Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 01, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Slop is Distraction

   LibreWolf will never include any of this slop nonsense, no matter if toggled on or off

2. Cult inquiry: Parliament of Victoria, last chance to have your say

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

3. Still Lots of IBM Departures

   It's not that we lack evidence of IBM layoffs. It's just that we have ample evidence of the press not doing its job (or barely existing anymore).

4. The Register MS Standards: Promote a Ponzi Scheme in Exchange of Money

   Once upon a time it was a serious publisher. Months ago it was taken over by a Microsoft person.

5. Dr. Andy Farnell: Time to Pull the Plug?

   insightful, as usual

6. The Slopfarms' Business Case (or Business Model) Never Existed and Nowadays, in 2026, They've Mostly Collapsed

   Hopefully by year's end many slop suppliers will be offline and slopfarms that rely on them throw in the towel

   New

7. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Turns 37.5

   Can IRC reach age 75?

8. Gemini Links 28/02/2026: Loadbars 0.13.0, IME (Input Method Editor), and ColorColumn in Vim

   Links for the day

9. Two EPO Strikes in March (Maybe More)

   As per the SUEPO diary [...] We still have an ongoing series about the EPO, with several more series to start later

10. Why We Are Concerned About the SRA's Failure and What That Means to the Profession of Lawyers in the UK

    Unregulated industries will lose their credibility as there is a threat of growing perception that they operate outside the law rather than practice law

11. Over 10,000 Pages/Articles Per Year?

    Probably my most productive month, ever

12. Keeping Techrights Online 99.99% of the Time

    Some time later this year we'll tell a very long story about how extremists attacked our webhosts

13. Teaser: The Next Series About the SRA, Which Would be Just as Effective as It It Right Now If It Had Zero Employees

    the lapdog (of the "litigation industry") that is meant to be perceived as a watchdog

14. Richard Stallman, Founder of the Free Software Movement, Will be Giving Public Talk in Bern (Switzerland) in Less Than 12 Days

    We are still doing a series about him and his talks

15. Slopfarms' Demise Looks Like the Beginning of the End (Lowered Demand for Slop)

    Slop about "Linux" has gotten hard to find this past week

16. Links 28/02/2026: "Tehran’s Two-Tiered Internet", "Internet Under Fire"

    Links for the day

17. When an Entire News Site is About One Topic (and One Topic Only)

    Tomorrow we start a new series for the new month

18. Links 28/02/2026: Bill Epsteingate Admits Sex With Young Girls, "Epstein Files Are the Horror That Keeps on Giving"

    Links for the day

19. IBM: Where Companies Come to Perish

    thelayoff.com is censoring stories

20. Tech Layoffs Are Not Because of Slop, They're an Effect of a Rotting Economy and Tech Giants Being Too Deep in Debt

    Block is rapidly sinking in debt

21. March in London Today Against Slop's Harms to Society (and the Environment), Starting at 12:00 GMT at the Microsoft OpenAI Office

    Today there is a protest in London (UK)

22. Microsoft Mass Layoffs Have Officially Resumed, Microsoft's Waggener Edstrom/Frank Shaw Lied

    "The former employees say this was a mass layoff"

23. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

24. IRC Proceedings: Friday, February 27, 2026

    IRC logs for Friday, February 27, 2026

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