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1 readyGNU/Linux is 486 in Ireland (updated)

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2 ready"Secure Boot" is a Security Problem, Not a Solution (updated)

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3 readyDon't Talk to Bullies (updated)

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4 readyLinks 18/08/2025: LLM Reputation Damaged, Australia Catches Google Foul Play

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5 readyGeeks Like GNU/Linux

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6 readyEnd of Reliable Media

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7 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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8 readyIRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 17, 2025

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9 readyGitHub Won't Last Much Longer

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10 readyWe've Never Used Large Language Model (LLM)

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11 readyGemini Links 18/08/2025: Retro and Endless Escape from the WWW

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12 readyWorking Whilst Away From Home

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13 readyThe Next Version of Windows Will Always be the Best (for Microsoft)

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14 ready"End of the Smartphone Era" According to Jeffrey Epstein's Key Enabler

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15 readyMicrosoft's Windows in Gabon: Still Moving Down

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16 readyLinks 17/08/2025: Strike Downs Air Canada, Postmortems of Putin's Red Carpet Summit

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17 readyLinks 17/08/2025: Slow Tools and Enshittification of YouTube

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18 readyLinks 17/08/2025: "The Performance of Power" and "My Undesirable Friends"

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19 readyGrowing Our Reach

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20 readyThe Russian Vision of Technology

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21 readySooner or Later Almost Everyone Will Know "AI" is Just a Go-To, Misused, Misapplied, and Grossly Overused Term of Liars and Con Jobs Who Ride a Ponzi Scheme

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22 readyThe Register MS Has Begun Using Slop Images

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23 readyReddit Funded by Microsoft

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24 readyWhen It Comes to Technology, Mozilla and Firefox Are Illiberal

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25 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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26 readyIRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 16, 2025

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27 readyThe Open Source Initiative Has Many Scandals, We'll Try to Summarise Them All

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28 readyOpen Source Initiative (OSI), Wikipedia, Molly De Blanc, and Censorship/Reputation Laundering

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29 readyGemini Links 17/08/2025: Misunderstanding "Geminiverse" and Let's Encrypt

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30 readyLinks 17/08/2025: Breaches, Layoffs, and Scams

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31 readyThe Case for Software Freedom in Europe Becomes Stronger as GAFAM and the US Become Allies of Those Who Invade Europe

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32 readySlopwatch: Google News, LinuxSecurity, LinuxBSDos.com, and Garbage From Brian Fagioli

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33 readyGemini Links 16/08/2025: Back After Hiatus and News Aggregators in Geminispace

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34 readyLinks 16/08/2025: mRNA Being Abandoned, Putin Plant Flags in Alaska, Faces No Sanctions

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35 readyLinks 16/08/2025: Science Besieged, Confidentiality Standards Breached

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36 readyLinks 16/08/2025: Loners and Vacation, Climate Issues

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37 readyLinks 16/08/2025: Chatbots Bad for Kids, Software Patents Apple Battle

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38 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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39 readyIRC Proceedings: Friday, August 15, 2025

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40 readySlopwatch: WebProNews and Google News Promoting Fake Articles About "Linux"

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41 readyOriginal European Patent Convention (EPC, 1973), Routinely Violated by the European Patent Office, Now in Geminispace

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42 readyGemini Links 16/08/2025: Politics and Alhena 5.2.8

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