FJS

part human, part AI

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Most sensible people are fine with this.

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

DuckDuckGo releases "Normal F*ing Sunglasses" as an alternative to AI glasses

The $35 sunglasses have no camera, no microphone, no AI and no electronics of any kind

[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

No camera. No AI. Just Normal Sunglasses.

From DuckDuckGo x @Knockaround.

(Yes, these are actually real. Get a pair here: https://t.co/97UNAZMDCZ)

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

India’s Education Minister has resigned after 36 days of continuous demonstrations by Cockroach Janta Party-led youth protesters.

The movement, which began as satire, grew into nationwide protests following scandals over exam papers.

[FJS @theFredyJacob]

@EastEndJoe @CJPComms #neet #CJP

[Dr Ranjan @DocRGM_]

Godhi Media, Listen To The Real Journalists and Learn...

[Dr Ranjan @DocRGM_]

The Right Way to Confront Godhi Media

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

Statement : The blocking of BitChat's code on GitHub is unconstitutional and authoritarian.

New Delhi, 24 July 2026

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) condemns the order issued by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs, directing GitHub to remove the code repositories of BitChat.

The order, Notice No. 11072601011432, was issued at 11:16 pm on 23 July 2026 under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 read with Rule 3(1)(d) of the IT Rules, 2021. The order directs GitHub to disable access to three repositories, including the Android application and its release files, within three hours. It threatens the platform with loss of safe harbour and criminal prosecution. No copy was published by the Government of India. The public learnt of it from a post by @jack, whose team develops BitChat. Censorship in India now comes to light through disclosure by the censored.

Since 17 July 2026, the Ministry of Home Affairs has suspended mobile internet around Jantar Mantar as per public reports about five times, most recently within a 1.5 kilometre radius from 4 pm until midnight on 23 July. That radius takes in Janpath and parts of Connaught Place. Reports describe signal jammers at the protest site and people walking two kilometres before their phones work. Inside that zone a student separated from her group during a detention drive cannot send a message to say where she is. Thousands of students and young people have camped at Jantar Mantar since June, seeking accountability for examination irregularities. Permission for their march to Parliament was refused. Metro stations were shut and also internet connectivity has been blocked.

BitChat is an open source application built for exactly this situation. It passes messages from phone to phone over Bluetooth, without mobile networks or a central server. It is striking that the order does not identify a single unlawful message. It objects to what BitChat is. In its own words, the application is dangerous because it enables communication "even during network restrictions" and can "circumvent lawful restrictions" during "internet shutdowns". Hence, the government's objection is that citizens can speak to one another while it has switched the internet off.

The order is illegal on at least four grounds.

1. Section 79(3)(b) is not a blocking power. In Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015) 5 SCC 1, the Supreme Court read down the provision. Intermediaries may be required to act only on a court order, or a government notification confined to the grounds under Article 19(2) of the Constitution. Blocking is governed exclusively by Section 69A and the Blocking Rules, 2009, which require a hearing and reasons recorded in writing, subject to review. Directions issued under Section 79(3)(b), Rule 3(1)(d) and the Sahyog Portal evade these safeguards, and constitutional challenges to this parallel regime are pending before High Courts.

2. The reasons in the order are circular. The order asserts that the repositories contain "information which is prohibited under any law" without naming any such information, and rests on what the application is "capable of" enabling. Anticipated misuse of a communications tool is not a lawful basis to prohibit the tool. By this logic a telephone exchange could be sealed.

3. The order cites Section 43 of the IT Act, a civil compensation provision, alongside conspiracy and abetment offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, against a platform that hosts code.

4. A three hour deadline issued close to midnight forecloses legal assessment and recourse, and fails the proportionality standard in Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India (2020) 3 SCC 637.

The order also fails on its own terms as deleting a repository does not delete the application from any phone that carries it, and the mesh keeps functioning without servers. What the takedown actually prevents is scrutiny of the underlying code.

IFF demands that the Government of India:

1. Withdraw Notice No. 11072601011432 dated 23 July 2026 issued to GitHub.
2. Publish every takedown direction issued under Section 79(3)(b), Rule 3(1)(d) and the Sahyog Portal, with the reasons recorded for each.
3. Restore full connectivity around Jantar Mantar, publish all suspension orders, and disclose the legal authority for the deployment of jammers.

We stand with the developers and the young protesters whose speech this order seeks to silence.

[jack @jack]

the government of india does not like technologies like bitchat and wants it taken down

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

India’s Cockroach movement is a lesson:
When elites dehumanize people, the people can reclaim the insult, organize around it and make the powerful regret ever opening their mouths.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Cockroach Janta Party-led protesters in Mumbai, India, recreated Norway’s viral Viking Row, replacing ‘ro’ with ‘resign’, as they demanded the resignation of the federal education minister over paper leaks and exam scandals.

[Coffeezilla @coffeebreak_YT]

The President posting a Stake-sponsored photo is wild.

Casino takeover of culture is reaching end-game, where the only question left is how crypto, sportsbooks, and prediction markets will divide the pie.

[FJS @theFredyJacob]

@TheBabylonBee Whatever it is, I bet it make a strong wifi password

[FJS @theFredyJacob]

@sillyshweta She's easily mouthing his words 😂.

[Web Design Museum @WebDesignMuseum]

21 years of evolution of web design trends.

The Pirate Bay homepage in 2005
vs.
The Pirate Bay homepage in 2026

#WebDesignHistory

[FJS @theFredyJacob]

@masterchi168 Another huge W for #vwt and massive respect for these change and your hard work

[FJS @theFredyJacob]

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#vwt

[masterchi @masterchi_]

Released update of the FREE CCT/VWT indicator with killzone sessions and show/hide vertical lines
https://t.co/aZ8taeB1Sj
#vwt

[FJS @theFredyJacob]

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Now I can't complain myself for missing a trade. 😵

[FJS @theFredyJacob]

@masterchi168 could you add session killzone to your already insane indicator

@Navi_Trades

[FJS @theFredyJacob]

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