Updates:

1. Voluntary' Layoffs and 'Proper' Layoffs at IBM This Year
   When will IBM management confess that 15% of staff is already marked for potential removal?
2. The Register MS Has Just Published Slop Spam for NVIDIA and HP, It Says "AI" 43 Times
   As usual, The Register MS ought to be ashamed of itself for participating in it
3. The Slop Debt (Trillions of Dollars, Money That Does Not Exist) is Causing the Collapse of GAFAM et al
   This slop hype will end up like "metaverse", except "metaverse" never ended up justifying trillions of dollars in "investment"
4. Social Control Media is the Opposite of Information
   That says a lot about social control media
5. Lack of Empathy Rampant in the Sector
   Sociopaths are sociopaths. They cannot help themselves
6. Before the "Big Tech" (That Almost Everybody is Forced to Use) Was Controlled by Men Who Hate Women
   Such rejection and even hatred of women qualifies/enshrines oneself as an "incel"- a dangerous and violent online cult

New:

1. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
   IRC logs for Wednesday, August 12, 2026
2. Gemini Links 12/08/2026: Losing a Child, "The OpenWeb Needs Diversity", and Gmail Woes
   Links for the day
3. Links 12/08/2026: Trouble in Proprietary Chaffbot Company 'Open' 'AI' and Slop "Investors Are Suddenly Quaking in Their Boots"
   Links for the day
4. Daniel Pocock in National News in Australia the Day of the Election
   "Posted 20m ago" (Thursday in Australia), it's timed nicely to help illuminate Pocock and give him last-minute exposure
5. Simpler Means More Reliable
   The simple old way of local storage and local backups is still the best
6. Clownflare and statCounter See GNU/Linux at ~8% in Norway
   Norway has long championed GNU/Linux compared to the rest of Europe
7. Clacton manifesto: Reform UK hacking, leaks, raw sewage & 8GB Swiss Archive
   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
8. statCounter Today: ChromeOS + GNU/Linux Measured at 10.98% Globally (Desktops and Laptops)
   Clownflare does not quite refute this
9. The Register MS Has Just Published Fake Article About Replacing Linux With Proprietary Google System, "Sponsored by ASUS."
   All of those things are proprietary GAFAMware
10. Links 12/08/2026: "X’s Advertising Business Continues to Tank", "Stop Feeding the Billionaires"
    Links for the day
11. In Defence of Hoarding CDs, More So When Digital Restrictions (DRM) Come to More 'Content' and Even Offline/Physical Media Won't Work When Some Remote Server Says "No" (or Goes Offline)
    made to serve and entertain owners, not to allow companies like Sony and Microsoft subjugate owners
12. Clownflare: In Finland, Birthplace of Linux Kernel, GNU/Linux Now Bigger Than Apple's MacOS
    It's not just in Finland where we see such trends
13. More Mass Layoffs Due to Monumental Debt Excused as "Investment" (in Slop)
    They're maxing up the private debt and their country is already insolvent
14. METRO Interviews Daniel Pocock a Day Before Election
    The article is behind a wall that blocks people who block ads
15. Enshittification More Than a Century Ago
    Is enshittification more than a century old?
16. GNU in 1991 (35 Years Ago): Compiler and Lots More Ready, Linux Now Becoming 'Vibe Heap' (Slop Replaces Real Code)
    Without curbs in place, many Linux developers will flee
17. Company-Wide 'Reorg' ('Redundancies') at IBM, Mark October 1st 2026 in the Calendar
    Is Oct 1 the new Apr 1?
18. SLAPP Censorship - Part 147 Out of 200: The SLAPP Series is 'Slow' Because Timing Matters
    It is important to stress that after this series is finished there will be many more series, with some of them showing raw evidence of what we've been illuminating and telling
19. Even ZDNet Accepts That "Market Share" of GNU/Linux May Have Doubled on Desktops and Laptops
    GNU/Linux is definitely growing, and quite quickly in fact
20. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
21. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 11, 2026
    IRC logs for Tuesday, August 11, 2026
22. Microsoft Layoffs and Shutdowns Continue This August, Morale Low, Employees Set Up Giant Inflatable Rat to Protest Against CEO
    nothing demonstrates their anger better than what they did to the CEO
23. Gemini Links 12/08/2026: Sophomore Slump, Mandatory Phone Addiction, and Vintage Web Game Gallery
    Links for the day