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1 readyAttacks on Techrights Are Only Making Techrights Bigger and Even More Popular (updated)

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2 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) (updated)

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

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

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5 readyOur Sites Continue to Improve

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

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

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8 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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9 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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10 readyMicrosoft Scanning Faces in Photos People Upload to Microsoft (Even Unconsciously), Slashdot Turns Report About It Into "Microsoft Sez" (Says)

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

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

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13 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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14 readyIRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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

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

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17 readyTransparency: FSFE financial reports exclude speaker fees and expenses

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

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

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

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

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

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23 readyAt IBM, Relocation Means Layoffs (Downsizing)

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

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

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26 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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27 readyThey Generally Don't Like Scholars, as They're Less Compelled or Pressured to Repeat What Corporations and Oligarchs Say

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

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

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30 readyAttacking Richard Stallman Has Become 'Career Suicide'

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

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

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33 readySlop Poisons Everything

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34 readyTaking Software Freedom 'Mainstream'

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35 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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36 readyIRC Proceedings: Monday, October 13, 2025

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

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38 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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39 readyThe EPO's War on Techrights Was a Massive Mistake

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40 readyGeneral-Purpose Computers to Become Growing Area of Coverage

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41 ready"They missed a great opportunity to shut up." -Jacques Chirac

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42 readyHarassment evidence: Switzerland, overcrowded fitness and yoga centers, incompetence and racism in accident response

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43 readyVincent Danjean & Debian NXIVM collateral, blackmail risks

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44 readyIn Sweden This Past Friday Richard Stallman Explained Why Copyleft is Important

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45 readyIBM Layoffs Due to a Lack of Money and Company Debt Rising by Almost 10 Billion Dollars in 6 Months

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46 readyForbes Already Stopped Being a News Sites. Now It's a Spam and Propaganda Platform for "Paying Partners" (Companies).

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47 readyIs the Second-Largest Institution in Europe (EPO) Gradually Becoming More Like a Sweatshop?

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48 readyThe Register MS Has No FOSS Coverage Anymore

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49 readyLinks 13/10/2025: "Toasty Subwoofer" and WiFi Speakers "Are About To Go Dumb"

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50 readyGemini Links 13/10/2025: iNaturalist and Tove Jansson’s Moominpappa at Sea

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51 readyMicrosoft Does Not Deny That Large Retailers Like Walmart, Costco and Target Are Giving Up on XBox (and Not Stocking It)

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52 readyWe'll Encourage Richard Stallman to Talk About Software Patents at the EPO Next Week When He Visits Munich (EPO Headquarters)

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53 readyInvestigative Journalism Protects Society From Corruption, Crimes Against Women, Assaults on Civil Society

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54 readySwiss pimp usurping reputation of legendary Tissot boss Francois Thiébaud from France (BaselWorld, SWATCH Group SA)

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55 readyParis 'Love Nest' & Debian Outreachy: from Lycée Lakanal to ENS Cachan, Cr@ns, nepotism

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56 readyRichard Stallman to Give Public Talk in 3 Hours, Then in the Technical University of Munich (Germany) Next Week

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57 readyArnaud Parreaux lost case defending rogue employer

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58 readyMathieu Elias Parreaux declared bankrupt in Switzerland

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59 readyBreakdown of the Rule of Law and Patent Law in the European Union (EU)

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60 readyGemini Links 13/10/2025: Good Films, Wizard of Earthsea, Upgrading the Steam Controller's Stick

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61 readyLeaks and Whistleblowers: Our Plan for Today

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62 readyIt's Not Justice When One Side Denies the Other Side the Ability to Even Speak

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63 readyLinks 13/10/2025: Australian Catholic University Uses Slop to Libel Students, Canada Threatens to Kill Beluga Whales

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64 readyHow Not to Silence Tux Machines (It'll Only Backfire, Badly)

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65 readySlopwatch: UbuntuPIT and Google News

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66 readyVincent Danjean (not INTERPOL), Claire Bardel & Debian pregnancy cluster

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67 readyChristmas lynchings: Martin Krafft (madduck), Penny Leach (mjollnir) & Debian pregnancy cluster

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68 readyGemini Links 13/10/2025: Birthdays and "Committee Unable to Contact Nobel Prize Winner"

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69 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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70 readyIRC Proceedings: Sunday, October 12, 2025

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