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schestowitz> *Note: Part 20 is the final part of the series and this e-mail concludesApr 13 08:09
schestowitz> the transmission of the relevant documents.*Apr 13 08:09
schestowitzI will commence this today.Apr 13 08:09
schestowitzPlease extend my warmest regards to anyone who helped put together this very well-researched piece. I could not have done better work myself!Apr 13 08:09
schestowitzthe frequency or the intensity of attacks went down yesterday afternoon, but  that can always change at short notice. It was esp. bad yesterday morning.Apr 13 08:15
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Techrights-secthe attacks are not quite interfering with the availablity of the site, fortunatelyApr 13 08:43
Techrights-secI've added a time limit for the whole HTTP transaction in my monitoring script(s)Apr 13 08:43
schestowitzI think it's safe to assume this too "shall pass"... we'll post the 150,000th drupal node later this week!Apr 13 08:44
Techrights-secWe'll see if that make them sensitive enough.  Apr 13 08:44
Techrights-secHowever, automated blocking would help, and most methods for that dependApr 13 08:44
Techrights-secon an OS upgradeApr 13 08:44
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Techrights-sechttps://nitter.cc/AusHumanRights/status/1381825115428585477#m\Apr 13 10:07
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.cc | Australian Human Rights Commission (@AusHumanRights): "Listen to Human Rights Commissioner @esantow talk about why Human Rights matter in the brave new world of #AI. #TechRights" | nitterApr 13 10:07
Techrights-sechttps://nitter.cc/AdrienneGT/status/1380986286320812037#mApr 13 10:07
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.cc | Adrienne G. Thompson (@AdrienneGT): "6,200 vs 3012!! Cancel campaign against #Stallman in full retreat! Signatories are withdrawing. Embarrassed, the corporate-backed cancel mob have *frozen* the list. Sign here to #RiseUpForRMS: https://rms-support-letter.github.io/ #DefendRMS #GNU #Linux http://techrights.org/2021/04/09/hate-always-backfires/" | nitterApr 13 10:07
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schestowitzan attack a few moments ago helped me test some script changes, inc. httpd bring brought down prior to mysql in order to reduce chance of damageApr 13 12:33
Techrights-secI think I had been doing something like that manually but have had few Apr 13 13:00
Techrights-secoccasions to try.  I'pve reduced the timeout on the monitoring scripts here.Apr 13 13:00
Techrights-secNothing triggered them of late, yet.Apr 13 13:00
schestowitzlack of success discourage future attack attemptsApr 13 13:01
Techrights-secWe can hope.Apr 13 13:01
schestowitzIs it worth reaching out to Varghese to confront him? Hopeless cause?Apr 13 13:02
Techrights-secI'm not sure.  It might depend on phrasing but I have no idea how he hasApr 13 13:03
Techrights-secarranged to be misinformed.  The channels of disinformation / misinformation  Apr 13 13:03
Techrights-secmatter in this case.  Apr 13 13:03
schestowitzOK, we will just focus on reproducing the fact checker for now, they urge me to do so and it's CC.Apr 13 13:03
Techrights-sec(assuming his is misinformed and not actively spreading disinformation onlyApr 13 13:04
Techrights-secmisinformantion ... for now)Apr 13 13:04
Techrights-secThe fact checker has helped a lot of people get straightened out on the topic.Apr 13 13:04
Techrights-secAs you know there are several layers of lies, each layer more bold than Apr 13 13:07
Techrights-secthe previous and many otherwise smart people are only looking at the Apr 13 13:07
Techrights-sectop, most extreme layer of lies before making their mind up and Apr 13 13:07
Techrights-secdigging in stubbornly / smuggly.Apr 13 13:07
Techrights-secs/gg/g/;Apr 13 13:07
schestowitzI will repost some old video I made with RMS. Need to decide which...Apr 13 13:07
Techrights-secIn some ways there are a lot of similiarities to the attacks against JAApr 13 13:10
Techrights-secas against RMS.Apr 13 13:10
Techrights-secAnd in the whole JA saga, Ola Bini has gotten lost.Apr 13 13:10
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Techrights-sechttps://nitter.cc/tendies_nuggets/status/1381939649099235333#mApr 13 13:15
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.cc | nugget (@tendies_nuggets): "Maybe http://techrights.org/2020/01/15/osi-board-at-microsoft/" | nitterApr 13 13:15
Techrights-secIf the video is 8 to 10 minutes long or less, then it might transcribableApr 13 13:16
Techrights-secand help with the Gemini site.  Otherwise, video-only posts ought to be Apr 13 13:16
Techrights-seclabeled in the title so that people in Gemini know not to waste time clicking.Apr 13 13:16
schestowitzI will post a video... hang on...Apr 13 13:16
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2021/04/13/richard-stallman-personal/Apr 13 13:19
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Richard Stallman: The Other Things I Have to Say I Put on Stallman.org… Reject the Idea That You Have to Accept Something Like Facebook | TechrightsApr 13 13:19
schestowitzcan you get me text of it?Apr 13 13:19
Techrights-secI think so, but it will take a bit.  Apr 13 13:22
schestowitzthanks, appreciated!Apr 13 13:22
schestowitzI think it's a relevant topic at this moment (work views, personal views etc.)Apr 13 13:22
Techrights-secOk.  That was short.  Apr 13 13:33
Techrights-secCheck mail.Apr 13 13:33
schestowitzthanks, will add asapApr 13 13:34
Techrights-secnpApr 13 13:36
Techrights-secThis is a permanent error. The following address(es)Apr 13 13:36
Techrights-secfailed:Apr 13 13:36
Techrights-secr@schestowitz.com:Apr 13 13:36
Techrights-secSMTP error from remote server for RCPT TO command, host: schestowitz.com (84.18.207.66) reason: 550-"JunkMail rejected - mout.Apr 13 13:36
Techrights-secgmx.net [212.227.15.15]:33483 is in an RBL:Apr 13 13:36
Techrights-sec550 Blocked - see https://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?212.227.15.15"Apr 13 13:36
Techrights-secI'll add it to TR in ~Apr 13 13:36
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.spamcop.net | SpamCop.net - Blocking List ( bl.spamcop.net )Apr 13 13:36
Techrights-secsee: ~/rms-facebook.transcript.txtApr 13 13:36
schestowitzvery weird! is spamcop broken again? since when has it been like this?!Apr 13 13:37
Techrights-secThe previous message, whenever that was, went through.Apr 13 13:41
schestowitzmaybe pgp+attachment triggered somethingApr 13 13:41
schestowitzthanks, published now with text (made some corrective edits)Apr 13 13:43
schestowitzcan you do the even shorter http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rms-gnu.ogg some time later? I plan to write something about history...Apr 13 13:44
schestowitzGemini:Apr 13 13:55
schestowitz   8505-2021-04-11Apr 13 13:55
schestowitz   5080-2021-04-12Apr 13 13:55
schestowitz    661-2021-04-13Apr 13 13:55
Techrights-secokApr 13 13:55
Techrights-secsee; ~/rms-gnu.transcript.txt it's shortApr 13 13:55
schestowitzhenrion has joined the gemini mailing listApr 13 13:56
Techrights-secExcellentApr 13 13:56
Techrights-secThe web is very nearly dead.  Most new Web site redesigns end up withApr 13 13:58
Techrights-seccompletely unusuable garabge and the recent loss of the ADA in the Winn-DixieApr 13 13:58
Techrights-seccase means that there is a disinecentive to beat down broken sites and fixApr 13 13:58
Techrights-secthem.   The web, strangely, is the only place that marketing goes out of the Apr 13 13:58
Techrights-secway to tell mant potential customers to fuck off.  In the old days, theyApr 13 13:58
Techrights-secused to scramble to increase market share by even a percent.  NowApr 13 13:58
Techrights-secthey happily tell whole swathes of the populace to fuck off. Apr 13 13:58
Techrights-sechttps://nitter.cc/ubuntourist/status/1381979469926256644#mApr 13 17:13
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.cc | The Ubuntourist (@ubuntourist): "Though I don't find it particularly coherent, some of the story (with bias) can be found at: http://techrights.org/2021/01/20/fsf-secrecy/" | nitterApr 13 17:13

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