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GNU/Linux

=> ↺ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 14th, 2023

• This has been a terrific week with lots of goodies, especially for fans of the KDE Plasma desktop environment. Apart from all the KDE goodies that landed this week, we also got a new Firefox release, a new major Mesa graphics stack release for gaming, and several new distro and software releases.

• On top of that, I tell you about some of the upcoming features of Firefox 114 and QEMU 8.1, and invite you to try out Ubuntu on a new RISC-V board. Check out the hottest news of this week and access all the distro and package downloads in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for May 14th, 2023, below.

Server

=> ↺ My CNCF LFX Mentorship Spring 2023 Project at Kubescape

• Project Link: CNCF – Kubescape: Release engineering: add Kubescape to commonly-requested package managers

=> ↺ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Kubernetes 1.27: updates on speeding up Pod startup

• How can Pod start-up be accelerated on nodes in large clusters? This is a common issue that cluster administrators may face.

• This blog post focuses on methods to speed up pod start-up from the kubelet side. It does not involve the creation time of pods by controller-manager through kube-apiserver, nor does it include scheduling time for pods or webhooks executed on it.

• We have mentioned some important factors here to consider from the kubelet’s perspective, but this is not an exhaustive list. As Kubernetes v1.27 is released, this blog highlights significant changes in v1.27 that aid in speeding up pod start-up.

• Pulling images always takes some time and what’s worse is that image pulls are done serially by default. In other words, kubelet will send only one image pull request to the image service at a time. Other image pull requests have to wait until the one being processed is complete.

Audiocasts/Shows

=> ↺ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU World Order 512

• PyQt5 , QtAV , and a bunch of SDL2 packages from the Slackware

• l software series.

• shasum -a256=81b0478c5e9401e14ec186e850157d6c21e6cdb8a55b9fa2f2acf6bab776f60a

Applications

=> ↺ Linux Links ☛ Machine Learning in Linux: Imaginer – generate images with AI

• Our Machine Learning in Linux series focuses on apps that make it easy to experiment with machine learning.

• Imaginer is GTK4 software which lets you generate pictures using AI. You supply a text prompt, consisting of a collection of words to describe an image, and an AI model creates an image based on the words. Imaginer uses Stable Diffusion and other deep learning, text-to-image models to generate the images.

• An extremely interesting area of research relates to these deep learning text-to-image models. We’ve published reviews of software that uses Stable Diffusion. Our reviews of Easy Diffusion, Stable Diffusion web UI, and InvokeAI noted each software program requires downloading large models. The software performs best when using a machine with a good dedicated graphics card. That’s not the case with Imaginer.

=> ↺ 9 Best Open Source Firewalls For Windows and Linux in 2023 (Free Firewall Software List)

• Firewalls are made to protect the network from any threat by filtering both the in and outbound traffic and ensuring network security as well.

=> ↺ 9to5Linux ☛ KeePassXC 2.7.5 Password Manager Adds New Option to Allow Screenshots, Botan 3 Support

• New features in KeePassXC 2.7.5 include a new “Allow Screen Capture” option in the View menu to enable the ability to capture screenshots for a temporary period of time, as well as support for the latest Botan 3 C++ cryptography library.

• This release also improves the layout of the HTML export feature, increases the max TOTP step to 24 hours, adds keyboard shortcuts for app and database settings, enhances the look of KeePassXC’s logo and icons, and disables the “search reset off” feature by default to be more user-friendly, especially to newcomers.

=> ↺ CNX Software ☛ Seeed Studio launches Jetson-based “reComputer Industrial” fanless Edge AI computers

• The computer comes with the latest Ubuntu 20.04-based Jetpack 5.1 SDK including CUDA-X accelerated libraries, a Linux Driver package for the Linux kernel, the bootloader, NVIDIA drivers, flashing utilities, sample filesystem, and toolchains. The fanless computer also works with frameworks such as the NVIDIA DeepStream SDK, TAO Toolkit, and NVIDIA Riva Speech AI applications for AI-based multi-sensor processing, model training acceleration, and speech recognition.

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ Trend Oceans ☛ How to Upscale Image Size with Upscayl

• Viewing low-resolution images on the big screen looks blurry, right? Then it’s time to introduce with Upscayl, which helps you to increase the resolution of the image which is powered by advanced AI models.

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install digiKam on Linux Mint 21/20

• In the vast world of digital imaging and photography, there’s a multitude of software available to help you manage, edit, and share your photos. However, if you’re a Linux Mint user, one tool stands out from the rest: DigiKam.

=> ↺ Flock to Clustered Storage: A Comprehensive Guide on Using Flocker as a Container Data Volume Manager

• Introduction As technology continues to advance, the amount of data being generated has increased exponentially. With this increase in data comes the need for storage solutions that can handle large volumes of information and also provide high availability and fault tolerance. Enter clustered storage.

=> ↺ Linuxiac ☛ Make Apps Always Open on the Active Screen in KDE Plasma

• Improve your KDE Plasma workflow by always opening apps on the active screen. Check out this guide for a simple and easy solution.

Games

=> ↺ Boiling Steam ☛ Best Steam Deck Games Released in the Past Week with Bramble: The Mountain King, Tape to Tape and Volcano Princess – 2023-05-14 Edition

• Between 2023-05-07 and 2023-05-14 there were 154 new games validated for the Steam Deck. Out of those, we use numerous ways to elaborate this Best Steam Deck Games list, such as reviews, popularity and other metrics.

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Australia’s Aristocrat Leisure to Buy Software Firm NeoGames for $1 Billion

Distributions and Operating Systems

=> ↺ TecMint ☛ 8 Best Lightweight Linux Distributions For Older Computers

• Lightweight Linux distributions share similar characteristics with their desktop-oriented counterparts.

Open Hardware/Modding

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Industrial Robot Gets Open-Source Upgrade

• Industrial robots are shockingly expensive when new, typically only affordable for those running factories of some sort. Once they’ve gone through their life cycle building widgets, they can be purchased for little more than scrap value, which is essentially free compared to their original sticker price. [Excessive Overkill] explains all of this in a video where he purchased one at this stage to try to revive, but it also shows us how to get some more life out of these robots if you can spend some time hunting for spare parts, installing open-source firmware, and also have the space for a robot that weighs well over a thousand kilograms.

=> ↺ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Arduino-Powered, Robotic Serving Tray Won’t Spill Your Beer

• This serving tray stays upright thanks to a little help from an Arduino Nano and a custom script that makes adjustments in real-time.

=> ↺ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry Pi Pico Tarot Card Reader Uses EM Noise to Tell Your Future

• Echo-Lalia has created a Pico-powered tarot card reader that picks cards based on EM Noise and sometimes has spooky glitches.

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Artemis II Will Phone Home From The Moon Using Laser Beams

• [NASA] Astronauts will be testing the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O) to transmit live, 4K ultra-high-definition video back to Earth from the Moon. The system will also support communication of images, voice, control channels, and enhanced science data.

=> ↺ TechRadar ☛ How to make Android more child friendly | TechRadar

=> ↺ Tom’s Guide ☛ How to use Nearby Share on Android | Tom’s Guide

=> ↺ OnePlus Pad Review: Android tablets get a flagship killer – TechPP

=> ↺ 9to5Google ☛ Gboard split keyboard rolling out on Android tablets

=> ↺ SamMobile ☛ Google Chrome to get Android 14′s Predictive Back gesture feature – SamMobile

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

=> ↺ Libre Arts ☛ LibreArts Weekly recap — 14 May 2023

• This is a very brief recap. Highlights: further steps towards non-destructive editing in GIMP, new features in Krita, new releases of OpenToonz and PlugData.

=> ↺ Medevel ☛ MediCheck: Desktop App for Medical Diagnosis

• MedicCheck is a free open-source electron-based Medical Healthcare System that provides diagnosis on the basis of symptoms.

• Not that self-diagnoses is not recommended, and we highly advise you to use this app as it meant to be experimental.

• Features

• • Quick and easy symptom-based diagnosis

• • User-friendly interface

• • Access to a wide

=> ↺ 6 Best Alternative Open Source Router Firmware in 2023

• Firmware is basically the OS that comes on the router pre-installed. Now each manufacturer carries its own version. Just like OS there on your phone device or personal PC, it controls all the inner workings of the device. It performs the following 3 main tasks: Router communicated with the device wirelessly.

Standards/Consortia

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday Prize 2023: Eye-Tracking Wheelchair Interface Is A Big Help

• For those with quadriplegia, electric wheelchairs with joystick controls aren’t much help. Typically, sip/puff controllers or eye-tracking solutions are used, but commercial versions can be expensive. [Dhruv Batra] has been experimenting with a DIY eye-tracking solution that can be readily integrated with conventional electric wheelchairs.

Leftovers

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ A New Mother, an Old Mother, a Love Story

• We travel with our ghosts. Who better to lead us to what comes next?

Science

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Anodizing Titanium In Multiple Colors

• [Titans of CNC Machining] wanted to anodize some titanium parts. They weren’t looking for a way to make the part harder or less prone to corrosion. They just wanted some color. As you can see in the video below, the resulting setup is much simpler than you might think.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ A Toxicology Expert Switched Cosmetics After Checking The Label. Here’s Why.

• Keep your eyes open.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ NASA: We’d Have a 30-Minute Warning Before a Killer Solar Storm Hits Earth

• Time is short.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Western Diet Identified as Risk Factor For Alzheimer’s Disease, Scientists Warn

• What you eat makes a big difference.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ You Won’t Believe What Scientists Found in an Ancient Roman Ruin

• Keep your distance.

Education

=> ↺ Scheerpost ☛ Chris Hedges: Sammy Goes to School

• We know the story. The absent father who leaves when his son is five-years-old and moves back to Puerto Rico. The single mother, rarely at home because she works long hours to keep her three children fed and pay the rent. The poverty.

Hardware

=> ↺ IT Wire ☛ Oppo to close chip design unit as smartphone sales fall

• The Zeku unit, which was set up four years ago, makes the MariSilicon X neural processing unit which is used in the flagship Oppo Find X5 devices.

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ YLE ☛ The sauna is good for your heart, science says

• Taking a sauna after exercising can boost the cardiovascular benefits of moving your body.

=> ↺ Off Guardian ☛ A Pandemic of Narcissistic Abuse

• Narcissism and its associated abuse; control, manipulation, greed, exploitation of power, an audacious sense of entitlement to name a few traits, has been the bedrock of our societies for thousands of years.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ COVID Vaccines May Fade Quicker if You’re Obese, Evidence Shows

• A new vulnerability emerges.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ How inflation is driving up breakfast on Mother’s Day and beyond

• The Mother’s Day breakfast spread is more expensive than last year — even as falling grocery prices bring some relief from inflation.

=> ↺ New Yorker ☛ Turns Out Everything in Your Home Is Toxic

• “All natural,” my ass!

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Think You Need an Opioid? Here Are Questions to Ask Your Doctor

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ What’s the Point of Your 20s? Ask the Patron Saint of Striving Youth.

• Meg Jay knows it’s confusing to figure out what to do with your life. She also knows you need to get on with it.

=> ↺ uni Stanford ☛ Stanford-affiliated medical center banned from treating some of state’s sickest children

• John Muir Medical Center has been banned from treating some of California’s most seriously ill children, according to investigations by The San Francisco Chronicle. The hospital is Stanford-affiliated.

Security

=> ↺ Latvia ☛ Latvia to up cybersecurity of national e-services [Ed: Latvia dumping Microsoft?]

• The National Health Service has already warned that e-Health will no longer be accessed by online banking identification tools from next year. The ministerial representatives responsible for IT systems say that online banking identification will also gradually disappear from other national e-services, the De Facto broadcast of Latvian Television, aired May 14, reported.

=> ↺ How Secure Is Linux?

• It is no secret that the OS you choose is a key determinant of your security online. After all, your OS is the most critical software running on your computer – it manages its memory and processes, as well as all of its software and hardware. The general consensus among experts is that Linux is a highly secure OS – arguably the most secure OS by design. This article will examine the key factors that contribute to the robust security of Linux, and evaluate the level of protection against vulnerabilities and attacks that Linux offers administrators and users.

=> ↺ How To Secure Against WordPress Vulnerabilities with Predictive Analysis Detection & Automated Remediation

• WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems in the world due to the ability it gives non-technical, inexperienced users to create professional, effective websites. According to data from W3Techs, WordPress was used by 43% of all websites on the Internet in 2022.

• This widespread usage, combined with persistent security vulnerabilities, has put a target on WordPress’s back. Malicious hackers have come to view attacks exploiting WordPress vulnerabilities as an easy and effective way to gain access to valuable credentials and infect systems with harmful software.

• Securing WordPress sites against damaging attacks is a challenge, as new vulnerabilities are constantly being discovered, and even sites that are considered secure are frequently breached with emerging attacks. In this article, we introduce a minimum impact solution that leverages predictive analysis detection and automated remediation, and demonstrate its effectiveness in securing WordPress sites against attacks exploiting both new and known flaws.

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Philadelphia Inquirer Hit by Cyberattack Causing Newspaper’s Largest Disruption in Decades

• The Philadelphia Inquirer has experienced the most significant disruption to its operations in 27 years due to what the newspaper calls a cyberattack

=> ↺ SANS ☛ VMware Aria Operations addresses multiple Local Privilege Escalations and a Deserialization issue, (Sun, May 14th)

=> ↺ SANS ☛ DShield Sensor Update, (Sun, May 14th)

• This week I was reminded the web logs stored in DShield sensor were no longer using the correct location and configuration.

Privacy/Surveillance

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ A Guard Bot For Your Home Assistant

• While fixed sensors, relays, and cameras can be helpful in monitoring your home, there are still common scenarios you need to physically go and check something. Unfortunately, this is often the case when you’re away from home. To address this challenge, [PriceLessToolkit] created a guardian bot that can be controlled through Home Assistant.

Defence/Aggression

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Syria’s Return to Arab World Proves Declining US Interference

• Syria received an invitation from Saudi Arabia to attend the upcoming Arab Summit on May 19.

=> ↺ The Strategist ☛ Time for the Quad to bare its teeth on regional security

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will soon host his counterparts from India, Japan and the US for the most significant leaders’ gathering in Australia since the Cold War.

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ Mali military operation responsible for death of 500 people, according to UN report

• Malian forces backed by foreign military personnel are believed to have killed at least 500 people over several days in a village last year, the UN said Friday. The announcement comes just months after Mali expelled the UN peacekeeping mission from its borders.

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ Israel and Gaza reach ceasefire, ending five days of fighting

• Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militant group in the Gaza Strip arrived at ceasefire on Saturday, which put an end to five days of fighting that resulted in approximately 33 Palestinian casualties and two Israeli casualties.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Brief Rocket Fire Disrupts Gaza Cease-Fire. How Long Can the Truce Last?

• Another violent escalation in Gaza ended in another cease-fire. But it did not completely halt the rocket fire and the region’s instability means the next conflagration is never far away.

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Israeli cease-fire with Gaza militants appears to hold, despite tensions

• While the cease-fire appeared to bring relief to Gaza’s people after days of bombing, the agreement did nothing to address the underlying issues that have fueled Israeli-Palestinian fighting over the years.

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Serbs Surrender 13,500 Pieces Of Unregistered Weapons After Mass Shootings

• People in Serbia have handed over some 13,500 unregistered weapons and explosive devices to police in an amnesty following two mass shootings this month, President Aleksandar Vucic said.

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Armenia, Azerbaijan Leaders Meet In Brussels As Tensions Simmer

• Armenia and Azerbaijan’s leaders met on May 14 for talks in Brussels amid heightened tensions on the tense border between the two countries over control of a contested enclave.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Rules for Pentagon Use of Proxy Forces Shed Light on a Shadowy War Power

• Newly disclosed documents include Special Operations forces directives for managing counterterrorism and irregular warfare surrogate fighters.

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Satellite image reveals 16 Russian strategic bombers deployed near border with Finland and Norway — Meduza

• Russia deployed two Tu-160 and 14 Tu-95 strategic bombers, which are capable of carrying conventional and nuclear cruise missiles, to the Olenya Air Base on the Kola Peninsula, according to the Barents Observer. The news outlet referred to a satellite image of the air base taken on May 7.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ A month since Sudan’s brutal war erupted, no end in sight

• One month since Sudan’s conflict erupted, its capital is a desolate war zone where terrorised families huddle in their homes as gun battles rage in the dusty, deserted streets outside.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Sudan’s Doctors Are Fighting the Good Fight

• Real heroes stay behind.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Sudan Announces to Extend Airspace Closure

• Airports in Port Sudan, Wadi Seidna, and Khartoum, however, will serve as entry points for humanitarian aid.

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Belarusian Leader Skips Official Event Amid Rumors Of Hospitalization

• Belarus’s authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, failed to attend events to mark the National Flag, Coat of Arms, and Anthem Day on May 14 amid rumors of ill-health.

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Ukraine shoots down 25 drones and three cruise missiles launched by Russia — Meduza

• Russian armed forces attacked Ukraine on the night of May 14, reports Ukraine’s Air Force Command. The Ukrainian military said it destroyed three cruise missiles and 25 unmanned aerial vehicles, including 18 Shahed drones.

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Prigozhin comments on downed military aircraft in Bryansk region, suggests involvement of Russian air defenses — Meduza

• Evgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner Group, said that Russian air defense systems may have been involved in the downing of four military aircraft in Russia’s Bryansk region. Prigozhin’s comments were made in response to a question from the outlet NewsInfo.

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Russia’s Defense Ministry: Two Russian military commanders killed in Donetsk region — Meduza

• Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that two Russian military commanders had been killed in combat in the Donetsk region. The two commanders killed were Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, commander of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade, and Evgeny Brovko, deputy commander of the Army Corps for military-political work.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Zelensky Visits Germany, Praising Weapons Pledge and Seeking Jets

• The Ukrainian president was received with military honors in Berlin, where he thanked Germany’s leaders for standing with his country.

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Zelenskiy in Berlin: We Can Make Russia’s Defeat ‘Irreversible’

• By Pavel Polityuk and Sarah MarshKYIV/BERLIN (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday Kyiv and its allies could make a…

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Sweden Celebrates Eurovision Win; Ukrainian Duo Defiant After Russian Strike on Hometown

• Liverpool is cleaning up after the Eurovision Song Contest, as Sweden celebrates victory

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Zelenskiy: Ukraine, West Can Make Russia’s Defeat ‘Irreversible’ This Year

• KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Kyiv and its Western supporters could make Russia’s defeat in the war in Ukraine…

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Russia Says Two Commanders Killed as Kyiv Wages Bakhmut Offensive

• (Reuters) -Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday that two of its military commanders were killed in eastern Ukraine, as Kyiv’s forces renewed…

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Zelenskiy Collects Charlemagne Prize on Behalf of Ukrainian People

• BERLIN (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy collected the prestigious Charlemagne Prize on behalf of the Ukrainian people on Sunday in honour…

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ France Pledges More Military Aid as Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Makes Surprise Paris Visit to Meet Macron

• France has pledged additional military aid, including light tanks, armored vehicles, training for soldiers and other assistance for Ukraine as it gears up for a counteroffensive against Russian forces

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Top Chinese Envoy to Visit Ukraine, Russia on ‘Peace’ Mission

• BEIJING (Reuters) – A top Chinese envoy will begin a tour of Ukraine, Russia and other European cities on Monday in a trip Beijing says is aimed at…

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Top Chinese envoy to visit Ukraine, Russia on ‘peace’ mission

• Mr Li Hui will also visit Poland, France, Germany on the multi-day trip.

=> ↺ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ France pledges more military aid as Ukraine’s Zelenskyy makes surprise Paris visit to meet Macron

• In a statement, France described its support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity as “unwavering” and promised that its political, economic, humanitarian and military aid will continue “for as long as necessary.”

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy Travels To Paris After Being Hailed In Germany For Contributions To European Unity

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on May 14 flew to Paris for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a tour of European capitals after accepting the Charlemagne Prize at a ceremony in Aachen, Germany.

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ US Unlikely to Sanction South Africa in Russia Weapons Dispute – Bloomberg News

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Iranian FM Lauds Progress in Tehran-IAEA Cooperation

• The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs has also expressed satisfaction with the report he received from the IAEA on cooperation with Iran.

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Iran Summons Iraqi Envoy Over Kurdish Opposition Groups

• Iran has summoned Iraq’s ambassador to protest the presence of Iranian opposition groups at an official ceremony in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region.

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Moldova Minister Says Russia’s Gazprom Only Interested in Separatist Region

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Exclusive-G7 Leaders to Target Russian Energy, Trade in New Sanctions Steps -Sources

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ U.S. Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Planes Near Alaska

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Russia Says European Armed Forces Treaty Contrary to Its Security Interests

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Guest Nations at the G-7 Reflect Outreach to Developing Countries, Worries Over China, Russia

• During this week’s summit of the leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies in Hiroshima, you’ll also see eight other guest nations engaging in a flurry of diplomacy with Japan and others

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Zelensky makes surprise visit to Paris for talks on Ukraine’s urgent needs

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh pledges of military support as his country gears up for a counteroffensive against Russian occupation forces. The two leaders will discuss Ukraine’s military and humanitarian needs.

=> ↺ The Strategist ☛ What the invasion of Ukraine means for unity in Southeast Asia

• Lim Jock Hoi, ASEAN’s former secretary-general, has said the organisation’s ability to function effectively relies on whether its members can align their national interests with regional goals.

=> ↺ European Commission ☛ Speech by President von der Leyen on the occasion of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen 2023 for H.E. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, and the people of Ukraine

• European Commission Speech Aachen, 14 May 2023 Dear President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

• Chancellor Olaf Scholz,

• Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki,

• Dear Lord Mayor Sibylle Keupen,

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ China Sentences 78-Year-Old US Citizen to Life in Prison on Spying Charges

• China has sentenced a 78-year-old United States citizen to life in prison on spying charges

Environment

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ 12 Million People Are Under a Heat Advisory in the Pacific Northwest

• Extreme weather on Saturday broke heat records in Oregon and Washington State as forecasts predicted temperatures to reach into the 90s on Sunday.

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ Myanmar dispatch: cyclones and political change

• Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Flood warning network launches in disaster-prone Qld

• A national flood warning network to improve protection for at-risk communities and potentially save lives will be launched in Queensland – the state most prone to natural disasters.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Powerful cyclone Mocha makes landfall in Myanmar after hitting parts of Bangladesh

• Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Cyclone Mocha Makes Landfall, Killing at Least 6

• The storm, which made landfall near Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh on Sunday, has so far not led to the humanitarian catastrophe that officials feared.

=> ↺ RFA ☛ Six dead as Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in western Myanmar coast

• U.N. had warned of ‘a nightmare scenario’ in Bay of Bengal region home to crowded refugee camps.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Flood warning network aims to help at-risk communities

• A national flood warning network will be set up in a bid to better protect at-risk communities from natural disasters. The federal government will spend $236 million in the next decade to set up the network, with the Commonwealth to buy and upgrade flood gauges from local, state and territory governments.

Energy/Transportation

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Industry maps ‘net-zero’ future for gas supply, exports

• Gas producers have mapped nine industrial zones to “carpool” greenhouse gas emissions and give the sector a future in a net-zero economy. Using shared transmission and pipelines, the zones proposed in a new report would plug gas, renewable energy, carbon capture, and hydrogen production into manufacturing, refineries and new industries.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Australian business delegation heads to PNG

• A delegation of Australian businesses is heading to Papua New Guinea to strengthen trade ties, including in clean energy, agriculture and rugby league. Assistant Trade Minister Tim Ayres, who is leading the delegation, says it sends a strong signal of Australia’s intent to broaden and deepen the economic relationship.

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ Kerry Challenges Oil Industry to Prove Its Promised Tech Rescue for Climate-Wrecking Emissions

• Oil and gas producers talk up technological breakthroughs they say will soon allow the world to drill and burn fossil fuels without worsening global warming

Wildlife/Nature

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Meet ‘Chonkosaurus,’ the Thick Snapping Turtle Stealing Hearts

• The gargantuan animal has enthralled thousands online after a kayaker on the Chicago River recorded it sitting on a rusted chain.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Kenyan Conservation Efforts Hit by Death of Six Lions

• The incident happened after a group of nine lions broke into a livestock enclosure near Mbirikani, killing 12 goats and a dog.

Overpopulation

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ China Launches Projects to Build ‘New-Era’ Marriage, Childbearing Culture

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ China launches projects to build ‘new-era’ marriage, childbearing culture

• Promoting marrying and curbing high “bride prices” are the focus of the projects.

Finance

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Google Australia pays pittance in tax, pays media moguls instead

• Taxpayers stump up for “man shot in buttocks” story as Google Australia pays a pittance in tax again thanks to “world first media reforms”. Michael West reports on a joke.

• As predicted here last year, Google Australia has gone back to paying belly-button lint in income tax. This shabby performance despite payments from Australian customers surging to a record $8.4bn last year.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Australian shares edge lower as banks drop

• The local share market is edging lower ahead of a busy week of economic data releases. At noon AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.7 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 7,248.8, while the broader All Ordinaries was down 12.5 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 7,440.7.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Middle-income households tighten belts after surprise rate hike by Malaysia’s central bank

• Middle-and high-income households in Malaysia will be the groups most affected by the central bank’s surprise decision to raise the overnight policy rate (OPR) on May 3.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ The Case for Violating the Debt Limit Is Dangerous Nonsense

• The president does not have the authority to exceed the limit, regardless of what his advisers are telling him.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History Is Here, With Familiar (Rich) Winners

• In an era of surging home and stock values, U.S. family wealth has soared. The trillions of dollars going to heirs will largely reinforce inequality.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Treasurer begins cross-country budget sales pitch

• Treasurer Jim Chalmers is setting off on a countrywide trip to pitch his second budget, as a poll shows not all voters are convinced of its merits and debate continues on how to best support those on welfare payments.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Borrowers to be squeezed as latest rate hikes land

• When the latest interest rate hike finally hits, borrowers could find themselves with little as $57 a day left over once they make their mortgage repayments. New analysis by comparison firm RateCity has revealed the damage interest rate hikes are doing to borrower bank accounts.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ President Biden ‘optimistic’ on US debt talks with Republicans

• President Joe Biden and congressional leaders will likely resume talks on Tuesday at the White House over the debt limit, the president said Sunday, as the nation continues to edge closer to its legal borrowing authority with no agreement in sight.

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Turkey election: Erdoğan leads but runoff likely

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu appear to be headed to a runoff as preliminary results show neither candidate reaching the majority of votes needed to win Sunday’s election outright.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Turkey braces for momentous first runoff after election drama

• Turkey braced Monday for its first election runoff after a night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan edging ahead of his secular rival but failing to secure a first-round win.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Türkiye Goes to Runoff in Presidential Election

• 191,885 ballot boxes were installed for the elections, which had an average turnout of 88.82%.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Trade minister vows to persevere on China ban removal

• Trade Minister Don Farrell has vowed to persevere with Chinese counterparts in a bid to get billions of dollars worth of trade restrictions removed from Australian products.

=> ↺ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Advisory firms on alert after China raids and arrests, as experts say data crackdown will hinder int’l investment

• An advisory firm in China has asked their staff to review each source they obtain data from, after Chinese authorities raided three firms in the sector, an executive from the company has told HKFP.

=> ↺ The Strategist ☛ Policy, Guns and Money: Beijing’s propaganda, climate change and Australia’s defence budget

• In 2022, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, despite threats of retaliation from Beijing.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ 🔴 Live: Turkey presidential runoff vote likely as ballot count continues

• Turkey voted in key presidential and legislative elections on Sunday that could either extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade grip on power or put the nation on a more liberal, secular course. According to state-run news agency Anadolu, turnout reached 88.47 percent in what has effectively turned into a referendum on Turkey’s longest-serving leader and his Islamic conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP).

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ In Turkish Election, Some Voters Return to Quake Zone to Cast Ballots

=> ↺ France24 ☛ As French mayors are targeted in violent attacks, many feel abandoned

• Less than two months after losing his home in an arson attack, the mayor of a town in western France resigned this week, citing, among other things, a “lack of support from the state”. Amid an increasingly tense political environment, attacks against mayors in France are multiplying. And some say they have been left to fend for themselves.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Eric Adams Says He’s a Progressive. Democrats Beg to Differ.

• Left-leaning New Yorkers say the mayor is moving the city in a more conservative direction on issues like policing, rent and providing shelter to those in need.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Erdogan Faces Runoff in Turkish Presidential Election

• After two decades in power, a struggling Recep Tayyip Erdogan now has two more weeks to persuade Turkish voters that he is the best choice to lead the country.

=> ↺ Balloting committee chair in custody for tampering with a ballot, İstanbul’s CHP Chairperson states

• Canan Kaftancıoğlu shared some instances of irregularities on her social media accounts. She reported that a person was caught attempting to vote twice, and a chair of a balloting committee was caught attempting to stamp the ballot while handing it to a voter.

=> ↺ Green Left voters registered as Patriotic Party balloting committee members

• Around a thousand citizens in Antep cannot cast their votes because they have been registered as balloting committee members under the Patriotic Party.

=> ↺ Presidential candidates urge ballot box safety while awaiting results

• Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, and Sinan Oğan all urge to protect the ballot boxes.

=> ↺ CHP and HDP spokespeople accuse state-run news agency of deception as election results pour in

• The state-run Anadolu Agency has been previously accused of favoring the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the 2019 local elections.

=> ↺ İstanbul, Ankara mayors remain confident Kılıçdaroğlu will win, accuse state agency of ‘manipulation’

• The two mayors who will become vice presidents if Kılıçdaroğlu is elected have reassured the voters that he will win.

=> ↺ Kılıçdaroğlu hopes for spring, Buldan for peace, İnce repeats alleged slander as leaders cast votes

• Political party leaders are casting their votes, conveying messages, and expressing hopes as the ballot boxes opened at 08:00 this morning for today’s elections.

=> ↺ AKP spokesperson questions opposition’s willingness to respect election results

• “What is this fuss about in the CHP circles? Will you respect the results of the elections, whatever they are?” Justice and Development Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik asks.

=> ↺ İmamoğlu and Yavaş: AKP is making objections where we are ahead

• İstanbul and Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayors made a joint statement in which they said that the election results are being delayed because the ruling party makes objections to the results at the ballot boxes where they are ahead.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ 3rd Presidential Candidate Sinan Ogan Votes in Ankara

• “Neither Kılıçdaroğlu nor Erdoğan should expect me to withdraw…”

=> ↺ New Yorker ☛ The Real Scandal Surrounding Clarence Thomas’s Gifts

• Supreme Court Justices, alone in our system, are not truly regulated by anyone other than themselves.

=> ↺ Kılıçdaroğlu warns of sleepless night as tampering accusations persist

• ”We will not sleep tonight,” Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint candidate of the Nation’s Alliance, states on his social media account. Amid allegations of manipulation, the margins between the opposition leader and the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remain incredibly narrow.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ President Erdoğan Casts Vote in P & P Elections

• “My hope to God is that after the counting concludes this evening, the outcome is good for the future of our country, for Turkish democracy”

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Elections in Türkiye Run Without Incident

• The influx of voters occurs normally even in the southeastern provinces, which were devastated by two earthquakes that caused some 50,000 deaths in February.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ ‘The Diplomat’ vs. Reality

• A popular show on Netflix is about the glamorous job of a U.S. ambassador. But is it realistic?

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Greek PM Rules Out Cooperation With Socialists After Elections

• Prime Minister Mitsotakis reiterated a call to voters to give his party a strong mandate to continue its agenda.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s Election Appears Headed to a Runoff

• President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing the fiercest political challenge of his 20 years in power. He and his main challenger said they were ready for a runoff after neither seemed to win a majority of votes on Sunday.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Who Will Win Turkey’s Election? Astrologers Find Answers in the Stars

• Amid economic uncertainty and the most competitive elections in years, interest in fortune tellers has surged in Turkey.

=> ↺ Live results from Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections

• Stay up-to-date with the latest results from Turkey’s highly anticipated presidential and parliamentary elections. Our live results page features real-time graphics and data from across the country. Please use Ctrl+F5 to refresh the results.

=> ↺ TURKEY ELECTIONS: Erdoğan’s alliance poised to win parliament, boosting his advantage in runoff for presidency

• Final results are yet to come, with both Erdoğan and Kılıçdaroğlu apparently failed to reach the 50 percent threshold to win the presidential election in the first round.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Pita Limjaroenrat: Leading Thailand’s political earthquake

• He has capitalised on his youth and energy to reach voters disillusioned by military-backed rule.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ In Blow to Junta, Thai Voters Overwhelmingly Back Opposition Parties

• Thais on Sunday cast votes against their military leaders, backing instead a populist political mainstay and a progressive upstart bent on shaking up the status quo.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Thai election: Opposition parties look set to win after trouncing parties allied with military

• The liberal Move Forward party and the populist Pheu Thai Party were far out in front with 99% of votes counted.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Thais reject military, vote overwhelmingly for democracy parties

• Thai voters have delivered a clear rejection of nearly a decade of military-aligned rule, election results showed Monday, backing two pro-democracy opposition parties.

Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

=> ↺ uni Stanford ☛ From the Community | When misinformation is free speech

• Comparative literature professor David Palumbo-Liu addresses the recent Faculty Senate meeting, which inappropriately condoned Rupert Murdoch’s spreading of misinformation about the 2020 presidential election. He writes, “It is remarkable to me how quickly, easily, and absolutely Tessier-Lavigne and Rice erase the fact that the “speech” they are so passionately attached to protecting is speech that incited an attack against the democratic process and an assault on the peaceful transfer of power, one of the signal points of pride our country celebrates.”

Censorship/Free Speech

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ Türkiye users’ access to Twitter restricted ahead of presidential election

• Ahead of Türkiye’s upcoming election, Twitter suspended access on Sunday to some forms of election-related content. The news came hours ahead of the results of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s most recent presidential campaign, which some commentators believe will mark the end of Erdoğan’s 20 years in power.

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ Scheerpost ☛ ‘We’re a community’: These Groups are Working to Bail Out Incarcerated Women in Time for Mother’s Day

• The National Bail Out effort is a collective of local and national Black-led organizations that plan Mama’s Day Bail Out events around the country.

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ France high court extends jurisdiction over human rights violations committed abroad

• The Court of Cassation (Cour de Cessation) Friday recognized the universal jurisdiction of the French Judicial System to “prosecute and judge acts of torture, crimes against humanity or war crimes where the acts were committed abroad and neither the perpetrator nor the victim is French.

=> ↺ The Nation ☛ He Called for His Mother

• Tyree Nichols called for his mother.

• The 29-year-old was on his way from work in Memphis when the police stopped him. The body-cam video showed a group of officers brutally beating him—kicking him, pepper-spraying him, even delighting in his pain. By the time his family got to him, he lay unrecognizable in a Memphis hospital, his face bruised and bloated. Nichols died from his injuries several days later.2This essay will be featured in the upcoming anthology, We Refuse to Be Silent, out in April 2024 from Broadleaf Books.

=> ↺ The Nation ☛ The Poor People’s Campaign Launched on Mother’s Day 2018

• On Mother’s Day five years ago, we at Repairers of the Breach and the Kairos Center launched the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival with 40 days of moral fusion direct action. Some historians called those six weeks of actions at dozens of state capitals across the country simultaneously the largest and most expansive wave of nonviolent civil disobedience in history. That Mother’s Day of 2018, we gathered for a mass meeting at National City Church in Washington, D.C., and highlighted the devastating reality that 140 million poor and low-income people live in the richest country in the history of the world. We lamented the fact that 700 people die each day from poverty and inequality, that more than half of all kids are living in food insecure homes, and that too many moms have to bury their children because they lack health care, or because of gun violence and other forms of policy failure, while others struggle to keep a roof over their heads and all the essentials of life. None of this is natural or unavoidable—it is the result of b

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ There May Be More ‘Chinese Police Stations’ in Canada, Minister Says

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ When the Rule of Law Fails Us

• This was a preventable tragedy.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Conservative Support Surges for Daniel Penny After Killing of Jordan Neely

• Mr. Penny, who has been charged with killing Jordan Neely, has been called a “hero” and a good Samaritan by conservative political figures.

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Iran Arrests Eight Over Workers’ Strike At Southern Gas Field

• Iranian authorities have arrested eight people for “leading” a workers’ strike at a key gas site in the south of the country, local media reported.

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan calls for nationwide protests following arrest

• Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan called for nationwide protests Sunday. In an online live stream, Khan urged his supporters to take to the streets and villages to fight for freedom in Pakistan.

=> ↺ RFA ☛ Remembering late Tibetan film director Pema Tseden’s ‘weighty’ life

• The widely acclaimed filmmaker was able to depict Tibetans’ struggle as Beijing became more authoritarian.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Why Some Companies Are Saying ‘Diversity and Belonging’ Instead of ‘Diversity and Inclusion’

• The changing terminology reflects new thinking among some consultants, who say traditional D.E.I. strategies haven’t worked out as planned.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Title 42 Is Gone But What Happens to Migrants Heading to the U.S.?

• Economic hardship, climate change, political instability and gang violence will continue to spur emigration from many corners of the world.

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ US Homeland Security Chief Says Border Crossings Are Down 50% Since Title 42 Expiration

Monopolies

Software Patents

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Missing DR-DOS Power Management Source Code Found In Patent

• Modern processors come with all kinds of power management features, which you don’t typically notice as a user until you start a heavy program and hear the CPU fan spin up. Back in the early 1990s however, power management was largely unheard of, meaning that a CPU with nothing to do would run through an idle loop that dissipated about as much power as a real computing task. [Michal Necasek] noticed this while experimenting with DR-DOS 6.0 in a virtual machine – his laptop fan would start running on full blast whenever he opened the VM. His search for a solution to this annoyance led him down a fascinating journey into the intricacies of DOS power management.

Copyrights

=> ↺ Reason ☛ Ed Sheeran, Vanilla Ice, and a Monkey Walk Into A.I. Copyright Law

• If government officials and lawyers create a new legal framework for A.I.-generated content, society risks losing the potential benefits of the next tech revolution.

Gemini* and Gopher

Personal

=> ↺ A set of Haiku

• My thoughts about her Drift across the distances undersea cabling

• A big smile joyfully shown petrichor sun

=> ↺ 5 🔤SpellBinding: ARGMNOF Wordo: FOGEY

=> ↺ Happy Mother’s Day

• Took my mom some lunch.

• Got pizza for dinner.

• Time for a drink.

Technical

=> ↺ KILL MY PARACOSMS

• help me. i’m genuinely losing hours of my life just thinking about game UI and polyptyches for 3/5 of my paracosms; not even doing something else, i’m just lying in bed worlding (re: ian cheng emissaries guide) all the time. trying to write write write down as much of all of them as i possibly can (this is one such iteration, if you’ll forgive me) BASICALLY i need to place it gently outside of my skull so i can start all my work on all my work (which is to say, you can ignore this if you want; i’ve said similar on my other posts):

• 1a. Citizen Sleeper/CultSim narrative roguelike, rendered in lowpolyscapes of a mutating, slipshifting city, overlaid with windows and wheels of Kentucky Route Zero UI, those thin white lines of imaginative, seemingly ritual interfaces(still in love with how their highway was designed as a puzzle/lock you navigate by folklore than map)… Because here you are, the laws of this alternate multiverse a form of ritual magic; a procession of processes. Illustrations in the Joao Ruas(too lazy to find the diacritic).

=> ↺ Games Showcase: Zendo

• Zendo is a multiplayer game of inductive logic that runs on very low spec hardware; to be precise, lego bricks or similar.

• You also need three types of small marker: for example black, white and green stones.

=> ↺ Setting up the soju IRC bouncer on OpenBSD, and using it with Emacs’ ERC

• Setting up the soju[a] IRC bouncer[b] on my OpenBSD server was fairly straightforward. It’s not currently in ports, so i downloaded a release from sourcehut…

=> ↺ Emulators in Debian Buster and Bullseye

• The first game I tried is not an emulator but the remake of the 90′s game Command & Conquer Red Alert, it’s called

=> ↺ S4A’s chat with an AI 20230514

• Recently, “Socialism For All” asked Google Bard to give a plan to bring the Revolution in the USA. The results were rather surprising. What follows is the transcript of the section of S4A’s live stream they posted to Youtube on 20230510, where they shared the results of the “conversation”, and discussed them (note: I did my best to ‘clean up” the transcript, as it was pulled from the Auto CC, which isn’t the most precise transcriptionist. Some “nonsense” can still be found in this text. Please ignore it.

Internet/Gemini

=> ↺ Shaving thoughts

• I read some thoughts about shaving on the smol web and was very glad because even though I have shaved for years, I recently realized that I had no clue what I was doing and just learning a bit has improved exponentially the experience!

=> ↺ Re: Who Likes the Likers

• The gamification of social media and the resulting negative downstream effects are something we all should be keenly aware of. The larger a network becomes, the more the forces multiply and this becomes bigger and bigger of a problem.

• When it comes to Bubble/GS.org, scale-wise there’s plenty of time to consider appropriate improvements. I’m thinking the classic Like mechanism isn’t too bad in this context, but making it a step more private — and perhaps psychologically healthy — is to hide the names of the likers from everyone except the post author.

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