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Like Firm, Like Clients ⦿ Techrights - Brigading Against Women - Part VII - 'Trolling' Courts and Legal Systems in America and in the UK (Europe) Costs a Lot to Taxpayers ⦿ Techrights - Chaos Imminent at Red Hat (This Week) ⦿ Techrights - European Patent Office (EPO) Series: The Portuguese Talent For Bureaucratic Empire Building ⦿ Techrights - IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 27, 2026 ⦿ Techrights - Maladministration at the EPO as a Crisis for the EU and for Portugal's Image in Europe ⦿ Techrights - Microsoft Can PIP Workers (Silent Layoffs) Until Almost Nobody is Left ⦿ Techrights - Microsoft's Attacks on Courts in the Netherlands Result in GNU/Linux Growing to About 10% There ⦿ Techrights - Over at Tux Machines... ⦿ Techrights - Tech Labeled "Smart" Does Not Make People Smart ⦿ Techrights - The Cyber Show Says Truth Always Requires a Fight, a Struggle ⦿ Techrights - They Create the Conditions for People to Leave, This Way They Don't Call it "Layoffs" ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/3_Years_of_UK_Hosting.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_VIII_Misogyny_Embedded_Like_Firm_L.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_VII_Trolling_Courts_and_Legal_Syst.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Chaos_Imminent_at_Red_Hat_This_Week.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_The_Portuguese_Talent_For_Bur.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_September_27_2026.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Maladministration_at_the_EPO_as_a_Crisis_for_the_EU_and_for_Por.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Microsoft_Can_PIP_Workers_Silent_Layoffs_Until_Almost_Nobody_is.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Microsoft_s_Attacks_on_Courts_in_the_Netherlands_Result_in_GNU_.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Tech_Labeled_Smart_Does_Not_Make_People_Smart.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/The_Cyber_Show_Says_Truth_Always_Requires_a_Fight_a_Struggle.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/They_Create_the_Conditions_for_People_to_Leave_This_Way_They_Do.shtml ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Gemini_Links_28_09_2026_Truncated_Sleep_Plain_Text_and_Slop_Pro.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Gemini_Links_28_09_2026_Wildfire_DOS_and_Backups.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Links_28_09_2026_A_Growing_North_Korea_Problem_and_Independent_.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Links_28_09_2026_Microsoft_Chatbot_Giving_Extremely_Specific_Ad.shtml ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 86 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/3_Years_of_UK_Hosting.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/3_Years_of_UK_Hosting.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 3 Years of UK Hosting⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 28, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇National flag of UK, the United Kingdom⦈ This morning maintenance_was_completed and then an incident_happened. So far we're not seeing any impact on us, though we expect slowdown along some routes. We're having a productive day today (in several different areas) and will proceed with the EPO series, along with other "serials". We got told that "almost everyone" at the EPO reads us. Last week was the 3-year anniversary with this webhost, which has served us well despite being repeatedly abused by Americans. We commend the webhost for standing firm in the face of misogyny. █ =============================================================================== Image source: National_flag_of_UK,_the_United_Kingdom =============================================================================== * Tech_Labeled_"Smart"_Does_Not_Make_People_Smart * Maladministration_at_the_EPO_as_a_Crisis_for_the_EU_and_for_Portugal's Image_in_Europe ⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣍⠀⠸⠋⠁⠀⠌⠁⠰⠖⠁⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡼⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣭⡉⠁⠁⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠛⠃⠀⠺⠿⠏⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⠀⣸⡿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⠖⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⣠⣄⣿⣷⣧⣾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡿⠛ ⠀⢈⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢉⣼⣿⣇⣐⣰⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣦⣴⣷⣼⣷⣿⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣚⣿⣿⡋⣻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⡫⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢃⣠⠂⠀⠀⠈⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠈⢏⡽⣿⣿⣿⠍⠁⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⡀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢩⢿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠠⣾⣏⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠙⡟⠔⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠿⣿⠋⠉⢤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⣝⣧⡦⠍⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⣦⣀⠠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢰⣶⣶⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠀⠀⣰⣶⣶⣶ ⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣵ ⠀⠊⠿⡷⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠇⠝⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣗⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣾⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⣤⣴⣶⣦⣬⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣯⡷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⣿⣿ ⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⣀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⡁⠀⠀⣀⣀⣠⣽⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣛⣏⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣋⣀⡀⣀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣶⣿⣿ ⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⡀⠀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⢀⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⢍⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⠿⠛⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠆⣀⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠩⣿⡃ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣶⡟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣿⣿⢏⣨⣿⠿⣫⠀⠀⠁⠁⠀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠁⠀ ⠀⣠⣦⣻⣻⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⢻⡾⠋⢡⠼⠊⠀⠀⢀⣴⣾⣿⠿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡜⠀⠀⠀ ⠈⡜⠋⠉⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⢀⣤⣇⣄⣀⣠⠄⢹⡿⠛⠁⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡏⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡅⠁⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠋⠀⡀⠀⠀ ⢐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣋⡀⣠⣴⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢼⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣕⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣵⣴⡦⢡⢀⠀⠀ ⣇⠀⠀⠀⣀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⡀⠀ ⢿⣄⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣥⣿⡷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠲⢏⠥⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠂ ⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢋⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢠⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠙⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠃⠠⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⡀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 156 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_VIII_Misogyny_Embedded_Like_Firm_L.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_VIII_Misogyny_Embedded_Like_Firm_L.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Brigading Against Women - Part VIII - Misogyny Embedded; Like Firm, Like Clients⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 28, 2026, updated Sep 28, 2026 4 months ago: Brett_Wilson_LLP_is_Defaming_Trans_People_in_America_Because Garrett_Pays_Hired_Guns_to_Silence_Them 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇American Victims of American Clients⦈ Previous Parts: 2026-07-29 Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_I_-_Bypassing_the_Legal_System_by Threatening_Companies_in_Another_Continent Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_II_-_Threatening_Women_Using_the 2026-08-04 Human_Rights_Tribunal_of_Ontario_(HRTO)_and_Then_False_Threats Miscarrying_the_Name_of_a_Court 2026-09-26 Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_III_-_Racism_Looms_Large,_Not_Just Sexism Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_IV_-_Death_Threats,_Threats_to_Women, 2026-09-26 and_Threats_for_Pointing_Out,_Correctly_and_Based_on_Hard_Evidence, That_Garrett_and_Lozza_Talk_to_Each_Other_About_Me_Every_Year_(for_4 Years) 2026-09-27 Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_V_-_SWATTING,_Extortion_Against Webhosts,_and_Lawfare_Under_Sworn_Oath_(Perjury_Also) Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_VI_-_On_Garrett_and_Lozza, 2026-09-27 Defamation,_Attempts_to_Crack_My_Wife's_Accounts,_Social_Engineering to_Try_to_Take_Sites_Offline,_Subscribing_Us_to_Mountains_of_SPAM 2026-09-28 Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_VII_-_'Trolling'_Courts_and_Legal Systems_in_America_and_in_the_UK_(Europe)_Costs_a_Lot_to_Taxpayers It's easy to judge a firm of hired_guns based on its demonstrably_noble - or conversely, notoriously_poor - taste_in_clients, even ones who cannot_or_can barely_be_held_accountable. We were warned about this_firm several times in 2024 by local solicitors who said they had become increasingly shady and notorious for taking some of the most awful_cases (still sued by their own clients [1, 2, 3]) and this week it seems evident they pay_women_almost_minimum wage_to_work_in_a_law_firm. No joke here, we are definitely not joking! Maybe they want women to feel_"lucky" for just being allowed to work_for_men (making tea and coffee for them; the tasks assigned to them can all be completed by a young child). No wonder the average rating they have (from employees) is 1 out of 5. No wonder women_still_flee_this_firm_this_month. In this series we focus on GGG ("Restricted_Boot" Garrett, "Microsoft Plagiarism" Graveley & "Gas The Jews" Lozza) and show how their actions overlap each other's. We'll show the timing and explain the full context, as there was coordination (after Garrett had sworn on the Bible - his own_choice by the way, so he's only religious when it suits him - he admitted that the_Garrett/ Graveley_tag-teaming was real and was totally real right_from_the_very beginning). Regarding Garrett had Lozza, their shared (in tandem) attempts are a matter of public record (in social_control_media, posts anyone could see) and go back to 2023 when Lozza admitted phoning my employer and my wife's employer. They kept sending threatening messages to several_webhosts, trying to convince them to take actions against my wife and I. That's just who they are. This is how they operate. This is something that they still do this year (we'll cover this in the_future). It's a current issue and there is a public interest angle [1, 2]. Regarding the discrimination (and_abuse) against women, there are notable stories we have not covered yet. They_act_alike, they work together (same_text,_too). They're utterly awful_at covering_their_tracks and much-needed_empathy_is_evidently_absent. At first Garrett, hiding_behind his fall_guy/patsy who lies_to_many_judges (one of many_examples_of_contempt_of_court), pretended that he had totally nothing to do with the_Microsofter he had hooked_up with his_hired_guns to attack_me. Just weeks ago he admitted to have gotten papers of the same women_haters (whom he tried in vain to dissociate from [1, 2]) and cited them in public. This whole story is going very exceptionally badly for them, hence they bully me every day (begging_never_worked_for_them). This_series is really causing immense stress to them. They do not assert it's defamatory or in violation of privacy law, as they know it's neither, it's just extremely inconvenient for them because it helps vindicate many decent people. For personal gain (money, his prime goal as_a_toxic_classist), Garrett has been promoting de_facto_back_doors (controlled_by_Microsoft) inside Linux since 1.5 decades ago. I was one of the main (or more prolific/vocal - to the point Intel set_up_meetings_with_me) antagonists of these back doors, based on technical grounds that Garrett only pretends (PR) to grok [1, 2], hence I became a target for him and his ilk to focus on. Days ago this utterly_rude malignant narcissist published_what_seems_to_be_(or_to_me_seems_like)_a_racist_caricature of_me. Maybe he thinks it'll_scare_me while he doxes_relatives. He's more like Lozza than he wishes people to think. Don't forget how it_all_began_in_2012. More than 14 years ago. It's_about_back doors,_which_Garrett,_an_American,_advocates while seeking_to_silence/discredit reasonable_people (or somehow_imprison_them by dishing out $130,000+ to a foreign nation). He_won't_stop_until_he_is_evicted (if his secret_Sugar_Daddies no_longer_bail_him_out). █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Garrett, Graveley and Lozza⦈ * The_Cyber_Show_Says_Truth_Always_Requires_a_Fight,_a_Struggle * Microsoft_Can_PIP_Workers_(Silent_Layoffs)_Until_Almost_Nobody_is_Left ⢄⠀⠠⢔⣶⣦⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠌⠀⠀⠀⠁⠙⠃⠀⠀⠀⢰⡖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣷⣄⠌⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡁⠀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡯⣿⢹⠀⡿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠉⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣳⡀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣾⣿⡇⣿⡟⠃⣿⡟⣿⢸⣿⢰⣿⢻⣷⢰⣿⣿⡀⣿⣇⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡟⢀⣠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣸⣇⣿⣿⣿⢿⡇⣿⡟⠃⣿⡟⣿⢸⣿⢸⣿⢨⣭⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⠹⠿⠿⠇⠿⠸⠇⠿⠿⠇⠿⠇⠿⠸⠿⠘⠿⠾⠟⠿⠏⠿⠇⠿⠘⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⡿⠻⠿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⡄⣤⡤⣤⡄⣠⣤⣄⢠⣤⣤⣤⣤⢤⣤⡄⣤⣤⢀⣤⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣩⣁⣡⣉⣁⡈⣽⡀⢠⣿⣿⣷⡄⢀⣇⣱⣏⣤⣀⣦⣍⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣇⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⠸⠿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⣿⣜⡃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⡿⣿⣰⣶⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⢸⣿⢻⡏⣿⢰⣾⣻⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⡏⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠈⠉⠁⠉⠉⠉⠀⠉⠁⠈⠉⠉⠉⠈⠁⠉⠀⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣷⠼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⣶⣿⣶⢸⣿⠿⠀⢀⣿⣿⡄⣿⣿⢸⣿⡇⣿⡿⠇⣿⣿⣷⢸⣿⢰⣾⢻⣦⢸⣿⣷⢸⣿⣼⣿⠀⠀ ⢸⣿⣠⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⠶⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⡷⠆⣿⣿⣯⢸⣿⢸⣿⢘⣛⣼⣏⣿⣸⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀ ⢸⣿⣳⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⢿⣿⡿⢸⣿⠀⠀⢸⡿⢻⣷⣿⡿⡿⢿⡇⣿⣷⡆⣿⢿⣿⢸⣿⠸⣿⣼⠟⣿⡟⣿⡿⣿⢹⣿⠀⠀ ⠈⢿⢷⡽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣄⠀⠁⠀⠀⢀⢈⣻⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⢀⣀⠀⣀⡀⣀⣀⡀⣀⡀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢠⡄⠀⠗⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣀⣰⣸⣿⡽⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⣿⣏⡁⣿⣷⣿⡏⢹⣿⠁⣿⣝⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢸⣷⡀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣛⣿⠿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠉⠋⠋⠘⡻⣷⣿⣿⣇⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣧⣶⢸⣿⣀⣿⡇⣿⣏⡁⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⣬⢻⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠘⣿⣷⠀⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠟⣻⣽⡆⡿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠛⠋⠘⠛⠛⠛⠃⠛⠛⠃⠛⠃⠛⠃⠘⠛⠀⠙⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣷⡦⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣾⣟⣿⠱⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣦⡙⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⣁⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴ 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https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_VII_Trolling_Courts_and_Legal_Syst.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_VII_Trolling_Courts_and_Legal_Syst.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Brigading Against Women - Part VII - 'Trolling' Courts and Legal Systems in America and in the UK (Europe) Costs a Lot to Taxpayers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 28, 2026, updated Sep 28, 2026 They only attend hearings after being arrested (because they must): 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Alex_Graveley_mugshot_index⦈_ He was brought to Court months later (after his_arrest) and there was a broadcast of it. He had_been_charged and repeatedly_begged_me_to_hide_what happened_when_he_worked_for_Microsoft. Then he was ushered in by Garrett to engage_in_lawfare using the exact same solicitor and forgetful_barrister. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇We need people to sponsor our lawfare⦈ Previous Parts: 2026-07-29 Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_I_-_Bypassing_the_Legal_System_by Threatening_Companies_in_Another_Continent Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_II_-_Threatening_Women_Using_the 2026-08-04 Human_Rights_Tribunal_of_Ontario_(HRTO)_and_Then_False_Threats Miscarrying_the_Name_of_a_Court 2026-09-26 Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_III_-_Racism_Looms_Large,_Not_Just Sexism Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_IV_-_Death_Threats,_Threats_to_Women, 2026-09-26 and_Threats_for_Pointing_Out,_Correctly_and_Based_on_Hard_Evidence, That_Garrett_and_Lozza_Talk_to_Each_Other_About_Me_Every_Year_(for_4 Years) 2026-09-27 Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_V_-_SWATTING,_Extortion_Against Webhosts,_and_Lawfare_Under_Sworn_Oath_(Perjury_Also) Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_VI_-_On_Garrett_and_Lozza, 2026-09-27 Defamation,_Attempts_to_Crack_My_Wife's_Accounts,_Social_Engineering to_Try_to_Take_Sites_Offline,_Subscribing_Us_to_Mountains_of_SPAM In previous parts we established that Garrett and Lozza had collaborated in 2023, 2024, 2025, and even last month (2026) [1, 2, 3]. In 2023 Lozza lied_to_the_Human_Rights_Tribunal_of_Ontario_(HRTO) in order to bully a webhost in another_continent (having just done the same in another country). Lozza, moreover, misused HRTO, lied to HRTO about my wife and I living in Canada, then withdrew all of one's own applications without explanation a year later. Like the litigants in absentia in the UK, Lozza was abusing a process (and tribunal) to bully people. Lozza had already done this for years and, as noted in prior parts, was accordingly flagged or sanctioned for it. "Lozza" basically became a precedence/precedent for HRTO to throw out abusive applications. In a_properly-functioning_system, Lozza would need to compensate us and to also compensate the webhost. But Lozza is a psychotic drug user on shoestring budget, and moreover being the case that Lozza lives in another continent, it won't_be_worth_pursuing. In a nutshell, Lozza got a tribunal to accept lies, whereupon we informed them of this perjury. Citing formalities, they didn't pay attention and played along for a little (participated in the abuse, maybe unwittingly). Lozza was gaming and 'trolling' the legal system for silly games or what Garrett_called_"funny". Their aim was 'revenge'; it was not about justice. The judge who ruled in a trial last October said in the courtroom that Garrett's case was a waste of the court's money (he_didn't_even_live_here, no taxes paid here) and she wrote in her decision that both_my_wife_and_I_had_been_subjected to_horrible_abuse_we_neither_invited_nor_deserved. In hindsight we know that Lozza participated in this. Two months ago I told and spelled out to another judge the full name of Lozza after he had asked me to. He wrote that down. Garrett wasn't there because he chose not to attend a hearing he had paid over $130,000 to have. I find this astounding, truly astonishing. He wasn't faraway or too broke to borrow_money_for_a_flight_ticket; he was already in London at the time. It would cost him absolutely nothing to attend the hearing. He could just walk there. Imagine how a judge sees one team outnumbered by another (by a large gap) as the petitioner who started the application did not even bother showing up after paying over $130,000 for it (plus causing the British taxpayers to shell out a similar amount), as if he bailed out or realised his expectations were ill-conceived (or sold based on a deception by self-serving hired_guns_in_another_continent). That's sort of like what Lozza did 3 years earlier. Similarly, in relation to Garrett, his_litigation_buddy in America never_(not even_once)_showed_up_for_a_hearing_and_there_were_many. For a Court of Justice to function properly it needs to weed out abusive petitioners. Failing to do so necessarily, and more so inevitably, results in disrepute. In a later series we'll cover attempts to 'SWAT' my wife and I. They always try to_create_a_distraction_from_their_own_behaviour. GGG ("Restricted_Boot" Garrett, "Microsoft_Plagiarism" Graveley & "Gas The Jews" Lozza) are all connected to Microsoft - albeit in different ways - and Garrett acts as an informal 'coordinator'. He repeatedly lied to courts about this, as did his fall guy; this amounts to contempt_of_court, but as Garrett must be aware, holding people accountable for contempt of court is expensive. He used Graveley to drain our legal budget very shortly after we had countersued him in September 2024 [1, 2] and Lozza started sending more threats to our webhost only days later. This current series will soon show evidence of that. Garrett has been consciously and conspicuously quiet in Mastodon (social control media) for nearly 3 days, we're assuming because there's no sustainable, defensible excuse at this point. The more he says (running his mouth), the more comes out. Garrett's feud with me was a result of my opposition to Restricted Boot, which he was pushing while getting drunk with Microsoft employees (according to himself). Compensating with ego for a lack of qualifications [1, 2]? He_saw_me as_an_obstruction_to_that_nefarious_agenda_of_back_doors_and_kill_switches_ (inside_PCs_running_GNU/Linux). What he did back then continues to damage GNU/ Linux users everywhere, even this month (new ruinous_incident which caused Ubuntu_24.04.5_downloads_to_become_unavailable). I feel vindicated again. █ * European_Patent_Office_(EPO)_Series:_The_Portuguese_Talent_For Bureaucratic_Empire_Building * Gemini_Links_28/09/2026:_Wildfire,_DOS,_and_Backups ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣥⣭⣹⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢖⡳⢮⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣱⣤⣠⣮⣯⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣛⣿⠟⠻⢿⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⢻⡇⢹⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⢠⢄⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣣⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣦⠀⡄⣿⣿⣿⡿⠂⣀⡴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⡀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⡟⢀⣀⣠⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠏⡾⣿⢿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⡇⠇⣿⣿⣿⡇⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⢿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⢃⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡯⣤⣄⡠⢧⢫⠟⢡⣿⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠉⠉⠀⠀⣰⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⡷⠈⢀⣌⠿⠸⢓⢛⣥⣶⢰⣶⠀⢸⠟⢉⡉⠙⠛⢿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠿⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢣⡁⠀⠀⠈⠉⢉⡋⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⡄⡀⠰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣋⣀⣴⣿⣿⣿⢸⣶⢸⣿⣿⢸⡟⡆⣼⣶⣁⣄⣀⣀⣼⣿⣇⠀⠀⢀⠀⣀⢀⠿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠹⣷⣤⣤⣄⣹⡏⣹⣶⣶⣾⣧⣾⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢸⣿⢸⣿⣿⣸⣿⠃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠆⣆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢛⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡍⢿⣿⠿⠟⠁⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠏⠀⡀⠀⣿⣿⡿⠿⢻⠁⠀⢸⣿⡞⣿⣿⡇⣿⡇⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠿⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⡏⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣴⣿⠻⠟⠋⠁⠘⠛⠁⠀⢠⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⢇⣤⣾⣿⣷⠀⢸⡄⠀⢸⣿⡇⣿⡿⠇⣿⡇⠸⠿⣿⠟⠋⠁⢀⣀⠀⠘⠻⣿⣿⠃⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣯⠠⠬⠑⠂⠀⠀⠀⣶⠀⠀⠸⠿⠷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠈⠋⠉⠉⢹⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠋⠀⠠⠶⠖⠲⠦⠄⠀⠹⠉⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣷⣼⢷⣶⣦⡌⠛⢛⡆⠀⠸⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⡀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠈⣀⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠃⡛⢟⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⢀⡇⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠇⠀⣇⠀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⣷⡄⠀⠼⠏⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⢠⡄⠀⠨⠼⠿⠾⠿⠿⢿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠻⢿⣦⣤⣤⣼⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣧⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣶⡲⡖⠶⣶⣶⣶⣾ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢩⢹⠉⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡆⢸⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠧⣂⣀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⣭⣝⣻ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⣼⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⢠⣶⠀⣇⢸⡀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣴⢠⣬⣬⣷⣾⣿⣷⣶⣆⢶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿ ⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣻⣿⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣻⣞⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣸ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 533 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Chaos_Imminent_at_Red_Hat_This_Week.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Chaos_Imminent_at_Red_Hat_This_Week.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Chaos Imminent at Red Hat (This Week)⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 28, 2026 From "Red_Hat_IT_is_being_moved_to_IBM_effective_Oct_1" (this coming Thursday): 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Red Hat IT is being moved to IBM effective Oct 1 ⦈ Many people leave_Red_Hat and many more will cease to be "Red Hat" this week. Almost 5,000 people read about 2,000_in_staff_reduction (net loss) and there is more to come. This is because of awful IBM leadership that failed to understand community-building, sharing, and whatever made Red Hat special both for clients and developers (including users, volunteers, partners). 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇IBM’s_Joanne_Wright_on_where_she_sees_GBS_heading_in_light of_GenAI⦈_ 20 years ago Novell signed a patent deal with Microsoft and quickly perished as a result. 4 years later Novell ceased to exist. IBM is 'finishing the job' an ex-IBMer (Ron_Hovsepian) did at Novell. 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Clockwise from the top: António Costa, President of the European Council in Brussels; António Campinos, President of the EPO in Munich; João Negrão, Executive Director of the EUIPO in Alicante; and Luís Montenegro, current Prime Minister of Portugal. At first glance modern-day Portugal seems like a small insignificant country on the Atlantic periphery of the continent with one of the "least_advanced economies" within the European Union. Indeed, in recent times some commentators have described it in rather unkind terms as a "laundromat" for the ill-gotten gains of Angolan kleptocrats. But it should not be forgotten that, from a historical perspective, Portugal was once a formidable colonial power. The Conquest_of_Ceuta on 21 August 1415 led by Henry the Navigator marked the beginning of the Portuguese Empire, which at its height stretched from Brazil in South America across the African continent, to trading outposts in Goa on India's west coast and Macau on the edge of China. For a country of modest population, Portugal assembled an extensive network of overseas territories, built less on overwhelming military force than on navigation, commerce and a talent for establishing strategic footholds. Despite the_loss_of_Brazil in the 1820s, Portugal managed to hold on to much of its empire well into the twentieth century. Under the authoritarian Estado_Novo regime of António de Oliveira Salazar, Lisbon resisted the global tide of decolonisation insisting that its overseas territories were integral provinces of Portugal rather than colonies. The Salazar regime embraced and promoted the doctrine of "Lusotropicalism" which claimed that because of the distinctive character of its imperialism Portugal was not a conventional European colonial power with overseas possessions but rather a multicultural and multiracial nation-state spread across continents. One of the best-known propaganda images of the Salazar regime is a poster from the 1930s with the title "Portugal não é um país pequeno" (Translation: "Portugal is not a small country"). The poster shows an outline of the country's overseas territories superimposed across a map of Europe. Portugal itself occupies a small area on the western edge of Europe, while its colonies – drawn to the same scale – are spread across the continent stretching roughly from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean and eastward into Eastern Europe. By making Portugal's overseas possessions appear to cover Europe, the Salazar regime transformed a factual comparison of land area into a powerful symbolic claim that Portugal despite its apparently small size remained a significant global power. By the early 1970s, Portugal stood as the last European colonial power still fighting wars to retain control of its overseas territories. However, in April 1974 the Carnation_Revolution brought an abrupt end to an imperial chapter of Portuguese history that had lasted over five centuries. Decolonisation followed quickly as the new democratically elected government granted independence to Guinea-Bissau (1974), and Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Príncipe (1975). As its empire was consigned to the history books, Portugal reinvented itself as a modern European democracy. Membership of the European Economic Community in 1986 accelerated economic and institutional development, while later participation in the European Union placed the country firmly within the mainstream of European integration. Despite its small size, modern-day Portugal has demonstrated a remarkable ability to punch above its weight on the international stage. Its diplomats, civil servants and international lawyers have acquired a reputation for consensus-building and multilingual competence. The election of António Guterres as Secretary-General of the United Nations is perhaps the most visible example of Portuguese success in the international diplomatic arena, illustrating how a relatively small peripheral European nation can produce figures of global stature. Closer to home, Portuguese officials have also come to play a significant role in the EU. As we explained in the earlier parts of this series, the former Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa managed to navigate his way out of a domestic_political_storm sailing on triumphantly through the corridors of power in Brussels to_become_President_of_the_European_Council in 2024. In the words of James Plaskitt, the former British MP for Warwick and Leamington, this was a sign that, after 40 years of EU membership, Portugal_had_moved_from_the periphery_to_the_centre. The colonial empire may have disappeared half a century ago, but the Portuguese aptitude for navigating complex international structures appears to be very much alive. In the meantime, the nautical maps have been replaced by organisational charts, colonial governors by executive directors, maritime routes by reporting lines and overseas provinces by networks of committees, working groups and management boards. Modern-day Portugal has become surprisingly adept at what might be called bureaucratic empire building – not by means of maritime expeditions and planting flags, but by occupying influential positions within international institutions. Perhaps the country's most intriguing modern export is not wine, cork or footballers, but senior "IP" administrators. As we have already seen in this series, António-Serge de Pinho Campinos the head of the Portuguese INPI proved himself to be a_consummate_master_of_the "rigged_game" in 2010 when he succeeded in manoeuvring himself into the top job at the OHIM (now known as EUIPO) in Alicante. On that occasion Campinos managed to persuade his amigos on the Administrative Board of the EU's trademark agency to nominate him as the sole candidate on a "shortlist_of_one" for submission to the EU's Council of Ministers. We note here in passing that, by a curious irony of history, the father of António Campinos, Joaquim_Jorge_de_Pinho_Campinos, played a prominent role in the winding-down of the Portuguese colonial empire after the Carnation Revolution. The elder Campinos was a professor of law and political science and a founder member of the CIA-funded_Socialist_Party_(PS). For fourteen years, between 1960 and 1974, Jorge Campinos lived in political exile in Poitiers, a university town in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of western France, where his son António was born in October 1968. As we have already reported in an earlier part of this series, António Campinos moved_from_Alicante_to_Munich_in_2018 to become President of the European Patent Office, Europe's second largest intergovernmental organisation. This appointment placed a Portuguese national at the helm of an international institution employing several thousand staff and serving a current total of 40 member_states. Meanwhile, back in Alicante João Negrão – another Portuguese national and erstwhile_protégé_of_Campinos – would eventually assume the leadership of EUIPO after the dethronement of Christian Archambeau who had succeeded Campinos in 2018. In a speech to EUIPO staff on 27th November 2022, Archambeau claimed that the decision to remove him reflected “the ugly side of politics, power games, and self-interest, initiated in Munich and Madrid". In the given context, "Munich" was generally recognised as referring to political interference by the EPO President (and former EUIPO Director) António Campinos. Whatever about the alleged role of Campinos in the unseating of Archambeau, it is well documented that during the subsequent succession race the EPO President engaged in vigorous_lobbying_for_his_compatriot_João_Negrão which triggered a complaint from the French Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Bruno Le Maire. References/documents: 2023-05-22_MIP_-_EUIPO_Election Negrão's success in securing the position of EUIPO Executive Director reinforced Portugal's prominence within Europe's "IP" institutions and was widely acclaimed within Portuguese legal and administrative circles as evidence of the country's ability to produce internationally respected public administrators. For most Portuguese observers, the appointments of Campinos and Negrão have been regarded as a source of national pride. For a country that once governed territories scattered across several continents, there is a certain satisfaction in seeing its officials once again administering sprawling multinational systems – in this case systems of trade marks and patents rather than spice routes and colonial ports. It is worth emphasising here that these appointments have not come about by mere chance. On the contrary, as Negrão candidly admitted during_questioning before_the_Legal_Affairs_(JURI)_Committee_of_the_European_Parliament on 27th June 2023, his campaign for the position of EUIPO Executive Director was supported and coordinated by the Portuguese government: "I can tell you that I am a candidate supported officially by the government of Portugal. The campaign is done by the government of Portugal, by the Portuguese authorities." A few years earlier in November 2020 when Negrão was appointed as President of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal an_official_communiqué_issued_by_the_Portuguese Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs confirmed that his candidacy had "received strong support and commitment from the Portuguese Government, through a diplomatic campaign coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which also involved the Ministry of Justice and the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)". That communiqué was published on the official website of the XXII Portuguese_government, a Socialist Party (PS) minority government led by Prime Minister António_Costa. References/documents: 2020-11-10_PT_Communique_Negrao Likewise, in July 2023, following the announcement of Negrão's appointment as Executive Director of the EUIPO another_official_communiqué headlined "Portugal wins election to head the EU Intellectual Property Office" stated that Negrão's candidacy had been "heavily backed by the Portuguese Government through an active diplomatic campaign in all EU member states and the various European institutions". References/documents: 2023-07-12_Portugal_wins_EUIPO_election The July 2023 communiqué was published on the official website of the XXIII Portuguese_government, the Socialist Party (PS) majority government led by Prime Minister António_Costa which collapsed later that year on 7th November 2023 as a consequence of "Operation_Influencer". The communiqué doesn't explain what exactly is meant by "the various European institutions" and the reader is left to speculate as to whether this might also include the vigorous lobbying for Negrão carried out by EPO President António Campinos. Portugal’s success in securing senior executive appointments at the EUIPO and the EPO is a notable example of how countries seek to strengthen their influence within European intergovernmental institutions. There is nothing inherently reproachable in this: governments naturally advocate for their nationals and work to build networks and positions of influence across the upper echelons of international organisations. In this respect Portugal is no different from the other member states of the EU and EPO, all of which jockey for visibility, influence and strategic positions when the opportunities arise. What matters here is that such appointments are made through proper and fair procedures and that those selected are suitably qualified to discharge their responsibilities effectively. Unfortunately, when it comes to Campinos and Negrão there are legitimate questions that can be asked about the procedures which led to their respective appointments. In the case of Campinos, he secured his appointment as head of the OHIM in 2010 by means of what could be legitimately described as "a non-competitive selection procedure" that relied on a "shortlist_of_one". The procedure which led to his election as EPO President in 2017 seems to have been another_"rigged game"_characterised_by_"the_illusion_of_choice". In the case of Negrão there are well-founded suspicions that the selection procedures which contributed to his remarkable "career progression" at the EUIPO in Alicante were tainted_by_influence-peddling_and_cronyism. When it comes to the current efforts of Campinos to secure reappointment for a third term, his_track_record_as_President_of_the_EPO during his first two terms would normally be enough to give rise to serious reservations about a further extension of tenure. In addition to this, there are other reasons to question his suitability for such a prominent position in an intergovernmental organisation. We are referring here to the persistent rumours about "substance abuse" that continue to circulate in relation to Campinos and his "inner circle" of Alicantian amigos. These rumours were given additional impetus last year following the arrest_of_the_EPO's_former_"spin_doctor"_Luís_Berenguer_Giménez_for_cocaine consumption_in_public at the 2025 Munich Oktoberfest. In the next part we will look at how the election of Campinos as EPO President in October 2017 was greeted with official acclaim in his home country and we will examine the question as to whether he can still expect the same level of endorsement and support from the Portuguese political establishment in 2026. █ * Over_at_Tux_Machines... * Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_VII_-_'Trolling'_Courts_and_Legal_Systems in_America_and_in_the_UK_(Europe)_Costs_a_Lot_to_Taxpayers ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢻⠋⠟⡹⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢯⠘⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⢻⡿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢟⢁⣩⣤⣶⣿⣿⣇⣿⣝⢿⣻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢿⢹⣿⢽⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣾⣐⣐⣰⣆⣇⣂⡅⠂⣅⣂⣃⣿⣇⣀⣀⣿⣇⣀⣃⣂⣇⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡉⣄⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣻⣿⣜⣯⣽⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢙⢹⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⢟⣛⡿⣿⣟⣾⣻⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣬⣬⣿⣤⣤⣤⣥⣤⣤⣬⣼⣿⣤⣵⣬⣴⣤⣤⣥⣤⣤⣷⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡿⣿⠇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⢿⡟⡿⠷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡋⣱⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣏⣿⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣗⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⣡⣧⣵⣿⣿⠟⣋⣤⡾⣻⣽⢿⣾⣿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠣⡶⣿⡿⣽⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣳⣾⣿⣷⣿⢻⣷⣷⡆⢂⡾⢿⣿⣇⣾⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠿⠿⠛⠻⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠚⣲⠟⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⡇⣿⣤⣿⣿⣧⢾⡙⣷⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣠⢫⣟⡵⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⣽⣯⣼⣿⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣫⣡⣥⣮⣟⣽⠷⠿⢟⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⠴⣿⡿⣻⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣙⣿⣣⣲⡿⣗⡼⢹⣿⣗⣣⣿⣿⡿⣣⡗⣻⣽⡧⢿⣿⣟⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢽⣏⠶⣮⢿⠲⢿⣷⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⣙⢹⣇⣿⣷⣿⡿⠘⠯⣼⡿⠟⣎⡿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⡿⢏⣾⣽⣧⣼⣼⢩⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⡟⠕⢛⡛⢸⡿⣿⣳⣼⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢶⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣩⡿⣥⣿⣷⡿⢵⣶⣽⣺⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡅⢿⠢⠋⠸⠮⣽⣹⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢻⡿⠋⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⡛⣻⣿⡘⠛⠒⠙⡛⢻⠛⡉⠋⠂⠒⠊⠁⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣬⣯⣯⣿⣙⡇⠀⠠⠄⢁⣄⡀⠀⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣟⢿⣕⣉⡿⠇⠀⠘⡀⠋⠈⠀⠀⡈⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣄⠀⡦⡀⢠⢀⠀⡠⡀⢀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣏⢙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⠀⠉⠔⠻⠿⠇⠀⠀⠁⠂⡄⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠁⠁⠘⠀⠴⢅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠋⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠁⠀⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠈⠁⡀⠒⠙⠻⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡟⢟⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣶⠂⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢐⠒⠄⠐⠀⠈⠀⢀⣴⣿⢿⣫⣶⡏⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠗⣿⣦⢈⠉⢉⡻⣿⣿⠋⢀⡀⠈⠀⠻⠙⠁⠀⠀⠀⢩⡦⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠣⠀⣓⠳⠀⢀⣤⣽⣫⣮⣌⣿⠟⡳⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⢀⢰⢉⡈⣌⡲⠆⢀⠀⣄⠰⠇⠶⠰⠰⡆⠦⠀⠂⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠠⠀⠀⠀⢅⣦⣶⣿⣿⣿⣶⡹⣫⣾⣿⣿⣶⣷⣽⣻⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⢀⢞⣞⡎⠚⢨⠦⠛⠈⢡⣤⣤⣠⡖⣤⣦⣄⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⢀⣠⣾⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⢀⡯⠏⡝⠀⠀⠀⡠⠀⢠⠞⣛⣿⣯⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣵⢸⢸⣭⣿⣿⡫⢿⣸⣿⣷⣶⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣈⣐⣛⣟⣙⣛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣭ ⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣧⣤⣤⡘⡷⣽⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠈⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣊⣿⣿⣿⣞⡿⣦⣿⣯⣝⢿⣧⡀⠀⢀⣤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢷⣵⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣛⣛⣟⣻⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⠶⠀⢹⣿⣿⠂⠃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠀⠚⠟⠃⠈⣿⢿⢟⡛⠛⠛⠛⠉⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡿⣿⣿⡿⢯⣿⣆⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⢿⢽⣾⠍⣻⣫⣼⣿⣿⣶⣾⣒⣲⣒⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣾⣷⣖⣶⣾⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠚⠋⠀⠼⣿⣿⠃⣶⣭⣭⣭⣽⣟⣃⠀⠙⢉⡋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⠿⣷⣿⠟⣷⣾⣿⣍⣯⡛⢿⡟⢶⡿⣾⣧⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⠿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡖⡆⠀⠀⠈⠀⣿⣿⡏⠁⠙⠉⠁⠀⠐⡤⠄⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⣶⣄⡄⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⢉⣅⣌⣁⣣⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡙⣭⣦⣵⣆⣹⣿⣟⣴⢿⢻⣿⣿⣭⣭⣭⣽⣭⣭⣭⣿⣿⣽⣭⣯⣽⣭⣽⣿⣿ ⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠥⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣯⡌⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠀⠀⠀⠈⢤⡤⠗⠿⡯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣭⣃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠛⢟⣾⢱⣭⣽⣧⣑⢸⣿⣿⣲⢶⣷⣾⠿⣟⠮⢾⢿⡟⢛⠟⢛⠻⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠆⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣷⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢽⠽⣯⣔⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1147 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_September_27_2026.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_September_27_2026.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 27, 2026⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 28, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Selected_illustrations_from_the_stunning_Hortus_Malabaricus_ (Garden_of_Malabar)⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #techrights_log #boycottnovell_log 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GN 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_Gedit⦈_ #boycottnovell-social_log #techbytes_log =============================================================================== The corresponding text-only bulletins for_Tux_Machines and for_Techrights contain all the text. 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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1388 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Maladministration_at_the_EPO_as_a_Crisis_for_the_EU_and_for_Por.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/Maladministration_at_the_EPO_as_a_Crisis_for_the_EU_and_for_Por.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Maladministration at the EPO as a Crisis for the EU and for Portugal's Image in Europe⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 28, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇I get to tell female staff the F-word while sleeping with the sister of my chief propagandist who does cocaine in the open (Cocainegate)⦈ Some time soon we'll publish a long article about what EPO leadership means to Portugal. It associates Portugal with corruption, chronic cocaine use, perverse behaviour (including in the bedroom), and so many other bad things. Portugal's endless ambition to place its 'domino pieces' in international institutions is not a gift to Portugal. If it's done by cheating and rigging processes, then the prevailing perception (at least outside Portugal) will become that of Portugal as a "rude savage of Europe". Remember what Battistelli did to France, according to the French: President of the European Patent Office (EPO) Benoit Battistelli is a disgrace to his country, the French National Assembly heard Wednesday. "La présence du Français Benoît Battistelli à la tête de l’Office nuit aujourd’hui gravement à l’image de notre pays," stated MP Philip Cordery in an address to the secretary of state for industry, Christophe Sirugue. The extraordinary personal attack comes as a number of politicians, media organizations and staff unions across Europe have joined a growing chorus of criticism against the civil servant for continued attacks on his own workers. For over a year, Battistelli has held several key members of the EPO staff union in disciplinary hearings and on restricted pay, claiming that they had been intimidating other employees. Last month, he took the momentous decision to fire the union's former secretary, Laurent Prunier, despite an explicit resolution of the EPO's governing Administrative Council telling him not to do so. Those outside EPO senior management claim Battistelli's accusations are baseless, that the disciplinary procedures are a sham and the staff are being targeted for resisting Battistelli's reform efforts, many of which give him greater personal power over the international organization. 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Chatterjee 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Microsoft cuts hundreds more jobs as restructuring deepens⦈ One month ago: Microsoft's_Mass_Layoffs_Impact_the_Ability_to_Run_Microsoft Months ago: At_Microsoft,_PIPs_Are_Sometimes_Known_as_"LITE"_(a_Silent_Layoffs Legal_Hack_or_a_Shrewd_Workaround_to_Skirt_WARN_Act) This month: PIP_Layoffs_at_Microsoft,_Even_in_India | PIP/GVSA_at_Microsoft: Mass_Layoffs_Disguised_as_Something_Else Many sites berate and mock Microsoft's CEO for celebrating_layoffs_and_using terms_like_"growth"_to_refer_to_mass_layoffs. We've caught about 30 headlines about it since Saturday. In English alone... The reality is, Microsoft is gradually vanishing (it starts from a high magnitude, so this can take some time) and it's not because slop replaces workers or Indians replace Americans (there are Microsoft layoffs in India too), it's because debt spins_out_of_control. Without layoffs, Microsoft_won't be_able_to_do_payroll_(read:_pay_salaries) and it_already_compensates_many workers_with_stock_instead_of_real_money. 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One core issue that justified this and led to this outcome is Microsoft's interference with the administration of justice. 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cards) that I had made her ahead of an imminent anniversary. I think I prepared about 20 cards this past month and they're all "analogue" (physical, nothing digital about them). People who insist on making everything digital are not advancing progress. They advance all sorts of things, but not progress. It's not about "new tech" vs "old tech" but about "tech" or "no tech", as not everything must be done digitally and there are many things that are better off done the "old- fashioned" way. Watches (for wrists) are a good example of it. Old watches didn't need recharging; some had batteries that could last years and some used kinetic energy to keep working without battery changes. They would last decades, in some cases even centuries. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇I am smart because I carry smart things; that's rich; Am I? You're neither smart nor rich⦈ This year we caught several bloggers ranting about how useless their "smart" watches were and today we saw this complaint_about_watchOS_27. The use cases are weak and scarce, e.g. servicing or feeding addicts who think they need to check E-mail every 10 minutes on an 1-inch-wide screen (on which it's difficult to read and impractical to reply). Society should not judge people based on how much "tech" they possess and carry around, just like it ought not assess wisdom based on salaries. Andy_wrote about_this_not_too_long_ago. █ * Gemini_Links_28/09/2026:_Truncated_Sleep,_Plain_Text,_and_Slop_Problem Kept_Out_of_Geminispace * 3_Years_of_UK_Hosting ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡋⠙⠀⠹⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⡇⢹⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⡄⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠁⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⣀⠚⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⢀⣦⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡂⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣅⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣆⣀⡀⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⣀⣀⣠⣏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣆⠀⣤⣀⢀⣀⣀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⠿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⠉⠉⠉⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠿⠋⠉⠉⠙⢻⣿⡛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣤⣿⠀⣾⣿⣿⡟⠛⠻⠻⢿⡿⢿⡿⣧⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢛⣿⣿⣶⠒⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣰⣦⣀⣨⣄⠀⠀⣜⡀⢺⣿⣿⣏⣛⣷⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⠿⣿⣷⢶⡄⠙⢿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⡏⢹⠇⢸⣿⣿⢿⣿⠿⣶⣌⣐⣿⣿⣿⣮⣿⣏⣭⣽⣿⠟⠛⢻⣿⣃⣀⣀⣤⣀⡀⢘⣿⠏⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⠒⠊⠁⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⢸⣿ 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⠀⢸⣿⡹⠿⠿⠿⠟⠿⠇⠿⠇⠀⠸⠿⠸⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠉⠹⣿⣿⣷⡿⢿⠻⠇⠿⠿⠿⠯⠿⠸⠇⠸⠧⠀⠿⠸⠇⠿⠿⠻⠿⠀⠸⠇⠸⠇⠿⠼⠻⠿⠿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2090 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/The_Cyber_Show_Says_Truth_Always_Requires_a_Fight_a_Struggle.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/28/The_Cyber_Show_Says_Truth_Always_Requires_a_Fight_a_Struggle.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ The Cyber Show Says Truth Always Requires a Fight, a Struggle⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 28, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Cassandra⦈_ "Truth-tellers always face struggle and run risk" Andy has a new_article_about_being_in_forces_or_workforces_where_lies_and dishonesty_prevail. Some portions: Truth is what must be fought for against forces of ignorance and deceit. For people with professional integrity, or conscientious, agreeable personality, truth is the centred disposition (even if your bum really does look big in that dress). An environment steeped in lies and tactical dishonesty is torturous. Working in such an environment is also extremely inefficient, because so much of our energy is wasted being embattled with negative systemic encroachment. The constant cognitive dissonance is stressful. Having your work towards truth be ignored, undermined or reflexively disputed is demoralising. Is there any TV cop story where justice doesn't have "just 24 hours to triumph against impossible odds", against corruption, treachery and a disbelieving boss? The chief of chiefs, who knows the dirty truth, dares the hero to speak and prove it. [...] Truth-tellers always face struggle and run risk. A democratic creed of free-press, investigative journalism, then the Internet, brought us to a society that seems "open". We collectively believe that the arc of history will tend to justice and peace if we give flight to the truth and allow people with minority knowledge to share it. [...] Today, a plethora of derogatory labels like whistle-blower, Luddite, decel, activist, or shrill, are hurled against more thoughtful, sincere scientists and thinkers. Amidst all our scientific achievements there is a strong note of hooliganism, anti- intellectualism and a celebration of recklessness. Industrial technology has been hijacked by a cadre of xenophobes, eugenicists, authoritarians, neurotics, and unhinged fantasists. [...] Let's be clear, in a positive way, that figures like Edward Snowden or Julian Assange are not Cassandras. They courageously revealed truths about abuses, got their messages out loud and clear, changed the world a little, and paid a heavy price. Crucially, "the world believed them" (their exile and imprisonment are proof of that). Indeed, many commentators say that everybody already knew these awful things; torture and massacres by the US military, widespread infiltration and spy programmes, communication back-doors… This was hardly news. [...] Whistle-blowers (like Snowden, Drake, manning, Winner and scores of others) make great sacrifice to provide hard evidence, but what they change is actually subtle. Rarely in such cases is there ever a triumph of justice. The bad guys generally get away with it. The victims get cancer from the water supply or whatever, and some settlement money is thrown down. Indeed this total lack of real justice lies behind the epistemic trauma in the world today. 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It helps them hide the layoffs and generally blame staff for "low performance" and "deciding to leave" (or "retire") without compensation. The criterion for removal seems financial, not about performance at all. They try to get rid of "expensive" workers. In Microsoft, for instance, it was made abundantly_obvious_4_months_ago. "I was put on a PIP last week," somebody from IBM said (emphasis added by us). "My mid-year review was pretty normal & overall positive. Then my manager suddenly hit me with the PIP last week. It honestly feels like a numbers game at this point. A lot of what's written in the PIP assessment is either flat-out untrue or very debatable." We keep seeing many stories like these. If the WARN Act does not "shape up", it'll become a toothless relic of the past - a mechanism_of_gaslighting based on misinformation. A lot of this covert layoffs loop began 3 years ago. There are no "hey hi layoffs", just layoffs. 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At this point it feels dangerous to try and go back to sleep when I need to get up between 5 and 6 to get the kids ready for school. Dangerous because if I fall back asleep now I might accidentally sleep in. Sure, I can set an alarm. But, what if I turn the alarm off half asleep and then go back to sleep? I’m not the one having trouble sleeping. Yes, I’m up now writing this post, but I’m only awake because my son couldn’t sleep. I had to get up and give him a snack, water, and send him back to bed. # ⚓ gentle_moon⠀⇛ A gentle full moon. Waking up early this weekend, I saw the full moon over the mountains. Something wants to awaken in me, I am restraining it. You're getting enlightened! No I need to clean my room first. The trip on the mountain didn't happen by accident. Something, somewhere wanted me to have that experience. Something pushed me in the right direction. I'm at a crossroad. Whether you do it the hard way, or the gentle way. I feel like I'm grasping at the rocks on the side of the river while being dragged into the current. A memory of falling in the river while hiking to the canyon. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Note_from_September_26th,_2026⠀⇛ The Nvidia-branded sand heist(1) is a decent work of science fiction, but I’d have preferred the thieves be rogue autonomous tractors from a competing firm. And maybe tell the story using the trendy “lessons learned from our software breaking the law” press release trope. # ⚓ Plain_text_progress⠀⇛ I've made a couple of tweaks to my plain text system as I continue to try to get out from under big-tech's shadow. [...] I've been a pain the rear-end to my treasurer over the years, because I've really not been good at getting my monthly expenses claims in on time. (My wife doesn't like it either!) But I think I've found the remedy in a csv file and a little script that can be used to add expense items and generate the excel claims file that the treasurer likes at the end of the month. I'm hesitant to sound too certain, but I've been using it to "do my expenses" as part of a daily routine throughout this month, rather than sitting down with a spreadsheet at the end of the month, and so far it feels like it has much less friction. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Community_versus_growth [Ed: Stupid thing to say]⠀⇛ I'm wondering if Gemini would grow in popularity as AI improves. It's one of the few places on the internet that's (mostly) humans and without commercial pressure. # ⚓ Community_versus_growth⠀⇛ Turns out, in my three or four years of absence, I missed some interesting developments. However, growth during this time has been glacial. We're still small enough to only need one forum. One. That's like being on Usenet circa 1990. Sure enough, the attitude isn't far off. Hope y'all are enjoying the peace and quiet. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. * Links_28/09/2026:_"A_Growing_North_Korea_Problem"_and_Independent Journalism_as_a_Lifeline * Tech_Labeled_"Smart"_Does_Not_Make_People_Smart ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2477 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Gemini Links 28/09/2026: Wildfire, DOS, and Backups⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 28, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Hortus_Malabaricus⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ wildfire⠀⇛ my skin is electricity I hear the air crackling when your hand moves on paths I've allowed to be traced little fires lighting up along the way soon I am wildfire o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ usb-dos_word-wrap_and_sound⠀⇛ I learned some differences between how I think and how other adult users of usb-dos think this week. As a result, I also learned a little about how several computers handle sound and how several editors handle word-wrapping. It all happened during an 1h30m usb-dos install party I threw at the public library. Three non- techy women brought old laptops and/or a usb drive. It wasn't exclusive to women, but that's who came. The goal was for each woman to download, flash, boot, backup, and customize usb-dos. One woman wants to play King's Quest (1990) with her 4-year-old (and, let's be honest, by herself). A 9-year-old whose mom forgot to bring a computer or flash drive has a similar goal. She wants to play Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (1989). # ⚓ A_backup_plan⠀⇛ After much hemming and hawing I have finally, finally settled on a suitable 3-2-1 backup plan that works for my budget, runs unattended, alerts me when there's a problem, and only uses programs and services that I don't find objectionable. That's a lot to pack into one sentence, so let's break it down. My entire backup strategy is based around Borgmatic. After looking into a number of options, including a custom script, vanilla borg, restic, rclone, and a few others, I determined that Borgmatic was going to be the most configurable and most hands-off solution that would reliably work for my needs. Borgmatic uses a .yaml-based configuration, which is cool with me. In a minimal configuration, you will choose the directories you want to include in your backups ("source directories") and the destinations that the source directories will be backed up to ("repositories"). To achieve a satisfactory level of backup redundancy, you'll want at least two, and so in my setup, I have two repositories configured: one to a secondary hard disk on my NAS, and one to my remote backup host of choice, rsync.net. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. * Brigading_Against_Women_-_Part_VII_-_'Trolling'_Courts_and_Legal_Systems in_America_and_in_the_UK_(Europe)_Costs_a_Lot_to_Taxpayers * They_Create_the_Conditions_for_People_to_Leave,_This_Way_They_Don't_Call it_"Layoffs" ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2589 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 28/09/2026: "A Growing North Korea Problem" and Independent Journalism as a Lifeline⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 28, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Toy Soldier With Rifle⦈ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary_/_Vendor_Lock-in_/_Malware # So-Called_'Artificial_Intelligence'_('AI')_/_LLM_Slop_/ Plagiarism o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment o Finance o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_InWin_IW-MS04_mini_4-bay_case_looks interesting⠀⇛ I’m a fan of the HP(E) ProLiant MicroServer line, and still have a Gen 8 kicking around for NetBSD testing. I call it my Companion_Cube. But its limitations and quirky boot behaviour do have me looking for another tiny machine with four bays I can eventually upgrade into. I was also thinking of building a server for Clara to be able to tinker with. If only someone made a case with a similar internal design and footprint to the MicroServer that… oh, wait a minute. What’s this handsome thing? I mean, aside from the reader who’s looking at this post? o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Rising_coffee_prices_drive_search_for substitutes_in_Japan⠀⇛ Climate change is expected to cut the global land area suitable for growing the major coffee varieties in half by 2050. o § Proprietary / Vendor Lock-in / Malware⠀➾ # § So-Called 'Artificial Intelligence' ('AI') / LLM Slop / Plagiarism⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Workers_Are_Spending_An_Astonishing_Amount of_Their_Own_Money_On_Hey_Hi_(AI)_for_Their_Jobs⠀⇛ "What's particularly striking is how quickly GenAI has become part of everyday working life." # ⚓ Futurism ☛ AI_Bros_Are_Having_a_Meltdown_Because_the Associated_Press_Stylebook_Clarifies_That_AIs_Don’t Have_Feelings⠀⇛ "Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand." # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Morten_Welinder:_LLMs:_Vigilatism_is_not_the Answer [Ed: Opposition to spam and plagiarism is not "Vigilatism", there are good reasons for this; Opposition to slop typically comes from people who reject it and opposition to opposers from the abusers, who cannot do things right]⠀⇛ Jordan Petridis evidently has strong_opinions on the use of LLMs. He’s welcome to those. What’s not welcome is when it escalates into vigilantism and defacement of bug reports. Specifically for me, this_bug where a tag “Probabilistically Automated” was added. That tag has a meaning of Usually accompanied by a lack of proper testing, and finalizing patches based on theoretical intended behavior rather than correctness of code. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Five_More_Cops_Charged_for_Abusing_Flock Cameras_Amid_So_Many_Similar_Scandals_That_We_Can’t Even_Keep_Track⠀⇛ "We have seen abuse of automated license plate readers for almost as long as they have existed." o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Growing_North_Korea_Problem⠀⇛ In an interview with The New York Times, South Korea’s president dropped a bold proposal for how to curb North Korea’s nuclear program. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korean_military,_UN_Command launch_investigation_into_DMZ_explosion⠀⇛ A team of about 40 officials searched an area near the site where the blast happened on Sept 21. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘Currently_impossible’:_North_Korea defections_in_free_fall⠀⇛ The main cause is leader Kim Jong Un’s aim to preserve his family dynasty by sealing the country off from the outside, experts say. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Revolting_for_the_CCP:_seizing_Taiwan could_drive_Japan_to_nuclear_weapons⠀⇛ Potential Japanese acquisition of nuclear weapons is an under-appreciated deterrent to a Chinese attempt at seizing Taiwan. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ After_Putting_in_a_Massive_Order_for_Electric Shock_Gloves,_ICE_Is_Now_Buying_Robot_Dogs⠀⇛ Robot dogs are coming to Convicted Felon's immigration enforcement regime. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ 5_arrested_near_British_air_base_used_by_US_in Iran_war_on_suspicion_of_preparing_a_terrorist_act⠀⇛ The British base has been used by American bombers for limited strikes against Iran. Iran has said that bases used to attack it are legitimate targets. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Taiwan's_chip_talisman_snack_faces production_halt_after_94%_strike_vote⠀⇛ Taiwan's tech talisman snack production could be halted as the Guai Guai company faces strike action. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Major_incident_at_UK_airbase_used_by_US⠀⇛ British police have evacuated homes near an air force base in Gloucestershire, as army bomb disposal experts examined several vehicles in what authorities described as a major incident. Five men have been arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act and offences under the Explosives Act. RAF Fairford, the base involved, is also being used by the US for strikes on Iranian missile sites targeting ships in the Strait of Hormuz. US Air Force personnel at the base have been told to remain vigilant, while police say the incident is now contained. Caroline Baum reports. # ⚓ France24 ☛ UK:_Police_arrest_5_on_suspicion_of_preparing_a terrorist_act⠀⇛ British police have evacuated homes near an air force base in Gloucestershire, as army bomb disposal experts examined several vehicles in what authorities described as a major incident. Five men have been arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act and offences under the Explosives Act. RAF Fairford, the base involved, is also being used by the US for strikes on Iranian missile sites targeting ships in the Strait of Hormuz. US Air Force personnel at the base have been told to remain vigilant, while police say the incident is now contained. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_demands_apology_from Ukraine_over_disclosure_of_North_Korean_PoW_transfer⠀⇛ South Korea agreed to keep the transfer confidential given security, diplomatic and humanitarian concerns. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Poland_fears_Ukraine_war_could_spill over⠀⇛ In Poland, a close ally of neighbouring Ukraine, concerns are growing that the war could spill across the border. Our next report comes from Suwałki, a city in a region bordering Russia and Belarus that is considered particularly sensitive for NATO countries. Caitlin Brown reports. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_attacks_kill_eight_in_Ukraine after_Moscow_vows_to_continue_war⠀⇛ Russian strikes killed eight people across Ukraine on Sunday, authorities said, a day after Moscow vowed to continue the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched about 3,900 drones, aerial bombs and missiles over the past week. Ukraine accused Moscow of deliberately targeting civilians as winter approaches. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Strikes_On_Ukraine_As_Zelenskyy_Says Russia_Not_Ready_To_End_War⠀⇛ Russian drone strikes killed at least four people in Ukraine overnight and into September 27. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Bangkok_flood_waters_recede_after torrential_rain_as_residents_count_losses⠀⇛ Residents in some flooded neighbourhoods are still stranded in their homes. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_workers_see_real_salary growth_slow_to_1.1%_in_post-pandemic_low⠀⇛ Workers in Hong Kong have seen their salaries increase 1.1 per cent so far this year, after adjusting for inflation – the lowest pay rise the city has logged since 2021, when its economy was still reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic, a new pay trend survey has found. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ World_News_Day:_Why_independent journalism_is_a_lifeline_for_Hong_Kong⠀⇛ HKFP is joining 1,000 news organisations across more than 100 countries to highlight World News Day on September 28. Coinciding with the UN International Day for Universal Access to Information, it aims to promote fact-based journalism, truth and media literacy across the world. o § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Who_Owns_Mind_Reading?⠀⇛ Texas, UCSF, Siemens, and a London startup are staking patent monopoly claims on brain- to-text decoding. Older patents already cover pieces of the path. * Links_28/09/2026:_Microsoft_Chatbot_"Giving_Extremely_Specific_Advice_to a_School_Shooter_on_How_to_Maximize_Casualties",_‘Suicidal_Empathy’ * Gemini_Links_28/09/2026:_Truncated_Sleep,_Plain_Text,_and_Slop_Problem Kept_Out_of_Geminispace ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2939 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 28/09/2026: Microsoft Chatbot "Giving Extremely Specific Advice to a School Shooter on How to Maximize Casualties", ‘Suicidal Empathy’⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 28, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇SA80_Rifle⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Career/Education o Proprietary_/_Vendor_Lock-in_/_Malware o Entrapment_(Microsoft_GitHub) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights_/_Policing_/_Accessibility o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Software_Patents # Trademarks # Right_of_Publicity # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Libcom ☛ Starship_Stormtroopers:_Michael_Moorcock⠀⇛ An essay by Michael Moorcock on the saturation of Fascistic and authoritarian themes and messages in Science Fiction literature. o ⚓ Sylvia ☛ Who_I_blog_for⠀⇛ The reason for writing this list is that when words just don’t want to get posted, focusing on the who may help you to write. In random order, I write my blog for: [...] o ⚓ Robert Birming ☛ Who_I_blog_for⠀⇛ This is where the voice in my head kicks in: “That’s enough, you blog for yourself. It doesn’t matter if others read it or not. You don’t need it.” o ⚓ Dan Q ☛ Slash_Pages_–_Dan_Q⠀⇛ Slash pages on this site include a mixture of commonplace/standard ones... and a few that might be less-common or even unique: [...] o ⚓ Christian Tietze ☛ Signal_Words_as_Navigational_Aids⠀⇛ Too many signal words, or ones that overlap in meaning, stop signalling anything. If half your headings are called “Notes” or “Misc”, the word has stopped doing work. o § Career/Education⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Promises_and_Compromises_of_the_University of_California⠀⇛ These early leaders made their aims clear: to mold an educated elite in the state of California. Berkeley would not be a vocational school, or focus solely on agriculture and mining, as other land- grant colleges had. Rather, it would provide Californians with the kind of comprehensive liberal arts education that tended to produce scholars and politicians—but entirely free of charge. It would admit those who distinguished themselves intellectually, regardless of whether their families were in the right Episcopalian congregation or had their name emblazoned on a library. # ⚓ Michelle Barker ☛ Great_Men⠀⇛ Shakespeare is essential in way that little else is. We take it as read that Shakespeare’s plays must be studied at school, and that we’d have to take the complete works of Shakespeare if we were marooned on a desert island (though I don’t imagine they’d survive the journey, and may well end up a substantial source of kindling). Can it really be that nothing else over the past few centuries has come close to equalling their cultural value? Or is it that we simply have access to so much now, readily at our fingertips, that nothing awes us like it used to? Perhaps it’s the diversity we have nowadays. We don’t all have to agree upon what is culturally significant, whereas in the 16th century there was far less choice on offer to the masses. What will endure of our time for future generations? Is it even possible for the 21st century to have its own equivalent of Shakespeare? o § Proprietary / Vendor Lock-in / Malware⠀➾ # ⚓ TechSpot ☛ Microsoft_gutted_the_Age_of_Empires_studio_while folding_it_into_Activision⠀⇛ World's Edge, the Microsoft studio that oversees the Age of Empires franchise, has lost nearly half its staff in the latest round of Xbox layoffs. The cuts coincided with Microsoft's decision to place the studio under Activision. Former employees also said the studio's next project was canceled during the transition. The moves raise questions about World's Edge's future role and the direction of Age of Empires under Activision. "Our studio was reorganized to be under the Activision umbrella," former senior software engineer Andrew Martz said in a LinkedIn post. "As part of that reorg, our next project was canceled and a large chunk of our studio was laid off. I was part of that layoff." # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Microsoft_SharePoint_Flaw_CVE-2026-65660 Now_Exploited_in_Attacks⠀⇛ Early-warning threat intelligence platform Previdian (formerly KEVIntel) reported seeing exploitation attempts on September 24. On September 25, the company saw attempts to create a webshell backdoor. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_x47.c_Windows_Botnet_Weaponizes_xAI Grok,_AI_API_Draining⠀⇛ The panel’s DDoS tab provides access to 18 attack methods, including HTTP floods, AI API draining, slow HTTP, TCP and UDP floods, TLS stresser, and various reflection and amplification techniques. While the HTTP, TCP, and UDP methods are meant to exhaust resources and bandwidth, the AI drain mode is meant to consume a victim’s paid AI credits. # ⚓ Sacha Chua ☛ Practising_French_pronunciation_on_the_go; experimenting_with_a_Bluetooth_phone_controller_ring⠀⇛ I wanted to experiment with getting a scrolling ring so that I could advance to the next track or go back to a previous track without tapping my phone. I think this will be useful if I've stashed my phone or if it's cold enough outside that I want to keep my hands in my pockets or in my mittens. It could also be useful for taking group selfies, as I find it difficult to both hold the phone and tap the camera button. So I chose one with a scroll wheel and a left and right button. # § So-Called 'Artificial Intelligence' ('AI') / LLM Slop / Plagiarism⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ OpenAI_Tried_to_Hide_ChatGPT_Giving Extremely_Specific_Advice_to_a_School_Shooter_on_How_to Maximize_Casualties._The_Logs_Are_Horrific.⠀⇛ OpenAI is currently facing 37 lawsuits from families impacted by the February shooting at Tumbler Ridge, where 18-year-old shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar murdered six people at a local school — five students, all aged between 12 and 13, and a teacher — and injured 27 others before killing herself. (Van Rootselaar also fatally shot her mother and younger stepbrother before continuing the rampage.) It’s also being sued by the Canadian province of British Columbia over allegations that OpenAI could’ve prevented the killing but failed. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ An_‘SNL’_Exchange_That_Captures_the_AI Disconnect⠀⇛ Wickline’s Amodei continued to flail throughout the interview, even as Che began to ask seemingly simple questions about AI’s benefits. The Anthropic co-founder failed to name a single one—a telling portrait of industry giants’ struggle to excite the progressively more worried public about AI’s potential as experts continue to caution users of the possible damage these products could inflict upon society. Those experts include AI companies’ own employees, past and present: One former Anthropic researcher warned grimly that the technology might “kill us all by the end of the decade,” adding that AI founders were apparently well acquainted with these risks; a current Anthropic safety researcher chimed in to claim that there was a more than 10 percent chance that AI could “kill all humans.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ DC_Circuit_OK’s_Hegseth’s_Abuse_Of_A Crummy_Statute_To_Punish_AI_Vendors_Who_Won’t_Give_Him The_Deadly_Toys_He_Wants⠀⇛ To some extent the difference in the two decisions can be explained by the two different statutes at issue. Hegseth claimed the authority to make “supply chain risk” designations under two separate ones, 10 U.S.C. § 3252, which was at issue in the California challenge, and 41 U.S.C. § 4713, which was at issue in this case. Congress is also partly to blame for this mess, because in writing the statutory definition for “supply chain risk” in the 4713 statute it created more space for dubious interpretations like this one (“Whatever paradigmatic examples individual members of Congress may have had in mind, the statutory definition is not limited to “adversar[ies],” 10 U.S.C. § 3252(d)(4), and instead covers “any person,” which cannot refer only to foreign entities, 41 U.S.C. § 4713(k)(6).”). The statute also constrained how such designations could be challenged, sending them all directly to the DC Circuit, rather than a district court, which is why Anthropic’s challenge of the Hegseth action ended up in two separate cases. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Microsoft_quietly_drops_Copilot+ branding_from_its_new_laptops_after_two_years_—_Surface CVP_confirms_new_devices_meet_hardware_requirements_but lack_controversial_branding⠀⇛ However, that doesn’t mean Microsoft is backing away completely from Copilot. Despite dropping the hardware branding, it’s still working on numerous AI features for its product lineup. The company recently revamped Copilot and added new features like Home, Code, and Autopilot. It has also tested Copilot+ AI features that run on discrete GPUs, possibly expanding the feature set to PCs that use processors without a built-in NPU. In fact, one AI consultant mapped out Microsoft Copilot products and discovered more than 80 unique offerings, with many more possibly unaccounted for. # ⚓ Windows Central ☛ The_Copilot+_PC_brand_is_dead: Microsoft_and_PC_makers_quietly_pull_back_on_tarnished Windows_11_AI_PC_branding_|_Windows_Central⠀⇛ In 2024, Microsoft and Qualcomm kicked off a new category of Windows hardware it called "Copilot+ PCs" that set the baseline for a new wave of AI-first computers, and launched with exclusive features that would not be made available on PCs that didn't meet a new set of system requirements. # ⚓ James Brown ☛ roguelazer's_website:_watchos_27_sucks so_far⠀⇛ The watch also re-springs every few hours, but, you know, that's life with a .0 OS. # ⚓ Jono Alderson ☛ From_query_to_condition⠀⇛ That distinction matters when we try to measure demand. I could remain willing to buy throughout the three weeks without another search of my own. Counting every automated check as fresh demand would be misleading; assuming my interest had disappeared because I stopped searching would be equally unhelpful. # ⚓ Carole Cadwalladr ☛ Meet_the_real_AI_“rogue_agent”: Lord_Tom_Watson⠀⇛ I’ve spent the last fortnight or so rolling my eyes at the news cycle but refusing to engage with it. I just can’t. It’s not AI that’s out of control. It’s the AI hype cycle. Some 50 years ago, the biologist Richard Dawkins coined the word “meme” to connote a unit of cultural transmission that could reproduce and replicate itself and by this definition, AI hype is one of the most successful memes of all time. I’ve had to look away when Gen Z AI doomers are being interviewed on live TV as if they’re the Delphic oracle by credulous so- called journalists. I thought the news cycle would eventually self-correct and some sanity would break out. But it appears not. Every day brings a fresh slew of nonsense headlines. This was what I woke up to yesterday morning in the New York Times. # ⚓ Bryan Cantrill ☛ Fool's_Expertise⠀⇛ In particular, Klein repeatedly appealed to the authority conferred by AI expertise; how could Jensen disagree with pioneers like Geoffrey Hinton? While Jensen (rightfully) pointed out Hinton has been wrong in his predictions (e.g., his infamously wrong 2016 prediction that radiology would cease to exist by 2021), he missed an opportunity to explain why Hinton is wrong: it’s not (merely) that Hinton is not seeing the future (or aspects of it) clearly, it’s that Hinton is making claims that far exceed the range of his domain expertise. # ⚓ Jeff Atwood ☛ If_we_do_not_stop_to_help_each_other, what_do_we_become?⠀⇛ Yesterday, I received this email as a response to You Can't Vibe Code Love. It's such a remarkable and powerful statement that I asked permission to share it here, in its entirety, with personal information redacted: [...] # § Social Control Media⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ I_ditched_YouTube's_bloated_app_for Brave,_but_I'm_keeping_my_Premium_subscription_anyway⠀⇛ One function that Brave does exceptionally well is displaying YouTube's web interface. Brave allows me to customize YouTube's UI like no other. I can remove several elements that normally cover more space than the videos themselves. o § Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub)⠀➾ # ⚓ Iain Cambridge ☛ Don't_couple_your_Go_code_to_GitHub⠀⇛ The solution is to use custom domains such as go.iain.rocks, go.uber.org, go.mongodb.org, etc. This allows you to just change where those domains point to. For example, go.iain.rocks/boneclone points to github.com/thetrueares/boneclone and if I move to GitLab nothing will change for the end users the install command is the same. In my opinion, every commerical software development team using Go should be using custom domains for namespacing their internal libraries and packages. As it’s an easy way to avoid any pointless coupling. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Wealthy_Tech_Guys_Can't_Get_Dates_Because They're_So_Widely_Hated_That_Not_Even_Money_Is_Making Women_Grimace_and_Deal_With_Them⠀⇛ Dating is tough when you’re a tech bro with more money than you know what to do with. That, at any rate, is according to the said loaded tech workers who spilled their guts to Wired. One 23-year-old complained that his attempts at getting laid would get derailed as soon as he told a potential hookup that he worked at Palantir, the AI surveillance and defense company. Dates quickly questioned his morals; one called him the devil. “Sometimes people would just straight up stop talking to me,” he told Wired. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Flock_seeks_to_have_security researchers'_map_of_Flock_cameras_taken_down_— unauthenticated_flaw_exposed_335,701_camera_locations nationwide⠀⇛ A security researcher discovered a vulnerability in Flock’s website that gave him an access token without needing login credentials. The researcher used the information gleaned to build a map of Flock cameras and share it on a website he named the Flock Surveillance Map, which now lists the location of 335,701 cameras. Flock has now issued a trademark infringement complaint with the goal of having the researcher close the website. # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ I_spent_three_weeks_using_an_AI note-taking_pin_–_this_is_what_happened⠀⇛ It uses artificial intelligence to listen in on your meetings, transcribing and summarising what’s been said, and is capable of automatically generating mind maps and other visual aids. # ⚓ InfoQ ☛ Reviewing_Microsoft's_Automatic_Insertion_of Telemetry_into_C++_Binaries⠀⇛ Recently Reddit user "sammiesdog" posted claims that Visual Studio's C++ compiler was automatically adding function calls to Microsoft's telemetry services. The screenshot accompanying their post showed how a simple 5 line CPP file produced an assembly language file that included a function call titled “telemetry_main_invoke_trigger”. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Deseret Media ☛ California_sheriff_unlawfully_seized_over 650,000_ballots_and_must_return_them,_state_Supreme_Court rules⠀⇛ The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated the state's election law by ordering his deputies to seize more than 650,000 ballots tied to the Proposition 50 special election. The justices ruled unanimously in two cases against Bianco, stating that he violated the law when he seized the ballots and also ignored directives from Attorney General Rob Bonta. # ⚓ New Republic ☛ The_Worst_Possible_Way_to_End_the_Trump Era⠀⇛ One of my many cataloged memories of the Trump era is from the run-up to the 2016 election, when one of my colleagues related to me what one of his sources in Brazil, fretful about Donald Trump’s rise, told him. “It’s OK for the world for Brazil to occasionally be a basket case nation,” he said. “But the thought of the U.S. becoming one is really disturbing.” This week, Trump addressed the U.N. General Assembly, cast in the role we once reserved for people like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Muammar Qaddafi: the batshit egomaniac dictator (only this time, with nukes). It seems to me that we’ve well and truly failed the basket case test. But a new poll has given me some fresh worries on this front—and a concern that maybe too many of us have developed a little taste for misrule. # ⚓ Pete Brown ☛ 🔗_How_to_dance_through_the_apocalypse_•...⠀⇛ He goes on to make that point that the billionaires who want to rule society are so rich that they have run out of stuff on their things piles and do not understand what a community pile even is. So, like the vampires they are, they’re trying to take ours. # ⚓ Buttondown LLC ☛ How_to_dance_through_the_apocalypse_• Buttondown⠀⇛ I’m in the middle of reading Gil Durán’s The Nerd Reich, which I recommend if you’re in the right headspace. It’s very good. It’s supposedly a history of the powerful fascists of Silicon Valley, but all I can see is how fucking absolutely miserable every one of these motherfuckers is. Rich and miserable. These are men (I have yet to run into a woman in the book.) who depleted their things pile. They have more money than they will ever need. They have private planes. They have Wolverine claws. They have yachts that fit inside bigger yachts. They have every comic book in the world. Some of these motherfuckers have been to space! (Kinda.) And yet… despite making their way through their own things pile, they are not happy. Despite making their way through our things pile, they are not happy. Despite making their way through society’s social safety net (as meager as it was), they are not happy. # ⚓ ADF ☛ East_Africa_Proposes_New_Anti-Piracy_Task_Force⠀⇛ The plan was revealed on August 17, the same day that eight armed Somali pirates boarded the Cameroon-flagged MV Lutuf, which had armed guards, about 4 nautical miles off the Somalia coast. Pirates launched their attack from the MV Sward, which they had seized in April, Puntland security officials told Agence France-Presse. They also used the Sward to hijack two Iranian fishing vessels in July. The Iranian boats were released after ransoms were paid. # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ Trump_State_Dinner_Guest_List_Was_a_List_of American_Oligarchs⠀⇛ The full guest list is almost too long to print: 134 names in total, encompassing a fascinating upper crust picked from the top of American industry, media, and technology, as well as some of the key political figures in Republican politics. This was a dinner meant to impress the Chinese — to the extent that Trump’s fumbling antics can impress the relatively unflappable Jinping — but also to make it clear whose input, expertise, and funding mattered to the future of the MAGA movement. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ What_Israel_Knew_Before_October_7⠀⇛ A conversation with Vivian Salama about her exclusive reporting that Egypt’s top spy warned of the coming attack. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Wired ☛ The_Data_Center_Backlash_Should_Also_Be_a_Climate Reckoning._It_Isn’t_Yet⠀⇛ Week panel featuring tech executives working on AI and data centers was only about a minute into the discussion when a man stood up a few rows over from me in the audience and started yelling. “The idea that we can keep running on fracked gas is a lie!” he exclaimed as security tackled him. The panel tried to get back to business after the protester was removed—only to be interrupted again when another person stood up. That’s how things proceeded for the next 10 minutes as protesters with the group Extinction Rebellion NYC staggered interruptions, yelling about various harms of AI over the speakers onstage, who tried valiantly to continue their conversation. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Vitalik Buterin ☛ The_cryptographic_world_computer⠀⇛ The Ethereum of today has general-purpose computation, proof of stake, onchain applications using zero-knowledge proofs and L2s that provide scaling and privacy. The Ethereum of tomorrow will have computation with a tunable dial between extreme scale and full generality, multiple forms of multi- participant block construction, a highly optimized form of proof of stake, and zero- knowledge proofs baked in playing key roles at the base layer. This post will walk through some of the most important fundamental differences between blockchains in 2010 and blockchains in 2030, both from the point of view of the technology and from the point of view of what properties you can expect to have as a user. # ⚓ MaritimeCyprus ☛ Flashback_in_maritime_history:_MS Estonia_sinking_on_28_September_1994_claiming_852 lives⠀⇛ Though all communication channels failed immediately following the accident, feeble messages sent by way of the intermittently collapsing radio lines helped in the rescuing operations, however delayed they were. The rescue attempts were considerably hampered by the weather turbulence. Air rescuing campaigns were inordinately delayed which meant that only other vessels in the immediate vicinity could come to the aid of the distressed. Regrettably, by the time the rescue campaigns could be deployed thoroughly after the initial hassles, almost three- quarters of the voyagers had succumbed as the vessel sank to the depths of the frigid Baltic. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Why_v_Has_Caught_On⠀⇛ But his reasoning seems more political than spiritual. Suicidal Empathy and books like it are aimed not at liberals, but at conservatives who may be struggling with a conflict between their politics and their conscience. Arguments about the harms of empathy help justify personal and political behavior that might otherwise seem wrong or feel bad, such as cutting food-stamp benefits for poor people or tearing immigrant mothers away from their children. By claiming that an excess of compassion is in fact a social blight, Saad’s book and others offer a theoretical framework for selfishness. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ DOJ_Intervenes_in_EU_to_Help_Elon_Musk Defraud_Users⠀⇛ This is, tactically, an effort to ensure that Xitter can continue to export fascist propaganda to the EU as part of an effort to undermine democracy. But the coverage of DOJ’s intervention has largely ignored what the judgment was for. # ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Notorious_Gem_of_Tanzania_(Wrekin_Ruby)_& Nigel_Farage's_mega-donations⠀⇛ Many people have seen the recent news about Reform UK party receiving two donations of £36 million each. Therefore, it is quite a shock to see the party simultaneously being subject to a winding up petition under the Insolvency Act. UK law doesn't require a contract to be in writing. Nigel Farage presents himself as somebody you can have a pint with. If somebody agrees to pay for a round of drinks you don't ask them to provide a written contract. Likewise, when Nigel Farage and other leaders in his party made promises to pay election expenses, I felt that was like offering to buy a round of drinks. It was a verbal contract. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ The Barents Observer ☛ 'Culture_cannot_stay_silent_in wartime'⠀⇛ The border between Narva and Ivangorod is a dividing line between liberal democracy and an aggressive dictatorship, which is waging war not only in Ukraine but also, with hybrid and composite tools, in the EU and beyond. Over several years, Narva has been the target of a massive Russian disinformation and propaganda campaign. Museum Director Maria Smorževskihh-Smirnova is at the front line. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Tuscon Sentinel ☛ TUSD_tries_to_censor_Sentinel_reporters at_school_closure_meeting⠀⇛ District staffers attempt to dictate news coverage, instructing journalists to not quote participants at Tucson High 'engagement' meeting # ⚓ BoingBoing ☛ Top_platforms_refuse_paid_ads_for_Alex Gibney's_"Musk"_documentary⠀⇛ Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney directed Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. His latest, Musk, profiles the wealthiest man in the world. But you won't be seeing paid ads for it on YouTube, Facebook or TikTok, as all of them are refusing to run the trailer. The Hollywood Reporter covers a stark example of class solidarity. # ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ TikTok,_Meta_and_YouTube_All_Won't_Run Ads_for_Musk_Doc⠀⇛ The studio releasing Alex Gibney’s new Elon Musk documentary Musk is finding itself unable to buy an ad on the biggest social platforms. YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram and Facebook owner Meta are all declining to run the trailer for Musk, along with X itself, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ New Republic ☛ Trump’s_Angry_Tirade_Over_Failing_Press_Ban Reveals_His_Achilles’_Heel⠀⇛ Helpfully, this has now been confirmed—belated but significantly—by none other than Donald Trump himself. Late Thursday, while erupting in a wild fury over media companies that have joined forces against his effort to ban select ones from the White House grounds, he accidentally revealed an Achilles’ heel of sorts. # ⚓ Salon ☛ Trump_finds_another_way_to_shut_out_CNN⠀⇛ The latest restriction came less than 48 hours after U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly temporarily blocked Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds. Kelly, whom Trump appointed during his first term, found that the administration had failed to provide the outlets with due process before revoking their access. Reporters from all three organizations returned to the White House following the ruling. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_elections_expert_Alexander_Kynev_stayed_in the_country_to_keep_studying_its_politics._After_criticizing the_latest_vote,_he_was_arrested_on_drug_charges.⠀⇛ An acquaintance of Kudrin’s tells Meduza that the former deputy prime minister tried to bring “the most capable specialists” into the committee, including political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin, Novaya Gazeta journalist Andrey Kolesnikov, economist Mikhail Dmitriev, and Kynev. o § Civil Rights / Policing / Accessibility⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Tibetan_calligrapher_brings_his_art_to_the next_generation⠀⇛ “When I was in Class 1 till Class 5, we had such wonderful, scholarly teachers,” he recalls. Like Mr. Chakrishar and his family, these educators were born in Tibet but had fled the Chinese occupation there and sought refuge in India’s northeastern Sikkim state. Mr. Chakrishar went on to work in Sikkim’s tourism department and its ministry of culture, as well as undertaking a decade of volunteer service for the Tibetan government in exile in Dharamshala, India. Upon retiring, he began practicing Tibetan calligraphy. He also creates images by writing Tibetan prayers and scriptures in miniature form with the help of a magnifying glass. # ⚓ Votebeat ☛ Texas’_delayed_voter_applications_highlight registration_woes⠀⇛ A DPS snafu created a backlog of at least 200,000 applications dating back a year, sparking bipartisan calls for an investigation. # ⚓ Matt Stein ☛ Against_Tech_Oligarchy⠀⇛ This was an interesting and at times gripping account of tech worker unionization struggles. The book sits on a mental shelf for me with Blood in the Machine for its rallying cry and You Deserve a Tech Union on the practical end. It began accounting for the duplicity of socially- progressive tech companies bending toward authoritarianism over time, leaving progressive workers to hold their companies accountable when no-one else will. The history of tech company idealism and employee identity that started the book was sobering and clarifying. # ⚓ Mediahuis Group ☛ Women_attacked_in_Luxembourg_City: protest_march_for_safety⠀⇛ March is planned for 2 October, International Day of Non-Violence, to urge preventive measures to address increase in assaults on women and girls o § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Apple_hit_with_$5.7_billion_in damages_over_haptic_patents⠀⇛ Taction argued that Apple’s Taptic Engine in its Apple Watches and iPhones used technology that it had developed without a proper license, and the jury agreed. It found that Apple had infringed on two claims in one patent and one in the other. However, the jury did not find that Apple willfully infringed. Taction had accused Apple of reverse-engineering the tech from two Kannon gaming headsets. # ⚓ CNBC ☛ Apple_faces_more_than_$5.7_billion patent_infringement_verdict⠀⇛ A federal jury in San Diego found that Apple owes Taction Technology more than $5.7 billion for infringing two of its patents. # ⚓ 9to5Mac ☛ Apple_hit_with_$5.7_billion_verdict over_Taptic_Engine_patent_infringement_- 9to5Mac⠀⇛ As reported by CNBC, the lawsuit centered around two patents: • U.S. Patent No. 10,659,885 • U.S. Patent No. 10,820,117 Both patents are focused on a “vibration module for applying vibrational tractions to a wearer’s skin.” Taction argued that Apple’s Taptic Engine infringes upon its patents, saying that Apple was “capitalizing on Taction’s innovation and success.” # ⚓ Engadget ☛ Apple_Hit_With_A_$5.7_Billion Verdict_For_Alleged_Patent_Infringement⠀⇛ Before the Taction lawsuit, Apple was previously hit with another patent infringement lawsuit from Immersion. The company filed a complaint against Apple, also accusing it of patent violations with haptic tech found in iPhones, Apple Watches and MacBooks, but eventually settled for an undisclosed amount. More notably, Apple is in the midst of another patent infringement battle surrounding its Apple Watch and a feature that tracks blood-oxygen levels. In November, another federal jury ruled that Apple has to pay $634 million for violation patents from Masimo, but the tech giant is similarly planning to appeal this jury verdict. # ⚓ AppleInsider ☛ Apple_owes_Taction_$5.7B_after losing_haptic_feedback_IP_trial⠀⇛ The verdict form reveals that Taction has managed to prove to the jury that Apple had infringed on two claims in one patent, and one in the other. However, on the second question, asking if Taction had proved Apple willfully infringed, the jury said it had not. In effect, the jury says that Taction has proven Apple has infringed, but not that Apple did so knowingly. It wasn't necessarily an intentional infringement by Apple. # ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Apple_Owes_$5.7_Billion_for Infringement_of_Haptics_Patents_(2)⠀⇛ Jurors in the US District Court for the Southern District of California spent parts of two days before determining that Apple infringed claims from two Taction haptics patents — US Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and 10,820,117. They determined, however, that the infringement wasn’t willful. The suit targeted Apple’s Taptic Engine, which the company says provides users of it products with tactile feedback to simulate actions, like clicks. # ⚓ Insurance Journal ☛ Jury_Says_Apple_Owes_Record $5.7B_in_Haptic_Technology_Patent_Case⠀⇛ Taction, which uses its technology in headphones and gaming headsets, filed the lawsuit in 2021. Apple denied the allegations and said the patents were invalid. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Court_asks_Apple_to_pay_$5.7 billion_to_Taction_Technology_for_using_company's patented_technology_in_Apple_Watch_and_iPhones; Apple_vows_to_appeal;_says:_Thank_you,_but_...⠀⇛ Apple has been ordered to pay more than $5.7 billion to Taction Technology after a US federal jury found that the technology behind Apple's haptic feedback in iPhones and Apple Watches infringed two Taction patents. According to a CNBC report, the iPhone maker has rejected the verdict and said it will appeal. “While we thank the jury for their consideration, we strongly disagree with today’s verdict and the damages awarded, which are entirely unsupported by the facts,” Apple told the publication. The company also disputed the damages awarded by the jury, saying its Taptic Engine is different from Taction's technology. # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Apple_owes_record_$5.7_billion_in haptic_technology_patent_case,_US_jury_says⠀⇛ The jury said on Friday that Apple’s Taptic Engine, which creates tapping vibrations, infringed two Taction patents. # § Trademarks⠀➾ # § Right of Publicity⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Japanese_Voice_Actor_Sues TikTok_Over_AI_Voice_Cloning⠀⇛ Fans sometimes idolize voice actors in Japan’s celebrated animation industry as much as the characters they portray. One major example is Kenjiro Tsuda, best known for his roles in anime franchises like “Jujutsu Kaisen” and “Yu-Gi-Oh!” He’s perhaps Japan’s first voice actor to take a major company to court over alleged AI clones of his voice, filing suit against TikTok over a series of videos featuring a narrator that sounds strikingly familiar to the 55-year-old. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ CopyrightLately ☛ Vetter_Says_Wait._The_Supreme_Court Shouldn't⠀⇛ Percolation may be great for coffee and for testing whether your backyard can handle a septic tank. As a reason to leave the Fifth Circuit’s January 2026 ruling alone, it’s not nearly as persuasive. In that same December article, Kappel and Wells explained that a win “should give terminating songwriters leverage they never had before.” According to the music industry’s July amicus brief, that’s already happening: artists and songwriters who previously renegotiated their deals are now sending “supplemental” or “renewed” termination notices that claim foreign rights and seek “further compensation—often despite earlier express acknowledgments that no termination rights exist as to foreign exploitation.” The problem is that no one at those negotiating tables knows whether claims to foreign rights will actually hold up. Even Vetter’s brief concedes that foreign courts “remain free to apply their own recognition rules.” That sort of uncertainty doesn’t help songwriters or publishers, and it isn’t going to wait around for a circuit split. # ⚓ Fabio Akita ☛ The_Limits_of_LLMs:_Good_at_Reproducing What_Exists._Expensive_for_What_Doesn't⠀⇛ Everyone has noticed by now that LLMs write CRUD with their eyes closed. Forms, reports, REST endpoints, unit tests: it comes out clean, it comes out fast. A lot of people conclude from this that programmers are done for. I’ve been using LLMs for everything for almost two years, I’ve published dozens of projects with them, and my conclusion is different: what they do best is reproduce what already exists. And that covers a giant slice of corporate work, don’t kid yourself. But there’s a frontier they don’t cross easily, and I spent the last few months bumping into it on purpose. This article shows where that frontier sits, with evidence from my own projects and from the research that exists on the subject. And there’s a hypothesis I’ll put up front and defend along the way: if LLMs are so good at code, providers owe a huge debt to the decades of the open source community, which protected the freedom of code and published everything for free. 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