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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 23, 2026

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1. 10 Easy Steps to Follow for Digital Sovereignty in Nations That Distrust GAFAM et al

   When "enough is enough"

2. Dr. Andy Farnell Explains Why Slop Companies Like Anthropic and Microsoft 'Open' 'AI' Basically Plunder and Rob People

   This article was published last night at around 10

   New

3. Five Years Ago, After We Broke the Story About Richard Stallman Rejoining the FSF's Board, All Hell Broke Loose (for Me and My Family)

   They generally seem to target anyone who thinks Richard Stallman (RMS) should be in charge or thinks alike about computing

4. Links 22/01/2026: Slop Fantasy About Patents, Retirement in China Now Reached at Age Seventy

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 22/01/2026: Why Europe Does Not Need GAFAMs, XScreenSaver Tinkering, FlatCube

   Links for the day

6. Salvadorans' Usage of GNU/Linux Measured at Record Levels

   All-time high

7. Links 22/01/2026: Ubisoft Layoffs Disguised as "RTO", US "Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting To GAFAM", Americans' Image Tarnished Among Canadians (Now Planning to "Repel US Invasion")

   Links for the day

8. No, the Problem at IBM/Red Hat Isn't Diversity

   Microsoft Lunduke also openly shows his admiration for Pedo Cheeto

9. Do Not Link to Linuxiac Anymore, Linuxiac Became a Slopfarm

   now Linuxiac is slop

10. Richard Stallman (RMS) at Georgia Tech Tomorrow

    After the talk we'll write a lot about "cancel culture" and online mobs fostered and emboldened in social control media

11. Software Patents by Any Other Name

    There is no such thing as "AI" patents

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, January 21, 2026

    IRC logs for Wednesday, January 21, 2026

14. The "Alicante Mafia" - Part VIII - Salary Cuts to Staff, 100,000 Euros to Managers Busted Using Cocaine (for Doing Absolutely Nothing, Just Pretending to be "Sick")

    Today we look at slides from the union

15. Gemini Links 22/01/2026: Forest Monk, Aurora Observation, and Arduino Officially Launches the More Powerful Arduino UNO Q 4GB Single-Board Computer

    Links for the day

16. Next Week is Close Enough for Wall Street Storytelling About 'Efficiency' by Layoffs for "AI"

    This coming week GAFAM and others will tell some creative tales about how "AI" something something...

17. Google News Still a Feeder of Slop About "Linux", Which Became Rarer in 2026

    Our main concern these days is what happened to Linuxiac. Bobby Borisov became a chatbots addict.

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