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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 25, 2026

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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
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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