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    Our WebM version can be played using Free software, independently of the availability of Invidious mirrors
  2. Our IRC Community Turns 17 Very Shortly
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  3. Linux Foundation Buys Misleading Puff Pieces About Itself, Earns Some LLM Slop to Accompany the PR (Openwashing and Propaganda as a Service, With the Brand "Linux" Needlessly Borrowed)
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  6. Microsoft Destroys and Exploits, It Does Not Create
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  7. It's About So Much More Than 2 Microsofters, It's About Freedom to Speak About Crimes at Microsoft
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  9. Gemini Links 22/03/2025: INTERPOL, DDoS by "Hey Hi" Hype, and RSS/Feed Readers
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  11. Over at Tux Machines...
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