2025-11-24T23:49:09.387Z BlogFlock Justin Barclay, Protesilaos Stavrou: News and Announcements, Arialdo Martini, BuzzMachine, Irreal, GamingOnLinux Latest Articles, The Emacs Cat, Karthinks, MacAdie Web Blog, Emacs@ Dyerdwelling, Jeff Kreeftmeijer, Xah Lee, Philip KALUDERCIC, Sacha Chua, Bowmansarrow, Take on Rules, Wilfred Hughes::Blog, manuel uberti, Bicycle For Your Mind, LWN.net, McSweeney’s, Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tower-of-fantasy-is-quitting-the-gacha-life-as-it-sort-of-transitions-into-a-regular-mmo 2025-11-24T22:57:46.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Tower-of-Fantasy_Copertina.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p> Remember <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/tower-of-fantasy">Tower of Fantasy</a>? It was one of those <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/genshin-impact">Genshin Impact</a>-ish gacha games, with its particular twist, so to speak, being that it's sort of an <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-mmos-mmorpgs">MMO</a>. I say sort of, because it's described as a shared open world, meaning you can see other players, and there are some MMO elements, but its monetisations are much more gacha like. Or, well, they are until tomorrow, November 25th, as in quite a big move developer Hotta Studio is stripping Tower of Fantasy of all of its gacha elements. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tower-of-fantasy-is-quitting-the-gacha-life-as-it-sort-of-transitions-into-a-regular-mmo">Read more</a></p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/steamvr-2-14-brings-fixes-for-a-linux-memory-leak-a-steam-link-freeze-for-amd-gpus-and-more/ 2025-11-24T22:34:29.000Z

The latest stable release of SteamVR is out now! SteamVR 2.14 is a maintenance release focused on fixing up bugs and nuisance issues.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/tagline_gallery/SteamVR.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/steamvr-2-14-brings-fixes-for-a-linux-memory-leak-a-steam-link-freeze-for-amd-gpus-and-more/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/climb-a-dark-fantasy-tower-and-find-the-sweepstakes-code-in-the-pocketpair-published-looter-shooter-vision-quench 2025-11-24T21:43:42.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/vision-quench.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p> Look, I have my fair share of problems with <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/palworld">Palworld</a>, but to give credit where credit is due, after announcing their <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/palworlds-creators-are-paying-the-kenzera-devs-to-make-a-horror-game-about-the-entertainment-industry">foray into publishing</a> earlier this year, they've lined up a suite of games. Dead Take, a psychological horror complete with <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/baldurs-gate-iii">Baldur's Gate 3</a>'s Neil Newbon and Final Fantasy 16's Ben Starr, <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dead-take-is-an-fmv-horror-with-midsomer-murders-ben-starr-and-casualtys-neil-newbon">launched earlier this year</a>, Truckful just <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-evil-ghost-lorry-in-truckfuls-demo-nearly-ate-me-and-the-lady-who-did-a-headstand-in-my-bed">looks like a delight</a>, and now there's Vision Quench, a game for freaks like me who like it when fantasy gets a bit techy. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/climb-a-dark-fantasy-tower-and-find-the-sweepstakes-code-in-the-pocketpair-published-looter-shooter-vision-quench">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/timesplitters-rewind-the-fanmade-sort-of-remake-project-finally-makes-it-into-early-access-13-years-on 2025-11-24T20:08:46.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/timesplitters-rewind.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p> TimeSplitters is one of those weird series that I look back on quite fondly despite never having owned a single one of the games as a wistful youth. I think I've got one kicking around somewhere these days, but back then the only way I would play it was at a friend's house, us messing about, not doing a very good job at co-op in the main story, me failing to beat my friend in multiplayer because I was crap at <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-fps-games">shooting</a> games. And now, here we are, with a fanmade rework that's been 13 years in the making finally released, offering unto me a chance to relish in some nostalgia, but New. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/timesplitters-rewind-the-fanmade-sort-of-remake-project-finally-makes-it-into-early-access-13-years-on">Read more</a></p> https://lwn.net/Articles/1047763/ 2025-11-24T19:18:14.000Z

<p><a href="https://almalinux.org/">AlmaLinux</a> 10.1 has been <a href="https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-11-24-almalinux_101_release/">released</a>. In addition to providing binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)&#160;10.1, the most notable feature in AlmaLinux&#160;10.1 is the addition of <a href="https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-10-21-announcing-btrfs-support-in-almalinux-10-1/">support for Btrfs</a>, which is not available in RHEL:</p> <blockquote class="bq"> <p>Btrfs support encompasses both kernel and userspace enablement, and it is now possible to install AlmaLinux OS on a Btrfs filesystem from the very beginning. Initial enablement was scoped to the installer and storage management stack, and broader support within the AlmaLinux software collection for Btrfs features is forthcoming.</p> <p>In addition to Btrfs support, AlmaLinux OS 10.1 includes numerous other improvements to serve our community. We have continued to extend hardware support both by <a href="https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/10.1.html#extended-hardware-support">adding drivers</a> and by adding a secondary version of AlmaLinux OS and <a href="https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-06-26-epel-v2-now-covers-almalinux-10-stable/">EPEL</a> to extend support of x86_64_v2 processors.</p> </blockquote> <p>See the <a href="https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/10.1.html">release notes</a> for a full list of changes.</p> <p></p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/get-a-nice-discount-on-the-steam-deck-lcd-during-valves-black-friday-sale/ 2025-11-24T18:35:44.000Z

It's Black Friday Monday, because nowadays it's a whole week thing and thanks to Valve you can grab a great deal on the Steam Deck too!<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/tagline_gallery/steam_deck.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/get-a-nice-discount-on-the-steam-deck-lcd-during-valves-black-friday-sale/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/schrodingers-cat-burglar-is-an-adorable-looking-puzzle-game/ 2025-11-24T18:02:46.000Z

Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is a puzzle game with a cat that can be in two places at once, and that will no doubt confuse my brain.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/670716906id28068gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/schrodingers-cat-burglar-is-an-adorable-looking-puzzle-game/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-has-no-main-quest-apparently-and-now-im-a-lot-more-interested-in-playing-it 2025-11-24T17:57:52.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-release-2026-1.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p> I'll be honest with you folks, as aware as I have been about <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/dawnwalker">The Blood of Dawnwalker</a>, i.e. Not The Witcher 3 from some of the folks who helped make The Witcher 3, I have felt very disinterested in it. Sure, that <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/freshly-spilled-blood-of-dawnwalker-footage-reveals-an-action-rpg-where-witcher-dialogue-meets-wall-walking">recent look at gameplay</a> certainly paints a polished at minimum picture, but at a cursory glance I have to admit I did just kind of write it off as vampire Witcher. Except I've now been quite quickly pulled in thanks to an important element of the game shared by its director in a new interview: there's no main quest. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-has-no-main-quest-apparently-and-now-im-a-lot-more-interested-in-playing-it">Read more</a></p> tag:20251124_095234_fcff52 2025-11-24T17:52:34.000Z

<section> <div class="date_xl"><time>2025-11-23</time></div> <ul> <li><a href="http://xahlee.info/talk_show/xah_talk_show_ep716.html">Xah Talk Show 2025-11-23 Ep716 Emacs Lisp Call Python Markdown to HTML</a></li> </ul> </section> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/moonlighter-2-the-endless-vault-enters-early-access-and-work-is-ongoing-to-improve-it-on-steam-deck/ 2025-11-24T17:51:44.000Z

While it's not quite Verified for Steam Deck just yet, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault should be a reasonably good experience.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/1293723589id28067gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/moonlighter-2-the-endless-vault-enters-early-access-and-work-is-ongoing-to-improve-it-on-steam-deck/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/try-the-demo-for-kinsfolk-a-casual-emotional-adventure-about-fatherhood/ 2025-11-24T17:43:53.000Z

Made in the spirit of the likes of Journey, Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch - Kinsfolk is a casual adventure about fatherhood.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/744615377id28066gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/try-the-demo-for-kinsfolk-a-casual-emotional-adventure-about-fatherhood/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/constance-a-lovely-looking-hand-drawn-metroidvania-about-creatively-fighting-your-inner-demons-is-out-now 2025-11-24T17:04:37.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/constance-release.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p> Right, has everyone got <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/hollow-knight-silksong">Hollow Knight: Silksong</a> out of their system? I'm sure there's plenty of you that have scoured enough of its map to feel satisfied and ready for another hand-drawn <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-metroidvania-games">metroidvania</a>. Enter <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/constance">Constance</a>! A game that fits that bill precisely, albeit with its own, quite literally painterly flair, one which is out today. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/constance-a-lovely-looking-hand-drawn-metroidvania-about-creatively-fighting-your-inner-demons-is-out-now">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/reflections-in-red-is-a-new-thief-fan-level-based-on-a-very-stupid-castle-from-the-arkane-lyon-dev-behind-the-black-parade 2025-11-24T16:33:07.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/reflectionsinred.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Arkane Lyon level designer and <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/thief-the-dark-project">Thief: The Dark Project</a> modder Romain Barrilliot is back with another fan creation - a Thief 2 castle heist Barrilliot calls "by far my most ambitious work in the Dark Engine to date", presumably including his previous group project The Black Parade, despite being "purely based on vibes". Called Reflections In Red, it's a sequel to Barrilliot's <a href="https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152800">Winds Of Misfortune</a>, though it works well as a standalone release. It's also based on a real-life castle so preposterous I have no choice but to immediately steal the deeds from what I assume is a heavily fortified bank vault inside a creepy mountain somewhere. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/reflections-in-red-is-a-new-thief-fan-level-based-on-a-very-stupid-castle-from-the-arkane-lyon-dev-behind-the-black-parade">Read more</a></p> https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/11/2025-11-24-emacs-news/ 2025-11-24T16:24:49.000Z

<ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1otxhxy/emacsconf_will_be_in_less_than_month/">EmacsConf will be in less than a month!</a></li> <li>Upcoming events (<a href="https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics">iCal file</a>, <a href="https://emacslife.com/calendar/">Org</a>): <ul class="org-ul"> <li>Formation avancée (2 jours) - Paris, in-person <a href="https://emacsboost.com/">https://emacsboost.com/</a> - lundi 27 au mardi 28 novembre 2025</li> <li>Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) <a href="https://emacs-berlin.org/">https://emacs-berlin.org/</a> Wed Nov 26 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata &ndash; Thu Nov 27 0130 Asia/Singapore</li> <li>EmacsATX: Emacs Social <a href="https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/311893360/">https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/311893360/</a> Thu Dec 4 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto &ndash; Fri Dec 5 0000 Etc/GMT - 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0530 Asia/Kolkata - 0800 Asia/Singapore</li> <li>M-x Research: TBA <a href="https://m-x-research.github.io/">https://m-x-research.github.io/</a> Fri Dec 5 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata &ndash; Sat Dec 6 0000 Asia/Singapore</li> <li>EmacsConf <a href="https://emacsconf.org">https://emacsconf.org</a> - Dec 6 - 7</li> <li>Emacs.si (in person): Skupni ogled Emacs konference 2025 <a href="https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/b4137a21-8783-4bc5-993e-929c5ddf43bc">https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/b4137a21-8783-4bc5-993e-929c5ddf43bc</a> Sat Dec 6 1445 Europe/Ljubljana</li> </ul></li> <li>Emacs configuration: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://kristofferbalintona.me/posts/202504201934/">Keeping a tidy .emacs.d/ with no-littering.el | Kristoffer Balintona</a></li> <li><a href="https://spectra.video/w/ndogHWLXoiVxccVeJnjeyh">Using `package-vc' to fetch development packages and share contributions</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p4phy5/using_packagevc_to_fetch_development_packages_and/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/nohzafk/emacs-backbone">I built a framework for deterministic Emacs configurations</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ozzyat/i_built_a_framework_for_deterministic_emacs/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://codeberg.org/ZeniesQis/rrepo.git">ZeniesQis/rrepo: Remote repository tracking and management. An exploration and discovery tool for Emacs configurations. - Codeberg.org</a> (<a href="https://piaille.fr/@Zenie/115590589831965311">@Zenie@piaille.fr</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Appearance: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://codeberg.org/jjba23/tekengrootte.el">Simple proportional and scaling faces for Emacs - tekengrootte.el</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p21317/simple_proportional_and_scaling_faces_for_emacs/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/ayys/easy-theme-preview.el">Announcing easy-theme-preview: Browse and preview themes</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p4smzi/announcing_easythemepreview_browse_and_preview/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-11-23-doric-themes-0-5-0/">Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: doric-themes version 0.5.0</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Navigation: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://redpenguin101.github.io/html/posts/2025_11_23_emacs_for_code_editing.html">Editing Code in Emacs</a> (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46024032">HN</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.danliden.com/posts/20251122-emacs-window-configs.html">Saving and Restoring Window Configurations in Emacs</a> (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@dliden/115594504431071664">@dliden@fosstodon.org</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://codeberg.org/ZeniesQis/gs-buf.git">ZeniesQis/gs-buf: Grid select buffers, with configurable buffer lists and buffer rings. - Codeberg.org</a> (<a href="https://piaille.fr/@Zenie/115578718220915263">@Zenie@piaille.fr</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.jamescherti.com/kirigami-el-a-unified-interface-for-text-folding-across-a-diverse-set-of-emacs-modes-outline-mode-outline-minor-mode-outline-indent-mode-org-mode-markdown-mode-vdiff-mode-hs-minor-mode-trees/">James Cherti: kirigami.el – text folding across various modes (outline, outline-minor, outline-indent, org, markdown, vdiff, hs-minor, treesit-fold…)</a> (<a href="https://github.com/jamescherti/kirigami.el">Github</a>, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p0ooc0/emacs_kirigamiel_a_unified_interface_for_text/">Reddit</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Dired: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@onokoto/115576673085893485">Tip: binding dired-up-directory to -</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Writing: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://mwolson.org/blog/2025-11-23-automatic-arrow-characters-in-emacs/">Mike Olson: Automatic Arrow Characters in Emacs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEVm2AxbBGc">Emacs For Writers Unit 11: Word Counters and Line Numbers</a> (08:47)</li> </ul></li> <li>Org Mode: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://donaldh.wtf/2025/10/emacs-carnival-2025-11-an-ode-to-org-babel/">Emacs Carnival 2025-11 — An Ode to Org Babel</a> (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@donaldh/115595491211323321">@donaldh@hachyderm.io</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://tyflopodcast.net/org-mode/">Org-Mode | TyfloPodcast</a></li> <li><a href="https://codeberg.org/einar/inter-present-mode">einar/inter-present-mode: Interactive presentations with Emacs Org Mode - Codeberg.org</a> (<a href="https://einar.codeberg.page/inter-present-mode.html">Einar Mostad</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/ifitzpat/org-outlook">org-outlook (sync your outlook agenda to org mode) now in beta</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p2drda/orgoutlook_sync_your_outlook_agenda_to_org_mode/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1p0am08/update_orgsupertag_517_field_export_to_org/">(Update) org-supertag 5.1.7: Field Export to Org Properties with Progress UI</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1p0ei3f/update_orgworkbench_03_add_entire_org_files_as/">(Update) org-workbench 0.3: Add entire org files as cards, perfect for org-roam workflows</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/gggion/orgit-file">orgit-file: Support for org links to files in specific revs and Magit blob buffers</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p2ywk4/orgitfile_support_for_org_links_to_files_in/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/abdvswmdr/roambatch.el">Package to insert multiple org-roam nodes using Helm</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1p2r1zh/package_to_insert_multiple_orgroam_nodes_using/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://kyo.iroiro.party/en/posts/org-mode-maintains-my-keyboard/">Kana: Configuring Keyboards with Org-mode Babel</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/nowislewis/org-graphviz-mindmap">(new package) org-graphviz-mindmap</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p2utas/new_package_orggraphvizmindmap/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://list.orgmode.org/87pl9bljnc.fsf@localhost">Org Mode requests: [RFC] Typesetting code and links when exporting to LaTeX using RTL languages</a></li> <li>Org development: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=4459e5c98e959b62d1851dcb65482d3107d9c157">org-open-at-point-global: Support prefix argument</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=d198e689c8a5036ebd9a0d0bead0982c6af18a17">lisp/org.el: Remove deprecated show command</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li>Denote: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-11-22-new-emacs-denote-merge/">Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: new ‘denote-merge’ package</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Completion: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5jmVz2FWpg">Emacs For Writers Unit 10: Text Expansion with Abbrev Mode</a> (07:38)</li> </ul></li> <li>Coding: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-csv.html">nfdn: Announcing Casual CSV</a> (<a href="https://sfba.social/@kickingvegas/115605771841544282">@kickingvegas@sfba.social</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/S-H-GAMELINKS/kanayago">kanayago 0.6.0 - multi-editor real-time Ruby syntax error checking</a> (<a href="https://ruby.social/@S_H_/115604599199429548">@S_H_@ruby.social</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://kristofferbalintona.me/posts/202411262240/">A surprising upside to vc-dir marks over magit | Kristoffer Balintona</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/LuciusChen/blame-reveal">Introducing blame-reveal.el - Git Blame in Emacs Fringe</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p49bmg/introducing_blamerevealel_git_blame_in_emacs/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/ag91/code-review">ag91/code-review: Code Reviews in Emacs (forked)</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p2fgkc/codereview_fork_at_least_for_github/">Reddit</a>) - Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/jinnovation/kele.el/releases/tag/v0.7.0">Kele (Kubernetes management package) 0.7.0 has been released</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p5fetm/kele_kubernetes_management_package_070_has_been/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHb8AZXLmAs">MX LInux: Midnight Madness (Python, Emacs, duckdb)</a> (33:23)</li> </ul></li> <li>Math: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://taingram.org/blog/emacs-calc-desktop-entry.html">Thomas Ingram: Creating a Desktop Launcher for Emacs Calc</a> (<a href="https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13419">Irreal</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Mail, news, and chat: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://cnoceda.com/tecnologia/posts/20251119T083113&#45;&#45;searching-by-sender-in-notmuch__blog_emacs_email_notmuch_tecnologia.html">Searching by sender in notmuch</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Cnoceda/115577280801066232">@Cnoceda@mastodon.social</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://xenodium.com/whatsapp-from-you-know-where">Alvaro Ramirez: WhatsApp from you know where</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Community: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p00sah/fortnightly_tips_tricks_and_questions_20251118/">Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions — 2025-11-18 / week 46</a></li> <li><a href="https://trevdev.ca/blog/the-eternal-battle-of-editors.html">The Eternal Battle of Editors</a> (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@trevdev/115575063604701903">@trevdev@fosstodon.org</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://t.me/emacs_roma">Telegram: View @emacs_roma</a> (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gosub/115599166682104187">@gosub@fosstodon.org</a>) - new Telegram group for people in Rome</li> </ul></li> <li>Other: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://github.com/aglet/sparkweather">aglet/sparkweather: Sparkline weather forecasts in Emacs</a> (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@aglet/115589352607270126">@aglet@hachyderm.io</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://arnesonium.com/2025/11/regolith-emacs-launcher">An Emacs Application Launcher for Regolith | Erik L. Arneson</a> (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@pymander/115577931168901297">@pymander@fosstodon.org</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://newartisans.com/2025/11/ecard-vcard-library-for-emacs/">ecard: A new vCard library for Emacs</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p0lyuw/ecard_a_new_vcard_library_for_emacs/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://jiewawa.me/2025/11/tools-for-studying-chinese-with-emacs/">Jiewawa: Tools for Studying Chinese with Emacs</a></li> <li><a href="https://joarvarndt.se/decentralized-machines.html">Joar von Arndt: Decentralized Personal Computing</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/gicrisf/emacs-indigo">emacs-indigo update for stream abstractions (for the indigo cheminformatics library)</a> (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gicrisf/115578859666593048">@gicrisf@fosstodon.org</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://blog.khalidrafi.me/en/install-emacs-on-android">How to Install and Set Up Emacs on Android | Khalid's Shell</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@tonyptdm/115596051609216444">@tonyptdm@mastodon.social</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://kristofferbalintona.me/posts/202505291438/">Surprisingly, Emacs on Android is pretty good | Kristoffer Balintona</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Emacs development: <ul class="org-ul"> <li>emacs-devel: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/87ms4knep1.fsf@mailbox.org/">Automatic folding based on hideshow - Michael Heerdegen</a>, could use help with other languages</li> <li><a href="https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/f62042e6-0f3f-4f44-badb-bb5caffcda92@cs.ucla.edu/">Re: When compiling Emacs, prefer C23 if available - Paul Eggert</a> c17 to c23</li> <li><a href="https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/m2ldjwy3kw.fsf@kaminski.se/">Re: [NSApp] Memory usage anomalies - continued.. - Przemysław Alexander Kamiński</a> - notes on malloc and NS</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7550791287503ebc582c92841f6483032aa0b050">Support `toolkit-theme-set-functions' on Android and execute hooks safely</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=11b68c6223d154b4c85e8feec63581dcf7c76a3e">New commands to rewind decentralized VCS branches</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=75c09b03ed5bd06dd0afd654570236b409341897">Default split-window-preferred-direction to 'longest'</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=748c3b2645e68623499e9158902a1dcf4165975e">New command alias vc-restore</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bc0f662573684919af7440b41531e9861a86ce6f">Add `toolkit-theme' and 'toolkit-theme-set-functions'</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e5130bdecca00f8277640c10292036f99abee59d">The &ndash;script option now enforces lexical binding (bug#79760)</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f4d353f9c9e7dea67f04020a9218c7dfb244d44b">Show the diff buffer with replacements by typing 'd' in 'query-replace'</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=17f9a6355d6d86058b0100f08f3ff9d6e0844bfd">; * etc/NEWS: Expand on showing warnings on first daemon frame.</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9c84fb5c73d1c390da5ad8e24157e37b0f3d4c93">; * etc/NEWS: Mention the change about daemon startup warnings (bug#79783)</a></li> </ul></li> <li>New packages: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/cabal-mode">cabal-mode</a>: Support for Cabal packages (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/doxymin">doxymin</a>: Create doxygen style docs the easy way (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/dwin">dwin</a>: Navigate and arrange desktop windows (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/easy-theme-preview">easy-theme-preview</a>: Easily preview themes (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/gptel-agent">gptel-agent</a>: Agentic LLM use for gptel (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/org-tag-tree">org-tag-tree</a>: Define Org-mode tag hierarchies from Org subtrees (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/tbindent">tbindent</a>: Tab Based Indentation Converter (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/trailing-newline-indicator">trailing-newline-indicator</a>: Show an indicator for the trailing newline (MELPA)</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p> Links from <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs">reddit.com/r/emacs</a>, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode">r/orgmode</a>, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs">r/spacemacs</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs">Mastodon #emacs</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/hashtag/emacs">Bluesky #emacs</a>, <a href="https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&amp;sort=byDate&amp;prefix&amp;page=0&amp;dateRange=all&amp;type=story">Hacker News</a>, <a href="https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&amp;what=stories&amp;order=newest">lobste.rs</a>, <a href="https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&amp;page=1&amp;sort=New">programming.dev</a>, <a href="https://lemmy.world/c/emacs">lemmy.world</a>, <a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=Post&amp;page=1&amp;sort=New">lemmy.ml</a>, <a href="https://planet.emacslife.com">planet.emacslife.com</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4th0AZixyREOtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS">the Emacs NEWS file</a>, <a href="https://emacslife.com/calendar/">Emacs Calendar</a>, and <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-11">emacs-devel</a>. Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or announcement? Please e-mail me at <a href="mailto:sacha@sachachua.com">sacha@sachachua.com</a>. Thank you!</p> <div><a href="https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/11/2025-11-24-emacs-news/index.org">View org source for this post</a></div> <p>You can <a href="mailto:sacha@sachachua.com?subject=Comment%20on%20https%3A%2F%2Fsachachua.com%2Fblog%2F2025%2F11%2F2025-11-24-emacs-news%2F&body=Name%20you%20want%20to%20be%20credited%20by%20(if%20any)%3A%20%0AMessage%3A%20%0ACan%20I%20share%20your%20comment%20so%20other%20people%20can%20learn%20from%20it%3F%20Yes%2FNo%0A">e-mail me at sacha@sachachua.com</a>.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-fired-unionising-gta-6-devs-following-discord-chat-about-new-company-slack-policy-claims-report 2025-11-24T16:15:08.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/1_JAX29Z3.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>A new report claims the <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-have-been-accused-of-union-busting-after-the-firing-of-more-than-30-staff-members">firing of 34 developers</a> by Rockstar Games for alleged "gross misconduct" followed a Discord discussion which cited emails about changes to the company's internal Slack policies. Rockstar have been accused of union busting by the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain over the firings, with the union having <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/iwgb-union-file-legal-claims-against-rockstar-due-to-gta-6-maker-allegedly-refusing-to-negotiate-over-firings">filed legal claims</a> against the company.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-fired-unionising-gta-6-devs-following-discord-chat-about-new-company-slack-policy-claims-report">Read more</a></p> https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13430 2025-11-24T16:05:24.000Z

<p> John Lampard over at <a href="https://disassociated.com">disassociated</a> has a post about the <a href="https://disassociated.com/personal-blogs-back-niche-blogs-next/">renaissance of<br /> blogging in general and wonders if niche blogs are next</a>. I was a bit surprised by that because I wasn&rsquo;t aware that blogs went anywhere. </p> <p> Perhaps I&rsquo;ve got a narrow view of things but I&rsquo;m not aware of there being significantly less blogs than there ever were and almost all of them are what could be called niche blogs in the sense that they mostly deal with a single subject. There are, to be sure, some general newsy blogs—<a href="https://instapundit.com/">Instapundit</a> comes to mind—but most seem to be focused on a particular subject or at least a narrow range of related subjects. </p> <p> Certainly Irreal is like that. Most of its posts are about Emacs, followed by those of some other technical subject, and finally a few rants about my favorite hobby horses. Similarly, I have a lot of blogs in my feed that are like that. Their niches are varied: some are about Emacs, some are about Unix, some about computing in general, some are about writing, and some are about a diverse set of things that interest me. </p> <p> The type of blog that was literally an online diary—today I had a Reuben for lunch—are happily extinct but it seems to me that you can find examples of most other types. What do you guys think? Does it seem to you that blogs have died out and that niche blog especially are a dying art? I don&rsquo;t think so but as I said, I may have a narrow view of things based on my working on Irreal everyday.</p> https://lwn.net/Articles/1046841/ 2025-11-24T15:26:49.000Z

<p>It is rarely newsworthy when a project or package picks up a new dependency. However, changes in a core tool like Debian's <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt#apt">Advanced Package Tool</a> (APT) can have far-reaching effects. For example, Julian Andres Klode's <a href="https://lwn.net/ml/all/20251031213541.GA73786@debian.org/">declaration</a> that APT would require Rust in May 2026 means that a few of Debian's unofficial ports must either acquire a working Rust toolchain or depend on an old version of APT. This has raised several questions within the project, particularly about the ability of a single maintainer to make changes that have widespread impact.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-should-have-been-called-something-else-agrees-former-creative-director 2025-11-24T15:18:46.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/bloodlines-2-halloween-update-cosmetices-new-save-issue-hotfix-01.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p> The former creative director of The Chinese Room's <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2">Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2</a> has finally said the quiet part loud and agreed that the game really shouldn't have been called Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Have you played Bloodlines 2? What would you have called it? I'm going with Vampire: The Masquerade - Third Cousin Twice Removed. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-should-have-been-called-something-else-agrees-former-creative-director">Read more</a></p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-huge-fan-made-timesplitters-rewind-is-out-now-in-early-access/ 2025-11-24T15:14:14.000Z

It's splitting time? TimeSplitters Rewind has released for free and it should work just fine on Linux / SteamOS thanks to Proton.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/894274244id28065gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-huge-fan-made-timesplitters-rewind-is-out-now-in-early-access/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/palworld-publisher-picks-up-vision-quench-a-co-op-dark-fantasy-looter-shooter-set-in-a-consumer-goods-conglomerate-mega-dungeon/ 2025-11-24T14:34:30.000Z

Set in the underbelly of a consumer goods conglomerate mega dungeon, Vision Quench is now being published by Palword's Pocketpair Publishing.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/1818793135id28064gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/palworld-publisher-picks-up-vision-quench-a-co-op-dark-fantasy-looter-shooter-set-in-a-consumer-goods-conglomerate-mega-dungeon/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p>