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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 17, 2026

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Security Leftovers

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"Linux" Brand Tarnished by Slop, "Linux" Foundation (LF) Gets Paid to Muddy the Water/Linux Mark

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Development related news and views
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This is free and open source software
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Brigading Against Women - Part XII - Toxic Masculinity, Hunting Women, Will Code for Sex: Who says things like these?
The Microsoft Lunduke Slop Problem: Microsoft Lunduke does not support Software Freedom; he serves to discredit many ideas championed by Free software or ideals articulated which are apolitical for the most part
CDMAG Covers Free Software, New Magazine From Decent People: If enough people accessed their site, they would not rely on social control media (third parties, censorship platforms)
Brigading Against Women - Part XI - An Abject Lack of Social Skills (and Not Knowing How to Handle Women): GGG enjoy - if that's the right term - very bizarre or esoteric sex life
Gemini Links 30/09/2026: Fish Leather, Slop Formation, and ROOPHLOCH: Links for the day
In a Lot of Europe (or EU) Android (With Linux) is Bigger Than Windows: For example in Greece
EPO Cocainegate: Lots of Money (Over a Million Euros) for Cocaine Addicts, Not for Children With Special Needs: Next month we'll bring out some more Campinos scandals
High Court victory: Nigel Farage is 'the Company's own candidate': Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
It Took GNOME's Code of Conduct Committee (CoCC) Over 8 Months to Realise CoC Reports Went Into /dev/null/: It would be ironic if the blunder's culprits were punished for it, would it not?
Links 30/09/2026: Microsoft "OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely" and "Pentagon Personnel Agency Data Breach Impacts 3 Million People": Links for the day
The Register MS "Events" As Paid Spam That Promotes and Keeps Afloat Hype About Slop: This dreary sort of media reads like a soup of words, i.e. like the thing it is advertising
Digital Independence in the UK and in Western Europe: We have the technical capacity and skilled personnel to achieve this
IBM's Anderon as a Mass Layoffs Ritual With a Bailout (From US Taxpayers to IBM) and Other Perks: Like those empty promises in the first term of the Cheeto dictator
Gemini Links 30/09/2026: David Bowie, Web Rendering Proxy, Ink and Letters, Gemlog Nostalgia: Links for the day
EPO Annual General Meeting (AGM) Will Speak of Financial State of the EPO's Union: Their work is needed because the EPO breaks the law
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Links 30/09/2026: "Understanding the LLM Bubble" and "Florida Senate Threatened Legal Action Against Newspapers": Links for the day
It Looks Like Mass Layoffs at "Nordcloud, an IBM Company" Today (a Day Ahead of Red Hat): Expect the same from Red Hat next
British Prime Minister Recognises Social Control Media as National Cohesion Problem: one has to wonder if addiction to social control media is not compatible with peace
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EPO Will Stop Working for 10 Days to Protest Against 'Cocaine King' and His Assault on Democracy, Lawfulness, Transfer of Power at EPO: Strikes, work stoppage, all rolled onto one
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Links 29/09/2026: "Scam Altman Is Driving Drunk" and Anthropic Lies About Slop Usage: Links for the day
Brigading Against Women - Part X - When Actions of American Men Are Not Judged by Other American Men: "There is not the slightest suggestion that either Dr or Mrs Schestowitz did anything to invite or deserve it. They are both clearly and justifiably angered, dismayed, distressed and hurt by it."
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Brigading Against Women - Part IX - "What Are You, a Racist?": Because behind every strong man is a strong opinion?
Gemini Links 29/09/2026: "Digital Sabbath", Starting a GemCapsule, and Sterrenkijker 1.1.0: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 28, 2026: IRC logs for Monday, September 28, 2026
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Microsoft Can PIP Workers (Silent Layoffs) Until Almost Nobody is Left: Microsoft is gradually vanishing
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Maladministration at the EPO as a Crisis for the EU and for Portugal's Image in Europe: Some time soon we'll publish a long article about what EPO leadership means to Portugal
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