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VICTORY: Kenyan Court Rules “Sharing Seeds is Not a Crime” in Landmark Verdict for Food Sovereignty

Reuters says the same thing with more context and less gushing:

Parts of the law "granted extensive proprietary rights to plant breeders and there was no corresponding right that was given to the farmers. So, it favoured big commercial and corporate interests over the rights of farmers," Wambugu Wanjohi from the Law Society of Kenya said.

Very good news indeed! The global IP regime around seeds is pretty bad, but this is not affecting that. It's about even worse restrictions in Kenya specifically.

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Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports come from the Linux community (2021)

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A bug that nobody knows about is not a bug.

Thats not at all what's going on here. These are bugs that are affecting everyone but weren't previously being reported. The users know, even if their response is to bang their head against the keyboard, frighten the cat, and vow to never give you more money instead of filing a report.

Good bug reports are gold.

I am going to ignore...

And then you just get really weird. You OK?

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US sanctions turn ICC judge’s daily life into a nightmare

I’m 50 years old; I’ve already lived through the ’90s. It’s not easy, but I know how to handle it. But if sanctions were to hit young people today, who are 25 and have their entire lives online, I think the sanctions I’m experiencing would be a true civil death for them.”

Honestly, I kind of miss the 90s and doing more IRL. But not everything. And not everything can be anymore.