●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, September 25, 2026 ●● ● Sep 25 [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95c:e00::2000) has joined #techrights ● Sep 25 [01:02] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [01:03] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@rkybey5jy95xi.irc) has joined #techrights [01:18] *cybershow has quit (connection closed) ● Sep 25 [02:22] schestowitz[TR2] "failstation"? [02:24] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1749.jpg [02:24] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2106.jpg [02:26] TR News "Researchers from the University of Stuttgart, the Research Center Jlich, and Solarzentrum Stuttgart have come up with a way to check the efficiency of solar cells with nothing more than a lightly-modified off-the-shelf consumer-grade digital camera." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202609/20260923-solar.gmi [02:26] TR News "We just started walking until we got to the botanical garden, then we turned around and drank coffee and ate cake at pica, watching the boats tucker by." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-09-23-walking [02:27] TR News unfin gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/unfin [02:28] TR News AsciiMath, u-substitution problem gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260924-1.gmi [02:28] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [02:29] MinceR s/they f/the f/ [02:29] TR News "Finally we got a clear, sunny day after about a month of cloudy, cold, wet weather. So I was eager to head out for another walk by the Tanana River during my lunch break." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260924-0.gmi [02:30] TR News Nothing got done in Ljubljana gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-09-24-shopping [02:30] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@n36xja56svxec.irc) has joined #techrights [02:31] TR News "If you ever had the fortune (or misfortune) of knowing a programming language, you would most certainly have had to grapple with the idea of types. A value has a type, which means that two things that apparently look the same might be different after all." gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/stringmaths.gmi [02:32] TR News "A senior software engineer left the company and sent a long farewell letter. I didn't work with this engineer, but eventually his letter found its way to me. It was the best piece of writing that anybody in my company has produced for the past ten years." gemini://capsulated.life/posts/2026-09-24-human-eyes-dont-read-the-prose.gmi [02:34] TR News "I made a new release of Odd. It now uses a SQLite database. The database tracks the following: [...]" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-09-24-sqlite-for-oddmu [02:35] TR News "I just want to share. My Linux compuer was one click away from getting compromised by North Koera during what supposedly be a job interview. And the attacks also works on BSD! Stay safe! It's dangerous out there." gemini://station.martinrue.com/haze/230071b8843a47a2aa5a090672220377 [02:36] TR News "Soon later stopped the interview early and thrown AI to analyze the codebases he sent. Yes thoses contained malware and is trigged by either me running npm install or trusting the repo in VSCode + opening a terminal." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/Haze/48913 [02:37] TR News "An empirical paper ends by looking back: here is what we found, here is what it means." gemini://adjb.smol.pub/finishing-the-article [02:38] TR News The Gadfly and the Algorithm: Why Critical Thinking Is Not Yet Critical Theory gemini://adjb.smol.pub/from-critical-thinking-to-critical-theory [02:38] TR News Back to pe gopher://box.matto.nl/0/back-to-pe.txt [02:39] TR News spiritual poop gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/dual [02:40] TR News ROOPHLOCH 2026: @Angeles National Forest, BEAR! gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260924_bear [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-240926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-240926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-240926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-240926.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, September 24, 2026 [02:46] TR News Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [02:46] TR Bot Techrights [02:46] TR News Techrights Winding-up petition leaked before service on Reform UK Party Limited / Nigel Farage https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Winding_up_petition_leaked_before_service_on_Reform_UK_Party_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Winding_up_petition_leaked_before_service_on_Reform_UK_Party_Li.gmi [02:46] TR Bot Techrights Winding-up petition leaked before service on Reform UK Party Limited / Nigel Farage [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-240926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-240926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-240926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-240926.txt [02:47] TR Bot IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, September 24, 2026 [02:48] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-240926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-240926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-240926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-240926.txt [02:48] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, September 24, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-240926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-240926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-240926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-240926.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, September 24, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-09-24.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-09-24.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Techrights Supporters of winding-up process staking claims against Reform UK Party (CR-2026-007405) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Supporters_of_winding_up_process_staking_claims_against_Reform_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Supporters_of_winding_up_process_staking_claims_against_Reform_.gmi [02:50] TR Bot Techrights Supporters of winding-up process staking claims against Reform UK Party (CR-2026-007405) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-09-24.txt [02:51] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 24, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_September_24_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_September_24_2026.gmi [02:51] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 24, 2026 [02:51] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [02:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [02:51] TR News (NEW): PPA Updated with Krita 6.0.4 / Krita 5.3.4 for Ubuntu 26.04 | 24.04 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/PPA_Updated_with_Krita_6_0_4_Krita_5_3_4_for_Ubuntu_26_04_24_04.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/PPA_Updated_with_Krita_6_0_4_Krita_5_3_4_for_Ubuntu_26_04_24_04.gmi [02:51] TR Bot Tux Machines PPA Updated with Krita 6.0.4 / Krita 5.3.4 for Ubuntu 26.04 | 24.04 [02:51] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [02:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [02:53] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 25/09/2026: Ljubljana, Tanana River, and Curse of Slack https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Gemini_Links_25_09_2026_Ljubljana_Tanana_River_and_Curse_of_Sla.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Gemini_Links_25_09_2026_Ljubljana_Tanana_River_and_Curse_of_Sla.gmi [02:53] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 25/09/2026: Ljubljana, Tanana River, and Curse of Slack [02:53] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [02:53] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [02:56] TR News Matt Rosoff (Microsoft) SPAM about hey hi, no disclosure shown. This is HP sponsored. https://www.theregister.com/paas-and-iaas/2026/09/24/sponsored/5298888 [02:56] TR Bot SPONSORED: ● Sep 25 [03:01] schestowitz[TR2] merits a quick post.. [03:03] TR News Techrights The Register MS Does Not Properly Flag Its SPAM About Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Register_MS_Does_Not_Properly_Flag_Its_SPAM_About_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Register_MS_Does_Not_Properly_Flag_Its_SPAM_About_Slop.gmi [03:03] TR Bot Techrights The Register MS Does Not Properly Flag Its SPAM About Slop [03:15] TR News Techrights Criminalising Opposition to Fraud https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Criminalising_Opposition_to_Fraud.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Criminalising_Opposition_to_Fraud.gmi [03:15] TR Bot Techrights Criminalising Opposition to Fraud [03:21] TR News Activism for GNU/Linux https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/activism-for-gnulinux/ [03:21] TR Bot Blog Archive Activism for GNU/Linux [03:31] TR News Techrights EPO Management Wants Everything to be Done in Microsoft Spyware https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/EPO_Management_Wants_Everything_to_be_Done_in_Microsoft_Spyware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/EPO_Management_Wants_Everything_to_be_Done_in_Microsoft_Spyware.gmi [03:31] TR Bot Techrights EPO Management Wants Everything to be Done in Microsoft Spyware [03:58] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 199 Out of 200: An American Burden on the British Legal System https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_199_Out_of_200_An_American_Burden_on_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_199_Out_of_200_An_American_Burden_on_the_.gmi [03:58] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 199 Out of 200: An American Burden on the British Legal System ● Sep 25 [04:00] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [04:01] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@4vkiw2xjd7uhs.irc) has joined #techrights [04:25] TR News Puppy breaker tries to misrepresent things in order to distract from the death threats https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/28/What_I_Explained_to_Police_About_Blackmail_and_Death_Threats_vi.shtml [04:25] TR Bot Techrights What I Explained to Police About Blackmail and Death Threats via Burner Accounts (a Practice Which Generally Constitutes a Crime) [04:46] TR News Age of Empires Dev Has Half of Studio Slashed, Project Cancelled Amid Xbox Layoffs https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/09/age-of-empires-dev-has-half-of-studio-slashed-project-cancelled-amid-xbox-layoffs [04:46] TR Bot Age of Empires Dev Has Half of Studio Slashed, Project Cancelled Amid Xbox Layoffs | Push Square [04:46] TR News Microsofts Latest Round Of Layoffs May Have Killed A Brand New Age Of Empires Game https://kotaku.com/age-of-empires-worlds-edge-microsoft-layoffs-activision-cancellation-2000736914 [04:46] TR Bot Latest Round Of Layoffs May Have Killed A Brand New Age Of Empires Game - Kotaku [04:46] TR News Age of Empires studio's next game canceled as part of Xbox layoffs https://www.polygon.com/age-of-empires-canceled-studio-layoffs-activision/ [04:46] TR Bot Age of Empires Studios Next Game Canceled as Part of Xbox Layoffs [04:53] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:56] *admfubar (~admfubar@xsrjenth2pdbs.irc) has joined #techrights [04:59] TR News XBox is Collapsing, Microsoft Calls It Reset https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/xbox-is-collapsing-microsoft-calls-it-reset/ [04:59] TR Bot Blog Archive XBox is Collapsing, Microsoft Calls It Reset ● Sep 25 [05:00] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:01] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@a8bfn7y6dwf48.irc) has joined #techrights [05:05] TR News Techrights In Some Parts of Microsoft 50% of All Staff Subjected to Layoffs, Media Pretends Only 0.1% of Staff Are Removed https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/In_Some_Parts_of_Microsoft_50_of_All_Staff_Subjected_to_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/In_Some_Parts_of_Microsoft_50_of_All_Staff_Subjected_to_Layoffs.gmi [05:05] TR Bot Techrights In Some Parts of Microsoft 50% of All Staff Subjected to Layoffs, Media Pretends Only 0.1% of Staff Are Removed [05:08] TR News "No H1B allowed if layoff in last 1 year: about fricking time. - With this new H1B rule, IBM, with quarterly layoff, will no longer be able to onshore Indians to take US Citizen's job. This rule must extend to existing H1Bs already in USA to replace them with US Citizens who are likely better qualified." [05:08] TR News (From https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/white-house-h-1b-order-puts-employer-layoffs-under-microscope https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3aqrnvp ) [05:08] TR Bot White House H-1B Order Puts Employer Layoffs Under Microscope [05:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3aqrnvp ) [05:08] TR News "This explains why theyre pushing for PIPS in place of layoffs!" [05:09] TR News "This narrative and justification that we need to import the talent from overseas is such a blatant lie and really needs to end. It wasnt true then and isnt true now" [05:11] TR News IBM "Layoffs - Work almost went silent as the third quarter passed by! Ah.. the cold breeze of RA is here!" "Sh--s about to get real" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3b0bztn [05:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3b0bztn ) [05:22] TR News Techrights IBM is Shrinking Very Fast (Silent, Unannounced Layoffs) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/IBM_is_Shrinking_Very_Fast_Silent_Unannounced_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/IBM_is_Shrinking_Very_Fast_Silent_Unannounced_Layoffs.gmi [05:22] TR Bot Techrights IBM is Shrinking Very Fast (Silent, Unannounced Layoffs) [05:23] TR News "Farage seems to have limited choices. He can use the money from mums and dads to pay back the overseas billionaires or he can look for locally domiciled billionaires to replace the overseas billionaires." [05:23] TR News "If neither of those things works, Reform will be unable to repay the billionaires and the party may technically become insolvent." https://danielpocock.com/en/winding-up-petition-served-reform-uk-party-limited/ [05:23] TR Bot Winding-up petition served on Reform UK Party Limited (Nigel Farage) [05:24] TR News Anon: I hope Daniel gets far with all that [05:24] TR News Puppy Breaker already green with envy over this [05:25] TR News Can humans spontaneously combust? The baffling cases explained. | Popular Science https://www.popsci.com/health/can-humans-spontaneously-combust-the-baffling-cases-explained/ Source: Popular Science | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.popsci.com/health/can-humans-spontaneously-combust-the-baffling-cases-explained/ [05:25] TR Bot Can humans spontaneously combust? The baffling cases explained. | Popular Science [05:27] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [05:29] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@xk4qinf5vmfsn.irc) has joined #techrights [05:32] TR News When Bloggers Move to GNU/Linux https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/when-bloggers-move-to-gnulinux/ [05:32] TR Bot Blog Archive When Bloggers Move to GNU/Linux [05:35] TR News This is... interesting. Firewalled away? https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=IR [05:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=IR ) [05:37] TR News Italy: above 5% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=IT [05:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=IT ) [05:38] TR News Turkmenistan: not a single request from MacOS or GNU/Linux? Seems IMPOSSIBLE. https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=TM [05:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=TM ) [05:39] TR News About 10% GNU/Linux (still) https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=BZ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/01/GNU_Linux_ChromeOS_Got_Big_in_Belize.shtml [05:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=BZ ) [05:39] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux + ChromeOS Got Big in Belize [05:41] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:42] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [05:52] TR News Techrights Omarchy is Built on the Idea That Slop is Desirable (It's Not) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Omarchy_is_Built_on_the_Idea_That_Slop_is_Desirable_It_s_Not.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Omarchy_is_Built_on_the_Idea_That_Slop_is_Desirable_It_s_Not.gmi [05:52] TR Bot Techrights Omarchy is Built on the Idea That Slop is Desirable (It's Not) [05:52] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [05:56] TR News "The informational system consistently oversells its power to control the environment before crashing into the hard limits of reality. Likewise, in America especially, it overestimates its capacity to alter the beliefs of people who remain stubbornly attached to making up their own minds." Jacob Siegel https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html [05:56] TR Bot Home [05:56] TR News "Software freedom is about you. Many folks focus on the rights of programmers to create, study and change code as they please. Indeed that's important, but less than the rights of everyone else, the mass of common people who are not programmers, to access, install, examine and use software as they please." [05:56] TR News "Both viewpoints are necessary and valid, so it is as much about the right to read as the right to write. Unfortunately, software freedom for the many does not magically grow out of the freedoms of the few." [05:57] TR News "Young people deserve a better internet than one regulated through panic. They deserve better than the government or Big Tech getting to decide how they use social media and what they can or cannot be exposed to or learn about. They deserve better than having their right to free expression minimized." Paige Collings and Kenyatta Thomas ● Sep 25 [06:10] TR News Techrights Even Microsoft Boosters Start to Doubt XBox Will Exist (It's Being Phased Out, Just Not "Officially") https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Even_Microsoft_Boosters_Start_to_Doubt_XBox_Will_Exist_It_s_Bei.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Even_Microsoft_Boosters_Start_to_Doubt_XBox_Will_Exist_It_s_Bei.gmi [06:10] TR Bot Techrights Even Microsoft Boosters Start to Doubt XBox Will Exist (It's Being Phased Out, Just Not "Officially") [06:10] TR News The Morse headlines seem to be attracting visitors again recently. Maybe it is due to it being Autumn once more in the north? [06:12] TR News (NEW): F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/F_Droid_2_0_A_New_Chapter_for_Android_Freedom.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/F_Droid_2_0_A_New_Chapter_for_Android_Freedom.gmi [06:12] TR Bot Tux Machines F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom [06:26] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [06:37] TR News Techrights Things Not to Measure in Quantity Alone https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Things_Not_to_Measure_in_Quantity_Alone.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Things_Not_to_Measure_in_Quantity_Alone.gmi [06:37] TR Bot Techrights Things Not to Measure in Quantity Alone [06:47] TR News The calls for "slowing down" are part of the marketing hype, and to try to prevent new entries to the market, bolstering the established companies' positions [06:49] TR News Hearsayboy cannot admit his laptop failed and he cannot fix it. Allusions to thermal throttling likely refer to another laptop altogether. He's a pretender like Arday. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/14/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_149_Out_of_200_It_Took_a_Long_Time_to_Sho.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_150_Out_of_200_Always_Independently_Verif.shtml [06:49] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 149 Out of 200: It Took a Long Time to Show What Jason Arday (at Cambridge) and Harvey Weinstein (in Hollywood) Really Were [06:49] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 150 Out of 200: Always Independently Verify What People Claim to Be (or Find Yourself in a Jason Arday-Type Moment/Dilemma) [06:50] TR News Also, if your hired guns send death threats and you refuse to accept physical packages from them, this has _nothing_ to do with who the reps on file are. https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/29/Troll_Feeding_is_Time_Wasting.shtml [06:50] TR Bot Techrights Troll-Feeding is Time-Wasting [06:55] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [06:56] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@s3mubqvhnrhpg.irc) has joined #techrights [06:58] TR News Techrights US Government Sites Can Now Totally Ignore Mozilla Firefox Users or Users of Firefox Derivatives https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/US_Government_Sites_Can_Now_Totally_Ignore_Mozilla_Firefox_User.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/US_Government_Sites_Can_Now_Totally_Ignore_Mozilla_Firefox_User.gmi [06:58] TR Bot Techrights US Government Sites Can Now Totally Ignore Mozilla Firefox Users or Users of Firefox Derivatives ● Sep 25 [07:07] TR News International Break https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/9798/ [07:07] TR Bot Blog Archive International Break [07:08] TR News Software Patents https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/sony-patent-could-turn-playstation-controllers-into-tap-to-pay-credit-card-terminals-nfc-and-bluetooth-also-support-phones-and-gift-cards-for-instant-purchases | Source: Tom's Hardware [07:08] TR Bot Sony patent could turn PlayStation controllers into tap-to-pay credit card terminals NFC and Bluetooth also support phones and gift cards for instant purchases | Tom's Hardware [07:11] TR News There seems to be this disturbing, growing rhetoric wherein everyone you don't agree with on tech is some sort of "men's rights" person or is highly racist. If there's no evidence of that, then they'll say it is closeted. These are truly toxic methods. [07:11] TR News Monopsonies https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/24/the-antitrust-problem-with-metas-settlement-with-the-states/ | Source: Techdirt [07:11] TR Bot Antitrust Problem With Metas Settlement With The States | Techdirt [07:12] TR News "The unions say they want the ombudsman to confirm if the occupational safety and health authority has supervised Wolt's operations appropriately and in a timely fashion." https://yle.fi/a/74-20248089 | Source: Yle [07:12] TR Bot Unions call on ombudsman to investigate Wolt employment relationships | Yle News | Yle [07:13] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:14] *admfubar has quit (connection closed) [07:15] *admfubar (~admfubar@vfxsnjthp9jbg.irc) has joined #techrights [07:22] *admfubar has quit (connection closed) [07:23] *admfubar (~admfubar@8mir5d9ibkdku.irc) has joined #techrights [07:24] TR News (NEW): Finishing a Series About SLAPP Censorship Against Tux Machines https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Finishing_a_Series_About_SLAPP_Censorship_Against_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Finishing_a_Series_About_SLAPP_Censorship_Against_Tux_Machines.gmi [07:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Finishing a Series About SLAPP Censorship Against Tux Machines [07:28] TR News Anon: "Be sure to mention crazy matt's key role in microsoft's restricted boot it was overlooked in 199/200 (in the body) [...] close but neither secure boot not restricted boot are named by name" [07:28] TR News Part 200 will be technical [07:34] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu is Tightening its Kernel SRU Cycle to Two Weeks, and Clankers Are to Blame https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Ubuntu_is_Tightening_its_Kernel_SRU_Cycle_to_Two_Weeks_and_Clan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Ubuntu_is_Tightening_its_Kernel_SRU_Cycle_to_Two_Weeks_and_Clan.gmi [07:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu is Tightening its Kernel SRU Cycle to Two Weeks, and Clankers Are to Blame [07:39] TR News (NEW): Bouncy Ball 3D and Taking KDE to the Pyramids https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Bouncy_Ball_3D_and_Taking_KDE_to_the_Pyramids.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Bouncy_Ball_3D_and_Taking_KDE_to_the_Pyramids.gmi [07:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Bouncy Ball 3D and Taking KDE to the Pyramids [07:40] TR News (NEW): MollyOS Debian-Based Linux Distribution for Children https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/MollyOS_Debian_Based_Linux_Distribution_for_Children.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/MollyOS_Debian_Based_Linux_Distribution_for_Children.gmi [07:40] TR Bot Tux Machines MollyOS Debian-Based Linux Distribution for Children [07:45] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:48] TR News GNU Boot coverage coming soon. Anon: "I presume GNU Boot is needed as a means to try to undo the damage caused via crazy matt?" [07:54] TR News "This should not be a partisan issue. I want to underscore this. This should be something that rises above partisanship" https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/23/politics/barack-obama-press-ban | Source: CNN [07:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/23/politics/barack-obama-press-ban ) [07:55] TR News "In a ruling issued shortly after midnight, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly for the District of Columbia granted a 14-day temporary restraining order to CNN, MS NOW and Politico" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5979582 | Source: NPR [07:55] TR Bot Journalists for CNN, MS NOW and Politico return to the White House upon judge's orders [07:55] TR News "The very essence of our career is under attack, and the foundation of our democracy has been threatened." https://berkeleybeacon.com/letter-from-the-editor-the-beacon-stands-with-the-white-house-press-pool/ | [07:55] TR Bot Letter from the Editor: The Beacon stands with the White House press pool [07:55] TR News "During a tele-hearing on Wednesday afternoon" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/23/white-house-media-ban-lawsuit | Source: The Guardian UK [07:55] TR Bot Judge seems inclined to side with media outlets who were banned from White House in lawsuit | Media | The Guardian [07:55] TR News "CNN said that some of its staff are unable to access the White House today as well." https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2026/0924/1592743-trump-media/ | Source: RTE [07:55] TR Bot Reporters regain White House access after Trump ban [07:56] TR News "A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/politico-barred-from-white-house-after-court-ruling-restoring-access-01091263 | Source: Politico LLC [07:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/politico-barred-from-white-house-after-court-ruling-restoring-access-01091263 ) [07:56] TR News "But after Kellys ruling and in spite of the temporary restraining order entered by the court, Politico, CNN, and MSNOW" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/fpf-comments-on-white-house-s-defiance-of-judge-s-media-ban-smackdown | Source: Common Dreams [07:56] TR Bot FPF comments on White House's defiance of judge's media ban smackdown | Common Dreams [07:56] TR News "The letters, which were purportedly sent out Tuesday before filing, grant each media outlet an opportunity to contest their removal by EOD Friday" https://newrepublic.com/post/215755/donald-trump-gives-away-game-banned-news-outlets | Source: New Republic [07:56] TR Bot Trump Fully Gives Away the Game on Why He Banned News Outlets | The New Republic [07:56] TR News "The filing, a response to an emergency lawsuit brought by the three news organizations demanding immediate restoration of their West Wing access" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/23/trump-press-ban-brief | Source: Politico LLC [07:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/23/trump-press-ban-brief ) [07:57] TR News "During this weeks U.N. General Assembly, before giving a speech in which Trump mulled the annihilation of Iran, the president snarled at a reporter for asking him a question." https://www.salon.com/2026/09/24/trump-folds-as-white-house-press-returns/ | Source: Salon [07:57] TR Bot folds as White house pressreturns - Salon.com ● Sep 25 [08:02] TR News Bot-berg https://apina.biz/206832.jpg?mode=sfw [08:02] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/206832.jpg [08:04] TR News (NEW): I gave up on Windows and Linux for an OS that gives me the best of both worlds https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/I_gave_up_on_Windows_and_Linux_for_an_OS_that_gives_me_the_best.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/I_gave_up_on_Windows_and_Linux_for_an_OS_that_gives_me_the_best.gmi [08:04] TR Bot Tux Machines I gave up on Windows and Linux for an OS that gives me the best of both worlds [08:04] TR News When you have a white heterosexual male whose parents could afford to pay Cambridge calling people "racist!" there is a high likelihood it's a malignant narcissist projecting [08:05] TR News (NEW): The Netherlands joins Europe's gradual migration from Windows to Linux on government PCs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Netherlands_joins_Europe_s_gradual_migration_from_Windows_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Netherlands_joins_Europe_s_gradual_migration_from_Windows_t.gmi [08:05] TR Bot Tux Machines The Netherlands joins Europe's gradual migration from Windows to Linux on government PCs [08:06] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:06] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@5wsqt5xjagnbs.irc) has joined #techrights [08:06] TR News "Carrion was one of hundreds of Tarrant County residents whod turned up for a Commissioner's Court meeting on August 4 to speak out against a plan to close a third of the areas polling places." https://www.404media.co/watch-body-cam-of-man-arrested-for-just-cussing-at-a-county-meeting/ | Source: 404 Media [08:06] TR Bot Watch Body Cam of Man Arrested for Just Cussing at a County Meeting [08:06] TR News "changes made by [Facebook owner] Meta to favour video-led creator content created significant audience headwinds for Digitalbox and other publishers reliant on social distribution" https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/facebook-algorithm-change-in-april-crushed-audience-reach-for-digitalbox/ | Source: Press Gazette [08:06] TR Bot Facebook algorithm change 'crushed' publisher reach on platofrm [08:06] TR News "They are an invasion of our privacy" https://newrepublic.com/post/215785/two-arrested-woman-dragged-away-criticizing-flock-city-council | Source: New Republic [08:06] TR Bot Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Criticizing Flock at City Council | The New Republic [08:07] TR News "You may recall that after he had won the 2024 Presidential election, the sorest winner in the history of sore winners" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/24/trump-easily-loses-his-censorial-slapp-suit-over-a-poll-predicting-he-might-lose/ | Source: Techdirt [08:07] TR Bot Easily Loses His Censorial SLAPP Suit Over A Poll Predicting He Might Lose | Techdirt [08:07] TR News (NEW): 5 free Linux distros I wish had premium versions and why Id pay for them https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/5_free_Linux_distros_I_wish_had_premium_versions_and_why_I_d_pa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/5_free_Linux_distros_I_wish_had_premium_versions_and_why_I_d_pa.gmi [08:07] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 free Linux distros I wish had premium versions and why Id pay for them [08:10] TR News (NEW): I automated my entire Linux desktop with 4 bash scriptsand reclaimed hours every week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/I_automated_my_entire_Linux_desktop_with_4_bash_scripts_and_rec.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/I_automated_my_entire_Linux_desktop_with_4_bash_scripts_and_rec.gmi [08:10] TR Bot Tux Machines I automated my entire Linux desktop with 4 bash scriptsand reclaimed hours every week [08:20] TR News The Media as Repeater of Lies From Slop Pushers https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/the-media-as-repeater-of-lies-from-slop-pushers/ [08:20] TR Bot Blog Archive The Media as Repeater of Lies From Slop Pushers [08:37] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 200 Out of 200: Will GNU Boot Undo the Technical Damage Caused by Microsoft and Garrett? 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(And Garrett's Litigation Allies From Microsoft) [08:45] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi [08:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [08:45] TR News (NEW): NagisinnraLinux lightweight Debian-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/NagisinnraLinux_lightweight_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/NagisinnraLinux_lightweight_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [08:45] TR Bot Tux Machines NagisinnraLinux lightweight Debian-based Linux distribution [08:45] TR News (NEW): The Fairphone (Gen. 6+): Loved by critics. Plus more https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Fairphone_Gen_6_Loved_by_critics_Plus_more.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Fairphone_Gen_6_Loved_by_critics_Plus_more.gmi [08:45] TR Bot Tux Machines The Fairphone (Gen. 6+): Loved by critics. Plus more [08:51] TR News The 200-Part Series on Microsofters SLAPP Censorship https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/the-200-part-series-on-microsofters-slapp-censorship/ [08:51] TR Bot Blog Archive The 200-Part Series on Microsofters SLAPP Censorship [08:54] TR News "The shift spans demographic groups: men and women, adults of every age and education level, and urban, suburban, and rural residents have all grown more negative since the start of the year." https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/09/23/the-more-americans-hear-about-datacenters-the-less-they-like-them/5298588 | Source: The Register UK [08:54] TR Bot The more Americans hear about datacenters, the less they like them [08:54] TR News "Why did Trump decree super intelligence? I dont think theres a grand plan." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/23/trump-decrees-artificial-intelligence-is-now-super-intelligence/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:54] TR Bot Whom, I do want to. [08:55] TR News "An increase in interest rates decreases the NPV of these earnings, and thus decreases the stock's PE. GS flags this: [...]" https://blog.dshr.org/2026/09/competition-for-capital.html | Source: David Rosenthal [08:55] TR Bot DSHR's Blog: Competition For Capital [08:55] TR News "A prophecy is only worth scoring against its own terms, so let the terms be strict." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-bottom-falls-out | Source: Mike Brock [08:55] TR Bot The Bottom Falls Out - by Mike Brock [08:57] TR News "Before I get to the breach of contract aspect, a word about the short-term economics of a diesel export ban." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-the-deadbeat-does-diesel | Source: Paul Krugman [08:57] TR Bot Donald the Deadbeat Does Diesel - Paul Krugman [08:57] TR News "Ohio voters couldnt have a clearer sign that Brown is on their side." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-know-whether-a-candidate-is | Source: Robert Reich [08:57] TR Bot How to know whether a candidate is on your side [08:58] TR News "If AT&T continues cutting jobs at the same pace as last year, when it shed 8,000 people, its workforce could approach 85,000 employees by 2030." https://www.wired.com/story/atandt-is-automating-away-its-old-telecom-empire/ | Source: Wired [08:58] TR Bot Is Automating Away Jobsand Its Old Telecom Empire | WIRED [08:58] TR News "Currently, frontier AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic largely control the investigation and public reporting of such incidents." https://cyberscoop.com/new-bill-would-create-federal-investigative-body-for-ai-driven-hacks/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:58] TR Bot bill would create federal investigative body for AI-driven hacks | CyberScoop ● Sep 25 [09:06] TR News "4 years later, the UT650EG battery does not seem to hold a charge, so its time to replace it, for real." https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/09/24/replacing-the-battery-on-a-cyberpower-ut650eg-and-ut850eg-ups/ | Source: Herman unapuu [09:06] TR Bot Replacing the battery on a CyberPower UT650EG and UT850EG UPS | ./techtipsy [09:07] TR News "Its not just the Peachtree City folks who are second-guessing e-bikes and how to integrate them safely with existing infrastructure." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0924/electric-bikes-scooters-rules-peachtree-city-georgia | Source: CS Monitor [09:07] TR Bot speed, wheelies, e-bikes make cities revisit road rules - CSMonitor.com [09:07] TR News [Old] "This ad, published in November 2025 for Nscale, a British AI infrastructure hyperscaler, shows the start-ups data center in Glomfjord, Norway." https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/ais-arctic-land-grab/ | [09:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/ais-arctic-land-grab/ ) [09:11] TR News Pen and Paper https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/pen-and-paper/ [09:11] TR Bot Blog Archive Pen and Paper [09:12] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [09:13] TR News "Theres been a growing tension bubbling up about AIs impacts on climate and climate tech." https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/24/1145048/ai-climate-week/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [09:13] TR Bot AI is dominating the conversation at Climate Week | MIT Technology Review [09:14] TR News "The analysis from the Center for Biological Diversity builds on evidence that atrazine which is commonly used to grow corn, soybeans, sorghum" https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/09/atrazine-pesticide-river-pollution/ | Source: The New Lede [09:14] TR Bot Pesticide linked to cancer and hormone disruption pollutes a quarter of US river miles - The New Lede [09:14] TR News "The couple researched what that would mean for their property and potentially for their health." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/did-a-texas-developer-have-a-duty-to-disclose-toxic-oil-and-gas-waste/ | Source: Truthdig [09:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/did-a-texas-developer-have-a-duty-to-disclose-toxic-oil-and-gas-waste/ ) [09:14] TR News "California is putting new rules around the rapidly growing data center industry, including requirements intended to give communities a clearer picture of how much water proposed facilities could use." https://www.western-water.com/2026/09/24/california-puts-new-rules-on-data-centers/ | Source: Western Water [09:14] TR Bot California puts new rules on data centers | Western Water [09:16] TR News "I have never idealized the crimes these women did, nor do I want to emulate any of it - I just want to understand how something so impossible in my mind was actually pulled off." https://blog.avas.space/elizabeth-holmes/ | Source: Ava [09:16] TR Bot elizabeth holmes ava's blog [09:17] TR News "Techno-Authoritarian Ideas" https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas | Source: New Republic [09:17] TR Bot Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas | The New Republic [09:22] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-0vl.t8a.dd37p8.IP) has joined #techrights [09:22] TR News "A journalist cant be neutral in the face of fascism because that journalist becomes a fascist journalist" https://piji.com.au/blog/the-rise-of-the-nerd-reich/ | [09:23] TR Bot The rise of The Nerd Reich [09:23] TR News "Nerd Reich" https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/707010/gil-duran-the-nerd-reich-tech-billionaires-authoritarianism-dictator | Source: The Verge [09:23] TR Bot Why tech billionaires want a dictatorship | The Verge [09:23] TR News "This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. [...]" https://www.kqed.org/news/12037319/what-is-the-nerd-reich-and-how-did-they-get-involved-with-the-us-government | Source: KQED TV [09:23] TR Bot What Is Silicon Valley's 'Nerd Reich,' and Is It Taking Over the US Government? | KQED [09:23] TR News "This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley." https://text.npr.org/2026/08/10/nx-s1-5925350/the-nerd-reich-tracks-the-unmasking-of-silicon-valleys-true-politics | Source: NPR [09:23] TR Bot 'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics' [09:27] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [09:29] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:32] TR News Guilty of Opposing Violence Against Women https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/guilty-of-opposing-violence-against-women/ [09:32] TR Bot Blog Archive Guilty of Opposing Violence Against Women [09:32] TR News "This takes me to the central question Americans confront in the person of their elected king." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/king-trumps-press-ban | Source: The Next Move [09:32] TR Bot King Trumps Press Ban - by Garry Kasparov - The Next Move [09:32] TR News "a lone actor with a shotgun at a small-town synagogue whose only protection was a single officer requested by the congregation itself (side note: there is a GoFundMe for the synagogue to rebuild)." https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/09/nobody-can-say-they-werent-warned-canadas-threat-assessments-predicted-the-belleville-yom-kippur-attack/ | Source: Michael Geist [09:32] TR Bot Nobody Can Say They Weren't Warned: Canada's Threat Assessments Predicted the Belleville Yom Kippur Attack - Michael Geist [09:33] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-0vl.t8a.dd37p8.IP) has joined #techrights [09:34] TR News "If we want to clean up the mayhem Trump and his regime have created and prevent anything like this from happening again" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/10-steps-to-fix-what-trump-has-broken | Source: Robert Reich [09:34] TR Bot 10 Steps To Fix What Trump Has Broken - Robert Reich [09:34] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:34] TR News "The United Arab Emirates, Iran, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia accounted for about two-thirds of all attacks (67%)" https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/uae-saudi-arabia-face-onslaught-of-increasingly-sophisticated-automated-cyberattacks | Source: Dark Reading [09:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/uae-saudi-arabia-face-onslaught-of-increasingly-sophisticated-automated-cyberattacks ) [09:34] TR News "Several providers said the disruption was caused by direct damage to facilities housing critical networking equipment." https://therecord.media/kyiv-internet-providers-report-outages-after-russian-strikes | Source: The Record [09:34] TR Bot Kyiv internet providers report major outages after Russian attacks damage data centers | The Record from Recorded Future News [09:34] TR News "According to court documents, the mail carrier, Damon Matai Seei, said his June 3 mail load was too heavy" https://newrepublic.com/post/215762/usps-postal-worker-threw-hundreds-ballots-laziness | Source: New Republic [09:34] TR Bot Postal Worker Says He Threw Out Hundreds of Ballots Out of Laziness | The New Republic [09:35] TR News "According to the paper, the CIA had assessed that Spain, France or Italy may be the targets of these attacks" https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2026/09/24/report-cia-warned-europe-of-russian-drone-attack-from-vessels-in-the-mediterranean/ | Source: C4ISRNET [09:35] TR Bot Report: CIA warned Europe of Russian drone attack from vessels in the Mediterranean [09:35] TR News "The last active-duty operational A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to a Nevada air base flew for the final time Tuesday, marking the end of an era for the installation" https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2026/09/24/nellis-air-force-base-says-goodbye-to-last-a-10-thunderbolt-ii/ | Source: Air Force Times [09:35] TR Bot Nellis Air Force Base says goodbye to last A-10 Thunderbolt II [09:46] *cow_20012 has quit (Quit: ) [09:47] *cow_20012 (~username@wusiwah4aa7ye.irc) has joined #techrights ● Sep 25 [10:00] TR News Techrights Another Woman (or Women) Has Just Run Away From Brett Wilson LLP (After Barely a Month!), the Hired Guns of Garrett and Graveley (Microsoft) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Another_Woman_or_Women_Has_Just_Run_Away_From_Brett_Wilson_LLP_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Another_Woman_or_Women_Has_Just_Run_Away_From_Brett_Wilson_LLP_.gmi [10:00] TR Bot Techrights Another Woman (or Women) Has Just Run Away From Brett Wilson LLP (After Barely a Month!), the Hired Guns of Garrett and Graveley (Microsoft) [10:13] TR News Daniel Pocock is Picking on the Racists in the UK https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/daniel-pocock-is-picking-on-the-racists-in-the-uk/ [10:13] TR Bot Blog Archive Daniel Pocock is Picking on the Racists in the UK [10:22] TR News as [10:23] TR News "But as I watched the presentation, I was mainly thinking of Jeremy Sterns very long profile of Zuckerberg in Colossus." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/colossus-mark/ | Source: Nick Heer [10:23] TR Bot Mark Pixel Envy [10:23] TR News "This wider choice could mean that the glasses are even harder to identify for those who have begun to associate it with classic Ray-Bans" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/meta-pushes-controversy-aside-to-announce-new-gen-3-ray-ban-meta-camera-glasses-with-more-styles-more-power-and-less-welcome-price-increases | Source: Digital Camera World [10:23] TR Bot Meta pushes controversy aside to announce new Gen 3 Ray-Ban Meta camera glasses with more styles, more power (and less welcome price increases) | Digital Camera World [10:23] TR News "Ofcom has opened an investigation into Aylo, the service provider of Pornhub, over its Pornhub age checks" https://thecyberexpress.com/ofcom-probes-pornhub-age-checks/ | Source: Cyble Inc [10:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thecyberexpress.com/ofcom-probes-pornhub-age-checks/ ) [10:24] TR News "Thats a lie. OpenAI set the chatbots to hacking. OpenAI researchers would even help the bots when they got stuck." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/24/openai-hacks-australian-government-health-data/ | Source: Pivot to AI [10:24] TR Bot And now. [10:24] TR News "I'm not saying that signing should necessarily be mandatory, but it would be nice to have. Benefits include: [...]" https://andanti.no/blog/SignedMesh.html | [10:24] TR Bot I want my mesh networks signed, not encrypted [10:26] TR News With hearsayboy, as usual, every accusation is a confession [10:27] TR News Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) https://michaelheap.com/github-wiki-is-an-antipattern/ | [10:27] TR Bot GitHub wiki is an anti-pattern | michaelheap.com [10:29] TR News "In all, prosecutors claimed that some 100 million Swiss Francs (US $123 million) worth of damage was caused by the ransomware attacks." https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/ukrainian-ransomware-developer-jailed-for-nearly-13-years | Source: Bitdefender [10:30] TR Bot Ukrainian ransomware developer jailed for nearly 13 years [10:30] TR News "Karen Vardanyan, a 35-year-old Armenian national, has been sentenced to prison by a US court for his role in Ryuk ransomware attacks, the Justice Department announced this week." https://www.securityweek.com/us-court-sentences-armenian-man-to-prison-for-ryuk-ransomware-attacks/ | Source: Security Week [10:30] TR Bot Court Sentences Armenian Man to Prison for Ryuk Ransomware Attacks - SecurityWeek [10:31] TR News "The Defense Manpower Data Center, or DMDC, discovered the vulnerability on July 16 in a file-sharing system" https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/09/24/military-personnel-data-exposed-in-breach-agency-warns/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [10:31] TR Bot Military personnel data exposed in breach, agency warns [10:34] TR News "After months of contacting Meta, Instagrams parent company, he said he got no meaningful response. Pages for his other venue, Club Chico in Montebello, went down in May as well" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-09-22/why-are-queer-la-nightclubs-disappearing-from-facebook-instagram | Source: Los Angeles Times [10:34] TR Bot Why are queer L.A. nightclubs disappearing from Facebook and Instagram? - Los Angeles Times [10:34] TR News "But honestly, what I publish here and in my newsletter is far more interesting than anything I post on Facebook." https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/09/24/why-i-will-probably-decline-your-facebook-friend-request/ | Source: Jim Grey [10:34] TR Bot Why I will probably decline your Facebook friend request - Down the Road [10:34] TR News "an issue that Mark Zuckerberg discussed after internal data on Instagrams effects leaked in 2021" https://www.theverge.com/tech/1000370/meta-instagram-attorney-client-privilege-hats | Source: The Verge [10:34] TR Bot Meta employees ordered attorney/client privilege hats while fighting child safety disclosures | The Verge [10:35] TR News "The EU KIDS Act is set to introduce new age restrictions and safety requirements for children using social media and other online services across the European Union." https://thecyberexpress.com/eu-kids-act-sets-new-social-media-rules/ | Source: Cyble Inc [10:35] TR Bot EU KIDS Act Sets New Social Media Rules For Children [10:35] TR News "Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Elon Musk and his DOGE Pals are up against giant A.I. robots!" https://boingboing.net/2026/09/23/tom-the-dancing-bug-elon-musk-and-his-doge-pals-vs-giant-a-i-robots.html | Source: BoingBoing [10:35] TR Bot Tom the Dancing Bug: Elon Musk and His DOGE Pals vs. Giant A.I. Robots! - Boing Boing [10:36] TR News "These attacks occurred simultaneously to the OpenAI's agents' access to non-public Medicare data held by Services Australia while trying to carry out a task given to them by staff." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-24/openai-agents-plotted-to-access-data-amid-medicare-hack/107189504 | Source: ABC [10:36] TR Bot Health data attack the 'first' government hack by autonomous AI, researchers say - ABC News [10:36] TR News "I think they are misguided and dont know what theyre actually wishing for." https://blog.avas.space/intellectual-labor/ | Source: Ava [10:36] TR Bot the reduction of intellectual labor ava's blog [10:36] TR News "An LLM reads input left to right and has to commit to each token before seeing what comes next." https://yogthos.net/posts/2026-09-24-introducing-lev.html | Source: Dmitri Sotnikov [10:36] TR Bot (iterate think thoughts): Introducing Lev [10:45] TR News Techrights Tackling Racism in the United Kingdom (Racism Funded by Americans) Using the Courts https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Tackling_Racism_in_the_United_Kingdom_Racism_Funded_by_American.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Tackling_Racism_in_the_United_Kingdom_Racism_Funded_by_American.gmi [10:45] TR Bot Techrights Tackling Racism in the United Kingdom (Racism Funded by Americans) Using the Courts [10:46] TR News "Im very confident that even if there is a path to a better future through AI, the current rate of change is far too high." https://robert.ocallahan.org/2026/09/goodbye-google.html | Source: Robert OCallahan [10:46] TR Bot Goodbye Google [10:47] TR News "AI isnt so much a novel new technology as an acceleration of long-existing patterns in neoliberal capitalismautomation, deskilling, unaccountability, surveillance, and increasing precarity amidst shrinking welfare systems." https://aworkinglibrary.com/reading/why-we-fear-ai | Source: Mandy Brown [10:47] TR Bot Why We Fear AI - A Working Library [10:47] TR News "It immediately asked for read/write permissions on my Google Suite, offering to sort my email inboxes, add things to my calendar, or organize my Google Drive." https://www.garbageday.email/p/am-i-too-boring-to-need-an-ai-agent | Source: Garbage Day [10:47] TR Bot Am I too boring to need an AI agent? [10:48] TR News "One role of science is what ancient philosophers called episteme, roughly explanatory understanding; here, understanding is the goal itself." https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/headlines-and-inside-stories-understanding-and-trust-in-ai-for-mathematics-science-and-engineering/ | Source: Terence Tao [10:48] TR Bot Headlines and inside stories: understanding and trust in AI for mathematics, science, and engineering | What's new ● Sep 25 [11:07] TR News E.ON (E.ON Next) Tried to Force or Trick Me Into Talking to a Chatbot, Not Staff of E.ON https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/e-on-tried-to-force-or-trick-me-into-talking-to-a-chatbot-not-staff-of-e-on/ [11:07] TR Bot Blog Archive E.ON (E.ON Next) Tried to Force or Trick Me Into Talking to a Chatbot, Not Staff of E.ON [11:08] TR News "For the last four years, the most tech-savvy nations and would-be AI leaders have been running serious conversations about this exact AI safety threat" https://www.vox.com/politics/503997/ai-safety-summit-china | Source: Vox [11:08] TR Bot a global plan to save humans from AI. Can it actually work? | Vox [11:08] TR News "Now the company is again under fire for failing to immediately alert the Australian government that one of its models [breached] a government portal containing medical data." https://theconversation.com/government-hacks-rogue-agents-and-no-transparency-can-we-ever-fully-trust-ai-292536 | Source: The Conversation [11:08] TR Bot Government hacks, rogue agents and no transparency: can we ever fully trust AI? [11:13] TR News "I appreciate not everyone has these issues. Must be nice!" https://www.rubenerd.au/things-that-have-never-worked-for-me-on-ios/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:13] TR Bot Rubenerd: Things that have never worked (well) for me on iOS [11:13] TR News "So this bad direction is where the secret third reason falls down." https://inessential.com/2026/09/22/that-about-wraps-it-up-for.html | Source: Brent Simmons [11:13] TR Bot That About Wraps It Up for Stock Mac UI [11:13] TR News "How would you approach building towards a 5K when your joints and muscles are the biggest challenge?" https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/ive-tried-c25k-4-5-times-already-what-would-you-do-for-the-next-shot/ | Source: Erik Kroes [11:13] TR Bot I've tried C25k 4-5 times already. What would you do for the next shot? | Erik Kroes - Accessibility Consultant [11:14] TR News "Where specifically does biosurveillance fit in?" https://www.jefftk.com/p/state-of-pandemic-early-warning | Source: Jeff Kaufman [11:14] TR Bot State of Pandemic Early Warning [11:14] TR News "My dad has dealt with chronic pain for years. I had no idea how much it drains the soul. Im sorry." https://piperhaywood.com/late-30s-going-on-70/ | Source: Piper Haywood [11:14] TR Bot Late 30s going on 70 Piper Haywood [11:14] TR News "I also like having it because its a rare-ish instrument to have handy, so I feel extra welcome at jams and the like when I have it, rather than being yet another guitar" https://chriscoyier.net/2026/09/23/bass/ | Source: Chris Coyier [11:14] TR Bot Bass Chris Coyier [11:14] *cybersho` (~user@tybmx63w3qi8g.irc) has joined #techrights [11:15] TR News [Old] "Zuses counterparts on the Allied side had more luck: early successes in codebreaking allowed them to pursue more costly and complicated vacuum tube designs." https://blog.coredump.cx/p/memory-the-forgotten-history | Source: Michal Zalewski [11:15] TR Bot RAM: the forgotten history - lcamtufs thing [11:15] TR News "If you have the factories, sooner or later, you get the designers. If you dont have the factories, you lose the expertise. Or you never get it." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/24/if-you-dont-have-the-factories-you-lose-the-expertise/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [11:15] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/24/if-you-dont-have-the-factories-you-lose-the-expertise/ ) [11:16] TR News "For our community to give up the work of understanding would be a profound abdication of our responsibility to humanity." https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/were-gonna-need-a-lot-more-mathematicians/ | Source: Terence Tao [11:16] TR Bot Were gonna need a lot more mathematicians | What's new [11:22] TR News Techrights Daniel Pocock Makes It Into Mainstream Media Again (Going After Racists) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Daniel_Pocock_Makes_It_Into_Mainstream_Media_Again_Going_After_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Daniel_Pocock_Makes_It_Into_Mainstream_Media_Again_Going_After_.gmi [11:22] TR Bot Techrights Daniel Pocock Makes It Into Mainstream Media Again (Going After Racists) [11:28] TR News "Low-tech Magazine presents the fourth volume in the chronological book series. It contains twenty articles that were published online between 2022 and 2026." https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/09/out-now-low-tech-magazine-volume-iv/ | Source: Low Tech Mag [11:28] TR Bot Out Now: Low-tech Magazine Volume IV | LOWTECH MAGAZINE [11:31] TR News "not an excuse to work somewhere like that." https://www.wired.com/story/tech-bros-dating-palantir-tesla/ | Source: Wired [11:31] TR Bot No One Wants to Date Tech Bros | WIRED [11:31] TR News "This year we introduced a new policy where permanent Raspberry Pi employees with a child between nine months and school age receive a salary uplift of 1,000 per calendar month" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/backing-our-people-as-parents-introducing-our-childcare-contribution/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [11:31] TR Bot Backing our people as parents: introducing our childcare contribution - Raspberry Pi [11:31] TR News "The Smithsonian is independent of the executive branch, governed by a 17-member board led by the chief justice of the Supreme Court and with six members of Congress" https://www.propublica.org/article/how-smithsonian-museum-american-history-became-target-trump-culture-war | Source: Pro Publica [11:31] TR Bot How the Smithsonian Became Target of Trumps Culture War ProPublica [11:38] TR News "Given the administrations dismal track record when it comes to scientific freedom, and its ongoing hostility to much of the NIH apparatus" https://truthout.org/articles/dont-be-fooled-gop-scuffle-over-nih-grants-doesnt-mean-science-has-prevailed/ | Source: TruthOut [11:38] TR Bot Dont Be Fooled: GOP Scuffle Over NIH Grants Doesnt Mean Science Has Prevailed | Truthout [11:42] TR News "St. John the Baptist remains. But many worry the church and other locations across the region that display bronze artwork will continue to be targeted." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-22/jesus-statue-is-latest-in-string-of-socal-bronze-thefts | Source: Los Angeles Times [11:42] TR Bot Jesus statue is the latest in a string of SoCal bronze thefts - Los Angeles Times [11:42] TR News "As you may have noticed, the site has a new look. I don't think of it as a new version of the site, in no small part because the structure has not changed at all." https://www.jmduke.com/posts/the-new-look.html | Source: Justin Duke [11:42] TR Bot The new look | Applied Cartography [11:45] TR News "Before I stumbled into a software career, I got an English degree" https://www.simplermachines.com/what-is-a-text/ | Source: Nat Bennett [11:45] TR Bot What is a Text? [11:55] TR News Techrights Theory That Microsoft Cheapens Its Workforce to Push Workers Out on Their Own (Theory Advanced by Insider) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Theory_That_Microsoft_Cheapens_Its_Workforce_to_Push_Workers_Ou.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Theory_That_Microsoft_Cheapens_Its_Workforce_to_Push_Workers_Ou.gmi [11:55] TR Bot Techrights Theory That Microsoft Cheapens Its Workforce to Push Workers Out on Their Own (Theory Advanced by Insider) [11:56] TR News [Anon comment] Important question: Who owns SN nowadays? And who are they beholden to? ● Sep 25 [12:00] TR News Techrights Links 25/09/2026: Carcinogen Atrazine Pollutes Americans' Bodies, "Donald the Deadbeat Does Diesel", and Anger Over Data Centres Grows https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Links_25_09_2026_Carcinogen_Atrazine_Pollutes_Americans_Bodies_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Links_25_09_2026_Carcinogen_Atrazine_Pollutes_Americans_Bodies_.gmi [12:00] TR Bot Techrights Links 25/09/2026: Carcinogen Atrazine Pollutes Americans' Bodies, "Donald the Deadbeat Does Diesel", and Anger Over Data Centres Grows [12:03] TR News SteamVR Beta v2.18.1 brings more Linux fixes and general improvements | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamvr-beta-v2-18-1-brings-more-linux-fixes-and-general-improvements/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:03] TR Bot Beta v2.18.1 brings more Linux fixes and general improvements | GamingOnLinux [12:03] TR News "Arm support is expanding on Linux, with Qualcomm announcing Linux support for the Snapdragon X2 Series. Qualcomm said it has been one of the most requested features" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/qualcomm-announce-snapdragon-x2-series-will-support-linux/ [12:03] TR Bot announce Snapdragon X2 Series will support Linux | GamingOnLinux [12:04] TR News "Quick tip for the Things users. Let's say you have a Project named 21 Products and in there a Heading named 21.35 JDHQ. Which I do." https://johnnydecimal.com/blog/0252-things-tip-moving-items/ | Source: Johnny Decimal [12:04] TR Bot Things tip: moving items to headings Blog Johnny.Decimal [12:16] TR News "We create new strings all the time. How quickly can you produce short strings in your programming languge?" https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/25/how-many-strings-can-you-create-per-second/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [12:16] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/25/how-many-strings-can-you-create-per-second/ ) [12:17] TR News "I dont see myself as a programmer who is also an expert in a niche area; I see myself as exclusively a low-level coder, or even just a detail-oriented person." https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/grieving-the-loss-of-details/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva [12:17] TR Bot Grieving the loss of details | purplesyringa's blog [12:17] TR News "To make this a little easier, I decided to make a Python World Clock app for me to use." https://claytonerrington.com/blog/world-clock/ | Source: Clayton Errington [12:17] TR Bot The makings of a World Clock [12:18] TR News "The landscape of software supply chain security has undergone a significant shift." https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/hardening-code-pipelines-and-ci-cd-infrastructure/ | Source: Google [12:18] TR Bot Proactive Defense: Hardening Code Pipelines and CI/CD Infrastructure | Google Cloud Blog [12:23] TR News "The tool also added a front matter to the markdown files, which fitted quite nicely into Astro expectations" https://monzool.net/blog/2026/09/24/migrating-from-wordpress-to-astro/ | Source: Jan Skriver Srensen [12:23] TR Bot Migrating from WordPress to Astro [12:23] TR News "The original spirit that the web should be as writable as it was readable, extended to shareable." https://sarahjamielewis.com/log/2026/future-of-web-browsers.html | [12:23] TR Bot Thoughts on the Future of Web Browsers [12:29] TR News "So when Flyspell detects a misspelled word, it attaches its overlay property to the word and the presence of this overlay property drives everything else." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsFlyspellWordTracking | Source: University of Toronto [12:29] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:30] TR News "I thought it might be interesting to people here who enjoy Lisp, Scheme, parsing, Org mode, or the general idea of meta-meta-meta-programming as I like to call it." https://jointhefreeworld.org/blog/articles/lisps/parsing-expression-grammar-lisp-org-convert-to-html/index.html | Source: Josep Bigorra [12:30] TR Bot Parsing Expression Grammar in Lisp: Converting Org to HTML with (ice-9 peg) in Guile - jointhefreeworld [12:30] TR News "I dont want to make this post about why current LLMs are bad, but if you want to learn about it, I recommend reading Why not LLMs?" https://www.usebox.net/jjm/blog/using-emacs/ | Source: Juan J Martnez [12:30] TR Bot emacs - usebox.net [12:30] TR News "He'll share some tips on fallbacks and emojis, which can help a lot with presentations and documentation. We might also discuss recent patches and realistic objectives." https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/10/oct-2-emacs-chat-31-pedro-a-aranda-gutierrez/ | Source: Sacha Chua [12:30] TR Bot Oct 2 - Emacs Chat 31: Pedro A. Aranda Gutierrez :: Sacha Chua [12:39] TR News "Come on a journey with me. Its got a hero with hubris, mistakes, tension, and a cliffhanger." https://entropicthoughts.com/shrinking-fedora-virtual-disk | Source: Chris [12:39] TR Bot Shrinking a Fedora virtual disk [12:48] TR News "One of the unwritten rules of the Internet seems to be that whenever something Amiga-related is mentioned" https://www.datagubbe.se/amscr/ | Source: Carl Svensson [12:48] TR Bot Screens: A Primer | datagubbe.se [12:50] TR News "Scott Jenson has been working on user interfaces (UIs) and user experience (UX) for many years at Apple, Google, and other companies." https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1095425/2d9f411252325784/ | Source: LWN [12:50] TR Bot on modernizing the open-source desktop [LWN.net] [12:50] TR News "We are shifting the display server Xorg over to Xlibre for our upcoming PeppermintOS ISO refreshes. What this does is, handles basic graphical rendering, window drawing, and input devices (keyboard/mouse) under the X11 protocol." https://peppermintos.com/2026/09/testing-updated-pepdebian-build-and-shift-to-xlibre/ | Source: PeppermintOS [12:50] TR Bot Testing updated PepDebian build and shift to Xlibre. Peppermint OS [12:51] TR News "COSMIC is on your favorite distros!" https://system76.com/cosmic/download | Source: System76 [12:51] TR Bot COSMIC Download [12:52] TR News "Obviously, a lot of system information is accessed through /proc, either directly or indirectly, as covered (sort of) in proc(5) and associated manual pages." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/ProcGetsUsedByPrograms | Source: University of Toronto [12:53] TR News "As you saw in one of my previous post, I also run a Void Linux laptop with root on ZFS, and I missed that workflow there." https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20260924 | Source: Vincent Delft [12:53] TR Bot Vincent's blog [12:53] TR News CONTROL Resonant launches - works on SteamOS but Unsupported on Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/control-resonant-launches-works-on-steamos-but-unsupported-on-steam-deck/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:53] TR Bot Resonant launches - works on SteamOS but Unsupported on Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [12:54] TR News Faugus Launcher 2.4.0 adds a backup system, new game overviews and more customization | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/faugus-launcher-2-4-0-adds-a-backup-system-new-game-overviews-and-more-customization/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:54] TR Bot Launcher 2.4.0 adds a backup system, new game overviews and more customization | GamingOnLinux [12:54] TR News VAXEE NP-01 Ergo Wireless (8K) mouse thoughts | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/vaxee-np-01-ergo-wireless-8k-mouse-thoughts/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:54] TR Bot NP-01 Ergo Wireless (8K) mouse thoughts | GamingOnLinux [12:55] TR News Ubuntu to get quicker Linux kernel security updates due to so many AI reports | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ubuntu-to-get-quicker-linux-kernel-security-updates-due-to-so-many-ai-reports/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ubuntu-to-get-quicker-linux-kernel-security-updates-due-to-so-many-ai-reports/ [12:55] TR Bot to get quicker Linux kernel security updates due to so many AI reports | GamingOnLinux [12:56] TR News "You know what the biggest functional difference is between running FreeBSD and Linux on the desktop? Out of memory errors." https://www.rubenerd.au/linux-oom-on-the-desktop/ | Source: Ruben Schade [12:56] TR Bot Rubenerd: Linux OOM on the desktop [12:59] TR News Intel GPU support with Proton should get better with DXVK-IGDEXT | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/intel-gpu-support-with-proton-should-get-better-with-dxvk-igdext/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:59] TR Bot GPU support with Proton should get better with DXVK-IGDEXT | GamingOnLinux ● Sep 25 [13:00] TR News Beat Saber set for a massive upgrade with hand tracking, a new game mode and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/beat-saber-set-for-a-massive-upgrade-with-hand-tracking-a-new-game-mode-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/beat-saber-set-for-a-massive-upgrade-with-hand-tracking-a-new-game-mode-and-more/ [13:00] TR Bot Saber set for a massive upgrade with hand tracking, a new game mode and more | GamingOnLinux [13:03] TR News How to find where Steam stores Proton game files | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-find-where-steam-stores-proton-game-files/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-find-where-steam-stores-proton-game-files/ [13:03] TR Bot to find where Steam stores Proton game files | GamingOnLinux [13:04] TR News Some overlooked Native Linux games may be potential gems - September 2026 edition | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/some-overlooked-native-linux-games-may-be-potential-gems-september-2026-edition/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:04] TR Bot overlooked Native Linux games may be potential gems - September 2026 edition | GamingOnLinux [13:04] TR News Quake Champions goes from free to paid, with no more content updates planned | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/quake-champions-goes-from-free-to-paid-with-no-more-content-updates-planned/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:04] TR Bot Champions goes from free to paid, with no more content updates planned | GamingOnLinux [13:06] TR News "Border Officials Asks For My Phone. These 4 Setups Decide What They Get" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/unlock-phone-x:7 [13:06] TR Bot Border Officials Asks For My Phone. These 4 Setups Decide What They Get [13:06] schestowitz[TR2] Total 33 hits / 26 probable, unique visitors ... 23/Sep/2026 [13:06] schestowitz[TR2] Total 34 hits / 29 probable, unique visitors ... 24/Sep/2026 [13:06] schestowitz[TR2] from morse headlines, no visible (self-identified) bots [13:09] TR News Sellouts. "So yeah it was written using AI - Bert Hubert's writings" https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/so-yeah-it-is-written-using-ai/ [13:09] TR Bot So yeah it was written using AI - Bert Hubert's writings [13:09] TR News Turninhg blogs into TRASH: "Using AI Effectively in Technical Writing code.dblock.org | tech blog" https://code.dblock.org/2026/09/23/using-ai-effectively-in-technical-writing.html [13:09] TR Bot AI Effectively in Technical Writing code.dblock.org | tech blog [13:11] TR News A dead market https://www.semafor.com/article/09/24/2026/microsoft-doubles-down-on-investment-in-the-gulf see http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/18/Iran_Has_Debunked_GAFAM_and_Cloud_Computing_as_Safety_of_Data.shtml [13:11] TR Bot doubles down on investment in the Gulf | Semafor [13:11] TR Bot Techrights Iran Has Debunked GAFAM and Cloud Computing as Safety of Data [13:12] TR News De facto bailout for surveillance squid https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2026/09/24/army-awards-palantir-481m-to-modernize-ammo-management/ https://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Privatisation_Catastrophe_Starting_with_NHS_England_Microsoft_a.shtml [13:12] TR Bot Army awards Palantir $48.1M to modernize ammo management [13:12] TR Bot Techrights Privatisation Catastrophe, Starting with NHS England: Microsoft and Partners Attack British People's Health and Steal Their Medical Records (While British Taxpayers Unwillingly Pay for This) [13:32] TR News Anon: mitchell baker's role in that precipitous decline of market share and loss of funding can be analyzed. GAFAM topic gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/US_Government_Sites_Can_Now_Totally_Ignore_Mozilla_Firefox_User.gmi [13:46] TR News Techrights Large Wave of IBM PIPs, the RAs Wave Comes After 'Low-Hanging' Fruit (Families) Disposed of https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Large_Wave_of_IBM_PIPs_the_RAs_Wave_Comes_After_Low_Hanging_Fru.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Large_Wave_of_IBM_PIPs_the_RAs_Wave_Comes_After_Low_Hanging_Fru.gmi [13:46] TR Bot Techrights Large Wave of IBM PIPs, the RAs Wave Comes After 'Low-Hanging' Fruit (Families) Disposed of [13:53] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:55] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@ezcq48qr7j4kk.irc) has joined #techrights [13:59] schestowitz[TR2] sompi https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finland-and-sweden-identify-russian-aircraft-together-for-the-first-time [13:59] TR Bot Finland and Sweden identify Russian aircraft together for the first time - Ilmavoimat - The Finnish Air Force ● Sep 25 [14:16] TR News "Earning these certifications highlights Firas commitment to open source technologies and excellence in his field." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/searching-2027-red-hat-certified-professional-year | Source: Red Hat Official [14:16] TR Bot Searching for the 2027 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year [14:16] TR News "AIdriven insights" is slop nonsense https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/automate-security-risk-management-across-enterprise-it-operations | Source: Red Hat Official [14:16] TR Bot Automate security risk management across enterprise IT operations [14:18] TR News Scaling GitOps: The "pull" architecture for global fleets https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/24/scaling-gitops-pull-architecture-global-fleets [14:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/24/scaling-gitops-pull-architecture-global-fleets ) [14:18] TR News "Orange Pi has published hardware details for the OrangePi O1, a 90 70mm SBC based on the Sophgo BM1688 processor." https://linuxgizmos.com/16-tops-ai-sbc-with-sata-3-0-runs-on-octa-core-sophgo-bm1688/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:18] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/16-tops-ai-sbc-with-sata-3-0-runs-on-octa-core-sophgo-bm1688/ ) [14:23] TR News Yes They Want to Kill Us: The Worshippers of Machines Versus Human Beings https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-worshippers-of-machines-versus-the-lovers-of-nature/ [14:23] TR Bot Yes They Want to Kill Us: The Worshippers of Machines Versus Human Beings [14:25] TR News KDE Akademy 2026 https://lprod.dev/blog/akademy_2026.html [14:25] TR Bot KDE Akademy 2026 [14:26] TR News 130: Meticulous Adherence to Arcane Unofficial Procedures https://mwl.io/archives/24993 [14:26] TR Bot 130: Meticulous Adherence to Arcane Unofficial Procedures Michael W Lucas [14:28] TR News "Leap Release Manager Lubo Kocman told the openSUSE project mailing list that the next build was expected to qualify as the RC." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/09/24/leap-rc/ | Source: OpenSUSE [14:28] TR Bot Leap Heads Into Release Candidate Phase - openSUSE News [14:30] TR News "We spend a lot of time browsing online. Whether you are researching for work, planning a trip, paying your bills, or scrolling through social media" https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-window-types/ | Source: Mozilla [14:30] TR Bot Classic, Private, or Smart? Choose the Right Firefox Window [14:31] TR News Shrinking a Fedora virtual disk https://entropicthoughts.com/shrinking-fedora-virtual-disk [14:31] TR Bot Shrinking a Fedora virtual disk [14:33] TR News Linux OOM on the desktop https://www.rubenerd.au/linux-oom-on-the-desktop/ [14:33] TR Bot Rubenerd: Linux OOM on the desktop [14:47] *phebus has quit (Quit: POKE 1,0) [14:51] TR News Out Now: Low-tech Magazine Volume IV https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/09/out-now-low-tech-magazine-volume-iv/ [14:51] TR Bot Out Now: Low-tech Magazine Volume IV | LOWTECH MAGAZINE [14:51] TR News If you dont have the factories, you lose the expertise https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/24/if-you-dont-have-the-factories-you-lose-the-expertise/ [14:51] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/24/if-you-dont-have-the-factories-you-lose-the-expertise/ ) [14:53] TR News Hearsayboy asked the lady he sleeps with (who is not his spouse!) to draw a caricature, showing a man in his 40s looking rugged and in his 60s. Stay classy. [14:55] TR News But without Groypers... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Fuentes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groypers [14:55] TR Bot Nick Fuentes - Wikipedia [14:55] TR Bot Groypers - Wikipedia [14:57] TR News US Court Sentences Armenian Man to Prison for Ryuk Ransomware Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/us-court-sentences-armenian-man-to-prison-for-ryuk-ransomware-attacks/ [14:57] TR Bot Court Sentences Armenian Man to Prison for Ryuk Ransomware Attacks - SecurityWeek [14:58] TR News SLOP is dominating the conversation at Climate Week https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/24/1145048/ai-climate-week/ [14:58] TR Bot AI is dominating the conversation at Climate Week | MIT Technology Review [14:59] TR News One city thought it had e-bikes all figured out. Not so fast. https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0924/electric-bikes-scooters-rules-peachtree-city-georgia [14:59] TR Bot speed, wheelies, e-bikes make cities revisit road rules - CSMonitor.com [14:59] TR News New bill would create federal investigative body for SLOPPY hacks https://cyberscoop.com/new-bill-would-create-federal-investigative-body-for-ai-driven-hacks/ [14:59] TR Bot bill would create federal investigative body for AI-driven hacks | CyberScoop ● Sep 25 [15:01] TR News "AI-driven" is the new "blockchains-based".. Pure BS... old stuff rebranded. [15:01] TR News Facebook algorithm change in April crushed audience reach for Digitalbox https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/facebook-algorithm-change-in-april-crushed-audience-reach-for-digitalbox/ [15:01] TR Bot Facebook algorithm change 'crushed' publisher reach on platofrm [15:02] *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [15:14] TR News Techrights A Microsoft Lunduke OS (LCOS) is Not Even in Top 100 in DisroWatch, Microsoft Lunduke Just Games the Numbers Like Linspire Did (and Got 'Banned' for It) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/A_Microsoft_Lunduke_OS_LCOS_is_Not_Even_in_Top_100_in_DisroWatc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/A_Microsoft_Lunduke_OS_LCOS_is_Not_Even_in_Top_100_in_DisroWatc.gmi [15:14] TR Bot Techrights A Microsoft Lunduke OS (LCOS) is Not Even in Top 100 in DisroWatch, Microsoft Lunduke Just Games the Numbers Like Linspire Did (and Got 'Banned' for It) [15:23] TR News Why Series (Long Form) Might Work Best https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/why-series-long-form-might-work-best/ [15:23] TR Bot Blog Archive Why Series (Long Form) Might Work Best [15:25] *Now talking on #techrights [15:25] *Oslo.NO.EU.IRCLink.Net sets mode +n #techrights [15:25] *Oslo.NO.EU.IRCLink.Net sets mode +t #techrights [15:26] TR News (NEW): Susan Linton Also Played a Role at DistroWatch https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Susan_Linton_Also_Played_a_Role_at_DistroWatch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Susan_Linton_Also_Played_a_Role_at_DistroWatch.gmi [15:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Susan Linton Also Played a Role at DistroWatch [15:28] TR News The Fairphone (Gen. 6+): Loved by critics. Plus more. https://www.fairphone.com/stories/the-fairphone-gen-6-loved-by-critics-plus-more [15:28] TR Bot Fairphone (Gen. 6+). Loved by critics. Plus more. [15:28] TR News NagisinnraLinux lightweight Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/nagisinnralinux-lightweight-debian-based-linux-distribution/ [15:28] TR Bot lightweight Debian-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [15:29] TR News Dolphin Emulator 2609 Released with Android NetPlay https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/dolphin-emulator-2609-released-with-android-netplay/ [15:29] TR Bot Dolphin Emulator 2609 Released with Android NetPlay | UbuntuHandbook [15:30] TR News Ubuntu is Tightening its Kernel SRU Cycle to Two Weeks, and Clankers Are to Blame https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-kernel-sru-cycle-update/ [15:30] TR Bot Ubuntu is Tightening its Kernel SRU Cycle to Two Weeks, and Clankers Are to Blame [15:31] TR News Bouncy Ball 3D and Taking KDE to the Pyramids https://blogs.kde.org/2026/09/24/bouncy-ball-3d/ [15:31] TR Bot Bouncy Ball 3D and Taking KDE to the Pyramids - KDE Blogs [15:31] TR News KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta Release https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.91/ [15:31] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta Release - KDE Community [15:31] TR News MollyOS Debian-Based GNU/Linux Distribution for Children https://www.linuxlinks.com/mollyos-debian-linux-distribution-children/ [15:31] TR Bot Debian-Based Linux Distribution for Children - LinuxLinks [15:32] TR News When will Debian 'community' understand that criticism is NOT "harassment"? This is the COC mindset. [15:33] TR News Docker Commits to Bringing the Sandbox Kit Spec to the CNCF https://www.linux.com/featured/docker-commits-to-bringing-the-sandbox-kit-spec-to-the-cncf/ [15:33] TR Bot Commits to Bringing the Sandbox Kit Spec to the CNCF - Linux.com [15:34] TR News Just ban slop plagiarism https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Considers-AGENTS-MD see https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/23/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_8_In_Conclusion.shtml [15:34] TR Bot Kernel Developers Consider Adding AGENTS.md To Help Guide AI/LLM Agents - Phoronix [15:34] TR Bot Techrights Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 8 - In Conclusion [15:35] TR News If you permit one or two bots to enter, then sooner or later more bots will feel invited and overrun the real contributions [15:35] TR News The "Linus Tragedy" or "Linus' Stockholm Syndrome" (his bosses bribed) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/22/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_7_Infested_by_Bot_Generat.shtml [15:35] TR Bot Techrights Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 7 - Infested With or Plagued by Bot-Generated Slop, Committed by Microsofters [15:37] TR News Impractical Bug Reports https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Taint-Forced-Bind [15:37] TR Bot Kernel Introducing New Taint Due To Fuzzing Bots Yielding Impractical Bug Reports - Phoronix [15:38] TR News Senpai 20260922 https://distrowatch.com/senpai [15:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/senpai ) [15:39] TR News Hearsayboy: Software freedom is the freedom to be a slave of Apple, Microsoft etc. New definition, eh? [15:39] TR News ML4W 2.16 https://distrowatch.com/ml4w [15:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ml4w ) [15:40] TR News FOSS Weekly #26.39: Snapdragon X2, Ubuntu 26.10, Konsole, systemd Tricks and a New Project https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17472237/foss-weekly-26-39 [15:40] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #26.39: Snapdragon X2, Ubuntu 26.10, Konsole, systemd Tricks and a New Project [15:41] TR News Turkey blocks X account of rights advocate monitoring online censorship https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-blocks-x-account-of-rights-advocate-monitoring-online-censorship-323752 [15:41] TR Bot Turkey blocks X account of rights advocate monitoring online censorship [15:42] TR News Is internet satire under threat in Mexico? Why the Anti-Meme Bill is controversial https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/is-internet-satire-under-threat-in-mexico-why-anti-meme-bill-controversial/ [15:42] TR Bot Why the 'Anti-Meme Bill" is controversial [15:44] TR News A FAQ concerning the current KDE situation https://rabbitictranslator.com/current-situation-faq/ [15:44] TR Bot Return "binding" end end do end (compiler.metadata):set(commands.reset, "fnl/docstring", "Erase all repl-local scope.") commands.complete . [15:45] TR News "I should also note that I'm in the NoAI camp, that I actually watched the talks mentioned here (imagine that) ... Slop is incompetence, treat it as such" [15:46] TR News The Kernel Report 2026 edition https://lwn.net/Articles/1096411/ [15:46] TR Bot Kernel Report 2026 edition [LWN.net] [15:47] TR News "Assisted by Surveillance Giant Google AI" = slop https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/09/state-isolated-kvm-hypervisor_0969032807.html [15:47] TR Bot Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: State-Isolated KVM Hypervisor Architecture on openSUSE Tumbleweed bare metal case (Assisted by Google AI) [15:47] TR News GNU Turns 43 This Weekend https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/24/gnu-turns-43-this-weekend/ [15:47] TR Bot Blog Archive GNU Turns 43 This Weekend [15:49] TR News Research into file-notification attacks on GNU/Linux https://lwn.net/Articles/1096431/ [15:49] TR Bot into file-notification attacks on Linux [LWN.net] [15:51] TR News SweetPotatOs 2026.10 https://distrowatch.com/sweetpotatos [15:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/sweetpotatos ) [15:51] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1096407/ [15:51] TR Bot updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [15:52] TR News Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon X2 GNU/Linux Developer Preview https://itsfoss.com/news/snapdragon-x2-linux-developer-preview/ [15:52] TR Bot Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon X2 Linux Developer Preview [15:52] TR News ZimaBoard 2 Review Single Board NAS Server with defective chip maker Intel N150 CPU ZimaOS Review https://mightygadget.com/zimaboard-2-review/ [15:52] TR Bot ZimaBoard 2 Review - Single Board NAS Server with Intel N150 CPU - ZimaOS Review - Mighty Gadget Blog Technology News and Reviews [15:53] TR News Throw is OUTTA WINDOW :) https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/how-to-stop-your-tv-spying-on-you-aM3mf4j04vU2 http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/12/Televisions_Have_Become_Billboards.shtml [15:53] TR Bot How to stop your TV spying on you - Which? [15:53] TR Bot Techrights Televisions Have Become Billboards ● Sep 25 [16:00] TR News More Than a Decade Later Shes Still Appreciated https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/more-than-a-decade-later-shes-still-appreciated/ [16:00] TR Bot Blog Archive More Than a Decade Later Shes Still Appreciated [16:08] TR News Samsung's disastrous firmware update bricks refrigerators ahead of South Korean holiday https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/samsungs-disastrous-firmware-update-breaks-refrigerators-ahead-of-south-korean-holiday-customers-complain-of-non-functioning-units-food-spoilage-ahead-of-three-day-celebration https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/24/Appliances_Should_be_Dumb.shtml [16:08] TR Bot Samsung's disastrous firmware update bricks refrigerators ahead of South Korean holiday repair visits slip into October, customers complain of food spoilage ahead of three-day celebration | Tom's Hardware [16:08] TR Bot Techrights Appliances Should be Dumb [16:08] TR News Malaysian woman, 62, loses $238,500 to scammers in a bid to attain Singapore PR https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-woman-62-loses-238500-to-scammers-in-a-bid-to-attain-singapore-pr [16:08] TR Bot Malaysian woman loses $238,500 to Singapore PR scam | The Straits Times [16:10] TR News Australian PM Albanese says Proprietary Chaffbot Company bot breached government website in June https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-pm-albanese-says-openai-agent-breached-government-website-in-june [16:10] TR Bot OpenAI agent breaches Australian government health portal | The Straits Times [16:12] TR News Bernadine Bluntlys Brand Was Tradwife. Then She Got Divorced. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/style/ex-tradwife-influencer-bernadine-bluntly.html selling anti-feminism T-shirts https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/26/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_88_Out_of_200_Brett_Wilson_LLP_is_Defamin.shtml [16:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/style/ex-tradwife-influencer-bernadine-bluntly.html ) [16:12] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 88 Out of 200: Brett Wilson LLP is Defaming Trans People in America Because Garrett Pays Hired Guns to Silence Them [16:12] TR News What Ive learned: Science writer Deborah Cohen says arseholes keep her motivated https://pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders/what-ive-learned-science-writer-deborah-cohen-says-arseholes-keep-her-motivated/ career in science journalism. [16:12] TR Bot What I've learned: Science writer Deborah Cohen says 'arseholes' keep her motivated - Press Gazette [16:13] TR News Qt WebEngineSeparate Release https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-webengine-will-release-separate [16:13] TR Bot Qt WebEngine Separate Release [16:14] TR News Australia Investigates Proprietary Chaffbot Company Hack on Public Health Care Site https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/world/asia/australia-investigates-openai-hack-on-public-health-care-site.html "[bot] accessed nonpublic information on the countrys universal health care system." [16:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/world/asia/australia-investigates-openai-hack-on-public-health-care-site.html ) [16:15] TR News scanning and destruction https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/japanese-used-bookstores-see-5x-sales-surge-as-books-are-being-bought-by-the-ton-one-50-ton-order-sent-to-the-us-for-ai-scanning-and-destruction-multitude-of-suspicious-bulk-buys-thought-to-end-up-in-foreign-ai-scan-and-shred-facilities [16:15] TR Bot Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton, one 50-ton order sent to the US for AI scanning and destruction multitude of suspicious bulk buys thought to end up in foreign AI scan and shred facilities | Tom's Hardware [16:15] TR News OpenAI [bot] got into Australia's Medicare stats portal with 84-day notification delay https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/australian-pm-says-openai-took-84-days-to-email-agency-after-agent-hacked-its-national-health-care-portal-incident-is-believed-to-be-the-first-known-case-of-ai-breaching-a-government-site [16:15] TR Bot Australian PM says OpenAI took 84 days to email agency after agent hacked its national health care portal incident is believed to be the first known case of AI breaching a government site | Tom's Hardware [16:16] TR News Researchers link more cyberattacks to Proprietary Chaffbot Company [bot] swarm https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/24/researchers-link-more-cyberattacks-to-openai-agent-swarm/ [16:16] TR Bot link more cyberattacks to OpenAI agent swarm - SiliconANGLE [16:17] TR News The Situation at Alpha School Is Darker Than We Thought Possible https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/situation-alpha-school-darker-possible [16:17] TR Bot The Situation at Alpha School Is Darker Than We Thought Possible [16:17] TR News Kalshi Admits That It Took a Random Guys Video and Used Hey Hi (AI) to Make Him the Host of an Ad, Changing His Race in the Process https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/kalshi-admits-random-guy-video-ai-race-swap-ad [16:17] TR Bot Kalshi Admits That It Took a Random Guy's Video and Used AI to Make Him the Host of an Ad, Changing His Race in the Process [16:19] TR News British Columbia sues Proprietary Chaffbot Company and Scam Altman for 'aiding and abetting' school shooter https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/british-columbia-sues-openai-to-pay-for-new-school-after-tumbler-ridge-shooting-lawsuit-says-openai-identified-shooters-chatgpt-account-eight-months-prior-but-didnt-warn-police [16:19] TR Bot British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for 'aiding and abetting' school shooter lawsuit says OpenAI identified shooter's ChatGPT account eight months prior but hid it and didn't warn police | Tom's Hardware [16:20] TR News Leading semiconductor analyst says AMD should be investigated for 'treason' over availability of restricted chips in China https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/leading-semiconductor-analyst-accuses-amd-of-treason-over-restricted-chips-availability-in-china-amd-blames-diversion-of-export-controlled-rfsoc-usd36-000-radar-silicon-allegedly-quoted-at-usd1-000-for-crowdfunding-project [16:20] TR Bot Leading semiconductor analyst says AMD should be investigated for 'treason' over availability of restricted chips in China, AMD blames diversion of export-controlled RFSoC $36,000 radar silicon allegedly quoted at $1,000 for crowdfunding project | Tom's Hardware [16:22] TR News Prison authorities accuse anti-China figures of fabricating lies after US group says guards rehearsed Jimmy Lais death https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/24/prison-authorities-accuse-anti-china-figures-of-fabricating-lies-after-us-group-says-guards-rehearsed-jimmy-lais-death/ [16:22] TR Bot Prison authorities accuse 'anti-China' figures of 'fabricating lies' over Jimmy Lai [16:23] TR News Deleting Windows works better https://cyberscoop.com/how-federal-tax-incentives-can-protect-state-local-cybersecurity-op-ed/ [16:23] TR Bot tax policy can stop threat actors from breaching US water systems | CyberScoop [16:24] TR News Back doors that were put there intentionally https://cyberscoop.com/senate-telecom-cybersecurity-resilience-act-salt-typhoon/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/Credit_to_Jessica_Lyons_at_The_Register_for_Covering_the_Commun.shtml [16:24] TR Bot Senate leaders introduce bill to bolster telecom cybersecurity in response to Salt Typhoon hacks | CyberScoop [16:24] TR Bot Techrights Credit to Jessica Lyons at The Register for Covering the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), Proving That Authorities Do Not Want and Probably Never Wanted Computer Security (Except for Themselves) [16:24] TR News House and Senate members propose legislation for CISA to step up cyber defenses for biotech https://cyberscoop.com/biotech-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity-legislation/ [16:24] TR Bot and Senate members propose legislation for CISA to step up cyber defenses for biotech | CyberScoop [16:24] TR News Inside the OpenSSF Summer Mentorship Showcase: How Emerging Developers Are Strengthening Supply Chain Security https://openssf.org/blog/2026/09/24/inside-the-openssf-summer-mentorship-showcase-how-emerging-developers-are-strengthening-supply-chain-security/ [16:24] TR Bot Inside the OpenSSF Summer Mentorship Showcase: How Emerging Developers Are Strengthening Supply Chain Security Open Source Security Foundation [16:25] TR News SolarWinds Patches Critical RCE Flaws in Observability Self-Hosted https://www.securityweek.com/solarwinds-patches-critical-rce-flaws-in-observability-self-hosted/ [16:25] TR Bot Patches Critical RCE Flaws in Observability Self-Hosted - SecurityWeek [16:37] TR News IG report finds government cyber directives lack teeth https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/09/ig-report-finds-government-cyber-directives-lack-teeth/ [16:37] TR Bot Federal News Network | IG report finds government cyber directives lack teeth [16:39] TR News Meta Releases Audio-Only Smart Glasses https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/23/meta-audio-only-glasses/ [16:39] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/23/meta-audio-only-glasses/ ) [16:41] TR News OpenAI [bots] Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data https://www.securityweek.com/openai-agents-probed-websites-for-vulnerabilities-while-fetching-public-data/ [16:41] TR Bot Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data - SecurityWeek [16:43] TR News PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 Released! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-19-beta-4-released-3386/ [16:43] TR Bot PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 Released! [16:45] TR News Astrana Health Data Breach Impacts Private, Confidential Information https://www.securityweek.com/astrana-health-data-breach-impacts-private-confidential-information/ [16:45] TR Bot Health Data Breach Impacts Private, Confidential Information - SecurityWeek [16:46] TR News The Other Two students in Hey Hi (AI) photo controversy speak out https://stanforddaily.com/2026/09/24/other-two-students-ai-photo-speak-out/ [16:46] TR Bot The Other Two students in AI photo controversy speak out [16:47] TR News ACLU, Amnesty find Stanford targeted pro-Palestinian expression https://stanforddaily.com/2026/09/24/aclu-finds-pro-palestinian-targeting/ [16:47] TR Bot ACLU, Amnesty find Stanford targeted pro-Palestinian speech [16:48] TR News Juan Pablo Ugarte: Casilda 1.6 Released! https://blogs.gnome.org/xjuan/2026/09/24/casilda-1-6-released/ [16:48] TR Bot Casilda 1.6 Released! ar.xjuan.Blog [16:50] TR News UPC is illegal, but JUVE got paid to glorify and promote this perversion of the legal system, enabled by cocaine addicts at EPO https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/ymtc-wins-first-round-in-micron-case-over-nand-technology/ [16:50] TR Bot YMTC wins first round in Micron case over NAND technology [16:52] TR News MemBrowse continuously tracks firmware memory footprint, is free for open-source projects https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/25/membrowse-continuously-tracks-firmware-memory-footprint-is-free-for-open-source-projects/ [16:52] TR Bot MemBrowse continuously tracks firmware memory footprint, is free for open-source projects - CNX Software [16:53] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppFastAD 0.0.5 on CRAN: Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/24#rcppfastad_0.0.5 [16:53] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [16:54] TR News Google Has Its Hand Around the Throat of the Independent Media and Its Squeezing Harder and Harder https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-independent-media-journalism-choking-search-ai-overview [16:54] TR Bot Google Has Its Hand Around the Throat of the Independent Media and It's Squeezing Harder and Harder [16:55] TR News Federal immigration judges at DOJ face doxxing threats https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/09/federal-immigration-judges-at-doj-face-doxxing-threats/ [16:55] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/09/federal-immigration-judges-at-doj-face-doxxing-threats/ ) [16:55] TR News Simplification for whom? Open letter to EU Member States to uphold GDPR protections in Digital Omnibus on Data https://edri.org/our-work/simplification-for-whom-open-letter-uphold-gdpr-protections-in-data-omnibus/ [16:55] TR Bot Simplification for whom? Open letter to EU Member States to uphold GDPR protections in Digital Omnibus on Data - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [16:56] TR News Complaints About Metas Pervert Glasses Wont Slow Techs Wearable Gadgets Drive https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/technology/personaltech/meta-glasses-wearables.html [16:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/technology/personaltech/meta-glasses-wearables.html ) [16:56] TR News The social control media app forcing Japan to take digital privacy more seriously https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/the-social-media-app-forcing-japan-to-take-digital-privacy-more-seriously [16:56] TR Bot BeReal forcing Japan to take digital privacy more seriously | The Straits Times [16:56] TR News IP geolocation at APNIC 62: Challenges, geofeeds, and data quality perspectives https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/24/ip-geolocation-at-apnic-62-challenges-geofeeds-and-data-quality-perspectives/ [16:56] TR Bot IP geolocation at APNIC 62: Challenges, geofeeds, and data quality perspectives | APNIC Blog ● Sep 25 [17:01] TR News Microsoft is still transmitting malware, nobody blames it for that https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/malicious-npm-packages-that-evade-defenses.html [17:01] TR Bot npm Packages That Evade Defenses - Schneier on Security [17:02] TR News 5 Android Data Recovery Tools to Consider When Important Files Go Missing https://ostechnix.com/android-data-recovery-tools/ [17:03] TR Bot Data Recovery Tools for Lost or Deleted Files - OSTechNix [17:03] TR News F-Droid 2.0: A new chapter for Android freedom https://lwn.net/Articles/1096444/ [17:03] TR Bot 2.0: A new chapter for Android freedom [LWN.net] [17:04] TR News The AV Access iDock M10 KVM is almost perfect https://www.rubenerd.au/the-av-access-idock-m10-kvm-is-almost-perfect/ [17:04] TR Bot Rubenerd: The AV Access iDock M10 KVM is almost perfect [17:06] TR News Ubuntu 26.10 adds Windows-style snap layouts https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-tiling [17:06] TR Bot Ubuntu 26.10 adds Windows-style snap layouts - OMG! Ubuntu [17:06] TR News Qualcomm releases GNU/Linux developer preview for the Snapdragon X2 Series https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/25/qualcomm-releases-linux-developer-preview-snapdragon-x2/ [17:06] TR Bot Qualcomm releases Linux developer preview for the Snapdragon X2 Series - CNX Software [17:07] TR News Second batch of videos from the LibreOffice Conference 2026 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/24/second-batch-of-videos-from-the-libreoffice-conference-2026/ [17:07] TR Bot Second batch of videos from the LibreOffice Conference 2026 - TDF Community Blog [17:13] TR News This is a hoax, pushing outsourcing with lower level back doors as confidentiality; it's worse than false marketing. https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/24/self-encrypting-vm-images-for-confidential-environments-hands-on [17:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/24/self-encrypting-vm-images-for-confidential-environments-hands-on ) [17:26] TR News BSD Now 682: NAS NAS NAS https://www.bsdnow.tv/682 [17:26] TR Bot BSD Now 682: NAS NAS NAS [17:35] TR News Qualcomm expands Snapdragon X2 Linux support for developers https://www.developer-tech.com/news/qualcomm-snapdragon-x2-linux-support/ [17:35] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.developer-tech.com/news/qualcomm-snapdragon-x2-linux-support/ ) [17:36] TR News "Canonical is replacing both tracks with a single 2-week cycle, and since each new cycle kicks off a week into the current [17:36] TR News "...one, this results in a kernel release landing every week." https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-kernel-sru-cycle-update/ [17:36] TR Bot Ubuntu is Tightening its Kernel SRU Cycle to Two Weeks, and Clankers Are to Blame [17:37] TR News CVE flood pushes Ubuntu onto weekly kernel release cycle https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/24/cve-flood-pushes-ubuntu-onto-weekly-kernel-release-cycle/5298912 [17:37] TR Bot CVE flood pushes Ubuntu onto weekly kernel release cycle [17:38] TR News Many are not real, false positives, not severe, not audited https://www.xda-developers.com/canonical-is-speeding-up-ubuntus-kernel-updates-because-its-drowning-in-ai-discovered-bugs/ [17:38] TR Bot Canonical is speeding up Ubuntu's kernel updates because it's drowning in AI-discovered bugs [17:38] TR News Qualcomm targets Debian support by the end of 2026 https://videocardz.com/newz/snapdragon-x2-gets-linux-developer-preview-ubuntu-certification-expected-in-2027 [17:38] TR Bot X2 gets Linux developer preview, Ubuntu certification expected in 2027 - VideoCardz.com [17:39] TR News Ubuntu kernel CVE fixes are moving to a weekly release schedule https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/24/ubuntu-kernel-cve-fixes-release-schedule/ [17:39] TR Bot Ubuntu kernel CVE fixes are moving to a weekly release schedule - Help Net Security [17:39] TR News Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon X2 Debian and Ubuntu Support in 2026 https://www.servethehome.com/qualcomm-announces-snapdragon-x2-debian-and-ubuntu-support-in-2026/ [17:39] TR Bot Announces Snapdragon X2 Debian and Ubuntu Support in 2026 - ServeTheHome [17:40] TR News I switched Ubuntu's desktop to Cinnamon for speed, but the real upgrade was how I work https://www.xda-developers.com/switched-ubuntus-desktop-cinnamon-speed-real-upgrade-how-work/ [17:40] TR Bot I switched Ubuntu's desktop to Cinnamon for speed, but the real upgrade was how I work [17:40] *Goblin (~use@3t3iymyzc9xhe.irc) has joined #techrights [17:43] TR News Announcing Linux on Snapdragon X2 Series Early Developer Preview https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2026/09/announcing-linux-on-snapdragon-x2-series-early-developer-preview looks like slop image [17:43] TR Bot Announcing Linux on Snapdragon X2 Series Early Developer Preview [17:43] TR News Inside Snapdragon Summit 2026: Agentic AI PCs, Googlebooks and Linux are here https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2026/09/snapdragon-summit-agentic-ai-pcs-linux [17:43] TR Bot Inside Snapdragon Summit 2026: Agentic AI PCs, Googlebooks and Linux [17:44] TR News Googlebooks and Linux https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2026/09/snapdragon-summit-agentic-ai-pcs-linux [17:46] TR News The newest ESP32 can actually run Linux, and it's getting uncomfortably close to a Raspberry Pi https://www.xda-developers.com/newest-esp32-run-linux-close-to-raspberry-pi/ [17:46] TR Bot The newest ESP32 can actually run Linux, and it's getting uncomfortably close to a Raspberry Pi [17:47] TR News Qualcomm is officially working on Linux support for X2 ARM laptops https://www.howtogeek.com/qualcomm-is-officially-working-on-linux-support-for-x2-arm-laptops/ [17:47] TR Bot Qualcomm is officially working on Linux support for X2 ARM laptops [17:47] TR News Qualcomm is solving Snapdragon X's Linux problem https://www.androidauthority.com/snapdragon-laptop-linux-3714807/ [17:47] TR Bot Qualcomm goes official with Snapdragon X laptop Linux support [17:48] TR News Qualcomm is helping Linux run better on Snapdragon X2 laptops with an Early Developer Preview https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-is-helping-linux-run-better-on-snapdragon-x2-laptops-with-an-early-developer-preview/ [17:48] TR Bot Qualcomm is helping Linux run better on Snapdragon X2 laptops with an Early Developer Preview [17:48] TR News After much waiting, Snapdragon X2 chips will finally support Linux https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/09/after-much-waiting-snapdragon-x2-chips-will-finally-support-linux.html [17:48] TR Bot After much waiting, Snapdragon X2 chips will finally support Linux [17:49] TR News "What do you think of Linux on Snapdragon X2? Drop a comment on your favorite platform below, and lets discuss!" https://techaeris.com/2026/09/23/linux-on-snapdragon-x2-series/ [17:49] TR Bot Linux on Snapdragon X2 Series Early Developer Preview [17:49] TR News "Qualcomm will finally support Linux on Snapdragon X2 chips." https://www.theverge.com/news/999664/qualcomm-snapdragon-x2-linux-support-arm [17:49] TR Bot Qualcomm will finally support Linux on Snapdragon X2 chips. | The Verge [17:51] TR News Qualcomm Pushes Snapdragon X Into Chrome OS, Android and Linux in Bid to Dominate Next-Gen PCs https://finance.biggo.com/news/11791ae9-f28c-4356-a517-aec9608ad061 [17:51] TR Bot Qualcomm Pushes Snapdragon X Into Chrome OS, Android and Linux in Bid to Dominate Next-Gen PCs BigGo Finance [17:52] TR News 'Linux' Foundation entertaining "bros" and scams https://genfinity.io/2026/09/24/hedera-hashgraph-clpr-linux-foundation-decentralized-trust-labs/ [17:52] TR Bot Hedera Contributes Bridgeless CLPR Protocol to Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust as New Lab - Genfinity [17:52] TR News "Linux hardware vendor and Pop!_OS Linux maker System76 released COSMIC 1.9 today as the latest stable version of this Rust-based desktop environment for modern GNU/Linux distributions." https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-9-desktop-environment-released-with-cosmic-viewer-and-cosmic-osk [17:53] TR Bot 1.9 Desktop Environment Released with COSMIC Viewer and COSMIC OSK - 9to5Linux [17:53] TR News "If you use KDE Plasma on Fedora, you should consider switching to this firewall GUI, especially if youre new to Linux." https://www.zdnet.com/tech/kde-plasma-free-firewall-gui-fedora/ [17:53] TR Bot found a firewall GUI for KDE Plasma that's way better than the default - and it's free - ZDNET [17:53] TR News Slop is NOT a feature https://itsfoss.com/news/openkylin-3-0-released/ [17:53] TR Bot openKylin 3.0 Release Makes it a "AI first" Linux Desktop [17:54] TR News Obscura VPN finally arrives on Linux with a GUI, a CLI, and a new open-source license https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/obscura-vpn-finally-arrives-on-linux-with-a-gui-a-cli-and-a-new-open-source-license [17:54] TR Bot VPN finally arrives on Linux with a GUI, a CLI, and a new open-source license | TechRadar [17:54] TR News "Nice to see more Linux fixes come - Valve left SteamVR in quite a state on Linux for far too long. I was hoping they would have fixed it up before the Steam Frame arrived but never-mind." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamvr-beta-v2-18-1-brings-more-linux-fixes-and-general-improvements/ [17:54] TR Bot Beta v2.18.1 brings more Linux fixes and general improvements | GamingOnLinux [17:55] TR News "MX Linux is one of the most popular distros, and while its Debian base is attractive, it's not even its biggest draw. The bigger draw is MX Tools, a suite of in-house utilities that turn tedious jobs into a few clicks. Three of them, specifically, are stuff I'd love to see more often in other distros." https://www.howtogeek.com/every-distro-should-steal-these-3-easy-setup-features-from-mx-linux/ [17:55] TR Bot Every distro should steal these 3 easy setup features from MX Linux [17:55] TR News "Just recently we went over some of the best VR games released on Steam in 2026 so far" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/some-overlooked-native-linux-games-may-be-potential-gems-september-2026-edition/ [17:55] TR Bot overlooked Native Linux games may be potential gems - September 2026 edition | GamingOnLinux [17:56] TR News "They have put out an early developer preview for Snapdragon X2 laptops, with Debian 13 as the reference environment." https://itsfoss.com/news/snapdragon-x2-linux-developer-preview/ [17:56] TR Bot Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon X2 Linux Developer Preview [17:56] TR News "Arm support is expanding on Linux, with Qualcomm announcing Linux support for the Snapdragon X2 Series. Qualcomm said it has been one of the most requested features - so now they're actually getting it properly sorted." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/qualcomm-announce-snapdragon-x2-series-will-support-linux/ [17:56] TR Bot announce Snapdragon X2 Series will support Linux | GamingOnLinux [17:57] TR News Slop and fake currencies riding the "Linux" brand https://crypto.news/certik-joins-linux-foundation-initiative-to-strengthen-blockchain-security/ [17:57] TR Bot CertiK joins Linux Foundation initiative to strengthen blockchain security [17:57] TR News Gaming on Linux is EASY Now https://medium.com/@michaelswengel/gaming-on-linux-is-easy-now-007a31d0259c [17:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://medium.com/@michaelswengel/gaming-on-linux-is-easy-now-007a31d0259c ) ● Sep 25 [18:02] TR News Decades-old file security flaws found in Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/24/decades-old-file-security-flaws-found-in-android-linux-macos-and-windows/5298672 [18:02] TR Bot Decades-old file security flaws found in Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows [18:03] TR News "I've used Windows as my primary operating system since the release of Windows 3.1, but in 2019 I got a gig writing for 9to5Mac, which meant I actually needed a Mac to do the job!" https://www.howtogeek.com/gave-up-on-windows-linux-for-os-that-gives-me-the-best-of-both-worlds/ [18:03] TR Bot I gave up on Windows and Linux for an OS that gives me the best of both worlds [18:06] TR News "Fwupd developer Richard Hughes released fwupd 2.1.8 today as a new stable update in the fwupd 2.1 series of this open-source project for updating and managing the firmware of various hardware on your Linux distribution." https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-8-linux-firmware-updater-is-out-now-with-support-for-more-devices [18:06] TR Bot 2.1.8 Linux Firmware Updater Is Out Now with Support for More Devices - 9to5Linux [18:07] TR News (NEW): 'Linux' Foundation Promotes (for Money) Slop Plagiarism, Fake Currencies, and Scams, Calling Sloppy Bots "Agentic" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/_Linux_Foundation_Promotes_for_Money_Slop_Plagiarism_Fake_Curre.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/_Linux_Foundation_Promotes_for_Money_Slop_Plagiarism_Fake_Curre.gmi [18:07] TR Bot Tux Machines 'Linux' Foundation Promotes (for Money) Slop Plagiarism, Fake Currencies, and Scams, Calling Sloppy Bots "Agentic" [18:07] TR News Stop chasing trendy Linux distros: pick one based on these 5 real problems instead https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-chasing-trendy-linux-distros-pick-one-based-on-real-problems-instead/ [18:07] TR Bot Stop chasing trendy Linux distros: pick one based on these 5 real problems instead [18:07] TR News "Why would I want to pay for something I can get for free? I've got plenty of reasons." https://www.zdnet.com/tech/linux-distros-premium-version-wish-list/ [18:07] TR Bot free Linux distros I wish had premium versions - and why I'd pay for them - ZDNET [18:10] TR News (NEW): The Kernel Report 2026 edition and Linux OOM on the desktop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Kernel_Report_2026_edition_and_Linux_OOM_on_the_desktop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Kernel_Report_2026_edition_and_Linux_OOM_on_the_desktop.gmi [18:10] TR Bot Tux Machines The Kernel Report 2026 edition and Linux OOM on the desktop [18:11] TR News "I own a Garmin Instinct 2 Solar which is the best smartwatch in my opinion: rugged, lightweight and built around an excellent low-power display." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/still-wearing-pebbles-in-2026/ [18:12] TR News "The Bagel Concert Finder is a small site that tells you when bands played on BAGeL Radio are coming to your town. I built it for myself. It turns out a lot of other people wanted it too." gemini://gemini.sergio101.com/building-the-bagel-concert-finder/ [18:13] TR News "A while back, I learned that licensed amateur radio operators can access real, publicly routable IP addresses on the 44net, also called AMPRNet." gemini://gemini.sergio101.com/hardening-a-raspberry-pi-for-the-44net/ [18:13] TR News "i haven't at all been inclined to write, be it here, or in my journal, or emailing friends." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/20260925 [18:14] TR News "Lately Ive been using the +%y-%V date format a lot and I wanted a weekday format to optionally append to that (although most of the time the weekly granularity is enough) and landed on MTWRFSU for odd weeks and mtfwrsu for even weeks." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/arvelie [18:19] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 25/09/2026: Arvelie Calendar, 44net, Pebbles, and Building the Bagel Concert Finder https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Gemini_Links_25_09_2026_Arvelie_Calendar_44net_Pebbles_and_Buil.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Gemini_Links_25_09_2026_Arvelie_Calendar_44net_Pebbles_and_Buil.gmi [18:19] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 25/09/2026: Arvelie Calendar, 44net, Pebbles, and Building the Bagel Concert Finder [18:22] TR News (NEW): Games: CONTROL Resonant, Faugus Launcher, Quake Champions, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Games_CONTROL_Resonant_Faugus_Launcher_Quake_Champions_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Games_CONTROL_Resonant_Faugus_Launcher_Quake_Champions_and_More.gmi [18:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: CONTROL Resonant, Faugus Launcher, Quake Champions, and More [18:23] TR News (NEW): Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM): COSMIC in System76, Xlibre in Peppermint, and WIMP https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Desktop_Environments_DE_Window_Managers_WM_COSMIC_in_System76_X.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Desktop_Environments_DE_Window_Managers_WM_COSMIC_in_System76_X.gmi [18:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM): COSMIC in System76, Xlibre in Peppermint, and WIMP [18:25] TR News (NEW): KDE Akademy 2026 Report and Rebellion Over Slop (LLM Junk) in KDE https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/KDE_Akademy_2026_Report_and_Rebellion_Over_Slop_LLM_Junk_in_KDE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/KDE_Akademy_2026_Report_and_Rebellion_Over_Slop_LLM_Junk_in_KDE.gmi [18:25] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Akademy 2026 Report and Rebellion Over Slop (LLM Junk) in KDE [18:25] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:25] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [18:27] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice Conference 2026 Videos and The BSD Now Podcast https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/LibreOffice_Conference_2026_Videos_and_The_BSD_Now_Podcast.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/LibreOffice_Conference_2026_Videos_and_The_BSD_Now_Podcast.gmi [18:27] TR Bot Tux Machines LibreOffice Conference 2026 Videos and The BSD Now Podcast [18:27] TR News LLM slop hype up by Red Hat, in a network it pays for marketing https://techstrong.tv/videos/interviews/red-hat-lightwell-targets-the-ai-vulnerability-patch-crisis [18:27] TR Bot Hat Lightwell Targets the AI Vulnerability Patch Crisis - Techstrong TV | Techstrong.tv [18:30] TR News Slop marketing by Red Hat, citing a Red Hat sponsored 'analysts'; basically a form of spam for Red Hat to link to later for affirmation of itself https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/enterprise-tokenomics-push-could-unlock-new-revenue-telcos [18:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/enterprise-tokenomics-push-could-unlock-new-revenue-telcos ) [18:31] TR News Red Hat trying to sell slop, not Linux https://datacentremagazine.com/articles/closing-the-edge-ai-gap [18:31] TR Bot How Supermicro, Red Hat and Portworx Close the Edge AI Gap | Data Centre Magazine [18:33] TR News (NEW): Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers, About Half of It Selling Slop Plagiarism, Not Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers_About_Half_of_It_Selling_Slop_Plag.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers_About_Half_of_It_Selling_Slop_Plag.gmi [18:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers, About Half of It Selling Slop Plagiarism, Not Linux [18:35] TR News (NEW): Fuzzers in "AI" Clothing Clogging Up CVE Queues, a Burden for Distros https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Fuzzers_in_AI_Clothing_Clogging_Up_CVE_Queues_a_Burden_for_Dist.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Fuzzers_in_AI_Clothing_Clogging_Up_CVE_Queues_a_Burden_for_Dist.gmi [18:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Fuzzers in "AI" Clothing Clogging Up CVE Queues, a Burden for Distros [18:37] TR News (NEW): Emacs Chat, Using Emacs, and Org mode https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Emacs_Chat_Using_Emacs_and_Org_mode.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Emacs_Chat_Using_Emacs_and_Org_mode.gmi [18:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Emacs Chat, Using Emacs, and Org mode [18:38] TR News (NEW): Programming leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Programming_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Programming_leftovers.gmi [18:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming leftovers [18:42] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software & Standards Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Standards_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Standards_Leftovers.gmi [18:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software & Standards Leftovers [18:42] TR News (NEW): Security and Microsoft TCO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Security_and_Microsoft_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Security_and_Microsoft_TCO.gmi [18:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Security and Microsoft TCO [18:43] TR News (NEW): Raspberry Pi and ZimaBoard 2 Review https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Raspberry_Pi_and_ZimaBoard_2_Review.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Raspberry_Pi_and_ZimaBoard_2_Review.gmi [18:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Raspberry Pi and ZimaBoard 2 Review [18:45] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [18:45] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [18:45] TR News (NEW): Release or Availability of F-Droid 2.0, 5 Android Data Recovery Tools to Consider When Important Files Go Missing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Release_or_Availability_of_F_Droid_2_0_5_Android_Data_Recovery_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Release_or_Availability_of_F_Droid_2_0_5_Android_Data_Recovery_.gmi [18:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Release or Availability of F-Droid 2.0, 5 Android Data Recovery Tools to Consider When Important Files Go Missing [18:48] TR News Techrights Links 25/09/2026: Selling Rogue, Defective Bots as "Agents" Results in PR Fiasco and Breaches; Russian 'Hybrid Attack' and "How Russia Evades Sanctions" https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Links_25_09_2026_Selling_Rogue_Defective_Bots_as_Agents_Results.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Links_25_09_2026_Selling_Rogue_Defective_Bots_as_Agents_Results.gmi [18:48] TR Bot Techrights Links 25/09/2026: Selling Rogue, Defective Bots as "Agents" Results in PR Fiasco and Breaches; Russian 'Hybrid Attack' and "How Russia Evades Sanctions" [18:51] TR News This is why it's called "Forever Layoffs" https://gamedev.net/news/the-xbox-reset-doesnt-have-an-end-date-opinion-r6016/ [18:51] TR Bot Xbox reset doesn't have an end date | Opinion | GameDev.net [18:53] TR News Reader wrote about HearsayBoy today: "The complaints you have against him show him to be a bad person, but the effects of his malevolence are _*also*_ letting Microsoft get control over the server and desktop firmware / boot process." https://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/ [18:53] TR Bot UEFI [18:54] TR News (Hearsayboy because he does not attend his own hearings and then spreads misinformation about these, based on what he merely heard from people who were there and are paid to tell him what he WANTS to hear) ● Sep 25 [19:05] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:06] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [19:06] TR News Techrights Winding Up Racists https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Winding_Up_Racists.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Winding_Up_Racists.gmi [19:06] TR Bot Techrights Winding Up Racists [19:08] TR News Do not lure in SCAMMERS. https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/labor-dangles-copyright-deal-to-lure-ai-giants-but-with-a-catch-20260915-p60xjz.html [19:08] TR Bot AI copyright laws Australia: Labor proposes new opt-out model for tech firms to train models on local content [19:09] TR News The Steam Deck's biggest problem has nothing to do with its aging hardware https://www.makeuseof.com/the-steam-decks-biggest-problem-has-nothing-to-do-with-its-aging-hardware/ [19:09] TR Bot The Steam Deck's biggest problem has nothing to do with its aging hardware [19:10] TR News YouTube https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-man-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-prime-minister-mark-carney-9.7344690 [19:10] TR Bot Calgary man accused of threatening to kill Prime Minister Mark Carney | CBC News [19:11] TR News Fedora Magazine: Announcing Fedora Linux Asahi Remix 45 Beta https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora_asahi_remix_45_beta/ [19:11] TR Bot Announcing Fedora Linux Asahi Remix 45 Beta - Fedora Magazine [19:12] MinceR it's not anti-cheat, it's rootkit [19:12] TR News (NEW): Fedora Linux 45 Beta Released with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and KDE Plasma 6.7 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Fedora_Linux_45_Beta_Released_with_Linux_7_2_GNOME_51_and_KDE_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Fedora_Linux_45_Beta_Released_with_Linux_7_2_GNOME_51_and_KDE_P.gmi [19:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora Linux 45 Beta Released with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and KDE Plasma 6.7 [19:12] TR News (NEW): Net, Web, and CMS Worries https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/Net_Web_and_CMS_Worries.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/Net_Web_and_CMS_Worries.gmi [19:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Net, Web, and CMS Worries [19:12] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (37/2026): September Lull https://linmob.net/weekly-update-37-2026/ [19:12] TR Bot - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (37/2026): September Lull [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: so are you pro-cheat? [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] and anti-rootkit? [19:16] TR News Breaking the Puppy Breaker http://www.fsf.org/news/2026-gnu-boot-joins-fsf-fiscal-sponsorship-program [19:16] TR Bot GNU Boot joins FSF fiscal sponsorship program Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [19:16] schestowitz[TR2] rev. engineering is a gateway drug to ISIS terrorism [19:17] TR News Big tech to banking: Which companies spend the most on EU ii https://www.thelocal.se/20260911/big-tech-to-banking-which-companies-spend-the-most-on-eu-lobbying [19:17] TR Bot Big tech to banking: Which companies spend the most on EU lobbying? [19:17] TR News European banks moving gold out of United States https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-european-banks-moving-gold-out-of-united-states/a-79213013 [19:17] TR Bot Why are European banks moving gold out of United States? [19:18] TR News They say it's called "safe" because it's meant to keep the money safe, unlike the safety pin on the grandpa diaper of Cheeto Kim [19:19] TR News tours of climate solutions https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-climate-solutions-tours-9.7338377 [19:19] TR Bot Why this student offers tours of climate solutions hidden throughout Vancouver | CBC Climate Change News [19:20] *croissant has quit (Quit: Leaving) [19:20] TR News So-called 'hey hi' companies are attacking the grid every hour of the day (and night) https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/11/german-climate-activist-planned-160-attacks-electricity-grids-germany-netherlands [19:20] TR Bot German climate activist planned 160 attacks on electricity grids in Germany, Netherlands | NL Times [19:20] TR News Ecocide https://www.dw.com/en/corals-as-climate-archive-are-el-nino-events-intensifying/a-79243425 [19:20] TR Bot Corals as climate archive: Are El Nino events intensifying? [19:20] TR News Extractive Violence https://truthout.org/articles/mexican-activists-are-fighting-climate-crises-by-stopping-extractive-violence/ [19:20] TR Bot Mexican Activists Are Fighting Climate Crises by Stopping Extractive Violence | Truthout [19:21] TR News Chocolate is NOT the real concern https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/chocolate-cocoa-extreme-rainfall-ghana-9.7343603" [19:21] TR Bot Chocolate faces more climate shocks as study highlights risk of extreme rainfall | CBC Climate Change News [19:21] TR News How climate change worsened Nepal's deadly mountain collapse https://www.dw.com/en/how-climate-change-worsened-nepal-s-deadly-mountain-collapse/a-79293578 also https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-bruce-power-climate-change-gizzard-shad-fish-event-lake-huron-9.7337290 [19:21] TR Bot How climate change worsened Nepal's deadly mountain collapse [19:21] TR Bot Millions of fish tested Canada's largest nuclear plant. The incident points to a growing climate risk | CBC News [19:22] TR News 'drill, baby, drill' Cheeto Mussolini https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/renewable-energy-global-transition-volatility-9.7342800 [19:22] TR Bot Is Donald 'drill, baby, drill' Trump helping the world transition away from oil? | CBC News [19:22] TR News But still allowing chatbot companies run amok https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/high-seas-and-low-fuel-energy-efficient-ship-launches-in-fremantle-20260915-p60xok.html [19:22] TR Bot MV Baltazar launch: Klaveness Combination Carriers unveils wind-assisted vessel at Fremantle Port to cut emissions [19:22] MinceR schestowitz[TR2]: i'm pro-security and anti-rootkit [19:23] TR News Boston Globe Praised Harvard for Suppressing Free Speech to Save It https://scheerpost.com/2026/09/17/boston-globe-praised-harvard-for-suppressing-free-speech-to-save-it/ [19:23] TR Bot Boston Globe Praised Harvard for Suppressing Free Speech to Save It [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: hence [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] security = cheating [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] and people who say they sell security are cheaters [19:24] MinceR :> [19:25] TR News Key Defense speeches this year appear to have been fully [Slop] https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/12/key-defense-speeches-year-appear-fully-ai-generated-analysis [19:25] TR Bot Key Defense speeches this year appear to have been fully AI-generated: Analysis | NL Times [19:27] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:27] *croissant (~croissant@ivwkextkdrzau.irc) has joined #techrights [19:28] *admfubar (~admfubar@nzjr84nf5mgfg.irc) has joined #techrights [19:28] TR News "This narrative and justification that we need to import the talent from overseas is such a blatant lie and really needs to end. It wasnt true then and isnt true now" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3aqrnvp [19:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3aqrnvp ) [19:28] TR News "This explains why theyre pushing for PIPS in place of layoffs!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3aqrnvp [19:28] TR News "to the people opposing H1B. Do you think you should also not have chance to work outside US?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3aqrnvp [19:29] TR News "The US method is a scam in comparison and there's nothing the Indians love more than an easy scam target." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3aqrnvp [19:29] TR News "Someone did the math on India and how they treat people wanting to migrate for no reason, buy a house, get free handouts from the government, or get a job. It's like 12 years to become a citizen, you have to be approved (it's not automatic), you can't buy property for the first 5-7 years, etc etc." [19:29] TR News "Remember...Gerstner found a way to demolish the IBM Pension Plan in 1993 that we all that was iron clad. Never underestimate the vile ways IBM thinks and operates." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3aqrnvp [19:30] TR News On IBM: "Which business units will be impacted?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3b0bztn [19:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3b0bztn ) [19:31] TR News "Everyone else on my team has been RAd and replaced by someone younger or in India. Only I am safe because I worship my FLM by licking his an us every day. It's the only way to stay employed at IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3b0bztn [19:45] TR News Techrights IEEE Tribute to Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin, Eric S. Raymond, Bruce Perens, Frank Hecker and Brian Behlendorf (Revolution OS Showing) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/IEEE_Tribute_to_Richard_Stallman_Michael_Tiemann_Linus_Torvalds.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/IEEE_Tribute_to_Richard_Stallman_Michael_Tiemann_Linus_Torvalds.gmi [19:45] TR Bot Techrights IEEE Tribute to Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin, Eric S. Raymond, Bruce Perens, Frank Hecker and Brian Behlendorf (Revolution OS Showing) ● Sep 25 [20:01] TR News Techrights Julian Assange Ready to Talk More (After More a Decade of Arbitrary, Unjust Confinement) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Julian_Assange_Ready_to_Talk_More_After_More_a_Decade_of_Arbitr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Julian_Assange_Ready_to_Talk_More_After_More_a_Decade_of_Arbitr.gmi [20:01] TR Bot Techrights Julian Assange Ready to Talk More (After More a Decade of Arbitrary, Unjust Confinement) [20:10] TR News [slop] could unmask sources https://www.thelocal.dk/20260921/nordic-broadcasters-pull-documentary-on-russian-spying-amid-fears-ai-could-unmask-sources [20:10] TR Bot Nordic broadcasters pull documentary on Russian spying amid fears AI could unmask sources [20:12] TR News Russia Crackdown on Bypassing Online Censorship ttps://www.hrw.org/news/2026/09/24/russia-crackdown-on-bypassing-online-censorship [20:14] TR News GAFAM in 'FSF' clothing https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/2026/episode-55.en.html [20:14] TR Bot SFP#55: Policy and EU: Meet our Danish local group from Aarhus! - FSFE [20:15] TR News Social Control Media https://www.vox.com/life/503630/modern-dating-combative-apps-tiktok-gender-roles [20:15] TR Bot is dating so combative right now? | Vox [20:15] TR News Tyrannosaurus https://xkcd.com/3300/ [20:15] TR Bot Tyrannosaurus [20:15] TR News Stargazing 5 https://xkcd.com/3301/ [20:15] TR Bot Stargazing 5 [20:15] TR News Voyager Instruments https://xkcd.com/3302/ [20:15] TR Bot Voyager Instruments [20:16] admfubar something monolithic maybe?? https://thedebrief.org/mysterious-subsurface-feature-displaying-unusually-strong-magnetism-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon-may-solve-4-2-billion-year-old-mystery/ [20:16] TR Bot Mysterious Subsurface Feature DisplayingUnusually Strong Magnetism on the Far Side of the Moon May Solve 4.2-Billion-Year-Old Mystery - The Debrief [20:17] admfubar https://xkcd.com/3303/ [20:17] TR Bot Slab Graveyard [20:22] TR News (NEW): Shelly 3.1.5 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Adds Atoll-Powered AUR Browser https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Shelly_3_1_5_GUI_Package_Manager_for_Arch_Linux_Adds_Atoll_Powe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/Shelly_3_1_5_GUI_Package_Manager_for_Arch_Linux_Adds_Atoll_Powe.gmi [20:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Shelly 3.1.5 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Adds Atoll-Powered AUR Browser [20:22] admfubar https://www.projectcensored.org/community-opposition-data-centers-gwus-amazon/ [20:22] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/community-opposition-data-centers-gwus-amazon/ ) [20:24] admfubar https://www.projectcensored.org/informal-removal-policies-deny-students-with-disabilities-of-educational-opportunities/ [20:24] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/informal-removal-policies-deny-students-with-disabilities-of-educational-opportunities/ ) [20:28] TR News Techrights Microsoft Attacked European Courts and Jurists, Now Europe Dumps Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Microsoft_Attacked_European_Courts_and_Jurists_Now_Europe_Dumps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Microsoft_Attacked_European_Courts_and_Jurists_Now_Europe_Dumps.gmi [20:28] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Attacked European Courts and Jurists, Now Europe Dumps Microsoft [20:41] admfubar https://www.datagubbe.se/amscr/ [20:41] TR Bot Screens: A Primer | datagubbe.se [20:41] TR News Techrights The Register MS Promotes Slop for Banned Companies That Put Chinese Back Doors in Things, "AI" Mentioned 37 Times in One Page! https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Register_MS_Promotes_Slop_for_Banned_Companies_That_Put_Chi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Register_MS_Promotes_Slop_for_Banned_Companies_That_Put_Chi.gmi [20:41] TR Bot Techrights The Register MS Promotes Slop for Banned Companies That Put Chinese Back Doors in Things, "AI" Mentioned 37 Times in One Page! [20:42] *MinceR is being primed [20:45] schestowitz[TR2] prime number? [20:45] schestowitz[TR2] 37? [20:47] admfubar https://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=367693 [20:47] TR Bot Discussion Raises The Idea Of Replacing LibreOffice With Collabora Office - Phoronix [20:49] MinceR no [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] i saw that Phoronix pice [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] it seems peculiar [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] what is the reason given? [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] did someone 'pull a CoC' again? [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] CoC is something you pull when you cannot win a technical race/argument [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] so you make up some political BS [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] and then justify banning the opponent [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] that's why dictotrships have CoC issues [20:54] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@5gfxp4x37uht2.irc) has joined #techrights [20:58] admfubar collabra is an online only office suite ● Sep 25 [21:02] admfubar the hated one "its happening"... https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=R9hW6ztGaM4 [21:02] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious [21:06] admfubar https://energiesmedia.com/startup-s-5-million-defense-contract [21:06] TR Bot A startup's $5.2 million defense contract targets the most energetic nuclear decay particle, and bench tests show a solid state chip converting alpha emissions directly into electricity for space hardware [21:06] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [21:08] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 270 seconds) [21:16] *FANTOM (~fantom@90.254.211.40) has joined #techrights [21:16] parsifal Fedora has always been the testing ground for Red Hat, which is why I have always avoided them. This nonsense is yet another confirmation of my opinion about them. [21:16] parsifal ^Libre Office is the standard for an office suite under Linux, no matter how many others exist. [21:19] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-0vl.t8a.dd37p8.IP) has joined #techrights [21:28] TR News Techrights EPO Meeting Ran Out of Time to Discuss the Scabs ('Young Professionals') https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/EPO_Meeting_Ran_Out_of_Time_to_Discuss_the_Scabs_Young_Professi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/EPO_Meeting_Ran_Out_of_Time_to_Discuss_the_Scabs_Young_Professi.gmi [21:28] TR Bot Techrights EPO Meeting Ran Out of Time to Discuss the Scabs ('Young Professionals') [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] what does IBM stand to gain? [21:34] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [21:42] TR News (NEW): The Dutch Fall in Love With GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Dutch_Fall_in_Love_With_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Dutch_Fall_in_Love_With_GNU_Linux.gmi [21:42] TR Bot Tux Machines The Dutch Fall in Love With GNU/Linux [21:45] parsifal \_( )_/, but it's always something ><(((*> [21:50] TR News Techrights Longtime Symbol of Microsoft's XBox Franchise, Halo, Down to Barely 20 People https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Longtime_Symbol_of_Microsoft_s_XBox_Franchise_Halo_Down_to_Bare.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Longtime_Symbol_of_Microsoft_s_XBox_Franchise_Halo_Down_to_Bare.gmi [21:50] TR Bot Techrights Longtime Symbol of Microsoft's XBox Franchise, Halo, Down to Barely 20 People [21:53] TR News Microsoft WARN Act Investigation https://straussborrelli.com/2026/09/25/microsoft-warn-act-investigation-3/ [21:53] TR Bot Microsoft WARN Act Investigation - Strauss Borrelli PLLC [21:54] TR News "Former head of World's Edge studio, Shannon Loftis, publicly criticized Xbox executive Asha Sharma amidst another round of layoffs in Microsoft's gaming division." https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/09/25/438145-pozaluista-asa-vykladyvai-bolse-klassnyx-fotografii-svoix-prikliucenii-s-kodzimoi-byvsaia-glava-studii-worlds-edge-raskritikovala-rukovodstvo-xbox.html [21:54] TR Bot "Please, Asha, post more 'cool' photos of your adventures with Kojima": Former Head of World's Edge Studio Criticizes Xbox Leadership [21:55] TR News Microsoft's failure to find a home for Ninja Theory voids the one, very tenuous upside to Senua's SGF reveal https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/microsofts-failure-to-find-a-home-for-ninja-theory-voids-the-one-very-tenuous-upside-to-senuas-sgf-reveal [21:55] TR Bot Microsoft's failure to find a home for Ninja Theory voids the one, very tenuous upside to Senua's SGF reveal | Rock Paper Shotgun ● Sep 25 [22:00] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:01] *lxo (~lxo@b4xjcexteeqvi.irc) has joined #techrights