𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Thursday, March 23, 2023
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⦿ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ Union Syndicale Fédérale Cautions the EPO’s Administrative Council About Initiating an Illegal Kangaroo Court System for Patents (UPC) While EPO Breaks Laws and Sponsors the Ukraine Invasion | Techrights
⦿ Sirius ’Open Source’ Under Investigation for Pension Fraud, Several Pension Providers Examine the Facts | Techrights
⦿ [Meme] Grabinski the Opportunity | Techrights
⦿ [Meme] Sirius ’Open Source’ Pensions: Schemes or Scams? Giving a Bad Name to Open Source... | Techrights
⦿ Investigation Underway: Sirius ’Open Source’ Embezzled/Stole Money, Robbed Its Own Staff | Techrights
⦿ Experiencing 15 Years of LibrePlanet Celebration Firsthand as a Volunteer: 2023 - Charting the Course | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/irc-log-220323/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/kangaroo-court-system-and-epo/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/pension-fraud-investigations/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/president-putin-and-klaus-grabinski/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/schemes-or-scams-at-sirius/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/sirius-robbed-its-own-staff/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/volunteer-at-libreplanet/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/links-23032023-sparky-2023-03-special-editions-and-suse-changes-ceo-dirk-peter-van-leeuwen/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/linux-6-2-8/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/03/23/rss-guard-4-3-3/#comments
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Initiating_an_Illegal_Kangaroo_Court_System_for_Patents_(UPC)_While_EPO_Breaks
Laws_and_Sponsors_the_Ukraine_Invasion⠀✐
Posted in Europe, Patents at 8:32 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
UPC is Unacceptable and a Risk to the EU (for many reasons)
Video_download_link | md5sum 4742e57afe3feef00433b302d09ba6d1
USF Writes to AC and EU
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/upc-and-usf.webm
Summary: Union Syndicale Fédérale (USF) is once again speaking out in support
of the staff union of Europe’s second-largest institution, which lacks
oversight and governance because of profound corruption and regulatory capture
Repeating a pattern of offences, utter disregard for the law, and routine
violations of the law (turning diplomatic immunity into unbridled impunity),
the EPO‘s management incurs the wrath of NGOs; the same group that berated
Benoît_Battistelli for his crimes is reporting António_Campinos to the people
who can hold him accountable but never will (he’s bribing them to be entirely
complicit); this systemic breakdown or the collapse of the legal system (at
least in the context of patents) merits far more media attention, but the media
is connected to the same regimes and corporations that benefit financially from
the corruption of the EPO.
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇[USF] Union Syndicale Fédérale on SUEPO⦈ The video above
goes through the latest relevant letter, dated 3 days ago. It also takes stock
of this_latest_nonsense (warning: epo.org link) entitled “Digital
transformation & Unitary Patent: users updated”. As we noted already in Daily
Links, the EPO had once again promoted an illegal, unconstitutional ploy. The
EPO is run by gangsters who sponsor_Belarus_and_its_war_on_Ukraine. The
summary/outline says “Members of SACEPO Working Party on Rules discussed latest
changes,” but SACEPO is industry, not people who are impartial.
Anyway, the letter discussed above was reproduced here by the staff union.
Union Syndicale Fédérale (USF). To quote:
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Union_Syndicale_Fédérale⦈_
UNION_SYNDICALE_FÉDÉRALE
Letter of support from the President of USF to Mr. Josef Kratochvil,
Chair of the Administrative Council, regarding SUEPO’s open letter to
the Administrative Council on the Conference of Ministers of the
Contracting States under Article 4a.
Read_the_letter_of_support_here
The German, French and Dutch translation of the letter of support
will be available soon.
The USF page states: “The petition launched in October 2022 by Union syndicale
in the European Patent Office (EPO) has met with no response. A petition to the
Administrative Council of the EPO expressing the view that a Conference of the
Ministers of the Contracting States provided by Art.4a of the European Patent
Convention (EPC) is now long overdue. Therefore, Union Syndicale Fédérale (USF)
wishes to support and to join the SUEPO (Staff Union of the EPO) claim to
convene a Conference of the Ministers of the Contracting States under Art.4a of
the EPC. Read the letter of support from Nicolas Mavraganis, the President of
USF to Mr. Josef Kratochvil, Chair of the Administrative Council, regarding
SUEPO’s open letter to the Administrative Council on the Conference of
Ministers of the Contracting States under Article 4a.”
Below we reproduce the letter itself (it’s just an image, produced by Microsoft
Office without any text). █
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⣿⣿⣿⣯⡻⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣿⠿⠛⠛⢿⣿⢹⢟⣿⣿⢲⣾⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠐⣷⡆⡉⡁⠁⢩⣾⣿⣿⡇⢼⣼
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⡳⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠙⠫⠠⠁⠀⠘⡙⠻⣟⡼⢽⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣠⠔⣰⠅⣿⣿⢺⠔⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣦⢴⡟⠘⢿⡇⠠⡃⡐⢖⣿⣶⣾⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣏⠉⠸⢷⢡⣖⡎⠐⢠⣶⣇⠀⠀⠈⠀⡵⠀⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣉⠈⠀⣠⣿⠙⢹⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣦⣰⢸⣝⣷⣰⠖⠄⣰⣯⣼⢾
⣿⡿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣬⣧⡾⣝⡄⢀⣬⣻⠞⠀⢸⠀⢀⢸⣷⢱⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⢿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣭⣿⡏⠸⡌⢄⡛⠛⠛⣿⠟⣿⠟⠛⢻⣯⡄⠀⢋⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣅⣾⢕⣴⣵⠃⠀⠈⢹⠀⣸
⡇⠀⣼⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠙⢛⢻⠁⠈⠀⣼⣿⣿⡿⣀⠀⣿⣾⣿⣻⣷⡆⢀⣬⣵⠰⠂⠈⢻⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⠓⢡⣴⣾⣃⠀⢰⣿⣳⢿⣆⣿⢷⠹⠁⠀⢨⡤⠔⠈⣬⡹⣿⣿⣿⠯⢃⣈⡻⣿⢈⣷⣷⣤⣬⣿⣾⢿⢿
⡷⣾⣻⣷⣿⣿⢽⣋⠀⠠⣌⣀⠀⣷⣴⣿⣿⣿⠙⠻⡀⣷⢰⢘⠇⠒⠒⠈⣿⡏⠇⠀⡄⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⡿⡝⣛⣗⠷⢘⠋⡵⣶⡍⣷⣇⠀⢠⣴⣼⡿⣦⣀⣏⢽⢿⢿⢯⠠⣮⣝⢿⣿⢧⣹⣿⣿⣿⢹⣷⣧⣿
⣿⣭⢯⢿⣿⣿⠈⠻⣤⣷⡻⣿⠤⡨⢼⡿⠛⠃⣠⢤⣜⠓⠷⠏⢰⣤⠀⠀⣾⠀⢀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⡏⡻⣿⣾⣿⢺⣹⣟⣨⣩⡄⣿⡟⠇⠉⢹⡇⢸⠫⢧⡮⣜⣎⢾⣏⢵⣨⠇⣿⣿⣿⣞⣫⣷⢸⣿⣿⣿⡯⣟⢻⣼
⣿⡘⢏⣴⣿⣦⣄⢺⣿⣮⣻⣿⡔⠽⠉⠀⠀⣸⣿⣵⡿⡧⠀⣺⣿⡿⣿⠂⡿⢀⡀⠀⠀⣿⢨⣽⡿⡞⣿⡏⢹⣶⣶⢺⣿⣿⣿⠟⢸⡅⢀⡸⢡⣟⣒⣝⣻⠸⢀⣼⣶⣶⣴⣾⣭⡽⣷⣼⠂⠉⢸⣿⣿⢿⢿⣽⣸⣿
⡟⠁⠀⣰⣯⡹⣿⣗⣞⢿⣿⡿⢮⣶⣆⣀⡀⠿⢛⣽⡯⣃⠀⣝⣿⣾⡏⠹⢛⣿⣿⣦⣀⡘⣿⣿⣷⠃⢸⣇⠀⠉⢉⢸⣿⣯⠯⠀⣤⢿⣿⣯⣎⣿⣿⡭⠋⠄⢸⣿⣆⢸⡏⣮⠈⠛⠛⣓⢖⣿⡜⠛⠁⠀⠙⠉⠈⣻
⡇⠀⠀⢸⢯⢇⣿⡛⢯⡀⠉⣚⣟⣛⡿⣿⣿⠂⠗⠁⠘⠉⠁⠘⢳⠉⠀⠀⣲⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⠮⣵⡟⠀⠀⣿⠤⠀⢾⣞⠶⢋⣷⡰⣿⣿⢽⣿⢏⣽⡿⠁⠀⠂⠻⠟⣫⡘⡞⣡⣤⣴⣿⣻⣿⣮⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣀⢸
⡇⠀⠀⡃⠈⠉⠑⠻⠈⢇⠀⢫⢛⡻⣛⣹⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠊⠀⢰⣿⣿⣟⣯⣯⣿⣯⣄⠙⡇⠀⠀⢹⣧⠀⠀⠙⠿⠿⢿⣘⢛⡿⣾⣷⣶⣿⣧⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⢛⣷⣾⢟⠌⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸
⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⣱⣿⣿⣟⢔⠖⢼⡃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣻⣻⣻⣯⣿⠇⣿⣯⣿⣶⣄⡀⢻⣟⣷⡀⠀⠀⣸⣕⠜⣼⡏⣿⣿⣮⣿⣿⣿⠀⣠⣀⡀⠀⢼⣿⣿⣶⣠⢾⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸
⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠂⠉⠁⢹⠊⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣿⣽⢷⣩⣗⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⡌⢯⣿⡇⠀⢠⣿⡋⢐⠝⢺⣿⣻⣿⣯⢿⣿⣘⣽⣾⣿⡂⡐⢎⣙⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣽⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⣿⠛⠛⠻⡗⢺⡟⠛⠛⢿⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠸⠿⠀⣿⠀⣿⠀⡇⢸⡇⠸⠃⣸⠀⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⢰⣶⣶⡆⠀⠀⣶⣶⣶⠀⢀⣴⣶⡆⢸⣷⣶⡄⠀⢰⣶⣶⡆⢰⣶⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣶⣿⣶⣷⣾⣿⣶⣾⣿⣶⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠀⣾⣿⣿⠃⠈⠛⠋⠁⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠘⠛⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢛⡛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣋⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠀⢻⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣤⡀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⢰⣶⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣈⡙⢻⡄⠻⢀⡇⢠⡄⢹⠃⣠⡀⣿⠀⡿⢁⣤⣽⠤⠤⠙⡇⢸⡏⠠⠌⢹⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠈⠙⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠚⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣉⣁⣼⣷⠀⣼⣇⣸⣇⣸⣆⣘⣀⣿⣀⣿⣀⣉⣻⣀⣃⣀⣇⣈⣧⣘⣋⣻⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣷⠀⣾⣿⣿⠏⢀⣴⣿⣶⡄⢰⣿⣿⡟⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡾⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠛⠀⠛⠛⠁⠀⠀⠉⠛⠛⠃⠘⠛⠉⠀⠀⠘⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢠⣤⣤⡿⠁⠿⣿⠟⠇⢸⡿⠇⠾⣿⠿⠟⢿⠟⠻⢿⡇⢸⡿⠟⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢠⣤⣼⠀⣉⣀⡇⠰⡇⢸⡇⢈⣀⣸⠀⣿⡿⠋⡁⢸⡇⢸⡇⢈⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣼⣿⣿⣷⣤⣶⣿⣦⣴⣼⣷⣦⣴⣿⣦⣿⣿⣦⣴⣼⣷⣦⣷⣦⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⢿⣿⡟⠛⠿⠟⡿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⡇⠀⢀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⡀⠀⠘⣿⣇⣀⣰⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠃⠀⢸⠀⠀⡇⠘⠀⢀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠅⠀⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠉⠉⠁⠈⠉⣿⣿⠋⠛⠛⡟⠛⠛⡛⠋⠛⠛⠛⡟⠛⠋⠋⠙⠛⢻⠛⠛⣟⠛⠛⠋⠛⣛⠛⢻⢛⢻⠙⠋⠛⢛⢛⠛⡛⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠘⠀⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡖⠂⠀⠖⠒⠂⠒⠒⠒⠲⠲⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⡛⠓⡟⠙⢻⠉⠛⠋⠛⠻⡏⠋⣞⡏⠋⠙⢹⠙⡛⠛⠛⠙⢟⡋⠙⠻⠋⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣷⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣰⣿⣇⣆⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠛⡟⠛⠻⠙⢛⠛⠛⠟⠛⠟⢻⣛⡟⡿⠟⠛⠿⠋⠛⠛⠟⠛⠟⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣆⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣤⣴⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⡟⠛⠉⠙⠛⠋⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⠛⠛⠛⠟⠛⣟⣻⠉⡟⢛⢛⠛⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⡛⠋⠛⠋⠛⠟⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠾⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠿⣿⠿⠿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡶⣺⡶⠶⡶⠶⢾⣟⢿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣬⣽⣷⣤⣼⣦⣼⣧⣦⣬⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⠿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢤⣾⣴⣦⣿⣭⠮⣤⣴⣥⣼⣤⣤⣮⣬⣤⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣼⣬⣥⣤⣤⣤⣼⣥⣼⣤⣤⣼⣴⣴⣦⣤⣤⣥⣤⣧⣦⣤⣴⣶⣼⣥⣆⣬⣴⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣼⣥⣤⣮⣤⣤⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣵⣵⣴⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣑⣊⣉⣩⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣃⣚⣩⡉⣉⣉⣩⣽⣤⣉⣘⣀⣹⣑⣉⣍⣅⣉⣹⣈⣉⣈⣉⣉⣏⣀⣠⣁⣘⢺⣋⣇⣨⣿⣀⣙⣋⣉⣕⣙⣉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⡻⣽⢍⠝⠩⠋⠽⢋⠉⡋⡋⢋⣹⣯⣋⡉⢫⡩⣻⢝⣉⠉⣋⡉⣏⢩⣯⢙⣍⡉⣫⣏⠉⢉⡍⡋⠙⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⢉⡩⡹⣉⡟⡛⠋⠙⢙⠛⢟⢙⢋⠛⢻⡉⡟⠝⢙⠉⠛⢛⡛⠏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⠛⠛⢻⢻⢛⠛⢛⡟⢛⡟⡛⢻⠟⢟⣟⡛⠛⠛⣻⡛⠛⠻⠛⡟⠟⢻⢛⣟⡛⡟⠛⣟⡛⢻⣟⣿⢛⡻⡛⠛⠛⢻⢟⢛⡛⢟⣻⣿⣟⠛⠛⡛⠛⠛⣻⣻⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢶⠷⢶⣾⠓⣾⣶⢾⠷⢿⣳⢗⠾⢾⠷⣿⡷⠖⣶⣿⣷⣶⣶⣷⣿⣶⣷⣾⣷⣷⣿⣷⣷⣷⣾⣷⣷⣾⣾⣾⣶⣶⣾⣿⣾⣶⣿⣿⣷⣿⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣶⣾⣿⣷⣷⣶⣶⣶⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⢿⣟⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⣿⠟⠛⡻⣻⣿⠟⠿⢿⡟⠿⠿⠟⣿⣿⢿⡿⡿⣿⠿⢻⣿⢿⢿⡟⡛⡻⣻⣿⢟⣿⣟⣟⢟⠟⣿⢿⠿⠻⠿⡿⠿⢿⢿⡿⠿⣿⡿⡿⠿⠿⣿⡿⡿⠿⡿⣿⠿⣿⡿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⠾⠷⢶⢷⡶⠶⠶⢿⠶⢶⡶⠦⣿⡶⡶⠾⣷⠶⡾⠿⢿⡾⡿⠶⢷⡿⠶⢿⠿⡿⡾⠷⠶⣷⠾⡿⣶⡷⠷⣿⡷⠶⡿⢾⡶⡶⢷⠶⠶⠶⢾⠷⠶⡿⣷⠷⡶⡶⡿⣶⡿⠶⣾⠿⡶⠿⢷⡷⢾⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠴⣤⣧⢼⣿⣥⣤⣧⣿⣶⣤⣯⠬⢬⣿⣮⣧⣧⣤⣧⣼⣤⣧⢤⣦⣽⢧⣬⣽⢧⣤⣤⡤⣤⣿⡴⢤⣿⣤⣤⣤⣿⣽⠤⣼⢧⣷⣵⡥⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣧⣷⣽⠿⠿⠧⠿⡦⣤⣯⣴⣥⣼⣼⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠤⣤⣼⣽⣽⣿⣽⣤⣭⣿⣶⣸⣤⣤⣯⣤⣼⣠⣦⣤⣦⣤⣤⣼⣴⣼⣮⣾⣥⣤⣼⣽⣧⣷⣤⣧⣭⣿⣤⣰⣤⣤⣾⣴⣤⣤⣴⣯⣯⣯⣿⣶⣤⣾⣿⣤⣾⣥⣤⣦⣭⣧⣼⣤⣶⣤⣮⣬⣤⣽⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣦⣼⣦⣤⣼⣼⣬⣼⣼⣤⣼⣷⣬⣄⣤⣤⣤⣤⣧⣤⣽⣦⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣘⣀⣡⣏⣭⣋⣈⣉⣹⣟⣹⣉⣻⣉⣉⣉⣝⣟⣍⣹⣉⣋⣹⣭⣿⣁⣇⣨⣉⣇⣀⣉⣶⣟⣈⣹⣩⣽⣯⣽⣉⣉⣈⣉⣍⣹⣉⣉⣁⣁⣉⢹⣏⣿⣟⣍⣹⣀⣉⣩⡉⣉⣉⣩⣿⣬⣹⣋⣉⣸⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣐⣠⣌⣉⣿⣍⣯⣏⣽⣹⣍⣁⣈⣉⣩⣏⠉⣯⣉⣙⣉⣉⣍⣙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠹⢻⡟⢻⢻⢙⠛⠛⢹⠟⠋⠛⣏⡍⡻⡏⢻⢻⠛⡷⠹⠍⣏⢸⠙⣏⢿⡛⡏⢻⡟⠛⠛⣿⣟⠛⠙⢻⠛⠉⠛⣿⡿⢹⢛⡻⣿⡻⠛⡟⡟⠛⠛⠛⠿⡛⠛⠏⡿⡛⡏⠹⣿⠛⢛⠛⢻⣿⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢙⠛⢛⡛⠛⠛⠙⢛⠟⣿⡟⠻⠙⢩⢻⡟⠛⢛⠋⠛⠻⠻⡏⢿⠹⣹⣿⢻⠟⠛⡗⢋⠉⠏⢛⠛⣿⢛⣿⠉⣉⠹⠏⡟⠛⠛⣿⡙⠻⠿⣿⠛⠛⠚⠛⣟⠙⢿⢻⠾⣯⣻⡟⠟⣺⣛⠛⢻⡟⢹⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢉⢉⠋⠹⣿⠋⠛⠋⡛⢻⡟⣻⣿⡛⢻⣟⡝⠋⠛⠟⣻⠛⡟⠛⠏⠻⣻⠛⠛⠛⠋⠛⡛⠙⣿⡛⣿⠛⠋⢻⡟⡟⠛⠛⠛⡟⠛⠛⢿⢡⣻⠛⠓⣷⢛⡛⢛⠋⢻⡛⠙⢻⠛⡛⢻⣛⠟⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⡻⣛⢿⡻⢿⠻⡛⢟⡞⣗⡟⠻⠻⠞⡛⠷⣾⠻⡳⡛⢳⣿⡟⠻⡷⠻⢻⠻⢻⣻⣞⢟⡳⠟⢺⠻⣛⡻⢻⠛⠿⠛⣻⠻⠓⡻⠛⡟⣟⢟⡞⢛⠿⣮⢛⡟⡻⠛⠟⠟⢟⣼⠛⠛⠻⡗⣻⠟⢻⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠺⠾⠾⠾⣷⣷⣾⣶⣷⣿⣷⣷⣶⣶⣾⣷⣶⣾⣾⣾⣶⣾⣾⣷⣶⣾⣶⣾⣶⣿⣾⣷⣿⣾⣶⣾⣾⣷⣿⣾⣶⣷⣾⣾⣾⣶⣷⣶⣷⣿⣷⣷⣾⣶⣷⣶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣷⣾⣾⣶⣷⣾⣶⣾⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⠿⠿⣿⠿⠿⢿⢿⢿⢿⣿⠿⡿⡿⢿⠿⠿⠿⡿⡿⢿⢿⣿⠿⠿⣿⢿⡿⡿⠿⡿⣿⡿⢿⠿⠿⢿⠿⣿⢿⣿⠿⡿⣿⣿⡿⡿⡿⠿⠿⠿⡿⡿⡿⠿⡿⠿⠿⠿⡿⠿⡿⠿⠿⢿⡿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣴⠤⣧⡿⣼⣿⣼⣿⣼⣿⣯⢼⣧⢿⣴⣥⡤⢤⣾⣯⣴⣽⣿⣵⣾⣿⣿⣧⣦⣮⣦⣿⣿⣷⣼⡯⠼⠧⢿⣴⣿⣽⣧⡿⢼⠾⣥⠧⣤⡤⢤⣿⣧⣿⣦⣧⣤⣤⣿⣦⣼⠧⣿⣦⣼⣮⣤⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢤⣤⣤⣧⣤⣤⣭⣿⣷⡷⣦⣿⣨⣴⣤⣦⠷⢤⠤⣴⠿⣧⡦⡤⠄⣤⣦⡼⣴⢿⢶⣤⢾⡧⡶⣼⣧⢤⠶⢭⡿⡾⠦⢼⣧⠬⡥⡶⣿⡿⣭⣤⣴⡧⣶⣬⣿⣿⣦⣦⣤⣤⣤⣲⣿⠥⣤⢵⠤⢼⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣴⣤⣷⣦⣤⣦⢟⡤⣤⣀⣶⣤⣷⣦⢼⣠⣬⣥⣤⣿⡧⣥⣥⣤⣧⣼⣥⣤⢭⣬⣧⣤⣥⣥⣹⡬⣼⣤⣼⣧⣥⡤⣿⣿⡷⣼⣤⣾⣤⣤⣤⣥⣇⣽⣼⣸⣶⢧⣴⡤⠼⣧⣾⣼⣤⡥⣭⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣠⣥⣷⣮⣸⣥⣤⣥⣠⣸⣾⣢⣼⣬⣾⣦⣕⣷⣬⣠⣤⣬⣀⣅⣧⣬⣤⣮⣬⣨⣾⣲⣷⣬⣷⣤⣨⣶⣥⣵⣵⣠⣧⣾⣢⣦⣤⣗⣷⣬⣨⣸⣤⣄⣥⣤⣧⣤⣤⣿⣿⣦⣼⣠⣡⣢⣼⣸⣸⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣰⣄⣷⣂⣗⣗⣥⣁⣗⣨⣗⣾⣸⣷⡕⣰⣾⣞⣸⣁⣂⣆⣀⣙⣗⣺⣗⣰⣘⣀⣀⣨⣸⣶⣆⣅⣷⣼⣰⣃⣶⣯⣂⣡⣎⣴⣱⣖⣈⣸⣁⣀⣑⣒⣑⣇⣀⣗⣷⣇⣑⣇⣾⣰⣄⣈⣀⣁⣎⣸⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣙⣭⣩⣿⣹⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣈⣿⣩⣉⣉⣯⣉⣻⣶⣸⣹⣇⣠⣄⣸⣏⣹⣉⣋⣍⣹⣈⣹⣉⣉⣹⣉⣹⡍⢹⣍⣍⣹⣿⣋⣚⣘⣸⣿⣻⡉⢉⣉⣉⣭⣉⣿⣉⣽⣟⣯⣟⣩⣭⣜⣿⣇⣂⣄⣺⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢹⢙⠍⢉⡯⣯⡏⡏⣯⡯⣿⡍⡉⡿⡉⠉⠉⣩⡉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣭⣭⢭⣭⢭⡭⣭⢭⣭⣭⡭⢭⡭⣭⢭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⢭⣭⡭⣭⡭⠭⢭⣭⢭⢭⣭⢭⣭⢭⣭⡭⣭⣭⣭⡭⣭⣭⣭⣭⡭⠭⣭⣭⡭⣭⡭⣭⡭⣭⢭⠭⣭⣭⣭⢭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⢭⡭⠭⢽⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⠶⠾⢦⠲⡶⠲⠾⠖⠲⠶⠶⠖⢶⢾⡲⠲⢴⠒⠺⣾⡖⠷⠶⠶⠮⢲⠽⠻⡖⠶⠾⠶⠒⠶⠶⢒⠶⠶⠶⡖⠾⠾⠖⠶⡆⠛⣿⡷⠶⠶⡗⠴⠖⠶⠲⠒⠲⠶⠒⢶⠶⠳⢶⠶⢶⠲⠯⠗⢼⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣉⣉⣹⣁⣉⣿⣉⣙⣉⣉⣹⣉⣻⣿⣉⣉⣉⣉⣋⣉⣉⣉⣁⣉⣉⣉⣩⣉⣹⣉⣯⣙⣉⣉⣹⣏⣩⣉⣉⣉⣽⣩⣍⣿⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣸⣉⣉⢉⣉⣉⣻⣭⣩⣉⣿⣏⣉⣉⣉⣍⣭⣹⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⠥⠤⠼⠧⠤⠴⡄⠴⡷⠴⠴⠼⠤⠤⢦⠄⣾⠄⠤⡧⠼⡤⠲⠄⠠⢤⡰⠤⠀⠦⠧⡧⣆⡆⠤⢤⠘⢠⣤⠠⠤⢴⠠⠤⠸⠾⢤⠠⠤⠤⠤⢄⡧⠭⠸⢿⠰⠤⠼⠄⠴⢧⣄⡸⠤⢴⣐⣠⣼⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣛⣻⣙⣛⣙⣛⣻⣹⣛⣑⣹⣛⣛⣛⣋⣋⣟⣏⣓⣛⣛⣻⣟⣏⣙⣺⣛⣯⣉⣿⣟⣋⣻⣏⢛⣋⣛⣚⣏⣛⡛⣛⣓⣏⢛⣛⣛⣟⣻⣙⣛⣙⣏⣟⣛⣚⣻⣋⣏⣛⣟⣟⣏⣙⣛⣏⣈⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡤⠤⢦⢤⡠⠤⠧⢦⠣⠵⠤⠤⣤⠴⠤⠤⠧⡤⢤⣠⡄⣤⠨⠦⠤⠠⠬⠽⢦⠠⢤⠴⠤⠤⠸⠯⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⡄⡷⠤⠤⠤⠜⢥⢤⠠⠄⢤⠀⣸⠈⠥⠟⢤⠰⢠⣤⡼⠦⢤⠠⠤⠰⠄⢼⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣘⣚⣻⣋⣞⣕⣓⣈⣒⢲⣑⣏⣷⣐⣚⣓⡙⣒⣘⣚⣲⣙⣚⣛⣒⣂⣑⣒⣚⣐⣺⣲⣐⣒⣊⣛⣃⣀⣴⣾⣒⣚⣋⣒⣒⢋⣎⣰⣎⣙⣓⣂⣚⣃⣚⣓⣇⣓⣊⣘⣚⣻⣈⣀⣺⣐⣒⣒⣐⣺⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠿⠿⠿⡿⠿⣿⠿⡿⣿⠿⢿⠿⠿⡿⠿⣿⠿⠿⠿⡿⠿⢿⠿⡿⠿⠿⡿⢿⡿⡿⣿⢿⢿⢿⢿⠿⢿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⡿⠿⡿⠿⡿⣿⢿⡿⣿⡿⢿⡿⠿⠿⠿⡿⢿⠿⢿⢿⠿⠿⠿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣤⣿⣽⣦⣼⣿⣥⡤⡾⢤⣴⣧⣤⣯⣤⣿⡤⣤⣧⣦⣴⡧⣦⣿⣧⣾⣥⣼⣯⣿⣿⣼⣧⣼⣷⣥⣼⣽⣤⠦⣦⣶⣴⡧⣬⣿⣼⠦⣿⣭⡾⣽⣷⡯⣿⡼⣤⣧⣯⣾⡧⠿⠽⠵⣤⣧⣿⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢤⣬⣥⣷⡦⣼⣿⣴⢥⣤⣤⣿⣼⣤⣤⣥⣤⣤⣼⣾⣧⡴⣧⣵⣤⣧⢨⣤⣤⣬⣦⢤⣼⣴⢥⣿⣦⣦⡯⠧⡤⡤⣾⢧⣿⣧⣯⣼⣿⢴⣀⣧⢤⠴⣤⢤⣧⣾⡯⣦⣼⡧⢵⣮⠼⣼⣧⣦⣴⣼⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⡧⣤⡤⣼⣦⣴⣧⣤⣤⣤⣄⣬⣼⣾⣾⣼⣤⣤⣼⣤⣮⣤⣼⣦⣄⣤⣷⣼⣼⣾⣤⣦⢼⣽⣷⢮⣬⣿⡹⣴⣦⣼⣦⣤⡤⠧⡴⣤⢼⣴⣤⢤⣶⣦⣯⣬⣤⣧⣴⣼⣭⣮⣤⣦⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣬⣴⣬⣅⣜⣽⣧⣿⣭⣤⣤⣥⣬⣾⣴⣀⣧⣤⣿⣶⣥⣿⣥⣤⣮⣤⣤⣿⣤⣆⣠⣵⣥⣿⣬⣴⣾⣦⣤⣼⣤⣤⣤⣬⣾⣶⣮⣼⣿⣿⣮⣼⣧⣼⣤⣤⣥⣿⣬⣬⣤⣀⣿⣦⣧⣧⣴⣥⣥⣹⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣨⣎⣂⣿⣻⣈⣸⣀⣺⣻⣲⣂⣇⣱⣿⣷⣇⣿⣀⣀⣈⣪⣀⣌⣀⣱⣗⣅⣇⣱⣏⣀⣀⣟⣶⣹⣈⣾⣐⣤⣂⣇⣑⣺⣑⣀⣀⣇⣱⣕⣇⣀⣈⣇⣑⣇⣁⣸⣀⣈⣂⣷⣗⣧⣲⣉⣇⣰⣫⣸⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣉⣁⣉⣁⣉⣍⣏⣯⣁⣇⣉⣹⣽⣉⣩⣹⡩⣹⣩⣉⣿⣚⣹⣭⣯⣉⣩⣎⡍⢹⣀⣉⣉⣙⣙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⡝⢹⡏⣭⢩⡍⠉⠙⢹⢽⠏⡿⣯⡫⠙⡯⣯⡯⣝⢹⡿⣩⣯⠏⢫⢻⢉⡍⣙⠉⠋⡏⢫⡯⣿⢍⢽⠏⡭⡏⢛⢹⠍⣫⣽⡏⢩⡋⡏⠙⢙⡏⡫⡍⣽⠉⡝⢹⡝⠙⠙⠉⣯⣩⡏⣭⡯⣝⢹⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⢉⠩⡟⠛⠛⡏⠛⢛⣟⡟⢛⡟⢙⡛⠛⢛⠛⠿⢻⣻⠛⠛⣿⢟⡟⢹⠛⢻⢿⣿⠛⡛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠟⣿⠟⢛⣿⠛⠛⡟⣿⡿⣻⢻⠙⠙⢛⡛⠛⢹⠛⢛⢿⢟⠛⠻⡿⢛⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢙⢻⣛⠟⣿⠙⠋⠛⣟⢏⣟⡻⢻⢛⣻⢻⠋⠋⢻⡛⠛⣝⢟⠟⡟⢛⡟⠛⢻⡏⣿⠽⢽⡿⠋⠻⠻⢛⡻⢻⡉⠿⡯⠩⢫⣿⡯⣛⠛⣻⢹⣟⣿⠛⢻⡛⣙⣛⠟⡏⠍⠝⣽⡿⣻⠛⣟⢻⡻⣻⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⡿⠿⢿⡷⡾⢿⡛⠿⡿⡻⣿⢿⣿⡿⢿⠿⣻⣿⠿⡟⠟⠻⣿⠟⡿⢿⢿⠿⢻⡟⠿⣾⡻⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⡿⡿⢿⠛⡿⢿⠿⢿⠿⠿⡟⠿⣿⠻⡟⡿⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡟⠛⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⣿⣶⣿⣷⣷⣾⣶⣾⣷⣷⣿⣾⣿⣶⣾⣶⣿⣾⣷⣷⣷⣶⣷⣶⣶⣾⣾⣶⣾⣶⣶⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣾⣾⣷⣧⣼⣶⣶⣶⣾⣾⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣷⣷⣾⣶⣾⣾⣿⣾⣷⣷⣶⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣼⣽⣦⣿⣤⣼⣤⣤⣦⣬⣌⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠻⣿⡛⠟⠻⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠟⢻⠟⠛⠛⠻⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⡶⢶⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠲⢶⢶⡶⣲⠧⠶⠖⠚⠉⠠⠓⠶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣷⠂⢈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠃⠂⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⢀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
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Posted in Deception, Finance, Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 12:59 pm by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Standard_Life_probe⦈_
Summary: 2 pension providers are looking into Sirius_‘Open_Source’, a company
that defrauded_its_own_staff; stay tuned as there’s lots more to come. Is this
good representation for “Open Source”? From a company that had many high-
profile clients in the public sector?
THIS is taking a much longer time than initially estimated, but it has
certainly progressed. The process is moving on. It’s typically like this when
dealing with authorities. YMMV.
It is a very sad thing that regulatory agencies and even_police are politicised
to the point where one needs high-level (personal) connections, business links,
bribes etc. in order to get things moving and for criminals to be actually held
accountable, even prosecuted. Very sad. It should not be like this. In a
functioning democratic society there’s no room for “yes, well, they committed a
crime, but it’s not our problem and investigating this is ‘expensive’ to us…”
Anyway, the good news, in this particular case, is that not one but two pension
providers are on the case. 2 pension providers that know Sirius. They wrote
about and opened formal investigations (this week).
We’re pleased with this progress and here is some background:
Have_Squandered/Plundered_the_Pensions_of_Many_People
to_the_Clients_and_Don’t_Respond_to_Messages
Matter_and_Sirius_is_in_Serious_Trouble
Ever
In additional to the letter above, which arrived 2 days ago (it is redacted
sufficiently), I’ve also spoken to the manager of another pension provider
(probably the third manager I’ve spoken to; some of them I spoke to 3 or 4
times over the telephone). Here is what he said some days ago:
§ NOW Pensions – Employer Issues⠀➾
Hi Roy,
Thank you for your call today, apologies for the bad communication
and service you have had from us regarding you concerns with your
employer Sirius Corporation.
As discussed,.
– I will arrange for a letter to be sent to you and or email with
assurances that your pension money is safe with Now Pensions
– I will alert the team that deals with your employer that the CEO is
wanted for embezzlement and that he effectively scammed all his
employers previously
– through a pension scheme with Standard Life
– they put on hold/review any financial requests from the company
– request what due diligence they do when acquiring employers to use
NOW Pensions
Please feel free to add to the above list with any further assurances
that you would like and call or email me.
Have a good evening
Yours sincerely
██████████ ███████████████
I had to remind him to make some progress, so I wrote: “Can I please have an
update on this? I cannot stress strongly enough that this is a matter of great
urgency, implicating many people, and we have already lost 2 months due to your
slow response. Your delays have given time for fraudsters to adapt and curtail
prosecution. We have evidence to prove this. ”
And again this week:
§ NOW Pensions – Employer Issues⠀➾
Morning Roy,
I have raised your concerns directly with NOW Pensions (who deal with
the employers) including your previous emails, and have chased them
today, once I get the response, I will send onto you.
You did mention your wife’s NOW Pension too, due to data protection I
would have to receive the request from her directly to investigate
her record separately.
Yours sincerely
I politely responded as he should know we still expect some letters (promised
to us in vain for several months; they kept lying about it):
Hi,
Hers is covered in the call with ███████████████ made almost 2 months
ago and recorded by you. Her case is more or less the same as mine.
Kind regards,
“The plot thickens,” a friend told me, and “as I suspected, looks like your
‘pension’ money was embezzled before it even got to your pension. If that’s the
case you’ll see him in court.”
I was also in touch with other victims of this fraud. We’ll be covering that in
the near future. █
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⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠓⣽⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣻⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣽⣯⣯⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣧⣯⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣻⣿⣹⣛⣟⣟⣿⣿⣏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣽⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣯⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣯⣵⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣼⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⡿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠓⢶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Posted in Europe, Patents at 8:48 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Opportunists from Germany, hijacking Europe’s legal system for patents under
the auspices of “EU”
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇President_Putin_to_Klaus_Grabinski:_Make_me_a_court_that
always_supports_me⦈_
Summary: Reports of European Patents being invalidated (judges do not tolerate
fake patents) have become so common that a kangaroo court becomes a matter of
urgency for the EPO‘s Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos; will the EU and
the EPO’s Administrative Council go along with it, helping to cover up more
than a decade of profound corruption?
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣞⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣥⣖⣿⠰⠤⠴⠿⠋⠈⠚⠿⠿⠈⠀⠝⢾⡄⠂⠘⣿⣿⣶⡆⠐⢢⠎⢘⣒⣓⣒⣒⣚⣠⣴⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣾⡿⡿⠉⠁⠀⢸⠄
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣼⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⡎⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣈⣤⣴⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣦⣤⣈⠛⠩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⠏⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⡿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⠉⠀⠀⠀⠄⣿⠁
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢁⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣉⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⠿⡿⣿⠛⠛⡋⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣌⠙⣷⢶⡹⢻⣏⡄⠼⠟⠋⡻⢟⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡿⣦
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡶⡏⢺⣿⢸⡟⡏⠊⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣡⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⡇⠸⢀⢇⣺⣄⣠⣧⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡈⠛⢻⡿⣅⠀⠀⢰⢠⡦⢶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣔⡀⠀⠀⢺⣿⠛
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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠐⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⢸⡀⢹⣿⡇⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⣤⣴⡀⢀⢀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣍⣼⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿
⠉⣽⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢠⣴⣿⣧⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣻⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⡿⠂⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡿⢹⣿⣿⢿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣿⣿
⠀⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠞⢛⠒⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣼⣥⣠⣻⣛⣿⣟⣿⣾⣦⢰⣶⣦⣱⣿⠢⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠛⢻⠞⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿
⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢠⣶⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡟⢧⠉⠉⠛⢿⡯⣵⣾⣿⣿⣿⣛⡟⣿⣿⣟⣿⣾⢿⣀⡄⣄⣀⠀⢖⣷⣤⣿⣀⡑⠛⠁⢿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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✐ [Meme]Sirius‘Open_Source’_Pensions:_Schemes_or_Scams?_Giving_a_Bad_Name_to
Open_Source…⠀✐
Posted in Free/Libre_Software at 1:14 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Such behaviour stains the brand “Open Source”
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Who_is_responsible_for_demolishing_the_company?_The_CEO,_his
wife,_and_the_PA.⦈_
Summary: What Sirius_‘Open_Source’ did to its staff is rightly treated as a
criminal_matter; we know who the perpetrators are
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✐ Investigation_Underway:Sirius‘Open_Source’_Embezzled/Stole_Money,_Robbed
Its_Own_Staff⠀✐
Posted in Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 8:02 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum 8e04ead83596e651305116cc77175bd0
Investigation Underway
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/sirius-investigation-starts.webm
Summary: In light of new developments and some progress in an investigation of
Sirius_‘Open_Source’ (for fraud!) we take stock of where things stand
IT hurts to know that a company which describes itself as Britain’s most
respected “Open Source” company did this to us, but it did. Money_laundering
would be even worse, but we’re still looking into various allegations
pertaining to privacy breaches, contract violations, and illegal contract-
signing. To paraphrase the company’s own boss, “it doesn’t look good…”
“This series won’t end any time soon.”We recently learned some additional
disturbing things. They will be published here at a later date. The video above
focuses on what was published yesterday. It’s one thing for an “Open Source”
company to go out of business. To end up collapsing under a weight of abuse and
even crime would hurt the image of Free software, including in the eyes of the
British public sector (many of our clients were not private companies). This
series won’t end any time soon. █
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✐ Experiencing_15_Years_of_LibrePlanet_Celebration_Firsthand_as_a_Volunteer:
2023_–_Charting_the_Course⠀✐
Posted in Free/Libre_Software, FSF at 9:15 pm by Guest Editorial Team
Article by Marcia K Wilbur
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇LibrePlanet_logo⦈_
Welcome from LibrePlanet_2023!
This year, LibrePlanet was hybrid with on-site and online options from the
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
It was a breezy and chilly weekend outside. The Boston St. Patty’s day parade
was scheduled around the corner for Sunday. What a great time to be in Boston!
Although I wanted to be there earlier, 9ish was time for me to come in from
being out in the cold, for the 15-year celebration — Free Software Foundation’s
LibrePlanet.
Charting the Course was the theme. We were on board!
§ Event: Office party⠀➾
My intention was to attend the office party early in the evening. However, I
ended up on the wrong Franklin Street and was late. As I arrived, Craig was at
the front and directed me to the refreshments and a contact, Illan, who would
use me if there was a need.
Several people registered at the FSF offices for the conference starting the
next day. The office party was a lot of mingling, talk about USENET, signal,
privacy, makerspaces and much much more. The snacks were fresh and there was a
variety of beverages including wine.
As the office party and evening came to a close, we were so entertained with
lively conversation, we did not even realize the party was ending. I always
recommend this party as a great meet and greet opportunity for free software
enthusiasts. Again, this was a welcoming environment with no known issues. It
was a great time!
§ Logistics and Venue⠀➾
Parking was convenient and there was a driver with a cart to take you right to
registration and the event!
The venue was comfortable and the event was welcoming!
Upon arrival at the convention center, a friendly security officer approached
me, “Are you here for the tech event?”
“YES!”
He gave information about parking and the area. He mentioned the cart would be
ready to take me up to the event. This was very pleasant.
The cart driver was very friendly and drove right up to registration.
There at registration, Craig greeted participants with a warm and welcoming
smile. For this event, I was a volunteer at registration.
I was glad to be there.
§ Hallway Track⠀➾
In between sessions and during lunch or just roaming around, we found ourselves
in the hallway drinking coffee, discussing privacy, surveillance, Internet of
things, AI/ML ethics, disaster recovery, and copyleft. Some discussions were
about the state of healthcare, gaming and food!
The hallway track was a comfortable area to freely discuss interesting topics,
share stories and meet peers.
Coffee was hot, always fresh and hot coffee was available throughout the entire
event.
All required bill of materials were available: sugar, half and half, oat milk,
milk, etc.
Bowls of fruit were lined up near the coffee station. The fruit was fresh and I
appreciated the snack as my own snack, a yogurt from the hotel, burst in my
sweater pocket during the journey!
There were areas to sit, eat, converse and work on your laptop.
GNU Press set up on the other side of Room 4. Past LibrePlanet swag as well as
current swag was available. At any given time you could find people in legacy
t-shirts (happy hacking) or FSF hoodies.
Oh, volunteers were given a free t-shirt – so we match. Let’s do this! The
volunteer at the shop smiled and looked in a box for the tee. The shirt was
wrapped with my name printed on the label. I thought, cool. Very organized.
§ Registration Desk⠀➾
We sat and assisted participants, speakers and attendees. The process was
efficient and smooth.
“Which color lanyard?”
Green = Yes, photos are ok
Yellow = Ask me first, please
Red = No pictures
I remember this from past LibrePlanet but for some reason, assisting attendees
this time, I gained a deeper appreciation of the respect for each individual’s
privacy consideration.
There were some familiar faces passing through registration, and a lot of new
acquaintances to be made!
§ Safety⠀➾
During volunteer training we went over the safe_space_policy. The language
seemed much better than other codes of CONduct.
I saw no safety issues, I witnessed none and I felt not only safe there, but
welcome!
We were prepared with protocols for any potential safety issues, but I was
there for the Friday party, the Saturday event and Sunday morning with 0
issues.
§ Big Blue Button⠀➾
We used bbb for presentations where the presenter spoke from a distance. This
technology allows us to gain insight and information from all over the world. I
attended the Libre Software in Africa and the JShelter presentation done in
this manner.
A combination of IRC and IRL questions were taken during the Q and A portion.
Again, this gave ample opportunity for free communication during this hybrid
event.
§ Some Presentations⠀➾
Opening Keynote
The keynote speaker on Saturday was Erin Rose Glass. She spoke about Education
and the Future of Software Freedom.
Some of the topics discussed focused on data privacy, surveillance and
education technology. She informed attendees about some of the darker truths to
educational technology tools and companies. The presentation will be found here
(soon).
The speaker understood the 4 freedom factors and applied these during the talk.
Spoiler alert, she asked the audience to think about the pivoting moment
leading to your decision to take the free software path.
The information discussed included remote proctors, turnitin tool used to check
for copyright violations, and learning management tracking (SCORM and more).
Having worked in the field of education and with a focus in privacy matters, I
found this keynote not only informative but also inspiring!
A practical demonstration of least authority services via free software
Sean_O’Brien_and_Mikalai_Birukou
This presentation about 3NWeb use cases including encrypted and storage is
definitely worth watching for any privacy-minded individuals.
Life 0.01 – Free software for the end times
Kevin Shockey
Kevin Shockey has insight and traveled from Puerto Rico to discuss the
“survival stack”. After Hurricane Maria his efforts are focused on food
shortages, disaster survival and climate.
JShelter
Libor Polčák
JShelter presentation used Big Blue Button. Libor Polčák discussed
fingerprinting prevention, limitations of rich Web APIs, and browsers. JShelter
fingerprinting report and other feedback can be used by future security
research.
Libre Software in Africa
Benson Muite
Benson Muite discussed localization and the need great translation. There is a
contest available here.
What I gained from this presentation was a potential need for documentation
efforts further using po and .pot files or some other portable object.
There was much much more to be seen at the conference and the videos will soon
be available here.
§ More Information⠀➾
From the FSF…
Day 1: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/reporting-back-from-day-one-of-
libreplanet-charting-the-course
Day 2: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/from-freedom-trail-to-free-boot-and-
free-farms-charting-the-course-at-libreplanet-day-2
List of presentations: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/
PO-Files.html
Also: Experience_the_fifteen_years_of_LibrePlanet_celebration_firsthand_as_a
volunteer
Survey: https://my.fsf.org/node/59/
§ Conclusion⠀➾
Overall, this event is in the top 5 conferences I ever attended and, they put
me to work! I truly enjoyed the relaxed and welcoming atmosphere and sincerely
hope the FSF will maintain charting the course in this direction!
I want to thank the staff, presenters, participants and volunteers for
contributing to this event in providing an enjoyable experience!
See you next year! █
“With a little perseverance you can get things done.”
–Corey Hart
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
* Desktop_Environments/WMs
o GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o GNU_Projects
o Programming/Development
# Python
# Java
# Rust
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
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# Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Software_Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Programming
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ Clouds_are_super_expensive [Ed: Clown computing is not
"cheap" or "reliable" hosting. It's usually vendor lockin
with proprietary GUIs that need training and re-training.]⠀⇛
While clouds are the natural go-to choice
for an early-stage startup, staying 100%
in clouds with substantial infrastructure
may sink a company as it and its
infrastructure grow.
[...]
Your CTOs and tech leaders must provide clever ways
to use clouds, avoiding their typical lock-ins, so
you can leave [and reduce vast amounts of
infrastructure costs] whenever you may need.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Linux_Out_Loud_55:_Kernel_Cruft⠀⇛
This week, Linux Out Loud chats about when is it
time for older hardware support to go. Welcome to
episode 55 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics,
connected those headphones as we searched the
community for themes to expound upon.
# ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Linux_Action_News_285⠀⇛
Nextcloud moves to the front of the pack with their
new release, a moment to appreciate curl, and
Amazon goes all in with Fedora. Special Guest:
Brent Gervais.
o § Graphics Stack⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ NVIDIA_530.41.03_Graphics_Driver_Brings_Better
Xfce_Support,_Faster_Installer⠀⇛
Highlights of NVIDIA 530.41.03 include
compatibility for Linux kernels that ship with
Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) support, a feature
designed to prevent an attacker from causing an
indirect branch on Intel processors from going to
an undesired location.
It also introduces an application profile to
prevent performance issues for users of the Xfce 4
desktop environment series when the OpenGL
compositor backend is enabled along with G-SYNC, as
well as suspend and resume support when using GSP
firmware.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Jussi Pakkanen ☛ In_which_you_find_out_that_everything_you
assumed_was_wrong⠀⇛
What makes debugging this issue harder is that
Freetype exposes the same information multiple
times. There are three or four different places
where glyph advancement can be read and multiple
multipliers that could potentially be used. No
combination of these provides a value that would be
even relatively close to the correct one.
# ⚓ How_to_Make_a_Motion_Detector_with_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛
Be it a part of a security system or to help
automate your smart appliances, a smart motion
detector is an indispensable piece of IoT hardware
you’ll definitely want to have.
# ⚓ nixCraft ☛ How_To_Install_LXD_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_using
apt/snap⠀⇛
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS comes with LXD pure-container
hypervisor to run an unmodified version of Debian,
Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Alpine, Arch and many other
Linux distro. You can mimic AWS or different cloud
instance types with LXD for testing and deployment
purposes on your development machine. You can also
run a GUI app such as Firefox completely isolated
using LXD for security or privacy reasons. Let us
see how to set up and use LXD on the Ubuntu Linux
22.04 LTS using APT or snap command.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Percona_XtraDB_Cluster_on
Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛
Percona XtraDB Cluster is a fully open-source
database clustering solution for MySQL. Percona
XtraDB Cluster provides synchronous replication,
multi-source replication, automatic node
provisioning, automatic SSL encryption
configuration, and optimized performance.
# ⚓ Enable_CBR_“Code_Ready_Builder”_–_PowerTools_in_AlmaLinux
9⠀⇛
CentOS PowerTools is not available in RHEL 9-based
systems instead its equivalent repository which is
known as CRB (Code Ready Builder). In this article,
we learn the commands to enable CBR in Almalinux or
Rocky Linux 9.
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ ZFS_on_Linux_and_NFS(v3)_server
filesystem_IDs⠀⇛
One part of a NFS filehandle is an identification
of the filesystem (or more accurately the mount
point) on the server. As I’ve seen recently there
are various forms of (NFS) filesystem IDs, and they
can even vary from client to client (although you
shouldn’t normally set things up that way).
However, all of this still leaves an open question
for ZFS on Linux filesystems in specific, which is
where does the filesystem ID come from and how can
you work it out, or see if two filesystem IDs are
going to remain the same so you can substitute
servers without invalidating client NFS mounts. As
it happens I have just worked out the answer to
that question, so here it is.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Fail2Ban_Custom_Filters:_20_Example
Configurations_to_Enhance_Security⠀⇛
Fail2Ban is a popular open-source intrusion
prevention software that detects and blocks
malicious behavior on Linux servers. By monitoring
log files, Fail2Ban can identify suspicious
activities and apply predefined rules to block
attackers’ IP addresses.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Shotwell_on_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛
Welcome to the world of Shotwell, an open-source
photo manager and editor that has become the go-to
choice for users who want to organize, edit, and
share their photos with ease. With its user-
friendly interface and powerful features, Shotwell
has gained popularity among Linux users, especially
those running Fedora Linux.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_SMPlayer_on_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛
SMPlayer is a versatile, feature-rich, user-
friendly media player for Linux, Windows, and macOS
systems. Built on the powerful MPlayer and MPV
engines, SMPlayer offers an intuitive interface and
support for a wide range of video and audio
formats.
# ⚓ Felix Crux ☛ It’s_worth_putting_in_the_effort_to_regularly
update_dependencies⠀⇛
Whether or not to regularly spend time and effort
upgrading dependencies can be a contentious topic
on development teams. Advocates argue that not
doing the work allows tech debt and bitrot to
accumulate, while opponents accuse them of chasing
new-and-shiny novelties while ignoring what’s
actually valuable to the product. Despite what
feels like an unending amount of time spent on the
churn of upgrades, security teams still struggle to
get risky old dependencies patched, and developers
complain about using deprecated tools.
After being burned several times by excruciatingly
tedious forced upgrades of vulnerable or broken
legacy codebases, I’ve come down firmly on the side
of favouring frequent updates — with plenty of
flexibility and some caveats.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_Latest_NodeJS_and_NPM_in_Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ How_to_create_multidomain_web
applications_with_Podman_and_Nginx⠀⇛
How to create multidomain web applications with
Podman and Nginx
# ⚓ Kiali_Does_Not_See_istio-ingressgateway_Installed_in
Separate_Kubernetes_Namespace⠀⇛
When using a Helm chart for Kiali server
deployment, the default values file does not have
an option to specify a different namespace for
istio-ingressgateway.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ UFW:_Common_Firewall_Rules_and_Commands⠀⇛
A firewall is a security system that monitors and
controls the incoming and outgoing network traffic
based on predefined security rules. It is an
essential component of any secure network, whether
it is a personal computer or a large enterprise
network.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Looping_through_the_content_of_a_file_in_Bash⠀⇛
Bash, the Bourne-Again SHell, is a popular command-
line shell and scripting language that is widely
used for its simplicity and ease of use. One of the
most common tasks that one might need to perform
using Bash is looping through the content of a
file.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Create_a_Directory_If_It_Does_Not_Exist
in_Linux⠀⇛
Linux is a popular operating system used by
millions of users around the world. One common task
when working with Linux is creating and managing
directories. In this article, we will cover how to
create a directory in Linux only if it does not
already exist.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ OpenSSL:_Working_with_SSL_Certificates,_Private
Keys_and_CSRs⠀⇛
OpenSSL is a robust, full-featured open-source
toolkit that implements SSL and TLS protocols, as
well as a general-purpose cryptography library. It
is widely used for managing SSL/TLS certificates,
private keys, and Certificate Signing Requests
(CSRs) in various systems.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Deploying_Flask_Application_on_Ubuntu_
(Apache+WSGI)⠀⇛
Flask is a popular and lightweight Python web
framework that enables developers to build web
applications with ease. One of the key aspects of
deploying a Flask application is choosing the right
web server and gateway interface.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Configure_Postfix_to_Use_Gmail_SMTP_on_Ubuntu_&
Debian⠀⇛
Postfix is a popular open-source mail transfer
agent (MTA) used to route and deliver email on
Linux systems. It provides a robust and efficient
means of handling mail delivery.
# ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_The_syslog-ng_Insider_2023-03:_4.1;_Homebrew;
Ventura;⠀⇛
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 108th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a
monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-
related news.
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ The_problem_RAID_faces_with
discarding_blocks_on_SSDs⠀⇛
One of the things that’s good for the performance
of modern SSDs is explicitly discarding unused
blocks so the SSD can erase flash space in advance.
My impression is that modern SSDs support this
fairly well these days and people consider it
relatively trustworthy, and modern filesystems can
discard unused blocks periodically (Linux has
fstrim, which is sometimes enabled by default).
However, in some environments there’s a little fly
in the ointment, and that’s RAID (whether software
or ‘hardware’).
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Configure_PHP-FPM_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
Configuring PHP-FPM on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 is
essential for optimal performance and security when
using Nginx as a web server. This guide provides
detailed instructions on installing, configuring,
and optimizing PHP-FPM, along with some common
examples and troubleshooting tips.
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Rovio_still_seeking_buyer_after_ending_Playtika_talks⠀⇛
Israel-based gaming firm Playtika offered to buy Rovio
for 683 million euros.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Counter-Strike_2_from_Valve_releasing
Summer_2023,_Limited_Test_starts_today⠀⇛
Valve has today announced Counter-Strike 2, which
will be arriving in Summer 2023 and they’ve
released some details on what’s changed.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ GNOME_44_is_out_now_finally_adding
thumbnails_to_the_file_picker⠀⇛
One thing I genuinely hated about GNOME has finally
been solved with the GNOME 44 release. It includes
some big improvements and new features.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Amazon_Luna_cloud_gaming_launches_in
Canada,_Germany_and_the_UK⠀⇛
Amazon Luna, the cloud gaming service has finally
expanded into more territories. They’re also no
longer blocking Linux.
* § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
o § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ GNOME ☛ Will_Thompson:_Endless_contributions_to_GNOME_44⠀⇛
The GNOME 44 release is rushing towards us like an
irate pangolin! Here is a quick roundup of some of
the Endless_OS_Foundation team’s contributions over
its six-month development cycle.
§ Software
As in the previous cycle, our team has been a key
contributor to GNOME Software 44. Based on a very
unscientific analysis of the Git commit log, about
30% of non-merge commits and 75% of merge commits
to GNOME Software during this cycle came from our
team. Co-maintainer Philip Withnall has continued
his work to refactor Software’s internal threading
model to improve its reliability. He’s also
contributed a number of fixes in both GNOME
Software and Flatpak to fix issues related to app
updates, such as not_leaking_large_temporary
directories_when_an_update_fails. Dan Nicholson
fixed_an_issue_in_Flatpak which would cause
Software to remove an app rather than updating it
when its ID changes.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ How_SUSE_fused_a_native_Linux_OS_with
Kubernetes_and_edge_capabilities⠀⇛
Enterprise solutions companies often expand by
broadening their scope of capabilities. For the
German-based, open-source software company SUSE
Group, that expansion was turbocharged by its
acquisition of Rancher Labs in 2020, in addition to
its HPE platform integration.
# ⚓ Search_for_packages_with_the_zypper-onlinesearch_plugin⠀⇛
Thanks to the openSUSE Build Service
infrastructure, tons of free software is packaged
by third part users and made available to every
openSUSE user.
# ⚓ Dirk-Peter_van_Leeuwen_Appointed_As_New_SUSE_CEO⠀⇛
SUSE has appointed Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen as new
CEO to lead the company during its next phase of
accelerated profitable growth.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky_2023.03_Special_Editions⠀⇛
There are new iso images of Sparky 2023.03 Special
Editions out there. The March update of Sparky
Special Edition iso images features Linux kernel
6.1.15 of the 6.1 LTS line, and other updated
packages from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of
March 21, 2023.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ A_Screenshot_Tour_&_Walkthrough_of_New_Ubuntu
Installer⠀⇛
Ubuntu developers have worked on the new Rust-based
Ubuntu installer for over two years. The goal was
to replace the good old ubiquity installer with a
modern application. The primary reason is code
maintainability, while Rust provides a better
alternative.
However, the installer never made it to the final
release until now. The new installer debuts in the
Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” release (upcoming).
In this article, we will walk you through the new
Ubuntu installer “subiquity” and show you how to
install Ubuntu with ease.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Ubuntu_20.04.6_LTS_Released_to_Re-Enable
Support_for_Secure_Boot_Systems⠀⇛
Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS is here as the sixth and
probably the last point release to the long-term
supported Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating
system series, which Canonical pledged to support
until April 2025 for regular users and until April
2030 for enterprise users who purchase the ESM
(Extended Security Maintenance) package.
After recent key revocations, Canonical had to
release a refreshed installer media of Ubuntu 20.04
LTS, namely Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS, which re-enables
support for Secure Boot system and also includes
all the latest security updates and bug fixes.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ With_others_in_the_dark,_Nanoleaf_lights
the_way_with_Matter-certified_bulbs⠀⇛
The path to finding more Matter-certified devices
is a little easier to navigate today: Nanoleaf
announced three lights that work with the new smart
home standard.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ $499_NVIDIA_Jetson_Orin_Nano_Developer_Kit
delivers_up_to_80x_Jetson_Nano_Devkit_performance⠀⇛
NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit is an upgrade
to the popular Jetson Nano Developer Kit that
delivers 80 times the performance, up to 50 times
the performance per watt, and gives the developers
the ability to design entry-level AI-powered
robots, smart drones, intelligent vision systems,
and more.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Unbricks_Nintendo_Wii
U⠀⇛
The Raspberry Pi Pico is proving to be the Swiss
Army knife of retro modders and console restoration
and this project from Voultar sees the Pico
bringing a Nintendo Wii U back to life.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ XIAO_ESP32S3_is_a_tiny_ESP32-S3_WiFi_4_and
BLE_5.0_module_for_IoT,_AI,_and_robotics⠀⇛
Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32S3 is the new member of the
company XIAO family with an ESP32-S3 dual-core
wireless microcontroller with WiFi 4 and BLE 5.0
designed for Smart Home, IoT, wearables, and
Robotics applications. It succeeds the single-core
ESP32-C3-based XIAO ESP32C3 board with the same
form factor, but the new XIAO ESP32S3 offers more
performance, vector extension for machine learning,
more flash, and improved power consumption in deep
sleep mode.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Best_stealth_games_on_Android_in_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Nexus:_A_New_Rising_Android_Banking_Trojan
Targeting_450_Financial_Apps⠀⇛
# ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Gmail_is_getting_an_AI-powered_writing
assistant_on_Android,_and_I’m_furious_|_TechRadar⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ OSD62x_SiP_combines_TI_AM62x_processor_with
LPDDR4,_EEPROM,_PMIC,_and_passives_into_a_single_package_–
CNX_Software⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Jes Olson ☛ vore:_a_new_rss_feed_reader⠀⇛
over the last few weeks i have been working on an rss/
atom feed reader.
i named it vore.
o ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Alpha_Release:_Tor_Browser_12.5a4_(Android,_Windows,
macOS,_Linux)⠀⇛
Tor Browser 12.5a4 is now available from the Tor Browser
download page and also from our distribution directory.
This release updates Firefox 102.9.0esr, including bug
fixes, stability improvements and important security
updates. We also backported the Android-specific security
updates from Firefox 111.
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Mozilla_launches_Mozilla.ai_with_$30M
in_funding_to_focus_on_‘trustworthy_AI’⠀⇛
Mozilla Corp., the company behind the Firefox
browser, today announced that it’s launching
a new startup focused on building
“trustworthy” artificial intelligence called
Mozilla.ai with $30 million in funding. The
newest wave of AI has been changing the face
of the internet with an explosion of
popularity in what artificial intelligence
can do.
§ GNU Projects⠀➾
* ⚓ GNU ☛ parallel_@_Savannah:_GNU_Parallel_20230322_(‘Arrest_Warrant’)
released⠀⇛
GNU Parallel 20230322 (‘Arrest Warrant’) has been released. It
is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4
Quote of the month:
GNU parallel is magic, half of my work uses it, to the point
where they’re referenced and thanked in my thesis
— Best Catboy Key Grip @alamogordoglass@twitter
New in this release:
o Better support for wide characters in –latest-line.
o Support for rsync 3.2.7.
o Bug fixes and man page updates.
News about GNU Parallel:
o Analyzing multi-gigabyte JSON files locally https://
thenybble.de/posts/json-analysis/
o 5 great Perl scripts to keep in your sysadmin toolbox
https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/perl-scripts
GNU Parallel – For people who live life in the parallel lane.
If you like GNU Parallel record a video testimonial: Say who
you are, what you use GNU Parallel for, how it helps you, and
what you like most about it. Include a command that uses GNU
Parallel if you feel like it.
§ About GNU Parallel
GNU Parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel
using one or more computers. A job can be a single command or a
small script that has to be run for each of the lines in the
input. The typical input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a
list of users, a list of URLs, or a list of tables. A job can
also be a command that reads from a pipe. GNU Parallel can then
split the input and pipe it into commands in parallel.
If you use xargs and tee today you will find GNU Parallel very
easy to use as GNU Parallel is written to have the same options
as xargs. If you write loops in shell, you will find GNU
Parallel may be able to replace most of the loops and make them
run faster by running several jobs in parallel. GNU Parallel
can even replace nested loops.
GNU Parallel makes sure output from the commands is the same
output as you would get had you run the commands sequentially.
This makes it possible to use output from GNU Parallel as input
for other programs.
[...]
Watch the intro video on http://www.youtube.com/
playlist?list=PL284C9FF2488BC6D1
Walk through the tutorial (man parallel_tutorial). Your command
line will love you for it.
When using programs that use GNU Parallel to process data for
publication please cite:
O. Tange (2018): GNU Parallel 2018, March 2018, https://
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1146014.
If you like GNU Parallel:
o Give a demo at your local user group/team/colleagues
o Post the intro videos on Reddit/Diaspora*/forums/blogs/
Identi.ca/Google+/Twitter/Facebook/Linkedin/mailing lists
o Get the merchandise https://gnuparallel.threadless.com/
designs/gnu-parallel
o Request or write a review for your favourite blog or
magazine
o Request or build a package for your favourite
distribution (if it is not already there)
o Invite me for your next conference
If you use programs that use GNU Parallel for research:
o Please cite GNU Parallel in you publications (use
–citation)
If GNU Parallel saves you money:
o (Have your company) donate to FSF https://my.fsf.org/
donate/
§ About GNU SQL
GNU sql aims to give a simple, unified interface for accessing
databases through all the different databases’ command line
clients.
So far the focus has been on giving a common way to specify
login information (protocol, username, password, hostname, and
port number), size (database and table size), and running
queries.
The database is addressed using a DBURL. If commands are left
out you will get that database’s interactive shell.
When using GNU SQL for a publication please cite:
O. Tange (2011): GNU SQL – A Command Line Tool for Accessing
Different Databases Using DBURLs, ;login: The USENIX Magazine,
April 2011:29-32.
§ About GNU Niceloa1d
GNU niceload slows down a program when the computer load
average (or other system activity) is above a certain limit.
When the limit is reached the program will be suspended for
some time. If the limit is a soft limit the program will be
allowed to run for short amounts of time before being suspended
again. If the limit is a hard limit the program will only be
allowed to run when the system is below the limit.
§ Programming/Development⠀➾
* ⚓ Phil Eaton ☛ Errors_and_Zig⠀⇛
At TigerBeetle these last few weeks I’ve been doing a mix of
documenting client libraries, writing sample code for client
libraries, and writing integration tests against the sample
code.
The client library documentation is generated with a Zig
script. The sample code is integration tested with a Zig
script. A bunch of Zig scripts.
It’s not the same rigorous sort of Zig as the main database.
(We’re generally more lax about scripts and test code.)
And I’m specifically writing this post on my personal blog
since my script code is not under incredible scrutiny.
* ⚓ Armin Ronacher ☛ Lessons_from_a_Pessimist:_Make_Your_Pessimism
Productive⠀⇛
I am absolutely convinced that it’s important to recognize the
difference between a pragmatic form of pessimism and
destructive pessimism. And as cheesy as it sounds, try to
surround yourself with supportive individuals who can help you
maintain a positive outlook and try to be that person for
others. You don’t have to be an optimist for wanting to
succeed!
* ⚓ Burkhard Stubert ☛ Accessing_Private_Git_Repositories_from_Docker
Containers⠀⇛
We keep the source code of our applications and libraries in
private repositories. Quite a few SoM and terminal makers do
the same with their Yocto layers and their additional software.
We typically use a Docker container to build the whole embedded
Linux system with Yocto. Hence, we must be able to clone and
update private repositories from the container.
* ⚓ Roman Kashitsyn ☛ Scaling_Rust_builds_with_Bazel⠀⇛
As of March 2023, the Internet Computer repository contains
about six hundred thousand lines of Rust code. Last year, we
started using Bazel as our primary build system, and we
couldn’t have been happier with the switch. This article
explains the motivation behind this move and the migration
process details.
* ⚓ Scott O’Hara ☛ Visually_hidden_content_is_a_hack_that_needs_to_be
resolved,_not_enshrined⠀⇛
Often, one will need a skip to main content link on their
website or web application in order to adhere to WCAG’s 2.4.1
Bypass Block. The most common way of implementing this instance
of a skip link is to visually hide it until it receives
keyboard focus. Because a skip link is a navigational mechanism
for a sighted keyboard user, after all. So one needs to be able
to see what they’ve focused to know whether or not to try and
interact with it.
* ⚓ Sean Conner ☛ Preloading_Lua_modules,_part_III⠀⇛
I received an email from Andy Weidenbaum today, thanking me for
writing a post about embedding Lua code into an executable
which helped him in his project. On the plus side, it’s nice
that a post of mine was able to help him. On the non-plus side,
I wrote that post ten years ago tomorrow!
* ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ PHP_Arrays:_A_Beginner’s_Guide⠀⇛
PHP is a server-side scripting language that is used to develop
dynamic web applications. Arrays are an essential part of PHP,
and they allow developers to store and manipulate multiple
values in a single variable.
* ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Run_Angular_Apps_Using_Angular_CLI_and_PM2⠀⇛
Angular CLI is a command-line interface for the Angular
framework, which is used to create, build and run your
application locally while developing.
* ⚓ Qt ☛ Shaping_the_Future_of_Digital_Experience_–_UI_Framework
Performance⠀⇛
After discussing the UI_framework’s_foundational_elements,
namely the set of ready-made solutions enabling rapid cross-
platform development and efficient time-to-market of UI apps,
we look here at what is needed to achieve the kind of smooth,
seamless performance that defines the most engaging
applications on the market. But let’s start with a
clarification of what is a “UI app” and how it differs from
other types of visual software, like video games or design
authoring tools.
* ⚓ WordPress ☛ Introducing_the_WordPress_Developer_Blog⠀⇛
With much activity happening in the WordPress development space
every day, keeping up-to-date with the latest updates can be
challenging. The new WordPress Developer Blog is a developer-
focused resource to help you stay on top of the latest software
features, tutorials, and learning materials relevant to the
open source project.
* § Python⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Convert_a_String_to_JSON_in_Python⠀⇛
In the world of programming, data transfer, and storage
are crucial elements to consider. When working with data
in Python, you may often need to convert strings to JSON
format for easier processing and management.
o ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Create_and_Read_List_in_Python⠀⇛
Python is a popular programming language with a vast
range of applications, including data science, web
development, and automation. One of the most basic and
essential data structures in Python is the list.
o ⚓ Geeks For Geeks ☛ Pneumonia_Detection_Using_CNN_in_Python⠀⇛
In this article, we will learn how to build a classifier
using a simple Convolution Neural Network which can
classify the images of patient’s xray…
* § Java⠀➾
o ⚓ Frank Delporte ☛ Hidden_Beauties_of_Java_Enums⠀⇛
Enums are the preferred way to define fixed values you
want to use in your code. They are a special type of Java
class and contain a group of unchangeable variables.
* § Rust⠀➾
o ⚓ Maira_Canal:_Adding_a_Timeout_feature_to_Rustgem⠀⇛
After my last blogpost, I kept developing the Rust
version of the VGEM driver, also known as rustgem for
now. Previously, I had developed two important features
of the driver: the ability to attach a fence and the
ability to signal a fence. Still one important feature is
still missing: the ability to prevent hangs. Currently,
if the fence is not signaled, the driver will simply
hang. So, we can create a callback that signals the fence
when the fence is not signaled by the user for more than
10 seconds.
In order to create this callback, we need to have a Timer
that will trigger it after the specified amount of time.
Gladly, the Linux kernel provides us with a Timer that
can be set with a callback and a timeout. But, to use it
in the Rust code, we need to have a safe abstraction,
that will ensure that the code is safe under some
assumptions.
§ Leftovers⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ship_Owned_by_U.S._Navy_Tips_Over_at_Edinburgh_Port,
Injuring Dozens⠀⇛
A research vessel once owned by the Microsoft co-founder Paul
G. Allen and now by the U.S. Navy became dislodged while
docked. The cause of the accident was under investigation.
* ⚓ Positech Games ☛ Every_band_I_ever_saw_live_(I_think…)⠀⇛
I keep meaning to do this, and this blog is as good a place as
any. I used to go see a lot of live music, overwhelmingly its
heavy metal, but theres a lot of other stuff in there. I will
probably not remember all of em, but here goes: Metal Ozzy
Osborne, Judas Priest…
* ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ My_professor_on_unhelpful_advice⠀⇛
I found this quote among some old notes.
* ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ I_think_I_saw_myself_as_a_time-travel_tourist⠀⇛
There is no way to write this without sound ridiculous, but
when has that ever stopped me?
I was walking out to get lunch today, like a gentleman, when
out the corner of my eye I either saw my dad, or someone
strongly resembling him. Maybe my uncle flew into Sydney from
Germany, and decided that Chatswood was the place to be on a
hot autumn day?
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Lost_Causes⠀⇛
To work in architecture is to be perpetually tempted by
nostalgia. Things just aren’t as good as they used to be. Even
worse: They can’t be. This sense of terminal decline abounds
inside the field, where practitioners often lament that they
are not afforded as much creative freedom or professional
prestige as their forebears were. It exists outside the field
as well, with people often wondering why buildings today don’t
look anywhere near as good as those from even a few decades
ago, not to speak of those much older. “Doesn’t everything now
just look kind of… bad?” these critics of contemporary
architecture ask. In a recent editorial, the editors of n+1
answered with a resounding “Yes!”1
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_New_Continuum_of_Art_History_at_the_Carnegie
International⠀⇛
At the press preview for the 58th Carnegie International—titled
“Is it morning for you yet?”—I heard its curator, Sohrab
Mohebbi, make an admission I don’t recall hearing from the
mouth of any curator ever before. He was explaining the
exhibition’s bipartite structure, the “two dialogical tracks”
that he and his colleagues had contrived: a contemporary track
focusing on new works, and a historical track tracing “the
geopolitical imprint of the United States since 1945 to situate
the ‘international’ within our local context,” as he writes in
the exhibition catalog. Mohebbi, the recently appointed
director of the SculptureCenter in the New York City borough of
Queens, was explaining that these two parts of the show were
meant to remain distinct yet intertwined. In other words, he
had—like any well-trained curator today—a clearly framed
rationale for the show he had planned. He explained all this,
and then smiled and said, “But then the art did something
else.” At that moment, I began to suspect that I was about to
see an exhibition more interesting and complicated than I had
bargained for, just as had apparently happened to Mohebbi
himself—an exhibition that allows for an aesthetic experience
more powerful than the intellectual principles under which it
was organized can account for.
* ⚓ 37signals LLC ☛ Angry_customers_are_a_gift⠀⇛
Thus, the only time you’re truly allowed a free peek at the
naked truth of why your product or service didn’t fit, is when
the customer is really upset. That’s when they might air out
their frustration.
* § Science⠀➾
o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ An_Ancient_Document_Breakthrough_Could_Reveal
Untold_Secrets_of_the_Past⠀⇛
To restore these documents to their former glory, the
approach starts by analyzing the color of the document
pixel by pixel to analyze spectral differences—how the
different colors respond to light— between layers of the
document, such as the ink, stamps, and the paper itself.
These pixels are grouped together by like colors in order
to separate the different layers. Specific pixel groups,
such as those corresponding to a stain, can then be
targeted for extraction.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turing_Award_Won_by_Co-Inventor_of_Ethernet
Technology⠀⇛
After another engineer gave up the job, Dr. Metcalfe was
asked to build a technology that could connect the
desktop machines across an office and send information
between them. The result was Ethernet, a computer
networking technology that would one day become an
industry standard. For decades, it has connected PCs to
servers, printers and the internet in corporate offices
and homes across the globe.
For his work on Ethernet, the Association for Computing
Machinery, the world’s largest society of computing
professionals, announced on Wednesday that Dr. Metcalfe,
76, would receive this year’s Turing Award. Given since
1966 and often called the Nobel Prize of computing, the
Turing Award comes with a $1 million prize.
* § Education⠀➾
o ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Two_SACUA_seats_decided_after_election;_third
requires_runoff⠀⇛
Two faculty members with backgrounds in education and
engineering will soon join the executive committee of U-
M’s central faculty governance system. A third will be
decided in a runoff election.
o ⚓ Jamie Tanna ☛ I_don’t_think_I_want_my_next_promotion_(yet)⠀⇛
With the news that Deliveroo are making 9% of the company
redundant, of which all Senior Software Engineers are “at
risk” of redundancies, I’ve been considering where I am
and where I want to be going in my career regardless of
whether I’m made redundant.
I’ll be finding out in the next few minutes(!!!!) as to
whether my role is going to be made redundant (update: I
am not being made redundant), but that doesn’t mean that
I necessarily need to wait until then to decide a few
things. I’m using this post as a way to get my ADHD brain
in check and work through the thoughts I’ve got, putting
proverbial pen to paper to talk through it, and collating
thoughts that I’ve been having over the last 6 months or
so.
Off the back of the performance review cycle earlier this
year, I’d been discussing with my manager my stretching
up to Staff Engineer, and the gaps I had to work on that
would give me the capabilities to be able to get there.
o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Danish_school-leaver_test_should_no_longer
include_assessment_of_social_and_personal_skills_–_minister⠀⇛
Close to 2,000 children fall through the net every year
after they are told they’re not ready for further
education due to their attitude
* § Hardware⠀➾
o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ MeLE_Quieter2D_ultrathin_fanless_mini_PC_is_now
available_without_an_operating_system⠀⇛
Barring barebone models, most mini PCs sell with Windows
10 or Windows 11 pre-installed, and that’s not ideal for
people wanting to run Linux only since they also pay
extra for the license of an operating system they are not
going to use. But MeLE is now selling the Quieter2D mini
PC with an Intel Celeron N4000 dual-core processor, 4GB
RAM, and 64GB or 128GB eMMC storage for $139.99 and up
without an operating system or a Windows key.
o ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Counting_cycles_and_instructions_on_ARM-based
Apple_systems⠀⇛
In my blog post Counting cycles and instructions on the
Apple M1 processor, I showed how we could have access to
“performance counters” to count how many cycles and
instructions a given piece of code took on ARM-based mac
systems. At the time, we only had access to one Apple
processor, the remarkable M1. Shortly after, Apple came
out with other ARM-based processors and my current laptop
runs on the M2 processor. Sadly, my original code only
works for the M1 processor.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Optimize_Your_Paper_Planes_With_This_Cardboard_Wind
Tunnel⠀⇛
We at Hackaday are great fans of hands-on classroom
projects promoting science, technology, engineering and
math (STEM) subjects – after all, inspiring kids with
technology at a young age will help ensure a new
generation of hardware hackers in the future. If you’re
looking for an interesting project to keep a full
classroom busy, have a look at [drdonh]’s latest project:
a fully-functional wind tunnel made from simple
materials.
o ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ TV_for_one_million:_Exploring_KSDK’s_broadcast
tower⠀⇛
On our tour, we explored over 75 years of television
broadcast history, seeing how things transitioned from
thousands of volts down to hundreds, and from analog
audio and video to all-digital.
o ⚓ [Old] Tom’s Hardware ☛ Alum_Kills_Over_$58,000_in_PC_Gear_With
‘USB_Killer’_Device⠀⇛
Destroying those devices with a baseball bat might have
been more satisfying, but the USB Killer was almost
certainly more efficient. The device works by telling a
connected system to rapidly charge and discharge its on-
board capacitors until the electrical system is fried.
USB Killer devices aren’t that hard to find either, with
a quick search returning sites devoted to the devices as
well as kits available on Amazon. They’re cheap, too.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Commodore_64_Reports_The_News⠀⇛
In the late 80s and into the 90s, [Cameron Kaiser] aka
[ClassicHasClass] was an aspiring journalist, first
becoming interested in the career in elementary school
and then working on various publications into university.
At some point, he started using a piece of software for
laying out newspapers called The Newsroom which, he
admits, was lacking a lot of tools that would have been
modern even for the time, but had an otherwise agreeable
price tag thanks to its focus more on home desktop
publishing and newsletter production than on full-scale
newspaper operations. It did have one interesting feature
that he never could figure out, though, at least until he
went back and pieced this mystery together.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Glove80_Keyboard_Sure_Fits_Like_One⠀⇛
If you’re what one might call unlucky, there comes a
point in your life when you need to switch to a keyboard
that’s more ergonomic than your average rectangle. A
little prevention goes a long way, though, and there’s no
time like the present to go ergo. Why not? You have
everything to gain, from long-lasting comfort to
satisfying key presses.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Vintage_Tektronix_Virtual_Graticule⠀⇛
Oscilloscopes are great for measuring the time and
voltage information of a signal. Some old scopes don’t
have much in the way of markings on the CRT, although
eventually, we started seeing scales that allowed you to
count squares easily. Early scopes had marks on the glass
or plastic over the CRT, but as [Vintage TEK Museum]
points out, this meant for best accuracy, you had to look
directly at the CRT. If you were at an angle horizontally
or vertically, the position of the trace would appear to
move concerning the lines on the screen. You can see the
effect in the video below.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Combining_Acoustic_Bioprinting_With_Raman_Spectroscopy
For_High-Throughput_Identification_Of_Bacteria⠀⇛
Rapidly analyzing samples for the presence of bacteria
and similar organic structures is generally quite a time-
intensive process, with often the requirement of a cell
culture being developed. Proposed by Fareeha Safir and
colleagues in Nano Letters is a method to use an acoustic
droplet printer combined with Raman spectroscopy.
Advantages of this method are a high throughput, which
could make analysis of samples at sewage installations,
hospitals and laboratories significantly faster.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Homebrew_Tire_Inflator_Pushes_The_Limits_Of_PVC
Construction⠀⇛
Let’s just clear something up right from the start with
this one: there’s literally no reason to build your own
tire inflator from scratch, especially when you can buy a
perfectly serviceable one for not a lot of money. But
that’s missing the point of this build entirely, and
thinking that way risks passing up yet another
fascinating build from PVC virtuoso [Vang Hà], which
would be a shame
* § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Stores_in_Japan_cash_in_on_a_sakura_viewing
season_without_Covid-19_restrictions⠀⇛
Retailers are welcoming the first sakura season without
pandemic safety measures since 2019.
o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ NYT_Trashes_Trumpers_for_Leaving_Us_Less_Prepared
for_Next_Pandemic_But_Not_Drug_Companies⠀⇛
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Idaho_Hospital_Ends_All_Labor_and_Delivery_Care,
Citing_Abortion_Ban⠀⇛
Rural areas in the U.S. have faced a decline in hospitals
that provide obstetric services for years, and the fate
of one hospital in northern Idaho suggests that abortion
bans could worsen the trend.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Why_We_Can’t_Just_Do_It:_The_Truth_About_Our
Failure_to_Curb_Carbon_Emissions⠀⇛
We all know what needs to be done: reduce carbon
emissions. But so far, we members of global humanity just
haven’t been able to turn the tide. The latest IPCC
report documents that carbon emissions are still
increasing, despite all the promises and efforts of the
past few decades. The report tells us there’s only a
narrow (and rapidly shrinking) pathway to averting
climate catastrophe. That path requires us to cut
emissions 50 percent by 2030, and to reach net zero
emissions by 2050. So far, we’re going in the opposite
direction.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Shocking_and_Immoral’:_Report_Details_Private
Equity’s_Stranglehold_on_US_Healthcare⠀⇛
Private equity’s ownership of U.S. healthcare providers
is incompatible with the needs and best interests of
patients and should be checked with federal legislation,
according to a report published Wednesday by the consumer
advocacy group Public Citizen.
o ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ NIH_Study:_U.S._Stillbirth_Rate_“Unacceptably
High”⠀⇛
Federal officials have released a bleak assessment of the
country’s progress in understanding and preventing
stillbirths, calling the rate “unacceptably high” and
issuing a series of recommendations to reduce it through
research and prevention.
The National Institutes of Health report, titled “Working
to Address the Tragedy of Stillbirth,” mirrored findings
of an investigation by ProPublica last year into the U.S.
stillbirth crisis, in which more than 20,000 pregnancies
every year are lost at 20 weeks or more and the expected
baby is born dead.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Enlisting_Students_in_the_Fight_for_Healthier
Online_Public_Spaces⠀⇛
There has been a sea change in how we view our broken
digital public spaces. We now understand that the
intentional design practices of large tech companies are
amplifying misinformation and vitriol to keep us engaged
and online to increase their advertising revenues. A
Seattle school district recently filed suit against
Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok and Google
claiming that they deliberately addict children to their
platforms and serve up harmful content and misinformation
that encourages anxiety, depression, eating disorders,
cyberbullying and self-harm. Hundreds of families have
also filed individual lawsuits alleging harm. Legal
analysts are comparing these early cases to ones filed
against Big Tobacco, and more recently, Big Pharma.
o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Beethoven’s_DNA_Has_Been_Analyzed_After_200
Years_From_Locks_of_Hair⠀⇛
A new study analyzed the famous composer’s genes to get a
better understanding of the health problems that plagued
him.
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Epilepsy_drug_shortage_spurs_buying_limit⠀⇛
The tranquilizer, marketed in Finland as Rivatril, is
used to treat a range of disorders but is also sold as a
street drug.
* § Proprietary⠀➾
o ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Google_Bard_Plagiarized_Our_Article,_Then
Apologized_When_Caught⠀⇛
When I asked Google’s bot to compare two recent CPUs, it
took data directly from a Tom’s Hardware article without
attribution.
o ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ ChatGPT_Privacy_Flaw⠀⇛
OpenAI has disabled ChatGPT’s privacy history, almost
certainly because they had a security flaw where users
were seeing each others’ histories.
o ⚓ Niels Provos ☛ Comparing_the_quality_of_ChatGPT-4_and_Bard⠀⇛
Discover the key differences between Google’s LLM, Bard,
and OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 in terms of content generation and
natural language comprehension.
o ⚓ Teleport ☛ Going_Beyond_Network_Perimeter_Security_by_Adopting
Device_Trust⠀⇛
Armed with Secure Enclave private keys, we now have the
means to verify device identity. Let’s see how Teleport
leverages that to put together a device trust system,
starting with the next component: the device inventory.
The device inventory is the list of devices allowed to
access sensitive resources. It contains information about
known devices, along with their current standing and
useful metadata. A device present in the inventory is
registered in the system, known but not yet trusted.
* § Security⠀➾
o ⚓ Nessus_vs._Nmap_Vulnerability_Scans:_Which_is_Best_for_You?⠀⇛
Nessus and Nmap are both well-respected vulnerability
scanning solutions. These highly specialized software
tools can proactively scan your business environment and
also identify and address security vulnerabilities.
Nessus is developed by Tenable and offers visibility into
your internet-connected attack surface. Nmap, or Network
Mapper, is also widely used for network discovery and
security auditing.
o ⚓ Purism ☛ Bootstrapping_Trust_with_Anti-Interdiction⠀⇛
How do you bootstrap trust when you have to order a
trusted computer from an untrusted one? One way is with
our anti-interdiction services and in this article I will
talk through how that works.
There are many different reasons why customers add our
anti-interdiction services to their phone or laptop
orders. When you sign up for anti-interdiction, I work
with you personally to identify your threats and talk you
through the different measures we can put in place. As a
result I have seen a full spectrum of reasons for anti-
interdiction. Some (arguably most) customers aren’t
facing a particular threat, but instead just want some
peace of mind that their device hasn’t been tampered with
in shipping so they can start with a clean, secure
computer. On the other end of the spectrum are customers
who have past experience with tampering and reason to
believe that their new computer will be tampered with in
transit either by local governments, couriers, neighbors,
stalkers, or even family members.
Yet one of the most challenging threat models is when a
customer has reason to believe their current computer,
email, and other devices are compromised. Even more
challenging, their devices have been compromised by
someone with some level of physical access, whether as a
family member, an abusive ex, or a stalker. Interdiction
is a real concern, and they are ordering Purism devices
so they can start with a clean slate.
o ⚓ Neowin ☛ Google_discloses_CentOS_Linux_kernel_vulnerabilities
following_failure_to_issue_timely_fixes_–_Neowin⠀⇛
Google’s Project Zero security team has publicly
disclosed multiple flaws in certain Linux kernels and
distros following Red Hat’s inability to fix them within
the 90-day deadline assigned by Google.
o § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ NPR ☛ That_panicky_call_from_a_relative?_It_could_be_a
thief_using_a_voice_clone,_FTC_warns⠀⇛
“All [the scammer] needs is a short audio clip of
your family member’s voice — which he could get
from content posted online — and a voice-cloning
program,” the commission warned. “When the scammer
calls you, he’ll sound just like your loved one.”
The FTC suggests that if someone who sounds like a
friend or relative asks for money — particularly if
they want to be paid via a wire transfer,
cryptocurrency or a gift card — you should hang up
and call the person directly to verify their story.
o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Online_Facial_Recognition_Service_Caught
Cruising_Through_Graveyards_To_Fill_Its_Database⠀⇛
Not literally, of course. Let’s get that out of the
way. The company was not sending people out to dig
up bodies to take photos to add to its facial
recognition database. I mean, how would that even
work. Not only that, but very few desiccated
corpses utilize subscription-based facial
recognition services. It’s not a workable business
model.
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Glitchy_ICE_App_Jeopardizes_Immigrants,
Raises_Privacy_Concerns_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛
ICE’s SmartLINK monitors immigrants on conditional
release by using geolocation and voice and facial
recognition to perform weekly check-ins. However,
the app has been known to be glitchy, sometimes
failing to detect the user’s voice or upload
photos. This has contributed to immigrants’
feelings of anxiety and stress. Furthermore, the
app can impede the ability of immigrants to get and
keep a job. A May 2022 report commissioned by
thirteen immigrant rights organizations concluded,
“SmartLINK poses heightened surveillance, data
collection and human rights threats,” and it
“causes deep anxiety about ICE’s access to personal
lives and a constant sense of being watched.”
Reporting from Documented NY and The Markup stated,
“some users even said that the psychological toll
of living with the SmartLINK app was comparable to
that of ankle monitors.”
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ From_Balloons_to_AUKUS:_The_War_Drive
Against_China⠀⇛
When will this hate-filled nonsense stop?
Surveillance balloons treated like evocations of
Satan and his card-carrying followers; other
innumerable unidentified phenomena that,
nonetheless, remain attributable in origin, despite
their designation; and then the issue of spying
cranes. In the meantime, there has been much
finger pointing on the culprit of COVID-19 and the
global pandemic. Behold the China Threat, the Sino
Monster, the Yellow Terror.
In this atmosphere, the hawkish disposition of
media outlets in a number of countries in shrieking
for war is becoming palpable. The Fairfax press in
Australia gave a less than admirable example of
this in their absurd Red Alert series, crowned by
crowing warmongers warning Australia to get ready
for the imminent confrontation. The publications
were timed to soften the public for the inevitable,
scandalous and possibly even treasonous
announcement that the Australian government would
be spending A$368 billion in local currency on
needless submarines against a garishly dressed-up
threat backed by ill-motivated allies.
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ Hiding_behind_MASQUEs⠀⇛
The IETF responded to these Snowden disclosures
with RFC 7258, ‘Pervasive Monitoring is an Attack’,
published in May 2014. The document outlined an
IETF intention to mitigate pervasive monitoring
through deliberate actions in protocol design that
were intended to make it far harder to undertake
pervasive monitoring. This call for better
protection of application and user data in network
protocols was not an isolated cry of anguish from
the geeks at the IETF! This perspective resonated
with many parts of the content and application
industry, who had similar concerns, probably for
slightly different reasons.
Advertising plays a large role in funding the
provision of these services, and advertising
programs are based on the knowledge of the user.
Allowing this data about users and their usage to
leak in unconstrained ways exposes one of the
critical assets of any advertising platform to
potential competitors. Taking measures to occlude
various network transactions from external
inspection resonated strongly with this content
sector.
# ⚓ Remy Van Elst ☛ Site_update,_cookie_consent_popup_(for_a
static_site)⠀⇛
This is a static site, meaning that there is no
server-side language like PHP or Ruby or Python
involved, just plain old HTML files. I write my
articles in markdown and have a custom static site
generator that I wrote in python that turns those
markdown articles into this beautiful site.
# ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Leak_on_Data_Retention:_What_are_the_EU
Governments_planning_for_2023?⠀⇛
At the end of November 2022, the »Working Party on
Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN)« of the
Council of the European Union met for an informal
video conference. They discussed i.a. the
retention of citizens’ communication data and other
surveillance-related issues. Now German
investigative journalist Andre Meister has
published the documents (Mastodon/Twitter). In
addition to the protocol of the meeting, the
documents contain presentations by Belgium,
Germany, Ireland and Portugal on the recent rulings
of the EU Court of Justice and on national
legislation.
# ⚓ [Old] HTML.com ☛ Are_You_Using_Cookies?_Then_This_Ultimate
Guide_Is_For_You⠀⇛
Cookies, or, to give them their formal name, HTTP
cookies, are text files made up of tiny bits of
data, which are stored on a web browser. These tiny
bits of data are used by websites to track a user’s
journey, enabling them to offer features that are
specific to each individual user. Because of this,
cookies are at the heart of a website’s
functionality. For example, they can be used for
shopping carts on e-commerce sites.
On the one hand, cookies are integral to the way
the internet works, but they’re also a cause for
concern when it comes to security and privacy
risks. However, by understanding how cookies work,
both day-to-day users and developers can protect
themselves from the negative aspects of these tiny
bits of data.
# ⚓ Austin Gil ☛ File_Uploads_for_the_Web_(2):_Upload_Files
with_JavaScript⠀⇛
This is the second post in a series about uploading
files for the web. In this post, we use JavaScript
to create the file upload request.
# ⚓ NYOB ☛ Political_microtargeting_on_Facebook:_an_election
promise_just_for_you!⠀⇛
Today, noyb filed a series of complaints against
several German political parties. The parties had
used microtargeting on Facebook during the 2021
federal election to identify potential voters and
target them with personalized election promises.
However, political opinions are particularly
protected under the GDPR, which makes the parties’
practices unlawful and a threat to democracy and to
the privacy of voters.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ CBP_Adding_To_Its_Border_Surveillance_Arsenal
With_The_Help_Of_The_Creator_Of_The_Oculus_Rift⠀⇛
There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about
Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) pretty much
unregulated use of surveillance technology. Courts
have given considerable leeway to border agencies,
reasoning that national security concerns outweigh
the countless violations of constitutional rights.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Fitbit_Users_Still_Pissed_At_Google_For_Outages
And_Making_Everything_Subscription_Based⠀⇛
Given Wall Street’s insatiable demand for improved
quarterly returns at any cost, a growing number of
companies seem intent on nickel-and-diming once
happy customers into oblivion. For many companies,
that means taking a feature that was free or
already paid for as part of the device’s retail
price, then shoving it into a subscription tier
(see: BMW’s plan to make heated seats a luxury
subscription service).
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Smart_Occupancy_Sensor_Knows_All⠀⇛
In the last few decades, building engineers and
architects have made tremendous strides in
improving the efficiency of various buildings and
the devices that keep them safe and comfortable to
live in. The addition of new technology like heat
pumps is a major factor, as well as improvements on
existing things like insulation methods and
building materials. But after the low-hanging fruit
is picked, technology like this smart occupancy
sensor created by [Sina Moshksar] might be
necessary to help drive further efficiency gains.
# ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ [LIVE_PANEL]_Targeted_by_Surveillance:_Julian
Assange,_WikiLeaks_&_Networked_Repression⠀⇛
Originally published at Disruption Lab
Saturday, March 25 – 7pm CET (2pm ET)
# ⚓ Privacy International ☛ Our_final_report_on_Kenya’s_2022
election_in_collaboration_with_The_Carter_Center_Election
Expert_Mission⠀⇛
* § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Andrew_Bacevich_on_China’s_Rise_as_Global
Superpower_&_Decline_of_U.S._Empire_After_Iraq_Invasion⠀⇛
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President
Vladimir Putin have declared a “new era” in Chinese-
Russian relations after meeting in Moscow earlier this
week. The two leaders reportedly discussed China’s 12-
point proposal to end the war in Ukraine, with Putin
stating that China’s plan could be the basis for a peace
agreement. Though he has not yet met with Xi himself,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has recently also
expressed a willingness to consider China’s peace plan.
For more, we speak to Andrew Bacevich, co-founder of the
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, about the
rise of China, as well as the 20th anniversary of the
U.S. invasion of Iraq. Bacevich is professor emeritus of
international relations and history at Boston University
and the author of On Shedding an Obsolete Past: Bidding
Farewell to the American Century.
o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Terry_Lloyd_killing_20_years_on:_‘Everything_has
changed_and_yet_nothing_has_changed’⠀⇛
Tim Singleton remembers working with ITN correspondent
Terry Lloyd, who was killed in Iraq 20 years ago.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australia,_China_military_officials_break
ice_for_talks⠀⇛
Australian and Chinese military officials have held
security talks for the first time in about four years as
Canberra works to defrost its relationship with Beijing.
Australian Defence Force officials hosted a delegation
from the People’s Liberation Army in Canberra for a half-
day meeting on Wednesday.
o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Russia_Appears_to_Be_Deploying_75-Year-Old
Tanks_to_Ukraine⠀⇛
Open-source intelligence groups say the T-54, a tank
built in the 1940s, is being shipped to the front.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ As_modern_tanks_start_arriving_in_Ukraine,_Russia_is
pulling_more_Soviet-era_tanks_out_of_storage_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Open-source intelligence researchers at the Conflict
Intelligence Team report that the Russian military has
started removing from storage Soviet-era T-54 and T-55
tanks. CIT has tracked a convoy of the ancient war
machines moving westward from the Primorsky Territory in
Russia’s Far East. CIT previously monitored satellite
imagery showing the transfer of Soviet-era T-62 tanks
from the same storage reserve.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Like_a_slap_in_the_face’:_How_the_ICC’s_arrest_warrant
for_Putin_left_Russia’s_top_officials_shaken_—_Meduza⠀⇛
o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Who_Gets_to_Speak_Out_About_Nukes?⠀⇛
If you are not a fan of English soccer (football), you
might not have been following the brouhaha over comments
made recently by Gary Lineker, one of the UK’s most well
known — and arguably well respected — former England
football stars.
You might also be wondering why I am writing about it
here. Hold that thought.
o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Second_U.S._Citizen_Headed_to_German_Prison_for
Anti-Nuclear_Weapons_Actions⠀⇛
While dread of nuclear war between Russia and NATO states
over Ukraine have reached new heights, especially in
Europe, a second U.S. citizen has been ordered to serve
prison time in Germany for protest actions demanding that
U.S. nuclear bombs stationed at Germany’s Büchel NATO
base, southeast of Cologne, be withdrawn.
Dennis DuVall, 81, member of Veterans for Peace, U.S. Air
Force veteran of the war in Vietnam, and veteran anti-
nuclear activist, is to report to the federal prison in
Bautzen, Germany, 32 miles east of Dresden (JVA Bautzen,
Breitscheid Str. 4, 02625 Bautzen, Germany), on Thursday
March 23 to begin a 60-day sentence.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_‘cannon_fodder’:_advantage_Why_Wagner_Group_is_more
effective_on_the_battlefield_than_the_Russian_military_—_Meduza⠀⇛
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_children’s_rights_commissioner_says_ICC_war-
crime_allegations_are_too_vague_to_verify_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova
complained in a Telegram post on Wednesday that the
arrest warrants issued last week by the International
Criminal Court fail to specify the crimes allegedly
committed by her and President Putin against Ukrainian
children. Lvova-Belova says it’s impossible to verify the
ICC’s accusations because the court’s public statements
do not identify the supposed victims by name or address.
o ⚓ TruthOut ☛ The_US_Owes_Iraq_“Just_Compensation,”_Says_Founder_of
Muslim_Peacemakers_Group⠀⇛
o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ The_U.S._Owes_Iraq_“Just_Compensation”:_Muslim
Peacemaker_Sami_Rasouli_on_2003_Invasion_&_Aftermath⠀⇛
As we continue to look back on the 20th anniversary of
the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we’re joined by Sami Rasouli,
an Iraqi native who immigrated to the United States over
35 years ago and became a successful restaurateur and
beloved member of the community in Minneapolis. After the
U.S. invasion of his home country in 2003, he moved back
to Iraq, where he founded the Muslim Peacemakers, a group
that works to promote and practice nonviolent conflict
resolution and intervention. Rasouli also founded the
American Institute for English in Najaf, which was
destroyed by a 2020 bombing. He is working on starting a
new organization called the American-Iraqi Peace
Initiative and currently resides in the U.S. with his
family. The war in Iraq has “left scars and a visible
legacy” among Iraqis, says Rasouli, who calls for “a just
compensation” in the aftermath of the U.S. occupation.
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Bosnian_Serb_leader_about_Szijjártó:_‘He_is_a
pleasant,_well-meaning_person,_unlike_the_Americans,_who_are
arrogant’⠀⇛
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ The_latest_round_of_the_Pressman-Szijjártó
messaging⠀⇛
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Iraq_War_failures_color_Biden_policy_on_Ukraine⠀⇛
The multiple ways in which America’s war in Iraq went
wrong have cast a long shadow ever since over the making
of U.S. foreign policy. It is visible today in Ukraine.
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungarian_Football_Federation_responds_to_UEFA:
There_is_no_controversy_over_the_historic_symbols⠀⇛
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ UEFA:_We_have_not_permitted_the_use_of_Greater
Hungary_symbols_at_football_matches⠀⇛
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Romanian_Football_Federation:_UEFA_has_not
permitted_Greater_Hungary_symbols_at_football_matches⠀⇛
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ US_State_Deparment_report_claims_there_are
serious_human_rights_issues_in_Hungary⠀⇛
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Russians_demand_their_money_in_Hungary’s
controversial_golden_visa_scheme⠀⇛
o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Reservation_Iraq⠀⇛
o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Selling_the_Iraq_War:_a_How-to_Guide⠀⇛
The war on Iraq won’t be remembered for how it was waged
so much as for how it was sold. It was a propaganda war,
a war of perception management, where loaded phrases,
such as “weapons of mass destruction” and “rogue state”
were hurled like precision weapons at the target
audience: us.
To understand the Iraq war you don’t need to consult
generals, but the spin doctors and PR flacks who stage-
managed the countdown to war from the murky corridors of
Washington where politics, corporate spin and psy-ops
spooks cohabit.
o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Great_Land_Grab:_Indian_Occupied_Kashmir⠀⇛
India basically confiscated Jammu and Kashmir in August
of 2019. This is not to minimize in any way the
suffering that the people of Jammu and Kashmir
experienced under seven decades of Indian oppression. In
October of 2019, India enacted new laws, and amended
others, that allowed Indian nationals to purchase land in
Kashmir. The purpose of this, of course, it to change the
demographic composition of Kashmir and reduce the
majority Muslim population to an oppressed minority.
There are many things we must consider today, including
the crime of land theft, and what that means for the
people of Kashmir.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Maria_Pevchikh_named_chairwoman_of_Anti-Corruption
Foundation_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Maria Pevchikh has been appointed the new chairwoman of
the board of directors of the international Anti-
Corruption Foundation (ACF), according to a series of
posts on Alexey Navalny’s social media accounts.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Russia_and_China_Summit:_The_Reconfiguration_of
World_Power⠀⇛
The three day Moscow summit signals China and Russia’s
commitment to each other and the vision of a new
multipolar world.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Seymour_Hersh_Accuses_US _of_‘Cover_Up’_Over_Nord
Stream_Sabotage⠀⇛
In a follow-up to his explosive story accusing U.S.
President Joe Biden of ordering the sabotage of the Nord
Stream pipelines, veteran U.S. journalist Seymour Hersh
charged Wednesday that the White House—in collaboration
with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz—is attempting a
“cover-up of its operation” by “feeding” false
alternative narratives to the press, most prominently The
New York Times.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Seymour_Hersh:_The_Cover-Up⠀⇛
The Biden Administration continues to conceal its
responsibility for the destruction of the Nord Stream
pipelines.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ UK_to_Give_Ukraine_Depleted_Uranium_Shells_Despite
Russian_Warning⠀⇛
Russia’s defense minister says the move brings the world
closer to a ‘nuclear collision,’ Putin vows to respond.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Tell-tale_signs_While_keeping_the_Russian_forces_at_bay
in_Bakhmut_and_Avdiivka,_the_Ukrainian_army_is_gathering_strength
for_a_major_reversal._Our_updated_combat_map_tracks_the_evidence_of
Ukraine’s_incipient_counteroffensive._—_Meduza⠀⇛
Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
Meduza has adopted a consistent antiwar position, holding
Russia responsible for its military aggression and
atrocities. As part of this commitment, we regularly
update an interactive map that documents combat
operations in Ukraine and the damage inflicted by
Russia’s invasion forces. Our map is based exclusively on
previously published open-source photos and videos, most
of them posted by eyewitnesses on social media. We
collect reports already available publicly and determine
their geolocation markers, adding only the photos and
videos that clear this process.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ $650_per_kilometer:_Russia_offers_incentives_to_recruits
ready_to_join_assault_units_and_advance_frontline_in_Ukraine_—
Meduza⠀⇛
The Russian military is offering sign-up incentives to
those willing to join as contract servicemen. Over the
last week, contract service was advertised all across the
local media and city websites around Russia.
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ A_Confederate_spy_plots_to_build_the_South’s_navy
with_England’s_help⠀⇛
“The Lion and the Fox” tells the history of a Confederate
sympathizer dispatched to England to secretly build a
fleet of ships, and the U.S. consul in Liverpool who was
determined to stop him.
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Has_war_in_Ukraine_sealed_the_bond_between_Russia
and_China?⠀⇛
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin’s summit in Moscow was
nominally meant to be about bringing peace to Ukraine.
But it appears to have strengthened the countries’
partnership against the West.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_denounces_Aukus_submarine_deal_in_new
broadside⠀⇛
China published its criticism during President Xi
Jinping’s three-day visit to Moscow.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Analysis:_China’s_Sway_Over_Russia
Grows_Amid_Ukraine_Fight⠀⇛
At one point during this week’s Kremlin meetings, Chinese
leader Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin
that they were driving global changes unseen in more than
a century
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ World_Bank_Puts_Cost_of_Rebuilding
Ukraine_at_$411_Billion⠀⇛
A new World Bank report puts the cost of Ukraine’s
recovery and rebuilding from Russia’s invasion at $411
billion over the next decade
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Is_the_Northern_Ireland_Protocol?_The
Brexit_Deal_Changes,_Explained⠀⇛
Britain and the European Union have long clashed over
post-Brexit rules known as the Northern Ireland protocol.
Here’s how their renegotiated agreement, the Windsor
Framework, will work.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.K._Lawmakers_Approve_Stormont_Brake_in
Northern_Ireland_Brexit_Deal⠀⇛
An important element of the agreement known as the
Windsor Framework, a Brexit provision negotiated with the
European Union, was roundly endorsed in the British
Parliament.
o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Navy_helicopter_crashes_into_ocean_off_NSW⠀⇛
A navy helicopter has plummeted into the ocean off the
coast of Jervis Bay with ten people on board.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Cebu_Pacific_flight_bound_for_Singapore_makes
emergency_landing_at_Kota_Kinabalu_airport⠀⇛
The plane was scheduled to land in Singapore later on
Wednesday night.
o ⚓ NPR ☛ The_U.S._is_threatening_to_ban_TikTok?_Good_luck⠀⇛
Any potential ban of the app wouldn’t just be a
regulatory or legal battle. It would have to reckon with
how American culture has become significantly altered and
intertwined with the foreign-owned app.
Like it or not, TikTok is setting the discourse on beauty
standards, cultural appropriation, finances, privacy and
parenting, and impacting consumption habits from books to
music, boosting small businesses and keeping users privy
to avian illness drama.
o ⚓ FAIR ☛ 20_Years_Later,_NYT_Still_Can’t_Face_Its_Iraq_War_Shame⠀⇛
On the 20th anniversary of the US- and British-led
invasion of Iraq, the New York Times continued to
dedicate itself to a waffling narrative, one that writes
out most of history and opts for a message of “it’s
complicated” to discuss the disaster it can’t admit that
it helped create.
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Is_the_US_Flirting_With_Nuclear_War?⠀⇛
Bosley Crowther, chief film critic for The New York
Times, didn’t quite know what to make of Dr. Strangelove
at the time of its release in January 1964. Stanley
Kubrick’s dark anti-war satire was “beyond any question
the most shattering sick joke I’ve ever come across,” he
wrote. But if the film had its hilarious moments,
Crowther found its overall effect distinctly unnerving.
What exactly was Kubrick’s point? “When virtually
everybody turns up stupid or insane—or, what is worse,
psychopathic—I want to know what this picture proves.”
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Homeless_Homicides_Are_On_the_Rise⠀⇛
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Leaked_government_reports_shed_light_on_political
protest_in_Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛
While analyzing the massive data leak from the Russian
censorship agency Roskomnadzor, the investigative
journalism project iStories discovered that the state
censor has been compiling internal reports on protest
incidents across Russia.
* § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ IPSO_chief:_‘I_would_feel_like_a_bit_of_a_muppet’
saying_I_trust_the_whole_media⠀⇛
Charlotte Dewar also fielded criticism about how IPSO
deals with “discriminatory” coverage against groups.
o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ How_publishers_have_been_squeezed_out_of_Google
top_stories_and_what_they_can_do_about_it⠀⇛
Data suggests publishers are losing in search – but there
are still wins to be had.
o ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Stop_believing_every_statistic_you_hear⠀⇛
Seventy-three percent of all statistics are made up. That
statistic is completely made up — ironic, right? You
wouldn’t have even known if I hadn’t told you (unless you
clicked on the link). But did you? Did you believe this
random statistic, colored in gray and underlined?
* § Environment⠀➾
o ⚓ The Revelator ☛ ‘What_Really_Keeps_Me_Up_at_Night’:_A_Climate
Scientist’s_Call_to_Action⠀⇛
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ When_It_Comes_to_Climate_Solutions,_Technical_Fixes
Aren’t_Enough⠀⇛
When it comes to climate change, tipping points are
typically a bad thing. They refer to a threshold at which
irreversible, self-perpetuating, and catastrophic
environmental changes—often referred to as feedback
loops—will ensue. For example, in the Amazon,
deforestation threatens to set off a chain of processes
in which the rain forest emits more carbon than it’s able
to absorb.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Our_Nation_Must_Enlist_Youth_on_Mass_Scale_to
Battle_Climate_Emergency⠀⇛
Most young people know—and as driven home yet again by
Monday’s IPCC report—the climate crisis is coming for
them.
o ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Pesticide_Giant_Criticised_for_‘Greenwashing’
Partnership_with_French_Influencer⠀⇛
Bayer, the world’s second largest crop chemicals company,
sponsored a French influencer to create and share pro-
pesticides content with over 300,000 followers on her
Instagram account, an investigation has revealed.
Jenny Letellier – one of France’s biggest YouTubers with
nearly 4 million subscribers – has come under fire for
the sponsored content, which was broadcasted via a series
of videos from France’s leading agriculture fair last
month. This content was produced in conjunction with
Morgan Niquet, a YouTuber with 1.3 million subscribers.
o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Denmark_saved_big_on_gas_this_winter⠀⇛
Despite this winter being colder than last year,
natural gas consumption was down by 24 percent
# ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Italian_electric_motorcycle_maker
to_integrate_its_tech_into_aviation⠀⇛
General Manager of Energica Inside, Carlo Iacovini,
said, “Aviation has been at the forefront of
innovation in the transport sector, and EV
technologies are entering into the equation of
product development. We have started different
programs with partners around the globe to learn
together and fast the time to market of our
solutions”.
# ⚓ Renewable Energy World ☛ New_label_to_designate_solar
modules_made_with_less_carbon⠀⇛
Buyers of solar modules will soon have an easier
time selecting modules produced with lower levels
of embodied carbon.
Most of the world’s solar modules are produced in
Southeast Asia and China, where the carbon
intensity of crystalline silicon module production
is more_than_twice that of a module manufactured in
the U.S., according to the International Energy
Agency.
# ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Researchers_successfully_tested_a
passenger_hybrid-electric_plane⠀⇛
Researchers at the University of Arkansas have been
working on a challenging project to design and
create battery-powered motor drives that can be
used in place of one of the gas-powered engines for
a number of years.
The project is being led by Alan Mantooth,
Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
and Executive Director of the National Center for
Reliable Electric Power Transmission (NCREPT).
# ⚓ uni Arkansas ☛ Electric_Motor_Drive_Takes_Off_in_Test
Flight_of_Passenger_Hybrid_Electric_Plane⠀⇛
Mantooth and U of A researchers David Huitink, Yue
Zhao and Chris Farnell designed a 250-kilowatt
motor drive to power a rear electrical engine in a
hybrid electric aircraft testbed developed by
Ampaire Inc., an electrified aircraft company in
Southern California. In combination with a
gasoline-powered engine in the front of the
aircraft, the rear electrical engine propels
aircraft during taxiing, takeoff, cruising and
landing.
Led by Nenad Miljkovic, professor of mechanical
science and engineering, the University of Illinois
researchers focused on thermal-management design,
while the U of A researchers contributed expertise
on electrical and mechanical and controls.
o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Fears_of_Monarch_Butterfly_Extinction_as
Numbers_Plummet_22%_in_Annual_Count⠀⇛
Wildlife conservationists sounded the alarm
Wednesday as an annual count of monarch butterflies
revealed a sharp decline in the number of the
iconic insects hibernating in Mexican forests,
stoking renewed fears of their extinction.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_Mississippi_Spent_Millions_That_Failed_to
Save_Its_Oyster_Reefs⠀⇛
By 2015, it was clear that Mississippi oysters were
in crisis. It was a devastating development for the
state: As late as 2009, the oyster industry had
contributed an estimated $24 million in sales to
the state’s economy, and it sustained 562 full- and
part-time jobs.
Then-Gov. Phil Bryant convened an oyster council to
come up with solutions.
o § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ World_Water_Day:_2_billion_people_lack
drinking_water,_UN_reports⠀⇛
More than a quarter of the world’s population lacks
safe drinking water, and 46% lacks basic
sanitation, says a new UN report. This week marks
the first major United Nations conference on water
in more than 45 years.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ UN_Urges_Global_Cooperation_as_Quarter_of
Humanity_Lacks_Safe_Drinking_Water⠀⇛
Amid a lack of global cooperation, the world is far
off-track in achieving universal access to clean
drinking water by 2030, according to a United
Nations report released Wednesday as officials
marked World Water Day.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Water’s_Moment:_Advancing_the_Human_Right
to_Water_in_the_United_States⠀⇛
More than a decade ago, the United Nations declared
that access to clean water and sanitation is a
human right, underpinning all other goals for
equality, health, and economic prosperity. The
United States did not sign on. Today, on World
Water Day, global leaders are gathering in New York
to discuss progress towards this goal. It’s the
first time the UN Water Conference is being held in
the U.S. and time for our nation to embrace the
moral imperative: Water is a human right.
* § Finance⠀➾
o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ SEC_targets_Coinbase,_token_issuers_and
celebrities_over_unregistered_securities⠀⇛
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is cracking
down hard on cryptocurrency companies, warning about
pending action Coinbase Global Inc. and taking action
against those behind several tokens and their celebrity
endorsers. Coinbase, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange
in the U.S., was issued with a Wells notice, a warning
that the SEC had identified potential violations…
⚓ The Age AU ☛ Lindsay_Lohan,_other_celebs_settle_with_SEC_over_crypto
endorsements⠀⇛
The Hollywood actress, rapper Akon and several other stars have
agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims they
promoted crypto investments on social media without disclosing they
were being paid to do so.
⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Beware_This_Libertarian_Oligarch’s_Ecological_Utopia_in
Texas⠀⇛
Exciting news, people: Utopia is on the rise!
⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Hundreds_facing_homelessness_as_housing_program_ends⠀⇛
Housing advocates are warning a NSW government homelessness program
risks putting participants back on the streets as they enter the
broader rental market. The government’s Together Home program has
been a game changer for more than 1000 people during the past three
years, according to the Community Housing Industry Association NSW
(CHIA NSW).
⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Macron_says_French_pension_changes_in_force_by_year-
end⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron says a deeply unpopular new law that
raises the retirement age is necessary and will enter into force by
the end of the year.
⚓ France24 ☛ President_Macron_hopes_to_heal_divisions_after_bruising_pensions
fight⠀⇛
President Emmanuel Macron will go live on television Wednesday,
hoping to heal deep divisions across France caused by a brutal fight
over his pensions reform that has dented his popularity.
⚓ WhichUK ☛ Cost_of_some_everyday_groceries_has_more_than_doubled_in_a_year⠀⇛
The Which? supermarket food and drink inflation tracker reveals the
products
that have seen the biggest percentage price rises
⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘We_Are_Starbucks’:_Workers_Strike_Nationwide_Ahead_of
Shareholder_Meeting⠀⇛
Amid an ongoing unionization wave, Starbucks workers across the
United States are holding a national day of action on Wednesday to
demand a living wage, consistent scheduling, safe working conditions,
and the right to organize free from fear and intimidation.
⚓ TruthOut ☛ Workers_in_Second-Largest_US_School_District_Demand_Raises_During
3-Day_Strike⠀⇛
⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_mulls_increasing_fines_for_bringing_cash_from_Russia,
Belarus⠀⇛
Amid an increase in attempts to bring cash from Russia and Belarus
into Lithuania, the government proposes imposing harsher punishments.
⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Wall_Street_closes_sharply_lower_after_Fed_rate_hike⠀⇛
Wall Street has gyrated to end sharply lower after the US Federal
Reserve delivered a widely expected 25 basis point policy hike, while
hinting that it was on the verge of pausing future increases in view
of recent turmoil in the financial sector.
⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Fed_raises_key_rate_by_quarter-point_despite_bank
turmoil⠀⇛
The Federal Reserve extended its year-long fight against high
inflation by raising its key interest rate by a quarter-point despite
concerns that higher borrowing rates could worsen the turmoil that
has gripped the banking system. Fed Chair Jerome Powell sought to
reassure Americans that it is safe to leave money in their banks, two
weeks after a rush of depositors pulled funds from Silicon Valley
Bank, which collapsed in the second-biggest bank failure in U.S.
history.
⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_central_bank_delivers_small_rate_hike⠀⇛
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a
percentage point but indicated it is on the verge of pausing further
increases in borrowing costs amid recent turmoil in financial markets
spurred by the collapse of two US banks.
⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Bankers_Applaud_as_GOP_Senator_Dismisses_Calls_for
Regulations_After_SVB_Collapse⠀⇛
Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana garnered applause from a room
full of bankers on Tuesday after he dismissed calls for tougher
regulations following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and
Signature Bank.
⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Childcare_Crisis_Is_Getting_Worse⠀⇛
The economy has recovered all of the jobs that were lost during the
pandemic, but the childcare sector is still lagging. There were
57,600 fewer childcare workers in January of this year than in
February 2020, even as the number of children needing care grew.
Childcare employment is 5.5 percent lower than it was before many
centers closed in February 2020 and others scrambled to stay open for
the children of essential workers.
⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Cost_of_Housing_in_America_Has_Become_Untenable⠀⇛
In 1937, the American folklorist Alan Lomax invited Louisiana
folksinger Huddie Ledbetter (better known as Lead Belly) to record
some of his songs for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Lead Belly and his wife, Martha, searched in vain for a place to
spend a few nights nearby. But they were Black and no hotel would
give them shelter, nor would any Black landlord let them in, because
they were accompanied by Lomax, who was white. A white friend of
Lomax’s finally agreed to put them up, although his landlord screamed
abuse at him and threatened to call the police.
⚓ TruthOut ☛ Three_Banks_Have_Now_Collapsed._A_Progressive_Economist_Explains
Why.⠀⇛
⚓ TruthOut ☛ 100_Starbucks_Stores_Strike_to_Send_New_CEO_a_Message:_No_More
Union_Busting⠀⇛
⚓ TruthOut ☛ Senate_Banking_Committee_Member_Dismisses_Calls_for_Regulations,
Bankers_Applaud⠀⇛
⚓ New York Times ☛ Meta._Salesforce._Silicon_Valley_Bank._Is_Working_from_Home
Really_Working? [Ed: Wall Street Times wants to put technical people back
inside cages of glass and metal by promoting mythology that 'elites' spread]⠀⇛
The attitude of many Americans toward their jobs appears to have
changed during the long pandemic — and not for the better.
⚓ New York Times ☛ Powell_and_Yellen_Suggest_Need_to_Review_Regulations_After
Bank_Failures⠀⇛
Proposals for more scrutiny of the financial sector are meeting
resistance from industry and Congress.
⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Fed,_Still_Inflation-Focused,_Raised_Rates_Amid_Bank
Uncertainty⠀⇛
Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates by a quarter-point
while they noted that bank turmoil could help slow the economy.
⚓ New York Times ☛ 7_Takeaways_From_the_Fed_Meeting_and_Powell’s_News
Conference⠀⇛
By raising interest rates a quarter-point, the Federal Reserve
signaled that it was continuing to fight inflation, but it was
holding off an aggressive move that might spook investors.
⚓ New York Times ☛ Crypto_[sic]_Entrepreneur_and_Celebrity_Promoters_Face
S.E.C._Charges⠀⇛
The agency charged Justin Sun with violations of securities law in a
scheme involving the actress Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities.
⚓ 37signals LLC ☛ Compressing_a_million-dollar_commercial_into_$37,000⠀⇛
Last year, we hired a high-profile ad agency to work on our first-
ever branding campaign for Basecamp. They were smart, funny… and
entirely out of sync with our budget. So we ended up letting them go,
hiring a new head of marketing, and doing it all ourselves.
The problem was that our entire marketing budget for 2023 amounted to
a “mere” five million dollars. That’s a huge multiple of everything
we’ve ever spent before on marketing in the entire 24-year history of
the company, but a pittance when you work with a top-tier agency full
of people who used to do campaigns for the like of Apple or Nike.
⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Democrats_Introduce_$300B_Investment_to_Treat_Housing_as
Human_Right⠀⇛
Declaring that homelessness and housing insecurity is the result of
“a structural failure of a country that has refused to make safe and
affordable housing a priority,” U.S. Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Grace
Meng on Wednesday reintroduced the Housing is a Human Right Act and
called on the federal government to provide $300 billion to end the
crisis facing unhoused people.
⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Fed_Accused_of_‘Playing_With_Fire’_After_Latest_Rate
Hike⠀⇛
Progressive economists and other experts blasted Federal Reserve
leadership on Wednesday for raising interest rates yet again despite
concerns about recent bank failures and how the quarter-point
increase will impact the U.S. and global economies.
⚓ Common Dreams ☛ New_Watchdog_Project_Targets_Neoliberal_‘Hacks’_Posing_as
Economic_Prophets⠀⇛
Taking aim at “conflicts of interest and flat-out falsehoods in
economics reporting and the so-called experts who perpetuate them,”
the Revolving Door Project on Wednesday launched a new website, Hack
Watch, to name and shame Wall Street-friendly experts pushing often
harmful neoliberal financial theories as absolute truths.
⚓ CS Monitor ☛ With_credibility_at_stake,_Fed_fires_new_volley_at_inflation
[Ed: It only exacerbated things. Stocks FELL.]⠀⇛
The Federal Reserve’s credibility as an inflation fighter is on the
line. Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled his resolve on that today,
with an interest rate hike despite recent U.S. banking troubles.
⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Cities_With_the_Largest_Homeless_Populations_in
the_U.S.⠀⇛
More than half of the country’s homeless live in urban areas or major
cities.
⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Paris,_Protests_Over_Pension_Law_Take_On_a_Hint_of
Menace⠀⇛
Peaceful solidarity alternates with the threat of violence, and all
of France waits to see which way the standoff will turn.
⚓ The Age AU ☛ ASX_falls_as_Powell,_Yellen_rattle_Wall_Street⠀⇛
Jerome Powell rattled investors by saying the Fed can keep raising
rates if necessary in the fight against inflation, while bank stocks
fell after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s testimony to lawmakers
when she equivocated on bank deposits.
⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Regulation’_Is_Not_a_Mantra⠀⇛
An item in Ezra Klein’s NYT column yesterday really grabbed by
attention. Ezra cited a Wall Street Journal column that claimed that
the Federal Reserve Board’s stress tests would not have detected
Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) problems, because its stress tests did
not consider interest rate risk.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ TikTok_might_be_banned_in_the_United_States:_Here’s_how
it_can_be_a_good_thing⠀⇛
If you’ve been on social media in the last two weeks, or more
specifically TikTok, odds are you’ve probably heard of a
potential ban on TikTok in the U.S.
* ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ TikTok_sends_influencers_to_Washington_as
its_troubles_grow⠀⇛
The social network is ramping up a P.R. campaign to fend off
the possibility of a nationwide ban.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Biden_Doesn’t_Need_to_Keep_Pushing_Xi_and_Putin_Closer⠀⇛
The US-China-Russia strategic triangle has returned as a
fulcrum of global geopolitics. As Chinese president Xi Jinping
makes a high-profile visit to Moscow to meet with Russian
president Vladimir Putin, US President Joe Biden has been busy
coordinating Atlantic and Pacific military alliances to box in
both powers. The Biden administration often frames this
division between the powers as the outcome of an abstract
contest between democracy and autocracy. Far from inevitable,
however, the China-Russia alignment against the United States
crystallized just one year ago and is far more tenuous than
most media commentary allows.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Restarting_Michigan_Nuclear_Power_Plant_Risks
‘Chernobyl-Scale_Catastrophe,’_Coalition_Warns⠀⇛
A coalition of 191 individuals and 185 groups representing
thousands of people on Wednesday implored the federal
government for the third time not to fund the revival of a
roughly 51-year-old nuclear power plant that was shut down last
May in Covert, Michigan.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Should_President_Biden_Run_for_Reelection?_A_Nation
Forum⠀⇛
Joe Biden has given every indication that he plans to seek a
second term. But alarm bells went off when a February
Associated Press poll found that only 37 percent of Democrats
wanted him to run again. The president’s numbers were
especially weak among young voters—a critical constituency for
Democrats. Even as Biden’s numbers ticked up following his
impressive State of the Union address, 45 percent of Democrats
(and independents who lean toward the party) still wanted
someone else to be the nominee in 2024. That enthusiasm gap is
a real issue for a president who surveys show is running even
with—and in some cases behind—Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis.
While many D.C. Democrats say they’re on board for a reelection
run, we wanted to know what prominent progressive Democrats,
left-leaning independents, and battleground-state activists
were thinking. So we asked them whether the president should
run again. Here’s what they had to say.
* ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Judge_Orders_Trump_Lawyer_to_Turn_Over_Evidence_in_Alleged
“Criminal_Scheme”⠀⇛
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Nobly_Fighting_the_Woke-ocracy,_One_Garbled,_Delusional
Outburst_At_A_Time⠀⇛
As we await (please) the indictment of Orange Man Walking, he
and his rabid, victimized forces are busy raving about abuses
of power by an Evil Deep State of WOKE trains, banks, schools,
D.A’s, gay/ black/ radical left miscreants who “HAVE STOLLEN
(sic) OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND WITH IT, THE HEART OF OUR
OUR (sic) COUNTRY.” But to defeat nefarious wokeness, they
first must define it. Their latest effort: “So woke is…umm…sort
of…like…the idea of…” SAD!
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ NYT_Catches_up_to_Parry_But_Still_Falls_Short_on_October
Surprise⠀⇛
No matter how much evidence Robert Parry produced over the
years poking holes in the official story, the establishment
media declined to re-examine the case or treat it seriously,
writes Nat Parry.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Trump_Campaign’s_Collusion_With_Israel⠀⇛
“Roger, hello from Jerusalem,” read the message from the
Israeli secret agent. Dated August 12, 2016, it was addressed
to Roger Stone—at the time a key player in Donald Trump’s
presidential election campaign. “Any progress? He is going to
be defeated unless we intervene. We have critical intel. The
key is in your hands! Back in the US next week.” Later, the
agent promised, “October Surprise coming!” This report has been
adapted from portions of James Bamford’s book Spyfail: Foreign
Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s
Counterintelligence, published by Twelve Books.
* ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ ‘Israel_is_(Not)_Back_to_Africa’:_How_African_Countries
are_Challenging_Israeli_Plot_on_the_Continent⠀⇛
The scene of Israeli Ambassador, Sharon Bar-Li, along with
other Israeli delegates, being escorted out of the opening
ceremony of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
on February 18, was historic. The very moment that was meant to
crown twenty years of Israeli diplomacy on the African
continent, in a few seconds, turned to represent Israel’s
failure in Africa.
Unable to fathom the breakdown of its diplomatic and political
efforts, Tel Aviv responded to Bar-Li’s removal by waging a war
of words against African countries, accusing them of
spearheading a campaign aimed at blocking Israel’s observer
status.
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_Biden_and_the_ICC:_‘A_New_Level_of
Farce’⠀⇛
There are many things to say about the International Criminal
Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin
on charges that the Russian president directed the abduction
and deportation of thousands of children from eastern Ukraine
in the early months of the intervention…
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ I_Am_the_“US-based_Kremlin_intermediary”_That_Tried_To
Help_Tucker_Carlson_Book_An_Interview_With_Putin⠀⇛
Tucker Carlson accused the NSA of spying on his personal
communications when he tried to schedule an interview with
Russian President Vladimir Putin. I can corroborate his story.
* ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump_Loyalists_Outnumbered_by_Anti-Trump_Protesters_at
Manhattan_DA⠀⇛
* ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Tucker_Carlson_Begs_Biden_to_Block_Manhattan_DA_From_Issuing
Trump_Indictments⠀⇛
* ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘Arrogance_in_politics_is_suicidal’._Why_are_Lithuania’s
conservatives_crumbling?⠀⇛
Lithuania’s ruling conservatives have crumbled in the municipal
and mayoral elections that wrapped up on Sunday. Although
winning big in Vilnius, their foothold across the rest of the
country is slipping.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_archive_publishes_names_included_in_Soviet_deportee
list⠀⇛
The Lithuanian Special Archive has published the names of the
people who were included in the lists of those to be deported
in 1941 and 1945-1953.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_president_asks_parliament_to_dismiss_anti-corruption
chief⠀⇛
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda on Wednesday formally
asked the parliament to dismiss Žydrūnas Bartkus, whose five-
year term as head of the Special Investigation Service (STT) is
about to expire.
* ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Mass_tech_worker_layoffs_and_the_soft_landing⠀⇛
These layoffs have nothing to do with “trimming the fat” or
correcting the hiring excesses of the lockdown. They’re a
project to transfer value from workers, customers and users to
shareholders. Google’s layoff of 12,000 workers followed fast
on the heels of gargantuan stock buyback where the company
pissed away enough money to pay those 12,000 salaries…for the
next 27 years.
The equation is simple: the more companies invest in
maintenance, research, development, moderation, anti-fraud,
customer service and all the other essential functions of the
business, the less money there is to remit to people who do
nothing and own everything.
* ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok’s_CEO_Appears_on_Platform_to_Address
Possible_U.S._Ban⠀⇛
TikTok’s lobbying efforts have increased exponentially within
the last few years since efforts by the Trump administration to
limit the app. Despite the Biden administration’s rescinding
those limitations, motions from both parties to ban the app
altogether have intensified in recent months.
As the app’s fate in the U.S. remains uncertain, TikTok still
has a few tricks up its sleeve, beginning with securing the
Biden-connected political consulting and PR firm SKDK.
Meanwhile, dozens of TikTok creators plan to descend on the
capital this week as part of a last-ditch lobbying effort to
prevent the forced sale of the company. The creators scheduled
a press conference Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
* ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_Appoints_New_Head_for_Foundry_Business⠀⇛
Stuart Pann replaces Randhir Thakur, who was instrumental in
establishing Intel’s foundry operations from 2021–2022, but who
stepped down from the position last November. Previously, it
was widely believed that Intel would appoint someone from Tower
Semiconductor after it closes the takeover deal to lead IFS,
but it looks like the company decided to hire its own veteran
for the role. Now that IFS got its head, it begs the question
of how Intel will employ executives from Tower, who bring
decades of foundry experience to the company.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Study_Exposes_Electric_Utilities’_Climate
Misinformation_Campaigns_–_Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛
Now, however, researchers at the University of
California, Santa Barbara have analyzed nearly 200
utility industry documents, spanning five decades,
regarding climate, which document that companies such as
PG&E and Commonwealth Edison were aware of the threats
posed by climate change, but disregarded them—and, in
fact, went so far as to dismiss action to reduce carbon
emissions as “premature at best.”
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Fox,_Dominion_Argue_Over_Legal
Standards_to_Prove_Defamation⠀⇛
Lawyers for Fox News and a voting machine company are
tangling over the high bar to prove defamation in a $1.6
billion lawsuit that has embarrassed the conservative
network over its airing of false claims related to the
2020 presidential election
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Matt_Taibbi_Can’t_Comprehend_That_There_Are_Reasons_To
Study_Propaganda_Information_Flows,_So_He_Insists_It_Must_Be
Nefarious⠀⇛
Over the last few months, Elon Musk’s handpicked
journalists have continued revealing less and less with
each new edition of the “Twitter Files,” to the point
that even those of us who write about this area have
mostly been skimming each new release, confirming that
yet again these reporters have no idea what they’re
talking about, are cherry picking misleading examples,
and then misrepresenting basically everything.
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Lawsuit_Puts_the_Workplace_Culture_of_Fox_News_on
Trial⠀⇛
Internal communications released in the buildup to the
Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit against Fox News
betray an obsessive devotion to upholding Fox’s “brand”
among the cable network’s senior executives and on-air
talent. But a new legal action against the network points
up another notorious facet of the Fox brand: a workplace
of patriarchal intimidation and rampant gender
discrimination. Abby Grossberg, a former booker for Maria
Bartiromo’s Sunday Morning Futures show and senior
booking producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight, alleges that
executive higher-ups at Fox coerced her testimony in the
Dominion case in an effort to deflect culpability away
from Fox News’ corporate parent, the Fox Corporation. The
net effect of such efforts, Grossberg alleges, was to
direct blame for the network’s reckless platforming of
conspiracy theories about the 2020 election to individual
female actors such as Bartiromo and Grossberg.
(Grossberg, who is Jewish, also alleges that she was
subject to religious discrimination at Fox.)
o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Rebounding_Rupert’s_greatest_fear,_and_no,_it’s_not
mortality⠀⇛
It fascinates me that singledom remains so scary for many
otherwise powerful men.
o ⚓ [Old] Pew Reseach Center ☛ More_Americans_are_getting_news_on
TikTok,_bucking_the_trend_on_other_social_media_sites⠀⇛
Adults under 30 are the most likely group to say they
regularly get news on TikTok. About a quarter of
Americans in this age group (26%) say they regularly get
news there, higher than in 2021 and 2020. This compares
with 10% of those ages 30 to 49, 4% of those 50 to 64 and
just 1% of those 65 and older.
o ⚓ DroidGazzette ☛ Fake_images_of_Trump_arrest_show_‘giant_step’_for
AI’s_disruptive_power⠀⇛
Two days later, his posts depicting an event that never
happened have been viewed nearly 5 million times,
creating a case study in the increasing sophistication of
AI-generated images, the ease with which they can be
deployed and their potential to create confusion in
volatile news environments. The episode also makes
evident the absence of corporate standards or government
regulation addressing the use of AI to create and spread
falsehoods.
“Policymakers have been warning for years about the
potential misuse of synthetic media to spread
disinformation and more generally to sow confusion and
discord,” said Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), the chairman
of the Senate Intelligence Committee. “While it took a
few years for the capabilities to catch up, we’re now at
a point where these tools are widely available and
incredibly capable.”
o ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Jim_Jordan_Issues_Information_Requests_to
Universities_Researching_Disinformation⠀⇛
House Republicans have sent letters to at least three
universities and a think tank requesting a broad range of
documents related to what it says are the institutions’
contributions to the Biden administration’s “censorship
regime.”
The letters are the latest effort by a House subcommittee
set up in January to investigate how the federal
government, working with social media companies, has
allegedly been “weaponized” to silence conservative and
right-wing voices. So far, the committee’s investigations
have amplified a variety of dubious, outright false and
highly misleading Republican grievances with law
enforcement, many of them espoused by former President
Donald Trump. Committee members have cited supposed
abuses that include the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, its
investigations of Jan. 6 rioters and the Biden
administration’s purported use of executive powers to
shut down conservative viewpoints on social media.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Racist,_Right-Wing_Return_of_Dilbert [Ed: They are
canceling a cartoon that challenged power, even cancelling decades of
good work]⠀⇛
The death of Dilbert—greatly exaggerated when its creator
suddenly fell from media grace in late February—has led to a
swift resurrection. Last week, the cartoonist and author Scott
Adams launched the same daily comic strip under the name
Dilbert Reborn via the right-wing online platform Rumble, which
touts itself as “immune to cancel culture.” Adams has arrived
at a logical destination, a milieu of privilege decrying its
own martyrdom.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Faced_Prison_Time_for_Instagram_Post_About_War
in_Ukraine⠀⇛
The case of Olesya Krivtsova, a Russian student who ended up on
the Kremlin’s official terrorist list, has underscored the
perils of using social media to criticize the Kremlin’s war in
Ukraine.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Russian_student_who_faced_prison_term_for_anti-war_posts_flees_to
Lithuania⠀⇛
Olesya Krivtsova, a 20-year-old university student, faced up to
a decade in prison for “justifying terrorism” and “discrediting
the Russian armed forces”. She has now fled to Lithuania, The
New York Times has reported.
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Sex_Worker-Led_Payment_Platform_Shuts_Down_After
Being_Cut_Off_by_Processor⠀⇛
SpankPay is the payments side of the blockchain Spankchain, a
sex worker-led alternative to more mainstream cryptocurrency
exchanges. Spankchain started development around 2017, and
SpankPay launched in 2019.
Wyre Payments, the company’s upstream payment processor,
terminated SpankPay’s account because Wyre’s new payment
processor, Checkout.com, doesn’t allow processing for payments
related to sexual businesses, SpankPay said.
* ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Winnie_the_Pooh_slasher_flick_mysteriously_cancelled
in_Hong_Kong⠀⇛
The flick does not look classy, if this trailer is a fair
representation. Reviews suggest the entire work does not
improve on the short.
The film has nonetheless generated $4.1 million in ticket
sales.
But its producers won’t have the chance to add to that total in
Hong Kong or Macau, as the distributor of the film in those
territories, VII Pillars Entertainment, posted to Facebook on
Tuesday: “It is with great regret to announce the scheduled
release of Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey in Hong Kong and
Macau on March 23 has been cancelled.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_Institute_of_Physics_and_Technology_cancels_Q&A_session
with_Novaya_Gazeta_editor_Dmitry_Muratov,_citing_inability_to
‘depoliticize’_event_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has canceled an
open Q&A session for students featuring Novaya Gazeta Editor-
in-chief and Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov. The event was
scheduled for March 28.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Crimean_professor_who_was_jailed_twice_last_year_for_Ukrainian
songs_fined_$1,300_for_social_media_post_about_Russian_murders_of
civilians_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Andrey Belozerov, a former professor who lost his job and was
convicted on charges of “discrediting” the Russian army and
“displaying Nazi symbolism” in September after he played a
video with a song about Bayraktar drones in between classes,
has been fined 100,000 rubles (about $1,300) on fresh
“discrediting” charges, according to the outlet OVD-Info.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ CPJ ☛ Bangladeshi_journalist_Mamunur_Rashid_Nomani_faces_hearing_over
Digital_Security_Act_charges⠀⇛
The chargesheet alleges that Nomani and his friends violated
sections of the Digital Security Act pertaining to the
unauthorized collection of personal information and holding or
transferring data illegally.
Police opened an investigation into the three on September 13,
2020, following a complaint by Syed Ahmed Manna, a local
official with the ruling Awami League party. Nomani was
detained in relation to the case for 17 days in September 2020.
* ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Journalist_hurt_by_exploding_USB_bomb_drive⠀⇛
In a press conference on Tuesday, Xavier Chango Llerena, chief
of criminal investigations for the National Police of Ecuador,
said authorities had found envelopes containing presumed
explosive devices at four media outlets, two in Guayaquil and
two in Quito, and at a parcel delivery company.
* ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Ecuadorian_Journalists_Targeted_by_Exploding_USB
Drives⠀⇛
Neither Artieda, nor anyone else in the room, were injured by
the blast. Later investigations by the authorities revealed
that only half of the explosive charge within the USB flash
drive case had ignited — so the journalist and others in the
office at the time of the explosion were lucky, in a way.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Sister_of_imprisoned_Tibetan_businessman_detained_and_beaten
overnight⠀⇛
Gonpo Kyi had come to prison to appeal for release of brother
serving life sentence.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Cleaning_sector_issues_new_strike_warning⠀⇛
Starting on Thursday, the two-day strike would see 25,000
workers take part. Last week, a strike involving 2,500 workers
affected the sector.
* ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Michigan_Is_Set_to_Become_First_State_in_58_Years_to
Overturn_Right-to-Work_Law⠀⇛
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Women’s_Month_Is_Every_Month⠀⇛
* ⚓ ACLU ☛ My_Son’s_Hair_is_Part_of_a_Thousand-Year-Old_Tribal_Culture._His
School_Called_it_a_‘Fad.’⠀⇛
My Native American first-grader Logan loves his long braid. It
connects my son to our cultural and spiritual traditions as
members of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North Carolina. For
thousands of years, male members of our tribe have worn their
hair long. It is our spiritual belief that a person’s hair is a
part of the spirit of the person. With his hair arranged in a
long braid running down his back, Logan is confident and proud.
Logan goes to school at Classical Charter Schools of Leland in
North Carolina (formerly called Charter Day School). I chose
that school because the teachers are really focused on
educating the kids. The school requires boys to keep their hair
off the collar and not below the top of the ears, so Logan has
worn his long hair in a bun. This compromised his beliefs, but
it appeared necessary to meet the school’s standards. For all
of kindergarten and most of first grade, Logan has attended
school with his long hair in a bun without incident.
A few weeks ago, my husband and I were told that Logan’s hair
was deemed “faddish” by school officials and in violation of
the school’s “grooming standards” for boys. My son overheard
his teacher say that he would have to cut his hair, which made
him feel very sad. When I asked a school administrator why boys
had to have short hair to come to school, I was told, “We want
them all to look the same.”
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Women_of_Winter_inspires_the_downhill_rush_that_uplifts_–
and_diversifies⠀⇛
Catching air on the slopes is often a white male realm. But
Women of Winter is training snow-sports instructors to help
diversify the slopes.
* ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Power_of_Mexico’s_Feminist_Movements⠀⇛
International Women’s Day 2023 was a day of “women in all
forms”, of youth, of diversities, of tens of thousands of women
marching in the streets of Mexico City. From the Plaza of Women
Who Struggle, where the statue of Columbus was torn down and
women have claimed a monument to their movement’s leaders, to
the central Plaza of the Constitution, where police guarded
government buildings, the all-women march exuded joy and pain,
anger and courage .
With official estimates at nearly 100,000 and organizers
asserting closer to 200,000, the demonstrators packed the
city’s main avenues, the sidewalks and surrounding streets.
They even organized to escort women out in claustrophobic
moments, like in front of the emblematic El Caballito
sculpture, when no one could move due to the crowding of
bodies, women occupying public space that belongs to us by
right and reality.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Breaking_the_fear_of_witchcraft_in_Africa⠀⇛
The African Union’s new guidelines for uprooting an entrenched
source of fear and violence shed light on the value of empathy
and kindness.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Indigenous_Leaders_Are_Being_Forced_Into_Exile⠀⇛
Living in exile has been heartbreaking for Lucía Ixchíu. She
longs to be around her community in the western highlands of
Totonicapán, Guatemala, immersing herself in the sacred
communal forest she’d been taught to love, respect, and protect
since she was a young child.
The forest of Totonicapán is not only one of the most important
water recharge sites of Mesoamerica; it’s also a symbol of the
collective fight of K’iche communities against a colonial
Guatemalan state that has repeatedly attempted to seize and
destroy it.
* ⚓ EFF ☛ Courts_Should_Let_You_Sue_Federal_Officials_Who_Violate_Your
Right_to_Record⠀⇛
Late last year, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed
Dustin Dyer’s lawsuit against Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) officers who ordered him to stop recording
their pat-down search of his husband. The officers also ordered
him to delete what he had already recorded. But the court,
using a flawed legal doctrine that limits civil rights
lawsuits, ruled that Dyer could not sue the officers for money
damages even if they violated his First Amendment right to
record on-duty government officials.
But there is no right without a remedy. Indeed, the Supreme
Court once recognized that suing federal officials for money
damages is “necessary relief” when “federally protected rights
have been invaded.” In 1971, the high court in Bivens v. Six
Agents approved a damages lawsuit against federal anti-drug
officers who unlawfully raided a home. But since the 1980s, the
Court has chipped away at the Bivens right to seek damages from
federal officials. The Court recently blocked a lawsuit against
a Customs and Border Patrol officer for violating First and
Fourth Amendment rights.
We need money damages under Bivens to protect our civil
rights—including the right to record and other digital
rights—from the federal government. While a federal civil
rights law protects our right to sue state government officials
for money damages, no such statute exists for suing federal
government officials. And the Supreme Court set, and the Fourth
Circuit applied, a very high bar for suing under Bivens. You
must show there are “no alternative remedies” and “no special
factors counseling hesitation.” That is as vague and broad as
it sounds, and the Fourth Circuit said this high bar “all but
closed the door” on Bivens.
* ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ IL_City_Stops_Ticketing_Students_but_Continues
Prosecuting_a_Young_Woman⠀⇛
In the three years since Amara Harris was ticketed for theft
over a pair of missing AirPods at her high school, she has
graduated, earned an associate degree and moved from
Naperville, Illinois, to Atlanta to attend Spelman College.
Meanwhile, a statewide reckoning over the harm caused by
ticketing students has Illinois lawmakers considering a bill
that would outlaw the practice. Naperville police have not
ticketed any students this school year.
* ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Juveniles_Locked_Up_for_Life_Will_Get_a_Second_Chance⠀⇛
Over the weekend, New Mexico abolished life without parole
prison sentences for juveniles, affirming that people who make
even the most serious mistakes as teenagers should have a
second chance. The new law, signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan
Grisham, also requires that current prisoners serving decades
behind bars for crimes they committed as minors get a parole
hearing.
* ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Who’s_Afraid_of_Rosa_Parks?⠀⇛
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida continues his battle against
what he identifies to be “woke indoctrination” and “the state-
sanctioned racism” in schools, also known as Critical Race
Theory. In the news release announcing the legislative proposal
Stop W.O.K.E. Act, Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran
stated, “Under Governor DeSantis’ leadership, Florida has very
publicly adopted new state education standards for English
Language Arts, Mathematics, Civics, Character Education and
more, and we are modernizing students’ curriculum and lesson
plans to match Florida’s new world-class education standards.”
Modernizing the curriculum for new world-class education
standards in Florida means ransacking textbooks to censor
“prohibited topics” such as race. In an effort to follow the
Stop W.O.K.E. Act and align with Florida’s new state standards
and frameworks, Studies Weekly, a social studies publisher
which provides K-6 curriculum to 45,000 schools across the
country, went to great lengths to alter the story of Rosa
Parks.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Corporate_America_Is_No_Longer_Pretending_to_Care_About
Diversity⠀⇛
As entirely expected by anybody who has spent time with white
people, corporate America’s post–George Floyd commitment to
diversity was as enduring as a Kardashian’s love of Pepsi. A
new study of over 600 companies from workforce analytics firm
Revelio Labs reports that “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”
officers, hired en masse after the protests following Floyd’s
murder, are now being quietly phased out of their positions.
The study found that the attrition for DEI officers was 33
percent at the end of 2022, compared with 21 percent for non-
DEI roles.
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ FCC_Fines_15_Year-Old_Pirate_Radio_Station_in_NYC_$2
Million⠀⇛
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is using a new law
to fine a pirate radio station operating in New York City for
more than $2 million. For 15 years, Impacto 2, which has been
operated by two brothers, has broadcast Ecuadorian news,
culture, sports, and talk-radio on 105.5 FM in Queens. The feds
have tried to shut it down repeatedly, but have never
succeeded.
* ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Great_Telecom_Rip-Off⠀⇛
In September 2020, the State of California won a $116
million suit against Verizon ($68 million) and AT&T ($48
million). The suit was brought by a “whistleblower,” OnTheGo
Wireless, LLC, and thirty government entities claiming under
the California False Claims Act that the telecoms overcharged
the state and government customers for wireless services.[1]
Some 300 state and local entities will recover money for the
excessive payments, including the State of California, state
universities as well as city and county governments.
Over the last few decades, the leading telecom companies have
engaged in a host of schemes to swindle their customers and the
American taxpayer. One involves overcharging customers for
which they have been repeatedly sued. Others involve deceptive
pricing practices, questionable accounting schemes,
substitution of inferior wireless (e.g., 5G) for fiber-optic
system upgrades, capture of federal and state regulatory
agencies and the “deregulation” of the telecom industry. These
schemes fueled the telecom swindle.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ UK_raises_antitrust_concerns_over_Broadcom’s_proposed
VMware_acquisition⠀⇛
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator is concerned that Broadcom
Inc.’s proposed $61 billion acquisition of VMware Inc. could
raise server prices. The Competition and Markets Authority, or
CMA, publicized its position today. The development follows the
conclusion of an inquiry into the deal that the CMA launched
last November.
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Net_Neutrality’s_Dead:_Time_To_Focus_On_The_Real_Issue:
Telecom_Monopolization⠀⇛
Earlier this month a homophobic smear campaign seeded in the
press by the likes of AT&T, Comcast, and News Corporation
successfully killed the FCC nomination of popular reformer Gigi
Sohn. The goal: to keep the FCC in perpetual partisan gridlock,
preventing the agency from making any decisions deemed even
remotely controversial by the media and telecom giants the
agency is supposed to regulate.
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Bernie_Sanders_Targets_Moderna_Greed_in_Covid-19
Vaccine_Hearing⠀⇛
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday denounced Moderna’s
proposal to more than quadruple the price of the Covid-19
vaccine it co-developed with billions of dollars in
public funding—along with mRNA technology co-invented by
government scientists—as an example of Big Pharma’s
“unacceptable corporate greed.”
o ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Sanders_Slams_Biden_for_Rejecting_Request_to_Lower
Price_of_$190K_Cancer_Drug⠀⇛
o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Taxpayers_Paid_Billions_For_It:_So_Why_Would
Moderna_Consider_Quadrupling_the_Price_of_the_COVID_Vaccine?⠀⇛
Sanders’ opening remarks at the Senate Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on drug pricing.
First, let me thank Stephane Bancel, the CEO of Moderna,
for being with us today and all of the other panelists
who have joined us. Mr. Bancel early on agreed to be here
voluntarily and I very much appreciate that.
o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ FINGOLIMOD_–_DANISH_COURT_GRANTS_PI,_ALBEIT
DISSENTING_OPINION_FINDS_PATENT_INVALID_DUE_TO_LACK_OF_INVENTIVE
STEP [Ed: Presumption of validity, but likely another case of fake
European Patents from the EPO]⠀⇛
On 28 February 2023, the majority of the Danish Maritime
and Commercial High Court did not find sufficient grounds
for rebutting the presumption of the validity of the
Danish patent DK/EP 2 959 894 (the “Contested Patent”),
held by Novartis, and thus decided to grant a preliminary
injunction against Zentiva. Notably, though, the opposing
judge…
* § Software Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Jeffrey_M._Gross_entity_Compression_Vectors
video_codec_patent_successfully_challenged⠀⇛
On February 21, 2023, the USPTO issued a final rejection
of all challenged claims at issue of U.S._Patent
6,731,813. The patent is owned and asserted by
Compression Vectors LLC, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M.
Gross.
* § Trademarks⠀➾
o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_How_Did_These_Three_Section_2(d)
Oppositions_Turn_Out?⠀⇛
A TTAB judge once told me that one can predict the
outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time by just
looking at the involved goods and services and the marks.
Maybe he or she was referring to ex parte cases only.
Anyway, let’s see how you do with the three oppositions
summarized below. Answer(s) in the first comment.
o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Abitron_v._Hetronic:_Extraterritorial
Application_of_U.S._Trademark_Law⠀⇛
The Supreme Court held oral arguments on March 21, 2023
in the international trademark case of Abitron Austria
GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. and will be holding
arguments on March 22, 2023 in the whisky dog toy
trademark case of Jack Daniel’s Property v. VIP
Products.
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Book_Publishers_Won’t_Stop_Until_Libraries_Are_Dead⠀⇛
Earlier this week there was finally a hearing in the case
brought by the big book publishers to kill off libraries.
That, of course, is not how the publishers describe the
lawsuit, but it’s absolutely what the lawsuit is about.
o ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Publishers_have_long_hated_libraries;_here’s_the
history,_and_the_next_attack⠀⇛
As a Walled Culture post last year noted, publishers hate
libraries (well, many of the bigger publishers do, at
least.) A handy piece of research entitled “The Publisher
Playbook: A Brief History of the Publishing Industry’s
Obstruction of the Library Mission” (freely available as
a preprint) confirms that the hatred is long-standing:
[...]
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ What_Happened_to_Your_Spotify_Bollywood
Playlist?_Licensing_Dispute_Rips_Songs_From_the_Service⠀⇛
Hundreds of songs from some of India’s biggest
blockbusters have been pulled from Spotify. That’s
because Spotify says it was not able to reach a licensing
agreement with the owners of the tracks. Users opened
their favorite playlists only to discover soundtracks
like Malhari from Bairao Mastani or Kala Chashma from
Baar Baar Dekho are now missing.
o ⚓ BBC ☛ Spotify:_songs_removed_from_music_app⠀⇛
That’s because hundreds of songs from some of India’s
biggest blockbusters have vanished from the app.
Spotify says it’s not been able to reach an agreement
with the owners of the tracks after the old one expired.
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Marvel_So_Angry_About_Leaked_‘Ant-Man’_Dialogue_That
It_Seeks_To_Unmask_Google,_Reddit_Users⠀⇛
It won’t surprise any regular read here when I say that
Marvel is notoriously aggressive on matters of
intellectual property. Equally unsurprising will be my
reminding our dear readers that this includes the company
attempting to use IP laws in the past to un-ring the
leak-bell when content has been leaked early. Hell,
Marvel gets so frothy over this sort of thing that on no
less than two separate occasions the company has DMCA’d
to hell trailers for its own movies. Trailers that are
advertisements and that it should want to be spread as
far and wide as possible.
o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ FCC_Fines_15_Year-Old_Pirate_Radio_Station_in
NYC_$2_Million⠀⇛
The FCC is using its new powers to ask from the maximum
fine from an Ecuadorian pirate radio station that’s run
for more than 15 years.
o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ SEC_Charges_Justin_Sun,_TRON_&_BitTorrent
Companies_With_Fraud⠀⇛
Justin Sun, crypto entrepreneur and owner of the company
formerly known as BitTorrent Inc., has been charged by
the SEC for the unregistered sale of TRX and BTT
securities and market manipulation. Three of Sun’s wholly
owned companies, including uTorrent owner Rainberry Inc.
have also been charged with fraud along with Lindsay
Lohan, Jake Paul, Ne-Yo and porn actress Kendra Lust.
o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ BREIN_Won’t_Take_Piracy_Warning_Dispute_to_The
Supreme_Court⠀⇛
Last fall, a court of appeals in the Netherlands ruled
that internet provider Ziggo is not required to forward
piracy warnings to its subscribers. The ruling was a
setback for local anti-piracy group BREIN, which wanted
to warn frequent uploaders without knowing who they are.
BREIN now says that it won’t take the dispute to the
Supreme Court, which might actually be bad news for
pirates.
o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Anti-Piracy_DNS_Poisoning_Blacks_Out_Media_Group,
ISP_Refuses_to_Comment⠀⇛
For several days last week, visitors to the website of
tech-focused media group Heise were diverted to Germany’s
piracy-blocking portal instead. Users of ISP 1&1 were
diverted to a page reserved for pirate site visitors,
informing them that Heise had been rendered inaccessible
for copyright reasons. Calls for an explanation are met
with silence.
o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Martin_Frobenius_Ledermüller’s_Microscopic
Delights_(1759–63)⠀⇛
These 18th-century microscopic illustrations offer
wonderful glimpses into the minutiae of the natural
world.
o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Beast_in_the_Blood:_Jean_Denis_and_the
“Transfusion_Affair”⠀⇛
During the late 1660s in Paris, transfusing the blood of
calves and lambs into human veins held the promise of
renewed youth and vigour. Peter Sahlins explores Jean
Denis’ controversial experiments driven by his belief in
the moral superiority of animal blood: a substance that
could help redeem the fallen state of humanity.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Expressway_Twilight_2023-03-22_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA)⠀⇛
While driving home from prayer meeting, I couldn’t
help but stop for some photos of the glow around
this hill. This is on the Johansen Expressway,
looking west towards Chena Ridge. The time was
about 8:15pm AKDT.
# ⚓ 2023-03-23_🔤SpellBinding:_CYLMOPI_Wordo:_BAUDS⠀⇛
# ⚓ your_role_in_things⠀⇛
I think in this time, when we are always feeling
pulled to have an opinion about every little thing,
it can be powerful and honest to say “I don’t
really care” or “I haven’t made up my mind yet” or
“I feel neutral about it”.
Though I have to say, I always become a little
disappointed and occasionally shocked when the
people I know do not feel a certain way, or even
care, about a really big issue that is impacting us
all in some way, that they regularly engage in.
# ⚓ Reverse_swarm⠀⇛
Everyone knows solo monster fights don’t work well
in 5e given the action econ issues. I call’ em
“solo” rather than “boss fights” because as DM,
you’ll have a better time if you don’t think of
your locations in terms of a forced ludonarrative
arc instead of letting the players be in charge of
where they go and where they focus their energy.
Lost Mine of Phandelver: they one-shotted Nezznar
but were in terror of the maze spiders picking them
off one by one. (Then Venomfang killed them but
that wasn’t satisfying either.) Curse of Strahd:
they died to 3d6 wolves over and over but actual
Strahd was a cake walk.
# ⚓ Attack_value⠀⇛
I’ve mentioned “attack value” a few times so let me
explain what it is.
It’s for when you’re using the common house rule
(it’s been seen, among other places, in the 3e
Unearthed Arcana book) that the players roll to
attack monsters and roll to defend from monsters,
and the monsters have static values for defense and
attack. There’s still the same amount of rolling
total, so you don’t change any outcomes, only the
feel of the game.
# ⚓ Suffering_is_just…⠀⇛
Suffering is just refusing to accept what is.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ mutt_Compose_new_and_send⠀⇛
# ⚓ Podcast_Now_Available⠀⇛
While I was there, I noticed that Rhythbmox can
subscribe to podcasts. I had used it for that
before, but I don’t actually subscribe to any
podcasts, so I sort of forgot about it. While I
noticed it, I thought, “What would it take to get
the gemcast to show in Rhythmbox?”
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Cronfail⠀⇛
This universe! Cron failure is my go-to
example because it happened to me. One of
those get paged at 2AM–I forget how much bad
sleep I had had prior to that, probably not
much–which caused N hours of immediate
cleanup and M hours in subsequent work
chasing down bugs and kindly asking the devs
to checksum what they write, especially the
payment batch files. This was a while ago,
before the smartphone craze, so there were
still pagers. Good times.
# ⚓ The_good_news?_Somebody_wants_to_use_my_blogging
engine._The_bad_news?_Somebody_wants_to_use_my_blogging
engine⠀⇛
Over the 23 year history of `mod_blog [1]`,
I’ve given up on the notion of anyone other
than me using it. There was only one other
person who used it for just a few months
before deciding blogging wasn’t for him and
that was way back in 2002. So it was
completely by surprise that I recently
received a bug report [2] on it.
Oh my … someone else is trying to use it.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Server
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Graphics_Stack
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
o GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o FSFE
o Programming/Development
# Python
* Leftovers
o Science
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Programming
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Kubuntu_Focus_XE_Gen_2_Linux_Laptop_Launches
with_12th_Gen_Intel_CPUs⠀⇛
Kubuntu Focus XE Gen 2 is an ultra-portable 14-inch
Full HD (1920×1080 @ 60 Hz) laptop that promises
exceptional performance with the 28 W TDP 12th Gen
Intel “Alder Lake” Core i7-1260P processor with 12
cores, 16 threads, 18 MB cache, and up to 4.7 GHz
boost clock frequency, or the Core i5-1240P
processor with 12 cores, 16 threads, 12 MB cache,
and up to 4.4 GHz boost clock frequency.
Both processors come with Iris Xe graphics, which
promise up to 3 times faster graphics than 10th Gen
Intel GPUs. Kubuntu Focus XE Gen 2 also features up
to 64GB dual-channel DDR4 3200 MHz RAM and up to
2TB SSD NVMe M.2 storage with full encryption and
Kubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS pre-installed.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ TUXEDO_Control_Center_2.0_Adds_New_Keyboard
Backlight_and_Webcam_Modules
⠀⇛
TUXEDO Control Center 2.0 is the culmination of
almost two years of work and introduces major
changes like new Keyboard Backlight and Webcam
modules to let you control the keyboard
illumination of your TUXEDO laptop, as well as for
changing various settings of your TUXEDO laptop’s
built-in webcam.
In more detail, the Keyboard Backlight module will
allow you to fully control the backlight brightness
and the backlight color of the keyboard. For
laptops that have multicolor keyboard illumination,
you can also adjust each backlight area
individually.
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ 3_surprising_things_Linux_sysadmins_can_do
with_systemd⠀⇛
When it first started out, there was a lot of press
about systemd and its ability to speed up boot
time. That feature had a mostly-universal appeal
(it’s less important to those who don’t reboot), so
in many ways, that’s the reputation it still has
today. And while it’s true that systemd is the
thing that launches services in parallel during
startup, there’s a lot more to it than that. Here
are three things you may not have realized systemd
could do but should be taking advantage. Get more
tips from our new downloadable eBook, A pragmatic
guide to systemd.
# ⚓ Understanding_Kubernetes_security_challenges⠀⇛
Kubernetes has become the go-to container
orchestration tool for deploying, scaling, and
managing containerized applications. While
Kubernetes offers many benefits, it also introduces
new security challenges that must be addressed.
# ⚓ Large_cluster_performance,_cost,_and_design_trade-offs⠀⇛
In the realm of modern computing, large clusters of
computers are becoming increasingly important for
organizations of all kinds, including scientific
research institutions, financial firms, and e-
commerce companies.
# ⚓ Live_cluster_updates⠀⇛
In today’s digital age, where applications run the
world, scalability and performance are crucial for
businesses. Kubernetes, an open-source container
orchestration system, has emerged as a popular
platform to manage large, complex applications.
# ⚓ Container Journal ☛ Backslash_Security_Unveils_Tool_to
Visualize_Cloud-Native_Code_Flows⠀⇛
Backslash Security emerged from stealth today to
provide IT teams with a visual tool that identifies
workflows in cloud-native code that could lead to a
security breach. Fresh from raising $8 million in
funding, Backslash Security CEO Shahar Man says the
company’s namesake tool provides a lightweight
approach to mapping
# ⚓ Container Journal ☛ SRE_Use_Cases_for_AI-Assisted
Kubernetes⠀⇛
As indicated in the article Cloud Automation in
2021 – the new normal in the tech industry, an AI-
assisted Kubernetes orchestrator can serve many use
cases to optimize cloud costs for DevOps, DevSecOps
and site reliability engineering (SRE). This blog
describes SRE-specific use cases for an AI-assisted
Kubernetes orchestrator.
# ⚓ High_availability,_scalability,_and_capacity_planning⠀⇛
High availability, scalability, and capacity
planning are crucial aspects of any modern IT
infrastructure.
# ⚓ High_availability_best_practices⠀⇛
In today’s world of technology, downtime can lead
to significant financial losses for businesses. It
is essential to ensure high availability of
services to provide seamless and uninterrupted
services to customers.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ mintCast Podcast ☛ mintCast_408_–_Ffmpegged⠀⇛
First up in the news: Meet Ubuntu Flatpak Remix,
KDE Plasma 6 Begins, No Peeking, Vanilla goes to
Debian, LibreOffice 7.4.6, Nitrux goes “sh”,
Elementary updates, DuckDuckGo goes AI on
Wikipedia, Debian gets new APT, Proton joins the
fight against censorship, Firefox 111 features,
Kali 2023.1 released, and Wine 8.4 with old Wayland
released.
In security and privacy, Brave needs no permission
to do Google, NordVPN open sources code;
Then in our Wanderings, we are posting no Bills
this episode,
In our Innards section, Joe talks ffmpeg
Download
# ⚓ KDE Videos ☛ GCompris_Free_Open_Source_Educational_Software
Overview_(180+_activities)⠀⇛
This video gives an overview of GCompris, a free
open source educational program aimed at children
2-10 with 180+ activities, including some that will
keep adults busy and available in many languages.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.2.8⠀⇛
I'm announcing the release of the 6.2.8 kernel.
All users of the 6.2 kernel series must upgrade.
The updated 6.2.y git tree can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/
git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.2.y
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web
browser:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/
linux-s...
thanks,
greg k-h
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.21⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.104⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.176⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.4.238⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.19.279⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.14.311⠀⇛
# ⚓ Bootlin ☛ Continuous_integration_in_Yocto:_improving_the
regressions_detection⠀⇛
The Yocto Project is an open source umbrella
project which gathers all needed tools to build
full Linux distributions for a wide variety of
devices. As the interest for Yocto grew since its
first steps, its size and number of use cases
increased consequentially.
o § Graphics Stack⠀➾
# ⚓ Fixing_Wayland:_Xwayland_screen_casting⠀⇛
This blog introduces a new tool to make it easy to
stream wayland windows and screens to existing
applications running under Xwayland that don’t have
native pipewire support in an easy-to-use manner
than retains full user control throughout.
§ Intro
On my Plasma wayland session right now if I use the
screen share function in Discord, I’m presented
with the following.
It doesn’t work
I have no windows listed, even though I clearly
have windows open. The full screen shares are
blank.
The same will be true in MS Teams, Slack, Zoom as
well as any other Xwayland apps that involve
screencasts.
Linux enthusiasts – and by reading developer blogs
you’re definitely in this camp – will understand
why this is and probably know some technique to
avoid this involving changing my setup or workflow
in some way to work round things on a per-app
basis.
For our wider userbase this isn’t enough. Wayland
is a technical detail and we want any switch has to
be as transparent as possible for as many apps as
possible for all cases – including cases we haven’t
thought of.
# ⚓ [ANNOUNCE]_xwayland_23.1.0⠀⇛
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ RustDesk_–_virtual_/_remote_desktop
software⠀⇛
It’s not uncommon for people interested in Linux to
access multiple PCs. Hardware comes in different
shapes and sizes. They may be notebooks, tablets,
home servers, media boxes, even single-board
computers like the Raspberry Pi. Some of the
devices may be headless (i.e. with no monitor
attached). Regardless, with multiple devices, a
convenient way to access them all from a central
location is with remote desktop software. Our
recommended remote desktop client under Ubuntu is
Remmina. By default, Ubuntu comes with this client
already installed. Remmina has support for VNC and
RDP protocols.
As you’d expect with Linux, there are always other
open source alternatives. In this article, we’ll
take a brief look at RustDesk.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Install_a_Specific_Version_of_a
Package_in_Ubuntu_Linux⠀⇛
When you try to install any package from the
repository, it will give you the most recent
version, but you can also ask the repository to
provide a specific version of the application.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Python_Pip_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Python Pip on Rocky Linux 9.
# ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_To_Clear_Apt_Cache_In_Ubuntu,_Debian,_And
Linux_Mint⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you the easy way to
clear Apt Cache in Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint.
apt (Advanced Package Tool) is a command-line
package manager used in Debian-based Linux
distributions?
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ Error_Handling_In_Ansible_Playbooks⠀⇛
This guide explains about error handling in Ansible
Playbooks and how to handle different errors when
running playbooks in Ansible in Linux.
# ⚓ Daniel Lange ☛ Daniel_Lange:_Install_“kept_back”_updates_on
Ubuntu⠀⇛
Canonical has implemented a staged roll-out for
some Ubuntu package updates.
I find that rather annoying at times, e.g. when
preparing the laptop for traveling.
So for my memory and for the benefit of others:
[...]
# ⚓ Michael Prokop ☛ Michael_Prokop:_Automatically_unlocking_a
LUKS_encrypted_root_filesystem_during_boot⠀⇛
A customer of mine runs dedicated servers inside a
foreign data-center, remote hands only. In such an
environment you might need a disk replacement
because you need bigger or faster disks, though
also a disk might (start to) fail and you need a
replacement. One has to be prepared for such a
scenario, but fully wiping your used disk then
might not always be an option, especially once
disks (start to) fail. On the other hand you don’t
want to end up with (partial) data on your disk
handed over to someone unexpected.
By encrypting the data on your disks upfront you
can prevent against this scenario. But if you have
a fleet of servers you might not want to manually
jump on servers during boot and unlock crypto
volumes manually. It’s especially annoying if it’s
about the root filesystem where a solution like
dropbear-initramfs needs to be used for remote
access during initramfs boot stage. So my task for
the customer was to adjust encrypted LUKS devices
such that no one needs to manually unlock the
encrypted device during server boot (with some
specific assumptions about possible attack vectors
one has to live with, see the disclaimer at the
end).
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients
with_Backbeat_and_Keep_the_Keep_–_2023-03-22_Edition⠀⇛
Between 2023-03-15 and 2023-03-22 there were 20 New
Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For
reference, during the same time, there were 174
games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux
versions represent about 11.5 % of total…
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ China’s_freeze_on_foreign_video_games_is_thawing⠀⇛
A batch of foreign game titles is about to hit the
world’s largest mobile gaming market.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Fixing_Wayland:_Xwayland_screen_casting⠀⇛
This blog introduces a new tool to make it
easy to stream wayland windows and screens to
existing applications running under Xwayland
that don’t have native pipewire support in an
easy-to-use manner than retains full user
control throughout.
On my Plasma wayland session right now if I
use the screen share function in Discord, I’m
presented with the following.
It doesn’t work
I have no windows listed, even though I
clearly have windows open. The full screen
shares are blank. The same will be true in MS
Teams, Slack, Zoom as well as any other
Xwayland apps that involve screencasts.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Kubuntu_Focus_Announces_XE_Gen_2
Linux_Laptop⠀⇛
The Kubuntu Focus team has released yet
another device that focuses on the Kubuntu
distribution and offers plenty of power.
This second-generation laptop sports an Intel
i7-1260P CPU (12 cores/16 threads), that
offers a 16% and 60% boost in single and
multi-core Geekbench 5 scores, which means
enough performance to handle large, multi-
process tasks. As for graphics, the XE Gen 2
ships with Intel IRIS Xe 96 or 80 EU, and the
battery reportedly gives you 8 hours of
power.
o § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ GNOME_44_is_Here,_And_It’s_Packed_with
Improvements⠀⇛
GNOME 44 includes a number of core improvements
spanning eye-catching new features through to more
subtle enhancements and lower-level buffs. Last
year’s GNOME 43 release was quite the instalment
and everything shipping here, in GNOME 44 continue
steadfast in the same direction.
I took readers through the best GNOME 44 features
on my other Linux blog a couple of weeks ago. If
you read that post — thank you 🙏 — you’ll be clued
up on the core changes. If you didn’t read it,
don’t worry: I’m about to run through most of the
changes again.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ GNOME_44_released⠀⇛
Version 44 of the GNOME desktop environment has
been released. “This release brings a grid view in
the file chooser, improved settings panels for
Device Security, Accessibility, etc, and refined
quick settings in the shell. The Software and Files
apps have seen improvements, and a whole slew of
new apps has joined the GNOME Circle”. See the
release notes for details.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ GNOME_44_is_out_now_finally_adding
thumbnails_to_the_file_picker⠀⇛
One thing I genuinely hated about GNOME has finally
been solved with the GNOME 44 release. It includes
some big improvements and new features.
As dumb as it sounds, one of the most important new
features is the added grid view for the file
picker. Honestly, I still can’t believe it took
this long but it’s finally in. You can now actually
see proper previews of images. As they said in the
release announcement that for years GNOME users
have been requesting it. Apps will need to use GTK4
though, so hopefully plenty will.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ GNOME_44:_A_User-Centric_Release_with_Usability
Improvements⠀⇛
Keeping the trend of releasing a new major version
every six months, GNOME 44, named “Kuala Lumpur,”
is now available, bringing another dose of user
experience improvements.
As a leading desktop environment, the open-source
community eagerly anticipates its new releases. So,
let’s see what’s new in it without further ado.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ https://www.makeuseof.com/gnome-44-released-
with-new-features/⠀⇛
The GNOME Project has announced the release of
version 44 of its flagship Linux desktop. The new
version includes tweaked settings and enhanced
apps.
The latest version, codenamed “Kuala Lumpur,” comes
six months after what the official release notes
described as “hard work.”
By bumping up the version number, the developers
stressed that GNOME 44 includes some major changes.
# ⚓ Neowin ☛ GNOME_44_launches_with_better_Settings_app_and
quick_settings_menu⠀⇛
The GNOME Project has announced the release of
GNOME 44 for Linux desktops. This update is
codenamed Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of
Malaysia. This name was picked to show recognition
to the organizers of the GNOME.Asia 2022 event.
With this update, the developers have improved the
Settings app, the quick settings menu, and
streamlined the Software app.
With GNOME 44, four of the panels in the Settings
app have been updated, these include Device
Security, Accessibility, Sound, and Mouse &
Touchpad. In the Mouse & Touchpad panel, for
example, there are now videos that demonstrate the
available options. This should make options easier
to understand for users. In the Sound settings
also, the volume level control has now been moved
to a separate window making it easier for users to
access output and input controls.
# ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ GNOME_44_“Kuala_Lumpur”_Officially_Released⠀⇛
GNOME 44 is now available for public use as you can
download it from the official website of GNOME. In
recognition of the work done by the organizers of
GNOME.Asia Summit 2022 conference, GNOME 44 was
awarded the Code-named “Kuala Lumpur”.
# ⚓ Beta News ☛ GNOME_44_‘Kuala_Lumpur’_is_finally_here⠀⇛
There are many great desktop environments for
Linux, such as Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, and MATE to
name a few. With that said, only one can be the
best, and that is obviously GNOME. Look, folks,
there’s a reason Canonical uses it as the default
DE for Ubuntu — it’s that good. If you are a GNOME
fan, I have some extremely exciting news. You see,
as of today, GNOME 44 is officially here! Named
“Kuala Lumpur,” this version of the desktop
environment is loaded with new features.
# ⚓ What’s_New_In_GNOME_44⠀⇛
It’s worth noting I couldn’t find a way to re-
activate an app running in the background—if I
close the Discord window (and it’s enabled to close
to the tray), it shows up in this list, but
clicking it doesn’t allow re-opening the Discord
window. So either I missed something (let me know
in the comments!), or this is not supported.
# ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ GNOME_44_Is_Here_to_Make_Your_Linux_PC_Better
Than_Ever⠀⇛
GNOME serves as the default desktop environment for
countless Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu and
Fedora. GNOME 44 has now been released, with
changes that will show up in upcoming Linux distro
updates.
GNOME 44 has been under development for the past
six months, and most of the work has gone into the
Settings app. It’s no easy task to organize all of
the options, toggles, and links needed for a
desktop PC — as we’ve learned from Windows 10/11
and macOS Ventura. The accessibility panel has been
redesigned to be more clear, and new options have
been added for keyboard features, over-
amplification for audio, and making the scrollbars
always visible.
# ⚓ GNOME_44_released⠀⇛
The GNOME Project is proud to announce the release
of GNOME 44, ‘Kuala Lumpur’.
This release brings a grid view in the file
chooser, improved settings panels for Device
Security, Accessibility, etc, and refined quick
settings in the shell. The Software and Files apps
have seen improvements, and a whole slew of new
apps has joined the GNOME Circle 74.
To learn more about the changes in GNOME 44, you
can read the release notes.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Embracing_agile:_4_strategies_for
your_IT_team⠀⇛
As Michael Scott and his parkour-aspiring
colleagues show, it’s one thing to simply mirror
principles. But being able to quickly and
effectively pivot and adapt priorities based on
real-time feedback and need is an entirely
different – and much more challenging – matter.
Teams have been working with components of agile
since the Manifesto_for_Agile_Software
Development was introduced 22 years ago. By now,
most organizations have taken steps toward team
agility – even if (as in the example above) they
are just throwing out terms like scrum, Kanban, and
sprints.
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Artificial_intelligence_and_video:_3
business_benefits [Ed: About a dozen times this month this
blog of Red Hat was shilling Microsoft vapourware and
chaffbot, helping to distract from mass layoffs at
Microsoft]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_enable_OpenTelemetry_traces_in_React
applications [Ed: Red Hat and the openwashing of mass
surveillance]⠀⇛
The main focus of this article is to demonstrate
how to instrument React applications to make them
observable. For a good overview of observability
and OpenTelemetry, please take a look at the
article, Observability_in_2022:_Why_it_matters_and
how_OpenTelemetry_can_help.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Bits_from_Debian:_New_Debian_Developers_and_Maintainers_
(January_and_February_2023)⠀⇛
The following contributors got their Debian
Developer accounts in the last two months:
# Sahil Dhiman (sahil)
# Jakub Ružička (jru)
The following contributors were added as Debian
Maintainers in the last two months:
# Josenilson Ferreira da Silva
# Ileana Dumitrescu
# Douglas Kosovic
# Israel Galadima
# Timothy Pearson
# Blake Lee
# Vasyl Gello
# Joachim Zobel
# Amin Bandali
Congratulations!
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Neowin ☛ Ubuntu_23.04_could_ship_with_an_improved_version
of_the_Ubuntu_Font⠀⇛
In 2010, with the release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS,
Canonical decided to paint Ubuntu purple, replacing
the brown theme it used before. It also took the
redesign as an opportunity to include a new font
simply called Ubuntu Font. While the sans-serif
font is ideal for desktops and mobile, the font was
picked for other uses too by other companies and
projects thanks to its open license.
Thirteen years after its release, Canonical is now
working on an updated version of Ubuntu Font which
it hopes to include in Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar
Lobster”, which is due next month. To ensure that
the font is ready, Canonical is calling on the
community to download the updated font and look out
for any problems and report back with screenshots.
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Help_Test_a_New_Version_of_the_Iconic_Ubuntu
Font⠀⇛
Ubuntu developers want to ship a new revision of
its iconic typeface in next month’s Ubuntu 23.04
release but aren’t 100% certain if it is 100% ready
for mainstream deployment yet.
Hence the need for community feedback.
Since its introduction back in 2010 the Ubuntu font
has taken on a life of its own, extending far
beyond the confines of the desktop it was made for.
I regularly see the Ubuntu font being used in all
kinds of content, from magazine ads to bus stop
ads, websites and social media clips, through to
the occasional TV commercial or two!
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Orange_Pi_5B_SBC_adds_up_to_256GB_eMMC
flash,_built-in_WiFi_6_and_Bluetooth_5.0_module⠀⇛
Orange Pi 5B is a variant of the Rockchip RK3588S
powered Orange Pi 5 SBC with up to 256GB eMMC flash
and a soldered-on wireless module offering WiFi 6
and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, at the cost of
losing the M.2 2242 socket and 16MB QSPI NOR flash
found in the original board.
The board still comes with HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort
1.4 (USB-C), and MIPI DSI display connectors, three
camera connectors, a Gigabit Ethernet interface, a
few USB ports, and a 26-pin GPIO header for
expansion.
Shenzhen Xunlong Software provides Orange Pi OS
(Android), Orange Pi OS (Arch), Debian 11, Ubuntu
22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Android 12 images. Some of
the images (Ubuntu/Debian) are developed in
collaboration with Armbian where the company pays
for the integration and maintenance of the images.
Right now, neither the Orange Pi nor Armbian
websites have images for the Orange Pi 5B, but
you’ll find images for the earlier Orange Pi 5.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Vineyard_pest_monitoring_with_Arduino_Pro⠀⇛
The challenge Pest monitoring is essential for the
proper management of any vineyard as it allows for
the early detection and management of any potential
pest infestations. By regularly monitoring the
vineyard, growers can identify pests at early
stages and take action to prevent further damage.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ How_to_enable_10-bit_color_on_Android_|_Tom’s
Guide⠀⇛
# ⚓ Forbes ☛ New_Arm_Deal_Could_Push_Up_Price_Of_Android
Phones⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_users_are_missing_three
genius_tricks_–_don’t_ignore_free_upgrades_|_The_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ Redmi_K50i_starts_receiving_MIUI_14_update
based_on_Android_13⠀⇛
# ⚓ Mirror UK ☛ Google_bans_hugely_popular_Android_app_and
warns_users_to_delete_it_now_–_Mirror_Online⠀⇛
# ⚓ Google’s_Bard_Chatbot_Could_Replace_Smart_Replies_in
Android_Messaging_|_NextPit⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ What_generative_AI_in_Gmail_for_Android_will
look_like⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Switching_phones_will_be_easier_after_three
big_name_Android_manufacturers_create_alliance_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ Giz China ☛ Ulefone_launches_Armor_Pad_as_a_fully_rugged
8.0-inch_Android_tablet_–_Gizchina.com⠀⇛
# ⚓ TechRadar ☛ How_to_clear_your_Android_phone’s_cache_|
TechRadar⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Can_Pebble_make_a_comeback_–_as_a_compact
Android_smartphone?_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Samsung’s_Galaxy_S23_is_One_of_the_Best_Small
Android_Phones⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Xiaomi,_Oppo,_and_Vivo_team_up_to_make_it
easier_to_switch_phones⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Pebble_founder’s_Small_Android_Phone_team
wants_to_keep_the_dream_alive⠀⇛
# ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 10_Memorable_Android_Devices_From_Brands_That
Abandoned_Android⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ VW_will_support_Android_Automotive_for_the
“lifetime”_of_a_car—15_years_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛
# ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Vivo_X_Flip_all_set_to_launch_as_new
clamshell_foldable_Android_smartphone_with_44W_charging_brick
in_the_box_–_NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛
# ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ Chrome’s_Tab_Page_for_Android_now_shows_past
search_results_—_how_to_disable_this_annoying_feature_|_Tom’s
Guide⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_blocks_shopping_app_for_millions_of
Android_users_over_safety_risk_–_check_your_phone_now_|_The
US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Verge ☛ Pebble_might_be_coming_back_as_a_small
Android_phone_–_The_Verge⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Wallpaper_Wednesday:_Android_wallpapers
2023-03-22_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNET ☛ Google_Pixel_Watch:_After_5_Months,_Still_the_Best-
Looking_Android_Watch_–_CNET⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ How_to_encourage_positive_online_communication
in_your_open_source_community⠀⇛
Threaded online conversations are a relatively new form
of communication that can improve knowledge transfer and
availability, but they can also stray from the original
intent. Online technical conversations in open source
communities using Slack or one of the several open source
alternatives experience these benefits and drawbacks.
Say a community member posts a question or shares an idea
to start a conversation. As in any conversation,
sometimes things can get off track. While not all
diversions from the prompt are unhelpful, there are times
when a comment can be unproductive—and sometimes even
hurtful.
o ⚓ Security Week ☛ ‘Badsecrets’_Open_Source_Tool_Detects_Secrets_in
Many_Web_Frameworks⠀⇛
Black Lantern Security introduces Badsecrets, an open
source tool for identifying known or weak cryptographic
secrets across multiple platforms.
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Introducing_Mozilla.ai:_Investing_in
trustworthy_AI⠀⇛
We’re committing $30M to build Mozilla.ai: A
startup — and a community — building a
trustworthy, independent, and open-source AI
ecosystem. We’re only three months into 2023,
and it’s already clear what one of the
biggest stories of the year is: AI.
# ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Why_I_joined_Mozilla’s_Board_of_Directors⠀⇛
Over the past 20 years, I’ve focused on
consumer-driven businesses. From factories
making jeans (at Levi’s) to the largest
retailer/company (Walmart) to early years of
social-driven commerce (at ModCloth), getting
to what drives consumer behavior is where I
love to spend my time.
o § FSFE⠀➾
# ⚓ FSFE ☛ EU:_Proposed_liability_rules_will_harm_Free
Software⠀⇛
The main debate happens around the Cyber Resilience
Act. We will therefore discuss the risks and
solutions using this Act as an example.
While we welcome the discussion on more cyber
security we doubt that the introduction of
liability alone will lead to more cyber security.
Especially in Free Software, far-reaching security
measures are already in place. Those measures
differ from those of proprietary software.
The proposal to exclude Free Software “outside the
course of a commercial activity” would fail to
address a large part of software that will not be
covered but is deployed. At the same time smaller
and non-profit projects would be harmed as they
would have to bear major costs.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Buttondown ☛ Ergonomic_APIs,_channel_invariants,_and_data
views⠀⇛
Hi everyone! It’s two days after the March 20 TLA+
workshop, which means it’s time to start getting
feedback and revising things for the May_15th
workshop. At some point I want to talk about my
“workshop technology” I use, but that’ll take some
time to write up, so maybe next week? We’ll see.
(If you’re on the fence about the workshop:
attendees can share specs they write after the
class and I give them feedback. So not only are you
learning TLA+, you get help applying it to your
job!)
Anyway, here’s a software engineering idea I’ve
been playing with but haven’t tried in practice
yet, so I don’t know how well it works. Constraint
solving1 has this technique called “channeling
constraints”, where you represent data in multiple
connected ways. Like if you’re constraint_solving_a
schedule, you have two possible representations of
“which talk is in slot T and room R” (in_MiniZinc):
[...]
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ R_data.validator_–_How_to_Create_Automated_Data
Quality_Reports_in_R_and_Shiny⠀⇛
Every data science project needs a data validation
step. It’s a crucial part, especially when feeding
data into machine learning models. You don’t want
errors or unexpected behaviors in a production
environment.
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Funny_Programming_Pictures_Part_XXVII⠀⇛
Lunduke-is-Sick-Edition
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ Flutter_Chrome_Linux:_Cannot_find_Chrome
executable⠀⇛
If you are using Flutter on Linux, and you
installed Google Chrome using Flapak, you may face
the problem when installing and running Flutter:
Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter
doctor -v):
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.7.7, on Manjaro
Linux 5.15.102-1-MANJARO, locale en_US.UTF-8)
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ OE_compile_1,662_packages_in_1_day,_16_hours
and_15_minutes⠀⇛
Amazing. I posted in December 20, 2022, compiling
the packages for the Kirkstone-series in
OpenEmbedded, on an Acer Ryzen5 laptop, and it took
4 days and 3 hours to compile 1,620 packages:
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_for_MCUs_2.2.4_LTS_Released⠀⇛
Qt for MCUs 2.2.4 LTS (Long-Term Support) has been
released and is available for download. As a patch
release, Qt for MCUs 2.2.4 LTS provides bug fixes
and other improvements, and maintains source
compatibility with Qt for MCUs 2.2.x. It does not
add any new functionality.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Send_Email_from_Raspberry_PI_with_Python_
(with_details_for_Gmail_Users)⠀⇛
Using your Raspberry PI for automated
controls allows you to keep control of many
devices or conditions with a low power
consumption device. Understanding how
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Court_arrests_building_inspector_of_Hatay_luxury_residence_that
collapsed_in_earthquake⠀⇛
Nearly 1,000 people lost their lives after Rönesans
Rezidans collapsed into rubble in the February quakes.
o ⚓ Contractor_of_collapsed_building_indicted_for_‘killing_by_gross
negligence’⠀⇛
The contractor denied any fault, saying that his son also
died in the building that collapsed in the February
earthquakes.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Physicists_Have_Manipulated_‘Quantum_Light’
For_The_First_Time,_in_a_Huge_Breakthrough⠀⇛
We’ve never been able to do this before.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Tedium ☛ When_Atari_Was_Politicized⠀⇛
The story of how the “Atari Democrats” came to
shape the way politics and technology work
together, for good and bad.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_second_lab-grown_chicken_producer_got_a_step
closer_to_hitting_the_shelves⠀⇛
Petri dish chicken just got a step closer to your
dinner plate.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Single_Enzyme_Could_Be_Behind_Some
People’s_Depression,_Scientists_Say⠀⇛
This would explain a lot.
# ⚓ PHR ☛ As_Tear_Gas_Injures_More_Than_119,000_People,
Researchers_Call_for_Crowd-Control_Weapons_Regulations:
Report⠀⇛
More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear
gas and other chemical irritants during protests
around the world since 2015,
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Microbiologist_Reveals_The_Invisible
Dangers_Hiding_In_Your_Hotel_Room⠀⇛
Please enjoy your stay.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Explosion,_fire_injure_1_at_Houston-
area_chemical_plant⠀⇛
Officials are investigating an explosion and fire
at a chemical plant in suburban Houston that
injured one person. It is not immediately known
what caused Wednesday’s blast at the plant in the
city of Pasadena. But officials say the fire
occurred as liquified natural gas was being
transferred from a tanker truck to a storage tank.
Crews later extinguished the blaze. Harris County
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says the injured person was
taken to a hospital and is in stable condition. The
facility is owned by INEOS Phenol and produces
Cumene, used to make various things including
pesticides and cleaning products.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Bipartisan_support_emerges_for
Senate_railroad_safety_bill⠀⇛
A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to
toughen regulations on railroads is emerging in the
U.S. Senate. The Senate Commerce Committee is
examining a fiery hazardous train derailment last
month on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Republicans
and Democrats on the committee peppered Norfolk
Southern CEO Alan Shaw with questions Wednesday on
what enhanced safety measures he would support.
Shaw offered support for some safety enhancements
but declined to endorse several key parts of the
bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023. The bill
includes requirements that trains have crews of at
least two people, expands the classification for
highly hazardous flammable trains and increases
fines for safety violations.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Military_services_seek_to_expand
pool_of_potential_recruits⠀⇛
With a historically small pool of potential
recruits, DoD wants to help more potential service
members qualify.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ DNA_From_Beethoven’s_Hair_Reveals_a
Surprise_Almost_200_Years_Later⠀⇛
A tragic irony.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._border_officials_seize_900_pounds_of_fentanyl
in_first_week_of_new_trafficking_crackdown⠀⇛
The Department_of_Homeland_Security announced
Tuesday night it’s stepping up efforts to combat
fentanyl trafficking across the Southern border
with the launch of a major new, multi-agency
operation.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Republicans’_COVID_vaccine_tightrope⠀⇛
Republicans itching to probe the pandemic response
are already struggling to separate vaccine-related
questions that could yield lessons learned from
ones that echo theories experts say are debunked by
reams of data.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ When_young_people_struggle,_parents’
divorce_may_be_the_cause⠀⇛
The increased conflict between parents has led to a
rise in the number of children and young people
seeking help from Ensi- ja turvakotien liitto’s
(ETKL) divorce services. According to experts,
parents and professionals should pay more attention
to young people in divorced families.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Fedora
(firefox), Oracle (kernel, kernel-container, and
nss), and SUSE (curl, dpdk, drbd, go1.18, kernel,
openstack-cinder, openstack-glance, openstack-
neutron-gbp, openstack-nova, python-oslo.utils,
oracleasm, python3, slirp4netns, and xen).
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Ransomware_Will_Likely_Target_OT_Systems_in
EU_Transport_Sector:_ENISA [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
Ransomware and data related attacks are the top
cybersecurity threats to the transport sector in
the EU, ENISA says.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Spain_Needs_More_Transparency_Over_Pegasus:
EU_Lawmakers⠀⇛
Spain needs more transparency over the Pegasus
spyware hacking scandal, a European Parliament
committee said.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Malware_Trends:_What’s_Old_Is_Still_New
[Ed: They target Microsoft and it's very easy (there are even
back doors in there)]⠀⇛
Many of the most successful cybercriminals are
shrewd; they want good ROI, but they don’t want to
have to reinvent the wheel to get it.
# ⚓ Privacy_Commissioner_Steps_Away_From_Cyber_Attack
Investigation⠀⇛
Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey has stepped
away from further involvement in his office’s
investigation into the 2021 cyber attack on the
health care system.
Revelations about government seeking a court ruling
on a potential conflict of interest with Harvey was
a topic during question period in the House of
Assembly yesterday.
Harvey is a former assistant deputy minister of
health and was on the board of the Newfoundland and
Labrador Centre for Health Information before being
appointed as Privacy Commissioner.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ CISA_Expands_Cybersecurity_Committee,
Updates_Baseline_Security_Goals [Ed: But_it’s_reports_are
shadow-written_by_Microsoft_moles]⠀⇛
CISA announces adding more experts to its
Cybersecurity Advisory Committee and updating the
Cybersecurity Performance Goals.
# ⚓ Skylink_hit_by_[cra]cker_attack⠀⇛
M7 Group’s Czech and Slovak operator Skylink has
fallen the victim of a hacker attack.
In a note published on the Skylink CZ’s Facebook
page, the operator said: “We apologise, currently
we have reported a system outage (web, customer
zone) due to a hacker attack. We are working
intensively on the repair. We thank you for your
understanding”.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ South_Korea_fines_McDonalds_for_data_leak
from_raw_SMB_share⠀⇛
# ⚓ McDonald’s_Korea_fined_696_mln_won_for_breach_of_customers’
personal_data⠀⇛
McDonald’s Korea was given a fine of 696 million
won (US$532,110) on Wednesday after the personal
data of 4.87 million customers was leaked to
hackers due to the firm’s lax data management.
The Personal Information Protection Commission
handed out the fine to the Korean branch of the
American fast food chain, along with a financial
penalty of about 10 million won for the data
breach.
# ⚓ WB_Area_CTC_administrative_director_discusses_cyber
attack⠀⇛
# ⚓ Uncovering_the_unheard:_Researchers_reveal_inaudible_remote
cyber-attacks_on_voice_assistant_devices⠀⇛
Guenevere Chen, an associate professor in the UTSA
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
recently published a paper on USENIX Security 2023
that demonstrates a novel inaudible voice trojan
attack to exploit vulnerabilities of smart device
microphones and voice assistants — like Siri,
Google Assistant, Alexa or Amazon’s Echo and
Microsoft Cortana — and provide defense mechanisms
for users.
# ⚓ Gov Info Sec News ☛ NYC_Special_Needs_Students’_Records
Found_Exposed_on_Web⠀⇛
Nearly 50,000 documents containing personal
information of special education students who live
in New York City and attend public school there
were recently found
# ⚓ Former_GOP_Senate_candidate_livid_after_Air_Force_failed_to
notify_him_about_release_of_his_military_records⠀⇛
Former Colorado GOP Senate candidate Robert “Eli”
Bremer is livid over the Air Force’s failure to
notify him about the branch’s improper release of
his military records, which he first learned about
from a reporter who was covering the latest
developments in the problematic story for the
Defense Department.
Speaking to Fox News Digital on Wednesday, Bremer,
a former Olympian who sought the GOP nomination for
Senate in Colorado last year, said he was first
notified about the incident by a Politico reporter
who sought comment from him about the Air Force’s
admission that it had leaked his records to Due
Diligence Group, a Democratic Party-aligned
research firm.
# ⚓ Information Security Media Group, Corporation ☛ Stung_by
Free_Decryptor,_Ransomware_Group_Embraces_Extortion [Ed:
Ransomware articles almost always fail to mention "Microsoft"
and "Windows"]⠀⇛
Not all ransomware groups wield crypto-locking
malware. Some have adopted other strategies. Take
BianLian. After security researchers released a
free decryptor for its malware, instead of
encrypting files, the group chose to steal them and
demand ransom solely for their safe return.
# ⚓ Cannabis_regulators_putting_out_‘a_series_of_fires’
involving_a_Russian_oligarch_and_data_breach⠀⇛
Thousands of employees in the Massachusetts
cannabis industry received an official email last
week about a major data breach: the name, home and
email address, phone number and date of birth of
every cannabis worker in the state had been made
public in an “inadvertent release of agency
documents” by the state’s own Cannabis Control
Commission. Along with the names and personal
information, the dataset included a list of former
employees and the specific reasons they were no
longer associated with the marijuana company,
including alleged violations of company policy.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Fact_or_fiction,_hacktivists’_claims_of
industrial_sabotage_in_Russia_or_Ukraine_get_attention
online⠀⇛
Hacktivist are increasingly turning towards
targeting operational technology in critical
infrastructure systems.
# ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Google_Suspends_Chinese_E-Commerce_App
Pinduoduo_Over_Malware⠀⇛
Google says it has suspended the app for the
Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo after malware
was found in versions of the app. The move comes
just weeks after Chinese security researchers
published an analysis suggesting the popular e-
commerce app sought to seize total control over
affected devices by exploiting multiple security
vulnerabilities in a variety of Android-based
smartphones.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Chrome_111_Update_Patches_High-Severity
Vulnerabilities⠀⇛
The latest Chrome update brings patches for eight
vulnerabilities, including seven reported by
external researchers.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ High-Severity_Vulnerabilities_Found_in
WellinTech_Industrial_Data_Historian⠀⇛
Cisco Talos researchers found two high-severity
vulnerabilities in WellinTech’s KingHistorian
industrial data historian software.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ BreachForums_Shut_Down_Over_Law_Enforcement
Takeover_Concerns⠀⇛
The popular cybercrime forum BreachForums is being
shut down following the arrest of Conor Brian
Fitzpatrick, who is accused of running the website.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ Delhi_HC_issues_notice
on_writ_petition_seeking_extent_of_e-surveillance
carried_out_by_MHA_under_S._69_of_IT_Act⠀⇛
Since 2018, we sought data on e-surveillance
from MHA,which was denied for national
security reasons. On appeal, it was held that
data is periodically destroyed and
subsequently the CIC held that information
wasn’t maintained at all. Delhi HC issued
notice on our petition challenging the CIC
order.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Accidental_Truth-Tellers_of_the
Post-Privacy_Era⠀⇛
In “Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs,” Kerry
Howley searches for hidden links among
whistle-blowers, conspiracy theorists,
targets of the surveillance state, and the
rest of us.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_IMF_is_disbursing_its_first-ever_wartime_loan
to_Ukraine⠀⇛
More than a year after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine
is getting a helping hand from the IMF.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Two_officials_suspended_over_suspicious_Armed
Forces_procurement⠀⇛
Two officials have been temporarily suspended from
their duties in connection with suspected unfair
food procurement practises for the National Armed
Forces (NBS). They are the head of the procurement
commission and the official responsible for the
procurement on the part of the NBS, the Minister
for Defense Ināra Mūrniece (National Alliance)
said in an interview on Latvian Television March
22.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Russian_language_tends_to_disappear_from_job_ads
in_Latvia⠀⇛
Although Russian knowledge is one of the most
demanded in Latvia’s labour market, the past year’s
events in Ukraine have made adjustments in this
respect. Under public pressure, the Russian-
language requirement is disappearing from job
advertisements, Latvian Radio reported on March 22.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Epitaph_for_a_‘Cake_Walk’:_An_Iraq_Case_Study⠀⇛
NOTE: The following is “back-story” to yesterday’s
post, which I was tempted to title “All You Ever
Wanted to Know About the Attack on Iraq and Now
Want to Forget.” I do encourage you to give that
posting a look before reading what follows. The
attack was launched 20 years ago today.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Iraq_War_Anniversary:_Never_Back_Down_on_the_Only
Important_Fact⠀⇛
In March of 2003, the United States launched an
illegal war of aggression against Iraq.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Reapers_and_Red_Lines:_The_Downing_of_an_American
Drone⠀⇛
On March 14, A Russian jet collided with a US
drone, leading to the downing of the drone in the
Black Sea.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Xi_and_Putin_just_wrapped_up_talks_in
Moscow:_What_does_it_mean_for_the_war_in_Ukraine_and_China’s
global_standing?⠀⇛
The Chinese leader left Russia on Wednesday after
three days of talks with the Russian president.
Atlantic Council experts share their insights on
the state of the so-called no-limits partnership.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ What_the_Xi-Putin_partnership_means_for
the_world⠀⇛
Following Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Moscow,
we reached out to our experts for a look beyond the
talking points.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.K._Defends_Sending_Ukraine_Weapons_with
Depleted_Uranium⠀⇛
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia falsely
claimed the material had a “nuclear component.”
Many armies, including Russia’s, use it in weapons.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Prince_William_Makes_Visit_to_Poland_to
Thank_Troops_Supporting_Ukraine⠀⇛
He is expected to meet with Poland’s president,
Andrzej Duda, on Thursday, according to a
Kensington Palace statement shared with Polish and
British news media.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ The_Biden_Administration_continues_to
conceal_its_responsibility_for_the_destruction_of_the_Nord
Stream_pipelines:_Seymour_Hersh⠀⇛
Six weeks ago, investigative journalist Seymour
Hersh published a report claiming that President
Joe Biden ordered the destruction of the Nord
Stream 2 pipeline last September. The $11-billion
pipeline was set to double the volume of natural
gas delivered from Russia to Germany. While the
story gained attention in Germany and Western
Europe, it faced a near media blackout in the
United States.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ A_Ukrainian_Philosopher’s_Reluctant_Departure
from_Kharkiv⠀⇛
Irina Zherebkina, who spent the first year of the
war under bombardment in Kharkiv, still believes
that peace must be imagined into being.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Federal_agencies_need_to_build_an
effective_foundation_for_climate_intelligence._Here’s_how⠀⇛
In part 1 of this commentary, Prachi Sukhatankar
discusses the need for federal agencies to build a
climate intelligence foundation, along with the
benefits and challenges of such an undertaking.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ China_is_gobbling_up_Russian_oil,_gas,_and
coal⠀⇛
This_week’s_summit between Chinese leader Xi
Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin
was a highly choreographed affair, aimed at
showcasing deep and enduring solidarity
between the two countries.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Lithuanian_Ignitis_plans_big_investments_in
Latvian_energy_sector⠀⇛
The Lithuanian energy company Ignitis Group
has come up with ambitious investment plans
in Latvia. In the coming years, it plans to
invest at least €700 million in solar and
wind energy production. Ignitis also aims to
create the largest car charging network in
the Baltic States, Latvian Television
reported on March 21.
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Droughts,_mismanagement,
corruption_shrinking_access_to_water⠀⇛
To mark World Water Day, the Mexican
Institute for Competitiveness has called for
updated laws that enshrine citizens’ access
to clean water.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Macron_wants_French_pension_plan
implemented_by_end_of_year⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron is stubbornly
resisting growing discontent on the streets of
France. He said on Wednesday that the pension bill
he pushed through without a vote in parliament to
raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 must be
implemented by the end of the year. After his
interview broadcast on national television, critics
attacked Macron describing him as “self-satisfied,”
“out of touch” and “offensive.” He said the bill
will “continue its democratic path” as the
Constitutional Council needs to review it in the
coming weeks. It was the first time that Macron
spoke publicly since his government forced the
pension bill through parliament last week.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ How_time_became_money—and_what_it_should_be
instead⠀⇛
The moss spores arrived like an interloper,
stealing slowly into the kitchen during the damp
onset of spring. By the time Jenny Odell had
discovered their entry, the moss had sprouted in
her apartment, marking its tender terrain in a
planter near the sill.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ These_banks_are_the_biggest_funders_of_the_fossil
fuel_industry⠀⇛
Since the Paris Agreement in 2016, the biggest
banks that fund the fossil fuel industry seem to
have minimally decreased their support, and in some
cases are actually increasing their funding.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Is_$200_million_enough_to_save_Virgin_Orbit? [Ed:
Spoiled rich brats' POLLUTING "project"; don't save it,
mothball it. It serves no actual purpose and it harms
society.]⠀⇛
Virgin Orbit (VORB) is currently negotiating with
Matthew Brown, a private investor, to win a $200
million capital infusion that would give Brown
control of the company, Reuters first reported
today (March 22).
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_Federal_Reserve_hiked_its_key_interest_rate⠀⇛
The Federal Reserve raised_its_key_interest_rate by
another quarter-percentage point on Wednesday
(March 22), signaling confidence that recent panic
in_the_banking_sector will be contained.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ KNAB_pushes_for_prosecution_of_former_tax
officials⠀⇛
National anti-corruption agency the Corruption
Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) said March
22 it has asked the Prosecutor’s Office to launch
prosecutions against two former officials of the
State Revenue Service, Latvia’s tax collection
body.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Fed_raises_key_rate_by_quarter-point
despite_bank_turmoil⠀⇛
The Federal Reserve extended its year-long fight
against high inflation by raising its key interest
rate by a quarter-point despite concerns that
higher borrowing rates could worsen the turmoil
that has gripped the banking system. Fed Chair
Jerome Powell sought to reassure Americans that it
is safe to leave money in their banks, two weeks
after a rush of depositors pulled funds from
Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed in the second-
biggest bank failure in U.S. history. Signature
Bank fell soon afterward. “We have the tools to
protect depositors when there’s a threat of serious
harm to the economy or to the financial system,”
Powell said. “Depositors should assume that their
deposits are safe.”
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Nearly_8%_of_Latvian_population_could_not_access
necessities_in_2022⠀⇛
Results of the population survey conducted by the
Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB) show
that 7.8 % of the population suffered from severe
material and social deprivation in 2022
(2.5 percentage points more than in 2021 when the
figure was 5.3%).
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_Post_plans_cuts⠀⇛
Latvian Post (Latvijas pasts, LP), the national
state-owned postal service plans to reduce the
number of its mail departments this year, said
Marcis Vilcāns, Chairman of the company’s board of
directors, in an interview to Latvian Television on
March 22.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Price_hike_in_Pakistan:_the_worst_of_all
worries⠀⇛
The most serious issue Pakistan’s economy is
currently dealing with is price increases or
inflation. Life has become miserable for the
average person as a result of the ongoing increase
in the cost of necessities like food, fuel, and
medicine.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Stocks_fall,_bond_yields_tumble
after_Fed’s_latest_rate_hike⠀⇛
Stocks fell sharply after the Federal Reserve said
it doesn’t expect to cut rates anytime soon despite
Wall Street’s hopes. But it also indicated the end
may be near for its economy-crunching hikes to
interest rates. The S&P 500 fell 1.6% for its first
drop in three days. The Dow Jones Industrial
Average lost 530 points. Some of the sharpest drops
came again from the banking industry, where
investors are worried about the possibility of
customers yanking their cash to cause more
collapses. Treasury yields sank again to continue
their remarkable slide for the month so far.
# ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ The_banking_meltdown_may_have_done_the
Fed’s_work_for_it⠀⇛
Federal Reserve officials have a difficult path
ahead of them. They still have work to do to bring
inflation down, but their efforts have been
complicated by the events of the past few weeks.
The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature
Bank and the ongoing stress in the regional banking
sector….
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ State-operated_Bank_of_Well-Being_no
longer_receives_remittances⠀⇛
The public financial institution has stopped
receiving remittances entirely to instead focus on
government social programs.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Economic_activity_up_3.5%_in_February
compared_to_2022⠀⇛
The economy grew 3.5% in February compared to 2022,
thanks in part to strong gains in the manufacturing
sector, says INEGI.
# ⚓ Turkey_has_highest_food_inflation_among_OECD_countries⠀⇛
The organization measures Turkey’s inflation at
57,7 percent for 2022 and forecasts the inflation
to remain in the 40 percent range for 2023 and
2024.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Why_everybody’s_talking_about_deposit_insurance⠀⇛
Walk into any bank branch in America, and you will
likely see a sign that says, in big letters, “FDIC”
— that would be the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation — and “each depositor insured to at
least $250,000.”
# The “at least” part is taking on new meaning
as a banking_crisis_unfurls.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Homebuyers_are_putting_less_money_down⠀⇛
Data: Redfin; Chart: Axios Visuals
Homebuyers aren’t putting as much money down as they were at the height of the
housing frenzy.
⚓ Axios ☛ Remote_work_is_starting_to_hit_office_rents⠀⇛
Data: CBRE Econometric Advisors; Moody’s; Chart: Axios Visuals
After a lag, the work-from-home revolution is finally starting to show up in
the data for office building rental rates.
⚓ Axios ☛ First_look:_New_legislation_threatens_pensions_of_convicted
lawmakers⠀⇛
Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Rick Scott (R-Fl.) have introduced
a bill which would bar members of Congress from collecting taxpayer-
funded pensions if they are convicted of felonies related to their
official duties.
Why it matters: It comes as Rep. George_Santos (R-N.Y.) is under
local and federal investigation for lying about key parts of his
biography and campaign — including his resume, ancestry and
education.
⚓ Axios ☛ Fed_raises_interest_rates,_despite_bank_failures⠀⇛
The Federal_Reserveraised its target interest rate by a quarter-
percentage point Wednesday while acknowledging that problems in the
banking system triggered by its previous rate increases are likely to
weigh on the economy.
⚓ New York Times ☛ U.K._Inflation_Swings_Upward,_to_10.4_Percent⠀⇛
Prices in Britain reversed a recent downward trend, rising 10.4
percent over the year through February.
⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Fed’s_Unpleasant_Choice [Ed: False "Choice" and false
balance from Wall Street Times. You could raise many trillions by taxing the
top 1,000 "richest" USians.]⠀⇛
What’s worse: More inflation or more turmoil?
⚓ New York Times ☛ Your_Thursday_Briefing:_U.S._Raises_Interest_Rates⠀⇛
Also, China and Russia grow closer and the U.S. waits for news of a
possible Donald Trump indictment.
⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finavia_reports_substantial_revenue_growth_in_2022,_but_low
passenger_volumes_lead_to_negative_result_for_the_year [Ed: A "growth" compared
to what? Lockdowns?]⠀⇛
Finavia, the Finnish airport operator, reported substantial revenue
growth in 2022, despite the pandemic-related challenges. However, due
to the low passenger volumes at the regional airports and the low
level of transfer travel at Helsinki Airport, the company’s overall
result for the financial year remained negative.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ India’s_G20_Leadership:_Challenges_and
Opportunities⠀⇛
The global community has experienced significant disruption,
since 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic. The isolationist economic
policies of several powerful Western nations, who drifted away
from their erstwhile global approach during Covid-pandemic,
compounded its profound impact on the global economy.
* ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Dance_and_games_offer_glimpses_of_life_–_and_death_–
in_ancient_Italy⠀⇛
Tomb and urn images shed light on the intricacies of Etruscan
and Roman civilisation at least 2 000 years ago, reviving it
for modern times. By ALEX WHITING A 2 500-year-old Etruscan
tomb in the Italian city of Tarquinia has walls covered in
paintings of brightly coloured dancers and musicians.
* ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ TIME:_Will_China_create_a_better_world?⠀⇛
China is everywhere in global politics. China is “ubiquitous,”
a retired Senior Colonel Zhou Bo of China’s PLA told in a
conversation with TIME magazine. On March 10, in an agreement
brokered by Beijing, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to normalize
relations, after seven years of bitter rivalry in a deal that
sidelined the U.S.
* ⚓ RTE ☛ RTÉ_kicks_off_TikTok_Six_Nations_coverage [Ed: Irish media
shilling Pooh-tin's social control media. Truly sad and concerning.]⠀⇛
Watch all the games live across RTÉ and Virgin Media Television
from Saturday 25th March WATCH OUR PROMO: https://youtu.be/np-
FPszQAUA Kicking off on Saturday 25th March, the 2023 TikTok
Six Nations coverage will see all games equally aired across
RTÉ2, RTÉ Player, RTÉ Radio 1 and Virgin Media for what
promises to be an explosive championship.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Advice_for_Alvin_Bragg_from_Former_Trump_Prosecutors⠀⇛
The Manhattan District Attorney faces huge legal and political
challenges, but the former President’s antics could help the
prosecution’s case.
* ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ China_portrays_Xi’s_Russia_trip_as_bid_for
leadership_of_non-Western_world⠀⇛
For audiences in China, Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia this week
was a show of strength and a testament to Beijing’s bid for
global leadership, writes “The Washington Post” reviewing the
Chinese press about the visit.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ TikTok’s_popularity_complicates_possible_U.S._ban⠀⇛
Data: AppTopia; Note: Musically became TikTok in the U.S. on
Aug. 2, 2018; Table: Axios Visuals
The U.S. government’s threat_to_ban_TikTok takes aim at what has become the
most popular smartphone app in the country.
⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Here’s_what_to_expect_from_lawmakers_who_will_grill
TikTok’s_CEO_on_privacy,_security_and_child_safety⠀⇛
Lawmakers plan to press TikTok CEO Shou Chew on issues related to
child exploitation, teen mental health and its connection to China.
⚓ Quartz ☛ Shou_Zi_Chew_wants_to_dismantle_the_idea_that_TikTok_is_a_Chinese
app⠀⇛
When TikTok chief Shou Zi Chew testifies at the US Congress tomorrow
(Mar. 23), he will try to dismantle any and all notions about the app
sharing US user data with the Chinese government.
⚓ Axios ☛ TikTok_CEO_to_tell_Congress_app_ban_would_“hurt”_U.S._businesses_and
“damage”_economy⠀⇛
TikTok CEO Shou_Zi_Chew will tell lawmakers Thursday that banning the
app in the U.S. would hurt American businesses and the country’s
economy, according to newly released remarks prepared for his
testimony before Congress.
⚓ NYPost ☛ Rep.Jamaal_Bowman_blasts_efforts_to_ban_TikTok_as‘racist’⠀⇛
Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Wednesday decried government efforts to ban the
Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok as “racist.” During a press
conference outside the Capitol Building, Bowman (D-NY), flanked by
dozens of social media influencers, as well as Rep. Robert Garcia (D-
Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.), urged lawmakers and the public to
“not be racist towards…
⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ TikTok_CEO_plans_rigorous_defenses_in_Congress_against
claims_the_app_is_a_US_security_threat⠀⇛
In his first appearance before Congress, TikTok CEO Shou Chew will
make the case that the company’s U.S. operations aren’t swayed by
China.
⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Court_orders_Trump_lawyer_to_provide_docs_in_Mar-a-
Lago_case⠀⇛
A federal appeals court has directed a lawyer for Donald Trump to
turn over to prosecutors documents in the investigation into the
former president’s retention of classified documents at his Florida
estate. The order from the three-judge panel was sealed and none of
the parties are mentioned by name. But the details appear to
correspond with a closed-door dispute before a lower court judge over
whether M. Evan Corcoran could be forced to provide documents or give
grand jury testimony in the Justice Department special counsel probe
into whether Trump mishandled top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago.
⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Trump_and_his_advisers_await_potential_indictment_in_hush
money_case⠀⇛
Behind the gilded doors of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald
Trump and his advisers are preparing for several different potential
scenarios related to a possible indictment from the Manhattan grand
jury probing a hush money scheme.
⚓ New Yorker ☛ Donald_Trump_Braces_for_an_Indictment_in_the_Stormy_Daniels
Case⠀⇛
As the public awaits a possible indictment of the former President by
a New York grand jury, Amy Davidson Sorkin examines the strange
particulars of the case.
⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Head_of_Super_rejects_Purra’s_claim_about_“burden”_of
foreign_nurses⠀⇛
SILJA PAAVOLA, the chairperson of the Finnish Union of Practical
Nurses (Super), has rejected the claim that employees with inadequate
Finnish skills are a burden that is driving professionals away from
the nursing sector.
⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Long-term_sick_leave_due_to_sleep_disorders_quadruples,
affecting_middle-aged_women_the_most⠀⇛
Research revealed that long sick leaves due to psychiatric sleep
disorders have quadrupled in Finland from 2010 to 2022. Last year
alone, over 9,000 Finnish citizens received sickness allowance due to
psychiatric sleep disorders. These disorders are more common among
women, particularly those aged between 35 and 54, and have been
increasing rapidly over the past decade.
⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ The_mind_behind_Kent_State_social_media⠀⇛
Creating compelling and engaging content for social media can be a
challenge for universities. That’s where Deanna Stevens Ulrich comes
in. Stevens Ulrich is the associate director of digital content for
Kent State’s social media platforms.
⚓ Off Guardian ☛ It’s_the_trust_in_the_authority,_stupid!⠀⇛
The world is apparently descending into chaos. With events such as
the recent collapse of SVB bank adding to the problems allegedly
caused by the pseudopandemic and the war in Ukraine, it is easy to
feel overwhelmed. Only a few years ago it was widely recognised that,
by nearly every measure, global life outcomes were all improving.
§ Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
* ⚓ Latvia ☛ Radio_Free_Europe_launches_Baltic_counter-propaganda_show [Ed:
Radio Free Europe itself is propaganda, but for another nation/s]⠀⇛
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) said March 21 it has
launched a show titled “Current Time Baltics” on its Russian-
language television and digital network Current Time which it
described as “a critical part of RFE/RL’s strategy to counter
Russian malign influence across Europe by providing new
Russian-language audiences with trusted news and information.”
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ Prosecutor_seeks_acquittal_of_former_bianet_editor-in-chief_in_‘libel’
case⠀⇛
President Erdoğan’s former lawyer had sued Nazan Özcan over an
article on bianet. The article did not contain “libel” and
“defamation,” according to the prosecutor.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ [LIVE_PANEL]_Targeted_by_Surveillance:_Julian_Assange,
WikiLeaks_&_Networked_Repression⠀⇛
Stella Assange and Kevin Gosztola join Stefania Maurizi for a
live panel discussion of the surveillance, monitoring, and
control that has oppressed Julian Assange and WikiLeaks for
more than 10 years.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Breach Media ☛ A_cop_filed_charges_against_Sarah_Jama._Then_she
defeated_him_in_by-election⠀⇛
In the race for Hamilton Centre, ‘Defund’ activist faced the
same cop who’d ‘comically’ charged her with assault
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Starbucks_workers_welcomed_their_new_CEO_with_a_strike_ahead
of_the_company’s_annual_meeting⠀⇛
Workers across 100 Starbucks stores will strike today (Mar. 22)
to welcome new CEO Laxman Narasimhan, and remind him of where
his priorities should lie.
* ⚓ Parliamentary_question_about_alleged_torture,_killing_of_refugees_by
border_guards⠀⇛
Eight people were caught trying to cross into Turkey. They were
allegedly tortured by border guards and two of them were
killed.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Digital_transformation_&_Unitary_Patent:_users_updated [Ed: EPO
has once again promoted an illegal, unconstitutional ploy. EPO is
run by gangsters who sponsor Belarus and its war on Ukraine.]⠀⇛
Members of SACEPO Working Party on Rules discussed latest
changes
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Biden_Visit_to_Canada:_Why_Digital_Policy_is
Emerging_as_a_Serious_Trade_Tension⠀⇛
The U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa this week
has begun to place the spotlight on the mounting_tensions
over digital_policy. For months, Canadian officials have
not only been dismissive of the issue, but – as this
week’s fishing_expedition into Google and Facebook
demonstrates – have not shied away from making the issue
front and centre.
o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Expansive_Sounds_of_an_Unsung_Album_Called
“Black_Music”⠀⇛
Marc Anthony Thompson, with the musical collective
Chocolate Genius, produced some of the great confessional
songs of the nineties. But critics seemed eager to define
the project by what it wasn’t.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Personal⠀➾
o ⚓ 1e_monsters_in_5e,_take_three⠀⇛
“Monsters” are creatures that don’t have a stat line
(str, dex etc), just HD, AC, and attacks.
First of all, if you have the same creature in your
monster manual, that’s always going to be better. Use
that.
Otherwise, use the “oHD” header based on their original
HD in the table below to find the correct row for them.
Their AC is going to be 18 minus their 1e AC.
Their ability modifier (sans proficiency) for both
constitution and their main attacking ability is listed
under “mod”. Halve that for their other four abilities,
if needed.
* § Technical⠀➾
o ⚓ Kelbot_The_Tech_Scavenger⠀⇛
It struck me recently that a large portion of the tech
that I get a lot of use out of is not what most would
consider a typical current mainstream consumer device.
I’m a tech geek but I am also very frugal. There are a
few exceptions but generally I don’t spend much in terms
of money on the tech I play with relative to the utility
I get out of it. Some of it is downright dirt cheap in
absolute terms as well.
Not everything is second hand but I use the term scavenge
to include not only used devices but also closeouts,
liquidated out of production products and the like as
well. I’m quite proud of how much use I put all this
stuff to that many would consider obsolete or worthless.
Here’s a rundown of the stuff I use regularly and some
details about how much it cost, where it came from and
what I use it for.
[...]
We’ll start with what I’m typing this gemlog post on. A
black and white Palm PDA, released in 2001 plus a small
and surprisingly nice folding keyboard that you can dock
it in. I paid $40 for it along with a charge/sync dock a
couple years ago and $12 for the keyboard and used it a
lot for about a year. I don’t use it quite as much now
but still use it regularly for certain things that it is
well suited for. It is also quite easy to keep using it
sporadically due to the offline and self-contained nature
of the device. No updates to keep up with, insanely long
battery life, simple mature software etc. Main things I
still use it for are writing, managing grocery shopping
lists, playing games and just generally fiddling around
becuase its fun and reliable and the display looks really
nice in bright outdoor light with no backlight. Really
the killer feature for me that means I won’t be getting
rid of it any time soon if ever is the combo of the
sunlight readable display, amazing battery life and nice
portable folding keyboard. I really love putting it in
that keyboard and sitting out on the porch to write
gemlog posts on a nice day.
o ⚓ Finding_Joy_in_Tech⠀⇛
I had an interesting conversation about what gives us
that ‘dopamine hit’ when we buy a new piece of tech. New
in this context is ‘new to me’ as many pieces of tech I
buy are used/refurbished and many years old. The person I
was talking to just bought a new Ipad and I was helping
them set it up. Because I’m not very familiar with how to
use Apple’s handheld devices I was looking up all the
different features the tablet had and was bouncing all
these ideas I had for how they could integrated the new
device into their day-to-day workflow.
The owner of the actual device was much less enthusiastic
about digging into the device’s capabilities and just
wanted to start downloading apps and get on with it. We
started talking about what gets us excited when we get a
new device. For them it was the moment of the purchase.
The second they have the device in their hands, the rush
is gone and it’s just another thing they have. There are
definitely spikes over the next couple of days while they
get used to the new thing, but overall it’s mostly just
one huge dopamine spike and that’s it.
o § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Preloading_Lua_modules,_part_III⠀⇛
I received an email from Andy Weidenbaum today,
thanking me for writing a post about embedding Lua
code into an executable [1] which helped him in his
project [2]. On the plus side, it’s nice that a
post of mine was able to help him. On the non-plus
side, I wrote that post *ten years ago tomorrow!*
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o BSD
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
* Leftovers
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Kubuntu_Focus_Xe_Gen_2_is_a_14_inch_Linux
laptop_with_Intel_Alder_Lake-P_for_$895_and_up⠀⇛
The Kubuntu Focus Xe Gen 2 is a thin and light
notebook computer with a 14 inch full HD display,
support for up to up to an Intel Core i7-1260P
processor, up to 64GB of RAM, and PCIe 4 NVMe
storage. It ships with the Kubuntu 22.04 LTS GNU/
Linux distribution pre-installed.
An upgrade over the original Focus Xe, which
launched in 2021, the new model brings up to a 60-
percent boost in multi-core performance while
keeping the same $895 starting price as its
predecessor. It’s available now from Kubuntu Focus
website.
# ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ The_New_Kubuntu_XE_Could_Be_the_Linux_Laptop
for_You⠀⇛
There are more choices than ever for a great Linux
laptop, especially from companies like System76 and
Framework. Now, the Kubuntu Focus team wants to
launch the definitive Linux laptop — with the new,
second-gen Focus XE laptop.
The Kubuntu Focus XE Gen 2 laptop has arrived,
promising to deliver the best out-of-the-box Linux
experience for users that don’t necessarily need
what a dedicated GPU has to offer. By ditching
things like a dedicated GPU, the Kubuntu Focus team
said that it can sell a pretty affordable package
all-in-all. We wouldn’t exactly call it affordable
at $895, but at least its specs make up for it.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Heuristics_for_software-interrupt_processing⠀⇛
The kernel’s software-interrupt (“softirq”)
mechanism was added prior to the 1.0 kernel
release, but it implements a design seen in systems
that were already old when Linux was born. For much
of that time, softirqs have been an impediment to
the kernel community’s scalability and response-
time goals, but they have proved resistant to
removal. A recent discussion on a proposed new
heuristic to mitigate a softirq-related performance
problem may have reinvigorated interest in doing
something about this subsystem as a whole rather
than just tweaking the parameters of how it
operates.
Hardware interrupts are generated when some
component of the system needs the CPU’s attention
to, for example, deal with a completed I/
O operation. The processing of hardware interrupts
is one of the highest-priority tasks in the kernel;
an interrupt will preempt almost anything else that
might be running, so the amount of work done in
interrupt handlers must be kept to a minimum to
avoid adversely affecting the rest of the system.
The softirq mechanism was designed to allow
hardware-interrupt handlers to set aside work to be
done urgently — but not quite as urgently as
hardware-interrupt processing.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ An_EEVDF_CPU_scheduler_for_Linux⠀⇛
The kernel’s completely fair scheduler (CFS) has
the job of managing the allocation of CPU time for
most of the processes running on most Linux
systems. CFS was merged for the 2.6.23 release in
2007 and has, with numerous ongoing tweaks, handled
the job reasonably well ever since. CFS is not
perfect, though, and there are some situations it
does not handle as well as it should. The EEVDF
scheduler, posted by Peter Zijlstra, offers the
possibility of improving on CFS while reducing its
dependence on often-fragile heuristics.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Neowin ☛ RSS_Guard_4.3.3⠀⇛
RSS Guard is a simple (yet powerful) feed reader.
It is able to fetch the most known feed formats,
including RSS/RDF and ATOM. It’s free, it’s open-
source. RSS Guard currently supports Czech, Dutch,
English, French, German, Italian. RSS Guard will
never depend on other services – this includes
online news aggregators like Feedly, The Old Reader
and others.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Interview:_the_FreeCAD_Project_Association⠀⇛
The sustainability of free software continues to be
mostly uncharted waters. No team is the same as any
other, so copying, say, the Blender Foundation’s
approach to governance will, most likely, not work
for other projects. But there is value in
understanding how various non-commercial
organizations operate in order to make informed
decisions for the governance of new ones. In late
2021, the FreeCAD team launched the FreeCAD Project
Association (FPA) to handle the various assets that
belong to this free 3D CAD project. In this
interview, Yorik van Havre, a longtime FreeCAD
developer — and current president of the
Association — guides us through the process of
starting and managing the FPA.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_guide_to_configuring_PulseAudio_in_Linux
Mint⠀⇛
PulseAudio is a sound server used in many Linux
distributions, including Linux Mint. It provides
advanced features like network transparency,
software mixing, and per-application volume
controls. However, configuring PulseAudio can be
challenging for new users. In this article, we will
guide you through the process of setting up and
customizing PulseAudio in Linux Mint.
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_share_folders_across_your_network_from
Fedora_Linux_|_ZDNET⠀⇛
Fedora Linux makes it incredibly easy to share your
Public folder, without having to install any third-
party software or touch the command line.
# ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Shutdown_Linux_Using_Command_Line_and_GUI_|
Beebom⠀⇛
For a fairly new Linux user, things can be a bit
overwhelming in the beginning. While the robustness
and unlimited customizability options are
attractive, performing basic tasks can be daunting,
especially if you are unaware of the proper
commands to use. For instance, you need to shut
down your system, but as a new user, you are
struggling to figure out the right commands to turn
off your Linux computer. Though shutting down may
seem like an easy task, if done incorrectly, can
result in loss of data or worse – could end up
corrupting your system. So, if you are a novice
Linux user looking to avoid any mishaps, follow
this guide to learn the safest methods to shutdown
a Linux system, both through the command line and
the graphical user interface (GUI).
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Can_you_play_Counter-Strike_2_on_Linux_or_macOS?_–
Dexerto⠀⇛
Valve announced a limited-time playtest for
Counter-Strike 2, and fans want to know what
platforms they can play on. For macOS and Linux
users, here is everything you need to know about
CS2.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Proxmox_VE_7.4_Comes_with_an_Updated_Virtualization
Stack⠀⇛
Proxmox VE (Virtual Environment) is an open-source server
virtualization management platform. Based on Debian GNU/
Linux, Proxmox VE supports a variety of virtualization
technologies, including KVM and LXC Linux Containers. In
addition, Proxmox VE also supports various storage types,
including local storage, networked storage, and software-
defined storage solutions.
The platform is often used in data centers and other
large-scale IT enterprise environments where server
virtualization is critical for efficient resource
utilization and management. However, due to its ease of
use and flexibility, it is also suitable for smaller-
scale deployments, such as home labs and small
businesses.
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ OpenBSD Webzine ☛ OpenBSD_Webzine_#13⠀⇛
- support for xonly code
- new security innovation pinsyscall(2)
- sshd dynamic relinking
- full disk encryption handled by the installer
- OpenBSD 7.3 will be out soon
# ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ OpenBSD_zine_13⠀⇛
Lots of links in the newest OpenBSD webzine issue.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ GCC,_EFI_Boot_Manager_Update_in_Tumbleweed⠀⇛
Rolling-release distribution openSUSE Tumbleweed
had a large number of security patches, bug fixes,
and new features in snapshots released this week.
Users who did a zypper dup had a full distribution
rebuild with GNU Compiler Collection 13, which is
the distro’s new default compiler.
This rebuild 20230319 snapshot provided a GCC
13.0.1+git update that rebased a patch and enables
a mutual exclusion (mutex) link. An update of
flatpak 1.14.4 updated translations and eliminated
two Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures; CVE-2023-
28101 and CVE-2023-28100, which was specific to
virtual consoles and users were recommended to use
a graphical user interface like GNOME Software
rather than graphical terminal emulator such as
xterm , gnome-terminal or Konsole. The C++ library
for Single Instruction, Multiple Data highway 1.0.4
provides faster KV128 sorting. The package also
updated RISC-V Vector Extension Intrinsics for the
1.0-draft. Other packages to update was libstorage-
ng 4.5.86 along with several libqt5 packages.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Tails_5.11:_Secure-surfing_‘amnesiac’
live_distro_arrives⠀⇛
The latest version of TAILS has improved memory
management, which means it should work a little
better on memory-constrained computers. It’s the
go-to option for secure private internet access.
Tails 5.11, just released, has some worthwhile
improvements that may make it run a little better
on machines lacking large amounts of memory. Tails
now uses ZRAM as standard, like the unofficial
Ubuntu DDE remix and Debian variant Spiral Linux.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_20.04.6_LTS_Released_with_Major_Secure
Boot_Fix⠀⇛
A point-six release?! They’re a bit unusual. Long-
term support releases typically only receive five
point releases during their support cycle so what’s
going on?
I’ll quote Ubuntu’s Graham Inggs. They explained
why this exceptional release was required in a
mailing list post sent earlier today (March 23):
[...]
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Canonical_collaborates_with_NVIDIA_to_unlock
advanced_capabilities_for_IoT_industry⠀⇛
Canonical today announced plans to certify NVIDIA
platforms powered by the Orin architecture to run
on Ubuntu. Ubuntu will run on the full range of
NVIDIA IoT platforms, bringing Ubuntu to the
automotive industry with the NVIDIA DRIVE®
platform, to industrial applications with the
NVIDIA IGX Orin™ platform, as well as to advanced
embedded systems with NVIDIA Jetson Orin™ system-
on-modules. The optimised kernel and images will
combine software features from NVIDIA with
unparalleled security, reliability, and support for
regulated enterprise deployments.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Orange_Pi_5B_is_a_single-board_PC_with
RK3588S,_WiFi6,_BT_5.0_and_an_eMMC_storage_module⠀⇛
The Orange Pi 5B is a single-board computer that
features a Rockchip RK3588S processor, support for
up to 32GB of RAM and plenty of I/O options
including an HDMI 2.1 port, Gigabit Ethernet, and
several USB ports.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Android Central ☛ Pebble_founder_eyes_comeback_with_the
small_Android_phone_of_our_dreams_|_Android_Central⠀⇛
# ⚓ GO Media ☛ Stop_Hackers_From_Taking_Over_Your_Android_With
Just_Your_Phone_Number⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Check_who_can_see_your_Android_phone’s
location⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Android_14_may_let_you_finally_set_different_live
wallpapers_for_the_home_and_lock_screens⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ The_Leia_Lume_Pad_2_is_a_$1,100,_glasses-
free_3D_Android_tablet_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Google’s_new_app_sync_feature_makes_it_easier_to
download_your_favorite_apps_across_Android_devices⠀⇛
# ⚓ PC Mag ☛ Save_Your_Stuff:_How_to_Back_Up_and_Restore_Your
Android_Device_|_PCMag⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ GPS_Isn’t_Working_on_Your_Android_Smartwatch?
Here_Are_6_Ways_to_Fix_It⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ LWN ☛ Zephyr:_a_modular_OS_for_resource-constrained_devices⠀⇛
Writing applications for devices with a lot of resource
constraints, such as a small amount of RAM or no memory-
management unit (MMU), poses some challenges. Running a
Linux distribution often isn’t an option on these
devices, but there are operating systems that try to
bridge the gap between running a Linux distribution and
using bare-metal development. One of these is Zephyr, a
real-time operating system (RTOS) launched by the Linux
Foundation in 2016. LWN looked in on Zephyr at its four-
year anniversary as well. Seven years after its
announcement, Zephyr has made lots of progress and now
has an active ecosystem surrounding it.
Zephyr is an RTOS for connected, resource-constrained
devices, such as Internet of Things (IoT) sensors,
Bluetooth trackers, heart rate monitors, smartwatches,
and embedded controllers. A typical device running Zephyr
has a microcontroller with a clock frequency below
100MHz, no MMU, 32KB to 256KB of static RAM, and 512KB or
less of on-chip flash memory.
o ⚓ LWN ☛ Rules_as_code_for_more_responsive_governance⠀⇛
Using rules as code to help bridge the gaps between
policy creation, its implementation, and its, often
unintended, effects on people was the subject of a talk
by Pia Andrews on the first day of the inaugural
Everything Open conference in Melbourne, Australia. She
has long been exploring the space of open government, and
her talk was a report on what she and others have been
working on over the last seven years. Everything Open is
the successor to the long-running, well-regarded
linux.conf.au (LCA); Andrews (then Pia Waugh) gave the
opening keynote at LCA 2017 in Hobart, Tasmania, and
helped organize the 2007 event in Sydney.
Andrews said that she has a dream of a world where
government policy is built in a way that is accountable,
participatory, humane, adaptive, and accessible. Those
who are affected by these policies should be able to
easily understand, apply, and question them; policies
should not be written in some ivory tower, but should be
created in conjunction with those who must follow them.
She dreams of policies that are based on human values,
rather than only on what is good for the economy, since
relying solely on the latter has not worked out so well,
she said; “make what’s good for people and then the
economy will follow”. Rather than just writing policy
once and “throwing it out in the ether and hoping”, it
should be iterated upon, so that even bad policy has a
chance to become good based on looking at its actual
impact on people. That description of her public-policy
dream was met with a good bit of applause.
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Firefox_112_on_Ubuntu_Linux_Can_Now_Help
You_Switch_Away_from_Chromium⠀⇛
Firefox is a popular open-source alternative
to Chromium-based browsers such as Chrome and
Opera.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Earthquake_in_Afghanistan,_Pakistan_kills_at_least
13⠀⇛
At least 13 people were killed and more than 90 injured
in Pakistan and Afghanistan after a magnitude 6.5
earthquake struck late on Tuesday, government officials
said.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ They_are_3D-printing_cakes_now,_edible_and
everything._They_can_do_chicken_too⠀⇛
Just when you think you have seen it all, you see
something like this. They are printing cakes now.
Do those words mean what they traditionally meant?
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Thursday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by CentOS
(firefox, nss, and openssl), Fedora (firefox,
liferea, python-cairosvg, and tar), Oracle (openssl
and thunderbird), Scientific Linux (firefox, nss,
and openssl), SUSE (container-suseconnect, grub2,
libplist, and qemu), and Ubuntu (amanda, apache2,
node-object-path, and python-git).
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Windows_11,_Tesla,_Ubuntu,_and_macOS
hacked_at_Pwn2Own_2023⠀⇛
The first to fall was Adobe Reader in the
enterprise applications category after Haboob SA’s
Abdul Aziz Hariri (@abdhariri) used an exploit
chain targeting a 6-bug logic chain abusing
multiple failed patches which escaped the sandbox
and bypassed a banned API list on macOS to earn
$50,000.
# ⚓ Dark Reading ☛ Epidemic_of_Insecure_Storage,_Backup_Devices
Is_a_Windfall_for_Cybercriminals⠀⇛
Companies in every industry continue to leave
backup and storage platforms unsecured, with more
than a dozen issues, including insecure network
settings and unaddressed CVEs, affecting the
average device. That leaves these repositories —
often the first line of protection in the event of
a ransomware attack — as sitting ducks for
cybercriminals.
That’s according to a data analysis published on
March 22 by storage security firm Continuity
Software, which found that the average device had
14 security risks, including three critical issues,
which are considered those capable of allowing a
significant compromise. The top three risks
affecting companies’ storage systems are insecure
network settings, unaddressed vulnerabilities, and
lax access privileges.
# ⚓ Seattle Times ☛ Shoreline_College_website_hacked;_officials
investigating⠀⇛
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Kroger_notifies_more_than_82,000_Postal
Prescription_Service_patients_of_mistaken_information
sharing⠀⇛
On March 10, Kroger’s Healthy Options program,
Postal Prescription Services (PPS), issued a
statement about a privacy breach.
According to their statement, some PPS patients’
names and email addresses were erroneously shared
with the grocery side of Kroger’s business due to
an internal error.
# ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ New_victims_come_forward_after_mass-ransomware
attack [Ed: Microsoft issue, as covered by 'former' Microsoft
employee Zack Whittaker]⠀⇛
The number of victims affected by a mass-ransomware
attack, caused by a bug in a popular data transfer
tool used by businesses around the world, continues
to grow as another organization tells TechCrunch
that it was also hacked.
# ⚓ Cyber_attack_disrupts_Spanish_medicine_distribution⠀⇛
A cyberattack on a leading pharmaceutical supply
company has disrupted the distribution of medicines
to Spanish pharmacies.
The attack, which started last Friday and is still
ongoing, has affected wholesale supplier Alliance
Healthcare’s servers and delayed and even prevented
the normal delivery of some medicines to pharmacies
in Spain, according to Spanish daily El País.
Alliance Healthcare is the fourth biggest supplier
in Spain.
# ⚓ Oak_Ridge_malware_attack:_Police_investigating_as_city
offices_remain_closed⠀⇛
As city of Oak Ridge employees continued to work
offline because of a malware attack on the city’s
computer network, officials announced Wednesday
afternoon they are working with law enforcement to
investigate the attack.
When asked if foul play was suspected, city senior
communications specialist Lauren Gray said an
investigation is considered standard practice for a
malware attack.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Apple_Music_Users_Seeing_Other
People’s_Playlists_in_Their_Libraries⠀⇛
Some Apple Music users are reporting seeing
user-made playlists they didn’t create in
their libraries. These seemingly user-created
playlists are showing up in libraries of
people who did not create them. Users have
taken to reddit to discuss the issue, where
several reports have surfaced about the bug.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Windows_11_Snipping_Tool_Privacy_Bug:
Inspecting_PNG_Files,_(Wed,_Mar_22nd)⠀⇛
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ The_AMX-10-RC:_The_French_tank_on_its_way_to
Ukraine⠀⇛
In January this year, French president Emmanuel
Macron announced the country would send a number of
light tanks to Ukraine to help Kyiv in its fight
against invading Russian forces. The tank in
question is the AMX-10-RC, an armoured vehicle
mounted on wheels rather than tracks but renowned
for its speed and effectiveness in the field.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russia’s_Black_Sea_blockade_is_part_of
Putin’s_war_on_international_law⠀⇛
By preventing the free passage of merchant shipping
in the Black Sea, Russia deprives world markets of
vital Ukrainian agricultural produce while also
challenging the core principles of international
maritime law.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ ASEAN’s_institutional_vulnerabilities_are
driving_minilateralism⠀⇛
ASEAN centrality was the key principle that drove
regional integration beginning with the Asian
financial crisis in 1997 through to the mid-2000s.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Uncertain_haven:_Afghan_refugees_in
India⠀⇛
Since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the
Taliban’s seizure of power in August 2021, the
Afghan refugee crisis, already one of the worst in
the world, has intensified.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_5×5—Conflict_in_Ukraine’s
information_environment⠀⇛
Experts provide insights on the war being waged
through the Ukrainian information environment and
take away lessons for the future.
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ ISS:_Reducing_murder_must_be_a_top_SA
government_priority⠀⇛
There were, on average, 520 murders a week in South
Africa during the 2022 calendar year. According to
available data, this is one of the highest murder
rates in the world. For years, chronic violence has
been part of the South African reality.
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Finns_see_for_themselves_in_Mozambique⠀⇛
A Finnish delegation was in Mozambique earlier this
month (March) to keep up with European Union (EU)
interests and developments in the east African
country, involved in a low-intensity war with
Islamist terrorists in its north.
# ⚓ Danish_supreme_court_overturns_decision_to_revoke
citizenship_from_woman_who_supported_ISIS⠀⇛
The Danish supreme court, Højesteret, has overruled
a 2020 decision to revoke the citizenship of a
Danish-Iranian woman who travelled to Syria in
support of the Islamic State (Isis) terror group.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ International_Criminal_Court_Regrets_‘Threats’
After_Putin_Arrest_Warrant⠀⇛
The legislative body of the International Criminal
Court (ICC) said on March 22 that it regretted
“threats” against the tribunal over its war crimes
arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir
Putin.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_Xi_wraps_up_show-of-solidarity_trip_to
Moscow⠀⇛
Russian and Chinese presidents eye a new world
order but a Ukraine peace deal remains elusive.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Talking_like_‘capitalist’_South_Koreans_can_lead_to
prison_or_death_in_North_Korea⠀⇛
Publicly calling your spouse ‘honey’ – not
‘comrade’– could put your life at risk.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Blinken_pushes_for_$2_billion_for_US_rival_to_China’s
Belt-and-Road⠀⇛
Senators question price tag of foreign
infrastructure package, call for more money for
Taiwan’s defense.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Why_these_images_do_not_prove_that_Vladimir
Putin_sent_a_‘body_double’_to_Mariupol⠀⇛
Did Vladimir Putin really use a body double during
his recent visit to Mariupol, Ukraine? That’s the
question posed by several posts that began
circulating on social media on March 20, 2023.
However, while these posts claim to show evidence
of physical differences in the president’s face,
the images they rely on are far from conclusive.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ N._Korea_fires_several_cruise_missiles_off_its
east_coast,_says_S._Korea⠀⇛
North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles
Wednesday, Seoul’s military said, the latest launch
which comes as South Korea and the United States
stage major joint military drills.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Department_of_Justice_asks_Supreme_Court_to
reinstate_ban_on_firearms_for_persons_under_domestic_violence
restraining_orders⠀⇛
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday filed a
petition with the Supreme Court seeking a reversal
of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s
decision in United States v. Rahimi, in which the
court ruled that a law prohibiting access to
firearms to persons under domestic violence
restraining orders was unconstitutional.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_official:_‘limited_accountability’_for_human
rights_violations_in_Belarus⠀⇛
Tens of thousands of people — many of them peaceful
protesters — have been arbitrarily arrested and
detained in Belarus over the past two and a half
years, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
Nada Al-Nashif said Tuesday.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_climate_body_announces_latest_policy_and
abatement_recommendations⠀⇛
After gathering in Interlaken, Switzerland last
week, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) Monday announced the release of its
Sixth Assessment Report, analyzing the current
state of climate change knowledge, the impact of
climate change and possible abatements. The report
outlines a multitude of response efforts and
abatement measures.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Copenhagen_to_get_1,000_new_electric_car_charging
ports⠀⇛
Copenhagen Municipality has signed a deal
with contractors to install an additional
1,000 new charging ports for electric cars in
the Danish capital.
# ⚓ Danish_transport_minister_backs_plan_to_introduce
road_congestion_charges⠀⇛
Denmark’s transport minister Thomas Danielsen
says he backs a long-term plan to impose road
pricing, meaning car drivers would pay
charges based on where they drive.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ In_Pictures:_Hundreds_of_dead
fish_wash_ashore_at_Hong_Kong_beach_after_algae_bloom
spotted_in_water⠀⇛
Hundreds of dead fish have washed ashore as
an algae bloom was spotted at a Hong Kong
beach on Wednesday morning. Red tides were
seen in the waters off St. Stephen Beach, in
Stanley.
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Inadequate_Access_To_Water_Affects_3.6
Billion_People:_WMO⠀⇛
Currently, over 100 countries are not on
track to have sustainably managed water
resources by 2030.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Yemenis_Struggle_to_Prepare_for_Ramadan
Amid_Soaring_Prices⠀⇛
The war, blockade, and currency collapse have
caused prices to skyrocket and pushed most of
the Yemenis into extreme poverty.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ World_Water_Day:_Hong_Kong’s
‘hidden’_water_problem_–_a_false_sense_of_security_is
breeding_unsustainable_habits⠀⇛
Dr Lina Vyas and Dr Stuti Rawat On Wednesday,
World Water Day, the United Nations 2023
Water Conference will take place in New York
City, 46 years after the first UN Water
Conference was held.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s_Xi_Jinping_and
Russia’s_Vladimir_Putin_hail_‘new_era’_of_ties_in
united_front_against_West⠀⇛
The leaders of China and Russia hailed a “new
era” in their relationship on Tuesday,
putting on a united front in Moscow as
Vladimir Putin accused the West of rejecting
Beijing’s proposals to end the Ukraine
conflict.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ UN_warns_‘vampiric’_water_use_leading_to
‘imminent’_global_crisis⠀⇛
Humanity’s “lifeblood” — water — is
increasingly at risk around the world due to
“vampiric overconsumption and
overdevelopment,” the UN warned in a report,
published hours ahead of a major summit on
the issue was set to begin Wednesday.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Amazon_Layoffs_Impact_Over_400_Twitch
Employees_—_No_Word_Yet_on_Amazon_Music⠀⇛
Twitch has announced layoffs impacting around 400
people as part of Amazon’s broader layoffs. Details
on other Amazon divisions, including Amazon Music,
remain scant. Twitch CEO Emmett Shear stepped down
from his role just weeks before the layoffs were
announced.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_breaks_silence_on_France’s_bitter_pension
battle:_the_key_takeaways⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron broke his silence
on the bitter pension battle roiling the country in
a televised interview on Wednesday, stressing that
his contentious reform raising the pension age is
necessary and will come into force later this year.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ French_opposition_says_Macron_shows_‘contempt’
for_workers_in_TV_interview⠀⇛
French union leaders and opposition politicians on
Wednesday reacted with outrage to a televised
interview with President Emmanuel Macron in which
he discussed planned pension reforms recently
forced through government.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_holds_firm_on_pension_reform_bill_as
protests_escalate⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday
defiantly vowed to push through a controversial
pension reform, saying in a TV interview that he
was prepared to accept unpopularity in the face of
sometimes violent protests, and that he plans to
enact the new law by the end of the year.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ King_Charles_set_to_face_strikes_and_disruption
in_France_on_first_foreign_visit⠀⇛
King Charles III risks facing rubbish-strewn
streets, transport strikes and disruption to his
visit when he travels to France next week for his
first foreign trip.
# ⚓ The Local SE ☛ ‘Slap_in_the_face’:_Swedish_supermarket
leaders_take_out_huge_bonuses⠀⇛
The leaders of Swedish supermarket giants Axfood
and Ica took out multi-million kronor bonuses last
year off the back of high food prices, bonuses
which Swedish politicians have described as
“offensive” and “a slap in the face”.
# ⚓ The Local SE ☛ ‘New_era’:_Swedish_bank_warns_interest_rate
could_hit_five_percent⠀⇛
A new property report from Swedish bank
Handelsbanken predicts that property prices will
continue to fall throughout the spring as the
average interest rate on mortgages rises to over
five percent.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ IMF_Staff_Reaches_Agreement_With_Ukraine_For_$15.6
Billion_Program⠀⇛
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on March
21 it reached a staff-level agreement with Ukraine
for a four-year financing package worth about $15.6
billion, offering the country needed funds as it
continues its battle against Russia’s invasion.
# ⚓ CNN ☛ Accenture_slashes_19,000_jobs_worldwide_|_CNN
Business⠀⇛
Accenture plans to slash 19,000 jobs worldwide as
it attempts to cut costs amid a gloomy economic
picture.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Ethiopia’s_parliament_removes_Tigray_rebel_party
from_terror_list⠀⇛
Ethiopia’s parliament on Wednesday removed the
rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from
an official list of terrorist groups, a key step in
the peace process following the two-year conflict
in the country’s north.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkey’s_pro-Kurdish_party_will_not_field
candidate_in_election_setback_for_Erdogan⠀⇛
Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party said Wednesday it
would not field a presidential candidate in May
elections, giving tacit support to Recep Tayyip
Erdogan’s rival in the crucial vote.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ French_pension_reforms:_Macron_‘won_on_the
parliamentary_side’_but_he_lost_‘politically’⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said
he was prepared to accept unpopularity as a
consequence of imposing a controversial pensions
reform that has sparked uproar and mass protests.
Macron, in an interview with the TF1 and France 2
TV channels, said his government will aim to bring
France back to normal “as soon as possible”,
speaking two days after his government barely
survived a no-confidence vote. For more, FRANCE 24
is joined by French political scientist Jean-
Christophe Gallien.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Cardi_B’s_$4_Million_Defamation
Judgement_Against_YouTuber_Upheld_By_US_Court_of_Appeals⠀⇛
In another win for Cardi B, the US Court of
Appeals upheld the original decision after her
defamation lawsuit against YouTuber Tasha K was
ruled in her favor in January 2022.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Man_In_Germany_Fined_For_T-Shirt_Supporting
Russia’s_Invasion_Of_Ukraine⠀⇛
A German court has fined a man for wearing a T-
shirt with the letter “Z” — a sign of support for
Russia’s war against Ukraine — stenciled on it. The
49-year-old naturalized German citizen, who moved
from Russia to Germany in 1992, was ordered to pay
1,500 euros.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_University_Student_Expelled_For
Commemorating_Writer_Killed_By_Soviet_Regime⠀⇛
A university in Russia’s Mari El region has
expelled Viktor Novogorsky, an activist of the Mari
Ushem (Union Of Mari People) organization, after he
took part in a commemoration of the founder of the
Mari people’s literature, Sergei Chavain, who was
executed by Josef Stalin’s regime in 1937.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_democrat_charged_under
national_security_law_remanded_after_violating_bail
condition⠀⇛
A Hong Kong democrat charged under the Beijing-
imposed national security law has been remanded in
custody after a magistrate ruled that he had
violated his bail conditions.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Singapore_human_rights_lawyer_suspended_for_five
years_over_remarks_criticizing_judiciary⠀⇛
Singapore’s highest court Tuesday suspended human
rights lawyer M. Ravi for five years over comments
criticizing the city-state’s attorney general., the
maximum sentence possible.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_Security_chief_defends
ongoing_protest_mask_ban,_despite_security_law_and_easing_of
Covid_rules⠀⇛
Secretary for Security Chris Tang told lawmakers on
Wednesday that it was necessary to retain the mask
ban introduced during the extradition bill protests
of 2019, as national security concerns remain in
the city.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_martial_arts_coach_jailed
for_5_years_under_national_security_law_files_appeal_against
sentence⠀⇛
A Hong Kong martial arts coach handed a five-year
jail term under the Beijing-imposed national
security law has filed an appeal against his
sentence. Denis Wong was jailed after pleading
guilty to inciting subversion under the sweeping
security legislation and one count of possession of
arms without a licence last month.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Shanghai_court_jails_blogger_for_seven_years_over
‘subversive’_posts⠀⇛
‘They said the crime was of a serious nature
because it had a very bad impact’ on society, wife
says
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Distributors_pull_plug_on_Winnie_the_Pooh_cult_horror
flick_in_Hong_Kong⠀⇛
Many assume a link to the fictional bear’s ban from
mainland China, where he has been likened to leader
Xi Jinping
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Andrew_Tate_To_Remain_In_Romanian_Detention_For_30
More_Days⠀⇛
A Romanian court has ruled for the fourth time to
extend by 30 days the preventative arrest of Andrew
Tate, the divisive social media influencer who is
held on suspicion of organized crime and human
trafficking.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Kenya_dispatch:_anti-government_national_strike
prompts_brutal_police_crackdowns⠀⇛
Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in
Kenya. On Monday, a nationwide strike occurred in
Kenya. We had towns like Kiambu, Muranga that had
go-slow strikes while in towns such as Trans-Nzoia,
Homabay, Kakamega, Kisumu and Nairobi there were
actual demonstrations.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hawaii_bill_seeks_to_prevent_suicide_in_Native
Hawaiian_and_Pacific_Islander_populations⠀⇛
The Hawaii Senate Committee on Health and Human
Services Monday passed a bill that directs the
Prevent Suicide Hawaii Task Force (PSHTF) to
further focus its efforts on preventing suicide in
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Liberia_deaf_advocates_criticize_government_for
inaccessible_election_process⠀⇛
Deaf advocates in Liberia Wednesday criticized the
Liberian government and National Elections
Commission (NEC) for failing to make the voter
registration and election process accessible for
deaf Liberians.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ JUVE ☛ Race_to_the_top [Ed: JUVE has been reduced to
outright SPAM for the firms that not only pay for such
spam but also fake "rankings" and propaganda, like face
news in favour of the illegal UPC]⠀⇛
Security or a new challenge? When Tobias
Hessel was deciding whether or not to accept
Clifford Chance’s offer to join its German
patent litigation practice, he faced
precisely this question.
# ⚓ JUVE ☛ EPO_revokes_Amgen_antibody_patent_amid_ongoing
battle_with_Sanofi [Ed: EPo granted fake patents again;
it keeps happening]⠀⇛
In first-instance proceedings,
biopharmaceutical company Amgen has lost a
patent at the European Patent Office. EP 26
41 917 protects aspects of PCSK9 antibodies,
which are used in Amgen’s drug Repatha via
active ingredient evolocumab. Sanofi’s
competing drug, which also uses PCSK9
antibodies, is sold under the brand name
Praluent.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Post_Malone_Settles_‘Circles’
Copyright_Suit_With_Alleged_Co-Writer,_Avoiding_a
Trial⠀⇛
Earlier this week, a copyright infringement
lawsuit concerning Nickelback’s “Rockstar”
was dismissed with prejudice, and The Weeknd
settled a separate action over “Call Out My
Name.” Now, yet another infringement battle,
centering on Post Malone’s “Circles,” has
drawn to a close.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ The_day_after_a_hard_day’s_work⠀⇛
It’s been a particularly wet and windy winter here
in northern California.
My parents run a horse boarding operation and
they’ve had close to 20 trees come down over the
past few months. They’re both getting older now and
things that they used to be able to do have gotten
a lot harder, especially for my dad. They’re both
still very mobile and capable, but they can only do
physically intensive tasks for a few hours, with
breaks. Before my job at the store, I was working
there a few days a week to do what my parents
either didn’t have time for or physically couldn’t
do. In the first few weeks of January, before
school started, any day I didn’t have work at the
store, I was up there helping clear out the trees
that had fallen. When school started up I had to
cut it down to once a week, and then when my
manager tacked on an additional shift, it was
dropped down to just the afternoon on one day.
# ⚓ Relocating_Gornate_Forest_to_Burdock’s_Valley⠀⇛
OK, def do not read this post if you are playing in
an Arden Vul campaign.
It’s for DMs only.
I found that the module The Forest of Gornate fits
pretty well in Burdock’s Valley and it’s also for
1e. Hopefully a good mashup.
# ⚓ Re:_Computer_Addiction⠀⇛
Edward Willis over at encw.xyz wrote recently*
about computer
addiction[1]. No earth-shattering revelations,
especially for people
who use gopher I think. But still worth reading and
remembering.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Search_Result_Quality_For_Multiple_Terms⠀⇛
Marginalia’s search result quality has, for a long
while, been pretty good as long as your search
query is a single term, but for multiple search
terms it’s been a bit hit-and-miss. Marginalia was
never great at this, but the quality of results in
this usage pattern has taken a bit of a dive
recently due to a re-write of the index last fall.
During The Grand Restructuring, the opportunity
arose to isolate the code responsible for result
ranking and expose it to some well-needed scrutiny.
It turns out it was pretty broken.
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