𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Monday, March 27, 2023
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o Desktop/Laptop
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
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# Programming
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Unix Men ☛ How_to_Develop_a_Reliable_Startup_Utilizing_the_Linux
OS⠀⇛
It comes as no surprise that the Windows OS and the
Microsoft environment are some of the most common
infrastructures to be found within a business. For the
most part, people go for Windows simply due to the
overall convenience and the fact that many other
industries have Windows as their go-to OS.
That said, did you know that there are advantages to
utilizing another operating system for your company? An
OS such as Linux can prove to be a fantastic addition,
but you’ll have to take the time to figure out the ins
and outs of the system. Here’s how you can develop a
reliable startup utilizing the Linux OS.
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Bodhi_Linux_can_make_an_old_computer_feel_brand
new⠀⇛
Bodhi Linux has always held a soft spot in my
heart. Not only is it a beautiful, user-friendly
operating system, it reminds me of my earlier days
with Linux. That is mostly because the default
“Moshka” desktop is based on one of my all-time
favorites, the Enlightenment window manager.
# ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ Kubuntu_Focus_XE_Gen_2_Linux_laptop_launches
with_12th_Gen_Intel_CPUs,_up_to_64GB_RAM⠀⇛
Kubuntu has released the second generation of its
flagship laptop, the Kubuntu Focus XE. With its
sleek design, high-end hardware, and pre-installed
Kubuntu 22.04 LTS GNU/Linux distribution, the
Kubuntu Focus XE Gen 2 is aimed at power users and
developers who demand top-notch performance and
stability.
# ⚓ Slow_computer?_Maybe_give_Linux_a_shot_|_Opinion_–_The
Torch⠀⇛
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ 2023-03-22FLOSS_Weekly_724:_The_Wide_World_of_Open_Radio_–
Levi_C._Maaia,_Ham_Radio⠀⇛
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Kernel_prepatch_6.3-rc4_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Linus has released 6.3-rc4 for testing. “”Things
are looking pretty normal for this time of the
release process.””
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_FBCNN_–_JPEG
artifacts_removal⠀⇛
In essence, Machine Learning is the practice of
using algorithms to parse data, learn insights from
that data, and then make a determination or
prediction. The machine is ‘trained’ using huge
amounts of data.
In other words, Machine Learning is about building
programs with tunable parameters (typically an
array of floating point values) that are adjusted
automatically so as to improve their behavior by
adapting to previously seen data.
Machine learning architectures have arisen in
recent years that include JPEG-style artifact
mitigation as part of AI-driven upscaling/restoring
routines.
# ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ LibrePCB_–_A_Free_Electronic_Design_Automation
Software⠀⇛
LibrePCB is a free/open source electronic design
automation (EDA) software. Its purpose is to help
electronic engineering people draw circuits and
make printed circuit board designs with drag-and-
drop approaches and many more. Its latest version
is 0.1.7 which has been released 3 October 2022. We
write an overview and introduction of LibrePCB in
this article.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ LibreELEC_(Nexus)_11.0.1_–_LibreELEC⠀⇛
The final stable version of LibreELEC 11.0.1 has
been released, bringing Kodi (Nexus) v20.1.
o § Gentoo Family⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Gentoo-Based_Porteus_Kiosk_5.5_Released_with
Linux_Kernel_6.1_LTS,_exFAT_Support⠀⇛
Coming a year after Porteus Kiosk 5.4, the Porteus
Kiosk 5.5 release is powered by the long-term
supported Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series to support
new hardware and features and includes upgraded
userland packages from Gentoo Linux portage
snapshot 20230318.
New features in Porteus Kiosk 5.5 include support
for exFAT formatted storage devices, MD5
authentication support in 802.1x wired networks,
support for monitoring the battery capacity of
connected clients, as well as the ability to enable
the watchdog timer to automatically restart the
computer when something fails.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Operation_vs._innovation:_3_tips_for
a_win-win⠀⇛
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Digital_transformation:_3_ways_agile
methodologies_can_help⠀⇛
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 2023-03-24IT_layoffs:_7_tips_to
develop_resiliency⠀⇛
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ 2023-03-22Red_Hat_Summit_2023_session
catalog_and_agenda_builder_now_available⠀⇛
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ 2023-03-22Red_Hat,_Team_Guidehouse_named
winner_in_Mission_Daybreak_challenge_to_reduce_Veteran
suicides⠀⇛
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Debian_12_Bookworm:_Best_New_Features⠀⇛
Debian 12 has been under development for a few
months and slowly moving towards a final release.
As of publishing this, it is currently under the
hard freeze. That means no major package changes or
enhancements are expected.
This release comes with several new features and
improvements, making it an exciting release for
Debian enthusiasts. In this article, we will
discuss the best new features of Debian 12 Bookworm
and how they can benefit users.
Here are all the details.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Ubuntu_Touch_OTA-1_Focal_brings_Ubuntu_20.04
LTS_to_smartphones⠀⇛
The community of developers who have been keeping
the dream of Ubuntu phones and tablets alive since
Canonical abandoned the project have announced that
the first stable build of Ubuntu Touch based on
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS “Focal Fossa” is here.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ First_Ubuntu_Touch_OTA_Release_Based_on_Ubuntu
20.04_LTS_Is_Out_Now⠀⇛
To everyone’s surprise and while we were waiting
for the Ubuntu Touch OTA-25 update, UBports pushed
today a new stable update based on Ubuntu 20.04
LTS, entitled Ubuntu Touch OTA-1 Focal. This is the
culmination of more than a year of hard work
porting Ubuntu Touch from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu
20.04 LTS.
The Focal Fossa Ubuntu Touch OTA-1 update is
currently only available for Fairphone 4, Google
Pixel 3a, Vollaphone 22, Vollaphone X, and
Vollaphone devices. UBports also mentioned the fact
that this release supports Android phones running
Android 9 or later.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 6_Ubuntu_23.04_“Lunar_Lobster”_Features_That
Are_Worth_Upgrading_For⠀⇛
It’s only been three months since 2023 began and
Ubuntu has already released its short-term release,
Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster”. Even though it comes
with only nine months of support (until January
2024), it’s excited people with its slew of
upcoming features.
If you are an avid Ubuntu fan and don’t want to
wait to get your hands on the final release, you
can take a sneak peek into the beta version and get
going with the latest features on display.
Here’s what you can expect with April’s release of
Ubuntu Lunar Lobster 23.04.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Edge_embedded_database_for_VxWorks_and_Wind_River_Linux⠀⇛
ITTIA™ has announced the immediate availability of
ITTIA DB software for the industry-leading VxWorks
RTOS and Wind River Linux operating system. ITTIA
DB is an embeddable, high-performance database that
integrates time series with real-time data
processing, where low-footprint transactional and
analytical queries are both performed locally on
embedded devices. Together, ITTIA DB and Wind River
software offers a great edge computing platform for
developers of embedded system applications.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Purism ☛ Meet_my_Friend,_Jack⠀⇛
How does the OS know when a headset is plugged in?
This is a physical jack, so there must be a
physical change that is detectable.
Some jacks have normally-closed sense pins that
open when you insert a plug. These might be
readable as a simple digital I/O – high or low. If
you’ve ever wired gadgets onto the GPIO pins of a
Raspberry Pi, it’s something like that.
The Librem 14, though, has a normally open sense
pin. The plug tip shorts two pins together. The
jack’s datasheet has a diagram worth a thousand
words…
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Daily_Authority:_Google_or_GrapheneOS?
–_Android_Authority⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ New_Google_Wallpapers_come_to_Android,
including_a_previous_Pixel_exclusive⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ android:_Government_wants_you_to_update_your
Android_device,_here’s_why⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hundreds_of_banking_apps_at_risk_from_the_new_Nexus_Android
trojan_|_Fox_News⠀⇛
# ⚓ Multi-Device_Sync_Finally_Makes_Its_Way_to_the_Android_Play
Store_/_Digital_Information_World⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Central ☛ 18_of_the_best_Wear_OS_3_tips_and_tricks
for_your_Android_smartwatch_|_Android_Central⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ Best_ways_to_Manually_Update_an_Android
Device_OS⠀⇛
# ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ How_to_enable_10-bit_color_on_Android_|_Tom’s
Guide⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ ZTE_releases_stable_Android_13_Update_for_the
Axon_40_Ultra,_Nubia_Z40S_Pro_and_Z40_Pro⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Central ☛ This_three-year-old_LG_smartphone_is
getting_Android_13_|_Android_Central⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ The_Android_Police_podcast_makes_Google
Bard_say_the_silliest_things⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ Best_ways_to_Manually_Update_an_Android
Device_OS⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ Top_6_ways_to_Play_Android_Games_and_Run
Apps_on_PC⠀⇛
# ⚓ Will_Galaxy_Note_20_and_Note_20_Ultra_Receive_One_UI_6_
(Android_14)?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ LG_V60_users_get_surprise_Android_13
update_in_the_US_-⠀⇛
# ⚓ “Why_a_European_mobile_operating_system_can’t_challenge
Android_and_iOS”⠀⇛
In a pretty long article published on March 24th at
“TheNextWeb”, /e/OS was lucky enough to be
highlighted as a proof of “why a a European mobile
operating system can’t challenge Android and iOS”.
So “two OS is enough”. But why not “one OS is
enough” in that case?
For apps developers, having to deal with both
iOS+Android is real pain. They would really prefer
one OS.
But there is a solution for this: use the
technologies of the web to build mobile apps.
That’s called “PWA”, “miniApps”… Standard
technologies, not owned by X or Y. When you reach
that point, then you can have 1,2,3… 5, 100
different OS. You don’t care: all apps will work.
That would be possible, and we think it’s what’s
going to happen.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § FSFE⠀➾
# ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-03-22The_Interoperable_Europe_Act_needs_a_“Free
Software_first”_approach⠀⇛
# ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-03-20Meet_Andrei_and_David,_two_first_edition
YH4F_participants⠀⇛
o § GNU Projects⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ GnuCash_5.0_Accounting_Software_Released_with
New_Stock_Transaction_Assistant⠀⇛
Highlights of the GnuCash 5.0 release include a new
Stock Transaction Assistant that can be accessed
from the Actions menu. This feature will guide you
through entering most investment transactions for
bonds, mutual funds, and stocks.
This release also introduces an Investment Lots
report that displays a graph of capital gains and
losses in a period by investment lot. This feature
works only when you use the View Lots dialog to
manage capital gains and losses and can be accessed
from the Reports > Assets & Liabilities menu.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ GnuCash_5.0_Released⠀⇛
Version 5.0 of the GnuCash accounting tool is out.
Changes include a number of investment-tracking
improvements, better completion in the register
window, a reworked report-generation system, and
more.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ 2023-03-23Internal_includes_instead_of_global_ones_–
EasyHack⠀⇛
In every C/C++ source code file, we use header
files to put declarations of functions, data types,
class, macro and other relevant things inside it.
These files have the extension of .h (for C) and
.hxx (for C++).
We have different header types: internal and global
includes. Some of the header files are used in many
places. For example, in LibreOffice we have several
modules, and some modules are used in many places.
Here, we focus on the VCL module. For the global
includes, they are placed inside include/ folder,
and for internal headers of VCL module, the include
files are put inside include/vcl/.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Seth Michael Larson ☛ 2023-03-18Python_and_SLSA⠀⇛
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ Rust Blog ☛ 2023-03-23The_Rust_Programming_Language
Blog:_Announcing_Rust_1.68.1⠀⇛
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-20EU_Commission_pledges_€1_billion_to
Turkey_quake_recovery⠀⇛
o ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-22Turkey:_Suspend_Time_Limit_on_Travel_Outside
Quake_Zone⠀⇛
o ⚓ YLE ☛ 2023-03-18Niinistö:_Relief_after_Turkey_visit⠀⇛
o ⚓ Antipope ☛ 2023-03-21Crib_Sheet:_Quantum_of_Nightmares⠀⇛
o ⚓ Old VCR ☛ 2023-03-21Printing_real_headline_news_on_the_Commodore
64_with_The_Newsroom’s_Wire_Service⠀⇛
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-03-22Scientists_See_Photosynthesis_Happening
in_Detail,_Thanks_to_New_Laser_Technique⠀⇛
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ 2023-03-18‘Hating_Everyone_Everywhere_All_at_Once_at
Stanford’⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-22Universal_Free_School_Lunch_Is
an_Absolute_No-Brainer⠀⇛
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ 2023-03-18Some_reasons_why_CPUs
might_re-use_unofficial_NOPs_for_other_things⠀⇛
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-20Woman_told_she_shouldn’t_serve_on_Ottawa
health_board_because_of_her_weight⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-18The_brewing_war_over_who_goes_hungry_in
America_—_and_how_to_feed_them⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-19Wyoming_banned_the_abortion_pill._Some
states_are_trying_to_go_even_further.⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-23What_is
misophonia?_Little_known_hearing_problem_affects_18_percent
of_adults_in_UK,_study_claims⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-03-22How_Ivermectin_Became_a_Belief
System⠀⇛
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ 2023-03-22AI_Takes_Over_Because_of_Human
Hype,_Not_Machine_Intelligence⠀⇛
o § Linux Foundation⠀➾
# ⚓ LinuxInsider ☛ Linux_Foundation_Takes_on_Metaverse,
Physical_World_Mapping_Challenges [Ed: This has nothing to do
with Linux. The brand is being misused and thus 'diluted'.]⠀⇛
The Linux Foundation (LF), one of the primary
driving forces behind the continuing growth of
open-source technology, is turning its attention to
developing a better metaverse and creating a living
digital record of the physical world.
In December, LF announced the Open Metaverse
Foundation (OMF) with a mission to provide a
collaboration space for diverse industries to work
on developing open-source software and standards
for an inclusive, global, vendor-neutral, and
scalable metaverse.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-03-21CISA_Releases_Eight_Industrial_Control
Systems_Advisories⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-03-22Windows_11_security_flaw_exposes
cropped-out_screenshot_data⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-21Romania_detains_3_Dutch_people_for
phishing_scams;_Fourth_held_in_Enschede⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian
(libreoffice and xen), Fedora (chromium, curl, and
xen), Red Hat (kernel, kernel-rt, kpatch-patch, and
thunderbird), Scientific Linux (thunderbird),
Slackware (tar), SUSE (apache2, ceph, curl, dpdk,
helm, libgit2, and php7), and Ubuntu (firefox and
thunderbird).
# ⚓ ABC ☛ What’s_happening_with_the_Latitude_Financial_cyber
attack?_Millions_of_customer_details_stolen_in_one_of_the
largest-known_data_breaches_in_Australia⠀⇛
Millions of Australian and New Zealand customers
have had their records stolen in the attack on
Latitude Financial announced a fortnight ago.
The data includes up to 7.9 million drivers licence
numbers and 53,000 passport numbers.
The attack is the largest-known data breach on a
financial institution in Australia.
Here’s what we know about the Latitude hack so far.
# ⚓ Reuters ☛ Crown_Resorts_says_ransomware_group_claims
accessing_some_of_its_files⠀⇛
Crown Resorts said on Monday a ransomware group had
contacted the company, claiming that they had
gained access to some files related to Australia’s
biggest casino operator following a data breach at
a file transfer service GoAnywhere.
“We were recently contacted by a ransomware group
who claimed they have illegally obtained a limited
number of Crown files,” a spokesperson of the
formerly listed firm said in a statement.
# ⚓ Europol ☛ The_criminal_use_of_ChatGPT_–_a_cautionary_tale
about_large_language_models⠀⇛
In response to the growing public attention given
to ChatGPT, the Europol Innovation Lab organised a
number of workshops with subject matter experts
from across Europol to explore how criminals can
abuse large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT,
as well as how it may assist investigators in their
daily work.
# ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Twitter_takes_legal_action_after_source
code_leaked_online⠀⇛
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Updating:_Cyberattack_against_CHRU_Brest:
what_happened⠀⇛
In a March 11 post about non-U.S. hospitals that
had been victims of cyberattacks, DataBreaches had
noted a report about CHU-BREST. Valéry Rieß-
Marchive of LeMagIT has an update and more details
on the incident.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ No_need_to_hack_when_682,000_medical
records_are_leaking,_Monday_edition⠀⇛
On March 15, DataBreaches was contacted by a
researcher who had found a “bunch of medical docs.”
The files included patient intake evaluations,
laboratory results, medical records requests,
insurance information forms, treatment or
consultation notes, and other files you would
expect to see in a patient’s records. The patients
all appeared to be in Texas, and there were almost
683,000 files.
When the researcher couldn’t determine who owned
the data, they requested DataBreaches’ help. The
researcher’s confusion was understandable. There
appeared to be scanned documents from numerous
doctors and medical groups, although certain names
cropped up more than others. Most of the files were
scanned pdf files and many were more than a decade
old. The most recent files appeared to be dated in
2018 or so.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ NYS_Secures_$200,000_from_Law_Firm_for
Failing_to_Protect_New_Yorkers’_Personal_Data⠀⇛
According to the filing, the law firm’s server was
vulnerable to attack in November 2021 because they
had not patched a vulnerability reported by
Microsoft months earlier in April and May. A patch
had been made available by Microsoft at around the
the time as the vulnerability report.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ 2023-03-19Assad’s_2nd_Diplomatic_Trip_in
Days_Speeds_Easing_of_Isolation⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-19Syria’s_Assad_visits_UAE_as_Arab
isolation_eases⠀⇛
# ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-03-24Call_for_international_action_against
Turkish_occupation_and_crimes_in_North-East_Syria⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-19Iran’s_president_to_visit_Saudi
king_in_bid_to_thaw_ties⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-03-23Someone_Has_Been_Mailing_USB_Drives_to
Journalists_That_Are_Programmed_to_Explode⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 2023-03-209_Chinese_killed_in_Central
African_Republic,_President_Xi_calls_for_‘severe
punishment’⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-20Right-Wing_Provocateurs_Are
Trying_to_Drag_Australia_Into_War_With_China⠀⇛
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-03-20Green_Party_response_to_IPCC
Synthesis_Report⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-25Some_cancellations_at_Eindhoven
Airport_due_to_climate_protest⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-20UN_climate_scientists_are_running_out_of
ways_to_warn_us⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-23Only_a_Mass_Working-Class
Climate_Politics_Can_Free_Us_From_the_Climate_Doom_Cycle⠀⇛
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ 2023-03-20Last_opportunity_to_stop_worst_of
climate_change,_says_UN_report⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-03-20This_New_NYC_Hospital_Is_Designed_to_Be
Hurricane-Proof⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-20UN:_Climate_action_needs
‘quantum_leap’_to_save_1.5C_goal⠀⇛
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ 2023-03-20UN_report_urges_all-out_climate_push
–_now⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-03-23The_state_of_California’s_drought_after_an
epic_winter⠀⇛
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-03-24EU’s_Energy_and_Politic
Approach_to_Indonesia:_Between_Hate_and_Love⠀⇛
# ⚓ Renewable Energy World ☛ 2023-03-20Silfab_Solar
raises_$125M_to_fund_U.S._cell_manufacturing_plant⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-21Changes_coming_to_ensure_prompt
reporting_of_oilsands_spills,_Alberta_premier_says⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-24The_EU’s_Green_Deal
Industrial_Plan_Is_a_Windfall_for_Corporations⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-03-24Detained_Crypto_Fugitive_Do_Kwon
Faces_Extradition_to_U.S._and_South_Korea⠀⇛
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-22Drought_in
Somalia_may_have_killed_43,000_in_2022,_half_of_them
under_age_5,_says_UN⠀⇛
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-24Landlords_selling_private_sector
rentals_as_new_rules_slash_their_income⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-22Inflation_means_significantly_higher
traffic_fines_this_year;_Up_10%_on_average⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-23Free-Market_Idolatry_and
Hatred_of_Democracy_Go_Hand_in_Hand⠀⇛
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 2023-03-23Africa’s_Economy_Projected_to_Grow_3.9
Pct_in_2023:_UNECA⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-03-19Accelerating_the_Use_of
Digital_Technologies_is_Key_to_Boosting_Economic_Growth_in
Africa⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-25Central_bank_president_lashes_out_at
Dutch_Cabinet_over_deficit_levels⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-22The_Fed_prioritizes_inflation_over_bank
turmoil_with_its_latest_rate_hike⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-23UK_Workers_remain
divided_over_Hunt’s_Spring_Budget_announcements,_new_survey
shows⠀⇛
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-03-24Activists_at_Geneva_vigil_demand
“Freedom_for_Öcalan”⠀⇛
# ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ 2023-03-24I_Re-Joined_Twitter⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-03-22Twitter_Users_Are_Complaining_About
Vanishing_Tweets⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-21Elon_Musk_sets
automated_poop_emoji_response_for_all_press_queries_on
Twitter⠀⇛
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 2023-03-23Bolivia_Under_Evo_Morales:_13_Years_of
Reclaiming_Sovereignty⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-03-21Elon_Musk’s_Foreign_Connections_Raised
National_Security_Concerns_for_Biden_Administration⠀⇛
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-03-22Spotify_has_reportedly_spent
less_than_10_percent_of_its_Joe_Rogan_apology_fund_
(updated)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-23Fact_check:_No,_Putin_did
not_kneel_before_Xi_Jinping⠀⇛
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-22Roger_Waters_concert_cannot_be
halted,_says_Munich_city_council⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-03-21Ex-Judge_Rejects_Free
Speech_Defense_in_Project_Veritas_Case⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-21Suspects_in_hate_speech_laser
projections_face_community_service_for_Breda_attack⠀⇛
# ⚓ Reason ☛ 2023-03-23Florida_Decides_To_Extend_LGBT_School
Censorship_to_All_Grades_After_All⠀⇛
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-21At_least_28_journalists_harassed,_beaten,
denied_access_while_covering_Nigerian_state_elections⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-03-21Kurdish_journalist_Hamdullah_Bayram_arrested_in
‘terror’_case⠀⇛
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-23Belarusian_journalist_Henadz_Mazheyka
sentenced_to_3_years_in_prison⠀⇛
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-23Turkish_authorities_arrest_employee_of_Yeni
Yaşam_newspaper_in_terrorism_investigation⠀⇛
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-24Unidentified_men_attack_brother_of_exiled
Bangladeshi_journalist_Zulkarnain_Saer_Khan⠀⇛
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-19In_the_face_of_anti-Asian_racism,_report
finds_some_Chinese_Canadians_feeling_‘wu_nai’_—_helpless_and
hopeless⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-03-23FTC_Wants_to_End_the_Hell_That_Is
Trying_to_Cancel_a_Free_Trial_or_Subscription⠀⇛
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ 2023-03-20Canada_dispatch:_issues,_challenges,_and
victories_of_Canadian_francophonie⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-23How_digitalization_improves
remittances_to_Africa⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-03-23The_Crisis_of_the_Intellectuals⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-22Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette
Workers_Are_in_the_Longest_Newspaper_Strike_in_Decades⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-22Good_Riddance_to_Howard
Schultz,_Starbucks’s_Union-Buster-in-Chief⠀⇛
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ RIPE ☛ 2023-03-21Next_Steps_in_IPv6_Policy_Work⠀⇛
# ⚓ RIPE ☛ 2023-03-20The_Internet_Governance_Forum_in_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ RIPE ☛ 2023-03-22Relax,_It’s_Just_Networking_(and_humans
are_just_complicated_machines)⠀⇛
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-03-24G_2/21:_Is_the_technical_effect
embodied_by_the_invention_as_originally_disclosed?⠀⇛
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-03-20Trade_mark_protection_for
‘METAVERSE’?⠀⇛
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-03-24Proving_genuine_use_of_an_EU
trademark_to_defeat_revocation_proceedings⠀⇛
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_HYLMTUI_Wordo:_STAPH⠀⇛
# ⚓ Yahtzee⠀⇛
We started playing Yahtzee as a way of playing
games and passing the time with my in-laws over
Zoom, back in the early days of the pandemic. It
became a weekly thing: every Sunday, two games of
Yahtzee, rolling the dice for around 45 minutes
total, circling the wins on our scorecards.
# ⚓ An_Admission⠀⇛
The last year in general, and the last couple of
months generally, have been bad from a mental
health perspective. I’ve taken some real, tangible
steps to healing from what went on when I was
younger. I’m seeing a therapist; I need to schedule
our next appointment. But it’s been helping.
# ⚓ House_rules_for_Halberds_&_Helmets⠀⇛
I think there will be some changes to Halberds and
Helmets, based on discussions on the Internet
Office Hours podcast.
# ⚓ The_need_to_be_seen⠀⇛
It feels somewhat pointless to just create things
knowing there will never be an audience to see it.
[...]
Similarly, I’ve tried writing on my own a number of
times before I found Gemini. I’d find an old
notebook for school and start writing about my day
or whats on my mind, but very quickly would burn
out. I tried having a digital journal for 2014 as
well as later in 2022, but each one never got more
than a couple entries before I lost interest. It
wasn’t until I found Gemini, where I could post my
writings, that I was able to stick to it for more
than a week. The year anniversary for me starting
this is coming around the corner and It’s hard to
believe it’s been that long. Writing for my glog
has been a great escape for me, much more rewarding
than any video game ever was. Sure I’ll still
occasionally write something, knowing full well I
won’t publish it, just to get it off my chest, but
still the desire to have an audience still fuels
part of this passion. Even if it’s someone just
skimming through it and not finding much interest,
the very fact I’ve created something that can be
viewed by another being just brings me a sort of
closure. It scratches that creative itch.
o § Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ The_Movement_against_the_Pension_Reform⠀⇛
Hi Gemini! A short text to talk about what is
happening in the streets of Paris and elsewhere, as
I’m spending most of my time and energy out there.
If you saw trash on fire, I’m going to talk mostly
about that. I won’t talk about what the reform is
about; essentially, people’s anger is focused on
the change of the legal age for retirement, pushed
from 62 to 64 years, which a good two thirds of the
population rejects, including a significant part
demanding the legal age to be 60 again.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ re:_systemd-free⠀⇛
After my first encounter with systemd (which I
honestly cannot remember the details of) I started
reading about it, found myself quite convinced by
the arguments against it, and kind of joined the
“systemd is evil” camp and eventually moved to a
systemd-free distro.
# ⚓ Doing_stuff_and_process_degradation.⠀⇛
I am confronted with office work that I don’t want
to do but needs to
get done. I had to trick myself into doing it by
getting out of the
house with my office work with the reward of coffee
and pastry. I
had to put that down just to bring me to the here
and now.
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ I_have_made_a_gemini_random_url_script⠀⇛
I have created a random URL script to jump to
any url in the gemini space, since I way
playing around with PHP on my gemini server I
thought what would be interesting small
projects, so I did this.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Monopolies
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Internet/Gemini
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Linux_Around_The_World:_USA_–_Louisiana⠀⇛
We cover events and user groups that are running in the
US state of Louisiana. This article forms part of our
Linux Around The World series.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Open Source Security (Audio Show) ☛ Free_Software_Security/
Josh_Bressers:_Episode_368_–_The_Sovereign_Tech_Fund_with
Fiona_Krakenbürger⠀⇛
Josh and Kurt talk to Fiona Krakenbürger about the
Sovereign Tech Fund. This is a fund created by
Germany to fund important open source projects.
Fiona has amazing insight into how this fund was
created, what it’s doing today to help fund open
source. She discusses where we go from here and
what the future will look like. The Sovereign Tech
Fund is a forward thinking program to fund open
source across the world. This episode is a window
into the future.
# ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_505⠀⇛
**polkit-kde-agent** , **powerdevil** , **poxml** ,
**print-manager** ,
**prison** , **pulseaudio-qt** , **purpose** from
the Slackware **kde**
package set.
shasum -
a256=533bba40acd690d666ad17934dd66c073ea61784eaf85eacd398220cf0051a94
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux mailing lists ☛ Linux_6.3-rc4⠀⇛
Things are looking pretty normal for this time of
the release process.
All the stats look very regular, and the diffstat
mostly does too.
I say "mostly", just because we had a bunch of xfs
fixes last week,
which makes the diffstat skew that way more than
usual. But even that
is mainly for a self-test addition. The actual code
changes are much
smaller.
So instead of the usual 50+% drivers, the rc4
diffstat is about "one
third drivers, one third filesystems, one third
rest". Not all of the
filesystem stuff is xfs, of course - we have cifs,
btrfs and ksmbd
fixes too.
On the driver side, it's a mix, but networking and
gpu shows up as
usual. With USB and thunderbolt fixes showing up,
and the rest being
fairly random.
And "the rest" is all the normal stuff. Self-tests,
core networking,
architecture updates, nothing odd there.
Let's hope things stay normal. And, as normal,
testing and reporting
issues is appreciated,
Linus
o § Graphics Stack⠀➾
# ⚓ Free Desktop ☛ [ANNOUNCE]_libinput_1.23.0⠀⇛
libinput 1.23 is available!
Thanks to Yinon Burgansky, this version has a new
pointer acceleration
profile: the "custom" profile.
This profile allows users to tweak the exact
response of their device
based on their input speed.
On X11, the code required to configure a custom
acceleration profile
was already merged [1].
In the Wayland world, now that libinput 1.23 has
been released,
compositors are able to expose this feature to
their users.
Peter Hutterer already covered how this feature
works on his blog in
detail, so make sure to have a look at his article
[2].
In addition to the new acceleration profile, this
release includes a
set of new quirks for different hardware. The work
done for Razer
hardware is especially noticeable.
Finally, various bugs has been fixed and the CI has
been improved.
[1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/
xf86-input-libinput/-/merge_requests/39
[2] http://who-t.blogspot.com/2023/01/libinput-and-
custom-pointer.html
Thanks to everyone involved for making this new
version possible:
Aksel Stokseth (1):
add quirks for Logitech MX Master 3B
Benjamin Tissoires (1):
CI: bump b2c and kernel
Bill A (1):
quirks: add generic quirk for Dell 2-in-
1 models for side volume buttons
Cyril LEVIS (1):
fix: add apple m2 keyboard quirks
Diep Pham (1):
quirk: Lenovo P14s Gen 1 AMD Trackpoint
José Expósito (13):
test: remove unused variable
tablet-pad-leds: fix compiler warning when -
Dlibwacom=false
tablet: fix compiler warning when -
Dlibwacom=false
test: fix compiler warning when -
Dlibwacom=false
test: fix uninitialized variables
sparse: make some variables static
quirks: add quirks for Positivo-Vaio touchpad
tools/record: fix quirk error message
quirks: touchpad: add ModelPressurePad
doc/user: fix trackpoint quirks path
quirks: fix DWT on Legion 5i
quirks: add a note to not quirk the Bolt
Receiver
libinput 1.23.0
Lucas Zampieri (1):
Allow rotation on all mice and for any angle
Marge Yang (1):
quirks: Dell Mayabay (Pressure Pad).
Peter Hutterer (36):
doc/user: explicitly specify language as en
test: print the usage from the symbols-leak-
test
Remove trailing whitespaces in the tree
Remove a few empty lines with nothing but a
lonely tab
Remove duplicate empty lines in our source
tools: fix a tab after space whitespace issue
gitlab CI: add a job to check for whitespace
issues
quirks: allow overriding of AttrEventCode and
AttrInputProp
evdev: only read the trackpoint multiplier on
trackpoints
tools: add a libinput list-kernel-devices
tool
tools: add a --hid toggle to libinput-list-
kernel-devices
doc/user: document the new list-kernel-
devices tool
meson.build: fix a deprecation warning
CI: give the meson-build.sh script a proper
license tag
CI: make the meson-build.sh script even more
generic
CI: use meson compile over ninja directly in
meson-build.sh
filter: add helper functions to create/
destroy a delta smoothener
doc/api: set HAVE_DOT to YES
doc/user: fix sphinx warning
tools: add --replay-after and --once to
libinput replay
CI: bump to use Fedora 37
gitlab CI: drop comment about weekly rebuild
of images
gitlab CI: remove a leftover use of a fedora
image
gitlab CI: explicitly run the test in the
systemd service
CI: update to latest ci-templates
CI: add new workflow rules
test: give the generic MT touchscreen
realistic ranges
quirks: fix duplicate section names
quirks: change all 3-digit matches to zero-
prefixed 4-digit matches
tools: honor FDO_CI_CONCURRENT in the tools
option parser
test: drop the explicit -n auto to the tool
options test
CI: make the ci-fairy commit check verbose
test: comment two tap tests
test: add a quicks file validation test
test: add a test to make sure we don't
accidentally add Logitech receivers
quirks: add a bunch more Razer internal
keyboards
Richard Stefun (1):
Improve X280 support
Tobias Bengfort (3):
filter: simplify speed_factor()
doc/user: fix tap in palm exclusion zone
touchpad: rm dead tp_palm_tap_is_palm
Yinon Burgansky (3):
Introduce custom acceleration profile
filter: validate custom acceleration
function's points size
filter: add scroll movement type to the
custom acceleration profile
Zhangyuan Nie (1):
quicks: invert horizontal scrolling for
Logitech MX Master 3S
gogogoghost (1):
quirk: Google Chromebook Atlas (Pixelbook go)
hrdl (2):
evdev-tablet: clip touch arbitration
rectangle
evdev: apply calibration for touch
arbitration
# ⚓ Free Desktop ☛ [ANNOUNCE]_mesa_23.0.1⠀⇛
Hi list,
I know this email is going out a little late, but
better late than
never. Which may also be the name of the 23.0.1
release. I must
apologize, I was running behind to start with, and
then the troubles
with the CI pushed me even further behind. As such,
there are still a
great number of patches nominated that are not in
the release. I
basically got what I could in by the end of day
Friday, and cut that as
the release, and I'll continue to pull in patches
over the next week and
half to have a normally scheduled release on April
5th.
There's a lot here, covering a wide swath of the
mesa codebase,
especially Intel, AMD, and Zink.
Cheers,
Dylan
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Gtop_–_A_Command-line_System_Monitoring
Dashboard⠀⇛
As a Linux system administrator, having access to
real-time performance insights is crucial for
managing and optimizing your system. While there
are several command-line tools available, Gtop
offers an interactive, visually appealing dashboard
that presents a wealth of system information at a
glance.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Iostat_–_Monitoring_CPU_and_Disk_I/O_on_Linux
with_Examples⠀⇛
Iostat is a valuable Linux command-line utility
that provides detailed information about your
system’s CPU and disk I/O performance.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ vmstat_–_Monitoring_Memory_&_Processes_In_Linux
with_Examples⠀⇛
In the world of Linux system administration,
monitoring and understanding the performance of
your system is crucial for ensuring its smooth
operation.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_IDLE_Python_IDE_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛
When starting out in Python, setting up a coding
environment can be challenging. IDLE (Integrated
Development Learning Environment) is a Python IDE
that simplifies the process for the same. You can
start coding immediately after you install it.
IDLE is an easy-to-use IDE with features that make
it easier for you to write and run Python code. It
comes pre-installed with some operating systems,
but on Linux, you need to install it. Learn how to
install IDLE on Ubuntu and how to use its
interactive shell.
# ⚓ How_to_Write_a_Simple_Linux_Bash_Honeypot⠀⇛
The first step in a malicious hacker attack is
scanning. This means that an attacker will scan its
target for open ports and vulnerabilities.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Delete_MySQL_User_Accounts⠀⇛
MySQL is a widely used open-source relational
database management system (RDBMS) that allows you
to store, organize, and retrieve data efficiently.
User account management plays a crucial role in
maintaining the security and integrity of your
database.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Kdenlive_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
When it comes to video editing, Kdenlive stands out
as a versatile and user-friendly solution for Linux
users. Developed on the KDE platform, this open-
source video editor has gained widespread
popularity among multimedia enthusiasts and
professionals alike.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_KTorrent_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
KTorrent is an efficient and feature-rich
BitTorrent client designed for the KDE Plasma
desktop environment on Linux systems. Built with
user-friendliness and flexibility, KTorrent offers
advanced features catering to beginners and
experienced users.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_MyPaint_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
MyPaint is a highly versatile and user-friendly
open-source digital painting application designed
to cater to artists of all levels. With its
powerful, dynamic brush engine and sleek, intuitive
interface, MyPaint has become a go-to tool for
creatives looking for a seamless digital painting
experience.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Check_the_MySQL_Version⠀⇛
MySQL is an open-source relational database
management system (RDBMS) that is widely used for
web applications and content management systems.
Knowing the MySQL version you are running can be
essential for compatibility, security, and
performance reasons.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_LibreOffice_on_Linux_Mint_21⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
LibreOffice on Linux Mint 21.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_MyPaint_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
MyPaint on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who
didn’t know, MyPaint is a free, open-source
graphics application designed specifically for
digital painting and drawing.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_ProcessWire_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
ProcessWire on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Audacity_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Audacity on Rocky Linux 9.
# ⚓ Linux IT ☛ Emanuele_Rocca:_EFI_and_Secure_Boot_Notes⠀⇛
To create a bootable EFI drive to use with QEMU,
first make a disk image and
create a vfat filesystem on it.
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=boot.img bs=1M count=512
$ sudo mkfs.vfat boot.img
By default, EFI firmwares boot a specific file
under /efi/boot/. The name of
such file depends on the architecture: for example,
on 64 bit x86 systems it is
bootx64.efi, while on ARM it is bootaa64.efi.
Copy /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/monolithic/
grubx64.efi from package
grub-efi-amd64-bin to /efi/boot/bootx64.efi on the
boot image, and that
should be enough to start GRUB.
⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Install_VMware_Workstation_Player_on_Debian_11_(Bullseye)⠀⇛
Install VMware Workstation Player on Debian 11 (Bullseye) and easily
enjoy virtualization. Follow our step-by-step tutorial to get
started.
⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Maximize_functionality_with_these_tmux_plugins_&_extensions⠀⇛
In this article, we will explore valuable tips and tricks for using
Tmux plugins and extensions, including how to install them, configure
them, and use them to streamline your workflow. Whether you are a
beginner or an advanced user, this guide will provide you with the
knowledge you need to take your Tmux experience to the next level.
⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Simplifying_virtualization_on_Ubuntu_with_GNOME_Boxes⠀⇛
In this guide, we will provide a step-by-step tutorial on how to
install and use Gnome Boxes on Ubuntu. We will cover the steps
involved in installing Gnome Boxes, creating and managing virtual
machines, and configuring virtual machine settings. We will also
explore some popular use cases for Gnome Boxes.
⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Exploring_the_Pop!_OS_Desktop_Environment⠀⇛
In this guide, we will provide an introduction to the Pop!_OS desktop
environment. We will cover its features, customization options, and
differences from other popular desktop environments. We will also
explore some popular tools and applications for working with Pop!_OS.
§ Games⠀➾
* ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Best_Steam_Deck_Games_Released_in_the_Past_Week_with
Roadwarden,_No_Time_and_Quake_–_2023-03-26_Edition⠀⇛
Between 2023-03-19 and 2023-03-26 there were 95 new games
validated for the Steam Deck.
* ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Last_of_Us_Part_I_Verified_Day_1_on_the_Steam_Deck?⠀⇛
It looks that way — apparently on the Steam Deck official
website the current short trailer of games showcased on the
Steam Deck (that are usually Verified) includes a short
sequence from the Last of Us Part 1…
§ Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
* § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
o ⚓ Building_Plasma_against_Qt6⠀⇛
As you probably have heard by now the lastest development
versions of Plasma and KDE Frameworks require Qt6. This
transition has been in the works for a few years by now,
but it was only somewhat recently that we took the plunge
and started relying on Qt6 exclusively for Plasma. Plasma
5.27 is the last Plasma 5 release and continues in
bugfix-only mode.
For people who want to hack on Plasma features this
raises the obvious question: How do I build Plasma 6 to
hack on it?
Before diving into this, a word of warning: Current
Plasma master is in no way “ready for production”. There
are known-broken things and things may temporarily
regress at any time. That said, the only way to get
towards a stable thing is to dig in and fix things. So
let’s see how to do that.
For this explanation I’m assuming you have build KDE
software with kdesrc-build before. If not we have some
extensive documentation for that. First you need at least
Qt 6.4 installed. The usually best way to get that is
from your distribution. If your distribution does not
have Qt6 packaged yet please complain^Wtalk to them.
CMake should complain about any missing Qt6 modules/
development files, but make sure you have the qtpaths
tool installed beforehand. It should be named something
like qtpaths6 or qtpaths-qt6.
o ⚓ KBibTeX_0.10.0_released⠀⇛
After the recent release
of_KBibTeX_0.9.3.2 as the last release of the 0.9.x
branch, it is
now time to make a stable release of KBibTeX 0.10.0.
Tar-balls are as usual available at KDE’s
download_mirrors. Some of the changes were documented
more_than_two_years_ago_in_a_pre-release_(0.9.90), but
here are the
highlights taken from the ChangeLog: [...]
§ Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
* ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ blendOS_Aims_to_Replace_All_Linux_Distributions⠀⇛
Sounds too far-fetched?
Well, blendOS pitches itself to be the ultimate distro-blend.
blendOS is a new project by Rudra Saraswat, known for Ubuntu-
based remixes, and Ubuntu Unity in particular (which is now an
official Ubuntu flavour).
I would say the project has a pretty accurate name for what it
wants to achieve.
But, how does blendOS aim to be a replacement to all? What is
it all about?
* ⚓ Arca Noae ☛ I_want_ArcaOS_5.1!⠀⇛
ArcaOS 5.1 is complete and ready for release. The holdup is
really related to our distribution system, which is based on
the WooCommerce platform.
* ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Time_to_Stop_Using_(and_Recommending)_Solus⠀⇛
I’ve complained in the past about Solus (Linux distro) when
they could not be bothered to fix their Steam Linux client
packaging after Proton 5.13 was long out (they eventually did)…
* § Reviews⠀➾
o ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ Review:_siduction_22.1.1⠀⇛
I like Debian and run it on almost every computer I own,
so siduction felt very familiar to me. In some ways it
was a preview of Debian 12, and in other ways, it was an
interesting look at some advanced features that go beyond
the conservativeness of vanilla Debian. The three major
features covered in its release notes — chroot helper,
Nala, and snapper — are all great features. I just wish
the chroot helper worked with my eMMC drive, but
siduction would not be the first distribution that had
issues when the only storage available is eMMC storage.
If Debian-based distributions are your preferred Linux
distributions, I highly recommend giving siduction a try.
It offers many interesting things while remaining
familiar. There are certainly plenty of Debian-based
distributions out there, but siduction provides a lot of
features that make it different from other distributions.
Sure, it lacks the conservativeness of Debian Stable, but
aside from the issue with the siduction-btrfs package on
an ext4 install, I ran into no major issues when working
on this review. Though, I am somewhat amused by absurdity
of the root password issue, but that was 99% on me for
doing something I knew would likely end up ending in the
situation that it did.
* § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾
o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ OpenMandriva_ROME_23.03_is_Here:_Get_Ready_to_be
Impressed⠀⇛
Shining with KDE Plasma 5.27.3 and vanilla GNOME 43.3,
OpenMandriva ROME 23.03 will impress and satisfy every
user’s taste.
o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ OpenMandriva_Lx_23.03_Released_with_Linux_6.2,_Mesa
23,_and_KDE_Plasma_5.27⠀⇛
OpenMandriva Lx 23.03 is here almost three months after
the introduction of OpenMandriva Lx 23.01 ROME as
OpenMandriva’s first-ever rolling-release edition where
you install once and receive updates forever.
This release bumps the kernel to the latest Linux 6.2,
ships with the latest and greatest KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS
desktop environment series, which is accompanied by the
KDE Frameworks 5.104 and KDE Gear 22.12.3 software
suites, and features out-of-the-box support for the
Flatpak universal and sandboxed binary format.
o ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ Opera_Browser_97.0.4719.28⠀⇛
The Opera Browser has been updated to 97.0.4719.28 and
available through our software repository. No need to go
hunting all over the internet to find your favorite web
browser when they are in the PCLinuxOS software
repository!
o ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ Vivaldi_Browser_5.7.2921.65⠀⇛
The Vivaldi Browser has been updated tp 5.7.2921.65 and
shipped to our software repository.
o ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ PaleMoon_Browser_32.1.0⠀⇛
The PaleMoon Browser has been updated to 32.1.0 and
available from the software repository.
o ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ Chromium_Browser_111.0.5563.64⠀⇛
The Chromium Browser has been updated to 111.0.5563.64
and available from the software repository.
o ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ Brave_Browser_1.49.128⠀⇛
Brave Browser has been updated to 1.49.128 and has been
shipped to the software repository. Brave Browser is one
of the best Chromium based browsers on the market.
* § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ CM4_Maker_Board_review_–_Part_1:_specifications,
unboxing,_and_first_boot⠀⇛
Cytron CM4 Maker Board is a carrier board for the
Raspberry Pi CM4 or CM4 Lite system-on-module with plenty
of I/Os, support for one M.2 NVMe SSD, and RTC backup
battery, a buzzer, and various LEDs for GPIO status that
makes the board especially well suited for the education
market and prototyping.
The board is designed to run the Raspberry Pi OS
operating system provided by Raspberry Pi Trading.
o ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Arduino_Uno_R4_Due_in_May_With_32-Bit_CPU,_16x
the_RAM_and_USB-C⠀⇛
One of the world’s most popular microcontroller boards is
getting a huge upgrade.
o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Arduino_UNO_R4_Renesas_RA4M1_32-bit_maker_board
offered_with_optional_ESP32-S3_WiFI_&_BLE_module⠀⇛
Arduino have launched an upgrade to their 8-bit Arduino
UNO R3 board with the Arduino UNO R4 featuring a 48 MHz
Renesas RA4M1 Arm Cortex-M4F 32-bit microcontroller, and
an optional ESP32-S3 module for WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0
connectivity.
* § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
o ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_Keep_for_Wear_OS_actually_becomes
useful⠀⇛
o ⚓ SlashGear ☛ What_To_Do_When_Your_Android_Phone’s_Storage_Is
Full⠀⇛
o ⚓ TechRadar ☛ An_incoming_Android_tweak_stops_your_phone_from
blinding_you_in_the_dark_|_TechRadar⠀⇛
o ⚓ Ghacks ☛ 5_Best_PSP_Emulators_for_Android⠀⇛
§ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
* § Art⠀➾
o ⚓ Libre Arts ☛ LibreArts_Weekly_recap_—_26_March_2023⠀⇛
Week highlights: new releases of topologicpy and LSP
plugins, new features and
improvements in GIMP, Inkscape, FreeCAD, Olive, automatic
generation of
subtitles from audio is coming to Kdenlive.
§
GIMP
There’s some minor porting of various file support
plugins to
GimpProcedureDialog API going on. Other than that, no
major changes.
o ⚓ David Revoy ☛ Fa_Bd_Comics_books_on_SCAMazon:_don’t_buy_them⠀⇛
Achievement unlocked: we found with the Pepper&Carrot
community Fa_BD_Comic, the publisher of the worst
derivations of Pepper&Carrot made so far.
Unfortunately, the product’s are published under my name
and also in the name of artists who sent fan-arts of
Pepper&Carrot… That’s why I write this article to
describe a bit this scam and desktop publishing carnage
happening right now on Amazon and inform the audience of
Pepper&Carrot to not buy them.
Brace yourself, cause we are going in the territory of
the zero absolute of quality, graphic designs horrors,
colorimetry nightmares and bad layout.
* § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾
o ⚓ Bryan_Quigley:_Email_list_to_Ghost_site_–_PastaDollar.com⠀⇛
From a pricing perspective, the platform scales with your
audience size. Importantly, Ghost does not take a cut of
your membership subscription revenue. For this reason,
the pricing incentives mean your Ghost site is more cost-
effective when you have 100% paid members and 0% free
members. I’m sure that ratio is a pipe dream for most
publications, but that’s how the business model works.
Pricing is currently $9/mo for any site with 500 or fewer
subscribers, including web hosting.
* § GNU Projects⠀➾
o ⚓ GNU ☛ Texinfo_7.0.3_released⠀⇛
We have released version 7.0.3 of Texinfo, the GNU
documentation format.
This is a minor bug-fix release containing minimal
changes from the
previous release (7.0.2).
This package contains tools to produce documentation in
various
formats, including HTML and PDF, from source files in the
Texinfo
format. Texinfo is a text-based format with commands for
marking text,
document structuring and indexing.
https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo-7.0.3.tar.xz
https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo-7.0.3.tar.gz
If automatic redirection fails, the list of mirrors is
at:
https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html
Failing that, you can use the main server:
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-7.0.3.tar.xz
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-7.0.3.tar.gz
Please email any comments to bug-texinfo@gnu.org.
The Texinfo web page: https://www.gnu.org/software/
texinfo/
Support free software ~ https://www.fsf.org/ ~ https://
www.gnu.org/
News:
* texi2any
. fix performance regression when Perl binary extension
(XS) modules
are not being used (e.g. with TEXINFO_XS=omit)
* info
. further fix of recoding of UTF-8 files to ASCII to
avoid text
disappearing from nodes
. avoid possible freeze at start of a file with `-
v nodeline=pointers'
o ⚓ GNU ☛ texinfo_@_Savannah:_Texinfo_7.0.3_released⠀⇛
We have released version 7.0.3 of Texinfo, the GNU
documentation format. This is a minor bug-fix release.
It’s available via a mirror (xz is much smaller than gz,
but gz is available too just in case):
http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo-7.0.3.tar.xz
http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo-7.0.3.tar.gz
Please send any comments to bug-texinfo@gnu.org.
Full announcement:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2023-03/
msg00087.html
o ⚓ GNU ☛ a2ps_@_Savannah:_a2ps_4.15.3_released_[stable]⠀⇛
GNU a2ps is an Any to PostScript filter. Of course it
processes plain
text files, but also pretty prints quite a few popular
languages.
For more information, see https://www.gnu.org/software/
a2ps/
This release is a minor bug-fix release; no pressing need
to update unless
you’re affected by a bug it fixes (see the end of this
message for details).
Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached
signature:
https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/a2ps/a2ps-4.15.3.tar.gz
https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/a2ps/a2ps-4.15.3.tar.gz.sig
b2ae4016b789a198c50a2f1dc0fefc11bda18ebe a2ps-
4.15.3.tar.gz
0A6B4OtNy/LUlj2J4d8rtm9x5m1ztBUsQ8+YOOaq98c a2ps-
4.15.3.tar.gz
The SHA256 checksum is base64 encoded, instead of the
hexadecimal encoding that most checksum tools default to.
gpg --verify a2ps-4.15.3.tar.gz.sig
pub rsa2048 2013-12-11 [SC]
2409 3F01 6FFE 8602 EF44 9BB8 4C8E F3DA 3FD3
7230
uid Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
uid keybase.io/rrt <rrt@keybase.io>
gpg --locate-external-key rrt@sc3d.org
gpg --recv-keys 4C8EF3DA3FD37230
wget -q -O- 'https://savannah.gnu.org/project/release-
gpgkeys.php?group=a2ps&download=1' | gpg --import -
gpg --keyring gnu-keyring.gpg --verify a2ps-
4.15.3.tar.gz.sig
Gnulib v0.1-5892-g83006fa8c9
* Noteworthy changes in release 4.15.3 (2023-03-26)
[stable]
* Bug fixes:
- Fix fixps to use GhostScript’s ps2write device
instead of defunct
pswrite.
* Build:
- Fix a problem building PDF version of manual.
* § Programming/Development⠀➾
o ⚓ Geeks For Geeks ☛ How_to_Implement_OTP_View_in_Android?⠀⇛
An OTP View or PinView in android is a widget that allows
users to enter their PIN, OTP, etc.
o ⚓ Rlang ☛ Little_useless-useful_R_functions_–_Transforming
dataframe_to_markdown_table⠀⇛
Writing markdown documents outside RStudio (using the
usual set of packages) has benefits and struggles. Huge
struggle is transforming dataframe results into markdown
table, using hypens and pipes.
o ⚓ Rlang ☛ Reading_Remote_Data_Files⠀⇛
Sometimes data arrives as a series of individual files
each of which is organized in the same way—which is to
say, each of which has the same variables, features, or
columns.
o ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_littler_0.3.18_on_CRAN:
New_and_Updated_Scripts⠀⇛
The nineteenth release of littler as a
CRAN_package
landed this morning, following in the now seventeen year
history (!!) as
a package started by Jeff in 2006, and joined
by me a few weeks later.
littler
is the first command-line interface for R as it predates
Rscript. It allows for piping as well for shebang
scripting via #!, uses command-line arguments more
consistently and still starts
faster. It also always loaded the methods package which
Rscript only began to do in recent years.
lives on Linux and Unix, has its difficulties on macOS
due to
yet-another-braindeadedness there (who ever thought case-
insensitive
filesystems as a default were a good idea?) and simply
does not exist on
Windows (yet – the build system could be extended – see
RInside for
an existence proof, and volunteers are welcome!). See the
FAQ
vignette on how to add it to your PATH. A few examples
are highlighted at the Github_repo, as well
as in the examples
vignette.
o § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-03-21Perl_Weekly_Challenge_209:_Special_Bit
Characters_and_Merge_Account⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-03-19Perl_Weekly_Challenge_#208⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-03-22Text::Extract::Word,_MsOffice::Word::
Surgeon_–_Weekly_Travelling_in_CPAN⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-03-24This_week_in_PSC_(102)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ Introducing_Exporter::Almighty⠀⇛
Exporter::Almighty sets up your exporting
automatically (but using Exporter::Tiny instead of
Exporter), and calls use strict and use warnings on
your behalf.
Exporter::Almighty creates your constants for you,
so you don’t need to duplicate your list of
constants anywhere.
o § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Didier Stevens ☛ Update:_python-per-line.py_version
0.0.10⠀⇛
This is an update to python-per-line.py, my tool to
execute a Python expression one each line of a text
file. New options are regex join split. And there
are new string reversal functions: Reverse and
ReverseFind. More details in the man page. python-
per-line_V0_0_10.zip (http)MD5:
54BFA2E593A024E3FBAA76757D63847ESHA256:
D12E5FE10F71011C480EA332E0E183AE904024CEBC22128775197481152B9C1E
# ⚓ Geeks For Geeks ☛ Top_10_Python_IDEs_in_2023⠀⇛
IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment
is software that facilitates the programmers to
develop applications.
o § Java⠀➾
# ⚓ Overusing_the_Static_Keyword_in_Java⠀⇛
The static keyword is often overused in Java and
this can lead to several risks, including: To
mitigate these risks, it is recommended to use the
static keyword sparingly and only when necessary.
# ⚓ How_to_Use_Properly_Lambdas_in_Java⠀⇛
Lambdas are a concise way to define and use
functional interfaces in Java.
# ⚓ What_is_a_Predicate_in_Java_and_How_to_Use_It⠀⇛
In Java, a predicate is a functional interface from
the java.util.function package that represents a
function that takes in one argument and returns a
boolean value.
# ⚓ How_to_Add_Dependencies_in_a_Maven_Project⠀⇛
In Maven, you can manage dependencies using a
pom.xml file.
# ⚓ What_is_Polymorphism_in_Java⠀⇛
Polymorphism in Java is a concept that allows
objects of different classes to be treated as if
they were of the same type. It allows you to write
code that can work with objects of multiple
classes, without knowing the specific type of each
object at compile time.
# ⚓ How_to_Remove_Elements_from_Collections_using_the_removeIf
()_Method⠀⇛
The removeIf() method is a default method
introduced in Java 8 for the Collection interface.
It is used to remove all elements from the
collection that satisfy a given condition.
# ⚓ What_is_the_AutoCloseable_interface_in_Java_and_How_to
Implement_it⠀⇛
The AutoCloseable interface is a functional
interface introduced in Java 7 that defines a
single method called close(). This interface is
used to ensure that resources are closed
automatically when they are no longer needed,
without the need for manual intervention.
# ⚓ How_to_Prevent_Resources_From_Leaking_in_Java⠀⇛
In Java, a resource leak occurs when a program
fails to properly release system resources after
they are no longer needed. This can lead to a range
of problems, such as reduced system performance,
increased memory usage, and potential security
vulnerabilities.
# ⚓ Reasons_to_Make_Methods_Final_in_Java⠀⇛
Making methods final in Java can provide several
benefits…
* § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Daylight_dispute_leaves_Lebanon_with_2_time
zones⠀⇛
Lebanon woke up in two time zones on Sunday amid an
escalating dispute between political and religious
authorities over a decision to delay the clock change by
a month.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Lebanon_time_in_confusion_over_daylight_savings
dispute⠀⇛
Lebanon woke up in two time zones on Sunday amid an
escalating dispute between political and religious
authorities over a decision to extend winter time for a
month.
§ Leftovers⠀➾
* ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ Joe_Brockmeier:_What_If_Everybody_Did_It_(WIEDI)?⠀⇛
Most people, I think, tend only to think about their actions
and interactions as one-offs.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Militia_executes_17_hostages_in_eastern_DR_Congo⠀⇛
A notorious militia in eastern DR Congo on Sunday executed 17
people it took hostage the previous day, local sources said.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Dozens_of_migrants_killed_in_latest_boat_disaster_off
Tunisia⠀⇛
At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their
two boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross
the Mediterranean to Italy, the Tunisian coast guard said on
Sunday.
* § Science⠀➾
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_biomedical_event_defends_22-
speaker_exclusively_male_line-up⠀⇛
Organisers of a biomedical innovations event consisting
of an exclusively male 22-speaker line-up has defended
the gender disparity. The event was held last week at the
Science Park in Shatin and was supported by the
University of Hong Kong, InvestHK, the Hong Kong Startup
Council, and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Extreme_Horizons_in_Space_Could_Lure_Quantum
States_Into_Reality⠀⇛
They’re watching.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Strange_Signal_From_Decades_Ago_Hints_at_Hidden
Oceans_Orbiting_Uranus⠀⇛
An unresolved mystery from Voyager
* § Education⠀➾
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Afghan_Women’s_Protest_For_Education_Halted_In_Kabul_By
Taliban⠀⇛
At least 20 Afghan women marched in the capital, Kabul,
on March 26 to demand the right to education for women
and girls before being rounded up by a Taliban patrol.
* § Hardware⠀➾
o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Gordon_Moore,_Intel_co-founder_and_creator_of
‘Moore’s_Law,’_dies_at_94⠀⇛
Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore, the man credited
with creating “Moore’s Law,” which served as a measuring
stick and spark for the entire semiconductor industry for
decades, passed away Friday at his home in Hawaii. He was
94 years old.
⚓ Security Week ☛ Intel_Co-founder,_Philanthropist_Gordon_Moore_Dies_at_94⠀⇛
Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore, who the breakneck pace of
progress in the digital age with a simple 1965 prediction of how
quickly engineers would boost the capacity of computer chips, has
died. He was 94.
§ Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Philadelphia_Water_Supply_Chemical_Spill_Prompts
Advisory⠀⇛
More than 8,000 gallons of an acrylic polymer solution leaked
on Friday into a tributary of the Delaware River, a source of
the city’s drinking water.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ When_I_Got_Cancer,_My_Dreams_Told_Me_What_My_Doctors
Could_Not⠀⇛
When all the rational decision-making options are bad, relying
on dreams offers a different kind of logic that can be a
lifesaver in its own way.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Over_40_million_euros_in_costs_from_patient_harm:
Multiplied_consequences_for_society⠀⇛
The Patient Insurance Center in Finland has reported a
significant increase in patient injury claims in 2022, with
over 9,000 claims filed during the year. Nearly one-quarter of
the claims resulted in compensation payments, with the majority
relating to surgical and anaesthetic procedures. Claims for
compensation due to delays in diagnosis and treatment have also
increased in recent years.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Nuclear_Power_Plant_in_Minnesota_Taken_Offline_After
Leak⠀⇛
“The leaked water remains fully contained on-site and has not
been detected beyond the facility or in any local drinking
water,” Xcel Energy vows.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_federal_judge_blocks_request_to_reinstate_abortion_ban_in
Guam⠀⇛
A federal court in Guam Friday denied a request to reinstate a
total abortion ban on the island of Guam. The Attorney General
of Guam Douglas Moylan filed the motion to reinstate the ban.
§ Proprietary⠀➾
* ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Get_Off_My_Desktop!_Windows_Needs_to_Stop_Showing
Tabloid_News [Ed: No, people should stop using Windows and stop
tolerating Microsoft doing this]⠀⇛
Microsoft is treating the Windows search and widgets boxes like
a supermarket checkout line.
* ⚓ !_Avi_Alkalay_¡:_GPT_me⠀⇛
This is what GPT “knows” about me. More precisely, this is the
sequence of words GPT generates when asked with that specific
prompt.
First paragraph is 100% correct.
Second is kind of 50% (in)correct and outdated.
Third paragraph he completely confused me with one of my
relatives that have same last name but different first name.
Also, I think GPT would have a different perspective about me
if blog posts in social media, such as Facebook, would be part
of its training dataset. But it can’t because Meta won’t allow
open access to their platform even if I post openly there.
§ Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾
* § Openwashing⠀➾
o ⚓ SDx Central ☛ Why_Carriers_Are_Powering_Telecom_Cloud_Services
With_Open_Ethernet_with_SONiC [Ed: Rather disappointing that Sean
Michael Kerner helps 'Linux' Foundation with this blatant
openwashing of Microsoft surveillance ware]⠀⇛
§ Security⠀➾
* ⚓ Crackers_attack_Wisconsin_court_system_computer_network⠀⇛
Hackers have attacked the Wisconsin court system’s computer
network, court officials said Thursday. A cyberattack began
early this week, according to a statement from court officials.
Network users may have experienced intermittent service or
slower than usual response times from online services, court
officials said. Asked when specifically the attack began and if
it’s still ongoing, courts spokesman Tom Sheehan said in an
email that he had no further information.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Australia’s_Latitude_Group_Says_7.9_Million
Driver_Licence_Numbers_Stolen_in_Data_Theft⠀⇛
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Hacked:_Latitude_confirms_details_of_14_million_consumers
stolen⠀⇛
The data breach affects driver licence numbers of 7.9 million
Australian and New Zealand customers of retailers including
Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi, The Good Guys and Apple.
* ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Latitude_now_says_7.9m_driver_licence_details_stolen_in
breach⠀⇛
In an update to the ASX on Monday, the company said out of this
number, 3.2 million had been provided during the last decade.
“In addition, approximately 53,000 passport numbers were
stolen. We have also identified less than 100 customers who had
a monthly financial statement stolen,” the statement said.
Major Australian retailers Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi, David Jones
and The Good Guys offer buy-now-pay-later services in
association with Latitude.
* ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Friday_afternoon_fraud:_the_scam_that_wipes_out_your_house
deposit_in_seconds⠀⇛
Discover how conveyancing fraud works and how to avoid it
* ⚓ SANS ☛ CyberChef_Version_10_Released,_(Sun,_Mar_26th)⠀⇛
* ⚓ SANS ☛ Extra:_“String_Obfuscation:_Character_Pair_Reversal”,_(Sun,_Mar
26th)⠀⇛
I discovered that the textwrap.wrap function…
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ At_Apple,_Rare_Dissent_Over_a_New_Product:
Interactive_Goggles⠀⇛
The company is expected to unveil an augmented reality
headset in a few months. Some employees wonder if the
device makes sense for Apple.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ North_Korea_Fires_Ballistic_Missile_off_Its
East_Coast_-South_Korea_Military⠀⇛
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Israel_Boils_as_Netanyahu_Ousts_Minister_Who_Bucked
Court_Overhaul⠀⇛
Protests broke out shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu fired the defense minister, who had called for a halt
to efforts to weaken the judiciary.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ North_Korea_fires_ballistic_missile_towards_eastern_waters⠀⇛
North Korea fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile
Monday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in its flurry
of weapons tests in recent weeks.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Israel’s_Netanyahu_sacks_defence_minister_after_call_to
suspend_judicial_reforms⠀⇛
Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Sunday in protest
after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed his defense
minister who had urged the government to halt a highly
contested plan to overhaul the judicial system.
* ⚓ NYPost ☛ South_Korea_says_North_Korea_test-fired_another_missile⠀⇛
South Korea’s military says it detected North Korea firing at
least one ballistic missile toward the sea off its eastern
coast, adding to a recent flurry in weapons tests.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_fires_ballistic_missile,_says_South⠀⇛
The launch comes days after Seoul and Washington ended their
largest joint military drills in five years.
* ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Mass_protests_erupt_after_Netanyahu_fires
defense_chief⠀⇛
Tens of thousands of Israelis have poured into the streets
across the country in a spontaneous outburst of anger after
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired his defense
minister for challenging the Israeli leader’s judicial overhaul
plan. Protesters in Tel Aviv blocked a main highway and lit
large bonfires Sunday, while police scuffled with protesters
outside Netanyahu’s private home in Jerusalem. The unrest
deepened a monthslong crisis over Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul
the judiciary. Mass protests and unrest in the military
prompted Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Saturday to speak out
against the changes. In a brief statement Sunday, Netanyahu’s
office said the prime minister had dismissed Gallant.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Israel_defense_minister_fired_after_calling_for_suspension_of
judicial_reform_legislation⠀⇛
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday fired Defense
Minister Yoav Gallant.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Netanyahu_sacks_defense_minister_who_called_for_halt_to
judicial_overhaul⠀⇛
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense
minister on Sunday, a day after Yoav_Gallant called for
suspending the government’s judicial_overhaul_plan and warned
opposition, including within the military, to the legislation
was undermining Israel’s national security.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Honduras_Switches_Relations_to_China,_a_Blow_to
Taiwan⠀⇛
The decision by Honduras is also a setback in Washington’s
efforts to use its influence in Central America to help prevent
China from isolating Taiwan.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Honduras_breaks_off_diplomatic_ties_with
Taiwan⠀⇛
Honduras announced on Saturday that it had broken off
diplomatic relations with Taiwan, a move that drew an immediate
rebuke from Taipei as Tegucigalpa switches allegiances to
China.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ In_blow_to_Taiwan,_Honduras_and_China_officially_establish
diplomatic_relations⠀⇛
China and Honduras began formal diplomatic relations on Sunday,
with Taiwan accusing Beijing of using “coercion and
intimidation” to lure away its few remaining allies.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Says_He_Could_Put_Tactical_Nuclear_Weapons_in
Belarus_by_Summer⠀⇛
The proposal from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, talked
of since last year, would be provocative without changing the
West’s battlefield calculus in Ukraine.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Putin_says_Russia_will_station_tactical_nukes_in
Belarus⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to station
tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. Putin said the
move was a response to Britain’s decision this past week to
provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted
uranium. Speaking in an interview broadcast Saturday on Russian
state television, Putin said Russia would maintain control over
the tactical nuclear weapons stationed in Belarus. He said
storage facilities would be completed by July 1 but didn’t say
how many weapons they would hold. He argued that Russia was
following the lead of the United States, which has tactical
nuclear weapons based in Europe. Such weapons are intended for
battlefield use, unlike more powerful, longer-range strategic
nuclear weapons.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ History_in_the_Rubble⠀⇛
Documenting the damage of last month’s earthquakes in Turkey.
* ⚓ NYPost ☛ Ukraine_calls_for_emergency_UN_Security_Council_meeting_over
Putin_nuke_plan⠀⇛
Ukraine is calling for an emergency meeting of the UN Security
Council to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans to
place tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Wagner_Fighters_Left_as_Convicts._Will_Russia_Bury
Them_as_Heroes?⠀⇛
As thousands of ex-prisoners fight and die in Ukraine, honoring
their memory is becoming a patriotic imperative in Russia. But
some committed crimes their old neighbors cannot forget.
* ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ When_things_turned_to_‘Ash’:_Henry_Tarrio’s_first
witness_appears;_plus_a_fight_over_informants_ensues_at_Proud_Boys
sedition_trial⠀⇛
The first witness called by Proud Boy ringleader Henry Tarrio
at Jan. 6 sedition trial trips over testimony
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ From_the_Archives,_1885:_Victoria’s_navy_readies_for
Russian_invasion⠀⇛
In 1885, with tensions high between England and Russia, and a
Russian fleet spotted off the coast of South Africa, just 19
days steam from Australia, the Victorian government prepared
for war.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Taking_Japan–Australia_defence_cooperation_to_the_next
level⠀⇛
After decades of gradual military build-up by China,
territorial disputes with China and Russia, and increasing
concern about North Korea’s missile-strike capability, Japan is
once again reinventing itself and rapidly moving from the
pacifist stance [...]
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Somalian_Army_Kills_Over_3,000_Al-shabab_Militants_in_6
Months⠀⇛
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud vowed to intensify military
operations to flush out al-Shabab militants from their
strongholds.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ North_Macedonia’s_Military_Backs_Sending_Mi-24_Helicopters_To
Ukraine⠀⇛
The General Staff of North Macedonia has backed the transfer to
Ukraine of 12 Mi-24 military helicopters that it purchased from
Kyiv two decades ago, Macedonian Defense Minister Slavjanka
Petrovska said.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Fighting_Rages_Around_Bakhmut_As_West_Assails_Kremlin_Plan_To
Place_Nukes_In_Belarus⠀⇛
International condemnation has intensified over Moscow’s plans
to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, even as
fighting raged in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, with the
ruined city of Bakhmut continuing to be the focal point of
Russia’s struggling war effort.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine’s_Top_Central_Banker_Vows_To_Tighten_‘Dangerous’
Monetary_Approach⠀⇛
Ukrainian National Bank Governor Andriy Pishniy says the bank
has settled its “open conflict” with the government and will
avoid the “very dangerous” practice of printing new money to
fund the war effort.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ No_more_money_printing_to_fund_war:_Ukraine_bank
chief⠀⇛
Ukraine will no longer resort to “dangerous” monetary financing
to fund the war against Russia, its central bank governor,
Andriy Pyshnyi, has told the Financial Times.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Tehran_Condemns_U.S._Strikes_On_Iran-Linked_Groups_In_Syria⠀⇛
Tehran has condemned U.S. air strikes on Iran-linked forces in
Syria that reportedly killed 19 people, which Washington said
it carried out following a deadly drone attack on U.S. forces.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.K._Says_Iran_Resupplies_To_Russia_Of_Kamikaze_Drones_Fueling
More_March_Attacks⠀⇛
The British Defense Ministry said on March 26 that Russia had
“likely launched” at least 71 Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones
against Ukraine after a two-week letup in late February.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pentagon:_No_Indication_Russia_Plans_To_Use_Nuclear_Weapons⠀⇛
The U.S. Department of Defense said that there were no
indications that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons
after Moscow’s announcement to station tactical nuclear weapons
in Belarus.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Fighting_Beijing’s_long_arm_of_repression⠀⇛
Activists rely on social media to stay in touch, but this also
makes them more vulnerable
§ Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Democracy_Died_in_Darkness_in_Harvard_Trial_Sidebars⠀⇛
Judge Allison Burroughs refused to unseal an anti-asian joke
shared by a federal employee to Harvard’s Dean of Admissions.
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Wildfire_Burns_4,000_Hectares_in_Spain⠀⇛
“Conditions of water and temperature are not those that have
traditionally existed in our country,” Minister Rivera pointed
out.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Dozens_killed_as_tornado_and_thunderstorms_rip_through
Mississippi⠀⇛
Rescuers combed through rubble on Saturday after a powerful
storm tore across Mississippi overnight, killing at least 25
people there and another in Alabama, leveling dozens of
buildings and spawning at least one devastating tornado. The
White House announced on Sunday that Joe Biden had ordered
federal aid be provided to support local recovery efforts.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Mississippi,_other_Southern_states_see_more_severe_weather
Sunday⠀⇛
With residents of Mississippi and portions of Alabama reeling
from the damage sustained during Friday_night’s_deadly_tornado
outbreak, more severe weather is occurring Sunday.
Threat level:The Storm Prediction Center forecast the
likelihood of “several tornadoes” that could include “a few
strong tornadoes” of EF-2 intensity or greater in southern
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia into Sunday night.
===============================================================
o The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) placed the region from
northeastern Louisiana to southern Alabama at a “moderate
risk” for severe thunderstorms Sunday. This is a level 4
out of 5 on the storm threat scale.
o The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for
portions of far eastern Louisiana and all of central
Mississippi around 4 pm local time. The watch is
scheduled to expire at 11 pm local time on Sunday night.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Weather_service:_Mississippi_tornadoes_deadliest
since_2011⠀⇛
With at least 25 people dead in Mississippi, tornadoes that
ravaged parts of the Deep South overnight were the deadliest in
the state in more than a decade. That is according to National
Weather Service records that say 31 people died in Mississippi
in April 2011 during tornadoes that tore through several
states. Alabama was hit hardest during that so-called “super
outbreak” of twisters that killed more than 320 people. A
sheriff in Alabama on Saturday reported one storm-related
death. Records show that 12 people died in Mississippi during
Easter storms in April 2020, and 10 died in the state during a
tornado event in April 2014.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ In_photos:_Mississippi_town_decimated_by_deadly_tornado⠀⇛
Dozens of people were killed and homes were destroyed as
tornadoes_spiraled_through_parts_of_Mississippi_and_Alabama on
Friday night.
The big picture:More tornados are expected to hit Mississippi,
Alabama and other Southern states Sunday, Axios’ Andrew
Freedman reports.
===============================================================
Zoom in:In Mississippi, the rural towns of Silver City and
Rolling Fork in the southwest and Amory in the northeast all
sustained significant tornado damage Friday.
o The NWS preliminary damage survey found the tornadoes
that struck Rolling Fork and Silver City were about 3/4 a
mile wide and lasted for over an hour. It was given a
rating of EF-4 — the second highest.
o In Amory, businesses and infrastructure were
significantly_damaged or destroyed.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ After_tornado,_harrowing_tales_of_survival_in
Mississippi⠀⇛
Residents of rural Mississippi have recounted harrowing tales
of survival after a deadly tornado tore through the state
Friday night. In the tiny town of Silver City in the western
part of the state, homes were ripped right off their
foundations, leaving scattered piles of debris in their wake.
About 30 miles away, the small town of Rolling Fork was also
flattened. Residents described seeking refuge in bathtubs and
hallways and covering loved ones with their bodies as the
twister surged around them. Officials say the tornado killed at
least 25 people in Mississippi and one person in Alabama as it
surged nearly 170 miles across the Deep South.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Daunting_recovery_underway_in_tornado-devastated
Mississippi⠀⇛
Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S.
after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction in the
Mississippi Delta. President Joe Biden has issued an emergency
declaration for the state.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Daunting_Recovery_Underway_in_Tornado-
Devastated_Mississippi⠀⇛
Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S.
after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction in
Mississippi even as furious new storms struck Georgia
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Churches_Provide_Solace_in_Tornado-Ravaged
Mississippi_Delta⠀⇛
Many residents in one of the Mississippi towns hit hardest by
devastating tornadoes found solace in their church communities
Sunday
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Mining_giants_push_for_international_carbon_offsets_in
safeguard_mechanism⠀⇛
Major oil and gas companies are calling for access to
international carbon offsets, which analysts say could reduce
the price and make it easier to produce fossil fuels.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Block_Gas_Alliance_Blocks_Private_Airport_in_Vienna⠀⇛
“Behind closed doors, the gas lobby wants to impose its
destructive fossil fuel interests once again,” the climate
activists denounced.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Survivors_of_Cyclone_Freddy_in_Malawi_Yearn_for_Fresh_Start⠀⇛
Currently, there are 577 evacuation camps spread across the
country, providing shelter for the displaced population.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ ‘There’s_nothing_left’:_Deep_South_tornadoes
kill_26⠀⇛
Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help
hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a
devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25
people and injuring dozens. The tornado flattened entire blocks
and obliterated houses in at least one Mississippi Delta town
as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour.
Another person was killed in Alabama. The tornado flattened
entire blocks of the small town of Rolling Fork, reducing homes
to piles of rubble, flipping cars on their sides and toppling
the town’s water tower. Residents hunkered down in bath tubs as
the tornado struck and later broke into a John Deere store that
they converted into a triage center for the wounded.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Demonstrator_in_critical_state_after_clashes_with_police_at
French_water_reservoir_protest⠀⇛
A protester with trauma to the head was fighting for his life
on Sunday after clashes with police during a demonstration over
water storage facilities in France, a prosecutor said.
* § Overpopulation⠀➾
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_China,_Marriage_Rates_Are_Down_and_‘Bride
Prices’_Are_Up⠀⇛
China’s one-child policy has led to too few women. Grooms
are now paying more money for wives, in a tradition that
has faced growing resistance.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Swiss_regulator_mulls_Credit_Suisse_disciplinary_action
after_emergency_rescue⠀⇛
Swiss financial regulator Finma is probing how to hold bosses
at Credit Suisse to account following its emergency takeover by
rival UBS, a media report said on Sunday.
* ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ WATCH:_Alternative_Solutions_to_the_Banking_Crisis_–
#SolutionsWatch⠀⇛
Ellen Brown, frequent Corbett Report guest and author of The
Web of Debt and Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in
the Digital Age, joins James to discuss her latest articles on
the bank runs that are leading us toward the event horizon of
the quadrillion-dollar derivative black hole.
* ⚓ NYPost ☛ First_Citizens_said_to_be_near_deal_for_Silicon_Valley_Bank:
report⠀⇛
First Citizens BancShares Inc (FCNCA.O) was in advanced talks
to acquire Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB.O) and close to making a
deal.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Canadian_firm_plans_to_buy_Russian-owned_Helsinki_shipyard⠀⇛
The shipyard, which is suffering from financial problems due to
sanctions on Russia, has been long been seeking a new owner.
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ ASX_trades_up_as_nerves_steady_on_Wall_Street⠀⇛
The Australian sharemarket lifted on Monday after Wall Street
steadied and concerns alleviated around the domestic financials
sector.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ President_Macron_Not_To_Back_Down_Over_Reforms_Despite
Protests⠀⇛
“Popular discontent with the pension reform does not mean we
will withdraw the approval of other unpopular reforms, which
are highly necessary,” Veran said.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ French_pension_protests:_Brav-M,_the_special_police_unit
accused_of_brutality⠀⇛
They ride in pairs, are armed with handguns, expandable batons
and tear gas grenades, and have been specially trained to
prevent protests from spiralling out of control. But since
France’s pension protests began, officers belonging to France’s
special Brav-M motorbike unit have increasingly been accused of
taking the law into their own hands, intimidating and
threatening people, and in some cases, resorting to the use of
excessive force.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Some_officers_think_everything_is_allowed’:_Sociologist
deplores_French_police_brutality⠀⇛
Tensions are rising in France after President Emmanuel Macron
in a televised interview Wednesday refused to compromise on the
government’s controversial pension reform bill. As peaceful
demonstrations turn to social unrest, police forces are picking
up their batons and using them on protesters.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Complacent_mortgage_holders_stung_by_higher
rates⠀⇛
Rapid interest rate rises have spurred a refinancing boom but
many borrowers are still paying the price for their
complacency. Almost a quarter of all borrowers are paying 6.5
per cent or more on their variable rate loans, based on Canstar
modelling, which is 1.81 per cent higher than the cheapest loan
rate.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ How_Republicans_Are_Handling_Trump’s_Possible_Indictment⠀⇛
The responses to Alvin Bragg’s Stormy Daniels case may not
offer the best guide to navigating the former President’s legal
troubles.
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Obamas_land_in_Sydney⠀⇛
Former US President Barack Obama has touched down in Sydney
ahead of a scheduled speaking tour alongside wife Michelle.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Did_We_Learn_From_Trump’s_Waco_Rally?_He’s_Stuck
in_the_Past.⠀⇛
Trump is still fighting old battles. But Republicans have moved
on to their own war, a new war, a culture war.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ At_the_Waco_Rally_and_Beyond,_Trump’s_Movement_Now
Commands_Him⠀⇛
It’s clear who runs the GOP now.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Trump_invokes_Jan._6_at_Waco_rally_ahead_of_possible
charges⠀⇛
A defiant and incendiary Donald Trump, facing a potential
indictment, held the first rally of his 2024 presidential
campaign Saturday in Waco, Texas, a city made famous by deadly
resistance against law enforcement.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Not_a_crime’:_Trump_dismisses_NY_probe_at_first_2024
campaign_rally_in_Texas⠀⇛
Donald Trump staged his first presidential campaign rally in
Texas Saturday, brushing off his potential indictment as he
railed against multiple criminal probes threatening his bid for
the White House.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Trump_suggests_DA_“dropped”_Stormy_Daniels_case_after_Waco
rally⠀⇛
Former_President_Trump, who said last week he_would_be_arrested
in a probe into alleged_hush_money_he_paid_to_a_porn_star, now
suggests the case might be dropped by Manhattan’s_district
attorney.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Rep._Comer:_DOJ_should_handle_probe_into_Trump_hush_money
payment⠀⇛
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s probe_of_former
President_Trump should instead be handled by the Department of
Justice, House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told CNN’s
“State of the Union” Sunday.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Trump_didn’t_make_up_arrest_prediction,_his_lawyer_says⠀⇛
Former President Trump’s prediction last weekend that he_would
be_arrested on Tuesday wasn’t made up, his lawyer, Joseph
Tacopina, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday.
Driving the news: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has
beeninvestigating a hush_money_payment allegedly made to adult
film star Stormy Daniels, and reports_continue_to_circulate
that an indictment in the case could be imminent.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_nominee_to_lead_FAA_withdraws_amid_GOP_opposition⠀⇛
Denver International Airport CEO Phil_Washington, President
Biden’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA), has withdrawn his nomination amid Republican opposition.
Driving the news:Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called
Washington an “excellent nominee” and condemned the
“undeserved” partisan attacks against him in a tweet_confirming
the_news Saturday night.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ The_DeSantis_conundrum⠀⇛
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ biggest political asset is that he’s
viewed favorably by nearly all of the Republican Party’s voters
— across the ideological spectrum.
Yes, but:His biggest challenge is that those sky-high approval
numbers are likely to falter now that he’s sparring_with_former
President_Trump — and as he makes tough decisions on where he
stands on hot-button national issues.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Elon_Musk_Values_Twitter_at_$20_Billion⠀⇛
The billionaire bought the social media company for $44 billion
in October and took it private.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Twitter_Says_Parts_of_Its_Source_Code_Were_Leaked
Online⠀⇛
The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned
company, which is trying to identify the person responsible and
any other people who downloaded the code.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Suspect_in_Zyskowicz_attack_questioned,_placed_under_arrest⠀⇛
A veteran Finnish politician was slightly injured in a
suspected anti-Semitic assault on Saturday. A decision on
whether to remand the suspect will be made within the next two
days.
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Let_them_eat_bugs!_EU’s_foes_have_a_new_conspiracy
theory⠀⇛
From Italy’s Matteo Salvini to Britain’s Nigel Farage, self-
proclaimed defenders of tradition say there’s a plan afoot to
make the public dine on crickets, locusts and grasshoppers.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Journalist_Who_Rejected_Election_Results_Launches_Hunger
Strike_In_Jail⠀⇛
Kazakh journalist Duman Mukhammedkarim has launched a hunger
strike as he serves a 25-day jail term over his plan to hold a
rally to protest the official results of this month’s
parliamentary and local elections.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Arrest_Warrant_Gives_Russian_Journalist_Hope_For
Resistance⠀⇛
Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova said the International
Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for
President Vladimir Putin has given her “some sort of hope” that
resistance might be sparked within the country’s elite.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ The_Cell_Phone_Is_a_Pair_of_Red_High_Heels⠀⇛
Edward curtin It is comical how easily one can be ignored for
pointing out that new technology is dangerous and fetishistic.
So-called “smart” cell phones are a prime example. For years I
have been pointing out their dangers on many levels. To say
most people are devoted to them is an understatement.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Kenya_police_ban_government_protests_following_student
protester’s_death⠀⇛
Kenya’s police chief Sunday announced a ban on opposition
protests scheduled for Monday. The ban comes in the wake of
last week’s protests, which devolved into riots.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ India_dispatch:_disqualification_of_Rahul_Gandhi_from
Parliament_after_defamation_conviction_could_doom_opposition_to_PM_Modi
in_upcoming_elections⠀⇛
Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related
developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from
Samar Veer, a third-year law student at National Law
University, Delhi.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ First_Hong_Kong_protest_since_2020_held_under_tight_police
restrictions⠀⇛
The first protest since the introduction of the 2020 National
Security Law in Hong Kong was held Sunday in Tseung Kwan O, an
eastern area of Hong Kong. Protestors marched against the
implementation of a new land reclamation plan but did so in
compliance with certain restrictions imposed by authorities.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Sedition_cases_are_supposed_to_be_rare_in_Hong
Kong…_or_were_until_recently⠀⇛
Chui Chun-man, who was sentenced to ten months in prison last
Monday for sedition, must be among the least likely convicts to
attract sympathy.
* ⚓ EDRI ☛ Feira_@_the_Global_Gathering⠀⇛
You can now apply for the Global Gathering Feira, a 3-day
social and networking festival space for digital rights
defenders!
* ⚓ EDRI ☛ Civic-centric_digital_transformation:_international_conference⠀⇛
The conference is organized in the spirit of an inclusive and
efficient digital transformation based on the needs of the
citizens, which leaves no space for the undermining of human
rights and dignity, nor digital exclusion of any community.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* ⚓ KOL408_|_Soul_of_Enterprise_#432:_Abolishing_IP_[sic]⠀⇛
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 408.
This is my appearance on The Soul of Enterprise, Episode 432,
with hosts Ed Kless and Greg Tirico. Recorded Friday, March 24,
2023. Their shownotes are below.
Ron and Ed recently welcomed patent attorney and advocate for
abolishing intellectual property, Stephan Kinsella to the show.
We explored what is (and is not) intellectual property and then
had a conversation about why Stephan thinks these forms of
property should not exist and why the world would be better if
they did not.
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ MSN ☛ Judge_Rules_Online_Archive’s_Book_Service_Violated
Copyright⠀⇛
A federal judge has sided with four publishers who sued
an online archive over its unauthorized scanning of
millions of copyrighted works and offering them for free
to the public. Judge John G. Koeltl of U.S. District
Court in Manhattan ruled that the Internet Archive was
producing ”derivative” works that required permission of
the copyright holder.
o ⚓ uni Emory ☛ Meet_the_Indian_artists_advancing_a_new_era_of
independent_music⠀⇛
Anyone who has been exposed to Bollywood culture could
argue that contemporary mainstream Indian artists produce
the same type of music with little experimentation —
either catchy feel-good pop tunes or cliche love songs.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Personal⠀➾
o ⚓ Sunset!_2023-03-25_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA)⠀⇛
I felt bad that my wife is not usually able to come along
on these sunset chasing adventures, since one of us has
to stay with the kids, so I decided to bring the whole
family along this evening. I could only think of a few
decent parking spots with the right view for this, so I
settled on Hot Springs Gas, a gas station a little east
of Fairbanks, which has a decent view to the west, and
also a bathroom and snacks for children. It almost goes
without saying that trying to watch the sunset while
trapped in a vehicle with three young children for 50
minutes is far from a tranquil experience.
o ⚓ Rain,_rain,_rain⠀⇛
It rained most of Wednesday and Thursday, and all day
yesterday and today. I’m
wondering if it’s going to wash away all the cherry
blossoms. The trees are out
in full bloom now.
o ⚓ Do_I_need_Windows⠀⇛
Not the operating system, but the display concept. Do I
actually need them?
I’ve been thinking a bit about my computing setup,
primarily, how I plan to reconfigure my desktop machine
to move off of Manjaro. It has been “fine”, but I’ve
found delays and fuck ups from their end, and some
“choices” they’ve made to just not align with my personal
computing preferences.
// FWIW, I’m the type of gal that expects my computer to
work the same every time I boot it. If you, computer,
decide to update something that I didn’t explicitly
authorize in the updater? See Ya!! And Ubuntu, and now
Manjaro have broken that rule. Which is often why I stick
to mainline distros like Debian, or Arch + a DE and not
get “out of the box” type stuff, since that’s someone/
group controlling the direction, and I’m perfectly
capable of doing nothing thanks 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈
o ⚓ What_a_nice_day⠀⇛
It was a really nice 22c/71f today; it was nice and sunny
and HOT. I had to run
to the store around lunch time and I was hot wearing a
thin jacket. Kids on the
street were in T-shirts and shorts. Too bad it’s going to
rain the rest of the
week :/
Also at lunch was the news that Japan won the WBC (World
Baseball Classic.) It
was, of course, all over the TV on most of the channels.
I checked the news
back home but the only bit there was this story way down
the page. It took a
while to find it cnn.com, too.
* § Technical⠀➾
o ⚓ Gave_up_TWTXT⠀⇛
After some time of trying I have decided that TWTXT is
not for me. In its current form it shares many negatives
of other social networks while almost nothing to offer
(for me). Unlike the Gopher, it’s useless on older
computers (SSL is required for most people’s files).
I don’t say I will not try it once more in future but at
the moment I have no use for it.
o ⚓ systemd,_a_Retrospective⠀⇛
Ah, systemd. More or less this was Linux under new
management, same as the old management. For example,
systemd on RedHat Enterprise 7 (2014) had a charming
feature where, sometimes, it would fail to shutdown a
host, and one would eventually stride to the server room
and apply the Paperclip of +3 System Slaying. Such
already unbent paperclips had been hung on the racks for
exactly this purpose. RedHat 7 (2000) also had this
feature. Folks with money might have remote management,
or maybe a data centre tech would be wandering about
Europe at 2 AM as one kept the Sev-1 line informed of
their progress. Regardless, there was a manual reset
because of a wedge at shutdown. Different clowns, same
act.
[..]
That systemd generated more than 20 log lines by default
for each and every mailman cron job on RHEL7 was
charming. What was the point of all that log spam? I
forget how I squelched it; RedHat Linux is fairly
maintenance heavy.
[...]
The past tense means I haven’t really touched Linux in a
while; there is an Alpine Linux virt under vmd(8)
somewhere, gently unused. And a big-endian Debian MIPS
qemu thing used even less to test that code does not
assume little-endian. OpenBSD gets the complexity and
maintenance needs just about right.
o ⚓ Monitor_your_remote_host_network_quality_using_smokeping_on
OpenBSD⠀⇛
If you need to more the network quality of a link, or the
network availability of a remote host, I’d recommend you
to take a look at Smokeping.
o ⚓ Emphasis_vs_Italics⠀⇛
Same goes for strong and b.
I like that it gives you a choice between _ and *, that
they mean the same thing, and that you can mix and match
them, and that double means stronger. That was a good
design decision that was a lot easier to remember than
the other markup formats I was using before. So solutions
where “_ is cite and * is em” are no good, especially
when they don’t fix things like Linnaean names.
I suggest that Markdown installations that do allow
fallthrough HTML should stick with em and strong as the
default, since those are the most common cases and
fallthrough HTML can handle the special cases, but
Markdown installations on online forums that disable
fallthrough HTML (i.e. where Markdown is used in lieu of
bbcode or Wiki syntax), it should generate i and b
instead of em and strong. It’s less wrong.
o ⚓ Announce:_release_of_run-many=1.0.0⠀⇛
I just uploaded first release of “run-many” tool that is
standalone implementation of colored interleaved output
like “docker-compose up” or “devenv up”.
o ⚓ Signal_Corps_Sergeant_1st_Class⠀⇛
I was just looking at an old photo of my great
grandfather. He was in the 99th aero squad in WWI, which
I think I’ve written about previously. Maybe not.
In any case, I noticed that in this photo, he had
handwritten the names and ranks of the people around him,
who were all officers. But, none of them had sleeve
insignia, except him. He didn’t bother writing his own
name or rank, of course. Saving the memories for himself,
I think.
o ⚓ Will_I_outlive_NetBSD?⠀⇛
I was recently reading a detailed account of Apple UNIX,
a Macintosh-compatible UNIX operating system published by
Apple for Macintosh computers with m68k CPUs. The account
appeared to have been written in 2001, based on one
screenshot of the author’s PC desktop. The account
concludes by recommending that operators of m68k-based
Macintosh computers who wish to run UNIX on their
machines find an alternative to Apple UNIX for a number
of reasons. They recommend NetBSD.
o ⚓ Fedora_Deprecates_Legacy_BIOS_Installs⠀⇛
As of release 37, Fedora has deprecated legacy BIOS
installs [0] -
you can still boot and presumably upgrade an existing OS
install
over the network, but you can no longer install it fresh.
I think the biggest issue with this decision for me is
the lack of
awareness around e-waste and re-purposing of old hardware
that may
have many years of useful life left. I know I am not
alone in that
I mostly buy refurbished or older computers. I keep them
for years
and maintain them or replace parts in them as needed, and
only junk
them when they are truly dead.
o ⚓ Trisquel_11_on_a_New_Desktop⠀⇛
I needed to replace my aging desktop, which is my daily
driver for
work, so last week I purchased a refurbished “business
desktop” with
four CPU cores, a large SSD and plenty of RAM (32GB),
which is more
computing power than I have ever had. My old desktop has
half that
amount of RAM with a SATA HDD, and was beginning to groan
under the
weight of all the web-based and other apps I’m forced to
use while
at work. Things like Google apps and Slack were
noticeably sluggish.
o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ What_happened_to_index.gmi?⠀⇛
I am quite sure that Gemini server on tilde.pink
user to serve directory index automatically, now I
have to regenerate “index.gmi” manually. I
understand that it makes server simpler which is
good, but that broke by dist/ directory, which is
bad. Did I miss an announcement?
# ⚓ Tinylog⠀⇛
I had a feeling looking at my capsule that there
should be a last time stamp for every section.
Because without that reader must check every link
if there was any change. So I implemented a script
for that…
# ⚓ Gophersphere_is_(still!)_volatile⠀⇛
Gophersphere was crowded at the beginning of the
90s. And it was empty
at the end of the same decade. We are aware that
most of that content
was lost. The only archive which is available is
from 2007 and we are
naming it The Wayback Machine. The same as that
from Internet
Archive. But Internet Archive which is operating
The Wayback Machine
for WWW has 802 billion web pages, not some small
amount of final
stage content of Gophersphere. Probably there isn’t
any other backup
of Gophersphere from the earlier years. And we can
only weep for that.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Audiocasts/Shows
* Instructionals/Technical
* Games
* Desktop_Environments/WMs
o GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o BSD
o Devices/Embedded
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Licensing_/_Legal
o Programming/Development
* Leftovers
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Software_Patents
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_March_26th,_2023⠀⇛
This week we got a lot of cool stuff, starting with the
release of the GNOME 44 desktop environment and
continuing with a new Linux laptop from Kubuntu Focus, a
new major NVIDIA graphics driver release, and new
security updates for Ubuntu users.
Several new distro releases were also out this week
including Tails 5.11, Trisquel GNU/Linux 11.0 LTS, and
OpenMandriva Lx 23.03. Check out the hottest news of this
week and access all the distro and package downloads in
9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for March 26th, 2023,
below.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ 2023-03-24Degoogled,_Private_Custom_Android_ROM:_how_does
IODÉ_OS_compare?⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-03-24TUXEDO_OS_2_Quick_Overview_#shorts⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-03-24How_to_install_Flowblade_video_editor_on_Linux
Lite_6.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-03-24How_to_install_Hamonikr_6.0_Taebaek.⠀⇛
* § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
o ⚓ Connor Tumbleson ☛ Homelab_Software_Recap⠀⇛
Roughly a year ago I redid my entire home network and
could then officially call it a homelab. Unfortunately
the insane delays in acquiring Raspberry Pi’s has put
quite the delay in finishing this setup. So while I
continue to sit and wait on available pieces – I want to
recap all the software I’ve come to love and run on this
network.
o ⚓ Adriaan Roselli ☛ CSS-only_Widgets_Are_Inaccessible⠀⇛
Interactive widgets powered with only CSS are relatively
common as people are playing with all the ways CSS can
respond to, or create, interactions. CodePen contests are
a great venue to see these experiments (which hopefully
are never moved to a live human-facing project).
The problem with many of these examples is they need to
convey their state (such as expanded or not), properties
(think of relationships), or values, and (sometimes)
dynamic names. While CSS is ideal to show these visually,
they need to be passed to accessibility APIs so they can
be conveyed to users of assistive technologies.
o ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ Emphasis_vs_Italics⠀⇛
Emphasis is what you use italics for most of the time.
When you need cite, you can type <cite> and when you need
a more generic italic, for example for foreign language
words or Linnaean names, you can type <i>. But on user-
writable forums that disable fallthrough HTML, i is the
better default. It’s never “wrong”, per se (em is just
more specific) and it matches how many people sometimes
use * and _ on these forums, when they think “I want to
make this look cursive” rather than “I need to
semantically emphasize this”.
o ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Install_Kubernetes_(K8s)_Metrics_Server_Step
by_Step⠀⇛
* § Games⠀➾
o ⚓ The Economist ☛ As_video_games_grow,_they_are_eating_the_media⠀⇛
New business models are another source of growth.
Gaming’s latest boom was propelled by free-to-play games,
which suck users in before monetising them with ads and
in-game purchases. A new phase of expansion is coming
from game-library subscriptions, which already show signs
of increasing consumption and accelerating discovery,
much as the cable bundle did in television. These new
distribution mechanisms and business models promise more
choice for consumers—which is why regulators should allow
Microsoft’s $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a
big gamemaker whose titles Microsoft would make available
for streaming and subscription.
All this holds lessons for other industries—chiefly that,
if you are in media, you need to be in gaming. Apple and
Netflix are scrambling to complement their streaming
offerings with games. Others are already there. In August
Sony Pictures will release “Gran Turismo”, a film based
on a Sony game which features songs by artists from Sony
Music. Media firms that ignore gaming risk being like
those that decided in the 1950s to sit out the tv craze.
* § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
o § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ This Week in GNOME ☛ 2023-03-24This_Week_in_GNOME:_#88
Forty-four!⠀⇛
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Ferrous Systems ☛ How_we_built_our_Embedded_World_Demo_on_Rust
for_QNX⠀⇛
At Embedded World 2023, Ferrous Systems had a joint booth
with AdaCore, to talk about our new joint-venture:
Ferrocene. Ferrocene is a qualified toolchain for
building safety-critical systems in Rust.
Florian noted that our booth was next to the Blackberry/
QNX booth, and that “we should do a demo using QNX
Neutrino”, the POSIX-compatible real-time operating
system that’s popular with our target audience in the
automotive sector. That’s pretty much all we had to go on
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ Undeadly ☛ Theo_de_Raadt_at_CanSecWest:_Synthetic_Memory
Protections⠀⇛
We recently reported that Theo de Raadt (derradt@)
was scheduled to present at CanSecWest. That’s now
happened, and slides of Theo’s presentation,
Synthetic Memory Protections, can be found in the
usual place. Video is available on the bird site.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Rockchip_RK3588M_automotive-grade_AI_SoC
supports_up_to_16_camera_inputs⠀⇛
Rockchip RK3588M is an automotive-grade variant of
the Rockchip RK3588 octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 SoC
that supports at least 6 Full HD displays and 16
camera inputs and can simultaneously run the car
dashboard, in-vehicle infotainment, a digital
rearview mirror, headrest monitors, ADAS system,
and more.
The company offers support for Android 12.0, Ubuntu
Desktop and Server, Debian 11, and buildroot
RTLinux for the board//system-on-module. Firefly
also mentions Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
and Docker container support, as it will be
necessary to support critical (e.g. dashboard) and
non-critical (e.g. infotainment) parts of the
software with isolated and likely different
operating systems. Technical documentation can be
found in the Wiki to get started with Android,
Linux, and RTLinux.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Nzyme.org ☛ A_New_Chapter_Begins⠀⇛
You can expect many more blog posts with development
updates, but, in summary, I am taking the existing WiFi-
focused core of nzyme and am extending it to support
Ethernet data. Along with this huge addition, I am adding
critical features like multi-node support and a proper
authentication model.
o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾
# ⚓ India ☛ Twitter_admits_parts_of_its_source_code_leaked
online⠀⇛
In a court filing, Twitter also asked the US
District Court for the Northern District of
California to order GitHub to identify the person
who shared the code and any other individuals who
downloaded it, reports The New York Times.
# ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ Twitter_says_parts_of_source_code
posted_online,_seeks_leaker⠀⇛
It is unclear when the code was posted online or
whether its leak exposes Twitter to security
vulnerabilities or hackers. Twitter’s takedown
request to GitHub described it as “proprietary
source code for Twitter’s platform and internal
tools,” while the legal filing called it: “various
excerpts of Twitter source code.”
Musk said earlier this month that Twitter would
“open source” all of the software code it uses to
recommend tweets on March 31.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Twitter_says_parts_of_its_source_code_were_leaked
online⠀⇛
According to the legal document, filed with the
U.S. District Court of the Northern District of
California, Twitter had asked GitHub, an internet
hosting service for software development, to take
down the code where it was posted. The platform
complied and said the content had been disabled,
according to the filing. Twitter also asked the
court to identify the alleged infringer or
infringers who posted Twitter’s source code on
systems operated by GitHub without Twitter’s
authorization.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Twitter:_Parts_of_its_Source_Code_Leaked
Online⠀⇛
According to the legal document, filed with the
U.S. District Court of the Northern District of
California, Twitter had asked GitHub, an internet
hosting service for software development, to take
down the code where it was posted. The platform
complied and said the content had been disabled,
according to the filing. Twitter also asked the
court to identify the alleged infringer or
infringers who posted Twitter’s source code on
systems operated by GitHub without Twitter’s
authorization.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Little_useless-useful_R_functions_–_Transforming
dataframe_to_markdown_table⠀⇛
Writing markdown documents outside RStudio (using
the usual set of packages) has benefits and
struggles. Huge struggle is transforming dataframe
results into markdown table, using hypens and
pipes. Ugghhh…
This useless functions takes R dataframe as input
and prints out dataframe wrapped in markdown table.
# ⚓ Tim Bradshaw ☛ The_absurdity_of_stacks⠀⇛
The argument that the stack should be small often
seems to be that, if it’s not, people will write
programs which run away. That’s spurious: if such a
program is, in fact, iterative, then good compilers
will eliminate the tail calls and it will not use
stack: a small limit on the stack will not help. If
it’s really recursive then why should it run out of
storage before its conversion to a program which
manages the stack explicitly does? Of course that’s
exactly what compilers which do CPS conversion
already do: programs written using compilers which
do that won’t have these weird stack limits in the
first place. But it should not be necessary to rely
on a CPS-converting compiler, or to write in
continuation-passing style manually to avoid stack
usage: it should be used for other reasons, because
the stack is not, in fact, expensive.
# ⚓ Tim Bradshaw ☛ Measuring_some_tree-traversing_functions⠀⇛
In a previous article my friend Zyni wrote some
variations on a list-flattening function, some of
which were ‘recursive’ and some of which
‘iterative’, managing the stack explicitly. We
thought it would be interesting to see what the
performance differences were, both for this
function and a more useful variant which searches a
tree rather than flattening it.
# ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Raster._Vector._Generative.⠀⇛
A self-hosted AI image generator takes, very
roughly, a few hundred GB of disk space, plus a
large amount of RAM, and some fairly hefty compute.
But, once that’s done, you could “compress” images
by specifying an AI engine and weighted prompts
like this: [...]
# ⚓ Jeroen Engels ☛ Implementing_multi-file_analysis_for
linters⠀⇛
Recently I’ve been in a few discussions about
adding support for multi-file analysis in several
single-file linters. I believe that to be an
amazing feature and that it is done quite well in
elm-review, so I wanted to write down how it works
to help other tools do the same. Hopefully it will
be interesting for non-tooling authors as well!
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Herman Õunapuu ☛ techtipsy,_now_hosted_on_k-space!⠀⇛
Oh, and we have ipv6 now! You’ll have to let me know if
that actually works, since I can’t really test it on an
ipv4 network.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ IBIS_Models_Explained⠀⇛
If you’ve worked with circuit simulation, you may have
run into IBIS models. The acronym is input/output buffer
information, and while you can do a lot without having to
deal with IBIS, knowing about it can help you have a
successful simulation.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_4004_Upgrade_You’ve_Been_Waiting_For⠀⇛
You know how it is. You have an older computer, and
you can’t run the latest software on it. Time to
upgrade, right? Well, if you have been in this
situation a very long time, [ryomuk] may have an
answer for you. The emu8080on4004 project (Google
Translate) offers a way to run 8080 code on a 4004
CPU. Finally!
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Caterpillar-Like_Soft_Robot_With_Distributed
Programmable_Thermal_Actuation⠀⇛
Researchers at North Carolina State University have
created a soft robot that moves in a distinctly
caterpillar-like manner. As detailed in the
research paper in Science Advances by [Shuang Wu]
and colleagues, the robot they developed consists
of a layer of liquid crystalline elastomers (LCE)
and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with embedded
silver nanowire that acts as a heater.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Links:_March_26,_2023⠀⇛
Sad news in the tech world this week as Intel co-
founder Gordon Moore passed away in Hawaii at the
age of 94. Along with Robert Noyce in 1968, Moore
founded NM Electronics, the company that would
later go on to become Intel Corporation and give
the world the first commercially available
microprocessor, the 4004, in 1971. The four-bit
microprocessor would be joined a few years later by
the 8008 and 8080, chips that paved the way for the
PC revolution to come. Surprisingly, Moore was not
an electrical engineer but a chemist, earning his
Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology
in 1954 before his postdoctoral research at the
prestigious Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins.
He briefly worked alongside Nobel laureate and
transistor co-inventor William Shockley before
jumping ship with Noyce and others to found
Fairchild Semiconductor, which is where he made the
observation that integrated circuit component
density doubled roughly every two years. This
calculation would go on to be known as “Moore’s
Law.”
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Recreating_The_ZX_Spectrum_Unboxing_Experience
By_Manufacturing_A_New_Boxed_One⠀⇛
Why scour the internet for a rare-as-hen’s-teeth
new in box ZX Spectrum computer when you can
instead order up some parts, assemble a basically
all new ZX Spectrum along with the box, instruction
manuals and more?
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Loudmouth_DJI_Drones_Tell_Everyone_Where_You
Are⠀⇛
Back when commercial quadcopters started appearing
in the news on the regular, public safety was a
talking point. How, for example, do we keep them
away from airports? Well, large drone companies
didn’t want the negative PR, so some voluntarily
added geofencing and tracking mechanisms to their
own drones.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-24Cosmetic_brands_may_have_to_disclose
fragrance_ingredients_—_a_welcome_change_for_Canadians_with
allergies⠀⇛
# ⚓ Variety ☛ How_TikTok_Could_Herald_the_End_of_the_Remote
Control⠀⇛
The average person spends 2.45 hours a day perusing
social media — mostly watching videos — on YouTube,
TikTok, Instagram, Twitch and Snapchat, to name
just a few. The older, TV-based media services are
battling for our time and attention with these
newer phone and PC-based media services, and
YouTube and TikTok are winning.
While the social media companies perfect user
experiences that leverage the amazing capabilities
of 10+ billion phones and PCs, pre-social media
businesses spend roughly $100 billion per year on
content but almost nothing on user experience (UX).
As phones go 5G and social media reaches 5 billion
users, older media is held back by a stagnant UX,
frozen to the same plastic buttons TV remotes have
had for decades.
# ⚓ The Economist ☛ How_TikTok_broke_social_media⠀⇛
The speed of the change is astonishing. Since
entering America in 2017, TikTok has picked up more
users than all but a handful of social-media apps,
which have been around more than twice as long (see
chart 1). Among young audiences, it crushes the
competition. Americans aged 18-24 spend an hour a
day on TikTok, twice as long as they spend on
Instagram and Snapchat, and more than five times as
long as they spend on Facebook, which these days is
mainly a medium for communicating with the
grandparents (see chart 2).
# ⚓ [Old] US FDA ☛ May_2018_FDA_Report_on_the_Quality,_Safety,
and_Effectiveness_of_Servicing_of_Medical_Devices_In
accordance_with_Section_710_of_the_Food_and_Drug
Administration_Reauthorization_Act_of_2017_(FDARA)⠀⇛
• Rather, the objective evidence indicates that
many OEMs and third party entities provide high
quality, safe, and effective servicing of medical
devices;
• A majority of comments, complaints, and adverse
event reports alleging that inadequate “servicing”
caused or contributed to clinical adverse events
and deaths actually pertain to “remanufacturing”
and not “servicing”; and
• The continued availability of third party
entities to service and repair medical devices is
critical to the functioning of the U.S. healthcare
system.
# ⚓ Ivermectin_goes_from_being_the_new_hydroxychloroquine_to
being_the_new_MMS⠀⇛
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last
couple of decades, it’s that there is one
characteristic of a quack treatment that is almost
immutable, that always, always comes to apply to
it—and usually rather quickly after it is
introduced as a “miracle cure” for something.
Basically, sooner or later, that quack treatment
will be—shall we say?—repurposed for other
conditions, usually many other conditions
(e.g., cancer). A corollary to this principle is
that, sooner or later, the quack treatment will
likely be applied to autism, especially if it’s
ever been claimed as a “treatment” for “vaccine
injury.” A further corollary (a sub-corollary, if
you will) is that, if this treatment, whatever it
is, causes significant side effects in the autistic
children being subjected to it, instead of stopping
the treatment the parents will “persevere” and
continue to abuse their child with it. I was
reminded of this and thought it worth discussing
when I came across a story on VICE by David
Gilbert, Inside the Private Group Where Parents
Give Ivermectin to Kids With Autism. It gave me
serious flashbacks to Miracle Mineral Solution
(a.k.a. MMS), and it was that similarity that I
wanted to explore.
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Uranium:_It’s_radioactive_and_it’s
everywhere⠀⇛
If, however, a person ingests a high concentration
of uranium, it can cause cancer, affecting bones or
the liver. And if a person inhales a large
concentration of uranium, the alpha particles are
likely to cause lung cancer.
Uranium is also a toxic chemical, so any form of
consumption will damage a person’s organs severely,
particularly the kidneys.
# ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Biden’s_TikTok_Dilemma:_Go_After_China
Or_Pursue_Social_Media_Antitrust_Claims⠀⇛
Demands by the president for TikTok to sell to an
American firm cemented Democrats’ about-face on
alleged national security threats posed by TikTok,
with momentum against the platform escalating. The
government and more than 30 states have blocked the
app on government-issued devices. And, in a
precursor to Biden’s ultimatum, the White House on
March 7 supported a bipartisan measure to take
action against TikTok and other companies subject
to influence from foreign adversaries by
establishing a new unified framework for reviewing
and addressing foreign technology.
The effort came after Republicans on a House
committee rammed through a separate bill that
effectively would ban TikTok on mobile devices in
the U.S on the heels of the company acknowledging
that its Beijing-based parent firm, ByteDance, used
data collected from the app to monitor journalists’
physical location using their IP addresses.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Federal_Study_Calls_US_Stillbirth_Rate
“Unacceptably_High”_and_Recommends_Action⠀⇛
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-03-24Clever_Hack_Uses_YouTube_to_Back_Up
Your_Data_in_Google’s_Cloud_for_Free⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-23Online
Footballers?_Meet_the_teams_taking_Youtube_by_storm⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNET ☛ 2023-03-23YouTube_TV_Price_Increase:_Here’s_What
It’s_Going_to_Cost_You_Each_Month_–_CNET⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNET ☛ 2023-03-20YouTube_TV_Prices_Are_Going_Up._Here’s
What_You’ll_Pay_Now_–_CNET⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-03-23Linus_Tech_Tips_YouTube_Channel_Is_Down
After_Crypto_Scammer_Hack⠀⇛
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-24Web3_security
issues_persist_despite_plans_to_be_more_resilient_than_web2
[Ed: Buzzword security versus buzzword security]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-03-24OpenAI_says_a_bug_leaked_sensitive
ChatGPT_user_data⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNET ☛ 2023-03-24ChatGPT_Bug_Exposed_Some_Subscribers’
Payment_Info_–_CNET⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-03-23CISA_Releases_Six_Industrial_Control
Systems_Advisories⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-03-23Cisco_Releases_Security_Advisories_for
Multiple_Products⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-03-23JCDC_Cultivates_Pre-Ransomware
Notification_Capability⠀⇛
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-24Germany_walks_fine_line_on
nuclear_weapons⠀⇛
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ 2023-03-23AU_field_mission_to_eastern_DR
Congo⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Bad_faith_UN_report_on_Nicaragua
whitewashes_violent_US-backed_coup⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Volunteer_Corps_head_Denis_Kapustin_added
to_Russia’s_federal_wanted_list_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s Interior Ministry has put Denis Kapustin,
the head of the right-wing militant group the
Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), on the federal
wanted list.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Drone_explodes_in_Kireyevsk,_near_Tula_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A Ukrainian Tu-141 Strizh drone packed with
explosives exploded in the city of Kireyevsk, in
the Tula region, reports TASS. RIA Novosti reports
that the drone was carrying ammunition.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prigozhin_says_more_than_5,000_former_prisoners
have_been_freed_after_serving_in_Wagner_Group_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin says more
than 5,000 former prisoners are now free since they
received pardons after fulfilling contracts with
Wagner Group.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_The_Donald_Trump_Problem⠀⇛
Donald Trump is not being targeted for the
misdemeanors and serious felonies he appears to
have committed but for discrediting and undermining
the entrenched power of the ruling duopoly.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Sukhoi_Superjet_sends_distress_signal_after_taking
off_from_Nizhny_Novgorod_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger aircraft en route
from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow sent out an alarm 10
minutes after takeoff, reports TASS, citing
aviation services.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_recorded_conversation_appears_to_reveal_two
Russian_elites_harshly_criticizing_Putin_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A voice recording is circulating on Ukrainian
traditional media and Telegram channels. It’s
allegedly a recorded telephone conversation between
Russian music producer Iosif Prigozhin (no relation
to Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin) and
billionaire and former politician Farkhad Akhmedov.
Ukraine’s Channel 5 television network was among
the first outlets to call attention to the
recording, which was first posted on March 7. Its
authenticity has not been confirmed.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ While_Silent_on_Apartheid,_Israelis_Protest
Netanyahu_Firing_Minister_Who_Urged_Halt_to_Judicial_Coup⠀⇛
Decades into the illegal Israeli occupation of
Palestine, massive crowds flooded Israel’s streets
on Sunday for another round of demonstrations to
“save a democracy that never existed,” as one
journalist recently put it.
# ⚓ Taiwan News ☛ Chinese_communist_way_of_war:_Different_than
the_West⠀⇛
The Chinese communists employed deception and
subterfuge—to compensate for inferiority in
training and equipment—during their war with the
Imperial Japanese and the Chinese Nationalist
forces from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949.
The West is not adept at using deception beyond the
military arena, whereas the CCP has practiced
employing deception in every dimension of the
struggle.
Michael Pillsbury realized late in his long
government career the vast extent of the CCP’s
strategic deception. In The Hundred Year Marathon
(2016), Pillsbury identified the following elements
of deception in the Chinese strategy to defeat the
US: [...]
[...]
Pillsbury’s description of the principal elements
of Chinese strategy to defeat the US are unlike
those used in Western states. The CCP’s focus on
deception is key to their goal of defeating the US.
# ⚓ Foreign Policy ☛ How_Albania_Became_a_Target_for
Cyberattacks⠀⇛
A massive [breach] led to the expulsion of Iranian
diplomats—but Tehran may have had help from Moscow.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Albania_Cuts_Diplomatic_Ties_With_Iran_Over
Cyberattack;_Tehran_Condemns_Decision⠀⇛
The White House later condemned the alleged Iranian
actions and warned of “further action” for an
“unprecedented” cyberattack on a NATO ally.
“The United States will take further action to hold
Iran accountable for actions that threaten the
security of a U.S. ally and set a troubling
precedent for cyberspace,” National Security
Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a
statement.
# ⚓ The Record ☛ Iran-linked_incidents_spurred_Cyber_Command_to
send_‘hunt_forward’_team_to_Albania⠀⇛
The Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) deployed a
team of two dozen personnel on a “hunt forward”
operation following the second hack, which took
place in September, and returned before the end of
2022. A CNMF spokesperson declined to comment on
the specific number, or kinds of networks, that
were examined.
The three-month mission was part of a now-years-
long effort by the CNMF, a unit of U.S. Cyber
Command, to work with foreign governments that want
help shoring up their systems. Since 2018, teams
have deployed 44 times to 22 countries and
conducted operations on nearly 70 networks around
the globe, most notably in Ukraine months before
Russia’s invasion.
# ⚓ C4ISRNET ☛ US_sent_‘hunt-forward’_team_to_Albania_in_wake
of_Iranian_cyberattacks⠀⇛
The so-called hunt-forward operation, a defensive
measure taken at the invitation of foreign
officials, was the first conducted in Albania, a
smaller NATO ally. U.S. Cyber Command revealed the
operation, handled by its Cyber National Mission
Force, or CNMF, on March 23.
Army Maj. Gen. William Hartman, the commander of
the mission force, in a statement said the
operation brought CYBERCOM personnel “closer to
adversary activity” while promoting international
relationships.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Putin_to_Station_Russian_Nukes_in_Belarus_in
“Dangerous_Escalation”⠀⇛
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Teen Vogue ☛ 10_Simple_Things_to_Do_to_Celebrate_Earth
Day⠀⇛
While every day is technically a day to be kind to
the planet, April 22 is Earth Day—a time to show
appreciation and get into new habits if needed.
There’s a lot of history when it comes to why
fighting the climate crisis is at the core of all
Earth Day celebrations.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-24US_charges_crypto_fugitive
Do_Kwon_after_Montenegro_arrest⠀⇛
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-03-24How_you_can_help
Michigan’s_bats_amid_a_deadly_epidemic⠀⇛
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Men_Dominate_the_Corporate_World,_But_Replacing
Them_With_Women_Isn’t_the_Answer⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Political_Democracies,_Economic
Dictatorships⠀⇛
From France to Uruguay, not by chance, neoliberal
governments have proposed a pension reform that
adds years to the retirement age (two in France; up
to five in Uruguay). The narrative that justifies
raising the retirement age is twofold: (1) People
live longer and, therefore, have to work more; (2)
If these “necessary and painful reforms” are not
carried out, the system will be defunded and the
country will lose competitiveness in the world
since other countries have applied these same
measures, necessary for the financial class and
painful for the productive classes. The same
discourse, plus a third threat, has been repeated
for decades in the United States: (3) Social
Security (invented by “the communist president”
Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression)
is not sustainable, so we must raise the retirement
age and, as far as possible, privatize it. It does
not matter that it is and always has been self-
sustaining. Social security is just that:
insurance, not risky investments.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ It’s_Time_to_Change_the_Rules_of_the
Banking_Game⠀⇛
On CNN March 14, Roger Altman, a former deputy
Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration,
said that American banks were on the verge of being
nationalized:
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-23Crisis_lessons_for_U.S._Federal_Reserve_as
Powell_waits_to_find_out_why_banks_collapsed⠀⇛
# ⚓ Reason ☛ 2023-03-22Sex-Trafficking_Suits_Against_Banks_That
Serviced_Epstein_Can_Proceed⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-03-22No_Surprises_From_the
Fed_as_it_Hikes_Rates_a_Quarter_Point_While_Declaring_the
Banking_System_‘Sound_and_Resilient’⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-24Even_When_Facing_Collapse,
First_Republic_Bank_Still_Fought_Against_Stronger
Regulations⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-03-21Don’t_Call_It_a_Global_Banking
Crisis⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-22Bank_of_England
and_Federal_Reserve_claim_banking_systems_are_secure⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-21US_Treasury’s_Yellen_says
banking_sector_‘sound’⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-24Unrest_shows_importance_of_banking
sector_supervision,_says_Dutch_central_bank_president⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-24Banking_crisis_lingers_as_contagion_fears
take_aim_at_Deutsche_Bank⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-24What_Republicans_should_learn_from_French
protests_over_pension_cuts⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-24Deutsche_Bank_stocks_slump_as
sector_fears_grow⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Dark_Money-Fueled_WI_Supreme_Court_Candidate’s
Anti-Abortion_Views_Span_Decades⠀⇛
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-24Why_advertisers_aren’t_coming_back_to
Twitter⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Passing_on_Senate_Run,_Ro_Khanna_Endorses
Barbara_Lee⠀⇛
Congressman Ro Khanna announced on CNN Sunday that
he will not run for U.S. Senate and is endorsing
fellow California Democrat Rep. Barbara Lee in the
closely watched 2024 race for retiring Sen. Dianne
Feinstein’s seat.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_What_Just_Happened_in_Moscow
Is_Big⠀⇛
Now that Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have
concluded their summit in Moscow– an unusually long
series of meetings over three days–are those
purporting to lead the United States prepared to
drop their wishful thinking, their miscalculations,
and their illusions as to the significance…
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Government_Hasn’t_Justified_a_TikTok_Ban⠀⇛
Freedom of speech and association include the right
to choose one’s communication technologies.
Politicians shouldn’t be able to tell you what to
say, where to say it, or who to say it to. So we
are troubled by growing demands in the United
States […]
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-24Did_George_Santos_lie_about_everything?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-03-24U.S._Decline_in_Perspective_of_a
Global_Democracy⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ In_First_TikTok,_AOC_Says_Solution_Is_Not
Ban_But_Strong_Privacy_Laws⠀⇛
Amid a national debate over whether Congress should
ban TikTok, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on
Saturday posted her first video on the social media
platform to make the case for shifting the focus to
broad privacy protections for Americans.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ GOP_Voters_Keep_Backing_Trump_Because_He
Hates_the_‘Right’_People⠀⇛
On a Saturday when dark clouds and even killer
tornadoes were wending their way over huge swathes
of the United States, the sun rose brightly over
Waco. On a dusty patch of land in a central Texas
town tagged by historic infamy, Donald Trump’s army
of supporters came early and in surprisingly large
numbers on the first weekend of an uneasy American
spring.
# ⚓ Variety ☛ TikTok_Hearing_Does_Little_but_Hand_Small_Victory
to_Meta’s_Zuckerberg⠀⇛
Whether the hearing will advance Congress’ goal of
ultimately banning TikTok in the U.S. remains to be
seen. But if there were winners that emerged from
the hearing, they were TikTok’s rivals —
specifically Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
For years, Zuckerberg has attempted to draw
attention and shift scrutiny onto TikTok, whose
parent company is Chinese tech giant Bytedance.
That’s because Zuckerberg and Meta have a lot to
gain if TikTok were to get banned in the U.S.
# ⚓ NBC ☛ After_TikTok_hearing,_users_declare_their_love_for
the_platform_—_and_the_CEO⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Hill ☛ Ocasio-Cortez_posts_first_TikTok_in_support_of
the_app,_says_ban_‘doesn’t_feel_right’⠀⇛
Her post comes after lawmakers from both sides of
the aisle grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on
Thursday on ways his company plans to address
recent security concerns raised about the social
media app.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-24Vladimir
Putin_is_using_body_doubles_on_trips,_claim_social
media_users⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-24Utah_passes
bill_banning_people_under_18_from_using_social_media
without_parental_consent⠀⇛
# ⚓ El País ☛ YouTube’s_chaotic_rise_to_world_domination:
‘Not_long_ago_virtually_no_one_took_it_seriously’⠀⇛
Google was already a billion-dollar giant in
2006. YouTube’s fit was difficult. From the
beginning, its complex, contradictory and
wrong decisions have made the platform what
it is today. Indeed, YouTube has surpassed
the audiovisual competition that ridiculed it
in 2006. Few imagined that the combination of
Internet videos and unleashing the creativity
of millions of people with only a camera
could change entertainment forever: “It’s a
sea change in how we think about
entertainment. It’s undeniably true that it
has given careers to people that don’t have
careers in traditional media and never
would,” says Bergen.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ A_scrappy_newscast_in_Kyiv_aimed_at_Russians
counters_Putin’s_propaganda_machine⠀⇛
The channel, called February Morning (a
reference to when the invasion began), also
runs dozens of Telegram channels – the news
messaging app where most Russians get their
information about the war.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Opinion:_The_autocrat_threatened_by_Winnie_the_Pooh⠀⇛
I don’t think I’d want to see this film if it was
the only one being shown on a 19-hour flight, and
all I had to read was the air sickness bag. But
China-watchers speculate the film isn’t being
suppressed over matters of taste; it’s political
censorship.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ NBC ☛ How_did_a_police_chase_in_Mississippi_end_with_an
innocent_woman_shot_in_her_bedroom?⠀⇛
Three months later — with the bullet still lodged
in her arm — she continues to wait for answers.
Latasha Smith.
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, which
oversees the Capitol Police, has offered little
information about what led an officer to open fire
at Commonwealth Village apartments. The state has
not given a timeline for releasing more details,
including video from the body camera the officer
was wearing.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ US_judge_moonlighted_as_online_porn_star,
fired⠀⇛
Gregory A. Locke, 33, a New York City (NYC)
administrative law judge, moonlighted as a porn
star on OnlyFans, according to the New York Post.
He has now been fired by the City officials for
“unprofessional behaviour”.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Taliban_Disrupt_Women’s_Protest_of_Education
Ban⠀⇛
Protesters marched through the city’s western Pol-
e Sokhta neighborhood before being forcefully
dispersed by Taliban security forces.
Around 25 women and girls attended the
demonstration, carrying placards and chanting
slogans “freedom, work, education,” “wise mother
strong nation,” and “education is our right,”
organizers said.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ Unions_Have_Been_Under_Attack_For_Decades,_But
Michigan_Just_Gave_Them_A_Big_Win⠀⇛
On Friday, Michigan repealed an 11-year-old law
that weakened unions’ power in the workplace. Known
as a “right-to-work” law, this type of legislation
has been around since at least 1943, and Michigan
is now one of only a handful of states to ever
repeal it.
When Michigan’s law passed in 2012, the state was
firmly in Republican hands. The party held control
of the governorship, state Senate and House, after
riding the Tea Party wave to power. Conversely,
this repeal comes a few short months after the
Democratic Party — which has long allied with
unions — scored their own trifecta for the first
time in roughly four decades. Meanwhile, in 2022,
unions reached their highest popularity since 1965.
In the repeal of right-to-work, though,
partisanship could play just as much of a role as
love of unions does.
# ⚓ Computer World ☛ Is_Apple_really_joining_the_WFH_counter-
revolution?⠀⇛
What’s new, according to Platformer’s Zoë Schiffer,
is that Apple is now using badge records to monitor
attendance — and has begun to enforce an escalating
system of warnings against those who don’t make it
in on those three days. It suggests some staff are
being warned that failure to comply could cost them
their job, though this policy doesn’t seem to be
compan-wide.
This followed reports that the company has begun
cracking down on workers, including insistence on
presenteeism and the cessation of additional sick
time for staff who catch COVID – even though the
virus continues to infect people.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Speechless’:_US,_Canada_Agree_on_Plan_to_Turn
Away_Asylum-Seekers⠀⇛
“We’re simply creating the worst scenario possible”
for migrants, said one activist.
# ⚓ AccessNow ☛ 2023-03-23Access_Now_and_ARTICLE_19:_Statement
on_Myanmar_at_the_52nd_UN_Human_Rights_Council_session⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-24US_Lawmakers_Tackle_Transnational
Repression⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-23Black_Residents_of_Louisiana_File_Landmark
Lawsuit⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-23Brazil:_Ratify_Regional_Environment_Pact⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-23El_Salvador:_Court_Hears_Case_on_Total
Abortion_Ban⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-24Nepal:_Transitional_Justice_Bill_Needs_to
Protect_Victims,_not_Abusers⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-24France_Protests_Test_Government’s
Commitment_to_Rights⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-24One_Year_On,_the_Taliban_Still_Attacking
Girls’_Right_to_Education⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Atlanta’s_“Stop_Cop_City”_Movement_Is_Spreading
Despite_Rampant_State_Repression⠀⇛
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ 2023-03-20GlaxoSmithKline_Files_Amicus_Brief_in_Amgen
v._Sanofi [Ed: Severe conflict of interest]⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-03-22AbbVie_Files_Amicus_Brief_in_Amgen_v.
Sanofi [Ed: Who will be speaking for the general
public?]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-03-24UK_patent_office_declines
to_base_standard-essential_patent_policy_on_‘anecdotal
evidence_from_bodies_representing_smaller_businesses’⠀⇛
# § Software Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-03-21US_Judge
Overturns_$469_Million_Verdict_Against_Dish_Network
Over_Streaming_Patents⠀⇛
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Internet_Archive_to_Appeal_Federal_Ruling
Against_Lending_of_Digital_Books⠀⇛
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Embarrassing_moment..⠀⇛
I stood and talked to someone in my class with
something near my chin for A FEW MINUTES.
Embarrassing… lol He will think that I am a silly
person haha
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