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[00:22]	IsambardPrince	<MinceR> wrong again, half life is a buggy mess that forces you to look very closely at how broken it is
[00:22]	IsambardPrince	Half Life 2 was one of my favorite games.
[00:22]	IsambardPrince	But that was on a completely different engine.
[00:22]	MinceR	i haven't gotten to half life 2
[00:23]	MinceR	on a rail made me want to look for some other game to play, so i did
[00:23]	IsambardPrince	The thing I hated about it was that the game punished you for killing Metrocops (Civil Protection)
[00:23]	IsambardPrince	When you kill them, their suit reports a dead cop to the Overwatch.
[00:23]	IsambardPrince	And it calls in more.
[00:25]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I ordered some cat calming collars for Kiki.
[00:25]	MinceR	in Strife, if you fire a loud gun in most areas of Tarnhill, Acolytes start teleporting in great numbers. they claim it's unlimited or until you die, but in reality, you can totally kill them all with phosphorus grenades.
[00:25]	IsambardPrince	They're basically a synthetic cat pheromone that's supposed to make them calm down.
[00:26]	IsambardPrince	Mom tried one on Zorro but I came over and thought it was a flea collar and cut it off of him.
[00:26]	IsambardPrince	Flea collars are dangerous except for Soresto.
[00:26]	IsambardPrince	The vet told me that you should only use Soresto if you're going to use collars, and make sure they're actually genuine collars, not some counterfeits from ebay or something.
[00:28]	MinceR	what is the danger of the other flea collars?
[00:31]	IsambardPrince	Biggest danger is they're not as effective as the Soresto ones and the fleas keep getting worse.
[00:31]	IsambardPrince	But I've seen some of them cause chemical burns or allergic reactions.
[00:31]	IsambardPrince	I haven't seen a Soresto collar do this.
[00:32]	IsambardPrince	Soresto costs like $60 per collar because they're worth it and people will pay because of that.
[00:32]	IsambardPrince	I was playing 007 Nightfire last night and it looked pretty good. Not as good as something made today but easily like something from the late DirectX 9 era on a good PC.
[00:32]	IsambardPrince	The Dolphin emulator can do upscaling, antialiasing, and anisotropic filtering.
[00:32]	IsambardPrince	Reminds me of Bleemcast! 
[00:33]	IsambardPrince	They only ever supported a few PS1 games, but they looked a lot better on the Dreamcast.
[00:33]	IsambardPrince	Dolphin is like that for GCN.
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[01:12]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The Xbox was still the era where consoles were competing by publishing uninteresting useless factoids.
[01:12]	IsambardPrince	Like how many uncolored triangles per second they could render.
[01:13]	IsambardPrince	If your goal is to do that, the Xbox wins.
[01:13]	IsambardPrince	But Nintendo built a better system for video games.
[01:14]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Nightfire is actually built on a customized Goldsrc engine.
[01:14]	IsambardPrince	So it's a variant of the Half Life engine.
[01:34]	admfubar	https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/microsoft-tells-nonprofits-their-deleted-m365-data-isnt-coming-back.460841/
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[01:38]	admfubar	:))  https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/thieves-steal-nvidia-branded-trailers-expecting-valuable-hardware-find-40-000-pounds-of-sand.460840/
[01:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/thieves-steal-nvidia-branded-trailers-expecting-valuable-hardware-find-40-000-pounds-of-sand.460840/ )
[01:39]	MinceR	"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere."
[01:40]	admfubar	especially if you are doing naughty things on the beach naked...:P
[01:41]	admfubar	https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/google-confirms-chromeos-phase-out-in-2034-10-year-support-lifetime-cut-short-for-some-devices-company-says-it-will-support-transition-to-googlebook-os
[01:41]	TR Bot	 Google confirms ChromeOS phase out in 2034 10-year support lifetime cut short for some devices, company says it will support transition to Googlebook OS | Tom's Hardware
[01:41]	MinceR	> googlebook
[01:41]	MinceR	they haven't thought very hard about this name, have they?
[01:44]	MinceR	Gobbledygook OS
[01:44]	admfubar	googlebook, facebook,  spacexbook, oraclebook, ibmbook, it is all the same..
[01:45]	admfubar	they're all making book, it is one big gamble...
[01:46]	admfubar	https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/teenager-hacks-open-microsoft-database-with-17-trillion-total-rows-and-25-000-user-accounts-custom-ai-bot-and-lack-of-jwt-token-validation-yields-a-fruitful-trove-earns-usd5-000-bug-bounty
[01:46]	TR Bot	 Teenager hacks open Microsoft database with 17 trillion total rows and 25,000 user accounts custom AI bot and lack of JWT token validation yields a fruitful trove, earns $5,000 bug bounty | Tom's Hardware
[01:46]	IsambardPrince	Chrome OS actually works surprisingly well.
[01:46]	IsambardPrince	The Linux VM got better but they still haven't landed the patches to correct the mountpoints for the parts of the fs outside Linux.
[01:46]	MinceR	it allegedly has an expiration date
[01:47]	IsambardPrince	Dropping "Lightweight Containers" freed up 700 MB of RAM.
[01:47]	admfubar	https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/g-skill-wins-pc-enthusiast-as-customer-for-life-by-simply-honoring-its-warranty-replacement-policy-enthusiast-gets-new-module-for-kit-that-cost-usd150-but-now-sells-for-usd1-200
[01:47]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, June 2032 for mine.
[01:47]	TR Bot	 G.Skill wins PC enthusiast as 'customer for life' simply by honoring its warranty replacement policy enthusiast gets new module for kit that cost $150 but now sells for $1,200 | Tom's Hardware
[01:47]	MinceR	and adblocking is probably extra painful
[01:47]	IsambardPrince	But you can overwrite the firmware and replace ChromeOS with Linux.
[01:47]	IsambardPrince	(Or Windows for that matter)
[01:47]	MinceR	it's bad enough when goolag controls the browser, it's probably worse when they also have their tentacles in the OS
[01:47]	IsambardPrince	Ad blocking works fine.
[01:48]	IsambardPrince	I actually use Librewolf more than Chrome.
[01:48]	IsambardPrince	About the only thing Librewolf can't do (once you get hardware video acceleration working in the VM) is access the camera.
[01:48]	IsambardPrince	So you can go over to Chrome for video calls.
[01:48]	IsambardPrince	But Firefox can't do Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp calls anyway.
[01:49]	IsambardPrince	Mozilla actually recommends Firefox for Android from the Play Store on Chrome OS. Not the desktop version in the Linux VM.
[01:50]	IsambardPrince	Now that Chrome OS and Android are unified in Googlebook OS, and Google is pushing for proper desktop scaling in Android apps, it will probably be a lot easier to deliver a proper Googlebook OS desktop browser from within the Play Store.
[01:50]	IsambardPrince	Not just a partially functional one that has a lot of weird things happening.
[01:50]	MinceR	i wonder if goolag wants that, given their crusade against adblocking
[01:50]	MinceR	also, given that they want to turn android into a closed platform
[01:51]	IsambardPrince	Chrome on Googlebook OS is an Android app but it's not the usual one with no ad blocker.
[01:51]	IsambardPrince	It supports Manifestv3 extensions including ad blockers.
[01:52]	MinceR	ah yes, the version where ad blocking is there like health care in hungary
[01:52]	MinceR	or portability in fatpak
[01:52]	MinceR	or public transport in budapest
[01:52]	MinceR	or democracy in nazi america
[01:53]	MinceR	goolag can stick that where the sun doesn't shine
[01:53]	MinceR	along with gobbledygook OS
[01:55]	admfubar	https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/28/metas-ai-agent-muse-home-address
[01:55]	TR Bot	 Metas AI agent Muse gives out users home address without permission, sending buyer to his house | Technology | The Guardian
[01:56]	MinceR	LLM-s are a good fit for faecesbook's approach to privacy
[01:56]	MinceR	they'll tell you anything and then they'll do whatever
[01:56]	MinceR	and then maybe they'll generate an apology for fucking up
[01:58]	admfubar	flock u!... https://theintercept.com/2026/09/24/how-many-flock-devices-in-united-states-300000/
[01:58]	TR Bot	 Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Cameras Taken Down
● Sep 29
[02:07]	admfubar	hhmmm i wonder if the chocolate smell stays around??.. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-unique-solution-bioelectronics-collagen-cacao.html
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[02:09]	IsambardPrince	I bought a bunch of laundry pods at Sam's Club.
[02:10]	IsambardPrince	I'm not sure if Member's Mark has good laundry detergent or not.
[02:10]	IsambardPrince	But it's cheaper than Tide.
[02:11]	IsambardPrince	A lot of what I wash is things like socks, underwear, bedsheets, towels, stuff that doesn't really need a "premium" detergent because nobody sees it anyway. Save the good stuff for if you dropped some ketchup on a shirt or something.
[02:12]	IsambardPrince	A lot of things at Sam's club are the same price as the regular store, but you get two of them for that.
[02:12]	IsambardPrince	Or you have to buy 50 batteries, but you get them 30% off per battery.
[02:12]	IsambardPrince	Or a dozen cans, but they're half the price per can.
[02:13]	IsambardPrince	Today I ran into "Member's Mark chicken"
[02:13]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/there-are-now-17000-satellites-in-orbit-and-growing-should-we-be-concerned/
[02:13]	IsambardPrince	Have to buy like 5 pounds of it or so, but it was $2.24 a pound.
[02:13]	TR Bot	 A new report from Europe raises serious alarms about orbital collisions - Ars Technica
[02:13]	IsambardPrince	They have perforations where you can tear off what you don't need right now and freeze it.
[02:14]	admfubar	depends on how much is actually in the can, check the drained weight number and make sure
[02:16]	MinceR	perforated chicken?
[02:16]	MinceR	i guess the perforation is right next to the Member's Mark
[02:20]	IsambardPrince	I'm going to make kung pao chicken with half of that.
[02:20]	IsambardPrince	Maybe Moo Goo Gai Pan with the other.
[02:20]	IsambardPrince	I've always liked that.
[02:21]	IsambardPrince	I remember asking if I could order off the adult menu at the Chinese restaurant when I was like 6. My parents said it was okay but whatever I ordered I had to eat. I recall ordering Moo Goo Gai Pan there.
[02:21]	IsambardPrince	https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/what-is-moo-goo-gai-pan
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[02:22]	IsambardPrince	Then I horrified them by ordering liver and onions when I was 9. They didn't think I would eat it. I miss MCL. They have a very good liver and onions recipe.
[02:23]	IsambardPrince	Every Wednesday we'd go there and I'd get liver and onions, mashed potatoes and gravy, fried okra, unsweet iced tea, and a wheat roll.
[02:24]	MinceR	that URL leads to a 404 here
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[03:28]	admfubar	https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/microsoft-goes-quiet-after-church-groups-ask-for-1-of-data-center-costs/
[03:28]	TR Bot	 Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs - Ars Technica
[03:34]	admfubar	https://www.discovermagazine.com/synthetic-opioid-cychlorphine-is-spreading-through-the-u-s-drug-supply-here-s-what-to-know-49732
[03:34]	TR Bot	 Synthetic Opioid Cychlorphine Is Spreading Through the U.S. Drug Supply Heres What to Know | Discover Magazine
[03:37]	admfubar	https://www.firstpost.com/tech/spacex-starship-completes-first-orbital-trip-before-exploding-during-landing-14048922.html
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[03:40]	admfubar	somehow not surprising....https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-cant-get-hands-work-optimus-robot
[03:40]	TR Bot	 Tesla Reportedly Can't Get the Hands to Work on Its Optimus Robot
[03:42]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/brown-brothers-media-ghislaine-maxwell
[03:42]	TR Bot	 You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell
[03:43]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/future-society/list-predatory-men-silicon-valley
[03:43]	TR Bot	 Private List Warns Woman of "Over a Hundred" Allegedly Predatory Men in Silicon Valley
[03:44]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/new-smart-glasses-burn-heads
[03:44]	TR Bot	 New Smart Glasses Scald Users' Heads With Horrific Temperatures
[03:46]	admfubar	ray charles can do better.... https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/openai-astra-model-self-driving-car
[03:46]	TR Bot	 Scientists Download Frontier AI Model Into Self-Driving Car Let It Loose
[03:51]	admfubar	aaaawwwww... https://futurism.com/future-society/tech-guys-cant-get-dates
[03:51]	TR Bot	 Wealthy Tech Guys Can't Get Dates Because They're So Widely Hated That Not Even Money Is Making Women Grimace and Deal With Them
[03:54]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/judges-florida-court-warn-ai-law-slop-threatening-judicial
[03:54]	TR Bot	 Judges Warn That AI-Generated Lawslop Is Getting So Bad Its Threatening Courts' Ability to Function
[03:54]	admfubar	https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/situation-alpha-school-darker-possible
[03:54]	TR Bot	 The Situation at Alpha School Is Darker Than We Thought Possible
[03:56]	MinceR	so what if courts can no longer function?
[03:56]	MinceR	the state will have to resort to different methods to protect itself and its megacorporate clients?
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[04:08]	admfubar	will it speak in a Foster Brooks voice??... https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/28/drunk-ai-models-jailbreak-research/
[04:08]	TR Bot	 Drunk AI is terrible at keeping secrets - Help Net Security
[04:10]	admfubar	:)) m$ nothing but the best!!!... https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-confirms-word-can-save-pdfs-to-the-wrong-folder-with-random-filenames/
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[04:12]	MinceR	lol
[04:13]	admfubar	wait it gets better!!!
[04:13]	admfubar	https://www.neowin.net/news/users-find-a-default-mandatory-windows-feature-freezes-your-pc-when-you-use-internet/
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[04:14]	admfubar	this one is caused by secure boot
[04:14]	MinceR	lol
[04:16]	admfubar	8.3 ......  https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-warns-against-disabling-windows-legacy-feature-that-can-unlock-huge-performance/
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[04:21]	admfubar	Uri Geller maybe?? https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/09/who-owns-mind-reading.html
[04:21]	TR Bot	 Who Owns Mind Reading? | Patently-O
[04:21]	MinceR	i'm guessing microslop
[04:21]	MinceR	possibly via International Bullshit Machine
[04:29]	admfubar	https://www.salon.com/2026/09/28/wife-school-cant-fix-maga-husbands/
[04:29]	TR Bot	school can't fix MAGA husbands - Salon.com
[04:32]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/28/microsofts-copilot-super-app-comes-with-a-meter-attached/5299515
[04:32]	TR Bot	 Microsoft's Copilot super app comes with a meter attached
[04:33]	admfubar	going dutch... https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/28/dutch-government-turns-to-nixos-for-a-sovereign-desktop/5299501
[04:33]	TR Bot	 Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop
[04:33]	MinceR	lol
[04:34]	MinceR	i didn't realize "sovereign" meant "owned by microslop, but slightly obfuscated"
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[06:02]	TR News	Microsoft tells nonprofits their deleted M365 data isn't coming back https://www.theregister.com/saas/2026/09/28/microsoft-tells-nonprofits-their-deleted-m365-data-isnt-coming-back/5299433
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[06:10]	TR News	tiny lines gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/tiny_lines
[06:11]	TR News	Sterrenkijker releases 1.1.0 gemini://lisanne.gay/projects/sterrenkijker/releases/1.1.0/
[06:12]	TR News	"Jason nanda Josephson-Storms trilogy, The Myth of Disenchantment (2017), Metamodernism (2021), and The Genealogy of Genealogy (2026), can be read as standalone theoretical interventions or as parts of a singular project." gemini://adjb.smol.pub/theorizing-the-human-sciences-in-the-age-of-absolute-disruption
[06:13]	TR News	A Good Idea Gathering Dust: From Named Gap to Workable Innovation gemini://adjb.smol.pub/from-gap-to-innovation
[06:13]	TR News	"Honestly, I don't know. I haven't settled on a topic. I'm a non-technical person in a strict sense. I'm interested in tech, but I don't have a career in tech. But the values touted by the Gemini protocol gave me a strong urge to start publishing online again." gemini://timeinbetween.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-09-29-started-a-gemcapsule.gmi
[06:16]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 29/09/2026: "Digital Sabbath", Starting a GemCapsule, and Sterrenkijker 1.1.0 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Gemini_Links_29_09_2026_Digital_Sabbath_Starting_a_GemCapsule_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Gemini_Links_29_09_2026_Digital_Sabbath_Starting_a_GemCapsule_a.gmi 
[06:16]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 29/09/2026: "Digital Sabbath", Starting a GemCapsule, and Sterrenkijker 1.1.0
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[06:36]	TR News	"A modern account is one where "too clever" scientists are silenced. They have their research grants are dropped, journals defunded, tenures revoked, or in more dramatic fantasy they mysteriously disappear off to "The Village" (Portmeirion) to be chased by weather balloons, or perhaps fall victim to some "bizarre gardening accident" or sudden suicide urge like Dr. David Kelly."
[06:36]	TR News	"There are of course dozens of thematic variations for the violent reaction of a group/government unable to gracefully incorporate a new truth. The methods by which "inconvenient truths" are opposed is the bedrock of state craft, and there is a real, ancient and well thumbed playbook for discrediting and burying works." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/cassandra/cassandra.html
[06:36]	TR Bot	 Cassandra's Game
[06:37]	TR News	"So one cannot treat Science as a rarefied philosophy or ideology without regard to its institutions and context, it's relation to technology, industry, money and power. The naive scientist or engineer who devotes herself wholly to the truth often falls foul of this."
[06:37]	TR News	"The "career scientist" - with PhD and research office by their mid-twenties - follows well oiled tracks and institutional signposts, steering away from controversial or "difficult" subjects."
[06:37]	TR News	"People use Big tech products instead of verifiable FOSS software. They are afraid to take command of their own devices. They switch on every "AI" and location tracking feature, scan every random QR code they see, download an app just to park their car, and then complain that their data is leaked all over the web and their bank account is empty"
[06:38]	TR News	"Is it a form of short-sightedness? Egotism? Fear? The need to keep up appearances in order to hold power? Whatever! Here I'm not interested in the failings of leaders to lead, so much as the struggle of the misled, those cursed with unspeakable truths, to influence or if necessary urgently over-throw them."
[06:39]	TR News	"Although an obvious ad-hominen bias, because we are psychologically wired to dismiss claims of "told you so", Cassandra is never allowed to reference the occasions on which she was correct. No matter how often one is right this is impermissible evidence because it is taken as a manifestation of personal unmet needs for validation." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/cassandra/cassandra.html
[06:40]	TR News	"The force maintaining truth telling in military, law enforcement and academia was always "honour" and a belief in shared values. We entered an era that systematically devalues honour and rewards cheating, so we get more systems/orgs that are inconsistent within themselves, chaotically organised and ultimately systems/orgs that are self-defeating and self-disassembling."
[06:44]	TR News	"The Cassandra/Fool is the artist or intellectual who inhabits the space between speaking truth and surviving corrupt systems of power. She is self-sacrificing, horrified, compassionate and egoless, but because she is forever ridiculed and deemed a self-centred shriek by the doomed masses around her who she can never save, she must not take herself too seriously."
[06:44]	TR News	"Cassandra's game is one of sustained love, hope and patience. She has a loophole. Nobody can hear what she says. But by acting, by patiently leading by example, she shows what she knows the future will bring. It is for others to take note and do any speaking."
[06:52]	TR News	Techrights Brigading Against Women - Part IX - "What Are You, a Racist?" https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_IX_What_Are_You_a_Racist.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_IX_What_Are_You_a_Racist.gmi 
[06:52]	TR Bot	 Techrights Brigading Against Women - Part IX - "What Are You, a Racist?"
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[07:03]	TR News	Germany 8% GNU/Linux radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=DE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
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[07:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Forlinx 20-TOPS M.2 AI accelerator supports PCIe cascading for local LLM inference https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Forlinx_20_TOPS_M_2_AI_accelerator_supports_PCIe_cascading_for_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Forlinx_20_TOPS_M_2_AI_accelerator_supports_PCIe_cascading_for_.gmi 
[07:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Forlinx 20-TOPS M.2 AI accelerator supports PCIe cascading for local LLM inference
[07:18]	TR News	 (NEW):  GhostBSD is Replacing MATE With a New Desktop Named After a Typo https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/GhostBSD_is_Replacing_MATE_With_a_New_Desktop_Named_After_a_Typ.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/GhostBSD_is_Replacing_MATE_With_a_New_Desktop_Named_After_a_Typ.gmi 
[07:18]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GhostBSD is Replacing MATE With a New Desktop Named After a Typo
[07:19]	TR News	20 or 21 Degrees at Night (Almost October) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/29/20-or-21-degrees-at-night-almost-october/
[07:19]	TR Bot	Blog Archive 20 or 21 Degrees at Night (Almost October)
[07:19]	TR News	Like UKIP and Brexit Party Reform UK May Cease to Exist Soon https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/29/like-ukip-and-brexit-party-reform-uk-may-cease-to-exist-soon/
[07:19]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Like UKIP and Brexit Party Reform UK May Cease to Exist Soon
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[07:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  postmarketOS: The Nura Project ASBL https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/postmarketOS_The_Nura_Project_ASBL.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/postmarketOS_The_Nura_Project_ASBL.gmi 
[07:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines postmarketOS: The Nura Project ASBL
[07:23]	TR News	 (NEW):  Lunar Linux source-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Lunar_Linux_source_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Lunar_Linux_source_based_Linux_distribution.gmi 
[07:23]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Lunar Linux source-based Linux distribution
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[07:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Source Mage source-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Source_Mage_source_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Source_Mage_source_based_Linux_distribution.gmi 
[07:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Source Mage source-based Linux distribution
[07:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  gThumb 4.0 Released with GTK4 Port! PPA Updated for Ubuntu 26.04 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/gThumb_4_0_Released_with_GTK4_Port_PPA_Updated_for_Ubuntu_26_04.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/gThumb_4_0_Released_with_GTK4_Port_PPA_Updated_for_Ubuntu_26_04.gmi 
[07:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines gThumb 4.0 Released with GTK4 Port! PPA Updated for Ubuntu 26.04
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[07:32]	TR News	Techrights Linux Has Conquered Mobile, But Desktops and Laptops Matter More https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Linux_Has_Conquered_Mobile_But_Desktops_and_Laptops_Matter_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Linux_Has_Conquered_Mobile_But_Desktops_and_Laptops_Matter_More.gmi 
[07:32]	TR Bot	 Techrights Linux Has Conquered Mobile, But Desktops and Laptops Matter More
[07:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Best Free and Open Source Software, and Many More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Many_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Many_More.gmi 
[07:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software, and Many More
[07:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  These 4 tiny Linux distros outperform Ubuntu on low-power hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/These_4_tiny_Linux_distros_outperform_Ubuntu_on_low_power_hardw.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/These_4_tiny_Linux_distros_outperform_Ubuntu_on_low_power_hardw.gmi 
[07:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines These 4 tiny Linux distros outperform Ubuntu on low-power hardware
[07:46]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I might make liver and onions in my pressure cooker.
[07:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  5 reasons why Linux really will dominate the future of desktop computing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/5_reasons_why_Linux_really_will_dominate_the_future_of_desktop_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/5_reasons_why_Linux_really_will_dominate_the_future_of_desktop_.gmi 
[07:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 5 reasons why Linux really will dominate the future of desktop computing
[07:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  Why I find Linux keyrings actually very useful: 5 reasons https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Why_I_find_Linux_keyrings_actually_very_useful_5_reasons.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Why_I_find_Linux_keyrings_actually_very_useful_5_reasons.gmi 
[07:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Why I find Linux keyrings actually very useful: 5 reasons
[07:50]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I got Kiki a rawhide bone like for dogs.
[07:50]	IsambardPrince	She likes to chew on things.
[07:51]	IsambardPrince	She's been chewing on a rawhide bone.
[07:53]	TR News	Techrights It is Very Expensive to Slow Down Techrights https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/It_is_Very_Expensive_to_Slow_Down_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/It_is_Very_Expensive_to_Slow_Down_Techrights.gmi 
[07:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights It is Very Expensive to Slow Down Techrights
[07:57]	TR News	Working on part 39 regarding EPO corruption, which is connected to international corruption by Portugal and EU
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[08:37]	TR News	Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Series: A Source of Pride for Portugal? https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_A_Source_of_Pride_for_Portuga.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_A_Source_of_Pride_for_Portuga.gmi 
[08:37]	TR Bot	 Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Series: A Source of Pride for Portugal?
[08:50]	TR News	"Digital rights activists have long railed at the use of the term "IP," criticizing it for being deceptively imprecise and also rhetorically dishonest." https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/28/cost-of-everything/#value-of-nothing | Source: CoryDoctorow
[08:50]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Priceful (28 Sep 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[08:50]	TR News	"Its easy to see this merger fight as a catastrophic loss, which it is." https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-with-paramount | Source: Matt Stoller
[08:50]	TR Bot	 Monopoly Round-Up: Paramount-WB Isn't Just a Loss, It's a Prelude
[08:50]	TR News	"The business model is also bananas to me. Apparently, Meta will eventually charge a commission for transactions conducted through Muse." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-muse/ | Source: Nick Heer
[08:50]	TR Bot	 Muse Is What Meta Means by Personal Superintelligence Pixel Envy
[08:51]	TR News	"A cornerstone of the settlement is the requirement that the new, bigger Paramount produce 30 traditional big films a year." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/28/free-speech-consumer-groups-make-last-ditch-effort-to-block-paramount-merger/ | Source: Techdirt
[08:51]	TR Bot	Speech, Consumer Groups Make Last Ditch Effort To Block Paramount Merger | Techdirt
[08:51]	TR News	"There is a curious tendency among successful technologies to disappear. Not physically, of course, but cognitively." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/28/the-metric-is-not-the-mission-when-the-maps-became-the-territory/ | Source: Techdirt
[08:51]	TR Bot	Metric Is Not The Mission: When The Maps Became The Territory | Techdirt
[08:51]	TR News	"A security conference website should be the authoritative source of truth for anyone looking to attend." https://grahamhelton.com/blog/security-conference-websites-are-bad | Source: Graham Helton
[08:51]	TR Bot	 Security Conference Websites Are Bad
[08:52]	TR News	"Purchasing power is still falling for the bottom tenth on the income scale this year, while it is rising for the top decile." https://yle.fi/a/74-20248601 | Source: Yle
[08:52]	TR Bot	 Purchasing power splits in two: down for the poor, up for the rich | Yle News | Yle
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[08:56]	TR News	"the principles of a free market economy" https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-free-and-unfree-press | Source: Hamilton Nolan
[08:56]	TR Bot	 The Free and Unfree Press - by Hamilton Nolan
[08:56]	TR News	"The ban followed the now familiar path of Trumps potentially illegal or unconstitutional acts" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/10/05/the-president-vs-the-press | Source: New Yorker
[08:56]	TR Bot	 The President vs. the Press | The New Yorker
[08:56]	TR News	"The news organization was replaced by Real Americas Voice, a conservative network, for the presidents trip to Knoxville, Tenn., according to White House guidance." https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/cnn-left-off-air-force-one-for-trumps-trip-white-house-signals-in-new-media-restriction/# |
[08:56]	TR Bot	 CNN left off Air Force One for Trump's trip, White House signals in new media restriction | The Free Speech Center
[08:57]	TR News	"journalists like Majid Saeedi remain detained without any information about their fate" https://cpj.org/2026/09/iran-sentences-two-journalists-as-media-crackdown-widens/ | Source: CPJ
[08:57]	TR Bot	 Iran sentences two journalists as media crackdown widens - Committee to Protect Journalists
[08:57]	TR News	"Unfortunately, this lesson has been learned kind of late, after a whole lot of elite capitulation has already happened." https://newrepublic.com/article/215900/transcript-trump-rage-failing-press-ban-erupts-epic-self-own | Source: New Republic
[08:57]	TR Bot	 Transcript: Trump Rage over Failing Press Ban Erupts in Epic Self-Own | The New Republic
[08:57]	TR News	"police your speech." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/28/trump-orders-the-fcc-to-punish-a-reporter-where-did-all-the-ministry-of-truth-screamers-go/ | Source: Techdirt
[08:57]	TR Bot	Orders The FCC To Punish A Reporter. Where Did All The Ministry Of Truth Screamers Go? | Techdirt
[08:57]	TR News	"September 28 was dubbed World News Day by a global network of journalists and editors nearly a decade ago to highlight the role that reporters play in keeping citizens informed and strengthening democracy." https://wpln.org/post/preschoolers-at-the-goddard-school-of-gallatin-act-as-kid-journalists-for-world-news-day/ | Source: Nashville Public Radio
[08:57]	TR Bot	 Preschoolers at the Goddard School of Gallatin act as "kid journalists" for World News Day | WPLN News
[08:58]	TR News	"The stonewalling has reportedly taken distributor Bleecker Street by surprise, with the company scrambling to figure out why its ads have been so widely rejected." https://futurism.com/future-society/social-media-refusing-musk-documentary | Source: Futurism
[08:58]	TR Bot	 All Major Social Networks Refusing to Promote Documentary That Made Elon Musk Mad
[08:59]	TR News	"Recently, we were advised to increase our security." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/some-disturbing-news-df7 | Source: The Next Move
[08:59]	TR Bot	 Were Being Targeted by a Russian Spy Ring.
[08:59]	TR News	"The state capital had previously banned the event throughout the city." https://digit.site36.net/2026/09/28/german-police-break-up-kurdish-commemoration-in-hannover-during-ongoing-peace-process/ | Source: Site36
[08:59]	TR Bot	 German Police break up Kurdish commemoration in Hannover during ongoing peace process | Matthias Monroy
[08:59]	TR News	"Library and free speech advocates reject the removal" https://thecurrentga.org/2026/09/19/georgia-school-system-abruptly-bans-toni-morrisons-the-bluest-eye/ |
[08:59]	TR Bot	 Georgia school system abruptly bans Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye - The Current
[08:59]	TR News	"As of Sept. 18, 37 titles have been banned from public school shelves in Utah because three or more school districts voted to remove them." https://www.kpcw.org/summit-county/2026-09-18/summit-county-library-declines-to-remove-book-after-parent-complaint |
[08:59]	TR Bot	 Summit County Library declines to remove book after parent complaint
[08:59]	TR News	"Officials have taken a governmentwide approach to scrutinizing citizens and organizations opposed to Trump policies. Tax agents have examined nonprofit groups." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/charlie-kirk-trump-free-speech.html?smid=nytcore-android-share | Source: New York Times
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[09:00]	TR News	"Academic freedom has been steadily declining worldwide for the past 15 years, according to the Academic Freedom Index (AFI)." https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/society/academic-freedom-in-decline-in-europe-and-around-the-world/ |
[09:00]	TR Bot	 Academic freedom in decline in Europe and around the world
[09:00]	TR News	"The real question is how much of this is just crappy systems and how much is billionaire oligarchs having each others backs." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/28/youtube-and-meta-reverse-course-on-musk-documentary-ads-x-unsurprisingly-does-not/ | Source: Techdirt
[09:00]	TR Bot	And Meta Reverse Course On Musk Documentary Ads. X, Unsurprisingly, Does Not. | Techdirt
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[12:34]	TR News	"Research has long shown that people systematically overestimate how widely others share their beliefs, a cognitive bias known as the false-consensus effect." https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-next-class-war-may-be-fought-over-reality/ | Source: The Strategist
[12:34]	TR Bot	 Australia's next class war may be fought over reality | The Strategist
[12:34]	TR News	"While battling the government to acquire Activision Blizzard, Microsoft stated to the FTC and to the courts that this acquisition would result in more consumer options and would not result in consolidation-based layoffs." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/28/more-xbox-layoffs-they-promised-wouldnt-happen-after-acquisition-blitz/ | Source: Techdirt
[12:34]	TR Bot	Xbox Layoffs They Promised Wouldnt Happen After Acquisition Blitz | Techdirt
[12:40]	TR News	"Senator Thom Tillis and Rep. Zoe Lofgren have introduced their joint site blocking bill, the DEFEND IP Act." https://torrentfreak.com/unified-u-s-site-blocking-bill-targets-isps-and-dns-resolvers-but-spares-vpns/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[12:40]	TR Bot	U.S. Site Blocking Bill Targets ISPs and DNS Resolvers But Spares VPNs * TorrentFreak
[12:43]	TR News	"NorthPoint Development wants to build a data center on 1,300 acres in the Pocono foothills, near Hazle Township, Pennsylvania." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/data-center-developer-offers-usd10-000-checks-to-4-500-households-if-the-1-300-acre-facility-is-approved-locals-push-back-over-noise-and-bribe-concerns | Source: Tom's Hardware
[12:44]	TR Bot	 Data center developer offers $10,000 checks to 4,500 households if the 1,300-acre facility is approved locals push back over noise and 'bribe' concerns | Tom's Hardware
[12:44]	TR News	"From the far side of a victory, we can mistake the people who achieved it for people who knew they would win." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/it-is-always-darkest-before-the-dawn | Source: Mike Brock
[12:44]	TR Bot	 It is Always Darkest Before the Dawn - by Mike Brock
[12:44]	TR News	"In Matthews Gospel, Jesus tells his listeners to love their enemies and pray for those who persecute them." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/neither-side-of-the-stage | Source: Mike Brock
[12:44]	TR Bot	 Neither Side of the Stage - by Mike Brock
[12:44]	TR News	"It makes perfect sense for the general public to start fearing AI" https://greenpants.net/blog/ai-accountability/ | Source: Herman Groenbroek
[12:44]	TR Bot	 Who should be held accountable when an AI Agent (accidentally) acts maliciously? Greenpants Blog
[12:45]	TR News	"Backlash to the data center bonanza has become an electoral fissure in the run up to Novembers midterm elections." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/sid-miller-texas-republican-sounds-alarm-data-centers-1235631921/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[12:45]	TR Bot	 Sid Miller, Texas Republican, Sounds Alarm on Data Centers
[12:45]	TR News	"This was originally posted on X and blew up." https://thorstenball.com/blog/2026/09/19/what-i-believe-about-the-future-of-software-development/ | Source: Thorsten Ball
[12:45]	TR Bot	 Thorsten Ball - What I believe about the future of software development
[12:50]	TR News	"The treatment I received was extremely unpleasant, as if I were committing some kind of offence or trying to take advantage of the system." https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41916262.html | Source: Irish Examiner
[12:50]	TR Bot	 'Horrific' experience as musician stopped from boarding flights at Cork Airport
[12:51]	TR News	"Mukesh Ambani has enthusiastically praised BJP policies, and firms linked to his Reliance conglomerate have recently made significant donations to the party." https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/sep/24/indian-oil-gas-heir-professor-sustainability-newcastle-university-anant-ambani | Source: The Guardian UK
[12:51]	TR Bot	 Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University | Newcastle University | The Guardian
[12:51]	TR News	"But even after a data center goes online, the battle is far from over." https://futurism.com/future-society/data-center-operator-microsoft-new-jersey-generators-exhaust | Source: Futurism
[12:51]	TR Bot	 Data Center Operator Slapped With $1 Million Fine for Belching Noxious Gas Into Surrounding Community
[12:51]	TR News	"Earlier this year I was developing some guidelines for more environmentally-friendly use of generative AI for the Norwegian certification foundation Eco-Lighthouse." https://erikjohannes.no/posts/20260928-wasted-large-language-models/index.html | Source: Erik Johannes Husom
[12:51]	TR Bot	 Wasted large language models Erik Johannes Husom
[12:51]	TR News	"We suggest that one possible way forward is to use life cycle thinking, and view LLMs as products that can become waste." https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.17055 | Source: arXiv
[12:51]	TR Bot	 [2608.17055] Wasted large language models: A life cycle thinking approach
[12:52]	TR News	"The government is also keen to make sure that its employees don't rely on AI, reminding everyone that they are responsible for any content or decisions that are made using the input of AI." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/uk-government-tells-staff-to-stop-thanking-ai-chatbots-draft-guidance-pushes-lightweight-models-and-shorter-prompts-to-cut-environmental-impact | Source: Tom's Hardware
[12:52]	TR Bot	 UK government tells staff to stop thanking AI chatbots draft guidance pushes lightweight models and shorter prompts to cut environmental impact | Tom's Hardware
[12:57]	TR News	"Since the 1970s, more than 12 trillion U.S. tons of ice have disappeared from the two landmasses." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/satellite-images-reveal-greenland-and-antarctica-have-lost-more-than-12-trillion-tons-of-ice-over-the-past-50-years-180989567/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
[12:57]	TR Bot	 Satellite Images Reveal Greenland and Antarctica Have Lost More Than 12 Trillion Tons of Ice Over the Past 50 Years
[12:58]	TR News	"Nine months after Australia's social media minimum age took effect, WhitelistVideo, the YouTube parental control made by StayBoba" https://www.reformer.com/online_features/press_releases/youtube-banned-for-under-16s-in-australia-whitelistvideo-briefing-for-parents/article_128bc0e1-a35a-5bb8-b866-5887a6e8831e.html | Source: Brattleboro Reformer, Vermont
[12:58]	TR Bot	banned for under-16s in Australia: WhitelistVideo briefing for parents | Press Releases | reformer.com
● Sep 29
[13:29]	TR News	"Opponents of the billionaire tax on the November ballot have vastly outraised the proposals supporters" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-28/200-million-plus-raised-billionaire-tax-measure-november-ballot | Source: Los Angeles Times
[13:29]	TR Bot	 $200 million-plus spent fighting and supporting billionaire tax - Los Angeles Times
[13:30]	TR News	"Second, it is a forgery attack. It allows an attacker to forge digital signatures. It does not recover the private key from the public key." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/new-attack-against-rsa.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[13:30]	TR Bot	Attack Against RSA - Schneier on Security
[13:33]	TR News	"GCHQ say they dont mind me telling people about this because they dont have the capacity to create it so would love for someone to create an open source version" https://iain.rocks/blog/introducing-the-triple-cipher-encryption-concept | Source: Iain Cambridge
[13:33]	TR Bot	 Introducing the Triple Cipher encryption concept | Iain Cambridge
[13:34]	TR News	"Of course, I don't think I fooled anyone with this post." https://birchtree.me/blog/my-phone-is-clearly-listening-to-me/ | Source: Matt Birchler
[13:34]	TR Bot	 My phone is clearly listening to me*
[13:35]	TR News	"Facial recognition is everywhere now. Its in surveillance cameras; its soon going to be in Metas RayBan pervert glasses, and some students already did that." https://www.404media.co/the-end-of-privacy-is-here-with-kashmir-hill/ | Source: 404 Media
[13:35]	TR Bot	 The End of Privacy Is Here (with Kashmir Hill)
[13:41]	TR News	Techrights Brigading Against Women - Part X - When Actions of American Men Are Not Judged by Other American Men https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_X_When_Actions_of_American_Men_Are.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_X_When_Actions_of_American_Men_Are.gmi 
[13:41]	TR Bot	 Techrights Brigading Against Women - Part X - When Actions of American Men Are Not Judged by Other American Men
[13:42]	TR News	"These schools, in addition to Western Illinois University and the University of Illinois Springfield, have spent more than $450,000 on Flocks services since 2021, records show." https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/09/17/five-public-universities-in-illinois-use-controversial-flock-cameras-to-surveil-campus | Source: Chicago Sun Times
[13:42]	TR Bot	 5 Illinois public universities use Flock cameras to surveil campus, records show - Chicago Sun-Times
[13:42]	TR News	"Residents can register an address or plug their cameras into the Real Time Crime Center." https://weartv.com/news/local/with-flock-cameras-removed-law-enforcement-lean-on-voluntary-home-surveillance-registries |
[13:42]	TR Bot	 With Flock cameras removed, law enforcement lean on voluntary home surveillance registries
[13:42]	TR News	"The department has a new proposed policy, which continues to be grossly inadequate in protecting privacy and civil liberties" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/eff-san-francisco-police-drones-are-powerful-surveillance-tools-require-robust | Source: EFF
[13:42]	TR Bot	 EFF to San Francisco Police: Drones are Powerful Surveillance Tools That Require a Robust Policy | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[13:42]	TR News	"In one case, Jonathan Schultz, an 18-year veteran of IMPD, allegedly utilized the agency's 300 Flock cameras to track down multiple women" https://abcnews.com/US/5-indianapolis-police-officers-charged-misusing-license-plate/story?id=136696856 | Source: ABC
[13:42]	TR Bot	 5 Indianapolis police officers charged with misusing license plate readers - ABC News
[13:43]	TR News	"Those are just the latest incidents involving police abuse of ALPRs, and are almost certain to be superseded by new scandals in the coming days and weeks" https://futurism.com/future-society/cops-charged-flock-alpr-surveillance-abuse-misconduct | Source: Futurism
[13:43]	TR Bot	 Five More Cops Charged for Abusing Flock Cameras Amid So Many Similar Scandals That We Can't Even Keep Track
[13:53]	TR News	"an attacker exploited an SQL injection vulnerability " https://therecord.media/poland-cyberattack-medical-medyc | Source: The Record
[13:53]	TR Bot	 Cyberattack on Polish medical software provider exposes patient data | The Record from Recorded Future News
[13:53]	TR News	"Isokangas does not, however, believe Russia wants to challenge Nato through military action." https://yle.fi/a/74-20248687 | Source: Yle
[13:53]	TR Bot	 Threat of Russian sabotage in Europe has grown, says Finnish intelligence official | Yle News | Yle
[13:54]	TR News	"The parasocial illusion thats created by social media platforms helps deceive and misguide you, the audience" https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/04-parasocial-relationships/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason
[13:54]	TR Bot	 Parasocial media: why influencers really aren't your friend
[13:54]	TR News	"One criticism of Bluesky has historically been that its not been fully decentralized." https://werd.io/the-public-ledger-of-credentials-directory-is-taking-flight/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
[13:54]	TR Bot	 The Public Ledger of Credentials directory is taking flight
[13:56]	TR News	"Ive waited long enough! Ive entertained one wait six months too many!" https://dbushell.com/2026/09/28/leaving-them-behind/ | Source: David Bushell
[13:56]	TR Bot	 Leaving them behind David Bushell Web Dev (UK)
[13:56]	TR News	"Google, a search engine which does not have human emotions, assumed that I had been spurned by a man in my life named Dario and decided what I wanted was an empathetic digital friend." https://sancho.bearblog.dev/google-weird/ |
[13:56]	TR Bot	 When did Google get so f-ing weird? Sancho Panza's Thoughts
[13:56]	TR News	"Aaron obliterated that comparison in two sentences: [...]" https://www.globalnerdy.com/2026/09/28/aaron-pattersons-closing-keynote-and-antidote-to-the-dhh-funeral-at-rails-world-2026-get-in-loser-were-going-programming/ |
[13:56]	TR Bot	 Aaron Pattersons closing keynote (and antidote to the DHH funeral) at Rails World 2026: Get in loser, were going programming : Global Nerdy
[13:57]	TR News	"There's also no consensus around how schools and educators should be measuring what works and what doesn't." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5759718 | Source: NPR
[13:57]	TR Bot	 Schools are experimenting with AI with little evidence or policy to guide them
[13:57]	TR News	"Several months ago, I decided that AI contributions were no longer welcome in a FOSS project I am building and maintaining - LibreWeddingPlanner." https://blog.bustikiller.com/2026/09/25/one-month-without-ai.html |
[13:57]	TR Bot	 One month without AI
[13:57]	TR News	"That example may sound relatively simple, but OpenAI adds that it discovered other, more complex prompt injections, too. For instance, it found that some prompt injections can use the filesystem to replicate themselves or commit themselves through code comments." https://thenewstack.io/openai-self-replicating-injections/ | Source: The New Stack
[13:57]	TR Bot	 OpenAI exposes new variety of prompt injection that can spread like computer worms - The New Stack
[13:58]	TR News	"So I started the Humancrafted forum" https://brettcodes.com/join-the-humancrafted-community/ | Source: Brett Chalupa
[13:58]	TR Bot	 Join the Humancrafted community Brett Codes
[13:58]	TR News	"We seem to be all worried about how many em dashes are in our text. Goodharts law teaches us that at that point, that is no longer a good measure of AI slop." https://fzakaria.com/2026/09/28/hiding-my-ai-slop-from-my-nix-friends | Source: Farid Zakaria
[13:58]	TR Bot	 Hiding my AI slop from my Nix friends | Farid Zakarias Blog
[13:58]	TR News	"These contractors are not being hired to flag or vet offensive or inappropriate content. They are being paid to review the quality of Copilot's output, including in these cases of sexual imagery." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/09/ai-once-again-revealed-to-be-three-perverts-in-a-trenchcoat/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
[13:58]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/09/ai-once-again-revealed-to-be-three-perverts-in-a-trenchcoat/ )
[13:59]	TR News	"I wanted to catch up a little (after all you have to know what youre talking about), and the last couple weeks provided a perfect opportunity." https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/09/28/engineering-system-one.html | Source: Marc Brooker
[13:59]	TR Bot	 Small Decisions: Engineering a Leading Model - Marc's Blog
[13:59]	TR News	"A system pursuing a goal might therefore resist shutdown because shutdown prevents the goal from being achieved" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-gorilla-is-not-an-argument | Source: Mike Brock
[13:59]	TR Bot	 The Gorilla Is Not an Argument - by Mike Brock
[13:59]	TR News	"A third suit, filed September 8, alleges the 5x and 20x figures only apply to the five-hour session window, not the weekly limit subscribers actually run into." https://nooneshappy.com/article/anthropics-claude-max-plans-are-misleading-at-best/ | Source: No One's Happy
[13:59]	TR Bot	 Anthropics Claude Max Plans Are Misleading at Best No One's Happy
● Sep 29
[14:00]	TR News	"Scam Altman Is Driving Drunk." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/sam-altman-is-driving-drunk-let-him-face-the-consequences/ | Source: Truthdig
[14:00]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/sam-altman-is-driving-drunk-let-him-face-the-consequences/ )
[14:00]	TR News	"Oppenheimer also lobbied for international control of these weapons. The Acheson-Lilienthal Report, published in March 1946, aimed to prevent a destructive arms race between the US and Soviet Union." https://theconversation.com/ai-companies-could-learn-safety-lessons-from-the-history-of-nuclear-weapons-292623 | Source: The Conversation
[14:00]	TR Bot	 AI companies could learn safety lessons from the history of nuclear weapons
[14:01]	TR News	"Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-bros-meltdown-feelings | Source: Futurism
[14:01]	TR Bot	 AI Bros Are Having a Meltdown Because the Associated Press Stylebook Clarifies That AIs Don't Have Feelings
[14:01]	TR News	"For its part, Anthropic has said it was not reviewing for such misbehaviors until OpenAI started doing so." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/09/ai-hacks-infestation/688806/ | Source: The Atlantic
[14:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/09/ai-hacks-infestation/688806/ )
[14:01]	TR News	"When enabled, it restricts a number of activities and requires Touch ID or Face ID for many authentication stepspasswords cant be used instead." https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/09/stolen-device-protection-passwords-glenn/ | Source: Six Colors
[14:01]	TR Bot	 Why Stolen Device Protection makes Passwords safer Six Colors
[14:01]	TR News	"If you're a Pixel phone user, you'll know that the experience is pretty good, but it's never perfect." https://www.androidpolice.com/pixel-phones-struggle-with-nfc-tap-to-pay/ | Source: Android Police
[14:01]	TR Bot	 Some Pixel users are stuck because Tap to Pay refuses to work
[14:02]	TR News	"The problem arose after the subscriptions were deactivated." https://www.theregister.com/saas/2026/09/28/microsoft-tells-nonprofits-their-deleted-m365-data-isnt-coming-back/5299433 | Source: The Register UK
[14:02]	TR Bot	 Microsoft tells nonprofits their deleted M365 data isn't coming back
[14:02]	TR News	"The announcement of Google's new Googlebook laptops raised questions: what happens to the Chromebooks that many, especially students, know well?" https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/google-confirms-chromeos-phase-out-in-2034-10-year-support-lifetime-cut-short-for-some-devices-company-says-it-will-support-transition-to-googlebook-os | Source: Tom's Hardware
[14:02]	TR Bot	 Google confirms ChromeOS phase out in 2034 10-year support lifetime cut short for some devices, company says it will support transition to Googlebook OS | Tom's Hardware
[14:02]	TR News	"The program proved so successful that in 2024 the Army announced it planned to eventually roll H2F out to all soldiers." https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/09/28/army-leaders-wary-of-data-fatigue-as-fitness-management-system-rolls-out/ | Source: Sightline Media Group
[14:02]	TR Bot	 Army leaders wary of data fatigue as fitness management system rolls out
[14:03]	TR News	"In 2019 I wrote a post with seven reasons policy professionals should learn to code. Now that AI can write reasonable code, Ive had a number of people ask me if its still worth learning to program." https://www.gilesd-j.com/2026/09/28/x-reasons-for-policy-professionals-to-get-into-programming-in-202x/ | Source: Giles Dickenson-Jones
[14:03]	TR Bot	 X Reasons for policy professionals to get into programming in 202X - Giles
[14:03]	TR News	"For whatever reason, I have a tendency to keep my processing internal" https://devondundee.com/blog/internal-processing | Source: Devon Dundee
[14:03]	TR Bot	 Internal Processing | Devon Dundee
[14:07]	TR News	"Partnering with my peers and the leaders above me, I think we can make a substantial difference here." https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/09/28/first-day/ | Source: Jim Grey
[14:07]	TR Bot	 First day - Down the Road
[14:08]	TR News	"Although Im looking up more words than ever, I dont find myself adopting many of those new words for my own use." https://tracydurnell.com/2026/09/27/adopting-new-words/ | Source: Tracy Durnell
[14:08]	TR Bot	 Adopting new words Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden
[14:08]	TR News	"AI is generally a problem for education, especially in the early stages of learning a subject" https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/umich-is-embracing-ai-not-everyone-is-convinced/ | Source: University of Michigan
[14:08]	TR Bot	 UMich is embracing AI tools. Not everyone is convinced.
[14:09]	TR News	"A very simple way to present the progress of a parallel operation is to print one '.' for every operation started and then backspace and erase these as each operation finishes." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/TerminalsLineBackspaceDifferences | Source: University of Toronto
[14:09]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[14:09]	TR News	"But that doesnt mean that its not worth doing!" https://schafe-sind-bessere-rasenmaeher.de/mindfulness/something-from-nothing/ | Source: Robert Ltzner
[14:09]	TR Bot	 Schafe sind bessere Rasenmher | Something from Nothing
[14:09]	TR News	"When 20th Century Fox greenlit the film adaptation, executive producer Lou Adler insisted on bringing Meat Loaf to the UK shoot alongside Tim Curry (Frank-N-Furter)." https://www.vintag.es/2026/09/meat-loaf-the-rocky-horror-picture-show.html | Source: Vintage Everyday
[14:09]	TR Bot	 Photos of Meat Loaf on the Set of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) ~ Vintage Everyday
[14:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Microsoft tells nonprofits their deleted M365 data isn't coming back https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Microsoft_tells_nonprofits_their_deleted_M365_data_isn_t_coming.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Microsoft_tells_nonprofits_their_deleted_M365_data_isn_t_coming.gmi 
[14:12]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Microsoft tells nonprofits their deleted M365 data isn't coming back
[14:16]	TR News	Techrights Links 29/09/2026: "Scam Altman Is Driving Drunk" and Anthropic Lies About Slop Usage https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Links_29_09_2026_Scam_Altman_Is_Driving_Drunk_and_Anthropic_Lie.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Links_29_09_2026_Scam_Altman_Is_Driving_Drunk_and_Anthropic_Lie.gmi 
[14:16]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 29/09/2026: "Scam Altman Is Driving Drunk" and Anthropic Lies About Slop Usage
[14:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Heres How https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/You_Can_Now_Upgrade_Ubuntu_24_04_LTS_to_Ubuntu_26_04_LTS_Here_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/You_Can_Now_Upgrade_Ubuntu_24_04_LTS_to_Ubuntu_26_04_LTS_Here_s.gmi 
[14:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Heres How
[14:22]	TR News	ROOPHLOCH 2026: @Rose Bowl gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260925_rose_blow
[14:23]	TR News	ROOPHLOCH 2026: @Sunland Park gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260928_rphlch_sp
[14:25]	TR News	"In 2015 a manifesto appeared under the name Laboria Cuboniks, who is nobody. The name anagrams Nicolas Bourbaki, a fake mathematician invented by French academics in the 1930s so a group could publish as one mind." gemini://adjb.smol.pub/xenofeminism-and-the-margins
[14:26]	TR News	"Most advice about doctoral writing addresses the writer alone at a desk, which is precisely the condition that produces unfinished dissertations." gemini://adjb.smol.pub/writing-support-resources
[14:27]	TR News	"Let us be honest with one another. Doctoral writing is hard to sustain alone, and it is exhausting in a way that no one warns you about because everyone assumes you already know. I will argue that writing groups belong to method rather than to morale." gemini://adjb.smol.pub/writing-groups-and-the-grafton-line
[14:33]	TR News	Techrights Links 29/09/2026: Acceleration, Morale, and ROOPHLOCH 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Links_29_09_2026_Acceleration_Morale_and_ROOPHLOCH_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Links_29_09_2026_Acceleration_Morale_and_ROOPHLOCH_2026.gmi 
[14:33]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 29/09/2026: Acceleration, Morale, and ROOPHLOCH 2026
[14:47]	MinceR	https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/crystals
[14:47]	TR Bot	 Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Crystals
[14:49]	TR News	"The Act implements the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records, adopted in 2017 to bring international trade into the digital era" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/09/buried-in-bill-c-39-the-enabling-digital-trade-act-brings-canada-its-first-federal-electronic-trade-documents-law/ | Source: Michael Geist
[14:49]	TR Bot	 Buried in Bill C-39: The Enabling Digital Trade Act Brings Canada Its First Federal Electronic Trade Documents Law - Michael Geist
[14:49]	TR News	"Martin Wimpress needed a sound engineer for his podcast and did not have one." https://marius.blog/jive-vocals/ | Source: Marius Quabeck
[14:49]	TR Bot	( status 530 @ https://marius.blog/jive-vocals/ )
[14:50]	TR News	"I previously announced my Python optimization workshop in Lisbon, on 10th October (which still has a few places)." https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/09/28/python-mini-meetup-lisbon/ | Source: Adam Johnson
[14:50]	TR Bot	 Software Engineering: join my meetup in Lisbon, 8th October - Adam Johnson
[14:50]	TR News	"After a longer-than-anticipated delay, the macOS installer for JAGS 5.0.0 is now available via SourceForge." https://martynplummer.wordpress.com/2026/09/27/jags-5-0-0-is-now-available-for-macos/ |
[14:50]	TR Bot	 JAGS 5.0.0 is now available for macOS | JAGS News
[14:51]	TR News	"There are no security fixes, enhancements, or deprecations in this release." https://blogs.perl.org/users/jason_a_crome/2026/09/dancer2-222-released.html | Source: Perl
[14:51]	TR Bot	2.2.2 Released | Jason A. Crome [blogs.perl.org]
[14:51]	TR News	"The basic purpose of these is to deal with the upgrade of TiddlyWiki from V 4 to V5." https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2026/09/announce-perlwiki-v-154-mojowiki-v-126.html | Source: Perl
[14:51]	TR Bot	Perl.Wiki V 1.54, Mojo.Wiki V 1.26 | Ron Savage [blogs.perl.org]
[14:51]	TR News	"We just shrug and conclude: stupid thing sucks." https://www.ihatethefuture.com/2026/09/the-normalization-of-inexplicable.html |
[14:51]	TR Bot	 i hate the future: the normalization of inexplicable failures
[14:51]	TR News	"Hope I am not the only one who gets to benefit from my troubleshooting session! Its always a nice feeling to get something to work." https://burgeonlab.com/notes/2026/0928-2340/ | Source: Naty S
[14:51]	TR Bot	 Feather Wiki Updates
[14:56]	TR News	In Sirius, there was one guy doing threesomes in a three-way relationship. We understand Gravley also tries orgies and the spouse of Garrett makes it sound like he's romantically connected to a couple https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_IX_What_Are_You_a_Racist.shtml
[14:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights Brigading Against Women - Part IX - "What Are You, a Racist?"
[14:57]	TR News	(This is considered 'normal' in San Francisco)
[14:58]	TR News	"When the U.S. government imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/the-netherlands-is-rolling-alternative-nixos-based-software-ecosystem-after-u-s-sanctions-on-icc-took-microsoft-off-the-table-trial-programs-running-now-first-release-expected-at-end-of-2027 | Source: Tom's Hardware
[14:58]	TR Bot	 US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS-based software ecosystem trial programs running now, first release expected at end of 2027 | Tom's Hardware
[14:58]	TR News	"Since the end of the Perl Toolchain Summit in Vienna, at the end of April, the organizers have been busy wrapping up 2026, and preparing for 2027" https://www.perl.com/article/announcing-the-perl-toolchain-summit-2027/ | Source: Perl
[14:58]	TR Bot	the Perl Toolchain Summit 2027
[14:58]	TR News	"This time Akademy was in Graz, Austria. I had never been in Austria before. This time I also had to travel alone due to my wife being busy with studying." https://akselmo.dev/posts/2029-09-2026-akademy-2026/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen
[14:58]	TR Bot	 Akademy 2026 photos and things | AksDev
[14:58]	TR News	"We were at the HOPE 2026 Conference in New York recently, and want to take a moment to thank all the free software supporters who attended our talks and workshops, our meetup, or stopped by our table." https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-hope-adventures | Source: FSF
[14:58]	TR Bot	 Our adventures at HOPE 2026 Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
[14:59]	TR News	"I kept Vivaldi on my machine as a backup, and over the last 6 months or so" https://kevquirk.com/i-switched-to-brave-browser | Source: Kev Quirk
[14:59]	TR Bot	 I Switched to Brave Browser - Kev Quirk
[14:59]	TR News	"Chisnall goes on to talk about one specific vim feature: [...]" https://unsung.aresluna.org/they-had-no-concept-of-a-duty-of-care-to-their-users/ | Source: Marcin Wichary
[14:59]	TR Bot	 They had no concept of a duty of care to their users. Unsung
● Sep 29
[15:00]	TR News	"As October draws close, the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead grows thin, allowing spirits to cross." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/animate-a-halloween-skeleton-raspberry-pi-book-of-making-2027/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[15:00]	TR Bot	 Animate a Halloween skeleton Raspberry Pi Book of Making 2027 - Raspberry Pi
[15:00]	TR News	"If you have ever visited France, you might have seen one of these green crosses, bolted onto the building, with bright flashing colors." https://hugoarnal.com/blog/rickroll-pharmacy-cross/ |
[15:00]	TR Bot	 Rickrolling with a Pharmacy cross
[15:01]	TR News	"The Emmabunts project has published a new update with a focus on improving accessibility options and features. [...]" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12964 | Source: Distro Watch
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[15:03]	TR News	"The openSUSE project has published a new release candidate for the upcoming Leap 16.1 release. Among the various changes is a new immutable mode for Leap: [...]" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12963 | Source: Distro Watch
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[15:03]	TR News	"There are quite a few gems out there when it comes to classic shooters, and R-Type series is extremely popular if you had the chance to live in the 80s" https://boilingsteam.com/r-type-dimensions-iii-review/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam
[15:03]	TR Bot	 R-Type Dimensions III - Review on Linux and the Steam Deck
[15:04]	TR News	"In practice, TLSs security guarantees are frequently compromised by outdated versions and misconfigurations." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/29/thou-shall-not-pass-gatekeeping-outbound-tls-connections/ | Source: APNIC
[15:04]	TR Bot	 Thou shall not pass: Gatekeeping outbound TLS connections | APNIC Blog
[15:04]	TR News	"Under a sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation, Ive been working on FreeBSD userspace/kernel debugging since February 2026" https://minsoo.io/p/freebsd-kernel-frame-unwinding-with | Source: Minsoo Choo
[15:04]	TR Bot	 FreeBSD Kernel Frame Unwinding with DWARF CFI
[15:04]	TR News	"Fredrik talks to Koushik Dasika about working with Elixir." https://kodsnack.se/international/722/ | Source: Kodsnack
[15:04]	TR Bot	 Kodsnack 722 - Not here for the syntax, with Koushik Dasika
[15:05]	TR News	Based on what his spouse says, Garrett is literally in bed with GAFAM
[15:06]	TR News	And ex of his litigation buddy says he tried orgies but stopped because he's too small down there, so did not feel comfortable
[15:07]	TR News	Space bullet heaven roguelike Sublight is full of chaotic battles | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/space-bullet-heaven-roguelike-sublight-is-full-of-chaotic-battles/ Source: GamingOnLinux |
[15:07]	TR Bot	bullet heaven roguelike Sublight is full of chaotic battles | GamingOnLinux
[15:07]	TR News	Legacy Code is a bizarre looking mechanical creature action-physics sim | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/legacy-code-is-a-bizarre-looking-mechanical-creature-action-physics-sim/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[15:07]	TR Bot	Code is a bizarre looking mechanical creature action-physics sim | GamingOnLinux
[15:09]	TR News	Steam Beta fixes non-Steam games to failing to launch | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steam-beta-fixes-non-steam-games-to-failing-to-launch/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steam-beta-fixes-non-steam-games-to-failing-to-launch/
[15:09]	TR Bot	Beta fixes non-Steam games to failing to launch | GamingOnLinux
[15:10]	TR News	FEX code cache enabled for Proton Experimental (ARM) to improve frame timings | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/fex-code-cache-enabled-for-proton-experimental-arm-to-improve-frame-timings/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[15:10]	TR Bot	code cache enabled for Proton Experimental (ARM) to improve frame timings | GamingOnLinux
[15:11]	TR News	BBC Layoffs: 110 Compulsory Job Cuts Announced in Media Tech Division
[15:11]	TR News	Hytale Chapter 1 arrives October 12 with lots of new content | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/hytale-chapter-1-arrives-october-12-with-lots-of-new-content/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/hytale-chapter-1-arrives-october-12-with-lots-of-new-content/
[15:11]	TR Bot	Chapter 1 arrives October 12 with lots of new content | GamingOnLinux
[15:12]	TR News	"Chat Control: Nya frhandlingar p tisdag" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/09/27/chat-control-nya-forhandlingar-pa-tisdag/
[15:12]	TR Bot	 Chat Control: Nya frhandlingar p tisdag
[15:12]	TR News	"Privacy Group Slams EU for Changing the Data Rules to Cater to AI - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/28/0133248
[15:12]	TR Bot	 Privacy Group Slams EU for Changing the Data Rules to Cater to AI - SoylentNews
[15:15]	TR News	PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets a new showcase of big improvements | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/playstation-3-emulator-rpcs3-gets-a-new-showcase-of-big-improvements/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[15:15]	TR Bot	3 emulator RPCS3 gets a new showcase of big improvements | GamingOnLinux
[15:15]	TR News	King in the Mountain is like if Dwarf Fortress was a mini casual incremental | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/king-in-the-mountain-is-like-if-dwarf-fortress-was-a-mini-casual-incremental/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[15:15]	TR Bot	in the Mountain is like if Dwarf Fortress was a mini casual incremental | GamingOnLinux
[15:25]	TR News	This Is Not a Feature Vector: Zentian v. Fashion Company Apple https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/09/this-is-not-a-feature-vector-zentian-v-apple.html
[15:25]	TR Bot	 This Is Not a Feature Vector: Zentian v. Apple | Patently-O
[15:26]	TR News	"The extension comes in response to requests from local communities seeking more time to prepare their proposals. This is a great opportunity to showcase your region and bring the openSUSE community together in your city." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/09/28/osas-cfh-extended/ | Source: OpenSUSE
[15:26]	TR Bot	 Deadline Extended Call for Host openSUSE Asia Summit 2027 - openSUSE News
[15:26]	TR News	"We know that people really start testing a new release with the RC, so this is the right time to grab an image and give it a try." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/09/28/leap-161-rc/ | Source: OpenSUSE
[15:26]	TR Bot	 Try Immutable Mode with openSUSE Leap 16.1 RC - openSUSE News
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[15:28]	TR News	Speeding up tests - no fear, no cargo cult https://bzoltan1.github.io/speeding-up-tests-no-fear-no-cargo-cult/
[15:28]	TR Bot	 Speeding up tests - no fear, no cargo cult - Zoltn's Blog
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[15:29]	TR News	Hans de Goede: Snapdragon X1 laptop kernel COPR for Fedora 45 https://hansdegoede.dreamwidth.org/31552.html
[15:29]	TR Bot	( status 504 @ https://hansdegoede.dreamwidth.org/31552.html )
[15:30]	TR News	Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1097191/
[15:30]	TR Bot	updates for Monday [LWN.net]
[15:31]	TR News	gThumb 4.0 Released with GTK4 Port! PPA Updated for Ubuntu 26.04 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/gthumb-4-0-released-with-gtk4-port-ppa-updated-for-ubuntu-26-04/
[15:31]	TR Bot	 gThumb 4.0 Released with GTK4 Port! PPA Updated for Ubuntu 26.04 | UbuntuHandbook
[15:31]	TR News	gThumb 4.0 has been released, and it looks like a brand new app https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/gthumb-4-0-improved-ui
[15:31]	TR Bot	 gThumb 4.0 has been released, and it looks like a brand new app - OMG! Ubuntu
[15:32]	TR News	Potions in Mageia. 05 How Mageia ranks amongst the best user-friendly distros, even though many people arent aware of it https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/09/28/potions-in-mageia-05-how-mageia-ranks-amongst-the-best-user-friendly-distros-even-though-many-people-arent-aware-of-it/
[15:32]	TR Bot	 Potions in Mageia. 05 How Mageia ranks amongst the best user-friendly distros, even though many people arent aware of it. | Mageia Blog (English)
[15:32]	TR News	Forlinx 20-TOPS M.2 Hey Hi (AI) accelerator supports PCIe cascading for local LLM inference https://linuxgizmos.com/forlinx-20-tops-m-2-ai-accelerator-supports-pcie-cascading-for-local-llm-inference/
[15:32]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/forlinx-20-tops-m-2-ai-accelerator-supports-pcie-cascading-for-local-llm-inference/ )
[15:33]	TR News	GhostBSD is Replacing MATE With a New Desktop Named After a Typo https://itsfoss.com/news/ghostbsd-new-desktop/
[15:33]	TR Bot	 GhostBSD is Replacing MATE With a New Desktop Named After a Typo
[15:33]	TR News	Lunar GNU/Linux source-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/lunar-linux-source-based-linux-distribution/
[15:33]	TR Bot	Linux - source-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks
[15:34]	TR News	Source Mage source-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/source-mage-source-based-linux-distribution/
[15:34]	TR Bot	Mage - source-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks
[15:35]	TR News	"A customer building a FedRAMP-compliant deployment found that Ubuntu Pro 22.04 FIPS container images were silently failing on standard" https://ubuntu.com//blog/fixing-fips-kernel-flag | Source: Ubuntu
[15:35]	TR Bot	a missing kernel flag broke FIPS-certified containers in managed Kubernetes | Ubuntu
[15:35]	TR News	"Private 5G has evolved from an experimental concept into critical industrial infrastructure." https://ubuntu.com//blog/creating-a-private-5g-network | Source: Ubuntu
[15:35]	TR Bot	a private 5G network | Ubuntu
[15:36]	TR News	Red Hat selling only slop that day: "Model safeguards remain important, but they cannot carry the entire security burden" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/securing-ai-agents-requires-securing-systems-around-them | Source: Red Hat Official
[15:36]	TR Bot	 Securing AI agents requires securing the systems around them
[15:37]	TR News	"Buzzwords" for bots that IBM calls "agents"; pure nonsense https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-red-hat-is-building-secure-agent-onboarding | Source: Red Hat Official
[15:37]	TR Bot	 Why Red Hat is building secure agent onboarding
[15:37]	TR News	How to rank fraud detection models using custom cost metrics https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/28/how-rank-fraud-detection-models-using-custom-cost-metrics
[15:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/28/how-rank-fraud-detection-models-using-custom-cost-metrics )
[15:38]	TR News	Slop frenzy entertained non-stop at IBM's Red Hat ahead of the layoffs https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/28/run-decision-model-vllm-and-red-hat-ai
[15:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/28/run-decision-model-vllm-and-red-hat-ai )
[15:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  OpenSSL 4.0.3 Is Out as Another Security Patch Release, Update Now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/OpenSSL_4_0_3_Is_Out_as_Another_Security_Patch_Release_Update_N.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/OpenSSL_4_0_3_Is_Out_as_Another_Security_Patch_Release_Update_N.gmi 
[15:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines OpenSSL 4.0.3 Is Out as Another Security Patch Release, Update Now
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[16:12]	TR News	Git v2.56.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1097213/
[16:12]	TR Bot	v2.56.0 released [LWN.net]
[16:14]	TR News	Thou shall not pass: Gatekeeping outbound TLS connections https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/29/thou-shall-not-pass-gatekeeping-outbound-tls-connections/
[16:14]	TR Bot	 Thou shall not pass: Gatekeeping outbound TLS connections | APNIC Blog
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[16:15]	TR News	R-Type Dimensions III - Review on GNU/Linux and the Steam Deck https://boilingsteam.com/r-type-dimensions-iii-review/index.html
[16:15]	TR Bot	 R-Type Dimensions III - Review on Linux and the Steam Deck
[16:16]	TR News	I Switched to Brave Browser https://kevquirk.com/i-switched-to-brave-browser
[16:16]	TR Bot	 I Switched to Brave Browser - Kev Quirk
[16:16]	TR News	FSF Blogs: Our adventures at HOPE 2026 http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-hope-adventures
[16:16]	TR Bot	 Our adventures at HOPE 2026 Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
[16:17]	TR News	Akademy 2026 photos and things https://akselmo.dev/posts/2029-09-2026-akademy-2026/
[16:17]	TR Bot	 Akademy 2026 photos and things | AksDev
[16:17]	TR News	Announcing the Perl Toolchain Summit 2027 https://www.perl.com/article/announcing-the-perl-toolchain-summit-2027/
[16:17]	TR Bot	the Perl Toolchain Summit 2027
[16:18]	TR News	The Netherlands is rolling its own software and services after U.S. sanctions took Abusive Monopolist Microsoft off the table https://www.tomshardware.com/software/the-netherlands-is-rolling-alternative-nixos-based-software-ecosystem-after-u-s-sanctions-on-icc-took-microsoft-off-the-table-trial-programs-running-now-first-release-expected-at-end-of-2027
[16:18]	TR Bot	 US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS-based software ecosystem trial programs running now, first release expected at end of 2027 | Tom's Hardware
[16:19]	TR News	Google confirms ChromeOS phase out in 2034 10-year support lifetime cut short for some devices, company says it will support transition to Googlebook OS https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/google-confirms-chromeos-phase-out-in-2034-10-year-support-lifetime-cut-short-for-some-devices-company-says-it-will-support-transition-to-googlebook-os
[16:19]	TR Bot	 Google confirms ChromeOS phase out in 2034 10-year support lifetime cut short for some devices, company says it will support transition to Googlebook OS | Tom's Hardware
[16:21]	TR News	New Attack Against RSA https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/new-attack-against-rsa.html
[16:21]	TR Bot	Attack Against RSA - Schneier on Security
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[16:35]	TR News	UK government tells staff to stop thanking Hey Hi (AI) chatbots https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/uk-government-tells-staff-to-stop-thanking-ai-chatbots-draft-guidance-pushes-lightweight-models-and-shorter-prompts-to-cut-environmental-impact
[16:35]	TR Bot	 UK government tells staff to stop thanking AI chatbots draft guidance pushes lightweight models and shorter prompts to cut environmental impact | Tom's Hardware
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[16:37]	TR News	Pluralistic: Priceful (28 Sep 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/28/cost-of-everything/
[16:37]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Priceful (28 Sep 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[16:40]	TR News	OpenShot 4.0.1: Improved Razor Tool, Faster Editing, and GNU/Linux Snap Support https://www.openshot.org/ar/blog/2026/09/27/openshot-401-improved-razor-faster-editing-linux-snap/
[16:40]	TR Bot	 OpenShot | OpenShot 4.0.1: Razor Snap Linux
[16:40]	TR News	 (NEW):  OpenShot 4.0.1 Video Editor Released with Timeline and Zoom Improvements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/28/OpenShot_4_0_1_Video_Editor_Released_with_Timeline_and_Zoom_Imp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/28/OpenShot_4_0_1_Video_Editor_Released_with_Timeline_and_Zoom_Imp.gmi 
[16:40]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines OpenShot 4.0.1 Video Editor Released with Timeline and Zoom Improvements
[16:41]	TR News	Firefox Nightly: Shoutout to More Layouts These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 210 https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/09/28/shoutout-to-more-layouts-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-210/
[16:41]	TR Bot	 Shoutout to More Layouts These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 210 Firefox Nightly News
[16:42]	TR News	 (NEW):  Debian-Based and systemd-Free antiX Linux 26.1 Released with Updated Kernels https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Debian_Based_and_systemd_Free_antiX_Linux_26_1_Released_with_Up.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Debian_Based_and_systemd_Free_antiX_Linux_26_1_Released_with_Up.gmi 
[16:42]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Debian-Based and systemd-Free antiX Linux 26.1 Released with Updated Kernels
[16:44]	TR News	Linus Torvalds ships Linux 7.3-rc5 https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-ships-linux-73-rc5/
[16:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-ships-linux-73-rc5/ )
[16:45]	TR News	openSUSE 16.1-rc https://distrowatch.com/opensuse
[16:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/opensuse )
[16:45]	TR News	Emmabunts DE6-1.03 https://distrowatch.com/emmabuntus
[16:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/emmabuntus )
[16:46]	TR News	antiX 26.1 https://distrowatch.com/antix
[16:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/antix )
[16:46]	TR News	Firefox 157 released with biggest visual refresh in years https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/firefox-157-released-nova-theme
[16:46]	TR Bot	 Firefox 157 released with 'biggest visual refresh in years' - OMG! Ubuntu
[16:47]	TR News	Give GNU/Linux Mint a dramatic makeover with this theme pack https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/linux-mint-silent-horizon-design
[16:47]	TR Bot	 Give Linux Mint a dramatic new look with Silent Horizon
[16:47]	TR News	Dual 2.5GbE and DDR5-6400 across four Wildcat Lake NUC platforms https://linuxgizmos.com/dual-2-5gbe-and-ddr5-6400-across-four-wildcat-lake-nuc-platforms/
[16:47]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/dual-2-5gbe-and-ddr5-6400-across-four-wildcat-lake-nuc-platforms/ )
[16:48]	TR News	Arun Raghavan: On LLMs and free software https://arunraghavan.net/2026/09/on-llms-and-free-software/
[16:48]	TR Bot	 On LLMs and free software Arun Raghavan
[16:50]	TR News	Otto Keklinen: Using multiple git remotes for true distributed version control https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/multiple-git-remotes/
[16:50]	TR Bot	 Using multiple git remotes for true distributed version control
[16:51]	TR News	pgEdge Announces pgEdge Starfleet, a New Postgres Cloud Platform to Bridge the Hey Hi (AI) Prototype to Production Chasm https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgedge-announces-pgedge-starfleet-a-new-postgres-cloud-platform-to-bridge-the-ai-prototype-to-production-chasm-3389/
[16:51]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: pgEdge Announces pgEdge Starfleet, a New Postgres Cloud Platform to Bridge the AI Prototype to Production Chasm
[16:55]	TR News	The Baby Birds https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/29/the-baby-birds/
[16:55]	TR Bot	Blog Archive The Baby Birds
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[17:00]	TR News	Reform UK Asks Aston Bond for Help (to Avoid Being Canceled) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/29/reform-uk-asks-aston-bond-for-help-to-avoid-being-canceled/
[17:00]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Reform UK Asks Aston Bond for Help (to Avoid Being Canceled)
[17:03]	TR News	Anthropic, Proprietary Chaffbot Company will not attend Australian senate Hey Hi (AI) hearing on October 1 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/anthropic-openai-will-not-attend-australian-senate-ai-hearing-on-october-1
[17:03]	TR Bot	 Anthropic, OpenAI will not attend Australian senate AI hearing on October 1 | The Straits Times
[17:05]	TR News	My Second Akademy https://blogs.kde.org/2026/09/28/my-second-akademy/
[17:05]	TR Bot	 My Second Akademy - KDE Blogs
[17:06]	TR News	Apple Emergency Patch for iOS 26, macOS26, macOS15 (CVE-2026-86950), (Mon, Sep 28th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33376
[17:06]	TR Bot	 Apple Emergency Patch for iOS 26, macOS26, macOS15 (CVE-2026-86950)
[17:07]	TR News	Kiteworks Urges Server Shutdown, Finds Advanced Forms Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/kiteworks-urges-server-shutdown-finds-advanced-forms-vulnerability/
[17:07]	TR Bot	Urges Server Shutdown, Finds Advanced Forms Vulnerability - SecurityWeek
[17:08]	TR News	Permission to Not Post About That Vacation - Why You Never Have to Post About It https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/not-posting-about-vacation/
[17:08]	TR Bot	 Permission to Not Post About That Vacation - Why You Never Have to Post About It - Gregory Hammond
[17:09]	TR News	Linux User Space: Vibe Coder in the Loop (Season 7 Episode 1) https://www.linuxuserspace.show/701
[17:09]	TR Bot	 Linux User Space: Vibe Coder in the Loop (Season 7 Episode 1)
[17:11]	IsambardPrince	Those free hotel breakfasts can be pretty good but it's like eating on a cruise ship. Lots of other people going through grabbing the same serving utensils.
[17:11]	IsambardPrince	That's how I got Norovirus from a Hampton Inn.
[17:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	i was talking about this today
[17:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	hours ago
[17:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	i know someone whoo was fed up with washing dished
[17:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	started eating from disposable plastic ones
[17:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	*dishes
[17:24]	parsifal	...and everything tastes like plastic, styrofoam and cardboard -> especially the hot dishes
[17:25]	parsifal	^not to mention the accompanying "health benefits" of such a practice...
[17:28]	IsambardPrince	I remember the early 90s well (1990-95) and I recall all the menu prices. Mom and I could pull over at Taco Bell, eat a big meal, and leave on $5, including tax, and there was change, and we were full when we left.
[17:28]	IsambardPrince	The menu items were also bigger and they used real shredded cheese. The onions had much more taste to them, and the beans were refried using cooking lard. It was a different time.
[17:28]	IsambardPrince	Almost all the fast food restaurants had disposable ashtrays on the tables.
[17:28]	IsambardPrince	You really couldn't go too wrong for sit down restaurants either, because the cafeteria restaurants like MCL or Laughners, or the cheap chain steakhouses like Ponderosa, York, and Sizzler were everywhere. It was also the golden era of the cheap buffet, like Ryan's or Old Country Buffet or Sirloin Stockade.
[17:28]	IsambardPrince	Years of hyperinflation, greedflation, and government edicts about what people will eat have really taken their toll. Not to mention "foodies".
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	Today you go to Taco Bell and you're lucky if a $5 bill is enough for one tiny ass burrito that's like 3 bites and you're done. And it's not something good. They took a tortilla and filled it mostly with rice and handed it to you.
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	$5 for rice on a tortilla. Unbelievable.
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	We had better video game consoles too and compared to today, they were an absolute bargain. All the way up through the early 2000s.
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	I got my Nintendo Gamecube on launch day for $199. In today's dollars, that's $375 according to the government. Today, the cheapest console you can buy is the Switch 2, and that's $500.
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	In 2003, I got my first apartment. The rent was $304 a month. I recall they tried to add $9 a month to "remove trash" and I was furious and wrote them a letter saying "I did not agree to pay that. My lease is up in 10 months and we'll talk about it then."
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	Now my rent is $1744. Technically $1650 rent, the rest is crap and junk they add as sneaky fees.
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	A job at Walmart went from $9.68 an hour to start around 2005, to $17.50 now.
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	Yes, the cost of rent went up about 5x and a job at Walmart didn't even double. Food went up by 4x. Job went up less than 2x.
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	Gaming consoles went up 2.5x, job went up less than 2x.
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	Healthcare up 11x. Job less than 2x.
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	Transportation up by 3.5x. Job less than 2x.
[17:29]	IsambardPrince	And my Boomer parents are like "They want $20 to work at Taco Bell." and they don't get it when I say "Yeah, it should be more. A can of coffee is $25."
[17:30]	TR News	Going Strong https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/29/going-strong/
[17:30]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Going Strong
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[17:35]	TR News	Late Night Linux Episode 405 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-405/
[17:35]	TR Bot	 Late Night Linux Episode 405 Late Night Linux
[17:44]	TR News	 (NEW):  Winter is Coming https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Winter_is_Coming.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Winter_is_Coming.gmi 
[17:44]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Winter is Coming
[17:58]	TR News	Techrights 5 Years Ago (September 29, 2021) Richard Stallman's Talk in Ukraine Noted https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/5_Years_Ago_September_29_2021_Richard_Stallman_s_Talk_in_Ukrain.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/5_Years_Ago_September_29_2021_Richard_Stallman_s_Talk_in_Ukrain.gmi 
[17:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights 5 Years Ago (September 29, 2021) Richard Stallman's Talk in Ukraine Noted
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[18:04]	TR News	Dutch Police Arrest Reformed Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/dutch-police-arrest-reformed-hacker-in-shiny-hunters-investigation/
[18:04]	TR Bot	 Dutch Police Arrest Reformed Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation Krebs on Security
[18:05]	TR News	Being used by https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/more-toddlers-in-south-korea-start-using-smartphones-before-turning-2-report
[18:05]	TR Bot	 Toddlers in South Korea start using smartphones before age two | The Straits Times
[18:06]	TR News	How To Install OpenShot on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-openshot-ubuntu-26-04/
[18:06]	TR Bot	 How To Install OpenShot on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot
[18:07]	TR News	Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 332 released https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-332-released/
[18:07]	TR Bot	 diffoscope 332 released
[18:11]	TR News	North Korea named as primary suspect in $387 million Bitget crypto hack https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/north-korea-named-as-primary-suspect-in-usd387-million-bitget-crypto-hack-investigators-identify-ip-addresses-tied-to-vpn-infrastructure-previously-used-by-north-korean-hacker-groups-thieves-swapped-stablecoins-for-eth-in-minutes-to-dodge-freezes
[18:11]	TR Bot	 North Korea named as primary suspect in $387 million Bitget crypto hack investigators identify IP addresses tied to VPN infrastructure previously used by North Korean hacker groups; thieves swapped stablecoins for ETH in minutes to dodge freezes | Tom's Hardware
[18:13]	TR News	The Voices Behind Made in China https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/world/china-workers-poetry-pope-leo.html
[18:13]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/world/china-workers-poetry-pope-leo.html )
[18:13]	TR News	With national holidays approaching, workers in China demand a proper break https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/with-national-holidays-approaching-workers-in-china-demand-a-proper-break
[18:13]	TR Bot	 With national holidays approaching, workers in China demand a proper break | The Straits Times
[18:21]	TR News	postmarketOS is No More, At Least Under That Name https://itsfoss.com/news/postmarketos-nura-rebranding/
[18:21]	TR Bot	 postmarketOS is No More, At Least Under That Name
[18:27]	TR News	BBC to cut local radio and regional TV news with 90 jobs at risk https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-to-cut-local-radio-and-regional-tv-news-with-90-jobs-at-risk/
[18:27]	TR Bot	 BBC to cut local radio and regional TV news with 90 jobs at risk - Press Gazette
[18:30]	TR News	Rapid-Fire Site Blocking? Federal Lawmakers Target Foreign Piracy Platforms With the Bipartisan Defend IP Act https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/28/defend-ip-act-introduced/
[18:30]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/28/defend-ip-act-introduced/ )
[18:31]	TR News	USA has fast become the North Korea of North America
[18:32]	TR News	You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/brown-brothers-media-ghislaine-maxwell
[18:32]	TR Bot	 You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell
[18:33]	TR News	OpenAI Halts Frontier Model Training as Rogue Agent Crisis Deepens https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-halts-frontier-model-training-crisis
[18:33]	TR Bot	 OpenAI Halts Frontier Model Training as Rogue Agent Crisis Deepens
[18:33]	TR News	Man Says Metas Muse Hey Hi (AI) Gave His Home Address Out to Strangers https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/metas-muse-ai-giving-users-home-addresses
[18:33]	TR Bot	 Man Says Meta's Muse AI Gave His Home Address Out to Strangers
[18:33]	TR News	Its Starting to Look Like Frontier Hey Hi (AI) Labs Will Be Taken Down in a Storm of Product Liability Suits If Their Models Keep Going on Incredibly Illegal Rogue Hacking Sprees https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/frontier-ai-labs-taken-down-storm-liability-suits-hacking
[18:33]	TR Bot	 It's Starting to Look Like Frontier AI Labs Will Be Taken Down in a Storm of Product Liability Suits If Their Models Keep Going on Incredibly Illegal Rogue Hacking Sprees
[18:34]	TR News	Human Contractors Are Seeing All Your Horny and Creepy Hey Hi (AI) Prompts https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/human-contractors-seeing-creepy-prompts
[18:34]	TR Bot	 Human Contractors Are Seeing All Your Horny and Creepy AI Prompts
[18:37]	TR News	A dead doctor, jailed spies and a TV series: The reopened Kozinolu case raises more questions than answers https://bianet.org/haber/a-dead-doctor-jailed-spies-and-a-tv-series-the-reopened-kozinoglu-case-raises-more-questions-than-answers-323839
[18:37]	TR Bot	 Reopened Kozinolu case raises more questions than answers
[18:37]	TR News	Yes, the BOTS Act Can Apply to Ticketmaster and Major Ticketing Platforms, Federal Judge Rules https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/28/bots-act-ticketmaster-ticketing-platforms/
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[18:42]	TR News	Citrix Confirms 2 NetScaler Zero-Days After Admins Pulled the Plug https://www.securityweek.com/citrix-confirms-2-netscaler-zero-days-after-admins-pulled-the-plug/
[18:42]	TR Bot	Confirms 2 NetScaler Zero-Days After Admins Pulled the Plug - SecurityWeek
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[18:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	g'eve, Goblin 
[18:43]	TR News	DC Health Agency Exposes 400,000 Beneficiary Records https://www.securityweek.com/dc-health-agency-exposes-400000-beneficiary-records/
[18:43]	TR Bot	Health Agency Exposes 400,000 Beneficiary Records - SecurityWeek
[18:43]	Goblin	Hi
[18:43]	TR News	Prison Sentence for Former US Soldier Who Hacked AT&T and Verizon https://www.securityweek.com/prison-sentence-for-former-us-soldier-who-hacked-att-and-verizon/
[18:43]	TR Bot	Sentence for Former US Soldier Who Hacked AT&T and Verizon - SecurityWeek
[18:50]	TR News	More than 3 million people affected by military data breach https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2026/09/more-than-3-million-people-affected-by-military-data-breach/
[18:50]	TR Bot	 More than 3 million people affected by military data breach - Federal News Network
[18:50]	TR News	Cassandra's Game https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/cassandra/cassandra.html
[18:50]	TR Bot	 Cassandra's Game
[18:50]	TR News	Flatpak 1.18.4 Released
[18:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	"if you're not yet 65, what are your plans for healthcare? At 61, the most I got was a year of subsidized cobra; and if I use my $37K balance of my future health account I might be able to get nine months for 3 of the 4 members of my family - my autistic son would SOL since he is too old for IBM retiree insurance, but too young for Medicaid. IBM stole my promised retiree medical benefits early in my career - but it is impossible f
[18:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	or to save for premiums that will cost me $40k next year to cover my full family now that Trump has gutted the ACA.
[18:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	So I take it you are 64 or older? I cannot imagine wanting to retire earlier than that; I had no choice as Jill needed her bonus so my career was rendered into lard and soap."
[18:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3j5bpp4
[18:51]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3j5bpp4 )
[18:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[18:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	I have let my manage know I want a package. I am retirement ready and have been treated poorly financially while being a high performer because my job role isn't the right one. I refuse to be disrespected and treated poorly now that I don't have to.
[18:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	Bonus: hopefully it saves someone else's job.
[18:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[18:52]	TR News	"In Albany people have become down right cavalier speaking loudly and openly about wanting to leave or that they interviews lined up. I have seen say such things in front of a big folks very bravely and not giving a f anymore. I agree with @b1+1m3j5bpp4. People see whats really going on and finally had enough of the office politics" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3j5bpp4
[18:52]	TR News	"Indians took over. They do this to every single company they gain influence over." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3j5bpp4
[18:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	"People see the plan . The utter disregard for employees. A strategy has been around for quite a long time. Layoff as many people as you need to so you can boost the stock price. Has very little to do with skill or technical ability or value to the company that you offer.. so when it comes down to his people, just dont care. They know someday they will be on the list more than likely. And I dont think the company really care
[18:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	s either. The more people they can get to leave the building
[18:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	On their own , the less they have to pay in severance.
[18:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	I would recommend everyone update their rsum and be looking if you work at that company. There is no security , there is no loyalty. There hasnt been in over 30 years.. and it has gotten a lot worse in the last several years. You are a number on a spreadsheet. A cost center.
[18:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	One thing to keep in mind, the more people that leave or get laid off, means there are less people to bail out the sinking ship. This will only accelerate the trip to the bottom of the ocean."
[18:53]	TR News	Mass Layoffs at Microsoft https://nonprofitquarterly.org/amid-mass-layoffs-at-xbox-the-fight-for-equity-in-the-video-game-industry-continues/
[18:53]	TR Bot	 Amid Mass Layoffs at XBOX, the Fight for Equity in the Video Game Industry Continues | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
[18:54]	TR News	Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege https://federalnewsnetwork.com/facilities-construction/2026/09/kennedy-center-put-off-planned-repairs-despite-known-structural-issues-former-employees-allege/
[18:54]	TR Bot	 Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege - Federal News Network
[18:55]	TR News	Teenager hacks open Abusive Monopolist Microsoft database with 17 trillion total rows and 25,000 user accounts https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/teenager-hacks-open-microsoft-database-with-17-trillion-total-rows-and-25-000-user-accounts-custom-ai-bot-and-lack-of-jwt-token-validation-yields-a-fruitful-trove-earns-usd5-000-bug-bounty
[18:55]	TR Bot	 Teenager hacks open Microsoft database with 17 trillion total rows and 25,000 user accounts custom AI bot and lack of JWT token validation yields a fruitful trove, earns $5,000 bug bounty | Tom's Hardware
[18:55]	TR News	Microsoft Shrivels When Asked If Its Good Neighbor Data Center Policy Will Involve Actually Supporting Community Groups https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-shrivels-good-neighbor-community-first-ai-data-center
[18:55]	TR Bot	 Microsoft Shrivels When Asked If Its "Good Neighbor" Data Center Policy Will Involve Actually Supporting Community Groups
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[19:25]	TR News	Techrights Techrights is International https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Techrights_is_International.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Techrights_is_International.gmi 
[19:25]	TR Bot	 Techrights Techrights is International
[19:27]	TR News	It's quite revealing that Puppy Breaker is a fantasist who lacks a real social life and envies those who have it. His barrister moaned about other people having parties and told a judge that Garrett wanted to be compensated for the 'trauma' of being cross-examined.
[19:32]	TR News	Fossy 2026 https://www.yortnoswad.org/blogs/posts/fossy-2026/
[19:32]	TR Bot	 Fossy 2026 | Troy Dawsons Blog
[19:32]	TR News	Proposed Pennsylvania law targets publishers that kill digital games https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/proposed-pennsylvania-law-targets-publishers-that-kill-digital-games-publishers-must-provide-offline-mode-an-independent-server-patch-or-a-25-percent-minimum-refund
[19:32]	TR Bot	 Proposed Pennsylvania law targets publishers that kill digital games publishers must provide offline mode, an independent server patch, or a 25% minimum refund | Tom's Hardware
[19:32]	TR News	SteamOS 3.8.28 is a Big Update for the Steam Deck and Steam Machine https://boilingsteam.com/steam-os-3-8-28-is-a-big-update/index.html
[19:32]	TR Bot	 SteamOS 3.8.28 is a Big Update for the Steam Deck and Steam Machine
[19:50]	TR News	Venting Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does, Research Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/venting-doesnt-reduce-anger-but-something-else-does-research-finds
[19:50]	TR Bot	Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does, Research Finds : ScienceAlert
[19:50]	TR News	Walnut Pi CM2 A cheaper Raspberry Pi CM5 alternative based on Allwinner T527 octa-core SoC https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/29/walnut-pi-cm2-a-cheaper-raspberry-pi-cm5-alternative-based-on-allwinner-t527-octa-core-soc/
[19:50]	TR Bot	 Walnut Pi CM2 - A cheaper Raspberry Pi CM5 alternative based on Allwinner T527 octa-core SoC - CNX Software
[19:51]	TR News	Denuvo cracking group DenuvOwO reportedly disbands https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/denuvo-cracking-group-denuvowo-reportedly-disbands-lawsuit-from-irdeto-has-a-chilling-effect-but-cracking-continues-as-piracy-hub-purges-links
[19:51]	TR Bot	 Denuvo cracking group DenuvOwO reportedly disbands lawsuit from Irdeto has a chilling effect, but cracking continues as piracy hub purges links | Tom's Hardware
[19:51]	TR News	Demon's Souls reaches 40-50 FPS on private PS5 emulator with accurate graphics https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/demons-souls-reaches-40-50-fps-on-private-ps5-emulator-with-accurate-graphics-kytyps5-surges-from-unplayable-1-2-fps-in-just-three-weeks-new-milestone-comes-only-three-weeks-after-the-game-barely-booted
[19:51]	TR Bot	 Demon's Souls reaches 40-50 FPS on private PS5 emulator with accurate graphics KyTyPS5 surges from unplayable 1-2 FPS in just three weeks, new milestone comes only three weeks after the game barely booted | Tom's Hardware
[19:51]	TR News	UK Games Expo bans games and art made mostly using Hey Hi (AI) https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/uk-games-expo-bans-games-and-art-made-mostly-using-ai-ukge-enforces-booth-shutdowns-and-bans-after-deleted-comment-debacle-says-that-the-central-creative-process-must-be-conducted-by-humans
[19:51]	TR Bot	 UK Games Expo bans games and art made mostly using AI UKGE enforces booth shutdowns and bans after deleted-comment debacle, says that the central creative process must be conducted by humans | Tom's Hardware
[19:52]	TR News	You can now play Nintendo Switch games on a jailbroken PS5 https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/you-can-now-play-nintendo-switch-games-on-a-jailbroken-ps5-early-alpha-hits-40-fps-in-lighter-titles-but-chokes-on-zelda
[19:52]	TR Bot	 You can now play Nintendo Switch games on a jailbroken PS5 early alpha hits 40 FPS in lighter titles but chokes on Zelda | Tom's Hardware
[19:53]	TR News	NIH Censors Crucial Research in Alzheimer's, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers Share https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/nih-censors-crucial-research-in-alzheimers-kidney-disease-and-more-researchers-share
[19:53]	TR Bot	 NIH Censors Crucial Research in Alzheimer's, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers Share | American Civil Liberties Union
[19:53]	TR News	Dogs Share a Speech Trick Once Thought Uniquely Human https://www.sciencealert.com/dogs-can-pick-out-word-patterns-in-speech-a-trick-once-thought-uniquely-human
[19:53]	TR Bot	Share a Speech Trick Once Thought Uniquely Human : ScienceAlert
[19:55]	TR News	High IQ Networks networking patents being investigated https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/9/28/high-iq-networks-networking-patents-being-investigated
[19:55]	TR Bot	 High IQ Networks networking patents being investigated Unified Patents
[19:56]	TR News	UPC is completely illegal and this should be the main issue in people's minds, not these minor details https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/divisional-game-under-scrutiny-as-upc-proceedings-over-semaglutide-kick-off-in-milan/
[19:56]	TR Bot	 "Divisional game" under scrutiny as UPC proceedings over semaglutide kick off in Milan
[19:57]	TR News	PL/Haskell v6.0 Released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/plhaskell-v60-released-3388/
[19:57]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: PL/Haskell v6.0 Released
[19:58]	TR News	Donating to open source https://entropicthoughts.com/open-source-donation
[19:58]	TR Bot	 Donating to open source
[19:59]	TR News	Gulag Warns of ShinyHunters Fresh Oracle PeopleSoft Campaign https://www.securityweek.com/google-warns-of-shinyhunters-fresh-oracle-peoplesoft-campaign/
[19:59]	TR Bot	Warns of ShinyHunters' Fresh Oracle PeopleSoft Campaign - SecurityWeek
[19:59]	TR News	Md-toc updated https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Md-toc
[19:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Md-toc )
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[20:03]	TR News	New Mexico Jury Finds Facebook (Farcebook) Liable for Deceiving Users About Privacy Protections https://www.securityweek.com/new-mexico-jury-finds-facebook-liable-for-deceiving-users-about-privacy-protections/
[20:03]	TR Bot	Mexico Jury Finds Facebook Liable for Deceiving Users About Privacy Protections - SecurityWeek
[20:03]	TR News	France braces for a day of strikes and protests over civil servants' pay https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20260928-france-braces-for-a-day-of-strikes-and-protests-over-civil-servants-pay
[20:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20260928-france-braces-for-a-day-of-strikes-and-protests-over-civil-servants-pay )
[20:04]	TR News	Upgrading to Red Bait JBoss Web Server 7: Key changes & impacts https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/28/upgrading-red-hat-jboss-web-server-7-key-changes-impacts
[20:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/28/upgrading-red-hat-jboss-web-server-7-key-changes-impacts )
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[20:05]	TR News	Less than 2 days from now IBM gives a knockout punch to Red Hat https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1uqubjb/red_hat_it_is_being_moved_to_ibm_effective_oct_1/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Chaos_Imminent_at_Red_Hat_This_Week.shtml
[20:05]	TR Bot	 Welcome to Reddit
[20:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Chaos Imminent at Red Hat (This Week)
[20:06]	TR News	Akademy 2026 - My Experience https://ojasmaheshwari.github.io/b/2026/akademy-2026-my-experience
[20:06]	TR Bot	 Akademy 2026 - My Experience
[20:07]	TR News	Bots and slop, dangerous mix cooked up by Microsoft Canonical https://canonical.com//blog/charmed-openshell-alpha-release
[20:07]	TR Bot	announces the alpha release of Charmed OpenShell to help secure autonomous AI agent fleets | Canonical
[20:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  Three Reports From Akademy 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Three_Reports_From_Akademy_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Three_Reports_From_Akademy_2026.gmi 
[20:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Three Reports From Akademy 2026
[20:08]	TR News	Whats your Ubuntu 27.04 codename prediction? https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2704-codename-prediction
[20:08]	TR Bot	 What's your Ubuntu 27.04 codename prediction?
[20:09]	TR News	parallel @ Savannah: GNU Parallel 20260922 ('Parton') released [stable] savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10941
[20:09]	TR News	available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4
[20:11]	TR News	Another malicious slopfarm makes fake article about alleged bugs in "Ubuntu" https://shattered.io/cve-2026-80521-ubuntu-kernel-container-escape-2026/
[20:11]	TR Bot	 CVE-2026-80521: Ubuntu Kernel Bug Hits CVSS 7.8 [2026]
[20:12]	TR News	This seems to be LLM slop attributed to a real person https://betanews.com/article/canonical-is-releasing-ubuntu-kernel-updates-faster-to-counter-ai-bug-hunting/
[20:12]	TR Bot	is releasing Ubuntu kernel updates faster to counter AI bug hunting - BetaNews
[20:12]	TR News	5 essential Linux terminal upgrades that make command-line work actually enjoyable https://www.howtogeek.com/essential-linux-terminal-upgrades-command-line-work-actually-enjoyable/
[20:12]	TR Bot	 5 essential Linux terminal upgrades that make command-line work actually enjoyable
[20:13]	TR News	"If, for some reason, you need to use Android apps on Linux (in the case of certain Android-exclusive apps or games), youll quickly find out that it's not an easy process." https://www.makeuseof.com/android-apps-finally-feel-native-on-linux-and-i-didnt-need-an-emulator/
[20:13]	TR Bot	 Android apps finally feel native on Linux, and I didnt need an emulator
[20:13]	TR News	"The new release candidate features an unusual diffstat dominated by selftests and architecture fixes rather than traditional hardware drivers." https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-ships-linux-73-rc5/
[20:13]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-ships-linux-73-rc5/ )
[20:14]	TR News	"Shotcut 26.9 is out today as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and cross-platform video editing software written in Qt and using the MLT multimedia authoring framework." https://9to5linux.com/shotcut-26-9-video-editor-improves-the-va-api-hevc-hardware-encoder-on-linux
[20:14]	TR Bot	26.9 Video Editor Improves the VA-API HEVC Hardware Encoder on Linux - 9to5Linux
[20:14]	TR News	"Flatpak 1.18.4 has been released today as the fourth maintenance update in the stable Flatpak 1.18 series of this popular Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework, addressing various security fixes." https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-18-4-linux-app-sandboxing-framework-fixes-security-issues
[20:14]	TR Bot	1.18.4 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Fixes Security Issues - 9to5Linux
[20:15]	TR News	"OpenShot 4.0.1 is now available for download as the first maintenance update to the latest OpenShot 4.0 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform video editing software written in Qt." https://9to5linux.com/openshot-4-0-1-video-editor-released-with-timeline-and-zoom-improvements
[20:15]	TR Bot	4.0.1 Video Editor Released with Timeline and Zoom Improvements - 9to5Linux
[20:15]	TR News	"Right now there's plenty you can do in Hytale but it's very much a sandbox open world, Chapter 1 will be the start of the developers building out the main adventure experience." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/hytale-chapter-1-arrives-october-12-with-lots-of-new-content/
[20:15]	TR Bot	Chapter 1 arrives October 12 with lots of new content | GamingOnLinux
[20:15]	TR News	"postmarketOS is rebranding to Nura after nearly a decade, citing its long, confusing name and expanding beyond its original post-market purpose." https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-project-gets-a-new-name-because-not-many-people-knew-about-it/
[20:15]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-project-gets-a-new-name-because-not-many-people-knew-about-it/ )
[20:16]	TR News	"I want to thank everyone who sent us donations; your generosity is greatly appreciated." https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-september-27th-2026
[20:16]	TR Bot	Weekly Roundup: September 27th, 2026 - 9to5Linux
[20:17]	TR News	The series about swatting against Techrights will be well cultivated and ready once the one about misogyny is done
[20:17]	TR News	And some explosive stories about the EPO are queued up for next month
[20:18]	TR News	Meanwhile a pathetic Puppy Breaker is pretending to be a millionaire. Reality check: he is in debt.
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[20:19]	TR News	"postmarketOS, the Linux-based operating system that many of you turn to for reviving your old smartphones, has undergone a name change, and it is now called "Nura."" https://itsfoss.com/news/postmarketos-nura-rebranding/
[20:19]	TR Bot	 postmarketOS is No More, At Least Under That Name
[20:19]	TR News	Slop about India and "Linux" www.opensourceforu.com/2026/09/linux-foundation-launches-lf-india/
[20:19]	TR News	And this LLM slop was also made in India
[20:20]	TR News	eBPF makes verifying software builds much faster https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/144609/ebpf-makes-verifying-software-builds-much-faster/
[20:20]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/144609/ebpf-makes-verifying-software-builds-much-faster/ )
[20:20]	TR News	IEC 62443-4-1 and IEC 62443-4-2 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/civil-infrastructure-platform-achieves-significant-cybersecurity-milestone-with-iec-62443-compliance-302890773.html
[20:20]	TR Bot	 Civil Infrastructure Platform Achieves Significant Cybersecurity Milestone with IEC 62443 Compliance
[20:21]	TR News	Linux swap files just saved my low-RAM PC from obsolescence https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-swap-files-just-saved-my-low-ram-pc-from-obsolescence/
[20:21]	TR Bot	 Linux swap files just saved my low-RAM PC from obsolescence
[20:22]	TR News	Microsoft says this is intentional and by design https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/28/cve-2025-68788-file-notification-attacks/
[20:22]	TR Bot	 Other users can watch your browsing and time your keystrokes through OS file notifications - Help Net Security
[20:22]	TR News	I spent a year on Linux Mint, but I'll never use it again for these reasons https://www.howtogeek.com/i-spent-a-year-on-linux-mint-but-ill-never-use-it-again-for-these-reasons/
[20:22]	TR Bot	 I spent a year on Linux Mint, but I'll never use it again for these reasons
[20:22]	TR News	"If you care about security and want to hide sensitive data from prying eyes, you should be using a keyring on Linux." https://www.zdnet.com/tech/what-are-linux-keyrings-and-why-should-you-be-using-them/
[20:22]	TR Bot	I find Linux keyrings actually very useful: 5 reasons - ZDNET
[20:23]	TR News	The newest ESP32 can actually run Linux, and its getting uncomfortably close to a Raspberry Pi https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/09/28/the-newest-esp32-can-actually-run-linux-and-its-getting-uncomfortably-close-to-a-raspberry-pi/
[20:23]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/09/28/the-newest-esp32-can-actually-run-linux-and-its-getting-uncomfortably-close-to-a-raspberry-pi/ )
[20:23]	MinceR	https://itsfoss.com/news/postmarketos-nura-rebranding/
[20:23]	MinceR	it's dead in general
[20:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	connected to AOSP?
[20:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	dying?
[20:23]	MinceR	they decided that there was no point in maintaining the last mobile GNU/Linux distro
[20:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	right
[20:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	that's what i thought
[20:24]	MinceR	and instead wanted to become the 9001th mobile systemd/Linux distro
[20:24]	MinceR	s/th/st/
[20:24]	TR News	Nintendo Switch emulation comes to PlayStation 5, runs natively, no Linux required https://www.tweaktown.com/news/113782/nintendo-switch-emulation-comes-to-playstation-5-runs-natively-no-linux-required/index.html
[20:24]	TR Bot	 Nintendo Switch emulation comes to PlayStation 5, runs natively, no Linux required
[20:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	alpine?
[20:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	with systemd?
[20:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	i thought it's openrc
[20:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	but
[20:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	i remember theyt changed
[20:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	the base system
[20:24]	MinceR	they've announced they're moving to cancerd
[20:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	cancerdOS
[20:24]	MinceR	but hey, renaming things always fixes them, like it fixed microslop's web search engine
[20:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	(DOS)
[20:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	cortana :)
[20:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	what is it called now?
[20:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	iirc, they killed it more or less
[20:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	2 years ago
[20:25]	MinceR	bng
[20:25]	MinceR	the 4th name or something like that
[20:27]	MinceR	(which is fitting, given that ` is the 4th tone :> )
[20:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 3 Emulator RPCS3 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/PlayStation_5_and_PlayStation_3_Emulator_RPCS3.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/PlayStation_5_and_PlayStation_3_Emulator_RPCS3.gmi 
[20:28]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 3 Emulator RPCS3
[20:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: do you use a skinnerbox?
[20:29]	MinceR	not sure
[20:29]	MinceR	there are many skinner boxes around
[20:29]	MinceR	but probably not
[20:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	slop machines
[20:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	and slot also
[20:30]	MinceR	i didn't realize those were skinner boxes
[20:30]	MinceR	i do use some LLMs tied to search engines
[20:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: DenuvOwO (Breaking DRM Shackles), SteamOS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Games_DenuvOwO_Breaking_DRM_Shackles_SteamOS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Games_DenuvOwO_Breaking_DRM_Shackles_SteamOS.gmi 
[20:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: DenuvOwO (Breaking DRM Shackles), SteamOS
[20:31]	MinceR	i've also used an image generator and an image classifier
[20:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	<MinceR> i do use some LLMs tied to search engines
[20:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe you mena
[20:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	*mean
[20:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  The GNOME LLM Policy That I Want https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/The_GNOME_LLM_Policy_That_I_Want.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/The_GNOME_LLM_Policy_That_I_Want.gmi 
[20:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines The GNOME LLM Policy That I Want
[20:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	chatbots or LLMs presented as "Search"
[20:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	notably google
[20:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	i would not even call these LLMs
[20:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	from what I saw of Google Overviews
[20:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	they are the "new" branding on Google Answers
[20:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	and other old thing
[20:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	*things
[20:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	like when you ask a math question
[20:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	even 20 years ago
[20:34]	MinceR	well, they work in 2 modes: taking your search results and summarizing them (so you don't have to wait for a superheavy website or two booting itself up on your browser and use 2GB RAM just so you get a chance at hunting down the answer) is one
[20:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	later they added short summaries based on pages cites
[20:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	now they call it "HEY HI"
[20:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's like plagiarism
[20:34]	MinceR	you can also chat, in which case they use RAG so they do one or more web searches to find what you want
[20:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Archinstall 4.5 Arch Linux Installer Adds AArch64 Support for GRUB and Limine https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Archinstall_4_5_Arch_Linux_Installer_Adds_AArch64_Support_for_G.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Archinstall_4_5_Arch_Linux_Installer_Adds_AArch64_Support_for_G.gmi 
[20:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Archinstall 4.5 Arch Linux Installer Adds AArch64 Support for GRUB and Limine
[20:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	and can give false answerr
[20:35]	MinceR	yeah, but you can check it
[20:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	in google's case, they give URLs
[20:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	but then
[20:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	you need to open a page
[20:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	to check
[20:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	tthey give very false summaries sometimes
[20:35]	MinceR	i've found that they can find things i don't know the official name for
[20:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	but with great confidence
[20:35]	MinceR	yeah, and sometimes there's a word in the text that obviously doesn't belong there
[20:36]	MinceR	they can also dig up or produce ideas for solutions (i don't really know which)
[20:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	yeah, even bad english
[20:36]	MinceR	sometimes i can even check the answer using what i know
[20:36]	MinceR	also, once i needed some corporatespeak bullshit and an LLM generated it for me just fine
[20:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kernel: Hans de Goede from IBM to Qualcomm, "FreeBSD Kernel Frame Unwinding with DWARF CFI", eBPF, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Kernel_Hans_de_Goede_from_IBM_to_Qualcomm_FreeBSD_Kernel_Frame_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Kernel_Hans_de_Goede_from_IBM_to_Qualcomm_FreeBSD_Kernel_Frame_.gmi 
[20:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Kernel: Hans de Goede from IBM to Qualcomm, "FreeBSD Kernel Frame Unwinding with DWARF CFI", eBPF, and More
[20:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	soundslike you used these to
[20:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	1) troll someone
[20:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	2) fool some boss
[20:38]	MinceR	no, that was just fulfilling some stupid corporate requirement using the minimum labor on my part
[20:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	3) save time on time-wast\ing chore
[20:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	yeah
[20:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	so it was a BS task
[20:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	tackled by BS
[20:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	BS talks to BS
[20:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	typical use case  for slop
[20:39]	MinceR	(plus proving the usefulness of the tool in this area)
[20:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	like, ssummarise for me the BS made by LLM using a prompt
[20:39]	MinceR	:>
[20:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	expand-reduce
[20:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	or
[20:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	LZW
[20:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	and info lost
[20:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	in the two-way translation
[20:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	english-dutch-english
[20:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	hungharian-orcish->hungharian
[20:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	lots of things like these
[20:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	like spam prevention
[20:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	use slop to tackle slop bots
[20:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	why bother?
[20:41]	MinceR	yeah, it seems that the best translation software is LLM-based
[20:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	or make LLM patch for alleged "bug" found by slop
[20:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's not new
[20:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	translation tools like these
[20:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	1990s
[20:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	same methods
[20:41]	MinceR	not really
[20:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe interpolated with LLMs
[20:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	but
[20:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's still not a lot better
[20:41]	MinceR	even pre-LLM goolag translate was markedly inferior
[20:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	it "halluciates a lot
[20:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	or adds things that dion't exist there
[20:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's not so good now either
[20:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe the grammar is ok
[20:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	IMHO, the grammar is not the issue
[20:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	i refused for a decade to use auto translations
[20:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	of anything
[20:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	in TR
[20:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	because it gets ideas wrong
[20:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	and nuance lost
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	so better to just link to original
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	LLMs make it more smooth-sounding
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	or smooth-talking
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	butt that does not matter
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's about the substance
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	LLMs lack comprehension
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	tou need a person who understands the two langs and nuance of both
[20:43]	MinceR	what is comprehension?
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	nuance
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	and more
[20:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	like if I say
[20:44]	MinceR	such people tend to charge for translation services
[20:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	hey, MinceR 
[20:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	"U F-CKING PRICK!"
[20:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	yuou won't be offended
[20:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	as you know I mean that like a joke
[20:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	but if I said
[20:44]	MinceR	"Well look, Petka", he says, "you have a dick in the arse, and I have a dick in the arse, but there's a nuance."
[20:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	"U F-CKING DICKHEAD!"
[20:44]	schestowitz[TR2]	it might be offensive
[20:44]	MinceR	there doesn't seem to be much of a difference
[20:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	cultutral
[20:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	but it cann cause problems
[20:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	I can tell someone at work
[20:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	"that stinks"
[20:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	or but "you stink"
[20:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	one might break a relationship with a colleague
[20:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	communicated by slop\
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	too risky
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	you would not run slop for email composiotion unsupervised
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	very soon it causes problems
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	see ausstralia
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	some idiot put bots on their systems
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	it all managed to cross over to private medical data
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	the corrupt media said the "agents" wre "too smart"
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	reality is
[20:46]	MinceR	well, my emails tend to be brief and to the point, but i understand that in some circles, more verbose language is expected
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	some fool let boots do random crap
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	and they did
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	eventualluy
[20:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: so you expand it
[20:47]	MinceR	most humans still seem to be less smart than the LLMs available to general use
[20:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	need to read the expanasion
[20:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	to edit
[20:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	takes time
[20:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	and takes more time for recipient as well
[20:47]	MinceR	i could have an LLM expand it, but i don't want to
[20:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	so times 2
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	it won't add anything
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	if you expand using bot
[20:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Audiocasts/Shows: Linux User Space, Late Night Linux, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_User_Space_Late_Night_Linux_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_User_Space_Late_Night_Linux_and_More.gmi 
[20:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Linux User Space, Late Night Linux, and More
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	it would add something that is not you
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	exmaple
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	see you 2pm lunch, ty
[20:48]	MinceR	it would add widespread human formalities
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	"I shall meear you in the afternoon at 2pm BST for a meal, thank you and you are a prick"
[20:48]	MinceR	which is most likely what would be desired in this case
[20:48]	MinceR	lol
[20:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	correcting the latter takes time
[20:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	and adds nothing useful
[20:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	LLM can define what lunch means
[20:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	but what for?
[20:49]	MinceR	a lot of what humans do takes time and isn't useful
[20:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	devil apes are like that
[20:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	so you find the lesser devils
[20:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	and try to reduce the agony
[20:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	by develop[ing resistance to sources of sorrow
[20:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	that is called... life
[20:50]	MinceR	would be nice
[20:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	reducing exposure to bad thinhgs
[20:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	many are forced to
[20:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	at work
[20:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	so they change jobs
[20:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	remember SarinGas
[20:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	our new "boss"
[20:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	I think I wrote about this in IRC too
[20:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	didn't mind if someone saw it and told her
[20:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	let her see, I thought
[20:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	my colleagues hated her
[20:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	all of them
[20:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	liar and abuser
[20:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	and attack dog of the CEO who stole money from workers' pension
[20:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  openSUSE Asia Summit 2027, openSUSE 16.1 RC, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/openSUSE_Asia_Summit_2027_openSUSE_16_1_RC_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/openSUSE_Asia_Summit_2027_openSUSE_16_1_RC_and_More.gmi 
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines openSUSE Asia Summit 2027, openSUSE 16.1 RC, and More
[20:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat/Fedora: Lots of Slop Promotion (IBM's Policy), Fraud, and JBoss https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Red_Hat_Fedora_Lots_of_Slop_Promotion_IBM_s_Policy_Fraud_and_JB.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Red_Hat_Fedora_Lots_of_Slop_Promotion_IBM_s_Policy_Fraud_and_JB.gmi 
[20:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Red Hat/Fedora: Lots of Slop Promotion (IBM's Policy), Fraud, and JBoss
[20:56]	TR News	 (NEW):  Canonical/Ubuntu: Slop, 5G, Kubernetes, Ubuntu 27.04 Codename, and Slopfarms Spewing Out Nonsense https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Canonical_Ubuntu_Slop_5G_Kubernetes_Ubuntu_27_04_Codename_and_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Canonical_Ubuntu_Slop_5G_Kubernetes_Ubuntu_27_04_Codename_and_S.gmi 
[20:56]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Canonical/Ubuntu: Slop, 5G, Kubernetes, Ubuntu 27.04 Codename, and Slopfarms Spewing Out Nonsense
[20:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi 
[20:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and More
[20:58]	MinceR	i don't really see the connection to skinner boxes though
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[20:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
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[21:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Firefox Nightly and Firefox 157 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Firefox_Nightly_and_Firefox_157.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Firefox_Nightly_and_Firefox_157.gmi 
[21:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Firefox Nightly and Firefox 157
[21:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  FSF, GNU, and FOSSY (SFC) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/FSF_GNU_and_FOSSY_SFC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/FSF_GNU_and_FOSSY_SFC.gmi 
[21:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines FSF, GNU, and FOSSY (SFC)
[21:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  PostgreSQL: pgEdge Starfleet and PL/Haskell v6.0 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/PostgreSQL_pgEdge_Starfleet_and_PL_Haskell_v6_0_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/PostgreSQL_pgEdge_Starfleet_and_PL_Haskell_v6_0_Released.gmi 
[21:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines PostgreSQL: pgEdge Starfleet and PL/Haskell v6.0 Released
[21:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	mobile phones, MinceR 
[21:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	the modern RFID
[21:02]	MinceR	huh?
[21:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/RFID_Ambitions_Already_Established_by_Widespread_Skinnerbox_Ado.shtml
[21:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights RFID Ambitions Already Established by Widespread Skinnerbox Adoption
[21:03]	MinceR	skinner boxes are applications of operant conditioning
[21:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[21:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[21:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
[21:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[21:05]	TR News	Techrights Links 29/09/2026: Mass Layoffs at Microsoft and Backlash Over Data Center Policy of Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Links_29_09_2026_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_and_Backlash_Over_Da.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Links_29_09_2026_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_and_Backlash_Over_Da.gmi 
[21:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 29/09/2026: Mass Layoffs at Microsoft and Backlash Over Data Center Policy of Microsoft
[21:30]	TR News	Climate Change and Slop (or People Who Actively Finish Off the Planet) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/29/climate-change-and-slop-or-people-who-actively-finish-off-the-planet/
[21:30]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Climate Change and Slop (or People Who Actively Finish Off the Planet)
[21:40]	TR News	Techrights IBM Brings Avalanche to Red Hat October 1st 2026 (Thursday) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/IBM_Brings_Avalanche_to_Red_Hat_October_1st_2026_Thursday.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/IBM_Brings_Avalanche_to_Red_Hat_October_1st_2026_Thursday.gmi 
[21:40]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Brings Avalanche to Red Hat October 1st 2026 (Thursday)
[21:57]	parsifal	<schestowitz[TR2]> and nuance lost -> This is an inevitable side effect of translating from one language to another, whether done by a translator, automatic translator or a LLM.
[21:57]	parsifal	You can only make efforts to minimize it, but you cannot eliminate this effect completely.
[21:57]	parsifal	It is especially noticeable in jokes, humor or slang, these things are in many cases literally untranslatable or translated sounding silly and far from their original form and meaning.
[21:57]	parsifal	When I write here and elsewhere quite often, but not always, I use a "parrot" (slang for automatic translator), I use it because I speak many times better than I write in English. To speed things up.
[21:58]	parsifal	But I only use it for languages that I know well enough to be able to control what it gives as an output, otherwise you can get into quite unpleasant situations.
[21:58]	parsifal	I had a unpleasant case with a translation into Japanese. I decided to use the Italian expression cin-cin (Cheers!), which was translated chin-chin [] (penis)...
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[22:01]	MinceR	chinpokomon
[22:02]	admfubar	https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/28/bastardic
[22:02]	TR Bot	 Daring Fireball: Bastardica
[22:03]	TR News	Techrights EPO Will Stop Working for 10 Days to Protect Against 'Cocaine King' and His Assault on Democracy, Lawfulness, Transfer of Power at EPO https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/EPO_Will_Stop_Working_for_10_Days_to_Protect_Against_Cocaine_Ki.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/EPO_Will_Stop_Working_for_10_Days_to_Protect_Against_Cocaine_Ki.gmi 
[22:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO Will Stop Working for 10 Days to Protect Against 'Cocaine King' and His Assault on Democracy, Lawfulness, Transfer of Power at EPO
[22:06]	admfubar	https://sancho.bearblog.dev/google-weird/
[22:06]	TR Bot	 When did Google get so f-ing weird? Sancho Panza's Thoughts
[22:13]	admfubar	are you ready to poke the  pickle??... https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/28/stern-pickle-poke
[22:13]	TR Bot	 Daring Fireball: Joanna Stern Pokes the Pickle
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[22:27]	TR News	older: 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
[22:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO Meeting Ran Out of Time to Discuss the Scabs ('Young Professionals')
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[22:31]	TR News	"To cheat, trick, deceive, delude with false pretences; to impose upon, take in, hoax." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c65y51l3gzq4o
[22:31]	TR Bot	 Manchester City charges: The intricate web spun to con the Premier League - BBC Sport
[22:33]	admfubar	https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/29/destroy-any-website
[22:33]	TR Bot	 Daring Fireball: Destroy Any Website
[22:34]	admfubar	https://xkcd.com/3304/
[22:34]	TR Bot	Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
[22:38]	TR News	How Manchester City (ManCity) Cheated, Its a Lot Like the Slop Companies Trillions of Dollars in Secret Debt https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/29/how-manchester-city-mancity-cheated-its-a-lot-like-the-slop-companies-trillions-of-dollars-in-secret-debt/
[22:38]	TR Bot	Blog Archive How Manchester City (ManCity) Cheated, Its a Lot Like the Slop Companies Trillions of Dollars in Secret Debt
[22:40]	admfubar	the "ai" plans are starting to sound like an old cable or streaming service plan... https://thenewstack.io/openai-halves-200-plan/
[22:40]	TR Bot	 OpenAI halves $200 plan allowance, launches $500 plan - The New Stack
[22:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	The New Stack = Microsoft LF
[22:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	"open" "hey hi" = Microsoft
[22:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	LF = Microsoft et al
[22:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	they will probably say promotional things
[22:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	corrupted by money
[22:47]	admfubar	https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/29/how-gold-surpassed-cocaine-as-perus-most-profitable-criminal-industry
[22:47]	TR Bot	 How gold surpassed cocaine as Perus most profitable criminal industry | Peru | The Guardian
[22:50]	TR News	Techrights David Gordon at The Register MS Keeps Feeding the Pyramid Scheme With Fake Articles That Say "AI" Dozens of Times https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/David_Gordon_at_The_Register_MS_Keeps_Feeding_the_Pyramid_Schem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/David_Gordon_at_The_Register_MS_Keeps_Feeding_the_Pyramid_Schem.gmi 
[22:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights David Gordon at The Register MS Keeps Feeding the Pyramid Scheme With Fake Articles That Say "AI" Dozens of Times
[22:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  Three More Months https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Three_More_Months.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/29/Three_More_Months.gmi 
[22:55]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Three More Months
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[23:00]	admfubar	https://prospect.org/2026/09/29/artificial-intelligence-agents-openai-microsoft-sam-altman-greg-brockman-ah-nice/
[23:00]	TR Bot	 Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man? - The American Prospect
[23:00]	TR News	Techrights President of the EPO Should be Kicked Out, Not Have His Term Terminated in 2028 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/President_of_the_EPO_Should_be_Kicked_Out_Not_Have_His_Term_Ter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/President_of_the_EPO_Should_be_Kicked_Out_Not_Have_His_Term_Ter.gmi 
[23:00]	TR Bot	 Techrights President of the EPO Should be Kicked Out, Not Have His Term Terminated in 2028
[23:08]	admfubar	https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/29/1815221/mcdonalds-reportedly-using-ai-to-dynamically-price-its-burgers
[23:08]	TR Bot	 McDonald's Reportedly Using AI to 'Dynamically' Price Its Burgers - Slashdot
[23:09]	admfubar	https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/29/0527255/california-is-banning-public-officials-from-making-memecoins
[23:09]	TR Bot	 California Is Banning Public Officials From Making Memecoins - Slashdot
[23:09]	admfubar	https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/29/1736207/500k-facial-recognition-scans-at-uk-stations-yield-zero-arrests-one-false-positive
[23:09]	TR Bot	 500K Facial Recognition Scans at UK Stations Yield Zero Arrests, One False Positive - Slashdot
[23:10]	admfubar	https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/28/210256/bananas-that-dont-go-brown-to-hit-supermarkets-thanks-to-dna-editing
[23:10]	TR Bot	 Bananas That Don't Go Brown To Hit Supermarkets Thanks to DNA Editing - Slashdot
[23:12]	TR News	Techrights Black Brit on "Pictures Comparing Me to a Monkey" Because of Brett Wilson LLP Client https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Black_Brit_on_Pictures_Comparing_Me_to_a_Monkey_Because_of_Bret.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/Black_Brit_on_Pictures_Comparing_Me_to_a_Monkey_Because_of_Bret.gmi 
[23:12]	TR Bot	 Techrights Black Brit on "Pictures Comparing Me to a Monkey" Because of Brett Wilson LLP Client
[23:13]	admfubar	https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/using-device-linking-to-eavesdrop-on-whatsapp-and-signal.html
[23:13]	TR Bot	Device Linking to Eavesdrop on WhatsApp and Signal - Schneier on Security
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[23:21]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/29/zuckerberg-touts-enterprise-ai-push-because-meta-would-never-do-anything-to-damage-your-reputation/5299655
[23:21]	TR Bot	 Zuckerberg touts enterprise AI push because Meta would never do anything to damage your reputation
[23:38]	MinceR	lol
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