Links March 2026

Krebs has an interesting article about the Kimwolf botnet which uses residential proxy relay services [1].

cory Doctorow wrote an insightful blog post about code being a liability not an asset [2].

Aigars Mahinovs wrote an interesting review of the BMW i4 M50 xDrive and the BMW i5 eDrive40 which seem like very impressive vehicles [3]. I was wondering what BMW would do now that all the features they had in the 90s have been copied by cheaper brands but they have managed to do new and exciting things.

Arstechnica has an interesting article about the recently declassified JUMPSEAT surveillance satellites that ran from 1971 to 1987 [4].

Cory Doctorow wrote an interesting blog post about OgApp which briefly allowed viewing Instagram without ads and the issues of US corporations misusing EU copyright law [5].

ZDNet has an interesting article about new planned developments for the web of trust for Linux kernel coders (and others) [6].

Last month India had a 300 million person strike, we need more large scale strikes against governments that support predatory corporations [7].

Techdirt has an insightful article on the ways the fascism is bad for innovation and a market based economy [8].

The Acknowledgements section from the Scheme Shell (scsh) reference is epic [9].

Vice has an insightful article on research about “do your own research” and how simple Google searches tend to reinforce conspiracy theories [10]. A problem with Google is that it’s most effective if you already know the answer.

Issendai has an interesting and insightful series of blog posts about estranged parents forums which seems a lot like Incel forums in the way they promote abuse [11].

Caitlin Johnstone wrote an interesting article about how “the empire” caused the rebirth of a real counterculture by their attempts to coerce support for Israeli atrocities [12].

Radley Balko wrote an interesting article about “the courage to be decent” concerning the Trump regime’s attempts to scare lawyers into cooperating with them [13].

Terry Tan wrote a useful resource on the API for Google search, this could be good for shell scripts and for 3rd party programs that launch a search [14].

The Proof has an interesting article about eating oysters and mussels as a vegan [15].

All Things Linguistic has an interesting and amusing post about Yoda’s syntax in non-English languages [16].

• [1] https://tinyurl.com/2ypyzh5w
• [2] https://tinyurl.com/2b9kyl5x
• [3] https://aigarius.com/blog/2026/01/07/sedan-experience/
• [4] https://tinyurl.com/23ekabmj
• [5] https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/30/zucksauce/#gandersauce
• [6] https://tinyurl.com/29j6zzyc
• [7] https://tinyurl.com/2xvfmslu
• [8] https://tinyurl.com/2b7m8pwa
• [9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scsh
• [10] https://tinyurl.com/2aajkoyv
• [11] https://tinyurl.com/ywd3kqel
• [12] https://tinyurl.com/2cqep7cj
• [13] https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courage-to-be-decent
• [14] https://serpapi.com/blog/every-google-udm-in-the-world/
• [15] https://theproof.com/eating-oysters-and-mussels-as-a-vegan/
• [16] https://tinyurl.com/229soykv