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THE POSTHOLE
Thursday, 16 April 2026 · Afternoon Edition · Vol. 1 No. 127
MJD 61146.86
LEAD — WORLD
UK’s Starmer under fire over report Mandelson failed security vetting
-- Al Jazeera
Gov's spokesperson says Starmer had no knowledge of the Foreign Office overriding the security recommendation.
WORLD
▸ Displaced Lebanese in Beirut uncertain if they can trust ceasefire
-- Al Jazeera
Displaced Lebanese in Beirut said they do not yet trust whether the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will hold.
▸ Sectarian fears increase as a Beirut area says no to displacement centre
-- Al Jazeera
▸ Senate vote on arms sale shows ‘massive cracks’ in US support for Israel
-- Al Jazeera
IN BRIEF
• New Microsoft Defender “RedSun” zero-day PoC grants SYSTEM privileges -- BleepingComputer
• Hackers exploit Marimo flaw to deploy NKAbuse malware from Hugging Face -- BleepingComputer
• Google expands Gemini AI use to fight malicious ads on its platform -- BleepingComputer
• New ATHR vishing platform uses AI voice agents for automated attacks -- BleepingComputer
• Most "AI SOCs" Are Just Faster Triage. That's Not Enough. -- BleepingComputer
SECTIONS
Tech Talk: Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report #tech
Politics Fightbox: NPR Survives and Thrives — Once It’s Finally Been Cut Off from... #politics
Music Hotline: ENHYPEN announce details of Blood Saga world tour for 2026 and... #music
Account Avoidance: She just wakes up looking like this #opensource
Gaming Greatness: Phasmophobia limited-time event ‘Phasmophobia by Alan Wake’... #gaming
Fascination Station: Chevelon Creek Bridge in Winslow, Arizona #culture
Science Showcase: NASA Artemis II astronauts say thank you to the world #science
Tinseltown Tour: Before The Superman Sequel, Adria Arjona Starred In This... #film
Guns Galore: Meet Henry's New Bear's Leg Pistol in Four Calibers #firearms
Books Bundle: The Hardy Men #books
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plone (@plone@plone.social)
Teodor Voicu from https://eaudeweb.ro talks about migrating from Plone 4 to Plone 6 and Volto.
#plone #volto #migration #cms #opensource #webdevelopment #wpd2026
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jaenatech (@jaenatech@mastodon.social)
AlmaLinux i686: Підтримка в AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 #linux #technology #linuxnews #opensource #freeinternet - https://lin.in.ua/novyny/2026/04/almalinux-i686-%d0%bf%d1%96%d0%b4%d1%82%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%bc%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%b2-almalinux-os-kitten-10/
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ai (@ai@arstechnica.com)
Mozilla launches Thunderbolt AI client with focus on self-hosted infrastructure
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jaenatech (@jaenatech@mastodon.social)
Влітку 2028 року: Activision і Paramount назвали дату прем'єри фільму Call of Duty #technology #it #opensource #freeinternet' - https://gagadget.com/uk/705450-vlitku-2028-roku-activision-i-paramount-nazvali-datu-premieri-filmu-call-of-duty/
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davidbures (@davidbures@mstdn.social)
Coming in the next major Cork version:
More readable app adoption errors for select implemented errors. I also fixed the bug where the incorrect status screen was shown at the end ("adding all apps failed" & "adding some apps failed")
In other news, the next version of Cork will be 2.0.0, since I rewrote pretty much the entire backend at this point.
#swift #swiftUI #macOS #opensource #buildinpublic #macdev #homebrew #CorkApp
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rapsneezy2 (@rapsneezy2@mastodon.social)
I won't be using Gnome, and I will recommend my friends not to.
The main reason is that they think it is too inconvenient to address the fact that their fellowship scheme is open to Israelis but not Iranians.
Gnome can go fck their zionist selves.
#iran #zionism #gnome #opensource
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ploneconf (@ploneconf@plone.social)
Alex Pilz, owner of https://syslab.com shares details on what we can expect at https://2026.ploneconf.org in Maastricht (See you September!) and tells all about how Syslab came to be.
#plone #cms #opensource #webdevelopment #wpd2026 #ploneconf2026
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posts (@posts@blog.goose.love)
Okay, what actually uses Rust
https://blog.goose.love/posts/what-actually-uses-rust/
#Rust #Programming #OpenSource
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Pulrepo (@Pulrepo@mastodon.social)
🚀 This Week in AI Frameworks & SDKs: Fastest-Growing Projects — April 16, 2026
This week's AI Frameworks & SDKs space is abuzz with innovative tools that facilitate AI development, deployment, and management. We're seeing a surge in repositories focused on streamlining AI workfl...
Read full report → https://pullrepo.com/report/this-week-in-ai-frameworks-sdks-fastest-growing-projects-april-16-2026-2
#AI #OpenSource #GitHub #Tech #AIFrameworkSDK
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KO6YQ (@KO6YQ@pnw.zone)
Rust🦀 1.95.0 released by @rust - highlights:
* cfg_select! macro
* if-let guards in matches
https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/04/16/Rust-1.95.0/ #RustLang #OpenSource #software #cybersecurity #engineering #tech
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G3rt (@G3rt@mastodon.uno)
Il caso Netryx illustra come AI coding e documentazione dettagliata rendano replicabile qualsiasi sistema open source ben descritto. Le licenze esistenti proteggono il file pubblicato, ma non il valore che conteneva. Il problema è strutturale prima che giuridico, e richiede nuove categorie concettuali
#ai #opensource #FOSS #coding
https://www.agendadigitale.eu/mercati-digitali/licenze-open-source-proteggono-ancora-qualcosa-nellera-dellai/
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