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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 15, 2026

Man Trapped Inside Bottle

Updated This Past Day

  1. Links 14/05/2026: Health Science, Cheeto Meets Pooh, and Facebook Staff Loathing the CEO
    Links for the day
  2. Gemini Links 14/05/2026: Early Morning Practice and Number to Roman Numeral Converter
    Links for the day
  3. FSF Advertises the Father of Software Freedom Giving a Talk in Germany (a Digital Sovereignty Interest Hub, Sponsor of Free Software)
    Free Software vs malware and the need for reverse engineering
  4. Cybershow (UK) Shaping Up to be a Neat and Very Large Gemini Capsule
    If only more platforms did the same, plenty of energy would be spared, "old" machines would be totally suitable (even with 20 tabs open), as we'd focus on substance, not bells and whistles
  5. SLAPP Censorship - Part 76 Out of 200: The Problem With the United Kingdom Allowing Americans to File Lawsuits by Proxy (Relayed by "Hired Guns")
    Solicitors in UK warned not to act as ‘hired guns’ to silence critics of super-rich
  6. When Microsoft's LinkedIn Goes Offline All Your Fake Friends/Connections and Manufactured 'Status' Will be Gone
    Many people quit social control media because they recognise it for what it truly is
  7. Major Setback for IBM in the Courtroom, the Demolition of IBM is Proving Costly
    Kyndryl is a sign of how IBM ("mother ship") is run and where IBM is heading
  8. Links 14/05/2026: Willful Ignorance and Mass Layoffs at Microsoft
    Links for the day
  9. Gemini Links 14/05/2026: Rewatching V for Vendetta, JPEG XL, and Platform Migrations
    Links for the day
  10. The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXII - What the Science Says About Cocaine in the Workplace (EPO President, Mr. Campinos, Please Take Note)
    What the science says
  11. European Patent Office (EPO) President, Mr. Campinos, Ignoring Its Staff While Protecting His Friends
    the President is covering up cocaine use while ignoring his own workers
  12. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  13. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
    IRC logs for Wednesday, May 13, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

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