Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 25, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Giving a Voice to the Community (Even When It's Inconvenient or 'Scary')

   Once upon a time we were threatened with deplatforming for merely reposting articles by Daniel Pocock; we no longer have this problem

2. Judgment: French army vanquishes German FSFE on Hitler's birthday, Microsoft contract dispute (1716711)

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

   New

3. Projection of Fanatic From Microsoft

   Microsoft Lunduke is pandering to the 4Chan 'crowd'

4. Digg.com (Digg) is a Censorship Platform, Just Another Social Control Media/Network, Controlled by the Few

   We are not going to bother with any social control media

5. Spam, Slop, and Fake 'Articles' Regarding "Linux"

   Serial Sloppers like these are harming real reporting about Linux and GNU

6. Rape investigation dropped: Will Fowles & ALP transgender deception

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

7. Diversity, Grooming & Debian transgender Zero

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

8. Pauline / Maria / Alice Climent(-Pommeret) & Debian transgender offensive cybersecurity deception

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

9. Did judge with transgender sister & Debian conflict of interest help cover-up a death?

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

10. Links 24/01/2026: CBS News Demolished From the Inside and Many Publishers Admit Layoffs

    Links for the day

11. Gemini Links 24/01/2026: Dreams and Raspberry Pi Zero 2W

    Links for the day

12. Richard Stallman's First Talk in US College Since 2018: Videos and Photos

    There are some backstories

13. Judge Richard Oulevey (Grandcour Choeur, Tribunal Vaud) & Debian shaming abuse victims and witnesses

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

14. EDPB/CNIL privacy expert Amandine Jambert (cryptie, FSFE) implicitly admitted lying about harassment when she resigned admitting conflict of interest

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

15. Links 24/01/2026: TikTok Controlled by Alt Reich in US Now, White House Shares Fake, Manipulated, Misleading Images Already

    Links for the day

16. Dirty Laundry at Debian and Elsewhere

    We cannot just brush aside real issues involving real people and their families

17. Illegal, Unconstitutional Kangaroo Court for Patents Drops the Masks, Shows Its Real Purpose is to Serve Multinational Monopolists and Crush European SMEs

    Europe (or the EU) is rapidly becoming a corporate project, not a unified governance initiative

18. The "Alicante Mafia" - Part X - EPO Strikes to Begin Next Week

    Things gradually escalate this month

19. Gemini Links 24/01/2026: Snow, Boxing, and Lisp is Fun

    Links for the day

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 23, 2026

    IRC logs for Friday, January 23, 2026

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