biden-surveys-hurricane-milton-destruction-in-florida,-pledges-support

US president says, ‘We’re doing everything we can’ as Florida residents assess damage from back-to-back hurricanes., United States President Joe Biden has promised to provide continued support to Florida communities affected by Hurricanes Milton and Helene as he surveyed storm-related destruction in the southeastern US state. During a news conferenceContinue Reading

iceland-pm-calls-new-election-as-coalition-government-collapses

PM Bjarni Benediktsson calls election for November, cites policy disagreements as responsible for gov’t collapse., Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson calls election for November, cites policy disagreements as responsible for government collapse. Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has dissolved the country’s three-party coalition government and called for a new election toContinue Reading

us-deploying-thaad-missile-defence-system,-troops-to-israel

US says move underscores ‘ironclad commitment’ to Israel’s defence against ‘further missile attacks by Iran’., US says move underscores ‘ironclad commitment’ to Israel’s defence against ‘further missile attacks by Iran’. The United States is sending an advanced anti-missile system to Israel, the Pentagon has announced, as President Joe Biden’s administrationContinue Reading

ctrl-alt-speech:-an-appeal-a-day-keeps-the-censor-away

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up ofContinue Reading

10-things-you-can-do-on-linux-but-not-on-windows

Yes, we are all about Linux and open-source. So, if you are thinking that we might be biased, that is a possibility 😉 (just kidding!) Jokes apart, every operating system has its strong points for which they stand out. And, when it comes to Linux, the list is arguably biggerContinue Reading

nano-8.0-is-here-with-effective-new-features

Learn about the new features of the nano 8.0 major release. The console text editor GNU nano 8.0 has been released, and it brings features that will definitely make your text editing experience efficient. Nano is the default editor in many user distributions, and it’s a popular choice for developersContinue Reading

new-year-check-in:-anyone-still-out-there?

Having taken all of 2023 off, my spouse absolving me of all income generation responsibilities for the year, I left this humble blog to lie fallow, checking in only to promote other interests. I still don’t know what the future holds for this lowly opuscule, but having had multiple reportersContinue Reading

states-need-to-do-what-national-leaders-won’t

In the past few weeks, it has become abundantly clear that no matter who moves into the White House in January, much of the vital work of greening the economy and averting further mass death from the climate crisis must fall to the states. Republican plans to eliminate even anyContinue Reading