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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 12, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Threats From 'Former' Red Hat (Now IBM) Staff While IBM's Likely Accounting Fraud Attracts Public Scrutiny

   We must be getting "warm"

2. Matthew J. Garrett Has Just Sent a Threat to Put My Wife and I in Prison Because His Own Spouse Says He's a Rapist

   What really intimidates him is his own spouse

3. Amended Input From Software Freedom Institute for EU Consultation on Free Software

   "On 3 February 2026 Software Freedom Institute lodged a submission with the European Commission's inquiry into Open Digital Ecosystems"

4. Nadella's Mindless PR Spam Ahead of the Layoffs 'Snowball' (Adding Up Batches) Turning Into an Avalanche

   Based on recent observations, the more puff pieces we see about Nadella, the closer we get to Microsoft "pulling the trigger" on mass layoffs

5. When Happens to Red Hat If (or When) IBM Collapses

   IBM is in flux because its CFO is now implicated in what seems like accounting fraud

   New

6. IBM's Stock is Crashing

   If it follows the trajectory of its satellite Kyndryl, it can fall and reach as low as $75

7. Gemini Links 11/02/2026: Sunny Morning and "KiCad Aims to Ease Linux Installation"

   Links for the day

8. Microsoft Loses Ground in Switzerland

   One issue is, Google and Apple seem to gain at Microsoft's expense

9. Microsoft Layoffs Must be Very Near (and Very Large)

   just like IBM

10. Bringing Attention/Awareness of EPO Corruption and Cocaine Use to the Mainstream Media

    What has Europe become? Prey to vultures?

11. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Delusion - Part V - Everyone Seems to Agree That SRA is a Sham

    We're going to start a new series soon

12. A Can of WORMS - Part V - Up Next: The Comeback of RMS in the United States

    Guess who funds the cancellers

13. Gemini Links 11/02/2026: Terminator Trilogy and Lagrange in the Apple App Store

    Links for the day

14. Links 11/02/2026: Fentanylware (CheeTok) for ICE, Jimmy Lai Shows Journalism Became 'Crime' in Hong Kong

    Links for the day

15. With Firefox Measured at 2% in the United Kingdom Time is Running Out for Web Site Support for Gecko/Servo Users

    The open Web is rapidly dying while Mozilla celebrates and champions slop

16. Lawsuit reactions: EFF behaviour reveals zombification, censorship

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

17. Links 11/02/2026: $700 Billion Slop Bill, Social Control Media Under Political Fire for Deliberate Health Harms

    Links for the day

18. Mobbing at the European Patent Office (EPO) - Part VI - Attacks on Staff and Attacks on the Law Merit Another New Series

    new series coming shortly

19. IBM's Financial Engineering (Accounting Fraud) Shell, Kyndryl Holdings Inc, is Insolvent

    If this was done by the very same people who still run IBM, can we expect any better from "Sugar Daddy" IBM?

20. 2026 a Very Productive Year and We Have Many Big Stories to Tell

    maybe we'll produce 8,000 new articles/pages by year's end

21. Clownflare is in Trouble as Its Debt More Than Doubled in Less Than a Year, Expect Further Enshittification

    Clownflare isn't free

22. After the Next Wave of Microsoft Layoffs Washington State Could be #1 for US Layoffs

    Microsoft Corp shares were down yesterday

23. EPO's Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH): The EPO is Generally “Managed by Excel” (Microsoft)

    The current management has basically defined corruption to be "success"

24. With an IBM Company Down Over 75% After Apparent Accounting Fraud the IBM Insiders Want Answers From James Krabanaugh

    He has no technical qualifications

25. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

26. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, February 10, 2026

    IRC logs for Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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