Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 20, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. If You're Against War, Why Would You Pay IBM Red Hat?

   Red Hat's largest clients aren't geeks; they're militaries

2. Uplifting Mood in Manchester

   Looking behind - and ahead - after a day of relaxation

3. SLAPP Censorship - Part 51 Out of 200: On Perjury and What It Means to Take Third-Party Funding to Attack Reporter and His Family (in Another Continent)

   threats of prison sent to my wife

4. The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part I - EPO Management Talks About "Ethics" While Cocaine Users Run the Office

   Let's start with the basics

5. EPO Cocainegate Escalates - Part I - Cocaine Abuse in Family of Campinos (President’s Office)

   at the EPO's management you can do illegal drugs and still represent Europe's second-largest institution

6. Gemini Links 19/04/2026: Big Brother and the Telescreen, Syncing Gemini Capsule With a Makefile

   Links for the day

7. Links 19/04/2026: Introducing “Fighting Fascism” Podcast and Kyiv Mass Shooting

   Links for the day

8. Links 19/04/2026: Mass Layoffs at GAFAM Again (10% Laid Off), Azure Capacity Problems (Enshittification)

   Links for the day

9. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

10. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 18, 2026

    IRC logs for Saturday, April 18, 2026

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