●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 ●● ● Jan 27 [00:03] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:08] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 27 [01:59] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Jan 27 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-260126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-260126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-260126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-260126.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, January 26, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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[03:17] *FANTOM has quit (Connection closed) [03:32] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.75.185.177) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 27 [05:17] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, January 26, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_January_26_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_January_26_2026.gmi [05:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, January 26, 2026 [05:18] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:19] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:20] TR News "Microsoft addresses 22,000 layoffs in January to recoup $80 billion AI investment" [05:21] TR News "If you get let go you deserved it. All the ones let go last November deserved it [...] IBM will announce its earning on January 28, 2026 and will surely reference some "restructuring expenses". Anyone can join the Earnings call, here's the weblink" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh [05:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh ) [05:24] TR News Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part XIII - Is EPO Vice-President Steve Rowan in Cahoots With the "Alicante Mafia"? https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_XIII_Is_EPO_Vice_President_Steve_Rowan_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_XIII_Is_EPO_Vice_President_Steve_Rowan_.gmi [05:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part XIII - Is EPO Vice-President Steve Rowan in Cahoots With the "Alicante Mafia"? [05:36] TR News Here is why Microsoft does not hide Easter eggs in Windows anymore https://www.neowin.net/news/here-is-why-microsoft-does-not-hide-easter-eggs-in-windows-anymore/ [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/here-is-why-microsoft-does-not-hide-easter-eggs-in-windows-anymore/ ) [05:38] TR News Stallman was asked what he thought about piracy https://en.iguru.gr/rotisan-ton-stallman-pistevei-gia-tin-peirateia/ [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.iguru.gr | Stallman was asked what he thinks about piracy - iGuRu.gr [05:57] TR News Techrights EPO Strike This Week https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/EPO_Strike_This_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/EPO_Strike_This_Week.gmi [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights EPO Strike This Week ● Jan 27 [06:07] TR News Techrights Animal Advocacy Works https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Animal_Advocacy_Works.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Animal_Advocacy_Works.gmi [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Animal Advocacy Works [06:09] TR News "File not found." https://perens.com/ [06:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 404 @ https://perens.com/ ) [06:10] TR News Post Open is online though https://postopen.org/ [06:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-postopen.org | Post Open [06:11] TR News Microsofters and Novell apologists trolling him https://fossforce.com/2025/05/is-bruce-perens-post-open-license-necessary/ [06:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Is Bruce Perens' Post Open License Necessary? - FOSS Force [06:12] TR News Contested deletion: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Post_open_source&action=history [06:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.wikipedia.org | Talk:Post open source: Revision history - Wikipedia [06:13] TR News Wikipedia is an advertising space for PR agencies http://techrights.org/o/2022/10/07/nat-friedman-wikipedia-spam/ [06:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Nat Friedman Seems to Be Employing a PR Agency to Turn a Wikipedia Page About Him Into Hagiography and Hide His Strong Links to the Serial Strangler Alex Graveley [06:21] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j7o.kqt.de6qkt.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [06:21] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Almost Reaches the 4% Bar in Dominican Republic https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/GNU_Linux_Almost_Reaches_the_4_Bar_in_Dominican_Republic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/GNU_Linux_Almost_Reaches_the_4_Bar_in_Dominican_Republic.gmi [06:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Almost Reaches the 4% Bar in Dominican Republic [06:22] TR News "...the wikipedia article points out the failed version where the younger generation were turned radically against FOSS to the point that they refused to license their software and thus made it all rights reserved aka proprietary / closed source. A better link for Post-Open is: https://postopen.org/about-post-open [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-postopen.org | What is Post Open? [06:22] TR News "...Sadly, he references the SFC instead of the (apparently defunct) SFLC" -Anon [06:38] TR News (NEW): Happy Birds, Happy Life https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Happy_Birds_Happy_Life.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Happy_Birds_Happy_Life.gmi [06:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Happy Birds, Happy Life ● Jan 27 [07:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [07:06] TR News Techrights With Absurd Lies About Slop, Which Lacks Intelligence or Financial Potential, GAFAM and IBM Will Twist Mass Layoffs as 'Efficiency Drive' or 'AI Pivot' https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/With_Absurd_Lies_About_Slop_Which_Lacks_Intelligence_or_Financi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/With_Absurd_Lies_About_Slop_Which_Lacks_Intelligence_or_Financi.gmi [07:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights With Absurd Lies About Slop, Which Lacks Intelligence or Financial Potential, GAFAM and IBM Will Twist Mass Layoffs as 'Efficiency Drive' or 'AI Pivot' [07:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:21] TR News Techrights IBM Red Hat's Goal Is Not Real Security (It Probably Never Was) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/IBM_Red_Hat_s_Goal_Is_Not_Real_Security_It_Probably_Never_Was.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/IBM_Red_Hat_s_Goal_Is_Not_Real_Security_It_Probably_Never_Was.gmi [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Red Hat's Goal Is Not Real Security (It Probably Never Was) [07:33] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:36] TR News Techrights IBM Kills Red Hat in the Darkness https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/IBM_Kills_Red_Hat_in_the_Darkness.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/IBM_Kills_Red_Hat_in_the_Darkness.gmi [07:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Kills Red Hat in the Darkness [07:40] TR News Richard Stallman Was Asked: Is Software Piracy Wrong? https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/25/1952231/richard-stallman-was-asked-is-software-piracy-wrong [07:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.slashdot.org | Richard Stallman Was Asked: Is Software Piracy Wrong? - Slashdot [07:43] TR News Distraction from XBox sales COLLAPSING https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/01/in-the-us-66percent-of-xbox-series-xs-sales-were-digital-only-in-2025 [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.purexbox.com | In The US, 66% Of Xbox Series X|S Sales Were Digital-Only In 2025 | Pure Xbox [07:44] TR News XBox is dead, now it's just a "STORE" ('everywhere') https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-play-anywhere-continues-to-have-a-aaa-problem-why-are-most-publishers-uninterested-in-supporting-xboxs-future [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.windowscentral.com | Xbox Play Anywhere has a "AAA" problem | Windows Central [07:46] TR News "If your modem suddenly stopped working after installing Windows 11 update KB5074109, you might assume its another classic Windows Update disaster." https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-update-kb5074109-breaks-modems-for-some-users-but-it-is-not-a-bug [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.windowscentral.com | Windows 11 update KB5074109breaks modems for some users | Windows Central [07:58] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) ● Jan 27 [08:06] TR News Techrights Google News and "Linux" Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Google_News_and_Linux_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Google_News_and_Linux_Slop.gmi [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google News and "Linux" Slop [08:16] TR News Techrights Earlier This Month Microsoft Lunduke Said in Public It Was Good That Renee Good Was Murdered, Now He Mocks or Demonises People for Saying the US is Unsafe https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Earlier_This_Month_Microsoft_Lunduke_Said_in_Public_It_Was_Good.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Earlier_This_Month_Microsoft_Lunduke_Said_in_Public_It_Was_Good.gmi [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Earlier This Month Microsoft Lunduke Said in Public It Was Good That Renee Good Was Murdered, Now He Mocks or Demonises People for Saying the US is Unsafe [08:30] TR News (NEW): Very Significant Gains for GNU/Linux in Tonga https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Very_Significant_Gains_for_GNU_Linux_in_Tonga.shtml | Gemini 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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/IBM_Reports_Results_Tomorrow_Expect_More_RAs_Mass_Layoffs.gmi [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Reports 'Results' Tomorrow, Expect More "RAs" (Mass Layoffs) ● Jan 27 [09:10] TR News (NEW): Proton VPN reveals major Linux makeover both for GUI and CLI users https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Proton_VPN_reveals_major_Linux_makeover_both_for_GUI_and_CLI_us.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Proton_VPN_reveals_major_Linux_makeover_both_for_GUI_and_CLI_us.gmi [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Proton VPN reveals major Linux makeover both for GUI and CLI users [09:15] TR News (NEW): I found the key to gaming on desktop Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/I_found_the_key_to_gaming_on_desktop_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/I_found_the_key_to_gaming_on_desktop_Linux.gmi [09:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I found the key to gaming on desktop Linux [09:24] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:26] TR News Techrights Wikilaundering Explained https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Wikilaundering_Explained.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Wikilaundering_Explained.gmi [09:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Wikilaundering Explained [09:31] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [09:38] TR News Techrights A Week Ago We Contacted the EPO's Stephen (Steve) Rowan About Cocainegate 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http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1089660 https://web.archive.org/web/20061128094226/https://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1089660 [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nokia licensed products | Nokia.com [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-web.archive.org | Nokia - ShowPressRelease [13:18] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-27.gmi [13:19] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1548.jpg [13:19] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1898.jpg [13:19] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:22] TR News The free and open source Godot Engine 4.6 is out now with major upgrades | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-free-and-open-source-godot-engine-4-6-is-out-now-with-major-upgrades/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The free and open source Godot Engine 4.6 is out now with major upgrades | GamingOnLinux [13:23] TR News Stop Killing Games final verified vote count for the EU petition is just under 1.3 million | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stop-killing-games-final-verified-vote-count-for-the-eu-petition-is-just-under-1-3-million/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stop Killing Games final verified vote count for the EU petition is just under 1.3 million | GamingOnLinux [13:23] TR News Mesa 25.3.4 released with more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-25-3-4-released-with-more-bug-fixes-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Mesa 25.3.4 released with more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers | GamingOnLinux [13:24] TR News Mesa 25.3.4 Release Notes https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/25.3.4.html [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-docs.mesa3d.org | Mesa 25.3.4 Release Notes / 2026-01-23 The Mesa 3D Graphics Library latest documentation [13:25] TR News "Recently I covered the draft code to add a full VR mode into the KDE Plasma desktop, and it has only continued to get more advanced with recent updates." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-full-vr-mode-for-kde-plasma-continues-getting-more-advanced/ [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The full VR mode for KDE Plasma continues getting more advanced | GamingOnLinux [13:26] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [13:26] TR News Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivors dev poncle gets a new trailer and upcoming demo | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/vampire-crawlers-from-the-vampire-survivors-dev-poncle-gets-a-new-trailer-and-upcoming-demo/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivors dev poncle gets a new trailer and upcoming demo | GamingOnLinux [13:27] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:27] TR News "Starlink Now Uses Customers' Personal Data for AI Training" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/25/0439223 [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Starlink Now Uses Customers' Personal Data for AI Training - SoylentNews [13:27] TR News (NEW): Mesa 25.3.4 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Mesa_25_3_4_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Mesa_25_3_4_Released.gmi [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mesa 25.3.4 Released [13:28] TR News "Microsoft Gave FBI a Set of BitLocker Encryption Keys to Unlock Suspects Laptops" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/24/0116243 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/23/Forbes_Covers_in_2026_What_Was_Already_Clear_for_Over_a_Decade_.shtml [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Microsoft Gave FBI a Set of BitLocker Encryption Keys to Unlock Suspects Laptops - SoylentNews [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Forbes Covers in 2026 What Was Already Clear for Over a Decade: Microsoft's BitLocker 'Encryption' is a Back Door [13:28] TR News "Veterans react to killing of VA nurse Alex Pretti by federal agent" https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/2026/01/26/veterans-react-to-killing-of-va-nurse-alex-pretti-by-federal-agent/ [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.armytimes.com | Veterans react to killing of VA nurse Alex Pretti by federal agent [13:29] TR News HEY HI CHIPS? No such thing. This site is a slopfarm. Slop about slop about Microsoft: "Microsoft rolls out next generation of its AI chips, takes aim at Nvidia's software" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-rolls-out-next-generation-of-its-ai-chips-takes-aim-at-nvidias-software/articleshow/127586846.cms [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Microsoft rolls out next generation of its AI chips, takes aim at Nvidia's software - The Economic Times [13:29] TR News STAR WARS Battlefront II private server and mod launcher KYBER goes open source | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/star-wars-battlefront-ii-private-server-and-mod-launcher-kyber-goes-open-source/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-STAR WARS Battlefront II private server and mod launcher KYBER goes open source | GamingOnLinux [13:30] TR News Banjo-Kazooie gets a native PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/banjo-kazooie-gets-a-native-pc-port-with-linux-steam-deck-support/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Banjo-Kazooie gets a native PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux [13:31] TR News GE-Proton 10-29 released with updates to FEX, Wine, DXVK and a few game fixes | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ge-proton-10-29-released-with-updates-to-fex-wine-dxvk-and-a-few-game-fixes/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GE-Proton 10-29 released with updates to FEX, Wine, DXVK and a few game fixes | GamingOnLinux [13:31] TR News Wine 11.1 arrives as the first development build of 2026 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/wine-11-1-arrives-as-the-first-development-build-of-2026/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wine 11.1 arrives as the first development build of 2026 | GamingOnLinux [13:32] TR News (NEW): Wine 11.1 is out https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/24/Wine_11_1_is_out.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/24/Wine_11_1_is_out.gmi [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Wine 11.1 is out [13:34] TR News (NEW): Games: Godot Engine 4.6, "Stop Killing Games", and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Games_Godot_Engine_4_6_Stop_Killing_Games_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Games_Godot_Engine_4_6_Stop_Killing_Games_and_More.gmi [13:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Godot Engine 4.6, "Stop Killing Games", and More [13:35] TR News Its [13:35] TR News "Its not surprising or improper that Microsoft would cooperate with law enforcement, but it may be surprising to many users that they had shared their recovery keys with Microsoft." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/26/microsoft-sharing-bitlocker-keys-with-fbi/ | Source: Michael Tsai [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - Microsoft Sharing BitLocker Keys With FBI [13:38] TR News "The lawsuit accuses Paramount Global of violating the VPPA by disclosing digital subscribers identities and video media information, without proper consent" https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/us-supreme-court-to-decide-if-1988-video-tape-privacy-law-applies-to-internet-uses/ | Source: JURIST [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | US Supreme Court to decide if 1988 video tape privacy law applies to internet uses - JURIST - News [13:39] TR News "I wonder if Adam Kovacevich, CEO of the Chamber of Progress, will continue referring to it as one of Lina Khans most prominent anti-big tech cases," https://pxlnv.com/linklog/ftc-meta-appeal/ | Source: Nick Heer [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | FTC Says It Will Appeal Ruling in Meta Monopolization Case Pixel Envy [13:39] TR News (NEW): Windows Getting Awful Publicity This Week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Windows_Getting_Awful_Publicity_This_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Windows_Getting_Awful_Publicity_This_Week.gmi [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Windows Getting Awful Publicity This Week [13:39] TR News "FTC Bureau of Competition Director Daniel Guarnera issued the following statement regarding the FTCs notice of appeal: [...]" https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/01/ftc-appeals-ruling-meta-monopolization-case | Source: Federal Trade Commission [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ftc.gov | FTC Appeals Ruling in Meta Monopolization Case | Federal Trade Commission [13:40] TR News "If you own a car made in the past decade, it's a fair bet your vehicle is already under some form of surveillance." https://boingboing.net/2026/01/26/congress-wants-a-remote-kill-switch-in-every-car.html | Source: BoingBoing [13:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/26/congress-wants-a-remote-kill-switch-in-every-car.html ) [13:42] TR News "experiencing homelessness who were incarcerated at the time of the count and unhoused people in emergency rooms and hospitals." https://nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/26/as-counties-prepare-to-count-unhoused-population-hud-guidelines-assure-an-undercount/ | Source: Nevada Current [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/26/as-counties-prepare-to-count-unhoused-population-hud-guidelines-assure-an-undercount/ ) [13:43] TR News "Rene Good and Alex Pretti both embodied courage. Cook chose fealty and, ultimately, cowardice." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/cook-melania/ | Source: Nick Heer [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | Tim Cook Attends Screening of Propaganda for Authoritarians Wife Pixel Envy [13:43] TR News "My mind is still boggled at the idea that you can get drugs across the border when the rest of us are paranoid about taking too large a container of eye contact solution across." https://chrisenns.com/2026/01/a-brief-review-of-narco-mennonites/ | Source: Chris Enns [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chrisenns.com | A Brief Review of Narco Mennonites [13:44] TR News "Guy posted this on 20 January, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States, and just days before Alex Pretti was murdered and Tim Cook attended a screening of Melania." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-mlk/ | Source: Nick Heer [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | Apple Honours Martin Luther King While Working Against His Legacy Pixel Envy [13:44] TR News "Its no longer a very crude synthetic strip, says Henry Ajder, a deepfake expert who has tracked the technology for more than half a decade." https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-nudify-technology-is-getting-darker-and-more-dangerous/ | Source: Wired [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Deepfake Nudify Technology Is Getting Darkerand More Dangerous | WIRED [13:45] TR News "The investigation will determine if the AI tool violates the Digital Services Act (DSA) and whether X failed its obligation to properly assess and mitigate the risks of deploying Grok into the EU." https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/eu-launches-probe-into-sexual-deepfakes-on-x/ | Source: JURIST [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | EU launches probe into sexual deepfakes on X - JURIST - News [13:46] TR News (NEW): Mid-Point Project Progress: What Ive Learned So Far https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Mid_Point_Project_Progress_What_I_ve_Learned_So_Far.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Mid_Point_Project_Progress_What_I_ve_Learned_So_Far.gmi [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mid-Point Project Progress: What Ive Learned So Far [13:46] TR News "hundreds of workers from Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Salesforce, and many, many other companies demanding ICE leave American cities." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/ice_shootings_tech_employees_demand_action/ | Source: The Register UK [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Tech employees demand their leaders take a stand against ICE The Register [13:51] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, and Review https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Review.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Review.gmi [13:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, and Review [13:56] TR News "National labor leaders echoed the point." https://jacobin.com/2026/01/minneapolis-ice-immigration-worker-organizing/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Why Labor Unions Cant Ignore ICE [13:57] TR News "Authorities in the Republic of Georgia are increasingly using newly adopted restrictions on public assembly to arbitrarily detain and harass peaceful demonstrators, effectively undermining the right to protest and freedom of assembly in the country." https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/hrw-reports-georgia-authorities-arbitrarily-detaining-and-harassing-peaceful-demonstrators/ | Source: JURIST [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | HRW reports Georgia authorities arbitrarily detaining and harassing peaceful demonstrators - JURIST - News [13:57] TR News "The protest came amid rising tensions in U.S. cities following the Saturday, Jan. 24 killing of Alex Pretti by immigration agents in Minneapolis." https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2026/01/hundreds-rally-in-kalamazoo-to-protest-ice-actions-in-minnesota.html | Source: Michigan News [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hundreds rally in Kalamazoo to protest ICE actions in Minnesota - mlive.com [13:57] TR News "lawful citizens should not be apprehended." https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2026/01/operation-metro-surge-after-alex-pretti-killing-minnesota-politicians-are-inching-definitely-not-bounding-toward-bipartisan-solutions/ | Source: MinnPost [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.minnpost.com | Operation Metro Surge politics, slow moves toward bipartisanship [13:58] TR News "The California Post is a new localised print edition and online destination for the New York Post." https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/california-is-a-news-desert-says-post-editor-in-chief-keith-poole-as-new-title-launched/ | Source: Press Gazette [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | California Post launching into 'news desert', boss Keith Poole says - Press Gazette [13:58] TR News "Theres a law thats supposed to prevent this." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/26/the-fbi-raided-a-reporters-home-ignoring-laws-designed-to-prevent-exactly-that/ | Source: Techdirt [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The FBI Raided A Reporters Home, Ignoring Laws Designed To Prevent Exactly That | Techdirt [13:58] TR News "According to a statement from USA Today Co., the newspaper publisher formerly named Gannett, both newspapers will continue to publish separately." https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-01-26/usa-today-co-owner-of-the-detroit-free-press-says-it-will-purchase-the-detroit-news | Source: US News And World Report [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-01-26/usa-today-co-owner-of-the-detroit-free-press-says-it-will-purchase-the-detroit-news ) [13:59] TR News "The irony is thick: A little over a year ago, Melania sparked a bidding war among Hollywood studios eager to curry favor with the incoming Trump administration." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/melania-trump-documentary-amazon-behind-the-scenes-1235505208/ | Source: Rolling Stone [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Melania Trump Documentary From Amazon: Behind the Scenes [13:59] TR News "Importantly, the lies Melugin told were the maximal lies that adjudged liar Greg Bovino would himself tell." https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/26/stephen-miller-not-just-kristi-noem-and-greg-bovino-must-be-held-accountable/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | Stephen Miller, Not (Just) Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino, Must Be Held Accountable - emptywheel ● Jan 27 [14:00] TR News "long enough to have watched the practice of speaking up about moral issues go from completely unthinkable to briefly being given lip service to actively being persecuted both professionally and politically." https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/ | Source: Anil Dash [14:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.anildash.com | Why We Speak - Anil Dash [14:01] TR News "flipping over the table in a poker game that's rigged in his favor because he resents having to pretend to play the game at all." https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/26/i-dont-want/#your-greenback-dollar | Source: CoryDoctorow [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Trump and the unmighty dollar (26 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [14:01] TR News "It is entirely unacceptable to allow tech platforms to experiment on billions of people for private gain with no meaningful restraint." https://citizenlab.ca/peoples-consultation-on-ai-now-accepting-submissions/ | Source: Citizen Lab [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Peoples Consultation on AI Now Accepting Submissions - The Citizen Lab [14:02] TR News "Roughly 200,000 Tennesseans remain without power Monday in frigid temperatures after a major winter storm froze trees, power lines and roadways and coated them with ice." https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/01/26/thousands-remain-without-power-in-tennessee-with-single-digit-temperatures-expected/ | Source: Tennessee Lookout [14:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/01/26/thousands-remain-without-power-in-tennessee-with-single-digit-temperatures-expected/ ) [14:02] TR News "An analysis of 1,044 unique interactions between marine life and this small-scale tidal turbine found zero collisions for seals or seabirds" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/tidal-wave-energy/underwater-cameras-could-help-unlock-americas-tidal-energy-industry/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [14:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/tidal-wave-energy/underwater-cameras-could-help-unlock-americas-tidal-energy-industry/ ) [14:08] TR News "A review of over half a dozen videos taken from different angles including footage recorded by bystanders, video from inside nearby businesses and clips captured from across the street" https://www.startribune.com/fact-check-federal-officials-claims-about-fatal-minneapolis-shooting/601570444 | Source: Star Tribune [14:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://www.startribune.com/fact-check-federal-officials-claims-about-fatal-minneapolis-shooting/601570444 ) [14:09] TR News "The suits accuse Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok of engineering features that make their apps nearly impossible for kids to put down, like infinite scroll, auto-play videos" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5684196 | Source: NPR [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | Meta, TikTok and YouTube are on trial over whether their apps hurt children [14:09] TR News "The man who had been shotfatally, we later learnedwas Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who had been recording agents outside a donut shop" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/ | Source: The Atlantic [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong - The Atlantic [14:10] TR News "His phone was in his right hand. His left hand was raised above his head. He was being pepper-sprayed. He was trying to protect a woman that ICE had just pushed to the ground." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/26/ten-shots/ | Source: Techdirt [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ten Shots | Techdirt [14:11] TR News "Fascist best describes it" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/ | Source: The Atlantic [14:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Yes, Its Fascism - The Atlantic [14:12] TR News "shooting Alex Pretti 10 times while he lay face down in the street" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/26/judge-blocks-dhs-from-destroying-evidence-from-alex-prettis-execution-by-federal-officers/ | Source: Techdirt [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Judge Blocks DHS From Destroying Evidence From Alex Prettis Execution By Federal Officers | Techdirt [14:13] TR News "Some of the most enticing bonuses will be offered to Marines who make lateral moves with a seven-year reenlistment." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-corps-bonus-retention/ | Source: Task And Purpose [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taskandpurpose.com | Marine Corps offers reenlistment bonuses up to $60k to switch jobs [14:14] TR News "isnt the difference that the layoff you get severance and for job applications you dont have to say you were fired for cause but laid off due to lack of work" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh ) [14:15] TR News "Minnesotas secretary of state said over the weekend that the Trump administration is trying to ransom Minneapoliss freedom from an increasingly violent federal presence." https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/476562/trump-pam-bondi-minneapolis-minnesota-voter-data-demand | Source: Vox [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ICE in Minneapolis: Trumps plan to extort Minnesota, briefly explained | Vox [14:15] TR News "U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers didnt seem convinced Monday" https://www.courthousenews.com/tiktok-youtube-and-meta-likely-headed-to-trial-over-schools-social-media-addiction-claims/ | Source: Court House News [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/tiktok-youtube-and-meta-likely-headed-to-trial-over-schools-social-media-addiction-claims/ ) [14:15] TR News "Thousands of individuals, school districts and state attorneys general have filed similar lawsuits. Just one win could open the door to an avalanche of similar claims." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/what-to-know-about-the-social-media-addiction-trials.html | Source: New York Times [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/what-to-know-about-the-social-media-addiction-trials.html ) [14:16] TR News "Parent lawsuits alleging that social medias design is addictive and has fueled the teen mental health crisis are heading to trial. Their case might be hard to prove." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/25/social-media-addiction-lawsuits/ | Source: The Washington Post [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/25/social-media-addiction-lawsuits/ ) [14:16] TR News "Dont mourn Organize." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mourning-in-america | Source: Robert Reich [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Mourning in America - Robert Reich [14:16] TR News "But the MAGA faithful closed ranks, echoing the party line that she was a militant terrorist, albeit one with a dog in the back of the car, who smiled and said soothing words to her killer." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/was-this-a-murder-too-far | Source: Paul Krugman [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Was This a Murder Too Far? - Paul Krugman [14:16] TR News "It is a story about the cynical and the craven. And it ends with blood on their hands." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-2 | Source: Mike Brock [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Crisis, No. 2 - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus [14:17] TR News "I am tired of pretending otherwise. The republic is in crisis." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-3 | Source: Mike Brock [14:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Crisis, No. 3 - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus [14:17] TR News "The poll, commissioned by price-tracking website firm Hintaopas in December, found 66.5 percent of respondents supporting a social media ban for under-15s" https://yle.fi/a/74-20206519 | Source: YLE [14:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Survey finds more support in Finland for social media ban for under-15s | Yle News | Yle [14:19] TR News "The Covid overhiring excuse is ridiculous. That overhiring occurred from mid 2020 through mid 2022. The layoffs started in late 2022 and are continuing to this day over 3 years later. The correction is long over with but the layoffs continue." [14:19] TR News "Mainly because Wall Street demands ever increasing EPS at a time when top line Revenues aren't growing. When this bubble bursts it's going to be ugly." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfzdkhhx [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfzdkhhx ) [14:22] TR News "Keystroke timing obfuscation: I couldve told you that! Although I wouldnt necessarily have leapt to the possibility of mitigating it server-side" https://danq.me/2026/01/26/why-does-ssh-send-100-packets-per-keystroke/ | Source: Dan Q [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danq.me | Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke? Dan Q [14:22] TR News "Under the existing Online Safety Act framework, user-to-user services include almost any online platform that enables individuals to post, share, or interact with content from others" https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-lords-votes-to-extend-age-verification-to-vpns | Source: Reclaim The Net [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-reclaimthenet.org | UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs [14:22] TR News "Its not yet law." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/26/uk-age-verification-for-vpns/ | Source: Michael Tsai [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - UK Age Verification for VPNs [14:23] TR News [Old] "CBP invites the public to comment on both the previously approved emergency changes and the newly proposed changes." https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22461.pdf | Source: US Government Publishing Office [14:23] TR News "Companies and governments must push back now, lest they enable and copy these practices." https://www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5713/trump-administration-wants-your-dna-and-social-media | [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.privacyinternational.org | The Trump Administration wants your DNA and social media | Privacy International [14:23] TR News "In Finland, Signal currently leads the free communication apps category on Google Play: [...]" https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-popularity-soars-number-one-in-finland/ | [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Signal popularity soars, number one in Finland - AboutSignal.com [14:24] TR News "Hinduja instead advocates for device-level verification, where a parent specifies a childs age when setting up the childs phone for the first time." https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/26/1131726/why-chatbots-are-starting-to-check-your-age/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | Why chatbots are starting to check your age | MIT Technology Review [14:24] TR News Openwashing https://www.acm.org/about-acm/acm-pres-on-oa-transition-and-dl-changes | Source: ACM [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.acm.org/about-acm/acm-pres-on-oa-transition-and-dl-changes ) [14:25] TR News Windows TCO https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/semon9-ryglx/2024-04-17-Mandiant-APT44-Unearthing-Sandworm.pdf | Source: The National Security Archive [14:25] TR News "Open source is great. All of the Micro.blog apps are open source. But for platforms, open APIs have always been more important to me than open source." https://www.manton.org/2026/01/26/open-source-vs-open-platforms.html | Source: Manton Reece [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.manton.org | Manton Reece - Open source vs. open platforms [14:25] TR News "In this article, he opposes the widespread practice of conducting diplomacy via WhatsApp. Which, obviously, does not work." https://manualdousuario.net/en/diplomacy-by-whatsapp/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manualdousuario.net | Diplomacy by WhatsApp Manual do Usurio [14:26] TR News "Others said that while they could upload videos, they were receiving far fewer views and engagement than usual" https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-ice-videos-censorship-allegations-algorithm/ | Source: Wired [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners | WIRED [14:26] TR News "Its For You page algorithm is suddenly unreliable, while features like comments are failing to load or loading slowly, and publishing new videos seems nearly impossible for many people." https://www.theverge.com/news/868379/tiktok-us-trump-oracle-broken-rumors-power-outage | Source: The Verge [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | TikTok is still down, here are all the latest updates | The Verge [14:27] TR News "ByteDance retaining a minority stake - took to X on Monday to explain the issues as resulting from a power outage at a US datacenter." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/tiktok_outage_datacenter_power/ | Source: The Register UK [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | TikToks US joint venture off to a rocky start The Register [14:27] TR News "The European authorities have another investigation underway about Xs recommender algorithm and policies for preventing the spread of illicit content." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/business/european-union-x-grok-ai-images-musk.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share | Source: New York Times [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/business/european-union-x-grok-ai-images-musk.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share ) [14:28] TR News "X later paywalled the ability to edit images in public replies to posts, but everyone can still generate images using Groks chatbot interface inside X" https://www.theverge.com/news/868239/x-grok-sexualized-deepfakes-eu-investigation | Source: The Verge [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | X faces EU investigation over Groks sexualized deepfakes | The Verge [14:28] TR News (NEW): OpenSSL 3.6.1 Is Now Available with Important Security Patches and Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/OpenSSL_3_6_1_Is_Now_Available_with_Important_Security_Patches_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/OpenSSL_3_6_1_Is_Now_Available_with_Important_Security_Patches_.gmi [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OpenSSL 3.6.1 Is Now Available with Important Security Patches and Bug Fixes [14:28] TR News "systemic risks" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/business/european-union-x-grok-ai-images-musk.html | Source: New York Times [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/business/european-union-x-grok-ai-images-musk.html ) [14:29] TR News "We also report accounts seeking Child Sexual Exploitation materials to law enforcement authorities as necessary." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/ec_open_new_investigation_into/ | Source: The Register UK [14:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | European Commission opens new investigation into X's Grok The Register [14:29] TR News "This is not an isolated incident." https://edri.org/our-work/edri-calls-for-swift-action-as-eu-probes-xs-grok-over-ai-generated-harm/ | Source: EDRI [14:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | EDRi calls for action as EU probes Xs Grok over AI-generated harm - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [14:33] TR News "Looking back, I think we can say that the downfall of the bug-bounty program started slowly in the second half of 2024 but accelerated badly in 2025." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/26/the-end-of-the-curl-bug-bounty/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [14:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The end of the curl bug-bounty | daniel.haxx.se [14:34] TR News "We talked with him a good bit about his piece: Large Language Models, the Doctrine of Discovery and Terra Nullius Declared Again?." https://computinged.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/a-new-zealand-perspective-on-the-challenges-of-computing-education-what-i-did-on-my-sabbatical/ | Source: CER [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-computinged.wordpress.com | A New Zealand Perspective on the Challenges of Computing Education: What I did on my sabbatical | Computing Ed Research - Guzdial's Take [14:34] TR News "The list includes almost any way in which a business could touch AI. Berkleys definition of AI seems to mean machine learning or generative AI: [...]" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/26/insurers-dont-want-to-cover-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/26/insurers-dont-want-to-cover-ai/ ) [14:35] TR News "That makes discussions with others around what AI can or can't do unreliable and mostly uninteresting to me at this point." https://blog.avas.space/ai-class-divide/ | Source: Ava [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.avas.space | the on-going AI class divide | ava's blog [14:35] TR News "This post is primarily written towards web and software developers. All em-dashes were written by human." https://dbushell.com/2026/01/26/ai-policy-and-the-inevitable/ | Source: David Bushell [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dbushell.com | AI Policy and The Inevitable David Bushell Web Dev (UK) [14:39] TR News "Fundraising has not eased either. The maker of ChatGPT has continued to close nine- and even ten-figure funding rounds, as has its rival Anthropic." https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/one-year-on-the-deepseek-shockwave | Source: Jrme Marin [14:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cafetechinenglish.substack.com | One year on, the DeepSeek shockwave has faded [14:40] TR News "this conversation violates our policies and has to stop" https://aphyr.com/posts/403-blocking-claude | Source: Kyle Kingsbury [14:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/403-blocking-claude ) [14:40] TR News "From my casual browsing on Mastodon, it seems like it brought peoples attention to it - and that's great." https://www.michaelgale.dev/blog/how-to-find-things-from-the-before-times | Source: Michael Gale [14:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgale.dev | How to find things from the before times | Michael Gale [14:41] TR News "AI is more or less useless. I set out to investigate a little about why there is such a big difference in opinion among developers. This is just some my observations." https://unixdigest.com/articles/the-reasons-for-the-big-discrepancy-between-satisfied-vs-dissatisfied-developers-using-ai-for-coding.html | Source: UNIXdigest [14:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unixdigest.com | The reasons for the big discrepancy between satisfied vs dissatisfied developers using AI for coding [14:41] TR News "Starting in the coming weeks, teens will no longer be able to access AI characters across our apps until the updated experience is ready" https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-bans-teens-chatbots | Source: Futurism [14:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Meta Just Quietly Admitted a Major Defeat on AI [14:41] TR News "a phenomenon that psychiatrists are labeling AI psychosis." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/onlyfans-rival-ai-psychosis | Source: Futurism [14:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | OnlyFans Rival Seemingly Succumbs to AI Psychosis, Which We Dare You to Try Explain to Your Parents [14:42] TR News "that level of complexity being, crucially, pretty low." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agents-incapable-math | Source: Futurism [14:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI Agents Are Mathematically Incapable of Doing Functional Work, Paper Finds [14:43] TR News "Most people have only the vaguest idea of what WHO is or what it does. Teal deer, they do a lot of different stuff, most of it pretty good." https://crookedtimber.org/2026/01/26/who-an-anecdote/ | Source: Crooked Timber [14:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | WHO: An anecdote Crooked Timber [14:43] TR News "It was pretty straightforward, given a list of coordinates of all UK parkruns, to figure this out in R. Click here for the answer, or read on for the code." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/close-to-me-finding-close-parkruns/ | Source: Rlang [14:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Close To Me: finding close parkruns | R-bloggers [14:44] TR News "So I deleted my GitHub (which I wanted to do anyway, to avoid Microsoft) and moved the notes vault to Bearblog." https://blog.avas.space/issue-notes-vault/ | Source: Ava [14:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.avas.space | issues with my public knowledge base | ava's blog [14:46] TR News "A bunch of us both watch and provide links to his library of typewriter repair videos on a daily basis." https://boffosocko.com/2026/01/25/rest-in-peace-typewriter-repair-legend-duane-jensen-august-21-1961-january-252026/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [14:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boffosocko.com | Rest in Peace: Typewriter Repair Legend Duane Jensen (August 21, 1961-January 25,2026) | Chris Aldrich [14:46] TR News "We should be back up again by mid-morning your time tomorrow." https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/26/closed-for-renovations/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [14:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | Closed for Renovations - emptywheel [14:50] TR News "This is called the march of nines, and it has been very common in high tech for many years." https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-march-of-nines/ | Source: Kevin Kelly [14:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kk.org | The Technium: The March of Nines [14:50] TR News "If youre worried about the internet hijacking your ambition (or the ambition of someone you care about), then keep these ideas in mind." https://calnewport.com/is-the-internet-hijacking-our-ambition/ | Source: Cal Newport [14:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-calnewport.com | Is the Internet Hijacking Our Ambition? - Cal Newport [14:55] TR News Techrights Links 27/01/2026: "Oracle Debt and TikTok Transition Troubles Vex the Ellison Media Empire", Richard Stallman Quoted on Copyrights https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Links_27_01_2026_Oracle_Debt_and_TikTok_Transition_Troubles_Vex.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Links_27_01_2026_Oracle_Debt_and_TikTok_Transition_Troubles_Vex.gmi [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 27/01/2026: "Oracle Debt and TikTok Transition Troubles Vex the Ellison Media Empire", Richard Stallman Quoted on Copyrights [14:56] TR News xkcd Early Arthropods #3199 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3199.gmi [14:57] TR News SpellBinding ADEKQSU Wordo: SPICY gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-27.gmi [14:58] TR News "You know... some text-based things still work just fine. I am currently posting from Lynx, in a terminal, on my phone." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2778 ● Jan 27 [15:00] TR News "Finally, the first video is up on my PeerTube channel. In this first episode of Scandinavian Retro I explain what the peertube channel is about, do a quick tour around the new retro room, look at a number of items that came in the mail and do a quick test of two of those items: the Amstrad CPC 464 and the 6128." gemini://scandinavianretro.eu/posts/20260127_first_video_is_up_the_making_of.gmi [15:01] TR News "The simulator at my work uses LVDT position sensors in the actuator legs. This got me interested in LVDT position sensors and wondering if I could make one, at least a toy one. My main source of info was this Web page: [...]" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260123-0.gmi [15:02] TR News "I woke up earlier than expect on Sunday morning (2026-01-25) and discovered that the morning weather reports sounded tolerable, if not ideal, for stargazing." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260126-0.gmi [15:03] TR News "My pastor's wife loaned me this book, and it was a short and easy read, with a lot of help on how to wait well." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/emily/20260121.gmi [15:04] TR News "I keep an organized list of Web bookmarks in my personal Zim wiki. The entries go back almost 20 years, and I've now saved almost a thousand links in total." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202601/20260126-bookmarks.gmi [15:05] TR News "It seems like I'm paid to find trouble. Maybe that's not the job description explicitly, but that's what I have been doing for years and continue doing and I haven't been fired, although I am counseled to "pick my battles" and "decide which hills you're going to die on."" gemini://ieve.me/squall/12.gmi [15:06] TR News "Say that, through some freak accident or alternate timeline, the only piece of media in the sprawling, decades-long Star Wars space opera franchise is the original 1977 film, complete with its year-plus-long theatrical run and the widespread audience acclaim that it got" gemini://thehans255.com/gemlog/2026/01/star-wars-if-only-star-wars.gmi [15:08] TR News "I love how soft the Facets yarn is and the interesting colors it comes in. The aqua and yellows reminded me of the sun and beach, which was nice to think about in dark January." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/emily/20260126.gmi [15:10] TR News "You can get a detailed timeline of changes I do on my envs.net account on my web site, Gemini page, Gopher Hole or the shell itself with using 'Finger' on dan@envs.net like this on the command line: [...]" gopher://envs.net/1/~dan/phlog/20260126-finger-a-detailed-timeline-for-changes-on-my-envs-net-account/ [15:13] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 27/01/2026: "Waiting Isn't a Waste", Posting from Lynx, and Bookmarks https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Gemini_Links_27_01_2026_Waiting_Isn_t_a_Waste_Posting_from_Lynx.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Gemini_Links_27_01_2026_Waiting_Isn_t_a_Waste_Posting_from_Lynx.gmi [15:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 27/01/2026: "Waiting Isn't a Waste", Posting from Lynx, and Bookmarks [15:15] TR News FAKE IBM numbers https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/ai-related-tech-job-cuts-reach-almost-30-of-all-global-tech-layoffs/article [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitaljournal.com | AI-related tech job cuts reach almost 30% of all global tech layoffs - Digital Journal [15:19] TR News (NEW): Xfce Desktop Environment Is Getting a Rust-Based Wayland Compositor https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Xfce_Desktop_Environment_Is_Getting_a_Rust_Based_Wayland_Compos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Xfce_Desktop_Environment_Is_Getting_a_Rust_Based_Wayland_Compos.gmi [15:20] TR News "Excited about the arrival of RCS in Brazil, I decided to do some testing." https://manualdousuario.net/en/using-rcs/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Xfce Desktop Environment Is Getting a Rust-Based Wayland Compositor [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manualdousuario.net | RCS, SMS via the internet, is good, but that doesnt matter Manual do Usurio [15:20] TR News "POP is now over 40 years old and has been effectively superseded by IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) for decades." https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/pop-goes-the-email-migrate-to-imap/ | Source: Six Colors [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sixcolors.com | POP goes the email: migrate to IMAP Six Colors [15:21] TR News "That this is allowed is not entirely obvious from the specification, but it's not forbidden" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoGenericTypeIsPointer | Source: University of Toronto [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [15:21] TR News "The company used the KubeCon conference in Atlanta last November to launch its BellSoft Hardened Images, betting it can stand out in a space where Chainguard pioneered the approach" https://thenewstack.io/bellsoft-bets-java-expertise-can-beat-hardened-container-wave/ | Source: The New Stack [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | BellSoft bets Java expertise can beat hardened container wave - The New Stack [15:21] TR News "Modern applications rely on hundreds of third-party packages, yet most teams have never validated their systems against the failure modes that occur in production." https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/26/introducing-package-chaos-monkey.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | Introducing Package Chaos Monkey | Andrew Nesbitt [15:30] TR News Open Data https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/say-no-to-data/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jim-nielsen.com | You Can Just Say No to the Data - Jim Nielsens Blog [15:30] TR News Software Freedom needed "In Finland, people may be waking up to the fact that American companies control the channels through which they communicate and the tools they use" https://yle.fi/a/74-20206417 | Source: YLE [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Expert sounds alarm over risks of US tech dependence | Yle News | Yle [15:31] TR News "A pre-fosdem workshop where you can hack around your IOT gadgets (esp32, arduinos, ch32v003, etc) ." http://zoobab.wikidot.com/iot-friday-pre-fosdem | Source: Benjamin Henrion [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zoobab.wikidot.com | IOT Friday pre-Fosdem - .[ZooBaB]. [15:31] TR News "Reviews will be done on a rolling basis until the evening before each session (so friday evening for the saturday session, saturday evening for the sunday session)." https://fosdem.org/2026/news/2026-01-26-lightning-talks/ | Source: FOSDEM [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fosdem.org | FOSDEM 2026 - Present a lightning lightning talk [15:32] TR News "All videos from CNIs Fall 2025 Membership Meeting are now openly available on the CNI website and our YouTube and Vimeo channels." https://www.cni.org/news/cni-fall-meeting-videos-now-available | Source: Coalition for Networked Information [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cni.org | CNI Fall Meeting Videos Now Available [15:32] TR News "When building static sites with 11ty, it can be tempting to minify CSS and Javascript files to reduce their size and improve load times." https://bobmonsour.com/blog/minify-that-css-bundle-maybe-not/ | Source: Bob Monsour [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bobmonsour.com | Minify those CSS & JS bundles? Maybe not. [15:33] TR News "Without -J, the content would be save in the target output filename called download since curl strips off the query part." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/27/improving-curl-j/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Improving curl -J | daniel.haxx.se [15:33] TR News "This post is NOT about how to implement cool URLs. Too many ways to do that depending on the sites setup and the sites philosophy even." https://leanrada.com/notes/cool-urls-with-snapshot-testing/?ref=rss | Source: Lean Rada [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-leanrada.com | Cool URLs dont change with snapshot testing [15:34] TR News "This is the concluding follow up to the article on Arcan as Operating System Design." https://arcan-fe.com/2026/01/26/arcan-explained-a-browser-for-different-webs/ | Source: Arcan [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arcan-fe.com | Arcan Explained A browser for different webs. | Arcan [15:36] TR News "If you havent heard yet" https://crescentro.se/posts/linux-music-players-2026/ | Source: Ivan [15:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The state of Linux music players in 2026 // crescentro.se [15:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [15:36] TR News "In vibe coding, an AI agent builds software by selecting and assembling open-source software (OSS), often without users directly reading documentation, reporting bugs, or otherwise engaging with maintainers." https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.15494 | Source: arXiv [15:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arxiv.org | [2601.15494] Vibe Coding Kills Open Source [15:36] TR News "A recent pre-print paper cites the situation at Tailwind Labs as evidence that the increasing adoption of AI coding tools represents a breaking change for the open source community." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/vibe_coding_hazardous_open_source/ | Source: The Register UK [15:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Vibe coding may be hazardous to open source The Register [15:37] TR News "If I could only print things that I've designed myself" https://ntietz.com/blog/making-niche-solutions-is-the-point/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky [15:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ntietz.com | Making niche solutions is the point | nicole@web [15:37] TR News "there are two 1000f 25V capacitors inside that were both bulging after 5 years of daily use. Here they are post-removal: [...]" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/recapping-my-5-year-old-studio-monitors/ | Source: Jeff Geerling [15:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeffgeerling.com | Recapping My 5 Year Old Studio Monitors - Jeff Geerling [15:37] TR News "Within weeks it spread like a wildfire, eventually taking over more than 2 million unofficial Android TV devices, according to Synthient, after its operators figured out how to abuse residential proxy networks for local control" https://cyberscoop.com/kimwolf-aisuru-botnet-lumen-technologies/ | Source: Scoop News Group [15:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kimwolf botnets swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates security researchers | CyberScoop [15:38] TR News "The Kimwol Android botnet primarily targets TV boxes, compiled using the NDK and equipped with DDoS, proxy forwarding, reverse shell, and file management functions." https://securityaffairs.com/185921/malware/massive-android-botnet-kimwolf-infects-millions-strikes-with-ddos.html | Source: Security Affairs [15:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-securityaffairs.com | Massive Android botnet Kimwolf infects millions, strikes with DDoS [15:38] TR News "Many unsanctioned Android TV boxes and similar devices ship with ADB enabled by default." https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/2m-devices-at-risk-as-kimwolf-botnet-abuses-proxy-networks/ | Source: eSecurity Planet [15:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.esecurityplanet.com | 2M Devices at Risk as Kimwolf Botnet Abuses Proxy Networks | eSecurity Planet [15:38] TR News "The Emmabunts project has published an update for its DE5 branch." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12714 | Source: Distro Watch [15:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12714 ) [15:39] TR News "DietPi is a Debian-based Linux distribution, primarily developed for single-board computers such as Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi or Odroid." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12713 | Source: Distro Watch [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12713 ) [15:39] TR News [Old] "It is proposed that a group be formed at Berkeley to provide VAX UNIX support to the ARPA-funded image understanding and VLSI contractors." https://archive.org/details/proposal-to-provide-vax-unix-system-support-at-berkeley | Source: Internet Archive [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-archive.org | Proposal To Provide VAX UNIX System Support At Berkeley : University of California, Berkeley : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive [15:41] TR News "Traditional Linux desktop installations accumulate state over time. Package upgrades modify system files in place, configuration changes drift from defaults, and after a few years" https://blog.hofstede.it/immutable-linux-desktops-universal-blue-ostree-and-the-future-of-desktop-linux/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.hofstede.it | Immutable Linux Desktops: Universal Blue, OSTree, and the Future of DesktopLinux | Larvitz Blog [15:42] TR News "The first beta is now available. The KDE project has published a full changelog covering the differences between the current Plasma 6.5.5 release and what's internally known as Plasma 6.5.90, although, at nearly 2,500 lines, it's not exactly light reading." [15:42] TR News "The KDE Wiki has a more digestible list that summarizes just under 40 significant changes." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/plasma_6_6_systemd_login/ | Source: The Register UK [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | KDE Plasma 6.6 will increase reliance on systemd The Register [15:42] TR News "Warning. This whole series is not a simple HOWTO. This series is about how I run my own S3 storage in my homelab. You have been warned. This is part 3, practical use cases." https://jan.wildeboer.net/2026/01/3-Using-Garage-S3/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jan.wildeboer.net | S3 Storage At Home With Garage Part 3: In Practice - Jan Wildeboers Blog [15:43] TR News "Factorio doesnt have a native FreeBSD build, but that doesnt mean you cant run it on FreeBSD." https://blog.hofstede.it/running-a-factorio-headless-server-on-freebsd-with-the-linuxulator/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.hofstede.it | Running a Factorio Headless Server on FreeBSD with theLinuxulator | Larvitz Blog [15:43] TR News "Just like with the jails portion of this series, you dont need to be deeply familiar with the underlying virtualization technology CBSD makes using it extremely easy after all." https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/exploring-the-cbsd-virtual-environment-management-framework-part-9-bhyve-i/ | Source: Eerie Linux [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eerielinux.wordpress.com | Exploring the CBSD virtual environment management framework part 9: Bhyve (I) eerielinux [15:44] TR News "For subscription-only casts, such as some on SiriusXM*, I suggest paycasts." https://doc.searls.com/2026/01/26/numb-day/ | Source: Doc Searls [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-doc.searls.com | Numb Day Doc Searls Weblog [15:44] TR News "If an audio file is not available over the web, or is behind a paywall, or is otherwise exclusive it may be a very fine worthwhile thing, but it is not a podcast." http://scripting.com/2019/04/09/135711.html | Source: Scripting News [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scripting News: What is a podcast? [15:44] TR News "Weaving together online harms, privacy, AI regulation, and platform regulation into a single issue, there have been service bans in some countries but Canada has thus far struggled to respond." https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/01/law-bytes-podcast-episode-255/ | Source: Michael Geist [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 255: Grappling with Grok - Heidi Tworek on the Limits of Canadian Law - Michael Geist [15:45] TR News " Outstanding job at poetry ! Now can you write similar jabs for Krabanaugh, Joanne Wrong and Matt "Liar" Liteson of the corrupt IBM F&O and post them here?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfzdkhhx [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfzdkhhx ) [15:46] TR News "63% cost reduction" with fake security or back doors sold using buzzwords https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/end-end-security-ai-integrating-altastata-storage-red-hat-openshift-confidential-containers | Source: Red Hat Official [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | End-to-end security for AI: Integrating AltaStata Storage with Red Hat OpenShift confidential containers [15:46] TR News "GitOps" [sic] https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-dtcc-uses-gitops-accelerate-customer-value-and-security | Source: Red Hat Official [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | How DTCC uses GitOps to accelerate customer value and security [15:47] TR News AWS is GAFAM and Amazon works for the same person who threatens to annex Europe. IBM sells a lie here. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-now-available-aws-european-sovereign-cloud | Source: Red Hat Official [15:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Red Hat Enterprise Linux now available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud [15:53] TR News How to Install Kubernetes on RHEL 10 https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-kubernetes-on-rhel-10/ [15:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linuxtechi.com | How to Install Kubernetes on RHEL 10 [15:54] TR News "The architecture is built around a split-processing model designed to optimize efficiency." https://linuxgizmos.com/espressif-launches-industrys-first-mcu-based-matter-camera-solution/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [15:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/espressif-launches-industrys-first-mcu-based-matter-camera-solution/ ) [15:54] TR News "The Baochip-1x uses a VexRiscv RV32IMAC processor with Sv32 MMU support, instruction and data caches, and optional cryptographic extensions." https://linuxgizmos.com/dabao-evaluation-board-to-showcase-open-rtl-baochip-1x-risc-v-mcu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [15:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/dabao-evaluation-board-to-showcase-open-rtl-baochip-1x-risc-v-mcu/ ) [15:54] TR News "The board is based on the ATtiny3217, an 8-bit AVR microcontroller running at up to 20 MHz from its internal oscillator." https://linuxgizmos.com/challenger-t3217-packages-8-bit-attiny3217-in-a-compact-battery-ready-board/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [15:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/challenger-t3217-packages-8-bit-attiny3217-in-a-compact-battery-ready-board/ ) [15:55] TR News "Who will build the next version of the web? Mozilla wants to make it more likely that its you. We are committing time and resources to bring experienced builders into Mozilla for a short, programmed period, to work with our New Products leaders to build tools and products for the next version of the web." https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla-new-products/mozilla-pioneers/ | Source: Mozilla [15:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Who will pioneer the next web? [15:55] TR News Asman Malika: Mid-Point Project Progress: What Ive Learned So Far https://blogs.gnome.org/malika/2026/01/26/mid-point-project-progress-what-ive-learned-so-far/ [15:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.gnome.org | Mid-Point Project Progress: What Ive Learned So Far Malika's Blog [15:56] TR News Elana Hamasman: A beginner's guide to improving your digital security https://hashman.ca/security-101/ [15:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hashman.ca :: A beginner's guide to improving your digital security [15:57] TR News Firefox Nightly: Take note Split View is ready for testing! These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 194 https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/01/26/take-note-split-view-is-ready-for-testing-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-194/ [15:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.nightly.mozilla.org | Take note Split View is ready for testing! These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 194 Firefox Nightly News [15:58] TR News Seven Years After, Stallman Is Still Stallman https://fossforce.com/2026/01/seven-years-after-stallman-is-still-stallman/ [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Seven Years After, Stallman Is Still Stallman - FOSS Force [15:59] TR News Otto Keklinen: Ubuntu Pro subscription - should you pay to use Linux? https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/ubuntu-pro-subscription-pay-for-linux/ [15:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-optimizedbyotto.com | Ubuntu Pro subscription - should you pay to use Linux? [15:59] TR News Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1055958/ [15:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Monday [LWN.net] ● Jan 27 [16:01] TR News pfetch system information tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/pfetch-system-information-tool/ [16:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pfetch - system information tool - LinuxLinks [16:01] TR News Wiki-Go flat-file wiki platform https://www.linuxlinks.com/wiki-go-flat-file-wiki-platform/ [16:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wiki-Go - flat-file wiki platform - LinuxLinks [16:01] TR News pomoru minimalist Pomodoro TUI https://www.linuxlinks.com/pomoru-minimalist-pomodoro-tui/ [16:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pomoru - minimalist Pomodoro TUI - LinuxLinks [16:02] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:02] TR News Radka Janek: Installing backdoored Windows games on GNU/Linux - Arknights: Endfield https://rhea.dev/articles/2026-01/windows-games-on-linux-endfield [16:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rhea.dev | Installing Windows games on Linux - Arknights: Endfield [16:03] TR News Default Firewall Configuration Guide on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/default-firewall-configuration-guide-on-ubuntu-26-04 [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/default-firewall-configuration-guide-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [16:03] TR News tcpulse load generator https://www.linuxlinks.com/tcpulse-load-generator/ [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tcpulse - load generator - LinuxLinks [16:03] TR News bkmr CLI knowledge management system https://www.linuxlinks.com/bkmr-cli-knowledge-management-system/ [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkmr - CLI knowledge management system - LinuxLinks [16:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [16:08] TR News Techrights Distortion of the Facts About Mass Layoffs at IBM https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Distortion_of_the_Facts_About_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Distortion_of_the_Facts_About_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM.gmi [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Distortion of the Facts About Mass Layoffs at IBM [16:16] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:21] TR News (NEW): TigerVNC 1.16 Released with Support for Sharing Wayland Desktops https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/TigerVNC_1_16_Released_with_Support_for_Sharing_Wayland_Desktop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/TigerVNC_1_16_Released_with_Support_for_Sharing_Wayland_Desktop.gmi [16:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines TigerVNC 1.16 Released with Support for Sharing Wayland Desktops [16:22] TR News Techrights Must Use Proprietary JavaScript to Submit Feedback to the European Commission About Moving From GAFAM to Free Software https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Must_Use_Proprietary_JavaScript_to_Submit_Feedback_to_the_Europ.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Must_Use_Proprietary_JavaScript_to_Submit_Feedback_to_the_Europ.gmi [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Must Use Proprietary JavaScript to Submit Feedback to the European Commission About Moving From GAFAM to Free Software [16:25] TR News Exploring the CBSD virtual environment management framework part 9: Bhyve (I) https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/exploring-the-cbsd-virtual-environment-management-framework-part-9-bhyve-i/ [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eerielinux.wordpress.com | Exploring the CBSD virtual environment management framework part 9: Bhyve (I) eerielinux [16:25] TR News Recapping My 5 Year Old Studio Monitors https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/recapping-my-5-year-old-studio-monitors/ [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeffgeerling.com | Recapping My 5 Year Old Studio Monitors - Jeff Geerling [16:26] TR News Improving curl -J https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/27/improving-curl-j/ [16:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Improving curl -J | daniel.haxx.se [16:27] TR News Stenberg: The end of the curl bug-bounty program https://lwn.net/Articles/1055996/ [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stenberg: The end of the curl bug-bounty program [LWN.net] [16:28] TR News AI Agents Are Mathematically Incapable of Doing Functional Work, Paper Finds https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agents-incapable-math [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI Agents Are Mathematically Incapable of Doing Functional Work, Paper Finds [16:29] TR News A New Zealand Perspective on the Challenges of Computing Education: What I did on my sabbatical https://computinged.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/a-new-zealand-perspective-on-the-challenges-of-computing-education-what-i-did-on-my-sabbatical/ [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-computinged.wordpress.com | A New Zealand Perspective on the Challenges of Computing Education: What I did on my sabbatical | Computing Ed Research - Guzdial's Take [16:29] TR News The end of the curl bug-bounty https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/26/the-end-of-the-curl-bug-bounty/ [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The end of the curl bug-bounty | daniel.haxx.se [16:30] TR News Press Release: EDRi calls for swift action as EU probes Xs Grok over AI-generated harm https://edri.org/our-work/edri-calls-for-swift-action-as-eu-probes-xs-grok-over-ai-generated-harm/ [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | EDRi calls for action as EU probes Xs Grok over AI-generated harm - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [16:31] TR News The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/what-to-know-about-the-social-media-addiction-trials.html [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/what-to-know-about-the-social-media-addiction-trials.html ) [16:31] TR News Peoples Consultation on Hey Hi (AI) Now Accepting Submissions https://citizenlab.ca/peoples-consultation-on-ai-now-accepting-submissions/ [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Peoples Consultation on AI Now Accepting Submissions - The Citizen Lab [16:31] TR News Pluralistic: Convicted Felon and the unmighty dollar (26 Jan 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/26/i-dont-want/ [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Trump and the unmighty dollar (26 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [16:32] TR News California is a news desert says Post editor-in-chief Keith Poole as new title launched https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/california-is-a-news-desert-says-post-editor-in-chief-keith-poole-as-new-title-launched/ [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | California Post launching into 'news desert', boss Keith Poole says - Press Gazette [16:32] TR News EU launches probe into sexual deepfakes on X https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/eu-launches-probe-into-sexual-deepfakes-on-x/ [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | EU launches probe into sexual deepfakes on X - JURIST - News [16:33] TR News US Supreme Court to decide if 1988 video tape privacy law applies to internet uses https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/us-supreme-court-to-decide-if-1988-video-tape-privacy-law-applies-to-internet-uses/ [16:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | US Supreme Court to decide if 1988 video tape privacy law applies to internet uses - JURIST - News [16:52] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 27 [17:09] TR News Techrights FOSDEM 2026: democracy panel: FSFE uses women as stooges, gerrymander https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/FOSDEM_2026_democracy_panel_FSFE_uses_women_as_stooges_gerryman.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/FOSDEM_2026_democracy_panel_FSFE_uses_women_as_stooges_gerryman.gmi [17:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights FOSDEM 2026: democracy panel: FSFE uses women as stooges, gerrymander [17:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:27] TR News Techrights It's Not About What You Know, It's About Who You Know (and Stay Quiet About the Cocaine) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/It_s_Not_About_What_You_Know_It_s_About_Who_You_Know_and_Stay_Q.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/It_s_Not_About_What_You_Know_It_s_About_Who_You_Know_and_Stay_Q.gmi [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights It's Not About What You Know, It's About Who You Know (and Stay Quiet About the Cocaine) [17:57] TR News Techrights Online 'Gathering' Held Today to Organise Industrial Actions in EPO, Strikes Will be Starting Shortly https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Online_Gathering_Held_Today_to_Organise_Industrial_Actions_in_E.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Online_Gathering_Held_Today_to_Organise_Industrial_Actions_in_E.gmi [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Online 'Gathering' Held Today to Organise Industrial Actions in EPO, Strikes Will be Starting Shortly ● Jan 27 [18:02] TR News Yelling in sleep could be early sign of dementia, Parkinsons disease, South Korean study shows https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/yelling-in-sleep-could-be-early-sign-of-dementia-parkinsons-s-korean-study-shows [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Yelling in sleep could be early sign of dementia, Parkinsons disease, South Korean study shows | The Straits Times [18:02] TR News Japan court holds North Korea liable for fake paradise on Earth scheme https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-court-holds-north-korea-liable-for-fake-paradise-on-earth-scheme [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan court holds North Korea liable for fake paradise on Earth scheme | The Straits Times [18:03] TR News More than 40,000ha of mangrove forests lost in Malaysia since 2017, says ministry https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/more-than-40000ha-of-mangrove-forests-lost-in-malaysia-since-2017-says-ministry [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | More than 40,000ha of mangrove forests lost in Malaysia since 2017, says ministry | The Straits Times [18:03] TR News Malaysias health ministry assessing situation after reports of Nipah virus infections in India https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-health-ministry-assessing-situation-after-reports-of-nipah-virus-infections-in-india [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysias health ministry assessing situation after reports of Nipah virus infections in India | The Straits Times [18:03] TR News Mahathir enjoys quick coffee outing in KL in first public appearance since hip fracture https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mahathir-enjoys-quick-coffee-outing-in-kl-in-first-public-appearance-since-hip-fracture [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Mahathir enjoys quick coffee outing in KL in first public appearance since hip fracture | The Straits Times [18:04] TR News Bangladesh urged to prioritize human rights ahead of national election https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/bangladesh-urged-to-prioritize-human-rights-ahead-of-national-election/ [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Bangladesh urged to prioritize human rights ahead of national election - JURIST - News [18:04] TR News Xis Purge of the Chinese Military https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/china-xi-military-purge-israel-hostage-gaza.html [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/china-xi-military-purge-israel-hostage-gaza.html ) [18:04] TR News In Xis China, Top Generals Fall Shows Precariousness of Power https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/asia/china-xi-zhang-youxia-military.html [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/asia/china-xi-zhang-youxia-military.html ) [18:05] TR News Canadas Marineland Whales Could Find New Homes in U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/canada/canada-marineland-beluga-whales.html [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/canada/canada-marineland-beluga-whales.html ) [18:05] TR News Chinese Pandas Leave Japanese Zoo https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/asia/japan-pandas-china.html [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/asia/japan-pandas-china.html ) [18:05] TR News UK Seeks Trade With China Without Triggering Convicted Felons Fury https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/world/europe/uk-china-visit-starmer-trade.html [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/world/europe/uk-china-visit-starmer-trade.html ) [18:05] TR News A decade after lifting one-child policy, China struggles to boost population https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0126/china-population-one-child-births [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A decade after lifting one-child policy, China struggles to boost population - CSMonitor.com [18:06] TR News Nobody is safe: Chinas Pooh-tin targets his close ally in purge https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/nobody-is-safe-chinas-xi-targets-his-close-ally-in-purge [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Nobody is safe: Chinas Xi targets his close ally in purge | The Straits Times [18:06] TR News China warns citizens against Japan travel during Chinese New Year https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-warns-citizens-against-japan-travel-during-chinese-new-year [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China warns citizens against Japan travel during Chinese New Year | The Straits Times [18:06] TR News Chinas Pooh-tin urges greater cooperation with Vietnam https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-xi-urges-greater-cooperation-with-vietnam [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas Xi urges greater cooperation with Vietnam | The Straits Times [18:07] TR News Tokyo pandas head for China, leaving Japan bereft of beloved bears https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/topshots-tokyo-pandas-head-for-china-leaving-japan-bereft-of-beloved-bears [18:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japans beloved last pandas leave for China as ties fray | The Straits Times [18:07] TR News China cancels all flights on 49 routes to Japan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-cancels-all-flights-on-49-routes-to-japan [18:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China cancels all flights on 49 routes to Japan | The Straits Times [18:08] TR News First accessible pub in China fosters community of people with disabilities and the able-bodied https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/first-accessible-pub-in-china-fosters-community-of-people-with-disabilities-and-the-able-bodied [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | First accessible pub in China fosters community of people with disabilities and the able-bodied | The Straits Times [18:08] TR News Fearing China clash, Japan asks fishermen to avoid flashpoint islands https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/fearing-china-clash-japan-asks-fishermen-to-avoid-flashpoint-islands [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Fearing China clash, Japan asks fishermen to avoid flashpoint islands | The Straits Times [18:08] TR News Japan-US alliance would crumble if Tokyo ignored Taiwan crisis, says PM Sanae Takaichi https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-us-alliance-would-crumble-if-tokyo-ignored-taiwan-crisis-pm-takaichi-says [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan-US alliance would crumble if Tokyo ignored Taiwan crisis, says PM Sanae Takaichi | The Straits Times [18:08] TR News Philippines, US hold joint sail in disputed South China Sea shoal https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-u-s-hold-joint-sail-in-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines, US hold joint military drill at disputed South China Sea shoal | The Straits Times [18:09] TR News Chinese tourists flock to South Korea over Japan for Lunar Holiday amid visa ease https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-tourists-flock-to-south-korea-over-japan-for-lunar-holiday-amid-visa-ease [18:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinese tourists flock to South Korea over Japan for Lunar Holiday amid visa ease | The Straits Times [18:09] TR News China makes strides in extreme weather forecasts to help citizens stay safe https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-makes-strides-in-extreme-weather-forecasts-to-help-citizens-stay-safe [18:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China makes strides in extreme weather forecasts to help citizens stay safe | The Straits Times [18:09] TR News China defense ministry puts top general under investigation in anti-corruption push https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/china-defense-ministry-puts-top-general-under-investigation-in-anti-corruption-push/ [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | China defense ministry puts top general under investigation in anti-corruption push - JURIST - News [18:10] TR News US will slap 100% tariffs on Canada if it seals China trade deal https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/26/us-will-slap-100-tariffs-on-canada-if-it-seals-china-trade-deal/ [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | US will slap 100% tariffs on Canada if it seals China trade deal [18:10] TR News Hong Kong investment arm helped 560 new overseas and Chinese businesses set up in 2025, half from mainland https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/26/hong-kong-investment-arm-helped-560-new-overseas-and-chinese-businesses-set-up-in-2025-half-from-mainland/ [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | InvestHK helped 560 new overseas and Chinese businesses in 2025 [18:11] TR News "sales booming amid the countrys economic challenges and youth unemployment." https://www.france24.com/en/china-s-accidental-crying-horse-plush-toy-goes-viral [18:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/china-s-accidental-crying-horse-plush-toy-goes-viral ) [18:11] TR News Chinas climate policy becomes grist for its propaganda mill https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-climate-policy-becomes-grist-for-its-propaganda-mill/ [18:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Chinas climate policy becomes grist for its propaganda mill | The Strategist [18:12] TR News Xis military purge probably cuts imminent Taiwan war risk. Probably https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/xis-military-purge-probably-cuts-imminent-taiwan-war-risk-probably/ [18:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Xis military purge probably cuts imminent Taiwan war risk. Probably | The Strategist [18:28] TR News Microbes in Space Mutated And Developed a Remarkable Ability https://www.sciencealert.com/microbes-in-space-mutated-and-developed-a-remarkable-ability [18:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microbes in Space Mutated And Developed a Remarkable Ability : ScienceAlert [18:28] TR News Do You Actually Need to Detox? A Liver Expert Explains https://www.sciencealert.com/do-you-actually-need-to-detox-a-liver-expert-explains [18:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Do You Actually Need to Detox? A Liver Expert Explains : ScienceAlert [18:28] TR News The Arctic Has Entered a New Era of 'Extreme Weather', Scientists Warn https://www.sciencealert.com/the-arctic-has-entered-a-new-era-of-extreme-weather-scientists-warn [18:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Arctic Has Entered a New Era of 'Extreme Weather', Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert [18:29] TR News Cuttlefish Literally Twist Light to Attract a Mate, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/cuttlefish-literally-twist-light-to-attract-a-mate-study-finds [18:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cuttlefish Literally Twist Light to Attract a Mate, Study Finds : ScienceAlert [18:29] TR News Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Suggests https://www.sciencealert.com/several-psychiatric-disorders-share-the-same-root-cause-study-suggests [18:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Suggests : ScienceAlert [18:29] TR News Scientists Found an Early Signal of Dementia Hidden in Terry Pratchett's Novels https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-an-early-signal-of-dementia-hidden-in-terry-pratchetts-novels [18:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Found an Early Signal of Dementia Hidden in Terry Pratchett's Novels : ScienceAlert [18:30] TR News Just 5 Minutes of Extra Activity Each Day Could Extend Your Life https://www.sciencealert.com/just-5-minutes-of-extra-activity-each-day-could-extend-your-life [18:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Just 5 Minutes of Extra Activity Each Day Could Extend Your Life : ScienceAlert [18:30] TR News Boosting One Vitamin May Have a Surprising Effect on Your Poop Schedule https://www.sciencealert.com/boosting-one-vitamin-may-have-a-surprising-effect-on-your-poop-schedule [18:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Boosting One Vitamin May Have a Surprising Effect on Your Poop Schedule : ScienceAlert [18:30] TR News 430,000-Year-Old Stick Found in Greece Among Humanity's Oldest Wooden Tools https://www.sciencealert.com/430000-year-old-stick-found-in-greece-among-humanitys-oldest-wooden-tools [18:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-430,000-Year-Old Stick Found in Greece Among Humanity's Oldest Wooden Tools : ScienceAlert [18:31] TR News Qt Creator 18.0.2 released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-18.0.2-released [18:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Qt Creator 18.0.2 released [18:31] TR News S. Korean teacher died in line of duty after parent dispute, review committee decides https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-korean-teacher-died-in-line-of-duty-after-parent-dispute-committee-decides [18:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | S. Korean teacher died in line of duty after parent dispute, review committee decides | The Straits Times [18:31] TR News Mental health with no internet https://alirezahayati.com/2026/01/mental-health-with-no-internet/ [18:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-alirezahayati.com | Mental health with no internet | Ali Reza Hayati [18:32] TR News Iran's Internet Blackout Persists As Reported Death Toll Climbs https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-blackout-protest-death-toll-30000/33658995.html number of fatalities may exceed 30,000 [18:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Iran's Internet Blackout Persists As Reported Death Toll Climbs [18:32] TR News Live Blog: Internet Blackout Costing Iran's Economy $36 Million A Day, Says Official https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html [18:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Live Blog: First Public Trial Of Protesters Begins In Iran [18:33] TR News Yann LeCun, an Hey Hi (AI) Pioneer, Warns the Tech Herd Could Hit a Dead End https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/technology/an-ai-pioneer-warns-the-tech-herd-is-marching-into-a-dead-end.html [18:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/technology/an-ai-pioneer-warns-the-tech-herd-is-marching-into-a-dead-end.html ) [18:33] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@3senzxgmnhh64.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [18:33] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Briefed on Intelligence Saying Irans Government Is Weaker https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/trump-reports-iran-government.html [18:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/trump-reports-iran-government.html ) [18:34] TR News The Hey Hi (AI) Licensing ShiftCreative Weight Attribution Emerges as Music Industry Game-Changer for Rights Holders https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/26/ai-licensing-shift-creative-weight-attribution/ [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/26/ai-licensing-shift-creative-weight-attribution/ ) [18:39] TR News advanced Hey Hi (AI)... generative hey hi... agentic hey hi... what next for this fraudulent fake industry? [18:40] TR News [Slop] Is Causing Cultural Stagnation, Researchers Find https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-cultural-stagnation [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI Is Causing Cultural Stagnation, Researchers Find [18:41] TR News HK lawmaker deliberately drives against traffic, sparking calls for her dismissal https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hk-lawmaker-deliberately-drives-against-traffic-sparking-calls-for-her-dismissal [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | HK lawmaker deliberately drives against traffic, sparking calls for her dismissal | The Straits Times [18:41] TR News New Nepali political party fields LGBTIQ candidates https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/new-nepali-political-party-fields-lgbtiq-candidates [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | New Nepali political party fields LGBTIQ candidates | The Straits Times [18:42] TR News Reunion of 2 friends in Japan results in $5.7m lawsuit over alleged fraudulent investment schemes https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/friends-reunion-results-in-5-7m-lawsuit-in-japan [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Reunion of 2 friends in Japan results in $5.7m lawsuit over alleged fraudulent investment schemes | The Straits Times [18:42] TR News Neptunes Duo Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo Locked in Ugly Legal Battle Over Disputed Royalties https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/25/pharrell-williams-chad-hugo-royalty-dispute/ [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/25/pharrell-williams-chad-hugo-royalty-dispute/ ) [18:43] TR News Trey Songz Sues Kansas City PD Over 2021 Arrowhead Stadium Arrest, Says Hes Experienced a Diminished Enjoyment of Life, Pain and Suffering, Mental Anguish, and More https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/26/trey-songz-arrest-lawsuit/ [18:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/26/trey-songz-arrest-lawsuit/ ) [18:43] TR News New Ways: Bridging the two worlds I exist within https://stanforddaily.com/2026/01/26/new-ways-bridging-the-two-worlds-i-exist-within/ [18:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-stanforddaily.com | New Ways: Bridging the two worlds I exist within [18:51] TR News 47 democrats case: Two ex-district councillors released from jail over subversion plot reports https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/27/47-democrats-case-two-ex-district-councillors-released-from-jail-over-subversion-plot-reports/ [18:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | 47 democrats case: Two ex-HK councillors released from jail - reports [18:51] TR News F.A.A. Rolls Out Agency Overhaul for Improving Air Safety https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/faa-overhaul-safety-modernization.html [18:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/faa-overhaul-safety-modernization.html ) [18:52] TR News EU and India to explore defence cooperation, draft document says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/eu-and-india-to-explore-defence-cooperation-draft-document-says [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | EU and India to explore defence cooperation, draft document says | The Straits Times [18:52] TR News Windows TCO: Some PCs can't boot after latest backdoored Windows 11 security update, no fix in sight mostly affects 24H2 and 25H2 versions https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/some-pcs-cant-boot-after-latest-windows-11-security-update-no-fix-in-sight-mostly-affects-24h2-and-25h2-versions [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Some PCs can't boot after latest Windows 11 security update, no fix in sight mostly affects 24H2 and 25H2 versions | Tom's Hardware [18:52] TR News Lithuanian PM defends talk of NATO scenarios amid opposition criticism https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2818355/lithuanian-pm-defends-talk-of-nato-scenarios-amid-opposition-criticism [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian PM defends talk of NATO scenarios amid opposition criticism - LRT [18:53] TR News Tiananmen vigil activists still urged end to one-party rule in China after security law was enacted, nat. sec trial hears https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/26/tiananmen-vigil-activists-still-urged-end-to-one-party-rule-in-china-after-security-law-was-enacted-nat-sec-trial-hears/ [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Court: Tiananmen activists still urged end to one-party rule after security law enacted [18:53] TR News Video evidence of Alex Prettis killing contradicts Convicted Felon administrations account https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260126-video-evidence-of-alex-pretti-s-killing-contradicts-trump-administration-s-account [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260126-video-evidence-of-alex-pretti-s-killing-contradicts-trump-administration-s-account ) ● Jan 27 [19:00] TR News (NEW): Kernel: Life is Strange, CachyOS Kernel 6.18.7, 20 Years of Linux Bugs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Kernel_Life_is_Strange_CachyOS_Kernel_6_18_7_20_Years_of_Linux_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Kernel_Life_is_Strange_CachyOS_Kernel_6_18_7_20_Years_of_Linux_.gmi [19:00] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Market Share Soaring in Namibia https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Soaring_in_Namibia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Soaring_in_Namibia.gmi [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kernel: Life is Strange, CachyOS Kernel 6.18.7, 20 Years of Linux Bugs [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Market Share Soaring in Namibia [19:01] TR News OMB rescinds burdensome Biden-era secure software memo https://cyberscoop.com/omb-rescinds-burdensome-biden-era-secure-software-memo/ [19:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cyberscoop.com | Trump administration rescinds Biden OMB secure software memo [19:01] TR News CISA publishes a post-quantum shopping list for agencies. Security professionals arent sold https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-post-quantum-cryptography-procurement-guide-expert-criticism/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/26/Next_Year_Will_be_the_Year_of_Quantum_Just_Like_2020_2015_2010_.shtml [19:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CISA publishes a post-quantum shopping list for agencies. Security professionals arent sold | CyberScoop [19:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Next Year Will be the Year of Quantum, Just Like 2020, 2015, 2010, 2005 and So On [19:02] TR News Is security in Mexico improving or are the numbers being manipulated? https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/homicides-down-disappearances-up-whats-happening-mexico/ [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mexiconewsdaily.com | Homicides down 30%, disappearances up 16%: What's really happening in Mexico? [19:02] TR News Perceptions of insecurity rise across Mexico despite falling crime stats https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/perceptions-insecurity-rise-mexico-falling-crime-stats/ [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mexiconewsdaily.com | Perceptions of insecurity rise despite falling crime stats [19:02] TR News 2024 VMware Flaw Now in Attackers Crosshairs https://www.securityweek.com/2024-vmware-flaw-now-in-attackers-crosshairs/ https://techrights.org/o/2020/04/28/openwashing-vmware-after-gpl-abuses/ [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/2024-vmware-flaw-now-in-attackers-crosshairs/ ) [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The Linux Foundation Has Helped VMware Lie About Its Deliberate GPL Violations That are Connected to Microsoft, Another Prolific GPL Violator [19:03] TR News Access System Flaws Enabled Hackers to Unlock Doors at Major European Firms https://www.securityweek.com/access-system-flaws-enabled-hackers-to-unlock-doors-at-major-european-firms/ [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/access-system-flaws-enabled-hackers-to-unlock-doors-at-major-european-firms/ ) [19:03] TR News The federal government ignored a cybersecurity warning for 13 years. Now hackers are exploiting the gap. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/01/the-federal-government-ignored-a-cybersecurity-warning-for-13-years-now-hackers-are-exploiting-the-gap/ [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | The federal government ignored a cybersecurity warning for 13 years. Now hackers are exploiting the gap. [19:05] TR News Understanding the recommender system's two-tower model https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/26/understanding-recommender-systems-two-tower-model [19:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/26/understanding-recommender-systems-two-tower-model ) [19:05] TR News Iran's state TV airs several forced confessions after protest crackdown, activists say https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260126-iranian-state-tv-airs-several-forced-confessions-after-protest-crackdown-activists-say [19:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260126-iranian-state-tv-airs-several-forced-confessions-after-protest-crackdown-activists-say ) [19:05] TR News APNIC community engagement: July-December 2025 in review https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/27/apnic-community-engagement-july-december-2025-in-review/ [19:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | APNIC community engagement: July-December 2025 in review | APNIC Blog [19:07] TR News Relational educational tool for relational algebra https://www.linuxlinks.com/relational-educational-tool-relational-algebra/ [19:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Relational - educational tool for relational algebra - LinuxLinks [19:07] TR News AWSM proprietary trap AWS manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/awsm-aws-manager/ [19:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AWSM - AWS manager - LinuxLinks [19:08] TR News 7 Best Free and Open Source Console Based XMPP Clients https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-console-based-xmpp-clients/ [19:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-7 Best Free and Open Source Console Based XMPP Clients - LinuxLinks [19:12] TR News MX GNU/Linux 25.1 Features Dual Init System ISO http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/MX-Linux-25.1-Features-Dual-Init-System-ISO [19:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linux-magazine.com | MX Linux 25.1 Features Dual Init System ISO Linux Magazine [19:14] TR News BugStalker Rust debugger https://www.linuxlinks.com/bugstalker-rust-debugger/ [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-BugStalker - Rust debugger - LinuxLinks [19:14] TR News 12 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Graph Databases https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-graph-databases/ [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graph Databases - LinuxLinks [19:17] TR News Kafka distributed event streaming platform https://www.linuxlinks.com/kafka-distributed-event-streaming-platform/ [19:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kafka - distributed event streaming platform - LinuxLinks [19:17] TR News 15 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Screen Recorders https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-screen-recorders/ [19:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Screen Recorders - LinuxLinks [19:17] TR News Soundscope analyzing audio data https://www.linuxlinks.com/soundscope-analyzing-audio-data/ [19:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Soundscope - analyzing audio data - LinuxLinks [19:17] TR News Tomat Pomodoro timer https://www.linuxlinks.com/tomat-pomodoro-timer/ [19:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tomat - Pomodoro timer - LinuxLinks [19:17] TR News daph terminal-based music player https://www.linuxlinks.com/daph-terminal-based-music-player/ [19:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-daph - terminal-based music player - LinuxLinks [19:18] TR News Security Data Hey Hi (AI) How to retrieve CVE data with curl and jq https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/26/security-data-api-how-retrieve-cve-data-curl-and-jq [19:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/26/security-data-api-how-retrieve-cve-data-curl-and-jq ) [19:19] TR News Do all compiling in the devx container https://bkhome.org/news/202601/do-all-compiling-in-the-devx-container.html [19:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | Do all compiling in the devx container [19:20] TR News Do prices feel like they are rising more than the CPI says? https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/do-prices-feel-like-they-are-rising-more-than-the-cpi-says/ [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Do prices feel like they are rising more than the CPI says? | R-bloggers [19:20] TR News Parallel strands between learning crochet and learning programming https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/parallel-strands-between-learning-crochet-and-learning-programming/ [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Parallel strands between learning crochet and learning programming | R-bloggers [19:22] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [19:26] TR News Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #521 - Raspberry Pi Flash Drive available now from $30 https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/5fOOGCGR892c7cWYkAeVMMZw [19:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newsletters.raspberrypi.com | Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #521 [19:27] TR News Intel openwashing https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-software-public-policy-and-the-stakes-of-getting-it-right [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-opensource.org | Open Source Software, Public Policy, and the Stakes of Getting It Right - Open Source Initiative [19:31] TR News Emmabunts DE5-1.05 is out https://distrowatch.com/emmabuntus [19:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/emmabuntus ) [19:31] TR News DietPi 10.0 is out also https://distrowatch.com/dietpi [19:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/dietpi ) [19:32] TR News How to Use Podman Containers on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-use-podman-containers-on-ubuntu-26-04 [19:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-use-podman-containers-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [19:32] TR News How to Change Keyboard Layout on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-change-keyboard-layout-on-ubuntu-26-04 [19:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-change-keyboard-layout-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [19:32] TR News How to Install KVM on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-kvm-on-ubuntu-26-04 [19:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-kvm-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [19:33] TR News New AppImage Offers an Easier Way to Run Affinity on Ubuntu https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/run-affinity-linux-ubuntu-appimage [19:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Run Canva Affinity on Ubuntu using this Unofficial AppImage [19:34] TR News Mecha Comet Modular GNU/Linux Handheld with Snap-On Modules https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/mecha-comet-modular-linux-handheld [19:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Mecha Comet Modular Linux Handheld with Snap-On Modules - OMG! Ubuntu [19:34] TR News loss32 is a GNU/Linux Distro Nobody Asked For (But Still Has Its Use) https://itsfoss.com/loss32-distro/ [19:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | loss32 is a Linux Distro Nobody Asked For (But Still Has Its Use) [19:35] TR News Proton 10.0-4 Released with Support for Drop Dead: The Cabin, Quantum Threshold https://9to5linux.com/proton-10-0-4-released-with-support-for-drop-dead-the-cabin-quantum-threshold [19:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Proton 10.0-4 Released with Support for Drop Dead: The Cabin, Quantum Threshold - 9to5Linux [19:36] TR News Emmabunts Debian Edition 5 Gets New Accessibility Features, Debian 12.13 Base https://9to5linux.com/emmabuntus-debian-edition-5-gets-new-accessibility-features-debian-12-13-base [19:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Emmabunts Debian Edition 5 Gets New Accessibility Features, Debian 12.13 Base - 9to5Linux [19:36] TR News GParted 1.8 Open-Source Partition Editor Released with Many Enhancements https://9to5linux.com/gparted-1-8-open-source-partition-editor-released-with-many-enhancements [19:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GParted 1.8 Open-Source Partition Editor Released with Many Enhancements - 9to5Linux [19:37] TR News Arsse Advanced RSS Environment https://www.linuxlinks.com/arsse-advanced-rss-environment/ [19:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Arsse - Advanced RSS Environment - LinuxLinks [19:37] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) [19:37] TR News FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, January 30, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2026-01-30-irc [19:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, January 30, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [19:38] TR News FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, February 6, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2026-02-06-irc [19:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, February 6, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [19:40] TR News Turn Scripts into Quick Settings Toggles with this GNOME Extension https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/custom-command-toggle-gnome-extension [19:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Turn Your Scripts into Quick Settings Toggles with this GNOME Extension [19:40] TR News Guide to multi-homed inventory management with Red Bait Ansible Automation Platform https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/26/guide-multi-homed-inventory-management-red-hat-ansible-automation-platform [19:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/26/guide-multi-homed-inventory-management-red-hat-ansible-automation-platform ) [19:41] TR News How to Install yay on Arch GNU/Linux https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-yay-on-arch-linux/ [19:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install yay on Arch Linux - LinuxCapable [19:41] TR News How to Install Paru on Arch GNU/Linux https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-paru-on-arch-linux/ [19:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install Paru on Arch Linux - LinuxCapable [19:42] TR News How to Install Firewalld on CentOS Stream (10, 9) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-firewalld-on-centos-stream/ [19:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install Firewalld on CentOS Stream (10, 9) - LinuxCapable [19:42] TR News How to Install UFW on Arch GNU/Linux https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-ufw-on-arch-linux/ [19:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install UFW on Arch Linux - LinuxCapable [19:43] TR News ORG RESPONSE TO THE ICO CALL FOR VIEWS ON ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-response-to-the-ico-call-for-views-on-enforcement-procedural-guidance/ [19:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | ORG RESPONSE TO THE ICO CALL FOR VIEWS ON ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE | Open Rights Group [19:44] TR News How To Set Up ModSecurity with Apache on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/set-up-modsecurity-apache-debian-13/ [19:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Set Up ModSecurity with Apache on Debian 13 - idroot [19:44] TR News How To Install Nginx Mainline Version on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-nginx-mainline-version-debian-13/ [19:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Nginx Mainline Version on Debian 13 - idroot [19:45] TR News How To Install IPTVnator on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-iptvnator-linux-mint-22/ [19:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install IPTVnator on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [19:45] TR News How To Install FreeIPA on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-freeipa-linux-mint-22/ [19:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install FreeIPA on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [19:45] TR News How To Install Monitorix on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-monitorix-opensuse/ [19:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Monitorix on openSUSE - idroot [19:46] TR News How To Install GParted on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-gparted-fedora-43/ [19:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install GParted on Fedora 43 - idroot [19:46] TR News After 34 Years, Linux Finally has a "Linus Gets Hit by a Bus" Plan https://lunduke.substack.com/p/after-34-years-linux-finally-has [19:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | After 34 Years, Linux Finally has a "Linus Gets Hit by a Bus" Plan [19:47] TR News Godot4.6 All about your flow https://godotengine.org/article/godot-4-6-all-about-your-flow/ [19:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-godotengine.org | Redirecting… [19:49] TR News "don't Alvind and Krabanaugh deserve to to pushed out too ? The upcoming results will tell us everything we need to know about their future at IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh ) [19:49] TR News "nothing but a pack of lies and deflection from the Liar In Chief at IBM, Alvind, when he was responsible for moving huge numbers of jobs from the US to India on the flimsiest of pretexts - cost savings, which really were not cost savings at all. You can spin the story and way you like but the truth will come out. Alvind needs to be canned for the lies." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfzdkhhx [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfzdkhhx ) [19:51] TR News "Oh Dearie Me ! The statements about Matt Loathsome Liteson being light on his cloud project results have disappeared from this thread. Guess the truth hurts when you put out presentations which are full of lies and untruths. In short, Matt is full of bull. So is Joanne Wrong." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfs88kwy [19:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfs88kwy ) [19:51] TR News "Is Matt Loathsome new? I don't recall that name in T&O Is he a Joanne Wrong lackey? Hows Slob Thomas these days? I wonder if he is trying to be an old version of Zuckerberg" [19:53] TR News Ireland Proposes Giving Police New Digital Surveillance Powers https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/ireland-proposes-giving-police-new-digital-surveillance-powers.html [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ireland Proposes Giving Police New Digital Surveillance Powers - Schneier on Security [19:53] TR News Stanley Malware Toolkit Enables Phishing via Website Spoofing https://www.securityweek.com/stanley-malware-toolkit-enables-phishing-via-website-spoofing/ [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/stanley-malware-toolkit-enables-phishing-via-website-spoofing/ ) [19:53] TR News EPO Strike This Week https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/EPO_Strike_This_Week.shtml [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights EPO Strike This Week [19:53] TR News Prisons Are for Dangerous People Who Pose a Threat to the Public, Not People Who Inform the Public https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Prisons_Are_for_Dangerous_People_Who_Pose_a_Threat_to_the_Publi.shtml [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Prisons Are for Dangerous People Who Pose a Threat to the Public, Not People Who Inform the Public [19:54] TR News AI quickstart: Self-service agent for IT process automation https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/26/ai-quickstart-self-service-agent-it-process-automation [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/26/ai-quickstart-self-service-agent-it-process-automation ) [19:55] TR News Raspberry Pi CM5-based outdoor PoE security camera features 12.3 MP IMX500 sensor, IP66 enclosure https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/26/raspberry-pi-cm5-based-outdoor-poe-security-camera-features-12-3-mp-imx500-sensor-ip66-enclosure/ [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Raspberry Pi CM5-based outdoor PoE security camera features 12.3 MP IMX500 sensor, IP66 enclosure - CNX Software [19:56] TR News Fake SFLC or 'FSF' Interview with Tracy Homer about Software Freedom and Maker Spaces https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/jan/26/interview-with-tracy-homer-about-software-freedom/ [19:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sfconservancy.org | Interview with Tracy Homer about Software Freedom and Maker Spaces - Conservancy Blog - Software Freedom Conservancy [19:56] TR News Fake SFLC or 'FSF': Some Unfortunate Delays in our Struggle for Copyleft Justice https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/jan/26/delay-in-start-of-vizio-trial/ [19:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sfconservancy.org | Some Unfortunate Delays in our Struggle for Copyleft Justice - Conservancy Blog - Software Freedom Conservancy [19:57] TR News TTAB Denies KINETIC SPORTS Cancellation Petition for Failure to Prove Abandonment and Fraud http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/ttab-denies-kinetic-sports-cancellation.html [19:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thettablog.blogspot.com | The TTABlog: TTAB Denies KINETIC SPORTS Cancellation Petition for Failure to Prove Abandonment and Fraud [19:57] TR News Kushal Das: replyfast a python module for signal https://kushaldas.in/posts/replyfast-a-python-module-for-signal.html [19:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kushaldas.in | Kushal Das [19:58] TR News ACEBOTT QD023 ESP32-based gesture control glove tracks finger movements with potentiometers https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/26/acebott-qd023-esp32-based-gesture-control-glove-tracks-finger-movements-with-potentiometers/ [19:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | ACEBOTT QD023 ESP32-based gesture control glove tracks finger movements with potentiometers - CNX Software [19:58] TR News Twenty-three soldiers died in Indonesia's West Java landslides, official says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/twenty-three-soldiers-died-in-indonesias-west-java-landslides-official-says [19:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | 23 soldiers died in Indonesias West Java landslide, official says | The Straits Times [19:59] TR News Mastodon gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/diariodebicicleta/mastodonvidalaboral.gmi ● Jan 27 [20:01] TR News Nexus Mods Pledges to Add Native Steam Deck, Steam Machine Support on Linux https://uk.pcmag.com/games/162787/nexus-mods-pledges-to-add-native-steam-deck-steam-machine-support-on-linux [20:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-uk.pcmag.com | Nexus Mods Pledges to Add Native Steam Deck, Steam Machine Support on Linux [20:02] TR News I ditched my favorite to-do app for a Linux terminalhere's what surprised me https://www.howtogeek.com/i-ditched-ticktick-polished-ui-for-a-terminal-to-do-list-for-a-week-heres-what-surprised-me/ [20:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | I ditched my favorite to-do app for a Linux terminalhere's what surprised me [20:02] TR News Elegance is a relatively new Linux distribution designed to handle work, media, and gaming. https://www.zdnet.com/article/manjaro-elegance-linux-distribution-hands-on/ [20:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I found a new Linux distro that's a productivity powerhouse right out of the box | ZDNET [20:02] TR News I love this Linux handheld computer, and you can help fund it right now https://www.xda-developers.com/i-love-this-linux-handheld-computer-and-you-can-help-fund-it-right-now/ [20:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | I love this Linux handheld computer, and you can help fund it right now [20:03] TR News Stop wrestling with Windows 11: 5 reasons Linux is finally the simpler choice https://www.howtogeek.com/reason-linux-feels-easier-than-windows-now/ [20:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Stop wrestling with Windows 11: 5 reasons Linux is finally the simpler choice [20:03] TR News Getting Adobe Photoshop on Linux just took a big step forward https://www.xda-developers.com/getting-adobe-photoshop-on-linux-just-took-a-big-step-forward/ [20:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Getting Adobe Photoshop on Linux just took a big step forward [20:05] TR News Not "from scratch." He cannot make the materials. https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3656199586767238 [20:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eu.36kr.com | Hardcore: Programmer Spends 6 Months Building 486 Motherboard from Scratch, Runs Linux, DOOM, and Win3.1 Successfully [20:05] TR News "Some of the enhancements include high framerate support, widescreen and ultrawide support, better camera controls, instant loading times, note saving and more. We've seen some of the work from Mr-Wiseguy and co before with projects like Zelda 64: Recompiled." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/banjo-kazooie-gets-a-native-pc-port-with-linux-steam-deck-support/ [20:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Banjo-Kazooie gets a native PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux [20:05] TR News (NEW): Turning GNU/Linux Into Windows With Adobe Proprietary Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Turning_GNU_Linux_Into_Windows_With_Adobe_Proprietary_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/18/Turning_GNU_Linux_Into_Windows_With_Adobe_Proprietary_Software.gmi [20:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Turning GNU/Linux Into Windows With Adobe Proprietary Software [20:05] TR News Proton VPN reveals major Linux makeover both for GUI and CLI users https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/proton-vpn-reveals-major-linux-makeover-both-for-gui-and-cli-users [20:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Proton VPN reveals major Linux makeover both for GUI and CLI users | TechRadar [20:06] TR News "The latest main stable update to Mesa is here for users of open source graphics drivers, with Mesa 25.3.4 bringing essential bug fixes." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-25-3-4-released-with-more-bug-fixes-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/ [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Mesa 25.3.4 released with more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers | GamingOnLinux [20:06] TR News New Patches Aim To Lower Linux Memory Use For Swap, Slightly Improve Performance https://hardforum.com/threads/new-patches-aim-to-lower-linux-memory-use-for-swap-slightly-improve-performance.2046147/#post-1046267255 [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hardforum.com | New Patches Aim To Lower Linux Memory Use For Swap, Slightly Improve Performance | [H]ard|Forum [20:07] TR News "KDE Plasma 6.6 is approaching, and one of its more controversial changes is a new login screen that depends on systemd meaning that it won't work on the non-Linux operating systems KDE still nominally supports." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/plasma_6_6_systemd_login/ [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | KDE Plasma 6.6 will increase reliance on systemd The Register [20:07] TR News NPM is a malware delivery system operated by Microsoft https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/install-npm-linux/ [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aboutchromebooks.com | How To Install NPM Linux [20:08] TR News A hobbyist built a 486-style motherboard using an FPGA and pure determination https://www.techspot.com/news/111058-homebrew-486-motherboard-runs-doom-linux-enough-dos.html [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.techspot.com/news/111058-homebrew-486-motherboard-runs-doom-linux-enough-dos.html ) [20:08] TR News A Real Linux Computer You Can Carry in Your Pocket https://www.hackster.io/news/a-real-linux-computer-you-can-carry-in-your-pocket-bdd485c80db5 [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Real Linux Computer You Can Carry in Your Pocket - Hackster.io [20:09] TR News Mecha Comet Brings Real Modularity to Pocket-Sized Linux Computing, Hits Kickstarter https://www.techeblog.com/mecha-comet-open-modular-handeld-linux-computer-specs-price-kickstarter/ [20:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Mecha Comet Brings Real Modularity to Pocket-Sized Linux Computing, Hits Kickstarter - TechEBlog [20:12] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Security_Leftovers.gmi [20:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers [20:14] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: 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(Free)BSD and Linux Kernel Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/_Free_BSD_and_Linux_Kernel_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/_Free_BSD_and_Linux_Kernel_Leftovers.gmi [20:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines (Free)BSD and Linux Kernel Leftovers [20:17] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [20:19] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [20:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [20:20] TR News (NEW): Free Software Education and Online Events https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Free_Software_Education_and_Online_Events.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Free_Software_Education_and_Online_Events.gmi [20:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free Software Education and Online Events [20:20] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers and Web Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Web_Browsers_and_Web_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Web_Browsers_and_Web_Leftovers.gmi [20:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Web Browsers and Web Leftovers [20:22] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [20:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [20:24] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/Open_Hardware_Modding_Leftovers.shtml | 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Feud Escalates Again, "Iran's Internet Blackout Persists" [20:32] TR News "Maker Rishabh Jain, also known as "Mr_Electronaut," has designed a MIDI controller with a difference: inspired by the classic theremin, it doesn't require you to touch it in order to play music." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202601/20260127-midi.gmi [20:44] TR News Techrights Expect More XBox Layoffs Shortly https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Expect_More_XBox_Layoffs_Shortly.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Expect_More_XBox_Layoffs_Shortly.gmi [20:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Expect More XBox Layoffs Shortly ● Jan 27 [21:43] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@8xntp9i7yykq8.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 27 [23:44] TR News (NEW): GStreamer 1.28 Open-Source Multimedia Framework Released, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/27/GStreamer_1_28_Open_Source_Multimedia_Framework_Released_Here_s.shtml | Gemini 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Alex Pretti by federal agent ● Jan 27 [14:09] TR News "The man who had been shotfatally, we later learnedwas Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who had been recording agents outside a donut shop" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/ | Source: The Atlantic [14:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong - The Atlantic [14:10] TR News "His phone was in his right hand. His left hand was raised above his head. He was being pepper-sprayed. He was trying to protect a woman that ICE had just pushed to the ground." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/26/ten-shots/ | Source: Techdirt [14:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Ten Shots | Techdirt [14:11] TR News "Fascist best describes it" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/ | Source: The Atlantic [14:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | Yes, Its Fascism - The Atlantic [14:12] TR News "shooting Alex Pretti 10 times while he lay face down in the street" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/26/judge-blocks-dhs-from-destroying-evidence-from-alex-prettis-execution-by-federal-officers/ | Source: Techdirt [14:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Judge Blocks DHS From Destroying Evidence From Alex Prettis Execution By Federal Officers | Techdirt [14:13] TR News "Some of the most enticing bonuses will be offered to Marines who make lateral moves with a seven-year reenlistment." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-corps-bonus-retention/ | Source: Task And Purpose [14:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-taskandpurpose.com | Marine Corps offers reenlistment bonuses up to $60k to switch jobs [14:15] TR News "Minnesotas secretary of state said over the weekend that the Trump administration is trying to ransom Minneapoliss freedom from an increasingly violent federal presence." https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/476562/trump-pam-bondi-minneapolis-minnesota-voter-data-demand | Source: Vox [14:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-ICE in Minneapolis: Trumps plan to extort Minnesota, briefly explained | Vox [14:16] TR News "But the MAGA faithful closed ranks, echoing the party line that she was a militant terrorist, albeit one with a dog in the back of the car, who smiled and said soothing words to her killer." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/was-this-a-murder-too-far | Source: Paul Krugman [14:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol-paulkrugman.substack.com | Was This a Murder Too Far? - Paul Krugman [14:16] TR News "It is a story about the cynical and the craven. And it ends with blood on their hands." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-2 | Source: Mike Brock [14:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Crisis, No. 2 - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus [14:17] TR News "I am tired of pretending otherwise. The republic is in crisis." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-3 | Source: Mike Brock [14:17] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Crisis, No. 3 - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus ● Jan 27 [15:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol ● Jan 27 [16:02] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [16:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [16:16] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [16:52] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol ● Jan 27 [17:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jan 27 [18:04] TR News Xis Purge of the Chinese Military https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/china-xi-military-purge-israel-hostage-gaza.html [18:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/china-xi-military-purge-israel-hostage-gaza.html ) [18:04] TR News In Xis China, Top Generals Fall Shows Precariousness of Power https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/asia/china-xi-zhang-youxia-military.html [18:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/asia/china-xi-zhang-youxia-military.html ) [18:05] TR News UK Seeks Trade With China Without Triggering Convicted Felons Fury https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/world/europe/uk-china-visit-starmer-trade.html [18:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/world/europe/uk-china-visit-starmer-trade.html ) [18:06] TR News Nobody is safe: Chinas Pooh-tin targets his close ally in purge https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/nobody-is-safe-chinas-xi-targets-his-close-ally-in-purge [18:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Nobody is safe: Chinas Xi targets his close ally in purge | The Straits Times [18:06] TR News China warns citizens against Japan travel during Chinese New Year https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-warns-citizens-against-japan-travel-during-chinese-new-year [18:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China warns citizens against Japan travel during Chinese New Year | The Straits Times [18:07] TR News China cancels all flights on 49 routes to Japan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-cancels-all-flights-on-49-routes-to-japan [18:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China cancels all flights on 49 routes to Japan | The Straits Times [18:08] TR News Fearing China clash, Japan asks fishermen to avoid flashpoint islands https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/fearing-china-clash-japan-asks-fishermen-to-avoid-flashpoint-islands [18:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Fearing China clash, Japan asks fishermen to avoid flashpoint islands | The Straits Times [18:08] TR News Japan-US alliance would crumble if Tokyo ignored Taiwan crisis, says PM Sanae Takaichi https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-us-alliance-would-crumble-if-tokyo-ignored-taiwan-crisis-pm-takaichi-says [18:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Japan-US alliance would crumble if Tokyo ignored Taiwan crisis, says PM Sanae Takaichi | The Straits Times [18:08] TR News Philippines, US hold joint sail in disputed South China Sea shoal https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-u-s-hold-joint-sail-in-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal [18:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines, US hold joint military drill at disputed South China Sea shoal | The Straits Times [18:09] TR News Chinese tourists flock to South Korea over Japan for Lunar Holiday amid visa ease https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-tourists-flock-to-south-korea-over-japan-for-lunar-holiday-amid-visa-ease [18:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Chinese tourists flock to South Korea over Japan for Lunar Holiday amid visa ease | The Straits Times [18:09] TR News China makes strides in extreme weather forecasts to help citizens stay safe https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-makes-strides-in-extreme-weather-forecasts-to-help-citizens-stay-safe [18:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China makes strides in extreme weather forecasts to help citizens stay safe | The Straits Times [18:09] TR News China defense ministry puts top general under investigation in anti-corruption push https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/china-defense-ministry-puts-top-general-under-investigation-in-anti-corruption-push/ [18:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | China defense ministry puts top general under investigation in anti-corruption push - JURIST - News [18:10] TR News US will slap 100% tariffs on Canada if it seals China trade deal https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/26/us-will-slap-100-tariffs-on-canada-if-it-seals-china-trade-deal/ [18:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | US will slap 100% tariffs on Canada if it seals China trade deal [18:12] TR News Xis military purge probably cuts imminent Taiwan war risk. Probably https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/xis-military-purge-probably-cuts-imminent-taiwan-war-risk-probably/ [18:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Xis military purge probably cuts imminent Taiwan war risk. Probably | The Strategist [18:33] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Briefed on Intelligence Saying Irans Government Is Weaker https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/trump-reports-iran-government.html [18:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/trump-reports-iran-government.html ) [18:41] TR News HK lawmaker deliberately drives against traffic, sparking calls for her dismissal https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hk-lawmaker-deliberately-drives-against-traffic-sparking-calls-for-her-dismissal [18:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | HK lawmaker deliberately drives against traffic, sparking calls for her dismissal | The Straits Times [18:41] TR News New Nepali political party fields LGBTIQ candidates https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/new-nepali-political-party-fields-lgbtiq-candidates [18:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | New Nepali political party fields LGBTIQ candidates | The Straits Times [18:51] TR News 47 democrats case: Two ex-district councillors released from jail over subversion plot reports https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/27/47-democrats-case-two-ex-district-councillors-released-from-jail-over-subversion-plot-reports/ [18:51] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | 47 democrats case: Two ex-HK councillors released from jail - reports [18:52] TR News EU and India to explore defence cooperation, draft document says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/eu-and-india-to-explore-defence-cooperation-draft-document-says [18:52] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | EU and India to explore defence cooperation, draft document says | The Straits Times [18:52] TR News Lithuanian PM defends talk of NATO scenarios amid opposition criticism https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2818355/lithuanian-pm-defends-talk-of-nato-scenarios-amid-opposition-criticism [18:52] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian PM defends talk of NATO scenarios amid opposition criticism - LRT ● Jan 27 [19:02] TR News Is security in Mexico improving or are the numbers being manipulated? https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/homicides-down-disappearances-up-whats-happening-mexico/ [19:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol-mexiconewsdaily.com | Homicides down 30%, disappearances up 16%: What's really happening in Mexico? 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