Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 18, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Finland Needs to Dump Microsoft (Microslop) for National Security Reasons and the Same is True for Hundreds of Countries

   "I don't see why Ryssäs would want Finns to use microslop products..."

2. Fight Til the End

   This comes to show that persistence pays off

3. SLAPP Censorship - Part 79 Out of 200: They Will Soon Reach the 100 KG (Kilograms) Milestone; Wheelbarrows, Not Justice (Quantity of Legal Papers Sent to Us)

   It's about the quality, not quantity (unless your sole aim is to drown out or "flood the zone")

   New

4. "The Society of Media Lawyers" (UK) is a Truly Malicious Anti-Media Lobby Which Helps Rich/Abusive Americans and Hostile Countries Attack Actual Media Workers in the UK

   They typically source their money from aboard to besiege domestic actors (like honest journalists or independent outlets that document suppressed beats/topics)

5. Slop Still Waning, Its Momentum is Driven by Companies That Stand to Lose a Lot (or Everything) When the Bubble Pops

   When it comes to LLM slop disguised as news, it's just not working out

6. Gemini Links 17/05/2026: arXiv Brings Down the Hammer, UnderPOWERed, and Slopping With Tcl/Tk

   Links for the day

7. Links 17/05/2026: Amazon Employees Herded Into Slop, Taiwan Sold Down the River by Cheeto

   Links for the day

8. Links 17/05/2026: Society of Media Lawyers (Brett Wilson LLP et al) Lobby for More SLAPPs in the UK, “Courage in Journalism Award” Given in Oppressive Country

   Links for the day

9. Cyber Show UK is Already Available Over Gemini Protocol

   This past week the total number of active Gemini capsules hit all-time records several times

10. The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXV - Not Bringing Intelligence to the EPO, Not 'Artificial Intelligence' Either (But Intelligence-Eroding Drugs)

    The EPO was meant to be about science and law. In practice, however, it's about breaking the law and being stoned.

11. The Cyber Show on Why Coding is Important and Slop Cannot Change or Replace That

    Hand-crafting one's site has plenty of advantages

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, May 16, 2026

    IRC logs for Saturday, May 16, 2026

14. Gemini Links 17/05/2026: Music Theory, Reticulum Git Repos, and Releasing Kiln

    Links for the day

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