●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 ●● ● Aug 19 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-180826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-180826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-180826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-180826.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-180826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-180826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-180826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-180826.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-08-18.txt ● Aug 19 [04:07] *parsifal (~parsifal@rpcdzuq4hszjw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [04:21] TR News Englands ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weather | Trees and forests | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/england-ancient-oak-trees-dying-extreme-hot-dry-weather Source: The Guardian UK [04:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Englands ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weather | Trees and forests | The Guardian [04:23] TR News Trump sued the BBC now Jared and Ivanka may pay for it - Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2026/08/18/trump-sued-the-bbc-now-jared-and-ivanka-may-pay-for-it/ Source: Salon | "Secret Service agents blocked the subpoena at the door, but Trump's suit could still force testimony" [04:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump sued the BBC now Jared and Ivanka may pay for it - Salon.com [04:24] TR News "I loved that it ran on InkPalm Plus, the modded Light Phone III, on my old iPad, and on the Paper 7. (I didn't have the Retroid then.) On the two former devices I could use a capacitive stylus (which worked well) or even just fingers." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/usi-handwriting [04:26] TR News be gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/be [04:27] TR News "I've been wanting to experiment with the gemini protocol for a while, but never quite managed to get around to it. Tonight I came across Smol Pub, and decided to take the leap." gemini://zenith.smol.pub/my-first-night-in-geminispace [04:28] TR News "Last month I picked up a new shirt for one of my gigs (I only had one that fit), and got a $40 off coupon for my next purchase, good for this week. I put the reminder in my calendar." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/8-18.gmi [04:35] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 19/08/2026: Shirts, Handwriting, and Fights in Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Gemini_Links_19_08_2026_Shirts_Handwriting_and_Fights_in_Gemini.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Gemini_Links_19_08_2026_Shirts_Handwriting_and_Fights_in_Gemini.gmi [04:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 19/08/2026: Shirts, Handwriting, and Fights in Geminispace [04:36] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_August_18_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_August_18_2026.gmi [04:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 [04:38] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:40] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... ● Aug 19 [05:02] TR News Tim King, AmigaDOS royalty, dies aged 70 https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/18/tim-king-amigados-royalty-dies-aged-70/5289101 [05:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Tim King, AmigaDOS royalty, dies aged 70 [05:03] TR News Or maybe this is better for the locals and the UK already has the skills needed, no shortage as companies advertise to lower salaries https://www.theregister.com/cxo/2026/08/18/uks-tech-talent-pipeline-shrinks-as-overseas-worker-visa-applications-fall-7/5288476 [05:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | UK's tech talent pipeline shrinks as overseas worker visa applications fall 7% [05:06] TR News Hunt Valley Microsoft gaming employees outraged by mass layoffs https://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/baltimore-county/hunt-valley-microsoft-gaming-employees-outraged-by-mass-layoffs [05:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.wmar2news.com | Hunt Valley Microsoft gaming employees outraged by mass layoffs [05:06] TR News Bethesda game developers keep up fight against XBOX layoffs https://www.mymcmedia.org/bethesda-game-developers-keep-up-fight-against-xbox-layoffs/ [05:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mymcmedia.org | Bethesda game developers keep up fight against XBOX layoffs - Montgomery Community Media [05:07] TR News Bethesda Dev Says Cuts Were Rare Before Xbox Took Over: All Of A Sudden We Have Yearly Layoffs https://kotaku.com/xbox-layoffs-rallies-cwa-bethesda-employee-interview-2000725366 [05:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bethesda Dev Says Cuts Were Rare Before Xbox Took Over: 'All Of A Sudden We Have Yearly Layoffs' - Kotaku [05:20] TR News Techrights Microsoft is 'Angel of Death' to Developers (Even Its Own), 'Voluntary' Layoffs Happening Again https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Microsoft_is_Angel_of_Death_to_Developers_Even_Its_Own_Voluntar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Microsoft_is_Angel_of_Death_to_Developers_Even_Its_Own_Voluntar.gmi [05:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft is 'Angel of Death' to Developers (Even Its Own), 'Voluntary' Layoffs Happening Again [05:27] TR News GNU/Linux peaking at about 15% in US every day https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=US&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [05:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=US&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [05:31] TR News Aruba 5% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=AW&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [05:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=AW&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [05:33] TR News Yesterday GNU/Linux touches 15% in Costa Rica https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=CR&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=CR&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [05:33] *pi has quit (Quit: https://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. 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[05:35] *pi (~quassel@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [05:44] TR News GNU/Linux 7.1% in Andorra https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=AD&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=AD&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) ● Aug 19 [06:00] TR News (NEW): Clownflare Saw GNU/Linux at Over 10% in Andorra https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Clownflare_Saw_GNU_Linux_at_Over_10_in_Andorra.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Clownflare_Saw_GNU_Linux_at_Over_10_in_Andorra.gmi [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Clownflare Saw GNU/Linux at Over 10% in Andorra [06:03] TR News "We do not need to create new rules for LLM usage, we already have our DFSG and our social contract." http://blog.fai-project.org/posts/llm-usage-gr/ [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.fai-project.org | LLM usage in Debian [06:05] TR News Mass layoffs at Dropbox [06:18] TR News (NEW): COSMIC 1.6 Desktop Environment Released with More Improvements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/COSMIC_1_6_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_More_Improvements.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/COSMIC_1_6_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_More_Improvements.gmi [06:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines COSMIC 1.6 Desktop Environment Released with More Improvements [06:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [06:21] TR News (NEW): Framework Laptop 12 gets Fedora KDE Linux on pre-builts, along with new Intel Core Series 3 processors https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Framework_Laptop_12_gets_Fedora_KDE_Linux_on_pre_builts_along_w.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Framework_Laptop_12_gets_Fedora_KDE_Linux_on_pre_builts_along_w.gmi [06:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Framework Laptop 12 gets Fedora KDE Linux on pre-builts, along with new Intel Core Series 3 processors [06:23] TR News Techrights Mass Layoffs at Dropbox, Blame the Debt, Not Slop Hype https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Mass_Layoffs_at_Dropbox_Blame_the_Debt_Not_Slop_Hype.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Mass_Layoffs_at_Dropbox_Blame_the_Debt_Not_Slop_Hype.gmi [06:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Mass Layoffs at Dropbox, Blame the Debt, Not Slop Hype [06:25] TR News (NEW): I tested GNOME's glassy new look - and it's simply spectacular https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/I_tested_GNOME_s_glassy_new_look_and_it_s_simply_spectacular.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/I_tested_GNOME_s_glassy_new_look_and_it_s_simply_spectacular.gmi [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I tested GNOME's glassy new look - and it's simply spectacular [06:26] TR News (NEW): Want to run a full Linux distro on your Android phone? I found the easiest way https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Want_to_run_a_full_Linux_distro_on_your_Android_phone_I_found_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Want_to_run_a_full_Linux_distro_on_your_Android_phone_I_found_t.gmi [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Want to run a full Linux distro on your Android phone? I found the easiest way [06:36] TR News (NEW): Why Digital Sovereignty Requires an Open Document Platform and What That Actually Means https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Why_Digital_Sovereignty_Requires_an_Open_Document_Platform_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Why_Digital_Sovereignty_Requires_an_Open_Document_Platform_and_.gmi [06:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Why Digital Sovereignty Requires an Open Document Platform and What That Actually Means [06:53] *croissant (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [06:53] *croissant` has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 19 [07:02] *croissant` (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:03] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:21] TR News (NEW): Planet KDE: Bigger Wasn't Better: Benchmarking Small Models for digiKam's Natural Language Search https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Planet_KDE_Bigger_Wasn_t_Better_Benchmarking_Small_Models_for_d.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Planet_KDE_Bigger_Wasn_t_Better_Benchmarking_Small_Models_for_d.gmi [07:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Planet KDE: Bigger Wasn't Better: Benchmarking Small Models for digiKam's Natural Language Search [07:25] TR News Techrights Improving techrights.org https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Improving_techrights_org.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Improving_techrights_org.gmi [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Techrights Improving techrights.org [07:27] TR News Maybe they will petition for themselves to wind up some time soon, seeing they're deep in debt and dealt with by police for issuing death threats https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/5194179 [07:34] TR News "What is the mailing list for suggesting improvements to text on the fsf." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-08/msg00004.html [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Connection timed out after 10002 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-08/msg00004.html ) [07:35] TR News (NEW): SkillFishOS Debian-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/SkillFishOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/SkillFishOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines SkillFishOS Debian-based Linux distribution [07:37] TR News (NEW): I tested Omarchy Quattro, one of the first Linux distros to go all in on AI - and I didn't hate it https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/I_tested_Omarchy_Quattro_one_of_the_first_Linux_distros_to_go_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/I_tested_Omarchy_Quattro_one_of_the_first_Linux_distros_to_go_a.gmi [07:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I tested Omarchy Quattro, one of the first Linux distros to go all in on AI - and I didn't hate it [07:39] TR News Austria 6% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=AT&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=AT&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [07:52] TR News Techrights Slop's Achilles Heel: It Increases the Workload, Not Just Costs https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Slop_s_Achilles_Heel_It_Increases_the_Workload_Not_Just_Costs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Slop_s_Achilles_Heel_It_Increases_the_Workload_Not_Just_Costs.gmi [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slop's Achilles Heel: It Increases the Workload, Not Just Costs [07:57] TR News Puppy breaker thinks merely taking a photograph of an animal can disprove his lack of empathy towards animals (he used to kill them to do his degree) [07:58] TR News "Several of the big providers will now indemnify you against intellectual property claims on generated code." https://www.jamesdrandall.com/posts/someone-still-has-to-sign-it/ | Source: James Randall [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jamesdrandall.com | Someone still has to sign it - and the research says they'll stop reading | James Randall [07:58] TR News "Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea fantasy stories make a terrible surrender to artificial scarcity with the idea that a rune could be lost." https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=67831 | Source: Soylent News [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | SoylentNews Comments | How copyright warped Earthsea [07:58] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:59] TR News "The trademark application has been registered with the Office." https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-results/86191623 | [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tmsearch.uspto.gov | Trademark search [07:59] TR News Software Patents: "The illustrations in this patent are great, they read like a silent children's book about a smirking creeper." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/relatable-patent-art/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/relatable-patent-art/ ) [07:59] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://filamentmap.com/blog/ghost-gun-crackdown-3d-printing | ● Aug 19 [08:00] TR News [Old] "This transition is not about problems or dissatisfaction with our state partners." https://anadisgoi.com/index.php/culture-stories/a-new-chapter-for-cherokee-language-education | Source: Cherokee Nation [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-anadisgoi.com | A New Chapter for Cherokee Language Education [08:00] TR News "Everybody loves summertime. But from climate change to budget cuts on public spaces like parks and pools to a lack of vacation time, capitalism is increasingly robbing us of our summer fun." https://jacobin.com/2026/08/summer-pools-vacation-capitalism-socialism | Source: Jacobin Magazine [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Capitalism Is Killing Summer [08:00] TR News "Low-optics is the key term there." https://newrepublic.com/post/214410/ice-electric-shock-gloves-low-optics-tool-immigration | Source: New Republic [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | ICEs New Electric Shock Gloves Are Billed As Low Optics Tool | The New Republic [08:01] TR News "Big Bend, bordering Mexico in West Texas, features volcanic dikes, dinosaur bones and stunning canyon views." https://www.salon.com/2026/08/18/trumps-destruction-of-national-parks-is-just-getting-started/ | Source: Salon [08:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trumps destruction of national parks is just getting started - Salon.com [08:03] TR News "A report published on Tuesday concludes that working life is continuing to change, with shorter working hours among the developments taking place." https://yle.fi/a/74-20241596 | Source: Yle [08:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Finnish companies experiment with shorter working hours | Yle News | Yle [08:03] TR News "The logic that had operated through centralist policies and the denial of Kurdish identity before the revolution became even more radical after the Islamic Republic seized the peoples revolution in January 1979." https://english.anf-news.com/kurdistan/pjak-the-fatwa-issued-47-years-ago-failed-there-is-no-path-forward-other-than-freedom-and-democracy-86816 | Source: ANF News [08:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.anf-news.com | ANF | PJAK:The fatwa issued 47 years ago failed; there is no path forward other than freedom and democracy [08:04] TR News "Chinese authorities in Tibet have over the past month continued and expanded demolition of the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, satellite imagery analyzed by Radio Free Asia shows." https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2026/08/19/larung-gar-china-demolition-buddhist-monks/ | Source: RFA [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Beijing resumes demolition of major Tibetan Buddhist academy, satellite imagery shows Radio Free Asia [08:04] TR News "Flock protects property, not people or parks." https://www.404media.co/the-national-park-service-is-using-flock-rangers-are-pissed/ | Source: 404 Media [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | The National Park Service Is Using Flock. Rangers Are Pissed [08:04] TR News "His tantrum only got worse when the reporter revealed she was with CNN." https://newrepublic.com/post/214431/trump-yells-female-reporter-north-korea | Source: New Republic [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Trump Melts Down at Another Female Reporter | The New Republic [08:05] TR News "dismissed the criminal case against him with prejudice over violations of his constitutional rights" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/journalist-300-day-detention-dismissed-charges-neglect-1814992 | Source: International Business Times [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Journalist Shot by Federal Agent Has Spent Nearly 300 Days in ICE Detention Even After Judge Tossed Criminal Case | IBTimes UK [08:05] TR News "He added that such a stance is "alien" to the First Amendment." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5934692 | Source: NPR [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | DHS defends investigating agency critics and giving them warning notices [08:07] TR News "After Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the organisation focused on anti-war activities." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/russia-declares-norwegian-organisation-smaradina-undesirable/455303 | Source: The Barents Observer [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thebarentsobserver.com | Russia declares Norwegian organisation SmRdina undesirable [08:10] TR News "That campaign began in this Administrations earliest days and has only intensified since." https://www.notus.org/media/abc-lawsuit-fcc-first-amendment | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | ABC Lawsuit Accuses the FCC of Running a Retaliatory Campaign - NOTUS News of the United States [08:11] TR News "On August 17, Russias Supreme Court upheld its ruling barring the liberal Yabloko party from this years State Duma elections." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/19/more-than-80-young-supporters-of-russia-s-antiwar-yabloko-party-were-detained-outside-the-supreme-court-as-it-upheld-the-party-s-removal-from-the-ballot-five-of-them-describe-the-day | Source: Meduza [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | More than 80 young supporters of Russias antiwar Yabloko party were detained outside the Supreme Court as it upheld the partys removal from the ballot. Five of them describe the day. Meduza [08:12] TR News "From welcoming a record number of foreign tourists including growing numbers of U.S. citizens" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0818/mahjong-chinamaxxing-China-soft-power | Source: CS Monitor [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-What Chinamaxxing says about Chinese soft power - CSMonitor.com [08:13] TR News ">A centuries-old witness tree that stood through a Revolutionary War battle in South Carolina" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/inside-fight-to-save-300-year-old-tree-that-survived-revolutionary-war-battle-180989357/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.smithsonianmag.com | Inside the Fight to Save a 300-Year-Old Tree That Survived a Revolutionary War Battle [08:14] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [08:14] TR News "The animal behavioralist and marine mammal expert explained that the dolphins use 'shelling' to hunt for fish" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/nature-and-wildlife-photography/i-started-screaming-because-i-know-what-shelling-looks-like-dolphin-photographed-performing-extremely-rare-behavior | Source: Digital Camera World [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | I started screaming because I know what shelling looks like dolphin photographed performing extremely rare behavior | Digital Camera World [08:14] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:14] TR News "Fools have said that the Prairies are boring." https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/08/17/Prairie-Views | Source: Tim Bray [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tbray.org | ongoing by Tim Bray Five Views of the Wilcox Prairie [08:15] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [08:15] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:22] TR News Microsoft is in Serious Trouble, Even Microsoft Staff Knows It https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/19/microsoft-is-in-serious-trouble-even-microsoft-staff-knows-it/ [08:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Microsoft is in Serious Trouble, Even Microsoft Staff Knows It [08:24] TR News Many people who read techrights are Microsoft staff desperate for info that does not conform to the 'Microsoft religion'. Then, instead of insults it helps to 'incite' them against the employer they already hate, are angry at, may have ruined their lives. This weakens the company's "faith". [08:25] TR News "Finland is now plugged into the EU rail network. (Yle)" https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/new-rail-link-reconnects-finland-and-sweden-in-north/455851 | Source: The Barents Observer [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thebarentsobserver.com | New rail link reconnects Finland and Sweden in North [08:26] TR News "Beginning on the effective date of this Ordinance" https://media.512pixels.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Data-Center-Temporary-Moratorium-Ordinance-v2-1.pdf | [08:26] TR News "Whys Abbot doing this? Because in Republican Texas, even Fox News has Abbott only 1% ahead of his Democratic opponent, Gina Hinojosa." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/18/data-centres-get-too-hot-for-texas-politicians/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Silent again, then continued speaking, with a sort of saving yourself, and youre quite. [08:26] TR News "This evening, the Memphis City Council acted on a year-long moratorium on new data centers." https://512pixels.net/2026/08/memphis-data-center-moratorium/ | Source: Stephen Hackett [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-512pixels.net | Memphis Moves Forward on Proposed 12-Month Data Center Moratorium - 512 Pixels [08:27] TR News "The environmental establishment has apparently moved onto technological solutions, social justice" https://overpopulation-project.com/reality-check-were-still-overpopulated-and-its-still-a-problem/ | Source: Overpopulation [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-overpopulation-project.com | Reality Check: Were Still OverpopulatedAnd Its Still A Problem - The Overpopulation Project [08:32] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:32] TR News Taking Photographs of Animals Does Not Help These Animals, Feeding Them Helps https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/19/taking-photographs-of-animals-does-not-help-these-animals-feeding-them-helps/ [08:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Taking Photographs of Animals Does Not Help These Animals, Feeding Them Helps [08:40] TR News "I know that Donald Trump does something new and terrible every day, sometimes several times a day." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-new-level-of-trumpian-evil | Source: Paul Krugman [08:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | A New Level of Trumpian Evil - Paul Krugman [08:40] TR News Source [08:40] TR News "Support was strongest among voters of the two largest right-leaning parties." https://yle.fi/a/74-20241545 | Source: Yle [08:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Broad support in Finland for banning social media for under-15s | Yle News | Yle [08:41] TR News "AIPAC didn't always spend on campaigns." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5923565 | Source: NPR [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | AIPAC didn't always spend on campaigns. Now it faces criticism over money in politics [08:41] TR News "Khabarovsk is the first of three submarines of a new class designed to carry Poseidon autonomous, long-range nuclear torpedoes." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/russias-doomsday-sumarine-sets-sail-for-the-first-time/455938 | Source: The Barents Observer [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thebarentsobserver.com | Russia's doomsday submarine sets sail for the first time [08:41] TR News "Drones controlled via mobile networks are equipped with commercially available modules for one or more SIM cards." https://digit.site36.net/2026/08/17/secret-services-in-some-countries-operate-explosive-drones-via-sim-cards-now-the-technique-hits-germany/ | Source: Site36 [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-digit.site36.net | Secret services in some countries operate explosive drones via SIM cards. Now the technique hits Germany | Matthias Monroy [08:42] TR News "And I cop a plea to posting at least seven days a week, sometimes even more often." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/apologies | Source: Robert Reich [08:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Apologies - Robert Reich [08:42] TR News "The representatives of the corps demand a stable workforce, more vessels, and the extension of the Tarajal breakwaters" https://www.elconstitucional.es/en/communities/ceuta/civil-guard-officers-warn-that-swimmers-continue-to-enter-ceuta-and-demand-200-more-agents_7187_102.html | Source: El Constitucional [08:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.elconstitucional.es | Civil Guard officers warn that "swimmers continue to enter" Ceuta and demand 200 more agents [08:43] TR News "Webmail has been around for decades and it's always had to solve a very difficult problem of taking untrusted HTML and displaying it to the user in a safe way." https://portswigger.net/research/css-the-bomb-inside-your-inbox | Source: Port Swigger [08:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-portswigger.net | CSS:the bomb inside your inbox | PortSwigger Research [08:43] TR News "At a second level, this was a motion for more discovery, which Ill explain in this post" https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/18/doj-used-pam-bondis-trophy-arrests-as-predicate-to-infiltrate-minnesotas-anti-ice-community/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [08:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | DOJ Used Pam Bondi's Trophy Arrests as an Excuse to Spy on Minnesota's Anti-ICE Community - emptywheel [08:44] TR News "I have no words for this if its real, apart from I know that I wont be making a purchase myself." https://jimmitchell.org/2026/08/18/oh-hell-no-apple-count-me-out/ | Source: Jim Mitchell [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jimmitchell.org | Oh Hell No, Apple! Count Me Out... Jim Mitchell [08:44] TR News "social media and personal accounts" https://www.pcworld.com/article/3211839/hackers-want-your-nudes-heres-how-to-keep-your-privates-private.html | Source: PC World [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hackers want your nudes. Heres how to keep your privates, private | PCWorld [08:44] TR News "is selling all its assets in bankruptcy court auctions to pay off its roughly $8.1 billion in debt." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/google-buys-spirit-airlines-data-for-ai-training-for-just-usd10-million-purchase-includes-hundreds-of-millions-of-emails-microsoft-teams-chats-billions-of-flight-pricing-records-and-anonymized-passenger-records | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Google buys Spirit Airlines data for AI training for just $10 million purchase includes hundreds of millions of emails, Microsoft Teams chats, billions of flight pricing records, and anonymized passenger records | Tom's Hardware [08:45] TR News "GitHub, the code-hosting platform used by millions of developers, went down for users across the US, India and other countries" https://sqmagazine.co.uk/github-down-outage-thousands-users/ | Source: SQ Magazine [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sqmagazine.co.uk | GitHub Down: Thousands Report Outage Monday [08:46] TR News Windows TCO: "For those familiar with Americas cybersecurity vulnerabilities, the attacks were not a surprise." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2026/0818/cyberattacks-iran-water-utilities | Source: CS Monitor [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cyberattacks on water facilities test US defenses, reveal gaps - CSMonitor.com [08:47] TR News (NEW): KDE Announces Bulletproof KDE Suite with Three Years of Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/13/KDE_Announces_Bulletproof_KDE_Suite_with_Three_Years_of_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/13/KDE_Announces_Bulletproof_KDE_Suite_with_Three_Years_of_Support.gmi [08:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE Announces Bulletproof KDE Suite with Three Years of Support [08:47] TR News Windows TCO: "Once inside a network, they use common utilities and tools to support credential access, data exfiltration, and ransomware deployment." https://cyberscoop.com/medusa-ransomware-tactics-cisa-advisory/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Medusa ransomware tallies hundreds of new victims, says updated advisory on groups tactics | CyberScoop [08:47] TR News Windows TCO: "Ransom Busters" https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/ransom-busters-ransomware-actor-incident-recovery-service | Source: Dark Reading [08:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/ransom-busters-ransomware-actor-incident-recovery-service ) [08:47] TR News Windows TCO: "newly announced exploits within 24 hours." https://therecord.media/more-than-200-medusa-ransomware-victims-in-last-year-cisa | Source: The Record [08:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | More than 200 victims of Medusa ransomware identified over the last year, CISA says | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:48] TR News Windows TCO: "forcing them to communicate by telephone, text message and fax, according to RBB." https://therecord.media/berlin-cuts-two-state-ministries-off-government-breach | Source: The Record [08:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Berlin cuts two state ministries off government network after security breach | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:48] TR News [Old] Windows TCO: "The attack occurred from Aug. 23 through Aug. 27" https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/10/25/hackers-access-data-230k-university-michigan | Source: Inside Higer Ed [08:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.insidehighered.com | Hackers access data of 230K at University of Michigan [08:48] TR News [Old] Windows TCO: "In August 2023, the University of Michigan faced a data breach when an unauthorized third party accessed personal information of various individuals connected to the institution." https://www.twingate.com/blog/tips/University%20of%20Michigan-data-breach | [08:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-University of Michigan Data Breach: What & How It Happened? | Twingate [08:48] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:48] TR News [Old] Windows TCO: "social security numbers, drivers licenses, financial information and health information that could be used for fraud" https://www.wxyz.com/news/university-of-michigan-says-230-000-peoples-information-affected-by-august-data-breach | Source: Scripps Media Inc [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.wxyz.com | University of Michigan says 230,000 people affected by August data breach [08:49] TR News [Old] Windows TCO: "Campus computers are generally cut off from the public internet, but students were finding workarounds via their cell phones." https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/29/politics/university-of-michigan-cyber-incident-offline | Source: CNN [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edition.cnn.com | University of Michigan shuts down public inter following significant cybersecurity incident | CNN Politics [08:49] TR News Windows TCO: "The [Internet] shutdown extended into the first day of classes at the UM on Aug. 28 and affected the Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses. UM's Flint campus was not affected." https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/10/23/um-3rd-party-accessed-school-systems-personal-information-for-5-days/71292044007/ | Source: Digital First Media [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/10/23/um-3rd-party-accessed-school-systems-personal-information-for-5-days/71292044007/ ) [08:49] TR News "I could go on but its clear youre fine with all of that." https://zottmann.org/2026/08/18/creators-returning-to-x.html | Source: Carlo Zottmann [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zottmann.org | Carlo Zottmann - Creators *returning* to X [08:50] TR News "People are quite mad about Anthropics watermarking system, and understandably so." https://www.404media.co/anthropics-text-watermarking-proves-ai-companies-do-not-care-at-all-about-writing/ | Source: 404 Media [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Anthropics Text Watermarking Proves AI Companies Do Not Care at All About Writing [08:50] TR News "Xs algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)." https://www.404media.co/xs-algorithm-feeds-off-ragebait-and-impacts-democrats-more-study-finds/ | Source: 404 Media [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds [08:50] TR News (NEW): Still using Linux Mint? Here are the 6 Ubuntu features you're missing out on https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Still_using_Linux_Mint_Here_are_the_6_Ubuntu_features_you_re_mi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Still_using_Linux_Mint_Here_are_the_6_Ubuntu_features_you_re_mi.gmi [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Still using Linux Mint? Here are the 6 Ubuntu features you're missing out on [08:50] TR News "Many apps are now also using AI to help users chat with each other or optimize their profiles" https://nltimes.nl/2026/08/18/dating-apps-quickly-falling-favor-dutch-users | Source: NL Times [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Dating apps quickly falling out of favor with Dutch users | NL Times [08:50] TR News "A bipartisan group of 29 U.S. states is suing Meta, seeking potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties and changes to how Meta does business." https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/meta-trial-opens-instagram-facebook-9.7311852 | Source: CBC [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Meta trial begins with states accusing social media giant of exploiting, intentionally addicting children | CBC News [08:51] TR News "Mozilla said it has partnered with Exa Labs Inc., an AI [sic] search company" https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/18/firefox-updates-smart-window-a-new-in-browser-ai-assistant-that-can-keep-up-with-you/ | Source: Silicon Angle [08:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Firefox updates Smart Window, a new in-browser AI assistant that can keep up with you - SiliconANGLE [08:51] TR News "Highly consequential decisions about AIs benefits and risks are currently being made on the basis of very limited dat" https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/18/1142226/how-people-use-ai/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [08:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | We still dont know how people are really using AI | MIT Technology Review [08:51] TR News "Theres one thing uniting Americas warring generations: revulsion toward artificial intelligence." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/18/americans-under-30-are-becoming-more-pessimistic-about-artificial-intelligence/ | Source: The Washington Post [08:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/18/americans-under-30-are-becoming-more-pessimistic-about-artificial-intelligence/ ) [08:52] TR News "For the first time, a majority of adults under 30 (55%) now say theyre more concerned than excited about AI" https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/08/18/young-adults-in-the-us-are-increasingly-wary-of-ai-concerned-it-will-take-jobs/ | Source: Pew Reseach Center [08:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pewresearch.org | Young US adults are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs | Pew Research Center [08:52] TR News "I feel revulsion toward AI-created content." https://overkill.wtf/posts/the-smell-of-ai | Source: Kevin Wammer [08:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The smell of AI - overkill.wtf [08:52] TR News "When any piece of art, no matter the format, has the slightest smell of AI, I'm out. It doesn't even matter if any AI was actually used; the mere suggestion of AI is enough. I'm aware this is unfair towards people that happen to talk/write/sound like AI, especially when it's their content AI was trained on." [08:53] TR News "Coding is dead!" https://joshblais.com/blog/if-programming-is-dead-why-am-i-going-all-in-on-programming/ | Source: Joshua Blais [08:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-joshblais.com | If programming is dead why go all in - The Universe of Joshua Blais [08:53] TR News "So the Internet honesty boxes are going. And I think the World is worse for it." https://benfrain.com/well-done-ai-thats-the-end-of-the-honest-boxes/ | Source: Ben Frain [08:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-benfrain.com | Well done AI, thats the end of the honest boxes Ben Frain [08:53] TR News "But the bros are screaming now that its in Claude." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/17/anthropic-watermarks-ai-output-and-the-ai-bros-yell/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | On at last, with a. [08:53] TR News "But Edge Link doesn't stop at moving data around. It combines data acquisition, industrial connectivity, edge computing, and machine learning in a single system at the machine level." https://www.hackster.io/Mukesh_Sankhla/edge-link-26e6fb | Source: Hackster [08:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Edge Link - Hackster.io [08:53] TR News (NEW): I ignored Linux for years because of its reputation, and it's my daily driver now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/I_ignored_Linux_for_years_because_of_its_reputation_and_it_s_my.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/I_ignored_Linux_for_years_because_of_its_reputation_and_it_s_my.gmi [08:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I ignored Linux for years because of its reputation, and it's my daily driver now [08:54] TR News "Artificial intelligence companies are facing lawsuits by family members of individuals who died by suicide after prolonged interactions with chatbots." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5929575 | Source: NPR [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | She told no one about her agony except ChatGPT. What her death reveals about AI risks [08:54] TR News "As mentioned, this only happens on one system (running Ubuntu 26.04). Other systems, with the same software configuration and the same NFS mounted home directories, don't have anything like this slow login." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdSlowSessionStartProblem | Source: University of Toronto [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [08:54] TR News "allegedly exfiltrated from the Azure and Entra tenants of McDonalds" https://sqmagazine.co.uk/azure-data-breach-mcdonalds-vodafone-tcs-thehatman/ | Source: SQ Magazine [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sqmagazine.co.uk | Azure Data Breach Hits McDonald's, Vodafone, TCS, More [08:55] TR News "Engineers connect to Linux hosts running in cloud, on-premises and edge environments without opening a port." https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/18/teleport-puts-developer-linux-desktops-under-production-access-controls/ | Source: Silicon Angle [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Teleport puts developer Linux desktops under production access controls - SiliconANGLE [08:55] TR News (NEW): These 5 simple Linux tools make Windows 11 look outdated https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/These_5_simple_Linux_tools_make_Windows_11_look_outdated.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/These_5_simple_Linux_tools_make_Windows_11_look_outdated.gmi [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines These 5 simple Linux tools make Windows 11 look outdated [08:55] TR News "Me too, probably; there seems to be something wrong with me, its probably my autism. But at least I try, which is more than I can say for most people who live close" https://blog.avas.space/friendships/ | Source: Ava [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.avas.space | thinking about friendships ava's blog [08:56] TR News "how the shifting definition of these devices can inform the communitys efforts to develop open hardware solutions" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/smartphones-and-the-next-generation-of-hearing-aids/ | Source: Hackaday [08:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Smartphones And The Next Generation Of Hearing Aids | Hackaday [08:56] TR News "taken a second to appreciate how fantastic the falls look amid the surrounding nature, he mightve realized that the better, and non-life-risking, option wouldve been to shoot it from afar." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/landscape-photography/this-man-died-at-a-waterfall-for-what-was-likely-a-crap-photo-sometimes-its-safer-and-better-to-compose-landscapes-from-afar | Source: Digital Camera World [08:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | This man died at a waterfall for what was likely a crap photo sometimes its safer and better to compose landscapes from afar | Digital Camera World [08:56] TR News "In other parts of the world that have let their guard down to vaccine-preventable diseases, long-forgotten scourges have roared back and killed and disabled children." https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-cases-vaccines | Source: Pro Publica [08:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | Measles Cases Are Reaching Record Highs in America ProPublica [08:58] TR News "Acupuncture shows promise as an adjunctive therapy for depression, but its neurobiological mechanisms remain incompletely understood" https://www.sciencealert.com/acupuncture-seems-to-rewire-the-brain-in-depression-scans-reveal | Source: Science Alert [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Acupuncture Seems to Rewire The Brain in Depression, Scans Reveal : ScienceAlert [08:58] TR News "Such a description is instantly recognizable in the current crisis, with its senseless waste of academic talent, curiosity" https://jacobin.com/2026/08/uk-cambridge-oxford-dons-universities | Source: Jacobin Magazine [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | The Rise and Fall of the Elite University [08:58] TR News (NEW): After Europe ditched Windows, China follows suit with its own home-grown Linux distros https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/After_Europe_ditched_Windows_China_follows_suit_with_its_own_ho.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/After_Europe_ditched_Windows_China_follows_suit_with_its_own_ho.gmi [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines After Europe ditched Windows, China follows suit with its own home-grown Linux distros [08:59] TR News "He says we're calling it burnout. But it's not burnout. Not exclusively." https://ryancheley.com/2026/08/17/what-if-maintainer-burnout-isn-t-burnout/ | [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ryancheley.com | What if Maintainer Burnout Isn't Burnout [08:59] TR News "Had to chuckle quite a bit while reading this article: Dickovers, baggravation and botiquette: 18 new words to describe our tech hellscape" https://blog.x-way.org/Misc/2026/08/18/18-new-words-to-describe-our-tech-hellscape.html | [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.x-way.org | 18 new words to describe our tech hellscape ● Aug 19 [09:00] TR News "We shouldnt fool ourselves into thinking that dickovers are the only terrible thing about technology in 2026. Until now, though, we have lacked the vocabulary to describe them, so here are some suggestions." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/18/dickovers-baggravation-botiquette-18-new-words-tech-hellscape | Source: The Guardian UK [09:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Dickovers, baggravation and botiquette: 18 new words to describe our tech hellscape | Technology | The Guardian [09:00] TR News "Weve been living here full-time for a year and its really ideal. It feels like custom tailored clothing." https://sive.rs/fit | Source: Derek Sivers [09:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sive.rs | Building without predicting | Derek Sivers [09:01] TR News "We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/amazons-book-woodchipper-facility-has-a-cartoonishly-evil-logo-because-of-course-it-does/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/amazons-book-woodchipper-facility-has-a-cartoonishly-evil-logo-because-of-course-it-does/ ) [09:01] TR News "One of the first satisfying things I did this morning was donating a sealed white envelope into a red mailbox." https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/08/a-beginners-guide-to-writing-snail-mail/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/08/a-beginners-guide-to-writing-snail-mail/ ) [09:01] TR News "The purpose of MeltCalc is simpleit collates data on hot ends and materials regarding factors like maximum flow rate, print speeds, and heater requirements." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/a-hot-end-and-material-database-for-3d-printing/ | Source: Hackaday [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Hot End And Material Database For 3D Printing | Hackaday [09:02] TR News (NEW): Yes, Linux can do 'real work'here are 5 things I do on my Linux PC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Yes_Linux_can_do_real_work_here_are_5_things_I_do_on_my_Linux_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Yes_Linux_can_do_real_work_here_are_5_things_I_do_on_my_Linux_P.gmi [09:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Yes, Linux can do 'real work'here are 5 things I do on my Linux PC [09:02] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [09:03] TR News "This particular rabbit hole started somewhere else." https://tara.sh/posts/2026/2026-08-13_seaweedfs_freebsd_rabbithole/ | [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tara.sh | SeaweedFS, FreeBSD and a rather deep rabbit hole [09:03] TR News (NEW): Fairphone 6 turns into a Linux phone running Fedora 44 with working cameras https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Fairphone_6_turns_into_a_Linux_phone_running_Fedora_44_with_wor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Fairphone_6_turns_into_a_Linux_phone_running_Fedora_44_with_wor.gmi [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fairphone 6 turns into a Linux phone running Fedora 44 with working cameras [09:04] TR News Techrights Links 19/08/2026: Timothy James King (AmigaDOS) Dies, GitHub Goes Offline, Finland Wants to Shun Social Control Media https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Links_19_08_2026_Timothy_James_King_AmigaDOS_Dies_GitHub_Goes_O.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Links_19_08_2026_Timothy_James_King_AmigaDOS_Dies_GitHub_Goes_O.gmi [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 19/08/2026: Timothy James King (AmigaDOS) Dies, GitHub Goes Offline, Finland Wants to Shun Social Control Media [09:04] TR News "I have to link to Codeberg Pages docs for fairness." https://aartaka.me/codeberg-pages-2.html | Source: Artyom Bologov [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aartaka.me | Codeberg Pages 2: Setting Up Subdomain for git-pages Back-end [09:04] TR News "I was disappointed to learn that the bot never posted off the Bot Forensics beacon." https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/foiling-protohackers-spam-bot.html | Source: James Stanley [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-incoherency.co.uk | James Stanley - Foiling a Protohackers email spam bot [09:04] TR News "We setup all of our FreeBSD servers to be accessed via Tailscale's SSH so we documented it here for our quick reference in the future for new server setup. Hope it helps someone else as well." https://conradresearch.com/design-distilled/tailscale-ssh-server-access-on-freebsd | [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-conradresearch.com | Tailscale SSH Server Access on FreeBSD [09:06] TR News Framework's most affordable laptop finally gets Linux (and a hardware upgrade) https://www.howtogeek.com/framework-laptop-12-linux-core-series-3-launch/ [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Framework's most affordable laptop finally gets Linux (and a hardware upgrade) [09:07] TR News "pre-builts to ship with Fedora KDE 44" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/framework-laptop-12-gets-fedora-kde-linux-on-pre-builts-along-with-new-intel-core-series-3-processors/ [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Framework Laptop 12 gets Fedora KDE Linux on pre-builts, along with new Intel Core Series 3 processors | GamingOnLinux [09:08] TR News Bethesda finally fix the Fallout 4 on-screen keyboard crashing on Steam Deck / SteamOS | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/bethesda-finally-fix-the-fallout-4-on-screen-keyboard-crashing-on-steam-deck-steamos/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bethesda finally fix the Fallout 4 on-screen keyboard crashing on Steam Deck / SteamOS | GamingOnLinux [09:08] TR News Get some ace strategy games in the RTS Renaissance Digiphile Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/get-some-ace-strategy-games-in-the-rts-renaissance-digiphile-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/get-some-ace-strategy-games-in-the-rts-renaissance-digiphile-bundle/ [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Get some ace strategy games in the RTS Renaissance Digiphile Bundle | GamingOnLinux [09:09] TR News Germany: Should you be allowed to insult politicians? | "Tyskland: Skall man f frolmpa politiker?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/08/18/tyskland-skall-man-fa-forolampa-politiker/ [09:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Tyskland: Skall man f frolmpa politiker? [09:10] TR News "Trump Ballroom Commissioner Held Diplomatic Talks With Kremlin Officials FT - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/18/trump-ballroom-commissioner-held-diplomatic-talks-with-kremlin-officials-ft-a93521 [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.themoscowtimes.com | Trump Ballroom Commissioner Held Diplomatic Talks With Kremlin Officials FT - The Moscow Times [09:10] TR News "Belgium open to using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine if Europe shares risks" https://kyivindependent.com/belgium-open-using-frozen-russian-assets-help-ukraine-europe-shares-risks/ [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kyivindependent.com | Belgium open to using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine if Europe shares risks [09:10] TR News "Zambia : The Numbers Do Not Add Up: Zambia Has A Serious Election Problem" https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/08/19/the-numbers-do-not-add-up-zambia-has-a-serious-election-problem/ [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lusakatimes.com | Zambia : The Numbers Do Not Add Up: Zambia Has A Serious Election Problem [09:10] TR News "While Trump Cuts Food Aid, ICE Sits on $100 Billion" https://jacobin.com/2026/08/trump-ice-budget-snap-food-insecurity? [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | While Trump Cuts Food Aid, ICE Sits on $100 Billion [09:12] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:12] TR News iophk: bored? lonely? nothing to do? no friends? throw a meeting! https://manualdousuario.net/en/theory-people-addicted-meetings-work/ [09:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manualdousuario.net | My conspiracy theory is that some people at work are addicted to setting up meetings because no one listens to them at home, and they dont know how to start a podcast. Manual do Usurio [09:12] TR News "Jasper is blogging: Pete the Pond" https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/pete-the-pond [09:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jasper.tandy.is | Jasper is blogging: Pete the Pond [09:13] TR News Data Center Waste Heat as an Emerging Urban Thermal Hazard: First Field Measurements of Neighborhood-Scale Air Temperature Impacts Open Access https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/sustainablebuildings/article/7/2/024501/1233035/Data-Center-Waste-Heat-as-an-Emerging-Urban [09:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/sustainablebuildings/article/7/2/024501/1233035/Data-Center-Waste-Heat-as-an-Emerging-Urban ) [09:14] TR News "What did you fall for? The mentalist effect." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/18/0350221#1451701 [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Scientists Increasingly Depend on Black-Box Tools They Cannot Control or Fully Understand - SoylentNews [09:44] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) [09:44] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Aug 19 [11:36] *schestowitz[TR2] has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:36] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [11:38] *Now talking on #boycottnovell-social [11:38] *Topic for #boycottnovell-social is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell-social for http://TechRights.org | Communication about anything, including Microsoft, Novell, and Free software :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovell [11:38] *Topic for #boycottnovell-social set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:22:37 2021 ● Aug 19 [12:07] TR News NVIDIA GeForce NOW finally adds official Firefox support | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-geforce-now-finally-adds-official-firefox-support/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-geforce-now-finally-adds-official-firefox-support/ [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NVIDIA GeForce NOW finally adds official Firefox support | GamingOnLinux [12:07] TR News Maths and logic puzzles in a colourful platformer setting | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/maths-and-logic-puzzles-in-a-colourful-platformer-setting-nero-sci-integral-edition-is-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Maths and logic puzzles in a colourful platformer setting - Nro & Sci Integral Edition is out now | GamingOnLinux [12:09] TR News ZOOM Platform announced You Are Empty: Absolute Edition - a revival of the retro Ukrainian FPS | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/zoom-platform-announced-you-are-empty-absolute-edition-a-revival-of-the-retro-ukrainian-fps/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ZOOM Platform announced You Are Empty: Absolute Edition - a revival of the retro Ukrainian FPS | GamingOnLinux [12:11] TR News "a traditional URL shortener like tinyurl just generates a random code and associates that with your original link" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/compress-links-for-optimal-qr-codes/ | Source: Hackaday [12:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Compress Links For Optimal QR Codes | Hackaday [12:12] TR News "Some [Internet] standards only support ASCII characters, but the world uses much more than the Latin alphabet." https://sethmlarson.dev/when-str-lower-is-a-security-vulnerability | Source: Seth Michael Larson [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sethmlarson.dev | When str.lower() is a security vulnerability in Python Seth Larson [12:12] TR News "If youre a developer, you should start reading PEPs (or equivalents proposals in your language if such exist)." https://hamatti.org/posts/p-is-for-python-enhancement-proposal-pep-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | P is for Python Enhancement Proposal (PEP) - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala [12:13] TR News "This year, the UK weather hasnt so much been unpredictable as relentlessly, record-breakingly hot. Which, if youre a data person, is still a great excuse to explore." https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/a-summer-explained-with-r/ | Source: Jumping Rivers [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jumpingrivers.com | A Summer, Explained with R [12:13] TR News "In other words, Vim gives you incredible programmatic control over the state of the editor. Want to make typing ;r paste from the clipboard? Easy." https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/vim-wants-you-to-control-vscode-wants-you-to/ | Source: Buttondown LLC [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Vim wants you to control, VSCode wants you to consume Buttondown [12:13] TR News "The first lab does not need a cluster. It needs one analysis system, one target, an explicit network design, and a reset that has been tested." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/cyberseckyle-security-how-to-series-light-offensive-to-think-defensively-part-1-build-a-safe-lab-with-snapshots/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kylereddoch.me | Build a Safe Cybersecurity Lab with Snapshots - CybersecKyle [12:14] TR News "To overcome the performance bottlenecks and dependency friction of cross-language bridging, we engineered a pure R-native DeepAR forecasting engine." https://datageeek.com/2026/08/18/breaking-the-python-barrier-building-a-pure-r-native-deepar-engine-with-libtorch/ | Source: DataGeeek [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Breaking the Python Barrier: Building a Pure R-Native DeepAR Engine with LibTorch DataGeeek [12:15] TR News "The workshop will take place next year from Wednesday, April 14, through Friday, April 16" https://blogs.perl.org/users/max_maischein/2026/08/german-perlraku-workshop-2027-in-hanover---14042027-16042027.html | Source: Perl [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-German Perl/Raku Workshop 2027 in Hanover - 14.04.2027-16.04.2027 | Max Maischein [blogs.perl.org] [12:15] TR News "Defcon featured talks and scheduled events" https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/inside-defcon-the-conference-that-made-cybersecurity-noob-friendly/ | Source: CNET [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Inside Defcon, the Conference That Made Cybersecurity Noob-Friendly - CNET [12:15] TR News "This version includes important security updates to Firefox." https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15020/ | Source: Tor [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.torproject.org | New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.20 | The Tor Project [12:16] TR News "Actually, my first choice to browse the web are text based browsers like eww, links, offpunk." https://untrusem.party/blog/how-I-browse-the-web-with-Ublock-Hard-Mode.html | [12:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-untrusem.party | How I browse the Web with uBlock (Hard Mode) [12:16] TR News "What I called a rectangle selection is more correctly called a region rectangle, a rectangular region." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsRectangleRegionNotes | Source: University of Toronto [12:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [12:17] TR News "While some of these Android emergency features can be helpful while traveling" https://www.androidpolice.com/android-emergency-features-standard/ | Source: Android Police [12:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | My safety shouldn't depend on which Android phone I buy [12:26] TR News "Framework Laptop 12 is our colorful, little, durable 12.2 convertible laptop." https://frame.work/fi/en/blog/framework-laptop-12-now-with-core-series-3 | Source: Framework Computer BV [12:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-frame.work | Framework | Framework Laptop 12, now with Core Series 3 [12:27] TR News "I continue to complete work on my next post on using the R wordcloud package." https://dmwiig.net/2026/08/18/take-your-r-projects-on-the-road-using-r-on-your-raspberry-pi-adroid-device-and-iphone/ | [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dmwiig.net | Take Your R Projects on the Road: Using R on Your Raspberry Pi, Android Device, and iPhone | R Statistics and Programming [12:27] TR News "Edge Link is a small device that fits onto a standard DIN rail inside any machines electrical cabinet." https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/08/19/edge-link-is-a-diy-solution-to-upgrade-old-industrial-equipment/ | Source: Arduino [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Edge Link is a DIY solution to upgrade old industrial equipment | Arduino Blog [12:27] TR News "Mainstream OS, an Arch-based, user-friendly Linux distribution with a highly customised desktop that uses the Quickshell toolkit" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12925 | Source: Distro Watch [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12925 ) [12:28] TR News Yesterday, I learned that security/pam-ssh-agent-auth is abandoned and deprecated." https://dan.langille.org/2026/08/17/replacing-security-pam-ssh-agent-auth-with-security-pam-ssh-agent/ | Source: Dan Langille [12:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | Replacing security/pam-ssh-agent-auth with security/pam_ssh_agent Dan Langille's Other Diary [12:28] TR News "In Episode 15, I chat with Zoe, the author of zoeloukia.bearblog.dev about, among other things, writing on personal websites" https://web-weaving.jamesg.blog/15 | Source: Wonders of Web Weaving [12:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-web-weaving.jamesg.blog | #15: Zoe (zoeloukia.bearblog.dev) - Wonders of Web Weaving [12:28] TR News "James talks about what has been done so far, the importance of getting more people involved, quickly, technical solutions" https://kodsnack.se/international/716/ | Source: Kodsnack [12:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kodsnack.se | Kodsnack 716 - Dubious lifestyle decisions, with James Smith [12:29] TR News "Nextcloud provides a large public PHP interface to developers to use for building their application." https://carlschwan.eu/2026/08/18/modern-stable-apis-for-your-nextcloud-application/ | Source: Carl Schwan [12:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-carlschwan.eu | Modern, Stable APIs for Your Nextcloud Application [12:51] TR News GitLab Patches Critical Code Injection Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/gitlab-patches-critical-code-injection-vulnerability/ [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GitLab Patches Critical Code Injection Vulnerability - SecurityWeek [12:52] TR News Apple Removes Some Fees for App Developers in European Union https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/technology/apple-fees-european-union.html [12:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/technology/apple-fees-european-union.html ) [12:53] TR News Hong Kong court orders now-defunct Apple Daily to pay HK$1.5 million to couple in defamation lawsuit over 2019 articles https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/19/hong-kong-court-orders-now-defunct-apple-daily-to-pay-hk1-5-million-to-couple-in-defamation-lawsuit-over-2019-articles/ [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | HK court orders now-defunct Apple Daily to pay HK$1.5 million in defamation suit [12:53] TR News Man Obliterated When Court Obtains His Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Transcripts https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/expert-witness-chatgpt-logs-court [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Man Obliterated When Court Obtains His ChatGPT Transcripts [12:54] TR News Cybersecurity concerns prompt Proprietary Chaffbot Company to pause some Hey Hi (AI) training runs https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/18/openai-paused-some-ai-training-runs-over-cybersecurity-concerns/ [12:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cybersecurity concerns prompt OpenAI to pause some AI training runs - SiliconANGLE [12:55] TR News China removes Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows at state users ahead of plan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-removes-microsoft-windows-at-state-users-ahead-of-plan [12:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China removes Microsoft Windows at state users ahead of plan | The Straits Times ● Aug 19 [13:04] TR News Techrights Instant Impact: GNU/Linux Skyrockets to 10% in China Days After Policy Changes https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Instant_Impact_GNU_Linux_Skyrockets_to_10_in_China_Days_After_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Instant_Impact_GNU_Linux_Skyrockets_to_10_in_China_Days_After_P.gmi [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Instant Impact: GNU/Linux Skyrockets to 10% in China Days After Policy Changes [13:06] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) [13:06] TR News Universities Were Forced to Pay Up Despite Little Evidence of Antisemitism, Convicted Felon Whistleblowers Say https://www.chronicle.com/article/universities-were-forced-to-pay-up-despite-little-evidence-of-antisemitism-trump-whistleblowers-say [13:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.chronicle.com/article/universities-were-forced-to-pay-up-despite-little-evidence-of-antisemitism-trump-whistleblowers-say ) [13:07] TR News The Case for Reticence https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-case-for-reticence [13:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-case-for-reticence ) [13:08] TR News Amazon Uses Rare Books for Hey Hi (AI) Training, Destroys Copies https://www.cloudbooklet.com/amazon-uses-rare-books-for-ai-training [13:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Amazon Uses Rare Books for AI Training, Destroys Copies - Cloudbooklet [13:08] TR News Secret tracking device placed in rare book ends up in Amazon processing facility destroying books to train Hey Hi (AI) models is 'all' the Vegas warehouse does https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/secret-tracking-device-placed-in-rare-book-ends-up-in-amazon-processing-facility-destroying-books-to-train-ai-models-is-all-the-vegas-warehouse-does [13:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Secret tracking device placed in rare book ends up in Amazon processing facility destroying books to train AI models is 'all' the Vegas warehouse does | Tom's Hardware [13:09] TR News Hylke Bons: Icon for Metamorphosis https://planetpeanut.studio/post/2026/08/18/metamorphosis [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-planetpeanut.studio | Icon for Metamorphosis Planet Peanut Studio [13:09] TR News Thomas Lange: LLM usage in Debian http://blog.fai-project.org/posts/llm-usage-gr/ [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.fai-project.org | LLM usage in Debian [13:11] TR News Edge Link is a DIY solution to upgrade old industrial equipment https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/08/19/edge-link-is-a-diy-solution-to-upgrade-old-industrial-equipment/ [13:11] TR News Pluralistic: IP can't save you from Hey Hi (AI) (18 Aug 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/18/enron-corpus/ [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: IP cant save you from AI (18 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [13:12] TR News Acupuncture Seems to Rewire The Brain in Depression, Scans Reveal https://www.sciencealert.com/acupuncture-seems-to-rewire-the-brain-in-depression-scans-reveal [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Acupuncture Seems to Rewire The Brain in Depression, Scans Reveal : ScienceAlert [13:13] TR News Medusa ransomware tallies hundreds of new victims, says updated advisory on groups tactics https://cyberscoop.com/medusa-ransomware-tactics-cisa-advisory/ [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Medusa ransomware tallies hundreds of new victims, says updated advisory on groups tactics | CyberScoop [13:14] TR News From mahjong clubs to Chinamaxxing, why Chinese culture seems to be everywhere https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0818/mahjong-chinamaxxing-China-soft-power [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-What Chinamaxxing says about Chinese soft power - CSMonitor.com [13:14] TR News Beijing resumes demolition of major Tibetan Buddhist academy, satellite imagery shows https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2026/08/19/larung-gar-china-demolition-buddhist-monks/ [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Beijing resumes demolition of major Tibetan Buddhist academy, satellite imagery shows Radio Free Asia [13:16] TR News "a common theme with some of our customers is that they remain several versions behind the newest release of Ansible Automation Platform" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/evolving-your-automation-pt1-why-its-worth-upgrading-red-hat-ansible-automation-platform-27 | Source: Red Hat Official [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Evolving your automation (Pt.1): Why its worth upgrading to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 [13:16] TR News Slop plagiarism, false hopes, false promises https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/llm-d-breaking-cost-and-capacity-barriers | Source: Red Hat Official [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | llm-d: Breaking the cost and capacity barriers [13:17] TR News Red Hat invites public humiliation by associating closely with slop https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/stop-paying-same-prompt-optimize-ai-costs-redis-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Stop paying for the same prompt: Optimize AI costs with Redis on Red Hat OpenShift [13:17] TR News "Crowd Supply recently featured the USBridge-KVM 2.0, a compact IP-KVM designed for remote system administration, debugging, and bare-metal recovery." https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-zero-3w-powers-compact-ip-kvm-with-bios-ocr/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-zero-3w-powers-compact-ip-kvm-with-bios-ocr/ ) [13:17] TR News "Nordic Semiconductors nRF93M1 Development Kit is now available through multiple distributors, providing a platform for evaluating the companys nRF93M1 LTE Cat 1 bis cellular module." https://linuxgizmos.com/nrf93m1-dk-with-lte-cat-1-bis-nrf54l15-and-nrf-cloud-support/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/nrf93m1-dk-with-lte-cat-1-bis-nrf54l15-and-nrf-cloud-support/ ) [13:19] TR News Slop is not search, it's a form of useless plagiarism served like junk food https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-exa-partnership/ | Source: Mozilla [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Announcing Firefox and Exa Partnership [13:19] TR News What they mean by smart is slop https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-smart-window/ | Source: Mozilla [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Smart Window, privacy-first, AI-powered browsing with Firefox [13:20] TR News Startpage gives its data to a spying company https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/startpage-on-firefox/ | Source: Mozilla https://techrights.org/wiki/Startpage/ [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Startpage comes to Firefox [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Startpage [13:21] TR News "Gamers have asked for GeForce NOW support for years. Today, NVIDIA made it official, opening up GeForce RTX-powered play to Firefox on Windows." https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-nvidia-geforce-now-partnership/ | Source: Mozilla [13:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | NVIDIA GeForce NOW on Firefox for Windows [13:22] TR News Firefox Tooling Announcements: MozPhab 2.17.0 Released https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozphab-2-17-0-released/149223 [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-discourse.mozilla.org | MozPhab 2.17.0 Released - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse [13:22] TR News "But modern Linux systems already have several faster ways to do the same thing, and some of them give you much more information than Telnet ever did." https://www.tecmint.com/test-open-ports-linux-without-telnet/ | Source: TecMint [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | 5 Ways to Test if a Port Is Open in Linux Without Telnet [13:24] TR News Humans Love Having Pets. Seems Like Some Other Primates Do, Too. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/science/primates-pets.html [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/science/primates-pets.html ) [13:26] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:26] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:28] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [13:28] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:29] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [13:29] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:44] TR News Hospitals Are Getting So Hot That Surgeries Are Getting Canceled and Staff Are Fainting https://futurism.com/health-medicine/hospitals-heat-surgeries-canceled-staff-fainting [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Hospitals Are Getting So Hot That Surgeries Are Getting Canceled and Staff Are Fainting [13:44] TR News North Korea is learning from war. The USSouth Korea alliance must keep pace https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/north-korea-is-learning-from-war-the-us-south-korea-alliance-must-keep-pace/ [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | North Korea is learning from war. The USSouth Korea alliance must keep pace | The Strategist [13:44] TR News Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Convicted Felons Upside-Down World https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/trumps-upside-down-world.html [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/trumps-upside-down-world.html ) [13:44] TR News Pentagon Scales Back Major Training Exercises With South Korea https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/pentagon-south-korea-training-exercises.html [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/pentagon-south-korea-training-exercises.html ) [13:45] TR News US commander discusses scaling back joint South Korea drills, media reports https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-lee-backs-stronger-self-defence-says-drills-not-aimed-at-north-korea [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea president backs stronger self-defence measures | The Straits Times [13:45] TR News Asian allies stress critical cooperation as Convicted Felon slashes South Korea drills https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/asian-allies-stress-critical-cooperation-as-trump-slashes-south-korea-drills [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Trump scales back South Korea drills amid regional security concerns | The Straits Times [13:45] TR News North Korea denounces US-South Korea joint military drills: KCNA https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-denounces-us-south-korea-joint-military-drills-kcna-says [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea denounces US-South Korea joint military drills: KCNA | The Straits Times [13:45] TR News US-South Korea to cut duration and scope of military drills after Convicted Felon order https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-south-korea-military-drills-schedule-expected-to-be-cut-in-half-south-korean-media-say [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | US, South Korea to cut duration and scope of military drills after Trump order | The Straits Times [13:46] TR News Malaysia considering consumption tax reform, says PM Anwar https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-considering-consumption-tax-reform-pm-anwar-says [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia considering consumption tax reform, says PM Anwar | The Straits Times [13:46] TR News How U.S. military funding propelled Chinas robot dogs https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/how-u-s-military-funding-propelled-chinas-robot-dogs [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | How U.S. military funding propelled Chinas robot dogs | The Straits Times [13:47] TR News Snakes and Ladders https://entropicthoughts.com/snakes-and-ladders [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-entropicthoughts.com | Snakes and Ladders [13:47] TR News GOG Preservation Program adds Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/gog-preservation-program-adds-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/gog-preservation-program-adds-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/ [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GOG Preservation Program adds Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | GamingOnLinux [13:51] TR News A Molecule Found in Citrus Fruits Could Be a Secret Weapon to Rejuvenate The Liver https://www.sciencealert.com/a-molecule-found-in-citrus-fruits-could-be-a-secret-weapon-to-rejuvenate-the-liver [13:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Molecule Found in Citrus Fruits Could Be a Secret Weapon to Rejuvenate The Liver : ScienceAlert [13:51] TR News Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Hints at Unexpectedly Simple Treatment https://www.sciencealert.com/parkinsons-tie-to-gut-bacteria-hints-at-unexpectedly-simple-treatment [13:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Hints at Unexpectedly Simple Treatment : ScienceAlert [13:54] TR News We May Already Have The First Hints of Quantum Gravity Hiding in Plain Sight https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-already-have-the-first-hints-of-quantum-gravity-hiding-in-plain-sight [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-We May Already Have The First Hints of Quantum Gravity Hiding in Plain Sight : ScienceAlert [13:54] TR News Paying Attention to Your Body Could Actually Change Your Immune Response https://www.sciencealert.com/paying-attention-to-your-body-could-actually-change-your-immune-response [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Paying Attention to Your Body Could Actually Change Your Immune Response : ScienceAlert [13:55] TR News Nobody's Talking About This Weak Link in The Hydrogen Economy: Metal https://www.sciencealert.com/nobodys-talking-about-this-weak-link-in-the-hydrogen-economy-metal [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nobody's Talking About This Weak Link in The Hydrogen Economy: Metal : ScienceAlert [13:55] TR News Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Linked to Stomach Cancer For The First Time https://www.sciencealert.com/sugar-sweetened-beverages-linked-to-stomach-cancer-for-the-first-time [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Linked to Stomach Cancer For The First Time : ScienceAlert [13:56] TR News They BOTH lose a TON of money. Utter failures, NO VALUE to society either. https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/18/openai-falls-further-behind-anthropic-with-disappointing-revenue-growth-and-mounting-losses/ https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/18/openai-falls-further-behind-anthropic-with-disappointing-revenue-growth-and-mounting-losses/ [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenAI falls further behind Anthropic, with disappointing revenue growth and mounting losses - SiliconANGLE [13:56] TR News That's like saying "porn for kids"; the very idea is absurd, kids don't need brainless chatbots https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/technology/chatgpt-for-teens-openai.html [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/technology/chatgpt-for-teens-openai.html ) [13:57] TR News FALSE assertion that Hey Hi (AI) losses and plagiarism is something that Australia NEEDS https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/to-win-the-ai-rush-australia-needs-expert-humans/ [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | To win the AI rush, Australia needs expert humans | The Strategist [13:58] TR News Judge allegedly outsourced entire ruling to Hey Hi (AI) and still can't be sued federal court upholds blanket judicial immunity https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/judges-who-use-ai-to-make-decisions-still-protected-by-judicial-immunity-court-ruling-protects-outcomes-regardless-of-ai-usage [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Judge allegedly outsourced entire ruling to AI and still can't be sued federal court upholds blanket judicial immunity | Tom's Hardware [13:58] TR News ABC/Disney Sues Convicted Felons FCC as Contentious Broadcast Licensing Dispute Intensifies https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/18/abc-disney-sues-trump-fcc/ [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/18/abc-disney-sues-trump-fcc/ ) [13:59] TR News Paramount Pictures and Romans Officially Settle Their Smurfs Songs Lawsuit Studio Allegedly Decided to Punish the Songwriter Because It Was Mad at Rihanna https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/18/romans-rihanna-paramounts-smurfs-lawsuit/ [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/18/romans-rihanna-paramounts-smurfs-lawsuit/ ) ● Aug 19 [14:00] TR News Federal grants run on more than money; they run on predictable rules https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2026/08/federal-grants-run-on-more-than-money-they-run-on-predictable-rules/ [14:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Federal grants run on more than money; they run on predictable rules | Federal News Network [14:02] TR News The Xen Project is Serious About Safety, So It Formed a Committee https://itsfoss.com/news/xen-project-safety-committee/ [14:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | The Xen Project is Serious About Safety, So It Formed a Committee [14:05] TR News SkillFishOS Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/skillfishos-debian-based-linux-distribution/ [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SkillFishOS - Debian-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [14:06] TR News Linux 7.3 drops support for two ancient file systems https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-73-merge-window-kicks-off-by-throwing-out-two-ancient-file-systems/ [14:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-73-merge-window-kicks-off-by-throwing-out-two-ancient-file-systems/ ) [14:07] TR News The Bullet-Proof KDE Software Initiative Is Coming http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/The-Bullet-Proof-KDE-Software-Initiative-Is-Coming [14:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linux-magazine.com | The Bullet-Proof KDE Software Initiative Is Coming Linux Magazine [14:08] TR News USBridge-KVM 2.0 An open-source IP-KVM with BIOS access over SSH, OCR, and Hey Hi (AI) support (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/18/usbridge-kvm-2-0-an-open-source-ip-kvm-with-bios-access-over-ssh-ocr-and-ai-support/ [14:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | USBridge-KVM 2.0 An open-source IP-KVM with BIOS access over SSH, OCR, and AI support (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [14:09] TR News Bigger Wasnt Better: Benchmarking Small Models for digiKams Natural Language Search http://srirupa19.github.io/gsoc/2026/08/17/gsoc3.html [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-srirupa19.github.io | Bigger Wasnt Better: Benchmarking Small Models for digiKams Natural Language Search | Srirupas Blog [14:09] TR News Turkey condemns Israeli airstrikes on military airbase in Syria https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-condemns-israeli-airstrikes-on-military-airbase-in-syria-322626 [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Turkey condemns Israeli airstrikes on military airbase in Syria [14:10] TR News Drone Strikes, Hospital Attacks, and Violence Against Health Care Workers Push Ethiopias Health System Toward Collapse https://phr.org/news/multiple-armed-groups-continue-to-target-health-workers-and-health-facilities-in-ethiopia/ [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-phr.org | Drone Strikes, Hospital Attacks, and Violence Against Health Care Workers Push Ethiopia's Health System Toward Collapse - PHR [14:10] TR News Fedora Rawhide Server OverlayFS BTRFS setup https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/08/fedora-rawhide-server-overlayfs-btrfs.html [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dbaxps.blogspot.com | Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: Fedora Rawhide Server OverlayFS BTRFS setup [14:15] TR News Cockpit Project: Cockpit 366 https://cockpit-project.org//blog/cockpit-366.html [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cockpit-project.org | Cockpit 366 Cockpit Project [14:15] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1089338/ [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [14:17] TR News Andy Simpkins: My first go at tracking down a kernel bug https://blog.koipond.org.uk/archives/371 [14:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.koipond.org.uk | My first go at tracking down a kernel bug Koipond [14:22] TR News Social Control Media wasting bloggers' time, as usual https://www.rubenerd.au/answering-hacker-news-motherboards-on-shelves/ [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Answering Hacker News: Retro motherboard rack [14:23] TR News This Solo Dev Already Built a Popular Distro. Now He's Trying It Again https://itsfoss.com/stillos-review/ [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | This Solo Dev Already Built a Popular Distro. Now He's Trying It Again [14:23] TR News AUSTRUMI 5.2.6 https://distrowatch.com/austrumi [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/austrumi ) [14:23] TR News CapivaraOS 1.2.4 https://distrowatch.com/capivaraos [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/capivaraos ) [14:23] TR News CobaltX 0.2 https://distrowatch.com/cobaltx [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/cobaltx ) [14:24] TR News LattePanda Mu MXM carrier kits with choice of Arc A380 or RTX 3060 graphics https://linuxgizmos.com/lattepanda-mu-mxm-carrier-kits-with-choice-of-arc-a380-or-rtx-3060-graphics/ [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/lattepanda-mu-mxm-carrier-kits-with-choice-of-arc-a380-or-rtx-3060-graphics/ ) [14:24] TR News nRF93M1 DK with LTE Cat 1 bis, nRF54L15, and nRF Cloud support https://linuxgizmos.com/nrf93m1-dk-with-lte-cat-1-bis-nrf54l15-and-nrf-cloud-support/ [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/nrf93m1-dk-with-lte-cat-1-bis-nrf54l15-and-nrf-cloud-support/ ) [14:25] TR News The Smell of Hey Hi (AI) https://kevquirk.com/the-smell-of-ai [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevquirk.com | The Smell of AI - Kev Quirk [14:27] TR News China reportedly orders state agencies to uninstall its government-only edition of backdoored Windows 10 Beijing accelerates planned retirement over data security concerns https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/china-reportedly-orders-state-agencies-to-uninstall-its-government-only-edition-of-windows-10 [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | China reportedly orders state agencies to uninstall its government-only edition of Windows 10 Beijing accelerates planned retirement over data security concerns | Tom's Hardware [14:28] TR News [Proprietary / Vendor Lock-in] Qt 6.11.2 Released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.11.2-released [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Qt 6.11.2 Released [14:28] TR News HRW urges Thailand to halt deportation of Karen refugees to Myanmar https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/rights-group-urges-thailand-to-halt-deportation-of-karen-refugees-to-myanmar/ [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | HRW urges Thailand to halt deportation of Karen refugees to Myanmar - 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Podcast #69 S3E21 Watering the Community Garden: Navigating the EU CRA for Open Source with Roman Zhukov https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/08/18/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-69-s3e21-watering-the-community-garden-navigating-the-eu-cra-for-open-source-with-roman-zhukov/ [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openssf.org | Whats in the SOSS? 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GamingOnLinux [15:49] TR News The viral 'Normal Golf Game' from Fruit Ninja dev launches September 21 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/the-viral-normal-golf-game-from-fruit-ninja-dev-launches-september-21/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The viral 'Normal Golf Game' from Fruit Ninja dev launches September 21 | GamingOnLinux [15:50] TR News Make funny looking heroes in the physics-based brawler Spectacular Team: Assemble | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/make-funny-looking-heroes-in-the-physics-based-brawler-spectacular-team-assemble/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Make funny looking heroes in the physics-based brawler Spectacular Team: Assemble | GamingOnLinux [15:53] TR News How to Install Odoo 18 on Ubuntu 26.04 https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/how-to-install-odoo-18-on-ubuntu-26-04/ [15:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Odoo 18 on Ubuntu 26.04 : Your How To Install Guide | LinuxCloudVPS Blog [15:54] TR News The PR adds Native Validity Fingerprint Sensors Support to Linux https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/validity-fingerprint-sensors-libfprint/ [15:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | The PR adds Native Validity Fingerprint Sensors Support to Linux | UbuntuHandbook [15:55] TR News Firefox 154.0 added Old Fashioned, Pride, Minimal App Icons Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/firefox-154-0-app-icons/ [15:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Firefox 154.0 added Old Fashioned, Pride, Minimal App Icons Support | UbuntuHandbook [15:56] TR News FSF Blogs: Six more global stories: LibreLocal 2026, part two http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-librelocal-report-part-2 [15:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Six more global stories: LibreLocal 2026, part two Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [15:56] TR News IBM Red Hat pushing slop plagiarism https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/18/securing-claude-code-plug-ins-best-practices-repository-security [15:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/18/securing-claude-code-plug-ins-best-practices-repository-security ) [15:58] TR News Firefox 154 released with translation, Hey Hi (AI) and UI tweaks https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/firefox-154-released [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Firefox 154 released with translation, AI and UI tweaks - OMG! Ubuntu ● Aug 19 [16:02] TR News Meta Declines to Remove Horrific Posts Calling for Violence Against Muslims, Calling Them Cockroaches and Saying Its Time for Hunting https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-facebook-declines-moderation-ai-slop-islamophobia-muslims [16:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Meta Declines to Remove Horrific Posts Calling for Violence Against Muslims, Calling Them "Cockroaches" and Saying It's "Time for Hunting" [16:03] TR News World Humanitarian Day https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_26_1741 [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [16:05] TR News Firefox 154.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1089386/ [16:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Firefox 154.0 released [LWN.net] [16:05] TR News Tiny Wins for Packagers: End-of-Week Update (2026-08-14) https://openbuildservice.org/2026/08/14/tiny-wins// [16:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openbuildservice.org | Tiny Wins for Packagers: End-of-Week Update (2026-08-14) - Open Build Service [16:06] TR News openSUSE Asia Summit Pre-Schedule Is Now Available https://news.opensuse.org/2026/08/17/pre-schedule-opensuse-asia-summit/ [16:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | openSUSE Asia Summit Pre-Schedule Is Now Available - openSUSE News [16:08] TR News I Found an Easy Way to Make GNOME More Colorful https://itsfoss.com/rewaita/ [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | I Found an Easy Way to Make GNOME More Colorful [16:10] TR News Allowable, Not Allowed: What the First Action Predicts https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/allowable-not-allowed-what-the-first-action-predicts.html [16:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Allowable, Not Allowed: What the First Action Predicts | Patently-O [16:11] TR News Unified Patent Court is illegal and unconstitutional; here they are bickering over patents on controversial things, in a court that ought not even exist https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/the-mrna-wars-are-escalating-with-new-claims-from-arbutus/ [16:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | The mRNA wars are escalating with new claims from Arbutus - JUVE Patent [16:12] TR News Interjecting slop plagiarism into the patent system https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/18/nlpatent-rebrands-as-clerq-launches-agentic-patent-research-workflows/ [16:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NLPatent rebrands as Clerq, launches agentic patent research workflows - SiliconANGLE [16:20] TR News Rakudo Weekly 2026.33 All The Way To Infinity https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/08/18/2026-33-all-the-way-to-infinity/ [16:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rakudoweekly.blog | 2026.33 All The Way To Infinity Rakudo Weekly News [16:21] TR News Waveshare PiRack-M6F 6-node rack unit for Raspberry Pi 4/5 brings all ports to the front https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/18/waveshare-pirack-m6f-6-node-rack-unit-for-raspberry-pi-4-5-brings-all-ports-to-the-front/ [16:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Waveshare PiRack-M6F 6-node rack unit for Raspberry Pi 4/5 brings all ports to the front - CNX Software [16:22] TR News NXP MCX A5 Cortex-M33 MCU family supports 10BASE-T1S Single Pair Ethernet and Post-Quantum Cryptography https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/19/nxp-mcx-a5-cortex-m33-mcu-family-supports-10base-t1s-single-pair-ethernet-and-post-quantum-cryptography/ [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | NXP MCX A5 Cortex-M33 MCU family supports 10BASE-T1S Single Pair Ethernet and Post-Quantum Cryptography - CNX Software [16:23] TR News Firefox Developer Experience: Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 154 https://fxdx.dev/firefox-webdriver-newsletter-154/ [16:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fxdx.dev | Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 154 Firefox Developer Experience [16:24] TR News iophk: TR-TM were ahead of the trend: https://joecode.com/2026-08-19-sqlite3/ ("SQLite for Everything") [16:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SQLite for Everything | JoeCode [16:27] TR News In New Low, Flock CEO Insists His AI-Surveillance Cameras Could Have Solved the Nancy Guthrie Case https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-ceo-new-low-alpr-nancy-guthrie-tucson-arizona [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | In New Low, Flock CEO Insists His AI-Surveillance Cameras Could Have Solved the Nancy Guthrie Case [16:29] TR News Israel Strikes Air Base in Syria, Drawing Ire From the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/middleeast/israel-airstrikes-syria-air-base.html [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/middleeast/israel-airstrikes-syria-air-base.html ) [16:30] TR News Deadly Israeli Strike on Gaza Raises Doubts About Convicted Felon Peace Plan https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/middleeast/israeli-strike-gaza-cafe-peace-plan.html [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/middleeast/israeli-strike-gaza-cafe-peace-plan.html ) [16:30] TR News Middle East live: Turkey rejects Israeli claims after strike on Syria air base https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260819-middle-east-live-turkey-rejects-israeli-claims-after-strike-on-syria-air-base [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260819-middle-east-live-turkey-rejects-israeli-claims-after-strike-on-syria-air-base ) [16:31] TR News Ebola in DRC: Deadliest outbreak on record outpacing the response https://www.france24.com/en/ebola-in-drc-deadliest-outbreak-on-record-outpacing-the-response [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/ebola-in-drc-deadliest-outbreak-on-record-outpacing-the-response ) [16:35] TR News This turns out to be disinformation from a Microsoft site https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-on-windows-outgrowing-native-installs-not-according-to-canonicals-jon-seager/ [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ubuntu on Windows outgrowing native installs? Not according to Canonical's Jon Seager | ZDNET [16:36] TR News "Kubuntu 26.04 gets three years of fixes for the desktop, frameworks, and apps" https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/18/sponsor-gives-kde-plasma-66-the-lts-treatment/5288531 [16:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Sponsor gives KDE Plasma 6.6 the LTS treatment [16:36] TR News (NEW): Ubuntus App Center Issues, Canonical Helps Microsoft's User Retention in Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Ubuntu_s_App_Center_Issues_Canonical_Helps_Microsoft_s_User_Ret.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Ubuntu_s_App_Center_Issues_Canonical_Helps_Microsoft_s_User_Ret.gmi [16:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntus App Center Issues, Canonical Helps Microsoft's User Retention in Windows [16:36] TR News Still using Linux Mint? Here are the 6 Ubuntu features you're missing out on https://www.howtogeek.com/still-using-linux-mint-here-are-the-6-ubuntu-features-youre-missing-out-on/ [16:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Still using Linux Mint? Here are the 6 Ubuntu features you're missing out on [16:48] TR News Techrights No, WSL (Windows With Fake 'Linux') Isn't Growing Faster Than Ubuntu, This Was Disinformation Spread by a Microsoft Propaganda Site, Then Spread by Slopfarms https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/No_WSL_Windows_With_Fake_Linux_Isn_t_Growing_Faster_Than_Ubuntu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/No_WSL_Windows_With_Fake_Linux_Isn_t_Growing_Faster_Than_Ubuntu.gmi [16:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights No, WSL (Windows With Fake 'Linux') Isn't Growing Faster Than Ubuntu, This Was Disinformation Spread by a Microsoft Propaganda Site, Then Spread by Slopfarms [16:52] TR News Linux can be your college PCand these 4 apps prove it https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-can-be-your-college-pcand-these-4-apps-prove-it/ [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Linux can be your college PCand these 4 apps prove it [16:52] TR News I compressed my entire Linux drive and got 6GB back without deleting a thing https://www.makeuseof.com/compressed-entire-linux-drive-got-6gb-back-without-deleting-a-thing/ [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | I compressed my entire Linux drive and got 6GB back without deleting a thing [16:53] TR News (NEW): Virtual desktops, docks, and tabbed windowsLinux had them first https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Virtual_desktops_docks_and_tabbed_windows_Linux_had_them_first.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Virtual_desktops_docks_and_tabbed_windows_Linux_had_them_first.gmi [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Virtual desktops, docks, and tabbed windowsLinux had them first [16:53] TR News Proprietary systems in question here https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linux-botnet-turns-devices-persistent-attacker-m6rke/ [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linkedin.com | Linux Botnet Turns Devices Including Routers Into Persistent Attacker Infrastructure [16:54] TR News This seems to be a slopfarm https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/linux-7-2-drops-ai-cache-scheduling-sweeping-hardware-gains [16:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.techbuzz.ai | Linux 7.2 drops AI cache scheduling, sweeping hardware gains | The Tech Buzz [16:55] TR News "Developer Krzysztof Sokoowski has released astral-hwmon, an open-source kernel driver that reads current and voltage from each of the six +12V power connections individually." https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-rog-astral-rtx-50-gets-12v-2x6-per-pin-monitoring-on-linux [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ASUS ROG Astral RTX 50 gets 12V-2x6 per-pin monitoring on Linux - VideoCardz.com [16:56] TR News Cyberpunk 2077 Blue flashes have appeared on AMD graphics cards running Linux. https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/v-cyberpunk-2077-na-videokartakh-amd-pod-linux-voznikli-sinie-vspyshki [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.gamegpu.com | Cyberpunk 2077 Blue flashes have appeared on AMD graphics cards running Linux. [16:57] TR News Proprietary https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/18/tmt-newswire/globenewswire/teleport-brings-infrastructure-identity-to-linux-desktops/2407610 [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.manilatimes.net | Teleport Brings Infrastructure Identity to Linux Desktops | The Manila Times [16:57] TR News Slop galore https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-linux-7-2-release-cache-aware-scheduling/ [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI-enriched Linux 7.2 delivers cache-aware scheduling - here's everything new | ZDNET ● Aug 19 [17:00] TR News Slopfarms covering slop-filled Linux https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/08/linux-7-2-adds-ai-aware-cache-scheduling/ [17:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.opensourceforu.com | Linux 7.2 Adds AI-Aware Cache Scheduling - Open Source For You [17:01] TR News "NVIDIA GeForce NOW finally adds official Firefox support. On Windows, that is. Sadly, any mention of Linux was left out of the announcements today. At least NVIDIA do now have an official supported GeForce NOW app for Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-geforce-now-finally-adds-official-firefox-support/ [17:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NVIDIA GeForce NOW finally adds official Firefox support | GamingOnLinux [17:01] TR News GeForce NOW Linux App Leaves Beta With Cloud Gaming Upgrades https://techmymoney.com/2026/08/17/geforce-now-linux-app-leaves-beta-with-cloud-gaming-upgrades/ [17:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techmymoney.com | GeForce NOW Linux App Leaves Beta With Cloud Upgrades [17:03] TR News (NEW): Firefox Support in NVIDIA GeForce NOW https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Firefox_Support_in_NVIDIA_GeForce_NOW.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Firefox_Support_in_NVIDIA_GeForce_NOW.gmi [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Firefox Support in NVIDIA GeForce NOW [17:03] TR News The CVEs are not in Linux https://securityaffairs.com/197434/malware/new-mirai-based-evooo1bot-botnet-targets-linux-devices.html [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-securityaffairs.com | New Mirai-Based Evooo1Bot Botnet Targets Linux Devices [17:04] TR News "I didn't hate it" does not sound like a compliment https://www.zdnet.com/article/omarchy-quattro-linux-distro-power-users-ai/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Omarchy_is_Already_Dying.shtml [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I tested Omarchy Quattro, one of the first Linux distros to go all in on AI - and I didn't hate it | ZDNET [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Omarchy is Already Dying [17:05] TR News Defective CPUs https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/framework-laptop-12-gets-fedora-kde-linux-on-pre-builts-along-with-new-intel-core-series-3-processors/ [17:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Framework Laptop 12 gets Fedora KDE Linux on pre-builts, along with new Intel Core Series 3 processors | GamingOnLinux [17:06] TR News "Have you ever wanted to run a Linux distribution on your Android device? If so, your best bet is UserLAnd." https://www.zdnet.com/article/userland-makes-it-easy-to-run-a-full-linux-distribution-on-an-android-device/ [17:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Want to run a full Linux distro on your Android phone? I found the easiest way | ZDNET [17:06] TR News Techrights Omarchy is Already Dying https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Omarchy_is_Already_Dying.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/Omarchy_is_Already_Dying.gmi [17:06] TR News RedGNU https://www.xda-developers.com/after-europe-ditched-windows-china-follows-suit-with-its-own-home-grown-linux-distros/ [17:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | After Europe ditched Windows, China follows suit with its own home-grown Linux distros [17:07] TR News Linux 7.2 makes TSC support mandatory for x86 CPUs, but it's not like Windows 11's TPM 2.0 check https://www.tweaktown.com/news/113142/linux-7-2-makes-tsc-support-mandatory-for-x86-cpus-but-its-not-like-windows-11s-tpm-2-0-check/index.html [17:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tweaktown.com | Linux 7.2 makes TSC support mandatory for x86 CPUs, but it's not like Windows 11's TPM 2.0 check [17:08] TR News (NEW): Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/Linux_Kernel_7_2_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/Linux_Kernel_7_2_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.gmi [17:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is Whats New [17:08] TR News Plan 9 https://www.xda-developers.com/docker-secret-ingredient-1992-os/ [17:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Docker's secret ingredient came from a 1992 operating system that almost nobody used [17:11] TR News (NEW): Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization in Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Kernel_Space_File_Systems_Virtualization_in_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Kernel_Space_File_Systems_Virtualization_in_Linux.gmi [17:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization in Linux [17:14] TR News (NEW): Bethesda Staff Furious at Microsoft, Progress Made on GNU/Linux Compatibility https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Bethesda_Staff_Furious_at_Microsoft_Progress_Made_on_GNU_Linux_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Bethesda_Staff_Furious_at_Microsoft_Progress_Made_on_GNU_Linux_.gmi [17:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Bethesda Staff Furious at Microsoft, Progress Made on GNU/Linux Compatibility [17:16] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [17:16] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Security_Leftovers.gmi [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers [17:19] TR News "I do put "my email" in geminispace and on the open web and make no effort to obfuscate it. Why did I use quotes above? I have a lot of email addresses: definitely dozens, and probably over a hundred." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/re-a-question-of-email [17:20] TR News "I was thinking yesterday how much this space reminds me of the way the internet used to be. That thought led me to nostalgia for my old blog, which I'd thought was lost but has been mostly preserved by the Internet Archive. I found this post from February 2002..." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-19-0715 [17:21] TR News "Okay, my gemsite had too many logs and it became annoying, always having to decide if this is a whisper, a scream, a mumble or anything else. So I have boiled it down to 3 logs." gemini://sojuz.v-tr.org/mumble/restructuring-and-a-new-feed.gmi [17:22] TR News "My smol space now points directly to a domain I own. The fact that it works has made me happier than is reasonable. Hurrah!" gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-19-1241 [17:22] TR News "hey everybody, autumn is here! i think? it kind of snuck up on me. we've gone straight from Heatwave to a 12C minimum and 22C maximum temperature, cool and rainy." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/20260819 [17:24] TR News "I like this path-optimisation word game, and it occasionally gets players, but the one-game-per-day schedule was too fast for the tiny playerbase. It's most interesting when you're competing with others on a single puzzle, and the chances of two players coming along within the same day are small" gemini://gemini.thegonz.net/glog/260819-updates.gmi [17:28] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 154 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Mozilla_Firefox_154_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Mozilla_Firefox_154_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.gmi [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 154 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New [17:30] TR News (NEW): Mozilla: Firefox WebDriver Newsletter, MozPhab 2.17.0 Released, Tor Browser 15.0.20, and Slop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Mozilla_Firefox_WebDriver_Newsletter_MozPhab_2_17_0_Released_To.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Mozilla_Firefox_WebDriver_Newsletter_MozPhab_2_17_0_Released_To.gmi [17:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mozilla: Firefox WebDriver Newsletter, MozPhab 2.17.0 Released, Tor Browser 15.0.20, and Slop [17:31] TR News (NEW): Latest From Linux Gizmos, CNX Software, Arduino, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Latest_From_Linux_Gizmos_CNX_Software_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Latest_From_Linux_Gizmos_CNX_Software_Arduino_and_More.gmi [17:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Latest From Linux Gizmos, CNX Software, Arduino, and More [17:36] TR News "If you are in the US and were put on a PIP today, they will exit you via the PIP. Severance for a PIP is 30 days, RA is 90 days. Cost less to exit someone via a PIP" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m00xx73f [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m00xx73f ) [17:48] TR News (NEW): Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers (75% is Promotion of Slop Plagiarism for IBM) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers_75_is_Promotion_of_Slop_Plagiarism.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers_75_is_Promotion_of_Slop_Plagiarism.gmi [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers (75% is Promotion of Slop Plagiarism for IBM) [17:48] TR News (NEW): OBS End-of-Week Update and openSUSE Asia Summit Pre-Schedule Is Now Available https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/OBS_End_of_Week_Update_and_openSUSE_Asia_Summit_Pre_Schedule_Is.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/OBS_End_of_Week_Update_and_openSUSE_Asia_Summit_Pre_Schedule_Is.gmi [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OBS End-of-Week Update and openSUSE Asia Summit Pre-Schedule Is Now Available [17:51] TR News (NEW): Games: Godot 4.7.2, You Are Empty, GOG Preservation Program, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Games_Godot_4_7_2_You_Are_Empty_GOG_Preservation_Program_and_Mo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Games_Godot_4_7_2_You_Are_Empty_GOG_Preservation_Program_and_Mo.gmi [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Godot 4.7.2, You Are Empty, GOG Preservation Program, and More [17:51] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/today_s_howtos.gmi [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [17:52] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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Part 154 Out of 200: Computer-Generated Legal Filings From Men Who Are Salaried by Mass Plagiarism Companies in Another Continent (America) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_154_Out_of_200_Computer_Generated_Legal_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_154_Out_of_200_Computer_Generated_Legal_F.gmi [21:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 154 Out of 200: Computer-Generated Legal Filings From Men Who Are Salaried by Mass Plagiarism Companies in Another Continent (America) [21:55] TR News TikTok cuts 75 jobs in Seattle area, hitting e-commerce teams ● Aug 19 [22:00] TR News Feeding the Wildlife https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/19/feeding-the-wildlife/ [22:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Feeding the Wildlife [22:17] TR News Techrights Clownflare: More Than 1 in 5 Laptops or Desktops in El Salvador Run GNU/Linux or ChromeOS https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Clownflare_More_Than_1_in_5_Laptops_or_Desktops_in_El_Salvador_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Clownflare_More_Than_1_in_5_Laptops_or_Desktops_in_El_Salvador_.gmi [22:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Clownflare: More Than 1 in 5 Laptops or Desktops in El Salvador Run GNU/Linux or ChromeOS [22:19] TR News "Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Sandia National Laboratories have taught drones to play a game of tag via reinforcement learning with a view to improving how autonomous systems can respond to rapid changes in environment during pursuit, evasion, or coordination." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260819-tag.gmi [22:19] TR News "Nobody neeeds to read this, so nobody's life but mine is worse if it doesn't work. Of course, if it does work I'll have another to smile. Which is nice." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/first-cli-post [22:20] TR News "It pointed out, just how well, unsignificant the geminispace is compared to the big web. The chances of spambots and the likes hitting us here should just be so much smaller. And thus, I felt enbravent. ( I've used it, thus it's a real word now.)" gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260819mails.gmi [22:21] TR News "There are 5229 capsules. We successfully connected recently to 3513 of them." gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi [22:45] TR News Techrights Firefox in Trouble in the US, Down to Lowest Level in 20+ Years https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Firefox_in_Trouble_in_the_US_Down_to_Lowest_Level_in_20_Years.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Firefox_in_Trouble_in_the_US_Down_to_Lowest_Level_in_20_Years.gmi [22:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Firefox in Trouble in the US, Down to Lowest Level in 20+ Years ● Aug 19 [23:04] TR News Focusing on the Past, Not the Future https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/19/focusing-on-the-past-not-the-future/ [23:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Focusing on the Past, Not the Future [23:06] TR News Not "cashless", "SERVICELESS" https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/25467946/asda-stores-going-cashless-petrol-stations/ [23:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thesun.co.uk | Verifying Device [23:26] TR News Autumn Around the Corner Already https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/19/autumn-around-the-corner-already/ [23:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Autumn Around the Corner Already [23:27] TR News fear of everything gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/fear_of_everything [23:30] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 19/08/2026: "Big Boost in Autonomy" and "Answer of E-Mail" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Gemini_Links_19_08_2026_Big_Boost_in_Autonomy_and_Answer_of_E_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Gemini_Links_19_08_2026_Big_Boost_in_Autonomy_and_Answer_of_E_M.gmi [23:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 19/08/2026: "Big Boost in Autonomy" and "Answer of E-Mail" ● Aug 19 [01:58] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/scientists-onlyfans-marmots-crypto [01:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Scientists who turned to OnlyFans to fund marmot research receive crypto boost | US news | The Guardian ● Aug 19 [02:05] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:07] *admfubar (~admfubar@hwnenetx9kxy8.irc) has joined #techpol [02:39] admfubar https://www.salon.com/2026/08/18/trump-sued-the-bbc-now-jared-and-ivanka-may-pay-for-it/ [02:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Trump sued the BBC now Jared and Ivanka may pay for it - Salon.com ● Aug 19 [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] lol [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] "Been out on the ocean and saw an absolute shitload of dolphins, in a pretty good mood now" [04:52] *You have been kicked from #techpol by TechPolBot (Watch your language!) 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Now it faces criticism over money in politics [08:41] TR News "Khabarovsk is the first of three submarines of a new class designed to carry Poseidon autonomous, long-range nuclear torpedoes." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/russias-doomsday-sumarine-sets-sail-for-the-first-time/455938 | Source: The Barents Observer [08:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thebarentsobserver.com | Russia's doomsday submarine sets sail for the first time [08:42] TR News "And I cop a plea to posting at least seven days a week, sometimes even more often." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/apologies | Source: Robert Reich [08:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol-robertreich.substack.com | Apologies - Robert Reich [08:42] TR News "The representatives of the corps demand a stable workforce, more vessels, and the extension of the Tarajal breakwaters" https://www.elconstitucional.es/en/communities/ceuta/civil-guard-officers-warn-that-swimmers-continue-to-enter-ceuta-and-demand-200-more-agents_7187_102.html | Source: El Constitucional [08:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.elconstitucional.es | Civil Guard officers warn that "swimmers continue to enter" Ceuta and demand 200 more agents [08:48] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 19 [09:02] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techpol [09:09] TR News Germany: Should you be allowed to insult politicians? | "Tyskland: Skall man f frolmpa politiker?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/08/18/tyskland-skall-man-fa-forolampa-politiker/ [09:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Tyskland: Skall man f frolmpa politiker? [09:10] TR News "Trump Ballroom Commissioner Held Diplomatic Talks With Kremlin Officials FT - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/18/trump-ballroom-commissioner-held-diplomatic-talks-with-kremlin-officials-ft-a93521 [09:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.themoscowtimes.com | Trump Ballroom Commissioner Held Diplomatic Talks With Kremlin Officials FT - The Moscow Times [09:10] TR News "Belgium open to using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine if Europe shares risks" https://kyivindependent.com/belgium-open-using-frozen-russian-assets-help-ukraine-europe-shares-risks/ [09:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-kyivindependent.com | Belgium open to using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine if Europe shares risks [09:10] TR News "Zambia : The Numbers Do Not Add Up: Zambia Has A Serious Election Problem" https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/08/19/the-numbers-do-not-add-up-zambia-has-a-serious-election-problem/ [09:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lusakatimes.com | Zambia : The Numbers Do Not Add Up: Zambia Has A Serious Election Problem [09:10] TR News "While Trump Cuts Food Aid, ICE Sits on $100 Billion" https://jacobin.com/2026/08/trump-ice-budget-snap-food-insecurity? 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The USSouth Korea alliance must keep pace https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/north-korea-is-learning-from-war-the-us-south-korea-alliance-must-keep-pace/ [13:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | North Korea is learning from war. The USSouth Korea alliance must keep pace | The Strategist [13:44] TR News Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Convicted Felons Upside-Down World https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/trumps-upside-down-world.html [13:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/trumps-upside-down-world.html ) [13:44] TR News Pentagon Scales Back Major Training Exercises With South Korea https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/pentagon-south-korea-training-exercises.html [13:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/pentagon-south-korea-training-exercises.html ) [13:45] TR News US commander discusses scaling back joint South Korea drills, media reports https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-lee-backs-stronger-self-defence-says-drills-not-aimed-at-north-korea [13:45] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea president backs stronger self-defence measures | The Straits Times [13:45] TR News Asian allies stress critical cooperation as Convicted Felon slashes South Korea drills https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/asian-allies-stress-critical-cooperation-as-trump-slashes-south-korea-drills [13:45] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Trump scales back South Korea drills amid regional security concerns | The Straits Times [13:45] TR News North Korea denounces US-South Korea joint military drills: KCNA https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-denounces-us-south-korea-joint-military-drills-kcna-says [13:45] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea denounces US-South Korea joint military drills: KCNA | The Straits Times [13:45] TR News US-South Korea to cut duration and scope of military drills after Convicted Felon order https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-south-korea-military-drills-schedule-expected-to-be-cut-in-half-south-korean-media-say [13:45] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | US, South Korea to cut duration and scope of military drills after Trump order | The Straits Times [13:46] TR News How U.S. military funding propelled Chinas robot dogs https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/how-u-s-military-funding-propelled-chinas-robot-dogs [13:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | How U.S. military funding propelled Chinas robot dogs | The Straits Times ● Aug 19 [14:09] TR News Turkey condemns Israeli airstrikes on military airbase in Syria https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-condemns-israeli-airstrikes-on-military-airbase-in-syria-322626 [14:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-bianet.org | Turkey condemns Israeli airstrikes on military airbase in Syria [14:10] TR News Drone Strikes, Hospital Attacks, and Violence Against Health Care Workers Push Ethiopias Health System Toward Collapse https://phr.org/news/multiple-armed-groups-continue-to-target-health-workers-and-health-facilities-in-ethiopia/ [14:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-phr.org | Drone Strikes, Hospital Attacks, and Violence Against Health Care Workers Push Ethiopia's Health System Toward Collapse - PHR [14:28] TR News HRW urges Thailand to halt deportation of Karen refugees to Myanmar https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/rights-group-urges-thailand-to-halt-deportation-of-karen-refugees-to-myanmar/ [14:28] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | HRW urges Thailand to halt deportation of Karen refugees to Myanmar - JURIST - News [14:29] TR News Navy seizes over 300 IEDs and 300 kg of explosives in Sinaloa https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/navy-ieds-explosives-bust-sinaloa/ [14:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol-mexiconewsdaily.com | Navy seizes over 300 IEDs, 300 kg of explosives in Sinaloa bust [14:29] TR News Department of Homeland Security Seeking Humanoid Robots to Patrol Southern Border https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/department-homeland-security-dhs-humanoid-robots-mexico-border-foundation [14:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol-futurism.com | Department of Homeland Security Seeking Humanoid Robots to Patrol Southern Border ● Aug 19 [15:39] TR News Japan envoy answers Russian summons amid Putin isle visit spat https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-envoy-answers-russian-summons-amid-putin-isle-visit-spat [15:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Japan envoy answers Russian summons amid Putin isle visit spat | The Straits Times [15:39] TR News Russias Putin hosts Myanmar leader, holds talks on energy projects https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/russias-putin-hosts-myanmar-leader-talks-up-energy-projects [15:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Russias Putin hosts Myanmar leader, holds talks on energy projects | The Straits Times [15:40] TR News Turkey plans to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, US congress records show https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-plans-to-send-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine-us-congress-records-show-322598 [15:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol-bianet.org | Turkey plans to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, US congress records show [15:40] TR News Ukrainians plan to sing Latvian national anthem in Rga https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/music/18.08.2026-ukrainians-plan-to-sing-latvian-national-anthem-in-riga.a659331/ [15:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Ukrainians plan to sing Latvian national anthem in Rga / Article [15:41] TR News Dismissed Ex-Defense Minister Says Ukraine Faces Crisis Of Governance, Elections Should Be Held Despite War https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-defense-chief-nuclear-plant-missiles/33832964.html [15:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Ousted Defense Minister Warns Trust In Ukraine's Government Is At Risk, Calls For Wartime Vote [15:41] TR News Lavrov [15:41] TR News Sergei Lavrov says Russia, North Korea fighting for new, righteous world order https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/lavrov-says-russia-north-korea-fighting-for-new-righteous-world-order [15:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Sergei Lavrov says Russia, North Korea fighting for new, righteous world order | The Straits Times [15:41] TR News A Mothers Quest to Rescue Her Son From Russian-Occupied Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/europe/ukraine-russia-rescue.html [15:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/europe/ukraine-russia-rescue.html ) [15:45] TR News Russia protests to Japanese ambassador over Takaichi's 'anti-Russian' remarks https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-protests-to-japanese-ambassador-over-takaichis-anti-russian-remarks [15:45] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Russia protests to Japanese ambassador over Takaichi's 'anti-Russian' remarks | The Straits Times [15:45] TR News Lithuanian presidential aide backs tighter controls on Russian transit https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3025196/lithuanian-presidential-aide-backs-tighter-controls-on-russian-transit [15:45] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian presidential aide backs tighter controls on Russian transit - LRT [15:46] TR News Volodymyr Zelensky names new Defence minister after weeks of political crisis https://www.france24.com/en/volodymyr-zelensky-names-new-defence-minister-after-weeks-of-political-crisis [15:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/volodymyr-zelensky-names-new-defence-minister-after-weeks-of-political-crisis ) [15:46] TR News Lithuanian businessman detained in Belarus https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3025215/lithuanian-businessman-detained-in-belarus [15:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian businessman detained in Belarus - LRT [15:48] TR News Turkey rivals Frontex and EUs Irini mission with drones in Tripoli the competition also concerns contacts with both Libyan camps https://digit.site36.net/2026/08/18/turkey-rivals-frontex-and-eus-irini-mission-with-drones-in-tripoli-the-competition-also-concerns-contacts-with-both-libyan-camps/ [15:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol-digit.site36.net | Turkey rivals Frontex and EU's Irini mission with drones in Tripoli the competition also concerns contacts with both Libyan camps | Matthias Monroy ● Aug 19 [16:29] TR News Israel Strikes Air Base in Syria, Drawing Ire From the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/middleeast/israel-airstrikes-syria-air-base.html [16:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/middleeast/israel-airstrikes-syria-air-base.html ) [16:30] TR News Deadly Israeli Strike on Gaza Raises Doubts About Convicted Felon Peace Plan https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/middleeast/israeli-strike-gaza-cafe-peace-plan.html [16:30] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/middleeast/israeli-strike-gaza-cafe-peace-plan.html ) [16:30] TR News Middle East live: Turkey rejects Israeli claims after strike on Syria air base https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260819-middle-east-live-turkey-rejects-israeli-claims-after-strike-on-syria-air-base [16:30] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260819-middle-east-live-turkey-rejects-israeli-claims-after-strike-on-syria-air-base ) ● Aug 19 [19:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [19:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [19:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [19:36] admfubar That truth is the captains of corporate America are so rapacious that theyre willing to throw average working Americans under the bus to make billions more... https://www.alternet.org/progressive-democrats-2677726334/ [19:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol-The corporate Dem era is officially dead - 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