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2025-07-07T21:04:55Z
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/With_Workers_Back_From_a_Holiday_Weekend_Microsoft_Layoffs_Carr.gmi
With Workers Back From a Holiday Weekend, Microsoft Layoffs Carry on, More Waves to Come (updated)
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Now it's Monday and people are bad to work, even some journalists
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/You_Need_Not_Wave_a_Rainbow_Flag_This_Month_to_Basically_Oppose.gmi
You Need Not Wave a Rainbow Flag This Month to Basically Oppose Arseholes Looking to Disrupt and Divide the Community (updated)
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Don't fall for it
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/What_Miguel_de_Icaza_and_Microsoft_Lunduke_Have_in_Common.gmi
What Miguel de Icaza and Microsoft Lunduke Have in Common (updated)
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Similar aims, different methods
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/The_Corporate_Neckbeard_is_Not_the_Good_Guy.gmi
The 'Corporate Neckbeard' is Not the "Good Guy" (updated)
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Works for IBM
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Microsoft_s_Nat_Friedman_Became_Unemployed_the_Same_Time_the_SL.gmi
Microsoft's Nat Friedman Became Unemployed the Same Time the SLAPPs Against Techrights Started Coming From His Friends (Weeks After We Had Exposed Scandals About Him and the Serial Strangler, His Best Friend, Who Got Arrested a Few Days Later) (updated) 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Nat Friedman is not "Investor, entrepreneur"
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Weeding_Out_Extremism_in_Our_Community.gmi
Weeding Out Extremism in Our Community (updated) 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
To me it seems like Microsoft Lunduke is rapidly becoming like a "hate preacher" who operates online, breeding an extremist ideology or trying to soften its image
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Censorship_Versus_Fact_Checking_and_Quality_Control.gmi
Censorship Versus Fact-Checking and Quality Control (updated) 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
It's not censorship but a matter of quality control
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Gemini_Links_07_07_2025_BaseLibre_Numerical_System_and_TUI_Rant.gmi
Gemini Links 07/07/2025: BaseLibre Numerical System and TUI Rant (updated) 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Layoffs_and_Shutdowns_at_IBM_Not_Just_Microsoft.gmi
Layoffs and Shutdowns at IBM, Not Just Microsoft
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Same as Microsoft
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/The_FSF_s_Free_Software_Foundation_Inc_2025_Summer_Fundraiser_A.gmi
The FSF's (Free Software Foundation, Inc.) 2025 Summer Fundraiser Already Past Halfway Line
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
This is where GNU/Linux actually started
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Mozilla_Had_No_Good_Reason_to_Outsource_Firefox_Development_to_.gmi
Mozilla Had No Good Reason to Outsource Firefox Development to Microsoft
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
What does Mozilla plan to do when GitHub shuts down?
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Mozilla_Firefox_Did_Not_Die_It_Got_Killed.gmi
Mozilla Firefox Did Not Die, It Got Killed
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
To me it'll always look like Mozilla got killed by its sponsors, especially Google, which had a conflict of interest as a sponsor
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Dalai_Lama_Succession_as_Evidence_That_Determined_Motivated_Peo.gmi
Dalai Lama Succession as Evidence That Determined, Motivated People Can Reach Their Nineties
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
And we need to quit talking about their death all the time
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Dan_Neidle_Who_Brett_Wilson_LLP_SLAPPed_on_Behalf_of_Corrupt_Ri.gmi
Dan Neidle, Whom Brett Wilson LLP SLAPPed (on Behalf of Corrupt Rich Tax Evaders), Still Fighting the Good Fight
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Neidle fights for the poor people
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Wayland_Should_Start_by_Dumping_Its_Very_Ugly_Logo.gmi
Wayland Should Start by Dumping Its Very Ugly Logo
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Wayland wins the "ugliest logo" award every year
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Stop_Focusing_on_Hair_Colours_Focus_on_Corporate_Agenda.gmi
Stop Focusing on Hair Colours, Focus on Corporate Agenda
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
If someone commits a crime, it does not matter if his or her hair was mostly white or there was no hair or a wig or whatever
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Links_07_07_2025_Science_Conflicts_and_a_Fictional_K_pop_Group.gmi
Links 07/07/2025: Science, Conflicts, and a Fictional K-pop Group
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Gemini_Links_07_07_2025_Being_a_Luddite_and_Announcement_of_Got.gmi
Gemini Links 07/07/2025: Being a Luddite and Announcement of Gotify
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Links_07_07_2025_XBox_Effectively_Dead_DMCA_Subpoena_Versus_Reg.gmi
Links 07/07/2025: XBox Effectively 'Dead', DMCA Subpoena Versus Registrar
Roy Schestowitz
2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/The_Nasty_Smear_and_Stereotype_of_Neckbeard_or_Greybeard_is_Age.gmi
The Nasty Smear (and Stereotype) of "Neckbeard" or "Greybeard" is Ageism 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
This is the sort of stuff they might try to volley at critics of Wayland
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Why_Many_of_Us_Use_X_Server_and_Will_Continue_to_Use_It_For_Man.gmi
Why Many of Us Use X Server and Will Continue to Use It For Many Years to Come 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Don't make this about politics
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Uses_Threats_to_Demand_Changes_to_Pages_or_Rem.gmi
Brett Wilson LLP Uses Threats to Demand Changes to Pages or Removal of Pages Without Even Revealing Which Staff Member Does That (Sometimes People From Another Firm!) 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
This has been in the public for years
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Dan_Neidle_Said_It_Really_Then_Became_a_Job_of_Tormenting_Lawye.gmi
Dan Neidle Said "It Really Then Became a Job of Tormenting" Lawyers Like Brett Wilson LLP (Who Threatened Him for Exposing Crimes, Just Like They Threatened My Wife a Few Months Later) 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
he and his wife decided to take on the evil people and their evil lawyers
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Large_Language_Models_LLMs_Externalise_Their_Cost_to_the_Free_S.gmi
Large Language Models (LLMs) Externalise Their Cost to the Free Software Foundation (FSF) 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
"The forty-sixth Free Software Bulletin is now available online!"
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Reinforcing_the_Allegations_Some_More_Bryan_Lunduke_Digs_His_Ow.gmi
Reinforcing the Allegations Some More, Bryan Lunduke Digs His Own Grave 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
In his latest episodes he merely repeats his own lies, which I debunked using evidence right from his own mouth
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Global_Warming_and_Free_Software_as_a_Force_of_Mitigation.gmi
Global Warming and Free Software as a Force of Mitigation 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
we'll need to think about Software Freedom, not just brands like "Linux"
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi
Over at Tux Machines... 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
GNU/Linux news for the past day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/07/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_July_06_2025.gmi
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 06, 2025 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
IRC logs for Sunday, July 06, 2025
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/Video_Copyleft_Isn_t_a_Bug.gmi
[Video] "Copyleft Isn't a Bug." 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
"Copyleft isn’t a bug. It’s a feature. GNU GPL forced the world to treat code like a public good."
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/Being_in_Social_Control_Media_Means_Exposing_Oneself_to_Hecklin.gmi
Being in Social Control Media Means Exposing Oneself to Heckling 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
Richard Stallman does not (either himself or directly) post to any social control media
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/Links_06_07_2025_Airlines_Perils_Scams_and_Breaches.gmi
Links 06/07/2025: Airlines Perils, Scams, and Breaches 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/Two_Risks_to_Companies_The_Microsoft_Culture_and_the_Microsoft_.gmi
Two Risks to Companies: The Microsoft Culture and the Microsoft Tools 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
Novell was killed by a form of "social engineering" by Microsoft
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/It_s_Hard_to_Trust_People_Who_Worked_Not_Only_Those_Who_Still_W.gmi
It's Hard to Trust People Who Worked - Not Only Those Who Still Work - at Microsoft 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
Bryan Lunduke is just what people would call an "arsehole of a person"
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/For_the_Second_Time_Bryan_Lunduke_From_Microsoft_is_Siccing_Rac.gmi
For the Second Time, Bryan Lunduke From Microsoft is Siccing Racist Trolls and Vandals at Me 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
You're only reinforcing the point we made yesterday
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/Links_06_07_2025_End_to_End_Encryption_at_Risk_Reuters_Twitter_.gmi
Links 06/07/2025: End to End Encryption at Risk, Reuters Twitter ("X") Account Withheld in India 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/Gemini_Links_06_07_2025_Tinylog_and_Certification_Rotation.gmi
Gemini Links 06/07/2025: Tinylog and Certification Rotation 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/Links_06_07_2025_Climate_Change_and_The_Right_to_Criticise.gmi
Links 06/07/2025: Climate Change and "The Right to Criticise" 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/PCLinuxOS_Sites_Coming_Back_Gradually.gmi
PCLinuxOS Sites Coming Back, Gradually 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
let's just be patient
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/Social_Control_Media_Even_If_Based_on_Free_Software_Still_Has_M.gmi
Social Control Media, Even If Based on Free Software, Still Has Many Problems 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
a distraction from what actually mattered and still matters
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/IBM_is_Not_Your_Master.gmi
IBM is Not Your Master 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
IBM makes friends with people who exclude the majority of the population: women
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/Help_Fund_the_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF.gmi
Help Fund the Free Software Foundation (FSF) 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
If you have some dollars to spare, go support the FSF
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi
Over at Tux Machines... 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
GNU/Linux news for the past day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_July_05_2025.gmi
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 05, 2025 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
IRC logs for Saturday, July 05, 2025
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/A_Short_History_of_Attacks_on_Techrights_and_Boycott_Novell_Bef.gmi
A Short History of Attacks on Techrights (and Boycott Novell Before That) 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
good opportunity to tell again the story of several (not all) attempts to silence us
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/The_Mainstream_Media_Took_4_Days_to_Realise_Microsoft_Shut_Down.gmi
The Mainstream Media Took 4 Days to Realise Microsoft Shut Down Its Operations in Pakistan and Fired Everybody 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
We estimate that Microsoft has had about 29,000 layoffs since January
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/06/Leadership_in_Free_Software.gmi
Leadership in Free Software 2025-07-06T00:00:00Z
Don't let IBM lead. It's a terrible flag bearer.
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Twibel_Actions_Against_Comedians_and_Why_It_s_a_Truly_Low_Blow.gmi
“Twibel” Actions Against Comedians (and Why It's a Truly Low Blow) 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
they try to make up in quantities for a lack of merit or quality
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Linux_Foundation_Apparently_Flirting_With_Slop_Marketing_by_LLM.gmi
Linux Foundation Apparently Flirting With Slop (Marketing by LLM-Generated SPAM) 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
The Web is in a really bad state!
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/COVID_19_Sped_Up_Site_Improvements_in_Techrights.gmi
COVID-19 Sped Up Site Improvements in Techrights 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
A few months later we created our very own IRC network
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Gemini_Links_05_07_2025_Negative_Questions_and_Touching_Grass_G.gmi
Gemini Links 05/07/2025: Negative Questions and 'Touching Grass' (Going Outside) 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Links_05_07_2025_Dalai_Lama_Succession_as_90th_Birthday_Approac.gmi
Links 05/07/2025: Dalai Lama Succession as 90th Birthday Approaches, 40 deg C in China 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Links_05_07_2025_Hungary_and_US_Defecting_to_Russia_Google_s_Ho.gmi
Links 05/07/2025: Hungary and US Defecting to Russia, "Google's Hotseat Hypocrisy" 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Gemini_Links_05_07_2025_4th_of_July_2025_and_Zig_Roadmap_2026.gmi
Gemini Links 05/07/2025: 4th of July 2025 and "Zig Roadmap 2026" 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
Links for the day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/How_to_Combat_the_Exploitation_and_Abuse_by_Microsoft_GitHub.gmi
How to Combat the Exploitation and Abuse by Microsoft GitHub 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
Not to mention corruption and crimes against women
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Bryan_Lunduke_is_Actually_Sending_His_Audience_to_Attack_People.gmi
Bryan Lunduke is Actually Sending His Audience to Attack People 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
"[Lunduke] is actually sending his audience to attack people."
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Even_The_Right_Wing_is_Rejecting_Bryan_Lunduke.gmi
Even The Right Wing is Rejecting Bryan Lunduke 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
no wonder he became so irrelevant and marginal
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Microsoft_s_MSN_Helps_Microsoft_Spread_Lies_About_the_Layoffs_S.gmi
Microsoft's MSN Helps Microsoft Spread Lies About the Layoffs' Scale (Well Over 25,000 People Laid Off This Year) 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
There seem to be monopolies on lies and on truth
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/The_Death_of_X_Has_Been_Greatly_Exaggerated_by_Compromised_Medi.gmi
The Death of X Has Been Greatly Exaggerated (by Compromised Media) 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
X.Org Server is alive and well
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Rewriting_Things_in_Rust.gmi
Rewriting Things in Rust 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
How far would you go?
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/In_2025_Everything_is_AI_Remember_Blockchains.gmi
In 2025 Everything is "AI". Remember Blockchains? 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
Talk about what companies and things (services, products, software) actually do, not the labels they use
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Julian_Assange_Has_Been_Free_for_a_Year.gmi
Julian Assange Has Been Free for a Year 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
Julian Assange and I disagreed on some things
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Monopolies_and_Scalping.gmi
Monopolies and Scalping 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
Monopolies gravitate towards price hikes
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi
Over at Tux Machines... 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
GNU/Linux news for the past day
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_July_04_2025.gmi
IRC Proceedings: Friday, July 04, 2025 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
IRC logs for Friday, July 04, 2025
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Microsoft_s_August_Layoffs_Wave_August_is_Confirmed_for_Additio.gmi
Microsoft's August Layoffs Wave: "August is Confirmed for Additional Performance Based Cuts" 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
"August is confirmed for additional performance based cuts from the recent connects along with additional organizational cuts."
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/What_Microsoft_Reputation_Laundering_With_a_Weaponised_Law_Degr.gmi
What Microsoft Reputation Laundering (With a Weaponised Law Degree) Looks Like in a Foreign Continent 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
You would expect this in uncivilised and primitive countries
gemini://gemini.techrights.org//n/2025/07/05/Slopwatch_LLMs_Write_Fake_or_Distorted_News_About_Linux.gmi
Slopwatch: LLMs 'Write' Fake or Distorted 'News' About "Linux" 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z
LLM slop disguised as news
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