Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 26, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. An Extended Statement on Julian Assange

   Assange's release was not important enough to "make the cut" for News, only "tweets" and other Social Control Media nonsense.

2. Microsoft Falling to New Lows in Aruba

   Being below 20% in America is the exception, not the norm

3. Sheriff of Cork & Debian Edward Brocklesby or Brockelsby Street confusion

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

4. Who Is This Backup FOR, the NSA?

   As Admfubar put it, "backups for everyone..."

5. Microsoft's Siege of Libya Coming to an End

   One might be tempted to guess the users deleted Windows and installed something else

   New

6. L is for Linux and Lao

   Lao should really have something called LaOS

7. [Meme] Need More Sites Like Wikileaks, Not Less

   On US government vs Wikileaks

8. We Know Who Stands to Gain From the Demise of the Press

   the Assange release was a win for his family, but likely a dire loss for press freedom

9. [Meme] Think Twice Before Exposing or 'Embarrassing' Powerful People and Interests

   The United States government has basically won the Assange case

10. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is Openwashing, Ben Cotton (Fedora) Acknowledges It, Fails to See How Bribes Led to That

    As if... it "just happened"

11. Links 25/06/2024: RAM Stress, COVID Graft

    Links for the day

12. Gemini Links 25/06/2024: Hey Hi Punditry and Right to Repair

    Links for the day

13. Links 25/06/2024: Julian Assange Freed From Prison, "AI" Bubble Imploding Some More

    Links for the day

14. Three Points About Julian Assange Plea Deal

    There is still a secret problem

15. [Meme] EFF Became a 'Bunch of Pussies' Working for GAFAM (and Sponsored by GAFAM)

    It won't protect people, except very rich people's interests

16. IBM Does Not Care for the Blind (Wayland Harms Accessibility)

    What a punch in the gut

17. Tux Machines Past 20: Still Thriving

    Now 20 years and 2 weeks old

18. [Meme] Microsoft is Coming /Home

    "LOL, REAL SORRY!!!"

19. Gemini Links 25/06/2024: Old Computer Challenge; An Opinionated GNU/Linux Guide

    Links for the day

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 24, 2024

    IRC logs for Monday, June 24, 2024

22. IEEE Computer Society on Andrew Tanenbaum, Winner of ACM Award, Who Also Inspired Linux Development

    10 years ago

23. New Talk by Dr. Richard Stallman Published Two Days Ago By CeSIUM - Centro de Estudantes de Engenharia Informática da Universidade do Minho (Portugal)

    The FSF no longer mentions Richard Stallman's talks, but we will

24. FSF Looking to Raise Money by Adding 200 New Members by July 19

    The FSF is in good shape, according to Alexandre Oliva

25. Not Only Does It Not Add Security... (UEFI as a 'Bug Door')

    SecureCore?

26. Data From Monaco Should Alarm Microsoft

    Just how many people are deleting Windows and installing something else this year?

27. Name the Threats and Threat Actors

    Looking back to 2006, there was Novell and gregkh (partly salaried by Microsoft), so these are familiar territories

28. Linux in Central Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger)

    Vast area, vast number of "Linux users" (if one counts Android as such)

29. [Meme] Gagging One's Own Staff as a Signal of Corporate Distress

    Censorship at Microsoft

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