Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 02, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part V - Jobs at the EPO for Those Connected to Cocaine Addicts (Skills Not Required)

   EPO management is trying to shoot the messenger

2. Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Inaction and Incompetence - Part I - Introduction

   The SRA is a sham. Many people know this already, but we want to document our own experiences with it.

3. Live Simply, Live Better

   Life isn't about "collecting" possessions; it's about doing things that matter and accumulating knowledge so as to make better choices

4. Now That XBox is Pretty Much Dead and There Are Mass Layoffs at Microsoft

   This means our predictions about Microsoft (and XBox) are "falling into place"

5. The term FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) was created to describe IBM's tactics and IBM is doing it again

   Rob Thomas or "RT"

   New

6. Gemini Links 01/03/2026: Simpler Software and Announcing OFFLFIRSOCH (OFFLine-FIRst SOftware CHallenge) 2026

   Links for the day

7. Booz Allen Hamilton, the Former Employer of Edward Snowden (NSA Contractor), is Drowning in Debt

   Can Supreme Leader Cheeto bail it out like he does slop companies?

8. On the Concept of "Protected Class" (or Race) at IBM

   It's self-harming as in practice it imperils the company and harms the reputation/brand

9. The Mass Layoffs at Microsoft That Nobody in the "News Industry" Wants to Talk About (and TheLayoff.com Censored, Then It Censored the Evidence of the Censorship)

   They basically cover up how they censored the news about Microsoft layoffs

10. Richard Stallman to Give at Least Three Talks in Switzerland, Starting This Week

    No mention (yet) of the Bern talk

11. On Who 'Speaks for' Techrights

    typically a case of misrepresenting the site

12. 'FSFE' an Imposter in Europe, Paid by GAFAM to Represent GAFAM Interests

    The Microsoft-sponsored 'FSFE', which violates the terms of use of its name, is causing confusion [...] formally-recognised institutions got tricked into thinking that the Microsoft-sponsored 'FSFE' is the FSF

13. Lots of Lies From the Slop Industry

    The slop industry relies on fake news to give a notion or fake demand

14. Links 01/03/2026: American Plutocrats Buy American Media While American Constitution Shredded

    Links for the day

15. Gemini Links 01/03/2026: "In the Spirit of OFFLFIRSOCH" and "Delete Patreon"

    Links for the day

16. ACM Lowers Its Standards for Age of Autocracy

    IBM is more than happy to work with autocracies

17. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

18. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, February 28, 2026

    IRC logs for Saturday, February 28, 2026

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