𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Saturday, April 08, 2023
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⦿ The Sensitive Ukraine Documents Weren’t Grabbed From Social Control Media, Just Leaked There (Microsoft Azure, Windows, and/or Rogue Insider Most Probable Factor to Blame) | Techrights
⦿ Copyright Trolls: Anatomy of a Troll Attack on Techrights | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Friday, April 07, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ NOW: Pensions Unable to Deliver Letters of Assurance After 3 Months of False Promises From 3 Staff, Including Management | Techrights
⦿ Ukrainians Say No to Microsoft | Techrights
⦿ Another Round of Layoffs at Microsoft | Techrights
⦿ Playing Games in Gemini: The Story of SpellBinding and More | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/04/08/blame-for-documents-leaked/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/08/copyright-trolling-versus-techrights/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/08/irc-log-070423/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/08/no-pension-assurances/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/08/no-to-microsoft/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/08/seattle-microsoft-layoffs/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/08/spellbinding-geminispace/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/04/08/extix-deepin-23-4/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/08/openshot-3-1-released/#comments
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✐ The_Sensitive_Ukraine_Documents_Weren’t_Grabbed_From_Social_Control_Media,
Just_Leaked_There_(Microsoft_Azure,_Windows,_and/or_Rogue_Insider_Most_Probable
Factor_to_Blame)⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Europe, Microsoft, Security, Windows at 10:53 am by Dr.
Roy Schestowitz
It also appeared in Microsoft’s Minecraft (proprietary) first, not Telegram or
Twitter; Azure has many security holes and permission/access_problems
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Minecraft⦈_
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Sinking ship⦈
Summary: Microsoft-friendly media seems to be running somewhat of an
intentionally deceitful campaign blaming the wrong companies or misplacing
liability; the war documents that leaked didn’t come from Telegram or Twitter
(Social Control Media) but servers we_suspect_were_hosted_by_Microsoft, a
notorious war grifter in Ukraine (profiting from mayhem and contributing to the
mayhem* at both sides**)
lack of service on the headline-grabbing Ukraine war, saying that it is due to
the company agreeing to host “Ukraine’s entire government on its remote
servers.””
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Microsoft_declines_new_cloud_customers_after_promise_to
Ukraine⦈_
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Microsoft_to_pay_$3.3M_to_settle_sanctions,_export_control
violations⦈_
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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⡟⢹⣿⡿⠿⣿⣷⠙⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⠋⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢠⣿⡇⢸⣿⡇⢠⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⢠⣿⣿⣥⣤⡶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⡇⢸⣿⡇⠸⣿⣿⠀⣯⣍⠉⢹⣿⠀⢹⣿⡏⠉⢁⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠏⢙⢿⠿⠿⠿⠇⠈⡿⡿⠿⠿⠟⠀⡻⣿⠿⠿⠿⠀⣸⣿⠿⠿⠿⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣤⣾⣷⣤⣤⣤⣴⣾⣷⣦⣤⣤⣤⣾⣿⣦⣤⣤⣤⣶⣿⣦⣤⣤⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣾⣿⡿⢿⣿⡎⢹⣿⡿⠿⣿⡗⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣧⣼⣿⡇⢸⣿⣷⣶⣶⡄⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⡏⢛⣋⣠⣴⣭⡉⠉⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠟⣿⡿⠇⣿⡿⠇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠃⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣬⠅⢩⠟⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣷⣦⣰⣿⣿⡈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡋⠛⠀⠉⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠙⣯⣻⡿⣿⣿⡿⢿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⠟⠀⠻⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠻⠀⠻⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣟⣧⣾⣗⣟⣻⣿⡞⢲⡿⠶⢦⣥⠶⣖⣒⣢⣶⣾⣾⣾⣯⡿⠷⣿⡟⣿⡯⠀⣠⠀⠋⠛⠛⠛⠒⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠩⣿⣿⣿⠿⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣫⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣽⣟⣿⡮⣭⣿⣏⣙⣿⣿⣛⣛
⣻⣽⣭⣍⣿⣽⡭⠿⡽⣿⣷⣚⣺⣿⣯⠿⣿⢭⡿⣟⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠿⠋⠀⠘⠻⠿⡏⠁⠀⠀⢻⣿⣭⣭⡛⡛⠻⠻⠻⠻⠻⠛⠐⠺⠛⠒⢚⣺
⠒⣚⣛⣻⣏⣭⡽⣿⡿⡿⡯⢭⣽⣭⡶⠾⠯⠭⠭⠷⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠾⢿⡯
⣽⣿⣻⣿⣿⣯⠭⣏⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣞⣛⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣽⡿⢯⣿⣷⣓⣳⣶⡤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⠟⡻⠿⡿⡿⣿⠿
⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⡿⣩⣧⣤⣴⣖⡊⣭⢉⣛⢖⡶⢶⡾⡛⡋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠶⠒⠛⠛⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠑⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠿⣿⣿
⣟⣫⣛⣛⣛⣏⣻⣟⣛⣿⣽⣯⣯⣉⣝⣟⣫⣹⣿⣷⣳⢤⣤⣤⣤⣠⣤⣤⠀⣀⣀⣄⣄⣤⣤⣠⣄⠄⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠙⠛⢛⢛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣭⣭⣿⢛⡷⢶⢶⠶⣶⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣒⣲⣾⣿⣿⣛⣟
⣛⣿⣻⣛⣿⣿⣭⣯⣿⣿⠿⣟⠿⢛⡛⠛⡿⣻⣿⣿⢿⡿⢿⡿⠿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣉⢽⣿⣿⣿⣯⣯⣙⣛⠒⠒⠒⠶⣶⣿⠶⡿⢿⠿⡿⣶⡾⢿⣽⣿⣿⣿⡷⠾⣿⣞⣿⠿⡿⣯⣿⣮⡯⣼⣿⣓⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣞⣻⣾
⠛⠋⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠐⠒⠲⠶⠶⠶⠶⠿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠿⠿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⣶⣤⣤⣄⣉⣉⠉⠉⠐⠒⠒⠒⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣭⣭⣭⢨⣭⣭⣭⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠿⠿⠸⢿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡰⣶⣶⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⡿⠿⣿⣧⠀⣿⡏⠀⣿⣿⡄⢸⣿⠀⣿⣿⢠⣾⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣷⣻⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣧⣤⣭⡁⠀⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣷⢸⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⠏⢿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣙⡛⠛⣿⣿⠀⣿⡇⠀⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⠻⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⡿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⣿⡇⠀⣿⡇⠸⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⠀⠹⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⠿⠁⠈⠻⠿⠿⠿⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⡿⠿⣿⡇⠀⣿⡏⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⠿⣿⣷⠀⣾⣿⠿⢿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Copyright Troll Versus Techrights
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/copyright-trolls-europe.webm
Summary: Patent trolling from Germany/Czech Republic (where the EPO’s President
and his facilitator are based) explained by exposing the letters; we’ve since
then received more copyright threats (frivolous lawsuit threats) from
perpetrators of corruption at the EPO and EU (UPC), so there might be a pattern
here
LESS THAN 4 days ago we said that this_coming_weekend, i.e. today, we’d be
covering the copyright trolling [1, 2] we were subjected to last summer. The
more recent copyright lawsuit threats [1, 2] — the ones which are definitely
connected to the EPO — make it more relevant, also in light of threats we’ve
received from Benoît_Battistelli and his ilk since 2015.
“Remember that this very same António Campinos was sending applicants’ money to
Minsk, Belarus, in effect funding the devastating war on Ukrainian
civilians.”The above video shows 7 or so letters (including 5 PDFs) sent to me
since last summer, including a physical letter (threatening tone) dispatched to
my door from Germany. If António_Campinos and his Mafia are in any way
connected to it, they will pay for that. Intimidation by blackmail and
extortion, where the purpose of the intimidation is to cover up (hide) criminal
activity, doesn’t belong in a democratic society. Remember that this very same
António Campinos was sending applicants’ money to Minsk, Belarus, in effect
funding the devastating war on Ukrainian civilians. █
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✐ NOW:_Pensions_Unable_to_Deliver_Letters_of_Assurance_After_3_Months_of_False
Promises_From_3_Staff,_Including_Management⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 8:39 pm by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
Summary: The crimes of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ were brought to the attention of
NOW: Pensions a long time ago. But it’s still failing to fulfil a simple
promise or, in other words, it lied (3 people, including a manager, lied)
A few days ago we shared a response from a manager at NOW: Pensions. But
nothing was sent by post.
“I hope this helps to settle your concerns,” he said, but he did not actually
do what his colleague, another manager, said would happen. “Please send the
full letter, as promised, to 1) my wife 2) myself,” I said, “as promised by
[redacted name]
as promised by [another redacted name]
as promised by [manager's redacted name]
“several times since February. We need this obligation in writing.”
“To make matters worse, the company is trying to seed doubt, gaslight many
victims, and make veiled threats against people who speak out facts.”I already
have several of things on record (audio), demonstrating the promises were made.
Those were never fulfilled, and very much by intention. The state of the
pension “industry” isn’t good and their handling of pension fraud is rather
revealing. Sirius found itself a convenient accomplice.
To make matters worse, the company is trying to seed doubt, gaslight many
victims, and make veiled threats (by proxy) against people who speak out facts.
NOW: Pensions has not replied to my message yet, but it’s a holiday here. █
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✐ Ukrainians_Say_No_to_Microsoft⠀✐
Posted in Europe, Fraud, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 11:30 am by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
Microsoft has lost grip, so it is instead bribing_officials_for_a_"feast"_on
tax_money
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Web_browser_share⦈_
Summary: Despite the Ukraine-Microsoft graft (Azure_deployment/outsourcing,_in
effect_another_hugely_costly_"defence"-themed_bailout_from_taxpayers_to
Microsoft) it seems clear that Ukrainians themselves say “no”_to_Microsoft and
many_have_moved_to_GNU/Linux; the majority of Ukrainians do_not_use_Windows_as
of_this_month
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Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/08/seattle-microsoft-layoffs/
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✐ Another_Round_of_Layoffs_at_Microsoft⠀✐
Posted in Microsoft at 8:23 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Download_video. Original.
http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Microsoft-laying-off-559-more-
local-employees-FOX-13-Seattle-pA_d1foWhQ8.mp4
Summary: Contrary to lies told by Microsoft, there are far more than 10,000
Microsoft workers being laid off, with almost_3,000_laid_off_already_in_just
one_location
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✐ Playing_Games_in_Gemini:_The_Story_of_SpellBinding_and_More⠀✐
Posted in Protocol at 9:51 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum 8d196c2e2e88e279fc4334d75dd299bb
SpellBinding in Gemini
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/spellbinding.webm
Summary: A puzzle/game called SpellBinding has been going on for_years at
Geminispace and today we take a closer (but quick) look at it
Games aren't_a_new_thing_in_Geminispace and we already covered some examples in
the past, except we probably neglected to mention SpellBinding, which has daily
riddles (this_is_today’s).
“It’s how the Web used to be. Back when it was safe (secure) to use…”In spite
of its growth, many still ‘bash’ Gemini because it does not do JavaScript and
cannot impose layouts (“styles”) on visitors, instead allowing them to choose
their own. In Gemini it is possible to implement and run programs, games etc. A
lot of the heavy lifting is done_at_the_server_side,_not_the_client_side. This
is a good thing. It’s how the Web used to be. Back when it was safe (secure) to
use…
The above video shows a number of other_Gemini_pages_from_today, aside from our
own. There may be millions of Gemini pages out there already. It’s difficult to
keep count. The developer of the client used above is back_to_working_on_it.
Gemini has maintained growth momentum so far this year. █
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o SaaS/Back_End/Databases
o Education
o Licensing_/_Legal
o Programming/Development
# Perl_/_Raku
o Standards/Consortia
* Leftovers
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
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 Monopolies
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Tavern ☛ Getting_started_with_nmap_scripts⠀⇛
This blog post will cover the general usage of nmap
scripts, not the scripting itself. Check out the
getting started with nmap post if you are new to
nmap.
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ ZFS_On_Linux_(still)_needs_better
ways_to_control_the_ZFS_ARC⠀⇛
The ZFS ARC is ZFS’s version of a disk cache. For
various reasons, ZFS on Linux keeps its ARC
separate from the kernel’s regular disk caches that
are used for other filesystems, and ZFS tunes the
ARC size and other parameters separately, instead
of the whole thing being integrated into the
kernel’s general memory tuning.
# ⚓ Daniel Miessler ☛ AI_is_the_End_of_Tutorial_Webpages⠀⇛
Since 1999, most of my site traffic has been from
technical tutorials. That’s going away.
I’ve been writing technical tutorials for things
like tcpdump, lsof, etc, for years. More broadly,
I’ve been explaining technical topics in more
approachable language.
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Manage_Log_Files_Using_Logrotate_In
Linux⠀⇛
We already have published a guide that described
how to setup centralized Rsyslog server on CentOS
system. Today, in this guide, we are going to
discuss what is Logrotate, how to install Logrotate
and how to manage log files using Logrotate on
Linux.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Reviewing_the_Combined_Top_5_Linux_Gaming
Predictions_from_2022⠀⇛
Every year we now have a traditions to gather
predictions, to see if any of us in the Linux
community have any idea where things may be going.
We recently published the ones for the year 2023.
Last year, we had numerous contributors and we
compiled the Top 5 predictions based on the most
common ones. In 2021, this approach worked great
and most of the predictions were accurate. What
about 2022? Did we do as well?
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_Last_of_Us_Part_I_got_a_juicy_patch
with_Steam_Deck_improvements⠀⇛
It’s certainly no secret that The Last of Us Part I
had a really bad launch overall and the developer
is now trying to improve things. This new patch
goes over crash bugs, does a little optimization of
texture streaming to reduce CPU usage, some
textures not rendering correctly was fixed and a
whole lot more. So we’re slowly getting closer to
the state it should have released in.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Battlestar_Galactica_Deadlock_is_free_to
keep_this_weekend⠀⇛
If you enjoy strategy games, you don’t want to miss
the free giveaway of Battlestar Galactica Deadlock.
The developer is currently giving it away to keep
on Steam, with anyone able to claim a copy until
April 9th, 9AM UTC.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ EVERSPACE_2_out_now,_devs_focus_on_Proton
for_Linux_–_Steam_Deck_optimizations_planned⠀⇛
ROCKFISH Games have now launched EVERSPACE 2 and it
looks awesome! One of their original Kickstarter
promises did not make it though, with Native Linux
support being cancelled as they will support it
with Proton instead.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Report:_Steam_Deck_to_pass_3_million_sales
during_2023⠀⇛
A new report from Omdia currently doing the rounds
is that the Steam Deck from Valve is set to hit 3
million sales during 2023.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Everything_Stadia_Is_Now_Officially_Dead,
Project_Head_Exits_Google⠀⇛
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about Google’s
Stadia product. What was originally billed as a
forthcoming world class cloud video game streaming
platform launched terribly, never gained much
traction, and eventually was announced to be
pivoting to serving as the backend platform for
other companies that actually knew what the hell
they were doing with game streaming. While most of
Stadia and its team had been fully sunsetted, it
was only a few weeks ago that Google finally gave
up entirely and shut down its plans to be even a
backend service for anyone else to use.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# ⚓ Systemd 76 ☛ COSMIC_DE:_First_Spring_Update!⠀⇛
Ahh, spring. Sun is shining, birds are chirping,
and COSMIC is blossoming into a beautiful desktop
environment prototype. Carl (System76 CEO) is
thoroughly enjoying daily driving it at work:
“There’s nothing quite the same as feeling the
design by using it daily.” It’s not quite ready yet
for you or me, but Carl feels it’s close to being
ready for the design team to use daily. For now,
completed software pieces are being used alongside
temporary engineering workarounds. Once those
workarounds have been replaced by designed,
implemented, and user-tested software, we’ll have
an alpha release to play around in.
That part is further away…but it’s exciting! Each
month, more and more pieces are coming together for
Pop!_OS’s new desktop environment. Read on to see
what was added in March.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ ExTiX_Deepin_23.4_Live_based_on_Deepin_23_Alpha_2_(latest)
with_Refracta_Snapshot_and_kernel_6.3.0-rc4-amd64-exton_::
Build_230403_|⠀⇛
I’ve released a new version of ExTiX Deepin today
(230403). This ExTiX Build is based on Deepin 23
Alpha 2 (latest version) released by Deepin
Technology 230208. Please read the Release Notes…
As you can see the developers urge people to try
Deepin Alpha 2 in a non-production environment! I
must say, though, that I haven’t discovered any
“bugs”. And the installed programs won’t “crash” or
anything like that. On the contrary ExTiX Deepin
23.4 with the Deepin DE 23 works pretty well I
would say. I have nevertheless kept ExTiX 22.12
with Deepin 20.8 on the server. Deepin 20.8 is the
stable version released 221208. ExTiX 23.4 uses
kernel 6.3.0-rc4-amd64-exton. ExTiX 23.4 works in
the same way as all other ExTiX versions. I.e. you
can install it to hard drive while running the
system live. Use Refracta Installer for that. You
can also create your own live installable Deepin 23
system with Refracta Snapshot. (Using ExTiX 23.4 as
a “base system”). So easy that a ten year old child
can do it!
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Xubuntu_23.04_“Lunar_Lobster”:_Best_New
Features⠀⇛
Xubuntu 23.04, based on the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04
Lunar Lobster, is set to arrive on April 20, 2023.
This latest release is built on the Linux Kernel
6.2, which brings the latest hardware, CPU, GPU,
and file-system support.
From revamped applets to a more powerful Thunar
file manager, Xubuntu 23.04 offers numerous
improvements and bug fixes for a more polished user
experience via the “OG” of all Linux desktops –
Xfce 4.18.
Here’s a roundup of the new features.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Photoplotting_PCBs_With_A_3D_Printer⠀⇛
Do you ever wonder why your PCB maker uses Gerber
files? It doesn’t have to do with baby food. Gerber
was the company that introduced photoplotting.
Early machines used a xenon bulb to project shapes
from an aperture to plot on a piece of film. You
can then use that film for photolithography which
has a lot of uses, including making printed circuit
boards. [Wil Straver] decided to make his own
photoplotter using a 3D printer in two dimensions
and a UV LED. You can see the results in the video
below.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ SequoiaPGP ☛ Branching_Out:_`sq`_Grows_a_Certificate_Store,_and
More_Convenient_Trust_Management⠀⇛
Now that sq supports a certificate store, it is possible
to import certificates, and then designate them by
fingerprint or key ID: [...]
o ⚓ Adafruit ☛ Raspberry_Pi_rolls_out_a_code_editor_for_young_people
#PiDay_#RaspberryPi_@Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛
Raspberry Pi is building a new online text-based Code
Editor to help young people aged 7 and older learn to
write code. It’s free and designed for young people who
attend Code Clubs and CoderDojos, students in schools,
and learners at home.
o ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Launches_Online_Code_Editor_to_Help
Kids_Learn⠀⇛
The Raspberry Pi Code Editor, which is considered to be
in beta, is available to everyone for free right now at
editor.raspberrypi.org (opens in new tab). The editor is
currently designed to work with Python only, but the
organization says that support for other languages such
as HTML, JavaScript and CSS is coming.
o ⚓ Ciprian Dorin Craciun ☛ My_biases_when_choosing_open-source
tools⠀⇛
I reflect on my preferences when it comes to choosing
open-source tools I need to rely upon.
o ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ SIP_on_Android_–_Sipgate_and_Linphone⠀⇛
Three years ago, I wrote about how you could add SIP
calls to Android for free. Android had a well-integrated
system which made VoIP calling a first-class citizen on
its handsets.
Sadly, Google killed native SIP calling in Android 12.
FFS!
It’s relatively easy to get it set up again, although
you’ll need to install a separate app.
o ⚓ Nzyme.org ☛ Development_Update_001⠀⇛
A key design objective was minimizing the overhead of
operating multiple nodes. Consequently, I devised the
cluster model with genuinely independent nodes, allowing
any request to be sent to any node at any time. No
designated “leader” node exists, and no calls must be
made to specific instances. This adaptability lets you
spin nodes up or down as required.
o ⚓ Joinup ☛ Thüringen_continues_its_support_for_open_source
alternatives_Permalink⠀⇛
The free state of Thuringia has already shown its support
for open source projects. One example is by the creation
of its open source award in 2019, winners of which
include edu sharing, in.RET and IG Papiergraben. Another
example is the state’s parliament’s adoption of a rule on
public procurement, also in 2019, which defined open
source as “software solutions whose source code is
publicly accessible and whose licences do not restrict
their use, distribution, and modification.” In the
Thuringian Public Procurement Act (Thüringer
Vergabegesetz), a preference has been given to open
source software when technically possible and economical.
o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
# ⚓ Is_your_Postgres_ready_for_production?⠀⇛
You’ve been building your application for months,
you’ve tested with beta users, you’ve gotten
feedback and iterated. You’ve gone through your
launch checklist, email beta users, publish the
blog post, post to hacker news and hope the
comments are friendly. But is your database ready
for whatever may come on launch day or even 2
months in? Here’s a handy checklist to make sure
you’re not caught flat footed.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Adafruit ☛ Free_Python_book_updated_to_second_edition
#Books_#Python⠀⇛
Think Python is an introduction to Python
programming for beginners. It starts with basic
concepts of programming; it is carefully designed
to define all terms when they are first used and to
develop each new concept in a logical progression.
Larger pieces, like recursion and object-oriented
programming, are divided into a sequence of smaller
steps and introduced over the course of several
chapters.
# ⚓ Green Tea Press ☛ Think_Python_2e⠀⇛
This is the second edition of Think Python, which
uses Python 3. If you are using Python 2, you might
want to use the first edition, which is here.
o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾
# ⚓ National Law Review US ☛ Divided_Federal_Circuit_Makes
Controversial_Ruling_That_Nonliteral_Elements_of_“Cloned”
Software_Are_Not_Protectable_Because_It_Was_Based_on_Open
Source_and_Other_Known_Material⠀⇛
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)
affirmed a district court ruling that the asserted
nonliteral elements of a software program were not
copyright protectable, in part, because allegedly
copied materials contained unprotectable open-
source elements, factual and data elements and
other known elements that were not original.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Moving_from_Rust_to_C++⠀⇛
I’ve been involved in Rust and the Rust community
for many years now. Much of my work has been
related to creating infrastructure for building GUI
toolkits in Rust. However, I have found my
frustrations with the language growing, and pine
for the stable, mature foundation provided by C++.
[...]
I’ll close with some thoughts on community. I try
not to spend a lot of time on social media, but I
hear that the Rust community can be extremely
imperious, constantly demanding that projects be
rewritten in Rust, and denigrating all other
programming languages.
# ⚓ ACM ☛ Catch-23:_The_New_C_Standard_Sets_the_World_on_Fire⠀⇛
A new major revision of the C language standard,
C23, is due out this year. We’ll tour the highs and
lows of the latest draft9 and then drill down on
the mother of all breaking changes. Sidebars
celebrate C idioms and undefined behavior with code
and song, respectively.
# ⚓ Own_Your_Work⠀⇛
One of the easiest ways to start sharing your work
in the form of writing, designs, or photographs is
by using the latest trendy platform in that space,
especially when everyone else seems to be using it.
How many Blogspot sites are you checking these
days? They still work, but Google has killed one or
two services, so who knows for how long?
Medium was great for publishing content, but it
doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.
Nowadays, many people start a Substack newsletter
if they want to share content and monetize it too,
but will it be around in five or ten years? What
will happen with your content and your audience if
they’re not?
Imagine a billionaire buying one of the main social
media services and some things not going as
expected. What would happen with all the effort
you’ve put into it that brought your followers and
your content?
# ⚓ Slint_1.0:_The_Next-Generation_Native_GUI_Toolkit_Matures⠀⇛
We’re thrilled to announce version 1.0 of Slint, a
comprehensive toolkit to build native user
interfaces for desktop and embedded devices,
implemented in Rust. This is a major milestone, the
result of three years of work by 50 contributors.
Compared to the previous release, version 1.0
introduces only minor API cleanups and bug fixes.
For full details refer to the ChangeLog.
Development of Slint (initially known as
“SixtyFPS”) started in May 2020 to address the
needs of modern user interface (UI) development.
Having worked tirelessly to build and refine it,
we’re proud to have reached the stage where paying
customers and open-source users are selecting Slint
over other UI toolkits to build their applications.
The 1.x series signifies that Slint has now
graduated out from “development mode” and is ready
to be used in production projects.
# ⚓ Better Programming ☛ GraphQL:_From_Excitement_to
Deception⠀⇛
Are you wondering if you should use GraphQL in your
project? Do your developers fight over arguments
like “GraphQL is the future” and “REST is just
simpler”? I had endless discussions with my team
that I will summarize here.
# ⚓ An_On-Ramp_to_Flow⠀⇛
Millions of words have been written on the value of
“flow” to engineers and other knowledge workers – a
kind of work where you are able to hold multiple
complex and abstract concepts in your head
simultaneously and quickly make progress towards a
goal. Over the course of a work week, it’s not
surprising to find that a huge amount of the “work
that gets done” happens within a few short bursts
of time, a couple of hours at most, when builders
are able to reach and stay in flow.
# ⚓ Python Speed ☛ Polars_for_initial_data_analysis,_Polars_for
production⠀⇛
In this article we’ll use both two APIs and see how
Polars lets you transition from looking at the data
to something we can run even more efficiently in
production.
# ⚓ Pipes-and-Filters⠀⇛
The Pipes-and-Filters architecture pattern
describes the structure of systems that process
data streams.
# ⚓ Uwe Friedrichsen ☛ Let’s_(not)_break_up_the_monolith_–_Part
1⠀⇛
Well, let us look at these two responses and see if
microservices will help them to solve the
aforementioned issues. As this post would be very
long as a single post, I decided to split it up in
two posts. This post will discuss the first
response. The next post (link will follow) will
discuss the second response and sum it all up.
# § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-04-07_Web::Scraper_–_Weekly_Travelling_in
CPAN⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-04-05_[Older]_Increasing_Perl’s
Visibility,_Redux⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-04-04_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_210:
Kill_and_Win_and_Number_Collision⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-04-02_[Older]_Experiments_in
Overloading⠀⇛
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ Chrome_ships_WebGPU⠀⇛
The Chrome team is thrilled to announce that WebGPU
is now available by default in Chrome 113, which is
currently in the Beta channel. WebGPU is a new web
graphics API that offers significant benefits such
as greatly reduced JavaScript workload for the same
graphics and more than three times improvements in
machine learning model inferences. This is possible
due to more flexible GPU programming and access to
advanced capabilities that WebGL does not provide.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Metadud:_Just_4%_Of_U.S._Teens_Use_VR_Daily,_7%_Plan
To_Buy_A_Headset_Anytime_Soon⠀⇛
Despite several years of blistering hype about the rise
of the “Metaverse” (read: Facebook’s clumsy attempt to
dominate a market simply by rebranding video games, AR,
and VR as…something else), new data from Piper Sandler
indicates that there’s little real interest among younger
Americans.
o ⚓ Jacob Kaplan Moss ☛ Follow-ups_to_“Incompetent_but_Nice”⠀⇛
I think this framing is terrifically important. Starting
from the point of view that this is probably a management
failure – rather than something inherent to the person –
correctly puts the onus on the manager for letting
someone get into a situation like this. Sure, there are
situations where there’s not much the manager could have
done, but those are rare.
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Stop_Gatekeeping_Architecture⠀⇛
A long time ago, way before I became an architecture
critic, I was a person who looked at buildings. It never
occurred to me that this was something one could do for a
living. I grew up in a small town before the omnipresence
of cell phones, meaning that if I was bored and didn’t
have a book in hand, I had no choice but to gaze out at
the world and occupy my time thinking about it. I believe
that children are naturally attracted to buildings
because they offer imaginative potential. Who lives in
that house? Why do they live there? Why does the house
look like that? Do poor people or rich people live there?
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Sumana Harihareswara ☛ Teaching,_Entitlement,_And_The_Verb
“Need”⠀⇛
“Hey, Sumana,” you may be asking. “If you avoid
using the word ‘need’ because you think that it’s a
magic override kind of word, and then when other
people say they ‘need’ something you jump to
fulfill those needs, doesn’t that lead to a kind of
unhealthy imbalance where you have a hard time
expressing your own needs and getting them met,
while also getting accidentally tangled up when
other people use ‘need’ a lot more loosely than
you?”
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Spice_Up_The_Humble_16×2_LCD_With_Big_Digits⠀⇛
The 16×2 LCD display is a classic in the
microcontroller world, and for good reason. Add a
couple of wires, download a library, mash out a few
lines of code, and your project has a user
interface. A utilitarian and somewhat boring UI,
though, and one that can be hard to read at a
distance. So why not spice it up with these large-
type custom fonts?
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Podcast_213:_Not_Your_Grandfather’s
Grandfather_Clock,_The_Engineering_Behind_Art,_Hydrogen
Powered_Flight⠀⇛
Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi
as they review some of their favorite hacks and
projects of the past week. The episode starts with
a discussion about the recently announced Artemis
II crew, and how their mission compares to the
Apollo program of the 1960s and 70s.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ String_Operations_The_Hard(ware)_Way⠀⇛
One of the interesting features of the 8086 back in
1978 was the provision for “string” instructions.
These took the form of prefixes that would repeat
the next instruction a certain number of times. The
next instruction was meant to be one of a few
string instructions that operated on memory regions
and updated pointers to the memory region with each
repeated operation. [Ken Shirriff] examines the
8086 die up close and personal to explain how the
8086 microcode pulled this off and it is a great
read, as usual.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Share_Your_Projects:_Take_Pictures⠀⇛
Information is diesel for a hacker’s engine, and
it’s fascinating how much can happen when you share
what you’re working on. It could be a pretty simple
journey – say, you record a video showing you
fixing your broken headphones, highlighting a
particular trick that works well for you. Someone
will see it as an entire collection of information
– “if my headphones are broken, the process of
fixing them looks like this, and these are the
tools I might need”. For a newcomer, you might be
leading them to an eye-opening discovery – “if my
headphones are broken, it is possible to fix them”.
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Aftermarket_Commodore_power_supplies⠀⇛
There are a bunch of aftermarket manufacturers, but
the two most commonly seen by retrocomputer
bloggers and video creators are Electroware
(centre) and Keelog (right). To the left is an
original “brick of death” from my Commodore 64C
that got so hot and smelly after plugging it in, I
haven’t dared touch it since: [..]
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Thieves_Cut_Through_Coffee_Shop_Wall_to
Pull_Off_$500,000_Apple_Store_Heist⠀⇛
When Apple store employees came into work the next
morning, they saw that “an entire wall of iPhones
(approximately 436) were gone,” according to
Lynnwood Police, plus other merchandise like Apple
Watches. According to police, they stole $500,000
worth of merchandise in total.
The suspects managed to cut the hole without
hitting any plumbing, and entered the Apple side
through its back room. Mike Atkinson, CEO of
Seattle Coffee Gear, tweeted a photo of the damage,
showing the square hole right next to the toilet
where the thieves crawled through.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ FAIR ☛ Trump’s_Idling_Plane_Got_More_TV_Coverage_Than_Biden
Cutting_Healthcare_for_15_Million⠀⇛
One analysis from Media Matters (4/3/23) found that
over an hour-and-a-half period before Trump’s
arraignment, CNN aired 48 minutes of B-roll of the
idling Trump plane and motorcade, along with shots
of Trump Tower and Mar-a-Lago. MSNBC aired 66
minutes of similar footage. As Media Matters noted,
this kind of coverage is similar to when networks
regularly aired footage of Trump’s empty podiums
(FAIR.org, 3/16/16).
The reader can decide what’s more important: A
Democratic administration taking healthcare from 15
million, or a con-man war criminal being indicted
for some of the least important of his crimes.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 15_Million_in_the_US_to_be_Kicked_Off_of
Public_Health_Benefits⠀⇛
Millions are to lose Medicaid/CHIP benefits in the
coming months as pre-pandemic income eligibility
restrictions have returned.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Biden_Just_Took_the_First_Step_to_Overhaul
Medicare_Advantage._Many_More_Must_Be_Taken⠀⇛
The corporations that run Medicare Advantage plans
are engaged in widespread waste, fraud and abuse,
resulting in tens of billions of dollars of
overpayments to them every year. The advocates and
government agencies overseeing Medicare Advantage
have spent nearly two decades reporting on this
fraud and waste and urging Congress to overhaul the
program. Few in Congress or the administration were
listening. Now, the Biden administration is finally
taking action, but it’s only a first step.
# ⚓ Taiwan News ☛ Taiwan_uses_drones_to_fight_lychee_pests⠀⇛
Both lychee and longan fruit trees flower in April,
which also corresponds with the spawning period for
a major fruit tree pest, the lychee stink bug.
Changhua County took extra precautions this year,
using drones to release parastitic wasps (Anastatus
fulloi), which are a natural nemesis of lychee
stink bugs, according to LTN. Boxes of these wasps
were transported by drone to hard to reach areas to
engage in natural biological control.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Conversational_AI_to_become_a_part_of_Google
search,_says_CEO_Sundar_Pichai:_WSJ_report⠀⇛
This is where it went wrong as the first pictures
of exoplanets were taken by the European Southern
Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in 2004,
as confirmed by NASA. This led to a massive rout in
the share prices of its parent Alphabet, which lost
$100 billion in market cap.
Further, Pichai’s comments indicate that Google
plans to allow users to interact directly with the
company’s LLMs via its search engine — a move that
would upend the traditional link-based experience.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Elon_Musk_Blocks_Likes_And_Replies_To_Tweets
That_Link_To_Substack_In_A_Pique_Of_Pettiness⠀⇛
Poor Matt Taibbi. He destroyed his credibility to
take on the Twitter Files, and did so in part to
raise the profile of his Substack site, Racket
News. Indeed, Substack has become a home for
nonsense peddlers of all kinds to create their own
little bubbles of nonsense. In congressional
testimony, Taibbi admitted that having Elon Musk
hand pick him to deliver the “Twitter Files” has
increased the number of paying subscribers to his
Substack (though he defended it by claiming that
the money has all gone towards journalism).
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Twitter_Breaks_Substack_Links_For_Some
Reason⠀⇛
In the absence of an explanation from Musk or one
of the Salacious B. Crumb-type minions with which
he surrounds himself, this can only be presumed to
be either another of the countless technical errors
that have plagued the site since Musk fired most of
its staff or an attempt to get attention for his
struggling site, which has seen ad spending, which
accounts for the vast majority of the company’s
revenue, drop by at least 70% since his takeover
last year.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Mehdi_Hasan_Dismantles_The_Entire_Foundation_Of
The_Twitter_Files_As_Matt_Taibbi_Stumbles_To_Defend_It⠀⇛
So here’s the deal. If you think the Twitter Files
are still something legit or telling or powerful,
watch this 30 minute interview that Mehdi Hasan did
with Matt Taibbi (at Taibbi’s own demand):
# ⚓ Safari_releases_are_development_hell_–_Ashley’s_blog⠀⇛
Safari 16.4 rolled out last week, and for us it’s
been a nightmare. We make the browser-based game
creation app Construct. Early versions of Safari
16.4 broke opening projects, previewing projects,
and all existing content published with Construct,
all in different ways. I wanted to share our
experience so customers, developers, regulators,
and Apple themselves can see what we go through
with what is supposed to be a routine Safari
release.
Most browsers provide pre-release versions for
early testing. For example Chrome Canary and
Firefox Nightly update daily, and there’s also less
frequent dev and beta releases. Apple provide
Safari Technology Preview (STP), but it’s only for
macOS, and does not update to any public schedule.
It seems to be about once every 2 weeks. Pre-
release browsers are usually pretty rocky with
obvious issues that get sorted out soon enough.
However when things start making their way to beta,
it’s time to look more closely. So when Safari 16.4
beta 1 was announced on February 16th (also not to
any public schedule), we started taking a closer
look – and there were a lot of problems.
# ⚓ Layoffs_are_ramping_up_among_hospitals_and_health_systems.
Here_are_34_examples_from_2023⠀⇛
Layoff announcements have increased this year as
hospitals and health systems limp out of a
financially devastating 2022.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 5_Ways_the_Rising_Costs_of_Games_Are
Affecting_the_Industry⠀⇛
However, 343 Industries were hit hard by layoffs at
Microsoft, so Microsoft may have been unhappy with
Halo Infinite despite its monetization. But this
does highlight rising costs as having a curious
effect on the industry: pushing developers to
incorporate profitable monetization regardless of
the potential damage to the game itself.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Container Journal ☛ 2023-04-07_The_Hidden_Security_Risk_in
Cloud-Native:_Out-of-Date_Software⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 2023-04-07_This_Week_in_Security:_Cookie
Monster,_CyberGhost,_NEXX,_and_Dead_Angles⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-04-07_Cisco_Releases_Security_Advisories_for
Multiple_Products⠀⇛
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ 2023-04-07_Sophos_Patches_Critical_Code
Execution_Vulnerability_in_Web_Security_Appliance⠀⇛
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ 2023-04-07_Tesla_Retail_Tool_Vulnerability
Led_to_Account_Takeover⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-04-05_[Older]_Bugs_in_This_Brand_of_‘Smart’
Garage_Doors_Could_Allow_a_Hacker_to_Open_Them_at_Will⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-04-05_[Older]_Tech
companies_need_to_take_cybersecurity_risks_more_seriously⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-04-05_[Older]_What_are
the_biggest_cybersecurity_threats_this_year?⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-04_[Older]_ISTIO-SECURITY-2023-001⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-04-04_[Older]_Micron_Technology:_China_probes_US
chip_maker_for_cybersecurity_risks_as_tech_tension
escalates⠀⇛
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ 2023-04-03_[Older]_Three_ways_AI
chatbots_are_a_security_disaster⠀⇛
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ CBC ☛ Why_regulators_in_Canada_and_Italy_are_digging
into_ChatGPT’s_use_of_personal_information⠀⇛
As governments rush to address concerns about
the rapidly-advancing generative artificial
intelligence industry, experts in the field
say greater oversight is needed over what
data is used to train the systems.
Earlier this month, Italy’s data protection
agency launched a probe of OpenAI and
temporarily banned ChatGPT, their AI-powered
chatbot. On Tuesday, Canada’s privacy
commissioner also announced an investigation
of OpenAI. Both agencies cited concerns
around data privacy.
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ Court_orders_software_supplier_to_provide
more_information_on_massive_data_leak⠀⇛
The reason for the lawsuit was a hack in
Nebu’s computer systems last month. The
personal data of possibly several million
Netherlands residents leaked. Blauw wants
more information about what exactly happened,
how big the data leak was, and what the
consequences are.
According to Blauw, the information that Nebu
has provided so far is entirely insufficient.
The court shares that view. “In the agreement
between both parties, Nebu is obliged to
inform Blauw about incidents related to the
processing of personal data and to follow
Blauw’s instructions in such a case. In the
opinion of the preliminary relief judge,
Blauw’s right of instruction and Nebu’s
obligation to comply must be interpreted
broadly.”
# ⚓ NDTV ☛ TikTok_Hit_With_Nearly_$16_Million_Fine_In_UK
For_Misusing_Children’s_Personal_Data⠀⇛
A spokesperson for TikTok told CNN that the
company “invest[s] heavily to help keep under
13s off the platform” and that it disagreed
with the ICO’s decision.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Indian_Government_Looking_To_Buy_NSO-Esque
Malware,_But_Not_From_NSO⠀⇛
When NSO Group began making the wrong kind of
headlines all over the world, suddenly lots
of governments began at least feigning an
interest in caring about what third-party
tools their intelligence and security
agencies were using to conduct surveillance.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ How_Reckless_Cops_Relying_On_Questionable
Facial_Recognition_Tech_Can_Destroy_Lives⠀⇛
The use of facial recognition far outpaces
its proven track record. Prone to false
positives and negatives, especially when it
comes to anyone else but white males, the
tech continues to make inroads with the law
enforcement community which has never seen a
black man it can’t prosecute for crimes he
didn’t commit.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ Biden_urges_Hungary_to_welcome_Sweden_to
NATO_without_delay⠀⇛
U.S. President Joe Biden issued a statement
welcoming Finland’s accession to NATO, stressing
that it was ” the fastest ratification process in
NATO’s modern history”. In the same statement,
Biden urged Hungary and Turkey to Sweden to
“conclude Sweden’s NATO ratification processes
without delay”.
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán formally asked MEPs to
support Finnish and Swedish accession at an off-
site meeting of the Fidesz parliamentary group in
Balatonfüred at the end of February. However,
Gergely Gulyas, Orban’s chief of staff pointed out
that Sweden’s involvement in an EU lawsuit against
Hungary “does not help” the ratification process.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Preparing_for_War_in_the_South_China_Sea⠀⇛
“Imagine you have a visitor who comes into your
house,” Corazon Valdez Fabros said over Zoom from
Quezon City in the Philippines. “You welcome this
visitor. But this is a visitor who has all the
guns, all the materials, that basically you cannot
object to because they are fully loaded. And you
cannot even tell this visitor to get out of your
house when you want them to get out.” This article
is a joint publication of The Nation and Workday
Magazine, a nonprofit newsroom devoted to holding
the powerful accountable through the perspective of
workers.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ 2023-04-06_[Older]_National_Guard
deployed_to_reinforce_security_at_tourist_destinations⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-04-06_[Older]_War_Criminals_and
Military_Aggressors_Who_Occupy_Seats_in_the_Security
Council⠀⇛
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ 2023-04-04_[Older]_Atlantic_Council
convenes_formalized_task_force_focused_on_Black_Sea
security⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-04-03_[Older]_Cabinet_presents_new_national
security_strategy_for_entire_Dutch_kingdom⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_War_Plans_Leak_Prompts_Pentagon
Investigation⠀⇛
Classified war documents detailing secret American
and NATO plans for building up the Ukrainian
military ahead of a planned offensive against
Russia were posted this week on social media
channels, senior Biden administration officials
said.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Top-secret_Pentagon_documents_on_Ukraine_war_appear
on_social_media⠀⇛
“We are aware of the reports of social media posts
and the department is reviewing the matter,” said
Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh.
The documents include maps of Ukraine and charts on
where troops are concentrated and what kinds of
weapons are available to them. The online posts
show photos of physical documents that were folded
and creased in some instances.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ What_we_know_about_Russian_[crackers]_—
and_how_to_stop_them_—_after_a_year_of_cyberwar_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
Following the retreat of Russian troops from Kyiv,
we started detecting an increasing number of
attacks aimed at gathering information for
espionage purposes. Russian military hackers are
interested in any information they think can help
Russia win this war. They prioritize quiet and
long-term campaigns allowing them to stay inside
systems and to maintain access data for as long as
possible. This distinguishes them from so-called
Russian “hacktivists” whose primary goal is
informational impact, so they promptly disclose
details of their attacks.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Senior_Twitter_lawyer_resigns,_the_latest_in
a_series_of_executive_departures⠀⇛
The lawyer, Christian Dowell, rose to the top of
Twitter’s legal department in recent months after
the company’s legal leaders resigned or were fired
by Musk. Dowell had been intimately involved in
Twitter’s recent negotiations with the Federal
Trade Commission, two people familiar with those
discussions said.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Past,_Present_and_Future⠀⇛
Through its Belt and Road Initiative, China has
made its mark worldwide, funding projects as far-
flung as power plants in Ecuador and high-speed
rail in Laos. But exactly what is the Belt and Road
Initiative?
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Palestinian_Poet_Mohammed_El-Kurd_on
Israeli_Apartheid,_Growing_Tension_in_Region_&_Raid_on_Al-
Aqsa_Mosque⠀⇛
Israel has bombed southern Lebanon and Gaza as
tension soars in the region days after Israeli
police repeatedly attacked Palestinian worshipers
inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East
Jerusalem. In response to the raids on the mosque,
militants in southern Lebanon and Gaza fired dozens
of rockets into Israel. It was the largest rocket
attack from Lebanon in 17 years. Meanwhile, a
Palestinian gunman opened fire on a vehicle near an
illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank on
Friday, killing two Israeli settlers. This all
comes as Israel continues to impose a violent
crackdown in the occupied West Bank, where the
Israeli army has killed at least 94 Palestinians so
far this year. Israel’s raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque
during Ramadan have sparked international
condemnation. For more, we speak with Mohammed El-
Kurd, the Palestine correspondent for The Nation,
who is from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of
occupied East Jerusalem and says the escalating
violence in Palestine cannot be separated from “the
larger settler-colonial enterprise” of the decades-
old Israeli occupation.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Fears_of_‘Serious_Escalation’_Grow_as
Israel_Bombs_Lebanon_and_Gaza⠀⇛
Fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East
mounted Friday after Israel bombed Lebanon and the
occupied Gaza Strip in the early hours of the
morning, an assault that followed two consecutive
nights of violent raids on the Al-Aqsa mosque
compound.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Armed_man_tries_to_enter_Russian_Defense_Ministry
building_in_Moscow_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A man armed with a pistol tried to get into the
Russian Defense Ministry’s building in central
Moscow, according to the state news agency TASS and
the Telegram channels Shot and 112.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Africa_‘All_Out,’_54-0,_Against_Joining
Biden’s_Proxy_War_on_Russia⠀⇛
When President Biden announced sanctions against
Russia over their February, 2022 invasion of
Ukraine, he called it a battle of democracy over
tyranny. He expected Africa to rally to the US
lead. Unsurprisingly, not one of Africa’s 54
countries as joined US sanctions against Russia.
Many are neutral; some even […]
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prigozhin_blames_St._Petersburg_Governor_Beglov
for_‘irrecoverable_losses_of_cultural_heritage,’_instigates
negligence_case_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Evgeny Prigozhin, founder of the mercenary Wagner
Group, has returned to his rivalry with the St.
Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov, head of the
St. Petersburg municipality.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Journalists_confirm_the_deaths_of_nearly_20,000
Russian_soldiers_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Journalists with Mediazona and BBC News Russian,
working alongside a team of volunteers, have
identified 19,688 Russian military service members
killed during Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ As_Congress_Considers_Prolonging_Cuba’s
Designation_as_a_Terrorism_Supporter,_Biden_Dithers⠀⇛
Although Cuba’s Revolution survived military
invasion, guerrilla actions, terrorist attacks, and
bacteriologic warfare, enough was not enough. Now
there are pay-offs to dissidents, manipulation of
worldwide media coverage, and weaponization of
social media capabilities. The U.S. economic and
financial blockade persists, after 60 years, and
will continue. That’s mostly because […]
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ Salon ☛ Judge_says_Murdoch_can_be_forced_to_testify_—
experts_say_he_may_spill_Fox_secrets_out_in_the_open⠀⇛
“But one of the interesting things here, that
Dominion has been doing, is fighting its case in
the court of public opinion and so the Murdoch
piece of the case is part of them litigating the
case in the court of public opinion,” Lidsky said.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Texas_School_Performs_Worst-Ever
Redaction_of_a_Public_Record⠀⇛
Unfortunately for them, the names of the 10
students using the browser with a built-in VPN are
easily readable, because for as much effort as the
redactor expended covering these names up, they
used a very light-colored marker. In an attempt to
get the general impression across, a Motherboard
staff artist has recreated the document, altering
the names of all people and institutions involved
partly to protect their privacy and partly to throw
rival reporters suddenly inspired to see what kind
of poorly-redacted documents they might be able to
get from this school off the trail while we
ourselves see what we can get: [...]
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Willow_Project_Was_a_Key_Climate_Test.
And_Joe_Biden_Failed_It.⠀⇛
President Joe Biden’s recent approval of the Willow
Project in Alaska has alarmed many young people and
once again made us question his seriousness about
addressing the climate crisis before it is too
late.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Michoacán_environmental_activist_found
dead⠀⇛
An Indigenous environmental and lands rights
activist has been murdered in the state of
Michoacán, less than three months after the
disappearance of two other local activists.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Colombia_Adopts_an_Unprecedented_Energy
Policy—but_Needs_Help_to_Pull_It_Off⠀⇛
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 ☛ Potent_Heat-Trapping_Methane_Emissions_Saw
4th-Largest_Annual_Increase_in_2022:_Report⠀⇛
Driven primarily by human activities including
fossil fuel extraction, methane levels in the
atmosphere had their fourth-largest annual increase
in 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration reported Thursday.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_crypto_mining_capacity_second_only
to_U.S._—_Meduza⠀⇛
Judging by the first quarter of 2023, Russia
is now second only to the U.S. in terms of
its crypto mining capacity. The Russian
business publication Kommersant reported the
market change, citing the data center
operator BitRiver.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Last_Thing_the_Railway_Industry
Needs_Is_Another_Giant_Merger⠀⇛
On March 15th, the Surface Transportation
Board (STB)—the federal agency that regulates
the U.S. freight rail industry—gave final
approval to the acquisition of Kansas City
Southern by Canadian Pacific. Approving this
merger between America’s sixth- and seventh-
largest railroads was a dire mistake, which
will have enormous economic and social costs
that resound for decades.
# ⚓ The Economist ☛ America’s_chance_to_become_a_clean-
energy_superpower⠀⇛
A report by Climate Power, an advocacy group,
found that over 100,000 new jobs were
announced in 31 states between the passage of
the IRA and the end of January, with the
lion’s share of the 90-plus clean-energy
projects in conservative states. Georgia,
hardly a liberal stronghold, came top with
over $15bn in investment. Bryan Fisher of
RMI, a clean-energy non-profit, estimates
that more than 75 decarbonisation projects
worth $1bn or more are under development in
deep-red Texas and Louisiana thanks to BIL
and IRA inducements. ExxonMobil, once a
highly climate-sceptical company, is now
heading a $100bn project for CCS along the
Gulf of Mexico.
America’s new approach to energy rightly
tackles the climate externality previously
neglected by federal policy while mostly
leaving the picking of specific technology
winners to the private sector. Thanks to the
insistence of Senator Ron Wyden, a wonkish
Democrat from Oregon, the tax credits for
clean power will shift to a technology-
neutral approach. A geothermal entrepreneur
gushes that his hitherto-overlooked
technology will finally get a fair chance. As
Mr Wyden explains: “This ties together
markets with choice and competition…the more
you reduce carbon emissions, the more tax
credits you earn.”
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Riding_The_Rails_By_Ebike⠀⇛
As most developed countries around the world
continue to modernize their transportation
infrastructure with passenger rail, countries
in North America have been abandoning
railroads for over a century now, assuming
that just one more lane will finally solve
their traffic problems. Essentially the only
upside to the abandonment of railroads has
been that it’s possible to build some unique
vehicles to explore these tracks and the
beautiful yet desolate areas they reach, and
[Cam Engineering] is using an ebike to do
that along the coast of central California.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Sounds_Emitted_By_Plants_Are_Real_But
They_Are_Still_Not_Talking⠀⇛
A recent paper published by researchers at
the university of Tel Aviv in Cell on the
sounds they captured from ‘stressed’ plants
had parts of the internet abuzz with what
this meant, with some suggesting that this
was an early April Fools prank. The fun part
here is the news item is not that plants make
noise, but rather that this was the first
time (apparently) that the noise made by
plants was captured by microphones placed at
some distance from a variety of plants.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-04-04_[Older]_The_Social_Security
Scare_Story_Industry⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Either_Trade_Unions_Win_This,_or_It_Will
Be_the_Far_Right’:_Labor_Sees_High_Stakes_in_French_Pension
Fight⠀⇛
As French workers intensify their fight against
President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular plan
to raise the nation’s retirement age from 62 to 64,
the stakes couldn’t be higher.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Student_Debt_Forgiveness_Is_a_Win-Win_for_Our
Country⠀⇛
The majority of us support debt relief, but
lobbyist-backed lawsuits are holding back Americans
from achieving a better life.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Finance_Ministry_reports_first_quarter
budget_deficit_of_2.4_trillion_rubles_—_Meduza⠀⇛
According to preliminary data from the Ministry of
Finance, Russia’s federal budget for January–March
saw a deficit of 2.4 trillion rubles ($29.5
billion). Legally, the 2023 budget is allowed a
deficit of 2.93 trillion rubles ($35.9 billion).
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Experts_sound_Gong_on_Chinese_money-
laundering_in_Australian_property_market⠀⇛
The recent bust of a Sydney-based money laundering
syndicate, and the story of a charming Chinese
criminal brought down by New Zealand authorities,
highlight the need for Australia to catch up on
global anti-money laundering regulations, reports
Callum Foote.
Earlier this year, the Australian Federal Police
busted a money laundering scheme earning its
members hundreds of millions in profit, with
millions of dollars worth of Sydney property
seized.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Hope_for_the_Common_Good_When_Savage
Capitalism_Is_Destroying_the_Place⠀⇛
Note: The following is excerpted from David
Barsamian’s recent interview with Noam Chomsky at
AlternativeRadio.org.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Perp_Time⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Oh,_Please’:_Critics_Scoff_at_Clarence
Thomas’_Defense_of_Secret_Luxury_Trips⠀⇛
Under fire after reporting offered a detailed look
at his decades of billionaire-funded luxury
vacations, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas claimed Friday that he was “advised” by
colleagues not to report personal hospitality gifts
from friends, a story that drew immediate derision
from lawmakers and legal analysts.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Clarence_Thomas_Defends_Undisclosed_Trips.
Here_Are_the_Facts.⠀⇛
In a rare public statement, Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas responded Friday to a ProPublica
report that revealed that Thomas has, for decades,
accepted luxury travel from billionaire Republican
megadonor Harlan Crow and failed to disclose it.
Thomas’ brief statement acknowledges joining Crow
and his wife, who he described as among his
“dearest friends,” on “a number of family trips”
over the years. He also defended his failure to
disclose them.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Should_Clarence_Thomas_Be_Impeached?_GOP
Megadonor_Gave_Justice_Free_Luxury_Vacations_for_20_Years⠀⇛
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to
report frequent luxury trips paid for by a
billionaire Republican megadonor named Harlan Crow,
leading to renewed calls for the conservative
jurist’s impeachment. According to ProPublica,
Thomas has for decades accepted flights on Crow’s
private jet, trips on his yacht and frequent stays
at his exclusive lakeside resort, in apparent
violation of a law requiring justices and other
federal officials to disclose most gifts. “Justice
Thomas has this extraordinary and apparently
unprecedented relationship with this outside
billionaire who is basically subsidizing his life,”
says ProPublica reporter Justin Elliott. Thomas has
previously come under scrutiny for conflicts of
interest after he refused to recuse himself from
cases about Republican efforts to overturn the 2020
presidential election, even as his wife, Ginni, was
pressuring officials to ensure Donald Trump’s
victory.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ We_Are_‘Just_Beginning,’_Tennessee_GOP
Boasts_in_Fundraiser_After_Expelling_Democrats⠀⇛
The Tennessee Republican Party waited less than 24
hours to start fundraising off the expulsion of two
progressive lawmakers from the state House—openly
bragging Friday about what critics have called a
blatantly anti-democratic move that shows the
party’s growing authoritarianism.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Fascism,_Full_Stop’:_Progressives_in
Congress_Condemn_Expulsion_of_Tennessee_Democrats⠀⇛
“This is fascism,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-
Mich.). “Expelling your political opponents for
demanding action on gun violence when children are
dying is disgusting.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Jones_Says_He_Will_Fight_‘Unconstitutional’
Expulsion_as_Reinstatement_Votes_Loom⠀⇛
Former Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones said
Friday that he intends to challenge his expulsion
in the courts and at the ballot box amid
uncertainty about the path ahead for him and fellow
removed Rep. Justin Pearson, whose decision to
stand in solidarity with constituents protesting
the scourge of gun violence drew national attention
and praise.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Tennessee_GOP_Show_That_Revenge_Is
Fascism’s_First_Instinct⠀⇛
Republicans in the Tennessee House of
Representatives are furious and out for revenge.
Two Black Democratic members and a Democratic woman
had confronted them — and embarrassed them — over
their unwillingness to do anything about the
slaughter of Tennessee’s children in that state’s
schools.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “A_Public_Lynching”:_Justin_Jones,_Black
Tennessee_Lawmaker,_Responds_to_Expulsion_from_State_House⠀⇛
We speak with Justin Jones, one of two Black
Democratic lawmakers expelled by a Republican
supermajority in the Tennessee state House of
Representatives Thursday for peacefully protesting
gun violence in the chamber last week as thousands
rallied at the Capitol to demand gun control after
the Covenant elementary school shooting in
Nashville. A vote to expel their white colleague
who joined them in solidarity failed. “They thought
by expelling us they would silence us, they would
silence our movements that we’re part of, but in
fact they’ve amplified it, because the nation can
see how racist they are. The nation can see how
retaliatory and absurd and authoritarian they are,”
says Jones.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Tennessee_Goddamn⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Trump’s_Indictment_Is_Not_“Selective
Prosecution”⠀⇛
With news network helicopters hovering overhead,
Trump’s motorcade made its way south through
Manhattan on Monday, toward his long-awaited arrest
and arraignment. Trump was, however begrudgingly,
arriving in court to surrender himself to the
judicial process and to hear details of the 34
felony counts that Manhattan District Attorney
Alvin Bragg was charging him with. Ever the self-
promoter, Trump has seized the moment and
refashioned himself as the outlaw ex-and-maybe-
future president, the gangster folk hero, the
desperado taking on the maleficent forces of the
overweening state, the revolutionary so fearsome
that the state has to resort to a show trial to
shut him up.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 5_Other_Modern_Presidents_Who_Should_Have_Been
Indicted_for_Their_Crimes⠀⇛
Seeing Trump arraigned in New York on Tuesday was
satisfying even if the outcome of the trial cannot
be foreseen and he has a presumption of innocence.
There is obviously evidence that he falsified his
business records for the purpose of hiding material
facts […]
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr._Bets_on_New_Hampshire_to
Boost_a_Very_Unlikely_Presidential_Bid⠀⇛
The Kennedy name may not be so politically potent
as it once was. But it still resonates in some
Democratic circles, especially in northern New
England, where a 1960 New Hampshire primary win set
Massachusetts Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s
course to win his party’s nomination and the
presidency. Sixty-three years after that historic
win, JFK’s most prominent, and most controversial,
nephew is counting on New Hampshire Democrats to
boost an unlikely bid by the latest in a long line
of Kennedys to seek the nation’s highest office.1
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Tennessee_GOP’s_Shameful_Expulsion_of_2
Black_Legislators⠀⇛
In a juster, saner world, a Google search for the
term “racist show trial” would promptly yield
footage of the despicable vote in the GOP-led
Tennessee legislature to expel two Black members
for the offense of doing their jobs: using their
position to advocate for desperately needed gun-
control legislation. Justin Jones, a representative
from Nashville, and his Memphis colleague Justin
Pearson both helped escort a group of high school
protesters into the state capitol last Thursday to
demand action on gun control in the wake of the
horrific killing of six people at a Nashville
private school. Both men went to the “well” of the
legislative chamber—the spot on the floor where
lawmakers typically address the assembly—and helped
lead chants of protest. At times, they each spoke
through a megaphone. The crowd stayed briefly, and
peacefully dispersed.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ IRS_Strategic_Plan_Vows_to_Amp_Up_Audits_of
the_Rich⠀⇛
Flush with $80 billion in new funding, the IRS is
aiming to ramp up audits of wealthy taxpayers and
large corporations, according to a strategic
operating plan it released Thursday. The 150-page
plan also includes a lengthy list of proposed
changes intended to improve customer service,
upgrade the agency’s notoriously outdated computer
systems, boost hiring and even “explore making it
easier” to file tax returns directly with the IRS
for free.
# ⚓ NDTV ☛ Twitter_Verified_Unfollows_All_Accounts_Amid
Confusion_Over_Blue_Check⠀⇛
Twitter’s revoking of legacy verified accounts
might finally be getting underway as it has begun a
mass unfollowing and now follows ‘no one.’
On the ‘Twitter Verified’ account, the following
has hit the rock bottom as it has reached ‘Zero.’
# ⚓ NDTV ☛ US_Big_Tech_Companies_Struggle_To_Reduce_Headcount
In_Europe._Here’s_Why⠀⇛
Both in France and Germany, where labor laws are
among the strongest in the EU, Google is currently
in negotiations with works councils – company-
specific groups whose elected employee
representatives negotiate with management about
workforce issues, according to a person familiar
with the matter. By law, companies are required to
bargain with these councils before implementing
layoffs – a sometimes lengthy process that includes
information gathering, negotiations and the
possibility of recourse.
# ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Twitter_takes_down_post_on_Home_Minister
globally⠀⇛
In an apparent first, Twitter appears to have
withheld a tweet globally in response to a “legal
demand” in India. Journalist and Right to
Information (RTI) activist Saurav Das posted a
screenshot of two past tweets, one of which appears
to quote Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah,
with a message from the social media platform
stating that the content has been “withheld in
Worldwide”.
This is significant as Twitter has usually
restricted access to posts following government
requests only in the territory where such content
is demanded to be blocked. The only instances where
content has also been taken down globally is when
it also violates Twitter’s own Terms of Service.
# ⚓ BIA Net ☛ ‘We_cut_the_internet_during_the_earthquake,
because…’⠀⇛
Two days after the devastating earthquakes,
authorities restricted the bandwidth of Twitter for
nearly an entire day. The restriction was lifted
after widespread criticism that Twitter had an
important role in rescue efforts.
# ⚓ CNBC ☛ Lawmakers_meet_with_Apple,_Disney_CEOs_as_part_of
talks_on_competition_with_China⠀⇛
High-profile tech and media executives shared their
experiences of working in and competing with China
with lawmakers who visited California this week.
Over the three-day trip that kicked off on
Wednesday, lawmakers were scheduled to meet with
Disney CEO Bob Iger and Apple CEO Tim Cook, as well
as high-level executives from Google, Microsoft,
Palantir and Scale AI.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Former_presidential_candidate_Valery_Tsepkalo
tried_in_absentia_and_sentenced_to_17_years_in_Belarus_—
Meduza⠀⇛
The Belarusian politician Valery Tsepkalo (also
spelled “Tsapkala”) has been sentenced to 17 years
in a high-security penal colony. A Minsk court
tried him in absentia.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Democrats_Can_Win_on_Trans_Issues—but_Only_if
They_Fight⠀⇛
In his campaign to become a Supreme Court Justice
in Wisconsin, Daniel Kelly relied heavily on
transphobia, accusing his rival, Janet
Protasiewicz, of being a hostage to “trans
ideology.” Such attacks have become the norm among
Republican candidates, especially since 2022, when
targeting care for trans kids and the participation
of trans people in sports became staple culture-war
issues. One text message Kelly’s campaign sent to
voters on election day read: Politicians are
ignoring parents and jeopardizing the safety of our
children. Woke activists backing Janet Protasiewicz
are destroying parents rights and forcing trans
ideology into our schools. She will do nothing to
stop the sexualization of our children. Today, vote
for Judge Daniel Kelly to end the trans madness in
our schools and protect parents rights!
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine_debates_ways_to_prevent_military
leaks_after_‘secret_plan’_ends_up_online⠀⇛
Reuters was not immediately able to review
the leaked documents. The Kremlin did not
immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo
Podolyak told Reuters earlier that the
document leak looked like a Russian
disinformation operation to sow doubts about
the counter-offensive.
He said the leaked data contained a “very
large amount of fictitious information” and
that Russia appeared to be trying to seize
back the initiative in its invasion, now in
its 14th month.
# ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Leaked_documents_expose_US-NATO
Ukraine_war_plans⠀⇛
# ⚓ ABC ☛ Ukraine,_North_Korea_and_Iran_included_in
leaked_documents_online⠀⇛
Those postings of what appeared to be U.S.
military documents triggered a Pentagon
review into how the documents ended up on the
[Internet].
# ⚓ NBC ☛ The_Pentagon_is_reviewing_the_alleged_leak_of
classified_U.S._documents_about_Ukraine’s_war_effort
and_military_strength⠀⇛
The documents, posted in recent days as
photos on Twitter and Telegram, outline
Ukraine’s military strength, the state of the
conflict, casualty figures and the burn rate
for HIMARS long-range rocket systems. Some of
them carry a March 1 date.
“We are aware of the reports of social media
posts, and the Department is reviewing the
matter,” Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh
said in an email, without elaborating.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Twitter_labeled_NPR_a_“state-affiliated
media”_despite_its_guidelines_clearly_stating
otherwise⠀⇛
NPR is the second US media organization whose
credibility has been targeted by Twitter. The
New York Times’ main Twitter account lost its
verified badge on Sunday (Apr. 2). According
to the Washington Post, the decision came
directly from Musk, after he learned the
publication had no intention of paying to
retain the golden tick that had recently been
assigned to accounts belonging to
organizations.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Elon_Musk_says_NPR’s_‘state-affiliated_media’
label_might_not_have_been_accurate⠀⇛
“The operating principle at new Twitter is
simply fair and equal treatment, so if we
label non-US accounts as govt, then we should
do the same for US, but it sounds like that
might not be accurate here,” he wrote.
# ⚓ Gannett ☛ ChatGPT_falsely_accused_me_of_sexually
harassing_my_students._Can_we_really_trust_AI?⠀⇛
AI promises to expand such abuses
exponentially. Most critics work off biased
or partisan accounts rather than original
sources. When they see any story that
advances their narrative, they do not inquire
further.
b What is most striking is that this false
accusation was not just generated by AI but
ostebnsibly based on a Post article that
never existed.
# ⚓ RTL ☛ ‘Infecting_minds’:_US_book_sent_to_teachers
seeks_to_sow_climate_doubt⠀⇛
From crops to corals, a book circulated by a
controversial US think tank is riddled with
misleading claims about established climate
science, in what campaigners slam as a bid to
“infect” young minds.
The free-market Heartland Institute drew
outrage from campaigners and educators, but
applause from climate skeptics, when it sent
the book to more than 8,000 American school
teachers this year “to present facts” it said
were ignored or distorted by pundits and the
media.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Woman_who_held_sign_reading_‘Putin_eats_children’
at_Alexey_Moskalev’s_custody_hearing_fined_for_‘discrediting’
Russian_army_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A Tula court has issued a 50,000-ruble ($600) fine
against Yelena Tarbayev, a St. Petersburg resident
who protested at Alexey Moskalev’s custody hearing
on Thursday, according to the independent outlet
OVD-Info.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_to_Ninth_Circuit:_Twitter_Has_First_Amendment
Right_to_Ban_Users,_Including_Presidents⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Alexey_Moskalev_awaiting_deportation_in_Belarusian
pre-trial_detention_center_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Alexey Moskalev, the single father from Russia’s
Tula region who escaped house arrest after being
sentenced to two years in prison on charges of
“discrediting” the Russian army, is awaiting
deportation in a Belarusian pre-trial detention
center, according to Russia’s Interior Ministry and
the Russian Embassy in Belarus.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Chinese_authorities_in_Tibet_go_after_relatives_of
self-immolating_protestors⠀⇛
Chinese authorities are harassing and
discriminating against relatives of Tibetans who
protested against Chinese rule by setting their
bodies alight going back to 2008, two sources in
Tibet told Radio Free Asia.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ New_Indian_Textbooks_Purged_of_Muslim
History_and_Hindu_Extremism⠀⇛
The governing party’s leaders have also tried to
minimize the founding fathers’ arguments for why
India’s diversity could survive only under a
secular umbrella, co-opting the legacy of many
secular leaders as they push to remake India into a
Hindu-first nation.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Harsh_prison_sentences_for_antiwar_protesters_and
dissidents_on_the_rise_in_Russian_courts⠀⇛
Based on the available data, Re:Russia notes an
overall trend for greater numbers of guilty
verdicts and increasing severity in punishing the
antiwar dissidents.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-04-06_Covering_the_West_Bank:_Security_insights
and_tips_for_journalists⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Justice_Ministry_declares_journalist_Arkady
Babchenko_a_‘foreign_agent’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s Ministry of Justice has added journalist
Arkady Babchenko to its list of “foreign agents.”
# ⚓ BBC ☛ Evan_Gershkovich:_Russia_charges_US_journalist_with
spying_–_reports⠀⇛
The WSJ released another statement following news
of the charges: “As we’ve said from the beginning,
these charges are categorically false and
unjustified, and we continue to demand Evan’s
immediate release.”
US officials say they have sought access to Mr
Gershkovich but have not been able to visit him.
However, the WSJ said its lawyers had been given
access to him.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_formally_charges_Wall_Street_Journal
reporter_Evan_Gershkovich_with_espionage_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian investigators have formally charged Wall
Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with
espionage, according to Russian state media. The
charges have not officially been announced.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ To_free_American_journalist_jailed_in_Russia,_US
faces_uphill_battle,_experts_say⠀⇛
The United States will face an uphill battle in any
efforts it takes to free detained Wall Street
Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich — who has been
imprisoned in Russia for over a week — because of
the seriousness of the espionage charges against
him and the fact that Moscow shows no sign of
backing down, experts told ABC News.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Belmarsh_Warden_Blocks_Assange_From_Meeting
With_Representatives_of_Press_Freedom_Organization⠀⇛
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The warden of Her
Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh blocked representatives
with the press freedom organization Reporters
Without Borders (RSF) from visiting WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange, despite previously
reviewing RSF’s request and agreeing to grant
access. Rebecca Vincent, the director of operations
and campaigns for RSF, declared, “We followed all
rules […]
# ⚓ Truthdig ☛ Book_Excerpt:_“Guilty_of_Journalism”⠀⇛
In their 2020 updated indictment against the
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, United States
prosecutors did not name Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) informant Sigurdur Ingi
Thordarson. Instead, Thordarson, a citizen of
Iceland, was referred to as “Teenager.”
The Justice Department (DOJ) withheld Thordarson’s
identity, even though Thordarson was well known,
and not as some helpless minor but as a known liar
and diagnosed sociopath with a criminal record.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ EFF ☛ Decoding_the_U.N._Cybercrime_Treaty⠀⇛
Given that existing cybercrime laws are, as stated
by the U.N.General Assembly, “in some instances
misused to target human rights defenders” and
“endanger their safety in a manner contrary to
international law,” these widened parameters
amplify the potential implications for billions of
people—particularly stifling free speech,
increasing government surveillance, and expanding
state investigative techniques.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ UN_Cybercrime_Draft_Treaty_Timeline⠀⇛
October 2017 The Russian Federation presents a
letter to the UN General Assembly containing a
draft of the United Nations Convention on
Cooperation in Combating Cybercrime, intended for
circulation to Member States.
November 2019 A resolution, sponsored by
Russia—along with Belarus, Cambodia, China, Iran,
Myanmar, Nicaragua, Syria, and Venezuela—to set up
an international convention to combat cybercrime
passes in the UN General Assembly. The resolution
was opposed by the US, the EU, and other nations.
Human rights organizations, including the
Association for Progressive Communications and EFF,
urged the General Assembly to vote against the
resolution, citing concerns that it “could
undermine the use of the internet to exercise human
rights and facilitate social and economic
development.”
December 2019 The UN General Assembly adopts a
resolution to create an Ad Hoc Committee (AHC) to
draft a UN Convention “on countering the use of
information and communications technologies for
criminal purposes.” Participation in the AHC is
open to all Member States of the world, as well as
non-member state observers (like the EU and the
Council of Europe), civil society, and
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to varying
degrees. The United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime (UNODC), through the Organized Crime and
Illicit Trafficking Branch, Division for Treaty
Affairs, serves as Secretariat for the Ad Hoc
Committee. However, the timing of this effort was
controversial, as another UN General Assembly
Resolution had raised concerns that cybercrime laws
“are in some instances misused to target human
rights defenders or have hindered their work and
endangered their safety in a manner contrary to
international law.”
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Their_Loved_Ones_Were_Killed_by_Police._Why
Are_Officers_Still_Harassing_Them?⠀⇛
Los Angeles, Calif.—Standing near a memorial for
her son, at the site where he was killed in 2019,
Leah Rea is still distraught.
“She acts like she’s better than us when she drives
by.”
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Police_Step_in_When_Foster_Kids_Break_Down_in
NM_Homeless_Shelters⠀⇛
Near the pumps of a gas station in Las Cruces, New
Mexico, a teenager in foster care sat in the back
of a squad car, sobbing and gasping for air. Her
hands were cuffed and her legs were bound in a
“wrap restraint” to prevent her from thrashing
about. A protective foam helmet covered her head.
The police had been called to find her after she
ran away from a nearby youth homeless shelter,
where she had been placed by the state child
welfare agency.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 2023-04-07_Who_was_‘affected’_by
Hong_Kong’s_national_security_law?_More_than_30_of_us,_Mr
Lam⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 2023-04-06_[Older]_Man_arrested_by
Hong_Kong_national_security_police_for_allegedly_assisting
fraud_group_linked_to_‘extremist_gang’⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 2023-04-04_[Older]_Rallies_must_not
harm_national_security_or_public_safety,_Hong_Kong’s_John_Lee
says⠀⇛
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Feds_barged_into_the_wrong_hotel_room_during_a_drill,
then_detained_the_guest_inside⠀⇛
The man had been asleep in his room at the Revere
Hotel when agents began banging on his door and
demanding to be let in, according to WBZ-TV. It
says the agents handcuffed the man, put him in the
shower and interrogated him for more than 45
minutes before they realized their mistake,
uncuffed him and apologized.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Poisonous_Atmosphere_That_Pervades
Iran⠀⇛
The government’s double-talk planted confusion
among the public and suggested that there was no
consensus among officials. Such contradiction—one
official offering an explanation, only to be
undermined by another—is characteristic of Tehran’s
damage-control tactics. At times, an impression of
division can reflect real tensions within the
ruling elites. At others, it can be fabricated to
project a false sense of behind-the-scenes
competition between hawks and doves, as if the
elites were somehow responsive to public opinion.
# ⚓ Democracy for the Arab World Now ☛ Are_Mass_School
Poisonings_in_Iran_Trying_to_Stamp_Out_Girls’_Education?⠀⇛
The first person arrested in connection with the
poisonings was not a suspected perpetrator but a
journalist who reported on the attacks: Ali
Pourtabatabaei, the editor of a local news website
who covered the targeting of schools in Qom. He was
taken into custody on the morning of March 5. An
official reason was not given for his arrest, but
it is widely speculated that the authorities
detained him for his role in breaking the story of
the first school poisonings in Qom, Iran’s
religious center, which is home to half of the
country’s Shia’s clerics. His arrest was a
testimony to the fact that the Islamic Republic
perceives the news of the crisis as the real
concern, rather than the crisis itself.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Iran_1953:_The_Birthplace_of_Western_Backed
Coups⠀⇛
Despite its unique circumstance and history, the
Iranian coup in 1953—as explored by Taghi Amirani
in his film Coup 53—proved to be a template for the
West’s exploitation of the world.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Caitlin_Clark’s_Lesson_for_White_Athletes:
Don’t_Be_a_MAGA_Pawn⠀⇛
In a less-sexist version of this country, we would
all be talking about the number 9.9 million. That
was the size of the television and streaming
audience watching the NCAA Women’s Basketball
Finals between Iowa and victorious LSU. It was 12.6
million at its peak—that’s more than watched the
World Series. One wonders if in the wildest dreams
of Lusia Harris and Nancy Lieberman, they ever saw
a day when the game they made would be relished by
so many. And yet in these ailing United States, the
commentariat has spent days—in highly overheated
fashion—debating whether LSU star Angel Reese, a
Black woman, should have made a “you can’t see me”
gesture to Iowa’s galactically talented guard
Caitlin Clark, who is white, as the fourth-quarter
clock wound down. The gesture is one Clark has made
famous in hoops circles by using in previous games.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_End_of_Business_Unionism_at_the_United
Auto_Workers—and_Beyond?⠀⇛
The Stellantis Belvidere Assembly Plant built its
last Jeep Cherokee in February. The company’s
decision to indefinitely idle the Illinois plant
came in December, bringing an end to the slow bleed
of over 5000 jobs over the past five years. The
25,000-person town of Belvidere was struggling
already from the secondary effects of the plant’s
downsizing, but this latest blow threatened to be
the final nail in the coffin for what remains of
the local economy. The members of United Auto
Workers (UAW) Local 1268 might have reasonably
given up on their union. After all, the UAW had
been in talks with Stellantis just months earlier,
discussing whether the plant would be transitioned
to electric vehicle production, and took no action
when the company announced its verdict.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Jazz_Trumpeter_Takes_on_Apple
Music’s_Trademark_Overreach_—_And_Wins_in_US_Appeals
Court⠀⇛
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit allowed trumpeter Charlie Bertini to
block Apple’s bid for a federal Apple Music
trademark covering live performances, arguing
that the name would cause confusion with his
“Apple Jazz” branding he has used since 1985.
The court rejected Apple’s argument that it
had priority over Bertini’s trademark rights
based on its ownership of a trademark through
the Beatles’ music label Apple Corps Ltd.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ TPB_Founders_Are_Not_Involved_in_the
“The_Pirate_Bay”_TV_Series⠀⇛
The six-part “The Pirate Bay” series will
start filming this fall, a year later than
expected. The production is in the hands of
B-Reel Films, a renowned studio with offices
in Sweden and L.A., and the ‘rights’ for the
project are already being sold globally. The
Pirate Bay’s founders won’t see a penny and
inform us that they are not in any way
involved.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ 60-Year-Old_Music_Pirate_Faces_Prison
in_a_Country_Part-Run_By_Pirates⠀⇛
A 60-year-old man is facing a potential two-
year prison sentence for placing 1,000 music
albums on a server open to the public. While
not extraordinary in itself, the man is from
the Czech Republic, where Pirate Party
politicians are part of the coalition
government. The same Pirate Party previously
ran at least three pirate sites, and a court
even declared the most recent one legal.
# ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Somebody_wants_to_copyright_a_rhythm
–_get_ready_for_the_dembow_tax_if_they_succeed⠀⇛
One of the most pernicious effects of today’s
copyright maximalism is the idea that every
element of a creative work has to be owned by
someone, and protected against “unauthorised”
– that is, unpaid – use by other artists.
That goes against several thousand years of
human creativity, which only exists thanks to
successive generations of artists using and
building on our cultural heritage. The
ownership model of art is essentially
selfish: it seeks to maximise the financial
gains of one creator, at the expense of the
entire culture of which they are part. A good
example of this clash of interests can be
seen in yet another lawsuit in the music
industry. This time, somebody is trying to
copyright a rhythm: [...]
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-04-03_[Guest_Post]_Nigerian’s_new
Copyright_Act_2022:_how_libraries_can_benefit⠀⇛
# ⚓ If_we_lose_the_Internet_Archive,_we’re_screwed⠀⇛
If you’ve ever researched anything online,
you’ve probably used the Internet Archive
(IA). The IA, founded in 1996 by librarian
and engineer Brewster Kahle, describes itself
as “a non-profit library of millions of free
books, movies, software, music, websites, and
more.” Their annals include 37 million books,
many of which are old tomes that aren’t
commercially available. It has classic films,
plenty of podcasts and — via its Wayback
Machine — just about every deleted webpage
ever.
Four corporate publishers have a big problem
with this, so they’ve sued the Internet
Archive. In Hatchette v. Internet Archive,
the Hachette Publishing Group, Penguin Random
House, HarperCollins and Wiley have alleged
that the IA is committing copyright
infringement. Now a federal judge has ruled
in the publishers’ favor. The IA is appealing
the decision.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ The_Practiced_Art_of_Idling⠀⇛
I first got into MUDs in 1995 or 96. Finding an
article on them in Internet World magazine, I used
my friend’s older brother’s university shell
account to telnet in. And the first two I tried
were very different. The first was FurryMUCK, and I
used it for a bit before realizing that people were
very into their fursonas and all the roleplaying
meant something more to them than me. And the
second was Dark Castle, a DikuMUD that in
retrospect represented everything I now dislike in
an online game: open PK, clans that demanded you
treat your char like a second job, a mostly-absent
group of imms (immortals, admins). But it also had,
now lost to the web, an incredible starting guide
put together by a more design- and high-minded
player. It was a website that was half story, half
tutorial. I fell in love, decided I’d keep at it. I
even wrote and maintained a newbie guide of my own,
and uploaded it to my ISP website. It probably got
zero hits. Search sucked in those days, and nobody
outside of my high school knew about my home page.
I was the only MUDder. But I made it with love and
I was proud of it. For all the usual reasons, I
can’t link it here.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Graphics_Stack
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Programming/Development
* Leftovers
* Censorship/Free_Speech
* Civil_Rights/Policing
* Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
* Monopolies
o Patents
o Trademarks
o Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Internet/Gemini
# Programming
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Linux_Around_The_World:_USA_–_Idaho⠀⇛
We cover user groups that are running in the US state of
Idaho. This article forms part of our Linux Around The
World series.
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ System76_building_a_brand_new_laptop,
designed_in-house⠀⇛
Built at their Denver, Colorado factory. Which is
pretty cool.
o § Graphics Stack⠀➾
# ⚓ Free Desktop ☛ mesa_23.0.2⠀⇛
Hi list,
HEre is the slightly late next release. We're
basically caught up to
where we should be at this point, we've just got a
handful of patches
that are causing regressions or don't apply for me
to work through
before the next release.
In this release we have lots of patches for all
over the tree, zink
being the biggest singels ource of changes.
Cheers,
Dylan
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ OpenShot_3.1_Released_with_Enhanced_Time
Remapping,_Bug_Fixes_+_More⠀⇛
OpenShot 3.1 is primarily a bug-fix update to last
year’s OpenShot 3.0 release, which was notable for
introducing several major improvements including
enhanced real-time video playback, support for
multithreaded video codecs, and several significant
buffs to the timeline.
But there are some notable additions to talk about.
Export options are expanded by the addition of more
than 400 export profiles. These profiles cover an
array of common resolution/frame rates/aspect
ratios and the profiles are fully searchable,
making it easy to find the one you’re looking for.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ OpenShot_3.1.0_Released_with_More
Profiles,_Redo/Undo_for_Grouping_Actions⠀⇛
The OpenShot video editor announced the new 3.1.0
feature release few days ago. Here are the new
features and how to install guide for Ubuntu users.
OpenShot 3.1.0 features a new output video profile
dialog, with more than 400 profiles support. Which,
are also fully searchable.
# ⚓ OpenShot_3.1_Released_|_400+_Video_Profiles,_Time
Remapping,_Improved_Undo/Redo⠀⇛
Download OpenShot Video Editor 3.1 – now with 400+
video profiles, improved features, bug fixes, and
faster performance!
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ How_to_Install_Jetbrains_toolbox_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
Start using various JetBrains tools by installing
its Toolbox on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy using the
command terminal for developing applications.
JetBrains Toolbox is not just limited to Linux only
instead it is a cross-platform desktop application
that supports Windows and macOS as well.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Strawberry_Music_Player_on
Linux_Mint_21/20⠀⇛
Strawberry is a versatile and powerful music player
designed for Linux systems. It is an open-source
project based on the popular Clementine music
player, which is itself a fork of Amarok. Offering
a wide range of features and functionality,
Strawberry aims to provide users with an enjoyable
and seamless audio experience.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_DeaDBeeF_on_Linux_Mint_21/
20⠀⇛
Deadbeef is a versatile and feature-rich audio
player that has gained popularity among music
enthusiasts for its lightweight design,
customizable interface, and support for a wide
range of audio formats.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_TeXworks_on_Linux_Mint_21/
20⠀⇛
TeXworks is a versatile and user-friendly LaTeX
editor designed specifically for creating high-
quality, professional documents using the TeX
typesetting system. It offers a clean, intuitive
interface that allows beginners to get started
quickly while providing advanced features for
experienced users.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Pluma_on_Linux_Mint_21/20⠀⇛
Linux Mint, a popular and user-friendly operating
system, has become the go-to choice for many users
transitioning from other platforms or looking for a
more intuitive and customizable environment.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Pinta_on_Linux_Mint_21/20⠀⇛
Pinta and Linux Mint are two powerful tools that,
when combined, can provide users with a seamless
and efficient experience in graphics editing on a
stable and user-friendly operating system. In this
introduction, we’ll explore Pinta and Linux Mint’s
unique features and explore why users may prefer
this combination over other options.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Detecting_Suspicious_API_Usage_with_YARA_Rules,_
(Fri,_Apr_7th)⠀⇛
YARA is a beautiful tool for malware researchers
and incident responders. No need to present it
again. It became a standard tool to add to your
arsenal.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Creating_Home_Directory_for_Existing_Users_in
Linux⠀⇛
Today, I’d like to share with you one of my
favorite tips: creating home directories for
existing users in Linux. This article will explain
the purpose of creating home directories, offer
tips and tricks to make the process smoother, and
provide troubleshooting tips for when things go
awry.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ Speed_up_Your_Ubuntu_System:_How_to_Disable_APT
Cache⠀⇛
As a Linux user, you’re likely aware of the
importance of system updates to keep your operating
system running smoothly and securely.
# ⚓ nixCraft ☛ How_to_find_NVIDIA_driver_version_on_Linux⠀⇛
To find or check the NVIDIA driver version on Linux
to troubleshoot GPU and graphics card issue, check
the /sys/module/nvidia/version and /proc/driver/
nvidia/version files.
# ⚓ How_To_Play_Roblox_On_Linux⠀⇛
Roblox is one of the most talked-about and played
in the gaming community right now. But with only
options for Windows & Mac downloads, many Linux
users are feeling left out. But till the devs plan
to release an official version, there are several
workarounds you can do to get it done for now. So
today let’s look at how to get, install, and play
Roblox on Linux Ubuntu.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How_to_Add_App_Shortcut_Icons_to_the
Desktop_in_Ubuntu_23.04⠀⇛
Want to send your application shortcut icons onto
desktop, so you can click them to launch the
corresponding apps? This simple tutorial is going
to show you how to do the job in Ubuntu 23.04. 1.
Firstly, launch Ubuntu Software.
# ⚓ How_to_Select_a_directory_name_during_untarring?⠀⇛
Learn how to select a folder name to extract Tar or
Tar.gz compressed archives, so that it
automatically saves the files in our desired
location while extracting them. What is Untarring?
# ⚓ Linux Journal ☛ Kubernetes_vs._Docker:_Exploring_the
Synergy_in_Containerization⠀⇛
Containerization is a revolutionary technology that
allows software to be packaged and deployed in a
consistent manner across various environments. It
resolves challenges such as dependency conflicts
and platform discrepancies by encapsulating
applications along with their dependencies in
lightweight, portable containers. In this article,
we will explore two prominent tools in the field of
containerization: Kubernetes and Docker. We will
delve into their roles, their differences, and how
they work in harmony to facilitate containerized
application deployments.
# ⚓ Linux_Shell_Scripting_Command_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛
Shell scripting commands are used to create scripts
that automate tasks on Linux systems. The shell
script is a program written in a scripting language
that runs on the command line or from within
another script.
# ⚓ Linux_Security_Command_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛
The Linux Security command line interface is used
to manage security-related tasks on a Linux system.
These commands are used to create security
features, monitor security on the system, and audit
security on the system.
# ⚓ Linux_System_Administration_Command_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛
System administrators use Linux System
Administration commands to manage and maintain
Linux systems.
# ⚓ Linux.org ☛ Virtualization_with_Boxes⠀⇛
There seem to be many apps out there that support
Virtualization of other Operating Systems (OS).
Boxes is a little different.
Boxes has a few pre-built Operating System
Virtualizations you can download, but you can
create your own.
# ⚓ Linux_Process_Management_Command_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛
On a Linux system, process management commands are
used to manage running processes. The following
commands enable users to view information about
running processes, to start or stop processes, and
to manage the priorities associated with those
processes.
# ⚓ Linux_Package_Management_Command_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛
The package management commands in Linux are used
to manage software packages. Using these commands,
users can install, update, remove, and search for
software packages.
# ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ GNU_Linux_how_to_–_wav_(or_other_formats)_to
aac⠀⇛
aac is a great format. it uses less space whan wav,
while preserving the quality of sound (sound is
important) to almost 100%$ (losless). hostnamectl;
# tested with Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 11
(bullseye) [...]
# ⚓ Fixing_Intel_Wi-Fi_6_AX200_latency_and_ping_spikes_in
Linux⠀⇛
Recently, I purchased a mini-PC with an embedded
Intel_Wi-Fi_6_AX200 wireless chipset and installed
Gentoo_Linux on it.
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_redirect_www_to_non_www_traffic_on
Nginx⠀⇛
In this tutorial, you will learn how redirect www
to non www traffic on Nginx. This is done to avoid
duplicate content issue because google sees www and
non www as two different domains when you serve
same content.
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Manage_Log_Files_Using_Logrotate_In
Linux⠀⇛
In this guide, we are going to discuss what is
Logrotate, how to install Logrotate and how to
manage log files using Logrotate in Linux.
# ⚓ Petter Reinholdtsen ☛ Petter_Reinholdtsen:_rtlsdr-scanner,
software_defined_radio_frequency_scanner_for_Linux_–_nice
free_software⠀⇛
Today I finally found time to track down a useful
radio frequency
scanner for my software defined radio. Just for fun
I tried to locate
the radios used in the areas, and a good start
would be to scan all
the frequencies to see what is in use. I’ve tried
to find a useful
program earlier, but ran out of time before I
managed to find a useful
tool. This time I was more successful, and after a
few false leads I
found a description of
rtlsdr-scanner
over_at_the_Kali_site, and was able to track down
the
Kali_package_git_repository to build a deb package
for the
scanner. Sadly the package is missing from the
Debian project itself,
at least in Debian Bullseye.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Install_VMware_Player_on_Linux_Mint_21⠀⇛
Get started with virtualization on Linux Mint 21 in
no time by installing VMware Workstation Player
with our step-by-step guide.
# ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Monitor_Docker_Swarm_Node_Metrics_using
Grafana⠀⇛
How can I monitor Docker swarm node metrics? In
this tutorial, you will learn how to monitor Docker
swarm node metrics using Grafana. Prometheus node
exporter can be used to collect hardware and OS
metrics that are exposed by the kernel.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_replace_newline_(\n)_with_a_space_using
sed?⠀⇛
If you have a text file with newline characters
(\n) and you need to replace them with spaces, you
can use the sed command in Linux. In this article,
we’ll explore how to use sed to replace newline
characters with spaces.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ [SOLVED]_Failed_to_execute_child_process
“dbus-launch”_(No_such_file_or_directory)_while_x-
forwarding⠀⇛
After a long time, I have decided to change my
desktop environment to XFCE.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_enable_SSI_module_on_Nginx_using_/Debian
Ubuntu?⠀⇛
Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to
enable the SSI module on Nginx. The process is
easier than you might think, but it is convenient
to know it to avoid headaches in the future.
# ⚓ Adam_Young:_One_liner:_Kill_an_unresponsive_remote_shell
session⠀⇛
{enter} ~ .
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Fix_Cleartext_HTTP_Traffic_not
Permitted_in_Android⠀⇛
Yesterday, one of the Android users emailed me and
described his issue. When I launch the application
on the emulator, it crashes, and as soon as I
checked the logs, it stated that “Cleartext HTTP
traffic is * not allowed,” and because of this, I
am not able to test the functionality of my app.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_WPS_Office_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
WPS Office on Fedora 37.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Percona_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Percona on Rocky Linux 9. Are you looking for a
powerful database management system that can handle
complex workloads with ease?
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KDE_Frameworks_5.105_Improves_Support_for
Flatpak_Apps,_Updates_Breeze_Icon_Theme⠀⇛
Today, the KDE Project announced the general
availability of KDE Frameworks 5.105 as yet
another monthly update to the KDE Frameworks
5 open-source collection of more than 80 add-
on libraries to Qt providing common
functionality to the KDE Plasma desktop
environment and KDE Gear software suite.
Talking about the Breeze icon theme, KDE
Frameworks 5.105 comes with beautiful new
icons for the Night Color feature (Redshift),
which you can see in the screenshots below,
as well as a fix for an issue where the icon
for the Filelight app was incorrectly shown
for the GParted and KwikDisk software. Also,
icons have been added for showing and hiding
a virtual keyboard.
Read on
# ⚓ KDE ☛ KDE_Frameworks_5.105.0⠀⇛
KDE today announces the release of KDE
Frameworks 5.105.0.
KDE Frameworks are 83 addon libraries to Qt
which provide a wide variety of commonly
needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed
and well tested libraries with friendly
licensing terms. For an introduction see the
KDE Frameworks release announcement.
This release is part of a series of planned
monthly releases making improvements
available to developers in a quick and
predictable manner.
# ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ This_week_in_KDE:_All_about_the_apps⠀⇛
This week some of your favorite KDE apps got
lots of positive changes! Dolphin, Kate,
Okular, Elisa, Partition Manager, and
Filelight all received some nice
improvements.
In the background, Plasma 6 porting work
continues. I’ve now got a working Plasma 6
dev session on my machine. It’s still rough,
but it’s usable. Now I can see why more
experienced contributors predicted the need
to skip a release and give the initial Plasma
6 release at least an 8 month dev cycle, not
a 4-month one. But fear not; it’s happening!
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Package_manager_wrapper_improved⠀⇛
About a week ago, posted about package manager
consolidation:
https://bkhome.org/news/202304/package-manager-
consolidation.html
There are now four package managers, and I have added the
fourth to the wrapper:
[...]
I also fixed it so when click on the “pkg” icon in a
container, only “PKGget” will be available.
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ AppImage_Installer_update_fix⠀⇛
I fixed buglet-1 and buglet-2 reported at the release of
Easy 5.2.1:
When doing an update of an AppImage, there may be some
indecision what latest AppImage file to download, for
example: [...]
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ Dominique Leuenberger ☛ openSUSE_Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the
week_2023/14⠀⇛
Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers,
Despite some people celebrating Easter, and a
typical tradition is to hide stuff around, we don’t
do that to you: we publish the 7 snapshots this
week all at the same place – exactly where you know
how to find them.
The 7 snapshots were numbered 0330…0405 and
contained these changes:
# Mesa-demo 9.0.0
# Ruby 3.2.2
# Coreutils 9.2
# Samba 4.18.1
# libnvme 1.4 / nvme-cli 2.4
# Mozilla Firefox 111.0.1
# KDE Plasma 5.27.4
# Qt 6.5.0
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Flathub_Beta_Offer_a_Sleek_New_Design_and
Exciting_Features
⠀⇛
Flathub has gained popularity among Linux users as
a one-stop shop for discovering, installing, and
updating Flatpak applications. It is a
containerized software distribution model that
provides an easy and secure way to install desktop
applications on Linux systems.
The store offers 2,000 apps from over 1,500
collaborators, averaging 700,000 app downloads
daily from different categories, including
productivity, gaming, education, and multimedia.
The graph below, publicly available on Flathub
beta, clearly shows the project’s growing
importance for the Linux community. The use of
Flathub’s software has seen a dramatic jump in the
last six months, proving the Flatpak format’s
popularity among Linux users.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Learn_Gawk_by_playing_a_fun_word_game⠀⇛
Learn Gawk by playing a fun word game
# ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ IBM_adds_single_frame_and_rack_mount_options
to_z16_mainframe_and_LinuxONE_Rockhopper_4⠀⇛
The new configurations fit in standard 19-inch data
center racks and reduce energy consumption while
using AI and quantum-safe tech.
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ How_artificial_intelligence_can
inform_decision-making⠀⇛
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Is_Official_Ubuntu_Mini_ISO_Truly_Minimal?_A
Test_Drive⠀⇛
A few weeks back Canonical/Ubuntu developers
confirmed the introduction of an official minimal
installer for Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster. This was
great news for those who have been waiting for an
official minimal ISO image of Ubuntu Linux, as
Canonical/Ubuntu never officially supported any
minimal ISO images.
As announced, Canonical has now unveiled an
official minimal installer (currently in Beta) for
its Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster release, ending the
wait for those looking to install a lightweight
version of Ubuntu Linux.
I ran a test drive on this BETA iso and this is
what I found.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Pine64_launches_a_RISC-V_Linux_Tablet⠀⇛
The one catch: Linux might not actually boot when
you first get it. (I want one anyway.)
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Antmicro_releases_open_hardware_AMD_Kintex-
7_K410T_development_board,_launches_open_hardware_portal⠀⇛
Antmicro has designed an open hardware AMD Xilinx
Kintex-7 K410T FPGA development board in KiCad 6
mostly to synthesize custom RISC-V-based processing
platforms and work on the OpenTitan Root of Trust
project.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ HIGOLE_PC_STICK_(J4125+WiFi_6)_review_–_Part
1:_Specs,_unboxing,_teardown,_and_first_boot⠀⇛
HIGOLE PC STICK is a mini PC that looks like a
large flash drive, is smaller than a regular mini
PC, and is easier to carry around. You can connect
it directly to a monitor or TV with an HDMI input,
and use it like any computer right away. In part 1
of the HIGOLE PC STICK review, we will go through
the specifications, unbox the design, check its
hardware design with a teardown, and go through the
first boot.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ AMD_Alveo_MA35D_media_accelerator_transcodes
up_to_32_1080p60_AV1_streams_in_real-time⠀⇛
AMD Alveo MA35D media accelerator PCIe card is
based on a 5nm ASIC capable of transcoding up to 32
Full HD (1080p60) AV1 streams in real-time and
designed for low-latency, high-volume interactive
streaming applications such as watch parties, live
shopping, online auctions, and social streaming.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Beelink_EQ12_mini_PC_features_Processor_N100
“Alder_Lake-N”_CPU,_up_to_16GB_RAM⠀⇛
Beelink EQ12 is a mini PC powered by an Intel
Processor N100 “Alder Lake-N” quad-core processor
offered with 8GB or 16GB DDR5 memory, a 512GB NVMe
SSD for storage, as well as two 2.5GbE ports, and a
WiFi 6- Bluetooth 5.2 wireless module. The actively
cooled computer also comes with two 4K capable HDMI
ports, three USB 3.2 ports, and a 10Gbps USB Type-
C that also supports DisplayPort Alternate Mode
enabling the EQ12 to drive up to three 4K displays.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Three-Button_vs._Gesture_Navigation_on
Android:_Which_One_Is_Better?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ How_to_play_classic_DOS_games_on_Android
and_Chromebooks⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ Top_4_Ways_to_Recover_Data_after_Factory
Reset_on_Android⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ 5_Android_apps_you_shouldn’t_miss_this
week_–_Android_Apps_Weekly_f⠀⇛
# ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Best_Google_Easter_eggs:_26_hidden_treats_in
Google_Maps,_Search,_Android_and_more_|_TechRadar⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ android:_Poco_G51:_Buyers_guide_to_Poco’s
affordable_Android_smartphone⠀⇛
# ⚓ Giz China ☛ TOP_10_Android_Auto_apps_in_the_market_right
now⠀⇛
# ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Of_The_Best_Police_Scanner_Apps_For_Android
Devices⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_14_adds_a_slider_to_tweak_Material_You
contrast⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ Melonify_Is_An_Open-source_SaaS_Starter_for
Next.js⠀⇛
If you’re looking to build a SaaS application,
Melonify can save you time and effort by providing
a solid foundation for your project. With its full-
stack React boilerplate and cutting-edge technology
stack, you can easily create a high-performance web
application that will delight your users.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ 11_Best_Free_Next.js_Dashboard_Admin_Templates⠀⇛
Next.js is a React framework that enables server-
side rendering and other performance optimizations
for web applications.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Secret_to_Happiness_May_Not_Be_Low
Expectations_After_All⠀⇛
Look on the bright side.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ From_Stanford_Postdocs_United:_In_support_of
the_Graduate_Workers_Union⠀⇛
Stanford Postdocs United, a group of postdocs
concerned with improving working and material
conditions, writes: “As postdocs at Stanford, we
know firsthand how critical the work of graduate
student workers is to the core research and
teaching missions of the University.”
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ A_30-pin_RAM_upgrade_for_my_Am386⠀⇛
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m somewhat obsessed
with my Am386 motherboard of late. It was dead for
years, but thanks to a modern ISA POST card I was
able to diagnose and fix it. Since then, I’ve been
on a mission to kit it out, both with parts I find
in other boxes, and from eBay on a budget.
[...]
The board originally didn’t boot thanks to some
faulty RAM, or so I thought. As I wrote in that
first post, I liberally applied some de-oxidising
spray in the sockets, and brushed some liquid
DeoxIT to the individual pins on the SIMM modules.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ PHR ☛ PHR_Medical_Experts_React_to_Texas_Judge’s
Mifepristone_Ruling:_“A_Profound_Breach_of_Medical_Best-
Practice_and_Human_Rights”⠀⇛
Today, a Texas judge’s decision declared unlawful
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)
approval of mifepristone, an essential medication
used in medication abortions.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ UK_fined_TikTok_nearly_USD_16_million_for
misusing_children’s_personal_data⠀⇛
The United Kingdom regulator has fined the Chinese-
owned video-sharing platform TikTok almost USD 16
million for a number of ‘data protection law’
breaching, including misusing children’s personal
data, according to CNN.
UK’s information commissioner’s office fined TikTok
USD 15.9 million and estimated that the video-
sharing platform allowed over 1 million children
under 13 to use its platform in violation of its
own rules in 2020.
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Drought_Profiteers:_Wall_Street
Billionaires_Are_Snatching_Up_America’s_Water⠀⇛
Drought profiteers – financial industry executives
buying up public freshwater resources in a time of
increasing drought – are pushing the US water
supply to the brink of collapse, reports Lee Camp.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Washington_shutters_pot_businesses
due_to_old_pesticide⠀⇛
Cannabis regulators have halted operations at
several outdoor pot farms and processing facilities
on a stretch of former fruit orchards in north-
central Washington state. Testing found high levels
of chemicals related to a dangerous pesticide used
decades ago. The sweeping action announced Thursday
night has renewed concerns about pesticides in
marijuana. It also has put dozens of people at
least temporarily out of work. The businesses are
in an area where fruit growers used the cancer-
causing pesticide DDT before the U.S. banned it in
1972. Officials are working to identify any
products the tainted marijuana was used in. They
have asked the affected companies to issue recalls.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Matthew_Palmer:_Database_Encryption:_If_It’s_So_Good,_Why
Isn’t_Everyone_Doing_It?⠀⇛
Sometimes, people’s most intimate information gets
dumped_for_the_world_to_see.
Other times it’s “just” used for identity theft,
extortion, and other crimes.
In the least worst case, the_attacker_gets_cold
feet, but people suffer stress and inconvenience
from having to replace identity documents.
A great way to protect information from being
leaked is to encrypt it.
We encrypt data while it’s being sent over the
Internet (with TLS), and we encrypt it when it’s
“at rest” (with disk or volume encryption).
Yet, everyone’s data seems to still get stolen on a
regular basis.
Why?
Because the data is kept online in an unencrypted
form, sitting in the database while its being used.
This means that attackers can just connect to the
database, or trick the application into dumping the
database, and all the data is just lying there,
waiting to be misused.
# ⚓ Reproducible_Builds:_Reproducible_Builds_in_March_2023⠀⇛
Welcome to the March 2023 report from the
Reproducible_Builds project.
In these reports we outline the most important
things that we have been up to over the past month.
As a quick recap, the motivation behind the
reproducible builds effort is to ensure no
malicious flaws have been introduced during
compilation and distributing processes. It does
this by ensuring identical results are always
generated from a given source, thus allowing
multiple third-parties to come to a consensus on
whether a build was compromised.
# ⚓ Net2 ☛ Ways_to_Protect_Your_Open-Source_Software_from
Vulnerabilities_During_Development⠀⇛
Open-source software is gaining a lot of traction
in the tech world. Developers, organizations, and
even government entities are leveraging their
collective power to innovate faster and to create
better solutions at a lower cost. But while open
source has its advantages, it also has its
vulnerabilities.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Secret_US_Documents_on_Ukraine_War_Plan
Spill_Onto_Internet:_Report⠀⇛
Secret documents that reportedly provide details of
US and NATO plans to help prepare Ukraine for a
spring offensive against Russia have spilled onto
social media platforms.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Technical,_Legal_Action_Taken_to_Prevent
Abuse_of_Cobalt_Strike,_Microsoft_Software [Ed: They pretend
to be the heroes rather than culprits]⠀⇛
Microsoft, Fortra and Health-ISAC have taken legal
and technical action to prevent the abuse of the
Cobalt Strike exploitation tool and Microsoft
software.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ MSI_confirms_breach_after_Money_Message
ransomware_gang_hackers_claim_responsibility⠀⇛
Micro-Star International Co. Ltd., the Taiwanese
manufacturer of hardware for personal computers,
confirmed earlier today that it suffered a breach
of its systems after a new ransomware gang called
“Money Message” claimed responsibility and revealed
it stole source code from the company’s corporate
network.
⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Ransomware_gang_releases_new_data_stolen_from_the_City_of
Oakland⠀⇛
The post Ransomware_gang_releases_new_data_stolen_from_the_City_of
Oakland appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
Tesla Inc. employees reportedly have been sharing videos taken for
customer cars, including intimate moments and accidents, according to
a new report from Reuters. The report claims that between 2019 and
2022, Tesla employees shared footage from vehicles on internal
messaging systems.
⚓ eSecurity Planet ☛ Kali_Linux_Penetration_Testing_Tutorial:_Step-By-Step
Process⠀⇛
Kali Linux turns 10 this year, and to celebrate, the Linux
penetration testing distribution has added defensive security tools
to its arsenal of open-source security tools.
It remains to be seen if Kali Purple will do for defensive open
source security tools what Kali Linux has done for open source
pentesting, but the addition of more than 100 open source tools for
SIEM, incident response, intrusion detection and more should raise
the profile of those defensive tools.
For now, Kali is primarily known for its roughly 600 open source
pentesting tools, allowing pentesters to easily install a full range
of offensive security tools.
⚓ New_Money_Message_Ransomware_Attacks_Both_Windows_&_Linux_Users⠀⇛
Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) discovered a new
ransomware group called Money Message. Both Windows and Linux
operating systems are targeted by this ransomware, which can encrypt
network shares. Experts believe that threat actors may use stealer
logs in their operations.
⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Police_shut_down_‘one_of_the_most_dangerous’_cyber_market
dealing_in_stolen_identities:_Europol⠀⇛
The international police takedown the “most dangerous marketplace”
which used to sell “stolen account credentials” to hackers worldwide,
Europol said in a statement.
The law enforcement agency, carrying out the operation, involving 17
countries, on Tuesday, shut down the Genesis Market and its
infrastructure seized.
⚓ Security Week ☛ Apple_Ships_Urgent_iOS_Patch_for_Newly_Exploited_Zero-Days⠀⇛
The newest iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 patches a pair of code
execution flaws that have already been exploited in the wild.
⚓ SANS ☛ Apple_Patching_Two_0-Day_Vulnerabilities_in_iOS_and_macOS,_(Fri,_Apr
7th)⠀⇛
Apple today released updates for iOS and macOS (as well as Safari).
The update fixes two vulnerabilities that are already being
exploited:
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ ACLU ☛ Catholic_Group_Buying_Data_to_Out_Gay_Priests_is_Tip_of
Location-Tracking_Iceberg⠀⇛
The Washington Post reported last month on a conservative
Catholic group that spent millions of dollars to buy
location data from a private-sector data broker in order
to identify gay priests and report them to their bishops.
This is a story every American should be aware of — and
not just because of how it affected those priests.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ YLE:_Nato_membership_to_also_boost_Finnish_economy⠀⇛
<
FINLAND joining Nato is expected to not only enhance security,
but also prop up the national economy, writes YLE.
Antti Aumo, the director of investment at Business Finland, on
Wednesday stated to the Finnish public broadcasting company
that the membership could increase inbound corporate investment
by strengthening the image of a safe and secure operating
environment.
* ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ NATO’s_Stoltenberg_on_Ukraine_joining_the_alliance⠀⇛
The_Kiev_Independent_reported
Responding to the Kyiv Independent at a news conference,
Stoltenberg said that “NATO’s position remains unchanged and
that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance.”
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Pentagon’s_Ukraine_War_Plans_Leaked_on_Minecraft
Discord_Before_Telegram_and_Twitter⠀⇛
The earliest version of the leaked Pentagon documents online
seem to come from a small gaming community forum.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ New_Leak_of_Classified_Documents_on_Social_Media
Alarms_Pentagon⠀⇛
Secret documents that appear to detail American national
security secrets on Ukraine, the Middle East and China have
surfaced online.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ As_China_flexes_its_muscles,_East_Asian_neighbours
ramp_up_defences⠀⇛
Beijing’s recent assertiveness has given cause for Japan to
drastically overhaul its defence strategy.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South-east_Asia_plays_catch-up_with_China’s
military_might⠀⇛
The challenge for South-east Asian countries, however, is
balancing economic trade-offs with military spending.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_tests_another_nuclear-capable
underwater_drone⠀⇛
It is the latest action in a show of force against the US and
South Korea.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_starts_drills_around_Taiwan_after_US_Speaker
meeting_with_Tsai_Ing-wen⠀⇛
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met US House Speaker Kevin
McCarthy in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Two_Lithuanian_soldiers_wounded_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
Two Lithuanian nationals have been injured while fighting in
the Ukrainian army, the Foreign Ministry has confirmed to
LRT.lt.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ DoJ:_Estonian_Man_Tried_to_Acquire_US-Made_Hacking
Tools_for_Russia⠀⇛
Andrey Shevlyakov was charged in the US for helping the Russian
government and military purchase US-made electronics and
hacking tools.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ France-China_trade_ties:_‘There_is_a_greater_risk_due_to_the
current geopolitical_climate’⠀⇛
Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by top French business
executives, concluded his trip to China on Friday with a visit
to the southern city of Canton, where he met with more Chinese
investors. With trade talks on the
agenda, several deals between companies from both
countries have already been sealed during the French
president’s first visit to China since the Covid-19 pandemic. A
French economist shares with FRANCE 24 her insight on the
concerns surrounding trade ties between Paris and Beijing.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_mobbed_by_screaming_students_and_fans_on_final_day_of
China_trip⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron was greeted by a huge crowd at
a university in southern China on Friday on the last day of a
visit in which he repeatedly pushed his counterpart Xi Jinping
to help end the Ukraine conflict.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ SKorea,_US,_Japan_call_for_support_of_ban_on
NKorea_workers⠀⇛
South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have called for stronger
international support of efforts to ban North Korea from
sending workers abroad and curb the North’s cybercrime. They
say such steps are necessary to block the country’s means to
fund its nuclear program. The top South Korean, U.S. and
Japanese nuclear envoys met in Seoul on Friday to discuss how
to cope with North Korea’s growing nuclear arsenal. The North’s
recent weapons tests show it is intent on acquiring more
advanced missiles designed to attack the U.S. and its allies,
rather than returning to talks.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ North_Korea_claims_another_test_of_underwater
nuclear_drone⠀⇛
North Korea claims it tested this week a second known type of
nuclear-capable underwater attack drone designed to destroy
naval vessels and ports, adding to a flurry of weapons
demonstrations this year that have heightened tensions with
rivals. The report on Saturday of the four-day test came a day
after the nuclear envoys of the United States, South Korea and
Japan met in Seoul to discuss the growing North Korean nuclear
threat and called for stronger international efforts to crack
down on illicit North Korean activities funding its weapons
program. State media said the drone, named “Haeil-2” after a
Korean word meaning tsunamis or tidal waves, traveled
underwater for more than 71 hours before successfully
detonating a mock warhead.
* ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Is_France_Beginning_To_Steer_an_Independent_Course?⠀⇛
Is it time to put Freedom Fries back on the menu? Back in 2003,
french fries became freedom fries in the US in disgust with
“our so-called ally, France” who took an independent “self-
serving” course and refused to support US policy on Iraq.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Samsung_discloses_96%_profit_slump_in_preliminary
quarterly_results⠀⇛
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. early today released preliminary
financial results for the first quarter, disclosing that its
operating profit likely dropped by 96% to a 14-year low. It’s
believed that the drop is partly the result of losses in the
company’s semiconductor unit.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Will_taking_your_layoff_story_to_TikTok_change_your_chances_of
getting_hired?⠀⇛
Even if you weren’t one of the thousands laid off this year,
you’ve probably watched a few layoff vlogs from your FYP.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ More_struggle_to_pay_inheritance_tax⠀⇛
Inheritance tax debt in Finland is increasingly going into
collection.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Finland’s_success:_how_civil_war_led_to_focus_on_child_welfare⠀⇛
The Nordic country sets an example that Lithuania seeks to
emulate.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_unemployment_rate_for_Black_Americans_just_fell_to_an_all-
time_low⠀⇛
In March, the unemployment rate for Black Americans fell to
5.0%, the lowest it’s ever been, bringing it closer to the 3.2%
unemployment rate for white Americans.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Gloomy_global_economy_forecasted_ahead_of_budget⠀⇛
Australians are being told they should be optimistic about the
nation’s economic prospects despite a gloomy global forecast,
but have also been advised to manage their expectations.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ US_job_growth_is_slowing_without_recession_indicators
blinking⠀⇛
The US labor market grew at its slowest pace in two years in
March, but it’s not signaling a recession. The US added 236,000
jobs in March, almost right in line with expectations of
economists polled by FactSet for 240,000 jobs added.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Living_in_limbo:_Buenos_Aires_unhoused_seek_shelter_at_the
airport⠀⇛
The Jorge Newbery International Airport in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, has become a makeshift homeless shelter as poverty
rates rise with the country’s high inflation. Many people,
including senior citizens, have lived in the airport for years.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Easter_feasts_change_tastes_as_cost_of_living
bites⠀⇛
Thousands of Australians have started tucking into their
seafood feast as the long weekend kicks off, but for many the
cost of living crisis has changed the layout of their Easter
banquets.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ A_tale_of_one_city:_Women_and_the_UK_cost-of-living_crisis⠀⇛
Despite its historic reputation as a centre of education, power
and wealth, Cambridge is the UK’s most unequal city. Like the
rest of the country, many of its residents are suffering
greatly from the nation’s cost-of-living crisis but none more
so than women and children. This as the number of food banks in
the country now outnumber McDonald’s outlets, with a fast-
growing number of working women becoming regular customers
seeking donated food. In a special edition, Annette Young meets
a cross-section of women whose lives have been dramatically
impacted by a rapidly declining economy.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Cost-of-living_concerns_leave_their_mark_on
Easter⠀⇛
The prime minister joined the hordes at Sydney’s Easter show
while other Australians have taken a more traditional approach
to the start of the long weekend with a church service or
escape from the city.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Experts_sound_Gong_on_Chinese_money-laundering_in
Australian_property_market⠀⇛
The recent bust of a Sydney money laundering syndicate and the
story of a charming Chinese criminal brought down by New
Zealand authorities highlight the need for Australia to catch
up on global anti-money laundering regulations
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ American Oversight ☛ News_Roundup:_Clarence_Thomas’_Lavish_Travel
Gifts,_Attacks_on_Civil_Rights_in_the_States⠀⇛
⚓ Axios ☛ Clarence_Thomas_breaks_silence_as_criticism_swirls_over_lavish_donor-
funded_trips⠀⇛
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday acknowledged
allegations that he had failed to properly_disclose_luxury_trips he
had received from an influential GOP donor, saying in a statement
that he has “always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines.”
Driving the news: An explosive_ProPublica_investigation alleged that
over the span over more than two decades, Thomas accepted lavish
vacations paid for by a major Republican donor virtually every year.
⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ DC_Circuit_Upholds_18_USC_1512(c)(2),_Sort_Of⠀⇛
In a Florence Pan opinion that Justin Walker largely joined, the DC
Circuit rejected an interpretation of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) that Carl
Nichols had singularly adopted on January 6 cases. But even where
Walker and Pan differ, both would uphold the majority of obstruction
cases currently or potentially charged.
⚓ Michael West Media ☛ AFP_investigated_over_handling_of_Lehrmann_rape_case⠀⇛
A national watchdog will examine whether Australian Federal Police
officers attempted to pervert the course of justice in the rape case
of former parliamentary staffer Bruce Lehrmann.
§ Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
* ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Doom’s_Monotony⠀⇛
Some days I convince myself that nothing is actually happening
and all we have is a whole bunch of people convincing us that
things are happening. I mean I’m sitting here on the 13th of
March wondering who has won the battle of Bakhmut in the
Ukraine….
* ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Five_Years_On:_The_OPCW-Douma_Deception_Continues⠀⇛
Organisation for Propaganda Studies On 7 April 2018 reports
emerged from a suburb of Damascus, Douma, claiming that a
chemical weapons attack had occurred. Images of dead women and
children inside an apartment building were circulated over the
internet along with hospital scenes showing alleged victims
being hosed down with water.
* ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Matt_Taibbi_Is_Furious_that_Election_Integrity_Project
Documented_How_Big_Trump’s_Big_Lie_Was⠀⇛
Taibbi’s false claims about the Election Integrity Project have
little tie to actual mis- or disinformation flagged during the
election. Rather, his false claims serve to discredit a
systematic measure of how central Trump is to disinformation in
the US.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ Graphic_designer_detained_over_anti-Erdoğan_sticker_campaign⠀⇛
Charged with “insulting the president” and “disrupting the
electoral order,” Mahir Akkoyun was released after giving a
statement to the police.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Why_Does_It_Seem_Like_French_Workers_Are_Much_Better
at_Protesting_Than_American_Workers?⠀⇛
French union strikes have been destroying the streets of Paris
for over a month now. Why doesn’t the U.S. ever see union
protests of this scale?
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ Internet Society ☛ Another_Successful_NDSS_Symposium⠀⇛
Almost 500 leading academics, industry researchers, and
security practitioners from around the world gathered in San
Diego, California in February for the 30th edition of the
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) to
discuss the latest research and developments in Internet
security research.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* ⚓ CCIA ☛ ICYMI:_Antitrust_and_State_Legislatures:_Where_are_We_Headed?⠀⇛
From March 29-31 of this year, antitrust practitioners,
government officials, academics, and economists from around the
world convened in Washington….
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Engle_Grange’s_key_fob_patent_affirmed_invalid
by_Federal_Circuit⠀⇛
On April 4, 2023, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent
Office’s final decision, in a summary Rule 36 affirmance,
confirmed that U.S._Patent_8,548,645, owned by Engle
Grange, LLC, was unpatentable. The ‘645 patent, generally
directed towards a two-step key fob authentication system
for an automobile, had been asserted in district court
litigation against Ford in early 2020.
* § Trademarks⠀➾
o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ CAFC_Reverses_TTAB’s_APPLE_JAZZ_Dismissal_Due_to
Error_in_Awarding_Priority_to_Apple_Inc.⠀⇛
The CAFC overturned the TTAB’s decision [TTABlogged here]
dismissing Charles Bertini’s Section 2(d) opposition to
registration of APPLE MUSIC for a host of services,
including the production and distribution of sound
recordings and presentation of live music performances.
The court ruled that the Board had erred in awarding
priority to Apple (via tacking) over Bertini’s use of the
common law mark APPLE JAZZ for live musical performances.
On a question of first impression, it held that a
trademark applicant cannot establish priority for every
good or service in its application merely because it has
priority through tacking in a single good or service
listed in its application . Charles Bertini v. Apple,
Inc., Appeal No. 2021-2301 (Fed. Cir. April 4, 2023)
[precedential].
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ AI_Doesn’t_Need_to_Move_Fast_and_Break
Things⠀⇛
Artificial intelligence is having a moment. We’ve gone
from AI tools playing chess and Go to solving novel
problems in competitive programming, proving math
theorems, and predicting the structure of protein folds.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ The_joy_of_cooking⠀⇛
Since I’ve gotten the job at the store, I’ve not
been cooking as much as I was prior.
Last week I bought a bag of brussels sprouts in
order to force myself to cook them before they went
bad. I love brussels sprouts, probably my favorite
vegetable along with collard greens, which is funny
because they are derived from the same plant, wild
mustard, and have been bread for thousands of years
to select for different qualities. This was a sort
of motivation treat for me to get back in the swing
of cooking more. I also needed to make room in the
freezer, and the package of chicken thighs, which
has been there since October, was fairly large. I
diced up an onion, chopped a few cloves of garlic,
pan fried them along with the chicken thighs, and
threw in a handful of spices along the way.
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_EUIMPRH_Wordo:_MYLAR⠀⇛
# ⚓ Penguin_Green_Ideas,_simple_graphic_art⠀⇛
I recently learned that in late 2021 Penguin Books
released a
“Green Ideas” series of twenty very affordably
priced small books
on environmental issues. Supposedly the chosen
texts represent
“classics that define the environmental movement
today”. There are
some pretty big names amongst the list of authors,
some of whom
I have read before and enjoyed, others whom I
haven’t but have
long wanted to. They are easily found for purchase
online from
non-Amazon bookstores for around the 5 EUR mark per
book.
o § Technical⠀➾
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Why_Gemini_is_boring⠀⇛
Gemini is a new technology and attracts
people interested in technology. It does not
allure anyone else and the way it’s going
right now, it never will.
Gemini is an island of purebred bleakness. Go
to any public feed aggregator, like Antenna
[1] or CAPCOM[2] and you’ll find blog entries
about why systemd sucks, who needs to try
OpenBSD or Emacs, why plain text is the
divine interface or how to set up a Gemini
server.
# ⚓ Trantor’s_new_TLS_backend,_CSPRNG_and_improvements⠀⇛
I’ve spent a few months rewriting Trantor’s
TLS infrastructure. The old one was purely
based on OpenSSL and messy. It’s hacked
together and not very well documented. Over
time we added more and more features to it.
And it’s getting harder and harder to even
understand what’s going on. This and my need
of ALPN pushed me to rewrite entire damn
thing.
I know from the get-go that it’s going to be
a huge undertaking. But I didn’t realize how
complicated and surprisingly straight forward
OpenSSL made things. Here I’ll be talking
about the new features added as the result of
this rewrite. And the bugs that I found and
fixed.
# ⚓ re:_why_gemini_is_boring_(codesoap)⠀⇛
And the circle is complete! There are two
types of posts on gemini – tech posts, and
people complaining about gemini!
I kid, but it’s sorta true sometimes. I am
not here to rag on the post, it’s a very true
post. Gemini is more than just smol
hackernews! But I do feel there is something
to say about how one uses gemini and what
they get out of it.
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ WTF_ASM⠀⇛
I was working yesterday on sbn and
accidentally fixed digit subtraction (and
consequently sbn subtraction).
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