Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 28, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. They're Very Jealous of Richard Stallman and His Freedom (or Simple Lifestyle)

   Jealousy is toxic because it can cause rational people to act irrationally and even severely harm themselves

2. Akira Urushibata on GNU coreutils

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3. There's Nothing Funny About Lawbreaking

   There's plenty of room in society for humour, but "hacking" the state by breaking laws isn't cool or hip

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4. Links 27/05/2025: Science Defunded, India Arrests an Academic

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 27/05/2025: From Celsius to Fahrenheit and Deleting Social Control Media

   Links for the day

6. Microsofters Have, in Effect, Attempted Extrajudicial Action Against Us

   Courts and Judges (or Masters) don't exist to facilitate this kind of "bro" culture

7. UK High Court Masters Are Not Your Jesters, Microsoft

   Judges aren't there for "funny" spectacles, they're there to act as arbiters in critical cases, not SLAPPs

8. Links 27/05/2025: Mass Layoffs at Volvo and More Evidence of 'AI' (Slop) Being a Passing Fad

   Links for the day

9. The Code of Conduct (CoC) Gaslighting Phenomenon

   There are still many people and projects foolish enough to outsource their labour to Microsoft via GitHub

10. Anouk Rozestraten (Deputy Director) Appears to Have Left the Free Software Foundation

    Let's hope Rozestraten is still using and promoting Free software

11. More Mass Layoffs Coming Soon to Microsoft, Just a Question of When and How Many

    Numbers from Washington were close to 5% and judging by prior rumours, it would be 5% + 5% (total 10%) at a later month

12. Links 27/05/2025: Bikes, Ideal Computers, and BYO

    Links for the day

13. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

14. IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 26, 2025

    IRC logs for Monday, May 26, 2025

15. Richard Stallman's Milan Talk (Public Presentation) Was Packed, Video Available Soon

    Looks like they even ran out of seats

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