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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 19, 2026

Watching Sunset

Updated This Past Day

  1. Slop is "just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU."
    What Torvalds says about "hey hi" ("AI") does not prove he is in charge

    New

  2. Gemini Links 18/10/2026: Hobbies, RAM Prices, and Avoiding GAFAM
    Links for the day
  3. Intercontinental Brigading - Part VII - Weekend Abuse Reported to British Police (Rogue Actors Take No Breaks)
    Some time in the next few days I'll share an elaborate report
  4. Gemini Links 18/10/2026: Hospitals, Literature, Fixed IP Addresses, and Sunday Types
    Links for the day
  5. Links 18/10/2026: Brazil Reduces Deforestation, Some 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Scandals in Insolvency Petition of Reform UK
    Links for the day
  6. UbuntuBuzz is LLM Slop
    Tragic
  7. "Assisted by NSA" and "It's Just a Tool" (So Fine!)
    Free software is meant to be produced by people who value and pursue Software Freedom
  8. Gemini Links 18/10/2026: Movies, Greenland, and Detectors of Slop Plagiarism
    Links for the day
  9. Links 18/10/2026: TikTok Censors Criticism of MElon, "Trump’s Latest Attempt to Be the King", and "Big Tech Oligarchs Have a Terrible Plan for Humanity"
    Links for the day
  10. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  11. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 17, 2026
    IRC logs for Saturday, October 17, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Sunday contains all the text.

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