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GNU/Linux

=> ↺ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 28th, 2023

• This was another slow week, but I managed to bring you some interesting stories like the biggest change for Linux users in the upcoming Firefox 115 web browser, another exciting change for the upcoming KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment, or the Cartridges game launcher as the “Flatpak App of the Week.”

• On top of that, I tell you all about the latest releases of the Nitrux distribution, Tux Paint open-source digital painting app for children, and Mesa open-source graphics stack. Check out the hottest news of this week and access all the distro and package downloads in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for May 28th, 2023, below.

Server

=> ↺ Unix Men ☛ 5 Major Benefits of Having a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) For Unix and Linux [Ed: “The annual security breaches for Unix and Linux infrastructure is at an all-time high,” says this linkspam piece, which spreads FUD. Yet another linkspam piece.]

=> ↺ Unix Men ☛ 5 Major Benefits of Having a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) For Unix and Linux [Ed: “The annual security breaches for Unix and Linux infrastructure is at an all-time high,” says this linkspam piece, which spreads FUD. Yet another linkspam piece.]

• The annual security breaches for Unix and Linux infrastructure is at an all-time high, with almost 1.7 million Linux malware floating across the internet for 2022 alone. That’s a 650% increment from 2021. 

• That’s why most tech companies working on UNIX and Linux are looking for healthy Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) solutions. However, many still stay numb to the changes. 

Audiocasts/Shows

=> ↺ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU World Order 514

• Comparing Drupal, WordPress, and Static Site CMS

• shasum -a256=53654792398897a7aeb78722de8fc557ab661bf60508be58c9fc14f7ad24c6b2

=> ↺ Open Source Security (Audio Show) ☛ Episode 377 – The world is changing too fast for humans to understand

• Josh and Kurt talk about PyPI suspending new accounts and packages for a day, and a 60 minutes story about deepfakes. The problems are mostly the same, but for very different reasons. The world is changing faster than we can keep up, so what is a human to do?

=> ↺ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ The Sound of Rust | LINUX Unplugged 512

• We take a “Rust-only tools” challenge for a week and admit what worked, and what sucked. Plus, a surprise guest.

Applications

=> ↺ Introducing my Telegram Bot for Remote PC Monitoring and Control: telegram-remote-bash

• Hello, Tech enthusiasts! I am beyond excited to introduce to you my first project on GitHub – a Bash-based Telegram Bot that allows you to monitor and control a remote computer!

=> ↺ Unix Men ☛ Revolutionizing Video Making with Linux: Unleashing Creative Potential [Partly linkspam]

=> ↺ Unix Men ☛ Revolutionizing Video Making with Linux: Unleashing Creative Potential [Partly linkspam]

• In today’s digital age, videos have become an integral part of our lives. From social media platforms to professional presentations, videos have the power to captivate and engage audiences like never before. With the increasing demand for high-quality video content, it is essential to have versatile tools that allow users to unleash their creative potential. Enter Linux, the open-source operating system that has been revolutionizing the world of video making. In this article, we will explore how Linux empowers creators to merge videos seamlessly and provides a plethora of creative possibilities.

• Linux’s open-source nature is the cornerstone of its success in the realm of video making. Unlike proprietary software, Linux is free and offers unrestricted access to its source code. This allows developers and users to modify, enhance, and customize the software according to their needs. The open-source community has created a vast ecosystem of video editing tools and applications that cater to various requirements, making Linux a versatile platform for video creators.

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ ID Root ☛ How To Install GitHub Desktop on Debian 11

• In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GitHub Desktop on Debian 11. Are you a Debian 11 user and want to streamline your GitHub workflow? Look no further than GitHub Desktop, the user-friendly interface for managing Git repositories.

=> ↺ University of Toronto ☛ My current editor usage (as of mid 2023)

• I use three (Unix) editors on a regular basis, and there’s a story or two in that and how my editor usage has shifted over time. For me, the big shift has been that vim has become my default editor, the editor I normally use unless there’s some special circumstance. One way to put it is that vim has become my editing path of least resistance. This shift isn’t something that I would have predicted years ago (back then I definitely didn’t particularly like vim), but looking back from today it feels almost inevitable.

=> ↺ How to start Docker Container automatically on Boot in Linux

• Containerization is not a new technology anymore, millions of apps using it and in this, Docker has played quite an essential role in providing a platform for managing and deploying Conatiner-based applications.

=> ↺ Linux Handbook ☛ Using exec Command in Bash Shell Scripts

• The shell built-in exec command is used for executing commands in shell scripts.

=> ↺ UNIX Cop ☛ How to install Gitosis on Ubuntu 22.04

• In this post, you will learn how to install Gitosis on Ubuntu 22.04. According to the GitHub profile gitosis is a software for hosting git repositories. You can manage git repositories, provide access to them over SSH, with tight access control and not needing shell accounts.

=> ↺ Measuring Success: Collecting Metrics in Kubernetes Environments

• Introduction Kubernetes has emerged as a leading container orchestration platform. Since its inception in 2014, Kubernetes has gained significant popularity among IT organizations. It is an open-source platform that allows developers to automate deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications across clusters of hosts.

=> ↺ Function-as-a-Service: Navigating Kubernetes FaaS Frameworks

• Introduction In recent years, the trend towards serverless computing has gained significant momentum. As a result, Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) has emerged as a popular technology to deploy serverless applications.

=> ↺ Empowering Your Cluster: Integrating Istio into Your Kubernetes Environment

• Introduction Modern software development relies heavily on the use of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes. As developers continue to build more complex applications, the need for an efficient and scalable infrastructure becomes increasingly important.

=> ↺ Tracking Progress: Mastering Logging Techniques with Kubernetes

• The Importance of Logging Techniques in Kubernetes Kubernetes has become the go-to platform for managing containerized applications at scale. In modern software development, it’s crucial to have an efficient and reliable system in place to manage logs, track progress, and troubleshoot issues.

=> ↺ Solving the Puzzle: Effective Troubleshooting for Monitoring Kubernetes Clusters

• The Rise of Kubernetes and Its Importance in Modern Software Development Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open-source container orchestration platform that has gained significant popularity among developers in recent years. It was originally developed by Google and is now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).

=> ↺ It’s Ubuntu ☛ Update the NVIDIA Drivers on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS [How To]

• In this tutorial post, we will show you the process to update the NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It is highly recommended to upgrade the latest version of the NVIDIA GPU drivers.

=> ↺ How to Kill Processes in Linux \ Ubuntu?

• If you are looking for different ways of killing processes or know what killing a process (kill Process) is, you are in the right spot. This article will explain everything you need to know about killing processes in Linux in detail.  No matter if you are a Linux System Administrator, a Novice Linux User, or running and managing your own VPS Server on Linux. There might come a certain situation where you must kill a process manually. 

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Siege on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Ristretto Image Viewer on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Joplin on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Composer on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Quod Libet on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install PhotoQT on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install GNU Emacs on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Akregator on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install HandBrake on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Jami on Fedora 38/37/36 Linux

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Yarn on Debian 12/11/10

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Ionic Framework on Debian 12/11/10

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Telegram on Debian 12/11/10

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Discord on Debian 12/11/10

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Redis on Debian 12/11/10

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Apache on Debian 12/11/10

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Nginx on Debian 12/11/10

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Wine 8.0 on Debian 12/11/10

=> ↺ Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Microsoft Fonts on Debian 12/11/10

WINE or Emulation

=> ↺ ScummVM ☛ There’s that name again. Matia. What’s going on here?

• Schizm: Mysterious Journey, the second supported game of the V-Cruise engine, is ready for public testing!

• Created in 2001 by Detalion and published by LK Avalon, this acclaimed 3D-rendered panoramic first-person adventure has you puzzle your way through an alien world as a team of two scientists split up when their ship crash-landed on the planet.

Distributions and Operating Systems

=> ↺ Barry Kauler ☛ Kdenlive AppImage vs Flatpak

• I recently posted that have chosen Kdenlive for creating videos:

• In EasyOS 5.3.1, Kdenlive is available as an AppImage and a Flatpak, so which one to use?

• Firstly, installed the AppImage, version 23.04.1, and ran it from a terminal to see startup messages. Pulling out some highlights:

• The MLT movit plugins are consequently not available. Easy does not have libGLX.so.0 — it is available in a package, just not installed. Anyway, Kdenlive works, tested a video and sound also works.

New Releases

=> ↺ 9to5Linux ☛ Nitrux 2.8.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.3, Plasma Wayland by Default

• Nitrux 2.8.1 may sound like a small point release to last month’s Nitrux 2.8, but it’s a massive update that brings exciting changes like the latest and greatest Linux 6.3 kernel series, Plasma Wayland as the default session, as well as all the latest KDE software including Plasma 5.27.5, Frameworks 5.106, and Gear 23.04.1.

• Plasma Wayland is clearly the number one attraction of this release and the devs tried their best to make it work as flawless as possible for everyone. For this, they have added xdg-desktop-portal-gnome to prevent font rendering issues, especially with Flatpak apps.

=> ↺ Linuxiac ☛ MX Linux’s Refreshed Identity: Get Ready for MX-23 ‘Libretto’

• MX Linux pays homage to its origins with a logo revamp, unveiling the highly anticipated MX-23 ‘Libretto’ public beta.

Fedora Family / IBM

=> ↺ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: F38 FESCo election: Interview with Tom Stellard

• I have a background in compilers and toolchains, and I would like to use some of the knowledge I’ve gained over the years of building and troubleshooting applications to help make Fedora better. Specifically, I’m interested in helping packagers avoid making common mistakes through standardized macros and packaging practices and also by increasing the reliance on CI.

• I’m currently one of the maintainers of the LLVM packages in Fedora which is a set of 15 packages that provide a C/C++/Fortran compilers as well as a set of reusable compiler libraries that are used for developing other languages and for developer tools, like IDEs.

• I’ve also worked on two system wide change requests to help standardize the use of make within Fedora packages. These changes helped to make spec files more consistent across all of Fedora and also made it possible to remove make from the default buildroot.

=> ↺ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: F38 FESCo election: Interview with Major Hayden

• This is a part of the Elections Interviews series for Fedora Linux 38. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts on Monday, 29 May and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Sunday, 11 June.

=> ↺ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: F38 FESCo election: Interview with Stephen Gallagher

=> ↺ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: F38 elections voting now open

• Voting in the Fedora Linux 38 elections is now open. Go to the Elections app to cast your vote.

=> ↺ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: F38 Mindshare election: Interview with David Duncan

• I have been participating in Fedora community for a number of years. I started as one of the Fedora Ambassadors. I settled in working on Cloud a few years back and then found a job that really supported that work. Now I spend a lot of time working on the Cloud efforts.

• I had the opportunity to serve on the Mindshare committee last year after one of the members found it necessary to focus their efforts elsewhere. I found it very fulfilling to work with the team. There are a lot of challenges around building a strong community and I have always enjoyed being a part of that efforts. I think that I can continue that work again.

=> ↺ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: F38 Mindshare election: Interview with Luis Bazan

• I have already been a Fedora contributor for 12 years, I have worked in different teams, I am in the LATAM region.

• I have always tried to do my best within the Fedora community and I would like to join the Mindshare team to share my ideas for creating tasks that help the community continue to grow as we always have.

• Currently we need to do more events or anything that joins the LATAM region that is a bit neglected. We require more activities, not only national, we also want some international activities and this problem dates back to before the pandemic that affected us all.

=> ↺ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: F38 FESCo election: Interview with Benjamin Beasley

• As a Fedora Linux, CentOS, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux user for well over a decade, and as a contributor to the Fedora community for the last several years, I find that wise and steady technical leadership has been one of the Fedora project’s great strengths. In my one term on FESCo, I think I have made a useful contribution to this tradition.

• It’s my practice to listen more than I speak; respect different people’s perspectives and styles of communication; and remember that idealism and pragmatism can exist in complementary rather than adversarial opposition.

• I directly maintain around 170 rather diverse packages. A few of my particular interests are scientific/technical and mathematical packages, font-related software, and the Python ecosystem. I also co-maintain or contribute to a variety of packages via the neuro-sig and python-packagers-sig packaging groups, and I regularly contribute fixes to other packages and to upstream projects.

=> ↺ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: F38 FESCo election: Interview with Neal Gompa

• As a long-time member of the Fedora community as a user and a contributor, I have benefited from the excellent work of many FESCo members before me to ensure Fedora continues to evolve as an amazing platform for innovation. For the past few years, I have had the wonderful privilege of serving as a member of FESCo for the first time, and I enjoyed my time serving to steer Fedora into the future, and I wish to continue to contribute my expertise to help analyze and make good decisions on evolving the Fedora platform.

• The bulk of my contributions to Fedora lately are on the desktop side of things. In the last year, I’ve been working steadily on improving Fedora’s multimedia capabilities, which included bringing in FFmpeg into Fedora and enabling a new range of applications, libraries, and services to be packaged and hosted on Fedora Linux. This even leads to enabling creative professional work for video and making video streaming possible with software shipped in Fedora. Most recently, I helped kickstart the Budgie SIG and assisted with bootstrapping the Fedora Budgie spin and Fedora Onyx. Finally, my newest effort is around the bringup of the Fedora Asahi Remix by the Asahi SIG to support Fedora Linux on Apple Silicon Macs. This is being done in close collaboration with the upstream Asahi Linux community and members of that community are now part of the Fedora community too.

• Beyond the desktop and more into the clouds, I have been engaging with folks at AWS to bring them more into the Fedora community in a similar vein to how I helped bring Facebook into the Fedora community. This has also led to a proper revival of the Fedora Cloud Working Group and the Fedora Cloud Edition for Fedora Linux 37. We’re currently working on expanding our coverage of Fedora Cloud Edition in public cloud platforms, as well.

=> ↺ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: F38 Council election: Interview with Sumantro Mukherjee

• I hail from APAC (India) and would like to focus on bringing in more non-US perspectives, which includes bringing in more contributors from diverse backgrounds.

• Efficient utilization of our brand-new design assets which are now in multiple languages to onboard a variety of users (general and power-users) to the Fedora community as contributor either to functional sides (QA, packaging..etc) and/or outreach.

• Giving suggestions and bringing new perspectives from technical and outreach are my primary motivators.

=> ↺ Red Hat Official ☛ The moment for AI [Ed: Red Hat CEO is promoting phony trends or buzzwords that help Microsoft distract from mass layoffs, product closures, and other crises; if Red Hat becomes a caricature company or a 'meme', it won't manage to retain -- let alone gain -- truly technical people]

Open Hardware/Modding

=> ↺ [Repeat] Ruben Schade ☛ Remembering how the Nintendo Wii was cracked

• This was my favourite nugget in a great video about how Team Tweezers circumvented protections in the Wii console to run homebrew software. It proves how tenuous all this stuff can be when your cryptography is let down by one of the most fundamental C programming mistakes they teach you at uni.

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Mangle Videos With RecurBOY And A Raspberry Pi Zero

• You used to need a lot of equipment to be a video DJ. Now you can do it all with a Raspberry Pi Zero and [cyberboy666]’s recurBOY. And if you missed out on the 1970’s video-editing psychedelia, now’s your chance to catch up – recurBOY is a modern video synth with all of the bells and whistles, and it’ll fit in your pocket. Check out [cyberboy666]’s demo video if you don’t yet know what you’re getting into. (Embedded below.)

=> ↺ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry Pi Adapter Sends Keyboard Input From iPad via HID to Devices

• Canatee is a teacher using two Raspberry Pis to power his iPad keyboard shortcut system that helps add comments to students’ work.

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

=> ↺ Indian Express ☛ Google alerts users about unsecure Android TV OS boxes | Technology News,The Indian Express

=> ↺ Android Police ☛ The top Android video editing apps

=> ↺ Android Police ☛ Our 17 top Android tips and tricks every smartphone owner should know

=> ↺ Computer World ☛ 5 smart Chrome browser alternatives for Android | Computerworld

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

=> ↺ Giz China ☛ Android 14′s DeviceAsWebcam allows you to use your phone as a high-quality webcam

=> ↺ Giz China ☛ Avoid These 12 Android Slow Down Mistakes – Gizchina.com

=> ↺ Gadget Bridge ☛ Full Guide: How to Install Complete Android OS on a PC?

=> ↺ Giz China ☛ How to Easily Find Wi-Fi Passwords on Your Android Device – Gizchina.com

=> ↺ SlashGear ☛ How To Enable Developer Options On Your Android Phone

=> ↺ SlashGear ☛ How To Install Android Apps On A Smart TV

=> ↺ Make Use Of ☛ How to Choose Which Folders to Back Up in Google Photos on Android

=> ↺ Notebook Check ☛ Tecno Camon 20 series of Android smartphones with high-res rear cameras and unique design launch in India – NotebookCheck.net News

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

=> ↺ Djalel Oukid ☛ myTUXEDO, a Nextcloud based storage offered with TUXEDO devices

• myTUXEDO is an open-source Nextcloud-based cloud storage service developed by TUXEDOComputers.

=> ↺ WP20 & Audrey Scholars

• Today is the 20th anniversary of the first release of WordPress. None of us knew what we were getting into when it started, but we had a shared conviction that the four freedoms of the GPL combined with a mission to democratize publishing was something worth spending our time on. There will be celebrations in cities around the world, please join if there’s one happening near you.

=> ↺ Libre Arts ☛ LibreArts Weekly recap — 28 May 2023

• Once again, a very short recap. Week highlights: Blender Studio announces their next open movie project, Intel Open Image Denoise 2.0 is out with major improvements, Krita and Ardour are getting new features.

• When I posted last week that the GIMP team was meeting somewhere in the EU, I had no idea where. And now that I know, wow!

• Not only Simon Budig went back to contributing, Michael Natterer is back too. There’s also Niels De Graef helping with general stuff like the build system, and Carlos Garnacho (GNOME) sending various patches.

Web Browsers/Web Servers

=> ↺ Daniel Stenberg ☛ The Gemini protocol seen by this HTTP client person

• There is again a pull-request submitted to the curl project to bring support for the Gemini protocol. It seems like a worthwhile effort that I support, even if it is also a lot of work involved and it might take some time before it reaches the state in which it can be merged.

SaaS/Back End/Databases

=> ↺ Peter Eisentraut ☛ PostgreSQL compile times

• The arithmetic here is unsurprising up to a point. This machine has 12 CPU cores, so you get speedups until around -j12. But it’s notable that the gains level off at 8. It could be because there are 8 “performance” cores and 4 “efficiency” cores, and the efficiency cores aren’t that helpful for this? Or maybe because there is just not that much more parallelism to be had in the build.

=> ↺ PostgreSQL ☛ PGCloud Conference London: Call for Papers is Now Open!

• The Call for Papers is now open for PGCloud Conference London! Taking place in London on 10th August 2023.

• We are looking for proposals in English on any topic relating to PostgreSQL and how to optimize, manage, and scale it in a cloud environment. Talk submissions are welcome from a wide variety of PostgreSQL users, from app developers, DBAs, operations engineers, decision makers, and PostgreSQL contributors.

=> ↺ PostgreSQL ☛ pg_dumpbinary v2.11 released

• pg_dumpbinary dumps a PostgreSQL database to a binary format. The resulting dump must be restored using pg_restorebinary, which is provided.

• pg_dumpbinary 2.11 was released today, it fixes a major issue at restore time.

GNU Projects

=> ↺ GNU ☛ unifont @ Savannah: Unifont 15.0.04 Released

• Unifont 15.0.04 is now available.  This is a minor release, and the final release to have TrueType fonts in its default build.  Future releases will only build their OpenType equivalents, although it will still be possible to build TrueType versions manually by invoking “make truetype” in the font directory. Minor changes have been made to Greek and Coptic glyphs in the range U+0370..U+03FF, adjusting the tonos placement for capital vowels and ensuring that all baseline and x-height alignments are consistent.  Two heart icons were modified.  Glyphs for the ConScript Unicode Registry (CSUR) script Engsvanyáli (U+E100..U+E14F) have also been added.  Full details are in the ChangeLog file.

• https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/unifont/unifont-15.0.04/           https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont-15.0.04/           ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont-15.0.04/           https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-15.0.04/           https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-15.0.04/font-builds/

Programming/Development

=> ↺ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ Deleted files in a freshly cloned git repo

• Conclusion: Don’t use special characters, spaces, or emojis in your file names.

=> ↺ Thorsten Ball ☛ What do others do without tests?

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ How to move the complete Git repository

• Git has become the de facto standard for version control and collaboration in software development. At times, developers may need to move an entire Git repository, including its history, branches, and tags, to a new location or hosting service.

Python

=> ↺ Medevel ☛ Create Rich Report From Many Sources with pyreports

• pyreports is a python library that allows you to create complex report from various sources

Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Handling Special Characters in Shell Scripts

• In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the shell serves as a command-line interpreter, permitting users to issue commands that the OS will then execute. Among the most popular shell interpreters are Bourne shell (sh), Bash (Bourne Again SHell), and csh (C-shell).

Standards/Consortia

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday Links: May 28, 2023

• The Great Automotive AM Radio War of 2023 rages on, with the news this week that Ford has capitulated, at least for now. You’ll recall that the opening salvo came when the US automaker declared that AM radio was unusable in their EV offerings thanks to interference generated by the motor controller. Rather than fixing the root problem, Ford decided to delete the AM option from their EV infotainment systems, while letting their rolling EMI generators just keep blasting out interference for everyone to enjoy. Lawmakers began rattling their sabers in response, threatening legislation to include AM radio in every vehicle as a matter of public safety. Ford saw the writing on the wall and reversed course, saying that AM is back for at least the 2024 model year, and that vehicles already delivered without it will get a fix via software update.

Leftovers

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Casualties after tourist boat sinks in Italy’s Lago Maggiore in Lombardy region

• A tourist boat capsized in a storm on Italy’s Lago Maggiore in the northern Lombardy region on Sunday, with at least one person confirmed dead, Italian media reported.

=> ↺ Off Guardian ☛ Notes to Poetry: Or, defending freedom for the future

• Der Zauberlehrling (1797) is the title of a famous ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a re-telling of an ancient Egyptian myth that was later put to music by the French composer, Paul Dukas, in his orchestral scherzo L’Apprenti sorcier (1897).

Education

=> ↺ uni Stanford ☛ Barely staying afloat: The pervasive culture of Duck Syndrome at Stanford

• The concept of students making relentless work look effortless has been deemed ‘duck syndrome’ by many at Stanford, due to the image of a duck floating across the water peacefully while kicking hard underneath. But despite its humorous name, it may have serious self-esteem and mental health consequences for students at Stanford and beyond.

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Iranian Student Suspended From University For Refusing To Wear Hijab Summoned In New Case

• Sepideh Rashno, a 28-year-old Iranian writer and student arrested last year for refusing to wear the mandatory hijab, has said she has been summoned to appear before the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office in relation to a supposed new case against her.

Hardware

=> ↺ CNX Software ☛ Arm unveils Cortex-X4, Cortex-A720, Cortex-A520 CPUs, Immortalis-720 GPU

• Arm has just announced the new Total Compute Solutions 2023 (TCS23) with Cortex-X4, Cortex-A720, and Cortex-A520 Armv9.2 CPU cores, and the 5th generation (i.e. no Valhall) Immortalis-720 GPU that will initially be found in SoC for premium smartphones and laptops before reaching the other markets over the years. The announcement follows TCS22 platform announced in June 2022 with Cortex-X3, Cortex-A715 and 510 cores plus the Immortalis-715 GPU that was eventually found in the MediaTek Dimensity 9200 SoC integrated into OPPO and Vivo smartphones, and the new TCS23 CPU cores offer up to 15% performance improvement, 40% higher efficiency, while the Immoralis-720 GPU offers similar performance and efficiency improvements on the graphics front.

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ BBC Master 128 Revealed

• [Adrian] comments that the BBC Master 128 is a rare 8-bit computer, and we agree — we couldn’t remember hearing about that particular machine, although the BBC series is quite familiar. The machine has a whopping 128 K of RAM, quite a bit for those days. It also had a 6502 variant known as the 65C12, which has an extra pin compared to a 6502 and doesn’t use the same clock arrangement. A viewer sent him one of these machines, which apparently was used in the BBC studios. You can see this rare beauty in the video below.

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ Electronic Connect 4 Console Doesn’t Use LCD

• You might think that making your own electronic games would require some kind of LCD, but lately, [Mirko Pavleski] has been making his using inexpensive 8X8 WS2812B LED panels. This lets even a modest microcontroller easily control a 64-pixel “screen.” In this case, [Mirko] uses an Arduino Nano, 3 switches, and a buzzer along with some 3D printed components to make a good-looking game. You can see it in action in the video below.

=> ↺ CNX Software ☛ Review of BIGTREETECH Pad 7 Klipper pad with Creality Ender-3 Pro S1 3D printer

• I received the BIGTREETECH Pad 7 7-inch Klipper pad and tablet PC for review earlier this month. I’ve already tested it with a Raspberry Pi CM4 as a Linux tablet PC with touchscreen, and I’ve now reinstalled the BTT CM1 Allwinner H616 system-on-module to run the pre-install Klipper OS and connect the Pad 7 to a Creality Ender-3 Pro S1 3D printer. When I first booted the Pad 7 it ended up with an error message from Klipper complaining about a missing configuration file. I connected to WiFi and update all software packages, but it didn’t help. It’s just because the Pad 7 needs to be configured for a specific printer.

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ France24 ☛ French researchers slam former hospital director for ‘unauthorised’ Covid trial

• French medical bodies on Sunday called on authorities to punish researcher Didier Raoult for “the largest ‘unauthorised’ clinical trial ever seen” into the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19.

=> ↺ Tux Digital ☛ 1: Muscle Medicine: The Surprising Link Between Building Muscle, Living Longer and Treating Chronic Disease

• In today’s episode we’re diving deep into some fascinating new research that shows just how powerful building muscle can be when it comes to preventing and treating chronic diseases.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Havoc-Wreaking ‘Zombie Drug’ Xylazine Records First Death in UK

• Not for humans.

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ AI Creates Killer Drug

• Researchers in Canada and the United States have used deep learning to derive an antibiotic that can attack a resistant microbe, acinetobacter baumannii, which can infect wounds and cause pneumonia. According to the BBC, a paper in Nature Chemical Biology describes how the researchers used training data that measured known drugs’ action on the tough bacteria. The learning algorithm then projected the effect of 6,680 compounds with no data on their effectiveness against the germ.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Doing This One Thing Makes Insomnia Even Worse, Psychologists Warn

• Do you really want to know?

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Biggest Study Yet Suggests Electric Stimulation Boosts Brain Function

Proprietary

=> ↺ Federal News Network ☛ Systems error affecting electronic gates leaves travelers to UK waiting for hours

• Travelers arriving in the U.K. faced long delays Saturday after a technical problem shut electronic border gates at airports across the country for most of the day. That fault forced everyone to have their passports checked manually on what was expected to be one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. The Home Office, the government agency responsible for immigration and borders, said at 6 p.m. London time that all the electronic gates were working again. It provided no details about what caused the problem.

=> ↺ Silicon Angle ☛ Lawyer’s reliance on ChatGPT leads to false case citations in airline lawsuit

Security

=> ↺ SANS ☛ We Can no Longer Ignore the Cost of Cybersecurity, (Sun, May 28th)

• I read recently that disregarding cyber risks is a way of inviting trouble and unnecessary attention to any organization. Cyber threats is nothing new, everyone is a target taking many forms whether it is by some form of scanning or targeted phishing. For example, Sophos describes the naughty nine which are all some form of services that can be purchased for a price (i.e. access, malware, phishing, crypting, etc).

Privacy/Surveillance

=> ↺ India Times ☛ Driver’s licenses, addresses, photos: Inside how TikTok shares user data

• The profusion of user data on Lark alarmed some TikTok employees, especially since ByteDance workers in China and elsewhere could easily see the material, according to internal reports and four current and former employees. Since at least July 2021, several security employees have warned ByteDance and TikTok executives about risks tied to the platform, according to the documents and the current and former workers.

=> ↺ AntiWar ☛ Time To End the FBI’s FISA Follies

• This is reprinted from the Orange County Register with permission. Late last Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a heavily redacted April 2022 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) opinion and order dealing with the highly controversial FISA Section 702 intelligence collection program…

=> ↺ YLE ☛ Finland planning national cat register

• The size of Finland’s cat population is unknown, according to authorities.

Defence/Aggression

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Inside South Korea’s race to become one of the world’s biggest arms dealers

• South Korea is the third-largest supplier of weapons to Nato and its member states.

=> ↺ Scheerpost ☛ [rewind] Ron Kovic and Maj. Danny Sjursen: The Great Con of American Patriotism

• The two veterans trace the United States’ violent trajectory since the Vietnam War.

=> ↺ Scheerpost ☛ Kissinger vs. ‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’

• “Daniel Ellsberg is the most dangerous man in America. He must be stopped at all costs.” —Henry Kissinger In 1970, before whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg shared copies of the Pentagon Papers with several newspapers in the United States, Ellsberg was invited by his friend Lloyd Shearer […]

=> ↺ NYPost ☛ Suspect who dated Utah radio host nabbed in Mexico after ‘painstaking’ effort: police

• Manuel Omar Burciaga-Perea, 36, was taken back to Utah from Mexico City by the U.S. Marshals Service following years-long international efforts, according to a press release last Friday and reported by local ABC4.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Explosive Devices Cause 121 Casualties in Yemen in Q1

• There are millions of landmines and unexploded ordnance scattered across the country, and these weapons will continue to kill and maim civilians for years to come.

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ Kosovo police fire tear gas at Serb protest against appointment of Albanian mayors

• On Friday, police in the northern Kosovo city of Zvecan fired tear gas at protests opposing the appointment of ethnic-Albanian mayors. The action injured 10 people as local Serbs gathered in front of the Zvecan municipal administration building, according to Serbian state TV.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ No glory for ‘hakpok’ bullies in South Korea’s school violence epidemic

• School violence is endemic in South Korean schools, said an attorney who specialises in bullying cases.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Japan aims to destroy any North Korean missile after Pyongyang warns of satellite launch

• May 29, 2023 6:50 AM

• Japanese government said it would do all it could to collect and analyse information from the launch.

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Iranian Official Says Conflict With Afghanistan Detrimental To Both Sides

• An Iranian Foreign Ministry official has said following the outbreak of border clashes between Iranian border guards and Taliban fighters that any conflict between the two countries is detrimental to both of them.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Iran Strengthens Security at Afghanistan Border After Clashes

• Two Iranian border guards and one Taliban fighter were killed during armed clashes near a border police station on Saturday.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ At Least 3 Die in Clashes on Iranian-Afghan Border

• The fighting comes amid rising political tension between the two countries over the flow of water from the Helmand River in Afghanistan into eastern Iran.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Sudan War Strikes a Blow to the Country’s Emerging Art Scene

• Dozens of Sudanese artists and curators have fled their studios and galleries in the capital, jeopardizing thousands of artworks and imperiling an art scene central to the 2019 revolution.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Turkey’s Kurdish areas serve as petri dish for illiberal democracy test

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been reelected in a runoff that experts say is the latest trend in the rise of illiberal democracies. The Kurdish heartland of Diyarbakir has been there before, but now it has spread from the periphery to the centre, and probably beyond Turkey’s borders.

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ EU-Turkey tensions set to continue after Erdogan’s victory

• The European Commission is critical of the increasingly authoritarian rule of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “The EU’s serious concerns on the continued deterioration of democracy, the rule of law, fundamental rights and the independence of the judiciary have not been addressed,” European External Action Service officials wrote in their 2022 report on Turkey.

• Instead, backsliding continues, they wrote. Their “concerns increased over economic governance and the good functioning of the market economy.”

=> ↺ El País ☛ Jan. 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the US is coming after their haul

• Their fundraising success suggests that many people in the United States still view Jan. 6 rioters as patriots and cling to the baseless belief that Democrats stole the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump. The former president himself has fueled that idea, pledging to pardon rioters if he is elected.

=> ↺ Atlantic Council ☛ Wieslander quoted in Wall Street Journal on Turkey & Sweden’s NATO accession

• “The Turkish leader’s demands have created a political knot that will be difficult to address unless he is willing to soften his stance, said Anna Wieslander, the Stockholm-based director for Northern Europe at the Atlantic Council. ‘It’s worrisome that he put something on the table which is not solvable,’ Wieslander said. ‘Turkey is creating a wedge in the alliance. This serves the interest of Russia, keeping NATO fragmented,’ she added. “Sweden needs support from other NATO allies to solve this.”

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ How Al-Qaeda’s Recent Growth in Africa Poses a Threat to Global Security

• The primary focus of Al-Qaeda’s recent growth and development seems to be the African continent. While it is hard to determine if Al-Qaeda is expanding, it is clear that its activities in Africa are increasing. The organization is working to establish a stronger presence in the region, and it is attempting to recruit more members from various African countries. It has also been reported that Al-Qaeda is working to secure more funding from wealthy donors in the region.

=> ↺ Latvia ☛ Missing girl in eastern Latvia still not found

• The search efforts for the seven-year-old Justīne Reinikova, who has been missing for three weeks from the Rogovka village of Rēzekne municipality have so far been unsuccessful, the State Police (VP) said Sunday, May 28.

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ NATO Head Urges Kosovo To Ease Tensions With Serbia

• NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on May 28 called on Kosovo to tone down tensions with Serbia, two days after violent clashes between Kosovar police and protesters opposed to Albanian mayors taking office in ethnic Serbian areas.

=> ↺ AntiWar ☛ Memorial Day: Honor the Fallen by Ending Wars

• During the summer of 2018 my family and I were passing through Oklahoma. We were going home to central Texas from a family camp where my wife had been both a camper and counselor growing up.

=> ↺ Marcy Wheeler ☛ OATHS BROKEN, OATH KEEPERS BOWED: Sentences for 2 more in marquee Jan. 6 conspiracy case

• Raw emotions positively dominated a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. this week as the Justice Department secured significant sentences for two more Oath Keepers involved in a larger conspiracy to forcibly stop America’s transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021. 

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ IGAD Condemns Attack on Ugandan Peacekeepers in Somalia

• The Ugandan army is yet to establish the number of casualties. The al-Shabaab, however, claims to have killed over 130 soldiers.

War in Ukraine

=> ↺ Scheerpost ☛ Glenn Greenwald: Jeffrey Sachs on US Provoking Ukraine War

• Jeffrey Sachs and Glenn Greenwald discuss the role of the U.S. in provoking the proxy war in Ukraine, and how the war could have been avoided.

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Putin signs law denouncing Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe — Meduza

• Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill officially denouncing the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). The new law was published on the Russian government’s official legal information portal.

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Staving off apocalypse, Putin-style Meduza’s Ideas editor reflects on why the Russian authorities peddle the notion that the future is evil — Meduza

• In the early Putin years, the authorities still put out slogans that promised a better future, like “Doubling the GDP” or the maximally abstract but nice-sounding “Modernization of Russia.” But since the early 2010s, official rhetoric has switched its focus to the struggle against external threats and preventing the political apocalypse the Kremlin associates with the “color revolutions.” The tasks the Kremlin has now set for itself and Russian society are not future developmental milestones but, instead, the vague goals of the “special military operation” in Ukraine and indicators for the country’s so-called elections. If we try to look at what’s currently happening in Russia with a fresh set of eyes, we might find it strange that Putin is even still in power. Meduza’s Ideas editor Maxim Trudolubov explains what’s going on.

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Russia puts U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham on federal wanted list — Meduza

• Russia’s Interior Ministry has put U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham on its federal wanted list “under an article of the Criminal Code,” the state-run news outlet RIA Novosti reported on Monday.

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Russia launches ‘largest drone attack yet’ on Kyiv, killing at least one person — Meduza

• On May 28, Russian troops attacked Kyiv using Iranian-made Shahed drones. According to local authorities, it was the largest attack on Kyiv since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On May 28, the city celebrates Kyiv Day.

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Russia on the defensive? Meduza shares an updated combat map, the latest from Bakhmut, and how the Belgorod raid could change the course of the war. — Meduza

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Russia reportedly shoots down drones attacking Krasnodar oil refinery — Meduza

• Several drones were shot down as they approached the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region, report local officials.

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ New Russian history textbook includes chapter on war in Ukraine and Russia’s ‘struggle against collective West’ — Meduza

• Russia’s history textbook for students in 10th and 11th grade will now include a chapter on the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Journalists from the news outlet Sota received photographs of the textbook from a teacher in Arkhangelsk.

=> ↺ Meduza ☛ Kyiv authorities say city’s air defenses downed 40 Russian drones and missiles overnight — Meduza

• Kyiv City Military Administration head Serhii Popko has reported that air defense forces shot down 40 Russian drones and cruise missiles over the city on Sunday night. “No strikes on Kyiv were permitted,” he wrote on Telegram, noting that this was Russia’s 15th attack on the Ukrainian capital since the start of May.

Environment

=> ↺ Scheerpost ☛ What’s the Use of William Blake?

• Fire In the Museum What’s the use of William Blake? Or for that matter, what’s the use of any art and literature in an age of climate change, proxy wars, nuclear threat, pandemic, and the rise of fascism? Rather than study and enjoy works by long dead poets or […]

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Major insurer cites climate change as it stops home insurance sales in California

• State Farm is no longer homeowner insurance applications in California due to “historic increases in construction costs outpacing inflation” and “rapidly growing catastrophe exposure” to extreme weather events like wildfires, the company announced.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Insurers nudged to reward adaption to floods and fires

• Insurers have been urged to slash premiums on homes that have been adapted to better withstand fire, floods and other climate change-fuelled disasters.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ More than 1,500 arrested during Netherlands climate protests

• More than 1,500 people were arrested during a protest by the Extinction Rebellion climate group in The Hague on Saturday, Dutch police said.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Richard Revesz and His Agency Are Remaking the Pollution Fight

• Richard Revesz is changing the way the government calculates the cost and benefits of regulation, with far-reaching implications for climate change.

=> ↺ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong Observatory to launch heat alert when temperatures hit 35 degrees Celsius

• The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) has just launched a new “Special Weather Tips” notification, which will be issued to app users when the mercury reaches, or exceeds, 35 degrees Celsius, it announced in a press release last Friday. Currently, when temperatures reach 33 degrees Celsius, the HKO will issue a Very Hot Weather Warning.

Energy/Transportation

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ The CCTV Cameras That Recorded The Chernobyl Disaster And Aftermath

• When we picture the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster and its aftermath, we tend to recall just the commonly shared video recorded by television crews, but the unsung heroes were definitely the robotic cameras that served to keep an eye on not only the stricken reactor itself but also the sites holding contaminated equipment and debris. These camera systems are the subject of a recent video by the [Chernobyl Family] channel on YouTube, as they tear down, as well as plug in these pinnacles of 1980s vidicon-based Soviet engineering.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Exxon confirms Tax Office in pursuit as it and Chevron rip $13bn dividends out of Australia

• Woohoo! Two of the biggest tax cheats, ExxonMobil and Chevron (auditors for both are PwC) have finally begun to pay a mite of income tax in Australia but they also ripped out more than $13bn in dividends and returns of capital last year. Michael West reports their latest financials.

• The financial statements for the year to December for ExxonMobil Australia and Chevron Australia filed recently with ASIC show the stupendous profits being made and puny taxes being paid by the foreign oil and gas giants in this country. 

Wildlife/Nature

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Movements of rare all-white panda spotted in China

• With no spots on its body and unique red eyes, the albino panda could be the only one of its kind.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Marsupials Are ‘Far More Evolved’ Than Other Mammals, Even Humans

• We can explain.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Bizarre Footage May Show Octopus Waking Up From a Nightmare

• Strange stuff!

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ Ultrasound Induces Torpor-Like State in Animals, Experiment Shows

• Could it work for humans?

=> ↺ Hackaday ☛ The Fascinating Evolution Of Micromouse

• You would think there are only so many ways for a robotic mouse to run a maze, but in its almost 50 year history, competitors in Micromouse events have repeatedly proven this assumption false. In the video after the break, [Veritasium] takes us on a fascinating journey through the development of Micromouse competition robots.

=> ↺ Science Alert ☛ ‘Sniffing’ Eggs May Provide An Efficient Way to Identify Chick Embryo Sex

• This is more important than you might think.

Finance

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Read: Kevin McCarthy releases text of bill to raise debt ceiling limit and avoid default

• House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) released text of the bill to raise the debt ceiling limit until 2025 Sunday evening following his deal with President Biden over the weekend.

=> ↺ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Debt ceiling deal: What’s in, what’s out of the bill to avert US default

• The details of the deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are out. The 99-page bill produced from their agreement Sunday would avoid a federal default while limiting government spending. But the two leaders still have to persuade Congress to pass the bill. Both sides can point to some victories in the package. It includes provisions to fund medical care for veterans, change work requirements for some recipients of government aid and streamline environmental reviews for energy projects. But some conservatives are concerned that the compromise doesn’t cut future deficits enough. And Democrats have been worried about proposed changes to work requirements in programs such as food stamps.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Biden, McCarthy reach final deal on debt ceiling days before potential default

• With days to spare before a potential first-ever government default, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached final agreement Sunday on a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and worked to ensure enough Republican and Democratic votes to pass the measure in the coming week.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ With Debt Ceiling Deal in Hand, McCarthy and Biden Turn to Task of Selling It

• With the right and the left up in arms about the agreement in principle reached by the president and the speaker, both sides started to make the case for its quick passage, a tall order in Congress.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ White House & Republicans Reach Debt Ceiling Deal in Principle

• The debt ceiling has been modified 102 times since World War II, according to the U.S. Congressional Research Service.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Rents to income levels shoot up to near decade highs

• Renters are handing over nearly one-third of their income to service a new lease as prices continue to skyrocket. The portion of income going towards rent has reached its highest level since 2014, according to new analysis by ANZ and property data firm CoreLogic.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ PM calls for PwC tax leak employees to be named

• The list of PwC employees allegedly involved in the tax advice scandal should be made public, Anthony Albanese says. The Prime Minister described the scandal as a terrible indictment and said transparency was needed on what took place.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Biden and McCarthy tout “historic” debt ceiling deal to a divided Congress

• President Biden said Sunday his debt ceiling deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) “prevents the worst possible crisis: a default for the first time in our nation’s history.”

=> ↺ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Biden and McCarthy reach a final deal to avoid US default and now must sell it to Congress

• The debt ceiling deal has come with just days to spare before a potential first-ever government default. On Sunday, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement and they are urging Congress to quickly pass it. Biden pronounced the development “good news” in remarks at the White House announcing the agreement. This followed a tentative compromise announced late Saturday. The deal risks angering some Democratic and Republican lawmakers as they begin to unpack the concessions, which include spending cuts. McCarthy and Biden spoke Sunday evening as negotiators drafted legislative text. They face a June 5 deadline when Treasury says the U.S. would risk a debt default.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ “Thread the needle”: Party leaders sell divergent realities on debt ceiling deal

• The White House and House GOP are each performing careful balancing acts as they race to sell their debt ceiling deal to lawmakers as a decisive victory — without alienating the other side.

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Biden, McCarthy reach debt-ceiling deal. Now Congress must approve.

• President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an “agreement in principle,” leaving Congress just days to approve the deal and avoid default.

=> ↺ Latvia ☛ Prison sentence possible for former Latvian central bank president

• Prosecutors have asked for a prison sentence for the former president of the Latvian central bank (Bank of Latvia) Ilmārs Rimšēvičs and businessman Māris Martinsons, the Latvian Television broadcast De Facto reported on May 28.

=> ↺ YLE ☛ Better off not working? These are Finland’s top three incentive traps

• For one in five unemployed people it doesn’t pay to work, says the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (Etla).

=> ↺ Axios ☛ McCarthy and Biden’s debt ceiling plan faces a big test

• House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden finally have their debt ceiling deal. Now comes the hard part: Rushing it through an uneasy Congress in just one week, before the government’s projected default on June 5.

• Why it matters: The stakes are especially high for McCarthy (R-Calif.), whose survival as speaker could be at stake if he can’t contain the anger of right-wing Republicans who already are panning the compromise.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Shortage of lifeguards could lead to more drownings and fewer open pools

• A national lifeguard shortage will keep thousands of pools across the country closed or operating with reduced hours for the third summer in a row.

=> ↺ Silicon Angle ☛ US slams China’s ban on buying Micron chips as ‘economic coercion’

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Meet the New Mayor: How a Refugee Won Over a Conservative German Town

• The election of Ryyan Alshebl, a young man who fled Syria, offers surprising lessons for a Germany wrestling with its multicultural identity after an influx of refugees in 2015.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Want to move to Japan? Government mulls introducing digital nomad visa

• Some countries allow digital nomads to stay for about six months to two years.

=> ↺ Craig Murray ☛ Missing the Soprano

• I had the chance to catch up over a few drinks with an old friend just retired from the diplomatic service. I guess I too would have been doing that around now, had I not stumbled upon extraordinary rendition and torture and quixotically attempted to stop it.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Spain’s conservative People’s Party winning in local and regional elections

• Spain’s ruling Socialists suffered heavy losses to opposition conservatives in Sunday’s local election, with around 95% of the votes counted, showing their electoral vulnerabilityahead of an end-of-year general election.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Voting Begins in Spain, Pedro Sánchez First Leader to Vote

• “…215,000 ballot boxes have been distributed in the pre-selected 23,000 polling stations…”

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Polling Stations Close for Subnational Elections in Spain

• Polling stations have closed at 20.00 local time in the Peninsula.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ UPDATE Spain: Turnout in Subnational Elections Remains Low

• It is expected that 1.7 million young people will go to the polls for the first time.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Modi Opens India’s New Parliament Building as Opposition Stays Away

• The complex is a testament to the prime minister’s power to get things done, but the ceremony also put the nation’s political divisions on display.

=> ↺ Michael West Media ☛ Albanese takes aim at Indigenous voice ‘doomsayers’

• Australians are being underestimated by “doomsayers” promoting scare campaigns about the Indigenous voice to parliament, Anthony Albanese says. The prime minister will on Monday deliver the Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration in Adelaide, where he is expected to take aim at opponents of the voice and reiterate his confidence that the referendum will succeed.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Inside Fox’s Legal and Business Debacle

• Fox’s handling of the defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which settled for $787.5 million, left many unanswered questions.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Who Should We Honor on Memorial Day?

• The commemoration is intended to remember, honor and salute the nation’s fallen service members. But not all of those we should recognize fit neatly into that definition.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Chris Christie, Glenn Youngkin, Chris Sununu: Who Can Save the G.O.P. in 2024?

• Nothing delights the MAGA king more than curb-stomping the weak. Where does the Republican Party go from here?

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ For Trump, the More GOP Presidential Candidates the Better

• Ron DeSantis entered the presidential race last week along with Tim Scott, with others to follow. For the former president, the more candidates the better.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ North Korea to hold key ruling party meeting in early June

• The meeting will review the country’s national economic plans in the first half of 2023.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ 85 Million Turkish Citizens Won the Elections – Erdogan

• The Turkish Electoral Commission confirmed Erdogan’s victory, having obtained 52.16% of the votes with 99.85% of the ballots counted.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ UPDATE Türkiye: Erdogan Achieves 55.8 Pct of the Votes

• President Erdogan defeated opposition candidate Kilicdaroglu, who only reached 44.2 percent of citizen support.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ From Biden to Putin, world leaders congratulate Erdogan on election win

• Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin were among world leaders congratulating Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he won Sunday’s historic runoff election to extend his two-decade rule.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ World Leaders Congratulate Erdogan on Re-Election in Türkiye

• After serving as Prime Minister between 2003 and 2014, Erdogan became President in 2014. Once re-elected, he is expected to remain in office until 2028.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ The Right Is All Wrong About Masculinity

• Shrieking on Twitter is not a masculine virtue.

=> ↺ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Three Things: Crustpunk Nazi Bar Update, $42K Extortion Edition

• It’s been a while since we had a chat about the crustpunk Nazi bar known as Twitter. The dead-ending bird decided to press the issue for us.

=> ↺ Ex-MP Ali Şeker faces attempted lynching in Urfa over voting irregularities

• The politician was assaulted while attempting to protest against people voting on behalf of others.

=> ↺ Opposition parties report voting irregularities

• Opposition party members raised concerns about irregularities in several provinces during today’s second round of the presidential election. One incident involved allegations of votes being cast on behalf of individuals living abroad in Çavuşlar village, Bingöl, where a delegation from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) encountered resistance and was attacked while trying to intervene.

=> ↺ Leaders cast their votes

• The political party leaders share their messages as they cast their votes in the presidential runoff elections.

=> ↺ Erdoğan secures re-election in closely contested runoff

• Receiving over 52 percent of the votes, President Erdoğan has secured a victory over his opponent Kılıçdaroğlu, ensuring an extension of his two-decade rule.

=> ↺ Erdoğan vows inclusivity while maintaining ‘terror’ accusations in victory speech

• The president has said that his victory marks the beginning of the “century of Turkey” and that it means all 85 million people in the country have won.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Turkey’s Erdogan reelected president with 52.1% of vote

• The head of Turkey’s election commission has declared Recep Tayyip Erdogan president again after voters took to the ballot box for a historic runoff on Sunday. With more than 99% of the ballot counted, Erdogan holds a near five percent lead over opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Turkey’s Erdoğan wins reelection, beating close challenger

• With almost all votes counted, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared victory in a runoff election, extending his 20 years as president.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey Is Re-elected

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given few indications that he intends to change course at home, where he faces a looming economic crisis, or in foreign policy, where he has vexed Western allies.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s Presidential Runoff Election 2023: What to Know

• President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had an edge on his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, going into the critical vote on Sunday to shape Turkey’s future.

=> ↺ CS Monitor ☛ Texas AG Paxton impeached, suspended from duties immediately

• Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust after years of alleged crimes.

=> ↺ teleSUR ☛ Texas House Impeaches Attorney General Over Corruption

• Ken Paxton repeatedly abused his office and committed at least three felonies in an effort to help a friend and political donor.

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ Texas House of Representatives votes to impeach state attorney general

• The Texas House of Representatives voted Saturday to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton by a vote of 121 to 23. Paxton will now face a trial in the Texas Senate, where Paxton’s wife is a member, and has been suspended from office pending the upcoming trial, pursuant to Texas law.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Exposed Long-Growing Rifts in Texas G.O.P.

• The building conflict between moderates and hard-liners in one of the Republican Party’s most important states highlights tension over the future of the party.

=> ↺ [Repeat] New York Times ☛ Impeachment Vote for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: What to Know

• The move on Saturday was the culmination of years of official complaints and legal proceedings involving the three-term attorney general.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Dianne Feinstein Relies Heavily on Staff to Function in Senate

• The California Democrat is surrounded by a large retinue of aides at all times, who tell her how and when to vote, explain what is going on when she is confused, and shield her from the press and public.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Texas Passes Bills Targeting Elections in Democratic Stronghold

• The bills’ passage was the culmination of a Republican effort to increase oversight of voting in Harris County, which includes Houston.

Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

=> ↺ Silicon Angle ☛ Facebook users lose access after violations of linked spam Instagram accounts they don’t own

=> ↺ India Times ☛ AI political fakery sparks fears for US 2024 race

• “Creating content is time-consuming and costly, now imagine being able to do 10 times as much with no extra staff effort,” said Reavie.

• “There will also be a lot of generated content that will be false… It will be fast and easy to flood channels with content and difficult for the average person to know otherwise.”

• The ability of Americans to agree on objective truths will also be challenged, with a huge swath of the US population already deeply distrustful of establishment media.

=> ↺ Scheerpost ☛ Elon Musk is Right: Bellingcat is a Western ‘Psy-Op’

• The Twitter CEO draws establishment media outrage for criticizing a NATO state propaganda outfit.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ Worries mount about misinformation in science

• Speakers described how the attention economy’s business model intersects with the very human desire to belong — fueling an information environment riddled with misinformation and disinformation.

Censorship/Free Speech

=> ↺ Scheerpost ☛ Chris Hedges: The Democratic Party’s Crucifixion of Matt Taibbi

• Extensive government blacklists, revealed by the Twitter Files, are used to censor left-wing and right-wing critics. This censorship apparatus has been turned on the reporter who exposed them.

=> ↺ Torrent Freak ☛ Music Company Asks Google to Delist ‘YouTube Downloader’ Wikipedia Article

• The music industry is doing all it can to get rid of its YouTube ripping problem. The RIAA and BPI, for example, regularly send DMCA anti-circumvention notices to Google, asking the company to remove sites from search results. Independent label “Because Music” has also joined in the action but some notices sent in their name are quite broad, to say the least.

=> ↺ Helsinki Times ☛ Witch-Hunt against Roger Waters continues as cancel culture and Israel lobby join forces

• Roger Waters, the renowned co-founder of the legendary rock band Pink Floyd, finds himself at the center of a controversy following a Berlin concert. The Berlin police have launched an investigation into Waters over a ”Nazi-style uniform” he wore during the concert.

• The focal point of the investigation is a costume worn by Waters during the performance of “In the Flesh,” a song from the rock opera “The Wall.”

=> ↺ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong’s exhibition centre axed booking for concert without reason, says pro-democracy singer Anthony Wong

• The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) has refused to lease its venue to pro-democracy Cantopop singer Anthony Wong, the singer said last Friday. The singer said he was initially notified in January that his application to book a venue at the HKCEC was successful.

Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

=> ↺ Futurism ☛ Google Unveils Plan to Demolish the Journalism Industry Using AI

• Google’s new AI-powered search interface, dubbed “Search Generative Experience,” or SGE for short, involves a feature called “AI Snapshot.” Basically, it’s an enormous top-of-the-page summarization feature. Ask, for example, “why is sourdough bread still so popular?” — one of the examples that Google used in their presentation — and, before you get to the blue links that we’re all familiar with, Google will provide you with a large language model (LLM) -generated summary. Or, we guess, snapshot.

=> ↺ New Statesman ☛ Ben Smith: “The New York Times hired a bunch of lunatics”

• The populist 2010s, Smith argued, were “totally entwined with social media”. They were fuelled by “the mechanics of Facebook, and particularly of Twitter, that ‘I’m going to say something false, you’re going to get mad, and that’s going to amplify my false claim’”.

=> ↺ BIA Net ☛ Journalists face attacks, obstructions on election day

• KRT TV reporter Sultan Eylem Keleş was prevented from broadcasting by an AKP member, who is responsible for a school in Kadıköy district, while she was filming in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district.

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ RFA ☛ North Korea arrests 5 Christians during underground church service

• Religion is illegal in North Korea, so they will likely be sent to a labor camp.

=> ↺ RFERL ☛ Iranian Student Suspended From University For Refusing To Wear Hijab Summoned In New Case

• Sepideh Rashno, a 28-year-old Iranian writer and student arrested last year for refusing to wear the mandatory hijab, has said she has been summoned to appear before the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office in relation to a supposed new case against her.

=> ↺ New Statesman ☛ When did a decent life become out of reach of the unambitious?

• There was a point in time, not too long ago, when having modest expectations meant that you could afford not to be relentless about your career. You had your work and your life and the former supported the latter well enough, and all was well. Your house probably wasn’t a mansion and your clothes definitely weren’t designer but these things weren’t for everyone anyway, right? That felt like an acceptable deal to make.

• What happens when it’s not those luxuries out of your reach but basics, though? Because that’s the country we live in now. To have a decent life in Britain, you now need to earn the sort of money that would once have had you earmarked as a try-hard.

=> ↺ France24 ☛ Somalia to introduce direct universal suffrage in 2024

• Somalia’s government and federal member states said Sunday that direct universal suffrage would be introduced with local elections set for June 2024.

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ Somalia announces plans to implement direct universal suffrage by 2024

• Somali officials announced Sunday that the country would institute a direct one-person-one-vote democracy by 2024. This comes after years of attempts to achieve direct universal suffrage, first passed by the Somali legislature in 2019, which have fallen apart due to political division and internal conflict.

=> ↺ Police, gendarmerie file complaint against CHP İstanbul head

• The Gendarmerie General Command and the Security General Directorate stated that they intend to lodge a criminal complaint against Canan Kaftancıoğlu, the İstanbul branch chairperson of the CHP, for warning ballot committee members about police officers.

Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

=> ↺ APNIC ☛ MITM attacks in public Wi-Fi networks without rogue access points

• Guest Post: New attack can evade security mechanisms by spoofing a legitimate access point to send a forged ICMP redirect message.

Monopolies

Copyrights

=> ↺ Medevel ☛ Rats on The Boat: a BitTorrent Search Engine for HACKERS

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• • Works over p2p torrent network, doesn’t require any trackers

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