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⦿ [Meme] Reminder That Battistelli Openly Boasted (in the Media) About the EPO’s Overseer/Overseen Collusion | Techrights

⦿ Impending Data Migration and Gemini Gateway/Proxy Improvements | Techrights

⦿ [Meme] “Unfounded” Claims of Fundamental Rights at the European Patent Office (EPO) | Techrights

⦿ Where Sir Paul Mahoney Has Failed to Protect EPO Staff From Injustice and Sheer Abuse | Techrights

⦿ The EPO’s Overseer/Overseen Collusion — Part XLVIII: The Unkindest Cut of All | Techrights

⦿ Windows and Wintel (x86) Are Too Fat, and Not Evolving Fast Enough, to Actually Survive | Techrights

䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):

	http://techrights.org/2022/02/11/battistelli-boasted-about-collusion/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2022/02/11/impending-data-migration-work/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2022/02/11/signed-by-sir-paul-mahoney/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2022/02/11/sir-paul-mahoney-track-record/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2022/02/11/the-epos-overseeroverseen-collusion-part-xlviii-the-unkindest-cut-of-all/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2022/02/11/wintel-not-evolving-fast-enough/#comments

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✐ [Meme]Reminder_That_Battistelli_Openly_Boasted(in_the_Media)_About_the

EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion⠀✐

Posted in Europe, Patents at 2:51 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

                    🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇EPO Falcon⦈

Summary: It is worth remembering that as EPO President Benoît_Battistelli

openly admitted that he had managed to turn his ‘supervisors’ into rubber-

stampers (mostly by bribing and blackmailing them)

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⣁⠉⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣼⡏⠀⢀⡂⣻⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡤⠀⠐⠖⠀⠀⣠⣄⠀⠀

⣿⣿⠖⠀⠠⡀⠀⢰⣿⢿⣿⣿⣶⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠇⠀⢸⢀⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠷⣾⣿⣿⡿⣽⣯⡿⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠔⣤⣤⠀⣤⣄⡈⢻⡷⠤⠦

⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⣠⣮⠈⢰⣿⣿⣿⡗⠀⠀⡌⠀⣵⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⠁⠀⠒⢋⠁⢠⢽⣿⠗⢀⣀⠂⢀⣠⣶⣤⣸⣧⣼⣿⣶⣿⣿⠟⠉⣿⣠⣤

⣀⣤⣶⣶⣶⣶⡦⠀⣀⠀⣙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡇⠇⠀⡇⢰⣿⠿⣿⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠉⣻⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⣀⠠⣤⣶⣿⣿⠿⠤⠾⠁⠈⡟⠑⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠿⢹⡿

⠿⢿⣟⠻⢿⠏⢀⣀⣬⣰⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⢻⡇⡄⢰⠇⢌⣤⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⡟⠟⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠘⠉⠁⠀⢐⣶⡏⠁⢰⣸⣿⣿⣷⠆⣀⣤⡄⠘⠋⠀⠓⠈⠉⠉⠉⣟⠛⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣶⣦⣬⣿⣁⣻⣟⠛⠉⠛⠆⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠘⠁⡀⠈⢀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢼⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⠿⠟⠃⠀⠀⢀⣀⣠⣿⣿⣷⠄⣾⣿⣯⣭⣥⣴⣾⣿⠃⢠⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡄⠀⠀

⣿⣿⡟⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⡶⣦⡄⣿⣿⠀⣶⡇⡄⢸⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠻⡿⣶⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⢉⣈⣿⣏⡉⡉⢿⡿⢿⣁⣠⣦⣼⣿⣛⣶⣤⣤⣤⣴⡀⠀⣷⠃⠈⠁⠀⠀

⣿⡏⠁⠀⣀⣀⣹⣿⣿⠟⢿⣿⡿⠿⣿⠀⢰⣿⠇⠀⠲⠶⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣯⣌⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠈⢦⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣿⠿⣦⣀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠛⠻⠙⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠

⣿⣿⣷⣶⠟⠙⠉⠙⣯⣡⣤⠙⠳⠄⢻⠀⣿⣿⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⡙⠻⠿⠛⠉⢿⣿⡻⠛⣿⠟⠛⣿⣽⢿⠆⠀⢀⣴⣗⠰⠿⣛⣿⠋⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠙⠟⠀⠨⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠚⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠾

⠈⠉⢾⣿⣶⣶⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⢀⣿⣿⠀⣰⣿⣿⣹⢿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠛⠋⠻⢷⠀⠀⠄⠀⢿⣷⣌⣅⣴⣾⣦⢀⣀⠀⢀⣈⢹⡟⢻⠛⡉⠙⠛⠛⠻⣽⣶⣶⣤⣤⡶⣵⣶⣆⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈

⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⡿⠆⡀⠀⠀⠀⠸⢸⣿⡏⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣆⢹⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣇⠙⢿⣿⣿⣀⣸⠿⠶⠆⠀⠳⠀⠸⠿⠞⢃⣰⣶⠛⢋⣵⡏⠈⠈⠛⡍⢻⡿⢷⣶⣶⡆⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⢤⣤

⣿⣾⣾⣿⣛⣿⢿⣥⡀⠀⠉⠳⠶⠛⣤⢸⣿⠃⠈⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⡏⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⠙⢀⣧⡈⠃⠉⣼⠘⠿⠦⣷⣶⠾⠷⠄⠀⣾⡿⠧⣾⣿⣿⠇⠀⠚⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⠿⠃⠀⠈⠀⠀⠒⠿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣽⣿⢰⣦⡶⢠⣿⢂⣶⡆⣶⣾⡟⣿⢛⣿⣾⢳⣾⡆⣶⣴⢦⣶⡆⣶⣴⢲⡖⠂⣶⣲⣆⡶⣴⣻⣧⡗⣶⣴⠆⣶⣶⡆⢰⣶⡆⣶⠒⢀⣶⣴⢰⡖⣰⡖⣴⢶⣆⣶⢂⣶⣶⠀⢀⣴⠀⢀⠀⢀

⢿⠿⢷⣾⣿⣿⡿⣰⣿⣿⡿⣿⠃⣼⣏⣼⢿⣧⣿⣿⣸⡟⣸⣿⡟⣿⣼⢿⣯⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⡉⠀⣿⢿⣿⢳⣟⡿⣼⣻⣧⣿⣸⣯⡿⠀⣿⣽⢷⣟⡁⣸⢿⣏⣿⣉⣿⣉⣿⣾⣹⣏⣹⣷⣿⣶⣿⣿⣶⣮⣶⣾

⡖⠀⠀⣠⣶⡝⣃⣲⢞⣈⢃⣁⣘⣷⣟⣙⣂⢀⣸⣧⡙⢛⣁⡀⣀⣈⢉⣀⣉⡀⣀⣀⢀⡀⣀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣿⣷⣿⣿⢿⣿⣎⣑⣒⢶⣆⣀⡀⢀⣀⡀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣐⣀⢀⡀⣀⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿

⠑⢀⣾⣿⣭⣧⣿⣭⡟⣿⣼⣿⣇⡉⣿⢉⣿⣾⣹⣯⠑⣼⣿⢰⣏⡿⣾⣿⣿⢻⣏⣿⣾⢹⡇⢿⣟⢸⡟⣹⣿⣟⣿⣿⢨⡿⢹⡏⣿⣿⣽⣯⠉⣿⣹⢷⣟⣿⣾⣿⣧⣿⣾⣹⣿⣟⣿⣼⡏⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣷

⠀⠘⠏⠹⠿⠼⢇⡸⠿⠣⠿⠿⠁⡸⢏⡼⠷⢯⠿⡶⠼⠏⠿⠾⠿⠳⠟⠿⠟⠿⠹⠿⠏⠿⠸⠿⠃⠾⠃⠿⣾⣿⣿⢿⣾⣇⣿⣹⣿⣧⡿⣾⣿⡿⣟⣸⣿⣃⣿⣿⣼⣿⣏⡿⢾⣻⠧⠿⢶⣷⡶⡽⣟⣻⡿⢋⡙⠉

⠀⢰⣆⡖⣴⣶⠴⣶⢖⠰⣶⢶⡶⣶⠉⣴⣶⢼⣶⣷⣶⢶⢴⣶⣆⡶⣶⢰⣶⡦⣶⡶⠀⣶⣶⣶⢲⣰⠆⣰⣾⣿⣏⣶⡞⣹⣯⡿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⡯⣿⣾⢹⣶⡏⣿⣿⣹⣷⡏⣶⣾⢹⣿⢯⣷⢨⣶⡦⢡⢶⠆⠠

⠂⣿⣿⢻⣯⡿⢸⡏⠒⢸⡏⣼⣿⣏⢠⣝⡷⣾⣿⢷⡟⠋⣿⠛⣹⣷⡟⣿⣿⢇⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⡏⣸⠇⢀⡿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣇⣿⣾⣻⣧⣿⣿⠙⣿⠛⢹⣿⡟⣿⣽⢷⡟⢋⣿⣼⢧⣿⣷⣿⣿⣸⣇⣬⣻⣆⣰⠲⠀⠠

⢮⣅⣯⣌⣩⠁⠯⠧⠒⠉⢡⣾⣭⣾⣿⣭⣧⣭⡉⢮⡁⠈⠉⢿⣬⠉⠈⠁⣽⣿⠁⠀⠉⠈⠈⠁⠉⠀⠈⠁⠁⢩⣿⣿⣿⣷⣯⣽⣾⣯⡟⢎⣩⡶⢯⣯⣥⣭⣧⠎⠁⢠⢩⣱⣾⣿⡿⢡⠉⠭⠵⣭⠙⠍⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⡷⠋⣱⠟⣴⠁⢄⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢩⠙⠳⠤⡥⠉⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⣴⢾⢝⣀⣀⣀⠠⢐⣃⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⣌⢿⣿⣯⣭⣭⣭⣭⣬⣤⣤⢩⣵⣶⣍⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⢰⣾⠉⢺⣿⢀⣿⣿⠰⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣠⣾⣶⢦⣿⣭⣇⣽⢲⣶⢶⣦⢰⣾⡿⠇⣿⣇⣿⡇⣼⣿⣿⣷⢸⣿⢘⢻⣿⠛⠀⢸⣿⡟⣿⡆⣾⣿⣿⣨⣽⣿⣯⣯⢹⣿⢩⣿⣿⢸⣿⣬⡉⠀⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣬⢸⣿⠈⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢢⣼

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣫⣭⣭⣽⢸⣿⣼⣟⢸⣿⣷⡆⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⢹⣿⢸⣿⢸⢸⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⡟⣿⡆⣿⣇⣿⡏⢻⣿⡏⠿⢸⣿⠐⢻⣿⢠⣬⢻⣿⠀⢻⣿⠀⣿⣿⣀⢸⣿⣤⢸⣿⣤⢸⣿⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠩

⢝⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⢾⣶⢸⣿⣸⣿⠆⣿⣧⡄⣿⡟⣿⣇⢻⣿⣼⡿⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⡀⠀⠀⣿⣷⡿⠇⠿⠏⠿⠷⢀⠿⠇⠏⡸⠿⢀⠘⠛⢈⣛⠛⣛⠀⢘⣛⣤⠙⡛⠋⠈⡍⣉⠌⠉⠭⠈⠉⠀⠀⣄⣤⣞⠂⠁

⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⣾⣭⡉⣭⣶⣭⣭⣅⢩⣵⣌⢯⣄⢈⣽⣂⣶⣶⣾⣷⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠟⢀⣴⣬⠃⠚⣷⣒⣂⣴⡛⠛⣛⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣀⣠⣆⢹⡟⢄⠀⠀⠀⢨⣇⡄⠀⠉⣄⣨⡟

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⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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✐ [Meme]_“Unfounded”_Claims_of_Fundamental_Rights_at_the_European_Patent_Office

(EPO)⠀✐

Posted in Deception, Europe, Law, Patents at 2:59 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇ECHR and Council of Europe (for Team UPC) “a kind of

insurance policy against backsliding into totalitarianism” ~Sir Paul Mahoney⦈

Summary: The EPO‘s mechanism for processing internal (staff) appeals seems to

have become another kangaroo_court, just_like_the_appeal_boards

⣿⣿⠛⠟⠛⠛⠛⡛⣛⣏⣫⣯⣏⣩⣭⣿⣿⣯⣭⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⠿⢿⠿⠿⡿⡛⣛⣟⣛⢛⣟⣉⣍⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉

⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⡿⡿⡿⡛⢛⢻⢛⠭⢙⣟⣩⣿⣹⣍⣁⣧⣿⣬⣺⣿⣯⣷⣾⣷⣶⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⡻⡿⢿⡟⣟⢿⠟⡟⣻⢻⣿⣏⣫⣉⣯⣭⣾⣾⣾⣿⣽⣽⣷⣷⣬⣥⣽⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⠟⠿⠟⣿⣛⠟⣿⠛⢛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣾⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⡿⠿⣿⢿⡛⢻⣿⢛⠿⢛⣛⣍⣋⣁⣉⣻⣧⣧⣿⣥⣤⣶⣽⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⡿⡿⢿⠛⣿⢻⡟⠛⠛⢛⣛⣉⣉⣿⣏⣿⣸⣮⣤⣤⣿⣼⣼⣷⣾⣷⣷⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣴⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⡧⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣹⣩⣷⣧⣽⣤⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⡻⠿⢇⢾⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Shallow Legal Theatre vs Juridical Sciences

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http://techrights.org/videos/epo-veneer-of-justice.webm

Summary: EPO President Benoît_Battistelli and EPO President António_Campinos

have got themselves a ‘British van_der_Eijk‘; The documents from within the EPO

have made it clear that Sir Paul Mahoney was unwilling or simply incapable of

matching staff’s expectations; instead of protecting staff’s basic, most

fundamental rights he doubled down on abolition of such rights

THIS morning’s installment and tomorrow’s follow-up, which is a lot longer,

will show readers the true track record of Sir Paul Mahoney, who is either too

afraid or too complicit to do what’s right for the EPO. As of two weeks ago,

Sir Paul Mahoney got two — not just one — very major and profound errors,

leaving staff to suffer and ‘vindicating’ law-breaking managers. As we put it

this morning, “the EPO’s internal appeals committee under Mahoney’s stewardship

also saw fit to give a clean bill of legal health to Battistelli’s Orwellian

“Social Democracy” project, another sinister liberticidal measure which was

struck down by a seven-judge panel of the ILOAT on 27 January 2022.”

The video above discusses some of the status quo, but it’s a lot shorter than

usual because we’re bracing for some server maintenance, as the next post will

explain. █

🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Sir Mahoney, just play it safe; But Wim, I have a job to do;

But he didn't wish to get defamed in the media like Patrick Corcoran was⦈

   Judges learn_the_job_(or_some_implicit_rules) quickly at the EPO

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣺⣭⣵⣟⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠙⢁⣀⣤⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡁⢠⣄⡽⣿⣅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⡟⠻⠿⠿⠛⢛⣻⣻⣖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣧⣆⣻⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣧⣷⣿⣿⣿⣹⡿⣼⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⠹⠿⠛⠉⠉⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⠿⠋⣠⣾⠄⡤⠀⣠⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢋⣁⢶⣿⣿⣯⠋⢀⣾⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠏⠀⠈⣿⠿⠃⣴⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⢀⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠔⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣦⣭⣤⣾⣿⣶⣤⣤⣾⣿⠿⠀⠀⠀⠁⢀⣴⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⢶⣶⣶⡄⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢀⣠⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣉⣁⣥⡤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠹⠿⠛⣀⣀⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⣬⣭⣭⣤⣤⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣁⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠋⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣯⣹⡿⣿⣿⠉⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣴⣿⡎⣿⣿⣹⡿⣿⣽⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣻⣷⣿⣿⣤⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣧⡿⣿⣿⣟⢸⣏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡧⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣾⣾⣯⣷⣯⢿⡿⠟⣯⣭⣻⡿⣿⣿⣿⣻⡿⣗⣓⣚⣷⣿⣿⡿⣾⡽⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣧⣝⣷⢸⡇⣇⣿⠛⣿⡇⣿⣿⢹⡟⡄⣿⢹⣿⣵⠻⣿⣣⣿⡇⣿⣛⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣷⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠷⣿⣹⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠛⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣛⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⢶⣿⠛⠋⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣧⣄⢠⣴⣾⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣶⣶⣯⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡬⠁⠙⢋⣼⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠈⠉⣦⣿⣿⡟⠉⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠏⠍⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢰⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡶⡄⣄⣠⣤⠆⠀⣤⠁⣖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⣵⣾⣿⣡⡄⠐⢫⣶⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⡆⠈⠙⠫⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢉⣿⢻⣿⠃⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⠋⠁⠀⠀⣈⠀⠀⠀⢠⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡾⢛⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⣠⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠻⠃⠷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣶⣾⣿⣷⣤⣦⣤⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⠇⡈⠀⠁⠀⠀⣰⣿⡖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⠰⠃⠀⠀⠀⣰⠃⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⡝⠣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⡜⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⠂⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢃⣿⣰⣾⣿⣿⡿⣿⣶⣮⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⢰⣶⡦⣶⣶⢶⣶⠂⣶⣶⣶⣖⠂⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⢰⣶⡶⠖⣶⠃⢶⣶⣶⡶⣶⣾⡷⢴⣶⡆⠐⣶⢲⣿⣦⢠⣾⣷⣶⣖⢲⡖⢰⣶⣶⣶⣖⣶⣲⣶⡆⣶⣶⣶⣶⡒⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡷⢿⣿⠸⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣯⡄⢿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣿⢸⢿⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⢾⣿⢾⣿⡇⠀⣿⠸⣿⡿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣯⢸⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⢹⡿⣧⣿⡿⣿⣿⣥⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⣤⣠⣠⡄⣠⣤⣤⣤⣄⣤⡄⢠⣄⣤⣠⣤⣠⣤⡀⣄⣠⣄⠀⣤⢠⣄⣤⣠⣠⣤⠀⣤⣄⣠⣄⣤⣤⣤⣄⢠⣄⣤⣄⣤⣠⠀⣠⣤⣀⣤⡄⣤⣄⢀⣤⡀⣤⣄⣤⣤⣀⣤⣀⣄⣤⢀⣄⣤⣠⣤⣤⢀⣤⡄⠀⠀

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Series parts:

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_I:_Let_the_Sunshine_In!

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_II:A“Unanimous”

  Endorsement?

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_III:_Three_Missing_Votes

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_IV:_The_Founding_States

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_V:Germany_Says“Ja”

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_VI:_A_Distinct_Lack_of_Dutch

  Courage

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_VII:_Luxembourgish_Laxity

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_VIII:_Perfidious_Albion_and

  Pusillanimous_Hibernia

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_IX:_More_Holes_Than_Swiss

  Cheese

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_X:_Introducing_the

  Controversial_Christian_Bock

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—Part_XI:“General_Bock”_–

  Battistelli’s_Swiss_Apprentice?

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XII:_The_French_Connection

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XIII:_Battistelli’s_Iberian

  Facilitators_–_Spain

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XIV:_Battistelli’s_Iberian

  Facilitators_–_Portugal

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XV:_Et_Tu_Felix_Austria…

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XVI:_The_Demise_of_the

  Austrian_Double-Dipper

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XVII:_The_Non-Monolithic

  Nordic_Bloc

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XVIII:_Helsinki’s_Accord

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_IXX:_The_Baltic_States

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XX:_The_Visegrád_Group

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXI:The_Balkan_League–_The

  Doyen_and_His_“Protégée”

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXII:The_Balkan_League

  North_Macedonia_and_Albania

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXIII:The_Balkan_League

  Bulgaria

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXIV:The_Balkan_League

  Romania

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXV:The_Balkan_League

  Fresh_Blood_or_Same_Old,_Same_Old?

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXVI:_A_Trojan_Horse_on_the

  Budget_and_Finance_Committee

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXVII:_Cypriot_Complicity

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXVIII:_Benoît_and_António’s

  Loyal_“Habibi”

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_IXXX:_The_EPOnian_Micro-

  States_–_Monaco_and_Malta

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXX:_San_Marino_and_the

  Perfidious_Betrayal_of_Liberty

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXI:_The_Abstentionists

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—Part_XXXII:“Plucky_Little

  Belgium”?

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXIII:_Swedish_Scepticism

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXIV:An“Extremely

  Dubious”_Proposal

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXV:_Slovakian_Scruples

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXVI:_Serbian_Sour_Grapes

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXVII:_Stubbornly

  Independent_Slovenia

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXVIII:_Ensnared_in_the

  Tentacles_of_the_SAZAS_Octopus

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXIX:_On_the_Slippery_Slope

  to_Capture

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXX:_The_Idiosyncratic

  Italians

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXXI:_Public_Service_or

  Self-Service?

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXXII:_A_Parcel_of_Rogues?

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXXIII:_A_Legal_No-Man’s

  Land

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXXIV:Immunity=_Impunity?

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXXV:_In_the_Shadow_of

  “Waite_and_Kennedy”

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XXXXVI:_An_Erosion_of

  Fundamental_Rights_Protection?

  1. The_EPO’s_Overseer/Overseen_Collusion_—_Part_XLVII:_Institutionalised

  Injustice_at_the_EPO?

  1. YOU ARE HERE ☞ The Unkindest Cut of All

             🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Baron_Montesquieu_quote⦈_

What would Baron Montesquieu have made of the EPO’s internal appeals committee

and its shameful endorsement of Battistelli’s “Strike Regulations” in May 2019?

Summary: Benoît_Battistelli‘s unlawful “Strike Regulations” (restricting basic

rights of EPO staff) were boosted by the kangaroo_courts of António_Campinos,

who continued to exploit these unlawful rules for 3 years

In the last part we saw how ILOAT Judgments Nos. 3694 and 3785 exposed serious

deficiencies in the EPO’s internal justice system. Amongst other things, these

judgments revealed how the EPO President had persistently interfered in the

workings of the supposedly “independent” internal appeals committee.

“Back in 2012, Battistelli had already proposed one disastrous “reform” of the

system which had been rubber-stamped by the Council, ignoring the well-founded

objections raised by EPO staff, including the members of the Boards of

Appeal.”The ILOAT’s interventions appear to have shamed the Administrative

Council into attempting corrective action because Battistelli was asked to

prepare a “reform” of the EPO’s internal justice system.

Back in 2012, Battistelli had already proposed one disastrous “reform” of the

system which had been rubber-stamped by the Council, ignoring the well-founded

objections raised by EPO staff, including the members of the Boards of Appeal.

The idea now was to try and undo some of the damage caused by the earlier

“reform”, presumably in the hope of stemming the unrelenting tide of negative

commentary in the “IP” blogosphere.

The intentions of the Council may have been good, but with Battistelli at the

helm, any new “reform” was going to be a half-baked affair at best.

“Under the terms of this “reform” it was decided to revamp the internal appeals

committee and to appoint an external person as the chair of that body.”After a

number of reiterations and revisions, Team Battistelli dished up the final

version_of_the_“reform”_proposal [PDF] (CA/58/17 [PDF]) on 9 June 2017. Shortly

afterwards at the 152nd meeting of the Administrative Council held in the Hague

on 28 and 29 June 2017, this proposal was adopted by the Council as decision

CA/D_7/17. [PDF]

Under the terms of this “reform” it was decided to revamp the internal appeals

committee and to appoint an external person as the chair of that body.

The new chair of the internal appeals committee was Sir_Paul_Mahoney whose

appointment was confirmed by the Administrative Council in December_2017.

(warning: epo.org link)

“n fairness to Mahoney it must be said that his committee did issue some

opinions upholding staff complaints.”Because Mahoney was a retired judge of the

European Court of Human Rights, his appointment gave rise to some initial hope

among EPO staff that the organisation’s internal justice system might finally

start to function in a more credible manner.

In fairness to Mahoney it must be said that his committee did issue some

opinions upholding staff complaints. For example, one opinion issued by the

appeals committee in 2020 belatedly excoriated an_arbitrary_and_unprincipled

act_of_censorship by Elodie_Bergot.

The incident in question had occurred almost four years earlier in 2016 when

Bergot had prohibited the intranet publication of a report by the EPO Staff

Committee detailing the chronic deficiencies in the EPO’s internal justice

system.

                 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Sir_Paul_Mahoney⦈_

Sir Paul Mahoney, a former Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, was

appointed as Chair of the EPO’s internal appeals committee in December 2017.

But if Mahoney occasionally dared to take a stand against abuses of power by

individual officials such as Bergot, when it came to more politically sensitive

cases involving decisions of the Administrative Council, he tended to tread

more cautiously and to show more deference to the powers-that-be.

“For the record, it deserves to be noted that Mahoney’s endorsement of the

“Strike Regulations” was not his only betrayal of EPO staff.”This became

painfully evident in May 2019, when Mahoney endorsed a majority opinion of the

appeals committee rejecting a challenge to Battistelli’s “Strike Regulations”.

 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Internal_Appeals_Committee_on_Strike_Regulations⦈_

In May 2019, the EPO’s Internal Appeals Committee under the chairmanship of Sir

Paul Mahoney placed its seal of approval on Battistelli’s Vichyite “Strike

                             Regulations”.

After Mahoney and his committee had given Battistelli’s “Strike Regulations”

what appeared to be a clean bill of legal health, EPO staff were forced to wait

for another two years and two months before these manifestly unlawful measures

were finally overturned by the ILOAT on 7 July 2021.

             🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇ILOAT-Strike-Regulations⦈_

The ILOAT did not share Mahoney’s positive assessment of Battistelli’s Vichyite

                         “Strike Regulations”.

Mahoney’s endorsement of Battistelli’s liberticidal Vichyite_"Strike

Regulations" sits rather incongruously alongside the views which he expressed

in an_interview which appeared in the UK Law Society Gazette in November 2013.

On that occasion, he spoke about the role of the European Court of Human Rights

and the Council of Europe, describing them as “a kind of insurance policy

against backsliding into totalitarianism”.

🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Justice is blind⦈ But for all his fine words about the need

for vigilance against “backsliding into totalitarianism”, when the time came

for deeds at the EPO, Mahoney failed to step up to the plate.

For some inexplicable reason, he did not appear to have any reservations

whatsoever about placing his seal of approval on Battistelli’s scandalous

interference with the fundamental right of EPO staff to “freedom of

association”.

For the record, it deserves to be noted that Mahoney’s endorsement of the

“Strike Regulations” was not his only betrayal of EPO staff.

As we shall see in the next part, the EPO’s internal appeals committee under

Mahoney’s stewardship also saw fit to give a clean bill of legal health to

Battistelli’s Orwellian "Social_Democracy" project, another sinister

liberticidal measure which was struck down by a seven-judge panel of the ILOAT

on 27 January 2022. █

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⣿⣺⣗⣿⣺⣟⣟⣻⣻⣗⣿⣺⣗⣿⣺⣗⣿⣺⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⢾⡷⣿⢾⡷⣿⣾⣷⣷⣿⢾⡷⣿⢾⡷⣿⢾⡷⡷⣾⢾⡷⣿⢾⡷⣿⢾⡷⣷⣾⢾⡷⣿⢾⡷⣿⢾⡷⣷⣿⢾⡷⣿⢾⡷⣿⢾⣷⡷⣿⣿⡷⣿⢾

⠉⠉⠉⠋⠙⠉⠋⠙⠉⠋⠛⠙⠋⠛⠙⠋⠛⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠙⠋⠛⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣠⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠀⢀⣄⠀⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣀⣠⠀⠀⠀⣠⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⣿⠶⠆⣿⢰⡇⣿⢳⡟⢻⣾⡟⢻⣴⣿⣷⣺⣿⡧⣿⢻⡆⠀⢾⡇⢈⣩⣾⢻⣦⣗⢸⣿⡟⠛⣿⠀⢠⡞⢻⣾⣟⠀⢸⣷⠶⣿⣿⢰⣷⣿⣿⡟⣧⣾⣿⣾⡟⣿⡆⠀⣿⠤⣿⣿⣾⡟⣿⣿⢻⡗⣿⢳⣿⣷⠀⠀

⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⠛⠈⠛⠛⢹⡟⠛⠘⠛⠋⠛⠛⠛⠛⠘⠃⠀⠈⠛⠛⠁⠛⠛⠋⠛⠛⠛⠃⢈⠛⠂⠈⠛⠛⠙⠛⢀⡘⠛⢀⡛⠛⠛⣛⢛⢚⢳⢛⡛⡛⡛⢣⢻⣣⣦⣛⣠⣛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣛⣼⣟⣻⣾⣷⣿⣤⣶

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⣀⢀⡀⡠⣠⣠⣰⣠⣤⣤⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢠⣀⣴⣶⣴⣵⡟⡿⣮⣭⣯⡜⣯⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⡂⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣾⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣰⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣥⣨⣿⣩⣉⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠦⠤⠤⠤⠥⠤⠴⠿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠙⣿⣿⣾⣿⡾⢇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⢢⣀⣈⠉⠉⠁⠀⠛⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣻⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠉⠉⠙⠛⠻⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣽⣧⣶⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⢻⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻

⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⢿⡿⢿⣿⢿

⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⢾⣿⣞⣿⣻

⣿⣽⣯⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣯⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣽⣿⣯⣿⣽

⣿⣾⣷⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⣶⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⢼⣿⣼⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠤⣤⠀⠀⠀⠈⠒⢛⣷⣒⣶⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⣼⣿⣾⣿⣿

⠛⠛⠛⠉⠿⠷⡶⠷⣿⢿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢸⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⢿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣦⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣬⣯⣿⣿⣿⣽⣯⣽⣭⣻⣯⣿⣿⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣯⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣝⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣝⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣝⣉⣿⣟⣿⣟⣻⣉⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣟⣻⣿⣻⣿⣿⢿⣿⣏⣽⣻⣿⣿⣟⣟⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⣟⣿⣿⣿⢻⣻⣻⣿⣽⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣏⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢿⠿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣛⣿⠻⣿⣿⣿⠋⠛⣻⢿⣿⡻⢙⣻⢻⣿⢿⢟⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⠛⢻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⢿⣿⡿⣿⢿⣿⢿⢿⢿⢿⣿⡿⣿⡿⡿⣿⢿⡿⠿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⡿⢿⠿⡿⣿⡿⡿⢿⢿⡿⠿⢿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⡿⣿⡿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣟⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⡿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣶⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣮⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣶⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣽⣿⣿⣾⣿⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣼⣬⣶⣷⣷⣨⣷⣽⣼⣾⣾⣾⣿⣾⣿⣤⣮⣾⣿⣾⣿⣼⣤⣱⣿⣮⣯⣾⣿⣶⣤⣼⣥⣱⣷⣥⣧⣤⣮⣏⣾⣦⣬⣮⣾⣿⣧⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣟⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣯⣉⣋⢙⣽⣍⣩⣻⣻⣟⣩⣿⣿⣽⣉⣩⣿⣿⣠⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⣯⣯⣿⣏⣯⣯⣉⣭⣿⣿⣿⣍⣩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⡛⠿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡿⢿⢿⡿⣿⣿⡿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⢻⣿⣻⣿⣿⠿⣟⣿⢿⣻⣿⢿⡿⡛⠟⡿⢿⣿⣿⢟⢿⣿⣿⣟⢿⣿⣿⣿⠻⠿⣿⡟⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⢷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⠿⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣵⣷⣿⣾⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢻⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣄⢀⣀⣀⣀⢀⣠⣄⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⡿⠸⢿⣿⠿⢸⣿⡿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⣿⣿⠿⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣹⣷⠀⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⣷⣿⡁⣿⣿⢹⣿⢿⣧⡀⣿⣿⣛⠀⠀⣸⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠈⠉⠀⠈⠉⠁⠉⠀⠉⠉⠈⠉⠈⠉⠀⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣰⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣐⣤⣼⣶⣾⣿⣶⣷⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⢀⣠⣕⣠⠀⣄⢠⣵⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣶⣤⣤⣆⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣾⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣾⣿⣶⣦⣀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣴⣶⣶⣦⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣄⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠔⠀⠀⠀⠁⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⡦⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⢀⣠⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣆⣦⣾⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣾⣿⣿⣶⣾⢣⣿⣿⣿⣿⢯⣲⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠂⠢⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠘⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣶⣾⣶⣶⣾⢧⣾⣿⣿⣇⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠽⢏⡒⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⣍⣛⣛⣻⠿⣟⣛⣛⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠧⠅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠊⠀⣠⣶⣷⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣀⣠⣄⣀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣥

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⡉⠉⠙⠛⢹⣿⣍⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠩⢿⣿⣿⣿⡍⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠹⠛⢛⣭⡯⣭⣍⢿⣿⡿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡽⣿⣷⡀⠀⠠⢀⡹⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⣮⢅⢩⢷⣄⣠⢰⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡘⢿⣷⡀⣴⣾⣿⡹⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣶⡄⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠠⠥⠀⢛⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡈⠻⠷⢿⡿⠻⠋⠹⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣄⣿⣮⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢱⣶⢹⣿⡏⣿⡟⣿⣷⣾⡅⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⢠⣶⣶⣦⡀⣶⣶⣦⠀⢰⣶⡆⣽⡶⣾⡽⣿⣷⣶⣶⣮⡛⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⢰⣶⣠⣶⠀⣶⣶⣶⣝⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣽⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⢸⣿⡇⣿⡇⢿⣷⣭⣹⡆⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⢸⣿⠸⠿⠇⣿⣧⡄⣤⣼⣿⡇⢿⣷⣍⢡⣿⢹⣿⣧⣿⠇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣷⣿⠀⣿⡇⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢸⣿⠘⣿⡇⣿⡇⣷⡏⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⢸⣿⢰⣶⡆⣿⣏⣷⣿⣿⣿⡇⣷⡏⣿⡇⣵⢺⣿⣏⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⢿⣿⠀⣿⡇⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣜⣛⣛⣤⣙⠛⢛⣵⣿⣛⣛⣯⣷⣟⣻⣄⣛⣛⣈⣛⣛⣻⣦⣛⣛⣻⣿⣿⣛⣷⣝⣛⣛⣷⣿⣞⣛⣛⣛⣡⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣘⣛⣜⣛⣀⣛⣛⣛⣧⣿⣿⣿⠙⠻⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⡿⠟⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⡿⡿⠋⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣏⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⢸⠏⠀⢠⡿⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠁⢸⡇⢠⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠈⠛⣀⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣠⠴⣿⣿⣯⣉⣁⣀⡉⠋⠀⠀⠋⠀⠀⠈⠀⣐⣀⠀⠀⠀⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠹⣷⣾⣿⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠛⠻⠏⠀⢀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠙⡿⠁⢰⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⣠⡄⣰⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣆⠐⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⡅⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢠⣿⡿⠉⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

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Summary: GNU/Linux and BSD platforms with a small memory (RAM) footprint and

low CPU/clocking requirements are the way to go; Microsoft and x86 duopolies

are_in_trouble

THE emergence of small and power-efficient devices has been highly beneficial

to GNU/Linux. Now that the price of energy is soaring the advantages associated

with a pivot to “small” computing will certainly be further accentuated.

Samsung tried this years ago, but stopped for unspecified reasons [1, 2].

Raspberry Pi nowadays targets the desktop market (I installed Debian 11 on a

Raspberry Pi 400 device less than 24 hours ago), which might explain why

Microsoft is so desperate to infiltrate (it did so last year and also half a

decade earlier).

“Now that the price of energy is soaring the advantages associated with a pivot

to “small” computing will certainly be further accentuated.”The Linux

Foundation intentionally ignores all that and instead promotes highly polluting

Microsoft by greenwashing_it (it’s paid to promote lies), but we all know that

the future is not x86; Intel’s pivot_to_RISC-V shows the_embattled_Intel

recognising that electricity-hungry motherboard aren’t they way to go; that’s

why “Atom” failed.

There’s even much greater a barrier to Intel’s long-term survival; putting

aside UEFI_‘secure_boot’ and ME back doors, the architecture is far too complex

and eternally broken. These issues aren’t fixable. “Don’t forget about the

unfixable security hole in Intel hardware,” an associate reminds us. “”Spectre”

and “Meltdown” are whole categories of vulnerabilities and there are several

other categories on top of them. Not all are repairable with either kernel

changes or even microcode replacement.” [1, 2, 3] (the second link has a good

chart of two categories) █

“Fat operating systems spend most of their energy supporting their own fat.”

                  –Nicholas Negroponte, MIT Media Lab, rediff.com, Apr 2006

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§ Contents⠀➾

* GNU/Linux

      o Distributions

      o Devices/Embedded

* Free_Software/Open_Source

* Leftovers

* § GNU/Linux⠀➾

      o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾

            # ⚓ »_GNU_Linux_is_dominating_Space_already_–_“Boldly_Going

              Running_(GNU)_Linux_in_Space_–_Sam_Bishop_(LCA_2022_Online)”

              |_dwaves.de⠀⇛

                   that could be a GNU Linux Lenovo floating inside

                   the ISS…

      o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾

            # ⚓ Facebook’s_Metaverse_Is_Already_Dying_–_Invidious⠀⇛

                   I don’t know anybody who is excited to exist in

                   Facebook’s corporate sanitized metaverse and

                   clearly it’s not doing wel in the stock market but

                   the whole concept of metaverses aren’t new anyway

                   and I wish companies would stop pretending they

                   are.

      o § Kernel Space⠀➾

            # ⚓ Low_latency_Linux_for_industrial_embedded_systems_–_Part_I

              |_Ubuntu⠀⇛

                   Welcome to this mini blog series on the low latency

                   Linux kernel for industrial embedded systems!

                   The real-time patch, which is not fully upstream

                   yet, has had many developers wonder about stable

                   alternatives for their projects adopting an

                   embedded Linux operating system (OS) with latency

                   requirements in the milliseconds’ range. The low-

                   latency Ubuntu Linux kernel from Canonical is less

                   costly to maintain than real-time alternatives.

                   PREEMPT_RT is an intrusive patchset that may not be

                   compatible with all required drivers and may

                   require debugging/reworking, whereas low latency is

                   a configuration flavour of mainline.

                   The low latency Ubuntu kernel has the maximum

                   preemption currently available in mainline

                   (PREEMPT), coupled with four times the timer

                   granularity of the generic Ubuntu kernel (HZ_1000

                   for low latency vs HZ_250 for generic).

                   If this sentence is crystal-clear to you and if you

                   are familiar with the concepts, you may want to

                   jump ahead to the remaining two blogs of his three-

                   part blog series. Part I of the series is for those

                   at the beginning of their learning journey. Here,

                   we will provide a basic introduction to preemptable

                   processes in multiuser systems, and memory

                   segregation into kernel and user space. Building on

                   this knowledge, we will tackle preemption and

                   frequency of the timer interrupt in Part II.

                   Finally, Part III of this three-part blog series

                   will put everything together and delve into the

                   considerations behind adopting low-latency Ubuntu

                   for your embedded applications.

      o § Applications⠀➾

            # ⚓ RapidDisk_8.1.0_now_available⠀⇛

                   RapidDisk is an advanced Linux RAM Disk which

                   consists of a collection of modules and an

                   administration tool. Features include: Dynamically

                   allocate RAM as block device. Use them as stand

                   alone disk drives or even map them as caching nodes

                   to slower local disk drives. Access those drives

                   locally or export those volumes across an NVMe

                   Target network.

            # ⚓ Darktable_3.8.1_Released_with_Faster_Heal_Tool,_New_Noise

              Profiles,_and_Many_Bug_Fixes⠀⇛

                   Coming one and a half months after darktable 3.8,

                   this release speeds up the retouch’s heal tool by

                   using better parallelism, adds noise profiles for

                   the Canon EOS D60 and Samsung NX1000 digital

                   cameras, adds support for the Spanish and Dutch

                   languages for the documentation, and fixes numerous

                   bugs.

                   Darktable 3.8.1 also adds a large red message that

                   will prompt users when their digital cameras have

                   missing samples, which you can upload at https://

                   raw.pixls.us/. Moreover, this point release re-adds

                   support for the cameras that were removed in

                   version 3.8, but only for a short period of time.

      o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾

            # ⚓ How_To_Install_Apache_Maven_on_Fedora_35_–_idroot⠀⇛

                   In this tutorial, we will show you how to install

                   Apache Maven on Fedora 35. For those of you who

                   didn’t know, Apache Maven is a software project

                   management and comprehension tool. Based on the

                   concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can

                   manage a project’s build, reporting, and

                   documentation from a central piece of information.

                   It helps you to get all the necessary libraries

                   that you need to build your application.

                   This article assumes you have at least basic

                   knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and

                   most importantly, you host your site on your own

                   VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes

                   you are running in the root account, if not you may

                   need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root

                   privileges. I will show you the step-by-step

                   installation of the Apache Maven on a Fedora 35.

            # ⚓ How_to_install_and_configure_Postfix_on_Debian_|_FOSS

              Linux⠀⇛

                   Postfix is one of the most widely used free MTAs

                   (Mail Transfer Agents). It is open-source and has

                   been inactive development since its inception. It

                   was made to overcome the shortcomings of Sendmail,

                   and it has come a long way since then.

                   Some of the key characteristics of Postfix are its

                   modular design, great security tools, comprehensive

                   documentation, and easy configuration. It is also

                   compatible with Sendmail, so most of the tools that

                   Sendmail boosts are also supported here.

            # ⚓ How_to_Install_VLC_Media_Player_on_Linux⠀⇛

                   Don’t let the entertainment stop on your Linux

                   desktop. Install VLC Media Player and start playing

                   your favorite music or movies right away.

            # ⚓ whmapi_to_change_cpanel_user_account_password_using_SSH._|

              Elinux.co.in⠀⇛

                   If you want to reset CPanel user account password

                   using SSH then run below command.

            # ⚓ whmapi_to_add_domain_DNS_using_SSH⠀⇛

                   If you want to add the domain DNS then you can run

                   below command.

            # ⚓ How_to_install_Pinta_on_Zorin_OS_16_–_Invidious [Ed: But

              Pinta is Microsoft_Mono injection vector]⠀⇛

            # ⚓ How_to_install_FnF_Spritesheet_and_XML_Maker_on_a

              Chromebook⠀⇛

                   Today we are looking at how to install FnF

                   Spritesheet and XML Maker on a Chromebook. Please

                   follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we

                   explain the process step by step and use the

                   commands below.

            # ⚓ How_do_I_search_for_an_available_Python_package_using_pip?

              –_Darryl_Dias⠀⇛

                   If you are searching for packages using Pip you may

                   come accross this error. This is because after

                   December 2020 pip search functionality has been

                   discontinued, due to unmanageable load on PyPi’s

                   XMLRPC API service.

            # ⚓ How_to_Install_NordVPN_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛

                   If you are searching for packages using Pip you may

                   come accross this error. This is because after

                   December 2020 functionality has been discontinued…

      o § Games⠀➾

            # ⚓ Get_ready_to_sweat_with_VR_rhythm_game_Groove_Gunner_out

              now_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛

                   Got the moves? Have a VR kit at the ready? Groove

                   Gunner from BitCutter Studios Inc has released from

                   Early Access today and it’s one you might get a

                   little hot with.

                   It’s a rhythm game, in a vaguely similar way to

                   Beat Saber except here you’ve got guns and shield.

                   You also don’t cut through anything but have to

                   shoot targets at a specific time and point, while

                   also blocking incoming glowing balls. A thoroughly

                   challenging game, and a pretty excellent workout.

                   The tunes it comes with are pretty damn great too,

                   as the developer teamed up with a bunch of indie

                   artists with a varied genre set.

            # ⚓ Turning_The_PS4_Into_A_Useful_Linux_Machine_|_Hackaday⠀⇛

                   When the PlayStation 3 first launched, one of its

                   most lauded features was its ability to officially

                   run full Linux distributions. This was of course

                   famously and permanently borked by Sony with a

                   software update after a few years, presumably since

                   the console was priced too low to make a profit and

                   Sony didn’t want to indirectly fund server farms

                   made out of relatively inexpensive hardware. Of

                   course a decision like this to keep Linux off a

                   computer system is only going to embolden Linux

                   users to put it on those same systems, and in that

                   same vein this project turns a more modern

                   Playstation 4 into a Kubernetes cluster with the

                   help of the infamous OS.

      o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾

            # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾

                  # ⚓ The_9_Best_KDE-Based_Distros_for_Avid_Linux_Users⠀⇛

                         KDE Plasma lets you customize the desktop

                         with no limitations. Here are the top nine

                         Linux distros that ship with the KDE desktop

                         out-of-the-box.

                         As a desktop environment, KDE Plasma is

                         marketed with unique features, including

                         visually-rich desktop computing fully packed

                         with nifty utilities. Many in-demand Linux

                         distros available in the market offer a KDE

                         flavor variant for users.

                         Here’s a list of the top nine distros based

                         on KDE Plasma, which you must check out.

      o § Distributions⠀➾

            # ⚓ Should_You_Use_a_New,_Obscure_Linux_Distro_or_Stick_With

              the_Mainstream_Ones?⠀⇛

                   When you start using Linux on your desktop, you

                   probably stick with the beginner-friendly distros

                   like Ubuntu or Linux Mint.

                   As you get familiar with Linux and start loving it,

                   you join Linux related communities on various

                   social channels, follow websites that share Linux

                   content (like It’s FOSS). And when you do that, you

                   also start discovering new, rather unknown

                   distributions.

                   Since you are new to the scene, you may get tempted

                   to try one distro after another and fell down the

                   ‘distrohopping’ slope.

            # § Reviews⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Peppermint_OS_2022-02-02_Scraps_LXDE_in_Favor_of_Xfce

                    [Review]⠀⇛

                         We review the Peppermint OS 2022-02-02

                         release in terms of performance stability and

                         give you an overview of the exciting changes

                         of this version.

            # § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Latest_Plasma_Lands_in_Tumbleweed,_Set_for_Leap

                    Beta⠀⇛

                         This week’s openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots

                         delivered exciting news not only to rolling

                         release users, but also brought significant

                         news for users of the long-established Leap

                         release.

                         KDE’s next Long-Term Support (LTS) release,

                         Plasma 5.24, arrived in a recent snapshot,

                         and it brings the “Perfect Harmony” for both

                         Tumbleweed and Leap users. Plasma 5.24 will

                         be one of the Desktop Environments (DE) in

                         Leap 15.4; the beta version of Leap 15.4 is

                         expected to be released for testing with the

                         new Plasma version within the next couple of

                         weeks, according to the roadmap.

            # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾

                  # ⚓ How_we_should_think_about_cloud_lock-in [Ed: Red Hat

                    employees now writing ‘the news’ at IDG; So-called

                    ‘news’ sites have ‘reinvented’ themselves as #marketing

                    agencies, rendering more and more of the WWW nothing

                    other than webspam.]⠀⇛

                         At Red Hat, Scott McCarty is senior principal

                         product manager for RHEL Server, arguably the

                         largest open source software business in the

                         world. Focus areas include cloud, containers,

                         workload expansion, and automation. Working

                         closely with customers, partners, engineering

                         teams, sales, marketing, other product teams,

                         and even in the community, Scott combines

                         personal experience with customer and partner

                         feedback to enhance and tailor strategic

                         capabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

                  # ⚓ Command_Line_Heroes:_Season_8:_Broadcasting_the_Robot

                    Revolution⠀⇛

                         Season 8 covers the robots that are in our

                         midst—and the determined dreamers who bring

                         them to life.

                  # ⚓ Check_out_the_Kubernetes_Documentary [Ed: Marketing

                    is now disguised as "documentary" and "journalists"

                    like Alex Handy are being recruited by the companies

                    they cover]⠀⇛

                         When an open source project takes off, there

                         are often a few years of excitement, and then

                         a slowing of enthusiasm as other methods,

                         technologies and paradigms begin to take hold

                         and the project matures. And then there’s

                         Kubernetes. Over the past 9 years not only

                         has Kubernetes grown, but the rate at which

                         it has grown has also grown. The world of

                         Kubernetes is now much larger than just

                         Kubernetes.

                         Back in 2013, while folks around the world

                         were preparing for the move to cloud by

                         building out new tools, new databases and new

                         programming languages, one project took the

                         holistic approach of offering a more cohesive

                         cloud experience based on Linux containers.

                         That project brought together the incredible

                         power of open source software, Linux and

                         massive scale computing to provide us with a

                         fresh field in which to innovate, expand and

                         stabilize cloud operations.

            # § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾

                  # ⚓ 8_Best_note-taking_apps_for_Linux_such_as_Ubuntu⠀⇛

                         Note Taking apps are not only limited to

                         smartphones, Mac, or Windows systems; Linux

                         users can also get them easily as there are

                         many open source projects to offer such

                         applications. You can choose the one

                         depending on what and, above all, how much

                         you would like to write down. With color

                         markings and keyword labels, you can keep

                         shopping lists, notes, logs, or philosophical

                         ideas apart. Further, a user can also attach

                         photos to his notes, and if typing takes too

                         long, you can also use the voice memos or

                         have spoken words converted into text.

      o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾

            # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Adorable_robots_mimic_Internet_cookies_|_Arduino

                    Blog⠀⇛

                         If you’re like most people, you click “accept

                         all” whenever a website asks you to allow

                         cookies. That button is big and enticing,

                         begging you to click so you can get to your

                         content without thinking about the purpose of

                         the cookies. That purpose is usually to serve

                         you personalized ads, but you let the website

                         track you because it asked you in a nice way.

                         To replicate that effect in a tangible way,

                         Guillaume Slizewicz built these Arduino-

                         controlled robots.

                         “Accept All” is an art installation Nemur,

                         Belgium’s Le Pavillon. It consists of a few

                         small wheeled robots that drive around the

                         room. When they see a person, they scurry

                         over to bump into that person’s shins. And

                         people are happy to let them, because the

                         robots are very cute. One has silly little

                         horns. Another wears a grass hula skirt.

                         Another looks like a jelly fish going through

                         a goth phase. As with Internet cookies,

                         people comply with the robots’ minor

                         annoyance because they are pleasant.

            # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Android_13_developer_preview_released_with_privacy,

                    security,_and_productivity_improvements_–_CNX

                    Software⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Google_drops_the_first_developer_preview_of_Android

                    13_–_Liliputing⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Android_13_will_disable_all_haptics_in_Silent_mode⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Have_Android_12_on_your_phone?_Check_out_these_hidden

                    features_–_CNET⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ How_to_Open_and_Convert_HEIC_Images_on_Android⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ How_to_customize_your_Android_status_bar⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Android_app_deals_of_the_day:_Mars_Power_Industries,

                    Rogue_Hearts,_Baldur’s_Gate_II,_more_–_9to5Toys⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ iQoo_9_India_Launch_Announced:_Here’s_What_To_Expect

                    From_Next_Android_Flagship⠀⇛

      o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾

            # ⚓ 7_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Status_Page_Systems⠀⇛

                   A status page system is software that lets you

                   communicate incidents, schedule maintenance and

                   downtimes with your customers.

                   A status page can be public or private. Public

                   stage pages engender customer trust and demonstrate

                   the reliability of a platform. Private status pages

                   are useful to communicate incidents with internal

                   stakeholders.

                   Status page systems offer control over how to

                   communicate an incident on the status page. Good

                   systems let you notify customers and stakeholders

                   in real time reducing the volume of customer

                   support queries.

            # § Web Browsers⠀➾

                  # § Chromium⠀➾

                        # ⚓ My_Favorite_Vim_Commands_in_Chrome⠀⇛

                               Vimium lets you use Vim commands from

                               inside Chrome

                  # § Mozilla⠀➾

                        # ⚓ Users_say_that_Firefox_97_fixes_hardware_video

                          acceleration_issues_on_Linux⠀⇛

                               Firefox 97 was released this week, and

                               on paper, it didn’t seem to bring

                               anything important for a major version

                               update. Well, there are changes that

                               the release notes did not mention.

                        # ⚓ Mozilla_Localization_(L10N):_L10n_Report:

                          January_2022_Edition⠀⇛

                        # ⚓ Firefox_Nightly:_These_Weeks_in_Firefox:_Issue

                          109⠀⇛

            # § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾

                  # ⚓ LibreOffice_ecosystem_interview:_Thorsten_Behrens_at

                    allotropia⠀⇛

                         We strive to be a full-service shop for all

                         things LibreOffice. Just to list a few

                         examples, we have helped companies to train

                         their internal development team alongside a

                         LibreOffice migration; we’re regularly

                         developing bug fixes and new features for the

                         office suite, and we’re also maintaining a

                         number of extensions for the benefit of the

                         entire ecosystem (e.g. the LibreOffice

                         Eclipse development plugin, the Edit in

                         LibreOffice Nextcloud plugin, or the

                         LibreOffice Starter Extension).

                         Additionally, we’re offering LTS (long-time

                         supported) versions of LibreOffice, via our

                         partner CIB software GmbH. In the same vein,

                         we also maintain customer-specific LTS

                         branches, in case a larger organisation has

                         decided to stick with one particular version

                         of the suite.

                         And not to forget, allotropia also sponsors

                         Michael Stahl, one of the editors of the

                         OpenDocument Format, to keep the ODF standard

                         evolving and keeping up with all the new

                         LibreOffice features that need saving to

                         disk.

            # § Programming/Development⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Optimization_is_Fragile⠀⇛

                         Optimization is often seen as the highest

                         good. Programs that run more efficiently.

                         Processes that run faster. But optimization

                         is a trade-off and optimization is rigid.

                         Especially early on, optimization should be

                         an anti-goal. Instead, solve for optionality

                         and eschew constraints.

                  # ⚓ Reed-alert:_five_years_later⠀⇛

                         I wrote a simple software using an old

                         programming language (Common LISP ANSI is

                         from 1994), the result is that it’s reliable

                         over time, require no code maintenance and is

                         fun to code on.

                  # ⚓ [Old] Making_the_ZFS_file_system⠀⇛

                         This week Matt Ahrens joins Adam to talk

                         about ZFS. Matt co-founded the ZFS project at

                         Sun Microsystems in 2001. And 20 years later

                         Adam picked up ZFS for use in his home lab

                         and loved it. So, he reached out to Matt and

                         invited him on the show. They cover the

                         origins of the file system, its journey from

                         proprietary to open source, architecture

                         choices like copy-on-write, the ins and outs

                         of creating and managing ZFS, RAID-Z and

                         RAID-Z expansion, and Matt even shares plans

                         for ZFS in the cloud with ZFS object store.

                  # ⚓ ZUI_For_Zsh_Hackers⠀⇛

                         So, a Zshell code generates text. It is then

                         turned into document with hyperlinks. DHTML-

                         like calls are possible that will regenerate

                         document parts on the fly. Page can be also

                         reloaded with input data, just like an HTML

                         page. A voiced below or download file from

                         google drive or watch youtube video at the

                         end, that shows how to create an application

                         – Nmap network scanner frontend.

                  # ⚓ Nibble_Stew:_Typesetting_an_Entire_Book_Part_IV:_The

                    Content⠀⇛

                         In previous blog posts (such as seals this

                         one) we looked into typesetting a book with

                         various FOSS tools. Those have used existing

                         content from Project Gutenberg. However it

                         would be a whole lot nicer to do this with

                         your own content, especially since a pandemic

                         quarantine has traditionally been a fruitful

                         time to write books. Thus for completeness I

                         ventured out to write my own. After a fair

                         bit of time typing, retyping, typesetting,

                         imposing, printing, gluing, sandpapering and

                         the like, here is the 244 page product that

                         eventually emerged from the pipeline.

                         [....]

                         In fact, let’s be scientific and estimate how

                         unlikely it would be. The first hurdle is

                         getting the book published. Statistics say

                         that only one book out of a thousand offered

                         to publishers actually gets published. Even

                         if it did get published and you had a

                         physical copy in your hands, you probably

                         still could not read it, since it is written

                         in Finnish, a language that is understood

                         only by 0.1 percent of the planet’s

                         population. If we estimate how many people

                         who could read it actually would read it then

                         the chances are again roughly one of a

                         thousand.

                  # ⚓ Qt_Creator_7_–_CMake_update⠀⇛

                  # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾

                        # ⚓ Zshrc_File_Explained_in_10_Easy_to_Understand

                          Points⠀⇛

                               .Zshrc is a configuration file that

                               contains the commands that run the zsh

                               shell, just like the .bashrc file that

                               contains commands for the bash shell.

                               It contains scripts that run whenever

                               an interactive zsh session is launched.

                               In Linux, the file is stored in the

                               home/user directory as a hidden file.

                               The file can be edited to customize the

                               zsh experience, but it is not advised

                               to customize it. The file is also

                               hidden and stored in the user’s home

                               directory in macOS. The file is

                               automatically created when the Zsh

                               shell is installed on a system. Today,

                               we will look at the .zshrc file in

                               quite some detail.

                        # ⚓ What_is_Zsh?_Should_You_Use_it?⠀⇛

                               Nowadays, the active development of

                               both open source projects is keeping

                               both shells close to each other in

                               terms of general features and

                               functionality, but there are a few

                               small differences on how to do certain

                               things. Zsh is more powerful and

                               customizable by default, while Bash may

                               require some extra scripts (plugins) to

                               achieve some things.

                               On a wider view, the main features that

                               make Zsh shine over Bash are: [...]

                        # ⚓ [Old] Fish_vs._Zsh_vs._Bash_and_Why_You_Should

                          Switch_to_Fish⠀⇛

                               Here’s a fact, most developers love

                               Unix and Unix-like (Linux-based)

                               operating systems such as macOS,

                               Ubuntu, etc. They are stable, powerful,

                               highly customizable, and they have the

                               mighty Unix Shell.

                        # ⚓ [Old] Fish_for_bash_users⠀⇛

                               This is to give you a quick overview if

                               you come from bash (or to a lesser

                               extent other shells like zsh or ksh)

                               and want to know how fish differs. Fish

                               is intentionally not POSIX-compatible

                               and as such some of the things you are

                               used to work differently.

                               Many things are similar – they both

                               fundamentally expand commandlines to

                               execute commands, have pipes,

                               redirections, variables, globs, use

                               command output in various ways. This

                               document is there to quickly show you

                               the differences.

* § Leftovers⠀➾

      o ⚓ I_Went_Back_to_Warn_Them⠀⇛

      o ⚓ West_Virginia_Students_Stage_Walkout_After_School_Hosts_Christian

        Revival⠀⇛

      o ⚓ Jean-François_Fortin_Tam:_Year_MMXX_summarized_in_7_minutes⠀⇛

             In January, one of my students/friends, Aida, died with

             her husband Arvin and 174 other passengers. She was 33

             years old, and had just obtained her PhD a few weeks

             earlier. That hit me pretty hard.

      o § Education⠀➾

            # ⚓ Mared_Foulkes:_Cardiff_University_apologises_after

              suicide⠀⇛

                   Mared Foulkes, 21, from Menai Bridge, Anglesey,

                   received a results email that did not take account

                   of her resit mark.

            # ⚓ Cardiff_University_apologises_over_death_of_student_wrongly

              told_she_had_failed⠀⇛

                   An inquest heard that Ms Foulkes received an

                   automated email from the university hours before

                   her death saying that she had failed her recent

                   exams and would not be moving on to the third year.

                   However, her result was later updated by the

                   university to a pass. Tragically, Ms Foulkes, of

                   Cae Uchaf Farm, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, had already

                   taken her own life before the mistake was

                   rectified.

            # ⚓ In_Iraq’s_Mosul,_library_rises_from_ashes_of_IS_reign⠀⇛

                   The storied library of Iraq’s Mosul University

                   boasted a million titles before Islamic State group

                   jihadists rampaged through it, toppling book

                   shelves and burning ancient texts.

                   Now, almost five years after their defeat, the war-

                   battered northern metropolis is trying to rebuild

                   the pride of the city long known as a literature

                   hub boasting countless booksellers and archives

                   guarding rare manuscripts.

      o § Hardware⠀➾

            # ⚓ Resin-Printed_Gears_Versus_PLA:_Which_Is_Tougher?_|

              Hackaday⠀⇛

                   When it comes to making gearboxes, 3D printing has

                   the benefit that it lets you whip up whatever

                   strange gears you might need without a whole lot of

                   hunting around at obscure gear suppliers. This is

                   particularly good for those outside the limited

                   radius served by McMaster Carr. When it came to 3D

                   printed gears though, [Michael Rechtin] wondered

                   whether PLA or resin-printed gears performed

                   better, and decided to investigate.

                   The subject of the test is a 3D-printed compound

                   planetary gearbox, designed for a NEMA-17 motor

                   with an 80:1 reduction. The FDM printer was a

                   Creality CR10S, while the Creality LD02-H was on

                   resin duty.

            # ⚓ CX-6000_Pen_Plotter_Upgrade_|_Hackaday⠀⇛

                   [Terje Io] decided to breathe new life into an old

                   pen plotter — the CX6000 from C. Itoh, a Japanese

                   company that made several printers for Apple in the

                   1980s. He keeps most of the framework, but the

                   electronics get a major overhaul. The old motors

                   are replaced, the controller and motor drivers are

                   modernized using a Raspberry Pi Pico and stepper

                   motor drivers. After tending to other auxiliary

                   electronics like the control panel and limit

                   switches, it’s time to deal with the firmware.

            # ⚓ There’s_A_Wrinkle_In_This_3D_Printed_Wankel_|_Hackaday⠀⇛

                   Rotary engines such as the Wankel have strange

                   shapes that can be difficult to machine (as

                   evidenced by the specialized production machines

                   and patents in the 70s), which means it lends

                   itself well to be 3D printed. The downside is that

                   the tolerances, like most engines, are pretty

                   tight, and it is difficult for a printer to match

                   them. Not to be dissuaded, [3DprintedLife] designed

                   and built a 3D printed liquid piston rotary engine.

                   The liquid piston engine is not a Wankel and is

                   more akin to an inside-out Wankel. The seals are on

                   the housing, not the rotor itself, and there are

                   three “chambers” instead of two.

                   The first of many iterations didn’t run. There was

                   too much friction, but there were some positive

                   signs as pressure was trapped in a chamber and

                   released as it turned. The iterations continued,

                   impressively not using any o-rings to seal, but

                   instead standing each part down using a 1-2-3 block

                   as a flat reference, within 25 microns of the

                   design. Despite his care and attention to detail,

                   it still couldn’t self-sustain. He theorizes that

                   it could be due to the resin being softer than

                   other materials he has used in the past. Not to be

                   left empty-handed, he built a dynamo to test his

                   new engine out. It was a load cell and an encoder

                   to measure speed and force. His encoder had trouble

                   keeping up, so he ordered some optical limit

                   switches.

            # ⚓ Apollo_Lake_panel_PCs_are_ready_for_the_slime_and_grime⠀⇛

                   Avalue’s 15-inch and 21.5-inch “SPC-series” panel

                   PCs combine an Apollo Lake SoC with IP66 and IP69K

                   waterproofing, M12 ports, acid-alkali and bacteria

                   resistance, and sunlight-readable screens.

                   Avalue announced a pair of rugged SPC-series panel

                   PCs. The 15-inch SPC-1533-B1 and 21-inch SPC-2133-

                   B1 support Linux, Android x86 8.1, or Win 10,

                   running on a quad-core, 1.5GHz/2.3GHz Celeron J3455

                   with 10W TDP from Intel’s Apollo Lake generation.

                   The mainboard is Avalue’s EMX-APLP thin Mini-ITX

                   board.

      o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾

            # ⚓ Public_Health_Experts_Warn_Against_Premature_End_of_School

              Mask_Mandates⠀⇛

                   With several Democratic governors heeding the calls

                   of what public health experts call a “vocal

                   minority” and doing away with school mask mandates,

                   epidemiologists and physicians from across the U.S.

                   are warning that ending Covid-19 mitigation

                   measures as thousands of Americans are still dying

                   each day will “will inevitably lead to a rise” in

                   cases.

                   In an open letter written Wednesday and spearheaded

                   by four experts at Columbia University, nearly two

                   dozen public health researchers and practitioners

                   expressed concern that calls from “pundits on cable

                   news and national media outlets…for mask ‘off-

                   ramps’” have pushed the governors of New Jersey,

                   Rhode Island, and Connecticut to announce end dates

                   for school mask mandate despite ongoing risk.

            # ⚓ “We_Kept_Looking_for_a_Hospital_Bed”:_the_Public_Healthcare

              Crisis_in_Uttar_Pradesh⠀⇛

            # ⚓ For_Fraction_of_Pentagon_Budget,_World_Could_Prevent_1.5

              Million_Covid_Deaths⠀⇛

                   A research paper published Thursday estimates that

                   providing three coronavirus vaccine doses to every

                   person in low- and lower-middle-income countries

                   would prevent over a million deaths for the cost of

                   $61 billion—a fraction of the $778 billion U.S.

                   military budget for fiscal year 2022.

                   “We have more than one million reasons to vaccinate

                   the world.”

            # ⚓ Pharma-Funded_Republican_Blocks_Sanders’s_Demand_for_Vote

              on_Drug_Price_Bill⠀⇛

            # ⚓ GOP_Blocks_Sanders_Effort_to_Force_Vote_on_Slashing_Drug

              Prices⠀⇛

                   Republican Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho blocked Sen.

                   Bernie Sanders’ attempt Wednesday to force a vote

                   on legislation that would slash prescription drug

                   prices, thwarting the Vermont senator’s effort to

                   fast-track the new bill as the pharmaceutical

                   industry rushes to hike costs in the new year.

                   “A lifesaving prescription drug does not mean

                   anything if you cannot afford to buy that drug.”

      o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾

            # § Proprietary⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Windows_Explorer:_Improper_Exif_Data_Removal⠀⇛

                         There is an issue with this feature: it does

                         not properly remove Exif data.

                  # ⚓ Washington_state_agency_says_data_of_hundreds_of

                    thousands_of_professionals_may_have_been_breached⠀⇛

                         The Washington State Department of Licensing

                         (DOL) announced Friday that it had detected

                         irregular activity on one of its online

                         systems last month and that the personal data

                         of professional licensees may have been

                         breached.

                         Those licensees include more than 250,000

                         professionals, according to The Seattle

                         Times.

                         The DOL said that it detected suspicious

                         activity involving professional and

                         occupational license information the week of

                         January 24 and that it had shut down its

                         Professional Online Licensing and Regulatory

                         Information System (POLARIS).

                  # ⚓ Global_political_and_business_leaders_warn_of

                    possible_Russian-sponsored_cyber_attacks⠀⇛

                         With tensions mounting in Ukraine, the New

                         York Department of Financial Services and the

                         European Central Bank are alerting

                         governments, businesses, and financial

                         institutions to prepare for a possible state-

                         sponsored cyber attack from Russia.

                  # ⚓ Apple_wants_to_know_why_you_hate_Safari⠀⇛

                         Jen Simmons, an Apple evangelist and

                         developer advocate on the Web Developer

                         Experience team for Safari and WebKit, was

                         clearly taken aback by the responses.

                  # ⚓ How_ShotSpotter_fights_criticism_and_leverages

                    federal_cash_to_win_police_contracts⠀⇛

                         But Johnson, the chief deputy for Arkansas’

                         Sixth Judicial District Office of the

                         Prosecuting Attorney, hadn’t seen much proof

                         that ShotSpotter was helping the problem in

                         Little Rock, which was suffering from one of

                         its worst years of gun violence. He thought

                         the money Little Rock was paying the company

                         — about $143,000 a year to lease gunshot

                         detection devices covering a 2-square-mile

                         section of the city, backed by a federal

                         grant — would get better results if it was

                         used on a more proven technology.

                         Johnson responded less than an hour after he

                         received Clark’s email.

                         “Although I obviously don’t have personal

                         knowledge of all gun violence cases that

                         happen in Little Rock, I do review every

                         homicide case that happens here and have

                         never seen a file with shotspotter

                         information,” he wrote, according to emails

                         obtained by NBC News through a public records

                         request.

                  # § Security⠀➾

                        # ⚓ CISA_Adds_15_Known_Exploited_Vulnerabilities_to

                          Catalog [Ed: Microsoft_dominates_the_list]⠀⇛

                               CISA has added 15 new vulnerabilities

                               to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

                               Catalog, based on evidence that threat

                               actors are actively exploiting the

                               vulnerabilities listed in the table

                               below. These types of vulnerabilities

                               are a frequent attack vector for

                               malicious cyber actors of all types and

                               pose significant risk to the federal

                               enterprise.

                        # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/

                          Dramatisation⠀➾

                              # ⚓ Linux_malware_attacks_are_on_the_rise,

                                and_businesses_aren’t_ready_for_it [Ed: And

                                now it’s Microsoft’s_ZDNet amplifying

                                VMware’s_FUD_attack_on_Linux, which VMware

                                ripped off and is now trying to blame for

                                ransomware that specifically targets

                                VMware]⠀⇛

                              # ⚓ VMware_Details_Malware_Threats_in_Linux

                                Multi-Cloud_Implementations_—

                                Virtualization_Review [Ed: Microsoft sites

                                uses VMware for Linux FUD]⠀⇛

                                     While Windows is generally seen

                                     as the most malware-vulnerable

                                     OS, cloud computing is mostly

                                     done on Linux, so VMware has

                                     published a threat report about

                                     malware in Linux-based multi-

                                     cloud environments.

                        # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾

                              # ⚓ Senator_Blumenthal,_After_Years_Of

                                Denial,_Admits_He’s_Targeting_Encryption

                                With_EARN_IT⠀⇛

                                     Senator Richard Blumenthal has

                                     now admitted that EARN IT is

                                     targeting encryption, something

                                     he denied for two years, and then

                                     just out and said it.

                              # ⚓ The_Top_Ten_Mistakes_Senators_Made_During

                                Today’s_EARN_IT_Markup⠀⇛

                                     Today, the Senate Judiciary

                                     Committee unanimously approved

                                     the EARN IT Act and sent that

                                     legislation to the Senate floor.

                                     As drafted, the bill will be a

                                     disaster. Only by monitoring what

                                     users communicate could tech

                                     services avoid vast new

                                     liability, and only by

                                     abandoning, or compromising, end-

                                     to-end encryption, could they

                                     implement such monitoring. Thus,

                                     the bill poses a dire threat to

                                     the privacy, security and safety

                                     of law-abiding Internet users

                                     around the world, especially

                                     those whose lives depend on

                                     having messaging tools that

                                     governments cannot crack. Aiding

                                     such dissidents is precisely why

                                     it was the U.S. government that

                                     initially funded the development

                                     of the end-to-end encryption

                                     (E2EE) now found in Signal,

                                     Whatsapp and other such tools.

                                     Even worse, the bill will do the

                                     opposite of what it claims:

                                     instead of helping law

                                     enforcement crack down on child

                                     sexual abuse material (CSAM), the

                                     bill will actually help the most

                                     odious criminals walk free.

                              # ⚓ Gambling_with_Our_Privacy:_New_Report

                                Shows_the_Reality_of_Surveillance

                                Advertising⠀⇛

                                     It’s appropriate that the

                                     gambling industry’s use of online

                                     surveillance and profiling should

                                     be examined in this way, since it

                                     pioneered the approach in the

                                     physical world, as the report

                                     explains: “Typical large casinos

                                     are high-security areas with an

                                     estimated 3,000 cameras

                                     monitoring every step and

                                     activity in order to detect

                                     suspicious behavioral patterns

                                     and persons”.

                              # ⚓ Key_Senators_Have_Voted_For_The_Anti-

                                Encryption_EARN_IT_Act⠀⇛

                                     The bill could now be voted on by

                                     the full Senate at any time, or

                                     worse, included as part of a

                                     different “must-pass” legislative

                                     package. We need you to contact

                                     your representatives in Congress

                                     today to tell them to vote

                                     against this bill. 

                              # ⚓ Critics_Warn_of_‘Lethal_Impact_on

                                Privacy’_as_Senate_Advances_EARN_IT_Act⠀⇛

                                     Digital rights advocates on

                                     Thursday decried the U.S.

                                     Senate’s advance of a

                                     controversial bill that would

                                     purportedly hold tech companies

                                     accountable for sexually

                                     exploitative content, but that

                                     one prominent opponent said would

                                     “have a lethal impact on privacy,

                                     security, and free speech.”

                                     “Though nominally aimed at

                                     reducing the spread of child

                                     sexual abuse material online, it

                                     could exacerbate that problem.” 

                              # ⚓ Apple_says_it_will_make_unknown_AirTags

                                alert_you_sooner⠀⇛

                                     Most importantly, Apple says it’s

                                     updating its algorithm to more

                                     quickly notify users that an

                                     unwanted tracker may be on their

                                     person. It also says iPhone 11,

                                     12, and 13 users will be able to

                                     use Precision Finding to see

                                     exactly where an unknown AirTag

                                     is when within range, something

                                     that only the owner of the AirTag

                                     could do previously. When

                                     receiving alerts, Apple also says

                                     it will begin simultaneously

                                     sending notifications to iPhones

                                     when an unknown AirTag first

                                     plays a sound alert — currently,

                                     if you miss hearing a ping, there

                                     won’t necessarily be a

                                     notification waiting for you on

                                     your iPhone or vice versa. This

                                     measure is meant to help in cases

                                     where an AirTag’s speaker may

                                     have been tampered with.

                                     Regarding sound alerts, Apple

                                     also says it will emphasize

                                     louder tones going forward.

                              # ⚓ Chat_control:_10_principles_to_defend

                                children_in_the_digital_age⠀⇛

                                     On 9 February 2022, EDRi releases

                                     our 10 principles for derogating

                                     from the ePrivacy Directive for

                                     the purpose of detecting online

                                     child sexual abuse material

                                     (CSAM). Our goal is to make sure

                                     that any EU proposal to detect

                                     online child sexual abuse

                                     material (CSAM) is in line with

                                     the EU’s fundamental rights

                                     obligations, in particular that

                                     measures are based on law, serve

                                     a legitimate aim in a democratic

                                     society, and are objectively

                                     necessary and proportionate to

                                     that aim. We reiterate these

                                     obligations ahead of the European

                                     Commission’s proposal for a long-

                                     term law to derogate from the

                                     ePrivacy Directive for the

                                     purpose of detecting online child

                                     sexual abuse material (CSAM),

                                     which is expected at the end of

                                     Q1 2022.

                              # ⚓ Twitter_Reportedly_Developing_Long-Form

                                ‘Articles’_Feature⠀⇛

                                     From microblogging site to

                                     digital broadsheet: Twitter is

                                     reportedly working on a new

                                     feature that will allow users to

                                     write and post long-form

                                     articles.

                                     First spotted by Jane Manchun

                                     Wong, so-called “Twitter

                                     Articles” could mean lengthy

                                     broadcasts unencumbered by the

                                     current 280-character limit. Wong

                                     previously unveiled Twitter

                                     features like verification

                                     requests, a reminder to add image

                                     alt text before posting, and

                                     video playback speed options.

                              # ⚓ Twitter_Articles_Feature_Reportedly_in

                                the_Works,_Could_Offer_Support_for_Longer

                                Posts⠀⇛

                                     Twitter is reportedly working on

                                     a “Twitter Articles” feature that

                                     could allow users to post tweets

                                     with longer text. According to

                                     details shared by a reverse

                                     engineering expert on Twitter,

                                     the company may allow users to

                                     write posts beyond the existing

                                     280-character limit on the

                                     platform. Currently, users can

                                     tweet longer text pieces using

                                     threads, but the new feature

                                     could allow for uninterrupted

                                     text on a single tweet. Twitter

                                     said that it will reveal details

                                     about Twitter Articles in the

                                     future.

                              # ⚓ Twitter_may_soon_allow_users_to_write

                                article-style_posts⠀⇛

                                     As of now, not much is known

                                     about the upcoming feature. But

                                     it is likely that it will allow

                                     Twitter users to write article-

                                     style posts on Twitter exceeding

                                     the current 280 character limit.

                                     It is also being said that the

                                     feature will not be available for

                                     all users. Instead, it will be

                                     restricted to select categories

                                     of accounts like Super Followers

                                     and Twitter Blue subscribers.

                              # ⚓ Mac_users_report_Zoom_using_their

                                microphone_outside_calls⠀⇛

                              # § Confidentiality⠀➾

                                    # ⚓ Using_RSA_Securely_in_2022⠀⇛

                                           If you can somehow avoid

                                           using RSA (i.e. using

                                           Elliptic Curve Cryptography

                                           instead), then don’t use

                                           RSA at all. Then you can

                                           skip this blog post

                                           entirely and all is right

                                           in the world.

                                           If you can’t avoid RSA, and

                                           you’re encrypting messages,

                                           at least make sure you’re

                                           not encrypting messages

                                           with RSA directly. (RSA

                                           signatures are

                                           significantly less scary

                                           than RSA encryption.) Also,

                                           don’t use the same RSA

                                           keypair for both

                                           operations.

      o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾

            # ⚓ There_Was_a_Young_Man_from_Dara’a:_Missing_in_Syria⠀⇛

                   Khalid promised me a tour of his city. And we

                   eventually went there together, but only after the

                   uprising had begun, his beloved birthplace

                   transformed into a garrisoned city with checkpoints

                   along now subdued streets. Dara’a would fall into

                   rebel hands but was recently liberated by

                   government forces. (Although Khalid himself would

                   not witness any of those battles.)

                   Neither Dara’a city nor its countryside included

                   Syria’s notable archeological sites or charming

                   parks where families enjoy Friday outings. In 2011

                   because of its proximity to the Jordanian border,

                   Dhara’a became a point for the infiltration into

                   Syria of rebels and arms planned and funded by the

                   U.S., U.K., Israel and Jordan.

            # ⚓ Yet_Another_Israeli_Malware_Manufacturer_Found_Selling_To

              Human_Rights_Abusers,_Targeting_iPhones⠀⇛

                   Exploit developer NSO Group may be swallowing up

                   the negative limelight these days, but let’s not

                   forget the company has plenty of competitors. The

                   US government’s blacklisting of NSO arrived with a

                   concurrent blacklisting of malware purveyor,

                   Candiru — another Israeli firm with a long list of

                   questionable customers, including Uzbekistan, Saudi

                   Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Singapore.

            # ⚓ Surprise:_U.S._Cost_Of_Ripping_Out_And_Replacing_Huawei

              Gear_Jumps_From_$1.8_To_$5.6_Billion⠀⇛

                   So we’ve noted that a lot of the U.S. politician

                   accusations that Huawei uses its network hardware

                   to spy on Americans on behalf of the Chinese

                   government are lacking in the evidence department.

                   The company’s been on the receiving end of a

                   sustained U.S. government ban based on accusations

                   that have never actually been proven publicly,

                   levied by a country (the United States) with a

                   long, long history of doing exactly what it accuses

                   Huawei of doing.

            # ⚓ Civilian_Casualties_in_Yemen_Nearly_Doubled_Since_Saudis

              Backed_Ouster_of_Outside_Monitor⠀⇛

                   A humanitarian aid group said Thursday that

                   civilian casualties in Yemen have nearly doubled

                   since the end of the sole United Nations-backed

                   independent monitoring group investigating possible

                   rights violations and other abuses in the war-

                   ravaged country.

                   “With no one to hold perpetrators accountable,

                   civilians will continue to be killed by the

                   thousands and the hardest hit by the escalation of

                   the conflict.”

            # ⚓ Rep._Ro_Khanna:_The_U.S._Could_End_the_Yemen_War_Tomorrow.

              It’s_Time_to_Stop_Arming_the_Saudis⠀⇛

                   President Joe Biden had promised to end support for

                   offensive operations by the Saudi-led coalition in

                   Yemen and stop all “relevant” arms sales, but the

                   U.S. continues to service Saudi warplanes, and the

                   administration recently approved the sale of $650

                   million in air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia.

                   Congressmember Ro Khanna, one of the most outspoken

                   congressional critics of the war, says the U.S. has

                   the power to stop the fighting. “We could ground

                   the Saudi Air Force to a halt tomorrow if we

                   stopped supplying them with tires and parts,” says

                   Khanna. “Instead, we continue to authorize arms

                   sales to the Saudis.”

            # ⚓ First_type_certificate:_Israeli_drone_may_fly_domestic

              missions_in_future⠀⇛

                   Arms manufacturers want to market their long-range

                   drones for interior ministries or agriculture, but

                   to do so they must fly over populated areas. Market

                   leaders are working feverishly to obtain the

                   necessary permits.

            # ⚓ Opinion_|_It’s_Time_the_Pentagon_Pulled_the_Plug_on_Fox

              News⠀⇛

                   Fox News has pushed anti-vaccine falsehoods and

                   Americans have died as a result. Tucker Carlson has

                   approvingly hosted an Oath Keeper now charged with

                   seditious conspiracy, casting him as a victim.

                   Jesse Watters has urged conservatives to “ambush”

                   Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has lived under constant

                   death threats, and to “go in for the kill shot,”

                   while Lara Logan likened Dr. Fauci to a Nazi

                   doctor. 

            # ⚓ Trump’s_Phone_Records_From_Capitol_Attack_Have_Huge_Gaps,

              Says_Jan._6_Committee⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Afghans_Demand_Truth_About_Kabul_Airport_Massacre_as_U.S.

              Continues_to_Deny_Soldiers_Shot_Civilians⠀⇛

                   A major investigation by CNN raises questions about

                   whether U.S. soldiers opened fire on Afghan

                   civilians last August after a massive suicide bomb

                   exploded outside the Kabul International Airport.

                   Compiling hospital records of gunshot wounds, video

                   evidence and eyewitness accounts, CNN’s report

                   appears to directly contradict the Pentagon’s

                   narrative, which said over 180 people were killed

                   in the single blast that ISIS-K claimed

                   responsibility for. We speak to one of the co-

                   authors of the CNN report, Nick Paton Walsh, who

                   says reporters found 19 people “who quite

                   specifically said they saw people shot in front of

                   them or were shot themselves.”

            # ⚓ UK_Official_Secrets_Act_Proposals_Take_Cues_From_US

              Espionage_Act_Cases⠀⇛

                   This article was funded by paid subscribers of The

                   Dissenter Newsletter, a project of Shadowproof.

                   Become a paid subscriber. Save over 20 percent and

                   help us expand our work.The United Kingdom’s right-

                   wing dominated government is on course to greatly

                   expand its ability to prosecute and jail

                   whistleblowers and journalists through amendments

                   to the country’s Official Secrets Acts.These

                   potential amendments would be the first major

                   changes to the law since 1989. They come as the

                   U.K. and U.S. governments continue to seek the

                   extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for

                   his role in receiving and publishing the

                   Afghanistan and Iraq war logs, Guantanamo Bay

                   detainee files, and U.S. diplomatic cables.

                   Proposals would expand possible imprisonment for

                   leakers, recipients of leaks and secondary

                   publishers–including journalists–from the current

                   maximum of two years to as high as 14 years in

                   prison.Furthermore, so-called “unjustifiable

                   barriers to prosecution,” such as a requirement

                   that the state actually prove that “unauthorized

                   disclosures” are “damaging,” would be replaced with

                   a less stringent test, like proving knowledge or

                   belief on the part of the defendant that a

                   disclosure “was likely to cause” or “risked

                   causing” damage.This is the standard in the U.S.

                   for prosecutions under the Espionage Act, the 1917

                   law which Assange is accused of violating 17 times

                   (even though he is not a U.S. citizen). Charges

                   function as strict liability offenses, and intent

                   is largely treated as irrelevant.Laws relating to

                   both espionage and unauthorized disclosures have

                   been under review since the Cabinet Office that

                   supports the Prime Minister, requested the Law

                   Commission review Britain’s official secrets acts

                   back in 2015.The Law Commission, a typically benign

                   statutory body created by British Parliament in

                   1965, was intended to help reform and modernise the

                   island’s legal systems. However, this latest

                   barrage of recommendations, 33 in total, has

                   numerous observers, civil liberties organizations,

                   and journalists greatly concerned about the

                   worsening state of press freedom and dire condition

                   of whistleblower protections in the U.K.

            # ⚓ Dems_Attack_Amnesty_Report_on_Israel_to_Justify_US

              Complicity_in_Rights_Abuses⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Minecraft_‘terrorism’_Russian_court_sentences_16-year-old

              to_five_years_in_prison_over_plot_to_blow_up_virtual_FSB

              building_in_video_game⠀⇛

                   On Thursday, February 10, a Russian court handed

                   down sentences for terrorism to three teenagers

                   from the Siberian town of Kansk. The boys were

                   arrested in the summer of 2020 for posting leaflets

                   with political slogans on the local FSB building.

                   After searching their phones and uncovering a

                   “plot” to blow up an virtual rendering of an FSB

                   building in the video game Minecraft, investigators

                   charged the teens with making explosives and

                   training to participate in terrorist activities. On

                   Thursday, a military court in the Krasnoyarsk

                   territory sentenced one of the defendants, 16-year-

                   old Nikita Uvarov, to five years in prison. The two

                   other defendants in the case received suspended

                   sentences. 

            # ⚓ How_Can_the_US_Accuse_Any_Nation_of_Violating_‘Rules-Based

              International_Order’?⠀⇛

                   The latest example of this is the Ukraine crisis,

                   where the US pretty much stands all alone (unless

                   you count Britain’s embattled and embarrassed Prime

                   Minister Boris Johnson, who parrots US policy like

                   a trained bird), accusing Russia not just of

                   preparing for an “imminent invasion’ of Ukraine,

                   but of violating international law and “rules-based

                   international order,” as Secretary of State Antony

                   Blinken likes to put it.

                   The Biden administration’s top diplomat has made

                   repeatedly blasted both Russia for threatening

                   Ukraine with an invasion by moving troops and

                   equipment to its border and to the border between

                   Ukraine and Belarus, Russia’s ally to the west, and

                   China for its threats to Taiwan and for a rights

                   crackdown in Hong Kong, a Chinese Special

                   Administrative Region that had been promised 30

                   years or “no change” but was put under new stricter

                   national security laws following violent student

                   protests and university occupations in 2019-20.

            # ⚓ “We_Need_Restraint”:_Rep._Ro_Khanna_Cautions_Against

              Sending_U.S._“Lethal_Aid”_to_Ukraine⠀⇛

                   Congressmember Ro Khanna cautions against sending

                   “lethal aid” to Ukraine and says all sides need to

                   find a peaceful resolution to the crisis. The last

                   thing the American people want is to provoke a war

                   with Russia, says Khanna. “I think we should do

                   everything possible not to escalate the situation.”

            # ⚓ Opinion_|_Avoiding_War_With_Russia_Over_Ukraine_Is_Not

              Weakness—It_Is_the_Right_Thing_to_Do⠀⇛

                   The following are the remarks, as prepared for

                   delivery, by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the

                   floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday, February 10,

                   2022 as he called for diplomatic efforts to

                   deescalate the crisis over Ukraine:

            # ⚓ Sanders_Senate_Speech_Urges_Diplomatic_Resolution_of

              Ukraine_Crisis⠀⇛

                   As the tense standoff over Ukraine showed no signs

                   of defusing, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders took the

                   Senate floor Thursday to deliver an impassioned

                   plea for a diplomatic solution to the crisis

                   involving the United States and Russia, the world’s

                   two nuclear superpowers. 

                   Sanders (I-Vt.) warned that Europe “for the first

                   time in almost 80 years is faced with the threat of

                   a major invasion” as Russian troops mass along

                   Ukraine’s border, while echoing his

                   Tuesday Guardian editorial by stressing that

                   rushing to war with Moscow would have potentially

                   catastrophic “unintended consequences.” 

            # ⚓ The_Strategic_Blunder_That_Led_to_Today’s_Conflict_in

              Ukraine⠀⇛

                   Understandably enough, commentaries on the crisis

                   between Russia and the West tend to dwell on

                   Ukraine. After all, more than 100,000 Russian

                   soldiers and a fearsome array of weaponry have now

                   been emplaced around the Ukrainian border. Still,

                   such a narrow perspective deflects attention from

                   an American strategic blunder that dates to the

                   1990s and is still reverberating.

            # ⚓ Diplomacy_is_the_Only_Way_to_Deescalate_the_Crisis_Over

              Ukraine⠀⇛

                   My friends, as we have painfully learned, wars have

                   unintended consequences. They rarely turn out the

                   way the planners and experts tell us they will.

                   Just ask the officials who provided rosy scenarios

                   for the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, only

                   to be proven horribly wrong. Just ask the

                   mothers of the soldiers who were killed or wounded

                   in action during those wars. Just ask the millions

                   of civilians who became “collateral damage.”

                   The war in Vietnam cost us 59,000 American deaths

                   and many others who came home wounded in body and

                   spirit. In fact, a whole generation was

                   devastated by that war. The casualties in Vietnam,

                   Laos, and Cambodia are almost incalculable.

            # ⚓ Beijing_Olympics_Do_Not_Justify_Stripping_IOC_of_Tax-Exempt

              Status⠀⇛

                   Introduced by a group of 10 bipartisan lawmakers in

                   the House and by Rick Scott in the Senate, the IOC

                   Act would strip the tax exempt status of any

                   international sports organization with over $100

                   million in global revenues over the last three

                   years. The bill is neutrally written to help

                   protect the bill from Equal Protection and First

                   Amendment challenges, but it would only apply to

                   the International Olympic Committee since it is the

                   only international sporting organization that meets

                   this income threshold.

                   The Act sets a dangerous precedent of lawmakers

                   using the tax code to punish their political

                   enemies. The only reason the bill was introduced

                   was because the lawmakers were unhappy with the

                   IOC’s decision to hold the Olympics in China and

                   the organization’s refusal, as an apolitical

                   organization, to speak out about China’s horrific

                   human rights abuses. Essentially, lawmakers are

                   threatening nonprofits with tax consequences if

                   they do not express the right political ideas. To

                   put it bluntly, the bill is an affront to the First

                   Amendment.

            # ⚓ China’s_Careful_Dance_Around_the_Ukraine_Crisis⠀⇛

                   Aligned But Not Allied

                   When it comes to support of China on international

                   issues, from human rights to Taiwan, Beijing can

                   always count on Putin’s Russia. And the reverse is

                   generally true. In numerous meetings since Xi and

                   Putin became top leaders, the China-Russia

                   relationship has consistently been described in the

                   most exalted terms. They’re “dear friends,” they

                   have “the best [relations] in history,” they are “a

                   model of interstate cooperation in the 21st

                   century.” China-Russia trade has risen

                   substantially every year; China is Russia’s most

                   important trade partner. Joint military maneuvers

                   have become a regular event. Symbolizing their

                   closeness, Putin is attending the Beijing Winter

                   Olympics, defying the US call for a diplomatic

                   boycott of the games.

            # ⚓ Memo_to_Congress:_Diplomacy_for_Ukraine_Is_Spelled_M-i-n-s-

              k⠀⇛

                   A December 2021 poll found that a plurality of

                   Americans in both political parties prefer to

                   resolve differences over Ukraine through diplomacy.

                   Another December poll found that a plurality of

                   Americans (48 percent) would oppose going to war

                   with Russia should it invade Ukraine, with only 27

                   percent favoring U.S. military involvement.

                   The conservative Koch Institute, which commissioned

                   that poll, concluded that “the United States has no

                   vital interests at stake in Ukraine and continuing

                   to take actions that increase the risk of a

                   confrontation with nuclear-armed Russia is

                   therefore not necessary for our security. After

                   more than two decades of endless war abroad, it is

                   not surprising there is wariness among the American

                   people for yet another war that wouldn’t make us

                   safer or more prosperous.”

            # ⚓ The_Legacy_of_Lester_Mallory:_Brief_Statement_Against_the

              U.S._Economic_War_Against_Cuba⠀⇛

                   It has now been 60 years since this U.S. enacted

                   its “embargo” on Cuba.  The term embargo is

                   however, a gross understatement of the measures

                   designed to undermine and overthrow the Cuban

                   government, in the words of U.S. Deputy Assistant

                   Secretary of State for Interamerican Affairs,

                   Lester Mallory (1960) “through disenchantment and

                   disaffection based on economic dissatisfaction and

                   hardship”.  The concept of ‘economic war’ is a much

                   more accurate depiction.

                   For sixty years the U.S. has sought to create a

                   U.S. policy, in the words of Mallory (1960), that

                   “while as adroit and inconspicuous as possible

                   makes the greatest inroads in denying money and

                   supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real

                   wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and the

                   overthrow of government”.

            # ⚓ Manthia_Diawara_in_the_Archive_of_Postcolonialism⠀⇛

                   Manthia Diawara is working to preserve and

                   rejuvenate anti- and postcolonialism. He is

                   uniquely positioned to do so because these

                   movements and bodies of thought have shaped his

                   life. Born in Mali in 1953, five years before the

                   country achieved independence, Diawara spent his

                   early life in Guinea until 1964, when Ahmed Sékou

                   Touré’s regime forced his family to leave the

                   country. Years later, while attending graduate

                   school in Bamako, Diawara joined a group opposed to

                   the Vietnam War and to apartheid that also

                   supported the Black Panthers and Black Power more

                   generally. After completing his doctorate in 1985,

                   he put his political analysis on the page, writing

                   several books on Black diasporic cinema, and also

                   on-screen, collaborating with the Kenyan writer

                   Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on a documentary about the films

                   and novels of the Senegalese artist Sembène

                   Ousmane.

            # ⚓ How_the_“American_Dream”_Became_Un-American⠀⇛

                   Contrasting views of “the American Dream” appeared

                   recently in a pair of popular newspaper

                   stories—though neither came within a hundred miles

                   of the original sense of that enduring phrase,

                   which is worth excavating.

            # ⚓ Trump_Reportedly_Brought_Docs_To_Mar-a-Lago_That_Were

              Clearly_Marked_as_Classified⠀⇛

                   The discovery of classified material among the

                   reported 15 boxes of material recovered from

                   Trump’s Palm Beach estate last month could mean

                   Trump violated the Presidential Records Act, and,

                   should the Justice Department choose to investigate

                   the matter, could subject the department to a

                   politically charged situation during an era in

                   which it is attempting to distance itself from

                   partisanship. Speaking to The Washington Post on

                   Wednesday, two anonymous sources insisted

                   “discussions about the matter remained preliminary”

                   and a DOJ investigation was not yet on the table.

                   It is possible, the sources said, that the

                   department is merely interested in reclaiming any

                   classified materials seized by the Archives.

            # ⚓ National_Archives_Requests_DOJ_Inquiry_Into_Trump’s

              Mishandling_of_Documents⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Trump_denies_he_flushed_records_down_White_House_toilet⠀⇛

                   The National Archives has said that Trump returned

                   15 boxes of documents that were improperly taken

                   from the White House. In a statement Monday, the

                   archives said that it had “arranged for the

                   transport from the Trump Mar-a-Lago property in

                   Florida to the National Archives of 15 boxes that

                   contained Presidential records, following

                   discussions with President Trump’s representatives

                   in 2021.”

            # ⚓ Trump_documents_taken_to_Mar-a-Lago_marked_‘top_secret:’

              report⠀⇛

                   It is unclear how many classified documents were

                   recovered by the National Archives, according to

                   The Post. Two sources told the newspaper that some

                   records had labels signaling that the information

                   within was very sensitive and would only be

                   available to few people with clearance high enough

                   to review such details.

            # ⚓ Air_Force_hackathon_puts_real_data_on_open_source_code⠀⇛

                   Wagner was able to take open source software and

                   use it on real data because he built an air-gapped

                   environment with developers bringing in code on DVD

                   discs. He also allowed developers to use their own

                   virtual machines while working a platform initially

                   developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects

                   Agency (DARPA) that the Air Force picked up called

                   “STITCHES.” The Air Force also used the Joint

                   Artificial Intelligence Center‘s Joint Common

                   Foundation in their tech development stack.

                   Beyond the tech, new cultural practices the Air

                   Forced used was a relaxed dress code, 24-hour

                   operations for coders to choose their own hours and

                   a short six-day window to complete projects.

            # ⚓ Opinion_|_Belligerent_Right-Wingers_in_Trucks_Given_Free

              Rein_Over_Ottawa⠀⇛

                   Here’s what activists of all kinds can learn from

                   the Ottawa occupation: in order to maximize media

                   exposure and political impact at your future

                   protests, be sure to arrive in trucks and be

                   obnoxious.

            # ⚓ Canada’s_“Freedom_Convoy”_Trucker_Protests_Aren’t_About

              Freedom⠀⇛

                   The behavior demonstrated in Ottawa, and now in

                   cities and towns across Canada, has been

                   unrelenting. Protesters have harassed staff at

                   homeless shelters, have urinated on memorials, and

                   have been seen carrying Confederate flags and Nazi

                   symbols. Amid all of this, Donald Trump has also

                   called Justin Trudeau a “far-left lunatic,” which

                   is, as is known by leftists and centrists alike,

                   laughable at best and a deceptive tactic at worst.

                   This commentary from Trump is a reminder of the

                   insurrection at the United States Capitol, which

                   rendered plain what’s at stake when years of sexist

                   and racist political rhetoric, unregulated

                   technology companies, and an economic system that

                   privileges individual power are given a dominant

                   role in shaping society.

            # ⚓ Islamic_Fatwa_Condemns_Muslim_Engagements_for_Being_‘Too

              Western’⠀⇛

                   During a talk show that aired on January 16, 2022,

                   a Muslim cleric, Dr. Salem Abdul Jalil, Secretary

                   of Fatwa at the Egyptian House of Ifta, which

                   specializes in issuing fatwas, complained that most

                   modern day Muslim engagements contradict Islamic

                   law, not least because they resemble Western style

                   celebrations rather than authentically Muslim ones,

                   which should be more like a simple business

                   transaction.

            # ⚓ Captured_jihadists_in_Mozambique_say_insurgency

              ‘weakening’⠀⇛

                   Linked to the so-called Islamic State, the

                   extremist group has rampaged across towns and

                   villages in northern Mozambique since 2017 with the

                   goal of establishing a hardline caliphate.

                   It is known locally as Al Shabab, although it has

                   no link to the group with a similar name in

                   Somalia.

                   Jusuf Mohamed, a Mozambican member, said the

                   insurgents had lost ground in recent months.

            # ⚓ Over_30,000_Boko_Haram_fighters_have_surrendered_to

              Nigerian_Army_–_Zulum⠀⇛

                   He gave the figures shortly after he met with

                   President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House on

                   Thursday to apprise him of progress in the

                   surrendering of Boko Haram terrorists.

            # ⚓ Birmingham_woman_who_shared_extremist_material_jailed⠀⇛

                   The videos urged extremists to “target them on the

                   streets,” following a battle to retake the IS

                   stronghold of Al-Baghuz in Syria.

                   Judge Paul Farrer QC told Amatullah: “I have no

                   doubt that by 2016 you held an extreme Islamic

                   mindset.

      o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾

            # ⚓ Court_(For_Now)_Says_NY_Times_Can_Publish_Project_Veritas

              Documents⠀⇛

                   We’ve talked about the hypocrite grifters who run

                   Project Veritas, who, even when they have

                   legitimate concerns about attacks on their own free

                   speech, ran to court to try to silence the NY

                   Times. Bizarrely, a NY judge granted Project

                   Veritas’ demand for prior restraint against the NY

                   Times falsely claiming that attorney-client

                   material could not be published.

      o § Environment⠀➾

            # ⚓ Radioactive_rockfish_caught_near_Fukushima_nuclear_plant

              prompts_Japan_to_suspend_shipments⠀⇛

                   Japan has ordered the suspension of shipments of

                   black rockfish caught off Fukushima prefecture

                   after tests on a haul late last month showed

                   radiation levels above the legal limit for human

                   consumption.

                   The ministry of health on Tuesday (Feb 8) confirmed

                   that a catch from south of the disabled Fukushima

                   Daiichi nuclear power plant that was brought ashore

                   on Jan 26 contained 1,400 becquerels of radiation

                   per kg, far higher than the national standard of

                   100 becquerels per kg set by the government as

                   safe.

            # ⚓ Opinion_|_Norway_Claims_to_Be_a_Climate_Leader,_But_It’s_a

              Mirage⠀⇛

                   Just three months ago, Norwegian Prime Minister

                   Jonas Gahr Støre addressed the UN Climate

                   conference in Glasgow, COP26, telling delegates

                   that the country was committed to climate action.

                   “This is existential. It is urgent,” said the

                   Norwegian Prime Minister. “And it is possible—if we

                   jointly step up our commitments.” Støre also

                   promised to up the country’s ambition and

                   accelerate the transition to clean energy too.

            # ⚓ Rep._Ro_Khanna_Wants_Big_Oil_to_Confront_Record_of_Climate

              Denialism,_Meet_Emissions_Reduction_Vows⠀⇛

                   Congressmember Ro Khanna chaired a congressional

                   hearing this week that called out fossil fuel

                   companies for failing to meet their pledges to

                   reduce emissions and demanded CEOs of corporations

                   like ExxonMobil confront their climate change

                   denialism and correct their record of contradicting

                   statements. “The goal is to get them to admit that

                   they made mistakes in the past and commit to change

                   going forward,” says Khanna.

            # § Energy⠀➾

                  # ⚓ The_Legacy_of_Britain’s_Dirty_Decades_of_Nuclear

                    Reprocessing:_120_Tonnes_of_Plutonium⠀⇛

                         Having spent hundreds of billions of pounds

                         producing plutonium in a series of plants at

                         Sellafield in the Lake District, the UK

                         policy is to store it indefinitely—or until

                         it can come up with a better idea. There is

                         also 90,000 tons of less dangerous depleted

                         uranium in warehouses in the UK, also without

                         an end use.

                         Plans to use plutonium in fast breeder

                         reactors and then mixed with uranium as a

                         fuel for existing fission reactors have long

                         ago been abandoned as too expensive,

                         unworkable, or sometimes both. Even burning

                         plutonium as a fuel, while technically

                         possible, is very costly.

                  # ⚓ Analysis_Shows_How_Rooftop_Solar_Could_Have_Saved

                    Lives_During_Texas_Deep_Freeze⠀⇛

                         A year after deadly winter weather swept

                         through Texas, leaving residents without

                         electricity, food, and water, an analysis

                         published Thusday revealed how rooftop solar

                         could have helped save lives during the

                         nearly two-week crisis that killed at least

                         246 people.

                         “Solar is clean, more affordable than ever,

                         and primed to help build a more resilient

                         electric grid.”

                  # ⚓ Green_Groups_Praise_$5_Billion_Biden_Rollout_for_EV

                    Charging_Stations⠀⇛

                         Climate and environmental campaigners on

                         Thursday cheered the Biden administration’s

                         new $5 billion plan to build a national

                         electric vehicle charging network with

                         funding from an infrastructure law the

                         president signed last year.

                         “With this money flowing to states, we can

                         start to build for the electric vehicle

                         revolution we know is coming.”

                  # ⚓ US_Lawmakers_With_Pipeline_Stocks_Profit_as_Gas

                    Exports_to_Europe_Soar⠀⇛

                         Amid escalating tensions between Russia and

                         Ukraine, which could have far-reaching

                         implications for energy markets in central

                         Europe, U.S. President Joe Biden has

                         increased gas exports to Germany and

                         surrounding countries, benefiting members of

                         Congress who own—and are buying up more—stock

                         in pipeline and tanker companies.

                         That’s according to new reporting published

                         Wednesday by the nonprofit investigative

                         outlet Sludge, which previously identified at

                         least 28 U.S. senators and 100 House

                         members whose households own stock in oil and

                         gas companies or hold other investments in

                         the fossil fuel industry.

                  # ⚓ Rep._Ro_Khanna:_Big_Oil_Must_Confront_Climate

                    Denialism,_Meet_Emissions_Pledges⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Analyzing_the_Very_Bizarre_Sale_of_Melania_Trump’s

                    $170,000_NFT⠀⇛

                         In other words, the winner of Melania Trump’s

                         NFT got the money from none other than the

                         creator of the NFT itself, and an address

                         linked to the NFT creator got the money back.

                         Motherboard shared the blockchain records

                         with pseudonymous independent blockchain

                         sleuth zachxbt, who shared the following

                         analysis confirming that the crypto for the

                         winning bid was provided by the NFT creator:

                         [...]

                  # ⚓ Analysing_the_retaining,_removal_of_Nigeria’s_oil

                    subsidy⠀⇛

                         President Muhammadu Buhari had on Jan. 25

                         approved 18-month suspension of the removal

                         of fuel subsidy, following consultations with

                         stakeholders in line with the current

                         economic realities in the country.

                         The removal of subsidy on Premium Motor

                         Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, was

                         earlier scheduled to take effect from July

                         2022.

                  # ⚓ Japan_to_raise_gasoline_subsidy_to_Y5_a_litre_from

                    Y3.7,_hitting_cap⠀⇛

                         A government source told Reuters earlier this

                         week that Japan will hike the subsidy to 5

                         yen for the week, hitting a cap for the

                         temporary scheme to blunt a sharp rise in

                         fuel prices.

                  # ⚓ Managing_Peak_Oil:_Why_rising_oil_prices_could_create

                    a_stranded_asset_trap_as_the_energy_transition

                    accelerates⠀⇛

                         Oil demand and pricing are currently

                         rebounding, triggering calls for

                         significantly increased investment into new

                         oil – a narrative at odds with the immediate

                         global production reductions required within

                         most “well below 2°C” scenarios. However,

                         policy action is likely to strengthen post-

                         COP26, while the rapid adoption of EVs will

                         potentially further weaken demand. Companies

                         basing sanctioning decisions on bullish

                         short-term signals thus risk significant

                         over-investment, seriously impacting

                         shareholder value.

                  # ⚓ Managing_Peak_Oil:_Why_rising_oil_prices_could_create

                    a_stranded_asset_trap_as_the_energy_transition

                    accelerates⠀⇛

                         Under a ‘high-investment case’, companies

                         could waste some $530bn of capex this decade

                         as demand starts to decline and the oil price

                         falls back to c.$40. This amount would double

                         at $30/bbl.

                  # ⚓ A_$23_Billion_Fund_Is_Dumping_Oil_Bonds⠀⇛

                         A Danish pension fund that manages the wealth

                         of the nation’s academics will spend this

                         year purging its portfolio of oil and gas

                         bonds, after concluding that the assets pose

                         a growing risk to returns.

                         AkademikerPension, which is based north of

                         Copenhagen, says it will dump more than $300

                         million in fossil-fuel bonds through

                         December. Issuers affected by the decision

                         include Occidental Petroleum Corp., Gazprom

                         PJSC and Petroleos Mexicanos, the $23 billion

                         fund said in an email on Thursday.

            # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Mountain_Glaciers_Hold_Less_Ice_Than_Previously

                    Thought,_It’s_a_Concern_for_Future_Water_Supplies⠀⇛

                         In a new study, scientists mapped the speed

                         of over 200,000 glaciers to get closer to an

                         answer. They discovered that widely used

                         estimates of glacier ice volume may be off by

                         about 20% in terms of how much glaciers

                         outside the Greenland and Antarctic ice

                         sheets could contribute to sea level rise.

                         Mathieu Morlighem, a leader in ice sheet

                         modeling and a coauthor of the study,

                         explains why the new results hold a warning

                         for regions that rely on glaciers’ seasonal

                         meltwater, but barely register in the big

                         picture of rising seas.

                  # ⚓ Great_Barrier_Reef_Fantasies:_The_Morrison

                    Government’s_Electoral_Ploy⠀⇛

                         The Great Barrier Reef, one of the single

                         most remarkable natural structures on Planet

                         Earth, home to 400 types of coral, 1,500

                         species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusc,

                         is not one that has been spared. Politically,

                         the Environment Minister Sussan Ley has

                         denied that its health is failing, citing

                         Australia’s superior reef management skills.

                         The Prime Minister, late last month, promised

                         that his government would “invest an

                         additional $1 billion in protecting the Great

                         Barrier Reef, while supporting 64,000

                         Queenslanders and their jobs which drive the

                         Reef economy.”

                         The coupling of both the expenditure and the

                         “Reef economy” illustrates the narrow,

                         ballot-driven focus here. Environmental

                         considerations are subsidiary matters; what

                         does matter is the electoral thrust and spin:

                         the jobs, the Queenslanders in industry,

                         votes.

                  # ⚓ ‘Huge_Win_for_Gray_Wolves’_as_US_Court_Restores

                    Endangered_Species_Act_Protections⠀⇛

                         While celebrating a U.S. judge’s Thursday

                         decision to restore federal protections that

                         the Trump administration had stripped from

                         the gray wolf, wildlife advocates and experts

                         also demanded action to save wolves that

                         won’t be protected by the legal triumph.

                         “I’m relieved that the court set things right

                         but saddened that hundreds of wolves suffered

                         and died under this illegal delisting rule.”

                  # ⚓ Judge_Restores_Gray_Wolf_Protections,_Reviving

                    Federal_Recovery_Efforts⠀⇛

                         Today, a federal court restored Endangered

                         Species Act protections for the gray wolf

                         after they were eliminated by the Trump

                         administration in 2020. The ruling orders the

                         U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to resume

                         recovery efforts for the imperiled species.

                         Today’s decision redesignates the gray wolf

                         as a species threatened with extinction in

                         the lower 48 states with the exception of the

                         Northern Rockies population (map), for which

                         wolf protections were removed by Congress in

                         2011.

                         The most recent data from the U.S. Fish and

                         Wildlife Service and its state partners show

                         only an estimated 132 wolves in Washington

                         state, 173 in Oregon (with only 19 outside of

                         northeastern Oregon), and fewer than about 20

                         in California. Nevada, Utah, and Colorado

                         have had a few wolf sightings over the past

                         three years, but wolves remain functionally

                         absent from their historical habitat in these

                         states. In 2020, Colorado voters directed the

                         state to reintroduce wolves by 2023.

      o § Finance⠀➾

            # ⚓ America’s_Inherited_Wealth_Dynasties_Park_Trillions_Out_of

              Reach_of_Taxation⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Signature_Gathering_Begins_for_$18_Minimum_Wage_Fight_in

              California⠀⇛

                   The signature-gathering process for an initiative

                   to raise the California minimum wage to $18 an hour

                   by 2025 officially began Wednesday, the latest step

                   toward getting the proposal on the state ballot in

                   November.

                   “There is not one California worker who is making a

                   good living on $15 an hour. Not one.”

            # ⚓ “Dignity_in_the_Digital_Age”:_Rep._Khanna_Calls_for_Wealth

              Tax_&_Decentralizing,_Diversifying_Big_Tech⠀⇛

                   We speak with Congressmember Ro Khanna, whose

                   district is in the heart of Silicon Valley, about

                   his new book “Dignity in the Digital Age: Making

                   Tech Work for All of Us.” He argues more federal

                   regulation in the tech industry can secure an

                   equitable society while encouraging innovation. “We

                   need to understand that if you care about social

                   justice and racial justice, that you have to look

                   at the wealth generation gap,” says Khanna.

            # ⚓ Warren,_Jayapal_Introduce_Bill_Banning_Members_of_Congress

              From_Trading_Stock⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Colorado_Homeowners:_Do_You_Have_Experience_Dealing_With_an

              HOA?_Help_Us_Investigate.⠀⇛

                   ProPublica and Rocky Mountain PBS would like to

                   talk to Coloradans who have lived in a community

                   with a homeowners association. We know there are a

                   lot of you: As of 2020, an estimated 74 million

                   residents belonged to one of America’s 355,000

                   HOAs. There are more than 10,000 of these groups in

                   Colorado alone, and they’re estimated to be home to

                   nearly 2.4 million residents. These resident-

                   governed organizations collect dues and fees from

                   members to provide for improvements to and upkeep

                   of shared areas, and to pay for some insurance

                   coverage. HOAs can also set standards for public-

                   facing aspects of members’ homes, including lawn

                   maintenance, exterior paint colors and the use of

                   lights and other decor.

                   HOA members who fall behind on dues or run afoul of

                   rules set by the board can face additional fees,

                   including legal fees charged by the HOA board’s

                   attorney. If the dispute is left unresolved, the

                   HOA could place liens on the homeowner’s property

                   and attempt to foreclose on the home.

            # ⚓ Filthy_Lucre:_Or,_How_Non-Profits_Get_Money_but_Lose_their

              Souls⠀⇛

                   Until recently, the only thing I knew about non-

                   profits was that they are poison for radicals. To

                   paraphrase Gil Scott-Heron: The revolution will not

                   be led by a 501(c)(3). Once you start hunting for

                   filthy lucre (aka foundation support), militancy is

                   out; it offends funders and alienates the leaders

                   of other non-profits with whom you must

                   collaborate. Your politics drift toward the center.

                   And, while your table manners and dressing style

                   might improve, your sex life will not. If you’re

                   single and hoping for a date with a hot anarchist-

                   atheist-vegan, you’re out of luck.

                   So it was with trepidation that in 2017 I agreed to

                   co-found, with my wife Harriet, an environmental

                   justice non-profit with the hard-to-pronounce name,

                   Anthropocene Alliance. Given that my sex life was

                   what it was, I focused my concern on the matter of

                   protecting the effectiveness of our work and the

                   sanitation of my soul while becoming part of a 501

                   (c)(3), operated according to Title 26 of the

                   United States Code as authorized by the U.S.

                   Congress. The challenges are many and they start as

                   soon as you examine applicable tax law:

      o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾

            # ⚓ Todd_Gitlin_and_the_Demise_of_the_New_Left⠀⇛

                   Hillsdale was Anna Roosevelt’s home near the end of

                   her life. Anna and her husband lived there. Anna

                   had immense power during Franklin Roosevelt’s last

                   year of life and served as his de facto chief of

                   staff. To get to Franklin at the Yalta Conference

                   near the end of World War II and elsewhere in the

                   last year of his presidency in 1944-45, a person

                   generally had to go through Anna. She was also a

                   journalist. Anna was the oldest of the Roosevelt

                   children and could be described as an early

                   feminist.

                   Todd Gitlin, an early president of the New Left’s

                   Students for a Democratic Society and later writer,

                   professor of sociology and communications, and a

                   critic of the US left, eschewed identity politics,

                   which would have included feminism, gender

                   identity, race, and political philosophy “Todd

                   Gitlin/A Question of Identity,” SFGate, May 12,

                   1966), (“The Left, Lost in the Politics of

                   Identity,” Harper’s Magazine, undated). His

                   book The Sixties: Days of Hope, Days of Rage(1993)

                   is one of my favorites.

            # ⚓ The_Responsibility_of_the_Intellectuals-Is_It_Still_a

              Thing?⠀⇛

                   I will quote directly from Chomsky’s article: “It

                   is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the

                   truth and to expose lies.” He went on to note that

                   while this should be obvious, the truth was that in

                   US academia, it was not. The unfortunate truth is

                   that Chomsky’s observation rings even truer today.

                   It is neither obvious or expected in the twenty-

                   first century that a faculty member in any

                   discipline at any college or university in the

                   United States will speak the truth or expose the

                   lies with which our political, military and

                   economic institutions conduct their business.

                   Indeed, as we watch the right-wing elites in this

                   country attack education and intensify their

                   various campaigns to stifle freedoms on campuses

                   and in the public sphere, the sounds of protest

                   from individual academics or any organized group of

                   academics are so faint as to be nonexistent in the

                   greater world.

                   I have worked in academic and public libraries

                   since I returned to college in 1987 at the age of

                   32 and needed part-time work. I mention this

                   because it helps to explain my familiarity with US

                   academia since then. In 1987 Ronald Reagan was the

                   president and was carrying on an illegal war

                   against the people of Nicaragua while supporting

                   other wars on the people in Nicaragua’s neighbors

                   El Salvador and Honduras. They were brutal and

                   bloody wars. The movement against this

                   manifestation of US imperial policy included

                   hundreds of university and college faculty, not to

                   mention thousands of students and citizens. Even

                   the 1991 invasion of Iraq by US forces under the

                   direction of George HW Bush met with determined and

                   broad protest that included tens of thousands of US

                   residents from academia and elsewhere.

            # ⚓ Opinion_|_Why_Nature_Needs_a_Seat_at_the_Political_Table⠀⇛

                   As an old axiom notes, “Mighty oaks from little

                   acorns grow.” From coast to coast, millions of

                   these long-lived jewels have graced our landscape,

                   but one mighty specimen in particular has recently

                   become a hardy symbol of a fast-growing

                   environmental movement. The significance of this

                   oak—rooted on a small piece of land at the corner

                   of Dearing and Finley Streets near downtown Athens,

                   Georgia—is that no one owned it. It was an

                   autonomous being, known locally as “The Tree That

                   Owns Itself.”

            # ⚓ Progressives_Call_On_Democrats_to_Endorse_21st_Century

              Economic_Bill_of_Rights⠀⇛

                   The group Progressive Democrats of America on

                   Thursday urged all progressive U.S. candidates and

                   officeholders to embrace a “21st Century Economic

                   Bill of Rights.”

                   “In contrast to those who favor retreat or the

                   status quo, we present a vision of and a call to

                   action for positive democratic renewal and growth.”

            # ⚓ Opinion_|_California’s_Recall_Reform,_Now_an_Anti-

              Democratic_Weapon_Captured_by_the_Right⠀⇛

                   Looking at the growing hijacking of California

                   recalls by a loose array of the right—from

                   Republican Party operatives to billionaires to

                   proponents of privatizing schools to Trumpian

                   militia groups—it almost defies historical memory

                   to consider that the recall mechanism was adopted

                   in California as an anti-corporate progressive

                   reform.

            # ⚓ Even_Officials_In_The_Intelligence_Community_Are

              Recognizing_The_Dangers_Of_Over-Classification⠀⇛

                   The federal government has a problem with secrecy.

                   Well, actually it doesn’t have a problem with

                   secrecy, per se. That’s often considered a feature,

                   not a bug. But federal law says the government

                   shouldn’t have so much secrecy, what with the FOIA

                   being in operation. And yet, the government feels

                   compelled to keep secrets from its biggest

                   employer: the US taxpayers.

            # ⚓ Trump’s_Post-Election_Vengeance_Campaign_Has_Split_the

              Republican_Party_in_Two⠀⇛

            # ⚓ OSCE_sends_full_mission,_immunity_certificates_extended,

              Budapest_to_host_Swimming_World_championships,_Skating

              federation_wants_investigation_following_Liu’s

              disqualification⠀⇛

                   The Organization for Security and Cooperation in

                   Europe (OSCE) has decided to send a full scale

                   observation mission to Hungary for the April 3

                   general elections, putting Hungary yet again as an

                   outsider, considering the fact that up to now, the

                   only other EU member country where such a mission

                   was judged necessary has been Bulgaria.

                   The prelude to the OSCE’s full mission was a call

                   from twenty Hungarian civil society organizations,

                   asking the OSCE’s Office for Democratic

                   Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to organize a

                   full-scale election observation mission to Hungary,

                   accompanied by a high number of short-term

                   observers on April 3. 

            # ⚓ The_Beijing_Olympics_Showcase_the_Need_for_a_Better

              Politics⠀⇛

                   The Beijing Winter Olympics are set against a

                   backdrop of elevated and dangerous tensions between

                   the United States and China. Gasoline has been

                   poured, and both Democrats and Republicans have

                   flicked lit matches. In addition to the predictable

                   braying for war emerging from far-right Muppets

                   like Senator Tom Cotton, former Democratic senator

                   Claire McCaskill took to Twitter to scold US-born

                   skier Eileen Gu for competing with the Chinese

                   team, saying, in part, “I don’t get it. And never

                   will. I think it is wrong for an American to

                   compete for China. China represses free speech, is

                   well known for their human rights violations.”

                   Rather than viewing Gu’s move to represent China as

                   a nod to her heritage, too many Democrats and

                   Republicans viewed it as a dalliance with the

                   enemy. US Representative and Hitler fetishist

                   Madison Cawthorn, who really should hide his head

                   in shame when the Olympics and Paralympics come

                   around, called for Gu to lose her citizenship. For

                   its part, the Biden administration is carrying out

                   a diplomatic boycott of the Games.

            # ⚓ Archives_Found_Possible_Classified_Material_in_Boxes

              Returned_by_Trump⠀⇛

                   Similar to Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law,

                   Jared Kushner, and daughter Ivanka used personal

                   email accounts for work purposes. And even after

                   being warned by aides, Mr. Trump repeatedly ripped

                   up government documents that had to be taped back

                   together to prevent him from being accused of

                   destroying federal property.

                   Now Mr. Trump faces questions about his handling of

                   classified information — a question that is

                   complicated because as president he had the

                   authority to declassify any government information.

                   It is unclear whether Mr. Trump had declassified

                   materials the National Archives discovered in the

                   boxes before he left office. Under federal law, he

                   no longer maintains the ability to declassify

                   documents after leaving office.

            # ⚓ You_may_need_to_prove_your_age_just_to_log_onto_Twitter_and

              Reddit_soon⠀⇛

                   Reddit and Twitter users in the UK could be

                   required to submit their passport or credit card

                   details under the government’s new online safety

                   rules.

                   The draft Online Safety Bill announced this week

                   requires all sites which publish pornographic

                   content to put ‘robust checks’ in place to ensure

                   users are 18 or over. This is not limited to adult

                   websites but social media platforms as well.

            # ⚓ New_UK_rules_could_force_people_to_provide_ID_before_using

              Reddit_or_Google_in_attempt_to_stop_children_viewing

              pornography,_campaigners_warn⠀⇛

                   That may mean that they could be forced to check

                   users’ age before they are able to use those sites.

                   While the precise way those checks will happen has

                   still not been revealed, suggestions have included

                   requiring people to provide credit card details or

                   other personally identifying information.

                   That is the latest warning from the Open Rights

                   Group, which has been among a range of privacy

                   activists and other campaigners attempting to fight

                   against the new regulations.

            # ⚓ 75-year-old_Hong_Kong_activist_facing_sedition_charge

              denied_bail_after_planning_Beijing_Olympics_demo⠀⇛

                   The government released a statement on Saturday

                   morning confirming that a 75-year-old man had been

                   charged with “attempting to do or making any

                   preparation to do an act or acts with seditious

                   intention” under a colonial-era law.

                   In court, prosecutors said police found a one-metre

                   long coffin and a white flag with “seditious

                   language,” including “democracy and human rights

                   are above the Winter Olympics,” “down with the

                   Chinese Communist Party” and “end one-party rule,”

                   at his residence. Two mobile phones were also

                   seized.

            # ⚓ Hijab_Ban:_In_Interim_Order,_Karnataka_HC_Says_No

              ‘Religious_Dress’_Until_Matter_Decided⠀⇛

                   The three-judge bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj

                   Awasthi and Justices Krishna S. Dixit and

                   Jaibunnisa M. Khazi was hearing the matter after it

                   was referred to a larger bench. The hearing will

                   continue on Monday at 2:30 pm.

      o § Misinformation/Disinformation⠀➾

            # ⚓ Gas-Backed_Front_Group_Spreads_Misinformation_About_Costs

              of_Electrification⠀⇛

                   A group of natural gas companies and utilities in

                   Colorado formed a front group to oppose the state’s

                   push towards electrifying homes and businesses,

                   spreading misinformation about the cost of electric

                   heating while also promoting false solutions to

                   lock in the ongoing use of natural gas. 

                   The group, “Coloradans for Energy Access,” is made

                   up of a coalition of gas companies, real estate

                   interests, utilities, and other energy trade

                   associations, including Atmos Energy, American

                   Public Gas Association, and the Consumer Energy

                   Alliance.

            # ⚓ It’s_Not_Just_Joe_Rogan._The_Entire_Digital_Space_Is

              Rotten.⠀⇛

                   So, rather than admit that its business model

                   openly depends on lies and the dehumanization of

                   marginalized people, Spotify said it doesn’t want

                   to “silence Joe.” Meanwhile, some 113 episodes of

                   the show were quietly removed. Elk added in an

                   internal memo, which was later shared with The

                   Washington Post, “We should have clear lines around

                   content and take action when they are crossed, but

                   canceling voices is a slippery slope.”

                   It is not a slippery slope. When the most extreme

                   voices are rewarded and amplified, our digital

                   media landscape becomes worse for everyone. Sadly,

                   it’s not just big podcasters like Rogan who use

                   anti-Blackness and hate to build an audience.

            # ⚓ New_algorithm_bill_could_force_Facebook_to_change_how_the

              news_feed_works⠀⇛

                   A new bipartisan bill, introduced on Wednesday,

                   could mark Congress’ first step toward addressing

                   algorithmic amplification of harmful content. The

                   Social Media NUDGE Act, authored by Sens. Amy

                   Klobuchar (D-MN) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), would

                   direct the National Science Foundation and the

                   National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and

                   Medicine to study “content neutral” ways to add

                   friction to content-sharing online.

                   The bill instructs researchers to identify a number

                   of ways to slow down the spread of harmful content

                   and misinformation, whether through asking users to

                   read an article before sharing it (as Twitter has

                   done) or other measures. The Federal Trade

                   Commission would then codify the recommendations

                   and mandate that social media platforms like

                   Facebook and Twitter put them into practice.

            # ⚓ Joe_Rogan_and_Spotify:_Make_content_moderation_about_human

              rights⠀⇛

                   “I fucked up.” Last year, Joe Rogan publicly

                   admitted to spreading misinformation on his

                   podcast, acknowledging he did not bother to

                   undertake basic fact-checking before leaning into

                   the mic. He said it wouldn’t happen again — then it

                   did.

                   Now, The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, produced

                   exclusively by Spotify, has firmly landed itself in

                   the spotlight once more, this time for spreading

                   dangerous COVID-19 misinformation and endangering

                   public health, and the hosts’ use of harmful racial

                   slurs. With a listenership upwards of 400 million,

                   what is said on the show has far-reaching

                   consequences. But Spotify’s problems are much

                   bigger than Joe Rogan, and censorship is not the

                   answer. What we need is for the world’s largest

                   audio platform to take responsibility for the words

                   it pays to produce, host, and promote.

                   When Rogan makes false claims that the COVID

                   vaccines alter DNA and that the health risks for

                   young people are greater from the vaccine than from

                   the virus itself, it undermines people’s ability to

                   arrive at well-informed opinions. This is

                   incredibly dangerous, and there are serious human

                   rights implications tied to Spotify’s decisions.

                   The bare minimum the company can do? Align with

                   basic human rights principles, starting with due

                   diligence.

            # ⚓ Joe_Rogan_and_Spotify:_Make_content_moderation_about_human

              rights⠀⇛

                   Content in The Joe Rogan Experience is acquired and

                   produced — not to mention hosted — exclusively by

                   Spotify, so the company must conduct due diligence

                   over content it purchased. By playing the role of

                   both producer and broadcaster, and profiting from

                   every episode, Spotify has a responsibility for

                   what content it amplifies. If Spotify performed its

                   due diligence, it would enable the platform to act

                   responsibly by understanding, identifying, and

                   addressing the human rights risks associated with

                   its content governance practices.

                   After the recent backlash, the streaming giant

                   announced it would add advisory labels to podcast

                   episodes and invest 100 million USD back into the

                   licensing, development, and marketing of music and

                   audio content from historically marginalized

                   groups. But Spotify can’t circumvent racialized

                   inaction by throwing money at marginalized people

                   and seeing what sticks. Let’s call a spade a spade

                   — it’s a shallow PR stunt.

      o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾

            # ⚓ ‘Tortured’_Ugandan_author_flees_into_exile:_lawyer⠀⇛

                   He said his client, who claims to have been

                   tortured behind bars, was seeking medical treatment

                   abroad for the injuries inflicted.

      o § Freedom of Information/Freedom of the Press⠀➾

            # ⚓ No_entity_like_Kashmir_Press_Club_registered,_Parliament

              told⠀⇛

                   The query includes whether the journalists in

                   Kashmir and whole of India are frequently penalized

                   by State agencies under Indian Penal Code, UAPA,

                   and other penal laws, if so, the details thereof.

                   It includes whether due to such abhorrent coercion,

                   India holds a poor 142nd position on the World

                   Press Freedom Index.

      o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾

            # ⚓ Bill_Banning_Forced_Arbitration_of_Harassment_Claims_Heads

              to_Biden’s_Desk⠀⇛

                   Workers’ rights advocates on Thursday applauded the

                   U.S. Senate’s passage of a bill to keep workplace

                   sexual harassment victims from being forced into

                   private litigation of their claims rather than

                   taking them to court—a reform called “long

                   overdue.”

                   “The arbitration process not only allows the

                   corporations to hide sexual harassment and assault

                   cases in this secretive and often biased process,

                   but it shields those who committed serious

                   misconduct from the public eye.”

            # ⚓ Opinion_|_Human_Rights_Groups_Agree:_Apartheid_Is_Exactly

              What_Israel_Is_Doing⠀⇛

                   One day last spring, Palestinians in Israel and the

                   occupied West Bank declared a general strike to

                   protest years of repression they faced under

                   Israeli rule.

            # ⚓ Leftist_President_of_Honduras_Blocks_Indigenous_Community’s

              Eviction⠀⇛

                   Honduras’ new leftist president on Wednesday

                   intervened to halt a court-ordered eviction of an

                   Indigenous community from their ancestral lands

                   following violent scenes of the attempted forced

                   removal by police earlier in the day.

                   Human Rights Minister Natalie Roque shared on

                   social media that, with orders from President

                   Xiomara Castro, lawyers and officials from her

                   office went to the Tierras del Padre community,

                   located just south of the capital of Tegucigalpa,

                   to stop the evictions, saying the suspension was in

                   accordance with the law and authorized by the

                   state.

            # ⚓ Black_Congresswomen_Urge_Biden_to_Pick_Civil_Rights

              Champion_for_Supreme_Court⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Republicans_press_archivist_against_certifying_Equal_Rights

              Amendment⠀⇛

                   Three Republicans senators are urging the U.S.

                   Archivist not to certify the Equal Rights Amendment

                   (ERA) amid a campaign by Democrats, who are calling

                   for the decades-old statute to be added to the

                   Constitution.

                   Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)

                   and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) penned a letter to U.S.

                   Archivist David Ferriero on Tuesday, asking for his

                   “commitment” that he will not certify the ERA.

            # ⚓ Swiss_region_to_vote_on_giving_primates_fundamental

              rights⠀⇛

                   A northern Swiss region is set to vote on whether

                   non-human primates should enjoy some of the same

                   basic fundamental rights as humans.

                   The vote in the Basel-Stadt canton, which is home

                   to the city of the same name and to one of Europe’s

                   best-known zoos, is being keenly followed by animal

                   rights activists.

            # ⚓ Voters_to_decide_on_basic_rights_of_primates⠀⇛

                   Switzerland’s highest court has given the go-ahead

                   for a vote in Basel City on whether to enshrine the

                   basic rights of primates in the cantonal

                   constitution.

      o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾

            # ⚓ Net_Neutrality_Still_Matters⠀⇛

                   After facing a gurling Senate confirmation hearing

                   in December, the vote on her appointment has been

                   again delayed.  The current delay is due to the

                   stroke suffered by Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), a

                   member of the Senate’s Subcommittee on

                   Communications, Media, and Broadband; he is

                   expected to make a full recovery.

                   The telecom and broadband industries are seeking to

                   block Sohn’s nomination. “The industry serves to

                   benefit from Gigi not moving forward and the FCC

                   delaying its push for net neutrality and other

                   government regulations,” admitted John Feehery, a

                   lobbyist for AT&T, Sprint and other telecom

                   companies.

      o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾

            # ⚓ Nintendo_‘Hacker’_Gary_Bowser_Sentenced_to_40_Months_in

              Prison⠀⇛

                   A U.S. federal court has handed down a 40-month

                   prison sentence to Gary Bowser, a member of the

                   infamous Nintendo modding group Team-Xecuter. The

                   prosecution requested a tougher sentence but

                   celebrates the outcome as an important victory

                   nonetheless. This is the first verdict in the Team-

                   Xecuter case and two other defendants have yet to

                   appear in a U.S court.

            # ⚓ Nintendo_Switch_Hacker_Sentenced_to_More_Than_Three_Years

              in_Prison⠀⇛

                   Bowser pleaded guilty in October 2021 to two

                   criminal counts: conspiracy to circumvent

                   technological measures and to traffic in

                   circumvention devices, and trafficking in

                   circumvention devices. The Canadian national has

                   been in U.S. federal custody since his arrest in

                   and deportment from the Dominican Republic in

                   September 2020. As part of his plea deal, Bowser

                   agreed to pay $4.5 million in restitution to

                   Nintendo of America.

            # ⚓ NPR’s_‘How_I_Built_This’_Strikes_Licensing_Deal_With_Amazon

              Music,_Wondery_(Exclusive)⠀⇛

                   NPR’s How I Built This podcast, hosted by Guy Raz,

                   has struck an exclusive three-year licensing and ad

                   deal with Amazon Music and Wondery, marking the

                   first deal of this type Amazon and Wondery have

                   made with an NPR podcast.

            # ⚓ Amazon_Music_signs_an_exclusive_deal_with_How_I_Built

              This⠀⇛

                   Amazon Music has signed an exclusive deal with NPR

                   to distribute Guy Raz’s How I Built This podcast a

                   week before any other platform starting in March.

                   The show will be produced twice weekly, an increase

                   from its once-a-week cadence, and available early

                   through Amazon Music and Wondery Plus. After that

                   one-week window, the episodes will be released

                   widely both on podcast platforms and radio

                   stations. Wondery will also receive the exclusive

                   ad sales rights and YouTube distribution rights,

                   while NPR will maintain the radio distribution

                   rights and underwriting.

            # ⚓ NPR_station_in_Seattle_crashes_and_corrupts_$1,500_“radio

              computer”_in_certain_Mazdas,_which_can_now_only_play_NPR.⠀⇛

                   An NPR station in Seattle went down unexpectedly,

                   corrupting a $1,500 “radio computer” in certain

                   Mazdas, which can now only play NPR’s affiliate in

                   Seattle.

                   Thankfully for those who weren’t tuned to NPR at

                   the time of the crash, they remain unaffected. (But

                   should probably avoid NPR.)

                   According to the “owners” (How do you “own” a car

                   that can fail spectacularly due to something like

                   this?), the company says that even if you have the

                   $1,500 to fix the radio and get it to stop playing

                   NPR at the last volume you set it on before the

                   screen and tuner no longer worked, they can’t get

                   the part in because of the Coronavirus. Mazda says

                   that “perhaps” it could choose to service the

                   vehicles once it gets the parts, whenever that is,

                   under a “goodwill program”.

                   At issue, is that the station uses the “HD Radio”

                   format, which is heavily infested with Microsoft

                   standards like Windows Media Audio, which most

                   people agree sounds like crap.

                   Microsoft created WMA in the hopes of removing

                   value from digital music, using DRM, and to wipe

                   out MP3 and charge massive licensing fees. However,

                   the format never caught on aside from some music

                   stores that no longer exist.

                   Most notably, Microsoft had several kinds of

                   incompatible DRM schemes that they used which were

                   never compatible with each other, creating a

                   confusing mess.

      o § Monopolies⠀➾

            # § Patents⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Pfizer’s_Revenue_Doubles:_“It’s_Nothing_Short_of

                    Pandemic_Profiteering”⠀⇛

                         The coronavirus pandemic has demanded “shared

                         sacrifice” from nurses, bus drivers,

                         teachers, and other frontline workers for the

                         better part of two years. But Pfizer isn’t

                         sacrificing a thing.1

                  # ⚓ Big_Pharma_Sought_to_Undermine_South_African_Efforts

                    to_Produce_COVID_Vaccines⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Documents_Expose_Pharma_Effort_to_Kill_Africa’s_Covid

                    Vaccine_Project⠀⇛

                         Documents published Wednesday by a prominent

                         medical journal reveal that a foundation

                         representing the German company

                         BioNTech—Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine

                         partner—has been working behind the scenes to

                         undercut African scientists’ burgeoning

                         effort to produce an mRNA-based coronavirus

                         vaccine.

                         In August, according to The BMJ, the kENUP

                         Foundation urged South African government

                         officials to shut down a World Health

                         Organization-backed initiative aiming to make

                         an mRNA vaccine using Moderna’s shot as a

                         template.

            # § Copyrights⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Police_Arrest_Man_For_Running_Pirate_Site_Linking_to

                    Anime,_Movies,_TV_Shows⠀⇛

                         In 2020, Japan passed amendments to copyright

                         law to combat so-called ‘leech’ sites –

                         platforms that carry no content themselves

                         but provide links to pirated content hosted

                         on external servers. According to local anti-

                         piracy sources, a man has now been arrested

                         for offering links to thousands of movies and

                         TV shows including content owned by

                         production companies Toei and Toho.

                  # ⚓ Episode_4:_Open_Culture_VOICES_–_Douglas_McCarthy⠀⇛

                         We are back with a new episode of Open

                         Culture VOICES! VOICES is a vlog series of

                         short interviews with open GLAM (galleries,

                         libraries, archives, and museums) experts

                         from around the world. The Open Culture

                         Program at Creative Commons aims to promote

                         better sharing of cultural heritage in GLAMs

                         collections. With Open Culture VOICES, we’re

                         thrilled to bring you various perspectives

                         from dozens of experts speaking in many

                         different languages on what it’s like to open

                         up heritage content online. In this episode,

                         we hear from Douglas McCarthy, Collections

                         Engagement Manager at the Europeana

                         Foundation in the Netherlands. Douglas is a

                         passionate advocate for making cultural

                         heritage openly accessible to promote the

                         exchange of ideas and contribute to a

                         thriving knowledge economy. As Collections

                         Engagement Manager at Europeana, Douglas

                         supports Europeana’s mission by working with

                         partner institutions to showcase their

                         collections to online audiences.

                  # ⚓ Yes,_It_Really_Was_Nintendo_That_Slammed_GilvaSunner

                    YouTube_Channel_With_Copyright_Strikes⠀⇛

                         Well, for a story that was already over, this

                         became somewhat fascinating. We have followed

                         the Nintendo vs. GilvaSunner war for several

                         years now. The GilvaSunner YouTube channel

                         has long been dedicated to uploading and

                         appreciating a variety of video game music,

                         largely from Nintendo games. Roughly once a

                         year for the past few years, Nintendo would

                         lob copyright strikes at a swath of

                         GilvaSunner “videos”: 100 videos in 2019, a

                         bit less than that in 2020, take 2021 off,

                         then suddenly slam the channel with 1,300

                         strikes in 2022. With that last copyright

                         MOAB, the GilvaSunner channel has been

                         shuttered voluntarily, with the operator

                         indicating that it’s all too much hassle.

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