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These are the current Techrights headlines as of 2026-09-07 12:28 GMT signaled with semaphore flags.

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1 readyGetting Better After 20 Years (updated)

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2 readyGemini Links 07/09/2026: Music Composition, Free Stuff, and Self-hosting Git Repos (updated)

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3 readySilent Layoffs, Cool-down, and Cool-off: How GAFAM and IBM Operate (the Law Doesn't Apply to Them) (updated)

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4 readyLinks 07/09/2026: Slop Trashes Memory of Parton, Flock Surveillance Infuriates Everyone

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5 readyEPO Hiding Cocainegate and Abandoning Transparency (Even Access to Very Basic Information is Denied)

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6 readyRichard Stallman Has Resurrected Lost Updates

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7 readySLAPP Censorship - Part 174 Out of 200: Cascading Scandals and a Path Towards Much-Needed, Long-Awaited Reform

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8 readyEPO's Gema Requena Sempere (PD People) Contacted Regarding Children With Disabilities

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9 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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10 readyIRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 06, 2026

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11 readyPeople Who Enforce the GPL Banned From Linux Foundation Board (After Bribes From Prolific GPL Violators), Now They're Banned From Giving Talks at Events

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12 readyGemini Links 06/09/2026: The Slop Plagiarism 'Holy War' (Hype, Scam, Scheme), Burning CD-Rs, and Hardcopy Mono

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13 readySolicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Inaction and Incompetence - Part IV - Insufficient Resources in the Face of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) by Lawyers

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14 readyOpenStreetMap is the Future, Dictatorship is the Past

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15 readyHow Strikes at the European Patent Office Are Seen by Striking Staff in Berlin, Germany

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16 readyAssociation for Computing Machinery Cites Techrights in Relation to GemText and Gemini Protocol

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17 readyLinks 06/09/2026: More XBox Trouble (Microsoft Unrest, Many Silent Layoffs This Month), John Duffy as Next USPTO General Counsel

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18 readyGemini Links 06/09/2026: Avoiding 'Smart' 'Phones' and Setting up Gemini for the First Time

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19 readyLinks 06/09/2026: Sabotage by Slop and "What Happens If 'Open' 'AI' Dies?"

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20 readyHow Back Doors Became the 'Normal' or 'Norm'

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21 readySolicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Inaction and Incompetence - Part III - The SRA is Vastly Worse Than Brits Realise, We Have a "Wild West" in London

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22 readySRA and Manslaughter: How the SRA Contributed to Agony in Proprietary Software Scandals With Clear Misuse of "Without Prejudice"

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23 readyCanonical (or Ubuntu) Rejecting IRC Isn't the Widespread Trend

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24 readySLAPP Censorship - Part 173 Out of 200: Two Years

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25 readyLinux of America

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26 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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27 readyIRC Proceedings: Saturday, September 05, 2026

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28 readyGemini Links 06/09/2026: Internet Limiting (Limited Time Allotted) and Solar MiniServer

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29 readyEight Months of Strikes in EPO, Organised by the Staff Union (SUEPO) Also in Berlin

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30 readyLinks 05/09/2026: "Let’s Stop Buying New Phone" and 'Open' 'AI' (Proprietary Slop) Drowning in Lawsuits

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31 readyGemini Links 05/09/2026: Polarization, Warped Maps, and Emacs rectangle-number-lines

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32 readySoftware Freedom, Even If Difficult to Attain Due to Outside Pressure, Does Make You Happier

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33 readyYou Can Run GNU/Linux on a Desktop/Laptop for 1,000+ Days Nonstop

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34 readyProfiting From Global Warming (and Making More Money the More You Cause Warming)

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35 readySLAPP Censorship - Part 172 Out of 200: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Complicit in the SLAPPs by Inaction (Didn't Even Study Any Evidence, Only Wasted Time and Budget)

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36 readyChina Does Not Need American (US) Products Like GAFAM's

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37 readyRMS Didn't Make Enough Backups

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38 readyRefresher: Why EPO Staff is on Strike This Year (Aside From the EPO Acting Like a Corrupt, Above-the-Law, For-Profit Corporation That Violates Its Own Charter)

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39 readyGemini Links 05/09/2026: Fireflies, Shore Pine, and ASCII Art

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40 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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41 readyIRC Proceedings: Friday, September 04, 2026

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