To be clear, not being "in" social control media does not mean averting scrutiny but being less visible or less directly reference-able. So not being there can help. It also saves many other hassles. ...

Not too long ago we wrote about how Bryan Lunduke had instructed people to abuse us with obscene words. Hours later we were targeted again. My wife came back home and saw it. I was asleep at the time.

Having just mentioned Bryan Lunduke from Microsoft abusing everyone - managing to upset people both on the "left" and on the "right" ( because of his tactics ), let's discuss why I never responded to ...

That's an example of the cultural dangers of Microsoft. It operates like a cult and it rewards "members" with titles like "GitHub CEO" ( until there are untenable scandals, only a day after this ...

The Web site pclosmag.com is still offline and it looks like the Web site of PCLinuxOS is being rebuilt. It now links to the Forum and the "hello world" post has been removed: ...

Nowadays, due to circumstances [ 1, 2 ], whenever I hear of "Masters" the term refers to British judges *. Yes, this term is used here; it's not considered rude or racist. IBM is bluffing. It's ...

Hours ago a swarm of vandals targeted our IRC network. It's hard to tell if that's connected to the militants or Microsoft Lunduke trolls (remember that Lunduke came from Microsoft). However, it's a ...

Microsoft has ended its operations in Pakistan after 25 years, citing global restructuring. The tech firm says local partners will continue delivery. Earlier, media reports suggested that the global ...

Some hours ago across the road from us Stevie Wonder argued better leadership is needed. It had me thinking about software because seeing that many Free software projects let themselves be controlled ...

I twice stumbled upon this former Linux site that had turned rogue. Witness spam and slop for the Linux Foundation from this slopfarm: If the Linux Foundation associates itself with slopfarms, then ...

It's not a coincidence that 20% of those in Wikipedia are the same 'circle'. While Garrett sent threats to both my wife and I by E-mail he was making tasteless jokes to the person who had killed ...

When I finally got COVID-19 in late 2023 - apparently infected through my mother - we finally moved the site to an SSG (as we had planned for ages) and to the UK "proper" (for the first time since ...