Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 26, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Fighting for Freedom is Much Better Than Fighting for Money

   If life is about accumulation of money, then people will be "busy making money" till they die prematurely (with nothing to do with this money)

2. Richard Stallman Has Barely Changed

   Collecting "estate" "assets"? That's not "success" in the eyes of Dr. Stallman

3. Public Talk by Richard Stallman (RMS) Tomorrow

   Still advertised

   New

4. Links 25/05/2025: 15 Years of UK Legal Aid Applicant Data Grabbed and 2 Billion Discord Messages Leaked Online

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 25/05/2025: Farming and OpenBSD 7.7 on Acer Aspire ES 15

   Links for the day

6. The Microsoft SLAPP Dossiers

   A rather likely outcome is, they'll lose their licence to operate

7. Links 25/05/2025: Harvard’s Troubles and New Openwashing Examples

   Links for the day

8. Gemini Links 25/05/2025: Whales and Battery Replacement

   Links for the day

9. Links 25/05/2025: Climate Action Ridiculed and "Tesla Executive Admits That Self-Driving Is Going Nowhere Fast"

   Links for the day

10. The Next Two Phases of Our Open Source Initiative (OSI) Series

    Whatever people used to think about the OSI is no longer applicable and its current acronym is a misleading misnomer

11. Gemini Links 25/05/2025: Konsole Layout Changes and Capitulation to Surveillance World

    Links for the day

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, May 24, 2025

    IRC logs for Saturday, May 24, 2025

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