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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 31, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. SUEPO Central Made a Strike (or Striking) Success
    Europe has more than enough qualified patent officials
  2. Wikipedia - Funded by Slop-pushing Companies and 'Broligarchs' - Gave Benefit of the Doubt to Slop, Then Regretted It
    Wikipedia sucks. Without slop it'll suck a little less.

    New

  3. IBM Layoffs and Their Expected Scope in April 2026
    Such layoffs impact not only IBM "proper"
  4. SLAPP Censorship - Part 28 Out of 200: Facing Consequences for Impersonation and Worse
    It's not "funny". It is moreover libellous.
  5. Links 30/03/2026: South Korea Next to Curb Social Control Media Addiction and Manipulation, Notorious Patents in the US Challenged
    Links for the day
  6. Gemini Links 30/03/2026: Going Back to Wrist Watches and Why LLMs in Programming Suck
    Links for the day
  7. Did IBM Pay thestreet.com for Puff Pieces? (Like It Did With Forbes)
    If so, there is no disclosure
  8. Payoffs of Lifelong Commitments
    "The Lifelong Activist"
  9. Links 30/03/2026: "We Can’t Income-Tax Ultra-Elites"; "The Pirate Bay’s Oldest Torrent Turned 22"
    Links for the day
  10. Today, Europe's Second-Largest Institution (EPO) Goes on Strike That Can Last Until 2027. Nobody in the Media Covers This!
    "We stand with the protesters"
  11. When the Cost (or Time) of Maintenance Exceeds the Value
    In recent years it seems like more people learn to remove things from their lives, not add more things
  12. Passage of Wealth Upwards, Blaming the Victims
    Tim Sweeney's net worth is 5.1 billion USD according to Forbes
  13. More Media Needs to Tell the Public Slop is a Giant Bubble, It Should Stop Taking "Sponsorship" Money to Inflate This Bubble
    If enough of (what's left of) the media changes its tune and quits being a parrot of GAFAM, then we can debate slop like grown-ups
  14. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  15. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 29, 2026
    IRC logs for Sunday, March 29, 2026
  16. Trying to Hide One's Abuses by Imposing Silence on Critics ("My Profile Was Private")
    With enough daylight, sooner or later everyone knows you are a vampire
  17. Fedora Badges System Shows the Demise of Fedora Under IBM
    IBM isn't good at keeping what it buys
  18. IBM is Sunsetting Red Hat, It Only Uses the Brand and the Shell
    IBM buys or spins off companies as containers for "toxic assets" and debt
  19. Cisco Systems is a Still Weak Spot With Bug Doors
    nothing to offer except storytelling
  20. EPO Strike Begins Today and It's the Longest One Yet (Can Last a Year)
    Where's the media?
  21. Gemini Links 30/03/2026: Approaching April and Arvelie Calendar
    Links for the day
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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