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2025-01-19T15:01:18Z

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/FOSDEM_is_Called_FOSDEM_Because_of_Richard_Stallman_RMS.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/FOSDEM_is_Called_FOSDEM_Because_of_Richard_Stallman_RMS.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>FOSDEM is Called "FOSDEM" Because of Richard Stallman (RMS) (updated)</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The overlap there seems timely; yesterday RMS spoke in French-speaking (in part) Switzerland where questions in French were accepted</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/Video_University_in_Peru_Honours_Richard_Stallman.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/Video_University_in_Peru_Honours_Richard_Stallman.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Video: University in Peru Honours Richard Stallman (updated)</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Tomorrow, January 20, Richard Stallman speaks in France</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/Links_19_01_2025_Gaza_Ceasefire_and_PR_Stunt_by_Fentanylware_Ti.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/Links_19_01_2025_Gaza_Ceasefire_and_PR_Stunt_by_Fentanylware_Ti.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Links 19/01/2025: Gaza Ceasefire and PR Stunt by Fentanylware (TikTok), Faking It by "Going Dark" to Incite American Addicts (Users)</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Links for the day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/Links_19_01_2025_TikTok_Fentanylware_Now_Banned_in_the_US_Convi.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/Links_19_01_2025_TikTok_Fentanylware_Now_Banned_in_the_US_Convi.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Links 19/01/2025: TikTok (Fentanylware) Now Banned in the US, Convicted Felon Talks to Fentanylware CEO and Pooh-Tin About Undoing the Ban Despite the Supreme Court Unanimously Upholding It</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Links for the day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/FTC_Realises_Microsoft_Buying_Fake_Clients_to_Fake_Revenue_Micr.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/FTC_Realises_Microsoft_Buying_Fake_Clients_to_Fake_Revenue_Micr.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>FTC Realises Microsoft Buying Fake 'Clients' to Fake "Revenue" (Microsoft 'Buying' Services and Products From Itself!)</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Ponzi scheme</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/Total_Lock_down_Ambitions_Part_III_The_Web_Browser_as_DRM_Pushe.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/Total_Lock_down_Ambitions_Part_III_The_Web_Browser_as_DRM_Pushe.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Total Lock-down Ambitions - Part III - The Web Browser as DRM Pusher</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">A lot of "streaming" stuff is DRM</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/IBM_Termination_Story_and_Information_From_Microsoft_About_Mass.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/IBM_Termination_Story_and_Information_From_Microsoft_About_Mass.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>IBM Termination Story and Information From Microsoft About Mass Layoffs</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">In 2 weeks of 2025 Microsoft already had 2 waves of layoffs</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">GNU/Linux news for the past day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_January_18_2025.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/19/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_January_18_2025.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>IRC Proceedings: Saturday, January 18, 2025</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">IRC logs for Saturday, January 18, 2025</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Links_18_01_2025_Restoring_the_Great_Wall_of_China_and_Economic.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Links_18_01_2025_Restoring_the_Great_Wall_of_China_and_Economic.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Links 18/01/2025: Restoring the Great Wall of China and Economic Expansion in China</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Links for the day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Guardian_Digital_linuxsecurity_com_is_Spamming_the_Web_With_Mic.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Guardian_Digital_linuxsecurity_com_is_Spamming_the_Web_With_Mic.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com) is Spamming the Web With Microsoft's Promotional LLM Slop About UEFI 'Secure' Boot (Which is Against Real Security)</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This is an attack on honest journalism</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Links_18_01_2025_TikTok_s_Endgame_Car_Freedom_and_Spying_in_Car.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Links_18_01_2025_TikTok_s_Endgame_Car_Freedom_and_Spying_in_Car.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Links 18/01/2025: TikTok's Endgame, "Car Freedom", and Spying in Cars 'Fines' GM (Settlement)</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Links for the day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/January_20_Richard_Stallman_Talk_in_Europe.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/January_20_Richard_Stallman_Talk_in_Europe.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>January 20: Richard Stallman Talk in Europe</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">evening time in Europe, around midday in the United States and Canada</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Links_18_01_2025_Apple_Getting_Out_of_Hey_Hi_AI_Slop_Too_Much_M.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Links_18_01_2025_Apple_Getting_Out_of_Hey_Hi_AI_Slop_Too_Much_M.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Links 18/01/2025: Apple Getting Out of Hey Hi (AI) Slop (Too Much Misinformation), Chaffbots/Chatbots Try to Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuits</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Links for the day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/What_Fake_News_Sites_Are_Doing_to_GNU_Linux.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/What_Fake_News_Sites_Are_Doing_to_GNU_Linux.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>What Fake News Sites Are Doing to GNU/Linux</title>

<author>

  <name>Roy Schestowitz</name>

</author>

<updated>2025-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The LLM slop about Linux serves two purposes</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Links_18_01_2025_Microsofters_Upset_at_Microsoft_s_Ridiculous_R.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Links_18_01_2025_Microsofters_Upset_at_Microsoft_s_Ridiculous_R.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Links 18/01/2025: Microsofters Upset at Microsoft's Ridiculous Rebrands (Excuse for Massive Price Hikes), Chaffbot Company ('Open'AI) Faces More Lawsuits</title>

<updated>2025-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Links for the day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Gemini_Links_18_01_2025_Surge_in_Illnesses_ctags_and_Gemsync.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Gemini_Links_18_01_2025_Surge_in_Illnesses_ctags_and_Gemsync.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Gemini Links 18/01/2025: Surge in Illnesses, ctags, and Gemsync</title>

<updated>2025-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Links for the day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Slopwatch_Too_Lazy_to_Write_Real_Articles_Offloading_to_Chatbot.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Slopwatch_Too_Lazy_to_Write_Real_Articles_Offloading_to_Chatbot.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Slopwatch: Too Lazy to Write Real Articles, Offloading to Chatbots Instead (LLM Slop About "Linux")</title>

<updated>2025-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The Web was already full of garbage before the LLM frenzy. Now it's even worse.</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>

<updated>2025-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">GNU/Linux news for the past day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_January_17_2025.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/18/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_January_17_2025.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 17, 2025</title>

<updated>2025-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">IRC logs for Friday, January 17, 2025</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/RMS_Inauguration_in_Montpellier_Government_Administration_on_Ja.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/RMS_Inauguration_in_Montpellier_Government_Administration_on_Ja.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>RMS 'Inauguration' in Montpellier (Government Administration) on January 20th</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Happy hacking</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Even_Technical_Articles_and_HowTos_From_UNIXMen_Nowadays_Seem_t.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Even_Technical_Articles_and_HowTos_From_UNIXMen_Nowadays_Seem_t.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Even Technical Articles and HowTos From UNIXMen Nowadays Seem to be LLM Slop</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">We've just permanently removed the RSS feed of UNIXMen</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/The_FSF_s_2024_End_of_Year_Fundraiser_Succeeds_Over_400k_to_Sup.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/The_FSF_s_2024_End_of_Year_Fundraiser_Succeeds_Over_400k_to_Sup.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>The FSF's 2024 End-of-Year Fundraiser Succeeds: Over $400k to Support Software Freedom</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">That's worth bringing up again because the SFC is trying to 'crash' this achievement of the FSF</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Meme_Fentanylware_TikTok_Banned_in_the_United_States_Next_Up_Eu.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Meme_Fentanylware_TikTok_Banned_in_the_United_States_Next_Up_Eu.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>[Meme] Fentanylware (TikTok) Banned in the United States, Next Up European Union (EU)</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">And the United Kingdom (UK)</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/President_Biden_is_Right_Free_Press_is_Crumbling_and_the_United.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/President_Biden_is_Right_Free_Press_is_Crumbling_and_the_United.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>President Biden is Right, "Free Press is Crumbling" and the United States Exports Its Media-Hostile Culture to Other Continents</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">perhaps Biden should pay closer attention to how Donald Trump-inspired Americans take their battles to other continents</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Links_17_01_2025_TikTok_Banned_by_the_United_Stated_SCOTUS_Reje.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Links_17_01_2025_TikTok_Banned_by_the_United_Stated_SCOTUS_Reje.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Links 17/01/2025: TikTok Banned by the United Stated (SCOTUS Rejects Appeal)</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Links for the day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_Inc_SFC_Makes_It_Obvious_It_s_Just.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_Inc_SFC_Makes_It_Obvious_It_s_Just.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Software Freedom Conservancy Inc (SFC) Makes It Obvious It's Just a Copycat Trying to Exploit or Leech Off the FSF's (and GNU's) Work</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">They swim next to the rich people (who "match")</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Links_17_01_2025_Fentanylware_TikTok_Herds_Its_Drug_Users_Into_.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Links_17_01_2025_Fentanylware_TikTok_Herds_Its_Drug_Users_Into_.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Links 17/01/2025: Fentanylware (TikTok) Herds Its (Drug) Users Into Even More Harmful "Apps"</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Links for the day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Guardian_Digital_Inc_linuxsecurity_com_Uses_Microsoft_Controlle.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Guardian_Digital_Inc_linuxsecurity_com_Uses_Microsoft_Controlle.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) Uses Microsoft-Controlled Front Groups and LLM Slop in Order to Spread Microsoft-Directed Anti-Linux FUD</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Microsoft garbage likely produced by Microsoft LLMs, spewing out Microsoft FUD</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Likely_Fake_Article_About_Linux_Mint_22_1.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Likely_Fake_Article_About_Linux_Mint_22_1.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Likely Fake 'Article' About Linux Mint 22.1</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">BetaNews fired up its plagiarism machine (LLM)</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">GNU/Linux news for the past day</div>

</summary>

<id>gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_January_16_2025.gmi</id>

<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/01/17/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_January_16_2025.gmi" type="text/gemini"/>

<title>IRC Proceedings: Thursday, January 16, 2025</title>

<updated>2025-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>

<summary type="xhtml">

  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">IRC logs for Thursday, January 16, 2025</div>

</summary>