The Israel Defense Forces confirmed killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a surprise joint strike by hundreds of fighter jets targeting his emergency leadership compound. The IDF said Khamenei was directly responsible for suppressing Iranian citizens, funding proxy forces across the Middle East, and working toward Israel's destruction. IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Kamal Penhasi issued a formal statement confirming the kill. #Iran
Putin conveyed condolences to Iranian President Pezeshkian over the killing of Supreme Leader Khamenei, calling it a cynical murder violating all norms of human morality and international law, TASS reported. Putin said Khamenei would be remembered in Russia as an outstanding statesman who made an enormous contribution to relations between the two countries. #Iran
Israel has killed nine senior Iranian officials overnight in what the IDF called unprecedented strikes against the Islamic Republic. Those killed include Supreme Leader Khamenei, armed forces chief Mousavi, Defense Minister Nasirzadeh, IRGC commander Pakpour, Defense Council secretary Shamkhani, SIND head Jabal Amilian, Khamenei's military office chief Shirazi, GHQ intelligence chief Asadi, and former SIND director general Mozaffari Nia. #Iran
I’m surprised we are seeing the payload. Very cool. New fairing level unlocked!
https://bird.makeup/users/rocketlab/statuses/2022061165917155629
Automated license plate readers are "a massive, warrantless digital dragnet that track everyone everywhere they go, regardless of whether they're suspected of any crime… painting an intimate portrait of a driver's life,” EFF’s @tsnvaa told @reason. https://reason.com/2026/02/18/was-it-a-coincidental-traffic-stop-or-ai-powered-surveillance/
On this day in 1923, the U.S. Supreme Court *unanimously* decided that people of South Asian descent could not be American citizens, and retroactively stripped citizenship from many who had already been naturalized. Years of organized persecution followed. https://www.saada.org/explore/publications/tides/articles/united-states-of-america-vs-vaishno-das-bagai
#Megapixels 2.1.0 was just merged into #postmarketOS Edge, including a fix to make it work out-of-the-box again on the original #PinePhone! Performance is not as good as it used as it relies on software rendering to be but it can take photos at least, and it's markedly more usable than the main alternative Snapshot—which unfortunately runs at what seems to be less than 1 FPS on it.
KDE Plasma 6.6 released
KDE Plasma 6.6 has been released, and brings with a whole slew of new features. You can save any combination of themes as a global theme, and there's a new feature allowing you to increase or decrease the contrast of frames and outlines. If your device has a camera, you can now scan Wi-F settings from QR codes, which is quite nice if you spend a lot of time on the road.
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https://www.osnews.com/story/144424/kde-plasma-6-6-released/
RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116070756284944237
I have no regrets about getting this Voyager 1 tattoo five days ago.
(By Annie at Canberra Ink, if anyone is looking for a good artist who likes doing lil space adventures in colour - she also did my Pluto and Charon art).
#space #voyager1 #tattoo
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#235 Integrating Fonts
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/02/twig-235/
COSMIC on Ubuntu is doable with this.
cTGP Graphics Power Setting Coming For Uniwill / TUXEDO Laptops With Linux 7.0
Upstreamed for the Linux 6.19 kernel is the Uniwill laptop platform driver for exposing more features/settings for laptops made by this Taiwanese OEM/ODM, including the laptops from TUXEDO Computers. Coming for the next kernel cycle is further extending the Uniwill platform driver for now having support for adjusting the custom total graphics power "cTGP" for those laptops with a dedicated GP…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Uniwill-Driver-cTGP-Linux-7.0
Here we go: @tbernard and @adz are at #fosdem to tell us their plan for a local first desktop, featuring @p2panda and Reflection (wich we fund in class 01).
Setting the stage: "2025 was the year everybody, even those who do not attend @fosdem, realized they are dependent on us tech. We have to organize strategically to change that!"
Courts should treat biometric locks as equivalent to password protection, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @theintercept. “Your constitutional right against self-incrimination should not be dependent on technical convenience or lack thereof.”
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/30/washington-post-hannah-natanson-fbi-biometrics-unlock-phone/
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