●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, April 05, 2026 ●● ● Apr 05 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040426.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040426.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-040426.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-040426.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, April 04, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040426.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040426.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-040426.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-040426.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, April 04, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-04-04.txt ● Apr 05 [05:21] TR News iophk's thought: spectre and meltdown ought to have been the complete end of x86, and with it microsoft; that ties in with Andy's second to last post, "you can't say that" [05:23] TR News "She quickly surmised that someone had pulled performances of the songs she posted to YouTube, created AI covers, and uploaded them to streaming platforms under her name." https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/907111/murphy-campbell-folk-music-ai-copyright | Source: The Verge [05:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Folk musician Murphy Campbell targeted by AI fakes and copyright trolls | The Verge [05:23] TR News "Armed with new powers to rein in the worst excesses of mobile's duopolists" https://infrequently.org/2026/04/the-web-is-an-antitrust-wedge/ | Source: Alex Russell [05:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-infrequently.org | The Web Is An Antitrust Wedge - Infrequently Noted [05:24] TR News "It is also a technology whose security properties are routinely overstated by the vendors selling it and the cloud providers deploying it." https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1232 | Source: Unmitigated Risk [05:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unmitigatedrisk.com | What Is Confidential Computing, What It Isnt, and How to Think About It | UNMITIGATED RISK [05:25] TR News "There is no public database of known-good TPM measurements. There never has been." https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1231 | Source: Unmitigated Risk [05:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unmitigatedrisk.com | Why Nobody Can Verify What Booted Your Server | UNMITIGATED RISK [05:26] TR News "Icasa attributed the divergence directly to OTT substitution as consumers moved to platforms like WhatsApp." https://techcentral.co.za/whatsapp-is-eating-south-african-operators-revenue/279776/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [05:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | WhatsApp is eating South African operators' revenue [05:26] TR News "After an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three whod recently moved to Minneapolis" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/03/minnesota-kicks-off-legal-battle-with-trump-administration-to-hold-ice-shooters-accountable/ | Source: Techdirt [05:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration To Hold ICE Shooters Accountable | Techdirt [05:27] TR News "What youre seeing is mostly different shades of gray" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/spirtual-advisor-documentary-rolling-stone-films-jeff-hood-1235540687/ | Source: Rolling Stone [05:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | 'The Spiritual Advisor' From Rolling Stone Films Premieres [05:30] TR News "Blocking journalists, harassing them, and forcing them to delete their footage is a blatant attempt to censor their news coverage and control what the public can hear" https://cpj.org/2026/04/zimbabwean-journalists-harassed-at-hearings-to-extend-presidents-term/ | Source: CPJ [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Zimbabwean journalists harassed at hearings to extend presidents term - Committee to Protect Journalists [05:30] TR News "In a November conversation at the Urban Consulate in Detroit, the great writer and thinker Tressie McMillan Cottom was asked by host Orlando P. Bailey" https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-to-accept-big-tech-s-ai-poisoned-future-of-journalism | Source: Marisa Kabas [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thehandbasket.co | Refusing to accept an AI-poisoned future of journalism [05:31] TR News "The misconduct in question may have occurred earlier that day." https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/new-yorker-fact-checkers-anonymous/ | Source: The Nation [05:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Fact-Checkers Anonymous | The Nation [05:33] TR News "police tackled and arrested her at a No Kings protest" https://boingboing.net/2026/04/03/grandma-in-no-dick-tator-costume-still-being-prosecuted-because-satire-apparently-terrifies-alabama.html | Source: BoingBoing [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/03/grandma-in-no-dick-tator-costume-still-being-prosecuted-because-satire-apparently-terrifies-alabama.html ) [05:33] TR News "CentCom (Central Command) has been slowing the release of casualty numbers to the American people." https://boingboing.net/2026/04/03/the-white-house-may-be-hiding-how-many-americans-have-died-in-iran.html | Source: BoingBoing [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/03/the-white-house-may-be-hiding-how-many-americans-have-died-in-iran.html ) [05:35] TR News On IBM leaders: "there is a lot of fake leadership therein fact all of it is just smoke and mirrors" [05:35] TR News "When I think of fake leadership, Rob T comes to mind. Theres a guy who loves the sound of his own voice. Too bad hes totally destroyed the sales organization. I know multiple sellers and CSEs. Theyre all looking to get out. " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knc3tpsb [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knc3tpsb ) [05:35] TR News "EXTREMELY correct and well stated; thank you. Rob "Bloviate" Thomas is the most embarassing IT person I saw in my 44 years. He could be the MC for Barnum and Bailey Circust but nothing else." [05:35] TR News "ATLs are in over their heads and most dont know the products, and the TSLs are just as bad. Everyones quotas are ridiculous and nobody actually cares about what the customers might need. Theyre all conditioned to sell sell sell - mostly out of fear. Its all thanks to the bloviated clown at the top of the sales food chain." [05:40] TR News "Most of the stories use an AI image of me. Facebook Support will not remove the page." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/william-shatner-ai-spreading-rumors | Source: Futurism [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | William Shatner Says AI Is Spreading Horrific Rumors About Him [05:40] TR News "Bill Gates has said that AI will make it easier to fight climate change, but more and more evidence suggests that AI actually makes it harder." https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ai-climate-disinformation-waste/ | Source: The Nation [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | The AI Boom Is a Climate Bust | The Nation [05:40] TR News "It has shaped how millions of American Christians think about war, peace, the environment, the Middle East, and whether its even worth trying to make the world better before Jesus comes back." https://joshuapsteele.com/reading-revelation-wrong/ | [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-joshuapsteele.com | You're Reading Revelation Wrong | Joshua P. Steele [05:41] TR News "In my opinion and experience, its fantasy to judge a technology on its technical merit alone, isolated from political and economical influence!" https://en.neritam.com/2026/04/04/is-criticizing-tech-on-political-grounds-valid/ | Source: Neritam [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.neritam.com | Is criticizing tech on political grounds valid? Neritam [05:41] TR News "Today Im going to name names." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-money-behind-the-throne | Source: Robert Reich [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Who's the Biggest Money Behind the Throne? [05:41] TR News "The FCC is looking for input on a variety of regulatory changes to support domestic drone production and use." https://insidetowers.com/fcc-seeks-your-thoughts-to-build-up-u-s-drone-industry/ | Source: Inside Towers [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | FCC Seeks Your Thoughts to Build Up U.S. Drone Industry - Inside Towers [05:41] TR News "In 2024, federal cybersecurity evaluators reportedly dismissed Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud High (GCC High) as garbage, although they used a more colorful term. To understand why, it helps to consider the history of the underlying Azure infrastructure" https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/04/azure_talent_exodus/ | Source: The Register UK [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Ex-Microsoft engineer blames Azure problems on talent exodus The Register [05:45] TR News "Remember to be a courteous visitor when viewing wildflowers." https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2026-03-17/la-where-to-find-wildflowers-near-los-angeles | Source: Los Angeles Times [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Where to find wildflowers near and around Los Angeles - Los Angeles Times [05:45] TR News "The $20,000 transformation cut his water usage so dramatically that he now waters just once monthly in the summer." https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2026-03-30/christopher-smee-glendale-homeowner-swapped-lawn-for-native-plants-creating-a-thriving-habitat | Source: Los Angeles Times [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Glendale homeowner swapped his lawn for California native plants - Los Angeles Times [05:45] TR News "I think it is fair to say that we as a species need to re-evaluate how we see ourselves on a planet that is not meant for a hierarchical emphasis of one species over another." https://observer.case.edu/animals-live-alongside-us-not-for-us/ | Source: Case Western Reserve University [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-observer.case.edu | Animals live alongside us, not for us The Observer [05:47] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 04, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_April_04_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_April_04_2026.gmi [05:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 04, 2026 [05:48] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:48] TR News "four months later, despite having thrown everything but the kitchen sink to power a [cryptocurrency] boom" https://jacobin.com/2026/04/crypto-trump-etfs-stablecoins-regulation/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Crypto Is Flailing [05:48] TR News "The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced April 2" https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/04/epa-flags-microplastics-as-priority-contaminants-in-drinking-water/ | Source: The New Lede [05:48] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenewlede.org | EPA flags microplastics as "priority" contaminants in drinking water - The New Lede [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:49] TR News "The hack worked because the stations had never changed the factory default passwords on their Emergency Alert equipment passwords listed in publicly available user manuals. The audio itself came from a zombie apocalypse soundbite uploaded to YouTube in 2008." https://boingboing.net/2026/04/03/how-hackers-faked-a-zombie-apocalypse-alert-on-live-tv.html | Source: BoingBoing [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/03/how-hackers-faked-a-zombie-apocalypse-alert-on-live-tv.html ) [05:49] TR News "The claims gained traction quickly across Facebook and Instagram until the White House stepped in with an official response" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/viral-video-misleads-trump-health-white-house-responds-1790206 | Source: International Business Times [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Fact-Check: Donald Trump Health Scare Video Trends on X White House Responds, 2024 Footage Revealed | IBTimes UK [05:50] TR News "The world needs national security whistleblowers to follow in Daniel Ellsbergs footsteps, but the tentacles of the warfare state have an immense grip over Washington, D.C." https://thedissenter.org/whistleblowing-to-stop-a-war/ | Source: The Dissenter [05:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thedissenter.org | Whistleblowing To Stop A War [05:51] TR News "The Colorado River Basin covers more than 246,000 square miles in seven U.S. states (Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California) and Mexico." https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45546 | Source: US Congress [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45546 ) [05:51] TR News "It also signals that Congress may soon face important decisions about funding, authority, and long-term management of one of the Wests most critical water systems." https://www.western-water.com/2026/04/03/congressional-report-colorado-river-at-a-breaking-point/ | Source: Western Water [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.western-water.com | Congressional Report: Colorado River at a breaking point | Western Water [05:51] TR News "The State has 26,676 villages across 31 districts, with 57,883 habitation areas covering over 1.01 crore households" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/drinking-water-scarcity-in-324-villages-across-60-taluks-in-20-districts-in-karnataka-priyank-kharge/article70823790.ece | Source: The Hindu [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thehindu.com | Drinking water scarcity in 324 villages across 60 taluks in 20 districts in Karnataka: Priyank Kharge - The Hindu [05:52] TR News "The foreign provider, Czechia-based Axfone, was not allowed to transmit calls over American networks, the FCC said in a press release." https://therecord.media/fcc-proposes-5-million-fine-robocall | Source: The Record [05:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | FCC proposes $4.5 million fine for voice service provider hosting suspicious foreign call traffic | The Record from Recorded Future News [05:53] TR News "If Trump wants to steal Greenland, he doesn't need tanks or missiles. He can just tell Microsoft and Oracle to brick the entire Danish state and all of its key firm" https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/04/digital-subjugation/#greenlands-next | Source: CoryDoctorow [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: EU ready to cave to Trump on tech (04 Apr 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [05:53] TR News "sometimes open corruption can feel disorienting." https://www.vox.com/podcasts/484772/chris-murphy-interview-trump-corruption-democracy-economy | Source: Vox [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sen. Chris Murphy on Trumps corruption, democracy, and the economy | Vox [05:53] TR News "The rising violence by Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso and the broader Sahel, noting increasing civilian casualties and instability linked to armed group activity" https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/hrw-reports-mass-killings-in-burkina-faso-conflict-urging-government-action/ | Source: JURIST [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | HRW reports mass killings in Burkina Faso conflict, urging government action - JURIST - News [05:54] TR News "More than 20 states led by California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Washington and the District of Columbia sued in federal court in Massachusetts." https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040326_az_eo_election_lawsuit/arizona-joins-coalition-states-suing-block-trumps-mail-ballot-executive-order/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel [05:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040326_az_eo_election_lawsuit/arizona-joins-coalition-states-suing-block-trumps-mail-ballot-executive-order/ ) [05:54] TR News "Without trust and reciprocity, the United States will lack a full intelligence picture as it works to counter Russian, Chinese, North Korean, Iranian, and transnational threats." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/by-alienating-its-intelligence-partners-the-us-risks-losing-more-than-trust/ | Source: Atlantic Council [05:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | By alienating its intelligence partners, the US risks losing more than trust - Atlantic Council [05:56] TR News "The script, which BleepingComputer verified through its own testing, also harvests the CPU core count, available memory, screen resolution, time zone, language settings, and battery status." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/browsers/linkedin-scans-visitors-browsers-for-over-6000-chrome-extensions-and-collects-device-data | Source: Tom's Hardware [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | LinkedIn is spying on you, according to a new 'BrowserGate' security report scripts stealthily scan visitors' browsers for over 6,000 Chrome extensions and harvest hardware data | Tom's Hardware [05:56] TR News "Cybersecurity researchers warn that the White Houses new app regularly shares users IP addresses, time zones and other data to third-party services." https://www.notus.org/technology/trump-white-house-app-cybersecurity | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | The White House App Is Riddled With Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities - NOTUS News of the United States [05:56] TR News (NEW): Age verification on Systemd and Flatpak https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Age_verification_on_Systemd_and_Flatpak.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Age_verification_on_Systemd_and_Flatpak.gmi [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Age verification on Systemd and Flatpak [05:57] TR News "Open source communities depend on a fundamental assumption that is no longer true: the presumption of good faith actors." https://brokenco.de/2026/04/01/private-open-source.html | Source: R Tyler Croy [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-brokenco.de | Private Open Source ● Apr 05 [06:00] TR News "This leads into a natural question, if we can not use quantity as a metric how do we define the value of software, and those who are paid to create it?" https://nathanielfishel.substack.com/p/your-code-is-worthless | [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nathanielfishel.substack.com | Your code is worthless - Nathaniel Fishel [06:00] TR News "But thats the impact for people on the top." https://tante.cc/2026/04/01/dissolving-the-social/ | [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tante.cc | Waste material. The people are faced with the subordination of the. [06:01] TR News "The update flew under the radar, but cropped up on social media this week" https://www.pcmag.com/news/copilot-terms-claim-microsofts-ai-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only | Source: PC Mag [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/news/copilot-terms-claim-microsofts-ai-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only ) [06:01] TR News "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-says-copilot-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only-not-serious-use-firm-pushing-ai-hard-to-consumers-tells-users-not-to-rely-on-it-for-important-advice | Source: Tom's Hardware [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Microsoft says Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, not serious use firm pushing AI hard to consumers and businesses tells users not to rely on it for important advice | Tom's Hardware [06:01] TR News "The aforementioned SSD shortage is due entirely to the seemingly endless hunger of AI datacenters for memory." https://petapixel.com/2026/03/27/sony-shuts-down-nearly-its-entire-memory-card-business-due-to-ssd-shortage/ | Source: Peta Pixel [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due to Flash Shortage | PetaPixel [06:01] TR News "The alarming bit was how out of touch the AI world was." https://observer.co.uk/culture/interviews/article/zoe-hitzig-ai-is-gambling-with-peoples-minds | [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-observer.co.uk | Zo Hitzig: AI is gambling with peoples minds [06:01] TR News "others continued expressing deeper concerns." https://thenewstack.io/ai-coding-tools-reckoning/ | Source: The New Stack [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | "I started to lose my ability to code": Developers grapple with the real cost of AI programming tools - The New Stack [06:02] TR News "OpenAI equity is traded slightly on the secondary market. This lets existing OpenAI investors turn at least some of their equity into actual cash." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/03/nobody-wants-openai-shares-on-the-secondary-market/ | Source: Pivot to AI [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Nostrils. He. [06:02] TR News "Some people see the need for writing code as an impediment to getting good use out of a computer." https://ankursethi.com/blog/coding-assistants-personal-projects/ | Source: Ankur Sethi [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ankursethi.com | I'm no longer using coding assistants on personal projects Ankur Sethi's Internet Website [06:02] TR News "Im currently on my third or fourth attempt to protect my Forgejo" https://janlukas.blog/micro/2026/04/2026-04-03-lnnkw | Source: Jan-Lukas Else [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-janlukas.blog | Im currently on my third o - Jan-Lukas Else [06:02] TR News "Fortunately, Im not alone in my thinking." https://www.theverge.com/tech/906453/human-made-ai-free-logo-creative-content | Source: The Verge [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Really, you made this without AI? Prove it | The Verge [06:02] TR News "Despite being for "entertainment purposes," it's still heavily marketed toward workers" https://www.techradar.com/pro/copilot-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only-even-microsofts-official-terms-and-conditions-say-you-really-shouldnt-be-using-its-ai-at-work | Source: TechRadar [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Copilot is for entertainment purposes only': Even Microsoft's official terms and conditions say you really shouldn't be using its AI at work | TechRadar [06:03] TR News "Microsoft has been trying to build a larger revenue base from productivity software with the Microsoft 365 Copilot AI add-on, but so far" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/microsofts-stock-closes-worst-quarter-since-2008-financial-crisis.html | Source: CNBC [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnbc.com | Microsoft's stock closes worst quarter since 2008 financial crisis [06:03] TR News "Redmond is in a pickle" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-killing-microsoft | Source: Futurism [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI Is Killing Microsoft [06:03] TR News "I know, sometimes someone wants to make a good story because of it, but we have to tell you why." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-03/gas-is-10-gallon-at-big-sur-station-owner-explains-why-his-prices-cant-go-higher | Source: Los Angeles Times [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Gas is $10 a gallon at a Big Sur station. The owner explains why his prices can't go higher - Los Angeles Times [06:04] TR News "And I was like WTH! And so I checked my Paypal account and sure enough, the amount originally sent to me in error was refunded and on top of that I was charged an $8 "Dispute Fee", which is ridiculous." https://roytang.net/2026/03/paypal-dispute/ | Source: Roy Tang [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Paypal can charge you a 'Dispute Fee' even if you did nothing in a transaction roytang.net [06:04] TR News "The Department of Transportations inspector general office identified governance gaps during an audit of the high-impact systems powering the National Airspace System." https://fedscoop.com/dot-faa-nas-cybersecurity-failings-inspector-general/ | Source: Scoop News Group [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FAA at higher risk of cyberattack given lagging security, transparency, watchdog finds | FedScoop [06:05] TR News "Running a lot means that of course those guys will wear out eventually, and that's exactly what's happening these days, so it was time for buying proper outfit." https://www.ncartron.org/new-running-shorts-and-t-shirt-inov8.html | Source: Nico Cartron [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ncartron.org | New Running Shorts and T-Shirt: inov8 [06:05] TR News "In this tiny ebook Im going to show you how to get started writing 6502 assembly language." https://jumplink.eu/Learn6502/ | [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jumplink.eu | Easy 6502 by skilldrick [06:06] TR News "From outer space to down here on Earth, there are many places where ionizing radiation levels are high enough that they effectively bar access for humans, but also make life miserable for anything containing semiconductor technology." https://hackaday.com/2026/04/04/exposing-a-radiation-hardened-2-4-ghz-wi-fi-receiver-to-500-kilograys/ | Source: Hackaday [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Exposing A Radiation-Hardened 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi Receiver To 500 Kilograys | Hackaday [06:06] TR News "Here is a list of the books I read, in the order that I read them " https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/jeremy-o-harris-book-list-jail-japan | Source: Vanity Fair [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.vanityfair.com | 23 Books in 23 Days: Everything Jeremy O. Harris Read While Imprisoned in Japan | Vanity Fair [06:07] TR News "If you just got fired from tech, take hope. Life is not over, it just began. You're part of the B-team now. Like it or not you're with the resistance." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/planb/ | Source: The Cyber Show [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cybershow.uk | Technology Plan B [06:07] TR News "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Anthony Nelzin-Santos, whose blog can be found at z1nz0l1n.com." https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/anthony-nelzin-santos | Source: Manuel Moreale [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | Anthony Nelzin-Santos Manu [06:07] TR News "The American Library Association (ALA) released the following statement from ALA President Sam Helmick: [...]" https://www.ala.org/news/2026/04/white-house-fy27-budget-proposal-repeats-threats-eliminate-imls | Source: American Library Association [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ala.org | White House FY27 budget proposal repeats threats to eliminate IMLS | ALA [06:09] TR News "Welcome back to compiler land. Today were going to talk about value numbering, which is like SSA, but more." https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/value-numbering/ | Source: Max Bernstein [06:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bernsteinbear.com | Value numbering | Max Bernstein [06:09] TR News "If there are problems with the propulsion or other systems, the capsule will return safely to Earth." https://www.wired.com/story/the-trajectory-of-the-artemis-ii-moon-mission-is-a-feat-of-engineering/ | Source: Wired [06:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Trajectory of the Artemis II Moon Mission Is a Feat of Engineering | WIRED [06:10] TR News "While that may not sound as steep as last years proposal, the agencys science directorate would still be eviscerated, with its budget reduced by 47 percent, as SpaceNews points out." https://futurism.com/space/white-house-2027-budget-nasa | Source: Futurism [06:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The White House Is Still Desperately Trying to Slash NASA's Budget [06:10] TR News [Old] "I was thinking about how one might compute the optimum choice of subset to re-roll given a starting point. Lets say you were going to just brute force it. How hard would that be?" https://thod.dev/2026/02/11/sums-of-the-choose-function-and-the-binomial-formula | [06:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thod.dev | Tom Hodson - Sums of the choose function and the Binomial Formula [06:11] TR News [Old] "This device is habituating kids to being interrupted as they try to work on a tablet." https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-03-14 | [06:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-drmollytov.smol.pub | mood: "toddler tablets presage our technofeudalist doom" [06:11] TR News [Old] "The answer takes a little bit of deconstruction. Fortunately, I loves me some deconstruction." https://drmollytov.dev/feral/2026-01-14 | [06:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-drmollytov.dev | cyberpunk luddism [06:14] TR News "Its Easter, so heres a tour of the easter eggs hiding inside package managers." https://nesbitt.io/2026/04/03/package-manager-easter-eggs.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | Package Manager Easter Eggs | Andrew Nesbitt [06:16] TR News "Where did it all go wrong? Michael Farmer, in Why Have Most Advertisers Suffered From Slow Brand Growth Rates Since 2009?" https://blog.zgp.org/suspicion-and-slop-in-the-rugpull-economy/ | Source: Don Marti [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | Suspicion and slop in the rugpull economy [06:16] TR News "Unfortunately, some things on your list are either going to cost you money, privacy, or time somewhere along the line." https://kevquirk.com/ama-can-one-setup-their-digital-life-to-be-subscription-free | Source: Kev Quirk [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevquirk.com | AMA: Can One Setup Their Digital Life to Be Subscription Free? - Kev Quirk [06:16] TR News "The Fujifilm crowd understands this best. Its film simulations are baked into the shooting experience, informing how you see the scene through the viewfinder." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/mirrorless-cameras/the-film-simulation-rabbit-hole-why-digital-photographers-are-obsessing-over-analog-looks | Source: Digital Camera World [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | The film simulation rabbit hole: Why digital photographers are obsessing over analog looks | Digital Camera World [06:20] TR News Techrights Links 05/04/2026: "Confidential Computing" as Proprietary Bundle of False Promises and "The Web Is an Antitrust Wedge" https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Links_05_04_2026_Confidential_Computing_as_Proprietary_Bundle_o.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Links_05_04_2026_Confidential_Computing_as_Proprietary_Bundle_o.gmi [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 05/04/2026: "Confidential Computing" as Proprietary Bundle of False Promises and "The Web Is an Antitrust Wedge" [06:27] TR News "It happens with the Romans, it happened with the Spanish, the French, the Dutch, the Portuguese, and the British Empires. I have a funny feeling that the next domino to fall will be the American Empire, and it will be a long and bloody fall if the people, especially those in charge, refuse to learn from history." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2805 [06:28] TR News "Saturday is grocery store day. So I'm at my local Publix [1] and I'm in the spice aisle looking for dried dill. And I can't seem to find any. Everything else but dill." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/04/04.1 [06:29] TR News "On the right is a list of to-do's. They're divided into two broad categories: Computering, and Not Computering. It makes sense to me to divide them because the Not Computering tasks are the ones I need to actually plan for. The Computering tasks are pretty easy to just knock out if I'm sitting with my laptop." gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2026-04-04-calendar.gmi [06:31] TR News "I've been playing a lot with setting up the Hyprland tiling window manager these last few weeks. I'd heard about it a long time ago, but for some reason picked up the mistaken impression that it had bad gaming performance compared to stuff like KDE" gemini://thehans255.com/gemlog/2026/04/playing_with_hyprland.gmi [06:32] TR News patterns gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/pstterns [06:33] TR News "i wrote the thought a few weeks ago that llms cannot really help me think through or design a good solution. i've been thinking about that more and really think it is true." gemini://xoc3.io/blog/2026-04-04 [06:34] TR News "This is lightly synced to ew0k's canonical site, in terms of the feeds that it carries. What it does not do is support the same filters; everyone has different tastes, and we all find different things a bit spammy (including my own posts on Heterodox Technology and the like)." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2026-04-04_migrating-antenna-filters.gmi [06:39] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 05/04/2026: Playing with Hyprland and Migrating Antenna Filters https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Gemini_Links_05_04_2026_Playing_with_Hyprland_and_Migrating_Ant.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Gemini_Links_05_04_2026_Playing_with_Hyprland_and_Migrating_Ant.gmi [06:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 05/04/2026: Playing with Hyprland and Migrating Antenna Filters [06:51] TR News (NEW): GNOME 50 Tokyo Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/GNOME_50_Tokyo_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_This_Is_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/GNOME_50_Tokyo_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_This_Is_.gmi [06:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNOME 50 Tokyo Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is Whats New ● Apr 05 [07:03] TR News (NEW): EndeavourOS Titan Released with Linux Kernel 6.19 and KDE Plasma 6.6 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/12/EndeavourOS_Titan_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_19_and_KDE_Plasm.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/12/EndeavourOS_Titan_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_19_and_KDE_Plasm.gmi [07:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines EndeavourOS Titan Released with Linux Kernel 6.19 and KDE Plasma 6.6 [07:06] TR News (NEW): OpenShot 3.5 Open-Source Video Editor Released with New Default Timeline https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/20/OpenShot_3_5_Open_Source_Video_Editor_Released_with_New_Default.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/20/OpenShot_3_5_Open_Source_Video_Editor_Released_with_New_Default.gmi [07:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OpenShot 3.5 Open-Source Video Editor Released with New Default Timeline [07:11] TR News (NEW): Kdenlive 26.04 RC ready for testing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Kdenlive_26_04_RC_ready_for_testing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Kdenlive_26_04_RC_ready_for_testing.gmi [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kdenlive 26.04 RC ready for testing [07:28] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:36] TR News (NEW): The best thing about modern Linux isn't the desktop, it's how easy it is to roll back your mistakes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/The_best_thing_about_modern_Linux_isn_t_the_desktop_it_s_how_ea.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/The_best_thing_about_modern_Linux_isn_t_the_desktop_it_s_how_ea.gmi [07:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The best thing about modern Linux isn't the desktop, it's how easy it is to roll back your mistakes [07:40] TR News (NEW): I switched to Hyprland and now I get why Linux users are obsessed with it https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/I_switched_to_Hyprland_and_now_I_get_why_Linux_users_are_obsess.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/I_switched_to_Hyprland_and_now_I_get_why_Linux_users_are_obsess.gmi [07:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I switched to Hyprland and now I get why Linux users are obsessed with it [07:41] TR News (NEW): 4 reasons I use screen instead of tmux on Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/4_reasons_I_use_screen_instead_of_tmux_on_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/4_reasons_I_use_screen_instead_of_tmux_on_Linux.gmi [07:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 4 reasons I use screen instead of tmux on Linux [07:52] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Apr 05 [09:08] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [09:13] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [09:21] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [09:56] TR News "But then you try to use different apps with it, and they all expect different things for such simple thing as marking a task done." https://akselmo.dev/notes/frustrations-with-caldav/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen [09:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-akselmo.dev | Frustrations with CalDAV tasks [09:57] TR News "When working with an API that returned json with inconsistent types, json.Unmarshal would fail because it was mapped to a matching Go type via tags in the struct." https://zietlow.io/posts/2026/go-json-unmarshaling/ | [09:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zietlow.io | Go JSON Unmarshaling | Zietlow [09:58] TR News [Old] "Working from neovim and writing go code I find myself often cycling through multiple terminal windows while working on projects." https://zietlow.io/posts/2025/tmux/ | [09:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zietlow.io | Tmux | Zietlow [09:59] TR News "This post contains advanced examples of use of unifiedml for classification, with ranger and xgboost. More examples have been added to the package vignettes too." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/one-interface-almost-every-classifier-unifiedml-v0-2-1/ | Source: Rlang [09:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-One interface, (Almost) Every Classifier: unifiedml v0.2.1 | R-bloggers ● Apr 05 [10:00] TR News "Confidential computing has a vulnerability record that grows every year, an attestation infrastructure that does not work at scale, and a hardware root of trust with a demonstrated shelf life. This piece explains why." https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1235 | Source: Unmitigated Risk [10:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unmitigatedrisk.com | Confidential Computings Inconvenient Truth | UNMITIGATED RISK [10:00] TR News [Old] "When you want to gain a historical perspective on personal computing and programming languages, why not turn to one of the industrys preeminent pioneers?" https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~susan/475/AlanKay.html | [10:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.doc.ic.ac.uk | A Conversation with Alan Kay [10:01] TR News [Old] "In the interests of creating employment opportunities in the Java programming field, I am passing on these tips from the masters on how to write code that is so difficult to maintain" https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/%7Esusan/475/unmain.html | [10:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.doc.ic.ac.uk | How To Write Unmaintainable Code [10:01] TR News "As I worked on my programming style guide, channeling my inner code reader, recalling what it is like to dive into an unfamiliar codebase" https://olano.dev/blog/why/ | Source: Facundo Olano [10:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-What is this and Why is it here? | olano.dev [10:02] TR News "Every few months someone declares that X will kill open source or that open source is not sustainable or that open source won" https://nesbitt.io/2026/04/04/what-does-open-source-mean.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [10:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | What does Open Source mean? | Andrew Nesbitt [10:15] TR News "When Cloudflare launched EmDash CMS on April 1st, the reactions came fast from Matt Mullenweg himself, from Hendrik Luehrsen at Kraut.press" https://joost.blog/wordpress-refactor-not-redecorate/ | Source: Joost de Valk [10:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-WordPress needs to refactor, not redecorate | Joost.blog [10:18] TR News "If you want the full introduction, the original blog post covers the fundamentals. What follows here is what weve learned since." https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/4/4/absurd-in-production/ | Source: Armin Ronacher [10:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lucumr.pocoo.org | Absurd In Production | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [10:20] TR News "These days, Wandering Thoughts has some hacked together HTTP request rate limits." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/RatelimitsAreAPrecaution | Source: University of Toronto [10:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [10:21] TR News "Wander Console 0.4.0 is the fourth release of Wander, a small, decentralised" https://susam.net/code/news/wander/0.4.0.html | Source: SusamPal [10:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-susam.net | Wander Console 0.4.0 - Susam Pal [10:21] TR News "Consider this your article as a point of entry, or reference cheat-sheet." https://piccalil.li/blog/a-quick-guide-to-creating-syndication-feeds/ | Source: Andy Bell [10:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-piccalil.li | A quick guide to creating syndication feeds - Piccalilli [10:23] TR News "[Way Out West Workshop Stuff] has one, and is replacing the vintage Villiers two-stroke engine with an electric motor" https://hackaday.com/2026/04/03/making-a-vintage-allen-scythe-electric/ | Source: Hackaday [10:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Making A Vintage Allen Scythe Electric | Hackaday [10:24] TR News "Throw it away? No, he turned it digital with the aid of a small document scanner." https://hackaday.com/2026/04/04/scrap-vintage-camera-goes-digital-with-scanner-parts/ | Source: Hackaday [10:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scrap Vintage Camera Goes Digital With Scanner Parts | Hackaday [10:25] TR News "As you can see in the video below, it needed a lot of love to get back to its former self. The device dates from around 1965, when the kit cost $130." https://hackaday.com/2026/04/04/heathkit-tuner-saved-from-junk-pile/ | Source: Hackaday [10:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Heathkit Tuner Saved From Junk Pile | Hackaday [10:25] TR News "Perhaps unsurprisingly, there isnt a whole lot inside these devices once you pop them open to reveal the PCB." https://hackaday.com/2026/04/03/reverse-engineering-a-handheld-car-tire-pressure-gauge/ | Source: Hackaday [10:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Reverse-Engineering A Handheld Car Tire Pressure Gauge | Hackaday [10:29] TR News [Old] "Let's talk about SSH. It is the quintessential Swiss army knife for system administrators." https://colincogle.name/blog/do-it-better/ssh/ | [10:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-colincogle.name | "Do It Better: SSH" by Colin Cogle [10:31] TR News "M5Stack has introduced several new and updated products, including the CardKB2 keyboard unit, the Stamp-P4 module based on the ESP32-P4, a matching Wi-Fi expansion module" https://linuxgizmos.com/m5stack-updates-lineup-with-cardkb2-keyboard-esp32-p4-modules-and-core2-for-aws-kit/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/m5stack-updates-lineup-with-cardkb2-keyboard-esp32-p4-modules-and-core2-for-aws-kit/ ) [10:32] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/04/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/04/Android_Leftovers.gmi [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [10:32] TR News "Colorado destroys right to repair, sponsored by Cisco " https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/colorado-destroys-right-to-repair,:b [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Colorado destroys right to repair, sponsored by Cisco [10:32] TR News "What Shall We Do With a Would-Be Tyrant? A Sea Shanty for Democracy | Joshua P. Steele" https://joshuapsteele.com/what-shall-we-do-with-a-would-be-tyrant/ [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-joshuapsteele.com | What Shall We Do With a Would-Be Tyrant? A Sea Shanty for Democracy | Joshua P. Steele [10:32] TR News "Three Sides, Three Errors: How the Iran War Went Wrong" https://www.danielpipes.org/22747/three-sides-three-errors [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.danielpipes.org | Three Sides, Three Errors: How the Iran War Went Wrong :: Daniel Pipes [10:33] TR News "Donald Trump Isn't Sounding Like Himself - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-trump-isnt-sounding-like-himself [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Donald Trump Isn't Sounding Like Himself - Paul Krugman [10:33] TR News "What Planet Is Trump Now On? The Saturday Coffee Klatch for April 4, 2026" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-planet-is-trump-now-on-the-saturday [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | What Planet Is Trump Now On? The Saturday Coffee Klatch for April 4, 2026 [10:33] TR News "Donald Trump Records Worst Independent Approval Rating Ever, Polling Below Nixon Before Resignation" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/donald-trump-records-worst-independent-approval-rating-ever-polling-below-nixon-before-resignation-1790184 [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Donald Trump Records Worst Independent Approval Rating Ever, Polling Below Nixon Before Resignation | IBTimes UK [10:34] TR News iophk: google-bombing the string "GCC" into an association with garbage https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/04/azure_talent_exodus/ [10:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Ex-Microsoft engineer blames Azure problems on talent exodus The Register [10:34] TR News "Trump Wages War on Working Families to Fund $500 Billion Pentagon Boost" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trump-wages-war-on-working-families-to-fund-500-billion-pentagon-boost [10:34] 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https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/indfoer-en-overligger-moegspredning (Introduce a lintel for manure spreading) [10:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-version2-dk.translate.goog | Indfr en overligger for mgspredning | Version2 ● Apr 05 [11:20] TR News FOSS Forces Top Five Articles For the Week Ending April 3 https://fossforce.com/2026/04/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-april-3/ [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | FOSS Force's Top Five Articles For the Week Ending April 3 - FOSS Force [11:20] TR News Pluralistic: EU ready to cave to Convicted Felon on tech (04 Apr 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/04/digital-subjugation/ [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: EU ready to cave to Trump on tech (04 Apr 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [11:20] TR News Adam Young: A PCC driver in Qemu https://adam.younglogic.com/2026/04/a-pcc-driver-in-qemu/ [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adam.younglogic.com | A PCC driver in Qemu | Adam Young's Web Log [11:42] TR News European drivers choke on rising diesel prices due to Iran conflict https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260404-european-drivers-choke-on-rising-diesel-prices-due-to-iran-conflict [11:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260404-european-drivers-choke-on-rising-diesel-prices-due-to-iran-conflict ) [11:42] TR News The Real Reason Proprietary Chaffbot Company Shut Sora Down Is a Warning to Every Hey Hi (AI) Startup https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/real-reason-openai-shut-sora-down [11:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Real Reason OpenAI Shut Sora Down Is a Warning to Every AI Startup [11:43] TR News Claude Leak Shows That Anthropic Is Tracking Users Vulgar Language and Deems Them Negative https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/claude-leak-anthropic-tracking-vulgar-language [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Claude Leak Shows That Anthropic Is Tracking Users' Vulgar Language and Deems Them "Negative" [11:43] TR News AI Forces College Professor to Get Typewriters for Entire Class https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-professor-typewriters [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI Forces College Professor to Get Typewriters for Entire Class [11:44] TR News Nothing new here, except the buzzwords and overzealous greed https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hospital-ceo-ai-radiology [11:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | America's Largest Hospital System Ready to Start Replacing Radiologists With AI, Its CEO Says [11:44] TR News Judge Pauses Convicted Felon Demand for Student Race Data in 17 States https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/us/trump-lawsuit-admissions-data.html [11:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/us/trump-lawsuit-admissions-data.html ) [11:45] TR News This Week in Science: Lunar Launch, New Cholesterol Guidelines, And More! https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-lunar-launch-new-cholesterol-guidelines-and-more [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This Week in Science: Lunar Launch, New Cholesterol Guidelines, And More! : ScienceAlert [11:45] TR News The Secret to Healthy Eating Might Not Be What You Eat But Something Else https://www.sciencealert.com/the-secret-to-healthy-eating-might-not-be-what-you-eat-but-something-else [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Secret to Healthy Eating Might Not Be What You Eat But Something Else : ScienceAlert [11:46] TR News Malaysians turn to home farming for self sufficiency, healthy lifestyle https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysians-turn-to-home-farming-for-self-sufficiency-healthy-lifestyle [11:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysians turn to home farming for self sufficiency, healthy lifestyle | The Straits Times [11:46] TR News New 'Unifying Theory' May Explain How Alzheimer's Emerges in The Brain https://www.sciencealert.com/new-unifying-theory-may-explain-how-alzheimers-emerges-in-the-brain [11:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New 'Unifying Theory' May Explain How Alzheimer's Emerges in The Brain : ScienceAlert [11:47] TR News A Disturbing Pattern Emerges in Zoo Penguins With Unlimited Food https://www.sciencealert.com/western-lifestyles-cause-faster-aging-penguing-research-suggests [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Disturbing Pattern Emerges in Zoo Penguins With Unlimited Food : ScienceAlert [11:47] TR News Here's The Science on How Peptides Could Boost Your Workout https://www.sciencealert.com/heres-the-science-on-how-peptides-could-boost-your-workout [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Here's The 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It Might Be the Best Writing Tool Ever [11:48] TR News Tongas debt to China hinders rebuild four years on from eruption https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/tongas-debt-to-china-hinders-rebuild-four-years-on-from-eruption [11:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Tongas debt to China hinders rebuild four years on from eruption | The Straits Times [11:49] TR News China executes French national convicted in 2010 for drug trafficking https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260404-china-executes-french-national-convicted-in-2010-for-drug-trafficking [11:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260404-china-executes-french-national-convicted-in-2010-for-drug-trafficking ) [11:49] TR News China Built the Worlds Drone Industry. Now Its Locking Down the Skies. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/world/asia/china-drone-regulations.html [11:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/world/asia/china-drone-regulations.html ) [11:50] TR News UN Security Council Delays Vote On Plan To Open Strait Of Hormuz Amid Divisions https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-trump-strait-hormuz-shipping-energy-food-un-security-council/33723994.html [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | UN Security Council Delays Vote On Plan To Open Strait Of Hormuz Amid Divisions [11:50] TR News War in the Middle East: UNSC vote on Strait of Hormuz postponed https://www.france24.com/en/war-in-the-middle-east-unsc-vote-on-strait-of-hormuz-postponed [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/war-in-the-middle-east-unsc-vote-on-strait-of-hormuz-postponed ) [11:50] TR News 'Iran open to negotiations': Diplomacy shows signs of progress, 'damage to global economy continues' https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260404-iran-open-to-negotiations-diplomacy-shows-signs-of-progress-damage-to-global-economy-continues [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260404-iran-open-to-negotiations-diplomacy-shows-signs-of-progress-damage-to-global-economy-continues ) [11:51] TR News European Commission Confirms Data Breach Linked to Trivy Supply Chain Attack https://www.securityweek.com/european-commission-confirms-data-breach-linked-to-trivy-supply-chain-attack/ [11:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/european-commission-confirms-data-breach-linked-to-trivy-supply-chain-attack/ ) [11:52] TR News Project Wrap-Up: XMPP Bookmark Sync for Falkon https://shibe-bit.github.io/SOK-2026/Finalpost/ [11:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-shibe-bit.github.io | Project Wrap-Up: XMPP Bookmark Sync for Falkon ● Apr 05 [12:01] TR News Iranian missile blitz takes down proprietary trap AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/iranian-missile-blitz-takes-down-aws-data-centers-in-bahrain-and-dubai-amazon-declares-hard-down-status-for-multiple-zones [12:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai Amazon reportedly declares hard down status for multiple zones | Tom's Hardware [12:02] TR News The Prettiest Sea Slugs Use Crystals in Their Skin as 'Pixels' of Color https://www.sciencealert.com/the-prettiest-sea-slugs-use-crystals-in-their-skin-as-pixels-of-color [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Prettiest Sea Slugs Use Crystals in Their Skin as 'Pixels' of Color : ScienceAlert [12:03] TR News Microsoft to force updates to backdoored Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older backdoored Windows 11 OS versions 'intelligent' update system uses machine learning to determine when a device is ready https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-forces-updates-to-windows-11-25h2-update-for-pcs-running-on-24h2 [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older Windows 11 OS versions 'intelligent' update system uses machine learning to determine when a device is ready | Tom's Hardware [12:03] TR News Goodbye to heaviness? Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is preparing 100 new apps for backdoored Windows 11 https://hackwarenews.com/goodbye-to-heaviness-microsoft-is-preparing-100-new-apps-for-windows-11/ [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hackwarenews.com | Goodbye to heaviness? Microsoft is preparing 100 new apps for Windows 11 [12:04] TR News vim what config files does it actually parse? where was what option set? https://dwaves.de/2026/04/04/vim-what-config-files-does-it-actually-parse-where-was-what-option-set/ [12:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- vim what config files does it actually parse? where was what option set? | dwaves.de [12:04] TR News Kdenlive 26.04 RC ready for testing https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/26.03.90/ [12:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kdenlive.org | Kdenlive 26.04 RC ready for testing - Kdenlive [12:05] TR News Taiwanese airlines to hike fuel surcharges 157% on international flights https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/04/taiwanese-airlines-to-hike-fuel-surcharges-157-on-international-flights/ [12:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Taiwan airlines to hike fuel surcharges 157% on international flights [12:06] TR News Nose-Picking May Have a Surprise Link With Alzheimer's, Study in Mice Suggests https://www.sciencealert.com/nose-picking-may-have-a-surprise-link-with-alzheimers-study-in-mice-suggests [12:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nose-Picking May Have a Surprise Link With Alzheimer's, Study in Mice Suggests : ScienceAlert [12:08] TR News Can Free VPN and Hey Hi (AI) Save Firefox From Decline? https://itsfoss.com/opinion/firefox-survival-with-vpn-ai/ Mozilla is Not a Privacy Company, Mozilla is Run by GAFAM Executives and Managers Who Came From American Surveillance Companies https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/27/Mozilla_is_Not_a_Privacy_Company_Mozilla_is_Run_by_GAFAM_Execut.shtml [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Can Free VPN and AI Save Firefox From Decline? [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Mozilla is Not a Privacy Company, Mozilla is Run by GAFAM Executives and Managers Who Came From American Surveillance Companies [12:27] TR News South Korean TV under fire over profanity glitch in Hey Hi (AI) subtitles for Artemis II https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-tv-under-fire-over-profanity-glitch-in-ai-subtitles-for-artemis-ii [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean TV under fire over profanity glitch in AI subtitles for Artemis II | The Straits Times [12:28] TR News North Koreas Kim shows softer side with pets during tour of new Pyongyang housing district https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-pets-puppies-kittens-at-pyongyang-pet-shop [12:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas Kim shows softer side with pets during tour of new Pyongyang housing district | The Straits Times [12:28] TR News Malaysians quietly stockpile staples as energy crisis fuelled by Iran war tests Anwar https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysians-quietly-stockpile-staples-as-energy-crisis-fueled-by-iran-war-tests-anwar [12:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysians stockpile staples as energy crisis fuelled by Iran war tests Anwar | The Straits Times [12:30] TR News EPA Now Values Human Lives at $0 https://futurism.com/science-energy/epa-trump-pollution [12:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | EPA Now Values Human Lives at $0 [12:31] TR News PM2.5 levels in Chiang Mai reach extremely dangerous levels; visibility plummets https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/pm2-5-levels-in-chiang-mai-reaches-extremely-dangerous-levels-visibility-plummets [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | PM2.5 levels in Chiang Mai reach extremely dangerous levels; visibility plummets | The Straits Times [12:31] TR News For Many Patients Leaving the I.C.U., the Struggle Has Only Just Begun https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/health/post-icu-syndrome.html [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/health/post-icu-syndrome.html ) [12:33] TR News Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to Glow, in Effort to Light Cities at Night https://futurism.com/science-energy/bioengineering-plants-glow-light-cities [12:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to Glow, in Effort to Light Cities at Night [12:34] TR News Scientists Say Theyve Found Dark Points That Move Faster Than the Speed of Light https://futurism.com/science-energy/vortices-waves-moving-faster-than-light [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Scientists Say They've Found "Dark Points" That Move Faster Than the Speed of Light [12:34] TR News Artemis II Pilot Test Drove the Orion Capsule on the Way to the Moon https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/science/nasa-artemis-ii-demonstration-moon-pilot.html [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/science/nasa-artemis-ii-demonstration-moon-pilot.html ) [12:35] TR News Where Are NASAs Artemis II Astronauts Now? Closer to the Moon Than Earth. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/science/nasa-moon-artemis-day-4.html [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/science/nasa-moon-artemis-day-4.html ) [12:35] TR News WATCH: 'The Digital Euro in a Fragmenting World: Ensuring Europes Resilience and Autonomy in Payments' https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/04.04.2026-watch-the-digital-euro-in-a-fragmenting-world-ensuring-europes-resilience-and-autonomy-in-payments.a641689/ [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | WATCH: 'The Digital Euro in a Fragmenting World: Ensuring Europes Resilience and Autonomy in Payments' / Article [12:39] TR News 'Every Abusive Monopolist Microsoft engineer got a stopwatch,' says backdoored Windows veteran reminiscing about company's past focus on speed https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/every-microsoft-engineer-got-a-stopwatch-says-windows-veteran-reminiscing-about-companys-past-focus-on-speed-asserts-that-everything-was-timed-to-ensure-acceptable-performance-in-the-1980s [12:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | 'Every Microsoft engineer got a stopwatch,' says Windows veteran reminiscing about company's past focus on speed asserts that 'everything' was timed to ensure acceptable performance in the 1980s | Tom's Hardware [12:39] TR News Dima Kogan: Simple gpx export from ridewithgps http://notes.secretsauce.net/notes/2026/04/04_simple-gpx-export-from-ridewithgps.html [12:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-notes.secretsauce.net | Simple gpx export from ridewithgps [12:41] TR News GNOME 50 Tokyo: Best New Features and Improvements https://www.debugpoint.com/gnome-50-features/ [12:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.debugpoint.com | GNOME 50 Tokyo: Best New Features and Improvements [12:52] TR News EndeavourOS Titan: Feature Highlights https://www.debugpoint.com/endeavouros-titan/ [12:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.debugpoint.com | EndeavourOS Titan: Feature Highlights [12:53] TR News OpenShot 3.5 Brings Faster, Smoother Video Editing https://www.debugpoint.com/openshot-3-5/ [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.debugpoint.com | OpenShot 3.5 Brings Faster, Smoother Video Editing [12:56] TR News How to Use Streamlit with Raspberry PI: Deploy Web Apps in Minutes with Python https://peppe8o.com/streamlit-raspberry-pi/ [12:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-peppe8o.com | How to Use Streamlit with Raspberry PI: Deploy Web Apps in Minutes with Python [12:57] TR News Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) https://dwaves.de/2026/04/04/axios-npm-for-nodejs-software-minimalism-please-and-another-javascript-security-problem-this-time-social-engineered-supply-chain-attack/ [12:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- axios npm for nodejs: software minimalism please and another javascript security problem (this time social engineered supply chain attack) | dwaves.de [12:58] TR News Happiness hub: Streaming channel for pets launched in China https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/05/happiness-hub-streaming-channel-for-pets-launched-in-china/ [12:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Streaming channel for pets launched in China [12:59] TR News Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits first week of april 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/04/04/misc-fedora-bits-first-week-of-april-2026/ [12:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scrye.com | misc fedora bits first week of april 2026 | Kevin's musings ● Apr 05 [13:02] TR News ESP32-S3 gets post-quantum encryption with Aethyr Edge Node open-source firmware https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/05/esp32-s3-gets-post-quantum-encryption-with-aethyr-edge-node-open-source-firmware/ [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | ESP32-S3 gets post-quantum encryption with Aethyr Edge Node open-source firmware - CNX Software [13:03] TR News Business as usual: Why some Hongkongers are staying in Middle East despite conflict https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/05/as-war-rocks-middle-east-some-hongkongers-stay-put-for-now/ [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | As war rocks Middle East, some Hongkongers staying put in region - for now [13:03] TR News Heres how two airmen would have ejected from the F-15E. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/04/world/iran-war-trump-news/iran-pilot-fighter-jet-strike-war [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/04/world/iran-war-trump-news/iran-pilot-fighter-jet-strike-war ) [13:04] TR News Downed Jet: What To Know About The F-15E Strike Eagle https://www.rferl.org/a/f15-jet-fighter-strike-eagle-shot-down-iran/33724307.html [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Downed Jet: What To Know About The F-15E Strike Eagle [13:04] TR News Business as usual: Why some Hongkongers are staying in the UAE despite Middle East conflict https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/05/as-war-rocks-middle-east-some-hongkongers-stay-put-for-now/ [13:14] TR News FOSSGIS Conference 2026 https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/04/04/osm-fossgis-conferenz-2026.html [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.volkerkrause.eu | FOSSGIS Conference 2026 [13:18] TR News Maximum connections have been reached https://rubenerd.com/maximum-connections-have-been-reached/ [13:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Maximum connections have been reached [13:18] TR News More new icons arrive in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/yaru-new-icons-resources-showtime [13:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | More new icons arrive in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - OMG! Ubuntu [13:22] TR News blendOS 2026.04.01 is released https://distrowatch.com/blendos [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/blendos ) [13:22] TR News XIVA Studio 2026.04.03 is released as well https://distrowatch.com/xivastudio [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/xivastudio ) [13:26] TR News BigLinux 2026.04.04 is released https://distrowatch.com/biglinux [13:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux ) [13:27] TR News ML4W 12.2.2 is released as well https://distrowatch.com/ml4w [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ml4w ) [13:30] TR News Isoken Ibizugbe: Post Outreachy Activities https://isokenibizugbe.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/post-outreachy-activities/ [13:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isokenibizugbe.wordpress.com | Post Outreachy Activities Isokens Outreachy Journey [13:30] TR News Approaches for personal backups https://rubenerd.com/approaches-for-personal-backups/ [13:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Approaches for personal backups [13:32] TR News Alexander Bokovoy: kurbu5: MIT Kerberos plugins in Rust https://vda.li/en/posts/2026/04/04/kurbu5/ [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vda.li | kurbu5: MIT Kerberos plugins in Rust [13:33] TR News Watchtower Discontinued! Here Are Alternative Projects for Your Docker Containers https://linuxhandbook.com/blog/watchtower-like-docker-tools/ [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxhandbook.com | Watchtower Discontinued! Here Are Alternative Projects for Your Docker Containers [13:35] TR News TigerFS Mounts PostgreSQL Databases as a Filesystem for Developers and Hey Hi (AI) Agents https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/04/tigerfs-postgresql-filesystem/ [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TigerFS Mounts PostgreSQL Databases as a Filesystem for Developers and AI Agents - InfoQ [13:38] TR News GeckoCIRCUITS circuit simulator optimized for power electronics https://www.linuxlinks.com/geckocircuits-circuit-simulator-optimized-power-electronics/ [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GeckoCIRCUITS - circuit simulator optimized for power electronics - LinuxLinks [13:38] TR News Eclipse Theia cloud & desktop IDE framework https://www.linuxlinks.com/eclipse-theia-cloud-desktop-ide-framework/ [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Eclipse Theia - cloud & desktop IDE framework - LinuxLinks [13:38] TR News Kitsune libadwaita client for watching anime from AniLiberty https://www.linuxlinks.com/kitsune-watch-anime-aniliberty/ [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kitsune - libadwaita client for watching anime from AniLiberty - LinuxLinks [13:38] TR News RFC Reader terminal-based viewer for IETF Request for Comments documents https://www.linuxlinks.com/rfc-reader-ietf-request-comments-documents/ [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-RFC Reader - terminal-based viewer for IETF Request for Comments documents - LinuxLinks [13:39] TR News Tectonic modernised, self-contained TeX and LaTeX engine https://www.linuxlinks.com/tectonic-modernised-self-contained-tex-latex-engine/ [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tectonic - modernised, self-contained TeX and LaTeX engine - LinuxLinks [13:39] TR News 15 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Astronomical Data Analysis Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/astronomicaldataanalysis/ [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Astronomical Data Analysis Tools - LinuxLinks [13:40] TR News Receiver continues to go from strength to strength https://www.linuxlinks.com/receiver-continues-to-grow/ [13:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Receiver continues to go from strength to strength - LinuxLinks [13:41] TR News Pardus Font Manager lightweight font management application https://www.linuxlinks.com/pardus-font-manager-lightweight-font-management-application/ [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pardus Font Manager - lightweight font management application - LinuxLinks [13:41] TR News hawk Haskell text processor for the command-line https://www.linuxlinks.com/hawk-haskell-text-processor/ [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hawk - Haskell text processor for the command-line - LinuxLinks [13:42] TR News 7 Best Free and Open Source Font Managers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-font-managers/ [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-7 Best Free and Open Source Font Managers - LinuxLinks [13:42] TR News 11 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Software for DJs https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-software-djs/ [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Software for DJs - LinuxLinks [13:43] TR News 'Linux' Foundation Profits From Scams, Fraud, and Grifting https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/04/Linux_Foundation_Profits_From_Scams_Fraud_and_Grifting.shtml [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux Foundation Profits From Scams, Fraud, and Grifting [13:44] TR News Microsoft Transmits Malware and Back Doors to GNU/Linux Servers, Media Points the Finger at Everyone But Microsoft's Servers https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/04/Microsoft_Transmits_Malware_and_Back_Doors_to_GNU_Linux_Servers.shtml [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Transmits Malware and Back Doors to GNU/Linux Servers, Media Points the Finger at Everyone But Microsoft's Servers [13:45] TR News Linux Kernel 6.18: Key Feature Highlights https://www.debugpoint.com/linux-kernel-6-18/ [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.debugpoint.com | Linux Kernel 6.18: Key Feature Highlights [13:45] TR News The Future of the Net is 'in Space' https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/04/The_Future_of_the_Net_is_in_Space.shtml [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Future of the Net is 'in Space' [13:47] TR News stillOS 10.1-r2 is released https://distrowatch.com/stillos [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/stillos ) [13:47] TR News Tsurugi 26.03 is released as well https://distrowatch.com/tsurugi [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tsurugi ) [13:47] TR News Aeon 20260402 is released https://distrowatch.com/aeon [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/aeon ) [13:48] TR News PikaOS 26.04.04 out as well https://distrowatch.com/pikaos [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/pikaos ) [13:49] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: Changes to WebAssembly targets and handling undefined symbols https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/04/04/changes-to-webassembly-targets-and-handling-undefined-symbols/ [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.rust-lang.org | Changes to WebAssembly targets and handling undefined symbols | Rust Blog [13:53] TR News GNU/Linux Debian Live Stick on QNAP NAS how to get a package for older version of debian 10 buster https://dwaves.de/2026/04/04/gnu-linux-debian-live-stick-on-qnap-nas-how-to-get-a-package-for-older-version-of-debian-10-buster-how-to-set-cmos-clock-manually-or-face-certificate-verification-failed-the-certificate-is-not-trust/ [13:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- GNU Linux Debian Live Stick on QNAP NAS how to get a package for older version of debian 10 buster (how to set CMOS clock manually or face Certificate verification failed: The certificate is NOT trusted. The certificate chain uses not yet valid certificate. Could not handshake: Error in the certificate verification) | dwaves.de [13:54] TR News How to Install OpenJDK 21 on Debian 13, 12 and 11 https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-openjdk-21-on-debian-linux/ [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install OpenJDK 21 on Debian 13, 12 and 11 - LinuxCapable [13:54] TR News How to Install Telnet on Fedora GNU/Linux https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-telnet-on-fedora-linux/ [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install Telnet on Fedora Linux - LinuxCapable [13:55] TR News How to Install OpenJDK on Fedora GNU/Linux https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-openjdk-on-fedora-linux/ [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install OpenJDK on Fedora Linux - LinuxCapable [13:56] TR News How To Install ReactJS on GNU/Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-reactjs-linux-mint-22/ [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install ReactJS on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [13:57] TR News Miguel de Icaza infects Godot https://godotengine.org/article/godot-showcase-xogot/ https://techrights.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Icaza/ [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-godotengine.org | Godot Showcase Xogot: Godot for iPad & iPhone Godot Engine [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Miguel de Icaza [13:59] TR News NATO anniversary overshadowed by Convicted Felons threats https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260404-nato-anniversary-overshadowed-by-trump-s-threats [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260404-nato-anniversary-overshadowed-by-trump-s-threats ) [13:59] TR News Russia Evacuates Dozens Of Staff From Bushehr https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Trump Tells Tehran To Make A Deal, Open Strait Or Face 'Hell' ● Apr 05 [14:00] TR News How to tackle the problem of Latvia's unwilling dual Russian citizens? https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/04.04.2026-how-to-tackle-the-problem-of-latvias-unwilling-dual-russian-citizens.a641687/ [14:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | How to tackle the problem of Latvia's unwilling dual Russian citizens? / Article [14:01] TR News Zelenskyy Accuses Russia Of 'Easter Escalation' After Deadly Overnight Strikes https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-russia-easter-escalation/33724676.html [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Accuses Russia Of 'Easter Escalation' After Deadly Overnight Strikes [14:01] TR News Russian drone strike on Ukrainian market kills five, Moscow intensifies attacks https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260404-russian-drone-strike-on-ukraine-market-kills-five-wounds-19 [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260404-russian-drone-strike-on-ukraine-market-kills-five-wounds-19 ) [14:03] TR News Adam Young: Maintaining a change log in a git commit message https://adam.younglogic.com/2026/04/maintaining-a-change-log-in-a-git-commit-message/ [14:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adam.younglogic.com | Maintaining a change log in a git commit message | Adam Young's Web Log [14:10] TR News "The situation has been exacerbated by the early, sudden onset of spring and an underlying drought that has been continuing in Eastern Finland for a second year. The usual spring flood peak, or highest water level, has come more than a month earlier than normal this spring." https://yle.fi/a/74-20218906 [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Finland faces dry summer after low-snow winter | Yle News | Yle [14:14] TR News NVMe Performance Compared: Windows Server 2025 vs. Ubuntu Server 24.04.4 LTS https://www.storagereview.com/review/linux-vs-windows-server-2025-native-nvme [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NVMe Performance Compared: Windows Server 2025 vs. Ubuntu Server 24.04.4 LTS - StorageReview.com [14:16] TR News Ubuntu 26.04 now needs more RAM than Windows 11, which says more about Microsoft than Canonical https://www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-26-04-needs-more-ram-windows-11/ [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Ubuntu 26.04 now needs more RAM than Windows 11, which says more about Microsoft than Canonical [14:18] TR News These 10 open-source apps built Linux into what it is today https://www.howtogeek.com/these-open-source-apps-built-linux-into-what-it-is-today/ [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | These 10 open-source apps built Linux into what it is today [14:19] TR News Linux kernel 7.0 is coming mid-Aprilheres everything you need to know https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-kernel-seven-is-coming-april/ [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Linux kernel 7.0 is coming in April, here's why the version jump matters [14:20] TR News 4 reasons I use screen instead of tmux on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-use-screen-instead-of-tmux-on-linux/ [14:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 4 reasons I use screen instead of tmux on Linux [14:24] TR News Linux continues its upward trend: Operating system hits new high in Steam survey | igorsLAB https://www.igorslab.de/en/linux-continues-its-upward-trend-operating-system-reaches-new-high-in-steam-survey/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.igorslab.de/en/linux-continues-its-upward-trend-operating-system-reaches-new-high-in-steam-survey/ [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.igorslab.de | Linux continues its upward trend: Operating system hits new high in Steam survey | igorsLAB [14:26] TR News Steam on Linux Surpasses 5% Market Share in the Latest Survey Update | TechPowerUp https://www.techpowerup.com/347961/steam-on-linux-surpasses-5-market-share-in-the-latest-survey-update | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.techpowerup.com/347961/steam-on-linux-surpasses-5-market-share-in-the-latest-survey-update [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam on Linux Surpasses 5% Market Share in the Latest Survey Update | TechPowerUp [14:28] TR News Switcher 2026: Linux Gaming First Steps - Thurrott.com https://www.thurrott.com/linux/334556/switcher-2026-linux-gaming-first-steps Source: Paul Thurrott | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.thurrott.com/linux/334556/switcher-2026-linux-gaming-first-steps [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Switcher 2026: Linux Gaming First Steps - Thurrott.com [14:30] TR News Android's Linux terminal is so good that I keep finding new reasons not to open my PC https://www.makeuseof.com/android-linux-terminal-so-good-new-reasons-not-pc/ [14:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | Android's Linux terminal is so good that I keep finding new reasons not to open my PC [14:31] TR News COSMIC desktop is incredible, but its not ready yet https://www.howtogeek.com/cosmic-desktop-incredible-but-not-ready/ [14:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | COSMIC desktop is incredible, but its not ready yet [14:33] TR News "I used it for a few days to see how it shaped up to classics like GNOME, Cinnamon, and KDE." [14:34] TR News Civilization VI Linux Testing Shows Proton's Superiority https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/testirovanie-civilization-vi-na-linux-pokazalo-prevoskhodstvo-proton | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/testirovanie-civilization-vi-na-linux-pokazalo-prevoskhodstvo-proton [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.gamegpu.com | Civilization VI Linux Testing Shows Proton's Superiority [14:35] TR News I switched from sudo to doas and now my permission rules actually make sense https://www.makeuseof.com/switched-sudo-to-doas-now-permission-rules-make-sense/ [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | I switched from sudo to doas and now my permission rules actually make sense [14:41] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/today_s_howtos.gmi [14:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [14:47] TR News (NEW): Watchtower Discontinued and Switching from sudo to doas https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Watchtower_Discontinued_and_Switching_from_sudo_to_doas.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Watchtower_Discontinued_and_Switching_from_sudo_to_doas.gmi [14:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Watchtower Discontinued and Switching from sudo to doas [14:51] TR News (NEW): Linux Kernel 6.18 and Preview of 7.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Linux_Kernel_6_18_and_Preview_of_7_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Linux_Kernel_6_18_and_Preview_of_7_0.gmi [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Kernel 6.18 and Preview of 7.0 [14:52] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Reverse-Engineering, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Reverse_Engineering_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Reverse_Engineering_and_More.gmi [14:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Reverse-Engineering, and More [14:54] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers/Web Servers: Ratelimits, Wander Console 0.4.0, and Mozilla https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Ratelimits_Wander_Console_0_4_0_and_Mo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Ratelimits_Wander_Console_0_4_0_and_Mo.gmi [14:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers: Ratelimits, Wander Console 0.4.0, and Mozilla [14:57] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [14:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers ● Apr 05 [15:02] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [15:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [15:04] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [15:13] TR News Techrights Links 05/04/2026: "Taiwanese Airlines to Hike Fuel Surcharges 157%" and Openly Racist Voter Suppression Starts in the US https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Links_05_04_2026_Taiwanese_Airlines_to_Hike_Fuel_Surcharges_157.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Links_05_04_2026_Taiwanese_Airlines_to_Hike_Fuel_Surcharges_157.gmi [15:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 05/04/2026: "Taiwanese Airlines to Hike Fuel Surcharges 157%" and Openly Racist Voter Suppression Starts in the US [15:14] TR News "If I were offered the job of writing the F1 regulations, I wouldn't take it. I think there's no outcome that counts as success. But more capable people did take the job. Maybe they could pull it off?" gemini://freeshell.de/f1/2026-04-05_Plus__a_change___.gmi [15:15] TR News "Enhancements include Split View, Restore Tab, an Outline button and the ability to use the "G" key to open right-click link shortcuts (use "F" for left-click). There's also a dialog to configure the "Hot Button" to show either top twenty bookmarks or the user's bookmark folder of choice." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Alhena/41004 [15:15] TR News "At first Gemini was simple. I could browse all the capsules. There weren't that many! Some random gemlogs were aggregated on Capcom and gmisub. I remember being a little excited when mine was first included on Capcom. If I liked a gemlog, my client has a feeds page. Simple." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-04-05_How_should_I_feel_about_centralisation_.gmi [15:16] TR News Meditation on Copyright gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/04-04-meditation-on-copyright.gmi [15:17] TR News Breve e incompleta historia del desarrollo web gemini://alex.corcoles.net/2026/04/breve-e-incompleta-historia-del-desarrollo-web [15:59] TR News Techrights Slop Was a Flop and Energy Crisis Will be Slop's Final Blow https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Slop_Was_a_Flop_and_Energy_Crisis_Will_be_Slop_s_Final_Blow.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Slop_Was_a_Flop_and_Energy_Crisis_Will_be_Slop_s_Final_Blow.gmi [15:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slop Was a Flop and Energy Crisis Will be Slop's Final Blow ● Apr 05 [16:28] TR News Techrights When You Try to Change the World for the Better and Somehow They Find a Way to Say You Are the Villain https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/When_You_Try_to_Change_the_World_for_the_Better_and_Somehow_The.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/When_You_Try_to_Change_the_World_for_the_Better_and_Somehow_The.gmi [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights When You Try to Change the World for the Better and Somehow They Find a Way to Say You Are the Villain [16:29] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:31] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:39] TR News Techrights Andreas Tille Congratulates Sruthi Chandran Before the Election for Debian Project Leader (DPL) is Even Over https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Andreas_Tille_Congratulates_Sruthi_Chandran_Before_the_Election.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Andreas_Tille_Congratulates_Sruthi_Chandran_Before_the_Election.gmi [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Andreas Tille Congratulates Sruthi Chandran Before the Election for Debian Project Leader (DPL) is Even Over [16:45] TR News Former Halo art director accuses Microsoft of harassment; says in a LinkedIn post: Under Revised Code of Washington https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/former-halo-art-director-accuses-microsoft-of-harassment-says-in-a-linkedin-post-under-revised-code-of-washington-i-allege-/amp_articleshow/130025388.cms [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Former Halo art director accuses Microsoft of harassment; says in a LinkedIn post: Under Revised Code of Washington, I allege ... - The Times of India ● Apr 05 [17:05] TR News Techrights Cloud Computing as a Cloud of Smoke (Your Hosting Provider is a "Legitimate" Military Target) https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Cloud_Computing_as_a_Cloud_of_Smoke_Your_Hosting_Provider_is_a_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Cloud_Computing_as_a_Cloud_of_Smoke_Your_Hosting_Provider_is_a_.gmi [17:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Cloud Computing as a Cloud of Smoke (Your Hosting Provider is a "Legitimate" Military Target) [17:07] TR News Centralisation is bad. https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Cloud_Computing_as_a_Cloud_of_Smoke_Your_Hosting_Provider_is_a_.shtml kalel, this mentions South Korea [17:16] TR News Techrights Mainstream Media on "Practical Survivalism" https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Mainstream_Media_on_Practical_Survivalism.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Mainstream_Media_on_Practical_Survivalism.gmi [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Mainstream Media on "Practical Survivalism" [17:31] TR News Techrights Microsoft Windows Falls to All-Time of ~60% in Switzerland, GNU/Linux Among Top Gainers https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_All_Time_of_60_in_Switzerland_GNU_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_All_Time_of_60_in_Switzerland_GNU_Li.gmi [17:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Windows Falls to All-Time of ~60% in Switzerland, GNU/Linux Among Top Gainers ● Apr 05 [19:06] TR News "This has implications, e.g. I used to assume there was a requirement for a simpler filesystem layer making AFS look like a WebDAV share. But it may be better to just have everyone use AFS. This doesn't exclude use of end-user apps like LibreOffice." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/dbane/gemlog/2026-04-05.gmi [19:07] TR News "I've setup a simple tracker for the Artemis flight: [...]" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Geminispace/40884 gemini://artemis.fairlygood.net/ [19:08] TR News "I haven't written about Gemini in a long time. The late AI wave has gotten me really concerned about the future of humanity. Humans are the apex species on Earth because we are the most intelligent species." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/04-01-gemini-as-the-final-founteir-of-human-cognition.gmi [19:13] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 05/04/2026: Artemis II Mission Tracker, Meditation on Copyright, Alhena 5.5.5, "Gemini as the Final Frontier of Human Cognition" https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Gemini_Links_05_04_2026_Artemis_II_Mission_Tracker_Meditation_o.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Gemini_Links_05_04_2026_Artemis_II_Mission_Tracker_Meditation_o.gmi [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 05/04/2026: Artemis II Mission Tracker, Meditation on Copyright, Alhena 5.5.5, "Gemini as the Final Frontier of Human Cognition" [19:20] TR News They had talent? https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/05/ex-microsoft-engineer-believes-azure-problems-stem-from-talent-exodus-xcxwbn/ [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-winbuzzer.com | Ex-Microsoft Engineer: Azure Runs on Manual Fixes After Talent Exodus [19:35] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 35 Out of 200: #HowTo Make ~10,000 Pound Sterling (13,220.50 United States Dollars) by Copy-Pasting and Editing 10 Pages https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_35_Out_of_200_How_to_Make_10_000_Pound_St.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_35_Out_of_200_How_to_Make_10_000_Pound_St.gmi [19:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 35 Out of 200: How to Make ~10,000 Pound Sterling (13,220.50 United States Dollars) by Copy-Pasting and Editing 10 Pages [19:43] TR News GNU/Linux up 0.3% this month? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202604 [19:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [19:55] TR News Techrights Drone Strikes on Amazon (GAFAM) Datacentres Highlight Azure's Miniscule Share https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Drone_Strikes_on_Amazon_GAFAM_Datacentres_Highlight_Azure_s_Min.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Drone_Strikes_on_Amazon_GAFAM_Datacentres_Highlight_Azure_s_Min.gmi [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Drone Strikes on Amazon (GAFAM) Datacentres Highlight Azure's Miniscule Share ● Apr 05 [20:07] TR News Windows collapsing https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/colombia//#monthly-200902-202604 [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Colombia | Statcounter Global Stats [20:09] TR News Same here https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/croatia//#monthly-200902-202604 [20:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Croatia | Statcounter Global Stats [20:10] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [20:11] TR News Windows falls behind the unknown https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/myanmar//#monthly-200902-202604 [20:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Myanmar | Statcounter Global Stats [20:16] TR News Windows below 25% in UK https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/united-kingdom//#monthly-200902-202604 [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share United Kingdom | Statcounter Global Stats [20:20] TR News Halo director alleges he experienced multiple harassment campaigns and blacklisting, fraud, rampant favoritism at Halo Studios https://www.destructoid.com/halo-director-alleges-he-experienced-multiple-harassment-campaigns-and-blacklisting-fraud-rampant-favoritism-at-halo-studios/ [20:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Halo director alleges he experienced 'multiple harassment campaigns' and 'blacklisting, fraud, rampant favoritism' at Halo Studios Destructoid [20:23] TR News (NEW): Windows Down at 60%, GNU/Linux Gained 0.3% This Month Based on statCounter https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Windows_Down_at_60_GNU_Linux_Gained_0_3_This_Month_Based_on_sta.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Windows_Down_at_60_GNU_Linux_Gained_0_3_This_Month_Based_on_sta.gmi [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: news.tuxmachines.org ( status 0 @ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Windows_Down_at_60_GNU_Linux_Gained_0_3_This_Month_Based_on_sta.shtml ) [20:28] TR News Techrights Culture of Harassment Inside Microsoft, Says Former Director at Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Culture_of_Harassment_Inside_Microsoft_Says_Former_Director_at_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Culture_of_Harassment_Inside_Microsoft_Says_Former_Director_at_.gmi [20:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Culture of Harassment Inside Microsoft, Says Former Director at Microsoft [20:40] TR News (NEW): Party in 2 Months' Time https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Party_in_2_Months_Time.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/05/Party_in_2_Months_Time.gmi [20:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Party in 2 Months' Time ● Apr 05 [21:59] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Apr 05 [01:15] admfubar https://www.alternet.org/trump-iran-military-soldiers/ [01:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Troops aren't feeling Trumps glorious 'macho' war on social media - Alternet.org [01:37] admfubar https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/faas-temporary-flight-restriction-drones-blatant-attempt-criminalize-filming-ice [01:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.eff.org | The FAAs Temporary Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminalize Filming ICE | Electronic Frontier Foundation ● Apr 05 [05:26] TR News "After an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three whod recently moved to Minneapolis" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/03/minnesota-kicks-off-legal-battle-with-trump-administration-to-hold-ice-shooters-accountable/ | Source: Techdirt [05:26] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration To Hold ICE Shooters Accountable | Techdirt [05:53] TR News "sometimes open corruption can feel disorienting." https://www.vox.com/podcasts/484772/chris-murphy-interview-trump-corruption-democracy-economy | Source: Vox [05:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Sen. Chris Murphy on Trumps corruption, democracy, and the economy | Vox [05:53] TR News "The rising violence by Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso and the broader Sahel, noting increasing civilian casualties and instability linked to armed group activity" https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/hrw-reports-mass-killings-in-burkina-faso-conflict-urging-government-action/ | Source: JURIST [05:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | HRW reports mass killings in Burkina Faso conflict, urging government action - JURIST - News [05:54] TR News "More than 20 states led by California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Washington and the District of Columbia sued in federal court in Massachusetts." https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040326_az_eo_election_lawsuit/arizona-joins-coalition-states-suing-block-trumps-mail-ballot-executive-order/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel [05:54] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040326_az_eo_election_lawsuit/arizona-joins-coalition-states-suing-block-trumps-mail-ballot-executive-order/ ) [05:54] TR News "Without trust and reciprocity, the United States will lack a full intelligence picture as it works to counter Russian, Chinese, North Korean, Iranian, and transnational threats." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/by-alienating-its-intelligence-partners-the-us-risks-losing-more-than-trust/ | Source: Atlantic Council [05:54] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | By alienating its intelligence partners, the US risks losing more than trust - Atlantic Council ● Apr 05 [09:21] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techpol ● Apr 05 [10:32] TR News "What Shall We Do With a Would-Be Tyrant? A Sea Shanty for Democracy | Joshua P. Steele" https://joshuapsteele.com/what-shall-we-do-with-a-would-be-tyrant/ [10:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-joshuapsteele.com | What Shall We Do With a Would-Be Tyrant? A Sea Shanty for Democracy | Joshua P. Steele [10:32] TR News "Three Sides, Three Errors: How the Iran War Went Wrong" https://www.danielpipes.org/22747/three-sides-three-errors [10:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.danielpipes.org | Three Sides, Three Errors: How the Iran War Went Wrong :: Daniel Pipes [10:33] TR News "Donald Trump Isn't Sounding Like Himself - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-trump-isnt-sounding-like-himself [10:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol-paulkrugman.substack.com | Donald Trump Isn't Sounding Like Himself - Paul Krugman [10:33] TR News "What Planet Is Trump Now On? The Saturday Coffee Klatch for April 4, 2026" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-planet-is-trump-now-on-the-saturday [10:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol-robertreich.substack.com | What Planet Is Trump Now On? The Saturday Coffee Klatch for April 4, 2026 [10:33] TR News "Donald Trump Records Worst Independent Approval Rating Ever, Polling Below Nixon Before Resignation" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/donald-trump-records-worst-independent-approval-rating-ever-polling-below-nixon-before-resignation-1790184 [10:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Donald Trump Records Worst Independent Approval Rating Ever, Polling Below Nixon Before Resignation | IBTimes UK [10:34] TR News "Trump Wages War on Working Families to Fund $500 Billion Pentagon Boost" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trump-wages-war-on-working-families-to-fund-500-billion-pentagon-boost [10:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.commondreams.org | Trump Wages War on Working Families to Fund $500 Billion Pentagon Boost | Common Dreams [10:35] TR News "Can Trump take the US out of NATO explainer" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2887138/can-trump-take-the-us-out-of-nato-explainer [10:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Can Trump take the US out of NATO explainer - LRT ● Apr 05 [11:44] TR News Judge Pauses Convicted Felon Demand for Student Race Data in 17 States https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/us/trump-lawsuit-admissions-data.html [11:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/us/trump-lawsuit-admissions-data.html ) [11:49] TR News China Built the Worlds Drone Industry. Now Its Locking Down the Skies. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/world/asia/china-drone-regulations.html [11:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/world/asia/china-drone-regulations.html ) [11:50] TR News UN Security Council Delays Vote On Plan To Open Strait Of Hormuz Amid Divisions https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-trump-strait-hormuz-shipping-energy-food-un-security-council/33723994.html [11:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | UN Security Council Delays Vote On Plan To Open Strait Of Hormuz Amid Divisions [11:50] TR News War in the Middle East: UNSC vote on Strait of Hormuz postponed https://www.france24.com/en/war-in-the-middle-east-unsc-vote-on-strait-of-hormuz-postponed [11:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/war-in-the-middle-east-unsc-vote-on-strait-of-hormuz-postponed ) [11:50] TR News 'Iran open to negotiations': Diplomacy shows signs of progress, 'damage to global economy continues' https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260404-iran-open-to-negotiations-diplomacy-shows-signs-of-progress-damage-to-global-economy-continues [11:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260404-iran-open-to-negotiations-diplomacy-shows-signs-of-progress-damage-to-global-economy-continues ) ● Apr 05 [13:03] TR News Business as usual: Why some Hongkongers are staying in Middle East despite conflict https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/05/as-war-rocks-middle-east-some-hongkongers-stay-put-for-now/ [13:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | As war rocks Middle East, some Hongkongers staying put in region - for now [13:03] TR News Heres how two airmen would have ejected from the F-15E. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/04/world/iran-war-trump-news/iran-pilot-fighter-jet-strike-war [13:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/04/world/iran-war-trump-news/iran-pilot-fighter-jet-strike-war ) [13:04] TR News Downed Jet: What To Know About The F-15E Strike Eagle https://www.rferl.org/a/f15-jet-fighter-strike-eagle-shot-down-iran/33724307.html [13:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Downed Jet: What To Know About The F-15E Strike Eagle [13:04] TR News Business as usual: Why some Hongkongers are staying in the UAE despite Middle East conflict https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/05/as-war-rocks-middle-east-some-hongkongers-stay-put-for-now/ [13:59] TR News NATO anniversary overshadowed by Convicted Felons threats https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260404-nato-anniversary-overshadowed-by-trump-s-threats [13:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260404-nato-anniversary-overshadowed-by-trump-s-threats ) [13:59] TR News Russia Evacuates Dozens Of Staff From Bushehr https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html [13:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Trump Tells Tehran To Make A Deal, Open Strait Or Face 'Hell' ● Apr 05 [14:00] TR News How to tackle the problem of Latvia's unwilling dual Russian citizens? https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/04.04.2026-how-to-tackle-the-problem-of-latvias-unwilling-dual-russian-citizens.a641687/ [14:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | How to tackle the problem of Latvia's unwilling dual Russian citizens? / Article [14:01] TR News Zelenskyy Accuses Russia Of 'Easter Escalation' After Deadly Overnight Strikes https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-russia-easter-escalation/33724676.html [14:01] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Accuses Russia Of 'Easter Escalation' After Deadly Overnight Strikes [14:01] TR News Russian drone strike on Ukrainian market kills five, Moscow intensifies attacks https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260404-russian-drone-strike-on-ukraine-market-kills-five-wounds-19 [14:01] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260404-russian-drone-strike-on-ukraine-market-kills-five-wounds-19 ) ● Apr 05 [17:41] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676666832/ [17:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | 'Absolutely bonkers': Trump stuns after praising Allah in curse-laden Easter message - Raw Story ● Apr 05 [21:59] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)