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[01:05]	admfubar	i'll huff and i'll puff
[01:11]	MinceR	:>
[01:11]	MinceR	"Attention, duelists! My hair will huff, and my hair will puff, and my hair will blow your house in!"
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[01:16]	admfubar	that is some mighty hair...
[01:17]	MinceR	:>
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[01:36]	TMF	hai
[01:39]	MinceR	HAI! >> http://i.imgur.com/Vf7GOGS.jpg
[01:48]	TMF	sharkie
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[02:39]	admfubar	https://www.techspot.com/news/113355-texas-hits-pause-1800-data-center-projects-scrutinize.html
[02:39]	TR Bot	hits pause on 1,800 data center projects to scrutinize power and water demands | TechSpot
[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-040826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-040826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-040826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-040826.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 04, 2026
[02:47]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-040826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-040826.txt
[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 04, 2026
[02:48]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-040826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-040826.txt
[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 04, 2026
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-040826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-040826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-040826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-040826.txt
[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 04, 2026
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-08-04.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-08-04.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-08-04.txt
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[03:54]	admfubar	https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-joins-dell-and-hp-in-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs
[03:54]	TR Bot	Joins Dell and HP in Supporting the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) - 9to5Linux
● Aug 05
[04:16]	admfubar	https://hackaday.com/2026/08/04/at-last-cp-m-for-protected-mode/
[04:16]	TR Bot	Last! CP/M For Protected Mode | Hackaday
[04:20]	MinceR	:>
[04:23]	MinceR	what do you do with protected mode on a single-task system though?
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[04:33]	admfubar	https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/05/ai-researchers-let-models-off-the-leash-then-watched-as-they-tried-to-add-malware-to-a-foss-project/5283165
[04:33]	TR Bot	 AI researchers let models off the leash then watched as they tried to add malware to a FOSS project
[04:34]	admfubar	maybe that is the next step, multi user mode
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[05:35]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1730.jpg
[05:35]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2087.jpg
[05:37]	TR News	how lucky gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/how_lucky
[05:37]	TR News	"They extended this thinking to cultural relativism, which is the idea that morality differs between cultures. They argued this belief was a form of subjectivism because there's no smallest society that can have its own distinct morality." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/where-morality-comes-from.gmi
[05:38]	TR News	"Tilde.pink is an open tilde server providing shell, email, gopher, and gemini accounts. It runs on NetBSD and focuses on being a "web-free" tilde using geomyidae for gopher and gmid for gemini." gemini://brennan.smol.pub/tilde-pink-guide
[05:39]	TR News	"One may have an odds table that specifies variable chances of various outcomes, whether it be monsters or loot or whatever. A fairly common wrinkle is that there is an item or skill or whatever that gives someone "better" results, so one would need a means to favor "better" items depending on the strength of the effect." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/08/05/variodds.gmi
[05:40]	TR News	"This guide shows how to set up a shared guestbook on a tildeverse server, with logging to track who added entries and when." gemini://brennan.smol.pub/guestbook-guide
[05:41]	TR News	"My childhood friend Eric lived in a yellow house at the end of a cul-de-sac. We spent our summers and after-school evenings playing video games (SNES, later N64), ping pong, and street hocky." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/gratitudes-part-3-matt-who-wore-a-miniskirt-to-prom
[05:42]	TR News	"rebound game after coffee talk. since i already just bought a game, i had to seek recourse in our switch library. this was in there? also extremely frustrating, obviously for different reasons." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/games
[05:45]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 05/08/2026: Being Good, Tildeverse and Tilde.pink, Games https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Gemini_Links_05_08_2026_Being_Good_Tildeverse_and_Tilde_pink_Ga.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Gemini_Links_05_08_2026_Being_Good_Tildeverse_and_Tilde_pink_Ga.gmi 
[05:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 05/08/2026: Being Good, Tildeverse and Tilde.pink, Games
[05:47]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 04, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_August_04_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_August_04_2026.gmi 
[05:47]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 04, 2026
[05:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[05:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[05:49]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[05:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[05:55]	TR News	"If you are impacted. Sue just sue" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kz6s7cfe
[05:55]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kz6s7cfe )
[05:56]	TR News	On IBM: "that's what dying companies do, start cutting back on all the unnecessary expenses" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kywrdsjp
[05:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kywrdsjp )
[05:57]	TR News	"I was let go from IBM November 2025 and honestly i felt relived. Twice a year I saw some of my colleagues getting RAed and thought when will I be next. I worked harder thinking my performance will speak for itself. Boy was I dreaming. However when it happened I was good with it, no harm done. I took my severance and took a much needed 4 month vacation around the world. There is a life after IBM and its real and magnificent"
[05:57]	TR News	"Different people have different constraints. Some in their 50's might need at least a decade of work. Lives are shattered when the unexpected happens. Let is not go down the path, "it is a blessing to be let go after decades of dedication"." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kz4mbgha
[05:57]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kz4mbgha )
[05:59]	TR News	"As I have stated before and seen at IBM, is that young managers in sales and technical sales are put in those positions not based on experience or accomplishments, but instead on someone sponsoring them who he or she rubbed noses with. It makes you sick to see how they fail when a better more experienced and accomplished person should have been promoted into management." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kz3fj1w7
[05:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kz3fj1w7 )
● Aug 05
[06:04]	TR News	PayPal Reportedly Attracting Takeover Interest After Stock Slump https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/paypal-reportedly-attracting-takeover-interest-after-stock-slump/cZRtwVsR4yF
[06:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/paypal-reportedly-attracting-takeover-interest-after-stock-slump/cZRtwVsR4yF )
[06:05]	TR News	Still no financial report from BRETT WILSON LLP. How long can they hide/delay?
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	"The Linux Foundation has launched yet ANOTHER AI focused sub-foundation: "The Tokenomics Foundation".
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	The Tokenomics Foundation's mission is to "Define the Economics and ROI of AI Value".
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	Which is some serious business buzzword salad.
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	But what in the heckatarnations is "Tokenomics"?
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	Luckily, The Linux Foundation has defined it for us:
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	"AI Token Economics, or AI Tokenomics, is the emerging practice of managing the production, consumption and value of AI to generate business outcomes."
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	... Yeah.  More buzzword salad.
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	Maybe they can also throw in a little synergy and B2B methodologies which leverage their core competencies.
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	Side note: Guess how many times "Linux" is talked about in this new endeavor of The Linux Foundation.
[06:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	If you guessed "Never, not once is Linux talked about in any way" you nailed it."
[06:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Developing with Fedora, first flock, and not the last! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Developing_with_Fedora_first_flock_and_not_the_last.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Developing_with_Fedora_first_flock_and_not_the_last.gmi 
[06:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Developing with Fedora, first flock, and not the last!
[06:31]	TR News	Techrights IBM CEO Says IBM Won't be Bankrupt by 2028 or 2029 (When He Reaches Retirement Age) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/IBM_CEO_Says_IBM_Won_t_be_Bankrupt_by_2028_or_2029_When_He_Reac.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/IBM_CEO_Says_IBM_Won_t_be_Bankrupt_by_2028_or_2029_When_He_Reac.gmi 
[06:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights IBM CEO Says IBM Won't be Bankrupt by 2028 or 2029 (When He Reaches Retirement Age)
[06:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  The Future of GNOME Boxes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Future_of_GNOME_Boxes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Future_of_GNOME_Boxes.gmi 
[06:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines The Future of GNOME Boxes
[06:55]	TR News	6% GNU/Linux https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/morocco/#monthly-200902-202608 also good in https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/tunisia/#monthly-200902-202608
[06:55]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Morocco | Statcounter Global Stats
[06:55]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Tunisia | Statcounter Global Stats
[06:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Enchantment OS consumer-friendly Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Enchantment_OS_consumer_friendly_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Enchantment_OS_consumer_friendly_Linux_distribution.gmi 
[06:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Enchantment OS consumer-friendly Linux distribution
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[07:05]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[07:05]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[07:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  FFmpeg 9.0 Lei Open-Source Multimedia Framework Officially Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/04/FFmpeg_9_0_Lei_Open_Source_Multimedia_Framework_Officially_Rele.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/04/FFmpeg_9_0_Lei_Open_Source_Multimedia_Framework_Officially_Rele.gmi 
[07:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines FFmpeg 9.0 Lei Open-Source Multimedia Framework Officially Released
[07:07]	IsambardPrince	[22:23] <MinceR> what do you do with protected mode on a single-task system though?
[07:07]	IsambardPrince	Some DOS extenders went into protected mode.
[07:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  NVIDIA 610.57.04 Linux Graphics Driver Improves Support for Many Games https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/NVIDIA_610_57_04_Linux_Graphics_Driver_Improves_Support_for_Man.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/03/NVIDIA_610_57_04_Linux_Graphics_Driver_Improves_Support_for_Man.gmi 
[07:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines NVIDIA 610.57.04 Linux Graphics Driver Improves Support for Many Games
[07:08]	IsambardPrince	Arachne could do a number of things while browsing the web, including play MP3s.
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[07:11]	TR News	Techrights Tanzania: GNU/Linux Now Seen on 8% on Desktops/Laptops (User Clients) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Tanzania_GNU_Linux_Now_Seen_on_8_on_Desktops_Laptops_User_Clien.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Tanzania_GNU_Linux_Now_Seen_on_8_on_Desktops_Laptops_User_Clien.gmi 
[07:11]	TR Bot	 Techrights Tanzania: GNU/Linux Now Seen on 8% on Desktops/Laptops (User Clients)
[07:13]	IsambardPrince	MinceR: I did actually really like DOS.
[07:13]	IsambardPrince	I kept using it for many years on actual hardware. 
[07:13]	IsambardPrince	DOS emulators fail in all sorts of subtle ways that actual hardware from the time didn't.
[07:16]	TR News	 (NEW):  The only 5 Linux distros I recommend for laptopsafter 10 years of using Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/The_only_5_Linux_distros_I_recommend_for_laptops_after_10_years.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/The_only_5_Linux_distros_I_recommend_for_laptops_after_10_years.gmi 
[07:16]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines The only 5 Linux distros I recommend for laptopsafter 10 years of using Linux
[07:18]	TR News	 (NEW):  Windows 11 vs Linux RAM usage in web browsing and gaming reveals big difference https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Windows_11_vs_Linux_RAM_usage_in_web_browsing_and_gaming_reveal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Windows_11_vs_Linux_RAM_usage_in_web_browsing_and_gaming_reveal.gmi 
[07:18]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Windows 11 vs Linux RAM usage in web browsing and gaming reveals big difference
[07:20]	TR News	 (NEW):  This free Linux tool makes it easy to check your PC battery and disk usage - here's how https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/This_free_Linux_tool_makes_it_easy_to_check_your_PC_battery_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/This_free_Linux_tool_makes_it_easy_to_check_your_PC_battery_and.gmi 
[07:20]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This free Linux tool makes it easy to check your PC battery and disk usage - here's how
[07:21]	TR News	Independent Politics https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/05/independent-politics/
[07:21]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Independent Politics
[07:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Ubuntu is still the distro everyone recommends first, and it all boils down to 4 reasons https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Ubuntu_is_still_the_distro_everyone_recommends_first_and_it_all.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Ubuntu_is_still_the_distro_everyone_recommends_first_and_it_all.gmi 
[07:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Ubuntu is still the distro everyone recommends first, and it all boils down to 4 reasons
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[07:25]	TR News	 (NEW):  I failed to install the "most difficult" Linux distro but here's why I'm sticking with it https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/I_failed_to_install_the_most_difficult_Linux_distro_but_here_s_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/I_failed_to_install_the_most_difficult_Linux_distro_but_here_s_.gmi 
[07:25]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I failed to install the "most difficult" Linux distro but here's why I'm sticking with it
[07:36]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[07:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[07:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  Town Trotting https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Town_Trotting.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Town_Trotting.gmi 
[07:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Town Trotting
[07:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Zimbabwe: GNU/Linux Surging to 7% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Zimbabwe_GNU_Linux_Surging_to_7.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Zimbabwe_GNU_Linux_Surging_to_7.gmi 
[07:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Zimbabwe: GNU/Linux Surging to 7%
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[08:01]	TR News	An Overcrowded Planet https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/05/an-overcrowded-planet/
[08:01]	TR Bot	Blog Archive An Overcrowded Planet
[08:18]		*Disconnected (Remote host closed socket).
[08:18]		*Now talking on #techrights
[08:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	test https://gnu.org/
[08:20]	TR Bot	failure: Connection reset by peer ( status 0 @ https://gnu.org/ )
[08:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	hmmm
[08:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	test https://www.gnu.org/
[08:20]	TR Bot	failure: Connection reset by peer ( status 0 @ https://www.gnu.org/ )
[08:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	lxo: same from here
[08:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	hoem, server
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[08:24]	TR News	Techrights Freedom Includes the Liberty to Disagree (and be Listened to, Not Censored) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Freedom_Includes_the_Liberty_to_Disagree_and_be_Listened_to_Not.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Freedom_Includes_the_Liberty_to_Disagree_and_be_Listened_to_Not.gmi 
[08:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights Freedom Includes the Liberty to Disagree (and be Listened to, Not Censored)
[08:24]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/gnu.org.html
[08:24]	TR Bot	 Gnu.org - Is GNU Operating System Down Right Now?
[08:31]	TR News	Techrights The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Web Site is Online, GNU's Site Having Issues (Ongoing Issues) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Web_Site_is_Online_GNU_s_Site_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Web_Site_is_Online_GNU_s_Site_.gmi 
[08:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Web Site is Online, GNU's Site Having Issues (Ongoing Issues)
[08:39]	TR News	Techrights Luxembourg and Software Freedom https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Luxembourg_and_Software_Freedom.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Luxembourg_and_Software_Freedom.gmi 
[08:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights Luxembourg and Software Freedom
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[09:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Tails 7.10.1 Is Out as an Emergency Release to Fix Critical Vulnerabilities https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Tails_7_10_1_Is_Out_as_an_Emergency_Release_to_Fix_Critical_Vul.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Tails_7_10_1_Is_Out_as_an_Emergency_Release_to_Fix_Critical_Vul.gmi 
[09:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Tails 7.10.1 Is Out as an Emergency Release to Fix Critical Vulnerabilities
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[10:46]	ret1	For decades, ever since the founding of the Freenode network, it has always been run by a bunch of volunteer staff without much issue or drama. They more or less kept to themselves and only stepped in to fix technical issues and deal with DDoS attacks and the like, and maintained a good working relationship with the channel ops of most channels.
[10:47]	ret1	Sometime during 2017, Christel, the head staffer at the time, created a legal corporation to own Freenode and sold it to Andrew Lee. She told everyone that it was done as part of a legal requirement to sponsor a conference and that Andrew would have no control over the operations of Freenode, and nothing would actually change.
[10:47]	ret1	Now, when this happened during 2017, Andrew Lee didn't really have a reputation for anything except for being the guy who also owned Private Internet Access, a VPN company with a ok-ish reputation. There were some fishy details, like how Chris also got a job at PIA out of it, but nobody thought much of it. Andrew is an important character that we will revisit later.
[10:47]	ret1	Fast-forward to 2021, and mysteriously the freenode website now has an ad for a company called Shells, another of Andrew's companies. This is unusual because freenode sponsors only go on a specific sponsor page and never on the main website, and people got concerned. Instead of removing it, Chris (who sold the legal org to Andrew) resigned instead.
[10:47]	ret1	The remaining staff, reasonably concerned, decided to elect a new leader (Tom) and wrote a blog post about it. Andrew demanded that they take it down, which they refused, understandably so, as they had been told Andrew will have no control over the operations of Freenode.
[10:47]	ret1	Skipping over a bunch of events (read in the link posted above), Andrew Lee, acting as the sole member of the "Board of Freenode", demanded access (become server owner for Discord kids) to basically everything in the network. He produced a bunch of legal documents dating back to Chris' sale, and after consulting with lawyers it turns out that the documents are probably legit.
[10:47]	ret1	At this point, staff start resigning en masse, and Andrew goes crazy. More on this later.
[10:47]	ret1	==== If you find yourself in a hole, keep digging ====
[10:47]	ret1	After the staff resigned en masse, they posted their resignation letters online for all to see, in the process claiming that Freenode has been subject to a hostile takeover. They also together formed libera.chat, a Freenode alternative with all the same  people running it as before, just without Andrew at the helm messing things up.
[10:47]	ret1	Andrew then posts this response, claiming that "the rumors of a 'hostile takeover' are simply untrue", in direct contradiction to all the staff that have resigned. He claims that all the staff are out to get him and have defamed his attempt at merely doing what was best "for the sake of the FOSS movement".
[10:47]	ret1	A few days later, the outgoing staff turns into "the plan to destroy freenode". Now, at this point in time, there was understandably confusion in the community -- who tf is "rasengan" (the Nickname for Andrew), and why did all the staff just resign? Who's lying and who's telling the truth? The community was split.
[10:47]	ret1	A big chunk of the community thought that Andrew is full of shit went to the newly-formed libera.chat, some stayed on the fence to see how it played out, and a very small minority supported Andrew. Those that decided to migrate to libera changed their topics to something along the lines of "we're now moving to libera.chat" to tell existing users that they're gone.
[10:47]	ret1	Andrew, however, in his infinite wisdow, decided that any channels that even mentioned libera.chat in their channel topics would have their channels taken over. What this means is that all existing operators would have their permissions revoked and Andrew would be in charge of the channel.
[10:48]	ret1	What actually happened with this change was that users freaked out. Quite a few channels had topics like "we're considering the move to libera.chat, decision will be made later", and those also got swept up in the takeover. Now, Andrew was very adamant earlier that there was no "hostile takeover" going on, but to the users and operators, their favourite channels just got taken over, and in a very hostile 
[10:48]	ret1	fashion too.
[10:48]	ret1	All the remaining channels that were still on Freenode all freaked out and got out whilst they still could. FSF, Gentoo, Ubuntu, and pretty much everybody that mattered jumped ship.
[10:48]	ret1	I think this requires emphasis: most large chunk of people didn't want to rock the boat and stayed on Freenode, but then Andrew decided to kick them off himself for daring to utter the word "libera" in his presence. People got upset that a single word hurt his feelings so much and decided to leave if he's gonna show the door anyways.
[10:48]	ret1	Around the same time, IRCCloud, a fairly significant IRC client (the same way web browsers are used to browse the web, IRC clients are used to connect to IRC networks) tweeted some mean things about Freenode, so Andrew decided that if you're in a hole, you might as well dig deeper, and banned IRCCloud users. Not just 'hey don't use IRCCloud' but a permaban. This is like if Google thought that Apple said 
[10:48]	ret1	some mean things and banned everybody logging into Youtube and Gmail from safari. 
[10:48]	ret1	==== A small detour into Andrew's imaginary Korean Empire ====
[10:48]	ret1	Let's take a small detour into another title you might have seen for Andrew: the "Crown Prince of Korea". The story goes that after making his fortunes founding startups, Andrew discovered that he was related to another guy that claimed to be the legitimate "Emperor of Korea" and was named the successor to the "Empire" in 2018.
[10:48]	ret1	Note that the Korean Empire aka Joseon Dynasty has been dead for over a century ever since Imperial Japan conquered it in the late 1800s. Modern Korea is a democracy with elections and such, and no sane person acknowledges the "imperial throne". The Korean imperial family is as real as the French royal family: both dead, and nobody cares. Well, there's also North Korea, but good luck convincing Kim Jung  
[10:48]	ret1	Un that he should swear fealty to anybody else. Surely it would go down splendidly.
[10:48]	ret1	==== The Aftermath ====
[10:48]	ret1	After people abandoned Freenode in droves, Andrew went even more crazy and decided to purge everything. He deleted every single channel, every single user, everything got nuked. This convinced everybody that hasn't jumped ship yet to do so, and now Freenode is completely and utterly dead. Here's some user numbers from netsplit.de.
[10:48]	ret1	Andrew now styles himself "HIH Andrew Lee of the Joseon Empire, the oldent nation in the world since 1392" (HIH = His Imperial Highness). As of 10 Aug 2021, Freenode is now the "Official Digital Territory of the Joseon Empire".
[10:48]	ret1	To conclude: freenode is now dead, Andrew now styles himself Emperor, and all the sane people are on Libera.CHAT or Matrix/OFTC.net/something else. 
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[12:34]	TR News	"leading Telegram founder Pavel Durov to implement enhanced moderation safeguards before securing reinstatement." https://sqmagazine.co.uk/telegram-apple-app-store-suspension/ | Source: SQ Magazine
[12:34]	TR Bot	 Apple Briefly Bans Telegram in Stunning App Store Move
[12:34]	TR News	"Extortionists have found a way to manipulate Apple into overreacting." https://www.theverge.com/tech/975300/telegram-app-store-takedown-extortion-pavel-durov | Source: The Verge
[12:34]	TR Bot	 Telegram CEO says an extortionist planted CSAM in a chat to get it pulled from the App Store | The Verge
[12:35]	TR News	"The move marks another notch in Live Nation Entertainments broader Latin America strategy, where the company is pairing ticketing expansion with venue development." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/live-nation-ticketmaster-acquires-red-uts/ | Source: Digital Music News
[12:35]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/live-nation-ticketmaster-acquires-red-uts/ )
[12:35]	TR News	"Ellisons roughly 730-word essay does not mention Trump by name nor ties between the president and his father, tech billionaire Larry Ellison." https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-08-04/paramounts-david-ellison-says-critics-dont-get-his-politics | Source: Los Angeles Times
[12:35]	TR Bot	 Paramount's David Ellison says critics don't get his politics - Los Angeles Times
[12:36]	TR News	Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://pxlnv.com/linklog/sony-discs-middle-finger/ | Source: Nick Heer
[12:36]	TR Bot	 Sony Gives Its Disc-Loving Customers a Giant Middle Finger Pixel Envy
[12:36]	TR News	"not all bots are bad." https://blog.archive.org/2026/08/04/internet-archive-to-new-york-dont-kill-the-good-bots-in-the-fight-against-bad-bots/ | Source: Internet Archive
[12:36]	TR Bot	 Internet Archive to New York: Dont Kill the Good Bots in the Fight Against Bad Bots | Internet Archive Blogs
[12:37]	TR News	"detained by the National Guard in her front yard" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5918354 | Source: NPR
[12:37]	TR Bot	 A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing
[12:37]	TR News	"Every person deprived of their liberty under international and domestic law remains entitled to dignity, health care, and respect for their life." https://phr.org/news/deaths-in-ice-custody/ | Source: PHR
[12:37]	TR Bot	 Statementonthe Death of EdwinLopez-Cornejo, 53rd Known Death in ICE Custody - PHR
[12:41]	TR News	The Narcissist knows Daniel Pocock has three nationalities and may be changing addresses because he has political campaigns in the UK. Pleasing out of ignorance again.
[12:42]	TR News	"The man, Brandon Klayme of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, was eventually acquitted of all charges on July 23 by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeals." https://futurism.com/future-society/cops-typo-username-innocent-man-prison | Source: Futurism
[12:42]	TR Bot	 Cops Mistype Username, Send Innocent Man to Prison for 18 Months
[12:42]	TR News	"One of the most senior figures in the far-right Sweden Democrats has compared the political editor of Sweden's leading left-wing newspaper" https://www.thelocal.se/20260804/top-sweden-democrat-compares-left-wing-journalist-to-pro-nazi-traitor | Source: The Local SE
[12:42]	TR Bot	 Top Sweden Democrat compares left-wing journalist to pro-Nazi traitor
[12:42]	TR News	"For much of Techdirts nearly three decades in existence weve covered attacks on the media by the rich and powerful." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/04/ebay-and-former-execs-agree-to-pay-56-million-for-trying-to-crush-a-journalist/ | Source: Techdirt
[12:42]	TR Bot	And Former Execs Agree To Pay $56 Million For Trying To Crush A Journalist | Techdirt
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[12:44]	TR News	"Before 2025, most of the recent cases using the conspiracy-to-impede statute stemmed from the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and involved far-right groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5886263 | Source: NPR
[12:44]	TR Bot	 She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her door
[12:44]	TR News	"O'Hara said in a statement that he is satisfied with the settlement but conflicted that taxpayers are footing the bill." https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/d-c-will-pay-50000-to-man-detained-while-protesting-guard-patrol-with-star-wars-song-record-says | Source: PBS
[12:44]	TR Bot	 D.C. will pay $50,000 to man detained while protesting guard patrol with 'Star Wars' song, record says | PBS News
[12:45]	TR News	"At the protest, one man (not Estrada) shot and wounded a police officer." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-nspm-7-repression/ | Source: The Nation
[12:45]	TR Bot	 The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans | The Nation
[12:45]	TR News	"Across the world, despots and and wannabe dictators are deploying new tools, both legal and technological, to stifle dissent and oppress." https://www.techpolicy.press/a-roadmap-for-confronting-the-chilling-effects-of-censorship-surveillance-and-new-technology/ | Source: Tech Policy Press
[12:45]	TR Bot	Roadmap for Confronting the Chilling Effects of Censorship, Surveillance and New Technology | TechPolicy.Press
[12:45]	TR News	"There is no leader of antifa the Trump administration has not named one and there is no record of deadly attacks attributed to a U.S.-based organization called antifa." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/04/the-antifa-terrorism-threat-trump-describes-does-not-exist/ | Source: Techdirt
[12:45]	TR Bot	Antifa Terrorism Threat Trump Describes Does Not Exist | Techdirt
[12:46]	TR News	"Unlike in other moments of political unrest in recent memory, its hard to pigeonhole these anti-data center activists demographically." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/regular-people-data-center-arrest-protest | Source: Futurism
[12:46]	TR Bot	 The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding
[12:46]	TR News	"The law applies to people who left Russia and were convicted in absentia under any article of the Criminal Code, or under political statutes of the Administrative Offenses Code." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/04/putin-signs-law-restricting-the-rights-of-kremlin-critics-living-abroad-who-are-prosecuted-in-absentia | Source: Meduza
[12:46]	TR Bot	 Putin signs law restricting the rights of Kremlin critics living abroad who are prosecuted in absentia Meduza
[12:46]	TR News	"Consider the slick propaganda section thats appeared on the Government of Albertas official website" https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/08/04/Alberta-Propaganda-Push-Data-Centres/ | Source: The Tyee
[12:46]	TR Bot	 Albertas Propaganda Push to Sell the Public on Data Centres | The Tyee
[12:47]	TR News	wrong
[12:47]	TR News	"KOSA, the SCREEN Act, Youth AI Privacy..." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/senate-vote-tomorrow-four-internet-bills-one-wrong-direction | Source: EFF
[12:47]	TR Bot	 Tomorrows U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[12:48]	TR News	"to train 5000 educators" = Microsofters and scammers take over Raspi? https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/supporting-ai-education-for-150000-learners-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-australia/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[12:48]	TR Bot	 Supporting AI education for 150,000 learners in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia - Raspberry Pi Foundation
[12:48]	TR News	Red Hat sponsored site promoting slop for Red Hat https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/04/red-hat-leads-open-source-project-automate-ai-governance/ | Source: Silicon Angle
[12:48]	TR Bot	Hat leads open-source project to automate AI governance - SiliconANGLE
[12:49]	TR News	"The lawsuit accuses former Apple engineer Chang Liu of failing to return a company laptop before leaving for OpenAI." https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/04/openai-publicly-pushes-back-apple-lawsuit-new-filing/ | Source: Silicon Angle
[12:49]	TR Bot	publicly pushes back against Apple lawsuit after new filing - SiliconANGLE
[12:49]	TR News	"Transceivers definitely pose a risk" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/us-mulling-ban-on-key-chinese-networking-tech-in-data-center-component-crackdown-white-house-wants-to-impose-restrictions-in-2026-china-says-it-will-respond-if-necessary | Source: Tom's Hardware
[12:49]	TR Bot	 US mulling ban on key Chinese networking tech in data center component crackdown White House wants to impose restrictions in 2026, China says it will respond if necessary | Tom's Hardware
[12:49]	TR News	"The decision to exclude open-source models could also be a boon for companies that are trying to catch up to Anthropic and OpenAI" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/technology/white-house-ai-framework.html | Source: New York Times
[12:50]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/technology/white-house-ai-framework.html )
[12:54]	TR News	"Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.5.1." https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_5_1_released/ | Source: Tor
[12:54]	TR Bot	 Arti 2.5.1 released | The Tor Project
[12:54]	TR News	"Electronic Arts has officially become a private company." https://www.theverge.com/games/974736/ea-private-company-deal-closed | Source: The Verge
[12:54]	TR Bot	 EA is now a private company | The Verge
[12:54]	TR News	"There seems to be the desire to harken back to this, to remind people of the San Francisco of Pacific Heights rather than SoMa." https://www.8ball.report/p/pygmalion-mode | Source: Sean Monahan
[12:54]	TR Bot	 pygmalion mode - by Sean Monahan - 8Ball
[12:55]	TR News	"a year and a half later, the oligarchs victory celebrations look premature." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-oligarchs-are-doubling-down-on | Source: Paul Krugman
[12:55]	TR Bot	 The Oligarchs are Doubling Down on Republicans
[12:56]	TR News	"Fortunately, the future is a renewable resource. There will be at least one more election. We get another chance." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/against-self-fulfilling-prophecy | Source: Hamilton Nolan
[12:56]	TR Bot	 Against Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - by Hamilton Nolan
[12:57]	TR News	"Software developers often talk about legacy software as though its automatically a problem." https://perlhacks.com/2026/08/the-future-isnt-evenly-distributed/ | Source: Perl Hacks
[12:57]	TR Bot	 The Future Isnt Evenly Distributed - Perl Hacks
[12:57]	TR News	"A hypothesis on the not-so-distant future of software, books, music, and movies, in which most of what we consume gets cheaper" https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/the-temu-fication-of-software-digital-goods-services/ | Source: 
[12:57]	TR Bot	 . The TEMU-fication of Software, Digital Goods & Services
[12:57]	TR News	"The gap reflects accounting treatment. Signed leases generally are not recorded as liabilities until a facility is available for use." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-centre-race-builds-1-trillion-lease-burden-for-big-tech/articleshow/132868416.cms | Source: India Times
[12:57]	TR Bot	 AI data-centre race builds $1 trillion lease burden for Big Tech - The Economic Times
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[12:58]	TR News	"two of my other sites which are relatively inactive" https://burgeonlab.com/costs/ | Source: Naty S
[12:58]	TR Bot	 Costs: Price of a Personal Site on the Smallweb
[12:59]	TR News	"Trains and the railways they run on are a great way to move lots of stuff, or lots of people, a long way." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/04/road-trains-roam-the-backroads-of-australia/ | Source: Hackaday
[12:59]	TR Bot	Trains Roam The Backroads Of Australia | Hackaday
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[13:01]	TR News	"The telecommunication industry uses power inverters to convert direct current energy into alternating current for cell towers, data centers, and remote communication shelters." https://insidetowers.com/fcc-adds-power-inverters-to-covered-list-under-national-security/ | Source: Inside Towers
[13:01]	TR Bot	 FCC Adds Power Inverters to Covered List Under National Security - Inside Towers
[13:02]	TR News	"According to The Texas Tribune" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/texas-slams-on-the-breaks-for-1-800-data-centers-power-grid-requirements-are-five-times-higher-than-peak-record-demand-474-gigawatts-of-power-requests-are-now-subject-to-new-moratorium | Source: Tom's Hardware
[13:02]	TR Bot	 Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are five times higher than peak record demand 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium | Tom's Hardware
[13:05]	TR News	"he Danubes record low levels have pushed Hungarys only nuclear power plant, the Soviet-built, four-reactor plant at Paks, to the brink of powering down entirely for the first time in its 44 years in service." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-08-03/record-low-danube-levels-push-some-countries-in-eastern-europe-to-brink-of-energy-emergency | Source: Los Angeles Times
[13:05]	TR Bot	 Record low Danube levels push countries to brink of energy emergency - Los Angeles Times
[13:06]	MinceR	05 080757 < IsambardPrince> Some DOS extenders went into protected mode.
[13:06]	MinceR	unreal mode seems to be a better fit for what those applications wanted
[13:07]	TR News	"Estimates for the climate impact of the web industry range from between 2% and 4% of global carbon emissions, roughly equivalent to the emissions of the airline industry." https://starlight.astro.build/environmental-impact/ |
[13:07]	TR Bot	 Eco-friendly docs | Starlight
[13:07]	TR News	"Almost all Americans indeed, most human beings are now subject to the escalating costs of climate change. How much more evidence do we need?" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-incalculable-costs-of-inaction | Source: Robert Reich
[13:07]	TR Bot	 The Biggest Cost of Trump - Robert Reich
[13:07]	TR News	"When people ask what Im doing in Georgia, I give them something easy." https://www.wired.com/story/how-data-centers-broke-american-politics/ | Source: Wired
[13:07]	TR Bot	Data Centers Broke American Politics | WIRED
[13:07]	TR News	"Our whole town does not want him here at all" https://hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-is-selling-data-centers-in-wisconsin/ | Source: Hell Gate NYC
[13:07]	TR Bot	 Eric Adams Is Selling Data Centers in Wisconsin Now
[13:08]	TR News	"data centers are going to be here" https://truthout.org/articles/eric-adams-booed-while-lobbying-for-data-center-in-small-wisconsin-town/ | Source: TruthOut
[13:08]	TR Bot	 Eric Adams Booed While Lobbying for Data Center in Small Wisconsin Town | Truthout
[13:08]	TR News	"Its developer wants Colorado River water from the Imperial Irrigation District after a recycled water deal collapsed" https://www.western-water.com/2026/08/04/data-center-water-fight-heads-to-imperial-county-court/ | Source: Western Water
[13:08]	TR Bot	 Data center water fight heads to Imperial County court | Western Water
[13:08]	TR News	"The big change in the proposed city ordinance is that large-scale data centers would no longer be allowed in any current zoning designation as stand-alone projects." https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080236_agenda_data_centers_op/new-data-center-rules-tap-tucson-south-tucson-honor-pico-de-gallo/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel
[13:08]	TR Bot	 New data center rules on tap for Tucson; South Tucson to honor Pico de Gallo | The Tucson Agenda
[13:09]	TR News	[Old] "The company has no Clean Air Act permits." https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memphis-gas-turbines-air-pollution-permits-00317582 | Source: Politico LLC
[13:09]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memphis-gas-turbines-air-pollution-permits-00317582 )
[13:10]	TR News	"The Colossus data center campus, comprising two separate data centers, has come under fire from locals and activist groups." https://futurism.com/space/spacex-poison-nearby-towns-another-yeare | Source: Futurism
[13:10]	TR Bot	 SpaceX Vows to Keep Poisoning Nearby Towns With Its Fume-Belching Data Center For Another Year
[13:10]	TR News	"Life in the deep sea is silent and slow-moving and adapts on geological time scales, she said." https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/08/05/Deep-Sea-Mining-Would-Devastate-Ocean-Life/ | Source: The Tyee
[13:10]	TR Bot	 Deep-Sea Mining Would Devastate Ocean Life, DFO Scientist Warns | The Tyee
[13:11]	TR News	"Farther east in Romania, the Danube recorded its lowest water levels since 1996." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/europe-rivers-running-dry-catastrophe-danube-rhine | Source: The Guardian UK
[13:11]	TR Bot	 Europes rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias | The Guardian
[13:11]	TR News	"The document, published by the federal Bureau of Reclamation" https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080326_colorado_river_water/federal-plan-makes-steep-colorado-river-water-cuts-arizona-california-nevada/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel
[13:11]	TR Bot	 Federal plan makes steep Colorado River water cuts to Arizona, California & Nevada
[13:12]	TR News	"TikTok has agreed to settle three lawsuits concerning addictive platform designs." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-settling-three-teen-social-media-lawsuits-ahead-of-trial/articleshow/132844881.cms | Source: India Times
[13:12]	TR Bot	 TikTok settling three teen social media lawsuits ahead of trial - The Economic Times
[13:14]	TR News	"The federal gift regulations and the gratuities statute exist to ensure that government decisions are made on the merits" https://www.salon.com/2026/08/04/fcc-commissioners-face-ethics-complaints-for-taking-luxury-gifts-from-paramount-partner/ | Source: Salon
[13:14]	TR Bot	commissioners face ethics complaints for taking luxury gifts from Paramount - Salon.com
[13:17]	TR News	"What seems to be the issue is a user setting about data sharing. Anthropics position is that its not their problem: [...]" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/some-claude-chats-are-searchable-on-google.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[13:17]	TR Bot	Claude Chats Are Searchable on Google - Schneier on Security
[13:17]	TR News	"Though the video caption claims Gunn was arrested over the incident, no report with his name appears in the Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Courts case record database." https://futurism.com/future-society/florida-man-blocking-flock-protest-police-surveillance | Source: Futurism
[13:17]	TR Bot	 Wild Footage Shows Man Blocking Flock Camera With Comically Gigantic Protest Sign
[13:18]	TR News	"As a reminder, this is different from the order made in February last year that would have demanded Apple create a backdoor to encrypted iCloud data globally." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-uk-icloud-backdoor-complaint/ | Source: Nick Heer
[13:18]	TR Bot	 F.T.: Apple Filed a Legal Complaint in the U.K. Over Revised iCloud Backdoor Demand Pixel Envy
[13:18]	TR News	"The company, founded by libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel in 2003, is also facing criticism in its home market." https://netzpolitik.org/2026/interview-about-resistance-palantir-is-really-toxic/ | Source: Netzpolitik
[13:18]	TR Bot	about resistance: Palantir is really toxic - netzpolitik.org
[13:18]	TR News	"The initial document dump was unredacted. Days later, those files were removed and replaced with partial redactions to some, but not all, of the personal medical information" https://www.notus.org/health-science/rand-paul-fauci-diary-dump-expose-people-medical-histories | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute
[13:18]	TR Bot	 Rand Pauls Fauci Diary Dump Exposed Peoples Medical Histories - NOTUS News of the United States
[13:19]	TR News	"Roberta Metsola surprised everyone by suggesting to the European Council to ignore the position of the Parliament she represents" https://edri.org/our-work/the-chat-control-1-0-saga-big-tech-can-scan-our-private-messages-again-but-parliament-sent-a-strong-signal-against-mass-surveillance/ | Source: EDRI
[13:19]	TR Bot	 The Chat Control 1.0 saga - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[13:19]	TR News	"I didnt know that there were these mechanisms inside the company that were essentially fighting to get this pilot to happen." https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-silence-protestors | Source: Futurism
[13:19]	TR Bot	 Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors
[13:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Enzo Maresca's First With With Manchester City https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Enzo_Maresca_s_First_With_With_Manchester_City.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Enzo_Maresca_s_First_With_With_Manchester_City.gmi 
[13:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Enzo Maresca's First With With Manchester City
[13:38]	TR News	"The European Space Agency's Cosmos portal is dedicated to space exploration." https://torrentfreak.com/european-space-agency-website-exploited-to-advertise-shady-iptv-services/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[13:38]	TR Bot	Space Agency Website Exploited to Advertise Shady IPTV Services * TorrentFreak
[13:39]	TR News	"If so, it's time to hit the brakes, because it sounds like someone is trying to scam you." https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/fake-irs-letters-cryptocurrency | Source: Bitdefender
[13:39]	TR Bot	 Fake IRS letters target cryptocurrency holders
[13:42]	TR News	"The Link satellite developed by Katalyst Space Technologies experienced issues with attitude control over the weekend" https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/reaction-wheel-failures-leave-swift-rescue-mission-spinning-in-orbit/ | Source: Ars Technica
[13:42]	TR Bot	 Attitude control issues leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit - Ars Technica
[13:43]	TR News	Windows TCO: "Attribution is preliminary, and so far it seems no real damage" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/iran-cyberattacks-against-minnesota-water-systems.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[13:43]	TR Bot	Cyberattacks Against Minnesota Water Systems - Schneier on Security
[13:44]	TR News	"The spark for this exodus is disputed." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/the-ceuta-border-crisis-a-strategic | Source: The Next Move
[13:44]	TR Bot	 The Ceuta Border Crisis: A Strategic Blind Spot
[13:44]	TR News	"The update is rolling out now with Signal version 8.20 on Android and version 8.22 for iPhone / iPad." https://www.theverge.com/tech/975407/signal-linked-devices-sync | Source: The Verge
[13:44]	TR Bot	 Now you can securely link multiple phones to one Signal account | The Verge
[13:45]	TR News	"father who posed as his 11-year-old daughter on TikTok to lure and shoot the man accused of raping her is now being held on a $100,000 (74,300) bond, higher than the one set for the alleged predator." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ohio-father-tiktok-trap-shooting-bond-debate-1812475 | Source: International Business Times
[13:45]	TR Bot	 Ohio Dad Posed as Daughter on TikTok To Shoot Her Alleged Rapist but Now Faces a Higher Bond Than the Suspect | IBTimes UK
[13:45]	TR News	"The Five Eyes warning fundamentally alters our understanding of modern espionage targets." https://thewalrus.ca/chinese-spies-are-recruiting-canadians-on-linkedin/ | Source: The Walrus
[13:45]	TR Bot	 Chinese Spies Are Recruiting Canadians on LinkedIn | The Walrus
[13:47]	TR News	"NVD quickly flagged these as critical, and CISA's ADP agreed" https://research.jfrog.com/post/sqlite-critical-cves-or-llm-slops/ |
[13:47]	TR Bot	 SQLite Critical CVEs or LLM Slop? - JFrog Security Research
[13:47]	TR News	"Autocomplete's predictions are always grounded in who you used to be, which means autocomplete knows very little about who you are now, and absolutely nothing about who you will become: [...]" https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/03/andor/#either | Source: CoryDoctorow
[13:47]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Dualism (03 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[13:47]	TR News	"I don't know. I don't like slop either, and I steer clear of channels, profiles, accounts etc. that consistently spit it out into the world, and I'm also not going to repost anything that I think falls into this category" https://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/are-we-becoming-too-paranoid-about-ai-slop/ | Source: Andreas
[13:47]	TR Bot	 Are we becoming too paranoid about AI slop? - 82MHz
[13:48]	TR News	"Most dont affect models that users run locally and not in the cloud. And all ignore the incredible pace of AI development worldwide." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/the-openai-hack-shows-the-genie-is-out-of-the-bottle.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[13:48]	TR Bot	OpenAI Hack Shows the Genie Is Out of the Bottle - Schneier on Security
[13:48]	TR News	"Imagine that this wasnt an OpenAI model." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/more-on-the-openai-agents-attack-on-hugging-face.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[13:48]	TR Bot	on the OpenAI Agent's Attack on Hugging Face - Schneier on Security
[13:54]	TR News	"Talos has created a detailed analysis of how we are seeing adversaries leverage the technology to include development, force multiplication, and vulnerability research." https://blog.talosintelligence.com/keep-going-bro-youve-got-this-a-data-driven-look-at-how-adversaries-are-weaponizing-ai/ | Source: Threat Source
[13:54]	TR Bot	 Keep going, bro. Youve got this! A data-driven look at how adversaries are weaponizing AI
[13:54]	TR News	"The Administrations ad hoc and unpredictable approach undermines U.S. competitiveness, heightening market incentives to adopt open weight models from vendors based in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC)" https://cyberscoop.com/trump-ai-policy-chinese-models-risk/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[13:54]	TR Bot	warn Trumps AI interventions could drive users to Chinese models | CyberScoop
[13:55]	TR News	"Now, the big AI developers can't just compete by throwing more parameters and training data at the problem." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-are-now-racing-to-the-bottom-crashing-token-prices-and-competitive-models-push-companies-to-cut-costs | Source: Tom's Hardware
[13:55]	TR Bot	 AI companies are now racing to the bottom crashing token prices and competitive models push companies to cut costs | Tom's Hardware
[13:58]	TR News	First win for Enzo https://www.mancity.com/matchday/fixtures/mens/2026/asia-tour-2026/k-league-all-stars-v-man-city-5-aug-2026?page=Commentary
[13:58]	TR Bot	 K League All Stars v Man City - 5 Aug 2026 | Manchester City F.C.
[13:58]	TR News	"The latest episode of the Raspberry Pi Podcast is here, with Ken Okolo and Software Engineering Manager Naushir Patuck exploring the rise of artificial intelligence and how Raspberry Pi is making an impact in edge AI." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/how-our-tiny-computers-learnt-to-count-sheep-and-spot-hi-vis-jackets/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[13:58]	TR Bot	 How our tiny computers learnt to count sheep (and spot hi-vis jackets) - Raspberry Pi
[13:58]	TR News	"But Medasinand numerous othersresponded by noting that he could have easily just dropped the AI song into a stem splitter to achieve the same effect. Shortly afterward, Fenix deleted the video." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/rapper-fenix-flexin-song-ai-generated-controversy/ | Source: Digital Music News
[13:58]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/rapper-fenix-flexin-song-ai-generated-controversy/ )
[13:58]	TR News	"He also ditched the companys impractical experiments with using robot servers that began before he joined in 2024." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chilis-restaurant-ai | Source: Futurism
[13:58]	TR Bot	 Business World Stunned That a Restaurant Chain Is Doing Well Without Mindlessly Embracing AI
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[14:03]	TR News	"The thirst trap accounts highlight the unfortunate reality of what social media has turned into in the age of generative AI." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/boomers-facebook-ai-thirst-traps | Source: Futurism
[14:03]	TR Bot	 Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Real
[14:03]	TR News	"sneaking a mic in there." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tech-bro-ai-toddler-conversations | Source: Futurism
[14:03]	TR Bot	 Tech Bro Boasts He Used AI to Secretly Monitor Toddlers' Conversations, Categorize Them In Giant Database
[14:03]	TR News	"Denver-based Palantir has increasingly been marketing military-grade AI tools to businesses through its artificial intelligence platform that helps companies integrate and develop the technology." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/palantir-lifts-annual-revenue-forecast-on-steady-demand-for-ai-powered-data-analytics/articleshow/132844747.cms | Source: India Times
[14:03]	TR Bot	 Palantir lifts annual revenue forecast on steady demand for AI-powered data analytics - The Economic Times
[14:03]	TR News	"The rules also require operators to notify individuals when emotion recognition or biometric categorisation systems are used." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/eu-enforces-mandatory-labelling-of-ai-generated-content/articleshow/132839361.cms | Source: India Times
[14:03]	TR Bot	 EU enforces mandatory labelling of AI-generated content - The Economic Times
[14:04]	TR News	"Interested in how old my Yahoo account is, I requested a download of my data." https://www.robin.is/posts/2026/yahoo/ | Source: Robin D Otis
[14:04]	TR Bot	 Robin's Yahoo
[14:04]	TR News	"The pouches are available for free in Palantirs offices for employees and guests over the age of 21, a Palantir spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal." https://fortune.com/2026/03/04/palantir-tech-companies-offices-vending-machines-tobacco-worker-productivity/ | Source: Fortune
[14:04]	TR Bot	and other tech startups are stocking offices with tobacco products to increase productivity | Fortune
[14:04]	TR News	"We just cant believe that a machine can replace all the decades of clinical judgment and knowledge that we have" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/new-york-city-nurses-say-ai-is-replacing-them/ | Source: Truthdig
[14:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/new-york-city-nurses-say-ai-is-replacing-them/ )
[14:06]	TR News	"Now, one thing that was cut off from my transcription of the COVID response portion of the interview was this." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/04/rfk-jr-just-embarrassed-himself-publicly-on-cnn/ | Source: Techdirt
[14:06]	TR Bot	Jr. Just Embarrassed Himself Publicly On CNN | Techdirt
[14:06]	TR News	"The formerly-eradicated measles is back, with over 2,300 American infected in 2026 alone, the highest number since 1992, Vox reported." https://futurism.com/health-medicine/america-consequences-trump-public-health-rare-disease-outbreak-ravaging-usa | Source: Futurism
[14:06]	TR Bot	 America Getting Lesson in Consequences of Trump's War on Public Health as Rare Disease Outbreaks Ravage the Country
[14:07]	TR News	"So after a lot of deliberation, I landed on selling my RF 24-105mm and buying an RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8." https://antoniosantos.io/finding-my-way-back-to-photography/ | Source: Antonio Santos
[14:07]	TR Bot	 Finding My Way Back to Photography
[14:07]	TR News	"I think my goal with sharing my experience in this post is to offer advice for others who are excited for the Steam Frame, or any other consumer product." https://lzon.ca/posts/other/no-steam-frame/ | Source: Lzon
[14:07]	TR Bot	 Why I'm skipping the Steam Frame
[14:07]	TR News	"Ive been using multiple monitors with desktops and laptops for oh god twenty years now." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3204901/ive-used-multiple-monitors-for-20-years-heres-what-actually-matters.html | Source: PC World
[14:07]	TR Bot	used multiple monitors for 20 years. Here's what actually matters | PCWorld
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[14:18]	TR News	"People often underestimate what cats can contribute to humananimal interventions" https://phys.org/news/2026-08-cat-children-developmental-disabilities-cats.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[14:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-cat-children-developmental-disabilities-cats.html )
[14:18]	TR News	"The truth may lie somewhere in the middle, says Trent Cash, a behavioral scientist at University of Waterloo in Canada." https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-making-us-dumber-learning-skills-risk | Source: Science News
[14:18]	TR Bot	 Is AI making us dumber? Maybe not. But our skills are at risk
[14:19]	TR News	"How stupid disconnected from any reality are the metrics under the logic of managerialism? But we all internalised them." https://crookedtimber.org/2026/08/04/if-you-cant-be-bothered-writing-it-i-cant-be-bothered-reading-it/ | Source: Crooked Timber
[14:19]	TR Bot	 If you cant be bothered writing it, I cant be bothered reading it. Crooked Timber
[14:19]	TR News	"The metallic ratios M(n) can be defined several ways." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/04/metallic-alchemy/ | Source: John D Cook
[14:19]	TR Bot	 Metallic alchemy: making one metallic ratio from another
[14:20]	TR News	"This article is all about movement. Of a vehicle, or a robot, or something like a 3D printer." https://nick.zoic.org/art/smooth-move-taming-trajectories-with-polynomials/ | Source: Nick Moore
[14:20]	TR Bot	 Smooth Move: Taming Trajectories with Polynomials ... and another thing ...
[14:20]	TR News	"The latest image from the world's largest camera captures an overwhelming number of galaxies on a 3200MP car-sized camera" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/astrophotography/this-single-3200-megapixel-photo-contains-more-than-half-a-million-galaxies-and-50-000-stars-vera-rubin-scientists-say-this-is-just-the-beginning | Source: Digital Camera World
[14:20]	TR Bot	 This single 3200-megapixel photo contains more than half a million galaxies and 50,000+ stars. Vera Rubin scientists say this is just the beginning | Digital Camera World
[14:21]	TR News	"in the city of Allendale, California." https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/storiespdf/there-will-come-soft-rains.pdf |
[14:21]	TR News	"The pitch was my first shot, with no earlier training. I did my best to reach the catcher over the base without a bounce. Gravity was included in my calculated throw." https://avi-loeb.medium.com/my-first-pitch-for-the-astros-houston-we-have-no-problem-6e7701546d1f | Source: Avi Loeb
[14:21]	TR Bot	 Medium
[14:22]	TR News	"At its heart, the blockchain is a secure distributed ledger." https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20260803/ | Source: Diomidis Spinellis
[14:22]	TR Bot	 blog dds: 2026-08-03 Blockchain technology in 500 simple words
[14:22]	TR News	"The house at 3321 NW Thurman St. was her primary residence and writing space for nearly six decades, from 1960 until her death in 2018." https://www.kptv.com/2026/07/23/le-guins-portland-home-added-national-register-historic-places/ |
[14:22]	TR Bot	 Le Guins Portland home added to National Register of Historic Places
[14:22]	TR News	"Located in Northwest Portlands Willamette Heights neighborhood, the home served as both Le Guins family residence and creative sanctuary from 1960 until her death in 2018." https://portlandtribune.com/2026/07/27/historic-portland-home-where-ursula-k-le-guin-wrote-her-greatest-works-gains-national-recognition/ |
[14:22]	TR Bot	 Historic Portland home where Ursula K. Le Guin wrote her greatest works gains national recognition | The Portland Tribune
[14:23]	TR News	"Among other accolades, her work would earn her five Hugo awards, a National Book Award, and finalist status for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize." https://locusmag.com/2026/08/ursula-k-le-guins-home-recognized-as-national-historic-landmark-to-host-writers-residency/ | Source: Locus Magazine
[14:23]	TR Bot	 Ursula K. Le Guins Home Recognized as National Historic Landmark, to host Writers Residency Locus
[14:23]	TR News	"The cross was also laser-scanned in 2018 as part of a Manx National Heritage project to produce three-dimensional digital records of all 210 known Manx crosses." https://www.medievalists.net/2026/08/early-medieval-norse-cross-returns-to-isle-of-man-chapel/ | Source: Medievalists.net
[14:23]	TR Bot	Medieval Norse Cross Returns to Isle of Man Chapel - Medievalists.net
[14:23]	TR News	"that compression comes at the cost of CPU cycles." https://kmcd.dev/posts/protobuf-varint-vs-fixed/ | Source: Kevin McDonald
[14:23]	TR Bot	 The CPU Cost of Protobuf Varints in Go
[14:24]	TR News	"My downloads directory is a junk pile that I just never get around to fully clearing." https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/08/04/zsh-m0-glob-qualifiers/ | Source: Adam Johnson
[14:24]	TR Bot	 Zsh: list recently modified files with (m0) glob qualifiers - Adam Johnson
[14:24]	TR News	"Python is a great language for writing scripts that are executed from the command line" https://hamatti.org/posts/c-is-for-command-line-interfaces-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
[14:24]	TR Bot	 C is for command line interfaces - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala
[14:24]	TR News	"This talk starts with my early adoption of Python and the subsequent decades of using it for almost everything." https://menno.io/posts/not-python-2026/ |
[14:24]	TR Bot	I Wouldn't Use Python For in 2026 menno.io
[14:25]	TR News	"Graphical user interfaces for the R language are easy to use and getting more powerful all the time." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/r-gui-comparison-update/ | Source: Rlang
[14:25]	TR Bot	GUI Comparison Update | R-bloggers
[14:25]	TR News	"I had heard about Haskell from the blog of a philosophical logician friend, Greg Restall." https://pandoc.org/twenty-years-of-pandoc.html |
[14:25]	TR Bot	 Pandoc - twenty-years-of-pandoc
[14:25]	TR News	"If Roberto and Mike are EOLing the interpreters, maybe we should be doing the same for the libraries." https://hisham.hm/2026/08/04/the-lua-community-needs-to-learn-to-move-on/ | Source: Hisham
[14:25]	TR Bot	Lua community needs to learn to move on hisham.hm
[14:26]	TR News	"the text layer broke" https://blog.lvmbdv.dev/posts/tests-for-a-pdf/ |
[14:26]	TR Bot	 Tests for a PDF Ata Kuyumcu's Blog
[14:26]	TR News	"SwiftUI's result-builder syntax is usually associated with views." https://artemnovichkov.com/blog/using-swiftui-contentbuilder-with-non-view-types | Source: Artem Novichkov
[14:26]	TR Bot	 Using SwiftUIs ContentBuilder with Non-View Types
[14:26]	TR News	"Cadence was the first native app I'd authored in years and was an interesting challenge. Navidrome's support of the Subsonic API is well documented and clear. But streaming and dealing with audio is not easy." https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/farewell-cadence | Source: Cory Dransfeldt
[14:26]	TR Bot	 Farewell Cadence Cory Dransfeldt
[14:27]	TR News	"The city next to the town I grew up in had a shopping center that was built atop a sanitary landfill." https://ericwbailey.website/published/heres-yet-another-metaphor-about-tech-debt/ | Source: Eric Bailey
[14:27]	TR Bot	 Heres yet another metaphor about tech debt Eric Bailey
[14:28]	TR News	"Canonically Yours" https://blog.himanshuanand.com/2026/08/two-parsers-one-json-and-a-flag-intigritis-july-2026-challenge/ | Source: Himanshu Anand
[14:28]	TR Bot	 Two Parsers, One JSON and a Flag: Intigriti's July 2026 Challenge :: Himanshu Anand :: Security & Other Notes
[14:28]	TR News	"This is not merely a cryptographic migration. It is the ecosystem cashing in a forced upgrade to close a decade-old compromise in Certificate Transparency." https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1314 | Source: Unmitigated Risk
[14:28]	TR Bot	 From Chains to Trees | UNMITIGATED RISK
[14:30]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[14:31]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[14:32]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/08/2026: Internet Archive Harmed by Slop Bot, "EBay And Former Execs Agree to Pay $56 Million For Trying to Crush a Journalist" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Links_05_08_2026_Internet_Archive_Harmed_by_Slop_Bot_EBay_And_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Links_05_08_2026_Internet_Archive_Harmed_by_Slop_Bot_EBay_And_F.gmi 
[14:32]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/08/2026: Internet Archive Harmed by Slop Bot, "EBay And Former Execs Agree to Pay $56 Million For Trying to Crush a Journalist"
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[14:47]	TR News	"The PROJ format for defining Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS) is becoming deprecated" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/centering-a-map-projection-on-the-mapped-region/ | Source: Rlang
[14:47]	TR Bot	a map projection on the mapped region | R-bloggers
[14:48]	TR News	"I am not changing my projects license from AGPLv3-or-later to MIT." https://lake.computer/blog/help-wanted/ |
[14:48]	TR Bot	 help wanted - lake hope
[14:49]	TR News	"It's a strange irony that in this moment when so many of us are struggling to "de-Google" our lives, a forcible" https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/04/technology-freedom-cooperative/ | Source: CoryDoctorow
[14:49]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Post-American compute for a post-American Internet (04 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[14:49]	TR News	"The offpunk stance is born from a simple and uncomfortable observation: the digital realm is fragile." https://blog.ayom.media/ideiasdechirico/offpunk-manifesto |
[14:49]	TR Bot	 Offpunk Manifesto Ideias de Chirico
[14:49]	TR News	"Here are my very hasty thoughts on what I like better: [...]" https://sals.place/blog/11ty-to-hugo/ | Source: Sal
[14:49]	TR Bot	 Moved the blog from 11ty to Hugo | Sal's
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[14:57]	TR News	"Fourteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of July 31, 2026): [...]" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-july-gnu-spotlight | Source: FSF
[14:57]	TR Bot	 July GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring fourteen new GNU releases: Screen, Anastasis, and more! Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
[14:58]	TR News	"As strong and light as carbon fiber-epoxy composites are" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/04/strengthening-3d-prints-with-a-carbon-fiber-epidermis/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:58]	TR Bot	3D Prints With A Carbon-Fiber Epidermis | Hackaday
[14:58]	TR News	"Now breaking changes, but with with potential benefits in both process isolation and compartmentalization of functionality" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260804054218 | Source: Undeadly
[14:58]	TR Bot	 Call for testing: OpenBSD vmm(4)/vmd(8) fd-ification
● Aug 05
[15:00]	TR News	"If you used a serious computer pre-IBM PC" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/04/at-last-cp-m-for-protected-mode/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:00]	TR Bot	Last! CP/M For Protected Mode | Hackaday
[15:00]	TR News	"In December I went through why uses: is a package manager with no lockfile, no integrity hashes and no transitive visibility" https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/04/brew-install-actions-checkout.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
[15:00]	TR Bot	 brew install actions/checkout | Andrew Nesbitt
[15:01]	TR News	"Inline compression is wonderful. I dont need to rotate logs to compressed files." https://www.rubenerd.au/messing-with-modern-zfs-compression-options/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[15:01]	TR Bot	 Rubenerd: Messing with modern ZFS compression options
[15:01]	TR News	"This particular function has cropped up before" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/KernelNotEnoughMemoryError | Source: University of Toronto
[15:01]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
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[15:10]	TR News	Techrights The Establishment, Cambridge, Steve McIntyre & Debian suicide cluster https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Establishment_Cambridge_Steve_McIntyre_Debian_suicide_clust.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Establishment_Cambridge_Steve_McIntyre_Debian_suicide_clust.gmi 
[15:10]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Establishment, Cambridge, Steve McIntyre & Debian suicide cluster
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[15:30]	TR News	Techrights Software in the Public Interest (SPI) Starts Spending Big Money in an Effort to Resist Lawsuit From Daniel Pocock https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Software_in_the_Public_Interest_SPI_Starts_Spending_Big_Money_i.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Software_in_the_Public_Interest_SPI_Starts_Spending_Big_Money_i.gmi 
[15:30]	TR Bot	 Techrights Software in the Public Interest (SPI) Starts Spending Big Money in an Effort to Resist Lawsuit From Daniel Pocock
[15:32]	TR News	Denuvo DRM has been removed from Atomic Heart | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/denuvo-drm-has-been-removed-from-atomic-heart/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/denuvo-drm-has-been-removed-from-atomic-heart/
[15:32]	TR Bot	DRM has been removed from Atomic Heart | GamingOnLinux
[15:47]	TR News	Techrights #HowTo Dehumanise a Triple National https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/How_to_Dehumanise_a_Triple_National.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/How_to_Dehumanise_a_Triple_National.gmi 
[15:47]	TR Bot	 Techrights How to Dehumanise a Triple National
[15:48]	TR News	Monster Hunter Wilds sees a permanent price drop | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/monster-hunter-wilds-sees-a-permanent-price-drop/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/monster-hunter-wilds-sees-a-permanent-price-drop/
[15:48]	TR Bot	Hunter Wilds sees a permanent price drop | GamingOnLinux
[15:48]	TR News	Wordless prehistoric sci-fi adventure Theropods launches August 20 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/wordless-prehistoric-sci-fi-adventure-theropods-launches-august-20/ Source: GamingOnLinux |
[15:48]	TR Bot	prehistoric sci-fi adventure Theropods launches August 20 | GamingOnLinux
[15:55]	TR News	Tracing Back GAFAM Dark Money Devoted to Censorship https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/05/dark-money-devoted-to-censorship/
[15:55]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Tracing Back GAFAM Dark Money Devoted to Censorship
[15:56]	TR News	Gears of War: E-Day gets a multiplayer deep dive and open Beta details | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/gears-of-war-e-day-gets-a-multiplayer-deep-dive-and-open-beta-details/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[15:56]	TR Bot	of War: E-Day gets a multiplayer deep dive and open Beta details | GamingOnLinux
[15:58]	TR News	GNU/Linux still very high in Chad https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/chad/#monthly-200902-202608
[15:58]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Chad | Statcounter Global Stats
[15:59]	TR News	NVIDIA now supporting the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) as a premier sponsor | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-now-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs-as-a-premier-sponsor/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-now-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs-as-a-premier-sponsor/
[15:59]	TR Bot	now supporting the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) as a premier sponsor | GamingOnLinux
[15:59]	TR News	Settlement building co-op action-adventure Necesse 'Rust - Romance' update is a big one | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/settlement-building-co-op-action-adventure-necesse-rust-romance-update-is-a-big-one/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[15:59]	TR Bot	building co-op action-adventure Necesse 'Rust & Romance' update is a big one | GamingOnLinux
[15:59]	TR News	Lighthouse, the Harbour Masters PC port of Banjo Kazooie is out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lighthouse-the-harbour-masters-pc-port-of-banjo-kazooie-is-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lighthouse-the-harbour-masters-pc-port-of-banjo-kazooie-is-out-now/
[15:59]	TR Bot	the Harbour Masters PC port of Banjo Kazooie is out now | GamingOnLinux
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[16:02]	TR News	Comoros also. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/comoros/#monthly-200902-202608
[16:02]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Comoros | Statcounter Global Stats
[16:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Lighthouse, Theropods, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Games_Lighthouse_Theropods_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Games_Lighthouse_Theropods_and_More.gmi 
[16:02]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Lighthouse, Theropods, and More
[16:03]	TR News	Anon on Pocock: "He needs to keep in the forefront that those groups / projects went sour only because of the infiltration by microsofter and microsoft ideologies."
[16:08]	TR News	Techrights In El Salvador, ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Now Measured at Around 12% https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/In_El_Salvador_ChromeOS_and_GNU_Linux_Now_Measured_at_Around_12.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/In_El_Salvador_ChromeOS_and_GNU_Linux_Now_Measured_at_Around_12.gmi 
[16:08]	TR Bot	 Techrights In El Salvador, ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Now Measured at Around 12%
[16:26]	TR News	Marcus Bettinellis First Debut For Manchester City (Today) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/05/marcus-bettinelli/
[16:26]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Marcus Bettinellis First Debut For Manchester City (Today)
[16:29]	TR News	IBM Red Hat trying to sell slop, not Linux, and openwashing along the way (plagiarism is "open") https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-asago-open-source-ai-safety-and-governance-orchestration | Source: Red Hat Official
[16:29]	TR Bot	 Introducing asago: Open source AI safety and governance orchestration
[16:29]	TR News	"The work Red Hat and Everpure have done together exists to break that coupling." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/oracle-estate-you-can-control | Source: Red Hat Official
[16:29]	TR Bot	 The Oracle estate you can control
[16:29]	TR News	"confidential computing" means outsourcing to back doors, surveillance, and a mere delusion of data protection https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-red-hat-openshift-confidential-computing-and-sandboxing | Source: Red Hat Official
[16:29]	TR Bot	 What's new in Red Hat OpenShift confidential computing and sandboxing
[16:31]	TR News	IBM is swallowing the pyramid scheme and vomiting it out via the "Red Hat" brand https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/beyond-hype-what-financial-leaders-need-know-about-enterprise-ai | Source: Red Hat Official
[16:31]	TR Bot	 Beyond the hype: What financial leaders need to know about enterprise AI
[16:34]	TR News	"Stoppa Chat Control 2 skriv en rad" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/08/04/stoppa-chat-control-2-skriv-en-rad/
[16:34]	TR Bot	 Stoppa Chat Control 2 skriv en rad
[16:34]	TR News	iophk: EFF does their best to convince the world that digital rights are for subgroups only and not the general population https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/senate-vote-tomorrow-four-internet-bills-one-wrong-direction
[16:34]	TR Bot	 Tomorrows U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[16:34]	TR News	Behind paywall: Slop of "OpenAI Hack Shows the Genie Is Out of the Bottle" https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/30/openai-hack-genie-bottle-defense/
[16:34]	TR Bot	 OpenAI Hack Shows the Genie Is Out of the Bottle
[16:35]	TR News	"Duet" https://soylentnews.org/~day+of+the+dalek/journal/20561 "In my last journal, I wrote about people who are oppressed willingly giving support to their oppressors, what I refer to as collaborators."
[16:35]	TR Bot	 Journal of day of the dalek (45994)
[16:35]	TR News	"BMW puts ads in cars as a "special surprise" after promising no ads in cars "" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/bmw-puts-ads-in-cars-as-a-special:e
[16:35]	TR Bot	 BMW puts ads in cars as a "special surprise" after promising no ads in cars 
[16:35]	TR News	Children who use social media at a younger age appear to perform worse in school | "Sosiaalista mediaa nuorempina kyttvt lapset nyttvt menestyvn huonommin koulussa | Uutisia lyhyesti | Yle" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&u=https://yle.fi/a/74-20239259 Sompi
[16:35]	TR Bot	 Sosiaalista mediaa nuorempina kyttvt lapset nyttvt menestyvn huonommin koulussa | Uutisia lyhyesti | Yle
[16:35]	TR News	"The EU's Right to Repair Directive Has Kicked in - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/03/0359239
[16:35]	TR Bot	 The EU's Right to Repair Directive Has Kicked in - SoylentNews
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[16:36]	TR News	"Banana Pi has announced public availability of its BPI-AI2N embedded vision platform, following the hardware introduction covered last year." https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-bpi-ai2n-goes-on-sale-with-yocto-and-armbian-images/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[16:36]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-bpi-ai2n-goes-on-sale-with-yocto-and-armbian-images/ )
[16:36]	TR News	"If you need to see what users are doing on a shared system right now, or you need a record that remains even if someone tries to hide their activity" https://www.tecmint.com/monitor-linux-commands-executed-by-system-users-in-real-time/ | Source: TecMint
[16:36]	TR Bot	 How to Monitor User Activity and Commands in Linux
[16:36]	TR News	"The reason is that ! actually has two completely different purposes in Bash." https://www.tecmint.com/logical-not-operator-linux-commands/ | Source: TecMint
[16:36]	TR Bot	 How to Use the Bash ! Operator with Practical Examples
● Aug 05
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[17:10]	TR News	Techrights No Room for Misogyny and Incels in Free Software https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/No_Room_for_Misogyny_and_Incels_in_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/No_Room_for_Misogyny_and_Incels_in_Free_Software.gmi 
[17:10]	TR Bot	 Techrights No Room for Misogyny and Incels in Free Software
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[17:22]	TR News	Techrights In Chile, GNU/Linux Approaches 4% https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/In_Chile_GNU_Linux_Approaches_4.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/In_Chile_GNU_Linux_Approaches_4.gmi 
[17:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights In Chile, GNU/Linux Approaches 4%
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[17:25]	TR News	GNOME Boxes Won't Look Ancient Anymore Thanks to a Glow-Up https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-boxes-glow-up/
[17:25]	TR Bot	 GNOME Boxes Won't Look Ancient Anymore Thanks to a Glow-Up
[17:28]	TR News	SPAM that's cross-breeding Hey Hi (AI) and more foolish buzzwords. Embarrassing! https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/04/quantum-hybrid-computing-hpeworldquantumday/
[17:28]	TR Bot	hybrid computing connects HPC, AI and quantum - SiliconANGLE
[17:28]	TR News	Messing with modern ZFS compression options https://www.rubenerd.au/messing-with-modern-zfs-compression-options/
[17:28]	TR Bot	 Rubenerd: Messing with modern ZFS compression options
[17:29]	TR News	Pluralistic: Post-American compute for a post-American Internet (04 Aug 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/04/technology-freedom-cooperative/
[17:29]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Post-American compute for a post-American Internet (04 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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[17:37]	TR News	Boomers on Facebook (Farcebook) Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Arent Real https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/boomers-facebook-ai-thirst-traps
[17:37]	TR Bot	 Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Real
[17:37]	TR News	Business World Stunned That a Restaurant Chain Is Doing Well Without Mindlessly Embracing Hey Hi (AI) https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chilis-restaurant-ai
[17:37]	TR Bot	 Business World Stunned That a Restaurant Chain Is Doing Well Without Mindlessly Embracing AI
[17:37]	TR News	This Billboard-Charting Hit Is Probably AI-Generated. The Rapper Denies the Allegations. Perfect Test for the Newly-Formed Hey Hi (AI) Chart Eligibility Committee? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/rapper-fenix-flexin-song-ai-generated-controversy/
[17:37]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/rapper-fenix-flexin-song-ai-generated-controversy/ )
[17:38]	TR News	Dem senators criticize Convicted Felon administration decisionmaking on Hey Hi (AI) security risks https://cyberscoop.com/trump-ai-policy-chinese-models-risk/
[17:38]	TR Bot	warn Trumps AI interventions could drive users to Chinese models | CyberScoop
[17:38]	TR News	Iran Cyberattacks Against Minnesota Water Systems https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/iran-cyberattacks-against-minnesota-water-systems.html
[17:38]	TR Bot	Cyberattacks Against Minnesota Water Systems - Schneier on Security
[17:39]	TR News	The Chat Control 1.0 saga: Big Tech can scan our private messages again but Parliament sent a strong signal against mass surveillance https://edri.org/our-work/the-chat-control-1-0-saga-big-tech-can-scan-our-private-messages-again-but-parliament-sent-a-strong-signal-against-mass-surveillance/
[17:39]	TR Bot	 The Chat Control 1.0 saga - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
[17:39]	TR News	Some Claude Chats Are Searchable on Surveillance Giant Google https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/some-claude-chats-are-searchable-on-google.html
[17:39]	TR Bot	Claude Chats Are Searchable on Google - Schneier on Security
[17:41]	TR News	Seems like Futurism is a site sceptical of a cult ("ism") that insists the future is some BS of an oligarch's fantasy
[17:41]	TR News	Red Hat = SLOP https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/04/red-hat-leads-open-source-project-automate-ai-governance/
[17:41]	TR Bot	Hat leads open-source project to automate AI governance - SiliconANGLE
[17:41]	TR News	US mulling ban on key Chinese networking tech in data center component crackdown White House wants to impose restrictions in 2026, China says it will respond if necessary https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/us-mulling-ban-on-key-chinese-networking-tech-in-data-center-component-crackdown-white-house-wants-to-impose-restrictions-in-2026-china-says-it-will-respond-if-necessary
[17:41]	TR Bot	 US mulling ban on key Chinese networking tech in data center component crackdown White House wants to impose restrictions in 2026, China says it will respond if necessary | Tom's Hardware
[17:41]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man White House Readies Hey Hi (AI) Framework to Review Security Risks https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/technology/white-house-ai-framework.html
[17:41]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/technology/white-house-ai-framework.html )
[17:45]	TR News	Enchantment OS consumer-friendly GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/enchantment-os-consumer-friendly-linux-distribution/
[17:45]	TR Bot	OS - consumer-friendly Linux distribution - LinuxLinks
[17:48]	TR News	An LLM agent attempts to compromise a project on Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub https://lwn.net/Articles/1087162/
[17:48]	TR Bot	LLM agent attempts to compromise a project on GitHub [LWN.net]
[17:49]	TR News	The Rust Programming Language Blog: Enabling the next iteration of the borrow checker on nightly https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/04/enabling-polonius-alpha-on-nightly/
[17:49]	TR Bot	 Enabling the next iteration of the borrow checker on nightly | Rust Blog
[17:50]	TR News	Linux Kernel 7.2 RC6 Released: The Largest RC6 in Recent Years https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-7-2-rc6-released/
[17:50]	TR Bot	Kernel 7.2 RC6 Released: The Largest RC6 in Recent Years - OSTechNix
[17:54]	TR News	pgBackRest 2.59.0 Released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgbackrest-2590-released-3355/
[17:54]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: pgBackRest 2.59.0 Released
[17:54]	TR News	pgAdmin 4 v9.17 Released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgadmin-4-v917-released-3356/
[17:54]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: pgAdmin 4 v9.17 Released
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[18:17]	TR News	Techrights Fertility app privacy, Britain's teenage pregnancies & faith based schooling https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Fertility_app_privacy_Britain_s_teenage_pregnancies_faith_based.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Fertility_app_privacy_Britain_s_teenage_pregnancies_faith_based.gmi 
[18:17]	TR Bot	 Techrights Fertility app privacy, Britain's teenage pregnancies & faith based schooling
[18:24]	TR News	Techrights The Register MS Takes Money From NVIDIA and HP to Promote Their Ponzi Scheme, "AI", in a Fake 'Article' That Says &quot;AI&quot; 42 Times https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Register_MS_Takes_Money_From_NVIDIA_and_HP_to_Promote_Their.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Register_MS_Takes_Money_From_NVIDIA_and_HP_to_Promote_Their.gmi 
[18:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Register MS Takes Money From NVIDIA and HP to Promote Their Ponzi Scheme, "AI", in a Fake 'Article' That Says "AI" 42 Times
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[18:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  GStreamer 1.28.6 Adds H.266 Muxing Support to the Rust MP4 Muxers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/GStreamer_1_28_6_Adds_H_266_Muxing_Support_to_the_Rust_MP4_Muxe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/GStreamer_1_28_6_Adds_H_266_Muxing_Support_to_the_Rust_MP4_Muxe.gmi 
[18:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GStreamer 1.28.6 Adds H.266 Muxing Support to the Rust MP4 Muxers
[18:42]	TR News	Techrights analytics.usa.gov Says 7% of Sessions Come From GNU/Linux and ChromeOS. If ~40% (Mobile) Get Omitted, It's More Like 11%. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/analytics_usa_gov_Says_7_of_Sessions_Come_From_GNU_Linux_and_Ch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/analytics_usa_gov_Says_7_of_Sessions_Come_From_GNU_Linux_and_Ch.gmi 
[18:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights analytics.usa.gov Says 7% of Sessions Come From GNU/Linux and ChromeOS. If ~40% (Mobile) Get Omitted, It's More Like 11%.
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[18:44]	TR News	 (NEW):  Over 10% Market Share in Desktops and Laptops https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Over_10_Market_Share_in_Desktops_and_Laptops.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Over_10_Market_Share_in_Desktops_and_Laptops.gmi 
[18:44]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Over 10% Market Share in Desktops and Laptops
[18:46]	TR News	Announcing E-Maj 5.0.0. https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/announcing-e-maj-500-3353/
[18:46]	TR Bot	 PostgreSQL: Announcing E-Maj 5.0.0.
[18:47]	TR News	Testing modern hash table designs in OVN and OVS https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/05/testing-modern-hash-table-designs-in-ovn-and-ovs
[18:47]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/05/testing-modern-hash-table-designs-in-ovn-and-ovs )
[18:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  pgBackRest 2.59.0, pgAdmin 4 v9.17, and E-Maj 5.0.0 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/pgBackRest_2_59_0_pgAdmin_4_v9_17_and_E_Maj_5_0_0_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/pgBackRest_2_59_0_pgAdmin_4_v9_17_and_E_Maj_5_0_0_Released.gmi 
[18:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines pgBackRest 2.59.0, pgAdmin 4 v9.17, and E-Maj 5.0.0 Released
[18:48]	TR News	Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1087068/
[18:48]	TR Bot	updates for Tuesday [LWN.net]
[18:48]	TR News	Gemini Agent-to-Agent Attack Method Exposed Secrets, Enabled Pull Request Tampering https://www.securityweek.com/gemini-agent-to-agent-attack-exposed-secrets-enabled-pull-request-tampering/
[18:48]	TR Bot	Agent-to-Agent Attack Method Exposed Secrets, Enabled Pull Request Tampering - SecurityWeek
[18:51]	TR News	Soviets already did this about 60 years ago! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/science/spacex-rocket-moon-crash.html
[18:51]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/science/spacex-rocket-moon-crash.html )
[18:54]	TR News	Police raid Starbucks Korea headquarters over Tank Day event https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/police-raid-starbucks-korea-headquarters-over-tank-day-event
[18:54]	TR Bot	 Starbucks Korea HQ raided over 'Tank Day' event | The Straits Times
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[18:59]	TR News	AutoRAG: Optimizing RAG for small models https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/04/autorag-optimizing-rag-small-models
[18:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/04/autorag-optimizing-rag-small-models )
[18:59]	TR News	Richard Hughes: NVIDIA is now supporting the LVFS https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2026/08/04/nvidia-is-now-supporting-the-lvfs/
[18:59]	TR Bot	 NVIDIA is now supporting the LVFS Technical Blog of Richard Hughes
● Aug 05
[19:00]	TR News	Join the final online listening session on diversity in APNIC community leadership https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/05/join-the-final-online-listening-session-on-diversity-in-apnic-community-leadership/
[19:00]	TR Bot	 Join the final online listening session on diversity in APNIC community leadership | APNIC Blog
[19:00]	TR News	VIDAR at NYCBUG, tomorrow https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/08/04/vidar-at-nycbug-tomorrow/
[19:00]	TR Bot	 VIDAR at NYCBUG, tomorrow DragonFly BSD Digest
[19:01]	TR News	Petter Reinholdtsen: FreeCAD MCP with llama.cpp, toy or tool? http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/FreeCAD_MCP_with_llama_cpp__toy_or_tool_.html
[19:01]	TR Bot	 Petter Reinholdtsen: FreeCAD MCP with llama.cpp, toy or tool?
[19:03]	TR News	Like WeChat messages: E-mail etiquette debate grips college students in China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/e-mail-etiquette-debate-grips-college-students-in-china
[19:03]	TR Bot	 Like WeChat messages: E-mail etiquette debate grips college students in China | The Straits Times
[19:05]	TR News	"It has been a goal of mine for a while now to implement my own outgoing email server. I thought "How difficult could this be? I can already set DNS records for vigrey.com, so this should be possible, if not decently easy." Oh, how wrong I was..." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/failure-to-implement-outgoing-email-server-from-scratch.gmi
[19:08]	TR News	"to me it feels as if cloud computing enables most of the economy to work just like roads used to enable most of the economy to work in the previous century." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-08-05-cloud
[19:09]	TR News	Yesterday I got a text message from my saying that she had listened to a podcast episode I had recommended and now she was thinking whether I was trying to avoid AI completely and how hard that must be. I replied saying that no, it wasn't too hard." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-08-04-no-to-ai
[19:10]	TR News	"The short version is that from 1700 to 1712 Sweden used a unique calendar somewhere in between the Julian and the Gregorian calendars, trying to smootly shift from one to the other, but then gave up and reverted to the Julian calendar, which caused the two leap-days in February 1712." gemini://gem.hexandcounter.org/gemlog/posts/1712-02-30.gmi
[19:10]	TR News	"90% of the time when I am making git commits, it is to save progress or make a small change that explains itself. I don't know why I was trained to write git commits with every commit before. Anyways, for the past 3 years I just type `gc` to commit and occasionally if I want to leave a commit message, I type `gcm`. Not sure what inspired me to write this today, but hope it helps someone." gemini://xoc3.io/blog/2026-08-05
[19:12]	TR News	limiting my internet use - brainstorm gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/limitinginternetbrainstorm
[19:13]		*IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@yqc88fc3hgcs4.irc) has joined #techrights
[19:13]	TR News	"A piece I wrote for my then-new girlfriend, now wife, Alicia, in 2019. Played on a Yamaha NU-1 hybrid piano. Something toward a Romantic/Impressionist piece." gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/08/04/00/for-alicia/
[19:17]	TR News	Xbox's devastating July was inevitable https://www.engadget.com/2230878/recapping-a-devastating-july-for-xbox/
[19:17]	TR Bot	 Xbox's Devastating July Was Inevitable
[19:20]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 05/08/2026: No to Slop, Dangers of Clown Computing, and Reducing Internet Usage https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Gemini_Links_05_08_2026_No_to_Slop_Dangers_of_Clown_Computing_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Gemini_Links_05_08_2026_No_to_Slop_Dangers_of_Clown_Computing_a.gmi 
[19:20]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 05/08/2026: No to Slop, Dangers of Clown Computing, and Reducing Internet Usage
[19:23]	TR News	 (NEW):  redhat.com: Slop Plagiarism, Faking Data Protection, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/redhat_com_Slop_Plagiarism_Faking_Data_Protection_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/redhat_com_Slop_Plagiarism_Faking_Data_Protection_and_More.gmi 
[19:23]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines redhat.com: Slop Plagiarism, Faking Data Protection, and More
[19:23]	TR News	Terrorists Weaponize Women https://adf-magazine.com/2026/08/terrorists-weaponize-women/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/No_Room_for_Misogyny_and_Incels_in_Free_Software.shtml
[19:23]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[19:23]	TR Bot	 Techrights No Room for Misogyny and Incels in Free Software
[19:24]	TR News	At 45-Years-Old, C-Kermit Gets Its First New Release in 15 Years https://fossforce.com/2026/08/at-45-years-old-c-kermit-gets-its-first-new-release-in-15-years/
[19:24]	TR Bot	 At 45-Years-Old, C-Kermit Gets Its First New Release in 15 Years - FOSS Force
[19:25]	TR News	Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #67 S3E19 Funding the Future: Community Collaboration and the Spirit of Open Source with Mila Zhou https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/08/04/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-67-s3e19-funding-the-future-community-collaboration-and-the-spirit-of-open-source-with-mila-zhou/
[19:25]	TR Bot	 Funding Open Source Security with Mila Zhou
[19:25]	TR News	Linux Matters 87: Herding online exams https://linuxmatters.sh/87/
[19:25]	TR Bot	 Herding online exams
[19:26]	TR News	Dirk Eddelbuettel: #058: Reverse Dependencies Made Easy, Fast, Reliable http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08/04#058_fast_easy_reliable_reverse_dependency_checks
[19:26]	TR Bot	 Thinking inside the box
[19:26]	TR News	How to Make a Nintendo 64 Game in 2026 https://phoboslab.org/log/2026/08/xibalba64-making-of
[19:26]	TR Bot	 PhobosLab
[19:27]	TR News	Anaqua Acquires Unified Patents to Help Organizations Protect Against Rising Intellectual Property Litigation Risk https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/8/4/anaqua-acquires-unified-patents
[19:27]	TR Bot	 Anaqua Acquires Unified Patents Unified Patents
[19:30]	TR News	Anaqua can be a parasite at times https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=Anaqua&set1=any
[19:30]	TR Bot	 Techrights Search
[19:30]	TR News	Exton 260804 "PuppEX" https://distrowatch.com/exton
[19:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/exton )
[19:35]	TR News	South Koreas KOMCA Reverses Hey Hi (AI) Music Copyright Ban, Confirms AI-Assisted Works Are Now Eligible for Registration https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/komca-ai-policy/
[19:35]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/komca-ai-policy/ )
[19:36]	TR News	"raises real questions about copyright, attribution, security, energy use, labor, trust, and the flood of low-quality patches that maintainers are increasingly being asked to review." https://heronsperch.blogspot.com/2026/08/open-source-is-hobbling-itself-over.html lxo
[19:36]	TR Bot	 Open Source Is Hobbling Itself Over Generative AI
[19:36]	TR News	New LibreOffice extension: Impress Remote https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/04/new-libreoffice-extension-impress-remote/
[19:36]	TR Bot	 New LibreOffice extension: Impress Remote - TDF Community Blog
[19:37]	TR News	CISA Publishes Open Source Security Guidance: Verifiability Is the Difference https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/04/cisa-os-security-guidance/
[19:37]	TR Bot	 CISA Publishes Open Source Security Guidance: Verifiability Is the Difference - TDF Community Blog
[19:38]	TR News	How To Install Pi-Hole on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-pi-hole-ubuntu-26-04/
[19:38]	TR Bot	 How To Install Pi-Hole on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot
[19:38]	TR News	How To Install Bottles on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-bottles-ubuntu-26-04/
[19:38]	TR Bot	 How To Install Bottles on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot
[19:39]	TR News	How To Install Kubernetes on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-kubernetes-ubuntu-26-04/
[19:39]	TR Bot	 How To Install Kubernetes on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot
[19:40]	TR News	The Lua community needs to learn to move on https://hisham.hm/2026/08/04/the-lua-community-needs-to-learn-to-move-on/
[19:40]	TR Bot	Lua community needs to learn to move on hisham.hm
[19:41]	TR News	Regular Expressions Explained: How Regex Patterns Work https://linuxize.com/post/regular-expressions-basics/
[19:41]	TR Bot	Expressions Explained: How Regex Patterns Work | Linuxize
[19:42]	TR News	Linux's Favorite Music Player Rhythmbox 3.5 Lands After Nearly a Decade in the 3.4 Series https://itsfoss.com/news/rhythmbox-3-5-release/
[19:42]	TR Bot	 Linux's Favorite Music Player Rhythmbox 3.5 Lands After Nearly a Decade in the 3.4 Series
[19:42]	TR News	AI Helped Develop a Linux Exploit http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/AI-Helped-Develop-a-Linux-Exploit
[19:42]	TR Bot	 AI Helped Develop a Linux Exploit Linux Magazine
[19:43]	TR News	GNOME OS 20260804.13 https://distrowatch.com/gnomeos
[19:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/gnomeos )
[19:43]	TR News	Talos 1.13.8 https://distrowatch.com/talos
[19:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/talos )
[19:43]	TR News	starkOS 20260803 https://distrowatch.com/starkos
[19:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/starkos )
[19:44]	TR News	OmegaLinux 3.5 https://distrowatch.com/omegalinux
[19:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/omegalinux )
[19:44]	TR News	Papirus icon set gets first update in over a year with 80+ new icons https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/paprius-icon-pack-sees-first-update-in-a-year-with-80-new-icons
[19:44]	TR Bot	 Papirus icon set gets first update in over a year with 80+ new icons - OMG! Ubuntu
[19:45]	TR News	Linux as a BRAND is DEAD https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Foundation-Tokenomics
[19:45]	TR Bot	Foundation Announces Tokenomics Foundation For "Economics & ROI Of AI Value" - Phoronix
[19:46]	TR News	China cracks down on copycat chip designs with new regulations and penalties new guidelines enforce originality and independent development https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-cracks-down-on-copycat-chip-designs-with-new-regulations-and-penalties-new-guidelines-enforce-originality-and-independent-development
[19:46]	TR Bot	 China cracks down on copycat chip designs with new regulations and penalties new guidelines enforce originality and independent development | Tom's Hardware
[19:46]	TR News	Chinese chipmaking tool roadmaps examined Beijing's nascent lithography tools target DUV production at five machines a year, and an EUV prototype with no chips https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinese-chipmaking-tool-roadmap-examined
[19:46]	TR Bot	 Chinese chipmaking tool roadmaps examined Beijing's nascent lithography tools target DUV production at five machines a year, and an EUV prototype with no chips | Tom's Hardware
[19:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  Escape the Algorithm: 10 RSS Feed Readers You Can Self Host in Your Homelab https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Escape_the_Algorithm_10_RSS_Feed_Readers_You_Can_Self_Host_in_Y.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Escape_the_Algorithm_10_RSS_Feed_Readers_You_Can_Self_Host_in_Y.gmi 
[19:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Escape the Algorithm: 10 RSS Feed Readers You Can Self Host in Your Homelab
[19:48]	TR News	GLP-1 Drugs May Have a Hidden Effect on Your Eyes, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/glp-1-drugs-may-have-a-hidden-effect-on-your-eyes-study-finds
[19:48]	TR Bot	Drugs May Have a Hidden Effect on Your Eyes, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
[19:48]	TR News	Belfast News Letter editor Ben Lowry made redundant https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/belfast-news-letter-editor-ben-lowry-made-redundant/
[19:48]	TR Bot	 Belfast News Letter editor Ben Lowry made redundant - Press Gazette
[19:49]	TR News	Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Latest from Chattanooga Times Free Press, Buzzfeed and National Geographic https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/
[19:49]	TR Bot	 Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Rolling updates - Press Gazette
[19:50]	TR News	A New Study of Screen Time And Child Development Has Some Unexpected Findings https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-study-of-screen-time-and-child-development-has-some-unexpected-findings
[19:50]	TR Bot	New Study of Screen Time And Child Development Has Some Unexpected Findings : ScienceAlert
[19:50]	TR News	Why an Appeals Court Blocked a Dangerous Censorship Law in Floridas Universities https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/why-an-appeals-court-blocked-a-dangerous-censorship-law-in-floridas-universities
[19:50]	TR Bot	 Why an Appeals Court Blocked a Dangerous Censorship Law in Floridas Universities | American Civil Liberties Union
[19:52]	TR News	Allison Pearson Has Won https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/04/allison-pearson-has-won/
[19:52]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Allison Pearson Has Won
[19:54]	TR News	Did the Linux site atechtown.com get cracked? Hijacked?
[19:55]	TR News	re https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Foundation-Tokenomics (attacking Linux with Ponzi scheme BS), iophk: "I wish Linus had the backbone to take his trademark and walk. He knows he's done coding, he is just unwilling to face the reality."
[19:55]	TR News	"He still has time to (re-)build something wortwhile using the trademark and the GPL'd code base. However, the longer he stays at LF, the more any positive legacy gets undone." See https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Slop_s_Latest_Casualty_The_Credibility_of_Linus_Torvalds.shtml
[19:55]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slop's Latest Casualty: The Credibility of Linus Torvalds
[19:55]	TR News	"GKH and the other microsofters would have to be left behind for that to work however. He knows which developers are good and should be retained, while he also knows which ones are microsofters and need to be sloughed off for the sake of the code base."
[19:56]	TR News	Russell Coker: Monitors for Work https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/08/05/monitors-for-work/
[19:56]	TR Bot	 Monitors for Work etbe Russell Coker
[19:56]	TR News	Linus: STOP BEING SO ANTI-PLAGIARISM!!
[19:57]	TR News	Espressif ESP32-C61-MINI-1/1U Wi-Fi 6 and BLE IoT module launched for about $2 https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/04/espressif-esp32-c61-mini-1-1u-wi-fi-6-and-ble-iot-module-2-dollars/
[19:57]	TR Bot	 Espressif ESP32-C61-MINI-1/1U Wi-Fi 6 and BLE IoT module launched for about $2 - CNX Software
[19:57]	TR News	ZecTrix Note 4 A 4.2-inch ESP32-S3 wireless e-paper display for voice tasks https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/05/zectrix-note-4-a-4-2-inch-esp32-s3-wireless-e-paper-display-for-voice-tasks/
[19:57]	TR Bot	 ZecTrix Note 4 A 4.2-inch ESP32-S3 wireless e-paper display for voice tasks - CNX Software
[19:59]	TR News	Botnet Hunting for Vulnerabilities in Diagnostic Tools, (Tue, Aug 4th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33214
[19:59]	TR Bot	 Botnet Hunting for Vulnerabilities in Diagnostic Tools
[19:59]	TR News	Torvalds has Swedish roots. When it comes to slop, he has STOCKHOLM Syndrome, learned to excuse the oppressors and plagiarists.
● Aug 05
[20:00]	TR News	Photographer Bennu Gerede detained for 'obscenity' after showing vibrator during interview https://bianet.org/haber/photographer-bennu-gerede-detained-for-obscenity-after-showing-vibrator-during-interview-322204
[20:00]	TR Bot	 Photographer Bennu Gerede detained for 'obscenity' after showing vibrator during interview
[20:00]	TR News	Hiding Aggression Against Women is a Terrible Business Model https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/04/hiding-aggression-against-women-is-a-terrible-business-model/
[20:00]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Hiding Aggression Against Women is a Terrible Business Model
[20:01]	TR News	Even If Richard Stallman is Weird, So What? https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/04/even-if-richard-stallman-is-weird-so-what/
[20:01]	TR Bot	Blog Archive Even If Richard Stallman is Weird, So What?
[20:01]	TR News	On Torvalds: "I hope he does blow the whistle on the LF. However, maybe they are still after him for having defended the GPL back in 2012 in his talk at Aalto "University" in Helsiki. That really burned some people's toast. And his troubles started shortly thereafter."
[20:02]	TR News	Decades-Old BMC Vulnerability Exposes Thousands of Data Centers to Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/decades-old-bmc-vulnerability-exposes-thousands-of-data-centers-to-attacks/
[20:02]	TR Bot	BMC Vulnerability Exposes Thousands of Data Centers to Attacks - SecurityWeek
[20:03]	TR News	On Torvalds and Linux @35 "...His "not big and professional like GNU" anniversary is coming up in a few weeks Usenet and even the archives of Usenet are gone though. Google has damaged the public side of the old Deja News archives and has perhaps even erased parts already."
[20:04]	TR News	Back to 1789: Collision Asks the Federal Circuit to Rewrite the eBay Factors https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/back-to-1789-collision-asks-the-federal-circuit-to-rewrite-the-ebay-factors.html
[20:04]	TR Bot	 Back to 1789: Collision Asks the Federal Circuit to Rewrite the eBay Factors | Patently-O
[20:05]	TR News	UPC is illegal and unconstitutional. JUVE knows this, but gets paid to pretend corruption is OK. https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/upc-decides-to-bifurcate-proceedings-in-merz-vs-viatris-over-spc-for-fampyra/
[20:05]	TR Bot	 UPC decides to bifurcate proceedings in Merz vs Viatris over SPC for Fampyra
[20:06]	TR News	How or why is hiring a single person newsworthy? Marketing spam? https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/baker-botts-hires-first-patent-litigation-partner-in-london-from-eip/
[20:06]	TR Bot	 Baker Botts hires first patent litigation partner in London from EIP - JUVE Patent
[20:06]	TR News	HSBC resumes buyback after big profit jump in first half of 2026 https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/04/hsbc-resumes-buyback-after-big-profit-jump-in-first-half-of-2026/
[20:06]	TR Bot	 HSBC resumes buyback after big profit jump in first half of 2026
[20:07]	TR News	reComputer Mini J501 Edge Hey Hi (AI) computer features NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64GB/32GB module, two FAKRA camera connectors https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/04/recomputer-mini-j501-edge-ai-computer-features-nvidia-jetson-agx-orin-64gb-32gb-module-two-fakra-camera-connectors/
[20:07]	TR Bot	 reComputer Mini J501 Edge AI computer features NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64GB/32GB module, two FAKRA camera connectors - CNX Software
[20:08]	TR News	co
[20:08]	TR News	The prisoners dilemma: Why UK publishers are signing Surveillance Giant Google Hey Hi (AI) deals https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/google-ai-deals-uk-publishers/
[20:08]	TR Bot	 Google AI deals offer publishers short-term gain but long-term woe
[20:08]	TR News	A Roadmap for Confronting the Chilling Effects of Censorship, Surveillance and New Technology https://citizenlab.ca/a-roadmap-for-confronting-the-chilling-effects-of-censorship-surveillance-and-new-technology/
[20:08]	TR Bot	 A Roadmap for Confronting the Chilling Effects of Censorship, Surveillance and New Technology - The Citizen Lab
[20:09]	TR News	v2.19.1, a security patch release https://ergo.chat/posts/2026-08-04-v2.19.1/
[20:09]	TR Bot	 v2.19.1, a security patch release
[20:10]	TR News	Senate set to debate package of bills on privacy, Hey Hi (AI) and kids safety https://cyberscoop.com/senate-kids-online-safety-act-ai-bills-markup/
[20:10]	TR Bot	set to debate package of bills on privacy, AI and kids safety | CyberScoop
[20:11]	TR News	In Lawsuit, NJ Accuses Amazon of Suppressing Pay for Delivery Drivers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/technology/amazon-nj-lawsuit.html
[20:11]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/technology/amazon-nj-lawsuit.html )
[20:17]	TR News	"Can the Establishment stomach an Australian in Westminster? See his video at the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights." https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/139401/daniel-pocock
[20:17]	TR Bot	 Daniel Pocock for Clacton in the UK Parliament elections
[20:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Another open source software volunteer died on Mr Pocock's wedding day in 2011: are your kids safe online? The UK is currently party to various wars that impact our energy prices and quality of life. Mr Pocock is encouraging the voters of Clacton-on-Sea to read about his long history of work on ethics in technology, safety of children online, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and cybersecurity. Please see blog posts about p
[20:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	olicy and commitment to the Clacton-on-Sea community.
[20:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	The Fellowship elected Mr Pocock in the German FSFE on 25 April 2017 without realizing it was ANZAC Day. These events were the origin of numerous and intense online feuds and falsified accusations in the open source software communities over many years. Among other things, he has exposed the fact that somebody internal to Wikipedia is deleting his page every time he runs for office. People need to read Mr Pocock's reports carefull
[20:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	y alongside the original evidence to see the truth about online culture."
[20:18]	TR News	Chinese ship spotted lurking over Taiwan-US undersea cables 'research vessel' seen loitering above the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network fiber-optic system https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/chinese-ship-spotted-lurking-over-taiwan-us-undersea-cables-research-vessel-seen-loitering-above-the-8-000-mile-pacific-light-cable-network-fiber-optic-system
[20:18]	TR Bot	 Chinese ship spotted lurking over Taiwan-US undersea cables 'research vessel' seen loitering above the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network fiber-optic system | Tom's Hardware
[20:18]	TR News	Community SnapshotJuly https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/08/community-snapshot-july-2/
[20:18]	TR Bot	 Community SnapshotJuly - Internet Society
[20:19]	TR News	Why the Answers to Hateful Content Online are Hiding in the Platforms Own Rules https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/08/why-the-answers-to-hateful-content-online-are-hiding-in-the-platforms-own-rules/
[20:19]	TR Bot	 Why the Answers to Hateful Content Online are Hiding in the Platforms Own Rules - Michael Geist
[20:19]	TR News	Hong Kong mulls Hey Hi (AI) facial recognition-enabled drones to police smoking ban at construction sites, 39 fines issued so far https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/05/hong-kong-mulls-ai-facial-recognition-enabled-drones-to-police-smoking-ban-at-construction-sites-39-fines-issued-so-far/
[20:19]	TR Bot	 HK mulls AI facial recognition drones to enforce construction site smoking ban
[20:19]	TR News	Im Begging You: Never Write With Hey Hi (AI) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/artificial-intelligence-ai-writing.html
[20:19]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/artificial-intelligence-ai-writing.html )
[20:20]	TR News	INTERPOL report finds Hey Hi (AI) linked to over half of cybercrime in Africa https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/interpol-report-finds-ai-linked-to-over-half-of-cybercrime-in-africa/
[20:20]	TR Bot	 INTERPOL report finds AI linked to over half of cybercrime in Africa - JURIST - News
[20:21]	TR News	Rapper Denies That His Billboard-Charting Song Is AI-Generated https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/rapper-denies-song-is-ai-generated
[20:21]	TR Bot	 Rapper Denies That His Billboard-Charting Song Is AI-Generated
[20:21]	TR News	Tech Companies Are Setting Themselves on Fire to Keep Up in the Hey Hi (AI) Race https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tech-companies-setting-on-fire-ai-race https://thenextweb.com/news/tech-giants-hidden-off-balance-sheet-debt-ai
[20:21]	TR Bot	 Tech Companies Are Setting Themselves on Fire to Keep Up in the AI Race
[20:21]	TR Bot	 Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enron
[20:22]	TR News	New Hey Hi (AI) Chatbot Turns Out to Be One Overworked Guy Answering All the Messages by Hand https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbot-one-overworked-guy
[20:22]	TR Bot	 New AI Chatbot Turns Out to Be One Overworked Guy Answering All the Messages by Hand
[20:23]	TR News	China draws up safety rules for autonomous vehicles https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-draws-up-safety-rules-for-autonomous-vehicles https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/
[20:23]	TR Bot	 China draws up safety rules for autonomous vehicles | The Straits Times
[20:23]	TR Bot	( status 406 @ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/ )
[20:23]	TR News	China draws up safety rules for autonomous vehicles https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/04/china-draws-up-safety-rules-for-autonomous-vehicles/
[20:23]	TR Bot	 China draws up safety rules for autonomous vehicles
[20:24]	TR News	Parents Horrified as Boomer Mawmaws Gift Children Blatant Hey Hi (AI) Slop Picture Books https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/parents-horrified-ai-children-book
[20:24]	TR Bot	 Parents Horrified as Boomer Mawmaws Gift Children Blatant AI Slop Picture Books
[20:24]	TR News	Latvian State Security Service looks at violent Hey Hi (AI) video https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/05.08.2026-latvian-state-security-service-looks-at-violent-ai-video.a657532/
[20:24]	TR Bot	 Latvian State Security Service looks at violent AI video / Article
[20:25]	TR News	Airport chaos, delays as E.U. debuts biometric border system https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/world/europe/eu-passport-control-chaos.html
[20:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/world/europe/eu-passport-control-chaos.html )
[20:28]	TR News	Massive supply-chain attack compromises 440 packages under four hours https://cyberscoop.com/supply-chain-attack-malware-mini-shai-hulud-teampcp/
[20:28]	TR Bot	supply-chain attack compromises 440 packages under four hours | CyberScoop
[20:29]	TR News	Joint statement on surveillance and interception in Bangladesh https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/joint-statement-on-surveillance-and-interception-in-bangladesh/
[20:29]	TR Bot	 Joint Statement on Surveillance and Interception in Bangladesh | Tech Global Institute
[20:29]	TR News	Tails 7.10.1 https://distrowatch.com/tails
[20:29]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tails )
[20:30]	TR News	FFmpeg 9.0 Released with New GPU Accelerated Decoders [Ubuntu PPA] https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/ffmpeg-9-0-new-decoders-ubuntu-ppa/
[20:30]	TR Bot	 FFmpeg 9.0 Released with New GPU Accelerated Decoders [Ubuntu PPA] | UbuntuHandbook
[20:31]	TR News	KDE Plasma 6.7.4, Bugfix Release for August https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.4/
[20:31]	TR Bot	 KDE Plasma 6.7.4, Bugfix Release for August - KDE Community
[20:32]	TR News	EWWWW... LLM slop again! https://peppe8o.com/nextcloud-aio-raspberry-pi/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/peppe8o_a_Site_About_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_Electronics_Has_T.shtml
[20:32]	TR Bot	 Personal Cloud with Raspberry Pi and Nextcloud AIO on Docker, with Benchmarks
[20:32]	TR Bot	 Techrights peppe8o - a Site About Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Electronics - Has Turned Into a Slopfarm
[20:32]	TR News	jugulans a text mode mind map application https://box.matto.nl/jugulans-a-text-mode-mind-map-application.html
[20:32]	TR Bot	a text mode mind map application - box.matto.nl
[20:33]	TR News	NVIDIA 610.57.04 Released with Many Game Fixes https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/nvidia-610-57-04-many-game-fixes/
[20:33]	TR Bot	 NVIDIA 610.57.04 Released with Many Game Fixes | UbuntuHandbook
[20:34]	TR News	TP-Link Omada ZTP Vulnerabilities Chain Into Full Network Takeover https://www.securityweek.com/tp-link-omada-ztp-vulnerabilities-chain-into-full-network-takeover/
[20:34]	TR Bot	Omada ZTP Vulnerabilities Chain Into Full Network Takeover - SecurityWeek
[20:35]	TR News	Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) https://lwn.net/Articles/1087108/
[20:35]	TR Bot	npm worm [LWN.net]
[20:36]	TR News	AISI, Proprietary Chaffbot Company report more unsanctioned model hacks https://cyberscoop.com/aisi-openai-report-unsanctioned-ai-model-hacks/
[20:36]	TR Bot	OpenAI report more unsanctioned model hacks | CyberScoop
[20:38]	TR News	Proprietary https://www.neowin.net/amp/core-ubuntu-package-to-be-turned-into-a-snap-deb-ditched/
[20:38]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/amp/core-ubuntu-package-to-be-turned-into-a-snap-deb-ditched/ )
[20:38]	TR News	HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS https://aeon.co/essays/an-ai-for-africa-would-be-built-on-hunhu-ubuntu-ethics
[20:38]	TR Bot	( status 429 @ https://aeon.co/essays/an-ai-for-africa-would-be-built-on-hunhu-ubuntu-ethics )
[20:39]	TR News	Not secure at all! https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/143383/canonical-replaces-key-ubuntu-tool-with-more-secure-snap-format/
[20:39]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/143383/canonical-replaces-key-ubuntu-tool-with-more-secure-snap-format/ )
[20:39]	TR News	"To this day, I still give the same advice: start with Ubuntu. I don't believe it's the most exciting distro, and it's not even my daily driver. However, my reason aligns with that of many longtime Linux users: there are usually answers when something breaks." https://www.makeuseof.com/ubuntu-still-distro-everyone-recommends-first-boils-down-to-4-reasons/
[20:39]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu is still the distro everyone recommends first, and it all boils down to 4 reasons
[20:41]	TR News	Canonical: it is filthy and dirty, even if well tested, because... not Rust?
[20:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Canonical's Go-to Excuse (Security) to Make Ubuntu More Proprietary (Snap) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Canonical_s_Go_to_Excuse_Security_to_Make_Ubuntu_More_Proprieta.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Canonical_s_Go_to_Excuse_Security_to_Make_Ubuntu_More_Proprieta.gmi 
[20:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Canonical's Go-to Excuse (Security) to Make Ubuntu More Proprietary (Snap)
[20:41]	TR News	"The Mission Center system monitor for Linux adds some new features that will appeal to a broader user base, especially those with laptops." https://www.zdnet.com/article/mission-center-makes-it-even-easier-for-you-to-check-battery-and-disk-usage/
[20:41]	TR Bot	free Linux tool makes it easy to check your PC battery and disk usage - here&apos;s how | ZDNET
[20:42]	TR News	"Mistfall Hunter is an extraction ARPG that blends together mechanics found in some other popular games, and it's out now working well on SteamOS / Linux. I picked up a personal copy to test it and I can easily see myself slicing through hours and hours of this one." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/mistfall-hunter-is-a-new-extraction-arpg-that-works-on-steamos-linux/
[20:42]	TR Bot	Hunter is a new extraction ARPG that works on SteamOS / Linux | GamingOnLinux
[20:42]	TR News	No. https://hothardware.com/news/linux-desktop-market-share-surge-past-10-may-be-ai-bot-driven see http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Clownflare_Web_Usage_Survey_About_10_in_North_America_Use_GNU_L.shtml
[20:42]	TR Bot	 Linux Desktop Market Share Surge Past 10% May Be AI Bot Driven
[20:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Clownflare Web Usage Survey: About 10% in North America Use GNU/Linux, Worldwide 6.7%
[20:44]	TR News	CheapSecurity: A self-hosted CCTV system for Linux computers https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/03/cheapsecurity-a-self-hosted-cctv-system-for-linux-computers/
[20:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/03/cheapsecurity-a-self-hosted-cctv-system-for-linux-computers/ )
[20:44]	TR News	Is this a slopfarm now? https://www.scworld.com/brief/arch-linux-temporarily-disables-aur-package-adoption-amid-malicious-takeover-surge
[20:44]	TR Bot	 Arch Linux temporarily disables AUR package adoption amid malicious takeover surge | brief | SC Media
[20:46]	TR News	Another day ends. STILL no financial report from the hired guns of the Narcissist.
[20:49]	TR News	AlmaLinux to Highlight its Community-Driven Linux OS at FOSSY 2026 https://www.einpresswire.com/article/931461703/almalinux-to-highlight-its-community-driven-linux-os-at-fossy-2026 http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/FOSSY_2025_Conference_Safety.shtml
[20:49]	TR Bot	 AlmaLinux to Highlight its Community-Driven Linux OS at FOSSY 2026
[20:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights FOSSY 2025 Conference Safety
[20:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  A simple install kept this 10-year-old Asus laptop off the shopping list https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/A_simple_install_kept_this_10_year_old_Asus_laptop_off_the_shop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/A_simple_install_kept_this_10_year_old_Asus_laptop_off_the_shop.gmi 
[20:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines A simple install kept this 10-year-old Asus laptop off the shopping list
[20:50]	TR News	SUSE Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/suse-linux-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities_20260804
[20:50]	TR Bot	 SUSE Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
[20:50]	TR News	Promoting a scam by miscarrying the brand "Linux" https://www.emeoutlookmag.com/technology/linux-foundation-and-nvidia-champion-open-ai-security
[20:50]	TR Bot	 Linux Foundation and NVIDIA Champion Open AI Security - EME Outlook Magazine
[20:52]	TR News	Scam company, Enron style accounting boosted using the name "Linux" https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/open-secure-ai-alliance-contributions/ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/we-are-not-enron
[20:52]	TR Bot	 AI Leaders Propose SAFE Guidelines for Cybersecurity Transparency | NVIDIA Blog
[20:52]	TR Bot	 We are not Enron - by Jrme Marin - Caftech
[20:52]	TR News	Most ridiculous misuse of the term Linux, promoting economic scams and lies https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/linux-foundation-launches-the-tokenomics-foundation-to-define-the-economics-and-roi-of-ai-value-302842344.html
[20:52]	TR Bot	 Linux Foundation Launches the Tokenomics Foundation to Define the Economics and ROI of AI Value
[20:53]	TR News	"The release also adds lrclib.net, sidecar .lrc files, and embedded Ogg lyrics as new sources." https://itsfoss.com/news/rhythmbox-3-5-release/
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Linux's Favorite Music Player Rhythmbox 3.5 Lands After Nearly a Decade in the 3.4 Series
[20:53]	TR News	Windows 11 vs Linux RAM usage in web browsing and gaming reveals big difference https://www.notebookcheck.net/Windows-11-vs-Linux-RAM-usage-in-web-browsing-and-gaming-reveals-big-difference.1359634.0.html
[20:53]	TR Bot	 Windows 11 vs Linux RAM usage in web browsing and gaming reveals big difference - Notebookcheck News
[20:53]	TR News	"NVIDIA joins with Dell, HP and Lenovo as Premier Sponsors. At that level, each company will be providing around $100,000 USD yearly in funding to the project." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-now-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs-as-a-premier-sponsor/
[20:53]	TR Bot	now supporting the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) as a premier sponsor | GamingOnLinux
[20:54]	TR News	I failed to install the "most difficult" Linux distro but here's why I'm sticking with it https://www.howtogeek.com/i-finally-tried-the-most-difficult-linux-distro-heres-why-im-sticking-with-it/
[20:54]	TR Bot	 I failed to install the "most difficult" Linux distro but here's why I'm sticking with it
[20:56]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt: Microsoft Pundit Calls "Linux" Users &quot;AI&quot; Because the Data Looks Bad for Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Microsoft_Pundit_Calls_Linux_Users_AI_Be.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Microsoft_Pundit_Calls_Linux_Users_AI_Be.gmi 
[20:56]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt: Microsoft Pundit Calls "Linux" Users "AI" Because the Data Looks Bad for Windows
[20:56]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:56]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[20:56]	lxo	schestowitz[TR2], thanks for the pointer
[20:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  BSD and Linux Kernel: Now Even Greg Kroah Hartman Admits Slop is a Major Nuisance https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/BSD_and_Linux_Kernel_Now_Even_Greg_Kroah_Hartman_Admits_Slop_is.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/BSD_and_Linux_Kernel_Now_Even_Greg_Kroah_Hartman_Admits_Slop_is.gmi 
[20:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines BSD and Linux Kernel: Now Even Greg Kroah Hartman Admits Slop is a Major Nuisance
● Aug 05
[21:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  Podcasts: OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) and Linux Matters https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Podcasts_OpenSSF_Linux_Foundation_and_Linux_Matters.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Podcasts_OpenSSF_Linux_Foundation_and_Linux_Matters.gmi 
[21:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Podcasts: OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) and Linux Matters
[21:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[21:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[21:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, RISC-V, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_RISC_V_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_RISC_V_and_More.gmi 
[21:01]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, RISC-V, and More
[21:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  Licensing / Legal: Slop Plagiarism Contaminates Projects, Sticking With "AGPLv3-or-later" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Licensing_Legal_Slop_Plagiarism_Contaminates_Projects_Sticking_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Licensing_Legal_Slop_Plagiarism_Contaminates_Projects_Sticking_.gmi 
[21:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Licensing / Legal: Slop Plagiarism Contaminates Projects, Sticking With "AGPLv3-or-later"
[21:05]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi 
[21:05]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[21:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi 
[21:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
[21:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Productivity Software/LibreOffice Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Productivity_Software_LibreOffice_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Productivity_Software_LibreOffice_Leftovers.gmi 
[21:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Productivity Software/LibreOffice Leftovers
[21:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Digital Sovereignty, Sharing Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Digital_Sovereignty_Sharing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Digital_Sovereignty_Sharing.gmi 
[21:08]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Digital Sovereignty, Sharing Leftovers
[21:09]	TR News	Techrights Links 05/08/2026: Microsoft's (XBox's) "Devastating July" and &quot;Never Write With&quot; Slop, Says New York Times https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Links_05_08_2026_Microsoft_s_XBox_s_Devastating_July_and_Never_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Links_05_08_2026_Microsoft_s_XBox_s_Devastating_July_and_Never_.gmi 
[21:09]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 05/08/2026: Microsoft's (XBox's) "Devastating July" and "Never Write With" Slop, Says New York Times
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[21:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	lxo: np
[21:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	glad if you found it handy
[21:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	more in <techrights-news> (NEW):  Licensing / Legal: Slop Plagiarism Contaminates Projects, Sticking With "AGPLv3-or-later" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Licensing_Legal_Slop_Plagiarism_Contaminates_Projects_Sticking_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Licensing_Legal_Slop_Plagiarism_Contaminates_Projects_Sticking_.gmi 
[21:28]	schestowitz[TR2]	see <techrights-news> (NEW):  BSD and Linux Kernel: Now Even Greg Kroah Hartman Admits Slop is a Major Nuisance https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/BSD_and_Linux_Kernel_Now_Even_Greg_Kroah_Hartman_Admits_Slop_is.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/BSD_and_Linux_Kernel_Now_Even_Greg_Kroah_Hartman_Admits_Slop_is.gmi 
[21:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Slop_s_Latest_Casualty_The_Credibility_of_Linus_Torvalds.shtml
[21:29]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slop's Latest Casualty: The Credibility of Linus Torvalds
[21:40]	lxo	schestowitz[TR2], well...  I hadn't read it yet at the time that I thanked you.  now that I did...  I wouldn't say "handy".  I have very mixed feelings about it.  I appreciate the science behind some of it, but I can't help feeling that it comes across to me as a "but pretty please let us play with our new toy on your codebase regardless of the hazards" :-/
[21:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	yes, he is pro-slop
[21:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	and says the policies obstruct
[21:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	maybe he likes slop
[21:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	he did not say
[21:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	so those policies irritate him
[21:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	what I can say is
[21:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	i know NVIDIA workers
[21:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	who say they are forced to use slo
[21:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	*(slop
[21:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	so it does not mean it works
[21:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	it  means they work
[21:42]	lxo	the entire argument is built on the premise that there are net benefits to be attained from that use.  and there's no evidence of that
[21:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	and the employer forces them to do their work with slop
[21:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	hence:
[21:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/04/Growing_Proportion_of_Linux_Commits_Being_Made_by_LLMs_Not_a_Si.shtml
[21:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights Growing Proportion of Linux Commits Being Made by LLMs Not a Sign of LLMs Working, It's a Sign of Linux Development Being Shifted From Community to GAFAM and Other Slop Pushers
[21:45]	TR News	Windows down sharply. Microsoft will probably blame "bots" and "AI" https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/namibia/#monthly-200902-202608 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/namibia/#monthly-200902-202608
[21:45]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Namibia | Statcounter Global Stats
[21:45]	TR Bot	 Operating System Market Share Namibia | Statcounter Global Stats
[21:46]	TR News	Same in Panama https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/panama/#monthly-200902-202608
[21:46]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Panama | Statcounter Global Stats
[21:47]	TR News	GNU/Linux 6% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/palestinian-territory/#monthly-200902-202608
[21:47]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Palestinian Territory | Statcounter Global Stats
[21:49]	TR News	Does the Narcissist have a man-crush on Daniel Pocock?
[21:56]	TR News	Techrights Debian losses in Switzerland hidden until after DPL election debate https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Debian_losses_in_Switzerland_hidden_until_after_DPL_election_de.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Debian_losses_in_Switzerland_hidden_until_after_DPL_election_de.gmi 
[21:56]	TR Bot	 Techrights Debian losses in Switzerland hidden until after DPL election debate
[21:58]		*yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights
[21:58]	TR News	"Working on improving RSS feeds after a reader reported a bug that GUIDs are random which makes all articles apprear new to clients. These should now stay fixed after the first release. Also making some improvements to remove redundant sub-index pages from the feed. Thank you to S." https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html
[21:58]	TR Bot	 Home
[21:58]	TR News	"We're paused on new interview episodes for the podcast while we sort out some AV and studio issues. Will be making some more "Reflections" episodes which were a popular format from a couple of years ago. In these we read excerpts from key cyber texts and add analysis to make something a bit like an annotated, abridged audio-book."
● Aug 05
[22:24]	TR News	Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 140 Out of 200: You Become What You Eat, Your Clients Become You https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_140_Out_of_200_You_Become_What_You_Eat_Yo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_140_Out_of_200_You_Become_What_You_Eat_Yo.gmi 
[22:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 140 Out of 200: You Become What You Eat, Your Clients Become You
[22:39]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2]: Mozilla is now fixing security holes in the UX of Mozilla "AI" in Firefox.
[22:39]	IsambardPrince	It turns out it was leaking the title of the "AI" conversations to web content running in other tabs.
[22:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	slopware
[22:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	it leaks alot
[22:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	to the llm companies
[22:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	that sell data
[22:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	mozilla is opp. of privacy
[22:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	that's why they keep saying privacy
[22:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	like trump keeps saying he is against violence and pedos
[22:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	or devault says he opposes pedos
[22:44]	TR News	Slop BOOSTERS, PAID to do this https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/05/time-magazine-has-a-separate-version-of-its-website-with-ads-only-ai-can-see/5283640
[22:44]	TR Bot	 Time Magazine has a separate version of its website with ads only AI can see
[22:45]	TR News	GAFAM layoffs https://www.geekwire.com/2026/google-to-cut-52-employees-in-washington-state/
[22:45]	TR Bot	to cut 52 employees in Washington state GeekWire
[22:51]	TR News	Techrights The Establishment, Oxford, Google & Debian artificial intelligence conspiracies https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Establishment_Oxford_Google_Debian_artificial_intelligence_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Establishment_Oxford_Google_Debian_artificial_intelligence_.gmi 
[22:51]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Establishment, Oxford, Google & Debian artificial intelligence conspiracies
[22:53]	IsambardPrince	[16:40] <schestowitz[TR2]> or devault says he opposes pedos
[22:54]	IsambardPrince	"Cartoon pederasty is different because reasons."
[22:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	i see many in social control media using those as avatar
[22:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	to them, it's "cute"
[22:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	or "cool"
[22:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	to me, it looks like :"maybe a pedo"
[22:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/wiki/Peter_Bright/
[22:56]	TR Bot	 Peter Bright
[22:57]	TR News	"Silicon Labs has announced its latest Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) system-on-chip, the BG2B promising its lowest-power BLE part yet, without sacrificing features like Bluetooth Channel Sounding and integrated security enclave." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260805-silabs.gmi
[22:58]	TR News	I recovered the diary gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2026-08-05-fixd.txt
[22:59]	TR News	The TV (Television) remote isn't working again! gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/08/05.3
● Aug 05
[23:00]	TR News	"And I use the iPhone for all the reasons that Chris does. But one aspect that Chris doesn't mention is the ability to change the alarm sound to prevent myself from being conditioned to ignore the alarm." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/08/05.1
[23:01]	TR News	"The student union is serving free hamburgers today in an open air barbecue. People dine outdoors like it's nothing. I swear this world we live in parodies itself." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/beyond-denialism.gmi
[23:02]	TR News	"The Democrats are the party for rich people who feel guilt, and the Republicans are the party for rich people who don't. And the Dems do not see why all us non-rich people should have a party. They feel guilt and surely that should be enough for us peasants." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-08-05
[23:03]	TR News	"I received yet another email for Sean Conner [1] but this time, it wasn't at Gmail!" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/08/05.2
[23:07]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 05/08/2026: Family Room, Smoke, and Alarm clocks https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Gemini_Links_05_08_2026_Family_Room_Smoke_and_Alarm_clocks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Gemini_Links_05_08_2026_Family_Room_Smoke_and_Alarm_clocks.gmi 
[23:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 05/08/2026: Family Room, Smoke, and Alarm clocks
[23:22]	TR News	GNU/Linux 6% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/andorra/#monthly-200902-202608
[23:22]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Andorra | Statcounter Global Stats
[23:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  Mesa 26.2 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Mesa_26_2_Open_Source_Graphics_Stack_Officially_Released_Here_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/Mesa_26_2_Open_Source_Graphics_Stack_Officially_Released_Here_s.gmi 
[23:28]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Mesa 26.2 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Heres Whats New
[23:31]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Seen Exceeding 10% in Antigua and Barbuda https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/GNU_Linux_Seen_Exceeding_10_in_Antigua_and_Barbuda.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/GNU_Linux_Seen_Exceeding_10_in_Antigua_and_Barbuda.gmi 
[23:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Seen Exceeding 10% in Antigua and Barbuda
[23:34]	TR News	Techrights Big Announcement Tomorrow https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Big_Announcement_Tomorrow.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/Big_Announcement_Tomorrow.gmi 
[23:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights Big Announcement Tomorrow
[23:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  The Empire Strikes Back https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Empire_Strikes_Back.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/05/The_Empire_Strikes_Back.gmi 
[23:35]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines The Empire Strikes Back