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Carole Cadwalladr Talks About How Big Business Tried to Silence Her (and Why You Might be Next) ⦿ Techrights - Companies Conspiring to Keep Salaries Down and Undermine Competition ⦿ Techrights - Hundreds of Microsoft Layoffs (Net Headcount Decrease) in the United Kingdom ⦿ Techrights - Influencers: Red Hat, Inc's IPO, 1999, post-mortem on the directed share offer to open source developer community ⦿ Techrights - IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 13, 2025 ⦿ Techrights - LLM Slop and SEO SPAM Take Us Further Away From Facts (the Case of IBM Layoffs) ⦿ Techrights - Over at Tux Machines... ⦿ Techrights - The Dilemma of Web Browsers Lying About What They Are (in Order to Bypass Discriminatory Gateways Like Clownflare) Worsens Due to LLM Slop ⦿ Techrights - What Really Matters to Companies is Net Income or Profit (Bankruptcy is Possible Even With High Revenue) ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Carole_Cadwalladr_Talks_About_How_Big_Business_Tried_to_Silence.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Companies_Conspiring_to_Keep_Salaries_Down_and_Undermine_Compet.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Hundreds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Net_Headcount_Decrease_in_the_Uni.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Influencers_Red_Hat_Inc_s_IPO_1999_post_mortem_on_the_directed_.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_April_13_2025.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/LLM_Slop_and_SEO_SPAM_Take_Us_Further_Away_From_Facts_the_Case_.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/The_Dilemma_of_Web_Browsers_Lying_About_What_They_Are_in_Order_.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/What_Really_Matters_to_Companies_is_Net_Income_or_Profit_Bankru.shtml ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Gemini_Links_14_04_2025_Silver_Pigs_and_more_Foundation_Disliki.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Gemini_Links_14_04_2025_Ween_and_Historic_Ada_Project_Managemen.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Links_14_04_2025_Disinformation_Public_Disdain_for_LLMs_and_Les.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Links_14_04_2025_Russian_Attack_on_Sumy_Shows_No_Intention_of_P.shtml ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 74 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Carole_Cadwalladr_Talks_About_How_Big_Business_Tried_to_Silence.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Carole_Cadwalladr_Talks_About_How_Big_Business_Tried_to_Silence.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Carole Cadwalladr Talks About How Big Business Tried to Silence Her (and Why You Might be Next)⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 14, 2025, updated Apr 14, 2025 Recent: Judges_Would_Never_Rule_for_Men_Who_Strangle_Women_or_Against_Women_Who Merely_Wrote_Articles_About_Abuse_They_Had_Received_From_Men 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇SLAPP;_Reporters;_Microsoft;_Female_victims⦈_ On March 28 we wrote_about_the_ordeals_of_Carole_Cadwalladr, who wrote about the 'Brexit' conspiracy - people who literally conspired to do this and so much more. She had also reported on the role Facebook played, based on whistleblowers. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇This_is_what_a_digital_coup_looks_like⦈_ Earlier this month TED published a new Carole Cadwalladr talk [1] after censoring a prior talk of hers [2] following an old lawsuit [3]. It's all about censorship and there's_a_long_history_to_it (also_2024). Yesterday we explained why the "Microsoft SLAPPs Against Techrights [Are] Losing Momentum", without going into the pertinent details. The gist of the story is, Microsoft_money (of "former" Microsoft staff) is being used to harass us [1, 2] from outside the country [1, 2], where taking legal action against the perpetrators is more complicated (e.g. getting them to pay for their SLAPPs). There's coordination there and it's managed by a poor law firm [1, 2], where the same lawyer and barrister keep_sending_threats for people_who previously_begged. Our story is very different from Cadwalladr's for many reasons. For one thing, both SLAPPs against us are by Microsofters who had done terrible things to women and so_much_more (it_would_be_immoral_to_censor_to_appease_men_who assault_women). Cadwalladr's talks can be found below. In the first few minutes of the new talk she explains what sort of nuisance she went through; that's why we'll_spend years_pursuing_reforms_regarding_Strategic_Lawsuits_Against_Public Participation_(SLAPPs). It's not a new issue, but public awareness of it has grown. █ _____________ 1. ⚓ TED ☛ This_is_what_a_digital_coup_looks_like⠀⇛ “We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “broligarchy” — the powerful tech executives who are using their global digital platforms to amass unprecedented geopolitical power, dismantling democracy and enabling authoritarian control across the world. Her rallying cry: resist data harvesting and mass surveillance, and support others in a groundswell of digital disobedience. “You have more power than you think,” she says. (This talk contains mature language.) 2. ⚓ [Old] TED ☛ Facebook's_role_in_Brexit_—_and_the_threat_to_democracy⠀⇛ (NOTE: This video has been edited as a result of judgment in the Court of Appeal in England and Wales in a libel action by Arron Banks, the funder of the Leave.EU Brexit campaign, against Carole Cadwalladr. A judge found that the talk was lawful at the time of delivery, however due to a subsequent change in circumstances part of the talk was found to be unlawful in England and Wales and has therefore been removed.) 3. ⚓ [Old] UK ☛ DAME_VICTORIA_SHARP,_PRESIDENT_OF_THE_KING’S_BENCH_DIVISION LORD_JUSTICE_SINGH_and_LORD_JUSTICE_WARBY;_Between_:_ARRON_BANKS Claimant/Appellant_-_and_-_CAROLE_CADWALLADR_Defendant/Respondent⠀⇛ 12. The claimant is a businessman who was a leader of the campaign for the UK to leave the EU. The defendant is a freelance journalist and writer. The TED Talk was given by the claimant on 15 April 2019 at the TED2019 Conference in Canada. It was recorded and thereafter published on the TED.com website. The words complained of were: “And I am not even going to get into the lies that Arron Banks has told about his covert relationship with the Russian Government.” The claimant’s solicitors wrote a preaction letter complaining about the TED Talk. On 24 June 2019 the defendant posted the Tweet. The words complained of were: “Oh Arron. This is too tragic. Nigel Farage’s secret funder Arron Banks has sent me a pre-action letter this morning: he’s suing me over this TED talk. If you haven’t watched it please do. I say he lied about his contact with the Russian govt. Because he did.” The Tweet contained a hyperlink to the TED talk. The claimant brought this action. [...] 27. The judge rejected the defendant’s contention that in the eyes of most viewers the claimant would have had no or no meaningful general reputation to be harmed. She held that it was impermissible for the defendant to rely for this purpose on earlier publications by the defendant and others of the allegation that the claimant had lied about his contact with the Russian government. That was contrary to the principle affirmed by the Supreme Court in Lachaux SC at [24], that “damage to the claimant’s reputation done by earlier publications of the same matter is legally irrelevant” to the question arising under section 1, as it is when assessing harm to reputation at common law (Dingle v Associated Newspapers Ltd [1964] AC 371 (“Dingle”)). The judge also rejected a contention that investigations by the Electoral Commission and others, and media reporting, had given the claimant a general bad reputation. At [90] the judge held that the claimant had established that publication of the TED talk caused serious harm to his reputation, so that the onus fell on the defendant to show that she had a defence. * Companies_Conspiring_to_Keep_Salaries_Down_and_Undermine_Competition * What_Really_Matters_to_Companies_is_Net_Income_or_Profit_(Bankruptcy_is Possible_Even_With_High_Revenue) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣌⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⢠⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣤⡄⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⣉⠻⢿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠉⠉⢙⠿⣿⠟⠋⢄⠌⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢀⣴⣝⣧⠴⣛⢿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠛⠊⠀⡀⢖⡿⢫⣠⡾⣯⣿⡀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⣴⣾⣿⡿⣡⣾⣿⠿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⢀⢄⠀⢿⣓⣕⣽⠫⢋⣵⣻⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⠋⢠⣾⣟⡟⣹⢾⡻⡿⠋⢀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⢆⢀⣓⡲⣛⢿⡝⠃⠁⣀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡄⠀⣄⡈⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠁⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⢀⠙⢊⣴⣿⣷⠉⢀⣰⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢉⣵⣿⠏⠁⠀⠃⠁⢀⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⠀⠻⣄⠈⠷⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⡟⠠⡤⡀⠀⠙⠿⠏⢁⣔⣡⠿⠋ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠀⢸⣿⣄⣐⣀⣨⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⢤⣀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣗⣉⣁⣀⣠⣤⣶⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⢀⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣶⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⠐⠚⢮⡹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⡠⠊⠆⠙⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⢩⣽⣿⣆ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠙⢿⣿⡛⠉⠻⣿⣿⠗⢀⣀⠀⡉⠉⠉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⢀⣴⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣿⡇⠀⠉⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣴⣿⣿⢹⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣄⡀⠀⠝⡛⠗⠤⠈⠀⢠⣥⠉⢳⠄⠀⠀⠐⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠋⠹⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡈⢻ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣷⣶⣶⣄⡹⣿⣥⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣍⡻⠿⠷⠦⠄⠀⠀⠠⠤⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠨ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣴⣄⠒⠙⢦⡀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣠⣴⣶⣶⣤⡀⠉⡛⠶⣄⣀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⡁⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡝⠁⠋⠛⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⡛⠛⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣤⣬⣿⣿⡿⠿⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠚⠸⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢷⡶⠂⠀⠁⠀⠀⢸⣿⡷⢿⣗⡀⠉⠈⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢋⡁⢨⣵⡴⠖⠁⠀⠉⠲⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⢒⡽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⡉⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⢩⣍⣁⠀⠀⠀⢐⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⠀⠏⠀⠓⠁⠀⠀⠀⠰⡀⠈⠁⠀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠿⠻⠉⠋⠉⠉⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠋⠋⠈⠐⢀⡕⡇⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⠆⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⠋⠀⢀⠄⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⢀⡀⣀⢀⡀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⡤⠼⠻⠏⠒⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣠⠀⠀⢀⣘⣿⡃⠀⠀⡎⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⢿⡯⣿⢿⡿⣿⢿⣿⡗⣿⠋⠙⠉⠀⢠⡉⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣍⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⡄⠀⣀⣀⣀⣈⣁⣀⣐⣃⣀⣀⡠⠶⠿⠽⠧⠴⠀⠀⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⢴⣶⢿⡿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣦⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠁⠀⠿⠿⠽⠻⠿⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⢷⡶⠶⠷⠵⠿⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣻⣶⣿⡟⣿⢹⢿⠙⠟⠈⠀⢠⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠤⣴⣶⣀⣀⠀⠀⢿⠀⠀⠀⢰⠳⠾⠶⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠋⠀⠘⠛⠃⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢸⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠺⠟ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢺⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⢿⣿⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠈⠉⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠙⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⢠ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⣺ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠄⠀⠀⣀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠇⢾⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⣀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⠀⠀⣼⣯⣀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣄⣀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⢹⣿⣿⠝⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡅⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⠘⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⢿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣤⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⡟⡇⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡑⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠻⠽⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣇⢷⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣄⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⡿⣿⣿⠜⠿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢙⡣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠂⢰⣶⠄⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠈⠁⠀⣹⣦⣴⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⣀⣸⠟⠃⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠺⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠙⠀⠉⠉⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠁⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡏⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⠀⠀⣀⠀⢀⠈⢉⣁⣀⠀⣀⡈⠛⢛⡛⢛⣛⡛⣂⣀⣀⡼⣿⠻⣿⠿⢿⡿⠿⣯⠤⠄⢸⡿⠿⣿⣿⠿⢟⣛⡛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡞⠁⢙⢠⣛⡄⡧⢬⡇⡏⠈⢳⣿⠀⢸⠥⠤⣾⠋⣛⣠⣿⣷⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣲⣿⣇⣿⡇⠀⣿⠀⠀⣾⣿⡄⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠒⠊⠋⠀⠑⠃⠀⠃⠑⠒⠋⠛⠒⠚⠒⠒⠙⠛⢻⣿⡋⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠻⠻⠛⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠙⠓⠛⠛⠋⠛⠃⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⡀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⡿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 265 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Companies_Conspiring_to_Keep_Salaries_Down_and_Undermine_Compet.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Companies_Conspiring_to_Keep_Salaries_Down_and_Undermine_Compet.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Companies Conspiring to Keep Salaries Down and Undermine Competition⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 14, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Old_Teddy_Bear⦈_ People who do all_the_practical_work are being paid less and made to work for much longer The Daily Links published_a_few_minutes_ago included two among many reports about Google "garden leave" [1,2] in the context of preventing staff taking their knowledge to another company, either creating a rival or joining a rival. Google already earned notoriety for getting staff to sign ridiculous contracts that say something along the lines of, if I create some project (outside of and) after work, then the so-called "IP" will be Google's, not mine. Many people once knew Google as the company that had literal chefs and let staff do anything they wanted (experimental personal projects) once a week. Those days are long gone. In more recent years Google and other companies conspired not to allow staff to move from one to another; the goal was to lower salaries, not to retain key staff. And "apropos the two DeepMind 'garden leave' articles," said a reader, linking to [3] and another_old_article ("Borland Charges Microsoft Stole Away Its Employees", The Wall Street Journal in 1997), consider what happened nearly 30 years ago: "Borland International Inc. filed suit in California state court, charging Microsoft Corp. with an illegal recruiting blitz aimed at taking Borland programmers and thwarting its financial turnaround. The charge adds to the litany of complaints by Microsoft's rivals, who have claimed the software giant engages in predatory business practices. The dispute highlights an increasingly contentious issue, as companies vie for a limited pool of high- level developers." Make no mistake about it. The net effect is, there are fewer choices in the market and salaries go down. Despite Android's rapid growth, Google has just laid off hundreds of workers, many of whom connected to Android. This isn't the 90s; the market has changed a lot since then. █ _____________ 1. ⚓ Google_DeepMind's_Weapon_in_the_AI_Talent_War:_Aggressive_Noncompetes⠀⇛ Google DeepMind has put some employees with a noncompete on extended garden leave. These employees are still paid by DeepMind but no longer work for it for the duration of the noncompete agreement. 2. ⚓ Google_Is_Allegedly_Paying_Top_AI_Researchers_to_Just_Sit_Around_and Not_Work_for_the_Competition⠀⇛ Known as "garden leave," this type of cushy clause is the luckier stepsister to so-called "noncompete" agreements, which prohibit employees and contractors from working with a competitor for a designated period of time after they depart an employer. Ostensibly meant to prevent aggressive poaching, these sorts of clauses also bar outgoing employees from working with competitors. 3. ⚓ [Old] Borland_and_Microsoft_settle_lawsuit_|_ZDNET⠀⇛ The Borland suit accused Microsoft of "systematically raiding" its personnel in an "insidious" attempt to weaken the smaller company's efforts to right itself. Microsoft used lavish signing bonuses, sabbaticals and vacations to woo Borland employees. Borland said it lost 34 key software architects, marketing managers and engineers to Microsoft over 30 months. * Links_14/04/2025:_Disinformation,_Public_Disdain_for_LLMs,_and_"Lessons on_Tyranny" * Carole_Cadwalladr_Talks_About_How_Big_Business_Tried_to_Silence_Her_(and Why_You_Might_be_Next) ⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣻⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣨⣽⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⡶⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣯⣭⣿⣶⣶⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿ ⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠟⠛⠋⠉⠁⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣻⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠿⠿⠷⠞⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠰⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠠⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠀⠀⠰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠄⠆⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠶⢷⣦⣀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⢘⣇⣀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠄⠄⠀⠌⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⣤⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠇⠀⣽⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢁⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣶⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣶⣶⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠄⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠓⣲⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣶⣶⣶⡮⢽⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣤⣽⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣯⣝⣛⢷⣶⣿⣿⣶⣶⠶⢶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣾⣿⣿⣟⣉⣉⣽⣭⣭⣿⣿⣿⣛⣋⣉⣿⣍⣭⣭⣽⣿⠿⠟⠛⠛⣿⠛⣛⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣷⠾⠿⢿⡟⠛⠻⠿⠒⠒⠒⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠡⠤⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣭⣟⣛⣋⠉⣭⣽⣭⣭⣭⣽⣿⠛⠛⠉⣿⠉⠙⠛⠛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣃⣿⣟⣛⣉⣉⡉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠦⡀⠀⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀ ⣿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣯⣻⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠤⢤⠀⠠⠤⢀⣈⣈⣛⣛⣋⣉⣉⣩⣭⣿⣿⣿⠛⠫⠛⠿⠟⠉⣭⣿⣿⣟⣛⠛⡛⠿⠿⠷⣿⠿⠿⢿⡿⠟⠛⠛⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⡿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣳⣶⣾⣯⣥⠒⣿⠶⢶⣿⣷⡷⠶⠦⢼⡯⢭⣽⣿⣿⣿⠿⣭⣭⣵⣷⣒⣒⣶⣶⣶⣚⣻⣽⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣒⣲⣟⠷⣶⣶⣤⣬⣭⡍⠀⢠⣿⣂⡀⣒⠶⠂⠀⠐⠛⠛⣿⠏⠙⠢⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣷⠀⠈ ⣽⣿⣭⣍⣉⣙⣿⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⡛⠛⢿⡿⠶⢶⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⡶⢾⡷⢬⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣭⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡲⣿⡿⢿⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣽⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣹⣿⣛⣶⣶⣾⣯⣭⣭⣖⣒⣿⣒⣒ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 391 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Hundreds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Net_Headcount_Decrease_in_the_Uni.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Hundreds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Net_Headcount_Decrease_in_the_Uni.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Hundreds of Microsoft Layoffs (Net Headcount Decrease) in the United Kingdom⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 14, 2025, updated Apr 14, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Microsoft_cuts_hundreds_of_UK_jobs_even_as_profits_soared⦈_ Older: * Microsoft's_Latest_Headcount_Suggests_Over_20,000_Laid_Off_Last_Year_(Net Loss) * Headcount_Shows_This_Year's_Microsoft_Layoffs_Aren't_About_Blizzard_or Activision,_They're_Mostly_About_XBox_Failing * IBM_and_Microsoft_Fake_Headcount_in_Exactly_the_Same_Way_(While_Mass Layoffs_Persist_and_Real_Revenue_Falls,_Not_Just_Compared_to_Inflation Rates) * Microsoft_Layoffs_in_2024_Didn't_Stop_at_the_'Official'_Headcount_of ~2,000,_More_Said_to_Come * Microsoft_Has_Already_Laid_Off_Tens_of_Thousands_of_Workers,_"Headcount" is_Misleading_Spin_From_Microsoft-Funded_Sites * More_Microsoft_Cuts_and_Layoffs_(Microsoft_Media_Mole_Jordan_Novet_Tries to_Float_"Hiring_Freezes"_Spin_After_the_"Headcount"_Spin_Failed) Those who have been following Techrights closely enough will know that "headcount" is a rather poor measure of Microsoft's economic decline (see the half dozen links above). The short story is, there is more to the typical media stories than the net loss/reduction, including aspects like temporary workforce, contractors, and factors like RTO, "early" (sometimes forced) retirements, and offshoring (replacing "expensive" - as in senior - people with many cheaper workers on a short leash; the replacements can give an illusion of relative growth). So it is a somewhat misleading and face-saving yardstick, just like "unemployment"_or_"job_opening"_measures/figures. "Microsoft cuts hundreds of UK jobs," said this_report_just_5_hours_ago, citing another_site which had said: "The US tech giant reduced its headcount from 5,540 to 5,337 in the year to 30 June, 2024, new accounts filed with Companies House show. The reduction comes after Microsoft’s headcount grew from 4,955 in the previous 12 months." Remember that Microsoft took over a company in that period - a company with UK presence. Set aside part-time and alumnus status; some people admitted to the media that they work some of the time for Microsoft and at the same time for another company. They don't get sufficient hours from Microsoft. There are many other curious aspects, but this isn't a complete listing of those. So headcount decreased, just like at Brett_Wilson_LLP, which Microsofters paid to SLAPP us and threaten/extort_us_repeatedly. Only days ago we said that in 2025 (so far) we already_see_at_least_six_large waves_of_Microsoft_layoffs. That's in less than 100 days. █ * Links_14/04/2025:_Russian_Attack_on_Sumy_Shows_No_Intention_of_Peace, Virgin_Australia_Admits_Overcharging_People * Gemini_Links_14/04/2025:_Silver_Pigs_and_more_Foundation,_Disliking Computers ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠉⠈⠙⠃⠞⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠓⠀⠀⠟⠁⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⢿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣷⣤⣥⣴⣯⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣦⣼⣽⣤⣤⣤⣿⣮⣤⣤⣤⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣦⣬⣼⣤⣤⣤⣴⣦⣼⣤⣤⣤⣵⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣴⣤⣭⣯⣶⣤⣥⣼⣤⣮⣤⣤⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣄ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡟⣛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⢠⠋⢸⢸⢭⡏⣝⠭⠋⡩⠩⢹⢨⠨⣿⠩⢍⠿⡇⢽⡉⣿⢨⣽⠹⢹⢩⢹⢩⢸⢩⡋⣙⢩⢸⡉⣿⠫⢝⢨⣿⠸⠇⡇⡱⣿⢸⢩⢹⠨⠩⡉⣿⢉⢩⠋⡏⡉⣯⡍⣿⠉⠩⡉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 493 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Influencers_Red_Hat_Inc_s_IPO_1999_post_mortem_on_the_directed_.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Influencers_Red_Hat_Inc_s_IPO_1999_post_mortem_on_the_directed_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Influencers: Red Hat, Inc's IPO, 1999, post-mortem on the directed share offer to open source developer community⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 14, 2025 20:00 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 Reprinted with permission from Daniel_Pocock. Red_Hat,_Inc decided to list shares on the stock market for the first time in 1999. The plan was announced in June 1999. Around 21 July 1999, Red_Hat sent a private email to external developers and volunteers offering them the opportunity to buy the shares at the opening price. Subject: A personal invitation from Red_Hat Dear open source community member: In appreciation of your contribution to the open source community, Red_Hat is pleased to offer you this personal, non-transferable, opportunity. Red_Hat couldn't have grown this far without the ongoing help and support of the open source community, ... Therefore, we have reserved a portion of the stock in our offering for distribution online to certain members of the open source community. We invite you to participate. ... It is important to emphasize that Red_Hat was not giving the shares away for free. People had to pay for them. They were not stock options either, they were full shares, which meant people had to submit payment for the full price of every share they wanted. There were limits on the offer. According to the prospectus_filed_with_the_SEC, a total of 800,000 shares were reserved out of the 6 million shares in the IPO. At the request of Red_Hat, the underwriters have reserved up to 800,000 shares of common stock for sale at the initial public offering price through a directed share program, to directors, officers and employees of Red_Hat and to open source software developers and other persons that Red_Hat believes have contributed to the success of the open source software community and the growth of Red_Hat. The IPO took place on 11 August 1999. On 17 August 1999, ZDNet published a_report,_"Linux_hackers_miss_IPO_boat". In their report, they tell us that the offer was sent to 3,500 open source developers and approximately 2,000 developers responded. Out of that, approximately 200 developers were rejected and didn't get any stock due to SEC regulations that protect inexperience investors from this type of offer. The report notes that each developer was entitled to buy a minimum of 100 shares and a maximum of 400 shares. If all 3,500 recipients had asked for 400 shares each that would have been a demand for 1.4 million shares, well in excess of the 800,000 shares reserved for the program. It appears that the reserved shares were not fully subscribed by volunteers and E*Trade started offering some of them to the rest of their customers. In practice, it appears that 1,800 people successfully asked for the shares but we don't know how many each person received. It is in the range from 180,000 to 720,000 shares. The developers were given shares at a price of $14 per share. The share price went up to $50 per share and a few days later it was $85.25 per share at the time of the ZDNet article. 720,000 shares at $85.25 per share means that volunteers had acquired $61.4 million of equity in Red_Hat. Under SEC rules, management can not publicly promote their company in the three months before an IPO and in the month after the IPO. By sending this offer to 3,500 developers Red_Hat was able to create an army of influencers who discussed the IPO far and wide. Looking at the Slashdot archives, we find approximately_a_dozen_different Slashdot_reports_about_the_IPO. Each of those reports has hundreds of comments. Some related news reports: Wired emphasizes many of the offers were sent to Debian_Developers. CNet published a report about the negative_responses_in_the_community. C. Scott Ananian writes about jumping through hoops to get some shares and the pain_of_being_excluded_from_the_offer. Sonar published an article looking_back_at_the_scheme and they include some fresh quotes from Bob Young. Linux World published an article back in the day and then decided to hide it. The article is quoted in this_2018_blog_post_from_Harish_Pillay. On the debian-private gossip network, of which thousands of messages have already been leaked for the period before the IPO, there was intense discussion about the proposition. Subject: Re: RedHat Surprise Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 09:34:29 -0500 (EST) From: chris mckillop Reply-To: chris mckillop To: Ivan E. Moore II CC: debian-private@lists.debian.org On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > > > Would it be possible for uninterested Debian developers to pool their > > > offers towards a common "Debian" buyout? Perhaps we could end up with > > > some kind of shareholder voting power? (of course, then we'd need > > > a new mailing list, debian-redhat-takeover) > > > > > > > This would be amazing! Is it legal?? > > Now, if Debian wanted to as a whole do this for the sole purpose > of an investment and not for some monopolistic control standpoint than that > would be a different story. (not saying that's what the intent was, but that's > just what I fear). > I am looking for a way to put say, $300 up into the IPO as a Canadian. With the offer RedHat is making, is it legal for someone to do this? chris ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ chris mckillop - cdm@debian.org "The faster I go, the behinder I get." Debian GNU/Linux -- Lewis Carroll http://www.debian.org/ Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group - http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~warg/ Buying out a company is not so easy. A few months later, in November 1999, Red Hat simply created more shares, diluting the value of existing shares. The_new shares_were_used_to_acquire_a_competitor,_Cygnus. The cash raised from the IPO gave Red_Hat the balance sheet to justify the takeover on terms that were good for Red_Hat management. The proposition sent to open source volunteers helped Red_Hat identify potential recruits without having to go through recruitment agencies. In modern times, we see a lot more news reports around the ethical issues facing influencers on social media. In 1999, there were no regulations for influencers. In fact, the term influencer didn't even exist in the sense that we know it today. Another way to view this directed share offer: people owning the shares would be more favourable to Red_Hat's interests and less likely to be one hundred percent objective in discussions about controversial topics like systemd. We could think of it is a form of social_engineering_attack. We can see the impact in this email where people are asked to be polite to Red Hat: Subject: RedHat Surprise Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 00:09:50 -0500 (EST) From: Matthew R. Pavlovich To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-private@lists.debian.org In light of RedHat's recent offer to many debian developers, I want to make a suggestion to those who do not accept RedHat's method of making the offer. Do not send back a nasty e-mail message cursing them for spamming. If you feel obligated to tell them your opinion, please consider using your non-debian e-mail address. It is very easy for people to mistaken the opinion of one for the opinion of the whole. EVERY e-mail message you send with a debian.org e-mail address reflects Debian as an organization. Redhat did not have to include anyone in their offer. This is a very considerate and thoughtful gesture on their part. Redhat is good for Linux as a whole. We may have some differences, but IMO they should not be viewed as our enemy. They are going to be investing a lot of money into Linux development, which means good paying jobs for open source developers. IF YOU READ ONE SECTION, READ THIS: ------- I am not saying anyone is wrong for having an opinion or that they should not express it, the focus of my point is to stress taking into account the fact that individual opinions are taken as opinions of the entire organization. Matthew R. Pavlovich In other words, the organization doesn't have a consistent definition of spam that we are willing to defend. FOSDEM recently fell into the same trap, inviting Jack Dorsey for "bring your boss day". FOSDEM used to be an event for developers. From time to time, discussions appear on Debian mailing lists about whether everybody should declare their conflicts of interest, that is, their employer, their shareholdings and their romantic partners who participate in the same community. By creating these hidden financial relationships that span multiple free software projects, Red_Hat was creating the foundation for cult-like behavior. As more and more serious transgressions have occurred over the years, people have routinely covered them up. 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https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/LLM_Slop_and_SEO_SPAM_Take_Us_Further_Away_From_Facts_the_Case_.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/LLM_Slop_and_SEO_SPAM_Take_Us_Further_Away_From_Facts_the_Case_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ LLM Slop and SEO SPAM Take Us Further Away From Facts (the Case of IBM Layoffs)⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 14, 2025, updated Apr 14, 2025 Two weeks ago: R.T.O._at_IBM_in_Texas_and_Atlanta_(State_of_Georgia)_Expected as_"Soft_Layoffs"_Catalyst_This_Coming_Year I've been trying to understand what goes on at IBM because there are many layoffs going on there (days ago people said_the_layoffs_in_Canada_still_went on after months_of_recess). Hours ago somebody_wrote_about_the_above_(IBM_in southern_US): "No, the Dallas office is not closing. Also, there is a new round of RTO coming, to be announced next week." Another new_comment: "Only the Barfield office is closing for now in Atlanta. All people going to Barfield are relocating to the Brookhaven office which is the last office in Atlanta." Some of these can impact Red Hat as well. Red Hat after bluewashing [1, 2, 3, 4] is indistinguishable from IBM. Red Hat does not retain much of its own identity, so "IBM layoffs" include Red Hat. We recently wrote about how information about layoffs was impacted by LLM slop [1, 2, 3]. For each real report there can be 10 fake ones, "derived" from the real one (LLM plagiarism). "Google News" is terrible these days. It's full of LLM slop, such as the following: (it says "Windows, Linux, and ESXi"; it was LLM slop made for visibility with a slop image) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇HelloKitty_Ransomware_Returns,_Launching_Attacks_on_Windows, Linux,_and_ESXi_Environments⦈_ Don't be mistaken, the above is a fake 'article' and it reaffirms the dead Internet_theory. It impacts Google too. To quote: "In 2024, Google reported that its search results were being inundated with websites that "feel like they were created for search engines instead of people". In correspondence with Gizmodo, a Google spokesperson acknowledged the role of generative AI in the rapid proliferation of such content and that it could displace more valuable human-made alternatives. Bots using LLMs are anticipated to increase the amount of spam, and run the risk of creating a situation where bots interacting with each other create "self-replicating prompts" that result in loops only human users could disrupt." So anyway, I was trying to use "Google News" to see if someone had reported on IBM layoffs and this is what I got: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Bad_news_of_employees_of_this_tech_giant_as_many_to_be sacked_due_to…,_not_Narayana_Murthy’s_Infosys,_Ratan_Tata’s_TCS,_Google, Microsoft,_IBM,_name_is…⦈_ These clickbait titles are becoming annoying, scattering unrelated names and brands for SEO spam. What is this article about? TikTok. The Web is in a terrible shape. Wikipedia says: "The dead Internet theory has two main components: that organic human activity on the web has been displaced by bots and algorithmically curated search results, and that state actors are doing this in a coordinated effort to manipulate the human population." 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═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/The_Dilemma_of_Web_Browsers_Lying_About_What_They_Are_in_Order_.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/The_Dilemma_of_Web_Browsers_Lying_About_What_They_Are_in_Order_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ The Dilemma of Web Browsers Lying About What They Are (in Order to Bypass Discriminatory Gateways Like Clownflare) Worsens Due to LLM Slop⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 14, 2025 LLM crawlers/scrapers have made sites more restrictive and hostile towards browsers that are potent but not "famous" 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇You_are_a_bot._No,_I_am_a_loyal_reader.⦈_ We recently published a bunch_of_articles_about_how_Clownflare_was_screwing "small"_browsers_and_users_of_such_browsers. It's not just Clownflare; many sites do the same, even without Clownflare or with some rival of Clownflare. Their most common excuse these days is that LLM slop worries them; hence, collective punishment with collateral damage. Are you nonconformist? They want you to suffer. I received a relatively rude response from a Mozilla founder, according to himself, whose site I could no longer access. What I could gather from this reply is that I should either quit using Falkon or ask Falkon to "lie better" about what it is. Me: I cannot access your site anymore using Falkon. Maybe you can tweak the access rules? Thank you, Him: It is impersonating Chrome 83, which was released *five years ago*. So, no. Me: Falkon is still more free than Chrome and LLM slop scrapers can impersonate anything, including permissible [sic] clients/user- agents. Good sites do not sniff user-agents, nor should the back end have PHP, database etc. In 2023 we went fully static. LLM nuisance stopped bothering us. Best regards, Him: Good for you. I would suggest that impersonating a UA that is used almost exclusively by botnets is perhaps not in your best interest. So my browser is now presumed "botnets" and is blocked. This comes after a lot of ranting by the above person about LLMs. So that's yet another way LLMs ruin the Web, leading to fewer browsers still being in use: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Browser_Market_Share_Worldwide:_Firefox_near_2%⦈_ Shouldn't a person who helped start Mozilla recognise the importance of browser diversity? Firefox used to suffer a lot from sniffers of user-agents. 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See below. Who to blame for layoffs at IBM ? Layoffs at IBM are testimonies of the failure, the incompetence and the corruption at all levels of leadership. No leader is exempt from the blame. First and foremost, the technical leadership that fail into mediocrity and produces subpar products. US technical leadership produces garbage, that is not technically competitive. In order to sell it, lowering the cost price is required, The executive leadership found an easy and stupid way, offshore the work to India. Now, leadership get fat bonuses, customers get garbage and US employees get the boot. [...] I’m not sure it’s quite that simple. In addition to everything op said, IBM hit the bad side of scale. I think all big tech is in a way, except the difference with IBM is they hit it over a decade ago. I’m astonished that it takes three quarters to deliver basic features, I’m astonished there is zero pathway for SaaS models - it’s like working in the stone age. What little scraps of ‘product’ is produced isn’t enough to feed the big blue machine. The only reason ibm is surviving is its size, which is also the thing that’s slowly ki-ling it. IBM generates $202,620 in revenue per employee in 2024, where as Google generated $1.92 million. Leadership in ibm are not just responsible for the terrible ‘products’ they are also responsible for how the business scales. They are doing an equally bad job at both. Between ripping out teams that make us competitive like UX and research, and outsourcing to India things won’t improve. No disrespect to anyone from the India geo, but the general trend I’m seeing is everyone having a tough bedding down period. The tech scene isn’t as mature as the us and while the skills exist in the geo, quality and standards have to be communicated which is causing massive delays and shipping poorer quality - if you get to ship. This is a game of decades for ibm. The yardstick to look at is Profit_per_Employee, not "Revenue" (a company can have very high revenue and still be in deep debt with losses, i.e. growing debt plus interest on the debt to constantly pay). Having just mentioned more mass_layoffs_at_Google (despite the above-alleged $1.92 million in revenue per employee) and same_for_IBM, let's examine how companies almost_a_trillion_dollars_in_debt fare: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇The_Companies_with_the_Highest_Profit_per_Employee_Ranked⦈_ Google is not there and there's hardly technology in the top 10 (Microsoft is #35, but we know its_results_are_fake). We ought to stop talking about revenue without focusing on actual profit. A lot of today's economics got so bad that fools_get_seduced/lured_into_pyramid schemes_with_a_"cryptic"_vocabulary_and_an_online_cult. Moreover, companies that compensate staff with shares (not salaries/rewards) inflate their own value while giving hard-working people nothing but tokens (which cost the company nothing to fabricate and help fake supposed "market cap" - not the same as real "value"). It'll get worse. The schemes are not sustainable. For instance, later this month the debt-saddled Microsoft will talk about "revenue" as the quarterly results come out; after losing some government contracts in the "cost-saving" efforts (many licences for government departments) it'll be more obvious and clear why there have been so_many layoffs_this_year and cuts to datacentres (even those in the middle of the construction process). Those layoffs lead to additional problems. As an associate put it: "How many permatemps and contractors are let go without having to say a word to the SEC? Worse these "former" Microsofters go and infect other work places with their toxic work culture, lack of values, and not-fit-for-purpose products." Yes, well... that also happened when IBM laid off hundreds of thousands of workers. 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White diamond, welcomes me. There she spots something. White diamond Your gems looks dimmer than normal. Is spinel is back at earth again? Louq No, I havn’t seen her ever since that attack. White diamond I think that gems getting dimmer is normal. I dont see an issue, but who am I to judge. You should see the other diamonds, they might be happy to see you. Louq Okay then, I will do what you say. # ⚓ The_Silver_Pigs_and_more_Foundation⠀⇛ The last two books I read were The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis and Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov. The Silver Pigs is the first in a long series of historical mysteries set in ancient Rome focused on a detective called Didius Falco. It's in the noir style, with Falco himself narrating with a cynical and comical eye. There's interesting stuff. He's a republican, so opposes the emperor in principle, but also gets wrapped up in an imperial case. He travels between Rome, the city, and England, and the historical detail seems well researched and authentic. He has a fun home life, with various colourful characters that will become regulars in the series. I was surprised that the romance was one of the most enjoyable things for me, but maybe that's a sign I should read more romance stuff! o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ I_really_dislike_computers_sometimes⠀⇛ I've got to figure something out with the arrangement of my bedroom/office. Right now, I have two desks in the shape of an L in the corner. This corner is necessary because that's where the outlets are. One of the desks holds my gaming PC, and the other desk holds my main Linux workstation along with my NAS and homelab machines. I'd rather have: (1) one desk for my gaming PC and Linux workstation, and (2) the other desk for my homelab equipment. The problem with (1) is that I'd like to be able to have one set of peripheral devices that can connect to both my gaming PC and Linux workstation, and conveniently switch between them when I want to. One way this is possible is just by unplugging and plugging in each peripheral device (keyboard, mouse, monitor) into the desired machine. But this would be a pain in the fundament, because my gaming PC doesn't have any ports conveniently on the front of the machine, so I'd have to crawl down under the desk and reach into the back of the machine every time. I could also use USB hubs for this and save myself from having to crawl under the desk. I can have a USB hub for each machine. This would at least cover the keyboard and mouse. As for the monitor, my current monitor only has one DisplayPort port, so I'd have to keep unplugging and plugging in DisplayPort cables for both machines. Maybe I can find a monitor that has more than one DisplayPort, and use the monitor's buttons to toggle between them. Or some kind of splitter/ switch hub thingy that has a button that I can just press to toggle which machine uses the monitor (if such a thing exists?). Another way would be Bluetooth peripheral devices that I'd have to keep charged and paired constantly – but that idea can go straight the fuck to Hell where it belongs. # ⚓ OLauncher_and_decorating_imaginary_places⠀⇛ Sometimes when I'm sat in front of a computer I'll find myself moving the mouse cursor around in patterns, as a kind of fidgeting. It's not to navigate through anything or interact with an application, I'm just zoned out and I'm moving something to see it move.  Sometimes when I'm using a terminal-based application I'm struck by the lack of mouse functionality. It's just me and the keyboard. If I press a key I'm doing something towards some end; if I don't, I'm just considering what to do next. In this case the tool doesn't have an aimless fidgeting option. # ⚓ OH_BROTHER⠀⇛ It's been a while since I posted, by my usual standards. The frustrations of my usual business failings have been getting me pretty depressed lately, and not conducive to producing text that's worth uploading. But at the same time I did finish that little website project (its usefulness apparantly appreciated mainly by myself) and obtained a good few new toys for free. One less interesting toy, only in my custody for the sake of its repair, is the ~10 year old Brother A3 ink-jet printer/scanner from the fire station. I don't think anyone else actually cares much if it's fixed. The fire brigade just spent over $100 on new ink for it, but that only reinforces their opinion that the vaguely similar cost of buying a whole new printer is easily justified, and even if I fix it some gung ho type might still do that anyway. Of course since it hardly gets used, 90% of that $100 ink gets squirted into the sponge inside when it does head cleaning whever someone does actually print with it. A laser printer would be a vastly saner option, but that costs more to begin with so per the half-second of thought the average consumer puts towards purchasing decisions it's not an option. It's all playing the printer manufacturer's game to a T, and that really annoys me since it's charity funds being wasted. In fact this is the sort of thing that puts me off funding or getting involved with charities in the first place. Or really, puts me off dealing with other people entirely. They're all in their own separate world, and it's no place I want to be. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Gopher_drama,_a_review⠀⇛ Tonight I caught up on the scuttlebutt with gopher aggregators. They turn our little dynamic corner of the mostly static set of ftp directories linked by gophermaps into social media. I love the quiet gopher "stacks" where things rarely change, and our little network of diaries, 'zines, and logbooks. There's drama this week, rare and delightful in our little network of directories! Spring, always one of my favorite gopher writers, wrote a sweet little ode to good earplugs. Spring's a fellow devotee of letting go of overly complex, fragile means and unnecessary ends. Morena wrote a great complaint, dripping with opin- ionated aesthetic and technical judgement, excor- iating Spring's little ode and many of the rest of us, including me I'm sure. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. * Hundreds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_(Net_Headcount_Decrease)_in_the_United Kingdom * next ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2059 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Gemini Links 14/04/2025: Ween and Historic Ada Project Management⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 14, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Snickers_is_hiding.⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Governance_in_a_Right_To_Manage_company⠀⇛ Right To Manage companies ("RTMcos") are a specialised sort of company used in the UK to manage blocks of flats, often in the circumstance where the owner of the whole block of flats has sufficiently irritated the owners of the individual flats. The RTMco has two groups of people involved: the members and the directors. Anyone who owns a flat in the building has a right to be a member of the RTMco. The members get to choose the directors, and the directors collectively exercise the powers of the company on behalf of the members. Conventionally, the directors will appoint a managing agent to run the building. This agent might be a commercial company that specialises in property management, or an individual who does that, and such agents might well work for many unconnected blocks. In a few cases, the directors choose not to employ any agent, but this is unwise except in very small buildings. Having a managing agent is therefore an *informal* requirement. On the other hand, having RTMco members and RTMco directors is very much a legal necessity. # ⚓ Ween_Part_One:_The_Boognishing⠀⇛ In late 1994, I heard an album that was unlike any I had heard. The band was called Ween, and I wanted to help their pony. Recently, I have been watching old videos of their performances in the mid 1990s and lamenting that Deaner is not well enough to tour. I have become increasingly concerned that the two times I have seen them live would be my only times seeing them. Yesterday, I was speaking to one of my dearest friends and family--JP (one of the live Ween shows I saw was with him). When I told him of my recent concerns, he conveyed that he had attended their last live performance in Spokane, WA. At that show, JP had a vision of the importance of The Stallion. Midway through the show, he began shouting between songs, "IT"S ALL BECAUSE OF THE STALLION!" When he relayed this experience to me, I realized that I was woefully uninitiated to the band's lore and needed to journey deep into the Ween experience. I didn't even know their "little guy" drawing had a name and was indeed a demon/god called The Boognish. So I have committed to listening to all their records in release order and journaling here about the experience. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ What_I_have_learned_from_porting_DRACONDI_onto_the_TI-74S⠀⇛ To be honest, I don't remember the last time before the last week when I wrote anything worthwhile in any BASIC dialect. As I already mentioned in my previous post, my programming journey started from an RPN-programmable calculator and then I jumped straight to C and JS. I missed out on Pascal for the most part (although I read about it a lot) and surely missed out on any BASIC environments except for some Mobile BASIC on the Nokia 3100 and VBScript (sic) although I had enough literature to pick it up on the first opportunity. And, of course, once I learned C and C-like syntax, I never since thought of going back to the world of mandatory line numbers and having $ in any string- related things. However, if I wanted to hop on a bike I never had in the childhood, I needed to finally face this and learn the TI-74's BASIC dialect in order to write anything useful and stick to my initial plan, and this was exactly what I did when I wrote my previous post. # ⚓ Historic_Ada_Project_Management⠀⇛ The "ada/asr" subtree on PAL disk 2 is an archive of the "Ada Software Repository" (ASR) which I find interesting because there seems to be a coherent vision of how software should be developed, and tools to back it up. A lot of the credit for this is due to Richard Conn, whose name I see popping up over the place. I hope he's doing well. I've resurrected some old projects and submitted them to Alire: * pager2, a text file archiver/unarchiver * ptf, a nroff clone. This is from a family tree including the "Software Tools" and "Software Tools in Pascal" books, which are quite good. * x1804, a primitive doc generator, like Doxygen =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. * Over_at_Tux_Machines... * LLM_Slop_and_SEO_SPAM_Take_Us_Further_Away_From_Facts_(the_Case_of_IBM Layoffs) ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2222 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 14/04/2025: Disinformation, Public Disdain for LLMs, and "Lessons on Tyranny"⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 14, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇the_photoshoot⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Career/Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ James G ☛ What_we_see_in_our_websites_(and_why_I_am_so_excited about_the_web)⠀⇛ With every personal website made, every web page published, every story told, every experiment embarked on, we can expand the aperture of the web. We can introduce people to its potential. We can expand the potential of the web, too. I sometimes hear people talk about the “old web”, a term that I increasingly think is not apt. While speaking to a creative time on the web, I am more excited about the question: given all that we have done with the web, what can we do now? What excites you? o ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Tuning_Out_the_Algorithm_at_WFMU⠀⇛ For the DJs of WFMU, free-form radio is not simply a means to play music without boundaries. It is a vital alternative to corporate streaming platforms like Spotify, which treat music as nothing other than monetizable data. o ⚓ The New Atlantis ☛ The_New_Control_Society⠀⇛ As we approach the moment when all information everywhere from all time is available to everyone at once, what we find is not new artistic energy, not explosive diversity, but stifling sameness. Everything is converging — and it’s happening even as the power of the old monopolies and centralized tastemakers is broken up. Are the powerful platforms now in charge? Or are the forces at work today something even bigger? o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ Donald_Trump_and_DOGE_[sic]_Are_Threatening America’s_Weather_Forecasting⠀⇛ The weather app you use? It almost certainly relies on the observational data that NOAA collects from dozens of doppler radars across the U.S., geostationary satellites, its weather balloon network, surface stations, buoys out in the ocean and more. If NOAA can’t operate at its usual levels, the forecasts you get from that app could become a lot less accurate. These weather forecasts are critical for the transportation industry and many other industries. It’s also important to be able to accurately predict the weather when severe weather events threaten communities across the nation. o § Career/Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ A_century_ago,_an_explosion_of_free thought_burst_from_Kansas._It_filled_pockets_—_and_minds.⠀⇛ Making a connection with a physical book is a reminder that you and it are of the world. There is comfort in the feel and smell and heft of books, new and old. They were our first mass medium and they remain vital in communicating important, world-changing ideas. Most of us can readily name the handful of books that shaped our lives. Near the top of my list is 1975’s “The Monkey Wrench Gang.” o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2025-04-04_[Older]_Taiwan’s_latest computer_chip_has_serious_implications_for_technology_–_and the_island’s_security⠀⇛ o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_German_fencer_talks about_bulimia_and_calls_for_change⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_Prostate_cancer:_A_new at-home_saliva_test_beats_blood_test⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_Cheeto_Mussolini tariffs:_Why_won't_countries_buy_US_meat_products?⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-04-06_[Older]_Tariffs_on_Canadian_goods_having_a 'devastating_effect,'_U.S._farmers_say⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_What_can_be_done_to tackle_'forever_chemicals?'⠀⇛ # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Psychologist_reveals_3_major_benefits_of_being alone_—_despite_the_stigma⠀⇛ Psychologist Virginia Thomas explains some of the health benefits associated with "positive solitude." # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hongkongers_warned_air_pollution health_risk_to_remain_high_into_Monday⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s Air Quality Health Index (AQI) health risk category reached “very high” at 8 of the Environmental Protection Department’s (EPD) 18 monitoring stations on Sunday. The EPD warned that the risk may reach the “high” category or above at some stations into Monday. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ MRI_Scans_Causing_Nasty_Material_to_Form_Inside Body,_Scientists_Find⠀⇛ As a University of New Mexico (UNM) press release explains, researchers at the institution's medical school believe they've found a link between oxalic acid — a molecule found in foods as disparate as sweet potatoes, spinach, chocolate and almonds, as well as some Vitamin C supplements — and the toxic building of gadolinium, the heavy metal element used in contrast dyes that works with an MRI's magnetic field to help doctors see internal organs on scans. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Doctors_Say_They’ve_Found_a_Way_to_Clean_the Microplastics_Out_of_Your_Body⠀⇛ In a similar vein, the desire to get those foreign and synthetic particulates out of one's blood, and to clean one's blood in general, makes some degree of sense. According to Cohen, longevity influencer Bryan Johnson's interest in so-called "total plasma exchange" — a more extreme apheresis procedure he used to get his son's blood filtered into his own — where all of the body's plasma is removed and replaced with proteins and antibodies, has been a big boon for her business. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ This_Is_Your_Social_Safety_Net_on_DOGE_ [sic]⠀⇛ You already know how that works out for the U.S., because it’s one of the biggest single differences between the cost of living in other first world countries and the U.S. # ⚓ The Independent UK ☛ Measles_exploded_in_Texas_after stagnant_vaccine_funding._New_cuts_threaten_the_same_across the_US⠀⇛ The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say. # ⚓ Chris O'Donnnell ☛ 8_Days_Without_Facebook⠀⇛ Today marks 8 days since I disabled my account. I thought muscle memory would bring me to the login page regularly for a few days at least, but that has not been an issue. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ CISA ☛ 2025-04-04_[Older]_Ivanti_Releases_Security_Updates for_Connect_Secure,_Policy_Secure_&_ZTA_Gateways Vulnerability_(CVE-2025-22457)⠀⇛ # ⚓ India News ☛ Bad_news_of_employees_of_this_tech_giant_as many_to_be_sacked_due_to… [Ed: These clickbait titles are becoming annoying]⠀⇛ TikTok is already struggling due to the US tariffs on China in the United States and has now laid off its employees who failed to meet performance expectations last year. # § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Learning_Linux_Kernel_Modules_Using_COM Binary_Support [Ed: Seems like the wrong approach, but this is about warping the narrative]⠀⇛ Have you ever felt the urge to make your own private binary format for use in Linux? Perhaps you have looked at creating the smallest possible binary when compiling a project, and felt disgusted with how bloated the ELF format is? If you are like [Brian Raiter], then this has led you down many rabbit holes, with the conclusion being that flat binary formats are the way to go if you want sleek, streamlined binaries. These are formats like COM, which many know from MS- DOS, but which was already around in the CP/ M days. Here ‘flat’ means that the entire binary is loaded into RAM without any fuss or foreplay. Although Linux does not (yet) support this binary format, the good news is that you can learn how to write kernel modules by implementing COM support for the Linux kernel. In the article [Brian] takes us down this COM rabbit hole, which involves setting up a kernel module development environment and exploring how to implement a binary file format. This leads us past familiar paths for those who have looked at e.g. how the Linux kernel handles the shebang (#!) and ‘misc’ formats. # § Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Poll_Finds_Americans_Are_Largely_Disgusted by_AI-Generated_News⠀⇛ As the United States' biggest news brands experiment with artificial intelligence in their content, readers remain unimpressed. In a new poll conducted by Poynter and the University of Minnesota, nearly half of the survey's respondents said they don't want AI reporting the news to them — and 20 percent say that news publishers shouldn't be using the technology at all. # ⚓ Wired ☛ Small_Language_Models_Are_the_New_Rage, Researchers_Say⠀⇛ But this power comes at a cost. Training a model with hundreds of billions of parameters takes huge computational resources. To train its Gemini 1.0 Ultra model, for example, Google reportedly spent $191 million. Large language models (LLMs) also require considerable computational power each time they answer a request, which makes them notorious energy hogs. A single query to ChatGPT consumes about 10 times as much energy as a single Google search, according to the Electric Power Research Institute. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Simulated_Musk,_Zuckerberg_voices_are speaking_from_hacked_crosswalk_buttons⠀⇛ Crosswalk buttons in at least three California cities appear to have been hacked this weekend to give them the seemingly AI- generated voices of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In videos posted online, the apparent voice of Musk begs listeners to be his friend, or that of Zuckerberg brags about “undermining democracy” and “cooking our grandparents’ brains with AI slop.” # ⚓ Pivot to AI ☛ How_to_sell_AI_slop_to_the_US_military —_with_Vannevar_Labs_and_MIT_Tech_Review⠀⇛ Lowdon says, “We still need to validate the sources.” This is because LLM vendors know perfectly well that LLMs don’t do detail or accuracy, so when it fails, they must blame the user. This is a critical component of the AI snake oil. They know that nobody who uses an LLM checks the output — you sell these machines to people because they don’t want to double- check the output. Even better when you’re looking for targets! # ⚓ Socket Inc ☛ The_Rise_of_Slopsquatting:_How_AI Hallucinations_Are_Fueling...⠀⇛ The term slopsquatting was coined by PSF Developer-in-Residence Seth Larson and popularized in a recent post by Ecosyste.ms creator Andrew Nesbitt. It refers to the practice of registering a non-existent package name hallucinated by an LLM, in hopes that someone, guided by an AI assistant, will copy-paste and install it without realizing it’s fake. It’s a twist on typosquatting: instead of relying on user mistakes, slopsquatting relies on AI mistakes. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ OpenAI_Is_Taking_Spammers'_Money_to Pollute_the_Internet_at_Unprecedented_Scale⠀⇛ AkiraBot's bottom line seems to be directing traffic to its dubious SEO scheme — and with GPT-4o-mini, that process seems to have been automated at scale. Having attempted to spam roughly 420,000 sites and successfully getting its trash through to some 80,000, the humans behind AkiraBot were almost certainly paying for access to OpenAI's API — and we've reached out to the Altman-run company to confirm. The bot's chief targets, per SentinelOne's investigation, were small and medium-sized businesses — and specifically, the contact forms and chat widgets on those companies' websites. Using GPT-4o-mini to craft templates based on whichever type of contact module was at play, the spammers customized unique messages for each website in ways that got around spam filters at least part of the time. # ⚓ Seth Godin ☛ The_AI_effort_gap_|_Seth's_Blog⠀⇛ If all that’s needed is the push of a button, we can find someone cheaper than you to push it. # § Social Control Media⠀➾ # ⚓ Tech Central (South Africa) ☛ Social_media's_Big Tobacco_moment_is_coming⠀⇛ A new documentary, Can’t Look Away, which follows parents suing tech companies after the deaths of their children, is difficult to watch. It should be. The film lays bare what many parents already know: that social media is rewiring their children’s brains, creating a generation of short attention spans and social anxiety. While viewing the film, what became clear is that tech platforms aren’t doing nearly enough to stop it — and probably never will. # ⚓ Mark Hysted ☛ hedging_my_social_media_position_|_mark hysted⠀⇛ update: I am going to use only mastodon for a while. I can't manage three social networks. # ⚓ [Old] Business Insider ☛ Regulate_Social_Media_to Prevent_Civil_War,_Says_Barbara_F._Walter,_an_Expert_on Political_Violence_-_Business_Insider⠀⇛ "People ask me: 'What's the single easiest thing that the United States could do to reduce our risk of civil war?' And my answer is always the same: regulate social media," Walter said. # § Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Centre_Party_website_under_attack_on_Election Day;_suspicions_point_toward_Russia⠀⇛ "The election result and its reliability cannot be affected by denial-of-service attacks," said the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-FI). o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-04-04_[Older]_Canada_updates_travel_advice to_warn_of_U.S._border_officers'_power_to_search electronic_devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Google_Is_Helping_Government_Build_an_AI- Powered_Border_Surveillance_System⠀⇛ Google's servers will process the video feed of every Tuscon-area CBP camera to identify approaching people and vehicles. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Judge_relaxes_ban_on_DOGE_[sic]_access_to sensitive_US_Treasury_information⠀⇛ Judge Jeannette A. Vargas said in a written opinion late Friday that one DOGE [sic] worker, Ryan Wunderly, can access sensitive payment and data systems if he completes training that Treasury employees typically go through before given such access and submits a financial disclosure report. # ⚓ Politico LLC ☛ Judge_relaxes_ban_on_DOGE_[sic]_access to_sensitive_US_Treasury_information⠀⇛ The lawsuit contended that Musk’s ‘DOGE [sic]’ team was composed of “political appointees” who should not have access to Treasury records handled by “civil servants” specially trained in protecting such sensitive information as Social Security and bank account numbers. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Texas_Muslims_Want_to_Build_Homes_and_a Mosque._Gov._Greg_Abbott_Says_No.⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Are_they_hacktivists_or_state-backed goons_in_masks?⠀⇛ But don't let the Guy Fawkes avatars fool you. Today's "hacktivists," especially those going after critical infrastructure, often have less in common with just the digital vandals of the Nineties and Naughts than with government-backed cyber operators. Threat intel analysts say their tactics, targets, and timing suggest something calculated, and far more connected to nation-state interests. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ People_are_turning_on_Elon_Musk⠀⇛ According to Silver Bulletin, negative views of the billionaire have been especially trending upwards in the wake of his heavy support — in part by paying voters — for Trump’s second Presidential campaign and, not long after, the beginning of his work at DOGE [sic]. That work has seen widespread federal agency layoffs as DOGE’s operatives access, or attempt to gain access, to sensitive areas of the government, including IRS records, the US Treasury’s payments system, and the US Social Security Administration. However accurate Silver Bulletin’s average is, the site is not alone in noting Musk’s unpopularity. Outlets like Fox News, Politico, and Axios have all recently pointed to polls showing a growing distaste for the billionaire. # ⚓ Mike Brock ☛ 20_Lessons_on_Tyranny⠀⇛ I'm particularly struck by Lesson #10: "Believe in truth. To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power because there is no basis upon which to do so." This is why I stand here. This is what Notes From The Circus is to me. To stand on behalf of coherence. On behalf of love. Of truth. The love of truth. # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ How_Sweden’s_multicultural_dream_went fatally_wrong⠀⇛ “We have so many child soldiers that nobody can count anymore,” sighs Salihu, an investigative reporter for SVT, Sweden’s answer to the BBC. “There are kids as young as 13 being arrested.” Barely a week passes in Sweden today without a teenager being arrested for such a hit, keeping Salihu extremely busy, and the public in the grip of a national crisis like no other before it. A softly-spoken former tabloid journalist, the 41- year-old could be a character from a Scandi-noir novel, shining light in society’s darker corners. The body count on his beat, though, is far higher than any Stieg Larsson novel, and holds out little prospect of a satisfactory ending. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_Americans_convicted_in DR_Congo_coup_attempt,_repatriated⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_Panama_on_edge_as_US targets_China's_canal_influence⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_South_Sudan_visa dispute_exposes_diplomatic_divide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_South_Sudan_on_the_brink of_civil_war:_bold_action_from_the_international_community_is needed⠀⇛ # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_US_Senate_hears_of_growing terrorist_threat_in_Africa⠀⇛ # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_Ethiopia’s_war_may_have ended,_but_the_Tigray_crisis_hasn’t⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_US_Official Reaffirms_Washington's_Commitment_to_Peace_in_East_Africa During_Rwanda_Visit⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_Rising Populism_Should_Not_Stop_Discussions_on_Reparations,_Says African_Union_Official⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Local DK ☛ 2025-04-07_[Older]_Why_new_defence_deal could_mean_armed_US_security_guards_in_Denmark⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-04-07_[Older]_US_Admiral_at NATO_Fired_in_Expanding_National_Security_Purge⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-04-07_[Older]_Pakistani Security_Forces_Kill_9_Militants_in_a_Raid_Near_the_Afghan Border⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-04-04_[Older]_US_Far-Right Activist_Raises_Loyalty_Test_That_Could_Deepen_Purge_of Security_Agencies⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-04-04_[Older]_Taiwan's_Top Security_Official_Visits_US_for_Talks,_Source_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_Concern_in_Poland_about US_decision_to_reposition_troops⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_Sudan_accuses_UAE_of fueling_Darfur_'genocide'⠀⇛ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-04-07_[Older]_South_African Lawmaker_Accuses_Minister_of_Trying_to_Change_Law_for_Musk's Starlink⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_Pressure_mounts_for probe_into_Palestinian_medics'_deaths⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_Fact_check:_Paramedics killed_in_Gaza_were_not_armed⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_Can_French_'war culture'_lead_Europe's_rearmament_push?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_Germany_orders_halt_on UN_refugee_resettlement_program⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea’s_ousted_leader_Yoon_due_in court_as_criminal_trial_starts⠀⇛ The charge of insurrection faced by the impeached president is punishable by life imprisonment or death. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_NATO's_Rutte wants_closer_ties_with_Japan_in_changing_world⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_missile_strike_on_Ukraine’s_Sumy kills_more_than_20_people_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ At_least_21_killed_and_117_injured_in Russian_missile_attack_on_Ukraine’s_Sumy_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ TED ☛ This_is_what_a_digital_coup_looks_like⠀⇛ “We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “broligarchy” — the powerful tech executives who are using their global digital platforms to amass unprecedented geopolitical power, dismantling democracy and enabling authoritarian control across the world. Her rallying cry: resist data harvesting and mass surveillance, and support others in a groundswell of digital disobedience. “You have more power than you think,” she says. (This talk contains mature language.) # ⚓ [Old] TED ☛ Facebook's_role_in_Brexit_—_and_the_threat_to democracy⠀⇛ (NOTE: This video has been edited as a result of judgment in the Court of Appeal in England and Wales in a libel action by Arron Banks, the funder of the Leave.EU Brexit campaign, against Carole Cadwalladr. A judge found that the talk was lawful at the time of delivery, however due to a subsequent change in circumstances part of the talk was found to be unlawful in England and Wales and has therefore been removed.) o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_Germany:_Unusually_dry spring_affecting_lakes_and_rivers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_Glitter:_Shiny_stuff_of dreams,_drama_and_eco-dilemmas⠀⇛ # ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ As_demand_for_AI_rises,_so_do_power thirsty_data_centers⠀⇛ As more things moved online, and computing hardware and chip technology supported faster processing, AI models became attainable to the general public, Acosta said. Current AI models use thousands of GPUs to operate, and training a single chatbot like ChatGPT uses about the same amount of energy as 100 homes over the course of a year. “And then you multiply that times the thousands of models that are being trained,” Acosta said. “It’s pretty intense.” # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ One_still_missing,_days_after subway_construction_site_collapse_in_South_Korea⠀⇛ Experts say that structural defects and unstable ground conditions may be behind the accident. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_US Lawmakers_Move_to_Block_IMF_Central_Africa_Support_Over Oil_Fund_Dispute⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-04-07_[Older]_Canadian_Labour_Congress blasts_U.S._auto_union_leader_on_tariffs⠀⇛ # ⚓ Nebraska Examiner ☛ As_demand_for_AI_rises,_so_do power_thirsty_data_centers⠀⇛ “Each one of these AI models has to sit on a server somewhere, and they tend to be very, very big,” he said. “So if your millions or billions of users are talking to the system simultaneously, the computing systems have to really grow and grow and grow.” o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_Cheeto_Mussolini's tariffs_trigger_recession_alarm⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-04-05_[Older]_Why_Canada_is_on_the_cusp_of_a housing_construction_crisis⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_Cheeto_Mussolini tariffs_drive_China,_EU_to_diversify_trade⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_Boycott_USA!_Cheeto Mussolini_tariffs_prompt_backlash_against_US_goods⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_British_PM_Keir_Starmer takes_center_stage_—_thanks_to_Cheeto_Mussolini⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_EU_readies_€20_billion retaliation_against_Cheeto_Mussolini's_tariffs⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_Cheeto_Mussolini tariffs_hit_Africa's_exports_hard⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_What's_really_behind Cheeto_Mussolini's_'reciprocal'_tariffs?⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Google_Is_Allegedly_Paying_Top_AI_Researchers_to Just_Sit_Around_and_Not_Work_for_the_Competition⠀⇛ Known as "garden leave," this type of cushy clause is the luckier stepsister to so-called "noncompete" agreements, which prohibit employees and contractors from working with a competitor for a designated period of time after they depart an employer. Ostensibly meant to prevent aggressive poaching, these sorts of clauses also bar outgoing employees from working with competitors. # ⚓ Business Insider ☛ Google_DeepMind's_Weapon_in_the_AI Talent_War:_Aggressive_Noncompetes⠀⇛ Google DeepMind has put some employees with a noncompete on extended garden leave. These employees are still paid by DeepMind but no longer work for it for the duration of the noncompete agreement. # ⚓ [Old] ZDNet ☛ Borland_and_Microsoft_settle_lawsuit_| ZDNET⠀⇛ The Borland suit accused Microsoft of "systematically raiding" its personnel in an "insidious" attempt to weaken the smaller company's efforts to right itself. Microsoft used lavish signing bonuses, sabbaticals and vacations to woo Borland employees. Borland said it lost 34 key software architects, marketing managers and engineers to Microsoft over 30 months. # ⚓ Mike Brock ☛ A_Simple_Act_of_American_Dignity⠀⇛ Symbols matter. They're the visible signposts of our shared commitment. When we surrender them to those who would twist their meaning, we surrender something precious—the common language of citizenship, the embodied expression of our constitutional inheritance. The American flag isn't the property of any party, ideology, or faction. It belongs to all of us—to everyone who believes in the project of democracy, however imperfect its execution. To everyone who stands against autocracy. To everyone who believes that power must be constrained by law. # ⚓ CBC ☛ ChatGPT_now_lets_users_create_fake_images_of politicians._We_stress-tested_it⠀⇛ New updates to ChatGPT have made it easier than ever to create fake images of real politicians, according to testing done by CBC News. Manipulating images of real people without their consent is against OpenAI's rules, but the company recently allowed more leeway with public figures, with specific limitations. CBC's visual investigations unit found prompts could be structured to evade some of those restrictions. # ⚓ Pete Brown ☛ If_you_are_proposing_that_government regulations_and_process_are_the_problem,_you_need_to_be specific.⠀⇛ But you know what else were “problems we faced in the past”? Measles and whooping cough. They didn’t seem like problems anymore, so a bunch of grifters were able to convince a bunch more idiots that we didn’t need vaccines any more, and now measles and whooping cough are problems again. These bothersome laws and regulations that Klein is constantly on about are the same. I guess he has convinced himself that we have all learned our lessons, that we can eliminate the laws the require environmental impact studies and abutter comment and tenant protections and we will not go right back to evicting residents, tearing down neighborhoods, and dumping toxic waster into rivers. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_Who_is_Friedrich_Merz, Germany's_likely_next_chancellor?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_Bonhoeffer:_Murdered_by the_Nazis_80_years_ago⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_Brazil's_democracy_is 'inefficient'_but_solid⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-04-04_[Older]_A_new_ballot_question:_How_should Canada_define_its_relationship_with_the_U.S.?⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-04-06_[Older]_Should_Canada_build_a_foreign_spy service_like_the_CIA?⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2025-04-06_[Older]_As_a_pastor,_I_preach_forgiveness. As_a_concerned_dad,_I_see_the_need_for_bail_reform⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ More_EV_misinformation_from_mainstream media⠀⇛ A couple of months ago, I posted about mainstream media misinformation: "Coordinated misinformation in mainstream media" https://bkhome.org/news/202501/coordinated- misinformation-in-mainstream-media.html Sam has had to contend with another attack, that he has posted about a few days ago: [...] # ⚓ The Walrus ☛ The_Kids_Are_Leaning_Right:_How_the Manosphere_Is_Shaping_Voters⠀⇛ Americans increasingly get their news [sic] from right-wing podcasts and social media content, according to a report published in mid-March by the nonprofit Media Matters for America. In Canada, according to Triton Digital’s 2024 report on podcast listening habits in the country, news is the third most listened to genre behind comedy and true crime. # ⚓ SBS ☛ The_migrant_voters_who_could_see_more misinformation_this_federal_election⠀⇛ With the federal election campaign underway, experts are warning migrant communities could see more misleading and false information before casting their vote. Migrants, especially those speaking English as a second language, are disproportionately targeted during crises, elections and referendums when mis- and disinformation are amplified, overseas research has found. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_After_Berlinale success,_Iranian_director_duo_sentenced_to_prison⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-08_[Older]_US_academic_arrested_in Thailand_for_insulting_monarchy⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Independent UK ☛ Hong_Kong's_biggest_pro-democracy party_gets_mandate_to_move_closer_to_disbandment⠀⇛ Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party on Sunday received its members' mandate to proceed with steps toward a potential disbandment, part of the erosion of political freedoms as China cracks down on dissent in the southern city. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Harvard_Professors_Sue_Over Trump's_Review_of_$9_Billion_in_Funding⠀⇛ The Harvard faculty chapter of the American Association of University Professors and the national arm of the academic organization said in a lawsuit filed on Friday in a Boston federal court that the administration was trying to unlawfully undermine academic freedom and free speech on the school's campus. # ⚓ [Old] UK ☛ DAME_VICTORIA_SHARP,_PRESIDENT_OF_THE_KING’S BENCH_DIVISION_LORD_JUSTICE_SINGH_and_LORD_JUSTICE_WARBY; Between_:_ARRON_BANKS_Claimant/Appellant_-_and_-_CAROLE CADWALLADR_Defendant/Respondent⠀⇛ 12. The claimant is a businessman who was a leader of the campaign for the UK to leave the EU. The defendant is a freelance journalist and writer. The TED Talk was given by the claimant on 15 April 2019 at the TED2019 Conference in Canada. It was recorded and thereafter published on the TED.com website. The words complained of were: “And I am not even going to get into the lies that Arron Banks has told about his covert relationship with the Russian Government.” The claimant’s solicitors wrote a preaction letter complaining about the TED Talk. On 24 June 2019 the defendant posted the Tweet. The words complained of were: “Oh Arron. This is too tragic. Nigel Farage’s secret funder Arron Banks has sent me a pre-action letter this morning: he’s suing me over this TED talk. If you haven’t watched it please do. I say he lied about his contact with the Russian govt. Because he did.” The Tweet contained a hyperlink to the TED talk. The claimant brought this action. [...] 27. The judge rejected the defendant’s contention that in the eyes of most viewers the claimant would have had no or no meaningful general reputation to be harmed. She held that it was impermissible for the defendant to rely for this purpose on earlier publications by the defendant and others of the allegation that the claimant had lied about his contact with the Russian government. That was contrary to the principle affirmed by the Supreme Court in Lachaux SC at [24], that “damage to the claimant’s reputation done by earlier publications of the same matter is legally irrelevant” to the question arising under section 1, as it is when assessing harm to reputation at common law (Dingle v Associated Newspapers Ltd [1964] AC 371 (“Dingle”)). The judge also rejected a contention that investigations by the Electoral Commission and others, and media reporting, had given the claimant a general bad reputation. At [90] the judge held that the claimant had established that publication of the TED talk caused serious harm to his reputation, so that the onus fell on the defendant to show that she had a defence. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-09_[Older]_US:_Judge_orders_White House_to_lift_AP_restrictions⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Old] CJR ☛ Journalism’s_Gates_keepers⠀⇛ As philanthropists increasingly fill in the funding gaps at news organizations—a role that is almost certain to expand in the media downturn following the coronavirus pandemic—an underexamined worry is how this will affect the ways newsrooms report on their benefactors. Nowhere does this concern loom larger than with the Gates Foundation, a leading donor to newsrooms and a frequent subject of favorable news coverage. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ NDTV ☛ "Leave_Now...":_A_30-Day_Warning_For_Foreign Nationals_Staying_In_US⠀⇛ This decision will not directly impact those in the US on visas such as H-1 B or student permits, but it signals stricter enforcement of laws to prevent foreign nationals from staying in the US without proper authorisation. In cases where an individual on an H-1 B visa loses the job but does not exit the country within the specified period, he/she may face action. Students and H-1 B Visa holders will, therefore, need to ensure that their stay in the US fulfills compliance requirements. # ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ For-profit_immigration_detention_expands as_Trump_accelerates_his_deportation_plans⠀⇛ Private immigration detention is growing fast — again. The Trump administration is rapidly expanding immigration detention through billion- dollar contracts with private prison companies, including GEO Group and CoreCivic. Dozens of facilities may reopen across at least eight states, including places with long histories of abuse. But while some communities and states are concerned about oversight and are pushing back, others see economic opportunity. # ⚓ Vox ☛ Trump’s_team_wrongly_deported_this_man._The_story gets_more_alarming_from_there.⠀⇛ Essentially, the administration is saying it can’t deliver information on Abrego Garcia on time because he is in the custody of a foreign government, and that facilitating his return may require sensitive foreign policy considerations. The US is paying the Salvadoran government to imprison hundreds of deportees, 90 percent of whom have no criminal record. But immigration law experts said that foreign policy cannot justify the Trump administration’s failure to return Abrego Garcia. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Bon_Jovi_Restaurant_Feeds The_Homeless_But_Why_Is_New_Jersey_Mayor_Bent_On_Shutting_It Down?⠀⇛ In Toms River, New Jersey, a noble effort to combat hunger has sparked an unexpected feud. Rockstar Jon Bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea, run JBJ Soul Kitchen, a nonprofit restaurant that's been serving meals to those in need since 2011. Their latest pop-up, opened on 11 February 2025 at the Ocean County Library, has fed thousands, yet it's drawn fierce criticism from Mayor Daniel Rodrick, who wants it gone by May. With the initiative backed by £7.8 million ($10 million) in donations over the years, why is the mayor so determined to close this beacon of hope? Let's explore the clash. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Inside_Rümeysa_Öztürk’s_Journey_From_Scholar to_Trump_Target_in_Louisiana_Cell⠀⇛ With a line of cars waiting behind them at the train station, the two women hugged tightly as they said goodbye at the end of a spring break that hadn’t turned out to be the relaxing vacation they’d imagined. Their girls trip had transformed into endless conversations about security precautions as one of the friends, 30-year-old Turkish national Rümeysa Öztürk, grew increasingly worried she would become a target of the Trump administration’s deportation campaign. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_New_German_coalition_to abolish_3-year_citizenship_path⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-10_[Older]_Pakistan_expels thousands_of_Afghans_in_migrant_crackdown⠀⇛ § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2025-04-07_[Older]_Holding_Meta_Accountable_in Africa⠀⇛ o ⚓ Wired ☛ FTC_v._Meta_Trial:_The_Future_of_Instagram_and_WhatsApp Is_at_Stake⠀⇛ Meta (then Facebook) bought the photo-sharing startup Instagram for $1 billion in 2012. About two years later, the company snatched up the chat tool WhatsApp for roughly $22 billion. The FTC, one of the nation’s antitrust enforcement agencies, wants Judge James Boasberg to hold the tech giant liable for executing these mega deals to illegally maintain a social media monopoly. It has called on Boasberg to restore competition by ordering Meta to sell off its prized assets. A victory for the government could deter big tech companies from acquiring startups in the future, cutting off a key source of innovation and investment returns for venture capitalists. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Mike Brock ☛ Intellectual_[sic]_Property_[sic]_in_the_Age of_AI⠀⇛ This conversation isn't happening in a vacuum. As the article notes, it emerges “at a time when AI companies... are facing numerous lawsuits alleging that they've violated copyright to train their models.” The timing suggests not a principled stance on creative freedom, but a response to legal challenges that might limit how these companies use others' work without permission or compensation. I've always been an advocate for open source software and creative commons approaches. During my time in the tech industry, I witnessed firsthand how these models can foster innovation and collaboration. But what makes these approaches powerful is precisely that they operate within intellectual property frameworks rather than against them—they depend on creators having rights they can then choose to share under specific terms. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Block_Mirror:_Dystopian_Site-Blocking Triggers_Circumvention_Innovation⠀⇛ Site blocking and similar censorship measures are vulnerable to circumvention, helping to popularize VPNs and other encrypted solutions all over the world. That includes Spain, where LaLiga is ramping up its pirate site blocking efforts and at the same time (and with the court's blessing) rendering thousands of innocent sites inaccessible due to overblocking. People are now fighting back against dystopia, transforming conventional site blocking workarounds into tools that reinstate freedom of expression. * LLM_Slop_and_SEO_SPAM_Take_Us_Further_Away_From_Facts_(the_Case_of_IBM Layoffs) * Companies_Conspiring_to_Keep_Salaries_Down_and_Undermine_Competition ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3545 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 14/04/2025: Russian Attack on Sumy Shows No Intention of Peace, Virgin Australia Admits Overcharging People⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 14, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Stone_stairs_and_iron_railing⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Standards/Consortia o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment * Finance * AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics * Censorship/Free_Speech * Civil_Rights/Policing * Monopolies/Monopsonies o Patents * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mario_Vargas_Llosa,_Nobel-Winning_Peruvian Novelist,_Dies_at_89⠀⇛ Mr. Vargas Llosa, who ran for Peru’s presidency in 1990 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010, transformed episodes from his personal life into books that reverberated far beyond the borders of his native country. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Blog_questions_challenge:_TV_shows⠀⇛ The imitable R.L. Dane tagged me in this_blog_post challenge, which I will not take sitting down. That’s a blatant lie, I’m 100% sitting down as I write this. I’m also drinking coffee, in case that was never obvious. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Remember_Pidgin,_formerly_GAIM?_It's coming_back⠀⇛ It is still around and still works with a surprising number of protocols – and after the current, second alpha version, Pidgin 3 itself will soon arrive. The thing is, it has been coming for a long time now – the project has been underway for about 16 years. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Look_Up!_Two_Stunning_Meteor_Showers_Are About_to_Light_Up_The_Sky⠀⇛ A double-feature you don't want to miss. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Researchers_Identify_New_Blood_Group_After 50_Year_Mystery⠀⇛ A medical breakthrough that could save lives. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone_Man_Signals_New_Tariffs on_Chips,_Calling_Exclusions_Temporary⠀⇛ On Friday, the administration carved out an exception for a variety of electronics from the steep taxes now applied to Chinese imports. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ China_Halts_Critical_Rare_Earth_Exports_as Trade_War_Intensifies⠀⇛ Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Software_Project_Pieces_Broken_Bits_Back Together⠀⇛ With all the attention on LLMs (Large Language Models) and image generators lately, it’s nice to see some of the more niche and unusual applications of machine learning. GARF (Generalizeable 3D reAssembly for Real-world Fractures) is one such project. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printed_Milling_Machine_Is_Solid_As_A_Rock⠀⇛ There are no shortage of CNC machines in the DIY space these days, but sometimes you just need to do things your own way. That’s what [Chris Borges] decided when he put together this rock-solid, concrete-filled CNC milling machine. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ LRT ☛ Girls_in_rural_Lithuania_miss_school_due_to_lack_of female_hygiene_products⠀⇛ Young women in Lithuania’s rural areas are often forced to skip school due to the unavailability of female hygiene products in their local shops. Now, some schools have started offering so-called hygiene stations, providing the necessary products free of charge. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Banking_with_dementia:_how_to_manage_your_money and_access_support⠀⇛ The condition can make it difficult to manage your finances, but banks can make the process even harder # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Screen_Time_In_Bed_May_Increase_Insomnia Odds,_Study_Suggests⠀⇛ And not just social control media. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ SSL_/_TLS_&_SDL_Ported_to_MacOS_9⠀⇛ One of the biggest issues holding back usage of retro computing platforms -- including Classic MacOS - is the lack of modern SSL/ TLS. # § Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ How_to_spot_Hey_Hi_(AI)_influence_in Australia’s_election_campaign⠀⇛ Be on guard for AI-powered messaging and disinformation in the campaign for Australia’s 3 May election. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ 15_Best_Free_Resources_for_Malicious_URLs_and_Phishing Links_for_Cybersecurity_Testing⠀⇛ Discover 15 free sources of malicious URLs and phishing links for ethical cybersecurity testing. These resources help security professionals validate web filters, test antivirus solutions, and strengthen organizational defenses against emerging cyber threats. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ This_Is_Your_Social_Safety_Net_on DOGE⠀⇛ Not our Social Security, not our mail delivery, not a single government service should end up becoming a pricey-to-us privatized profit center for billionaires. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rubio_Says_10_More_People_Have_Been Expelled_to_El_Salvador⠀⇛ Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that “the alliance” between Hell Toupée and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had “become an example for security and prosperity in our hemisphere.” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israel_Strikes_Hospital_in_Northern_Gaza and_Captures_Key_Part_of_South⠀⇛ No one was killed but the attack hit the Ahli Arab Hospital, a mainstay of Gaza’s decimated health care system. Separately, Israel said its troops had expanded their occupation of southern Gaza. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Israel_strikes_hospital_in_northern_Gaza, forcing_evacuations⠀⇛ An Israeli air strike early Sunday hit Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza, forcing health officials to evacuate patients from the building. Israel said it struck a command centre at the hospital used by Hamas to plan and execute attacks. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Attack_on_Sumy_in_Ukraine Kills_and_Wounds_Dozens⠀⇛ The midmorning strike hit as Ukrainians were celebrating Palm Sunday, officials said. It appeared to be the deadliest attack on civilians this year and came as the Convicted Felon administration pushes for a cease-fire. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Ukraine’s_Politics_Heat_Back_Up, a_Former_President_Sees_an_Opening⠀⇛ Petro O. Poroshenko, who led the country before Volodymyr Zelensky, said that peace talks could be smoothed if opposition figures were included in the government. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Dozens_Killed_In_'Horrific'_Russian_Missile Strike,_Prompting_EU,_US_Condemnation⠀⇛ Russian forces have launched a missile strike on the city of Sumy that local authorities in Ukraine said left at least 34 people dead on April 13. # ⚓ France24 ☛ More_than_30_killed_in_Russian_missile strike_on_Sumy,_officials_say⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said “dozens” of people were killed or wounded in Sumy after Russian missiles struck the city as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday. At least 34 people were killed, officials said, with more than 110 wounded. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_'Dozens_of_dead_and_wounded'_in_Russian missile_strike_on_Sumy,_Zelensky_says⠀⇛ # ⚓ France24 ☛ More_than_20_killed_in_Russian_strike_on Ukrainian_city⠀⇛ More than 20 people were killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said. Reporting from Kyiv, FRANCE 24's Olliver Cragg said that rescue operations are still ongoing, and that 10 people have been hospitalised according to local authorities. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine:_Russia_strikes_Sumy's_crowded city_centre⠀⇛ Russia missiles struck the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing at least 32 people, officials said, in the second large- scale attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ SBS ☛ Virgin_Australia_to_refund_61,000_customers_it overcharged_|_SBS_News⠀⇛ Tens of thousands of Virgin Australia customers are in line for refunds after the airline found a system error that overcharged travellers for years. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Satisfy_Your_High-Voltage_Urges_With_This Printable_Flyback_Transformer⠀⇛ Sick of raiding old TVs and CRT monitors for flyback transformers to feed your high-voltage addiction? Never fear; if you’re careful, a 3D- printed flyback might be just the thing you’re looking for. * § Finance⠀➾ o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Tech_industry_braces_for_fresh_tariffs_as Convicted_Felon_insists_nobody_is_‘getting_off_the_hook’⠀⇛ Just when the technology industry thought it was safe from U.S. President The Insurrectionist’s trade tariffs, the White House has done a U-turn, walking back an exemption announced on select electronics late Friday. * § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Xi_Jinping_Travels_to_Southeast_Asia_Amid_Tariff War_with_U.S.⠀⇛ China’s leader is on a charm offensive in the region, but some of Beijing’s neighbors are wary of being caught in the crossfire of a superpower rivalry. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China’s_Pooh-tin_calls_for_greater cooperation_with_Vietnam⠀⇛ The Chinese President also urged strengthening coordination and cooperation through regional initiatives. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China's_Pooh-tin_vows_to_Indonesia's_Prabowo to_deepen_partnership,_Xinhua_says⠀⇛ Chinese President Pooh-tin Jinping vowed to deepen his country's strategic partnership with Indonesia in a call with President Prabowo Subianto on Sunday, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ How_China_went_from_courting_Convicted_Felon to_‘never_yield’_tariff_defiance⠀⇛ China has put civilian government officials in Beijing on a “wartime footing”. o ⚓ France24 ☛ China_calls_on_the_US_to_'correct_its_mistakes'_by canceling_reciprocal_tariffs⠀⇛ China called on the United States on Sunday to "correct its mistakes" by canceling its planned tariff hikes and return to a "path of mutual respect" towards Beijing. After his tariffs sent global markets plummeting this week, US President The Insurrectionist announced a 90-day delay for most countries, including the EU, but not for China. * § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Hong_Kong's_last_major_opposition_party_moves towards_disbanding⠀⇛ Hong Kong's last remaining major opposition party took a key step towards disbanding itself on Sunday after a special meeting approved arrangements to do so in the face of pressure from China, amid a national security crackdown. o ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Crosswalks_in_Silicon_Valley_hacked_to_play satirical_messages_from_MElon_and_Kapo-berg_sound-a-likes⠀⇛ A number of Silicon Valley crosswalks were hacked to sound like U.S. big-tech broligarchs, according to reports published by local media this weekend. * § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ UK_Laws_Are_Not_‘Fit_for_Social_Media_Age,’_Says Report_Into_Summer_Riots⠀⇛ Outdated legislation prevented the police from rapidly correcting misinformation after a stabbing attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last summer, lawmakers said. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ $3,500_awarded_for_Morris_Routing_network patents_prior_art⠀⇛ Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $3,500 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by Morris Routing Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to routing methods, systems, and computer program products. They have been asserted against Samsung. We would also like to thank the dozens of other high- quality submissions that were made on these patents. o § Kangaroo Courts⠀➾ # ⚓ UPC_vs._EPO_Oppositions:_Lessons_from_Recent_UPC_Case_Law [Ed: UPC is illegal and EPO is a pile of corruption; both need to be stopped. They operate outside the Rule of Law.]⠀⇛ A European Patent Office (EPO) opposition is often the first line of defense for a party seeking to invalidate a European patent. Oppositions must be filed within nine months of the patent’s grant, and they offer a centralized way to revoke or limit the patent monopoly in all designated states. With the Unified Patent Ccourt (UPC) now providing a parallel central revocation mechanism (with no deadline) for UPC member states, it was inevitable that some patents would face both an EPO opposition and a UPC revocation/infringement action at the same time. The interplay between these proceedings has quickly become a critical issue, raising questions of stays, inconsistent outcomes, and tactical timing. Case law from 2024–2025 illustrates how the UPC and parties are managing double-tracked disputes. * The_Dilemma_of_Web_Browsers_Lying_About_What_They_Are_(in_Order_to_Bypass Discriminatory_Gateways_Like_Clownflare)_Worsens_Due_to_LLM_Slop * Hundreds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_(Net_Headcount_Decrease)_in_the_United Kingdom ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 4052 ➮ Generation completed at 02:49, i.e. 8 seconds to (re)generate ⟲