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1 readySlop is "just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU." (updated)

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2 readyGemini Links 18/10/2026: Hobbies, RAM Prices, and Avoiding GAFAM

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3 readyIntercontinental Brigading - Part VII - Weekend Abuse Reported to British Police (Rogue Actors Take No Breaks)

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4 readyGemini Links 18/10/2026: Hospitals, Literature, Fixed IP Addresses, and Sunday Types

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5 readyLinks 18/10/2026: Brazil Reduces Deforestation, Some 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Scandals in Insolvency Petition of Reform UK

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6 readyUbuntuBuzz is LLM Slop

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7 ready"Assisted by NSA" and "It's Just a Tool" (So Fine!)

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8 readyGemini Links 18/10/2026: Movies, Greenland, and Detectors of Slop Plagiarism

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9 readyLinks 18/10/2026: TikTok Censors Criticism of MElon, "Trump’s Latest Attempt to Be the King", and "Big Tech Oligarchs Have a Terrible Plan for Humanity"

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10 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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11 readyIRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 17, 2026

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12 readyGemini Links 17/10/2026: Big Glowing Advertising Screens, Busy October, and Art

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13 readyThe First Casualty: The Reputation of Linux Developers (and of Linux)

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14 readyLinks 17/10/2026: Europe Divorcing US President Putin (Kompromat), MElon and Kapo-berg ("Meta") Buying US Elections Again

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15 readyGAFAM LLMs Seem to be Causing Veteran, Experienced Linux Developers to Quit, Only to be Replaced With GAFAM Bots and Unaudited Slopfest 'Code'

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16 ready30 Years of KDE and "Project Banana"

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17 readyIntercontinental Brigading - Part VI - Racism Against Blacks

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18 readyInevitable Things

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19 readyAndy's Passing Thoughts on Media Dying, Not Reporting News (Even Critical News About Itself)

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20 readyStallman Was Right About Torvalds

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21 readyLinks 17/10/2026: "Why Math Dumped OpenAI", US Third Circuit Has Confirmed LLMs and Other Slop Constitute Plagiarism or Copyright Infringement

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22 readyGPL Was Right (About Hoarding, Now Automated With Plagiarism Blenders)

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23 readyMicrosoft Allegedly Asks Many Workers to Leave at the End of This Year (or Get the Boot), It's Called Voluntary Exit Program a.k.a. Voluntary Early Retirement Program (or VEP) Even for People Far Too Young to Retire

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24 readyThe Torvalds-led Slopfest as a Reminder to Pursue Software Freedom, Not Plagiarism Endorsed (for Money) by 'Linux' Foundation

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25 readyWhy We Never Got Back to IPFS

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26 readyTrillions of Dollars in Debt Are Not "Investment", More People Realise This Now

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27 readyRed Hat Silent Layoffs: October 1 Bluewashing, Then Leaving IBM Altogether

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28 readyGemini Links 16/10/2026: Metrovision, Smartwatches, and Rekindled Love for Geminispace

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29 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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30 readyIRC Proceedings: Friday, October 16, 2026

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31 readyIntercontinental Brigading - Part V - Keeping Linux Under Users' Control, Not Microsoft's (NSA) Control, Leads to Weaponisation of Cops (Killing the Messengers)

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32 readyTeamBlind Accused of Censorship, Maybe Surveillance in the Future

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33 readyAnother Friday 'Litter' of IBM Workers, Discarded and Sometimes Replaced to Cut Costs

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34 readyGemini Links 16/10/2026: Carrie, Games, and Slop

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35 readyLinks 16/10/2026: Election Interference by Slop; White House Backs Russia, Not Ukraine

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36 readyThe Register MS Has New 'Article' That Has "AI" 20 Times. "SPONSORED POST" As Usual.

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37 readyUK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Says Microsoft is Still Abusive

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38 readyLinks 16/10/2026: "Data Centers Are Driving Conservative Rural Voters to The Democratic Party En Masse" and Slop Bros Bribe Candidates "for Congress"

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39 readyDeplatforming People You Disagree With Is a Losing Strategy

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40 readyMicrosoft Cannot Pay Salaries

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41 readyIBM "support that is USA based will migrate over 4 years to Indian based just because it lowers costs substantially."

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42 readyGemini Links 16/10/2026: Publishing and Licensing, Going to Movies, and Nature/Seasons Change

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43 readyMicrosoft's OSI Calling Slop "Open Source AI" (Microsoft Paid OSI to Do This) Has Helped Associate "Open Source" With Pedophilia

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44 readyFridges Do Not Need an Internet Connection

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45 readyWikileaks Still Matters

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46 ready'Cocaine King' Campinos Should 'Get the Message', Pack Up His Things and Go Already

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47 readyWe Don't Do Slop

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48 readyOn Lying With Confidence

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49 readyMarket Share of Windows in the United Kingdom is Shockingly Low

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50 readyOver at Tux Machines...

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51 readyIRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 15, 2026

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52 readyMicrosoft Can Barely Afford to Colonise Africa Any Longer (Too Much Debt)

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53 readyIntercontinental Brigading - Part IV - Harassment Registered With the Police Before Projection Attempts Made From America

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54 readyGemini Links 16/10/2026: Dogs, Slop, and Blogging

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