𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Wednesday, April 05, 2023
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⦿ IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 04, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ OSI: Let’s Repeat Microsoft Lies | Techrights
⦿ Lots of Microsoft Shutdowns Reported Today (Whole Offices, Divisions and Products Axed Entirely) | Techrights
⦿ OSI Blog Composed by Microsofters on Microsoft’s Payroll, Promoting Proprietary GitHub Using Microsoft’s Terminology | Techrights
⦿ Techrights Plans for Impending Easter Weekend | Techrights
⦿ In the UK, Windows Falls to 63% on Laptops/Desktops (All-Time Low) | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/04/05/irc-log-040423/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/05/microsoft-lies-in-osi-branding/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/05/microsoft-shutdowns-and-layoffs/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/05/osi-corrupted/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/05/techrights-easter-plan/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/05/uk-desktop-share/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/04/05/easyos-5-2-1/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/05/elementaryos-updates-midnightbsd-3-0-1/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/05/fentanylware-fined/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/05/wayland-1-22/#comments
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✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Tuesday,_April_04,_2023⠀✐
Posted in IRC_Logs at 2:34 am by Needs Sunlight
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* gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-040423.gmi
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✐ OSI:_Let’s_Repeat_Microsoft_Lies⠀✐
Posted in Deception, GPL, Microsoft, OSI at 7:11 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Two years before bagging bribes from Microsoft the OSI published_this: [PDF]
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇2015_OSI_on_Microsoft⦈_
Of course it has gotten a lot worse since then. For example, consider this
overt case of OSI lobbying for Microsoft in the class_action_lawsuit_over
GitHub_Copilot (GPL violations). This is MICROSOFT funded. This is MICROSOFT
staff. This is MICROSOFT propaganda. All this for MICROSOFT GPL VIOLATIONS.
Hosted by a MICROSOFT-BRIBED OSI. They buy the OSI’s platform and we know whose
bank account nets those salaries.
Sometimes it feels like there’s no greater foe or enemy to Open Source than the
OSI itself (because of the misleading name, which complicates matters; it’s a
powerful lobbying instrument). It literally works against its original mission,
as last_witnessed_yesterday.
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Posted in Microsoft at 9:14 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Can the chaffbot generate enough media noise/smokescreen (all that “AI” chaff)
to distract from all that?
Hours_ago:
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Microsoft,_which_also_announced_plans_to_cut_10,000_jobs
recently,_is_reportedly_laying_off_100_employees_in_its_Industrial_Metaverse
Core_team._The_company_is_said_to_have_virtually_shut_down_work_on_the
metaverse,despite_official_statements_that_it_remains_committed_to_it.⦈
Yes, buzzwords as a vapourware tactic (be patient, shareholders, we’ll razzle-
dazzle you in the future while we lose money now). We’ve seen this before.
First_"metaverse",now"AI"… (they misleabel or call almost everything that)
Also_today:
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Microsoft_abandons_project_mapping_Chicago’s_air_pollution⦈_
Turns out greenwashing PR is a luxury when the marketing budget runs thin and
the “clown computing” business disputes false narratives (“AI” means a lot of
unnecessary pollution).
Last_night:
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Microsoft_Abandons_Plans_for_New_Office_in_London⦈_
That does not seem like the hallmark of a healthy company. Even its expansion
plan/PR turns out to be vapourware.
Summary: Microsoft’s layoffs and shrinking business footprint is a big feature
this month, even if the media keeps focusing on vapourware and hype instead
(Microsoft pays for misplaced media focus)
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⣿⣟⢻⣟⢿⣿⣿⣿⢯⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣟⢻⣟⢿⣿⡟⣿⢯⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⡟⣻⡟⢿⣿⣿⣿⢫⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢿⣿⣿⣿⢫⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇
⠝⠳⢾⢢⡵⠢⠦⣋⡴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⡾⠿⡝⠳⢾⢢⡵⠢⠦⣋⣴⡾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣶⠻⠹⠃⢶⢂⡕⠂⠞⢋⡅⠾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⣶⠻⠹⠃⢶⢂⡅⠂⠾⢛⡅⠞⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇
⠁⠻⠯⠔⠶⠰⢻⡺⡯⣿⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣽⣽⣿⠁⠿⠯⠔⠶⠰⢻⡺⡿⣿⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣬⣽⣥⣿⢰⢹⡯⠀⡶⠰⠋⡈⡇⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣽⣯⣿⢰⠹⡯⠕⠶⠴⠛⡃⡇⣽⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇
⣿⣿⡘⠛⣛⢠⡶⣶⣔⠶⠾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡜⠛⣛⢠⡶⣶⣐⠶⠾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠘⣛⢰⢰⢶⣄⠲⠞⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⠘⣛⢳⣰⢶⣦⠲⠎⣿⣿⣿⣧
⣿⣿⣿⡇⣟⢘⢳⣟⣿⣦⠳⣩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣟⢘⢳⡟⣿⣦⠳⣩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠘⢛⡈⣛⣆⠑⢩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⣚⢛⡌⣻⣖⠘⢉⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⡶⠒⠂⡌⢍⠴⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⡶⠒⠂⡍⢭⠴⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⡆⠀⠀⠀⠩⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢤⠩⠁⠌⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢙⣯⡅⡂⣽⢹⣭⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢛⣯⡅⡂⣽⢸⣭⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⡇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⣥⢒⢘⠀⡷⣻⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣟⣛⣓⢈⠒⣒⢨⠩⡤⢒⣂⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⣓⢈⠂⣒⢨⠩⡴⢒⣂⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⠀⠀⢀⢠⠠⡄⢆⣂⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣛⣛⠁⠀⣐⠨⡭⡄⢆⣒⢿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢘⣑⣛⢸⣜⣼⣶⡰⣮⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢘⣁⣋⢘⣘⣼⣶⡰⣮⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣀⣚⢘⣈⠰⠦⠰⢮⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣗⣀⣛⢘⣛⠱⠦⠰⣦⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡿⣎⣭⢨⣋⣙⡊⣣⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡿⣎⣥⢨⣏⣙⡊⣡⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢈⢄⢀⡋⡐⡊⡐⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢩⢭⣥⡏⡐⡊⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⡴⡨⡭⢄⢾⠙⣾⣿⣼⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⡴⡨⡭⢄⢾⠙⣾⣿⣾⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡰⡀⣭⠬⠾⠳⣵⣿⡿⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡳⣆⣭⠬⠾⠧⣵⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣻⣷⡛⣋⣹⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣻⣷⡛⣋⣹⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣞⣹⢰⠙⣋⣹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣞⣻⢸⠝⣋⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣯⣛⣿⣻⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣇⣅⣸⣲⣠⣢⣂⣔⣅⣔⣇⣀⣢⣀⣷⣠⣢⣀⣷⣐⣸⢐⣅⣖⡀⣅⣄⣢⣺⣀⣮⣀⣐⡄⣪⣀⣼⢀⣧⣻⣀⣿⣐⣀⡇⣂⣰⣇⣿⣈⣀⣾⢐⣕⣠⣇⣀⣆⣨⣢⣰⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⡿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⠉⠏⠉⠹⣛⠻⡟⡻⢟⡿⡻⡋⡙⢻⡿⠙⡏⡛⢟⠻⢛⢻⢛⠹⠛⠟⡛⡟⣻⡏⡝⠏⣛⠟⠟⠟⣻⡟⠹⠛⠟⢿⡏⠻⠹⠛⠟⠻⢻⡟⣝⢛⢉⢉⢹⢛⠟⠻⡏⡟⡻⣿⢹⡿⡻⡟⠻⢟⢹⢛⠟⠟⢿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣼⣼⣤⣴⣭⣼⣧⣵⣥⣦⣥⣧⣷⣼⣧⣶⣤⣥⣦⣤⣼⣼⣬⣴⣤⣦⣧⣧⣼⣧⣾⣧⣬⣤⣤⣬⣴⣧⣴⣬⣦⣿⣧⣷⣴⣬⣧⣤⣾⣷⣥⣾⣼⣼⣴⣬⣦⣽⣧⣧⣧⣿⣬⣥⣥⣦⣤⣬⣼⣬⣦⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣾⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣷⣶⣾⣮⣶⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠁⠛⠉⠉⠯⠙⢉⢋⠙⡍⢯⠹⠉⠏⢹⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠓⠈⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿
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✐ OSI_Blog_Composed_by_Microsofters_on_Microsoft’s_Payroll,_Promoting
Proprietary_GitHub_Using_Microsoft’s_Terminology⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Law, Microsoft, OSI at 6:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Sponsored by Microsoft to occupy the OSI, serving and pushing_Microsoft_agenda,
lobbying for proprietary software (under the guise of “community”!) and even
painting_plagiarism/GPL_violations_as_benign_"AI"
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Nick_Vidal_for_Microsoft⦈_
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Nick_Vidal_at_Microsoft's_LinkedIn⦈_
Yesterday:
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Nick_Vidal_joins_Microsoft⦈_
This is what OSI is advocating:
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GitHub: Where everything comes to die⦈
Summary: Not only does Microsoft_besiege_the_OSI's_Board; it also has staff on
the payroll (Microsoft's_money) pushing the OSI in Microsoft’s direction; the
OSI actively works to undermine its own mission, having taken money from (been
bribed by) its foremost foe half a decade ago
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⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⡏⠭⠟⡛⠛⠛⠻⢛⡏⠟⢻⠛⢹⡯⠙⠛⠛⣿⡏⠙⠛⠛⠻⠛⣿⢛⢻⠋⠛⠉⡛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠿⠿⠿⠿⠷⠶⠶⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠍⠩⠉⠍⠉⠉⢉⡅⡋⠉⡏⡍⡋⠭⠉⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⡿⢛⡿⢿⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⡿⡿⢿⠻⠻⠿⣿⠛⠛⡿⢿⠿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡃⠀⢠⠀⠀⢹⣿⣷⣬⣤⣴⣼⣧⣤⣼⣤⣥⣧⣤⣼⣼⣠⣿⣴⣦⣤⣼⣤⣤⣤⣈⣠⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⠀⠰⠀⠠⣿⣿⣏⠍⠩⠉⠙⡝⡯⢛⠍⠹⢩⡩⡋⢻⠉⣽⠈⠘⠉⠩⡙⢉⣽⡟⡩⠩⠋⠱⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣀⣀⣀⣠⣾⣿⡟⠛⡾⠻⣿⡛⢛⣟⢛⢻⣿⣿⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⢿⡛⣿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣶⣶⣿⣾⣶⣶⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣾⣷⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⢿⠿⣿⡿⢿⠿⠿⣿⢿⠿⢿⢿⢿⢿⡿⢿⡿⢿⡿⡿⢿⢿⢿⡿⡿⠿⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⡿⣿⠿⠿⡿⢿⢿⢿⠿⡿
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣘⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣧⣿⣤⣤⣤⣴⣥⣼⣿⣤⣼⣬⣥⣧⣥⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣧⣼⣇⣸⣬⣤⣬⣤⣼⣬⣥⣤⣥⣤⣥⣤⣤⣤⣿⣤⣾⣧⣤⣥⣤⣴⣤
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣉⣉⣀⣏⣉⣉⣩⣉⣿⣉⣉⣩⣉⢉⣉⣉⣍⣉⣩⣿⣏⣍⣉⣩⣭⡏⣉⣉⣉⣁⣈⣁⣍⣉⣉⣘⣿⣅⣫⣍⣁⣩⡉⢹⣋⣹⣩⣉⣉⣩⡏⣉⣏⣁⣍⣉⣩⣫⣁⣉⣩⣿⣁
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣛⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣷⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⢸⣗⡯⣯⢯⡏⡯⡏⡟⢹⣿⢹⢹⢹⣿⢿⣿⣹⣯⣿⢇⡏⣯⣯⣯⢿⣿⣿⣮⣻⣿⣹⢿⢹⢽⡹⣟⢯⣿⣿⣏⢿⣯⠿⣿⡿⡿⣯⢯⣿⡹⣿⣿⢿⡏⡏⡏⡏⡯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡟⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣧⣻⣇⣇⣇⣇⣧⣳⣜⣿⣻⣸⣸⣸⣙⣿⣟⣿⣻⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣧⣻⣇⣇⣟⣼⣼⣼⣟⣼⣸⣿⣸⣸⣸⣸⣻⣞⢿⣷⣵⣿⣸⣼⣻⣿⣿⣜⣧⣻⣇⣟⣿⣟⣿⣻⣸⣻⣻⣻⣹⣸⣻⣸⣞⣷⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/05/techrights-easter-plan/#comments
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✐ Techrights_Plans_for_Impending_Easter_Weekend⠀✐
Posted in Europe, Patents, Site_News at 12:47 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Techrights will be publishing threatening letters from trolls this
coming weekend; it’s well overdue
LAST summer a copyright troll targeted Techrights [1, 2] and for full
disclosure purposes we planned to disclose the letters some time around
Christmas. Transparency is important if not paramount. Just before Christmas,
however, that troll escalated a little by sending physical letters to our home,
so we decided to delay this until Easter when it’s quieter and there’s ample
time to redact and preapre.
“…regardless of whether there’s something more sinister or complicated going on
behind the scenes, expect more to be published around Easter Sunday.”The “case”
itself is without merit, very obviously frivolous harassment, which we suspect
may have comes from the EPO or is linked to Team UPC, which also issued some
copyright threats only months ago [1, 2]. Either way, regardless of whether
there’s something more sinister or complicated going on behind the scenes,
expect more to be published around Easter Sunday.
Techrights still attracts such self-defeating threats. Shedding light on them
helps deter/discourage further attempts. That these threats are made in the
first place can be rather revealing at times. That means Techrights makes an
impact. Last year we covered_another_example_of_this. █
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✐ In_the_UK,_Windows_Falls_to_63%on_Laptops/Desktops(All-Time_Low)⠀✐
Posted in Microsoft, Windows at 7:26 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
So says this_survey that Microsoft fancies citing in self-serving contexts:
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇UK_desktop_share⦈_
Summary: Now that “Microsoft_ditches_plans_for_500,000_sq_ft_London_office”
it’s worth considering the company’s status in the UK (it’s also under
consideration/investigation for market abuse by Ofcom right_about_now)
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Custody⠀✐
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o EasyOS
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Events
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra
o Programming/Development
# Python
* Leftovers
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Privatisation/Privateering
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Software_Patents
# Trademarks
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ System76_CEO_teases_in-house_Linux_laptop_code-
named_‘Virgo’⠀⇛
Linux hardware vendor and creator of the Pop!_OS
distribution, System76, have made their own desktop for a
while now but they’re moving onto a custom laptop next.
Something they’ve been planning for some time, as they’ve
gradually scaled up their in-house manufacturing.
On Mastodon, System76 Founder and CEO Carl Richell,
showed off two photos of the panel for the LCD…
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ TUXEDO_introduces_laptop_with_GeForce_RTX
4090_and_Core_i9_processor⠀⇛
Today, TUXEDO Computers launched a Linux gaming
laptop equipped with the Core i9-13900HX processor,
a 2.5 GbE LAN port, a 99Wh battery and an optional
Cherry MX mechanical keyboard. Additionally, the
Stellaris 16 Gen 5 features a 240Hz display and a
Thunderbolt 4 port.
The Stellaris 16 is only available with the
following 13th Gen Raptor Lake processor…
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Shotcut_23.04_Video_Editor_to_Bring_Qt_6_and
FFmpeg_6_Support,_Flatpak_ARM64_Build⠀⇛
Built using the latest Qt 6 and FFmpeg 6
frameworks, the upcoming Shotcut 23.04 release
promises improved Wayland support, an ARM64
(AArch64) build of the Flatpak binary, timeline
optimization, faster previews for most video clips
without filters, and additional multi-threading in
audio/video file reading.
Shotcut 23.04 will also reintroduce the GPU Effects
feature, which has been greatly improved to be more
performant and stable. GPU Effects now comes with
new functionality like end-to-end support for 10-
bit sources, text filters, video scopes,
stabilization, and support for showing only or all
GPU filters when searching for “gpu” in Filters.
# ⚓ Support_for_Istio_1.15_has_ended⠀⇛
As previously_announced, support for Istio 1.15 has
now officially ended.
At this point we will no longer back-port fixes for
security issues and critical bugs to 1.15, so we
heartily encourage
you to upgrade to the latest version of Istio
(1.17.2) if you haven’t already.
# ⚓ Announcing_Istio_1.17.2⠀⇛
This release fixes the security vulnerabilities
described in our April 4th post, ISTIO-SECURITY-
2023-001.
This release note describes what’s different
between Istio 1.17.1 and 1.17.2.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ ByteXD ☛ Nginx_Setup:_Run_Laravel_in_a_Reverse_Proxy,
Preserve_URL⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to access a
remote Laravel 10 app through a reverse proxy…
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ IPv6_architecture_and_subnetting_guide_for_network
engineers_and_operators⠀⇛
Guest Post: A practical guide to implementing an
IPv6 architecture and subnetting system.
# ⚓ Klara ☛ Managing_Disk_Arrays_on_FreeBSD/TrueNAS_Core⠀⇛
Discover strategies to manage disk arrays on
FreeBSD and related platforms/operating systems.
Ensure device health & easy replacements with these
valuable tips.
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Linux_Terminal_Basics_#8:_Move_Files_and
Directories_(Cut-Paste_Operation)⠀⇛
In the eighth chapter of the Terminal Basics
series, learn about moving files and directories
using the mv command in Linux.
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_enable_Linux_on_your_Chromebook_(and_why_you
should)⠀⇛
Want to get more from your Chromebook? Add Linux
support!
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_encrypt_a_file_on_Linux_(and_when_you
should)⠀⇛
Looking for the easiest method for protecting a
file behind a layer of encryption in Linux? Here
are two easy ways.
# ⚓ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Learning_syslog-ng:_a_table_of
contents_for_my_tutorial_series⠀⇛
Last year, one of the returning questions I
received was how to learn
syslog-ng. My answer was that read_the_first_few
chapters_of_the
documentation,_read_my_blogs_related_to_your_use
case,_and_then_read_a_few_relevant_parts_from_the
rest_of_the_documentation.
Our documentation is praised by users, but it is
still a reference documentation. I was asked if a
less detailed, more to the point, preferably video
tutorial is available.
# ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_Learning_syslog-ng,_the_easier_way⠀⇛
Last year, one of the returning questions I
received was how to learn syslog-ng. My answer was
that read_the_first_few_chapters_of_the
documentation,_read_my_blogs_related_to_your_use
case,_and_then_read_a_few_relevant_parts_from_the
rest_of_the_documentation. Our documentation is
praised by users, but it is still a reference
documentation. I was asked if a less detailed, more
to the point, preferably video tutorial is
available.
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Work_With_Include_And_Import_Statements
In_Ansible_With_Examples⠀⇛
In this article, we will learn what import_* and
include_* directives are and how to work with
include and import statements in Ansible with
examples.
# ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ How_to_resolve_Git_merge_conflicts⠀⇛
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Hell_Let_Loose_Coming_to_the_Steam_Deck
This_Year⠀⇛
Hell Let Loose (Steam link) is a multiplayer
tactical first-person WW2 shooter developed by
Australian studio Black Matter and published by
Team17 — the game was initially released after a
Kickstarter campaign in 2017 before its release on
Windows…
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Dedoimedo ☛ Slimbook_Titan,_Kubuntu,_backup,
encryption⠀⇛
I have purposefully decided to write this
part of my Titan adventures as a separate
article, because backups are extremely
important. Of course, the specific details
are not important. You can choose not to use
encryption at all, or perhaps prefer
VeraCrypt or TrueCrypt containers. You can
use one disks or many, or copy to a network
share. You can do any number of things. I
merely wanted to show that you can go for an
elegant and even somewhat complex setup
without any great trouble in Linux. But you
need to be a nerd.
The rsync scripts can then run at different
times, the home and system ones separately.
The data is safely backed up, so if there are
problems, it is relatively easy to recover.
In the worst case, I would need to reinstall
the system, but my personal stuff and
important configurations would all survive.
All of this is just a precursor to the heavy
work with the data stored on Windows systems,
but hey, one small step for Tux. We’ve got
till 2025 to put everything in order, and so
far, it’s going rather well. More on games
coming soon.
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ KDE_Team_Introduces_New_Community_Forum:
KDE_Discuss⠀⇛
KDE, the popular free and open-source
software community, has recently launched a
new online discussion forum called “KDE
Discuss”. The platform is built using the
modern Discourse forum software and aims to
provide a place for the KDE community to come
together and discuss various topics.
Here’s all the details.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § EasyOS⠀➾
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasyOS_Kirkstone-series_version_5.2.1
released⠀⇛
Easy 5.2 was released on March 28:
https://bkhome.org/news/202303/easyos-kirkstone-
series-version-52-released.html
Release notes for 5.2.1:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/
kirkstone/2023/5.2.1/release-notes.htm
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ fr_and_ru_translation_updates⠀⇛
Thanks to JJ (esmourguit in the forum) and Dmitry
(maybe in the forum) for French and Russian
translation updates. Commit: [...]
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ CentOS ☛ CentOS_Hyperscale_SIG_Quarterly_Report_for
2023Q1⠀⇛
CentOS Hyperscale SIG Quarterly Report for 2023Q1
This report covers work that happened between
January 9th 2023 and April 3rd 2023. For previous
work, see the 2022Q3 report. Purpose The Hyperscale
SIG focuses on enabling CentOS Stream deployment on
large-scale infrastructures and facilitating
collaboration on packages and tooling.
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Update_and_upgrade_JBoss_EAP_with_Ansible⠀⇛
In this follow-up to Automate_and_deploy_a_JBoss
EAP_cluster_with_Ansible, we will explain how to
maintain and keep those instances updated, again in
a fully automated manner, leveraging Ansible and
the Ansible_collection_for_Red_Hat_JBoss_Enterprise
Application_Platform_(EAP).
Indeed, it is critical to ensure that all JEE
application server instances always be up to date,
especially in regard to security fixes. Therefore,
we’ll discuss not only how to apply patches to
update the server but also how to perform an
upgrade to migrate to a new major version.
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Digital_transformation:_Key
considerations_for_banking_leaders⠀⇛
Digital transformation: Key considerations for
banking leaders
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 7_conversational_AI_trends_to_watch
in_2023⠀⇛
If you’ve ever asked a virtual assistant like Siri
or Alexa for a weather forecast or checked an order
status using a chatbot or a messaging app, you’ve
experienced the power of conversational AI. This
artificial intelligence tool uses natural language
processing (NLP) to understand and respond to human
language.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Automate_PostgreSQL_database_deployment
using_RHEL_System_Roles⠀⇛
Automate PostgreSQL database deployment using RHEL
System Roles
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Troubleshooting_Linux_performance,
building_a_golden_image_for_your_RHEL_homelab,_and_more_tips
for_sysadmins⠀⇛
Troubleshooting Linux performance, building a
golden image for your RHEL homelab, and more tips
for sysadmins
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Get_Ready_for_Debian_12:_A_Closer_Look_at_Just-
Released_RC1⠀⇛
Debian is one of the most popular, oldest, and most
reliable operating systems in the Linux world. Each
new release introduces several updates and features
that make it even better.
So, the upcoming Debian 12 “Bookworm” is no
exception. It is the next major distro’s release
and is set to bring many new and exciting changes
to the table.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Debian_Project_Leader_election_2023:_First_call_for
votes⠀⇛
Hi,
This is the first call for votes on the DPL
election of 2023.
Voting period starts 2023-04-01 00:00:00
UTC
Votes must be received by 2023-04-14 23:59:59
UTC
This vote is being conducted as required by the
Debian Constitution.
You may see the constitution at https://
www.debian.org/devel/constitution.
For voting questions or problems contact
secretary@debian.org.
The details of the candidate's platform can be
found at:
https://www.debian.org/vote/2023/platforms/
Also, note that you can get a fresh ballot any time
before the end of
the vote by sending a mail to
ballot@vote.debian.org
with the subject "leader2023".
To vote you need to be a Debian Developer.
HOW TO VOTE
First, read the full text of the platform.
You might also want to read discussions with the
candidates at
https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/
To cast a vote, it is necessary to send this ballot
filled out to a
dedicated e-mail address, in a signed message, as
described below.
The dedicated email address this ballot should be
sent to is:
leader2023@vote.debian.org
The form you need to fill out is contained at the
bottom of this
message, marked with two lines containing the
characters
'-=-=-=-=-=-'. Do not erase anything between those
lines, and do not
change the choice names.
There are 2 choices in the form, which you may rank
with numbers between
1 and 2. In the brackets next to your preferred
choice, place a 1.
Place a 2 in the brackets next to your next choice.
Continue until you
reach your last choice. Do not enter a number
smaller than 1 or larger
than 2.
You may skip numbers, leave some choices unranked,
and rank options
equally. Unranked choices are considered equally
the least desired
choices, and ranked below all ranked choices.
To vote "no, no matter what", rank "None of the
above" as more desirable
than the unacceptable choices, or you may rank the
"None of the above"
choice and leave choices you consider unacceptable
blank. (Note: if the
"None of the above" choice is unranked, then it is
equal to all other
unranked choices, if any -- no special
consideration is given to the
"None of the above" choice by the voting software).
Finally, mail the filled out ballot to:
leader2023@vote.debian.org.
Don't worry about spacing of the columns or any
quote characters (">") that
your reply inserts.
NOTE: The vote must be GPG signed (or PGP signed)
with your key that is
in the Debian keyring. You may, if you wish,
choose to send a signed,
encrypted ballot: use the vote key appended below
for encryption.
The voting software (Devotee) accepts mail that
either contains only an
unmangled OpenPGP message (RFC 2440 compliant), or
a PGP/MIME mail
(RFC 3156 compliant). To avoid problems I suggest
you use PGP/MIME.
VOTING SECRECY
This is a secret vote. After the voting period
there will be a record
of all the votes without the name of the voter. It
will instead contain
a cryptographic hash. You will receive a secret
after you have voted
that can be used to calculate that hash. This
allows you to verify
that your vote is in the list.
VOTING FORM
# ⚓ LWN ☛ The_2023_Debian_Project_Leader_election⠀⇛
The first call for votes for the 2023 Debian
Project Leader election has gone out. The
campaigning was easy to miss this year, for one
simple reason: the current incumbent, Jonathan
Carter, is running unopposed for another term. That
suggests that turnout will be low this time but, as
several developers have pointed out, there is still
value in voting; it clarifies whether Carter still
has the support of the project.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Canonical_releases_Landscape_23.03,_delivering
simplified_licensing_through_Ubuntu_Pro⠀⇛
Landscape 23.03 manages all versions from Ubuntu
16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) onwards April 4th, 2023,
London, UK: Canonical announced the release of
Landscape 23.03 with broader CPU architecture
compatibility, and improved management and
monitoring capabilities for Ubuntu.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Express ☛ Motorola’s_new_Android_phone_promises_a_boost_the
Galaxy_S23_can’t_beat_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_issues_‘critical’_alert_to_billions_of
Android_owners_–_you’re_in_danger_of_‘bank_blitz’_leaving_you
with_nothing_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ Sunbird_Messaging’s_Waitlist_Reaches_100k
Android_Users_Worldwide⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ 5_reasons_to_buy_this_affordable_wireless_Android
Auto_dongle⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ The_Galaxy_S10,_S10+,_S10e_and_others_lose
support_for_Android_security_updates_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Every_Google_app_with_an_Android_tablet_UI_
[U]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Add_a_Watermark_to_Photos_on_Android⠀⇛
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ Pokemon,_Monster_Masters,_Clash_Royale,_Neo
Monsters,_Evocreos:_5_best_Android_games_like_Pokemon_in
April_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ DirecTV_appears_to_be_preparing_a_new_Android
TV_streamer⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Events⠀➾
# ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_LibrePlanet_talk_–_May_30_–_BigCode:_Open
and_responsible_research_on_code-generating_AI_systems⠀⇛
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Extensions_for_cleaning_up_a_chaotic
desktop⠀⇛
Clutter isn’t just material stuff scattered
about your floor and shelves. Clutter can
consume us in digital form, too — from an
overabundance of browser bookmarks and open
tabs to navigating a world wide web that’s
littered with junk.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Firefox_Beta_on_Linux
Mint_21/20⠀⇛
Mozilla Firefox is a popular and widely used
open-source web browser that continually
evolves to provide users with better
performance, enhanced security, and
innovative features. To achieve this, Mozilla
offers a pre-release version of Firefox
called Firefox Beta.
o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾
# ⚓ LibreOffice_project_and_community_recap:_March_2023⠀⇛
We started March by announcing the location of the
LibreOffice Conference 2023: Bucharest in Romania!
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Buttondown ☛ The_Capability-Tractability_Tradeoff⠀⇛
The more things your system can represent, the less
you can say about the things that are represented.
ie, if you store strings as ASCII then you can’t
represent “∀∃🦔”, while if you store strings as
Unicode then the string’s length isn’t well-
defined. We’ll say that Unicode is more capable
while ASCII is more tractable.
This is one of the most important tradeoffs in CS,
up there with space-time tradeoffs. It has a pretty
simple reason, too: the more things your system can
represent, the fewer things they all have in
common, and the more likely any assertion about
that set will have a counterexample.
# ⚓ Request_Page_Redesign_–_Two_More_Action_Types_and_Better
Comments_on_Changes⠀⇛
We are back to working on the request page
redesign. This time we have focused on improving
comments on lines in the Changes tab, enhancing the
requests with multiple actions and supporting
requests that intend to delete projects/packages
and to change the development package of a package.
The request redesign is part of the beta program.
We started the redesign of the request workflow in
August 2022.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Didier Stevens ☛ Update:_1768.py_Version_0.0.18⠀⇛
This new version of 1768.py brings an option
to try out all 256 xor keys if a non-standard
XOR key is used to encode the configuration.
Like this sample (key !): 1768_v0_0_18.zip
(http)MD5:
323D6D20483257D76D7F9DAD07AAF630SHA256:
653CB75FF59C27FB9A2FD651DDE2EC81A4F577F7F9050353CB0B75DF6CA95773
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Rupert_Murdoch_and_Ann_Lesley_Smith
Call_off_Engagement⠀⇛
o ⚓ Robert Heaton ☛ I_thought_I_knew_what_I_was_doing_this_time:_how
our_second_son_was_born⠀⇛
This is part 17 of a series about my experiences being a
parent. Read the rest here.
Gaby, my wife, a few weeks before the birth:
Before Oscar was born, I was entirely excited that we
were going to have a child. I liked my life, but it was a
good time to change everything. My job was fine, but I
wasn’t worried about putting it on hold or even losing
it. We were about to move to London, so my social circle,
hobbies, and routines were going to get warped anyway.
I’d have to rebuild, with or without a baby.
o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Is_the_focus_on_developer_experience_over
infrastructure_damaging_the_industry?⠀⇛
Developers are the modern enterprise’s beating heart. And
with things like the pervasiveness of open-source code
and application programming interfaces, they’re basically
served the tools and resources they need to produce at a
high level.
o ⚓ Container Journal ☛ Don’t_Stop_Your_Cloud-Native_Migration_Too
Early⠀⇛
Cloud-native migrations can be intense. Steps are complex
and intertwined and system complexity can slow you down
and introduce problems and concerns. It may not be clear
that everything will eventually smooth itself out. It may
not be clear that your migration will be successful.
o ⚓ Container Journal ☛ Upbound_Unfurls_Managed_Crossplane_Control
Plane_Service⠀⇛
Upbound today made generally available a namesake multi-
tenant instance of a control plane management service
based on the open source Crossplane project.
o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Digital_assets_startup_Bakkt_completes
acquisition_of_Apex_Crypto_for_$200M [Ed: Why prop up a massive
fraud perpetrated by the wife of Jim Zemlin? [1, 2]]⠀⇛
Bakkt LLC, a digital asset startup founded by New York
Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange Inc.,
announced Monday that it finalized its acquisition of
crypto trading firm Apex Crypto LLC. Apex Crypto provides
a turnkey platform for integrated cryptocurrency trading
designed to meet the needs of financial institutions and
trading customers such as neobanks.
* § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ TikTok’s_failure_to_monitor_children’s_use_of_the
platform_is_costing_it_$16_million⠀⇛
TikTok was fined £12.7 million ($15.9 million) for
failing to protect children’s data on the social media
platform, said the UK’s data regulator in a statement
released on April 4.
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_FTC_ordered_Illumina_to_unravel_its_$7_billion_Grail
purchase⠀⇛
>The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered Illumina,
a leading DNA-sequencing firm, to unravel its $7 billion
acquisition of Grail, a developer of cancer-screening
tests, stating the deal would hurt innovation and
competition in the market.
o ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ How_to_beat_burnout⠀⇛
With the end of the semester approaching, many students
are experiencing burnout as they anxiously await for the
semester to come to a close. “Burnout is a syndrome of
work-related stress that has not been successfully
managed.
o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ The_New_Normal_Left⠀⇛
CJ Hopkins So, I went to London to speak to the Left …
no, not “the Left” you’re probably thinking of. Not the
mask-wearing, Ukrainian-flag-flying Left. Not the
pronoun-using, segregationist Left. Not the WEF, WHO,
FBI, CIA, DHS, and MI6-loving Left. Not the global-
capitalist New Normal Left. The other Left. The old-
school Left.
o ⚓ NYPost ☛ The_CDC_keeps_pushing_COVID_boosters_on_kids_despite
real_health_risks⠀⇛
The CDC and Dr. Anthony Fauci keep pushing hard for all
healthy children to have four doses of the COVID vaccine
despite the lack of clinical-outcomes data to support the
recommendation.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Moderate_Drinking_Has_No_Health_Benefits,
Analysis_of_Decades_of_Research_Finds⠀⇛
The review found that the methodology of many previous
studies was flawed and that risk of myriad health
problems increased significantly after less than two
drinks a day for women and after three for men.
* § Proprietary⠀➾
o ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Apple_joins_Amazon,_Google,_and_Microsoft_in_tech
industry_layoffs⠀⇛
Apple, which has thus far avoided the sweeping layoffs
that have taken place at rival companies like Microsoft
and Google, is eliminating some roles after all,
according to a report in Bloomberg.
The number of heads eliminated is believed to be
relatively small, and they are all within the company’s
“corporate retail teams,” with a focus on workers who are
responsible for the “construction and upkeep” of Apple’s
retail locations and other physical facilities.
o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Apple_to_cut_small_number_of_jobs_in_its
corporate_retail_teams⠀⇛
o ⚓ Apple_to_cut_jobs_in_corporate_retail_teams⠀⇛
Apple is cutting a small number of roles within its
corporate retail teams in a streamlining effort.
The layoffs relate to the tech giant’s development and
preservation teams, Bloomberg said, citing people
familiar with the matter.
Although it’s currently unclear how many roles would be
impacted, the number will likely be “very small”.
According to Bloomberg, the cuts are presented internally
as a way of improving operational efficiency rather than
a cost-cutting measure.
The event sets a precedent for Apple, which has so far
managed to steer clear of job cuts affecting most other
tech corporations.
Additional reports suggest that eliminated roles are in
the division that handles building and upkeep for Apple’s
retail stores. All impacted employees can apply for other
positions at the company until the end of the week or
receive up to four months of severance pay.
o ⚓ McDonald’s_is_laying_off_corporate_staff_to_free_up_resources_for
growth,_experts_say_|_Daily_Mail_Online⠀⇛
The fast-food company is closing its offices this week to
terminate staff remotely as part of a previously
announced restructuring, with the number of corporate job
cuts reportedly in the hundreds.
o ⚓ Wired ☛ Microsoft’s_New_Campus_Drove_Up_Home_Prices._Where_Are
the_Jobs?⠀⇛
The tech giant’s project in Atlanta is on an “indefinite
pause,” leaving locals with the inflated prices but none
of the jobs and investment.
o ⚓ Tech_companies_plan_hundreds_more_Bay_Area_job_cuts_as_layoffs
worsen⠀⇛
Roku, Lucid Group and Microsoft have revealed plans for
fresh Bay Area job cuts, together adding hundreds of
workers to the region’s worsening layoffs.
o Silicon Angle ☛ IRS-approved_tax_filing_site_eFile.com_found
delivering_malware_to_users_for_a_week
A U.S. Internal Revenue Service-approved tax filing site called
eFile.com has been found to be delivering malware to users for
weeks. Suspicions that the site was serving malware first appeared
on Reddit on March 18, with confirmation provided by security
researcher Johannes Ullrich on April 3.
o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Google_spending_cuts_include_no_more_laptops,
only_Chromebooks,_and_fewer_services⠀⇛
After laying off thousands of its employees in January,
Google LLC is looking to rein in its expenses elsewhere,
with a number of cost-cutting measures being implemented
across the company, including reductions in spending on
equipment, supplies and some employee services.
⚓ Michał Woźniak ☛ Does_ChatGPT_gablergh?⠀⇛
Imagine coming across, on a reasonably serious site, an article that
starts along the lines of:
After observing the generative AI space for a while, I feel I have to
ask: does ChatGPT (and other LLM-based chatbots)… actually gablergh?
And if I am honest with myself, I cannot but conclude that it sure
does seem so, to some extent!
I know this sounds sensationalist. It does undermine some of our
strongly held assumptions and beliefs about what does “to gablergh”
actually mean — and what classes of entities can, in fact, be said to
gablergh at all. Since gablerghing is such a crucial part of what
many feel it means to be human, this is also certainly going to
ruffle some feathers!
But here’s the thing: so far, after thousands of years of
philosophical thought and scientific research, we have not been able
to clearly define “gablerghing”. Thus, we simply cannot say for
certain that some simpler animals, like ants, do not gablergh in some
relevant sense. Gablerghing happens on a spectrum, from clearly
gablerghing organisms like humans and dolphins, through animals like
dogs or cats who I think we would mostly agree do gablergh, down to
ants where this is maybe more fraught a statement.
So why couldn’t “a_set_of_scripts_running_on_top_of_a_corpus_of
statistically_analyzed_internet_content” be said to, in some sense,
gablergh?
Naturally, your immediate reaction would not be to make a serious
thinking face and consider deeply whether or not GPT indeed
“gablerghs”, and if so to what degree. Instead, you would first
expect the author to define the term “gablergh” and provide some
relevant criteria for establishing whether or not something
“gablerghs”.
Yet somehow when hype-peddlers claim that LLMs (and tools built
around them, like ChatGPT) “think”, nobody demands of them
clarification of what they actually mean by that, and what criteria
they might possibly use (beyond “the output seems human-made”). This
allows them to weaponize the complexity of defining the term “to
think”, with all its emotional and philosophical baggage, and using
it to their advantage.
“Well you can’t say it doesn’t think” — the argument goes — “since
it’s so hard to define and delineate! Even ants can be said to think
in some sense!”
⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ President_Biden_says_tech_firms_must_ensure_their_AI_products
are_safe⠀⇛
U.S. President Joe Biden today met with his Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology to discuss the potential risks and
opportunities introduced by rapid advancements in the development of
artificial intelligence recently.
§ Privatisation/Privateering⠀➾
* ⚓ Breach Media ☛ Everything_wrong_with_Ontario’s_health_care
privatization_law⠀⇛
Transcript: And here’s what’s at stake for the people of
Ontario because of Bill 60. More costs for patients and more
uncertainty about what those out of pocket costs might be.
Private clinic surgeries have cost taxpayers more than double
what they would in the public system.
§ Security⠀➾
* ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian (duktape, firmware-
nonfree, intel-microcode, svgpp, and systemd), Fedora (amanda,
dino, flatpak, golang, libldb, netconsd, samba, tigervnc, and
vim), Red Hat (nodejs:14), Slackware (ruby and seamonkey), SUSE
(drbd, flatpak, glibc, grub2, ImageMagick, kernel, runc,
thunderbird, and xwayland), and Ubuntu (amanda).
* ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Fedora (openbgpd and
seamonkey), Red Hat (httpd:2.4, kernel, kernel-rt, and pesign),
SUSE (compat-openssl098, dpdk, drbd, ImageMagick, nextcloud,
openssl, openssl-1_1, openssl-3, openssl1, oracleasm, pgadmin4,
terraform-provider-helm, and yaml-cpp), and Ubuntu (haproxy,
ldb, samba, and vim).
* ⚓ Ukrainian_Hackers_Spend_$25,000_of_Russian_Funds_on_Sex_Toys⠀⇛
The Ukrainian hacking collective, Cyber Resistance announced
yesterday that it successfully hacked into the AliExpress
account of pro-Russian mil blogger Mikhail Luchin.
The blogger, who runs the “Misha From Donbas” Telegram channel,
apparently had a significant amount of funds he had raised to
purchase drones for Russian troops.
Now, what exactly did the Ukrainian hackers do to sabotage
Russian military efforts?
They bought a lot of sex toys with the funds. Around $25,000
dollars worth of them.
* ⚓ IT News AU ☛ TAFE_data_breach_uncovered_by_SA_Police⠀⇛
TAFE South Australia has revealed a data breach that was
discovered when SA Police seized “devices containing electronic
scanned copies of TAFE SA student identification forms”.
TAFE SA said the identification forms included credentials such
as driver’s licences and passports for enrolments prior to 2021
across all campuses.
* ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ UnitedLex_hit_by_d0nut_ransomware_team,_200_GB_of
corporate_files_leaked⠀⇛
The d0nut ransomware team seems to be ramping up their activity
and leaks. Last week, they contacted DataBreaches about
Montgomery General Hospital in West Virginia. Today, they
reached out to this site about UnitedLex, a firm that describes
itself as helping legal teams modernize “with a consultative
framework that brings together legal subject matter expertise,
data science, and technology to solve operational challenges
across multiple legal disciplines.”
* ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ FBI_Seizes_Bot_Shop_‘Genesis_Market’_Amid_Arrests
Targeting_Operators,_Suppliers⠀⇛
Several domain names tied to Genesis Market, a bustling
cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data
stolen from millions of computers infected with malicious
software, were seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) today. Sources tell KrebsOnsecurity the domain seizures
coincided with “dozens” of arrests in the United States and
abroad targeting those who allegedly operated the service, as
well as suppliers who continuously fed Genesis Market with
freshly-stolen data.
[...]
But sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity
that law enforcement agencies in the United States, Canada and
across Europe are currently serving arrest warrants on dozens
of individuals thought to support Genesis, either by
maintaining the site or selling the service bot logs from
infected systems.
The seizure notice includes the seals of law enforcement
entities from several countries, including Australia, Canada,
Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United
Kingdom.
When Genesis customers purchase a bot, they’re purchasing the
ability to have all of the victim’s authentication cookies
loaded into their browser, so that online accounts belonging to
that victim can be accessed without the need of a password, and
in some cases without multi-factor authentication.
“You can buy a bot with a real fingerprint, access to e-mail,
social networks, bank accounts, payment systems!,” a cybercrime
forum ad for Genesis enthused. “You also get all previous
digital life (history) of the bot – most services won’t even
ask for login and password and identify you as their returning
customer. Purchasing a bot kit with the fingerprint, cookies
and accesses, you become the unique user of all his or her
services and other web-sites. The other use of our kit of real
fingerprints is to cover-up the traces of your real internet
activity.”
* ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ New_Money_Message_ransomware_demands_million_dollar
ransoms⠀⇛
A new ransomware gang named ‘Money Message’ has appeared,
targeting victims worldwide and demanding million-dollar
ransoms not to leak data and release a decryptor.
The new ransomware was first reported by a victim on the
BleepingComputer forums on March 28, 2023, with Zscaler’s
ThreatLabz soon after sharing information on Twitter.
Currently, the threat actor lists two victims on its extortion
site, one of which is an Asian airline with annual revenue
close to $1 billion. Additionally, the threat actors claim to
have stolen files from the company and include a screenshot of
the accessed file system as proof of the breach.
* ⚓ CPR ☛ Rorschach_–_A_New_Sophisticated_and_Fast_Ransomware_–_Check_Point
Research⠀⇛
While responding to a ransomware case against a US-based
company, the CPIRT recently came across a unique ransomware
strain deployed using a signed component of a commercial
security product. Unlike other ransomware cases, the threat
actor did not hide behind any alias and appears to have no
affiliation to any of the known ransomware groups. Those two
facts, rarities in the ransomware ecosystem, piqued CPR
interest and prompted us to thoroughly analyze the newly
discovered malware.
Throughout its analysis, the new ransomware exhibited unique
features. A behavioral analysis of the new ransomware suggests
it is partly autonomous, spreading itself automatically when
executed on a Domain Controller (DC), while it clears the event
logs of the affected machines. In addition, it’s extremely
flexible, operating not only based on a built-in configuration
but also on numerous optional arguments which allow it to
change its behavior according to the operator’s needs. While it
seems to have taken inspiration from some of the most infamous
ransomware families, it also contains unique functionalities,
rarely seen among ransomware, such as the use of direct
syscalls.
* ⚓ Jerusalem Post ☛ Israeli_cyber_security_website_briefly_taken_down_in
cyberattack⠀⇛
One of Israel’s largest cyber-security companies, Check Point,
was taken down by a group of hackers calling themselves
“Anonymous Sudan” on Tuesday afternoon.
However, after a short while, the website seemed to return to
operating as normal.
Earlier in the day, the websites of multiple major universities
in Israel were also attacked by the same group, and were down
for several hours.
* ⚓ Trend Micro ☛ Unpacking_the_Structure_of_Modern_Cybercrime
Organizations⠀⇛
The last 20 years have seen the cyberthreat landscape transform
markedly: From an era of cyberattacks with damaging payloads,
the cybercrime space has evolved to one where malicious actors
have organized themselves into groups, mainly driven by
financial gain.
Consequently, organizations now contend with a new breed of
cybercriminals fiercely competing among themselves to claim a
bigger stake in a highly lucrative market. Given present
circumstances, malicious actors have organized themselves in
ways that show a remarkable resemblance to legitimate
corporations. Our research findings show that as revenues and
membership of cybercriminal groups expand, their organizational
structure becomes more complex because new tiers in the
hierarchy inevitably arise in the process.
* ⚓ Western_Digital_says_hackers_stole_data_in_‘network_security’_breach⠀⇛
Data storage giant Western Digital has confirmed that hackers
exfiltrated data from its systems during a “network security
incident” last week.
The California-based company said in a statement on Monday that
an unauthorized third party gained access to “a number” of its
internal systems on March 26. Western Digital hasn’t confirmed
the nature of the incident or revealed how it was compromised,
but its statement suggests the incident may be linked to
ransomware.
“Based on the investigation to date, the company believes the
unauthorized party obtained certain data from its systems and
is working to understand the nature and scope of that data,”
Western Digital said.
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ APNIC ☛ Who_reads_your_email?⠀⇛
Guest Post: Analysing gTLD MX records for centrality.
o ⚓ NYOB ☛ No_bullsh*t_opt-out:_free_noyb_tool_for_quick_and_broad
Facebook_objections!⠀⇛
No bullsh*t opt-out: free noyb tool for quick and broad
Facebook objections!
Use the noyb tool to opt out of targeted advertising and
various other claimed ‘legitimate interestes’ by Meta in
a simple and legally sound way.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Appeals_Court_Punts_on_Due_Process_Rights_for
Guantánamo_Detainees⠀⇛
The case could have resolved an important question about the
scope of rights for noncitizens held at the wartime prison.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Malaysia_abolishes_death_penalty._Will_other_Asian_nations
follow?⠀⇛
Human rights groups have applauded Malaysia’s move to abolish
the mandatory death penalty, bringing possible reprieves to
more than 1,300 prisoners on death row. Previously, courts had
no choice but to mandate hanging as punishment for a range of
crimes.
* ⚓ Latvia ☛ State_Security_Service_cracks_down_on_another_pro-Kremlin
activist⠀⇛
The State Security Service (VDD) has asked the court to arrest
the pro-Kremlin activist Aleksandrs Žguns, according to
information at LETA’s disposal.
* ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Donald_Trump_in_police_custody_ahead_of_historic
court_appearance⠀⇛
Former President Donald Trump has arrived at the Manhattan
district attorney’s office in lower Manhattan, where he is
under arrest and in police custody before his upcoming
arraignment. Trump is expected to be fingerprinted as part of
the arrest, though it’s still unclear whether his mug shot will
be taken.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ George_Soros_Is_a_Familiar_Villain_for_the_Right_Wing
in_Trump’s_Indictment⠀⇛
Conspiracy theorists have long attributed wildly varied events
to George Soros, in attacks often viewed as antisemitic. His
indirect donations to a prosecutor’s campaign are animating
Trump allies.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Trump_campaign_fundraises_with_fake_mug_shot_merch⠀⇛
The Trump campaign is capitalizing on the former president’s
arrest_Tuesday.
Driving the news:An email fromTrump’s 2024 campaign was sent
advertising a t-shirt with a fake mug shot of former_President
Trump, with the phrase “NOT GUILTY” below it.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Analysis:_Inside_Alvin_Bragg’s_ambitious_Trump_indictment⠀⇛
Manhattan_District_Attorney_Alvin_Bragg accused former
President_Trump on Tuesday not only of falsifying business
records but of doing so with the explicit intent of covering up
at least three other categories of crimes.
Driving the news:Those crimes, Bragg revealed at a press
conference after Trump’s_historic_arraignment, including
violating New York state election law; making or causing
additional false statements, including to tax authorities; and
exceeding the cap on federal campaign contributions.
===============================================================
Why it matters:The alleged cover-up is Bragg’s reasoning for
charging Trump with 34 felonies, rather than misdemeanors. In
order to convict, Bragg will need to prove Trump tried to
conceal crimes that he has not been charged with — and that are
not actually named in the indictment.
* ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Finland_joins_NATO,_doubling_military_alliance’s
border_with_Russia_in_a_blow_for_Putin⠀⇛
Finland officially became the 31st member of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday, marking a major shift in
the security landscape in northeastern Europe that adds some
1,300 kilometers (830 miles) to the alliance’s frontier with
Russia.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finland_becomes_31st_member_of_NATO⠀⇛
Today, Finland officially became the 31st member of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), marking the end of its era
of military non-alignment. In a statement, President of the
Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö emphasized that the
membership is not targeted against anyone and does not change
the foundations or objectives of Finland’s foreign and security
policy. Rather, it provides security for Finland while also
strengthening its international position and room for
manoeuvre.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Finland_Joins_NATO_in_a_Power_Shift_and_Rebuke_to
Putin⠀⇛
The Nordic country became the alliance’s 31st member on
Tuesday, spurred by the war in Ukraine, in a strategic setback
for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Finland_becomes_31st_member_of_NATO⠀⇛
Finlandbecame the 31st_member_of_NATO on Tuesday— a once-
unthinkable stepthat significantly changes the security
landscape in Europe.
Why it matters:Finland’s membership more than doubles NATO’s
borders with Russia and formally ends Helsinki’s_decades_of
official_nonalignment.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Niinistö:_“A_new_era_begins”_as_Finland_joins_Nato⠀⇛
Niinistö spoke outside Nato’s headquarters, as the Finnish flag
was being raised for the first time, alongside the flags of the
alliance’s other 30 member states.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Europe’s_little_platoons_for_change⠀⇛
Russia’s war on Ukraine has forced big changes in Europe –
Finland in NATO! – but it may be small countries leading the
way.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_officially_joins_Nato:_As_it_happened⠀⇛
Finnish leaders are in Brussels on Tuesday as the country is
officially accepted as a member of the Nato military alliance.
This blog follows the day’s events as they happen.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Pro-Russia_hacker_group_suspected_of_targeting_Finnish
parliament,_Sanna_Marin_websites_with_DoS_attack⠀⇛
The denial of service attack is likely linked to Finland
completing the Nato accession process on Tuesday.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Days_Into_Russia’s_U.N._Security_Council_Presidency,
Britain_Draws_a_Line⠀⇛
Russia had made it clear that a Kremlin official accused of war
crimes related to Ukrainian children would be addressing a
Council meeting on Ukrainian children.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_We_Know_About_the_Bomb_Attack_on_a_Russian_Pro-
War_Blogger⠀⇛
The killing of Vladlen Tatarsky came at a volatile moment in
Russia, and could herald a further crackdown on dissent. Here’s
how the case has developed so far.
* ⚓ ADF ☛ Arms_Spilling_Across_Ghana-Burkina_Faso_Border⠀⇛
People walk freely between Ghana and Burkina Faso where the
towns of Paga and Dakola are joined. Aside from the rickety
metal barriers and gate that cut across the main road, there is
little indication of where one country ends and the other
begins.
* ⚓ ADF ☛ Attack_on_CAR_Brewery_Hints_at_a_New_Strategy_for_the_Wagner
Group⠀⇛
In recent months, a new beer began appearing in bars around
Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic — a beer
that analysts say carries implications for countries where
Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries operate.
* ⚓ ADF ☛ U.N._Report:_Situation_in_Mali_Continues_to_Deteriorate⠀⇛
A new United Nations report shows that the number of people
killed in Mali continued to increase in 2022, despite pledges
by the government to stamp out extremist violence. On March 22,
the U.N. mission in Mali, MINUSMA, published its quarterly
report for October through December 2022…
⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_and_Ukraine_Use_Drones_to_Bring_Death_in_Battle_for
Bakhmut⠀⇛
Using aerial drones to spot the enemy and direct artillery fire has
become a staple of war for Ukraine and Russia, especially in the
savage fight for control of Bakhmut.
⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S.Announces_Another$2.6_Billion_in_Aid_to_Ukraine⠀⇛
Most of the funds will go toward future purchases of munitions, radar
and other weapons to send to Ukraine.
⚓ CS Monitor ☛ US_bipartisan_lawmakers_agree_on_more_school_safety_measures⠀⇛
Both red and blue US states are passing legislation to increase
school safety measures, including panic buttons and video
surveillance, following the school shooting in Tennessee. Meanwhile,
a bill in Florida will allow unconcealed guns without a permit.
⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia’s_commissioner_for_children’s_rights_seeks_to_portray
war_crimes_accusations_as_false.⠀⇛
An official charged by the International Criminal Court sought to
portray her work as a humanitarian project.
§ Environment⠀➾
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Europe_led_the_world_in_heat_pump_sales_growth_in_2022⠀⇛
Global sales of heat_pumps grew by 11% in 2022, according
to a new_report_by_the_International_Energy_Agency (IEA).
But Europe saw the highest increase, almost doubling its
growth compared to the previous year, from 22% to 41%.
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ China_is_on_a_global_hunt_for_rare_earths⠀⇛
Faced with a growing reliance on rare_earth imports,
China is doubling down on efforts to buy up more rare
earth raw materials at their source. To do so, it is
ramping up production at home—but it’s also aggressively
investing overseas.
o ⚓ Matthaei_collections_get_new_life_as_recycled_materials,
biofuels⠀⇛
Researchers and staff from U-M and three other
institutions are using a recent grant to study how to
turn the Matthaei Botanical Gardens’ trash into useful
products as well as heat and energy.
* § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
o ⚓ NYPost ☛ Researchers_find_fish_swimming_5_miles_below_ocean
surface_—_deepest_ever_recorded⠀⇛
The research team were exploring the deepest depths of
the trenches off the Japanese coast with a baited
unmanned craft known as a lander as part of a 10-year
study into the deepest populations of fish on the globe.
o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Watch_the_Deepest_Fish_Ever_Observed_in_the
Ocean⠀⇛
Scientists filmed a snailfish pottering about more than
five miles under the ocean surface off the coast of
Japan.
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ As_India’s_Project_Tiger_turns_50,_hope_for_the_big
cat⠀⇛
On the surface, India’s gains on tiger conservation over
the past 50 years appear modest, but the momentum growing
behind the big cat gives wildlife advocates hope.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Temperatures_Rise,_Melbourne’s_Bats_Get_Their
Own_Sprinkler_System⠀⇛
On the hottest days, a refreshing mist will cool down
flying foxes, which have suffered mass death in
Australian heat waves.
* § Overpopulation⠀➾
o ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ The_imaginary_world_of_Earth4All’s_low
population_projections⠀⇛
A new report from Earth4All says world population will
peak below 9 billion. While it celebrates this result and
says we must work to get it even lower, this
unrealistically low projection itself is likely to have
the opposite effect.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Jamie_Dimon_feels_pretty_sunny_about_the_economy [Ed: Jamie
Dimon should be in prison. The very fact he is treated as a luminary
rather than a criminal says a lot about this system.]⠀⇛
The U.S. economy is healthy — and is going to remain healthy
for decades to come. So says JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon in
his annual shareholder letter, released Tuesday morning.
Why it matters:Dimon’s sunny outlook stands in stark contrast
to his dark_warnings 10 months ago, when he forecast an
impending “hurricane.”
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_founder_of_Frank,_a_student_loan_company,_was_criminally
charged_for_defrauding_JPMorgan⠀⇛
The US attorney for the Southern District of New York filed
criminal charges on April 4 against Charlie Javice, founder of
Frank, the infamous student loan startup. Javice stands accused
of defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co., which paid $175 million for
her company in 2021.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Australia’s_central_bank_hit_the_brakes_on_interest_rate
hikes._Will_other_countries_follow?⠀⇛
For the first time in 10 months, Australia’s central bank chose
to_not_raise_interest_rates on April 4, leaving its benchmark
interest rate at 3.6%.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_MPs_getting_a_pay_rise [Ed: Policymakers make policies to
pay themselves better]⠀⇛
The last time lawmakers got a salary hike was in the spring of
2019, according to Finnish Parliament.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Danske_Bank_sees_improved_outlook_for_Finnish_economy⠀⇛
In its forecast, the financial institution noted that growth
will however remain slow and government debt will continue to
rise.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ The_number_of_companies_declared_bankrupt_increases_by
30_percent⠀⇛
The number of bankruptcies in Finland has seen a significant
increase in the first quarter of 2023, according to a report by
Suomen Asiakastieto Oy, a leading credit information company.
The report reveals that by the end of week 13, 676 companies
had been declared bankrupt, a 30 percent increase from the same
period last year, and the highest figure in the past 15 years.
This development is a cause for concern, as it indicates that
many Finnish companies are facing severe financial
difficulties.
* ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_Elizabeth_Warren_on_weaponized_budget
models_(04_Apr_2023)⠀⇛
In yesterday’s essay, I broke down the new series from The
American Prospect on the hidden ideology and power of budget
models, these being complex statistical systems for weighing
legislative proposals to determine if they are “economically
sound.” The assumptions baked into these models are intensely
political, and, like all dirty political actors, the model-
makers claim they are “empirical” while their adversaries are
“doing politics”….
* ⚓ ADF ☛ Kenya’s_Railway_is_at_the_Center_of_Struggle_with_China_over
Debt⠀⇛
Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway was billed as a major economic
driver that would benefit the region. However, six years after
it opened, the railway has become a financial burden for the
country and a key part of its deteriorating relationship with
China.
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ ‘Screwed’:_Uber_Claws_Back_Double_Pay_from_Drivers
After_April_Fools_Glitch⠀⇛
One driver “delivered through a blizzard only to get screwed
out of what I thought was extra base pay for hazardous
conditions,” they said.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Sky-high_rents_make_Bengaluru_India’s_hottest_residential
market⠀⇛
House-hunting in Bengaluru has gotten tougher as home rents
have doubled since the beginning of 2022.
* ⚓ European Commission ☛ InvestEU:_EIF_and_Lisa&_sign_guarantee_agreement
to_support_Swedish_SMEs_with_a_circular_economy_business_model⠀⇛
InvestEU guarantee for Swedish financier Lisa& to make
available over SEK 278 million (€24,8 million) for SMEs that
support the shift to a circular economy.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ Axios ☛ View_from_Taipei:_Two_presidential_visits_captivate_Taiwan⠀⇛
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Current Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s
visit to the U.S. and former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s
unprecedented tripto China have reignited debate within Taiwan
about the island’s_future — and the nature of its relationship
with mainland China.
Why it matters: With Taiwan’s next presidential election less
than a year away — and pressure from China growing — Taiwanese
voters will soon face a choice between keeping the close U.S.
ties forged by Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party and
reverting to the rival Beijing-friendly stance of Ma’s
Kuomintang party.
* ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Trump’s_Indictment_and_the_Downfall_of_America⠀⇛
Karen hunt I arrived at Lake Arenal, Costa Rica, this little
hideaway paradise, last Thursday. The next day, I found that,
sure enough, Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Disney’s_feud_with_Florida’s_Ron_DeSantis_keeps_escalating⠀⇛
When Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ newly-elected board took
control of Disney’s special tax district, they were in for a
rude awakening: The Mouse House had only surrendered control of
roads and basic infrastructure maintenance, and nothing else.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Abortion,_voting_rights_in_question_in_Wisconsin_Supreme
Court_race⠀⇛
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has been under conservative control
for 15 years, and the race this year has become one of the most
expensive contests in U.S. history of its kind. The stakes are
high as the winner will serve a 10-year term.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ This_Wisconsin_Court_Race_Is_Highly_Partisan._It
Wasn’t_Always_That_Way.⠀⇛
Supreme Court races were once more swayed by endorsements from
legal and law enforcement officials. Now they’re
indistinguishable from other elections.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ NVISO Labs ☛ An_Innocent_Picture?_How_the_rise_of_AI_makes_it
easier_to_abuse_photos_online.⠀⇛
Introduction The topic of this blog post is not directly
related to red teaming (which is my usual go-to), but
something I find important personally. Last month, I gave
an info session at a local elementary school to highlight
the risks of public sharing of children’s pictures at
school.
o ⚓ Labor_Party_officials_face_‘disinformation’_charges_over
earthquake_banners⠀⇛
Two local party officials in Rize face a prison sentence
and a ban from politics.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ Taliban_closes_the_Voice_of_Women_Radio_in_Afghanistan⠀⇛
Najia Sroosh, the Editor-in-Chief of the Voice of Women Radio
now closed by the Taliban regime calls for the support of women
in Turkey and in the world.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Devin_Nunes’_Sues_for_Libel_Over_“Investigators_Examined_Trump
Media_for_Possible_Money_Laundering”_Article⠀⇛
This is Nunes’ latest libel lawsuit, just filed yesterday in
Florida state court; I’m too slammed to write about it in
detail, but I thought I’d pass along the Complaint (Nunes v.
Guardian News & Media Ltd.). Here’s the start of the Statement
of Material Facts: 11. On March 15, 2023, Guardian published an
online…
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Evan_Gershkovich_Covered_Repressed_Russian
Journalists._Now_They_Are_Covering_Him.⠀⇛
Evan Gershkovich’s work for The Wall Street Journal included
reporting on Russians’ efforts to help others who were being
repressed. Russian journalists are now scrutinizing his arrest
as a brazen attack on press freedom.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_journalist_appeals_Russia_espionage_charges_amid_increasing
international_condemnation⠀⇛
Attorneys for jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich Monday
appealed his arrest on charges of espionage in a Russian court.
Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, is currently being
held in a Russian detention facility on espionage charges after
being arrested by the Russian Federal Security Service on March
29 in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Journalist_prevented_from_visiting_colleague_in_prison⠀⇛
A Diyarbakır prison has denied Kurdish journalist Serdar Altan
a visit with his colleague.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar_navy_arrests_130_Rohingya_attempting_to_flee_to
Malaysia⠀⇛
Brokers buying food for the dangerous journey had revealed
details of the trip to villagers.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarus_Drops_Charges_Against_Polish_Activist_More_Than_Two
Years_After_Detaining_Her⠀⇛
Authorities in Belarus have dropped criminal charges against a
prominent Polish minority activist and released her from house
arrest.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Wanted_In_U.S._Who_Fled_Italy_Says_He_Is_Back_In
Russia⠀⇛
A Russian businessman who fled house arrest in Italy, where he
was facing extradition to the United States, has told the
Russian state-run RIA Novosti news agency he is back in Russia.
* ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Sweden_arrests_five_over_suspected_terror_plot_linked_to
Quran_burning⠀⇛
Five people are being held on suspicion of planning a
“terrorist act” following the burning of the Quran in Stockholm
in January.
* ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Swedish_court:_Police_wrong_to_refuse_permission_for
Quran_burning⠀⇛
Swedish police were wrong to reject the burning of the Quran
outside the embassies of Turkey and Iraq on two occasions
earlier this year, an administrative court has ruled.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Tesla’s_racism_penalty_was_cut_by_98%,_but_Elon_Musk_still
thinks_it’s_paying_too_much⠀⇛
Tesla has to pay just over $3 million to a Black former
contract worker for failing to protect him from racial abuse—a
charge for which the electric carmaker was initially awarded a
$137_million_fine in 2021.
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Apartment_Dwellers_Should_Be_Able_To_Choose_Their
Own_Broadband_Provider⠀⇛
If you live in an apartment building, you’ve probably
experienced the frustration of being stuck with a broadband
provider that you don’t want, don’t need, or can’t afford.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* ⚓ Axios ☛ After_nine_months_of_layoffs,_Big_Tech_sees_signs_of_a
turnaround [Ed: Loaded, misleading headline; companies buying back their
own shares is embezzlement and Wall Street is a creator of bubbles, which
eventually facilitate the plunder of the middle class]⠀⇛
Data: Layoffs.fyi; Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios
Tech layoffs are way up — and so are tech stocks. Two charts tell this story.
The big picture:The tech industry’s layoffs began last year and have kept up a
relentless stream_of_bleak_announcements — in some companies’ cases, like
Meta’s, coming in multiple waves.
=> =============================================================================
* The industry, which had overhired during the pandemic, started trimming
its workforce last year, just as the Federal Reserve started raising
interest rates to cool the inflation-rattled U.S. economy.
Between the lines:Layoffs are often understood as an indicator of incipient
recession, and stock prices typically fall in step with both of those trends.
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Skilled_Searcher_Test_Allows_Estoppel
for_Unknown_References⠀⇛
Ironburg Inventions Ltd. v. Valve Corp., — F.4th —, 21-
2296 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 3, 2023)
The recent decision in Ironburg Inventions Ltd. v. Valve
Corp. has significant implications for post-IPR estoppel
under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2).
o ⚓ Precarity_at_the_European_Patent_Office⠀⇛
Due to the highly specific technical and legal skills
requested from the majority of staff at the EPO, it has
long been considered that fixed-term contracts were not
the appropriate form of employment for this Office. The
need of a lengthy and thorough training of new employees
is a condition “sine qua non” to grant quality patents.
This necessary time and resources investment could be
lost for the organisation if fixed-term contracts were
the norm, let alone the knowledge accumulated and shared
by the newly recruited staff. Furthermore, at the
individual level, “a Golden Cage Syndrome” exists at the
EPO, since after some years of employment, staff tend to
specialise in the field of patents and lose their general
expertise. The expertise in the field of patents is not
easily recognised in other fields. Staff leaving the EPO
after some years of employment could find it very
difficult to find employment elsewhere at comparable
conditions. These considerations were valid in the past
and are still valid today.
o ⚓ Social_Security_at_the_EPO:_an_overview⠀⇛
The EPO, the second largest European organisation after
the Commission in terms of the number of employees, is a
substantially independent body, which is neither part of
the European Union nor attached to it in any way like the
EU agencies. Its member states include the 27 EU member
states, but also 11 non-EU states. It is also not one of
the Coordinated Organisations, although some links exist
or were planned[1].
In contrast to other European international
organisations, which are mostly financially dependent on
their member states, the EPO is entirely self-financing
through the annual fees and royalties generated by
(applications for) patents and even generates money for
its member states. Being a typically scientific and
technical organisation, its political visibility is
lower, so that the management and the Administrative
Council, which represents the member states, can operate
relatively far from the public eye.
o ⚓ History_of_SUEPO⠀⇛
SUEPO (Staff Union of the European Patent Office) was
born in 1979 out of the “Syndicat du Personnel de
l’Institut International des Brevets” (SP- IIB) which was
founded in 1969, following the creation of the European
Patent Office (EPO) in 1977, and the merging of the IIB
into the EPO.
In agreement with its 1979 Constitution (SC), SUEPO
comprises four local sections, at the four EPO sites:
Munich, The Hague, Berlin and Vienna. A Congress, a
Central Bureau and an Audit Board were established as
central bodies of SUEPO. Despite the existence of these
central bodies, the local sections enjoy quite a lot of
autonomy and can be considered as quasi-independent
entities. Some of them have legal status under their
respective national law, like SUEPO-TH under Dutch law.
o ⚓ Agora_Survey⠀⇛
The overall trend is clearly quite negative, and the
situation appears to be deteriorating. Only on a very few
items the conditions have statistically stayed the same
or improved a bit (“Understanding of managers”: positive
replies 87% up from 84% in the past; “Did your employer
provide the necessary equipment?”: negative replies 18%
down from 21% in the past survey).
Despite the fact that still a majority of the respondents
consider regular teleworking as a benefit, the results of
this second survey and the trends confirm and amplify the
alarming signals of the first survey.
In particular since the beginning of the COVID crisis,
40% of the respondents had to cope with a higher workload
or more working hours (31% in the first survey), and/or
an increase in work related stress (49%, against 46%). A
significant number cannot easily disconnect outside
working hours (36%, was 34%) and the great majority of
the respondents (80%, was 73%) felt, respectively, not
connected (15%, was 11%) or more or less connected (65%,
was 62%) to their colleagues.
It is clear that these factors and negative trends will
inevitably have dramatic consequences on the health and
well-being of, at least a substantial number, of staff of
the European Public Service, if suitable and urgent
measures are not applied implemented and effectively to
resit and reverse this.
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Patent_Dispute_Report:_Q1_2023_in_Review⠀⇛
§ Overview
No matter the world’s economic situation, patent
litigation appeared to be the one constant. However, the
number of assertions in Q1 has stumbled for the first
time in years. While LIE (Litigation Investment Entity)
assertions are down, new assignments are up (see
Blackberry’s recent announcement). Are LIEs loading up on
assets to be litigated later?
§ Highlights:
# With only 588 cases thus far, 2023 litigation is
projected to be down 51% compared to 2022.
# Q1 saw at least 18% of NPE (Patent Assertion
Entities) where the patent asserted had been
assigned and funded to a LIE.
# The_Western_District_of_Texascontinued to be the
most popular venue in 2023, with Judge Albright
leading all patent litigation.
# IP Edge’s two filings are a significant contributor
to the decrease in new assertions.
# Dynamic IP Deals and Jeffrey Gross have been the
most litigious entities, with 24 assertions each.
# In Interdigital vs Lenovo, the UK court rejected
InterDigital’s Top-Down approach while applying its
own comparable analysis.
# FRAND disputes will likely rise as Wi-Fi 6 adoption
(and its core 3GPP technologies like beamforming,
MU-MIMO, and OFDMA) increases.
* § Software Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Datanet_file_backup_patent_challenged⠀⇛
On April 3, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte
reexamination proceeding against U.S._Patent_8,473,478,
owned and asserted by Datanet, LLC. The ‘478 patent is
directed to an automatic real-time file management method
and apparatus.
* § Trademarks⠀➾
o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Small_Jazz_Musician_Foils_Apple_Music
Trademark_Registration⠀⇛
Bertini v. Apple Inc., — F.4th — (Fed. Cir. 2023)
Apple Records was founded by The Beatles in 1968 and
quickly became a success, producing many hit records in
the late 1960s and early 1970s. Apple Computer Company
was founded in the mid-1970s and almost immediately sued
for trademark infringement by Apple Corps (the parent
company of Apple Records). The companies eventually
settled the case with Apple Computer paying $80k and
agreeing to stay out of the music business.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Personal⠀➾
o ⚓ Album_#12:_Pet_Shop_Boys_–_Actually⠀⇛
This is a review posted for one I listened to before
starting trying to write about every album. Initially I
skipped it, because I was somewhat familiar, but later
realised that part of the excercise of this list is
challenging that sort of believe. ‘Actually’ beats ‘Very’
for me – in comparison it’s a little more stripped back,
a little catchier, and much more consistent.
o ⚓ Album_#225:_Pet_Shop_Boys_–_Very⠀⇛
The Pet Shop Boys mix together genres I don’t care or and
occasionally come up with gold. Very feels like exactly
what I’d have expected from a Pet Shop Boys album before
listening to any – occasionally catchy, sentimental,
danceable pop.
* § Technical⠀➾
o ⚓ Fixing_Slow_Shell_Launch_With_TLP⠀⇛
My laptop battery has been showing some noticeable signs
of wear recently, so I’ve just setup TLP to try to get
every bit of juice I can out of it.
Not long after I enabled TLP I felt like I could notice
my battery usage decreasing. That’s either placebo or my
battery really is just that bad, and I’m not sure which
it is.
o ⚓ Getting_Gemini_to_the_school⠀⇛
My current school offers free Wi-Fi (and laptops) while I
study there. However, the network doesn’t allow Gemini
(or any protocol that isn’t HTTP or doesn’t go through
port 443).
So, in order to be able to continue taking care of my
plant and following gemlogs while at school, I decided to
make Lagrange work with this restrictive network.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o EasyOS/OpenEmbedded
o BSD
o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family
o Red_Hat
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Standards/Consortia
* Leftovers
o Science
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux_Format_301⠀⇛
We’ll keep your PCs old and new running that little bit
longer with a combination of Linux Mint 21 and Linux Mint
Debian Edition.
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ TUXEDO_Stellaris_16_(Gen5)_is_The_Ultimate
Linux_Laptop_You_Can_Find_Now⠀⇛
TUXEDO Computers is a well-known brand in the Linux
space that provide customizable Linux notebooks and
Desktop PCs at various price/performance points.
Not to forget, it is one of the trusted places to
buy Linux computers.
With a recent announcement, they have launched the
next evolution of their Stellaris 16-inch laptop.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ System76_Teases_In-House_Built_Laptop⠀⇛
System76, one of the most popular makers of Linux-
powered laptops and desktops, has indicated they
are moving forward with “Virgo,” a new laptop that
will be manufactured in their Denver factory.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Makulu_Voice_Controller_Update_3⠀⇛
We have made a new Little Teaser Video showing off
the voice Controller in the works. Enjoy the video…
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ The_future_of_Linux_as_a_gaming_platform⠀⇛
Listen now (19 min) | The Lunduke Journal of
Technology Podcast – Apr 4, 2023
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 26_Best_Free_Linux_Terminal_Emulators_
(Updated_2023)⠀⇛
A terminal emulator is computer software which
emulates a dumb video terminal. We make our
recommendations.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How_to_Enable_Flatpak_and_AppImage
Support_in_Ubuntu_23.04⠀⇛
This simple tutorial is going to show you how to
add both latpak and AppImage package format
support, while Ubuntu does not support them out-of-
the-box. Enable Flatpak Support in Ubuntu Ubuntu is
focusing on the native deb and snap support. The
developer team has officially announced that they
won’t support Flatpak out-of-the-box.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Pale_Moon_Browser_on_Linux_Mint
21⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
the Pale Moon browser on Linux Mint 21.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_APF_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
APF on Rocky Linux 9. As Linux enthusiasts, we
understand the importance of securing our systems
against potential threats.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Apache_Nifi_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Apache Nifi on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Are you looking to
set up an efficient data processing system for your
organization?
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Check_Your_BIOS_Version_on_Linux⠀⇛
Find out how to check your BIOS version on Linux
and ensure your system is running at its best. It
is easier than you think with our guide.
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ LHB_Linux_Digest_#23.04:_Firewall_Logs,
Bash_Tips_and_FREE_Docker_eBook⠀⇛
Time for a small gift. Get this Docker Beginner
book and start your Docker journey.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_LAMP_Server_on_RHEL,_CentOS,_Rocky
&_AlmaLinux⠀⇛
A LAMP stack is a collection of four different
software (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) that
programmers or web developers use to create and
deploy websites or applications.
# ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Why_It_Was_Important_to_Translate_Linux
Foundation_Training_Manuals_to_Ukrainian⠀⇛
The software industry plays a large role in
Ukraine’s economy, with many Ukrainian developers
working remotely from Ukraine for software vendors
located in the EU, UK, and US. Training manuals in
the Ukrainian language will help veterans of
Ukraine’s military struggles against Russia take
advantage of this opportunity.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients
with_Shogun_Showdown_and_Saga_of_Sins_–_2023-04-05_Edition⠀⇛
Between 2023-03-29 and 2023-04-05 there were 40 New
Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For
reference, during the same time, there were 317
games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux
versions represent about 12.6 % of total…
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ elementaryOS_Updates_for_March,_2023⠀⇛
March was all about bug fixes. This month don’t expect
too many new features, but instead get excited about
improved stability and closed issue reports! The team has
been hard at work sorting through your feedback and
smoothing out all of the wrinkles.
§ Sideload
Since sideloading is an expected and important part of
installing apps on elementary OS, we’ve made a couple of
changes to help you stay informed and be in control.
Instead of describing sideloaded apps as “Untrusted”,
we’ve updated interface copy to instead ask for your
trust. Additionally, we now show some basic feedback
about the kinds of broad system permissions that a
sideloaded app may request. This will likely get more
fine-grained in the future, but for now we can warn about
apps that request advanced permissions and let you know
when an app is more tightly sandboxed.
o § EasyOS/OpenEmbedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ gnupg_signed-key-pair_created_in_initrd⠀⇛
Posted earlier today about compiling gnupg version
1.4.23 in OE:
https://bkhome.org/news/202304/gnupg1-static-
compile-in-oe.html
And always require a root password be set:
https://bkhome.org/news/202304/always-ask-for-root-
password-at-first-bootup.html
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Always_ask_for_root_password_at_first
bootup⠀⇛
At first bootup of a new installation of Easy, a
password is
asked for, to encrypt some folders in the working-
partition. The same
password is also applied to ‘root’ and ‘zeus’
users.
However, some people do not enter a password, so
the folders are not
encrypted. That may be a deliberate choice, or they
may be forced as
booting from an old GRUB (v1 and early-v2) or
GRUB4DOS that does not
recognize an ext4 filesystem with the encrypt-
feature enabled.
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ gnupg1_static_compile_in_OE⠀⇛
Back around mid-2018, I investigated Flatpaks, and
as part of
that, used the ‘gpg’ utility, version 1.4.23, to
generate a
signed-key-pair in the initrd. Posted about it
here:
https://bkhome.org/news/201806/auto-generated-
gnupg-signed-key-pair.html
The latest OpenEmbedded/Yocto project, ‘oe-qky-
kirkstone’, was not
setup for compiling with musl. In 2018, I had OE
setup to compile with
musl, so as to create small statically-linked
utilities, such as
‘busybox’ and ‘gpg’.
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ MidnightBSD_3.0.1⠀⇛
3.0.1 was tagged in our git repository and we’ve
started building ISOs for it.? It includes several
security updates such as OpenSSL 1.1.1t, doas
6.3p9, a fix for a telnetd vulnerability.? It also
includes some cleanup work on rc.d scripts, fixes
for periodic scripts that were incorrect around
ntpd and restoring msearch/mport db backups.? ?We
also updated mport to 2.2.9 which fixed the mport
mirror list command.
o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾
# ⚓ OpenMandriva News ☛ OpenMandriva_repository_mass_rebuild⠀⇛
We are currently running a mass rebuild of all
packages making up OpenMandriva, because we have
updated our main compiler (this is the tool that
translates programmer readable code into machine
code) to Clang 16.
While not strictly necessary, after a big compiler
update it is a good idea to rebuild everything: it
makes the system more reproducable (if you rebuild
a package, you get the same results), it may well
speed up things (because the newer compiler
generates better machine code), and last but not
least it makes sure the updated compiler is working
properly.
# ⚓ OpenMandriva News ☛ 2023-03-31_[Older]_OpenMandriva_at
Cloudfest⠀⇛
o § Red Hat⠀➾
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_OpenShift_sandboxed_containers
for_debugging_with_elevated_privileges⠀⇛
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ How_API_burn_rate_alerts_are_calculated
in_Red_Hat_OpenShift⠀⇛
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Kubernetes_Patterns:_The_path_to_cloud_native⠀⇛
Note: The following is an excerpt from Kubernetes
Patterns,_Second_Edition by Bilgin Ibryam and
Roland Huß (O’Reilly Media, March 2023). Download
the e-book to learn how to solve common cloud
native challenges with proven design patterns.
Microservices is among the most popular
architectural styles for creating cloud native
applications. They tackle software complexity
through modularization of business capabilities and
trading development complexity for operational
complexity. That is why a key prerequisite for
becoming successful with microservices is to create
applications that can be operated at scale through
Kubernetes.
As part of the microservices movement, there is a
tremendous amount of theory, techniques, and
supplemental tools for creating microservices from
scratch or for splitting monoliths into
microservices. Most of these practices are based on
Domain-Driven_Design by Eric Evans (Addison-Wesley)
and the concepts of bounded contexts and
aggregates. Bounded contexts deal with large models
by dividing them into different components, and
aggregates help to further group bounded contexts
into modules with defined transaction boundaries.
However, in addition to these business domain
considerations, for each distributed system—whether
it is based on microservices or not—there are also
technical concerns around its external structure,
and runtime coupling. Containers and container
orchestrators such as Kubernetes bring in new
primitives and abstractions to address the concerns
of distributed applications, and here we discuss
the various options to consider when putting a
distributed system into Kubernetes.
Throughout this book, we look at container and
platform interactions by treating the containers as
black boxes. However, we created this section to
emphasize the importance of what goes into
containers. Containers and cloud native platforms
bring tremendous benefits to your distributed
applications, but if all you put into containers is
rubbish, you will get distributed rubbish at scale.
Figure 1-1 shows the mixture of the skills required
for creating good cloud native applications and
where Kubernetes patterns fit in.
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ IT_leadership:_How_to_prevent
overwork_and_employee_burnout⠀⇛
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Security_automation:_3_ways_it
enhances_infrastructure_protection⠀⇛
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Survey_results:_the_usage_of_money_in_Debian [Ed:
Debian also pays lawyers to confiscate Web sites of
volunteers, whom Debian "elite" suddenly doesn't honour (for
free speech)]⠀⇛
The Debian project has reported on a survey of
developers on the use of project funds to support
development work.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Ubuntu_compliance_monitoring_with
Microsoft_Intune [Ed: Ubuntu is shilling Microsoft's
proprietary spyware; this is consistent with Canonical's
position in recent years. Highly disappointing!]⠀⇛
In recent years, data science, AI and software
development have become a key focus area for
organisations operating in every sector of the
economy.
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Canonical_at_HPE_APAC_Outcome-Based
Solutions_2023⠀⇛
Canonical is proud to participate to the HPE APAC,
India and Japan Outcome-Based Solutions and Master
ASE Summit 2023. This event will gather presales
consultants and enterprise architects to explore
innovative strategies powered by HPE’s edge-to-
cloud workload solutions and products.
Canonical’s sponsorship of the OBSS event
demonstrates its unwavering commitment to promoting
open-source technology in the tech industry. The
event provides an excellent opportunity for the
company to showcase its innovative solutions,
connect with like-minded professionals, and explore
potential collaborations. Attendees can expect to
gain valuable insights into open-source solutions
and how they can be leveraged to drive business
growth.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Portable_bioprinter_could_help_fight_cancer⠀⇛
To test experimental cancer-fighting therapies,
researchers need cancerous tumors to treat. While
lab animals, like mice, can provide those tumors,
they come with many downsides. From ethical
concerns to practical reasons, such as tumor
isolation and repeatability, “natural” tumors come
at a cost. Artificial tumors, made using real
cells, can solve these problems.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Google_is_now_letting_you_stream_apps_from_your
Android_phone_to_a_Chromebook⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ Google_will_require_that_Android_apps_let_you
delete_your_account_and_data_|_Engadget⠀⇛
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ How_to_find_hidden_apps_on_Android⠀⇛
# ⚓ Giz China ☛ Grab_These_6_Free_Android_Mobile_Games_Before
Easter_Is_Over!⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_just_realizing_Google_has_hidden
‘boost_button’_in_Android_phones_–_tap_it_for_long_list_of
perks_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Record_Companies_in_Germany_Take_Successful
Action_Against_Hosting_Provider_of_Stream_Ripping_Software,
YouTube-DL [Ed: Banning free software]⠀⇛
IFPI and BVMI have managed successful action against the
web hosting provider of stream ripping software YouTube-
DL. The Hamburg Regional Court has issued an injunction
requiring the individual to stop hosting the software.
YouTube-DL allows users to download content directly from
YouTube, circumventing the protection measures in place
for licensed streamed content.
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Crackdown_on_‘dark’_internet_design_on
the_cards⠀⇛
Dark web design tricks asking consumers to jump
through multiple hoops to unsubscribe – a tactic
often used by online streaming services – could
soon be captured under tightened consumer laws.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Tim Bray ☛ 2023-03-28_[Older]_Rolling-mill_Oops⠀⇛
o ⚓ Tim Bray ☛ 2023-03-28_[Older]_Sober_Carpenter⠀⇛
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ ‘Snowball_Earth’_May_Not_Have_Been_An
Endless_Frozen_Wasteland_After_All⠀⇛
Cracks in the surface.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Blind_People_Possess_an_Acute_Awareness_of
Their_Own_Heartbeat⠀⇛
An enhanced ability is revealed.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Banned_Ozone-Destroying_Chemicals
Mysteriously_Hit_Record_High⠀⇛
“We do not fully understand where they are coming
from.”
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ NASA_Unveils_Astronauts_For_First_Human
Mission_to_The_Moon_in_Over_50_Years⠀⇛
History in the making!
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ US_Scientist_to_Live_Underwater_For_100
Days_in_Record-Breaking_Experiment⠀⇛
Nobody knows what’s going to happen.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ J&J_proposes_paying_$8.9B_to_settle
talcum_powder_lawsuits⠀⇛
Johnson & Johnson is earmarking nearly $9 billion
to cover allegations that its baby power containing
talc caused cancer. The amount more than quadruples
that which the company had previously set aside to
pay for its potential liability. Under a proposal
announced Tuesday, a J&J subsidiary will re-file
for bankruptcy protection and seek court approval
for a plan that would result in one of the largest
product-liability settlements in U.S. history. The
$8.9 billion that J&J would transfer to the
subsidiary, LTL Management, would be payable over
the next 25 years. The amount is a significant
increase from the $2 billion that the company
previously set aside.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Find_Antibiotic-Free_Way_to
Treat_Drug-Resistant_Infections⠀⇛
The need is urgent.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ India_doctors_continue_protests_against_healthcare
bill⠀⇛
A large number of private doctors in the Indian
state of Rajasthan Sunday continued their weeks-
long protest against the recently passed Right to
Health Bill.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-03-28_[Older]_To_Understand_Anti-
vaxxers,_Consider_Aristotle⠀⇛
# ⚓ Lee Yingtong Li ☛ What_drugs_are_dosed_other_than_in
milligrams?⠀⇛
Warning! The intended audience of this article is
medical professionals and students. I am not your
doctor. This article is not medical advice.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Largest_Global_Layoffs_For_2023_So_Far:_What_Is_In_Store
For_Kenya?⠀⇛
At the same time, Microsoft in Kenya has been
laying off employees since the year began. Most of
those laid off had been poached from giant
companies such as Safaricom. Banks and other
companies have also been following suit.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Microsoft_ditches_plans_for_500,000_sq_ft
London_office⠀⇛
Microsoft has called off the search for a swanky
500,000 sq ft office in the heart of England’s
capital amid a cost-cutting drive that has seen
thousands of employees forced out.
According to React News, Microsoft’s office tenancy
in Reading is coming to an end in 2026 so senior
management were eyeing up other options.
# ⚓ Amazon_Games_cuts_over_100_employees_in_latest_round_of
layoffs⠀⇛
Amazon Games is cutting over 100 employees as part
of the most recently announced wave of layoffs. As
CNBC reports, Amazon Games Vice President Christoph
Hartmann announced the news in a company memo on
April 4. Hartmann wrote in the memo,
# ⚓ iPink_Slips:_Apple_Deviates_from_No-Layoff_Policy_with
Recent_Job_Cuts⠀⇛
Estranged from its contemporaries amid massive tech
layoffs sweeping across the industry including the
Big tech layoffs, Apple has now had to jump on the
diabolical bandwagon of corporate furloughs. As
prudent efficiencies go, corporate layoffs in
technology take the off-putting biscuit.
When the tech giant introduced the first-ever color
graphics in the computer industry, it had
ricocheted to $117 million in sales in 1980 from a
modest $7.8 million in 1978. The glorious success
of Apple is multidimensional, but unshakable as the
company that espoused ‘innovation’. Even the 1996’s
almost-bankruptcy crisis was averted when Steve
Jobs decided to return to Apple to erode its
standstill development.
So why did Apple, the company that distinguished
itself from the wave of big tech layoffs over the
industry, suddenly bite the dust?
# ⚓ Layoffs_hit_Apple_workforce⠀⇛
Cupertino-based tech giant Apple has joined
industry counterparts in instituting layoffs this
week, according to a new report by Bloomberg. The
job cuts will reportedly be confined to “a small
number of roles within its corporate retail teams.”
The news comes one week after a security contractor
retained by Apple laid off hundreds of workers, a
move the company described as a shift in service
providers.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian
(ghostscript and openimageio), Fedora (kernel,
rubygem-actioncable, rubygem-actionmailbox,
rubygem-actionmailer, rubygem-actionpack, rubygem-
actiontext, rubygem-actionview, rubygem-activejob,
rubygem-activemodel, rubygem-activerecord, rubygem-
activestorage, rubygem-activesupport, rubygem-
rails, and rubygem-railties), Oracle (gnutls,
httpd, kernel, nodejs:16, nodejs:18, pesign,
postgresql:13, tigervnc, and tigervnc, xorg-x11-
server), Red Hat (gnutls, httpd, httpd:2.4, kernel,
kpatch-patch, pcs, pesign, postgresql:13, tigervnc,
and tigervnc, xorg-x11-server), Scientific Linux
(httpd and tigervnc, xorg-x11-server), SUSE (aws-
efs-utils.11048, libheif, liblouis, openssl,
python-cryptography, python-Werkzeug, skopeo,
tomcat, and wireshark), and Ubuntu (imagemagick,
ipmitool, and node-trim-newlines).
# ⚓ 2023-03-30_[Older]_Ruby_2.7.8_Released⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-03-30_[Older]_Ruby_3.0.6_Released⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-03-30_[Older]_Ruby_3.1.4_Released⠀⇛
# ⚓ National Law Review US ☛ HIPAA_Data_Breach_Costs_Company
Nearly_$300,000_In_DOJ_False_Claims_Act_Settlement⠀⇛
# ⚓ Dutch News ☛ 17_arrests_in_NL_as_Operation_Cookiemonster
takes_down_hacker_site⠀⇛
Seventeen people have been arrested in the
Netherlands has part of a global investigation into
a hacker market place named Genesis Market which
was offering over two million identities for sale.
In the Netherlands itself, tens of thousands of
people were in ‘acute danger’ of being targeted,
Dutch police said. The operation, described as an
‘unprecedented law enforcement operation’ by
European police agency Europol, was led by the FBI
and Dutch national force. Operation Cookiemonster
led to hundreds of raids in 17 different countries
and 119 arrests. Those arrested in the Netherlands
were involved in plundering bank accounts, stealing
crypto currencies, hijacking people’s online
identities and blackmailing companies and private
individuals.
# ⚓ Financial Times ☛ Japan_braced_for_rise_in_ransomware
attacks_after_data_breach⠀⇛
A hacking attack at Japan’s largest IT company is
spilling across the country’s corporate sector,
with cyber security experts warning that it could
trigger a surge in attempts by organised criminal
gangs to extort hefty ransoms from companies and
their customers.
More than 10 Japanese companies have said in the
past month that they have been affected by the
hacking at Fujitsu, which supplies internet
infrastructure to thousands of companies. The
attack took place last year and allowed outside
access to emails sent through a Fujitsu-based email
system.
# ⚓ USDOJ ☛ Criminal_Marketplace_Disrupted_in_International
Cyber_Operation⠀⇛
The Justice Department announced today a
coordinated international operation against Genesis
Market, a criminal online marketplace that
advertised and sold packages of account access
credentials – such as usernames and passwords for
email, bank accounts, and social media – that had
been stolen from malware-infected computers around
the world.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Illinois’s_Olympia_CUSD_16_hit_by
LockBit3.0 [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
LockBit3.0 claims to have hit the Olympia CUSD 16
in Illinois. So far, they have posted 4 files as
proof, one of which appears to be a screencap of a
directory of folders that might relate to Olympia
North, Olympia South, and students, and another
file with employee health-related information.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Noteboom_–_The_Law_Firm_hit_by_BlackCat⠀⇛
BlackCat claimed that they had exfiltrated
sensitive data such as NDAs, documents from open
cases, medical records involved in litigation, and
employees’ sensitive data.
# ⚓ Troy Hunt ☛ Seized_Genesis_Market_Data_is_Now_Searchable_in
Have_I_Been_Pwned,_Courtesy_of_the_FBI_and_“Operation_Cookie
Monster”⠀⇛
A quick summary first before the details: This
week, the FBI in cooperation with international law
enforcement partners took down a notorious
marketplace trading in stolen identity data in an
effort they’ve named “Operation Cookie Monster”.
They’ve provided millions of impacted email
addresses and passwords to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP)
so that victims of the incident can discover if
they have been exposed. This breach has been
flagged as “sensitive” which means it is not
publicly searchable, rather you must demonstrate
you control the email address being searched before
the results are shown. This can be done via the
free notification service on HIBP and involves you
entering the email address then clicking on the
link sent to your inbox. Specific guidance prepared
by the FBI in conjunction with the Dutch police on
further steps you can take to protect yourself are
detailed at the end of this blog post on the gold
background. That’s the short version, here’s the
whole story:
# ⚓ How_to_Perform_a_Vulnerability_Scan:_4_Steps⠀⇛
Network vulnerability scanning is the process of
pinpointing weaknesses and vulnerabilities across a
network, including evaluating network assets like
computers and other devices — any potential target
that could be exploited by threat actors should be
included in these scans.
# ⚓ How_to_Perform_a_Firewall_Audit:_6_Steps⠀⇛
A firewall audit is a multistep process that gives
organizations insight into the status and
effectiveness of the firewalls installed throughout
their network. These audits provide visibility into
potential vulnerabilities and the health of
connections going to and from firewalls. They also
uncover information about firewall changes since
the last audit.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Data_protection_campaign_to_be_launched_in
Latvia⠀⇛
Entrepreneurs often tend to overdo the
collection of personal data from their
customers and do not always adequately
protect this information. Therefore, the
State Data Inspectorate, in cooperation with
the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(LTRK), will start the education campaign
“Data are value – protect them!”, Latvian
Television reported on April 3.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ TikTok_fined_£12.7M_for_misuse_of_children’s
data_by_UK_data_regulator⠀⇛
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office
(ICO) Tuesday issued TikTok a £12.7 million
fine for its breach of UK General
Data Protection Regulation, including
TikTok’s illegal use of children’s personal
data.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Australia_becomes_latest
nation_to_ban_Chinese-owned_app_TikTok_on_government
devices⠀⇛
Australia said Tuesday it will ban TikTok on
government devices, joining a growing list of
Western nations cracking down on the Chinese-
owned app due to national security fears.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the
decision followed advice from the country’s
intelligence agencies and would begin “as
soon as practicable”.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ For_Myanmar’s_ethnic_groups,_ID_cards_can_help
–_or_put_them_in_junta’s_crosshairs⠀⇛
Card gives access to hospitals, schools and
passports, but revealing one’s identity can
be risky
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Security_Service_Officer_Who_Defected
Describes_President_As_‘War_Criminal’⠀⇛
An officer with the Kremlin’s bodyguard agency who
defected last year over his opposition to the
Ukraine invasion provided intimate details about
Russian President Vladimir Putin to a London-based
investigative group, describing him as “paranoid”
and calling him a “war criminal.”
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ ‘Heat’_Turns_Up_On_Pro-Putin_Pop_Stars_Following
Latest_Zhara_Festival_Cancellation_In_Tashkent⠀⇛
An international musical festival in Tashkent that
was to be headlined by more than 30 “pro-Putin”
Russian musicians has been cancelled, following
similar cancellations in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_Border_Guard_chief:_Belarus_has_tried_to
arm_illegal_migrants⠀⇛
Belarusian border guards have attempted to arm
illegal migrants crossing the Latvian border with
firearms, the Chief of State Border Guard Guntis
Pujāts said on Latvian Television on April 4.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Youngkin_to_meet_with_Taiwan’s
leader_during_trade_mission⠀⇛
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will lead
his first international trade mission later this
month, a trip to Asia that will include a meeting
with the president of Taiwan. His office made the
announcement Tuesday. The trip in late April will
include stops in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. In
addition to the meeting with President Tsai Ing-
wen, Youngkin’s office says he plans to sit down
with government officials, strategic business
associations, company executives and industry
leaders. The visit by Youngkin, who has not
publicly ruled out a 2024 presidential bid, comes
amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and
China, which views Taiwan as its own territory.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ China_slams_plan_for_Taiwan_president_to_meet_US
House_Speaker⠀⇛
Tsai Ing-wen is set to meet Kevin McCarthy in
California Wednesday.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Former_glamor_actress_met_with_Honduran_president_as
China_sought_diplomatic_ties⠀⇛
Diana Pang tells a pro-Beijing newspaper that she
was ‘doing her bit’ to help Chinese business
initiatives.
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Terror_groups_prey_on_vulnerable,_cost
continent_billions⠀⇛
Moustapha was running out of hope. The Nigerien man
had a family to feed but little means to do so.
Like scores of people around the continent, he was
persuaded to join and fight for a violent extremist
organization.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_47:_Benny_Tai’s_‘mutual
destruction’_plan_would_have_caused_‘nuclear_explosion,’
court_hears⠀⇛
Hong Kong legal scholar Benny Tai’s “mutual
destruction” plan could have led to a catastrophe
akin to a “worldwide nuclear explosion,” a former
politician testifying against his peers in a
landmark national security case involving dozens of
pro-democracy figures has said.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_suspect_charged_in_St._Petersburg_bombing
that_killed_pro-Kremlin_blogger⠀⇛
Russian authorities Tuesday charged a woman with
the assassination of pro-Kremlin blogger Vladlen
Tatarsky. Tatarsky died on Monday in a St.
Petersburg cafe explosion that has since been
linked by Russian officials to Ukraine and jailed
critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei
Navalny.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ France_begins_trial_of_1980_synagogue_bombing
suspect_after_over_a_decade-long_delay⠀⇛
A French court Monday began hearing the criminal
trial of Lebanese-Canadian Hassan Diab, who is
accused of committing the 1980 bombing of the
Copernic synagogue. The trial is expected to last
three weeks and will be conducted in abstentia,
meaning Diab will not be present for the trial.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Connecticut_veterans’_advocacy_groups_file_suit
against_US_Department_of_Defense⠀⇛
Two Connecticut veterans’ advocacy groups Monday
filed a lawsuit against the US Department of
Defense (DoD) in a federal court in Connecticut.
The groups asked the court to compel the DoD to
release records of toxic conditions at the Karshi-
Khanabad (K2) air base in Uzbekistan.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_agency_drops_recommended_literature_list
after_outcry_over_Russian_authors⠀⇛
Lithuania’s National Agency for Education on
Tuesday said it was scrapping a list of recommended
literary works for pupils after coming under fire
over Russian authors included in the Lithuanian
literature program.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_passes_national_sanctions_on_Russian,
Belarusian_citizens⠀⇛
The Lithuanian parliament adopted a special law on
national sanctions for Russian and Belarusian
citizens in response to the war in Ukraine.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Belarus_detains_Baltic,_Polish_nationals_for_spying_–
media⠀⇛
Polish and Baltic nationals have been detained in
Belarus for spying, head of the Belarusian KGB Ivan
Tertel said on Tuesday, Belarusian state news
agency BelTA has reported.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Russia’s_threats_to_deploy_nuclear_weapons_in_Belarus
must_be_taken_seriously_–_president’s_aide⠀⇛
Russia’s threats to deploy nuclear weapons in
Belarus should be taken seriously and everything
should be done to prevent their use, Asta
Skaisgirytė, an advisor to Lithuanian President
Gitanas Nausėda said on Tuesday.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australia_to_‘hit_the_gym’_in_cyber
exercises⠀⇛
Nationwide cybersecurity exercises will aim to make
Australia a hard target for international hackers
and prevent debilitating cyber attacks on critical
infrastructure.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_inquiry_finds_‘impunity’_a_central_driver_of
violence_in_South_Sudan⠀⇛
A UN human rights commission Monday reported
horrific human rights violations in South Sudan.
The report comes amid increased attacks and
extrajudicial killings on civilians, which have
gone unpunished by Sudanese authorities.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Son_Of_Armenian_Prime_Minister_Denies_Claim_He_Was
Attacked⠀⇛
The son of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian,
Ashot Pashinian, has denied reports that he was
attacked.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ UN_Rights_Body_Extends_Ukraine_Inquiry_Into_Crimes
Since_Russia’s_Invasion⠀⇛
The United Nations Human Rights Council
overwhelmingly voted in favor on April 4 of
extending and expanding the mandate of an
investigative body probing possible war crimes
committed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Outlines_Details_Of_New_Military_Aid_Package
For_Ukraine_Valued_At_$2.6_Billion⠀⇛
The United States has unveiled details of $2.6
billion in new military aid for Ukraine to assist
the country in its war against Russian forces.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Soldier_Pleads_‘Partly_Guilty’_At
Russia’s_First_War_Crimes_Trial⠀⇛
A Ukrainian soldier has pleaded “partly guilty” at
Russia’s first trial for war crimes in connection
with its military campaign in Ukraine.
# ⚓ MALE_VIOLENCE_MONITORING_REPORT_MARCH_2023:_Men_killed_23
women_in_March⠀⇛
Men inflicted violence on at least 66 women, abused
14 boys and girls, and harassed at least two women.
# ⚓ MP_brings_up_death_of_Gabonese_student_in_the_parliament⠀⇛
The dead body of a 17-year-old Gabonese student in
her first year in studying mechanical engineering
at Karabük University in Turkey was found by the
Filyos River on March 26.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Rising_Seas_Threaten_to_Cut_Off_Millions_of
Americans_This_Century⠀⇛
Long before inundation, a different problem
emerges.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Kazakhstan_dispatch:_Kazakhstan_government_brings
landmark_environmental_lawsuit_against_Caspian_Sea_oil_field
developer⠀⇛
Aidana Tastanova is a Kazakhstan national and a 3rd
year law student attending the Moscow State
Institute of International Relations under a Kazakh
government scholarship.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Fire_Breaks_Out_At_Chinese_Dam_Construction
Camp_In_Pakistan⠀⇛
A fire ripped through the camp of a Chinese
company managing the construction of a remote
hydropower dam in northwestern Pakistan on
April 4, officials said.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_mulls_electric_scooter_regulations⠀⇛
The Paris referendum on banning the rental of
electric scooters has brought traffic rules
to the fore again in Latvia. People surveyed
on the streets don’t exactly agree with a
ban, while emergency services are alarmed and
the high number of accidents related to the
use of scooters, Latvian Television reported
on April 3.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Vilnius_will_not_follow_Paris_in_banning
electric_scooters,_mayor-elect_says⠀⇛
After the French capital decided to ban
scooter rent services, other cities are
considering similar moves amid safety
concerns. Vilnius, however, is not one of
them, assured the city’s mayor-elect Valdas
Benkunskas, while admitting that there is a
need for more regulation.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Wild_Elephants_Appear_to_Have_Been
Domesticated,_But_Not_by_Humans⠀⇛
Then who?
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Activists_find_illegal_logging_evidence_in
protected_area_in_northern_Cambodia⠀⇛
They observed transport trucks, armed groups
of people and evidence of 219 fallen trees.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_Mexican_government_continues_nationalizing_key
industries_despite_US_objections⠀⇛
The Mexican government agreed to purchase 13 power
plants from the Spanish energy company Iberdrola
for $6 billion on Tuesday (April 4), giving its
state-owned power company, Commission Federal de
Electricidad (CFE), majority control over the
country’s electricity market.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-03-27_[Older]_IMF_Team_in
Ethiopia_for_Talks_on_New_Funding_Programme_-Bloomberg_News⠀⇛
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Relief_on_rates_but_don’t_bank_on_an
end_to_rises⠀⇛
Homebuyers are being warned to brace for more
mortgage misery in the months to come despite being
spared an 11th interest rate rise in row. The
Reserve Bank on Tuesday left interest rates
unchanged but has given itself wiggle room to hike
again if needed.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Mortgage-holder_confidence_cools_as
RBA_holds_rates⠀⇛
Confidence among mortgage holders has continued to
sink, but homeowners have been handed a temporary
reprieve from further repayment rises with the
Reserve Bank keeping interest rates on hold.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Chamber_of_Commerce:_banks_in_Latvia_hesitant_to
lend_to_businesses⠀⇛
Compared to other countries in the region
– Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, and Scandinavian
countries – banks in Latvia are less open to
business and business lending, Aigars Rostovskis,
president of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (LTRK), said in an interview to Latvian
Radio on April 4.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ EU_dispatch:_collapse_of_Credit_Suisse_bank
prompts_investigations,_lawsuits⠀⇛
Law students from the European Union are reporting
for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting
the European Union and its member states. Ciara
Dinneny is JURIST’s Chief European Correspondent
and a trainee with the Law Society of Ireland. She
files this dispatch from Dublin.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ RBA_board_finally_presses_pause_on
interest_rate_rises⠀⇛
Australia’s central bank has left interest rates
unchanged at 3.6 per cent in April as the economy
shows signs of cooling off.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Major_builder_halts_sales_amid_‘grim’
housing_shortfall⠀⇛
Perth is facing what could be the nation’s worst
housing shortfall as labour shortages and supply
chain issues continue to plague the building
sector.
# ⚓ Reuters ☛ Law_firm_layoffs_spread_as_cooling_economy_keeps
clients_wary⠀⇛
Lawyers and staff at big law firms are continuing
to face layoffs as global deals take a dive and
client demand falters.
This week Silicon Valley-founded law firm Gunderson
Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian cut
10% of attorneys, paralegals and staff in its U.S.
offices, according to a Tuesday internal memo from
managing partner David Young. He said the reduction
comes “in response to current macroeconomic and
market conditions.”
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Venture_capital_funding_drops_53%_in_first
quarter_amid_ongoing_macroeconomic_issues⠀⇛
A new report today from Crunchbase Inc. finds that
money flowing into venture capital continued to
drop in the first quarter as growth investors
further scaled back their investment pace amid
ongoing worldwide macroeconomic issues. For the
quarter that ended March 31, global funding came in
at $76 billion, down 53% from the $162 billion…
⚓ WhichUK ☛ New_banking_hubs_announced_to_help_cash_access_–_are_they_enough?⠀⇛
Find out how request a review into your community’s cash needs
⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Spending_cuts_worth_€6bn_could_be_detrimental_for_Finland,
economist_tells_YLE⠀⇛
PASI KUOPPAMÄKI, the chief economist at Danske Bank, has expressed
his reservations about the extent of fiscal adjustment pursued by the
National Coalition.
The National Coalition has declared its intent to generate six
billion euros in savings in the next electoral term and another three
billion euros in the one after that in accordance with the target set
by the Ministry of Finance.
⚓ Axios ☛ 10_industries_where_job_openings_are_declining⠀⇛
Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Axios Visuals
The number of job openings declined across almost all industries in February
from this time last year, according to new government data.
Why it matters:Employers took a chill pill, and the hiring frenzy we saw over
the past two years is fading out a bit.
⚓ Axios ☛ Investors_show_concern_over_the_U.S._economy⠀⇛
Investors seem to be getting more nervous about growth.
Driving the news: Another day of weak economic data.
=====================================================================
* Factory orders, out Tuesday, fell_for_the_second_straight_month
in February.
* And job openings dropped_faster_than_expected, a possible sign
the job market is cooling.
💭 Our thought bubble:The data du jour wasn’t top shelf, but the
numbers were consistent with others showing that parts of the economy
— like the_industrial_sector — are losing steam.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Marin_to_step_down_as_head_of_Social_Democrats_in
September⠀⇛
“It has been a tremendous honour for me to lead the government
as the prime minister for the past four years. The times have
been exceptionally hard and taxing,” she stated at a press
conference held in the Parliament House.
* ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-24_[Older]_Did_George_Santos_lie_about_everything?⠀⇛
* ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-30_[Older]_Trump_can_run_for_president_from_prison._Just
ask_Eugene_Debs.⠀⇛
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_flips_to_liberal_majority_in_race
spotlighting_abortion⠀⇛
Milwaukee Judge Janet Protasiewicz on Tuesday was elected to
Wisconsin’s_supreme_court, giving the key swing state’s highest
court a liberal majority that could potentially expand abortion
rights there, AP_reports.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 7_Hongkongers_initially_accused_of_rioting_to
plead_guilty_to_unlawful_assembly_over_2019_protest⠀⇛
Seven people who were initially accused of taking part in a
riot during Hong Kong’s 2019 pro-democracy protests are set to
plead guilty to a lesser charge of unlawful assembly, the court
has heard.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_top_sports_federation_threatens_to
suspend_ice_hockey_body_over_anthem_blunder⠀⇛
The top sports federation representing Hong Kong at the
Olympics has warned that it could suspend the Hong Kong Ice
Hockey Association (HKIHA) after a blunder that saw a pro-
democracy protest song played instead of China’s national
anthem at a recent international match.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Civil_society_groups_urge_UN_not_to_adopt_working_definition
of_antisemitism_citing_misuse⠀⇛
60 civil society groups Monday implored the UN and world
leaders to step up efforts to combat antisemitism. In an open
letter to the UN, the advocacy groups emphasized the need for
practical anti-antisemitism measures.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Martial_arts_star_Donnie_Yen_claims_Oscars_petition_was_‘cyber-
bullying’⠀⇛
Petition author says Yen is a public figure, and his comments
could mislead the global public.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ Another_day_of_fines_to_TV_channels_in_Turkey⠀⇛
The Radio and Television Supreme Council of Turkey continues to
fine the TV channels criticizing government policies.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Stand_News_sedition_trial:_Testimony_of_ex-chief
editor_ends_after_36_days_as_closing_arguments_set_for_June⠀⇛
A Hong Kong journalist has completed his testimony over 17
allegedly “seditious” articles published by defunct news outlet
Stand News while he and another editor were at the helm after
36 days on the stand.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_chief_executive_John_Lee_refuses_to
comment_on_reports_of_journalists_being_tailed⠀⇛
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee has refused to comment on
reports received by the city’s largest press group that
reporters had been followed by unknown men. “I will not spend
time to talk about individual self-speculation or perception.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Citizen Lab ☛ Mohamed_Ahmed_Recipient_of_the_2023_Reset_Scholarship_in
Social_Media_and_Democracy⠀⇛
The Citizen Lab is thrilled to welcome Mohamed Ahmed, the
recipient of the 2023 Reset Scholarship in Social Media and
Democracy. Mohamed is a second year undergraduate student at
the University of Toronto (U of T) majoring in Cognitive
Science. Originally from Egypt, in 2021 he moved from Calgary…
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Is_your_non-disparagement_clause_void_now?_Not_necessarily⠀⇛
A recent_decision from the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB) regarding non-disparagement agreements has many US
workers excited that they may now be free to publicly criticize
their former employer or talk about the terms of severance
agreements.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-03-26_[Older]_UK_PM_Sunak_to_Unveil
Measures_to_Crack_Down_on_Anti-Social_Behaviour⠀⇛
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Colorado_court_considers_challenge_to_sex_abuse
lawsuit⠀⇛
The Colorado Supreme Court is considering whether a law
allowing people who were sexually abused as children to sue
their alleged abusers and employers violates the state’s
Constitution. The court’s justices heard arguments on Tuesday
in a case involving a woman who sued her high school basketball
coach and the school district that employed him, Aurora Public
Schools. A lower court judge found that the law violates the
Constitution’s prohibition against retrospective laws made to
address actions that have already happened.
* ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Mass_protests_in_Kenya_have_a_long_and_rich_history_–_but
have_been_hijacked_by_the_elites⠀⇛
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga and his coalition party,
Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya, recently called for mass protests
across the country. Odinga and his team have questioned the
legitimacy of President William Ruto’s win in the country’s
August 2022 election, and taken issue with the rising cost of
living.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_declines_to_hear_appeal_from_death_row_inmate
involving_prosecutorial_discretion⠀⇛
The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear David Brown v.
Louisiana, a case which concerns evidence rules in criminal
trials. The man who petitioned the court to hear the case
remains on death row, where he has been since his 2011 criminal
conviction.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_appeals_court_reinstates_religious_freedom_claim_over
California’s_loyalty_oath⠀⇛
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Monday reversed a
lower court’s dismissal of a religious freedom complaint
against California’s state controller.
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-03-29_[Older]_What_Carl_Sagan_Understood_About
Human_Cruelty⠀⇛
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-03-30_[Older]_Is_Silicon_Valley_Beyond
Redemption?⠀⇛
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ APNIC ☛ A_quantum_of_(networking)_solace⠀⇛
IETF 116 discussed the current state and future of quantum
networks.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Taylor_Wessing_launches_Vienna_patent_practice_with
Schwarz_Schönherr_partner [Ed: Pure and classic spam from JUVE,
pretending to be a news site while taking bribes from litigation
firms in order to lie for them or, as in this case, to put up ads
for them]⠀⇛
Patent litigator Thomas Adocker (47) joined Taylor
Wessing at the beginning of the month, to build up the
patent practice at the international law firm in Vienna.
Most recently, he was a partner at IP firm Schwarz
Schönherr.
* § Trademarks⠀➾
o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_Which_of_These_Three_Section_2(d)
Refusals_Was/Were_Reversed?⠀⇛
The Board has affirmed 41 of the first 44 Section 2(d)
refusals that it reviewed this year. That’s an affirmance
rate of 93%. Here are three more decision. At least one
was a reversal. How do you think these three cases came
out? [Results in first comment].
In_re_Bulletproof_Property_Management,_LLC, Serial No.
90625153 (March 31, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by
Judge Jyll Taylor) [Section 2(d) refusal of VECTOR for
“Firearms; Component parts for guns” in view of the
identical mark registered for “knives; knives, namely,
pocket knives, sport knives, utility knives, tactical
knives, and survival knives.”]
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok_Launches_#BehindTheSong_With_Fraser_T
Smith⠀⇛
TikTok launches #BehindTheSong with songwriter-producer
Fraser T Smith. To celebrate producers and songwriters
and help bring them to the forefront of the cultural
zeitgeist, TikTok has announced the launch of
#BehindTheSong, featuring Grammy Award-winning songwriter
and producer Fraser T Smith.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Personal⠀➾
o ⚓ A_Review_of_the_First_Half_of_the_Furyk_Saga⠀⇛
I’m not sure how I found the series, but I’ve been
reading the Furyk Saga before bed for the past several
months. It’s a nordic-themed fantasy novel, and clocks in
at 2100 pages for the first three books.
Overall I’ve really enjoyed this series thus far. The
characters, the storyline, and the action scenes keep you
turning the pages to find out more. What I like best is
that these books don’t beat you over the head with magic
right out of the gates, and even in the later two books
it’s really not that heavy. The storyline can be a bit
slow, especially in the first book when you’re finding
out where the writer is going with the story, but even
then I found that I wanted to discover what happened to
the individuals and their story arcs through these
developmental sections of the books. The readability also
contributes to the page turns since there’s a lot of
action-type language throughout versus lengthy internal
character development. And finally, I like that the plot
lines are not easily predicted in most cases, which is
what I think kept me pushing through the slower parts of
the book. I can say that I stayed up late trying to push
through the last part of book for at least a few nights
this past week – it got really good and action packed.
o ⚓ Baseball’s_Fun!⠀⇛
We’re only a few days into the new season, but I think
that the MLB’s new rules have made the game infinitely
better. The rules that have made the biggest difference
for me are the pitch clock and the shift ban.
o ⚓ The_Shortening_of_the_Way⠀⇛
Not just baseball is getting shorter, but also cricket,
which is trying to do something about the five day
matches. A difference here might be “an event” versus “a
way of life”. But it’s not just sportsball! Brogue is
considered too long, so now there are even shorter
versions of it. However, Brogue is short compared to,
say, Angband.
[...]
Some of this could be “life happened” so there isn’t time
to rush away the hours in a dungeon crawl or the eternal
cricket match, but the shortening of the way in multiple
fields (baseball, cricket, computer games, other?)
probably points towards something else going on.
Computers? Smartphones? Capitalism? Something in the
water? Context switches running too hot? Surely something
can be found to blame.
o ⚓ Beginning_Birding⠀⇛
I have suddenly become interested in birding (“the
observation of birds in their natural habitats as a
hobby”). Each day for the last week you could have found
me in a local park with a pair of binoculars and a bird
guide, trying to tally bird sightings by species.
Growing up, I was fortunate to live near the Chesapeake
Bay, and to regularly see blue crabs (callinectes
sapidus) and blue heron (ardea herodias). I was
interested in the marsh ecosystem generally, and these
creatures specificually, but unlike many of my peers
would not admit to an interest in looking at living
things. For reasons lost to recall, I believed these were
childish and/or effiminate interests.
o ⚓ Album_#226:_The_Beach_Boys_–_Surf’s_Up⠀⇛
Usually I try to write out my thoughts while listening to
the album. Sort of ‘raw, live to tape’, in the hope that
it’ll capture something unique or interesting to my
particular perspective in this, my public music listening
journal. Not today, not with this album – it slid by.
Maybe that was the intention – it’s cautiously
interesting and psychedelic or at least adventurous, but
there’s never any real commitment to it. Like they know
the weight and legacy of the Beach Boys name and have to
do something MORE, but where previously they felt like
they set a standard, now they’re following The Beatles or
The Rolling Stones or The Who or whoever is moulding
something from the past in to something more interesting.
And the spark isn’t there any more.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
* Leftovers
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Overpopulation
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Twitter
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Special_Variables_in_Bash_Shell
Scripting⠀⇛
Recently, I covered how you can use the number of
arguments in bash that involved the use of the $#
variable which is one of the special variables of
bash.
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Automated_status_tests_need_to_have
little_or_no_‘noise’⠀⇛
Unless you’re in a bad situation, your systems are
almost always working; your backups are happening
properly, your machines are up, your disks aren’t
dangerously full, and so on. Actual failures are a
small percentage of the time. This means that even
with a very low false positive rate on a percentage
basis, almost all of the time your tests are
raising some sort of alert, they’re giving you
noise, a false alert. This gives you the security
alert problem; it will be very easy to get
habituated to ignoring or downplaying the warning
messages. The very rare occasion when they’re
warning you about a real problem will be drowned
out by the noise of non-problems.
As a system administrator, it can feel morally
wrong to not send out a warning if we detect
something potentially broken. But here again, the
perfect is the enemy of the good. It’s better to
reliably generate warnings that people will notice
and heed when something is definitely broken, even
if this doesn’t send warnings in some situations
when you can’t be sure.
# ⚓ James G ☛ Announcing_Screenshots:_How_I_generate_meta
images_for_my_site⠀⇛
I was curious about how I could generate
screenshots for my personal website. I knew this
would involve headless browsers, a technology
wherein a browser renders a page programmatically
without a user-facing representation available. I
had not yet used headless browsers, so I thought
this would be an excellent opportunity to build my
knowledge.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Set_Up_a_Private_VPN_With_TurnKey_GNU/
Linux⠀⇛
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) offers anonymity,
security, and privacy online. There are typically
two types of VPN connections. The most popular is a
VPN service, provided by a third-party company, and
typically requires a paid subscription. The second
type is a private VPN, installed and configured
manually by an individual or workplace.
Setting up your own private VPN can seem like a
daunting task. However, there is an easy way to set
up your own VPN server using a pre-configured
solution from Turnkey Linux. So how can you install
a private VPN at home or at your workplace?
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ 8_Useful_Commands_to_Monitor_Swap_Space_Usage_in
Linux⠀⇛
Linux memory management is an essential aspect of
every System Administrator to improve the
performance of a Linux system.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Add_Swap_Space_on_Ubuntu_Linux⠀⇛
The post How_to_Add_Swap_Space_on_Ubuntu_Linux
first appeared on Tecmint:_Linux_Howtos,_Tutorials
&_Guides .
One of the simplest ways of watching against out-
of-memory problems in applications is to increase
some swap size in your server.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Build_NGINX_from_Sources_in_RHEL,_CentOS,
Rocky_and_AlmaLinux⠀⇛
Nginx is the fastest growing Webserver today on
public internet-facing servers due to its free
open-source modular model, high performance,
stability, simple configurations files,
asynchronous architecture (event-driven), and low
resources needed to run.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_View_WebP_Image_and_Convert_WebP_to_PNG_or
JPEG_in_Linux⠀⇛
Developed by Google with the main objective of
making loading times faster across the internet,
WebP (pronounced “weppy”) is a modern image format
and a replacement for JPEG, PNG, and GIF file
formats. Compared
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Death_Stranding_Director’s_Cut,_Aliens:
Fireteam_Elite_and_more_in_Humble_Choice⠀⇛
Up for even more games to add to your collection?
Humble Choice for April 2023 has some interesting
games included. To save you clicking around, I’ll
list each game along with what to expect from them
on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Crusader_Kings_III:_Tours_and_Tournaments
releasing_May_11th⠀⇛
Paradox Interactive confirmed today the Crusader
Kings III: Tours and Tournaments DLC will release
on May 11th along with a major free update for all
players.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_Last_of_Us_now_Unsupported_on_Steam
Deck,_bad_look_for_Valve_and_Naughty_Dog⠀⇛
It’s official, Valve put The Last of Us Part 1
through Deck Verified and gave it an Unsupported
status on Steam Deck. Not really a good look for
either Valve or Naughty Dog.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Heroic_Games_Launcher_2.7.0_is_out_now_for
Epic_Games_and_GOG⠀⇛
Heroic Games Launcher has a brand new release
available for helping you manage Epic Games, GOG
and more on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. Easily
one of my favourite open source projects! It
doesn’t just help you deal with Epic and GOG
though, since you can add anything else into it
too.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Hell_Let_Loose_planning_Steam_Deck
support⠀⇛
The hardcore FPS Hell Let Loose had a 2023 roadmap
reveal, and they’ve confirmed they’re planning to
add Steam Deck support.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Asus_announce_the_ROG_Ally_gaming
handheld⠀⇛
More companies are beginning to see there is a
market for a PC gaming handheld, with Asus planning
to release the ROG Ally. Initially, this seemed
like an April Fools joke but it turned out to be
real.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Debian ☛ Debian_Installer_Bookworm_RC_1_release⠀⇛
The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce
the first release candidate of the installer for
Debian 12 “Bookworm”.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Introducing_Cinnamon_Desktop_“Styles”,_coming
in_Linux_Mint_21.2⠀⇛
In their monthly update post, the Linux Mint team
gave a sneak peek of what’s in store for the
upcoming release, Linux Mint 21.2. One of the
exciting new features that caught the eye was the
introduction of “styles” in the Cinnamon desktop.
The next iteration of Cinnamon will present a novel
concept known as “styles”. Styles come in three
modes: mixed, dark, and light, and each of these
modes can have colour “variants”. A variant is a
combination of themes that blend together. The goal
of styles, modes, and variants is to make it easier
to switch to a beautiful-looking interface and
quickly browse through available options. You won’t
have to find matching elements because styles will
do that for you, no matter how many individual
themes you have installed.
Read more here.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ RP2040_Feather_module_comes_with_Packet
Radio⠀⇛
The Adafruit Feather RP2040 RFM69 Packet Radio is a
compact board providing up to 21x GPIOs, 1x STEMMA
connector, LiPo connector and it’s compatible with
Arduino/CircuitPython. According to the product
page, this new Feather module is based on the
Adafruit Feather RP2040 board launched last year.
# ⚓ Frank Delporte ☛ Using_the_Raspberry_Pi_Autofocus_Camera
Module_3_as_HDMI_camera⠀⇛
More than two years ago, I blogged about the use of
the Raspberry Pi as an HDMI camera for the ATEM
Mini. Although I have been using such a camera
since then as my main Zoom camera, I wasn’t always
happy with the image quality. The main problem was
that the previous Raspberry Pi cameras had a fixed
focus and it was quite hard to find the perfect
focus.
But with the new version 3 camera module with auto-
focus, this should all be solved… and… it is!
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ [Old] Uli Kusterer ☛ Audio_Ducking_in_OBS⠀⇛
Well, it can. There is a technique audio engineers called
“audio ducking”. It does the reverse: Whenever you speak
into your microphone, it reduces the volume on another
channel, to ensure it can’t go so loud you won’t be
audible anymore. That’s basically the reverse of what we
thought to do.
OBS also has this feature, however it is very nerdily
named. It is hidden in its “Compressor” filter. Here’s
how to use it for audio ducking in 3 simple steps: [...]
o ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ 8_best_open_source_project_management_software_for
2023⠀⇛
We analyzed our picks for the top eight open-source
project management software of 2023, including their
features, cost, pros and cons. We also outline the steps
to follow when shopping for open-source project
management tools.
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ How_to_get_a_bigger_font_for
Firefox’s_preview_of_link_targets_(sort_of)⠀⇛
If you hover the mouse over a link in Firefox (or
pretty much any other browser), the browser will
show you the URL of the link target so you can see
where you’ll wind up if you click the link; this
URL target appears down at the bottom of the page.
Well, in theory, since there are a lot of things
that can happen in between your click on a link and
where you wind up. In Firefox, as far as I know
that URL target is rendered in the browser’s
default user interface (UI) font and font size,
which is normally your platform default. On Unix,
Firefox uses GTK so this is the GTK system font
default. Suppose, not hypothetically, that you
would like the font of this URL target to be bigger
so it’s easier to read.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Bridging_the_digital_divide_in_Pacific
island_states⠀⇛
The challenges for small island states are not only
about small domestic markets and small numbers of
ICT suppliers. Often people do not know how to take
advantage of the technologies. There is often a
lack of awareness of the advantages of connecting,
a lack of relevant local content online in the
local language and a much higher cost of connection
than in most countries. Many small island states
states rely on satellite connections, and a small
domestic market does not offer industry enough
return on investment—nothing like the large urban
areas. Industry therefore needs to be incentivised;
regulatory frameworks need to be harmonised.
Regional cooperation is key to creating a larger
community with harmonised regimes, including
spectrum management and incentives to encourage
investment.
# ⚓ ANF News ☛ 5_Iranian_schoolgirls_poisoned_in_Urmia⠀⇛
As mass anti-government protests have been going on
since the murder of a young Kurdish woman named
Mahsa Amini by the morality police in Tehran in
September 2022, poisoning attacks against girls’
schools and dormitories have increased in recent
months.
Poisoning attacks are considered as part of a
government plan to suppress the popular protests.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Ken Shirriff ☛ The_microcode_and_hardware_in_the_8086
processor_that_perform_string_operations⠀⇛
In this blog post, I explain string operations in
the 8086, analyze the microcode that it used, and
discuss the hardware circuitry that helped it out.
My analysis is based on reverse-engineering the
8086 from die photos. The photo below shows the
chip under a microscope. I’ve labeled the key
functional blocks; the ones that are important to
this post are darker. Architecturally, the chip is
partitioned into a Bus Interface Unit (BIU) at the
top and an Execution Unit (EU) below. The BIU
handles memory accesses, while the Execution Unit
(EU) executes instructions. The microcode ROM at
the lower right controls the process.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Salon ☛ Your_microwave_popcorn_bags_are_full_of_harmful
“forever_chemicals”⠀⇛
A recent study of popcorn bags in America and
Indonesia found PFAS, or forever chemicals, in all
of them
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Microsoft_App_Center_has_been_down_for
nearly_a_day⠀⇛
If you’re wondering why Microsoft’s Visual Studio
App Center isn’t working, it’s not just you: The
service’s login portal went down yesterday a little
before 2200 UTC, and as of writing – nearly 18
hours on – Microsoft says the issue still hasn’t
been fully resolved.
o § Security⠀➾
# § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Anti-plagiarism_tool_Turntin_tries
to_find_AI_writing_by_students_–_with_mixed_grades⠀⇛
Initial tests carried out by the Washington
Post, however, found its performance lacking.
Turnitin was good at detecting AI-generated
text when the whole input had been created by
ChatGPT, but struggled with a mixture between
human and machine-written sentences. It also
incorrectly flagged parts of an essay written
by a student as AI-generated.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ El País ☛ TikTok_fined_$15.9_million_by_Britain’s
privacy_watchdog_over_misuse_of_kids’_data⠀⇛
The British watchdog, which was investigating
data breaches between May 2018 and July 2020,
said TikTok allowed as many as 1.4 million
children in the U.K. under 13 to use the app
in 2020, despite the platform’s own rules
prohibiting children that young from setting
up accounts.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ TikTok_Is_Fined_$15.9_Million_Over
Misusing_Kids’_Data_in_Britain⠀⇛
The Information Commissioner’s Office said
TikTok had inappropriately allowed up to 1.4
million children under the age of 13 to use
the service in 2020, violating British data
protection rules that require parental
consent for organizations to use children’s
personal information. TikTok failed to obtain
that consent, regulators said, even though it
should have been aware that younger children
were using the service.
The British investigation found that the
video-sharing app did not do enough to
identify underage users or remove them from
the platform, even though TikTok had rules
barring children under 13 from creating
accounts. TikTok failed to take adequate
action, regulators said, even after some
senior employees at the video-sharing
platform raised concerns internally about
underage children using the app.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ TikTok_fined_in_UK_for_misusing_data
of_minors⠀⇛
Britain’s data protection authority today hit
the beleaguered Chinese social media company
TikTok with a $15.9 million (£12.7m) fine,
accusing the app of breaching data protection
rules.
The Information Commissioner’s Office, or
ICO, said TikTok had allowed about 1.4
million children under the age of 13 to use
the app. The firm was said to have used the
data without the parents of the children
giving their consent, even after some older
employees had raised concerns about young
people using the app.
# ⚓ CSO ☛ UK_fines_TikTok_$15.8_million_for_GDPR
violation_of_children’s_privacy⠀⇛
Central to the ICO’s decision to fine TikTok
are the estimated 1.4 million UK children
under 13 years of age, who were allowed to
sign up for the platform in 2020, despite the
company’s own rules barring such use.
That’s a violation of UK’s General Data
Protection Regulation (similar to the EU’s
GDPR), the ICO said in a statement. The UK
GDPR requires that companies that use
personal data to offer services to children
under 13 need a parent or guardian’s
permission to do so. The regulator also noted
that “senior employees” at TikTok were aware
of underage users on the platform, and did
not respond adequately to the issue.
# ⚓ Her Campus Media LLC ☛ Why_Did_FSU_Ban_TikTok?⠀⇛
This ban follows the introduction of U.S.
Senate Bill 686 otherwise known as the
RESTRICT Act. It not only includes the
banning of TikTok, but it would also give the
government access to our digital devices and
networks including home cameras. This act
also potentially poses a threat to our right
to privacy and gives the government a lot
more control over our everyday lives than
most of us may be comfortable with.
With that being said, why not ban Twitter?
This social media app also collects
information on its users and was fined over
$150 million in 2022 after it allegedly broke
its privacy policy. Or Facebook? It had a $5
billion penalty imposed on them by the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a series
of new privacy regulations in 2019 due to
privacy issues. Also, what about Instagram?
According to Cybernews, it’s sharing almost
eighty percent of your personal information
with third parties.
# ⚓ Cybernews ☛ Instagram_is_sharing_79%_of_your_personal
data_with_third_parties⠀⇛
It’s one of the most addictive apps on our
smartphones – but Instagram turns out to be a
privacy nightmare for those who are using it.
That’s the findings of a new analysis of the
most invasive apps used commonly by users by
cyber business pCloud. pCloud used the range
of new privacy labels rolled out by Apple
through its App Store, designed to help
consumers decide what they should be wary of,
to see how much of a user’s private data is
gathered and shared with others.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ NBC ☛ Chinese_spy_balloon_gathered_intelligence_from
sensitive_U.S._military_sites,_despite_U.S._efforts_to_block
it⠀⇛
The three officials said China could have gathered
much more intelligence from sensitive sites if not
for the administration’s efforts to move around
potential targets and obscure the balloon’s ability
to pick up their electronic signals by stopping
them from broadcasting or emitting signals.
# ⚓ CNN ☛ Chinese_spy_balloon_was_able_to_transmit_information
back_to_Beijing⠀⇛
A US intelligence official told CNN on Monday that
“although analysis of the wreckage of the High
Altitude Balloon remains ongoing, thus far, its
flight over the United States does not appear to
have provided critical new insights to the People’s
Republic of China.”
The US also knew what the balloon’s path would be
and was able to protect sensitive sites and censor
some signals before the balloon was able to pick
them up, officials have said.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Public_executions_and_torture:_‘The_Taliban_have
reverted_to_their_true_nature’⠀⇛
In the latest example of public punishments carried
out by the Taliban, two men were forced to wear a
chador, a full-length hijab traditionally worn by
women as a form of public “humiliation”. But other
punishments meted out by the Taliban have been far
more violent, including flagellations and public
executions. While Afghan activists have documented
dozens of public punishments since October 2022,
video evidence of them is scarce – only two videos
document these brutal tactics.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Debate:_Will_Finland’s_Addition_to_NATO
Make_Direct_Conflict_with_Russia_More_Likely?⠀⇛
Finland is formally joining NATO on Tuesday in a
move that doubles the military alliance’s border
with Russia. Finland and Russia share an 800-mile
border. Finland is joining NATO a week after
Turkey’s parliament voted to ratify the Nordic
country’s membership. Turkey and Hungary have yet
to approve Sweden as a member of NATO, with Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accusing Stockholm
of harboring Kurdish dissidents he considers
terrorists. Finland and Sweden had applied to join
NATO in May 2022, just months after Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine. For more on NATO’s expansion,
we host a discussion between Reiner Braun, former
executive director of the International Peace
Bureau and longtime German peace activist, and Atte
Erik Harjanne, a member of the Finnish Parliament
for the Green League.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ RTL ☛ Amsterdam’s_Schiphol_airport_to_ban_overnight_flights
by_2025⠀⇛
To meet the Paris climate agreement, the Dutch
airport is introducing a few new regulations for
overnight flights and private jets.
In order to reduce noise pollution, the Dutch
airport Schiphol will no longer allow commercial or
cargo flights to depart between midnight and 6am or
land between midnight and 5am.
o § Environment⠀➾
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Our_Lungs_and_Planet_Can’t_Wait’:
Protesters_Demand_EPA_Pass_New_Power_Plant_Rules⠀⇛
Activists from a coalition of over 150
environmental justice groups rallied and
marched in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to demand
that the Biden administration “quit delaying
rules to curb harmful pollution that kills
thousands of Americans every year.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Green_Groups_‘Undeterred’_Despite_US
Judge_Allowing_Willow_Oil_Project_to_Proceed⠀⇛
Climate campaigners on Tuesday remained
resolute in their fight against
ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil project in
Alaska—even after a federal judge declined to
issue a preliminary injunction sought by
environmental and Indigenous groups behind a
pair of legal challenges.
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ A_Brief_on_Overpopulation_–_Why_it
matters_and_what_you_can_do_about_it⠀⇛
The Earth’s first billion people milestone
took from the beginning of human history
until the 1800s to be achieved. Then, due to
the industrial revolution, humanity reached
the second billion mark by 1930 (taking only
130 years), reached the third billion in 1960
(only took 30 years), then reached the fourth
billion by 1974 (only took 14 years), and the
fifth billion by 1987 (only took 13 years).
We hit 6 billion in 1999 (which took 12
years) and hit 7 billion in 2011 (which took
about 12 years). At the current growth rate,
the world population will reach 9 billion by
2037 and 10 billion by 2057.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Australia_bans_TikTok_from_federal_government
devices⠀⇛
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said in a statement
Tuesday that based on intelligence and security
agencies’ advice, that ban would come into effect
“as soon as practicable.”
The so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing
partners — the United States, Canada, Britain and
New Zealand — have taken similar steps.
# ⚓ New Statesman ☛ Twitter_is_dead⠀⇛
Much has been written about the end of this type of
verification – which Twitter invented and is now
used almost universally online – and the type of
audience Twitter now serves (as Emma Haslett wrote
for the New Statesman, Twitter is becoming an
“Internet of Losers”, where the desperate and
status-obsessed get a taste of faux-fame because
they can afford it). With this new era of Twitter
advancing, and the platform as we knew it coming to
an end, what, as a culture, are we losing?
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ How_Russia_killed_its_tech
industry⠀⇛
In Russia, technology was one of the few sectors
where people felt they could succeed on merit
instead of connections. The industry also
maintained a spirit of openness: Russian
entrepreneurs won international funding and made
deals all over the world. For a time, the Kremlin
seemed to embrace this openness too, inviting
international companies to invest in Russia.
But cracks in Russia’s tech industry started
appearing well before the war. For more than a
decade, the government has attempted to put
Russia’s [Internet] and its most powerful tech
companies in a tight grip, threatening an industry
that once promised to bring the country into the
future. Experts MIT Technology Review spoke with
say Russia’s war against Ukraine only accelerated
the damage that was already being done, further
pushing the country’s biggest tech companies into
isolation and chaos and corralling its citizens
into its tightly controlled domestic [Internet],
where news comes from official government sources
and free speech is severely curtailed.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Ari_Berman_on_the_Race_That_Could_Decide
the_Fate_of_Democracy_in_Wisconsin_—_and_the_2024_Election⠀⇛
A crucial election in Wisconsin on Tuesday will
decide the fate of democracy in the state and have
major ramifications for the 2024 presidential
election, says reporter Ari Berman, national voting
rights correspondent for Mother Jones. At stake is
a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which
currently has a 4-3 conservative majority. Although
technically nonpartisan, the election is a showdown
between Democratic-backed Milwaukee County Circuit
Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz and Republican-
backed former state Supreme Court Justice Daniel
Kelly. Berman says the outcome of the race could
determine if abortion remains illegal in Wisconsin,
as well as the future of voting laws and
redistricting. “Every time the state Supreme Court
under conservative control has been asked whether
or not they want to expand democracy or constrict
democracy, they have fallen on the side of
constricting democracy,” says Berman.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘The_Law_Finally_Caught_Up_With_Donald
Trump’:_Ex-President_Arraigned_on_34_Felony_Charges⠀⇛
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ History_in_the_Making:_David_Cay_Johnston
on_Why_Trump’s_Arraignment_May_Renew_American_Democracy⠀⇛
On the day of Donald Trump’s historic arraignment
in New York, making him the first former president
ever to be criminally charged, we speak with the
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay
Johnston, who has covered Trump for decades. Trump
is said to face 34 felony counts for falsifying
business records. The case centers in part on hush-
money payments Trump made during the 2016
presidential campaign to adult film star Stormy
Daniels. After his appearance before a judge in
Manhattan, where he is expected to plead not guilty
to all charges, Trump will fly back to his Mar-a-
Lago estate in Florida, where he will speak
publicly later in the day. “Hopefully this is the
beginning of a revival and a renewal of American
democracy,” says Johnston, co-founder of the news
site DCReport and author of The Big Cheat: How
Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself
and His Family. Johnston also teaches at Syracuse
University College of Law.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Now_Do_Bush’:_Trump_Arraignment_Contrasts
Typical_Impunity_for_US_Leaders⠀⇛
The historic arraignment of former U.S. President
Donald Trump on Tuesday highlighted how
infrequently American political leaders are held
accountable for any crimes.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ BBC ☛ Ukraine_war:_Who_are_Russia’s_war_bloggers_and
why_are_they_popular?⠀⇛
And it’s this criticism of the military
authorities that makes war correspondents
stand out from the all-pervasive Kremlin-
controlled propaganda, which routinely
embellishes progress of the “special military
operation” in Ukraine.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Sweden_Court_Overturns_Ban_on_Quran_Burning
Protests⠀⇛
bA Swedish court Tuesday overturned a police move
to ban two Quran burning protests, as five
suspected Islamists were arrested for plotting a
“terrorist act” over a similar demonstration.
# ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Twitter_accused_of_censorship_in_India_as
it_blocks_Modi_critics⠀⇛
Twitter has been accused of bowing to government
pressure in India by blocking scores of prominent
journalists, politicians and activists from its
platform in recent weeks.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ NBC ☛ Lawyers_visit_U.S._journalist_detained_in_Russia⠀⇛
The Journal denies the espionage charges against
Gershkovich.
Tucker added: “The legal avenue is one of several
avenues we are working to advocate for Evan’s
release. We continue to work with the White House,
State Department and relevant U.S. government
officials to secure Evan’s release.”
# ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Let’s_talk_about_George_Charamba’s_threat_to
journalists_covering_Al_Jazeera_documentary⠀⇛
What was interesting regarding that whole saga is
what happened in between the episodes. Presidential
spokesperson, George Charamba, using one of his
many Twitter accounts threatened journalists
covering the Al Jazeera documentary. He tweeted,
[...]
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Grim_Milestone’_as_Over_400_Human_Rights
Defenders_Murdered_Worldwide_Last_Year⠀⇛
For the first time since such killings have been
tracked, more than 400 human rights defenders were
murdered worldwide last year, with nearly half of
these targeted killings occurring in Colombia, a
report published Tuesday revealed.
# ⚓ Buffalo News ☛ Starbucks_fires_Buffalo-area_union_leader
two_days_after_former_CEO_is_grilled_in_Congress⠀⇛
Not two days after former CEO Howard Schultz was
dragged before a U.S. Senate committee and
aggressively questioned before the cameras, the
Seattle-based coffee chain fired three of its local
employees who were active leaders in the
unionization movement.
In particular, Starbucks late on Friday fired Lexi
Rizzo, a longtime shift supervisor at the company’s
Genesee Street store in Cheektowaga, who had led
the labor campaign at that location that won one of
the first unionization votes at a Starbucks store.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ The_Future_Is_Here,_and_It’s_Being_Sent
Home_To_Wait_To_Find_Out_if_You’ve_Lost_Your_Job⠀⇛
After pushing in-person work, McDonald’s sent
corporate employees home this week so the company
could conduct layoffs remotely—a “new tactic” that
could become common in the hybrid era, HR experts
say.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ UN_Expresses_Concern_Over_Ban_On_Afghan_Female
Staff_In_Eastern_Province⠀⇛
[...] The UN mission expressed “serious concern”
after its female staffers were prevented from
reporting to work in Nangarhar Province. [...]
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Taliban_Ban_Afghan_Women_from_Working_for_UN⠀⇛
Taliban officials in Afghanistan have informed the
United Nations they are banning women from working
for the organization in Afghanistan, the U.N. said
Tuesday about the group’s latest edict restricting
the rights and movements of women in that country.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Bernice_King_Urges_Permanent_School_Strike
Until_Assault_Weapons_Ban_Is_Passed⠀⇛
Rights advocate Bernice King, a daughter of Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King,
expressed hope on the 55th anniversary of her
father’s assassination Tuesday that U.S. students
leading gun control demonstrations will take
inspiration from civil rights protesters who forced
change through prolonged direct action.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Google_Fiber_Returns_From_The_Dead_To_Deliver
Actual_Broadband_Competition_To_Iowa⠀⇛
Back in 2016, Alphabet executives made it pretty
clear they had grown tired of trying to disrupt the
U.S. broadband industry with Google Fiber.
Executives were fired, hundreds of employees were
laid off, and any real expansion in the project was
effectively frozen. Alphabet and Google Fiber
executives then just pretended none of this had
happened and nothing had changed.
o § Twitter⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FTC_To_Elon:_How_‘Bout_You_Comply_With_Our
Demands,_Rather_Than_Trying_To_Charm_Lina_Khan?⠀⇛
As you’ll recall, it became apparent pretty much
immediately after Elon Musk took over Twitter that
he had zero idea that the company was under an FTC
consent decree that had just been renewed months
earlier, and which had some fairly stringent rules
regarding data privacy and how the company rolled
out new features. Sometimes it pays to, you know,
do some due diligence?
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Without_Verification,_What_Is_The_Point_Of_Elon
Musk’s_Twitter?⠀⇛
Elon Musk’s Twitter fundamentally misunderstands
what made Twitter useful in the first place. In an
attempt to wring blood from a stone, Twitter’s
announced that all the original “blue
checks”—initially created as a way to verify that
someone was who they said they were—will disappear
on April 1st. Instead, blue checks will once again
be for sale, just as they were briefly, when Musk
took control. April 1 is a date that makes it hard
to take anything seriously but, since this isn’t
the first time Twitter’s tried this, let’s delve
into the problems that selling verifications
poses.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ How_to_update_copyright:_Nigeria
shows_the_way_for_Africa_–_and_the_world⠀⇛
Nigeria’s new law is important because the
country is already a leader in Africa, and is
predicted to become one of the world’s top
economies. What happens in Nigeria matters,
because it sets an important precedent for
other rising nations looking to update their
outdated copyright laws to maximise the
benefits of the digital world by adopting
open norms.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Record_Label_Wipes_AI-Generated
Eminem_Rapping_About_Cats_From_the_Internet⠀⇛
Universal Music Publishing Group issued a
DMCA takedown notice against Youtuber
Grandayy, claiming that the video, which uses
an AI-generated version of Eminem’s voice to
sing a ChatGPT-generated song about cats,
infringes on its copyright.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Music_Labels_Win_Legal_Battle_Against
Youtube-dl’s_Hosting_Provider⠀⇛
A German court has ordered hosting provider
Uberspace to take the website of the open-
source youtube-dl software offline. The
ruling is the result of a copyright
infringement lawsuit, filed by Sony, Warner
and Universal last year. Uberspace will
appeal the verdict and, meanwhile, youtube-
dl’s code remains available on GitHub.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ‘Pirate’_Site_Admins_Arrested_in
2015,_Now_Acquitted_For_a_Second_Time⠀⇛
In 2015, the operators of ‘pirate’ download
site Series.ly were arrested in Spain
following copyright infringement complaints
from rightsholders in the U.S. After a court
acquitted the men of criminal wrongdoing in
2022, the rightsholders filed an appeal. The
men have now been acquitted for a second
time, eight years after being arrested.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ March_2023⠀⇛
March started traveling in our Caribbean cruise
between Colombia and Panamá and for a full week we
continued to Costa Rica, Bahamas, and back to
Miami. From there we spent a week in New Orleans
(where I worked a couple days) and finally another
week in Orlando where I had the Elastic Engineering
All Hands. After the meeting we drove down to Miami
again to get our flight back to Valencia.
# ⚓ systemd_killed_the_*nix⠀⇛
Saw a few good discussions about systemd, thought
I’d explain my beef with it too.
In the middle of last year I was applying for a new
job. Found a pretty amazing new position open up at
Canonical and threw my hat into the ring. Over 2
months of interviews, essays, and brain tests. Made
it all the way to the last interview and turned out
I just didn’t have the exact expertise they were
looking for. Oh well, found a job I enjoy so no big
deal. Through the whole process I was expecting to
get some questions on my views of technology, the
ways business and teams run, etc. Finally after
maybe the 5th or 6th interview I finally got the
dreaded “so what do you think about systemd?”
I’ve been running Linux since the mid 90′s. When my
parents upgraded our 486 to a Pentium I got a bunch
of floppies from a friend at school and installed a
build of RedHat he had picked up a computer
convention. Since then I’ve only run Windows or OSX
when it was provided as a work platform, rather
when it was out of my control. In college I got a
degree in Computer Engineering (half CS and half
Electrical Engineering). My focus was on Hardware /
Software interoperability. Designing operating
systems, designing CPUs, etc. My first job was
building communications hardware. Some on ARM
processors where I could run Linux and others where
I had to create custom operating systems. From the
power button to sending packets out was my bread
and butter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Linux_Magazine’s_Latest_(New)_Issue
o Kernel_Space
o Graphics_Stack
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Linux_Mint
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
o Programming/Development
# Python
* Leftovers
* Environment
o Energy/Transportation
o Wildlife/Nature
* Finance
* AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
* Censorship/Free_Speech
* Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
* Civil_Rights/Policing
* Monopolies
o Patents
o Trademarks
o Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Internet/Gemini
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ System76_teases_made-in-Denver_Linux_laptop⠀⇛
System76 has been selling PCs that ship with Linux
pre-installed for years. But for most of that time
the company has worked with third-party
manufacturers. A few years ago System76 announced
plans to establish its own factory in Denver. Since
then, the company has begun building its own
desktops and keyboards.
Now the company’s CEO says the first System76
laptop built in-house is on the way, and he’s
posted pictures of an aluminum LCD panel that he
says will be part of the upcoming notebook.
o § Linux Magazine’s Latest (New) Issue⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Introduction⠀⇛
This month in Linux Voice.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Text-based_menus_and_information_pages⠀⇛
Whiptail interfaces add menus and information pages
to your Raspberry Pi projects.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Kernel_News⠀⇛
Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the little links
that bring us closer within the Linux kernel
community.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ A_Deep_Dive_into_the_ELF_File_Format⠀⇛
Linux and other Unix-based systems use the ELF file
format for executables, object code, and shared
libraries. Take a peek inside to learn how an ELF
file is organized.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ FOSS_Picks⠀⇛
Graham has finally taken delivery of a couple of
RISC-V development boards for Linux
experimentation. Expect plenty of cross-build tools
in future issues!
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Booting_up_the_coreboot_firmware
alternative⠀⇛
Coreboot is an open source firmware alternative
with an emphasis on speed and simplicity.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Analyze_network_traffic_with_Sniffnet⠀⇛
Network traffic remains a closed book for many
users. Sniffnet lets less experienced users monitor
their network traffic with ease.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ DuckDuckGo_from_the_Terminal [Ed: Linux
Magazine shilling MICROSOFT_SPYWARE in your UNIX/GNU/Linux
terminal]
⠀⇛
Since 2008, DuckDuckGo has been making waves as an
efficient and much more private search engine
alternative to Google. The unaffiliated command-
line tool ddgr is designed to make running
DuckDuckGo searches from the terminal a breeze.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Find_files_and_directories_with_FSearch⠀⇛
In a crowded field of search applications, FSearch
offers many interesting functions for quickly
searching files and folders, with more promised in
the future.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Flatpak_updates_with_systemd⠀⇛
You can automate Flatpak updates without a package
manager using systemd’s services and timers.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Historical_Record⠀⇛
A new effort to record the history of open source
is underway.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Better_Boundaries⠀⇛
Is the whole high-tech scene imploding? If so, it
won’t be the first time, but every time it
implodes, it comes back a little different, so even
temporary implosions are relevant.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ This_Month’s_DVD⠀⇛
Fedora 37 Workstation and TUXEDO OS 2
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Bookmark_organization_with_floccus_and
LinkAce⠀⇛
LinkAce and floccus synchronize and manage
bookmarks while storing your data locally.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ News⠀⇛
In the news: Gnome 44 Release Candidate; Flathub
Vying to Become the Standard Linux App Store;
Debian 12 to Ship with KDE Plasma 5.27; Planet
Computers Launches ARM-Based Linux Desktop PCs;
Ubuntu No Longer Shipping with Flatpak; openSUSE
Leap 15.5 Beta; Linux Kernel 6.2 Released with
NewHardware Support; Kubuntu Focus Team Releases
NewMini Desktop; and US National Cybersecurity
Strategy Released.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ A_simpler_packet_filter⠀⇛
Filter rules for firewalls can be tricky. As the
successor to iptables, nftables simplifies the
process of creating and maintaining firewall rules.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Repositories_for_energy-saving_software⠀⇛
A number of open source projects offer tools for
analyzing energy usage in software.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ TUXEDO_OS_2_Preview_in_test⠀⇛
The popular Linux PC forge TUXEDO extends Ubuntu to
include the latest KDE packages and says goodbye to
Snap for its in-house TUXEDO OS distribution. The
latest version is suitable for any PC.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ The_disaster_of_MIPI_cameras_on_Linux⠀⇛
Linux users have long gotten used to the standard
hardware in their systems working perfectly.
Recently, however, things have gotten dicey for
webcams supporting the MIPI specification. We’ll
tell you why and what to do about it.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Viewing_wildlife_with_a_Pi_Zero_photo
trap⠀⇛
Armed with no more than a Raspberry Pi photo trap,
you can discover who pays a visit to your garden at
night.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ A_command-line_dictionary_tool⠀⇛
With the dict client, you can quickly search dozens
of natural language dictionary databases for the
perfect word.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Energy-efficient_programming_with_Go_and
beyond⠀⇛
Go has a reputation for producing energy-saving
applications, but you still have to know what you
are doing.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Let_an_AI_chatbot_do_the_work⠀⇛
The electronic brain behind ChatGPT from OpenAI is
amazingly capable when it comes to chatting with
human partners. Mike Schilli picked up an API token
and has set about coding some small practical
applications.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.106⠀⇛
I'm announcing the release of the 5.15.106 kernel.
All users of the 5.15 kernel series must upgrade.
The updated 5.15.y git tree can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/
git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-5.15.y
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web
browser:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/
linux-s...
thanks,
greg k-h
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.177⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.4.240⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.19.280⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.14.312⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.2.10⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.23⠀⇛
o § Graphics Stack⠀➾
# ⚓ Free Desktop ☛ [ANNOUNCE]_wayland_1.22.0⠀⇛
This is the official release for Wayland 1.22.
This new release adds explicit events for the
preferred buffer scale
and transform, adds an event to indicate the
pointer's physical scroll
direction, adds a few new convenience functions,
and includes various
spec clarifications and bug fixes.
Commit history since RC1 below.
Simon Ser (1):
build: bump to version 1.22.0 for the
official release
git tag: 1.22.0
# ⚓ [ANNOUNCE]_xf86-input-libinput_1.3.0⠀⇛
xf86-input-libinput 1.3.0 is now available. The
main feature
in this version is support for the new 'custom'
pointer
acceleration profile in libinput 1.23.0. This
acceleration profile is
quite flexible, so it is exposed via several
properties:
- "libinput Accel Custom Fallback Points" and
"libinput Accel Custom Fallback Step"
- "libinput Accel Custom Motion Points" and
"libinput Accel Custom Motion Step"
- "libinput Accel Custom Scroll Points" and
"libinput Accel Custom Scroll Points"
For details on what these mean, please see the man
page and the
libinput documentation:
https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/
latest/pointer-acceleration.html
In addition, the "libinput Accel Profiles
Available" and
"libinput Accel Profile Enabled" properties have
been expanded to 3 values. For
backwards compatibility, the "libinput Accel
Profile Enabled" continues
to support setting 2 values only.
Alan Coopersmith (2):
gitlab CI: enable commit & merge request
checks
gitlab CI: enable gitlab's builtin static
analysis
Hong Xu (1):
Better explain HorizontalScrolling.
Peter Hutterer (7):
Drop HAVE_CONFIG_H, we always have it defined
man: replace the various suffixes with their
actual numbers
man: use @VERSION@ for the driver version
Add meson build system
configure.ac: inputproto 2.4 is optional
Add support for custom pointer acceleration
xf86-input-libinput 1.3.0
Shin-myoung-serp (1):
Correct the coordinate transform parameters
for an absolute pointer
Yinon Burgansky (1):
Add support for the scroll movement type of
the custom acceleration profile
git tag: xf86-input-libinput-1.3.0
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Gajim_1.7.3_–_Gajim⠀⇛
Gajim 1.7.3 enables you to mute notifications for
specific contacts and brings some improvements and
bug fixes. Thank you for all your contributions!
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How_to_Detach_Child_Pop-up_windows_from
Parent_in_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
In Ubuntu, Fedora and other Linux with GNOME
desktop, you may found that many applications have
child dialogues attached to parent windows.
# ⚓ Real Linux User ☛ How_to_easily_run_multiple_Linux
distributions_on_one_computer_with_Boxes⠀⇛
I’ve been writing regularly for years now about one
of my favorite topics, Linux.
# ⚓ What_is_the_difference_between_‘git_pull’_and_‘git
fetch’?⠀⇛
Out of many different Git commands ‘Git Pull‘ and
‘Git Fetch‘ allow users to update their local
repository with changes made in a remote
repository. Although they are relative, however,
work differently.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Percona_XtraDB_Cluster_on
Debian_11⠀⇛
Percona XtraDB Cluster is a fully open-source
database clustering solution for MySQL. It allows
you to create a robust, high-availability MySQL
server deployment that provides high performance.
# ⚓ How_to_install_Erlang_on_Amazon_Linux_2_–_AWS_EC2?⠀⇛
Erlang which is also known as Erlang/OTP, or Open
Telecom Platform (OTP) is a programming language
with similar syntax to other functional languages
such as Haskell and Lisp. It is designed to build
scalable, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems.
At Ericsson Telecom in Sweden, it was created by
Joe Armstrong, Robert Virding, and Mike Williams
around 37 years ago, which makes it quite
trustable. That’s why Erlang has been used to build
many high-profile systems, including the telephony
infrastructure of Ericsson, WhatsApp, and RabbitMQ,
among others.
# ⚓ nixCraft ☛ How_to_install_PHP_8.2_with_Apache_on_Debian_11
Linux⠀⇛
Debian 11 is an excellent server OS to run the LAMP
stack. PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-
used open source general-purpose scripting language
especially suited for web development. However,
Debian 11 comes with PHP version 7.4. Here is how
to install PHP 8.2 with Apache server on Debian 11
using the CLI or over ssh based session.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Copying_all_files_and_folders_to_another
directory_in_Linux⠀⇛
We’ll walk you through the step-by-step process of
copying all files from one directory to another
using the cp command. We’ll also provide examples
to help you understand how to use the command in
different scenarios. By the end of this guide,
you’ll have a good understanding of how to copy
files in Linux using the cp command.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ 15_Practical_Examples_of_Linux_bc_Command⠀⇛
In Linux, the bc command is a versatile tool that
can be used to perform complex mathematical
calculations, automate tasks, and write scripts.
The bc command supports a wide range of functions,
operators, and variables that allow you to perform
calculations with great precision and flexibility.
In this article, we will discuss 15 practical
examples [...]
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ bc_Command_in_Linux_With_Examples⠀⇛
In Linux, the bc command is a powerful tool for
performing mathematical calculations. The bc
command can be used in scripts or on the command
line to perform calculations, set variables, and
even write scripts. In this article, we will
discuss the bc command in Linux and provide
practical examples to illustrate its use.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_install_Checkmk_on_Rocky_Linux_9_/_Alma
Linux_9⠀⇛
Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to
install checkmk on Rocky Linux 9 / Alma Linux 9.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_FileZilla_on_Linux_Mint_21/
20⠀⇛
FileZilla is an incredibly powerful and user-
friendly File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client that
allows users to transfer files between a local
computer and a remote server. With its cross-
platform compatibility, FileZilla supports Windows,
macOS, and Linux systems, making it a preferred
choice for webmasters, developers, and casual users
alike.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Python_3.11_on_Linux_Mint
21/20⠀⇛
Python 3.11 is one of the latest iterations of the
popular programming language and brings many
improvements and changes to enhance the overall
coding experience. Building upon the solid
foundation of Python 3.10, this new version
introduces several enhancements that streamline
development, boost performance, and refine syntax.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_VidCutter_on_Linux_Mint_21/
20⠀⇛
As a Linux Mint user, you might seek efficient,
user-friendly video editing software that caters to
your needs. Look no further because VidCutter is
here to save the day! This robust, open-source
video editor offers many features and is perfect
for novice and experienced users.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_VLC_Media_Player_on_Linux
Mint_21/20⠀⇛
VLC Media Player is a versatile and powerful
multimedia player renowned for its ability to play
virtually any media file format without the need
for additional codecs. Developed by the VideoLAN
organization, VLC is free, open-source software
compatible with multiple platforms, including Linux
Mint.
# ⚓ Linux_Network_Command_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛
Using Linux network commands, you can manage and
troubleshoot network connections, interfaces,
routing tables, and other networking-related
functions. Command Description arp This command is
used to display and manipulate the kernel’s ARP
(Address Resolution Protocol) cache. ifconfig This
command is used to display and configure network
interfaces on the system.
# ⚓ User_Management_Command_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛
Linux user management commands create, modify, and
delete user accounts and groups. Similarly, these
commands are used to manage user account properties
such as login shells, primary groups, and
passwords. User management commands help system
administrators control access to resources and
manage user permissions on Linux systems to ensure
security and accessibility.
# ⚓ Linux_System_Information_Command_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛
A Linux operating system provides system
information commands that provide information about
various elements of the system, such as hardware,
software, and configuration. A variety of
information can be obtained from these commands,
including kernel version, distribution name,
distribution version, processor type, memory usage,
networking configuration, and running processes.
# ⚓ Text_Processing_Command_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛
Text Processing Commands are a set of built-in
commands that are used to manipulate text. These
commands allow users to quickly and efficiently
search, modify, and extract data from text files.
# ⚓ File_Management_Command_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛
In Linux, file management commands are used to
manage files and directories. Those who regularly
work with the Linux operating system, whether they
are users, system administrators, or developers,
will find these commands invaluable.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_OTRS_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
OTRS on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Node.js_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Node.js on Fedora 37. For those of you who didn’t
know, Node.js is a powerful and flexible runtime
environment for building scalable, efficient, and
high-performance network applications.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_NTP_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
NTP on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who
didn’t know, NTP is a client-server-based protocol
that is used to synchronize the time between
different devices on a network.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ GTK_4.11.1⠀⇛
Here is the first GTK snapshot of the new
development cycle. A lot of things fell into
place recently, so it is worth taking some
time to go through the details of what is
new, and what you can expect to see in 4.12.
The family of GtkListView, GtkColumnView and
GtkGridView widgets was one of the big
additions in GTK 4. They are meant to replace
GtkTreeView, but up until now, this was
clearly still a bit aspirational.
In GTK 4.10, we’ve finally taken the big step
to port GtkFileChooser away from tree views—a
sign that list views are ready for prime
time. And the next GTK 4 release will bring a
number of missing features…
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Linux_Lite_6.4_Gets_Lighter_With_More_Features
like_WebP_Image_Support⠀⇛
Linux Lite is known for its lightweight and
Windows-like layout that provides users with a
familiar operating system experience.
The last major release, Linux Lite 6.2 saw the
inclusion of various user interface tweaks/bug
fixes, and now another release is here that also
has various improvements on offer.
Let me take you through the Linux Lite 6.4 release.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ SUSECON_Call_for_Papers,_and_the
great_content_that_it_generates!⠀⇛
Today is the day! The eagerly awaited SUSECON Call
for Papers is open!
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Computing UK ☛ Apple_and_IBM_join_Big_Tech_layoffs⠀⇛
Both Apple and IBM have started to remove staff,
though at a lower rate than contemporaries like
AWS, Microsoft and Meta.
Let’s start with Apple.
So far the iPhone maker has avoided layoffs,
despite growing headcount by tens of thousands over
the past five years. Other Big Tech firms have
blamed over-recruiting in the pandemic as the main
reason for the mass redundancies they are currently
enacting.
Instead Apple has preferred to cut costs by other
means, for example by ending contractor
relationships, delaying bonuses and limiting work
travel.
That’s not to say that the company has completely
avoided criticism. After 18 months of threats,
Apple told employees to return to the office three
days a week back in February, and has since started
tracking badge swipes and issuing warnings to
employees who fail to do so.
# ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_FMN_Replacement
Blog_–_March⠀⇛
It’s been about two months since our last_blog_post
was out. The team wants to give everyone an update
on our progress and let you know that we are nearly
at the finish line!
§ So where did we leave off?
WAAAAAY back in early September 2022, we sent out
an email_to_the_community to lay out the reasons
for replacing Fedora Messaging Notifications (FMN).
At the time of writing the last blog_post, we had
deployed our code to the staging environment and
were in the process of bug hunting. Some of our
feature sets had been finished, like users
receiving message notifications via IRC, but most
were still in a “in progress” state. We were
quietly optimistic about delivering the finished
project on time.
o § Linux Mint⠀➾
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Color_Variants_&_Styles_Are_Coming_to_Linux
Mint_21.2⠀⇛
Recently, Linux Mint has been focusing on its look
and feel more than usual.
With Linux Mint 21.1, you get a new default theme
and several subtle visual refinements.
And it looks like more such changes are in progress
for the upcoming Linux Mint 21.2. As usual, a new
monthly blog post highlighted some progress planned
for the next release.
# ⚓ Neowin ☛ Linux_Mint_team_adds_styles_to_Cinnamon_desktop⠀⇛
Work on the Cinnamon desktop is being performed by
the Linux Mint team all of the time. This month, it
unveiled significant improvements to the themes
that users can pick and introduced “styles”.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ESP32-S3_based_1.28-inch_round_touchscreen
display_supports_Arduino_programming⠀⇛
Makerfabs ESP32-S3 Round SPI TFT with Touch 1.28′
is a small ESP32-S3 with a 1.28-inch round color
touchscreen display, a microSD card, support for
USB and battery power, and two’Mabee’ extension
connectors.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Raspberry_Pi_RP2040_pHAT_board_comes_with_a
40-pin_GPIO_header⠀⇛
0xC0FFEE’s RP2040 PHAT is both a Raspberry Pi
RP2040 development board and a pHAT for Raspberry
Pi and Pi Zero Linux SBCs that exposes the I/Os
through the 40-pin GPIO header traditionally found
in Raspberry Pi single board computers. The board
comes with all features of the Raspberry Pi Pico
board including a USB port for power and
programming, an SPI flash, and a BOOT button, but
also adds a Reset button.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ How_to_take_a_voice_note_on_Android⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Wallpaper_Wednesday:_Android_wallpapers
2023-04-05_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Magisk_v26.0_adds_Android_14_compatibility,_while
dropping_legacy_device_support⠀⇛
# ⚓ Indian Express ☛ Nokia_T21_tablet_review:_Can_build_quality
and_two_Android_upgrades_save_aging�hardware?_|_Technology
News,The_Indian_Express⠀⇛
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ 5_best_weather_apps_for_Android_in_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Using_Android_Auto_Wirelessly:_5_Reasons_to
Choose_the_AAWireless_Dongle⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Best_open-world_games_on_Android_in_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ Giz China ☛ Top_10_cost-effective_Android_mobile_phones_in
all_price_categories⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Primebook_4G_Android_Laptop_Review_|
Affordable,_with_OS_tradeoffs_–_The_Hindu⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Sweet_new_deal_makes_Google’s_old_but_not
outdated_Pixel_5_a_must-buy_for_Android_purists_–
PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Samsung’s_April_2023_security_patch_is
live_for_the_Galaxy_Z_Fold_4_and_Flip_4_in_the_US⠀⇛
# ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Accessing_Android_apps_from_your_phone_to_your
Galaxy_Chromebook_will_soon_be_possible_–_SamMobile⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Use_Google’s_Nearby_Share_to_Share
Files_Between_Android_and_Windows⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Open_source_community_analysis_with_actionable
insights⠀⇛
Organizations are increasingly adopting open source
software development models and open source aspects of
organizational culture. As a result, interest in how open
source communities succeed is reaching an all-time high.
Until recent years, measuring the success of open source
communities was haphazard and anecdotal. Ask someone what
makes one community more successful than another, and you
will likely get observations such as, “The software is
great, so the community is too,” or “The people in this
community just mesh well.” The problem with these
evaluations is not that they are necessarily wrong, but
that they don’t provide information that others can use
to reproduce successful results. What works for one
community is not necessarily going to work for another.
Research universities, businesses, and other
organizations interested in determining what makes open
source projects successful have begun to collaborate on
finding ways to measure aspects of community in a
qualitative and data-driven way. One of the more
prominent efforts is CHAOSS, a Linux Foundation project
focused on creating metrics, metrics models, and software
to better understand open source community health on a
global scale. Unhealthy projects hurt both their
communities and the organizations relying on those
projects, so identifying measures of robustness isn’t
just an interesting project. It’s critical to the open
source ecosystem.
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Mullvad_VPN_and_Tor_Project_Unite_to_Create_a
New_Browser_–_It’s_FOSS_News⠀⇛
Mullvad x Tor Project collaborates on building a
new web browser with its VPN integration!
# ⚓ CNET ☛ New_Privacy-Focused_Browser_Aims_to_Protect_Your
Data_Online⠀⇛
The Tor Project and Mullvad VPN, two organizations
that are all about user privacy, released a new
privacy-focused web browser, called Mullvad
Browser, on Monday. The browser is free to download
and works on Windows, MacOS and Linux. There’s also
a Firefox extension in beta you can download.
“The mass surveillance of today is absurd,” Jan
Jonsson, Mullvad VPN’s CEO, said in a news release.
“The Mullvad Browser is all about providing more
privacy alternatives to reach as many people as
possible and make life harder for those who collect
data from you.”
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Funny_Programming_Pictures_Part_XXVIII⠀⇛
Because, sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand
pull requests.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ 7_Best_Open_Source_Free_React_Landing_Page
Templates⠀⇛
What is a landing page?
A landing page is a specialized web page designed
to create a strong first impression and encourage
visitors to take a specific action. It’s not just
another page on a website, but a standalone page
crafted in response to a marketing campaign or
offer. Landing
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ EverShop_Is_an_Open-source_React_eCommerce
Platform⠀⇛
EverShop is an eCommerce platform based on GraphQL
and React that includes essential commerce
features. It is built with React, is modular, and
fully customizable. The platform is easy to
install, set up, and customize.
# ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Maintenance_release:_Godot_4.0.2⠀⇛
As the work on Godot 4.1 continues, more fixes and
enhancements become available to existing 4.0 users
as patch releases. Meet Godot 4.0.2, addressing
more of your reports, including several regressions
from 4.0.1, and improving platform support for
Android, macOS, and Windows!
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Delete_File_If_Exists⠀⇛
To remove a file only if it exists, use the
remove() method and the unlink() methods.
However, you need to wrap these methods in
try-except statements.
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_for_Python:_the_new_6.5_version_is_out!⠀⇛
You may have seen the many cool things that
Qt 6.5 includes, so now we want to talk about
everything being developed by the Qt for
Python team.
# ⚓ Built In ☛ Top_10_Python_GUI_Frameworks_for
Developers_|_Built_In⠀⇛
Graphical user interface, or GUI, as it’s
more commonly known, is one of the three main
cornerstones of any application, along with
security and performance. Maintaining the
right balance between these three vital
aspects can help you ensure an intuitive and
seamless user experience. We can’t stress
enough how important it is to have a user
interface that’s minimalistic and, at the
same time, robust. Gone are the days when
developers would lose their minds creating
the perfect user interface in the absence of
powerful tools like frameworks.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Switzerland_to_host_women’s_Euro_2025_football
tournament⠀⇛
Switzerland will host the 2025 Women’s European
Championship, European soccer’s governing body UEFA said
on Tuesday.
o ⚓ Antipope ☛ 2023-03-30_[Older]_Crib_Sheet:_Escape_from_Yokai
Land⠀⇛
o ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-04-01_[Older]_Italian_government_seeks_to_penalize_the
use_of_English_words⠀⇛
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Kind_Of_A_Jesus_Christ_Thing⠀⇛
As you may have heard, some big mob boss got arraigned
today in New York for the first 34 of his bounteous
crimes, sins, grifts and unholy transgressions, and as
Biden likes to say, it’s a big fucking deal. It seems law
enforcement offered to do it quietly, but the mobster
wanted it splashy. So it will be, with “law enforcement
zoo,” snipers, perp walk, shrieking zealots. Says one
poor cop burdened with it, “It’ll be a shitshow.” Update:
It was.
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Letters_From_the_April_17/24,_2023,_Issue⠀⇛
The subheading to Joan Walsh’s article declares “ecstasy
and community return on Bruce Springsteen’s 2023 tour”
[“Our Lost Years,” March 6/13]. If that’s the case, it
must be a community of the wealthy and privileged. I once
had the pleasure of meeting Bruce Springsteen at a
campaign stop in Columbus for John Kerry, but I cannot
afford seats for his current tour. In Tampa, tickets went
for $199 for the “cheap seats,” other tickets selling for
$299 and soaring with “dynamic pricing” to as much as
$5,000. Part of the problem is Ticketmaster’s monopoly.
But performers like The Cure have found ways to respect
their fans and keep ticket prices more affordable.
Springsteen could certainly afford to do the same.Mary Jo
Kilroy columbus, ohio2
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Facing_Compounding_Crises,_Syria_Requires_Long-
Term_Investments⠀⇛
Nothing could have prepared us for what we sawin the wake
of the Türkiye-Syria earthquake.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Supercon_2022:_Chris_Combs_Reveals_His_Art-World
Compatibility_Layer⠀⇛
[Chris Combs] is a full time artist who loves using
technology to create unique art projects and has been
building blinky artwork since about a decade now. In his
2022 Supercon talk “Art-World Compatibility Layer: How to
Hang and Sell Your Blinky Goodness as Art” (Slides, PDF),
[Chris] takes us behind the scenes and shows us how to
turn our blinky doodads in to coveted art works. There is
a big difference between a project that just works, and a
work of art, and it’s the attention to small details that
differentiates the two.
o ⚓ EFF ☛ Podcast_Episode:_Losing_Until_We_Win:_Realistic_Revolution
in_Science_Fiction⠀⇛
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Xiaomi_Scooter_Firmware_Hacking_Gets_Hands-On⠀⇛
Scooter hacking is wonderful – you get to create a
better scooter from a pre-made scooter platform,
and sometimes you can do that purely through
firmware modifications. Typically, hackers have
been uploading firmware using Bluetooth OTA
methods, and at some point, we’ve seen the always-
popular Xiaomi scooters starting to get locked
down. Today, we see [Daljeet Nandha] from
[RoboCoffee] continue the research of the new
Xiaomi scooter realities, where he finds that SWD
flashing is way more of a viable avenue that we
might’ve expected.
# ⚓ [Repeat, expanded] CNX Software ☛ Videostrong_HC1_Home_Care
Hub_for_the_elderly_serves_as_Smart_Speaker,_Smart_Home
gateway,_video_phone⠀⇛
Videostrong HC1 Home Care Hub is a Smart Home/IoT
gateway designed for the elderly that also serves
as a smart speaker with 10-meter far-field voice
recognition, a video phone with a video built-in
camera and speaker, and a 4K Android TV box.
# ⚓ The Next Platform ☛ RISC-V_In_The_Datacenter_Is_No_Risky
Proposition⠀⇛
It was only a matter of time, perhaps, but the
skyrocketing costs of designing chips is colliding
with the ever-increasing need for performance,
price/performance, and performance per watt.
# ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Legato_Logic_is_building_a_chip_for
battery-powered_sensing⠀⇛
It’s clear there is huge demand for low-
power, smarter sensors at the edge, and Legato
Logic has a chip that it thinks can do just that
using less than a milliwatt of power.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ New_Expansion_Module_Brings_Standard_Slots_To
Ancient_Laptop⠀⇛
Upgrading and repairing vintage laptops is often a
challenge — even if their basic hardware is
compatible with ordinary PCs, they often use
nonstandard components and connectors due to space
constraints. The Sharp PC-4600 series from the late
1980s is a case in point: although it comes with
standard serial and parallel ports, the only other
external interface is a mysterious connector
labelled EXPBUS on the back of the case. [Steven
George] has been diving into the details of this
port and managed to design a module to turn it into
a pair of standard ISA ports.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ China_Strikes_Back_at_Micron_Technology
Even_as_It_Signals_Openness⠀⇛
Beijing’s security review of Micron Technology,
which has deep roots in China, could have wide-
ranging ramifications for other foreign businesses.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Silkscreen_Busy?_Put_Labels_Inside_Pads⠀⇛
When making a PCB informative and self-documenting,
there’s often just not enough space to silkscreen
all the labels you want, and slowly but surely, you
collect a set of tricks: using different through-
hole pad shapes to denote ground or power pins,
standardized pinouts for connectors, your own
signal name shortening notations, and so on.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Upgrade_Your_Voodoo_With_More_Memory⠀⇛
In 1996, the 3Dfx VooDoo VGA chipset changed
computer graphics forever. Because of the high cost
of memory, most of the boards had only 4 MB of
memory — which seemed a lot back then. However, the
chipset could actually handle up to 8 MB. [Bits and
Bolts] couldn’t stand that his board only had 4 MB,
so he did what any good hacker would do: he figured
out how to add the missing memory!
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Reshoring_Vacuum_Tube_Manufacturing,_One_Tube_At
A_Time⠀⇛
For most of us, vacuum tubes haven’t appeared in
any of our schematics or BOMs in — well, ever. Once
mass-manufacturing made reliable transistors cheap
enough for hobbyists, vacuum tubes became pretty
passe, and it wasn’t long before the once mighty US
tube industry was decimated, leaving the few
remaining tube enthusiasts to ferret out caches of
old stock, or even seek new tubes from overseas
manufacturers.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printed_Post_Modern_Grandfather_Clock⠀⇛
Projects can often spiral, not down or up, but out.
For [Derek] he started playing around with a 3D-
printed escapement mechanism and thought it was a
wonderful bit of engineering. But with a simple
drum and weight, it only had a runtime of a few
minutes. What started as a simple “can I make it
run longer” spiraled into a full-blown beautiful
grandfather clock.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Johnson_&_Johnson_Reaches_Deal_for_$8.9
Billion_Talc_Settlement⠀⇛
The company faces a flood of lawsuits claiming its
talc products caused cancer. The proposed
settlement requires approval by a bankruptcy court,
but has the backing of plaintiffs’ lawyers.
# ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-03-27_[Older]_Sleep,_exercise_and_heart_health:
The_impacts_of_coffee,_according_to_a_new_study⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Scientist ☛ Self-Charging_Battery_Battles_Tumors_in
Mice⠀⇛
A battery that charges itself in salty fluids
starves tumors of oxygen, helping improve some
drugs treat cancer, a study finds.
# ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-03-31_[Older]_Chinese_cities_are_so_broke,
they’re_cutting_medical_benefits_for_seniors⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-03-31_[Older]_CNN_reached_out_to_fentanyl
chemical_manufacturers_in_China._See_what_they_said⠀⇛
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Police_Union_Director_Indicted_For_Importing_And
Distributing_Cop-Killing_Fentanyl⠀⇛
Nothing kills cops like fentanyl. I mean, I don’t
think it’s actually killed any cops yet, but any
cop in the general vicinity of it acts like they’re
dying and heads off the ER, surrounded by enablers,
cop shop PR staff, and journalists willing to act
as stenographers.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘People_Are_Going_to_Die’:_Florida_Senate
Republicans_Pass_Abortion_Ban⠀⇛
“This is a devastating day for our state and
freedoms,” said one Democratic Florida state
lawmaker. “This six-week abortion ban is deeply
unpopular, dangerous, and un-American.”
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ States_Try_to_Obscure_Execution_Details_as
Drugmakers_Hinder_Lethal_Injection⠀⇛
In 2011, Jeffrey Motts was executed in South
Carolina. More than a decade later, the state
hasn’t carried out another execution because
officials have struggled to obtain the drugs needed
for lethal injection. Now, to resume executions,
lawmakers are debating a bill that would further
shroud the state’s lethal injection […]
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Power_Struggle⠀⇛
If you squint at it long enough, the abortion
debate can look like an opportunity for
conservatives to act like liberals—at least
rhetorically. In arguing against abortion rights,
conservatives cast themselves as brave advocates
for an inconvenient moral truth. By standing up for
the “little guy”—that is, the fetus—they claim to
take the side of the oppressed. Like the most
annoying of liberals, anti-choice conservatives can
also treat this “oppressed class” as an ornament
for their own self-regard, insisting that in their
opposition to abortion rights, they provide “a
voice for the voiceless.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘A_Win_for_All_Living_Beings’:_Appeals
Court_Tosses_Mountain_Valley_Pipeline_Permit⠀⇛
A U.S. appellate court panel on Monday unanimously
struck down a key water permit for the Mountain
Valley Pipeline, a nearly completed fracked gas
project long opposed by people living along the
over-300-mile route through Virginia and West
Virginia.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ In_Defense_of_Clip_Art⠀⇛
When I was a child, I spent a lot of my life in
Microsoft Word and later in Microsoft Publisher,
its desktop publishing equivalent, making
everything from menus for fruit stands to faux
Crate & Barrel catalogs. My parents bought me
Greeting Card Factory software for my birthday.
Graphic design, it could be said, was my passion.
In each of these projects, I used clip art, the
stock imagery that usually came bundled with
software or on a dodgy CD-ROM you’d get at Borders
called something like “50,000 Best Clip Art
Images.” For children such as myself, clip art was
the digital equivalent of a sticker book—it was
also an incredible way to play pretend, housed in
harmless office software isolated from the
Internet. It was free—at the point of
purchase—meaning it could be used on everything
from school flyers to actual menus in actual
businesses, “CurlzMT” typeface and all. If you are
older than 25, you probably remember clip art’s mix
of vague abstraction (e.g., gestural line figures
in oversize ’90s suits holding briefcases) and
goofy cartoonishness. These aesthetics remain
indelible parts of early digital kitsch, along with
GeoCities (itself populated with clip art) or
WordArt.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Hackers_Can_Remotely_Open_Smart_Garage
Doors_Across_the_World⠀⇛
A security researcher found a series of
vulnerabilities with the Nexx brand of smart garage
openers. He says he could remotely find garages to
target, and then open them across the internet.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Developers_Are_Connecting_Multiple_AI
Agents_to_Make_More_‘Autonomous’_AI⠀⇛
They hope to create an agent that can do a number
of tasks on its own, such as developing a website,
creating a newsletter, and writing on a Google doc.
# ⚓ Business Today ☛ ‘Rollercoaster_of_emotions,’_says
Microsoft_employee_fired_after_25_years_of_service⠀⇛
The year 2023 started off on a sombre note for many
tech professionals as several major companies,
including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and
Salesforce, announced mass layoffs in an effort to
cut costs. This wave of job cuts has left thousands
of techies around the world without employment, and
social media platforms are filled with stories of
people sharing their layoff experiences.
# ⚓ Mercury News ☛ Tech_companies_plan_hundreds_more_Bay_Area
job_cuts_as_layoffs_worsen⠀⇛
Roku, Lucid and Microsoft have revealed plans for
fresh Bay Area job cuts, together adding hundreds
of workers to the region’s worsening layoffs.
# ⚓ Google ☛ Stable_Channel_Update_for_Desktop⠀⇛
The Chrome team is delighted to announce the
promotion of Chrome 112 to the stable channel for
Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the
coming days/weeks.
Chrome 112.0.5615.49 (Linux and Mac),
112.0.5615.49/50( Windows) contains a number of
fixes and improvements — a list of changes is
available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome
and Chromium blog posts about new features and big
efforts delivered in 112.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Zimbra_Flaw_Exploited_by_Russia_Against
NATO_Countries_Added_to_CISA_‘Must_Patch’_List⠀⇛
CISA has added to its Known Exploited
Vulnerabilities catalog a Zimbra vulnerability
exploited in attacks targeting NATO countries
# ⚓ Gray Dot Media Group ☛ WiFi_Flaws_Allow_Network_Traffic
Interception_on_Linux,_iOS,_and_Android⠀⇛
The WiFi flaw discovered by researchers from
Northeastern University and KU Leuven can impact a
wide range of operating systems, including Linux,
iOS, and Android, leaving them vulnerable to
potential interception of network traffic if
exploited by hackers.
Wireless networking stacks found in a wide range of
operating systems were left vulnerable due to an
ambiguity in the WiFi specification, explained
academics from Northeastern University and KU
Leuven in a paper (PDF) titled “Framing Frames:
Bypassing WiFi Encryption by Manipulating Transmit
Queues.” The ambiguity can allow exposure of
network traffic if exploited by threat actors.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Analyzing_the_efile.com_Malware_“efail”,_(Tue,_Apr
4th)⠀⇛
Yesterday, I wrote about efile.com serving
malicious ake “Browser Updates” to some of its
users. This morning, efile.com finally removed the
malicious code from its site. The attacker reacted
a bit faster and removed some of the additional
malware. But luckily, I was able to retrieve some
of the malware last evening before it was removed.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Notorious_Genesis_Market_cybercrime
forum_seized_in_international_law_enforcement_operation⠀⇛
The FBI led “Operation Cookie Monster” to shutter
the site linked to millions of instances of fraud
and cybercrime globally.
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ North_Korea_Hacking_Cryptocurrency_Sites
with_3CX_Exploit⠀⇛
News:
Researchers at Russian cybersecurity firm
Kaspersky today revealed that they
identified a small number of
cryptocurrency-focused firms as at least
some of the victims of the 3CX software
supply-chain attack that’s unfolded over
the past week.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ 3CX_Supply_Chain_Attack:_North_Korean
Hackers_Likely_Targeted_Cryptocurrency_Firms⠀⇛
3CX supply chain attack appears to have been
conducted by North Korean hackers with the goal of
targeting cryptocurrency firms.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ NATO_Seeks_Contractors_to_Test_Security_of
Web_Assets⠀⇛
NATO is looking for penetration testing vendors to
assess the security of its internet-facing web
assets.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Self-Propagating,_Fast-Encrypting
‘Rorschach’_Ransomware_Emerges⠀⇛
The sophisticated, self-propagating Rorschach
ransomware is one of the fastest at encrypting
victim’s files.
# § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ CardinalOps_Extends_MITRE_ATT&CK-
based_Detection_Posture_Management⠀⇛
Tel Aviv- and Boston-based CardinalOps has
extended its detection posture management
capability with MITRE ATT&CK Security Layers.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ IRS_Wants_to_Buy_Internet_Mass
Monitoring_Tool⠀⇛
The U.S. military and FBI have previously
bought access to netflow data from a company
called Team Cymru. Now the IRS wants to buy
products from the company too.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ The_Broad,_Vague_RESTRICT_Act_is_a_Dangerous
Substitute_for_Comprehensive_Data_Privacy_Legislation⠀⇛
We’ve explained our opposition to
the RESTRICT Act and urged everyone who
agrees to take action against it. But we’ve
also been asked to address some of the
concerns raised by others. We do that here in
this post.
At its core, RESTRICT would exempt certain
information services from the federal
statute, known as the Berman Amendments,
which protects the free flow of information
in and out of the United States and supports
the fundamental freedom of expression and
human rights concerns. RESTRICT would give
more power to the executive branch and remove
many of the commonsense restrictions that
exist under the Foreign Intelligence Services
Act (FISA) and the aforementioned Berman
Amendments.
But S. 686 also would do a lot more.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ Smart_locks_endanger_tenants’_privacy_and
should_be_regulated⠀⇛
Smart locks come in many forms. At the most
basic level, they are physical locks that can
be opened with a nontraditional key like a
smartphone or fingerprint. Most significantly
from a privacy perspective, they allow the
lock company (and sometimes landlords) to
collect data each time you or any of your
guests unlock your physical door. To do this,
the locks themselves may be connected to the
internet, or they can rely on an app you must
install on your phone (the key) to transmit
the data to the lock company’s servers.
Depending on the model, the lock might also
record other data—like an image of the person
trying to unlock the door.
Smart locks have become increasingly popular
in recent years, specifically with landlords.
For example, in 2019, tenants in New York
City forced a settlement after a landlord
attempted to require tenants to use smart
locks. The settlement required an option for
physical keys. The smart lock at issue in
that case was made by a company called Latch.
While Latch was not named in the lawsuit, the
company changed its privacy policy to remove
reference to marketing and collection of
other location data. Its software is
reportedly in more than 125,000 dwelling
units or commercial spaces. Many other
companies make smart locks as well. They are
part of the growth of smart home devices.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_RESTRICT_Act_Restricts_More_Than
TikTok⠀⇛
Supporters of expanding the federal police
state have found a new bogeyman to scare the
people into surrendering their liberty:
TikTok. TikTok is a social media platform
that allows users to upload their own videos.
It is used by tens of millions of Americans
and is one of the most popular websites in
the world.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ Enough_is_Enough._Tell_Congress_to_Ban_Federal
Use_of_Face_Recognition⠀⇛
Now, Congress must do its part. We’ve created
a campaign that will easily allow you to
contact your elected federal officials and
tell them to support the Facial Recognition
and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Britain’s_data_watchdog_fines
TikTok_$15.9_million_for_alleged_misuse_of_children’s
data⠀⇛
The Information Commissioner’s Office
estimated that the app allowed up to 1.4
million UK children under 13 use the platform
in 2020.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ TikTok’s_Trials_and_Tribulations
Continue_With_UK_Data_Protection_Fine⠀⇛
The UK’s data protection regulator fined
TikTok £12.7 million for “failing to use
children’s personal data lawfully”
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Twitter’s_recommendation_algorithm
opens_platform_to_manipulation,_bot_attacks,_researcher
finds⠀⇛
Twitter’s source code apparently revealed how
it’s possible to game the company’s software
to reduce access to specific accounts.
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ The_complex_math_of
counterfactuals_could_help_Spotify_pick_your_next
favorite_song [Ed: This is all about surveillance, mind
reading, brain policing etc. Don't fall for it. Don't
be subjected to this.]⠀⇛
A new kind of machine-learning model built by
a team of researchers at the music-streaming
firm Spotify captures for the first time the
complex math behind counterfactual analysis,
a precise technique that can be used to
identify the causes of past events and
predict the effects of future ones.
# ⚓ How_to_Connect_a_Smart_Plug_to_Alexa_and_Set_a_Timer
and_Power_Schedule [Ed: Surveillance in every socket]⠀⇛
Not all of your home devices are smart, and
you might not want to replace them either.
This is where a Wi-Fi enabled smart plug
comes in handy as you just need to plug it in
and connect to a mobile app.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ An_Architect’s_Dream_of_Rebuilding_a_Battered
City_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
Max Rozenfeld has spent much of the war imagining
how the destruction of Kharkiv presents
opportunities for reinventing its future.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Western_News_Media_Downplay_Ukraine_War_Crimes⠀⇛
In late March, the United Nations issued a new
report on war crimes being committed by both
Russian and Ukrainian forces. The document provides
a shocking litany of brutal behavior on the part of
both militaries, although the investigators
concluded that Russian units have committed the
majority of offenses.
# ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Daniel_Pocock:_Thyon,_Switzerland:_ED531
Lancaster_Australian_ANZAC_casualties,_80th_anniversary⠀⇛
The most significant loss of Australian lives in
Switzerland was the crash of Lancaster ED531 at
Thyon in Canton Valais.
The 80th anniversary of the crash is in June 2023.
Various web sites have appeared with reasons for
the crash. Some suggest the aircraft collided with
high-tension wires. The power poles are visible in
the photos. Some web sites suggest the aircraft was
shot at. Witness reports explain that the aircraft
had discharged its bombs in an unpopulated area
before colliding with the mountain: this would have
been a normal course of action after being shot at
but also after a mechanical failure. The photos
show the aircraft was largely intact when it
crashed. It may have been shot at but that does not
prove why it crashed.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russia’s_Wagner_Group_is_a_feature_not_a
bug_of_the_Putin_regime⠀⇛
Russian private paramilitaries like the Wagner
Group are a symptom of the institutionalized
corruption at the heart of Putin’s regime and not
just another instrument in Russia’s hybrid warfare
toolbox, writes Allen Maggard.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Plugging_the_gap_in_critical
technologies⠀⇛
ASPI’s Sydney Dialogue is already on its way to
becoming the world’s premier policy summit on
critical, emerging, cyber and space technologies.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_to_keep_Western_tech_out_of_Russian
weapons⠀⇛
The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center convened a
panel of experts for a virtual event in March to
discuss how to prevent the use of Western
technologies in Russian weapons, reports Aleksander
Cwalina.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Putting_Australia_at_the_centre_of_global
technology_advancement⠀⇛
Australia’s deputy prime minister and defence
minister, Richard Marles, opened ASPI’s Sydney
Dialogue with a warning that Australia must
establish a much stronger technological base. An
edited version of his speech follows.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Why_Zelensky_Will_NOT_Take_Back_Crimea⠀⇛
Seventeen months ago the US State Department
officially declared the US will “NEVER” recognize
Crimea as part of Russia. Three months ago
Ukrainian President Zelensky vowed to “take back”
Crimea. Is this possible? In June 2016 I visited
Crimea with a delegation from the Center for
Citizen Initiatives (CCI).
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ AUKUS_has_a_people_problem⠀⇛
Unless Australia can develop its skilled workforce,
it will struggle to acquire the advanced defence
capabilities outlined in the AUKUS agreement.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_to_close_the_gap_between_Turkey_and
Sweden_on_NATO_enlargement⠀⇛
Turkey is not yet ready to greenlight Sweden’s NATO
accession but significant progress has been made.
Here’s a possible outline of a compromise.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_warns_of_‘further_damage’_to
Sino-US_relations_ahead_of_Tsai-McCarthy_Wednesday_meeting⠀⇛
An upcoming meeting between Taiwan President Tsai
Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will
“further damage” relations between Beijing and
Washington, China warned Monday.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-03-31_[Older]_Roaming_Charges:_Spare
the_AR-15,_Spoil_the_Child⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-03-30_[Older]_Voices_From_the_Mass
Graves⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-03-29_[Older]_The_F-16_is_Still_a
Great_Plane._USAF_Pilots_are_Another_Story⠀⇛
# ⚓ What’s_Behind_the_New_Calls_to_Invade_Mexico⠀⇛
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t exactly
famous for her restraint, but on March 15 she
posted a tweet that was berserk even by her
standards. The tweet showed a photograph of an
onion-shaped ball of duct tape, which Greene
claimed was an “explosive found by Border Patrol
Agents.” This homemade bomb, Greene argued,
justified a military response.1
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Belarus_KGB_claims_having_foiled_terrorist_attack
on_Russian_consulate,_arrests_2_suspects_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Belarus KGB claims having averted a terrorist
attack on the Russian consulate in Grodno, a
Belarusian city near the Polish and Lithuanian
borders.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Daria_Trepova_remanded_in_jail,_charged_with
terrorism,_while_National_Republican_Army_takes_credit_for
Tatarsky_assassination_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A district court in Moscow has granted the
prosecution’s motion to remand Daria Trepova,
arrested after the blast that killed the pro-
Kremlin war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky on Sunday.
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Ukraine_and_Hungary_must_closely_work
together_–_Hungarian_State_Secretary_of_Foreign_Ministry
after_visit_to_Kyiv⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Local SE ☛ World_leaders_urge_Turkey_and_Hungary_to_let
Sweden_join_Nato⠀⇛
Leaders from the US, the UK and Germany celebrated
Finland officially joining the Nato alliance on
Tuesday, while urging holdouts Turkey and Hungary
to accept Sweden into the alliance.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ DeSantis_on_the_War_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
“A territorial dispute,” he said. Attacks on him
for that became widespread. Assuming that he’d
rather not provoke, Perhaps he’d better stick to
bashing “woke.”
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ In_a_World_On_Fire,_What_Do_We_Owe_Each
Other?⠀⇛
March 2023 marked 12 years since the beginning of
the war in Syria. The exact death toll is unknown
because the violence won’t stop long enough to
count the dead, but reliable sources estimate that
at least half a million people have died and 6.7
million more have fled their homes. March 2023 was
also the first anniversary of Russia’s war in
Ukraine, which has led to some 200,000 casualties.
In the same month, the situation in the eastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo deteriorated, as
armed groups intensified attacks against civilians.
In Mexico, at least 38 people died in a detention
center for refugees and migrants, most of whom were
fleeing the crisis in Venezuela. In the
Mediterranean, more than 100 people died while
trying to navigate cruel border policies to seek
refuge in Europe.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ France_to_try_senior_Assad_allies_for_crimes
against_humanity_in_Syria⠀⇛
French judges have ordered senior officials of the
Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria to stand trial for
collusion in crimes against humanity, a first in
France, according to court documents seen by AFP
Tuesday.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-03-24_[Older]_The_Endless_Wars:_2003-
2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Israeli_air_strike_on_Damascus_kills_two
civilians,_Syrian_state_media_reports⠀⇛
Two Syrian civilians were killed in an Israeli air
strike Tuesday, state media reported, the fourth
such attack on government-held areas of the war-
torn country in less than a week.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_penitentiary_regulator_moves_to_require
48-hour_notice_of_community_prison_inspectors_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Human rights advocates in Russia believe that a new
policy floated by Russia’s federal penal system
regulator FSIN will be “the beginning of the end”
of human rights advocacy in Russian prisons.
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ When_I_left_Kyiv,_I_thought_I_would_never
dance_again⠀⇛
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ The_latest_from_Arte_Weekly:_While_Europe
debates_arms_shipments_to_Ukraine,_Russian_soldiers_plead
with_Putin,_requesting_more_equipment⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_the_Owner_of_an_AR-15_Sees_in_Every
Single_Place_He_Goes⠀⇛
To the would-be tactician, all of life is an
opportunity to imagine military-style maneuvers.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ France_tries_alleged_PKK_figures_accused_of
extortion,_terror_financing⠀⇛
France was on Tuesday set to try 11 alleged senior
members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK),
accused of extortion, terrorist financing and
propaganda for the organisation.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Finland’s_NATO_membership_reinforces_Baltic_security,
says_Lithuanian_president⠀⇛
Finland’s formal accession to NATO reinforces the
security of the Baltic Sea region and the entire
Eastern flank of the alliance, Lithuanian President
Gitanas Nausėda has said.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘Warsaw_will_melt,_and_Vilnius_will_drown’_–_what’s
behind_Putin_and_Lukashenko’s_nuclear_plans?⠀⇛
Just a few weeks ago, Vladimir Putin praised the
non-sharing of nuclear weapons during his meeting
with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Now, he is
promising to deploy them in Belarus. According to
experts, the move is aimed at pressuring the West
and the US, but the power of Russia’s scare tactics
is waning.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Charges_Woman_With_Terrorism_Over_Cafe
Bombing_That_Killed_War_Blogger⠀⇛
Russia’s Investigative Committee has formally
charged Darya Trepova for terrorism offenses for
her alleged role in the assassination of a
prominent Russian war blogger at a St. Petersburg
cafe.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Afghan_Taliban_Raid_Kills_Six_Members_Of_Islamic
State_Group⠀⇛
An overnight raid by Taliban forces in
Afghanistan’s northern Balkh Province killed six
members of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group,
a Taliban spokesman said on April 4.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Finland_becomes_NATO_member_as_Russia
warns_of_countermeasures⠀⇛
Finland officially became the 31st member of NATO
on Tuesday, after completing ratification in well
under a year – the fastest membership process in
the alliance’s recent history. As Western allies
strengthen ties, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov said in an interview published on Tuesday
that Russia may get “tough” with a hostile European
Union.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Finland_Joins_NATO,_Russia_Warns_Of
Countermeasures⠀⇛
Finland formally joined the NATO military alliance
on April 4 in a historic policy shift brought on by
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, drawing a threat from
Moscow of “countermeasures.”
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Will_Finland’s_political_turn_mean_a
course_change_on_NATO_too?⠀⇛
Finland is joining NATO just as its center-left
government lost a general election. Here’s what to
expect with the center-right National Coalition
Party in charge.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Finland_joins_NATO_in_historic_shift_prompted_by
Ukraine_war⠀⇛
Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday,
in a historic strategic shift provoked by Moscow’s
war on Ukraine, which doubles the US-led alliance’s
border with Russia.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ St_Petersburg_café_killing_exposes_Russia’s
security_woes⠀⇛
Moscow has blamed Ukrainian security services and
supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
for the killing of a prominent Russian
ultranationalist blogger in a St Petersburg café.
Kyiv and Navalny’s supporters have denied the
allegations. But the attack on a figure with close
links to the Wagner Group has underscored blowback
threats from the war in Ukraine.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine_unveils_plan_for_recaptured_Crimea_–_but
West_‘reluctant’_to_help⠀⇛
Ukraine unveiled on Sunday a 12-point plan
outlining how it would reintegrate Crimea back into
the country if it regained the territory
militarily. Kyiv has repeatedly said that seizing
the peninsula back from Russia is one of its key
war aims. But Washington is tacitly sceptical.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Thaci_Voices_‘Regrets_And_Pain’_For_Kosovo_War
Victims_At_Hague_Trial⠀⇛
The former president of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, has
expressed “regret and pain” for all those who lost
their lives during the war in Kosovo in the late
1990s.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Lawsuit_Seeks_Records_Of_Toxic_Exposures_At_Uzbek
Air_Base⠀⇛
Veterans advocacy groups sued the U.S. Department
of Defense on April 3 seeking records of toxic
conditions at an air base in Uzbekistan blamed for
causing cancer and other illnesses among U.S.
troops who served there in support of the war in
Afghanistan.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Baku_Summons_Iranian_Ambassador_Over_Protest_Note
Related_To_Alleged_Anti-Iranian_Media_Reports⠀⇛
Baku has summoned Iran’s ambassador in objection to
a note of protest alleging that media in Azerbaijan
were disseminating anti-Iranian reports.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Saving_Lives_From_Landmines_‘Cannot_Wait,’
Says_UN⠀⇛
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
on Tuesday called for far-reaching global action to
rid the world of landmines and other lethal
remnants of war that endanger civilians for
generations on end and impede socioeconomic
development.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Appeals_Court_Reverses_Murder_Conviction_Of_Cop
Who_Killed_Suicidal_Man_11_Seconds_After_Entering_His_House⠀⇛
Huntsville, Alabama police officer William Darby
was the only officer on the scene who felt a
suicidal man needed to be murdered. And he was the
last to arrive, uninvited, to a scene apparently
under control, handled by two other officers who
were doing an admirable job de-escalating the
situation.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_carries_out_overnight_drone_attack_on_Odesa
—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian forces carried out a drone attack on Odesa
and the wider Odesa region early Tuesday morning,
according to local authorities and the Ukrainian
military.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kadyrov_says_opponents_of_new_Moscow_mosque_should
‘go_to_the_trenches_with_machine_guns’_if_they_really_care
about_‘protecting_Russian_land’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
In a Telegram post on Tuesday, Chechnya Governor
Ramzan Kadyrov referred to ongoing protests against
the construction of a new mosque in Moscow as a
“provocation.”
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Artyom_Uss,_wanted_in_the_U.S.,_arrives_in_Russia
after_escaping_house_arrest_near_Milan_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Artyom (Artem) Uss, the son of Krasnoyarsk Governor
Alexander Uss, is in Russia after having fled from
under house arrest near Milan, RIA Novosti reports.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘I_consider_the_president_a_war_criminal’_An
escaped_Federal_Guard_communications_officer_speaks_about
Putin’s_obsession_with_secrecy_and_self-preservation_—
Meduza⠀⇛
Gleb Karakulov has the rank of captain in the
Russian Federal Protective Service, also called the
Federal Guard or “FSO.” His identity has been
verified by the investigative team of the Mikhail
Khodorkovsky-founded Dossier Center, whose
journalist Ilya Rozhdestvensky interviewed
Karakulov after his defection to Turkey. While in
the Federal Guard, Karakulov worked as an engineer
in the Presidential Communications department. His
duties included ensuring the secrecy of Putin’s
communications. Last October, the officer escaped
to Istanbul, together with his wife and daughter,
taking advantage of a work-related trip to the
Kazakh capital Astana, where Putin had to make an
appearance. According to Dossier, Karakulov is the
highest-ranking secret service officer to escape
from Russia and condemn the war with Ukraine since
the start of the full-scale invasion. The Russian
authorities are now prosecuting him for desertion,
as reflected in the federal records that helped
verify the facts of his story. Meduza is
summarizing what Karakulov said in his interview
with Rozhdestvensky. The full version is available
from Dossier.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ US_urges_Iran_to_back_political_solution_in
Yemen_conflict⠀⇛
The United States called Tuesday on its longtime
adversary Iran to help end Yemen’s conflict by
backing a peace process, one year after a truce
dramatically reduced fighting.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ US_air_strike_in_Syria_kills_IS_group_chief
responsible_for_planning_attacks_in_Europe⠀⇛
The US military said Tuesday it had carried out a
strike in Syria killing a senior Islamic State
group official responsible for planning attacks in
Europe.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Allows_$1.2_Billion_Sakhalin-2_Payment_To
Shell⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his
consent to transfer 94.8 billion rubles ($1.21
billion) to Shell for its stake in the Far East
Sakhalin-2 gas project.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Planet_Will_Warm_Past_1.5°C._What_Now?⠀⇛
The 1.5°C temperature target is difficult to
honestly and openly discuss. Within the climate
movement, it has become a locus of anguish,
confusion, and even despair. Long a symbol of
mobilization and hope, 1.5° has become central to
both activist campaigns and scientific analysis.
Yet it’s now clear that the planet will almost
certainly warm more than 1.5°C.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Completely_Contradictory’:_OECD_Slammed
for_Labeling_Fossil-Based_Technologies_‘Climate-Friendly’⠀⇛
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development has agreed in principle on a new list
of purportedly “green or climate-friendly” projects
that are set to benefit from more favorable
financial terms for export support after years of
closed-door negotiations.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Unconscionable’:_Hochul_Backs_Proposal_to
Gut_New_York’s_Landmark_Climate_Law⠀⇛
Climate action groups and scientists are denouncing
an effort by New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul
to gut the state’s signature emissions reduction
law—one of the most ambitious in the United
States—as the governor’s office claims the move is
aimed at saving money for consumers and attempts to
disguise it as a technical accounting change.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ How_the_Biden_Administration_Can_Help
Accelerate_Latin_America’s_Green_Transition⠀⇛
Gustavo Petro doesn’t just want to transform his
own country; he wants to change the world. The new
leader of Colombia, who took office last August, is
targeting what he calls his nation’s “economy of
death.” That means pivoting away from oil, natural
gas, coal, and narcotics toward more sustainable
economic activities. Given that oil and coal make
up half his country’s exports — and Colombia is the
world’s leading cocaine producer — that’s not going
to be easy.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Making_Sense_of_the_Latest_IPCC_Report⠀⇛
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change), a UN agency with climatologists from over
70 counties included) has just come out with a new
report about climate change. The news is not good.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Documents_Reveal_Oil_Giant_Shell_Knew_About
Climate_Impacts_Even_Earlier⠀⇛
“Despite internal awareness, the company
systematically downplayed the problem to the
public, instead promoting more and more fossil fuel
use despite the dangers,” said one expert. “Now,
five decades later, Shell continues to dawdle and
delay.”
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Carbon_offsets_stampede:_Australian
polluters_are_spending_big_in_Indonesia⠀⇛
Debate over Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism has raged
like a fire through a Sumatran peat forest. One of
the most controversial aspects of the program is
the use of carbon offsets, which some of our
biggest companies are now buying in Indonesia.
Zacharias Szumer reports.
Following credible claims that the Australian
carbon offset system is riddled with errors, many
are sceptical about the whole concept of offsets.
Such scepticism was no doubt bolstered by a recent
Four Corner’s episode, which cast doubt on carbon
offset projects in Papua New Guinea.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Corporations_Are_Recruiting_High_School
Students_to_Help_Fuel_the_Climate_Crisis⠀⇛
In October 2022, student activists at Harvard, MIT,
and Brown pulled out the stops to challenge Big
Oil, demanding during an Exxon recruitment event
that the administrations divest from fossil fuels.
“We showed up, we started to chant, and we did not
allow them to give their presentation,” said Phoebe
Barr, an organizer of the disruption.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ H2 View ☛ Japan_to_increase_its_hydrogen_ambitions⠀⇛
Japan has today (April 4) announced ambitions
to increase its annual hydrogen supply to 12
million tonnes in 2040 from its current two
million tonnes.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ We_Must_Ask:_Does_Fossil_Fuel
Divestment_Work?⠀⇛
“After a decade of action, we are making a
difference in the fight against climate
change,”proclaims DivestInvest, the global
divestment network. Dozens of leading climate
organizations from 350.org to the World
Council of Churches have enlisted as core
partners or endorsers of DivestInvest.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Gas_prices_set_to_fall_from_May⠀⇛
The Latvijas Gāze (Latvian Gas, LG) company
will announce the prices of its universal
natural gas service in the next few days for
households, which will be effective from May,
but has already suggested that the price of
natural gas will be some 20-40% lower than at
present.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Stork_couple_settles_in_livestreamed_nest⠀⇛
A stork couple has settled in the camera-
equipped nest on top of the electricity
distribution network Sadales tīkls (ST) power
support pole. On March 28 one of the birds
had settled in the nest, but on the evening
of March 31, the other joined, ST said.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Feast_or_famine:_getting_ready
for_the_snowbird_exodus⠀⇛
As the end of snowbirds’ high season draws
near in many of Mexico’s expat enclaves, we-
who-stay prepare for the time ahead without
them.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Five_ways_the_World_Bank_can_redefine
its_role_in_the_global_economy⠀⇛
With a new president on the horizon and an appetite
for reform in the US and beyond, the World Bank is
ready for change. It can start by focusing on these
five policy priorities.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Cuba_Wins_Lawsuit_Against_Vulture_Fund_In_London
High_Court⠀⇛
High Court Judge Cockerill ruled that such a
fund has no legal standing to sue Cuba over
the unpaid loans.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Agricultural_prices_were_up_by_a_third_in_2022⠀⇛
Data compiled by the Central Statistical Bureau of
Latvia (CSB) and published April 4 show that in
2022, compared to 2021, the price index of
agricultural output rose by 33.9 %, mainly due to
an increase of 41.7 % in the price index of animal
products and of 29.3 % in price index of crop
products.
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ ‘Hungary_is_ready_for_the_renegotiation
of_the_double_taxation_treaty,_but_Washington_isn’t’_–
Szijjártó⠀⇛
# ⚓ Robert_Maxwell_Goes_to_Texas:_The_Story_of_Bluebonnet,_Part
1⠀⇛
As he tried to build a New York business empire,
Robert Maxwell attempted to capitalize on the
American savings and loans crisis, calling upon a
dense web of arms dealers, money launderers,
serious financial criminals and intelligence
agents.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Globalisation_isn’t_over⠀⇛
Late last year, Morris Chang, the legendary founder
of Taiwan’s (and the world’s) leading semiconductor
producer, proclaimed: ‘Globalisation is almost
dead.’
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Revolution_Against_Shady_Landlords_Has
Begun⠀⇛
In New York, the real estate industry and the
politicians in its pocket both reign supreme. These
tenants have a plan to change that forever.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Into_the_Void:_cemeteries_operator
losing_money_and_executives,_hides_damning_report⠀⇛
The new Minister for Land and Property, Steve
Kamper, will soon have to deal with the mess of
Sydney’s cemetery sector bequeathed by the former
NSW government. The cemetery operator is in
disarray, with a damning report looming over the
heads of its executives. Callum Foote reports.
Sydney’s public cemeteries are running out of space
with no plans to purchase more land and hundreds of
millions of dollars in maintenance liabilities yet
unaccounted for.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Want_to_Turn_the_Pitiless_March_of
Gentrification_Into_a_Parable_of_Progress?⠀⇛
An article in the March 3 edition of The New York
Times caught my eye as an illustration of what
Barbara J. Fields and Karen E. Fields describe as
“racecraft”—the alchemy that vests the fiction of
race with an apparent natural existence—and how it
can obscure the class character of a political
program through racial mystification.1
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_slows_reviews_of_mergers
involving_US_companies:_WSJ⠀⇛
The move is seen as a response to Washington’s
curbs on China’s tech industry.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_calls_on_Japan_to_correct_chip
export_restrictions⠀⇛
Japan said last week it would restrict exports of
23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Between_‘reset’_and_‘de-risk’,_EU
leaders_Macron,_von_der_Leyen_pay_rare_visit_to_China⠀⇛
>
For France’s Macron, the trip offers a chance for
some economic wins.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Democracies_can_be_best_protected_by_de-
risking,_not_decoupling⠀⇛
All our countries have long benefited from open
economies. We trade freely, exchange ideas and
innovate across borders. But as we’re all aware,
the geopolitical climate is rapidly changing.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_faces_delicate_Ukraine_balancing_act
during_China_visit⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit China
from Wednesday, hoping to dissuade Beijing from
supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but without
alienating a crucial trade and geopolitical player.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Richard_Branson’s_satellite-launch_company
Virgin_Orbit_files_for_bankruptcy⠀⇛
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Holdings filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday after the
satellite launch company failed to secure the long-
term funding needed to help it recover from a
January rocket failure.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Former_Aide_to_Maryland_Ex-Governor_Dies
After_Shooting_Involving_F.B.I.⠀⇛
Roy McGrath, who was chief of staff to former Gov.
Larry Hogan, was wanted by the F.B.I. for three
weeks after he did not appear for a federal fraud
trial in March.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-03-29_[Older]_Lying_About_Lying:
Lessons_From_Boris_Johnson⠀⇛
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Lying_about_Lying:_Why_We_Must_Revisit
the_Definition_of_‘Fake_News’⠀⇛
The US-western-centric idea of fake news, waged by
Republicans against Democrats and vice-versa,
betrays a much larger, more ominous threat.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Adams_Orders_New_Round_of_Budget_Cuts_That
Could_Erode_City_Services⠀⇛
The Police Department, schools and CUNY won’t be
spared in latest round of New York City budget
reductions.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Case_for_Banning_Children_from_Social
Media⠀⇛
Most people seem to agree that something should be
done to protect kids from what sure looks like an
addictive product. But almost no one knows what
that something is.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Surrogacy_Emerges_as_the_Wedge_Issue_for
Italy’s_Hard_Right⠀⇛
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has ordered
municipalities to stop certifying foreign birth
certificates for same-sex couples who used
surrogacy, leaving some babies in a legal limbo.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Truth_Social_Traffic_Has_Surged_Since
Trump’s_Indictment⠀⇛
The former president has used Truth Social to
respond to news about the indictment.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Going_Viral_on_TikTok_Can_Get_Students_an
A_in_These_College_Classes⠀⇛
A marketing professor gave his students a
challenge: If they made a video that got a million
views, the final exam would be canceled.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Probe_proposes_bribery_charges_for_54_tied_to_Vietnam
repatriation_scheme⠀⇛
Firms allegedly paid to get on a list of rescue
flight providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_Top_GOP_Leaders_Block_Title_Lending
Reform_in_Georgia⠀⇛
In February, Georgia lawmaker Josh Bonner
introduced a bill that he hoped would fix a thorny
problem that entangles tens of thousands of state
residents in debt each year.
The Republican state representative from
Fayetteville, a southern Atlanta exurb, aimed to
close a loophole used by title lenders, who offer
short-term cash to customers in exchange for a lien
on their car title. The industry can currently
charge triple-digit annual interest, more than
three times what state law allows other financial
companies.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Reflections_on_The_New_Anarchy_and_the_Real
Danger_of_MAGA_Republicans⠀⇛
The cover story of the April issue of The Atlantic
is a riveting essay by executive editor Adrienne
LaFrance entitled “The New Anarchy: America faces a
type of extremist violence it does not know how to
stop.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Chants_of_‘Fascists!’_Ring_Out_as_Tennessee
GOP_Moves_to_Expel_Dems_Over_Gun_Control_Protest⠀⇛
Tennessee House Republicans on Monday initiated the
process of expelling three Democratic lawmakers who
joined protesters in demanding stricter gun laws
following the Nashville mass shooting that left
three young children and three adults dead.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Juan_González_on_Chicago_Mayoral_Race:_Can
a_Progressive,_Multiracial_Coalition_Win?⠀⇛
Chicago residents are voting Tuesday in a mayoral
runoff election that has been dominated by issues
of public safety, with the two leading candidates
coming from different ends of the Democratic
Party’s political spectrum. Brandon Johnson is an
organizer with the Chicago Teachers Union and
backed by progressive forces in the city, and Paul
Vallas is the former head of Chicago Public Schools
who is endorsed by the police union. Democracy Now!
co-host Juan González, who lives in Chicago, gives
his analysis of the race and why it holds national
implications. “It raises the question of ‘Can a
progressive, multiracial coalition capture the
mayoralty in the nation’s third-largest city, as
Harold Washington did so 40 years ago back in
1983?’”
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Trump’s_Indictment_Is_a_Slap_on_the_Wrist,_but
Accountability_Has_to_Start_Somewhere⠀⇛
It finally happened: Former president Donald Trump
was charged this afternoon with 34 counts of
falsifying business records by Manhattan District
Attorney Alvin Bragg. In a spectacle that played
out almost entirely behind closed doors, but was
still carried on television news like Trump was
flying to the moon to be arraigned by Xenomorphs,
Trump surrendered voluntarily at a downtown
Manhattan courthouse, was arrested and booked,
pleaded not guilty, and then went back to Mar-a-
Lago on his own recognizance.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Trump’s_a_Major_Issue_in_the_Chicago_Mayoral
Race⠀⇛
Tuesday is going to be an all-Trump, all-the-time
day. The American media won’t be able to get enough
of the story of the former president’s arrival in
New York and his arrest and arraignment on charges
stemming from hush-money payments and other alleged
crimes during his 2016 campaign. But Tuesday is
also an election day that will see voters decide a
critical Supreme Court contest in Wisconsin and
choose a new mayor of Chicago, the nation’s third-
largest and frequently most politically contentious
city.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Wisconsin’s_High-Stakes_Supreme_Court
Race:_What_to_Watch⠀⇛
The election for a swing seat on the court is
likely to determine whether abortion remains
illegal in Wisconsin, as well as the future of the
state’s heavily gerrymandered political maps.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Defendant-1_Charged_with_34_Counts_of
Document_Falsification_to_Hide_2016_Crimes⠀⇛
Among the 34 charges is a conspiracy count that
will sweep in a great deal of damning evidence.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Trump_Edition:_What_Is_And_What_Shall_Never
Be⠀⇛
Anybody who thinks this is all cut and dried as
Bragg makes it is a dope. To what extent we shall
see.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Three_Things:_Colonialist_Carrotage⠀⇛
“What the heck is colonialist about carrots?” one
might ask. An awful lot in the U.S.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Orange_Becomes_Him⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Tinpot_Legislators⠀⇛
Their One-Party Rule Will Be Ruinous for the Earth.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ German_Leftist_Lawmaker_Says_US_Soldiers_and
Nukes_Must_Leave_Her_Country⠀⇛
On the floor of Germany’s parliament, Left Party MP
Sevim Dağdelen called for the c. 38,000 US soldiers
in her country to leave, and to take their nuclear
weapons with them. She lamented that Washington
“doesn’t actually want allies, just loyal vassals”.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Migrant_Deaths_in_Mexico_Put_Spotlight_on_US
Policy_That_Shifted_Immigration_Enforcement South⠀⇛
The United States is a big part of that “extensive
use” on both sides of the border.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ What_Israel’s_Crisis_Reveals_About_Its
Democratic_Compromises⠀⇛
Amid widespread protests, the Prime Minister has
halted a package of illiberal reforms. What are the
roots of his effort—and of its rejection?
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Palestinian_Authority’s_Abbas_has_‘cut_down’
every_potential_successor⠀⇛
Palestinian human rights lawyer and former diplomat
Ghaith al-Omari, a prominent advocate of the two-
state solution and negotiations with Israel, gave
FRANCE 24 a lengthy interview on a recent visit to
Paris. In this second of a two-part series, he
lamented the Palestinian Authority’s stagnation
under longstanding President Mahmoud Abbas.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Merged_BBC_News_TV_channel_begins
operation:_What_has_changed_and_why?⠀⇛
UK-focused stories such as the sentencing of Olivia
Pratt-Korbel’s killer will still be broadcast.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Music_title_Rock_Sound_saved_by_Gabriel
Jagger’s_Whynow⠀⇛
All of Rock Sound’s former editorial employees were
let go in January.
The post Music_title_Rock_Sound_saved_by_Gabriel
Jagger’s_Whynow appeared first on Press_Gazette.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ FT_takes_majority_stake_in_biopharma_B2B
site_Endpoints_News [Ed: FT takes bribes from EPO and other
wealthy crime syndicates (white collar). Now they control
another "asset" in "media" clothing, pushing the agenda of
the patent cartel associated with drugs.]⠀⇛
Endpoints News and FT have “strong alignment” in
their mission and reader revenues focus.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-03-31_[Older]_Breaking_down_Trump’s
‘Soros’_attack_on_the_Manhattan_DA⠀⇛
# ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Europeans_looking_to_doom_us_by_giving_Big
Tech_power_to_determine_what’s_disinformation⠀⇛
The worst situation to be in is where you
know that what you have is not ideal but you
have no idea what would be ideal. We find
ourselves in this predicament in way too many
facets of life for my liking. We end up
sounding like serial murmurers because of it.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_book_publishers_seek_to_circumvent_LGBT
‘propaganda’_ban_by_selling_books_in_other_CIS_countries_—
Meduza⠀⇛
In the months since Moscow passed a law banning
LGBTQ+ “propaganda,” some Russian publishing
companies have begun looking for ways to access
book markets in other CIS countries, Kommersant
reported on Tuesday, citing industry sources.
# ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Stanford_president_renews_commitment_to
academic_freedom_amid_law_school_controversy⠀⇛
After law students disrupted a federal judge’s
speech on campus, President Marc Tessier-Lavigne
underscored Stanford’s commitment to academic
freedom in an email marking the first day of spring
quarter.
# ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ From_the_Graduate_Student_Council:_We_need_a
union⠀⇛
“We need an organization,” writes the Graduate
Student Council, “that will endure beyond any
student government’s tenure and has institutional
memory of past negotiations with University
leaders.”
# ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ How_the_first_moving_picture_originated_from
a_Stanford_controversy⠀⇛
The technician and “father of the motion picture,”
Eadweard Muybridge, was a photographer and alleged
murderer. “Exposing Muybridge,” a 2021 documentary,
unveils how Muybridge’s moving picture originated
from a fickle relationship with Leland Stanford,
writes Alexandra Blum.
# ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ Statement_on_recurring
internet_shutdowns_in_West_Bengal_and_Bihar_in_response_to
communal_violence⠀⇛
IFF is alarmed that the governments of West Bengal
and Bihar are deploying internet shutdowns as a
response to recent instances of communal clashes
and violence, including by impermissible means such
as under Section 144 of the CrPC.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Don’t Extradite Assange ☛ Reporters_Without_Borders_denied
access_to_visit_Julian_Assange_in_Belmarsh_prison⠀⇛
Earlier today Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF’s)
Secretary-General Christophe Deloire and Director
of Operations and Campaigns Rebecca Vincent arrived
to visit Julian Assange inside Belmarsh prison but
were denied access at the last minute.RSF’s
representatives had been granted permission to
visit Assange before the four-year anniversary of
his imprisonment in Belmarsh, where he has been
held since 11 April 2019.Christophe Deloire, RSF
Secretary-General, said: “We are deeply
disappointed by the arbitrary decision of the
Belmarsh Prison Governor to prevent us from
visiting Julian Assange, despite following all
relevant prison procedures and rules. Julian
Assange has the right to receive visitors in
prison, and we are legitimate to visit him as a
press freedom NGO. We call for an urgent reversal
of this decision and to be allowed visitation
access without further delay.”Rebecca Vincent, RSF
Director of Operations, said: “This is the latest
in a long series of ludicrous obstacles that we
have faced over the past three years in campaigning
for the release of Julian Assange. At every level,
British authorities have defaulted to secrecy and
exclusion rather than allowing normal engagement
around this case – from refusing to accept RSF
petitions, to making it nearly impossible to access
court, and now this. What do they have to hide?
Regardless, we continue our campaign to
#FreeAssange.“
# ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Belmarsh_Warden_Blocks_Assange_From_Meeting
With_Representatives_Of_Press_Freedom_Organization⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ We_demand_the_immediate_release_of_our_colleague
Evan_Gershkovich_A_letter_from_independent_Russian
journalists_—_Meduza⠀⇛
On March 30, Russia’s Federal Security Service
(FSB) announced the arrest of our colleague Evan
Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen and a correspondent for
The Wall Street Journal. Russian security forces
claim he was engaged in espionage, and the Kremlin
insists that he was “caught red-handed.” We,
independent Russian journalists and representatives
of civil society, do not believe these accusations
and consider them unfounded.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Should_Have_Read_Evan_Gershkovich,
Not_Imprisoned_Him⠀⇛
The Wall Street Journal reporter should be released
immediately.
# ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Evan_Gershkovich_and_the_Perils_of
Journalism_Post_Assange_Persecution⠀⇛
Russia should release Evan Gershkovich; if as part
of a prisoner swap it should be speedily concluded.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Petitioners_call_for_ban_on_domestic_abuse
victim-blaming_in_Editors’_Code⠀⇛
Level Up say there should be a clause on domestic
abuse stories as there is for suicide reporting.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ How_automation_is_becoming_‘intelligent
friend’_in_UK_local_media_newsrooms⠀⇛
With automated journalism beginning to make its
mark in UK newsrooms, new research looks at how
local journalists perceive and use the technology.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ UMich_requests_injunction_against_GEO,
decision_delayed_until_evidentiary_hearing⠀⇛
<
The University of Michigan announced Friday that it
would be taking legal action against the Graduate
Employees’ Organization by filing a complaint with
Washtenaw County Circuit Court and seeking a
preliminary injunction.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Lashes_Out_At_China_For_Support_Of_Russia_In
Ukraine_War⠀⇛
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell lashed out at
China on April 4 for its support of Russia amid the
invasion of Ukraine and called it “a blatant
violation” of Beijing’s UN commitments.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran,_Taliban_Discuss_Release_Of_Iranian_Nationals
From_Afghan_Prisons⠀⇛
The Taliban government is compiling a list of
Iranian nationals imprisoned in Afghanistan for
possible release following Tehran’s recent handover
of hundreds of Afghan prisoners.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Rights_Groups_Call_For_‘Immediate’_Release_Of_Tajik
Lawyer_Kholiknazarov⠀⇛
A group of seven international rights organizations
have called on Dushanbe to immediately and
unconditionally release lawyer Manuchehr
Kholiqnazarov, who is serving 16 years in prison
related to his human rights activities in
Tajikistan.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Two_Florida_Democratic_Leaders_Arrested
While_Protesting_Florida_Abortion_Ban⠀⇛
Two Florida Democratic leaders were among the
protesters arrested late Monday during a
demonstration against a proposed six-week abortion
ban, which the Republican-controlled state Senate
passed hours earlier.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Big_News_for_Democracy_Today_Will_Be_in
Wisconsin—Not_New_York⠀⇛
One of the biggest challenges to the future of
American democracy is unfolding today, but not in
Manhattan. It’s occurring in Wisconsin.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_404_Awards:_Honoring_The_Worst_Of_The_Worst
Tech_Policy_Ideas⠀⇛
Today is April 4th, or 04/04 no matter which
direction you use for showing dates (and, look,
while it’s ingrained in my head, I think we can all
admit that the US version of month/day/year is
kinda weird.).
# ⚓ Site36 ☛ Mass_deportations_from_Croatia_and_Hungary:
Organisations_complain_of_human_rights_violations⠀⇛
More than 130,000 people were deported from Hungary
to neighbouring Serbia without an asylum
application being registered. Now Croatia is
returning refugees on a large scale to Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ How_Marseille’s_‘cagole’_parties_are_providing_a
safe_space_for_women⠀⇛
For the past year in the southern French city of
Marseille, the monthly ‘Cagole Nomade Party’ has
been providing women with a place to enjoy a night
of music and dancing without fear of harassment,
with attendees asked to sign a ‘wall of consent’
promising to follow the rules upon arrival. The
event also seeks to reclaim the word ‘cagole’, a
regional and normally pejorative term for a coarse
or provocative woman.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Maria_Lvova-Belova:_Alexey_Moskalev’s_daughter
Masha_to_be_placed_in_foster_care_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Social workers are looking to place Masha Moskaleva
with a foster family, due to the criminal
prosecution of her father Alexey Moskalev, arrested
last week in Belarus after fleeing house arrest.
Russia’s Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria
Lvova-Belova told the media about several foster
families now being considered for Masha, during a
Tuesday press-conference.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ UPC_Registrar_cannot_advise_on_opt-out_requirements
[Ed: UPC is illegal. They know it's illegal. This is a
ticking time bomb for the EU.]⠀⇛
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Precedential_No._11:_TTAB_Reverses_Six
“Goods_In_Trade”_Refusals_for_NY_Times_Non-Syndicated
Column_Titles⠀⇛
In six consolidated appeals, the Board
reversed refusals to register the marks THE
NEW OLD AGE, GOOD APPETITE, HUNGRY CITY, WORK
FRIEND, LIKE A BOSS, and OFF THE SHELF for
“columns” on the subjects of business,
office, money, careers, and worklife balance,
rejecting the USPTO’s position that each mark
identifies only “individual portions of
[A]pplicant’s publications” and does not
identify “separate goods in trade.” The Board
concluded that, in light of changes in the
marketplace for the delivery of news, a new
test is required for the registrability of
non-syndicated columns or sections in printed
publications or recorded media, and under
that new test the columns qualified as good
in trade. In_re_The_New_York_Times_Company,
Serial Nos. 90106071, 90112154, 90112577,
90115155, 90115491, and 90115337 (March 30,
2023) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Angela
Lykos).
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Why_the_Senate_Should_Restore_the
User_Content_Amendment_and_Send_Bill_C-11_Back_to_the
House_of_Commons⠀⇛
Bill C-11 took a major step forward late last
week as the government cut_off_debate_yet
again and forced a vote on an amended bill
that rejected the Senate’s fix to concerns
about user content regulation. The vote has
sparked heated debates on social media,
including mistaken insistence by some that
the bill does not affect user content (it
clearly does) or that it will censor what
Canadians can say online (it will not).
# ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Nkem_E._Osuigwe_—_Open_Culture
VOICES,_Season_2_Episode_9⠀⇛
“When the culture of openness is part of
society it helps knowledge to grow” is what
Nkem says to introduce her perspective on
Open Culture. In this episode we learn about
how the walls around culture discourage
growth and discovery and how opening up
knowledge and culture encourages inclusivity
and fosters growth.
# ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ CC’s_#BetterSharing_Collection_|
April:_The_More_We_Share,_The_More_We_Have⠀⇛
Each month throughout 2023, we will be
spotlighting a different CC-licensed
illustration from the collection on our
social media headers and the CC blog. For
April, we’re excited to showcase “The More We
Share, The More We Have (series 1/2)” by
Brazilian illustrator and cartoonist, Pietro
Soldi. The piece, licensed under CC BY-SA
4.0, was inspired by a quote from Cory
Doctorow, science fiction author, journalist
and tech activist:
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Techdirt_Podcast_Episode_349:_Link_Taxes
Are_Bad,_Canada_Edition⠀⇛
Legacy media operations really, really want
tech companies that send them traffic to pay
them as well. From Rupert Murdoch’s link tax
in Australia to the very bad JCPA in America,
these requirements are nonsensical and run
directly counter to the core functioning of
the internet. Currently, one of the biggest
pushes for such a law is happening in Canada
with the government’s Bill C-18 — and it’s
certainly no exception. Nobody has been
following C-18 closer than law professor and
researcher Michael Geist, and this week he
joins us on the podcast to discuss the status
of the bill and why, like similar laws around
the world, it’s a very bad idea.
o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
# § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_BEFILSU_Wordo:_DUOMO⠀⇛
# ⚓ The_chickadee⠀⇛
When I moved in with my him, his daughter was
one and a half. Between the daycare and her
mom who took her half the time, she wasn’t
there much, but I cherished it. Time seemed
lighter when she had left her trail of joy in
the appartment.
# ⚓ Daniel_Janus,_Ted_Nelson,_and_the_Web_of_Documents⠀⇛
A couple of weeks ago I read a blog entry by
Daniel Janus on what he calls the web of
documents, tracing the idea of a digital
document repository from Ted Nelson’s Xanadu
project to the current state of the World
Wide Web.
# § Technical⠀➾
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ how_to_make_a_true_90s_website?⠀⇛
Recenly I got an idea of making a
little website for sharing my drawings
(im not an artist. yet.), and I wanted
it to be like typical Geocities page. I
shared the result with my friend. He
answered “dude…” with attached
screenshot of my code where I used
“display: flex” for positioning.
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