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[00:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Armbian 26.8 Released with Linux 7.1, Revamped Installer, and UEFI ISO Images https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/25/Armbian_26_8_Released_with_Linux_7_1_Revamped_Installer_and_UEF.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/25/Armbian_26_8_Released_with_Linux_7_1_Revamped_Installer_and_UEF.gmi 
[00:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Armbian 26.8 Released with Linux 7.1, Revamped Installer, and UEFI ISO Images
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[02:40]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-250826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-250826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-250826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-250826.txt
[02:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 25, 2026
[02:41]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-250826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-250826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-250826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-250826.txt
[02:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 25, 2026
[02:42]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-250826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-250826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-250826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-250826.txt
[02:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 25, 2026
[02:43]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-250826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-250826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-250826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-250826.txt
[02:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 25, 2026
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-08-25.txt
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[04:20]	TR News	""For twenty-one years, Arduino has taken complex technology and made it simple enough for anyone to build something real," says Arduino's Fabio Violante, now a vice president and general manager at Qualcomm." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260825-vent.gmi
[04:20]	TR News	"I'm working through An Introduction to Systems Biology (2nd Ed.) by Uri Alon, as part of my studies in the idea of modeling cellular systems as analog computing circuits." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260825-0.gmi
[04:21]	TR News	"So they have no clue. Cultural knowledge strongly implies Tokyo as the target, but this also has some degree of uncertainty, not error bars but a weighted table of cities (why is it always cities) to roll on." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/08/25/errorbars.gmi
[04:22]	TR News	"Continuing in my newfound appreciation of minimalism and simplicity, I'm not going to complicate my journaling experience any more than I have to for next year." gemini://buster.smol.pub/journal-plans-for-27
[04:23]	TR News	spilling secrets gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/spilling_secrets
[04:24]	TR News	"Finger[1] is a protocol from the early days of internet, which allowed people to spy^H^H^H see what other people were doing and/or were planning to do, although it also had other uses, like letting people to see contemporary contents of bevirege vending machine[2]." gemini://namno.duckdns.org/blog/2026-08-25.gmi
[04:25]	TR News	"Owning a camper was a childhood dream, and though it took me the best part of half a century to get there, I still feel a great sense of privilege. Part of of me might wish I'd bought it earlier, but the truth is I wasn't in a position to get there any sooner." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-25-vanjoy
[04:28]	TR News	Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ 
[04:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights
[04:28]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 26/08/2026: Journal Plans and Extending Finger Protocol https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Gemini_Links_26_08_2026_Journal_Plans_and_Extending_Finger_Prot.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Gemini_Links_26_08_2026_Journal_Plans_and_Extending_Finger_Prot.gmi 
[04:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 26/08/2026: Journal Plans and Extending Finger Protocol
[04:30]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_August_25_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_August_25_2026.gmi 
[04:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 25, 2026
[04:32]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[04:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[04:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[04:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[04:48]	TR News	Techrights Fake Articles "Sponsored by HPE" Published in The Register MS https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Fake_Articles_Sponsored_by_HPE_Published_in_The_Register_MS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Fake_Articles_Sponsored_by_HPE_Published_in_The_Register_MS.gmi 
[04:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Fake Articles "Sponsored by HPE" Published in The Register MS
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[04:55]	TR News	Linux at 35: The Hobby That Became Every Platforms Foundation https://the-architect-ds.medium.com/linux-at-35-the-hobby-that-became-every-platforms-foundation-0cd83cae7cb0
[04:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://the-architect-ds.medium.com/linux-at-35-the-hobby-that-became-every-platforms-foundation-0cd83cae7cb0 )
[04:57]	TR News	35 years ago today, Linus Torvalds made a Usenet post that introduced Linux to the world https://www.xda-developers.com/35-years-ago-linus-torvalds-usenet-linux/
[04:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | 35 years ago today, Linus Torvalds made a Usenet post that introduced Linux to the world
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[05:03]	TR News	Techrights Richard Stallman's GNU Project Began 42 Years Ago With GNU Emacs and More https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Richard_Stallman_s_GNU_Project_Began_42_Years_Ago_With_GNU_Emac.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Richard_Stallman_s_GNU_Project_Began_42_Years_Ago_With_GNU_Emac.gmi 
[05:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Richard Stallman's GNU Project Began 42 Years Ago With GNU Emacs and More
[05:20]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Measured at 10% in Germany, Based on Cloudflare https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_10_in_Germany_Based_on_Cloudflare.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_10_in_Germany_Based_on_Cloudflare.gmi 
[05:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Measured at 10% in Germany, Based on Cloudflare
[05:35]	TR News	Techrights Pushed to Live https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Pushed_to_Live.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Pushed_to_Live.gmi 
[05:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Pushed to Live
[05:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  Advancing the Code at the Back End https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Advancing_the_Code_at_the_Back_End.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Advancing_the_Code_at_the_Back_End.gmi 
[05:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Advancing the Code at the Back End
[05:44]	TR News	 (NEW):  Microsoft is Nervous About China Moving to GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Microsoft_is_Nervous_About_China_Moving_to_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Microsoft_is_Nervous_About_China_Moving_to_GNU_Linux.gmi 
[05:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Microsoft is Nervous About China Moving to GNU/Linux
[05:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  Microsoft Back Doors a Hard Sell https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Microsoft_Back_Doors_a_Hard_Sell.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Microsoft_Back_Doors_a_Hard_Sell.gmi 
[05:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Microsoft Back Doors a Hard Sell
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[06:42]	TR News	Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 162 Out of 200: An Outline of Events https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_162_Out_of_200_An_Outline_of_Events.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_162_Out_of_200_An_Outline_of_Events.gmi 
[06:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 162 Out of 200: An Outline of Events
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[07:23]	TR News	iophk: I think Ross' project is dead: https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ It's been almost a month since it lost its content.
[07:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ )
[07:24]	TR News	Techrights The Reach of techrights.org Is Increasing https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/The_Reach_of_techrights_org_Is_Increasing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/The_Reach_of_techrights_org_Is_Increasing.gmi 
[07:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Techrights The Reach of techrights.org Is Increasing
[07:26]	TR News	ross was "target" https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/rossfest/rossfest.html
[07:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cybershow.uk | Rossfest
[07:27]	TR News	Anon: very much so; anyone who does not toe the microsoft line or, worse, dares tell the truth about ICT gets brigaded in one way or another http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/03/30/RIP_Ross_Anderson.shtml
[07:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines RIP Ross Anderson
[07:28]	TR News	We got sued 3 weeks after Ross died
[07:29]	TR News	A day earler: http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/03/29/A_backdoor_in_xz.shtml
[07:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines A backdoor in xz
[07:29]	TR News	There's big business or "An Industry" around back doors https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/11/An_American_War_on_GNU_Linux_Software_Freedom_and_British_Inves.shtml
[07:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights An American War on GNU/Linux, Software Freedom, and British Investigative, Science-Based Reporting - Part V - Attempts to Take Down and Suppress Criticism of Back Doors Controlled by Microsoft and the American Government
[07:30]	TR News	Slopmatt has been busy pretending to be a security person, despite his own spouse claiming the opposite is true
[07:39]	TR News	MediaCityUK Development Seems to Have Stalled https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/mediacityuk-development-seems-to-have-stalled/
[07:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive MediaCityUK Development Seems to Have Stalled
[07:40]	TR News	"Ross was not liked by the university to which he devoted his life. The fact is they wanted rid of him by forced retirement. At an institution taking funding from Elon Musk and some morally questionable technology organisations, Ross ruffled feathers with his plain integrity." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/rossfest/rossfest.html
[07:40]	TR News	"He was not, however, an "activist" - which made the integrity all the more galling for some." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/rossfest/rossfest.html
[07:42]	TR News	Anon: "conspiracy theory" has come to mean a known falsehood, however, that downplays or covers up the actual conspiracies going on, such as what has been happening against ICT for the last 25+ years
[07:42]	TR News	SLAPP Censorship - Part 159 Out of 200: Telling Courts False Information and Spoon-feeding Them Insults, Hoping or Expecting Them to Repeat These Insults http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_159_Out_of_200_Telling_Courts_False_Infor.shtml
[07:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 159 Out of 200: Telling Courts False Information and Spoon-feeding Them Insults, Hoping or Expecting Them to Repeat These Insults
[07:43]	TR News	You can spend 1.3 million dollars trying to persuade courts to repeat smears that you spoon-feed to them while lying to them
[07:50]	TR News	Techrights Don't Say X.com is OK Because People Can Access It by Alternative Means https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Say_X_com_is_OK_Because_People_Can_Access_It_by_Alternati.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Say_X_com_is_OK_Because_People_Can_Access_It_by_Alternati.gmi 
[07:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Don't Say X.com is OK Because People Can Access It by Alternative Means
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[08:02]	TR News	Techrights Linux Today Dumped All Social Control Media Last December https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_Today_Dumped_All_Social_Control_Media_Last_December.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_Today_Dumped_All_Social_Control_Media_Last_December.gmi 
[08:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux Today Dumped All Social Control Media Last December
[08:05]	TR News	MediaCityUK Development Seems to Have Stalled https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/mediacityuk-development-seems-to-have-stalled/
[08:11]	TR News	 (NEW):  Vanilla OS 3 Reunion Released with Reproducible Builds, ARM64 Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/24/Vanilla_OS_3_Reunion_Released_with_Reproducible_Builds_ARM64_Su.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/24/Vanilla_OS_3_Reunion_Released_with_Reproducible_Builds_ARM64_Su.gmi 
[08:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Vanilla OS 3 Reunion Released with Reproducible Builds, ARM64 Support
[08:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  UK Adoption of GNU/Linux Going Up, About 10% Now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/UK_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux_Going_Up_About_10_Now.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/UK_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux_Going_Up_About_10_Now.gmi 
[08:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines UK Adoption of GNU/Linux Going Up, About 10% Now
[08:24]	TR News	Techrights Analogue So Much Better and Faster https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Analogue_So_Much_Better_and_Faster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Analogue_So_Much_Better_and_Faster.gmi 
[08:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Analogue So Much Better and Faster
[08:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Gear 26.08 Software Suite Is Out with Many Improvements for KDE Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/20/KDE_Gear_26_08_Software_Suite_Is_Out_with_Many_Improvements_for.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/20/KDE_Gear_26_08_Software_Suite_Is_Out_with_Many_Improvements_for.gmi 
[08:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE Gear 26.08 Software Suite Is Out with Many Improvements for KDE Apps
[08:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  Whats Happening In KDE Remote Desktop Improved Unattended Mode and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/What_s_Happening_In_KDE_Remote_Desktop_Improved_Unattended_Mode.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/What_s_Happening_In_KDE_Remote_Desktop_Improved_Unattended_Mode.gmi 
[08:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Whats Happening In KDE Remote Desktop Improved Unattended Mode and More
[08:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Bac-Ha-OS Linux Mint based distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Bac_Ha_OS_Linux_Mint_based_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Bac_Ha_OS_Linux_Mint_based_distribution.gmi 
[08:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Bac-Ha-OS Linux Mint based distribution
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[09:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[09:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[09:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  I've tried every major Linux distro, and this is the only one I can recommend for work https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/I_ve_tried_every_major_Linux_distro_and_this_is_the_only_one_I_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/I_ve_tried_every_major_Linux_distro_and_this_is_the_only_one_I_.gmi 
[09:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I've tried every major Linux distro, and this is the only one I can recommend for work
[09:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux has both GNOME and KDE because of a licensing war https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_has_both_GNOME_and_KDE_because_of_a_licensing_war.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_has_both_GNOME_and_KDE_because_of_a_licensing_war.gmi 
[09:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux has both GNOME and KDE because of a licensing war
[09:40]	TR News	"Adult entertainment company FlavaWorks has elevated its legal campaign against the private torrent tracker Gay-Torrents." https://torrentfreak.com/flavaworks-targets-75-members-of-gay-torrents-tracker-with-rico-lawsuit/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[09:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FlavaWorks Targets 75 Members of Gay-Torrents Tracker With RICO Lawsuit * TorrentFreak
[09:41]	TR News	"While the surveillance ad duopoly grows, the brands that use their advertising, not so much. And the squeeze is getting worse, not better." https://blog.zgp.org/is-ai-already-good-enough-to-create-the-missing-online-advertising-boom/ | Source: Don Marti
[09:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | Is AI already good enough to create the missing online advertising boom?
[09:42]	TR News	"The VCR was one of the fastest-adopted technologies in the history of the world, and it was disruptive." https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/25/gammamax/#felony-contempt-of-business-model | Source: CoryDoctorow
[09:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: The age of disinvention (25 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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[09:52]	TR News	"But one result from my 2026 Internet Map caught me completely off guard." https://kmcd.dev/posts/ashburn/ | Source: Kevin McDonald
[09:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kmcd.dev | The Gravity of Ashburn, Virginia
[09:53]	TR News	"The Islamic Republic of Iran denies Zoroastrians and the Bahais equal citizenship even as it recognizes Zoroastrian religious identity." https://www.meforum.org/dhimmitude-project/neo-dhimmitude-in-iran-religious-hierarchy-and-minority-life-under-the-islamic-republic | Source: ME Forum
[09:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.meforum.org | Neo-Dhimmitude in Iran: Religious Hierarchy and Minority Life Under the Islamic Republic - Middle East Forum
[09:53]	TR News	"The unemployment rate for men was 10.0 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous year. For women, the unemployment rate was 9.8 percent, up 1.5 percentage points." https://yle.fi/a/74-20242766 | Source: Yle
[09:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Women's unemployment rises sharply as Finnish joblessness increases | Yle News | Yle
[09:53]	TR News	"Thats part of the import of the designation of CUC Op Keyhole designation in the opening document." https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/25/stephen-miller-sent-9-special-operations-goons-to-tail-a-guy-driving-ice-out-signs/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
[09:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | Stephen Miller Sent 9 Special Operations Goons to Tail a Guy Driving ICE Out Signs - emptywheel
[09:54]	TR News	"the Pentagon is willing to go to control the narrative" https://cpj.org/2026/08/pentagon-fires-stars-and-stripes-staffers-after-editorial-independence-comments/ | Source: CPJ
[09:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes staffers after editorial independence comments - Committee to Protect Journalists
[09:55]	TR News	"Individually, none of these choices constitutes journalistic misconduct." https://www.meforum.org/mef-observer/why-does-the-new-york-times-whitewash-the-taliban | Source: ME Forum
[09:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.meforum.org | Why Does The New York Times Whitewash the Taliban? - Middle East Forum
[09:55]	TR News	"Lux Claridge was dragged from a city meeting about data centers and charged with interfering with the police after they clapped during a presentation." https://www.404media.co/charges-dropped-against-person-who-clapped-at-a-city-data-center-meeting/ | Source: 404 Media
[09:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting
[09:55]	TR News	"Former Washington Post opinion columnist Karen Attiah is the latest example of this shift." https://www.salon.com/2026/08/25/fired-columnist-rehired-as-rights-charlie-kirk-campaign-collapses/ | Source: Salon
[09:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fired columnist rehired as rights Charlie Kirk campaign collapses - Salon.com
[09:56]	TR News	"Vanity Fair told us earlier ... they've called off the article she was going to write for them. But Brittany tells us they can't revoke a contract she never signed." https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/25/lindsay-clancy-reporter-brittany-romano-receiving-death-threats/ | Source: TMZ
[09:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tmz.com | Lindsay Clancy Reporter Receiving Death Threats After Smiling in Court
[09:56]	TR News	"But what exactly counts as AI slop, how does LinkedIn identify it, and could the growing use of AI-generated content make things harder for human writers and creators?" https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/linkedin-reduces-ai-slop-posts-feeds-hari-srinivasan-138833414.html | Source: Bhaskar English
[09:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bhaskarenglish.in | LinkedIn Reduces AI Slop Posts; Hari Srinivasan Insights | Tech Update
[09:57]	TR News	"An Israel-funded think tank is churning out AI written essays to catch the attention of AI chatbots and warp search results." https://www.404media.co/israel-is-running-a-synthetic-think-tank-to-influence-ai-search-results/ | Source: 404 Media
[09:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Israel Is Running a Synthetic Think Tank to Influence AI Search Results
[09:57]	TR News	"The EU has required producers to take responsibility for packaging waste for many years through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes." https://lectronz.com/u/lectronz/articles/how-europe-is-killing-makers-and-micro-entrepreneurs |
[09:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lectronz.com | How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
[09:58]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[09:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers
● Aug 26
[10:00]	TR News	"In 2025 I was honored to be selected for the first cohort of Sovereign Tech Fellows" https://blog.tenstral.net/2026/08/sovereign-tech-fellowship-for-freedesktop-tasks.html | Source: Matthias
[10:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.tenstral.net | Sovereign Tech Fellowship for Freedesktop Tasks Ximions Blog
[10:01]	TR News	"No matter how hard you try, disruption comes for you." https://tedium.co/2026/08/24/columbia-house-history-retrospective/ | Source: Tedium
[10:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tedium.co | Columbia House: The First 12 Cost A Penny, But 
[10:01]	TR News	"Valve didnt come from nowhere, and it doesnt have a bedroom coder story like many of the game publishers of the 8- and 16-bit eras." https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-was-founded-30-years-ago-today-changed-pc-gaming-forever-with-half-life-then-steam | Source: Tom's Hardware
[10:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Valve was founded 30 years ago today changed PC gaming forever with Half-Life, then Steam | Tom's Hardware
[10:02]	TR News	"The most efficient use of rocket fuel is by tailoring the exhaust speed to be exactly equal and opposite in direction to the velocity of the rocket." https://avi-loeb.medium.com/nuclear-spacecraft-ccbdc591d163 | Source: Avi Loeb
[10:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://avi-loeb.medium.com/nuclear-spacecraft-ccbdc591d163 )
[10:03]	TR News	"Its now two weeks since weve got it fully resolved, but it was a mess. On the 4th of August, I woke up, went to the bathroom: light didnt turn on." https://hacdias.com/2026/08/25/electricity-leakage/ | Source: Henrique Dias
[10:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hacdias.com | Tales of an Electricity Leakage, Part II - Henrique Dias
[10:03]	TR News	"Together, the three facilities have five generating units and produce approximately 830GWh of electricity each year enough to supply around 53,000 Norwegian homes." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/technology-equipment/hydropower-plants-in-western-norway-to-be-modernized/ | Source: Renewable Energy World
[10:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/technology-equipment/hydropower-plants-in-western-norway-to-be-modernized/ )
[10:04]	TR News	"The amount of gas-fired power in development for data centers in the US has nearly doubled in less than a year, new research released Tuesday shows." https://www.wired.com/story/us-data-centers-drive-gas-power-expansion/ | Source: Wired
[10:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US | WIRED
[10:04]	TR News	"The federal government does not systematically track water consumption across the data-center industry" https://forgeeks.net/us-data-centers-water-use-17-billion-gallons/ |
[10:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-forgeeks.net | US data centers used 17 billion gallons of water for(geeks)
[10:15]	TR News	"federal laws that require the agency to outline whistleblower protections" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/08/nsa-isnt-complying-with-federal-laws-on-whistleblower-protections-ig-finds/ | Source: Federal News Network
[10:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | NSA isnt complying with federal laws on whistleblower protections, IG finds | Federal News Network
[10:16]	TR News	"The courting of AIPAC funds comes despite the fact that the Rogers campaign seeks to distance him from the group." https://truthout.org/articles/el-sayeds-gop-opponent-attended-3-aipac-hosted-fundraisers-in-1-day/ | Source: TruthOut
[10:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | El-Sayeds GOP Opponent Attended 3 AIPAC-Hosted Fundraisers in 1 Day | Truthout
[10:16]	TR News	"The first UCs photos show that this is the kind of evil threat HSI was hunting." https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/25/the-invented-blockade-and-the-fake-doxing-that-hsi-turned-into-terrorism/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
[10:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | The Invented Blockade and the Fake Doxing that HSI Turned into "Terrorism" - emptywheel
[10:18]	TR News	"The recruitment of African nationals is not an isolated phenomenon, but rather the core of a deliberate and organized strategy" https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/report-exposes-russian-plot-to-lure-africans-into-its-war/ | Source: Defence Web
[10:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-defenceweb.co.za | Report exposes Russian plot to lure Africans into its war - DefenceWeb
[10:18]	TR News	"Zambias government closed the countrys courts, preventing opposition parties from mounting legal challenges over this months disputed election." https://www.semafor.com/article/08/25/2026/zambia-election-concerns-mount-as-courts-close | Source: Semafor Inc
[10:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Zambia closes courts, preventing election challenge | Semafor
[10:19]	TR News	"We are talking about someone who publicly talked about giving a million dollars to folks to actually go vote" https://www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/2026/08/26/elon-musk-wisconsin-voters-million-dollar-checks-no-criminal-charges/ | Source: Votebeat
[10:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.votebeat.org | Elon Musk wont face criminal charges for offering voters $1 million checks during the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election - Votebeat
[10:19]	TR News	"poorly worded statement that was corrected and brought into compliance with the law." https://www.notus.org/us-news/elon-musk-no-election-bribery-charges-wisconsin | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute
[10:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | Elon Musk Wont Face Election-Bribery Charges in Wisconsin - NOTUS News of the United States
[10:20]	TR News	"Which triggered my inner history nerd, because on one hand actually Ceuta has been under the Spanish crown since 1560, not 1668." https://crookedtimber.org/2026/08/25/why-ceuta-is-european-and-what-came-of-it/ | Source: Crooked Timber
[10:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | Why Ceuta is European, and what came of it Crooked Timber
[10:20]	TR News	"The above quote is actually from Hilaire Bellocs book: The Great Heresies, first published in 1938" https://thecritic.co.uk/the-challenge-of-islam/ | Source: The Critic
[10:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecritic.co.uk | The challenge of Islam | Tim Dieppe | The Critic Magazine
[10:21]	TR News	"Quite honestly, it was breathtaking" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5941135 | Source: NPR
[10:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | Churches, libraries and breweries: Inside DHS' covert surveillance operation
[10:22]	TR News	"WhatsApp passed 1 billion passkey users, the company said on August 25, 2026, as it rolled out a set of account security upgrades." https://sqmagazine.co.uk/whatsapp-1-billion-passkey-users-2fa-passwords/ | Source: SQ Magazine
[10:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sqmagazine.co.uk | WhatsApp Hits 1 Billion Passkey Users, Adds 2FA Passwords
[10:22]	TR News	"The #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition are a collective of organisations and grassroots groups, working across digital, racial and migrant justice in the UK." https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/safety-not-surveillance-townhall/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup
[10:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | Safety Not Surveillance National Townhalls on AI and crime-predicting technologies | Open Rights Group
[10:25]	TR News	"The blog post is more accessible, so that's what I will quote from. But for the details you need to read the paper." https://blog.dshr.org/2026/08/not-bug-but-feature.html | Source: David Rosenthal
[10:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.dshr.org | DSHR's Blog: Not A Bug But A Feature
[10:25]	TR News	"This exercise stays inside the isolated lab from Part 1. The target, users, passwords, logs, and test traffic must all be yours." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/cyberseckyle-security-how-to-series-light-offensive-to-think-defensively-part-3-recon-and-password-attack-theory-inside-the-lab/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch
[10:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kylereddoch.me | Recon and Password Attack Theory Inside the Lab - CybersecKyle
[10:26]	TR News	"The frauds that target seniors typically rely on abusing their trust" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/08/online-harms-forgotten-generation-why-the-government-needs-to-pay-attention-to-protecting-seniors/ | Source: Michael Geist
[10:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | Online Harms Forgotten Generation: Why the Government Needs to Pay Attention to Protecting Seniors - Michael Geist
[10:30]	TR News	"Rolling Stone spoke to four creators about their relationship with affiliate links, and the biggest payouts theyve experienced." https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/affiliate-marketing-social-media-1235605379/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[10:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | How Affiliate Marketing Really Works
[10:31]		*psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)
[10:32]	TR News	"Elon Musks lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to Nitters maintainer, a legitimate service that displays X posts through a different interface." https://manualdousuario.net/en/nitter-cease-desist/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin
[10:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manualdousuario.net | Nitter is shutting down after a cease and desist letter from X Manual do Usurio
[10:32]	TR News	"Politics aside, I wonder whether X will make any difference to MacStoriess business." https://manualdousuario.net/en/tech-choices-macstories/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin
[10:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manualdousuario.net | Tech (or political?) choices Manual do Usurio
[10:33]	TR News	"Now that Xs algorithm demands video content just like every other platform does" https://www.garbageday.email/p/right-wingers-want-every-woman-to-be-a-mom-and-also-hate-moms-now | Source: Garbage Day
[10:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.garbageday.email | Right-wingers want every woman to be a mom and also hate moms now
[10:33]	TR News	"Recent incidents have underscored the point, she noted." https://yle.fi/a/74-20242706 | Source: Yle
[10:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | EU prepares for AI slipping beyond human control, Finnish tech chief says | Yle News | Yle
[10:33]	TR News	"A majority of both Democrat and Republican voters opposed new data centres in their area, but Democrats opposed them more strongly." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/25/everybody-hates-the-ai-more-and-more/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[10:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Bottled ocean of blood-surrogate. "Good-night, dear friends. Good-night.
[10:34]	TR News	"There's a term I like: 'innovation theatre'." https://www.elliotcsmith.com/engineering-theatre/ | Source: Elliot C Smith
[10:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.elliotcsmith.com | Engineering Theatre
[10:34]	TR News	"The above sign wasn't found in some rural Buddhist lodge that had never seen a foreign tourist, but rather a luxury resort hotel built within the last five years in the heart of Tokyo!" https://justin.searls.co/shots/2026-08-26-13h01m54s/ | Source: Justin Searls
[10:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-justin.searls.co | Engrish is so back | justinsearlsco
[10:34]	TR News	"The rhetoric that comes out of this particular historical moment is really about the evanescence of modern liberal democracy, constitutional democracy" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/harvard-professor-ai-factory-farming-humans | Source: Futurism
[10:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Harvard Professor Warns That AI Execs Are Pushing World Toward Factory Farming of Humans
[10:35]	TR News	"A friend was helping his aunt sell a used iPad, barely used and a generation newer than my current one." https://roytang.net/2026/08/used-ipad/ | Source: Roy Tang
[10:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-On Buying A Used iPad roytang.net
[10:35]	TR News	"If you have used Linux for a while, you probably know cron jobs. You use it to run a script every night at 2 AM, or every 5 minutes." https://ostechnix.com/linux-systemd-timers-guide/ | Source: OSTechNix
[10:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Beginner's Guide to systemd Timers (2026) - OSTechNix
[10:36]	TR News	"I frequently see statements about differences between strongly ordered architectures (like x86 or SPARC) and weakly ordered architectures (like ARM or RISC-V)" https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/memory-ordering-in-cpus/ | Source: Fabian ryg Giesen
[10:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fgiesen.wordpress.com | Memory ordering in CPUs | The ryg blog
[10:36]	TR News	"One of the primary purposes for our homelab FreeBSD box is for data backups and storage for myself, Clara, and our family." https://www.rubenerd.au/reintroducing-4tb-drives-into-our-freebsd-server/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[10:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Reintroducing 4 TB drives into our FreeBSD server
[10:39]	TR News	"arguably inherited from the PDP-11 or indeed PDP-7, meant that nobody wanted a 64-bit version of the segmentation features." https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2026/08/25/#flat-vs-segmented | Source: Stephen Kell
[10:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2026/08/25/#flat-vs-segmented )
[10:40]	TR News	"These are the libraries I love. Each one a calm oasis in a world teeming with more, faster, better, over-powered, AI-powered. Inviting and welcoming everyone." https://michellebarker.co.uk/writing/in-praise-of-libraries/ | Source: Michelle Barker
[10:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-michellebarker.co.uk | Michelle Barker | In Praise of Libraries
[10:40]	TR News	"He explained that Parton had asked him years earlier to make the public announcement when the time came." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/dolly-parton-planned-her-own-goodbye-years-ago-nephew-fulfils-her-final-request-1816316 | Source: International Business Times
[10:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Dolly Parton Planned Her Own Goodbye Years Ago as Nephew Fulfils Her Final Request | IBTimes UK
[10:41]	TR News	"She was also a great philanthropist. Her Imagination Library has distributed more than 200 million books to babies and young children." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dolly-parton-rip | Source: Robert Reich
[10:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Goodbye, Dolly - Robert Reich
[10:41]	TR News	"Thanks to a dwindling supply of open roles, one-click applications, and the rise of artificial intelligence, its easier than ever to apply for a job. Were all paying the price." https://www.wired.com/story/applying-for-a-job-is-too-damn-easy/ | Source: Wired
[10:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-It Should Be Harder to Apply for a Job. No, Really | WIRED
[10:42]	TR News	"Uraninite nodules in calcite (?). Unlike the Colorado plateau rocks, the veins are nice and clean (although not chemically pure) which results in a shiny surface." https://maurycyz.com/misc/rocks3/ | Source: Maury
[10:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-maurycyz.com | Uranium from Pbram (Czechia) (Maurycy's blog)
[10:43]	TR News	"The paper introducing the first variant of the radix heap. Found on archive.org with help from the University of Illinois library." https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/scans/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp
[10:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-curiouscoding.nl | Scans of some rare papers CuriousCoding
[10:43]	TR News	"I didnt explain in that post why this is. In this post I will." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/24/numerical-instability-recurrece/ | Source: John D Cook
[10:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Numerical (in)stability of recurrence relations
[10:43]	TR News	"Imagine you rent office space for a three-day event. You quickly set up a few Ethernet switches and tape some cables on the floor to get everyone online." https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-spanning-tree-video | Source: Vincent Bernat
[10:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vincent.bernat.ch | A non-interactive introduction to the spanning tree protocol
[10:45]	TR News	"Thats where the spanning tree protocol (STP) comes in. STP blocks just enough of your spare cables to leave a loop-free tree." https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-spanning-tree | Source: Vincent Bernat
[10:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vincent.bernat.ch | An interactive introduction to the spanning tree protocol
[10:46]	TR News	"The Red Mailbox was not always there." https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/08/the-red-mailbox/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld
[10:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/08/the-red-mailbox/ )
[10:46]	TR News	"But there's one thing that's still haunting me." https://robertbirming.com/dont-make-my-blogging-mistake/ | Source: Robert Birming
[10:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertbirming.com | Dont make my blogging mistake Robert Birming
[10:46]	TR News	"I started blogging and expressing myself via photography and the written word on platforms like Xanga, LiveJournal, and Tumblr because I like being able to share online anonymously" https://burgeonlab.com/blog/augustory/ | Source: Naty S
[10:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AuguStory: The Story About BurgeonLab
[10:52]	TR News	Techrights Links 26/08/2026: Election Bribery (aka Vote-Buying) Deemed "OK" in the US, "Nitter is Shutting Down After a Cease and Desist Letter" by MElon https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Links_26_08_2026_Election_Bribery_aka_Vote_Buying_Deemed_OK_in_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Links_26_08_2026_Election_Bribery_aka_Vote_Buying_Deemed_OK_in_.gmi 
[10:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 26/08/2026: Election Bribery (aka Vote-Buying) Deemed "OK" in the US, "Nitter is Shutting Down After a Cease and Desist Letter" by MElon
[10:53]	TR News	"Now, I know almost every technical writeup on this blog is obscure, but this is going to be a really weird one." https://www.mistys-internet.website/blog/blog/2026/08/25/how-i-fixed-an-mt-32-midi-soundtrack-for-the-hardware-i-use/ | Source: Misty De Mo
[10:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mistys-internet.website | Performing Digital Surgery to Fix MIDIs for My Hardware (and Then Discovering the Entire Premise of My Post Was Wrong) - The Future Is Now
[10:54]	TR News	"I've been working on a number of connection points between my site and the broader web." https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/implementing-webmentions | Source: Cory Dransfeldt
[10:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.coryd.dev | Implementing webmentions Cory Dransfeldt
[10:54]	TR News	"The Authenticated Transfer Protocol, or AT Proto for short, is a very simple system at its core." https://vale.rocks/posts/atproto-ethos | Source: Declan Chidlow
[10:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The AT Protocol Harkens An Old Web Ethos | Vale.Rocks
[10:54]	TR News	"It admittedly does make for a rather cluttered UI. But hey, Im only half-joking here: [...]" https://ericwbailey.website/published/a-proposal-for-new-netflix-content-rating-icons/ | Source: Eric Bailey
[10:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ericwbailey.website | A proposal for new Netflix content rating icons Eric Bailey
[10:55]	TR News	"Zsh modifiers are a family of suffixes that transform words as theyre expanded." https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/08/24/zsh-filename-modifiers/ | Source: Adam Johnson
[10:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adamj.eu | Zsh: manipulate filenames with modifiers like :r (root) and :e (extension) - Adam Johnson
[10:56]	TR News	"For each card, I can write a short note to tell why its in my binder." https://hamatti.org/posts/v-is-for-visible-characters/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
[10:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | V is for visible characters - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala
[10:56]	TR News	"This will require some background. I handle my email in the venerable (N)MH, which is very old and thus slightly flawed." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/EmailParsingUnicodeFumble | Source: University of Toronto
[10:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser
[10:56]	TR News	"The reason it is a separate step is caching. If the build info was generated at link time then everytime we link the binary it would produce different bytes causing it to not be bit-reproducible." https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/25/stamping-build-info-in-constant-memory | Source: Farid Zakaria
[10:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fzakaria.com | Stamping build info in constant memory | Farid Zakarias Blog
[10:57]	TR News	"A quick recap: SELF, a format where the program is a SQLite database." https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/24/actually-queryable-executables | Source: Farid Zakaria
[10:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fzakaria.com | Actually Queryable Executables | Farid Zakarias Blog
[10:57]	TR News	"Attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities faster than most organizations can safely patch." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/the-patch-window-has-collapsed-defenders-need-to-change-now/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch
[10:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kylereddoch.me | Why the Patch Window Is Collapsing and What Defenders Must Do - CybersecKyle
[10:57]	TR News	"I'm currently working on migrating my open source projects from GitHub to a self-hosted Forgejo instance." https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/forgejo-hack-how-to-set-a-starting-issue-and-pull-request-number | Source: Miguel Grinberg
[10:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.miguelgrinberg.com | Forgejo hack: How to set a starting issue and pull request number - miguelgrinberg.com
[10:57]	TR News	"None of these fits my bill, so I spent a moment to craft a solution that I wanted to share with you." https://pawelgrzybek.com/jump-between-projects-in-neovim/ | Source: Pawe Grzybek
[10:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Jump between projects in Neovim | pawelgrzybek.com
[10:58]	TR News	"I write code roughly the same way I did ten years ago1: I make edits in my text editor, I switch over to a terminal window and I run a command to compile and execute the code." https://entropicthoughts.com/curmudgeon-tries-language-server | Source: Chris
[10:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-entropicthoughts.com | A curmudgeon tries a language server
[10:58]	TR News	"I think both arguments focus on the wrong thing because they focus on who writes the code." https://var0.xyz/posts/beyond-recall-and-the-illusion-of-competence.html | Source: Var Zero
[10:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Beyond recall and the illusion of competence var0.xyz
[10:58]	TR News	"The big upside here is that this makes Placemark cleanly open source: all of its dependencies have proper open source licenses like MIT, ISC, Apache-2.0" https://macwright.com/2026/08/25/placemark-fully-open-source.html | Source: Tom MacWright
[10:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Placemark is now fully open source - macwright.com
[10:59]	TR News	"Multiple spaces (Identity, SaaS, AppSec, Data) have almost every vendor leading with AI; existing unsolved problem areas just got worse." https://andy2f23e12677d-pqsnr.wpcomstaging.com/reports/state-of-security-vendors-blackhat-2026/ |
[10:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-andy2f23e12677d-pqsnr.wpcomstaging.com | State of Security Vendors: Blackhat 2026 - Duha
[10:59]	TR News	"Andy Ellis has a roundup of the security vendors at Black Hat this year." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/black-hat-state-of-security-vendors.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[10:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Black Hat State of Security Vendors - Schneier on Security
[10:59]	TR News	"IETF 126 welcomed 1,230 on-site participants and 672 remote attendees, setting a new attendance record." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/25/ai-ipv6-and-the-future-internet-at-ietf-126/ | Source: APNIC
[10:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | AI, IPv6, and the future Internet at IETF 126 | APNIC Blog
● Aug 26
[11:01]	TR News	"A long time ago I start my personal server in Django (a lot of the stuff from Django tricks were coded for my personal Django stuff)" https://fundor333.com/post/2026/moving-to-django-6-x/ | Source: Fundor 333
[11:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Moving to Django 6.X | Fundor333
[11:01]	TR News	"These are run with WordPress. I did some maintenance on them today. Not particularly interesting, but it keeps me busy." https://artlung.com/blog/2026/08/25/hey-lets-update-websites/ | Source: Joe Crawford
[11:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ArtLung: Hey lets update websites! ~ 25 Aug 2026
[11:01]	TR News	"I fall in the love camp. My introduction into coding was through SQL. Everyone has their native language they think in and mine is SQL." https://tylerhillery.com/blog/i-love-sql-i-hate-sql/ | Source: Tyler Hillery
[11:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tylerhillery.com | I love SQL; I Hate SQL Tyler Hillery
[11:02]	TR News	"Ive been reading through the recent run of incidents where package-manager infrastructure was the attack surface, as one does on a Sunday afternoon." https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/25/hardening-the-override-flag.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
[11:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | Hardening the Override Flag | Andrew Nesbitt
[11:03]	TR News	"When text is copied from an org-mode or markdown-mode buffer and pasted into another Emacs buffer, its visual formatting can sometimes follow it." https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-fix-org-mode-copy-paste-yank-bleed/ | Source: James Cherti
[11:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jamescherti.com | Copy-paste without Emacs org-mode or markdown-mode formatting bleeding into other buffers | James Cherti
[11:03]	TR News	"Eglot ships with Emacs as a built-in, lightweight LSP client, and its default configuration is sufficient for most projects." https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-eglot-performance/ | Source: James Cherti
[11:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jamescherti.com | Configuring Emacs Eglot for Optimal Performance | James Cherti
[11:04]	TR News	"Dave Rupert wrote about shipping microlighter: a tool for handling syntax highlighting using the CSS Custom Highlights API." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/shipping-microlighter/ | Source: Jim Nielsen
[11:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jim-nielsen.com | Have You Heard the Good News About Microlighter? - Jim Nielsens Blog
[11:04]	TR News	"Emacs 31.1 has been released, whee! Also, Divya's post An Introduction to Canvas in GNU Emacs is really cool and I'm looking forward to that becoming generally available in Emacs 32. =)" https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/2026-08-24-emacs-news/ | Source: Sacha Chua
[11:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sachachua.com | 2026-08-24 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
[11:10]		*psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social
[11:38]	TR News	"I decided to test the UniFi 5G Backup, which is a small PoE-powered 5G RedCap-enabled device good for up to 220 Mbps of downlink bandwidth." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/unifi-u5g-backup-debugging/ | Source: Jeff Geerling
[11:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeffgeerling.com | Debugging Ubiquiti's 5G Backup on AT&T - Jeff Geerling
[11:46]		*KindOne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)
[11:46]	TR News	"A pyrotechnic charge is set off by passing a high voltage through a filament within it, melting the filament and igniting the charge." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/blow-those-pyros-with-a-telephone/ | Source: Hackaday
[11:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Blow Those Pyros With A Telephone! | Hackaday
[11:47]	TR News	"For last articles resin print, I had to put a number of models onto the build plate in the slicer, after which I mashed auto arrange" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/anatomy-of-an-sla-resin-printing-disaster/ | Source: Hackaday
[11:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Anatomy Of An SLA Resin Printing Disaster | Hackaday
[11:47]	TR News	"My homepage now runs on OpenBSD with httpd(8) and Let's Encrypt via acme-client(1)." https://nil.wallyjones.com/run-openbsd-on-digitalocean-for-4month/ |
[11:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nil.wallyjones.com | Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month - Nil
[11:48]		*KindOne (~KindOne@23xffjdf3phbn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social
[11:48]	TR News	"Remote desktop has been one of the weaker areas of the transition to Wayland." https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/whats-happening-in-kde-remote-desktop-improved-unattended-mode-and-more/ | Source: David Edmundson
[11:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.davidedmundson.co.uk | Whats Happening In KDE Remote Desktop Improved Unattended Mode and More David Edmundson's Web Log
● Aug 26
[12:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  LibreOffice 26.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/LibreOffice_26_8_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Officially_Released_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/LibreOffice_26_8_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Officially_Released_T.gmi 
[12:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LibreOffice 26.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is Whats New
[12:12]	TR News	"The National Guard never wanted to be Trump's tool of oppression - Boing Boing" https://boingboing.net/2026/08/24/national-guard-trump-dc-deployment.html
[12:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/08/24/national-guard-trump-dc-deployment.html )
[12:13]	TR News	"The Dead Internet Theory May Be Coming True, Pew Research Findings Show - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/23/2258205
[12:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | The Dead Internet Theory May Be Coming True, Pew Research Findings Show - SoylentNews
[12:13]	TR News	"Not coincidentally, the only places in the world that chattel slavery still exists are in Islamic countries." https://pjmedia.com/aj-christopher/2026/08/22/who-needs-islam-n4956418
[12:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pjmedia.com | Who Needs Islam? PJ Media
[12:14]	TR News	"Trump is Being Confronted by his Worst Nightmare - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/25/trump-is-being-confronted-by-his-worst-nightmare/
[12:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | Trump is Being Confronted by his Worst Nightmare - emptywheel
[12:14]	TR News	Inverting what freedom means? Proprietary made out of free software is freedom? "Jeffrey Paul: The AGPL License Is Nonfree" https://sneak.berlin/20250720/the-agpl-is-nonfree/
[12:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sneak.berlin | Jeffrey Paul: The AGPL License Is Nonfree
[12:15]	TR News	"Losing the Iran War: The Economic Front - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/losing-the-iran-war-the-economic
[12:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Losing the Iran War: The Economic Front - Paul Krugman
[12:17]	TR News	Hackaday making excuses for plagiarism industry? https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/ai-book-scanning-just-what-is-a-rare-book/
[12:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI Book Scanning: Just What Is A Rare Book? | Hackaday
[12:17]	TR News	Anon coastal (Swedish speaking) or the rest? https://phys.org/news/2026-08-finns-productive-healthy-years-average.html
[12:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-finns-productive-healthy-years-average.html )
[12:18]	TR News	("Finns may live to 80 or 85, but productive healthy years average 43 to 46")
[12:20]	TR News	"On Linux, Citrix Workspace (wfica; icaclient 26.04.0.105) crashes, printing the following error message to console: [...]" https://yingtongli.me/blog/2026/08/25/citrix-sigfpe.html | Source: Lee Yingtong Li
[12:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yingtongli.me | SIGFPE (Floating point exception) on Citrix Workspace for Linux
[12:21]	TR News	"If you're setting a maximum, you need to know how much memory the system has." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemMemoryNeedQuestion | Source: University of Toronto
[12:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser
[12:21]	TR News	"In Episode 16, I chat with Nic, the author of nicchan.me about, among other things, using the web as a design tool, web accessibility, learning from others' code, and more." https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/25/www-16 | Source: James G
[12:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Wonders of Web Weaving, Episode 16 - with words, wonder
[12:21]	TR News	"Wonders of Web Weaving" https://web-weaving.jamesg.blog/16 | Source: Wonders of Web Weaving
[12:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-web-weaving.jamesg.blog | #16: Nic (nicchan.me) - Wonders of Web Weaving
[12:22]	TR News	"Check out the second installment of our new segment "Steve Scale" as Steve digs into the Ovens family distro. What is BootC and why does he use it? LG is pushing ads to your monitor, and we introduce you to CachyOS." https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/501 | Source: The Ask Noah Show
[12:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-podcast.asknoahshow.com | Ask Noah Show Episode 501: Ask Noah Show 501
[12:30]	TR News	Last Year's Decision https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/last-years-decision/
[12:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Last Years Decision
[12:39]	TR News	Techrights Goodbye, Dolly https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Goodbye_Dolly.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Goodbye_Dolly.gmi 
[12:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Goodbye, Dolly
● Aug 26
[13:14]	TR News	Techrights Controlling Culture and Social Behaviour by Digital Locks https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Controlling_Culture_and_Social_Behaviour_by_Digital_Locks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Controlling_Culture_and_Social_Behaviour_by_Digital_Locks.gmi 
[13:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Controlling Culture and Social Behaviour by Digital Locks
[13:51]	TR News	Debugging Ubiquiti's 5G Backup on AT&T https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/unifi-u5g-backup-debugging/
[13:52]	TR News	Whats Happening In KDE Remote Desktop Improved Unattended Mode and More http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/whats-happening-in-kde-remote-desktop-improved-unattended-mode-and-more/
[13:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.davidedmundson.co.uk | Whats Happening In KDE Remote Desktop Improved Unattended Mode and More David Edmundson's Web Log
[13:52]	TR News	Have You Heard the Good News About Microlighter? https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/shipping-microlighter/
[13:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jim-nielsen.com | Have You Heard the Good News About Microlighter? - Jim Nielsens Blog
[13:52]	TR News	Black Hat State of Security Vendors https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/black-hat-state-of-security-vendors.html
[13:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Black Hat State of Security Vendors - Schneier on Security
[13:55]	TR News	Harvard Professor Warns That Hey Hi (AI) Execs Are Pushing World Toward Factory Farming of Humans https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/harvard-professor-ai-factory-farming-humans
[13:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Harvard Professor Warns That AI Execs Are Pushing World Toward Factory Farming of Humans
[13:56]	TR News	Online Harms Forgotten Generation: Why the Government Needs to Pay Attention to Protecting Seniors https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/08/online-harms-forgotten-generation-why-the-government-needs-to-pay-attention-to-protecting-seniors/
[13:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | Online Harms Forgotten Generation: Why the Government Needs to Pay Attention to Protecting Seniors - Michael Geist
[13:56]	TR News	Surveillance
[13:56]	TR News	Safety Not Surveillance National Townhalls on Hey Hi (AI) and crime-predicting technologies https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/safety-not-surveillance-townhall/
[13:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | Safety Not Surveillance National Townhalls on AI and crime-predicting technologies | Open Rights Group
[13:57]	TR News	NSA isnt complying with federal laws on whistleblower protections, IG finds https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/08/nsa-isnt-complying-with-federal-laws-on-whistleblower-protections-ig-finds/
[13:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | NSA isnt complying with federal laws on whistleblower protections, IG finds | Federal News Network
● Aug 26
[14:03]	TR News	Steam Machine and Steam Controller support coming to NVIDIA GeForce NOW, plus DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction out now for desktop gamers | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steam-machine-and-steam-controller-support-coming-to-nvidia-geforce-now-plus-dlss-4-5-ray-reconstruction-out-now-for-desktop-gamers/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[14:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Machine and Steam Controller support coming to NVIDIA GeForce NOW, plus DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction out now for desktop gamers | GamingOnLinux
[14:04]	TR News	Drop Loot is a slick reinvention of Tetris as an engrossing dungeon crawler | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/drop-loot-is-a-slick-reinvention-of-tetris-as-an-engrossing-dungeon-crawler/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[14:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Drop Loot is a slick reinvention of Tetris as an engrossing dungeon crawler | GamingOnLinux
[14:06]	TR News	True classic SNES JRPG 'Terranigma' comes to PC in early 2027 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/true-classic-snes-jrpg-terranigma-comes-to-pc-in-early-2027/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[14:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-True classic SNES JRPG 'Terranigma' comes to PC in early 2027 | GamingOnLinux
[14:07]	TR News	W4 Games, the company formed by Godot Engine veterans, gets help and funding from Tencent | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/w4-games-the-company-formed-by-godot-engine-veterans-gets-help-and-funding-from-tencent/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[14:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-W4 Games, the company formed by Godot Engine veterans, gets help and funding from Tencent | GamingOnLinux
[14:09]	TR News	BS headline today: "New Xbox ROG Console Costs Over $1,000, RIP Your Wallet". No!! There is no future console, no "new XBox". This is VAPOURWARE.
[14:13]	TR News	Slopmatt's angry lawyer operates under the false impression that while labouring as a hired gun with death threats, threats to decapitate sites, and threats to put a family in prison he is somehow a poor victim. Are these people as drunk as their clients?
[14:15]	TR News	Cult-classic horror point-and-click adventure Sanitarium returns as Sanitarium Enhanced | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/cult-classic-horror-point-and-click-adventure-sanitarium-returns-as-sanitarium-enhanced/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[14:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cult-classic horror point-and-click adventure Sanitarium returns as Sanitarium Enhanced | GamingOnLinux
[14:36]	TR News	The Crocodile is Shedding Off Tears Again https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/the-crocodile-is-shedding-off-tears-again/
[14:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive The Crocodile is Shedding Off Tears Again
[14:36]	TR News	Bazzite 44 getting a hotfix for various issues after the recent big release | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/bazzite-44-getting-a-hotfix-for-various-issues-after-the-recent-big-release/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[14:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bazzite 44 getting a hotfix for various issues after the recent big release | GamingOnLinux
[14:37]	TR News	Techrights said: "Don't choose barristers/counsels based on price." While it is a "bad idea to give advice on correcting their mistakes" it does show their client that their incompetence means dumping them would be wise.
[14:38]	TR News	iophk: "high school"? most of those are "junior high school" level https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5468462 Have reading skills deteriorated that badly nationally?
[14:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | What books shaped you in high school? Here's what you said
[14:40]	TR News	Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection announced for September | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/alien-breed-35th-anniversary-collection-announced-for-september/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[14:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection announced for September | GamingOnLinux
[14:40]	TR News	Valve updated a bunch of their older Steam shooters | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/valve-updated-a-bunch-of-their-older-steam-shooters/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/valve-updated-a-bunch-of-their-older-steam-shooters/
[14:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve updated a bunch of their older Steam shooters | GamingOnLinux
[14:44]	TR News	Red Hat is marketing slop while neglecting Linux https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/beyond-benchmarks-5-pillars-ai-evaluation-systems | Source: Red Hat Official
[14:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Beyond benchmarks: The 5 pillars of AI evaluation systems
[14:44]	TR News	"Marc Richter manages a team of Red Hat technical account managers (TAMs) for the southeast commercial region in the US." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/paying-it-forward-how-mentorship-comes-full-circle-early-talent | Source: Red Hat Official
[14:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Paying it forward: How mentorship comes full circle for early talent
[14:44]	TR News	"crypto" BS to help IBM with the hype campaign that basically cheats shareholders https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/preparing-openstack-post-quantum-era-systematic-approach-crypto-agility | Source: Red Hat Official
[14:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Preparing OpenStack for the post-quantum era: A systematic approach to crypto-agility
[14:45]	TR News	GAFAM instead of freedom https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/streamlining-container-security-red-hat-hardened-images-now-supported-aws-inspectorscan-api-and-ecr-basic-scanning | Source: Red Hat Official
[14:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Streamlining container security: Red Hat Hardened Images now supported in AWS InspectorScan API and ECR Basic scanning
[14:46]	TR News	"an 8-core Arm CPU" https://linuxgizmos.com/upcoming-jetson-orin-nano-2-boosts-edge-ai-performance-to-78-tops/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[14:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/upcoming-jetson-orin-nano-2-boosts-edge-ai-performance-to-78-tops/ )
[14:47]	TR News	So much focus on slop https://linuxgizmos.com/fanless-edge-box-runs-linux-on-rockchip-rv1126b-with-3-tops-npu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[14:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/fanless-edge-box-runs-linux-on-rockchip-rv1126b-with-3-tops-npu/ )
[14:47]	TR News	Slop plagiarism instead of proper work that can be understood https://linuxgizmos.com/iar-webinar-to-examine-static-and-runtime-analysis-for-ai-assisted-embedded-development/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[14:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/iar-webinar-to-examine-static-and-runtime-analysis-for-ai-assisted-embedded-development/ )
[14:49]	TR News	Richard Stallman's GNU Project Began 42 Years Ago With GNU Emacs and More https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Richard_Stallman_s_GNU_Project_Began_42_Years_Ago_With_GNU_Emac.shtml
[14:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Richard Stallman's GNU Project Began 42 Years Ago With GNU Emacs and More
[14:52]	TR News	"Weve worked closely with Arduino and Qualcomm Technologies to deliver an industrial-grade software stack as a starting point." https://ubuntu.com//blog/arduino-ventuno-q-is-available-for-pre-order-with-ubuntu-pre-installed | Source: Ubuntu
[14:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Arduino VENTUNO Q is available for pre-order with Ubuntu pre-installed | Ubuntu
[14:53]	TR News	GNU/Linux Measured at 10% in Germany, Based on Clownflare https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_10_in_Germany_Based_on_Clownflare.shtml
[14:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 404 @ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_10_in_Germany_Based_on_Clownflare.shtml )
● Aug 26
[15:02]	TR News	Go Language 1.27 Released with Generic Methods, JSON v2, SIMD Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/go-language-1-27-released-with-generic-methods-json-v2-simd-support/
[15:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Go Language 1.27 Released with Generic Methods, JSON v2, SIMD Support | UbuntuHandbook
[15:03]	TR News	State divergence enables unauthorized access https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/08/25/state-divergence-enables-unauthorized-access/
[15:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.trailofbits.com | State divergence enables unauthorized access - The Trail of Bits Blog
[15:04]	TR News	Talos 1.14.0-rc2 https://distrowatch.com/talos
[15:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/talos )
[15:04]	TR News	Zenwalk Current-260825 https://distrowatch.com/zenwalk
[15:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/zenwalk )
[15:04]	TR News	Using and powering shelf retrocomputers https://www.rubenerd.au/using-and-powering-shelf-retrocomputers/
[15:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Using and powering shelf retrocomputers
[15:05]	TR News	"I got a termination letter today - After successfully passing my PIP and last meeting with my manager yesterday. Today IBM sent me a termination letter. No severance. Nothing. Just take your stuff and bye. My advice your you guys. Do not trust any manager at IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0z49eyw
[15:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0z49eyw )
[15:06]	TR News	"Quantum Computing Failure Now Obvious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_oIQ-tA6M IBM features prominently in Sabine's new video." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0yxcgat
[15:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-@Invidious: https://inv.bp.mutahar.rocks/watch?v=DX_oIQ-tA6M
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[15:23]	TR News	Techrights IBM's Quantum Computing Lies Explained Again by Sabine Hossenfelder https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/IBM_s_Quantum_Computing_Lies_Explained_Again_by_Sabine_Hossenfe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/IBM_s_Quantum_Computing_Lies_Explained_Again_by_Sabine_Hossenfe.gmi 
[15:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM's Quantum Computing Lies Explained Again by Sabine Hossenfelder
[15:32]	TR News	Now up to about 10% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=EC&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP compare to https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/GNU_Linux_in_Ecuador_and_Colombia_Growing_Still_Below_Internati.shtml
[15:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=EC&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[15:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux in Ecuador and Colombia: Growing, Still Below International Average
[15:34]	TR News	Netherlands 10% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=NL
[15:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=NL )
[15:45]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Rose in Caribbean Islands https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Rose_in_Caribbean_Islands.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Rose_in_Caribbean_Islands.gmi 
[15:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Rose in Caribbean Islands
[15:52]	TR News	Firefox Nightly: Icons! Lots of them! These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 206 https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/08/25/icons-lots-of-them-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-206/
[15:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.nightly.mozilla.org | Icons! Lots of them! These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 206 Firefox Nightly News
[15:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  Don't Talk to Bullies https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Talk_to_Bullies.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Talk_to_Bullies.gmi 
[15:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Don't Talk to Bullies
● Aug 26
[16:18]	TR News	Techrights Don't Let Bastards and Haters Grind You Down https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Let_Bastards_and_Haters_Grind_You_Down.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Let_Bastards_and_Haters_Grind_You_Down.gmi 
[16:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Don't Let Bastards and Haters Grind You Down
[16:25]	TR News	I Try My Best to Boycott YouTube and You Should Too https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/i-try-my-best-to-boycott-youtube-and-you-should-too/
[16:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive I Try My Best to Boycott YouTube and You Should Too
[16:32]	TR News	Stallman was right wing, said nobody ever...
[16:36]	TR News	GNU/Linux 6% in Sudan https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=SD&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[16:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=SD&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[16:36]	TR News	Windows down to 61% in desktops/laptops https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202608
[16:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats
[16:48]	TR News	Techrights Twitter is Not an API or a Communication Site, It's a Really Bad Site That Forces You to be Enslaved by Its Algorithm (Amplifying Its Owner's Worldviews) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Twitter_is_Not_an_API_or_a_Communication_Site_It_s_a_Really_Bad.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Twitter_is_Not_an_API_or_a_Communication_Site_It_s_a_Really_Bad.gmi 
[16:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Twitter is Not an API or a Communication Site, It's a Really Bad Site That Forces You to be Enslaved by Its Algorithm (Amplifying Its Owner's Worldviews)
[16:50]	TR News	GNU/Linux "Market Share" Rises to About a Quarter in Sudan https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/19/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Rises_to_About_a_Quarter_in_Sudan.shtml CLownflare says 6% for Sudan
[16:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux "Market Share" Rises to About a Quarter in Sudan
● Aug 26
[17:00]	TR News	You Know You Secretly Hate Women When... https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/you-know-you-secretly-hate-women-when/
[17:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive You Know You Secretly Hate Women When
[17:20]	TR News	Techrights No Allure in Omarchy, the Political Hyenas Only Give it More Free Publicity https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/No_Allure_in_Omarchy_the_Political_Hyenas_Only_Give_it_More_Fre.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/No_Allure_in_Omarchy_the_Political_Hyenas_Only_Give_it_More_Fre.gmi 
[17:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights No Allure in Omarchy, the Political Hyenas Only Give it More Free Publicity
[17:30]	TR News	OpenRGB: Remote System Compromise via Custom Network Protocol https://security.opensuse.org/2026/08/25/openrgb-remote-vulnerabilities.html
[17:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-security.opensuse.org | OpenRGB: Remote System Compromise via Custom Network Protocol | SUSE Security Team Blog
[17:30]	TR News	Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1090524/
[17:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Tuesday [LWN.net]
[17:30]	TR News	Vanilla OS 3 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1090527/
[17:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Vanilla OS 3 released [LWN.net]
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[17:32]	TR News	Antoine Beaupr: A more nuanced view of LLMs https://anarc.at/blog/2026-08-25-llm-nuance/
[17:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-anarc.at | A more nuanced view of LLMs - anarcat
[17:34]	TR News	The Job Is Not Yours to Ban https://jxself.org/not-yours.shtml
[17:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jxself.org | The Job Is Not Yours to Ban
[17:35]	TR News	Amid drone threat, Lithuania deploys air defence system near capital Vilnius https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3032147/amid-drone-threat-lithuania-deploys-air-defence-system-near-capital-vilnius
[17:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Amid drone threat, Lithuania deploys air defence system near capital Vilnius - LRT
[17:37]	TR News	Slop 'coding' gemini://mozz.us/journal/2026-08-25_wednesday-is-token-day.gmi
[17:38]	TR News	"There's a family band of magpies that keep me noisy company at my desk in the morning. As I'm back and forth from my desk as I deal with other responsibilities, they are there out of the window, calling to each other and letting me know at the same time where they are." gemini://littlecampsite.smol.pub/five-for-silver
[17:39]	TR News	"In which I mine my music collection for inspiration, and decide to have fun answering questions posed by song titles." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/answering-song-title-questions-1
[17:40]	TR News	"This year is the 50th anniversary of my first record purchase." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/buying_music
[17:40]	TR News	"Okay, with this variant you win when the opponent cant make a move on the board and is out of reserve pieces, just like the original 1960s game, but you only have six moves to win!" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/focus-doomsday-clock
[17:42]	TR News	"Of course, the defining event in the recent history of Rwanda is the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed" gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-26-ubumuntu
[17:43]	TR News	"Will hopefully bump into Richard out there on the back roads at some point for some tea and godcake. Can't believe I forgot to mention tea in a piece in which I had a cup of nettle and honey tea next to me the whole time. I'm just so blinded by the road right now it seems!" gemini://littlecampsite.smol.pub/junction
[17:48]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 26/08/2026: Doomsday Clock, Rwanda Genocide, and Boasting About Using LLMs Instead of Writing Code (Due to Employer's Pressure) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Gemini_Links_26_08_2026_Doomsday_Clock_Rwanda_Genocide_and_Boas.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Gemini_Links_26_08_2026_Doomsday_Clock_Rwanda_Genocide_and_Boas.gmi 
[17:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 26/08/2026: Doomsday Clock, Rwanda Genocide, and Boasting About Using LLMs Instead of Writing Code (Due to Employer's Pressure)
● Aug 26
[18:02]	TR News	Techrights The Register MS Has New Fake Article ("SPONSORED FEATURE") With "AI" 21 Times In It https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/The_Register_MS_Has_New_Fake_Article_SPONSORED_FEATURE_With_AI_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/The_Register_MS_Has_New_Fake_Article_SPONSORED_FEATURE_With_AI_.gmi 
[18:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Register MS Has New Fake Article ("SPONSORED FEATURE") With "AI" 21 Times In It
[18:02]	TR News	WikiHow Files Lawsuit Against Proprietary Chaffbot Company Over ChatGPTs Use of Its How-To Library https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/08/25/wikihow-files-lawsuit-against-openai-over-chatgpts-use-of-its-how-to-library/
[18:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipwatchdog.com | WikiHow Files Lawsuit Against OpenAI Over ChatGPTs Use of Its How-To Library
[18:02]	TR News	WikiHow Launches Copyright Infringement Suit Against Proprietary Chaffbot Company Over Instructional Material Used to Train Hey Hi (AI) Models https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/wikihow-sues-openai-copyright-infringement/
[18:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/wikihow-sues-openai-copyright-infringement/ )
[18:03]	TR News	Three killed, some 150 injured in fire at Russian gas chemical complex https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/more-than-120-injured-in-fire-at-russian-gas-chemical-complex-one-chinese-worker-killed
[18:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Three killed, some 150 injured in fire at Russian gas chemical complex | The Straits Times
[18:03]	TR News	South Korea says Russian military planes entered its air defence zone https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-russian-military-planes-entered-its-air-defence-zone
[18:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea says Russian military planes entered its air defence zone | The Straits Times
[18:03]	TR News	Russia Says Nyet to Kanye Performances, Claims No Agreements Were Ever Signed https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/russia-cancels-planned-kanye-concerts/
[18:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/russia-cancels-planned-kanye-concerts/ )
[18:04]	TR News	American military plane flies from Rga to Moscow https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/25.08.2026-american-military-plane-flies-from-riga-to-moscow.a660303/
[18:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | American military plane flies from Rga to Moscow / Article
[18:04]	TR News	Latvia broadens list of banned items from Russia and Belarus https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/25.08.2026-latvia-broadens-list-of-banned-items-from-russia-and-belarus.a660332/
[18:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Latvia broadens list of banned items from Russia and Belarus / Article
[18:05]	TR News	What Happened to the Coveted Western Tanks Sent to Ukraine? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/europe/ukraine-russia-tanks.html
[18:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/europe/ukraine-russia-tanks.html )
[18:05]	TR News	For Ukraines Greek peoples, the war threatens a language and a way of life https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0825/ukraine-roumean-north-azovian-greek-urum-mariupol-war
[18:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Amid war, Ukrainian Greeks fight to preserve their culture - CSMonitor.com
[18:05]	TR News	Congress eyes tighter sanctions on Russia with wiggle room for Convicted Felon https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0825/russia-sanctions-congress-trump
[18:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Congress eyes tighter sanctions on Russia with wiggle room for Trump - CSMonitor.com
[18:06]	TR News	CIA Chief John Ratcliffe Sparks Global Frenzy With Unannounced Moscow Flight for High-Level Discussions https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cia-director-secret-moscow-visit-1816272
[18:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | CIA Chief John Ratcliffe Sparks Global Frenzy With Unannounced Moscow Flight for High-Level Discussions | IBTimes UK
[18:06]	TR News	Nvidia Jetson Orin-guided Russian Hey Hi (AI) drone killed three civilians in Ukraine, forensic teams say first documented case of civilian deaths caused by a Russian drone using fully autonomous targeting https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/nvidia-jetson-orin-guided-the-russian-ai-drone-that-killed-three-civilians-in-ukraine-forensic-teams-say
[18:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Nvidia Jetson Orin-guided Russian AI drone killed three civilians in Ukraine, forensic teams say first documented case of civilian deaths caused by a Russian drone using fully autonomous targeting | Tom's Hardware
[18:07]	TR News	CIA Director Ratcliffe's Surprise Moscow Trip Raises Questions Over Russia, Ukraine, Iran https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-us-cia-unannounced-rare-visit/33839330.html
[18:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | CIA Director Ratcliffe's Surprise Moscow Trip Raises Questions Over Russia, Ukraine, Iran
[18:07]	TR News	Not an isolated incident: Russian drones stalk Ukraines civilians in human safaris https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260825-not-an-isolated-incident-russian-drones-stalk-ukraine-civilians-human-safaris
[18:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260825-not-an-isolated-incident-russian-drones-stalk-ukraine-civilians-human-safaris )
[18:08]	TR News	CIA director Ratcliffe visits Moscow, US media reports https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260825-cia-director-ratcliffe-visits-moscow-us-media-reports
[18:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260825-cia-director-ratcliffe-visits-moscow-us-media-reports )
[18:08]	TR News	The last, perilous, 6 miles: where drones are replacing men https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/the-last-perilous-6-miles-where-drones-are-replacing-men/
[18:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-defenceweb.co.za | The last, perilous, 6 miles: where drones are replacing men - DefenceWeb
[18:08]	TR News	"social control media influencers" https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/report-exposes-russian-plot-to-lure-africans-into-its-war/
[18:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-defenceweb.co.za | Report exposes Russian plot to lure Africans into its war - DefenceWeb
[18:09]	TR News	Ukrainian cinema days returning to Rga https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/25.08.2026-ukrainian-cinema-days-returning-to-riga.a660219/
[18:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Ukrainian cinema days returning to Rga / Article
[18:09]	TR News	Latvia will use VAT rebate to buy 12 more diesel generators for Ukraine https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/25.08.2026-latvia-will-use-vat-rebate-to-buy-12-more-diesel-generators-for-ukraine.a660257/
[18:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Latvia will use VAT rebate to buy 12 more diesel generators for Ukraine / Article
[18:09]	TR News	Latvia contributes to UN Security Council hearing on Ukraine https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/25.08.2026-latvia-contributes-to-un-security-council-hearing-on-ukraine.a660265/
[18:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Latvia contributes to UN Security Council hearing on Ukraine / Article
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[18:10]	TR News	Tim Retout: TF RAID https://retout.co.uk/2026/08/25/tf-raid/ "if you understand working to mean working in production. Which I do."
[18:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-retout.co.uk | TF RAID | Tim Retout
[18:12]	TR News	Yet Another Massive Rust Security Failure, Surprising No One https://lunduke.substack.com/p/yet-another-massive-rust-security
[18:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Yet Another Massive Rust Security Failure, Surprising No One
[18:13]	TR News	pg_statviz 1.2 released with PostgreSQL 19 support and new features https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_statviz-12-released-with-postgresql-19-support-and-new-features-3369/
[18:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: pg_statviz 1.2 released with PostgreSQL 19 support and new features
[18:13]	TR News	Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #70 S3E22 Private Forks, CRA Deadlines, and the True Cost of Open Source Compliance with Dave Russo https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/08/25/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-70-s3e22-private-forks-cra-deadlines-and-the-true-cost-of-open-source-compliance-with-dave-russo/
[18:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openssf.org | CRA Deadlines & the True Cost of Open Source Compliance
[18:14]	TR News	Teens return to Fentanylware (CheeTok) after worlds first usage ban, data shows https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/teens-return-to-tiktok-after-worlds-first-usage-ban-data-show
[18:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Teens return to TikTok after worlds first usage ban, data shows | The Straits Times
[18:15]	TR News	'Linux' Foundation serves Microsoft, pyramid scheme (slop), and "Attestation" https://www.securityweek.com/linux-foundation-to-govern-trace-an-open-standard-for-ai-runtime-attestation/
[18:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux Foundation to Govern TRACE, an Open Standard for AI Runtime Attestation - SecurityWeek
[18:16]	TR News	parted Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/parted/
[18:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-parted Cheatsheet | Linuxize
[18:16]	TR News	mklinux-v7.0-mk2 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1090582/
[18:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mklinux-v7.0-mk2 released [LWN.net]
[18:17]	TR News	Patent troll uses illegal 'court' (UPC) to leverage software patents https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/interdigital-escalates-upc-campaign-against-disney-over-vp9-workaround/
[18:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | InterDigital escalates UPC campaign against Disney over VP9 workaround
[18:18]	TR News	Nowadays contaminated by slop while removing proper code understood by humans https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-was-announced-by-linus-torvalds-35-years-ago-today-humble-os-started-with-10-000-lines-of-code-but-has-now-grown-to-40-million-dominates-global-infrastructure
[18:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Linux was announced by Linus Torvalds 35 years ago today humble OS started with 10,000 lines of code but has now grown to 40 million, dominates global infrastructure | Tom's Hardware
[18:19]	TR News	Decades-long GNU/Linux ownership dispute effectively dead after Xinuos appeal rejected https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/decades-long-linux-ownership-dispute-effectively-dead-after-xinuos-appeal-rejected-us-court-of-appeals-halts-the-legal-wrangling-over-ibms-and-red-hats-use-of-project-monterey-unix-code
[18:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Decades-long Linux ownership dispute effectively dead after Xinuos appeal rejected US Court of Appeals halts the legal wrangling over IBMs and Red Hats use of Project Monterey UNIX code | Tom's Hardware
[18:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Ancient Who owns Linux? case now has one foot very deep in the grave https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/24/Ancient_Who_owns_Linux_case_now_has_one_foot_very_deep_in_the_g.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/24/Ancient_Who_owns_Linux_case_now_has_one_foot_very_deep_in_the_g.gmi 
[18:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ancient Who owns Linux? case now has one foot very deep in the grave
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[18:21]	TR News	SIGFPE (Floating point exception) on Citrix Workspace for GNU/Linux https://yingtongli.me/blog/2026/08/25/citrix-sigfpe.html
[18:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yingtongli.me | SIGFPE (Floating point exception) on Citrix Workspace for Linux
[18:22]	TR News	Stumped by a Medical Mystery? Try Metagenomics https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/stumped-by-a-medical-mystery-try-metagenomics
[18:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Stumped by a Medical Mystery? Try Metagenomics | The New Yorker
[18:22]	TR News	Japan zoos, aquariums change long-standing practices over animal welfare concerns https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/zoos-aquariums-change-long-standing-practices-over-animal-welfare-concerns
[18:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan zoos, aquariums change long-standing practices over animal welfare concerns | The Straits Times
[18:23]	TR News	USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week, Thai official says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/uss-abraham-lincoln-to-dock-in-thailand-next-week-thai-official-says
[18:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week, Thai official says | The Straits Times
[18:23]	TR News	Trapped in a Pill Culture: Nearly 9.1 Million in England Rely on Antidepressants as Prescriptions Hit Record High https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/record-high-antidepressant-prescriptions-england-1816249
[18:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Trapped in a Pill Culture: Nearly 9.1 Million in England Rely on Antidepressants as Prescriptions Hit Record High | IBTimes UK
[18:24]	TR News	Millions in Indonesia suffer respiratory illnesses as haze spreads nationwide https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/millions-in-indonesia-suffer-respiratory-illnesses-as-haze-spreads-nationwide
[18:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Indonesia haze crisis: wildfires cause respiratory surge | The Straits Times
[18:24]	TR News	Massive Black Market for Unapproved and Potentially Dangerous Obesity Drug Alarms Doctors https://futurism.com/health-medicine/massive-black-market-obesity-drugs-glp1s-retatrutide
[18:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Massive Black Market for Unapproved and Potentially Dangerous Obesity Drug Alarms Doctors
[18:29]	TR News	Confronting South Koreas Violent Past and Its Echoes Today https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/world/asia/korea-democracy-tankday-starbucks.html
[18:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/world/asia/korea-democracy-tankday-starbucks.html )
[18:29]	TR News	What does a self-reliant South Korea look like? Some push for a nuclear option. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0825/south-korea-us-drills-nuclear-weapons
[18:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How canceled US war games bolster South Koreas case for nuclear weapons - CSMonitor.com
[18:30]	TR News	Green turtles return to Malaysias Kelantan coast after 30 years https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/green-turtles-return-to-malaysias-kelantan-coast-after-30-years
[18:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Green turtles return to Malaysias Kelantan coast after 30 years | The Straits Times
[18:36]	TR News	China examines new legal tool to pursue graft suspects, assets abroad https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-examines-new-legal-tool-to-pursue-graft-suspects-assets-abroad
[18:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China examines new legal tool to pursue graft suspects, assets abroad | The Straits Times
[18:37]	TR News	West Asia, not the Middle East: its time for Australia to reset its strategic compass https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/west-asia-not-the-middle-east-its-time-for-australia-to-reset-its-strategic-compass/
[18:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | West Asia, not the Middle East: it's time for Australia to reset its strategic compass | The Strategist
[18:37]	TR News	New bridge linking China, North Korea may open soon with Customs facility built https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/new-bridge-linking-china-north-korea-may-open-soon-with-customs-facility-built
[18:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | New bridge linking China, North Korea may open soon with Customs facility built | The Straits Times
[18:37]	TR News	Philippines seeking to expand military drone capabilities, says defence chief https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-seeking-to-expand-military-drone-capabilities-says-defence-chief
[18:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines seeking to expand military drone capabilities, says defence chief | The Straits Times
[18:38]	TR News	Satellite images hint at China adding radar eyes near emerging South China Sea base https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/new-installations-emerge-on-islet-as-china-accelerates-south-china-sea-build-up
[18:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China adds radar eyes near emerging South China Sea base | The Straits Times
[18:38]	TR News	China sentences artist Gao Zhen to 3 years jail for insulting heroes, says rights group https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-sentences-artist-gao-zhen-to-3-years-jail-for-insulting-heroes-says-rights-group
[18:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinese artist Gao Zhen sentenced to 3 years' jail for 'insulting heroes' | The Straits Times
[18:39]	TR News	China, India hold border talks, agree to continue search for boundary settlement https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-india-hold-border-talks-agree-to-continue-search-for-boundary-settlement
[18:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China, India hold border talks, agree to continue search for boundary settlement | The Straits Times
[18:39]	TR News	Chinas Pooh-tin signals defiance as US threatens sanctions over Iran help https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-signals-defiance-as-us-threatens-sanctions-over-iran-help
[18:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas Xi signals defiance as US threatens sanctions over Iran help | The Straits Times
[18:39]	TR News	China renews scrutiny of military procurement with call for tips https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-renews-scrutiny-of-military-procurement-with-call-for-tips
[18:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China renews scrutiny of military procurement with call for tips | The Straits Times
[18:40]	TR News	China flexes its auto-safety chops with huge recall of Tesla, other cars https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-flexes-its-auto-safety-chops-with-huge-recall-of-tesla-other-cars
[18:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China recalls 4.3 million cars over door safety issues | The Straits Times
[18:40]	TR News	Hong Kong court verdict aims to erase Tiananmen memory, 1989 student protester says https://rfa.org/english/china/2026/08/25/hkaspdmc-hong-kong-china-subversion/
[18:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Hong Kong court verdict aims to erase Tiananmen memory, 1989 student protester says Radio Free Asia
[18:41]	TR News	China Recalls Nearly Three Million Teslas Over Unsafe Door Handles https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/china-recalls-three-million-teslas-unsafe-door-handles
[18:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | China Recalls Nearly Three Million Teslas Over Unsafe Door Handles
[18:41]	TR News	This Tiny USB Device Turns Your Phone Into a Keyboard, Mouse, and SSH Terminal https://itsfoss.com/news/openterface-keymod-crowdfunding-campaign/
[18:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | This Tiny USB Device Turns Your Phone Into a Keyboard, Mouse, and SSH Terminal
[18:43]	TR News	Experimental Drug Makes Obese Mice Burn Fat Without Losing Muscle Or Eating Less https://www.sciencealert.com/experimental-drug-makes-obese-mice-burn-fat-without-losing-muscle-or-eating-less
[18:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Experimental Drug Makes Obese Mice Burn Fat Without Losing Muscle Or Eating Less : ScienceAlert
[18:44]	TR News	Meet Orexin, The Brain Chemical Behind Staying Motivated https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-may-have-found-the-exact-brain-cells-crucial-for-sustaining-motivation
[18:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Meet Orexin, The Brain Chemical Behind Staying Motivated : ScienceAlert
[18:44]	TR News	World First: Mitochondria From a Woman's Leg Were Injected Into Her Eyes https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-mitochondria-from-a-womans-leg-were-injected-into-her-eyes
[18:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-World First: Mitochondria From a Woman's Leg Were Injected Into Her Eyes : ScienceAlert
[18:44]	TR News	'Brand New' Frog Species Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight For Years, And It's Adorable https://www.sciencealert.com/brand-new-frog-species-has-been-hiding-in-plain-sight-for-years-and-its-adorable
[18:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Brand New' Frog Species Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight For Years, And It's Adorable : ScienceAlert
[18:45]	TR News	Fedora Community Blog: Meet editorial-guide-ramalama: An Hey Hi (AI) Assistant That Checks Your Fedora CommBlog and Magazine Articles Against Editorial Guidelines https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/meet-editorial-guide-ramalama-an-ai-assistant-that-checks-your-fedora-commblog-and-magazine-articles-against-editorial-guidelines/
[18:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-communityblog.fedoraproject.org | Meet editorial-guide-ramalama: An AI Assistant That Checks Your Fedora CommBlog and Magazine Articles Against Editorial Guidelines Fedora Community Blog
[18:46]	TR News	First Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units Fuels Botnet https://www.securityweek.com/first-malware-built-specifically-for-car-head-units-fuels-botnet/
[18:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-First Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units Fuels Botnet - SecurityWeek
[18:46]	TR News	Placemark is now fully open source https://macwright.com/2026/08/25/placemark-fully-open-source.html
[18:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Placemark is now fully open source - macwright.com
[18:47]	TR News	WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys and Stronger 2SV in Account Security Update https://www.securityweek.com/whatsapp-adds-multiple-passkeys-and-stronger-2sv-in-account-security-update/
[18:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys and Stronger 2SV in Account Security Update - SecurityWeek
[18:53]	TR News	No Place on Earth Is Safe if All Hell Breaks Loose, But One Place Is Safer Than The Rest https://www.sciencealert.com/no-place-on-earth-is-safe-if-all-hell-breaks-loose-but-one-place-is-safer-than-the-rest
[18:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-No Place on Earth Is Safe if All Hell Breaks Loose, But One Place Is Safer Than The Rest : ScienceAlert
[18:53]	TR News	Deep Sea Scientists Hunting a Shipwreck Accidentally Stumbled Across The Ocean's Own Backrooms https://www.sciencealert.com/deep-sea-scientists-hunting-a-shipwreck-accidentally-stumbled-across-the-oceans-own-backrooms
[18:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Deep Sea Scientists Hunting a Shipwreck Accidentally Stumbled Across The Ocean's Own Backrooms : ScienceAlert
[18:54]	TR News	Should We All Be Taking Probiotics Daily? An Expert Weighs in https://www.sciencealert.com/should-we-all-be-taking-probiotics-daily-an-expert-weighs-in
[18:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Should We All Be Taking Probiotics Daily? An Expert Weighs in : ScienceAlert
[18:54]	TR News	Massive Study Says Vaping Really Is The Most Effective Way to Quit Smoking But There's a Catch https://www.sciencealert.com/massive-study-says-vaping-really-is-the-most-effective-way-to-quit-smoking-but-theres-a-catch
[18:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Massive Study Says Vaping Really Is The Most Effective Way to Quit Smoking But There's a Catch : ScienceAlert
[18:54]	TR News	Newly Launched Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator Exposes $11 Billion Annual Ticket Resale Price Inflation https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/annual-ticket-resale-price-inflation-study-2026/
[18:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/annual-ticket-resale-price-inflation-study-2026/ )
[18:55]	TR News	'Bored Rich Kids': North West's Dream of a 'Regular Job' at Starbucks Divides the Internet https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/north-west-starbucks-dream-celebrity-privilege-1816262
[18:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'Bored Rich Kids': North West's Dream of a 'Regular Job' at Starbucks Divides the Internet | IBTimes UK
[18:57]	TR News	Nobody Wants Anthropics Best Hey Hi (AI) Model Anymore Now That There Are Way Cheaper Alternatives https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nobody-wants-anthropics-best-ai-cheaper-alternatives
[18:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Nobody Wants Anthropics Best AI Model Anymore Now That There Are Way Cheaper Alternatives
[18:57]	TR News	Even Babies Are Still Way Better at Learning Than Hey Hi (AI) Models https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/babies-way-better-learning-ai-llm-models-language
[18:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Even Babies Are Still Way Better at Learning Than AI Models
[18:57]	TR News	90 Percent of Execs Say Oops, Hey Hi (AI) Didnt Help Productivity, So Layoffs Will Continue https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/90-percent-execs-ai-didnt-help-productivity-layoffs
[18:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | 90 Percent of Execs Say Oops, AI Didn't Help Productivity, So Layoffs Will Continue
[18:58]	TR News	MElon Just Said Something About Hey Hi (AI) Thats Literally Incomprehensible https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-ai-incomprehensible
[18:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Elon Musk Just Said Something About AI That's Literally Incomprehensible
[18:58]	TR News	Lithuanias human rights progress held back by gaps between law and practice report https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3032320/lithuania-s-human-rights-progress-held-back-by-gaps-between-law-and-practice-report
[18:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanias human rights progress held back by gaps between law and practice report - LRT
[18:59]	TR News	Kroger Faces a Massive Social Media Infringement Lawsuit from Sony Music Retail Giant Allegedly Chose Not to Obtain the Required Licenses for Hundreds of Commercial Adverts https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/24/sony-music-kroger-lawsuit/
[18:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/24/sony-music-kroger-lawsuit/ )
[18:59]	TR News	N.Y.C. Officials Defend Second-Home Tax Rollout and Move to Ease Worries https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/nyregion/mamdani-pieds-a-terre-tax-homes.html
[18:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/nyregion/mamdani-pieds-a-terre-tax-homes.html )
● Aug 26
[19:00]	TR News	AliExpress allegedly uses your browser's audio system to fingerprint your PC hidden code runs even when no sound is playing https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/aliexpress-allegedly-uses-your-browsers-audio-system-to-fingerprint-your-pc-hidden-code-runs-even-when-no-sound-is-playing
[19:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | AliExpress allegedly uses your browser's audio system to fingerprint your PC hidden code runs even when no sound is playing | Tom's Hardware
[19:01]	TR News	DHS proposes new $100K filing fee on H-1B visa petitions https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/dhs-proposes-new-100k-filing-fee-on-h-1b-visa-petitions/
[19:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | DHS proposes new $100K filing fee on H-1B visa petitions - JURIST - News
[19:03]	TR News	Nigerias president orders rescue operation after mass kidnapping at mosque https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260825-nigeria-president-orders-rescue-after-mass-kidnapping-during-mosque-attack
[19:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260825-nigeria-president-orders-rescue-after-mass-kidnapping-during-mosque-attack )
[19:03]	TR News	Water sector passes, government sector fails attempts to spot and halt simulated CISA attack https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-red-team-report-government-water-cybersecurity/
[19:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Water sector passes, government sector fails attempts to spot and halt simulated CISA attack | CyberScoop
[19:04]	TR News	The GTA VI leaks are breaking the internet. Security researchers have seen this before. https://cyberscoop.com/grand-theft-auto-6-data-theft-extortion-leaks/
[19:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The GTA VI leaks are breaking the internet. Security researchers have seen this before. | CyberScoop
[19:05]	TR News	Dirk Eddelbuettel: gettz 0.0.6 on CRAN: Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08/25#gettz_0.0.6
[19:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box
[19:08]	TR News	Designs should not be patented but copyrighted; this is not real system meant to encourage anything but protectionism https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/design-patents-did-it-how-china-passed-japan-in-us-patent-grants.html
[19:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Design Patents Did It: How China Passed Japan in US Patent Grants | Patently-O
[19:10]	TR News	Wikipedia is now like a conference you submit papers to and can sponsor to get your paper accepted https://bkhome.org/news/202608/easyos-draft-submitted-to-wikipedia.html
[19:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | EasyOS draft submitted to Wikipedia
[19:10]	TR News	Airstrikes and Illegal Mining Add to Myanmars Troubles https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/asia/myanmar-junta-violence-rohingya.html
[19:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/asia/myanmar-junta-violence-rohingya.html )
[19:11]	TR News	Beware of Other License Plate Surveillance Companies Besides Flock https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/other-alpr-vendors
[19:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aclu.org | Beware of Other License Plate Surveillance Companies Besides Flock | American Civil Liberties Union
[19:17]		*FANTOM (~fantom@90.251.50.60) has joined #boycottnovell-social
[19:18]	TR News	Phone signal in tent https://bkhome.org/news/202608/phone-signal-in-tent.html
[19:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | Phone signal in tent
[19:18]	TR News	Redesigning Lokalize's Translation Memory Tab - GSoC Week 9 https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/25/week9-gsoc-blog/
[19:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.kde.org | Redesigning Lokalize's Translation Memory Tab - GSoC Week 9 - KDE Blogs
[19:19]	TR News	My first class action https://www.rubenerd.au/im-part-of-my-first-class-action/
[19:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: My first class action
[19:19]	TR News	KLV-Airedale sr22 https://distrowatch.com/klv
[19:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/klv )
[19:23]	TR News	Congrats to Linux.org for Adopting or Getting Back to IRC https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/24/Congrats_to_Linux_org_for_Adopting_or_Getting_Back_to_IRC.shtml
[19:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Congrats to Linux.org for Adopting or Getting Back to IRC
[19:25]		*FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social
[19:27]	TR News	Amnesty International calls for children to be included in youth digital rights regulatory processes https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/amnesty-international-calls-for-children-to-be-included-in-youth-digital-rights-regulatory-processes/
[19:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Amnesty International calls for children to be included in youth digital rights regulatory processes - JURIST - News
[19:33]	TR News	South Asia SRF highlights Member priorities on IPv6, routing security, and training https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/25/south-asia-srf-highlights-member-priorities-on-ipv6-routing-security-and-training/
[19:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | South Asia SRF highlights Member priorities on IPv6, routing security, and training | APNIC Blog
[19:34]	TR News	Red Hat shilling slop and hype https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/26/automating-red-hat-openshift-ai-installations-with-helm-and-gitops
[19:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/26/automating-red-hat-openshift-ai-installations-with-helm-and-gitops )
[19:34]	TR News	Beyond origin validation: Four classes of routing attack nobody Is validating https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/26/beyond-origin-validation-four-classes-of-routing-attack-nobody-is-validating/
[19:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Beyond origin validation: Four classes of routing attack nobody Is validating | APNIC Blog
[19:35]	TR News	Rakudo Weekly 2026.34 YAR by Coke https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/08/25/2026-34-yar-by-coke/
[19:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rakudoweekly.blog | 2026.34 YAR by Coke Rakudo Weekly News
[19:36]	TR News	Firehat is an open-source FireWire DV capture HAT for SBCs with Raspberry Pi PCIe FFC connector (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/25/firehat-open-source-firewire-dv-capture-hat-pcie-sbc-raspberry-pi-5-radxa-rock-2f/
[19:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Firehat is an open-source FireWire DV capture HAT for SBCs with Raspberry Pi PCIe FFC connector (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software
[19:36]	TR News	AI/LLM Usage Becoming A "Denial of Service Attack" On Open-Source Project Maintainers https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-DoS-Attack-Maintainers
[19:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI/LLM Usage Becoming A "Denial of Service Attack" On Open-Source Project Maintainers - Phoronix
[19:41]	TR News	Obfuscating IP Addresses as Hostnames, (Tue, Aug 25th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33280
[19:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Obfuscating IP Addresses as Hostnames - SANS ISC
[19:42]	TR News	Hong Kong court acquits govt statistician who followed, photographed girl during school open day https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/26/hong-kong-court-acquits-govt-statistician-who-followed-photographed-girl-during-school-open-day/
[19:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Hong Kong court acquits govt employee who followed schoolgirl
[19:43]	TR News	CISA Warns of Exploited Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-exploited-oracle-weblogic-vulnerability/
[19:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CISA Warns of Exploited Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability - SecurityWeek
[19:44]	TR News	Lantronix Open-M 720G/520G Ultra-compact LGA system-on-modules based on MediaTek Genio 720 and Genio 520 SoCs https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/26/lantronix-open-m-720g-520g-ultra-compact-lga-system-on-module-based-on-mediatek-genio-720-and-genio-520-socs/
[19:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Lantronix Open-M 720G/520G - Ultra-compact LGA system-on-modules based on MediaTek Genio 720 and Genio 520 SoCs - CNX Software
[19:44]	TR News	$299 Arduino Ventuno Q SBC combines Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 SoC and STM32H5 MCU https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/25/299-arduino-ventuno-q-sbc-combines-qualcomm-dragonwing-iq8-soc-and-stm32h5-mcu/
[19:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | $299 Arduino Ventuno Q SBC combines Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 SoC and STM32H5 MCU - CNX Software
[19:47]	TR News	Read as: X11 is STILL better them Wayland. THEM: So USE Wayland!!! https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-68-Better-Remote-Desktop
[19:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-KDE Remote Desktop Experience Improving For Closing The X11 vs. Wayland Gap - Phoronix
[19:48]	TR News	Us the "something worse" or we'll call you "nazi"
[19:48]	TR News	(Use)
[19:48]	TR News	The age of Physical Hey Hi (AI) is here, and it runs on the Arduino VENTUNO Q board https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/08/25/the-age-of-physical-ai-is-here-and-it-runs-on-the-arduino-ventuno-q-board/
[19:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | The age of Physical AI is here, and it runs on the Arduino VENTUNO Q board | Arduino Blog
[19:48]	TR News	CISA wants agencies to maximize insight from cyber data logging https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/cisa-wants-agencies-to-maximize-insight-from-cyber-data-logging/
[19:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | CISA wants agencies to maximize insight from cyber data logging | Federal News Network
[19:49]	TR News	WordPress Websites Targeted via MiniOrange Plugin Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/wordpress-websites-targeted-via-miniorange-plugin-vulnerabilities/
[19:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-WordPress Websites Targeted via MiniOrange Plugin Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek
[19:52]	TR News	Slop about SLOP about Linux. This is a slopfarm googlebombing "LINUX" to sell SLOP. https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/08/securing-ai-agents-on-linux-understanding-nvidia-openshell/
[19:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.opensourceforu.com | Securing AI Agents On Linux: Understanding Nvidia OpenShell - Open Source For You
[19:52]	TR News	"OpenSSL 4.0.2 has been released today as the second maintenance/security update to the latest OpenSSL 4.0 series of this widely used TLS/SSL and crypto library for providing secure communications over computer networks." https://9to5linux.com/openssl-4-0-2-released-with-important-security-and-bug-fixes
[19:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenSSL 4.0.2 Released with Important Security and Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux
[19:53]	TR News	"Over the last day Valve put out updates for some of their more classic shooters - nice to see they don't completely forget about some of their older games. Sure would be fun to see a new modernised version of something like Day of Defeat though." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/valve-updated-a-bunch-of-their-older-steam-shooters/
[19:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve updated a bunch of their older Steam shooters | GamingOnLinux
[19:53]	TR News	Worthless, reinventing the wheel with plagiarism, full of bugs... waste of energy https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-veterans-vibe-coded-task-manager-now-also-runs-on-mac-and-linux-downloadable-app-is-the-result-of-a-107-page-spec-fed-to-claude-code
[19:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Windows veteran's vibe-coded Task Manager now also runs on Mac and Linux downloadable app is the result of a 107-page spec fed to Claude Code | Tom's Hardware
[19:54]	TR News	Uptick in SLOPfarms promoting slop and googlebombing "Linux" https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/08/linux-foundation-submits-openmdw-for-open-source-review/
[19:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.opensourceforu.com | Linux Foundation Submits OpenMDW for Open Source Review - Open Source For You
[19:55]	TR News	BUT DAZ it something something quantum, IBM? https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260825PR200/ibm-arm-linux-processor-software.html
[19:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitimes.com | IBM unveils dual-architecture mainframe chip to run Arm, z/OS, Linux workloads
[19:55]	TR News	Linux kernel 7.3 includes direct support for the Steam controller. Controlread 2026 https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/v-sostav-yadra-linux-7-3-voshla-pryamaya-podderzhka-kontrollera-steam-controller-2026 Linux kernel 7.3 = http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Linux_Losing_Interest_in_Users_Freedom_Pursues_DRM_Instead.shtml
[19:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.gamegpu.com | Linux kernel 7.3 includes direct support for the Steam controller. Controlread 2026
[19:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux Losing Interest in Users' Freedom, Pursues DRM Instead
[19:56]	TR News	Linux devs WILL NOT be interested in checking botspam for a living. This will weaken the project.
[19:56]	TR News	"Ardour 9.8 has been released as the latest stable version of this powerful, free, cross-platform, and open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems." https://9to5linux.com/ardour-9-8-open-source-daw-is-now-available-with-initial-scales-support
[19:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ardour 9.8 Open-Source DAW Is Now Available with Initial Scales Support - 9to5Linux
[19:57]	TR News	Xbox PC Games May Soon Be Able To Run on Linux OS https://in.ign.com/xbox/268436/xbox-pc-games-may-soon-be-able-to-run-on-linux-os
[19:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-in.ign.com | Xbox PC Games May Soon Be Able To Run on Linux OS; Here Is What We Know
[19:58]	TR News	Slopfarm about LF. Did LF pay these BOTS to issue SPAM made by LLMs about its slop activities? LF is increasingly just a scams hub. https://betanews.com/article/linux-foundation-openmdw-osi-license/ http://techrights.org/o/2022/08/19/the-bakkt-pyramid-scheme/
[19:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-betanews.com | Linux Foundation submits OpenMDW license to OSI for review
[19:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Sheela Zemlin's Company Has Hit All-Time Low, Lost More Than 90% of 'Market Value' in Only Months
[19:59]	TR News	The PocketBook Q is a Linux-based alternative to Android ereaders new Boox rival has a 5.84-inch E Ink screen and will cost $235 https://tech.yahoo.com/apps/articles/pocketbook-q-linux-based-alternative-111157235.html
[19:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tech.yahoo.com | The PocketBook Q is a Linux-based alternative to Android ereaders new Boox rival has a 5.84-inch E Ink screen and will cost $235
[19:59]	TR News	"Recently, Saudi company Humain teased a new product featuring the Snapdragon X2 Elite processor running a non-Windows OS" https://finance.biggo.com/news/9bbf036e-90b5-4d00-a35b-372e50c6b41f
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[20:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-finance.biggo.com | Snapdragon Laptops Break Free from Windows Exclusivity as Qualcomm Embraces Linux and Google's New OS BigGo Finance
[20:00]	TR News	LilyGo Launches K230 Kit: RISC-V AI Pocket Computer Blocked From Current Ubuntu https://www.techtimes.com/articles/325384/20260824/lilygo-launches-k230-kit-risc-v-ai-pocket-computer-blocked-current-ubuntu.htm
[20:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.techtimes.com | LilyGo Launches K230 Kit: RISC-V AI Pocket Computer Blocked From Current Ubuntu
[20:00]	TR News	I've tried every major Linux distro, and this is the only one I can recommend for work https://www.howtogeek.com/ive-tried-every-major-linux-distro-and-this-is-the-only-one-i-can-recommend-for-work/
[20:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | I've tried every major Linux distro, and this is the only one I can recommend for work
[20:01]	TR News	Latest SCAM to be promoted by misusing "LINUX" brand, with errors made in the paid PR https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/linux-foundation-welcomes-trace-to-advance-verifiable-runtime-evidence-for-ai-workloads-302858923.html
[20:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.prnewswire.com | /C O R R E C T I O N -- The Linux Foundation/
[20:02]	TR News	5 free games that make learning the Linux command line addictive https://www.howtogeek.com/gamification-tricks-that-make-learning-the-linux-command-line-addictive/
[20:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 5 free games that make learning the Linux command line addictive
[20:02]	TR News	'Linux' Foundation serves Microsoft, pyramid scheme (slop), and "Attestation" https://www.hpcwire.com/aiwire/2026/08/25/linux-foundation-welcomes-trace-to-advance-verifiable-runtime-evidence-for-ai-workloads/
[20:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hpcwire.com | AIwire - Covering Scientific & Technical AI
[20:03]	TR News	Noy only that https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-has-both-gnome-and-kde-because-of-a-licensing-war/
[20:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | Linux has both GNOME and KDE because of a licensing war
[20:04]	TR News	The 28-year fight over who owns Linux is nearly over https://thenextweb.com/news/who-owns-linux-xinuos-ibm-appeals-court-ruling
[20:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenextweb.com | The 28-year fight over who owns Linux is nearly over
[20:05]	TR News	Espressif posts a Linux BSP for the ESP32-S31 https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/25/espressif-posts-a-linux-bsp-for-the-esp32-s31/
[20:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/25/espressif-posts-a-linux-bsp-for-the-esp32-s31/ )
[20:06]	TR News	"Shelly 3.1 has been released today as a major update to this pacman alternative for Arch Linux distributions, introducing several new features and enhancements." https://9to5linux.com/shelly-3-1-package-manager-is-out-with-support-for-building-arch-linux-packages
[20:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Shelly 3.1 Package Manager Is Out with Support for Building Arch Linux Packages - 9to5Linux
[20:06]	TR News	"Xinuos plans to petition for a fullbench rehearing of its case, but this kind of request has only a 0.03% success rate according to IBMs lawyers." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/decades-long-linux-ownership-dispute-effectively-dead-after-xinuos-appeal-rejected-us-court-of-appeals-halts-the-legal-wrangling-over-ibms-and-red-hats-use-of-project-monterey-unix-code
[20:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Decades-long Linux ownership dispute effectively dead after Xinuos appeal rejected US Court of Appeals halts the legal wrangling over IBMs and Red Hats use of Project Monterey UNIX code | Tom's Hardware
[20:07]	TR News	"Minix's main goal was to teach students how an operating system worked, and Torvalds drew inspiration from it to the point where he set out to make his own." https://www.xda-developers.com/35-years-ago-linus-torvalds-usenet-linux/
[20:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | 35 years ago today, Linus Torvalds made a Usenet post that introduced Linux to the world
[20:09]	TR News	"Looking at the bigger picture, Torvalds has said the period in early 1992, when Linux switched to the GNU Public License version 2 (GPLv2), was especially important." https://www.zdnet.com/article/just-a-hobby-linus-torvalds-introduced-linux-35-years-ago-almost-called-it-freax/
[20:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Just a hobby, won't be big': Linus Torvalds introduced Linux 35 years ago - and almost called it Freax | ZDNET
[20:14]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[20:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[20:18]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: Small Computers, PocketBook Q, RISC-V, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Open_Hardware_Modding_Small_Computers_PocketBook_Q_RISC_V_ESP32.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Open_Hardware_Modding_Small_Computers_PocketBook_Q_RISC_V_ESP32.gmi 
[20:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Small Computers, PocketBook Q, RISC-V, ESP32, and More
[20:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fedora Pushing Slop, Red Hat Pushing Slop, IBM Uses "Linux" Brand to Sell Expensive Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Fedora_Pushing_Slop_Red_Hat_Pushing_Slop_IBM_Uses_Linux_Brand_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Fedora_Pushing_Slop_Red_Hat_Pushing_Slop_IBM_Uses_Linux_Brand_t.gmi 
[20:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fedora Pushing Slop, Red Hat Pushing Slop, IBM Uses "Linux" Brand to Sell Expensive Hardware
[20:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  Unveiling of Arduino Ventuno Q SBC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Unveiling_of_Arduino_Ventuno_Q_SBC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Unveiling_of_Arduino_Ventuno_Q_SBC.gmi 
[20:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Unveiling of Arduino Ventuno Q SBC
[20:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Bazzite 44, 5 free games that make learning the Linux command line addictive, and more https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Games_Bazzite_44_5_free_games_that_make_learning_the_Linux_comm.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Games_Bazzite_44_5_free_games_that_make_learning_the_Linux_comm.gmi 
[20:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Bazzite 44, 5 free games that make learning the Linux command line addictive, and more
[20:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[20:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos
[20:23]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Leftovers
[20:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Audiocasts/Shows: Ask Noah Show, Wonders of Web Weaving, Whats in the SOSS? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Audiocasts_Shows_Ask_Noah_Show_Wonders_of_Web_Weaving_What_s_in.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Audiocasts_Shows_Ask_Noah_Show_Wonders_of_Web_Weaving_What_s_in.gmi 
[20:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Ask Noah Show, Wonders of Web Weaving, Whats in the SOSS?
[20:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Web, Content Management Systems, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Web_Content_Management_Systems_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Web_Content_Management_Systems_and_Standards.gmi 
[20:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Web, Content Management Systems, and Standards
[20:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[20:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
[20:34]	TR News	and so it begins... gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/andsoitbegins
[20:34]	TR News	torii moon garden gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/renewal
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[03:29]	admfubar	https://www.rawstory.com/trump-data-centers-2677777114/
[03:29]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Fury after Trump admin moves to crush public input on data centers: 'They want to lose' - Raw Story
[03:33]	admfubar	where's the beef?... https://www.rawstory.com/beef-import-2677774264/
[03:33]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | God help us: Disturbing clue rumored on Trumps mystery beef as old clip resurfaces - Raw Story
[03:56]	admfubar	https://www.alternet.org/trump-big-beautiful-bill-2677777394/
[03:56]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-MAGA senator fighting to save his state from the damage he and Trump caused - Alternet.org
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[09:55]	TR News	"Individually, none of these choices constitutes journalistic misconduct." https://www.meforum.org/mef-observer/why-does-the-new-york-times-whitewash-the-taliban | Source: ME Forum
[09:55]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.meforum.org | Why Does The New York Times Whitewash the Taliban? - Middle East Forum
[09:57]	TR News	"An Israel-funded think tank is churning out AI written essays to catch the attention of AI chatbots and warp search results." https://www.404media.co/israel-is-running-a-synthetic-think-tank-to-influence-ai-search-results/ | Source: 404 Media
[09:57]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.404media.co | Israel Is Running a Synthetic Think Tank to Influence AI Search Results
● Aug 26
[10:16]	TR News	"The courting of AIPAC funds comes despite the fact that the Rogers campaign seeks to distance him from the group." https://truthout.org/articles/el-sayeds-gop-opponent-attended-3-aipac-hosted-fundraisers-in-1-day/ | Source: TruthOut
[10:16]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-truthout.org | El-Sayeds GOP Opponent Attended 3 AIPAC-Hosted Fundraisers in 1 Day | Truthout
[10:16]	TR News	"The first UCs photos show that this is the kind of evil threat HSI was hunting." https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/25/the-invented-blockade-and-the-fake-doxing-that-hsi-turned-into-terrorism/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
[10:16]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-emptywheel.net | The Invented Blockade and the Fake Doxing that HSI Turned into "Terrorism" - emptywheel
[10:18]	TR News	"The recruitment of African nationals is not an isolated phenomenon, but rather the core of a deliberate and organized strategy" https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/report-exposes-russian-plot-to-lure-africans-into-its-war/ | Source: Defence Web
[10:18]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-defenceweb.co.za | Report exposes Russian plot to lure Africans into its war - DefenceWeb
[10:18]	TR News	"Zambias government closed the countrys courts, preventing opposition parties from mounting legal challenges over this months disputed election." https://www.semafor.com/article/08/25/2026/zambia-election-concerns-mount-as-courts-close | Source: Semafor Inc
[10:18]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Zambia closes courts, preventing election challenge | Semafor
[10:20]	TR News	"Which triggered my inner history nerd, because on one hand actually Ceuta has been under the Spanish crown since 1560, not 1668." https://crookedtimber.org/2026/08/25/why-ceuta-is-european-and-what-came-of-it/ | Source: Crooked Timber
[10:20]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-crookedtimber.org | Why Ceuta is European, and what came of it Crooked Timber
[10:20]	TR News	"The above quote is actually from Hilaire Bellocs book: The Great Heresies, first published in 1938" https://thecritic.co.uk/the-challenge-of-islam/ | Source: The Critic
[10:20]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-thecritic.co.uk | The challenge of Islam | Tim Dieppe | The Critic Magazine
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[12:12]	TR News	"The National Guard never wanted to be Trump's tool of oppression - Boing Boing" https://boingboing.net/2026/08/24/national-guard-trump-dc-deployment.html
[12:12]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/08/24/national-guard-trump-dc-deployment.html )
[12:13]	TR News	"Not coincidentally, the only places in the world that chattel slavery still exists are in Islamic countries." https://pjmedia.com/aj-christopher/2026/08/22/who-needs-islam-n4956418
[12:13]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-pjmedia.com | Who Needs Islam? PJ Media
[12:14]	TR News	"Trump is Being Confronted by his Worst Nightmare - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/25/trump-is-being-confronted-by-his-worst-nightmare/
[12:14]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-emptywheel.net | Trump is Being Confronted by his Worst Nightmare - emptywheel
[12:15]	TR News	"Losing the Iran War: The Economic Front - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/losing-the-iran-war-the-economic
[12:15]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-paulkrugman.substack.com | Losing the Iran War: The Economic Front - Paul Krugman
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[17:35]	TR News	Amid drone threat, Lithuania deploys air defence system near capital Vilnius https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3032147/amid-drone-threat-lithuania-deploys-air-defence-system-near-capital-vilnius
[17:35]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Amid drone threat, Lithuania deploys air defence system near capital Vilnius - LRT
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[18:03]	TR News	Three killed, some 150 injured in fire at Russian gas chemical complex https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/more-than-120-injured-in-fire-at-russian-gas-chemical-complex-one-chinese-worker-killed
[18:03]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Three killed, some 150 injured in fire at Russian gas chemical complex | The Straits Times
[18:03]	TR News	South Korea says Russian military planes entered its air defence zone https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-russian-military-planes-entered-its-air-defence-zone
[18:03]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea says Russian military planes entered its air defence zone | The Straits Times
[18:04]	TR News	American military plane flies from Rga to Moscow https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/25.08.2026-american-military-plane-flies-from-riga-to-moscow.a660303/
[18:04]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | American military plane flies from Rga to Moscow / Article
[18:04]	TR News	Latvia broadens list of banned items from Russia and Belarus https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/25.08.2026-latvia-broadens-list-of-banned-items-from-russia-and-belarus.a660332/
[18:04]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Latvia broadens list of banned items from Russia and Belarus / Article
[18:05]	TR News	What Happened to the Coveted Western Tanks Sent to Ukraine? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/europe/ukraine-russia-tanks.html
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[18:05]	TR News	For Ukraines Greek peoples, the war threatens a language and a way of life https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0825/ukraine-roumean-north-azovian-greek-urum-mariupol-war
[18:05]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Amid war, Ukrainian Greeks fight to preserve their culture - CSMonitor.com
[18:05]	TR News	Congress eyes tighter sanctions on Russia with wiggle room for Convicted Felon https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0825/russia-sanctions-congress-trump
[18:05]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Congress eyes tighter sanctions on Russia with wiggle room for Trump - CSMonitor.com
[18:06]	TR News	CIA Chief John Ratcliffe Sparks Global Frenzy With Unannounced Moscow Flight for High-Level Discussions https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cia-director-secret-moscow-visit-1816272
[18:06]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | CIA Chief John Ratcliffe Sparks Global Frenzy With Unannounced Moscow Flight for High-Level Discussions | IBTimes UK
[18:07]	TR News	CIA Director Ratcliffe's Surprise Moscow Trip Raises Questions Over Russia, Ukraine, Iran https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-us-cia-unannounced-rare-visit/33839330.html
[18:07]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | CIA Director Ratcliffe's Surprise Moscow Trip Raises Questions Over Russia, Ukraine, Iran
[18:07]	TR News	Not an isolated incident: Russian drones stalk Ukraines civilians in human safaris https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260825-not-an-isolated-incident-russian-drones-stalk-ukraine-civilians-human-safaris
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[18:08]	TR News	CIA director Ratcliffe visits Moscow, US media reports https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260825-cia-director-ratcliffe-visits-moscow-us-media-reports
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[18:09]	TR News	Ukrainian cinema days returning to Rga https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/25.08.2026-ukrainian-cinema-days-returning-to-riga.a660219/
[18:09]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Ukrainian cinema days returning to Rga / Article
[18:09]	TR News	Latvia will use VAT rebate to buy 12 more diesel generators for Ukraine https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/25.08.2026-latvia-will-use-vat-rebate-to-buy-12-more-diesel-generators-for-ukraine.a660257/
[18:09]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Latvia will use VAT rebate to buy 12 more diesel generators for Ukraine / Article
[18:09]	TR News	Latvia contributes to UN Security Council hearing on Ukraine https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/25.08.2026-latvia-contributes-to-un-security-council-hearing-on-ukraine.a660265/
[18:09]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Latvia contributes to UN Security Council hearing on Ukraine / Article
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[18:23]	TR News	USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week, Thai official says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/uss-abraham-lincoln-to-dock-in-thailand-next-week-thai-official-says
[18:23]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week, Thai official says | The Straits Times
[18:29]	TR News	Confronting South Koreas Violent Past and Its Echoes Today https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/world/asia/korea-democracy-tankday-starbucks.html
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[18:29]	TR News	What does a self-reliant South Korea look like? Some push for a nuclear option. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0825/south-korea-us-drills-nuclear-weapons
[18:29]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-How canceled US war games bolster South Koreas case for nuclear weapons - CSMonitor.com
[18:37]	TR News	West Asia, not the Middle East: its time for Australia to reset its strategic compass https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/west-asia-not-the-middle-east-its-time-for-australia-to-reset-its-strategic-compass/
[18:37]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | West Asia, not the Middle East: it's time for Australia to reset its strategic compass | The Strategist
[18:37]	TR News	Philippines seeking to expand military drone capabilities, says defence chief https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-seeking-to-expand-military-drone-capabilities-says-defence-chief
[18:37]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines seeking to expand military drone capabilities, says defence chief | The Straits Times
[18:38]	TR News	Satellite images hint at China adding radar eyes near emerging South China Sea base https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/new-installations-emerge-on-islet-as-china-accelerates-south-china-sea-build-up
[18:38]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China adds radar eyes near emerging South China Sea base | The Straits Times
[18:39]	TR News	China, India hold border talks, agree to continue search for boundary settlement https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-india-hold-border-talks-agree-to-continue-search-for-boundary-settlement
[18:39]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China, India hold border talks, agree to continue search for boundary settlement | The Straits Times
[18:39]	TR News	Chinas Pooh-tin signals defiance as US threatens sanctions over Iran help https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-signals-defiance-as-us-threatens-sanctions-over-iran-help
[18:39]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas Xi signals defiance as US threatens sanctions over Iran help | The Straits Times
[18:39]	TR News	China renews scrutiny of military procurement with call for tips https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-renews-scrutiny-of-military-procurement-with-call-for-tips
[18:39]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China renews scrutiny of military procurement with call for tips | The Straits Times
[18:58]	TR News	Lithuanias human rights progress held back by gaps between law and practice report https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3032320/lithuania-s-human-rights-progress-held-back-by-gaps-between-law-and-practice-report
[18:58]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanias human rights progress held back by gaps between law and practice report - LRT
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[19:03]	TR News	Nigerias president orders rescue operation after mass kidnapping at mosque https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260825-nigeria-president-orders-rescue-after-mass-kidnapping-during-mosque-attack
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