Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 13, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Sponsored by Linux Foundation

   All the pages are full of 'Linux' Foundation ads that are not about Linux

2. It's Hard to Dispose or Get Rid of Swasticars Now

   'Memecars' only sell as long as people have a 'belief' in them

   New

3. The Fall of the Open Source Initiative (OSI): Microsoft-Sponsored OSI is Probably Not Even the Real Steward of the Open Source Definition, It's More Like an Identity Thief at This Point (Like "FSFE", a Microsoft-Sponsored Imposter of FSF)

   As we'll show later, many people (even inside OSI) are very angry at the OSI right now

4. Gemini Links 12/03/2025: Cataloging Books, Ramen, and MElon

   Links for the day

5. Links 12/03/2025: Anti-Union Actions and New Efforts at Truce/Ceasefire in Ukraine

   Links for the day

6. CodeWeavers Ads Weaved by LLM Slop at BetaNews

   How much of this was even touched by a human being?

7. Springtime Plans

   We currently have two long series underway

8. In Australia, iOS Estimated to be Bigger Than or Equal to Windows

   Not even counting macOS

9. Brett Wilson LLP Does Not Deny Microsoft or Another "Third Party" Secretly Funds the SLAPPs Against Techrights, Bankrolling Despicable People Who Deserve Criticism

   Writing about crime is not a crime

10. Gemini Links 12/03/2025: LLM Slop Lacks a Future, Wordle Clone Comes to Gemini Protocol

    Links for the day

11. Using FUD That Blames "Linux" for Typos, Turning It Into LLM Slop That Blames "Linux" for Typos

    It is probably the "leader" at LLM slop (fake 'articles') about "Linux"

12. Links 12/03/2025: Big Cuts to US Education and Science (e.g. NOAA)

    Links for the day

13. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

14. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 11, 2025

    IRC logs for Tuesday, March 11, 2025

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