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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 28, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Links 27/05/2026: TSMC Workers Next to Consider Strikes, Ceasefire Cracking
    Links for the day

    New

  2. SLAPP Censorship - Part 89 Out of 200: SRA Admits Malfunction, That's Why Transparency is Paramount
    There have been more efforts than we can to count or can enumerate (probably over 100 such efforts) to gag us and to prevent us writing about what has happened
  3. Our Free Software Activist in Connecticut (USA)
    We'll soon revisit the latest round of legislation on "age" (surveillance, ID)
  4. Links 27/05/2026: Living Without 'Smartphoones' and "Russia’s Biggest Attack on Ukraine in 18 Months"
    Links for the day
  5. Gemini Links 27/05/2026: The USA as an "Experiment" and Some Ubuntu Manuals
    Links for the day
  6. [Video] Full Video of Richard Stallman's Talk in Rome
    It seems inevitable that the official GNU site will have it
  7. Slop is a Passing Fad, It's About Faking Productivity (Plagiarism, Misinformation, and False Positives)
    Slop is a bubble. Some people accept it later than others.
  8. Anderon - Like Kyndryl - Could be Far Deeper in Debt Than Its Alleged Worth (Vapourware)
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  9. The Media That Keeps Covering "AI" Because the Pushers of It Pay for Spam
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  10. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  11. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
    IRC logs for Tuesday, May 26, 2026
  12. Codecs and Software Patents - Part XI - The Stance of RMS (Dr. Stallman) Reassured GNU Regarding AV1
    cautioned against software patents since the early 90s if not earlier
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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