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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 28, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsoft Insiders: If You Don't Take the Lousy Severance-Like Offer, They'll PIP You Out (Microsoft Signals to People Over 40 That They'd Better Vacate the Place)

   Microsoft targets its most experienced (read: expensive) workers

2. "AI" 16 Times in One 'Article'. The Register MS Got Paid to Post This Spammy, Promotional Piece of Slop.

   Pay closer attention to who pays and who gets paid

3. Links 27/04/2026: Chernobyl Disaster at 40, "Heartbreaking" Decline of Australia

   Links for the day

4. Gemini Links 27/04/2026: Gopher Catchup, MNT Reform, and Injuries

   Links for the day

5. Red Hat Circling Down the Slop Drain

   IBM, governed by slop fanatics, is going to do a lot of damage

6. Slop is an Addiction, Its Users Find It Addictive

   please do not tolerate people who slop

7. The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part VII - Secrecy at the EPO (Regarding Cocaine and Nepotism) Has Undermined Trust in Management

   If Europe's second-largest institution is run by the "Alicante Mafia", does this mean that other key European institutions are "Mafia"?

8. SLAPP Censorship - Part 59 Out of 200: Mentioning the Fact Alex Graveley Arrested and Charged for Strangulation in Texas is "Reckless" and "Malicious", According to His 'Hired Guns' in London

   it was framed as "malicious"

9. Links 27/04/2026: Strikes, Corruption in Spain (Spanish PM Sanchez' Wife), and YouTuber Faces Jail Time

   Links for the day

10. Gemini Links 27/04/2026: Gopher Catch-up, Year of Contentment, and Path to Freedom

    Links for the day

11. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

12. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 26, 2026

    IRC logs for Sunday, April 26, 2026

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