Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 03, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Social Control Media Does Not Improve Reach, It Wastes a Lot of Time

   many people still think that no presence in Social Control Media necessarily means invisibility

2. Links 02/06/2026: New York Times Debunks "Hey Hi (AI) Layoffs" (Excuse, False Narrative), Sheinbaum Publicly Bemoans US Meddling

   Links for the day

3. What Efforts to Cancel Richard Stallman Ought to Teach Us About the Media, Including Very Large British Publishers

   Richard Stallman is like a modern-age Alfred Dreyfus

   New

4. Advertisements as Articles in The Register MS

   Trust in media

5. Despite Mass Layoffs and Culls Dubbed "Buyouts" Google's Debt Doubled in a Year and It's Desperate for Money (to Pay Salaries and Bills)

   Google and GAFAM in general have mass layoffs because they have no clear route towards profitability

6. Gemini Links 02/06/2026: Arch Linux WriterDeck and Papyrix Reader

   Links for the day

7. Bloggers Still Have Considerable Impact on This Planet

   Nowadays, in academia almost anywhere in the world, there's growing expectation that lecturers will spend not much of the time doing research or even teaching

8. The Firing Line Against Techrights

   Tomorrow we'll tell a story about campaigns to intimidate us with death threats

9. The Cyber Show on the Fight Against Technofascism

   It's very long (all combined), but nevertheless refreshing

10. After Threats to Greenland Northern Europe Seems to be Moving Away From Microsoft Windows Even Faster

    The facts on the ground are, more people/businesses/institutions "get the message"

11. Claim of 500+ IBM Red Hat Layoffs With Termination Next Month

    IBM is doing great... at hiding internal affairs

12. Slop Did Not Rewire Democracy, It's a Giant Flop

    we already see slop giants accepting they'll never make money

13. The Register MS Embeds in Articles "SPONSORED LINKS" That Link to "AI" Ponzi Scheme/Scam

    The circular financing giants are allocating budget for the spam, as do the banks (lenders)

14. Many Countries Divest From Microsoft

    new numbers at statCounter today

15. European Patent Office (EPO) Series: A Tale of Two Antónios - On the Campaign Trail in Brussels

    Part 1

16. SEO is an Acronym That Stands for Slop Engine Orientation

    The Web changed a lot when Web directories, portals, and then social control media gained popularity

17. IRC Network OFTC is Shedding Off Servers

    Down to 17

18. Julian Assange's Counsel Jennifer Robinson Has Just Won an Award

    Jennifer Robinson is relatively young

19. Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (Swiss Federal Railways) and Richard Stallman

    It seems like RMS is receiving endorsement or at least belated recognition from very high-profile institutions

20. Almost 30 Years After Rob Malda Made Slashdot It Still Inspires New Implementations

    Maybe the issue isn't Slash per se, just the complexity of it (which SoylentNews complained about in the past)

21. Links 02/06/2026: "The Infosec Phrasebook", 'Perfect Randomness' and "Leaving the Tech World Professionally"

    Links for the day

22. Faking Demand for Slop: Google's Search Prompt Becomes Slop Prompt (Bait, Switch, Fake Usage)

    If there is no consent, then it's unsustainable

23. When You Give People (or Companies) Money to Buy Your Own Products and Then Call It "Revenue"

    A lot of modern "economics" don't benefit ordinary people (all they get is high inflation rates); they're devaluing money by faking economic activity

24. IBM is Self-Detonating, the Cheeto-Infused Rally is Another Con by Don

    pump and dump

25. "Quantum" as the "Next Big" Bubble

    disappointing and delivering nothing

26. Links 02/06/2026: "$1.5 Trillion Defense Budget Benefits Billionaire Cheeto Mussolini Supporters", US "Plans to Criminalize Sleeping Outside"

    Links for the day

27. Gemini Links 02/06/2026: Organising Oneself and Killing Off Distracting "Notifications"

    Links for the day

28. SLAPP Censorship - Part 95 Out of 200: The Growing Risk of Tolerating Men Who Abuse and Physically Assault Women

    FOSS should not be a "safe harbour" or "hideout" for criminals

29. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

30. IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 01, 2026

    IRC logs for Monday, June 01, 2026

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