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schestowitz[TR2]"Excellent.  Along those lines I notice that NYT has an article aboutOct 18 05:47
schestowitz[TR2]the DEI fiasco at UMich.  (It's now in the queue for the second round ofOct 18 05:47
schestowitz[TR2]triage.)  Without having read it yet, I wonder if microsofters rile peopleOct 18 05:47
schestowitz[TR2]up and/or fan the flames of DEI so that their spread through projects andOct 18 05:47
schestowitz[TR2]institutions is easier and less noticed until too late.  I include Codes ofOct 18 05:47
schestowitz[TR2]Censorship etc in that category."Oct 18 05:47
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schestowitz[TR2]  <li>Oct 18 10:18
schestowitz[TR2]                            <h5><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/bill-childfree-propaganda-ban-initial-approval-russia-lawmakers/33162310.html">Bill Banning 'Childfree Propaganda' Gets Initial Approval From Russian Lawmakers</a></h5>Oct 18 10:18
schestowitz[TR2]                            <blockquote>Oct 18 10:18
schestowitz[TR2]                                <p>Russia's State Duma on October 17 passed a bill in its first reading that would ban "childfree propaganda," marking the latest expansion of the government's efforts to regulate social discourse. </p>Oct 18 10:18
schestowitz[TR2]                                <p> The bill introduces penalties for promoting the voluntary refusal to have children, with fines reaching up to 5 million rubles ($51,440) for organizations and 400,000 rubles ($4,115) for individuals. </p>Oct 18 10:18
schestowitz[TR2]                            </blockquote>Oct 18 10:18
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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.rferl.org | Bill Banning 'Childfree Propaganda' Gets Initial Approval From Russian LawmakersOct 18 10:18
schestowitz[TR2] <li>Oct 18 10:20
schestowitz[TR2]                                    <h5><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/chisinau-referendum-moldova-west-russia/33161943.html">Moldovan Police Arrest 'Provocateurs' Trained In Russia, Balkans</a></h5>Oct 18 10:20
schestowitz[TR2]                                    <blockquote>Oct 18 10:20
schestowitz[TR2]                                        <p>Moldovan authorities say they have exposed a network of more than 100 people trained in Russia and the Balkans to provoke post-election unrest in the southeastern European country and have arrested several suspects. </p>Oct 18 10:20
schestowitz[TR2]                                        <p> Pro-Western President Maia Sandu is running for a second term on October 20 in an election that takes place simultaneously with a referendum to decide whether Moldovans want their impoverished country of 2.5 million people to pursue integration into the European Union. </p>Oct 18 10:20
schestowitz[TR2]                                    </blockquote>Oct 18 10:20
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schestowitz[TR2]                                Oct 18 10:20
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.rferl.org | Moldovan Police Arrest 'Provocateurs' Trained In Russia, BalkansOct 18 10:20
schestowitz[TR2] <li>Oct 18 10:21
schestowitz[TR2]                                    <h5><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/world/europe/moldova-russia-european-union-election.html">Moscow Roils a Country on the Edge of Europe and Russia</a></h5>Oct 18 10:21
schestowitz[TR2]                                    <blockquote>Oct 18 10:21
schestowitz[TR2]                                        <p>Russia is behind a disinformation campaign in Moldova ahead of a presidential election and a referendum making E.U. membership a “strategic objective,” Moldovan officials and global media companies say. </p>Oct 18 10:21
schestowitz[TR2]                                    </blockquote>Oct 18 10:21
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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nytimes.com | Moscow Roils a Country on the Edge of Europe and Russia - The New York TimesOct 18 10:21
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schestowitz[TR2]                            <h5><a href="https://rubenerd.com/follow-up-on-my-optics-matter-post/">Follow up on my “optics matter” post</a></h5>Oct 18 10:27
schestowitz[TR2]                            <blockquote>Oct 18 10:27
schestowitz[TR2]                                <p>Last Wednesday I wrote about how optics matter, especially within open source communities. I mentioned how a certain WordPress owner had conceded any technical or legal points he thought he was making with his conduct, which was troubling and sad to see. </p>Oct 18 10:27
schestowitz[TR2]                            </blockquote>Oct 18 10:27
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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Rubenerd: Follow up on my “optics matter” postOct 18 10:27
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schestowitz[TR2]https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v3tzZDvOct 18 12:21
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v3tzZDv )Oct 18 12:21
schestowitz[TR2]"Oct 18 12:21
schestowitz[TR2]Good to read that this company now run by evil management (especially the arrogant Alvind) is being outed for all the corruption they plot and plan.....the sad part is they will play the "cost game", victimize and lay off good Brazilian employees and move those jobs to India, of course ! Brazilians are some of the best and smartest workers. But layoffs are all that Alvind and the pig Kavanaugh can capable of...Oct 18 12:21
schestowitz[TR2]IBM's best days are behind it...just like soiled toilet paper.Oct 18 12:21
schestowitz[TR2]"Oct 18 12:21
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schestowitz[TR2]                            <h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/ardour-8-10-daw-released/">Ardour 8.10: Hot Fixes and Final Features Before Major Update to v9</a></h5>Oct 18 12:29
schestowitz[TR2]                            <blockquote>Oct 18 12:29
schestowitz[TR2]                                <p>Ardour 8.10 DAW is out now, addresses several issues found in version 8.9, introduces minor enhancements, and sets the stage for the upcoming major 9.0 release. Here’s what’s new. </p>Oct 18 12:29
schestowitz[TR2]                                <p> Following the 8.9 release, some users encountered performance issues regarding scheduling disk I/O threads. Ardour 8.10 addresses these performance challenges, making significant improvements to disk I/O, which were notably system-dependent but disruptive where they occurred. </p>Oct 18 12:29
schestowitz[TR2]                            </blockquote>Oct 18 12:29
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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Ardour 8.10: Hot Fixes and Final Features Before Major Update to v9Oct 18 12:29
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