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1 readyBing Might Shut Down - Just Like Skype Did - Some Time in the Coming Months/Years (Parts of It Already Shut Down) (updated)

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2 readyMicrosoft Rumours: This Week's Scale of Layoffs "Higher Than Reported" and More Coming Soon ("A Lot More Severe" Than May's) (updated)

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3 readySlopwatch: Sloppy Brian, Brittany Slop, and General Observations (updated)

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4 readyNo, Microsoft Didn't Lay Off So Many People Because of "AI" "Innovation" or "Efficiency" or "Era" or "Revolution" Etc. (updated)

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5 readyWhat We Do When We Say "GNU/Linux" to People (updated)

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6 readyRichard Stallman Still Respected by Many in the Libre Graphics Community

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7 readyIf You Read Techrights, Then You Probably Want to Read Tux Machines as Well

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8 readyGemini Links 15/05/2025: Forced Music in Publicly Accessible Space and ~silv is Online

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9 readyLinks 15/05/2025: KOSA Censorship (USA Becomes More Like KSA) and More National Cuts

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10 readyYour Real Ally Would Not Defend the Company of SLAPP and Strangling of Women

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11 readyBreakdown of Microsoft Layoffs Shows It's About Cost, Not Performance or Hype (Like "AI")

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12 readyThe Lawyers Working for the Serial Strangler From Microsoft on SLAPPing Techrights Have Apparently Lost Their Voice

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13 readyAt IBM, Relocation Can be a Trick or a Trap (IBM Gets Rid of Staff Under the Guise of "Relo")

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14 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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15 readyBeyond Mass Layoffs at Microsoft: Entire Units Shut Down for Good

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16 readyLinks 15/05/2025: Crikvenica, Analog Computer, and Slop 'Hallucinations'

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17 readyIRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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18 readyLinks 14/05/2025: Fentanylware (TikTok) Harms Kids, Russia Refuses to Defuse

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19 readyGemini Links 15/05/2025: Poseur Nerds and Mennonites

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20 readyVS Code Is Not FOSS, And Neither Is the Site "It's FOSS"

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21 readyLinks 14/05/2025: Facebook And Instagram Risk Nationwide Bans, Microsoft Subsidiaries Have Mass Layoffs Too

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22 readyCanonical Will Give You Money Only If You Work for Microsoft!

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23 readyIf Microsoft Staff That Strangles Woman Pays You to Write Lies, It Will Not End Well

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24 readyGemini Links 14/05/2025: "Writing My Story with Inspiration from Notable Lives" and People Start Shovelling Up LLM Slop Onto Geminispace,

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25 readyMicrosoft is Very Highly Stressed About Adoption of GNU/Linux at Windows' Expense (on Former "Vista 10" PCs)

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26 readySlopwatch: BetaNoise (BetaNews), LinuxSecurity, and Slopfarms Still Promoted by Google News

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27 readyLinks 14/05/2025: Google Agrees to $1.3 Billion Settlement After Spying, China Tariffs Don't Work

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28 readyThere Are Also Loads of Microsoft LinkedIn Layoffs Today (Keep Track of the Subsidiaries They Keep Out of Headlines)

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29 readyThere Are Bigger Rounds of Microsoft Layoffs Coming, a Cull of 10% Implemented in Waves (the "3%" Figure is Misleading, Face-Saving)

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30 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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31 readyIRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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32 readyGemini Links 13/05/2025: Apocalyptic Future and More

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33 readyUnless a Third of All Microsoft Layoffs Worldwide Are in Redmond (Washington) Alone, Microsoft Has Just Lied to Everyone Via Jordan Novet in CNBC (i.e. the Usual Any Time There's Mass Layoffs and Novet Weighs in With False Numbers)

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34 readyMcKinsey (McK) is Killing IBM, It's All About Killing This Goose, "National Sales Team 80% on PIP Now" (Preceding Layoffs Without Severance)

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35 readyLinks 13/05/2025: Microsoft Breaks Windows Very Badly Again, Mass Layoffs Reported (But False Figures, It's a Lot Higher)

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36 readyAs Expected, Microsoft Uses Media Operative (Jordan Novet) to Downplay the Scale of Mass Layoffs

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37 ready2025 Will be a Big Year For GNU/Linux on Desktops/Laptops

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38 readySigns of Trouble: Microsoft Job Openings for Jobs That Do Not Exist!

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39 ready"Special Place in Hell" for Women Who Help Violent Microsofters From Another Continent Attack Local Women Who Did Nothing Wrong, They Just Got Bullied and Deserve Sympathy or Compensation

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40 readyThe Numbers Game: 50,000-60,000 Microsoft Workers Laid Off in 2.5 Years? And Debt Still Tripled Under Nadella.

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41 readyThe Slow Death of Windows Will Mean the Inevitable Demise of Microsoft

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42 readyLast Week's Public Talk by Richard Stallman Well Attended and Covered in Technical News Sites

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43 readyGemini Links 13/05/2025: Shopping is an Exasperating Nightmare and Making Phones Minimal

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44 ready23,000 More Microsoft Layoffs by the End of June If the Estimates Are Correct (In Addition to About 6,000 Layoffs So Far This Year)

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45 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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46 readyIRC Proceedings: Monday, May 12, 2025

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