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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 21, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Richard Stallman on Patents
    uploaded a day ago by Aleksandar Popovic
  2. What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: Leaking Information of Members (Even in 2025)
    More nonsense about Hey Hi (AI), which OSI has been openwashing on Microsoft's payroll
  3. Techrights Will Never Capitulate to Threats From Microsofters
    Set aside violence against women and all sorts of other things; it's not about personal issues
  4. The Microsoft-Led Open Source Initiative (OSI) is Hurting, It'll Try to Hurt Its Critics and Exposers Now
    The OSI's chief meanwhile issues a bunch of meaningless waffle, a sort of "damage control" or "face-saving" platitudes

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  5. Recommended New Article From Dr. Andy Farnell and Some Site Miscellany
    Andy says he and his daughter successfully avoid GAFAM
  6. Links 20/03/2025: Executions in China and Crackdowns on Science in the US
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  7. Gemini Links 20/03/2025: Ubuntu Shafting Common Sense and Blocking of Bots of the Net
    Links for the day
  8. Links 20/03/2025: IBM Layoffs (Thousands Reportedly Laid Off) and Lots More Corruption in the White House
    Links for the day
  9. Apple is Still an Enemy of Open Standards and Software Freedom
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  10. Gemini Links 20/03/2025: Wanting the Future Back and "Society That Lost Focus"
    Links for the day
  11. Fake Articles About GNOME
    betanews again
  12. Richard Stallman's Personal Site Says He's Looking for More Opportunities to Speak in Europe
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  13. Over at Tux Machines...
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  14. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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  15. Debian Pregnancy Cluster, when I stopped using IRC
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  16. Mass Layoffs at IBM Confirmed
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