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qfx3··on The sad state of Linux download security
Hmm... I do:

- https://www.debian.org/

- Click "Getting Debian"...

- https://www.debian.org/distrib/ (no signatures, no checksums, no "verify" link)

- Click "Download an installation image"...

- https://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst (no signatures, no checksums, no "verify" link)

- Click on my architecture, the ISO download starts

- The file is now on my machine and I have not seen the words "signature", "GPG", "checksum", or "verify" anywhere.

I eventually found https://www.debian.org/CD/verify using a Google search. It's safe to say there is room for improvement here.

qfx3··on Krill: A terminal feed reader supporting RSS and Twitter
Rainbowstream is a full-featured Twitter client while krill merely displays tweets. Rainbowstream uses the Twitter API, krill parses Twitter's HTML and therefore requires no Twitter credentials at all.
qfx3··on The Surprising History of Copyright and the Promise of a Post-Copyright World
There was art and there were artists long before copyright. Michelangelo, Mozart and Byron were anything but buskers. Public performances and patronage are time-tested, but nowadays artists have additional options like online fundraising and donations, as well as a far greater reach through social networks, amplifying the effect of all of the above.

However, it is true that even the most famous artists might have to get used to their art "merely" affording them a comfortable life, instead of making them obscenely wealthy like it does through license sales today.