𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Saturday, January 21, 2023
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⦿ [Meme] Pressuring Staff Into Contract-Signing as Part of a Longstanding Pattern | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 20, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ Sirius ’Open Source’ Truly Rogue Since 2019 (Deceiving Everyone, Even Its Own Staff) | Techrights
⦿ Example of Sirius Management Abusing Technical Staff That is Ill (Working in Spite of Sickness) | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/01/21/a-repetitive-thing-at-sirius/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/01/21/irc-log-200123/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/01/21/sirius-deceiving-everyone/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/01/21/working-while-ill/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/01/21/archlabs-release/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/01/21/gcompris-3-1/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/01/21/lagrange-1-15/#comments
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✐ [Meme]_Pressuring_Staff_Into_Contract-Signing_as_Part_of_a_Longstanding
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Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software at 12:31 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Don’t let employers stack everything against their technical staff, i.e. people
who_do_all_the_actual_work (in the absence of unions, lawyers, or HR
professionals that are actually impartial)
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Andrew_Bucknor_meme:_Do_what_I_say,_take_this_phone;_Sign
this_new_contract_without_a_lawyer's_advice⦈_
Summary: As we shall show later in the series, 2019 wasn’t the last time Sirius
‘Open_Source’ would compel people to do some dubious and likely illegal things
(without having a chance to seek professional or legal advice); that’s what
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Schestowitz
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Sirius Lied to Staff About Contract
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/sirius-contract-trap.webm
Summary: Sirius_‘Open_Source’ developed a culture of chronic lying (managers
lying to technical people) and even tricking people into signing contracts
stacked against their interests; this must be exposed to the world
THE part just published is explained a little further in video form above,
adding additional information to what we put in textual form. Expect another
fortnight or so before the series ends.
“If the company wasn’t “in hiding”, this would merit a more formal
investigation by appropriate regulators.”I still try my best to most accurately
explain the situation and any possibilities obscured by the NDA with the Gates
Foundation. The video discusses yesterday’s meme and article before proceeding
to the latest part. It notes that yesterday I spoke to NHS staff (there’s a
very poor opinion about the Gates Foundation among health workers) and how
Microsoft targeted a boss above the boss (CEO), sending its faux “open source”
people (under false pretexts) to complain about me even more than half a decade
ago. Yesterday I spoke to a lawyer again, forming progressively better
explanations of what had actually happened as there are many angles to cover
(and write down in simple words). It is all factual. Neither speculative nor
defamatory. I know this company all ‘too’ well from the inside. I spent nights
at the home of the CEO.
The company is in a state of panic. The brand is ruined. As noted in the latest
part, apparently a relative of management was invited* while the CEO was
absent. The technical staff had not seen him in person since around 2017 or
2018! Who would take such a company seriously? █
met!) would only become a lot worse over time. This one relative was hired to
work on technical things in a technical role. He could never solve issues, he
was young and inexperienced, he had no access capability (to actually tackle
issues); to be fair, for Sirius it was very hard to recruit at this price point
(very low salaries for a highly demanding set of skills). This kind of nepotism
harmed morale in the company, as it always eventually leads to ruinous (but
truthful) gossip among colleagues. It wasn’t just this one person either;
imagine seeing one colleague kissing on the mouth a colleague who is not his
wife, who also used to work in the company (or bracing in public two girls at
once; not good… unsociable optics). Suffice to say, there is a “toxicity”
associated with the realisation that the Support Manager already brought into
the company three sexual partners as members of staff, none of whom qualified
in a relevant field and/or with no relevant work experience, likely just to be
shadowed by the partner. And it’s even worse for workers’ morale when owing to
connections they have higher level access compared to far more senior staff
(who is not sleeping with the manager). The girlfriends of the manager were not
invited for contract-signing as they did the same behind the scenes, no
pretences were needed. They were part of the “family”. If the company wasn’t
“in hiding”, this would merit a more formal investigation by appropriate
regulators.
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Summary: Network operations centre (NOC) staff at Sirius_‘Open_Source’ was
subjected to intense abuse after Bill Gates had passed a bribe (even a double
bribe, as we’ll explain later) and today we give another example of this
AS readers of this series are probably aware, NOC staff has always worked from
home. Myself and my wife never took a day off for sickness (for 21 years), but
some colleagues did. Some colleagues even worked when there were still ill. Did
the management appreciate it? Not really…
“This is going back to September 30 2019, i.e. when Richard Stallman was under
fired after there was a Bill Gates/Jeffrey Epstein scandal at MIT (the media
shifted focus away from that).”Shown below is how one NOC colleague was treated
a couple of months or so after the Gates_Foundation gave the CEO money, though
only after an NDA had mysteriously been signed (more on that in the upcoming
video). This was the time the NOC staff was routinely being bullied, falsely
accused etc. As if the company was hoping to scuttle the whole thing, or
perhaps the unqualified managers were on an ego/power trip.
This is going back to September 30 2019, i.e. when Richard Stallman was under
fire right after there was a Bill_Gates/Jeffrey_Epstein_scandal_at_MIT_(the
media_shifted_focus_away_from_that). It was also around the time Melinda Gates
was pursuing a divorce, knowing about these scandals. Here is a message from
the colleague:
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:27:58 +0100
From: xxxx
I was ill last Monday on my shift and couldn’t find them after a
cursory look
On 29-09-2019 13:17, xxxx wrote:
> If both keys were there, why the delay?
>
> xxxx.
>
>> On 29 Sep 2019, at 12:45, xxxx wrote:
>>
>> xxxx’s key is in puppet for xxxx and Sirius, or can be grabbed
from any xxxx or sirius machine where it has been pushed.
>>
>> As was/is xxxx’s.
>>
>> In short, you’ve had both all along.
>>
>>
>>> On 28/09/2019 03:34, xxxx wrote:
>>> We’ve now got xxxx’s key so should be done by Monday.
>>>
>>>> On 27-09-2019 09:37, xxxx wrote:
>>>> Ok.
>>>>
>>>> Back to support. Please resolve this as soon as.
>>>>
>>>> Please use your investigative skills and complete this task.
Read what
>>>> xxxx has written in previous email.
>>>>
>>>> It is ridiculous that xxxx and xxxx have to wait for 3 months to
>>>> get these access sorted out. I seem to be playing tennis with
support
>>>> and xxxx to get this simple task completed.
>>>>
>>>> THIS IS IMPORTANT AND THIS NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE MONDAY
NOW.
>>>>
>>>>> On 27 Sep 2019, at 09:21, xxxx wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, yes, but surely easier to just grab them from any machine
>>>>> anywhere xxxx or xxxx already have access? Or xxxx puppet?
>>>>>
>>>>> No need for me to spend time looking that up when Dan (or
anyone on
>>>>> support) can already do that.
[...]
What’s noteworthy about the above is that unqualified or barely-qualified
family members of the above managers are involved too. This is where nepotism
rears its ugly head too. That alone can make people sick (metaphorically).
A followup:
….. thanks xxxx…………………..
Now xxxx are you able to follow this or will this still be an
issue?….
Kind Regards,
[...]
> Like, it’s really not hard, I’d just rather spend time doing the
critical things that *are* hard.
>
>
> On 30/09/2019 10:22, xxxx wrote:
>> Hi xxxx,
>>
>> As it shows below xxxx has not been able to locate the info.
>> Can you please send this agin or direct it to xxxx where he can
find these so he can do this on his shift tonight.
>>
>> *_Support, I need this done. _*
>>
>> Kind Regards,
[...]
What’s behind all this? Here comes the explanation:
Sorry, you misunderstand me. I had sickness & diarrhoea during my
shift on Monday and when I tried to find xxxx’s key I couldn’t as it
wasn’t on any of the machines I looked on. However I have since found
it.
On 30-09-2019 10:22, xxxx wrote:
> Hi xxxx,
>
> As it shows below xxxx has not been able to locate the info.
> Can you please send this agin or direct it to xxxx where he can
find
> these so he can do this on his shift tonight.
>
> SUPPORT, I NEED THIS DONE.
>
> Kind Regards,
[...]
And later this:
Is there really any need for this constant criticism? It really makes
me unhappy in the workplace. I’m sorry I was ill okay?
It has already become a chronic issue at this point. It was harming a person’s
health.
Here’s the reply received from the imposter ‘manager’:
xxxx,
There is no criticism applied. I am simply trying to get access for
xxxx and xxxx for the last 2/3 months now. Every time support can’t
find some information or other. Which surprises me every time with
the amount for years everyone has worked with Sirius and these are
not new tasks.
It’s very worrying that simple tasks like this are not being finished
in time. No one simply takes responsibility and the tasks are passed
over constantly. And no one looks for instructions and always waits
expects xxxx to take over.
Can we follow instructions and keep things professional please.
xxxx
Later on there was a more detailed explanation of the background:
Please will you supply the specific times over the last 3 months
where you have asked us to do this? As far as I can tell its only
over the last week. I have explained that I was ill last week when I
looked for the key – and I have apologised for being ill too.
And please can you tell me what you learnt on the depression course
that you and xxxx went on and how you are putting it into practice?
As I have said many times to you now, there a few of us at Sirius who
suffer from depression and want to work in a positive environment
that is free from constant bullying.
You will get the best from your team if you treat them well and with
respect. Constantly putting us down will not produce the best work
from us.
This “constant bullying” (I agree) did not stop after this. We were already
losing key technical people at that point and the company was thus gradually
losing the ability to even maintain its own infrastructure. A lot of the time
we were presented with false timelines, cushioning false accusations. The
blame/fault was almost always with managers, who not only drove away (or pissed
off) colleagues but also failed to take action like paying simple bills.
“It’s astounding that around that time personal assistants could suddenly be
elevated to management and even act like they’re bosses, clearly incapable of
handling the responsibilities.”To give one example, an important client kept
having outages because the above managers didn’t even perform simple tasks like
paying bills. Some NOC staff kept warning about it. In a handover to shift 2
(09/06/2021), for instance, the NOC person on duty wrote about “Third Invoice
Overdue Notice” (yes, third), noting: “Concerned that they’re going to
discontinue the service” (this would not be the first or last time).
The manager who did the most bullying at the time was hired not for skills or
for relevant experience; it’s a former colleague of the CEO, who used to do
secretarial tasks (saying anything more might give away the identity, but this
is fact-checked). It’s astounding that around that time personal assistants
could suddenly be elevated to management and even act like they’re bosses,
clearly incapable of handling the responsibilities. Picking on ill and
depressed people was their “pastime”. They fancied the idea of being in control
of people vastly more qualified than them (who actually did all the real work,
sometimes overnight with ‘jet lag’). █
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Instructionals/Technical
o WINE_or_Emulation
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Arch_Family
o Fedora_/_Red_Hat_/_CentOS
o Debian_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Programming/Development
# Python
* Leftovers
o Science
o Proprietary
o Security
o Monopolies
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ MALIBAL_Unveils_Aon_S1:_A_Next-Gen
Ultraportable_Laptop⠀⇛
sIt offers the flexibility to run multiple OSs via
dual-booting or virtual machines, with OS options
that include Windows 11, Ubuntu, Linux Mint,
Debian, and Fedora, supplying users with all the
tools necessary for any project or job.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Video ☛ Self_Driving_Tesla_Causes_8_Car_Pileup_–
Invidious⠀⇛
In this video I discuss the Tesla Model S that
caused an eight-car pileup on the Bay Bridge last
Thanksgiving. The vehicle was in “full self-driving
mode” when it abruptly braked, injuring nine people
including a 2-year-old boy. I also discuss how the
“phantom braking” phenomenon is much more common in
Tesla’s than any other car manufacturer.
# ⚓ Video ☛ How_Is_This_for_Apple_Privacy?_–_Invidious⠀⇛
This week in the Privacy News, Google now wants to
enter the stalking business, and they just settled
another privacy lawsuit. Also, two states create
new COPPA rules, and Apple has a security and a
privacy snafu. We also look at security news.
# ⚓ Video ☛ You_get_a_layoff!_And_you_get_a_layoff!_–
Invidious⠀⇛
The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast – Jan
20th, 2023 You can’t throw a rock without hitting
news of a Tech Company doing yet another round of
layoffs. Every day a new one. Microsoft, Google,
Amazon, Salesforce, Meta… layoff after layoff after
layoff. Let’s talk about exactly why this is
happening — it’s been a long time in coming.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ LibreOffice_Draw_Guide_7.4_updated_–_The_Document
Foundation_Blog⠀⇛
The Documentation team is happy to announce the
availability of the LibreOffice Draw Guide 7.4, an
update of the 7.3 guide.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Telnet_on_Fedora_37_–_idroot⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Telnet on Fedora 37. For those of you who didn’t
know, Telnet is a protocol that allows a user to
remotely access and manage a device or computer
over a network using a command-line interface. It
is widely supported, and simple to use, but less
secure than more modern protocols like SSH. It
sends data, including the username and password, in
clear text, which makes it vulnerable to
eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks.
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 Telnet network protocol on a
Fedora 37.
# ⚓ Learn Ubuntu ☛ Install_Angular_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Angular is a JavaScript framework written in
typescript and developed by google for one-page
applications.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Build_NGINX_from_Source_on_Ubuntu
22.04_or_20.04_–_LinuxCapable⠀⇛
NGINX is a powerful open-source web server capable
of serving dynamic web content and handling high-
traffic loads while acting as a reverse proxy. Its
reputation is built on high performance, stability,
and low resource consumption. Building NGINX from
the source and compiling it with additional modules
can enhance its capabilities and make it more
suitable for specific needs. This guide will
explain the advantages of building NGINX from the
source and list some of its key features and
benefits.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_PHP-ImageMagick_on_Ubuntu
22.04_or_20.04_–_LinuxCapable⠀⇛
The PHP-ImageMagick extension is a powerful tool
for manipulating images within PHP scripts. It
allows you to perform operations such as resizing,
cropping, and format conversion on images using the
command-line ImageMagick library. This article will
discuss two ways to install the PHP-ImageMagick
extension on Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04 using the
command-line terminal. We will also include extra
steps for configuring the extension with the nginx
web server.
# ⚓ Linux Nightly ☛ How_to_Change_File_Permissions_in_Linux_–
Linux_Nightly⠀⇛
Learn how to change Linux file permissions using
the chmod command in absolute and symbolic mode,
and change the owner and group of a file.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Enable_–_Disable_the_Universe,
Multiverse,_and_Restricted_Repositories_–_TREND_OCEANS⠀⇛
By turning on and off the Universe, Multiverse, and
Restricted repositories on your Ubuntu machine, you
can get access to many software packages that
aren’t in Ubuntu’s default repositories.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_LibreWolf_on_Linux_Mint_21
or_20_–_LinuxCapable⠀⇛
Librewolf is a free and open-source web browser
based on Mozilla Firefox. It is designed to provide
a more privacy-respecting alternative to Firefox by
removing features that compromise user privacy and
security. Incorporating Librewolf into your daily
Linux Mint desktop can bring several benefits,
including improved privacy and security, better
control over your browsing experience, and access
to a wide range of privacy-enhancing add-ons and
extensions.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Skype_on_Linux_Mint_21_or_20
–_LinuxCapable [Ed: SKype is spyware of Microsoft, which uses
it for wiretapping along with the NSA. Don't use this.]⠀⇛
Skype is a popular communication tool that allows
users to make voice and video calls, send instant
messages, and share files with others.
Incorporating Skype into your daily Linux Mint
desktop can bring several benefits, including
easily connecting with friends, family, and
colleagues, no matter where they are located. Skype
also offers a wide range of features that can
improve productivity, such as screen sharing and
group calls.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Telegram_on_Manjaro_Linux_–
LinuxCapable⠀⇛
Telegram is a popular free cross-platform, cloud-
based instant messaging system. Telegram is famous
for providing end-to-end encrypted video calling,
VoIP, and file sharing, amongst many other
features. The following tutorial will teach you how
to install Telegram on Manjaro Linux with cli
commands and utilizing either the default
repository, which often has the most up-to-date
version, or using the Arch Linux user repository
with Manjaro’s package manager.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_export_from_MariaDB_table_to_Calc_/
Excel?⠀⇛
Hello, friends. In this short post, you will learn
how to export from MariaDB table to Calc / Excel.
It is simple, but this trick, especially in
enterprise environments, can be very useful.
# ⚓ nixCraft ☛ How_To_Set_Up_SSH_Keys_With_YubiKey_as_two-
factor_authentication_(U2F/FIDO2)⠀⇛
All Linux and Unix servers are managed manually or
by automation tools such as Ansible using ssh. For
example, say you have a server at Linode or AWS.
Then you copy your public ssh key to a remote cloud
server. Once copied, you can now login to those
servers without a password as long as ssh keys are
matched. It is the best practice. Unfortunately,
you are not protecting ssh keys stored on a local
desktop or dev machine at $HOME/.ssh/ directory. If
your keys are stolen, an attacker can get access to
all of your cloud servers, including backup
servers. To avoid this mess, we can protect our ssh
keys stored on local dev/desktop machines using
physical security keys such as YubiKey.
# ⚓ nixCraft ☛ Linux_iotop_Check_What’s_Stressing_&_Increasing
Load_On_Hard_Disks⠀⇛
he iotop is a Linux command. It is a top-like
utility for disk input and output (I/O). Use this
command to see I/O usage information output by the
Linux kernel. It displays a table of current I/
O usage by Linux processes or threads on the Linux
system. This post explains how to install and use
the iotop command to discover what’s stressing (or
program names) on your hard drives under Linux
operating systems.
# ⚓ Solving_the_’tail:_inotify_resources_exhausted’_Error_on
Ubuntu_–_Anto_./_Online⠀⇛
The “tail: inotify resources exhausted” error
usually occurs when you are using the tail command
to follow a file that is being actively written to,
and the inotify watch limit has been reached.
# ⚓ Solve_The_“Cannot_Read_Properties_Of_Undefined_(Reading
‘Type’)”_Error_With_These_Simple_Fixes⠀⇛
If you’ve encountered the “jquery.min.js:2 Uncaught
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined
(reading ‘type’)” error, you’re likely trying to
access a property of an object that is undefined.
This error occurs when you try to access a property
of an object that is undefined or null.
o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾
# ⚓ WINE Project (Official) ☛ The_Wine_development_release_8.0-
rc5_is_now_available.⠀⇛
The Wine development release 8.0-rc5 is now
available. This is
expected to be the last release candidate before
the final 8.0.
What’s new in this release:
– Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.
The source is available at:
https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/8.0/wine-8.0-
rc5.tar.xz
Binary packages for various distributions will be
available from:
https://www.winehq.org/download
You will find documentation on https://
www.winehq.org/documentation
You can also get the current source directly from
the git
repository. Check https://www.winehq.org/git for
details.
Wine is available thanks to the work of many
people. See the file
AUTHORS in the distribution for the complete list.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Jack’s_Blog_–_Revisiting_KDE⠀⇛
Looking back I’m not sure the Oxygen theme
has aged particularly well, but this picture
fills me with nostalgia and so will always
have a special place in my heart.
Over the years KDE has (unfairly in my eyes)
had a fairly negative reputation, and
stereotyped for being quite buggy and
resource hungry. I don’t recall being
effected by these issues described first
hand, but hearing critical sentiments like
this left me with a negative impression and
drove me away from using KDE. So although I
do have fond memories of this desktop, they
were tainted by the opinions of a few vocal
Linux enthusiasts at the time. I was young
and impressionable, and wanted to use to use
the ‘best’ thing, even if that meant not
being able to form my own independent
assessment.
Consequently I was content to stay on Gnome
desktop (and various forks) for most of my
time on Linux. But that all changed pretty
recently. I wanted to revisit KDE and see if
this reputation was still warranted. I think
part of me wanted to make amends and give
some love to a Desktop environment I felt I’d
never really given an honest chance.
# ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ This_week_in_KDE:_The_best_Plasma_5
version_ever_–_Adventures_in_Linux_and_KDE⠀⇛
Plasma 5 has officially branched for the beta
version of its 5.27 release. Go check out the
announcement and test out the beta! You’ll
probably have noticed the number of 15-minute
and very high priority Plasma bugs creeping
up, and during this 3-week beta period, we’re
going to be focusing on those to ensure that
5.27’s release is as bug-free as possible.
Beyond that, Plasma 5.27 will continue to get
periodic bugfix releases until and a bit
beyond the release of Plasma 6, which we are
very much hoping to have ready by late this
year! Exciting times.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Boosting_Productivity_with
Containerized_Applications_and_Kubernetes:_A_Look_at_SUSE
Rancher_and_Dell_Technologies’_PowerFlex_and_PowerProtect
Data_Manager⠀⇛
o § Arch Family⠀➾
# ⚓ ArchLabs_2023.01.20_Release⠀⇛
ArchLabs Release 2023.01.20 is now available.
Welcome to 2023, is it too late into January to say
“Happy New Year”? Either way, Happy New Year!
This is our first release of 2023 and comes a
couple of weeks after our 6th Birthday. Six years
of ArchLabs, who would have thought?
There isn’t a lot new with this release, we have
added dwm back to the installer and you will see
that booting the ISO no longer will take you to a
live session.
The live session was always just an experiment and
to try something new really. Our live session still
exists, so for those of you who want to check out
dk in all its glory, just type startx and hit
enter.
o § Fedora / Red Hat / CentOS⠀➾
# ⚓ Timothée Ravier ☛ Timothée_Ravier:_Introducing_Kinoite
Nightly_(and_Kinoite_Beta)_–_Siosm’s_blog⠀⇛
As announced during the Fedora Kinoite “Hello
World!” talk (slides) last year at the Fedora 35
release party, one of the goals for Fedora Kinoite
is to make it easier for everyone to try and test
the latest KDE Plasma desktop and Apps, without
having packaging, compiler or development
knowledge.
We are now much closer to that goal with the
introduction of Kinoite Nightly, an unofficial
variant of Fedora Kinoite based on stable Fedora
plus nightly packages for KDE software (Plasma
desktop and a base set of apps).
Alonside Kinoite Nightly, we are also introducing
Kinoite Beta, which is also an unofficial variant
of Fedora Kinoite, also based on stable Fedora but
with KDE Plasma Beta packages. This variant is
based on fresh release of KDE Plasma 5.27 Beta.
While the Nightly variant will be built daily and
will always be available, the Beta variant will
only be built and available during KDE Plasma Beta
testing phases.
# ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Project_at_FOSDEM_2023_–_Fedora
Magazine⠀⇛
Fedora Project will be present at FOSDEM 2023. This
article describes this gathering and a few of the
events on the agenda. I assume if you are reading
the Fedora Magazine, you already know what FOSDEM
is, but I’ll start with a small intro anyway.
# ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ CPE_Weekly_Update_–_Week_3_2023_–_Fedora
Community_Blog⠀⇛
This is a weekly report from the CPE (Community
Platform Engineering) Team. If you have any
questions or feedback, please respond to this
report or contact us on #redhat-cpe channel on
libera.chat.
We provide you both infographics and text version
of the weekly report. If you just want to quickly
look at what we did, look at the infographic. If
you are interested in more in depth details, look
below the infographic.
# ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Friday’s_Fedora_Facts:_2023-03_–_Fedora
Community_Blog⠀⇛
Here’s your weekly Fedora report. Read what
happened this week and what’s coming up. Your
contributions are welcome (see the end of the
post)!
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Hybrid_work:_How_to_maintain
employee_engagement⠀⇛
Despite recent layoffs in Silicon Valley, most of
the country is grappling with an ongoing labor
shortage that threatens bottom lines. As this
recent survey of popular online employment sites
shows, a shrinking candidate pool will make it
harder for employers to attract and keep top talent
in the years ahead.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky_2023.01_+_Persistence_–
SparkyLinux⠀⇛
There is a new, an extra release of Sparky 2023.01
of the (semi-)rolling line out there.
A next, regular rolling released is planned in
March, as every 3 mounts I do, but I decided to
publish 2023.01 MinimalGUI to let you test a new
feature just implemented to Sparky rolling only so
far.
The Sparky tool that creates Live USB disk (sparky-
live-usb-creator) has gotten a new feature which
lets you make a live USB disk with persistence. It
means, you can boot Sparky Live system from a USB
disk and save your work, new installed
applications, etc. to the same USB disk.
The ‘sparky-live-usb-creator’ 0.2.1 is available to
Sparky rolling (7) users so far, and it works with
Sparky 2023.01 MinimalGUI iso image only so far.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Itel_strengthens_its_Smart_TV_portfolio-_launches_new_line
of_Linux_TVs_–_Sangri_Today_|_News_Media_Website⠀⇛
itel has announced the launch of the L series of
Linux televisions, which includes two unique models
that deliver an immersive and vibrant watching
experience. The L3265 and L4365 models, available
in 32 and 43 inches respectively, feature a
frameless design and cutting-edge color technology
for incredibly realistic images and vibrant colors.
The L series also includes a 24W box speaker with
Dolby audio for an immersive audio experience and
comes with pre-installed OTT apps. Both L3265 and
L4365 are respectively priced at INR 8999 and INR
16599.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ZSWatch_open-source_hardware_nRF52833
smartwatch_runs_Zephyr_RTOS_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛
ZSWatch is an open-source hardware smartwatch based
on an u-Blox ANNA-B402 module with Nordic Semi
nRF52833 Bluetooth 5.1 SoC and running Zephyr real-
time operating systems.
We’ve seen several open-source hardware
smartwatches over the years, as well as open-source
firmware projects such as AsteroidOS or InfiniTime
with the latter used in the PineTime smartwatch,
and the ZSWatch adds to the list of interesting
open-source wearables with all source files made
public.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ HPMicro_HPM64G0_–_A_1_GHz_RISC-
V_microcontroller_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛
Yesterday, I ended up on the HPMicro website
showing the illustration above about a 1 GHz MCU
called HPM64G0. It looked interesting enough so I
clicked on the link to a page with some
documentation for the company’s HPM6700/6400
microcontrollers. But in typical Chinese fashion, I
was asked for a mobile phone number to download the
documents. No luck this time since a Chinese mobile
phone number is required. If anybody can set up a
mirror on Mega or other websites easily accessible
outside of China that would be appreciated.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Indian_official_reveals_‘plan’_to_build_a
national_mobile_OS_•_The_Register⠀⇛
India’s government has reportedly teamed with
academia and startups to create its own mobile
operating system dubbed IndOS, in the name of
competition.
Local outlet Business Standard revealed the
initiative, quoting a senior government official as
saying “India is one of the largest mobile device
markets in the globe. Our objective is to create a
secure Indian mobile operating system that could
also create choices and competition for Android’s
dominance in the Indian market.”
Government sources have since gone quiet on the
plan. Probably because the plan is not very
detailed or serious, as India’s government surely
understands two important things about the
operating system market.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ Women_Fertility_Test_Analyzer_App:_Ovulation_–
Pregnancy_for_Android⠀⇛
It may be the best free and open source fertility
app to help you interpret both pregnancy and
ovulation test strips by giving you the % of
pigmentation. It provides you with fertility charts
based on your hormone levels, so you can pinpoint
your fertile window and track your early pregnancy
days.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ We_invested_10%_to_pay_back_tech_debt;_Here’s_what
happened⠀⇛
Anyone who has maintained software for a while
knows that it tends to rot over time. It takes
deliberate effort to prevent that from happening.
In this post I will talk about a story how one team
successfully dealt with it and conclude with some
practical tips.
# ⚓ Use.GPU_Goes_Trad_—_Acko.net⠀⇛
I’ve released a new version of Use.GPU, my
experimental reactive/declarative WebGPU framework,
now at version 0.8.
My goal is to make GPU rendering easier and more
sane. I do this by applying the lessons and
patterns learned from the React world, and
basically turning them all up to 11, sometimes 12.
This is done via my own Live run-time, which is
like a martian React on steroids.
The previous 0.7 release was themed around compute,
where I applied my shader linker to a few
challenging use cases. It hopefully made it clear
that Use.GPU is very good at things that
traditional engines are kinda bad at.
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ TTF_text_in_titlebar_gui_engine⠀⇛
There are two functions used to draw text on the
screen; characterRGBA() and stringRGBA(). These are
part of SDL_gfx. The SDL_gfx package is mostly for
drawing shapes, such as lines, polygons, circles,
etc.; however, it also has some bitmap fonts
builtin, of various sizes. The default size is 8×8
pixels. These are basic 256-character ASCI fonts.
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ gui_engine_fully_converted_to_TTF⠀⇛
The down-arrow in the drop-down list was previously
a character from the gfx 8×8 set. I changed it to a
“trigon”, which is a triangle, a shape that is
available in SDL_gfx — might make it a bit smaller.
The “x” in the checkbox is still from the gfx 8×8
set.
# ⚓ Collabora ☛ FOSDEM_back_in_full_force_for_2023⠀⇛
FOSDEM is back and ready to mingle! After two years
of hosting the event virtually, Brussels will once
again welcome attendees on February 4 & 5 for this
free event on the old stomping grounds of the ULB
Solbosch Campus.
This two-day event is renowned worldwide as one of
the best open source conferences, with over 8,000
people in attendance. With such a reputation and
large crowd to impress, we are excited to be
presenting 8 different talks, in 7 devrooms as well
as on the main track. To get the full picture on
each presentation, check out the details below. For
those unable to make it, there will be live streams
for all track. We’ll be sharing the links on our
social media channels as soon as they become
available.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ How_to_improve_Python_packaging,_or_why_fourteen
tools_are_at_least_twelve_too_many_|_Chris_Warrick⠀⇛
There is an area of Python that many
developers have problems with. This is an
area that has seen many different solutions
pop up over the years, with many different
opinions, wars, and attempts to solve it.
Many have complained about the packaging
ecosystem and tools making their lives
harder. Many beginners are confused about
virtual environments. But does it have to be
this way? Are the current solutions to
packaging problems any good? And is the
organization behind most of the packaging
tools and standards part of the problem
itself?
Join me on a journey through packaging in
Python and elsewhere. We’ll start by
describing the classic packaging stack
(involving setuptools and friends), the
scientific stack (with conda), and some of
the modern/alternate tools, such as Pipenv,
Poetry, Hatch, or PDM. We’ll also look at
some examples of packaging and dependency-
related workflows seen elsewhere (Node.js and
.NET). We’ll also take a glimpse at a
possible future (with a venv-less workflow
with PDM), and see if the PyPA agrees with
the vision and insights of eight thousand
users.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ [Old]_Writing_Is_Magic_–_Marc’s_Blog⠀⇛
Sometimes when folks ask me for advice at work, I write
them very long emails to answer their question.
Sometimes, those emails are generally interesting and not
work-specific, so I share them here. A couple days ago
somebody asked me about how to get better at
communicating their ideas and opinions, how to extend
their influence, and how to drive consensus. This was my
reply.
There are many ways to be influential. You can form 1:
1 relationships with people, have small group meetings,
do talks, send out a code review, or argue in Slack. All
of those can be valuable at the right time. But there’s
one tool that I choose most often: long-form writing.
Writing is the closest thing I know to magic.
Nearly every time I need to drive a difficult, subtle, or
contentious decision, I write a document. Sometimes
that’s half a page, sometimes its six pages. Sometimes
much longer, although brevity is valuable. I see a few
benefits to this approach that keep me coming back it it
again and again.
First, clarity. I’m sure you know the quote “Writing is
nature’s way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking
is”1, and knowing how sloppy your thinking is allows you
to sharpen it, test your arguments, and test different
explanations. I find, more often than not, that I
understand something much less well when I sit down to
write about it than when I’m thinking about it in the
shower. In fact, I find that I change my own mind on
things a lot when I try write them down. It really is a
powerful tool for finding clarity in your own mind. Once
you have clarity in your own mind, you’re much more able
to explain it to others.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Smithsonian Magazine ☛ These_Gorgeous_Photos_Capture_Life
Inside_a_Drop_of_Seawater⠀⇛
A passion for the infinitesimal leads a
photographer to discover the countless creatures
that live unseen in the ocean
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ AI’s_Jurassic_Park_moment_–_by_Gary_Marcus [Ed: Mass
plagiarism "potentially dangerous", owing to Microsoft
misframing what it actually is]⠀⇛
New systems like chatGPT are enormously
entertaining, and even mind-boggling, but also
unreliable, and potentially dangerous.
# ⚓ Time ☛ Exclusive:_OpenAI_Used_Kenyan_Workers_on_Less_Than
$2_Per_Hour_to_Make_ChatGPT_Less_Toxic [Ed: Microsoft
sweatshops/slavery, plagiarism and ripoffs presented as "HEY
HI"]⠀⇛
Content warning: this story contains descriptions
of sexual abuse
# ⚓ Daily Dot ☛ U.S._No_Fly_List_Left_on_Unprotected_Airline
Server⠀⇛
CommuteAir, a regional carrier, left a copy of the
U.S. No Fly List on an unsecured server that could
be viewed by anyone.
# ⚓ Reuters ☛ Microsoft_loses_lawsuits_against_IRS_over_tax
audit_records [Ed: Lost_in_the_news_of_Microsoft_layoffs]⠀⇛
- Microsoft Corp on Wednesday lost its bid in
Seattle federal court to force the IRS to release
tens of thousands of records tied to an audit that
the agency is conducting of the technology company.
U.S. District Judge Ricardo Martinez in a pair of
opinions ruled against Microsoft, after concluding
in one lawsuit that the Internal Revenue Service
was properly shielding 49,400 pages from disclosure
under the federal Freedom of Information Act and in
the other lawsuit that Microsoft was not entitled
to additional records pertaining to the firm’s
audit-related contracts with law firms Quinn
Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Boies Schiller
Flexner.
Microsoft had accused the IRS of taking
“extraordinary lengths to keep its agency records
in the dark” and questioned “outsourcing” work to
private law firms.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ CISA ☛ Drupal_Releases_Security_Advisories_to_Address
Multiple_Vulnerabilities_|_CISA⠀⇛
Drupal has released security advisories to address
vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. An
attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to
access sensitive information.
# ⚓ Diffoscope ☛ diffoscope_233_released⠀⇛
The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce
the release of diffoscope version 233. This version
includes the following changes:
[ FC Stegerman ]
* Split packaging metadata into an
extras_require.json file instead of using
the pep517 and the pip modules directly. This was
causing build failures if
not using a virtualenv and/or building without
internet access.
(Closes: #1029066, reproducible-builds/
diffoscope#325)
[ Vagrant Cascadian ]
* Add an external tool reference for GNU Guix
(lzip).
* Drop an external tool reference for GNU Guix
(pedump).
[ Chris Lamb ]
* Split inline Python code in shell script to
generate test dependencies to a
separate Python script.
* No need for “from __future__ import
print_function” import in setup.py
anymore.
* Comment and tidy the new extras_require.json
handling.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Finnish_Parliament_reminds_us_that
copyright_should_not_trump_fundamental_human_rights_–
Walled_Culture⠀⇛
One of the key dogmas the copyright industry
fights hard to impose on the world is that
copyright should trump all other
considerations, and in all situations. For
its supporters, copyright should even be
placed above basic human rights, if ever a
clash arises between them. For the most part,
legislators and judges have allowed this
distorted viewpoint to be spread
unchallenged, as Walled Culture noted with
regret in November last year.
[...]
Sadly, though, there have been few attempts
to take that approach in practice. White
mentions the challenge of the Polish
Government to Article 17 of the EU Copyright
Directive. Although the Court of Justice of
the European Union underlined the importance
of respect for the right to freedom of
expression and information, its unclear
ruling may still allow upload filters to
censor lawful material.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ The_power_of_questions⠀⇛
The guiding principle used in this section is the
power of questions. Questions can inspire us to
think about issues and they make it clear that our
input is required. When preparing for the game, you
need to use their imagination – reading a setting
or an adventure book is less useful because it
takes so long and when you’re in trouble, your
instinct will be to turn back to the book you’ve
been reading. This slows you down and you’ll feel
inadequate. Don’t do it. Questions let you know
that whatever you come up with is OK. Questions let
you know that your input is required.
[...]
Once we know about success or failure, and having
established the consequences, you can move on – or
you can linger for a bit. Give that character a
little spotlight and ask about how they did it, why
they did it, how they felt as they did it. Why did
that speech fail, was it something they did?
Perhaps the player doesn’t have an answer. No
problem, you already agreed on the consequences.
But maybe the player feels like embellishing it or
putting their own spin on it. This is the moment!
You ask them a question and they get to tell us
about their character. It’s an entertaining moment
of character exposition at the table.
# ⚓ RE:_Creation_Stories⠀⇛
I feel that there is one core issue here that must
be addressed first: everyone has a creation story,
or if you prefer, an origin story, a narrative
which purports to explain the existence of the
universe, and why it is the way that it is. There
is always involved some Power, Being, or Force, or
many of them. I believe what the Bible teaches,
namely, that there is a being ʏʜᴡʜ, a first cause,
who has no beginning or ending, infinite power, and
unfathomable knowledge and wisdom. He who spoke the
universe into being was also capable of providing
us with a record of it, and did so.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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✐ Links_21/01/2023:_GCompris_3.1_and_General_News⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 11:44 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈
§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Server
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Graphics_Stack
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Screenshots/Screencasts
o BSD
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Events
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o Programming/Development
# R
# Python
# Rust
* Leftovers
o Science
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Programming
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Linux_Around_The_World:_USA_–_Utah_–
LinuxLinks⠀⇛
We cover events and user groups that are running in
the US state of Utah. This article forms part of
our Linux Around The World series.
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Kubernetes_in_2023_mirrors_the_enterprise
quest_for_simplification_–_SiliconANGLE⠀⇛
The past year saw significant discussion around
security, growing use of open-source tools to run
enterprise systems, and how an expanding developer
ecosystem may reduce Kubernetes complexity. Within
these key topics can be found another important
dynamic. There is a great deal of innovation in the
container space, and this will set much of the
cloud-native agenda during the coming year.
“Containers have gone supernova with Kubernetes,
with a complete ecosystem of opportunity to create
the next operating system in software development,”
said John Furrier, industry analyst for
SiliconANGLE Media, during a discussion at KubeCon
+ CloudNativeCon NA 2022. “To me, KubeCon is at the
center of Software 2.0 or 3.0. It’s not where the
old school is; it’s where the new school is.”
# ⚓ TechTarget ☛ The_evolution_of_containers:_Docker,
Kubernetes_and_the_future_|_TechTarget⠀⇛
Container technology is almost as old as VMs,
although IT wasn’t talking about the topic until
Docker, Kubernetes and other tech made waves that
caused a frenzy of activity.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Video ☛ drauger_os_7.6_(build_2023-01-16)_install_guide⠀⇛
In This Video We Are Looking At Drauger OS is a
Linux desktop gaming OS. It attempts to bring the
console and PC gaming experiences together onto one
unified platform while offering insane speeds and
low latency for the large install size by using a
Xfce desktop, configured to resemble a gaming
console, as well as a low latency Linux kernel.
# ⚓ Video ☛ KDE_Plasma_5.27:_Flatpak_Permissions_Settings,
Plasma_Welcome,_Tiling_&_Multi-Monitor_Improvements⠀⇛
# ⚓ Video ☛ Make_an_old_Pentium_3_and_4_PC_or_laptop_useful
Again_With_This_New_Linux_Distro_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ Video ☛ MacOS_&_Windows_11_Similarities_Regata_OS_22.1.0⠀⇛
In This Video We Are Looking At Regata OS 22.1.0
# ⚓ Open Source Startup Podcast ☛ E70:_Making_Distributed
Systems_More_Accessible_With_Diagrid_by_Open_Source_Startup
Podcast⠀⇛
Join 31K listeners learning how to build an open-
source startup from the founders of HashiCorp,
Chronosphere, Vercel, MongoDB, DBT, mobile.dev and
more!
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ Trail Of Bits ☛ Harnessing_the_eBPF_Verifier⠀⇛
eBPF enables users to instrument a running system
by loading small programs into the operating system
kernel. As a safety measure, the kernel “verifies”
eBPF programs at load time and rejects any that it
deems unsafe. However, using eBPF is a CI / CD
nightmare, because there’s no way to know whether a
given eBPF program will successfully load and pass
verification without testing it on a running
kernel.
o § Graphics Stack⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ NVIDIA_driver_525.85.05_is_out_now_for
Linux⠀⇛
NVIDIA have put up a smaller stable update for
their Linux driver with a couple of noted fixes
included. Here’s the details. Since this is a
stable driver in their Production Branch, all users
should be okay to upgrade.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_7.0.6_now_available⠀⇛
Available today, maintenance release 7.0.6 includes
improvements and bug fixes for Oracle VM VirtualBox
7.0.
Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.0.6 delivers the January
2023 Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address
security vulnerabilities.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ Day_85:_typed_custom_properties_in
container_style_queries⠀⇛
Registering typed custom properties can be useful
in container style queries.
# ⚓ Unable_to_connect_to_MariaDB_remotely,_Host_ip_address_is
not_allowed_to_connect_to_MariaDB_server,_MariaDB_Database⠀⇛
If you have created a new user in MariaDB and
cannot login remotely via database management tools
such as DBeaver, you are the sure the password is
correct, your next step is to make sure that the
host value for the specified user is not set to
localhost
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ CodeIgniter_Remove_index.php_Using_.htaccess_–
TecAdmin⠀⇛
CodeIgniter is a widely used PHP framework that is
helpful for developers to create robust web
applications. One of the challenges that developers
face while working with CodeIgniter is removing the
index.php file from the URL. If you have deployed
the CodeIgniter web application with the Apache web
server, there is a quick and easy way to handle
this. This can be done by creating the .htaccess
file, which is a configuration file that allows
developers to control the behavior of the Apache
web server.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Video ☛ Raytracing_on_the_Steam_Deck_will_be_a_game
changer!_–_Invidious⠀⇛
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_a_free_copy_of_the_chilled_Haven_Park
in_the_GOG_New_Year_Sale⠀⇛
Who can say no to a free game? GOG are giving away
the relaxing Haven Park for 27 hours during their
freshly launched New Year Sale 2023.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ I’m_far_too_excited_about_Dead_Cells:
Return_to_Castlevania⠀⇛
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is an upcoming
mini expansion for the popular action-platformer
metroidvania game from Motion Twin / Evil Empire
coming early this year.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ GE-Proton_brings_DirectX_12_fixes_for_Steam
Deck_and_Linux_desktop⠀⇛
Another release of GE-Proton is already available,
the third in the space of a week and GE-Proton 7-46
includes some DirectX 12 fixes for Steam Deck and
Linux desktop. The previous release also removed
DXVK-Async, a popular patch people were using to
improve the shader cache stuttering issue.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ An_interview_with_the_creator_of_the_Heroic
Games_Launcher⠀⇛
Interested to learn a little about the people who
make cool open source programs? Today I have
interview with Flávio, the creator of the popular
Heroic Games Launcher used on Linux desktop, Steam
Deck, macOS and Windows.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ New_Steam_desktop_and_Steam_Deck_Betas
fixes_up_Big_Picture_Mode,_Steam_Input⠀⇛
Valve has put up another Beta update for the Steam
client on Desktop and Steam Deck with plenty of
fixes. Here’s all the details.
# ⚓ Vermaden ☛ Native_Urban_Terror_on_FreeBSD_|_𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚗⠀⇛
Welcome to 2023 and let me start a first article of
this new year with a … guest post by @NeoMoevius
from Twitter. That is right. I did not invented it.
I did not created it. I only partially wrote it –
treat me as a ghost writer here. ll the thanks and
welcomes goes directly to @NeoMoevius – I am just a
messenger here
This post will be about playing (and first building
– of course) the Urban Terror game on FreeBSD
system. It is about how to build and install Urban
Terror 4.3 on FreeBSD without Linux emulation or
using WINE. Natively. This will be on the latest
and supported FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE system.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Volker Krause ☛ KDE_Frameworks_has_been_branched⠀⇛
Two weeks ago KDE Frameworks 5 has been
branched off as planned. Meanwhile we have
also gotten the fallout of that on the CI
under control, and so KDE Frameworks 6
development is entering its next phase.
All KDE Frameworks repositories (including
the deprecated ones) have a kf5 branch now,
all future KF5 releases will be made from
that, the master branch will become KF6.
This means you need to pay special attention
to submitting changes to the right branch,
and/or backporting relevant changes from
master to kf5 when applicable. If you landed
changes in the past two weeks you might want
to double-check they ended up in the kf5
branch as well.
# ⚓ Release_GCompris_3.0⠀⇛
We are pleased to announce the release of
GCompris version 3.0.
[....]
On the translation side, GCompris 3.0
contains 36 languages. 25 are fully
translated: (Azerbaijani, Basque, Breton,
British English, Catalan, Catalan
(Valencian), Chinese Traditional, Croatian,
Dutch, Estonian, French, Greek, Hebrew,
Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Malayalam,
Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese,
Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish,
Ukrainian). 11 are partially translated:
(Albanian (99%), Belarusian (83%), Brazilian
Portuguese (94%), Czech (82%), Finnish (94%),
German (91%), Indonesian (99%), Macedonian
(94%), Slovak (77%), Swedish (94%) and
Turkish (71%)).
A special note about Ukrainian voices which
have been added thanks to the organization
“Save the Children” who funded the recording.
They installed GCompris on 8000 tablets and
1000 laptops, and sent them to Digital
learning Centers and other safe spaces for
children in Ukraine.
Croatian voices have also been recorded by a
contributor.
As usual you can find packages of this new
version for GNU/Linux, Windows, Android,
Raspberry Pi and macOS on the download page.
This update will also be available soon in
the Android Play store, the F-Droid
repository and the Windows store.
For packagers of GNU/Linux distributions,
note that we have a new dependency on
QtCharts QML plugin, and the minimum required
version of Qt5 is now 5.12. We also moved
from using QtQuick.Controls 1 to
QtQuick.Controls 2.
# ⚓ Release_GCompris_3.1⠀⇛
Today we are releasing GCompris version 3.1.
As we noticed that version 3.0 contained a
critical bug in the new “Comparator”
activity, we decided to quickly ship this 3.1
maintenance release to fix the issue.
It also contains some little translation
update.
# ⚓ Plasma_5.27_Beta_available_for_testing_|_Kubuntu⠀⇛
Are you using Kubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu, our
current stable release? Or are you already
running our development builds of the
upcoming 23.04 (Lunar Lobster)?
We currently have Plasma 5.25.90 (Plasma 5.27
Beta) available in our Beta PPA for Kubuntu
22.10 and for the 23.04 development series.
However this is a beta release, and we should
re-iterate the disclaimer from the upstream
release announcement…
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Gnome_Extension_Integrates_ChatGPT
Into_Your_Linux_Desktop_|_Tom’s_Hardware [Ed: GNOME as
ramp or Trojan horse for Microsoft plagiarism]⠀⇛
ChatGPT (Chat Generative-Pre-Trained
Transformer) has only been around for a
couple of months, but it is fair to say that
it has made its mark. Millions of users have
used the service for all manner of queries,
but each time it required the user to open a
browser, log in and then enter a prompt.
Well, for Linux users it seems that these
steps can be skipped over thanks to a Gnome
extension from Rafal Mioduszewski, aka
HorrorPills.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Screenshots/Screencasts⠀➾
# ⚓ Video ☛ Uruk_GNU/Linux_3.0_“Cinnamon”⠀⇛
Everything starts from dreams And each person
evaluates these dreams in his own way Perhaps
childish, grandiose, trivial, or impossible Lives
begin with the first childhood dream, which is the
dream of walking on two legs And then our dreams
get bigger as we get older And when we achieve a
dream The march is not over the Difficulties begin
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ Klara ☛ OpenZFS_–_Data_Security_vs._Data_Integrity⠀⇛
A secure system does not necessarily provide
integrity – and vice versa. Let’s examine the
differences between these two concepts. Data
security is about preventing data from being
disclosed, ensuring that only the correct people
can access it. Data integrity ensures the data is
correct, that it has not become corrupt due to
hardware failure or other issues. With ZFS, you can
get both. This may be the reason these two concepts
can be so difficult to distinguish from each other.
This article explains the differences and focuses
on the ZFS features that help keep your data
correct and secure.
# ⚓ MWL ☛ “OpenBSD_Mastery:_Filesystems”_hardcovers_are_here⠀⇛
I’ll be packing Patronizer and sponsor books first,
then complicated preorders, then single-copy
preorders. I don’t know if I’ll have them all done
today. I might. Paperbacks arrive tomorrow, so I
hope so.
# ⚓ Undeadly ☛ sshd_random_relinking_at_boot⠀⇛
Please test aggressively.
We look forward to the next steps hinted at in the
first of these commit messages.
If this works out, there are indications other
early-boot network daemons will get similar
treatement sooner rather than later.
# ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Why_doesn’t_sysutils/vm-bhyve_start_my
hosts?⠀⇛
After booting, my vms are not started by sysutils/
vm-bhyve. Why?
# ⚓ DragonFly BSD ☛ DragonFly:_exit_windowmaker_hangs_X,_no
return_to_xdm⠀⇛
# ⚓ Regain_space_on_FreeBSD_by_removing_obsolete_packages/
ports⠀⇛
A quick one explaining how I easily gained disk
space on one of my FreeBSD servers.
[...]
A quick and easy way to gain space on a FreeBSD
machine – I’ll add this to my maintenance routine
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ SJVN ☛ German_Linux_superpower_SUSE_delivers_a_great
quarter_|_Open_Source_Watch⠀⇛
SUSE, a leading Linux and open-source company’s Q4
2022 results for the quarter ending October 31,
2022, are out and look pretty darn good. According
to its financial statement, SUSE’s adjusted revenue
was up 11% year-on-year to $170.3 million, and
adjusted Earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation (EBITDA) was up 37% year-on-year to
$65.9 million.
SUSE’s strong close to the financial year also
delivered FY22 adjusted revenue of $658 million, up
14%, and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 37%. The
company also expects to see adjusted EBITDA margin
expansion from FY22 and, in the medium-term,
expects adjusted revenue growth around the mid-to-
high teens’ percentage., and an adjusted EBITDA
margin in excess of 40%. Not bad! Not bad at all!
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Fedora_Community_Grabs_the_Brass_Ring:_Wins
Our_‘Best_Linux_Distro’_Poll!⠀⇛
Our readers have spoken, and Fedora takes home the
prize in our our Readers’ Choice poll to determine
which Linux distribution wins our Best Linux Distro
award! Unlike our previous polls in this category,
this year the winning distro gets more than just
bragging rights — they get some cool, groovy,
nifty, and useful prizes as well.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Tiny_Retro_TV_That_Plays_Thousands_of_Classic
Games_Makes_My_Childhood_Portable⠀⇛
Turning a Raspberry Pi into a retro gaming machine
is relatively easy; we even have a step-by-step
video tutorial for those ready to dive in. But
turning a Raspberry Pi mini PC into a retro gaming
machine with style?
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ How_To_Use_Raspberry_Pi_Camera_Module_3
with_Python_Code⠀⇛
The Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 brings autofocus
and HDR images to the oldest Raspberry Pi accessory
and we show you how to take the best pictures with
the latest camera.
# ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ PiStorm32-Lite_and_JLCPCB_Soldering
Issues⠀⇛
There is a lot going on right now about PiStorm32-
Lite and the delays in production due to some
soldering issues. We now know why this is
happening, so I figured I would summarise for
everyone what is happening and why things are
delayed.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Google_Voice_removes_Smart_Reply_support_on_Android⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Google_Pixel_7_now_has_dual_eSIM_support_after
Android_13_QPR2_Beta_2_update⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android_13_QPR2_Beta_2.1_Released_for_Pixel_Devices⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_13_QPR2_Beta_2.1_arrives_with_some
crucial_fixes_for_5G_and_Bluetooth⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Surprise!_Google_releases_Android_13_QPR2
Beta_2.1_to_fix_key_5G_Pixel_bug_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ Nokia Power User ☛ Nokia_X30_5G_officially_confirmed_to_be
Android_13_compatible_by_Nokia_Mobile_–_Nokiapoweruser⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ The_death_of_Android_TV_is_near;_long_live
Google_TV⠀⇛
# ⚓ SlashGear ☛ There_Might_Be_Hidden_Apps_On_Your_Android
Phone._Here’s_How_To_Find_Them⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ How_to_enable_Bluetooth_on_Stadia_controller
to_connect_to_your_Android_phone_or_PC_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Are_Android_Security_Updates,_and_Why_Do
They_Matter?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Forbes ☛ Android_Circuit:_Samsung’s_Massive_Galaxy_Camera,
Honor_Magic_5_Leaks,_Red_Magic_8_Pro_Review⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_only_just_realizing_there’s_an_Android
feature_that_makes_your_home_screen_much_more_useful_|_The_US
Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Fast_Charge:_Now_is_the_worst_time_to_buy_an_Android
phone⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Computing UK ☛ Open_source_won._Now_what?⠀⇛
The GNU Project was founded forty years ago, in September
1983, in reaction to a printer company restricting
access…
o § Events⠀➾
# ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Reflecting_on_my_first_Linux_conference⠀⇛
The insight I gained into the world of open source
software was invaluable, and it got me hooked on
the world of free software. I got to listen to
various speakers talk about their projects. They
were all unique projects, yet also very forward-
thinking in their ideas and fantastic in their
application.
[...]
My favorite topic was Gcompris, an application
designed to teach children how to use a computer
running the Linux OS. The graphics were bold,
colorful, and clearly intended to get children
(hey, and adults, too) involved in the UI. There
was also a very inspirational speaker who spoke
about the future of Linux and how it would advance
to make all software free to share, modify, and
improve. Fourteen years later, and I think Linux is
well on its way to its promise of free everything!
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ Video ☛ Mozilla_Firefox_109_Is_Back_and_Better_Than
Ever_–_Invidious⠀⇛
In This Video We Are Looking At The 109.0
version of Mozilla Firefox , a fast,
functional and open source internet browser,
has been announced. You will be able to
review the release notes to learn about
version 109.0
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Remi Collet ☛ PHP_version_8.1.15RC1_and_8.2.2RC1_–_Remi’s
RPM_repository_–_Blog⠀⇛
Release Candidate versions are available in testing
repository for Fedora and Enterprise Linux (RHEL /
CentOS / Alma / Rocky and other clones) to allow
more people to test them. They are available as
Software Collections, for a parallel installation,
perfect solution for such tests, and also as base
packages.
# ⚓ GCC ☛ Ping:_[PATCH_1/6]_PowerPC:_Add_-mcpu=future⠀⇛
Ping patch. We really would like the patches to
enable the possible future MMA+ instructions into
GCC 13.
# ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Cheap_UIs⠀⇛
Sometimes you need a quick and easy UI for your
application. In the past, these were bare-bones
buttons, inputs, and other displays barely usable
by even technical users. But the quality has
improved for even the quickest-built UIs, and
they’ve become easier to build. Now it’s for
everyone, from machine learning engineers who need
a quick interface to customer support workers who
need a wrapper around an internal system.
# ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ The_Problem_with_Drag-n-Drop
Infrastructure⠀⇛
There’s a paradigm that’s been tried over and over
again – drag-and-drop diagrams for software
configuration, especially infrastructure.
# ⚓ Terrastruct Inc ☛ Generate_diagrams_programmatically⠀⇛
This blog post will demonstrate a concrete example
of that, by using D2′s language API to build a
diagram that visualizes the schema after each line
of SQL statement.
# ⚓ Ali Reza Hayati ☛ The_purpose_of_AI⠀⇛
However, the real purpose of AI and the path we’re
going is not exactly what I believe we had in mind
when we first started working on it. We built
artificial intelligence to make our lives easier so
we can be able to focus on what truly matters to us
as human race. I believe when we starte the
machines and when we first started to replace part
of the labor and work with automatons what we had
in mind was to finally replace humans with machines
not in what we enjoyed doing but in what we
believed is exploiting our essence.
# § R⠀➾
# ⚓ rOpenSci_|_curl_5.0.0:_massive_concurrent_downloads
and_HTTP/2⠀⇛
A new major version of the curl package has
been released to CRAN. This release both
brings internal improvements as well as new
user-facing functionality, in particular with
respect to concurrent downloads.
# ⚓ Expanding_our_Community_through_Multilingual
Publishing [Ed: So it seems some circles in R are
controlled_by_Facebook_and_Microsoft,_but_they_let_the
public_stay_in_the_dark]⠀⇛
We are excited to announce that, with the
support of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative,
NumFOCUS, and the R Consortium…
# ⚓ DataGeeek ☛ The_Falling_of_ARK_Innovation_ETF:
Forecasting_with_Boosted_ARIMA_Regression_Model⠀⇛
During the pandemic, the stock prices almost
doubled, but their trends have recently
declined. One of the reasons for that might
be the interest rates. To examine this, we
will take a consideration ARK Innovation ETF
(ARKK), which is a long-term growth capital
by investing mostly in tech companies.
# ⚓ Data Science Tutorials ☛ Top_Data_Science_Skills-
step_by_step_guide⠀⇛
Top Data Science Skills In 30 days! Learn the
craft by following the step-by-step
instructions.
Avoid falling for these traps. It takes a lot
of effort, time, and work to develop into a
good data scientist. Not a cakewalk, this.
However, if you are willing to master data
science properly, this brief amount of time
will serve as one of your lifetime
investments.
Recent years have seen a rise in interest in
data science. It is considered to be The
Sexiest Job of the 21st Century, according to
Harvard Business School.
# ⚓ Economics_and_R⠀⇛
While I am no expert in political economy, it
seems intuitive that voters are happy if
their representatives manage to provide
federal money for local investment projects.
But how large is the effect in terms of
additional votes in future elections?
In his great article Stimulating the Vote:
ARRA Road Spending and Vote Share (AEJ
Policy, 2019) Emiliano Huet-Vaughn studies
this question for road infrastructure
investments financed by the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act.
If you want to empirically explore this topic
yourself, you can take a look at this nice
interactive RTutor problem set that Philipp
Klotz wrote as part of his Bachelor thesis at
Ulm University. Besides learning about
political economy, you can also hone your
skills in R.
# ⚓ Mirai_Solutions_::_MiRiM_–_RiskMetrics_–_v1.1⠀⇛
Mirai RiskMetrics (MiRiM) is a Shiny app
based on the RiskMetrics methodology enhanced
to analyze the market risk of a portfolio.
MiRiM is freely available on our Website
Gallery and is designed for desktop view.
In the first release, MiRiM was mainly a PoC
serving as an example for the application of
the J.P.Morgan/Reuters RiskMetrics
methodology to a portfolio of commodities to
be provided as a CSV input, where a default
portfolio of commodities from LME was
initiated at the start of the app.
RiskMetrics is a set of tools that enables
participants in the financial markets to
estimate their exposure to market risk, under
what has been called the ‘Value-at-Risk
framework’, in portfolios of foreign
exchange, fixed income, equity and commodity
products.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ My_twitch_about_adding_a_shim
in_front_of_a_(shell_script)_interpreter⠀⇛
A subtle issue is that from the perspective
of the program running the script, its exec
succeeded the moment your shim got loaded,
even if your shim then can’t exec the real
interpreter (for example, because trying to
load it exceeds some resource limit). If the
program would have done something different
when the exec of the script failed, well,
it’s too late. This is probably not too
likely, though; an exec usually doesn’t fail
if the program is there.
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Rebuilding_in_Rust [Ed: Microsoft
boosters promote Rust, which is partly controlled by
Microsoft through GitHub]⠀⇛
Why Rust? A correct but uninteresting answer
is the community – both existing libraries
and the opportunity for aspiring developers
to build those libraries.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Shooting_Star: _Judith_Leyster_Shines⠀⇛
Just before Christmas a Google Doodle offered tribute to
the Dutch Golden Age painter, Judith Leyster (1609-1660).
Leyster fell into obscurity in the centuries after her
death partly because she did not sign her work. In her
lifetime she had enjoyed early fame, mentioned when she
was just nineteen in a guide to her native Haarlem, a
city rich in artists. Later, a history of Haarlem from
1647-8 praised her by punning on her name, calling her a
“leading-star in art” (Leyster=lodestar, taken from the
family brewery’s brand in Haarlem).
Leyster’s monogram, rediscovered in several paintings by
the Dutch art historian Cornelis Hofstede de Groot only
in 1893, overlays a curving J with the L and bisects the
figure with the tail of a shooting star—a clever and
confident logo.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ We_Must_Stop_Thinking_of_About_This_as_a_“Border
Crisis”⠀⇛
Most of us agree that the U.S. immigration system is in
dire need of reform. But inflammatory rhetoric and
policies designed to keep immigrants away won’t get us
there.
o ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Friday_Coffee_#2⠀⇛
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Open_Admission_of_Fraud’:_United_CEO_Says
Airlines_Are_Scheduling_Flights_They_Can’t_Fulfill⠀⇛
Three unidentified U.S. airlines are under federal
investigation for potentially scheduling flights the
companies know they ultimately will not be able to fly—a
revelation The New York Timesreported Friday, just two
days after United Airlines’ CEO suggested competitors are
doing just that.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ One-Piece_Tank_Chassis_Pushes_Print-in-Place_To_New
Heights⠀⇛
What’s better than 3D printing a tank chassis with
working tracks? How about 3D printing the entire thing,
moving parts and all, as a single piece? That’s [3D
Honza]’s PiPBOT-1, and it’s the culmination of a whole
lot of design work.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Extrusion_For_The_Pottery_Shop⠀⇛
Extrusion is a process for forming materials by forcing
them through an opening, which can allow for complex
shapes. Aluminum extrusion beams are what most of us are
probably thinking of, but plenty of other things are made
from extruded material like pipe, heat sinks, and even
macaroni. Extrusion can also be used for modelling clay
to create uniform sections of rounded clay as a starter
material for producing other pottery, and [Justins
Makery] has built a custom extruder to do just that.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Wormhole_Coffee_Table_Takes_Woodworking_To_Another
Dimension⠀⇛
While some people are happy with a simple coffee table to
hold their snacks while watching Star Trek reruns, others
want their furniture to go where no furniture has gone
before. [Olivier Gomis] has definitely satisfied this
need with his Wormhole Coffee Table. [YouTube]
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Chris ☛ Emptying_the_Dishwasher_With_Systems_Theory⠀⇛
This article pretends to be about dishwashers, but
it’s really about something much more general.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Starlink_Is_‘Forced’_To_Finally_Start_Caring
About_The_System’s_Light_Pollution_And_Harm_To_Scientific
Research⠀⇛
For years, scientific researchers have warned that
Elon Musk’s Starlink low Earth orbit (LEO)
satellite broadband constellations are harming
scientific research. Simply put, the light
pollution Musk claimed would never happen in the
first place is making it far more difficult to
study the night sky, a problem researchers say can
be mitigated somewhat but never fully eliminated.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ RP2040_DMA_Hack_Makes_Another_‘CPU_Core’⠀⇛
[Bruce Land] of Cornell University will be a
familiar name to many Hackaday readers, searching
the site for ‘ECE4760′ will bring up many
interesting topics around embedded programming.
Every year [Bruce] releases yet more of the
students’ work out into the wild to our great
delight. This RP2040-based project is a bit more
abstract than some previous work and shows yet
another implementation of an older hack to utilise
the DMA hardware of the RP2040 as another CPU core.
While the primary focus of the RP2040 DMA subsystem
is moving data between memory spaces, with minimal
CPU intervention, the DMA control blocks have some
fairly complex behaviour. This allows for a Turing-
complete CPU to be implemented purely with the DMA
hardware and a sprinkling of memory.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ RC_Car_Gets_F1-Style_DRS_Rear_Wing⠀⇛
DRS, or the Drag Reduction System, has become a key
part of Formula 1 in the past decade. [Engineering
After Hours] decided to implement the same system
on an RC car instead.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printed_Triptych_Shows_Trio_Of_AI-Generated
Images⠀⇛
Fascinated by art generated by deep learning
systems such as DALL-E and Stable Diffusion? Then
perhaps a wall installation like this phenomenal e-
paper Triptych created by [Zach Archer] is in your
future.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Jon Udell ☛ Of_course_the_attention_economy_is_threatened
by_the_Fediverse⠀⇛
Here’s a graph of the Fediverse as it appears from
my perspective right now.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Big_Pharma_Greed’s_Knows_No_Bounds⠀⇛
If the coronavirus pandemic confirmed anything
about Big Pharma, it was that the business model of
the pharmaceutical industry is based on unrelenting
and unapologetic profiteering. Corporations seek to
leverage their access to research by public
institutions, their connections with oversight
agencies, and their influence on politics to assure
that they can maximize their windfalls. It’s not a
pretty picture. So it will come as no surprise that
the pharmaceutical giants would prefer that their
business practices not be examined or debated. In
particular, they want to avoid sharp scrutiny from
public health activists, consumer advocates, and
campaigners for access to safe-and-affordable
vaccines and medications.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Iowa_Republicans_Push_‘Profoundly_Cruel_and
Petty’_Food_Benefit_Restrictions⠀⇛
Republicans in the Iowa House introduced
legislation this month that would impose a slew of
fresh restrictions on the kinds of food people can
purchase using SNAP benefits, sparking outrage
among local groups who say the measure would
exacerbate hunger in the GOP-dominated state.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Medicare_Advantage_Is_Neither_Medicare_Nor_an
Advantage⠀⇛
Medicare Advantage is a money-making scam. I should
know. I helped to sell it.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ GOP_Plan_to_Cut_Social_Security_and_Medicare_Is
Disliked_Among_Republican_Voters⠀⇛
# ⚓ FAIR ☛ WaPo_Feeds_Denial_With_False_Claims_About
Overcounting_Covid_Deaths⠀⇛
Dr. Leana Wen, a well-known medical commentator for
the Washington Post and CNN, wants us to believe
that society has overcounted Covid deaths and
hospitalizations. She first made this claim in the
Post (1/13/23), and again during an appearance on
CNN (1/17/23).
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ White_Communities_More_Likely_to_Receive_Funds
to_Fix_Aging_Water_Infrastructure⠀⇛
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Mandiant ☛ Gone_Phishing:_Hunting_for_Malicious_Industrial-
Themed_Emails_to_Prevent_Operational_Technology_Compromises
[Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Mandiant ☛ Suspected_Chinese_Threat_Actors_Exploiting
FortiOS_Vulnerability_(CVE-2022-42475)_|_Mandiant⠀⇛
Mandiant is tracking a suspected China-nexus
campaign believed to have exploited a recently
announced vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiOS SSL-
VPN, CVE-2022-42475, as a zero-day. Evidence
suggests the exploitation was occurring as early as
October 2022 and identified targets include a
European government entity and a managed service
provider located in Africa.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Malicious_Google_Ad_–>_Fake_Notepad++_Page_–>_Aurora
Stealer_malware,_(Wed,_Jan_18th) [Ed: Microsoft Windows
TCO]⠀⇛
Google ads are a common vector for malware
distribution. Do a Google search for any popular
free software download. Review any search results
marked “Ad” or “Sponsored,” then check the link to
see if anything is unusual.
[...]
Shown above: Windows Defender doesn’t like this
type of downloaded EXE file.
# ⚓ TechSpot ☛ Ransomware_victims_are_finally_refusing_to_pay
up⠀⇛
Ransomware victims have realized that even if they
pay the ransom, there’s no guarantee they will get
their data back or that the ransomware actor will
delete the “stolen” files without selling them to
third parties on the dark web. The public
perception of the ransomware phenomenon has matured
as well, so data leaks don’t carry the same risks
for brand reputation of the last few years.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ 5_Email_Best_Practices_to_Mitigate_the_Rising_Threat_of
Cyber_Attacks⠀⇛
One of the more unfortunate trends that have been
taking shape in recent years is the increasing
prevalence of cyber attacks. As businesses have
become more reliant on digital platforms, hackers
and other malicious actors have been quick to take
advantage of any weakness they can find in a
company’s system.
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Some_weird_effects_you_can_get_from
shared_Let’s_Encrypt_accounts⠀⇛
To get TLS certificates from Let’s Encrypt, you
must create and register an ‘account’, which is
really a keypair and some associated information.
The normal practice is to have a separate LE
account for each machine that you use to get TLS
certificates, and I think this is a good idea,
because authorization to issue TLS certificates for
a given name is tied to the account, not to a host.
If you move a (HTTPS) website from one host to
another, there are two interesting effects that can
happen.
# ⚓ PowerDNS ☛ Security_Advisory_2023-01_for_PowerDNS_Recursor
4.8.0_|_PowerDNS_Blog⠀⇛
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.1 due
to a high severity issue found.
Please find the full text of the advisory below.
# ⚓ Mandiant ☛ Navigating_the_Trade-Offs_of_Cyber_Attribution_|
Mandiant⠀⇛
Attribution matters, but to what extent? The game
of cyber whodunit is often perceived as a clean and
binary question, where threat activity is either
attributed or it is not. Yet, it is typically a
more complex process that regularly involves
difficult trade-offs.
Different forms of attribution—ranging from simply
linking threat clusters together to identifying the
names and faces of an adversary—present vastly
different challenges and resource requirements.
Analysts making attribution judgements must also
weigh up several competing priorities, including
the deadlines set by stakeholders, the completeness
of data, and the confidence level behind their
assessments.
# § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ Rachel ☛ Setting_the_clock_ahead_to_see_what_breaks⠀⇛
One thing I particularly wanted to see was
how my smaller systems would work. It’s
basically a given that my 64 bit Linux boxes
are going to be fine since time_t is already
wider, and it won’t explode in 2038. But
that’s far from the whole story. 32 bit
machines still exist, and are more common
than some would think thanks to the existence
of things like Raspberry Pis.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ NPR ☛ She_was_denied_entry_to_a_Rockettes_show_—_then
the_facial_recognition_debate_ignited⠀⇛
The issue was her law firm was involved in
litigation against Radio City Music Hall’s
parent company, Madison Square Garden
Entertainment (MSGE). As a result, Conlon —
as well as lawyers at other firms pursuing
litigation against MSGE — had been placed on
an “exclusion list” at a string of popular
venues owned by the group.
The story has become a flashpoint in the
debate around facial recognition technology.
While proponents say it has the ability to
keep people safer, critics counter that there
is little to support this idea, and warn that
unchecked use of the technology could have
untold consequences.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Another_Israeli_Exploit_Developer_Caught
Selling_Malware_To_Blacklisted_Countries⠀⇛
Maybe it’s time for the Israeli government to
put a moratorium on Mossad-based startups.
Israeli intelligence services have been the
petri dishes for a particular strain of
techbro — ones who have the smarts to create
zero-click exploits but none of the common
sense needed to cull baddies from their
customer lists.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Nothing_Is_Worse_Than_Silence_in_the_Face_of
Aggression⠀⇛
The announcement of the Ukraine Solidarity Network
is a small step in breaking a strange combination
of silence, ambivalence, and complicity within some
left-leaning circles regarding the Russian
aggression against Ukraine. Code Pink, for
instance, which is outspoken on international
affairs, falls into the “ambivalent” category,
criticizing the Russian invasion—but not supporting
Ukrainian resistance. Black Alliance for Peace is
an example of a group that is complicit through its
support of the invasion.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Tragedy_of_Ukraine⠀⇛
Legendary Ukrainian film director Alexander
Dovzhenko had a keen eye for scenarios. His diary
contains an idea for the film Ukraine in Flames,
which he was working on in 1943. He imagines a
concentration camp guard and an inmate, both
Ukrainians, striking up a conversation across the
barbed wire that separates them, a conversation
made “all the more terrible” he writes, “because of
its fervent hatred.” In the final scene, they seize
each other through the barbed wire, the guard
trying to choke the prisoner, the prisoner refusing
to let go for fear of being shot.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Who_Benefits_Most_From_a_Bloated_Pentagon
Budget?_The_Weapons_Industry.⠀⇛
Late last month, President Biden signed a bill that
clears the way for $858 billion in Pentagon
spending and nuclear weapons work at the Department
of Energy in 2023. That’s far more than Washington
anted up for military purposes at the height of the
Korean or Vietnam wars or even during the peak
years of the Cold War. In fact, the $80 billion
increase from the 2022 Pentagon budget is in itself
more than the military budgets of any country other
than China. Meanwhile, a full accounting of all
spending justified in the name of national
security, including for homeland security,
veterans’ care, and more, will certainly exceed
$1.4 trillion. And mind you, those figures don’t
even include the more than $50 billion in military
aid Washington has already dispatched to Ukraine,
as well as to frontline NATO allies, in response to
the Russian invasion of that country.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ A_Lesson_for_America_90_Years_After
Hitler’s_Ascension_to_Power⠀⇛
January 30 this year marks the 90th anniversary of
the corporate-facilitated appointment of Adolf
Hitler as Chancellor of a deeply divided Germany.
There is an alarming lesson in this disastrous
historic development for a deeply divided America
today: Cutting deals with fascists to catapult a
voraciously power-hungry politician to high
national office places a nation in grave peril.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US_Announces_Massive_$2.5_Billion_Weapons
Package_for_Ukraine⠀⇛
The package will include more Bradley armored
vehicles and for the first time, Stryker armored
vehicles.
# ⚓ Declassified UK ☛ Ashes_of_empire:_Britain’s_burning
injustice_in_Kenya⠀⇛
Two years ago, British soldiers were cooking on an
army exercise in Kenya when things suddenly
spiralled out of control. Sparks from their small
stove ignited the grass at Lolldaiga, on the
foothills of Mount Kenya.
This might have been a minor incident, had the area
not been so dry. Unfortunately, these were
“tinderbox” conditions, as Britain’s high
commissioner Jane Marriott would readily admit. The
grass went up in smoke. Trees exploded from the
heat. Before long, what started as a cooking
accident was a full blown forest fire.
At least 7,000 acres, an area larger than the 11
square mile London borough of Lambeth, was torched.
Water turned black as smoke rained down on the
nearest town, Nanyuki. “The roads were thrown into
darkness,” environmental activist James Mwangi
Macharia recalled. “You had to drive with your
headlights on – in the middle of the day.”
At the centre of the inferno, headlights were not
enough to stop accidents. As one truck carried
volunteers to fight the fire, it collided with
Lolldaiga ranger Linus Murangiri, crushing him to
death. “If it was not for the fire, Linus would
still be alive,” his widow Karen Gatwiri told me.
Sitting with her two small children in a dark tin
shack, she confided: “Linus used to complain that
anytime the British army visited Lolldaiga they
were rowdy, causing explosions and lighting fires
that the workers had to extinguish.”
# ⚓ Declassified UK ☛ When_journalists_act_as_state
propagandists⠀⇛
Twenty years ago, Tony Blair provided the British
public with false information about Saddam
Hussein’s possession of weapons of mass destruction
in order to make the case for the illegal invasion
of Iraq.
[...]
Meanwhile, those who revealed the illegality and
barbarism of the war have suffered. Julian Assange,
who revealed so many of the war crimes committed by
US forces, now languishes in jail.
# ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Violence_was_widespread_in_early_farming
society,_says_new_study⠀⇛
More than ten percent showed damage potentially
caused by frequent blows to the head by blunt
instruments or stone axes. Several examples of
penetrative injuries, thought to be from arrows,
were also found.
Some of the injuries were linked to mass burials,
which could suggest the destruction of entire
communities, the researchers say.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_lawmaker_thanks_Evgeny_Prigozhin_for
sending_him_a_sledgehammer,_a_reference_to_Wagner_defector’s
murder_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Sergey Mironov, the chairman of the party A Just
Russia, posted a tweet on Friday in which he
thanked Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin for
sending him a sledgehammer as a gift.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘They_guaranteed_he_was_inside’:_Russia’s_Wagner
mercenary_group_is_reportedly_sending_empty_coffins_to_its
fighters’_families_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Wagner Group is sending empty coffins to the
families of its mercenaries in Ukraine, according
to a new report.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Georgian_president_calls_for_more_stringency
towards_Russians_living_in_Georgia_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has issued a
statement expressing disapproval over the
government’s move to resume direct flights between
Russia and the Republic of Georgia.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Take_me_instead_of_her’:_Chechen_human-rights
advocate_tells_Kadyrov_to_imprison_him_instead_of_his_mother
—_Meduza⠀⇛
Challenging the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the
man behind the unlawful case against his mother
Zarema Musaeva, Musaeva’s son, the human rights
advocate Abubakar Yangulbaev invited Kadyrov to
release his mother and arrest him instead.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Chechen_car_factory_will_start_producing_military
‘Jihad-mobiles’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Chechen officials have announced a plan to begin
manufacturing military “Jihad-mobiles” at the
ChechenAuto car assembly plant in Argun, Chechnya.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_administration_says_mobilization_order
‘remains_in_effect,’_contradicting_past_statements_—_Meduza⠀⇛
At a press briefing on Friday, Kremlin spokesperson
Dmitry Peskov responded evasively when asked about
a statement from the Putin administration uncovered
by journalists this week that said Russia’s
mobilization order is still in force.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Give_Peace_a_Chance⠀⇛
Is There a World Beyond War?
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Prince_Harry’s_PR_Firestorm_Creates
Opportunity_to_Rethink_Militarism⠀⇛
The criticism Harry has faced about his comments on
Afghanistan is an opportunity to dig deeper and
take on the dominant narratives in our society
about war more broadly.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_police_try_to_ban_photographs_of_memorial
to_Dnipro_missile_strike_victims_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Police in Moscow have prohibited taking photos near
the city’s monument to Ukrainian writer Lesya
Ukrainka, where an unofficial memorial for those
killed in the January 14 missile strike on Dnipro
has appeared in recent days.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Keenan,_Dnipro,_Liz,_Bernie,_and_Deborah⠀⇛
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Keenan_Anderson:_BLM_Co-Founder_Patrisse
Cullors_Demands_Justice_for_Cousin’s_Death_After_LAPD
Tasing⠀⇛
We look at calls for police accountability in Los
Angeles, where officers killed three men of color
within 48 hours earlier this month, including 31-
year-old Black school teacher Keenan Anderson, who
died hours after he was repeatedly tasered. We
speak with Anderson’s cousin Patrisse Cullors, a
Black Lives Matter co-founder, who has joined in
protests over the police killings. “The last two
weeks have been a nightmare,” says Cullors. “No
human being deserves to die in fear, to die
publicly humiliated and without their dignity.”
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Singer_Monetochka_among_new_additions_to_the_list
of_‘foreign_agents’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Russian Ministry of Justice updated its list of
“foreign agents,” which now includes the singer
Monetochka (Elizaveta Gyrdymova) and Vladimir
Osechkin, founder of the anti-corruption and anti-
torture project Gulagu.net.
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ US_Law_Enforcement_Kill_More_People_in
2022_Than_Any_Previous_Year_on_Record_–_Validated_Independent
News⠀⇛
Nevertheless, the scope of the problem as reported
is large, and increasing. Since 2013, when
researchers at the Mapping Police Violence project
began aggregating reports of law enforcement
killings, the number has always been more than
1,000 per year. In 2017 it was 1,089; in 2018,
1,140; in 2019, 1,097; in 2020, 1,152; in 2021,
1,145. Between 2013 and 2022, 98.1 percent of law
enforcement personnel involved in these killings
went uncharged and only 0.3 percent of law
enforcement personnel were convicted of any crime
for their conduct. All this resulted in there being
only twelve days in 2022 when law enforcement did
not kill at least one person. Furthermore, killings
by sheriffs are on the rise, making up 36 percent
of all killings by law enforcement in 2022. In
2013, these types of killings made up 26 percent of
the dataset.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Activists_Demand_Independent_Investigation
After_Cops_Kill_Protester_in_Atlanta⠀⇛
The protester was shot and killed on Wednesday
during a chaotic raid of the “Stop Cop City” forest
defense camp.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Honoring_Manuel_“Tortuguita”_Teran,_the_Activist
Killed_by_Police_in_Atlanta⠀⇛
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Atlanta_Police_Kill_Forest_Defender_at
Protest_Encampment_Near_Proposed_“Cop_City”_Training_Center⠀⇛
We get an update on calls for an independent
investigation into the Atlanta police killing of an
activist during a violent raid Wednesday on a
proposed $90 million training facility in a public
forest, known by opponents to the facility as “Cop
City.” Law enforcement officers — including a SWAT
team — were violently evicting protesters who had
occupied a wooded area outside the center when they
shot and killed longtime activist Manuel Teran, who
went by the name “Tortuguita.” Police claim they
were fired on, though protesters dispute this
account. We hear a statement from an Atlanta forest
defender about what happened, and speak with Kamau
Franklin, an anti-“Cop City” activist and the
founder of the Atlanta organization Community
Movement Builders.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Massive_Evidence_Storage_Facility_Fire_Sheds
Light_on_Sloppy_NYPD_Practices⠀⇛
The NYPD maintains poor storage practices because
there is no law stopping them from doing so.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_Japan_Reenlists_as
Washington’s_Spear-Carrier⠀⇛
It is always the same when Japanese premiers travel
to Washington to summit at the White House. Nothing
seems to happen and nobody pays much attention even
when important things happen, when we should all
pay attention, and, when we do pay passing
attention, we usually get it […]
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 3_Active-Duty_Marines_Arrested,_Charged_for
Roles_in_Jan._6_Capitol_Attack⠀⇛
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ When_It_Comes_to_Mishandling_Classified
Documents,_the_Powerful_Are_Treated_With_Kid_Gloves⠀⇛
Mishandling classified documents, as both Joe Biden
and Donald Trump are now accused of doing, is just
one type of crime for which America increasingly
has one justice system for the rich and powerful
and another, far harsher system for everyone else.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Taylor Francis Group ☛ Polarisation_vs_consensus-building:
how_US_and_German_news_media_portray_climate_change_as_a
feature_of_political_identities⠀⇛
Attitudes to climate-friendly policies often align
with individual political leaning and associated
media consumption patterns, but the mechanisms
explaining this relationship are not well
understood. This study presents an in-depth
qualitative analysis of portrayals of political
actors from 229 articles published in six German
and US news outlets during May–July 2019. The
results show that the outlets consumed by left- and
right-leaning audiences emphasise oppositional
identity portrayals, portraying features that are
likely to trigger a negative response towards
political identities typically opposed by their
recipients. The outlets with a more balanced or
centrist audience offer a wider array of identity
portrayals and emphasise policy questions over
fundamental beliefs. Observed patterns differ
considerably between Germany and the US, reflecting
political and media system differences. The results
offer insight into how media reporting can
contribute to political polarisation and consensus-
building regarding climate change.
# ⚓ Another_Year_of_Record_Heat_for_the_Oceans_|_SpringerLink⠀⇛
Changes in ocean heat content (OHC), salinity, and
stratification provide critical indicators for
changes in Earth’s energy and water cycles. These
cycles have been profoundly altered due to the
emission of greenhouse gasses and other
anthropogenic substances by human activities,
driving pervasive changes in Earth’s climate
system. In 2022, the world’s oceans, as given by
OHC, were again the hottest in the historical
record and exceeded the previous 2021 record
maximum. According to IAP/CAS data, the 0–2000 m
OHC in 2022 exceeded that of 2021 by 10.9 ± 8.3 ZJ
(1 Zetta Joules = 1021 Joules); and according to
NCEI/NOAA data, by 9.1 ± 8.7 ZJ. Among seven
regions, four basins (the North Pacific, North
Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, and southern
oceans) recorded their highest OHC since the 1950s.
The salinity-contrast index, a quantification of
the “salty gets saltier—fresh gets fresher”
pattern, also reached its highest level on record
in 2022, implying continued amplification of the
global hydrological cycle. Regional OHC and
salinity changes in 2022 were dominated by a strong
La Niña event. Global upper-ocean stratification
continued its increasing trend and was among the
top seven in 2022.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ When_I_Comes_to_Gas_Stoves_vs.
Induction,_I_Stand_With_the_Children⠀⇛
This is an essay about the long-standing
evidence that gas stoves harm children and
why so many of us persist in liking them
anyway. But it begins with pesticides.
# ⚓ uni Yale ☛ Can_induction_stoves_convince_home_cooks
to_give_up_gas?_»_Yale_Climate_Connections⠀⇛
You walk into your kitchen to make pasta.
After filling a pot with water, you place a
small silicone mat in the middle of your
counter, then set the pot above it and open a
stovetop app on your phone. A short time
later the water is boiling, although there’s
no heat source in sight.
Sound like science fiction? The products that
enable this scenario are available on the
market today. Florida-based InvisaCook is one
of several companies selling cooking hobs
designed to be installed directly under
porcelain or granite countertops, freeing up
workspace in the kitchen and creating a
clean, modern aesthetic.
# ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Tory-Linked_Think_Tank_Appoints_‘Brazen’
Climate_Denier_as_Director⠀⇛
A think tank with ties to senior Conservative
politicians has appointed a businessman who
claims environmentalism is part of a
“totalitarian” plan to control the public,
and says there is “no causal link” between
human-made carbon emissions and global
warming.
Michael John Cole, chairman of a Newcastle-
based health foods distributor, joined the
Global Warming Policy Foundation’s (GWPF)
board of trustees on December 30, according
to Companies House documents filed last
week.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ I_Am_Biodiversity,_I_Am_Not_Food⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Good_News_for_Bees’_as_Top_EU_Court
Closes_Pesticide_Loophole⠀⇛
The European Union’s highest court ruled
Thursday that member states must stop
authorizing the use of bee-killing
neonicotinoid pesticides.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ I_Think_I_Know_Who_Leaked_the_Supreme
Court_Decision_Killing_Roe⠀⇛
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday announced
that an internal investigation failed to
identify the person who leaked a draft of the
Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s
Health Organization — the opinion that
overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision
that had established a constitutional right
to abortion.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump_Demands_Prison_Sentence_for
Journalists_Who_Published_Supreme_Court_Leak⠀⇛
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ Wired ☛ China’s_Declining_Population_Can_Still
Prosper⠀⇛
Low fertility presents China not only with
challenges, but also with opportunities. Low
fertility and shrinking population size can
reduce overcrowding and resource use, and
make it more feasible to meet climate targets
and reduce pollution. Low fertility makes it
easier to reduce poverty, as more resources
can be invested in each child born. Increased
competition for labor could potentially drive
an improvement in wages and working
conditions. Low fertility also provides women
the freedom to invest their time, energy, and
talent in things other than childbearing, and
thus help to advance the position of women in
society. An older population may also
contribute to less violence and crime.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Why_Understanding_Limits_Is_the_Key
to_Humanity’s_Future⠀⇛
Recent news articles about a breakthrough in
nuclear fusion research heralded the
potential for “limitless” energy. Whenever I
read that word limitless I wince, because
I’ve learned to view it as a subtle
instruction to readers to “please stop
thinking now.” After decades of false
promises to deliver limitless energy, we need
to start thinking instead, and search for
limits both obvious and hidden. Doing so
usually leads to a better understanding of
how things really work.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ A_Near_Majority_of_Unhoused_People_Are
Employed_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛
Unhoused people in shelters earned more on average
than those who were both unsheltered and unhoused.
In 2015, the mean pre-tax income excluding benefits
for the former group was $8,169, while the mean
income for the latter was $6,934. Even the top
income earner in each group, when accounting for
inflation, could neither afford a one, nor two
bedroom apartment in 2022. According to the
National Low Income Housing Coalition’s Out of
Reach Report, as cited by the National Alliance to
End Homelessness, one would need to make
approximately $23 an hour, or $46,967 per year, to
afford an average two-bedroom apartment, when
paying fair, market rate rent.
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Inflation_of_food_prices_in_Hungary
highest_in_EU⠀⇛
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Database_exposes_Hungarian_oligarchs
hiding_huge_fortunes⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Analysis_Shows_Corporate_Prosecutions_Hit
Record_Low_in_2022_Under_Biden⠀⇛
Despite the Biden administration’s pledge to crack
down on corporate crime, a new analysis of Justice
Department data shows that business prosecutions
fell to a record low in fiscal year 2022 even as
there appeared to be no shortage of wrongdoing—from
healthcare fraud to large-scale price gouging.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Musk_Stock_Sale_Ahead_of_Bad_Tesla_News
‘Should_Be_of_Great_Interest_to_the_SEC’⠀⇛
Experts said Friday that Elon Musk’s large sale of
Tesla shares shortly before the company announced
lower-than-expected vehicle deliveries should draw
scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, an agency that has previously
investigated and charged the billionaire for fraud.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Spraying_of_Homeless_Woman_Reflects_Larger
Violence_Against_Unhoused_People⠀⇛
In the 14-second video now seen by millions, San
Francisco gallery owner Collier Gwin stands
nonchalant yet intent, his legs crossed casually,
his age-folded face glaring as he pummels a Black
homeless woman on the sidewalk with cold water
spray.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ A_Fresh_Plea_for_the_Very_Rich_to_Make_a
Truly_Wise_Investment_for_a_More_Just_Society⠀⇛
The super successful mega-investor, Warren Buffett,
CEO of the giant conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway,
was heard to say: There are only 535 members of
Congress, why can’t 300 million Americans control
them? That’s a pretty fundamental question since
our senators and representatives are given their
sovereign power by the people. Remember the
preamble to our Constitution?
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Wall_Street_Bonuses_have_Risen_1743
Percent_Since_1985_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛
In 2021 alone, Wall Street bonuses rose twenty
percent, far outpacing inflation at seven percent,
and nominal private sector earnings at 4.2 percent.
That year Wall Street bonuses, in aggregate,
amounted to $45 billion, much higher than the $37.1
billion in bonuses paid out in 2020, even as
employment in the sector remained essentially flat
at about 180,000 workers. It’s important to note
that while only five percent of New Yorkers who
work in the private sector work in securities,
these workers make twenty percent of all private
sector earnings in New York City. The bonuses paid
out in 2021 are the highest since 2006, which is
likely fueled by banking industry lobbyists
successfully delaying the implementation of Section
956 of the Dodd-Frank Act. This legislation
prevents large financial institutions from awarding
pay packages which encourage “inappropriate risk.”
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Earnings_of_Top_0.1%_Have_Increased_465
percent_Since_1979_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛
The very rich are getting wealthier at a faster
rate even than their merely wealthy peers. The top
0.1 percent made about 1.6 percent of all annual
earnings in 1979, though by 2021 that number had
increased to 5.9 percent, about a 3.7 fold
increase. Furthermore, the EPI report explained,
“Of the 7.3% point rise in the share claimed by the
top 1% [between 1979 and 2021], 4.3 percentage
points (roughly 60%) can be explained by the rise
of the top 0.1% share.” This is despite the 0.1
percent being definitionally, only 10 percent of
the top 1 percent.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ When_the_People_Have_Nothing_More_to_Eat,_They
Will_Eat_the_Rich⠀⇛
On 8 January, large crowds of people dressed in
colours of the Brazilian flag descended on the
country’s capital, Brasília. They invaded federal
buildings, including the Congress, Supreme Court,
and presidential palace, and vandalised public
property. The attack, carried out by supporters of
former President Jair Bolsonaro, came as no […]
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Unions_Won_More_Than_70_Percent_of
Elections_in_2022_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛
Large scale union activity took place at Starbucks,
which held 354 union elections, this number being
more than a quarter of all union elections held.
Workers at Starbucks prevailed in four out of every
five elections. Workers at Chipotle, Trader Joe’s,
and Apple unionized for the first time, while
workers at Microsoft and Wells Fargo also had wins.
These trends make sense in light of labor history,
as union activity most often spikes in times of
societal upheaval. During the Great Depression from
1934 to 1939, the percentage of American workers in
a union rose from 7.6 percent to 19.2 percent,
while during World War Two between 1941 and 1945 it
rose from 20 percent to 27 percent.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ UChicago_Grad_Students_Fought_for_a_Union_for_15
Years._Now_They_May_Win_It.⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Outraged_Peruvians_Demand_Boluarte’s
Resignation_During_Tumultuous_‘Takeover_of_Lima’⠀⇛
Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets of the
nation’s capital on Thursday demanding the
resignation of Dina Boluarte—the unelected U.S.-
backed president—justice for the more than 50
people killed during the six-week uprising, the
return to power of jailed former President Pedro
Castillo, and the dissolution of the Congress that
ousted him.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Kansas_GOP_Pushes_Local_Abortion_Bans_After
Voters_Rejected_State_Law⠀⇛
Kansas voters left little room for interpretation
when a sizable majority voted in August to reject a
ballot measure that would have paved the way for a
statewide abortion ban—but that isn’t stopping
Republicans from attempting to force residents to
continue unwanted pregnancies by imposing city-by-
city bans.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 250+_Groups_Call_On_El_Salvador_to_Drop
Charges_Against_Water_Defenders⠀⇛
More than 250 organizations from 29 countries came
together Friday to pressure the Salvadoran
government to drop the charges against and release
five water defenders who were instrumental in
achieving a 2017 legislative ban on metal mining in
El Salvador.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Biden_Admin_Still_Pushing_Trump-Era_Legal
Positions_After_Two_Years_in_White_House⠀⇛
Two years after President Joe Biden was
inaugurated, his administration continues to
advance Trump-era legal positions in dozens of
court cases, a progressive watchdog group revealed
Friday.
# ⚓ Vox ☛ Russia_2016_election_interference:_What’s_real,
what’s_overhyped?_–_Vox⠀⇛
The Russian trolls were overhyped.
That’s the implication from a new study in Nature
Communications, written by a team of six academics
who tried to assess whether the Russian
government’s Twitter propaganda effort during the
2016 campaign actually changed users’ minds. “We
find no evidence of a meaningful relationship
between exposure to the Russian foreign influence
campaign and changes in attitudes, polarization, or
voting behavior,” the authors wrote.
This isn’t a surprise to me — I’ve long believed
the Russian troll farms had little impact. But with
the afterlife of the Trump-Russia scandal remaining
fiercely contested — with many on the right and
some “heterodox” leftists continuing to question
whether Russia did anything at all of significance
— it’s worth looking back and taking stock of what
the Russian government did do that year. Because it
wasn’t nothing.
# ⚓ Musk’s_Twitter_Saw_Revenue_Drop_35%_in_Q4,_Sharply_Below
Projections_—_The_Information⠀⇛
Twitter’s fourth quarter revenue fell about 35%
year over year to $1.025 billion, a top ad
executive revealed at a staff meeting Wednesday,
the most detailed sign yet of how much revenue has
fallen. That was 72% of Twitter’s internal goal for
the quarter, according to a slide showed to
employees.
The executive, Twitter’s global sales and marketing
chief Chris Riedy, also said the company is hoping
to generate $732 million in revenue in the first
quarter, which would be a drop of 39% from the
first quarter of last year.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Twitter’s_‘Fixed’_Blue_Verification_Program
Still_Horribly_Broken,_As_The_Taliban_Gets_Verified⠀⇛
As you’ll recall, Elon Musk’s first “big idea” for
“saving Twitter” was to get rid of the existing
verification program, oddly and uncomfortably merge
it with Twitter’s subscription program, Twitter
Blue, and… um… profit? Lots and lots of people
(including Twitter’s existing trust and safety
team) explained why this was a stupid idea, but
Musk insisted that the team of developers he was
likely going to fire anyway had to get it ready in
a week or he’d fire them.
# ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Looming_Twitter_interest_payment_leaves_Musk
with_unpalatable_options⠀⇛
The bill for Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter is
coming due, with the billionaire facing unpalatable
options on the company’s enormous debt pile,
ranging from bankruptcy proceedings to another
costly sale of Tesla shares.
Three people close to the entrepreneur’s buyout of
Twitter said the first installment of interest
payments related to $13 billion of debt he used to
fund the takeover could be due as soon as the end
of January. That debt means the company must pay
about $1.5 billion in annual interest payments.
The Tesla and SpaceX chief financed his $44 billion
deal to take Twitter private in October by securing
the huge debt from a syndicate of banks led by
Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays, and
Mitsubishi. The $13 billion debt is held by Twitter
at a corporate level, with no personal guarantee by
Musk.
Since the takeover, Musk has raced to cut costs,
such as firing half the company’s staff, while
seeking new revenue streams, such as launching its
Twitter Blue subscription service.
# ⚓ NDTV ☛ Google_Announces_12,000_Job_Cuts,_Hours_After
Delaying_Bonuses⠀⇛
Alphabet’s job losses affect teams across the
company including recruiting and some corporate
functions, as well as some engineering and products
teams.
The layoffs are global and impact U.S. staff
immediately.
# ⚓ Wired ☛ Twitter’s_‘Vox_Populi’_Is_a_Lie⠀⇛
But before we can get at the prospect of more
durable solution, it’s worth understanding why the
Twitter polls are such charlatanry.
First, Musk’s polls are more like push
polls—surveys designed to produce a specific result
by using manipulative or biased questions. In his
first of two polls about unbanning several
journalists whom he had suspended from the site for
reporting critically on him, he framed the question
by asking: “Unsuspend accounts who doxxed my exact
location in real-time: now, tomorrow, 7 days from
now, longer?” When none of the four options
received above 50 percent, he scrapped the poll,
though “now” won the plurality with 43 percent. The
next poll offered only two options: now or seven
days. But the brazen question remained, presenting
it as axiomatic that the journalists doxxed his
exact location when none of them did. It should be
obvious why such framing is coercive and frowned on
by reputable pollsters and statisticians.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Twitter_Makes_It_Official:_No_More_3rd_Party
Clients_Allowed⠀⇛
Last week, Twitter (with no notice or explanation)
seemed to cut off API access to the most popular
3rd party Twitter clients. It was unclear if this
was done on purpose or not. Earlier this week, it
became pretty damn clear that it was done on
purpose, after one of those providers, Tweetbot,
dug up an old unused API key and tried to switch it
in… only to have it cut off soon after.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Ben-Gvir_Escalates_Religious_War_Against
Palestinians⠀⇛
In a self-congratulatory article published in the
Atlantic in 2017, Yossi Klein Halevi describes
Israeli behavior at the just-conquered holy Muslim
shrines in Occupied East Jerusalem in 1967 as “an
astonishing moment of religious restraint”.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Mogadishu_Redux:_Bring_In_the _Malignant
Clowns⠀⇛
Hoo boy. Now that Kevin McCarthy’s sold the farm
and House Oversight Committee to a ragtag band of
shouty MAGA “chuckleheads” – Gym, Lauren, MTG who’s
finally gonna get Hillary for killing RFK – the
House is working hard to expose “the Biden crime
family,” shred the safety net, and ignore news that
serial fabulist George Santos was a drag queen.
Their buffoonery offers black comic relief, but
many warn the chaos also signals a perilous “slow
civil war.” Jon Stewart: “We cannot mistake
absurdity for lack of danger.”
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Left_Was_Missing_in_Action_From_the
McCarthy_Spectacle⠀⇛
If you rely on the corporate media, the 15 ballots
it took to elect Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the
House might seem like a triumph for the Democratic
Party, whose “quiet competence and unity,” NBC
declared, “is a stark contrast not just to GOP
fecklessness” but also to the usual media storyline
of “Dems in disarray.” For once, Bloomberg noted
approvingly, Democrats flexed their “unity
muscles.”1
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Promoting_Falsehoods_and_Marginalizing_Truth-
Tellers⠀⇛
WaPo’s Revelations About Russiagate Reporting
Failures Typify Legacy Media Failures.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ What_Do_Young_People_Want?⠀⇛
The Democratic Party went into the midterm
elections uncertain. Over the summer, President
Biden hit his lowest approval rating with young
people, a crucial part of the Democrats’ coalition,
after a year and a half of his perceived inaction.
Yet it was young people who eventually prevented a
Republican sweep, showing up with the second-
highest turnout in three decades and higher youth
voter registration than in 2018. With this support,
a potential Democratic blowout was converted to an
undeniable victory—defying historical precedent.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ State_Duma_deputies_submit_new_bill_enabling
National_Guard_to_attach_troops_to_any_organization_or
company_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Deputies for the United Russia and New People
parties have submitted to the State Duma a new
bill, whose aim is to enable the National Guard to
temporarily attach its troops to the staff of any
state-run organization, facility, or institution,
as well as companies in the country.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Democrats_Introduce_“Desperately_Needed”
Legislation_to_Overturn_“Citizens_United”⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Judge_Orders_Trump_and_His_Lawyer_to_Pay_Nearly
$1_Million_for_Clinton_Lawsuit⠀⇛
# ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Scottish_Independence_and_Political_Logic⠀⇛
Logic often appears in short supply in politics.
This is because great decisions of state are not
taken on the merits of the ostensible subject
matter, but according to what best advances the
career interest of the politicians with the power
to decide.
# ⚓ FAIR ☛ Maurice_Carney_on_Patrice_Lumumba⠀⇛
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Letting_Autocrats_Win:_Sweden’s_Prime_Minister
Apologizes_For_Anti-Erdogan_Protests⠀⇛
For a political leader who’s so transparently self-
serving and incredibly thin-skinned, Turkish
president Recep Tayyip Erdogan sure seems to have a
knack for bending other parts of the world to his
will.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Freedom_for_Assange_and_Journalism_Are_at
Stake’:_Belmarsh_Tribunal_Comes_to_DC⠀⇛
As Julian Assange awaits the final appeal of his
looming extradition to the United States while
languishing behind bars in London’s notorious
Belmarsh Prison, leading left luminaries and free
press advocates gathered in Washington, D.C. on
Friday for the fourth sitting of the Belmarsh
Tribunal, where they called on U.S. President Joe
Biden to drop all charges against the WikiLeaks
publisher.
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ January_2023_–_Censored_Notebook⠀⇛
Look for Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case
Against Julian Assange, by Kevin Gosztola, which
will be published by The Censored Press and Seven
Stories Press on February 21, 2023. And, looking
ahead to March, Going Remote: A Teacher’s Journey,
by Adam Bessie with illustrations by Peter
Glanting, drops on March 14, 2023. Publishers
Weekly has already published a prestigious starred
review of Going Remote. Stay tuned for more
exciting news about Going Remote in the near
future!
In the meantime, our publishing partner, Seven
Stories Press, is currently offering fantastic
deals on the Ebook versions of The Media and Me,
our new book on critical media literacy, and State
of the Free Press 2023. The Ebook version of The
Media and Me is now on sale for just $5.39, and
State of the Free Press 2023 is discounted to $7.79
when you order either book directly from Seven
Stories. Both of these publications are great for
the classroom and come with expert accompanying
teaching guides. Grab a bargain and support
independent book publishing at the same time!
# ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ TUNE_IN:_Belmarsh_DC_Tribunal_–_Case_of
Julian_Assange⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ex-CIA_Agent_John_Kiriakou:_The_Deep_State’s
Attack_on_Dissent_Beginning_With_MLK⠀⇛
The FBI, CIA, NSA and other agencies have
historically exploited their power but their limits
appear boundless in the modern age.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ U.K._MP_Jeremy_Corbyn_on_Freeing_Julian
Assange,_the_Working_Class,_Brazil,_Peru_&_Ending_Ukraine
War⠀⇛
In Washington, D.C., human rights and free speech
advocates gather today for the Belmarsh Tribunal,
focused on the imprisonment of WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange. Assange has been languishing for
close to four years in the harsh Belmarsh prison in
London while appealing extradition to the United
States on espionage charges. If convicted, Assange
could face up to 175 years in jail for publishing
documents that exposed war crimes in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Five major news organizations that
once partnered with WikiLeaks recently called on
the Biden administration to drop charges against
Assange. We speak to British MP and former Labour
Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is in Washington,
D.C., to participate in the Belmarsh Tribunal,
about Assange and freedom of the press. We also
cover the state of leftism around the globe, from
labor rights in the U.K. and Europe to the war in
Ukraine, to political unrest in Brazil and Peru.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ LIVE:_Belmarsh_Tribunal_on_Julian_Assange,
Press_Freedom_&_More⠀⇛
On Jan. 20, Democracy Now! will live-stream
the Belmarsh Tribunal from Washington, D.C. The
event will feature expert testimony from
journalists, whistleblowers, lawyers, publishers
and parliamentarians on assaults to press freedom
and the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Watch here live at 2 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 20.
Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and Srecko Horvat, […]
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Chris_Hedges_Report:_Julian_Assange_and
the_US_Government’s_War_on_Whistleblowers⠀⇛
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to
stand trial this year. His case is emblematic of
how far the US government will go to hide the
truth.
# ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ TUNE_IN:_Belmarsh_Tribunal_DC_–_Case_Of
Julian_Assange⠀⇛
Shadowproof’s Kevin Gosztola, along with Daniel
Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, Steven Donziger, Stella
Assange, Jeffrey Sterling, and several other
distinguished panelists, will be speaking as part
of the Belmarsh Tribunal. The event on the case of
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will take place at
the National Press Club in Washington, DC, at 2pm
ET. It is sponsored by Progressive International,
and the tribunal will be chaired by Amy Goodman of
“Democracy Now!” and Srećko Horvat.The tribunal is
modeled after the Russell-Sartre tribunals that
were convened by activists during the Vietnam War
to call attention to war crimes committed by the US
government. (See this video for example.)
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Iran_executes_British-Iranian_citizen_on_espionage
charges_–_JURIST_–_News⠀⇛
Iranian authorities Saturday executed dual British-
Iranian national and former public official Alireza
Akbari on charges of “corruption in the land and
extensive action against the internal and external
security of the country through espionage” for the
UK. The execution was reported by the state-run
judicial news outlet Mizan Online.
The report laid out various unsubstantiated
allegations against Akbari. Officials accused
Akbari, among other things, of obtaining
information training and anti-prosecution training
from the British Intelligence Service MI6. Akbari
allegedly carried out espionage activities with the
incentive of gaining British citizenship and a vast
sum of more than $2 million in various currencies.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Washington_State_Launches_Investigation_of
Private_Special_Education_Schools⠀⇛
Washington education officials have launched an
investigation into the state’s largest network of
privately run schools for students with
disabilities, following a series of stories by The
Seattle Times and ProPublica that documented poor
conditions at the schools, the state disclosed
Thursday.
The investigation was revealed in a seven-page
letter from the state Office of Superintendent of
Public Instruction on the same day lawmakers
considered a sweeping reform bill that would give
the state greater oversight of the publicly funded
system of private special education schools, known
as “nonpublic agencies.”
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Pressure_Mounts_for_Hospice_Reform⠀⇛
Last week, the four largest hospice trade
associations jointly sent a detailed memo of policy
proposals to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, which regulates the end-of-life care
benefit. Their 34 recommendations, which span eight
pages, directly address the alarming business
practices outlined by a recent ProPublica-New
Yorker investigation.
# ⚓ Papers Please ☛ The_#NoFly_list_is_a_#MuslimBan_list⠀⇛
In news first reported by Mikael Thalen and David
Covucci of of the Daily Dot, Swiss hacker maia
arson crimew has found versions of the
Transportation Security Administration’s “No-Fly”
and “Selectee” lists dating from 2019 on insecure
Amazon Web Services cloud servers used by the
airline CommuteAir for software development and
staging.
CommuteAir is little known in its own name, but
operates as a subcontractor to United Airlines for
flights by regional jets between United hubs and
secondary airports marketed under the “United
Express” brand with United Airlines flight numbers.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Rikers_Just_Had_Its_Deadliest_Year._Two
Authors_Explain_Why_It’s_Still_Open.⠀⇛
New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex has
regularly made headlines for its outrageously
inhumane conditions, brutal violence, many
overdoses, and record number of deaths. Since 2015,
a federal monitor has been assigned to oversee the
jail, but the chaos, violence, and deaths have
continued unabated. The year 2022 was the jail’s
deadliest, with 19 deaths; the year before, another
16 died.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Let’s_Abolish_Systems_That_Criminalize_and
Punish_Survivors_of_Abuse⠀⇛
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Dr._King’s_Real_Legacy_and_the_Biden
Administration’s_“Updates”_to_Immigration_Policy_–_The
Project_Censored_Show⠀⇛
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Telecom_Giants_Head_To_Court_To_Kill_NY_State’s
Demand_They_Give_Poor_People_$15_Broadband⠀⇛
Recently, New York State passed a new law (pdf)
demanding that regional broadband providers
(Verizon, Charter Spectrum, and Altice) provide
low-income consumers $15, 25 Mbps broadband tiers
to help them survive COVID. The goal: to try and
help struggling Americans afford the high cost of
broadband during an historic health crisis. Under
the proposal ISPs are also allowed to offer $20,
200 Mbps tiers, with any price increases capped at
two percent per year.
o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Activists_Blast_NY_Governor_Hochul_For_Screwing
up_State’s_Right_To_Repair_Efforts⠀⇛
The good news: New York State recently passed
landmark right to repair legislation that should
improve consumer access to independent repair
options. The bad news: despite passing the state
assembly 147–2 and the senate 59–4, lobbyists
managed to convince NY Governor Kathy Hochul to
dramatically water down the legislation before it
was passed, rendering it largely useless.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_Is_Governor_Kathy_Hochul_Waging_War_on_Her
Own_Party?⠀⇛
Early 20th-century popular writers like Arthur
Conan Doyle and Edgar Rice Burroughs loved writing
about lost worlds: strange hidden kingdoms tucked
away in the concealed and uncharted folds of the
earth where antediluvian monsters like dinosaurs
still stomped around or where the breakaway
remnants of ancient Egyptian or Roman civilization
continued unaware of the passage of the ensuing
centuries.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ Right_to_Repair_Advocates_Have_Had_Good_Victories._We
Have_To_Keep_Fighting.⠀⇛
Thank you to everyone who wrote in to support these
bills, and especially to our allies in the Repair
Coalition who lead this fight. Despite these wins,
however, it’s important that those who care about
the right to repair keep pushing to build on these
steps. Because while there are many victories to
celebrate, there is still a long way to go. And the
hard-won fights for the steps forward we took have
exposed just how much opposition there is to the
basic idea that you should be able to tinker with
your own stuff.
Take the New York law, for example. While it is
indisputably a milestone, the law signed by Gov.
Kathy Hochul took a huge step back from the version
of the bill that had passed both houses of New
York’s state legislature. It was significantly
weakened at the last hurdle. Why? The Times Union
(Albany, N.Y.) reported that TechNet, which
represents tech industry groups, launched a
targeted lobbying assault on New York Gov. Kathy
Hochul, asking for her to veto the bill, to modify
the bill, and exempt specific types of companies
from being covered under it.
They succeeded in a few major ways. The bill passed
by the legislature would have covered all digital
electronics, such as phones, tablets, and IT
equipment. The law, as modified by the governor,
will only cover products made after July 1, 2023.
It also walked back language from the bill passed
by the legislature by excluding products sold under
“business-to-government” or “business-to-business”
contracts. That could mean that schools, hospitals,
and other organizations that manage a lot of
devices will not benefit from the law. There are
also a couple of loopholes added to the law, such
as one that allows companies to offer assemblies of
parts rather than the individual parts.
Manufacturers may see this as an invitation to
circumvent the spirit of the law, by making
consumers buy unnecessary bundles of parts rather
than just the one they need.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Beehive_In_A_Bottle⠀⇛
One of the most common types of beekeeping
hive is based around the Langstroth hive,
first patented in the United States in 1852.
While it does have some nice features like
movable frames, the march of history has
progressed considerably while this core of
beekeeping practices has changed very little.
But that really just means that beekeeping as
a hobby is rife with opportunities for
innovation, and [Advoko] is pioneering his
own modern style of beehive.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Don’t_Blame_Students_for_Using_ChatGPT
to_Cheat [Ed: Microsoft promotes plagiarism for gain
and for distraction from the layoffs]⠀⇛
The latest higher-ed discourse is positively
flooded with worries about ChatGPT, a free
chatbot developed by the OpenAI research lab
that produces fluent, if not always correct,
responses to user prompts. Though there are
anecdotal reports that it provides highly
plausible and polished answers on occasion,
ChatGPT still demonstrates obvious
limitations and generally fails to provide
perfectly coherent or accurate prose that
meets academic standards of research and
citation. But the technology is improving,
and with a little fact-checking and revision,
texts generated by current-generation AIs can
be made to resemble original student
submissions. Over winter break, many
professors quickly revised their syllabi,
anticipating a wave of machine-made writing
that cannot be caught using conventional
plagiarism checkers.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Hollywood’s_Relentless_Pursuit_of
Piracy_Giant_Cuevana3_Has_No_Obvious_Effect⠀⇛
Cuevana is not only South America’s most
popular pirate streaming site, it’s one of
the most visited in the entire world. In
2022, the MPA said that a recent iteration of
‘Cuevana3′ enjoyed more than 130 million
visits in a single month. To date, Hollywood
hasn’t been able to take the site down but
could it be damaged by relentless DMCA
notices and domain changes?
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Major_Labels_Obtain_Stream-Ripping
Site_Blocking_Order_in_India⠀⇛
Worldwide music industry group IFPI has
obtained an interim order from the High Court
in Delhi that requires local ISPs to block
subscriber access to 18 YouTube-ripping
sites. The action, coordinated by IFPI on
behalf of Sony, Universal, and Warner, will
attempt to encourage almost three-quarters of
India’s music pirates to use legal sources
exclusively.
# ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ CC’s_#BetterSharing_Collection_|
January:_Open_Palms,_Not_Clutching_Fists⠀⇛
Each month throughout 2023, we will be
spotlighting a different CC-licensed
illustration from the collection on our
social media headers and the CC blog. For
January, we’re excited to showcase “Open
Palms, Not Clutching Fists” by illustrator
and visual artist, Burcu Köleli. The piece,
licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, was inspired by
a quote from Maria Popova, founder and editor
of The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings):
# ⚓ EFF ☛ For_Would-Be_Censors_and_the_Thin-Skinned,
Copyright_Law_Offers_Powerful_Tools⠀⇛
Yesterday, we wrote about the importance of
fair use as a safeguard for free expression.
But all too often, fair use and other legal
limits on copyright are not enough to stop
copyright enforcement from serving as cover
for silencing critics.
Time and again, we see copyright claims
getting textbook fair uses erased from the
internet, taking particular advantage of the
Digital Millenium Copyright’s (DMCA) takedown
regime. One culprit, the ironically named No
Evil Foods, went after journalists and
podcasters who reported on accusations of
union-busting, claiming copyright in a union
organizer’s recordings of anti-union
presentations by management.
Whether the presentations were even
copyrightable was doubtful. And even if they
were copyrightable, using such material to
verify and strengthen news reporting is a
textbook example of fair use. The public not
only has an interest in this information;
being able to hear the sources also helps us
determine for ourselves how accurate the
reporting is. By trying to silence critics
using copyright, No Evil Foods was setting
itself up for a lawsuit for its bad-faith use
of the takedown system. So we sent a letter
telling them to knock it off, explaining all
of this in clear terms. The takedowns stopped
after that.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_FGHULTI_Wordo:_REFLY⠀⇛
# ⚓ Creation_Stories_R⠀⇛
I’ve read somewhere or other that there is solid
evidence that the universe is still expanding.
Perhaps the flipside of the big bang is a big
crunch, where the universe reaches a certain size
and then begins to contract? Maybe there have been
infinitely many bang-crunch cycles before this one,
and there will be many such cycles after our own
big crunch has happened.
To be honest, there are lots of unanswered
questions here. Even closer to home, right here on
Earth, there are unanswered questions. Like, what
got life started here in the first place? There are
proposed answers, but there are none that we can
say is definitively correct. What we can say from
the evidence is that life evolved from lower forms
to higher forms over a process of billions of
years.
o § Technical⠀➾
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Lisp_is_Spawning_Programs_Weirdly⠀⇛
Recently I was learning a little bit of Lisp
for something I may reveal in a few months.
But a few days ago I hit a major roadblock,
Lisp is running programs weirdly.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Programming/Development
* Leftovers
o Science
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Politics
o Technical
# Announcements
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Video ☛ Linux’s_Odd_World_Of_Virtual_Reality_Window
Managers_–_Invidious⠀⇛
Have you ever though a normal Linux desktop was
boring, well lucky for you there are all these
weird virtual reality window managers that have
been popping up over the years
# ⚓ Video ☛ SMEM_–_Swap_Memory_Usage_–_Invidious⠀⇛
# ⚓ Video ☛ MX_Linux_–_Advanced_Hardware_Support_|_Welcome_To
“OZ”⠀⇛
A video covering the most recent release of MX
Linux with the “Advanced Hardware Support” or ahs
(OZ) kernel. It makes using the Debian based system
easier to use on newer hardware.
# ⚓ Video ☛ KDE_5.27_beta,_AI_lawsuits_and_Linux_Metaverse:
Linux_and_Open_Source_News_–_Invidious⠀⇛
# ⚓ Video ☛ Quickly_Switching_to_Linux_–_Invidious⠀⇛
# ⚓ Video ☛ This_Python_Logic_Trick_Is_AMAZING_#python_#coding
#programming_–_Invidious⠀⇛
# ⚓ Video ☛ EVERYONE_needs_to_know_this_Python_unpacking_trick
#python_#coding_#programming_–_Invidious⠀⇛
# ⚓ Video ☛ MdMxOS_Neon_DR460nized_:_The_Next-Generation_Linux
Distro_Is_Here_With_STUNNING_FEATURES_(_FOR_2023)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Video ☛ First_Freeze_OF_Debian_12_“bookworm”⠀⇛
In This Video We Are Looking At Debian 12
(codenamed “Bookworm”) is expected to be released
later this year and as such the first of several
code/package freezes has begun.
# ⚓ Video ☛ Expirion_Cinnamon_230112_Expirion_Linux_is_based_on
Debian_11_Stable⠀⇛
In This Video We Are Looking At Expirion 230112,
Expirion is based on Debian 11 Stable with a XanMod
Kernel, and uses the Refracta Installer
# ⚓ Video ☛ First_Look:_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
In This Video We Are Looking At The first update of
the 21.3 series of MX Linux , which was born as a
collaboration attempt between AntiX and the MEPIS
Linux community, built on the Debian “stable”
version and using Xfce as the default desktop
environment, has been released. information is not
available.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux mailing lists ☛ Linux_6.2-rc5⠀⇛
Ok, so I thought we were back to normal after the
winter holidays at
rc4. Now, a week later, I think I was mistaken - we
have fairly
sizable rc5, so I suspect there was still pent up
testing and fixes
from people being off.
Anyway, I am expecting to do an rc8 this release
regardless, just
because we effectively had a lost week or two in
the early rc's, so a
sizable rc5 doesn't really worry me. I do hope
we're done with the
release candidates growing, though.
Anyway, there's a bit of everything in rc5: various
driver updates
(gpu, rdma, networking, tty, usb..), some
architecture updates (mostly
loongarch and arm64), some filesystem updates, some
core networking,
and tooling.
The shortlog is appended as usual. Nothing
particularly odd stands out to me.
Please do test,
Linus
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Johnnycanencrypt_0.13.0_released⠀⇛
I just now released v0.13.0 of my johnnycanencrypt
project. It is a Python module written in Rust,
which provides OpenPGP functionality including
allows usage of Yubikey 4/5 as smartcards. From
0.12.0 it is now licensed as LGPL-3.0-or-later.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Calcure_Is_the_Terminal-Based_Calendar_and
Task_Manager_You_Never_Knew_You_Needed⠀⇛
Organize your life and make sure you’re always
ready for important events by installing Calcure, a
terminal-based calendar and task manager for Linux.
Keeping track of what you’re supposed to be doing,
and when, is a challenge which has dogged humanity
since the dawn of civilization.
If pen and paper is too archaic for you, and you
don’t want to use a managed online calendar to
organize your virtual book of days, Calcure is the
terminal-based calendar and task manager you’ve
been looking for.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_HPLIP_on_Fedora_37_–_idroot⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
HPLIP on Fedora 37. For those of you who didn’t
know, HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing) is a
set of open-source drivers and utilities developed
by Hewlett-Packard (HP) that enables Linux users to
use HP printers and scanners. The package includes
a variety of tools, including a printer and scanner
driver, a utility for configuring printers and
scanners, and a tool for managing and monitoring
print jobs.
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 HP Linux Imaging and Printing
(HPLIP) drivers on a Fedora 37.
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Auto_Hide_Default_Dock_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Here’s how you can autohide the default dock in
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and other versions.
Being the most popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu
is used by millions and installed on different
hardware with varying screen sizes. That ranges
from 13-inch to much bigger screen laptops.
Also, if you have a multiple-display setup, then
the GNOME desktop adapts itself to the new screen.
However, for smaller screen sizes, adequate screen
space is limited. This affects the developers and
artists the most, where IDEs and apps don’t get
much space. And the dock is fixed at the left,
eating away precious screen space.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_View_Saved_Wi-Fi_Passwords_on_Linux⠀⇛
Wi-Fi hotspots are everywhere, in our homes, public
buildings, and cafes. This makes Wi-Fi one of the
most common ways to connect to the internet from
your computer.
Did you know that on Linux, you can easily check
all the Wi-Fi networks that you have previously
connected to? You can even view saved Wi-Fi
passwords on Linux using nmcli.
# ⚓ XDA ☛ How_to_install_and_use_Firefox_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛
Chromebooks might be powered by Google Chrome, but
that doesn’t mean you always have to use the Chrome
web browser. If your Chromebook or ChromeOS tablet
is powerful enough, you can actually install other
web browsers and expand your horizons a bit, just
like you can on a Windows laptop.
# ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Kubernetes_Needs_to_Take_a_Lesson_from
Portainer_on_Ease-of-Use_–_The_New_Stack⠀⇛
Not two years ago, I could easily deploy a
Kubernetes application and make it available
outside of the cluster. That same process no longer
works. To be more specific, I seriously struggle
with getting Kubernetes applications and services
to be accessible from a LAN.
It shouldn’t be this hard.
Seriously.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ This_Extension_Can_Save_&_Restore
All_Open_App_Windows_in_Ubuntu_22.04_|_UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛
I don’t remember when’s the last time auto-
save session feature works correctly in my
Ubuntu machine. While, enabling hibernation
could be the best choice now to save and
restore all open app windows in Ubuntu.
But for those who really like the auto-save
session feature, here’s an Gnome Shell
extension can do the job partially.
It’s ‘Another Window Session Manager’, an
extension which adds an indicator icon on top
panel system tray area. It provides an option
to manually save all open windows, then
allows to restore either manually via menu
button or automatically at login.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_15_Best_Linux_Mint_Cinnamon_Themes_|
FOSS_Linux⠀⇛
Linux mint is a great community-driven Linux
distro based on Ubuntu. It is a well-known OS
among newbies due to its easy-to-use nature.
Despite having Debian at its core, the user
interface is beautiful and modern. This is
primarily because Cinnamon’s default desktop
environment can be used on Linux Mint and
other Linux-based distros. Because of its
conservative design model, Cinnamon is nearly
identical to GNOME 2 and Xfce.
But since its introduction to the market in
2011, it has gotten massive coverage. For a
fact, the active developer community of
Cinnamon is day-in and day out coming up with
active Cinnamon themes for many users. Themes
work as modifies to offer your desktop a
gorgeous and eye-catching look. Besides
changing your PC’s look and feel, themes, be
they fully-fledged or icon themes, refresh
your experience with your Linux Mint system.
There are already several available themes
for nearly all the distros that give great
versatility and style to the system. Today,
we will look at some of the finest Linux Mint
themes.
But before we jump into the list of themes,
there’s one or two to keep in mind. There are
two approaches by which you can customize
your system – with suitable wallpapers and by
modifying the system’s look. If you are
looking for mind-blowing wallpapers, you have
to find them on your own as they precisely
depend on the user’s mind. Here, we will be
covering a handful of the system-modifying
themes.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ Ubuntu_Summit_and_Calamares_|_
[bobulate]⠀⇛
Time flies when you’re swamped. The Ubuntu Summit
2022 was months ago already. Jon has written about
it. Heather has written about it. Me, I got COVID
there (in Prague, not necessarily at the
conference) and won’t write about that, but do want
to be enthusiastic about it. Better very late than
never.
[...]
Meeting some of my online friends – people like
Simon Quigley of Lubuntu with whom I’ve worked for
years around Calamares, but never met before. And
now we have, and drank beer together (or was it
wine? it was certainly later in the evening). So
there was a bit of talk about Calamares development
and how it’s slowed down in community mode. More on
that another time.
Meeting up with people from Akademy – Mauro, Luca,
Aleix, Harald, Jon, Pedro – was keen as well,
although it did drive home that between events I
get very little KDE coding done.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Sci-fi_film_prop_doubles_as_a_DJ_helmet_|_Arduino
Blog⠀⇛
Take a moment to think about some of your favorite
electronic music DJs. How many of them wear some
sort of a helmet or mask? You can probably think of
at least a few. For whatever reason, DJs like their
privacy. Daniel Aagentah was tasked with making a
sci-fi film prop helmet and decided to use it for
DJing, too. The result is this cool sci-fi-themed,
audio-reactive headpiece that incorporates an
Arduino-controlled display.
Aagentah is part of a team working on an indie sci-
fi movie being filmed in Manchester, England. He
was assigned the job of constructing a helmet for a
character costume and this is the result. He made
the helmet out of every cosplayer’s favorite
material: EVA foam sheet. That is a lightweight and
strong material that is easy to cut and form. He
carefully worked that EVA foam into a helmet shape,
then gave it a coat of silver paint that we all
know is synonymous with the future. The final touch
was a seven-segment display mounted where the eyes
should be.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ 11_hidden_Android_features_you_should_be
using_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ 5_Android_apps_you_shouldn’t_miss_this
week_–_Android_Apps_Weekly⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ OnePlus_10T_vs._Nord_N20_5G:_Which_phone
is_right_for_you?⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_only_just_realizing_there’s_an_Android
keyboard_trick_that_is_‘much_kinder’_to_your_thumbs_|_The_US
Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Realme_GT_Neo_5_240W_version_will_launch
with_Android_13_and_16GB_of_RAM_–_NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Twitter_now_shows_‘For_you’_feed_by
default_to_Android_users⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppSimdJson_0.1.9
on_CRAN:_New_Upstream⠀⇛
RcppSimdJson wraps the fantastic and genuinely
impressive simdjson library by Daniel Lemire and
collaborators. Via very clever algorithmic
engineering to obtain largely branch-free code,
coupled with modern C++ and newer compiler
instructions, it results in parsing gigabytes of
JSON parsed per second which is quite mindboggling.
The best-case performance is ‘faster than CPU
speed’ as use of parallel SIMD instructions and
careful branch avoidance can lead to less than one
cpu cycle per byte parsed; see the video of the
talk by Daniel Lemire at QCon.
This release updates the underlying simdjson
library to version 3.0.1, settles on C++17 as the
language standard, exports a worker function for
direct C(++) access, and polishes a few small
things around the package and tests.
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ C++_programming_language_and_safety:_Here’s_where
it_goes_next_|_ZDNET⠀⇛
There’s been a shift towards ‘memory safe’
languages. So, can updates to C++ help it catch up
in the eyes of developers?
# ⚓ Tagebuch_eines_Interplanetaren_Botschafters:_Diff_modulo
base,_a_CLI_tool_to_assist_with_incremental_code_reviews⠀⇛
One of the challenges of reviewing a lot of code is
that many reviews require multiple iterations. I
really don’t want to do a full review from scratch
on the second and subsequent rounds. I need to be
able to see what has changed since last time.
I happen to work on projects that care about having
a useful Git history. This means that authors of
(without loss of generality) pull requests use
amend and rebase to change commits and force-push
the result. I would like to see the only the
changes they made since my last review pass.
Especially when the author also rebased onto a new
version of the main branch, existing code review
tools tend to break down.
Git has a little-known built-in subcommand, git
range-diff, which I had been using for a while.
It’s pretty cool, really: It takes two ranges of
commits, old and new, matches old and new commits,
and then shows how they changed. The rather huge
problem is that its output is a diff of diffs.
Trying to make sense of those quickly becomes
headache-inducing.
# ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppFastFloat_0.0.4
on_CRAN:_New_Upstream⠀⇛
A new release of RcppFastFloat arrived on CRAN
yesterday. The package wraps fast_float, another
nice library by Daniel Lemire. For details, see the
arXiv paper showing that one can convert character
representations of ‘numbers’ into floating point at
rates at or exceeding one gigabyte per second.
This release updates the underlying fast_float
library version. Special thanks to Daniel Lemire
for quickly accomodating a parsing use case we had
encode as a test, namely with various whitespace
codes. The default in fast_float, as in C++17, is
to be more narrow but we enable the wider use case
via two #define statements.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Tedium ☛ Alter_Egos:_Some_Are_Great,_Others_Are_Chris_Gaines⠀⇛
Despite the clearly successful legwork done by figures
like Bruce Wayne, Tupac Shakur, Sacha Baron Cohen, David
Bowie, Will Oldham, and Eminem, I would like to inform
you that not every alter ego is going to be a success. In
fact, many alter egos just don’t connect, even though the
whole point of having an alter ego is to give yourself a
persona to do things that you, yourself would not be able
to easily pull off. Call it “The Chris Gaines Rule”: For
every successful alter ego that’s out there, there’s at
least four or five others that should have have never
left the station. Today’s Tedium is going to talk about
alter egos good, bad, and ugly—including, but not limited
to, Chris Gaines.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ EarthSky ☛ EarthSky_|_Korean_moon_probe_grabs_spectacular
images⠀⇛
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has
released a set of black-and-white images of the
Earth and moon that rival the work of legendary
nature photographer Ansel Adams. The Korea
Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter – also known as KPLO or
Danuri (moon enjoy) – captured the soon-to-be-
iconic pictures during an approach to the moon, and
later as it orbited 100 km (62 miles) above the
lunar surface.
South Korea launched Danuri on August 5, 2022, atop
a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster. The probe entered lunar
orbit on December 26, 2022. This month (January
2023), it’s due to begin studying the moon for a
mission that should last at least a year.
According to KARI’s highly-detailed mission
summary, the probe’s set of six instruments and
cameras will study the makeup of the moon, as well
as provide high-definition imagery of permanently
shadowed areas near the moon’s poles.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Video ☛ Excess_deaths_in_young_adults,_2022_data⠀⇛
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ A_dog’s_breakfast⠀⇛
This week we had a two-day workshop. The location
was just an hour
away, so I only needed a single night to stay in
the hotel. It was
great though, the workshop was held in a castle
that was also a hotel.
We however stayed overnight not on the castle
grounds, but in the
guest house. For a single night it was OK.
o § Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Reading_in_2021_and_2022⠀⇛
Over this year I’ve read a variety of books. I’ve
absorbed some, dredged through others, and read the
first few pages of a couple. Now that the year is
over, I’d like to share some thoughts about the
books I’ve read, along with some ideas for books to
read in 2022.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Why_GrapheneOS_Rox⠀⇛
GrapheneOS is an independent Android distribution
based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) but
hardened in multiple ways. Other independent
Android distributions, like LineageOS, are also
based on AOSP, but GrapheneOS takes it further so
that it can be my daily driver on my phone.
# ⚓ smolZINE:_Issue_37⠀⇛
# ⚓ Orphans_of_Netscape,_part_II⠀⇛
# ⚓ Orphans_of_Netscape,_part_II⠀⇛
I started writing my recent post, “Orphans of
Netscape”, with lots of positive energy and
conviction, and the first part of it came together
really quickly and easily. But I found it difficult
to derive a good conclusion from the comparison
between the orphans of Apollo and Netscape which
didn’t come across as sounding a lot more defeatist
than the whole thing felt in my head. I wrestled
with the draft for days without really making a lot
of progress on this front. I became frustrated with
how long it was taking to get right (there’s not
supposed to be any sense of urgency on the small
internet, of course, but I had – and still have –
lots of posts that have developed unwritten in my
head during my recent quiet year or so that I’m now
keen to get down “on paper”, so I supplied my own
internally generated urgency). So in the end I
tacked what I clearly felt at time were way too
many caveats and softening paragraphs on the end
and posted it. I didn’t really feel good about it
and even wondered if I might take it down the next
day (something I can’t remember ever doing before).
Instead I got quite a bit of positive feedback
about it via email, so decided maybe it wasn’t as
bad as I’d feared.
# ⚓ Reading_in_2022_and_2023⠀⇛
First of all, hello! I haven’t written on this
gemlog in a while, but I’m happy to start writing
out some of my thoughts again. I’ve been
occasionally reading Antenna but otherwise, as you
can tell, I’ve been silent.
I stopped gemlogging partially because I noticed a
tendency beginning to form where I posted
partially-developed thoughts that ended up being
rhetorical word games rather than useful
discussions. I have delisted several of them. Over
this next year, I hope to think about things more
deeply and write accordingly. I wish to write that
which is useful to others, not merely that which
makes me feel relieved to express. Going forward,
I’m going to try to be less afraid of sharing wrong
ideas, but more intellectually honest and willing
to correct myself in the meantime.
# § Announcements⠀➾
# ⚓ Lagrange_v1.15:_Preferences_Redesign,_Tab
Reordering⠀⇛
v1.15 addresses some long-standing issues and
feature requests, mainly related to tab
management and multi-window behavior. The
Preferences dialog has been redesigned and it
now opens as a detached window. Tabs can be
reordered and there is a new Window menu for
desktop PC platforms.
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