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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 17, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Microsoft Whistleblowers Explain How Brutal the Latest Cull is (Layoffs in Seconds-Long Calls, Mass Elimination of Whole Studios and High-Level Officials)
    we see anonymous leakers or whistleblowers in the media today

    New

  2. Links 16/07/2026: Slop Recognised as a Waste of Energy, Hong Kong Cracking Down on Dissent/Opposition Some More
    Links for the day
  3. GNU/Linux Approaching 5% "Market Share" in Oceania, Almost Trebling in 12 Months
    It is difficult to ignore the gains made by GNU/Linux this month
  4. Gemini Links 16/07/2026: esp32-gemserv, Slop-Contaminated Free Software, and Moving Systems
    Links for the day
  5. Last Summer Microsoft Mass Layoffs Came in Two Large Waves, Rumours Say Next Week Another Large Wave is Coming
    If many more Microsoft layoffs are formally admitted next week we will not be surprised
  6. Tomorrow is Another Strike Day at Europe's Second-Largest Institution, the Media is Still Deliberately Ignoring It
    Fridays are now recommended “anchor days" for EPO strikes
  7. Public Interest News Foundation Shows News Drought or News Deserts in the United Kingdom
    Public Interest News Foundation shows that we should be deeply concerned
  8. Illusions of Choice
    Choices can be differently bad or equally bad
  9. Windows Down to 10% in India
    Windows is a "burning platform"
  10. One Year Has Passed
    Our aim is to repair an injured system wherein "abuse of process" can be turned into a weapon, leveraged even by foreigners who are funded by affluent third parties
  11. Techrights is Annoying People Who Work for (and Serve) People Who Annoy (and Abuse) Society
    Working against us (instead of with us) has historically been a bad strategy
  12. No Skinnerboxes, No Slop, No False Idols or Corporate Prophets
    Torvalds does not understand the everyday struggles of tech workers and tech users because he is a millionaire
  13. IBM's Next Stop: $199 (Market Cap Already Under 2.5 Times IBM's Debt)
    Don't rush to call us "sensationalist" over it
  14. Links 16/07/2026: Solar Greenwashing by Energy-Wasting GAFAM and Growing Concerns About Harm by Social Control Media
    Links for the day
  15. Gemini Links 16/07/2026: Photography, Agility, and "Today I have Truly Become a Linux User."
    Links for the day
  16. Rebellion Brewing at Microsoft
    As always, we welcome Microsoft whistleblowers
  17. Technology Against Human Nature
    Losing a sense of what it means to be alive
  18. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  19. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 15, 2026
    IRC logs for Wednesday, July 15, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

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