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<description>bonum certa men certa</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 15:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Legal Letters Are Not Postcards (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/23/Legal_Letters_Are_Not_Postcards.shtml</link>
<description>It seems like intimidation, nothing more</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 06:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>European Patent Office (EPO) Strikes Persist, EPO Management Tries to Give False Impression of "Happy Staff" (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/23/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Strikes_Persist_EPO_Management_Tries.shtml</link>
<description>EPO is trying to broadcast to the world a totally phony image of itself</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The End of FOSSPost (fosspost.org), It Has become an LLM Slopfarm Like FOSSLinux (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/22/The_End_of_FOSSPost_fosspost_org_It_Has_become_an_LLM_Slopfarm_.shtml</link>
<description>These sites will never get lucky with slop. These experiments always end badly.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 17:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Government Bailouts Won't be Enough to Save IBM</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/23/Government_Bailouts_Won_t_be_Enough_to_Save_IBM.shtml</link>
<description>Bailouts from taxpayers in the US</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 23/05/2026: Social Media Bans and Demise of Userbase of LLM Chatbots</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/23/Links_23_05_2026_Social_Media_Bans_and_Demise_of_Userbase_of_LL.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 08:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 85 Out of 200: The United Kingdom's Rating for Press Freedom Has Improved, But We Can Do Even Better</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/23/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_85_Out_of_200_The_United_Kingdom_s_Rating.shtml</link>
<description>we see the US at #64</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 06:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Sites Realise That Becoming More Active by Using Bots (LLM Slop) is Self-Destructive</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/23/Sites_Realise_That_Becoming_More_Active_by_Using_Bots_LLM_Slop_.shtml</link>
<description>We'll soon (maybe next year) also show that some of the 85+ KG of legal papers sent our way are computer-generated garbage, which might run afoul of some rules</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 23/05/2026: Patience, LLM Chatbts Being Bad, and Unexpected Computer Surgery</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/23/Gemini_Links_23_05_2026_Patience_LLM_Chatbts_Being_Bad_and_Unex.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 04:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/23/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 22, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/23/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_May_22_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Friday, May 22, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 03:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 22/05/2026: Ebola Crisis and Samsung Averts a Walkout With Big Bonuses</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/22/Links_22_05_2026_Ebola_Crisis_and_Samsung_Averts_a_Walkout_With.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 21:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 22/05/2026: Inflation Fears and Thailand Tightens Visa Rules for Tourists From Dozens of Nations</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/22/Links_22_05_2026_Inflation_Fears_and_Thailand_Tightens_Visa_Rul.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>EPO Staff Representation Speaks of This Week's Discussion With the EPO's Budget and Finance Committee (BFC) Amid Mass Strikes</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/22/EPO_Staff_Representation_Speaks_of_This_Week_s_Discussion_With_.shtml</link>
<description>The Central Staff Committee's outline (prepared in a rush) or the "flash report"</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 06:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 84 Out of 200: New Legislation Against SLAPPs on the Way (After We Reached Out to Ministers)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/22/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_84_Out_of_200_New_Legislation_Against_SLA.shtml</link>
<description>They dealt with the matter individually too, but we won't share this in public, at least not at this time</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 05:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXX - Where Was "The Ethics and Compliance Team" When the Family of EPO President Campinos Was Caught Doing Cocaine?</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/22/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXX_Where_Was_The_Ethi.shtml</link>
<description>It remains to be seen if national delegates will tolerate this in future meetings</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 03:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 22/05/2026: Esperanto Music History, Suspicious Adoption of Signal, and Unauthorised LLM Slop in Code</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/22/Gemini_Links_22_05_2026_Esperanto_Music_History_Suspicious_Adop.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 03:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/22/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 03:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 21, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/22/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_May_21_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Thursday, May 21, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 03:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 21/05/2026: "Declining America" and Why Slop 'Code' is Made to Fail</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/Links_21_05_2026_Declining_America_and_Why_Slop_Code_is_Made_to.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 20:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Techrights and Tux Machines Subjected to Cyberattacks for Several Weeks</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/Techrights_and_Tux_Machines_Subjected_to_Cyberattacks_for_Sever.shtml</link>
<description>In the past I spoke to the cybercrime unit of British Police. Maybe it's time to do so again.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Register MS Has Become a 'Content' Farm Promoting Slop for Hostile Corporations</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/The_Register_MS_Has_Become_a_Content_Farm_Promoting_Slop_for_Ho.shtml</link>
<description>Now they call it "PARTNER CONTENT" - not "SPONSORED" - as if semantics make the difference</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Latest Example of Widespread Fake Assertions (False News) About "Hey Hi"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/Latest_Example_of_Widespread_Fake_Assertions_False_News_About_H.shtml</link>
<description>The false narrative of "Hey Hi layoffs"</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 21/05/2026: Facebook Rewarded With  Tax Breaks to Destroy the Environment and Cause Global Warming, Shortages, Pollution; SpaceX (SPCX) Continues Losing Billions of Dollars</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/Links_21_05_2026_Facebook_Rewarded_With_Tax_Breaks_to_Destroy_t.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Codecs and Software Patents - Part VIII - GNU Audio/Video Team Has Chosen the AV1 Video Codec and It Explains Why (They've Researched Their Options)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/Codecs_and_Software_Patents_Part_VIII_GNU_Audio_Video_Team_Has_.shtml</link>
<description>AV1 video codec will be used to encode and share GNU videos online</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 06:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Dr. Stallman Helps Establish Free Software Advocacy Outside the Free Software Foundation (FSF) as Well</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/Dr_Stallman_Helps_Establish_Free_Software_Advocacy_Outside_the_.shtml</link>
<description>The ideals or principles of Free Software needn't be centralised or monopolised; they can be federated</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 06:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>22 Years of Tux Machines and a Community Stronger Than Ever Before</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/22_Years_of_Tux_Machines_and_a_Community_Stronger_Than_Ever_Bef.shtml</link>
<description>We've already received some feedback from the community and improved it accordingly</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 06:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft Under Investigation for Breaches of Law in the UK</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/Microsoft_Under_Investigation_for_Breaches_of_Law_in_the_UK.shtml</link>
<description>Just like the Microsofters</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 05:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>More Microsoft Layoffs on the Way (June and July 2026)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/More_Microsoft_Layoffs_on_the_Way_June_and_July_2026.shtml</link>
<description>with or without PIPs</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 05:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>LWN Sponsored by the Linux Foundation (Monopolies)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/LWN_Sponsored_by_the_Linux_Foundation_Monopolies.shtml</link>
<description>We must be able to casually point this out</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXIX - European Patent Office (EPO) Tells Staff "Speaking up" is Good, But Not When the "Brother-in-law" of EPO's President Does Cocaine</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXIX_European_Patent_O.shtml</link>
<description>Do we still have a functioning democracy and potent press?</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 03:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 20, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_May_20_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Wednesday, May 20, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 03:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 21/05/2026: Immigration, Slop, and Slop 'Code' Suggestions Infesting Code Repositories</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/Gemini_Links_21_05_2026_Immigration_Slop_and_Slop_Code_Suggesti.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the dayGemini Links 21/05/2026: Immigration, Slop, and Slop 'Code' Suggestions Infesting Code Repositories</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 03:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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