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These are the current Techrights headlines as of 2025-10-16 12:42 GMT signaled with semaphore flags.

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1 readyLies Need to be Corrected

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2 readySlopwatch: Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com), Slashdot, Google News, and More

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3 readyLufthansa Modern Slavery, Joerg Jaspert (ganneff) & Debian NSB Softwareentwicklung charade

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4 readyLinks 16/10/2025: US Starting More Trade Wars With China, CIA War on Venezuela

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5 readySUSE Blog is Still LLM Slop, Marketing Manager at SUSE Cannot Write

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6 readyPretend You're Not Dead: Microsoft Spent Almost Two Decades Rebranding Things as "Cloud, Then "AI", Now "XBox" and "Quantum"

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7 readyIBM Allegedly Found New Tricks for Silent Layoffs: LPI, Then MIS (Not PIP)

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8 readyLinks 16/10/2025: Red Lines and Feeding of Microsoft Trolls

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9 readyMIT as a Propaganda Mill of GAFAM, Paid by GAFAM

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10 readyLinks 16/10/2025: Lies Euphemised as ‘Dueling Versions of Reality’ and Microsoft "Open" "Hey Hi" Resorts to Porn as No Business Model Was Found

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11 readyThe Local Staff Committee Munich (Representation of the EPO's Staff) Explains When Cluster of Pregnancies May Result in Reduced Pay

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12 readyAnother Black Eye for 'Secure Boot', Microsoft Media Tries to Blame "Linux"

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13 readySlopwatch: UbuntuPIT, linuxsecurity.com, and Various Slopfarms in Google News Attacking "Linux"

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14 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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15 readyIRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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16 readyLinks 16/10/2025: Increased Use of Social Control Media Surveillance in US, French Rage Over Pensions

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17 readyLinks 15/10/2025: Qantas Airways Loses Control of Sensitive Data and Software Patents Are Being Thrown Out

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18 readyVista 10 is 'Dead', Here's Why People Should Move to GNU/Linux (or the BSDs)

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19 readyOur Sites Continue to Improve

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20 readyGemini Links 15/10/2025: Neovim, Helix Compared and Gemlog.blue Now Closed

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21 readyLinks 15/10/2025: Mass Layoffs at Amazon, OneDrive Spyware Revved Up, More 'Gen Z Protests'

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22 readyThe EPO's Staff Engagement Survey 2025 is Already Tainted by Intimidation by EPO Management (Trying to Influence Outcomes by Scaring Genuine, Honest Critics)

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23 readyThe DDoS Attacks by Microsoft's Scam Altman and Other Slop Charlatans and Frauds is Hurting the FSF, Delinking It From Copyleft Projects

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24 readyMicrosoft Scanning Faces in Photos People Upload to Microsoft (Even Unconsciously), Slashdot Turns Report About It Into "Microsoft Sez" (Says)

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25 ready[Teaser] Angel Aledo Lopez the Manipulator (Nepotism, Poll Rigging, and Other EPO Corruption)

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26 readyAttacks on Techrights Are Only Making Techrights Bigger and Even More Popular

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27 readyEpic Metaphor for End of IBM: "The IBM Demolition is Down to the Last Shards!"

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28 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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29 readyIRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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30 readyProprietary and DRM Prisons Spiralling Down the Sinkhole? Not Just Yet.

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31 readyThe European Patent Office (EPO), the Second-Largest Institution in Europe, is Cracking Down on Recreational Activities

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32 readyTransparency: FSFE financial reports exclude speaker fees and expenses

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33 readyMany Developers Have Many Political Views, They'll Never Agree on Everything

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34 readyGemini Links 14/10/2025: An Opportunity to Consider GNU/Linux and Another Simple IRC Client

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35 readySlopwatch: UbuntuPIT, LinuxSecurity, Google News, and the Serial Slopper Brian Fagioli

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36 readyLinks 14/10/2025: Lack of Trust in Slop and "Retirement Challenges"

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37 readyEPO Staff Can Go Listen to Richard Stallman Next Week in Munich (Technical University of Munich, Rudolf-Diesel Hörsaal (MW2001) on Campus Garching at 18:00)

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38 readyRhonda D'Vine, Gerfried Fuchs, Pronouns & Debian pregnancy cluster

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39 readyAt IBM, Relocation Means Layoffs (Downsizing)

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40 readyCentral Staff Committee of the European Patent Office (EPO) Warns That EPO Management is Robbing or Manipulating Pension Funds Again

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41 readyProbably a Lot Worse Than LLM Slop: GNOME Tying Itself to Divisive Politics, Even Where It's Clearly Not Relevant

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42 readyLinks 14/10/2025: Microsoft OneDrive Scanning Faces in Photos (Without Asking First), "OpenAI Says It Will Move to Allow Smut"

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43 readyThey Generally Don't Like Scholars, as They're Less Compelled or Pressured to Repeat What Corporations and Oligarchs Say

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44 readyDystopian Trends in Technology Make Richard Stallman More Relevant Than Ever

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45 readyBelated New Article About Last Thursday's Lecture by Richard Stallman in Helsinki, Finland

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46 readyAttacking Richard Stallman Has Become 'Career Suicide'

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47 readyMicrosoft's Failing XBox Business Has Turned Games Into Funerals

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48 readyYesterday's "Distinguished Lecture" by Richard Stallman Possibly Attended by Close to 1,000 People

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49 readySlop Poisons Everything

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50 readyTaking Software Freedom 'Mainstream'

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51 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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52 readyIRC Proceedings: Monday, October 13, 2025

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53 readyGemini Links 14/10/2025: Ada Lovelace Day, Sony CLIE PEG-TG50 Review, Why to Avoid Network Solutions

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54 readyRichard Stallman (RMS) Announced His Talk Less Than 24 Hours Before It Took Place and Still Filled Up the Auditorium at Sapienza Università di Roma

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