libreoffice-slams-euro-office-as-‘de-facto-ally’-of-microsoft

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Euro-Office launches its stable 1.0 release on June 9, billed as a ‘truly open’ sovereign alternative to Microsoft Office – a claim riling The Document Foundation, makers of LibreOffice. In an open letter published today, TDF’s Italo Vignoli takes issue with the upstart productivity suite’s pitch. He disputes Euro-Office’s marketing,Continue Reading

‘talafreakos’-aim-to-flip-a-senate-seat-in-texas

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This article was originally published by the  Texas Observer , a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. Rock band logos stickered the walls and railings in the dim light of the Paper Tiger, the grungy San Antonio venue with aContinue Reading

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The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. As with so many of the worst things in American politics, we have the Nixon administration to thank for the term ratfucking . It entered the American political lexicon through the Nixon-era operatives who perfected its techniques: dirty tricks, sabotage, deception and (especially) bad-faithContinue Reading

ukraine-codifies-armored-vehicle-with-dome-of-10-electronic-warfare-modules-designed-to-kill-fpv-drones-before-they-hit

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Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has codified and approved the domestically produced MAC OWL “Sova” armored vehicle. It has a V-shaped armored hull, 16 mm-thick side armor, and a capacity for up to 10 electronic-warfare modules forming a defensive dome against Russian FPV kamikaze drones, Oboronka reports, citing the Defense Ministry. MAC OWL “Sova”Continue Reading