Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 21, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsoft-Sponsored Xenophobia and Nationalism

   IBM is very similar in this regard

2. Tentative Summary of Things to Publish in Project 2030

   I'll still be in my forties by then

3. Rust People: Drain the Swap, You're Holding It Wrong

   Does Rust make sense?

   New

4. Gemini Links 20/09/2025: Snowy Photos and utism is a Spectrum

   Links for the day

5. Vintage is Sometimes Better

   Why can't we get back to "simple" if (or where) "simple" means better?

6. Climate Breakdown Means We'll be Publishing More, Not Less

   Press freedom will be a common, recurring theme

7. Our 5-Year Geminispace Anniversary is Coming Up

   I still remember when Gemini Protocol was quite new

8. It's Right to Point Out Violence From the Right

   Violence is a recurring theme

9. Web Browsers That "Do Hey Hi" (AI)

   State-of-the-art plagiarism or "autocomplete on steroids" (not coined by us, nevertheless a nice description) don't have much/any prospect

10. Links 20/09/2025: Hardware Projects in View, Some Independent Publishers About Russia Prosper After Cheeto Cuts Funding

    Links for the day

11. Gemini Links 20/09/2025: Options and TV Time Machine

    Links for the day

12. Links 20/09/2025: Retrocomputer, Antique Phone Experience, and More

    Links for the day

13. Links 20/09/2025: Internet Shutdowns, Media Censorship, and Climate Worries

    Links for the day

14. About 700 New Gemini Capsules in 13 Months (or 54 Per Month)

    4.8K would represent a 20% increase

15. Techrights the Name Turns 15

    About 6 weeks from now we turn 19

16. Microsoft is Running Out of Time and Floating Fake Figures, Fake Projects, Fake Narratives, Fake Excuses

    Also, a lot of Microsoft's "revenue" claims are circular financing (i.e. Microsoft buying from itself, which means Ponzi-like fraud)

17. Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, linuxconfig.org, and Plagiarised Phoronix

    Many articles out there are nowadays fake

18. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

19. IRC Proceedings: Friday, September 19, 2025

    IRC logs for Friday, September 19, 2025

20. Gemini Links 20/09/2025: Navigating the Pressures of Modern Life and SpellBinding Accidentally Wrote Another Gemini Server

    Links for the day

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