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⦿ Mozilla and Many Other Companies Are in Trouble as Silicon Valley Bubbles Are Bursting | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 11, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ The Sirius Pensions Heist Confirmed by the Pension Provider | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/03/12/bubbles-are-bursting/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/03/12/irc-log-110323/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/03/12/pension-provider-on-sirius-pensions-missing/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/03/12/gnome-download-counts/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/03/12/svb-panic/#comments
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✐ Mozilla_and_Many_Other_Companies_Are_in_Trouble_as_Silicon_Valley_Bubbles_Are
Bursting⠀✐
Posted in Finance at 8:47 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum 2c5c09befcd83be44bd00fedc02d351c
Mozilla and SVB
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/mozilla-svb.webm
Summary: Some banks are collapsing, including very major ones; it seems like
Mozilla will be among the companies affected
THE US regulators have just shut_down_another_bank — the second if not third
one in days (during weekend). This is a very serious matter and it’ll caused a
lot of panic later today when European markets open (and then American ones).
What companies that we know and care about are impacted by this? Well, Mozilla
seems like one of them.
The video above is a bunch of more personal thoughts and my interpretation of
the situation. These turbulent times can affect Free software (negatively) and
it’s safe to predict the matter will be in the news for weeks to come. █
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✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Saturday,_March_11,_2023⠀✐
Posted in IRC_Logs at 6:06 am by Needs Sunlight
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✐ The_Sirius_Pensions_Heist_Confirmed_by_the_Pension_Provider⠀✐
Posted in Finance at 9:26 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Sirius Pension Crimes
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/pension-scam-explained.webm
Summary: The company known as Sirius_‘Open_Source’ has stolen_money_of_many
workers; today we share audio of management at the pension provider admitting
behaviour to that effect
THE news will be full of discussions about banks later today. People cannot
access their own accounts, businesses cannot pay their workers, and — as just
noted — two or three banks have already been suspended (some over the weekend).
The time seems right to continue with our series about how Sirius plundered not
just my pension but also colleagues’ or, as it seems on the surface, put the
pension money in its own pockets (I can think of 3 people who conspired to do
this) instead of a pension fund, in effect embezzling workers and falsifying
payslips. As readers may recall from December, there were incidents of payslips
not being sent out at all (for long periods of time, including for months
before I resigned).
Over the next few weeks we’ll share more information about what happened. The
lesson for the general public is, check whether what employers say about
pensions is true and get in contact with pension providers to verify you’re not
being lied to (validation of claims is imperative).
“In some ways it feels like 2008 re-enacted, except now they blame Russia,
China, pandemic, “crypto” etc.”Of all the payslips I do have, in about 60 of
them I have evidence of pensions being contributed to; but that’s false, as the
company did not pass the money and former colleagues were similarly embezzled.
Played out in the video above (from a 55-minute audio) is 0-1:20, 1:50-, 2:30-
5:40, 11:50-20:00, 21:18-22:08, 22:15-, 26:30-36:30, 39:40-, 41:55-51:00, 51:
10-. I basically skip the pauses (waiting on the line), some personally-
identifying details/codes and towards the end I note that even though the
manager said she’d contact me “today” (6 days ago) it never happened. They
don’t seem to consider embezzlement impacting many employees important enough
to deal with (just yet). Seeing the nature of the news right now (failing
banks), it’ll probably be hard to compel them to prioritise our case at this
time.
In some ways it feels like 2008 re-enacted, except now they blame Russia,
China, pandemic, “crypto” etc. As for Sirius, the company will probably vanish
soon. Will any of the managers who conspired to steal money be prosecuted (or
held accountable some other way)? █
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# ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_set_up_Wireguard_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
WireGuard is a communication protocol and free and
open-source software that implements encrypted
virtual private networks, and was designed with the
goals of ease of use, high speed performance, and
low attack surface. It is a lightweight Virtual
Private Network (VPN) that supports IPv4 and IPv6
connections.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Ansible_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Ansible on Fedora 37. For those of you who didn’t
know, Ansible is an open-source IT automation and
configuration management tool that can help system
administrators automate tasks, deploy applications…
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_ADB_and_Fastboot_on_Ubuntu_22.04
LTS⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
ADB and Fastboot on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
# ⚓ Net2 ☛ How_to_Install_MongoDB_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
MongoDB is a real popular way to store and manage
lots of unstructured or semi-structured data. It’s
a type of database that focuses on documents, so
you can be more flexible with the structure of your
data than you could with a more traditional
database.
# ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Transcribe_audio_files_to_text_with
SpeechRecognition_and_Raspberry_PI_(python)⠀⇛
Whether you’re a content creator looking to
transcribe interviews, or just someone interested
in the capabilities of speech recognition
technology, SpeechRecognition with Raspberry PI
offers
# ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Grab_a_Snapshot_of_Your_Container_Image
with_Checkpoint⠀⇛
Have you ever been in a situation where you have a
Docker or Podman container running exactly how you
need
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ Install_and_Use_iostat_on_Linux⠀⇛
In this post, you will learn about iostat on Linux.
This tool allows you to monitor CPU usage and
provides information about input and output
processes on the system. The command iostat Reports
Central Processing Unit (CPU) statistics and input/
output statistics for devices, partitions, and
network file systems (NFS).
# ⚓ nixCraft ☛ How_to_add_an_IP_alias_on_Amazon_Linux_2⠀⇛
IP aliasing is nothing but associating more than
one IP address to a network interface such as eth0.
For example, using the following methods, you can
add an IP alias on Amazon Linux 2.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ 10_must-know_Bash_shell_scripting_tips_and
tricks_for_beginners⠀⇛
Bash shell scripting is a versatile and flexible
tool for automating tasks and streamlining
workflows in a Unix-like environment. It has become
a popular language for both beginners and
experienced developers alike. In this article, we
will provide some tips and tricks to help you
become more proficient at Bash shell scripting.
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tools⠀⇛
Bash is a widely used command-line interface and
scripting language in Unix-based operating systems.
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interested in setting up Google Chrome on Debian 12
bookworm, can see this guide.
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2008 and has since become one of the most widely
used web browsers, with a market share of over 60%
as of 2023.
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system renowned for its versatility and expansive
collection of software packages and tools. However,
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challenging, given the significant volume of
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Pokémon⠀⇛
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options out there to do this task but this one was
the most economical and already had Linux installed
on it.
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the latest and older Ubuntu versions for everyday
use.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ 100_Best_Applications_for_Ubuntu_2023⠀⇛
Comprehensive guide on the best 100 set of
applications and software for Ubuntu in 2023 to
make the best use of your operating system
according to your need.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ M5Stack_launches_compact_Kmeter_Isolation
Unit⠀⇛
M5Stack launched this month a compact K-type
thermocouple sensor unit based on the STM32F030
microcontroller. This device is equipped with a 14-
bit thermocouple sensor allowing readings from
200°C to 1350°C and ±2°C accuracy.
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Improve_your_data_analysis_with_the_Advanced
Chart_Widget_for_Arduino_Cloud⠀⇛
We’re excited to announce the release of our latest
Arduino Cloud feature, the Advanced Chart Widget!
This new and improved widget is a significant
upgrade from our previous chart widget, offering
more customization options and functionality that
will make it easier than ever to visualize and
analyze your device data.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Our_favorite_tech_books_written_by_women⠀⇛
Whether you’re a fast reader or someone who takes a book
at a leisurely pace, a whole month is an ample time to
explore a new book. As March is Women’s History Month, we
asked Opensource.com contributors to tell us about their
favorite books by women authors.
o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Open_source_reimagines_the_traditional
keyboard⠀⇛
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Hopebilling:_An_Open_Source_Solution_for_Hosting
Service_Providers⠀⇛
HopeBilling is an open-source and completely free billing
system for hosting providers. It offers a competitive
range of features, serving as an alternative to
proprietary software.
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ QuitSmoke_–_Quit_Smoking_Now_App_for_Android⠀⇛
QuitSmoke is a free open-source mobile app that helps you
track your progress in quitting smoking. You can see how
much money you’ve saved, how many cigarettes you’ve
avoided, and how long you’ve been smoke-free.
Additionally, you can monitor how your health is
improving.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_pkgKitten_0.2.3_on
CRAN:_Minor_Update⠀⇛
A new release 0.2.3 of pkgKitten arrived on CRAN
earlier, and will be uploaded to Debian. pkgKitten
makes it simple to create new R packages via a
simple function invocation. A wrapper kitten.r
exists in the littler package to make it even
easier.
This release improves the created ‘Description:’,
and updated some of the continuous integration.
# § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Enable_Syntax_Highlighting_in_Zsh⠀⇛
Enabling the syntax highlighting on ZSH can
be a lifesaver, especially if you are into
development.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Electronic_Bandage_Speeds_Wound_Healing⠀⇛
We’re a long way from the dermal regenerators in Star
Trek, but researchers at Northwestern University have
made a leap forward in the convenient use of
electrotherapy for wound healing.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Quick_And_Dirty_Microscope_Motion_Control_For_Focus
Stacking⠀⇛
If you’ve spent much time looking through a microscope,
you know that their narrow depth of field can be a bit
challenging to deal with. Most microscopes are designed
to only have a very thin slice of the specimen in focus,
so looking at anything above or below that plane requires
a focus adjustment. It’s tedious and fussy, and that
makes it a perfect target for automation.
o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Hand_Picked⠀⇛
Todd Hayen Were we handpicked to know the truth? Are we
the chosen ones? I have resisted this idea for almost
three years. It seems much too biblical, and although I
consider myself a spiritual/religious person I am not so
sure if I see the Bible as literal as most religious
people do.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ NASA_Says_This_Asteroid_Has_a_‘Very_Small’_Chance
of_Ruining_Valentine’s_Day_in_2046⠀⇛
Let’s maybe just keep an eye on it.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Trillionth-of-a-Second_Shutter_Speed_Camera
Catches_Chaos_in_Action⠀⇛
Blink and you’ll miss it.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Computers_For_Fun⠀⇛
The last couple years have seen an incredible
flourishing of the cyberdeck scene, and probably
for about as many reasons as there are individual
’deck designs. Some people get really into the
prop-making, some into scrapping old tech or
reusing a particularly appealing case, and others
simply into the customization possibilities. That’s
awesome, and they’re all different motivations for
making a computer that’s truly your own.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Mice_born_from_two_fathers_could_take_human
reproduction_into_new_territory⠀⇛
Scientists in Japan say they have succeeded in
breeding mice with two fathers, using eggs
originating from male cells. While the scientific
breakthrough could pave the way for new fertility
treatments, experts say it is still a long way from
being used in humans.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ 3D-printed_rocket_remains_grounded
after_more_launch_aborts⠀⇛
A rocket made almost completely of 3D-printed parts
remains grounded after back-to-back launch aborts.
Relativity Space’s rocket came within a half-second
of blasting off Saturday on its debut flight from
Cape Canaveral, Florida. The engines ignited, but
abruptly shut down, leaving the rocket standing on
its pad. Launch controllers reset the countdown
clocks and tried again. But once more, on-board
flight computers halted the countdown, this time
with 45 seconds remaining.
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Watch_Live:_Relativity_Space_Re-Attempts_Launch
of_First_3D-Printed_Rocket⠀⇛
Editor’s note: After several holds and aborted
attempts, Relativity Space scrubbed its Saturday
afternoon launch of the Terran 1 rocket. The
company said further updates and a new launch plan
will be issued soon. Check Gizmodo’s Spaceflight in
the coming days for more information.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Prostate_cancer_treatment_can_wait
for_most_men,_study_finds⠀⇛
A study finds long-term evidence that actively
monitoring localized prostate cancer can be a safe
alternative to immediate surgery or radiation. The
results published Saturday are encouraging for men
who want to avoid treatment-related sexual and
incontinence problems. Researchers followed more
than 1,600 U.K. men who agreed to be randomly
assigned to get surgery, radiation or active
monitoring.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Public_Universities_Run_on_Underpaid_Labor.
Now_Grad_Workers_Are_Fighting_Back.⠀⇛
From Temple University to Rutgers, the devaluation
of academic labor has its roots in decades of
neoliberalism.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Fancy_Connected_Caliper_For_Not_A_Lot⠀⇛
An essential for the engineer is a decent caliper,
to measure dimensions with reasonable accuracy.
Some of us have old-fashioned Vernier scales, while
many up-to-date versions are electronic. When
entering large numbers of dimensions into a CAD
package matters can become a little tedious, so the
fancier versions have connectivity for automatic
reading transfer. [Mew463] didn’t want to shell out
the cash for one of those, so modified a cheaper
caliper with an ESP32-C3 microcontroller to provide
a Bluetooth interface.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Retro-Style_Trainer_For_Motorola’s_1-Bit
Chip⠀⇛
If you want to program a microcontroller today, you
pop open your editor of choice, bang out some code,
and flash it over USB. But back in ancient times,
when your editor was a piece of paper and you
didn’t even have a computer of your own, things
were a bit different. In that case, you might have
reached for a “trainer”: a PCB that included the
chip you wanted to program along with an array of
switches, LEDs, and maybe even a hex keypad for
good measure. Grab yourself the programming manual
(printed on paper, naturally), and you’re good to
go.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Sleep_Disturbances_Linked_With_Higher
Dementia_Risk,_Study_Finds⠀⇛
Here’s what we know.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Fukushima_disaster:_Japan_marks_12_years_since
deadly_tsunami_as_support_grows_for_nuclear_power⠀⇛
Japanese offered tearful prayers Saturday on the
anniversary of the deadly tsunami that triggered
the Fukushima disaster, but public support for
nuclear power is growing as memories of the 2011
meltdown fade.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ A_Norfolk_Southern_Contractor_Is_Testing_East
Palestine_Homes⠀⇛
Last month, Brenda Foster stood on the railroad
tracks at the edge of her yard in East Palestine,
Ohio, and watched a smoky inferno billow from the
wreckage of a derailed train. The chemicals it was
carrying — and the fire that consumed them — were
so toxic that the entire area had to evacuate.
Foster packed up her 87-year-old mother, and they
fled to stay with relatives.
With a headache, sore throat, burning eyes and a
cough, Foster returned home five days later — as
soon as authorities allowed. So when she saw on TV
that there was a hotline for residents with health
concerns, she dialed as soon as the number popped
up on the screen.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ NYC_Retirees_Fight_Their_Own_Unions_to_Stop
Catastrophic_Health_Care_Cuts⠀⇛
# ⚓ uni Emory ☛ 1,095_days:_Three_years_of_COVID-19_response_at
Emory⠀⇛
Three years ago, Emory University joined higher
education institutions across the country in
announcing that, after an extended spring break,
classes would switch to online, marking the start
of Emory’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Italy_2020:_Inside_Covid’s_Ground_Zero⠀⇛
Michael Bryant On the third anniversary of the WHO
declaring “Covid” a “pandemic”, we take a detailed
look at how Italy provided the perfect platform for
creating, and then spreading, the Covid narrative.
Three years ago the Western World came to a
standstill. The official Covid-19 narrative
depicted a strange suddenly-super-spreading,
deadlier-than-flu virus hailing from …
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Overview_of_a_Mirai_Payload_Generator,_(Sat,_Mar
11th)⠀⇛
The Mirai[1] botnet is active for years. It was the
first botnet targeting devices running Linux like
camera recorders. Our first diary about it was in
2016![2]. Still today, my honeypot is hit by
hundreds of Mirai requests every day! I found a
Python script that generates a Mirai payload
(SHA256:
f56391e9645df1058847e28af6918c64ddc344d9f328b3dde9015213d5efdc7e
[3]) and deploys networking services to serve it
via FTP, HTTP, and TFTP. Nothing very fancy but it
will give you a good idea about how Linux hosts are
abused to deliver malicious payloads.
# ⚓ Djalel Oukid ☛ The_best_open-source_2FA_apps_for_Linux_&
Android⠀⇛
# ⚓ Government Technology ☛ Tech_School_‘Prevented_Catastrophe’
with_Antivirus,_Backup⠀⇛
A cyber attack on a server at the Wilkes-Barre
Career and Technical Center was discovered
Wednesday, and antivirus and backup procedures
“prevented a catastrophe” and “a lot of problems,”
Administrative Director Anthony C. Guariglia said
Thursday.
The regional vo-tech high school in Plains Twp.
shut down its computer and Wi-Fi network, along
with all computers, on Wednesday and used a
flexible instruction day to provide remote
instruction to students on Thursday, Guariglia
said.
[…]
School information-technology staff is working with
law enforcement and Computer Visionaries Inc. to
determine who is responsible for the cyber attack
and how it happened, Guariglia said.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Weekend_update:_Non-US_hospitals_hit_by
cyberattacks
⠀⇛
DHnet in Belgium reports that Saint-Pierre hospital
in central Brussels temporarily closed its
emergency room and diverted line 112 to other
institutions due to a cyberattack early Saturday
morning. The attack reportedly disrupted the
functioning of many applications, including patient
records and telephone lines.
By 5:00 pm Brussels time, most of the blocked apps
were functional again. Line 112 and emergencies are
expected to be restored later in the evening.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Another_ransomware_attack_results_in_a
HIPAA_breach:_Florida_Medical_Center⠀⇛
In a notice issued yesterday, Florida Medical
Clinic (“FMC”) confirmed that unauthorized
individuals gained access to its computer network
and used ransomware to encrypt files.
FMC detected suspicious activity on January 9,
2023, and the incident was fully contained within
hours. FMC states they were able to “proactively
isolate the exposure.” DataBreaches has sent them
an inquiry asking they accomplished that.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Should_You_Pay_for_Meta_Verified_and
Twitter_Blue?⠀⇛
Social media services have generally been
free of charge for users, but now, with ad
revenues slowing down, social media companies
are looking_for_new_revenue_streams beyond
targeted ads. Now, Twitter is charging for
its blue check verification, and Meta and
Twitter both charge for identity protection.
# § Confidentiality⠀➾
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Notice_of_Privacy_Incident_of
Historical_Health_Records_–_California_Secretary_of
State⠀⇛
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ ZOLL_Medical_notifying_1,004,443
patients_of_data_breach_—_HIPAA⠀⇛
A number of large recent breaches have
involved trackers or analytics, but not all
large breaches these days involve trackers.
ZOLL Medical is notifying 1,004,443 patients
whose protected health information (PHI) may
have been compromised in a recent data
security incident that didn’t involve pixels
or trackers at all.
According to ZOLL’s notification, the
Massachusetts-headquartered firm’s security
team first detected unusual activity on their
internal network on January 28. They
responded promptly to mitigate the incident
and investigate it with the help of third-
party cybersecurity experts.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Highly_sensitive_files_from_Berkeley
County_Schools_dumped_by_ransomware_gang⠀⇛
In early February, Berkeley County Schools in
West Virginia experienced a ransomware
attack. On March 3, the district issued a
notice on its website that stated their
investigation determined “some data stored in
Berkeley County Schools’ network may have
been accessed that included employee Social
Security numbers and direct deposit
information.”
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Data_Exfiltration_Trends_in
Healthcare⠀⇛
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Bone_&_Joint_Clinic_reports_“network
disruption”_caused_HIPAA_breach_of_employee_and_patient
information⠀⇛
The Bone & Joint Clinic in Wisconsin has
notified current and former employees as well
as current and former patients of a data
security incident that they describe as a
“network disruption.”
According to their notification of March 10,
the disruption was experienced on January 16,
and the personal and protected health
information may have been involved: names,
dates of birth, Social Security numbers, home
addresses, phone numbers, health insurance
information, and diagnosis and treatment
information.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ US_‘Imperial_Anxieties’_Mount_Over_China-
Brokered_Iran-Saudi_Deal⠀⇛
While advocates of peace and a multipolar world
order welcomed Friday’s China-brokered agreement
reestablishing diplomatic relations between Iran
and Saudi Arabia, U.S. press, pundits, and
politicians expressed what one observer called
“imperial anxieties” over the deal and growing
Chinese influence in a region dominated by the
United States for decades.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ China_becomes_the_broker_while_Joe_Biden_is_still
the_joker⠀⇛
Friday’s biggest headline-grabbing news was the
bust of Silicon Valley Bank, however, the honor
goes to the announcement that Saudi Arabia and Iran
restored diplomatic relations.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Biden_Rejection_of_DC’s_Criminal_Code
Reforms_Reminds_Us_of_His_Past_Contributions_to_Mass
Incarceration⠀⇛
When President Biden announced he would not veto
Congress’ override of Washington, DC’s Revised
Criminal Code Act (RCCA), he chose politics over
public safety and DC’s right to self-governance.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Resistance_to_Atlanta’s_Cop_City_Is
Rising⠀⇛
Atlanta is a city built inside a forest, one that
Indigenous Muscogee people call the Weelaunee
Forest. In recent years, the Atlanta Police
Foundation, a private nonprofit organization, has
led an effort to build what would be the nation’s
largest police training center on hundreds of acres
of that forest land. The move sparked the creation
of a broad coalition to protest the project, some
opposed to forest destruction and others against
police expansion. Together, these organizers are
calling on Atlanta’s mayor, Andre Dickens, and the
city council to “Stop Cop City.”
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_‘Stop_Cop_City’_Movement_Roots_Going_Back
Decades⠀⇛
The Stop Cop City movement recalls Atlanta’s 1996
Olympic bid and the city’s long history of
prioritizing tourists, business interests, and
wealthy white communities over Black and working-
class people
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Wagner_Group_announces_new_recruitment_centers,
with_some_reportedly_located_in_schools_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin announced on
March 10 that new centers for recruiting
mercenaries to his private military company have
opened in 42 cities across Russia. The press
service of Prigozhin’s company, Concord, published
the announcement, with a list of addresses for the
new recruitment centers attached.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Journalists_confirm_16,774_Russians_killed_in
Ukraine,_with_over_1,600_new_losses_in_the_past_two_weeks_—
Meduza⠀⇛
Journalists with Mediazona and BBC News Russian,
working with a team of volunteers, have determined
that at least 16,774 Russian nationals have been
killed during the course of Russia’s full-scale
invasion of Ukraine.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Shot_fired_through_the_window_of_a_St._Petersburg
bookstore_displaying_the_phrase_‘Peace_to_the_world’_—
Meduza⠀⇛
During the evening of March 11, a bullet smashed
the window of an independent bookstore in St.
Petersburg. Photographs published on Facebook and
on the bookstore’s Telegram channel show that the
phrase “Peace to the world” is written across the
window. “Well, not everyone likes the inscription
on our windows. It’s very sad,” read a post on the
store’s Telegram channel.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_responds_to_petition_to_rename_Russia_to
Muscovy_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A petition posted on President of Ukraine Volodymyr
Zelensky’s website in November 2022 suggested
changing Russia’s official name to Muscovy, and the
Russian Federation to the Muscovite Federation. It
gathered more than 25,000 signatures, meaning that
President Zelensky was legally obligated to respond
to it.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ISW:_Defensive_lines_being_built_inside_Russia_are
a_‘waste_of_funds’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
In their March 10 daily assessment of Russia’s
offensive campaign, analysts with the American
think tank Institute for the Study of War discussed
recent construction of fortified defensive lines in
Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk regions, as well as in
Russian-annexed Crimea.
# ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ March_To_Iraq_War,_20_Years_Later:_March
11,_2003⠀⇛
# ⚓ France24 ☛ The_head_of_Wagner_says_Russian_fighters_near
central_Bakhmut⠀⇛
The head of Russian paramilitary group Wagner said
Saturday his fighters were near the centre of
Bakhmut as a top Ukrainian commander insisted it
was important to “buy time” ahead of an upcoming
counteroffensive.
# ⚓ Breach Media ☛ Document_reveals_Canada’s_undisclosed
motives_for_arming_Saudi_Arabia⠀⇛
Government lists oil, opportunities for Canadian
companies, and reduced need for western military
missions as rationale for Saudi weapons sales
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Latest_California_storm_leaves_at_least_two_dead
and_breaks_levee⠀⇛
Another powerful storm pummeled California
overnight into Saturday, forcing thousands to
evacuate and resulting in at least two deaths,
while causing a levee to give way in coastal
Monterey County.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Denying_Reports,_White_House_Says_‘No
Final_Decision’_on_Willow_Project⠀⇛
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-
Pierre on Friday denied reports that U.S.
President Joe Biden would imminently approve
the Willow Project, saying “no final
decisions” have been made on the highly
controversial $8 billion ConocoPhillips oil
drilling endeavor in northern Alaska slammed
by critics as a “climate catastrophe.”
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Enzymes_Make_Electricity_From_Thin_Air⠀⇛
There’s an old magic trick known as the
miser’s dream, where the magician appears to
pull coins from thin air. Australian
scientists say they can now generate
electricity out of thin air with the help of
some enzymes. The enzyme reacts to hydrogen
in the atmosphere to generate a current.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Energy_Crisis_in_Pakistan⠀⇛
Pakistan is land with ample indigenous
natural resources. These resources can play a
pivotal role in helping and running country’s
economy. The mismanagement of the resources
and ignorance can lead to several crises.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Sen._Pat_Toomey_on_Cryptocurrency_and_FTX’s
Collapse⠀⇛
“It’s not clear that FTX would have existed,
at least at its scale, if we had domestic
guidelines for American companies,” the
former senator tells Reason.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ CO_Residents_Lose_in_HOA_Foreclosures._HOA
Lawyers_Win.⠀⇛
Karl Paymah was on the clock.
A certified letter from the Rock Ridge Condominium
Association in the Denver suburb of Aurora said he
had 30 days to pay $1,515.45 in unpaid homeowners
association dues and penalties — or face
foreclosure.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Are_Colorado’s_Efforts_to_Curb_HOA
Foreclosures_Working?⠀⇛
Last year, when the Colorado legislature passed a
bill aimed at protecting residents in disputes with
their homeowners associations, lawmakers had one
key goal in mind: reducing the number of
foreclosures filed by HOAs.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Chris_Hedges_Report:_Kshama_Sawant’s_New
‘Workers_Strike_Back’_Coalition_Will_Fight_for_$25_Minimum
Wage_and_More⠀⇛
Socialist Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant
is launching a national coalition called Workers
Strike Back to fight for wages, universal
healthcare, LGBTQ rights, a clean energy
transition, and more.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Silicon_Valley_Bank_Collapses_in_Largest_Failure
Since_2008_Crisis⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Biden’s_Budget_Includes_Tax_Hikes_Targeting
Corporations_and_the_Rich⠀⇛
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ France_pension_protests_enter_seventh_day,
affecting_multiple_economic_sectors⠀⇛
Protestors in France Saturday demonstrated for a
seventh day against President Emmanuel Macron’s
pension reform plan, which has been widely disputed
across the country since his announcement of the
plan in January.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Colonialism_Created_Food_Insecurity_in_Haiti,
Now_Climate_Change_Compounds_It⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Takeaways_from_America’s_second-largest
bank_failure⠀⇛
Silicon Valley Bank’s 48-hour collapse led to the
second-largest failure of a financial institution
in US history. SVB was one of America’s 20 largest
commercial banks and is now under the control of
the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation after
it became unable to pay back customers who withdrew
their deposits.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Draining_talent:_The_consequences_and
solution_of_Brain_Drain_Pakistan⠀⇛
Pakistan, like many other developing countries, has
been struggling with the issue of brain drain for
decades. The term “brain drain” describes the
phenomena of highly educated and competent people
leaving their home country in search of better
chances overseas, losing their country of vital
talent and experience in the process.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Wages_Are_Rising_for_Low-Skill_Workers,_Driving
Down_Poverty_and_Inequality⠀⇛
Plus: “Flipping the proverbial bird is a God-given”
right, administrative state abuses, and more…
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Tucker_Carlson-Led_Effort_to_Whitewash
the_History_of_January_6_Will_Fail⠀⇛
Dominion Voting Systems has provided a public
service for the American people. As a result of its
pending defamation lawsuit against Fox News,
Dominion has laid bare the extraordinary con game
that Fox carried out in the aftermath of the 2020
presidential election and that continues today.Fox
elevated and affirmed for their millions of viewers
former President Donald Trump’s Big Lie that the
election was stolen from him by giving airtime to
Trump’s team. But even as they put them on the air,
Fox hosts and executives admitted privately that
they knew they were airing lies and “insane”
conspiracy theories. The big three Fox
propagandists, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and
Laura Ingraham privately complained about their
lying guests. But they never bothered to tell this
to their viewers. Their texts, obtained by Dominion
as part of the lawsuit, also reveal that some
worried they would lose viewers if they actually
told the truth.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ I_Love_Bernie_Sanders_Because_He_Has_More
Guts_Than_Any_Politician_Out_There⠀⇛
A few weeks ago, Bernie phoned.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ California_Considers_Giving_the_Incarcerated_a
Right_to_Vote⠀⇛
It takes a constitutional amendment followed by a
statewide vote to legalize balloting behind bars.
Will it happen?
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Inside_the_Private_Conservative_Group_That
Promises_to_“Crush_Liberal_Dominance”⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Betrayal_of_Trust:_The_Selfish_Actions
of_Pakistan’s_Leaders⠀⇛
Authors: Asad Ullah and Tanzeela Aslam* Behind the
curtains of Pakistan’s political landscape lies a
dark and mysterious truth – the betrayal of trust
by its leaders through their selfish actions.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ China’s_rise_is_vital_for_geopolitics⠀⇛
China is an old civilization and its history goes
back several thousand years. It has passed through
many ups and downs in history. But, the worst era
of two centuries was a bitter experience, where it
was colonialized by the West, suppressed, harassed,
coerced, and invaded.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ When_a_Fact-Checker_on_Tax_Injustice
Gets_It_All_Wrong⠀⇛
A recent fact check by Politifact, authored
by Louis Jacobson, itself fails a fact check.
It wrongly labels as “false” a perfectly
legitimate description of the amount of taxes
paid by billionaires.
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Climate_Denial_King_Rupert_Murdoch_Is
Hiring_a_Director_of_Sustainability⠀⇛
Have you ever dreamed about furthering
environmental goals in the corporate
space—or, more specifically, working for one
of the world’s most prolific climate deniers,
at a company helping churn a crusade against
the very existence of a job like yours?
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Law_School_activists_protest_Judge_Kyle
Duncan’s_visit_to_campus⠀⇛
Members of SLS organizations protested against
Duncan at his Thursday talk at the Law School,
claiming that “he has repeatedly and proudly
threatened healthcare and basic rights for
marginalized communities.” The protest drew the
criticism of at least one free speech civil rights
group and according to SLS Dean Jenny Martinez,
“was not aligned with [SLS’s] institutional
commitment to freedom of speech.”
# ⚓ France24 ☛ More_than_1,300_migrants_brought_ashore_in_Italy
as_locals_march_for_shipwreck_victims⠀⇛
Three boats overcrowded with migrants were brought
safely to Italian ports on Saturday, the coastguard
said, as thousands of marchers remembered the
victims of last month’s deadly shipwreck off
Calabria’s coast.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Israel_dispatch:_mass_protests_continue_as_state
legal_advisor_spars_with_national_security_chief_over
dismissal_of_cautious_Tel_Aviv_police_commander⠀⇛
Yael Iosilevich is a law student in the Buchmann
Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University and JURIST’s
Staff Correspondent in Israel.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_more_equitable_covid_vaccine_rollout_could
have_saved_a_life_every_24_seconds_in_2021 [Ed: They
fail to mention patents]⠀⇛
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared
covid-19 a pandemic three years ago, on Mar.
11, 2020.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Game_Jam_Winner_Spotlight:_Urbanity⠀⇛
Last week, we had the first of our series of
posts showcasing the winners in all six
categories of the fifth annual public domain
game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1927, and the
spotlight was on Best Remix winner Lucia.
This week, we’re taking a look at the winner
of the Best Visuals category: Urbanity by
Government Name.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Exhausted⠀⇛
I’m exhausted. It’s simple mathematics: I wake up
too early, and go to bed too late. Not even because
I’m procrastinating, but because it’s what my
family’s schedule demands. This will mess your
system real fast. And, unlike in my younger years,
I cannot catch up in the weekends.
Noone has sympathy for the exhausted. The plight of
sleep deprivation is great: reduced cognitive
abilities, stress and anxiety, mood swings,
vulnerability to diseases, injuries, despair.
# ⚓ Back,_and_I’m_writing_stuff.⠀⇛
I just remembered the midnight existed and decided
to pay a visit. Luckily it’s kind of slow around
these parts so it doesn’t take me long to catch up.
I’ve been attending game development classes lately
and it’s going quite well! I’ve also started
writing some stories, and they’re coming along
nicely as well (although they do seem a bit
inconsistent at parts). So I’ve been enjoying
myself lately. Hopefully the same goes for everyone
else here.
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_BGOPUSR_Wordo:_FOSSA⠀⇛
# ⚓ What_is_privilege?⠀⇛
Almost three years after the murder of George
Floyd, it feels like American society has gone
backward when it comes to social justice. Once
touted by many politicians and major corporations,
DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) is now a
“dirty” topic an increasing number of businesses
are staying out of. There was a time when Corporate
America had an influence even in deep red states
(think of, in 2015, how North Carolina quickly
backtracked on the infamous “bathroom bill” when
several major companies decided to pull their
business out of the state). Now they are on the
defensive in the face of the “anti-woke” movement
in the Republican Party epitomized by Florida
governor Ron DeSantis.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ XMPP!⠀⇛
XMPP peeps: Email is a lost cause, a dead horse,
it’s unpossible
Also XMPP peeps: Everyone needs to get on OMEMO,
all old jabber clients are obsolete and need to be
thrown away
Not sure why one of them can be improved and the
other can’t…
If you’re here looking for my XMPP address, it’s
sandra.snan@idiomdrottning.org same as my email
address. I prefer email.)
I was hanging out with some XMPP fans and they were
very gracious & kind & patient, and have not
consented to this blog post so I’m gonna be super
vague about them!
# ⚓ Running_Multiple_Servers⠀⇛
When I started my gemini capsule I added some hobby
stuff to the page. Specifically info about amateur
radio. My webpage for amateur radio is pretty “old
school” with no JS, very little CSS and all
generated using Linux command line tools. As I
never remember to update it I thought I might as
well make the transition to just use Gemini and
point my gemini to http proxy and all is good.
The issue is I already have this capsule running on
my VPS where I also host that page. I could use a
different port but that is always sucks. Similar to
how hosting multiple sites on a single box, I found
that you can use nginx to proxy incoming
connections based on the SSL cert used and direct
them to a specific server. Setup multiple gemini
servers on different ports and now I have both
pages working:
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Feature_Poor_Sudo_Replacement⠀⇛
… the `sudo` program is made up of 108,255
lines of C code … this is simply unacceptable
in a utility that is installed suid root …
95% of the code is just sitting there … just
waiting for someone to find the next exploit.
We could easily have a suitable replacement
that would cover just about everyone’s needs
in no more than a few hundred lines of code …
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o BSD
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Programming/Development
# Python
# Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Fear,_Uncertainty,_Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Linux_GUI_Frameworks_and_Widget_Toolkits
Explained⠀⇛
Linux GUI toolkits might sound confusing, but they
define the look and feel of modern Linux desktops.
Here’s everything you need to know about them.
The X Window System is the main display server in
use on Linux desktops today. While it may provide
elements of a graphical interface, it doesn’t
supply any user interface elements by itself. This
is a deliberate design choice on the part of the
original developers.
X doesn’t know how to draw window decorations. It
doesn’t draw the buttons in windows or lay out any
text elements. All of these things are handled by
the toolkit.
X toolkits offer developers a way to define
graphical elements without having to do it all
manually. Instead of writing out code to allow
users to pick files from a dialog box, they can
farm this out to a library instead.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ The TLLTS Podcast ☛ 2023-03-09_The_Linux_Link_Tech_Show
Episode_995⠀⇛
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Unix Men ☛ Best_VPNs_for_Linux_with_and_without_GUI⠀⇛
The Linux operating system takes up a tiny portion
of the market because it appears daunting to the
average person. It’s commonly known as the hacker-
preferred OS controlled primarily through the
command line. Meanwhile, the typical Windows and
Mac user probably doesn’t even know what a terminal
is.
It might be easier to persuade people to switch to
Linux if more services had a familiar GUI
(Graphical User Interface). At the same time, they
should support the beloved command line to appeal
to die-hard Linux enthusiasts.
Let’s begin with VPN (Virtual Private Network)
services, as these tools are essential
cybersecurity and online anonymity tools. We
compiled a short list of three providers that offer
both GUI and command line options for Linux.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_Install_Git_in_Debian_12_bookworm⠀⇛
Git is an essential version control system and tool
when it comes to managing code in software
development and maintain different versions of a
code. Even GitHub is powered by Git.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Cop_a_load_of_this_DIY_e-ink_calendar_to
help_plan_those_projects_you’ll_never_finish⠀⇛
Korokithakis seems to be a very versatile chap:
he’s a pretty good photographer and also has a way
with words. For instance, while he could have
written some C++ to parse Google Calendar and
render the results, that sounded hard (it does to
us too). But…
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Use_Ansible_To_Automate_Logical_Volume
Manager_(LVM)_In_Linux⠀⇛
Ansible is a simple and easy-to-use automation tool
that offers different modules to work with disk
management in Linux. When you have more machines to
install and configure the operating system with the
same configuration then ansible is of great use. A
particular use case I can think of is when you are
building a cluster where all the servers have the
same storage space and need the same LVM partition
scheme.
# ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Are_you_making_these_design_mistakes_on_your
blog?⠀⇛
I read a lot of blogs; some I read regularly,
others I just come across while I’m out in the
wilds of the Internet. The problem is, I’m seeing
more and more blogs that fail to meet what I think
is the minimal standard for blog design,
readability and accessibility.
This is my rant list of the 5 design mistakes I see
most often with blogs.
# ⚓ Kmille ☛ How_to_Yubikey:_a_configuration_cheatsheet⠀⇛
This post shows different use cases for a Yubikey.
There are also command line examples in a
cheatsheet like manner. I’m using a Yubikey 5C on
Arch Linux. If you run into issues, try to use a
newer version of ykman (part of yubikey-manager
package on Arch).
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ As_a_system_administrator,_I_work
in_many_different_environments⠀⇛
I do a fairly large amount of work (as much as I
can reasonably manage) on either my own desktop or
in my primary environment on our Ubuntu servers,
where I have a NFS mounted home directory, X
forwarding, and so on. In both of these
environments I have a custom shell, Git aliases, a
relatively evolved GNU Emacs configuration with
multiple packages, LSP servers for various things I
use, and so on. But my energy to keep several
copies of this environment in sync has limits and
so I don’t go too deep into various other things I
could customize.
# ⚓ Jussi Pakkanen ☛ My_book_is_finally_available_for
purchase⠀⇛
The text block has been created with a “mini-LaTeX”
DTP program that I wrote basically from scratch.
This caused “fun” things to happen. For example I
got an email from the printing house some four days
before the unveiling event that the book contains
words that were not hyphenated according to
recommended style guides. I was aware of said style
guides, had added handling for those and even had
unit tests to ensure that they work. And yet in
production they did not work. This lead to a very
stressful debugging session where you know that the
only person in the world that can fix it is you,
and that there is a very strict and personal
deadline.
The actual PDF generation was done with Cairo and
Pango. Surprisingly there were zero issues with
them, the printer accepted them just fine and the
printout looks great. The cover was made with
Scribus and it did have several issues none of
which had anything to do with Scribus itself, just
that doing a full color managed print job is to
this day a bit tricky. did have to postprocess
Cairo’s output with Ghostscript because Cairo only
produces PDFs in the RGB colorspace whereas
printers require grayscale PDFs.
# ⚓ H2S Media ☛ Command_to_Install_Tasksel_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
What is the purpose of Tasksel? Tasksel on Ubuntu,
Debian, or Linux Mint is a popular open-source tool
for those who want to use a single command for
installing multiple packages.
# ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_install_Mixxx_DJ_software_on_Ubuntu
22.04_LTS⠀⇛
Mixxx is an open-source DJ software available free
to use for Linux such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora,
and Arch; not only Linux but Windows, and macOS are
also supported.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Docker_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
Docker is an open-source platform enabling software
developers to package and deploy their applications
in a portable, lightweight container. The
technology was first released in 2013 and has since
become a popular choice for developers due to its
ability to simplify application deployment and
improve the scalability of their applications.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Tasksel_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
Tasksel is a Debian/Ubuntu tool that simplifies the
installation and configuration of predefined
software packages for specific purposes or tasks.
It is designed to make it easier for users to
install specific software packages related to a
particular task or service without manually
selecting each package.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Configure_Unattended_Upgrades_on
Debian_12,_11_or_10⠀⇛
Debian is a widely used Linux-based operating
system renowned for its versatility and expansive
collection of software packages and tools. However,
keeping the system up-to-date and secure can be
challenging, given the significant volume of
packages and updates available. To help streamline
this process, the Unattended Upgrades Package can
be utilized.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Schedule_Cron_Jobs_as_www-data_in
Linux⠀⇛
The www-data user is a default system user account
created automatically when a web server such as
Apache or Nginx is installed on a Linux system. The
web server primarily uses this user to access and
serve web files, which is crucial for the proper
functioning of websites and web applications.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Darkstat_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
Darkstat is a powerful network traffic analyzer
that captures and visualizes data about network
usage. It is a free and open-source tool that can
be used to monitor network traffic and identify
potential issues. Darkstat was originally developed
by Emil Mikulic in 2001 and has since been
maintained by a community of developers.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ 20_Examples_of_Scanning_for_Viruses_with
ClamAV_on_Linux⠀⇛
Computer viruses can cause significant harm to your
system, including stealing data and compromising
privacy. While Linux is known to be a secure
operating system, it’s still important to have
antivirus software to protect your system.
# ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_deploy_MongoDB_as_a_Docker
container⠀⇛
Jack Wallen shows you how to spin up a MongoDB
container as a Docker container for your
development needs.
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-03-09_How_to_install_Gedit_on_a
Chromebook⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-03-09_How_to_install_Lightworks_on
Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-03-10_How_to_take_screenshots_on_a
Chromebook⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Understanding_/dev/null:_A_Critical
Component_of_Linux⠀⇛
Are you curious about the mysterious /dev/null file
in Linux? As a virtual device, /dev/null plays a
unique and critical role in the operating system,
allowing users to redirect unwanted output and free
up resources. This article will explore the ins and
outs of /dev/null and how it can be used in Linux
commands.
# ⚓ 2023-03-09_Automatically_Take_Versioned_Steam_Save-Game
Snapshots_Using_Steamback⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-03-09_Send_Files_Securely_Over_The_Local_Network_With
Cross-Platform_LocalSend_App⠀⇛
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Fixing_Slow_Download_Speed_while_Using_pacman
in_Arch_Linux_[Tutorial]⠀⇛
You are not alone if you are experiencing slow
download speed while using Pacman in Arch Linux.
Sometimes, system updates via pacman or any package
installation become slower in your Arch system.
This issue can be frustrating, especially when
downloading large-size packages.
However, there are a few ways which can fix this
problem. Here are some of them.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ KDE ☛ KDE_Frameworks_5.104.0⠀⇛
KDE today announces the release of KDE
Frameworks 5.104.0.
KDE Frameworks are 83 addon libraries to Qt
which provide a wide variety of commonly
needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed
and well tested libraries with friendly
licensing terms. For an introduction see the
KDE Frameworks release announcement.
This release is part of a series of planned
monthly releases making improvements
available to developers in a quick and
predictable manner.
# ⚓ 2023-03-10_KDE_Gear_23.04_branches_created⠀⇛
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ This Week in GNOME ☛ 2023-03-10_Felix_Hacker:_#86_New
Decoding⠀⇛
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ Exotic Silicon ☛ Discovering_one_bug_after_another_in_the
UTF-8_decoding_logic_in_OpenBSD,_then_going_on_to_fix_other
aspects_of_related_code.⠀⇛
Still, the debugging process we went through here
to discover the cause of the problems in the first
place is worth sharing from the beginning, as the
code in question was particularly bad with plenty
of textbook mistakes. Who knows what you might find
in your own investigations elsewhere.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Re:Role_|_The_Sysadmin_And_The_Script⠀⇛
System(s) Administrators don’t get enough credit.
They set up systems. Maintain them. Make sure
everything follows security best practices. All
while having to know code and infrastructure and
looking out for crises. And if you think you can
automate away their jobs, you’re in for a surprise:
They can do it better and continue to make other
valuable contributions to your company.
The company, its business activities and its
employees depicted in this podcast are fictional
and are not intended to represent or depict any
current or former business organization or any
individuals living or dead. Any resemblance to any
individual or organization is purely coincidental.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ The_State_of_Customer_and_Partner
Experience_2022:_Looking_to_the_future⠀⇛
As we dive head first into 2023, Red Hat and the
Customer and Partner Experience (CPX) team are full
speed ahead on our plans to continue driving
customer and partner success. We know that our
customers and partners expect a seamless and
positive experience with us, and we will continue
to invest and improve in the areas that matter the
most to deliver on that expectation. We aim to make
our customers’ and partners’ experience with Red
Hat as positive, connected and simplified as
possible.
This year, the Red Hat CPX team is rallying around
three main objectives to improve customer and
partner experience. We believe that focusing on and
prioritizing these three areas will lead to a more
holistic, connected and positive experience for our
customers and partners.
# ⚓ Latest_Trends_in_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_(Podcast_#12_w/
Ron_Pacheco)⠀⇛
In this first episode of the Red Hat podcast
series, we discuss the latest trends in enterprise
Linux with Ron Pacheco, Senior Director of Linux
Business & Ecosystem Strategy at Red Hat. Join us
for an insightful conversation on the future of
Linux in the cloud.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Inject_external_data_in_policy
evaluations_with_Conftest⠀⇛
Separating policy from data enables more robust and
reusable policy definitions that allow you to
factor external data sources in compliance
evaluation.
# ⚓ Nikita Prokopov ☛ 2023-03-09_Adventures_in_REPL
implementation⠀⇛
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Hailo-15_quad-core_AI_Vision_processor
delivers_up_to_20_TOPS_for_Smart_Cameras⠀⇛
The company also offers a camera development kit
with an Hailo-15 single board computer with dual-
camera, HDMI, Ethernet, USB ports, audio jacks, and
expansion header, a Yocto-based Linux distribution
with a full stack DSP, libraries (OpenCV,
GStreamer…), BSP, and drivers, as well as
documentation and support.
The Hailo-15 does not seem to be available just yet
based on the rendering of the devkit, but Hailo
will be showcasing its new AI vision processor at
ISC-West in Las Vegas, Nevada, from March 28-31, at
booth #16099. More details can be found in the
press release and the product page where you can
also order the development kit.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ This_Open_Hardware_Li-Ion_Charger_Skips_The
TP4056⠀⇛
There’s a good chance that if you build something
which includes the ability to top up a lithium-ion
battery, it’s going to involve the incredibly
common TP4056 charger IC. Now, there’s certainly
nothing wrong with that. It’s a decent enough chip,
and there are countless pre-made modules out there
that make it extremely easy to implement. But if
the chip shortage has taught us anything, it’s that
alternatives are always good.
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Lamptopus:_The_most_adorable_desk_lamp_in_the
world⠀⇛
If you have access to a 3D printer, this is a fun
project that should be fairly easy to tackle. The
light comes from two Adafruit NeoPixel rings and
two servo motors provide the rotation. An Arduino
Uno board controls those, with the sketch starting
the rotation at set intervals. All of the 3D files
and the sketch are on GitHub if you want to build
your own Lamptopus, and Ruby Zoom’s video provides
thorough instructions.
# ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2023-03-10_A_Tag_as_Dynamic_Wouldn’t
Sense_as_Sweet⠀⇛
# ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2023-03-09_How_to_Build_an_ML-
powered_Doorbell_Notifier⠀⇛
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ All_Motorola_phones_confirmed_to_get_Android
14⠀⇛
# ⚓ Express ☛ Google_reveals_important_date_that_all_Android
users_should_know_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_Auto:_How_to_remove_unwanted
apps⠀⇛
# ⚓ Mashable ☛ How_to_locate_your_Android_smartphone_when_it’s
lost_|_Mashable⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Warp_is_a_File_Transfer_App_for_Linux_&_Windows⠀⇛
Using Warp is no-fuss: open Warp on one computer and
drag/drop a file or folder to transfer, and take note of
the text code/QR code. Open Warp (or a compatible app) on
another device, enter the text code/scan the QR code and
the transfer takes place.
You can transfer files from Linux to Windows; Linux to
Linux; Windows to Linux; or Linux to Android using a
compatible app.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Call_for_Presentations_–_Qt_World_Summit_2023_in
Berlin⠀⇛
Qt World Summit is back in-person! Qt Group is
looking for speakers, collaborators and industry
thought leaders to share their expertise and
thoughts…
# ⚓ [Old] ACM ☛ Exploiting_input_sanitization_for_regex_denial
of_service⠀⇛
Web services use server-side input sanitization to
guard against harmful input. Some web services
publish their sanitization logic to make their
client interface more usable, e.g., allowing
clients to debug invalid requests locally. However,
this usability practice poses a security risk.
Specifically, services may share the regexes they
use to sanitize input strings — and regex-based
denial of service (ReDoS) is an emerging threat.
Although prominent service outages caused by ReDoS
have spurred interest in this topic, we know little
about the degree to which live web services are
vulnerable to ReDoS.
# ⚓ RTL ☛ Girl_with_AI_earrings_sparks_Dutch_art_controversy⠀⇛
That’s because the work — one of several fan
recreations replacing the 1665 original while it’s
on loan for a huge Vermeer show at Amsterdam’s
Rijksmuseum — was made using artificial
intelligence (AI).
Its presence has sparked a fierce debate, with
questions over whether it belongs in the hallowed
halls of the Mauritshuis — and whether it should be
classed as art at all.
# ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ go_install_a_fork⠀⇛
Keep only their version canonical
Do not rename the package paths and jump through
serious hoops in order to compile your local
version from the source tree.
# ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ Butlerian_Jihad⠀⇛
My experience with the current generation
(ChatGPT), for programming specifically, is that:
it suggests impossible things that can not ever be
made to work even with tweaks
sends you down a rabbit hole of wrongness when what
you would’ve needed instead was a blank slate and a
clear perspective
it lies and says that it has tested things (even
giving the specific version of the compiler it’s
supposed to “work” on) without having done so
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Python:_Working_with_Files_and
Directories_Guide⠀⇛
Files and directories are essential
components of any computing system, and
Python provides an easy way to interact with
them. The built-in functions and modules
allow for creating, reading, writing, and
deleting files and directories. This article
aims to provide an in-depth guide to working
with files and directories in Python.
# § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾
# ⚓ Guillaume Quéré ☛ The_oldest_privesc:_injecting
careless_administrators’_terminals_using_TTY_pushback⠀⇛
This trick is possibly the oldest security
bug that still exists today, it’s been traced
as far back as 1985.
It’s been discovered and rediscovered and re-
rediscovered by sysadmins, developpers and
pentesters every few years for close to 4
decades now. It’s been subject to multiple
developper battles, countless posts, but
still remains largely forgotten.
This is just another attempt at shedding
light on it, for both attackers and
defenders.
# ⚓ Jes Olson ☛ write_posix_shell⠀⇛
most people in tech are familiar with shell
scripts. but shell is a language!
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-03-10_WiFi_router_maker_AVM_deemed
unwilling_licensee_of_standard-essential_patents–but_more_WiFi_6
patent_assertions_by_Huawei_may_be_needed_to_force_settlement⠀⇛
o ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ 2023-03-10_A_weapon_to_surpass_Metal_Gear⠀⇛
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ The Scientist ☛ How_Larval_Fruit_Fly_Brains_Convert_Sensory
Signals_to_Movement⠀⇛
A wiring map diagrams more than half a million
neuronal connections in the first complete
connectome of Drosophila and holds clues about
which brain architectures best support learning.
# ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-03-10_A_brief_history_of_the_UK’s
Winchcombe_meteorite⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-03-09_Why_does_music_bring_back
memories?_What_the_science_says⠀⇛
# ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Baltic_countries_planning_space
cooperation⠀⇛
Representatives of all three Baltic States met in
Tallinn this week, to discuss Baltic space
cooperation.
All three countries are in full cooperation with
the European Space Agency (ESA) and contribute to
its programs, but say that in a rapidly developing
field, joint projects in space tech and business
would benefit all players.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Full-Time_Contingent_Faculty_at_New_York
University_Are_Trying_to_Unionize⠀⇛
At New York University (NYU), half of full-time
faculty are known as “contract faculty” — they are
hired on contracts lasting for between one and
eight years and are not eligible for tenure. Unlike
adjunct faculty — who are hired on a per-course and
per-semester basis — contract faculty at NYU are
not yet unionized. They’re trying to change that:
on February 22, contract faculty organizing under
the banner of Contract Faculty United–UAW delivered
a petition to NYU president Andrew Hamilton
demanding that the university agree to a “fair and
expeditious” process for recognizing the union.
Jacobin’s Sara Wexler spoke to Contract Faculty
United–UAW organizer Jacob Remes about the
unionization effort.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ COVID-19_could_be_key_to_fighting
breast_cancer [Ed: Very misleading headline]⠀⇛
COVID-19 immunity and vaccines could be key to
fighting breast cancer, a researcher says. Clare
Slaney is focused on improving CAR T-cell therapy –
a type of immunotherapy whereby doctors collect a
small portion of a patient’s T-cells, which are an
important part of the immune system.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Thailand_issues_warnings_after_smog_blankets_major
cities⠀⇛
Bangkok and northern towns have been enveloped in a
toxic haze for weeks.
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ More_than_200_people_have_been
treated_with_experimental_CRISPR_therapies⠀⇛
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology
Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it
in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. I’ve
spent the last few days thinking about how, when,
and if we should use gene-editing tools to change
the human genome.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Norfolk_Southern_Freight_Train_Derails_in
Alabama⠀⇛
This derailment came only hours before Norfolk
Southern CEO testified before U.S. lawmakers over a
series of incidents involving the corporation.
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-10_How_the_train_industry_could_change_after
the_Ohio_disaster⠀⇛
# ⚓ FACT_CHECK:_Did_Sweden_have_lower_pandemic_mortality_than
Denmark_and_Norway?⠀⇛
A graphic published by the Svenska Dagbladet
newspaper last week claimed that Sweden had the
lowest excess mortality of all EU and Nordic
counties between the start of 2020 and the end of
2022. We looked into whether this extraordinary
claim is true.
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-10_Why_all_that_rain_in_California_won’t
solve_its_drought⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Economist ☛ Why_did_250,000_Britons_die_sooner_than
expected?⠀⇛
It is not just in Middlesbrough where life
expectancy has flatlined. The latest official data
end in 2020, when covid-19 was still claiming large
numbers of lives. To provide a post-pandemic health
assessment of Britain, The Economist has used
provisional figures for the last two years. The
result is disturbing. We calculate that life
expectancy in Britain in 2022 was 81 years for boys
and girls combined, just eight weeks longer than a
decade ago.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Billions_of_credentials,_personal_records_stolen
through_data_breaches:_report [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛
Last year, 4,518 data breaches were reported
globally with threat actors exposing or stealing
22.62 billion credentials and personal records,
ranging from account and financial information to
emails and Social Security numbers, a new security
report has revealed.
# ⚓ CBC ☛ Union_‘increasingly_alarmed’_about_Indigo
cyberattack,_demands_further_disclosure [iophk: Windows
TCO]⠀⇛
Current and former Indigo workers learned this week
that their medical and immigration data were part
of the breach, which the Toronto-based retailer
previously said also included their names, email
addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, home
addresses, social insurance numbers and direct
deposit information such as bank account numbers.
Indigo blamed the attack on a ransomware software
known as LockBit and warned current and past
workers that their information may end up on the
dark web, an underground portion of the internet
used for illicit activity. It said it had not
uncovered any evidence of customer information
being breached.
# ⚓ Tedium ☛ On_“Ernie”_:_Having_learned_that_Baidu_is_about_to
steal_my_first_name_for_its_AI_chatbot_that’s_launching_this
month,_let’s_talk_about_the_name_Ernie_for_a_bit._(Can_I_stop
them?)⠀⇛
I mean, if a chatbot is coming to steal my name, I
wouldn’t be the first. I’m sure the legendary
triathlete Siri Lindley cursed a little the day she
found out that there was going to be a chat
assistant on everyone’s phone named Siri.
I’m sure everyone named Alexa must hate that when
someone calls their name at home, a bot is
competing for the actual person’s attention. And I
bet you if Sydney Pollack was still alive, he would
be pissed that Microsoft decided to give its search
engine’s chat engine the nickname Sydney.
I mean, even I’m a little guilty of this. In 2009,
when I started ShortFormBlog, I decided it would be
a clever idea to create a mascot for this site,
which I named Julius after my middle name, which
I’ve never been a fan of, as a way to take
ownership of this thing I never really liked. But I
never thought about how other Juliuses would feel
about it. Maybe I should have called up Julius
Erving for his thoughts.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ People_Used_Facebook’s_Leaked_AI_to
Create_a_‘Based’_Chatbot_that_Says_the_N-Word⠀⇛
After 4chan published LLaMa online, others have
taken the language model and created a functioning
chat bot in Discord, which claimed that the n-word
can refer to people who don’t have good intentions.
# ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Happy_2nd_Birthday_to_this_Bitwarden_bug!⠀⇛
Now, in fairness, this bug was quickly fixed in the
desktop client and the browser plugins. But, sadly,
even the latest version of the Android app is still
broken.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ CYBER:_LastPass_Isn’t_Safe_and_Your
Hiking_App_May_be_Tracking_You⠀⇛
This week on Cyber we look at the insecure hiking
app tracking a former Biden official across D.C.,
LastPass’s latest breach, Twitter ditching Tor, and
‘Escape from Tarkov’s wiggle problem.
# ⚓ CISA ☛ CISA_Adds_Two_Known_Exploited_Vulnerabilities_to
Catalog⠀⇛
CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known
Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on
evidence of active exploitation.
# ⚓ CISA ☛ Fortinet_Releases_March_2023_Vulnerability
Advisories⠀⇛
ortinet has released its March 2023 Vulnerability
Advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting
multiple products. An attacker could exploit one of
these vulnerabilities to take control of an
affected system.
CISA encourages users and administrators to review
the Fortinet March 2023 Vulnerability Advisories
page for more information and apply the necessary
updates.
# ⚓ CISA ☛ CISA_Releases_Five_Industrial_Control_Systems
Advisories⠀⇛
CISA released five Industrial Control Systems (ICS)
advisories on March 9, 2023. These advisories
provide timely information about current security
issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding
ICS.
# ⚓ CISA ☛ Cisco_Releases_Security_Advisory_for_IOS_XR
Software⠀⇛
Cisco has released a security advisory for a
vulnerability affecting IOS XR Software for ASR
9000 Series Routers. A remote attacker could
exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-
service condition.
# § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation⠀➾
# ⚓ Neowin ☛ Windows-based_ransomware_now_infects_Linux
devices_as_well [Ed: Microsofters have been conflating
IBM's proprietary software with "Linux"]⠀⇛
A ransomware variant commonly known to target
Windows PCs has recently been found infecting
Linux computers as well. The variant does
this by exploiting a flaw in IBM’s Aspera
Faspex software.
# ⚓ Windows_ransomware_now_targeting_Linux_networks_–
Global_Village_Space_|_Technology [Ed: Misleading
attribution]⠀⇛
IceFire spotted targeting Linux devices as
researchers warn of a growing trend.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Data_Exfiltration_Trends_in
Healthcare [PDF]⠀⇛
Data exfiltration is rapidly becoming more
prevalent. In 2022, incidents at Nvidia,
Microsoft, and several other companies
highlighted how big of a problem it has
become – and how, for some organizations, it
may be a threat that’s even bigger than
ransomware.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ LRT ☛ EU_considers_exemptions_from_sanctions_on_Belarusian
fertilisers⠀⇛
The European Commission is preparing to lift
sanctions on Belarusian fertiliser producers, Igor
Udovickij, the majority shareholder of Birių
Kroviniu Terminalas (Bulk Cargo Terminal), a
stevedoring company in Klaipėda Port that used to
handle Belaruskali cargo, said this week.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ First_Baltic_citizen_killed_in_Ukraine_fighting⠀⇛
An Estonian volunteer was killed in Donbas on
Tuesday, according to the Postimees news website.
This marks the first time a Baltic citizen has been
publicly announced as killed in battle after
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Micronesia’s_outgoing_president_calls_to_cut_ties
with_China,_recognize_Taiwan⠀⇛
David Panuelo alleges Beijing has bribed many of
the Pacific nation’s politicians.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Russia_Has_Launched_a_Barrage_Of_Its
‘Invincible’_Hypersonic_Missiles_Into_Ukraine⠀⇛
Moscow launched a barrage of missiles at Ukraine on
Thursday, which included some of its advanced
hypersonic missiles.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ ‘Where_else_in_the_world_is_there_this_kind_of
slavery?’⠀⇛
North Korea introduces mandatory military service
for women and extends all soldiers’ service time by
three years.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Canada_Bans_Russian_Aluminum,_Steel_Imports⠀⇛
Canada on March 10 banned the import of all Russian
aluminum and steel products in a move that Ottawa
said was aimed at denying Moscow the ability to
fund its war against Ukraine.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Says_Moscow_Aims_To_Destabilize_Moldova,_Bring
In_‘Russia-Friendly’_Government⠀⇛
The United States on March 10 accused Russia of
trying to destabilize the ex-Soviet republic of
Moldova, including through the use of street
protests, with the goal of eventually bringing in a
pro-Moscow government.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belgium_Recognizes_Soviet-Era_Famine_in_Ukraine_As
Genocide⠀⇛
Belgian lawmakers have recognized Holodomor — the
1932-33 famine caused by the policies of the Soviet
government in Ukraine — as a genocide.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Says_It’s_Still_In_Contact_With_U.S._Over
Nuclear_Treaty,_But_Prospects_Dim⠀⇛
Russia said on March 10 that it was still in
contact with the United States over their last
remaining nuclear arms treaty despite suspending it
last month, but held out little prospect of
returning to it.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Why_Iran’s_Growing_Influence_in_Venezuela
Challenges_the_West⠀⇛
The U.S. research group Foundation for Defense of
Democracies said in a report last December that
CICL is a Latin American branch of Iran’s al-
Mustafa International University, which the report
describes as Tehran’s principal institution for
recruiting, indoctrinating and training foreign
converts to Shi’ite Islam.
# ⚓ Jerusalem Post ☛ Iran_secured_secret_deal_with_Russia_over
uranium_for_nuke_program_–_report⠀⇛
According to the intelligence source, “President
Putin, who made a special trip to Iran to pursue
weapons deals between the two countries, agreed to
approve the request, apparently due to his interest
in compensating the Iranians for their assistance,”
the report said.
# ⚓ Frontpage Magazine ☛ India:_Muslim_Leader_Claims_the
Country_Will_Be_Under_Islamic_Rule_Within_Twenty_Years⠀⇛
Various sources have confirmed that the Islamic
organization led by AIUDF and the All India Majlis-
E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) plan to set up
numerous training and career education institutions
for Muslim students that would produce large
numbers of Muslim officers in the Indian
Administrative Services (IAS), the India Police
Services (IPS), and allied services in state
cadres. These organizations would also support the
education and training of engineers, doctors,
advocates, and business entrepreneurs from their
community that would help establish an Islamic
regime in India in an institutionalized way.
# ⚓ New Jersey News ☛ A_growing_number_of_New_Jersey_public
schools_close_for_Eid_as_the_state’s_Muslim_population
doubles_|_Opinion⠀⇛
Ali noted that marking Eid on school calendars and
closing schools in observance sparks conversations
among students, parents, educators and staff.
# ⚓ RNZ ☛ Auckland_man_who_planned_violent_attack_on_non-
Muslims_jailed_for_two_years⠀⇛
He continues to have interim name suppression.
o § Environment⠀➾
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-11_Eindhoven_students_present_off-
road_solar-powered_car⠀⇛
# ⚓ NPR ☛ What’s_driving_the_battery_fires_with_e-bikes
and_scooters?⠀⇛
Last week’s blaze joined the more than 200
fires in New York City last year caused by
batteries from e-bikes, electric scooters and
similar devices. Lithium-ion battery
explosions are now the third leading cause of
fires in the city, the fire department says.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Latvia_asks_people_to_leave_seals_alone⠀⇛
Latvian authorities have asked people to not
harass seal pups this season, the country’s
public broadcaster LSM reports.
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Elephant_Hackers⠀⇛
An elephant uses its right-of-way privileges
to stop_sugar-cane_trucks and grab food.
# ⚓ Salon ☛ For_the_first_time,_an_orca_was_seen_raising
another_whale_species’_young⠀⇛
Sædís kept the calf close by while the other
two killer whales were feeding. There were no
other pilot whales in sight, and Sædís had
the infant in echelon position, tucked
beneath the orca’s mid-lateral flank, which
is indicative of nurturing behavior. Baby
dolphins can’t swim as fast as their mothers,
so in this position, they are given
“hydrodynamic benefits,” which allows them to
keep up with the pod.
“The observation of the echelon formation
between the adult female killer whale SN0540
and the pilot whale calf should be given
special consideration, even though the pilot
whale calf was not observed nursing,” the
authors wrote. “The echelon position allows a
calf to make fewer tail fluke movements than
when swimming on its own and overcome
physical limitations during high-speed
travel, as it is closely ‘drafting’ alongside
an individual, carried by the pressure wave
created by the adult’s larger body.”
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ ECHR_finds_Hungary’s_public_disclosure_of_tax
debtors_violates_privacy_rights⠀⇛
The European Court of Human Rights Thursday ruled
that Hungary’s practice of publishing information
about people who owe tax payments is a violation of
their fundamental rights.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Afghanistan_dispatch:_‘Women_and_children_in_vast
numbers_can_be_seen_scavenging_for_food_on_the_streets_to
support_their_families.’⠀⇛
Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are
filing reports with JURIST on the situation there
after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff
Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on the
implementation and consequences of the Taliban’s
policy banning women from work. For privacy and
security reasons, we are withholding our
Correspondent’s name.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_banking_regulator_closes_SVB_as
depositors_pull_cash⠀⇛
The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has
seized the assets of Silicon Valley Bank, marking
the largest bank failure in the country since
Washington Mutual during the height of the 2008
financial crisis.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Silicon_Valley_Bank_Shuts_Down⠀⇛
The bank’s deposits are currently locked up and
under receivership.
# ⚓ REVEALED:_Danish_banks’_policies_on_non-Danish_speaking
customers⠀⇛
We asked Denmark’s largest banks about their
policies towards customers who don’t speak Danish.
Here’s what they told us.
# ⚓ Thousands_queue_online_to_access_Danish_tax_returns⠀⇛
Over 77,000 people were on Friday morning waiting
online to access their Danish tax returns – and
find out whether they will receive a rebate from
the tax agency.
# ⚓ Will_falling_inflation_in_Denmark_mean_lower_living
costs?⠀⇛
Inflation took another step backwards in February,
according to new figures from Statistics Denmark.
But how long will it be before the financial burden
on consumers lightens?
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-10_Biden’s_plan_to_tax_the_rich,_explained⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Wrap ☛ 2023-03-11_Roku_Had_$487_Million_in_Silicon
Valley_Bank⠀⇛
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Financial_Collapse_Drags_Down_European_Banks⠀⇛
On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank lost about $1.8
billion in trading, sending its shares on Wall
Street plunging 60 percent.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Belgian_Public_Workers_Strike_Over_Better_Wages_&
Conditions⠀⇛
“None of our workers escaped the budget cuts. That
is why we sound the alarm bell: every country
should have a strong public sector,” the Belge
Public Services Union stated.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ How_Silicon_Valley’s_Bank_Imploded⠀⇛
Two days after a surreal bank run amplified by
social media began, founders’ favorite bank has
been shut down by the FDIC.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ What_supermarkets_and_shops_are_doing_to_help
with_the_cost_of_living⠀⇛
From free meals for over-60s and children, to
Healthy Start vouchers and targeted discounts
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Fraud_probe_into_beef_mis-labelled_as_British
sold_in_a_UK_supermarket⠀⇛
An investigation has revealed that pre-packed meat
and deli products from Southern America and Europe
have been labelled as British
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Peter_Thiel’s_Founders_Fund_withdrew_millions
from_Silicon_Valley_Bank⠀⇛
Founders Fund withdrew millions from SVB, said the
person, who asked not to be identified discussing
private information. It joined other venture funds
that took dramatic steps to limit exposure to the
now-failed financial institution. Founders Fund
also advised its portfolio companies that there was
no downside to moving their money away from SVB,
even if the risk was low.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Silicon_Valley_Bank_failure_could_wipe_out_‘a_whole
generation_of_startups’⠀⇛
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has said
that depositors will be able to access up to
$250,000 of their funds by Monday morning. Any
amount above that will result in a “receivership
certificate.”
And when the FDIC sells the assets of Silicon
Valley Bank, those with certificates will receive
payments — but how long that will take, and what
amount of money will be paid back, remains unclear.
Some estimates suggest that as little as about 3%
of the bank’s deposits are below $250,000, meaning
the vast bulk of depositors have money that exceeds
standard federal insurance.
# ⚓ Gregory Hammond ☛ Should_you_leave_an_affiliate_program⠀⇛
When I was just starting out with affiliate
marketing I joined a ton of different ones. Once I
made at least $1 from affiliate marketing, I knew I
could narrow what programs I joined. If you haven’t
made any money then don’t leave any, as you don’t
know what your audience is going to click.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Silicon_Valley_Bank_Collapse_Sets_Off
Blame_Game_in_Tech_Industry⠀⇛
The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on
Friday set off panic across the technology
industry. But [cryptocurrency] executives and
investors — who have endured a year of near-
constant upheaval — seized on the moment to preach
and scold.
Centralized banking was to blame, the
[cryptocurrency] advocates said. Their vision of an
alternate financial system, unmoored from big banks
and other gatekeepers, was better. They argued that
the government regulators that recently cracked
down on [cryptocurrency] firms had sown the seeds
of the bank’s implosion.
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ The_GOP_Wants_You_to_Pay_More_Exorbitant
Credit_Card_Fees⠀⇛
In February, the Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau proposed a rule that would limit most credit
card late fees to $8. The rule is being fought by a
group of House Republicans who took more than
$600,000 from credit card companies in the last
election cycle.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Microsoft’s_third_layoff_round_hits_employees
in_supply_chain,_cloud,_IoT_business⠀⇛
Microsoft has conducted a third round of job cuts
that impacted employees in roles related to supply
chain, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of
Things (IoT).
According to CRN, the third wave of layoffs are
part of the 10,000 job cuts announced by Microsoft
earlier this year.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ The_Polls_Were_Historically_Accurate_In_2022⠀⇛
Of course, some pollsters were more accurate than
others. And today, we’ve updated the
FiveThirtyEight pollster ratings to account for
each pollster’s performance in the 2022 cycle. Our
ratings are letter grades that we assign to each
pollster based on historical accuracy and
transparency. (You can read exactly how we
calculate pollster ratings here.) They’re one of
many tools you should use when deciding how much
stock to place in a poll.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Meta_to_end_news_access_for_Canadians_if
Online_News_Act_becomes_law⠀⇛
Canada’s news media industry has asked the
government for more regulation of tech companies to
allow the industry to recoup financial losses it
has suffered in the years as tech giants like
Google and Meta steadily gain greater market share
of advertising.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Iran_and_Saudi_Arabia_re-establish_diplomatic
ties⠀⇛
Talks in China between Iran and Saudi Arabia Friday
concluded with the two countries agreeing to re-
establish diplomatic relations. In a statement, the
two nations expressed their desire to “resolve the
disagreements between them through dialogue and
diplomacy.” The main goal in the re-opening of
relations is to “enhanc[e]regional and
international peace and security.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Saudi_Arabia,_Iran_Set_To_Resume_Diplomatic
Relations⠀⇛
Saudi Arabia and Iran have reached an agreement
that includes the resumption of diplomatic
relations and the reopening of embassies and
missions within two months.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_sanctions_companies_helping_Iranian
petrochemical_firms_evade_sanctions⠀⇛
The US Department of the Treasury Thursday
sanctioned 39 entities connected with providing
financial services to sanctioned Iranian firms,
such as Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industry
Commercial Co. (PGPICC) and Triliance Petrochemical
Co. Ltd. (Triliance).
# ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_congress_gives_nod_to_third_presidential_term
for_supreme_leader_Xi_Jinping⠀⇛
Unelected delegates vote unanimously, paving the
way for Xi’s indefinite rule over party, state and
army.
# ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-03-09_Green_Party_welcome_report_on
positive_attitudes_towards_migration⠀⇛
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ 2023-03-10_Israeli_protesters:_‘Traitors’_and
‘anarchists’_or_best_and_brightest?⠀⇛
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Who_reads_the_Daily_Mail?_Why_biggest
print_title_still_has_a_huge_influence⠀⇛
Circulation and demographic breakdown showing
who reads the Daily Mail.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Hong_Kong_Jails_Members_of_Tiananmen_Vigil
Group⠀⇛
Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok Kwan and Tsui Hon Kwong,
leaders of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in
Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China,
were found guilty March 4.
Before the sentences were announced, Chow said, “We
will continue doing what we have always done, that
is to fight falsehood with truth, indignity with
dignity, secrecy with openness, madness with
reason, division with solidarity. We will fight
these injustices wherever we must, be it on the
streets, in the courtroom, or from a prison cell.”
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 3_Hong_Kong_Tiananmen_vigil_group
activists_jailed_for_4.5_months_for_refusing_national
security_data_demand⠀⇛
Three former members of the defunct organiser of
Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigils have been
sentenced to four-and-a-half months in jail after
they were convicted of not complying with a
national security police data request. Chow Hang-
tung, Tang Ngok-kwan, and Tsui Hon-kwong appeared
at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts…
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Republican_Matt_Gaetz_calls_for_Congress
investigation_into_media_watchdog_Newsguard⠀⇛
The Trump-aligned congressman made the comments
after a hearing into the so-called Twitter Files.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Nanjing_university_suspends_lecturer_after_comments
about_imported_food,_US_guns⠀⇛
Students post musings from economics lecturer Chen
Saibin on food security, women’s safety and US gun
ownership.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Lists_World_Wildlife_Fund,_Others_As
‘Foreign_Agents’⠀⇛
Russia on March 10 added the World Wildlife Fund to
its register of “foreign agents,” along with a
prominent Kremlin critic, a renowned economist, and
a few others.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Blogger_Arrested_For_Protest_Content_On
Instagram_Account⠀⇛
A blogger in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia
has been arrested for publishing content on his
Instagram account about a wave of suspected
poisonings across the country that has hospitalized
scores of students, mainly schoolgirls.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_University_Professor_In_Belarus_Sentenced_To
Prison_For_Radio_Interview⠀⇛
A former lecturer at the Department of Italian
Language at the Minsk State Linguistic University,
Natallya Dulina, has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years
in prison for giving an interview to a media outlet
labeled by authorities as “extremist.”
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-03-10_What_You_Can’t_Say_on_YouTube⠀⇛
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Coconuts_winds_down_Hong_Kong_news
site_after_a_decade,_citing_‘journalistic_and_commercial
challenges’⠀⇛
Coconuts is winding down its Hong Kong news site,
citing commercial and journalistic challenges. The
announcement came days after a new general manager
took over the publishing group.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Stand_News_sedition_trial:_Ex-editor
questioned_over_op-ed_likening_Hong_Kong_to_Orwell’s
‘Nineteen_Eighty-Four’⠀⇛
A former editor of defunct Hong Kong independent
news outlet Stand News on trial for sedition has
been questioned over an op-ed that compared Hong
Kong to the fictional totalitarian regime in George
Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Meanwhile, the judge
presiding over the trial asked whether Nineteen
Eighty-Four was a book, and what it was about.
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ John_Pilger:_The_Betrayers_of_Julian
Assange⠀⇛
I have known Julian Assange since I first
interviewed him in London in 2010. I immediately
liked his dry, dark sense of humour, often
dispensed with an infectious giggle. He is a proud
outsider: sharp and thoughtful.
# ⚓ ANF News ☛ Journalist_Fırat_Bulut_released⠀⇛
The Bingöl Penal Judgeship of Peace had issued a
warrant against the journalist for “spreading false
information” as allowed by the recently passed
“disinformation law”.
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ Afghan_journalists_injured_in_explosion_at_press
award_event⠀⇛
In response to news reports that a number of
journalists were wounded in a bomb attack on a
press award event in northern Afghanistan on
Saturday, the Committee to Protect Journalists
issued the following statement calling for a swift
investigation:
“Targeting journalists during an event to honor
reporters is a despicable and cowardly act,” said
Beh Lih Yi, CPJ’s Asia program coordinator. “Brave
Afghan journalists are already reporting in
extremely challenging circumstances. The Taliban
must investigate quickly, bring the perpetrators to
justice, and end impunity for those who target
journalists.”
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Amnesty_International:_Tunisia_must_end_xenophobic
attacks_against_migrants⠀⇛
Amnesty International Friday called for Tunisia to
put an immediate end to racist and xenophobic
attacks targeting Black African migrants. The
violence began in early February and was
exacerbated by a racially-charged speech by
President Kais Saied at a National Security Council
meeting on February 21.
# ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Sweden’s_government_finalises_bill_to_end
ban_on_spontaneous_dancing⠀⇛
Sweden’s government is to submit a bill to end the
long-ridiculed ban on spontaneous dancing to
parliament next week, Justice Minister Gunnar
Strömmer announced in a press release on Thursday.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Farmworkers_Push_Wendy’s,_Kroger_and_Publix_to
Take_Stance_Against_Forced_Labor⠀⇛
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Taliban_Is_World’s_Most_Repressive_Regime_For
Women,_UN_Says⠀⇛
Women were forced to cover themselves, banned from
public spaces, and forbidden to work for domestic
and foreign NGOs, while traveling or working
outside their home is largely restricted.
The International Labor Organization said on March
7 that Afghan women’s employment had fallen by 25
percent since the Taliban’s return to power.
# ⚓ NDTV ☛ In_Afghanistan,_Taliban_Force_Divorced_Women_Back_To
Abusive_Ex_Husbands⠀⇛
Marwa was one of a small number of women who, under
the previous US-backed government, were granted a
legal separation in Afghanistan, where women have
next to no rights and domestic abuse is endemic.
When Taliban forces swept into power in 2021, her
husband claimed he had been forced into the divorce
and commanders ordered her back to his clutches.
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-07_Germany:_Low-Income_Households_Struggle
for_Social_and_Economic_Rights⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-08_The_Global_Backlash_Against_Women’s
Rights⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-07_Lebanon:_38_Countries_Condemn_Interference
with_Beirut_Blast_Probe⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-08_Little_to_Cheer_for_in_South_Korea_on
International_Women’s_Day⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-08_‘Dark_Day’_for_Georgia’s_Democracy⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-08_Egypt:_Harsh_Sentences_Against_Rights
Activists⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-08_Equal_Laws_in_Nepal_Crucial_for_Ending
Discrimination_Against_Women⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-08_Key_Moment_for_Scrutiny_of_Economic_and
Social_Rights_Record_in_the_UK⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-08_Saudi_Arabia:_Law_Enshrines_Male
Guardianship⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-08_Thailand:_Man_Jailed_for_Selling_‘Yellow
Duck’_Calendars⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-09_African_Commission_Calls_for_Justice_in
Burundi⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-09_Lebanon:_Electricity_Crisis_Exacerbates
Poverty,_Inequality⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-10_Navalny’s_Oscar_Moment_Spotlights_Russian
Government_Abuse⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-10_Uganda:_New_Anti-Gay_Bill_Further
Threatens_Rights⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-09_Zambia:_‘Green_City’_Plan_Should_Focus_on
Lead_Mine_Remediation⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-10_Bahrain_Revokes_Human_Rights_Watch_Visas⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-10_Belarus_Equates_Rights_Protection_to
Extremism⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-10_Law_Enforcement_Complicit_in_Crimes
Against_Women_in_Kyrgyzstan⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-10_Russia’s_‘Verdict’_against_Ukrainian_POW_a
Cynical_Farce⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-10_Tunisia:_Racist_Violence_Targets_Black
Migrants,_Refugees⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-10_Zimbabwe:_Police_Shut_Down_Popular
Musician’s_Show⠀⇛
o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
# ⚓ Right to Repair ☛ Right_to_Repair_for_Agriculture_in
Colorado_Moves_Ahead⠀⇛
Last night (Thursday March 9) The Colorado Senate
voted 4-3 to move Agricultural Right to Repair
HB23-1011 ahead to the Senate Floor. The House has
already moved the bill by a vote of 44-17.
Participants in Thursday’s hearing in the Colorado
Senate AG and Natural Resources Committee heard a
rare, lengthy (7 hours !! ) and wide ranging
discussion about the merits and pitfalls of HB12-
1011. It was by far the most diligent and useful of
hearings in our 10 years of experience. The Senate
Chair himself explained that he went back and forth
at least ten times between Yea and Nea before
deciding to cast the deciding Yea vote.
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-10_Spotify_gives
consumers_an_inside_look_into_its_new_AI-powered_feature
‘DJ’⠀⇛
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ How_Two_Former_Employees_Scammed_Amazon
Out_Of_$10_Million⠀⇛
Two former Amazon employees pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to commit wire fraud against the
company.
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ JUVE ☛ Paris_courts_attract_soaring_number_of_patent
cases [Ed: This publisher is sponsored (bribed) by
litigation profiteers and patent maximalists. This is
what they want.]⠀⇛
The Judicial Court of Paris’ 3rd Chamber,
which is responsible for IP, has issued its
statistics for the past year. These show an
increase of almost 3.5%, from the 174 new
lawsuits filed by parties in 2021, to 180 new
patent lawsuits filed by parties in 2022.
# ⚓ 2023-03-10_USPTO_to_Transition_to_Electronic_Patent
Grants [Ed: Just pushing_Microsoft]⠀⇛
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Precedential_No._11:_TTAB_Confirms_that
Once_Opposer’s_Mark_is_Registered,_Priority_is_No
Longer_an_Issue⠀⇛
After the Board sustained Nnenna Lovette
Nkanginieme’s Section 2(d) opposition to
registration of the mark LOVETTE for
handbags, Applicant Lovette Appleton
requested reconsideration, contending that
the Board improperly found that, because
opposer obtained a registration for her
pleaded mark and entered same into the
record, priority was not at issue. The Board
denied the reconsideration request, pointing
out that, absent a petition for cancellation
of the “pleaded and proven registration,”
priority is not an issue in a Section 2(d)
dispute. Nnenna_Lovette_Nkanginieme_v.
Lovette_Appleton, Opposition No. 91256464
(March 7, 2023) [precedential] (Opinion by
Judge Frances S. Wolfson).
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Piracy_Subreddit_Avoided_a_Reddit_Ban
By_Censoring_Itself_to_Death⠀⇛
Reddit is probably the best discussion
platform the internet has ever seen, but for
those operating controversial subreddits,
straying over the line a little too often can
mean a permanent ban. With many piracy-
focused communities already part of the big
subreddit in the sky, others self-censor in a
bid to stay alive. That can have devastating
consequences.
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