The fallout from "Operation Influencer" appeared to bring António Costa's political career to an abrupt end in November 2023 ...

Nickle LaMoreaux is one of those people who use buzzwords to manipulate the press, e.g. this recent article: Not bad, ...

It's gratifying to see more and more "vice-coded" slop (ware) getting banned. Humans need not learn to tolerate such garbage. Life is too short to deal with 'botspam' or plagiarism (the originals are ...

The "Peanut Gallery" of GAFAM Has Infiltrated Free Software Projects or Disrupts Free Software Communities. . Earlier today: Rust Outsourc ...

Tart cherry juice— please let it be cherry juice —splatters the top shelf and dribbles down the liquor bottles. Broken glass ...

Yesterday we wrote about rumours that come from inside Microsoft, where the "buyout" offer is effective with departure on July 1 st, based on leaked communications. We've now seen 3 places where ...

Bern is a city where talks are routinely given by RMS in recent years; the same is true for the country, Switzerland, where ...

The access to justice charity Blind Justice has published figures showing that there are thousands of cases shut down at assessment stage which then disappear from view.

A slop apologist or pusher recently stirred up a hornets' nest at libreplanet-discuss. Akira Urushibata has just put him in his place by explaining why the jingoism for plagiarism engines is a problem ...

Institutions like the EPO - run by corrupt politicians like the "cocaine king" - have little sense of pride left. The leaders ...

Dr. Andrew Tridgell, according to a rare blog post, "knuckles under to slop purveyors," as an associate has put it. Slop code is rubbish and sloppy bug reports are typically a waste of time. They ...

"Format Sovereignty" Can Only be Accomplished With LaTeX or OpenDocument Format (ODF) or Vendor-Neutral Standards for ...