Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 05, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 2 Out of 200: Detailed Timeline From 2012 (Attack on Reporters That Question Restricted Boot) to 2024 (Lawsuit Against Reporter and His Wife in Another Continent)

   we reproduce a document produced 2 years ago to give people more context and more facts

2. GNU/Linux in Laptops/Desktops Still Matters, It's Likely the Only Way to Achieve Software Freedom

   Software Freedom requires all sorts of things at the "OS level"

   New

3. FSF Promoting Richard M. Stallman (RMS) Talk in Switzerland in Just Over a Day From Now

   RMS may have more talks on the way

4. Why Slop Will Flop - Part IV - We've Seen the End of It

   Some years ago they insisted blockchains would revolutionise everything

5. Android is Proprietary 'Linux' and It Becomes More Malicious Over Time, Google Only Delayed What It Planned All Along

   Google is a proprietary software giant, GSoC is only a distraction and confusion

6. Links 04/03/2026: Scam Altman Causes Chatbot Sub Numbers to Plunge, "Stocks Drop as Inflation Risk Emerges"

   Links for the day

7. Why Slop Will Flop - Part III - Our Relationship With Slop (and Yours)

   I never - except inadvertently - "used" an LLM-based chatbot

8. Why Slop Will Flop - Part II - Devil in the Details

   News sites or social control media sites which tolerate slop are digging their own grave

9. Simpler Means Faster

   Do you know your bottlenecks?

10. Gemini Links 04/03/2026: About a Missing Symbol and "Good Manners"

    Links for the day

11. The Register MS Takes Money From Chinese Surveillance Threat to Promote a Ponzi Scheme

    "Sponsored by Huawei."

12. Nicaragua's GNU/Linux Usage Measured at Over 8% by statCounter

    Nicaragua is a poor country, but it also has rich culture

13. Why Slop Will Flop - Part I - Slop Fatigue Prevalent

    See, sooner or later people (audiences of colleagues) find out and as soon as they find out you are slopping, they will lose interest

14. Links 04/03/2026: "The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling" and a call to "Nationalize Amazon"

    Links for the day

15. Coming Soon: Evidence of Abuse in Our IRC Network

    IRC's freedom can sometimes be its 'weakness' if not properly guarded

16. High GNU/Linux Adoption in Brunei Darussalam

    It's worth noting (or at least noticing) that Microsoft loses ground in some of the countries where the government contracts paid the most

17. Media Blackout Reducing or Preventing Press Coverage of Microsoft Layoffs in 2026

    Worse yet, there will be gaslighting and deceit

18. Gemini Links 04/03/2026: The Garnet Star, The Hunt, The SYN Attacks

    Links for the day

19. The EPO's General Consultative Committee (GCC) Discussion Illuminates How Much Worse Things Have Gotten ("on Strike and Participated in the 'Meeting'")

    a videoconference - not a physical meeting - discussed EPO policies

20. Free Software Foundation Supports Its Founder, Advertises His Talks in Switzerland

    When you suppress voices, assuming the reasons for suppression are bunk, it is always bound to backfire very badly

21. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

22. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 03, 2026

    IRC logs for Tuesday, March 03, 2026

    ---

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

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2026-02-26 to 2026-03-04

    4062	/about.shtml
    1921	/index.shtml
    1869	/n/2026/03/02/Never_Miss_a_Good_Opportunity_to_Shut_Up_and_Drink_Coffee.shtml
    1768	/n/2026/03/02/Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_Being_Sacked_at_1AM_in_the_Morning.shtml
    1724	/n/2026/03/03/Links_03_03_2026_Scam_Altman_in_Damage_Control_and_Oil_Traffic_.shtml
    1702	/n/2026/03/02/Links_02_03_2026_More_Social_Control_Media_Bans_Climate_Change_.shtml
    1371	/n/2026/03/02/Microsoft_FUD_From_Microsoft_Site_Helps_Distract_From_Actual_Mi.shtml
    1334	/n/2026/03/02/Gemini_Links_02_03_2026_Small_Phones_I_3D_Printed_My_Brain_and_.shtml
    1321	/n/2026/02/25/When_it_Comes_to_Firmware_the_FSF_and_Its_Founder_RMS_Won_the_A.shtml
    1277	/irc.shtml
    1225	/n/2026/03/02/IBM_is_Trying_to_Hide_Mass_Layoffs_Not_Only_With_NDAs_and_Scrip.shtml
    1218	/n/2026/03/02/Machine_Generated_Legal_Documents_Over_2_000_Pages_Sent_to_Us_T.shtml
    1180	/n/2026/03/02/Richard_Stallman_is_Giving_a_Public_Talk_This_Week_Friday_in_Lu.shtml
    1179	/n/2026/03/02/The_Topic_Many_People_Don_t_Want_to_Talk_or_Write_About.shtml
    1163	/n/2026/03/03/Links_03_03_2026_No_one_wants_to_read_your_AI_slop_and_chatbots.shtml
    1160	/n/2026/03/02/Links_02_03_2026_Not_Envious_of_Billionaires_and_Palantir_SLAPP.shtml
    1134	/n/2026/03/02/XBox_is_Virtually_Dead_Already_What_Next_Will_Die_at_Microsoft.shtml
    1128	/n/2026/03/03/EPO_and_Equivalent_to_More_Than_100_Days_of_Strike.shtml
    1071	/n/2026/03/03/Our_EPO_and_IBM_Coverage_Bears_Fruit.shtml
    1049	/n/2026/03/02/Last_Month_Matthew_Garrett_Said_Ridiculous_Things_After_His_Spo.shtml
    998	/n/2026/02/26/Alex_Oliva_GNU_Linux_Libre_Stricter_is_Less_Popular.shtml
    962	/n/2026/02/27/Almost_5_000_Known_Gemini_Capsules.shtml
    961	/browse/latest.shtml
    927	/n/2026/03/03/Keeping_Track_of_IBM_Layoffs_in_March_2026.shtml
    924	/n/2026/03/03/Nobody_is_Safe_at_IBM_or_Red_Hat.shtml
    890	/n/2026/02/26/Links_26_02_2026_Peak_Mental_Sharpness_and_The_Whole_Economy_Pa.shtml
    884	/n/2026/03/01/Links_01_03_2026_American_Plutocrats_Buy_American_Media_While_A.shtml
    879	/n/2026/03/03/Madame_Streisand_Wanted_to_Censor_The_Web_Instead_She_Created_a.shtml
    857	/n/2026/02/28/Cult_inquiry_Parliament_of_Victoria_last_chance_to_have_your_sa.shtml
    845	/n/2026/02/27/Like_a_Mafia_Kris_De_Neef_and_Nellie_Simon_Who_Help_Campinos_Co.shtml
    844	/n/2026/03/04/The_EPO_s_General_Consultative_Committee_GCC_Discussion_Illumin.shtml
    840	/n/2026/02/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
    836	/n/2026/02/26/Two_Weeks_Have_Passed_and_It_Looks_Like_Conde_Nast_s_Ars_Sloppi.shtml
    832	/n/2026/02/27/EPO_Management_Trying_to_Hide_Cocainegate_Silence_Discredit_Whi.shtml
    831	/n/2025/03/24/Days_Ago_yewtu_be_Found_a_Workaround_That_Made_Invidious_Work_A.shtml
    821	/n/2026/02/27/If_You_Want_More_Verifiable_Auditable_Security_Use_GNU_Linux_Li.shtml
    817	/n/2026/03/02/Windows_Falls_to_New_Low_in_World_s_Largest_Population_India.shtml
    817	/n/2026/02/27/Truth_Versus_Fiction_IBM_s_Collapse_Due_to_Money_Crunch_Not_Slo.shtml
    811	/n/2026/02/24/Envy_is_the_1_Enemy_of_Richard_Stallman.shtml
    808	/n/2026/02/27/IBM_CEO_and_CFO_Make_It_Hotter_in_the_Kitchen.shtml
    807	/n/2026/02/26/Video_New_RMS_Richard_Stallman_Positive_Media_Reaches_Millions_.shtml
    800	/n/2026/03/03/Links_03_03_2026_Security_Breaches_Iceland_Wants_EU_Membership_.shtml
    796	/n/2026/02/26/If_You_Value_Privacy_Follow_the_Likes_of_Eben_Moglen_Phil_Zimme.shtml
    789	/n/2026/02/28/Teaser_The_Next_Series_About_the_SRA_Which_Would_be_Just_as_Eff.shtml
    787	/n/2026/02/26/Talking_About_Blackboxes.shtml
    784	/n/2026/02/26/Of_Course_Android_is_Not_Free_Software.shtml
    782	/n/2026/02/26/Fraud_and_Crimes_at_Microsoft.shtml
    779	/n/2026/02/27/Jim_Zemlin_s_Linux_Foundation_is_the_Real_Link_Between_Linux_an.shtml
    779	/n/2026/02/27/Open_Source_Endowment_OSE_Looking_to_Raise_Money_for_Free_Softw.shtml
    779	/n/2026/02/26/March_Plans_for_Techrights.shtml
    775	/n/2026/03/02/2026_Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_in_So_called_AI_Datacentres_Why_Doe.shtml
    773	/n/2026/02/27/Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_on_Slop_and_Breach_of_Confi.shtml
    770	/n/2026/02/26/Community_Site_Deleted_by_Jeffrey_Epstein_Connected_Linux_Found.shtml
    769	/n/2026/02/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
    768	/n/2026/02/26/Where_Does_the_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Stand_on_Mac.shtml
    765	/n/2026/02/27/It_Looks_Like_Linux_Chief_Linus_Torvalds_Made_a_Good_Call_Regar.shtml
    762	/n/2026/02/27/The_Sister_Site_is_Still_Improving_the_Static_Site_Generator_SS.shtml
    761	/n/2026/02/27/Rust_Will_Not_Inherit_the_Earth_It_Barely_Deserves_a_Place_on_t.shtml
    761	/n/2026/02/26/FSF_s_Alex_Oliva_on_Hardware_Black_Boxes.shtml
    756	/n/2026/02/27/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_February_26_2026.shtml
    751	/n/2024/10/03/Invidious_Seems_to_be_Nearing_End_of_Life_After_Repeated_Crackd.shtml
    750	/n/2026/02/27/Microsoft_XBox_Can_t_Stop_Talking_About_Slop.shtml
    733	/n/2026/03/02/Was_a_Lot_of_Windows_and_Unknown_in_Iran_Just_GNU_Linux_in_Disg.shtml
    731	/n/2026/02/27/Greenland_Needs_to_Disconnect_From_United_States_Tech_to_Protec.shtml
    721	/n/2026/02/26/Links_26_02_2026_Bcachefs_Man_Bonkers_Seven_Journalists_Convict.shtml
    718	/n/2026/03/03/Confirmed_Using_Slop_Gets_You_Fired.shtml
    717	/n/2026/02/27/The_GNU_Manifesto_Turns_41_in_March_Next_Week.shtml
    714	/n/2026/02/27/Apple_Doesn_t_Want_Anybody_to_Ask_What_Happened_to_Vision_Pro.shtml
    705	/n/2026/02/27/Techrights_is_100_Disconnected_From_Cheeto_s_America_the_Proble.shtml
    705	/n/2026/02/27/Please_Report_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_to_Europol_for_Coc.shtml
    703	/n/2026/02/27/Gemini_Links_27_02_2026_Unlearning_Literacy_Slop_and_Firefox_as.shtml
    702	/n/2026/02/27/Priceless_leaks_found_in_crowdfunding_campaign.shtml
    701	/n/2026/03/03/Gemini_Links_03_03_2026_GrapheneOS_and_Keyboard_Shortcuts.shtml
    699	/n/2026/02/26/Writer_s_Block_is_Not_a_Problem_to_Us_Only_a_Lack_of_Time.shtml
    697	/n/2026/02/27/pulltheplug_uk_Says_the_Internet_Harms_Us_Will_March_in_London_.shtml
    694	/n/2026/02/26/LLM_Slop_Will_Try_to_Rewrite_History_of_UNIX_and_GNU_Linux.shtml