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1 readyClown Storage Without Backups (updated)

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2 readyFreeCAD is Becoming Slop-ware, Use LibreCAD Instead (updated)

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3 readyGAFAM Loyalty Has Come to an End, Morale Low, People Whose Future is Uncertain Choose to Become "Lifers" (updated)

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4 readySLAPP Censorship - Part 152 Out of 200: Injunctions Do Not Cover Criticism, They Have Scope (updated)

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5 readyEvri (HermesUK) is Now Run by Bots and Hallucinating Scammers

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6 readyLess Technology, More Life

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7 readyGoogle Search Has Gotten Worse (a Lot Worse)

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8 readyBirthday in 80 Days

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9 readyLoans and Massive Debt at Microsoft, This Won't End Well.

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10 readyGemini Links 17/08/2026: Life in Plain Text, Mimicking KARL, Release of Jugulans, Avoiding Slop

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11 readyCuba and Venezuela High in Adoption of GNU/Linux

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12 readyLinks 17/08/2026: Myanmar’s Cholera Outbreak, China Sends Commercial Vessels Through Arctic

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13 readyClownflare Sees About Quarter of Web Requests in Ireland Coming From GNU/Linux

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14 readyClownflare: In Australia and New Zealand GNU/Linux Peaks at Over 10% During Working Hours

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15 readySlowing Down by Intention

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16 readyGemini Links 17/08/2026: Chamboree, Partial Solar Eclipse, Lady Macbeth

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17 readyLinks 17/08/2026: "Bluesky Is Down Again!" and "Anti-Social Media"

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18 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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19 readyIRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 16, 2026

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20 readyA Vortex of Beacons (or "Bluetooth Everywhere" Vision)

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21 readyFalkland Islands: GNU/Linux Elevated to 6%

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22 readyLinks 16/08/2026: Reading Outside, Going Offline More, and Art of Computer Programming

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23 readyThe Question of Patience

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24 readyIBM May be Sued for Mass Layoffs Via PIPs

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25 readyLinks 16/08/2026: Ceuta Reports Social Control Media Used as a Weapon

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26 readyLinks 16/08/2026: Europe in Crisis of Droughts While Energy- and Water-Consuming, Pollution-Emitting Chatbots Are Spread by GAFAM (US) to Keep a Ponzi Scheme Going

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27 readyGNU/Linux is a Platform for Work (Usage Surges in Daytime)

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28 readyWe Need Rain, Not Chatbots

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29 readySLAPP Censorship - Part 151 Out of 200: Dealing With Sleazy People and Companies That Steal (While Employing These Sleazy People)

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30 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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31 readyIRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 15, 2026

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32 readyGemini Links 16/08/2026: Sterrenkijker Releases, Solar Gemini Server

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33 readyWhat I Learned in London

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34 readyAt IBM, Workers 'Expire' Early ("Next Step" is 'Voluntary' Layoffs Decades Before Retirement Age)

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35 readyEPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XVI - The German State Does Not Enforce the Law Against European Patent Office Officials

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36 readyGermany's National Broadcaster (DW English) to Air Julian Assange Film This Coming Week

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37 readyWordPress is Bloatware and Bloated Software Guarantees Security Incidents

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38 readyToo Many Chiefs (or Chefs) at IBM, They Don't Know How to Run a Company (With a 100+ Year or Century-Old Brand Recognition Advantage)

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39 readyBluetooth and Wi-Fi on Gym Equipment Can Endanger Several Parties

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40 readyMicrosoft Silent Layoffs This Month (PIPs and More "Buyouts", Driving Out the Workforce), According to Insiders

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41 readyClacton's Election Was a 'Show Election'

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42 readyOmarchy is Already Dying

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43 readyWindows is Burning

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44 readyGemini Links 15/08/2026: Stress, Jetlag, and GPU Hype (Waste of Energy for Amusement, Fake 'Currencies', and Now for Mass Plagiarism)

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45 readyLinks 15/08/2026: XBox Rotting Further, "France’s Top Court Strikes Down Ban on Social Media for Children"

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46 readySLAPP Censorship - Part 150 Out of 200: Always Independently Verify What People Claim to Be (or Find Yourself in a Jason Arday-Type Moment/Dilemma)

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47 readyLinks 15/08/2026: "There Is No A.I." (Slop Plagiarism Isn't Intelligence) and Its "Impact on the Environment Is Absolutely Horrifying"

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48 readyGemini Links 15/08/2026: Gratitudes, "Microflier" Drones, and Literate Programming

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49 readyIBM's PIPs and RAs (Layoffs) Going on, Interns as 'Scabs'

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50 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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51 readyIRC Proceedings: Friday, August 14, 2026

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