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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 23, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. EPO Strike a Week From Now, After That Strikes Can Become Permanent
    A week from tomorrow there will be another strike
  2. Your Site Should Implement Its Own Search (Before It's Too Late)
    GAFAM was never trustworthy

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  3. Streisand Effect and Justice
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  4. Gemini Links 22/03/2026: "Woman of Tomorrow" and "First Steps in Geminispace"
    Links for the day
  5. SLAPP Censorship - Part 19 Out of 200: They Were Ill-prepared for Tough Questions in Cross-Examination
    Very ill-prepared for the deteriorating situation caused by their clients' past behaviour towards many people, including high-profile figures who offered to testify
  6. The Media Sold Out to Slop Bros
    If you wish for the hype to stop, then stop participating in it
  7. The Only Non-IBM Staff in Fedora Council/Leadership Attacks Booting Freedom (Just Like the Master Wants)
    Last week IBM laid off almost 1,000 people in Confluent and the media didn't write anything about it, so don't expect anyone in what's left of the media to comment on Fedora's demise and silent layoffs at Red Hat
  8. Just Like a Founder of XBox Said, Microsoft XBox is Collapsing, Management Continue to Jump Ship
    Nowadays Microsoft tries to promote this idea that Windows is XBox and XBox is Windows
  9. Links 22/03/2026: Slop Triggers Emergency at Meta, Energy Prices Rise Sharply
    Links for the day
  10. Links 22/03/2026: Microsoft 'Open' 'AI' in Legal Trouble (Plagiarism, Distortion, Misrepresentation); Facebook/Meta Kills Off "Horizon Worlds"
    Links for the day
  11. Racism Dressed Up as "Choice"
    Racism is rampant at IBM
  12. Probably an All-Time Record
    Our investment in our own SSG is paying off
  13. Gemini Links 22/03/2026: LLM Slop Attacks USENET, Announcing Pig (New Game in Gemini Protocol)
    Links for the day
  14. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  15. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 21, 2026
    IRC logs for Saturday, March 21, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Sunday contains all the text.

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