RMP 053 — Progress on the Digital Exit Strategy

Episode NotesApple News* Apple has five new products coming that could launch at WWDC — https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/29/apple-has-five-new-products-coming-that-could-launch-at-wwdc/Microsoft News* Microsoft Releases Mitigation for Windows BitLocker Security Bypass 0-Day Vulnerability — https://www.cryptika.com/microsoft-releases-mitigation-for-windows-bitlocker-security-bypass-0-day-vulnerability/Linux/FOSS News* Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) Patches Released —https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-01-cve-2026-31431-copy-fail/* Canonical to shut Ubuntu Pastebin after 18 years of service — https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/canonical-ubuntu-pastebin-shutdown* Devuan Developer Working On Reviving GTK2 With Modern Fixes — https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK2-NGAI News* Normies are showing signs of AI fatigue* Harvard University commencement address — https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/05/funny-but-serious-chieng-issues-an-ai-warning-to-grads/* University of Arizona commencement address — * Middle Tennessee State University commencement address — https://www.facebook.com/usatoday/videos/middle-tennessee-state-universitys-graduation-erupted-in-boos-after-a-commenceme/1518072166330084/* University of Central Florida commencement address — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/style/ucf-commencement-ai-booed-gloria-caulfield.htmlCommand Line Tool of the Month: TockTock is a powerful time tracking tool, written in Go, for the command line. It saves activity logs as plaintext files and provides an interactive terminal UI for viewing your time.Features include:* Activities stored in human-readable files (default)* Support for flat files, TodoTXT, TimeWarrior, and SQLite databases* Attach detailed notes and tags to activities* No dependencies* Reads/writes data files in many different formats* Multiple color themes and custom color support* Export reports to text, CSV, or JSON* Generate .ics files for calendar integration, or sync with system calendars (macOS only)Available for macOS via Homebrew, or build on Linux and Windows using Go.Ways to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe