apple-kentico-microsoft-vulnerabilities/ ) [16:18] TR News Government, Industrial Servers Targeted in China-Linked PassiveNeuron Campaign https://www.securityweek.com/government-industrial-servers-targeted-in-china-linked-passiveneuron-campaign/ [16:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/government-industrial-servers-targeted-in-china-linked-passiveneuron-campaign/ ) [16:18] TR News A Cybersecurity Merit Badge https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/a-cybersecurity-merit-badge.html [16:18] TR Bot Cybersecurity Merit Badge - Schneier on Security [16:19] TR News DigiKam 8.8.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1042823/ [16:19] TR Bot 8.8.0 released [LWN.net] [16:20] TR News Charities Using AI-Generated Photos of Starving Children to Raise Money https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/charities-ai-poverty-porn [16:20] TR Bot Charities Using AI-Generated Photos of Starving Children to Raise Money [16:21] TR News The Robots Fueling Amazons Automation https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/amazon-robotics-automation.html [16:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/amazon-robotics-automation.html ) [16:22] TR News Upbeat introduces UP201 and UP301 ultra-low power RISC-V MCUs with always-on Hey Hi (AI) processing https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/21/upbeat-introduces-up201-and-up301-ultra-low-power-risc-v-mcus-with-always-on-ai-processing/ [16:22] TR Bot Upbeat introduces UP201 and UP301 ultra-low power RISC-V MCUs with always-on AI processing - CNX Software [16:22] TR News Atari just resurrected its most potent foe in the console wars from 45 years ago, the Intellivision Spirit https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/atari-just-resurrected-its-most-potent-foe-in-the-console-wars-from-45-years-ago-the-intellivision-spirit-usd149-console-comes-with-45-games-was-brought-into-the-atari-fold-through-ip-acquisition-last-year [16:22] TR Bot Atari just resurrected its most potent foe in the console wars from 45 years ago, the Intellivision Spirit $149 console comes with 45 games, was brought into the Atari fold through IP acquisition last year | Tom's Hardware [16:25] TR News GNOME Tour in openSUSE and welcome app https://danigm.net/gnome-tour-opensuse.html [16:25] TR Bot GNOME Tour in openSUSE and welcome app [16:26] TR News (NEW): Free Software: The Next Step https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Free_Software_The_Next_Step.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Free_Software_The_Next_Step.gmi [16:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Free Software: The Next Step [16:30] TR News XSAs released on 2025-10-21 https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/10/21/xsas-released-on-2025-10-21/ [16:30] TR Bot XSAs released on 2025-10-21 | Qubes OS [16:30] TR News Litigation Funding and Alternative Dispute Resolution Exploring Positives and Negatives https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/10/21/litigation-funding-and-alternative-dispute-resolution-exploring-positives-and-negatives [16:30] TR Bot Litigation Funding and Alternative Dispute Resolution Exploring Positives and Negatives Unified Patents [16:32] TR News UPC is illegal, but since EPO corruption has spread to the EU the kangaroo courts run by corporations now run the state https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/upc-the-hague-bars-black-sheep-from-selling-products-beyond-upc-territory/ [16:32] TR Bot UPC The Hague issues injunction against Black Sheep in and beyond UPC territory [16:33] TR News Part 3: Evolving the Model by adding a company-driven open source project https://toscalix.com/2025/10/21/part-3-evolving-the-model-by-adding-a-company-driven-open-source-project/ [16:33] TR Bot 3: Evolving the Model by adding a company-driven open source project toscalix [16:34] TR News Researchers uncover remote code execution flaw in abandoned Rust code library https://cyberscoop.com/async-tar-rust-open-source-vulnerability/ [16:34] TR Bot uncover remote code execution flaw in abandoned Rust code library | CyberScoop [16:35] TR News TechNexion unveils SO-DIMM and OSM system-on-modules based on Synaptics SL2610 https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/21/technexion-so-dimm-and-osm-system-on-modules-synaptics-sl2610/ [16:35] TR Bot TechNexion unveils SO-DIMM and OSM system-on-modules based on Synaptics SL2610 - CNX Software [16:35] TR News Solving Regex Crosswords with Z3 https://blog.nelhage.com/post/regex-crosswords-z3/ [16:35] TR Bot Solving Regex Crosswords with Z3 - Made of Bugs [16:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:37] TR News Install local deb packages in woofQ2 https://bkhome.org/news/202510/install-local-deb-packages-in-woofq2.html [16:37] TR Bot Install local deb packages in woofQ2 [16:38] TR News Rfuzzycoco released on CRAN https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/rfuzzycoco-released-on-cran/ [16:38] TR Bot released on CRAN | R-bloggers [16:39] TR News Swiss Rglette! https://hackaday.com/2025/10/21/batteries-not-included-meet-the-swiss-reglette/ | Source: Hackaday [16:39] TR Bot Not Included: Meet The Swiss Rglette! | Hackaday [16:39] psydruid > [notice] troypatterson.me | Suggested Read: The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me - Troy Patterson [16:39] psydruid More like a dumb vacuum [16:40] TR News The FuturFusion Cloud stack https://stgraber.org/2025/10/21/the-futurfusion-cloud-stack/ [16:40] TR Bot The FuturFusion Cloud stack | Stphane Graber's website [16:41] TR News Google News is Now Promoting a Parasitic Slopfarm Called "findarticles.com", Where Plagiarism of "Linux" Articles is Rampant https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Google_News_is_Now_Promoting_a_Parasitic_Slopfarm_Called_findar.shtml [16:41] TR Bot Techrights Google News is Now Promoting a Parasitic Slopfarm Called "findarticles.com", Where Plagiarism of "Linux" Articles is Rampant [16:42] whatA____ Gulag Noise after the layoffs driven by LLM slop be like [16:45] TR News How To Install HPLIP on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-hplip-almalinux-10/ [16:45] TR Bot How To Install HPLIP on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [16:46] TR News How To Install Clonezilla on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-clonezilla-rocky-linux-10/ [16:46] TR Bot How To Install Clonezilla on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [16:46] TR News How To Install Wireguard on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-wireguard-rocky-linux-10/ [16:46] TR Bot How To Install Wireguard on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [16:46] TR News How To Install Shotcut on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-shotcut-manjaro/ [16:46] TR Bot How To Install Shotcut on Manjaro - idroot [16:47] TR News How To Install DokuWiki on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-dokuwiki-debian-13/ [16:47] TR Bot How To Install DokuWiki on Debian 13 - idroot [16:47] TR News How To Install PostfixAdmin on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-postfixadmin-almalinux-10/ [16:47] TR Bot How To Install PostfixAdmin on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [16:48] TR News Bootlin engineer Luca Ceresoli speaks at GNU/Linux Day 2025 in Bergamo, Italy https://bootlin.com/blog/bootlin-engineer-luca-ceresoli-speaks-at-linux-day-2025-in-bergamo-italy/ [16:48] TR Bot engineer Luca Ceresoli speaks at Linux Day 2025 in Bergamo, Italy Bootlin [16:48] TR News Microsoft Lunduke: Freedom of Speech Means Spreading What I Have to Say and Banning People I Disagree With https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Microsoft_Lunduke_Freedom_of_Speech_Means_Spreading_What_I_Have.shtml [16:48] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Lunduke: Freedom of Speech Means Spreading What I Have to Say and Banning People I Disagree With [16:48] TR News Conversion Arch GNU/Linux BTRFS LV from 20 GB to maximum available size on virtual disk (/dev/vda) https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/10/conversion-arch-linux-btrfs-lv-from-20.html [16:48] TR Bot Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: Conversion Arch Linux BTRFS LV from 20 GB to maximum available size on virtual disk (/dev/vda) [16:51] TR News TTAB Reverses VERSAMAX Section 2(d) Refusal: Applicant's Specific Tractors not Related to Trailers, Purchasers Careful http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/10/ttab-reverses-versamax-section-2d.html [16:51] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTAB Reverses VERSAMAX Section 2(d) Refusal: Applicant's Specific Tractors not Related to Trailers, Purchasers Careful [16:51] TR News Russia Pushes a State-Controlled Super App by Sabotaging Its Rivals https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/world/europe/russia-max-app.html [16:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/world/europe/russia-max-app.html ) [16:52] TR News Telecom group to build new $116m undersea cable in the Black Sea, bypassing Russia project set to connect Bulgaria, Georgia, Turkey, and Ukraine https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/telecom-group-to-build-new-usd116m-undersea-cable-in-the-black-sea-bypassing-russia-project-set-to-connect-bulgaria-georgia-turkey-and-ukraine [16:52] TR Bot Telecom group to build new $116m undersea cable in the Black Sea, bypassing Russia project set to connect Bulgaria, Georgia, Turkey, and Ukraine | Tom's Hardware [16:53] TR News Russian bloggers publish video of drone attack on UN convoy in Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251021-russian-bloggers-video-drone-attack-un-convoy-ukraine [16:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251021-russian-bloggers-video-drone-attack-un-convoy-ukraine ) [16:54] TR News Richard Stallman is Having a Good Week Already (Stallman Was Right About 'Clown Computing') https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/Richard_Stallman_is_Having_a_Good_Week_Already_Stallman_Was_Rig.shtml [16:54] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman is Having a Good Week Already (Stallman Was Right About 'Clown Computing') [16:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:58] TR News Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #43 S2E20 Building Trust in Open Source: Seth Larsons Journey from Maintainer to Security Leader https://openssf.org/podcast/2025/10/21/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-43-s2e20-building-trust-in-open-source-seth-larsons-journey-from-maintainer-to-security-leader/ [16:58] TR Bot Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #43 S2E20 Building Trust in Open Source: Seth Larsons Journey from Maintainer to Security Leader Open Source Security Foundation [16:58] TR News Company Churning Out Hey Hi (AI) Podcasts Filled With Bizarre Glitches They Didnt Even Catch https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-podcast-glitches [16:58] TR Bot Company Churning Out AI Podcasts Filled With Bizarre Glitches They Didn't Even Catch [16:59] TR News Perconas New CEO Peter Farkas Returns to a Company He Never Really Left https://fossforce.com/2025/10/perconas-new-ceo-peter-farkas-returns-to-a-company-he-never-really-left/ [16:59] TR Bot Percona's New CEO Peter Farkas Returns to a Company He Never Really Left - FOSS Force ● Oct 22 [17:00] TR News German industrial slowdown threatens Lithuania with stagnation media https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2721067/german-industrial-slowdown-threatens-lithuania-with-stagnation-media [17:00] TR Bot German industrial slowdown threatens Lithuania with stagnation media - LRT [17:01] TR News Pluralistic: Carl Hiaasen's 'Fever Beach' (21 Oct 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/21/florida-duh/ [17:01] TR Bot Pluralistic: Carl Hiaasens Fever Beach (21 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [17:02] TR News Advertisers Getting Cold Feet Ahead of TikTok USA Launch, Latest Scuttlebutt Suggests https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/21/advertisers-tiktok-usa-cold-feet/ [17:02] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/21/advertisers-tiktok-usa-cold-feet/ ) [17:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [17:18] TR News MinIO Again Under Fire for Source-Only Decision https://linuxiac.com/minio-with-yet-another-controversial-move/ [17:18] TR Bot MinIO Again Under Fire for Source-Only Decision [17:19] TR News How to Upgrade Ubuntu 24.04 to 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/upgrade-ubuntu-24-04-to-26-04 [17:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/upgrade-ubuntu-24-04-to-26-04 ) [17:19] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1042822/ [17:19] TR Bot updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [17:19] TR News Linux's Favorite Game SuperTuxKart 1.5 Released with Graphics Overhaul and New Features https://news.itsfoss.com/supertuxkart-1-5/ [17:19] TR Bot Linux's Favorite Game SuperTuxKart 1.5 Released with Graphics Overhaul and New Features [17:20] TR News Configuring an External PDF Viewer in Thunderbird on GNU/Linux https://cubiclenate.com/2025/10/21/configuring-an-external-pdf-viewer-in-thunderbird-on-linux/ [17:20] TR Bot Enhance Your Thunderbird Experience with Okular PDF Viewer [17:22] TR News bibref discover internal references in the Bible https://www.linuxlinks.com/bibref-discover-internal-references-bible/ [17:22] TR Bot - discover internal references in the Bible - LinuxLinks [17:22] TR News Volla Phone Quintus running Ubuntu Touch: Upgrading to Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 https://www.linuxlinks.com/volla-phone-quintus-running-ubuntu-touch-upgrading/ [17:22] TR Bot Phone Quintus running Ubuntu Touch: Upgrading to Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 - LinuxLinks [17:22] TR News Davis admin interface for sabre/dav https://www.linuxlinks.com/davis-admin-interface-sabre-dav/ [17:22] TR Bot - admin interface for sabre/dav - LinuxLinks [17:22] TR News quicssh-rs simple ssh server https://www.linuxlinks.com/quicssh-rs-simple-ssh-server/ [17:22] TR Bot - simple ssh server - LinuxLinks [17:23] TR News LangitKetujuh OS GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/langitketujuh-os-linux-distribution/ [17:23] TR Bot OS - Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [17:24] TR News "The Razer Nari is a decent wireless headset, but its a little oddballbecause it uses a bespoke USB dongle for pairing. This is all well and good if youre using a supported configuration; plug it into a Windows PC, run the utility, and youre good to go." https://hackaday.com/2025/10/21/open-source-hack-lets-the-razer-nari-headset-work-with-linux/ | Source: Hackaday [17:24] TR Bot Source Hack Lets The Razer Nari Headset Work With Linux | Hackaday [17:24] MinceR 22 165850 < whatA____> just another zuckbook now [17:24] MinceR was it ever not that? [17:24] MinceR it was just another MICROS~1 fan circlejerk under dorsey [17:24] MinceR now it's a nazi circlejerk [17:26] TR News FSF Blogs: FSD meeting recap 2025-10-17 http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsd-meeting-recap-2025-10-17 [17:26] TR Bot FSD meeting recap 2025-10-17 Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [17:27] schestowitz[TR2] swastijerk [17:29] MinceR :> [17:29] whatA____ "login to view/search" no wonder why it's becoming a zuckbook [17:30] whatA____ I wonder when GulagTube become one of them because of the massively plagiarized lookup table slop [17:30] TR News Seems like the slopfarm https://linuxsecurity.com now removes some of its own pages! [17:30] TR Bot Top Linux News, Advisories, How-tos, and Feature Releases [17:31] TR News digiKam 8.8.0 Released with UI Translation for 61 Languages https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/10/digikam-8-8-0-translation-61-languages/ [17:31] TR Bot digiKam 8.8.0 Released with UI Translation for 61 Languages | UbuntuHandbook [17:31] whatA____ hopefully the nuke doesn't hit humans, just the slop [17:31] TR News Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 914 https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/10/21/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-914/ [17:31] TR Bot Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 914 [17:31] whatA____ BetaNews ousted the Serial Slopper out, but I don't even know what has come on Williams [17:32] TR News KDE Plasma 6.5 Released with Rounded Corners, Clipboard Pinning + More https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/kde-plasma-6-5-new-features-changes-release [17:32] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.5 Released with Rounded Corners, Clipboard Pinning + More - OMG! Ubuntu [17:32] TR News The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 914 https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/10/21/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-914/ [17:32] TR Bot Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 914 [17:33] TR News Supply Chain Attack Targets VS Code Extensions With GlassWorm Malware https://www.securityweek.com/supply-chain-attack-targets-vs-code-extensions-with-glassworm-malware/ [17:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/supply-chain-attack-targets-vs-code-extensions-with-glassworm-malware/ ) [17:34] TR News Taking stock of Big Tech: the 2025 RDR Index https://www.accessnow.org/big-tech-2025-rdr-index/ [17:34] TR Bot Taking stock of Big Tech: the 2025 RDR Index - Access Now [17:38] ZedHedTed i like the spongebob reference here. it's very relevant to M$'s repeated mistakes gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/21/XBox_is_a_Dead_Microsoft_Product_in_a_Dying_Industry.gmi [17:38] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/today_s_howtos.gmi [17:38] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [17:39] ZedHedTed How many times do we have to keep teaching you this lesson, old man. i'm already planning on downgrading my game pass to the lowest tier but can't outright cancel for social reasons. [17:39] ZedHedTed but all the cancellations taught M$ nothing, as now they raise the dev kit price, blaming the "economy" [17:40] TR News (NEW): Applications: devise-otp 2.0, Valkey 9.0.0, RustDesk Released 1.4.3, Tinkercad, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Applications_devise_otp_2_0_Valkey_9_0_0_RustDesk_Released_1_4_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Applications_devise_otp_2_0_Valkey_9_0_0_RustDesk_Released_1_4_.gmi [17:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications: devise-otp 2.0, Valkey 9.0.0, RustDesk Released 1.4.3, Tinkercad, and More [17:43] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding:: RISC-V, Retro, and Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Open_Hardware_Modding_RISC_V_Retro_and_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Open_Hardware_Modding_RISC_V_Retro_and_Linux.gmi [17:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding:: RISC-V, Retro, and Linux [17:43] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Security_Leftovers.gmi [17:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [17:44] MinceR (audio:important) https://i.imgur.com/3AtOIWj.mp4 = https://imgur.nerdvpn.de/3AtOIWj.mp4 [17:44] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [17:45] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [17:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [17:46] TR News (NEW): Mozilla's Web Browser/Web Server Commentary https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Mozilla_s_Web_Browser_Web_Server_Commentary.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Mozilla_s_Web_Browser_Web_Server_Commentary.gmi [17:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla's Web Browser/Web Server Commentary [17:48] TR News (NEW): Embedded World, Hackaday Supercon, Linux Day, Free Software Directory (FSD) Meeting https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Embedded_World_Hackaday_Supercon_Linux_Day_Free_Software_Direct.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Embedded_World_Hackaday_Supercon_Linux_Day_Free_Software_Direct.gmi [17:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Embedded World, Hackaday Supercon, Linux Day, Free Software Directory (FSD) Meeting [17:50] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [17:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [17:51] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:51] TR News (NEW): Servers, IBM, and GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Servers_IBM_and_GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/Servers_IBM_and_GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [17:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Servers, IBM, and GNU/Linux Leftovers [17:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [17:55] TR News "An actual diff replacement (you cant just pipe to it). Use this if you want to see diffs that arent dumb about brace placement when you add a {} to a long list of things in braces. I currently use this as my one default Git difftool." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/diff-ers/ [17:56] TR News epidemia local gemini://blg.hmd-tld.xyz/post/una-epidemia-local.gmi ● Oct 22 [18:01] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 22/10/2025: Niri Completely Changes Multitasking and Overview of Diff-ers https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Gemini_Links_22_10_2025_Niri_Completely_Changes_Multitasking_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Gemini_Links_22_10_2025_Niri_Completely_Changes_Multitasking_an.gmi [18:01] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 22/10/2025: Niri Completely Changes Multitasking and Overview of Diff-ers [18:05] TR News Techrights Links 22/10/2025: Amazon Plans to Replace Workers With Robotics, AWS and Clown Computing in General Ridiculed https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Links_22_10_2025_Amazon_Plans_to_Replace_Workers_With_Robotics_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Links_22_10_2025_Amazon_Plans_to_Replace_Workers_With_Robotics_.gmi [18:05] TR Bot Techrights Links 22/10/2025: Amazon Plans to Replace Workers With Robotics, AWS and Clown Computing in General Ridiculed [18:13] TR News Techrights Some Large German Media Covers Richard Stallman's Talks in Germany Earlier This Week https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Some_Large_German_Media_Covers_Richard_Stallman_s_Talks_in_Germ.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Some_Large_German_Media_Covers_Richard_Stallman_s_Talks_in_Germ.gmi [18:13] TR Bot Techrights Some Large German Media Covers Richard Stallman's Talks in Germany Earlier This Week [18:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [18:41] TR News Techrights Worrying and Amusing Stories of "Clown Computing" Gone Awry https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Worrying_and_Amusing_Stories_of_Clown_Computing_Gone_Awry.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Worrying_and_Amusing_Stories_of_Clown_Computing_Gone_Awry.gmi [18:41] TR Bot Techrights Worrying and Amusing Stories of "Clown Computing" Gone Awry [18:47] TR News Pixel 10 exclusive: GPU-powered Linux apps come to Android 16 QPR2 https://dataconomy.com/2025/10/21/pixel-10-exclusive-gpu-powered-linux-apps-come-to-android-16-qpr2/ [18:47] TR Bot 10 Exclusive: GPU-powered Linux Apps Come To Android 16 QPR2 - Dataconomy [18:47] TR News Open Source Hack Lets The Razer Nari Headset Work With Linux https://hackaday.com/2025/10/21/open-source-hack-lets-the-razer-nari-headset-work-with-linux/ [18:47] TR Bot Source Hack Lets The Razer Nari Headset Work With Linux | Hackaday [18:49] TR News Memorizing These 7 Linux Command-Line Options Will Turn You Into a Pro https://www.howtogeek.com/memorizing-these-command-line-options-will-turn-you-into-a-pro/ [18:49] TR Bot Memorizing These 7 Linux Command-Line Options Will Turn You Into a Pro [18:49] TR News "The beloved open source kart racer gets many refinments before Evolution arrives." https://news.itsfoss.com/supertuxkart-1-5/ [18:49] TR Bot Linux's Favorite Game SuperTuxKart 1.5 Released with Graphics Overhaul and New Features [18:50] TR News (NEW): The end of Windows 10 has been a boon for one particular Linux distro - and I'm not surprised https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_end_of_Windows_10_has_been_a_boon_for_one_particular_Linux_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/The_end_of_Windows_10_has_been_a_boon_for_one_particular_Linux_.gmi [18:50] TR Bot Tux Machines The end of Windows 10 has been a boon for one particular Linux distro - and I'm not surprised [18:52] TR News (NEW): This Linux app will make you ditch your mouse for good https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/This_Linux_app_will_make_you_ditch_your_mouse_for_good.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/22/This_Linux_app_will_make_you_ditch_your_mouse_for_good.gmi [18:52] TR Bot Tux Machines This Linux app will make you ditch your mouse for good [18:52] TR News Google fixes Pixel bootloops, boosts Linux support, brings Pixel 8 to its refurb store, & more https://piunikaweb.com/2025/10/21/google-pixel-bootloop-fix-linux-upgrade-pixel-8-refurb-store/ [18:52] TR Bot fixes Pixel bootloops, boosts Linux support, brings Pixel 8 to its refurb store, & more - PiunikaWeb ● Oct 22 [19:03] TR News Techrights Nigerian fraud in FSFE constitution https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Nigerian_fraud_in_FSFE_constitution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Nigerian_fraud_in_FSFE_constitution.gmi [19:03] TR Bot Techrights Nigerian fraud in FSFE constitution [19:06] TR News Techrights Helping FSFE scam victims and conference organisers https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Helping_FSFE_scam_victims_and_conference_organisers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Helping_FSFE_scam_victims_and_conference_organisers.gmi [19:06] TR Bot Techrights Helping FSFE scam victims and conference organisers [19:11] TR News Techrights Evidence: psychological abuse, stalking, Galia Mancheva, Susanne Eiswirt ignored by FSFE judgment for Matthias Kirschner https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Evidence_psychological_abuse_stalking_Galia_Mancheva_Susanne_Ei.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Evidence_psychological_abuse_stalking_Galia_Mancheva_Susanne_Ei.gmi [19:11] TR Bot Techrights Evidence: psychological abuse, stalking, Galia Mancheva, Susanne Eiswirt ignored by FSFE judgment for Matthias Kirschner [19:13] TR News Techrights Evidence: bullying, student union behaviour: Armijn Hemel's FSFE resignation https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Evidence_bullying_student_union_behaviour_Armijn_Hemel_s_FSFE_r.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Evidence_bullying_student_union_behaviour_Armijn_Hemel_s_FSFE_r.gmi [19:13] TR Bot Techrights Evidence: bullying, student union behaviour: Armijn Hemel's FSFE resignation [19:18] TR News Techrights Mysterious grant forfeited, $100,000 from Software in the Public Interest accounts 2023 https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Mysterious_grant_forfeited_100_000_from_Software_in_the_Public_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Mysterious_grant_forfeited_100_000_from_Software_in_the_Public_.gmi [19:18] TR Bot Techrights Mysterious grant forfeited, $100,000 from Software in the Public Interest accounts 2023 [19:20] TR News "Nah bro, it's like 16k" IBM layoffs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6ers0w1 [19:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6ers0w1 ) [19:21] TR News "the people get sent to the unemployment lines, of course. This is RTP, not Bengaluru. It is no longer considered a strategic location, and not for IBM. Isn't that right, Alvind ? Another wonderful AI decision." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7hgfv3z [19:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7hgfv3z ) [19:21] TR News "Bjarne is Scandinavian." Cannot criticise anyone at IBM? https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k84sx1qr [19:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k84sx1qr ) [19:23] TR News "IBM wants to get to 100 US employees. Everyone else in India, Bulgaria, Egypt etc. It is all about stock price and cash flow don't you know? In 2025 they think they need as few sales people as possible in the US. Under 25 with 0-2 years experience is best." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k857zkc7 [19:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k857zkc7 ) [19:23] TR News "Sell as much as possible with self service cloud tiles. watsonx else does everything else. In 2026, the only US employees will be Arvind, Robbie "look at me in my hoodie and sneakers" Thomas, Joanne Wright and Kavanaugh. Everyone else offshore. watsonx running the pathetic IBM clouds. Funny how many IBMers are making fun of this weeks AWS outage. Glass houses folks. Oops IBM has nor more houses or buildings in the US that's right." [19:23] TR News "So, when are the layoffs happening at RTP? Too many incompetent managers who do nothing but run to unnecessary meetings and pass the buck." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k857zkc7 [19:24] TR News "Yes the main RTP campus has been closed. The tiny fraction of remaining RTP employees were moved to the much smaller campus nearby. All the jobs have been outsourced to India, Bulgaria, Brazil etc. Very sad." [...] "Yes indeed, employees, if you've never experienced a PIP we will enhance your experience soon." [19:26] TR News After disappointing Star Wars Outlaws sales, Ubisoft studio Massive says "voluntary career transition program" is just "ongoing evolution," but it's sometimes known as soft layoffs https://www.gamesradar.com/games/after-disappointing-sales-ubisoft-says-star-wars-outlaws-studio-massives-voluntary-career-transition-program-is-just-ongoing-evolution-but-its-also-sometimes-known-as-soft-layoffs/ [19:26] TR Bot disappointing Star Wars Outlaws sales, Ubisoft studio Massive says "voluntary career transition program" is just "ongoing evolution," but it's sometimes known as soft layoffs | GamesRadar+ [19:31] *whatA____ has quit (connection closed) [19:33] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], I suppose I'll get this rust junk eventually. [19:33] Isambard_Prince KDE Neon is on top of Ubuntu [19:37] TR News Techrights When "AI Layoffs" Mean Layoffs Due to the "AI" Bubble Popping https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/When_AI_Layoffs_Mean_Layoffs_Due_to_the_AI_Bubble_Popping.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/When_AI_Layoffs_Mean_Layoffs_Due_to_the_AI_Bubble_Popping.gmi [19:37] TR Bot Techrights When "AI Layoffs" Mean Layoffs Due to the "AI" Bubble Popping [19:41] TR News What if India and China stop buying Russian oil? https://www.dw.com/en/what-if-india-and-china-stop-buying-russian-oil/a-73520311 [19:41] TR Bot if India and China stop buying Russian oil? DW 10/16/2025 [19:43] TR News UK: Catastrophic attack as Russians hack files on EIGHT MoD bases and post them on the dark web https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15205213/Russians-hack-files-EIGHT-MoD-bases-dark-web.html [19:43] TR Bot 'Catastrophic' attack as Russians hack files on EIGHT MoD bases and post them on the dark web | Daily Mail Online [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: cheeto and vlad "aren't coming to town" after all [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] ho ho ho [19:48] TR News Physics Paths https://xkcd.com/3155/ [19:48] TR Bot Physics Paths [19:48] TR News Planetary Rings https://xkcd.com/3156/ [19:48] TR Bot Planetary Rings [19:49] TR News Emperor Palpatine https://xkcd.com/3157/ [19:49] TR Bot Emperor Palpatine [19:50] TR News Now that FSFE gets big bribes from Microsoft it is focused on criticising Apple (Google is also a big sponsor) https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251021-01.en.html https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251015-01.en.html [19:50] TR Bot The FSFE defends Interoperability from Apple at the EUs highest court - FSFE [19:50] TR Bot DMA litigation against Apple: a quick recap - FSFE [19:53] TR News Creepy Truth Behind TikTok's '6-7' Trend Sweeping Schools: Why Kids Are Screaming Numbers and Teachers Are Losing Control https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/creepy-truth-behind-tiktoks-6-7-trend-sweeping-schools-why-kids-are-screaming-numbers-1748698 [19:53] TR Bot The Creepy Truth Behind TikTok's '6-7' Trend Sweeping Schools: Why Kids Are Screaming Numbers and Teachers Are Losing Control | IBTimes UK [19:54] TR News the psychology of human deception https://theconversation.com/why-the-traitors-is-still-a-masterclass-in-the-psychology-of-human-deception-267750 [19:54] TR Bot Why The Traitors is still a masterclass in the psychology of human deception [19:56] TR News Dark Patterns Settlement https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-good-and-bad-of-amazons-dark-patterns-settlement/ [19:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-good-and-bad-of-amazons-dark-patterns-settlement/ ) [19:57] TR News Massive Amazon Cloud Outage Exposed the Internet's Vulnerable Backbone https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/virginia/articles/2025-10-20/what-to-know-about-the-warehouses-in-virginia-that-power-a-lot-of-the-internet https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/amazon-web-services-outage-9.6944889 [19:57] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/virginia/articles/2025-10-20/what-to-know-about-the-warehouses-in-virginia-that-power-a-lot-of-the-internet ) [19:57] TR Bot Amazon restores cloud services unit AWS after massive outage hits major apps, websites | CBC News [19:58] TR News Tank top ads on Amazon using 'offensive' phrase pulled from site after CBC investigation https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-tank-top-ads-offensive-phrase-9.6939713 [19:58] TR Bot Tank top ads on Amazon using 'offensive' phrase pulled from site after CBC investigation | CBC News ● Oct 22 [20:00] TR News A palindromic polyglot program in x86 machine code, Perl, shell, and make https://blogs.perl.org/users/mauke/2025/10/a-palindromic-polyglot-program-in-x86-machine-code-perl-shell-and-make.html [20:00] TR Bot palindromic polyglot program in x86 machine code, Perl, shell, and make | mauke [blogs.perl.org] [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: do you reckon liverpool will lose again? [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/ [20:10] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/ ) [20:10] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [20:20] psydroid3 schestowitz[TR2]: they might very well do so [20:20] psydroid3 s/might/may/ [20:21] MinceR 22 204619 < schestowitz[TR2]> MinceR: cheeto and vlad "aren't coming to town" after all [20:21] MinceR good [20:21] MinceR nobody needs another Budapest Memorandum anyway [20:26] psydroid3 it's happening [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] 0-0 [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] oh [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] 1-0 [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] 1-1 [20:38] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: Google News is Promoting Fake 'Articles' About Fake Xubuntu, Fake Articles About Replacing Windows With GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Slopwatch_Google_News_is_Promoting_Fake_Articles_About_Fake_Xub.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/Slopwatch_Google_News_is_Promoting_Fake_Articles_About_Fake_Xub.gmi [20:38] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Google News is Promoting Fake 'Articles' About Fake Xubuntu, Fake Articles About Replacing Windows With GNU/Linux [20:39] psydroid3 1-2 [20:40] schestowitz[TR2] yeah [20:42] TR News Could your walk be a signal about your ability to win a fight? https://theconversation.com/could-your-walk-be-a-signal-about-your-ability-to-win-a-fight-262649 [20:42] TR Bot Could your walk be a signal about your ability to win a fight? [20:42] TR News Kangaroo Courts just do whatever the corrupt dictator wants them to do http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/guest-post-has-g123-harmoniously-recast.html [20:42] TR Bot [Guest post] Has G1/23 harmoniously "recast" the European law of enablement? - The IPKat [20:43] TR News Geographical Monopolies http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-future-of-geographical.html [20:43] TR Bot [Book Review] The Future of Geographical Indications: European and Global Perspectives - The IPKat [20:44] TR News ubuntupit stopped publishing slop for 3 days, then RESUMED: "Disclosure: This article was written with editorial oversight and verified facts using AI assistance." https://ubuntupit.com/openbsd-7-8-released-with-raspberry-pi-5-support-parallel-tcp-stack-sev-es-vms-and-openssh-10-2/ [20:44] TR Bot OpenBSD 7.8 Released with Raspberry Pi 5 support, Parallel TCP stack, SEV-ES VMs, and OpenSSH 10.2 [20:46] TR News Big Banks Poured $2B Into Oil and Gas Financing in the Amazon Since Last Year https://truthout.org/articles/big-banks-poured-2b-into-oil-and-gas-financing-in-the-amazon-since-last-year/ [20:46] TR Bot Big Banks Poured $2B Into Oil and Gas Financing in the Amazon Since Last Year | Truthout [20:46] TR News AWS Outage Affects Major UK Banks https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/aws-outage-affects-major-uk-banks-what-do-if-you-missed-payments-1748962 [20:46] TR Bot AWS Outage Affects Major UK Banks What To Do If You Missed Payments | IBTimes UK [20:48] TR News Trolls-connected chief promoting Software Patents https://patentdocs.org/2025/10/19/uspto-proposed-new-rules-limiting-the-availability-of-inter-partes-review-but-are-they-legal/ https://patentdocs.org/2025/10/19/new-director-overturns-ptab-procedural-precedents-part-i/ [20:48] TR Bot USPTO Proposed New Rules Limiting the Availability of Inter Partes Review, But Are They Legal? Patent Docs [20:48] TR Bot New Director Overturns PTAB Procedural Precedents: Part I Patent Docs [20:49] TR News GNU/Linux on Tolino Tab 8 https://linmob.net/gnu-linux-on-tolino-tab8/ [20:49] TR Bot - GNU/Linux on Tolino Tab 8 [20:49] *includeals has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [20:49] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (42/2025): Mobian Trixie https://linmob.net/weekly-update-42-2025/ [20:49] TR Bot - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (42/2025): Mobian Trixie [20:50] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights [20:50] TR News "The article also notes LibreOffice's creators have been presenting Linux as a secure and cost-effective alternative since June, and "We have also seen initiatives like The "End of 10" Campaign by KDE, making the case for Linux and providing guides and info on how to switch."" https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/18/1946208/windows-10-refugees-flock-to-linux-as-zorin-os-claims-biggest-launch-ever [20:50] TR Bot Windows 10 Refugees Flock To Linux as Zorin OS Claims 'Biggest Launch Ever' - Slashdot [20:57] TR News Scam-linked South Koreans held in Cambodia return home under arrest https://www.dw.com/en/scam-linked-south-koreans-held-in-cambodia-return-home-under-arrest/a-74408294 [20:57] TR Bot Koreans held in Cambodia return home under arrest DW 10/18/2025 [20:58] TR News German media bias https://www.dw.com/en/german-media-bias-falsely-inflates-crime-by-foreigners/a-74410565 [20:58] TR Bot media bias falsely inflates crime by foreigners DW 10/18/2025 [20:59] TR News Boosting the FUD in /. https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/14/2123205/secure-boot-bypass-risk-threatens-nearly-200000-linux-framework-laptops see http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/16/Another_Black_Eye_for_Secure_Boot_Microsoft_Media_Tries_to_Blam.shtml [20:59] TR Bot Secure Boot Bypass Risk Threatens Nearly 200,000 Linux Framework Laptops - Slashdot [20:59] TR Bot Techrights Another Black Eye for 'Secure Boot', Microsoft Media Tries to Blame "Linux" ● Oct 22 [21:02] TR News Bubble goes POP https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/technology/meta-plans-to-cut-600-jobs-at-ai-superintelligence-labs.html SUPERHYPE [21:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/technology/meta-plans-to-cut-600-jobs-at-ai-superintelligence-labs.html ) [21:03] TR News The CLOWN. https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-10-20/one-tech-tip-how-to-prepare-for-outages-that-impact-our-online-lives-from-banking-to-chatting-apps" [21:03] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-10-20/one-tech-tip-how-to-prepare-for-outages-that-impact-our-online-lives-from-banking-to-chatting-apps ) [21:05] TR News Without a Union https://truthout.org/articles/dollar-store-workers-fight-shows-how-to-build-power-even-without-a-union/ [21:05] TR Bot Dollar Store Workers Fight Shows How to Build Power Even Without a Union | Truthout [21:24] TR News 99.9% Uptime gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/10/22/three-nines.gmi ● Oct 22 [22:02] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [22:06] *includeals has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [22:07] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Oct 22 [23:04] MinceR https://explosm.net/comics/terrible-malady#comic [23:04] TR Bot & Happiness (Explosm.net)