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[00:13]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Voldemort with some hair isn't attractive?
[00:13]	IsambardPrince	Say it ain't so!
[00:14]	IsambardPrince	<schestowitz[TR2]> they took aboard incest rapists
[00:14]	IsambardPrince	I would say this bodes well for the Culley family but if the job it more complicated than washing laundry at the state penitentiary they probably can't be trained to do it.
[00:14]	IsambardPrince	*is
[00:20]	IsambardPrince	"
[00:20]	IsambardPrince	nowwithextrasalt
[00:20]	IsambardPrince	
[00:20]	IsambardPrince	1d ago
[00:20]	IsambardPrince	
[00:20]	IsambardPrince	Edited 1d ago
[00:20]	IsambardPrince	I was working in a restaurant in a mall, and the owner was months behind on rent. He was going to close without telling us.
[00:20]	IsambardPrince	The mall, knowing that the guy was an asshole, sent one of their security guard with a "gentle reminder/ notice" to vacate the business and turn in the keys by whatever date.
[00:20]	IsambardPrince	The security guard taped it to our kitchen doors and helpfully gave each of us a personal copy. Just before lunch rush.
[00:20]	IsambardPrince	We immediately closed the restaurant, raided the fridge, gave the guard our keys and the cash register, then left.
[00:21]	IsambardPrince	The owner came by to his own closed restaurant an hour later."
[00:21]	IsambardPrince	----
[00:21]	IsambardPrince	The Piyush Model applied to restaurants.
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[00:29]	MinceR	> gentle reminder
[00:29]	MinceR	https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Nybor's_gentle_reminder
[00:29]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Nybor's_gentle_reminder )
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[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-260926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-260926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-260926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-260926.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, September 26, 2026
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[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, September 26, 2026
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[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, September 26, 2026
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[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, September 26, 2026
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-09-26.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-09-26.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-09-26.txt
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[05:47]	TR News	Anon: what's another example of 'submarine patents' besides the LZW compression GIF?
[05:48]	TR News	Code of Censorship mentioned in EPO again: https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/26/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_Temporary_Public_Office_or_Pe.shtml
[05:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Temporary Public Office or Permanent Personal Feather-Bed?
[05:51]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, September 26, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_September_26_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_September_26_2026.gmi 
[05:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, September 26, 2026
[05:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[05:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[05:53]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[05:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[05:59]	TR News	"In my computing life, I prefer light-weight tools that are not distracting. I like them to do one thing, and one thing well, with only a few controls on the screen. I like to concentrate on content, usually text. I don't like anything that tries to distract me." gemini://leetaur.com/gemlog/entries/2026-09-26.gmi
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[06:00]	TR News	lightness gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/lightness
[06:01]	TR News	"I don't suppose it really matters. I don't have any illusions of a breathless world desperately waiting for my latest wisdom. But I've enjoyed posting at smol.pub and over the years I've learned that doing things that I enjoy just because I enjoy them is a good for me." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-26-writing
[06:01]	TR News	"ROOPHLOCH got announced early this year, so I've been aware of it for quite possibly over a month now, and again I am getting to it only at the end of the month." gemini://carcosa.net/journal/20260926-ROOPHLOCH.gmi
[06:02]	TR News	"Jacobs decided to go through the math again. For the fourth time. Three angles, two logarithms, and a converging solution. Everything still works out, on paper." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260926-1.gmi
[06:02]	TR News	"Last night (2026-09-25) was only partly cloudy and the full harvest moon shone brightly to the SE, so I was eager to give my new (used) gskyer refractor a try the 90mm which I found at a second-hand store last year." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260926-0.gmi
[06:08]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 27/09/2026: Telescopes/Gskyer, Writing for Writing's Sake, and Writing Tools https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Gemini_Links_27_09_2026_Telescopes_Gskyer_Writing_for_Writing_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Gemini_Links_27_09_2026_Telescopes_Gskyer_Writing_for_Writing_s.gmi 
[06:08]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 27/09/2026: Telescopes/Gskyer, Writing for Writing's Sake, and Writing Tools
[06:26]	TR News	Techrights 20 Years Later https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/20_Years_Later.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/20_Years_Later.gmi 
[06:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights 20 Years Later
[06:35]	TR News	Age of Bikes https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/27/age-of-bikes/
[06:35]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Age of Bikes
[06:40]	IsambardPrince	https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Discuss-Collabora-Office
[06:40]	TR Bot	Discussion Raises The Idea Of Replacing LibreOffice With Collabora Office - Phoronix
[06:40]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], "very ancient UI" means not like Microsoft.
[06:41]	TR News	Doing What It Takes to Protect Democracy https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/27/doing-what-it-takes-to-protect-democracy/
[06:41]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Doing What It Takes to Protect Democracy
[06:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	Microsoft did not invent it
[06:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	it copied the competition
[06:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	Office is a copycat
[06:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	also, ancient means predictable
[06:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	suppose mom wants to write a letter
[06:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	or dad wants to do a chart or some graph
[06:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	they didn't learn all the GUI features
[06:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	they want a simple UI
[06:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	that seems intuitive TO THEM
[06:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Ancient" is desirable
[06:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	because it is _FAMILIAR_ to them
[06:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	Fedora i BS
[06:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	*is
[06:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's pushing slop
[06:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	plagiarism basically
[06:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	see:
[06:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/25/IBM_is_Killing_the_Fedora_Community_Replacing_It_With_LLM_Slop_.shtml
[06:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM is Killing the Fedora Community, Replacing It With LLM Slop From IBM Staff
[06:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/03/IBM_Red_Hat_Kicks_Out_the_Community_Promotes_Slop.shtml
[06:43]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Red Hat Kicks Out the Community, Promotes Slop
[06:43]	IsambardPrince	I'm mostly using ChromeOS but also Kubuntu.
[06:44]	IsambardPrince	On the Chromebook I do local computing. I don't like "cloud".
[06:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's hard on chrombook
[06:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	unless you replace:
[06:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	-bootloader
[06:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	OS
[06:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	crouton is subservient to chromeos
[06:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	and if you run top you see google malware running in the abckground
[06:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	crouton is subservient to chromeos
[06:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	not sure what happened after ghoogle hired its dev
[06:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	daniel
[06:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	to make things like crostini
[06:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	and baguette iirc is what you caled it
[06:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	i assume it is _mostly_ a similar copncept
[06:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	but with containers
[06:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	bbl
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[07:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  AlmaLinuxs New Beefed-Up Hardware and Software Certification https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/AlmaLinux_s_New_Beefed_Up_Hardware_and_Software_Certification.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/AlmaLinux_s_New_Beefed_Up_Hardware_and_Software_Certification.gmi 
[07:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines AlmaLinuxs New Beefed-Up Hardware and Software Certification
[07:35]	IsambardPrince	Baguette is KVM.
[07:35]	IsambardPrince	No container.
[07:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Caelaris Linux Arch-Based Distribution for Desktop and Gaming https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Caelaris_Linux_Arch_Based_Distribution_for_Desktop_and_Gaming.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Caelaris_Linux_Arch_Based_Distribution_for_Desktop_and_Gaming.gmi 
[07:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Caelaris Linux Arch-Based Distribution for Desktop and Gaming
[07:56]	TR News	 (NEW):  Merlot lightweight Linux distribution for running Windows applications https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Merlot_lightweight_Linux_distribution_for_running_Windows_appli.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Merlot_lightweight_Linux_distribution_for_running_Windows_appli.gmi 
[07:56]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Merlot lightweight Linux distribution for running Windows applications
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[08:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fastfetch 2.69.0 Released with GIF and APNG Animated Logo Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Fastfetch_2_69_0_Released_with_GIF_and_APNG_Animated_Logo_Suppo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Fastfetch_2_69_0_Released_with_GIF_and_APNG_Animated_Logo_Suppo.gmi 
[08:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fastfetch 2.69.0 Released with GIF and APNG Animated Logo Support
[08:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  Era, the new Rust-based calendar for GNOME, is now in beta https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Era_the_new_Rust_based_calendar_for_GNOME_is_now_in_beta.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Era_the_new_Rust_based_calendar_for_GNOME_is_now_in_beta.gmi 
[08:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Era, the new Rust-based calendar for GNOME, is now in beta
[08:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Has Too Many Distributions And Most New Ones Dont Need to Exist https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Linux_Has_Too_Many_Distributions_And_Most_New_Ones_Don_t_Need_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Linux_Has_Too_Many_Distributions_And_Most_New_Ones_Don_t_Need_t.gmi 
[08:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux Has Too Many Distributions And Most New Ones Dont Need to Exist
[08:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[08:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software
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[10:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> Baguette is KVM.
[10:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	ok, so still VM
[10:52]	TR News	Some 'submarine patents' examples. No longer covers in media. Media blackout. https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=submarine+patents&set1=any
[10:52]	TR Bot	 Techrights Search
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[11:13]	TR News	Techrights Brigading Against Women - Part V - SWATTING, Extortion Against Webhosts, and Lawfare Under Sworn Oath (Perjury Also) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_V_SWATTING_Extortion_Against_Webho.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_V_SWATTING_Extortion_Against_Webho.gmi 
[11:13]	TR Bot	 Techrights Brigading Against Women - Part V - SWATTING, Extortion Against Webhosts, and Lawfare Under Sworn Oath (Perjury Also)
[11:57]	TR News	Europe: 6.2% GNU/Linux now https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=europe&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[11:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=europe&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
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[12:32]	TR News	Feels Like Autumn, Even Winter https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/27/feels-like-autumn-even-winter/
[12:32]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Feels Like Autumn, Even Winter
[12:35]	TR News	Software Patents https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/an-nvidia-chatbot-could-one-day-help-developers-better-optimize-their-games-patent-filing-show-requests-can-be-made-in-plain-english | Source: Tom's Hardware
[12:35]	TR Bot	 Nvidia patents AI chatbot to streamline PC game optimization could one day help developers better optimize their games with requests made in plain English | Tom's Hardware
[12:36]	TR News	"Doing the same thing for the Raspberry Pi isnt as easy. You never know what, if any, peripherals are connected" https://hackaday.com/2026/09/26/the-least-annoying-of-all-evils/ | Source: Hackaday
[12:36]	TR Bot	Least Annoying Of All Evils | Hackaday
[12:37]	TR News	"Earlier on, I discovered that the Next Conference site, which I contributed to for over 14 years, was now redirecting to the homepage of Accenture in Germany." https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/09/14-years-of-my-work-just-vanished-from-the-web/ | Source: Adam Tinworth
[12:37]	TR Bot	 The Fragility of Online Journalism
[12:38]	TR News	"Tibetans gathered near the Chinese embassy in Washington on Thursday to protest Chinese President Xi Jinping as he arrived on the South Lawn of the White House to meet with U.S. President Trump." https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2026/09/24/tibet-protest-xi-jinping-china-washington-trump-photos/ | Source: RFA
[12:38]	TR Bot	 Tibetan activists protest Chinese President Xi Jinpings Washington visit in photos Radio Free Asia
[12:39]	TR News	"Ive decided to try something new, not because I dont like Solarized, but just to try and adapt my eyes to different themes." https://christiano.dev/post/a_colour_palette_journey/ | Source: Christiano Anderson
[12:39]	TR Bot	 A colour palette journey | Christiano Anderson
[12:40]	TR News	"That's a 30 clockwise hue rotation coupled with a 15% reduction in saturation. Why those numbers?" https://danq.me/2026/09/26/visited-links/ | Source: Dan Q
[12:40]	TR Bot	 Styling :visited links using hue-rotation Dan Q
[12:40]	TR News	"The result of all of these changes, enacted by H. R. 1, or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act" https://jacobin.com/2026/09/billionaire-tax-seiu-regan-california | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[12:40]	TR Bot	 A Union Feud Shouldnt Sink Californias Billionaire Tax
[12:41]	TR News	"If were cucked, as I argue, then the solution is to see the algogarchic [algorithmic + oligarchic] project not as productive or future-facing at all" https://daniel.industries/2026/09/26/the-cuck-internet-theory/ | Source: Daniel Miller
[12:41]	TR Bot	 The Cuck Internet Theory
[12:41]	TR News	"You know how this very column has illustrated that Luries administration wants to turn SF into Manhattan?" https://48hills.org/2026/09/drama-masks-theres-a-flesh-eating-alien-plant-inside-the-queer-theater/ | Source: San Francisco, California
[12:41]	TR Bot	 Drama Masks: There's a flesh-eating alien plant inside the queer theater! - 48 hills
[12:41]	TR News	"Almost immediately, the AI shark tank started circling, eager to shape the presidents musings into something concrete, something that would benefit them." https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-announces-new-ai-force | Source: Ken Klippenstein
[12:41]	TR Bot	 Trump Announces New AI Force - Ken Klippenstein
[12:42]	TR News	[Old] "negative letter on ODF received by the Malaysian standards organization was written either by Microsoft, or a Microsoft business partner or a Microsoft affiliated organization (Initiative for Software Choice and IASA)." https://web.archive.org/web/20081110141947/http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/06/the-weed-whispe.html | Source: Internet Archive
[12:42]	TR Bot	 Open Malaysia: A Memo to Patrick Durusau
[12:42]	TR News	"These are comments I wrote to a friend in the summer of 2022." https://protesilaos.com/books/2026-09-26-comments-dao-pattern-simple-life/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou
[12:42]	TR Bot	on Dao, pattern, and the simple life | Protesilaos
[12:43]	TR News	"When we looked into it, we found that the greenhouse gas emissions embedded in participants diets had fallen by more than half." https://therevelator.org/climate-policy-diet/ | Source: The Revelator
[12:43]	TR Bot	 Climate Policy Has a Sacrifice Problem. My Clinical Trials Kept Solving It by Accident. The Revelator
[12:44]	TR News	"McCullin says he has covered nearly every major global conflict during his decades-long career, including being wounded by a mortar in Cambodia" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/books/i-want-my-picture-to-hurt-you-now-90-renowned-vietnam-war-photographer-don-mccullin-shares-why-he-wants-to-create-photos-to-lose-sleep-over-and-why-he-hates-his-most-famous-photograph | Source: Digital Camera World
[12:44]	TR Bot	 I want my picture to hurt you. Now 90, renowned Vietnam War photographer Don McCullin shares why he wants to create photos to lose sleep over and why he hates his most famous photograph | Digital Camera World
[12:44]	TR News	"Data centers are considered critical infrastructure as modern society increasingly relies on online services." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/russia-bombs-ukrainian-data-centers-in-latest-escalation-100-000-households-lose-connectivity-as-firms-migrate-data-abroad-zelensky-says-ordinary-life-is-simply-a-target | Source: Tom's Hardware
[12:44]	TR Bot	 Russia bombs Ukrainian data centers in latest escalation 100,000 households lose connectivity as firms migrate data abroad, Zelensky says ordinary life is simply a target | Tom's Hardware
[12:53]	TR News	"Succession, like the best satire, trades in biting truth. The show is directly inspired by Rupert Murdochs News Corp, a defining force in modern American politics." https://thewalrus.ca/the-billionaires-are-winning/ | Source: The Walrus
[12:53]	TR Bot	 The Billionaires Are Winning | The Walrus
[12:55]	TR News	"European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said Friday that it is the EU's "sovereign right" to draft legislation aimed at protecting its citizens" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-justice-dept-musk-x-eu-9.7358411 | Source: CBC
[12:55]	TR Bot	 Justice Department under Trump asks EU to scrap $137M US fine for Elon Musk's X | CBC News
[12:55]	TR News	"An Alabama jury will hear the state's claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/first-us-trial-against-tiktok-to-test-claims-platform-fueled-teen-mental-health-crisis/articleshow/134482163.cms | Source: India Times
[12:55]	TR Bot	 First US trial against TikTok to test claims platform fueled teen mental health crisis - The Economic Times
[12:55]	TR News	"The settlement involves TikTok adding several child safety measures to its platform including time limits and increased parental control." https://www.dw.com/en/tiktok-agrees-to-settle-with-alabama-state-over-teen-safety/a-79440240 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[12:55]	TR Bot	 TikTok agrees to settle with Alabama state over teen safety
[12:55]	TR News	"The changes will only apply in Alabama. It marks the platform's first settlement with a US state." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmgjqq54dlx0o | Source: BBC
[12:55]	TR Bot	 TikTok to pay $100m, limit daily child usage in Alabama settlement
[12:56]	TR News	"Through the settlement, TikTok will make several platform-level changes for teen users in Alabama" https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/tiktok-settles-lawsuit-alabama-100-million-implement-safety-136771409 | Source: ABC
[12:56]	TR Bot	 TikTok settles Alabama lawsuit for at least $100M, will implement safety features - ABC News
[12:56]	TR News	"Under the settlement, TikTok will send $100 million to Alabama and could possibly pay up to $300 million in total if other states accept similar agreements." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/tiktok-agrees-to-teen-limits-in-us-settlement-following-meta-2089221854 | Source: RTL
[12:56]	TR Bot	 As more suits pend: TikTok agrees to teen limits in US settlement following Meta - RTL Today
[12:57]	TR News	"The report examined age-based restrictions on digital media in more than 40 countries and compared smartphone policies in schools across 110 countries." https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/national/news/ban-smartphones-schools-restrict-social-media-kids-national-policy-139147456.html | Source: Bhaskar English
[12:57]	TR Bot	 Ban Smartphones in Schools & Restrict Social Media for Kids | Policy Demand
[12:58]	TR News	"The attack only works against the textbook (or "raw") variant of RSA" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/novel-attack-on-rsa-cryptography-might-bring-computation-requirements-for-cracking-down-to-manageable-levels | Source: Tom's Hardware
[12:58]	TR Bot	 Novel attack slashes computing power needed to crack textbook RSA cryptography attacks within state-actor reach, could target Apple and Cloudflare privacy services | Tom's Hardware
[12:59]	TR News	"I'm not arguing for boycotts, I know that people are bound to different platforms for different, compelling reasons." https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/become-worthless-to-tech-companies | Source: Cory Dransfeldt
[12:59]	TR Bot	 Become worthless (to tech companies) Cory Dransfeldt
[12:59]	TR News	"Getting past the app store gatekeeper felt like a victory, but the real battle was just beginning." https://fabricati-diem.inform.social/post/deshittification-as-a-service-part3-the-cold-boot-consent-trap-in-three-acts/ | Source: Fabricati Diem
[12:59]	TR Bot	 Deshittification Part 3: The Cold-Boot Consent Trap in Three Acts Fabricati Diem
● Sep 27
[13:02]	TR News	"The European Union on Friday said it will pursue a 120 million fine against the X social network after the US Justice Department said it supported the efforts of X owner Elon Musk to have the case annulled." https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260925-eu-vows-to-pursue-%E2%82%AC120-million-fine-on-x-after-us-backs-musk-s-court-challenge | Source: France24
[13:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260925-eu-vows-to-pursue-%E2%82%AC120-million-fine-on-x-after-us-backs-musk-s-court-challenge )
[13:03]	TR News	[Old] "A me, too AI product will not save it. And, frankly, given how toxic it has become, that might be a good thing." https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/07/does-meta-have-the-stink-of-death-about-it/ | Source: Adam Tinworth
[13:03]	TR Bot	 Does Meta have the stink of death about it?
[13:08]	TR News	"With these seismic changes, I will continue to make the argument that craft defined as caring about the quality of output (independent of the tools used to generate the output) is more important than ever" https://www.zachleat.com/web/ai-websites/ |
[13:08]	TR Bot	make the website goodzachleat.com
[13:08]	TR News	"it caught the imagination of the internet, over September there has been all kinds of wild nonsense (impressive nonsense!)" https://interconnected.org/home/2026/09/26/connectome | Source: Matt Webb
[13:08]	TR Bot	 A new prayer for the fruit fly connectome (Interconnected)
[13:08]	TR News	"Improper usage of AI offloads thinking, understanding and learning, thus mortgaging future mathematical development." https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/a-value-based-approach-to-mathematics/ | Source: Terence Tao
[13:08]	TR Bot	 A value-based approach to mathematics | What's new
[13:09]	TR News	"with some of my work focusing on web performance, ive grown attached to certain optimisations in areas like web font management" https://lukealexdavis.co.uk/recortes/choosing-web-fonts-by-file-size/ | Source: Luke Davis
[13:09]	TR Bot	 choosing web fonts by file size
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[13:25]	TR News	"It's not only of potential benefit for the animals, which get additional shade." https://www.dw.com/en/why-farmers-are-pairing-crops-with-solar-panels/a-79233970 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[13:26]	TR Bot	 Agrivoltaics: Boosting crops growing under solar panels
[13:26]	TR News	"We are into the process of starting proper cultivation of sea buckthorn." https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/sea-buckthorn-ladakh-s-wonder-berry-is-all-set-to-undergo-systematic-cultivation-101790365881115.html | Source: Hindustan Times
[13:26]	TR Bot	 Sea buckthorn: Ladakhs wonder berry is all set to undergo systematic cultivation | Hindustan Times
[13:27]	TR News	"Recklessness Rewarded: I blew $1,800 in one night by chasing my losses with bigger bets, a classic sign of problem gambling." https://www.propublica.org/article/draftkings-sports-gambling-problem-vip-fanduel | Source: Pro Publica
[13:27]	TR Bot	 I Posed as a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP. ProPublica
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[13:29]	TR News	"A bit of context: Dutch universities are publicly funded, and while finances are currently tight" https://crookedtimber.org/2026/09/26/how-to-run-the-ivory-tower/ | Source: Crooked Timber
[13:29]	TR Bot	 How to run the ivory tower? Crooked Timber
[13:32]	TR News	"A new Danish research project is examining how Viking ships can be preserved for generations to come while reducing the considerable amount of energy museums use to protect ancient wooden vessels." https://www.medievalists.net/2026/09/how-do-you-preserve-a-viking-ship-for-1000-more-years/ | Source: Medievalists.net
[13:32]	TR Bot	Do You Preserve a Viking Ship for 1,000 More Years? - Medievalists.net
[13:32]	TR News	"This made me think. A while back I was reading Lamports new book, A Science of Concurrent Programs, and was doing pretty well until getting completely shut down by section 5.1, Possibility and Accuracy." https://ahelwer.ca/post/2026-09-26-reachability/ | Source: Andrew Helwer
[13:32]	TR Bot	 Can we have reachability properties in TLA? -
[13:33]	TR News	"I've fully retrained my fingers to type Win-E rather than alt-tab when I want to get at a graphic filesystem and every time I do, I get the tiniest little pleasant jolt of pleasure." https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/25/other-people/#right-there | Source: CoryDoctorow
[13:33]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Itch scratching (25 Sep 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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[13:39]	TR News	Techrights Links 27/09/2026: Microsoft Fired People a Day After Promotion, "Fragility of Online Journalism" https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Links_27_09_2026_Microsoft_Fired_People_a_Day_After_Promotion_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Links_27_09_2026_Microsoft_Fired_People_a_Day_After_Promotion_F.gmi 
[13:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 27/09/2026: Microsoft Fired People a Day After Promotion, "Fragility of Online Journalism"
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[13:39]	TR News	"This is a quick refresher on Go concurrency, not a beginner's guide" https://antonz.org/go-concurrency-distilled/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov
[13:39]	TR Bot	 Go concurrency distilled
[13:39]	TR News	"Pretty much all Unix terminal emulators allow you to change the font from the command line when you start the program" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/TerminalVisualChangesPerHost | Source: University of Toronto
[13:39]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[13:40]	TR News	"(see the very end for notes on what i did and didn't decide to include in this list)" https://sebsite.pw/w/20260927-pysyntax.html | Source: Sebastian
[13:40]	TR Bot	 an incomplete list of non-syntax things python raises SyntaxError for
[13:40]	TR News	"Write a script to convert the given string to palindrome by adding characters in front of it." https://raku-musings.com/convert-product.html | Source: Arne Sommer
[13:40]	TR Bot	 Convert Product with Raku - Arne Sommer
[13:41]	TR News	"Tell me you dont understand software without literally using those words!!!" https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/coding-is-not-solved | Source: Alex Ewerlf
[13:41]	TR Bot	 Coding is NOT solved - Alex Ewerlf Notes
[13:41]	TR News	"Releases, advisories, and articles from across the package management world" https://nesbitt.io/2026/09/26/this-week-in-package-management.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
[13:41]	TR Bot	 This Week in Package Management: 26 September 2026 | Andrew Nesbitt
[13:41]	TR News	"As of now Im trying to stop adding new features and syntax." https://lzon.ca/posts/algoma/algoma-docs/ | Source: Lzon
[13:41]	TR Bot	 Algoma docs and website
[13:41]	TR News	"here's something really cursed i made a while back. the goal here is to create a portable way to obtain the value of errno from outside of c, without using a wrapper function written in c." https://sebsite.pw/w/20260925-errno.html | Source: Sebastian
[13:41]	TR Bot	 a hacky fucked up way to portably access errno from outside of c
[13:42]	TR News	Software Freedom https://thenewstack.io/avoiding-vendor-lock-in/ | Source: The New Stack
[13:42]	TR Bot	 Avoiding vendor lock-in through an open-source approach: a developers perspective - The New Stack
[13:42]	TR News	"There are ten public training courses left in 2026, running through October and November." https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/autumn-2026-training-courses/ | Source: Jumping Rivers
[13:43]	TR Bot	 Autumn 2026 Data Science Training Courses
[13:43]	TR News	"The goal is to explore what can be done and whether it makes sense to have that as a feature that users can enable, either directly in denote.el or as a separate package." https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-09-26-emacs-experiment-denote-cache/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou
[13:43]	TR Bot	I am experimenting with a Denote cache | Protesilaos
[13:44]	TR News	"By examining the circuitry and microcode of the 8087, I can explain the algorithm behind the tangent instruction, called FPTAN." https://www.righto.com/2026/09/8087-tangent-cordic.html | Source: Ken Shirriff
[13:44]	TR Bot	 Reverse-engineering the vintage Intel 8087's tangent algorithm: more than CORDIC
[13:44]	TR News	"The microprocessor itself is a little unusual, being a transport triggered architecture design with two busses." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/26/you-can-make-a-microprocessor-thats-all-your-own/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:44]	TR Bot	Can Make A Microprocessor Thats All Your Own | Hackaday
[13:45]	TR News	"Released in February 1981, the game stood out with the addition of some interesting features like letting players buy extra lives per quarter for up to seven lives." https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/09/25/resurrecting-midways-ms-gorf/ | Source: The Arcade Blogger
[13:45]	TR Bot	 Resurrecting Midways Ms Gorf The Arcade Blogger
[13:47]	TR News	"Every page has one main scroll container that scrolls the page itself: the root scroll container, or root scroller for short." https://polypane.app/blog/the-root-scroller-and-how-not-to-lose-it/ | Source: Polypane B V
[13:47]	TR Bot	 The root scroller and how not to lose it | Polypane
[13:47]	TR News	"My end goal is to have a webpage that lists all the words Ive looked up since I started including them in my weeknotes." https://tracydurnell.com/2026/09/26/learning-scripting-by-scraping-my-own-website/ | Source: Tracy Durnell
[13:47]	TR Bot	 Learning scripting by scraping my own website Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden
[13:48]	TR News	"Every page has one main scroll container that scrolls the page itself: the root scroll container, or root scroller for short." https://polypane.app/blog/the-root-scroller-and-how-not-to-lose-it/ | Source: Polypane B V
[13:48]	TR News	"My end goal is to have a webpage that lists all the words Ive looked up since I started including them in my weeknotes." https://tracydurnell.com/2026/09/26/learning-scripting-by-scraping-my-own-website/ | Source: Tracy Durnell
[13:49]	TR News	"Since the PS5 is powered by AMDs Zen 2 hardware, it uses the x86-64 architecture" https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/open-source-anyps5-dumps-emulation-to-run-playstation-5-console-games-natively-on-pc-amd-zen-2-architecture-enables-proton-like-binary-translation-for-windows-and-linux | Source: Tom's Hardware
[13:49]	TR Bot	 Open-source AnyPS5 dumps emulation to run PlayStation 5 console games natively on PC AMD Zen 2 architecture enables Proton-like binary translation for Windows and Linux | Tom's Hardware
[13:51]	TR News	SteamOS 0.4.1 Beta for Steam Frame fixes some nuisance bugs | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-0-4-1-beta-for-steam-frame-fixes-some-nuisance-bugs/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[13:51]	TR Bot	0.4.1 Beta for Steam Frame fixes some nuisance bugs | GamingOnLinux
[13:52]	TR News	Steam Client Beta - September 25th brings more Remote Play and Linux fixes | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steam-client-beta-september-25th-brings-more-remote-play-and-linux-fixes/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[13:52]	TR Bot	Client Beta - September 25th brings more Remote Play and Linux fixes | GamingOnLinux
[13:52]	TR News	SteamOS 3.9.2 Beta brings fixes for VRR, VR Streaming, Remote Play, Boot Time and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-9-2-beta-brings-fixes-for-vrr-vr-streaming-remote-play-boot-time-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[13:53]	TR Bot	3.9.2 Beta brings fixes for VRR, VR Streaming, Remote Play, Boot Time and more | GamingOnLinux
[13:53]	TR News	Proton Experimental brings fixes for Crysis, Crysis Wars, CEG-protected games, early support for 32bit OpenXR | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-crysis-crysis-wars-ceg-protected-games-early-support-for-32bit-openxr/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[13:53]	TR Bot	Experimental brings fixes for Crysis, Crysis Wars, CEG-protected games, early support for 32bit OpenXR | GamingOnLinux
[13:57]	TR News	EU Kids Act: All children's guardians must be registered | "EU Kids Act: Alla barns vrdnadshavare mste registreras" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/09/24/eu-kids-act-alla-barns-vardnadshavare-maste-verifieras/
[13:57]	TR Bot	 EU Kids Act: Alla barns vrdnadshavare mste registreras
[13:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Oldies, Proton Experimental, SteamOS 3.9.2 Beta, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Games_Oldies_Proton_Experimental_SteamOS_3_9_2_Beta_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Games_Oldies_Proton_Experimental_SteamOS_3_9_2_Beta_and_More.gmi 
[13:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Oldies, Proton Experimental, SteamOS 3.9.2 Beta, and More
[13:58]	TR News	sarcasm? Sad day... GIF patent dead at 20 https://www.kyzer.me.uk/essays/giflzw/
[13:58]	TR Bot	 Sad day... GIF patent dead at 20
[13:59]	TR News	"Rusty thoughts on "Parse, don't validate" - Eli Bendersky's website" https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/rusty-thoughts-on-parse-dont-validate/
[13:59]	TR Bot	 Rusty thoughts on "Parse, don't validate" - Eli Bendersky's website
[13:59]	TR News	"California Tightens Datacenter Rules on Water and Power - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/26/0152214
[13:59]	TR Bot	 California Tightens Datacenter Rules on Water and Power - SoylentNews
● Sep 27
[14:01]	TR News	"Knowing this was most likely malware... it is 2026, so let us use AI for malware analysis. In the OpenBSD VM, I copied the repository into a separate account with no doas access, masked the normal account's home permissions (good that I did that; we will see why later), and gave the current logged-in account permit nopass account to drop (drop is the account name with no privileges)."
[14:01]	TR News	"I forked the VM and basically gave it this prompt: https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/09-25-psa-angelnovas-interview-malware-and-its-north-koera-connection.gmi ("PSA: AngelNovas Interview Malware and Its North Korea Connection - Martin's website/blog thingy")
[14:01]	TR Bot	 PSA: AngelNovas Interview Malware and Its North Korea Connection - Martin's website/blog thingy
[14:10]	TR News	Open-source AnyPS5 dumps emulation to run PlayStation 5 console games natively on PC https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/open-source-anyps5-dumps-emulation-to-run-playstation-5-console-games-natively-on-pc-amd-zen-2-architecture-enables-proton-like-binary-translation-for-windows-and-linux
[14:12]	TR News	Novel attack slashes computing power needed to crack textbook RSA cryptography https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/novel-attack-on-rsa-cryptography-might-bring-computation-requirements-for-cracking-down-to-manageable-levels
[14:12]	TR Bot	 Novel attack slashes computing power needed to crack textbook RSA cryptography attacks within state-actor reach, could target Apple and Cloudflare privacy services | Tom's Hardware
[14:12]	TR News	Russia bombs Ukrainian data centers in latest escalation https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/russia-bombs-ukrainian-data-centers-in-latest-escalation-100-000-households-lose-connectivity-as-firms-migrate-data-abroad-zelensky-says-ordinary-life-is-simply-a-target
[14:12]	TR Bot	 Russia bombs Ukrainian data centers in latest escalation 100,000 households lose connectivity as firms migrate data abroad, Zelensky says ordinary life is simply a target | Tom's Hardware
● Sep 27
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[15:23]	TR News	UK Government Enforcement Reform https://danielpocock.com/en/uk-government-enforcement-reform/ "On face value, it appears quite un-democratic for the Government to use its powers to help liquidate a rival political party. But Rupert Lowe has told us Reform UK is not a real political party anyway. He calls it a cult."
[15:23]	TR Bot	 UK Government Enforcement Reform
[15:30]	TR News	Covering Abuse and Lawfare Twice Per Day https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/27/covering-abuse-and-lawfare-twice-per-day/
[15:30]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Covering Abuse and Lawfare Twice Per Day
[15:32]	TR News	Nvidia patents Hey Hi (AI) chatbot to streamline PC game optimization https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/an-nvidia-chatbot-could-one-day-help-developers-better-optimize-their-games-patent-filing-show-requests-can-be-made-in-plain-english
[15:32]	TR Bot	 Nvidia patents AI chatbot to streamline PC game optimization could one day help developers better optimize their games with requests made in plain English | Tom's Hardware
[15:34]	TR News	Climate Change Is Turning Prisons Full of Human Beings Into Industrial-Scale Air Fryers https://futurism.com/science-energy/climate-change-prisons-incarceration
[15:34]	TR Bot	 Climate Change Is Turning Prisons Full of Human Beings Into Industrial-Scale Air Fryers
[15:34]	TR News	OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian Hey Hi (AI) probe https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/openai-anthropic-ceos-called-to-appear-at-australian-ai-probe
[15:34]	TR Bot	 OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs summoned to Australian AI probe | The Straits Times
[15:41]	TR News	Meta Desperately Wants People to Lust After Its Muse Mascot, But Its Just Not Happening https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/people-are-already-lusting-after-metas-new-ai-assistant-muse
[15:41]	TR Bot	 Meta Desperately Wants People to Lust After Its Muse Mascot, But It's Just Not Happening
[15:43]	TR News	Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: fourth week of sep 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/09/26/misc-fedora-bits-fourth-week-of-sep-2026/
[15:43]	TR Bot	 misc fedora bits: fourth week of sep 2026 | Kevin's musings
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[15:44]	TR News	The New Enemy https://kevquirk.com/the-new-enemy-liam-scott-3
[15:44]	TR Bot	 The New Enemy - Kev Quirk
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[15:52]	Goblin	New even knew there was a Meta mascot
[15:53]	Goblin	*Never
[15:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	is there?
[15:54]	TR News	Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/39 https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/09/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-39/
[15:54]	TR Bot	 Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/39 Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*)
[15:58]	TR News	This might be slop or partly slop https://linuxstans.com/dutch-government-ditches-windows-for-nixos-following-frances-lead/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/09/linuxstans_com_Died_Then_Came_Back_as_Slop_LLM_Junk.shtml
[15:58]	TR Bot	 Dutch Government Ditches Windows for NixOS, Following Frances Lead
[15:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights linuxstans.com Died, Then Came Back as Slop (LLM Junk)
● Sep 27
[16:06]	TR News	Techrights Dejan Panovski Ousts linuxize.com as a Slopfarm, Another Site That Sold Out and Became LLM Garbage https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Dejan_Panovski_Ousts_linuxize_com_as_a_Slopfarm_Another_Site_Th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Dejan_Panovski_Ousts_linuxize_com_as_a_Slopfarm_Another_Site_Th.gmi 
[16:06]	TR Bot	 Techrights Dejan Panovski Ousts linuxize.com as a Slopfarm, Another Site That Sold Out and Became LLM Garbage
[16:10]	TR News	Merlot lightweight GNU/Linux distribution for running backdoored Windows applications https://www.linuxlinks.com/merlot-lightweight-linux-distribution-windows-applications/
[16:10]	TR Bot	- lightweight Linux distribution for running Windows applications - LinuxLinks
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[16:14]	TR News	The Former GNU/Linux News Site ostechnix.com is LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/26/The_Former_Linux_News_Site_ostechnix_com_is_LLM_Slop.shtml
[16:14]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Former Linux News Site ostechnix.com is LLM Slop
[16:15]	TR News	Jordan Petridis: Introducing Toolpak https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2026/09/26/introducing-toolpak/
[16:15]	TR Bot	 Introducing Toolpak Rust in Peace
[16:16]	TR News	Fastfetch 2.69.0 Released with GIF and APNG Animated Logo Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/fastfetch-2-69-0-released-gif-apng-animated-logo/
[16:16]	TR Bot	 Fastfetch 2.69.0 Released with GIF and APNG Animated Logo Support | UbuntuHandbook
[16:17]	TR News	Era, the new Rust-based calendar for GNOME, is now in beta https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/era-rust-calendar-gnome-beta
[16:17]	TR Bot	 Era, the new Rust-based calendar for GNOME, is now in beta - OMG! Ubuntu
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[16:18]	TR News	Sponsored piece? https://itsfoss.com/news/almalinux-software-certification-launched/
[16:18]	TR Bot	 AlmaLinux Puts Software Certification in the Hands of Users
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[16:22]	Goblin	I just saw an article here about it, had a look at this "mascott" utter rubbish.  It looks like one of the aliens from an old Doctor Who episode.... Suffice to say I don't think this will go anywhere, a silly idea to promote slop.. I'll give it no further thought and I expect no-one else will.
[16:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	do you mean muse?
[16:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	first they hijacked the instagram account of the REAL muse
[16:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	the band, which everyubody knows
[16:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	the bot they sell is usless
[16:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	the use cases don't exist
[16:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	facebook is dying
[16:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	it tried to reinvent as "metaverrsE"
[16:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	even renamed the company, "meta"
[16:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	it was an epic failure like KIN from Microsoft
[16:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	in the meantime SO many people there get sacked
[16:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	more than they say with the media parrotingh
[16:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's just a dying company
[16:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/Facebook_Meta_is_Dead_Meat_This_GAFAM_Company_s_Debt_Exploded_b.shtml
[16:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights Facebook ('Meta') is Dead Meat, This GAFAM Company's Debt Exploded by Almost 33 Billion Dollars in Just 3 Months (11 Billion Per Month)
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[16:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/07/Biggest_AI_Companies_Meta_Alphabet_Microsoft_Borrowed_Additiona.shtml
[16:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights Biggest "AI Companies" (Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft) Borrowed (Additional Debt) About $100,000,000,000 in a Year
[16:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	Facebook ('Meta'): 85.081 B
[16:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	a year earlier  49.047 B
[16:27]	Goblin	Lol the Kin......I remember my tagline at the time f'Kin awful....or somthing like that.
[16:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	now it's looking  for a US bailout
[16:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	based on pure vapourware
[16:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2025/11/08/meta-cant-afford-its-600b-love-letter-to-trump/1269095
[16:27]	TR Bot	 Meta can't afford its $600B love letter to Trump
[16:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	they inevnt fictional numbers
[16:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	tro help the fascist in chief
[16:28]	TR News	ESP-Mosaico centers dual-core RISC-V ESP32-S31 around a 2.16-inch square AMOLED https://linuxgizmos.com/esp-mosaico-places-dual-core-risc-v-esp32-s31-behind-a-2-16-inch-square-amoled/
[16:28]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp-mosaico-places-dual-core-risc-v-esp32-s31-behind-a-2-16-inch-square-amoled/ )
[16:29]	TR News	ESP32-S3 powers EWatch smartwatch with open drivers and DIY options https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-s3-powers-ewatch-smartwatch-with-open-drivers-and-diy-options/
[16:29]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-s3-powers-ewatch-smartwatch-with-open-drivers-and-diy-options/ )
[16:29]	TR News	SLAPP Censorship - Part 200 Out of 200: Will GNU Boot Undo the Technical Damage Caused by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Garrett? (And Garrett's Litigation Allies From Microsoft) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_200_Out_of_200_Will_GNU_Boot_Undo_the_Tec.shtml
[16:29]	TR Bot	 Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 200 Out of 200: Will GNU Boot Undo the Technical Damage Caused by Microsoft and Garrett? (And Garrett's Litigation Allies From Microsoft)
[16:30]	TR News	Pulsar 1.2-beta https://distrowatch.com/pulsar
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[16:30]	TR News	Peropesis 3.3 https://distrowatch.com/peropesis
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[16:30]	TR News	JRescue 2026.09.26 https://distrowatch.com/jrescue
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[16:30]	TR News	GDB 18.1 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1096897/
[16:30]	TR Bot	18.1 released [LWN.net]
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[16:31]	TR News	Investigative Journalism Today https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/investigative-journalism-today/
[16:31]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Investigative Journalism Today
[16:32]	TR News	how to enable LibreOffice Writer DarkMode? Yes! :D https://dwaves.de/2026/09/27/how-to-enable-libreoffice-writer-darkmode-yes-d/
[16:32]	TR Bot	how to enable LibreOffice Writer DarkMode? Yes! :D | dwaves.de
[16:34]	TR News	LILYGO T-Dongle-C5 An ESP32-C5 USB dongle with microSD card slot, optional 0.96-inch OLED https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/27/lilygo-t-dongle-c5-an-esp32-c5-usb-dongle-with-microsd-card-slot-optional-0-96-inch-oled/
[16:34]	TR Bot	 LILYGO T-Dongle-C5 - An ESP32-C5 USB dongle with microSD card slot, optional 0.96-inch OLED - CNX Software
[16:34]	TR News	Welcome Tams Zolnai, new LibreOffice Online developer https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/26/welcome-tamas-zolnai-new-libreoffice-online-developer/
[16:34]	TR Bot	 Welcome Tams Zolnai, new LibreOffice Online developer - TDF Community Blog
[16:37]	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 
[16:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Susan Linton Also Played a Role at DistroWatch
[16:44]	TR News	MagOS 2025_20260925 https://distrowatch.com/magos
[16:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/magos )
[16:51]	TR News	Data Center Operator Slapped With $1 Million Fine for Belching Noxious Gas Into Surrounding Community https://futurism.com/future-society/data-center-operator-microsoft-new-jersey-generators-exhaust
[16:51]	TR Bot	 Data Center Operator Slapped With $1 Million Fine for Belching Noxious Gas Into Surrounding Community
[16:52]	TR News	OpenAI Tried to Hide Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Giving Extremely Specific Advice to a School Shooter on How to Maximize Casualties. The Logs Are Horrific. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-advice-school-shooter-tumbler-ridge
[16:52]	TR Bot	 OpenAI Tried to Hide ChatGPT Giving Extremely Specific Advice to a School Shooter on How to Maximize Casualties. The Logs Are Horrific.
[16:53]	TR News	Because Qualcomm moves to GNU/Linux? https://www.tomshardware.com/tablets/microsoft-surface/microsoft-quietly-drops-copilot-branding-from-its-new-laptops-surface-cvp-confirms-new-devices-meet-hardware-requirements-but-lack-controversial-branding
[16:53]	TR Bot	 Microsoft quietly drops Copilot+ branding from its new laptops after two years Surface CVP confirms new devices meet hardware requirements but lack controversial branding | Tom's Hardware
[16:54]	TR News	Akademy 2026 A Recap https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/akademy-2026-a-recap/
[16:54]	TR Bot	 Akademy 2026 A Recap KDE and Plasma Design
[16:54]	TR News	Latvia has room for improvement in recognising scam e-mails https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/26.09.2026-latvia-has-room-for-improvement-in-recognising-scam-e-mails.a664890/
[16:54]	TR Bot	 Latvia has room for improvement in recognising scam e-mails / Article
[16:55]	TR News	New x47.c backdoored Windows Botnet Weaponizes xAI Grok, Hey Hi (AI) API Draining https://www.securityweek.com/new-x47-c-windows-botnet-weaponizes-xai-grok-ai-api-draining/
[16:55]	TR Bot	x47.c Windows Botnet Weaponizes xAI Grok, AI API Draining - SecurityWeek
[16:57]	TR News	Provost of Dartmouth Busted Using Hey Hi (AI) for His Own Writing in Newspapers and Academic Journals https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/provost-dartmouth-busted-ai-newspapers-academic-journals
[16:57]	TR Bot	 Provost of Dartmouth Busted Using AI for His Own Writing in Newspapers and Academic Journals
[16:59]	TR News	https://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/rss.xml Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:10:00 +0800 Japanese anime actor fights Fentanylware (CheeTok) over Hey Hi (AI) voice cloning
[16:59]	TR News	"The lawsuit was filed by Kenjiro Tsuda, known for his starring roles in mega-franchises including Jujutsu Kaisen and Yu-Gi-Oh!" https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-anime-actor-fights-tiktok-over-ai-voice-cloning
[16:59]	TR Bot	 Japanese anime actor fights TikTok over AI voice cloning | The Straits Times
[16:59]	TR News	Sites That Do LLM Slop (and Images) Will Perish and Go Offline https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/sites-that-do-llm-slop-and-images-will-perish-and-go-offline/
[16:59]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Sites That Do LLM Slop (and Images) Will Perish and Go Offline
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[17:05]	TR News	Goodbye, Windows: The Netherlands Is Building Its Own Linux for Government https://www.trendingtopics.eu/netherlands-dawo-linux-government/
[17:05]	TR Bot	 DAWO: The Netherlands Builds Its Own Linux to Replace Windows | Trending Topics
[17:06]	TR News	"The Dutch government's structured response is DAWO, short for Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid, or Digital Autonomous Government Work Environment." https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/netherlands-builds-linux-government-workplace-171410956.html
[17:06]	TR Bot	 Netherlands Builds Linux Government Workplace After Cloud Access Fears
[17:07]	TR News	"PeaZip 11.3 has been released today as a new point release in the latest PeaZip 11 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform archive manager for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms." https://9to5linux.com/peazip-11-3-archive-manager-improves-zpaq-support-adds-new-themes
[17:07]	TR Bot	11.3 Archive Manager Improves ZPAQ Support, Adds New Themes - 9to5Linux
[17:07]	TR News	How I built a functional Linux system with just 50MB of disk space https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-built-a-functional-linux-system-with-just-50mb-of-disk-space/
[17:07]	TR Bot	 How I built a functional Linux system with just 50MB of disk space
[17:09]	TR News	If this is you, you should consider switching to Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/if-this-is-you-you-should-switch-to-linux/
[17:09]	TR Bot	 If this is you, you should consider switching to Linux
[17:16]	MinceR	> utter rubbish.
[17:16]	MinceR	most humans love rubbish
[17:16]	MinceR	that's what got us crApple and their imitators, that's why microslop didn't go out of business before it had its tentacles everywhere and that's why most humans are nazis
[17:17]	parsifal	schestowitz[TR2]: <...facebook is dying...meta...dying company...>
[17:18]	parsifal	^My two cents on the topic: Unfortunately, thats incorrect (at least when we're talking about normal people, not neckbearded geeks or sysadmins) -> its far from dying out. 
[17:18]	parsifal	Tons of people still use it every day, even though its supposedly out of fashion...
[17:18]	parsifal	And when you say you dont have an account -> and never have one [ like yours neckbeard truly ;) ] -> they look at you like youre an alien, an englishman in NY, as if somethings wrong with you...
[17:18]	parsifal	So much for it dying out or being unpopular \_( )_/
[17:23]	MinceR	it will die out along with devil apes
[17:27]	TR News	Techrights People and Sites Wish a Happy 43th Birthday to GNU (Today) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/People_and_Sites_Wish_a_Happy_43th_Birthday_to_GNU_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/People_and_Sites_Wish_a_Happy_43th_Birthday_to_GNU_Today.gmi 
[17:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights People and Sites Wish a Happy 43th Birthday to GNU (Today)
[17:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Budgie 10.10.3 Desktop Environment Introduces Free Placement of Desktop Icons https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Budgie_10_10_3_Desktop_Environment_Introduces_Free_Placement_of.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Budgie_10_10_3_Desktop_Environment_Introduces_Free_Placement_of.gmi 
[17:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Budgie 10.10.3 Desktop Environment Introduces Free Placement of Desktop Icons
[17:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Valnet's howtogeek on Tiny Core Linux and "switching to Linux" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Valnet_s_howtogeek_on_Tiny_Core_Linux_and_switching_to_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Valnet_s_howtogeek_on_Tiny_Core_Linux_and_switching_to_Linux.gmi 
[17:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Valnet's howtogeek on Tiny Core Linux and "switching to Linux"
[17:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[17:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[17:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: Reverse-engineering, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Open_Hardware_Modding_Reverse_engineering_ESP32_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Open_Hardware_Modding_Reverse_engineering_ESP32_and_More.gmi 
[17:32]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Reverse-engineering, ESP32, and More
[17:34]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[17:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[17:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers
[17:41]	parsifal	MinceR: -> Not necessary -> bots will just talk to bots, and the problem is solved (if by that time money has lost its significance (according to Musk) and profit is irrelevant).
[17:41]	parsifal	Internet traffic is already approaching a split of 70% clankers versus 30% humans anyway...
[17:42]	parsifal	^Congratulations to the winners!! \o/ !!
[17:48]	MinceR	no one will maintain the infrastructure the bots run on, so they will grind to a halt
● Sep 27
[18:03]	parsifal	^You clearly haven't seen the video circulating online featuring Chinese humanoid robots performing incredible acrobatic and kung-fu stunts -> the performance even includes human participants, and the choreography and execution are both impressive and terrifying...
[18:04]	parsifal	...and that was months ago. These robots can do it all if development progresses far enough, which it looks like it will in the near future -> from factory work to maintenance and self-repair, serving as universal soldiers, and so on.
[18:04]	parsifal	^Its all heading toward a John Connor moment: "I told you so!!!"
[18:06]	TR News	Brigading Against Women - Part VI - On Garrett and Lozza, Defamation, Attempts to Crack My Wife's Accounts, Social Engineering to Try to Take Sites Offline, Subscribing Us to Mountains of SPAM https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_VI_On_Garrett_and_Lozza_Defamation.shtml
[18:06]	TR Bot	 Techrights Brigading Against Women - Part VI - On Garrett and Lozza, Defamation, Attempts to Crack My Wife's Accounts, Social Engineering to Try to Take Sites Offline, Subscribing Us to Mountains of SPAM
[18:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	<MinceR> no one will maintain the infrastructure the bots run on, so they will grind to a halt
[18:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's not expensive
[18:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	some things are l
[18:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	like LLMs
[18:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	the scraping is cheaper
[18:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	and storage of html or plain-texted versions of the bodies of pages
[18:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	prompting and model-building is expensive
[18:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: so what you hope for is
[18:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	most bots are for slop
[18:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	slop is expensive
[18:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	slop will perish due to financial strain
[18:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	and then most bots will vanish
[18:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	A DAY AGO:
[18:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	misc:479295
[18:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	TM:1133647
[18:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	TR:482169
[18:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	BN:121260
[18:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	i reckon more than 50% of these hits are bots
[18:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	good luck checking
[18:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's impossible
[18:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	bots go out og their way to pretend to be legit
[18:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	esp. the rogue ones
[18:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	the more rogue, the harder theyt prtend
[18:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	and if bot/human classification was straiughtwards
[18:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	then you could just block all the bots
[18:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	or the "bad" bots
[18:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	but you cannot
[18:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	because it's a hard task, the bots try to make it even harder
[18:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	so they can run amok, the admins give up on filtering
[18:14]	TR News	"Many people have seen the recent news about Reform UK party receiving two donations of 36 million each. Therefore, it is quite a shock to see the party simultaneously being subject to a winding up petition under the Insolvency Act." https://danielpocock.com/en/gem-of-tanzania-nigel-farage-mega-donations/
[18:14]	TR Bot	 Notorious Gem of Tanzania (Wrekin Ruby) & Nigel Farage's mega-donations
[18:18]	parsifal	^^Google reCAPTCHA, Anubis, Cloudflare, and other such "useful assets" of the modern World Wide Web...
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	please:
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	1) wait 5 secs
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	2) use the "bloated new" browser
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	3) fingers crossed
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	4) waste ram and cpu
[18:28]	parsifal	^Even those things don't always help. Sometimes proxies, VPNs, or specific network configurations get in the way, and the site decides not to let you in.
[18:28]	parsifal	The other day, it took me five attempts just to access a particular tech forum...
[18:30]	MinceR	lol @ chinese demo
[18:31]	parsifal	^Did you watch it? What's your opinion?
[18:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	chai niece?
[18:36]	parsifal	MinceR: *I mean, apart from "lol" :)
[18:36]	TR News	GNU/Linux about 5% in Ethiopia https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=ET&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[18:36]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=ET&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[18:37]	TR News	Same in Haiti https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=HT&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[18:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=HT&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[18:38]	TR News	Add Android and Windows is down to 18% "market share" https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=HT
[18:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=HT )
[18:38]	MinceR	parsifal: how many kungfu moves does it take to perform yearly maintenance on a power plant? how many does it take to perform yearly maintenance on a high voltage power line?
[18:45]	parsifal	MinceR: I don't know. But I know who does -> the Chinese! They went from living like cattle to becoming the world's factory and a leading global economy in less than 50 years!
[18:45]	MinceR	they went from a poor shithole to a rich shithole
[18:45]	MinceR	because the idiots in the west funded them
[18:47]	parsifal	^Proving wrong everyone who had mocked them and/or exploited them for peanuts to maximize profits along the way ;)
[18:51]	parsifal	^^^Also, the "shithole" phenomenon is quite widespread. Quite a few Western cities look surprisingly close to that definition, and they really shouldn't...
[18:53]	MinceR	indeed
[18:53]	MinceR	humans ruin everything they can reach
[18:54]	MinceR	the buddy blasters watched orban turn hungary into an even more impoverished shithole, and decided they wanted the same thing at home, so they elected the pedophile king
[18:55]	MinceR	the french, the germans and the austrians are champing at the bit to do the same to their own countries
[18:56]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft: We Love Layoffs, We Do Silent Layoffs, More Microsoft Projects/Teams/Studios Confirmed to be Shutting Down https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Microsoft_We_Love_Layoffs_We_Do_Silent_Layoffs_More_Microsoft_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Microsoft_We_Love_Layoffs_We_Do_Silent_Layoffs_More_Microsoft_P.gmi 
[18:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft: We Love Layoffs, We Do Silent Layoffs, More Microsoft Projects/Teams/Studios Confirmed to be Shutting Down
● Sep 27
[19:03]	parsifal	MinceR: Im not up to speed on the details of the Magyar-Orbn shitstorm, but as a cyclist, I certainly envy the Hungarians for two things: their wonderful cycling infrastructure! ...and the goulash ;)
[19:04]	MinceR	sounds like cycling infrastructure is even worse elsewhere
[19:04]	parsifal	...yes ;)
[19:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	Hungarian Goulash No. 5 https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Nds16kijS9w
[19:04]	TR Bot	( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Nds16kijS9w )
[19:05]	MinceR	the local government in my part of budapest beat their chest that they "build" a bike path connecting 2 public transport hubs. part of that "bike path" they "built" was a series of symbols (no separate lane!) on an ordinary road
[19:05]	MinceR	s/ild/ilt/
[19:06]	MinceR	and many motorists will push you off the road if you're in a car, so you can imagine how safe riding a bike is here
[19:18]	TR News	Techrights Search Engine of Techrights Improved for Better Signal-to-Noise Ratio https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Search_Engine_of_Techrights_Improved_for_Better_Signal_to_Noise.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Search_Engine_of_Techrights_Improved_for_Better_Signal_to_Noise.gmi 
[19:18]	TR Bot	 Techrights Search Engine of Techrights Improved for Better Signal-to-Noise Ratio
[19:22]	parsifal	MinceR: Believe me, when I say "wonderful", it means I have something negative and non-existent to compare it to :)
[19:22]	parsifal	You also have no idea what "dangerous" really means -> cars passing within a coat of paint's distance, and other such "extras"... $#%&%@#!!
[19:22]	parsifal	A friend of mine was hit from behind while waiting at a traffic light; the result was a bent rear wheel, while he was thrown several meters from the bike and suffered a broken left ulna.
[19:22]	parsifal	^^^Appreciate what you have, because no matter how deep you dig, theres always someone who might knock from below ;)
[19:23]	MinceR	:>
[19:24]	MinceR	yeah, that does sound horrible
[19:24]	MinceR	the situation here is enough that i'm reluctant to go back to biking at all
[19:24]	MinceR	goulash soup is indeed awesome, though
[19:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	eat crow
[19:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	we saw a crow today
[19:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	we fed him
[19:26]	cybersho`	best ever bike infra I saw was in Finland, dedicated cycle routes through the forests, even underground tunnels just for bikes in winter in Espo
[19:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_food
[19:26]	TR Bot	 Bird food - Wikipedia
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[19:29]	IsambardPrince	Now they're selling heirloom tomatoes at the grocery store.
[19:30]	IsambardPrince	I'm thinking about buying some and using them in my spaghetti.
[19:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	some are chopped in a can
[19:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	or made into puree
[19:31]	schestowitz[TR2]	like passatta
[19:31]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Trump landed in Chicago this morning.
[19:31]	MinceR	sad
[19:31]	schestowitz[TR2]	sadist
[19:31]	IsambardPrince	Yeah, it was in that plane he got as a bribe from Qatar.
[19:31]	IsambardPrince	Grift Force One
[19:32]	MinceR	:>
[19:33]	IsambardPrince	It was hilarious though how he took the plan and then left them next door to Iran, which is pissed and shutting down their oil exports.
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[19:34]	MinceR	:>
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[19:37]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I'm saving the cat treats with catnip for Bobbi.
[19:37]	IsambardPrince	If you give Kiki any she goes nuts and starts darting through the house.
[19:38]	MinceR	:>
[19:38]	MinceR	is it a good idea to put catnip in cat food?
[19:39]	IsambardPrince	Probably not.
[19:43]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, After withdrawing from the WHO, the US said it would determine what its flu shots would have and then for the past two flu seasons, went with the WHO recommendations,
[19:44]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, What's interesting is that the US has deviated from the WHO recommendations before, in the 1970s. There was a bad flu outbreak on a US military base, the government panicked and assumed that it would be circulating by the flu season. The WHO said there was no evidence that this would happen and they recommended not releasing a special flu shot for that.
[19:45]	IsambardPrince	The US released one anyway, millions of people took it, dozens got GBS, and at least one person died from the flu shot.
[19:45]	IsambardPrince	And the flu never made it out of Fort Dix.
[19:45]	MinceR	what's GBS?
[19:46]	IsambardPrince	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillain%E2%80%93Barr%C3%A9_syndrome
[19:46]	TR News	Techrights Spam and Chatbot Spam in Internet Relay Chat (IRC) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Spam_and_Chatbot_Spam_in_Internet_Relay_Chat_IRC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Spam_and_Chatbot_Spam_in_Internet_Relay_Chat_IRC.gmi 
[19:46]	TR Bot	 GuillainBarr syndrome - Wikipedia
[19:46]	TR Bot	 Techrights Spam and Chatbot Spam in Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
[19:47]	IsambardPrince	On Saturday Night Live, Chevy Chase went on to be the impersonator for President Gerald Ford during the election season.
[19:47]	MinceR	ic
[19:47]	IsambardPrince	He showed up to the "debates" with a syringe taped to his arm.
[19:47]	IsambardPrince	(Ford got the Fort Dix flu shot on national TV urging all Americans to go get it.)
[19:48]	IsambardPrince	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_swine_flu_outbreak
[19:48]	TR Bot	 1976 swine flu outbreak - Wikipedia
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[19:59]	IsambardPrince	TRND
[19:59]	IsambardPrince	
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[19:59]	IsambardPrince	21 hours ago
[19:59]	IsambardPrince	
[19:59]	IsambardPrince	A trademark complaint aimed at a surveillance map has landed less than 24 hours after Flock Safetys own network came under fire in the U.S. Senate.
[19:59]	IsambardPrince	Cybersecurity researcher Joshua Michael built what is now the most detailed public map of Flocks infrastructure, using location coordinates he says came from a snapshot of the companys own database, archived in December 2025. His Flock Surveillance Map identifies more than 170,000 cameras and over 130,000 supporting devices, including acoustic sensors and equipment linking third-party cameras, totaling roughly 300,000 devices.
[19:59]	IsambardPrince	That figure dwarfs what the company has told the public. Flock has said it operates more than 120,000 cameras nationwide.
[19:59]	IsambardPrince	The complaint arrived on Thursday, one day after the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing titled Always Watching: Flocks Nationwide AI Surveillance Network. Flock CEO Garrett Langley was invited to testify. He did not show, nor did the CEOs of Axon, Motorola Solutions or Verkada.
[19:59]	IsambardPrince	Michael was notified by Doppel, a firm describing itself as an AI-native social engineering defense platform, which said it was acting on Flocks behalf and demanded he stop using the Flock Safety name and take the map offline, citing customer confusion.
[19:59]	IsambardPrince	Michael disputed Flocks public claims about its data security, telling The Intercept the company said it had never suffered a breach even after he had already pulled its device database. That leaves two possibilities, he said. Either they knew and chose not to disclose it for fear of bad press, or they didnt know I exfiltrated the data at all.
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[20:00]	IsambardPrince	This is not Flocks first attempt to challenge a mapping project. In early 2025, the company sent a cease-and-desist to Will Freeman, creator of the crowdsourced DeFlock map, over trademark dilution. The Electronic Frontier Foundation rejected the demand, calling it birdcage liner, and Freeman kept his map online.
[20:00]	IsambardPrince	----
[20:00]	IsambardPrince	AI Native social engineering defense platform......
[20:00]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], RoboSLAPP
[20:03]	TR News	Techrights Exposing Crimes of Americans (From the UK) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Exposing_Crimes_of_Americans_From_the_UK.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Exposing_Crimes_of_Americans_From_the_UK.gmi 
[20:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights Exposing Crimes of Americans (From the UK)
[20:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	EFF is nio against SLAPP
[20:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	this speaks of "Flock CEO Garrett"
[20:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	EFF did nothing about Lozza and Garrett
[20:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	We will cover this in future years
[20:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	this even caused a rift in the EFF
[20:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	which seems to have many corpobots
[20:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	not activists
[20:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	EFF = funded by GAFAM to serve GAFAM
[20:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	Flock is a rival of GAFAM
[20:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	with flock out of business
[20:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	GAFAM can get more contracts
[20:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	so f* EFF
[20:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	there is no anus in the world large enough in which to shove the "new" EFF
[20:14]	IsambardPrince	Trump had a meeting with Xi. Trump re-routed F-35 parts to Hong Kong and Xi gave us some pandas.
[20:14]	IsambardPrince	They're the best pandas.
[20:14]	IsambardPrince	Some would say the greatest.
[20:15]	IsambardPrince	Xi also said 100,000 visas for US students to study in Chinese universities. I guess it's probably cheaper to get on a plane, live in China, and study in Chinese universities now, thanks to Republicans attacking US universities, under the guise of "getting rid of Chinese friendship programs".
[20:15]	IsambardPrince	Sort of like how it's cheaper to fly to China, stay in a nice hotel, and pay cash for an MRI, than it is to get an MRI in the United States, using your health insurance.
[20:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	how much is it
[20:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	with insurance
[20:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	asking for mr. MRI
[20:37]	IsambardPrince	Oh God, I had to have one on my shoulder before surgery.
[20:37]	IsambardPrince	Before Medicare the cash price was something like $7900 for an MRI.
[20:37]	IsambardPrince	Medicare adjusted it down to like $1000-something?
[20:38]	IsambardPrince	I want to say I paid like $100-200, something like that.
[20:38]	IsambardPrince	But Medicare is better than any insurance you can buy in the US for about the last 20 years.
[20:38]	IsambardPrince	Eventually you get to your annual max out of pocket on private insurance.
[20:38]	IsambardPrince	That's the point where it's useful.
[20:38]	IsambardPrince	But you don't get there until you're out $9,000-$10,000.
[20:39]	IsambardPrince	After that they pay everything.
[20:40]	TR News	Health Before Optics https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/27/health-before-optics/
[20:40]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Health Before Optics
[20:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	very bsd system
[20:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	with NHS we have MMRI scans without payingg
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	salary deductions are not huge
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	and  that goes into NHS
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	rianne could not believe this
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	i asked her
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	guess how much mri in us
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	she said, 1000?
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	i said, 1000 IF you have insurance
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	almost 10k without
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	puppy breaker gets bills like these for sending people to our home
[20:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe theus conditions people to think 10k is just like "meh, ok... it's only money"
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[20:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  I tried Fedora Everything, now I have a Linux desktop without any bloat https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/I_tried_Fedora_Everything_now_I_have_a_Linux_desktop_without_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/I_tried_Fedora_Everything_now_I_have_a_Linux_desktop_without_an.gmi 
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I tried Fedora Everything, now I have a Linux desktop without any bloat
[20:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  I replaced Fedoras slow software manager with these 3 better alternatives https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/I_replaced_Fedora_s_slow_software_manager_with_these_3_better_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/I_replaced_Fedora_s_slow_software_manager_with_these_3_better_a.gmi 
[20:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I replaced Fedoras slow software manager with these 3 better alternatives
[20:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  What Happened in 2023 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/What_Happened_in_2023.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/What_Happened_in_2023.gmi 
[20:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines What Happened in 2023
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[21:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Klassic brings the KDE 3 desktop experience from 2002 to KDE Plasma 6 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Klassic_brings_the_KDE_3_desktop_experience_from_2002_to_KDE_Pl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Klassic_brings_the_KDE_3_desktop_experience_from_2002_to_KDE_Pl.gmi 
[21:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Klassic brings the KDE 3 desktop experience from 2002 to KDE Plasma 6
[21:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  This Week in Plasma: Akademy Special https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/26/This_Week_in_Plasma_Akademy_Special.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/26/This_Week_in_Plasma_Akademy_Special.gmi 
[21:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: Akademy Special
[21:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Searching Tux Machines Summaries https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Searching_Tux_Machines_Summaries.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/Searching_Tux_Machines_Summaries.gmi 
[21:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Searching Tux Machines Summaries
[21:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  I nuked my openSUSE OS to test Snapper, and it survived what should have been fatal https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/I_nuked_my_openSUSE_OS_to_test_Snapper_and_it_survived_what_sho.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/I_nuked_my_openSUSE_OS_to_test_Snapper_and_it_survived_what_sho.gmi 
[21:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I nuked my openSUSE OS to test Snapper, and it survived what should have been fatal
[21:18]	TR News	Techrights Making This Site More Useful to More People https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Making_This_Site_More_Useful_to_More_People.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Making_This_Site_More_Useful_to_More_People.gmi 
[21:18]	TR Bot	 Techrights Making This Site More Useful to More People
[21:20]	TR News	"I still use the MNT Pocket Reform a lot. I recently took it along on a trip, as my "emergency" laptop, but also as my chill-out activity late at night in the hotel room, working on a little something instead of reading a book." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-09-27-pocket-reform
[21:20]	TR News	"For me GTD was lifesaving. More than once actually. I would be dead if I hadnt found it. When I was getting into GTD, one of the things I liked to read for entertainment was productivity blogs." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/reading-about-productivity
[21:21]	TR News	"I just realized that Ive been pretty reckless and unempathetic as I advocate for handwriting and paper. I have stenography privilege since I can write shorthand." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/longhand
[21:22]	TR News	"I haven't talked about EVs in awhile on this here phlog of mine. Frankly because I have been pretty disappointed in their progress...at least in the USA." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2026-09-26
[21:22]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I ordered some cat calming collars for Kiki.
[21:23]	TR News	"A phone detox for my daughter." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/teeter
[21:24]	TR News	"September 2026 was one of the most turbulent months ever in my life. I just didn't get a chance to participate in ROOPHLOCH:" gopher://movq.de/0/phlog/2026/2026-09/2026-09-27--probably-missed-roophloch-2026.txt
[21:25]	TR News	"My work life has gone in a very different direction, but I suspect we're pretty-much contemporaries. Many of the experiences described in the piece remind me very much of my own." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-27-beginning
[21:26]	TR News	"3 years hence, I've finally gotten around to publishing my website as a capsule. Some will find this approach distasteful, but I hope it's a positive contribution to Geminispace." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2852
[21:27]	TR News	"I am committed to an open, indie internet, enjoy fringe cultures, and can be nostalgic for old technology. So Gemini is right in my interests." gemini://hans.gerwitz.com/capsule/
[21:27]	TR News	"I bought On Writing Well because I expected it to deliver on its promise. I wanted a book that would help me improve my writing, and I'm a satisfied customer." gemini://capsulated.life/posts/2026-09-27-on-writing-well.gmi
[21:28]	TR News	In The Case Of the People in the Weird Route of Deltarune (up to Ch. 5) gemini://cyi1341.smol.pub/itco3
[21:31]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 27/09/2026: Writing Well, Productivity, and a Relaunch in Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Gemini_Links_27_09_2026_Writing_Well_Productivity_and_a_Relaunc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Gemini_Links_27_09_2026_Writing_Well_Productivity_and_a_Relaunc.gmi 
[21:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 27/09/2026: Writing Well, Productivity, and a Relaunch in Geminispace
[21:33]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, My mom said that when my great-grandmother was losing her mind she sprayed the cat with Lysol one day.
[21:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 27th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_September_27th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/27/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_September_27th_2026.gmi 
[21:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 27th, 2026
[21:57]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Anyway, the state thought they had me over a barrel and that my psychiatrist would have some sort of "special treatment plan". They didn't know what he was.
[21:57]	IsambardPrince	They said "therapist" in the agreement.
[21:57]	IsambardPrince	Said "see therapist [name of the doctor] and follow treatment plan and bring back letter from therapist"
[21:58]	IsambardPrince	So I went to him and he said "He's a patient of mine. I handle 15 minute medication management sessions every 6 months. That's the plan."
[21:58]	IsambardPrince	So I turned it in and there was nothing that they could do about it.
[21:58]	IsambardPrince	Because I did what they said to.
[21:59]	IsambardPrince	I was talking to my lawyer in the attorney-client room about that before I signed that agreement. I said "He's not a therapist, he's a psyychiatrist that does medication management.....but they don't know that do they?"
[21:59]	IsambardPrince	And the lawyer said "No they don't and that's on them."
[21:59]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, ^
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[22:00]	IsambardPrince	If you define "therapist" broadly, a doctor who prescribes medicine is a "therapist" because the medicine is a "therapy", so technically I just let them paint themselves into a corner.
[22:03]	IsambardPrince	In my experience if you don't say exactly what you mean, you can't mean what you say. Someone was hurrying up to draft that and did not consider what I could do with that language.
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[22:16]	IsambardPrince	I had to report Social Security newsletters as Spam to Google.
[22:17]	IsambardPrince	They send Trump propaganda to your inbox.
[22:17]	IsambardPrince	Last year they sent one saying Trump was the reason we get Social Security COLAs that have existed since 1972.
[22:17]	IsambardPrince	You get like 2-3%, your landlord and Medicare take 10x what the increase was.
[22:20]	MinceR	i don't think goolag cares
[22:52]	parsifal	An interesting play on words -> goolag a.k.a ...
[22:53]	parsifal	Solzhenitsyn would have had a hard time making sense of a modern phenomenon like Google, unlike his painfully familiar Russian acronyms like , etc
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[23:03]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, That last mission on Rogue Leader is pretty bad.
[23:03]	IsambardPrince	Somehow makes killing the fleet of TIE fighters and two Star Destroyers in the previous level look easy.
[23:15]	parsifal	LibreOffice sixteenth anniversary -> https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/28/sixteen-years-of-libreoffices/
[23:15]	TR Bot	 Today, we are celebrating sixteen years of LibreOffice's independence and commitment to supporting free software, open standards and digital sovereignty - TDF Community Blog
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