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They sure did, but they've changed. They helped obtain permits for the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, which devolved into a MAGA riot that ended with a white supremacist murdering one protestor and injuring 35 others. Since then the ACLU has become far more squeamish about their clients and has been willing to compromise on their historical principles.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/aclu-johnn...

I think the ACLU is still a good organization, but it's no longer the ACLU. It should be monomaniacal and universally despised.

Not true. Changes to the OS, particularly to the scheduler, can affect CPU-bound work a great deal. It's "your code", but the OS decides when and where it runs. For example, the changes between Linux 6.5 and Linux 6.6 led to a >20% uplift in TensorFlow and some smaller uplifts to Blender. This is the same software on the same hardware.

https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux66-epyc-xeon/3

I couldn't track down a more detailed scheduler-specific benchmark. I remember reading one on Phoronix a few months back...