Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 13, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Explaining (in Length and Depth) the Damage Matthew Garrett Did to Linux and to GNU/Linux Users

   no matter how many threats we receive

   New

2. CoC Gone Wrong: Celebrating Murder OK, Complaining About the Celebration Gets You Banned

   Hopefully the NixOS Foundation will have a word with (maybe replace) the moderator/s

3. Gemini Links 12/09/2025: Familiarity and Secondary Dominants

   Links for the day

4. Links 12/09/2025: "Bad Reviews" as Extortion Weapon, "Free Speech At Risk in America’s Schools" According to ACLU

   Links for the day

5. Only One Speaker Does Not Do Sharecropping for MElon (in X.com)

   The man who puts principles before PR/optics

6. The Mind of the 'Hulk Hogan of UEFI'

   in a nutshell

7. A Day After "UEFI 9/11": UEFI Secure Boot Bypass

   In the news today (right now), as published in the past few hours

8. Links 12/09/2025: Slop Code as Liability, Microsoft Outlook Down for Many

   Links for the day

9. It's Still Not to Late to Turn Off "Secure Boot"

   If people reboot their PC or server today, and it relies on "Secure Boot" on Sept. 12 or later, then depending on the firmware there may be trouble ahead

10. Links 12/09/2025: Shira Perlmutter is Back, “Software Per Se” Patent Rejections in In re McFadden

    Links for the day

11. Slopwatch: Linux Plagiarism, Slopfarms Still Infesting Google News, Many Images Are Fake

    Google is promoting plagiarism

12. "This Morning Might Turn Out to be an Interesting One for System Admins Who Haven't Updated Their Devices' Secure Boot Certificate" (If They Reboot)

    Who asked for this anyway?

13. Gemini Links 12/09/2025: Metric System, Dumping Windows, and Software Architecture is Dead

    Links for the day

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 11, 2025

    IRC logs for Thursday, September 11, 2025

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