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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 08:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 19/05/2026: Online 'Storage' (Surveillance) Accounts Lower Thresholds (Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos), Slop Debacles Expand (False Promises Made to Staff Regarding Compensation)</title>
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<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 08:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 81 Out of 200: SLAPP Censorship Does Not Work If Your Sole Strategy is Revenge (and You Attack the Family)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_81_Out_of_200_SLAPP_Censorship_Does_Not_W.shtml</link>
<description>Both yours and others'</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 06:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Techrights at 20 (Soon)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Techrights_at_20_Soon.shtml</link>
<description>It does not seek popularity or affirmation from "Establishment" outlets</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 06:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>We Pay More for Less, for Things That Last Less Time and Are Almost Impossible to Repair</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/We_Pay_More_for_Less_for_Things_That_Last_Less_Time_and_Are_Alm.shtml</link>
<description>Ever noticed how "modern" or "smart" TVs come with dumber and dumber (worse) controllers?</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 05:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Vista 11 Turns 5 in a Couple of Months. Not Many People Use It.</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Vista_11_Turns_5_in_a_Couple_of_Months_Not_Many_People_Use_It.shtml</link>
<description>It is the only supported version of Windows; many people move elsewhere</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 04:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Head of GitHub Recently Left, Microsoft Need No Longer Report Mass Layoffs There (User Activity is Declining)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Head_of_GitHub_Recently_Left_Microsoft_Need_No_Longer_Report_Ma.shtml</link>
<description>We've long said that LinkedIn and GitHub, which Microsoft bought, would likely end up like Skype</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Slop Bubble is Already Bursting</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/The_Slop_Bubble_is_Already_Bursting.shtml</link>
<description>Slop is not desirable and the general public is growingly impatient, seeing that slop has improved nothing for them</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 03:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 19/05/2026: Reliable Old Tech, Collection of Essays</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Gemini_Links_19_05_2026_Reliable_Old_Tech_Collection_of_Essays.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 02:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXVII - European Patent Office (EPO) Became a "Toxic Work Environment" When Cocaine Addicts Put in Charge</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXVII_European_Patent_.shtml</link>
<description>They are putting at risk colleagues by abusing them</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 02:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 18, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_May_18_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Monday, May 18, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 02:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 18/05/2026: Slop-induced Shortages, Solicitors Regulation Authority Says It's Unable to Deal With Complaints Load (So Regulation Does Not Really Exist)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Links_18_05_2026_Slop_induced_Shortages_Solicitors_Regulation_A.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 18/05/2026: Ghost Essay and World Wide Web Considered Broken</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Gemini_Links_18_05_2026_Ghost_Essay_and_World_Wide_Web_Consider.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 18:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Cooperation and Collaboration, on a More Personal Level</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Cooperation_and_Collaboration_on_a_More_Personal_Level.shtml</link>
<description>Rianne, to me, isn't just a wife; she is also my best friend</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 14:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM Has Payroll Problems (Just Like Microsoft)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/IBM_Has_Payroll_Problems_Just_Like_Microsoft.shtml</link>
<description>It's a good thing that many nations around the world are, accordingly if not proactively, divesting from GAFAM</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 14:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 18/05/2026: 25 Years of OLDaily and Dangers of "Living With Too Much Tech"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Links_18_05_2026_25_Years_of_OLDaily_and_Dangers_of_Living_With.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Trips to London</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Trips_to_London.shtml</link>
<description>London isn't a bad place, but it's a long journey and we'd rather stay in Manchester and write about technology</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 06:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 80 Out of 200: Having Run Out of Time to Meet a Judge's Deadline, Microsoft's Graveley Had Garrett's Lawyers Argued My ~190-Page Defence and CounterClaim (DCC) Was Unclear About My Position</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_80_Out_of_200_Having_Run_Out_of_Time_to_M.shtml</link>
<description>Nothing could be further from the truth</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 06:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Working in the Shell (and Fish)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Working_in_the_Shell_and_Fish.shtml</link>
<description>Yesterday we spent about 5 hours on the shells and fish</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 04:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXVI - Campinos Has Put Unfit-for-Employment Drug Addicts in Charge of the European Patent Office (EPO)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXVI_Campinos_Has_Put_.shtml</link>
<description>How many months has Campinos got left before the delegates show him the door?</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 03:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Sunday, May 17, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_May_17_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Sunday, May 17, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 03:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 18/05/2026: Poetry, Sauna, and GNU Taler</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Gemini_Links_18_05_2026_Poetry_Sauna_and_GNU_Taler.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>"The Society of Media Lawyers" (UK) is a Truly Malicious Anti-Media Lobby Which Helps Rich/Abusive Americans and Hostile Countries Attack Actual Media Workers in the UK</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/The_Society_of_Media_Lawyers_UK_is_a_Truly_Malicious_Anti_Media.shtml</link>
<description>They typically source their money from aboard to besiege domestic actors (like honest journalists or independent outlets that document suppressed beats/topics)</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 14:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Slop Still Waning, Its Momentum is Driven by Companies That Stand to Lose a Lot (or Everything) When the Bubble Pops</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/Slop_Still_Waning_Its_Momentum_is_Driven_by_Companies_That_Stan.shtml</link>
<description>When it comes to LLM slop disguised as news, it's just not working out</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 17/05/2026: arXiv Brings Down the Hammer, UnderPOWERed, and Slopping With Tcl/Tk</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/Gemini_Links_17_05_2026_arXiv_Brings_Down_the_Hammer_UnderPOWER.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 13:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 17/05/2026: Amazon Employees Herded Into Slop, Taiwan Sold Down the River by Cheeto</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/Links_17_05_2026_Amazon_Employees_Herded_Into_Slop_Taiwan_Sold_.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 17/05/2026: Society of Media Lawyers (Brett Wilson LLP et al) Lobby for More SLAPPs in the UK, “Courage in Journalism Award” Given in Oppressive Country</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/Links_17_05_2026_Society_of_Media_Lawyers_Brett_Wilson_LLP_et_a.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 10:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Finland Needs to Dump Microsoft (Microslop) for National Security Reasons and the Same is True for Hundreds of Countries</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/Finland_Needs_to_Dump_Microsoft_Microslop_for_National_Security.shtml</link>
<description>"I don't see why Ryssäs would want Finns to use microslop products..."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 05:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Cyber Show UK is Already Available Over Gemini Protocol</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/Cyber_Show_UK_is_Already_Available_Over_Gemini_Protocol.shtml</link>
<description>This past week the total number of active Gemini capsules hit all-time records several times</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 04:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Fight Til the End</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/Fight_Till_the_End.shtml</link>
<description>This comes to show that persistence pays off</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 04:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 79 Out of 200: They Will Soon Reach the 100 KG (Kilograms) Milestone; Wheelbarrows, Not Justice (Quantity of Legal Papers Sent to Us)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_79_Out_of_200_They_Will_Soon_Reach_the_10.shtml</link>
<description>It's about the quality, not quantity (unless your sole aim is to drown out or "flood the zone")</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 04:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXV - Not Bringing Intelligence to the EPO, Not 'Artificial Intelligence' Either (But Intelligence-Eroding Drugs)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXV_Not_Bringing_Intel.shtml</link>
<description>The EPO was meant to be about science and law. In practice, however, it's about breaking the law and being stoned.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 02:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Cyber Show on Why Coding is Important and Slop Cannot Change or Replace That</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/The_Cyber_Show_on_Why_Coding_is_Important_and_Slop_Cannot_Chang.shtml</link>
<description>Hand-crafting one's site has plenty of advantages</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 02:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 01:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Saturday, May 16, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_May_16_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Saturday, May 16, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 01:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 17/05/2026: Music Theory, Reticulum Git Repos, and Releasing Kiln</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/17/Gemini_Links_17_05_2026_Music_Theory_Reticulum_Git_Repos_and_Re.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 01:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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