IRC Proceedings: Friday, December 11, 2020

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Recent Techrights' Posts

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A Discussion About Suicides in Science and Technology (Including Debian and the European Patent Office): In Debian, there is a long history of deaths, suicides, and mysterious disappearances
Federal News Network is Corrupt, It Runs Propaganda Pieces for Microsoft: Federal News Network used to be OK some years ago
Hard Evidence Reinforces Suspicion That Mark Shuttleworth May Have Worked Volunteers to Death: Today we start re-publishing articles that contain unaltered E-mails
Colin Watson, Steve McIntyre & Debian, Ubuntu cover-up mission after Frans Pop suicide: Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
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Fresh Rumours of Impending Mass Layoffs at IBM Red Hat: "IBM filed a W.A.R.N with the state of North Carolina. That only means one thing."
Mark Shuttleworth's (MS's) Canonical is Promoting Microsoft This Week (Surveillance Slanted as 'Confidential'): Who runs Canonical these days? Why does Canonical help sell Windows?
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Amnesty International & Debian Day suicides comparison: Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
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Axel Beckert (ETH Zurich), the mentality of sexual violence on campus: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
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Frans Pop & Debian suicide denial: Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
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Lucas Nussbaum & Debian attempted exploit of OVH Hosting insider: Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
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Syria, John Lennon & Debian WIPO panel appointed: Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
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