Techrights Recent IRC Comments
Full logs (past days) in http://techrights.org/category/irc-logs/ and latest below.
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Sun 08:32:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "According to a new survey by polling firm Gallup, a full 47 percent of Americans now say they want unions to have more influence than they do today." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/labor-union-support-gallup-ai-automation | Source: Futurism
Sun 08:32:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It doesn’t matter whether or not anyone believes Trump or his enablers. All that matters is that Trump believes it." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/11/dhs-claimed-it-had-found-16000-illegal-voters-in-nevada-now-its-admitting-its-less-than-200/ | Source: Techdirt
Sun 08:33:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "as a high school dropout who became a proud" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Books/2026/0911/harry-belafonte-daylight-come-joshua-jelly-schapiro | Source: CS Monitor
Sun 08:33:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That may be true in Mississippi—but on the state level in at least nine US states, and in more than a dozen other countries" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/you-dont-have-right-to-safe-drinking-water-trump-appointed-judge-rules/ | Source: Wired
Sun 08:33:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The anger Michiganders are feeling is understandable. When I drove by the Saline Township data center, I felt it myself." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/umichs-playbook-in-ypsilanti-township-isnt-that-different-than-openais-in-saline/ | Source: University of Michigan
Sun 08:34:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Pentagon has policies governing service members' conduct, including on social media, and disciplinary action may be taken when conduct is found to violate military regulations." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/pj-conner-man-accused-of-mocking-charlie-kirk-on-social-media-what-we-know-101789261586002.html | Source: Hindustan Times
Sun 08:35:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Tiananmen crackdown occurred on June 4, 1989" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/11/hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-activists-sentenced-up-to-7-years-3-months-for-inciting-subversion/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press
Sun 08:37:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "totally unjust" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/11/people-will-be-shocked-and-angry-relatives-friends-of-jailed-tiananmen-activists-decry-unjust-sentences/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press
Sun 08:38:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There’s just so much misinformation about [vaccines] out there, that it slows everything down and people wait longer" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/12/kids-are-back-in-classrooms-health-misinformation-could-shape-the-school-year-partner/ | Source: Salon
Sun 08:42:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When Microsoft's developers and engineers sit down to code, they can now choose to work in Rust" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/09/11/microsoft-annoints-rust-as-a-tier-1-internal-language/5295732 | Source: The Register UK
Sun 08:42:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I was astounded that he was so complacent about a technology he believed had a 10 percent chance of ending human life." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/isnt-a-10-percent-threat-of-extinction | Source: Robert Reich
Sun 08:43:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed for Social Security, Republicans have used “socialism” to scare Americans away from doing anything big that we need done." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/president-aoc | Source: Robert Reich
Sun 08:43:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Talarico is not trying to persuade Texans to stop being religious. He is not asking them to compartmentalize their religious beliefs." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/james-talarico-protestant-reform/ | Source: The Nation
Sun 08:43:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Cool, cool, cool. If I could offer my hot take, maybe someone should do something to, you know, stop this?" ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/215308/anthropic-ai-industry-apocalypse-coxon | Source: New Republic
Sun 08:44:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I’m guessing there aren’t many Techdirt readers from back then still reading today, but after a few hours of staring blankly at the TV " ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/11/since-9-11-fear-has-driven-our-politics-dont-let-it-drive-the-next-25-years/ | Source: Techdirt
Sun 08:44:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Instead, technological advances and grassroots sentiment have been moving faster than politicians have been willing to act. Now some seem to be waking up." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/09/ai-dario-amodei-essay/688596/ | Source: The Atlantic
Sun 08:45:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Perl and Raku Foundation is delighted to announce that HeroDevs has donated $10,000 to support our work." ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/herodevs-donates-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/ | Source: Perl
Sun 08:45:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Sixty percent of open source maintainers are not paid for the work." ☛ https://seldo.com/posts/nobody-pays-for-open-source-we-can-force-them-to/ | Source: Laurie Voss
Sun 08:46:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The survivors will be sent to a breeding program with a goal of growing the genetic diversity of disease-tolerant elm trees." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-08-31/disease-that-decimated-american-elms-could-help-bring-them-back | Source: Los Angeles Times
Sun 08:46:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "You would think that an industry buildout of this magnitude, billed as a revolution, would mean more vigilance from EPA" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994112/ai-data-center-pollution-health-epa | Source: The Verge
Sun 08:46:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At the urban site in Zurich, they found an average deposition of 881 particles per square meter per day." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-09-microplastics-fall-rural-switzerland-adding.html | Source: Omicron Limited
Sun 08:47:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Gokhale acknowledges that his cause might not be the first or second priority for most communities. It might not even be third, he said." ☛ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/as-data-centers-expand-advocates-call-for-regulations-on-lights/ | Source: Mississippi Journalism and Education Group
Sun 08:48:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation set up the new rebate program with funding from the automaker Volkswagen, as part of a decade-old settlement." ☛ https://wpln.org/post/volkswagen-dieselgate-payout-continues-to-fund-ev-charging-in-tennessee/ | Source: Nashville Public Radio
Sun 08:48:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "How difficult are these things to manufacture?" ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2026/09/12/#Orwell-atom-bomb | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus
Sun 08:49:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I physically shuddered as Trump began that pledge, because it reminded me so much of another pledge to another ruler." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/11/we-do-not-swear-unconditional-obedience/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
Sun 08:51:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The county’s supervisor of elections, Mark Earley, called it “ridiculous.”" ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/215342/usps-tries-rejecting-county-ballot-spacing-issue | Source: New Republic
Sun 08:51:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "terrorism experts" ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/csis-analyst-9-11/ | Source: The Walrus
Sun 08:51:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Allegations of Russian interference in Hungary peaked before April’s election, with Hungarian media reporting that Russia’s embassy in Budapest was involved in espionage" ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2026/09/11/hungary-expels-ten-russian-diplomats-over-espionage-concerns | Source: Insight Hungary
Sun 08:52:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Until May 2025, I liked PGP, and the GNU Privacy Guard. I poked at it in my free time a lot." ☛ https://media.ccc.de/v/2026-728-the-gpg-fail-aftermath-on-responsible-disclosure-gpg-and-the-state-of-security-in-2026 | Source: CCC
Sun 08:52:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I’ve never owned a regular television, so it’s no surprise that I’m out of touch with pricing." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/cheap_tv.html | Source: Kevin Boone
Sun 08:53:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When the claims of the breach initially emerged, some cybersecurity experts believed it was tied to the recently confirmed breach involving the 153 million driver’s licenses" ☛ https://therecord.media/florida-shiny-hunters-motor-vehicle | Source: The Record
Sun 08:53:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "TikTok violated the state's consumer protection law by misleading users about how it filtered content for minors" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/texas-judge-rules-tiktok-misled-users-on-child-safety-feature/articleshow/134081284.cms | Source: India Times
Sun 08:54:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is about the features themselves. This is about actually addressing the problem, the scrolling, the algorithms" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/california-governor-signs-law-to-limit-childrens-social-media-risks/articleshow/134082970.cms | Source: India Times
Sun 08:54:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The laws will penalize large social media companies up to $1 million per child if they are found negligent of harming children through their platforms" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/california-governor-signs-laws-aimed-at-protecting-kids-from-risks-of-social-media-ai-chatbots/articleshow/134047773.cms | Source: India Times
Sun 08:54:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I slightly loathe that in order to remain with a professional identity online, the best option is to have separate accounts." ☛ https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2026/split-identity/ | Source: Jacky Alciné
Sun 08:56:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "By now, we’ve all become accustomed to AI industry figures issuing dire prophecies about the power of their products." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/09/dario-amodei-slow-down-ai-save-humanity/688610/ | Source: The Atlantic
Sun 08:56:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Yes, plagiarism is BAD... mmmkay?
Sun 08:56:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For those who are not aware, Genetic Algorithms are a family of evolutionary algorithms that use a linear representation" ☛ https://wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/stack-based-genetic-programming-is-slow/ | Source: Alcides Fonseca
Sun 08:57:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Before we continue it’s useful to examine how each of these major players define AGI today and how they frame the achievement of AGI." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/11/agi-benchmarks-eugenic-origins-by-valerie-veatch/ | Source: Pivot to AI
Sun 08:57:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What I really appreciate about Dario’s post is that he lays out a scenario that is not a huge stretch but also one that describes a clear" ☛ https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/9/12/pdoom/ | Source: Armin Ronacher
Sun 08:57:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Given that AI insiders have mostly cooked their brains in this fashion" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/god-in-the-box/#llms-are-fake | Source: CoryDoctorow
Sun 08:58:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A lot of people online have interpreted this as the expected complaint from any field that gets automated: translators did it" ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/ai-is-breaking-our-proxies-for-expertise/ | Source: Sean Goedecke
Sun 08:59:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Governments, institutions and societies from Washington to Beijing to New Delhi are grappling with the same unresolved questions." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/shoma-chaudhury-on-why-technology-needs-conscience-not-just-innovation/articleshow/134051852.cms | Source: India Times
Sun 08:59:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "after reading up on the controversy around the Buckmaster–Alpöge case, the whole story came back to me and I realized that the answer I received from OpenAI was misleading, to say the least." ☛ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/on-the-existence-of-non-sofic-groups/ | Source: Terence Tao
Sun 08:59:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "They incorporate the company’s autonomous driving technology and lessons gathered through more than four years of work with the Marine Corps." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-marines-secure-12-ground-robots | Source: Interesting Engineering
Sun 09:00:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If there's one thing that AI models are remarkably good at, it's manipulation" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ai-scamming-humans | Source: Dark Reading
Sun 09:00:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The open-source project has a simulation of a male fruit fly brain and eyes, and shows it a standard-issue candlestick graph with historical pricing." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/engineer-turns-simulated-fly-brain-into-a-crypto-day-trader-posts-downloadable-sim-to-github-166-700-virtual-neurons-read-candlestick-charts-for-dopamine-hits | Source: Tom's Hardware
Sun 09:00:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A combination of rapid advances, recursive self-improvement, and agentic swarms are genuinely “spooking people” inside big labs." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/why-so-many-ai-researchers-think-the-machines-could-kill-everyone/ | Source: Wired
Sun 09:01:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "He also said that it was ‘absolutely’ possible to build an AI beyond human control." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994384/sam-altman-no-openai-ipo-ill-advised | Source: The Verge
Sun 09:01:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Handheld Linux computer offers i.MX95, Wi-Fi 6 and M.2 expansion ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Handheld_Linux_computer_offers_i_MX95_Wi_Fi_6_and_M_2_expansion.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Handheld_Linux_computer_offers_i_MX95_Wi_Fi_6_and_M_2_expansion.gmi ∎
Sun 09:01:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That is not a world we should want to be in. Should allow anyone to keep us in." ☛ https://tante.cc/2026/09/10/rediscovering-the-spark/ | Source: Jürgen Geuter
Sun 09:02:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The rest of the list is a reminder that high-trust infrastructure deserves the same attention even when exploitation has not been reported." ☛ https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/security-signal-weekly-september-5-11-2026/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch
Sun 09:04:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When we look back at this time and history words like “courage,” “integrity,” and “ethics” aren’t words you’re going to be associating with U.S. tech industry leadership." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/apple-google-pathetically-buckle-to-trumps-dim-and-lazy-effort-to-rename-lake-ontario/?ref=going-flying.com | Source: Techdirt
Sun 09:04:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "From there, it gets more complicated." ☛ https://chrisamico.com/blog/2026-09-12/who-owns-my-stack/ | Source: Chris Amico
Sun 09:04:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Fedora IoT – container-based Linux distribution for edge devices ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Fedora_IoT_container_based_Linux_distribution_for_edge_devices.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Fedora_IoT_container_based_Linux_distribution_for_edge_devices.gmi ∎
Sun 09:04:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Cheap to make, worms exploit software and password vulnerabilities and sap power as they move between machines" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ai-computer-worms-cybersecurity-9.7341021 | Source: CBC
Sun 09:10:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 13/09/2026: Scam Altman Admits Issues (Financial), Rival Says Stop Slop (Plagiarism) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Links_13_09_2026_Scam_Altman_Admits_Issues_Financial_Rival_Says.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Links_13_09_2026_Scam_Altman_Admits_Issues_Financial_Rival_Says.gmi ∎
Sun 12:00:42 │ 〖_what___〗 │ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/12/Televisions_Have_Become_Billboards.shtml
Sun 12:00:57 │ 〖_what___〗 │ also the "digitalization" AKA analog shutoff
Sun 12:01:39 │ 〖_what___〗 │ "encrypted" (DRM) and stuff
Sun 12:04:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Microsoft Anoints Rust As A 'Tier 1' Internal Language - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/11/1727217 http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/04/Rust_Outsources_its_Financing_of_Financial_Control_to_Microsoft.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/10/Rust_is_Financially_and_Technically_Controlled_by_Microsoft_Rus.shtml
Sun 12:04:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Re: [DNG] Fwd: General resolution: LLM usage in Debian: Results" https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260913.103452.9ac82180.en.html
Sun 12:06:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For some clients, the tattoos they want removed carry a darker history — racist symbols, hate-related words and, in some cases, racist slogans." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/surprising-reason-more-people-are-getting-tattoos-removed/0w1ut89mf | Source: SBS
Sun 12:06:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "On average, between 30-45% of the general populace died in the Black Death of 1348-50." ☛ https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_01.shtml | Source: BBC
Sun 12:07:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So, in the review, I listed that the drawing and painting experience is not terrible compare to almost all other aspect" ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1173/gaomon-pd1161-v2-review-on-gnulinux | Source: David Revoy
Sun 12:07:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The connection to the TRS-80 computer is handled by a ribbon cable, while the HDD has its own built-in power supply, rated at 60 Watt." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/looking-at-a-trs-80-12-mb-external-hard-drive-from-1983/ | Source: Hackaday
Sun 12:08:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "..not blindly. Subversively. Subtle enough to stop naive loose people from looking too closely, and to start reasonable people thinking "those guys are too damned paranoid" or somesuch. The fanbois may be naive too, but their leadership are playing a few long games against us. " https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260913.103452.9ac82180.en.html
Sun 12:09:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The polymath has courage in that they are prepared to move outside the comfort zone of any given specialisation." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-09-12-courage-polymaths/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou
Sun 12:09:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you like to test and iterate on your theories as you work, software is a dream. I don’t need a lab, or equipment, or really anything other than any laptop ever made" ☛ https://matduggan.com/i-am-a-flat-rate-monthly-responsibility-service/ | Source: Mat Duggan
Sun 12:10:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The perspective of the painting; the painting of perspective; the perspective of the viewing. The contrasts of the colours between canvases. The contrasts of light between rooms." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/09/12/perspective | Source: James G
Sun 12:11:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "People today have no attention span. They can't handle having a second screen near by. They don't appreciate character development." ☛ https://json.blog/2026/09/12/as-someone-who-watches-tv-the | Source: Jason Becker
Sun 12:14:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Which is where the dichotomy falls apart in my eyes. By the book, I’m an artisanal coder, since I don’t use LLMs." ☛ https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/dont-call-yourself-an-artisanal-programmer/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva
Sun 12:14:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As tourism market executives note, digital nomads and remote work in general experienced an explosive increase during the pandemic" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1315003/digital-nomads-seeking-peace-and-quiet/ | Source: Greece
Sun 12:22:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Seems like someone is unable to sleep again (puppy breaker). Staying up 3am, saying "phew"...
Sun 12:31:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The lens-like objects covering the surface of LAGEOS-1 are corner cube retroreflectors" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/the-heavy-disco-ball-satellite-designed-to-do-nothing/ | Source: Hackaday
Sun 12:31:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "During this observation the spacecraft was at a distance of roughly 200000 km. The plot below shows the azimuth and elevation used for antenna tracking, and the distance to the object" ☛ https://destevez.net/2026/09/decoding-the-roman-space-telescope/ | Source: Daniel Estévez
Sun 12:32:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The next day, Esko Tikkala, an archaeologist at the nearby Lahti City Museums, arrived to inspect and excavate the artifacts." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-finnish-metal-detectorist-was-shocked-to-unearth-a-trove-of-viking-age-silver-in-his-hometown-then-his-detector-went-off-again-180989487/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Sun 12:39:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Enzo Maresca v Michael Carrick https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/enzo-maresca-v-michael-carrick/
Sun 12:39:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Which makes it immediately clear why email is so bad at being a group chat." ☛ https://notes.zachmanson.com/email/ | Source: Zach Manson
Sun 12:40:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "One thing I have done since is be a bit smarter about what I store." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/its-a-privilege-to-be-able-to-declutter/ | Source: Ruben Schade
Sun 12:41:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Weirdly enough, I do remember where I was when Rick and Morty premiered." ☛ https://discardpile.pika.page/posts/thinking-back-on-rick-and-morty | Source: Kyle Labriola
Sun 12:54:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I’ve lost track of how many domains I’ve bought for a year and never used. “Buying” is the wrong terminology. “Renting” or “leasing” should be legally enforced." ☛ https://dbushell.com/2026/09/12/RSS009/ | Source: David Bushell
Sun 12:55:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "And so Abe pointed out after we had finished this" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/henry-farrell-and-abe-newman-on-weaponized | Source: Paul Krugman
Sun 12:55:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Solod is a subset of Go that translates to regular C — with zero runtime, manual memory management, and source-level interop." ☛ https://antonz.org/solod-0.4/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov
Sun 12:55:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "To understand what I’m talking about we first must understand the typical adoption pathway for Pandas." ☛ https://eddie.codes/posts/pandas-should-go-extinct/ |
Sun 12:56:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "where do I host them?" ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/aspeer/2026/09/running-perlpagi-applications-on-cloudflare-workers-via-webassembly.html | Source: Perl
Sun 12:56:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "All Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 are affected." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/gitlab-vulnerability-exploited-one-day-after-disclosure/ | Source: Security Week
Sun 12:56:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "either npm audit or a CVE being assigned is likely to trigger internal security mechanisms and prompt them to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible." ☛ https://soatok.blog/2026/09/12/the-v8-javascript-runtime-undermined-my-constant-time-javascript-library/ | Source: Dhole Moments
Sun 12:57:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Reactive UIs look deceptively easy in a small app where you can keep things in sync without much effort." ☛ https://yogthos.net/posts/2026-09-12-reactive-dataflow.html | Source: Dmitri Sotnikov
Sun 12:57:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "LLVM 23.1 has been released." ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/lld-23-elf-changes | Source: MaskRay
Sun 12:58:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "xerbla_ is the error-handler in those two libraries, and by default it terminates the whole process." ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/ed_j/2026/09/adventures-with-fortran.html | Source: Perl
Sun 12:59:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The case isn't exactly about ownership, though; it's really about consumer disclosure and product representation." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/consumer-rights-wiki-documents-at-least-44-instances-in-which-sony-says-you-own-your-games-project-is-direct-assault-on-sonys-claim-in-recent-ownership-lawsuit | Source: Tom's Hardware
Sun 12:59:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "While it may sound like jargon, experts say digital sovereignty can be defined simply." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/justasking/canada-digital-sovereignty-just-asking-9.7337778 | Source: CBC
Sun 13:00:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Shotwell 0.33 Open-Source Image Viewer for GNOME Is Here with GTK4 Port ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Shotwell_0_33_Open_Source_Image_Viewer_for_GNOME_Is_Here_with_G.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Shotwell_0_33_Open_Source_Image_Viewer_for_GNOME_Is_Here_with_G.gmi ∎
Sun 13:00:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I don't know where the web goes from the current situation, especially the small and medium web (which to me includes kernel.org and VCS forges and ordinary businesses" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/OneWebFutureLessFeatures | Source: University of Toronto
Sun 13:00:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I see the two, a semantic layer and a context layer, working for distinct fields, and working hand in hand: [...]" ☛ https://www.ssp.sh/blog/semantic-context-layer-primer/ | Source: Simon Späti
Sun 13:02:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So how is Facebook and MJ12whatever accessing them? They’re not coming to them from organic links or spidering, so they must be doing something else." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/mediawiki-specific-crawler-spam/ | Source: Ruben Schade
Sun 13:02:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you have Emacs 31.1, you can follow along with this bug at home by putting the following text into a file, visiting the file, and then doing 'M-x goto-address'." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsDebuggingStandardBits | Source: University of Toronto
Sun 13:03:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "These settings avoid unnecessary width calculations and initialization scans." ☛ https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-display-line-numbers-mode-performance/ | Source: James Cherti
Sun 13:03:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Even if you have a reliable Google Pixel phone predating long-term software support, like the Pixel 5 series, you shouldn't trust it" ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/collect-old-smartphones-follow-strict-rules-keep-data-safe/ | Source: Android Police
Sun 13:33:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At the center of the expansion is the CBAM 25, a carbon-fiber printing system that can produce strong, lightweight components without the expensive tooling required by conventional manufacturing processes." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/carbon-fiber-3d-printer-drone-mass-production | Source: Interesting Engineering
Sun 13:35:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The architecture is very simple– it just uses an accumulator register, ACCU, and goes from there. All mathematics and save/load operations go through ACCU." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-16-bit-homebrew-relay-computer/ | Source: Hackaday
Sun 13:36:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Although building a table saw out of LEGO is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you look at those colorful bits of plastic" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/making-an-air-powered-circular-saw-with-lego/ | Source: Hackaday
Sun 13:36:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Apple hardware has always been proprietary, sometimes to an extreme." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/this-mac-is-open-source-hardware/ | Source: Hackaday
Sun 13:37:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In the 1970s, floating-point arithmetic was a mess. Computer manufacturers had a dozen incompatible arithmetic standards." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2026/09/8087-microcode-reverse-engineering-fscale.html | Source: Ken Shirriff
Sun 13:38:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The victim has not had any control of her vehicle since she noticed the parental control profile added on the 1st November 2025" ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/deranged-stalker-woman-tesla-terrorize | Source: Futurism
Sun 13:38:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The accused has been the only one with access to the vehicle’s controls utilising the Tesla app." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/how-one-womans-tesla-was-remotely-controlled-and-harass-by-her-abusive-ex-partner-ntwnfb | Source: The Guardian UK
Sun 13:39:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The NetBSD Guide" ☛ https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/ | Source: NetBSD
Sun 13:41:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is a similar process to the one I employ for Examining My Halo Service Record." ☛ https://vale.rocks/posts/team-fortress-stats | Source: Declan Chidlow
Sun 13:41:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Back in early June I started getting emails from updown.io warning me of IPv6 ping issues to my CHR edge router." ☛ https://www.cavelab.dev/posts/multiple-ipv6-ra/ | Source: Thomas Jensen
Sun 13:42:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "However, given the number of interesting things happening in the CSS layout space, I thought it might be fun to resurrect the project." ☛ https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/09/04/css-layout-news-in-the-atmosphere/ | Source: Rachel Andrew
Sun 13:42:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This post outlines the solution I decided on and implemented on this website. I’m not claiming this is a new or original idea" ☛ https://www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/2026/using-maths-to-balance-your-heading-styles/ | Source: Craig Abbott
Sun 13:43:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This surprised me last week, so I’m passing it on for what it’s worth." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/zfs-silently-discarding-invalid-acltype/ | Source: Ruben Schade
Sun 13:43:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I used a public Linux kernel bug to make one CPU keep using a memory mapping after another CPU had removed it." ☛ https://blog.himanshuanand.com/2026/09/i-missed-one-tlb-shootdown/ | Source: Himanshu Anand
Sun 14:05:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Water More Critical Than Food https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/water-more-critical-than-food/
Sun 14:12:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GTK 4.24 Released
Sun 14:16:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Open-source software lets you go right down to the metal." https://matduggan.com/i-am-a-flat-rate-monthly-responsibility-service/
Sun 14:16:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Gaomon PD1161 V2 - review on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1173/gaomon-pd1161-v2-review-on-gnulinux
Sun 14:17:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pluralistic: LLMs are real, Hey Hi (AI) is fake (12 Sep 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/god-in-the-box/
Sun 14:17:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Engineer turns simulated fly brain into a crypto day trader, posts downloadable sim to Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub — 166,700 virtual neurons read candlestick charts for dopamine hits ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/engineer-turns-simulated-fly-brain-into-a-crypto-day-trader-posts-downloadable-sim-to-github-166-700-virtual-neurons-read-candlestick-charts-for-dopamine-hits
Sun 14:18:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Support for Unions Is Spiking as Hey Hi (AI) Threatens Jobs ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/labor-union-support-gallup-ai-automation
Sun 14:19:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Handheld GNU/Linux computer offers i.MX95, Wi-Fi 6 and M.2 expansion ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/handheld-linux-computer-offers-i-mx95-wi-fi-6-and-m-2-expansion/
Sun 14:20:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fedora IoT – container-based GNU/Linux distribution for edge devices ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fedora-iot-container-based-linux-distribution/
Sun 14:24:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Exton 260912 "OpSuS" ☞ https://distrowatch.com/exton
Sun 14:25:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ditana 0.9.4-beta ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ditana
Sun 14:25:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Neo6502 gains keyboard form factor with four USB hosts ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/neo6502-gains-keyboard-form-factor-with-four-usb-hosts/
Sun 14:26:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The device includes a 2.4-inch color display, full QWERTY keyboard, GNSS positioning, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, USB Type-C, and a 2300mAh battery." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/lora-terminal-pairs-esp32-s3-with-lr1110-and-full-keyboard/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
Sun 14:27:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Olimex’s documentation lists the W65C02 at approximately 6.25MHz." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/neo6502-gains-keyboard-form-factor-with-four-usb-hosts/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
Sun 14:27:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Proton Experimental updated with fixes for STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, EA App, Borderlands 4 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/proton-experimental-updated-with-fixes-for-steins-gate-re-boot-ea-app-borderlands-4/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Sun 14:30:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Why Omarchy is Plain Disgusting and "AI Slop"
Sun 14:30:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ omarchy gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260913-omarchy.txt
Sun 14:32:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There is no end of software, apps and systems that all claim to offer the route to a well-organised, "mind like glass" life. Many of us will have been down this rabbit hole." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-12-todo
Sun 14:33:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ rot gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/rot
Sun 14:34:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There is nowhere capitalism is not pissing me off more right now than in food." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-09-13
Sun 14:34:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Does it really matter if I use Linux with a graphical UI rather than the command line? After all, for me Linux is just a replacement for Windows which allows me to use 10 and 15 year-old laptops without any problem, and I've been using it since Windows 7 was current." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/command_line
Sun 14:35:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "To me, this happens often. Especially when I use GNU/Linux, that is much more transformative than FreeBSD (and BSD in general) and because I have been using it longer than the latter; as a matter of fact the my diving into FreeBSD has the same age of this capsule." gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi
Sun 14:37:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ El búnker de las emociones gemini://caleb.subnet.city/gemlog/elbunkerdelasemociones.gmi
Sun 14:37:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "On reflection this comment requires more work than may be necessary. Since the picked item is "going away" we need not move it elsewhere." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/09/13/pick-from-list.gmi
Sun 14:52:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 13/09/2026: Why Omarchy is "Plain Disgusting" and "AI Slop" and Why "Plain Text To Do List" Rocks ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Gemini_Links_13_09_2026_Why_Omarchy_is_Plain_Disgusting_and_AI_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Gemini_Links_13_09_2026_Why_Omarchy_is_Plain_Disgusting_and_AI_.gmi ∎
Sun 15:24:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – It Sometimes Feels Like Slop Companies Are Committing Online/Digital Crimes ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/It_Sometimes_Feels_Like_Slop_Companies_Are_Committing_Online_Di.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/It_Sometimes_Feels_Like_Slop_Companies_Are_Committing_Online_Di.gmi ∎
Sun 15:38:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "... though how much time should be spent on foreclosureboy is another matter... perhaps it is good however to be crushing him like that. maybe he will wise up and fold"
Sun 15:38:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ (Anon on the SLAPP)
Sun 15:38:22 │ 〖_what___〗 │ https://vndb.org/
Sun 15:38:28 │ 〖_what___〗 │ the thing about this site is that it's in perl
Sun 15:38:48 │ 〖_what___〗 │ and it feels like a middle spot between AlternativeTo and ourselves (TR)
Sun 15:38:57 │ 〖_what___〗 │ https://code.blicky.net/yorhel/vndb
Sun 15:39:21 │ 〖_what___〗 │ (sure our community is here in IRC)
Sun 15:40:31 │ 〖_what___〗 │ since TR ditched MW thanks to PHP
Sun 15:40:42 │ 〖_what___〗 │ and the rewrite is in perl
Sun 15:46:31 │ 〖_what___〗 │ (and I have no idea what WP is written with) oh nevermind MSTS https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso
Sun 15:46:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] php
Sun 15:46:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] since it was made out of b2
Sun 15:52:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – SLAPP Censorship - Part 181 Out of 200: This is Really More Like Brett Wilson LLP v Schestowitz (Using Money From American Slop Companies, Plagiarism Pushers) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_181_Out_of_200_This_is_Really_More_Like_B.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_181_Out_of_200_This_is_Really_More_Like_B.gmi ∎
Sun 16:11:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fighting ‘Til the End Against the UK’s SLAPP Industry https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/fighting-til-the-end-against-the-uks-slapp-industry/
Sun 16:13:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ We've not neglecting important topics due to the SLAPP series. There's no rush. The news is slower sometimes.
Sun 16:13:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ In fact, social control media, in hindsight, was the biggest waste of time, not the efforts to cover SLAPP
Sun 16:13:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ after the SLAPP against TechDirt the site did in fact focus a lot on the issue in the US
Sun 16:15:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "SLAPP coverage is very important" and it's important to talk about the issue, the patterns, the tactics, not the players and hired guns du jour. They follow a similar "blueprint" or "playbook". Then, get politicians to amend laws so as to curtail them all at one fell swoop.
Sun 16:16:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ They won't give up without a long fight, so preparing for the fight is critical. It's feasible to win it with all the right allies. The SLAPP industry is only about 0.001% of the population and everyone hates it (more so if they cannot operate secretly).
Sun 16:17:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Everyone stands to lose from the SLAPP industry except their prolific clients (trolls); their rare clients just go broke even if they "win" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_157_Out_of_200_What_is_a_Defamation_Troll.shtml
Sun 16:26:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Wrapping up the LibreOffice Conference 2026! Next step, uploading videos… ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/12/wrapping-up-the-libreoffice-conference-2026-next-step-uploading-videos/
Sun 16:29:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Net Gain of 50 Gemini Capsules in Just One Month ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/11/Net_Gain_of_50_Gemini_Capsules_in_Just_One_Month.shtml
Sun 16:30:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Felipe Borges: Wrapping up Surveillance Giant Google Summer of Code 2026 with GNOME! ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/feborges/wrapping-up-gsoc-2026-with-gnome/
Sun 16:30:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux Saloon 219 | Butterbian and ButterKnife Distribution Exploration ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/09/12/linux-saloon-219-butterbian-and-butterknife-distribution-exploration/
Sun 16:30:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Re-engineering YouTube for the Living Room: Bringing Chrobalt to RDK ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/re-engineering-youtube-for-the-living-room-bringing-“chrobalt”-to-rdk.html
Sun 16:32:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Matthew J Garrett Put secure-boot and shim in GNU/Linux and It’s Breaking Systems Again ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/12/matthew-j-garrett-put-secure-boot-and-shim-in-linux-and-its-breaking-systems-again/
Sun 16:33:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ linuxstans 100% slop now. Dead site. RIP.
Sun 16:34:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Self-host Odoo CRM on Ubuntu: Docker and Source Install Methods ☞ https://ostechnix.com/self-host-odoo-crm-ubuntu-linux/
Sun 16:36:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Why people should avoid proprietary software ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/zoom-update-triggers-privacy-risk-by-slurping-linux-clipboards/
Sun 16:37:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Debian 13.7 point release patches critical security bugs ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-137-point-release-patches-critical-security-bugs/
Sun 16:48:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ nakeDeb 1.6-202609 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nakedeb
Sun 16:49:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ KaOS 2026.09 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kaos
Sun 16:49:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Debian Edu 13.7.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/debianedu
Sun 16:49:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Debian 13.7.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/debian
Sun 16:49:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Lilidog 26.09.12 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lilidog
Sun 16:49:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Netdeep 4.10358 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/netdeep
Sun 16:49:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FLinux 17.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/flinux
Sun 16:49:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ TROMjaro 2026.09.11 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tromjaro
Sun 16:50:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Dirk Eddelbuettel: sanitizers 0.1.2 on CRAN: Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/12#sanitizers_0.1.2
Sun 16:51:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The V8 JavaScript Runtime Undermined My Constant-Time JavaScript Library ☞ https://soatok.blog/2026/09/12/the-v8-javascript-runtime-undermined-my-constant-time-javascript-library/
Sun 17:05:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Much Ado About Injunctions: Redux ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2026/09/much-ado-about-injunctions-redux/
Sun 17:05:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How Convicted Felon Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/us/politics/trump-free-speech.html
Sun 17:06:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Matthias Klumpp: JPEG-XL as default in AppStream, and better media processing ☞ https://blog.tenstral.net/2026/09/jpeg-xl-appstream-and-better-media-processing.html
Sun 17:07:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Kazeta – cartridge-based gaming Linux distribution ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Kazeta_cartridge_based_gaming_Linux_distribution.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Kazeta_cartridge_based_gaming_Linux_distribution.gmi ∎
Sun 17:12:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: second week of sep 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/09/12/misc-fedora-bits-second-week-of-sep-2026/
Sun 17:29:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – PIPs Are a Setup: They Set Workers Up to Fail While Working Their Arse Off Before Getting Kicked (Out) in the Arse ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/PIPs_Are_a_Setup_They_Set_Workers_Up_to_Fail_While_Working_Thei.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/PIPs_Are_a_Setup_They_Set_Workers_Up_to_Fail_While_Working_Thei.gmi ∎
Sun 17:38:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ∎
Sun 17:58:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Immutable Linux distros sound terrible on paper, but a month of Silverblue proved me wrong ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Immutable_Linux_distros_sound_terrible_on_paper_but_a_month_of_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Immutable_Linux_distros_sound_terrible_on_paper_but_a_month_of_.gmi ∎
Sun 17:58:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The Underdog Effect ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/The_Underdog_Effect.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/The_Underdog_Effect.gmi ∎
Sun 18:05:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The biggest mistakes new Linux users make aren't technical ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/The_biggest_mistakes_new_Linux_users_make_aren_t_technical.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/The_biggest_mistakes_new_Linux_users_make_aren_t_technical.gmi ∎
Sun 18:08:27 │ 〖bms〗 │ I swear to god the world is going insane
Sun 18:08:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): I turned my Android phone into a real Linux machine with Debian ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/I_turned_my_Android_phone_into_a_real_Linux_machine_with_Debian.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/I_turned_my_Android_phone_into_a_real_Linux_machine_with_Debian.gmi ∎
Sun 18:12:50 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ lol deadian
Sun 18:13:14 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ > i couldn't stand the thought of not running something like svchost.exe on my phone
Sun 18:14:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Boosters of Omarchy Are No 'Underdogs' ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Boosters_of_Omarchy_Are_No_Underdogs.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Boosters_of_Omarchy_Are_No_Underdogs.gmi ∎
Sun 18:52:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ data04: DEGRADED – oh and have I mentioned WatchGoose? ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2026/09/12/data04-degraded-oh-and-have-i-mentioned-watchgoose/
Sun 18:59:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ United Deserved to Lose and Fernandes (Not Enzo) Deserved a Red Card for Literally ‘Kicking Arse’ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/united-deserved-to-lose-and-fernandes-not-enzo-deserved-a-red-cars-for-literally-kicking-arse/
Sun 19:07:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hoping the Birds Will Return to the Depot at Mayfield https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/hoping-the-birds-will-return-to-the-depot-at-mayfield/
Sun 19:16:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Efforts to Cancel Matt Mullenweg Have Made Us More Sympathetic Towards Mullenweg and More Sceptical of the People Who Run Automattic (Named After Mullenweg) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Efforts_to_Cancel_Matt_Mullenweg_Have_Made_Us_More_Sympathetic_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Efforts_to_Cancel_Matt_Mullenweg_Have_Made_Us_More_Sympathetic_.gmi ∎
Sun 19:20:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ OrangePi Zero 3W Review: Tiny Yet Powerful ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/orange-pi-zero-3w-review-tiny-yet-powerful/index.html
Sun 19:23:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ M5Stack Module13.2 LoRa-1262 expansion board integrates 14×10 mm Stamp LoRa-1262 module ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/13/m5stack-module13-2-lora-1262-expansion-board-integrates-14x10-mm-stamp-lora-1262-module/
Sun 19:58:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – SLAPP Censorship - Part 182 Out of 200: UK Dockets With Machine-Generated Applications to the Court (From American Slop Companies) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_182_Out_of_200_UK_Dockets_With_Machine_Ge.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_182_Out_of_200_UK_Dockets_With_Machine_Ge.gmi ∎
Sun 20:09:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pcbox updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Pcbox
Sun 20:10:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ BlueMoon Exploit Kit Chains Recent Chrome, backdoored Windows Zero-Days ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/bluemoon-exploit-kit-chains-recent-chrome-windows-zero-days/
Sun 20:11:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ramayanapu Jagath: GSoC Final Report ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/jagathgsoc/2026/09/12/gsoc-final-report/
Sun 20:11:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LoRa terminal pairs ESP32-S3 with LR1110 and full keyboard ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/lora-terminal-pairs-esp32-s3-with-lr1110-and-full-keyboard/
Sun 20:12:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This Tiny Fingerprint Key Unlocks Linux, Approves SSH and Hey Hi (AI) Agents ☞ https://itsfoss.com/immurok-review/
Sun 20:14:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Aging Congress Is Completely Ill-Equipped to Regulate AI, or Seemingly Even Understand It ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/aging-congress-ai
Sun 20:14:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Werner Herzog Demolishes Talentless Hacks Who Use Hey Hi (AI) to Imitate Other Filmmakers ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/werner-herzog-demolishes-talentless-hacks-who-use-ai-to-imitate-other-filmmakers
Sun 20:14:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Anthropic boss calls for Hey Hi (AI) slowdown, Scam Altman and MElon agree ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260912-anthropic-boss-calls-for-ai-slowdown-altman-and-musk-agree
Sun 20:15:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Iran and Houthi rebels used Anthropic's Claude Hey Hi (AI) to target US warships and build hypersonic missiles — Houthi rebels also used the bot to code ballistic missile guidance systems ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/iran-and-houthi-rebels-used-anthropics-claude-ai-to-target-us-warships-and-build-hypersonic-missiles-houthi-rebels-also-used-the-bot-to-code-ballistic-missile-guidance-systems
Sun 20:18:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ China Deploys Rare Type of Space Junk That Pollutes Orbit for Hundreds of Years ☞ https://futurism.com/space/china-deploys-space-junk-pollutes-orbit-hundreds-years
Sun 20:20:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ South Korea’s expanded espionage law takes effect amid push to protect chip technology ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-expanded-espionage-law-takes-effect-amid-push-to-protect-chip-technology
Sun 20:20:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ South Korea approves jeans for civil service job interviews but says no to ties, formal dress shoes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-approves-jeans-for-civil-service-job-interviews-but-says-no-to-ties-formal-dress-shoes
Sun 20:20:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GLP-1 Users Are Being Cruelly Shamed by Their Own Families ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/glp-1-users-cruelly-shamed-families
Sun 20:21:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Scientists Gave Cash to Low-Income Moms, And It Altered Their Babies' Aging ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-gave-cash-to-low-income-moms-and-it-altered-their-babies-aging
Sun 20:22:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Search underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying more than 240 people after it loses contact ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/09/13/world-news/indonesian-passenger-ship-loses-contact-in-java-sea-carrying-241-people/
Sun 20:23:21 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ will the be required to goosestep around the store too???... "Staff will be expected to remain standing, avoid drinks and personal devices, and stay fully engaged. When stores open, the entire team is also expected to applaud as the first customers enter, regardless of their role." https://www.firstpost.com/tech/apples-retail-stores-are-set-for-a-major-shakeup-with-upgrades-relocations-and-closures-report-14045601.html
Sun 20:23:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Read and watched, week 37 2026 ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/read-and-watched-week-37-2026/
Sun 20:24:26 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It looks like CVS renegotiated their pricing with GoodRX Gold.
Sun 20:24:39 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ dont move so fast, as we're way behind???... https://www.firstpost.com/tech/sam-altman-elon-musk-back-dario-amodeis-call-to-slow-down-ai-development-14045428.html
Sun 20:24:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Two of my meds got a lot more expensive, one got a lot cheaper.
Sun 20:25:04 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So I have to use the grocery store pharmacy now for two of them, but that one that was really expensive dropped by over $30.
Sun 20:25:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ fate gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/floor
Sun 20:26:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I tend to go through cycles of what I like to use. That's one reason why it's difficult for me to get rid of things I already own." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202609/20260913-never-settling.gmi
Sun 20:27:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The script wasn't very well written, it soon broke, I patched it up, for a while it trundled on. Then some time in 2023 the free service I used to access the newsgroup, AIOE, went down and the service stopped working again." gemini://gemini.bunburya.eu/gemlog/posts/2026-09-13-newsgroup-mirror-back.gmi
Sun 20:27:44 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/future-society/bizarre-websites-dopamine-brain
Sun 20:27:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "John has also been thinking about plain text" gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-13-plain-text
Sun 20:28:06 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] casino 'science'
Sun 20:28:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Social Security is intentionally dragging their feet on my Extra Help with Part D application.
Sun 20:28:54 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They claimed they sent something in June that got "lost in the mail".
Sun 20:29:19 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Then when I talked to the guy in August he didn't mention any letters in the mail, he just said it would "take however long it takes".
Sun 20:29:30 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Then I called back this month and they mention the letter.
Sun 20:29:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 'Secure' boot = bricked system https://www.xda-developers.com/canonical-has-pulled-ubuntu-24045s-installer-because-it-blew-up-when-you-tried-an-extended-install/
Sun 20:29:47 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ smart meters are creepy enough... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-sam-altman-chatgpt-hack-electrical-grid-hype
Sun 20:29:52 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The gist of it is they don't want to pay for my medicine so they invent delays.
Sun 20:31:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Also 'secure' boot: my spouse who is trans criticises me due to craziness (I am perfect, my critics are crazy) http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/26/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_88_Out_of_200_Brett_Wilson_LLP_is_Defamin.shtml
Sun 20:31:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The "law" firm that thinks punching trans people is "funny" http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/19/The_Right_to_Punch_People_Apparently.shtml
Sun 20:31:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Just call someone "nazi", then it's OK to punch 'em
Sun 20:32:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I connected Termux to Tasker; now my phone runs Linux commands while I sleep https://www.androidpolice.com/connected-termux-to-tasker-and-phone-runs-linux-commands/
Sun 20:33:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ PC gaming’s anti-cheat problem is getting ridiculous and Linux players are paying the price https://www.makeuseof.com/pc-gamings-anti-cheat-problem-is-getting-ridiculous-and-linux-players-are-paying-the-price/
Sun 20:33:28 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It doesn't save a hell of a lot with me, but if they can delay everyone in the country by 3-4 months on top of the 30 days it's supposed to....
Sun 20:33:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They save billions of dollars and offload it onto the beneficiary.
Sun 20:33:51 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It's how they cut costs while making it look like nothing's changed.
Sun 20:34:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I finally found an easy way to run Windows apps on Linux without turning my desktop into a science project https://www.howtogeek.com/i-finally-found-an-easy-way-to-run-windows-apps-on-linux-without-turning-my-desktop-into-a-science-project/
Sun 20:34:49 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The Good Friday Agreement could have happened without violence.
Sun 20:35:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And most of the violence didn't kill or maim British people who were supposed to be the enemy.
Sun 20:35:18 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They were much better at killing and maiming Irish people.
Sun 20:35:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Originally launched through Kickstarter in January 2026, the Mecha Comet was offered with either an NXP i.MX8M Plus or i.MX95 platform. The project was fully funded, and both configurations are now available through dedicated product pages on Mecha’s website." https://linuxgizmos.com/handheld-linux-computer-offers-i-mx95-wi-fi-6-and-m-2-expansion/
Sun 20:35:46 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ If you're killing and maiming 3 of your neighbors for every 1 of the enemy, that's not a good insurgency.
Sun 20:35:56 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ You lose the support you need.
Sun 20:36:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A laptop fingerprint sensor unlocks the laptop and usually stops there. Immurok wants to do quite a bit more than that." https://itsfoss.com/immurok-review/
Sun 20:36:25 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/future-society/federal-agents-monitoring-financial-transactions
Sun 20:37:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How I turned my Linux terminal sessions into daily speedrun challenges https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-turned-my-linux-terminal-sessions-into-daily-speedrun-challenges/
Sun 20:37:11 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Nonviolent Non-Cooperation could have eventually worked.
Sun 20:37:22 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Work stoppages. sit-ins, things like this.
Sun 20:38:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I turned my Android phone into a real Linux machine with Debian https://www.makeuseof.com/i-turned-my-android-phone-into-a-real-linux-machine-with-debian/
Sun 20:38:26 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ In fact, it was beginning to work when the violence took over.
Sun 20:38:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Debian Project announced today the general availability of Debian 13.7 as the seventh update to the latest Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” operating system series." https://9to5linux.com/debian-13-7-trixie-released-with-106-bug-fixes-and-107-security-updates
Sun 20:38:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AMD Will Enable HDMI 2.1 by Default in Linux 7.4 With VRR and ALLM https://www.eteknix.com/amd-will-enable-hdmi-2-1-by-default-in-linux-7-4-with-vrr-and-allm/
Sun 20:39:26 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Also, attacking people in the street at random rarely accomplishes anything except landing you in jail.
Sun 20:39:29 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ Herzog seemed to venture that if AI is useful for anything, it’s replacing the talentless hacks.... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/werner-herzog-demolishes-talentless-hacks-who-use-ai-to-imitate-other-filmmakers
Sun 20:39:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Omarchy M brings Linux to Apple Silicon Macs https://tbreak.com/omarchy-m-apple-silicon-linux/
Sun 20:40:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I ran Arch Linux for 5 years — Fedora does the same job with less work https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-is-a-better-arch-linux/
Sun 20:40:42 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ When you "punch" the far-right figures, or assassinate them, it creates martyrs, it also makes it "legitimate" for the police to go in, arrest the key opposition figures, and decapitate the movement that way.
Sun 20:40:44 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/labor-union-support-gallup-ai-automation
Sun 20:41:12 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Someone punched Milo Yiannopoulos some years ago in Chicago.
Sun 20:41:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ That person went to jail.
Sun 20:41:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Regarding Omarchy, Microsoft Lunduke: Omarchy is slop, slop is bad, but Omarchy is intolerance, and intolerance is good, hence Omarchy is good.
Sun 20:41:31 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Milo Yiannopoulos went right on speaking, and gained attention from the incident.
Sun 20:41:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ So to Microsoft Lunduke, it is about politics, not tech
Sun 20:42:03 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Eventually Milo Yiannopoulos was arrested by ICE and deported, which is what he deserved, and that would have happened whether he got punched in Chicago or not.
Sun 20:42:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ So he should rename it "Lunduke Jewrnal", not "Journal", as his agenda is political, not tech
Sun 20:43:28 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ He was stupid. If you overstayed your visa and go to an airport, where you know TSA, CBP, and ICE are, you're fucking stupid.
Sun 20:43:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The malware also generates network traffic over DNS-over-TLS on TCP port 853 to potentially reach remote infrastructure." https://socprime.com/active-threats/redtail-malware-payload-technical-analysis-and-behavior/
Sun 20:44:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IBC2026: EKT showcases linux-based ATSC 3.0 converter box https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/news-roundup/ibc2026-ekt-showcases-linux-based-atsc-3-0-converter-box/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/12/Linux_Based_ATSC_3_0_Converter_Box.shtml
Sun 20:45:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎
Sun 20:46:33 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Theoretically, TSA isn't immigration. Theoretically, your foreign passport is REAL ID. Theoretically, you can board a domestic flight even with an expired visa.
Sun 20:46:54 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ In practice, TSA will know your visa is expired the minute you show them that passport and they can go get ICE.
Sun 20:47:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Zoom is Malware on GNU/Linux, AppStream Changes, Zorin OS for 'Windows Addicts' ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Zoom_is_Malware_on_GNU_Linux_AppStream_Changes_Zorin_OS_for_Win.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Zoom_is_Malware_on_GNU_Linux_AppStream_Changes_Zorin_OS_for_Win.gmi ∎
Sun 20:49:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Boiling Steam on OrangePi, Linux Rootkits, Proton Experimental, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Games_Boiling_Steam_on_OrangePi_Linux_Rootkits_Proton_Experimen.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Games_Boiling_Steam_on_OrangePi_Linux_Rootkits_Proton_Experimen.gmi ∎
Sun 20:50:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): BSD: zpool and NetBSD Guide ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/BSD_zpool_and_NetBSD_Guide.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/BSD_zpool_and_NetBSD_Guide.gmi ∎
Sun 20:52:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Google Summer of Code 2026 in GNOME ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Google_Summer_of_Code_2026_in_GNOME.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Google_Summer_of_Code_2026_in_GNOME.gmi ∎
Sun 20:54:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Android Spying and GNU/Linux on Android Devices ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Android_Spying_and_GNU_Linux_on_Android_Devices.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Android_Spying_and_GNU_Linux_on_Android_Devices.gmi ∎
Sun 20:54:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Linux, ESP32, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Open_Hardware_Modding_Linux_ESP32_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Open_Hardware_Modding_Linux_ESP32_and_More.gmi ∎
Sun 20:55:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ “So keep believing we can win the game. Believe, stay in the game and we can win this game." https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/enzo-maresca-manchester-derby-written-verdict-63924926
Sun 20:57:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Kernel Space: Linux and BSD ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Kernel_Space_Linux_and_BSD.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Kernel_Space_Linux_and_BSD.gmi ∎
Sun 20:57:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Sun 20:59:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Sun 21:00:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty Matters ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Software_Freedom_Digita.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Software_Freedom_Digita.gmi ∎
Sun 21:06:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 13/09/2026: Never Settling, Plain Text Digital Life, and Newsgroups ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Gemini_Links_13_09_2026_Never_Settling_Plain_Text_Digital_Life_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Gemini_Links_13_09_2026_Never_Settling_Plain_Text_Digital_Life_.gmi ∎
Sun 21:08:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 13/09/2026: Republican Campaign Aide Uses Nazi Photo and Convicted Felon is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Links_13_09_2026_Republican_Campaign_Aide_Uses_Nazi_Photo_and_C.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Links_13_09_2026_Republican_Campaign_Aide_Uses_Nazi_Photo_and_C.gmi ∎
Sun 21:17:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ No Mountain Too Tall to Climb https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/no-mountain-too-tall-to-climb/
Sun 21:23:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Lecturing in Absentia https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/lecturing-in-absentia/
Sun 21:31:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – General Assembly Covers EPO Strikes on Thursday, September 17th (2026) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/General_Assembly_Covers_EPO_Strikes_on_Thursday_September_17th_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/General_Assembly_Covers_EPO_Strikes_on_Thursday_September_17th_.gmi ∎
Sun 21:45:03 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://maketecheasier.com/mte-a-phone-knows-which-way-is-up-because-a-silicon-chip-smaller-than-a-grain-of-rice-contains-tiny-cantilever-beams-that-physically-bend-under-gravity-and-the-circuit-measures-how-far-they-flex-in-th/
Sun 21:45:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Stones Thrown in Glass Houses https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/stones-thrown-in-glass-houses/
Sun 21:53:34 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://maketecheasier.com/mte-q-how-does-a-fibre-optic-strand-thinner-than-a-spaghetti-noodle-carry-a-signal-across-13-000-kilometres-of-ocean-without-a-single-electrical-amplifier-along-the-way/
Sun 21:56:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Microsoft Lunduke of 'Linux Sucks' (and Microsoft Corp.) Tries to Replace GNU/Linux With Toxic Discussions About Toxic Politics ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Microsoft_Lunduke_of_Linux_Sucks_and_Microsoft_Corp_Tries_to_Re.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Microsoft_Lunduke_of_Linux_Sucks_and_Microsoft_Corp_Tries_to_Re.gmi ∎
Sun 22:01:57 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://petapixel.com/2026/09/09/a-nasa-photo-processing-technique-to-study-mars-has-discovered-ancient-art-on-earth/
Sun 22:07:45 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/08/flock-tracks-your-license-plate-we-tracked-the-2m-it-spent-on-lobbying
Sun 22:16:25 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ You know, the British never had a firm grasp on their empire.
Sun 22:16:47 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Canada left peacefully because they didn't trust the British to protect them from the US.
Sun 22:16:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – MElon's Twitter Takeover Was Meant to Amplify People Like Himself or David Heinemeier Hansson (Slop Pyramid Schemes and Bigotry) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/MElon_s_Twitter_Takeover_Was_Meant_to_Amplify_People_Like_Himse.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/MElon_s_Twitter_Takeover_Was_Meant_to_Amplify_People_Like_Himse.gmi ∎
Sun 22:17:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The US left violently, but defeated an Empire with a ragtag bunch of rebels with some assistance from other European countries.
Sun 22:17:29 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Most left peacefully or mostly peacefully.
Sun 22:18:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The Irish decided to be incredibly violent and the only thing they had to show for it was a semi-devolved government that the British use as a yo-yo.
Sun 22:22:15 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So they've had the Good Friday Agreement for less than 30 years.
Sun 22:22:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Another round of layoffs at Microsoft next Wednesday? https://www.teamblind.com/post/another-round-of-layoffs-at-microsoft-next-wednesday-72716p5j
Sun 22:22:38 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And for fully 10 years of that, the devolved government collapsed and the British went back to running things anyway.
Sun 22:22:51 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ That's not an agreement you should brag about obtaining through The Troubles.
Sun 22:31:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Microsoft is Laying Off All Year Long (It's Just Keeping Quiet About It) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Microsoft_is_Laying_Off_All_Year_Long_It_s_Just_Keeping_Quiet_A.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Microsoft_is_Laying_Off_All_Year_Long_It_s_Just_Keeping_Quiet_A.gmi ∎
Sun 22:32:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Keep all your documents and ratings from past. Save them somewhere safe and you can access after you are let go. Also ask for everything you can in writing and also secretly covertly record your meetings with managers on your phone. There are many lawsuits getting settled over IBM’s misuse and we-ponizing of the PIP system. Google it" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m2dsy4pc#replies
Sun 22:33:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I did, fought it because of illness in my family, got laid off soon after with a bunch of other people and received severance. I had never been so insulted in my professional life by the outrageous lies of my boss, it was an abusive period, and I will never forget it. However, I am now happily employed elsewhere, and my loving wife is healthy. Good luck to you, stay strong, quit or fight if it makes sense."
Sun 22:33:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The stupid manager called, few months later, asking if I would consider working for IBM again. No thanks ...."
Sun 22:45:50 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Information Technology
Sun 22:45:52 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ ·
Sun 22:45:53 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Follow
Sun 22:45:55 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ 4 hours ago
Sun 22:45:56 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ ·
Sun 22:45:58 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ 🚨 Microsoft Blocks Windows 11 Account Bypass Tricks...🔐
Sun 22:45:59 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Microsoft has reportedly blocked many of the well-known Command Prompt and Registry tricks previously used to bypass Windows 11’s mandatory internet connection and Microsoft Account requirement during setup. 💻⚠️
Sun 22:46:01 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ 🔒 What’s Changed:
Sun 22:46:02 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ 🔹 Popular CMD bypass methods are being blocked
Sun 22:46:04 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ 🔹 Registry-based workarounds are also being restricted
Sun 22:46:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ 🔹 Offline setup is becoming harder
Sun 22:46:07 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ 🔹 Windows 11 continues pushing Microsoft Account sign-in
Sun 22:46:08 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ 🔹 One of the remaining options is reportedly linked from Microsoft’s own support documentation
Sun 22:46:10 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ 💡 Microsoft is tightening the Windows 11 setup process, giving users fewer ways to skip online account requirements.
Sun 22:46:11 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ ----
Sun 22:46:45 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Yeah, many people were making local accounts then using an open source decrapifier program to purge the Windows Store, all the bundled apps, Edge, telemetry....
Sun 22:47:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Shelly 3.1.4 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Adds More Improvements ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Shelly_3_1_4_GUI_Package_Manager_for_Arch_Linux_Adds_More_Impro.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/Shelly_3_1_4_GUI_Package_Manager_for_Arch_Linux_Adds_More_Impro.gmi ∎
Sun 23:21:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 13th, 2026 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_September_13th_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/13/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_September_13th_2026.gmi ∎
Sun 23:40:36 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Joey Rogoff
Sun 23:40:37 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │
Sun 23:40:39 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ ·
Sun 23:40:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Follow
Sun 23:40:42 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ 8 hours ago
Sun 23:40:43 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ ·
Sun 23:40:45 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Somehow we took one of the simplest things in the world and turned it into downloading an app.
Sun 23:40:46 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I miss when paying for parking meant pulling up to a meter, putting in a few quarters, turning the knob, and walking away.
Sun 23:40:48 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Now I feel like every city has a different system. You park, get out, look for a sign, scan a QR code, download an app you’ve never used before, make an account, enter your license plate, figure out what “zone” you’re in, add a credit card, choose how much time you want, and then hope you did everything correctly.
Sun 23:40:49 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ All just to leave your car somewhere for 45 minutes and what always gets me is when the app wants me to create a password or verify my email first.
Sun 23:40:51 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ At that point I’m standing on the sidewalk staring at my phone thinking about how I used to just put a quarter into a metal box. I understand why everything is becoming digital, and I’m sure there are conveniences to it.
Sun 23:40:52 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But I’m starting to think not every simple thing needed to become “smart.” Parking used to be one of those things you didn’t even have to think about. Now somehow it feels like a whole proces
Mon 00:30:26 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2]: When I still had a car that was getting very annoying.
Mon 00:30:33 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It solves a problem for the city, not for you.
Mon 00:41:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ MinceR: Kiki's meows when she wants a cat treat sounds like one of the Xenomorph screams when it gets shot.
Mon 00:41:54 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Oh, interesting fact I learned.
Mon 00:42:01 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
Mon 00:42:26 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The power loader that Ripley uses on the Sulaco.....
Mon 00:43:14 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The sound effects were just the turret of the Soviet T-34 that was standing in for the German Tigers in Kelly's Heroes.
Mon 00:43:36 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They just took that and used it for the power loaders in Aliens.
Mon 00:45:00 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/waymo-robotaxi-calls-cops-on-riders-handling-loaded-ar-style-ghost-gun-waymo-alerted-san-francisco-police-then-juvenile-riders-were-stopped-and-arrested
Mon 00:45:40 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/us-customs-supervisor-busted-for-stealing-core-i7-cpus-ram-and-hard-drives-from-homeland-security-pcs-stolen-tech-swapped-with-inferior-hardware-and-cashed-out-on-newegg
Mon 00:53:09 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ MinceR: There was a post on Facebook about Windows 11 getting "Administrator Protection".
Mon 00:53:21 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So I pulled out the Groundhog Day gif with Bill Murry and posted:
Mon 00:53:23 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "Welcome back to this the 26th year of "Most Secure Version of Windows Ever" I'm standing here reporting live from the land of botnets and ransomware, and I'm told Satya Nadella is somewhere in the crowd enjoying the festivities."
Mon 01:00:41 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/11/ai-more-likely-to-kill-animals-if-it-saves-fuel-or-money/5295993
Mon 01:01:00 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ lol
Mon 01:04:12 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ WAIT!!!! PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS!!!
Mon 01:04:21 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ sounds good to me
Mon 01:04:28 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nasa-and-ibm-unveil-an-open-source-lunar-ai-model
Mon 01:04:43 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ stay away from farms
Mon 01:05:02 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ at least modern farms... amish one will be ok
Mon 01:07:25 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ what the flock? https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/13/0650227/flock-worker-calls-police-on-reporter---for-filming-them-in-public
Mon 01:08:15 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ i smell pants burning.... https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/12/1652215/lg-responds-to-tv-spying-allegations
Mon 01:23:08 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://hackaday.io/project/206568-vacuum-tube-computer
Mon 01:26:33 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/13/larry-ellison-cancels-7-5-billion-sale-of-oracle-stock/
Mon 01:46:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techpol + social irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-130926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-130926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-130926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-130926.txt
Mon 01:47:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techrights irc ■ Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-130926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-130926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-130926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-130926.txt
Mon 01:48:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 boycottnovell irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-130926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-130926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-130926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-130926.txt
Mon 01:49:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techbytes irc ■ Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-130926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-130926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-130926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-130926.txt
Mon 01:49:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-09-13.txt | 🅶🅴🅼🅸🅽🅸 gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-09-13.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
Mon 01:50:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁Tux Machines 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-09-13.txt
Mon 01:50:51 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ black market oil soon??? https://www.rawstory.com/oil-rationing/
Mon 04:59:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2095.jpg
Mon 05:00:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1738.jpg
Mon 05:00:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ HearsayMatt, who chose not to attend his own hearing, is trying to explain to people what happened in this hearing. He does not know.
Mon 05:01:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tomorrow we're leaving for a short trip gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-09-13-tomorrow
Mon 05:02:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "To those who don't know, I have done a lot of work with OCR and converting physical books to ebooks. It was (and still is) quite a tedious process, although OCR has gotten considerably better in the consumer space." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260913-ligatures.txt
Mon 05:02:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ hiding gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/hiding
Mon 05:04:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights ⇨ https://techrights.org/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ ∎
Mon 05:04:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 13, 2026 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_September_13_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_September_13_2026.gmi ∎
Mon 05:05:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎
Mon 05:06:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Mon 05:09:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/11/microsoft-slaps-hours-limits-on-xbox-game-pass-cloud-gaming/ "But for the next tier of enshittification, there’s… Xbox’s Game Pass service" | Source: Techdirt
Mon 05:10:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Cleaning work is often called low-skilled, perhaps because it’s usually done by low-waged women" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/09/cleaning-labor-skill-pay-unions | Source: Jacobin Magazine
Mon 05:10:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What 27-year-old Coxon is an expert on — if accidentally — is the contagion of fear. We cannot expect the public to understand the inner workings of all technology (that was the fallacy of my 18-year-old self!)" ☛ https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/13/the-contagion-of-fear/ | Source: Bryan Cantrill
Mon 05:11:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In any serious country, a massively expensive policy of this kind would have been analysed in detail by now, with estimates of the immediate effect on inflation and interest rates and the flow-on to the economy as a whole." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/09/13/the-us-is-not-a-serious-country/ | Source: Crooked Timber
Mon 05:11:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I approached the "change your diet" advice the way US culture teaches us: as a wholly individual project." ☛ https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-09-13 | Source: Dr Molly Tov
Mon 05:11:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What it is losing is something much harder to rebuild: trust." ☛ https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/09/13/d26d9/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes
Mon 05:11:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "five “mission centers” devoted to China, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, combat support and global intelligence, these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Recorded Future News." ☛ https://therecord.media/nsa-reorganization-five-mission-centers | Source: The Record
Mon 05:12:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "End Times Fascism describes the world we’re in, where the components of authoritarianism are modelled everywhere you look: anarcho-libertarian economics in Argentina" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/naomi-klein-extreme-wealth-has-a-deranging-effect-it-turns-you-into-a-supremacist | Source: The Guardian UK
Mon 05:14:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "These spaces are built to move people through them, accounting for the nonstop movement of crowds." ☛ https://cleberg.net/blog/nowhere-specifically.html | Source: Christian Cleberg
Mon 05:14:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What on earth are they building all of these data centers for?" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-agents-are-thirsty-for-power/ | Source: Wired
Mon 05:15:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A spokesperson told the LA Times that a “violation of our terms of service involving a firearm” was detected. At which point the car pulled over and alerted the authorities." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/transportation/994405/waymo-pulls-over-calls-cops-on-riders-with-a-ghost-gun | Source: The Verge
Mon 05:15:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That may be how the source report can say that the AR was loaded" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/waymo-robotaxi-calls-cops-on-riders-handling-loaded-ar-style-ghost-gun-waymo-alerted-san-francisco-police-then-juvenile-riders-were-stopped-and-arrested | Source: Tom's Hardware
Mon 05:15:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There's a flaw in Georgia’s voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they’ve been cast." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0913/elections-midterms-georgia-democracy-ai | Source: CS Monitor
Mon 05:16:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This wasn’t the first time Waymo has tattled on alleged troublemakers." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-12/juveniles-riding-in-waymo-arrested-after-police-find-ghost-gun | Source: Los Angeles Times
Mon 05:16:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Around 38% of people living in Spain regularly use generative artificial intelligence (AI)" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-09-13/people-are-using-ai-for-personal-questions-almost-twice-as-often-as-for-work-related-queries.html | Source: El País
Mon 05:26:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Slop Companies Engage in Plagiarising the Web, Now They Pay People to Contaminate the Web With Their Lies ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Slop_Companies_Engage_in_Plagiarising_the_Web_Now_They_Pay_Peop.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Slop_Companies_Engage_in_Plagiarising_the_Web_Now_They_Pay_Peop.gmi ∎
Mon 05:44:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IBM PIPs Are Layoffs (RAs Come Later Even If You Satisfy the "Performance" and "Plan") ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IBM_PIPs_Are_Layoffs_RAs_Come_Later_Even_If_You_Satisfy_the_Per.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IBM_PIPs_Are_Layoffs_RAs_Come_Later_Even_If_You_Satisfy_the_Per.gmi ∎
Mon 05:48:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ For almost a whole decade, LF was run by Microsoft GitHub, and LF was pushing slop, plagiarism and prisons with Jono Bacon's wife while LF pays him to write pro-Microsoft crap; as for his wife, she bosses Linus Torvalds https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/21/Never_Trust_People_Who_Write_Their_Own_Wikipedia_Pages_Vanity_P.shtml by virtue of heading the board
Mon 05:49:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LF is a force of corruption, not a force of Linux
Mon 05:50:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Having a wikipedia page these days is becoming a contraindicator of reliability and trustworhiness." https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/21/Never_Trust_People_Who_Write_Their_Own_Wikipedia_Pages_Vanity_P.shtml
Mon 05:52:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Terrence Eden made an ad for himself in Wikipedia and even added his own voice like he was some sort of famous scientist whose _VOICE_ need to be documented. Hangs out with HearsayMatt and OSI types. https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/lecturing-in-absentia/
Mon 05:58:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Review: Vanilla OS 3 "Reunion" ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Review_Vanilla_OS_3_Reunion.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Review_Vanilla_OS_3_Reunion.gmi ∎
Mon 06:01:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Social Control Media ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/09/11/la-jolla-sea-lions-human-harassment.html | Source: BoingBoing
Mon 06:03:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Social Control Media: "LaCava said officials are considering a middle ground between verbal warnings from city employees and federal prosecution." ☛ https://timesofsandiego.com/environment/2026/08/23/should-la-jolla-cove-close-to-protect-sea-lions/ | Source: Times Of San Diego
Mon 06:05:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Unlike a lot of the "Linux" stories in TR, the EPO coverage is historically significant and impactful
Mon 06:05:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ∎
Mon 06:17:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): A Void Linux maintainer orphaned over 100 packages because of an AI usage ban ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/A_Void_Linux_maintainer_orphaned_over_100_packages_because_of_a.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/A_Void_Linux_maintainer_orphaned_over_100_packages_because_of_a.gmi ∎
Mon 06:20:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Why Mint's easy graphical interface is the worst thing for your Linux journey ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Why_Mint_s_easy_graphical_interface_is_the_worst_thing_for_your.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Why_Mint_s_easy_graphical_interface_is_the_worst_thing_for_your.gmi ∎
Mon 06:23:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "They were testing the fences for weaknesses, systematically. They remember." ☛ https://www.chrisfarris.com/post/jurassic-agents/ | Source: Chris Ferris
Mon 06:23:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Senators Bernie Sanders and Greg Cezar have announced their Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/sanders-proposes-20-year-prison-sentence-for-ai-devs-who-plow-ahead-with-artificial-superintelligence-plans-penalty-on-par-with-illegally-developing-rogue-nuclear-weapons | Source: Tom's Hardware
Mon 06:23:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Danielle Carr, a historian and anthropologist at UCLA, thinks that professors relying on surveilling and detection methods to weed out cheating will only keep them stuck in a game of cat and mouse" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-cheating-students-absurd-lengths-avoid-detection | Source: Futurism
Mon 06:24:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This spills over into other processes wanting to use the GPU, namely the WindowServer." ☛ https://auberon.xyz/blog/posts/deathray/ |
Mon 06:24:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Yesterday, Francesco and I brought home two 2008 iMacs, the ones with the Core 2 Duo processors." ☛ https://eliseomartelli.it/blog/2026-09-13-imacs-old-enough-to-drive/ | Source: Eliseo Martelli
Mon 06:24:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Most people don’t think of themselves as soybean consumers. Few sit down to a plate of soybeans, but soy is hiding in plain sight throughout the American diet" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/13/how-soybeans-took-over-the-american-diet-without-anyone-noticing-partner/ | Source: Salon
Mon 06:25:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that almost 200 women died after an ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/13/ectopic-pregnancy-deaths-have-nearly-doubled-its-worse-in-states-with-abortion-bans-partner/ | Source: Salon
Mon 06:26:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Last year, I repaired an NZXT Signal 4K30 USB capture device that I bought on eBay for cheap." ☛ https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2026/09/fixing-an-nzxt-signal-4k30-part-2-the-green-pink-video-bug/ | Source: Doug Brown
Mon 06:26:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Keyboard layouts are baffling. Of course, lots of things in computing (and life) are baffling" ☛ https://www.rousette.org.uk/archives/the-one-true-keyboard-layout/ | Source: But she's a girl...
Mon 06:27:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That’s how many Arizonans support that state’s Wild West voucher scheme." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/09/school-choice-vouchers-public-opposition | Source: Jacobin Magazine
Mon 06:28:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Scientific awards, whether for fellowships or for prestigious Lasker, Nobel, or Breakthrough prizes, are highly visible markers of success in science." ☛ https://www.the-scientist.com/are-awards-essential-for-scientific-success-74982 | Source: LabX Media Group
Mon 06:28:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Working with double categories can be aptly summarized in a meme: Talk to me about sets without mentioning sets." ☛ https://bartoszmilewski.com/2026/09/13/yoneda-lemma-in-double-categories/ | Source: Bartosz Milewski
Mon 06:29:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Technofascism in the UK" https://soylentnews.org/~turgid/journal/20661
Mon 06:30:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ More surveillance. But will we be safer? | "Mer övervakning. Men blir vi säkrare?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/09/13/mer-overvakning-men-blir-vi-sakrare/
Mon 06:33:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Mon 06:34:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 14/09/2026: Trip, Hiding, and OCR ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Gemini_Links_14_09_2026_Trip_Hiding_and_OCR.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Gemini_Links_14_09_2026_Trip_Hiding_and_OCR.gmi ∎
Mon 06:38:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Feels Like Summer in Mid-September https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/feels-like-summer-in-mid-september/
Mon 06:44:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 14/09/2026: Slop Hardly Used for Actual Work (Chatbots Are for Lonely People), Slop Bots (Scrapers, Plagiarism) "Are Thirsty for Power" ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Links_14_09_2026_Slop_Hardly_Used_for_Actual_Work_Chatbots_Are_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Links_14_09_2026_Slop_Hardly_Used_for_Actual_Work_Chatbots_Are_.gmi ∎
Mon 06:45:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It’s been six months since we saw a new Java release, and this new edition is seems to be ready to flex its muscles." ☛ https://hanno.codes/2026/09/15/hello-java-27/ | Source: Hanno Embregts
Mon 06:45:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "These presentations are up to 5 minutes long - the ideal way to introduce your favorite module, TV series, or really just about any topic." ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/max_maischein/2026/09/the-lightning-talks-of-the-german-perl-workshop-2026-are-online.html | Source: Perl
Mon 06:45:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Comments in your code are the simplest and often most useful means of documenting your decisions and communicating intent for those that need to understand it in the future." ☛ https://eddie.codes/posts/source-code-comments/ | Source: Eddie Atkinson
Mon 06:46:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "Here are just a few programming language features I love: [...]" ☛ https://prydt.xyz/blog/a-few-good-ideas-in-pl/ |
Mon 06:46:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Metacarp is a second implementation of that language. It compiles the reference suite, compiles itself, and then compiles itself again to byte-identical C." ☛ https://blog.veitheller.de/Metacarp.html |
Mon 06:47:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "People at Git has started to work on a proposal to make the Rust1 programming language mandatory." ☛ https://lucio.albenga.es/web-en/posts/2025/from-git-to-fossil.html |
Mon 06:48:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I don't like Rust and, above all, I don't like its community of little extremist characters who are trying to make everyone swallow their crap by rewriting projects that have been working for decades, doing social media brigading, and other nice little gems worthy of any tiny group with totalitarian delusions."
Mon 06:49:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That's why when I see that a project aims to "force" the use of or the switch from C to Rust, to the extent of my possibilities, I flee from it as if I were pursued by the Balrog of the Lord of the Rings with his whip."
Mon 06:49:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I'm old enough to have used (or tested) many version control systems: RCS (Revision Control System), CVS (Concurrent Version System), SVN (Subversion), HG (Mercurial), BZR (Bazaar), and the aforementioned Git, which means I have no problem in switching again, so I started to think about a Git substitute for my personal projects."
Mon 06:49:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The options were to go back to one of the already known or look at something else, and I remembered Fossil. I started looking over the source code and reading the official documentation to learn its features, its dependencies, how to install and configure it, etc., and I noticed it had many things I like: [...]"
Mon 06:49:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A typical formulation of the Luhn algorithm can be described as follows" ☛ https://abstractnonsense.xyz/blog/2025-08-31-can-a-regex-match-valid-card-numbers/ |
Mon 06:50:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "this part is hard to read." ☛ https://evanhahn.com/posts/2026-09-13-programmers-dislike-reduce/ | Source: Evan Hahn
Mon 06:59:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Microsoft Has Problems in France ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Has_Problems_in_France.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Has_Problems_in_France.gmi ∎
Mon 07:23:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Software Freedom Day 2026 is 5 Days From Now, Fresh Reminder to Boycott Proprietary Software ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Software_Freedom_Day_2026_is_5_Days_From_Now_Fresh_Reminder_to_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Software_Freedom_Day_2026_is_5_Days_From_Now_Fresh_Reminder_to_.gmi ∎
Mon 07:36:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Phil Harvey, an Editor-in-Chief in a B2B Site, Explains Why ChannelFutures (Connected to TechTarget) and Other Sites That Used to Cover Linux Deleted Many Articles ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Phil_Harvey_an_Editor_in_Chief_in_a_B2B_Site_Explains_Why_Chann.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Phil_Harvey_an_Editor_in_Chief_in_a_B2B_Site_Explains_Why_Chann.gmi ∎
Mon 07:46:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Over a Million Brits Don’t Have and Don’t Carry a Skinnerbox https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/over-a-million-brits-dont-have-and-dont-carry-a-skinnerbox/
Mon 08:16:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – SLAPP Censorship - Part 183 Out of 200: What Actually Happened Two Months Ago (Based on People Who Attended) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_183_Out_of_200_What_Actually_Happened_Two.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_183_Out_of_200_What_Actually_Happened_Two.gmi ∎
Mon 08:51:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – RFID Ambitions Already Established by Widespread Skinnerbox Adoption ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/RFID_Ambitions_Already_Established_by_Widespread_Skinnerbox_Ado.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/RFID_Ambitions_Already_Established_by_Widespread_Skinnerbox_Ado.gmi ∎
Mon 08:56:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ s/Microsoft Has Problems in France/Freedom Rises in France/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Has_Problems_in_France.shtml
Mon 08:57:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "FOSDEM 2027 is happening on January 30–31, 2027, at ULB Brussels—and your project could be part of it!" ☛ https://fosdem.org/2027/news/call-for-stands/ | Source: FOSDEM
Mon 08:57:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "i have been running several personal git forges for, at this point, almost half my life :o i like running my own dev infrastructure" ☛ https://char.lt/blog/2026/09/sorcery-repo-viewer/ |
Mon 09:02:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A Week of Fish Desk https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/a-week-of-fish-desk/
Mon 09:09:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Despite being facetious and tongue-in-cheek (and rude by default), HearsayBoy makes it sound like 1) he needs a million bucks and 2) he's looking for a job now. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/31/Spending_Over_a_Million_Bucks_on_Lawsuits_Abroad_When_There_s_a.shtml
Mon 10:07:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Three Years for Increasingly Independent Tux Machines ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Three_Years_for_Increasingly_Independent_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Three_Years_for_Increasingly_Independent_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Mon 10:14:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Having been involved in issuing RFPs as a customer, we ask what percentage of work is offshored. If the vendor does not answer the question, they are not shortlisted. If the percentage is high as determined by our procurement, they will not be shortlisted. Work quality by offshore workers has been subpar." https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IBM_PIPs_Are_Layoffs_RAs_Come_Later_Even_If_You_Satisfy_the_Per.shtml
Mon 10:23:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IBM Flying Away to Sweatshops (So Will Red Hat) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IBM_Flying_Away_to_Sweatshops_So_Will_Red_Hat.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IBM_Flying_Away_to_Sweatshops_So_Will_Red_Hat.gmi ∎
Mon 10:55:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Gregory Chudnovsky’s partner in the design and construction of the supercomputer was his older brother, David Volfovich Chudnovsky, who is also a mathematician, and who lives five blocks away from Gregory." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1992/03/02/the-mountains-of-pi | Source: New Yorker
Mon 10:55:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Then arrived the Fable 5. At first I was not that hopeful." ☛ https://a6mzero.com/posts/this-pcb-is-brought-to-you-by-fable-5/ |
Mon 10:56:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Having seen tiny386 run on its minimum-spec ESP32 platform" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/a-386-pc-for-your-rp2350/ | Source: Hackaday
Mon 10:56:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Each 3D-printed icosahedron has numerals sunk through each of its twelve sides, and is raised above the base of the clock on a brass support shaft." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/keeping-time-on-tumbling-icosahedra/ | Source: Hackaday
Mon 10:56:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This worked even better than expected, getting a reliable crack every time." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/whip-cracking-machine-reliably-breaks-the-sound-barrier/ | Source: Hackaday
Mon 10:57:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As for the FV-1 itself, it’s an interesting little chip in that it’s quite a full-featured DSP– rather, it’s small instruction set is focused entirely on audio effects." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/spin-fv-1-emulator-simplifies-sound-pedal-development/ | Source: Hackaday
Mon 10:58:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The other night I wanted to implement a small Voronoi-diagram shader to use as a background to a music video, to show up the music project I recently finished." ☛ https://crocidb.com/post/when-the-fractional-part-of-a-float-fixes-your-shader/ | Source: Bruno Croci
Mon 11:03:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ When the US government (regime) just calls you the T word, then takes you offline. No due process really. https://www.ezini.eu/blog/2026/financial-risks-in-2026
Mon 11:04:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This month, my Dad unexpectedly passed away after a short illness. As a result I obviously got less work done than usual, and I still have a lot to take care of (since I’m the executor of his will, as well as helping with funeral arrangements) while grieving and generally having less focus and energy." https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2026-08.html
Mon 11:05:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I voted in General Resolution: LLM usage in Debian. My vote was pretty much the opposite of what ended up winning, so I’m quite disappointed. My personal opinion is that LLMs are cognitive hazards to their users that impose ecological costs far out of proportion to their utility at a time when the world absolutely cannot afford them."
Mon 11:05:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "Debian’s direct contribution to all that will be negligible on a global scale, and even the most radical proposals in the GR didn’t expect that we could do much about upstreams that have gone all-in on LLMs. Even so, I’d hoped that my fellow developers might be more willing to lean on our position in the free software ecosystem to make at least a moderately radical statement. Instead, we’ve at best presented an undistingu
Mon 11:05:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] ished fence-sitting position to the world, and further entrenched the idea that humans can reliably do a good job of reviewing the output of tools that are designed to produce output plausible to humans. I certainly don’t trust my own code review skills that far."
Mon 11:06:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Waiting to see what will happen with .meow domains, which I supported despite not identifying as a cat." https://www.ezini.eu/tags/pdo
Mon 11:07:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Global heating is an intentional outrage, not a natural calamity. It is being done to us knowingly." https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#13_September_2026_(Global_heating)
Mon 11:10:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bernie Sanders proposes 20 year prison sentence for Hey Hi (AI) devs who plow ahead with Artificial Superintelligence plans — penalty on par with illegally developing rogue nuclear weapons ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/sanders-proposes-20-year-prison-sentence-for-ai-devs-who-plow-ahead-with-artificial-superintelligence-plans-penalty-on-par-with-illegally-developing-rogue-nuclear-weapons
Mon 11:11:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Waymo robotaxi calls cops on riders handling loaded AR-style ghost gun — Waymo alerted San Francisco police, then juvenile riders were stopped and arrested ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/waymo-robotaxi-calls-cops-on-riders-handling-loaded-ar-style-ghost-gun-waymo-alerted-san-francisco-police-then-juvenile-riders-were-stopped-and-arrested
Mon 11:17:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Preserving Netlify Analytics Data Beyond 30 Days ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/preserving-netlify-analytics-data/
Mon 11:18:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ You Ain't Ready For This Jelly | LINUX Unplugged 684 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/684/
Mon 11:18:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Boosters of Omarchy Are No 'Underdogs' ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Boosters_of_Omarchy_Are_No_Underdogs.shtml
Mon 11:19:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Anecdotally, programmers dislike "reduce" ☞ https://evanhahn.com/posts/2026-09-13-programmers-dislike-reduce/
Mon 11:20:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Playable Tomb Raider runs on a humble 1-watt chip — $25 board with dual-core 400 MHz ESP32-P4 MCU scales OpenLara up to 1,024 x 600 playable pixels ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/programming/playable-tomb-raider-runs-on-a-humble-1-watt-chip-usd25-board-with-dual-core-400-mhz-esp32-p4-mcu-scales-openlara-up-to-1-024-x-600-playable-pixels
Mon 11:21:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Asia Pacific research networks commit to stronger cyber resilience cooperation ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/14/asia-pacific-research-networks-commit-to-stronger-cyber-resilience-cooperation/
Mon 11:24:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Better to avoid LLMs altogether, openwashing does nothing for trust ☞ https://harishpillay.com/2026/09/13/open-source-language-models-for-accountability-and-trust/
Mon 11:25:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Intel revives One Mono font after brief retirement during open-source purge — typeface built to fight coder eyestrain gets reprieve ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-revives-one-mono-font-after-brief-retirement-typeface-built-to-fight-coder-eyestrain-gets-reprieve-from-open-source-purge
Mon 11:26:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Install OpenProject on Raspberry Pi with Docker (2026 Guide) ☞ https://peppe8o.com/openproject-raspberry-pi/
Mon 11:27:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LIES, PROPAGANDA, hype with terms like "Q-Day" https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/13/q-day-is-approaching-most-organizations-arent-ready/
Mon 11:28:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Radio France staff strike over appointment of far-right weekly editor ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260913-radio-france-staff-strike-over-appointment-of-far-right-weekly-editor
Mon 11:33:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Police raids, online censorship target Turkey’s LGBTI+ community in new crackdown ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/police-raids-online-censorship-target-turkeys-lgbti-community-in-new-crackdown-323417
Mon 11:34:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Dirk Eddelbuettel: td 0.0.7 on CRAN: New Features and Updates ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/13#td_0.0.7
Mon 11:34:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux 7.3-rc3 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_7_3_rc3.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_7_3_rc3.gmi ∎
Mon 11:44:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Who said they must adopt crappy, user-hostile, spying tech? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-aims-to-save-seniors-lost-in-digital-age
Mon 11:44:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ gender minister? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-gender-minister-nominee-pulls-out-in-fresh-blow-to-lee
Mon 11:47:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Russia's hybrid attacks in focus as European leaders meet in Finnish Lapland | Yle News | Yle ⚓ https://yle.fi/a/74-20246189 ䷉ Source: YLE | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//yle.fi/a/74-20246189 Sompi
Mon 11:55:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Is this what Microsoft meant by XBox re-BOOT? Mindless bells? https://news.ssbcrack.com/xbox-introduces-customizable-boot-animations-amidst-company-restructuring/
Mon 11:58:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ There must be billions of dollars allocated at the moment for Iran propaganda (from multiple actors, not just US), especially online propaganda in news sites, non-organic astroturfing sites, and social control media. We only know iranwire (in person, the leader), which is legit, anything else can be suspect (anti- or pro-).
Mon 11:59:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ WWW became a battle zone of malicious actors https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/12/how-the-web-died/
Mon 12:00:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ WWW is like a restaurant during war. If you sit for the table waiting for a waiter, you'll get no food. On the Web, all the "juice" goes to sloppers, slappers, spammers, GAFAMs, and social control media propaganda hubs. To them, there's no courtesy or manners. Plagiarism has a new name: hey hi.
Mon 12:09:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Researchers Discover an Untapped Green Hydrogen 'Goldmine' ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-discover-a-green-hydrogen-goldmine-beneath-australias-red-dirt
Mon 12:12:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Scientists Found a Material That Gets Better at Conducting Electricity as It Shrinks ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-material-gets-better-at-conducting-electricity-the-thinner-it-gets
Mon 12:14:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "IBM has laid off at least 22k since 2022 when Arvind began this death match to an inflated stock price. All of those acquisitions involve people, too, who are told to bleed blue before knifed themselves." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m2ba37ve
Mon 12:36:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The World Wide Web (WWW) Useless Without Quality Filters ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/The_World_Wide_Web_WWW_Useless_Without_Quality_Filters.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/The_World_Wide_Web_WWW_Useless_Without_Quality_Filters.gmi ∎
Mon 12:48:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – The PIPs or 'Voluntary Termination Offers' Help IBM Fake Its Situation ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/The_PIPs_or_Voluntary_Termination_Offers_Help_IBM_Fake_Its_Situ.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/The_PIPs_or_Voluntary_Termination_Offers_Help_IBM_Fake_Its_Situ.gmi ∎
Mon 13:05:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Microsoft Urgently Needs Distraction: There's No "Next XBox", But There's a New Boot Screen (Like 'Dark Mode', a Feature That Can be Implemented in Mere Minutes/Hours) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Urgently_Needs_Distraction_There_s_No_Next_XBox_But_T.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Urgently_Needs_Distraction_There_s_No_Next_XBox_But_T.gmi ∎
Mon 13:07:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft Urgently Needs Distraction: There's No "Next XBox", But There's a New Boot Screen (Like 'Dark Mode', a Feature That Can be Implemented in Mere Minutes/Hours) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Urgently_Needs_Distraction_There_s_No_Next_XBox_But_T.shtml
Mon 13:21:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Reminder: subscription price change coming ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1093929/
Mon 13:23:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Scam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-sam-altman-chatgpt-hack-electrical-grid-hype
Mon 13:24:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ California, Which Is Creating All the Hey Hi (AI) That’s Poisoning Children, Just Cracked Down on Hey Hi (AI) Use for Its Own Kids ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/california-creating-ai-poisoning-children-cracked-down
Mon 13:24:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ OpenAI Faces Congressional Probe Over Swarm Hacking Incident ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-faces-congressional-probe-hacking-incident
Mon 13:36:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ RIP Roy Burnham https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/rip-roy-burnham/
Mon 13:37:54 │ 〖__TMF__〗 │ I think I messed something up..
Mon 13:45:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Notebooks Still Work https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/notebooks-still-work/
Mon 13:50:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Bubble (It Was Always a Bubble and Everybody Knew) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/the-bubble-it-was-always-a-bubble-and-everybody-knew/
Mon 13:59:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux at Double-Digit Market Share in North America ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/GNU_Linux_at_Double_Digit_Market_Share_in_North_America.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/GNU_Linux_at_Double_Digit_Market_Share_in_North_America.gmi ∎
Mon 13:59:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 156 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Mozilla_Firefox_156_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Mozilla_Firefox_156_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.gmi ∎
Mon 14:07:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Vista 11 Flunked ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Vista_11_Flunked.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Vista_11_Flunked.gmi ∎
Mon 15:35:31 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-coreutils/+bug/2167147
Mon 15:35:32 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ 🚀 move 🚀 fast 🚀 and 🚀 break 🚀 things 🚀
Mon 16:03:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Amazon Deploying Hey Hi (AI) Tech That Forces Actors’ Mouths to Match Dubbed Dialogue ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-ai-force-lips-dub
Mon 16:16:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Wrapping Up Summer https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/wrapping-up-summer/
Mon 16:37:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Valheim 1.0 and Welcome to Elderfield - 2026-09-12 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-09-12-edition/index.html
Mon 16:38:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LTT Leaks Steam Frame's First Look Ahead of Schedule: Quick Summary ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/ltt-leaks-steam-frames-first-look-ahead-of-schedule/index.html
Mon 16:38:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ MAKERphone 2.0 Lets You Build a 4G Phone and Vibe-Code Its Apps ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/makerphone-2-annoucement/
Mon 16:39:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Chromium 151 and 152 not using system X cursor ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202609/chromium-151-and-152-not-using-system-x-cursor.html
Mon 16:40:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Shotwell 33 goes stable with its long-awaited GTK4 port ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/shotwell-gtk4-port-released
Mon 16:40:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FunOS 24.04.5 LTS ☞ https://funos.org/funos-24-04-5/
Mon 16:41:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Not really. They said this before, it failed badly, and users wanted something that worked, not Microsoft copycats. ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-rust-coreutils-complete
Mon 16:42:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linus Torvalds drops Linux 7.3 rc3 release ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-drops-linux-73-rc3-release/
Mon 16:43:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ArchBANG 130926 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/archbang
Mon 16:43:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LankeOS 0.20 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lankeos
Mon 16:43:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SkillFishOS 26.06.5 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/skillfishos
Mon 16:44:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ NuTyX 26.09.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nutyx
Mon 16:45:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Void GNU/Linux maintainer drops 113 packages over Hey Hi (AI) ban ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/void-linux-maintainer-drops-113-packages-over-ai-ban/
Mon 16:45:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 15 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Document Processors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/documentprocessors/
Mon 16:45:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ chibisafe – self-hosted file uploader and file vault ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/chibisafe-self-hosted-file-uploader-vault/
Mon 16:46:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ DRAKVUF Sandbox – agentless malware analysis platform ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/drakvuf-sandbox-agentless-malware-analysis-platform/
Mon 16:47:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Guatemala judiciary closes criminal proceedings against four Indigenous leaders ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/guatemala-judiciary-closes-criminal-proceedings-against-four-indigenous-leaders/
Mon 16:48:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ “GroovyGroovaBox”: my new, innovative, drumbox – running in a web browser ☞ https://gaelduval.com/groovygroovabox-my-new-innovative-drumbox-running-in-a-web-browser/
Mon 16:52:18 │ 〖lxo〗 │ https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-09-14-wAIl.en.html
Mon 16:53:24 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ sure, most LLMs and a tiny minority of humans realize this, but it is not enough
Mon 16:53:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi ∎
Mon 16:55:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LLM SLOP! https://www.fosslinux.com/161587/what-is-void-linux-beginners-guide.htm
Mon 16:55:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Lazy Reading for 2026/09/13 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/09/13/lazy-reading-for-2026-09-13/
Mon 16:56:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ JetKVM Mini – A low-cost, ESP32-P4X-based KVM with Ethernet or WiFi connectivity ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/14/jetkvm-mini-a-low-cost-esp32-p4x-based-kvm-with-ethernet-or-wifi-connectivity/
Mon 16:56:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ffmpeg Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/ffmpeg/
Mon 16:57:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft Lunduke of 'Linux Sucks' (and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Corp.) Tries to Replace GNU/Linux With Toxic Discussions About Toxic Politics ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Microsoft_Lunduke_of_Linux_Sucks_and_Microsoft_Corp_Tries_to_Re.shtml
Mon 16:59:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Plagiarism is OK if you call it "hey hi" and then bribe the dictator and tell him it's a matter of "arms race" ☞ https://heathermeeker.com/2026/09/13/training-llms-on-copyrighted-works-is-fair-use-says-the-doj/
Mon 17:14:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AT&T sued Berkeley over 186 lines of Unix code, and the delay handed the market to Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/at-t-sued-berkeley-186-lines-unix-code-handed-market-linux/
Mon 17:15:02 │ 〖cow_20012〗 │ is this yet another stallman letter type of thing? https://stopomarchy.neocities.org/
Mon 17:15:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The KaOS Linux team has officially released KaOS Linux 2026.09 today as the first ISO snapshot of this independent distribution using Dinit as the default init system instead of systemd." https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-2026-09-released-with-noctalia-5-1-linux-kernel-7-1-and-mesa-26-2
Mon 17:15:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you're new to Linux, or you've happily existed in Mint's easygoing ecosystem for years, you might want to hear what its downsides are. That comfortable feeling may cost you dearly." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-mints-easy-graphical-interface-worst-thing-for-your-linux-journey/
Mon 17:16:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Immutable Linux distros sound terrible on paper, but a month of Silverblue proved me wrong https://www.xda-developers.com/immutable-linux-terrible-paper/
Mon 17:17:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ One dev turned the Linux desktop into a single app, and it's surprisingly good https://www.howtogeek.com/one-developer-turned-a-linux-desktop-environment-into-a-single-app/
Mon 17:18:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As Linux distros decide whether LLM-generated content is allowed in code commits, we've seen people leave over disagreements about what they can and can't do." https://www.xda-developers.com/a-void-linux-maintainer-orphaned-over-100-packages-because-of-an-ai-usage-ban/
Mon 17:19:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Brancaleoni who didn’t limit his [plagiarism] usage to research and learning. He also failed to disclose the use of [plagiarism] tools, which is required by the policy." https://www.neowin.net/news/void-linux-maintainer-drops-113-packages-over-ai-ban/
Mon 17:19:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A recent Zoom build for Linux systems proactively reads X11 clipboard data in the background without user window focus or consent." https://www.neowin.net/news/zoom-update-triggers-privacy-risk-by-slurping-linux-clipboards/
Mon 17:20:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux is free, but I pay for Linux PCs: Here's why ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_is_free_but_I_pay_for_Linux_PCs_Here_s_why.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_is_free_but_I_pay_for_Linux_PCs_Here_s_why.gmi ∎
Mon 17:20:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you keep interesting secrets in your clipboard – particularly, if a password manager uses it as a means of getting the password to where it needs to be – this might be a thing you need to know about!" https://hachyderm.io/@simontatham/117201594980991062
Mon 17:20:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A 386 PC For Your RP2350 https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/a-386-pc-for-your-rp2350/
Mon 17:21:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you're new to Linux and switching from Windows to Linux, there are some mistakes you want to avoid. Avoiding common beginner mistakes in Linux will put you ahead of the other Linux newbies." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-biggest-mistakes-new-linux-users-make-arent-technical/
Mon 17:23:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux was called 'obsolete' in 1992, and now it powers servers around the world ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_was_called_obsolete_in_1992_and_now_it_powers_servers_aro.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Linux_was_called_obsolete_in_1992_and_now_it_powers_servers_aro.gmi ∎
Mon 17:23:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Mon 17:25:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Devices/Embedded: MAKERphone, ESP32, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Devices_Embedded_MAKERphone_ESP32_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Devices_Embedded_MAKERphone_ESP32_and_More.gmi ∎
Mon 17:27:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: OpenLara, New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Games_OpenLara_New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_and_M.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Games_OpenLara_New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_and_M.gmi ∎
Mon 17:28:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): BSD Lawsuits Recalled, FreeBSD, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/BSD_Lawsuits_Recalled_FreeBSD_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/BSD_Lawsuits_Recalled_FreeBSD_and_More.gmi ∎
Mon 17:30:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Mon 17:33:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=lo-cp1270eQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Garfunkel
Mon 17:35:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Mon 17:37:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎
Mon 17:37:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 14/09/2026: "Scam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid" and Sweden Moving to the Right ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Links_14_09_2026_Scam_Altman_Now_Trying_to_Gain_Control_of_Elec.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Links_14_09_2026_Scam_Altman_Now_Trying_to_Gain_Control_of_Elec.gmi ∎
Mon 17:39:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LoRa BBS: Keep it simple, stupid! gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2026-09-14-kiss.txt
Mon 17:40:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Soyez humains, communiquez ! gemini://ploum.net/2026-09-14-ecrire_et_ia.gmi
Mon 17:41:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Leaving Sony gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202609/20260914-leaving-sony.gmi
Mon 17:42:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Prepare for That Stupid World gemini://ploum.net/2025-12-19-prepare-for-that-world.gmi
Mon 17:45:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So, a few months back, I posted some brief thoughts I had about planning a hike on the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada. Broadly, it was mid-May, the permit I got was for mid-July, and I had very little of the actual logistical planning for everything underway." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/misc/jmtretrospective.gmi
Mon 17:46:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Unfortunately, much like my shrimp in the same tank, the tadpoles seem to be slowly disappearing one-by-one. Their guts are full, they're becoming flatter, and on a few I see the beginnings of limb buds coming out." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/misc/tadpoles20260913.gmi
Mon 17:47:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "While looking through my old room at my parents' house recently, I found something I hadn't seen in 10 years: my first Android phone the HTC Desire HD which was last used in July 2016." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/SavaRocks/48501
Mon 17:48:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I honestly expected the battery to be completely dead after all these years... but I was wrong. I plugged it in and, to my surprise, the battery still charges and holds a charge. That's probably the most impressive part of the whole discovery. After sitting forgotten for 10 years, the battery isn't completely destroyed." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/i-found-my-first-android-phone/
Mon 17:49:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you must run a proxy which exposes the Geminispace to the Web, please be respectful and support `robots.txt`." gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/transmissions/2026-09-14-to-all-gemini-to-http-proxy-providers.gmi
Mon 17:50:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At the centre of my system is Raspberry Pi 4. It sits quietly in a corner and makes no fuss. It holds a git repo of the files I use. (More on them later) My 'workhorse' is a Starlabs Starbook laptop, running Ubuntu. It's about 5 years old, and apart from a wobble at the weekend has caused me no bother." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-14-txt-set-up
Mon 17:50:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I had almost lost hope for a good movie that I could watch without a tangible sense of being deceived. Last time we went to a cinema and chose the "Buzz Lightyear"." gemini://aenu.smol.pub/500-miles-spoilers
Mon 17:51:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I'm definitely not a very good chess player but the fact that such a small amount of codified play defeated me in short order is a little bit embarrassing or maybe simply a testament to how well chess strategies have been codified and distilled over time." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/kilobyte-gambit
Mon 17:52:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Ploum turns a legitimate question into a blanket refusal. Where he draws a line between human and machine, the real line runs between execution and one's own decision." gemini://schreibfaultier.pollux.casa/blog/2026-09-13-on-executing-and-on-deciding.en.gmi
Mon 17:53:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "After days of trying to work with frames embedded into textboxes or canvases I bit the bullet and made my own wrapper class with callbacks for scrolling. Following code is unfinished and might be cursed but at least it works as intended." gemini://namno.duckdns.org/blog/2026-09-13.gmi
Mon 17:54:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "To cat and dog owners alike, the benefits of their choice are obvious. In the best case they live in peace and don't think of the other side too much." gemini://www.fosskers.ca/six-sides.gmi
Mon 17:55:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I live in Japan, a place mostly considered a cash country. Since COVID however there has been a rapid adoption of digital payment alternatives. Not just credit cards and Apple Pay, but also Japan-born, bank-connected, preloaded apps that function like debit cards" gemini://www.fosskers.ca/cash.gmi
Mon 17:56:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Still in PEM. And the eventful weekend is looming. Will have to go and get cheese on Thursday. And pack. Debating if to cancel agility tomorrow. With how I am still feeling —napping on the couch all day— doing some sports tomorrow might be a rather unwise idea…" gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260908zzz2.gmi
Mon 17:57:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I should be preparing, alas, the dog dancing trip on Saturday seems to have kicked off some PEM[1]. Followed by a Sunday of being out and about, trying to find a nice café that's not overrun." gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260907zzzz.gmi
Mon 17:57:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Viejo aburrido gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/diariodebicicleta/viejoaburrido.gmi
Mon 17:57:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ No me agrada mi yo social gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/diariodebicicleta/miyosocial.gmi
Mon 17:58:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Welcome to Gemini Tak. Here you can play against my rather slow, rather unskilled Tak bot on the 5x5 grid size. The game board, state, and log are displayed each turn." gemini://l-3.space/tak.gmi
Mon 18:04:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 14/09/2026: First Android Phone, Leaving Sony, and Rant About Gemini-to-HTTP Proxy Providers ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Gemini_Links_14_09_2026_First_Android_Phone_Leaving_Sony_and_Ra.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Gemini_Links_14_09_2026_First_Android_Phone_Leaving_Sony_and_Ra.gmi ∎
Mon 18:24:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Major Veteran Mobilisation https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/britain-mobilises-veterans-russia-tensions-1818544
Mon 18:24:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ retired Ukrainian journalist https://cpj.org/2026/09/cpj-condemns-15-year-prison-sentence-handed-down-by-russian-authorities-to-retired-ukrainian-journalist-iryna-levchenko/
Mon 18:25:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Russian suspect in bank account takeovers is extradited to US https://therecord.media/russian-cybercrime-bank-extradition
Mon 18:26:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ strike on TV channel building https://cpj.org/2026/09/ukraine-russian-drone-strike-on-tv-channel-building-in-kyiv-injures-six-people-damages-newsroom/
Mon 18:26:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fault Taunting https://xkcd.com/3296/
Mon 18:26:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Semaphore https://xkcd.com/3295/
Mon 18:27:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Asteroid Mission https://xkcd.com/3294/
Mon 18:28:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 'FSFE' takes money from Google, so it is not objective https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202609.en.html https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260904-01.en.html
Mon 18:32:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ emperor penguins https://theconversation.com/using-a-radar-satellite-to-track-emperor-penguins-in-winter-is-changing-our-understanding-of-the-species-290966
Mon 18:43:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UK Has Mobilised Army Veterans (Just in Case) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/uk-has-mobilised-army-veterans-just-in-case/
Mon 18:45:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Arresting slop pushers https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/14/ex-ftc-boss-khan-urges-uncle-sam-to-break-out-the-handcuffs-for-ai-ceos-citing-1934-precedent/5296325 https://techrights.org/o/2021/12/15/arrest-report-5-pages-balabhadra-alex-graveley/
Mon 18:45:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Meanwhile... PIP Layoffs at Microsoft, Even in India https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/PIP_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Even_in_India.shtml
Mon 18:57:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Former US Presidents Still Selling ‘Dinners’ or ‘Access’ (at a Vast Scale, Overseas Too) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/former-us-presidents-still-selling-dinners-or-access-at-a-vast-scale-overseas-too/
Mon 19:07:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Oracle, Like Microsoft, Drowns in Debt and Discards Tens of Thousands of Staff (Microsoft Does the Same More Discreetly) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Oracle_Like_Microsoft_Drowns_in_Debt_and_Discards_Tens_of_Thous.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Oracle_Like_Microsoft_Drowns_in_Debt_and_Discards_Tens_of_Thous.gmi ∎
Mon 19:12:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ OS time series for the United States: 11% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=14d&loc=US&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
Mon 19:21:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Apple's iOS and macOS Measured as Bigger Than Windows in the US, Linux-Based OSes at Almost 30% ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Apple_s_iOS_and_macOS_Measured_as_Bigger_Than_Windows_in_the_US.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Apple_s_iOS_and_macOS_Measured_as_Bigger_Than_Windows_in_the_US.gmi ∎
Mon 19:22:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m2gfpfpj
Mon 19:23:06 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "When will AK be put on the ultimate PIP for devaluing the company by $70B in July ?"
Mon 19:23:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "
Mon 19:23:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] He used to talk of "synergy" and "disrupting all the space,
Mon 19:23:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "But now he's doing twenty years in quite a different place.
Mon 19:23:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] The corner office with the view is just a memory,
Mon 19:23:09 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Replaced by iron prison bars and cold cafeteria tea.
Mon 19:23:11 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] He tries to schedule "stand-up" meets beside the bunk bed frame,
Mon 19:23:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] And tells the guards he's "pivoting" to maximize his game.
Mon 19:23:15 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] He asked the warden if they could outsourcing laundry chores,
Mon 19:23:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] And wondered if the prison yard had automated doors
Mon 19:23:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] .Instead of quarterly reports, he counts the passing days,
Mon 19:23:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Attempting to explain the metrics of his cellmate's ways.
Mon 19:23:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] He says his sentence isn't long, it’s just a "hiring freeze,
Mon 19:23:25 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "And promises the jury that he’ll optimize his pleas.
Mon 19:23:27 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] The PowerPoint slides are gone for good, the stock options are dead,
Mon 19:23:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] He has to wear a jumpsuit now, and sleep on metal lead.
Mon 19:23:31 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] He sighs and looks at LinkedIn, or wishes that he could,
Mon 19:23:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] To post a thought on leadership from inside Robinhood.
Mon 19:23:35 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] So here’s to the executive who scaled the corporate peak,
Mon 19:23:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] But blended up the balance sheets to make the numbers chic.
Mon 19:23:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] He wanted to be global, to innovate and lead,
Mon 19:23:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] But now he's just a line item the state is forced to feed.
Mon 19:23:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "
Mon 19:25:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IBM ordered to pay $900000 https://www.hcamag.com/ca/specialization/employment-law/ibm-ordered-to-pay-nearly-900000-for-wrongful-dismissal-litigation-conduct/589221
Mon 19:29:53 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Somehow I think the pharmacy made a mistake and accidentally added a fill of all my psychiatric medication that I don't think the doctor called in.
Mon 19:30:13 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So I hurried up and ordered it so I'll have an extra 90 day buffer just in case.
Mon 19:30:25 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They like to keep us on a short leash and bad things happen if you run out of meds.
Mon 19:30:43 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ My psychiatrist is in his 80s and anything could happen and leave me looking for a new doctor.
Mon 19:32:35 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I have to go to three different pharmacies for all of my medications right now.
Mon 19:32:58 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ None of them negotiate the best price on the same drugs with all of the PBMs that GoodRX works with.
Mon 19:33:58 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ There's no "universal rate". The medication and quantity that costs $31 at CVS might cost $150 at jewel osco.
Mon 19:34:53 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I think that a lot of that is because every pharmacy has a vendor for every drug and so the wholesale costs are different for them, a lot of the difference is probably that.
Mon 19:37:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – It Has Cost $215,000 in Legal Costs to Sue IBM for Wrongful Termination ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/It_Has_Cost_215_000_in_Legal_Costs_to_Sue_IBM_for_Wrongful_Term.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/It_Has_Cost_215_000_in_Legal_Costs_to_Sue_IBM_for_Wrongful_Term.gmi ∎
Mon 20:03:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bright Eyes https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/bright-eyes/
Mon 20:07:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] https://x.com/JosephJacks_/status/2099325768044306587
Mon 20:07:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "😂 This is a hilariously disgusting revisionist history take by Vinod.
Mon 20:07:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Sun Microsystems did not “practically start” open source….
Mon 20:07:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Sun took freely shared academic Unix code, baked it into a proprietary OS, and locked the source away.
Mon 20:07:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Richard Stallman was so triggered by this that he created Free Software (the fundamental origin of open source)… then invented the GPL and "copyleft", a genius legal hack to ensure corporations could never permanently hoard community code again.
Mon 20:07:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Thank you Richard Stallman."
Mon 20:16:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – LG Lies to Cover Up Lies About Its Spying TVs (It Records and Transmits Conversations in Rooms) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/LG_Lies_to_Cover_Up_Lies_About_Its_Spying_TVs_It_Records_and_Tr.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/LG_Lies_to_Cover_Up_Lies_About_Its_Spying_TVs_It_Records_and_Tr.gmi ∎
Mon 20:17:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Oracle's Debt Continues to Soar (Increase of 60 Billion Dollars in 15 Months, Not Counting the Secret Debt, With Off-balance-sheet Debt Having "Grown Roughly Thirtyfold in Four Years") https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Oracle_s_Debt_Continues_to_Soar_Increase_of_60_Billion_Dollars_.shtml
Mon 20:17:56 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ LAWD help us all!!!!... https://www.alternet.org/trump-artificial-intelligence/
Mon 20:18:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] change his nappies
Mon 20:35:00 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.techspot.com/news/113840-clickfix-based-attacks-becoming-widespread-both-pc-mac.html
Mon 20:37:10 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.techspot.com/news/113804-bizarre-twist-robots-protest-poland-warn-ai-automation.html
Mon 20:38:25 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ what the flock??? https://www.techspot.com/news/113769-california-city-canceled-flock-removed-cameras-found-company.html
Mon 20:39:46 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.techspot.com/news/113758-china-turns-humanoid-robots-showpiece-potential-battlefield-force.html
Mon 21:04:45 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ not the kind of beaver attack he hoped for... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/maryland-rabid-beaver-attack
Mon 21:34:12 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/14/streaming-tv-prices-rising-faster-than-cable-ever-did/
Mon 21:37:42 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ how "ai" really destroys the world.... https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/13/0523208/a-visit-to-san-franciscos-ai-run-store-no-customers-nothing-useful-and-losing-money-fast
Mon 21:38:57 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ the devil is feeling a little chilly today... https://kotaku.com/blizzard-workers-union-contract-microsoft-2000732422
Tue 00:02:28 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ look out!!! https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/ai-agents-flood-the-internet-with-slop-infused-spam/
Tue 00:04:10 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/offensively-cheap-solar-power-is-looking-up/
Tue 00:12:09 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/high-crime-lmao-how-cops-are-treating-mass-surveillance-joke
Tue 00:47:24 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-capital/china-banking-icbc-oligarchs-sanctions-london/
Tue 00:47:43 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-capital/huawei-icbc-banking-us-court-beijing-london/
Tue 00:48:11 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-capital/about-china-capital-investigation-icbc/
Tue 01:04:57 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ Once you understand the corporate culture of AI "hyperscalers" consists primarily of everyone cooking their brains by locking themselves in the bathroom, holding flashlights under their chins, and saying "Aaaaaaaaaay Eyeeeeeee" until they wet themselves in terror, a lot of things snap into focus
Tue 01:05:16 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/god-in-the-box/#llms-are-fake
Tue 01:21:00 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://restofworld.org/2026/china-used-ev-depreciation-five-year-battery-warranty-dealers/
Tue 01:32:52 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://xkcd.com/3298/
Tue 01:37:01 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ (audio:important) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHfO3iu0-bs = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=JHfO3iu0-bs
Tue 01:46:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techpol + social irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-140926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-140926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-140926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-140926.txt
Tue 01:47:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techrights irc ■ Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-140926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-140926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-140926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-140926.txt
Tue 01:48:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 boycottnovell irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-140926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-140926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-140926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-140926.txt
Tue 01:49:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techbytes irc ■ Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-140926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-140926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-140926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-140926.txt
Tue 01:49:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-09-14.txt | 🅶🅴🅼🅸🅽🅸 gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-09-14.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
Tue 01:50:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁Tux Machines 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-09-14.txt
Tue 01:51:17 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ mincer that would fit in with exptv.org
Tue 03:33:22 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ kiki is hanging off my arm giving me xenomorph meows.
Tue 03:36:28 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :3
Tue 04:11:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Anon: the "ai" ceo's realization about their situation... https://clip.cafe/blazing-saddles-1974/weve-gotta-protect-our-phoney-baloney-jobs/
Tue 04:14:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Omarchy, the Omacom Foundation, and the Future of Linux" https://thelibre.news/omarchy-omacom-foundation-linux-future/ Anon: islam is not a race, the debate is getting filled with chaff; there are many real reasons to dislike DHH and reject Omarchy though but they are rarely mentioned
Tue 04:15:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We have had busy last 4–5 weeks; we got off track but the good news, we have signed off on the design, it took us longer than we anticipated" gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202609/20260914-mecha.gmi
Tue 04:17:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I went first with Kineto as it was the first solution I could find that didn't require a version of a language my old Debian VPS didn't support." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/flatfile.pyz/post/re-to-all-gemini-to-http-proxy-providers.gmi
Tue 04:17:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Mohler notes that this type of ontological question has arisen in the past, for example, when nuclear weapons were invented, and even in the infancy of modern computing." gemini://willowashmaple.smol.pub/2026-09-14-religion-and-morality-taught-to-artificial-intelligence
Tue 04:18:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This exercise has taught me that I need to begin my Linux education with file paths and permissions, and possibly whether my Linux distribution handles root in a particular way." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/bish_bosh
Tue 04:19:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ fall colours gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/fall_colours
Tue 04:19:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ a prayer to the next one gemini://voidrane.smol.pub/1789426504
Tue 04:20:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This morning I caught my first glimpse of the stars since last spring. I was outside on the front lawn about 5:30am, getting ready for work. The air all around me — horizontally speaking — was foggy, but the sky above appeared to be clear." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260914-0.gmi
Tue 04:22:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Omarchy debate is made to focus on politics because of people on "both sides". Writing is still apace, but lately there were more short-form articles. There will be longer ones this week. The change was not intentional, nor was it permanent. Some long-form EPO series coming.
Tue 04:24:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Ebay themselves have also become increasingly annoying over the years in a whole host of ways, which I don't have time to detail. But now with that rare 1980s mechanical keyboard I was talking about in the last post, they've reached a new level of active obstruction." gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-09-15Ebay.txt
Tue 04:28:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 15/09/2026: Poetry, Enshittification of Ebay, and Mecha System ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Gemini_Links_15_09_2026_Poetry_Enshittification_of_Ebay_and_Mec.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Gemini_Links_15_09_2026_Poetry_Enshittification_of_Ebay_and_Mec.gmi ∎
Tue 04:33:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 14, 2026 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_September_14_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_September_14_2026.gmi ∎
Tue 04:35:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎
Tue 04:35:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Tue 04:46:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Focus on the Technical Problems in Omarchy, There's a Lot to Say About That ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Focus_on_the_Technical_Problems_in_Omarchy_There_s_a_Lot_to_Say.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Focus_on_the_Technical_Problems_in_Omarchy_There_s_a_Lot_to_Say.gmi ∎
Tue 05:02:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Richard Stallman is not the "founder of linux" either. If anything, he's the creator of GNU, which predates the linux kernel by about 8 years." https://www.threads.com/@sixteentwelphi/post/DdSg_yvCKKz/richard-stallman-is-not-the-founder-of-linux-either-if-anything-hes-the-creator/
Tue 05:06:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU Boot joins FSF fiscal sponsorship program ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/GNU_Boot_joins_FSF_fiscal_sponsorship_program.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/GNU_Boot_joins_FSF_fiscal_sponsorship_program.gmi ∎
Tue 05:06:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ What FSF means in text lang https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fsf
Tue 05:08:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FSF still active in MElon's space, yet we're meant to focus on other issues https://x.com/fsf/status/2099531796404638183
Tue 05:22:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – It's Not About How Developers Vote ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/It_s_Not_About_How_Developers_Vote.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/It_s_Not_About_How_Developers_Vote.gmi ∎
Tue 05:30:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A Focus on Toxic Politics https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/15/a-focus-on-toxic-politics/
Tue 05:55:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): fu11m00n – hardened live Slackware-based Linux distribution ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/fu11m00n_hardened_live_Slackware_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/fu11m00n_hardened_live_Slackware_based_Linux_distribution.gmi ∎
Tue 06:00:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ∎
Tue 06:05:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Conflux icon set gives a modern look to Linux desktops ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Conflux_icon_set_gives_a_modern_look_to_Linux_desktops.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Conflux_icon_set_gives_a_modern_look_to_Linux_desktops.gmi ∎
Tue 06:08:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Spaced Linux 9.26 released, but outsourced to Microsoft GitHub, so probably not trustworthy https://distrowatch.com/12950
Tue 06:08:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Ubuntu Noble's likely last point release lands, then loses its desktop download ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Ubuntu_Noble_s_likely_last_point_release_lands_then_loses_its_d.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Ubuntu_Noble_s_likely_last_point_release_lands_then_loses_its_d.gmi ∎
Tue 06:09:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Are FreeBSD 14.5 and NetBSD 9.5 still slop-free?
Tue 06:09:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ detains journalist https://cpj.org/2026/09/pakistan-detains-journalist-muhammad-bilal-ghauri-over-commentary-on-security-appointment/
Tue 06:11:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Switzerland's Federal Government is Replacing Microsoft on 3,000 Computers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/06/Switzerland_s_Federal_Government_is_Replacing_Microsoft_on_3_00.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/06/Switzerland_s_Federal_Government_is_Replacing_Microsoft_on_3_00.gmi ∎
Tue 06:12:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Meta previously argued that uploading pirated books to other BitTorrent users was an unavoidable side effect of downloading them, and therefore fair use." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/rightsholders-cant-use-openai-and-anthropic-to-dismantle-metas-seeding-defense/ | Source: Torrent Freak
Tue 06:12:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Seoul-headquartered Samsung just recently made its dismissal motion official, after the straightforward complaint itself set sail back in May" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/14/dua-lipa-samsung-lawsuit-dismissal-motion/ | Source: Digital Music News
Tue 06:13:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Essentially, people buy tickets for a domestic film, but are shown an American blockbuster, technically for free, in violation of (international) copyright laws, before the start of the (Russian) film" ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/kolobok-or-how-russians-still-prefer-american-films/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent
Tue 06:13:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "satellite spectrum abundance" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/fcc-to-vote-on-freeing-up-more-spectrum/ | Source: Inside Towers
Tue 06:15:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux works better on gaming handhelds than laptops—and that’s embarrassing ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Linux_works_better_on_gaming_handhelds_than_laptops_and_that_s_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Linux_works_better_on_gaming_handhelds_than_laptops_and_that_s_.gmi ∎
Tue 06:15:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Internal documents disclosed in a British Columbia labor case give us an incredibly detailed look into how exactly Amazon carries out its union-busting operations." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/09/amazon-bc-union-busting-labor | Source: Jacobin Magazine
Tue 06:16:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "ANA Guild’s previous collective bargaining agreement with ANA expired last April." ☛ https://wbng.org/news/ANA-staff-guild-500-days-bargaining | Source: Washingon-Baltimore News Guild
Tue 06:16:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For those who are deported, most are sent back to their country of citizenship." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/youve-been-arrested-by-ice-what-happens-next/ | Source: Truthdig
Tue 06:16:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Both the Fox News report and Perry’s opinion article are attempts to distance the Republican Party from the politically toxic Repeal the 19th movement." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/lindsay-clancy-women-vote-19th-amendment/ | Source: The Nation
Tue 06:16:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The plaintiff is Johnnie Lee Savory, who was picked up by Peoria, Illinois cops on suspicion of murder." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/14/appeals-court-sees-nothing-wrong-with-terrorizing-a-14-year-old-to-obtain-a-confession/ | Source: Techdirt
Tue 06:17:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "News outlets could also be convicted of violating the law and courts would be empowered to suspend or cancel the company’s license to operate." ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/09/bangladeshi-journalists-face-10-year-jail-terms-for-unverified-reporting-under-draft-cybercrime-law/ | Source: CPJ
Tue 06:17:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "By now, calling Elon Musk a “free speech absolutist” is a joke." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/14/elon-musks-slapp-threat-over-space-lasers-doc-sort-of-admits-the-space-lasers-part/ | Source: Techdirt
Tue 06:18:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When we started raising money for this digital storage system" ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/we-purchased-nas-storage-for-kyiv-independent-your-support-is-now-safeguarding-ukraines-history/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent
Tue 06:18:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Every major open source project today ships with a CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md in the repository." ☛ https://akitaonrails.com/en/2026/09/14/codes-of-conduct-root-of-all-evil/ | Source: Fabio Akita
Tue 06:18:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The idea was sold that this existed to “protect minorities” and “create safe spaces.” In practice, what I watched happen over the last decade was something else: an instrument to cancel, persecute, and ban anyone who thought differently from whoever was in control."
Tue 06:19:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Maurie McInnis has the power to stand up to the administration. Instead, she’s caving." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/yale-trump-deal-maurie-mcinnis/ | Source: The Nation
Tue 06:19:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I believe the coverage was the real reason — the underlying cause of what’s happened" ☛ https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2026-09-14/fired-stripes-publisher-pentagon-lawsuit-22848397.html | Source: Stars And Stripes
Tue 06:19:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The dispute comes amid broader concerns over restrictions on political opposition in Zambia." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/zambias-cancellation-of-six-critics-passports-on-national-security-grounds-raises-human-rights-concerns-amnesty-international-says/ | Source: JURIST
Tue 06:20:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A Russian disinformation operation has turned its attention to the US midterm elections" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/russian-disinformation-campaign-sets-sights-on-us-midterms-1658418913 | Source: RTL
Tue 06:20:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Anyway, why does Omarchy need so much money? Best guess is it’s going to be a form of wingnut welfare—staff positions with benefits for people with the appropriate politics." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/watch-me-pull-a-rabbit-out-of-my-hat/ | Source: Don Marti
Tue 06:21:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Notice what the argument assumes, because the assumption is the finding. The hard measures are aggregates, and aggregates are means: median real wage, average unemployment, total inflation-adjusted output." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-vibecession-was-real | Source: Mike Brock
Tue 06:21:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There is a lot to be said about the reasons our current government seems so determined to rush into disaster, even when the very survival of humanity may be at stake." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-maga-plots-to-destroy-humanity | Source: Paul Krugman
Tue 06:21:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But it proved to be all Icelanders cared about. And as a result, Icelanders may have committed a Brexit-esque act of self-sabotage." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/article/215083/iceland-eu-referendum-brexit-moment | Source: New Republic
Tue 06:22:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This was hardly the first time Hegseth tried to weaponize polygraphs against his own people." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/14/pete-hegseths-polygraph-theater/ | Source: Salon
Tue 06:22:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Dexter Filkins reports these assessments, along with a trove of other stunning material, in a new piece for this week’s issue." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/jared-kushners-dollar-diplomacy | Source: New Yorker
Tue 06:23:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "More recently, Yiannopoulos turned his attention to immigrants, demanding that the Trump administration deport millions and that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents be given total legal immunity." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-13/milo-yiannopoulos-deported-misogynist-right-wing-provocateur | Source: Los Angeles Times
Tue 06:23:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Germany does not see stopping the development of AI as a viable option for Europe, the digital affairs ministry said on Monday" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/germany-says-halting-ai-development-not-viable-calls-for-us-china-involvement/articleshow/134240259.cms | Source: India Times
Tue 06:25:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Being able to monitor voltages and currents is essential for many applications, with the national electrical grid being no exception." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/14/how-high-voltage-current-transformers-monitor-the-grid/ | Source: Hackaday
Tue 06:25:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It’s a box that takes three power inputs, USB-C PD, a barrel jack, or a hot-swappable Sony camera battery, and puts out the constant 5 V at 5 A the Pi requires." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/14/a-ups-for-your-pi-thats-a-little-different/ | Source: Hackaday
Tue 06:25:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "His solution falls into a category of atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) systems." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-09-plasma-fuels-thin-air.html | Source: Omicron Limited
Tue 06:26:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Here’s how Showers Brothers looked in its prime: [...]" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/09/13/boomerangday/ | Source: Doc Searls
Tue 06:26:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The changes have been even more harrowing on a global scale." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/215374/donald-trump-epa-power-plants-pollution | Source: New Republic
Tue 06:26:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The rule, which is expected to face immediate legal challenges, also could prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants" ☛ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/epa-is-set-to-eliminate-rule-that-limits-planet-warming-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-power-plants/ | Source: Mississippi Journalism and Education Group
Tue 06:26:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "potentially responsible operator" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/us-companies-methane-pollution-rankings | Source: The Guardian UK
Tue 06:26:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Mr Kakonkanya described the situation as unfortunate" ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/09/14/illegal-gold-processing-threatens-kasempa-water-supply/ | Source: Lusaka ZM
Tue 06:27:07 │ 〖darwin〗 │ Academics discovered Dr Richard M Stallman was a proponent of Open Source, sort of Like Supreme Soviet Vladimir Lenin was a proponent of national socialism
Tue 06:28:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That dream was heavily funded by a secret benefactor: Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin | Source: Pro Publica
Tue 06:28:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch, dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars on Don Jr.’s big day, according to records reviewed by ProPublica, as well as three people familiar with the event who spoke with the outlet." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/215371/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-vladimir-putin-ally | Source: New Republic
Tue 06:28:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The oligarch paid to rent out one of the private islands, where a reception was held and where guests slept." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/14/donald-trump-jr-s-bahamas-wedding-was-secretly-bankrolled-by-russian-oligarch-close-to-putin-partner/ | Source: Salon
Tue 06:29:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Investigative reporting finds the Putin-linked oligarch, who heads the International Boxing Assn., paid hundreds of thousands for wedding expenses, including renting a private island venue and a dramatic fireworks show" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-09-14/donald-trump-jr-s-wedding-celebration-was-partially-funded-by-russian-oligarch-couple-confirms | Source: Los Angeles Times
Tue 06:30:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] darwin: proponent on what was invented to replace him...
Tue 06:31:00 │ 〖darwin〗 │ yes, but you get it, right? 'National socialism' is what most other people call Nazism, and while it's true Lenin for a short time practised 'market socialism' in one country, he was Communist so those are also opposing ideas
Tue 06:32:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 06:33:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "hundreds of thousands of dollars" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/14/russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-spent-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-to-help-fund-donald-trump-jr-s-bahamas-wedding | Source: Meduza
Tue 06:33:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This time, it’s the contractor admitting its repair job didn’t go as planned, which means most of the stuff Trump (and his toady at the Interior Department, Doug Burgum) claimed to be the work of anti-Trump vandals was just shoddy workmanship." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/14/reflecting-pool-contractors-alleged-vandalism-was-just-our-own-botched-repair-job/ | Source: Techdirt
Tue 06:33:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The more we came to recognize the importance of everywhere millionaires, the more we wanted to understand their decision making." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/everywhere-millionaires-tax-code/688584/ | Source: The Atlantic
Tue 06:34:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "stealthy wealthy" ☛ https://text.npr.org/g-s1-143041 | Source: NPR
Tue 06:34:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Civilian harm is pre-programmed into the system" ☛ https://netzpolitik.org/2026/interview-on-lavender-civilian-harm-is-pre-programmed-into-the-system/ | Source: Netzpolitik
Tue 06:35:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The internet laughed at the robots’ awkward, lurching finishes and spectacular falls – but the laughter masked a chilling reality." ☛ https://theconversation.com/china-is-exploring-humanoid-robots-for-war-but-what-role-could-they-play-291813 | Source: The Conversation
Tue 06:35:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The danger also lies in human operators under immense psychological pressure naturally deferring to complex algorithms that present high-confidence threat models." ☛ https://washingtonspectator.org/ai-icbm-nukes-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/ | Source: The Washington Spectator
Tue 06:36:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Cheat Like Hell." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/14/trump-told-supporters-to-cheat-like-hell-the-ny-times-went-with-a-bit-tired-of-politics/ | Source: Techdirt
Tue 06:36:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Participants gathered at Plaza Park near the Brattleboro Food Co-op before marching along Main Street to the Wells Fountain on Saturday, Sept. 12." ☛ https://www.reformer.com/local-news/no-kings-marches-through-brattleboro/article_b3188854-3a32-4c82-8a1e-b07429579aab.html | Source: Brattleboro Reformer, Vermont
Tue 06:37:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Well, that’s huge, because I don’t think any U.S. government official has ever said that before." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/15/u-s-acknowledges-for-the-first-time-that-it-has-deployed-a-space-weapon-in-orbit | Source: Meduza
Tue 06:38:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "highlighting the casualness and lack of care some cops have when searching an incredibly powerful surveillance system." ☛ https://www.404media.co/cops-search-thousands-of-flock-cameras-for-reasons-of-lmao-idk-hehe-and-asdfg/ | Source: 404 Media
Tue 06:38:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 Media." ☛ https://www.404media.co/inside-project-lily-the-humans-reading-your-chatgpt-chats/ | Source: 404 Media
Tue 06:39:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If granted by the court, a preliminary injunction would remain in effect until a final ruling in the lawsuit brought by state governments challenging the data demand by the Feds" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/09/14/court-bars-aamva-from-giving-away-drivers-license-data-for-now/ | Source: Papers Please
Tue 06:40:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "During Friday’s 9/11 commemorations, it was startling to realize that one-third of the American population today wasn’t born when it happened." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/13/america-built-a-surveillance-state-out-of-fear-and-never-left-it/ | Source: Salon
Tue 06:40:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "STELLA is one of the more than 40 AI use cases that ICE is currently developing or using within its operations." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/ice-ai-assistant-stella-dhs-use-case-inventory/ | Source: Scoop News Group
Tue 06:41:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Here's a riddle: Why did a Goshen Police Department officer search 6,474 automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks, representing data from 82,413 cameras, on May 7, 2025?" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/high-crime-lmao-how-cops-are-treating-mass-surveillance-joke | Source: EFF
Tue 06:41:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Under the proposed rules, staff could order patrons to remove the smart eyewear, confiscate the devices or remove anyone who refused to comply." ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/no-brainer-sydney-council-targets-smart-glasses-in-city-first-ban-on-ai-tech-20260912-p60wru.html | Source: The Age AU
Tue 06:41:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The system requires non-EU nationals travelling to the Schengen area to provide fingerprints and a facial scan when entering or leaving the bloc." ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1315220/nine-eu-countries-delay-entry-exit-system/ | Source: Greece
Tue 06:42:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "You can imagine a lot of possible solutions to this problem" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/UniversityMFAUnusualChallenges | Source: University of Toronto
Tue 06:43:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "being found guilty of charges" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20246237 | Source: Yle
Tue 06:43:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Our last update announcement covered v4.6.6, so this post also covers what’s new in Mastodon 4.7.0." ☛ https://o.ee/blog/mastodon-4-7-1-update/ | Source: Owl Owl OÜ
Tue 06:43:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The online harassment did not stop with the alleged non-consensual sharing of intimate material." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/maddie-kowalski-intimate-video-cyber-harassment-case-1819693 | Source: International Business Times
Tue 06:43:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Along with a preoccupation with race in the UK, much of that attention has been focused on the AfD, and the major results in the Saxony-Anhalt election" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/afd-germany-elon-musk | Source: The Guardian UK
Tue 06:44:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you’re creating an AI that is doing illegal things, you should either face liability or criminal sanction" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-13/rogue-ai-concerns-prompt-ca-lawmakers-to-demand-penalties-guardrails | Source: Los Angeles Times
Tue 06:44:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In other words: the agent has full control of that computer but since the system prompt is empty and it’s a fresh session, it doesn’t know that." ☛ https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-computer | Source: Alex Ewerlöf
Tue 06:44:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Of all the weird recurring motifs of the stories people tell me about the AI labor wars" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/14/cult-taylorism/#ctrl-x-it-out | Source: CoryDoctorow
Tue 06:45:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That's weird for the obvious reason that for most people "AI" is a synonym for "low quality." No one ever said "My kid's math teacher was replaced with AI" in a happy tone of voice."
Tue 06:45:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "the weirdest is when bosses demand to be reassured that their contractors and workers will absolutely use AI to get the job done."
Tue 06:46:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "No one ever said, "Oh, great, they replaced their customer service department with AI chatbots!" My teenager and her friends use "That's so AI" as a shorthand for "That's low-effort shit.""
Tue 06:46:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The problem? While everyone in AI says that tighter safety regulation and a slower timeline is necessary, they are all shrugging off responsibility for taking action on someone else." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/unionize-ai | Source: Hamilton Nolan
Tue 06:46:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What turns this into a truly personal AI is the feedback loop. A good answer, whether a comparison, an analysis or a connection you spotted, goes back into the system as a new note." ☛ https://jeroensangers.com/2026/09/14/an-indexed-pkm-of-sources.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers
Tue 06:46:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "They're overpaid young gentlemen from IT who got a bad vibe because their company's automatic hacking software did what it was programmed it to do." ☛ https://karlbode.com/ai-doomsday-panic-is-completely-out-of-control/ | Source: Karl Bode
Tue 06:47:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "And they're only now, after years of making a ton of money and with the horses long-since out of the barn, suddenly here to help. With fearful conspiracy theories that broadly anthropomorphize software."
Tue 06:47:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Annual Threat Assessment is the U.S. intelligence community’s official list of national security threats: covering things like China’s military, Russian influence operations, drug cartels, etc" ☛ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/is-the-ai-apocalypse-for-real | Source: Ken Klippenstein
Tue 06:47:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Economist‘s own kicker says plainer than its headline what it watched: a model might escape its evaluation environment permanently — just to get a perfect score on a test." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/depth-not-kind | Source: Mike Brock
Tue 06:48:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A few years ago, we would have called these kinds of things bots; the labs now ship it as agents, a word with a person built into it." Indeed. http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/07/Servers_Became_Cloud_VR_Became_Metaverse_Now_Bots_Become_Agents.shtml
Tue 06:48:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I am going to walk through some ordinary examples the reader can follow in a minute or two, and then I am going to turn the tool on the AI situation and show that the story we have been told is not what is on the record" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/on-categories | Source: Mike Brock
Tue 06:49:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I’ll tell you what I consider a minimum bar for anything called AGI and even the most basic of animals achieve it: the ability to learn in realtime." ☛ https://pointlessramblings.com/posts/when-did-our-definition-of-agi-become-so-piss-weak/ | Source: Nick Barrett
Tue 06:49:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "An analysis of 160 deepfake websites reveals politicians in 22 countries appear on them. Nearly all of them are women." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/sexually-explicit-deepfake-sites-target-100-plus-politicians-in-europe/ | Source: Wired
Tue 06:49:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The DA’s office said it believes that this marks the largest seizure of such sites in history." ☛ https://www.404media.co/new-york-district-attorney-seizes-12-celebrity-deepfake-websites/ | Source: 404 Media
Tue 06:50:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "AI “doomerism” is going mainstream. This week the heads of major frontier AI companies ratcheted up their rhetoric about how dangerous the technology they are building is" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/statement-dont-trust-the-ai-bros-but-take-the-danger-of-ai-seriously | Source: Common Dreams
Tue 06:50:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The AI world has been having something of a cockroach summer, at least when it comes to unsettling reports of AI behavior." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-risk-deniers-rogue-agents-tech-apocalypse/ | Source: The Nation
Tue 06:50:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you were standing in a mountain range and wanted to get to the bottom of a valley as fast as possible, you’d take steps downhill until you got there." ☛ https://theconversation.com/who-should-own-the-knowledge-that-underpins-ai-technology-291503 | Source: The Conversation
Tue 06:51:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Imprisoning Developers for 20 Years" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bernie-sanders-banning-superintelligent-ai-imprisoning-developers-20-years | Source: Futurism https://techrights.org/o/2021/12/15/arrest-report-5-pages-balabhadra-alex-graveley/
Tue 06:51:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The current race towards ever more powerful AI is a step change towards greater existential risks to every aspect of our lives." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/un-calls-for-urgent-action-to-rein-in-ai-in-face-of-unprecedented-risks-19109340 | Source: RTL
Tue 06:51:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "After joining the new Discord server, they asked him to confirm his Minecraft account so they could add him to their Minecraft server." ☛ https://chrisenns.com/2026/09/microsoft-account-hacked/ | Source: Chris Enns
Tue 06:52:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I really should just start saving that data for myself." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/preserving-netlify-analytics-data/ | Source: Jim Nielsen
Tue 06:52:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A likely Russian threat actor is deploying a sophisticated malware implant capable of harvesting credentials" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/sandworm-chains-cisco-vulnerabilities-cyclops-blink | Source: Dark Reading
Tue 06:52:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Savitaipale's Director of Wellbeing Aija Rautio compares the policy to a smoking ban." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20246228 | Source: Yle
Tue 06:53:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Because negative emotions transform our minds, they also transform our selves." ☛ https://www.derekthompson.org/p/your-bad-feelings-are-telling-you | Source: Derek Thompson
Tue 06:53:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I find that I struggle...." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/posts/taking-a-break-from-text-based-social-media | Source: Lee Peterson
Tue 06:53:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In a wintry economic climate, it became an unexpected hit." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/bizarre-websites-dopamine-brain | Source: Futurism
Tue 06:55:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "CAR-T is essentially a personalized form of immunotherapy, in which a patient’s own white blood cells are engineered to identify and attack specific proteins found in cancer cells." ☛ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/usa-health-care-system-medical-tourism-cancer-therapy-china | Source: Futurism
Tue 06:55:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Take my phone, please. Anything that encourages human connection is worth sacrificing a few hours of doomscrolling for." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/sep/14/phones-are-the-new-cigarettes-restaurants-discouraging-banning-digital-devices | Source: The Guardian UK
Tue 06:55:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I have grand plans for these, but for now I’m just chuffed that I’m able to preserve another piece of my computer history." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/a-bezel-into-my-childhood/ | Source: Ruben Schade
Tue 06:56:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The negatives had a long, smooth tonal scale without looking flat." ☛ https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/09/14/kodak-t-max-400-in-bellini-ecofilm/ | Source: Jim Grey
Tue 06:56:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Homebrew Website Club is a growing world-wide network of meetups for everyone who wants to take back their web experience from social media silos" ☛ https://indieweb.org/Homebrew_Website_Club | Source: IndieWeb
Tue 06:57:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I brought the speaker in question and a few people to join our group pac-man style and people got to chatting." ☛ https://ohhelloana.blog/tell-the-speakers/ | Source: Ana Rodrigues
Tue 06:57:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Video is quite unnatural to me, and it’s taken me a while to figure out a process that I don’t completely hate. Even so, I threw away a couple (or a dozen) of videos because they didn’t work out." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/getting-out-of-your-own-way/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason
Tue 06:57:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Well we are not falling for it. Well, to be fair, some libraries are. They tell me, but Becky what if they stop selling to us if we fight?" ☛ https://raforall.blogspot.com/2026/09/publishers-are-getting-nasty-now-that.html | Source: Becky Spratford
Tue 06:58:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "HTML Day is a global celebration of the web's building blocks for making a web site." ☛ https://restorativland.org/htmlday2026 |
Tue 06:58:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I’ll place my hand on a Bible and vow to tell the whole truth and nothing but. I’m not a smart guy." ☛ https://chrismaiorana.com/read-more/ | Source: Chris Maiorana
Tue 06:58:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But I don’t know how well that’s contextualised." ☛ https://danq.me/2026/09/14/on-publishing-your-salary/ | Source: Dan Q
Tue 06:58:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There were a few guilty pleasures a ’90s kid could enjoy when they were home from school due to a cold or other mild illness." ☛ https://lmika.org/2026/09/14/the-s-intro-and-bumpers.html | Source: Leon Mika
Tue 06:59:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I swear to god… no matter where my attention wanders, the world around me seems hellbent on reminding me that the industry doesn’t value the craft of making software, all because of AI-assisted coding." ☛ https://lmnt.me/blog/design-drought.html | Source: Louie Mantia
Tue 07:00:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Gross’ book breaks the divisiveness into two types: ideological and affective." ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/09/when-everything-is-politics-on-campus/ | Source: Harvard University
Tue 07:00:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "Absent from the installation is any reference to Henson’s fraught relationship with the Walt Disney Company." ☛ https://www.kqed.org/arts/13912071/cjms-jim-henson-exhibit-highlights-impact-innovation-of-the-man-behind-the-muppets | Source: KQED TV
Tue 07:00:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "One puppeteer channelled this magic like no one before: Jim Henson" ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/jim-henson-qagoma-20260826-p60rrp.html | Source: The Age AU
Tue 07:01:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It is conjectured that such matrices exist for all orders $4n$, where $n$ is any positive integer. This is an open problem that has long intrigued me, and it’s exciting to see progress!" ☛ https://abstractnonsense.xyz/microblog/2026-09-13-cryptic-constructions-of-hadamard-matrices/ | Source: Yossi Frenkel
Tue 07:01:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A fantastic example of that, retold in her talk, is the Galileo mission." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/14/hackaday-europe-2026-space-oddities/ | Source: Hackaday
Tue 07:02:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A team based at Stanford University was testing out a new pair of software programs, named Gnomix and Gnofix" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/it-turns-out-chihuahuas-are-actually-part-coyote | Source: Science Alert
Tue 07:04:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The reason I was checking it was because I exhumed an element: artlung.dtd. I created a page in that folder: Document Type Definitions." ☛ https://artlung.com/blog/2026/09/13/pb-html-history/ | Source: Joe Crawford
Tue 07:05:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I enjoy writing. Most of the time I write for myself, or that is what I tell myself." ☛ https://fzakaria.com/2026/09/14/orange-site-vanity | Source: Farid Zakaria
Tue 07:05:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It is some time I am tinking of selfhosting some stuff and more and more time I read post/see video about HomeLabs. So I start thinking about making one." ☛ https://fundor333.com/post/2026/how-i-m-building-my-first-home-lab-from-scratch-/ | Source: Fundor 333
Tue 07:05:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Yesterday – September 13th – was the 256th day of the year. Tantek blogged about this in 2024 and in 2025 introduced a challenge to make a web page in under 256 bytes." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/09/14/eight-bit-day | Source: James G
Tue 07:05:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But you know what? I don’t have to!" ☛ https://schafe-sind-bessere-rasenmaeher.de/mindfulness/you-dont-need-to-be-good-at-your-hobbies/ | Source: Robert Lützner
Tue 07:08:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The So-called 'FSFE' Speaks of Free Software on Android ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/The_So_called_FSFE_Speaks_of_Free_Software_on_Android.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/The_So_called_FSFE_Speaks_of_Free_Software_on_Android.gmi ∎
Tue 07:12:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 15/09/2026: Sweden’s Far Right Perishing and "Iceland Just Got Played" ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Links_15_09_2026_Sweden_s_Far_Right_Perishing_and_Iceland_Just_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Links_15_09_2026_Sweden_s_Far_Right_Perishing_and_Iceland_Just_.gmi ∎
Tue 07:14:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Suppose I give you an n-digit number and ask you what it represents. This seems impossible, and in theory it is impossible. But in practice it’s often possible." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/09/14/guessing-the-meaning-of-a-number/ | Source: John D Cook
Tue 07:15:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This piece does not seek to discredit the format's authors or their work, nor to claim any political affiliation relative to the codec's symbolism in free software." ☛ https://giannirosato.com/blog/post/case-against-jxl/ |
Tue 07:15:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This Part 2 will demonstrate how this looks in a data engineering digest project where we process data from RSS feeds, a live Bluesky firehose" ☛ https://www.ssp.sh/blog/from-definition-to-execution-grammar-of-data/ | Source: Simon Späti
Tue 07:15:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Python (this is real, runnable code — see the cell below)" ☛ https://thierrymoudiki.github.io//blog/2026/09/14/r/python/quantileregressor-benchmark | Source: Thierry Moudiki
Tue 07:27:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – SLAPP Censorship - Part 184 Out of 200: A Tiny Law Firm That Knows Nothing But Microsoft (But Merely Pretends to Understand "IT") ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_184_Out_of_200_A_Tiny_Law_Firm_That_Knows.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_184_Out_of_200_A_Tiny_Law_Firm_That_Knows.gmi ∎
Tue 07:33:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Again, I haven’t posted in a long time." ☛ https://cpp-rendering.io/being-lazy-in-c/ |
Tue 07:33:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That led me off on a tangent that grew into this equally long post. I had a bunch of questions to answer." ☛ https://seldo.com/posts/we-are-all-product-engineers-now/ | Source: Laurie Voss
Tue 07:33:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Preprocessing one language to another is nothing new." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/14/rosy-retrocomputing/ | Source: Hackaday
Tue 10:17:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 157 Enters Public Beta Testing with Brand-New Nova Design ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Mozilla_Firefox_157_Enters_Public_Beta_Testing_with_Brand_New_N.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Mozilla_Firefox_157_Enters_Public_Beta_Testing_with_Brand_New_N.gmi ∎
Tue 10:56:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Digital Sovereignty Sounds Great Until You Try Ditching Your Suppliers - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/11/1730236
Tue 10:57:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Microsoft Anoints Rust As A 'Tier 1' Internal Language - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/11/1727217 http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/10/Rust_is_Financially_and_Technically_Controlled_by_Microsoft_Rus.shtml
Tue 10:57:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ good riddance https://www.xda-developers.com/a-void-linux-maintainer-orphaned-over-100-packages-because-of-an-ai-usage-ban/
Tue 10:57:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Codes of Conduct Are the Root of All Evil: Reclaiming Your Freedom – AkitaOnRails.com" https://akitaonrails.com/en/2026/09/14/codes-of-conduct-root-of-all-evil/ topic covered in https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/29/GNOME_Curated_and_Censored_by_IBM_Under_the_Guise_of_Code_of_Co.shtml
Tue 10:58:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Slop plagiarism regulation debate: Why Trump wants to go full speed ahead | Vox" https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/502799/trump-ai-existential-risk-guardrails-full-speed-ahead
Tue 10:59:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ pretending that the bubble is popping on purpose https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/502790/dario-amodei-ai-panic-regulations
Tue 11:00:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ cheeto sez is NOT journalism https://www.mississippifreepress.org/trump-calls-ai-risks-a-hoax-says-there-is-a-sick-conspiracy-against-ai-and-data-centers/
Tue 11:01:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ it would be good to show auth source re slop bubble imploding being framed or "staged" as intentional
Tue 11:02:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Anon: I hope they have offline backup too https://kyivindependent.com/we-purchased-nas-storage-for-kyiv-independent-your-support-is-now-safeguarding-ukraines-history/
Tue 11:03:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "FSF's Working Together" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/news/2026-gnu-boot-joins-fsf-fiscal-sponsorship-program | Source: FSF
Tue 11:03:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Before we execute this query, there's one important thing to understand about sharding: the point is to scale databases beyond the constraints of a single server." ☛ https://planetscale.com/blog/the-lifecycle-of-a-sharded-postgres-query | Source: PlanetScale
Tue 11:04:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This synthesised font, while achieving its functional requirement – being bold – was not optimal because the font family I was using did in fact have a designed bold type" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/09/14/bold-italic-fonts | Source: James G
Tue 11:04:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Emacs terminal buffers like eat, vterm, ghostel, term, and ansi-term can become slow when processing large volumes of standard output." ☛ https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-terminal-performance-vterm-eat-ansi-term-ghostel/ | Source: James Cherti
Tue 11:04:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So… what if Emacs could suggest something to try each time I start it up?" ☛ https://www.alcarney.me/blog/2026/emacs-tip-of-the-day/ |
Tue 11:04:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "One of them is that it’s a nice source of consistency as I hop between macOS and Linux, which I’ll soon be doing with increased fervor." ☛ https://sals.place/blog/vim-ctrl-w/ | Source: Sal
Tue 11:05:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you had an 8-bit computer in the 1980s and bought a speech synthesiser for it, what you got was invariably an alophone-based synthesiser using the SP0256 or similar." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/14/its-the-speech-synthesiser-you-wanted-for-the-computer-you-had/ | Source: Hackaday
Tue 11:05:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For Nimish Jain, working on FreeBSD this summer meant getting an up-close look at something he had long been curious about: how large" ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/learning-at-scale-freebsd-foundation-intern-nimish-jain-on-exploring-the-freebsd-codebase/ | Source: FreeBSD
Tue 11:06:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "[...] In our News section we talk about Asahi Linux running on M3-powered Apple computers while the FreeBSD project tests a new service manager. [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260914 | Source: Distro Watch
Tue 11:11:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "While release candidates often shrink in size as developers shift toward stability, Linux 7.3-rc3 remains a fairly large patch set." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-7-3-rc3-released/ | Source: OSTechNix
Tue 11:17:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Anon: many 'cheeto sez' posts e.g. https://yle.fi/a/74-20246367 and in general stenography is not an adequate substitute for actual journalism
Tue 11:49:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – While GAFAM/Microsoft Disguise Financial Crisis as "Investment in AI" the Slop Giants Make Up a Narrative of Wilful Slowdown ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/While_GAFAM_Microsoft_Disguise_Financial_Crisis_as_Investment_i.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/While_GAFAM_Microsoft_Disguise_Financial_Crisis_as_Investment_i.gmi ∎
Tue 12:06:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – This Morning The Register MS Published a Page With "AI" 83 Times in it. The Register MS Got Paid to Do This. ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/This_Morning_The_Register_MS_Published_a_Page_With_AI_83_Times_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/This_Morning_The_Register_MS_Published_a_Page_With_AI_83_Times_.gmi ∎
Tue 12:07:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rianne has meanwhile spotted reports of thinking flaring up in Denmark, not just in the UK, as Russian lets the mask slip https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/undersoegende-journalist-rusland-har-lanceret-stor-flaadeoperation-der-involverer-danmark They want, among other sites, Bornholm
Tue 12:09:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Some background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornholm
Tue 12:10:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ or https://bornholm.info/en/
Tue 12:13:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "RU wants (in the near future), among other sites, Bornholm. In the long term , they want it all." Population 38,677 (January 2026)
Tue 12:15:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ After the sponsorship of the Cheeto Jr. wedding maybe Hitler and Vladimir Stalin can divide Greenland and Bornholm among them in exchange for peace
Tue 12:16:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Faroe Islands: Windows has lost a lot. https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=FO
Tue 12:18:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Today in Canada Windows fell to month-long low and GNU/Linux touched 12% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=CA
Tue 12:32:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Garrett is Calling Everything He Doesn’t Like “Nazi” (or Similar) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/15/garrett-is-calling-everything-he-doesnt-like-nazi-or-similar/
Tue 12:32:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Latest Raspberry Pi OS Release Brings Dock Support and New Screenshot Tool ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Latest_Raspberry_Pi_OS_Release_Brings_Dock_Support_and_New_Scre.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Latest_Raspberry_Pi_OS_Release_Brings_Dock_Support_and_New_Scre.gmi ∎
Tue 12:51:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Laptop Toasts Boy ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/laptop-toasts-boy
Tue 12:52:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux Kernel 7.3 RC3 is Officially Released: Here’s What’s New ☞ https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-7-3-rc3-released/
Tue 12:52:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Learning at Scale: FreeBSD Foundation Intern Nimish Jain on Exploring the FreeBSD Codebase ☞ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/learning-at-scale-freebsd-foundation-intern-nimish-jain-on-exploring-the-freebsd-codebase/
Tue 12:52:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FSF News: GNU Boot joins FSF fiscal sponsorship program ☞ http://www.fsf.org/news/2026-gnu-boot-joins-fsf-fiscal-sponsorship-program
Tue 13:04:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Void Linux Will Appeal to More Users by Banning Slop ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Void_Linux_Will_Appeal_to_More_Users_by_Banning_Slop.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Void_Linux_Will_Appeal_to_More_Users_by_Banning_Slop.gmi ∎
Tue 13:05:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] MinceR: do you still use it sometimes? ^^
Tue 13:05:07 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] as your name came up
Tue 13:06:23 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ yes
Tue 13:07:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] cool, seems like good choice as saner people manage it
Tue 13:07:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ It Turns Out Chihuahuas Are Actually Part Coyote ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/it-turns-out-chihuahuas-are-actually-part-coyote
Tue 13:08:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A bezel into my childhood ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/a-bezel-into-my-childhood/
Tue 13:08:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] MinceR: some of us consider moving from debian
Tue 13:08:47 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] but not sure what to
Tue 13:08:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] arch came up
Tue 13:08:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] we used to use alpine
Tue 13:09:33 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ OpenBSD is better for most tasks
Tue 13:09:56 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ it's limited when it comes to virtualization, though
Tue 13:10:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bernie Sanders Proposes Banning SLOP Hey Hi (AI) and Imprisoning Developers for 20 Years ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bernie-sanders-banning-superintelligent-ai-imprisoning-developers-20-years
Tue 13:10:31 │ 〖slartibartfast〗 │ I am definitely concerned about Debian. The changes in its values. The type of people who participate. Perhaps the real switch I am contemplating is to move away from Linux altogether in favour of BSD - at least for some critical applications.
Tue 13:10:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pluralistic: But do you use keyboard shortcuts? (14 Sep 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/14/cult-taylorism/
Tue 13:11:37 │ 〖slartibartfast〗 │ Pluralistic: But do you use keyboard shortcuts? -> comment on Cybershow front page
Tue 13:18:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Samsung Fires Back Against Dua Lipa’s Copyright and Trademark Infringement Suit, Aggressively Pushing to Dismiss the $15 Million Action ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/14/dua-lipa-samsung-lawsuit-dismissal-motion/
Tue 13:19:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Steam Frame pricing and release date revealed by Valve - it's a lottery again | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steam-frame-pricing-and-release-date-revealed-by-valve-its-a-lottery-again/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steam-frame-pricing-and-release-date-revealed-by-valve-its-a-lottery-again/
Tue 13:19:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tempest Rising: The Veti's Wrath arrives September 29 along with a free update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/tempest-rising-the-vetis-wrath-arrives-september-29-along-with-a-free-update/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 13:19:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ OpenRGB 1.0 released to help you control all your fancy gamer lights | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/openrgb-1-0-released-to-help-you-control-all-your-fancy-gamer-lights/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/openrgb-1-0-released-to-help-you-control-all-your-fancy-gamer-lights/
Tue 13:20:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bazzite's September 13 update adds Strix Halo TDP controls, restores desktop TDP controls and brings fixes | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/bazzites-september-13-update-adds-strix-halo-tdp-controls-restores-desktop-tdp-controls-and-brings-fixes/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 13:21:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bright Eyes (Live in Oslo) | Art Garfunkel https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=CaO0VQRL0UI
Tue 13:22:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Transport Fever 3 gets a brand new gameplay overview | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/transport-fever-3-gets-a-brand-new-gameplay-overview/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/transport-fever-3-gets-a-brand-new-gameplay-overview/
Tue 13:23:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Respect The Horde combines top-down shooting, tower defense and extraction all in one | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/respect-the-horde-combines-top-down-shooting-tower-defense-and-extraction-all-in-one/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 13:23:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The classic Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball just got a major free upgrade | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-classic-robot-roller-derby-disco-dodgeball-just-got-a-major-free-upgrade/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 13:24:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "How can the light that burns so brightly suddenly burn so pale"
Tue 13:24:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The rather good The King is Watching adds Steam Deck - gamepad support | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-rather-good-the-king-is-watching-adds-steam-deck-gamepad-support/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-rather-good-the-king-is-watching-adds-steam-deck-gamepad-support/
Tue 13:32:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Goblin-crushing PvE brawler Fangstorm looks juicy with a playtest on Steam | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/goblin-crushing-pve-brawler-fangstorm-looks-juicy-with-a-playtest-on-steam/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 13:33:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ High-tech future survival city-builder XIRI: Oasis Cities announced | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/high-tech-future-survival-city-builder-xiri-oasis-cities-announced/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 13:33:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Godot game Worlds Upon the Wind source code released | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/godot-game-worlds-upon-the-wind-source-code-released/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 13:34:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ StarCraft returns in 2030 - plus Diablo V, World of Warcraft: Forever and more from BlizzCon 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/starcraft-returns-in-2030-plus-diablo-v-world-of-warcraft-forever-and-more-from-blizzcon-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 14:00:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IBM Red Hat selling slop, not Linux ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/autorag-advances-red-hat-openshift-ai-35 | Source: Red Hat Official
Tue 14:00:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Red Hat has been reduced into a key participant in this pyramid scheme ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/bare-metal-diverse-ai-revenue-streams-navigating-gpu-cloud-platform-challenge | Source: Red Hat Official
Tue 14:01:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Instead of selling Linux, IBM compels Red Hat to promote a scam, a pyramid scheme and hype ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/fine-tuned-model-cheaper-and-faster-inference-speculator-training-red-hat-openshift-ai-kubeflow | Source: Red Hat Official
Tue 14:01:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ As usual, instead of trying to sell free software for database Red Hat helps Microsoft sell proprietary spyware ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/modernizing-microsoft-sql-server-choosing-right-path-red-hat | Source: Red Hat Official
Tue 14:03:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Kubernetes v1.37: Memory QoS Graduates to Beta ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/09/14/kubernetes-v1-37-memory-qos-graduates-to-beta/
Tue 14:03:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Kubernetes Changed Block Tracking API - Beta Differences ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/09/14/csi-changed-block-tracking-beta/
Tue 14:05:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Never ending promotion of plagiarism engines at Red Hat these days ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/14/understanding-w8a8-int8-llm-quantization-accuracy-and-performance-results
Tue 14:06:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 100% of Blog Posts at Red Hat's Official Blog Are Promotion of Microsoft and Slop Plagiarism ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/100_of_Blog_Posts_at_Red_Hat_s_Official_Blog_Are_Promotion_of_M.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/100_of_Blog_Posts_at_Red_Hat_s_Official_Blog_Are_Promotion_of_M.gmi ∎
Tue 14:14:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A.I. Queries From Abroad Raise Fears of a Biological Weapons Race ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/science/ai-bioweapons.html
Tue 14:15:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ When Did Our Definition of AGI Become So Piss-Weak? ☞ https://pointlessramblings.com/posts/when-did-our-definition-of-agi-become-so-piss-weak/
Tue 14:17:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ China’s factories rev up but slower consumption fuels concerns ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-factories-rev-up-but-slower-consumption-fuels-concerns
Tue 14:18:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Paperweight: An Open Source App to Clean Up Your Inbox and Digital Footprint ☞ https://itsfoss.com/paperweight/
Tue 14:19:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: India sites see biggest traffic drops in August ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-world-monthly-2/
Tue 14:29:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Not Participating in Highly Aggressive Culture Wars ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Not_Participating_in_Highly_Aggressive_Culture_Wars.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Not_Participating_in_Highly_Aggressive_Culture_Wars.gmi ∎
Tue 14:30:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Scientists Find First Adult T. Rex Trackway – And The Footprints Are Human-Sized ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-first-adult-t-rex-trackway-and-the-footprints-are-human-sized
Tue 14:31:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pyongyang subway ticket price nearly triples ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2026/09/14/north-korea-pyongyang-subway-inflation/
Tue 14:36:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – "Wail" by Alexandre Oliva ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Wail_by_Alexandre_Oliva.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Wail_by_Alexandre_Oliva.gmi ∎
Tue 14:37:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sabah Parks mulls over hefty fine and lawsuit against Croat rescued on Mount Kinabalu ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/sabah-parks-mulls-over-hefty-fine-and-lawsuit-against-croat-rescued-on-mount-kinabalu
Tue 14:38:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Turkey's LGBTI+ crackdown draws condemnation from rights groups, politicians ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-s-lgbti-crackdown-draws-condemnation-from-rights-groups-politicians-323439
Tue 14:39:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SPAMNIL at TFiR continues to promote the pyramid scheme. Because OF COURSE he does.
Tue 14:40:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Beijing to ban drone possession, citing security ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/14/beijing-to-ban-drone-possession-citing-security/
Tue 14:40:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ConnectWise Patches ScreenConnect Vulnerability Exploited in Worm-Like Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/connectwise-patches-screenconnect-vulnerability-exploited-in-worm-like-attacks/
Tue 14:41:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Three JFrog Artifactory Flaws Exploited for Backdoor Deployment ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/three-jfrog-artifactory-flaws-exploited-for-backdoor-deployment/
Tue 14:44:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Telus Warns Customers of Account Breaches ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/telus-warns-customers-of-account-breaches/
Tue 14:45:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Chinese Hackers Exploit Critical Tencent Software Flaw for One-Click Code Execution ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-hackers-exploit-critical-tencent-software-flaw-for-one-click-code-execution/
Tue 14:45:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Personal, Financial Info Exposed in Revolut Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/personal-financial-info-exposed-in-revolut-data-breach/
Tue 14:46:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Amid Hey Hi (AI) hype, cyber officials urge focus on ‘fundamentals’ ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/09/amid-ai-hype-cyber-officials-urge-focus-on-fundamentals/
Tue 14:46:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Turn Arduino® UNO™ Q into your local 3D printing watchdog ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/09/14/turn-arduino-uno-q-into-your-local-3d-printing-watchdog/
Tue 14:47:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ KDE e.V. is looking for a Software Infrastructure and Continuous Delivery Engineer ☞ https://ev.kde.org/2026/09/14/2026-09-14-jobad-sysadmin/
Tue 14:47:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Amazon Suspends Flights With Airline Whose Plane Crashed in Miami ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/business/amazon-21-air-miami-airport-crash.html
Tue 14:48:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Amazon Has Become Pathetically Reliant on Food Stamps to Power Its Empire ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-prime-workers-labor-food-stamps
Tue 14:50:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Design in KiCad, Quote with AIVON: A Faster Path to PCB Prototyping (Sponsored) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/15/design-in-kicad-quote-with-aivon-a-faster-path-to-pcb-prototyping/
Tue 14:56:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Dumpster diver builds home lab Proxmox server from weekly landfill runs for SSDs, HDDs, GPUs, and even RAM ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/dumpster-diver-builds-home-lab-proxmox-server-from-weekly-landfill-runs-for-ssds-hdds-gpus-and-even-ram-weekly-e-waste-raids-net-multi-drive-proxmox-server-and-asus-rog-laptop
Tue 14:57:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hyrox apologises for allowing race to continue after athlete soils herself ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/15/hyrox-apologises-for-allowing-race-to-continue-after-athlete-soils-herself/ "causing an outcry on social control media"
Tue 14:58:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Apple Updates Everything, (Mon, Sep 14th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33336
Tue 14:58:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ She Bashed the Government on a Private Call. Then She Was Detained for Months ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/world/americas/trinidad-assassination-plot-arrests.html
Tue 14:59:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Terminal border traversal animation powered by bash and raw escape codes. ☞ http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/44445/terminal-border-traversal-animation-powered-by-bash-and-raw-escape-codes.
Tue 14:59:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Valve engineers discuss the duality of the Steam Frame and pricing — Valve's newest VR headset pivots SteamOS to Arm ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/virtual-reality/valve-engineers-discuss-the-duality-of-the-steam-frame-and-pricing-valves-newest-vr-headset-pivots-steamos-to-arm
Tue 14:59:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tokyo Game Show 2026: What to Expect? ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/tokyo-game-show-2026-what-to-expect/index.html
Tue 15:00:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Morse Micro Wi-Fi HaLow USB adapters add 802.11ah connectivity to PCs and routers ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/14/morse-micro-wi-fi-halow-usb-adapters-add-802-11ah-connectivity-to-pcs-and-routers/
Tue 15:04:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Fedora Linux 45 Beta Released with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and KDE Plasma 6.7 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Fedora_Linux_45_Beta_Released_with_Linux_7_2_GNOME_51_and_KDE_P.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Fedora_Linux_45_Beta_Released_with_Linux_7_2_GNOME_51_and_KDE_P.gmi ∎
Tue 15:05:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Firefox 156 Available With Its Built-In PDF Viewer Starting Up To 45% Faster ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-156
Tue 15:06:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ schneier blinded by hype. Today's "Using Hey Hi (AI) for Weapons Development" is yesterday's "Using Search Engines for Weapons Development"
Tue 15:07:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LLMs and search engines like Google can both spew out fake blueprints for atomic bombs, like Sterling said CIA had done to undermine Iran's nuclear programme. There's nothing here except slop cowbells.
Tue 15:08:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tiny Wins for Packagers: End-of-Week Update (2026-09-11) ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2026/09/11/tiny-wins//
Tue 15:09:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Macklemore Nixed from Ed Sheeran’s Tour Following Politically Driven Set; Rapper Blames Robert Kraft for the Removal ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/14/macklemore-nixed-ed-sheeran-tour/
Tue 15:10:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Jakub Steiner: Innit ☞ https://blog.jimmac.eu/posts/innit/
Tue 15:10:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ When R&D Counts as a Domestic Industry ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/09/when-rd-counts-as-a-domestic-industry.html
Tue 15:10:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Advisory Only: PTAB Judges Join Examiner Appeal Conferences ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/09/advisory-only-ptab-judges-join-examiner-appeal-conferences.html
Tue 15:11:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Shield and Sword: Sovereign Immunity, Discovery, and Rule 19 After TexasLDPC v. Broadcom ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/09/shield-and-sword-sovereign-immunity-discovery-and-rule-19-after-texasldpc-v-broadcom.html
Tue 15:11:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 214 Companies from Diverse Industries Urge Adoption of Rule Requiring Disclosure of Third-Party Litigation Funding Agreements to Parties ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/9/14/214-companies-from-diverse-industries-urge-adoption-of-rule-requiring-disclosure-of-third-party-litigation-funding-agreements-to-parties https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_51_Out_of_200_On_Perjury_and_What_It_Mean.shtml
Tue 15:12:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ InterDigital seeks €101.7 million in damages from Disney at Munich court ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/interdigital-seeks-e101-7-million-in-damages-from-disney-at-munich-court/
Tue 15:12:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Scientists Identify The 'Doomsday' Seeds That Could Last The Longest ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-the-doomsday-seeds-that-could-last-the-longest
Tue 15:13:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Emacs arbitrary code execution flaw ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1094224/
Tue 15:13:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Empowering Open Source Security with Scalable Infrastructure ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/09/14/empowering-open-source-security-with-scalable-infrastructure/
Tue 15:14:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ openEuler and the Race to Build Asia's Hey Hi (AI) Infrastructure ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/openeuler-ai-race-leap-fest/
Tue 15:15:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rakudo Weekly 2026.36/7 Multiplicity ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/09/14/2026-36-7-multiplicity/
Tue 15:16:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ruby 4.0.7 Released ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/09/15/ruby-4-0-7-released/
Tue 15:18:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ coreutils @ Savannah: coreutils-9.12 released [stable] ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10932
Tue 15:19:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1094211/
Tue 15:20:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Aryan Kaushik: GUADEC 2026 Experience ☞ https://www.aryank.in/posts/2026-09-14-guadec-2026-experience/
Tue 15:20:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Firefox 156 reduces CPU usage when viewing JPGs ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/firefox-156-released
Tue 15:22:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ PPA Updated with GIMP 3.2.6 for Ubuntu 26.04 | 24.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/ppa-updated-with-gimp-3-2-6-for-ubuntu-26-04-24-04/
Tue 15:22:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, September 18, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2026-09-18-irc
Tue 15:23:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GIMP 3.2.6 Released with UX Improvements, New Rotation Stylus Dynamics Input ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/10/GIMP_3_2_6_Released_with_UX_Improvements_New_Rotation_Stylus_Dy.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/10/GIMP_3_2_6_Released_with_UX_Improvements_New_Rotation_Stylus_Dy.gmi ∎
Tue 15:23:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, September 26, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2026-09-26-irc
Tue 15:24:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Reproducible Builds: Supporter spotlight: Jochen Sprickerhof on ... Reproducible Builds! ☞ https://reproducible-builds.org/news/2026/09/15/supporter-spotlight-jochen-sprickerhof/
Tue 15:24:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Conflux icon set gives a modern look to GNU/Linux desktops ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/conflux-linux-icons
Tue 15:24:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ extrox 20260914 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/extrox
Tue 15:24:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SysLinuxOS 13.3 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/syslinuxos
Tue 15:26:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Indonesia: 6.2% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=ID&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP Malaysia lower https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=MY&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
Tue 15:28:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1739.jpg
Tue 15:28:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2096.jpg
Tue 15:29:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Diccionario Básico de Canarismos gemini://caleb.subnet.city/gemlog/diccionariobasicodecanarismos.gmi
Tue 15:29:41 │ 〖_what___〗 │ where has StatCounter gone, the thing other than Cheeto Analytics or ClownFlare
Tue 15:29:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I'm always getting calls from Bank security department because I keep getting dodgy payments made out of my account at Bank" gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-09-15_Today_s_scam_caller.gmi
Tue 15:31:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Let's take it as given that AI really is only “impersonating a being” and there is no consciousness there at all. If the impersonation is convincing enough that I encounter it through language in much the same way that I encounter other people online, does that not still place some obligation on me?" gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-15-ethics-ai
Tue 15:31:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] _what___: it is still there
Tue 15:31:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] but its data IIRC is 20 times smaller
Tue 15:32:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is an accounting of a hiking trip I took late in August 2026, accompanied by a good friend and by my dog. It details the traversal of the Făgăraș Mountains from West to East. It took 7 days to complete the (almost) 100km route, and the ±6000m elevation change." gemini://para.mohrie.net/log/rasi.gmi
Tue 15:36:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Seems like LLM slop: "Workers Shaking And Screaming!" https://english.tupaki.com/latest-news/oracle-layoffs-thousands-employees-6am-emails-1505729
Tue 15:46:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Allegedly Many PIP Layoffs in Nepal, IBM Does This Before a Known Death Toll in Avalanche (Caused by China-, Europe-, and US-Induced Global Warming) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Allegedly_Many_PIP_Layoffs_in_Nepal_IBM_Does_This_Before_a_Know.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Allegedly_Many_PIP_Layoffs_in_Nepal_IBM_Does_This_Before_a_Know.gmi ∎
Tue 15:48:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ On IBM's CEO: "Seems almost right that he should be put on a PIP by the board doesn’t it?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m2gfpfpj#replies
Tue 15:50:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft’s Patching ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/microsofts-patching.html
Tue 15:50:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Micron offers Taiwan employees $31,650 cash bonus as unions threaten strike ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/micron-offers-taiwan-employees-usd31-650-cash-bonus-as-unions-threaten-strike-over-ai-windfall-workers-reject-record-payout-package-demand-15-percent-profit-sharing-plan
Tue 15:51:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The EU must act now to protect privacy and encryption from Canada’s overreaching Bill C-22 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/the-eu-must-act-now-canadas-overreaching-bill-c-22/
Tue 15:52:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ From surveillance to governance: recentering human rights in the UN Hey Hi (AI) plagiarism agenda ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/event/unga81-ai-governance/
Tue 15:53:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ d77void 20260914 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/d77void
Tue 15:53:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ EasyOS 7.4.8 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/easyos
Tue 15:53:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Br OS 13.7 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/bros
Tue 15:54:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Flatcar 4757.2.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/flatcar
Tue 15:54:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Video: Heber update with MiSTer FPGA Pocket? ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-heber-update-sep2026.html
Tue 15:54:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Phil Harvey, an Editor-in-Chief in a B2B Site, Explains Why ChannelFutures (Connected to TechTarget) and Other Sites That Used to Cover GNU/Linux Deleted Many Articles ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Phil_Harvey_an_Editor_in_Chief_in_a_B2B_Site_Explains_Why_Chann.shtml
Tue 15:54:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Apple's iOS and macOS Measured as Bigger Than backdoored Windows in the US, Linux-Based OSes at Almost 30% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Apple_s_iOS_and_macOS_Measured_as_Bigger_Than_Windows_in_the_US.shtml
Tue 15:55:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ MODICIA 6.12.107 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/modicia
Tue 15:55:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Flora 13.7 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/flora
Tue 15:55:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ DietPi 10.7 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/dietpi
Tue 15:55:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Free a Busy TCP/IP Port in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxteck.com/free-a-port-in-linux/
Tue 15:56:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SafeBucket – on-premises file sharing platform ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/safebucket-on-premises-file-sharing-platform/
Tue 15:57:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ MortgageBoy nwo talks about denying people their basic freedoms. Funny, coming from a man who tricked the state into putting his own spouse in a cell and tried the same against Rianne!!! https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/11/Matthew_J_Garrett_Has_Just_Sent_a_Threat_to_Put_My_Wife_and_I_i.shtml
Tue 15:58:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ older: <techrights-news> GNOME is now openly accused of defamation, with some fingers pointing at the mutual friend of Alex Garrett and Matt Graveley ttps://lunduke.substack.com/p/gnome-co-founder-suggests-omarchy
Tue 15:59:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ HearsayBoy also said many false things about a hearing he DID NOT ATTEND (by his own choice).
Tue 16:00:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SafeBucket – on-premises file sharing platform ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/safebucket-on-premises-file-sharing-platform/
Tue 16:00:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Piccolo – modern GTK color picker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/piccolo-modern-gtk-color-picker/
Tue 16:16:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Walking on Thin Ice After He Put His Own Spouse in a Cell Without Their Consent ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Walking_on_Thin_Ice_After_He_Put_His_Own_Spouse_in_a_Cell_Witho.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Walking_on_Thin_Ice_After_He_Put_His_Own_Spouse_in_a_Cell_Witho.gmi ∎
Tue 16:21:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Looks like unixcop has become a slopfarm, with a slop piece... ABOUT SLOP... something something "Linux" https://unixcop.com/how-ai-is-helping-make-linux-systems-more-secure/
Tue 16:22:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ More than 9,000 patches total in the seven stable kernels for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1093985/
Tue 16:22:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNU Core Utilities 9.12 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1094312/
Tue 16:23:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Best GNU/Linux Window Managers in 2026 ☞ https://linuxstans.com/best-linux-window-managers/
Tue 16:23:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fix "No Space Left on Device" When df Shows Free Space ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/fix-no-space-left-on-device/
Tue 16:24:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Amazon GNU/Linux 2027 Enters Public Preview with SELinux Enforcing by Default ☞ https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/09/amazon-linux-2027-preview/
Tue 16:24:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Python 3.14 free-threaded build is now available in RHEL ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/14/python-314-free-threaded-build-now-available-rhel
Tue 16:40:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – unixcop.com is the Latest "Linux" Site to Have Become a Slopfarm After 2 Years of Death (Inactivity) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/unixcop_com_is_the_Latest_Linux_Site_to_Have_Become_a_Slopfarm_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/unixcop_com_is_the_Latest_Linux_Site_to_Have_Become_a_Slopfarm_.gmi ∎
Tue 16:41:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "FreePG is a collaboration between various GnuPG downstream packagers and OpenPGP developers. These include representatives of Arch, Debian, Fedora, NixOS, Hockeypuck, and others. It is operated on a mutual-assistance basis, as specified in its governance document." https://freepg.org/about/
Tue 16:41:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "FreePG is not associated with g10code GmbH or the GnuPG project."
Tue 16:43:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Werner Koch wanted to banish Richard Stallman. GnuPG and some team members are maybe just too gullible. https://stallmansupport.org/
Tue 16:51:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – EPO Staff is Preparing to Take Up a Notch the Strikes and Other Industrial Actions Ahead of October's Meeting (It Can Help Oust the Corrupt Leadership) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/EPO_Staff_is_Preparing_to_Take_Up_a_Notch_the_Strikes_and_Other.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/EPO_Staff_is_Preparing_to_Take_Up_a_Notch_the_Strikes_and_Other.gmi ∎
Tue 16:52:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "it seems that malevolent interests have been succeeding in factionalizing all the important FOSS projects, even killing some of the most important ones like Debian, dividing the labor pool in half weakens a project"
Tue 16:53:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ It is a war tactic to divide one's enemy/ies, e.g. try to cause India to fight China or Russia to be distant from its neighbour China. Same tactics used against Free software communities.
Tue 16:53:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ prepping big EPO series ATM. It'll be... of high impact.
Tue 16:57:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ hearsayBoy's site is down again. Maybe he should go back to genetics.
Tue 17:08:42 │ 〖_what___〗 │ divide et impera
Tue 17:10:05 │ 〖_what___〗 │ colonialism/imperialism still lingers today even though it's a thing of the past (~14-20 century)
Tue 17:10:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Useful task: someone can download latest kernel git file, unpack, search for "assisted by", then sort the list and reduce to list of serial sloppers who contaminate Linux, make a "shame list"
Tue 17:11:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How I Deployed a Node.js App on a VPS (Git, SSL, PM2 and Monitoring) ☞ https://linuxhint.com/how-i-deployed-a-node-js-app-on-a-vps-git-ssl-pm2-and-monitoring/
Tue 17:11:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Making sure you're not a bot!" https://git.kernel.org/ -kernel, made by bots
Tue 17:12:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It's not just one repository, there are dozens which go into making a single kernel"
Tue 17:13:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ So there can be a per-repo sloppers shame list with "high scorers", plus totals for all repos combined.
Tue 17:14:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Shotwell 33.0 Released with GTK4 Port, How to Install in Ubuntu ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/shotwell-33-0-released-with-gtk4-port-how-to-install-in-ubuntu/
Tue 17:14:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Inside Moscow’s High-Tech Surveillance Turn ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/100000010736402/inside-moscows-high-tech-surveillance-turn.html
Tue 17:17:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ It's at microsoft github :( did they outsource to https://github.com/torvalds/linux and is LF selling what's left of itself to Microsoft? GitHub is PROPRIETARY (what git was meant to divert away from)
Tue 17:17:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux became bloated and monstrously large... PROPRIETARY prison too. Awful trend. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Linux_Losing_Interest_in_Users_Freedom_Pursues_DRM_Instead.shtml
Tue 17:24:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux is now a 2.1 GB tarball https://techrights.org/o/2020/08/22/linux-bloat-meme/
Tue 17:28:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ EasyOS Excalibure-series version 7.4.8 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202609/easyos-excalibure-series-version-748-released.html
Tue 17:28:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The New Moscow: A Digital Utopia Doubling as a Surveillance Trap ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/world/europe/moscow-russia-putin-digital-surveillance.html
Tue 17:29:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Late Night Linux – Episode 403 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-403/
Tue 17:30:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNU Coreutils 9.12 Gives Linux’s Everyday Commands Some New Tricks ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/09/gnu-coreutils-9-12-gives-linuxs-everyday-commands-some-new-tricks/
Tue 17:31:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Promoter’s Payout Ruling Upheld Over Cancellation of Robbie Williams Concert ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/14/robbie-williams-grand-prix-payout-ruling/
Tue 17:32:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ When doing your job isn’t a defense: What feds need to know about professional liability insurance ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/fed-thread/2026/09/when-doing-your-job-isnt-a-defense-what-feds-need-to-know-about-professional-liability-insurance/
Tue 17:32:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ It's Not About How Developers Vote ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/It_s_Not_About_How_Developers_Vote.shtml
Tue 17:35:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux 2.1 GB tarball (when gunzipped) git clone: Receiving objects: 0% (1753/11836949), 1.39 MiB | 173.00 KiB/s
Tue 17:38:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Linux 7.3-rc3 arrives with a large file system footprint driven by XFS patches and SMB client fixes." https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-drops-linux-73-rc3-release/
Tue 17:38:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Mozilla has published the final builds of the Firefox 156 open-source web browser today, ahead of its official unveiling on September 15th, 2026, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements." https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-156-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new
Tue 17:39:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Shelly 3.1.4 has been released today as a new stable update in the Shelly 3.1 series of this pacman alternative for Arch Linux distributions, introducing several improvements and bug fixes." https://9to5linux.com/shelly-3-1-4-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-adds-more-improvements
Tue 17:42:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The September 13th update for the popular Bazzite Linux is out now, bringing with it some excellent sounding improvements for handheld and desktop gamers." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/bazzites-september-13-update-adds-strix-halo-tdp-controls-restores-desktop-tdp-controls-and-brings-fixes/
Tue 17:42:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I was bracing myself for over £1K for even the most basic version. It's still a lot of money but all hardware is expensive now, sadly." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steam-frame-pricing-and-release-date-revealed-by-valve-its-a-lottery-again/
Tue 17:43:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "From the email they sent to GamingOnLinux - it will "definitely" have Linux support, and is actually developed on Linux too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/high-tech-future-survival-city-builder-xiri-oasis-cities-announced/
Tue 17:45:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Openwashing a pyramid scheme that harms security by misusing the brand "Linux" https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/open-secure-ai-alliance-joins-the-linux-foundation-to-build-a-shared-open-defense-stack-for-the-ai-era-302877844.html
Tue 17:45:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux is free, but I pay for Linux PCs: Here's why https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-is-free-but-i-pay-for-linux-pcs-heres-why/
Tue 17:46:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ You Can Use Your Old Mac Mini As A Home Server — Here's How https://www.bgr.com/2255056/how-to-use-you-old-mac-mini-home-server/
Tue 17:47:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux was called 'obsolete' in 1992, and now it powers servers around the world https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-was-called-obsolete-in-1992-and-now-it-powers-servers-around-the-world/
Tue 17:48:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ After Ubisoft banned Linux players from For Honor, someone got a refund for their 2025 purchase https://www.xda-developers.com/after-ubisoft-banned-linux-players-from-for-honor-someone-got-a-refund-for-their-2025-purchase/
Tue 17:49:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Talos Linux adds native hypervisor and edge container support -- See it live at TalosCon 2026 https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/talos-linux-adds-native-hypervisor-and-edge-container-support-see-it-live-at-taloscon-2026-891788988.html
Tue 17:50:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ CPython eases Rust requirements as assimilation continues https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/09/14/cpython-eases-rust-requirements-as-assimilation-continues/5296010
Tue 17:51:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Debian 13.7 ships the fixes behind 92 security advisories, updates 106 packages https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/14/debian-13-7-point-release/
Tue 17:51:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Debian 13.7 “Trixie” Released with 106 Bug Fixes and 107 Security Updates ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/12/Debian_13_7_Trixie_Released_with_106_Bug_Fixes_and_107_Security.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/12/Debian_13_7_Trixie_Released_with_106_Bug_Fixes_and_107_Security.gmi ∎
Tue 17:52:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ There is no right way, as slop ain't right https://www.makeuseof.com/linus-torvalds-just-showed-the-right-way-to-use-ai-for-coding-and-everyone-missed-it/
Tue 17:52:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ “Hideous” Slop http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/11/Kernel_Space_Linux_Removes_Features_Adds_Hideous_Slop_New_Kerne.shtml
Tue 18:01:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Mozilla Thunderbird 156 Email Client Brings Custom OAuth Support for POP3 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Mozilla_Thunderbird_156_Email_Client_Brings_Custom_OAuth_Suppor.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Mozilla_Thunderbird_156_Email_Client_Brings_Custom_OAuth_Suppor.gmi ∎
Tue 18:03:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Ubisoft Refunds for GNU/Linux Users, Steam Frame Overpriced, Tokyo Game Show 2026, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Games_Ubisoft_Refunds_for_GNU_Linux_Users_Steam_Frame_Overprice.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Games_Ubisoft_Refunds_for_GNU_Linux_Users_Steam_Frame_Overprice.gmi ∎
Tue 18:05:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: MiSTer FPGA Pocket and Late Night Linux ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Audiocasts_Shows_MiSTer_FPGA_Pocket_and_Late_Night_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Audiocasts_Shows_MiSTer_FPGA_Pocket_and_Late_Night_Linux.gmi ∎
Tue 18:05:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Proxmox, DECtalk, Retro, and Kubernetes ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Proxmox_DECtalk_Retro_and_Kubernetes.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Proxmox_DECtalk_Retro_and_Kubernetes.gmi ∎
Tue 18:05:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ atm lots of anger re kernel contaminated by slop, calling out the biggest sloppers can discourage
Tue 18:10:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 18:11:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU Core Utilities 9.12 released ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/GNU_Core_Utilities_9_12_released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/GNU_Core_Utilities_9_12_released.gmi ∎
Tue 18:15:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Vim and Emacs Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Vim_and_Emacs_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Vim_and_Emacs_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 18:16:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 18:26:55 │ 〖_what___〗 │ microsofters' "therapy" of torvalds back in 2021 paid off, he himself is now turning back against freedom and more e-waste now
Tue 18:26:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 18:27:05 │ 〖_what___〗 │ ref https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Linux_Losing_Interest_in_Users_Freedom_Pursues_DRM_Instead.shtml
Tue 18:28:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE Hiring and GUADEC 2026 Experience ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/KDE_Hiring_and_GUADEC_2026_Experience.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/KDE_Hiring_and_GUADEC_2026_Experience.gmi ∎
Tue 18:38:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): BSD, GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/BSD_GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/BSD_GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems.gmi ∎
Tue 18:38:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/today_s_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/today_s_leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 18:42:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): VirtualBox 7.2.18 Released with Linux 7.3 Fixes, Support for RHEL 10.3 Kernel ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/VirtualBox_7_2_18_Released_with_Linux_7_3_Fixes_Support_for_RHE.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/VirtualBox_7_2_18_Released_with_Linux_7_3_Fixes_Support_for_RHE.gmi ∎
Tue 18:51:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 1 - At the Beginning (Torvalds Knew It Was Trouble) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_1_At_the_Beginning_Torval.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_1_At_the_Beginning_Torval.gmi ∎
Tue 18:53:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows gemini://alex.corcoles.net/2026/09/windows-sólo-es-fácil-a-veces
Tue 18:54:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ normal again gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/driver
Tue 18:56:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 15/09/2026: Hiking in Munții Făgăraș, Scams, and Slop Plagiarism Considered Unethical ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Gemini_Links_15_09_2026_Hiking_in_Muntii_Fagaras_Scams_and_Slop.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Gemini_Links_15_09_2026_Hiking_in_Muntii_Fagaras_Scams_and_Slop.gmi ∎
Tue 19:06:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – publicdomainpictures.net Seems to Have Become Fed Up With Slop Contaminating Its Database (Wasting Storage, Bandwidth), Now It's Suitably Flagged, Should Be Demoted/Delisted ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/publicdomainpictures_net_Seems_to_Have_Become_Fed_Up_With_Slop_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/publicdomainpictures_net_Seems_to_Have_Become_Fed_Up_With_Slop_.gmi ∎
Tue 19:13:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): DXVK 3.1.1 Improves Support for Call of Duty: Ghosts, Rayman 3, and Skyrim SE ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/DXVK_3_1_1_Improves_Support_for_Call_of_Duty_Ghosts_Rayman_3_an.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/DXVK_3_1_1_Improves_Support_for_Call_of_Duty_Ghosts_Rayman_3_an.gmi ∎
Tue 19:18:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 15/09/2026: Putin-Connected Money for The Insurrectionist Jr. and Turkey's Crackdown on Activists ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Links_15_09_2026_Putin_Connected_Money_for_The_Insurrectionist_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Links_15_09_2026_Putin_Connected_Money_for_The_Insurrectionist_.gmi ∎
Tue 19:25:54 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ (audio:important) https://youtu.be/yXU76uaejyQ = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=yXU76uaejyQ
Tue 19:27:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Microsoft Contaminates Linux (Kernel) With LLM Slop ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Microsoft_Contaminates_Linux_Kernel_With_LLM_Slop.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Microsoft_Contaminates_Linux_Kernel_With_LLM_Slop.gmi ∎
Tue 19:34:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Time Flies When Lots Get Done https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/15/time-flies-when-lots-get-done/
Tue 19:40:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Wail https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/15/wail/
Tue 19:44:23 │ 〖_what___〗 │ there you are https://techrights.org/o/2021/11/21/sending-linus-torvalds-to-therapists/
Tue 19:44:31 │ 〖_what___〗 │ I thought that 2021 therapy is a memhole
Tue 19:45:12 │ 〖_what___〗 │ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_1_At_the_Beginning_Torval.shtml
Tue 19:45:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bullying is Not a Legitimate Occupation https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/15/bullying-is-not-a-legitimate-occupation/
Tue 19:45:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- techrights.org | [Meme] They Send Linus Torvalds to Therapists While Microsoft Pays Their Full Salary
Tue 19:46:03 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] wife is jono bacon
Tue 19:46:10 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/21/Never_Trust_People_Who_Write_Their_Own_Wikipedia_Pages_Vanity_P.shtml
Tue 19:46:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] bacon wants a coc
Tue 19:46:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] and his wife also
Tue 19:46:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] maybe he does not provide one
Tue 19:46:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] he has been a mistress of microsoft
Tue 19:46:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] since he worked at canonical
Tue 19:47:01 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] for ms (mark shuttlworth(
Tue 19:47:05 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] going after microsoft critics
Tue 19:47:12 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] and issuing veiled threats and libeling them
Tue 19:47:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] he used to be here in irc
Tue 19:47:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] #techrights
Tue 19:50:39 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/boston-dumps-flock-says-it-shared-data-nationwide-in-violation-of-contract/
Tue 20:00:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/15/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs/
Tue 20:00:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] now boston can take gafam
Tue 20:00:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] to do the same or even worse
Tue 20:01:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] but no FLOCK(TM)\
Tue 20:01:02 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] problem 'solved'
Tue 20:03:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Denmark at about 4% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=DK&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
Tue 20:32:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Carmen-Lisandrette Maris Prepares Audiobook to Explain Software Freedom/Digital Rights to Adolescents, Needs Help From Volunteers ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Carmen_Lisandrette_Maris_Prepares_Audiobook_to_Explain_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Carmen_Lisandrette_Maris_Prepares_Audiobook_to_Explain_Software.gmi ∎
Tue 20:35:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Stockholm Syndrome of [slop] Acceptance gemini://tilde.club/~prizeclerk/2026/09/15-stockholm-syndrome-of-ai-acceptance.gmi
Tue 20:35:20 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://ircz.de/p/25101438
Tue 20:35:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We own a second-generation Amazon Fire TV streaming stick, purchased new in 2017, that we still use to watch various media on our living room television." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202609/20260915-a-new-android-tv-box.gmi
Tue 20:36:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At the insistence of eldest who is a mega-fan, we watched the first four Hunger Games films over the course of a couple of months." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/09/15/hunger/
Tue 20:37:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I am still tired and exhausted, which was to be expected. Considering how fatigue had kicked my arse last week, I was expecting even worse, though." gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260915retreat.gmi
Tue 20:38:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I can only have my degoogled Fairphone 6 (that's the most recent one, right?) with /e/OS as my main phone because my old iPhone 11 Pro Max still works." gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260903smartphone.gmi
Tue 20:39:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I really hope it'll fit well enough into my mock TN cover, because I'd miss it. It's so nice and handy and I was excited about finally using it properly and seeing the leather change with use. (It hasn't changed a lot within the year.) I know the B6 slim planner will peek out, but I hope it'll still be bearable." gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260903planners.gmi
Tue 20:42:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 15/09/2026: 'Smartphone', Android TV Box, Stockholm Syndrome of [Slop Plagiarism] Acceptance ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Links_15_09_2026_Smartphone_Android_TV_Box_Stockholm_Syndrome_o.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Links_15_09_2026_Smartphone_Android_TV_Box_Stockholm_Syndrome_o.gmi ∎
Tue 20:42:15 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.news24.com.au/latest/student-photos-bank-details-stolen-by-hackers-after-st-james-anglican-school-in-perth-hit-by-cyber-attack/news-story/4d3c0fe10394883566b566a340c6588c
Tue 20:47:56 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/oracle-layoffs-why-is-the-company-cutting-more-jobs-while-spending-big-on-ai-14045899.html
Tue 20:55:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ebay Uses Bots (Slop) to Give Users a Lot of Work https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/15/ebay-uses-bots-slop-to-give-users-a-lot-of-work/
Tue 20:56:40 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ nothing like exercise for that get up and go!! https://futurism.com/health-medicine/spectators-horrified-hyrox-athlete
Tue 20:57:23 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ begging on the internet superhighway... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bombarded-ai-agents-begging-ilands
Tue 21:01:35 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.geekwire.com/2026/agilitys-new-digit-5-robot-lifts-50-pounds-works-20-hours-a-day-and-operates-alongside-people/
Tue 21:02:24 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ and we know how well bill's programs have worked in the past.... https://www.geekwire.com/2026/gates-foundation-bets-1b-on-ai-to-boost-global-health-agriculture-and-education/
Tue 21:03:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Microsoft Layoffs in September 2026 Are Silent, Hidden ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Microsoft_Layoffs_in_September_2026_Are_Silent_Hidden.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Microsoft_Layoffs_in_September_2026_Are_Silent_Hidden.gmi ∎
Tue 21:04:23 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ [14:46] <schestowitz[TR2]> bacon wants a coc
Tue 21:04:29 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Mono Bacon?
Tue 21:04:37 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Because everything's better with bacon.
Tue 21:05:44 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/15/sampling-the-elephants-foot-and-chernobyls-tedious-corium-clean-up/
Tue 21:07:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] IsambardPrince: except kevin
Tue 21:08:09 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- Gates Foundation bets $1B on AI to boost global health, agriculture and education – GeekWire
Tue 21:08:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] site funded by Microsoft
Tue 21:08:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] boosters of the pedo foundation
Tue 21:09:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] http://techrights.org/o/2023/08/12/geekwire-microsoft-money/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/17/GeekWire_Microsoft_Bribes_Us_While_We_Cover_Microsoft_Affairs_S.shtml
Tue 21:15:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Russia Army (and Military Assets) Inside EU and NATO https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/15/russia-army-and-military-assets-inside-eu-and-nato/
Tue 21:15:51 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2]: Kevin Kofler is still trying to make something useful out of Fedora.
Tue 21:16:01 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ No wonder he's gone insane after being exposed to that for over 20 years.
Tue 21:16:05 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] I know
Tue 21:16:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] but fedora is dead now
Tue 21:16:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ He's maintaining a copr for XLibre.
Tue 21:16:56 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Well, I mean he proved you can make a more pleasant version of Fedora, but that should have been obvious already.
Tue 21:17:17 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ He stripped Anaconda out of the Fedora KDE spin in a respin.
Tue 21:17:29 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Now it seems like he's taken it upon himself to maintain xlibre.
Tue 21:17:41 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I strongly dislike GTK applications.
Tue 21:17:55 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ it's easy to make a more pleasant version of fedora
Tue 21:17:58 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They've made the toolkit so bad that it severely limits the applications that you can write with it.
Tue 21:18:01 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ just overwrite it all with zeroes
Tue 21:18:06 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ or install a real OS in its place
Tue 21:18:23 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ GTK+ peaked with 2.x
Tue 21:19:00 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I still had GTK 1 on my system for many years.
Tue 21:19:06 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Because xmms never got ported.
Tue 21:19:14 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And the plug-ins were not all free software.
Tue 21:20:26 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Thomson produced an mp3hd plugin for xmms. If you ever made any it was the only thing that could reliably play them.
Tue 21:20:29 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ :)
Tue 21:42:16 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.howtogeek.com/why-jumping-from-144mb-floppies-to-650mb-cds-changed-pcs-forever/
Tue 21:44:15 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ MinceR: I wrote:
Tue 21:44:17 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Those little "stimulus checks" even when they do happen are pointless. They don't stimulate anything because the average American is in $8,000 of credit card debt alone.
Tue 21:44:19 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The $1,000 disappears into paying off 1/8th of their credit card debt or something, and they still have have a monthly car payment+expenses of $1117, $2,000-3000 a month in housing expenses, some personal loans, childcare.
Tue 21:44:21 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Under Trump, $100 at the grocery store disappears with a can of coffee, a bag of cat food, and a frozen pizza.
Tue 21:44:22 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I mean, they don't stimulate anything because everything you can make and more is just going to pay for things that happened years ago, with interest.
Tue 21:49:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2]: Mom said she had no idea how that seller on Amazon is selling Starbucks coffee so cheap and it's all well ahead of the best by date.
Tue 21:49:39 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I said, "Maybe he's stealing the whole shelf and fencing it. Of course, $16.99 for 10 ounces of coffee is the crime. At that point fencing it is more like free enterprise."
Tue 21:49:44 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ MinceR: ^
Tue 21:50:41 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
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