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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 30, 2024

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  1. A Discussion About Suicides in Science and Technology (Including Debian and the European Patent Office)
    In Debian, there is a long history of deaths, suicides, and mysterious disappearances
  2. [Video] Why Microsoft is by Far the Biggest Foe of Computer Security (Clue: It Profits From Security Failings)
    Microsoft is infiltrating policy-making bodies, ensuring real security is never pursued
  3. Harassment Against My Wife Continues
    Drug addict versus family of Techrights authors

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  4. The Real Threats to Society Include Software Patents and the Corporations That Promote Them
    The OIN issue isn't a new one and many recognise this by now
  5. Links 30/04/2024: OpenBSD and Enterprise Cloaking Device
    Links for the day
  6. Microsoft Still Owes Over 100 Billion Dollars and It Cannot be Paid Back Using 'Goodwill'
    Meanwhile, Microsoft's cash at hand (in the bank) nearly halved in the past year.
  7. Workers' Right to Disconnect Won't Matter If Such a Right Isn't Properly Enforced
    I was always "on-call" and my main role or function was being "on-call" in case of incidents
  8. [Teaser] Ubuntu Cover-up After Death
    Attack the messenger
  9. The Cyber Show Explains What CCTV is About
    CCTV does not typically resolve crime
  10. [Video] Ignore Buzzwords and Pay Attention to Attacks on Software Developers
    AI in the Machine Learning sense is nothing new
  11. Outline of Themes to Cover in the Coming Weeks
    We're accelerating coverage and increasing focus on suppressed topics
  12. [Video] Not Everyone Claiming to Protect the Vulnerable is Being Honest
    "Diversity" bursaries aren't always what they seem to be
  13. [Video] Enshittification of the Media, of the Web, and of Computing in General
    It manifests itself in altered conditions and expectations
  14. [Meme] Write Code 100% of the Time
    IBM: Produce code for us till we buy the community... And never use "bad words" like "master" and "slave" (pioneered by IBM itself in the computing context)
  15. [Video] How Much Will It Take for Most People to Realise "Open Source" Became Just Openwashing (Proprietary Giants Exploiting Cost-Free or Unpaid 'Human Resources')?
    turning "Open Source" into proprietary software
  16. Freedom of Speech... Let's Ban All Software Freedom Speeches?
    There's a moral panic over people trying to actually control their computing
  17. Richard Stallman's Talk in Spain Canceled (at Short Notice)
    So it seems to have been canceled very fast
  18. Links 29/04/2024: "AI" Hype Deflated, Economies Slow Down Further
    Links for the day
  19. Gemini Links 29/04/2024: Gopher Experiment and Profectus Alpha 0.9
    Links for the day
  20. Debian 'Cabal' (via SPI) Tried to Silence or 'Cancel' Daniel Pocock at DNS Level. It Didn't Work. It Backfired as the Material Received Even More Visibility.
    know the truth about modern slavery
  21. Lucas Nussbaum & Debian attempted exploit of OVH Hosting insider
    Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
  22. Software in the Public Interest (SPI) is Not a Friend of Freedom
    We'll shortly reproduce two older articles from disguised.work
  23. Syria, John Lennon & Debian WIPO panel appointed
    Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
  24. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  25. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 28, 2024
    IRC logs for Sunday, April 28, 2024
  26. [Video] GNU and Linux Everywhere (Except by Name)
    In a sense, Linux already has over 50% of the world's "OS" market

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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    1460 /n/2024/04/29/Richard_Stallman_s_Talk_in_Spain_Canceled_at_Short_Notice.shtml
    1151 /n/2024/04/23/Bruce_Perens_Debian_swiping_the_Open_Source_trademark.shtml
    1030 /n/2024/04/25/Amber_Heard_Junior_Female_Developers_Debian_Embezzlement.shtml
    933 /n/2024/04/22/Video_Online_Brigade_Demands_That_the_Person_Who_Started_GNU_Li.shtml
    914 /n/2024/04/24/Balkan_women_Debian_sexism_WeBoob_leaks.shtml
    869 /n/2024/04/27/Lucas_Kanashiro_Debian_Canonical_Ubuntu_female_GSoC_intern_rela.shtml
    865 /n/2024/04/23/Amaya_Rodrigo_Sastre_Holger_Levsen_Debian_DebConf6_fight.shtml
    857 /n/2024/04/26/Mark_Shuttleworth_Elio_Qoshi_Debian_Ubuntu_underage_girls.shtml
    822 /n/2024/04/22/EPO_We_and_Microsoft_Will_Spy_on_Everything_No_Physical_Copies.shtml
    819 /n/2024/04/26/Albanian_women_Brazilian_women_Debian_Outreachy_racism_under_Ch.shtml
    788 /n/2024/04/25/Ulrike_Uhlig_Debian_the_200_000_woman_who_quit.shtml

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