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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 27, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Some Slopfarms and Some Real News Sites Cover Richard Stallman’s (RMS) Talk
    If his message about Software Freedom spreads, then we're all better off
  2. Richard Stallman's Experiences With 'Cancel Brigades' Ought to Educate Linus Torvalds
    Now they talk about "if Linus dies" scenarios
  3. XBox Consoles Nearly Dead by Now, the 'XBox' (ex-Box) Brand Now Stands for Something Full of Slop, Spam, Filler, and Chaff
    We're seeing the last day (maybe year) of "XBox"

    New

  4. For the EPO to Survive, António Campinos and the "Alicante Mafia" Must Fall on Their Sword
    There are EPO insiders who are convinced Campinos too is (or was) a cocaine addict
  5. Gemini Links 26/01/2026: Pocket Power Pack, Batteries, and Breaks
    Links for the day
  6. "Microsoft Vista 11 Emergency Update" as Windows Fails to Boot (Again)
    Microsoft is desperately trying to find some new business model as the debt soars
  7. 4 Hours Ago The Register MS Published Paid-for Spam About "AI" (Slop, Buzzwords)
    "AI" mentioned 13 times in the page
  8. IBM 'Results' Due Wednesday Evening, Expect Clues About Mass Layoffs
    Don't expect IBM to say anything about "layoffs" or "RAs"
  9. The Fall of the EPO (or the "Alicante Mafia" at EPO) Will be Due to This Reckless Lawyer Who Does Cocaine in Public While Speaking for the EPO
    The longer European politicians (and media) turn a blind eye to this corruption, the worse it'll get
  10. Why RMS is Scary to GAFAM 'Engineers' and the GAFAM Apologists (or Addicts)
    especially because of his ideas and his way of life
  11. Firefox 'Market Share' Down to All-Time Low in 2026, Adding to It User-Hostile 'Features' Only Worsens Things
    What is the goal of Mozilla at this point?
  12. Links 26/01/2026: Windows Back Doors, American Winter Storm, and Report Says Iran's "Protest Death Toll May Exceed 30,000"
    Links for the day
  13. Life Got Simpler and Therefore Also Healthier and Happier
    Some people envy not wealth but happiness (which they're unable to attain, even with hoarding and accumulation)
  14. Links 26/01/2026: Financial Stress in German Farms and Germany Wants to Take Its Gold Reserves Out of the US
    Links for the day
  15. Gemini Links 26/01/2026: "Lack of Meaningful Things" and Getting Back to Programming
    Links for the day
  16. Strong Correlation Between the Slop Ponzi Scheme (or Bubble) and Major Disasters
    BitCoin ruins the planet; so does slop
  17. We Will Never Allow the "Alicante Mafia" to Hide "Cocainegate"
    transparency typically scares malicious actors
  18. Fewer Involuntary Interruptions This Year
    This year we're doing much better
  19. Prisons Are for Dangerous People Who Pose a Threat to the Public, Not People Who Inform the Public
    At the end of the week EPO workers go on strike
  20. Microsoft Loses Grip on Indian Ocean
    Many countries, including in older allies of the US (such as Canada and the US), look for ways to get out of Microsoft dependence urgently
  21. The Great "AI" CON Explained by Dr. Andy Farnell
    LLMs are basically advertisers of sorts
  22. Links 26/01/2026: "Journalists Detained", in Germany "Unjustly Jailed Man Gets €1.3 Million Compensation"
    Links for the day
  23. Red Hat Quietly Going Extinct After Bluewashing in 2026
    At this point it would be rather foolish to assume that IBM will let Red Hat just "do its own thing" or maintain its corporate culture, identity, projects etc.
  24. The "Alicante Mafia" - Part XII - Kris De Neef and Roberta Romano-Götsch, Who Stepped in for the Cokehead, Have No Comment on His Cocaine Usage (and the EPO's Cover-up)
    Sh-t floats to the top.
  25. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  26. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 25, 2026
    IRC logs for Sunday, January 25, 2026
  27. Gemini Links 26/01/2026: Cold Perception, Software Patches in NixOS, and Sunk Cost Fallacy
    Links for the day

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

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