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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 05, 2026

View of Fifth Block Corridor, with Gallery, Two Stories High

Updated This Past Day

  1. Too Hard for IBM to Keep Everybody Silent About How the Company Has Gone South
    IBM is busy trying to keep disgruntled or ex workers silent using NDAs

    New

  2. SLAPP Censorship - Part 34 Out of 200: The Necessity of Transparency, Illuminating Garrett's and Graveley's 'Tag-Team' Act, Misusing the British Docket (From Far Away in America) in Efforts to Hide Bad Behaviour
    Transparency is paramount
  3. Red Tape at Red Hat (IBM)
    Now the guiding principles are the whims and moods of people who peddle buzzwords to manipulate IBM's share prices
  4. The So-called 'AI' (Slop) Companies Will Have the Plug Pulled
    It can vastly accelerate this bubble's implosion
  5. Dr. Andy Farnell on a "Technology Plan B"
    based around Free software
  6. Windows Lows Across the Mediterranean
    Judging by this month's data from statCounter
  7. The Future of the Net is 'in Space'
    Gemini Protocol is growing and GemText remains the same, so it's made to endure
  8. Linux Foundation Profits From Scams, Fraud, and Grifting
    Don't be misled by the name "Linux Foundation"
  9. Microsoft Transmits Malware and Back Doors to GNU/Linux Servers, Media Points the Finger at Everyone But Microsoft's Servers
    Is Microsoft too poor to vet and check what it hosts and transmits?
  10. Gemini Links 04/04/2026: "Fuzz Guy", "Reusing Old Computers with Arch Linux and DWM", and Bubble v10.0 Released
    Links for the day
  11. Links 04/04/2026: eBay Scam, "Music Publishers’ X Copyright Lawsuit Officially on Pause"
    Links for the day
  12. Links 04/04/2026: Social Control Media Verdict and Bans, Whistleblower (Axel Rietschin) Explains How "Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars"
    Links for the day
  13. Reaching the End/Event Horizon of LLM Slop
    Are we moving towards a post-LLMs world?
  14. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  15. IRC Proceedings: Friday, April 03, 2026
    IRC logs for Friday, April 03, 2026
  16. Gemini Links 04/04/2026: STXGE and Computer Relationships
    Links for the day
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