This would be a war crime. Obviously. Collective punishment.

Is the decline in oil and gas production capacity and the surge in fossil fuel prices because of the two wars a good thing to fight climate change? 🤔

The USA has asked Ukraine for weapons to defend against Iranian drones. Zelensky told them to negotiate as they don't have any cards.

More news on #Nix #meetups
The December installment of the Dresden Nix Meetup took place at the local SAP office. Martin from Cyberus Technology introduced a NixOS module for declarative VM management, which can be found at CTRL-OS Modules. We hear the next one is on 17th March in the SAP Office.

FIFA must be so proud

Password managers' promise that they can't see your vaults isn't always true Contrary to what password managers say, a server compromise can mean game over.

A compromised password manager company can just push an update that uploads all passwords somewhere. No need to do complicated stuff. arstechnica.com/security/202...

The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*

Linux 7.0 Looks To Enable Intel TSX By Default On Capable CPUs For Better Performance A patch queued up into tip/tip.git's x86/cpu Git branch ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle enables the Intel Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) functionality by default on t...

Linux is re-enabling Intel TSX?! These are lovingly called Transactional Sidechannel Extensions ... Apparently they don't suffer from the TAA vulnerability anymore, but they also (used to?) make other exploits so much easier. Call me skeptical ... www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7...

We finally have a bluesky account for work. We'll be posting our journey around our NixOS LTS offering (CTRL-OS). At the moment we are having fun enabling Nvidia hardware. You can also follow us on YouTube: youtube.com/@ctrl-os?si=...

Das war auch mein erster Gedanke. Dass es eine russische Info-Op ist, wäre ja auch nichts neues. www.rbb24.de/panorama/bei...

Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.

Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.

Both of those facts are simultaneously true.

The US kidnapped Maduro?

Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did it get so bad? You won't arrive on time and may not even get a seat. Your booking might get lost. Things have gotten so dire that a foreigner has been brought in to shake things up.

This article misses the important point why they didn't invest: They tried to privatize it and didn't invest/maintain to make the numbers look good. www.npr.org/2025/12/12/g...

Wenn man einen Scheißprozess digitalisiert...

A power strip with the plug end plugged in to one of the sockets

If anyone’s struggled to keep up with my threads on why the genAI bubble
Is a bubble, here’s a simplified pictorial explanation, the plug is OpenAI and the sockets are Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Nvidia, and AMD

My wife is currently documenting our challenges with having a baby with hip displasia. This is surprisingly common, yet took us by surprise. Check it out here: www.instagram.com/hip_dysplasi...

Linus Torvalds Lashes Out At RISC-V Big Endian Plans Linus Torvalds has come out strong against proposed support for RISC-V big endian capabilities within the Linux kernel.

Exhibit 2: www.phoronix.com/news/Torvald...

Linus Torvalds Vents Over "Completely Crazy Rust Format Checking" After Linus Torvalds yesterday shot down RISC-V big endian prospects for the Linux kernel, today he has used his authority to wage a war on 'crazy' Rust code formatting as well as to critique poor tex...

What's up with Linus these days? Can someone explain to him that insulting people is just not ok... Exhibit 1: www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-T... #linux #riscv #rust

Introducing The Amazing Compact Disc | 1982 | Retro vintage 80s technology YouTube video by ABC Science

I still don't understand why some people prefer vinyl over CDs for the sound quality. Look how people perceived this when CDs were introduced. 🤷🏻‍♀️ youtu.be/_Tx6TYnPat8?...

Hey Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle YouTube video by Led By Donkeys

Windsor Castle Tuesday night. Four of us arrested for 'malicious communications'. Now released.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...

BREAKING — U.S. Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire Resolution For ‘Failing’ To Adequately ‘Condemn Hamas’

The United States has again vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of captives — its sixth veto since the war began...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement * Middle East crisis – live updates A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts. It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

Cloud Hypervisor Will Block AI Generated Code, Raises x86_64 VM Limit To 8,192 vCPUs Cloud Hypervisor 48.0 is now available for this Intel-started, open-source and Rust-based VMM focused on modern cloud workloads

It's great to see the work of my colleagues at Cyberus Technology around supporting large VMs in a release! www.phoronix.com/news/Cloud-H...

Well, filesystem Images don't need to be unpacked during boot, so you save some time. Files also stay compressed and your memory footprint is lower. Lastly filesystems understand way more things than cpio archives (file attributes, ...). That's why we considered using erofs as initrd.

Cory Doctorow at CF 25: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It YouTube video by CloudFest

Corey Doctorow redet hier auch über andere Gesetze die wir in der EU umsetzen sollten um die Dominanz der US Teichgiganten zu brechen: youtu.be/_Ai-fC-2Bpo?...

Initrd Support Could Finally Be On Its Way To Being Removed From The Linux Kernel Linux's classic initial RAM disk 'initrd' support might finally be on its way out of the Linux kernel depending upon feedback from stakeholders

I'm the reason initrds are removed from the Linux kernel. 🤣🤯 www.phoronix.com/news/Initrd-...

Intel CPU Microcode Updates Released For Six High Severity Vulnerabilities This Patch Tuesday has brought a slew of Intel CPU microcode updates for the past few processor generations to address six new high severity vulnerabilities.

Another security fluctuation for Intel TDX: www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-C...

Finally!!!

Just when I thought bureaucracy in Spain is not so bad: To get a health insurance card, you need to get the birth certificate (not automatic for foreigners), then apply for a passport from your home country. With that you can apply for a NIE (foreigner ID number) and with that hopefully the card...