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GNU/Linux

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Setting Up Permissions in Home Directory on Linux

• One of the fundamental aspects of system security and user privacy in any Linux or Unix-based operating system (OS) is the proper management of permissions. In these systems, a home directory is the default location for a user’s personal files, documents, and configuration settings.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Configuring Apache Userdir on Ubuntu and Debian: A Simplified Guide

• Apache is a versatile, open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows. It provides a secure, efficient, and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ How to Install Apache CouchDB on Ubuntu & Debian

• Apache CouchDB is a database management system that seamlessly takes the data to the edge and then back again. It’s known for its ease of replication and setup. If you want to install Apache CouchDB on your Ubuntu or Debian system, you’re at the right place.

=> ↺ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How to Install Python 3.12 (Beta so far) in Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 | 23.04

• For developers who want to prepare their project for the latest Python releases, here’s how to install Python 3.12 in all current Ubuntu releases. Python 3.12 now is in Beta development stage.

=> ↺ Make Tech Easier ☛ How to Concatenate Files in Linux

• Being able to combine various files together into one can be very helpful. You can arrange and sort out your desktop and combine several related documents into one. In Linux, there are several ways to concatenate files together.

=> ↺ Adam Young: Opening the perf file descriptor

• A couple months back I recorded this line on my blog as part of investigating perf:

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ What is the “/etc/profile.d/” Directory’s Role in Linux

• In the vast landscape of the Linux operating system, understanding the intricacies of various system directories is key to effective system administration. The Linux directory structure holds a set of directories, each with a unique purpose, and among these is the “/etc/profile.d/” directory.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ How to Add a Directory to Your $PATH Variable in Linux

• The $PATH variable in Linux is an environment variable that determines where the shell looks for executable files. By adding directories to this variable, you make it easier to run your scripts from anywhere without having to specify the full path to the script’s location.

=> ↺ Policy Power: Using Network Policies Effectively in Kubernetes

• Introduction With the increasing adoption of containerization technology, Kubernetes has become one of the most popular platforms for running and managing containers.

=> ↺ Xe’s Blog ☛ Syncing my emulator saves with Syncthing

• One of the most common upsells in gaming is “cloud saves”, or some encrypted storage space with your console/platform manufacturer to store the save files that games make. Normally Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and probably EA offer this as a service to customers because it makes for a much better customer experience as the customer migrates between machines. Recently I started playing Dead Space 2 on Steam again on a lark and I got to open my old Dead Space 2 save from college. It’s magic when it works.

• [...]

• I own these two games on cartridge and I have dumped my copy of them from cartridge using a hackable Switch.

WINE or Emulation

=> ↺ WINE Project (Official) ☛ WineHQ – Wine Announcement – The Wine development release 8.9 is now available.

Desktop Environments/WMs

GNOME Desktop/GTK

=> ↺ This Week in GNOME ☛ Felix Häcker: #97 GNOME Latam 2023

• Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from May 19 to May 26.

Distributions and Operating Systems

=> ↺ Barry Kauler ☛ Little Flapi, Appi and pupX fixes

• Caramel reported a problem, sometimes Flapi (the Flatpak Installer) did not detect when an app is already installed.

• I found that the OpenShot AppImage can now be updated. Previously Appi installed version 3.0.0 and the next release didn’t work. However, the latest, 3.1.1 does work.

SUSE/OpenSUSE

=> ↺ William ☛ William Brown: Starting with Rage on OpenSUSE

• Rage is a rust implementation of Age, a modern, simple and secure file encryption tool. It is easier to use than other tools like GPG, and being written in a memory safe language it avoids many of the exploits that may occur in C based tools.

• You can install rage on leap or tumbleweed from zypper

Slackware Family

=> ↺ Eric Hameleers ☛ Chromium 114 Early Release on Slackware

• An “early release” of Chromium 114 source code was published a few days ago, the release notes are on the developer blog. Since Chromium 110, Google rolls out new major releases to a small sub-set of its users to monitor any potential breakage and apply fixes before the majority of users get upgraded. The formal release of Chromium will be on May 30th, but I decided to go along with the early release this time, and offer this version to Slackware users already this weekend, to celebrate the Pentecost.

• Looking at the new stuff in Chromium 114, there’s two things you might want to play with, since they are already contained in the browser and mostly usable in Chromium 114, but not yet enabled by default.

Fedora Family / IBM

=> ↺ Remi Collet ☛ Remi Collet: PHP version 8.1.20RC1 and 8.2.7RC1

• Release Candidate versions are available in testing repository for Fedora and Enterprise Linux (RHEL / CentOS / Alma / Rocky and other clones) to allow more people to test them. They are available as Software Collections, for a parallel installation, perfect solution for such tests, and also as base packages.

• RPM of PHP version 8.2.7RC1 are available

=> ↺ Red Hat Official ☛ Save the date for Red Hat Summit 2024

• As we close out the last day of this year’s Red Hat Summit, it’s time to mark your calendar for next year’s event. We’re headed to the Mile High City – Denver, CO – for Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2024! Join us at the Colorado Convention Center, May 6-9, 2024, as we bring together thousands of customers, partners and technology industry leaders and open source community members from around the world for another high-energy week of innovation, education and collaboration.

=> ↺ CRN ☛ Red Hat CEO Keynote: 5 Boldest Remarks On AI, New Products

• Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks kicked off Red Hat Summit 2023 on Tuesday in Boston by explaining his company’s artificial intelligence, open-source vision and new products to thousands in attendance.

• “We’re in one of those [game-changing] moments right now. It’s the moment of AI,” said Hicks during his keynote at the Boston Convention Center today. “AI has moved from the obscurity of academia to the ubiquity of ChatGPT. But it’s also moved from the power of few, to the power of many.”

• Several of Red Hat’s key product launches include generative AI for Ansible, an enterprise-grade open developer hub and new services in the Red Hat Trusted Software Supply Chain suite.

=> ↺ TechCrunch ☛ Red Hat brings generative AI to IT automation with Ansible Lightspeed

• Red Hat is holding its annual customer summit in Boston this week, and today it announced a couple of enhancements to Ansible, its open source IT automation tool, including the new AI-fueled Lightspeed.

• Automation at its core is about distilling complex processes into a playbook or recipe of actions. The next step is building low-code and no-code workflows. The recent rise of generative AI could strip that process down even more to simply describing the process and letting the tool do the rest, creating a set of steps and providing the necessary code and tools to move it through a work process without much further human intervention required (at least in theory).

Canonical/Ubuntu Family

=> ↺ FOSSLinux ☛ The 20 Best Themes for Ubuntu [2023 Edition]

• In the world of Linux, customization is king. One of the easiest ways to give your Ubuntu system a personal touch is by changing its theme. From sleek and modern to quirky and colorful, there’s a theme to match every taste. As we step into 2023, a whole new lineup of eye-catching and feature-rich themes are available to add a touch of flair to your Ubuntu desktop.

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

=> ↺ Notebook Check ☛ T30 Pro, Doogee’s third Android tablet, set to arrive next month – NotebookCheck.net News

=> ↺ TechRadar ☛ Google’s Pixel 8 Pro needs to beat this Android phone to win me back | TechRadar

=> ↺ SlashGear ☛ How Use Your Android Phone As A Webcam For Your Computer

=> ↺ Giz China ☛ How to Block YouTube Ads on Android TV – Gizchina.com

=> ↺ SlashGear ☛ 14 Coolest Android Phones You Can’t Buy In The United States

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

=> ↺ SlashGear ☛ 5 Of The Best Money-Saving Apps You Can Use On Android

=> ↺ Tom’s Guide ☛ Android AI text suggestions are here — but there’s a catch | Tom’s Guide

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra

=> ↺ LibreOffice Community at Events in Italy, Spring 2023

• Emiliano Vavassori, Deputy Chairperson in The Document Foundation’s Board of Directors, give us an update on recent events in Italy: Linux Arena at Fiera del Radioamatore — Pordenone, April 23rd and 24th As in every spring, the Pordenone Linux Users Group (PNlug) organizes an internal event inside the local ham radio/electronics fair, «Fiera del Radioamatore»…

Programming/Development

=> ↺ Qt ☛ May 26th, 2023: Qt 5.15 Standard Support for Legacy License Holders Ends Today

• Standard support for the last release of the Qt 5 series ends for term and perpetual license holders today. Customers distributing applications and embedded devices using Qt 5 series software should evaluate how to access technical support and maintenance releases which may include security and major bug fixes.

Python

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Understanding Python’s Underscore ( _ ): A Comprehensive Guide

• Python, as a flexible and intuitive language, introduces many constructs that enable the ease of coding. One such construct is the underscore ( _ ), a special character with multiple uses, ranging from variable naming to interpreter purposes, and more. For novice programmers, underscores might appear confusing, but understanding their purpose can significantly enhance your [...]

=> ↺ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn Theme

• In Python, the “sns.set_theme()” method can be used along with the “style” parameter and its value to customize the seaborn theme.

=> ↺ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn Legend Location

• To set the seaborn legend location in Python, the “plt.legend()” method can be used along with the “loc= ‘value’” parameter.

=> ↺ Linux Hint ☛ Remove Substring from String in Python

• To remove the substring from a string, the “replace()”, “for” loop with “replace()”, “translate()”, and the “Index” methods are used in Python.

Leftovers

=> ↺ Valhalla’s Things: Correspondence Book

• I write letters. The kind that are written on paper with a dip pen 1 and ink, stamped and sent through the post, spend a few days or weeks maturing like good wine in a depot somewhere2, and then get delivered to the recipient.

• Some of them (mostly cards) are to people who will receive them and thank me via xmpp (that sounds odd, but actually works out nicely), but others are proper letters with long texts that I exchange with penpals.

• Most of those are fountain pen frea^Wenthusiasts, so I usually use a different ink each time, and try to vary the paper, and I need to keep track of what I’ve used.

=> ↺ Valhalla’s Things: Late Victorian Combinations

• Some time ago, on an early Friday afternoon our internet connection died. After a reasonable time had passed we called the customer service, they told us that they would look into it and then call us back.

• On Friday evening we had not heard from them, and I was starting to get worried. At the time in the evening when I would have been relaxing online I grabbed the first Victorian sewing-related book I found on my hard disk and started to read it.

Science

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Brain Implants Allow Paralyzed Man to Walk Using His Thoughts

• In a new study, researchers describe a device that connects the intentions of a paralyzed patient to his physical movements.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ A New Type of Brain Cell Found in Mice May Trigger Overactive Appetites

• It’s been overlooked until now.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Earth-Like World Covered in Raging Volcanoes May Have Been Found

• Hell on Earth?

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Up to 30% of Published Neuroscience Papers May Be Faked – And That’s Before ChatGPT

• Something is seriously wrong here.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ For The First Time, Scientists Have Detected a Cyclone on The North Pole of Uranus

• “It isn’t just a plain blue ball of gas.”

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Reactivated Genes From Stone Age Dental Plaque Reveal Lost Mouth Microbes

• Welcome back!

Hardware

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Nice Try, But It’s Not Aperture Synthesis

• Some of the world’s largest radio telescopes are not in fact as physically large as they claim to be, but instead are a group of telescopes spread over a wide area whose outputs are combined to produce a virtual telescope equal in size to the maximum distance between the constituents of the array. Can this be done on the cheap with an array of satellite dishes? It’s possible, but as [saveitforparts] found out when combining a set of Tailgater portable dishes, not simply by linking together the outputs from a bunch of LNBs.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Washington and Tokyo vow closer chip cooperation

• The move comes as both the US and Japan reduce exposure to China.

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Nokia N-Gage QD Becomes Universal Bluetooth Gamepad

• The Nokia N-Gage might not have put up much of a fight against Nintendo’s handheld dynasty, but you can’t say it didn’t have some pretty impressive technology for the time. [BeardoGuy] happens to have a perfectly functional N-Gage QD, which he turned into a universal Bluetooth gamepad.

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Learning 3D Printing Best Practices From A Pro

• It might seem like 3D printing is a thoroughly modern technology, but the fact is, it’s been used in the industry for decades. The only thing that’s really new is that the printers have become cheap and small enough for folks like us to buy one and plop it on our workbench. So why not take advantage of all that knowledge accumulated by those who’ve been working in the 3D printing field, more accurately referred to as additive manufacturing, since before MakerBot stopped making wooden printers?

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Restoring Dot Matrix Printer Cartridges For 2023

• The noise of a dot matrix printer is probably as synonymous with 1980s computing as the modem handshake would become with the desktop experience a decade or more later. But unlike the computers that would have driven it, a dot matrix printer can still be a very useful device here in 2023. And why not? They’re cheap to operate and can produce surprisingly good quality when paired with suitable drivers. There is a snag though; while cartridges for popular models can still be found, there are plenty whose consumables are long gone. [Drygol] had an Apple ImageWriter II with exactly that problem, and after finding all his cartridges were non-functional, took a look at how to bring them back.

=> ↺ Ruben Schade ☛ A new old-stock floppy drive

• This will be a quick post in my Am386 board adventures today, but I received my new old stock Panasonic 3.5-inch high density floppy drive today this week, and it’s beautiful!

• [...]

• I’ve had Mitsumi, Sony, Mitsubishi, and Samsung 3.5-inch drives growing up, but this is my first Panasonic that isn’t a 5.25-inch unit. One little Easter Egg that doesn’t come up well on camera is that the eject button is glossly! Maybe they figured the matt beige plastic doesn’t stand up to the rigours of regular pressing, so they buffed it to a shine to make it look deliberate.

=> ↺ Ruben Schade ☛ A cool Adaptec AHA-1542CP ISA SCSI card

• All the parts I ordered months ago for my impromptu Am386 build have stared arriving at once. Hot on the heels of the Panasonic floppy drive last week, we have another awesome new-old stock device, this time a classic 16-bit ISA SCSI controller.

• View all posts in the Am386 series

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Generating Hydrogen Peroxide For Disinfecting Water Using A Solar-Driven Catalyst

• Ensuring that water is safe to use and consume can be a real chore, especially for those who live in impoverished areas without access to safe drinking water. Here is where researchers at Stanford University hope that their recently developed low-cost catalyst can make a difference. This catalyst comes in the form of nano-sized particles (nanoflakes) consisting out aluminium oxide, molybdenum sulfide, copper and iron oxide. When exposed to sunlight,  the catalyst performs like a photon-sensitive semiconductor/metal junction (Cu-MoS2), with the dislodged electrons going on to react with the surrounding water, resulting in the formation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and hydroxy radicals.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Vietnam to cut annual rice exports by 44% to 4 million tonnes by 2030

• The move is aimed at boosting exports of high-quality rice, ensuring domestic food security, protecting the environment and adapting to climate change.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Exertion Headaches Can Make Exercise a Real Pain. Here’s What to Do About Them

• Mitigate the pain for your gain.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Fungal Infections Could Obliterate Our Food Supply, Scientists Warn

• The future is blight.

=> ↺ uni Stanford ☛ ‘The difference water can make’: Matt Damon and Gary White discuss clean water access

• Matt Damon and Gary White, co-founders of WaterEquity and Water.org, spoke with students about the economic and equity implications of water scarcity around the world. The event was hosted by the course SUSTAIN 345: Global Leaders and Innovators in Human and Planetary Health: Sustainable Societies Lab.

=> ↺ Helsinki Times ☛ The unrestricted sale of nicotine pouches poses a significant threat to the health of young people in particular

• The sale of nicotine pouches was deregulated at the beginning of April. Nicotine pouches, which fall under the scope of the Medicines Act, are now subject to tobacco and chemical regulations. Nicotine pouches with high nicotine concentrations are harmful to health, and young people are particularly at risk. Nicotine pouches should be subjected to stricter regulations promptly.

=> ↺ Mexico News Daily ☛ Seized psychiatric medications released by health regulator

• Regulators have released medication seized from manufacturer Psicofarma, to address a shortage of mental health drugs in the country.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Sorry, stevia: Artificial sweeteners get more bad PR

• The World Health Organization isn’t sweet on non-sugar sweeteners, the agency announced.

• Driving the news: It advised against using sugar substitutes like Splenda, stevia and Sweet’n Low for weight loss — and warned about potential long-term health risks of too much intake.

Security

Privacy/Surveillance

=> ↺ Reason ☛ European Union Fines Meta $1.3 Billion Because of NSA Spying Programs

• The record penalty seems to be based less on the Facebook parent company’s lax data practices than the U.S. intelligence community’s data-collection programs.

=> ↺ Quartz ☛ Tesla could face a $3.3 billion fine over a massive data leak

• A whistleblower leaked a massive trove of data about the electric carmaker Tesla to the German publication Handelsblatt.

Defence/Aggression

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Sedition Sentence for Oath Keepers’ Stewart Rhodes Marks Moment of Accountability

• The 18 years in prison given to Stewart Rhodes for a rarely charged crime underscored the lengths to which the Justice Department and the courts have gone in addressing the assault on the Capitol.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Suspect arrested in Japan gun and knife attack that killed four

• Japanese police on Friday detained a man who had holed up in a building after allegedly killing four people, including two police officers, in a gun and knife attack.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Over a dozen ‘innocent’ Westerners still detained in Iran

• Over a dozen Western passport-holders are detained in Iran, even after the release on Friday of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele in an exchange deal between Belgium and Iran brokered by Oman.

=> ↺ Reason ☛ A Georgia Woman Died After Falling Out of a Moving Patrol Car. Now, Her Family Is Suing the Cops Responsible.

• Brianna Grier was having a mental health crisis. She needed an ambulance. She got two cops instead.

=> ↺ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Caught in the crossfire: Chinese diaspora bears brunt of Canada-Beijing tensions

• The Chinese diaspora has been caught in the crossfire of Ottawa’s row with Beijing over its alleged meddling in Canada’s affairs — facing both intimidation from Chinese operatives and rising stigmatization.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Saudi and US report improved ceasefire conditions in Sudan

• Saudi Arabia and the United States said Friday the warring sides in Sudan’s conflict are adhering better to a new, weeklong cease-fire following days of sporadic fighting.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Investigation: The deadly attacks on Syrian truffle hunters by the Islamic State group

• The Bedouin communities living in the unforgiving Badia, or the Syrian desert, are facing a surge in armed attacks. The violence reaches a peak each year between February and April: the truffle season. As tribes go out to hunt truffles, they risk being ambushed by sleeper cells of the Islamic State group, which has taken refuge in the Badia since 2019. This exclusive investigation from FRANCE 24′s Observers team exposes the horrific abuses being carried out deep in the desert.

=> ↺ Latvia ☛ Latvia’s healthcare provision for children has huge room for improvement

• Eurostat data published May 26 shows Latvia with some of the least comprehensive healthcare provision for children in the European Union.

=> ↺ Latvia ☛ One in four ticks found to carry Lyme this year in Latvia

• More than 20% of the ticks analyzed in all Latvian laboratories have been tested positive for Lyme borrelia this year. Borrelia can cause Lyme disease against which there are no vaccines. The other dangerous tick-borne illness – encephalitis – has only been found in a few ticks, Latvian Television reported on May 26.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Passenger Arrested on Suspicion of Forcing Open Plane Door Mid-Flight

• A man was arrested on suspicion of unlocking an emergency exit on an Asiana Airlines flight in South Korea when it was about 700 feet off the ground.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ North Korea spent the pandemic building a huge border wall

• It has enabled the regime to tighten the flow of information and goods into the country and keep foreign elements out.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Rwandan Genocide Fugitive Appears In South African Court

• Fulgence Kayishema was arrested two days ago in South Africa after more than two decades on the run.

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ UN tribunal arrests man wanted for Rwanda genocide since 1994

• A special tribunal established by the UN, known as the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), announced Thursday that fugitive Fulgence Kayishema has been arrested in Paarl, South Africa after 22 years on the run. Kayishema, a police officer accused of orchestrating the killing of more than 2,000 Tutsi refugees at Nyange Catholic Church…

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Rwanda genocide fugitive Kayishema appears in South Africa court

• Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought over the 1994 Rwanda genocide, appeared before a court in the South African city of Cape Town on Friday, two days after being arrested following 22 years on the run.

=> ↺ Defence Web ☛ Measures in place to address SANDF sexual exploitation – Cabinet

• South Africa’s Cabinet has commended a set of measures that have been put in place to address the incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) within peace keeping missions the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) takes part in.

=> ↺ DOD sends new cyber strategy to Congress, releases unclassified fact sheet

• The highly anticipated strategy is the first since 2018 and follows the release of the National Cybersecurity Strategy in March.

=> ↺ Defence Web ☛ Rwandan fugitive wanted for genocide nabbed in SA

• A Rwandan fugitive, wanted in connection with the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been arrested in Paarl in the Western Cape by a South African Operational Task Team (OTT).

=> ↺ LRT ☛ ‘Historic opportunity.’ Lithuania’s airports prepare for challenges during Vilnius NATO summit

• As Vilnius looks to host the NATO summit in July, preparations are underway at Lithuania’s airports, with aircraft service companies looking for extra staff and airports coordinating security procedures.

=> ↺ Defence Web ☛ Top UN award for Ghanaian female peacekeeper

• Ghana’s position as the largest contributor of female military personnel to United Nations (UN) peacekeeping efforts received another boost when Captain Cecilia Erzuah was named the world body’s Military Gender Advocate of the Year.

Environment

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Paris to ban single-use plastic from the 2024 Olympic Games

• Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Friday the city planned to ban single-use plastic when it holds the 2024 Olympic Games as part of efforts to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis.

=> ↺ Mexico News Daily ☛ New plastic recycling collection center opens in Tijuana

• The center looks to increase Mexico’s recycling by processing PET bottles from both Mexico and the United States.

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Women in Guyana plant mangroves to battle rising seas

• Indigenous women use drones, scientific data, and the replanting of mangroves to slow the progression of rising seas in the South American nation of Guyana.

=> ↺ Mexico News Daily ☛ Drone video footage shows smoking Popocatépetl crater

• Footage obtained by the Mexican Navy shows the first images of the crater, which has been experiencing increased activity for two weeks.

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Uncharted territory’: How Asia is coping with extreme heat

• When it comes to beating rising heats, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. Across Asia, communities are adapting to extreme temperatures, showcasing both human resilience and the far-reaching costs of climate change.

Energy/Transportation

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Fly Like You Drive With This Flying RC Drift Car

• So it’s 2023, and you really feel like we should have flying cars by now, right? Well, as long as you ignore the problem of scale presented by [Nick Rehm]’s flying RC drift car, we pretty much do.

=> ↺ Ruben Schade ☛ Evolving use patterns of the NYC subway

• The pandemic subway is a different system than what cities have known in the past. The same numbers of people aren’t flooding into central business districts every weekday, but ridership for many agencies has surged on afternoons and weekends.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Gasoline Prices, a Source of Pain Last Year, Have Come Way Down

• Reasons include a stronger supply of oil and weaker-than-expected demand, energy experts say. Some people are saving hundreds of dollars on fuel.

=> ↺ RFA ☛ Global solar investment set to surpass oil spending, report says

• China leads the way, according to the International Energy Agency.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Scientists Find a Way to Harvest Clean Energy From Nothing But Air

• “The air contains an enormous amount of electricity.”

Wildlife/Nature

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Research Reveals The Creepy Way Greedy Gulls Decide What to Eat

• Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Drones go out on shark patrol

• Lifeguards and beachgoers are getting a new ally this summer in the fight to prevent potentially dangerous shark encounters: drones.

• Why it matters: While actual shark-on-human attacks are vanishingly rare, a spate of sightings near shore has been raising alarms from Massachusetts to Hawaii recently.

Finance

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Georgian Billionaire Wins $926 Million From Credit Suisse After Fraud

• Credit Suisse was ordered to pay $926 million to Georgia’s former prime minister on May 26 for losing part of his fortune, in a Singapore court ruling that represents one of the biggest legal awards made against the bank.

=> ↺ YLE ☛ Specialty shops closing in Finnish city centres

• The most successful shops in recent years sell sporting goods, hardware, home electronics and eyeglasses while the least successful offer books, watches, jewellery and clothes.

=> ↺ New Yorker ☛ Affirmations for the Landlord Facing Adversity

• I am a landlord, not a charity. Eviction is a healthy boundary-setting practice.

=> ↺ Helsinki Times ☛ Expensive food often leads to unhealthy choices according to survey

• Rising food prices have had an impact on consumer behavior, resulting in new choices being made in grocery stores. Vaasan has examined changes in purchasing habits over the past year, and the results reveal a concerning trend. An increasing number of Finns are forced to carefully consider their food purchases, which, for some, leads to unhealthy choices. However, by choosing nutritious alternatives, consumers can get the best value for their money.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Economic development in Asia still faces many challenges, says China’s commerce minister

• China, as a major developing country, is willing to make due contributions, Mr Wang said.

=> ↺ Quartz ☛ Biden and Republicans are $70 billion away from settling their debt ceiling squabbles

• US debt ceiling talks appear to have overcome an impasse and are now close to finding a resolution.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ U.S. economy hotter than policymakers would like

• Economic data released on Friday show a pickup in consumer spending, alongside persistent inflation, which suggests the Federal Reserve might not yet be done with its rate-hiking campaign.

• Why it matters: Demand across the economy is still hotter than policymakers would like.

=> ↺ Quartz ☛ New York City is withholding new deposits at five banks accused of inaction on discrimination

• New York City is taking its business away from banks that lack anti-discrimination plans.

=> ↺ RFA ☛ US debt deal nears, but Asia will look on warily

• Lawmakers say they’re near a deal to pay America’s debts, but the fight to get there has aired much dirty laundry.

=> ↺ YLE ☛ Statistics Finland: Wages not rising in line with inflation

• Real earnings dropped by nearly five percent compared to early 2022.

=> ↺ Vice Media Group ☛ Minnesota Governor Vetoes Minimum Pay for Ridehail Drivers After Uber Threatens to Leave

• The bill would have set minimum payouts for drivers indexed to inflation.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ U.S. will run out of money on June 5: Yellen

• Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has given Congress a more precise date — June 5 — for when the U.S. government will hit the debt ceiling and run out of money to pay its bills.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Will Lawmakers Sacrifice Our Health and Safety to Get a Debt Ceiling Deal?

• A crucial part of the clean energy transition is swept up in the high-pressure negotiations happening in Washington.

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk’s sentence suspended for one year for health reasons

• Diagnosed with dementia, Tuğluk was released from prison in October last year. The prosecutors concluded that her health condition is not suitable for a return to the prison.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ ‘Wang hong’ culture booms in China as more young people dream of becoming influencers

• But many underestimate the difficulties in having to constantly come up with new content.

=> ↺ Ruben Schade ☛ No more @Rubenerd_Blog Twitter posts

• With changes to Twitter’s API, it’s no longer feasible for me to auto-post new entries to the @Rubenerd_blog account. I apologise if that’s how you tracked stuff here.

• As an alternative, I’d recommend opening an account with one of the RSS reader services below, and adding my feed so you don’t miss a post: [...]

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Alberta Election Tests Conservatives’ Far-Right Shift

• The pandemic took the conservative party in the oil-rich province of Alberta far to the right. An election on Monday will test if voters, traditionally among Canada’s most conservative, will follow.

=> ↺ RSF attests media system is rigged, denounces biased coverage of Turkey’s election

• The campaign of opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been significantly impeded by an unjust distribution of airtime and editorial control, while the incumbent Erdoğan has utilized tactics like intimidating and detaining independent journalists, as well as acquiring around 85% of the media.

=> ↺ Turkey elections: Latest polls ahead of second round

• While AREA research predicts a win for the oppositional contender on May 28, two other polling companies foresee a win for the incumbent.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Burhan Sönmez on the Tensions Between Politics and Art in Turkey

• Burhan Sönmez, who is president of PEN international, discusses the tension between politics and art and the role of literature in authoritarian societies.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s Presidential Runoff Election on Sunday: What to Know

• President Recep Tayyip Erdogan led his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, by a comfortable margin after the first round of voting.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ How Turkey’s Erdogan Rose to Power

• Turkey’s leader faced a criminal conviction, mass protests and a coup. Instead of hurting or ending his political career, they helped him accumulate ever more control.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s Erdogan Woos Voters in Re-Election Campaign

• President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rock star appeal at his election rallies, promising to lead Turkey to claim its rightful place as a global power if he is re-elected in a runoff on Sunday.

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Why quakes that razed homes may raise up Turkey’s Erdoğan

• Expectations that a weak response to earthquakes would cost the Turkish government votes proved false. Political preferences have become identities.

=> ↺ The Atlantic ☛ Photos From Turkey’s Convulsive Decade

• The photographer Emin Özmen has spent his career documenting life in Erdoğan’s shadow, watching his country transform from an aspiring democracy to a vision of the dystopian autocratic future.

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Georgian President Criticizes Government In Independence Day Speech

• Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has used a speech during the South Caucasus nation’s Independence Day celebrations to criticize the government over fears it is backsliding on democratic reforms.

Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Twitter abandons EU pact against disinformation

• Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary European Union agreement to combat online disinformation, a top EU official says. European Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted that Twitter had pulled out of the EU’s disinformation “code of practice” that other major social media platforms have pledged to support.

Censorship/Free Speech

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Russia’s Justice Ministry adds lead singer of rock group Bi-2, journalists, and scholars to its list of ‘foreign agents’ — Meduza

• Russia’s Justice Ministry updated its registry of “foreign agents.” New additions include Lyova Bi-2 (real name Yegor Bortnik), lead singer of the band Bi-2, and other individuals and organizations:

=> ↺ China deletes 1.4 million social media posts in crack down on ‘self-media’ accounts

• China’s cyberspace regulator said 1.4 million social media posts have been deleted following a two-month probe into alleged misinformation, illegal profiteering, and impersonation of state officials, among other “pronounced problems.” The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement on Friday it had closed 67,000 social media accounts and deleted hundreds of thousands of posts between March 10 and May 22 as part of a broader “rectification” campaign. Since 2021, China has targeted billions of social media accounts in a bid to “clean” its cyberspace and make it easier for authorities to control. The latest crackdown targeted accounts on popular Chinese social media apps including WeChat, Douyin, and Weibo that fall under the category of “self media,” a term that broadly refers to accounts that publish news and information but are not government-run or state-approved.

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Kosovar Police Clash With Protesters In Serb-Majority Northern Towns, Drawing U.S., EU Rebukes

• Police in northern Kosovo used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds in three Serb-majority towns and enter municipal buildings in support of recently elected ethnic Albanian mayors — security actions that drew quick rebukes from Pristina’s Western allies, who urged dialogue.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Judge temporarily blocks South Carolina’s 6-week abortion ban

• A state judge on Friday temporarily blocked South Carolina’s recently enacted six-week abortion ban until the state supreme court has a chance to review it, Axios has confirmed.

=> ↺ Neritam ☛ This Labor Day, Remember That Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign Was for Workers’ Rights

• Most Americans today know that Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968, but few know why he was there.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Tear gas fills the air as TotalEnergies AGM rejects climate activist resolution

• TotalEnergies shareholders rejected an activist resolution on Friday urging faster cuts to the oil major’s greenhouse gas emissions programme after police intervened to stop climate protesters disrupting its annual general meeting.

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Iranian Lawyers Say Courts Issuing Them Dozens Of Summonses With No Charges

• A leading member of one of Iran’s legal associations says more than 100 lawyers from across the country have been summoned to Tehran’s security court, even though there is no mention of any charges against them.

=> ↺ RFA ☛ Childhood friend of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says he has never heard about Kim’s son

• Focus on daughter Ju Ae seems to undermine South Korean claims that Kim has a son

=> ↺ Mexico News Daily ☛ Girls develop phone apps to solve problems in their community [Ed: Well, phone apps, however, create rather than solve problems]

• The nonprofit Technovation is teaching young Mexican girls to develop technology to help others and also see a better future for themselves.

Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Where Exactly Did That Network Packet Come From?

• Have you ever noticed that some websites can figure out, at least roughly, where you are? Sometimes they use it to find you a closer content provider. Or they might block you from seeing certain things while offering you other things specific to your location. This is possible because there are databases that map IPs to locations. [Mark Litwintschik] looks at using those databases from an API or downloading them into your own database. He also shows some very large database queries, which is interesting, too. He uses IPInfo, although there are other providers. Some only provide a limited number of lookups, but there are plenty of free tiers for low-volume usage.

Monopolies

Patents

=> ↺ USPTO’s ANPRM Has Major Problems

• Throughout my 26 years in Congress, including three terms as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, there was a clear need to strengthen our patent system in order to protect the rights of innovators and entrepreneurs.

=> ↺ Europe embarks on a new era of patent protection [Ed: EPO is celebrating illegal and unconstitutional program. Europe embarks on a new era of criminality and law-breaking -- all this to appease lobbyists with their moles running the EPO.]

• The Unitary Patent system enters into operation

=> ↺ JUVE ☛ Top ten most-read UPC articles [Ed: Those "UPC articles" are sponsored by Team UPC. JUVE got paid to promote crimes, and is now taking stock of fake "news" is produced for a fee. We nowadays have a press apparatus sponsored to promote crime on behalf of criminals, including reputation-laundering PR. There's money in that.]

• With the Unified Patent Court just days away from launch, JUVE Patent has rounded up the top ten most-read articles concerning the pan-European court published on the site since 2018.

=> ↺ Unified Patents ☛ Mel NavIP automobile speech recognition patent likely invalid

• On May 23, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 8,060,368, owned and asserted by Mel NavIP, LLC. The ’368 patent is generally directed to navigation and speech recognition for a vehicle. The patent had been asserted against Toyota and is currently asserted against GM and Hyundai.

=> ↺ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ The Silent Echo: Supreme Court’s Non-Engagement with the Federal Circuit in Amgen v. Sanofi

• Prof. Chris Holman recently characterized Amgen v. Sanofi as an “endorsement of the Federal Circuit’s current interpretation and application of the enablement requirement, and maintenance of the status quo.”  Although I largely align with Holman’s views, I note that the Supreme Court did not explicitly engage with Federal Circuit precedent. More specifically, the Court neither cited nor discussed any Federal Circuit or CCPA decision outside of case-specific historical documents.

Trademarks

=> ↺ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Appeals from Section 2(d) Refusals Turn Out?

• By my count, the TTAB has affirmed about 83% of the Section 2(d) refusals it has reviewed on appeal this year. How do you think these latest three appeals came out? Results will be found in the first comment.

Gemini* and Gopher

Personal

=> ↺ Birotam emi

• Two weeks ago I finally bought a bicycle. I went to a bike shop where they do measure you and based on your criteria that you gave them beforehand, they propose a bike that should fit your needs. They also mount everything based on your sizes.

• Of course it costs more than buying in a shopping mall, but as I have no idea about bicycles it was a safe choice. This way I also do not have to worry about maintenance, they do everything and I just have to reserve a time slot online and drop off the bike in the shop. They also have a bike wash.

Politics

=> ↺ End the slaughter age

• EU citizens: there is time until 5th June to sign the ECI petition to close animal farms and slaughterhouses.

Technical

=> ↺ Love is all I need

• The trouble with so fantastic a read/review is now I’d rather read CircaDian than play Half-Life Alyx.

Internet/Gemini

=> ↺ About the Domain “Geminispace.org”

• I have encountered a few complaints that the domain name of this site, Geminispace.org, is problematic because it can be somewhat ambiguous and misleading: it may be unclear whether one means just this capsule or Geminispace as a whole — a collection of Gemini capsules and the people who maintain them. One might react to this dismissively and think that a name is just a name, but I want to give this topic some serious consideration.

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