●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, December 13, 2025 ●● ● Dec 13 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-121225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-121225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-121225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-121225.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, December 12, 2025 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-121225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-121225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-121225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-121225.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, December 12, 2025 [02:51] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-12-12.txt ● Dec 13 [04:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [04:34] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Dec 13 [05:46] TR News agricultural http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/european-commission-publishes-study-on.html [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | European Commission publishes study on IP and agricultural biotechnology - The IPKat [05:47] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Friday, December 12, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_December_12_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_December_12_2025.gmi [05:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Friday, December 12, 2025 [05:49] TR News recognizability http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/cjeu-broadly-follows-ag-and.html [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | CJEU broadly follows AG and recognizability approach in Mio/konektra judgment - The IPKat [05:49] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:49] TR News (NEW): Bazzite isnt the best Linux gaming option anymore this is https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Bazzite_isn_t_the_best_Linux_gaming_option_anymore_this_is.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Bazzite_isn_t_the_best_Linux_gaming_option_anymore_this_is.gmi [05:49] TR News (NEW): Games: Kitten Space Agency, Project Zomboid, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Games_Kitten_Space_Agency_Project_Zomboid_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Games_Kitten_Space_Agency_Project_Zomboid_and_More.gmi [05:49] TR News (NEW): ShaRPiKeebo pocket Linux computer will start shipping soon (3 years after crowdfunding) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/ShaRPiKeebo_pocket_Linux_computer_will_start_shipping_soon_3_ye.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/ShaRPiKeebo_pocket_Linux_computer_will_start_shipping_soon_3_ye.gmi [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Bazzite isnt the best Linux gaming option anymore this is [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Kitten Space Agency, Project Zomboid, and More [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines ShaRPiKeebo pocket Linux computer will start shipping soon (3 years after crowdfunding) [05:49] TR News (NEW): Ubuntus New Telemetry Tool Will Phone Home Monthly https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Ubuntu_s_New_Telemetry_Tool_Will_Phone_Home_Monthly.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Ubuntu_s_New_Telemetry_Tool_Will_Phone_Home_Monthly.gmi [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntus New Telemetry Tool Will Phone Home Monthly [05:49] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:50] TR News Mat Booth: My Fedora Server is a Spotify Connect Device https://matbooth.co.uk/2025/12/04/fedora-server-spotify-connect.html [05:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-matbooth.co.uk | My Fedora Server is a Spotify Connect Device - Mat Booth [05:56] TR News B.C.'s big-treeprotectionlaw https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/old-growth-tree-cut-down-vancouver-island-should-have-been-protected-advocates-9.7003408 [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Why was 'incredible' giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.'s big-treeprotectionlaw? | CBC News [05:57] TR News union issues strike notice https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/air-transat-pilots-union-strike-notice-9.7006280 [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Air Transat to gradually shut down operations over 3 days after union issues strike notice | CBC News [05:57] TR News Alberta lawyers must take Indigenous education course tied to TRC. New legislation could change that https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-the-path-kent-teskey-law-society-amery-9.7005143 [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Alberta lawyers must take Indigenous education course tied to TRC. New legislation could change that | CBC News [05:58] TR News targeting dissident https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chinese-spy-speaks-out-enquete-radio-canada-9.7003661 [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | A Chinese dissident died suddenly in B.C. This ex-spy who snooped on him says it may not have been an accident | CBC News [05:59] TR News Health Fears Resurface https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trumps-thinning-hair-brutally-exposed-oval-office-photo-showing-pink-health-fears-resurface-1760374 [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Trump's Thinning Hair 'Brutally Exposed' In Oval Office Photo Showing Pink Scalp As Health Fears Resurface | IBTimes UK ● Dec 13 [06:01] TR News fraud in Ontario https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/majority-of-ontario-fraud-cases-tossed-since-2020-due-to-limited-resources-crowns-association-9.7004743 [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Majority of Ontario fraud cases tossed since 2020 due to limited resources: Crowns association | CBC News [06:03] TR News taking advantage of them https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/western-star-foreign-workers-labour-violations-melita-saskatchewan-9.7000043 [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Foreign workers accuse hotelier with history of labour violations of taking advantage of them in Sask., Man. | CBC News [06:03] TR News Patent monopolies, not "inventions" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/strict-us-written-description-and.html [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Strict US written description and enablement requirement applied to ADCs and platform inventions (Seagen v Daiichi Sankyo) - The IPKat [06:04] TR News Visual Culture http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/book-review-cinematic-algorithms-rise.html [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | [Book Review] Cinematic Algorithms: The Rise of Generative AI in Video Art and Visual Culture - The IPKat [06:05] TR News plenv-where https://blogs.perl.org/users/mikko_koivunalho/2025/12/plenv-where.html [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-plenv-where | Mikko Koivunalho [blogs.perl.org] [06:08] TR News Virus has killed almost 9 million birds https://www.dw.com/en/virus-has-killed-almost-9-million-birds--and-counting/a-74972319 [06:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Virus has killed almost 9 million birds and counting DW 12/01/2025 [06:09] TR News AfD https://www.dw.com/en/german-business-group-backtracks-on-opening-to-far-right-afd/a-74937293 [06:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-German business group backtracks on opening to far-right AfD DW 12/01/2025 [06:09] TR News Researchers Slightly Lower Study's Estimate of Drop in Global Income Due to Climate Change https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-12-03/researchers-slightly-lower-studys-estimate-of-drop-in-global-income-due-to-climate-change [06:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ 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( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-05/taiwan-opposition-says-ban-of-chinas-rednote-app-is-censors ) [06:25] TR News Climate Study: The World Needs to Change Its Diet by 2050 https://www.truthdig.com/articles/climate-study-most-of-the-world-needs-to-change-diet-by-2050/ [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/climate-study-most-of-the-world-needs-to-change-diet-by-2050/ ) [06:25] TR News climate carnage https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys-pact-with-danielle-smith-is-climate-carnage/ [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys-pact-with-danielle-smith-is-climate-carnage/ ) [06:26] TR News Climate Breakdown: How Bad Must It Get? https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/05/climate-breakdown-how-bad-must-it-get/ [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Climate Breakdown: How Bad Must It Get? - CounterPunch.org [06:26] TR News Brazil Robusta Coffee Growers Push for Quality Amid Rising Prices and Climate Concerns https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-12-06/brazil-robusta-coffee-growers-push-for-quality-amid-rising-prices-and-climate-concerns [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-12-06/brazil-robusta-coffee-growers-push-for-quality-amid-rising-prices-and-climate-concerns ) [06:27] TR News The Earth Is Unhappy with the Capitalist Climate Catastrophe: The Forty-Ninth Newsletter (2025) https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/06/the-earth-is-unhappy-with-the-capitalist-climate-catastrophe-the-forty-ninth-newsletter-2025/ [06:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scheerpost.com | The Earth Is Unhappy with the Capitalist Climate Catastrophe: The Forty-Ninth Newsletter (2025) [06:28] TR News campus surveillance https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/political-speech-and-the-public-square-evaluates-the-consequences-of-campus-surveillance/ [06:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | Political Speech and the Public Square evaluates campus surveillance [06:34] TR News hypertension https://www.dw.com/en/nigeria-faces-surge-in-young-adult-hypertension/a-74985537 [06:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nigeria faces surge in young adult hypertension DW 12/02/2025 [06:34] TR News privacy advocates seething https://www.dw.com/en/india-government-mandate-for-pre-installed-state-run-app-has-privacy-advocates-seething/a-74976261 [06:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-India: Govt order for pre-installed state app faces backlash DW 12/02/2025 [06:46] TR News Techrights Expecting Mass Layoffs, More Microsoft Workers Join Unions https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Expecting_Mass_Layoffs_More_Microsoft_Workers_Join_Unions.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Expecting_Mass_Layoffs_More_Microsoft_Workers_Join_Unions.gmi [06:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Expecting Mass Layoffs, More Microsoft Workers Join Unions [06:46] TR News Highlight announcements from The Game Awards 2025 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/highlight-announcements-from-the-game-awards-2025/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/highlight-announcements-from-the-game-awards-2025/ [06:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Highlight announcements from The Game Awards 2025 | GamingOnLinux [06:47] TR News Aspyr have indefinitely delayed Deus Ex Remastered | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/aspyr-have-indefinitely-delayed-deus-ex-remastered/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/aspyr-have-indefinitely-delayed-deus-ex-remastered/ [06:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Aspyr have indefinitely delayed Deus Ex Remastered | GamingOnLinux [06:47] TR News Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025, with nearly half seeing fewer than 10 reviews | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/over-19000-games-have-released-on-steam-in-2025-with-nearly-half-seeing-fewer-than-10-reviews/ Source: GamingOnLinux [06:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025, with nearly half seeing fewer than 10 reviews | GamingOnLinux [06:53] TR News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now Steam Deck Verified with a big update | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/clair-obscur-expedition-33-is-now-steam-deck-verified-with-a-big-update/ Source: GamingOnLinux [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now Steam Deck Verified with a big update | GamingOnLinux ● Dec 13 [07:00] TR News NVIDIA driver 580.119.02 released for Linux as the latest recommended stable version | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/nvidia-driver-580-119-02-released-for-linux-as-the-latest-recommended-stable-version/ [07:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NVIDIA driver 580.119.02 released for Linux as the latest recommended stable version | GamingOnLinux [07:04] TR News "Terminator 2D: NO FATE from Bitmap Bureau / Reef Entertainment has released today to give you some retro themed action-platformer goodness." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/after-multiple-delays-terminator-2d-no-fate-has-launched-with-linux-support-and-steam-deck-verified/ [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-After multiple delays Terminator 2D: NO FATE has launched with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux [07:07] TR News SLAPPMatt has just openly confirmed that after filing the lawsuit he came to Techrights IRC to troll not only people but also relatives [07:07] TR News SLAPPMatt is basically reinforcing the case of him as IRC harasser [07:14] TR News "Russia Says It Might Build its Own Linux Community After Removal of Several Kernel Maintainers" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/10/2252241 [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Russia Says It Might Build its Own Linux Community After Removal of Several Kernel Maintainers - SoylentNews [07:14] TR News "EU to move Ukraine membership forward despite Hungary veto" https://www.dw.com/en/eu-to-move-ukraine-membership-forward-despite-hungary-veto/a-75137933 [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EU to move Ukraine membership forward despite Hungary veto DW 12/12/2025 [07:14] TR News "Government partners slam Finns Party pols over "Asian eyes" social media posts" https://yle.fi/a/74-20199544 [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Government partners slam Finns Party pols over "Asian eyes" social media posts | Yle News | Yle [07:14] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:14] TR News (NEW): Problems with lax licenses, FSF President Ian Kelling, and more in the winter 2025 Bulletin https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Problems_with_lax_licenses_FSF_President_Ian_Kelling_and_more_i.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Problems_with_lax_licenses_FSF_President_Ian_Kelling_and_more_i.gmi [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Problems with lax licenses, FSF President Ian Kelling, and more in the winter 2025 Bulletin [07:15] TR News (NEW): Games: "Terminator 2D: NO FATE", "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33", and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Games_Terminator_2D_NO_FATE_Clair_Obscur_Expedition_33_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Games_Terminator_2D_NO_FATE_Clair_Obscur_Expedition_33_and_More.gmi [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: "Terminator 2D: NO FATE", "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33", and More [07:15] TR News Politics has always disliked free information | "Politiken har alltid ogillat fri information" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/12/12/politiken-har-alltid-ogillat-fri-information/ [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Politiken har alltid ogillat fri information [07:15] TR News iophk: pointedly omits naming Gates https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/jeffrey-epstein-photos-estate.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/jeffrey-epstein-photos-estate.html ) [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html ) [07:15] TR News "Trump Was Unable to Insult His Way to Victory in Indiana Redistricting Battle" https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-12-12/trump-was-unable-to-insult-his-way-to-victory-in-indiana-redistricting-battle [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-12-12/trump-was-unable-to-insult-his-way-to-victory-in-indiana-redistricting-battle ) [07:16] TR News "Harder work than almost any album we ever did: Pink Floyds Wish You Were Here turns 50" https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/12/50-years-pink-floyd-wish-you-were-here-album [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Harder work than almost any album we ever did: Pink Floyds Wish You Were Here turns 50 | Pink Floyd | The Guardian [07:16] TR News "Its possible that Time magazines Person of the Year selection Manual do Usurio" https://manualdousuario.net/en/time-person-of-the-year-ai-architects/ [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manualdousuario.net | Its possible that Time magazines Person of the Year selection Manual do Usurio [07:16] TR News "USA Wants Your Social Media History If You Visit" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/11/092209 [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | USA Wants Your Social Media History If You Visit - SoylentNews [07:17] TR News Microsoft spam from Canonical https://ubuntu.com//blog/retire-azure-consumption-commitment-macc-ubuntu-pro see https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/Valve_s_SteamOS_Microsoft_Canonical_s_Ubuntu_and_Other_Platform.shtml [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why you should retire your Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) with Ubuntu Pro | Ubuntu [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Valve's SteamOS, Microsoft Canonical's Ubuntu, and Other Platforms That Only Leverage Free Software (But Won't Protect It) [07:17] TR News "Trump is losing support. Here are three theories why." https://www.vox.com/politics/472103/trump-coalition-2024-maga-collapse-support-popular-affordability-young-latino [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump is losing support. Here are three theories why. | Vox [07:17] TR News "It Would Be Madness to Give Trump and His Toadies Even More Power" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-supreme-court-congress-agencies/ [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | It Would Be Madness to Give Trump and His Toadies Even More Power | The Nation [07:17] TR News "2025 Was David Lynch" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2025-in-review/2025-was-david-lynch [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | 2025 Was David Lynch | The New Yorker [07:18] TR News "Trump moves to pardon Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, even though he cant" https://cyberscoop.com/trump-moves-to-pardon-colorado-election-clerk-tina-peters-even-though-he-cant/ [07:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump moves to pardon Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, even though he cant | CyberScoop [07:18] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:21] TR News Judd Legum https://fair.org/home/judd-legum-and-adam-johnson-on-gambling-on-the-news/ | Source: FAIR [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fair.org | Judd Legum and Adam Johnson on Gambling on the News FAIR [07:22] TR News "Coup the US Helped Enable" https://fair.org/home/honduras-is-a-country-still-recovering-from-a-coup-the-us-helped-enable/ | Source: FAIR [07:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fair.org | Honduras Is a Country Still Recovering From a Coup the US Helped Enable: FAIR [07:22] TR News "Last week, a sentence stopped me in my tracks. It was embedded in a question posed by Patrick Healy, New York Times assistant managing editor, to his boss, executive editor Joe Kahn." https://fair.org/home/nyt-editors-gaslight-readers-over-papers-gaza-bias/ | Source: FAIR [07:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fair.org | NYT Editors Gaslight Readers Over Papers Gaza Bias FAIR [07:23] TR News "Fail-Safe" https://therevelator.org/nuclear-power/ | Source: The Revelator [07:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therevelator.org | There Is No Such Thing as a Fail-Safe Nuclear Power Plant The Revelator [07:25] TR News Promoting plagiarism, lies and buzzwords instead of education: "Educators can show in secondary school maths that AI systems dont think, making maths more interesting while teaching core concepts of AI." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/secondary-school-maths-showing-that-ai-systems-dont-think/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.raspberrypi.org | Secondary school maths showing that AI systems dont think - Raspberry Pi Foundation [07:30] TR News "Disney is investing $1 billion US in OpenAI and will let the startup use characters from Star Wars" https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/disney-openai-1b-deal-star-wars-marvel-9.7011798 | Source: CBC [07:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Disney to invest $1B US in OpenAI, license Marvel, Star Wars characters for Sora tool | CBC News [07:30] TR News "Google has removed dozens of new Sci-Hub domain names from its search results in the United States." https://torrentfreak.com/google-removes-sci-hub-domains-from-u-s-search-results-due-to-dated-court-order/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Google Removes Sci-Hub Domains from U.S. Search Results Due to Dated Court Order * TorrentFreak [07:32] TR News "Implemented responsibly, pay-to-crawl could represent a way for websites to sustain the creation and sharing of their content" https://creativecommons.org/2025/12/12/where-cc-stands-on-pay-to-crawl/ | Source: Creative Commons [07:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-creativecommons.org | Where CC Stands on Pay-to-Crawl - Creative Commons [07:33] TR News "Google has removed dozens of AI-generated videos that depicted Disney-owned characters after receiving a cease and desist letter from the studio on Wednesday." https://variety.com/2025/film/news/google-removes-ai-videos-disney-characters-cease-desist-1236608015/ | Source: Variety [07:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-variety.com | Google Removes AI Videos of Disney Characters After Cease and Desist [07:34] TR News "For years, Big Techs growing dominance over Hollywood has meant lower-quality movies and TV shows." https://jacobin.com/2025/12/netflix-paramount-warner-merger-streaming/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Netflix Must Be Stopped [07:34] TR News "The agreement arose out of a 2023 class action antitrust lawsuit alleging Google monopolized app distribution and in-app billing services on some Android devices, according to the settlement website." https://kansasreflector.com/briefs/700m-google-antitrust-settlement-could-benefit-a-quarter-of-kansas-population/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/briefs/700m-google-antitrust-settlement-could-benefit-a-quarter-of-kansas-population/ ) [07:34] TR News "The scene captures something profoundly broken about immigration enforcement in 2025." https://boingboing.net/2025/12/12/woman-drives-to-police-station-with-homeland-security-agent-in-her-car.html | Source: BoingBoing [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/12/woman-drives-to-police-station-with-homeland-security-agent-in-her-car.html ) [07:34] TR News "Iranian authorities have freed a woman who was condemned to hanging over the killing of her husband who she married while a child" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/iran-frees-child-bride-sentenced-to-death-over-husbands-killing-activists-3783456 | Source: RTL [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | Abusive marriage: Iran frees child bride sentenced to death over husband's killing: activists [07:35] TR News "Individuals in the TSA data who were later found in ICE databases had a high rate of eventually being arrested and deported, a former ICE official told the outlet." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/passenger-data-travel-tsa-ice-trump-b2883730.html | Source: The Independent UK [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | TSA is providing airline passenger data to ICE to aid Trumps deportation efforts, report says | The Independent [07:35] TR News "Look at what happens when the safety net is properly built instead of sniped at to suit political agendas." https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/2025/12/we-built-a-cruel-system-to-fight-an-imaginary-enemy | Source: New Statesman [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newstatesman.com | We built a cruel system to fight an imaginary enemy - New Statesman [07:35] TR News "Women in Afghanistan are now campaigning to end gender apartheid in their country." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inside-the-talibans-gender-apartheid/resistance-and-resilience-lessons-from-south-africa-for-afghanistans-fight-against-gender-apartheid/ | Source: Atlantic Council [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Resistance and resilience: Lessons from South Africa for Afghanistans fight against gender apartheid - Atlantic Council [07:39] TR News "Pregnancy criminalization in the United States started long before the Supreme Courts 2022 decision to overturn Roe" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/keeping-police-out-of-pregnancy-care/ | Source: The Nation [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Keeping the Police Out of Pregnancy Care | The Nation [07:39] TR News "AFGE noted that a federal judge earlier this year blocked DHS from dissolving the collective bargaining agreement." https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2025/12/dhs-moves-to-eliminate-tsa-collective-bargaining-agreement-again/ | Source: Federal News Network [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | DHS moves to eliminate TSA collective bargaining agreement, again [07:39] TR News "U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino, a George W. Bush appointee, sentenced Valorie Moser to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release" https://www.courthousenews.com/woman-who-recruited-victims-for-girlsdoporn-sentenced-to-prison/ | Source: Court House News [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/woman-who-recruited-victims-for-girlsdoporn-sentenced-to-prison/ ) [07:39] TR News "We know our Indian reservations were the governments first attempts at detention centers" https://kansasreflector.com/briefs/prairie-band-potawatomi-intends-to-ditch-30m-ice-contract-chairman-announces/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/briefs/prairie-band-potawatomi-intends-to-ditch-30m-ice-contract-chairman-announces/ ) [07:42] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [07:43] TR News "Theres no x-button to close the AI window, and as far as we can tell, no other means of swatting it away." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/time-magazine-ai-chatbot | Source: Futurism [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Time Magazine Deploys AI "Ask Me Anything" Box That Covers Up Its Actual Journalism and Can't Be Closed [07:43] TR News "The lawsuit stems from a series of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests we filed in October" https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-sues-trump-administration-for-records-on-nearly-1-billion-in-pro-bono-legal-services-from-biglaw/ | Source: American Oversight [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-americanoversight.org | American Oversight Sues Trump Administration for Records on Nearly $1 Billion in Pro Bono Legal Services from BigLaw - American Oversight [07:43] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:43] TR News "censoring Americans" https://boingboing.net/2025/12/11/trump-administration-reportedly-drafting-plans-to-revoke-visas-of-musk-critics.html | Source: BoingBoing [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/11/trump-administration-reportedly-drafting-plans-to-revoke-visas-of-musk-critics.html ) [07:45] TR News "The human rights activist was released from prison last December." https://www.dw.com/en/iran-arrests-nobel-peace-laureate-narges-mohammadi/a-75133432 | Source: Deutsche Welle [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Iran arrests Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi DW 12/12/2025 [07:45] TR News "According to the Narges Mohammadi Foundation, the arrest took place on December 11, during an event marking the seventh day after the death of Khosrow Alikordi, a prominent lawyer and human rights advocate." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-noble-prize-laureate-narges-mohammadi-detainment/33621765.html | Source: RFERL [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Iranian Noble Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi Arrested [07:46] TR News "Senator Mark Kellyone of a growing number of Americans made the target of political retaliationbrought this point into sharp relief on the last day of the conference: [...]" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/how-were-building-dcs-most-unique | Source: The Next Move [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenextmove.org | How Were Building DC's Most Unique Coalition [07:46] TR News "FBI's Michael Glasheen labeled antifa as the biggest domestic terrorism threat in the U.S." https://www.ksl.com/article/51417998/fbi-official-calls-antifa-biggest-us-threat-but-provides-few-details | Source: Deseret Media [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FBI official calls antifa biggest US threat but provides few details | KSL.com [07:47] TR News "This AI-mediated epistemic conflict is no longer speculative; its already here." https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/protecting-truth-in-the-era-of-ai-mediation/ | Source: The Strategist [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Protecting truth in the era of AI mediation | The Strategist [07:47] TR News "For jittery investors its the multi-zillion dollar question keeping them awake at night, and with very good reason." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/12/12/beware-debt-bomb-waiting-to-bring-down-ais-house-of-cards/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/12/12/beware-debt-bomb-waiting-to-bring-down-ais-house-of-cards/ ) [07:47] TR News "The U.S. is currently ahead in the AI race, and it owes that fact to one thing: its monopoly on advanced computer chips." https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2025/12/trumps-china-ai-chips/685235/ | Source: The Atlantic [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | RIP American Tech Dominance - The Atlantic [07:47] TR News "poses an unprecedented threat to the global exhibition business" https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/netflix-warner-bros-movie-theatre-9.7010782 | Source: CBC [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Would Netflix buying Warner Bros. kill movies in theatres? | CBC News [07:48] TR News "Long story short, this is when a group of people ends up doing something that nobody actually wants to do because they are not good at talking about it." https://cassidoo.co/post/abilene-paradox/ | Source: Cassidy Williams [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cassidoo.co | The Abilene Paradox [07:48] TR News "Nvidia is evaluating whether to increase production of its H200 data center GPUs after demand from Chinese customers is expected to exceed current supply" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/nvidia-weighs-expanding-h200-production-as-demand-outstrips-supply | Source: Tom's Hardware [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Nvidia weighs expanding H200 production as new China orders rush in, report claims ByteDance and Alibaba listed as suitors for 'large orders' in the wake of sanctions lift | Tom's Hardware [07:49] TR News "the largest individual shareholder of Paramount, whose son runs it" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-a-president-intrudes | Source: Robert Reich [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | What Happens When a Bonkers President Takes Over the Private Sector [07:49] TR News "He will work in collaboration with senior leaders in The Guardians newsrooms in the UK, US, and Australia." https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/guardian-netflix-first-vice-president-of-product-allan-donald/ | Source: Press Gazette [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Guardian poaches from Netflix for first vice president of product - Press Gazette [07:49] TR News "Many of the European countries that have experienced drone intrusions over the last few months have subsequently been criticized for their security shortfalls." https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2025/12/12/belgium-doubles-down-on-drone-defenses-following-mystery-flights/ | Source: C4ISRNET [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.c4isrnet.com | Belgium doubles down on drone defenses following mystery flights [07:50] TR News "The rushed integration of half-cooked automation into the already broken U.S. journalism industry simply isnt going very well." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/politicos-union-journalists-win-key-ruling-in-battle-against-lazy-undercooked-ai/ | Source: Techdirt [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Politicos Union Journalists Win Key Ruling In Battle Against Lazy, Undercooked AI | Techdirt [07:50] TR News "My Patreon and Tipeee accounts are switching to a monthly subscription model starting January 2026. Adjust your donation, be kind with your wallet! (Check out the short comic above.)" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1106/change-ahead-moving-from-per-content-to-monthly-support | Source: David Revoy [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.davidrevoy.com | Change Ahead! Moving from per-content to monthly support. - David Revoy [07:51] TR News "It became really clear that the dolphins weren't there for a free lunch, said Fortune, the studys lead author." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/video-research-orcas-dolphins-collaboration-forage-salmon-9.7011016 | Source: CBC [07:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Orcas and dolphins caught on video collaborating to hunt salmon | CBC News [07:52] TR News "Over the past year, residents have frequented Ypsilanti Township Council meetings, distraught over one thing: the University of Michigans new data center." https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/deception-deflection-and-disregard-how-umich-is-forcing-a-data-center-on-ypsilanti/ | Source: University of Michigan [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | How UMich is forcing a data center on Ypsilanti [07:52] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:53] TR News "The ban, which is aimed at reducing the risk of fires on public transport caused by the vehicles lithium-ion batteries, was announced by the state government on Saturday morning." https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/modified-e-bikes-to-be-banned-from-trains-in-victoria-from-next-weekend-20251213-p5nndx.html | Source: The Age AU [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theage.com.au | Modified e-bikes to be banned from trains in Victoria from next weekend [07:53] TR News "Booms turbine generators arent anything radical. We already have jet engines running as inefficient gas turbines, specially for the AI bozos." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/11/lets-power-ai-with-supersonic-jet-engine-turbines/ | Source: Pivot to AI [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/11/lets-power-ai-with-supersonic-jet-engine-turbines/ ) [07:54] TR News "Osprey Aircraft: Additional Oversight and Information Sharing Would Improve Safety Efforts" https://www.airforcetimes.com/air/2025/12/12/gao-services-arent-sharing-information-on-longtime-osprey-problems/ | Source: Air Force Times [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.airforcetimes.com | GAO: Services arent sharing information on longtime Osprey problems [07:54] TR News "As we try to move away from our reliance on fossil fuels to combat climate change" https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/12/fear-of-missing-out-on-data-center-boom-leads-arkansas-officials-to-ignore-hard-questions/ | Source: Arkansas Advocate [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/12/fear-of-missing-out-on-data-center-boom-leads-arkansas-officials-to-ignore-hard-questions/ ) [07:54] TR News "According to a MIT study, a single data center can use as much energy as an entire city, and frighteningly, big tech could transform the Reno area into the largest data center market in the world if we dont take action." https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/12/dirty-data-centers-will-drive-up-our-utility-bills/ | Source: Nevada Current [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/12/dirty-data-centers-will-drive-up-our-utility-bills/ ) [07:57] TR News "The images include pictures of Epstein with a number of high-profile figures, including President Donald Trump, longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/new-epstein-phot%20os-show-trump-clinton-bill-gates-woody-allen-steve-ban-rcna248819 | Source: NBC [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nbcnews.com | New Epstein photos show Trump, Clinton, Bill Gates, Woody Allen, Steve Bannon, Larry Summers and others [07:57] TR News "House Oversight Committee Democrats released 19 photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate on Friday, showing a parade of powerful figures, including President Trump, Steve Bannon" https://boingboing.net/2025/12/12/epstein-photo-dump-shows-trump-clinton-gates-in-sex-traffickers-orbit.html | Source: BoingBoing [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/12/epstein-photo-dump-shows-trump-clinton-gates-in-sex-traffickers-orbit.html ) [07:58] TR News "Former President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Larry Summers, Richard Branson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Alan Dershowitz and Woody Allen are also pictured, as well as sex paraphernalia, including a photo of a pile of Trump-branded condoms for sale." https://www.notus.org/house/oversight-committee-democrats-new-epstein-photos-trump-bannon | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | Photos of Donald Trump, Steve Bannon and Bill Clinton Featured in New Epstein Document Dump - NOTUS News of the United States [07:59] TR News "shock retirement" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-12/admiral-hands-over-leadership-of-command-overseeing-trump-administrations-boat-strikes | Source: Los Angeles Times [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Admiral hands over leadership of command overseeing the Trump administration's boat strikes - Los Angeles Times [07:59] TR News "has retired" https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/12/12/us-admiral-overseeing-military-operations-in-latin-america-retires/ | Source: US Navy Times [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.navytimes.com | US admiral overseeing military operations in Latin America retires [07:59] TR News "A second U.S. strike finished them off." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/if-they-are-not-human-we-do-not-have-to-follow-the-law/ | Source: Truthdig [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/if-they-are-not-human-we-do-not-have-to-follow-the-law/ ) ● Dec 13 [08:00] TR News "The conflict over Western Sahara dates back decades and is inseparable from similar territorial disputes across the Middle East and North Africa." https://dawnmena.org/peace-in-the-maghreb-cannot-bypass-western-sahara/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dawnmena.org | Peace in the Maghreb Cannot Bypass Western Sahara - DAWN [08:00] TR News "The California-based companys suit, filed on Friday, mirrors a similar case brought last month by the Sydney-based Digital Freedom Project." https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/reddit-australia-social-media-ban-b2883178.html | Source: The Independent UK [08:02] TR News "Australia this week implemented a world-first ban on social media for under-16s" https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251212-will-france-be-next-to-introduce-an-australian-style-social-media-ban-for-children | Source: France24 [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251212-will-france-be-next-to-introduce-an-australian-style-social-media-ban-for-children ) [08:02] TR News "The kill zone is the military term for the area saturated with drones" https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-12/ukraine-trains-civilians-and-journalists-to-survive-under-drone-attacks.html | Source: El Pas [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Ukraine trains civilians and journalists to survive under drone attacks | International | EL PAS English [08:06] TR News (NEW): Celebrating Six Years of openSUSE Bar https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Celebrating_Six_Years_of_openSUSE_Bar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Celebrating_Six_Years_of_openSUSE_Bar.gmi [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Celebrating Six Years of openSUSE Bar [08:09] TR News "At the same time, the attention increases the threat from espionage, including cyber espionage, and attempts to further influence all parts of the kingdom of Denmark." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/12/danish-intelligence-accuse-the-us-of-using-economic-power-to-assert-will-over-allies | Source: The Guardian UK [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to assert its will over allies | Denmark | The Guardian [08:09] TR News "But the new measure is already pushing migrants who have built their lives in Russia to choose between conscription and leaving the country" https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-decree-russian-citizensip-residence-permit/33621628.html | Source: RFERL [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Putin Decree Forces Foreigners Seeking Russian Residency To Sign Army Contracts [08:09] TR News "The USA has started requiring social media history and other personal information for travellers entering the USA." https://smist08.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/maintaining-privacy-and-avoiding-the-usa/ | Source: Stephen Smith [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-smist08.wordpress.com | Maintaining Privacy and Avoiding the USA | Stephen Smith's Blog [08:10] TR News "America is no longer acting like a friendly partner: [...]" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-trump-security-threat | Source: Paul Krugman [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Donald Trump, Security Threat - Paul Krugman [08:10] TR News "Australias High Court doesnt have to hear every case brought before it, but the nations government has already said it will defend the matter." https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/12/reddit_sues_australia_social_ban/ | Source: The Register UK [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Reddit sues Australia to escape kids social media ban The Register [08:10] TR News "Continued rapid global population growth is unsustainable, but the media instead focus on low birth rates in developed countries." https://overpopulation-project.com/why-is-africas-extreme-population-growth-ignored-despite-very-serious-consequences-and-how-will-europe-respond/ | Source: Overpopulation [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-overpopulation-project.com | Why is Africa's extreme population growth ignored, despite very serious consequences? And how will Europe respond? - The Overpopulation Project [08:10] TR News "The mainstream media just failed a basic civics test so badly that youd think their brains have been pickled by the kinds of folks who spend all their time on X (oh, wait)." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/trump-pretends-to-block-state-ai-laws-media-pretends-thats-legal/ | Source: Techdirt [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends Thats Legal | Techdirt [08:11] TR News "The nation banned social media for teens under the age of 16, including some of the most popular apps for young people, such as Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok." https://kansasreflector.com/2025/12/12/australia-just-banned-teens-from-social-media-why-not-kansas/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/12/12/australia-just-banned-teens-from-social-media-why-not-kansas/ ) [08:11] TR News Confidentiality https://www.fortra.com/blog/gartner-tells-businesses-block-ai-browsers-now | Source: Fortra LLC [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.fortra.com/blog/gartner-tells-businesses-block-ai-browsers-now ) [08:11] TR News (NEW): Stable kernels: Linux 6.18.1, Linux 6.17.12, and Linux 6.12.62 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_18_1_Linux_6_17_12_and_Linux_6_12_62.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_18_1_Linux_6_17_12_and_Linux_6_12_62.gmi [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.18.1, Linux 6.17.12, and Linux 6.12.62 [08:11] TR News "Among the culprits cited in the report: age verification laws, dozens of which have come into effect over the last year." https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/the-year-age-verification-laws-came-for-the-open-internet-130000979.html | Source: Engadget [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.engadget.com | The year age verification laws came for the open internet [08:12] TR News "The letter has also been signed by Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) and over 600 members of the public." https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/online-safety-act-org-calls-for-regulation-of-age-assurance-industry/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | Online Safety Act: Age assurance industry must be regulated | Open Rights Group [08:12] TR News "Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safetys servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flocks national network of surveillance data in connection with protest activity." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-to-surveil-protesters-and-activists/ | Source: Techdirt [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How Cops Are Using Flock Safetys ALPR Network To Surveil Protesters And Activists | Techdirt [08:12] TR News "Online age restrictions are imposed on many, many more users than in-person ID checks." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/why-isnt-online-age-verification-just-showing-your-id-person | Source: EFF [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Why Isnt Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person? | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:12] TR News "The UK Parliament convened earlier this week to debate a petition signed by almost 2.9 million people calling for an end to the governments plans to roll out a national digital ID." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/eff-and-12-organizations-urge-uk-politicians-drop-digital-id-scheme-ahead | Source: EFF [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | EFF and 12 Organizations Urge UK Politicians to Drop Digital ID Scheme Ahead of Parliamentary Petition Debate | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:13] TR News "Democrats are now concerned about President Donald Trumps usage of those spying powers, rather than Republicans being worried about then-President Joe Biden." https://cyberscoop.com/warrant-requirements-democratic-worries-could-factor-into-spy-law-renewal-debate/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Warrant requirements, Democratic worries could factor into spy law renewal debate | CyberScoop [08:18] TR News "The agents navigated and weaponised various features that already existed within Anthropics system." https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-ai-use-for-cyber-espionage-shifts-cyber-focus-from-detection-to-trust/ | Source: The Strategist [08:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Chinas AI use for cyber espionage shifts cyber focus from detection to trust | The Strategist [08:26] TR News "under the threat of sharing the materials on social media, police explained in a press release on Thursday." https://yle.fi/a/74-20199239 | Source: YLE [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Boys increasingly blackmailed with sexually explicit media, police say | Yle News | Yle [08:26] TR News "Finnish childrens risk of becoming victims of grooming, sexual harassment and luring is high compared to the rest of Europe" https://yle.fi/a/74-20199422 | Source: YLE [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Expert: Children in Finland increasingly at risk from 'The Com' network | Yle News | Yle [08:27] TR News "Those celebrating the death of Jay Taylor belong to the sadistic online group "764, named for the first digits of the zip code of the 15-year-old Texan who started it in early 2021" https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-white-tiger-case-how-an-online-search-for-friends-ended-in-coerced-suicide-a-6dafcef7-de48-43d1-a5f3-9a9b5812230b | Source: Spiegel [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.spiegel.de | The "White Tiger" Case: How an Online Search for Friends Ended in Coerced Suicide - DER SPIEGEL [08:28] TR News "Read the full message from the school below." https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/12/09/student-holding-instrument-like-a-gun-prompts-automated-system-to-issue-code-red-at-oviedo-school/ | Source: Click Orlando [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.clickorlando.com | Student holding instrument like a gun prompts automated system to issue Code Red at Oviedo school [08:28] TR News "automated weapons detection system" https://boingboing.net/2025/12/12/florida-school-locked-down-after-ai-weapon-detector-identifies-clarinet-as-gun.html | Source: BoingBoing [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/12/florida-school-locked-down-after-ai-weapon-detector-identifies-clarinet-as-gun.html ) [08:28] TR News "Its not quite the grovelingly glowing pro-AI press release weve numbed ourselves to hearing from many an artist and celebrity whove caved to that sweet tech startup money." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/wallace-and-gromit-creator-ai | Source: Futurism [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Creator of "Wallace and Gromit" Says Heck, He'll Start Using AI [08:29] TR News "In any given work day, Asia would assume three to five different personas simultaneously, all of varying genders." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companion-chatbots-kenya | Source: Futurism [08:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI "Companion Bots" Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims [08:30] TR News (NEW): Samsung A54 report 10, after the calm comes the storm https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Samsung_A54_report_10_after_the_calm_comes_the_storm.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Samsung_A54_report_10_after_the_calm_comes_the_storm.gmi [08:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Samsung A54 report 10, after the calm comes the storm [08:30] TR News "Even weirder than trying to memory hole the disastrous ad was the companys response to the mess." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mcdonalds-ai-commercial | Source: Futurism [08:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | McDonald's Announces Who It's Blaming for Disastrous AI Ad It Was Forced to Delete [08:30] TR News "Above all, the report zeroes in on a fundamental tension: the toys are intended for kids, but the AI models that power them are not." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/another-ai-toy-inappropriate | Source: Futurism [08:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Another AI-Powered Children's Toy Just Got Caught Having Wildly Inappropriate Conversations [08:30] TR News "Its hard to imagine this kind of thing happening if a human driver were involved, as having a man hiding in the trunk wouldve been noticed immediately." https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/woman-waymo-man-hiding-trunk | Source: Futurism [08:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Woman Orders Waymo, Finds Man Hiding in Trunk [08:31] TR News "Ill admit that, when I first heard Paquet was teaching teens how to best prompt ChatGPT, I saw him as a traitor." https://thewalrus.ca/teaching-students-to-use-ai/ | Source: The Walrus [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thewalrus.ca | I Thought My Colleague Was a Traitor for Teaching Students to Use AI. Then We Talked | The Walrus [08:31] TR News "Easy access to AI song generators has compounded the influx of AI slopor AI deepfakesto streaming platforms this year." https://pitchfork.com/news/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-respond-to-spotify-impersonator-we-are-truly-doomed/ | Source: Cond Nast [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Respond to Spotify Impersonator: We Are Truly Doomed | Pitchfork [08:32] TR News "Since yesterday my server has again been getting absolutely obliterated by AI scrapers." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/under-attack-please-stand-by-2/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [08:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/under-attack-please-stand-by-2/ ) [08:32] TR News "And those are just the problems you get when you try to use LLMs (which is what people almost always mean when they say AI)." https://svpow.com/2025/12/11/sv-pow-is-an-ai-free-zone/ | Source: Matt Wedel [08:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-svpow.com | SV-POW! is an AI-free zone | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [08:32] TR News "When the details become more clear, well then have to unlearn all the personification we insisted on learning." https://seths.blog/2025/12/looking-at-pareidolia/ | Source: Seth Godin [08:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | Looking at pareidolia | Seth's Blog [08:33] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:33] TR News "PCWorld reports that Amazon removed the erroneous recap after Games Radar spotted the mistake, along with similar AI-generated content for other shows." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3009535/fallout-season-1s-error-filled-ai-recap-was-so-bad-amazon-yanked-it.html | Source: PC World [08:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3009535/fallout-season-1s-error-filled-ai-recap-was-so-bad-amazon-yanked-it.html ) [08:33] TR News "Back in 2017 I wrote about a technique for creating closures in C using JIT-compiled wrapper. Its neat, though rarely necessary in real programs, so I dont think about it often." https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/12/12/ | Source: Chris Wellons [08:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nullprogram.com | Closures as Win32 window procedures [08:34] TR News "At last, Apple has provided more detail of some of the improvements and changes in this summary." https://eclecticlight.co/2025/12/12/what-has-changed-in-macos-tahoe-26-2/ | Source: Howard Oakley [08:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eclecticlight.co | What has changed in macOS Tahoe 26.2? The Eclectic Light Company [08:34] TR News "The design language has become genuinely user-hostile. Everything blurs into everything else, you can't tell what's interactive and what isn't" https://gregmorris.co.uk/the-halo-fell-away/ | Source: Greg Morris [08:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gregmorris.co.uk | The Halo Fell Away [08:35] TR News (NEW): Cinnamon 6.6 Desktop Environment Lands With Major Menu Redesign https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Cinnamon_6_6_Desktop_Environment_Lands_With_Major_Menu_Redesign.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Cinnamon_6_6_Desktop_Environment_Lands_With_Major_Menu_Redesign.gmi [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Cinnamon 6.6 Desktop Environment Lands With Major Menu Redesign [08:35] TR News "I could, first, have done the same thing I did when trying digiKam, of generating versions of all photos that had edits and saving them into the same folders as their originals" https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2025/12/12/lightroom-apple-photos/ | Source: Phil Gyford [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Moving from Lightroom to Apple Photos (Phil Gyfords website) [08:35] TR News "As part of macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple introduced a number of privacy controls for user data." https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/pppc-device-management-settings-visible-in-system-settings-on-macos-tahoe-26-2-0/ | Source: Rich Trouton [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-derflounder.wordpress.com | PPPC device management settings visible in System Settings on macOS Tahoe 26.2.0 | Der Flounder [08:36] TR News "The platform in question is described as Nonappropriated Fund Integrated Financial Management System (NIFMS)" https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/12/us_sues_accenture_exec/ | Source: The Register UK [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | US sues ex-Accenture manager over Army cloud security claims The Register [08:36] TR News "Piotr Bazydo, principal vulnerability researcher at watchTowr, unveiled the findings at Black Hat Europe on Wednesday" https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/10/microsoft_wont_fix_net_rce/ | Source: The Register UK [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Microsoft won't fix .NET RCE bug affecting enterprise apps The Register [08:37] TR News "The current rate to access basic entertainment- such as listening to music or watching movies is 5 cents per minute." https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/11/clickbait-and-switch-implementation-of-nevadas-prison-tablet-program-comes-at-a-cost/ | Source: Nevada Current [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/11/clickbait-and-switch-implementation-of-nevadas-prison-tablet-program-comes-at-a-cost/ ) [08:38] TR News (NEW): KDE Frameworks 6.21.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/KDE_Frameworks_6_21_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/KDE_Frameworks_6_21_0.gmi [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE Frameworks 6.21.0 [08:39] TR News "Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia is emerging as a potential Blue Zone, a region where people live longer, healthier lives." https://yle.fi/a/74-20199430 | Source: YLE [08:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Could Finland be hiding a Blue Zone? | Yle News | Yle [08:39] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:39] TR News "when they put out these apps for kids" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parents-allege-harmful-character-ai-chatbot-content-60-minutes/ | Source: CBS [08:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbsnews.com | A mom thought her daughter was texting friends before her suicide. It was an AI chatbot. - CBS News [08:39] TR News "They dont stand a chance." https://futurism.com/future-society/juliana-peralta-character-ai-bot | Source: Futurism [08:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Years After a Girl's Death, the AIs That Killed Her Are Still Sending Notifications to Her Phone [08:40] TR News "But the proposed revisions had to be approved by the authorities before they could be implemented." https://phys.org/news/2025-12-reindeer-husbandry-experts.html | Source: Omicron Limited [08:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-12-reindeer-husbandry-experts.html ) [08:40] TR News "The reason? Cities simply arent designed for older people and others with restricted mobility as our latest research demonstrates." https://theconversation.com/cities-arent-built-for-older-people-our-study-shows-many-cant-walk-fast-enough-to-beat-a-pedestrian-crossing-271874 | Source: The Conversation [08:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Cities arent built for older people our study shows many cant walk fast enough to beat a pedestrian crossing [08:41] TR News (NEW): This Week in Plasma: Wayland screen mirroring and custom modes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/This_Week_in_Plasma_Wayland_screen_mirroring_and_custom_modes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/This_Week_in_Plasma_Wayland_screen_mirroring_and_custom_modes.gmi [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: Wayland screen mirroring and custom modes [08:41] TR News "With no advance notice or apparent fanfare, Brodart" https://boffosocko.com/2025/12/12/breaking-news-brodart-no-longer-manufactures-or-sells-library-card-catalogs/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boffosocko.com | Breaking News: Brodart No Longer Manufactures or Sells Library Card Catalogs | Chris Aldrich [08:42] TR News "Having a second camera may sound like a bit of a luxury, but it's essential for working pros who not only need a backup camera in case one fails on an important photoshoot" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/camera-accessories/two-cameras-are-better-than-one-if-you-are-a-pro-photographer-these-are-my-hacks-for-shooting-events-on-dual-camera-bodies | Source: Digital Camera World [08:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | Two cameras are better than one if you are a pro photographer. These are my hacks for shooting events on dual camera bodies | Digital Camera World [08:42] TR News "Researchers have built a prototype that paves the way for enabling light-powered processor caches that can run at up to 60 GHz in the future" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/usc-and-us-madison-researchers-debut-foundry-made-photonic-memory-latch | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Photonic latch memory could enable optical processor caches that run up to 60 GHz, twenty times faster than standard caches optical SRAM stores and outputs data entirely as light, but density challenges remain | Tom's Hardware [08:44] TR News "Its hard to remember the exact order of operations. I was sleep deprived, hungry, and already numb to being yelled at." https://levlaz.org/great-lakes-illinois/ | Source: Lev Lazinskiy [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-levlaz.org | Great Lakes, Illinois | Lev Lazinskiy [08:44] TR News "I feel like I am a terrible interview subject; maybe I should have added a few more jokes." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/people-and-blogs/ | Source: Nick Heer [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | Me, on People and Blogs Pixel Envy [08:44] TR News "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Nick Heer, whose blog can be found at pxlnv.com." https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/nick-heer | Source: Manuel Moreale [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | Nick Heer Manu [08:45] TR News "Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) is used to investigate the function of genes at the system-level." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/12/network-analysis-with-freecount/ | Source: Rlang [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Network Analysis with freeCount | R-bloggers [08:46] TR News "The Romans hot-mixing" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ancient-construction-site-in-the-ruins-of-pompeii-is-revealing-new-secrets-about-the-2000-year-old-recipe-for-roman-concrete-180987845/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ancient-construction-site-in-the-ruins-of-pompeii-is-revealing-new-secrets-about-the-2000-year-old-recipe-for-roman-concrete-180987845/ ) [08:46] TR News "The main event will occur overnight on Saturday, 13 December, and into the early hours of Sunday, 14 December" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/meteor-shower-geminids-midnight-window-everyone-misseshow-catch-150-meteors-per-hour-1762613 | Source: International Business Times [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Meteor Shower Geminids: The Midnight Window Everyone MissesHow to Catch Up to 150 Meteors per Hour | IBTimes UK [08:46] TR News "This year, the Geminid peak falls on the evening of Saturday 13 December, and early morning Sunday 14 December." https://www.sciencealert.com/2025s-best-meteor-shower-is-about-to-light-up-the-sky-heres-your-guide | Source: Science Alert [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-2025's Best Meteor Shower Is About to Light Up The Sky - Here's Your Guide : ScienceAlert [08:47] TR News "The boat was finally excavated in 1921, and has been on display at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen ever since." https://theconversation.com/how-we-unlocked-the-secrets-of-denmarks-oldest-plank-boat-with-the-help-of-an-ancient-fingerprint-271977 | Source: The Conversation [08:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | How we unlocked the secrets of Denmarks oldest plank boat with the help of an ancient fingerprint [08:47] TR News "As the web browser de facto default since what feels like forever, Times New Roman has indeed been used, reused, and abused in every imaginable way" https://thejollyteapot.com/2025/12/12/typefaces-as-clothes/ | Source: Nicolas Magand [08:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thejollyteapot.com | Typefaces as clothes [08:48] TR News "But as you start to learn more about compositional theory, you may find the rule of thirds to be lacking." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/composition/rule-of-thirds-photography-getting-a-bit-boring-try-the-golden-ratio-instead | Source: Digital Camera World [08:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | Rule of thirds photography getting a bit boring? Try the golden ratio instead | Digital Camera World [08:48] TR News "Dozens of government websites have fallen victim to a PDF-based SEO scam, while others have been hijacked to sell sex toys." https://www.404media.co/porn-is-being-injected-into-government-websites-via-malicious-pdfs/ | Source: 404 Media [08:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Porn Is Being Injected Into Government Websites Via Malicious PDFs [08:49] TR News "CVE-2025-55182 is an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability in React Server Components with a CVSS v3.x score of 10.0 and a CVSS v4 score of 9.3." https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/threat-actors-exploit-react2shell-cve-2025-55182/ | Source: Google [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cloud.google.com | Multiple Threat Actors Exploit React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) | Google Cloud Blog [08:51] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/today_s_leftovers.gmi [08:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's leftovers [08:53] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:56] TR News (NEW): Two Ubuntu Flavours Wont Be LTS Releases Next Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Two_Ubuntu_Flavours_Won_t_Be_LTS_Releases_Next_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Two_Ubuntu_Flavours_Won_t_Be_LTS_Releases_Next_Year.gmi [08:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Two Ubuntu Flavours Wont Be LTS Releases Next Year [08:58] TR News Techrights Links 13/12/2025: Social Control Media Bans and "Could Finland be Hiding a Blue Zone?" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Links_13_12_2025_Social_Control_Media_Bans_and_Could_Finland_be.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Links_13_12_2025_Social_Control_Media_Bans_and_Could_Finland_be.gmi [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 13/12/2025: Social Control Media Bans and "Could Finland be Hiding a Blue Zone?" [08:59] TR News "Unfortunately even the otherwise ever so useful https://caniuse.com/ does not provide that information, although there's a feature request." https://www.netmeister.org/blog/https-caniuse.html | Source: Jan Schaumann [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-caniuse.com | Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.netmeister.org | Can I use HTTPS RRs? ● Dec 13 [09:00] TR News "Im at the point where Im migrating all my projects to uv, and new Python projects dont use any other package manager." https://chrisamico.com/blog/2025-12-07/uv-new-python-setup/ | [09:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chrisamico.com | My Python setup, December 2025 [09:00] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice 26.2 Beta1 is available for testing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/LibreOffice_26_2_Beta1_is_available_for_testing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/LibreOffice_26_2_Beta1_is_available_for_testing.gmi [09:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LibreOffice 26.2 Beta1 is available for testing [09:00] TR News "We've made it! The North Pole has been decorated and Advent of Code 2025 is finished. But not before telling you something about what feels like the most dirty solution for a puzzle ever." https://yordi.me/advent-of-code-2025-day-12/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost [09:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yordi.me | Advent of Code 2025 - Day 12 | Yordi - A Lifelong Journey of Growth [09:01] TR News "As a package maintainer, you might want to get some numbers or impressions on the usage of your package for various reasons" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/12/how-to-assess-usage-of-your-package/ | Source: Rlang [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Assess Usage of your Package | R-bloggers [09:01] TR News "It is a very small program that favours simplicity over efficiency." https://susam.net/fed-24-years-of-posts-to-markov-model.html | Source: SusamPal [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-susam.net | I Fed 24 Years of My Blog Posts to a Markov Model - Susam's Maze [09:01] TR News "Lets take a look at whats going on inand behindthis argument." https://www.sicpers.info/2025/12/is-spec-driven-development-the-end-of-agile-software-development/ | Source: SICP [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sicpers.info | Is spec-driven development the end of Agile software development? | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers [09:02] TR News "I have long maintained that smart contracts are a dumb idea: that a human process is actually a security feature." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/ais-exploiting-smart-contracts.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [09:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AIs Exploiting Smart Contracts - Schneier on Security [09:03] TR News (NEW): 3 cool Linux apps to try this weekend (December 12 - 14) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/3_cool_Linux_apps_to_try_this_weekend_December_12_14.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/3_cool_Linux_apps_to_try_this_weekend_December_12_14.gmi [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 3 cool Linux apps to try this weekend (December 12 - 14) [09:03] TR News "My book on concurrent programming in Go is finally finished. It walks you through goroutines, channels, select, pipelines, synchronization, race prevention, time handling, signaling" https://antonz.org/go-concurrency-released/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-antonz.org | Gist of Go: Concurrency is out! [09:04] TR News What if the Torment Nexus was fundamental to WordPress? https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/what-if-the-torment-nexus-was-fundamental-to-wordpress/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/what-if-the-torment-nexus-was-fundamental-to-wordpress/ ) [09:04] TR News "When I wrote the backend for my Firefox time-wasting extension (here), I assumed I was going to be setting up Postgres." https://matduggan.com/sqlite-for-a-rest-api-database/ | Source: Mat Duggan [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-matduggan.com | NO TITLE [09:05] TR News "It does: this is just a zip file. lol." https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/11/Zip-Files-as-Simple-Key-Value-Stores/ | Source: Ben Congdon [09:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-benjamincongdon.me | Zip Files as (Simple) Key-Value Stores | Ben Congdon [09:05] TR News "That went over like a lead balloon with members of its core developer team." https://thenewstack.io/how-the-team-behind-valkey-knew-it-was-time-to-fork/ | Source: The New Stack [09:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | How the Team Behind Valkey Knew It Was Time to Fork - The New Stack [09:06] TR News "This is a short note on setting up Doom emacs for very fast typst previews." https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/typst-in-emacs/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-curiouscoding.nl | Writing typst in emacs CuriousCoding [09:06] TR News "Like possibly many others I was surprised just how small this 3W rated chip was and immediately wondered how I was going to solder it in place." https://radio.g4hsk.co.uk/2025/12/12/10ghz-pa-using-a-mini-circuits-pma5-123-3w-mmic/ | Source: G8GKA [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-radio.g4hsk.co.uk | 10GHz PA Using a Mini-Circuits PMA5-123 3W MMIC | G4HSK [09:06] TR News "Compute modules are everywhere, in kiosks, signage, 3D printers, and even the new Ableton Move." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/cm0-new-raspberry-pi-you-cant-buy | Source: Jeff Geerling [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeffgeerling.com | CM0 - a new Raspberry Pi you can't buy | Jeff Geerling [09:06] TR News (NEW): Kali Linux 2025.4 arrives with GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5, and much more https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Kali_Linux_2025_4_arrives_with_GNOME_49_KDE_Plasma_6_5_and_much.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Kali_Linux_2025_4_arrives_with_GNOME_49_KDE_Plasma_6_5_and_much.gmi [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kali Linux 2025.4 arrives with GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5, and much more [09:07] TR News "A few weeks ago Framework stopped selling RAM separately from laptops and the new desktop (which uses the same SO-DIMM memory)" https://www.pcworld.com/article/3009650/framework-raises-laptop-ram-prices-50-as-brutal-memory-crunch-grinds-on.html | Source: PC World [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3009650/framework-raises-laptop-ram-prices-50-as-brutal-memory-crunch-grinds-on.html ) [09:07] TR News "The Framework Laptop DIY Edition provides memory options ranging from 8GB to an impressive 96GB (2x48GB)." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/framework-raises-ddr5-ram-upgrade-prices-by-50-percent-amid-dram-shortage-only-for-laptop-diy-edition-says-prices-will-likely-rise-again | Source: Tom's Hardware [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Framework raises DDR5 RAM upgrade prices by 50% amid DRAM shortage only for Laptop DIY edition, says prices will likely rise again | Tom's Hardware [09:08] TR News "The Kali Linux team have announced a new version of their Debian-based distribution." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12665 | Source: Distro Watch [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12665 ) [09:08] TR News (NEW): I moved more of my Linux workflow to the terminal, and now I cant stop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/I_moved_more_of_my_Linux_workflow_to_the_terminal_and_now_I_can.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/I_moved_more_of_my_Linux_workflow_to_the_terminal_and_now_I_can.gmi [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I moved more of my Linux workflow to the terminal, and now I cant stop [09:09] TR News "I slowly started moving over some of my devices piece-by-piece." https://btxx.org/posts/tech-purity/ | Source: Brad Taunt [09:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-btxx.org | Thoughts on Technological Purity [09:09] TR News "In a fascinating retrospective titled The story of Propolice, longtime OpenBSD developer Miod Vallat (miod@) tells the story of the early stack protection work on OpenBSD." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251212094310 | Source: Undeadly [09:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | The story of Propolice, the OpenBSD stack protector [09:09] TR News "As you may remember, during a good 15 years, every OpenBSD release came with one or sometimes a few songs or musical pieces." http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/propolice.html | [09:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-miod.online.fr | The story of Propolice [09:10] TR News "Earlier this year I wrote an article explaining how to use the CP/M operating system which has been the dominant OS of the 8-bit era of microcomputers" https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/playing-with-cp-m-part-1/ | Source: Eerie Linux [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eerielinux.wordpress.com | Playing with CP/M part 1 eerielinux [09:10] TR News "PCWorlds guide helps users navigate the overwhelming choice of approximately 250 Linux distributions by focusing on five main strains" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2953497/a-world-beyond-windows-which-linux-distribution-is-right-for-you.html | Source: PC World [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2953497/a-world-beyond-windows-which-linux-distribution-is-right-for-you.html ) [09:10] TR News "This report covers hrev59111 through hrev59187." https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2025-12-12-haiku_activity_contract_report_november_2025/ | Source: HaikuOS [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.haiku-os.org | Haiku Activity & Contract Report, November 2025 (ft. Go) | Haiku Project [09:11] TR News "For package maintainers that publish attestations signed using Sigstore (as supported by PyPI and npm)" https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/12/12/catching-malicious-package-releases-using-a-transparency-log/ | Source: Trail of Bits [09:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.trailofbits.com | Catching malicious package releases using a transparency log - The Trail of Bits Blog [09:11] TR News "In a recent entry, I said in passing that the venerable logger utility had some amount of annoyances associated with it" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/SyslogWellFormedEntryPieces | Source: University of Toronto [09:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [09:12] TR News "This change has been coming for a while." https://thenewstack.io/papermoon-a-space-grade-linux-for-the-newspace-era/ | Source: The New Stack [09:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Papermoon: A Space-Grade Linux for the NewSpace Era - The New Stack [09:12] TR News "the year of Linux on the desktop" https://birchtree.me/blog/my-crazy-2026-prediction-it-involves-linux/ | Source: Matt Birchler [09:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-birchtree.me | My crazy 2026 prediction (it involves Linux) [09:13] TR News (NEW): KDE's End of Year Fundraiser 2025 and This Week in KDE Apps; Plasma Camera & Plasma Settings https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/08/KDE_s_End_of_Year_Fundraiser_2025_and_This_Week_in_KDE_Apps_Pla.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/08/KDE_s_End_of_Year_Fundraiser_2025_and_This_Week_in_KDE_Apps_Pla.gmi [09:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE's End of Year Fundraiser 2025 and This Week in KDE Apps; Plasma Camera & Plasma Settings [09:14] TR News "We are inviting contributors across the globe and the Americas to submit talks or workshops for the event, which is scheduled to take place April 29 - 30 at CUC University in Barranquilla, Colombia." https://news.opensuse.org/2025/12/12/america-summit/ | Source: OpenSUSE [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | Submit a Presentation for the openSUSE America Summit - openSUSE News [09:14] TR News "The openSUSE Bar has become more than just a meeting place over the years; its a space to collaborate, connect and enjoy a welcoming atmosphere for sharing ideas and tech knowledge." https://news.opensuse.org/2025/12/12/six-years-of-os-bar/ | Source: OpenSUSE [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | Celebrating Six Years of openSUSE Bar - openSUSE News [09:15] TR News (NEW): Ventoy 1.1.09 Released With Experimental Btrfs Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Ventoy_1_1_09_Released_With_Experimental_Btrfs_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Ventoy_1_1_09_Released_With_Experimental_Btrfs_Support.gmi [09:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ventoy 1.1.09 Released With Experimental Btrfs Support [09:16] TR News "The goal is to meet your commitment while delivering long-term benefits to the business." https://ubuntu.com//blog/retire-azure-consumption-commitment-macc-ubuntu-pro | Source: Ubuntu [09:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why you should retire your Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) with Ubuntu Pro | Ubuntu [09:16] TR News "With Red Hat OpenShift AI, we are committed to providing a production-ready environment for complex AI workloads, and we recognize that robust security is important." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/implementing-best-practices-controlled-network-environment-ray-clusters-red-hat-openshift-ai-30 | Source: Red Hat Official [09:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Implementing best practices: Controlled network environment for Ray clusters in Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.0 [09:19] TR News "Docker has become the go-to solution for containerizing applications, and this guide takes you through the essential commands you need to know to control your Docker environment" https://www.tecmint.com/docker-commands-cheat-sheet/ | Source: TecMint [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | Docker CLI Commands Every Developer Should Know in 2025 [09:20] TR News "This is where Fedora Toolbx comes into the picture" https://www.tecmint.com/fedora-toolbx-containerized-development/ | Source: TecMint [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | Toolbx: Manage Multiple Development Containers in Fedora [09:24] TR News The Coming Need for Formal Specification https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/12/The-Coming-Need-for-Formal-Specification/ [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-benjamincongdon.me | The Coming Need for Formal Specification | Ben Congdon [09:27] TR News LRT English Newsletter: Hands off free speech and trucks https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2772313/lrt-english-newsletter-hands-off-free-speech-and-trucks [09:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | LRT English Newsletter: Hands off free speech and trucks - LRT [09:28] TR News Samsung A54 report 10, after the calm comes the storm https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/samsung-a54-report-10.html [09:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dedoimedo.com | Samsung A54 report 10, after the calm comes the storm [09:29] TR News This Week in Plasma: Wayland screen mirroring and custom modes https://blogs.kde.org/2025/12/13/this-week-in-plasma-wayland-screen-mirroring-and-custom-modes/ [09:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.kde.org | This Week in Plasma: Wayland screen mirroring and custom modes - KDE Blogs [09:30] TR News Ventoy 1.1.09 Released With Experimental Btrfs Support https://linuxiac.com/ventoy-1-1-09-released-with-experimental-btrfs-support/ [09:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Ventoy 1.1.09 Released With Experimental Btrfs Support [09:30] TR News KDE Frameworks 6.21 Is Out With Extensive Bug Fixes https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-21-is-out-with-extensive-bug-fixes/ [09:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | KDE Frameworks 6.21 Is Out With Extensive Bug Fixes [09:31] TR News KDE Ships Frameworks 6.21.0 https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.21.0/ [09:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kde.org | KDE Ships Frameworks 6.21.0 - KDE Community [09:32] TR News Kali GNU/Linux 2025.4 Released With GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5 https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-2025-4-released-with-gnome-49-kde-plasma-6-5/ [09:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Kali Linux 2025.4 Released With GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5 [09:33] TR News (NEW): What is NTFSPlus and Why Does It Matter for Linux Users? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/What_is_NTFSPlus_and_Why_Does_It_Matter_for_Linux_Users.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/What_is_NTFSPlus_and_Why_Does_It_Matter_for_Linux_Users.gmi [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines What is NTFSPlus and Why Does It Matter for Linux Users? [09:34] TR News Security updates for Friday https://lwn.net/Articles/1050251/ [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Friday [LWN.net] [09:34] TR News What is NTFSPlus and Why Does It Matter for GNU/Linux Users? https://itsfoss.com/ntfsplus/ [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | What is NTFSPlus and Why Does It Matter for Linux Users? [09:35] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:41] TR News Now BillBC, bribed by Bill Epsteingate, tries to cover up for Bill after he did a photo op with 'prince' Andrew. Corrupted media. [09:46] TR News Cinnamon 6.6 Release Sets the Tone for the Next GNU/Linux Mint Release https://itsfoss.com/news/cinnamon-6-6/ [09:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Cinnamon 6.6 Release Sets the Tone for the Next Linux Mint Release [09:46] TR News Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Review: Is This the GNU/Linux Distro of the Year 2025? https://itsfoss.com/news/pop-os-24-04-review/ [09:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Review: Is This the Linux Distro of the Year 2025? [09:47] TR News KDE Surpasses 2025 Fundraiser Goal With Record Community Support https://linuxiac.com/kde-surpasses-2025-fundraiser-goal-with-record-community-support/ [09:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | KDE Surpasses 2025 Fundraiser Goal With Record Community Support [09:48] TR News Adam Young: Qemu code format in vim https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/12/qemu-code-format-in-vim/ [09:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adam.younglogic.com | Qemu code format in vim | Adam Young's Web Log ● Dec 13 [11:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social ● Dec 13 [12:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Dec 13 [13:09] TR News Lucia Day today https://www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-st-lucias-day https://www.myhelsinki.fi/events/lucia-parade-2025/ [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voguescandinavia.com | NO TITLE [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.myhelsinki.fi | Lucia Parade - MyHelsinki [13:09] TR News iophk: They cannot reconcile this with the excessive spending (1.2bn) on Microsoft licences https://yle.fi/a/74-20199587 [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | EU tells Finland to cut excessive debt by 2028 | Yle News | Yle [13:09] TR News Recall Finnish Politician Aura Salla Says Finland Must Dump Microsoft, Citing Security and Control Reasons, Not Costs https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/05/Finnish_Politician_Aura_Salla_Says_Finland_Must_Dump_Microsoft_.shtml [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Finnish Politician Aura Salla Says Finland Must Dump Microsoft, Citing Security and Control Reasons, Not Costs [13:11] TR News 6 Useful Code Formatters for Python https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-code-formatters-python/ [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-6 Useful Code Formatters for Python - LinuxLinks [13:12] TR News cdncheck detect various technology for a given IP address https://www.linuxlinks.com/cdncheck-detect-various-technology/ [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cdncheck - detect various technology for a given IP address - LinuxLinks [13:12] TR News prek reimagined version of pre-commit https://www.linuxlinks.com/prek-reimagined-version-pre-commit/ [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-prek - reimagined version of pre-commit - LinuxLinks [13:13] TR News From Beginner to Builder: Free OpenSSF and 'Linux' Foundation Education Courses https://openssf.org/blog/2025/12/12/from-beginner-to-builder-free-openssf-and-linux-foundation-education-courses/ [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openssf.org | From Beginner to Builder: Free OpenSSF and Linux Foundation Education Courses Open Source Security Foundation [13:14] TR News PasteLock encrypted clipboard manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/pastelock-encrypted-clipboard-manager/ [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-PasteLock - encrypted clipboard manager - LinuxLinks [13:15] TR News albafetch displays system information https://www.linuxlinks.com/albafetch-displays-system-information/ [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-albafetch - displays system information - LinuxLinks [13:15] TR News Dax shell with CLI https://www.linuxlinks.com/dax-shell-cli/ [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dax - shell with CLI - LinuxLinks [13:15] TR News mq jq-like command-tool for Markdown processing https://www.linuxlinks.com/mq-jq-like-command-tool-markdown-processing/ [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mq - jq-like command-tool for Markdown processing - LinuxLinks [13:16] TR News Gearcoleco cross-platform ColecoVision emulator https://www.linuxlinks.com/gearcoleco-cross-platform-colecovision-emulator/ [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Gearcoleco - cross-platform ColecoVision emulator - LinuxLinks [13:16] TR News LinuxLinks.com reaches epic milestone https://www.linuxlinks.com/linuxlinks-com-reaches-epic-milestone/ [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LinuxLinks.com reaches epic milestone - LinuxLinks [13:17] TR News starlit minimal and customizable weather CLI https://www.linuxlinks.com/starlit-minimal-customizable-weather-cli/ [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-starlit - minimal and customizable weather CLI - LinuxLinks [13:19] TR News hypruler measure anything on your screen https://www.linuxlinks.com/hypruler-measure-anything/ [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hypruler - measure anything on your screen - LinuxLinks [13:19] TR News uncover quickly discover exposed hosts on the internet https://www.linuxlinks.com/uncover-quickly-discover-exposed-hosts-internet/ [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-uncover - quickly discover exposed hosts on the internet - LinuxLinks [13:20] TR News Manure-flinging Microsoft shills seem to have resorted to truly ridiculous and likely illegal attacks on critics [13:20] TR News Backmey desktop backup tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/backmey-desktop-backup-tool/ [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Backmey - desktop backup tool - LinuxLinks [13:24] TR News xremap key remapper https://www.linuxlinks.com/xremap-key-remapper/ [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xremap - key remapper - LinuxLinks [13:25] TR News GG GUI for the version control system Jujutsu https://www.linuxlinks.com/gg-gui-version-control-system-jujutsu/ [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GG - GUI for the version control system Jujutsu - LinuxLinks [13:25] TR News sneemok screenshot tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/sneemok-screenshot-tool/ [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sneemok - screenshot tool - LinuxLinks [13:26] TR News hostman simple tool for managing file uploads to hosting services https://www.linuxlinks.com/hostman-simple-tool-managing-file-uploads-hosting-services/ [13:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hostman - simple tool for managing file uploads to hosting services - LinuxLinks [13:26] TR News 10 Best Free and Open Source Status Page Systems https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-status-page-systems/ [13:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-10 Best Free and Open Source Status Page Systems - LinuxLinks [13:26] TR News tek colorful music making program https://www.linuxlinks.com/tek-colorful-music-making-program/ [13:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tek - colorful music making program - LinuxLinks [13:27] TR News This week @Linux.org (2025.E5) https://www.linux.org/threads/this-week-linux-org-2025-e5.60008/ [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.linux.org/threads/this-week-linux-org-2025-e5.60008/ ) [13:32] TR News (NEW): BSD and Linux Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/BSD_and_Linux_Kernel_Space_File_Systems_Virtualization.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/BSD_and_Linux_Kernel_Space_File_Systems_Virtualization.gmi [13:32] TR News (NEW): Haiku R1/beta5 as a "Daily Driver" and Creating User-Friendly Installers Across Operating Systems https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Haiku_R1_beta5_as_a_Daily_Driver_and_Creating_User_Friendly_Ins.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Haiku_R1_beta5_as_a_Daily_Driver_and_Creating_User_Friendly_Ins.gmi [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines BSD and Linux Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Haiku R1/beta5 as a "Daily Driver" and Creating User-Friendly Installers Across Operating Systems [13:32] TR News (NEW): Linux Graphics: NVIDIA news and benchmarking NVENC video transcoding on the Pi https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Linux_Graphics_NVIDIA_news_and_benchmarking_NVENC_video_transco.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Linux_Graphics_NVIDIA_news_and_benchmarking_NVENC_video_transco.gmi [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Graphics: NVIDIA news and benchmarking NVENC video transcoding on the Pi [13:32] TR News (NEW): Red Hat on Buzzwords and Paid-for 'Articles' About Oneself https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Red_Hat_on_Buzzwords_and_Paid_for_Articles_About_Oneself.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Red_Hat_on_Buzzwords_and_Paid_for_Articles_About_Oneself.gmi [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat on Buzzwords and Paid-for 'Articles' About Oneself [13:32] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [13:32] TR News (NEW): 365 Days Times Two Since Last Reboot https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/365_Days_Times_Two_Since_Last_Reboot.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/365_Days_Times_Two_Since_Last_Reboot.gmi [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 365 Days Times Two Since Last Reboot [13:39] TR News (NEW): Prepare for Another Massive Wave of Microsoft Layoffs (Probably Next Month, Like Every January) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Prepare_for_Another_Massive_Wave_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Probably_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Prepare_for_Another_Massive_Wave_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Probably_.gmi [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Prepare for Another Massive Wave of Microsoft Layoffs (Probably Next Month, Like Every January) [13:41] TR News Xbox leadership gets a shake-up in 2026 current CFO Tim Stuart transitions to COO of ZeniMax Media https://www.inkl.com/news/xbox-leadership-gets-a-shake-up-in-2026-current-cfo-tim-stuart-transitions-to-coo-of-zenimax-media [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.inkl.com | Xbox leadership gets a shake-up in 2026 current CFO [13:41] TR News "Between layoffs, poor sales, Xbox Game Pass price increases, and Microsoft execs obsession with AI, fans faith in the next-gen follow-up to the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X is at an all-time low." https://www.gamingbible.com/news/platform/xbox/xbox-has-clear-next-gen-decision-merger-717049-20251213 [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.gamingbible.com | Xbox Has Clear Next-Gen Decision to Make, 'Merger has to Happen' [13:58] TR News Techrights 2026 Could Very Well be Last Year of XBox, Microsoft Dropped the Ball https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/2026_Could_Very_Well_be_Last_Year_of_XBox_Microsoft_Dropped_the.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/2026_Could_Very_Well_be_Last_Year_of_XBox_Microsoft_Dropped_the.gmi [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 2026 Could Very Well be Last Year of XBox, Microsoft Dropped the Ball ● Dec 13 [14:10] TR News Techrights LLM Slop Becoming Rarer https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/LLM_Slop_Becoming_Rarer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/LLM_Slop_Becoming_Rarer.gmi [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights LLM Slop Becoming Rarer [14:21] TR News Techrights GAFAM is a Financial Problem and Sovereignty Risk, a Policy-Level (National Level) Boycott is Needed https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/GAFAM_is_a_Financial_Problem_and_Sovereignty_Risk_a_Policy_Leve.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/GAFAM_is_a_Financial_Problem_and_Sovereignty_Risk_a_Policy_Leve.gmi [14:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GAFAM is a Financial Problem and Sovereignty Risk, a Policy-Level (National Level) Boycott is Needed [14:30] TR News (NEW): Red Hat on Buzzwords and Paid-for 'Articles' About Oneself https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Red_Hat_on_Buzzwords_and_Paid_for_Articles_About_Oneself.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/Red_Hat_on_Buzzwords_and_Paid_for_Articles_About_Oneself.gmi [14:30] TR News (NEW): Warm Winter https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Warm_Winter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Warm_Winter.gmi [14:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Warm Winter [14:36] TR News To Linus Torvalds, the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 'Linux' Foundation is Increasingly a Liability and Risk to the Brand https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/To_Linus_Torvalds_the_Microsoft_Linux_Foundation_is_Increasingl.shtml [14:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights To Linus Torvalds, the Microsoft Linux Foundation is Increasingly a Liability and Risk to the Brand [14:38] TR News Tails 7.3.1 releases with key security updates for Tor and Thunderbird https://www.neowin.net/news/tails-731-releases-with-key-security-updates-for-tor-and-thunderbird/ "The privacy-focused Tails OS has released version 7.3.1 to patch a security vulnerability found in the earlier 7.3 version. It updates key software like Tor and Thunderbird." [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/tails-731-releases-with-key-security-updates-for-tor-and-thunderbird/ ) [14:40] TR News Ubuntu MATE & Unity Will NOT Be Official Ubuntu 26.04 Flavors https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/12/ubuntu-mate-unity-will-not-be-official-ubuntu-26-04-flavors/ [14:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Ubuntu MATE & Unity Will NOT Be Official Ubuntu 26.04 Flavors | UbuntuHandbook [14:41] TR News Pop!_OS 24.04 Released with COSMIC Desktop & ARM Computers Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/12/pop_os-24-04-released-cosmic-desktop-arm/ [14:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Pop!_OS 24.04 Released with COSMIC Desktop & ARM Computers Support | UbuntuHandbook [14:41] TR News NetworkManager 1.54.3 Improves Certificate Access Checks https://linuxiac.com/networkmanager-1-54-3-improves-certificate-access-checks/ [14:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | NetworkManager 1.54.3 Improves Certificate Access Checks [14:42] TR News Using Wordlists for Brute Force Attack in Kali GNU/Linux https://linuxhandbook.com/kali-linux-wordlists-brute-force/ [14:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxhandbook.com | Beginner's Guide to Using Wordlists for Brute Force in Kali Linux [14:48] TR News LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.38: Pro Vim Tips, KubeTUI, Wordlists, Screen Command and More https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-38/ [14:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxhandbook.com | LHB Linux Digest #25.38: Pro Vim Tips, KubeTUI, Wordlists, Screen Command and More [14:48] TR News CM0 - a new Raspberry Pi you can't buy https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/cm0-new-raspberry-pi-you-cant-buy [14:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeffgeerling.com | CM0 - a new Raspberry Pi you can't buy | Jeff Geerling [14:49] TR News Solus GNU/Linux 4.8 Removes Python 2 http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Solus-Linux-4.8-Removes-Python-2 [14:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linux-magazine.com | Solus Linux 4.8 Removes Python 2 Linux Magazine [14:51] TR News Kali 2025.4 is out https://distrowatch.com/kali [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/kali ) [14:51] TR News Grml 2025.12 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/grml [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/grml ) [14:53] TR News Grml 2025.12 GNU/Linux Distro Is Out Based on Debian Forky and Linux Kernel 6.17 https://9to5linux.com/grml-2025-12-linux-distro-is-out-based-on-debian-forky-and-linux-kernel-6-17 [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Grml 2025.12 Linux Distro Is Out Based on Debian Forky and Linux Kernel 6.17 - 9to5Linux [14:54] TR News Kali GNU/Linux 2025.4 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with KDE Plasma 6.5, GNOME 49 https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-4-ethical-hacking-distro-released-with-kde-plasma-6-5-gnome-49 [14:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kali Linux 2025.4 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with KDE Plasma 6.5, GNOME 49 - 9to5Linux [14:55] TR News KDE Frameworks 6.21 Adds Support for Nim Code Files to the Breeze Icon Theme https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-21-adds-support-for-nim-code-files-to-the-breeze-icon-theme [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-KDE Frameworks 6.21 Adds Support for Nim Code Files to the Breeze Icon Theme - 9to5Linux [14:56] TR News pearOS Is Back, Now Based on Arch GNU/Linux and Featuring the KDE Plasma Desktop https://9to5linux.com/pearos-is-back-now-based-on-arch-linux-and-featuring-the-kde-plasma-desktop [14:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pearOS Is Back, Now Based on Arch Linux and Featuring the KDE Plasma Desktop - 9to5Linux [14:57] TR News "Bluetooth Spoofing" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/12/liberating-airpods-with-bluetooth-spoofing/ | Source: Hackaday [14:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Liberating AirPods With Bluetooth Spoofing | Hackaday [14:59] TR News Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 2 Available to Download https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/ubuntu-26-04-snapshot-2-released [14:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 2 Available to Download - OMG! Ubuntu [14:59] TR News Valve's SteamOS, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Canonical's Ubuntu, and Other Platforms That Only Leverage Free Software (But Won't Protect It) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/Valve_s_SteamOS_Microsoft_Canonical_s_Ubuntu_and_Other_Platform.shtml [14:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Valve's SteamOS, Microsoft Canonical's Ubuntu, and Other Platforms That Only Leverage Free Software (But Won't Protect It) [14:59] TR News Ubuntu Studio: Coming to 26.04 LTS: Three Layouts https://ubuntustudio.org/2025/12/coming-to-26-04-lts-three-layouts/ [14:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntustudio.org | Coming to 26.04 LTS: Three Layouts Ubuntu Studio ● Dec 13 [15:01] TR News In Other News: PromptPwnd Attack, macOS Bounty Complaints, Chinese Hackers Trained in Cisco Academy https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-promptpwnd-attack-small-macos-bounties-chinese-hackers-trained-in-cisco-academy/ [15:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-promptpwnd-attack-small-macos-bounties-chinese-hackers-trained-in-cisco-academy/ ) [15:01] TR News A look at an Android ITW DNG exploit https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-look-at-android-itw-dng-exploit.html [15:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-googleprojectzero.blogspot.com | Project Zero: A look at an Android ITW DNG exploit [15:03] TR News What's the point of lightweight code with modern computers? https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/97426.html [15:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dreamwidth.org | Captcha Check [15:04] TR News $320,000 Paid Out at Zeroday.Cloud for Open Source Software Exploits https://www.securityweek.com/320000-paid-out-at-zeroday-cloud-for-open-source-software-exploits/ [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/320000-paid-out-at-zeroday-cloud-for-open-source-software-exploits/ ) [15:04] TR News New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Bits and Bops - 2025-12-10 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-12-10-edition/index.html [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Bits and Bops - 2025-12-10 Edition [15:05] TR News Outreachy June 2025 Interns with Bioconductor https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/12/outreachy-june-2025-interns-with-bioconductor/ [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Outreachy June 2025 Interns with Bioconductor | R-bloggers [15:06] TR News NotNative modern note-taking app https://www.linuxlinks.com/notnative-modern-note-taking-app/ [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NotNative - modern note-taking app - LinuxLinks [15:07] TR News There is no "OSI Community", about 97% of the money of OSI comes from monopolies, notably Microsoft https://opensource.org/blog/celebrating-generosity-and-growth-in-the-osi-community [15:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-opensource.org | Celebrating Generosity and Growth in the OSI Community Open Source Initiative [15:08] TR News Scenes From Washington After a Week of Torrential Rain and Flooding https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/washington-flooding-rain-evacuations.html [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/washington-flooding-rain-evacuations.html ) [15:09] TR News Jack Wallen is still promoting slop https://thenewstack.io/coding-with-the-gemini-cli-tool/ [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Coding With the Gemini CLI Tool - The New Stack [15:09] TR News Playing with CP/M part 1 https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/playing-with-cp-m-part-1/ [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eerielinux.wordpress.com | Playing with CP/M part 1 eerielinux [15:10] TR News Four more Bunker Hill EV patents prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/12/two-more-bunker-hill-ev-patents-prior-art-found [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | Four more Bunker Hill EV patents prior art found Unified Patents [15:11] TR News Tumbleweed Review of the week 2025/50 https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/12/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-50/ [15:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dominique.leuenberger.net | Tumbleweed Review of the week 2025/50 Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) [15:15] TR News Divers Intrigued by Huge Underwater Structure https://futurism.com/science-energy/divers-intrigued-by-huge-underwater-wall [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Divers Intrigued by Huge Underwater Structure [15:16] TR News New model for teacher wage rise in the making https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/12.12.2025-new-model-for-teacher-wage-rise-in-the-making.a626181/ [15:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | New model for teacher wage rise in the making / Article [15:18] TR News "Ironically, Stallman is completely comfortable with PostgreSQL which is semantic context adjacent, charitably. It describes a small element of the project (a synthetic SQL syntax), not the project itself." - someone in social control media [15:25] TR News Techrights Latest Stallman Talk (Event in Argentina) Published https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Latest_Stallman_Talk_Event_in_Argentina_Published.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Latest_Stallman_Talk_Event_in_Argentina_Published.gmi [15:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Latest Stallman Talk (Event in Argentina) Published [15:27] TR News Risk-Based Screening Works as Well as Yearly Checks After 40 in Finding Breast Cancers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/health/jama-breast-cancer-risk-based-screening.html [15:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/health/jama-breast-cancer-risk-based-screening.html ) [15:27] TR News Harvard Replaces Leader of Health Center Said to Have Focused on Palestinians https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/harvard-replaces-public-health-center-director.html [15:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/harvard-replaces-public-health-center-director.html ) [15:27] TR News House G.O.P. Releases Health Plan That Would Allow Subsidies to End https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/republican-health-care-plan-subsidies-expire.html [15:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/republican-health-care-plan-subsidies-expire.html ) [15:28] TR News For Republicans, Convicted Felons Hands-Off Approach to Health Care Is a Problem https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/trump-republicans-obamacare-health-costs.html [15:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/trump-republicans-obamacare-health-costs.html ) [15:29] TR News Penang medical tourism soars with direct flights from Jakarta https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/penang-medical-tourism-soars-with-direct-flights-from-jakarta [15:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Penang medical tourism soars with direct flights from Jakarta | The Straits Times [15:30] TR News Expanded carrier screening: Is it worth it? https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/12/1129344/expanded-carrier-screening-is-it-worth-it/ [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | Expanded carrier screening: Is it worth it? | MIT Technology Review [15:31] TR News Man Suffers Grim Fate After Drinking Eight Energy Drinks Per Day https://futurism.com/health-medicine/energy-drinks-stroke [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Man Suffers Grim Fate After Drinking Eight Energy Drinks Per Day [15:31] TR News The Crime Involved Trash Bags. But It Wasnt a Mob Caper. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/asia/jeju-south-korea-trash-bags-fraud.html [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/asia/jeju-south-korea-trash-bags-fraud.html ) [15:32] TR News US general says drills absolutely needed as Korea floats shift https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-general-says-drills-absolutely-needed-as-korea-floats-shift [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | US general says drills absolutely needed as Korea floats shift | The Straits Times [15:32] TR News Backlash grows in South Korea after Lotte department store asks customer to remove union vest https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/backlash-grows-in-south-korea-after-lotte-department-store-asks-customer-to-remove-union-vest [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Lotte faces backlash over union vest incident | The Straits Times [15:33] TR News Run privileged commands more securely in OpenShift Dev Spaces https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/12/run-privileged-commands-more-securely-openshift-dev-spaces [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/12/run-privileged-commands-more-securely-openshift-dev-spaces ) [15:33] TR News Advanced authentication and authorization for MCP Gateway https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/12/advanced-authentication-authorization-mcp-gateway [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/12/advanced-authentication-authorization-mcp-gateway ) [15:35] TR News This Week in GNOME: #228 Midnight Edition https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/12/twig-228/ [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thisweek.gnome.org | #228 Midnight Edition [15:36] TR News Zip Files as (Simple) Key-Value Stores https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/11/Zip-Files-as-Simple-Key-Value-Stores/ [15:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-benjamincongdon.me | Zip Files as (Simple) Key-Value Stores | Ben Congdon [15:37] TR News Freexian Collaborators: Debian Contributions: Updates about DebConf Video Team Sprint, rebootstrap, SBOM tooling in Debian and more! (by Anupa Ann Joseph) https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-11-2025/ [15:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Debian Contributions: Updates about DebConf Video Team Sprint, rebootstrap, SBOM tooling in Debian and more! | Freexian [15:41] TR News Kali GNU/Linux 2025.4 Release (Desktop Environments, Wayland & Halloween Mode) https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2025-4-release/ [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kali.org | Kali Linux 2025.4 Release (Desktop Environments, Wayland & Halloween Mode) | Kali Linux Blog [15:43] TR News Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Launches with Scratch-Built COSMIC Epoch 1 https://fossforce.com/2025/12/pop_os-24-04-lts-launches-with-scratch-built-cosmic-epoch-1/ [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Launches with Scratch-Built COSMIC Epoch 1 - FOSS Force [15:44] TR News Rethinking sudo with object capabilities https://ariadne.space/2025/12/12/rethinking-sudo-with-object-capabilities.html "I hate sudo with a passion. It represents everything I find offensive about the modern Unix security model: [...]" [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ariadne.space | Rethinking sudo with object capabilities Ariadne's Space [15:51] TR News (NEW): Governments Wasting Billions on Worthless and Even Harmful Microsoft Licences https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/29/Governments_Wasting_Billions_of_Worthless_and_Even_Harmful_Micr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/29/Governments_Wasting_Billions_of_Worthless_and_Even_Harmful_Micr.gmi [15:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Governments Wasting Billions on Worthless and Even Harmful Microsoft Licences [15:57] TR News South Korea exam chief resigns after complaints that English test was too hard https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-exam-chief-quits-over-complaints-of-too-hard-tests [15:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea exam chief resigns after complaints that English test was too hard | The Straits Times [15:57] TR News Malaysia seeks ex-Goldman banker Leissners extradition to face 1MDB trial https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-seeks-ex-goldman-banker-extradition-to-face-1mdb-trial [15:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia seeks ex-Goldman banker Leissners extradition to face 1MDB trial | The Straits Times [15:58] TR News Latest Thai-Cambodian clashes expose limits of ASEANs conflict-management tools https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/latest-thai-cambodian-clashes-expose-limits-of-aseans-conflict-management-tools [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Latest Thai-Cambodian clashes expose limits of ASEANs conflict management tools | The Straits Times ● Dec 13 [16:07] TR News Philippines says fishermen hurt, boats damaged by China in South China Sea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-says-fishermen-hurt-boats-damaged-by-china-in-south-china-sea [16:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines says fishermen hurt and boats damaged by China in South China Sea | The Straits Times [16:08] TR News India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-frees-up-visas-for-chinese-professionals-in-key-step-to-boost-ties [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties | The Straits Times [16:09] TR News DPM Gan to head to Chongqing for high-level Singapore-China talks https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/dpm-gan-heads-to-chongqing-for-high-level-talks-with-china [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | DPM Gan in Chongqing for Singapore-China bilateral talks | The Straits Times [16:09] TR News Hong Kong's legal clampdown on tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/hong-kongs-legal-clampdown-on-tycoon-and-china-critic-jimmy-lai [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Hong Kong's legal clampdown on tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai | The Straits Times [16:10] TR News As jobs dry up, Chinas migrant workers are returning to their villages and staying put https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/as-jobs-dry-up-chinas-migrant-workers-are-returning-to-their-villages-and-staying-put [16:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China's migrant workers return home amid slowdown | The Straits Times [16:10] TR News Catching malicious package releases using a transparency log https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/12/12/catching-malicious-package-releases-using-a-transparency-log/ [16:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.trailofbits.com | Catching malicious package releases using a transparency log - The Trail of Bits Blog [16:11] TR News Abusing DLLs EntryPoint for the Fun, (Fri, Dec 12th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32562 [16:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Abusing DLLs EntryPoint for the Fun - SANS ISC [16:11] TR News US House Democrats release new photos of Convicted Felon, other prominent figures from Epstein's estate https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251212-us-house-democrats-release-new-photos-of-trump-other-prominent-figures-from-epstein-s-estate [16:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251212-us-house-democrats-release-new-photos-of-trump-other-prominent-figures-from-epstein-s-estate ) [16:12] TR News Change Ahead! Moving from per-content to monthly support. https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1106/change-ahead-moving-from-per-content-to-monthly-support [16:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.davidrevoy.com | Change Ahead! Moving from per-content to monthly support. - David Revoy [16:14] TR News Andy Farnell and Helen Plews Now at the Wheel in Cybershow https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/Andy_Farnell_and_Helen_Plews_Now_at_the_Wheel_in_Cybershow.shtml [16:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Andy Farnell and Helen Plews Now at the Wheel in Cybershow [16:14] TR News 'It's a mistake for Ukraine to make concessions': Former Convicted Felon security adviser John Bolton https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-it-s-a-mistake-for-ukraine-to-make-concessions-former-trump-security-adviser-john-bolton [16:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-it-s-a-mistake-for-ukraine-to-make-concessions-former-trump-security-adviser-john-bolton ) [16:14] TR News 'They have no border': Ukraine's integration into EU by 2027 deemed unlikely by diplomats https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251212-they-have-no-border-ukraine-joining-eu-by-2027-deemed-unlikely-by-diplomats [16:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251212-they-have-no-border-ukraine-joining-eu-by-2027-deemed-unlikely-by-diplomats ) [16:14] TR News 'They're no longer hiding': How Russia is shipping liquefied natural gas to China despite sanctions https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251212-russia-deliveries-liquefied-natural-gas-lng-china-sanctions-united-states [16:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251212-russia-deliveries-liquefied-natural-gas-lng-china-sanctions-united-states ) [16:17] TR News "yes many remaing IBM "managers" are bullies who are numb from the RA's over 40 years, and too often promoted based on WOKE traits and not skills or experience. Age, s-x, skin color , race etc. DO FILE DAY 1 for unemployment." [16:17] TR News "You will be surprised how easy it is after you file the first time. Then usually you have to log in weekly and document what you did during the week to look for a job. JUST DO IT!!!!!!!!!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbn7ncjw [16:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbn7ncjw ) [16:35] TR News Techrights It Seems Like IBM is Firing 'Everybody' (Anywhere, Any Age, No Matter What Team) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/It_Seems_Like_IBM_is_Firing_Everybody_Anywhere_Any_Age_No_Matte.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/It_Seems_Like_IBM_is_Firing_Everybody_Anywhere_Any_Age_No_Matte.gmi [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights It Seems Like IBM is Firing 'Everybody' (Anywhere, Any Age, No Matter What Team) [16:50] TR News Techrights Dealing With "Tech Cults" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Dealing_With_Tech_Cults.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Dealing_With_Tech_Cults.gmi [16:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Dealing With "Tech Cults" ● Dec 13 [17:02] *Isambard_Prince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [17:02] TR News (NEW): Most of Today's Web is Trash https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Most_of_Today_s_Web_is_Trash.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Most_of_Today_s_Web_is_Trash.gmi [17:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Most of Today's Web is Trash [17:05] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@vutrnnrzzswvq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:35] TR News Techrights Running With Technology https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Running_With_Technology.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Running_With_Technology.gmi [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Running With Technology [17:37] TR News "A "age discrimination lawsuit" is coming. IBM will be forced to provide the age distribution for the most recent layoff. Arvind and his cabal will get their fat bonuses. IBM can afford to pay penalties for age discrimination." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kca2ddbp [17:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kca2ddbp ) [17:37] TR News US still pushing big territorial concessions from Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-us-still-pushing-big-territorial-concessions-from-ukraine [17:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-us-still-pushing-big-territorial-concessions-from-ukraine ) [17:37] TR News Rights group condemns systemic torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/rights-group-condemns-systemic-torture-of-ukrainian-pows-by-russia/ [17:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Rights group condemns systemic torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia - JURIST - News [17:38] TR News Russia Rejects Zelenskyy Donbas Referendum Proposal Ahead Of High Stakes Weekend For Diplomacy https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-terrirory-security-zelenskyy-peace-talks/33621374.html [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russia Rejects Zelenskyy Donbas Referendum Proposal Ahead Of High Stakes Weekend For Diplomacy [17:38] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:38] TR News Ukrainians, Worrying More About Power Cuts, See U.S. Peace Push as Just Noise https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-power-outages-peace-plan-russia.html [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-power-outages-peace-plan-russia.html ) [17:38] TR News How Ukraine Has Responded to Convicted Felons Peace Plan and Russias Demands for Territory https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-trump-peace-plan-counterproposal.html [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-trump-peace-plan-counterproposal.html ) [17:38] TR News Russia Sues Holder of Frozen Assets Europe Wants for Ukraine Loan https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/russia-ukraine-frozen-assets-belgium-euroclear.html [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/russia-ukraine-frozen-assets-belgium-euroclear.html ) [17:39] TR News How Power Cuts Are Affecting Ukrainians https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000010573084/how-power-cuts-are-affecting-ukrainians.html [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | How Power Cuts Are Affecting Ukrainians - The New York Times [17:39] TR News "Russia attacks nine Ukrainian cities at once and plans a major push in Donbas" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/12/as-trump-pushes-kyiv-to-accept-a-peace-deal-russia-attacks-nine-ukrainian-cities-at-once-and-plans-a-major-push-in-donbas | Source: Meduza [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | As Trump pushes Kyiv to accept a peace deal, Russia attacks nine Ukrainian cities at once and plans a major push in Donbas Meduza [17:39] TR News The Russian economy in 2025:Between stagnation and militarization https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/russia-tomorrow/the-russian-economy-in-2025-between-stagnation-and-militarization/ [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | The Russian economy in 2025:Between stagnation and militarization - Atlantic Council [17:40] TR News 'We'll concentrate on European military equipment and improve our defence': Romanian president https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20251212-we-ll-concentrate-on-european-military-equipment-and-improve-our-defence-romanian-president [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20251212-we-ll-concentrate-on-european-military-equipment-and-improve-our-defence-romanian-president ) [17:40] TR News Berlin summons Russian ambassador over increase in hybrid attacks https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-berlin-summons-russian-ambassador-over-increase-in-hybrid-attacks [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-berlin-summons-russian-ambassador-over-increase-in-hybrid-attacks ) ● Dec 13 [18:04] TR News North Korean leader Kim hails troops returning from Russia mission, state media says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korean-leader-kim-hails-troops-returning-from-russia-mission-state-media-says [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Korean leader Kim hails troops returning from Russia mission, state media says | The Straits Times [18:05] TR News "demilitarized zone" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/12/12/kremlin-aide-suggests-donbas-demilitarized-zone-with-russian-police-and-national-guard-presence | Source: Meduza [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Kremlin aide suggests Donbas demilitarized zone with Russian police and National Guard presence Meduza [18:05] TR News "biometric school security" https://meduza.io/en/cards/russia-s-biometric-school-security-plan-promises-safety-but-risks-students-personal-data | Source: Meduza [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russias biometric school security plan promises safety but risks students personal data Meduza [18:06] TR News Grigory Sverdlin https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/13/anti-war-activist-grigory-sverdlin-says-hackers-have-paralyzed-russia-s-military-draft-database-for-several-months | Source: Meduza [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Anti-war activist Grigory Sverdlin says hackers have paralyzed Russias military draft database for several months Meduza [18:07] TR News Germany Accuses Russia of Sabotage, Cyberattacks and Disinformation https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/germany-russia-cyberattacks-sabotage-hybrid-war.html [18:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/germany-russia-cyberattacks-sabotage-hybrid-war.html ) [18:07] TR News Tour operator moves Egypt flights from Vilnius to Kaunas amid balloon disruptions https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2773206/tour-operator-moves-egypt-flights-from-vilnius-to-kaunas-amid-balloon-disruptions [18:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Tour operator moves Egypt flights from Vilnius to Kaunas amid balloon disruptions - LRT [18:08] TR News Techrights Russian "Hybrid Attacks" Are Typically Microsoft TCO and/or Windows TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Russian_Hybrid_Attacks_Are_Typically_Microsoft_TCO_and_or_Windo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Russian_Hybrid_Attacks_Are_Typically_Microsoft_TCO_and_or_Windo.gmi [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Russian "Hybrid Attacks" Are Typically Microsoft TCO and/or Windows TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) [18:22] TR News Techrights EPO People Power - Part XI - The Media in Europe is Ill and Complicit in Ills https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/EPO_People_Power_Part_XI_The_Media_in_Europe_is_Ill_and_Complic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/EPO_People_Power_Part_XI_The_Media_in_Europe_is_Ill_and_Complic.gmi [18:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights EPO People Power - Part XI - The Media in Europe is Ill and Complicit in Ills [18:37] TR News Techrights Canonical and Ubuntu: Working for Microsoft, Promoting Proprietary Surveillance (Dis)Services https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Canonical_and_Ubuntu_Working_for_Microsoft_Promoting_Proprietar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Canonical_and_Ubuntu_Working_for_Microsoft_Promoting_Proprietar.gmi [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Canonical and Ubuntu: Working for Microsoft, Promoting Proprietary Surveillance (Dis)Services [18:37] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [18:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [18:52] TR News Techrights Deliberate Lies or Glaring Distortions https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Deliberate_Lies_or_Glaring_Distortions.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Deliberate_Lies_or_Glaring_Distortions.gmi [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Deliberate Lies or Glaring Distortions [18:52] TR News Disney does a dubious deal with OpenAI, even as trust in Hey Hi (AI) wanes https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/12/disney-dubious-deal-openai-even-trust-ai-wanes/ [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Disney does a dubious deal with OpenAI, even as trust in AI wanes - SiliconANGLE [18:52] TR News Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI, Then Issues a Cease-and-Desist to Surveillance Giant Google Over Massive-Scale Infringement https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/12/disney-openai-investment-google/ [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/12/disney-openai-investment-google/ ) [18:53] TR News TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/ttablog-test-how-did-these-three_12.html [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thettablog.blogspot.com | The TTABlog: TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? [18:53] TR News Relaunching ODF Advocacy as ODF News https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/12/odf-advocacy-as-odf-news/ [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.documentfoundation.org | Relaunching ODF Advocacy as ODF News - TDF Community Blog [18:53] TR News LibXML2, Used by Steam, Chromium, Others is Now Abandoned https://lunduke.substack.com/p/libxml2-used-by-steam-chromium-others [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | LibXML2, Used by Steam, Chromium, Others is Now Abandoned [18:54] TR News The "With Many Eyes, All Bugs Are Shallow" Fallacy https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-with-many-eyes-all-bugs-are-shallow [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | The "With Many Eyes, All Bugs Are Shallow" Fallacy [18:54] TR News How To Install Syncthing on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-syncthing-debian-13/ [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Syncthing on Debian 13 - idroot [18:54] TR News How To Install Krita on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-krita-fedora-43/ [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Krita on Fedora 43 - idroot [18:54] TR News gnu linux bash how to filter backup exported contacts vcf for print https://dwaves.de/2025/12/12/gnu-linux-bash-how-to-filter-backup-exported-contacts-vcf-for-print/ [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- gnu linux bash how to filter backup exported contacts vcf for print | dwaves.de ● Dec 13 [19:08] TR News Hegseths New Pentagon Hey Hi (AI) Is Telling Military Personnel His Boat Strike Was Completely Illegal https://futurism.com/future-society/hegseth-pentagon-military-ai [19:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Hegseth's New Pentagon AI Is Telling Military Personnel His Boat Strike Was Completely Illegal [19:09] TR News Disney Strikes Huge Deal With OpenAI: Get Ready for Sora Videos of Donald Duck Cooking Meth https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/disney-deal-openai-sora [19:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Get Ready for Infinite Videos of Pregnant Goofy [19:09] TR News Thai military rejects Cambodian claims of strikes on civilians, confirms Hey Hi (AI) images among fake news https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-military-dismisses-cambodian-claims-as-fabricated-confirms-ai-generated-images-among-fake-news [19:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Thai military rejects Cambodian claims of strikes on civilians, confirms AI images among fake news | The Straits Times [19:13] TR News "you might consider eating it or throwing it to a friendly squirrel. However, as [Penguin DIY] demonstrates, its perfectly possible to turn the humble nut into a clandestine surveillance device. It turns out the walnut worriers were right all along." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/12/hidden-camera-build-proves-you-cant-trust-walnuts/ | Source: Hackaday [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hidden Camera Build Proves You Cant Trust Walnuts | Hackaday [19:14] TR News Google to build subsea cables in Papua New Guinea under Australia defence treaty https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/google-to-build-subsea-cables-in-papua-new-guinea-under-australia-defence-treaty [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Google to build subsea cables in Papua New Guinea under Australia defence treaty | The Straits Times [19:14] TR News Tomasz Torcz: Fedora 4243, more eventful than usual https://enotty.pipebreaker.pl/posts/2025/12/fedora-42-43-more-eventful-than-usual/ [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-enotty.pipebreaker.pl | Fedora 4243, more eventful than usual | -ENOTTY [19:15] TR News Adam Young: Tracing how much time the kernel spends in a function https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/12/tracing-how-much-time-the-kernel-spends-in-a-function/ [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adam.younglogic.com | Tracing how much time the kernel spends in a function | Adam Young's Web Log [19:15] TR News Community voices shaping the future of RIR governance https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/12/community-voices-shaping-the-future-of-rir-governance/ [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Community voices shaping the future of RIR governance | APNIC Blog [19:15] TR News NRO RPKI Program 2025 in review https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/12/nro-rpki-program-2025-in-review/ [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | NRO RPKI Program 2025 in review | APNIC Blog [19:16] TR News Venezuela security forces linked to systematic abuses, UN reports https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/venezuela-security-forces-linked-to-systematic-abuses-un-reports/ [19:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Venezuela security forces linked to systematic abuses, UN reports - JURIST - News [19:16] TR News ICC sentences Sudan militia leader to 20 years for Darfur atrocities https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/icc-sentences-sudan-militia-leader-to-20-years-for-atrocities-committed-during-civil-war/ [19:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | ICC sentences Sudan militia leader to 20 years for Darfur atrocities - JURIST - News [19:17] TR News East Java boarding school head gets 20 years, chemical castration for sexual abuse https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/east-java-boarding-school-head-gets-20-years-chemical-castration-for-sexual-abuse [19:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | East Java boarding school head gets 20 years jail, chemical castration for sexual abuse | The Straits Times [19:17] TR News Diptyx E-Reader An open-source, ESP32-powered, dual-screen e-book reader (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/12/diptyx-e-reader-an-open-source-esp32-powered-dual-screen-e-book-reader/ [19:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Diptyx E-Reader - An open-source, ESP32-powered, dual-screen e-book reader (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [19:18] TR News "Smart" or "Intelligent" Agents and "Vibe Coding" Deletes Everything You Have https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/Smart_or_Intelligent_Agents_and_Vice_Coding_Deletes_Everything_.shtml [19:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights "Smart" or "Intelligent" Agents and "Vibe Coding" Deletes Everything You Have [19:20] TR News UPC is illegal. JUVE leaves out that part. https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/generics-succeed-against-sanofi-over-cancer-drug-cabazitaxel/ [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Generics succeed against Sanofi over cancer drug cabazitaxel - JUVE Patent [19:20] TR News Once again EPO was made to grant a fake patent monopoly https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/boards-of-appeal-revoke-biogens-dosage-patent-for-tecfidera/ [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Boards of Appeal revoke Biogen's dosage patent for Tecfidera [19:21] TR News Team UPC and sponsors (bribes) of 'media' that covers patent policy https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/british-taylor-wessing-to-leave-the-schweizer-verein-association/ [19:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | British Taylor Wessing to leave the Schweizer Verein association [19:21] TR News Software Patents: AI Industry Association patent monopoly prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/12/ai-industry-association-patent-prior-art-found [19:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | AI Industry Association patent prior art found Unified Patents [19:23] TR News Lucia 2025 | Finlands lucia | Yle Arenan https://arenan.yle.fi/1-76749483 Source: | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//arenan.yle.fi/1-76749483 [19:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arenan.yle.fi | Lucia 2025 | Finlands lucia | Yle Arenan [19:25] TR News Datacentre and Server Maintenance Next Week https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/Datacentre_and_Server_Maintenance_Next_Week.shtml [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Datacentre and Server Maintenance Next Week [19:25] TR News Three new stable kernels https://lwn.net/Articles/1050270/ [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Three new stable kernels [LWN.net] [19:27] TR News Free Speech Is Under Attack Your Support Makes a Difference https://publicknowledge.org/free-speech-is-under-attack-your-support-makes-a-difference/ [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-publicknowledge.org | Free Speech Is Under Attack Your Support Makes a Difference - Public Knowledge [19:27] TR News Seimas backs bill easing removal of LRT head despite warnings of free speech risks https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2773060/seimas-backs-bill-easing-removal-of-lrt-head-despite-warnings-of-free-speech-risks [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Seimas backs bill easing removal of LRT head despite warnings of free speech risks - LRT [19:29] TR News Junichi Uekawa: I was wondering if there was some debian thread and noticed maybe something is broken in my mail setup. http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2025-Dec-13.html.en#2025-Dec-13-10:41:02 [19:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.netfort.gr.jp | I was wondering if there was some debian thread and noticed maybe something is broken in my mail setup. [19:30] TR News Ecuador criticized for freezing Indigenous and environmental group bank accounts https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/ecuador-criticized-for-freezing-indigenous-and-environmental-groups-bank-accounts/ [19:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Ecuador criticized for freezing Indigenous and environmental group bank accounts - JURIST - News [19:32] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [19:33] TR News Hong Kong national security police arrest 9 men for alleged military-style unlawful drills https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/12/hong-kong-national-security-police-arrest-9-men-for-alleged-military-style-unlawful-drills/ [19:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | HK nat. sec police arrest 9 for alleged military-style unlawful drills [19:34] TR News Vindication: Gaza film BillBC refused to show wins British Journalism Award https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/gaza-doctors-under-attack-win-british-journalism-awards-channel-4-bbc/ [19:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Gaza: Doctors Under Attack film BBC refused to show wins award - Press Gazette [19:35] TR News Birds, butterflies, botanicals, and coastal wonders https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2025/1211/art-nature-photography-gift-books [19:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Art books capture spectacular birds, butterflies, and ocean creatures - CSMonitor.com [19:36] TR News China Politburo member misses two key meetings as mystery builds https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-politburo-member-misses-two-key-meetings-as-mystery-builds [19:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China Politburo member misses two key meetings as mystery builds | The Straits Times [19:36] TR News Beijing says it expelled Philippine aircraft, vessels near disputed South China Sea atolls https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-says-it-expelled-philippine-aircraft-vessels-near-disputed-atolls [19:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Beijing says it expelled Philippine aircraft, vessels near disputed South China Sea atolls | The Straits Times [19:36] TR News China holds low-key Nanjing Massacre memorial despite Japan tensions https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-holds-low-key-nanjing-massacre-memorial-despite-japan-tensions [19:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China holds low-key Nanjing Massacre memorial despite Japan tensions | The Straits Times [19:37] TR News Huawei's latest mobile is armed with China's most advanced process node to date despite using blacklisted chipmaker https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/huaweis-latest-mobile-is-chinas-most-advanced-process-node-to-date-despite-using-blacklisted-chipmaker-huawei-kirin-9030-mobile-soc-made-on-smic-n-3-process-but-cant-compete-with-5nm-nodes [19:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Huawei's latest mobile is armed with China's most advanced process node to date despite using blacklisted chipmaker Huawei Kirin 9030 mobile SoC made on SMIC N+3 process, but can't compete with 5nm node | Tom's Hardware [19:37] TR News Cambricon targets 500,000 Hey Hi (AI) chips in 2026 as China accelerates domestic hardware push low yields and limited HBM supply could threaten chip ambitions https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/cambricon-targets-500000-ai-chips-in-2026-as-china-accelerates-domestic-hardware-push [19:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Cambricon targets 500,000 AI chips in 2026 as China accelerates domestic hardware push low yields and limited HBM supply could threaten chip ambitions | Tom's Hardware [19:38] TR News China mulls $70 billion domestic chip fabrication injection, would be largest of any government semiconductor investment https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-mulls-usd70-billion-domestic-chip-fabrication-injection-would-be-largest-of-any-government-semiconductor-investment-huawei-and-cambricon-among-candidates-in-push-to-compete-with-nvidia-other-u-s-firms [19:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | China mulls $70 billion domestic chip fabrication injection, would be largest of any government semiconductor investment Huawei and Cambricon among candidates in push to compete with Nvidia, other U.S. firms | Tom's Hardware [19:38] TR News US, Japan defence chiefs agree China harming regional peace https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/12/us-japan-defence-chiefs-agree-china-harming-regional-peace/ [19:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | US, Japan defence chiefs agree China harming regional peace [19:39] TR News EU agrees three-euro small parcel tax to tackle China flood https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/13/eu-agrees-three-euro-small-parcel-tax-to-tackle-china-flood/ [19:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | EU agrees three-euro small parcel tax to tackle China flood [19:39] TR News EU inches closer to trade deal with Latin America: Fair prices or Mercosur crisis? https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20251212-eu-inches-closer-to-trade-deal-with-latin-america-fair-prices-or-mercosur-crisis [19:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20251212-eu-inches-closer-to-trade-deal-with-latin-america-fair-prices-or-mercosur-crisis ) [19:39] TR News Dispatch from Beijing: Both China and the US think they have the advantage. Only one can be right. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/beijing-both-china-and-the-us-think-they-have-the-advantage/ [19:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Dispatch from Beijing: Both China and the US think they have the advantage. Only one can be right. - Atlantic Council [19:40] TR News Is System Administration Still a Good Career Choice in 2026? https://itsfoss.com/news/is-sysadmin-good-career-choice/ [19:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Is System Administration Still a Good Career Choice in 2026? [19:40] TR News "AI Terminal" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/12/weird-email-appliance-becomes-ai-terminal/ | Source: Hackaday [19:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Weird Email Appliance Becomes AI Terminal | Hackaday [19:41] TR News KDE Gear 25.12 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1050262/ [19:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-KDE Gear 25.12 released [LWN.net] [19:41] TR News (NEW): KDE Gear 25.12 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/KDE_Gear_25_12.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/KDE_Gear_25_12.gmi [19:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE Gear 25.12 [19:41] TR News Wine 11.0-rc2 Released [19:43] TR News Why deeper defense collaboration demands a zero trust approach to cybersecurity https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/12/why-deeper-defense-collaboration-demands-a-zero-trust-approach-to-cybersecurity-2/ [19:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Why deeper defense collaboration demands a zero trust approach to cybersecurity [19:43] TR News Gladinet CentreStack Flaw Exploited to Hack Organizations https://www.securityweek.com/gladinet-centrestack-flaw-exploited-to-hack-organizations/ [19:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/gladinet-centrestack-flaw-exploited-to-hack-organizations/ ) [19:43] TR News Fieldtex Data Breach Impacts 238,000 https://www.securityweek.com/fieldtex-data-breach-impacts-238000/ [19:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/fieldtex-data-breach-impacts-238000/ ) [19:43] TR News Notepad++ Patches Updater Flaw After Reports of Traffic Hijacking https://www.securityweek.com/notepad-patches-updater-flaw-after-reports-of-traffic-hijacking/ [19:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/notepad-patches-updater-flaw-after-reports-of-traffic-hijacking/ ) [19:44] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [19:44] TR News Iran poses challenges to a National Security Strategy ready to move on https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/iran-poses-challenges-to-a-national-security-strategy-ready-to-move-on/ [19:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Iran poses challenges to a National Security Strategy ready to move on - Atlantic Council [19:44] TR News At the UN, the US has accused Rwanda of leading the region towards war https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20251212-at-the-un-the-us-has-accused-rwanda-of-leading-the-region-towards-war [19:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20251212-at-the-un-the-us-has-accused-rwanda-of-leading-the-region-towards-war ) [19:45] TR News New Photos From Epstein Estate Show Ties to Convicted Felon, Clinton and More Powerful Men https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/jeffrey-epstein-photos-estate.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html [19:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/jeffrey-epstein-photos-estate.html ) [19:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html ) [19:46] TR News Building Trustworthy Hey Hi (AI) Agents https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/building-trustworthy-ai-agents.html [19:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Building Trustworthy AI Agents - Schneier on Security [19:46] TR News Recent GeoServer Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/recent-geoserver-vulnerability-exploited-in-attacks/ [19:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/recent-geoserver-vulnerability-exploited-in-attacks/ ) [19:46] TR News Renesas RA6W1/RA6W2 Cortex-M33 wireless MCUs offer dual-band Wi-Fi 6, BLE, Matter, 15-year availability https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/12/renesas-ra6w1-ra6w2-cortex-m33-wireless-mcus-offer-dual-band-wi-fi-6-ble-matter-15-year-availability/ [19:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Renesas RA6W1/RA6W2 Cortex-M33 wireless MCUs offer dual-band Wi-Fi 6, BLE, Matter, 15-year availability - CNX Software [19:47] TR News nRF9151 SMA DK development kit offers cellular IoT, DECT NR+, and 5G NTN satellite connectivity https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/12/nrf9151-sma-dk-development-kit-offers-cellular-iot-dect-nr-and-5g-ntn-satellite-connectivity/ [19:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | nRF9151 SMA DK development kit offers cellular IoT, DECT NR+, and 5G NTN satellite connectivity - CNX Software [19:47] TR News Hackaday Podcast Episode 349 https://hackaday.com/2025/12/12/hackaday-podcast-episode-349-clocks-ai-and-a-new-3d-printer-guy/ | Source: Hackaday [19:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hackaday Podcast Episode 349: Clocks, AI, And A New 3D Printer Guy | Hackaday [19:48] TR News Leon Panetta on the Convicted Felon Administrations Venezuelan Boat Strikes https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/leon-panetta-on-the-trump-administrations-venezuelan-boat-strikes [19:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Leon Panetta on the Trump Administrations Venezuelan Boat Strikes | The New Yorker [19:48] TR News Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/podcasts/hardfork-australia-water.html [19:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/podcasts/hardfork-australia-water.html ) [19:49] TR News 2026 Guaranteed to Give Us Compromised Media Funded by "AI" Boosters to Promote "AI" and Sometimes be Composed by "AI" (Chatbots) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/2026_Guaranteed_to_Give_Us_Compromised_Media_Funded_by_AI_Boost.shtml [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 2026 Guaranteed to Give Us Compromised Media Funded by "AI" Boosters to Promote "AI" and Sometimes be Composed by "AI" (Chatbots) [19:49] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [19:49] TR News Tiny houses sprout on Turkey's agricultural fields https://bianet.org/haber/tiny-houses-sprout-on-turkey-s-agricultural-fields-314296 [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Tiny houses sprout on Turkey's agricultural fields [19:50] TR News Tracking pandemic aid fraud: Five years on, the toll continues to grow https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/1212/minnesota-somali-pandemic-fraud-total [19:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tracking pandemic aid fraud: Five years on, a fuller picture is emerging - CSMonitor.com [19:50] TR News News diary 15-21 December: Jimmy Lai verdict https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-diary-15-21-december-jimmy-lai-verdict-rishi-sunak-at-covid-inquiry-sports-personality-of-the-year/ [19:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | News diary 15-21 December: Jimmy Lai verdict, Rishi Sunak at Covid inquiry, Sports Personality of the Year - Press Gazette [19:51] TR News Three 6 Mafia, $uicideboy$ Settle Massive $6.4 Million Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over 35 Songs https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/12/three-6-mafia-suicide-boys-settle-copyright-lawsuit/ [19:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/12/three-6-mafia-suicide-boys-settle-copyright-lawsuit/ ) [19:51] TR News Lawmakers push farmer suicide prevention funding after Bridge Michigan report https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/lawmakers-push-farmer-suicide-prevention-funding-after-bridge-michigan-report/ [19:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bridgemi.com | Lawmakers push farmer suicide prevention funding after Bridge Michigan report - Bridge Michigan [19:53] TR News Microsoft Bug Bounty Program Expanded to Third-Party Code https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-bug-bounty-program-expanded-to-third-party-code/ Misleading PR stunt http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/ [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-bug-bounty-program-expanded-to-third-party-code/ ) [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft and the NSA [19:53] TR News Jimmy Lai nat. security case verdict to be handed down Monday https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/12/breaking-jimmy-lai-nat-security-case-verdict-to-be-handed-down-monday/ [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | HK: Jimmy Lai verdict to be handed down Monday [19:53] TR News Baltic leaders say US strategy shows clear understanding of regional security needs https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2773393/baltic-leaders-say-us-strategy-shows-clear-understanding-of-regional-security-needs [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Baltic leaders say US strategy shows clear understanding of regional security needs - LRT [19:54] TR News Intel tests chipmaking tools from sanctioned China-focused tool maker, report claims https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/intel-tests-chipmaking-tools-from-sanctioned-china-focused-tool-maker-report-claims-move-could-raise-political-and-national-security-concerns-firm-was-backed-by-ceo-lip-bu-tans-investment-firm [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Intel tests chipmaking tools from sanctioned China-focused tool maker, report claims move could raise political and national security concerns, firm was backed by CEO Lip-Bu Tan's investment firm | Tom's Hardware [19:54] TR News Cowardice Like Michael Glasheens Is How January 6 Happened https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/12/cowardice-like-michael-glasheens-is-how-january-6-happened/ [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | Cowardice Like Michael Glasheen's Is How January 6 Happened - emptywheel [19:54] TR News Venezuela Oil Tanker Seized by U.S. Was Part of Effort to Finance Cuba https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/americas/venezuela-cuba-oil-tanker.html [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/americas/venezuela-cuba-oil-tanker.html ) [19:55] TR News For Rubio the Cuba Hawk, the Road to Havana Runs Through Venezuela https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/rubio-cuba-venezuela.html [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/rubio-cuba-venezuela.html ) [19:55] TR News T.S.A. Is Providing Air Passenger Data to Immigration Agents for Deportation Effort https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/immigration-tsa-passenger-data.html [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/immigration-tsa-passenger-data.html ) [19:55] TR News China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S., Including Chips https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/asia/nvidia-china-trump-security-japan.html [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/asia/nvidia-china-trump-security-japan.html ) [19:57] TR News Sad that in 2025 when opening a new Web page you then need to go to another virtual desktop or whatever to get stuff done while the 'webapp' loads a bunch of worthless numbers or text (that really should take less than 1 second to fully show up). [19:58] TR News This is a very serious usability issue. We have multi-core PCs and gigabit Internet, getting something like a football score of weather should never take more than milliseconds. [19:58] TR News iophk: the web apps burn a lot of electricity unnecessarily, too ● Dec 13 [20:00] TR News Amid Fractures on the Right, Tucker Carlson Continues His Attacks https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/style/tucker-carlson-theo-von-show.html [20:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/style/tucker-carlson-theo-von-show.html ) [20:01] TR News Will France be next to introduce an Australian-style social control media ban for children? https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251212-will-france-be-next-to-introduce-an-australian-style-social-media-ban-for-children [20:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251212-will-france-be-next-to-introduce-an-australian-style-social-media-ban-for-children ) [20:01] TR News Hundreds of Earthquakes Detected at Antarctica's 'Doomsday' Glacier https://www.sciencealert.com/hundreds-of-earthquakes-detected-at-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier [20:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hundreds of Earthquakes Detected at Antarctica's 'Doomsday' Glacier : ScienceAlert [20:02] TR News Dick Van Dyke Credits His Longevity to One Habit, And It's Backed by Science https://www.sciencealert.com/dick-van-dyke-credits-his-longevity-to-one-habit-and-its-backed-by-science [20:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dick Van Dyke Credits His Longevity to One Habit, And It's Backed by Science : ScienceAlert [20:02] TR News iophk: social control media "apps" are harmful weapons aimed at kids [20:02] TR News Misophonia Has Genetic Links to Anxiety And Depression, Study Reveals https://www.sciencealert.com/misophonia-has-genetic-links-to-anxiety-and-depression-study-reveals [20:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Misophonia Has Genetic Links to Anxiety And Depression, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert [20:02] TR News A Daily Habit of 8 Energy Drinks May Have Triggered a UK Man's Stroke https://www.sciencealert.com/a-daily-habit-of-8-energy-drinks-may-have-triggered-a-uk-mans-stroke [20:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Daily Habit of 8 Energy Drinks May Have Triggered a UK Man's Stroke : ScienceAlert [20:03] TR News Neutrino Alchemy: Sun's Ghost Particles Finally Caught Transforming Atoms https://www.sciencealert.com/neutrino-alchemy-suns-ghost-particles-finally-caught-transforming-atoms [20:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Neutrino Alchemy: Sun's Ghost Particles Finally Caught Transforming Atoms : ScienceAlert [20:03] TR News DNA Reveals Cats in Ancient China Were a Different Species Altogether https://www.sciencealert.com/dna-reveals-cats-in-ancient-china-were-a-different-species-altogether [20:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DNA Reveals Cats in Ancient China Were a Different Species Altogether : ScienceAlert [20:03] TR News A Hidden Brain State Before Sleep May Be The Key to Human Genius https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hidden-brain-state-before-sleep-may-be-the-key-to-human-genius [20:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Hidden Brain State Before Sleep May Be The Key to Human Genius : ScienceAlert [20:04] TR News Exploring Hey Hi (AI) Interfaces with Aalto University: Qt Groups Collaboration in Future Technologies https://www.qt.io/blog/exploring-ai-interfaces-with-aalto-university-qt-groups-collaboration-in-future-technologies [20:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Exploring AI Interfaces with Aalto University: Qt Groups Collaboration in Future Technologies [20:05] TR News Circular funding fraud https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/oracle-reportedly-delays-several-new-openai-data-centers-because-of-shortages-tight-material-and-labor-supply-frustrate-expansion-plans-possibly-by-a-year-or-more https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/10/Circular_Funding.shtml [20:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Oracle reportedly delays several new OpenAI data centers because of shortages tight material and labor supply frustrate expansion plans, possibly by a year or more | Tom's Hardware [20:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Circular Funding [20:06] TR News Pakistan military court sentences former intelligence chief to prison for abuse of power https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/pakistan-military-court-sentences-former-intelligence-chief-to-prison-for-abuse-of-power/ [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Pakistan military court sentences former intelligence chief to prison for abuse of power - JURIST - News [20:06] TR News Disney to invest $1bn in Proprietary Chaffbot Company to let fans create Hey Hi (AI) videos https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-disney-to-invest-1bn-in-openai-to-let-fans-create-ai-videos [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-disney-to-invest-1bn-in-openai-to-let-fans-create-ai-videos ) [20:07] TR News USELESS and stupid, worthless PR GIMMICK https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/orbital-ai-data-center-trains-first-model-space [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Orbital AI Data Center Trains First Model in Space [20:08] TR News OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Is Hiding the Truth https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-researcher-quits-hiding-truth [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Is Hiding the Truth [20:08] TR News Instacart Caught Using Hey Hi (AI) to Charge Wildly Different Prices for the Same Item https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/instacart-grocery-prices [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Instacart Caught Using AI to Charge Wildly Different Prices for the Same Item [20:09] TR News Reddit Sues Australian Government to Block Social Media Ban https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/world/asia/reddit-lawsuit-australia-social-media-ban.html [20:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/world/asia/reddit-lawsuit-australia-social-media-ban.html ) [20:10] TR News MElon Tests Europes Willingness to Enforce Its Online Laws https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/technology/elon-musk-europe.html [20:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/technology/elon-musk-europe.html ) [20:10] TR News Use of Sumatran elephants in post-flood clean-up in Indonesias Aceh draws criticism https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/use-of-sumatran-elephants-in-post-flood-clean-up-in-indonesias-aceh-draws-criticism [20:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Use of Sumatran elephants in post-flood clean-up in Indonesias Aceh draws criticism | The Straits Times [20:11] TR News Swifties Live Nation/Ticketmaster Eras Tour Suit Proceeds Despite Partial Dismissal Heres Where the Case Stands Heading Into 2026 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/12/eras-tour-ticketmaster-lawsuit/ [20:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/12/eras-tour-ticketmaster-lawsuit/ ) [20:13] TR News Cherry G84-4100 Keyboard https://hackaday.com/2025/12/12/review-cherry-g84-4100-keyboard/ | Source: Hackaday [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Review: Cherry G84-4100 Keyboard | Hackaday [20:13] TR News DOOM https://hackaday.com/2025/12/12/rats-get-even-better-at-playing-doom/ | Source: Hackaday [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rats Get Even Better At Playing DOOM | Hackaday [20:14] TR News "Super-Sizing Insects And The Benefits Of Bones" https://hackaday.com/2025/12/12/super-sizing-insects-and-the-benefits-of-bones/ | Source: Hackaday [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Super-Sizing Insects And The Benefits Of Bones | Hackaday [20:16] TR News Microsoft outsources to surveillance powered by Ubuntu with back doors. YAY!! https://github.blog/changelog/2025-12-12-better-diagnostics-for-vnet-injected-runners-and-required-self-hosted-runner-upgrades/ [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-github.blog | Better diagnostics for VNET injected runners and required self-hosted runner upgrades - GitHub Changelog [20:17] TR News and the compiler is proprietary, so it could bake in back doors into anything [20:19] TR News Kali Linux 2025.4 released with 3 new tools, desktop updates https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kali-linux-20254-released-with-3-new-tools-desktop-updates/ [20:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bleepingcomputer.com | Kali Linux 2025.4 released with 3 new tools, desktop updates [20:21] TR News "Cinnamon is the flagship desktop environment for Linux Mint. Developed in-house by the Linux Mint team, it provides a traditional desktop experience without the bloat." https://itsfoss.com/news/cinnamon-6-6/ [20:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Cinnamon 6.6 Release Sets the Tone for the Next Linux Mint Release [20:21] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/12/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [20:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [20:22] TR News This is what happens when LF takes bribes from frauds and charlatans who sell slop https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-is-part-of-linux-plumbing-developers/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/To_Linus_Torvalds_the_Microsoft_Linux_Foundation_is_Increasingl.shtml [20:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI is already part of Linux's plumbing - whether developers like it or not | ZDNET [20:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights To Linus Torvalds, the Microsoft Linux Foundation is Increasingly a Liability and Risk to the Brand [20:23] TR News Rust = security? https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/rust-based-01flip-ransomware-hits-windows-and-linux/ [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.esecurityplanet.com | Rust-Based 01flip Ransomware Hits Windows and Linux | eSecurity Planet [20:23] TR News Kali Linux 2025.4 released with full Wayland support and new ofsec tools https://cyberinsider.com/kali-linux-2025-4-released-with-full-wayland-support-and-new-ofsec-tools/ [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cyberinsider.com | Kali Linux 2025.4 released with full Wayland support and new ofsec tools [20:24] TR News "Terminator 2D: NO FATE from Bitmap Bureau / Reef Entertainment has released today to give you some retro themed action-platformer goodness." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/after-multiple-delays-terminator-2d-no-fate-has-launched-with-linux-support-and-steam-deck-verified/ [20:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-After multiple delays Terminator 2D: NO FATE has launched with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux [20:24] TR News "If you ever wish that reading the system logs, optimizing music metadata, and checking battery health were easier on Linux, I've got recommendations. With your spare time this weekend, you may find an app that makes your Linux PC just a little bit more powerful." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-december-12/ [20:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 3 cool Linux apps to try this weekend (December 12 - 14) [20:25] TR News "A new Recommended / Certified Linux driver release from NVIDIA with version 580.119.02 now available. This is separate to the recent Beta driver 590.44.01 that's a whole new series and not ready for everyone just yet." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/nvidia-driver-580-119-02-released-for-linux-as-the-latest-recommended-stable-version/ [20:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NVIDIA driver 580.119.02 released for Linux as the latest recommended stable version | GamingOnLinux [20:25] TR News direct3d-7-on-linux-d7vk-has-a-1-0-release-out-now/ [20:25] TR News "Bringing more classic gaming goodies with the Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7, D7VK 1.0 is out now for Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/vulkan-based-translation-layer-for-direct3d-7-on-linux-d7vk-has-a-1-0-release-out-now/ [20:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 on Linux, D7VK has a 1.0 release out now | GamingOnLinux [20:26] TR News "The wait for Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC has been a long one. After numerous alpha and beta releases spanning quite some time, we finally have a clear look at what System76's hard work has resulted in." https://itsfoss.com/news/pop-os-24-04-review/ [20:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Review: Is This the Linux Distro of the Year 2025? [20:26] TR News "Kali Linux, a popular Linux distribution for cybersecurity research and penetration testing, just revealed the Kali Linux 2025.4 release. This new build has updates to GNOME, KDE, and Xfce desktop environments, improvements for virtual machines, and much more." https://www.howtogeek.com/kali-linux-20254-arrives-with-gnome-49-kde-plasma-65-and-much-more/ [20:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Kali Linux 2025.4 arrives with GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5, and much more [20:26] TR News COSMIC desktop for Linux exits beta with Pop!_OS 24.04 https://www.howtogeek.com/cosmic-desktop-for-linux-exits-beta-with-pop-os-24-04/ [20:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | COSMIC desktop for Linux exits beta with Pop!_OS 24.04 [20:27] TR News "pearOS NiceC0re 25.12 is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.17 and KDE Plasma 6.5.3 desktop environment." https://9to5linux.com/pearos-is-back-now-based-on-arch-linux-and-featuring-the-kde-plasma-desktop [20:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pearOS Is Back, Now Based on Arch Linux and Featuring the KDE Plasma Desktop - 9to5Linux [20:27] TR News "This release improves support for LG Ultragear monitors, the X-Plane video game, Vulkan apps, and the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 monitor." https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-580-119-02-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-various-bug-fixes [20:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NVIDIA 580.119.02 Linux Graphics Driver Released with Various Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux [20:28] TR News Promoting a scam https://technologymagazine.com/news/one-rule-for-all-agents-linux-foundation-launches-aaif see http://techrights.org/n/2025/12/09/Linux_Foundation_Has_Found_a_New_Business_Pyramid_Schemes.shtml [20:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://technologymagazine.com/news/one-rule-for-all-agents-linux-foundation-launches-aaif ) [20:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux Foundation Has Found a New Business: Pyramid Schemes [20:29] TR News "The ShaRPiKeebo is a pocked-sized computer kit that features a custom PCB with a 2.7 inch sunlight-readable display, a 56-key thumb keyboard plus D-Pad buttons, and a LoRa radio for long-range wireless communication." https://liliputing.com/sharpikeebo-pocket-linux-computer-will-start-shipping-soon-3-years-after-crowdfunding/ [20:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ShaRPiKeebo pocket Linux computer will start shipping soon (3 years after crowdfunding) - Liliputing [20:29] TR News kill -9 systemd linux kernel systemd-kerneld https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-kernels-dgenocide-function-removed-to-align-with-inclusive-language-guidelines/ [20:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-kernels-dgenocide-function-removed-to-align-with-inclusive-language-guidelines/ ) [20:29] TR News (or killall rather) [20:30] TR News "Cinnamon 6.6 will be the default desktop in the upcoming Linux Mint 22.3 (Zena) release." https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-6-desktop-environment-released-with-redesigned-application-menu [20:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cinnamon 6.6 Desktop Environment Released with Redesigned Application Menu - 9to5Linux [20:33] TR News (NEW): Applications: PasteLock, starlit, NetworkManager, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Applications_PasteLock_starlit_NetworkManager_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Applications_PasteLock_starlit_NetworkManager_and_More.gmi [20:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Applications: PasteLock, starlit, NetworkManager, and More [20:33] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/today_s_howtos.gmi [20:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [20:35] TR News (NEW): Distributions and Operating Systems: Haiku, GNU/Linux, and CP/M https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Haiku_GNU_Linux_and_CP_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Haiku_GNU_Linux_and_CP_M.gmi [20:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Distributions and Operating Systems: Haiku, GNU/Linux, and CP/M [20:41] TR News (NEW): New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, Rats Get Even Better at DOOM https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Clients_Rats_Get_Even_Bet.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Clients_Rats_Get_Even_Bet.gmi [20:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, Rats Get Even Better at DOOM [20:43] TR News (NEW): Debian: Freexian, Grml 2025.12, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Debian_Freexian_Grml_2025_12_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Debian_Freexian_Grml_2025_12_and_More.gmi [20:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Debian: Freexian, Grml 2025.12, and More [20:43] TR News (NEW): OpenBSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/OpenBSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/OpenBSD_Leftovers.gmi [20:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OpenBSD Leftovers [20:45] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Framework, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Open_Hardware_Modding_Framework_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Open_Hardware_Modding_Framework_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [20:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Framework, Raspberry Pi, and More [20:46] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Pushing Slop/Hype and Fedora Upgrades Got a Bit harder https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Red_Hat_Pushing_Slop_Hype_and_Fedora_Upgrades_Got_harder.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Red_Hat_Pushing_Slop_Hype_and_Fedora_Upgrades_Got_harder.gmi [20:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat Pushing Slop/Hype and Fedora Upgrades Got a Bit harder [20:48] TR News (NEW): OpenSUSE: Tumbleweed Review of the week and OpenSUSE America Summit https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/OpenSUSE_Tumbleweed_Review_of_the_week_and_OpenSUSE_America_Sum.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/OpenSUSE_Tumbleweed_Review_of_the_week_and_OpenSUSE_America_Sum.gmi [20:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OpenSUSE: Tumbleweed Review of the week and OpenSUSE America Summit [20:48] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [20:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [20:50] TR News (NEW): Standards/Consortia: Relaunching ODF Advocacy as ODF News, HTTPS RRs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Standards_Consortia_Relaunching_ODF_Advocacy_as_ODF_News_HTTPS_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Standards_Consortia_Relaunching_ODF_Advocacy_as_ODF_News_HTTPS_.gmi [20:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Standards/Consortia: Relaunching ODF Advocacy as ODF News, HTTPS RRs [20:51] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [20:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [20:51] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi [20:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's leftovers [20:53] TR News xkcd Apples #3180 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3180.gmi [20:53] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/13/Security_Leftovers.gmi [20:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers [20:54] TR News "A little while ago I built a coil by wrapping thin transformer wire around a soft iron cylinder that my dad gave me." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20251212-0.gmi [20:54] TR News "Recently my sister read one of my posts about electronics. That fact alone was a little surprising, since she has never shown any interest in electronics so far as I can remember. Later, she sent me this note, which was her translation of what I wrote, as she understood it." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20251211-0.gmi [20:55] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-13.gmi [20:55] TR News SpellBinding DHINOPY Wordo: TIMED gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-13.gmi [20:56] TR News "It's a collection of 21 rhythm minigames, each playable with one or two buttons and set to its own music." gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/thoughts_on_bits_&_bops_rhythm_minigames.gmi [20:57] TR News "By chance, I have recovered the gemurl program and have updated and uploaded it to my repository on Codeberg." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Gemini/35481 [20:57] TR News "After a recent upgrade, poweroff, shutdown and friends stopped doing their job. The system starts shutting down; only the keyboard lights are still on, then nothing happens for a few seconds and then the Pocket Reform reboots again." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-12-13-reform-notes [20:58] TR News Kuukausi ilman netti gemini://sampsa.smol.pub/kuukausi-ilman-nettia [20:59] TR News Bad blocks gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-12-13-bad-blocks "I didn't know whether this was the disk in my laptop or the backup disk." ● Dec 13 [21:00] TR News "Tonight, FRST Computer exits "stealth mode"..." gopher://jonsharp.net:70/0/gl2/12-11-2025-FRST-Exiting-Stealth-Mode.md [21:01] TR News "in his show this past Wednesday[3], screwtape[4] paraphrased a quote by object-oriented programming and GUI pioneer Alan Kay. something I hadn't heard before." gopher://baud.baby:70/0/phlog/fs20251212.txt [21:02] TR News Christina's December questions gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-12-11-5q.txt [21:03] TR News Repairs gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/repairs.txt [21:03] TR News "Thanks to the figlet styles rustofat for titles and rusto for headings, I feel much more motivated to post on Gopher. I also decided to move the date to the bottom of the post, which allows me to put the email address there as well." gemini://tilde.club/~octagon/gemlog/2025-12-11-i-think-i-found-an-acceptable-gopherhole-styling.gmi [21:04] TR News This Vine-Like Grasper Gives Robots a Secure Yet Gentle Touch gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202512/20251211-vine.gmi [21:05] TR News Alcohol and Gentoo gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/gentoo.txt [21:06] TR News "Currently i am driving my mom nearly every other day to some form of doctor, either the dentist (she finally decided to get a partial tooth prothesis), the general practicioner to get her blood pressure in order and the orthopedist to get her carpal tunnel syndrome fixed." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/101225.txt [21:07] TR News "Which immediately piqued my interest, as I have so far been just taking my notes in plain `vim` without a way of linking them." gemini://tilde.club/~gedankenstuecke/blog/2025-12-10-linked-notes-with-vimwiki.gmi [21:08] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:08] TR News "When the Silicon Graphics IRIS Indigo workstation starts then it prints - among others - how long it was off. It simply counts days when being on the time-keeping battery." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2025_12_01.txt [21:09] TR News AI for lazy people gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2025_12_02.txt [21:10] TR News "My recent week had been extremely difficult in every possible sense. However, I managed to stumble upon an interesting phenomenon I never met before: fake indie Web. What do I mean by that?" gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-12-08-on-indie-web.txt [21:11] TR News "I bought a house recently. As I am currently renting, I have had the luck of being able to move slowly. I spent a fair bit of time disassembling annoying furniture left behind and being able to clean the place before moving in." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20251207.txt [21:12] TR News "Rust has the reputation of being a safe language, that helps to prevent nasty vulnerabilities, memory leaks, and so on. Some organizations even promote to write software that converts C-code into Rust-code." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/all-i-want-for-xmas-is-a-system-without-rust.txt [21:13] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1503.jpg [21:14] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1853.jpg [21:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [21:24] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 13/12/2025: Extensive Catchup With Gopherholes https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Gemini_Links_13_12_2025_Extensive_Catchup_With_Gopherholes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Gemini_Links_13_12_2025_Extensive_Catchup_With_Gopherholes.gmi [21:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 13/12/2025: Extensive Catchup With Gopherholes [21:25] TR News Techrights Links 13/12/2025: Jimmy Lai and Media Freedom on Trial, "OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Hiding the Truth" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Links_13_12_2025_Jimmy_Lai_and_Media_Freedom_on_Trial_OpenAI_Re.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Links_13_12_2025_Jimmy_Lai_and_Media_Freedom_on_Trial_OpenAI_Re.gmi [21:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 13/12/2025: Jimmy Lai and Media Freedom on Trial, "OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Hiding the Truth" [21:29] TR News "Didnt people sign away their rights to sue against age discrimination as part of severance package? Is that even legally enforceable?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kca2ddbp [21:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kca2ddbp ) [21:30] TR News "LinkedIn is a giant cesspool. It's becoming facebook Political posts, Doom and gloom posts by people who sound like they are spiraling out of control. Shady recruiters. Pre packaged corporate buzzwords and unmotivating people." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbn7ncjw [21:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbn7ncjw ) [21:45] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [21:48] TR News "Sales compensation - how do the modifiers work at redhat for field sales execs? for example 200k otc with 50/50 comp plan. thanks in advance" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kc9ef59e [21:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kc9ef59e ) ● Dec 13 [22:00] TR News Techrights IBM: We Pay You to be Obedient or Deny You What You're Entitled to If You Don't Act Obediently https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/IBM_We_Pay_You_to_be_Obedient_or_Deny_You_What_You_re_Entitled_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/IBM_We_Pay_You_to_be_Obedient_or_Deny_You_What_You_re_Entitled_.gmi [22:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM: We Pay You to be Obedient or Deny You What You're Entitled to If You Don't Act Obediently [22:05] TR News Techrights Google News is Google Noise https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Google_News_is_Google_Noise.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/13/Google_News_is_Google_Noise.gmi [22:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google News is Google Noise ● Dec 13 [04:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [04:34] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Dec 13 [05:58] TR News targeting dissident https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chinese-spy-speaks-out-enquete-radio-canada-9.7003661 [05:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.cbc.ca | A Chinese dissident died suddenly in B.C. This ex-spy who snooped on him says it may not have been an accident | CBC News [05:59] TR News Health Fears Resurface https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trumps-thinning-hair-brutally-exposed-oval-office-photo-showing-pink-health-fears-resurface-1760374 [05:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Trump's Thinning Hair 'Brutally Exposed' In Oval Office Photo Showing Pink Scalp As Health Fears Resurface | IBTimes UK ● Dec 13 [06:01] TR News fraud in Ontario https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/majority-of-ontario-fraud-cases-tossed-since-2020-due-to-limited-resources-crowns-association-9.7004743 [06:01] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.cbc.ca | Majority of Ontario fraud cases tossed since 2020 due to limited resources: Crowns association | CBC News [06:09] TR News AfD https://www.dw.com/en/german-business-group-backtracks-on-opening-to-far-right-afd/a-74937293 [06:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-German business group backtracks on opening to far-right AfD DW 12/01/2025 ● Dec 13 [07:14] TR News "EU to move Ukraine membership forward despite Hungary veto" https://www.dw.com/en/eu-to-move-ukraine-membership-forward-despite-hungary-veto/a-75137933 [07:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-EU to move Ukraine membership forward despite Hungary veto DW 12/12/2025 [07:15] TR News "Trump Was Unable to Insult His Way to Victory in Indiana Redistricting Battle" https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-12-12/trump-was-unable-to-insult-his-way-to-victory-in-indiana-redistricting-battle [07:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-12-12/trump-was-unable-to-insult-his-way-to-victory-in-indiana-redistricting-battle ) [07:16] TR News "Its possible that Time magazines Person of the Year selection Manual do Usurio" https://manualdousuario.net/en/time-person-of-the-year-ai-architects/ [07:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol-manualdousuario.net | Its possible that Time magazines Person of the Year selection Manual do Usurio [07:17] TR News "Trump is losing support. Here are three theories why." https://www.vox.com/politics/472103/trump-coalition-2024-maga-collapse-support-popular-affordability-young-latino [07:17] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Trump is losing support. Here are three theories why. | Vox [07:17] TR News "It Would Be Madness to Give Trump and His Toadies Even More Power" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-supreme-court-congress-agencies/ [07:17] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | It Would Be Madness to Give Trump and His Toadies Even More Power | The Nation [07:17] TR News "2025 Was David Lynch" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2025-in-review/2025-was-david-lynch [07:17] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.newyorker.com | 2025 Was David Lynch | The New Yorker [07:18] TR News "Trump moves to pardon Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, even though he cant" https://cyberscoop.com/trump-moves-to-pardon-colorado-election-clerk-tina-peters-even-though-he-cant/ [07:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Trump moves to pardon Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, even though he cant | CyberScoop [07:21] TR News Judd Legum https://fair.org/home/judd-legum-and-adam-johnson-on-gambling-on-the-news/ | Source: FAIR [07:21] -TechPolBot/#techpol-fair.org | Judd Legum and Adam Johnson on Gambling on the News FAIR [07:22] TR News "Coup the US Helped Enable" https://fair.org/home/honduras-is-a-country-still-recovering-from-a-coup-the-us-helped-enable/ | Source: FAIR [07:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol-fair.org | Honduras Is a Country Still Recovering From a Coup the US Helped Enable: FAIR [07:22] TR News "Last week, a sentence stopped me in my tracks. It was embedded in a question posed by Patrick Healy, New York Times assistant managing editor, to his boss, executive editor Joe Kahn." https://fair.org/home/nyt-editors-gaslight-readers-over-papers-gaza-bias/ | Source: FAIR [07:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol-fair.org | NYT Editors Gaslight Readers Over Papers Gaza Bias FAIR ● Dec 13 [11:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol ● Dec 13 [12:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Dec 13 [15:27] TR News House G.O.P. Releases Health Plan That Would Allow Subsidies to End https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/republican-health-care-plan-subsidies-expire.html [15:27] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/republican-health-care-plan-subsidies-expire.html ) [15:28] TR News For Republicans, Convicted Felons Hands-Off Approach to Health Care Is a Problem https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/trump-republicans-obamacare-health-costs.html [15:28] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/trump-republicans-obamacare-health-costs.html ) [15:31] TR News The Crime Involved Trash Bags. But It Wasnt a Mob Caper. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/asia/jeju-south-korea-trash-bags-fraud.html [15:31] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/asia/jeju-south-korea-trash-bags-fraud.html ) [15:32] TR News US general says drills absolutely needed as Korea floats shift https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-general-says-drills-absolutely-needed-as-korea-floats-shift [15:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | US general says drills absolutely needed as Korea floats shift | The Straits Times [15:58] TR News Latest Thai-Cambodian clashes expose limits of ASEANs conflict-management tools https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/latest-thai-cambodian-clashes-expose-limits-of-aseans-conflict-management-tools [15:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Latest Thai-Cambodian clashes expose limits of ASEANs conflict management tools | The Straits Times ● Dec 13 [16:07] TR News Philippines says fishermen hurt, boats damaged by China in South China Sea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-says-fishermen-hurt-boats-damaged-by-china-in-south-china-sea [16:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines says fishermen hurt and boats damaged by China in South China Sea | The Straits Times [16:08] TR News India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-frees-up-visas-for-chinese-professionals-in-key-step-to-boost-ties [16:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties | The Straits Times [16:09] TR News DPM Gan to head to Chongqing for high-level Singapore-China talks https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/dpm-gan-heads-to-chongqing-for-high-level-talks-with-china [16:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | DPM Gan in Chongqing for Singapore-China bilateral talks | The Straits Times [16:11] TR News US House Democrats release new photos of Convicted Felon, other prominent figures from Epstein's estate https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251212-us-house-democrats-release-new-photos-of-trump-other-prominent-figures-from-epstein-s-estate [16:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251212-us-house-democrats-release-new-photos-of-trump-other-prominent-figures-from-epstein-s-estate ) [16:14] TR News 'It's a mistake for Ukraine to make concessions': Former Convicted Felon security adviser John Bolton https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-it-s-a-mistake-for-ukraine-to-make-concessions-former-trump-security-adviser-john-bolton [16:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-it-s-a-mistake-for-ukraine-to-make-concessions-former-trump-security-adviser-john-bolton ) [16:14] TR News 'They have no border': Ukraine's integration into EU by 2027 deemed unlikely by diplomats https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251212-they-have-no-border-ukraine-joining-eu-by-2027-deemed-unlikely-by-diplomats [16:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251212-they-have-no-border-ukraine-joining-eu-by-2027-deemed-unlikely-by-diplomats ) [16:14] TR News 'They're no longer hiding': How Russia is shipping liquefied natural gas to China despite sanctions https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251212-russia-deliveries-liquefied-natural-gas-lng-china-sanctions-united-states [16:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251212-russia-deliveries-liquefied-natural-gas-lng-china-sanctions-united-states ) ● Dec 13 [17:37] TR News US still pushing big territorial concessions from Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-us-still-pushing-big-territorial-concessions-from-ukraine [17:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-us-still-pushing-big-territorial-concessions-from-ukraine ) [17:37] TR News Rights group condemns systemic torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/rights-group-condemns-systemic-torture-of-ukrainian-pows-by-russia/ [17:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Rights group condemns systemic torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia - JURIST - News [17:38] TR News Russia Rejects Zelenskyy Donbas Referendum Proposal Ahead Of High Stakes Weekend For Diplomacy https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-terrirory-security-zelenskyy-peace-talks/33621374.html [17:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russia Rejects Zelenskyy Donbas Referendum Proposal Ahead Of High Stakes Weekend For Diplomacy [17:38] TR News Ukrainians, Worrying More About Power Cuts, See U.S. Peace Push as Just Noise https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-power-outages-peace-plan-russia.html [17:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-power-outages-peace-plan-russia.html ) [17:38] TR News How Ukraine Has Responded to Convicted Felons Peace Plan and Russias Demands for Territory https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-trump-peace-plan-counterproposal.html [17:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-trump-peace-plan-counterproposal.html ) [17:38] TR News Russia Sues Holder of Frozen Assets Europe Wants for Ukraine Loan https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/russia-ukraine-frozen-assets-belgium-euroclear.html [17:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/russia-ukraine-frozen-assets-belgium-euroclear.html ) [17:39] TR News How Power Cuts Are Affecting Ukrainians https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000010573084/how-power-cuts-are-affecting-ukrainians.html [17:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | How Power Cuts Are Affecting Ukrainians - The New York Times [17:39] TR News "Russia attacks nine Ukrainian cities at once and plans a major push in Donbas" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/12/as-trump-pushes-kyiv-to-accept-a-peace-deal-russia-attacks-nine-ukrainian-cities-at-once-and-plans-a-major-push-in-donbas | Source: Meduza [17:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | As Trump pushes Kyiv to accept a peace deal, Russia attacks nine Ukrainian cities at once and plans a major push in Donbas Meduza [17:39] TR News The Russian economy in 2025:Between stagnation and militarization https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/russia-tomorrow/the-russian-economy-in-2025-between-stagnation-and-militarization/ [17:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | The Russian economy in 2025:Between stagnation and militarization - Atlantic Council [17:40] TR News 'We'll concentrate on European military equipment and improve our defence': Romanian president https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20251212-we-ll-concentrate-on-european-military-equipment-and-improve-our-defence-romanian-president [17:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20251212-we-ll-concentrate-on-european-military-equipment-and-improve-our-defence-romanian-president ) [17:40] TR News Berlin summons Russian ambassador over increase in hybrid attacks https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-berlin-summons-russian-ambassador-over-increase-in-hybrid-attacks [17:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251212-berlin-summons-russian-ambassador-over-increase-in-hybrid-attacks ) ● Dec 13 [18:04] TR News North Korean leader Kim hails troops returning from Russia mission, state media says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korean-leader-kim-hails-troops-returning-from-russia-mission-state-media-says [18:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Korean leader Kim hails troops returning from Russia mission, state media says | The Straits Times [18:05] TR News "demilitarized zone" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/12/12/kremlin-aide-suggests-donbas-demilitarized-zone-with-russian-police-and-national-guard-presence | Source: Meduza [18:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Kremlin aide suggests Donbas demilitarized zone with Russian police and National Guard presence Meduza [18:07] TR News Tour operator moves Egypt flights from Vilnius to Kaunas amid balloon disruptions https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2773206/tour-operator-moves-egypt-flights-from-vilnius-to-kaunas-amid-balloon-disruptions [18:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Tour operator moves Egypt flights from Vilnius to Kaunas amid balloon disruptions - LRT [18:37] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [18:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Dec 13 [19:09] TR News Thai military rejects Cambodian claims of strikes on civilians, confirms Hey Hi (AI) images among fake news https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-military-dismisses-cambodian-claims-as-fabricated-confirms-ai-generated-images-among-fake-news [19:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Thai military rejects Cambodian claims of strikes on civilians, confirms AI images among fake news | The Straits Times [19:16] TR News Venezuela security forces linked to systematic abuses, UN reports https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/venezuela-security-forces-linked-to-systematic-abuses-un-reports/ [19:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Venezuela security forces linked to systematic abuses, UN reports - JURIST - News [19:16] TR News ICC sentences Sudan militia leader to 20 years for Darfur atrocities https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/icc-sentences-sudan-militia-leader-to-20-years-for-atrocities-committed-during-civil-war/ [19:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | ICC sentences Sudan militia leader to 20 years for Darfur atrocities - JURIST - News [19:17] TR News East Java boarding school head gets 20 years, chemical castration for sexual abuse https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/east-java-boarding-school-head-gets-20-years-chemical-castration-for-sexual-abuse [19:17] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | East Java boarding school head gets 20 years jail, chemical castration for sexual abuse | The Straits Times [19:32] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techpol [19:33] TR News Hong Kong national security police arrest 9 men for alleged military-style unlawful drills https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/12/hong-kong-national-security-police-arrest-9-men-for-alleged-military-style-unlawful-drills/ [19:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | HK nat. sec police arrest 9 for alleged military-style unlawful drills [19:34] TR News Vindication: Gaza film BillBC refused to show wins British Journalism Award https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/gaza-doctors-under-attack-win-british-journalism-awards-channel-4-bbc/ [19:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-pressgazette.co.uk | Gaza: Doctors Under Attack film BBC refused to show wins award - Press Gazette [19:36] TR News China Politburo member misses two key meetings as mystery builds https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-politburo-member-misses-two-key-meetings-as-mystery-builds [19:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China Politburo member misses two key meetings as mystery builds | The Straits Times [19:36] TR News Beijing says it expelled Philippine aircraft, vessels near disputed South China Sea atolls https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-says-it-expelled-philippine-aircraft-vessels-near-disputed-atolls [19:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Beijing says it expelled Philippine aircraft, vessels near disputed South China Sea atolls | The Straits Times [19:36] TR News China holds low-key Nanjing Massacre memorial despite Japan tensions https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-holds-low-key-nanjing-massacre-memorial-despite-japan-tensions [19:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China holds low-key Nanjing Massacre memorial despite Japan tensions | The Straits Times [19:38] TR News US, Japan defence chiefs agree China harming regional peace https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/12/us-japan-defence-chiefs-agree-china-harming-regional-peace/ [19:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | US, Japan defence chiefs agree China harming regional peace [19:39] TR News Dispatch from Beijing: Both China and the US think they have the advantage. Only one can be right. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/beijing-both-china-and-the-us-think-they-have-the-advantage/ [19:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Dispatch from Beijing: Both China and the US think they have the advantage. Only one can be right. - Atlantic Council [19:44] TR News Iran poses challenges to a National Security Strategy ready to move on https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/iran-poses-challenges-to-a-national-security-strategy-ready-to-move-on/ [19:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Iran poses challenges to a National Security Strategy ready to move on - Atlantic Council [19:44] TR News At the UN, the US has accused Rwanda of leading the region towards war https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20251212-at-the-un-the-us-has-accused-rwanda-of-leading-the-region-towards-war [19:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20251212-at-the-un-the-us-has-accused-rwanda-of-leading-the-region-towards-war ) [19:48] TR News Leon Panetta on the Convicted Felon Administrations Venezuelan Boat Strikes https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/leon-panetta-on-the-trump-administrations-venezuelan-boat-strikes [19:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.newyorker.com | Leon Panetta on the Trump Administrations Venezuelan Boat Strikes | The New Yorker [19:53] TR News Baltic leaders say US strategy shows clear understanding of regional security needs https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2773393/baltic-leaders-say-us-strategy-shows-clear-understanding-of-regional-security-needs [19:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Baltic leaders say US strategy shows clear understanding of regional security needs - LRT [19:54] TR News Cowardice Like Michael Glasheens Is How January 6 Happened https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/12/cowardice-like-michael-glasheens-is-how-january-6-happened/ [19:54] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.emptywheel.net | Cowardice Like Michael Glasheen's Is How January 6 Happened - emptywheel [19:54] TR News Venezuela Oil Tanker Seized by U.S. Was Part of Effort to Finance Cuba https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/americas/venezuela-cuba-oil-tanker.html [19:54] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/americas/venezuela-cuba-oil-tanker.html ) [19:55] TR News For Rubio the Cuba Hawk, the Road to Havana Runs Through Venezuela https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/rubio-cuba-venezuela.html [19:55] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/rubio-cuba-venezuela.html ) ● Dec 13 [20:00] TR News Amid Fractures on the Right, Tucker Carlson Continues His Attacks https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/style/tucker-carlson-theo-von-show.html [20:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/style/tucker-carlson-theo-von-show.html ) [20:06] TR News Pakistan military court sentences former intelligence chief to prison for abuse of power https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/pakistan-military-court-sentences-former-intelligence-chief-to-prison-for-abuse-of-power/ [20:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Pakistan military court sentences former intelligence chief to prison for abuse of power - JURIST - News ● Dec 13 [21:08] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [21:45] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol