●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, April 26, 2026 ●● ● Apr 26 [01:27] TR News (NEW): BleachBit 6.0 Introduces New Cookie Manager, Improves Browser Cleaning https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/BleachBit_6_0_Introduces_New_Cookie_Manager_Improves_Browser_Cl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/BleachBit_6_0_Introduces_New_Cookie_Manager_Improves_Browser_Cl.gmi [01:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines BleachBit 6.0 Introduces New Cookie Manager, Improves Browser Cleaning ● Apr 26 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-250426.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-250426.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-250426.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-250426.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, April 25, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-04-25.txt [02:54] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social ● Apr 26 [03:15] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Apr 26 [05:11] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [05:11] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 25, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_April_25_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_April_25_2026.gmi [05:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [05:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 25, 2026 [05:13] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:13] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:21] TR News "Gemini Movie Database (or GeminiMDB for short) is exactly what it sounds like. Enter a specific title or use the search link to find information about any movie or show. You get all the usual info and even poster art. Try it out on movie night!" gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20260426.gmi [05:22] TR News dainty gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/dainty [05:23] TR News "The even number thing is nonsense. This is not a bad film!" gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/04/25/spock/ [05:30] TR News influencer marketing http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/04/guest-post-oh-my-influencer-italian.html [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | [Guest post] Oh my influencer! Italian rules on influencer marketing - The IPKat [05:30] TR News Cox v Sony http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/04/cox-v-sony-infringers-gonna-infringe.html [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Cox v Sony: Infringers gonna infringe unless service providers encourage them - The IPKat [05:32] TR News why some people cant find things in plain sight https://theconversation.com/its-right-under-your-nose-why-some-people-cant-find-things-in-plain-sight-27 [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Cynical politics condemns our national heritage [05:33] TR News From sunsets to the night sky: how technology can help you to notice nature in new ways https://theconversation.com/from-sunsets-to-the-night-sky-how-technology-can-help-you-to-notice-nature-in-new-ways-279506 [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | From sunsets to the night sky: how technology can help you to notice nature in new ways [05:34] TR News Compiling Google::ProtocolBuffers::Dynamic https://blogs.perl.org/users/dean/2026/04/compiling-googleprotocolbuffersdynamic-on-debian-trixie.html [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Compiling Google::ProtocolBuffers::Dynamic on Debian Trixie | dean [blogs.perl.org] [05:34] TR News This week in PSC (221) | 2026-04-13 https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2026/04/this-week-in-psc-220-2026-04-13.html [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This week in PSC (221) | 2026-04-13 | Perl Steering Council [blogs.perl.org] [05:35] TR News Betting on elections is illegal but possible https://www.dw.com/en/germany-betting-on-elections-is-illegal-but-possible/a-76712766 [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Germany: Betting on elections is illegal but possible [05:36] TR News World's oldest gorilla celebrates 69th birthday at Berlin Zoo https://www.dw.com/en/world-s-oldest-gorilla-celebrates-69th-birthday-at-berlin-zoo/a-76760115 [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | World's oldest gorilla celebrates birthday at Berlin Zoo [05:37] TR News Merck's Keytruda: A lifesaving drug, a global divide https://www.dw.com/en/merck-s-keytruda-a-lifesaving-drug-a-global-divide/a-76743753 [05:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Merck's Keytruda: A lifesaving drug, a global divide [05:38] TR News Lufthansa pilots launch 2-day strike, cabin crew say they will strike right after https://www.dw.com/en/lufthansa-pilots-launch-2-day-strike-cabin-crew-say-they-will-strike-right-after/a-76760890 [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Lufthansa pilots strike for 2 days, cabin crew will follow [05:39] TR News Buchenwald https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-buchenwald-remembering-nazi-atrocities/a-76764802 [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Germany's Buchenwald: Remembering Nazi atrocities [05:40] TR News Moving to Local LLMs, Selfhosting, and Arch Linux ARM Build https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=cAcYpBz71lQ [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'www.yewtu.be' ( status 0 @ https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=cAcYpBz71lQ ) [05:40] TR News I Used Linux for 8 Years: Here's What They Don't Tell You https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=EcKSdZ_ENeg [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'www.yewtu.be' ( status 0 @ https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=EcKSdZ_ENeg ) [05:42] TR News Germany's moving to Open Source, Age verification gets worse https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=IkAld223VYI [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=IkAld223VYI ) [05:46] TR News Is Artix Linux Just A Protest Distro? https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=tdr-144Ondo [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=tdr-144Ondo ) [05:46] TR News Console Hackers Put Linux On Everything https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=-3MJA0NfvRE [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=-3MJA0NfvRE ) [05:47] TR News 9 New Features in Fedora 44 https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=az62iZ045-Y [05:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=az62iZ045-Y ) [05:48] TR News KDE Plasma 6.7 Is Shaping Up To Be Amazing https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=KQu1oRRVAVo [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=KQu1oRRVAVo ) [05:59] TR News The people who attack techrights don't need lawyers, they need rehab and PR ● Apr 26 [06:03] TR News Distribution Release: ZimaOS 1.6.0 https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12793 [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12793 ) [06:03] TR News (NEW): RakuOS Linux (2026.04.15) Release Announcement https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/RakuOS_Linux_2026_04_15_Release_Announcement.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/RakuOS_Linux_2026_04_15_Release_Announcement.gmi [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines RakuOS Linux (2026.04.15) Release Announcement [06:04] TR News iophk: a computer which does not do as it is told is malware: https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/04/24/agents_as_collective_bargains thus LLM slop is malware [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mnot.net | What's Missing in the Agentic Story [06:05] TR News (NEW): Videos: Recent Shows or Clips About GNU/Linux and Free Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Videos_Recent_Shows_or_Clips_About_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Videos_Recent_Shows_or_Clips_About_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software.gmi [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Videos: Recent Shows or Clips About GNU/Linux and Free Software [06:07] TR News if the term mal is french-ish for bad, and malware is bad-ware, it's very flexible a term; so the term is subjective [06:08] TR News iophk: computers must obey; failure to obey in the expected manner is not acceptable encouraging other-than-expected behavior or otherwise enabling it [06:08] TR News ....is also not acceptable [06:10] TR News There are many people out there who feel insecure in their occupations; some resort to imposter syndrome-like behaviour and other hug buzzwords and cargo cults to sound or seem clever. The technofascists can barely code, so they do a lot of the latter to attract money from project, aided by senile politicians. [06:11] TR News GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p2 Is Now Available https://ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD_26.1-R15.0p2_Is_Now_Available [06:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ghostbsd.org | GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p2 Is Now Available | GhostBSD [06:13] TR News (NEW): BSD: GhostBSD 26.1 Released and Happy 33rd Birthday to NetBSD https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/22/BSD_GhostBSD_26_1_Released_and_Happy_33rd_Birthday_to_NetBSD.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/22/BSD_GhostBSD_26_1_Released_and_Happy_33rd_Birthday_to_NetBSD.gmi [06:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines BSD: GhostBSD 26.1 Released and Happy 33rd Birthday to NetBSD [06:13] TR News Solus 4.9 Released https://getsol.us/2026/04/solus-4-9-released/ [06:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-getsol.us | Solus 4.9 Released Solus [06:15] TR News (NEW): Solus 4.9 Serenity Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.6, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/18/Solus_4_9_Serenity_Released_with_Linux_6_18_LTS_KDE_Plasma_6_6_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/18/Solus_4_9_Serenity_Released_with_Linux_6_18_LTS_KDE_Plasma_6_6_.gmi [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Solus 4.9 Serenity Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.6, and More [06:17] TR News State to audit Ohio school districts cybersecurity plans https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2026/03/29/ohio-school-districts-shore-up-cybersecurity#:~:text=Open%20in%20Our%20App,internet%20security%20cybersecurity%20best%20practices.%E2%80%9D [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-spectrumnews1.com | State to audit Ohio school districts' cybersecurity plans [06:25] TR News Techrights Tracking Ages of People https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Tracking_Ages_of_People.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Tracking_Ages_of_People.gmi [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Tracking Ages of People [06:40] TR News Techrights Weeks Before Linux Removed Over 100,000 Lines of Code Due to Slop 'Bug Reports' Microsoft Paid 'Linux' Foundation to Advance Slop in the Name of 'Security' https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Weeks_Before_Linux_Removed_Over_100_000_Lines_of_Code_Due_to_Sl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Weeks_Before_Linux_Removed_Over_100_000_Lines_of_Code_Due_to_Sl.gmi [06:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Weeks Before Linux Removed Over 100,000 Lines of Code Due to Slop 'Bug Reports' Microsoft Paid 'Linux' Foundation to Advance Slop in the Name of 'Security' [06:46] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 26/04/2026: Gemini Movie Database (or GeminiMDB) and Star Trek III https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Gemini_Links_26_04_2026_Gemini_Movie_Database_or_GeminiMDB_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Gemini_Links_26_04_2026_Gemini_Movie_Database_or_GeminiMDB_and_.gmi [06:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 26/04/2026: Gemini Movie Database (or GeminiMDB) and Star Trek III [06:55] TR News Techrights Getting Aggressive Suggestive of Loss - Part IV - Shutting Down My Existence https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Getting_Aggressive_Suggestive_of_Loss_Part_IV_Shutting_Down_My_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Getting_Aggressive_Suggestive_of_Loss_Part_IV_Shutting_Down_My_.gmi [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Getting Aggressive Suggestive of Loss - Part IV - Shutting Down My Existence ● Apr 26 [07:12] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [07:15] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-o96.spj.ifb87q.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:17] TR News (NEW): Zorin OS vs. Solus: I tested two great Linux distros for beginners to find out which is best https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Zorin_OS_vs_Solus_I_tested_two_great_Linux_distros_for_beginner.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Zorin_OS_vs_Solus_I_tested_two_great_Linux_distros_for_beginner.gmi [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Zorin OS vs. Solus: I tested two great Linux distros for beginners to find out which is best [07:18] TR News (NEW): Automatic brightness in Plasma https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Automatic_brightness_in_Plasma.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Automatic_brightness_in_Plasma.gmi [07:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Automatic brightness in Plasma [07:22] TR News (NEW): Cerberix security-focused Linux distribution built on Arch https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Cerberix_security_focused_Linux_distribution_built_on_Arch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Cerberix_security_focused_Linux_distribution_built_on_Arch.gmi [07:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Cerberix security-focused Linux distribution built on Arch [07:30] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:38] TR News (NEW): I tested the 3 most popular Linux distros of April 2026here's how I rank them https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/I_tested_the_3_most_popular_Linux_distros_of_April_2026_here_s_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/I_tested_the_3_most_popular_Linux_distros_of_April_2026_here_s_.gmi [07:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I tested the 3 most popular Linux distros of April 2026here's how I rank them ● Apr 26 [08:57] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Apr 26 [10:06] TR News Patents https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/veterans/military-history/2026/04/24/a-century-of-ma-deuce-how-the-m2-browning-became-americas-workhorse-machine-gun/ | Source: USMC [10:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.marinecorpstimes.com | A century of the Ma Deuce: How the M2 Browning became Americas workhorse machine gun [10:06] TR News "On April 15, a federal jury found that Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster operated as an illegal monopoly, overcharging fans and shutting out competition." https://www.vox.com/videos/486913/live-nation-lost-will-anything-change-for-ticket-prices | Source: Vox [10:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Live Nation lost. Will anything change for ticket prices? | Vox [10:08] TR News [Old] "However, the device will enter a degraded security state that limits its ability to receive future boot-level protections." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/microsoft-sounds-the-alarm-about-secure-boot-certificates-expiring-later-this-year/ | Source: Ars Technica [10:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arstechnica.com | Windows' original Secure Boot certificates expire in Junehere's what you need to do - Ars Technica [10:08] TR News [Old] "Specifically, the Microsoft certificates that manage UEFI Secure Boot trust will expire, potentially allowing untrusted or malicious software to load on affected machines during system boot." https://directaccess.richardhicks.com/2025/12/04/windows-secure-boot-uefi-certificates-expiring-june-2026/ | [10:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-directaccess.richardhicks.com | Windows Secure Boot UEFI Certificates Expiring June 2026 | Richard M. Hicks Consulting, Inc. [10:09] TR News [Old] "On June 24, 2026, the first of these certificates expires, and if your PC isn't updated in time, it won't suddenly stop booting" https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-secure-boot-certificates-expire-june-2026-older-pcs/ | Source: XDA [10:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Microsoft's Secure Boot certificates expire in June 2026, but older PCs may never get the fix [10:10] TR News [Old] "Since Windows began supporting Secure Boot, most Windows devices have used a series of Microsoft certificates in the UEFI Secure Boot database. These earlier certificates will start expiring gradually from 2026. To maintain boot security and trust chain integrity," https://www.asus.com/fi/support/faq/1055903/ | [10:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Windows Secure Boot certificate expiration and certificates updates | Virallinen tuki | ASUS Suomi [10:10] TR News "Tibetans outside Chinese control vote on Sunday for a government-in-exile, an election of heightened significance as they brace for an inevitable, eventual, future without their revered spiritual leader" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/exiled-tibetans-to-elect-government-in-vote-condemned-by-china-1063455657 | Source: RTL [10:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | Exiled Tibetans to elect government in vote condemned by China - RTL Today [10:11] TR News "We are here to sound the alarms on AI" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/union-labor-ai-bernie | Source: Futurism [10:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Unions Attack AI for Menacing Human Jobs [10:11] TR News "show identification" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-24/assemblymember-carl-demaios-ballot-measure-will-be-considered-by-voters-in-november | Source: Los Angeles Times [10:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Voter ID initiative will be on the ballot in California in November - Los Angeles Times [10:12] TR News "the governments heavy-handed tactics led to a shake-up" https://www.courthousenews.com/a-sudden-shift-ice-arrests-drop-nearly-12-after-minneapolis-killings-and-immigration-shake-up/ | Source: Court House News [10:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.courthousenews.com | A sudden shift: ICE arrests drop nearly 12% after Minneapolis killings and immigration shake-up | Courthouse News Service [10:13] TR News "more than two-thirds of security guards" https://phys.org/news/2026-04-wages-poor.html | Source: Omicron Limited [10:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-04-wages-poor.html ) [10:14] TR News "We are delighted that Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been released from detention and is back with his family" https://cpj.org/2026/04/journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin-safe-following-detention-in-kuwait/ | Source: CPJ [10:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin safe following detention in Kuwait - Committee to Protect Journalists [10:15] TR News "Norway's government said it will propose a ban on the use of social media for children under the age of 16 and will make technology companies responsible for age verification of young users." https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0424/1569881-norway-socialmedia-ban/ | Source: RTE [10:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rte.ie | Norway plans social media ban for children under 16 [10:16] TR News "Labels have appeared on Gogols stories Nos (The Nose) and Viy, with both text and audio versions flagged on the digital library platforms Litres and KION Stroki" https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/24/russian-e-book-platforms-attach-drug-harm-labels-to-works-by-pushkin-gogol-and-bulgakov | Source: Meduza [10:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian e-book platforms attach drug-harm labels to works by Pushkin, Gogol, and Bulgakov Meduza [10:17] TR News "The Government will present a new bill proposing an age limit for children using social media to Parliament (Stortinget)" https://www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/norwegian-social-media-age-restrictions-law-on-track-to-be-introduced-this-year-this-is-how-the-age-limit-for-social-media-will-work/id3157276/ | [10:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Norwegian Social Media age restrictions Law on Track to Be Introduced This Year This Is How the Age Limit for Social Media Will Work - regjeringen.no [10:17] TR News "Norway says it will present a bill in parliament by the end of the year to ban children from using social media until they turn 16." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-24/norway-plans-to-introduce-under-16s-social-media-ban/106604296 | Source: ABC [10:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.abc.net.au | Norway and Trkiye follow Australia with youth social media bans - ABC News [10:18] TR News "Critics have pointed to a provision that requires registered PSEs to take down content deemed as "causing public unrest and disturbing public order" as a free speech restriction." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/under-blackout-threat-wikimedia-reaches-compromise-with-indonesia-1768096412 | Source: RTL [10:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | Wikipedia owner: Under blackout threat, Wikimedia reaches compromise with Indonesia - RTL Today [10:19] TR News "The university was founded in Minsk in 1992, but in 2004, the Belarusian authorities revoked its licence." https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2907175/we-are-the-first-university-to-be-branded-extremist-interview-with-ehu-vilnius-rector | Source: LRT [10:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | 'We are the first university to be branded extremist' interview with EHU Vilnius rector - LRT [10:19] TR News "Human rights organizations have strongly criticized this practice for years." https://english.anf-news.com/human-rights/iran-executes-another-protester-85097 | Source: ANF News [10:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.anf-news.com | ANF | Iran executes another protester [10:19] TR News "Seven years later, though, Jackson is arguably as popular as hes ever been. The recently released biopic Michael is projected to be a blockbuster smash." https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/why-cant-watch-michael-jackson-doc-leaving-neverland-1235553393/ | Source: Rolling Stone [10:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Why You Can't Watch the Michael Jackson Doc 'Leaving Neverland' [10:22] TR News "Flock flags innocent man for arrest, OVER & OVER AGAIN" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/flock-flags-innocent-man-for-arrest,:5 [10:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Flock flags innocent man for arrest, OVER & OVER AGAIN [10:22] TR News "Kash Patel Just Invited SPLC To Demonstrate Their Importance (and His Negligence) - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/24/kash-patel-just-invited-splc-to-demonstrate-their-importance-and-his-negligence/ [10:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | Kash Patel Just Invited SPLC To Demonstrate Their Importance (and His Negligence) - emptywheel [10:23] TR News paywall https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-24/foia-documents-scrubbed-from-intelligence-agency-website [10:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-24/foia-documents-scrubbed-from-intelligence-agency-website ) [10:23] TR News "Talking Vibes With Jared Bernstein - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-vibes-with-jared-bernstein [10:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Talking Vibes With Jared Bernstein - Paul Krugman [10:24] TR News CIA-connected company thatb spies on IRC comments on banning US weapon https://therecord.media/norway-prime-minister-proposes-social-media-ban-for-young-teens [10:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Norway's prime minister proposes ban on social media access for young teens | The Record from Recorded Future News [10:24] TR News "Iranian F-5 Jet Breached US Air Defences, the Massive War Damage Trump's Team Allegedly Covered Up | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iranian-f5-jet-strike-questions-us-air-defences-1793629 [10:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Iranian F-5 Jet Breached US Air Defences, the Massive War Damage Trump's Team Allegedly Covered Up | IBTimes UK [10:24] TR News "Iran caused more extensive damage to U.S. military bases than publicly known" https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-caused-extensive-damage-us-military-bases-publicly-known-rcna331853 [10:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nbcnews.com | Iran caused more extensive damage to U.S. military bases than publicly known [10:25] TR News c.f. Uniparty https://www.thenation.com/article/society/democrats-ice-beyond-reform/ [10:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Why Do the Democrats Keep Expanding the Institutions They Claim to Oppose? | The Nation [10:26] TR News iophk: Apparently yesterday there was a distraction from the Epstein war against Iran created so that there will be an excuse to further violate the press. [10:26] TR News "Trump and Hegseth Are Winning the War Against Their Own Military | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-hegseth-military-purge-john-phelan/ [10:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Trump and Hegseth Are Winning the War Against Their Own Military | The Nation [10:27] TR News "PIF to partner with Live Nation in Saudi Arabia | Semafor" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/24/2026/pif-to-partner-with-live-nation-in-saudi-arabia [10:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-PIF to partner with Live Nation in Saudi Arabia | Semafor [10:28] TR News First time in Norway: Now the driver disappears from the bus | "Historisk: Kolumbus kjrer uten sjfr p bussen i Stavanger NRK Rogaland Lokale nyheter, TV og radio" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/historisk_-kolumbus-kjorer-uten-sjafor-pa-bussen-i-stavanger-1.17841909 [10:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-nrk-no.translate.goog | Historisk: Kolumbus kjrer uten sjfr p bussen i Stavanger NRK Rogaland Lokale nyheter, TV og radio [10:29] TR News "Finns broadly dissatisfied with government performance | Yle News | Yle" https://yle.fi/a/74-20222667 Sompi [10:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Finns broadly dissatisfied with government performance | Yle News | Yle [10:29] TR News "Trump fan Caitlyn Jenner learns elections have consequences | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/25/caitlyn-jenner-trump-israel-russell-brand-ghislaine-maxwell [10:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Trump fan Caitlyn Jenner learns elections have consequences | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian [10:30] TR News Cow release attracted thousands of visitors to Rugstorp farm | "Koslpp lockade tusentals beskare p Rugstorps lantgrd | SVT Nyheter" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/smaland/koslapp-lockade-tusentals-besokare-pa-rugstorps-lantgard [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-svt-se.translate.goog | Koslpp lockade tusentals beskare p Rugstorps lantgrd | SVT Nyheter [10:34] TR News "This is possibly tens of thousands of people whose lives have been upended after getting an email." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/oracle-layoffs-march-2026/ | Source: Nick Heer [10:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | Oracle Laid Off (Tens of?) Thousands of People in March Pixel Envy [10:34] TR News "The costume is well-made." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-most-articulate-apologist | Source: Mike Brock [10:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Most Articulate Apologist - by Mike Brock [10:34] TR News "Apple has played through Cooks leadership style as far as it can go. A decisive, opinionated engineer leading the ship is what Apple needs again." https://www.dgriffinjones.com/extraordinary/how-well-remember-tim-cooks-apple.html | Source: D Griffin Jones [10:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dgriffinjones.com | How Well Remember Tim Cooks Apple | D. Griffin Jones [10:37] TR News "Platypus melanosomes were mostly sphericalwhich should give it reddish-orange fur. But the animal is merely dark brown." https://phys.org/news/2026-03-platypus-weirder-thought-scientists.html | Source: Omicron Limited [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-03-platypus-weirder-thought-scientists.html ) [10:37] TR News "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Forbidden" https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/forbidden | [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.smbc-comics.com | Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Forbidden ● Apr 26 [11:09] TR News "After a ten-year period of trial and error, officials approved fully autonomous buses for operation in Norway" https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/norway-autonomous-buses | Source: Futurism [11:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Norway Approves Autonomous Buses for Public Roads [11:10] TR News "Only that word because of post length limits, but anyone following along the last few months would hopefully pick up that it was in reference to: [...]" https://daniel.industries/2026/04/25/sigh/ | Source: Daniel Miller [11:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-daniel.industries | Sigh [11:11] TR News "The contract involves delivering equipment capable of producing a total of 684 megawatts of electricity." https://interestingengineering.com/energy/us-data-centers-hyundai-deal-energy | Source: Interesting Engineering [11:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-interestingengineering.com | US data centers to get power from Hyundai's 684MW energy system deal [11:11] TR News "Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill Friday that would have made Maine the first state to impose a moratorium on large new data centers, even as local opposition to the electricity-hungry facilities grows." https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/04/24/politics/janet-mills-vetoes-maine-data-center-ban/ | [11:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bangordailynews.com | Janet Mills vetoes Maine data center ban [11:12] TR News "Forests are more than just timber factories. They regulate water, store carbon, provide habitat for wildlife, cool the landscapes around them and even provide human health benefits." https://phys.org/news/2026-04-dont-trees-forests-biodiversity-future.html | Source: Omicron Limited [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-04-dont-trees-forests-biodiversity-future.html ) [11:12] TR News "Nobel Prizewinning author Svetlana Alexievich says Belarus is still a "laboratory" in which the long-term effects of the massive radiation leak continue to play out" https://www.rferl.org/a/chernobyl-belarus-nobel-author-alexievich/33740662.html | Source: RFERL [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | 'Chernobyl Will Always Be With Us,' Says Nobel PrizeWinning Author Alexievich [11:13] TR News "A strange thing happened last May: the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligences FOIA page, which had previously contained a generous list of released documents, was censored" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/odni-foia-documents-scrubbed/ | Source: Nick Heer [11:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | FOIA Documents Scrubbed From Intelligence Agency Website Pixel Envy [11:13] TR News "CBC News identified three individuals in the Netherlands whose digital trail links them to accounts that hired actors to appear on the YouTube channels." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-separatist-youtube-channels-netherlands-9.7174719 | Source: CBC [11:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Dutch YouTube creators behind Alberta separatist videos getting millions of views | CBC News [11:14] TR News "They remembered the woman they say changed the world by sharing her story of abuse by the disgraced multi-millionaire who victimized roughly 1,000 women and girls, according to the U.S. Justice Department." https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/25/repub/at-virginia-giuffre-memorial-friends-and-family-urge-justice-for-epstein-victims/ | Source: Maine Morning Star [11:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/25/repub/at-virginia-giuffre-memorial-friends-and-family-urge-justice-for-epstein-victims/ ) [11:14] TR News "has become a key voice demanding reform of sex-trafficking laws and the release of all the so-called Epstein files, read a letter to his sister from the stage." https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/virginia-giuffre-remembered-as-hero-to-the-ages-on-first-anniversary-of-her-death-20260426-p5zr2r.html | Source: The Age AU [11:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theage.com.au | Epstein fallout: Virginia Giuffre remembered at Washington vigil on first anniversary of her death [11:16] TR News "According to Inside Climate News, the city of Corpus Christi, Texas could soon completely out of water in the next year." https://futurism.com/science-energy/texas-water-crisis-climate | Source: Futurism [11:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Climate Scientists Shake Their Heads as First US City Running Completely Out of Water [11:16] TR News "That raises baffling questions for the future of Texas eighth-largest city and one of the nations major petrochemical hubs." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23042026/corpus-christi-water-emergency-explainer/ | Source: Inside Climate News [11:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insideclimatenews.org | Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a Water Emergency. What Does That Mean? - Inside Climate News [11:18] TR News "The proposed law protecting youth from the harmful effects of social media will be the first of its kind in Canada." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-social-media-age-restrictions-9.7177470 | Source: CBC [11:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Manitoba to ban social media, AI chatbots for youth, premier says | CBC News [11:19] TR News "It turns out that critics were right to be suspicious." https://futurism.com/future-society/us-soldier-arrested-polymarket-venezuela | Source: Futurism [11:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The US Military Just Arrested One of Its Soldiers for Making Ghoulish Polymarket Bets, and It Shows How Deep the Moral Rot of Prediction Markets Really Goes [11:19] TR News "The law doesnt just restrict children it puts the burden on tech companies." https://medium.com/@2024bit050/norway-just-banned-social-media-for-children-under-16-d42ba454d079 | Source: Medium [11:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://medium.com/@2024bit050/norway-just-banned-social-media-for-children-under-16-d42ba454d079 ) [11:20] TR News "His remarks made clear that the shift is not simply about deploying smarter drones or faster systems." https://therecord.media/pentagon-grapples-with-securing-ai-as-it-moves-towards-autonomous-warfare | Source: The Record [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Pentagon grapples with securing AI as it moves toward autonomous warfare | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:20] TR News "Please read this story, published February 23, describing how, on or about February 17, Dan Caine gave Trump several warnings about an attack on Iran" https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/25/trump-is-not-ignorant-he-is-attempting-a-con-to-cope-with-his-failure/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | Trump Is Not Ignorant of Iran Risks; He Is Attempting a Con to Cope with His Failure - emptywheel [11:21] TR News "The directors of Shrubland Hall, a large estate just outside Ipswich" https://www.ipswich.co.uk/from-nizamuddin-to-barham-the-100-000-person-islamic-congregation-suffolks-authorities-know-nothing-about/ | [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ipswich.co.uk | From Nizamuddin to Barham: The 100,000-person Islamic congregation Suffolk's authorities know nothing about [11:22] TR News "Signal's end-to-end encryption means that any sent message travels in a scrambled form and can only be deciphered by the end user." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/what-is-signal-and-is-it-secure-139008588 | Source: RTL [11:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | Encrypted messaging app: What is Signal and is it secure? - RTL Today [11:22] TR News "Americans are hurting under the affordability crisis, and UFCW members see the pain in their faces every time they enter the grocery store" https://www.ufcw.org/press-releases/ban-surveillance-pricing-on-groceries/ | [11:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ufcw.org | UFCW Launches National Campaign to Ban Surveillance Pricing on Groceries - The United Food & Commercial Workers International Union | The United Food & Commercial Workers International Union [11:23] TR News "Protection from Predatory Pricing Act" https://wjla.com/news/local/dynamic-pricing-maryland-consumer-surveillance-based-predicting-grocery-stores-delivery-retailers-online-apps-digital-wes-moore-ai-artificial-concerns-discounts-business-owners | [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wjla.com | Maryland moves to ban 'dynamic pricing' statewide [11:23] TR News "Introduced by Gov. Wes Moore in January, the act aims to prevent grocers and third-party apps like delivery services from using surveillance data and dynamic pricing in Maryland grocery stores." https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/online-shopping/maryland-ban-surveillance-pricing-at-grocery-stores | [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Maryland Set to Ban Surveillance Pricing at Grocery Stores: Are Other States Next? | Kiplinger [11:24] TR News "The reason why I am not really interested in writing about privacy or data protection in the product-focused way isn't only because I am a law student and therefore more interested in law" https://blog.avas.space/privacy-stuff/ | Source: Ava [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.avas.space | why i don't write the usual privacy stuff | ava's blog [11:24] TR News "You might have heard of Tor in the news a few times, yet never dared to try it yourself. Despite being around for decades, Tor is still a tool too few people know about." https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/30/in-praise-of-tor/ | Source: Privacy Guides [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.privacyguides.org | In Praise of Tor: Why You Should Support and Use Tor - Privacy Guides [11:25] TR News "Oversight mechanisms credited with curbing the FBI's prior abuses have also been dismantled under the current administration" https://www.wired.com/story/the-latest-push-to-extend-key-us-spy-powers-is-still-a-mess/ | Source: Wired [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Latest Push to Extend Key US Spy Powers Is Still a Mess | WIRED [11:30] TR News "This means third-party package maintainers no longer need to maintain their own web servers for hosting apt packages." https://medium.com/nttlabs/ubuntu-26-04-can-install-apt-packages-from-github-container-registry-532412990318 | Source: Medium [11:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://medium.com/nttlabs/ubuntu-26-04-can-install-apt-packages-from-github-container-registry-532412990318 ) [11:31] TR News Social Control Media: "This guide will provide you with some advice along the way." https://www.medietilsynet.no/globalassets/dokumenter/veiledere/my-child-on-social-media---what-to-do.pdf | [11:32] TR News "And yet, work was rendering me increasingly miserable. I questioned myself." https://ky.fyi/posts/ai-burnout | [11:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ky.fyi | Do I belong in tech anymore? Ky Decker [11:32] TR News "In fact, the polling on this is so strong, I think its fair to say that a lot of people hate AI, and that Gen Z in particular seems to hate AI more and more as they encounter it." https://www.theverge.com/podcast/917029/software-brain-ai-backlash-databases-automation | Source: The Verge [11:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | BEWARE SOFTWARE BRAIN | The Verge [11:33] TR News "It isnt a magic wand. There are important lessons here for news and other declining industries: adding software doesnt absolve you of figuring out your underlying problems, and it will not solve them for you." https://werd.io/ai-is-not-a-magic-wand-and-it-wont-fix-your-problems/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [11:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | AI is not a magic wand and it wont fix your problems [11:33] TR News "the field of AI is not just coincidentally loaded with race scientists and eugenicists, its entire history is olde timey colonial race science all the way down and has been since the start." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/25/ghost-in-the-machine-has-launched/ | Source: Pivot to AI [11:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | And derisive, which seemed to be fused, to lose their twelve separate identities in. [11:34] TR News "For much of the history of computing, it was reasonably safe to assume that a machine was doing what you told it to do (and what its creators promised it would do)" https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/04/24/agents_as_collective_bargains | Source: Mark Nottingham [11:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mnot.net | What's Missing in the Agentic Story [11:34] TR News "AI is being widely used in journalism and can lead to reputation-killing scandals and mistakes if not monitored closely. Here Press Gazette rounds up some of the main examples of where AI has gone wrong." https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/ai-journalism-mistakes/ | Source: Press Gazette [11:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | AI journalism mistakes: Live tracker of major mishaps [11:38] TR News "An eyebrow-raising trend has emerged this year: tech leaders rating their employees productivity based on the number of AI tokens they use." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/economics-ai-tokens-crashing-down | Source: Futurism [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Horrible Economics of AI Are Starting to Come Crashing Down [11:39] TR News "Yes, do it. It cant hurt. If you look at the research, people who are getting personalized ads are probably worse off." https://blog.zgp.org/updates-to-our-partner-ads-setting-control/ | Source: Don Marti [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | Updates to our partner ads setting control [11:39] TR News "It was bound to happen. For months, Ive done my best to prevent this, but eventually, my patience and tolerance werent enough." https://thejollyteapot.com/2026/04/24/sidelining-safari/ | Source: Nicolas Magand [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thejollyteapot.com | Sidelining Safari The Jolly Teapot [11:39] TR News "Breathing is an architectural challenge and a chemical necessity." https://seths.blog/2026/04/breathwork/ | Source: Seth Godin [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | Breathwork | Seth's Blog [11:40] TR News "Manhattan Genomics and Bootstrap Bio had ambitions to edit DNA in human embryos with the goal of preventing serious disease in babies." https://www.wired.com/story/designer-baby-companies-are-in-turmoil/ | Source: Wired [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Designer Baby Companies Are in Turmoil | WIRED [11:40] TR News "The order does not legalize marijuana under federal law." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/state-licensed-medical-marijuana-has-been-reclassified-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-heres-what-that-means-180988617/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/state-licensed-medical-marijuana-has-been-reclassified-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-heres-what-that-means-180988617/ ) [11:43] TR News "Today in Tedium: In a world full of big problems, Im going to focus on the smallest possible problem I can think of right now." https://tedium.co/2026/04/23/tweezer-weird-facts-history/ | Source: Tedium [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tedium.co | Tweezer Facts & Oddities: People Pay to Sharpen Them [11:45] TR News "Inventing the Renaissance isn't a work of history, it's a work of "historiography" the study of how histories get written and rewritten" https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/25/machiavellian/#brackets-good | Source: CoryDoctorow [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Ada Palmers Inventing the Renaissance (25 Apr 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [11:45] TR News "One of the hard parts of moving from school to the real world is adjusting to all the ways that school is artificial. Its different from the real world." https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202604/school_is_artificial | Source: Ned Batchelder [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nedbatchelder.com | School is artificial | Ned Batchelder [11:45] TR News "A professional calligrapher is someone who writes for a commission or fee." https://www.rubenerd.au/what-does-a-professional-calligrapher-do/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: What does a professional calligrapher do? [11:46] TR News "Wedding photographers outraged by amateur who offered to pay couples to shoot their big day" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/wedding-photography/get-the-f-outta-here-wedding-photographers-outraged-by-amateur-who-offered-to-pay-couples-to-shoot-their-big-day | Source: Digital Camera World [11:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | "Get the f*** outta here!": Wedding photographers outraged by amateur who offered to pay couples to shoot their big day | Digital Camera World [11:47] TR News "On campus, the Harvard Graduate Students Union (HGSU) says that after 14 months of talks, it has seen little to no progress on its demands." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2026/0425/harvard-student-strike-trump | Source: CS Monitor [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Harvards newest challenge is a grad student workers strike - CSMonitor.com [11:47] TR News "John Chrastka, founder and executive director of EveryLibrary, said Trumps proposal is a direct threat to the infrastructure that millions of Americans rely on every day, in a statement." https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/24/repub/trumps-budget-would-gut-local-libraries-and-museums-congress-is-not-on-board/ | Source: Maine Morning Star [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/24/repub/trumps-budget-would-gut-local-libraries-and-museums-congress-is-not-on-board/ ) [11:47] TR News "In fact, we've now raised a whole generation of young people who don't even know what it means to go to the National Library to read and write papers" https://news.err.ee/1610006491/national-library-not-to-fully-reopen-for-another-year | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhling [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.err.ee | National Library not to fully reopen for another year | News | ERR [11:48] TR News "Profunctor Equipment" https://bartoszmilewski.com/2026/04/24/profunctor-equipment/ | Source: Bartosz Milewski [11:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://bartoszmilewski.com/2026/04/24/profunctor-equipment/ ) [11:48] TR News "If the initial displacement is small enough, you can simply replace sin with ." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/25/exact-solution-nonlinear-pendulum/ | Source: John D Cook [11:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Closed-form solution nonlinear pendulum w/ Jacobi functions [11:49] TR News "There is also a formula for the nth derivative of a quotient, but its more complicated and less known." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/25/nth-derivative-of-a-quotient/ | Source: John D Cook [11:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | nth derivative of a quotient [11:49] TR News across [11:49] TR News "The National Science Foundation manages a nearly 6.7 billion ($9 billion) budget to support fundamental scientific research across the United States." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-dismisses-national-science-board-1793637 | Source: International Business Times [11:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Trump Axes Entire National Science Board; Democrats Slam 'Stupid' Decision | IBTimes UK [11:50] TR News "There are four kinds of innovation: research, sustaining, breakthrough, and disruptive." https://werd.io/sustaining-innovation-has-failed-us-its-time-to-think-more-radically/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | Sustaining innovation has failed us. It's time to think more radically [11:50] TR News "Who Will Monetize Truth? asks Francesco Marconi in a long, thoughtful paper." https://doc.searls.com/2026/04/24/frylings/ | Source: Doc Searls [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://doc.searls.com/2026/04/24/frylings/ ) [11:51] TR News "Of the drawings, I'd say that it's 90% dongs; the rest are a mixture of smilies, pentagrams and cats, in about that order." https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/04/25.html | Source: DNA Lounge [11:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/04/25.html ) [11:51] TR News "And its getting worse." https://newsletter.ownyourweb.site/archive/own-your-web-issue-18-curators/ | [11:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newsletter.ownyourweb.site | Own Your Web Issue 18: Curators Buttondown [11:52] TR News "TestItems is a modern testing framework for Julia allowing parallel testing, isolation, setup steps, and filtering." https://www.juliabloggers.com/testitems-modern-julia-testing/ | Source: Julia Language Blog Aggregator [11:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TestItems Modern Julia testing | juliabloggers.com [11:52] TR News "I also think getting a bunch of humans in alignment is just a thing that takes time. It should be a bottleneck." https://chriscoyier.net/2026/04/25/ai-alignment/ | Source: Chris Coyier [11:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chriscoyier.net | AI & Alignment Chris Coyier [11:53] TR News "This past Tuesday I typed C-x C-c in Emacs for the last time after 20 years of daily use." https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/04/26/ | Source: Chris Wellons [11:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nullprogram.com | I have officially retired from Emacs [11:53] TR News "I sometimes see people say that programming languages like JavaScript, PHP, and Perl not having types. Well, its simply not true." https://rugu.dev/en/blog/even-js-has-types/ | Source: Uur Erdem Seyfi [11:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rugu.dev | No, Even JavaScript Has Types | rugu [11:53] TR News "Calling it a footgun would be a bit disingenuous. Closures had to capture something when they outlive their declaring function, and Gos designers picked capture-by-reference." https://rednafi.com/go/closure-mutable-refs/ | Source: Redowan Delowar [11:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rednafi.com | Go quirks: function closures capturing mutable references | Redowan's Reflections [11:56] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [11:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers ● Apr 26 [12:00] TR News Techrights Links 25/04/2026: "Horrible Economics of AI Are Starting to Come Crashing Down", More Restrictions Placed on Social Control Media https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Links_25_04_2026_Horrible_Economics_of_AI_Are_Starting_to_Come_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Links_25_04_2026_Horrible_Economics_of_AI_Are_Starting_to_Come_.gmi [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 25/04/2026: "Horrible Economics of AI Are Starting to Come Crashing Down", More Restrictions Placed on Social Control Media [12:05] TR News "Decibels come up often in digital audio and Ive always found them to be confusing." https://scvalex.net/posts/83/ | Source: Alexandru Scvorov [12:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scvalex.net | What the hell is a decibel? [12:05] TR News "Specifically, I was making UML Sequence diagrams which are images used to explain how data flows around a system." https://www.ragman.net/musings/accessible-uml/ | [12:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ragman.net | Accessible UML Diagrams [12:06] TR News "Good evening. My name is Peter Hansteen." https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-implementation-of-carrier-pigeon.html | Source: BSDly [12:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bsdly.blogspot.com | That grumpy BSD guy: The implementation of the Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol, RFC1149, 25 years later [12:06] TR News "TEMPEST vs TEMPEST is a free book about two of the strangest-looking arcade games ever made." https://boingboing.net/2026/04/24/a-free-book-explains-tempest-by-reading-every-line-of-the-source-code.html | Source: BoingBoing [12:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/24/a-free-book-explains-tempest-by-reading-every-line-of-the-source-code.html ) [12:07] TR News "the MTA does publish hourly Origin-Destination estimates for all pairs of stations." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/hourly-subway-station-flows/ | Source: Rlang [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hourly Subway Station Flows | R-bloggers [12:08] TR News "And yes: computers should support people. People shouldnt support computers." https://werd.io/the-world-is-not-a-database/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | The world is not a database [12:08] TR News "Today, Im marking my plugin on NPM repository as deprecated." https://saneef.com/blog/sunsets-eleventy-plugin-img2picture/ | [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sunsets eleventy-plugin-img2picture Saneefs website [12:09] TR News "Have you ever partitioned a database table? The idea is, if a table is receiving too much traffic, you can split the table into 2 parts (partitions)" https://timkellogg.me/blog/2026/04/25/hot-spots | Source: Tim Kellogg [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-timkellogg.me | Shared Nothing Engineering - Tim Kellogg [12:10] TR News [Old] "I decided to set up a server on my home network to do a variety of things." https://jeffreywong.ca/tutorials/enable-https-on-local-network-domain-with-caddy-2-on-ubuntu/ | [12:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jeffreywong.ca | Jeffrey Wong | HTTPS on Internal Network (Local) Domain [12:10] TR News [Old] "Today, I decided to test this out with my domain registrar Porkbun's hosted DNS via their API." https://jordancooks.net/caddy-dns-challenge-and-porkbun/ | [12:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jordancooks.net | Caddy DNS challenge and Porkbun [12:11] TR News [Old] "I recently told a coworker about Caddy, a small web and proxy server with a very simple configuration." https://major.io/p/caddy-porkbun/ | Source: Major Hayden [12:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-major.io | Connect Caddy to Porkbun | Major Hayden [12:12] TR News "The best free self-hosted web-based file manager with source configuration, modern authentication, office support, and lightning-fast search." https://filebrowserquantum.com/en/ | [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-filebrowserquantum.com | FileBrowser Quantum Documentation [12:12] TR News "With my phone with me all the time, and access to my Navidrome server, I have all of my 3TB of music with me at all times." https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/tech/why-i-dont-use-a-dedicated-music-player/ | Source: Matthew Weber [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mtwb.blog | Why I Don't Use A Dedicated Music Player - Matt's Blog [12:13] TR News "Framework is well known for its repairable laptops for several years now." https://boilingsteam.com/framework-laptop-13-pro-announced/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | Framework Laptop 13 Pro: Major Upgrades and Linux Front and Center [12:13] TR News "Note the somewhat unusual combination of beige keyboard paired with the darker breadbin case. When most people think Commodore 64, they likely picture a dark brown keyboard similar to later VIC-20 machines." https://www.rubenerd.au/finding-a-commodore-64-250466-motherboard/ | Source: Ruben Schade [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Finding a Commodore 64 250466 motherboard [12:14] TR News "According to a promotional post, Framework is selling more Ubuntu versus Windows variants of its new premium Laptop 13 Pro." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3123900/framework-new-linux-laptop-is-selling-faster-than-its-windows-one.html | Source: PC World [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3123900/framework-new-linux-laptop-is-selling-faster-than-its-windows-one.html ) [12:14] TR News "Linux Mint will adopt a longer development lifecycle." https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5019 | Source: Linux Mint [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.linuxmint.com | NO TITLE [12:16] TR News "I recently wrote about all of the various steps of a UEFI network install" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/UbuntuServerInstallerInitramfs | Source: University of Toronto [12:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [12:16] TR News "Voyager Live is an Ubuntu-based distribution for French speakers which includes large language model (LLM) tools." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12810 | Source: Distro Watch [12:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12810 ) [12:17] TR News "A few years back I did a quick exploration of what GNOME app icons might look like in an alternate universe where we kept on using VGA displays. Chiselling pixels away is therapeutic." https://blog.jimmac.eu/posts/app-pixels/ | Source: Jakub Steiner [12:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jimmac.eu | Revert That Vector Nonsense! - Even a Stopped Clock [12:19] TR News "I want to stress once more that all of this may depend on your specific data, system youre using, planetary alignments, etc." https://www.arp242.net/cmp-compress.html | Source: Martin Tournoij [12:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.arp242.net | Comparing compression tools [12:20] TR News "I recently mentioned that we'd built a backup MX server due to concerns prompted by a scheduled power outage. In a comment on that entry, Greg A. Woods said something that I broadly agree with: [...]" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OurEasyBackupMXAndWhy | Source: University of Toronto [12:20] TR News "One of my favorite things about Ansible and network automation as a whole is that I can do things in a repeatable manner, super quickly." https://nickvsnetworking.com/ansible-ssh-screwing-up-en-mass/ | Source: Nick [12:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nickvsnetworking.com | Ansible & SSH Screwing up en mass | Nick vs Networking [12:27] TR News "Also up for the chop are some newer but still over two decade old cards: the Hamachi and Yellowfin PCI gigabit adaptors." https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/24/ancient_linux_drivers_going/ | Source: The Register UK [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | More ancient Linux device support facing the ax The Register [12:27] TR News "One thing I use, however, is automatic theme switching. When there is plenty of light during the day I like to use a white theme." https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/omarchy-theme-switching | Source: Arjen Wiersma [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.arjenwiersma.nl | Omarchy theme switching Arjen Wiersma [12:34] TR News (NEW): What They Don't Want You to Read https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/What_They_Don_t_Want_You_to_Read.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/What_They_Don_t_Want_You_to_Read.gmi [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines What They Don't Want You to Read [12:51] TR News Steam Beta gets battery indicator for wireless gamepads as the new Steam Controller nears | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/steam-beta-gets-battery-indicator-for-wireless-gamepads-as-the-new-steam-controller-nears/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Beta gets battery indicator for wireless gamepads as the new Steam Controller nears | GamingOnLinux [12:56] TR News Techrights Hopefully Smooth Sailing in OS Upgrade https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Hopefully_Smooth_Sailing_in_OS_Upgrade.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Hopefully_Smooth_Sailing_in_OS_Upgrade.gmi [12:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Hopefully Smooth Sailing in OS Upgrade ● Apr 26 [13:07] TR News fuel tax lowered to ease price surge https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-merz-says-fuel-tax-lowered-to-ease-price-surge/live-76759123 [13:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Germany news: Merz says fuel tax lowered to ease price surge [13:07] TR News Dieselgate https://www.dw.com/en/dieselgate-audi-bosses-engineers-set-for-long-trial-as-plea-deal-fails/a-76768350 [13:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Dieselgate: Audi bosses, engineers fail to reach plea deal [13:09] TR News Map GNU/Linux Wardley map editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/map-linux-wardley-map-editor/ [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Map - Linux Wardley map editor - LinuxLinks [13:10] TR News RetDec retargetable machine-code decompiler https://www.linuxlinks.com/retdec-retargetable-machine-code-decompiler/ [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-RetDec - retargetable machine-code decompiler - LinuxLinks [13:10] TR News Kotoba Japanese English dictionary https://www.linuxlinks.com/kotoba-japanese-english-dictionary/ [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kotoba - Japanese - English dictionary - LinuxLinks [13:12] TR News LIEF work with executable and binary formats https://www.linuxlinks.com/lief-executable-binary-formats/ [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LIEF - work with executable and binary formats - LinuxLinks [13:12] TR News SVGO Node.js tool for optimizing SVG files https://www.linuxlinks.com/svgo-node-js-tool-optimizing-svg-files/ [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SVGO - Node.js tool for optimizing SVG files - LinuxLinks [13:12] TR News JGEX construct, explore and prove geometry theorems https://www.linuxlinks.com/jgex-construct-explore-and-prove-geometry-theorems/ [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-JGEX - construct, explore and prove geometry theorems - LinuxLinks [13:12] TR News 12 Useful Free and Open Source Binary Analysis Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-binary-analysis-tools/ [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-12 Useful Free and Open Source Binary Analysis Tools - LinuxLinks [13:13] TR News CoMaps community-led maps and navigation application https://www.linuxlinks.com/comaps-community-led-maps-navigation-application/ [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CoMaps - community-led maps and navigation application - LinuxLinks [13:13] TR News hashit generate file hashes quickly https://www.linuxlinks.com/hashit-generate-file-hashes-quickly/ [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hashit - generate file hashes quickly - LinuxLinks [13:13] TR News Nextcloud Talk chat, video and audio calls for Nextcloud https://www.linuxlinks.com/nextcloud-talk-chat-video-audio-calls/ [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nextcloud Talk - chat, video and audio calls for Nextcloud - LinuxLinks [13:14] TR News Plutonic suika-like / spuntika-like game https://www.linuxlinks.com/plutonic-suika-spuntika-game/ [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Plutonic - suika-like / spuntika-like game - LinuxLinks [13:15] TR News Cerberix security-focused GNU/Linux distribution built on Arch https://www.linuxlinks.com/cerberix-security-focused-linux-distribution/ [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cerberix - security-focused Linux distribution built on Arch - LinuxLinks [13:33] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [13:38] TR News This seems like experiment in LLM slop https://cialu.net/an-introduction-to-the-linux-operating-system/ [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-An Introduction to the Linux Operating System - cialu.net [13:39] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:39] TR News ThinkPad T480 Initial Thoughts https://kevquirk.com/thinkpad-t480-initial-thoughts [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevquirk.com | ThinkPad T480 Initial Thoughts - Kev Quirk [13:40] TR News Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: Best New Features https://www.debugpoint.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts/ [13:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.debugpoint.com | Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: Best New Features [13:45] TR News Scientists Say Theyve Tested a Way to Get to Alpha Centauri in Just 20 Years https://futurism.com/science-energy/scientists-20-years-alpha-centauri-lasers [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Scientists Say They've Tested a Way to Get to Alpha Centauri in Just 20 Years [13:46] TR News AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/health/pepfar-hiv-aids-zambia.html [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/health/pepfar-hiv-aids-zambia.html ) [13:46] TR News GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Cognitive Impairment, Though the Reason Why Probably Isnt What You Expect https://futurism.com/health-medicine/glp-1-drugs-linked-cognitive-impairment [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Cognitive Impairment [13:47] TR News Malaysia picks former judge to lead anti-graft agency https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-picks-high-court-judge-as-its-new-anti-graft-chief [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia appoints new anti-graft chief | The Straits Times [13:48] TR News Malaysias Anwar to drop anti-graft chief, but protesters want deeper reforms after corruption saga https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-anwar-drops-anti-graft-chief-but-protestors-want-deeper-reforms-after-corruption-saga [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Anwar drops Malaysia's anti-graft chief after corporate mafia claims | The Straits Times [13:48] TR News Malaysias Anwar to drop anti-graft chief, but protesters want deeper reforms after corruption saga https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-anwar-drops-anti-graft-chief-but-protestors-want-deeper-reforms-after-corruption-saga [13:49] TR News Malaysias Fire and Rescue Department riled by prank calls https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-fire-and-rescue-department-riled-by-prank-calls [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysias Fire and Rescue Department riled by prank calls | The Straits Times [13:50] TR News The Town That Reveals All of Convicted Felons Bad Economic Ideas 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giant Turkmenistan deepens reliance on China https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/26/central-asian-gas-giant-turkmenistan-deepens-reliance-on-china/ [13:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Central Asian gas giant Turkmenistan deepens reliance on China [13:54] TR News This Week in Science: Giant Octopuses, a Promising Cancer Vaccine, And More! https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-giant-octopuses-a-promising-cancer-vaccine-and-more [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This Week in Science: Giant Octopuses, a Promising Cancer Vaccine, And More! : ScienceAlert [13:54] TR News Gut Bacteria Could Be a Hidden Trigger For Neurodegenerative Diseases https://www.sciencealert.com/gut-bacteria-could-be-a-hidden-trigger-for-neurodegenerative-diseases [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Gut Bacteria Could Be a Hidden Trigger For Neurodegenerative Diseases : ScienceAlert [13:55] TR News Air Purifiers Could Boost Your Brain Function, Study 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LRT [14:41] TR News Attacks on Bamako a 'dramatic setback' for Malian government https://www.france24.com/en/attacks-on-bamako-a-dramatic-setback-for-malian-government [14:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/attacks-on-bamako-a-dramatic-setback-for-malian-government ) [14:41] TR News Prepares [14:42] TR News Europe Prepares for a Longer War in Ukraine, With No Strategy to End It https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/world/europe/ukraine-russia-europe-european-union.html [14:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/world/europe/ukraine-russia-europe-european-union.html ) [14:42] TR News 40 Years After the Meltdown, War Layers Another Disaster on Chernobyl https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/world/europe/chernobyl-anniversary.html [14:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/world/europe/chernobyl-anniversary.html ) [14:43] TR News A Chernobyl Widows Tragedy, Forty Years Later https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-ukraine/a-chernobyl-widows-tragedy-forty-years-later [14:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | A Chernobyl Widows Tragedy, Forty Years Later | The New Yorker [14:43] TR News Deadly Russian Strikes Pound Ukraine's Dnipro For More Than 12 Hours https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-drone-attack-dnipro/33742242.html [14:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Deadly Russian Strikes Pound Ukraine's Dnipro For More Than 12 Hours [14:43] TR News Russian strikes kill several in Ukraine's Dnipro https://www.france24.com/en/russian-strikes-kill-several-in-ukraine-s-dnipro [14:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/russian-strikes-kill-several-in-ukraine-s-dnipro ) [14:44] TR News Russian parliament speaker in North Korea to mark Pyongyang's troop deployment in Ukraine war https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russian-parliament-speaker-in-north-korea-to-mark-pyongyangs-troop-deployment-in-ukraine-war [14:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Russian parliament speaker in North Korea to mark Pyongyang's troop deployment in Ukraine war | The Straits Times [14:45] TR News Linux Saloon 197 | Early Edition https://cubiclenate.com/2026/04/25/linux-saloon-197-early-edition/ [14:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/04/25/linux-saloon-197-early-edition/ ) [14:46] TR News Melody Machine firmware transforms LILYGO T-LoRa Pager into a portable MP3 player and Internet radio https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/25/melody-machine-firmware-transforms-lilygo-t-lora-pager-into-a-portable-mp3-player-and-internet-radio/ [14:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Melody Machine firmware transforms LILYGO T-LoRa Pager into a portable MP3 player and Internet radio - CNX Software [14:48] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/today_s_howtos.gmi [14:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [14:50] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Two Linux Saloon Episodes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Audiocasts_Shows_Two_Linux_Saloon_Episodes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Audiocasts_Shows_Two_Linux_Saloon_Episodes.gmi [14:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Two Linux Saloon Episodes [14:50] TR News (NEW): Games: Steam Focus and GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Games_Steam_Focus_and_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Games_Steam_Focus_and_GNU_Linux.gmi [14:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Steam Focus and GNU/Linux [14:51] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Ubuntu_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Ubuntu_Leftovers.gmi [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu Leftovers [14:53] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Commodore 64, Framework Laptop 13 Pro, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Open_Hardware_Modding_Commodore_64_Framework_Laptop_13_Pro_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Open_Hardware_Modding_Commodore_64_Framework_Laptop_13_Pro_and_.gmi [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Commodore 64, Framework Laptop 13 Pro, and More [14:55] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [14:56] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards-Related Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards_Related_Lefto.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards_Related_Lefto.gmi [14:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards-Related Leftovers ● Apr 26 [15:05] TR News Techrights Links 26/04/2026: Korean Inflation, GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Cognitive Impairment, Lithuania's Public Broadcaster LRT Besieged https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Links_26_04_2026_Korean_Inflation_GLP_1_Drugs_Linked_to_Cogniti.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Links_26_04_2026_Korean_Inflation_GLP_1_Drugs_Linked_to_Cogniti.gmi [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 26/04/2026: Korean Inflation, GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Cognitive Impairment, Lithuania's Public Broadcaster LRT Besieged [15:06] TR News Ubuntu 26.04 LTS delivers memory-safe system tools and live patching for Arm servers - Help Net Security https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/24/ubuntu-26-04-lts-resolute-raccoon-released/ Source: Help Net Security [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.helpnetsecurity.com | Ubuntu 26.04 LTS delivers memory-safe system tools and live patching for Arm servers - Help Net Security [15:21] TR News Ubuntu has started a 'complete redesign' of the series page on Launchpad https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-has-started-a-complete-redesign-of-the-series-page-on-launchpad/ [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-has-started-a-complete-redesign-of-the-series-page-on-launchpad/ ) [15:41] TR News Techrights State of Slop About GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/State_of_Slop_About_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/State_of_Slop_About_GNU_Linux.gmi [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights State of Slop About GNU/Linux [15:43] TR News Impact of slop bug reports https://daily.hamweekly.com/2026/04/linux-kernel-removes-ax25-hamradio-subsystem-support/ see https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/curl_ai_bug_reports/ [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-daily.hamweekly.com | Linux Kernel Drops AX.25 and Amateur Radio Subsystem Support [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Curl takes action against time-wasting AI bug reports The Register [15:44] TR News I tested the 3 most popular Linux distros of April 2026here's how I rank them https://www.howtogeek.com/most-popular-linux-distros-april-2026-ranked/ [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | I tested the 3 most popular Linux distros of April 2026, here's how I rank them [15:45] TR News They called it after staff that died https://www.globalsouthopportunities.com/2026/04/25/scholar-6/ [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.globalsouthopportunities.com | Call for Applications: Shubhra Kar Linux Foundation Training (LiFT) Scholarship Program 2026 - Global South Opportunities [15:46] TR News SUSE Extends Single-Kernel Linux Strategy from Edge to Data Center https://www.eetimes.com/suse-extends-single-kernel-linux-strategy-from-edge-to-data-center/ [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.eetimes.com/suse-extends-single-kernel-linux-strategy-from-edge-to-data-center/ ) [15:46] TR News 12-year-old Pack2TheRoot bug lets Linux users gain root privileges https://securityaffairs.com/191231/security/12-year-old-pack2theroot-bug-lets-linux-users-gain-root-privileges.html https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/critical-vulnerability-exposes-linux-systems-root-level-dyz9e/ [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-securityaffairs.com | 12-year-old Pack2TheRoot bug lets Linux users gain root privileges [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linkedin.com | Critical Vulnerability Exposes Linux Systems To Root-Level Takeover [15:47] TR News You can finally tweak Android's Linux Terminal the way you want it https://www.howtogeek.com/android-linux-terminal-themes-display-resolution/ [15:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | You can finally tweak Android's Linux Terminal the way you want it [15:47] TR News I can use GNOME without these 5 extensions, but I really dont want to https://www.makeuseof.com/can-use-gnome-without-these-extensions-but-dont-want-to/ [15:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | I can use GNOME without these 5 extensions, but I really dont want to [15:50] TR News (NEW): Almighty Linux hybrid distribution based on Debian and Kali https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Almighty_Linux_hybrid_distribution_based_on_Debian_and_Kali.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Almighty_Linux_hybrid_distribution_based_on_Debian_and_Kali.gmi [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Almighty Linux hybrid distribution based on Debian and Kali [15:55] TR News Techrights Who Controls Fedora? IBM and GAFAM. https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Who_Controls_Fedora_IBM_and_GAFAM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Who_Controls_Fedora_IBM_and_GAFAM.gmi [15:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Who Controls Fedora? IBM and GAFAM. ● Apr 26 [16:13] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi [16:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software ● Apr 26 [17:10] TR News Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part VI - Management of the European Patent Office (EPO) Covered Up Cocaine Use, Even Colleagues Not Informed https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_VI_Management_of_the_E.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_VI_Management_of_the_E.gmi [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part VI - Management of the European Patent Office (EPO) Covered Up Cocaine Use, Even Colleagues Not Informed [17:16] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:16] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:18] TR News (NEW): After three months on Linux, I dont miss Windows at all https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/After_three_months_on_Linux_I_don_t_miss_Windows_at_all.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/After_three_months_on_Linux_I_don_t_miss_Windows_at_all.gmi [17:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines After three months on Linux, I dont miss Windows at all [17:23] TR News (NEW): CachyOS ISO Release for April 2026 Brings Shelly as Default GUI Package Manager https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/CachyOS_ISO_Release_for_April_2026_Brings_Shelly_as_Default_GUI.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/CachyOS_ISO_Release_for_April_2026_Brings_Shelly_as_Default_GUI.gmi [17:23] TR News (NEW): There's a Linux command that shows you exactly what any running process is doing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/There_s_a_Linux_command_that_shows_you_exactly_what_any_running.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/There_s_a_Linux_command_that_shows_you_exactly_what_any_running.gmi [17:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines CachyOS ISO Release for April 2026 Brings Shelly as Default GUI Package Manager [17:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines There's a Linux command that shows you exactly what any running process is doing [17:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [17:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:37] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Android_Leftovers.gmi [17:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [17:40] TR News Microsoft wants 8,750 workers gone and its 'Rule of 70' reveals exactly who's on the chopping block https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-wants-8-750-workers-090500948.html [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-uk.finance.yahoo.com | Microsoft wants 8,750 workers gone and its 'Rule of 70' reveals exactly who's on the chopping block [17:43] TR News "you could make history by announcing the first AI-human baby. Will it be conceived by artificial insemination or some other technology to be decribed by Alvind and his Pipmunks in some futuristic journal on human AI trends ? LOL" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kpxrtk0e [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kpxrtk0e ) [17:45] TR News Slop promotion by the man some consider to be IBM's next CEO https://www.robdthomas.com/robdthomas [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.robdthomas.com | Blog Rob Thomas ● Apr 26 [18:13] TR News Techrights The Man IBMers Regard or Already See as Likely Successor of Krishna (or Next CEO of IBM) is a Slop Fanatic https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/The_Man_IBMers_Regard_or_Already_See_as_Likely_Successor_of_Kri.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/The_Man_IBMers_Regard_or_Already_See_as_Likely_Successor_of_Kri.gmi [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Man IBMers Regard or Already See as Likely Successor of Krishna (or Next CEO of IBM) is a Slop Fanatic [18:19] TR News Predicted: Cole Thomas Allen, gay or transgender boyfriend rumours https://danielpocock.com/en/predicted-cole-thomas-allen-gay-transgender-boyfriend-rumours/ Source: Daniel Pocock | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//danielpocock.com/en/predicted-cole-thomas-allen-gay-transgender-boyfriend-rumours/ [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danielpocock.com | Predicted: Cole Thomas Allen, gay or transgender boyfriend rumours [18:27] TR News Techrights Journalistic Malpractice: Helping Microsoft Paint 'Voluntary' Layoffs (Before PIPs) as "Buyouts" https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Journalistic_Malpractice_Helping_Microsoft_Paint_Voluntary_Layo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Journalistic_Malpractice_Helping_Microsoft_Paint_Voluntary_Layo.gmi [18:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Journalistic Malpractice: Helping Microsoft Paint 'Voluntary' Layoffs (Before PIPs) as "Buyouts" [18:47] TR News (NEW): Kernel Space: Ceph, Slop Thrown Into Linux Without Audits, Useful Code Abandoned Based on Unverified Bot 'Audits' https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/25/Kernel_Space_Ceph_Slop_Thrown_Into_Linux_Without_Audits_Useful_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/25/Kernel_Space_Ceph_Slop_Thrown_Into_Linux_Without_Audits_Useful_.gmi [18:47] TR News (NEW): Geminispace Blowing Past 3,400 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Geminispace_Blowing_Past_3_400.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Geminispace_Blowing_Past_3_400.gmi [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kernel Space: Ceph, Slop Thrown Into Linux Without Audits, Useful Code Abandoned Based on Unverified Bot 'Audits' [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Geminispace Blowing Past 3,400 ● Apr 26 [19:06] TR News Procter & Gamble Company debt rose a great deal https://finbox.com/NYSE:PG/explorer/total_debt [19:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://finbox.com/NYSE:PG/explorer/total_debt ) [19:08] TR News Charter Communications Inc drowning in about 100 billion dollars in debt https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:CHTR/explorer/total_debt [19:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:CHTR/explorer/total_debt ) [19:11] TR News Tesla debt has shot up to all-time high last week, 16 billion in debt https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:TSLA/explorer/total_debt [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:TSLA/explorer/total_debt ) [19:13] TR News AT&T Inc about 160 billion dollars in debt. What sort of telecoms are those? https://finbox.com/NYSE:T/explorer/total_debt [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://finbox.com/NYSE:T/explorer/total_debt ) [19:14] TR News Texas Instruments debt shot up from almost nothing to a lot https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:TXN/explorer/total_debt [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:TXN/explorer/total_debt ) [19:15] TR News Unitedhealth Group debt doubled in several years https://finbox.com/NYSE:UNH/explorer/total_debt [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://finbox.com/NYSE:UNH/explorer/total_debt ) [19:20] TR News Comcast Corp about 100 billion dollars in debt. US telecoms all seem like a huge mountain of debt. https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:CMCSA/explorer/total_debt [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:CMCSA/explorer/total_debt ) [19:24] TR News first female army chief https://www.dw.com/en/australia-appoints-first-female-army-chief/a-76763950 [19:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Australia appoints first female army chief [19:25] TR News US stayed behind https://www.dw.com/en/the-world-ditched-wasteful-toilets-the-us-stayed-behind/a-76639304 [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | The world ditched wasteful toilets, the US stayed behind [19:26] TR News 'massive' food, fuel price rises https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-iran-war-prompts-massive-food-fuel-price-rises-drones-kill-hundreds-of-civilians-in-2026/a-76779824 [19:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Sudan: Iran war prompts 'massive' food and fuel price hikes [19:26] TR News corruption https://www.dw.com/en/spanish-pm-sanchez-wife-charged-with-corruption/a-76770986 [19:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Spanish PM Sanchez' wife charged with corruption [19:27] TR News money laundering https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-sentences-90yearold-woman-for-money-laundering/a-76773971 [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | South Korea sentences 90yearold woman for money laundering [19:28] TR News App Problem https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/g-love-bitcoin-loss-fake-app-1791546 [19:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Apple Has a Fake Ledger App Problem After Musician Loses a Decade of Bitcoin Savings | IBTimes UK [19:31] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (15/2026): Cameras and External Screens https://linmob.net/weekly-update-15-2026/ [19:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LINMOB.net - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (15/2026): Cameras and External Screens [19:32] TR News Alpine Linux stable releases 3.20.10, 3.21.7, 3.22.4, 3.23.4 https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.20.10-3.21.7-3.22.4-3.23.4-released.html [19:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-alpinelinux.org | Alpine Linux stable releases 3.20.10, 3.21.7, 3.22.4, 3.23.4 | Alpine Linux [19:34] TR News Lufthansa https://www.dw.com/en/lufthansa-pilots-to-strike-again-for-2-more-days-leading-to-a-full-working-week-of-disruption/a-76783319 [19:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Lufthansa pilots to strike again for 2 more days [19:35] TR News online abuse https://www.dw.com/en/germany-debates-rape-law-to-tackle-ai-and-online-abuse/a-76531016 [19:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Germany debates rape law to tackle AI and online abuse [19:36] TR News Insects Are Disappearing Heres How to Help https://therevelator.org/insects-disappearing-how-to-help/ [19:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therevelator.org | Insects Are Disappearing Heres How to Help The Revelator [19:37] TR News How to Make Housing More Affordable https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/16/how-to-make-housing-more-affordable/ [19:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Make Housing More Affordable - 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CounterPunch.org [19:43] TR News Collapse of Free Speech https://scheerpost.com/2026/04/19/from-bbc-to-ice-detention-the-arrest-of-yousof-azizi-and-the-collapse-of-free-speech/ [19:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://scheerpost.com/2026/04/19/from-bbc-to-ice-detention-the-arrest-of-yousof-azizi-and-the-collapse-of-free-speech/ ) ● Apr 26 [21:28] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [21:40] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-o96.spj.ifb87q.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [21:45] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [21:48] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-o96.spj.ifb87q.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [21:51] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Apr 26 [22:31] TR News (NEW): Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.1 Release Candidate https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_7_1_Release_Candida.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/26/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_7_1_Release_Candida.gmi [22:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.1 Release Candidate ● Apr 26 [02:54] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol ● Apr 26 [03:15] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Apr 26 [05:35] TR News Betting on elections is illegal but possible https://www.dw.com/en/germany-betting-on-elections-is-illegal-but-possible/a-76712766 [05:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.dw.com | Germany: Betting on elections is illegal but possible [05:39] TR News Buchenwald https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-buchenwald-remembering-nazi-atrocities/a-76764802 [05:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.dw.com | Germany's Buchenwald: Remembering Nazi atrocities ● Apr 26 [08:57] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techpol ● Apr 26 [10:10] TR News "Tibetans outside Chinese control vote on Sunday for a government-in-exile, an election of heightened significance as they brace for an inevitable, eventual, future without their revered spiritual leader" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/exiled-tibetans-to-elect-government-in-vote-condemned-by-china-1063455657 | Source: RTL [10:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-today.rtl.lu | Exiled Tibetans to elect government in vote condemned by China - 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[10:26] TR News "Trump and Hegseth Are Winning the War Against Their Own Military | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-hegseth-military-purge-john-phelan/ [10:26] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | Trump and Hegseth Are Winning the War Against Their Own Military | The Nation [10:27] TR News "PIF to partner with Live Nation in Saudi Arabia | Semafor" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/24/2026/pif-to-partner-with-live-nation-in-saudi-arabia [10:27] -TechPolBot/#techpol-PIF to partner with Live Nation in Saudi Arabia | Semafor [10:29] TR News "Trump fan Caitlyn Jenner learns elections have consequences | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/25/caitlyn-jenner-trump-israel-russell-brand-ghislaine-maxwell [10:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Trump fan Caitlyn Jenner learns elections have consequences | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian ● Apr 26 [11:19] TR News "It turns out that critics were right to be 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Straits Times [13:48] TR News Malaysias Anwar to drop anti-graft chief, but protesters want deeper reforms after corruption saga https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-anwar-drops-anti-graft-chief-but-protestors-want-deeper-reforms-after-corruption-saga [13:50] TR News The Town That Reveals All of Convicted Felons Bad Economic Ideas https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/opinion/america-manufacturing-recovery-china.html [13:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/opinion/america-manufacturing-recovery-china.html ) [13:51] TR News Taiwan foreign minister arrives in Eswatini after presidents trip blocked https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-foreign-minister-arrives-in-eswatini-after-presidents-trip-blocked [13:51] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Taiwan foreign minister arrives in Eswatini after President Lais trip was blocked | The Straits Times [13:52] TR News Exiled Tibetans to elect government in vote condemned by China 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Heading To Russia https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-us-hormuz-oil-blockade-gulf-israel/33640284.html [14:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Israel Urges Residents In Southern Lebanon To Evacuate [14:40] TR News Lithuania faces a Russian railway dilemma https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2905243/lithuania-faces-a-russian-railway-dilemma [14:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania faces a Russian railway dilemma - LRT [14:41] TR News Attacks on Bamako a 'dramatic setback' for Malian government https://www.france24.com/en/attacks-on-bamako-a-dramatic-setback-for-malian-government [14:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/attacks-on-bamako-a-dramatic-setback-for-malian-government ) [14:41] TR News Prepares [14:42] TR News Europe Prepares for a Longer War in Ukraine, With No Strategy to End It https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/world/europe/ukraine-russia-europe-european-union.html [14:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ 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