Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 23, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. The End of FOSSPost (fosspost.org), It Has become an LLM Slopfarm Like FOSSLinux

   These sites will never get lucky with slop. These experiments always end badly.

   New

2. Links 22/05/2026: Ebola Crisis and Samsung Averts a Walkout With Big Bonuses

   Links for the day

3. Links 22/05/2026: Inflation Fears and Thailand Tightens Visa Rules for Tourists From Dozens of Nations

   Links for the day

4. EPO Staff Representation Speaks of This Week's Discussion With the EPO's Budget and Finance Committee (BFC) Amid Mass Strikes

   The Central Staff Committee's outline (prepared in a rush) or the "flash report"

5. SLAPP Censorship - Part 84 Out of 200: New Legislation Against SLAPPs on the Way (After We Reached Out to Ministers)

   They dealt with the matter individually too, but we won't share this in public, at least not at this time

6. The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXX - Where Was "The Ethics and Compliance Team" When the Family of EPO President Campinos Was Caught Doing Cocaine?

   It remains to be seen if national delegates will tolerate this in future meetings

7. Gemini Links 22/05/2026: Esperanto Music History, Suspicious Adoption of Signal, and Unauthorised LLM Slop in Code

   Links for the day

8. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

9. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 21, 2026

   IRC logs for Thursday, May 21, 2026

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