●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 11, 2026 ●● ● Aug 11 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-100826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-100826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-100826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-100826.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, August 10, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-100826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-100826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-100826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-100826.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, August 10, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-08-10.txt ● Aug 11 [06:14] TR News "MP3 piracy was born August 10, 1996." https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-first-pirated-mp3/ | Source: David L Farquhar [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dfarq.homeip.net | NO TITLE [06:15] TR News ""Good news! Your dispute wasn't reviewed within 30 days, so the claim on your YouTube video has now been released."" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/youtubes-joke-of-a-fair-use-appeal-process-total-eclipse-of-the-content-id-robots-edition/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/youtubes-joke-of-a-fair-use-appeal-process-total-eclipse-of-the-content-id-robots-edition/ ) [06:15] TR News "Three years ago the European Commission rejected calls for binding anti-piracy legislation, issuing a 'recommendation' instead." https://torrentfreak.com/eu-study-block-live-sports-piracy-in-30-minutes-across-dns-resolvers-vpns-and-cdns/ | Source: Torrent Freak [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EU Study: Block Live Sports Piracy in 30 Minutes, Across DNS Resolvers, VPNs and CDNs * TorrentFreak [06:15] TR News "The original reel sits about 1,200 miles away, in a cold-storage vault at the National Archives outside Washington, D.C." https://copyrightlately.com/zapruder-film-copyright-ruling/ | Source: CopyrightLately [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-copyrightlately.com | Inside the Strange Copyright Fight Over America's Most Famous Home Movie | Copyright Lately [06:15] TR News "With both Wikipedia and Creative Commons turning 25 this year, our participation in Wikimania 2026 felt especially meaningful." https://creativecommons.org/2026/08/10/cc-at-wikimania-2026/ | Source: Creative Commons [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-creativecommons.org | 25 Years of Partnership: CC at Wikimania 2026 - Creative Commons [06:18] TR News "Im Mexican, so I grew up with free burritos at home, anytime I wanted. $20 is pretty steep" https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2026-08-09/college-students-share-20-dollar-burrito-debate | Source: Los Angeles Times [06:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | For college students, GOP's $20-burrito debate is about more than lunch - Los Angeles Times [06:19] TR News "Sofia is exactly the kind of voter that Proposition 39 is actually aimed at." https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2026-08-03/chabria-monday-politics-newsletter-prop-39 | Source: Los Angeles Times [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Prop. 39 would turn Trump conspiracy into California law. - Los Angeles Times [06:19] TR News "The dismissal of this lawsuit is a victory for press freedom and a reminder that courts must not be used to punish public-interest reporting" https://cpj.org/2026/08/cpj-welcomes-dismissal-of-defamation-lawsuit-against-journalist-jeff-stein/ | Source: CPJ [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | CPJ welcomes dismissal of defamation lawsuit against journalist Jeff Stein - Committee to Protect Journalists [06:20] TR News "The August 10 decision, in a hearing held with hundreds of mostly young Russians outside the courthouse" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-duma-elections-yabloko-war-barred/33826059.html | Source: RFERL [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Top Russian Court Bars Anti-War Party From Upcoming Elections [06:20] TR News "ultimate musical guidebook for how to stick to your beliefs" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-chicks-taking-the-long-way-reissue-1235605736/ | Source: Rolling Stone [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | The Ever-Defiant Chicks Announce 'Taking the Long Way' Reissue [06:22] TR News "Cybercrime is accelerating rapidly, requiring a holistic approach to curb threats" https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/outdated-cybercrime-laws-security-researchers-risk | Source: Dark Reading [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/outdated-cybercrime-laws-security-researchers-risk ) [06:22] TR News "That is Reaganism: a performance of moral clarity by a decent confabulator" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-enemy-is-the-platform | Source: Mike Brock [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Enemy Is the Platform - by Mike Brock [06:22] TR News "This post builds on that analysis by asking how institutions should be conceptualized and analyzed" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/institutions-are-a-package-deal-what-a-correlation-cant-tell-you-about-the-rule-of-law/ | Source: Rlang [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Institutions Are a Package Deal: What a Correlation Cant Tell You About the Rule of Law | R-bloggers [06:23] TR News "It was nearly as big as my hand, which was kind of why I noticed it" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j1kjy7gewo | Source: BBC [06:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.com | Mars Bar from the 1990s found during house clearance [06:23] TR News "The shrinkflation of the product is exceeded by the inflation in price per gram. In 1992, the 62.5g bar would have cost 25p (70p in today's money) or more, while the 40g bar now costs 1.20 at Tesco." https://boingboing.net/2026/08/10/1991-mars-bar-highlights-shrinkflation-and-inflation-alike.html | Source: BoingBoing [06:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/08/10/1991-mars-bar-highlights-shrinkflation-and-inflation-alike.html ) [06:24] TR News "Last November UPS mistakenly charged me a $684 tariff on $355 worth of computer parts shipped from Europe." https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/08/ups-finally-refunded-overcharged-tariff.html | Source: Old VCR [06:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-oldvcr.blogspot.com | Old Vintage Computing Research: UPS finally refunded the overcharged tariff [06:26] TR News "Im just starting out with bird photography, and Ive compiled a short-list of birds I want to take photos of, to have some sort of goal when Im out there and what to look out for." https://antoniosantos.io/bird-photography-is-like-real-life-pokemon/ | Source: Antonio Santos [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-antoniosantos.io | Bird photography is like real-life Pokmon [06:26] TR News "As my interest in the micro-wildlife on our terrace has grown I have found myself wanting to know more exactly what I am looking at." https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/not-quite-macro | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeremycherfas.net | Not Quite Macro | Jeremy Cherfas [06:26] TR News "Each of these powerful appendages can move in any direction and taste and feel with exquisite sensitivity." https://www.wired.com/story/octopus-arms-distributed-intelligence-nine-brains/ | Source: Wired [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Each Octopus Arm Has a Mind of Its Own | WIRED [06:28] TR News "Passenger rail service between Kemi, Tornio and Haparanda was discontinued in 1988, leaving the border region without a direct rail link for decades." https://yle.fi/a/74-20240125 | Source: Yle [06:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | New rail link reconnects Finland and Sweden | Yle News | Yle [06:29] TR News "It had been a long set of years, but I was finally returning to Kansas City (my hometown) for my own bachelor party." https://connortumbleson.com/2026/08/10/travel-blog-kansas-city-3/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-connortumbleson.com | Travel Blog: Kansas City (3) [06:29] TR News "Thats what bothers me the most right now: one developer. Like, what the fuck?" https://dergigi.com/2026/08/09/crushed/ | Source: Gigi [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Crushed | dergigi.com [06:29] TR News "Heat-pump dryers maintain the spinning drum of their resistive cousins, but dry clothes with a glorified reverse-cycle air conditioner." https://www.rubenerd.au/im-a-heat-pump-dryer-convert/ | Source: Ruben Schade [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Im a heat-pump dryer convert: theyre amazing [06:30] TR News "Thermal power stations also called power plants come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, ranging from old-school coal- and gas-fueled power stations to modern nuclear power plants." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/the-physics-of-keeping-thermal-power-stations-cool/ | Source: Hackaday [06:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Physics Of Keeping Thermal Power Stations Cool | Hackaday [06:30] TR News "Virginia currently has the greatest number of data centers across the U.S." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/after-severe-76-percent-electricity-price-hikes-due-to-ai-data-centers-virginia-requires-firms-to-pay-for-all-dedicated-upstream-electrical-infrastructure-state-regulators-crack-down-governor-says-move-will-save-civilians-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars | Source: Tom's Hardware [06:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians hundreds of millions of dollars | Tom's Hardware [06:30] TR News "Though 3D printing could be used for a cursory test the mechanism, properly machined parts are needed to handle the loads running through a typical seat post." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/building-a-bicycle-dropper-seat-post/ | Source: Hackaday [06:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Building A Bicycle Dropper Seat Post | Hackaday [06:31] TR News "require state regulatory agencies to audit proposed data centers seeking connection to the states electric grid and find out whether theyre receiving tax breaks" https://www.salon.com/2026/08/10/trump-calls-texas-data-center-opposition-a-mistake-partner/ | Source: Salon [06:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump calls Texas data center opposition a mistake - Salon.com [06:31] TR News "the report's observations shed light on a decades-long history of sexual abuse at a school" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5924901 | Source: NPR [06:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | An arts school where Epstein allegedly preyed on students reveals decades of abuse [06:35] TR News "One of the most surprising things about the decision to use the atomic bomb is that there wasnt one" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/why-nagasaki-was-the-last-city-bombed/ | Source: Truthdig [06:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/why-nagasaki-was-the-last-city-bombed/ ) [06:36] TR News "Remember, the reason to do this now is because theres no emergency." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/python-now-has-a-post-quantum-encryption-library.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [06:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Python Now Has a Post-Quantum Encryption Library - Schneier on Security [06:36] TR News "Illinois has become the latest U.S. state to pull operating systems into the age verification pool." https://itsfoss.com/news/illinois-age-verification-bill/ | Source: It's FOSS [06:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Illinois Just Told Every Operating System to Start Reporting Your Kid's Age [06:36] TR News "But Normans leaders had questions about privacy and data security and they didnt like Flocks answers." https://www.404media.co/the-mayor-who-said-no-when-flock-came-to-town/ | Source: 404 Media [06:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | The Mayor Who Said 'No' When Flock Came to Town [06:36] TR News "LexisNexis sells a massive amount of data to law enforcement, including ICE. New records indicate ICE wants to feed that data into a Palantir system." https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-lexisnexis-millions-for-data-to-feed-to-palantir/ | Source: 404 Media [06:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir [06:37] TR News "Flocks 120,000 cameras can be found alongside roads in every state but Alaska, allowing law enforcement officers to see within seconds where a car might be, and where it has been." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/flock-cameras-can-track-every-car-in-america-police-love-them-citizens-dont.html | Source: New York Times [06:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/flock-cameras-can-track-every-car-in-america-police-love-them-citizens-dont.html ) [06:37] TR News "Flock Safetys automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups." https://www.nytimes.com/article/flock-safety-camera-technology.html | Source: New York Times [06:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/article/flock-safety-camera-technology.html ) [06:43] TR News Windows TCO https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/10/def-con-hackers-launch-water-watch-center-defend-small-water-utilities/ | Source: Silicon Angle [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DEF CON hackers launch Water Watch Center to defend small water utilities - SiliconANGLE [06:43] TR News Windows TCO https://therecord.media/senate-water-cybersecurity-legislation | Source: The Record [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Senate Democrats introduce bill to distribute $300 million annually to shore up water system cybersecurity | The Record from Recorded Future News [06:43] TR News "This is something that Ive been thinking about for awhile. How do you think of the Internet? Is it social for you?" https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/blaugust/the-internet-doesnt-exist/ | Source: Matthew Weber [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mtwb.blog | The Internet Doesn't Exist - Matt's Blog [06:43] TR News "I want to be able to easily update YouTube captions from my VTT files. Adding a comment like this: [...]" https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/replace-youtube-captions-from-emacs-lisp/ | Source: Sacha Chua [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sachachua.com | Replace YouTube captions from Emacs Lisp :: Sacha Chua [06:44] TR News "You can hide reposts from individual users by going to their profile, clicking the three dots button, and selecting the option to Hide reposts in feeds. (X offers a similar toggle.)" https://www.theverge.com/tech/977581/bluesky-hide-reposts-user-post-count-threads | Source: The Verge [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Bluesky now lets you hide reposts from that annoying person you follow | The Verge [06:44] TR News "Now youll need twice as many watch hours on YouTube to start making money from ads and subscriptions." https://www.theverge.com/streaming/977474/youtube-partner-program-new-requirements | Source: The Verge [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | YouTube is making it harder to earn money on YouTube | The Verge [06:45] TR News "Id like to give credit where credit is due. I think hes made a wonderful open source app and if you liked the features that were included in what I launched, please use the actual version of the project. Thats what Ill be doing" https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/09/mea-culpa-dark-hours.html | Source: Terry Godier [06:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.terrygodier.com | Mea Culpa - Dark Hours Terry Godier [06:45] TR News "automation blindness" https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/10/deep-state-wopr/#abelard-snazz | Source: CoryDoctorow [06:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: The bureaucratic AI arms-race is mutually assured destruction (10 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [06:52] TR News "And this removes the AI summary." https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/remove-ai-summary-from-google-search-firefox/ | Source: Darren Goossens [06:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-darrengoossens.wordpress.com | Remove AI summary from Google search: Firefox DSPACE [06:52] TR News "I just went through the queue of submissions to blogroll.org and probably deleted 95% of what was in there." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/raising-the-bar | Source: Manuel Moreale [06:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | Raising the bar Manu [06:52] TR News "Zuckerberg suggests that using an AI to assist me in these tasks will let me accomplish more, and that is probably the case." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977623/mark-zuckerberg-ai-manifesto-dim-vision | Source: The Verge [06:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Mark Zuckerberg doesnt understand how to live | The Verge [06:53] TR News "Heck of a piece over at The Verge absolutely wrecking Mark Zuckerbergs AI manifesto posted earlier today." https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/08/10/worthy-read-mark-zuckerberg-doesnt-understand-how-to-live/ | Source: Marty Day [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Worthy Read: Mark Zuckerberg Doesnt Understand How to Live blast-o-rama. [06:53] TR News "The irony of this story is that the generative AI didnt hallucinate or make any mistake at all." https://manualdousuario.net/en/terry-godier-dark-hours-plagiarize-claude/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manualdousuario.net | This guy used Claude to accidentally plagiarize an app Manual do Usurio [06:55] TR News "The Meta CEO makes a case for unleashing Pandoras box." https://www.theverge.com/tech/977395/meta-mark-zuckerberg-superintelligent-ai-ramble | Source: The Verge [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Four takeaways from Mark Zuckerbergs massive AI manifesto | The Verge [06:56] TR News "Its a shitty time to be a candidate" https://www.wired.com/story/the-rise-of-the-1-am-job-interview/ | Source: Wired [06:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Rise of the 1 am Job Interview | WIRED [06:56] TR News "Rather than focusing on advancing capabilities, many fellows aim their attention at questions that are unlikely to be addressed by Anthropic or OpenAI." https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/10/1141597/ai-professors-are-negotiating-the-new-realities-of-academic-research/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [06:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research | MIT Technology Review [06:57] TR News "Ive seen a strange problem in my inbox that I havent been able to put into words. A saga involving a botched app release helped me figure it out" https://tedium.co/2026/08/09/vibe-coding-insincerity/ | Source: Tedium [06:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tedium.co | The Problem With Vibe-Coded Flattery [06:57] TR News "Last year I didnt upgrade to macOS Tahoe, because Liquid Glass you know." https://www.johanbleuzen.fr/blog/macOS-bloated-applications-folder | Source: Johan Bleuzen [06:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johanbleuzen.fr | macOS's Bloated Applications Folder Johan Bleuzen [06:58] TR News "I asked, is there a directory of Integra suppliers I can search to find a new supplier?" https://blog.kamens.us/2026/08/10/health-insurance-bureaucratic-hell-healthfirst-integra-partners-edgepark/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens [06:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.kamens.us | Health insurance bureaucratic hell: Healthfirst, Integra Partners, Edgepark Something better to do [06:58] TR News "First, some background information." https://blog.kamens.us/2026/08/10/how-hard-should-it-be-to-get-an-electric-wheelchair-repaired-with-insurance-coverage/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens [06:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.kamens.us | How hard should it be to get an electric wheelchair repaired with insurance coverage? Something better to do [06:59] TR News "Ive come to the conclusion that having a dedicated device for photography is the way to go for me" https://ljpuk.net/posts/choosing-a-compact-digital-camera | Source: Lee Peterson [06:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ljpuk.net | Choosing a compact digital camera - LJPUK ● Aug 11 [07:00] TR News "Its time for my annual roundup of film-photography blogs." https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/08/10/film-photography-blogs-you-should-follow-2026-27/ | Source: Jim Grey [07:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jimgrey.net | Film photography blogs you should follow - Down the Road [07:01] TR News "The truth is simpler: People who reject you or your work arent giving you the real reason." https://seths.blog/2026/08/give-me-one-reason/ | Source: Seth Godin [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | Give me one reason | Seth's Blog [07:01] TR News "Just a shout-out that I was recently featured on Zachary Kai's People and Blogs series." https://cleberg.net/blog/pb.html | Source: Christian Cleberg [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-People & Blogs: Christian - cleberg.net [07:01] TR News "Bessel functions came out of solving differential equations from astronomy." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/10/inverse-differential-equations/ | Source: John D Cook [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Inverse differential equations [07:02] TR News "The following extraordinary paragraph comes from Knuths TAOCP Volume 4A, right before the last set of exercises." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/10/learning-from-historical-mistakes/ | Source: John D Cook [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Learning from historical mistakes [07:03] TR News "The Fibonacci sequence is an elegant progression of numbers first documented by Indian poet-mathematician Acharya Pingala circa 200 BCE" https://raymyers.org/post/fibs-and-fibbonacci/ | Source: Ray Myers [07:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-raymyers.org | Fibs and Fibbonacci - is LOGOS faster than Zig? [07:03] TR News "To consistently get a strike, the rocket needs to be launched under a strongly-negatively-charged region of the cloud." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/triggering-lightning-with-a-rocket/ | Source: Hackaday [07:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Triggering Lightning With A Rocket | Hackaday [07:04] TR News "Something happens the moment someone shares their screen to walk through a presentation. Their face disappears. The other participants turn into an audience." https://jeroensangers.com/2026/08/10/the-meeting-ends-the-moment.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jeroensangers.com | Jeroen Sangers brain tags - The meeting ends the moment you share your screen [07:04] TR News "I definitely prefer and use light mode when I can now, but it wasnt always the case. Its funny how our preferences and requirements change over time." https://www.rubenerd.au/preferring-light-mode/ | Source: Ruben Schade [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Why I (now) prefer light mode [07:04] TR News "This in-progress migration project, managed collaboratively by a team of librarians without vendor assistance" https://www.cni.org/topics/repositories/opportunities-challenges-and-successes-upgrading-the-illinois-tech-islandora-institutional-repository | Source: Coalition for Networked Information [07:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cni.org | Planning and Executing an In-House Repository Migration: Opportunities, Challenges, and Successes Upgrading the Illinois Tech Islandora Institutional Repository [07:09] TR News Techrights Links 11/08/2026: "The Enemy Is the Platform" and 'Vibe' 'Coding' Shown to be Little But Plagiarism https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Links_11_08_2026_The_Enemy_Is_the_Platform_and_Vibe_Coding_Show.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Links_11_08_2026_The_Enemy_Is_the_Platform_and_Vibe_Coding_Show.gmi [07:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 11/08/2026: "The Enemy Is the Platform" and 'Vibe' 'Coding' Shown to be Little But Plagiarism [07:10] TR News Whining. gopher://gopher.linkerror.com:70/0/phlog/2026/20260810 "What started with google intentionally crippling their traditional web search, to force users to rely on the LLM output instead, has escalated to "AI" companies now intentionally destroying all sources of content." [07:11] TR News "Hobbyist hardware specialist Makerfabs has launched an all-in-one gadget, powered by an Espressif ESP32-S3 microcontroller, designed for high-precision indoor positioning via Ultra-Wideband (UWB) signaling: the MaTouch ESP32-S3 MaUWB SPI TFT Touch 3.95" ST7796, a name only an engineer could love." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260810-uwb.gmi [07:11] TR News "A simple shell script to call imapsync for client mailboxes" gemini://tilde.club/~steelexodus/posts/01-imapsync/ [07:12] TR News "The math never adds up the way I want it to. I keep running the same numbers in my head, different currencies, different cities, different versions of a life I haven't lived yet, and every time the spreadsheet in my brain spits out the same verdict: not quite." gemini://nipsey.smol.pub/show-up-for-once [07:13] TR News after adventure gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/after_adventure [07:14] TR News "For a long time I've been the kind of person who gets up at five. In recent years, I've justified this to myself by saying that I'm a morning person, that I do a lot of things in the morning" gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/4am.gmi [07:15] TR News "Anyways, after the more technical discussion was ending, one of the sales engineers basically said that "today's developers don't need to worry about how much RAM they use, or how to take advantage of specific hardware for performance", and that is a thing of the past." gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-08-10.gmi [07:15] TR News "Big year! Probably didn't thin enough to prevent a bust next year but we'll see. Meanwhile, I've got a lot of processing to do..." gemini://b-ark.ca/2026/08/10/big-year-probably-didn-t/ [07:16] TR News "He shared a problem that he was having: making new friends as an adult. Indeed, this certainly can be a tricky one. I felt empathy for his experience, and verbally sympathized. This was clearly a "vent and listen" conversation. He wasn't really looking for advice." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/making-friends-as-an-adult [07:16] TR News Larnaque du bilan carbone gemini://ploum.net/2026-08-10-bilan_carbone.gmi [07:21] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 11/08/2026: Waking Up Earlier, Whining About LLMs as Destructive Plagiarism https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Gemini_Links_11_08_2026_Waking_Up_Earlier_Whining_About_LLMs_as.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Gemini_Links_11_08_2026_Waking_Up_Earlier_Whining_About_LLMs_as.gmi [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 11/08/2026: Waking Up Earlier, Whining About LLMs as Destructive Plagiarism [07:28] TR News Techrights 5.1k Capsules Known to Lupa, Gemini Protocol Crawler https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/5_1k_Capsules_Known_to_Lupa_Gemini_Protocol_Crawler.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/5_1k_Capsules_Known_to_Lupa_Gemini_Protocol_Crawler.gmi [07:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 5.1k Capsules Known to Lupa, Gemini Protocol Crawler [07:31] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 10, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_August_10_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_August_10_2026.gmi [07:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 10, 2026 [07:32] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [07:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [07:33] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [07:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [07:34] TR News (NEW): Zyphor OS Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Zyphor_OS_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Zyphor_OS_Linux_distribution.gmi [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Zyphor OS Linux distribution [07:36] TR News Today same as yesterday https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202608 same as http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/statCounter_Now_Sees_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Worldwide_at_9_21_S.shtml [07:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [07:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter Now Sees GNU/Linux "Market Share Worldwide" at 9.21%, Soon 10% [07:37] TR News "To a certain extent, I agree with him: I dread the idea of writing a full website without any HTML generating tooling" https://hamatti.org/posts/html-day-and-the-value-of-practicing-the-fundamentals/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [07:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | HTML Day and the value of practicing the fundamentals : Juha-Matti Santala [07:37] TR News "So I thought Id risk being ostracized from the in crowd again and talk about HTML." https://endgameviable.com/post/2026/08/old-dog-not-understanding-html-day/ | [07:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-endgameviable.com | Old Dog Not Understanding HTML Day | Endgame Viable [07:38] TR News "Django's Steering Council has accepted the Django Enhancement Proposal DEP 20 to move Django to an annual release cycle." https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/10/annual-release-cycle/ | Source: Python [07:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.djangoproject.com | Django is moving to an annual release cycle | Weblog | Django [07:38] TR News "I wrote the other day about an irritatingly incompatible change in Python 3.14's argparse, where if you deferred setting a default value until later" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/ArgparseDefaultsWhere | Source: University of Toronto [07:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [07:39] TR News "Someone comes hype the idea of functional programming that youve never heard of. They start talking about how changing variable state is so error-prone and pure functions is where the game should be played at." https://hamatti.org/posts/i-is-for-immutable/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | I is for immutable - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala [07:39] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:39] TR News "Dan Floating Hex" https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/08/10/2026-32-dan-floating-hex/ | Source: Rakulang [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rakudoweekly.blog | 2026.32 Dan Floating Hex Rakudo Weekly News [07:39] TR News "LLVM's BranchProbabilityInfo assigns every multi-successor terminator a probability distribution over its successors." https://maskray.me/blog/2026-08-09-estimating-branch-probabilities | Source: MaskRay [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-maskray.me | Estimating branch probabilities | MaskRay [07:40] TR News "Literate Programming is the process of writing documentation embedded with source code, rather than writing them separately as is more usual with software engineering." https://gracefulliberty.com/notes/literate-iteration/ | Source: Anna Liberty [07:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gracefulliberty.com | Iteration in Literate Programming Anna Liberty [07:40] TR News "for those unaware: c89 has a cool "feature" where, if you try to call a function which doesn't exist" https://sebsite.pw/w/20260810-c89ambiguity.html | Source: Sebastian [07:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sebsite.pw | an ambiguity in c89 which will never be fixed [07:40] TR News "Intended audience: Software developers interested in getting better at developing software." https://typesanitizer.com/blog/code-review.html | Source: Varun Gandhi [07:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-typesanitizer.com | Reviewing code is a skill [07:41] TR News APNIC Special Interest Groups (SIGs) https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/10/why-sigs-matter-and-why-the-guidelines-are-being-reviewed/ | Source: APNIC [07:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Why SIGs matter, and why the Guidelines are being reviewed | APNIC Blog [07:41] TR News "small computers" https://piandmore.de/en/ | [07:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-piandmore.de | Pi and More [07:41] TR News "Microsoft 365 Personal now sits at $99.99/year." https://greycoder.com/libreoffice-review-2026-the-private-free-office-suite-that-microsoft-office/ | Source: GreyCoder [07:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LibreOffice Review 2026: The Private, Free Office Suite - GreyCoder [07:41] TR News "When your Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product is engineered to meet a 99.99% Service Level Agreement (SLA)" https://ostechnix.com/keepalived-haproxy-nginx-high-availability-ubuntu/ | Source: OSTechNix [07:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Build a 99.99% Uptime Stack with Keepalived, HAProxy, and NGINX - OSTechNix [07:42] TR News "a couple of interesting window configuration tips this week" https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/2026-08-10-emacs-news/ | Source: Sacha Chua [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sachachua.com | 2026-08-10 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua [07:42] TR News "At launch the app features content from BBC News Arabic, BBC News Hindi, BBC News Mundo and BBC News Russian." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-world-service-app/ | Source: Press Gazette [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | BBC World Service moves from seven apps to one multilingual version - Press Gazette [07:42] TR News "The Raspberry Pi community has been squeezing our hardware into Altoids tins since the beginning times (still not sure why)" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/curiously-minty-raspberry-pi-zero-cyberdeck/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.raspberrypi.com | Curiously minty Raspberry Pi Zero cyberdeck - Raspberry Pi [07:43] TR News "The CachyOS project has published a new snapshot." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12918 | Source: Distro Watch [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12918 ) [07:43] TR News "Quake, released in 1996 and still one of the most iconic FPS games ever made, celebrates its 30th anniversary this summer." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3209587/quake-turns-30-and-its-new-surprise-expansion-is-free.html | Source: PC World [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Quake turns 30, and its new surprise expansion is free | PCWorld [07:46] TR News "I think toggles originated on iOS, where they replaced checkboxes." https://ignorethecode.net/blog/2026/08/09/toggles_considered_harmful/ | [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ignorethecode.net | ignore the code: Toggles Considered Harmful [07:48] TR News "Lea Verou published a post titled Dark mode toggles: two states are enough, discussing the UX of light-dark toggles." https://vale.rocks/micros/20260810-0330 | Source: Declan Chidlow [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Light/Dark/System Theme Setting Design - 10 Aug 2026 03:30 UTC | Vale.Rocks [07:50] TR News "I independently found a heap out-of-bounds read/write in KVMs SEV-SNP Page State Change handler." https://blog.himanshuanand.com/2026/08/i-found-a-vm-escape-bug-in-kvm-and-someone-else-got-there-first/ | Source: Himanshu Anand [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.himanshuanand.com | I found a VM escape bug in KVM and someone else got there first :: Himanshu Anand :: Security & Other Notes [07:51] TR News "WireGuard itself is wonderfully simple. Each peer has a public/private key pair and a list of networks reachable through the peer" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/linux-fu-heads-or-tails-for-vpn/ | Source: Hackaday [07:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux Fu: Heads Or Tails For VPN | Hackaday ● Aug 11 [08:02] TR News (NEW): Sparky 8.4 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Sparky_8_4.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Sparky_8_4.gmi [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Sparky 8.4 [08:09] TR News "EU's Digital ID is Killing the Open Phone Market" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/eu's-digital-id-is-killing-the-open:b [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | EU's Digital ID is Killing the Open Phone Market [08:09] TR News 1994: back when WIRED was a quality publication https://www.wired.com/1994/03/economy-ideas/ [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Economy of Ideas | WIRED [08:09] TR News proprietary firmware ... https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16040489/Spy-cameras-Navy-drones-Britains-special-forces-China.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/09/spy-cameras-on-navy-drones-secretly-sent-data-to-china/ [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailymail.com | Spy cameras on Navy drones used by Britain's elite special forces 'secretly sent data to China' | Daily Mail Online [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/09/spy-cameras-on-navy-drones-secretly-sent-data-to-china/ ) [08:09] TR News "Spy cameras on Navy drones used by Britain's elite special forces 'secretly sent data to China' | Daily Mail Online" https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?GAID=18&DocNum=5511&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=167486&SessionID=114 [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Connection timed out after 10002 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?GAID=18&DocNum=5511&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=167486&SessionID=114 ) [08:10] TR News "Spo: Rysk spionoperation stoppades" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/gkrwR9/sapo-rysk-spionoperation-stoppades [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-aftonbladet-se.translate.goog | Spo: Rysk spionoperation stoppades [08:10] TR News "The Jimmy Carter Talk Has Started - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/10/the-jimmy-carter-talk-has-started/ [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | The Jimmy Carter Talk Has Started - emptywheel [08:10] TR News "Centrist Dems Really Do Hate the Left More Than Trump" https://jacobin.com/2026/08/democrats-centrists-third-way-dsa [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Centrist Dems Really Do Hate the Left More Than Trump [08:10] TR News "Trump tightens his grip on the US justice system | U.S. | EL PAS English" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-10/trump-tightens-his-grip-on-the-us-justice-system.html [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Trump tightens his grip on the US justice system | U.S. | EL PAS English [08:12] TR News Zyphor OS GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/zyphor-os-linux-distribution/ [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Zyphor OS - Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [08:13] TR News Linux DNS Troubleshooting Made Easy https://www.linuxteck.com/linux-dns-troubleshooting-made-easy/ [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linuxteck.com | Linux DNS Troubleshooting: 7 Proven Steps to Fix It Fast [08:17] TR News (NEW): If I were starting over with Linux, here's why I'd choose Fedora https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/If_I_were_starting_over_with_Linux_here_s_why_I_d_choose_Fedora.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/If_I_were_starting_over_with_Linux_here_s_why_I_d_choose_Fedora.gmi [08:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines If I were starting over with Linux, here's why I'd choose Fedora [08:19] TR News (NEW): I finally switched Linux desktops, and COSMIC is the one to blame https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/I_finally_switched_Linux_desktops_and_COSMIC_is_the_one_to_blam.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/I_finally_switched_Linux_desktops_and_COSMIC_is_the_one_to_blam.gmi [08:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I finally switched Linux desktops, and COSMIC is the one to blame [08:21] TR News (NEW): How I turned my old Fire Tablet into a portable Linux terminal https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/How_I_turned_my_old_Fire_Tablet_into_a_portable_Linux_terminal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/How_I_turned_my_old_Fire_Tablet_into_a_portable_Linux_terminal.gmi [08:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines How I turned my old Fire Tablet into a portable Linux terminal [08:34] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 146 Out of 200: An Industry of Plagiarism, 'Normalised' https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_146_Out_of_200_An_Industry_of_Plagiarism_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_146_Out_of_200_An_Industry_of_Plagiarism_.gmi [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 146 Out of 200: An Industry of Plagiarism, 'Normalised' [08:37] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:43] TR News Allowing Tor Users https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/allowing-tor-users/ [08:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Allowing Tor Users [08:49] TR News When Richard Stallman Came to Georgia Tech https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/when-richard-stallman-came-to-georgia-tech/ [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive When Richard Stallman Came to Georgia Tech [08:56] TR News Birds at the Local Park https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/birds-at-the-local-park/ [08:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Birds at the Local Park ● Aug 11 [09:00] TR News GNU/Linux Won Desktops/Laptops https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/gnulinux-won-desktopslaptops/ [09:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive GNU/Linux Won Desktops/Laptops [09:05] TR News Bots Have Ruined the World Wide Web https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/bots-have-ruins-the-world-wide-web/ [09:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Bots Have Ruined the World Wide Web [09:11] TR News Media Helping Farage by Amplifying Trash Candidates https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/media-helping-farage-by-amplifying-trash-candidates/ [09:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Media Helping Farage by Amplifying Trash Candidates [09:15] TR News " IBM is 80% a mainframe company - By what metric other than cope? Software is both bigger and higher margin." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzfrptd2 [09:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzfrptd2 ) [09:15] TR News February is when IBM had many silent layoffs [09:25] TR News Techrights IBM Won't Hire (or Hardly Hire) This Year https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/IBM_Won_t_Hire_or_Hardly_Hire_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/IBM_Won_t_Hire_or_Hardly_Hire_This_Year.gmi [09:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Won't Hire (or Hardly Hire) This Year [09:26] TR News Slop boosters find new angle https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/10/north-korean-spies-are-running-local-llms-to-cause-ai-mischief/5285632 [09:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | North Korean spies are running local LLMs to cause AI mischief [09:31] TR News Sparky 8.4 https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-4/ [09:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sparkylinux.org | Sparky 8.4 - SparkyLinux [09:31] TR News Techrights "SPONSORED EXPLAINER" at The Register MS is Just More SPAM "Sponsored by HPE." https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/SPONSORED_EXPLAINER_at_The_Register_MS_is_Just_More_SPAM_Sponso.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/SPONSORED_EXPLAINER_at_The_Register_MS_is_Just_More_SPAM_Sponso.gmi [09:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights "SPONSORED EXPLAINER" at The Register MS is Just More SPAM "Sponsored by HPE." [09:52] TR News (NEW): Resisting Misogyny https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Resisting_Misogyny.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Resisting_Misogyny.gmi [09:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Resisting Misogyny [09:56] TR News Techrights Not Allowing Misogyny and Misogynists to Run the World https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Not_Allowing_Misogyny_and_Misogynists_to_Run_the_World.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Not_Allowing_Misogyny_and_Misogynists_to_Run_the_World.gmi [09:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Not Allowing Misogyny and Misogynists to Run the World ● Aug 11 [10:16] TR News Techrights FOSSY (SFC) Platforming GAFAM, Sells Endorsement https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/FOSSY_SFC_Platforming_GAFAM_Sells_Endorsement.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/FOSSY_SFC_Platforming_GAFAM_Sells_Endorsement.gmi [10:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights FOSSY (SFC) Platforming GAFAM, Sells Endorsement [10:30] TR News Techrights Oligarchs and Their Footsoldiers Are Most Enthusiastically Loud About the Things They're Attacking https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Oligarchs_and_Their_Footsoldiers_Are_Most_Enthusiastically_Loud.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Oligarchs_and_Their_Footsoldiers_Are_Most_Enthusiastically_Loud.gmi [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Oligarchs and Their Footsoldiers Are Most Enthusiastically Loud About the Things They're Attacking [10:48] TR News (NEW): Four Weeks After the Hearing at the High Court https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Four_Weeks_After_the_Hearing_at_the_High_Court.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Four_Weeks_After_the_Hearing_at_the_High_Court.gmi [10:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Four Weeks After the Hearing at the High Court [10:51] TR News What Experienced Legal Professionals Say https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/what-experienced-legal-professionals-say/ [10:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive What Experienced Legal Professionals Say ● Aug 11 [11:06] TR News Techrights Blocking Tor Is Not a Solution, It's Paranoia https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Blocking_Tor_Is_Not_a_Solution_It_s_Paranoia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Blocking_Tor_Is_Not_a_Solution_It_s_Paranoia.gmi [11:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Blocking Tor Is Not a Solution, It's Paranoia [11:13] TR News Technology Hurting Women https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/technology-hurting-women/ [11:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Technology Hurting Women [11:14] TR News Niko Matsakis: Cylic trait implementations: motivation https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2026/08/10/cyclic-trait-solving/ [11:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-smallcultfollowing.com | Cylic trait implementations: motivation baby steps [11:14] TR News "AI" brand is so toxic that now they say "agents" http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/07/Servers_Became_Cloud_VR_Became_Metaverse_Now_Bots_Become_Agents.shtml [11:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Servers Became "Cloud", VR Became "Metaverse", Now Bots Become "Agents" (of Slop) [11:15] TR News Critical Flaws Discovered in Belgian eID Software Used by 2 Million People https://www.securityweek.com/critical-flaws-discovered-in-belgian-eid-software-used-by-2-million-people/ [11:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Critical Flaws Discovered in Belgian eID Software Used by 2 Million People - SecurityWeek [11:15] TR News BBC World Service moves from seven apps to one multilingual version https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-world-service-app/ [11:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | BBC World Service moves from seven apps to one multilingual version - Press Gazette [11:16] TR News How to Build a 99.99% Uptime Stack with Keepalived, HAProxy, and NGINX on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://ostechnix.com/keepalived-haproxy-nginx-high-availability-ubuntu/ [11:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Build a 99.99% Uptime Stack with Keepalived, HAProxy, and NGINX - OSTechNix [11:16] TR News Why SIGs matter, and why the Guidelines are being reviewed https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/10/why-sigs-matter-and-why-the-guidelines-are-being-reviewed/ [11:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Why SIGs matter, and why the Guidelines are being reviewed | APNIC Blog [11:16] TR News 2026.32 Dan Floating Hex https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/08/10/2026-32-dan-floating-hex/ [11:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rakudoweekly.blog | 2026.32 Dan Floating Hex Rakudo Weekly News [11:22] TR News Japan 3.2% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=JP&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP compare to https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/japan/#monthly-200902-202608 4.8% [11:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=JP&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [11:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Japan | Statcounter Global Stats [11:42] TR News Some news today: "Roy Schestowitz at TechRights reports Further reinforcing the current trend, software patents' demise in the United States has just been ascertained again." [11:50] TR News Techrights Paying With Cash in 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Paying_With_Cash_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Paying_With_Cash_in_2026.gmi [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Paying With Cash in 2026 [11:56] TR News Comu is a $6 tiny CH32V203 RISC-V development board that fits inside a USB port https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/10/comu-6-tiny-ch32v203-risc-v-development-board-that-fits-inside-a-usb-port/ [11:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Comu is a $6 tiny CH32V203 RISC-V development board that fits inside a USB port - CNX Software [11:57] TR News Jonathan Dowland: time-delayed scifi roundup feed https://jmtd.net/log/guardian_scifi_roundup/ [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jmtd.net | jmtd log time-delayed scifi roundup feed [11:57] TR News Slop and openwashing https://itsfoss.com/news/openjiuwens-agent-swarm/ [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | openJiuwens Agent Swarm: When AI Agents Finally Work as a Team [11:58] TR News Surveillance Kapo-berg envisions 'superintelligence' for everyone in Hey Hi (AI) manifesto https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260811-zuckerberg-envisions-superintelligence-for-everyone-in-ai-manifesto [11:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260811-zuckerberg-envisions-superintelligence-for-everyone-in-ai-manifesto ) [11:59] TR News Finding zero-days with any model https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/11/finding-zero-days-with-any-model/ [11:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Finding zero-days with any model | APNIC Blog ● Aug 11 [12:00] TR News Apple Fires Back Against Boomcloud 360s Spatial Audio Patent Infringement Allegations in Declaratory Judgment Suit https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/apple-patent-lawsuit-boomcloud/ [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/apple-patent-lawsuit-boomcloud/ ) [12:00] TR News Why I (now) prefer light mode https://www.rubenerd.au/preferring-light-mode/ [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Why I (now) prefer light mode [12:01] TR News Pluralistic: The bureaucratic Hey Hi (AI) arms-race is mutually assured destruction (10 Aug 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/10/deep-state-wopr/ [12:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: The bureaucratic AI arms-race is mutually assured destruction (10 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [12:09] TR News Droughts Are Getting So Intense That Ancient Ruins Are Beginning to Surface From Dried Up Rivers https://futurism.com/science-energy/european-drought-heat-wave-climate-change-danube-roman-ruins [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Droughts Are Getting So Intense That Ancient Ruins Are Beginning to Surface From Dried Up Rivers [12:10] TR News Police launch probe into alleged leak of NewJeans Hannis visa information https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/police-launch-probe-into-alleged-leak-of-newjeans-hannis-visa-information [12:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean police launch probe into alleged leak of NewJeans Hannis visa information | The Straits Times [12:11] TR News South Korea, US to conduct military drills amid evolving North Korea threats https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-us-to-conduct-military-drills-amid-evolving-north-korea-threats [12:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea, US to conduct military drills amid evolving North Korea threats | The Straits Times [12:11] TR News North Korea condemns Japans White Paper, calling it re-invasion paper https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-condemns-japans-white-paper-calling-it-re-invasion-paper [12:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea condemns Japans White Paper, calling it re-invasion paper | The Straits Times [12:11] TR News U.S., South Korean government agencies caution to be on lookout for Gunra ransomware gang https://cyberscoop.com/us-south-korea-gunra-ransomware-warning/ [12:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-U.S., South Korean government agencies caution to be on lookout for Gunra ransomware gang | CyberScoop [12:12] TR News Asean working to be worlds fourth-largest economy by 2030, says Malaysian foreign minister https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/asean-working-to-be-worlds-fourth-largest-economy-by-2030-says-malaysian-foreign-minister [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Asean aims to be top-four economy in the world by 2030 | The Straits Times [12:12] TR News Malaysia was confident in its social control media ban, but kids are still logged in https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-was-confident-in-its-social-media-ban-but-kids-are-still-logged-in [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia was confident in its social media ban, but kids are still logged in | The Straits Times [12:12] TR News China missile test deepens Pacific divide over growing militarisation https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/china-missile-test-deepens-pacific-divide-over-growing-militarisation [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China missile test deepens Pacific divide over growing militarisation | The Straits Times [12:12] TR News Australia must not be distracted as China ramps up in the South China Sea https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-must-not-be-distracted-as-china-ramps-up-in-the-south-china-sea/ [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Australia must not be distracted as China ramps up in the South China Sea | The Strategist [12:13] TR News China slams India for naming sites in disputed border region https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-slams-india-for-naming-sites-in-disputed-border-region [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China slams India for naming sites in disputed border region | The Straits Times [12:13] TR News Vietnam starts building largest homemade anti-submarine warship https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-starts-building-largest-homemade-anti-submarine-warship [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Vietnam starts building largest domestic-made anti-submarine warship | The Straits Times [12:14] TR News China warns Pacific Islands diplomat not to sour ties over Taiwan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-warns-pacific-islands-diplomat-not-to-sour-ties-over-taiwan [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China warns Pacific Islands diplomat not to sour ties over Taiwan | The Straits Times [12:14] TR News Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/11/australia-vietnam-boost-military-ties-in-nod-to-china/ [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China [12:15] TR News AI Can No Longer Rampage Through Rust's Code Repo https://itsfoss.com/news/rust-code-repo-ai-policy/ [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | AI Can No Longer Rampage Through Rust's Code Repo [12:18] TR News "The community blog feed aggregator lists the featured highlights below from July 31 to August 6." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/08/10/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE [12:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | Planet News Roundup - openSUSE News [12:18] TR News "ILABS is offering the Challenger+ RP2350 NB-IoT, a compact development board combining Raspberry Pis RP2350 microcontroller with STMicroelectronics ST87M01-1301 cellular module." https://linuxgizmos.com/challenger-rp2350-nb-iot-enables-lte-cat-nb2-and-gnss-for-embedded-iot/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [12:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/challenger-rp2350-nb-iot-enables-lte-cat-nb2-and-gnss-for-embedded-iot/ ) [12:19] TR News "But things can quickly become more complicated." https://www.tecmint.com/hyperswitch-on-linux/ | Source: TecMint [12:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | Deploying a Self-Hosted Hyperswitch Payment Switch on Linux [12:20] TR News "Inference, by contrast, appears deceptively simple." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/hidden-complexity-ai-inference-systems | Source: Red Hat Official [12:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | The hidden complexity of AI inference systems [12:20] TR News "Similar to how many are responding in the face of thisvirtualization disruption" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/beyond-hypervisor-how-service-provider-migrated-thousands-workloads-unified-hybrid-cloud-platform | Source: Red Hat Official [12:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Beyond the hypervisor: How a service provider migrated thousands of workloads to a unified application platform [12:21] TR News Mostly slop promotion from IBM's Red Hat these days https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/10/midojo-improve-ai-agent-security-real-world-red-teaming [12:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/10/midojo-improve-ai-agent-security-real-world-red-teaming ) [12:59] TR News Common Sugar Appears to Loosen Cancer Cells And Help Them Spread https://www.sciencealert.com/common-sugar-appears-to-loosen-cancer-cells-and-help-them-spread [12:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Common Sugar Appears to Loosen Cancer Cells And Help Them Spread : ScienceAlert [12:59] TR News 'Hiding in The Shadows': Discovery of 3 New Assyrian Kings Reveals a More Brutal History Than Records Suggest https://www.sciencealert.com/hiding-in-the-shadows-discovery-of-3-new-assyrian-kings-reveals-a-more-brutal-history-than-records-suggest [12:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Hiding in The Shadows': Discovery of 3 New Assyrian Kings Reveals a More Brutal History Than Records Suggest : ScienceAlert [12:59] TR News Scientists Made a Surface That Performs Calculations Using Light Itself https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-made-a-surface-that-performs-calculations-using-light-itself [12:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Made a Surface That Performs Calculations Using Light Itself : ScienceAlert [12:59] TR News Happy Monday! Here's Your Weekly Microscope Mystery https://www.sciencealert.com/happy-monday-heres-your-weekly-microscope-mystery [12:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Test Yourself: This Week's Microscope Mystery : ScienceAlert ● Aug 11 [13:00] TR News LazyLinux 20260810 https://distrowatch.com/lazylinux [13:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/lazylinux ) [13:00] TR News Plop 26.3-test1 https://distrowatch.com/plop [13:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/plop ) [13:01] TR News Mariposa 3.2.1 https://distrowatch.com/mariposa [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/mariposa ) [13:01] TR News SparkyLinux 8.4 https://distrowatch.com/sparky [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/sparky ) [13:01] TR News EasyOS 7.4.7 https://distrowatch.com/easyos [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/easyos ) [13:02] TR News Linux Mint 22.3 HWE released with GNU/Linux kernel 7.0 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-mint-linux-kernel-7-hwe [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Linux Mint 22.3 HWE released with Linux kernel 7.0 - OMG! Ubuntu [13:02] TR News Linux Mint will delete your old kernel versions automatically https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-mint-deletes-old-kernels-automatically [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Linux Mint will delete your old kernel versions automatically - OMG! Ubuntu [13:02] TR News Radxa Broadens rCore Series with Snapdragon and Dragonwing Hey Hi (AI) SoMs https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-broadens-rcore-series-with-qualcomm-based-ai-soms/ [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-broadens-rcore-series-with-qualcomm-based-ai-soms/ ) [13:03] TR News Microsoft Mono trouble https://planetpeanut.studio/post/2026/08/10/sparkleshare-nlnet-funding [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-planetpeanut.studio | NLnet funds SparkleShare Planet Peanut Studio [13:03] TR News statCounter: GNU/Linux Up to 8.95% Globally https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Up_to_8_95_Globally.shtml [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter: GNU/Linux Up to 8.95% Globally [13:04] TR News statCounter Now Sees GNU/Linux "Market Share Worldwide" at 9.21%, Soon 10% https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/statCounter_Now_Sees_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Worldwide_at_9_21_S.shtml [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter Now Sees GNU/Linux "Market Share Worldwide" at 9.21%, Soon 10% [13:04] TR News Xbox PC and Game Pass titles are coming to GNU/Linux through 'Xodus' Heroic Launcher devs embark on new open-source reverse-engineering project https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/xbox-pc-and-game-pass-titles-are-coming-to-linux-through-xodus-heroic-launcher-devs-embark-on-new-open-source-reverse-engineering-project [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Xbox PC and Game Pass titles are coming to Linux through 'Xodus' Heroic Launcher devs embark on new open-source reverse-engineering project | Tom's Hardware [13:05] TR News Final Linux 7.2 release candidate lands and Torvalds highlights Hey Hi (AI) code use https://www.neowin.net/news/final-linux-72-release-candidate-lands-and-torvalds-highlights-ai-code-use/?utm_source=rss [13:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/final-linux-72-release-candidate-lands-and-torvalds-highlights-ai-code-use/?utm_source=rss ) [13:06] TR News The Linux Kernel Dev Staging Area Now Rejects AI-Generated Patches http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/The-Linux-Kernel-Dev-Staging-Area-Now-Rejects-AI-Generated-Patches [13:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linux-magazine.com | The Linux Kernel Dev Staging Area Now Rejects A... Linux Magazine [13:08] TR News Fedora CoreOS Explained: Beginner Guide to Container OS https://www.fosslinux.com/160058/fedora-coreos-explained-beginners-guide-container-optimized-linux.htm [13:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslinux.com | Fedora CoreOS Explained: Beginner Guide to Container OS [13:09] TR News Carmenta minimal, fast emoji picker https://www.linuxlinks.com/carmenta-minimal-fast-emoji-picker/ [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Carmenta - minimal, fast emoji picker - LinuxLinks [13:09] TR News Windows 11's built-in weather app hogs more than 1.2 gigabytes of RAM just to tell the forecast memory-sucking web wrapper filled with ads masquerades as an actual application https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11s-built-in-weather-app-hogs-more-than-1-2-gigabytes-of-ram-just-to-tell-the-forecast-memory-sucking-web-wrapper-filled-with-ads-masquerades-as-an-actual-application [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Windows 11's built-in weather app hogs more than 1.2 gigabytes of RAM just to tell the forecast memory-sucking web wrapper filled with ads masquerades as an actual application | Tom's Hardware [13:10] TR News Amazon Used a Startlingly Dirty Trick to Build a Data Center Without Consent of Community https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-dirty-trick-build-data-center [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Amazon Used a Startlingly Dirty Trick to Build a Data Center Without Consent of Community [13:10] TR News PewCB One Desktop PCB fabrication system enables rapid prototyping at home https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/11/pewcb-one-desktop-pcb-fabrication-system-enables-rapid-prototyping-at-home/ [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | PewCB One Desktop PCB fabrication system enables rapid prototyping at home - CNX Software [13:11] TR News CachyOS is Laying Groundwork for The Server Edition https://itsfoss.com/news/cachyos-august-2026-release/ [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | CachyOS is Laying Groundwork for The Server Edition [13:11] TR News Build a Desktop Arcade Machine with a Raspberry Pi and RetroPie https://the-diy-life.com/build-a-desktop-arcade-machine-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-retropie/ [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-the-diy-life.com | Build a Desktop Arcade Machine with a Raspberry Pi and RetroPie - The DIY Life [13:12] TR News Evil Plans Doomed to Fail https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/evil-plans-doomed-to-fail/ [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Evil Plans Doomed to Fail [13:12] TR News He Tried to Put My Wife and I in Prison, Now He Feels Sentimental https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/he-tried-to-put-my-wife-and-i-in-prison-now-he-feels-sentimental/ [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive He Tried to Put My Wife and I in Prison, Now He Feels Sentimental [13:20] TR News Techrights Confirmed: Microsoft Layoffs in August 2026, Entire Operations Shut Down Too https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Confirmed_Microsoft_Layoffs_in_August_2026_Entire_Operations_Sh.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Confirmed_Microsoft_Layoffs_in_August_2026_Entire_Operations_Sh.gmi [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Confirmed: Microsoft Layoffs in August 2026, Entire Operations Shut Down Too [13:35] TR News Engineers Create Superglue That Bonds in 10 Seconds, Holds For Years And Gets Stronger Underwater https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-underwater-glue-bonds-in-10-seconds-and-holds-for-years [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Engineers Create Superglue That Bonds in 10 Seconds, Holds For Years And Gets Stronger Underwater : ScienceAlert [13:35] TR News Ant Colonies Pulse Like a Physical System, And Scientists Are Beginning to Understand What Triggers Them https://www.sciencealert.com/ant-colonies-pulse-like-a-physical-system-and-scientists-are-beginning-to-understand-what-triggers-them [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ant Colonies Pulse Like a Physical System, And Scientists Are Beginning to Understand What Triggers Them : ScienceAlert [13:35] TR News One Workout Is 'Significantly Superior' For Sleep, According to Research https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-one-type-of-exercise-that-improves-sleep-the-most-research-shows [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-One Workout Is 'Significantly Superior' For Sleep, According to Research : ScienceAlert [13:36] TR News Ketamine Alters Brain Structures But Only in One Sex, Study in Mice Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/ketamine-alters-brain-structures-but-only-in-one-sex-study-in-mice-finds [13:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ketamine Alters Brain Structures But Only in One Sex, Study in Mice Finds : ScienceAlert [13:36] TR News Psychopathic Tendencies Are Linked to Microbes Inside Your Body, Study Reveals https://www.sciencealert.com/psychopathic-tendencies-are-linked-to-microbes-inside-your-body-study-reveals [13:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Psychopathic Tendencies Are Linked to Microbes Inside Your Body, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert [13:36] TR News How Taiwan Simulated a Potential Chinese Attack https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/asia/taiwan-internet-china-invasion-drill.html [13:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/asia/taiwan-internet-china-invasion-drill.html ) [13:36] TR News Chinese farmer kills 25 acres of crops after following AI-generated weed and pest control advice farmer trusted pesticide recipe after months of successful advice https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-farmer-kills-25-acres-of-crops-after-following-ai-generated-weed-and-pest-control-advice-farmer-trusted-pesticide-recipe-after-months-of-successful-advice [13:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Chinese farmer kills 25 acres of crops after following AI-generated weed and pest control advice farmer trusted pesticide recipe after months of successful advice | Tom's Hardware [13:37] TR News Rogue Hey Hi (AI) agent tasked with booking a gym class hacks system, removes other participant says 'sorry about that' after trying to bump user up the waitlist https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/rogue-ai-agent-tasked-with-booking-a-gym-class-hacks-system-removes-other-participant-says-sorry-about-that-after-trying-to-bump-user-up-the-waitlist [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Rogue AI agent tasked with booking a gym class hacks system, removes other participant says 'sorry about that' after trying to bump user up the waitlist | Tom's Hardware [13:38] TR News Meta Exec Rages Against Employees Asking for More Time Off Because Hey Hi (AI) Made Them More Efficient https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-exec-rages-against-employees-more-time-off-ai [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Meta Exec Rages Against Employees Asking for More Time Off Because AI Made Them More Efficient [13:38] TR News USA Today Journalists Horrified by Newspapers Partnership With Palantir https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/usa-today-journalists-horrified-partnership-palantir [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | USA Today Journalists Horrified by Newspaper's Partnership With Palantir [13:38] TR News Kapo-bergs Manifesto About the Glorious Freedoms Hey Hi (AI) Will Bring Was Completely Contradicted by His Own CTO During a Company Meeting https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/zuckerbergs-manifesto-contradicted-cto [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Zuckerberg's Manifesto About the Glorious Freedoms AI Will Bring Was Completely Contradicted by His Own CTO During a Company Meeting [13:39] TR News social control media https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0810/Young-people-bid-for-online-agency [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Young people bid for online agency - CSMonitor.com [13:40] TR News Final vote delayed in parts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir over security fears https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/final-vote-delayed-in-parts-of-pakistan-administered-kashmir-over-security-fears [13:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Final vote delayed in parts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir over security fears | The Straits Times [13:40] TR News Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-vietnam-boost-military-ties-in-nod-to-china [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China | The Straits Times [13:41] TR News Taiwan soft-pedals Scarborough claim as Manila ties take priority https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/08/11/taiwan-philippines-scarborough-shoal-filing/ [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Taiwan soft-pedals Scarborough claim as Manila ties take priority Radio Free Asia [13:41] TR News Pakistan tightens grip on international outlets covering Kashmir amid rising regional unrest https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/pakistan-tightens-grid-on-international-outlets-covering-kashmir-amid-rising-regional-unrest/ [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Pakistan tightens grip on international outlets covering Kashmir amid rising regional unrest - JURIST - News [13:42] TR News Hong Kong apex court to hear subversion convictions appeals by opposition primary election candidates https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/hong-kong-apex-court-to-hear-subversion-convictions-appeals-by-opposition-primary-election-candidates/ [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Hong Kong apex court to hear subversion convictions appeals by opposition primary election candidates - JURIST - News [13:43] TR News Ex-Observatory chief slams decorative heat stress warning system after record temp. only triggers lowest alert https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/10/ex-observatory-chief-slams-decorative-heat-stress-warning-system-after-record-temp-only-triggers-lowest-alert/ [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | HK heatwave: Lowest heat stress alert triggered despite hottest day ever [13:44] TR News Corporate Data Stolen in Levi Strauss Cyberattack https://www.securityweek.com/corporate-data-stolen-in-levi-strauss-cyberattack/ [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Corporate Data Stolen in Levi Strauss Cyberattack - SecurityWeek [13:44] TR News CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited Progress LoadMaster Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-urges-immediate-patching-of-exploited-progress-loadmaster-vulnerability/ [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited Progress LoadMaster Vulnerability - SecurityWeek [13:44] TR News Novel Private APN Pivot Let Hackers Sabotage Second Polish Energy Facility https://www.securityweek.com/novel-private-apn-pivot-let-hackers-sabotage-second-polish-energy-facility/ [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Novel Private APN Pivot Let Hackers Sabotage Second Polish Energy Facility - SecurityWeek [13:45] TR News Lithuania may seek EU migration pact changes during 2027 presidency, minister says https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3017312/lithuania-may-seek-eu-migration-pact-changes-during-2027-presidency-minister-says [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania may seek EU migration pact changes during 2027 presidency, minister says - LRT [13:46] TR News Microsoft Mono trouble https://fossforce.com/2026/08/sparkleshare-finds-funding-and-an-unintended-lesson-for-open-source/ [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | SparkleShare Finds Fundingand an Unintended Lesson for Open Source - FOSS Force [13:46] TR News social control media https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/08/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-278-ben-waldman-on-gander-social-and-the-challenges-of-building-a-sovereign-social-network/ [13:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 278: Ben Waldman on Gander Social and the Challenges of Building a Sovereign Social Network - Michael Geist [13:47] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 398 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-398/ [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-latenightlinux.com | Late Night Linux Episode 398 Late Night Linux [13:48] TR News The Last Shutdown | LINUX Unplugged 679 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/679/ [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jupiterbroadcasting.com | The Last Shutdown | LINUX Unplugged 679 | Jupiter Broadcasting [13:48] TR News Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5-based WisGate Connect Router RAK7392 offers 2.5GbE, mini PCIe, and WisBlock expansion https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/10/raspberry-pi-cm4-cm5-based-wisgate-connect-router-rak7392-offers-2-5gbe-mini-pcie-and-wisblock-expansion/ [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5-based WisGate Connect Router RAK7392 offers 2.5GbE, mini PCIe, and WisBlock expansion - CNX Software [13:49] TR News Nuking the economy some MOAR https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/business/ai-nvidia-lenders-500-billion.html see http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/04/Worse_Than_Taking_Your_Job_the_Slop_Pyramid_Scheme_Will_Take_Yo.shtml [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/business/ai-nvidia-lenders-500-billion.html ) [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Worse Than "Taking Your Job", the Slop Pyramid Scheme Will "Take Your Pension" [13:49] TR News EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.4.7 released https://bkhome.org/news/202608/easyos-excalibur-series-version-747-released.html [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.4.7 released [13:50] TR News PyBLE open-source MicroPython IDE works over Bluetooth LE for tablet and iPad users https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/10/pyble-open-source-micropython-ide-works-over-bluetooth-le-for-tablet-and-ipad-users/ [13:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | PyBLE open-source MicroPython IDE works over Bluetooth LE for tablet and iPad users - CNX Software [13:50] TR News Laureen Caliman: Vocab-style Crosswords Update | Final Stretch https://blogs.gnome.org/laureen/2026/08/10/vocab-style-crosswords-update-final-stretch/ [13:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.gnome.org | Vocab-style Crosswords Update | Final Stretch crosswordsgsoc [13:56] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:57] TR News Techrights Keumars Afifi-Sabet Produces Useful, Informative Coverage Regarding Privacy https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Keumars_Afifi_Sabet_Produces_Useful_Informative_Coverage_Regard.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Keumars_Afifi_Sabet_Produces_Useful_Informative_Coverage_Regard.gmi [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Keumars Afifi-Sabet Produces Useful, Informative Coverage Regarding Privacy [13:59] TR News Metabase Patches Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day https://www.securityweek.com/metabase-patches-vulnerability-exploited-as-zero-day/ [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Metabase Patches Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day - SecurityWeek [13:59] TR News New Jersey, Alabama Join States Targeted in Water Cyberattacks https://www.securityweek.com/new-jersey-alabama-join-states-targeted-in-water-cyberattacks/ [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New Jersey, Alabama Join States Targeted in Water Cyberattacks - SecurityWeek [13:59] TR News poke @ Savannah: GNU poke 4.90 pre-release is available https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10921 ● Aug 11 [14:00] TR News Voyager 26.10-alpha3 https://distrowatch.com/voyager [14:00] TR News QPDF 12.4.0 Released with zsh & bash Shell Completion Rewritten https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/qpdf-12-4-0-zsh-bash-completion-rewritten/ [14:01] TR News Sex doll mistaken for murder victim in Australia https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/sex-doll-mistaken-for-murder-victim-in-australia [14:01] *TechrightsSocial has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:01] TR News Iran-backed Houthis strike Red Sea port of Mocha, threatening shipping routes https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260810-iran-backed-houthis-strike-red-sea-port-of-mocha-threatening-shipping-routes [14:02] TR News Southern Iran Bears Brunt of U.S. Bombing https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/middleeast/iran-south-bombing-strait-hormuz.html [14:02] TR News Powerful 7.4 Earthquake Strikes Colombia, Killing More Than 100 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/10/world/colombia-earthquake-bogota-cali [14:02] TR News Deadly 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes western Colombia https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260810-deadly-7-4-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-western-colombia [14:02] *TechrightsSocial (~b0t@iijacan2vrgta.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [14:02] 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[14:03] TR News Malaysia Was Confident in Its Social Media Ban, but Kids Are Still Logged In https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/asia/malaysia-social-media-ban-delayed.html [14:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/asia/malaysia-social-media-ban-delayed.html ) [14:03] TR News Flocks Secret Surveillance Plan Will Make You Gasp https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-rideshare-surveillance-plan [14:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Flock's Secret Surveillance Plan Will Make You Gasp [14:03] TR News Thunderbird Blog: Desktop Calendar: A Design Journey https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/08/desktop-calendar-a-design-journey/ [14:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.thunderbird.net | Desktop Calendar: A Design Journey - The Thunderbird Blog [14:04] TR News Ludovic Hirlimann: 20+ years of running "alpha quality" browser as my main web browser https://ludovic.hirlimann.net/2026/08/20-years-of-running-alpha-quality.html [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ludovic.hirlimann.net | 20+ years of running "alpha quality" browser as my main web browser [14:04] TR News Mozilla Security Blog: Updated GPG key for signing Firefox and Thunderbird Releases https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2026/08/10/updated-gpg-key-for-signing-firefox-and-thunderbird-releases/ [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Updated GPG key for signing Firefox and Thunderbird Releases - Mozilla Security Blog [14:04] TR News Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1088057/ [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Monday [LWN.net] [14:22] TR News Techrights The Slop ('Linux') Foundation Celebrates 35 'Linux' Years a Week After GNU/Linux Turns 43 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/The_Slop_Linux_Foundation_Celebrates_35_of_Linux_Years_a_Week_A.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/The_Slop_Linux_Foundation_Celebrates_35_of_Linux_Years_a_Week_A.gmi [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Slop ('Linux') Foundation Celebrates 35 'Linux' Years a Week After GNU/Linux Turns 43 [14:22] TR News "This year, Linux celebrates 35 years of excellence as a codebase." https://events.linuxfoundation.org/2026/08/05/open-source-summit-embedded-linux-conference-europe-2026-schedule-champions-open-source-innovation-and-marks-35-years-of-linux/ now doomed by SLOP commits!! [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-events.linuxfoundation.org | Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2026 Schedule Champions Open Source Innovation and Marks 35 Years of Linux | LF Events [14:25] TR News TWO HOURS IN TOWN gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-08-11Two_Hours_in_Town.txt [14:26] TR News Vietnam gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/nam2.txt [14:29] TR News What the fuck is my problem with gay men IRL? gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2026-08-11-What_the_fuck_is_my_problem_with_gay_men_IRL.txt [14:32] TR News "A little one shall become a thousand, And a small one a strong nation. I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time." gemini://tilde.club/~steelexodus/posts/2026_08_11-verse-of-the-day/ [14:33] TR News "Project founder and lead developer Bondan Rufen has written to alert us to Xezim, an "AI-native" SystemVerilog simulator written in Rust and released under a potentially-unenforceable permissive licence." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260811-slop.gmi [14:34] TR News "Recently my management decided to migrate from JFrog, and to keep the support for Maven apps they wanted to use Nexus, but the free version." gemini://gemini.maksymdziuba.xyz/blog/2026-08-10-crowdsec.gmi [14:35] TR News "Rewatching Stargate for the first time since its release in theatres. Its basically Hail Mary for the first 20 minutes but better looking. Loved Hail Marys visuals fwiw. Very much worth the rewatch. Hope we get a 4K release eventually." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2847 [14:35] TR News Stargazer (poe/en) gemini://danchium.smol.pub/stargazer [14:36] TR News Rain (poe/en) gemini://danchium.smol.pub/rain [14:37] TR News upcoming tarot projects gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/tarotprojects [14:37] TR News "And when we explicitly ask customers to use Ubuntu 24.04 as the base OS, often I find that some "interesting" customers will use a minimized version, or somehow on a VM that was created 2 days ago the OS version will be 24.04.2 and not the latest 24.04.4." gemini://gemini.maksymdziuba.xyz/blog/2026-08-11-patch.gmi [14:40] TR News (NEW): Flatpak 1.18.1 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings Bug and Security Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Flatpak_1_18_1_Linux_App_Sandboxing_Framework_Brings_Bug_and_Se.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Flatpak_1_18_1_Linux_App_Sandboxing_Framework_Brings_Bug_and_Se.gmi [14:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Flatpak 1.18.1 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings Bug and Security Fixes [14:53] TR News Ghostjacking Attack Uses Poisoned Logs to Turn Hey Hi (AI) Agents Bad https://www.securityweek.com/ghostjacking-attack-uses-poisoned-logs-to-turn-ai-agents-bad/ [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Ghostjacking' Attack Uses Poisoned Logs to Turn AI Agents Bad - SecurityWeek [14:54] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 11/08/2026: Stargate, Stargazer, Air-gapped Environments, and SystemVerilog Simulator https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Gemini_Links_11_08_2026_Stargate_Stargazer_Air_gapped_Environme.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Gemini_Links_11_08_2026_Stargate_Stargazer_Air_gapped_Environme.gmi [14:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 11/08/2026: Stargate, Stargazer, Air-gapped Environments, and SystemVerilog Simulator [14:54] TR News Cisco Warns of High-Severity ClamAV Vulnerabilities With Public PoC https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-warns-of-high-severity-clamav-vulnerabilities-with-public-poc/ [14:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cisco Warns of High-Severity ClamAV Vulnerabilities With Public PoC - SecurityWeek [14:55] TR News FBI investigating North Korean remote IT staffer working for US agency https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/fbi-investigating-north-korean-remote-it-staffer-working-for-u-s-agency/ [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | FBI investigating North Korean remote IT staffer working for US agency | Federal News Network [14:55] TR News Images Emerge From Quake-Battered Colombia https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/americas/colombia-earthquake-photos.html [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/americas/colombia-earthquake-photos.html ) [14:55] TR News A Common Cholesterol Treatment May Also Remove PFAS And Microplastics From Blood https://www.sciencealert.com/a-common-cholesterol-treatment-may-also-remove-pfas-and-microplastics-from-blood [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Common Cholesterol Treatment May Also Remove PFAS And Microplastics From Blood : ScienceAlert ● Aug 11 [15:01] TR News Django moves to an annual release cycle https://lwn.net/Articles/1088059/ [15:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Django moves to an annual release cycle [LWN.net] [15:01] TR News Steam hardware distributor hit by cyberattack, 'expect fake messages,' Valve warns Europe vendor has personal information and hardware purchase details stolen https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/steam-hardware-distributor-hit-by-cyberattack-expect-fake-messages-valve-warns-europe-vendor-has-personal-information-and-hardware-purchase-details-stolen [15:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Steam hardware distributor hit by cyberattack, 'expect fake messages,' Valve warns Europe vendor has personal information and hardware purchase details stolen | Tom's Hardware [15:03] TR News Makerfabs Nomad Terminal features ESP32-S3 WiSoC, LR1121 LoRa transceiver, 3.5-inch touchscreen display https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/11/makerfabs-nomad-terminal-features-esp32-s3-wisoc-lr1121-lora-transceiver-3-5-inch-touchscreen-display/ [15:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Makerfabs Nomad Terminal features ESP32-S3 WiSoC, LR1121 LoRa transceiver, 3.5-inch touchscreen display - CNX Software [15:03] TR News Firefox Tooling Announcements: Firefox Profiler Deployment (August 10, 2026) https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/firefox-profiler-deployment-august-10-2026/149143 [15:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-discourse.mozilla.org | Firefox Profiler Deployment (August 10, 2026) - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse [15:04] TR News Tiny Wins for Packagers: End-of-Week Update (2026-08-07) https://openbuildservice.org/2026/08/07/tiny-wins// [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openbuildservice.org | Tiny Wins for Packagers: End-of-Week Update (2026-08-07) - Open Build Service [15:04] TR News Bits from Debian: DebConf26 Local Team says goodbye https://bits.debian.org/2026/08/debconf26-words-from-localteam.html [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bits.debian.org | DebConf26 Local Team says goodbye - Bits from Debian [15:04] TR News In Malaysia, wave of hate speech threatens Rohingya refugees https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260810-in-malaysia-wave-of-hate-speech-threatens-rohingya-refugees [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260810-in-malaysia-wave-of-hate-speech-threatens-rohingya-refugees ) [15:05] TR News Asman Malika: My First GUADEC: From Kenya to the GNOME Community https://blogs.gnome.org/malika/2026/08/11/my-first-guadec-from-kenya-to-the-gnome-community/ [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.gnome.org | My First GUADEC: From Kenya to the GNOME Community Malika's Blog [15:05] TR News Provisional Prior Art https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/provisional-prior-art.html [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Provisional Prior Art | Patently-O [15:06] TR News UK's Royal Navy sea drones contain component that secretly sent data to China, report claims https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/uks-royal-navy-sea-drones-contain-component-that-secretly-sent-data-to-china-report-claims-government-cuts-camera-connectivity-and-insists-data-wasnt-sensitive-only-heartbeat-communications [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | UK's Royal Navy sea drones contain component that secretly sent data to China, report claims government cuts camera connectivity and insists data wasnt sensitive, only heartbeat communications | Tom's Hardware [15:06] TR News Google's "AI Overview" as Proprietary Censorship Engine and Gatekeeper https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Google_s_AI_Overview_as_Proprietary_Censorship_Engine_and_Gatek.shtml [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google's "AI Overview" as Proprietary Censorship Engine and Gatekeeper [15:07] TR News PYRAMID scheme! This will NOT end well. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/hyperscalers-commit-nearly-usd2-trillion-to-secure-ai-hardware-and-memory-google-leads-usd811-billion-spending-surge-while-apple-trails-at-usd57-billion [15:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Hyperscalers commit nearly $2 trillion to secure AI hardware and memory Google leads $811 billion spending surge while Apple trails at $57 billion | Tom's Hardware [15:07] TR News Harden local container base images in Podman Desktop https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/10/harden-local-container-base-images-podman-desktop [15:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/10/harden-local-container-base-images-podman-desktop ) [15:08] TR News Just-in-time access to HashiCorp Vault using the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform OIDC provider https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/11/just-in-time-access-to-hashicorp-vault-with-ansible-oidc-provider [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/11/just-in-time-access-to-hashicorp-vault-with-ansible-oidc-provider ) [15:08] TR News Understanding the GNU/Linux Graphics Stack is now available as a self-paced video course https://bootlin.com/blog/understanding-the-linux-graphics-stack-is-now-available-as-a-self-paced-video-course/ [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Understanding the Linux Graphics Stack is now available as a self-paced video course Bootlin [15:08] TR News Monthly News July 2026 https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5050 [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.linuxmint.com | NO TITLE ● Aug 11 [16:52] TR News YouTube Doubles the Eligibility Requirements for Its Money-Earning Partner Program https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/youtube-doubles-eligibility-requirements-partner-program/ [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/youtube-doubles-eligibility-requirements-partner-program/ ) [16:53] TR News Uwe Kleine-Knig: PGP Keysigning on Linux Plumbers and OpenSource Summit Europe 2026 https://blog.kleine-koenig.org/ukl/pgp-keysigning-on-linux-plumbers-and-opensource-summit-europe-2026.html [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.kleine-koenig.org | PGP Keysigning on Linux Plumbers and OpenSource Summit Europe 2026 ● Aug 11 [17:01] TR News Transmission Will Possibly Be Forked into ReTransmission https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/transmission-forked-retransmission/ [17:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Transmission Will Possibly Be Forked into ReTransmission | UbuntuHandbook [17:02] TR News How To Install Telegram on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-telegram-ubuntu-24-04-2/ [17:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Telegram on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [17:02] TR News How To Install Transmission on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-transmission-fedora-44/ [17:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Transmission on Fedora 44 - idroot [17:03] TR News German Government Hires Open Source Devs to Promote Politics https://lunduke.substack.com/p/german-government-hires-open-source [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | German Government Hires Open Source Devs to Promote Politics [17:03] TR News NetBSD 11 Released with Continued i386, Improved RISC-V Support https://lunduke.substack.com/p/netbsd-11-released-with-continued [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | NetBSD 11 Released with Continued i386, Improved RISC-V Support [17:04] TR News Live Nations War Against Shadowy Merch Counterfeiters Continues https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/live-nation-v-merch-conterfeiters-continues/ [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/live-nation-v-merch-conterfeiters-continues/ ) [17:06] TR News Federal Judge Partially Tosses Designer Shoe Warehouses Lawsuit Against Sony Music As the Wider Social Media Infringement Battle Rages On https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/07/dsw-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit/ [17:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/07/dsw-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit/ ) [17:06] TR News Irving Azoffs GMR Resolves Its $14 Million Licensing Beef With Music Choice https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/gmr-licensing-lawsuit-music-choice/ [17:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/gmr-licensing-lawsuit-music-choice/ ) [17:08] TR News Yabloko, Russian Antiwar Party, Is Banned From Parliament Elections https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/europe/russia-yabloko-party-ban-parliament.html [17:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/europe/russia-yabloko-party-ban-parliament.html ) [17:08] TR News How a Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Convicted Felons Russia Ties Was Derailed https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-memos-russia-investigation.html [17:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-memos-russia-investigation.html ) [17:08] TR News US House Launches Push For Sweeping Russia, Iran Sanctions Bill After Senate Landslide https://www.rferl.org/a/33826098.html [17:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | US House Launches Push For Sweeping Russia, Iran Sanctions Bill After Senate Win [17:09] TR News Poland and Baltics tighten critical infrastructure security amid Russian threat concerns https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3017342/poland-and-baltics-tighten-critical-infrastructure-security-amid-russian-threat-concerns [17:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Poland and Baltics tighten critical infrastructure security amid Russian threat concerns - LRT [17:09] TR News Russia bars only anti-war party 'Yabloko' from September parliamentary elections https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-russia-bars-only-anti-war-party-from-elections [17:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-russia-bars-only-anti-war-party-from-elections ) [17:09] TR News 'Mere' chain closure amounts to major losses for Latvian suppliers https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/10.08.2026-mere-chain-closure-amounts-to-major-losses-for-latvian-suppliers.a658078/ [17:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | 'Mere' chain closure amounts to major losses for Latvian suppliers / Article [17:10] TR News Foolish Hearts: politicians and Russia spread nonsense about Raimonds Pauls 'ban' https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/music/10.08.2026-foolish-hearts-politicians-and-russia-spread-nonsense-about-raimonds-pauls-ban.a658089/ [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Foolish Hearts: politicians and Russia spread nonsense about Raimonds Pauls 'ban' / Article [17:10] TR News Rga StratCom centre publishes new Russia report https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/10.08.2026-riga-stratcom-centre-publishes-new-russia-report.a658250/ [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Rga StratCom centre publishes new Russia report / Article [17:10] TR News Ukraine Drone Attack on Industrial City in Russia Kills at Least 13 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/europe/ukraine-drone-attack-russia.html [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/europe/ukraine-drone-attack-russia.html ) [17:11] TR News Inside Russias New Gulag https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/17/inside-russias-new-gulag [17:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Inside Russias New Gulag | The New Yorker [17:11] TR News Russia Reports 13 Dead After Ukrainian Drones Strike In Tatarstan https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-tatarstan/33825739.html [17:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russia Reports 13 Dead After Ukrainian Drones Strike In Tatarstan [17:11] TR News Minister says Baltic airspace incursions stopped as Ukraine targets deeper inside Russia https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3017088/minister-says-baltic-airspace-incursions-stopped-as-ukraine-targets-deeper-inside-russia [17:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Minister says Baltic airspace incursions stopped as Ukraine targets deeper inside Russia - LRT [17:12] TR News Belarusians in Lithuania mark sixth anniversary of 2020 protests against Lukashenko https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3017133/belarusians-in-lithuania-mark-sixth-anniversary-of-2020-protests-against-lukashenko [17:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Belarusians in Lithuania mark sixth anniversary of 2020 protests against Lukashenko - LRT [17:12] TR News Ukraine war live: Deadly Russian missiles strike Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-live-russian-missiles-strike-kyiv-triggering-fires-in-city-centre [17:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-live-russian-missiles-strike-kyiv-triggering-fires-in-city-centre ) [17:13] TR News Latvian Security Service detains Russian war supporter https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/10.08.2026-latvian-security-service-detains-russian-war-supporter.a658152/ [17:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Latvian Security Service detains Russian war supporter / Article [17:13] TR News IBM's Age Discrimination Leads Workers to Contemplate Suicide While the CEO Becomes Billionaire for Lying to the Press and Faking Performance (Fraudulent Accounting) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/IBM_s_Age_Discrimination_Leads_Workers_to_Contemplate_Suicide_W.shtml [17:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM's Age Discrimination Leads Workers to Contemplate Suicide While the CEO Becomes Billionaire for Lying to the Press and Faking Performance (Fraudulent Accounting) [17:13] TR News In Pakistan, internal unrest reveals limits of military power https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2026/0810/pakistan-unrest-military-power [17:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-In Pakistan, internal unrest reveals limits of military power - CSMonitor.com [17:13] TR News IBM's Age Discrimination Leads Workers to Contemplate Suicide While the CEO Becomes Billionaire for Lying to the Press and Faking Performance (Fraudulent Accounting) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/IBM_s_Age_Discrimination_Leads_Workers_to_Contemplate_Suicide_W.shtml [17:15] TR News UPC is illegal and unconstitutional, but with help from JUVE and Team UPC this charade goes on https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/samsung-and-pentarc-triumph-as-upc-revokes-maxell-content-casting-patent/ [17:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Samsung and Pentarc triumph as UPC revokes Maxell content-casting patent [17:15] TR News Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts GNU/Linux on the Hook for Age Verification https://linuxstans.com/illinois-hb5511-operating-system-age-verification/ [17:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxstans.com | Illinois HB5511: What It Means for Linux and Open Source [17:21] TR News "Good news for Ubuntu users as Canonical has started pushing the Linux 7.0 HWE (Hardware Enablement) kernel updates from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-users-get-linux-7-0-hwe-kernel-ahead-of-ubuntu-24-04-5-lts [17:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 7.0 HWE Kernel Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS - 9to5Linux [17:23] TR News Slopfest https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/10/linus-torvalds-says-ai-has-made-huge-linux-kernel-updates-the-new-normal/5285268 [17:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' Linux kernel updates the new normal [17:24] TR News Linux 7.2 is on track to release next week as AI bug finders continue to set the new norm for the kernel https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-72-is-on-track-to-release-next-week-as-ai-bug-finders-continue-to-set-the-new-norm-for-the-kernel/ [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Linux 7.2 is on track to release next week as AI bug finders continue to set the new norm for the kernel [17:25] TR News Beyond Consensus: The Fragmentation of [Slop] Policy Across the Linux Ecosystem https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/linux-ai-policies/ [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Beyond Consensus: The Fragmentation of AI Policy Across the Linux Ecosystem - InfoQ [17:26] TR News Linux has an AI problem and theres no fix yet https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-has-an-ai-problem-and-theres-no-fix-yet/ [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Linux has an AI problem and theres no fix yet [17:27] TR News Slop Slop Slop Slop Slop Slop https://www.neowin.net/news/final-linux-72-release-candidate-lands-and-torvalds-highlights-ai-code-use/?utm_source=rss [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/final-linux-72-release-candidate-lands-and-torvalds-highlights-ai-code-use/?utm_source=rss ) [17:27] TR News Intel brings HDMI 2.1 FRL back to Linux: 44 new patches already enable 4K at 120 Hz https://www.igorslab.de/en/intel-brings-hdmi-2-1-frl-back-linux-44-new-patches-enable-4k-120-hz/ [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.igorslab.de | Intel Brings HDMI 2.1 FRL Back to Linux: 4K120 [17:28] TR News Shelly 3.0 ditches C# for Zig Arch Linuxs package manager no longer loads .NET https://www.martincid.com/technology-sv/cachyos-shelly-30-drops-net-for-zig-arch-package-manager-now-native/ [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.martincid.com | Shelly 3.0 ditches C# for Zig Arch Linuxs package manager no longer loads .NET Martin Cid Magazine [17:31] TR News sos-vault Earns a 50.6 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building a Secure, AI-Assisted Platform for Analyzing sosreport Archives https://hackernoon.com/sos-vault-earns-a-506-proof-of-usefulness-score-by-building-a-secure-ai-assisted-platform-for-analyzing-sosreport-archives [17:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hackernoon.com | [17:32] TR News (NEW): CachyOS Has New Release https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/CachyOS_Has_New_Release.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/CachyOS_Has_New_Release.gmi [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines CachyOS Has New Release [17:32] TR News "In this guide we go through several FIGlet commands you can run in the terminal from making a digital clock to creating a welcome banner." https://www.neowin.net/guides/try-out-these-fun-figlet-commands-and-customize-your-linux-terminal/ [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/guides/try-out-these-fun-figlet-commands-and-customize-your-linux-terminal/ ) [17:33] TR News I finally found the Linux distro I'd recommend to almost anyone https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-release-for-august-2026-improves-the-installer-desktop-profiles [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CachyOS ISO Release for August 2026 Improves the Installer, Desktop Profiles - 9to5Linux [17:33] TR News "The DebCamp hacking session will be held from Sunday, August 29th, to Saturday, September 4th, 2027." https://9to5linux.com/debconf27-debian-developers-conference-to-be-held-in-asahikawa-japan [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DebConf27 Debian Developers Conference to Be Held in Asahikawa, Japan - 9to5Linux [17:35] TR News (NEW): DebConf27 Debian Developers Conference to Be Held in Asahikawa, Japan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/DebConf27_Debian_Developers_Conference_to_Be_Held_in_Asahikawa_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/10/DebConf27_Debian_Developers_Conference_to_Be_Held_in_Asahikawa_.gmi [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines DebConf27 Debian Developers Conference to Be Held in Asahikawa, Japan [17:35] TR News Heroic Games Launcher 2.22.1 brings Proton-CachyOS, controller improvements and more to come | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/heroic-games-launcher-2-22-1-brings-proton-cachyos-controller-improvements-and-more-to-come/ Source: GamingOnLinux [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Heroic Games Launcher 2.22.1 brings Proton-CachyOS, controller improvements and more to come | GamingOnLinux [17:36] TR News ProtonPlus v0.6.0 adds support for Faugus Launcher, improved controller navigation and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/protonplus-v0-6-0-adds-support-for-faugus-launcher-improved-controller-navigation-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ProtonPlus v0.6.0 adds support for Faugus Launcher, improved controller navigation and more | GamingOnLinux [17:38] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:43] TR News Devolver Digital plan to go private again | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/devolver-digital-plan-to-go-private-again/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/devolver-digital-plan-to-go-private-again/ [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Devolver Digital plan to go private again | GamingOnLinux [17:44] TR News Return to Castle Wolfenstein RealRTCW brings PS2 maps to the Cursed Sands DLC | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/return-to-castle-wolfenstein-realrtcw-brings-ps2-maps-to-the-cursed-sands-dlc/ Source: GamingOnLinux [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Return to Castle Wolfenstein RealRTCW brings PS2 maps to the Cursed Sands DLC | GamingOnLinux [17:54] TR News Techrights The Independent (UK) Today: "Independent candidate Daniel Pocock is concerned about media issues." https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/The_Independent_UK_Today_Independent_candidate_Daniel_Pocock_is.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/The_Independent_UK_Today_Independent_candidate_Daniel_Pocock_is.gmi [17:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Independent (UK) Today: "Independent candidate Daniel Pocock is concerned about media issues." [17:57] TR News "Daniel Pocock, who, among a host of bizarre claims, asked: Were you impressed by JuristGate, my take-down of the judicial Establishment in Switzerland?" https://www.couriermail.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CMWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fnews%2Fgeelong%2Fwtf-dangerous-holes-cult-email-screwup-cone-cart-highton-objections [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.couriermail.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CMWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fnews%2Fgeelong%2Fwtf-dangerous-holes-cult-email-screwup-cone-cart-highton-objections ) [17:57] TR News "WTF: Big hole, cult email screw-up, cone cart, fightin Highton" [17:59] TR News 26 more games join GeForce NOW during August 2026 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/26-more-games-join-geforce-now-during-august-2026/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/26-more-games-join-geforce-now-during-august-2026/ [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-26 more games join GeForce NOW during August 2026 | GamingOnLinux ● Aug 11 [18:00] TR News MARBLE SOULS sounds hilarious bringing souls-likes systems with oldschool marble gameplay | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/marble-souls-sounds-hilarious-bringing-souls-likes-systems-with-oldschool-marble-gameplay/ Source: GamingOnLinux [18:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-MARBLE SOULS sounds hilarious bringing souls-likes systems with oldschool marble gameplay | GamingOnLinux [18:01] TR News Valve emailed about a cyberattack against their shipping partner CEVA Logistics in Europe | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/valve-emailed-about-a-cyberattack-against-their-shipping-partner-ceva-logistics-in-europe/ Source: GamingOnLinux [18:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve emailed about a cyberattack against their shipping partner CEVA Logistics in Europe | GamingOnLinux [18:02] TR News Chaotic physics auto battler 'Auto Ball Arena' looks like a funny time | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/chaotic-physics-auto-battler-auto-ball-arena-looks-like-a-funny-time/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/chaotic-physics-auto-battler-auto-ball-arena-looks-like-a-funny-time/ [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Chaotic physics auto battler 'Auto Ball Arena' looks like a funny time | GamingOnLinux [18:03] TR News "The attackers have exploited CVE-2024-55591 and CVE-2025-24472, authentication bypass flaws in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiProxy, to gain administrative access through internet-facing appliances." https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/11/feds-warn-gunra-ransomware-is-exploiting-known-bugs-to-hit-critical-infrastructure/5286263 [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Feds warn Gunra ransomware is exploiting known bugs to hit critical infrastructure [18:04] TR News "Pretty sure Microsoft is doing silent, small layoffs that don't show up via WARN notices..." https://www.teamblind.com/post/silent-layoffs-microsoft-8z0q1trn [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.teamblind.com | SIlent Layoffs Microsoft | Tech Industry - Blind [18:12] TR News Chaotic rocket engine numbers-go-up space roguelite 'Glory On Pluto' has a fresh demo up | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/chaotic-rocket-engine-numbers-go-up-space-roguelite-glory-on-pluto-has-a-fresh-demo-up/ Source: GamingOnLinux [18:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Chaotic rocket engine numbers-go-up space roguelite 'Glory On Pluto' has a fresh demo up | GamingOnLinux [18:13] TR News Chaotic rocket engine numbers-go-up space roguelite 'Glory On Pluto' has a fresh demo up | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/chaotic-rocket-engine-numbers-go-up-space-roguelite-glory-on-pluto-has-a-fresh-demo-up/ Source: GamingOnLinux [18:18] TR News (NEW): Linux Foundation, Linux Fu, and Linux Kernel https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Linux_Foundation_Linux_Fu_and_Linux_Kernel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Linux_Foundation_Linux_Fu_and_Linux_Kernel.gmi [18:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Foundation, Linux Fu, and Linux Kernel [18:22] TR News (NEW): Applications: Hyperswitch, QPDF Coverage https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Applications_Hyperswitch_QPDF_Coverage.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Applications_Hyperswitch_QPDF_Coverage.gmi [18:22] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Applications: Hyperswitch, QPDF Coverage [18:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [18:23] TR News (NEW): Shelly Dumps Microsoft .NET, NLnet Funds a Microsoft Mono Problem (SparkleShare) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Shelly_Dumps_Microsoft_NET_NLnet_Funds_a_Microsoft_Mono_Problem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Shelly_Dumps_Microsoft_NET_NLnet_Funds_a_Microsoft_Mono_Problem.gmi [18:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Shelly Dumps Microsoft .NET, NLnet Funds a Microsoft Mono Problem (SparkleShare) [18:24] TR News A retro gem returns and rebuilt, Knytt Classic is out now and free | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/a-retro-gem-returns-and-rebuilt-knytt-classic-is-out-now-and-free/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/a-retro-gem-returns-and-rebuilt-knytt-classic-is-out-now-and-free/ [18:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A retro gem returns and rebuilt, Knytt Classic is out now and free | GamingOnLinux [18:27] TR News (NEW): Games: Knytt Classic, GNOME Crosswords, 'Xodus', and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Games_Knytt_Classic_GNOME_Crosswords_Xodus_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Games_Knytt_Classic_GNOME_Crosswords_Xodus_and_More.gmi [18:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Knytt Classic, GNOME Crosswords, 'Xodus', and More [18:29] TR News (NEW): Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi [18:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers [18:30] TR News (NEW): Linux desktop use surged to 22% on one workday, Cloudflare data shows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Linux_desktop_use_surged_to_22_on_one_workday_Cloudflare_data_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Linux_desktop_use_surged_to_22_on_one_workday_Cloudflare_data_s.gmi [18:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux desktop use surged to 22% on one workday, Cloudflare data shows [18:32] TR News (NEW): Hardware Projects: RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Hardware_Projects_RISC_V_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Hardware_Projects_RISC_V_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [18:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Hardware Projects: RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, and More [18:34] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Security_Leftovers.gmi [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers [18:35] TR News (NEW): Mozilla: Thunderbird, Firefox, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Mozilla_Thunderbird_Firefox_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Mozilla_Thunderbird_Firefox_and_More.gmi [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mozilla: Thunderbird, Firefox, and More [18:35] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [18:37] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and LINUX Unplugged https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_and_LINUX_Unplugged.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_and_LINUX_Unplugged.gmi [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and LINUX Unplugged [18:39] TR News (NEW): Leftovers About Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Leftovers_About_Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Leftovers_About_Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers.gmi [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Leftovers About Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers [18:40] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [18:40] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [18:42] TR News Techrights Links 11/08/2026: Tensions South of China and Stingy "YouTube Doubles the Eligibility Requirements" (to Get Paid) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Links_11_08_2026_Tensions_South_of_China_and_Stingy_YouTube_Dou.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Links_11_08_2026_Tensions_South_of_China_and_Stingy_YouTube_Dou.gmi [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 11/08/2026: Tensions South of China and Stingy "YouTube Doubles the Eligibility Requirements" (to Get Paid) [18:52] TR News (NEW): GNOME Shell Design Dreams https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/GNOME_Shell_Design_Dreams.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/GNOME_Shell_Design_Dreams.gmi [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNOME Shell Design Dreams ● Aug 11 [19:04] TR News Techrights Summer Layoffs and 'Redundancies' (Cost-Cutting) at Microsoft and IBM https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Summer_Layoffs_and_Redundancies_Cost_Cutting_at_Microsoft_and_I.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/Summer_Layoffs_and_Redundancies_Cost_Cutting_at_Microsoft_and_I.gmi [19:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Summer Layoffs and 'Redundancies' (Cost-Cutting) at Microsoft and IBM [19:09] TR News (NEW): HoopoeLinux billed as a light distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/HoopoeLinux_billed_as_a_light_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/HoopoeLinux_billed_as_a_light_distribution.gmi [19:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines HoopoeLinux billed as a light distribution [19:12] TR News Bloodstained gold (poe/en) gemini://danchium.smol.pub/bloodstained-gold [19:12] TR News The knight (poe/en) gemini://danchium.smol.pub/the-knight [19:13] TR News "why do that when Flashpoint Archive already exists?" gemini://gemini.n8fq.org/gemlog/5ab841fb79e6a9e6cb22119fb815de1d.gmi [19:14] TR News "Its been waiting 13 years already so I figure I will wait a while longer, to give me time to gather advice on the risks and potential rewards. Ill compare to a modern bar to obtain a shrinkflation data point." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/08/11/crunchie/ [19:14] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [19:22] *parsifal (~parsifal@rpcdzuq4hszjw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [19:46] TR News (NEW): These 3 Linux distros make leaving Windows feel natural https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/These_3_Linux_distros_make_leaving_Windows_feel_natural.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/These_3_Linux_distros_make_leaving_Windows_feel_natural.gmi [19:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines These 3 Linux distros make leaving Windows feel natural ● Aug 11 [20:12] TR News (NEW): I ditched traditional Linux for an immutable distro, but only on my gaming handheld https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/I_ditched_traditional_Linux_for_an_immutable_distro_but_only_on.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/I_ditched_traditional_Linux_for_an_immutable_distro_but_only_on.gmi [20:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I ditched traditional Linux for an immutable distro, but only on my gaming handheld [20:47] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/11/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi [20:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Aug 11 [21:20] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Aug 11 [01:00] admfubar well why pay for mousse! ... https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-caught-on-camera-with-weird-snot-move-as-germ-denial-comes-back-to-haunt-him/ [01:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Pete Hegseth haunted by weird germ theory after cameras catch him wiping snot in his hair - Raw Story [01:20] admfubar https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/08/09/baby-hospital-pregnant-drug-test [01:20] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.themarshallproject.org | How Faulty Urine Drug Tests Turn New Parents Into Targets | The Marshall Project ● Aug 11 [06:19] TR News "Sofia is exactly the kind of voter that Proposition 39 is actually aimed at." https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2026-08-03/chabria-monday-politics-newsletter-prop-39 | Source: Los Angeles Times [06:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.latimes.com | Prop. 39 would turn Trump conspiracy into California law. - Los Angeles Times [06:22] TR News "This post builds on that analysis by asking how institutions should be conceptualized and analyzed" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/institutions-are-a-package-deal-what-a-correlation-cant-tell-you-about-the-rule-of-law/ | Source: Rlang [06:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Institutions Are a Package Deal: What a Correlation Cant Tell You About the Rule of Law | R-bloggers [06:35] TR News "One of the most surprising things about the decision to use the atomic bomb is that there wasnt one" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/why-nagasaki-was-the-last-city-bombed/ | Source: Truthdig [06:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/why-nagasaki-was-the-last-city-bombed/ ) ● Aug 11 [08:09] TR News "Spy cameras on Navy drones used by Britain's elite special forces 'secretly sent data to China' | Daily Mail Online" https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?GAID=18&DocNum=5511&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=167486&SessionID=114 [08:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Connection timed out after 10002 milliseconds ( status 0 @ 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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-us-to-conduct-military-drills-amid-evolving-north-korea-threats [12:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea, US to conduct military drills amid evolving North Korea threats | The Straits Times [12:11] TR News North Korea condemns Japans White Paper, calling it re-invasion paper https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-condemns-japans-white-paper-calling-it-re-invasion-paper [12:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea condemns Japans White Paper, calling it re-invasion paper | The Straits Times [12:12] TR News Asean working to be worlds fourth-largest economy by 2030, says Malaysian foreign minister https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/asean-working-to-be-worlds-fourth-largest-economy-by-2030-says-malaysian-foreign-minister [12:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Asean aims to be top-four economy in the world by 2030 | The Straits Times [12:12] TR News China missile test deepens Pacific divide over growing militarisation https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/china-missile-test-deepens-pacific-divide-over-growing-militarisation [12:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China missile test deepens Pacific divide over growing militarisation | The Straits Times [12:12] TR News Australia must not be distracted as China ramps up in the South China Sea https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-must-not-be-distracted-as-china-ramps-up-in-the-south-china-sea/ [12:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Australia must not be distracted as China ramps up in the South China Sea | The Strategist [12:13] TR News China slams India for naming sites in disputed border region https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-slams-india-for-naming-sites-in-disputed-border-region [12:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China slams India for naming sites in disputed border region | The Straits Times [12:13] TR News Vietnam starts building largest homemade anti-submarine warship https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-starts-building-largest-homemade-anti-submarine-warship [12:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Vietnam starts building largest domestic-made anti-submarine warship | The Straits Times [12:14] TR News China warns Pacific Islands diplomat not to sour ties over Taiwan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-warns-pacific-islands-diplomat-not-to-sour-ties-over-taiwan [12:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China warns Pacific Islands diplomat not to sour ties over Taiwan | The Straits Times [12:14] TR News Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/11/australia-vietnam-boost-military-ties-in-nod-to-china/ [12:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China [12:59] TR News 'Hiding in The Shadows': Discovery of 3 New Assyrian Kings Reveals a More Brutal History Than Records Suggest https://www.sciencealert.com/hiding-in-the-shadows-discovery-of-3-new-assyrian-kings-reveals-a-more-brutal-history-than-records-suggest [12:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol-'Hiding in The Shadows': Discovery of 3 New Assyrian Kings Reveals a More Brutal History Than Records Suggest : ScienceAlert ● Aug 11 [13:36] TR News How Taiwan Simulated a Potential Chinese Attack https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/asia/taiwan-internet-china-invasion-drill.html [13:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/asia/taiwan-internet-china-invasion-drill.html ) [13:40] TR News Final vote delayed in parts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir over security fears https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/final-vote-delayed-in-parts-of-pakistan-administered-kashmir-over-security-fears [13:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Final vote delayed in parts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir over security fears | The Straits Times [13:40] TR News Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-vietnam-boost-military-ties-in-nod-to-china [13:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China | The Straits Times [13:41] TR News Taiwan soft-pedals Scarborough claim as Manila ties take priority https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/08/11/taiwan-philippines-scarborough-shoal-filing/ [13:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rfa.org | Taiwan soft-pedals Scarborough claim as Manila ties take priority Radio Free Asia [13:41] TR News Pakistan tightens grip on international outlets covering Kashmir amid rising regional unrest https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/pakistan-tightens-grid-on-international-outlets-covering-kashmir-amid-rising-regional-unrest/ [13:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Pakistan tightens grip on international outlets covering Kashmir amid rising regional unrest - JURIST - News [13:42] TR News Hong Kong apex court to hear subversion convictions appeals by opposition primary election candidates https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/hong-kong-apex-court-to-hear-subversion-convictions-appeals-by-opposition-primary-election-candidates/ [13:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Hong Kong apex court to hear subversion convictions appeals by opposition primary election candidates - JURIST - News [13:45] TR News Lithuania may seek EU migration pact changes during 2027 presidency, minister says https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3017312/lithuania-may-seek-eu-migration-pact-changes-during-2027-presidency-minister-says [13:45] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania may seek EU migration pact changes during 2027 presidency, minister says - LRT [13:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [13:56] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Aug 11 [14:01] TR News Sex doll mistaken for murder victim in Australia https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/sex-doll-mistaken-for-murder-victim-in-australia [14:01] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Sex doll mistaken for murder victim in Australia | The Straits Times [14:01] TR News Iran-backed Houthis strike Red Sea port of Mocha, threatening shipping routes https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260810-iran-backed-houthis-strike-red-sea-port-of-mocha-threatening-shipping-routes [14:01] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260810-iran-backed-houthis-strike-red-sea-port-of-mocha-threatening-shipping-routes ) [14:02] TR News Southern Iran Bears Brunt of U.S. Bombing https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/middleeast/iran-south-bombing-strait-hormuz.html [14:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/middleeast/iran-south-bombing-strait-hormuz.html ) ● Aug 11 [15:04] TR News In Malaysia, wave of hate speech threatens Rohingya refugees https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260810-in-malaysia-wave-of-hate-speech-threatens-rohingya-refugees [15:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260810-in-malaysia-wave-of-hate-speech-threatens-rohingya-refugees ) ● Aug 11 [17:08] TR News Yabloko, Russian Antiwar Party, Is Banned From Parliament Elections https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/europe/russia-yabloko-party-ban-parliament.html [17:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/europe/russia-yabloko-party-ban-parliament.html ) [17:08] TR News How a Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Convicted Felons Russia Ties Was Derailed https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-memos-russia-investigation.html [17:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-memos-russia-investigation.html ) [17:08] TR News US House Launches Push For Sweeping Russia, Iran Sanctions Bill After Senate Landslide https://www.rferl.org/a/33826098.html [17:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | US House Launches Push For Sweeping Russia, Iran Sanctions Bill After Senate Win [17:09] TR News Russia bars only anti-war party 'Yabloko' from September parliamentary elections https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-russia-bars-only-anti-war-party-from-elections [17:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-russia-bars-only-anti-war-party-from-elections ) [17:09] TR News 'Mere' chain closure amounts to major losses for Latvian suppliers https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/10.08.2026-mere-chain-closure-amounts-to-major-losses-for-latvian-suppliers.a658078/ [17:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | 'Mere' chain closure amounts to major losses for Latvian suppliers / Article [17:10] TR News Foolish Hearts: politicians and Russia spread nonsense about Raimonds Pauls 'ban' https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/music/10.08.2026-foolish-hearts-politicians-and-russia-spread-nonsense-about-raimonds-pauls-ban.a658089/ [17:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Foolish Hearts: politicians and Russia spread nonsense about Raimonds Pauls 'ban' / Article [17:10] TR News Rga StratCom centre publishes new Russia report https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/10.08.2026-riga-stratcom-centre-publishes-new-russia-report.a658250/ [17:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Rga StratCom centre publishes new Russia report / Article [17:10] TR News Ukraine Drone Attack on Industrial City in Russia Kills at Least 13 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/europe/ukraine-drone-attack-russia.html [17:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/europe/ukraine-drone-attack-russia.html ) [17:11] TR News Inside Russias New Gulag https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/17/inside-russias-new-gulag [17:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.newyorker.com | Inside Russias New Gulag | The New Yorker [17:11] TR News Russia Reports 13 Dead After Ukrainian Drones Strike In Tatarstan https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-tatarstan/33825739.html [17:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russia Reports 13 Dead After Ukrainian Drones Strike In Tatarstan [17:11] TR News Minister says Baltic airspace incursions stopped as Ukraine targets deeper inside Russia https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3017088/minister-says-baltic-airspace-incursions-stopped-as-ukraine-targets-deeper-inside-russia [17:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Minister says Baltic airspace incursions stopped as Ukraine targets deeper inside Russia - LRT [17:12] TR News Belarusians in Lithuania mark sixth anniversary of 2020 protests against Lukashenko https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3017133/belarusians-in-lithuania-mark-sixth-anniversary-of-2020-protests-against-lukashenko [17:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Belarusians in Lithuania mark sixth anniversary of 2020 protests against Lukashenko - LRT [17:12] TR News Ukraine war live: Deadly Russian missiles strike Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-live-russian-missiles-strike-kyiv-triggering-fires-in-city-centre [17:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-live-russian-missiles-strike-kyiv-triggering-fires-in-city-centre ) [17:13] TR News Latvian Security Service detains Russian war supporter https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/10.08.2026-latvian-security-service-detains-russian-war-supporter.a658152/ [17:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Latvian Security Service detains Russian war supporter / Article [17:13] TR News In Pakistan, internal unrest reveals limits of military power https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2026/0810/pakistan-unrest-military-power [17:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-In Pakistan, internal unrest 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