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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 14, 2025

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"Bad Shim Signature"; So 'Secure' That It Overrides Users' Preferences and Turns Itself Back on (Coercive Measure): This was a few hours ago
We Covered UEFI 'Secure Boot' Scandals. The World Listened.: To hell with UEFI 'secure boot'
Fake News With Fake Numbers About Microsoft: "This is what happens when the world's economy is governed by sick old men"
Slopwatch: "Google News" is Fast Becoming a Mashup of Slopfarms, Linux Journal ("LJ") is a Dump of LLM Slop: Well done, Google News. Google itself can flourish as a slopfarm mashup.
Torturing Users Who Just Want to Run GNU/Linux on Their Own PC: "Linux does not want to install"
European Authorities, Already Bribed and Infiltrated by Microsoft, Won't Help You Find BigBlueButton, Jami, Ring, and Jitsi: Because they're paid by Microsoft and are Microsoft 'addicts' themselves
Moving From Content Management Systems (CMSs) to Static Site Generators (SSGs) Saves You Time, Makes You a Lot More Productive: try to reduce the cost (financial and computational) of running your site
Leak: European Patent Office (EPO) is Now Attacking Amicale Clubs: corruption has become the norm and scientists are robbed of any dignity
Oracle Fraud (or Defrauding Shareholders): "the obvious [lie] is that watts are (wasted) electricity [and] and FLOPS are computing capacity"
"Bad Shim Signature" (Microsoft 'Secure' Boot): "Fresh install not booting"
What Microsoft Garrett and Microsoft Lunduke Have in Common: Similar tactics, different "wings"
Links 14/09/2025: US "Economy Sagging", "Michigan Economy Wobbles From Tariffs": Links for the day
Gemini Links 14/09/2025: Minimalist Snippet Manager and Omarchy Linux: Links for the day
The Face of the Digital Far Right: Microsoft Lunduke: Microsoft Lunduke is an online extremist that belongs to and panders to the far right
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IRC Proceedings: Saturday, September 13, 2025: IRC logs for Saturday, September 13, 2025
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Gemini Links 13/09/2025: Lagrange Turns 5 and Lagrange 1.19.2 Released: Links for the day
Microsoft Inside Your Linux: "Security vulnerability that allowed an attacker to bypass UEFI Secure Boot.": 2 hours ago
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The Register MS Still Takes Money to Hype Up "AI" in Articles by Microsoft Resellers With the Term "AI" 30+ Times in Them: Notice how many times they mention "AI"
The Apache Logo News is VERY Old, Racists and 'Anti-Woke' Bigots Look for Something to Incite Other Bigots With: Nothing to see here, move along
Linux Mint 9/11: "4th One Today..." (in Reddit): Remember that not everyone having an issue reports it to social control media like Reddit
Nepal Will Fall Without a Single Shot Fired, Thanks to Social Control Media: Or very few shots (by the authorities)
European Corruption in the European Patent Office (EPO) Targets Culture: "In reality, the project includes a new “legal instrument” shifting administrative burden and liability on EPO staff while creating new uncertainty and externalising Amicale activities."
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Debian 9/11: people report this issue
Gemini and Web Links 13/09/2025: MElon's Slop Grift and "Autonomous Trains": Links for the day
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Can We Please Stop Celebrating Shooters?: "An important point to hammer on is that CoCs were never intended for uniform or symmetric application"
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Links 13/09/2025: China Punishes for 'Negative' Posts, US Police Unable to Find Shooter: Links for the day
Who's the Mystery Financier of SLAPP Against Techrights and Is That a Millionaire/Billionaire?: Whose idea was it to fund meritless lawsuits against my wife and I?
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CoC Gone Wrong: Celebrating Murder OK, Complaining About the Celebration Gets You Banned: Hopefully the NixOS Foundation will have a word with (maybe replace) the moderator/s
Gemini Links 12/09/2025: Familiarity and Secondary Dominants: Links for the day
Explaining (in Length and Depth) the Damage Matthew Garrett Did to Linux and to GNU/Linux Users: no matter how many threats we receive
Links 12/09/2025: "Bad Reviews" as Extortion Weapon, "Free Speech At Risk in America’s Schools" According to ACLU: Links for the day
Only One Speaker Does Not Do Sharecropping for MElon (in X.com): The man who puts principles before PR/optics
The Mind of the 'Hulk Hogan of UEFI': in a nutshell
A Day After "UEFI 9/11": UEFI Secure Boot Bypass: In the news today (right now), as published in the past few hours
Links 12/09/2025: Slop Code as Liability, Microsoft Outlook Down for Many: Links for the day
It's Still Not to Late to Turn Off "Secure Boot": If people reboot their PC or server today, and it relies on "Secure Boot" on Sept. 12 or later, then depending on the firmware there may be trouble ahead
Links 12/09/2025: Shira Perlmutter is Back, “Software Per Se” Patent Rejections in In re McFadden: Links for the day
Slopwatch: Linux Plagiarism, Slopfarms Still Infesting Google News, Many Images Are Fake: Google is promoting plagiarism
"This Morning Might Turn Out to be an Interesting One for System Admins Who Haven't Updated Their Devices' Secure Boot Certificate" (If They Reboot): Who asked for this anyway?
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