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Posted in News Roundup at 11:09 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

GNU/Linux

Audiocasts/Shows

=> ↺ 2023-04-12 [Older] FLOSS Weekly 727: Homomorphic Encryption: the Next Big Thing – Rand Hindi, Fully Homomorphic Encryption

=> ↺ 2023-04-19 [Older] FLOSS Weekly 728: Open Season On Open Source – Mike Milinkovich and the Cyber Resilience Act in Europe

Graphics Stack

=> ↺ [ANNOUNCE] mesa 23.0.3

Benchmarks

=> ↺ 2023-04-17 [Older] Ryzen 7 7800X3D Benchmarks Show Advantages for Linux Over Windows 11

Applications

=> ↺ Hanabi Is A Live Wallpaper For GNOME Desktop – Linux Uprising Blog

• Hanabi is a GNOME Shell extension that allows using a live wallpaper (video) on the GNOME desktop, with support for both X11 and Wayland.

=> ↺ GPU Screen Recorder For Linux Adds Support For AMD And Intel GPUs – Linux Uprising Blog

• GPU Screen Recorder is a screen recorder for Linux similar to ShadowPlay for Microsoft Windows, that makes use of the GPU to record the screen…

=> ↺ QEMU 8.0.0 Released with New Features and Improvements for Multiple Architectures

• QEMU, the popular emulator and virtualization tool, has just released version 8.0.0, featuring over 2800 commits from 238 authors. This release introduces a wide range of improvements and new features across multiple architectures.

• Here’s what’s new.

=> ↺ Libreboot – Libreboot 20230423 released!

• Libreboot provides boot firmware for supported x86/ARM machines, starting a bootloader that then loads your operating system. It replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware on x86 machines, and provides an improved configuration on ARM-based chromebooks supported (U-Boot bootloader, instead of Google’s depthcharge bootloader). On x86 machines, the GRUB and SeaBIOS coreboot payloads are officially supported, provided in varying configurations per machine. You can find the list of supported hardware in the Libreboot documentation.

• The last Libreboot release, version 20230413, was released on 13 April in 2023. This new release, Libreboot 20230423, is released today on April 23rd, 2023.

• This is marked as a testing release, though it is basically stable. We’ve been going at it like crazy, on a big spree adding more mainboards from coreboot. Some fixes to the build system were also made, since the last release only 10 days ago.

• The priority for Libreboot is to add as many new boards as possible, from now to the next stable release (ETA Q3 2023), with many testing releases in between. Release early, release often. Rigorious testing ensues.

=> ↺ In a Rush? Try this Speed Reading App for Linux

• Want to read web articles or study materials quicker? If you do, you might want to try a speed reading app.

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ How to Change Hostname in Linux | Temporary And Permanent

• The hostname is an identifier every Linux Operating System has on the network. By default, the hostname is set during the installation process of the Linux Operating System. However, the user can manually set it after the installation at any time according to the requirements. Various scenarios can require you to change the hostname of your Linux Operating System, such as deploying a Local Server/domain. Also, having a more meaningful hostname allows your PC to be easily accessed instead of using its IP Address. Whatever the case is.

=> ↺ How to check memory usage on Ubuntu 22.04

• If you’re a fan of Ubuntu 22.04, the popular Linux distro with its slick user-friendly interface and powerful features, you might be wondering how to keep tabs on your system’s memory usage to keep things running smoothly.

=> ↺ Mastering the Ping Command: A Comprehensive Guide to Network Troubleshooting

• As a Linux, Windows or macOS user, one of the most essential skills you can develop is the ability to troubleshoot network issues. The ping command is a versatile and powerful tool that can help you diagnose and resolve a variety of connectivity problems.

=> ↺ Check Network Connectivity using Ping Command in Shell Scripts

• Understanding how to assess network connectivity is crucial for troubleshooting and monitoring purposes. The ping command is a popular tool used to test the connectivity between two devices on a network.

=> ↺ How to Put a GUI on Ansible, Using Semaphore

=> ↺ Double Parentheses ((…)) in Bash: An In-Depth Guide to Arithmetic Expressions

• Bash, the widely popular Unix shell, offers a variety of ways to perform arithmetic operations and manipulate expressions.

=> ↺ Bare Metal Vi, boot into Vi without an OS!

• This guide shows you how to run Vi without an operating system, bare metal.

=> ↺ Resolved “Temporary Failure in Name Resolution” Error in Linux

• A temporary failure in name resolution is a common issue that Linux users may encounter when their system cannot resolve a hostname to an IP address. This problem can occur due to various reasons, such as network connectivity issues, DNS configuration problems, or issues with the local hosts file.

=> ↺ How to Check the Ubuntu Version Using GUI and CLI Tools

• Not sure what Ubuntu version you are using? Then read this guide to learn different ways to check your Ubuntu version. Whenever you try to install any application on your Ubuntu system, all the guides and videos suggest that you to run the particular command only if you are running the specified version.

=> ↺ Using the ‘-le’ Operator in Bash: A Comprehensive Guide

• Bash, short for Bourne Again SHell, is a Unix shell and command-line interpreter. It is widely used for scripting and automation tasks, as well as for interactive use in terminal sessions. One of the essential features of Bash is its ability to compare and manipulate numerical values.

=> ↺ Advanced Caching with Redis

• What is caching? Caching is a process of storing files in a temporary storage location for easy retrieval whenever the same data request is made in the future.

=> ↺ A Beginner’s Guide to Bash Built-In Commands

• As a Linux or Unix user, you are likely to encounter the Bash shell, which is the default command-line interface on most distributions. Bash built-in commands are essential for effectively navigating and controlling your system. These commands are executed directly by the shell, without requiring external binaries.

=> ↺ A Comprehensive Guide to Using Arguments and Flags in Bash

• Bash (short for Bourne Again SHell) is a powerful and versatile command-line interface widely used in Unix-based operating systems. When writing Bash scripts, you’ll often need to pass arguments and use flags to customize the script’s behavior. This article will provide a comprehensive guide to effectively utilizing arguments and flags in your Bash scripts.

=> ↺ Mastering Arithmetic & Comparison Operators in Bash: A Comprehensive Guide

• Welcome to “Mastering Arithmetic Operators in Bash: A Comprehensive Guide,” a resource dedicated to providing an in-depth understanding of arithmetic operators in the powerful and versatile Bash shell.

=> ↺ What Is the Differences Between [[, [, (, and (( Bash Operators

• Bash, the widely-used Unix shell, is a powerful and flexible scripting language that allows users to automate tasks, manipulate files, and control the flow of their scripts.

=> ↺ How to Install Kodi on Fedora 38/37/36 Linux

• Kodi, formerly known as XBMC (Xbox Media Center), is a powerful and versatile open-source media player that has gained immense popularity over the years. With its sleek and user-friendly interface, Kodi allows you to manage and organize your media collection like a pro.

=> ↺ How to Install Exaile on Fedora 38/37/36 Linux

• Exaile is a feature-rich, lightweight, and user-friendly music player tailored to Linux users. If you’re a Fedora user searching for a music player that offers unique functionality and customization options, Exaile might be a perfect choice.

=> ↺ How to Install Strawberry on Fedora 38/37/36 Linux

• In a world where music management software is abundant, finding the one that best suits your needs can be difficult.

=> ↺ How to Install SeaMonkey on Fedora 38/37/36 Linux

• Fedora users, are you looking for an all-in-one internet application suite that goes beyond the conventional offerings of popular web browsers and email clients?

Games

=> ↺ Steam Deck Will be Sold in Physical Stores in Japan Next Week, and We Will Cover the Launch Event

• Yesterday Komodo, the distributor of the Steam Deck in Japan and some other parts of Asia (Korea and Taiwan), has announced that the Steam Deck will start to be sold in stores in Japan, starting on April 29th with EDION…

Desktop Environments/WMs

K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt

=> ↺ KDE: Arianna 1.0.1

• I’m happy to announce the first bugfix release of Arianna. This release contains a lot of improvements to the accessibility of Arianna. Thanks a lot to @bgtlover@linuxrocks.online who reported many accessibility issues. Aside from fixing some bugs in Arianna, this also resulted in fixes in Kirigami, Kirigami Addons and Qt, which are on a seperate release schedule so not every bug fixes is already available. I’ll write a seperate blog post which will go into the technical details.

• Aside from the accessibility fixes, this release fixes a few crashes when parsing some books. Thanks to those who tried Arianna and reported bugs (with backtrace!).

=> ↺ PeaZip 9.2.0

• PeaZip is an open source file and archive manager. It’s freeware and free of charge for any use. PeaZip can extract most of archive formats both from Windows and Unix worlds, ranging from mainstream 7Z, RAR, TAR and ZIP to experimental ones like PAQ/LPAQ family, currently the most powerful compressor available.

• Open and extract 200+ archive formats: 001, 7Z, ACE(*), ARC, ARJ, BZ2, CAB, DMG, GZ, ISO, LHA, PAQ, PEA, RAR, TAR, UDF, WIM, XZ, ZIP ZIPX – view full list of supported archive file formats for archiving and for extraction.

• PeaZip provides fast, high compression ratio multi-format archiving – view file compression and decompression benchmarks for more information.

Distributions and Operating Systems

New Releases

=> ↺ Manjaro 22.1 ‘Talos’ is Now Available to Download

• A new version of Manjaro, a popular Arch-based Linux distro, is available to download.

Fedora Family / IBM

=> ↺ Flathub Website Gets a Brand New Look

• Next time you swing by Flathub, the de-facto app store for Linux, you’ll be sure to notice things are look a lot fresher.

Debian Family

=> ↺ Debian Disguised Work: Disguised.Work unmasked, Debian-private fresh leaks

• The former Suicide site is no more.

• Volunteers riding the tube in London heard an announcement, “blogger under a train”. Its all over.

• Nonetheless, new volunteers have come to the rescue and forked the old sites to create a brilliant new site at https://disguised.work/debian.

• If you follow the RSS feeds, please update them using the feed URLs at the bottom of this page.

• Volunteers looked at recent stories about deaths and the community. Some deaths were suicides, some were confirmed accidents and other deaths had no official cause.

• We thought long and hard about what all these deaths had in common and found that the name Disguised Work gets to the root cause of the problem.

• Rather than focus on how they died, we want to talk about why.

=> ↺ Lite XL

• There is a new application available for Sparkers: Lite XL What is Lite XL? A lightweight text editor written in Lua, derived from Lite.

Devices/Embedded

=> ↺ Review the ELECFREAKS Wukong2040: Raspberry Pi Pico Expansion Board

• The ELECFREAKS Wukong2040 is a Raspberry PI Pico expansion board enabling beginners to get live with their simple to medium complexity projects, with a safe

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

=> ↺ 2023-04-16 [Older] Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (15/2023): postmarketOS 22.12 SP2 and a Maui Report

=> ↺ 2023-04-19 [Older] See you at Linux-Infotag in Augsburg, Germany on April 29th, 2023!

=> ↺ ConvertO: An Open-source PDF Tool for Android Systems

• ConvertO is an open-source free PDF editing app for Android devices.

• It enables you to edit, compress, merge, save PDF as well as extract images etc.

• Features

• • Add Watermark to PDF

• • PDFs Merge

• • PDF Compression

• • PDF invert

• • Images to PDF

• • Extract images from PDF

• Download

• • Google Play

• License

• • GPL-3.0

=> ↺ Xiaomi 13 Ultra: Android’s “real camera” phone makes Samsung, Apple shake nervously – PhoneArena

=> ↺ How to turn off Google Assistant on your Android phone and tablet | Technology News,The Indian Express

=> ↺ Best Android Phones to Buy in 2023 – CNET

=> ↺ Poll: Would you take $10,000 never to use an Android phone again? | Android Central

=> ↺ 5 Android apps you shouldn’t miss this week – Android Apps Weekly

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

=> ↺ Dub Is a Self-hosted Free URL Shortener and Bitly Alternative

• An open-source link management tool for modern marketing teams to create, share, and track short links.

=> ↺ CueKeeper: A Browser-based Get-Things-Done (GTD) Tasks Manager

• CueKeeper is a web-based GTD (Get Things Done) To-do system (a fancy TODO list) that runs entirely in your browser (the data is stored on your computer, in your browser).

=> ↺ Realms Wiki is A Git-based Wiki for Developers and Teams

• Realms is a free open-source Git-based wiki written in Python Inspired by Gollum, Ghost, and Dillinger. It is a fairly easy to setup, configure, and use.

• Realms supports multiple user collaboration using TogetherJS and Firepad library.

=> ↺ Kutt.it is an Open-source Self-hosted URL Shortener

• Free Modern URL Shortener.

=> ↺ Knowfox Is Your Free Personal Knowledge Manager

• Knowfox is an open-source personal knowledge management system for organizing all personal information, taking notes, record journals and more. It is a web-based self-hosted that you can host at your private server or use it directly at your local machine. It features a full-text search, a Markdown editor, photo management,

=> ↺ YARA v4.3.1 Release, (Sat, Apr 22nd)

• YARA release 4.3.1 fixes 3 bugs.

Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra

=> ↺ 2023-04-13 [Older] Recapping Cool Days 2023: The Event that Rocked Cambridge!

Content Management Systems (CMS)

=> ↺ Kiwi TCMS: Kiwi TCMS 12.2

• We’re happy to announce Kiwi TCMS version 12.2!

• IMPORTANT: this release contains security related updates, general improvements, bug fixes, some API changes and new translations!

• You can explore everything athttps://public.tenant.kiwitcms.org!

FSFE

=> ↺ 2023-04-13 [Older] Check out these cool ‘Youth Hacking 4 Freedom’ projects

=> ↺ 2023-04-13 [Older] Check these cool ‘Youth Hacking 4 Freedom’ projects

=> ↺ 2023-04-12 [Older] Ready for foss-north 2023?

=> ↺ 2023-04-18 [Older] Lithuania: Students stop university from using only proprietary authentication

=> ↺ 2023-04-21 [Older] SFP#20: All about Device Neutrality with Lucas Lasota

Programming/Development

=> ↺ Irmin: A Distributed Database and Version Control System for OCaml

• Irmin is a customizable-distributed data system based on distributed version-control systems (DVCs). Like Git, Irmin allows for functions such as clone, push, pull, branch, and rebase. Users can store application-specific values and define custom storage layers.

=> ↺ What’s new in Node.js 20?

• Node.js 20 introduces various new features and enhancements, including improved speed and security. This article looks at some of the most significant improvements and how they may help web developers.

=> ↺ Jon Chiappetta: OpenWRT Switching To Distributed Switch Architecture

• Over the years I got used to the simple Switch configuration tab in the OpenWRT web interface to be able to configure which ports are tagged/untagged on which VLANs which I could then bridge later to specific interfaces. This page has since been removed for a more flexible/powerful subsystem that OpenWRT is implementing called DSA. I’m still new to this, however, I had to recently configure a similar interface-to-vlan layout in this new section. It is now listed under the interface bridge configuration page but it has the similar table layout with the same set of options. For example, one LAN port as a vlan access port (untagged) and two LAN ports as vlan trunk ports (tagged) both carrying two separate vlan-networks.

=> ↺ R for Everyone: Analytical Superpowers in under 10 Minutes!

• R is a powerful programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. In this post, we will provide a quick introduction to R using the famous iris dataset. We will cover loading data, exploring the dataset, basic data manipulation, and plotting.

Python

=> ↺ What is b String in Python?

• In Python, the “b” notation beside regular string and the “encode()” method is used for converting the string into bytes format.

Leftovers

Science

=> ↺ Scientists May Have Solved The Mystery of How The Andes Got So Big

• Secrets hidden for millions of years.

=> ↺ Can We Make a System That Will Anticipate Violent Crises? These Researchers Think So

• Looking out for “disruptive potential”.

=> ↺ Elephants Seals’ ‘Sleep Spiral’ Helps Them Recharge And Avoid Predators While at Sea

• “Imagine waking up on the bottom of a pool – it sends a shiver down the spine.”

=> ↺ Mouse Study Suggests an Unexpected Link Between Nose-Picking And Alzheimer’s

• Do you really need to pick it?

=> ↺ Scientists Use Electricity to Make Wounds Heal 3x Faster

• The electric bandage.

Education

=> ↺ Graduate workers union requests voluntary recognition from Stanford

• Voluntary recognition from Stanford would mean a quicker path to bargaining. So far, SGWU organizers say that over 3,600 Stanford graduate student-workers have signed union authorization cards.

=> ↺ Court order formalizes agreement for GEO to submit grades

• U-M and the Graduate Employees’ Organization have agreed the union will advise graduate student instructors to turn in all grades that were recorded — and ungraded assignments submitted — before the union went on strike.

=> ↺ U-M outlines its position on several topics in GEO talks

• The university has informed the Graduate Employees’ Organization that it has bargained as far as it can on many issues, largely because GEO has made little or no substantive movement over the course of bargaining since November 2022.

Hardware

=> ↺ Diagnosing and repairing a Brother fax/printer USB failure

• My cousin recently got ahold of me, saying that he was having trouble with his Brother FAX-2840 fax machine/laser printer. It still worked fine as a fax machine or copy machine, but he couldn’t print to it from his Windows 10 computer.

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ Food Safety 101: cleaning produce the right way

• Don’t overlook fruits and vegetables in your food safety regimens in Mexico: disinfecting produce is an essential and easy skill to learn.

=> ↺ Earth Day: Bolivia’s Lake Poopo disappears amid 20-year drought

• At Bolivia’s lake Lake Poopo, where there used to be water, there is now a dry bed. The lake has suffered many droughts before, but this dry spell has endured for the past 20 years due to the combined impact of increased water demand and the El Nino weather cycle.

=> ↺ Activists urge action to avoid ‘dystopian’ future on Earth Day

• Climate change campaigners gathered outside Britain’s parliament building ahead of Earth Day to urge action on global warming, while volunteers worldwide geared up to plant trees and clear trash to mark the 54th annual celebration of the environment.

=> ↺ Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy

• Even as the nation’s drug crisis mounted, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine continued to accept funds from some members of the Sackler family, including those involved with Purdue Pharma.

=> ↺ KOL410 | Corrupt Money and Centralization of The State | The Stephan Kinsella Series | Episode 6 (WiM303) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show

=> ↺ US Supreme Court temporarily preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone

• The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, freezing rulings by lower courts that would have banned or severely restricted availability of the drug.

=> ↺ Johoreans urged to wear masks during Hari Raya celebrations amid rise in Covid-19 cases

• The WHO also advised Malaysians to take Covid-19 self-tests before heading back to their home towns.

=> ↺ 2023-04-13 [Older] Ageing process cannot be reversed but may be slowed down claims study

=> ↺ Red Cross delegate: Guantanamo inmates show signs of ‘accelerated aging’

• A top International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate Friday said that inmates held by the US at Guantanamo Bay Detention Center are experiencing “symptoms of accelerated [aging].

Proprietary

=> ↺ 2023-04-08 [Older] Easter Egg of the Week: The Bitcoin Whitepaper Is Hidden in Recent Versions of MacOS

Security

=> ↺ North Korean 3CX Hackers Also Hit Critical Infrastructure Orgs: Symantec

• The North Korean hacking group behind the supply chain attack that hit 3CX also broke into two critical infrastructure organizations in the energy sector.

Pro-Russian hackers have attacked Europe’s air-traffic agencyA cyber attack launched by pro-Russian hackers on Europe’s air-traffic control agency has paralyzed air traffic employee operations.

=> ↺ Citing rights to privacy, customers sue Australian telecoms giant Optus over major data breach

• An Australian law firm on Friday launched a class-action lawsuit against telecommunications giant Optus, seeking compensation for the fallout of a major data breach that occurred in September.  Filed in the Federal Court of Australia, the lawsuit accuses Optus of violating fundamental privacy principles and breaching its duty of care to its customers.

Privacy/Surveillance

=> ↺ How China’s Alipay and WeChat Pay became the most popular e-payment apps in Hong Kong

• Hong Kong has long been a city that relies largely on cash, credit cards and Octopus. When it launched in 1997, it was only the second contactless payment system in the world after South Korea’s Upass.

Defence/Aggression

=> ↺ Mayotte migrant crisis: French territory set to demolish shantytown

• At the entrance to the Majicavo slum on France’s Indian Ocean territory Mayotte, which authorities are seeking to evacuate and demolish, a group gathered around a poster emblazoned with the French flag.

=> ↺ Brazil’s Lula calls for a ‘negotiated’ settlement between Russia, Ukraine while on Europe tour

• Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday was again at odds with Europe over Ukraine while pressing his first European tour since resuming office in January.

=> ↺ ‘I Cry Quietly’: A Soldier Describes the Toll of Russia’s War

• For Valentyn, a Ukrainian soldier in the Donetsk region, the war’s death toll is more than a statistic. He is tasked with moving wounded troops — and dead bodies — away from the front lines, often under Russian fire.

=> ↺ UK Military Have Evacuated Diplomatic Staff From Sudan, Sunak Says

• British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday the country’s armed forces evacuated diplomatic staff and their family members…

=> ↺ Baltics Condemn China Envoy’s Stance on Ex-Soviet Nations

• The three Baltic states have strongly condemned comments by China’s envoy to France who appeared to say in a recent French television interview that the former Soviet republics aren’t sovereign nations

=> ↺ Russia Pounds Cities Across the Country, Ukraine Says

• Russian forces hit Ukrainian cities with missiles, mortars, artillery and airstrikes over the weekend, Ukrainian officials said.

=> ↺ France sentences Lebanese-Canadian sociology professor to life imprisonment in absentia for 1980 synagogue bombing

• Following a three-week trial, a French court on Friday convicted Hassian Diab, a sociology professor from the University of Ottawa Canada, to life imprisonment in absentia for the October 3, 1980 Copernic synagogue bombing in Paris, which resulted in four deaths and 46 injuries.

=> ↺ The view from Finland: with or without NATO, you need to be able to defend your country

• As chief of defense, retired General Jarmo Lindberg was the Finnish Defence Forces’ highest-ranking officer from 2014 to 2019. A career fighter pilot who ascended through the air force ranks, he was elected to the Finnish parliament this month, representing the centre-right opposition National Coalition Party, which won the largest number of seats. He has also worked as an adviser and lobbyist.

=> ↺ How Lithuania’s ‘most Russian town’ lives one year into the war

• Visaginas, formerly a nuclear town with the most international population in the country, is negotiating its identity and future amid tensions stoked by the Ukraine war.

=> ↺ ‘Donbass Devushka’: American mouthpiece for Russian propaganda on Ukraine

• “Donbass Devushka” is a prominent social media account implicated in the recent leak of classified documents on the Ukraine war. The pro-Kremlin mouthpiece, which claims to be run by a Russian woman in the occupied city of Luhansk, is in fact run by a pro-Russian former US military officer.

=> ↺ Suspected jihadists carry out deadly attack on ‘Russian’ military camp in Mali

• Ten civilians and three soldiers were killed and 88 jihadists “neutralised” in multiple incidents across Mali Saturday, the government said, in a wave of bloodshed it described as a resurgence of “terrorist incidents”.

=> ↺ Seized Russian fertilizers sent to Kenya from Latvia

• Thousands of tonnes of confiscated Russian fertilizers have been sent from Latvia to Kenya, the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said April 22.

=> ↺ WATCH: Your Guide to 5th-Generation Warfare

• We are in the middle of a world-changing war. This is no ordinary war, however. Most of the victims of this warfare aren’t even able to identify it as war, nor do they understand that they are combatants in it.

=> ↺ Wool Over Our Eyes

• It is curious to me that people do not understand that historically, perpetrators of evil have always made an effort to convince people in general that what they are doing is not evil, and in fact is good for them.

=> ↺ 2023-04-07 [Older] US Navy Top Gun Founder Thinks the F-35 Is A Mistake

=> ↺ 2023-04-09 [Older] How Assassination Became Policy at the CIA

=> ↺ US, UK and France evacuate embassy personnel amid ongoing fighting in Sudan

• US troops swooped in on helicopters to evacuate embassy staff from Sudan’s battle-torn capital, President Joe Biden announced Sunday, as other nations sought to help their citizens escape deadly fighting between rival generals.

=> ↺ Three logical flaws stand in the way of a sufficient response to the Ukraine challenge

• The West must make sacrifices in the present to secure the future.

=> ↺ Indian police arrest radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh after month-long hunt

• Singh and supporters accused of attempted murder, law enforcement obstruction, creating disharmony.

=> ↺ Niinistö: Russian surveillance activities in Nordic maritime areas raise tensions

• President Niinistö expressed concern about reports that Russia may aim to sabotage the Nordic energy or communications infrastructure.

Transparency/Investigative Reporting

=> ↺ 2023-04-14 [Older] The Strange Case of Jack Teixeira

Environment

=> ↺ Philippines says schools can call off in-person classes to protect students from heat

• One mayor suspended classes in March after 83 students were hospitalised for heat exhaustion.

=> ↺ 2023-04-07 [Older] Building Green Habits: Understand your consumables!

=> ↺ 2023-04-21 [Older] The Problem of the Media with Respect to Climate

=> ↺ 2023-04-21 [Older] Throwing soup at artwork or a climate rally — what wins Twitter?

=> ↺ 2023-04-21 [Older] UN climate report: Past 8 years ‘warmest on record’

=> ↺ 2023-04-21 [Older] For Earth Day, 7 Inspiring Reads

=> ↺ 2023-04-21 [Older] 7 ways we’ve made the Earth better since the last Earth Day

=> ↺ 2023-04-20 [Older] Statement by President von der Leyen at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate

=> ↺ 2023-04-20 [Older] The Board of Lockheed Martin Has Spoken: Climate Change May Proceed

=> ↺ 2023-04-20 [Older] European Parliament adopts key laws to reach 2030 climate target

=> ↺ 2023-04-20 [Older] NOAA Forecasters See a Respite for California

=> ↺ 2023-04-19 [Older] Mette Frederiksen speaks at climate meeting as green hydrogen project gets under way

=> ↺ 2023-04-19 [Older] Energy minister’s climate plan would push petrol prices higher, dividing Cabinet parties

=> ↺ 2023-04-19 [Older] India: Migration from climate change getting worse

=> ↺ 2023-04-19 [Older] The global jet set feels the heat over climate change

=> ↺ 2023-04-19 [Older] Greens repeat call for end to fossil fuels as climate activists gather in London

=> ↺ 2023-04-19 [Older] ‘Cat and mouse’: Australia’s biggest coal miner faces investor revolt over climate stance

=> ↺ 2023-04-18 [Older] How an American Logging Giant Bills Itself as a Climate Hero

=> ↺ 2023-04-18 [Older] Coping With Extreme Heat

=> ↺ 2023-04-18 [Older] The quest to build wildfire-resistant homes

=> ↺ 2023-04-17 [Older] Fake climate solutions that are making climate change worse

=> ↺ 2023-04-17 [Older] Climate change is impacting bird migration patterns. Here’s what we know

=> ↺ 2023-04-17 [Older] EU exit from climate-killing energy treaty looms

=> ↺ 2023-04-16 [Older] Climate Envoy Kerry: No Rolling Back Clean Energy Transition

=> ↺ 2023-04-16 [Older] Factbox-Key Excerpts From G7 Statement on Energy and Climate Change

=> ↺ Leonardo’s Ferry Left High and Dry by Global Warming and Red Tape

• A ferry used to traverse the banks of the Adda River, in northern Italy, but drought and an abundance of bureaucracy has closed it down.

Energy/Transportation

=> ↺ Baltic continues to rely on gas, despite turn away from Moscow

• Latvia’s government has halted plans to build a liquified fossil gas (LNG) terminal, although campaign groups warn that relying on fossil gas from Estonia, an option the two governments are now exploring, is a false solution.

=> ↺ 2023-04-11 [Older] ‘Psychological magnet’: Bitcoin rallies past $US30,000 mark

Wildlife/Nature

=> ↺ Adorable Octopus Species Has Stripes as Unique as Human Fingerprints

• One of a kind.

=> ↺ 2023-04-13 [Older] The Bright Side of Extinction

Finance

=> ↺ Woman in Taiwan pours boiling soup on another’s face during fight over $870 debt

=> ↺ 2023-04-11 [Older] No country for idle men: Denmark is European employment leader

=> ↺ 2023-04-11 [Older] Fascist Politics in the Age of Neoliberal Capitalism: Confronting the Domestication of the Unimaginable

=> ↺ 2023-04-13 [Older] Approximately 3.7m people in the UK are working low-paid and insecure jobs

=> ↺ 2023-04-11 [Older] Swedish pension fund fires top boss over multimillion US bank losses

=> ↺ Meta employee receives abrupt layoff notice at 4 am, told it is her last day of work

• An Ex-Meta employee revealed that she got a layoff email at 4 am which said that the same day was her last day of work. Meta fired 10,000 people recently after announcing its decision to lay off 11,000 people in January.

=> ↺ Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection after long struggle

• Bed Bath & Beyond Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday after the home goods retailer failed to secure funds to stay afloat.

=> ↺ Bed Bath & Beyond Files for Bankruptcy

• The company said that it would seek to sell all or some of its business, and that store closing sales would begin on Wednesday.

=> ↺ South Korea proposes Bill to protect victims of rental fraud

• The turmoil stems from a traditional rental payment system called jeonse.

=> ↺ Man explains why the concept of ‘career’ doesn’t exist anymore and it’s a reflection of our times

• You have a job. You work, and you earn money. Whatever your position is, you make a living each day. However, jobs are not a viable construct, and the notion that we will earn our living in the future through an employer-employee relationship is destined for economic oblivion. The pandemic has jarred us all and has forced us to change in ways unthinkable. The norm now includes masks, quarantines, sanitizers, and social distancing. Webcams, online school, and working from home are becoming commonplace in the workplace. Either way, it is safe to say we are all heading toward job extinction. One woman recently posted a TikTok stating that she believes we are at “the death of careers.”

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ Supreme Court protects access to abortion pill

• The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage as appeals play out.

=> ↺ In Abortion Pill Ruling, the Supreme Court Trades Ambition for Prudence

• The court’s order seemed to vindicate a commitment in last year’s decision in Dobbs: to leave further questions about abortion to the political process.

=> ↺ Republicans Try to Keep Abortion Ballot Issues Off the Ballot

• After abortion rights supporters swept six ballot measures last year, Republican legislatures seek to make it harder to get on the ballot, and harder to win if there is a vote.

=> ↺ The Supreme Court fight over an abortion pill: What’s next?

• Nothing will change for now. That’s what the Supreme Court said Friday evening about access to a widely used abortion pill. A court case that began in Texas has sought to roll back Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug, mifepristone. Lower courts had said that women seeking the drug should face more restrictions on getting it while the case continues, but the Supreme Court disagreed. The court’s action almost certainly will leave access to mifepristone unchanged at least into next year, as appeals play out, including a potential appeal to the high court.

Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

=> ↺ 2023-04-14 [Older] DRC authorities detain 2 journalists, threaten another with arrest

=> ↺ 2023-04-07 [Older] US/UK Seek to Silence Julian Assange and Free Press, Australia Says ‘Enough’

=> ↺ 2023-04-07 [Older] The Case Against the Case Against Julian Assange

=> ↺ 2023-04-12 [Older] US Lawmakers Implore DOJ to Drop ‘Unprecedented’ Charges Against Julian Assange

=> ↺ 2023-04-08 [Older] 20 Years After Deadly Attack, Free Press Still Threatened in Iraq

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ Tens of thousands of Israelis continue protests against judicial reform

• Tens of thousands of Israelis packed Tel Aviv streets on Saturday for the 16th consecutive week to protest government judicial reforms they see as an attack on democracy.

=> ↺ Want ‘real opinions’ at Hong Kong’s district councils? Then keep them democratic

• Authorities tell us that they will let us know soon what their plans are for Hong Kong’s District Councils (DCs). Hong Kong and Macau Affairs director Xia Baolong repeatedly emphasised the role and value of the councils during his visit to Hong Kong.

=> ↺ US Supreme Court upholds mifepristone access amid ongoing battle for reproductive rights

• The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that abortion pill mifepristone will continue to be widely accessible as the ongoing appeals process takes place. 

=> ↺ New Zealand citizens residing in Australia granted faster pathway to citizenship

• The Australian Federal Government Saturday announced the liberalisation of Australia’s immigration laws, which will grant New Zealanders residing in Australia a direct pathway to attaining citizenship. As of 2023, there are approximately over 559,980 New Zealand citizens living in Australia.

=> ↺ 2023-04-14 [Older] The Empty Promise of Good Intentions

=> ↺ 2023-04-07 [Older] The Power of a Public Apology

Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

=> ↺ The Next Chapter

• Online culture sure feels like it’s in a transition phase, doesn’t it? In an attempt to understand what we learned this week, let’s compare it to some prior internet-era shifts.

=> ↺ Site Announcement: recent DDoS attacks

• Hi all – You may have noticed our site has been slower than usual, and occasionally our servers have been offline. This is because OffGuardian is being targeted by repeated DDoS attacks, our server management team have confirmed.

Monopolies

Patents

=> ↺ The Stealth Impeachment of Judge Newman in the Federal Circuit

• Chief Judge Kimberly Moore cannot be the judge, jury, and executioner of her colleague.

Trademarks

=> ↺ 2023-04-14 [Older] Aaron Judge, Union Win Dispute Over ‘All Rise’ Trademark

Gemini* and Gopher

Personal

=> ↺ 🔤SpellBinding: GINRSTY Wordo: NAVAL

=> ↺ Yretek – Treasures of the Wild East – Solo RPG – 02

• The fiftieth day of that summer had come. The wee fellowship had already went through the eastern side of the Holy Borders into a region of raids and battles, where few ventured, and fewer still made their abode. Paladins had not ventured here in three peaceful years, for the orcs beyond the mountain had not yet recovered from their last defeats. You might expect the odd forester who counted the woods as its home. Rena could relate, though her forest home was far away in the north, orcs were as close too, and though trees and bushes differ, their souls were just as wise. Harder still, despite the stories, would be to find some criminal hiding there in the woods. No, for those, as a last resort, would favor sewers and decrepit houses where justice would be shy to enter.

=> ↺ 3D Printing With Prusa

• Looking for a “Christmas present for the family” I thought a 3D printer might fit the bill.

General

=> ↺ Seasonality

• A teacher once put two of us to the board; the task was to assign the months to the seasons. My thinking went along the lines of “December is pretty cold, that must be winter, therefore winter is December, January, and February.” Years later I came to understand that for some spring is defined as starting on the equinox; from that one might derive April, May, and June. This could be a rounding error; one could easily truncate down instead of rounding up. Neither of these triads were very good; we were being taught the Orthodox American System somewhere the seasons ran to three.

=> ↺ Up and down

• The weather this last week was really all over the place. Thursday and Friday were summer days: 30c / 86f. Wearing long sleeves was really hot, and I had to use a fan in the evening. Yesterday the temperature dipped again and it was cold and grey. Today the sun came out and it went back to being hot again.

• A few days ago I watched -From Noob To Power User With Manjaro KDE- [1] and I followed the video and installed it myself. I know zilch about Arch/Manjaro, but Konsole looks really nice, as does the sweet theme with candy icons. I had a devil of a time getting jpilot (with pilot-link) to install, and even then I wasn’t able to get hotsync to work, but I’ll try again at a later date.

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