IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, December 28, 2023

1 AM, December 28

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2 AM, December 28

02:38 TR News; (NEW): Today in Techrights http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Today_in_Techrights.gmi

02:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights

02:38 TR News; Techrights Over at Tux Machines... http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi

02:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines...

02:39 TR News; "I first discovered Radiohead when my parents were having a tidy. My mum had overturned the entire CD rack and pulled out a stack of discs to get rid of, which included a copy of OK Computer. Not really sure why she wanted to throw it out, but regardless I took it, played it, enjoyed it, and then bought more." gemini://deafeningcreationearthquake.flounder.online/gemlog/2023-12-27.gmi

02:39 TR News; [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D793.jpg

02:40 TR News; [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1143.jpg

02:40 TR News; Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-271223.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-271223.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-271223.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-271223.txt

02:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, December 27, 2023

02:41 TR News; Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-271223.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-271223.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-271223.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-271223.txt

02:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, December 27, 2023

02:42 TR News; Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-271223.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-271223.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-271223.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-271223.txt

02:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, December 27, 2023

02:43 TR News; Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-271223.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-271223.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-271223.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-271223.txt

02:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, December 27, 2023

02:48 TR News; (NEW): What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/What_comes_after_open_source_Bruce_Perens_is_working_on_it.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/What_comes_after_open_source_Bruce_Perens_is_working_on_it.gmi

02:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it

02:48 TR News; Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_December_27_2023.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_December_27_2023.gmi

02:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, December 27, 2023

02:49 TR News; On the "Glory" of the IP Protocol Suite gemini://gmi.rohlicek.at/gemlog/2023-12-27-the-glory-of-the-ip-protocol-suite.gmi

02:50 TR News; Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2023-12-27.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2023-12-27.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now

02:50 TR News; Thin and to the point gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-27-15-01-24.gmi

02:50 TR News; Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2023-12-27.txt

02:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 404 @ http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2023-12-27.txt )

02:50 TR News; want

02:50 TR News; "I'm trying to keep things decently simple for 2024 in terms of habits or projects I want to do. Of course there will be more things I plan to do, but the following are 3 things I certainly want to make progress on." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/hopes-resolutions-for-2024

02:53 TR News; New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI for Copyright Infringement https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-27/new-york-times-sues-microsoft-and-openai-for-copyright-infringement

02:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

02:54 TR News; With all those lawsuits, might Open HEY HI just file for bankruptcy and claim it cannot pay? Too broke?

02:55 TR News; Microsoft hiding behind proxies, as usual https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/ny-times-sues-open-ai-microsoft-over-copyright-infringement/ see https://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/

02:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arstechnica.com | NY Times sues Open AI, Microsoft over copyright infringement | Ars Technica

02:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XXVII The Future of OpenAI May Depend on the Fate of GitHub's Copilot in Court ($9 Billion in Damages)

02:57 TR News; "sideloading" just means installing https://www.ghacks.net/2023/12/27/new-japanese-law-may-force-apple-to-allow-sideloading-in-ios/

02:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ghacks.net | New Japanese law may force Apple to allow sideloading in iOS - gHacks Tech News

3 AM, December 28

03:01 TR News; Note this publisher takes bribes from both Microsoft and Bill Gates (for bias), just like OSI, which took the role of Microsoft advocate, calling plagiarism "HEY HI" https://www.npr.org/2023/12/27/1221821750/new-york-times-sues-chatgpt-openai-microsoft-for-copyright-infringement

03:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.npr.org | The New York Times sues ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Microsoft, for copyright infringement : NPR

03:03 TR News; It was utterly foolish of Simon Phipps to take bribes from Microsoft (at OSI) and now we see how things pan out.

03:11 TR News; (NEW): General Resolution: Statement about the EU Legislation "Cyber Resilience Act and Product Liability Directive" http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/General_Resolution_Statement_about_the_EU_Legislation_Cyber_Res.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/General_Resolution_Statement_about_the_EU_Legislation_Cyber_Res.gmi

03:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines General Resolution: Statement about the EU Legislation "Cyber Resilience Act and Product Liability Directive"

03:33 TR News; Techrights [Video] The Current, Contemporary Patent System Seems to Be Failing Even Very Large Companies http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Video_The_Current_Contemporary_Patent_System_Seems_to_Be_Faili.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Video_The_Current_Contemporary_Patent_System_Seems_to_Be_Faili.gmi

03:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Video] The Current, Contemporary Patent System Seems to Be Failing Even Very Large Companies

03:45 TR News; Techrights Say No to Hate http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Say_No_to_Hate.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Say_No_to_Hate.gmi

03:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Say No to Hate

4 AM, December 28

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04:36 TR News; Techrights [Video] Microsoft's TPM Position is a Wake-up Call About Canonical (Which Helps Microsoft Push and Promote TPM) http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Video_Microsoft_s_TPM_Position_is_a_Wake_up_Call_About_Canonic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Video_Microsoft_s_TPM_Position_is_a_Wake_up_Call_About_Canonic.gmi

04:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Video] Microsoft's TPM Position is a Wake-up Call About Canonical (Which Helps Microsoft Push and Promote TPM)

5 AM, December 28

05:00 TR News; Techrights OSI Co-Founder Has Plan B, Seeing That OSI is Basically Defunct (Nowadays a Propaganda Arm of Microsoft et al) http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/OSI_Co_Founder_Has_Plan_B_Seeing_That_OSI_is_Basically_Defunct_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/OSI_Co_Founder_Has_Plan_B_Seeing_That_OSI_is_Basically_Defunct_.gmi

05:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights OSI Co-Founder Has Plan B, Seeing That OSI is Basically Defunct (Nowadays a Propaganda Arm of Microsoft et al)

05:28 TR News; Techrights Free Software is 'Food for the Soul' (and for Perfectly Fine But Supposedly "Old" PCs) http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Free_Software_is_Food_for_the_Soul_and_for_Perfectly_Fine_But_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Free_Software_is_Food_for_the_Soul_and_for_Perfectly_Fine_But_S.gmi

05:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Free Software is 'Food for the Soul' (and for Perfectly Fine But Supposedly "Old" PCs)

05:38 TR News; "i've been an owner, in the kink sense, for well over a decade now, across two different relationships. In one relationship, a former partner (now friend) was my property: [...]" gemini://flexibeast.space/gemlog/2023-12-28.gmi

05:38 TR News; "The whole family's together for Christmas. Tonight, the move's been rum or bourbon and coke, but I've been hittin' the gin and brandy and slivovicha." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1622

7 AM, December 28

07:14 TR News; Still unsolved https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year-from-covid/ turning FIVE soon. The vaccine monopoly cartel (patents) still unable to produce a working solution that is safe and reliable. All about money, not problem-solving.

07:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Merry Christmas and a Happy New YearFrom Covid | The Nation

07:29 TR News; How to Find a File in Linux https://linuxstans.com/find-file-linux/

07:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxstans.com | How to Find a File in Linux - Linux Stans

07:31 TR News; (NEW): Understanding the Realm of ROS, Harnessing Gazebo, and Pioneering the Simulation of Intelligent Machines http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Understanding_the_Realm_of_ROS_Harnessing_Gazebo_and_Pioneering.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Understanding_the_Realm_of_ROS_Harnessing_Gazebo_and_Pioneering.gmi

07:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Understanding the Realm of ROS, Harnessing Gazebo, and Pioneering the Simulation of Intelligent Machines

07:33 TR News; "We reflect on how our work has changed over the last year and get some sage advice from buff Uncle Jeff." https://feed.jupiter.zone/allshows#entry-11747

07:34 TR News; Setup ownCloud Infinite Scale Real Quick https://dragotin.codeberg.page/posts/quickocis/

07:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dragotin.codeberg.page | Setup ownCloud Infinite Scale Real Quick | Dragotins Blog

07:34 TR News; FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, December 29, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-20231229-irc

07:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, December 29, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software

07:35 TR News; Fed Cir affirms PTAB decision Invalidating 1996 Patent on Mobile Base Stations https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/decision-invalidating-stations.html

07:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Fed Cir affirms PTAB decision Invalidating 1996 Patent on Mobile Base Stations | Patently-O

07:36 TR News; "further I believe UPC case law , supported by the influence of the EU, will become intertwined with EPO case law, leading to much more leniency at the EPO" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/unambiguous-disclosure-without-patent.html?showComment=1703683343898#c1364721314176234273

07:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Unambiguous disclosure without patent profanity (T 2171/21) - The IPKat

07:37 TR News; "The leniency will come from the UPC realising it needs to be less formalistic than the EPO when acting judicially and deciding on huge amounts of money to be given in damages. At the moment the EPO doesn't really see see the financial implications of its decisions and therefore has become too abstract and academic"

07:39 TR News; UPC is both illegal and unconstitutional. This blog promoted this crime for many years and now it takes stock of the "accomplishments" of this crime. https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2023/12/27/kluwer-upc-blog-opinion-piece/

07:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentblog.kluweriplaw.com | Kluwer UPC Blog Opinion Piece - Kluwer Patent Blog

07:40 TR News; automatically

07:40 TR News; Patent extremists are pushing for automatically-generated patents which breed nothing but lawsuits and reward nobody https://ipwatchdog.com/2023/12/27/from-ai-inventors-to-design-reform-and-frand-what-mattered-in-eu-ip-for-2023/id=171017/

07:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipwatchdog.com | From AI Inventors to Design Reform and FRAND: What Mattered in EU IP for 2023

07:42 TR News; Federal Circuit Appellate court Grants Emergency Stay of Fashion Company Apple Watch Ban https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/federal-appellate-emergency.html

07:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Federal Circuit Appellate court Grants Emergency Stay of Apple Watch Ban | Patently-O

8 AM, December 28

08:08 TR News; (NEW): AIO-3588L AI Mainboard: 8K Display Support, High RAM, and 48MP ISP http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/AIO_3588L_AI_Mainboard_8K_Display_Support_High_RAM_and_48MP_ISP.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/AIO_3588L_AI_Mainboard_8K_Display_Support_High_RAM_and_48MP_ISP.gmi

08:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines AIO-3588L AI Mainboard: 8K Display Support, High RAM, and 48MP ISP

08:15 TR News; (NEW): The System76 Guide to Gaming on Pop!_OS http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/The_System76_Guide_to_Gaming_on_Pop_OS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/The_System76_Guide_to_Gaming_on_Pop_OS.gmi

08:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The System76 Guide to Gaming on Pop!_OS

08:23 TR News; Techrights Gulagboy's Army of Online Militants Now Cracking Accounts of (or Subscribing to SPAM) Myself, My Wife, and People Associated With Techrights http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Gulagboy_s_Army_of_Online_Militants_Now_Cracking_Accounts_of_or.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Gulagboy_s_Army_of_Online_Militants_Now_Cracking_Accounts_of_or.gmi

08:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gulagboy's Army of Online Militants Now Cracking Accounts of (or Subscribing to SPAM) Myself, My Wife, and People Associated With Techrights

08:36 TR News; Way to distract from MASS LAYOFFS at Microsoft... the REAL story https://www.pocketgamer.biz/feature/83044/paige-cook-top-stories-of-the-year/

08:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pocketgamer.biz | Paige Cook's top stories of 2023: Layoffs, Activision and Rovio | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz

08:37 TR News; Microsoft sued again. "STEALING" disguised as "HEY HI!" https://www.pymnts.com/legal/2023/new-york-times-sues-microsoft-openai-over-content-use/

08:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pymnts.com | New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI Over Use of Content

08:38 TR News; There was no "rise of AI"; it's just the latest pump-and-dump fraud. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1228/1422586-job-cuts-the-rise-of-ai-and-record-data-fines/

08:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rte.ie | Job cuts, the rise of AI and record data fines

08:39 TR News; They need people who get work done, not people who fill quotas https://www.aol.com/google-meta-other-tech-giants-231312118.html

08:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aol.com | Google, Meta, other tech giants slash DEI-related jobs, resource groups in 2023: Report

08:39 TR News; Filling "insane people" quotas at Microsoft https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/04/16/microsoft-bing-hides-news-regarding-microsoft-stabber-joseph-cantrell/

08:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-baronhk.wordpress.com | Microsoft Bing Hides News Regarding Microsoft Stabber Joseph Cantrell. | BaronHK's Rants

08:41 TR News; Popular Slay The Spire mod Downfall was hijacked to spread malware through Steam https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/popular-slay-the-spire-mod-downfall-was-hijacked-to-spread-malware-through-steam

08:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rockpapershotgun.com | Popular Slay The Spire mod Downfall was hijacked to spread malware through Steam | Rock Paper Shotgun

08:43 TR News; All this "era of AI", "year of AI", "AI revolution" nonsense is good way to filter out "journalists" who are basically corporate spammers, assisting a fraudulent scheme for a payment. There's no revolution, it's just loads of buzzwords and hype - a self-feeding loop, which will implode.

08:50 TR News; India in 2023: 15.6% GNU/Linux on desktops and laptops? Impressive. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india/#monthly-200901-202312

08:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share India | Statcounter Global Stats

08:52 TR News; And Microsoft (Windows) sagged to 63% of laptops/desktops in Canada https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/canada/#monthly-200901-202312

08:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Canada | Statcounter Global Stats

08:54 TR News; GNU/Linux at 3.5% in the US (desktops, laptops) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america/#monthly-200901-202312

08:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share United States Of America | Statcounter Global Stats

9 AM, December 28

09:03 TR News; (NEW): GNU/Linux Rises to All-Time High in South America This Month, Based on Data From statCounter http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_All_Time_High_in_South_America_This_Month_Ba.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_All_Time_High_in_South_America_This_Month_Ba.gmi

09:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Rises to All-Time High in South America This Month, Based on Data From statCounter

09:22 TR News; (NEW): GNU/Linux Year in Review: The North American Perspective http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/GNU_Linux_Year_in_Review_The_North_American_Perspective.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/GNU_Linux_Year_in_Review_The_North_American_Perspective.gmi

09:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Year in Review: The North American Perspective

09:22 TR News; "Apple does not allow Floccus to manage the bookmarks on Safari for iOS" https://www.tumfatig.net/2023/create-a-start-page-using-html-and-css/ | Source: TuMFatig

09:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tumfatig.net | TuM'Fatig - Create a start page using HTML and CSS

09:23 TR News; "I've been using exmh to read and handle my email for what is now a very long time" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/EnvironmentsAndImmitations | Source: University of Toronto

09:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/EnvironmentsAndImmitations

09:41 TR News; "I briefly mentioned this ongoing project in my post about which BSD did you start on, as well as in this other post about moving all the things to (Free|Open)BSD." https://www.ncartron.org/finally-migrated-my-email-to-openbsdamsterdam.html | Source: Nico Cartron

09:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ncartron.org | Finally migrated my email to OpenBSD.Amsterdam!

09:42 TR News; Open Hardware https://rubenerd.com/reflashing-an-sii-3114-sata-controller/ | Source: Ruben Schade

09:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Reflashing an SiI 3114 RAID into a SATA controller

09:43 TR News; "I've written papers about it, and I've tried to put together a prototype license" https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/27/bruce_perens_post_open/ | Source: The Register UK

09:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it The Register

09:43 TR News; Open Access https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/another-reason-why-diamond-access-makes-sense-no-economic-barriers-to-publishing-rebuttals/ | Source: Techdirt

09:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Another Reason Why Diamond Access Makes Sense: No Economic Barriers To Publishing Rebuttals | Techdirt

09:45 TR News; "An acquantance wrote about John Romero and John Carmack but missed" https://two-wrongs.com/john-the-toolmaker | Source: Chris

09:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-two-wrongs.com | John the Toolmaker

09:46 TR News; "At least for now, the repo will stay public" https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2023/12/testing-testing-ending-fools-errand/ | Source: Bryce Wray

09:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Testing,testing: endingafoolserrand | BryceWray.com

09:49 TR News; "He also mentions LibraryThing as an example of a site that has achieved critical mass" https://rubenerd.com/jon-udell-discusses-critical-mass/ | Source: Ruben Schade

09:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Jon Udell on critical mass, and social network size

09:49 TR News; "Lets start by seeing how I did with this year in regard to my hopes from 12 months ago: [...]" https://hamatti.org/posts/year-in-review-2023/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala

09:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Year in Review 2023 : hamatti.org

09:50 TR News; "technology jobs" https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/dice/ | Source: Logikal Solutions

09:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.logikalsolutions.com | Dice - This is Broken Logikal Blog

09:50 TR News; "There's enormous potential for getting people together and doing something interesting" https://notes.eatonphil.com/2023-12-26-make-your-own-way.html | Source: Phil Eaton

09:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Make your own way | notes.eatonphil.com

09:53 TR News; "Taliban's hard-line Islamist government in Afghanistan" https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-education-layoffs-fears/32749748.html | Source: RFERL

09:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Taliban Closes Education Ministry Department, Creating Uncertainty For Thousands

09:53 TR News; "Carl wrote a lovely post the other day, listing 20 things he learned this year." https://manuelmoreale.com/reflecting-on-learned-things | Source: Manuel Moreale

09:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | Reflecting on learned things Manu

09:54 TR News; "According to FDA guidance" https://fedscoop.com/fda-cisa-medical-devices-cybersecurity-agreement-updated-gao/ | Source: Scoop News Group

09:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FDA cybersecurity agreement on medical devices needs updating, watchdog finds | FedScoop

09:54 TR News; "Cyber threats that target medical devices could delay critical patient care" https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106683 | Source: USGAO

09:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.gao.gov | Medical Device Cybersecurity: Agencies Need to Update Agreement to Ensure Effective Coordination | U.S. GAO

09:56 TR News; "On Christmas Day, Brandt Bucher, a CPython core developer" https://sethmlarson.dev/ai-and-wonder?date=2023-12-27 | Source: Seth Michael Larson

09:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sethmlarson.dev | AI and Wonder

09:56 TR News; "Temu isnt done with you when you close it" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/05/is-temu-the-future-of-buying-things.html | Source: NYMag

09:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nymag.com | Is Temu the Future of Buying Things?

09:59 TR News; "Russian-speaking BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group has claimed to have carried out a cyberattack" https://thecyberexpress.com/cyberattack-on-ultra-intelligence-and-communications/ | Source: Cyble Inc

09:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Cyberattack On Ultra Intelligence And Communications

09:59 TR News; "While the details of the incident remain undisclosed" https://thecyberexpress.com/yakult-australia-data-breach/ | Source: Cyble Inc

09:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Yakult Australia Data Breach: Hackers Claim Access To 95GB

10 AM, December 28

10:00 TR News; "A ransomware group named Akira has taken credit for the attack on Nissan" https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-group-claims-100-gb-of-data-stolen-from-nissan/ | Source: Security Week

10:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ransomware Group Claims 100 Gb of Data Stolen From Nissan - SecurityWeek

10:03 TR News; "There was some feedback from social media intermediaries on the process to be followed if law enforcement agencies seek data of such accounts after these three years." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-companies-may-have-to-delete-data-of-users-away-for-three-years/articleshow/106329402.cms | Source: India Times

10:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | social media companies: Social media companies may have to delete data of users away for three years - The Economic Times

10:03 TR News; "GitHub users are now required to enable two-factor" https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/github-reminds-users-to-enable-2fa-or-lose-account-functionality | Source: TechRadar

10:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GitHub reminds users to enable 2FA or lose account functionality | TechRadar

10:03 TR News; "Enabling 2FA on GitHub could be performed through security keys, authenticator apps, GitHub mobile" https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/immediate-2fa-activation-urged-by-github | Source: CyberRisk Alliance LLC

10:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scmagazine.com | Immediate 2FA activation urged by GitHub | SC Media

10:05 TR News; "According to experts, the SAR satellites provide images with a resolution of 50 centimetres." https://digit.site36.net/2023/12/27/bundeswehr-now-spying-from-space-a-musk-rocket-has-launched-the-last-two-sarah-satellites/ | Source: Site36

10:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-digit.site36.net | Bundeswehr spying from space: A Musk rocket has launched the last two SARah satellites - Matthias Monroy

10:05 TR News; "To illustrate this, I put together a very basic CGI in Python and Go" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/CGINotSlow | Source: University of Toronto

10:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/CGINotSlow

10:05 TR News; "How (not) to sign a JSON object" https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/signing-json.html | Source: David Buchanan

10:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk | Another Way Not to Sign JSON | Blog

10:08 TR News; "kick them out" https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/indonesia-aceh-rohingya-attacked-12272023152709.html | Source: RFA

10:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Crowd of Indonesians storms Rohingya shelter, demanding refugees be deported Radio Free Asia

10:09 TR News; "The procurement's terms include accessories, spare parts and maintenance repair" https://news.err.ee/1609202587/estonia-opens-25-million-drone-procurement-process | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhling

10:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.err.ee | Estonia opens 25 million drone procurement process | News | ERR

10:10 TR News; "They were there to collect what today we would call open-source materials" https://www.voanews.com/a/how-librarian-spies-helped-win-world-war-ii-/7406071.html | Source: VOA News

10:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | How Librarian Spies Helped Win World War II

10:11 TR News; "In this digital age, as our dependence on technology grows" https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30514 | Source: SANS

10:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Unveiling the Mirai: Insights into Recent DShield Honeypot Activity [Guest Diary] - SANS Internet Storm Center

10:12 TR News; "But the optimism comes with a warning." https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/27/1085892/six-takeaways-climate-tech-boom/ | Source: MIT Technology Review

10:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | 6 lessons from the previous climate-tech boom | MIT Technology Review

10:12 TR News; "All of this is to say that I am definitely not a Car Guy." https://petewarden.com/2023/12/28/why-i-love-my-chevy-bolt-ev/ | Source: Pete Warden

10:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-petewarden.com | Why I Love my Chevy Bolt EV Pete Warden's blog

10:13 TR News; "Conventional solar PV installations are installed on a rooftop or in a field." https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/12/how-to-build-a-small-solar-power-system/ | Source: Low Tech Mag

10:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-solar.lowtechmagazine.com | How to Build a Small Solar Power System | LOWTECH MAGAZINE

10:15 TR News; "But the SPLCs report hardly confines itself to such unassailable liberal principles" https://quillette.com/2023/12/27/the-splcs-new-enemy/ | Source: Quillette

10:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-quillette.com | The Southern Poverty Law Centers New Enemy: Americans Who Accept Biology

10:15 TR News; "Im going to go out on a NOT limb here: this man is not a Christian" https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4379039-kinzinger-says-christians-who-back-trump-dont-understand-their-religion/ | Source: The Hill

10:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4379039-kinzinger-says-christians-who-back-trump-dont-understand-their-religion/ )

10:17 TR News; [Old] "the 2nd Penal Chamber of the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice" https://bianet.org/haber/appeals-court-overturns-fashion-designer-s-sentence-for-insulting-erdogan-with-gollum-photo-272514 | Source: BIA Net

10:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Appeals court overturns fashion designer's sentence for 'insulting Erdoan with Gollum photo'

10:18 TR News; "Nearly 40 years later, when Smothers was awarded an honorary Emmy for his work on the show" https://text.npr.org/1221824145 | Source: NPR

10:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | Tom Smothers, one half of TV comedy legends the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86

10:18 TR News; [Old] "Tommy and Dick Smothers challenged the censors at CBS" https://text.npr.org/2010/10/15/130569467/the-uncensored-story-of-the-smothers-brothers | Source: NPR

10:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | 'The Uncensored Story' Of The Smothers Brothers

10:19 TR News; "Now, just as censorship on the Internet is becoming a hot issue" https://eu.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/1997/06/08/smothers-brothers-censored-segments-surface/50611362007/ |

10:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://eu.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/1997/06/08/smothers-brothers-censored-segments-surface/50611362007/ )

10:19 TR News; "Battling the CBS censors and landing themselves on Nixons list of enemies" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/1968-when-nixon-said-sock-it-me-laugh-tv-was-never-quite-same-again-180967869/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine

10:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.smithsonianmag.com | In 1968, When Nixon Said 'Sock It To Me' on 'Laugh-In,' TV Was Never Quite the Same Again | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine

10:21 TR News; "The shows content led to frequent clashes with CBS censors and infuriated then-President Johnson" https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/4379398-tommy-smothers-famed-for-political-satire-dies-at-86/ | Source: The Hill

10:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/4379398-tommy-smothers-famed-for-political-satire-dies-at-86/ )

10:21 TR News; "The Wire news websites editor Siddharth Varadarajan and another journalist in India" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pegasus-infection-found-on-indian-journalists-phones-after-apple-alert-amnesty-international/article67682427.ece | Source: The Hindu

10:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thehindu.com | Pegasus Spyware found on Indian journalists phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International - The Hindu

10:24 TR News; "A reoccuring message in these events was that in a globalised world" https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/28/middle-east-is-at-the-verge-of-volcano-burst/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy

10:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-moderndiplomacy.eu | Middle East is at the verge of Volcano-burst - Modern Diplomacy

10:24 TR News; "Cut as a child herself, Diallo, 35, talks about her work practicing female genital mutilation (FGM) in a rather introverted manner" https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-27/the-guinean-nurse-who-stopped-performing-genital-mutilation-on-girls-in-an-environment-where-everyone-does-one-thing-it-is-very-difficult-not-to-do-the-same.html | Source: El Pas

10:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Djnabou Blla Diallo: The Guinean nurse who stopped performing genital mutilation on girls: In an environment where everyone does one thing, it is very difficult not to do the same | International | EL PAS English

10:24 TR News; "They call it the Swedish Model, a way of life that has defined the countrys economy for decades." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/tesla-sweden-strike-labor.html | Source: New York Times

10:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Tesla Strike in Sweden Highlights a Culture Clash - The New York Times

10:27 TR News; "This year in IPv6, we learned a lot about IPv6 extension headers" https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/28/three-of-the-best-ipv6-7/ | Source: APNIC

10:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Three of the best: IPv6 | APNIC Blog

10:27 TR News; Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/27/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-records/ | Source: Digital Music News

10:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/27/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-records/ )

10:28 TR News; "First, Spotify occasionally greys out tracks on a regional basis due to licensing-agreement terms." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/26/why-are-some-songs-greyed-out-on-spotify/ | Source: Digital Music News

10:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/26/why-are-some-songs-greyed-out-on-spotify/ )

10:29 TR News; Software Patents: "In 2020, Masimo filed a lawsuit in the US District Court" https://www.theverge.com/24006607/apple-watch-series-9-ultra-2-itc-import-ban | Source: The Verge

10:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Why theApple Watchis being banned and how Apple can avoid it - The Verge

10:31 TR News; Software Patents: "Apple filed an emergency appeal Tuesday against the USITC" https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/apple-watch-ban-itc-appeals-court-pause | Source: Axios

10:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/apple-watch-ban-itc-appeals-court-pause )

10:32 TR News; Software Patents: "The ITC had barred imports and sales of Apple Watches with blood-oxygen level reading technology." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-resumes-sales-of-smartwatches-post-appeals-court-win-heres-what-you-need-to-know/articleshow/106337724.cms | Source: India Times

10:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Apple resumes sales of smartwatches post appeals court win: here's what you need to know - The Economic Times

10:32 TR News; Software Patents: "Apple appealed the ban to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/explainer-what-is-next-after-pause-of-us-apple-watch-import-ban/articleshow/106334060.cms | Source: India Times

10:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | apple watch ban: Explainer: What is next after pause of US Apple Watch import ban? - The Economic Times

10:32 TR News; Software Patents: "the appeals court said it would halt the ban" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-wins-bid-to-pause-apple-watch-ban-at-us-appeals-court/articleshow/106329063.cms | Source: India Times

10:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Apple: Apple wins bid to pause Apple Watch ban at US appeals court - The Economic Times

10:35 TR News; "after setting a hard pullout deadline in response to copyright law changes" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/26/spotify-france-price-increase-streaming-tax/ | Source: Digital Music News

10:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/26/spotify-france-price-increase-streaming-tax/ )

10:42 TR News; Techrights [Video] Trevor Paglen on Perception Management Online and Prior to the Net http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Video_Trevor_Paglen_on_Perception_Management_Online_and_Prior_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Video_Trevor_Paglen_on_Perception_Management_Online_and_Prior_.gmi

10:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Video] Trevor Paglen on Perception Management Online and Prior to the Net

11 AM, December 28

11:05 TR News; "The forthcoming legal battle could set a precedent" https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/nyt-microsoft-openai-lawsuit-copyright-infringement | Source: Axios

11:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/nyt-microsoft-openai-lawsuit-copyright-infringement )

11:05 TR News; "And now, the newspaper has done just that" https://text.npr.org/1221821750 | Source: NPR

11:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | 'New York Times' sues ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Microsoft, for copyright infringement

11:06 TR News; "the Times suit is the first among major news publishers to take on OpenAI and Microsoft" https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/27/tech/new-york-times-sues-openai-microsoft/index.html | Source: CNN

11:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edition.cnn.com | The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement | CNN Business

11:06 TR News; "Defendants unlawful use of The Timess work" https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2023/12/NYT_Complaint_Dec2023.pdf |

11:07 TR News; "The complaint calls out Microsoft, not just for the investment it has made in OpenAI, but also for assistants such as Microsoft 365 Copilot" https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/27/the_new_york_times_files/ | Source: The Register UK

11:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft over training data The Register

11:08 TR News; "The Times is the first major American media organization to sue the companies" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html | Source: New York Times

11:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | New York Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Use of Copyrighted Work - The New York Times

11:08 TR News; "The Times is not seeking a specific amount of damages" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/new-york-times-sues-openai-microsoft-for-copyright-infringement/articleshow/106326685.cms | Source: India Times

11:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | New York Times: New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement - The Economic Times

11:09 TR News; "There is nothing 'transformative' about using the Times's content without payment to create products that substitute for the Times and steal audiences away from it." https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/new-york-times-openai-lawsuit-copyright-1.7069701 | Source: CBC

11:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement | CBC News

11:21 TR News; "Strike 3 Holdings continues to raise the bar when it comes to the number of piracy lawsuits filed in U.S. federal courts." https://torrentfreak.com/strike-3-files-record-number-of-piracy-lawsuits-in-2023-231227/ | Source: Torrent Freak

11:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Strike 3 Files Record Number of Piracy Lawsuits in 2023 * TorrentFreak

11:21 TR News; economy https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/doddering/ | Source: The Nation

11:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Doddering | The Nation

11:22 TR News; tiktok https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12890583/americans-osama-bin-laden-poll-gen-zers.html

11:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailymail.co.uk | One in five young Americans has a POSITIVE view of Osama Bin Laden: Disturbing Daily Mail poll results also reveal three in 10 Gen-Zers think the views of the 9/11 mastermind were a 'force for good' | Daily Mail Online

11:24 TR News; "Dear fheroes2 project supporters and Heroes of Might and Magic II fans!" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/heroes-of-might-and-magic-ii-game-engine-fheroes2-v1011-released/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

11:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.11 released | GamingOnLinux

11:25 TR News; checksums also https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2023/12/download-zorin-os-17-with-mirrors-torrents-and-checksums.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz

11:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ubuntubuzz.com | Download Zorin OS 17 with Mirrors, Torrents and Checksums

11:25 TR News; "The Wintel Duopoly Plans to Send 240 Million PCs to the Landfill" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=23/12/25/1722209

11:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | The Wintel Duopoly Plans to Send 240 Million PCs to the Landfill - SoylentNews

11:26 TR News; "Legal expert says Jack Smith can get "devastating" Trump evidence: Juries "eat it up"" https://www.salon.com/2023/12/26/legal-expert-says-jack-smith-can-get-devastating-evidence-juries-eat-it-up/

11:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Legal expert says Jack Smith can get "devastating" Trump evidence: Juries "eat it up" | Salon.com

11:27 TR News; (NEW): Zorin OS 17 Released with Quick Settings Menu, Spatial Desktop Effects, and More http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/20/Zorin_OS_17_Released_with_Quick_Settings_Menu_Spatial_Desktop_E.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/20/Zorin_OS_17_Released_with_Quick_Settings_Menu_Spatial_Desktop_E.gmi

11:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Zorin OS 17 Released with Quick Settings Menu, Spatial Desktop Effects, and More

11:29 TR News; regime

11:29 TR News; mexican regime https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-delegation-meet-mexican-government-talks-surge-migrants-105933375

11:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-abcnews.go.com | A US delegation to meet with Mexican government for talks on migrant surge at border - ABC News

11:31 TR News; Gollum still in NATO https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sweden-moves-step-closer-nato-membership-after-turkish-105921975 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdo%C4%9Fan%E2%80%93Gollum_comparison_trials

11:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-abcnews.go.com | Sweden a step closer to NATO membership after Turkey committee gives approval - ABC News

11:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.wikipedia.org | ErdoanGollum comparison trials - Wikipedia

11:31 TR News; volcano https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/28/middle-east-is-at-the-verge-of-volcano-burst/

11:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-moderndiplomacy.eu | Middle East is at the verge of Volcano-burst - Modern Diplomacy

11:33 TR News; dictatorship https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/trump-word-cloud-revenge-dictatorship-second-term

11:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/trump-word-cloud-revenge-dictatorship-second-term )

11:33 TR News; steve martin https://www.vintag.es/2023/12/steve-martin-juggling-skills.html

11:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.vintag.es | Steve Martin Shows His Juggling Skills on His First TV Appearance in 1968 ~ Vintage Everyday

11:39 TR News; EU https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2023/12/27/eu-ratten-till-privatliv-och-yttrandefriheten/

11:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | EU, rtten till privatliv och yttrandefriheten

11:39 TR News; FAKE "security" in NSA-controlled platform where it gets ALL the data and passes it on https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/github-tvinger-brugerne-til-tofaktor-autentificering

11:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-version2-dk.translate.goog | Github tvinger brugerne til tofaktor-autentificering | Version2

11:41 TR News; iophk: bloat for the sake of selling more hardware, this time with TPM https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/12/27/ai-in-windows-investigating-windows-copilot/

11:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.trailofbits.com | AI In Windows: Investigating Windows Copilot | Trail of Bits Blog

11:42 TR News; EFF trying to fool people into thinking it serves people, not corporations, in recent years https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/just-little-does-whole-lot see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/The_EFF_Should_Know_Better_But_It_Is_Promoting_Mass_Surveillanc.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_Incorporated_is_Run_by_for_Corpo.shtml

11:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Just a Little Does a Whole Lot | Electronic Frontier Foundation

11:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The EFF Should Know Better, But It Is Promoting Mass Surveillance by Facebook (an Endorsement of Lies)

11:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Electronic Frontier Foundation Incorporated is Run by/for Corporations Now (Members' Money is Less Than a Quarter of the Money EFF Receives)

11:44 TR News; EFF now markets itself as "LGBTQ+ Rights"; digital rights apply to all, men/women, black/white, young/old... so what is the EFF aiming for here? It's NOT ACLU, is it? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/international-threats-freedom-expression-2023-year-review | Source: EFF

11:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | International Threats to Freedom of Expression: 2023 Year in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation

11:44 TR News; EFF needs to talk more about patents (it barely does anymore) and less about genitals

11:51 TR News; EFF barely covers patent-related corruption or even bad patents anymore

11:52 TR News; When asked about why it won't cover EPO scandals, the EFF would not even respond

11:52 TR News; One might guess that before doing anything EFF needs to ask its biggest shareholders.. Google, Facebook, Craigslist etc. It only needs to hand over a token of appreciation to actual people, so it seems like EFF works for THEM. Sometimes is accidentally does... when interests overlap these rich people's.

11:53 TR News; democracynow needs to rebrand as hamasNOW. Hamas = democracy.

11:55 TR News; democracynow even calls terrorism "Resistance. very disappointing.

11:56 TR News; So DN seems like the Chicago offshoot of BLM now, where democracy generally means not equality but "kill those fuckers"

noon, December 28

12:00 TR News; g20 https://digit.site36.net/2023/12/27/possibly-two-g20-trials-against-police-in-germany-after-all-but-brutal-racist-cop-still-faces-no-consequences/ | Source: Site36

12:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-digit.site36.net | Possibly two G20 trials against police in Germany after all, but brutal racist cop still faces no consequences - Matthias Monroy

12:00 TR News; Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/body-cam-report-shows-fewer-agencies-are-allowing-cops-to-view-footage-before-making-statements/ | Source: Techdirt

12:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Body Cam Report Shows Fewer Agencies Are Allowing Cops To View Footage Before Making Statements | Techdirt

12:00 TR News; srebrenica https://thegrayzone.com/2023/12/27/mass-graves-britains-srebrenica/ | Source: The Gray Zone

12:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thegrayzone.com | Mass graves, grave questions: Britains secret Srebrenica role - The Grayzone

12:02 TR News; patents on.. yes, indeed. "This is especially true ofsoftware patents, an area EFF has been speaking out about for more than 20 years now." And then stopped to focus on whackdoodles and prostitutes. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/stupid-patent-of-the-month-selfie-contests/ | Source: Techdirt

12:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stupid Patent of the Month: Selfie Contests | Techdirt

12:03 TR News; EFF Takes Money From US Nazis to Speak for Prostitutes and Frame Privacy (or Net Liability) as a Sex Issue http://techrights.org/o/2023/04/19/framing-privacy-as-sex-issue/

12:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | EFF Takes Money From US Nazis to Speak for Prostitutes and Frame Privacy (or Net Liability) as a Sex Issue

12:04 TR News; "Platform Liability for Violent Extremist Content" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/2023-year-review-us-supreme-courts-busy-year-free-speech-and-tech-cases | Source: EFF

12:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | 2023 Year in Review: The U.S. Supreme Courts Busy Year of Free Speech and Tech Cases | Electronic Frontier Foundation

12:05 TR News; Thew Free speech person at EFF, who gets paid MILLIONS for the contract (see IRS filings), is trying to silence Wikileaks. So you know whose speech EFF is protecting and why...

12:06 TR News; "Who Funds Canary Mission?" https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/27/canary_mission | Source: Democracy Now

12:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.democracynow.org | Who Funds Canary Mission? James Bamford on Group That Doxxes Students & Profs for Palestine Activism | Democracy Now!

12:09 TR News; DN: we know whose side to take when we see buses blown up. The "resistance" bombers.

12:11 TR News; Democracy Now Productions takes money from the Ford Foundation. Yes, that Ford. https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/aug/20/julianborger1

12:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Nazi documents reveal that Ford had links to Auschwitz | World news | The Guardian

12:11 TR News; But then again, the WWW has become full of oligarch-funded misinformation. To them it's slush funds and they stand to gain from a fractured, baffled society.

12:12 TR News; Social control media is the pinnacle of online disinformation, further curated in a top-down fashion by the platform owners/handlers https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-34474798

12:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.co.uk | Meet Twitter's second biggest shareholder, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal - BBC News

12:14 TR News; Raspberry Pi https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/raspberry-pi-pico-parallel-mandelbrot-computation/ | Source: Hackaday

12:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Raspberry Pi Pico Parallel Mandelbrot Computation | Hackaday

12:27 TR News; Fentanylware (TikTok) sending more info about you to Beijing https://www.cloudbooklet.com/tiktok-asking-for-passcode/

12:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Does TikTok Asking for Passcode: How to Bypass It - Cloudbooklet AI

12:28 TR News; "This blog is part of our Year in Review series. Read other articles about the fight for digital rights in 2023" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/equitable-access-law-got-stronger-year | Source: EFF

12:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Equitable Access to the Law Got Stronger: 2023 Year in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation

12:33 TR News; The First Secret Asteroid Mission Wont Be the Last https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/science/secret-asteroid-mission-astroforge.html

12:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | The First Secret Asteroid Mission Wont Be the Last - The New York Times

12:33 TR News; Intermittent Fasting Seems to Result in Dynamic Changes to The Human Brain https://www.sciencealert.com/intermittent-fasting-seems-to-result-in-dynamic-changes-to-the-human-brain

12:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Intermittent Fasting Seems to Result in Dynamic Changes to The Human Brain : ScienceAlert

12:35 TR News; Incredible Videos Take Us Inside a Centrifuge For The First Time https://www.sciencealert.com/incredible-videos-take-us-inside-a-centrifuge-for-the-first-time

12:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Incredible Videos Take Us Inside a Centrifuge For The First Time : ScienceAlert

12:42 TR News; (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Android_Leftovers.gmi

12:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers

12:43 TR News; In Canada, Assisted Death May Soon Be Available for the Mentally Ill https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/canada/medical-assisted-death-mental-illness.html DeamonFC

12:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | In Canada, Assisted Death May Soon Be Available for the Mentally Ill - The New York Times

1 PM, December 28

13:05 TR News; A Game-Changing Vaccine Could Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol by 30% https://www.sciencealert.com/a-game-changing-vaccine-could-lower-bad-cholesterol-by-30

13:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Game-Changing Vaccine Could Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol by 30% : ScienceAlert

13:05 TR News; Revolutionary Vibrating Weight Loss Pill Could Reduce Food Intake by 40% https://www.sciencealert.com/revolutionary-vibrating-weight-loss-pill-could-reduce-food-intake-by-40

13:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Revolutionary Vibrating Weight Loss Pill Could Reduce Food Intake by 40% : ScienceAlert

13:06 TR News; Hong Kong launches new mental health hotline offering 24-hour counselling services https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/28/hong-kong-launches-new-mental-health-hotline-offering-24-hour-counselling-services/

13:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Hong Kong launches new mental health hotline offering 24-hour counselling services - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

13:12 TR News; Techrights "Kill off Debian with SystemD, and the whole Debian derivative tree comes crashing down." http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Kill_off_Debian_with_SystemD_and_the_whole_Debian_derivative_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Kill_off_Debian_with_SystemD_and_the_whole_Debian_derivative_t.gmi

13:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights "Kill off Debian with SystemD, and the whole Debian derivative tree comes crashing down."

13:13 TR News; Popular Type 2 Diabetes And Weight Loss Drug May Protect Against Colorectal Cancer https://www.sciencealert.com/popular-type-2-diabetes-and-weight-loss-drug-may-protect-against-colorectal-cancer

13:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Popular Type 2 Diabetes And Weight Loss Drug May Protect Against Colorectal Cancer : ScienceAlert

13:15 TR News; Corruption cops examine possible information leak https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/28.12.2023-corruption-cops-examine-possible-information-leak.a536900/

13:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Corruption cops examine possible information leak / Article

13:18 TR News; General practitioners concerned about service maintenance https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/28.12.2023-general-practitioners-concerned-about-service-maintenance.a536905/

13:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | General practitioners concerned about service maintenance / Article

13:19 TR News; Parasite Actor Lee Sun-kyun Found Dead at 48 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/asia/lee-sun-kyun-parasite-dead.html

13:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Parasite Actor Lee Sun-kyun Found Dead at 48 - The New York Times

13:19 TR News; South Korean loan for Poland arms deal does not exist, says PM https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korean-loan-for-poland-arms-deal-does-not-exist-says-pm

13:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean loan for Poland arms deal does not exist, says PM | The Straits Times

13:20 TR News; North Koreas Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations: State media https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-kim-orders-military-to-accelerate-war-preparations-kcna

13:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations: State media | The Straits Times

13:20 TR News; Japan protests South Korean court ruling on colonial-era workers https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-protests-south-korean-court-ruling-on-colonial-era-workers

13:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan protests South Korean court ruling on colonial-era workers | The Straits Times

13:21 TR News; In South Korea, ticket scalping expands beyond music to almost anything that can be bought https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/ticket-scalping-expands-beyond-music-to-anything-that-can-be-bought-in-south-korea

13:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | In South Korea, ticket scalping expands beyond music to almost anything that can be bought | The Straits Times

13:22 TR News; South Korea police defend probe of 'Parasite' actor who was found dead https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-police-defend-probe-of-parasite-actor-who-was-found-dead

13:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea police defend probe of 'Parasite' actor who was found dead | The Straits Times

13:28 TR News; North Korean leader Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231227-north-korean-leader-kim-orders-military-to-accelerate-war-preparations

13:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.france24.com | North Korea's Kim Jong Un orders military to accelerate 'war preparations'

13:29 TR News; North Koreas Kim Jong Un orders military to accelerate war preparations: state media https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/news/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-orders-military-to-accelerate-war-preparations-state-media/

13:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | North Korea's Kim Jong Un orders military to accelerate war preparations: state media

13:31 TR News; WHEN SOCIAL CONTROL MEDIA JUNK becomes "news" source.. he says, she says... CANCEL CULTURE: "posted the controversial video on his account on social media platform X on Dec 25." Any context? No? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/childhood-memory-malaysian-politician-slammed-for-romanticising-floods

13:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Childhood memory: Malaysian politician slammed for romanticising floods | The Straits Times

13:31 TR News; For politicians, presence in social control media can be more of a liability than an advantage

13:35 TR News; Thursday Briefing: Chinese Spies Compete With U.S. Spies https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/china-us-times-openai-india.html

13:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Thursday Briefing: Chinese Spies Compete with U.S. Spies - The New York Times

13:36 TR News; Jiang Ping, the Conscience of Chinas Legal World, Dies at 92 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/asia/jiang-ping-dead.html

13:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Jiang Ping, the Conscience of Chinas Legal World, Dies at 92 - The New York Times

13:36 TR News; China pressures influential Taiwanese band Mayday ahead of elections: Sources https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-pressures-influential-taiwanese-band-ahead-of-elections-sources

13:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China pressures influential Taiwanese band Mayday ahead of elections: Sources | The Straits Times

13:42 TR News; Running companies at a loss while Wall Street insists you are worth trillions and people should "invest" in the bubble, benefiting only the insiders (top of the pyramid) https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/software-companies-finally-had-to-care-about-profit-in-2023-1.2016046

13:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bnnbloomberg.ca | Software Companies Finally Had to Care About Profit in 2023 - BNN Bloomberg

13:43 TR News; Next wave of layoffs in January before the results? https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/ex-microsoft-hr-vp-says-nobody-likes-firing-people-during-holidays-layoffs-are-common-at-the-start-of-a-year-2481513-2023-12-28

13:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.indiatoday.in | Ex Microsoft HR VP says nobody likes firing people during holidays, layoffs are common at the start of a year - India Today

13:44 TR News; Vietnam's 'bamboo diplomacy' shifts into higher gear https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/vietnams-bamboo-diplomacy-shifts-into-higher-gear

13:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Vietnam's 'bamboo diplomacy' shifts into higher gear | The Straits Times

13:46 TR News; SpellBinding: CHIPRTY Wordo: POSER gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-12-28.gmi

13:47 TR News; "It was fun creating a 3x5 card post. Handwriting and degrees of rudimentary drawing felt truer to the moment than pure text. Also, there seemed to be more value to it for having felt the expenditure of energy over time." gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-28-07-03-24.gmi

13:47 TR News; China says Taiwan is 'hyping up' military threat for its own gain https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-says-taiwan-is-hyping-up-military-threat-for-its-own-gain

13:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China decries Taiwan for hyping up military threat, sends warplanes | The Straits Times

13:48 TR News; Three Hong Kong students jailed over terrorist bomb plot https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/three-hong-kong-students-jailed-over-terrorist-bomb-plot

13:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Three Hong Kong students jailed over terrorist bomb plot | The Straits Times

13:48 TR News; China urges regional alert as US military steps up forward deployment https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-urges-regional-alert-as-us-military-steps-up-forward-deployment

13:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China urges regional alert as US military steps up forward deployment | The Straits Times

13:49 TR News; China sanctions US compliance firm over Uyghur research https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kharon-countermeasure-sanctions-12272023135142.html

13:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | China sanctions US compliance firm over Uyghur research Radio Free Asia

13:50 TR News; Indonesia: Workers protest at China-owned smelter after deadly fire https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/indonesia-fire-protest-12272023151642.html

13:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Indonesia: Workers protest at China-owned smelter after deadly fire Radio Free Asia

13:50 TR News; China deletes leaked stats showing plunging birth rate for 2023 https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-birth-rates-plunge-12272023160425.html

13:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | China deletes leaked stats showing plunging birth rate for 2023 Radio Free Asia

13:50 TR News; Possible Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing summit in discussion: report https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/trilateral-summit-discussion-12272023221525.html

13:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Possible Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing summit in discussion: report Radio Free Asia

13:51 TR News; Xi Jinping appoints Chinas top naval commander https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-naval-commander-12272023231908.html

13:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Xi Jinping appoints Chinas top naval commander Radio Free Asia

2 PM, December 28

14:00 TR News; Canada offers financial settlements to two men detained in China in 2018 https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/canada-offers-financial-settlements-to-two-men-detained-in-china-in-2018/

14:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Canada offers financial settlements to two men detained in China in 2018 - JURIST - News

14:01 TR News; Xi vows to prevent anyone 'splitting Taiwan from China in any way' https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231227-xi-vows-to-prevent-anyone-from-splitting-taiwan-from-china-in-any-way

14:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.france24.com | Xi vows to prevent anyone 'splitting Taiwan from China in any way'

14:01 TR News; Hong Kong's pro-democracy Civic Party disbands after China cracks down on dissent https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231228-jailed-unseated-exiled-hong-kong-opposition-party-shuts-its-doors

14:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.france24.com | Hong Kong's pro-democracy Civic Party disbands after China cracks down on dissent

14:02 TR News; "The donation, as it was billed in some reports" https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/new-chinese-equipment-for-zimbabwe-defence-forces/

14:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.defenceweb.co.za | New Chinese equipment for Zimbabwe Defence Forces - defenceWeb

14:02 TR News; The US and China at Years End https://original.antiwar.com/michael_klare/2023/12/27/the-us-and-china-at-years-end/

14:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-original.antiwar.com | The US and China at Year's End - Antiwar.com

14:07 TR News; Greece: 1 in 10 laptops is "GNU/Linux" and 7 out of 10 Windows? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/greece/#monthly-200901-202312

14:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Greece | Statcounter Global Stats

14:13 TR News; "extremism" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/ambulance-called-for-former-navalny-staffer-facing-extremism-charges-after-hours-long-court-session-with-no-food-or-breaks | Source: Meduza

14:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Ambulance called for former Navalny staffer facing extremism charges after hours-long court session with no food or breaks Meduza

14:17 TR News; (NEW): statCounter: GNU/Linux Share More Than Trebled in South Africa This Year (From 1.7% to 5.5% in Less Than 12 Months) http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Share_More_Than_Trebled_in_South_Africa_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Share_More_Than_Trebled_in_South_Africa_T.gmi

14:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines statCounter: GNU/Linux Share More Than Trebled in South Africa This Year (From 1.7% to 5.5% in Less Than 12 Months)

14:17 TR News; Insulin https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/an-insulin-injection-that-lasts-for-days-a-new-hope-for-diabetics/ | Source: Hackaday

14:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-An Insulin Injection That Lasts For Days: A New Hope For Diabetics | Hackaday

14:18 TR News; "Heat-Treating Steel" https://hackaday.com/2023/12/28/a-guide-for-heat-treating-steel-at-home/ | Source: Hackaday

14:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Guide For Heat-Treating Steel At Home | Hackaday

14:22 TR News; Emoji for bus-bombing rapists... if there's one for pregnant men, why not occupy the other 2^32 or whatever unicode slots? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/style/watermelon-emoji-palestine.html

14:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Why the Watermelon Emoji Is a Symbol of Support for Palestinians - The New York Times

14:23 TR News; Emoji is not a language, it's just a bloated charset

14:23 TR News; Good luck loading emoji charsets on 486 PCs with 4 MB of RAM

14:25 TR News; 15 MB or RAM for krunner just sitting there, doing absolutely nothing, just in case you hit alt+f2 and it brings up a one-line widget. How much would that be under Qt6?

14:32 *psydroid2 (~psydroid@u8ftxtfux23wk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social

14:33 TR News; "Confidence" is not facts, show actual data... or not... because it is gloomy https://yle.fi/a/74-20066701 Chinese media standards

14:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Business confidence rises, but consumers still glum about the economy | Yle News | Yle

14:33 TR News; Finland slashes net electricity imports in 2023 https://yle.fi/a/74-20066815

14:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Finland slashes net electricity imports in 2023 | Yle News | Yle

14:34 TR News; Customs: US trade link growing more important https://yle.fi/a/74-20066734

14:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Customs: US trade link growing more important | Yle News | Yle

14:34 TR News; Landlords raked in two billion euros of rental income last year https://yle.fi/a/74-20066704

14:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Landlords raked in two billion euros of rental income last year | Yle News | Yle

14:37 TR News; Spamfarm siliconangle back to life now, shilling BS and lies while openly admitting it is done for the sponsors/hosts. Why be so blatant?

14:38 TR News; Then again, when you shill and lie for money you DO need to say so sometimes... in order to attract the next/future customers. Just remind them they too can hire a pay2sayer.

14:39 TR News; 82,000 affected in hack of Paramount and CBS parent company National Amusements https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/82000-affected-hack-paramount-cbs-parent-company-national-amusements/

14:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-82,000 affected in hack of Paramount and CBS parent company National Amusements - SiliconANGLE

14:41 TR News; "for the children." https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/utah-finally-sued-over-its-obviously-unconstitutional-social-media-but-think-of-the-kids-law/ | Source: Techdirt

14:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Utah Finally Sued Over Its Obviously Unconstitutional Social Media But Think Of The Kids! Law | Techdirt

14:41 TR News; Jailed Kazakh Activist's Appeal Rejected https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-activist-appeal-rejected/32749644.html

14:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Jailed Kazakh Activist's Appeal Rejected

14:41 TR News; charge of calling on the Internet for an anti-government rally.

14:44 TR News; While laying off loads of workers in other countries (and in this case, the taxpayers are subsiding a FOREIGN company) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/middleeast/intel-israel-factory-expansion.html

14:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Intel Moves Forward With $25 Billion Chip Plant Expansion in Israel - The New York Times

14:47 TR News; Lean on Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2023/12/nga-leans-in-on-ai-machine-learning-to-improve-data-analysis/

14:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | NGA leans in on AI, machine learning to improve data analysis | Federal News Network

14:48 TR News; "facing antitrust lawsuits and sexual harassment allegations" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/realestate/national-association-realtors-real-estate.html

14:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | National Association of Realtors Loses Its Grip on Real Estate Industry - The New York Times

14:49 TR News; "Two women reported attacks and threats from abusive ex-partners to the police" https://reason.com/2023/12/27/fresno-police-ignored-claims-of-domestic-violence-now-the-city-will-pay-500000/

14:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-reason.com | Fresno Police Ignored Claims of Domestic Violence. Now, the City Will Pay $500,000.

14:52 TR News; Critics of "gender roles" seem to intentionally 'not understand' that men and women are physically different, so tasks are done better by women or by men, depending on the task. But everything seems to "offend" someone, even basic facts. Annie, Get Yo Gun.

14:54 TR News; CoCs help drive out competent engineers, making way for buzzword-slinging marketers who obey orders from the oligarch up above, relaying his (sometimes her) lies too. CoCs, in practice, reduce the technical strength of projects. They make them submissive, supine, easier to wrest control over (from an actual community or unionised workers).

14:55 TR News; The EPO made a CoC for union-busting purposes. The CoC maker violated his own CoC all the time, but it's only meant to be _enforced_ by him.

14:56 TR News; Drumming up for war with China? Wall Street Times relaying CIA talking points again? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/us/politics/china-cia-spy-mss.html

14:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Chinese Spy Agency Rising to Challenge the C.I.A. - The New York Times

14:56 TR News; Gaston Glock, Inventor of the Gun That Bears His Name, Dies at 94 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/gaston-glock-dead.html

14:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Gaston Glock, Inventor of the Gun That Bears His Name, Dies at 94 - The New York Times

14:57 TR News; China asks citizens to leave Myanmar border district, citing security https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-asks-citizens-to-leave-myanmar-border-district-citing-security

14:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China asks citizens to leave Myanmar border district, citing security | The Straits Times

14:57 TR News; China urges nationals to leave north Myanmar region amid unrest https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-urges-nationals-to-leave-north-myanmar-region-amid-unrest

14:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China urges nationals to leave north Myanmar region amid unrest | The Straits Times

14:58 TR News; Hong Kongs freedoms better protected under national security law, government tells UN ahead of human rights review https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/27/hong-kongs-freedoms-better-protected-under-national-security-law-government-tells-un-ahead-of-human-rights-review/

14:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Hong Kong's freedoms 'better protected' under national security law, government tells UN ahead of human rights review - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

14:58 TR News; Chinese embassy in Myanmar tells citizens to leave border district as battles between rebels, junta flare https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/28/chinese-embassy-in-myanmar-tells-citizens-to-leave-border-district-as-battles-between-rebels-junta-flare/

14:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Chinese embassy in Myanmar tells citizens to leave border district as battles between rebels, junta flare - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

3 PM, December 28

15:00 TR News; Integris Health Data Breach Could Impact Millions https://www.securityweek.com/integris-health-data-breach-could-impact-millions/

15:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Integris Health Data Breach Could Impact Millions - SecurityWeek

15:00 TR News; CBS Parent National Amusements Discloses Year-Old Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/cbs-parent-national-amusements-discloses-year-old-data-breach/

15:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CBS Parent National Amusements Discloses Year-Old Data Breach - SecurityWeek

15:01 TR News; Police Warn Hundreds of Online Merchants of Skimmer Infections https://www.securityweek.com/police-warn-hundreds-of-online-merchants-of-skimmer-infections/

15:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Police Warn Hundreds of Online Merchants of Skimmer Infections - SecurityWeek

15:01 TR News; Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2023 https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2023/12/top-10-most-read-pieces-from-2023

15:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-publicdomainreview.org | Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2023 The Public Domain Review

15:01 TR News; Parents reminded of need for youngsters' cyber security https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/27.12.2023-parents-reminded-of-need-for-youngsters-cyber-security.a536784/

15:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Parents reminded of need for youngsters' cyber security / Article

15:02 TR News; Cyberattack Disrupts Operations of First American, Subsidiaries https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-disrupts-operations-of-first-american-subsidiaries/

15:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cyberattack Disrupts Operations of First American, Subsidiaries - SecurityWeek

15:02 TR News; "Last time, we looked at some powerful trigger modes found on many modern scopes, including the Rigol DHO900 series we used as an example. Those triggers were mostly digital or, at least, threshold-based." https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/beyond-the-basics-exploring-more-exotic-scope-trigger-modes/ "You can find the Raspberry Pi code to create the test waveforms online."

15:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Beyond The Basics: Exploring More Exotic Scope Trigger Modes | Hackaday

15:03 TR News; "Whats to be done with whats essentially a piece of junk? Remove its brain and replace it with one that can be controlled, of course!" https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/a-high-end-studio-multiplexer-surrenders-to-an-arduino/ | Source: Hackaday

15:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A High-End Studio Multiplexer Surrenders To An Arduino | Hackaday

15:05 TR News; How To Install Apache Kafka on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-apache-kafka-debian-12/

15:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Apache Kafka on Debian 12 - idroot

15:05 TR News; How to Add Directory to PATH in GNU/Linux https://idroot.us/add-directory-path-linux/

15:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How to Add Directory to PATH in Linux - idroot

15:10 TR News; Operating OpenShift the SRE way https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2023/12/28/operating-openshift-sre-way

15:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developers.redhat.com | Operating OpenShift the SRE way | Red Hat Developer

15:10 TR News; How To Install Plex Media Server on Fedora 39 https://idroot.us/install-plex-media-server-fedora-39/

15:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Plex Media Server on Fedora 39 - idroot

15:11 TR News; How To Install Nano Text Editor on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-nano-text-editor-opensuse/

15:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Nano Text Editor on openSUSE - idroot

15:11 TR News; How To Install NetBox on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-netbox-ubuntu-22-04/

15:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install NetBox on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - idroot

15:11 TR News; How to Verify SHA-256 Checksum File in GNU/Linux https://idroot.us/verify-sha-256-checksum-linux/

15:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How to Verify SHA-256 Checksum File in Linux - idroot

15:13 TR News; How to Install Firewalld on CentOS Stream 9, 8 https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-firewalld-on-centos-stream/

15:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install Firewalld on CentOS Stream 9, 8 - LinuxCapable

15:13 TR News; How to Install Memcached on AlmaLinux 9, 8 https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-memcached-on-almalinux/

15:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install Memcached on AlmaLinux 9, 8 - LinuxCapable

15:13 TR News; How to Install PostgreSQL 16 on Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04 https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-postgresql-16-on-ubuntu-linux/

15:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install PostgreSQL 16 on Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04 - LinuxCapable

15:14 TR News; How to Install ImageMagick on GNU/Linux Mint 21, 20 https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-imagemagick-on-linux-mint/

15:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install ImageMagick on Linux Mint 21, 20 - LinuxCapable

15:14 TR News; ZeroSSL: How to Secure Your Website with a Free SSL Certificate https://linuxiac.com/zerossl-how-to-install-ssl-certificate/

15:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | ZeroSSL: How to Secure Your Website with a Free SSL Certificate

15:15 TR News; How to shutdown Ubuntu via the terminal https://owlhowto.com/how-to-shutdown-ubuntu-via-the-terminal/

15:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-owlhowto.com | How to shutdown Ubuntu via the terminal

15:18 TR News; Imprisoned Belarusian Opposition Politician Reportedly Placed In Harsher Conditions https://www.rferl.org/a/imprisoned-belarus-opposition-politician-kazlou/32732194.html

15:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Imprisoned Belarusian Opposition Politician Reportedly Placed In Harsher Conditions

15:18 TR News; "sexual" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/moscow-court-says-almost-naked-party-aimed-at-propaganda-of-non-traditional-sexual-relationships | Source: Meduza

15:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Moscow court says almost naked party aimed at propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships Meduza

15:19 TR News; Russias Supreme Court https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/russia-s-supreme-court-denies-yekaterina-duntsova-s-appeal-after-election-commission-rejects-her-application-to-run-for-president | Source: Meduza

15:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russias Supreme Court denies Yekaterina Duntsovas appeal after election commission rejects her application to run for president Meduza

15:20 TR News; "seven-year prison sentence for poet who was reportedly raped by police" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/russian-prosecutors-request-seven-year-prison-sentence-for-poet-who-was-reportedly-raped-by-police | Source: Meduza

15:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian prosecutors request seven-year prison sentence for poet who was reportedly raped by police Meduza

15:20 TR News; Russian diplomat: Finland would be the first to suffer in Nato conflict https://yle.fi/a/74-20066844

15:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Russian diplomat: Finland would be the first to suffer in Nato conflict | Yle News | Yle

15:21 TR News; Russia tells South Korea not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates over sanctions https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-tells-south-korea-not-to-be-surprised-if-moscow-retaliates-over-sanctions

15:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Russia tells South Korea not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates over sanctions | The Straits Times

15:22 TR News; US proposes G7 explore ways to confiscate $300 billion in Russian assets: FT https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-proposes-g7-explore-ways-to-confiscate-300-billion-in-russian-assets-ft

15:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | US proposes G7 explore ways to confiscate $300 billion in Russian assets: FT | The Straits Times

15:22 TR News; Russia, India 'Closer' To Joint Military Equipment Production https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-india-military-production/32749662.html

15:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russia, India 'Closer' To Joint Military Equipment Production

15:29 TR News; (NEW): Microsoft Layoffs Next Month Likely http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Microsoft_Layoffs_Next_Month_Likely.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Microsoft_Layoffs_Next_Month_Likely.gmi

15:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Microsoft Layoffs Next Month Likely

15:30 TR News; (NEW): Lawsuit Against Microsoft for Mass-scale Plagiarism (Disguised as 'Innovation') http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Lawsuit_Against_Microsoft_for_Mass_scale_Plagiarism_Disguised_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Lawsuit_Against_Microsoft_for_Mass_scale_Plagiarism_Disguised_a.gmi

15:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Lawsuit Against Microsoft for Mass-scale Plagiarism (Disguised as 'Innovation')

15:34 TR News; (NEW): Security Leftovers and Windows TCO http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.gmi

15:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers and Windows TCO

15:39 TR News; (NEW): Undoing Digital Restrictions (DRM) and Some Open Hardware/Modding News http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Undoing_Digital_Restrictions_DRM_and_Some_Open_Hardware_Modding.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Undoing_Digital_Restrictions_DRM_and_Some_Open_Hardware_Modding.gmi

15:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Undoing Digital Restrictions (DRM) and Some Open Hardware/Modding News

15:42 TR News; (NEW): Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.11 released http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_II_game_engine_fheroes2_v1_0_11_relea.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_II_game_engine_fheroes2_v1_0_11_relea.gmi

15:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.11 released

15:44 TR News; (NEW): Finally migrated my email to OpenBSD.Amsterdam! http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Finally_migrated_my_email_to_OpenBSD_Amsterdam.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Finally_migrated_my_email_to_OpenBSD_Amsterdam.gmi

15:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Finally migrated my email to OpenBSD.Amsterdam!

15:45 TR News; (NEW): Software-Sharing and Open Access http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Software_Sharing_and_Open_Access.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Software_Sharing_and_Open_Access.gmi

15:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Software-Sharing and Open Access

15:50 TR News; (NEW): Today's HowTos http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/today_s_howtos.gmi

15:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos

15:56 TR News; Techrights Links 28/12/2023: Kangaroo Patent Courts in EU and Stupid Patent of the Month Returns http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Links_28_12_2023_Kangaroo_Patent_Courts_in_EU_and_Stupid_Patent.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Links_28_12_2023_Kangaroo_Patent_Courts_in_EU_and_Stupid_Patent.gmi

15:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 28/12/2023: Kangaroo Patent Courts in EU and Stupid Patent of the Month Returns

15:57 TR News; What has Latvia planned for Ukrainian integration in 2024? https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/28.12.2023-what-has-latvia-planned-for-ukrainian-integration-in-2024.a536906/

15:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | What has Latvia planned for Ukrainian integration in 2024? / Article

15:57 TR News; Editors picks for 2023: RAAF Wedgetail to protect vital supply lines to Ukraine https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2023-raaf-wedgetail-to-protect-vital-supply-lines-to-ukraine/

15:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Editors picks for 2023: RAAF Wedgetail to protect vital supply lines to Ukraine | The Strategist

15:57 TR News; US releases final tranche of authorised military aid for Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231227-us-releases-final-tranche-of-authorised-military-aid-for-ukraine

15:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.france24.com | US releases final tranche of authorised military aid for Ukraine

15:58 TR News; Russia attacks Ukraines Kherson with dozens of drones in deadly overnight strike https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231227-russia-attacks-ukraine-s-kherson-with-dozens-of-drones-in-overnight-strike

15:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.france24.com | Russia attacks Ukraines Kherson with dozens of drones in deadly overnight strike

15:58 TR News; Lithuanian MPs head to Poland to investigate hold-ups of Ukraine support shipments https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2159186/lithuanian-mps-head-to-poland-to-investigate-hold-ups-of-ukraine-support-shipments

15:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian MPs head to Poland to investigate hold-ups of Ukraine support shipments - LRT

4 PM, December 28

16:01 TR News; Defeat, counteroffensive, negotiations? Ukraine war in 2024 https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2158777/defeat-counteroffensive-negotiations-ukraine-war-in-2024

16:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Defeat, counteroffensive, negotiations? Ukraine war in 2024 - LRT

16:01 TR News; AP Concludes Hundreds Died In Floods After Ukraine Dam Collapse, Far More Than Russia Said https://www.rferl.org/a/ap-investigation-kakhovka-dam-death-toll/32750535.html

16:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | AP Concludes Hundreds Died In Floods After Ukraine Dam Collapse, Far More Than Russia Said

16:02 TR News; U.S. Announces Final Drawdown Of Military Aid For Ukraine; Future Assistance Up To Congress https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-us-last-aid-drawdown/32749847.html

16:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | U.S. Announces Final Drawdown Of Military Aid For Ukraine; Future Assistance Up To Congress

16:02 TR News; Moscow Theater Cancels Plays Of Anti-War Author Akunin https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-akunin-plays-canceled/32749735.html

16:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Moscow Theater Cancels Plays Of Anti-War Author Akunin

16:02 TR News; Russia Charges Six Danes With Being Mercenaries Fighting For Ukraine https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-denmark-ukraine-mercenaries/32749734.html

16:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russia Charges Six Danes With Being Mercenaries Fighting For Ukraine

16:02 TR News; Prosecutors Seek Prison Terms For Two Russian Anti-War Poets https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-anti-war-poets-prison/32749653.html

16:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Prosecutors Seek Prison Terms For Two Russian Anti-War Poets

16:03 TR News; Putin equates peace with "defeat"

16:03 TR News; Russian Supreme Court Confirms Anti-War Journalist Cannot Run For President https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-duntsova-president-barred/32749523.html

16:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russian Supreme Court Confirms Anti-War Journalist Cannot Run For President

16:03 TR News; Ukraine Prepares Chemical Weapons Provocation, Russia Warns https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ukraine-Prepares-Chemical-Weapons-Provocation-Russia-Warns-20231227-0007.html

16:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.telesurenglish.net | Ukraine Prepares Chemical Weapons Provocation, Russia Warns | News | teleSUR English

16:04 TR News; Reuters corrects translation error, Russia not sending artillery to Finnish border https://yle.fi/a/74-20066771

16:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Reuters corrects translation error, Russia not sending artillery to Finnish border | Yle News | Yle

16:04 TR News; Indian Envoy Hails Ties With Russia, Despite Western Pressure https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/asia/india-russia-ukraine-energy.html

16:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Indian Envoy Hails Ties With Russia, Despite Western Pressure - The New York Times

16:05 TR News; Bill Gates gave awards to Putin allies. Nobody will hold him accountable for it.

16:05 TR News; "Over 30 Russian sailors reportedly missing after Ukraines strike on Russian landing ship in annexed Crimea" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/over-30-russian-sailors-reportedly-missing-after-ukraine-s-strike-on-russian-landing-ship-in-annexed-crimea | Source: Meduza

16:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Over 30 Russian sailors reportedly missing after Ukraines strike on Russian landing ship in annexed Crimea Meduza

16:06 TR News; Over 1,200 Russians might have to be expelled from Latvia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/27.12.2023-over-1200-russians-might-have-to-be-expelled-from-latvia.a536843/

16:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Over 1,200 Russians might have to be expelled from Latvia / Article

16:06 TR News; Russian spice? No thanks! https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/27.12.2023-russian-spice-no-thanks.a536819/

16:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Russian spice? No thanks! / Article

16:07 TR News; From Russia with Lviv, The Spice Who Loved Me...

16:08 TR News; Moscow Court Says Blogger's 'Almost Naked' Party Propagated 'Nontraditional' Sexual Relations https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-celebrity-party-gay-charges/32749673.html

16:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Organizer, Celebrities Who Attended 'Almost Naked' Party In Moscow Rush To Apologize Amid Backlash

16:08 TR News; Russian Queer Blogger Gets Three Years In Prison On Pornography Charges https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-gay-blogger-prison/32749667.html

16:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russian Queer Blogger Gets Three Years In Prison On Pornography Charges

16:09 TR News; "charged with violating protest rules after sending video message to Putin" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/russian-woman-reportedly-charged-with-violating-protest-rules-after-sending-video-message-to-putin-for-presidential-q-a-show | Source: Meduza

16:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian woman reportedly charged with violating protest rules after sending video message to Putin for presidential Q&A show Meduza

16:09 TR News; Indian envoy meets Putin, bypassing Western pressure https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-envoy-meets-with-putin-bypassing-western-pressure

16:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Indian envoy meets Putin, bypassing Western pressure | The Straits Times

16:10 TR News; "snow maiden" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/russian-school-apologizes-after-male-teacher-s-performance-as-cartoon-wolf-wearing-snow-maiden-costume-at-holiday-event-sparks-backlash | Source: Meduza

16:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian school apologizes after male teachers performance as cartoon wolf wearing snow maiden costume at holiday event sparks backlash Meduza

16:10 TR News; "belonging to LGBT movement" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/28/regional-russian-justice-ministry-department-says-statement-about-belonging-to-lgbt-movement-equivalent-to-participation | Source: Meduza

16:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Regional Russian Justice Ministry department says statement about belonging to LGBT movement equivalent to participation Meduza

16:11 TR News; Whether Others Said Untrue Things on the Internet Does Not Exonerate Trump https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/12/27/whether-others-said-untrue-things-on-the-internet-does-not-exonerate-trump/

16:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | "Whether Others ... Said Untrue Things on the Internet Does Not Exonerate" Trump - emptywheel

16:11 TR News; Israels National Library Reopens After Delay From Hamass Oct. 7 Attacks https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/world/middleeast/israel-national-library-hamas-attacks.html

16:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Israels National Library Reopens After Delay From Hamass Oct. 7 Attacks - The New York Times

16:12 TR News; [Video] 2024 Will Continue a Lessened Focus on the World Wide Web and HTTPS (a Steadily Perishing Protocol) https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/_Video_2024_Will_Continue_a_Lessened_Focus_on_the_World_Wide_We.shtml

16:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Video] 2024 Will Continue a Lessened Focus on the World Wide Web and HTTPS (a Steadily Perishing Protocol)

16:12 TR News; Say No to Hate https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Say_No_to_Hate.shtml

16:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Say No to Hate

16:13 TR News; OSI Co-Founder Has Plan B, Seeing That OSI is Basically Defunct (Nowadays a Propaganda Arm of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft et al) https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/OSI_Co_Founder_Has_Plan_B_Seeing_That_OSI_is_Basically_Defunct_.shtml

16:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights OSI Co-Founder Has Plan B, Seeing That OSI is Basically Defunct (Nowadays a Propaganda Arm of Microsoft et al)

16:13 TR News; OpenAI, Running Out of Places to Borrow Money From (Deep in Debt, Losing About a Million Dollars Per Day), is Sued Again for Plagiarism (LLMs Are Just 'Efficient', Disguised Plagiarism) https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/OpenAI_Running_Out_of_Places_to_Borrow_Money_From_Deep_in_Debt_.shtml

16:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights OpenAI, Running Out of Places to Borrow Money From (Deep in Debt, Losing About a Million Dollars Per Day), is Sued Again for Plagiarism (LLMs Are Just 'Efficient', Disguised Plagiarism)

16:13 TR News; Free Software is 'Food for the Soul' (and for Perfectly Fine But Supposedly "Old" PCs) https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Free_Software_is_Food_for_the_Soul_and_for_Perfectly_Fine_But_S.shtml

16:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Free Software is 'Food for the Soul' (and for Perfectly Fine But Supposedly "Old" PCs)

16:13 TR News; Gulagboy's Army of Online Militants Now Cracking Accounts of (or Subscribing to SPAM) Myself, My Wife, and People Associated With Techrights https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Gulagboy_s_Army_of_Online_Militants_Now_Cracking_Accounts_of_or.shtml

16:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gulagboy's Army of Online Militants Now Cracking Accounts of (or Subscribing to SPAM) Myself, My Wife, and People Associated With Techrights

16:14 TR News; John the Toolmaker https://two-wrongs.com/john-the-toolmaker

16:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-two-wrongs.com | John the Toolmaker

16:15 TR News; Israeli embassy in South Korea takes down video imagining Hamas attack in Seoul https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/israeli-embassy-in-south-korea-pulls-video-imagining-hamas-attack-in-seoul

16:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Israeli embassy in South Korea takes down video imagining Hamas attack in Seoul | The Straits Times

16:18 TR News; David Bremner: Added a derived backend for org export https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/web-stacker2/

16:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cs.unb.ca | Added a derived backend for org export

16:18 TR News; David Bremner: Generating links to a web IDE from org-beamer https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/web-stacker/

16:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cs.unb.ca | Generating links to a web IDE from org-beamer

16:19 TR News; "Reports are surfacing of a local area man who has thrown out his box of cables. Witnesses describe the scene as "deeply unsettling" and "panic enducing."" https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5016649/local-man-throws-out-box-of-cables

16:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.locals.com | Shared post - Local man throws out box of cables

16:22 TR News; "(And yet Wikipedia claims to desperately need your donations.)" https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4934452/wikimedia-profit-assets-and-executive-wages-explode-in-2023 http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/26/Lies_That_Wikipedia_Tells.shtml

16:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.locals.com | Shared post - Wikimedia profit, assets, and executive wages explode in 2023

16:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Lies That Wikipedia Tells

16:22 TR News; Wikimedia profit, assets, and executive wages explode in 2023 https://lunduke.substack.com/p/wikimedia-profit-assets-and-executive http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/26/Lies_That_Wikipedia_Tells.shtml

16:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Wikimedia profit, assets, and executive wages explode in 2023

16:28 TR News; "The Eternal Cycle of Software Bloat" - Lunduke's Big Tech Show - October 6th, 2023 - Ep 049 https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4684550/the-eternal-cycle-of-software-bloat-lundukes-big-tech-show-october-6th-2023-ep-049

16:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.locals.com | Shared post - "The Eternal Cycle of Software Bloat" - Lunduke's Big Tech Show - October 6th, 2023 - Ep 049

16:30 TR News; "Many major Tech organizations accept donations for one thing... then use that money for something completely different. Mozilla. Wikipedia. The Linux Foundation. It's... ridiculous." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-wikipedia-hustle

16:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | "The Wikipedia Hustle" - by Bryan Lunduke

16:30 TR News; (NEW): 10 Best Modern Screenshot Apps for Linux http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/10_Best_Modern_Screenshot_Apps_for_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/10_Best_Modern_Screenshot_Apps_for_Linux.gmi

16:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 10 Best Modern Screenshot Apps for Linux

16:34 TR News; (NEW): Linux Foundation now spends only 2% of their revenue on Linux http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Linux_Foundation_now_spends_only_2_of_their_revenue_on_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Linux_Foundation_now_spends_only_2_of_their_revenue_on_Linux.gmi

16:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Foundation now spends only 2% of their revenue on Linux

16:36 TR News; Understanding the Realm of ROS, Harnessing Gazebo, and Pioneering the Simulation of Intelligent Machines https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/understanding-realm-ros-harnessing-gazebo-and-pioneering-simulation-intelligent-machines

16:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linuxjournal.com | Understanding the Realm of ROS, Harnessing Gazebo, and Pioneering the Simulation of Intelligent Machines | Linux Journal

16:38 TR News; Many of these were fake news or bribed-for lobbying for a crime, the UPC. JUVE isn't reporting, it's posting SPAM (ads) for some firms and pushes illegal agenda. https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/top-10-most-read-articles-of-the-year-2023/

16:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Top 10 most-read articles of the year 2023 - JUVE Patent

16:39 TR News; Carucel Investments wireless automotive patent monopoly affirmed invalid by Federal Circuit https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2023/12/27/carucel-investments-vehicle-communications-patent-affirmed-invalid-by-federal-circuit

16:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | Carucel Investments wireless automotive patent affirmed invalid by Federal Circuit Unified Patents

16:39 TR News; [Video] The Current, Contemporary Patent System Seems to Be Failing Even Very Large Companies https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Video_The_Current_Contemporary_Patent_System_Seems_to_Be_Faili.shtml

16:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Video] The Current, Contemporary Patent System Seems to Be Failing Even Very Large Companies

16:50 TR News; Create a start page using HTML and CSS https://www.tumfatig.net/2023/create-a-start-page-using-html-and-css/

16:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tumfatig.net | TuM'Fatig - Create a start page using HTML and CSS

16:51 TR News; Court pauses import ban on Apples latest smartwatches https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/court-pauses-import-ban-apples-latest-smartwatches/

16:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Court pauses import ban on Apples latest smartwatches - SiliconANGLE

16:52 TR News; Will schneier now dub REMOTE KILL SWITCHES "Security Features"? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/new-iphone-security-features-to-protect-stolen-devices.html

16:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New iPhone Security Features to Protect Stolen Devices - Schneier on Security

16:53 TR News; Hongkongers outlook for future of citys development takes very significant drop, survey finds https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/28/hongkongers-outlook-for-future-of-citys-development-takes-very-significant-drop-survey-finds/

16:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Hongkongers' outlook for future of city's development takes 'very significant drop,' survey finds - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

16:54 TR News; Tourist, 39, dead after plunging 70 feet off cliff at New York state park while taking pics with husband https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/metro/singapore-tourist-nur-aisyah-binte-md-akbar-dead-after-plunging-70-feet-off-cliff-at-new-york-state-park/

16:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | Singapore tourist Nur Aisyah Binte MD Akbar dead after plunging 70 feet off cliff at New York state park

16:56 TR News; Extremely Rare Rainbow Clouds Lit Up Arctic Skies For 3 Days: The Photos Are Breathtaking https://www.sciencealert.com/extremely-rare-rainbow-clouds-lit-up-arctic-skies-for-3-days-the-photos-are-breathtaking

16:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Extremely Rare Rainbow Clouds Lit Up Arctic Skies For 3 Days: The Photos Are Breathtaking : ScienceAlert

16:57 TR News; Windows TCO https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30514

16:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Unveiling the Mirai: Insights into Recent DShield Honeypot Activity [Guest Diary] - SANS Internet Storm Center

16:58 TR News; LILYGO T4-S3 board combines 2.41-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with ESP32-S3R8 microcontroller https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/27/lilygo-t4-s3-board-2-41-inch-amoled-touchscreen-display-esp32-s3r8/

16:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | LILYGO T4-S3 board combines 2.41-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with ESP32-S3R8 microcontroller - CNX Software

5 PM, December 28

17:07 TR News; (NEW): Use Chimera OS to Turn Your PC Into a Steam Deck http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Use_Chimera_OS_to_Turn_Your_PC_Into_a_Steam_Deck.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/28/Use_Chimera_OS_to_Turn_Your_PC_Into_a_Steam_Deck.gmi

17:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Use Chimera OS to Turn Your PC Into a Steam Deck

17:09 TR News; "Hard to read for fun when I am trying to write a non-fiction book at the same time." https://zach.oglesby.co/2023/12/27/had-a-goal.html

17:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zach.oglesby.co | // Zach Oglesby

17:09 *jacobk has quit (Quit: http://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.)

17:11 TR News; Writing a book is a helluva lot easier -- not harder -- than getting to people to care about and actually read your book (more so if they need to justify purchasing it). Publishing or self-publishing a book was maybe a "Trophy" a century ago - back then there was competition over that. Not every person with LATEX or LibreOffice did that.

17:12 TR News; People who read many books want to write a book. People who love to cook also like to eat.

17:13 TR News; Three of the best: IPv6 https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/28/three-of-the-best-ipv6-7/

17:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Three of the best: IPv6 | APNIC Blog

17:14 TR News; Inflating their fictional market "value" by shovelling up BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/pitchbook-tech-giants-invested-generative-ai-startups-vcs-year/

17:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-PitchBook: Tech giants invested more in generative AI startups than VCs this year - SiliconANGLE

17:15 TR News; "It began life in a totally unregulated form as a component of President George W. Bush's unconstitutional STELLAR WIND electronic mass surveillance..." https://original.antiwar.com/patrick_eddington/2023/12/27/the-quaint-fisa-surveillance-debate/

17:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-original.antiwar.com | The Quaint FISA Surveillance Debate - Antiwar.com

17:15 TR News; Integris Health patients receive Christmas Eve demand for money to delete stolen data https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/healthcare-provider-patients-receive-christmas-eve-demand-money-delete-stolen-data/

17:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Integris Health patients receive Christmas Eve demand for money to delete stolen data - SiliconANGLE

17:17 TR News; Eiffel Tower Closes for Labor Action on Creators Anniversary https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/europe/eiffel-tower-strike-closed.html

17:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Eiffel Tower Closes for Labor Action on Creators Anniversary - The New York Times

17:18 TR News; Israel, Citing Hezbollah Rocket Strikes, Warns of War in Lebanon https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-hezbollah.html

17:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Israel, Citing Hezbollah Rocket Strikes, Warns of War in Lebanon - The New York Times

17:20 TR News; Ground offensive intensifies: Israeli strikes Gaza's refugee camps https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/1227/Ground-offensive-intensifies-Israeli-strikes-Gaza-s-refugee-camps

17:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Israel ground offensive targets densely populated refugee camps in Gaza - CSMonitor.com

17:21 TR News; Iran's supreme leader leads prayers during funeral of senior Guards adviser: State TV https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/irans-supreme-leader-leads-prayers-during-funeral-of-senior-guards-adviser-tv

17:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Iran's supreme leader leads prayers during funeral of senior Guards adviser: State TV | The Straits Times

17:21 TR News; Iran's Supreme Leader Leads Prayers During Funeral Of Senior IRGC Adviser https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-khamenei-prayers-mousavi-death/32750540.html

17:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Iran's Supreme Leader Leads Prayers During Funeral Of Senior IRGC Adviser

17:21 TR News; Eiffel Tower shut as workers go on strike https://www.france24.com/en/france/20231227-eiffel-tower-shut-as-staff-goes-on-strike

17:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.france24.com | Eiffel Tower shut as workers go on strike

17:22 TR News; Chinese Hackers Deliver Malware to Barracuda Email Security Appliances via New Zero-Day https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-hackers-deliver-malware-to-barracuda-email-security-appliances-via-new-zero-day/

17:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Chinese Hackers Deliver Malware to Barracuda Email Security Appliances via New Zero-Day - SecurityWeek

17:23 TR News; India targeting high-profile journalists with spyware: Amnesty International https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-targeting-high-profile-journalists-with-spyware-amnesty

17:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | India targeting high-profile journalists with spyware: Amnesty International | The Straits Times

17:24 TR News; Only iDiots expect iPhones to protect privacy and security, given ample evidence to the contrary https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/operation-triangulation-previously-unknown-feature-iphones-exploited-spyware/

17:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Operation Triangulation: Previously unknown feature in iPhones exploited for spyware - SiliconANGLE

17:25 TR News; DRM https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/polish-indie-repair-shops-had-to-hire-hackers-to-tackle-pointless-train-crippling-drm/ | Source: Techdirt

17:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Polish Indie Repair Shops Had To Hire Hackers To Tackle Pointless, Train-Crippling DRM | Techdirt

17:26 TR News; The System76 Guide to Gaming on Pop!_OS https://blog.system76.com/post/guide-to-gaming

17:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.system76.com | The System76 Guide to Gaming on Pop!_OS - System76 Blog

17:26 TR News; Nobara GNU/Linux 39 Released, Ditches GNOME in Favor of Plasma https://linuxiac.com/nobara-linux-39-released/

17:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Nobara Linux 39 Released, Ditches GNOME in Favor of Plasma

17:27 TR News; Use Chimera OS to Turn Your PC Into a Steam Deck https://www.maketecheasier.com/pc-to-steam-deck-conversion/

17:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | Use Chimera OS to Turn Your PC Into a Steam Deck - Make Tech Easier

17:27 TR News; Over at Tux Machines... https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml

17:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines...

17:28 TR News; When 'Linux' Foundation Says "Community" It Means Mark Zuckerberg and the Intelligence Community (Spies, or Companies That Put Back Doors in Billions of Chips) https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/When_Linux_Foundation_Says_Community_It_Means_Mark_Zuckerberg_a.shtml

17:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights When Linux Foundation Says "Community" It Means Mark Zuckerberg and the Intelligence Community (Spies, or Companies That Put Back Doors in Billions of Chips)

17:28 TR News; GBHackers On Security is Trash and It Should Probably Be Ignored (It Trash-talks GNU/Linux and SSH Based on Nothing at All) https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/GBHackers_On_Security_is_Trash_and_It_Should_Probably_Be_Ignore.shtml

17:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GBHackers On Security is Trash and It Should Probably Be Ignored (It Trash-talks Linux and SSH Based on Nothing at All)

17:29 TR News; [Video] Microsoft's TPM Position is a Wake-up Call About Canonical (Which Helps Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Push and Promote TPM) https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Video_Microsoft_s_TPM_Position_is_a_Wake_up_Call_About_Canonic.shtml

17:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Video] Microsoft's TPM Position is a Wake-up Call About Canonical (Which Helps Microsoft Push and Promote TPM)

17:29 TR News; Cops. Still trust armed cops? https://www.propublica.org/article/police-reponse-mass-shooting-reports-questions | Source: Pro Publica

17:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | Reports About Police Actions in Mass Shootings Often Leave Unanswered Questions ProPublica

17:30 TR News; This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 527 https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2023/12/27/this-week-in-rust-527/

17:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-this-week-in-rust.org | This Week in Rust 527 This Week in Rust

17:31 TR News; TTAB Affirms Refusal of CONCRETE PORN for Advertising Services Due to Inadequate Specimen of Use http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2023/12/ttab-affirms-refusal-of-concrete-porn.html

17:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thettablog.blogspot.com | The TTABlog: TTAB Affirms Refusal of CONCRETE PORN for Advertising Services Due to Inadequate Specimen of Use

17:32 TR News; "post-pandemic change"?? COVID-19 is far from over and "wishing" it away worsens public health https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2023-in-review/an-exhausting-year-in-and-out-of-the-office

17:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | An Exhausting Year in (and Out of) the Office | The New Yorker

17:33 TR News; No _healthy_ public -> no workers -> no economy

17:34 TR News; "VM Brasseur"... garden variety of corporate shills and openwashing liars https://www.fosslife.org/10-ways-build-your-future-open-source

17:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslife.org | 10 Ways to Build Your Future with Open Source

17:36 TR News; How to Build a Small Solar Power System https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/12/how-to-build-a-small-solar-power-system/

17:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-solar.lowtechmagazine.com | How to Build a Small Solar Power System | LOWTECH MAGAZINE

17:38 TR News; Climate change? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67832205 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67832471

17:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.co.uk | Storm Gerrit: Homes without power as 85mph gales hit Wales - BBC News

17:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.co.uk | Thousands of homes still without power after Storm Gerrit - BBC News

17:41 TR News; Not The Name That You Call Me With https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16510827/elliott-smith-stranger-than-fiction-best-feature-article-2023

17:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tedium.co | The Years Best Feature Article: Elliott Smiths High-School Bands

17:42 TR News; "2023 was my most prolific writing year here since 2011, and certainly a high over the mid-2010s when I hit a mental lull." https://rubenerd.com/an-annual-retrospective-by-numbers/

17:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: An annual retrospective by numbers

17:43 TR News; Logic Analyzer https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/modern-control-of-a-logic-analyzer/ | Source: Hackaday

17:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Modern Control Of A Logic Analyzer | Hackaday

17:43 TR News; FOSS Weekly #23.52: Winning Distros and Apps of 2023, GNU/Linux Books and More https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-23-52/

17:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | FOSS Weekly #23.52: Winning Distros and Apps of 2023, Linux Books and More

17:45 TR News; mesa 23.3.2 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2023-December/226088.html

17:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lists.freedesktop.org | [ANNOUNCE] mesa 23.3.2

17:45 TR News; 50 Useful GNU/Linux IP Commands for Network Administrators https://www.ubuntupit.com/useful-linux-ip-commands-for-network-administrators/

17:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ubuntupit.com | 50 Useful Linux IP Commands for Network Administrators

17:46 TR News; Synology Hyper Backup Tutorial https://www.linuxlinks.com/synology-hyper-backup/

17:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Synology Hyper Backup Tutorial - LinuxLinks

17:46 TR News; AMD starts prep work for Zen 5 CPUs multiple Linux patches signal Zen 5's upcoming arrival https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/amd-starts-prep-work-for-zen-5-cpus

17:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | AMD starts prep work for Zen 5 CPUs multiple Linux patches signal Zen 5's upcoming arrival | Tom's Hardware

17:46 TR News; Top 16 Best News Aggregators for GNU/Linux Desktop https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-news-aggregator-for-linux/

17:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ubuntupit.com | Top 16 Best News Aggregators for Linux Desktop

17:48 TR News; Steam Deck's custom AMD processor exposed Van Gogh die shots reveal CPU, GPU core designs, and unused hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/steam-decks-custom-amd-processor-exposed

17:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Steam Deck's custom AMD processor exposed Van Gogh die shots reveal CPU, GPU core designs, and unused hardware | Tom's Hardware

17:49 TR News; New York Times Sues Proprietary Chaffbot Company and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Over Use of Copyrighted Work https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html

17:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | New York Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Use of Copyrighted Work - The New York Times

17:49 TR News; ChatGPT Developer Faces Massive Copyright Lawsuit from the New York Times Microsoft and Proprietary Chaffbot Company Acted Jointly in the Large-Scale Copying of The Timess Material https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/27/new-york-times-openai-lawsuit/

17:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/27/new-york-times-openai-lawsuit/ )

17:50 TR News; New York Times sues Microsoft, Proprietary Chaffbot Company over Hey Hi (AI) training copyright monopoly infringement https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/new-york-times-sues-microsoft-openai-ai-training-copyright-infringement/

17:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI over AI training copyright infringement - SiliconANGLE

17:52 TR News; "This week Jonathan Bennett and Dan Lynch talk once again with Neal Gompa of Fedora, CentOS, openSUSE and more." https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/floss-weekly-episode-763-fedora-fixes-everything/ | Source: Hackaday

17:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FLOSS Weekly Episode 763: Fedora Fixes Everything | Hackaday

17:53 TR News; AI In Windows: Investigating backdoored Windows Copilot https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/12/27/ai-in-windows-investigating-windows-copilot/ more bloat, buzzwords, and utter junk sold by false marketing/hype

17:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.trailofbits.com | AI In Windows: Investigating Windows Copilot | Trail of Bits Blog

17:54 TR News; "But what are we going to do about HEY HI?" = "But what if the UFOs landed?"

17:55 TR News; Linux Out Loud 80: Ready for an Upgrade https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-80/

17:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-80: Ready for an Upgrade - Linux Out Loud - TuxDigital

17:56 TR News; 2023 Brought More Evidence That Pandemic School Closures Damaged Students https://reason.com/2023/12/27/2023-brought-more-evidence-that-pandemic-school-closures-damaged-students/

17:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-reason.com | 2023 Brought More Evidence That Pandemic School Closures Damaged Students

6 PM, December 28

18:03 TR News; Creating Time Series in R with the ts() Function https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/creating-time-series-in-r-with-the-ts-function/

18:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Creating Time Series in R with the ts() Function | R-bloggers

18:04 TR News; Things that Beijing's Bytedance (or tiktok) compels idiots to do to their neighbours https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/french-man-put-orbeez-bathtub-213909076.html

18:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 404 @ https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/french-man-put-orbeez-bathtub-213909076.html )

18:04 TR News; Covid Variant JN.1 Now Accounts for Nearly Half of U.S. Cases https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/well/live/jn1-covid-variant.html

18:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Covid Variant JN.1 Now Accounts for Nearly Half of U.S. Cases - The New York Times

18:05 TR News; I cant help but miss the headphone jack, Bluetooth is not a worthy successor https://www.techzim.co.zw/2023/12/cant-help-missing-headphone-jack-bluetooth-not-worthy-successor/

18:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.techzim.co.zw | I cant help but miss the headphone jack, Bluetooth is not a worthy successor - Techzim

18:06 TR News; "Its the hundreds of people willing to document police activity at all times everywhere with smartphones." https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/law-enforcement-officers-crash-suv-into-local-bar-arrest-bar-owner-for-being-angry-about-it/ | Source: Techdirt

18:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Law Enforcement Officers Crash SUV Into Local Bar, Arrest Bar Owner For Being Angry About It | Techdirt

18:06 TR News; "$250 million military aid" = bailout for weapons companies that are in the US https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/28/u-s-announces-250-million-military-aid-package-for-ukraine-as-funds-run-low | Source: Meduza

18:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | U.S. announces $250 million military aid package for Ukraine, depleting allocated funding Meduza

18:07 TR News; "reportedly killed in Ukraine" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/at-least-three-reportedly-killed-in-ukraine-after-overnight-russian-drone-attack | Source: Meduza

18:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | At least three reportedly killed in Ukraine after overnight Russian drone attack Meduza

18:07 TR News; "E.U. preparing contingency plan to fund Ukraine without Hungarys participation" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/financial-times-e-u-preparing-contingency-plan-to-fund-ukraine-without-hungary-s-participation | Source: Meduza

18:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Financial Times: E.U. preparing contingency plan to fund Ukraine without Hungarys participation Meduza

18:07 TR News; Russian soldiers executing three Ukrainian POWs https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/new-video-reportedly-shows-russian-soldiers-executing-three-ukrainian-pows | Source: Meduza

18:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | New video reportedly shows Russian soldiers executing three Ukrainian POWs Meduza

18:08 TR News; This New X-Fly drone mimics a birds flight (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/28/x-fly-drone-mimics-a-bird-flight/

18:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | This New X-Fly drone mimics a bird's flight (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software

8 PM, December 28

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9 PM, December 28

21:03 admfubar; https://arstechnica.com/?p=1992952

21:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arstechnica.com | Its shakeout time as losses of Netflix rivals top $5 billion | Ars Technica

10 PM, December 28

22:58 admfubar; https://eugeneweekly.com/2023/12/28/wheres-the-damn-paper/

22:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eugeneweekly.com | Wheres the Damn Paper? Eugene Weekly

11 PM, December 28

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4 AM, December 28

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9 AM, December 28

09:53 TR News; "Taliban's hard-line Islamist government in Afghanistan" https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-education-layoffs-fears/32749748.html | Source: RFERL

09:53 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Taliban Closes Education Ministry Department, Creating Uncertainty For Thousands

10 AM, December 28

10:08 TR News; "kick them out" https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/indonesia-aceh-rohingya-attacked-12272023152709.html | Source: RFA

10:08 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rfa.org | Crowd of Indonesians storms Rohingya shelter, demanding refugees be deported Radio Free Asia

10:15 TR News; "Im going to go out on a NOT limb here: this man is not a Christian" https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4379039-kinzinger-says-christians-who-back-trump-dont-understand-their-religion/ | Source: The Hill

10:15 -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4379039-kinzinger-says-christians-who-back-trump-dont-understand-their-religion/ )

11 AM, December 28

11:22 TR News; tiktok https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12890583/americans-osama-bin-laden-poll-gen-zers.html

11:22 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.dailymail.co.uk | One in five young Americans has a POSITIVE view of Osama Bin Laden: Disturbing Daily Mail poll results also reveal three in 10 Gen-Zers think the views of the 9/11 mastermind were a 'force for good' | Daily Mail Online

11:26 TR News; "Legal expert says Jack Smith can get "devastating" Trump evidence: Juries "eat it up"" https://www.salon.com/2023/12/26/legal-expert-says-jack-smith-can-get-devastating-evidence-juries-eat-it-up/

11:26 -TechPolBot/#techpol-Legal expert says Jack Smith can get "devastating" Trump evidence: Juries "eat it up" | Salon.com

11:29 TR News; regime

11:29 TR News; mexican regime https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-delegation-meet-mexican-government-talks-surge-migrants-105933375

11:29 -TechPolBot/#techpol-abcnews.go.com | A US delegation to meet with Mexican government for talks on migrant surge at border - ABC News

11:31 TR News; Gollum still in NATO https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sweden-moves-step-closer-nato-membership-after-turkish-105921975 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdo%C4%9Fan%E2%80%93Gollum_comparison_trials

11:31 -TechPolBot/#techpol-abcnews.go.com | Sweden a step closer to NATO membership after Turkey committee gives approval - ABC News

11:31 -TechPolBot/#techpol-en.wikipedia.org | ErdoanGollum comparison trials - Wikipedia

11:33 TR News; dictatorship https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/trump-word-cloud-revenge-dictatorship-second-term

11:33 -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/trump-word-cloud-revenge-dictatorship-second-term )

noon, December 28

12:00 TR News; g20 https://digit.site36.net/2023/12/27/possibly-two-g20-trials-against-police-in-germany-after-all-but-brutal-racist-cop-still-faces-no-consequences/ | Source: Site36

12:00 -TechPolBot/#techpol-digit.site36.net | Possibly two G20 trials against police in Germany after all, but brutal racist cop still faces no consequences - Matthias Monroy

12:00 TR News; srebrenica https://thegrayzone.com/2023/12/27/mass-graves-britains-srebrenica/ | Source: The Gray Zone

12:00 -TechPolBot/#techpol-thegrayzone.com | Mass graves, grave questions: Britains secret Srebrenica role - The Grayzone

12:06 TR News; "Who Funds Canary Mission?" https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/27/canary_mission | Source: Democracy Now

12:06 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.democracynow.org | Who Funds Canary Mission? James Bamford on Group That Doxxes Students & Profs for Palestine Activism | Democracy Now!

12:28 TR News; "This blog is part of our Year in Review series. Read other articles about the fight for digital rights in 2023" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/equitable-access-law-got-stronger-year | Source: EFF

12:28 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.eff.org | Equitable Access to the Law Got Stronger: 2023 Year in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation

1 PM, December 28

13:19 TR News; South Korean loan for Poland arms deal does not exist, says PM https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korean-loan-for-poland-arms-deal-does-not-exist-says-pm

13:19 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean loan for Poland arms deal does not exist, says PM | The Straits Times

13:20 TR News; North Koreas Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations: State media https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-kim-orders-military-to-accelerate-war-preparations-kcna

13:20 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations: State media | The Straits Times

13:28 TR News; North Korean leader Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231227-north-korean-leader-kim-orders-military-to-accelerate-war-preparations

13:28 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.france24.com | North Korea's Kim Jong Un orders military to accelerate 'war preparations'

13:29 TR News; North Koreas Kim Jong Un orders military to accelerate war preparations: state media https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/news/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-orders-military-to-accelerate-war-preparations-state-media/

13:29 -TechPolBot/#techpol-nypost.com | North Korea's Kim Jong Un orders military to accelerate war preparations: state media

13:44 TR News; Vietnam's 'bamboo diplomacy' shifts into higher gear https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/vietnams-bamboo-diplomacy-shifts-into-higher-gear

13:44 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Vietnam's 'bamboo diplomacy' shifts into higher gear | The Straits Times

13:47 TR News; China says Taiwan is 'hyping up' military threat for its own gain https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-says-taiwan-is-hyping-up-military-threat-for-its-own-gain

13:47 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China decries Taiwan for hyping up military threat, sends warplanes | The Straits Times

13:48 TR News; Three Hong Kong students jailed over terrorist bomb plot https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/three-hong-kong-students-jailed-over-terrorist-bomb-plot

13:48 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Three Hong Kong students jailed over terrorist bomb plot | The Straits Times

13:48 TR News; China urges regional alert as US military steps up forward deployment https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-urges-regional-alert-as-us-military-steps-up-forward-deployment

13:48 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China urges regional alert as US military steps up forward deployment | The Straits Times

13:50 TR News; Possible Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing summit in discussion: report https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/trilateral-summit-discussion-12272023221525.html

13:50 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rfa.org | Possible Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing summit in discussion: report Radio Free Asia

13:51 TR News; Xi Jinping appoints Chinas top naval commander https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-naval-commander-12272023231908.html

13:51 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rfa.org | Xi Jinping appoints Chinas top naval commander Radio Free Asia

2 PM, December 28

14:01 TR News; Xi vows to prevent anyone 'splitting Taiwan from China in any way' https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231227-xi-vows-to-prevent-anyone-from-splitting-taiwan-from-china-in-any-way

14:01 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.france24.com | Xi vows to prevent anyone 'splitting Taiwan from China in any way'

14:02 TR News; "The donation, as it was billed in some reports" https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/new-chinese-equipment-for-zimbabwe-defence-forces/

14:02 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.defenceweb.co.za | New Chinese equipment for Zimbabwe Defence Forces - defenceWeb

14:02 TR News; The US and China at Years End https://original.antiwar.com/michael_klare/2023/12/27/the-us-and-china-at-years-end/

14:02 -TechPolBot/#techpol-original.antiwar.com | The US and China at Year's End - Antiwar.com

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14:34 TR News; Customs: US trade link growing more important https://yle.fi/a/74-20066734

14:34 -TechPolBot/#techpol-yle.fi | Customs: US trade link growing more important | Yle News | Yle

14:56 TR News; Gaston Glock, Inventor of the Gun That Bears His Name, Dies at 94 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/gaston-glock-dead.html

14:56 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Gaston Glock, Inventor of the Gun That Bears His Name, Dies at 94 - The New York Times

14:57 TR News; China asks citizens to leave Myanmar border district, citing security https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-asks-citizens-to-leave-myanmar-border-district-citing-security

14:57 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China asks citizens to leave Myanmar border district, citing security | The Straits Times

14:57 TR News; China urges nationals to leave north Myanmar region amid unrest https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-urges-nationals-to-leave-north-myanmar-region-amid-unrest

14:57 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China urges nationals to leave north Myanmar region amid unrest | The Straits Times

14:58 TR News; Hong Kongs freedoms better protected under national security law, government tells UN ahead of human rights review https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/27/hong-kongs-freedoms-better-protected-under-national-security-law-government-tells-un-ahead-of-human-rights-review/

14:58 -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | Hong Kong's freedoms 'better protected' under national security law, government tells UN ahead of human rights review - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

14:58 TR News; Chinese embassy in Myanmar tells citizens to leave border district as battles between rebels, junta flare https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/28/chinese-embassy-in-myanmar-tells-citizens-to-leave-border-district-as-battles-between-rebels-junta-flare/

14:58 -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | Chinese embassy in Myanmar tells citizens to leave border district as battles between rebels, junta flare - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

3 PM, December 28

15:18 TR News; Imprisoned Belarusian Opposition Politician Reportedly Placed In Harsher Conditions https://www.rferl.org/a/imprisoned-belarus-opposition-politician-kazlou/32732194.html

15:18 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Imprisoned Belarusian Opposition Politician Reportedly Placed In Harsher Conditions

15:18 TR News; "sexual" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/moscow-court-says-almost-naked-party-aimed-at-propaganda-of-non-traditional-sexual-relationships | Source: Meduza

15:18 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Moscow court says almost naked party aimed at propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships Meduza

15:19 TR News; Russias Supreme Court https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/russia-s-supreme-court-denies-yekaterina-duntsova-s-appeal-after-election-commission-rejects-her-application-to-run-for-president | Source: Meduza

15:19 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Russias Supreme Court denies Yekaterina Duntsovas appeal after election commission rejects her application to run for president Meduza

15:20 TR News; Russian diplomat: Finland would be the first to suffer in Nato conflict https://yle.fi/a/74-20066844

15:20 -TechPolBot/#techpol-yle.fi | Russian diplomat: Finland would be the first to suffer in Nato conflict | Yle News | Yle

15:21 TR News; Russia tells South Korea not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates over sanctions https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-tells-south-korea-not-to-be-surprised-if-moscow-retaliates-over-sanctions

15:21 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Russia tells South Korea not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates over sanctions | The Straits Times

15:22 TR News; Russia, India 'Closer' To Joint Military Equipment Production https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-india-military-production/32749662.html

15:22 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russia, India 'Closer' To Joint Military Equipment Production

15:57 TR News; What has Latvia planned for Ukrainian integration in 2024? https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/28.12.2023-what-has-latvia-planned-for-ukrainian-integration-in-2024.a536906/

15:57 -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | What has Latvia planned for Ukrainian integration in 2024? / Article

15:57 TR News; Editors picks for 2023: RAAF Wedgetail to protect vital supply lines to Ukraine https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2023-raaf-wedgetail-to-protect-vital-supply-lines-to-ukraine/

15:57 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Editors picks for 2023: RAAF Wedgetail to protect vital supply lines to Ukraine | The Strategist

15:57 TR News; US releases final tranche of authorised military aid for Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231227-us-releases-final-tranche-of-authorised-military-aid-for-ukraine

15:57 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.france24.com | US releases final tranche of authorised military aid for Ukraine

15:58 TR News; Russia attacks Ukraines Kherson with dozens of drones in deadly overnight strike https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231227-russia-attacks-ukraine-s-kherson-with-dozens-of-drones-in-overnight-strike

15:58 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.france24.com | Russia attacks Ukraines Kherson with dozens of drones in deadly overnight strike

15:58 TR News; Lithuanian MPs head to Poland to investigate hold-ups of Ukraine support shipments https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2159186/lithuanian-mps-head-to-poland-to-investigate-hold-ups-of-ukraine-support-shipments

15:58 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian MPs head to Poland to investigate hold-ups of Ukraine support shipments - LRT

4 PM, December 28

16:01 TR News; Defeat, counteroffensive, negotiations? Ukraine war in 2024 https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2158777/defeat-counteroffensive-negotiations-ukraine-war-in-2024

16:01 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Defeat, counteroffensive, negotiations? Ukraine war in 2024 - LRT

16:01 TR News; AP Concludes Hundreds Died In Floods After Ukraine Dam Collapse, Far More Than Russia Said https://www.rferl.org/a/ap-investigation-kakhovka-dam-death-toll/32750535.html

16:01 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | AP Concludes Hundreds Died In Floods After Ukraine Dam Collapse, Far More Than Russia Said

16:02 TR News; U.S. Announces Final Drawdown Of Military Aid For Ukraine; Future Assistance Up To Congress https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-us-last-aid-drawdown/32749847.html

16:02 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | U.S. Announces Final Drawdown Of Military Aid For Ukraine; Future Assistance Up To Congress

16:02 TR News; Russia Charges Six Danes With Being Mercenaries Fighting For Ukraine https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-denmark-ukraine-mercenaries/32749734.html

16:02 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russia Charges Six Danes With Being Mercenaries Fighting For Ukraine

16:03 TR News; Ukraine Prepares Chemical Weapons Provocation, Russia Warns https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ukraine-Prepares-Chemical-Weapons-Provocation-Russia-Warns-20231227-0007.html

16:03 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.telesurenglish.net | Ukraine Prepares Chemical Weapons Provocation, Russia Warns | News | teleSUR English

16:04 TR News; Reuters corrects translation error, Russia not sending artillery to Finnish border https://yle.fi/a/74-20066771

16:04 -TechPolBot/#techpol-yle.fi | Reuters corrects translation error, Russia not sending artillery to Finnish border | Yle News | Yle

16:04 TR News; Indian Envoy Hails Ties With Russia, Despite Western Pressure https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/asia/india-russia-ukraine-energy.html

16:04 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Indian Envoy Hails Ties With Russia, Despite Western Pressure - The New York Times

16:05 TR News; "Over 30 Russian sailors reportedly missing after Ukraines strike on Russian landing ship in annexed Crimea" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/over-30-russian-sailors-reportedly-missing-after-ukraine-s-strike-on-russian-landing-ship-in-annexed-crimea | Source: Meduza

16:05 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Over 30 Russian sailors reportedly missing after Ukraines strike on Russian landing ship in annexed Crimea Meduza

16:06 TR News; Over 1,200 Russians might have to be expelled from Latvia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/27.12.2023-over-1200-russians-might-have-to-be-expelled-from-latvia.a536843/

16:06 -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Over 1,200 Russians might have to be expelled from Latvia / Article

16:09 TR News; Indian envoy meets Putin, bypassing Western pressure https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-envoy-meets-with-putin-bypassing-western-pressure

16:09 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Indian envoy meets Putin, bypassing Western pressure | The Straits Times

16:10 TR News; "snow maiden" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/russian-school-apologizes-after-male-teacher-s-performance-as-cartoon-wolf-wearing-snow-maiden-costume-at-holiday-event-sparks-backlash | Source: Meduza

16:10 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Russian school apologizes after male teachers performance as cartoon wolf wearing snow maiden costume at holiday event sparks backlash Meduza

16:11 TR News; Whether Others Said Untrue Things on the Internet Does Not Exonerate Trump https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/12/27/whether-others-said-untrue-things-on-the-internet-does-not-exonerate-trump/

16:11 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.emptywheel.net | "Whether Others ... Said Untrue Things on the Internet Does Not Exonerate" Trump - emptywheel

16:11 TR News; Israels National Library Reopens After Delay From Hamass Oct. 7 Attacks https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/world/middleeast/israel-national-library-hamas-attacks.html

16:11 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Israels National Library Reopens After Delay From Hamass Oct. 7 Attacks - The New York Times

5 PM, December 28

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17:18 TR News; Israel, Citing Hezbollah Rocket Strikes, Warns of War in Lebanon https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-hezbollah.html

17:18 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Israel, Citing Hezbollah Rocket Strikes, Warns of War in Lebanon - The New York Times

17:20 TR News; Ground offensive intensifies: Israeli strikes Gaza's refugee camps https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/1227/Ground-offensive-intensifies-Israeli-strikes-Gaza-s-refugee-camps

17:20 -TechPolBot/#techpol-Israel ground offensive targets densely populated refugee camps in Gaza - CSMonitor.com

17:21 TR News; Iran's supreme leader leads prayers during funeral of senior Guards adviser: State TV https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/irans-supreme-leader-leads-prayers-during-funeral-of-senior-guards-adviser-tv

17:21 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Iran's supreme leader leads prayers during funeral of senior Guards adviser: State TV | The Straits Times

17:21 TR News; Iran's Supreme Leader Leads Prayers During Funeral Of Senior IRGC Adviser https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-khamenei-prayers-mousavi-death/32750540.html

17:21 -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Iran's Supreme Leader Leads Prayers During Funeral Of Senior IRGC Adviser

6 PM, December 28

18:06 TR News; "$250 million military aid" = bailout for weapons companies that are in the US https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/28/u-s-announces-250-million-military-aid-package-for-ukraine-as-funds-run-low | Source: Meduza

18:06 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | U.S. announces $250 million military aid package for Ukraine, depleting allocated funding Meduza

18:07 TR News; "reportedly killed in Ukraine" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/at-least-three-reportedly-killed-in-ukraine-after-overnight-russian-drone-attack | Source: Meduza

18:07 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | At least three reportedly killed in Ukraine after overnight Russian drone attack Meduza

18:07 TR News; "E.U. preparing contingency plan to fund Ukraine without Hungarys participation" https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/financial-times-e-u-preparing-contingency-plan-to-fund-ukraine-without-hungary-s-participation | Source: Meduza

18:07 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Financial Times: E.U. preparing contingency plan to fund Ukraine without Hungarys participation Meduza

18:07 TR News; Russian soldiers executing three Ukrainian POWs https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/new-video-reportedly-shows-russian-soldiers-executing-three-ukrainian-pows | Source: Meduza

18:07 -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | New video reportedly shows Russian soldiers executing three Ukrainian POWs Meduza

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