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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 01, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. In Case Undersea Cables Are Cut...
    The issue has been somewhat of a taboo - mostly overlooked or entirely ignored at times of peace

    New

  2. Two Years Later Sirius Open Source is Basically Dead (With a Zombie Web Site)
    1 day from now it's exactly 2 years since Rianne and I resigned
  3. [Meme] The Internet is More Fragile Than They Are Willing to Admit
    If your site ready for a war on pipes and cables?
  4. IBM is More Than 60 Billion Dollars in Debt (Which It Cannot Pay Back)
    IBM debt is growing
  5. IBM and Microsoft Fake Headcount in Exactly the Same Way (While Mass Layoffs Persist and Real Revenue Falls, Not Just Compared to Inflation Rates)
    They convert profits into fake 'growth' instead of cashing in (so debt continues to soar), in effect gaming the system based on misleading metrics
  6. Daniel Pocock Moved Up Two Spots in the Political Battles
    He has made a statement about it<
  7. Links 30/11/2024: Cable Cuts Under Investigation, America’s Cemeteries Are Rewilding, Panda Protection Money Misused
    Links for the day
  8. Understanding Irish general election 2024 results Dublin Bay South
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  9. Links 30/11/2024: Social Control Media Under Growing Scrutiny, Patent Propaganda Sites Still Promote a Fake Court (UPC)
    Links for the day
  10. Gemini Links 30/11/2024: SIGINT Foo and Hooking Up an Old Serial Terminal to a NetBSD Machine Over USB
    Links for the day
  11. Apache Software Foundation, Already Infiltrated by Microsoft for Well Over a Decade, Still Controlled by Proprietary Giants With Openwashing Agents
    No wonder things get outsourced to Microsoft's proprietary prison (GitHub)
  12. Tux Machines Turning Twenty a Half
    Contact us if you want to join us and live not far from Manchester
  13. Stable at Over 4% and 400+ Days' Uptime
    Hopefully some time this weekend we'll find enough time to upload party photos (this site turning 18)
  14. With a Month Left to Raise Money the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Already Raised 56,000 Dollars
    December starts tomorrow
  15. The Irish Have Voted, We'll Soon Know How Many Voted for a Debian Developer and Free Software Specialist
    Dublin Bay South results
  16. [Meme] The Word Security Has Been Redefined
    "See what the media tells us?"
  17. Proving Yet Again That Techrights Was Right About UEFI 'Secure Boot' All Along (Since 2012)
    'Secure Boot' or 'secure' boot is about anything but security
  18. [Meme] Growing Up and Becoming Sceptical
    Social control media is a toxic weapon against what's true
  19. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  20. IRC Proceedings: Friday, November 29, 2024
    IRC logs for Friday, November 29, 2024
  21. Reporting Information and Facts at Times of War (and Information Wars), Dissent of Merit and Scepticism//Critical Skills Impermissible
    The world is full of white-collar crime, so the more people report, the better
  22. Links 30/11/2024: More Strongarming and Threats to Taiwan, Ananda Krishnan is Dead
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    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

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    1759 /n/2024/11/24/ESET_Finds_Rootkits_Does_Not_Explain_How_They_Get_Installed_Med.shtml
    999 /n/2024/11/30/Proving_Yet_Again_That_Techrights_Was_Right_About_UEFI_Secure_B.shtml
    814 /n/2024/11/25/BetaNews_is_Run_and_Written_by_Bots_That_Make_Clickbait.shtml
    661 /n/2024/11/30/Apache_Software_Foundation_Already_Infiltrated_by_Microsoft_for.shtml
    593 /n/2024/11/24/Google_Can_Kill_Mozilla_Any_Time_It_Wants.shtml
    568 /n/2024/11/24/Links_24_11_2024_More_IMF_Bailouts_and_Net_Client_Freedom.shtml
    553 /n/2024/11/24/apple_com_Traffic_Down_Over_7_Says_One_Spyware_Firm_Apple_s_Lia.shtml
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