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[01:25]	admfubar	num nums.. https://www.discovermagazine.com/mold-is-feasting-on-radiation-in-chernobyl-s-abandoned-nuclear-plants-48464
[01:25]	TR Bot	 Mold Is Feasting on Radiation in Chernobyls Abandoned Nuclear Plants | Discover Magazine
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[02:11]	admfubar	https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/28/1112249
[02:11]	TR Bot	 Shouting at Seagulls Could Stop Them Stealing Your Food - SoylentNews
[02:29]	admfubar	cha$ ching$... https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/nvidia_intel_5_billion/
[02:29]	TR Bot	 Nvidia invests $5B on Intel bailout, gains $2.5B The Register
[02:30]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/asia_tech_news_roundup/
[02:30]	TR Bot	 China bans AI-powered relatives to comfort the elderly The Register
[02:32]	admfubar	https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshittifinancial-crisis/
[02:32]	TR Bot	 The Enshittifinancial Crisis
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[02:38]	admfubar	https://xkcd.com/3187/
[02:38]	TR Bot	High Altitude Cooking Instructions
[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-291225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-291225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-291225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-291225.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, December 29, 2025
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[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, December 29, 2025
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-12-29.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-12-29.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-12-29.txt
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[03:05]		-Global-[lex] Toronto.* and network services we be briefly offline for a short upgrade
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[03:10]	TR News	"That is exactly the death spiral they are in. IBM is to Tech what a cable company is to telecom and entertainment: a dinosaur. Check the price of Intel during the late 1990's and compare it to today. Or HP, or Lucent Technologies, etc." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kd3dnye8
[03:10]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kd3dnye8 )
[03:10]	TR News	"Announced in Feb Out by end of March 90 days severance NOTE as IBM grows innovation via SW acquisition the same amount of legacy employees must go. IBM tends to goose these numbers by offshoring the support for legacy SW to lower cost nations thus getting a two for" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdmwe55y
[03:11]	TR News	"Who else is there to RA lol?"
[03:12]	TR News	"Funny how fast posts get deleted here. Sure would like to know why and by whom." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96
[03:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96 )
[03:12]	TR News	cookie
[03:13]	TR News	"Your sympathy is misplaced. How many lives did Lou, the cookie monster, did he destroy. He ra--d the retirement fund to get away with his act of robbery and steal $238 Millions on his way out." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96
[03:17]	TR News	Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ 
[03:17]	TR Bot	 Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights
[03:17]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 29, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_December_29_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_December_29_2025.gmi 
[03:17]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 29, 2025
[03:18]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[03:18]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[03:19]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[03:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
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[03:31]	TR News	Techrights Nintendo and Sony Outsold Microsoft XBox by 15:1! https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Nintendo_and_Sony_Outsold_Microsoft_XBox_by_15_1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Nintendo_and_Sony_Outsold_Microsoft_XBox_by_15_1.gmi 
[03:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights Nintendo and Sony Outsold Microsoft XBox by 15:1!
[03:45]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-30.gmi
[03:45]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1520.jpg
[03:45]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1870.jpg
[03:47]	TR News	End of year again gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-12-29-end-of-year.txt "Another difficult year has passed. I dont do anything like wrapped or conclusions, just trying to survive among this madness with no long-term planning."
[03:54]	TR News	"A little over a month ago, I quite coffee cold turkey. Up until that point, I was drinking close to 4 cups of black coffee a day. Coffee was like cigarettes for me, taking breaks throughout the day to grab a cup, and eventually becoming addicted. I can't remember exactly why I made the choice to quit, but I knew I had to for my health." gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2025-12-29-quitting-coffee.gmi
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[03:55]	TR News	"So far as I can tell, my sister doesn't have any personal interest in slide rules. Nevertheless, sensing my own interest in the subject, she bought me a vintage slide rule for Christmas. The model I received was a Gilson Midget, a circular slide rule four inches in diameter. Some documentation of the Midget is available here: [...]" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20251229-0.gmi
[03:56]	TR News	"The old year passes, and you may wish to make resolutions for the new year. Don't just say you'll go to the gym, spend more time with ${person}, or any of that wholesome stuff you'll forget about in a week or two." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-12-29_Resolution_generator_back_up_for_2026.gmi
[03:57]	TR News	"Rented a new apartment. It's tiny, it's grungy, it's worn but... it's kinda perfect and now it's mine. Two blocks from the beach (well... one block from the cliffs, two blocks from the people beach, and a 7 minute walk to the dog beach), two blocks from the main strip of restaurants and shops, and within walking distance of groceries" gemini://ieve.me/squall/6.gmi
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[03:58]	TR News	"geminiprotocol.net was down for far longer than I expected or would have liked (punctuated with occasional bursts of IPv6-only connectivity), due mostly to poor documentation and network problems on the provider's end, but should now be reliably online again for the forseeable future. Apologies for the inconvenience!" gemini://geminiprotocol.net/news/2025_12_29.gmi
[03:59]	TR News	"Most of us see the Gopher sphere is the last place of refuge." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/some-parts-of-the-web-are-still-fine.txt
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[04:00]	TR News	Streaming Old-Time Radio (OTR) gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~slugmax/phlog/2025-12-29-streaming-old-time-radio-otr
[04:01]	TR News	"I'm really tempted to just sit in front of the tv and zone out. As a reward? What have I done to deserve it? Party all night long?" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/tvDetox4
[04:03]	TR News	"I was able to not watch the tv yesterday and I had a very good sleep." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/backToWork
[04:04]	TR News	7-11, it follows me. gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20251229_7_11
[04:07]	TR News	"Throughout my life there has been a noticeable deterioration in the quality of service you get when purchasing things. I've been conditioned to expect less and less, but occasionally I am stunned by a completely unexpected absurdity." gemini://spell.mywire.org:1960/~stack/0251.gmi
[04:11]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 30/12/2025: Quitting Coffee, Apartment by the Beach, and Strange Retail Ethics https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Gemini_Links_30_12_2025_Quitting_Coffee_Apartment_by_the_Beach_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Gemini_Links_30_12_2025_Quitting_Coffee_Apartment_by_the_Beach_.gmi 
[04:11]	TR Bot	not resolve host: techrights.org ( status 0 @ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Gemini_Links_30_12_2025_Quitting_Coffee_Apartment_by_the_Beach_.shtml )
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[05:01]	TR News	Techrights EPO People Power - Part XIX - "Berenguer Has Known of Campinos' Substance Abuse First Hand For a Long Time" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/EPO_People_Power_Part_XIX_Berenguer_Has_Known_of_Campinos_Subst.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/EPO_People_Power_Part_XIX_Berenguer_Has_Known_of_Campinos_Subst.gmi 
[05:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO People Power - Part XIX - "Berenguer Has Known of Campinos' Substance Abuse First Hand For a Long Time"
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[05:12]	TR News	"Do you like the freedom Linux offers but hate how it looks by default? Or do you love macOSs polished, modern design but dislike its restrictive nature? Either way, here are five macOS-like Linux desktop environments that let you pair freedom with aesthetic polish." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-best-macos-like-linux-desktop-environments/
[05:12]	TR Bot	 The 5 best mac-OS like Linux desktop environments
[05:13]	TR News	But the aim should be to move away from "Windows Secure Boot," a giant back door and kill switch https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-distros-that-work-with-windows-secure-boot/
[05:13]	TR Bot	 5 Linux distros that work with Windows Secure Boot
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[05:15]	TR News	Demonising GNU to tell Microsoft GitHub (proprietary) https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/4-linux-terminal-text-editors-140015260.html
[05:15]	TR Bot	 4 Linux terminal text editors I use instead of nano
[05:15]	TR News	(to sell)
[05:16]	TR News	If You Have an Older NVIDIA GPU on Arch Linux, Your System Might Be Broken https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-old-nvidia-gpu-issue/
[05:16]	TR Bot	 If You Have an Older NVIDIA GPU on Arch Linux, Your System Might Be Broken
[05:20]	TR News	New Linux 6.19-rc3 kernel candidate adds CPU idle detection for POWER11 https://www.neowin.net/news/new-linux-619-rc3-kernel-candidate-adds-cpu-idle-detection-for-power11/
[05:20]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/new-linux-619-rc3-kernel-candidate-adds-cpu-idle-detection-for-power11/ )
[05:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/today_s_leftovers.gmi 
[05:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's leftovers
[05:25]	TR News	"taking his gloves off" https://old.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/1pyqo8o/cory_doctorow_is_taking_his_gloves_off_at_the/
[05:25]	TR Bot	 Cory Doctorow is taking his gloves off at the 2025 Chaos Communication Congress : StallmanWasRight
[05:27]	TR News	"And the usual result is new programmer gets overwhelmed and learns bugger all. Ugly truth is most folks who code are not fedora-wearing 140 IQ successors to Richard Stallman." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/different-algorithms-sort-christmas-lights/
[05:27]	TR Bot	Algorithms Sort Christmas Lights | Hackaday
[05:28]	TR News	"This is a free/libre-software community, and all is well, I have no plans to integrate closed-source software in my photography pipeline whatsoever However I do have to contend that hardware plays about as much of a role as software does for real technological freedom per-se, I think Richard Stallman would agree too?" https://discuss.pixls.us/t/ethical-hardware-inquiries/55085
[05:28]	TR Bot	hardware inquiries... - Lounge - discuss.pixls.us
[05:48]	TR News	Techrights Debt as the New Currency? https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Debt_as_the_New_Currency.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Debt_as_the_New_Currency.gmi 
[05:48]	TR Bot	 Techrights Debt as the New Currency?
[05:50]	TR News	[Old] Trumps tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia https://trumpflation.net/trumps-tariffs-list-is-missing-one-big-country-russia/
[05:50]	TR Bot	 Trumps tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia - Trumpflation
[05:50]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: ^
[05:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat
[05:51]	TR Bot	 Kompromat - Wikipedia
[05:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Kompromat (Russian: , IPA: [kmprmat] , short for , variously translated as "compromising material", "discrediting material", or "incriminating material"), is damaging information about a person or a group, commonly a politician, businessperson, or other public figure, which may be used to create negative publicity, as well as for blackmail purposes, often
[05:51]	schestowitz[TR2]	 to exert influence rather than monetary gain, and extortion. Kompromat may be acquired from various security services, or outright forged, and then publicized, e.g., via a public relations official"
[05:53]	TR News	"it's an uphill battle, so i don't worry too much, but usually when i find a way to put a config file in ~/.config, i do." gemini://tilde.pink/~emily/log/homedir.gmi
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[07:05]	TR News	Oh, wow. https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/fiscal_peoplesoft_california/ ("Inside California's 16-year public-sector IT project")
[07:05]	TR Bot	 Inside California's 16-year public-sector IT project The Register
[07:06]	TR News	Anon: 1) the world's fourth largest economy fell for the peoplesoft gimmick / scam; 2) even that scale of budget can't produce a working peoplesoft product ; 3) even that length of time can't produce a working peoplesoft product ; 4) california will take a _*HUGE*_ hit in productivity as the system is forced in anyway, that might break the state as people lose track of the money and when bills fail to be paid or collected"
[07:07]	TR News	Oracle nonsense. Who needs it anyway? Nobody needs it, but there are bribes.
[07:07]	TR News	https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/27/sec-fines-oracle-23-million-alleging-the-company-bribed-foreign-officials.html https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022-173
[07:07]	TR Bot	 SEC fines Oracle $23 million for allegedly bribing foreign officials
[07:07]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022-173 )
[07:09]	psydruid	https://ftav.substack.com/p/what-if-openai-is-worth-more-dead
[07:09]	TR Bot	 What if OpenAI is worth more dead than alive?
[07:09]	psydruid	welcome to the YOLO economy
[07:11]	schestowitz[TR2]	reading...
[07:11]	psydruid	it's more like rambling, I would guesd
[07:11]	psydruid	guess*
[07:12]	psydruid	but I really wonder how all of this makes sense from an economic perspective
[07:12]	schestowitz[TR2]	being FTR
[07:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	(FT
[07:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's  still too rosy
[07:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	the reality is worse, a lot worse
[07:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	"But lobbyists for LLM developers turn up daily to explain how their success is essential for national security and prosperity. "
[07:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	yes,
[07:13]	psydruid	"we know the economy is going to crash, but let me get my golden parachute out before the rest catches up to what we've been scheming"
[07:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	the "AI ARMS RACE"
[07:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	and other BS
[07:13]	schestowitz[TR2]	NVIDIA's CEO is a scMMWER
[07:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	he is taiwanese and parrots the lie about "china winning"
[07:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	in "HEY HI"
[07:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	so if you stop buying GPUs
[07:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	then Chinas "wins"
[07:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	now cheeto allows him to sell so-called HEY HI chips to China
[07:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	to keep the pyramid scheme growing
[07:14]	psydruid	I bought a used Nvidia GPU this year
[07:15]	psydruid	but I don't even have it here anymore
[07:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	what for?
[07:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	games?
[07:15]	psydruid	I "helped" an elderly relative move to Vista 11
[07:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	NVIDIA did this pyramid scheme before HEY HI hype
[07:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	it sold many GPUs for fake-coina
[07:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	*coins
[07:15]	psydruid	and put it in his system
[07:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	and people wasted as much electricity as whole nations
[07:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	warming up the planet
[07:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	climte breakdown
[07:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	so that NVIDIA can sell GPUs
[07:16]	psydruid	this one was under 50 and it was just to get some display output
[07:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	not sure vista 11 will help anyone
[07:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	it can help microsoft
[07:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	Vista can run without a GPU
[07:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	for 50 europs you can buy a decent used laptop
[07:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	i still have the pi here ready for you to pick up[
[07:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	it cost less than 50, as new
[07:17]	psydruid	he already has his ideas about GNU/Linux, so no point moving to it for a 75-year-old
[07:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	why not?\
[07:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's never "too late"
[07:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's like telling an elderly man to stop smoking\
[07:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	it can, at last , save money
[07:18]	psydruid	I don't want to bother with it
[07:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	*least
[07:18]	psydruid	he's happy and I'm happy
[07:18]	psydruid	that he doesn't bother me
[07:19]	psydruid	ignorance is bliss in this respect
[07:19]	psydruid	my mother and my uncle are GNU/Linux users
[07:20]	psydruid	AMD in all of its wisdom doesn't have integrated graphics on all of its CPUs
[07:20]	psydruid	wisdom more like greed
[07:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	<psydruid> he's happy and I'm happy
[07:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	microsoft is happy
[07:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	gratis microsoft support
[07:26]	psydruid	I don't support him, he's on his own
[07:26]	psydruid	I already told him I use none of his software
[07:26]	psydruid	so it was basically just a hardware swap
[07:27]	psydruid	and I'll get the hardware back in a number of years
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[08:03]	TR News	Techrights Reality Check About IBM' Louis Grestner, Slopfarms Say He Was IBM CEO for 30 Years! https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Reality_Check_About_IBM_Louis_Grestner_Slopfarms_Say_He_Was_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Reality_Check_About_IBM_Louis_Grestner_Slopfarms_Say_He_Was_IBM.gmi 
[08:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights Reality Check About IBM' Louis Grestner, Slopfarms Say He Was IBM CEO for 30 Years!
[08:11]	TR News	Legendary Dev Loses His Mind Over AI Agents Unsolicited Act of Kindness https://gizmodo.com/legendary-dev-loses-his-mind-over-ai-agents-unsolicited-act-of-kindness-2000704001
[08:11]	TR Bot	 Legendary Dev Loses His Mind Over AI Agent's Unsolicited 'Act of Kindness'
[08:11]	TR News	Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
[08:13]	TR News	Slop bubble is boosted by radicals who want it to burn the planet as they profit from energy being wasted https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-29/saudi-arabia-s-pivot-middle-east-s-ai-bets-and-dubai-s-real-estate-boom http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/17/Slop_Nihilism_is_Funded_by_Big_Oil.shtml
[08:13]	TR Bot	Arabias Pivot, Middle Easts AI Bets, and Dubais Real Estate Boom - Bloomberg
[08:13]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slop Nihilism is Funded by Big Oil
[08:14]		*birkoff (birkoff@freenode-q3p2f3.7mc1.krmg.59jtia.IP) has joined #techrights
[08:16]	TR News	Please stop treating coding tutorials as the best way to learn programming https://www.howtogeek.com/please-stop-treating-coding-tutorials-as-the-best-way-to-learn-programming/
[08:16]	TR Bot	 Please stop treating coding tutorials as the best way to learn programming
[08:17]	TR News	"Have an old telescope in the garage? Start using it again with the first app." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-december-19/
[08:17]	TR Bot	 3 cool and useful Linux apps to try this weekend (December 19 - 21)
[08:18]	TR News	Clearly taught you nothing then, if you still use backdoorsOS https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-made-me-a-better-windows-user-heres-how/
[08:18]	TR Bot	 Using Linux made me a better Windows user, here's how
[08:18]	TR News	These Linux tools behave differently when piped, and its not a bug https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-tools-behave-very-differently-when-you-pipe-them/
[08:18]	TR Bot	 Linux Tools Pipe Behavior: Is It a Bug or Feature?
[08:19]	TR News	Kodi 22 'Piers' gets another FFmpeg upgrade in second alpha build https://www.howtogeek.com/kodi-22-piers-gets-another-ffmpeg-upgrade-in-second-alpha-build/
[08:19]	TR Bot	 Kodi 22 'Piers' gets another FFmpeg upgrade in second alpha build
[08:21]	TR News	SSH over bad Wi-Fi is miserablethis CLI tool fixes it https://www.howtogeek.com/ssh-over-bad-wi-fi-is-miserable-this-cli-tool-fixes-it/
[08:21]	TR Bot	 SSH over bad Wi-Fi is miserablethis CLI tool fixes it
[08:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kodi 22 Piers Preview Shows FFmpeg 8 Upgrade and New Format Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/20/Kodi_22_Piers_Preview_Shows_FFmpeg_8_Upgrade_and_New_Format_Sup.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/20/Kodi_22_Piers_Preview_Shows_FFmpeg_8_Upgrade_and_New_Format_Sup.gmi 
[08:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Kodi 22 Piers Preview Shows FFmpeg 8 Upgrade and New Format Support
[08:21]	TR News	"Are you tired of big tech watching your every move? There's a solution..." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-only-truly-private-pc-is-a-linux-pc/
[08:21]	TR Bot	 Want real privacy? Ditch big-tech OSes and go Linux
[08:23]	TR News	"There's more to tech than social media." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-linux-helped-me-escape-tech-boredom-and-endless-scrolling/
[08:23]	TR Bot	 How Linux helped me escape tech boredom and endless scrolling
[08:23]	TR News	"Everything you may have missed this week from the world of Linux." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-roundup/
[08:23]	TR Bot	 The new Kali Linux, another Raspberry Pi imager, Ubuntu Studio's redesign, and more: Linux news roundup
[08:24]	TR News	"These Easter Eggs are waiting to be uncovered in Ubuntu Linux, if you know the right commands." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-terminal-easter-eggs/
[08:24]	TR Bot	 5 hidden terminal surprises you can try on Ubuntu right now
[08:25]	TR News	"This release makes editing the boot menu a breeze, and you can try it now." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-22-3-beta-released/
[08:25]	TR Bot	 A new Linux Mint beta is here with improved troubleshooting tools
[08:25]	TR News	Please stop lowering your standards for open source software https://www.howtogeek.com/please-stop-lowering-your-standards-for-open-source-software/
[08:25]	TR Bot	 Please stop lowering your standards for open source software
[08:27]	TR News	"When you start messing around with headless mode, the most crucial thing you learn is that the graphical user interface is a convenience, not something you always need. It's definitely time to stop letting your apps scream for attention and start appreciating the quiet strength of efficiency." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-bet-you-didnt-know-these-3-popular-apps-could-run-in-headless-mode/
[08:27]	TR Bot	 3 popular apps I always run in headless mode so they dont clutter my desktop
[08:28]	TR News	7 ways to create an empty file in Linux (and what each one teaches you) https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-create-an-empty-file-in-linux-and-what-each-one-teaches-you/
[08:28]	TR Bot	 7 ways to create an empty file in Linux (and what each one teaches you)
[08:30]	TR News	"The new amifuse project uses an original AmigaOS driver in Motorola 68k CPU emulation." https://www.howtogeek.com/amiga-filesystem-is-now-on-linux-and-mac-thanks-to-an-emulated-driver/
[08:30]	TR Bot	 The Amiga's filesystem is now on Linux and Mac, thanks to an emulated driver
[08:35]	TR News	Old but still happening https://mashable.com/article/zoom-mass-layoff-ceo-pay-cut
[08:35]	TR Bot	is laying off 1,300 employees, CEO taking 98 percent pay cut | Mashable
[08:36]	TR News	This one also https://www.nationthailand.com/news/world/40060533
[08:36]	TR Bot	 Nike to cut nearly 1,000 jobs in second layoff round
[08:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux-Ready SL1680 OPTIMA SoM Targets Embedded Systems with Synaptics SL1680 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Linux_Ready_SL1680_OPTIMA_SoM_Targets_Embedded_Systems_with_Syn.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Linux_Ready_SL1680_OPTIMA_SoM_Targets_Embedded_Systems_with_Syn.gmi 
[08:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux-Ready SL1680 OPTIMA SoM Targets Embedded Systems with Synaptics SL1680
[08:38]	TR News	What companies say or claim is rarely what is true. Good media might say those things not are facts, they're just assertions made about oneself.
[08:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  DietPi December 2025 Update Adds RustDesk Server, Improves SBC Support, and Fixes Storage Issues https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/DietPi_December_2025_Update_Adds_RustDesk_Server_Improves_SBC_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/DietPi_December_2025_Update_Adds_RustDesk_Server_Improves_SBC_S.gmi 
[08:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines DietPi December 2025 Update Adds RustDesk Server, Improves SBC Support, and Fixes Storage Issues
[08:50]	TR News	"So, yes, RMS fits the mold; he needed capitalists to adopt Free Software wholesale but failed to foresee how one-sidedly exploitative the relationship would eventually be. If you disagree, please explain how RMS and/or Perens do not fit the mold." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46409106
[08:50]	TR Bot	 But it's frankly not true, despite your desire to appear sardonic For instance, ... | Hacker News
[08:50]	TR News	"Stallman cared / cares mostly about user freedom, but was canny enough to understand that businesses would also been to be able to engage with this freedom too. Copyleft licensing was put in place _because_ commercial exploitation was expected. It was designed to preserve user freedoms."
[08:51]	TR News	"This is the reason I feel it's unfair to say that proponents of the movement are naive. Exploitation was predicted from the outset. A complex turn of events drew the shape of the current landscape. And if blame is to be apportioned anywhere, it should be firmly at the feet of the corporations profiting."
[08:51]	TR News	"As an aside, the first unexpected twist was actually Tivoization. But, anyway, I do not think your analysis captures the situation in the right way. The free-rider problem, where users contribute no/negligible code or money back to FOSS, is the heart of the exploitation; Tivoization or cloud SaaS-ification are merely forms of free-riding"
[08:52]	TR News	"Other forms of the free-rider problem would have eventually become a thorn in the side of FOSS even if those two things had never happened and there is no way to plug that hole in the concept of copyleft."
[08:52]	TR News	"And I maintain that was entirely predictable (and it was predicted by many a few decades ago!): there is no reason for a business owner to contribute back to FOSS when not contractually obligated to do so. Like the fable of the scorpion and the frog, even if it's valid to do so it's kind of pointless to blame capitalists for doing what everyone knew what they were going to do all along."
[08:53]	TR News	"I can't remember the last time I was this angry." https://skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Frobpike.io%2Fpost%2F3matwg6w3ic2s&viewtype=tree
[08:53]	TR Bot	 Skyview
[08:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  HowTo Geek on Applications, HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/HowTo_Geek_on_Applications_HowTos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/HowTo_Geek_on_Applications_HowTos.gmi 
[08:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines HowTo Geek on Applications, HowTos
● Dec 30
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	>         www.groklaw.net <http://www.groklaw.net> has been disappeared :o
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	>         Only available on waybackmachine.
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> It's going to get worse with ClippyAI doing our filtering from harmfull 
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> content:
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> --
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> Q: What bad app did Steve Ballmer have written to crash OS/2 when he was 
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> giving a demo?
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> ChatGPT: The app you're referring to is likely "The Great Game of 
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> Business," which was a poorly-written demo app that Steve Ballmer was 
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> presenting during a demonstration of Windows on OS/2. The app was 
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> intended to showcase Windows functionality, but it ended up crashing 
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> the OS/2 system instead .. Its a funny chapter from the history of 
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> early software development!
[09:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	> 
[09:02]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.groklaw.net/ )
[09:06]	TR News	[Anon] Presumably shoehorning prorpietary systems and formats into the works: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23783/privacy-act-of-1974
[09:06]	TR Bot	 Federal Register :: Privacy Act of 1974
[09:11]	TR News	 (NEW):  ELEGANCE general-purpose desktop Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/ELEGANCE_general_purpose_desktop_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/ELEGANCE_general_purpose_desktop_Linux_distribution.gmi 
[09:11]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines ELEGANCE general-purpose desktop Linux distribution
[09:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[09:13]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[09:16]	TR News	 (NEW):  (Updated) Orange Pi Previews Compact SBC with Eight-Core Allwinner A733 SoC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/_Updated_Orange_Pi_Previews_Compact_SBC_with_Eight_Core_Allwinn.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/_Updated_Orange_Pi_Previews_Compact_SBC_with_Eight_Core_Allwinn.gmi 
[09:16]	TR News	"Bluetooth is everywhere, but its hard to inspect." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/30/39c3-liberating-esp32-bluetooth/ | Source: Hackaday
[09:16]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines (Updated) Orange Pi Previews Compact SBC with Eight-Core Allwinner A733 SoC
[09:16]	TR Bot	Liberating ESP32 Bluetooth | Hackaday
[09:17]	TR News	Wildlife https://therevelator.org/best-reporting-2025/ | Source: The Revelator
[09:17]	TR Bot	 Extreme Weather, Wildlife Trafficking, and Giraffes: 15 of Our Most Powerful Articles of 2025 The Revelator
[09:18]	TR News	"From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technology/tech-trump.html
[09:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technology/tech-trump.html )
[09:18]	TR News	in German but available with dubbed English: "Blackbox Palantir" https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-blackbox-palantir
[09:18]	TR Bot	Palantir - media.ccc.de
[09:19]	TR News	"Former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner passes, aged 83" https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/lou_gerstner/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Reality_Check_About_IBM_Louis_Grestner_Slopfarms_Say_He_Was_IBM.shtml
[09:19]	TR Bot	 Former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner passes, aged 83 The Register
[09:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights Reality Check About IBM's Louis Grestner, Slopfarms Say He Was IBM CEO for 30 Years!
[09:19]	TR News	"The Dollar Is Facing an End to Its Dominance" https://www.wired.com/story/the-dollar-is-facing-an-end-to-its-dominance/
[09:19]	TR Bot	Dollar Is Facing an End to Its Dominance | WIRED
[09:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Make GNOMEs App Grid Scroll Vertically (Like it Used to) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Make_GNOME_s_App_Grid_Scroll_Vertically_Like_it_Used_to.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Make_GNOME_s_App_Grid_Scroll_Vertically_Like_it_Used_to.gmi 
[09:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Make GNOMEs App Grid Scroll Vertically (Like it Used to)
[09:23]	TR News	CD PROJEKT and GOG co-founder Micha Kiciski acquires GOG from CD PROJEKT | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/cd-projekt-and-gog-co-founder-micha-kicinski-acquires-gog-from-cd-projekt/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/cd-projekt-and-gog-co-founder-micha-kicinski-acquires-gog-from-cd-projekt/
[09:23]	TR Bot	PROJEKT and GOG co-founder Micha Kiciski acquires GOG from CD PROJEKT | GamingOnLinux
[09:24]	TR News	"As the year draws to a close, I am pleased to recognize an impressive slate of accomplishments at the U.S. Copyright Office." https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2025/12/year-in-review-the-u-s-copyright-office/ | Source: US Library of Congress
[09:24]	TR Bot	 Year in Review: The U.S. Copyright Office | Copyright
[09:25]	TR News	"As with other uses of genAI, this raises questions of copyright, some of which have already found their way to court." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/29/how-generative-ai-is-enabling-more-connections-with-true-fans/ | Source: Techdirt
[09:25]	TR Bot	Generative AI Is Enabling More Connections With True Fans | Techdirt
[09:25]	TR News	"A new study shows that socialist plans to take over the privately owned power utility in New Yorks Hudson Valley would lower rates for users and improve its long-term health." https://jacobin.com/2025/12/hudson-valley-public-power/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[09:25]	TR Bot	 Keeping Power Utilities in Corporate Hands Doesnt Make Sense
[09:26]	TR News	"trying to convince the American public that identifying roving bands of masked federal agents is doxing" https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-surveillance-state/ | Source: Wired
[09:26]	TR Bot	New Surveillance State Is You | WIRED
[09:26]	TR News	"Garcas struggles and achievements in war and peace earned him a posthumous places in Texan history" https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/12/29/soldier-became-the-first-mexican-national-to-earn-the-medal-of-honor/ | Source: Sightline Media Group
[09:26]	TR Bot	 Soldier became the first Mexican national to earn the Medal of Honor
[09:28]	TR News	"KrebsOnSecurity.com celebrates its 16th anniversary today! A huge thank you to all of our readers newcomers, long-timers and drive-by critics alike." https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/12/happy-16th-birthday-krebsonsecurity-com/ | Source: Krebs On Security
[09:28]	TR Bot	16th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity.com! Krebs on Security
[09:28]	TR News	"Dont worry, were not changing our website. But were finally the owners of the real deal: a .com domain." https://www.404media.co/we-bought-404media-com/ | Source: 404 Media
[09:28]	TR Bot	Bought 404media.com
[09:28]	TR News	"This final rule is effective January 22, 2026." https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23783/privacy-act-of-1974 | Source: US Federal Register
[09:28]	TR News	"The Department of Homeland Security will require people submitting Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests to do so electronically" https://fedscoop.com/dhs-digitizes-paper-foia-privacy-act-requests/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[09:28]	TR Bot	trades paper FOIA requests for digital filings | FedScoop
[09:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  3 Linux wars that shaped the OS you use today https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/3_Linux_wars_that_shaped_the_OS_you_use_today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/3_Linux_wars_that_shaped_the_OS_you_use_today.gmi 
[09:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 3 Linux wars that shaped the OS you use today
[09:30]	TR News	"Yet 2025 was a miserable year for small business and 2026 will be worse." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/magas-betrayal-of-small-business | Source: Paul Krugman
[09:30]	TR Bot	 MAGAs Betrayal of Small Business - Paul Krugman
[09:30]	TR News	"Artificial Intelligence (AI) overlords are a common trope in science-fiction dystopias, but the reality looks much more prosaic." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/are-we-ready-to-be-governed-by-artificial-intelligence.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[09:30]	TR Bot	We Ready to Be Governed by Artificial Intelligence? - Schneier on Security
[09:31]	TR News	"You cant defeat oligarchic capture by treating potential allies as subjects requiring correction." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-scold-problem | Source: Mike Brock
[09:31]	TR Bot	 The Scold Problem - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus
[09:32]	TR News	"Never mind that American companies have never ever made quality products that consumers want at prices they can afford" https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/12/29/fcc-foreign-drone-ban/ | Source: The Drone Girl
[09:32]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/12/29/fcc-foreign-drone-ban/ )
[09:32]	TR News	"The world's most valuable firm has bought over 214.7 million Intel shares at the price set out in the September agreement" https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/nvidia-takes-5-billion-stake-intel-under-september-agreement-2025-12-29/ | Source: Reuters
[09:32]	TR Bot	( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/nvidia-takes-5-billion-stake-intel-under-september-agreement-2025-12-29/ )
[09:34]	TR News	The pyramid scheme will continue to grow until people "high up" will say enough. The longer it goes on for, the WORSE the impact will eventually be. NVIDIA is now "investing" in a US Gov-owned company. It's a form of bribe then.
[09:34]	TR News	"The purchase was cleared by the FTC in early December, so it was only a matter of time before we received this news." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-gives-intel-a-lifeline-with-usd5-billion-common-stock-deal-september-deal-gets-ftc-approval-for-more-than-217-4-million-intel-shares-at-usd23-28-per-share | Source: Tom's Hardware
[09:34]	TR Bot	 Nvidia gives Intel a lifeline with $5 billion common stock deal September deal gets FTC approval for more than 217.4 million Intel shares at $23.28 per share | Tom's Hardware
[09:34]	TR News	Now you can bribe the government and call it "INVESTMENT" instead of "LOBBYING"
[09:35]	TR News	"Nvidia had locked in a purchase price of $23.28 per share for Intel when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan struck a deal in September." https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/nvidia_intel_5_billion/ | Source: The Register UK
[09:35]	TR Bot	 Nvidia invests $5B on Intel bailout, gains $2.5B The Register
[09:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Playing A Game Of Linux On Your Sony Playstation 2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Playing_A_Game_Of_Linux_On_Your_Sony_Playstation_2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Playing_A_Game_Of_Linux_On_Your_Sony_Playstation_2.gmi 
[09:35]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Playing A Game Of Linux On Your Sony Playstation 2
[09:35]	TR News	Faking growth with fake money
[09:36]	TR News	"Some who came to the airport on Saturday were still at the airport on Monday" https://yle.fi/a/74-20201758 | Source: YLE
[09:36]	TR Bot	 Hundreds of tourists remain stranded at Rovaniemi Airport following storm delays | Yle News | Yle
[09:36]	TR News	"As we near 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warmingthe globally agreed upon limit of the Paris Agreementwe risk triggering tipping points." https://www.wired.com/story/the-earth-is-nearing-an-environmental-tipping-point/ | Source: Wired
[09:36]	TR Bot	Earth Is Nearing an Environmental Tipping Point | WIRED
[09:36]	TR News	"Crucially, the compound does not bind with nitrogen, oxygen, or other gases found in the atmosphere." https://interestingengineering.com/energy/helsinki-superbase-direct-air-capture | Source: Interesting Engineering
[09:36]	TR Bot	 Low-energy compound pulls CO2 from thin air without extreme heat
[09:37]	TR News	"The darkest corners of the Jeffrey Epstein saga have been dragged back into the spotlight after a YouTuber claimed the disgraced financier may have secretly worked with the FBI" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jeffrey-epstein-exposed-fbi-asset-explosive-claims-rock-washington-ignite-cover-fury-1766726 | Source: International Business Times
[09:37]	TR Bot	 Jeffrey Epstein Exposed as FBI Asset: Explosive Claims Rock Washington and Ignite Cover Up Fury | IBTimes UK
[09:38]	TR News	"Shortly after, the Lotte data center burned as well - the corporation had been victim of a breach recently, albeit by a different threat actor." https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-apt-down-and-the-mystery-of-the-burning-data-centers | Source: CCC
[09:38]	TR Bot	Down and the mystery of the burning data centers - media.ccc.de
[09:38]	TR News	"In many jurisdictions cigarettes have them, and alcohol too." https://boingboing.net/2025/12/28/new-yorks-addiction-warnings-for-social-media-now-law.html | Source: BoingBoing
[09:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/28/new-yorks-addiction-warnings-for-social-media-now-law.html )
[09:39]	TR News	Confidentiality https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/ExpiryTimesAreDangerous "One of the problems with expiry times in general is that they're usually implemented as an abrupt cliff" | Source: University of Toronto
[09:39]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[09:39]	TR News	"ProtectEU" https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-the-last-of-us-fighting-the-eu-surveillance-law-apocalypse | Source: CCC
[09:39]	TR Bot	Last of Us - Fighting the EU Surveillance Law Apocalypse - media.ccc.de
[09:39]	TR News	[Old] "I have an Android mobile phone, and I used to use the built-in Calendar and Contacts apps." https://dianne.skoll.ca/writings/de-googling-my-life/ | Source: Dianne Skoll
[09:39]	TR Bot	 Dianne Skoll's Web Site - De-Googling My Life
[09:40]	TR News	"Google Photos will finally be available on TVs next year, starting with an upcoming integration for Samsung TVs." https://www.theverge.com/news/850594/samsung-tv-google-photos-integration-2026 | Source: The Verge
[09:40]	TR Bot	 Google Photos is coming to Samsung TVs in 2026 | The Verge
[09:40]	TR News	"But giving tech companies even more information and control seems similarly fraught." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/hidden-dangers-age-verification/ | Source: Nick Heer
[09:40]	TR Bot	 Hidden Dangers of Age Verification Pixel Envy
[09:40]	TR News	Social Control Media https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/29/we-are-governed-by-a-class-of-gullible-idiots-its-that-simp/ | Source: The Telegraph UK
[09:40]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/29/we-are-governed-by-a-class-of-gullible-idiots-its-that-simp/ )
[09:41]	TR News	"I have not, and will not, use LLMs to write, draft, review, or otherwise participate in content creation outside of clearly-identified contexts to critique it." https://adrianroselli.com/2025/12/my-use-of-ai-on-this-site.html | Source: Adrian Roselli
[09:41]	TR Bot	 My Use of AI on this Site Adrian Roselli
[09:42]	TR News	"I believe this will spill over into software development too (Im confident it already has)." https://jimmitchell.org/2025/12/29/ai-slop-is-easy-money/ | Source: Jim Mitchell
[09:42]	TR Bot	 AI Slop is Easy Money | Jim Mitchell
[09:42]	TR News	"over 21% of YouTube videos being show to new users is "AI Slop." That's according to a new report, which also found that the US is in third place when it comes to consumption of these low-quality generated videos." https://www.techspot.com/news/110735-over-21-youtube-now-ai-slop-report.html | Source: TechSpot
[09:42]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.techspot.com/news/110735-over-21-youtube-now-ai-slop-report.html )
[09:42]	TR News	"Artificial intelligence is evolving faster than regulators can keep up." https://cyberscoop.com/ai-regulation-unified-federal-standards-needed-op-ed/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[09:42]	TR Bot	doesnt care if its in California or Texas. It just runs. | CyberScoop
[09:43]	TR News	"The Chinese government's espionage operation deeply penetrated networks of at least nine U.S. telecom companies, including AT&T and Verizon" https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/12/experts-agree-u-s-communications-networks-remain-vulnerable-following-salt-typhoon-hack | Source: US Senate
[09:43]	TR Bot	 Experts Agree U.S. Communications Networks Remain Vulnerable Following Salt Typh...
[09:44]	TR News	[Old] "If your product is even a third as innovative and useful as you claim it is, you shouldnt have to go around trying a little too hard to convince people." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/24/lg-forces-tv-owners-to-use-microsoft-ai-copilot-app-you-cant-uninstall-and-nobody-asked-for/ | Source: Techdirt
[09:44]	TR Bot	Forces TV Owners To Use Microsoft AI Copilot App You Cant Uninstall And Nobody Asked For | Techdirt
[09:45]	TR News	IBM nepotism: "Regarding the situation of Huimings favorite, a senior manager in the etching department, she received three significant promotions within two years. What were the specific reasons for these promotions? What were the rationale and evaluation criteria for these multiple promotions in such a short period?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24
[09:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 )
[09:45]	TR News	"What specific achievements or improvements in skills did she demonstrate? Currently, there is no clear performance evidence to support these decisions. Therefore, why was she promoted multiple times and frequently transferred to different positions in such a short time?"
[09:46]	TR News	"The moments that defined this year were impactful but felt evenly spread across the year." https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/five-threats-that-defined-security-2025 | Source: Dark Reading
[09:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/five-threats-that-defined-security-2025 )
[09:47]	TR News	"FI$Cal supports approximately 16,000 end users in 151 departments that use the system to pay their bills and balance their budgets every day." https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/fiscal_peoplesoft_california/ | Source: The Register UK
[09:47]	TR Bot	 Inside California's 16-year public-sector IT project The Register
[09:47]	TR News	"Now that Google is removing the ability to have Gmail poll my server to download messages, what are my options?" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/today-in-google-broke-email-2/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
[09:47]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/today-in-google-broke-email-2/ )
[09:48]	TR News	"In recent days, though, Google has quietly started to roll out a way for users to change their Gmail addresses ending with @gmail.com, and keep all their emails no matter how old their account." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technology/gmail-change-address-email.html | Source: New York Times
[09:48]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technology/gmail-change-address-email.html )
[09:48]	TR News	"Combining efforts across our Public Interest Technology and Activism teams, we consulted with an estimated 66 groups and organizations, with at least 2000 participants attending those sessions." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/operations-security-opsec-trainings-2025-review | Source: EFF
[09:48]	TR Bot	 Operations Security (OPSEC) Trainings: 2025 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[09:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  Hyprland 0.53 Lands With Window Rule Rewrite and Dozens of Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Hyprland_0_53_Lands_With_Window_Rule_Rewrite_and_Dozens_of_Fixe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Hyprland_0_53_Lands_With_Window_Rule_Rewrite_and_Dozens_of_Fixe.gmi 
[09:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Hyprland 0.53 Lands With Window Rule Rewrite and Dozens of Fixes
[09:52]	TR News	"Whether you generally enjoy using social media or not, doing so is having an impact on your life." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3017526/i-did-a-1-week-social-media-detox-here-are-4-immediate-benefits-i-experienced.html | Source: PC World
[09:52]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3017526/i-did-a-1-week-social-media-detox-here-are-4-immediate-benefits-i-experienced.html )
[09:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  SuperTux 0.7 Beta Lands With Massive World Redesigns https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/SuperTux_0_7_Beta_Lands_With_Massive_World_Redesigns.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/SuperTux_0_7_Beta_Lands_With_Massive_World_Redesigns.gmi 
[09:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines SuperTux 0.7 Beta Lands With Massive World Redesigns
● Dec 30
[10:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  HowTos: How-To Geek and Linuxiac https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/HowTos_How_To_Geek_and_Linuxiac.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/HowTos_How_To_Geek_and_Linuxiac.gmi 
[10:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines HowTos: How-To Geek and Linuxiac
[10:05]	TR News	 (NEW):  How Richard Stallman Describes Animals Eating Another Animal (That's What the Term Ecosystem Implies) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/How_Richard_Stallman_Describes_Animals_Eating_Another_Animal_Th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/How_Richard_Stallman_Describes_Animals_Eating_Another_Animal_Th.gmi 
[10:05]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines How Richard Stallman Describes Animals Eating Another Animal (That's What the Term Ecosystem Implies)
[10:07]	TR News	"However, that is not the case for public cloud providers." https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-spectre-in-the-real-world-leaking-your-private-data-from-the-cloud-with-cpu-vulnerabilities#t=1 | Source: CCC
[10:07]	TR Bot	in the real world: Leaking your private data from the cloud with CPU vulnerabilities - media.ccc.de
[10:07]	TR News	"My grandfather had several interests that Ive subconsciously picked up from him over the years: photography, pens, and now watches." https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/28/Watches/ | Source: Ben Congdon
[10:07]	TR Bot	 Watches | Ben Congdon
[10:08]	TR News	"Not surprisingly, I dont always file away my index cards as quickly as I probably ought to." https://boffosocko.com/2025/12/27/filing-index-cards-with-a-c-line-document-sorter/ | Source: Chris Aldrich
[10:08]	TR Bot	 Filing Index Cards with a C-Line Document Sorter | Chris Aldrich
[10:10]	TR News	"It was time to do a quick check-up of my vintage calculators" https://morrick.me/archives/10206 | Source: Riccardo Mori
[10:10]	TR Bot	 Vintage calculators | Riccardo Mori
[10:12]	TR News	"I submit to you that it is almost always the case that if you are frustrated at work by your lack of freedom, the actual problem is competence." https://lemire.me/blog/2025/12/29/freedom-from-incompetence/ | Source: Daniel Lemire
[10:12]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/12/29/freedom-from-incompetence/ )
[10:13]	TR News	"To complement the lasers, workers are also relying on other low-tech methods." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-are-using-lasers-to-clean-decades-of-grime-off-a-towering-1800-year-old-marble-column-in-rome-180987926/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
[10:13]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-are-using-lasers-to-clean-decades-of-grime-off-a-towering-1800-year-old-marble-column-in-rome-180987926/ )
[10:14]	TR News	"This data structure stands on the shoulders of giants, it uses a structure called a Monoid at its core." https://chrispenner.ca/posts/intro-to-finger-trees | Source: Chris Penner
[10:14]	TR Bot	 A Practical Introduction to Finger Trees
[10:14]	TR News	"Which breaks down to 27,437 bot requests and 8,175 human requests or put more briefly that 77% of my traffic recorded that day was non-human." https://connortumbleson.com/2025/12/29/dead-internet-theory/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson
[10:14]	TR Bot	 Dead Internet Theory
[10:14]	TR News	"Howdy, world! This website is under construction." http://www.wall.org/~larry/ |
[10:14]	TR Bot	 Larry Wall's Home Page
[10:15]	TR News	"It is truly admirable that someone consistently gives 10% or more of their income, especially given that most people dont, and also given that this may, in absolute terms, be a sizeable sum" https://crookedtimber.org/2025/12/29/some-thoughts-on-charitable-donations/ | Source: Crooked Timber
[10:15]	TR Bot	 Some thoughts on charitable donations Crooked Timber
[10:15]	TR News	"How is it this post came about?" https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/experience/hiring-scams/ | Source: Logikal Solutions
[10:16]	TR Bot	 Beware Hiring "Companies" Hosted on GoDaddy Logikal Blog
[10:17]	TR News	"Orange Pi has unveiled the Orange Pi 4 Pro, a compact single-board computer designed for high-performance edge applications." https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-orange-pi-previews-compact-sbc-with-eight-core-allwinner-a733-soc/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[10:17]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-orange-pi-previews-compact-sbc-with-eight-core-allwinner-a733-soc/ )
[10:17]	TR News	"Processor options include Core Ultra 5 and Core Ultra 7 SKUs from both Meteor Lake-U and Arrow Lake-U families, with hybrid P-core and E-core configurations and integrated Intel graphics" https://linuxgizmos.com/fanless-ms-cf19-3-5-inch-sbc-uses-intel-meteor-lake-u-and-arrow-lake-u/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[10:17]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/fanless-ms-cf19-3-5-inch-sbc-uses-intel-meteor-lake-u-and-arrow-lake-u/ )
[10:17]	TR News	"The December 14, 2025 release of DietPi v9.20 introduces a new remote desktop server option, continued improvements for popular Arm-based single-board computer" https://linuxgizmos.com/dietpi-december-2025-update-adds-rustdesk-server-improves-sbc-support-and-fixes-storage-issues/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[10:17]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/dietpi-december-2025-update-adds-rustdesk-server-improves-sbc-support-and-fixes-storage-issues/ )
[10:18]	TR News	"The SL1680 OPTIMA SoM integrates a quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 processor running at up to 2.1 GHz, paired with a Neural Processing Unit delivering 7.9+ TOPS for on-device inference" https://linuxgizmos.com/linux-ready-sl1680-optima-som-targets-embedded-systems-with-synaptics-sl1680/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[10:18]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/linux-ready-sl1680-optima-som-targets-embedded-systems-with-synaptics-sl1680/ )
[10:20]	TR News	"This was a little frustrating because last year I had already replaced all of the capacitors and cleaned where they had leaked, so I didnt expect to encounter any problems with it so soon." https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/12/finding-a-broken-trace-on-my-old-mac-with-the-help-of-its-rom-diagnostics/ | Source: Doug Brown
[10:20]	TR Bot	 Downtown Doug Brown Finding a broken trace on my old Mac with the help of its ROM diagnostics
[10:21]	TR News	"There are modest CO2 lasers that are fairly affordable and a reasonable size that allows you to place them on a desktop." https://www.engineersneedart.com/blog/orion2025/orion2025.html | Source: John Calhoun
[10:21]	TR Bot	 Balsa 2001: A Space Odyssey Model
[10:23]	TR News	10 years of Dieselgate https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-10-years-of-dieselgate#t=4 | Source: CCC
[10:23]	TR Bot	years of Dieselgate - media.ccc.de
[10:23]		*ewig (~ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights
[10:23]	TR News	"Many thanks to all authors for the wonderful posts in this years Raku Advent. I hope that you enjoyed reading them as much as I did." https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/12/29/2025-52-release-188-state-of-the-onion/ | Source: Rakulang
[10:23]	TR Bot	 2025.52 Release #188 & State of the Onion Rakudo Weekly News
[10:24]	TR News	"Lets look at a simple example." https://fzakaria.com/2025/12/28/huge-binaries | Source: Farid Zakaria
[10:24]	TR Bot	 Huge binaries | Farid Zakarias Blog
[10:24]	TR News	"Work in engineering, science or technology can only be effective if it relies on precisely defined concepts." https://bertrandmeyer.com/2025/12/29/criteria-and-recipes-for-good-technical-definitions/ | Source: Bertrand Meyer
[10:24]	TR Bot	 Criteria and recipes for good technical definitions - Bertrand Meyer's technology+ blog
[10:25]	TR News	"The work is the translation, from thought to tangible artifact. Like making a movie: everyone can imagine one, but it takes a director to produce one." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/making-software-is-translating-intent/ | Source: Jim Nielsen
[10:25]	TR Bot	 To Make Software Is To Translate Human Intent Into Computational Precision - Jim Nielsens Blog
[10:25]	TR News	"A software bill of materials (SBOMs) has been touted as a critical tool in solving software supply-chain security issues" https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/sboms-in-2026-some-love-some-hate-much-ambivalence | Source: Dark Reading
[10:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/sboms-in-2026-some-love-some-hate-much-ambivalence )
[10:25]	TR News	"This made it possible to implement the replacement using memcpy()." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/12/29/no-strcpy-either/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg
[10:25]	TR Bot	strcpy either | daniel.haxx.se
[10:27]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[10:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[10:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  Retro, Hardware, Modding and ESP32 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Retro_Hardware_Modding_and_ESP32.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Retro_Hardware_Modding_and_ESP32.gmi 
[10:28]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Retro, Hardware, Modding and ESP32
[10:31]	TR News	Techrights Links 30/12/2025: Social Control Media Detox, Rage Against Slop Wasting People's Productive Capacities https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Links_30_12_2025_Social_Control_Media_Detox_Rage_Against_Slop_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Links_30_12_2025_Social_Control_Media_Detox_Rage_Against_Slop_W.gmi 
[10:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 30/12/2025: Social Control Media Detox, Rage Against Slop Wasting People's Productive Capacities
[10:31]	TR News	SuperTux 0.7 Beta Lands With Massive World Redesigns https://linuxiac.com/supertux-0-7-beta-lands-with-massive-world-redesigns/
[10:31]	TR Bot	 SuperTux 0.7 Beta Lands With Massive World Redesigns
[10:32]	TR News	"Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS has arrived, bringing a wide range of improvements covered in our article on the release. The main highlight, of course, is the brand-new COSMIC 1.0 desktop environment."
[10:32]	TR News	"By contrast, users of Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS are still running its predecessor, a heavily customized version of the GNOME desktop, built with System76s own patches and modifications." https://linuxiac.com/how-to-upgrade-to-popos-24-04-from-22-04/ | Source: Linuxiac
[10:32]	TR Bot	 How to Upgrade to Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS from 22.04 LTS
[10:35]	TR News	ELEGANCE general-purpose desktop GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/elegance-general-purpose-desktop-linux-distribution/
[10:35]	TR Bot	- general-purpose desktop Linux distribution - LinuxLinks
[10:35]	TR News	subfinder subdomain discovery tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/subfinder-subdomain-discovery-tool/
[10:35]	TR Bot	- subdomain discovery tool - LinuxLinks
[10:35]	TR News	snitch friendlier ss / netstat tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/snitch-friendlier-ss-netstat-tool/
[10:35]	TR Bot	- friendlier ss / netstat tool - LinuxLinks
[10:36]	TR News	iloader user friendly sideloader https://www.linuxlinks.com/iloader-user-friendly-sideloader/
[10:36]	TR Bot	- user friendly sideloader - LinuxLinks
[10:36]	TR News	5 Best Free GNU/Linux Customer Service Trouble Ticketing Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-customer-service-trouble-ticketing-software/
[10:36]	TR Bot	Best Free Linux Customer Service Trouble Ticketing Software - LinuxLinks
[10:36]	TR News	yatto interactive VCS-based todo-list https://www.linuxlinks.com/yatto-interactive-vcs-based-todo-list/
[10:36]	TR Bot	- interactive VCS-based todo-list - LinuxLinks
[10:37]	TR News	10 Best Free and Open Source Neovim GUIs https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-neovim-guis/
[10:37]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Neovim GUIs - LinuxLinks
[10:37]	TR News	Chatty Twitch chat client https://www.linuxlinks.com/chatty-twitch-chat-client/
[10:37]	TR Bot	- Twitch chat client - LinuxLinks
[10:38]	TR News	"Time is one of those things that is significantly harder to deal with than youd naively expect." https://alexsci.com/blog/clock-skew/ | Source: Robert Alexander
[10:38]	TR Bot	 Does the Internet know what time is it?
[10:40]	TR News	"Every computer has an internal clock, typically driven by a quartz crystal oscillator." https://arpitbhayani.me/blogs/clock-sync-nightmare/ |
[10:40]	TR Bot	 Clock Synchronization Is a Nightmare
[10:40]	TR News	"access to legacy GPIB/IEEE-488 instruments using contemporary hardware and software, with a focus on accessibility, openness, and ease of integration into current workflows" https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/29/open-source-hardware-usb-to-gpib-adapter-connects-legacy-gpib-ieee-488-instruments-to-modern-hosts/ | Source: CNX Software
[10:40]	TR Bot	 Open-source hardware USB to GPIB adapter connects legacy GPIB/IEEE-488 instruments to modern hosts - CNX Software
[10:41]	TR News	"The V16 beacon is a car warning beacon that will mandatorily replace the warning triangles in Spain starting in 2026" https://destevez.net/2025/12/decoding-a-v16-beacon/ | Source: Daniel Estvez
[10:41]	TR Bot	 Decoding a V16 beacon Daniel Estvez
[10:42]	TR News	"The final Law Bytes podcast of 2025 released last week took a look back at the year in digital policy." https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/12/the-year-in-review-top-ten-law-bytes-podcast-episodes-4/ | Source: Michael Geist
[10:42]	TR Bot	 The Year in Review: Top Ten Law Bytes Podcast Episodes - Michael Geist
[10:43]	TR News	"CouchLens is a browser-based tool for analyzing Couchbase N1QL query performance." https://lorbic.com/couchlens-couchbase-query-analysis-tool/ | Source: Vikash Patel
[10:43]	TR Bot	CouchLens: A Query Analysis Tool for Couchbase | Lorbic
[10:44]	TR News	"A commentator on my entry on why Debian and RPM (source) packages are complicated suggested looking at Arch Linux packaging" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/PackagingShouldBeDeclarative | Source: University of Toronto
[10:44]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[10:44]	TR News	"Each package manager combines these choices differently" https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/29/categorizing-package-manager-clients.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
[10:44]	TR Bot	 Categorizing Package Manager Clients | Andrew Nesbitt
[10:44]	TR News	"Its been a few years since I did an end-of-year highlights in KDE post, but hopefully better late than never! 2025 was a big year for KDE bigger than me or any of us individually." https://pointieststick.com/2025/12/28/highlights-from-2025/ | Source: Nate Graham
[10:44]	TR Bot	 Highlights from 2025 Adventures in Linux and KDE
[10:45]	TR News	"My focus these days tends to be on Plasma, so thats mostly what Ill be mentioning on the technical side. And as such, everything here is just what I personally noticed, got involved with, or got excited about. Much more was always happening! Additional KDE news is available at https://planet.kde.org."
[10:45]	TR Bot	 English - Planet KDE
[10:45]	TR News	"For those who had friends in high schooland I'm not being glib here, this is a genuine demographic distinction" https://matduggan.com/the-year-of-the-3d-printed-miniature-and-other-lies-we-tell-ourselves/ | Source: Mat Duggan
[10:45]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[10:46]	TR News	"Joining adjacent lines is something that comes up often while editing text/code." https://batsov.com/articles/2025/12/29/how-to-vim-joining-lines/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov
[10:46]	TR Bot	 How to Vim: Joining Lines - (think)
[10:46]	TR News	"Surely there are other interesting solutions? " https://fzakaria.com/2025/12/29/huge-binaries-i-thunk-therefore-i-am | Source: Farid Zakaria
[10:46]	TR Bot	 Huge binaries: I thunk therefore I am | Farid Zakarias Blog
[10:48]	TR News	Late Night Linux Episode 366 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-366/
[10:48]	TR Bot	 Late Night Linux Episode 366 Late Night Linux
[10:50]	TR News	To Make Software Is To Translate Human Intent Into Computational Precision https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/making-software-is-translating-intent/
[10:50]	TR Bot	 To Make Software Is To Translate Human Intent Into Computational Precision - Jim Nielsens Blog
● Dec 30
[11:00]	TR News	Trying to change the subject quickly https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/29/u-boot-has-joined-sfc/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/27/Linus_Torvalds_Blasts_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_for_Atte.shtml
[11:00]	TR Bot	 U-Boot has joined Software Freedom Conservancy - Software Freedom Conservancy
[11:00]	TR Bot	 Techrights Linus Torvalds Blasts Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) for Attempting to 'Protect' Linux
[11:00]	TR News	FSF envoy and imitation https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/28/match-challenge-upped-to-251939/
[11:00]	TR Bot	 Match challenge upped to $251,939! - Software Freedom Conservancy
[11:01]	TR News	[envy]
[11:02]	TR News	Green 22.3.0 is out https://distrowatch.com/green "Green GNU/Linux is a Russian distribution"
[11:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/green )
[11:03]	TR News	"The One With The Keyboard-Mouse" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-keyboard-mouse-again/ | Source: Hackaday
[11:03]	TR Bot	With Kristina: The One With The Keyboard-Mouse, Again | Hackaday
[11:24]	TR News	If You Have an Older NVIDIA GPU on Arch Linux, Your System Might Be Broken https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-old-nvidia-gpu-issue/
[11:24]	TR Bot	 If You Have an Older NVIDIA GPU on Arch Linux, Your System Might Be Broken
[11:25]	TR News	How to Install FOG Server on Ubuntu or Debian GNU/Linux https://linux.how2shout.com/install-fog-server-ubuntu-debian-linux/
[11:25]	TR Bot	 How to Install FOG Server on Ubuntu or Debian Linux - LinuxShout
[11:29]	TR News	Graham: [KDE] Highlights from 2025 https://lwn.net/Articles/1052241/
[11:29]	TR Bot	[KDE] Highlights from 2025 [LWN.net]
[11:31]	TR News	Alzheimers Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say https://futurism.com/health-medicine/alzheimers-mice-cured
[11:31]	TR Bot	 Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
[11:32]	TR News	Matj Cepl: Open shell in the last $PWD https://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/open-shell-in-the-last-pwd.html
[11:32]	TR Bot	 Open shell in the last $PWD
[11:35]	TR News	Killed by Microsoft: "Romero Games' canceled Xbox title was reportedly Hotline Miami with priests"
[11:36]	TR News	LoRa, BLE, and GNSS tracker supports open-source software, solar charging, outdoor and indoor tracking https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/29/ruictec-td04-low-maintance-lora-ble-and-gnss-vehicle-tracker-supports-open-source-software-solar-charging/
[11:36]	TR Bot	 LoRa, BLE, and GNSS tracker supports open-source software, solar charging, outdoor and indoor tracking - CNX Software
[11:36]	TR News	MongoBleed defect swirls, stamping out hope of year-end respite https://cyberscoop.com/mongobleed-vulnerability-mongodb-exploitation/
[11:36]	TR Bot	defect swirls, stamping out hope of year-end respite | CyberScoop
[11:36]	TR News	Kubernetes v1.35: Introducing Workload Aware Scheduling https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/12/29/kubernetes-v1-35-introducing-workload-aware-scheduling/
[11:36]	TR Bot	 Kubernetes v1.35: Introducing Workload Aware Scheduling | Kubernetes
[11:39]	TR News	TIO now producing more LLM slop for "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella"; they pick some topic to spam, then spew out fake articles that make no sense at all!
[11:39]	TR News	Emacs updated https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Emacs
[11:39]	TR Bot	to connect to directory.fsf.org port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Emacs )
[11:48]	TR News	From the ABC to Techrights: recognizing fake news about economics, finance and investment https://danielpocock.com/en/abc-techrights-fake-news-about-economic-finance-investment/
[11:48]	TR Bot	 From the ABC to Techrights: recognizing fake news about economics, finance and investment
[11:50]	TR News	D7VK reaches version 1.1 and adds new frontend and experimental Direct3D 6 support Direct3D 7-to-Vulkan translation layer runs old games with native performance https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/d7vk-reaches-version-1-1-and-adds-new-frontend-and-experimental-direct3d-6-support-direct3d-7-to-vulkan-translation-layer-runs-old-games-with-native-performance
[11:50]	TR Bot	 D7VK reaches version 1.1 and adds new frontend and experimental Direct3D 6 support Direct3D 7-to-Vulkan translation layer runs old games with native performance | Tom's Hardware
[11:52]	TR News	Unified Patent Court is illegal, as are software patents, but this illegal kangaroo courts now serves patent trolls, as many warned it would https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/rand-licence-battle-in-interdigital-against-amazon-continues-over-christmas/
[11:52]	TR Bot	 RAND licence battle in InterDigital against Amazon continues over Christmas - JUVE Patent
[11:53]	TR News	Celebrating litigation and monopolies instead of actual science, justice, facts and so on https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/top-10-patent-cases-of-the-year-2025/
[11:53]	TR Bot	 Top 10 patent cases of the year 2025 - JUVE Patent
[11:53]	TR News	Software Patents: $2,000 awarded for IP Investments Group entity, eComm Innovations, web layout patent monopoly prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/29/2000-awarded-for-ip-investments-group-entity-ecomm-innovations-web-layout-patent-prior-art
[11:53]	TR Bot	 $2,000 awarded for IP Investments Group entity, eComm Innovations, web layout patent prior art Unified Patents
[11:54]	TR News	Another Wilus Wi-Fi patent monopoly challenge instituted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/29/another-wilus-wi-fi-patent-challenge-instituted
[11:54]	TR Bot	 Another Wilus Wi-Fi patent challenge instituted Unified Patents
[11:54]	TR News	Another International Semiconductor Group Wi-Fi 6 patent monopoly challenge instituted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/29/another-international-semiconductor-group-wi-fi-6-patent-challenge-instituted
[11:54]	TR Bot	 Another International Semiconductor Group Wi-Fi 6 patent challenge instituted Unified Patents
[11:54]	TR News	EasyWeb authorization patent monopoly prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/29/easyweb-authorization-patent-prior-art-found
[11:54]	TR Bot	 EasyWeb authorization patent prior art found Unified Patents
[11:55]	TR News	Marking Minefield: How NPE Settlements Can Kill Back Damages https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/12/marking-minefield-settlements.html
[11:55]	TR Bot	 Marking Minefield: How NPE Settlements Can Kill Back Damages | Patently-O
[11:55]	TR News	EPO People Power - Part XVIII - European Patent Office "Paints Itself as Progressive While Literally Being Represented by Cokeheads" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/29/EPO_People_Power_Part_XVIII_European_Patent_Office_Paints_Itsel.shtml
[11:55]	TR Bot	 Techrights EPO People Power - Part XVIII - European Patent Office "Paints Itself as Progressive While Literally Being Represented by Cokeheads"
● Dec 30
[12:00]	TR News	Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game Ubisoft rolling back free ultra-rare skins and billions of credits https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/rainbow-six-siege-x-servers-are-back-online-after-a-hack-completely-shut-down-the-game-ubisoft-rolling-back-free-ultra-rare-skins-and-billions-of-credits
[12:00]	TR Bot	 Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game Ubisoft rolling back free ultra-rare skins and billions of credits | Tom's Hardware
[12:02]	TR News	Different Algorithms Sort Christmas Lights https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/different-algorithms-sort-christmas-lights/ | Source: Hackaday
[12:02]	TR Bot	Algorithms Sort Christmas Lights | Hackaday
[12:02]	TR News	Management is the wrong analogy for LLM augmentation https://www.sicpers.info/2025/12/management-is-the-wrong-analogy-for-llm-augmentation/
[12:02]	TR Bot	 Management is the wrong analogy for LLM augmentation | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers
[12:03]	TR News	Elecrow Hey Hi (AI) starter kit turns NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano into a learning platform with 11.6-inch display, 30 electronics modules https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/30/elecrow-ai-starter-kit-turns-nvidia-jetson-orin-nano-into-a-learning-platform-with-11-6-inch-display-30-electronics-modules/
[12:03]	TR Bot	 Elecrow AI starter kit turns NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano into a learning platform with 11.6-inch display, 30 electronics modules - CNX Software
[12:04]	TR News	Former Samsung engineer accused of giving 10nm DRAM data to China's CXMT, handwritten notes detailed over 600 process steps gas flow ratios, photoresist settings and more critical stages detailed https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/samsung-engineer-accused-of-leaking-10nm-dram-process-data-to-chinas-cxmt
[12:04]	TR Bot	 Former Samsung engineer accused of giving 10nm DRAM data to China's CXMT, handwritten notes detailed over 600 process steps gas flow ratios, photoresist settings and more critical stages detailed | Tom's Hardware
[12:05]	TR News	Three of the best: IPv6 https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/30/three-of-the-best-ipv6-9/
[12:05]	TR Bot	 Three of the best: IPv6 | APNIC Blog
[12:14]	TR News	Jakartas minimum wage bump disappoints labourers https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/jakartas-minimum-wage-bump-faces-disappointed-labourers
[12:14]	TR Bot	 Jakartas minimum wage bump disappoints labourers | The Straits Times
[12:17]	geert	supsupsup
[12:18]	TR News	Number of Japanese restaurants overseas down for first time amid China slowdown https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/number-of-japanese-restaurants-overseas-down-for-first-time-amid-china-slowdown
[12:18]	TR Bot	 Number of Japanese restaurants overseas down for first time amid China slowdown | The Straits Times
[12:32]	TR News	Meet a U.S. Start-Up Trying to Break Chinas Rare-Earth Monopoly https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/business/energy-environment/rare-earth-processing-phoenix-tailings.html
[12:32]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/business/energy-environment/rare-earth-processing-phoenix-tailings.html )
[12:43]	TR News	In 2025, China proved its innovation prowess. But are some workers getting left behind? https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/1229/China-2025-economy-innovation
[12:44]	TR Bot	is proving its innovation prowess, but some workers may be left behind - CSMonitor.com
[12:50]	TR News	SMIC buys out subsidiary for $5.8B as Chinas chipmaking progress accelerates https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/29/smic-buys-subsidiary-5-8b-chinas-chipmaking-progress-accelerates/
[12:50]	TR Bot	buys out subsidiary for $5.8B as China's chipmaking progress accelerates - SiliconANGLE
[12:51]	TR News	"We think you could make that case for the Roland JP-8000 patch Sandstorm, which youve heard if you listened to any trance from the 90s, but especially the song that was named after it." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/39c3-recreating-sandstorm/ | Source: Hackaday
[12:51]	TR Bot	Recreating Sandstorm | Hackaday
[12:52]	TR News	"3D Printing A Telescope Is Rewarding" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/3d-printing-a-telescope-is-rewarding-even-if-not-always-cheaper/ | Source: Hackaday
[12:52]	TR Bot	Printing A Telescope Is Rewarding, Even If Not Always Cheaper | Hackaday
[12:53]	TR News	There's a Surprisingly Easy Way to Remove Microplastics in Drinking Water https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprisingly-easy-way-to-remove-microplastics-in-drinking-water
[12:53]	TR Bot	a Surprisingly Easy Way to Remove Microplastics in Drinking Water : ScienceAlert
[12:54]	TR News	End Of 10: How the FOSS Community is Combatting Software-Driven Resource and Energy Consumption - media.ccc.de https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-end-of-10-how-the-foss-community-is-combatting-software-drive-resource-and-energy-consumption
[12:54]	TR Bot	Of 10: How the FOSS Community is Combatting Software-Driven Resource and Energy Consumption - media.ccc.de
[12:55]	TR News	How to keep Open Source open without leaving our communities open to threats - media.ccc.de ii https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-how-to-keep-open-source-open-without-leaving-our-communities-open-to-threats
[12:55]	TR Bot	to keep Open Source open without leaving our communities open to threats - media.ccc.de
[12:56]	TR News	Infostealer Malware Delivered in EmEditor Supply Chain Attack https://www.securityweek.com/infostealer-malware-delivered-in-emeditor-supply-chain-attack/
[12:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/infostealer-malware-delivered-in-emeditor-supply-chain-attack/ )
[12:56]	TR News	Make GNOMEs App Grid Scroll Vertically (Like it Used to) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/gnome-vertical-app-grid-extension
[12:56]	TR Bot	 Make GNOME's App Grid Scroll Vertically (Like it Used to)
[12:58]	TR News	Kubernetes on GNU/Linux on Z https://azouhr.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/kubernetes-on-linux-on-z/
[12:58]	TR Bot	 Kubernetes on Linux on Z | azouhr
[12:59]	TR News	Gemini capsule capsule.jemarch.net https://jemarch.net/
[12:59]	TR Bot	 Homepage of Jose E. Marchesi
● Dec 30
[13:00]	TR News	"Fake Casio Scientific Calculators" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/the-rise-of-fake-casio-scientific-calculators/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:00]	TR Bot	Rise Of Fake Casio Scientific Calculators | Hackaday
[13:02]	TR News	BOWENS for Guitars is Primarily Merely a Surname, Says TTAB http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/bowens-for-guitars-is-primarily-merely.html
[13:02]	TR Bot	 The TTABlog: BOWENS for Guitars is Primarily Merely a Surname, Says TTAB
[13:03]	TR News	How to Fix Curl Could Not Resolve Host Error in GNU/Linux https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-fix-curl-could-not-resolve-host/
[13:03]	TR Bot	to Fix Curl Could Not Resolve Host Error in Linux - LinuxCapable
[13:03]	TR News	How To Install Splunk on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-splunk-almalinux-10/
[13:03]	TR Bot	 How To Install Splunk on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot
[13:04]	TR News	How to Install LAMP on Debian https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-lamp-on-debian-linux/
[13:04]	TR Bot	to Install LAMP on Debian - LinuxCapable
[13:04]	TR News	How to Install Surveillance Giant Google Antigravity on Ubuntu https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-google-antigravity-on-ubuntu-linux/
[13:04]	TR Bot	to Install Google Antigravity on Ubuntu - LinuxCapable
[13:05]	TR News	Even Low Doses of Aspartame Could Have Alarming Health Effects, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/even-low-doses-of-aspartame-could-have-alarming-health-effects-study-finds
[13:05]	TR Bot	Low Doses of Aspartame Could Have Alarming Health Effects, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
[13:07]	TR News	Irans Currency Collapse Pushes Protesters to the Streets https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/world/middleeast/iran-currency-collapse-rial-inflation-protests.html
[13:07]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/world/middleeast/iran-currency-collapse-rial-inflation-protests.html )
[13:07]	TR News	Iran's central bank chief resigns amid protests and currency turmoil https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20251229-iran-s-central-bank-chief-resigns-amid-protests-and-currency-turmoil
[13:07]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20251229-iran-s-central-bank-chief-resigns-amid-protests-and-currency-turmoil )
[13:16]	TR News	Late-2025 Legal Paperwork Flies Between the Majors (Minus Warner Music) and Suno New Confidentiality Order Points to Intensifying 2026 Showdown https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/29/universal-music-suno-lawsuit/
[13:16]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/29/universal-music-suno-lawsuit/ )
[13:16]	TR News	Notes from "Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream" https://evanhahn.com/bad-company-book-notes/
[13:16]	TR Bot	 Notes from "Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream"
[13:18]	TR News	FBI issues wanted notice for alleged North Korean remote IT workers accused of $900,000 crypto theft $5 million reward up for grabs for information on DPRK-linked suspects https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/fbi-issues-wanted-notice-for-alleged-dprk-linked-remote-it-workers-accused-of-900k-crypto-theft
[13:18]	TR Bot	 FBI issues wanted notice for alleged North Korean remote IT workers accused of $900,000 crypto theft $5 million reward up for grabs for information on DPRK-linked suspects | Tom's Hardware
[13:20]	TR News	EncryptionMaking Africa Safer: Internet Society Hosts Encryption Advocacy Workshop for African Civil Society https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/12/encryption-making-africa-safer-internet-society-hosts-encryption-advocacy-workshop-for-african-civil-society/
[13:20]	TR Bot	 EncryptionMaking Africa Safer: Internet Society Hosts Encryption Advocacy Workshop for African Civil Society - Internet Society
[13:21]	TR News	AI, Software Development, Security, Tips, and the Future (Part 1) https://openssf.org/blog/2025/12/29/ai-software-development-security-tips-and-the-future-part-1/
[13:21]	TR Bot	 AI, Software Development, Security, Tips, and the Future (Part 1) Open Source Security Foundation
[13:21]	TR News	Hacker Claims Theft of 40 Million Cond Nast Records After Wired Data Leak https://www.securityweek.com/hacker-claims-theft-of-40-million-conde-nast-records-after-wired-data-leak/
[13:21]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/hacker-claims-theft-of-40-million-conde-nast-records-after-wired-data-leak/ )
[13:22]	TR News	22 Million Affected by Aflac Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/22-million-affected-by-aflac-data-breach/
[13:22]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/22-million-affected-by-aflac-data-breach/ )
[13:24]	TR News	Code of Conduct (CoC) Committee = gatekeepers for billionaires http://techrights.org/o/2020/01/03/linux-kernel-code-of-conduct-committee/
[13:24]	TR Bot	 The Linux Foundation's Linux Kernel Code of Conduct (CoC) Committee is Now Officially Corporate
[13:24]	TR News	Coupang to Issue $1.17 Billion in Vouchers Over Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/coupang-to-issue-1-17-billion-in-vouchers-over-data-breach/
[13:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/coupang-to-issue-1-17-billion-in-vouchers-over-data-breach/ )
[13:24]	TR News	Fortinet Warns of New Attacks Exploiting Old Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-warns-of-new-attacks-exploiting-old-vulnerability/
[13:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-warns-of-new-attacks-exploiting-old-vulnerability/ )
[13:25]	TR News	Top US Accounting Firm Sax Discloses 2024 Data Breach Impacting 220,000 https://www.securityweek.com/top-us-accounting-firm-sax-discloses-2024-data-breach-impacting-220000/
[13:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/top-us-accounting-firm-sax-discloses-2024-data-breach-impacting-220000/ )
[13:26]	TR News	Debian Embraces Chinese LoongArch Processors with Official Loong64 Support https://itsfoss.com/news/debian-embraces-loongarch-processors/
[13:26]	TR Bot	 Debian Embraces Chinese LoongArch Processors with Official Loong64 Support
[13:56]	TR News	Ocean Development 2025 Recap https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/ocean-development-2025-recap/
[13:56]	TR Bot	 Ocean Development 2025 Recap KDE and Plasma Design
[13:57]	TR News	Finding a broken trace on my old Mac with the help of its ROM diagnostics https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/12/finding-a-broken-trace-on-my-old-mac-with-the-help-of-its-rom-diagnostics/
[13:57]	TR Bot	 Downtown Doug Brown Finding a broken trace on my old Mac with the help of its ROM diagnostics
[13:58]	TR News	CERN PGDay 2026: Schedule Published https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/cern-pgday-2026-schedule-published-3205/
[13:58]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: CERN PGDay 2026: Schedule Published
[13:59]	TR News	Git's HTTP server side design does not scale https://xeiaso.net/notes/2025/distributed-git-ddos/
[13:59]	TR Bot	 Git's HTTP server side design does not scale - Xe Iaso
[13:59]	TR News	US and Australian agencies warn MongoBleed vulnerability in MongoDB is under active exploitation https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/29/us-australian-agencies-warn-mongobleed-vulnerability-mongodb-active-exploitation/
[13:59]	TR Bot	and Australian agencies warn MongoBleed vulnerability in MongoDB is under active exploitation - SiliconANGLE
[13:59]	TR News	Fresh MongoDB Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/fresh-mongodb-vulnerability-exploited-in-attacks/
[13:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/fresh-mongodb-vulnerability-exploited-in-attacks/ )
● Dec 30
[14:00]	TR News	Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1052236/
[14:00]	TR Bot	updates for Monday [LWN.net]
[14:01]	TR News	"A Game Of Linux" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/playing-a-game-of-linux-on-your-sony-playstation-2/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:01]	TR Bot	A Game Of Linux On Your Sony Playstation 2 | Hackaday
[14:01]	TR News	Loc-OS 24 is out https://distrowatch.com/locos
[14:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/locos )
[14:02]	TR News	SuperTux 0.7 Reaches Beta
[14:09]	TR News	How to Install Pop!_OS COSMIC Desktop in Ubuntu 24.04 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/12/install-pop_os-cosmic-desktop-ubuntu-24-04/
[14:09]	TR Bot	 How to Install Pop!_OS COSMIC Desktop in Ubuntu 24.04 | UbuntuHandbook
[14:09]	TR News	nnd debugger for GNU/Linux https://www.linuxlinks.com/nnd-debugger-linux/
[14:09]	TR Bot	- debugger for Linux - LinuxLinks
[14:09]	TR News	5 Best Free and Open Source X10 Home Automation Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/homeautomation/
[14:09]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source X10 Home Automation Software - LinuxLinks
[14:10]	TR News	20 Best Free and Open Source Python Visualization Packages https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-python-visualization-packages/
[14:10]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Python Visualization Packages - LinuxLinks
[14:10]	TR News	5 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Medical Practice Management Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/medicalpractice/
[14:10]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Linux Medical Practice Management Software - LinuxLinks
[14:10]	TR News	LinuxLinks: Our most-read stories of 2025 https://www.linuxlinks.com/linuxlinks-most-read-stories-2025/
[14:10]	TR Bot	Our most-read stories of 2025 - LinuxLinks
[14:11]	TR News	Bobcat terminal emulator https://www.linuxlinks.com/bobcat-terminal-emulator/
[14:11]	TR Bot	- terminal emulator - LinuxLinks
[14:11]	TR News	Tucnak ham radio VHF/HF contest logbook https://www.linuxlinks.com/tucnak-ham-radio-vhf-hf-contest-logbook/
[14:11]	TR Bot	- ham radio VHF/HF contest logbook - LinuxLinks
[14:12]	TR News	Orbitiny Desktop Pilot 8 Delivers Its Biggest Release Yet https://linuxiac.com/orbitiny-desktop-pilot-8-delivers-its-biggest-release-yet/
[14:12]	TR Bot	 Orbitiny Desktop Pilot 8 Delivers Its Biggest Release Yet
[14:15]	TR News	Hyprland 0.53 Lands With Window Rule Rewrite and Dozens of Fixes https://linuxiac.com/hyprland-0-53-lands-with-window-rule-rewrite-and-dozens-of-fixes/
[14:15]	TR Bot	 Hyprland 0.53 Lands With Window Rule Rewrite and Dozens of Fixes
[14:15]	TR News	Probably slop https://hackwarenews.com/jolla-exceeds-its-funding-goal-and-relaunches-the-modular-jackets-the-other-half/
[14:15]	TR Bot	 Jolla exceeds its funding goal and relaunches the modular jackets "The Other Half"
[14:17]	TR News	How To Install Pandas on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-pandas-linux-mint-22/
[14:17]	TR Bot	 How To Install Pandas on Linux Mint 22 - idroot
[14:17]	TR News	Nate Graham Wants to Step Back from This Week in Plasma https://fossforce.com/2025/12/nate-graham-wants-to-step-back-from-this-week-in-plasma/
[14:17]	TR Bot	 Nate Graham Wants to Step Back from 'This Week in Plasma' - FOSS Force
[14:17]	TR News	FBI announces increased response to fraud in Minnesota public support programs https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/fbi-announces-increased-response-to-fraud-in-minnesota-public-support-programs/
[14:17]	TR Bot	 FBI announces increased response to fraud in Minnesota public support programs - JURIST - News
[14:19]	TR News	(Thinking about) getting new printers https://rubenerd.com/thinking-about-getting-new-printers/
[14:19]	TR Bot	(Thinking about) getting new printers
[14:19]	TR News	Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID funds maintains innocence https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/12/florida-congresswoman-accused-of-stealing-covid-funds-maintains-innocence/
[14:19]	TR Bot	 Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID funds maintains innocence
[14:28]	TR News	Linux will be unstoppable in 2026 - but one open-source legend may not survive https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-and-open-source-2026-predictions/
[14:28]	TR Bot	will be unstoppable in 2026 - but one open-source legend may not survive | ZDNET
[14:29]	TR News	3 modern CLI tools that have replaced ps, df, and curl for me https://www.howtogeek.com/modern-cli-tools-that-have-replaced-ps-df-and-curl-for-me/
[14:29]	TR Bot	 3 modern CLI tools that have replaced ps, df, and curl for me
[14:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  How-To Geek: Linux Distributions, Linux Terminals, Linux desktops, and Howtos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/28/How_To_Geek_Linux_Distributions_Linux_Terminals_Linux_desktops_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/28/How_To_Geek_Linux_Distributions_Linux_Terminals_Linux_desktops_.gmi 
[14:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines How-To Geek: Linux Distributions, Linux Terminals, Linux desktops, and Howtos
[14:32]	TR News	"There are tons of Linux distributions out there, and for better or worse, the list keeps growing. Here are some 2025 arrivals fresh out of the open source operating system development oven." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-distributions-that-first-appeared-in-2025/
[14:32]	TR Bot	 4 interesting Linux distributions that first appeared in 2025
[14:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Applications in Review https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/GNU_Linux_Applications_in_Review.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/GNU_Linux_Applications_in_Review.gmi 
[14:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Applications in Review
[14:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[14:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[14:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  Audiocasts/Shows/Talks: Late Night Linux and End Of 10 at CCC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Audiocasts_Shows_Talks_Late_Night_Linux_and_End_Of_10_at_CCC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Audiocasts_Shows_Talks_Late_Night_Linux_and_End_Of_10_at_CCC.gmi 
[14:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows/Talks: Late Night Linux and End Of 10 at CCC
[14:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kubernetes v1.35 and Kubernetes on GNU/Linux on Z https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Kubernetes_v1_35_and_Kubernetes_on_GNU_Linux_on_Z.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Kubernetes_v1_35_and_Kubernetes_on_GNU_Linux_on_Z.gmi 
[14:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Kubernetes v1.35 and Kubernetes on GNU/Linux on Z
[14:42]	TR News	 (NEW):  Databases: CouchLens and CERN PGDay Next Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Databases_CouchLens_and_CERN_PGDay_Next_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Databases_CouchLens_and_CERN_PGDay_Next_Year.gmi 
[14:42]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Databases: CouchLens and CERN PGDay Next Year
[14:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  Jose E. Marchesi (GNU Project) Adopts Gemini Protocol, Starts Capsule https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Jose_E_Marchesi_GNU_Project_Adopts_Gemini_Protocol_Starts_Capsu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Jose_E_Marchesi_GNU_Project_Adopts_Gemini_Protocol_Starts_Capsu.gmi 
[14:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Jose E. Marchesi (GNU Project) Adopts Gemini Protocol, Starts Capsule
[14:47]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
[14:47]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[14:48]	MinceR	30 065041 < techrights-news> [Old] Trumps tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia https://trumpflation.net/trumps-tariffs-list-is-missing-one-big-country-russia/
[14:48]	TR Bot	 Trumps tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia - Trumpflation
[14:49]	MinceR	the diddler-in-chief serves putler, but is pretending not to in the hopes of getting a nobel peace prize
[14:49]	MinceR	if he gets that, the pretense will end
[14:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  Standards/Consortia: V16, UsbGpib, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Standards_Consortia_V16_UsbGpib_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Standards_Consortia_V16_UsbGpib_and_More.gmi 
[14:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Standards/Consortia: V16, UsbGpib, and More
[14:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Legal Issues and Coding Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Legal_Issues_and_Coding_Lef.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Legal_Issues_and_Coding_Lef.gmi 
[14:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Legal Issues and Coding Leftovers
[14:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  Categorizing Package Manager Clients in GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Categorizing_Package_Manager_Clients_in_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/Categorizing_Package_Manager_Clients_in_GNU_Linux.gmi 
[14:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Categorizing Package Manager Clients in GNU/Linux
[14:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and Hardware Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/GNU_Linux_and_Hardware_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/GNU_Linux_and_Hardware_Leftovers.gmi 
[14:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and Hardware Leftovers
[14:57]	TR News	Techrights Links 30/12/2025: "Durian Tsunami" and &quot;Unneeded Surgeries&quot; https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Links_30_12_2025_Durian_Tsunami_and_Unneeded_Surgeries.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Links_30_12_2025_Durian_Tsunami_and_Unneeded_Surgeries.gmi 
[14:57]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 30/12/2025: "Durian Tsunami" and "Unneeded Surgeries"
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[15:20]	TR News	WhatsApp Complains About Restrictions in Russia After Reported Slowdown https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-23/whatsapp-complains-about-restrictions-in-russia-after-reported-slowdown
[15:20]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-23/whatsapp-complains-about-restrictions-in-russia-after-reported-slowdown )
[15:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: fiery devil ape https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-23/why-the-boss-of-a-russian-defence-factory-set-fire-to-himself-on-red-square
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[15:21]	TR News	'Crypto' = SCAM https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-23/central-african-republics-touadera-friend-of-russia-and-crypto-vies-for-third-term
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[15:23]	TR News	Pro-Russian Hackers Claim Cyberattack on French Postal Service https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-12-24/pro-russian-hackers-claim-cyberattack-on-french-postal-service
[15:23]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-12-24/pro-russian-hackers-claim-cyberattack-on-french-postal-service )
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[15:34]	TR News	Ukrainian Teen Sentenced for Sharing Military Data with Russian Spy https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/khmelnytskyi-teen-sentenced-for-sharing-military-data-with-russian-spy/amp/
[15:34]	TR Bot	 Khmelnytskyi Teen Sentenced for Sharing Military Data with Russian Spy | Ukraine news - #Mezha
[15:39]	TR News	Techrights State of the Slop, Day 364 https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/State_of_the_Slop_Day_364.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/State_of_the_Slop_Day_364.gmi 
[15:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights State of the Slop, Day 364
[15:39]	MinceR	https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/theory-3
[15:39]	TR Bot	 Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Theory
[15:40]	TR News	Funny Numbers https://xkcd.com/3184/
[15:40]	TR Bot	Funny Numbers
[15:41]	TR News	Sauropods https://xkcd.com/3185/
[15:41]	TR Bot	Sauropods
[15:41]	TR News	Truly Universal Outlet https://xkcd.com/3186/
[15:41]	TR Bot	Truly Universal Outlet
[15:42]	TR News	Child labour https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/2025/episode-43.en.html
[15:42]	TR Bot	 SFP#43: It is Youth Hacking 4 Freedom! - FSFE
[15:42]	TR News	How to actually get kids off their phones https://www.vox.com/technology/473289/australia-children-social-media-ban-kids-phones-tiktok
[15:42]	TR Bot	media bans should be for everyone | Vox
[15:43]	TR News	What podcasts do to our brains https://www.vox.com/technology/470004/podcasts-tiktok-attention-brains-multitasking
[15:43]	TR Bot	listening to podcasts good for your brain? | Vox
[15:44]	TR News	TikTok Rival Hit by Cyberattack as Porn and Violent Videos Flood Chinese App https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktok-rival-hit-cyberattack-porn-violent-videos-flood-chinese-app-1765939
[15:44]	TR Bot	 TikTok Rival Hit by Cyberattack as Porn and Violent Videos Flood Chinese App | IBTimes UK
[15:47]	TR News	IBM nepotism: "Absolutely wild. I honestly thought I was losing it because it felt like I was the only one seeing this. Seeing you share that was a real reliefmade me feel a lot less crazy."
[15:47]	TR News	"And the fact that, under her watch, they consistently missed quarterly contractual targets, yet she still had a meteoric rise? Thats hard to reconcile. Make it make sense. He must really like her ;)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24
[15:47]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24 )
[15:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[15:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	Mr Gerstner saved IBM. If It was not for his bold leadership IBM could have been the largest bankruptcy ever at that time
[15:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	His leadership turned billions in losses back to profitability
[15:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	May his memory be a blessing
[15:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[15:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	"You are correct. But he destroyed a lot of lives and American families to do so."
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	Mr Gerstners time at IBM should be divided into two parts
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	    Saving IBM
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	    Reshaping IBM
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	As relates to saving IBM, Gerstner made the hard calls and deserves credit. He downsized IBM to a manageable level for a HW and SW company (350k employees to 225k employees). Yes it was brutal but it needed to happen (remember IBM was borrowing money to make payroll), and yes it worked. Costs came into line with business operations.
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	As relates to reshaping IBM, Gerstner only gets a passing grade (C). He had the vision to remake IBM into a services company delivering one stop shopping for their customers, BUT he couldnt sustain the changes he made from saving IBM (eg keeping costs down). He allowed IBM to become bloated again (eg 7 layers of management went back to 13) and as such costs skyrocketed as additional headcount was added for unprofitable services
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	 offerings. NOTE the slimmed down HW and SW sectors subsidized the services offerings so the remaking of IBM worked for a while. The second problem Gerstner encountered was the industry moved on him, and he failed to keep IBM innovating. As such less innovation lead to a stagnating profit margin which resulted in future CEOs prioritizing cost cuts while refusing to cut unprofitable commodity offerings.
[15:52]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
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[16:14]	TR News	Techrights IBM Seems to be Doing to HashiCorp What It Did to Red Hat (Many Key People Leaving) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/IBM_Seems_to_be_Doing_to_HashiCorp_What_It_Did_to_Red_Hat_Many_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/IBM_Seems_to_be_Doing_to_HashiCorp_What_It_Did_to_Red_Hat_Many_.gmi 
[16:14]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Seems to be Doing to HashiCorp What It Did to Red Hat (Many Key People Leaving)
[16:15]	TR News	Nothing posted to/in libreplanet-discuss this month https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-12/index.html
[16:15]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-12/index.html )
[16:18]	TR News	For a Free Digital Society: GNU of Richard M. Stallman [No Ads] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKUwfFcrVjU
[16:18]	TR Bot	https://yewtu.be/watch?v=fKUwfFcrVjU
[16:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=fKUwfFcrVjU )
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[16:42]	TR News	Techrights Jean-Slop Van Damme and the Art of Bull--- Code https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Jean_Slop_Van_Damme_and_the_Art_of_Bull_Code.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Jean_Slop_Van_Damme_and_the_Art_of_Bull_Code.gmi 
[16:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Jean-Slop Van Damme and the Art of Bull--- Code
[16:54]	TR News	Techrights Some GNU Joiners in Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Some_GNU_Joiners_in_Geminispace.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Some_GNU_Joiners_in_Geminispace.gmi 
[16:54]	TR Bot	 Techrights Some GNU Joiners in Geminispace
[16:59]	TR News	IBM traffic down 4% https://www.similarweb.com/website/ibm.com/#ranking
[16:59]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
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[17:22]	TR News	Techrights IBM Was Never Saved, It Has Been a Downhill Journey for Decades Already https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/IBM_Was_Never_Saved_It_Has_Been_a_Downhill_Journey_for_Decades_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/IBM_Was_Never_Saved_It_Has_Been_a_Downhill_Journey_for_Decades_.gmi 
[17:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM Was Never Saved, It Has Been a Downhill Journey for Decades Already
[17:22]	TR News	MARKETING SPAM disguised as "study": "Microsoft study reveals the jobs least likely to be replaced by AI" (wishful thinking, SPAM from Microsoft)
[17:23]	TR News	GNU/Linux at 5% in Yemen https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/yemen/#monthly-200902-202512
[17:23]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Yemen | Statcounter Global Stats
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[17:26]	psydroid2	Hail Jean-Slop van Butcher, the one and only Lou Gerstner
[17:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	van bucther :)
[17:50]	TR News	Techrights Slopfarms Covering Up for "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella" After a Terrible Performance and a Terrible Year at Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Slopfarms_Covering_Up_for_Microsoft_CEO_Satya_Nadella_After_a_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Slopfarms_Covering_Up_for_Microsoft_CEO_Satya_Nadella_After_a_T.gmi 
[17:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slopfarms Covering Up for "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella" After a Terrible Performance and a Terrible Year at Microsoft
[17:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Might Make it to Goal Without Date Extensions https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Might_Make_it_to_Goal_Without_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Might_Make_it_to_Goal_Without_.gmi 
[17:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Might Make it to Goal Without Date Extensions
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[18:10]	TR News	Techrights A Calm Year in IRC is a Good Year for IRC https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/A_Calm_Year_in_IRC_is_a_Good_Year_for_IRC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/A_Calm_Year_in_IRC_is_a_Good_Year_for_IRC.gmi 
[18:10]	TR Bot	 Techrights A Calm Year in IRC is a Good Year for IRC
[18:15]	TR News	Torvalds: Software Freedom Conservancy "is trying to further an agenda [...] is a racket, plain and simple" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/27/Linus_Torvalds_Blasts_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_for_Atte.shtml
[18:15]	TR Bot	 Techrights Linus Torvalds Blasts Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) for Attempting to 'Protect' Linux
[18:39]	TR News	Techrights Nope, There's No Twitter "Successor" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Nope_There_s_No_Twitter_Successor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Nope_There_s_No_Twitter_Successor.gmi 
[18:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights Nope, There's No Twitter "Successor"
[18:40]	TR News	"See this detailed description of the many problems with UEFI, and the lies about BIOS (by Microsoft) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/The_UEFI_hype_and_Microsoft_s_lies.shtml [techrights.org]" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/27/230209#1428158
[18:40]	TR Bot	 Techrights The UEFI hype and Microsoft's lies
[18:40]	TR Bot	 Microsoft's Research Dream to Replace All C/C++ With Rust by 2030 - SoylentNews
[18:42]	TR News	South Korea to require facial recognition for new mobile numbers | The Record from Recorded Future News https://therecord.media/south-korea-facial-recognition-phones Source: The Record | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//therecord.media/south-korea-facial-recognition-phones
[18:42]	TR Bot	 South Korea to require facial recognition for new mobile numbers | The Record from Recorded Future News
[18:43]	TR News	SN's front page stories ATM are relevant and good, so the editor are doing OK, the site is in good hands it seems https://soylentnews.org/
[18:43]	TR Bot	 SoylentNews: SoylentNews is people
[18:43]	TR News	(Editors)
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[19:04]	TR News	Techrights A Conundrum of Privacy/Surveillance: Will You Give Them a Stool Sample to "Feel Humane"? https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/A_Conundrum_of_Privacy_Surveillance_Will_You_Give_Them_a_Stool_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/A_Conundrum_of_Privacy_Surveillance_Will_You_Give_Them_a_Stool_.gmi 
[19:04]	TR Bot	 Techrights A Conundrum of Privacy/Surveillance: Will You Give Them a Stool Sample to "Feel Humane"?
[19:12]	TR News	Techrights DnD: Debian and Drugs https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/DnD_Debian_and_Drugs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/DnD_Debian_and_Drugs.gmi 
[19:12]	TR Bot	 Techrights DnD: Debian and Drugs
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[19:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  An Update on Our Appeal https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/An_Update_on_Our_Appeal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/An_Update_on_Our_Appeal.gmi 
[19:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines An Update on Our Appeal
[19:45]	TR News	"Richard Stallman called for a boycott and requested the publisher issue an apology.[30] The Globe and Mail published a review from two UK-based writers in its 16 July edition and posted the Canadian writer's review on its website at 9:00 that morning" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince
[19:45]	TR Bot	 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Wikipedia
[19:46]	TR News	Wow. The anti-J. K. Rowling brigade is working overtime in Wikipedia. Seems the goal is to scare ALL women. NOBODY is beyond our reach and gender is just something "in the mind".
[19:47]	TR News	So any criticism, even some old thing from RMS, is "fair play" now.
[19:49]	TR News	The cited article: "The company was not legally compelled to do this: it was a choice, and Warner chose to be nasty, motivated by greed. In moral terms, greed is not an excuse for an action that is nasty. Morally, Warner has no excuse." https://stallman.org/harry-potter.html
[19:49]	TR Bot	 Don't Buy Harry Potter Books
[19:50]	TR News	"Youre unlikely to be able to get your hands on any of these works, since J.K. Rowling and her publisher have launched an aggressive worldwide legal campaign against the unauthorized Potter takeoffs." https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/06/harry-potter-and-the-international-order-of-copyright.html
[19:50]	TR Bot	 Harry Potter and the International Order of Copyright.
[19:50]	TR News	Two decades before more phony controversies or trolling/brigading in social control media
[19:53]	TR News	"There is the most recent manager, he is a useless piece of sh1t. He is still employed at IBM because is white." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdmwe55y
[19:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdmwe55y )
[19:54]	TR News	"and where is that American icon IBM, today ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96
[19:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96 )
[19:55]	TR News	"Just remember that Gerstner's family will be like vultures at the dinner table once the funeral services are over (or they might decide to be vultures before the funeral services are over). And the lawyers will be there too. After all, they all want a share of the spoils or estate of this tyrant."
[19:55]	TR News	"This might sound like a cynical observation, but it's a fact of life. Get over it."
[19:55]	TR News	"Alvind acts like a cartoon character and worse. So does that that upskilling mo--n Krabanaugh. And his sidekick, Joanne the ja----s with the funny accent."
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[20:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Rose to 4% in Somalia, Even 7% is One Counts ChromeOS as Well https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/GNU_Linux_Rose_to_4_in_Somalia_Even_7_is_One_Counts_ChromeOS_as.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/GNU_Linux_Rose_to_4_in_Somalia_Even_7_is_One_Counts_ChromeOS_as.gmi 
[20:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Rose to 4% in Somalia, Even 7% is One Counts ChromeOS as Well
[20:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU Wget 2.2.1 Released with New Options, Improvements, and Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/GNU_Wget_2_2_1_Released_with_New_Options_Improvements_and_Bug_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/GNU_Wget_2_2_1_Released_with_New_Options_Improvements_and_Bug_F.gmi 
[20:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU Wget 2.2.1 Released with New Options, Improvements, and Bug Fixes
[20:16]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights
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[20:24]	TR News	Techrights Samoa: GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Rose to Around 11% https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Samoa_GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_Rose_to_Around_11.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Samoa_GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_Rose_to_Around_11.gmi 
[20:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights Samoa: GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Rose to Around 11%
[20:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  7 Days Ago US Workers Left the Office Ahead of Christmas Eve, Now Vista 11 is Measured at 7% "Market Share" in the US https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/7_Days_Ago_US_Workers_Left_the_Office_Ahead_of_Christmas_Eve_No.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/30/7_Days_Ago_US_Workers_Left_the_Office_Ahead_of_Christmas_Eve_No.gmi 
[20:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 7 Days Ago US Workers Left the Office Ahead of Christmas Eve, Now Vista 11 is Measured at 7% "Market Share" in the US
[20:32]	TR News	A Joke? "IBM Is a thriving 294 Billion dollar company on the cutting edge of Hybrid cloud and AI." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96
[20:47]	TR News	Techrights Concern Trolls: Stop Criticising Poor Gerstner Because Now He's Dead. Reality Check: Gerstner Has Found a Trick for Dodging Tax on His Hundreds of Millions in Wealth. https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Concern_Trolls_Stop_Criticising_Poor_Gerstner_Because_Now_He_s_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Concern_Trolls_Stop_Criticising_Poor_Gerstner_Because_Now_He_s_.gmi 
[20:47]	TR Bot	 Techrights Concern Trolls: Stop Criticising Poor Gerstner Because Now He's Dead. Reality Check: Gerstner Has Found a Trick for Dodging Tax on His Hundreds of Millions in Wealth.
[20:48]	TR News	"I hope he died a slow and painful death in screaming agony and he will be haunted in he-l by the ghosts of tens of thousands of innocent ibmers he RAd during his tenure . Today was a good day - the evil overlord is dead. The wicked witch Ginni R should be next" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96
● Dec 30
[21:01]	TR News	Techrights Get Ready for Gigantic XBox Layoffs at Microsoft (Much Bigger Than in 2025) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Get_Ready_for_Gigantic_XBox_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Much_Bigger_Th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Get_Ready_for_Gigantic_XBox_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Much_Bigger_Th.gmi 
[21:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights Get Ready for Gigantic XBox Layoffs at Microsoft (Much Bigger Than in 2025)
[21:05]	TR News	This may be my last glog post of the year gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/2025/20251230-fimgs.txt
[21:06]	TR News	 xkcd: High Altitude Cooking Instructions #3187 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3187.gmi
[21:06]	TR News	FreeBSD Virtuajailization gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi
[21:22]	TR News	"Being a little bit sick of the friction involved with publishing blogs, be it the world wide web, or gemini, I decided to automate things a little bit with email." gemini://gemini.mooremoore.net/gemlog/2025-12-30-publishing-gemlogs-via-gpg-signed-email
[21:23]	TR News	"I run a small number of search engine instances using Xobaque. I haven't thought about what to do when sites move or disappear. Xobaque doesn't crawl the web so it doesn't know what's out there. All it knows is what the feeds bring in." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-12-30-xobaque
[21:24]	TR News	SpellBinding EIKMNSW Wordo: MIENS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-30.gmi
[21:26]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 30/12/2025: FreeBSD, Gemlogs, and Xobaque https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Gemini_Links_30_12_2025_FreeBSD_Gemlogs_and_Xobaque.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Gemini_Links_30_12_2025_FreeBSD_Gemlogs_and_Xobaque.gmi 
[21:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 30/12/2025: FreeBSD, Gemlogs, and Xobaque
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[23:45]	MinceR	https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/plant
[23:45]	TR Bot	 Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Plant