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A Complicated Scenario

Death came

Evri Does Not Read Tickets, Staff Won’t Fix Errors After Bots (Yes, Evri Uses Bots) Make Severe Mistakes

Facepalm

Being Happy and Hoarding Not the Same Thing

“The researchers were particularly interested in three psychological needs identified by self-determination theory: relatedness, or having meaningful relationships; competence, or feeling capable and effective; and autonomy, meaning that our actions feel voluntarily chosen rather than forced on us.” -“Not Money or Pleasure: Scientists Say They’ve Found The True Key to Happiness” (5 September 2026)

Disabilities and All That (It’s Getting Worse)

What evolution?

We Love Manchester

Manchester’s week ahead is moderately OK

Upgrades for the Fish and Shells

Because winter is coming and they need more heat (and T.L.C.)

Manchester City Still Top

Manchester City deserves it

Bianco Apache / White Apache (1987)

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Does a Law Degree in the UK Mean “Above the Law” Status?

Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) does nothing

Cited This Weekend in ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 6th, 2026

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OpenVPN 2.7.7 Released with Various Improvements, Bug and Security Fixes

OpenVPN 2.7.7 is here to reduce the number of future keys from 16 to 4 when using EPOCH data channel format, leading to less log spam in userland and fewer resources used in in-kernel implementations. According to the devs, the previous calculation was wrong, and 4 spare keys are sufficient for 100+ Gbit/s links.

Shelly 3.1.3 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AppImage Support

Shelly 3.1.3 is here to introduce a new button for removing all built AUR package archives and their matching signatures from Shelly’s cache, support for configuring environment variables for each installed AppImage package, and improved parallel downloads of packages and the repository database.

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Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty Plan at EU (“Tech Sovereignty”)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 06, 2026

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