[Meme] Axe-Wielding Microsoft Trolls Impersonating Free Software People Across IRC Networks

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2023-09-07 01:49:17 UTC
Modified: 2023-09-07 01:49:17 UTC

Summary: The Free software-hostile militants (connected to Microsoft) are impersonating me in IRC networks this week, trying to link me to terrorism; we're still planning to write about these vicious and sometimes illegal smear campaigns until next year because other projects, communities and people are targeted by the very same Microsoft flock (we have proof, too)

Protecting People From So-called 'Social Media' is Not Censorship (No More Than Banning or Restricting Access to Cigarettes is 'Censorship'): it's not censorship when the thing you are censoring [sic] is itself a censorship powerhouse operated by a foreign and hostile nation (or oligarchs of Musk's nature)
[Meme] Solving Real Problems With So-called 'Social Media'?: Feeding and medically treating animals helps, unlike "likes"
EPO is Corrupt Like Always, What Changed is the Lack of Media Coverage (No Transparency Means No Democracy): We need to revive online media and encourage dissent
[Meme] How NOT to Do Activism Online: So many self-professed liberals continue participating and driving traffic (ads) in X
Number of Libera.Chat Users (Simultaneously Online) Falls to Lowest Figure in Over 3 Years: Notice the downward trend/curve in recent months
Shedding Light on How the EPO Sheds Off Staff in Order to Grant Loads of Invalid (Fake) Patents in Europe: The people who decide on these policies lack a background in science
Links 11/12/2024: More Google Layoffs Rumoured for January, 'Linux' Foundation Colonises India: Links for the day
Mozilla's Firefox is Floundering, in the United Kingdom Its Share Fell to 2% This Month: HTTPS is becoming little but a transport layer for Chrome-like browsers, i.e. proprietary things with DRM and perhaps attestation (which means you cannot modify them; you'd get blocked for trying)
Links 11/12/2024: Climate Warming, 'People Can Fly' Layoffs: Links for the day
Gemini Links 11/12/2024: LLMs as Plagiarism, Advent of Code 2024 Momentum: Links for the day
In United Arab Emirates (UAE), Microsoft Now on One in 8 Internet-Connected Devices?: Web-connected clients are becoming scarce that run Microsoft operating systems (Windows)
IBM and Microsoft Hats at Linux Foundation: "Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller: A change of hats!"
IBM's Latest Fedora Divestment Speaks for Itself: Microsoft must be very pleased with what IBM is doing
Why is UK Press Gazette Jingoistic About Plagiarists and LLM Slop Disguised as Journalism?: Press Gazette appears to be participating in the attack on honest journalism
In Central Africa, Which is Bigger Than Europe, Windows is About 5% in Terms of "Market Share": they apparently got so fed up with colonialism
Communicating Outside of Skinnerboxes and Social Control Media: Tackling collective isolation and miscommunication (or communications being controlled by middlemen)
[Meme] Social Control Media is NOT Free Speech: It's time to discard that stupid argument that banning an abusive censor is "censorship"
Banning Not Only TikTok... if Not for FOMOC (Fear of Missing on Constituents): It's a sort of addiction by peer pressure
Montenegro's Share of GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High: We don't really know why, but that's just what the data from statCounter suggests
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 10, 2024: IRC logs for Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Yes, Of Course the Linux Foundation's OpenSSF Rejects Open Source and GNU/Linux (New Report): longstanding tradition
Links 10/12/2024: Nvidia's Regulatory Woes, Trust Issues in LLMs (and Similar Recent Hype): Links for the day
Gemini Links 10/12/2024: Lagrange 1.18.4 Released, New RNG: Links for the day
More Chatbot 'Articles' About Chatbots: Look what's happening to the Web...
Microsoft Falls to All-Time Lows in Cameroon: Windows down to just 4.6%
Brittany Day Still Uses Bots to 'Write' Articles (But Not All the Time): it leads to a presumption of plagiarism
Links 10/12/2024: Trying "Hey Hi" With New Hype and Buzzwords, TikTok Bans Imminent: Links for the day
Google's CEO: LLMs' ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ Now Exhausted: They basically tell shareholders not to expect returns on this hype
Microsoft Windows Falls to 11% in Senegal, an All-Time Low: In neighbouring countries (to the east of Senegal) the "market share" of Windows is even lower
The EPO's Corrupt Dealings With Microsoft Never Addressed, Only Worsened: it helps Microsoft spy on the competition and manipulate examiners dealing with its files
The Catching of Luigi Mangione Shows We Need Not Have More Surveillance (Than We Already Have; It's Excessive Anyway): instead of saying surveillance is insufficient and thus we need more of it, now they can claim they have enough of it
[Teaser] Fate of Formalities Officers (FOs) at the EPO: Coming soon
Libre Liberia: Windows Down to 8% in Liberia: In Liberia, only about 1 in 12 Web requests seems to originate from Windows
Links 10/12/2024: Health, Politics, Economics, and More: Links for the day
Gemini Links 10/12/2024: LLM Plagiarism and "Flow" Review: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 09, 2024: IRC logs for Monday, December 09, 2024
EPO Salaries Reduced: EPO's “Sustainability” Clause "Cuts the Average Overall Adjustment for Staff by –41,8%.": What does this all mean for staff?
Google is Nuking Remaining Invidious Instances Again, Hoping to Force Everyone to Use Proprietary Spyware With DRM: This issue started a few hours ago
Microsoft's Grip on Armenia is Slipping, According to New Data From statCounter: Notice what happened to Windows - an all-time low
[Meme] Sloppy Plagiarism Full of Errors, Lacking Actual Comprehension: LLMs are not "AI"
More LLM Spam/Slop About LLM Spam/Slop: This is what the Web will become unless we expose those who contribute to the problem
Reforming Versus Rebooting Versus Destroying Institutions: At the moment we strive to expose the truth or shine light on pertinent facts
Expose Corrupt Insurance Companies, Don't Kill People: Murder gives them sympathy, makes the raiders seem like the victims
Microsoft's Windows is Pretty Much Dead in Haiti: Android has eaten Microsoft's lunch, Microsoft can't even eat crow
[Teaser] EPO Management Thinks Inflation in Europe is 0.2% Per Annum: Taming inflation by entirely ignoring it is like wrongly assuming that climate change (caused by human activity) can be overcome by not studying the effect of 8+ billion humans on this finite planet
Corporate Media Will Be Discarded and Eventually Die If It Keeps Doing "Bill Gates Sez" (or Similar) Pieces Instead of Journalism: "Superintelligence" does not even mean anything!
This Week We Focus Again on European Patent Office (EPO) Scandals: Nothing can stop us, not even a party or SLAPP
Links 09/12/2024: Health Care Anger and Power Vacuum in Syria: Links for the day
Links 09/12/2024: Burned, Uncertain Future, and Failure: Links for the day
[Meme] Write Code, Not Social Control Media: don't forget to 'like'
Links 09/12/2024: UnitedHealthcare C.E.O.'s Killer Still Unknown, Syrian Regime Change Completed: Links for the day
Site in Support of Richard Stallman Reminds People of the FSF's and Stallman's Support of Women: new updates
Microsoft: Target the Young (Get 'Em While They're Young): Then they say Free software advocates are "extremists" and "rude"...
As of December 8th (23 Days Remaining), the FSF (Free Software Foundation, Inc.) Already a Third of the Way Toward Ambitious Funding Goal: FSF's memberships (or donations) drive is going a lot better than we anticipated
Why Mike Magee Created and Was Involved in So Many News Sites About Technology: British legend
In Memory of Mike Magee (1949-2024) and Our Best Wishes to The Register, Which He Founded in the 1990s: Months have passed since Magee died
Tunisia is Android, Windows is Waning There: Windows was measured below 20% in Tunisia
[Meme] Jeff Bezos Working From Home: "B**** please, publish articles in Washington Post about how working from home sucks"
'Remote' (From Home) Tech Workers Are More Productive for a Lot of Reasons: The Bezos-owned media should disclose its conflict of interest here
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, December 08, 2024: IRC logs for Sunday, December 08, 2024
No Wonder Microsoft's LinkedIn and Github Have So Many Layoffs, Permanent Office Closures: Traffic down, losses, probably never going to profit

[Meme] Axe-Wielding Microsoft Trolls Impersonating Free Software People Across IRC Networks

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