𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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⦿ Flávio Lisboa on Legacy of Free Software in the Brazilian Government | Techrights
⦿ The Sirius ’Open Source’ Fantasy — Part IV — Crushing the Workforce Means Crushing the Company | Techrights
⦿ The European Commission is Playing With Fire When It Comes to Patent Policy and Why the European Union Will Suffer | Techrights
⦿ [Meme] Europe-US-International Patent Office (EUIPO) | Techrights
⦿ Microsoft is Collapsing in Brazil Despite of or Because of the Chaffbot (HypeGPT) | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ Kevin Shockey’s Presentation on Puerto Rico and FSF | Techrights
⦿ Wikimedia Foundation at LibrePlanet 2023 | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/brazilian-government-freesw/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/crushing-the-workforce/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/euipo-frand-eu-swpats/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/euipo-misplaced/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/free-software-in-brazilian-nation/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/irc-log-250423/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/puerto-rico-and-fsf/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/wikipedia-libreplanet-talk/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/canonical-microsoft-clown-computing/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/microsoft-activision-deal-blocked/#comments
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/brazilian-government-freesw/#comments
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✐ Flávio_Lisboa_on_Legacy_of_Free_Software_in_the_Brazilian_Government⠀✐
Posted in America, Deception, Free/Libre_Software at 3:32 pm by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
Video_download_link
https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/2818/lp2023-neptune-
sunday-1430.webm
Summary: The above LibrePlanet talk was_uploaded_by_the_FSF 8 days ago (slides
here; PeerTube_link); From the official page: “This presentation is about the
use and production of free/libre software by organizations of the Brazilian
federal government after some years of public policies to promote the use of
free software.”
Licence: CC_BY_SA_4.0
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/crushing-the-workforce/#comments
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✐ The_Sirius_‘Open_Source’Fantasy—Part_IV—_Crushing_the_Workforce_Means
Crushing_the_Company⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software at 1:53 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Series parts:
Already_Too_Deep_in_Debt
Workers)_Not_Accepted
Video_download_link | md5sum 123a41526a6d53bb9f2378df84318c7c
Envisioning Bankruptcy
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/sirius-bankruptcy.webm
Summary: The story of last summer at Sirius (it started in late spring) is told
now in retrospect, based on about 5 hours of recordings (3 meetings); it didn’t
work out as the managers had hoped/planned and instead the company’s last chief
is now doing double-shifts (16 hours in a row!), basically trying to make up
for extreme understaffing amidst a clients_exodus; the CEO left last month as
well, so he seems to have become unemployed after sinking the ship he rode on
MY final year at Sirius_‘Open_Source’ was last year and it was already getting
pretty awful. There was lying, deceit, and cover-up. Managers were pretty much
predicting doom (without saying it out loud) and they had already silently
robbed_past_staff.
“People can hear right from the horse’s mouth that things were getting really
bad, no matter how much lipstick was put on the pig.”The video above has a
period of long silence in it because, for the first time, I forgot to unmute
myself after playing back what a manager said last summer (90 minutes after the
start of this recording). People can hear right from the horse’s mouth that
things were getting really bad, no matter how much lipstick was put on the pig.
The silent bit hopefully didn’t cover anything too critical (which wasn’t
repeated later, but it’ll serve as a lesson for future videos regardless).
‘Fantasies’ of Sirius became more commonplace, and this wasn’t limited to just
discussing “re-infrastructuring” and other ‘big words’. After taking notes or
listening to suggestions from staff they eventually did what they planned all
along. In other words, nothing has been implemented since then that wasn’t
premeditated. Previous suggestions were rejected… despite never-ending options
put forth by staff.
It’s regretful that I lost part of what I said due to the muting lasting too
long; this is probably the first time I lost audio since last summer when we
recorded about Belarus/EPO (a bad mouse button was to blame back then).
“Sometimes it’s better to be quiet than to say out loud something foolish if
not illegal.”Anyway, as a side note I recall how one of the romantic partners
of a manager (he has several) kept suggesting that we should lower the already-
low salaries of people who work all night long and are highly qualified, have
high seniority or have long served the company during a year of massive
inflation (about 10% in the UK!) while leaving in tact the salary of her
girlfriend, who covers daytime. This person does not seem to have any
understanding of the law; when people work overnight the salary must be a lot
higher than in daytime/Office Hours. Sometimes it’s better to be quiet than to
say out loud something foolish if not illegal.
But that’s not “the” crime; it’s just a side issue for a company that became
“petty thief” (very big thief).
This is the last part of this mini-series. We hope it has helped explain what
happened last year without naming any people or revealing any clients. █
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/26/euipo-frand-eu-swpats/#comments
Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/26/euipo-frand-eu-swpats/
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✐ The_European_Commission_is_Playing_With_Fire_When_It_Comes_to_Patent_Policy
and_Why_the_European_Union_Will_Suffer⠀✐
Posted in Europe, Patents at 2:45 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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EU Replacing EPO?
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/euipo-patent-policy.webm
Summary: The European Union Intellectual [sic] Property [sic] Office (EUIPO) is
intervening in patent policy, despite it having no authority in this domain;
Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and FRAND (misnomer; every letter’s expansion
would be a lie!) policy is being shaped to basically exclude Free software and
the same is being done in the area of cyber-security (both in the EU and the
US); in other words, the lobbyists try to bypass the market and just legislate
software freedom out of existence/potency/shortlisting potential
FOR a number of weeks we’ve been chatting internally (E-mail, SSH, IRC) about a
baffling new development, based on a leak of some proposal that’s due today.
Some Microsoft_lobbyists (e.g. Florian Müller) and Nokia kept mentioning this.
So what on Earth is going on and who pulls the strings here?
“This is an attack on Free software and open standards, yet the FSF, EFF, OSI
and others kept quiet about it (they’ve had a month to catch up).”The short
story is, the EUIPO (EU) seems to be getting involved in patent policy, having
already infected the EPO (António_Campinos and his friends from EUIPO). Will
the corruption of Benoît_Battistelli be surpassed by Campinos? Is the EU
covertly taking over the EPO? It’s hard to tell what exactly goes on here
because a lot of things don’t make sense at all and the Unitary Patent does not
even make any legal sense. It’s geared towards European_software_patents, even
if they disguise this as “SEP” or “fair” (FRAND). This is an attack on Free
software and open standards, yet the FSF, EFF, OSI and others kept quiet about
it (they’ve had a month to catch up). Either they don’t know, don’t understand,
or simply do not care.
In recent weeks I learned that USPTO alumni were getting involved; the names
David_Kappos and Andrei_Iancu came up.
“One worrying thing is that for a number of weeks already it seems like
lobbyists hijacked the narrative; they infest the Web with their agenda and
paid-for propaganda/biases/dogma on this issue.”To me, personally, the most
confusing part isn’t the interference from the US but from EUIPO, so we will
try to reach out for any ideas about why EUIPO is even mentioned (unless
Reuters messed up the facts and said EUIPO instead of EPO). There has not been
much press coverage about this.
One worrying thing is that for a number of weeks already it seems like
lobbyists hijacked the narrative; they infest the Web with their agenda and
paid-for propaganda/biases/dogma on this issue. “I am really disappointed that
Florian [Müller] sold out (again),” an associate remarked today. “The FRAND is
one part but the patents and the EUIPO are the vehicle for the anti-FOSS FRAND
attack.”
It doesn’t seem to be covered by NGOs or news outlets. “As far as I can tell,”
the associate said, “only one newspaper in the whole world even mentioned it,
so far.” (In_India)
“It doesn’t seem to be covered by NGOs or news outlets.”“The “FRAND” is not the
key problem there,” the associate explained, “though it is a secondary problem.
The Economic Times article does not have any links to the legislative process
and that is what needs to be in the spotlight to have any hope of preserving
FOSS in the face of what’s going on at EUIPO.”
“The final proposal is set to be announced on 26 April 2023,” according to this
page. That would be today. “This whole thing has been allowed to fly under the
radar,” the associate added.
“If someone can illuminate for us or simply explain how the EUIPO gets involved
in all this, we’d be able to produce a more substantiated article.”Reuters
seems to be referring to the EUIPO as “eu patent body”; well, there is no “EU
patent body”; the EPO predates the EU. Someone at FFII meanwhile complained
that the EU now refers to the UPC like it’s a real thing that already operates.
Are EU officials aware of what the UPC isn’t even legal? It sometimes seems
like the EU is operating in a vacuum, reckless and careless about its own
rules, never mind member states’ rules and constitutions.
If someone can illuminate for us or simply explain how the EUIPO gets involved
in all this, we’d be able to produce a more substantiated article. The general
media is failing to do its job and when it does ‘cover’ the subject it’s one-
sided in favour of patent litigators, not EU residents. █
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✐ [Meme]Europe-US-International_Patent_Office(EUIPO)⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Europe, Patents at 2:55 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡷⠟⠉⠉⠙⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡟⠒⢢⣤⣿⡏⢀⠀⠁⡈⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣀⣤⣴⣦⣶⣶⣾⢹⠀⠀⣾⣥⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣧⣴⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣼⣿⡀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠑⢿⡈⠀⠀⠉⠉⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⡛⢹⡿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿
⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⢹⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⠀⢀⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⣸⡾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⢻⡛⢛⠛⢻⡟⠟⡏⢉⠹⠋⠉⠙⠏⠩⠋⡌⠃⠠⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠛⠀⡴⢌⠹⡇⢸⠀⠀⡇⡄⢡⠸⠀⠃⠆⣀⠀⠐⠃⣃⣸⣸⣈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠛⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣶⡾⡷⢾⠶⢷⣿⡿⢻⠋⠀⡀⢘⡟⠂⠀⠀⠐⠀⠈⠉⡉⠍⠩⠏⠛⢡⠙⡅⠃⢻⢠⢹⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠋⠉⠁⠁⠀⠀⢈⠀⠀⢁⠀⠀⠀⣺⠿⡇⠀⢸⢌⠲⣛⡃⢰⢠⠀⣷⢸⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠂⠃⠢⢰⠀⠐⡀⠀⢇⣆⣈⣠⣘⣀⣹⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠌⠀⠀⠄⣽⣿⣧⣤⣼⣤⣴⣟⣴⣾⣾⢶⣿⠾⢷⠶⠀⠀⢀⠠⡀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠍⡇⡄⣤⢰⡇⠰⡇⠁⢰⡄⣾⣿⢸⠈⡇⠓⠀⠀⠀⠃⡗⠲⠨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⣾⣇⣅⣹⣸⣃⣈⣇⣧⣸⣧⣿⣿⣬⣴⣧⡄⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢼⣿⠉⢹⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⡿⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣯
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✐ Microsoft_is_Collapsing_in_Brazil_Despite_of_or_Because_of_the_Chaffbot_
(HypeGPT)⠀✐
Posted in America, Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux, Google, Microsoft, Search at
3:43 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Since Microsoft introduced its hyped-up chatbot (HypeGPT) Bing’s market share
in Brazil fell from_about_2.5%_to_only_about_1.5% (watch out, Google! You’re
doomed due to chaff and hype!)
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Search_in_Brazil⦈_
GNU/Linux has millions_of_desktop/laptop_users_in_Brazil in spite of the
horrible_things_Microsoft_did_there (presentation_from_last_month):
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇GNU/Linux_usage_in_Brazil⦈_
Summary: In spite of some perils or growing pains, there are millions of GNU/
Linux users in Lula’s country and Microsoft faces a crisis
⢛⣛⠻⠿⠟⠒⠛⠛⠛⠿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠛⠛⠻⡿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠓⠖⢶⣶⣶⢒⡶⠻⣿⣿⣛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠿⣿⣟⣒⡒⠒⠒⠒⠒
⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣿⣷⣶⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⢭⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠁⠉⠈⠛⠿
⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⣀⡀⣤⣉⣩⣿⢤⣄⡀⣀⡀⢀⣀⠀⣀⢀⢀⣀⣀⣠⣄⠀⣀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⠟⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠂⠀⣻⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣏⣹⣏⣁⣿⣹⡇⣿⣸⣸⡏⣿⢹⣏⢾⣟⡃⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡤⠔⠤⠖⠖⠲⠒⠒⠶⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⠤⠖⣲
⢸⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣉⣟⡿⠟⢫⠉⠁⠉⡅⣉⣁⠈⠉⣀⠉⠉⠉⠁⠉⠀⠉⠀⠉⠁⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠝⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣉⣉⠉⠒⠦⢄⡀⠀⣄⣀⠀⢀⣀⡀⠙⠻⢄⣪⣉⢈
⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣫⠝⠒⠊⠯⠷⠗⣯⣿⠭⠾⠿⣿⣽⠾⠹⠿⠿⠝⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡠⠴⠒⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⡠⠔⢺⠵⠒⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⢭⣯⠭⡿⠓⠒⠝⠙⠓⠒⠛⠑⠒⠲⠤⠤⠤⢼
⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠈⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠂⠀⠀⠀⠹⣆⣀⡠⠤⡀⠀⠀⢈⠳⠂⠘⢒⣦⠶⠶⠶⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣀⣀⣀⣀⣄⣟⣍⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⡀⣐⣷⣛⣿⣧⡠⡀⣀⡈⣀⡀⢰⣩⣷⣽⣦⣲⣚⣘⣁⣾⣻⣛⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣟⣮⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣾⣾⣿⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
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✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Tuesday,_April_25,_2023⠀✐
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✐ Kevin_Shockey’s_Presentation_on_Puerto_Rico_and_FSF⠀✐
Posted in America, Free/Libre_Software, FSF, GNU/Linux at 5:29 am by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
A Presentation From a Puerto Rican Perspective:
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Puerto_Rico_and_FSF⦈_
Seems like Puerto Rico quickly adopted_GNU/Linux_this_past_year
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-_Mar_2023⦈_
Summary: The above LibrePlanet slide from Kevin Shockey was the last of a deck
of_slides; the presentation seems to have covered patents, preservation, and
many other aspects; sadly the talk cannot be found, at least not yet, in
PeerTube or in MediaGoblin and it seems to be covering important points from
the perspective of colonies or natural disaster-prone places
Licence: GFDL_1.3
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⣿⣿⣿⢛⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢟⣻⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⠸⢟⡇⠥⡧⢽⢠⢂⢿⠺⣸⠺⢺⣿⡻⢟⡇⠗⣇⠥⡇⣟⠅⡇⢿⡇⣷⡇⠥⣿⠷⢍⡜⡼⠥⡿⢇⠥⣷⡇⣷⣿⡇⡜⡄⡧⠅⣷⡇⡕⡠⢥⡸⣿⠶⢽⢰⣾⠨⢸⢸⡥⢭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⢛⣻⢿⣿⠿⢿⠿⠿⡿⠿⣿⡟⣛⡟⡿⢿⠷⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣰⣾⣘⣻⣈⣸⣸⣟⣇⣛⣿⣇⣆⣇⣟⣻⣚⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⢻⠿⠿⢿⣟⣻⢛⢛⡛⣟⢻⣿⣿⡿⡟⡿⢿⠿⣿⡛⣟⡻⣛⣟⡛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⡿⣨⣦⣼⣼⣯⣾⣼⣬⣾⣯⣾⣷⣿⣿⣽⣧⣾⣼⣿⣵⣯⣷⣵⣿⣦⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⠛⢟⠛⡟⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡣⠛⢉⣉⣉⣠⣉⣉⡙⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⡿⡿⠿⠟⠛⠍⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣦⣬⣤⣶⣶⣿⣿⣦⡈⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⢙⢉⡙⡇⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣓⣀⣉⣉⣉⣉⣑⣀⣀⣀⣀⣈⣀⣀⣀⣉⣊⣉⣉⣉⣑⣈⣉⣉⣉⣙⣉⣉⣉⣉⡉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⡛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣦⣬⣤⣄⣉⣉⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠁⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢰⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⢸⡯⠀⠂⠰⠃⠀⠆⠖⠠⠖⠰⠀⠀⠇⠇⡄⢀⠰⠁⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣟⣉⣩⣙⡇⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣃⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⢀⣐⣚⣛⣒⣛⣒⣓⣓⣛⣚⣓⣚⣓⣚⣓⣓⣛⣛⣛⣒⣛⣚⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣀⣀⣀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣟⣐⣀⣉⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠻⠿⠿⠿⢟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠩⠋⣉⣉⣉⣂⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢃⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢛⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠛⢉⣠⣤⣤⣤⣄⣙⣉⣉⣉⣉⣙⣉⣉⣉⣁⣢⣤⣤⣤⣬⣤⣤⣤⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣶⣦⣤⣤⣂⣠⣤⣤⣤⣥⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⣤⣤⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣠⣰⣌⡇⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡛⢻⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣟⣰⣝⣒⣯⣧⣧⣰⣆⣼⣽⣨⣅⣵⣂⣄⣸⣸⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿
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(PeerTube_link; talk’s_slides); From the official page: “This talk will begin
by shining some light on the vastness of Wikipedia’s technology landscape and
the technical community behind it, supporting the development of projects in
many different areas to set the room for understanding the need and role of
developer advocacy for such a large community. It will then focus on the
developer advocacy’s role in engaging the technical community behind Wikipedia
and its sister projects, for example, through dedicated FOSS outreach,
mentoring programs and events, awards and ceremonies for developer recognition,
grants and partnerships, community metrics and health, platforms and services,
developer portal, and more. Through this talk, the audience will gain insights
into what a good return on investment means for such initiatives in nonprofit
organizations and gather new ideas for building stronger developer
communities.”
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Kernel_Space
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Programming/Development
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Monopolies
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Internet/Gemini
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ GNU_Linux-libre_Kernel_6.3_Now_Available⠀⇛
GNU Linux-libre 6.3 is based on recent Linux kernel
6.3 release but strips out all binary blobs, non-
free firmware, and any code subject to a
proprietary license.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ The_Ultimate_Guide_to_i3_Customization_in
Linux⠀⇛
Learn about customizing your system’s look and feel
with i3 window manager in this super-detailed
guide.
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Install_Fedora_38_[A_Step_By_Step
Guide]⠀⇛
Fedora Linux 38 has been released a few days ago!
If you are a newbie who wants to install and test
the latest version of Fedora, then we are here to
help you in setting up Fedora 38 desktop operating
system. This step by step guide explains how to
download the latest Fedora 38 workstation edition,
and then how to install Fedora 38 with screenshots.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ Wikit_–_A_Command_Line_Tool_to_Search_Wikipedia
on_Linux⠀⇛
Wikit is a free and open-source command-line
program for easily viewing Wikipedia summaries of
search queries on the Linux command line; it is
built using Nodejs.
The verb Wikit (derived from “wikipedia it“) means
looking up something on wikipedia.org, the popular
and remarkable open-source encyclopedia on the
Internet.
# ⚓ Frederic Cambus ☛ Fun_with_Kermit_and_ZMODEM_over_SSH⠀⇛
In my “Capturing text screens on modern operating
systems” article published back in 2013, I
mentioned finding a very promising program called
Qodem. It has since reached maturity and version
1.0 was released in 2017. I have been enjoying it
on a regular basis to reminisce about the glorious
days of using Terminate and Minicom in the
nineties, and even packaged it in both OpenBSD and
NetBSD.
Qodem has built in support for SSH, and also lets
you spawn a local shell and SSH from there, which
allows authentication using SSH keys.
For the purpose of this article, I used two Fedora
machines and installed the ckermit and lrzsz
packages to handle the Kermit and ZMODEM protocols
respectively. There is a qodem package as well, but
it only bundles the X11 binary. I prefer to use the
curses version, so I built it from source.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Grounded_1.2_out_now_and_Steam_Deck
Verified_but_desktop_Linux_needs_a_small_fix⠀⇛
The survival game Grounded from Obsidian
Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios has now
released version 1.2 and it got bumped up to
Verified on Steam Deck.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Using_a_Steam_Deck_to_control_a_Ukrainian
automatic_turret,_now_I’ve_seen_it_all⠀⇛
People have used their Steam Deck to do all sorts
of crazy things but this latest is nuts. It seems
people in Ukraine are using it to help work an
automatic turret. From ТРО Медіа on Facebook, they
shared a post giving a few details into it with it
translating roughly as: [...]
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ First-person_slasher_Lichenvale_out_now
from_ex-Ubisoft_dev⠀⇛
Inspired a fair bit by some classics from the 90s
like Hexen and Heretic, Lichenvale is a first-
person slasher out now. This is the first solo
release from developer Filip Zemljak, who was
previously a Gameplay Programmer at Ubisoft and it
comes with Native Linux support (works on Steam
Deck too).
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Paradox_announce_first_‘Immersion_Pack’_for
Victoria_3_and_free_upgrade⠀⇛
Victoria 3 from Paradox Interactive is getting it’s
first “Immersion Pack” on May 22nd and here’s what
to expect from it.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ What_are_you_checking_out_in_Steam_Puzzle
Fest_2023?⠀⇛
Valve has put up Steam Puzzle Fest, a big sale on
all different kinds of puzzle games along with
demos and previews of upcoming games too.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ KDE_apps_like_Kdenlive_get_big
upgrades_for_KDE_Gear_23.04⠀⇛
KDE Gear is the name of the big bundle of
software the KDE team create, and with the
KDE Gear 23.04 release there’s new apps and
plenty of improvements to making the desktop
experience better.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ You_Can_Now_Install_Linux_Kernel_6.3_on_Ubuntu,
Here’s_How⠀⇛
Released over the weekend by Linus Torvalds, Linux
kernel 6.3 has already landed in Ubuntu’s official
Mainline Kenrel Archive and it’s available for all
Ubuntu users and supported on amd64 (x86_64),
AArch64 (ARM64), ARMhf, PowerPC 64-bit Little
Endian (ppc64el), and IBM System z (s390x)
architectures.
I’ve only tested Linux kernel 6.3 on a fresh Ubuntu
23.04 (Lunar Lobster) installation and everything
went smoothly. Of course, you can install it on any
supported Ubuntu release, such as Ubuntu 22.10
(Kinetic Kudu) or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy
Jellyfish).
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Pro_is_now_part_of_the_AWS_EC2_console [Ed:
Canonical selling proprietary software]⠀⇛
We are happy to announce that Ubuntu Pro is now
available as a native product on AWS. You can now
enjoy premium enhanced security coverage for your
Ubuntu machines by launching Ubuntu Pro instances
from the EC2 console with no additional
requirements, subscriptions or long term
commitments.
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Try_Ubuntu_confidential_VMs_with_Intel_TDX_today:
limited_preview_now_available_on_Azure [Ed: Canonical
continues to promote anti-privacy scams (outsourcing) and
Microsoft proprietary junk, as if Canonical is a subsidiary
of Microsoft]⠀⇛
On behalf of the Canonical confidential computing
team, I am happy to announce the limited preview of
Ubuntu Confidential VMs with Intel TDX on Microsoft
Azure. As part of the DCev5-series and ECesv5-
series VMs, they’re available for you to try today!
This exciting development is an important milestone
in Ubuntu’s journey to power the confidential
public cloud of the future.
With cloud technology enabling faster and more
flexible infrastructure deployment than ever
before, security challenges have also become more
complex. Traditionally, any vulnerability within
the millions of lines of code in the cloud’s
privileged system software (such as the operating
system, hypervisor, and firmware) would compromise
the confidentiality and integrity of the running
code and data. Similarly, a malicious cloud
administrator could potentially access the VM or
its platform, compromising the security of your
data.
# ⚓ Canonical ☛ No_more_DHCP(d)⠀⇛
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Creating_mesmerising_kinetic_art_furniture
with_Sisyphus⠀⇛
In a list of things I thought I’d ever read about
alongside Raspberry Pi, “coffee tables” and “sand”
were not near the top. Sisyphus started life as an
art installation for museums, but Raspberry Pi has
allowed the company behind this mesmerising
creation to scale up and offer you “museum-quality
kinetic sculpture” for your own living room.
They’re named “Sisyphus”, of course, because they
never finish pushing the ball bearing across the
sand, leaving patterns behind it.
# ⚓ J Pieper ☛ power_dist_r4.5b⠀⇛
The changes are largely the same as for the new
pi3hat: [...]
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Build_your_own_tachometer_with_an_IR_sensor_and
an_Arduino⠀⇛
This infrared sensor module works by emitting
infrared light from an LED and monitoring the
reflection. When one of the wheel’s spokes passes
in front of the sensor, the reflection becomes
strong and easy to detect. An Arduino Nano board
measures the time between those events and
multiplies the result by the number of spokes to
determine the total time for a complete revolution.
Divide 60 by that number and you get the RPM. The
Arduino continuously calculates that value and
displays the number on a small OLED screen. Power
comes from a 9V battery.
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ An_Arduino_Leonardo-powered,_3D-printed_robotic
arm_designed_from_scratch⠀⇛
The premise of the arm project was to utilize a
total of five servo motors for manipulating each
degree of freedom, as well as an Arduino Leonardo
and a PCA9685 driver for controlling them. Once the
components had been selected, Build Some Stuff then
moved onto the next step of creating 3D models of
each of the robot arm’s joints in Fusion 360 before
3D printing them. He also made a scaled-down
version of the larger arm assembly and replaced the
servo motors with potentiometers, therefore
allowing him to translate the model’s position into
degrees for the motors.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Martijn Braam ☛ NitroKey_disappoints_me⠀⇛
This feature isn’t even only in the Qualcomm 630
chipset, it’s in practically all Qualcomm devices.
Some third party Android roms go as far as to
obscure the IP address of your phone by proxying
this http request with another server. The rom they
have tested obviously didn’t.
This feature is not even limited to Qualcomm
devices, this practice happens in practically all
devices that have both GPS and [Internet] because
people don’t like waiting very long for their
position when launching their navigation software.
The NitroPhone has their GPS provided by Broadcom
chips instead of Qualcomm ones so obviously it
won’t make the same HTTP requests, doesn’t make it
any more or less secure though.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ 18_Best_NodeJS_Frameworks_for_App_Development_in
2023⠀⇛
Node.js is used to build fast, highly scalable
network applications based on an event-driven non-
blocking input/output model, and single-threaded
asynchronous programming.
A web application framework is a combination of
libraries, helpers, and tools that provide a way to
effortlessly build and run web applications. A web
framework lays out a foundation for building a
website/app.
# ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ 16_Lessons_from_the_Tanenbaum–Torvalds
Debates⠀⇛
Part 2 of The Tanenbaum–Torvalds Debates. 16
generalized software development lessons from the
debate of microkernels vs. monolithic kernels, and
two computer science visionaries — Andrew Tanenbaum
and Linus Torvalds.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Git_v2.40.1_and_friends⠀⇛
A maintenance release Git v2.40.1, together with
releases for older
maintenance tracks v2.39.3, v2.38.5, v2.37.7,
v2.36.6, v2.35.8,
v2.34.8, v2.33.8, v2.32.7, v2.31.8, and v2.30.9,
are now available
at the usual places.
These maintenance releases are to address security
issues identified
as CVE-2023-25652, CVE-2023-25815, and CVE-2023-
29007. They affect
ranges of existing versions and users are
encouraged to upgrade.
The tarballs are found at:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
The following public repositories all have a copy
of the 'v2.40.1'
tag, as well as the tags for older maintenance
tracks listed above...
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Git_2.40.1_(and_several_others)_released⠀⇛
There is a new stable Git release containing fixes
for three separate security vulnerabilities. The
fixes have also been backported to the older
v2.39.3, v2.38.5, v2.37.7, v2.36.6, v2.35.8,
v2.34.8, v2.33.8, v2.32.7, v2.31.8, and v2.30.9
releases. Sites using Git in untrusted environments
— or with untrusted input — should probably upgrade
soon.
# ⚓ GCC_13_and_the_state_of_gccrs⠀⇛
The first official GCC 13 release is just around
the corner, and you may be a bit surprised to find
out that gccrs will not be included in it. The aim
of this blogpost is to go into a little bit more
detail as to why this was done and how you can
still try out our compiler if you’d like to.
Back in 2022, we started investigating the process
of merging our code upstream with GCC. Quickly
after that, our frontend was accepted for the
merge, which was a great moment for us – it
demonstrated people’s faith in the gccrs community
and in the project’s goal of having an alternative
GCC toolchain implementation of the Rust
Programming Language. Given that the compiler is
still not ready, we decided to go through that
process with some limitations.
The expectation we had was that by making it clear
the compiler was still not ready for real Rust
code, we could get valuable feedback from early
users as well as more engagement from two different
communities – the Rust one as well as the GCC one.
We would continue to push as hard as possible right
up until the release’s deadline to get as much
working as we could, but now that the GCC 13.1
release is upon us, we are still not there in terms
of completeness.
What this means is that when using gccrs, you are
still not able to do “easy Rust things” – examples
like “Hello World!”, or using the standard library
in general, will not work. Similarly, even more
complex concepts which are essential to the Rust
Programming Language like borrow-checking are not
implemented yet, and gccrs will not be considered
complete without such features. We believe that
this would cause a lot of confusion for
unsuspecting users, who might see gccrs as part of
an official GCC release and expect a working
compiler.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ An_update_on_the_GCC_frontend_for_Rust⠀⇛
Philip Herron and Arthur Cohen have posted an
update on the status of gccrs — the GCC frontend
for the Rust language — and why it will not be a
part of the upcoming GCC 13 release.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Gregory Hammond ☛ 100th_Day_To_Offload!⠀⇛
It’s been a long time coming, but this is my 100th post
as part of 100 Days To Offload. 100 Days To Offload was
created by Kev Quirk to get people to publish 100 posts
on their personal blog in a year. “The point is to just
write”.
o ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Your_social_media_grumblings_led_to_this,_$6000_in
funeral_policy_premiums_=_fully_paid_up⠀⇛
Sometimes it pays to voice your displeasure with
something. In Zimbabwe, that is rarely the case and so
when we see it happen, we just have to take a minute to
celebrate. So, this is what having a voice feels like
huh? Insurance is one of the bedrocks of a functioning
economy.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ A_Mysterious_Mayan_Calendar_Stumped
Scientists_for_Decades._A_New_Study_Has_Cosmic_Answers.⠀⇛
A pair of anthropologists demonstrated that
multiples of this number sync up with the rhythms
of planets in the solar system that are visible to
the naked eye, which underscores the astronomical
sophistication of these ancient Pre-Columbian
peoples.
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 1,000-year-old_Viking_coins
unearthed_by_young_girl_in_Denmark⠀⇛
“They include Danish, Arab and Germanic coins as
well as pieces of jewellery of Scottish and Irish
origins,” according to The Viking Herald. It is
being said that the coins are from King Harald
“Bluetooth” (Blåtand) Gormsson’s time.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Contact_is_lost_with_a_Japanese_spacecraft_attempting
to_land_on_the_moon⠀⇛
For this test flight, the two main experiments were
government-sponsored: the UAE’s 22-pound (10-
kilogram) rover Rashid, named after Dubai’s royal
family, and the Japanese Space Agency’s orange-
sized sphere designed to transform into a wheeled
robot on the moon. With a science satellite already
around Mars and an astronaut aboard the
International Space Station, the UAE was seeking to
extend its presence to the moon.
# ⚓ CBS ☛ Swedish_research_rocket_flies_off_course,
accidentally_lands_in_Norway⠀⇛
Shortly after landing, Swedish and Norweigan
authorities were notified, the SSC confirmed later
on Tuesday. The rocket and its payload were found
to be in good condition and were transported back
to Esrange Space Center in Sweden by helicopter.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia’s_teachers_begin_three-day_strike⠀⇛
Having reached no agreement with the government on
systematically raising teachers’ salaries and
balancing their loads, the Latvian Education and
Science Workers’ Trade Union (LIZDA) starts a
three-day strike on Monday, April 24, with more
than 19,000 teachers participating, and goes on
a protest march in Rīga from the trade union
building to the Saeima.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ Opening_Remarks_by_Commissioner
Stella_Kyriakides_at_the_European_Parliament_AGRI_Committee_–
Structured_Dialogue⠀⇛
European Commission Speech Brussels, 24 Apr 2023
Chair, Honourable Members
At our last structured dialogue, Russia’s
unprovoked invasion of Ukraine…
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ Global_Gateway:_EU_and_Togo
strengthen_partnership_in_sustainable_agribusiness,_energy
and_connectivity⠀⇛
European Commission Press release Brussels, 24 Apr
2023 As part of Global Gateway, the EU is
announcing a new contribution of €70 million for
two Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs) to boost agri-
businesses, energy and connectivity in Togo in line
with the country’s 2025-development plan, in
partnership with France and Germany and the
European Investment Bank
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Healthcare_workers_might_strike_in_autumn⠀⇛
In solidarity with teachers, around 1,000 health
workers participated in the protest on Monday,
April 24. Ilze Aizsilniece, head of the Latvian
Medical Society, has repeated her readiness to
organize a strike in the autumn. The industry
ministry hopes to prevent this with a clear plan
for predictable additional funding for the health
sector.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ European_Leaders_Raise_Alarm_Over_Falling
Vaccination_Rates⠀⇛
Over 1 million children in the WHO European Region
have missed all or some routine vaccinations since
the start of the pandemic in 2020.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ The_truth_about_teens,_social_media_and_the_mental
health_crisis⠀⇛
Take for instance, hanging out with friends, in
person. Since 1976, the number of times per week
teens go out with friends — and without their
parents — held basically steady for nearly 30
years. In 2004, it slid a bit. Then in 2010, it
nosedived.
“It was just like a Black Diamond ski slope
straight down,” Twenge tells NPR. “So these really
big changes occur.”
At the same time, around 2012, time on social media
began to soar. In 2009, only about half of teens
used social media every day, Twenge reports. In
2017, 85% used it daily. By 2022, 95% of teens said
they use some social media, and about a third say
they use it constantly, a poll from Pew Research
Center found.
“Now, in the most recent data, 22% of 10th grade
girls spend seven or more hours a day on social
media,” Twenge says, which means many teenage girls
are doing little else than sleeping, going to
school and engaging with social media.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Corporate_Layoff:_3M_Announces_Mass_Cutback_of_Workforce
Amidst_Downtrend_in_Manufacturing⠀⇛
3M has become one of the corporate firms impacted
by the turbulent economic period as it announced
significant layoffs due to the recession and a
slump in demand for goods.
# ⚓ Morningstar US ☛ Meta_in_the_layoffs_spotlight_ahead_of
first-quarter_results⠀⇛
More than 183,000 global technology-sector
employees have been laid off since the beginning of
2023
Meta is the latest big-name tech company in the
layoffs spotlight, joining Electronic Arts, Amazon,
Palantir Technologies, Twilio, Zoom, eBay, Okta,
Splunk, PayPal, IBM, SAP, Spotify, Alphabet, Intel,
Microsoft, Coinbase, Cisco, Salesforce, HP, Roku,
Beyond Meat and Twitter in making job cuts.
More than 183,000 global technology-sector
employees have been laid off since the start of
2023, according to data compiled by the website
Layoffs.fyi.
Here’s a look at the list of big names across a
number of sectors that have been cutting back their
workforces.
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ New_Microsoft_365_outage_causes
Exchange_Online_connectivity_issues⠀⇛
Microsoft is investigating ongoing Microsoft 365
issues preventing some Exchange Online customers
from accessing their mailboxes.
“We’ve identified an issue affecting Exchange
Online connectivity for users in North America and
are investigating further,” the company tweeted
earlier.
“More details can be found in the Microsoft 365
admin center under EX546390.”
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by CentOS
(firefox, java-11-openjdk, and thunderbird), Debian
(apache2), Fedora (kernel), Oracle (emacs), Red Hat
(emacs, haproxy, java-1.8.0-openjdk, kernel,
kernel-rt, kpatch-patch, pcs, pki-core:10.6, and
qatzip), and SUSE (avahi, cdi-apiserver-container,
cdi-cloner-container, cdi- controller-container,
cdi-importer-container, cdi-operator-container,
cdi- uploadproxy-container, cdi-uploadserver-
container, cont, giflib, kernel, kubevirt, virt-
api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-
handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-
libguestfs-tools- container, virt-operator-
container, ovmf, and protobuf-c).
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Former_Methodist_employees_plead_guilty_to
HIPAA_violations⠀⇛
There’s an update to a case announced in November
2022 in which five former Methodist Hospital
employees in Memphis Tennessee were charged with
criminal violations of HIPAA.
According to the indictment, between November 2017
and December 2020, the five were charged with
conspiring with Roderick Harvey to unlawfully
disclose patient information in violation HIPAA.
Harvey paid Kirby Dandridge, Sylvia Taylor, Kara
Thompson, Melanie Russell, and Adrianna Taber to
provide him with names and phone numbers of
Methodist patients who had been involved in motor
vehicle accidents.
Harvey then sold the information to third parties
that included personal injury attorneys and
chiropractors.
# ⚓ Elk_Grove_Unified_School_District_investigating_after
employees_report_issues_filing_taxes⠀⇛
The Elk Grove Unified School District confirmed
Monday it is investigating tax filing issues for
some of its employees.
KCRA 3 first received a tip about the potential
identity theft two weeks ago but heard about
official action from the district on Friday when we
obtained a survey sent to some district employees.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ UK_Threatens_End-to-End_Encryption⠀⇛
In an open_letter, seven secure messaging
apps—including Signal and WhatsApp—point out
that the UK’s Online_Safety_Bill could
destroy end-to-end encryption: [...]
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian,_Estonian_presidents_stress_need_for
Ukraine’s_accession_to_NATO⠀⇛
President of Latvia Egils Levits, said Monday after
meeting with Estonian President Alar Karis that
both countries were in favor of a faster accession
of Ukraine to NATO.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_goes_all-in_on_Stingers_for_Ukraine⠀⇛
Latvia has responded to Ukraine’s request for anti-
aircraft missiles and has made a decision to donate
all the remaining Stinger systems the Latvian army
has, said Latvian Defense Minister Ināra Mūrniece
(National Alliance) at the Ukraine defense contact
group meeting in Ramstein, Germany on April 21.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ LA’s_big_Armenian_community_marks
genocide_remembrance_day⠀⇛
The killing and deportation of Armenians by Ottoman
Empire forces in the early 1900s is being
remembered in Southern California. Only recently
has its enormous Armenian American community been
able to celebrate U.S. recognition that the
systematic oppression was genocide. Armenian
Genocide Remembrance Day has long been marked in
the Los Angeles region by big rallies and marches.
In 2021, Joe Biden became the first U.S. president
to use the word “genocide” to describe the
violence, over the objections of Turkey, successor
to the empire. More than 200,000 people of Armenian
descent are estimated to live in Los Angeles
County, where April is celebrated as Armenian
History Month.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ $1.6M_settlement_reached_in
handcuffed_prisoner’s_2014_death⠀⇛
Nevada’s Department of Corrections has agreed to
pay $1.6 million to the family of a handcuffed
inmate who was shot and killed in 2014 by a prison
guard trainee armed with a shotgun. The deal was
reached Monday in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by
relatives of Carlos Perez. The settlement still
needs to be approved by the state’s Board of
Examiners. A Department of Corrections spokesman
declined to comment. Perez’s death at High Desert
State Prison raised questions about the use of
shotguns by prison guards. The Department of
Corrections removed shotguns from all its
facilities less than two years after the shooting.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ RFK_Jr._Takes_Strong_Antiwar,_Anti-Empire_Stance
in_Presidential_Run⠀⇛
Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr., near the very
beginning of his April 19 announcement to run for
President in the Democratic Party spoke these
words: “Fifty-five years ago last month, I sat as a
14-year-old boy behind my father as he now
announced in a Senate caucus room in Washington,
DC, his campaign for President of [...]”
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ A_Bad_Idea_Resurfaces:_Using_the_US_Military
Against_Mexico’s_Drug_Cartels⠀⇛
There has been a recent flurry of proposals to have
the U.S. military launch a full-scale war against
Mexican drug cartels – primarily to stem the
alleged fentanyl crisis. Former Attorney General
William P. Barr initiated the latest campaign with
an op-ed in the March 2, 2023, Wall Street Journal.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin’s_Spokesman,_Dmitri_Peskov,_Claims
Son_Fought_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
Dmitri S. Peskov’s comments highlighted the Moscow
elite’s uneven participation in a war that has cost
the lives of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Opposition_Leader_Says_He_Left_Venezuela
After_Being_Threatened⠀⇛
Juan Guaidó said he crossed the border into
Colombia and hours later was put on a plane to the
United States.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Men_in_Military_Uniforms_Killed_at_Least
60_People,_Burkina_Faso_Says⠀⇛
A prosecutor opened an investigation into the
killing of about 60 people by men in uniforms of
the national military. Days earlier, the
authorities said they would investigate the killing
of seven boys.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Ukraine’s_drive_to_put_Putin_on_trial⠀⇛
The principle of territorial integrity would be
affirmed if Ukraine wins U.N. support for a special
court to deal with Russia’s invasion – a “war of
aggression.”
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Deadly_Blasts_Destroy_Police_Station_in
Pakistan⠀⇛
Some officials said the explosions, which killed at
least 15, were caused by an accident. But a rise in
militant attacks has put the region on edge.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ These_Countries_Lined_Up_to_Help_Ukraine.
Now_Their_Farmers_Are_Angry.⠀⇛
A grain deal that got Ukrainian exports moving and
eased a global food crisis is now fueling protests
in Romania and among other staunch supporters of
Kyiv.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_summons_Chinese_diplomat_over_‘former
Soviet’_comments⠀⇛
Latvia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said
April 24 it had summoned the senior Chinese
diplomat in the country in response to statements
made by the Ambassador of China to France, Lu
Shaye, during a TV interview on April 21.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ China’s_Ambassador_Lu_Shaye_Comments_on
Ex-Soviet_States_Drawing_Ire⠀⇛
Remarks by China’s ambassador to France questioning
the sovereignty of ex-Soviet states threatened to
upset China’s efforts to balance courting Europe
with supporting Russia.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Foreign_Minister_Faces_Rebuke_at
U.N._Over_War_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
The U.S. and European members of the Security
Council had declined to send their foreign
ministers to the meeting chaired by Sergey V.
Lavrov, which was a key event for Russia’s rotating
presidency.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ A_reporter’s_‘full_investment_of_head_and
heart’⠀⇛
Reporter Martin Kuz sees potential for Ukraine to
find a kind of positive transformation known as
post-traumatic growth on the other side of the war.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Battle_rages_on_in_Sudan_as_mass_airlifts
rescue_foreign_nationals⠀⇛
Foreign governments are evacuating their citizens
from Sudan amid a battle for power between two
rival generals. While foreign evacuations continue,
many Sudanese are risking their lives to escape the
violence by driving to the border with Egypt.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Nuance_in_the_fog:_Plumbing_for_honesty_in
Russian_opinion_polls⠀⇛
Russia’s government allows public opinion polls,
but some say the surveys are skewed by the
reluctance of opposition supporters to express
themselves.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Earthquake_in_Western_Indonesia,_Residents_Flee
Coastal_Areas⠀⇛
“…the earthquake had a depth of 84 km beneath the
seabed…”
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Planned_Senate_bill_would
counteract_Mining_Law_ruling⠀⇛
A Nevada Democratic U.S. senator wants
Congress to step in to ensure mining
companies can use established mineral claims
to dump waste on neighboring federal lands.
Federal agencies had allowed that before a
U.S. appeals court adopted a stricter ruling
of a 150-year-old mining law. The 2022 ruling
from the 9th Circuit said companies must
prove minerals exist under federal land where
they dump tailings and other waste.
Environmentalists largely praised it, though
it’s worrisome for President Joe Biden’s
clean energy agenda. Nevada U.S. Sen.
Catherine Cortez Masto’s office tells The
Associated Press she’ll introduce a bill
Tuesday that essentially would counteract the
9th Circuit ruling in an Arizona copper
mining case.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Diane_Wilson:_2023_Goldman_Environmental
Prize_Winner⠀⇛
“She is our hero, and we are thrilled that
she is receiving this well-deserved
recognition,” CODEPINK said in a press
release.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 9_European_Countries_to_Turn_North_Sea_Into
Green_Power_Plant⠀⇛
“…a bold vision that encompasses the
generation of a minimum of 120 gigawatts of
offshore wind power…”
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Downtown_ghost_town?_More_cities_convert_empty
offices_into_homes.⠀⇛
Housing developers are converting empty office
towers into housing as part of an effort to revive
struggling downtown business districts that emptied
during the pandemic. Conversion projects are
underway in New York, Washington, Pittsburgh, and
Dallas.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Strong_Is_the_Economy?⠀⇛
The answer depends on how you measure success.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Tucker_Carlson_Nipped_from_Fox⠀⇛
An open thread on Tucker Carlson’s firing.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Tucker_Carlson’s_Dismissal_From_Fox
News_Means_for_the_Network⠀⇛
The host’s abrupt dismissal upends Fox News’s
prime-time lineup — and the carefully honed
impression that the ratings star was all but
untouchable.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Tucker_Carlson_gone:_Fox_News_announces
departure_of_popular_host⠀⇛
Fox News is parting ways with Tucker Carlson, less
than a week after settling a lawsuit over the
network’s 2020 election reporting. The network said
in a press release Monday that the popular and
controversial prime-time host’s last program aired
on Friday.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Carroll_v._Trump:_Battery_and_defamation_case
comes_to_trial⠀⇛
A battery and defamation lawsuit against Donald
Trump, starting tomorrow, piles atop other legal
challenges facing the former president.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Helsinki_to_host_two-day_Nato_NEPAC_meeting⠀⇛
NEPAC serves as a platform for Nato and allies to
plan programmes aimed at achieving the alliance’s
training and exercise goals.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Jyväskylä_to_rename_its_Yaroslavl_Square_over
Russia’s_invasion_of_Ukraine⠀⇛
The city suspended activities with its twin city
Yaroslavl last spring, after Russia first attacked
Ukraine.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Researcher:_Finland_lagging_behind_competitors_in
attracting_skilled_foreign_workers⠀⇛
Finland needs to realise how much work must still
be done to entice workers from abroad, according to
political scientist Pasi Saukkonen.
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Faculty_Perspective:_Inclusion_of_caste_in
U-M’s_non-discrimination_policy⠀⇛
Four faculty members applaud the university for
prohibiting caste-based harassment and
discrimination under its non-discrimination policy,
and say caste also should be a protected category
in the Standard Practice Guide.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ German_Magazine_Editor_Is_Fired_Over_A.I.
Michael_Schumacher_Interview⠀⇛
Die Aktuelle promoted an interview as the first
with the retired Formula 1 driver since a 2013
accident. But artificial intelligence had generated
the responses.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ China_Accuses_Liberal_Columnist_of
Espionage_After_a_Lunch_With_Diplomat⠀⇛
Dong Yuyu was a longtime writer and editor at a top
Chinese Communist Party newspaper who had
frequently met with foreign diplomats and
journalists.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Bulgaria_Approves_Draft_Law_That
Turns_Pirate_Site_Operators_Into_Criminals⠀⇛
A draft law that aims to criminalize and
prosecute those who “create conditions for
online piracy” has been approved by
Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers. The proposed
amendments are Bulgaria’s response to heavy
criticism from the United States, most
publicly via the USTR’s Special 301 Reports.
It’s hoped that prison sentences of up to six
years will send a deterrent message.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ 1337x’s_Search_is_Broken,_Can’t_Find
Recent_Torrents⠀⇛
1337x.to, one of the world’s most-visited
torrent sites, has trouble finding recent
torrents. While uploaders continue to add new
content to the site, the broken search
function only shows files that were uploaded
on or before April 10th. Thus far, the site’s
operator has yet to comment on the technical
problem.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Lantashi’s_Dance_–_Ch_2_–_H’shalyn⠀⇛
It has been forever since the Player and I have
worked on this story. Time to change that! I have a
lot of ideas for Lantashi, and the adventures that
take place after the campaign the story is based
on.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ All_in_on_dwm;_cheatsheet⠀⇛
I’ve been extatic with the suckless tiling desktop
manager dwm on my notebook. Feeling all cocky I
decided to switch my main machine to dwm as well.
The result is great, but it took more time than I
imagined.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ This,_that,_and_otherness⠀⇛
for setting me straight on an Antenna detail
or two critical to my gemlog entries showing
on Antenna!
In related news, I was very happy to receive
some nearly immediate email after relaunching
my capsule. I don’t need a lot of attention,
but I generally need more than zero to feel
effort is worthwhile.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Server
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o BSD
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o SaaS/Back_End/Databases
o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra
o FSF
o Programming/Development
# Qt
# Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh
* Leftovers
o Science
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
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Science
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Dignited ☛ Unix_Vs_Linux:_What’s_the_Difference⠀⇛
When it comes to operating systems, Unix and Linux are
two of the most popular choices. Both are widely used in
the tech industry, but what exactly sets them apart? In
this article, we’ll delve into the key differences
between Unix and Linux.
Before we dive in, it’s worth noting that Unix and Linux
are related but not identical. Unix was developed in the
late 1960s by Bell Labs, while Linux was developed in the
early 1990s by Linus Torvalds. Linux is actually based on
Unix, but it’s an open-source operating system that can
be freely modified and distributed.
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ Latest_Kubernetes_1.27_Release_Provides_More_Control⠀⇛
The latest version 1.27 of Kubernetes adds a range
of capabilities that promise to give IT teams more
granular control over pods within individual
clusters. Xander Grzywinski, release lead for this
version and a senior product manager for Microsoft,
says the capabilities that stand out most are an
instance of
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ Collabora ☛ Kernel_6.3:_MediaTek,_Rockchip_RK3588_&_more⠀⇛
Released earlier this week, Linux Kernel 6.3 brings
thousands of new lines of code to improve the core
kernel, architectural support, networking and
filesystems.
# ⚓ Bootlin ☛ Linux_6.3_released,_Bootlin_contributions
inside⠀⇛
Linux 6.3 has been released yesterday, right on
schedule. As usual, see the LWN.net articles that
covered the 6.3 merge window (part 1 and part 2) as
well as the KernelNewbies page.
# ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Linux_6.3_offers_improved_security_and
functionality_for_users⠀⇛
The latest version of Linux, Linux 6.3, has been
released following a “nice, controlled release
cycle,” according to project boss Linus Torvalds.
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.3_is_released_with_some_major_new
features⠀⇛
The latest Linux kernel boasts security, speed, and
power improvements for Intel, AMD, ARM, and RISC-
V architectures.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.2.13⠀⇛
I'm announcing the release of the 6.2.13 kernel.
All users of the 6.2 kernel series must upgrade.
The updated 6.2.y git tree can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/
git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.2.y
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web
browser:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/
linux-s...
thanks,
greg k-h
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.26⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.109⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.179⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.4.242⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.19.282⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.14.314⠀⇛
# ⚓ Adam_Young:_The_Minimum_Linux_Kernel_Module_Code_to
Register_a_Driver⠀⇛
I’ve been working through John_Madieu’s_Book_on
Linux_Device_Driver_Development. When typing in the
Sample code for the Platform device, I got a
Segmentation fault registering the device (insmod).
# ⚓ Neowin ☛ Intel_working_on_new_Meteor_Lake_L4_cache_for
faster_next-gen_Windows,_Linux,_Chrome_booting⠀⇛
Intel is making a new L4 cache specifically
designed for improving boot times on its next-gen
Meteor Lake processors. This means we could expect
faster booting on next-gen Windows 11, and more.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ AudioTube_is_a_Slick_YouTube_Music_App_for
Linux⠀⇛
If you regularly use YouTube to listen to music you
may enjoy using a dedicated YouTube music player on
your desktop. On Linux, there are several to choose
from.
# ⚓ Sébastien Wilmet ☛ Sébastien_Wilmet:_The_life_of_a_GUI
application⠀⇛
Some generalities about the life of a GUI
application. What problems are usually encountered
as developers, with solutions.ons need to be taken.
[...]
Once the GUI toolkit (and version) chosen, plus the
HIG, the development starts!
One thing to note already is that the application
developer is – in practice – limited by what the
GUI toolkit provides (and what is easily
consumable). Even though it’s possible for the app
developer to implement custom widgets based on
lower-level API, it’s much harder to do so and many
app developers don’t go that route.
So what the GUI toolkit provides shapes what the
application looks like, how features are presented
to the user and how they are implemented.
We would prefer to have as few frontend code as
possible, to focus on the backend and features, but
in practice we realize that the frontend is not
that easy to implement, after all. A GUI
application is not a batch program! Especially if
we want to create a real product with a long
lifetime, and a revenue stream (incidentally).
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ 15_Best_Download_Managers_for_Linux⠀⇛
It’s obvious to have a good download manager for
Linux or other operating systems you are using.
Though all modern browsers have a default download
manager, it’s not good enough to handle an
effective downloading system.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_OpenRGB_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
OpenRGB is an innovative open-source project that
offers users a versatile solution for controlling
RGB lighting on various devices. This software
breaks the chains of proprietary ecosystems,
enabling users to take control of their RGB
configurations without the need for multiple
vendor-specific applications.
# ⚓ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Peter_Czanik:_Upgrade_problems_from
syslog-ng_3_to_4⠀⇛
Version 4 of syslog-ng works perfectly well in
version 3 compatibility mode. However, if you want
to use the syslog-ng 4 features, you need to be
aware of some significant changes. If you have a
simple configuration, like those in Linux
distributions, then simply rewriting the version
string is most likely enough. However, if you use
PatternDB or JSON parsing, any Python code, or an
Elasticsearch, or MongoDB destination, you have to
be aware of the changes.
# ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_Upgrade_problems_from_syslog-ng_3_to_4⠀⇛
Version 4 of syslog-ng works perfectly well in
version 3 compatibility mode. However, if you want
to use the syslog-ng 4 features, you need to be
aware of some significant changes. If you have a
simple configuration, like those in Linux
distributions, then simply rewriting the version
string is most likely enough. However, if you use
PatternDB or JSON parsing, any Python code, or an
Elasticsearch, or MongoDB destination, you have to
be aware of the changes.
From this blog you can learn about type support,
how this can affect you, changes in Python support,
and some tips how to prepare for the upgrade.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Slack_on_Debian_12/11/10⠀⇛
In today’s fast-paced digital world, effective
communication and collaboration are essential for
success. With numerous tools available, it can be
challenging to find one that meets your team’s
unique needs. Slack, a robust and versatile
collaboration platform, has quickly emerged as the
go-to choice for organizations of all sizes.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Change_a_MySQL_User_Password⠀⇛
As a database administrator or a developer working
with MySQL, you may need to change the password of
a user for various reasons, such as security
updates or user requests.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_List_All_MySQL_Databases_with
Command_Line⠀⇛
MySQL, an extensively utilized open-source
relational database management system (RDBMS), is
favored by developers across the globe for its
performance, dependability, and user-friendliness.
In this article, we will examine a variety of
approaches to display a comprehensive list of all
MySQL databases, employing diverse tools and
techniques.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ MySQL_DATEDIFF:_Concepts_and_Examples⠀⇛
Are you working with dates and time in MySQL and
need a way to calculate the difference between two
dates? Look no further! In this article, we’ll dive
into the DATEDIFF() function in MySQL, discussing
the concept behind it, its syntax, and providing
practical examples.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_TeXworks_on_Debian_11⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
TeXworks on Debian 11. If you are a writer,
researcher, or student, you know how important it
is to have a reliable text editor for creating
documents, articles, or papers.
# ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Remove_Windows_Viruses_with
Linux⠀⇛
The worst case is when the virus takes over your
system, and you can’t boot it up. When this
happens, you may want to use a live Linux distro to
remove the Windows viruses. This tutorial shows you
how to get it done.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_Ultimate_Guide_to_Recovery_and_Rescue_Mode
in_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Greetings, Ubuntu enthusiasts! As a passionate
Ubuntu user, I take great pleasure in sharing
valuable tips and insights that can enhance your
experience with this versatile operating system. In
today’s guide, we’ll dive deep into the world of
Recovery and Rescue Mode in Ubuntu, two powerful
tools designed to help you troubleshoot and resolve
various system issues.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_repair_a_damaged_filesystem_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛
In this comprehensive guide, we explore the
essential aspects of filesystem management in
Ubuntu. Learn how to repair, optimize, and maintain
your filesystem with our expert tips and tricks.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_empty_or_clear_system_log_files_in
Linux⠀⇛
Learn how to empty or clear system log files in
Linux using various methods, including manual
commands, logrotate, and Stacer. Keep your system
organized and save disk space by managing log files
efficiently.
# ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_To_Fix_“Sub-process_/usr/bin/dpkg
returned_an_error_code_(1)”_Error_In_Ubuntu⠀⇛
In Ubuntu You might come across the “Sub-process /
usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)” Error In
Ubuntu while trying to install software or upgrade
the Ubuntu. This happens because of corrupt or
broken packages.
# ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ Fix_“Failed_to_mount_‘/dev/sdax’:_Input/
output_error,_NTFS_is_either_inconsistent,_or_there_is_a
hardware_fault,_or_it’s_a_SoftRAID/FakeRAID_hardware”⠀⇛
In this Linux tutorial, we will show how to fix
“Failed to mount ‘/dev/sdax’: Input/output error,
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware
fault, or it’s a SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware” error
on Linux.
# ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ Multiple_Ways_To_Recover_Deleted_Files_On
Linux_[2023]⠀⇛
In this Linux tutorial blog, We are going to show
you the multiple ways to recover your deleted files
from Linux based operating system.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Aurélien Gâteau ☛ Split-screen_revival_progress⠀⇛
As I explained in my previous status update, I
decided not to dive into LAN based multi-player for
Pixel Wheels. Instead I am reworking the existing
shared screen multi-player mode. It’s going to use
split screen again and support up to 4 players.
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Magic:_The_Gathering_Fan_Allegedly_Set_Upon_by
Pinkertons_for_Unreleased_Cards⠀⇛
And then on Sunday, April 23, oldschoolmtg uploaded
a video titled “The Aftermath of The Aftermath …
Everything Is Gone!” He described how Pinkerton
agents allegedly showed up at his door that
morning, demanding the return of the Magic cards.
You might be familiar with the name; Pinkerton is a
risk management and security firm that many people
associate with agents sent to undermine unions in
the early 1900s, infiltrating those unions in order
to prevent unionists from gaining employment,
recruit goon squads, act as security guards for
management, and undermine strikes. Pinkertons were
also a part of the Battle of Blair Mountain—the
largest labor uprising in the United States. It is
the kind of company you hire when you want to
intimidate people and force them to comply
immediately.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ 5_Best_3D_Games_for_Linux_To_Play⠀⇛
It is true that Linux doesn’t have a good name for
the gaming sectors like Windows and macOS. But
still, there are a lot of interesting games,
including many 3D games available for Linux users.
Indeed, gaming companies are now getting interested
in Linux, and so they are producing more games for
this system.
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients
with_Teslagrad_Remastered_and_Hush_Hush_–_2023-04-26
Edition⠀⇛
Between 2023-04-19 and 2023-04-26 there were 28 New
Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For
reference, during the same time, there were 283
games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux
versions represent about 9.9 % of total…
# ⚓ The United Kingdom ☛ Microsoft_/_Activision_deal_prevented
to_protect_innovation_and_choice_in_cloud_gaming_–_GOV.UK⠀⇛
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ KDE Official ☛ g10_Code_Becomes_a_KDE_Patron⠀⇛
g10_Code_GmbH joins the ranks of KDE patrons!
g10 Code provides custom development,
enhancements, and audits of cryptographic
software — in particular for the popular
GnuPG encryption and digital signature tools.
# ⚓ Dedoimedo ☛ Slimbook_Pro2,_Kubuntu_18.04_to_22.04
upgrade,_changes,_fun⠀⇛
I have to say I’m really pleased with the
upgrade. Yes, there were some niggles, but
Kubuntu 22.04 has infused a lungful of fresh
air into my Slimbook Pro2. It’s now quieter,
cooler and more responsive than before, which
is a really nice thing considering we’ve
moved almost five years since. All of my
software and games work just as before. Now
compare this to some other other operating
systems out there. Just sayin’.
Well, if you’re pondering should you move off
your older Linux, a Kubuntu in particular, in
this case, the answer is a wholehearted yes.
Plasma 5.24 is just solid gold. Now, I need
to see whether I can get a new battery for
the Pro2, because the way the software
behaves, I see no reason why it cannot live
another happy five years without breaking
into sweat. But this has been a thoroughly
good experiment. Two upgrades, two hours,
excellent results. Take care, Tuxers.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ Link_drip_or_weekend_summary?⠀⇛
I’ve been posting in this new pattern for a while
now. The content is mostly the same – DragonFly
updates, BSD user meetings, oddball mostly history
links – but I’m posting as I see them instead of
doing a weekend summary. Which do you prefer? The
summary or the drip?
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Anaconda_Installer_Partitioning_and
Storage_Survey_Results⠀⇛
Back in late January, we distributed a survey
focusing on partitioning preferences for Anaconda
Installer (OS Installer for RHEL, CentOS, and
Fedora). We were able to get 1269 responses! Thank
you to all who participated. The data we collected
will help the Anaconda team continue to provide an
installer that best suits the majority’s needs.
Given the high participation rate, we’re excited to
share the main results and findings with you!
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Six_Raspberry_Pi_4′s_Power_Sci-Fi-Themed
Chinese_Take-Out_Signage⠀⇛
A Chinese take-out in Houston, Texas has six
Raspberry Pi 4 powering a sci-fi themed digital
display.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ 10_Best_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Projects_for
Beginners⠀⇛
If you’re an engineering student or a robotics
fanatic, I’m sure you’ve heard a lot about the
Raspberry Pi and Pi projects. The regular Raspberry
Pi boards and Pi projects are more often for
robotics and simulations. The Pi board 3B, 4B, and
higher versions are similar to a single-board
computer (SBC).
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android’s_camera_and_microphone_kill
switch_is_headed_to_ChromeOS⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Google_is_developing_Timeline_feature_for_Android
System_Settings⠀⇛
# ⚓ Online Tech Tips ☛ How_to_Change_the_Name_of_Your_Android
Phone⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Android_13_QPR3_brings_back_Wi-Fi_password_sharing
through_screenshots⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_13_QPR3_makes_Wi-Fi_password
sharing_easier_again⠀⇛
# ⚓ Giz China ☛ See_Whether_Your_Phone_Will_Get_MIUI_15_and
Android_14_With_This_Tool_–_Gizchina.com⠀⇛
# ⚓ India Times ☛ vivo_x90:_Vivo_X90_Pro:_Is_it_the_best
Android_camera_phone_in_the_market?_–_The_Economic_Times
Video_|_ET_Now⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ How_to_set_up_daily_routines_with_Google
Assistant_on_Android_in_2023?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Giz China ☛ Android_14_set_to_introduce_a_long-awaited
feature_–_Gizchina.com⠀⇛
# ⚓ Samsung ☛ Get_4x_Android_OS_Updates_on_Galaxy_A_–_Samsung
Newsroom_Malaysia⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Pichai_teases_AI,_Pixel,_and_Android_at_Google
I/O_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Kayak_brings_passkey_support_to_Android_and
Chrome⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ Firefox_Nightly:_Harder,_Better,_Faster,_Stronger,
Prettier_–_These_Weeks_in_Firefox:_Issue_136⠀⇛
§ Highlights
# Itiel improved themes_support_for_the
findbar, previously there was very
little contrast. Themes with background
images have their images used in the
findbar.
o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
# ⚓ Phil Booth ☛ Nine_ways_to_shoot_yourself_in_the_foot_with
PostgreSQL⠀⇛
Previously on Extreme Learning, I discussed all the
ways I’ve broken production using healthchecks. In
this post I’ll do the same for PostgreSQL.
The common thread linking most of these gotchas is
scalability. They’re things that won’t affect you
while your database is small. But if one day you
want your database not to be small, it pays to
think about them in advance. Otherwise they’ll came
back and bite you later, potentially when it’s
least convenient. Plus in many cases it’s less work
to do the right thing from the start, than it is to
change a working system to do the right thing later
on.
o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾
# ⚓ Want_new_features_in_LibreOffice?_Help_to_fund
developers!⠀⇛
Every major release of LibreOffice includes new
features, thanks to our community of volunteer and
ecosystem developers. But what can you do, if you
want a new feature in LibreOffice but don’t have
the technical know-how to implement it?
o § FSF⠀➾
# ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Blogs:_Call_on_the_IRS_to_provide_libre_tax-
filing_software⠀⇛
How did you file your taxes this year? Millions of
US taxpayers file their taxes using proprietary
software such as TurboTax. Many feel they have no
other option than to use nonfree software or a
Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS), giving up
their freedom as well as their most private
financial information to a third-party company, in
order to file taxes. Fortunately, upcoming
legislation gives us a chance to change this. The
Inflation Reduction Act requires the IRS to
research a government-operated gratis tax return
system. $15 million of the $80 billion that was
approved for the tax agency by the Act is allocated
for this. On April 5, the IRS released a plan for
how it intends to improve the tax system. This plan
includes the promise to further explore an
“electronic service to prepare and file tax returns
directly with the IRS.” To do so, the IRS intends
to “study taxpayer preferences for products. The
results of the study will inform if and how the IRS
should design such a service.”
This is an invitation to tell the IRS about the
importance of free (as in freedom) software. The
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund launched a
petition calling for a gratis, “simple tax filing
system that saves taxpayers time and money.” This
is not enough! We need a tax filing system in which
every taxpayer can file their taxes entirely with
free software. There are already some providers who
allow eligible people to file their taxes free of
charge, but none of the software offered is free as
in freedom.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Bruno Rodrigues ☛ I’ve_been_blogging_for_10_years⠀⇛
The primary reason I started my blog was to have a
repository of code snippets that I could re-use.
Anytime I had to do something for my thesis or for
work, I would write instructions around the code
that I’ve used to explain how and why things worked
out. But I needed a spot to save these scripts, and
it turns out that a blog was the best solution for
this: it doesn’t require any subscription to a
(very often proprietary) service to store my notes
for me, and I need 0 discipline to maintain a blog.
Simply write a post, push to Github, website gets
updated. If I would store the notes myself on my
computer instead, this would mean a lot of work,
and I would need to think about how to make them
available across devices.
The other reason is that I thought that this would
be a good way for me to contribute to the wider
free software and open source ecosystem. I’m not a
programmer, so contributing code would be quite
difficult for me. I’ve recently published a
package, so in the end I ended up contributing
code, but that was more due to “luck” finding an
actual problem that hadn’t been solved (well,
that’s not really the case, logging in R had been
solved, but not using a monad and for some reason I
had become obsessed with monads in 2022) and also
thanks to the help of much better programmers than
myself. So writing and posting these blog posts
would be my way to contribute to the community. I
think that this was the right decision, as I’ve had
many people throughout the years thank me for some
of my blog posts that helped them with some of
their tasks.
# ⚓ Jason Swett ☛ Why_duplication_is_more_acceptable_in_tests⠀⇛
It’s often taught in programming that duplication
is to be avoided. But for some reason it’s often
stated that duplication is more acceptable in test
code than in application code. Why is this?
We’ll explore this, but first, let’s examine the
wrong answers.
# ⚓ [Repeat]Ruben Schade ☛ Urban_sprawl_guarenteed_the_success
of_online_retail⠀⇛
Unfortunately, much of Sydney is the same suburban
“stroad” wasteland like you see in post-WWII New
Zealand or North America. Weirdly enough, my first
experience with this lifestyle was in Malaysia; my
parents wanted a house again after living in high-
rise Singapore, so we moved into a residential
development on the periphery (to put it
charitably!) of Kuala Lumpur. It was a beautiful,
isolated prison accessible only by car, and I
promised myself to never live in one again!
Which leads me to this epiphany about online
retail. Living in a remote house distorts your view
of the world in so many ways, but this might be one
of the more economically consequential.
# ⚓ Alexandru Nedelcu ☛ Kotlin_Coroutines_to_Cats-Effect⠀⇛
Kotlin Coroutines are usually integrated in Java
code via Java’s CompletableFuture, but a tighter
integration might be possible with Cats-Effect. I
played around to see if I can convert Kotlin’s
coroutines, built via suspended functions straight
to cats.effect.IO. Turns out I could.
# ⚓ Brad Taunt ☛ Applying_Email-Based_Git_Patches_in_Evolution
on_Linux⠀⇛
Users who work with git patches through email most
likely use a terminal-based program such as aerc or
mutt. CLI email clients tend to have built-in
support for easily applying patches directly to
their local repos. But what about people who prefer
to use graphical email apps?
Lucky for us, it is actually fairly simple to
replicate a similar workflow to that of a CLI
client. In this example I will be focusing on the
Evolution email client, but the core principles
should work in most other GUIs.
# ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ CMake_3.26_update_on_FreeBSD⠀⇛
It was time again to update CMake on FreeBSD.
That’s always a guarantee for a good time, since
there are about 2500 FreeBSD ports (software
packages) that use CMake directly as their (meta-
) build system. An update is a special moment to
try to break them.
# ⚓ Balint_Reczey:_Improve_build_time_of_Rust,_Java_and_Intel
Fortran_projects_with_Firebuild’s_new_release!⠀⇛
Rust is a hugely popular compiled programming
language and fully supporting it was an important
goal for Firebuild for some time.
Firebuild’s v0.8.0_release finally added Rust
support in addition to numerous other improvements
including support for Doxygen, Intel’s Fortran
compiler and restored javac and javadoc
acceleration.
# § Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Shaping_the_Future_of_Digital_Experience_–_UI
Framework_Graphics⠀⇛
Graphics are an essential element of UI
applications. Indeed, what differentiates UI
applications from other types of software is
the presence of a visual interface enhancing
user interaction. Visuals make software more
intuitive and immediate, easier to use and to
understand. Colors, icons, and animations
provide visual cues or status updates in a
non-invasive way. Charts, graphs, or maps
help display complex information and data.
Advanced 3D graphics represent real-world
objects and life-like situations on the UI.
And in addition to their utility, there is an
undisputed aesthetic value in the creation of
visually appealing software—good UX design
and pleasant visuals attract more users and
reinforce brands.
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_for_Android_Automotive_6.5_is_released⠀⇛
The latest release of Qt for Android
Automotive (QtAA) is out, based on Qt 6.5 LTS
and with many new and improved features.
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Qbs_2.0_released⠀⇛
The Qbs_build_tool version 2.0.0 is
available.
Qbs is a community-driven language-agnostic
build automation system. It is fast and
offers an easy-to-learn language based upon
QML.
# § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ ‘Unary_Operator_Expected’_Error_in_Bash:
Causes,_Solutions,_and_Best_Practices⠀⇛
Welcome to this tutorial on resolving the
“unary operator expected” error in Bash! This
error often occurs when working with Bash
scripts and can be challenging to diagnose
and fix.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Magnitude-7.3_earthquake_strikes_Indonesia;
2-hour_tsunami_warning_lifted⠀⇛
The quake was at a depth of 20km.
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ N.H._Bakery’s_Mural_Causes_Town_Beuracrats_To_Go_Nuts
Over_Donuts⠀⇛
You might be a little surprised how many Techdirt posts
have been done that involve donuts. I know, right? What a
sentence! Still, we’ve got square donut trademarks, we’ve
got donuts made to look like college sports teams, and we
even have donut crumbs that some Joe Friday out there
thought for sure was meth.
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Two_Excellent_Podcast_Episodes_Techdirt_Readers_Might
Like⠀⇛
We’re hard at work on a very cool new project that will
be released very soon, so I didn’t have time to record a
podcast this week. However, there were two recent (much
more well known) podcast episodes that I heard that
Techdirt readers might really like. Rather than do longer
posts about each, I figured I’d just lump them together
in this post with a short summary, and if they sound
interesting, you should go check them out.
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Forbes_30_Under_30…_And_Facing_30_Years_Behind_Bars⠀⇛
Back in 2016, around the time that both Theranos and
Zenefits were engulfed in scandals that involved their
superstar founders/CEOs being caught lying to investors,
we had a podcast discussing the issues around innovation
and the marketing mantra of “fake it ‘til you make it”
for startups. One of the points raised is that there is a
difference between outright fraud and the kind of usual
puffery and exaggeration that happens in both startups,
and that it’s important for startup founders not to get
carried away.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_FAA_let_SpaceX_launch_Starship_without_the
usual_pad_protections⠀⇛
The multi-year bureaucratic clash over the
environmental impact of the world’s largest rocket
considered everything from endangered birds and
historical monuments to exhaust and construction
noise, but the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) didn’t anticipate one thing: dust.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ FET:_The_Friendly_Efficient_Transistor⠀⇛
If you ever work with a circuit that controls a
decent amount of current, you will often encounter
a FET – a Field-Effect Transistor. Whether you want
to control a couple of powerful LEDs, switch a USB
device on and off, or drive a motor, somewhere in
the picture, there’s usually a FET doing the heavy
lifting. You might not be familiar with how a FET
works, how to use one and what are the caveats –
let’s go through the basics.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ This_Amphibious_Fish_May_Hold_The_Secret_to
The_Evolutionary_Origins_of_Blinking⠀⇛
*blink*
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_Shapes_The_Milky
Way_in_Ways_We’re_Only_Starting_to_Grasp⠀⇛
Influencer.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ In_an_Incredible_First,_Scientists_Have
Discovered_What’s_at_The_Core_of_Mars⠀⇛
We’ve finally detected seismic waves passing
through the Red Planet.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ New_Study_of_Einstein_Rings_Says_Dark
Matter_Behaves_More_Like_a_Wave,_Not_a_Particle⠀⇛
Curiouser and curiouser.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ We_May_Have_Just_Detected_an_Elusive_Ocean
World_Orbiting_a_Sun-Like_Star⠀⇛
An incredibly rare find.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ A_Japanese_Company_Is_Attempting_the
First_Successful_Private_Moon_Landing._Here’s_How_to_Watch.⠀⇛
Japanese company ispace is aiming to be the first
company to successfully land a robot on the moon
this week.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Moon_shot:_Japan_firm_to_attempt
historic_lunar_landing⠀⇛
ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander will start its
descent towards the lunar surface at around
11.40pm, Singapore time.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Martian_rover_likely_stalled_by_sand,
dust,_says_China_after_months_of_silence_on_its_status⠀⇛
An unforeseen pile-up of dust most likely affected
power generation and Zhurong’s ability to wake up
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ A_protest_for_education_ends_with_tear
gas⠀⇛
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Low-Cost_RF_Power_Sensor_Gets_All_The_Details
Right⠀⇛
Dirty little secret time: although amateur radio
operators talk a good game about relishing the
technical challenge of building their own radio
equipment, what’s really behind all the DIY gear is
the fact that the really good stuff is just too
expensive to buy.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Reading_Ptolemy’s_Treatise_On_The_Meteoroscope
On_Palimpsests_After_Centuries_Of_Recovery_Attempts⠀⇛
During the Middle Ages much of Ancient Greek and
Roman scientific, legal and similarly significant
texts written on parchment were commonly erased,
mostly because of the high cost of new parchment
and the little regard given to these secular texts.
Although recovery attempts of the remaining faint
outlines of the old text has been attempted since
at least the 19th century, these often involved
aggressive chemical means. Now researchers have
managed to recover the text written by Ptolemy on a
parchment that suffered such a previous recovery
attempt.
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ DFRobot_debuts_compact_x86_Single_Board
Computer⠀⇛
The LattePanda Sigma is a new single board computer
featuring a 13th gen i5 processor along with an
ATmega32 coprocessor. The device is equipped with
multiple interfaces and flexible expansion ports.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Retrotechtacular:_Putting_Pictures_On_The_Wire
In_The_1930s⠀⇛
Remember fax machines? They used to be all the
rage, and to be honest it was pretty cool to be
able to send images back and forth over telephone
lines. By the early 2000s, pretty much everyone had
some kind of fax capability, whether thanks to a
dedicated fax machine, a fax modem, or an all-in-
one printer. But then along came the smartphone
that allowed you to snap a picture of a document
and send it by email or text, and along with the
decrease in landline subscriptions, facsimile has
pretty much become a technological dead end.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Op_Amp_Contest:_A_Slice_Of_The_’70s⠀⇛
The 1970s was a great time to be an electronics
hobbyist, as a whole new world of analogue
integrated circuits was coming down in price while
new devices would appear to tempt the would-be
constructor. Magazines and project books were full
of simple circuits to do all manner of fun things,
including many synthesizers and sound generators.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Very_Slow_Movie_Player_Avoids_E-Ink_Ghosting
With_Machine_Learning⠀⇛
[mat kelcey] was so impressed and inspired by the
concept of a very slow movie player (which is the
playing of a movie at a slow rate on a kind of DIY
photo frame) that he created his own with a high-
resolution e-ink display. It shows high definition
frames from Alien (1979) at a rate of about one
frame every 200 seconds, but a surprising amount of
work went into getting a color film intended to
look good on a movie screen also look good when
displayed on black & white e-ink.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Fanless_mini_PC_features_up_to_Core_i3-N305
Alder_Lake-N_processor⠀⇛
AAEON’s UP Squared Pro 7000 Edge fanless mini PC is
powered by a choice of Alder Lake-N SoCs from the
Processor N50 up to the Intel Core i3-N305 octa-
core processor and designed for IoT, automation,
robotics, and industrial applications. The system
is based on the UP Squared Pro 7000 4-inch SBC and
ships up to 16GB LPDDR5, up to 64GB eMMC flash, and
supports triple display setups with HDMI,
DisplayPort, and USB-C ports.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Arm_reportedly_developing_‘advanced’_test
chip_for_customers⠀⇛
Arm Ltd. is developing a test chip designed to
demonstrate the capabilities of its technology to
customers, according to a new report. The Financial
Times on Sunday cited sources as saying that the
project is Arm’s “most advanced” chipmaking
initiative to date.
⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Exploring_an_incredible_Kyoto_Hard_Off_store⠀⇛
Hard Off is a chain of second-hand stores in Japan that sell
computers, retro consoles, Hi-Fi gear, camera lenses, scientific
equipment, electric guitars, toasters, and everything in between.
Their logo suggests they’re related to the Book Off chain of second-
hand book stores.
I’d never been to one in Japan before, but Clara and I tracked down a
branch on the outskirts of Kyoto one evening. It was a bit of a trek;
the sheer size of the warehouse presumably makes it difficult to
afford rent or floor space in the centre of town. Fortunately, there
was a Hankyu line station within a fifteen minute walk.
⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ AMD_Ryzen_7000_Burning_Out:_Root_Cause_Identified,_EXPO_and
SoC_Voltages_to_Blame⠀⇛
We reached out to industry contacts to find out why AMD’s Ryzen 7000
processors are burning out.
⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Arm_Developing_Reference_Chips_to_Attract_New_Customers:
Report⠀⇛
Arm reportedly forms solutions team to develop advanced SoC
prototypes.
§ Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_countries_with_the_worst_malaria_rates⠀⇛
Africa continues to carry a disproportionately high share of
malaria cases, according to the latest world malaria report by
the World Health Organization.
* ⚓ ADF ☛ West_Africa_Emerges_as_Cocaine_Hotspot:_UN_Report⠀⇛
The Guinean Navy found more than 1.5 tons of cocaine on board a
fishing vessel off the coast during an inspection in early
April.
* ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Common_Sleeping_Pill_May_Reduce_The_Build-Up_of
Alzheimer’s_Proteins,_Study_Finds⠀⇛
Intriguing…
* ⚓ Science Alert ☛ It’s_Official:_Cranberries_Can_Reduce_Risk_of_UTI_by
50%_in_Certain_People⠀⇛
More than an ‘old wive’s tale’.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ What’s_Going_On_With_Covid_Right_Now?⠀⇛
Cases, hospitalizations and deaths are lower than they’ve been
in years. We asked experts how to think about personal risk —
and what the future likely holds.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Death_toll_in_Kenyan_starvation_cult_rises_to_more_than_70,
police_say⠀⇛
Kenyan police have recovered 73 bodies, mostly from mass graves
in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a
Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they
starved themselves, a police officer said on Monday.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Air_pollution_kills_more_than_1,200_children_a_year_in
Europe,_report_says⠀⇛
Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a
year in under 18′s across Europe and increases the risk of
chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said
Monday.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ G7_agriculture_ministers_agree_to_help_Ukraine_restore_food
systems_amid_war⠀⇛
The Group of 7 (G7) Agriculture Ministers Sunday agreed to
assist Ukraine as it rebuilds its agriculture system and
condemned Russia’s “war of aggression” on Ukraine.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ North_Dakota_Governor_Signs_Near-Total_Abortion_Ban⠀⇛
The governor approved the state’s prohibition on Monday, just a
month after the State Supreme Court blocked an earlier ban.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Car_crashes_into_toll_gate_barrier_in_Malaysia
after_driver,_passengers_lose_consciousness⠀⇛
A medical examination confirmed they were unconscious due to
lack of oxygen in their bodies.
* ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Insulin_Pump_Teardown_Shows_One_Motor_Does_Many_Jobs⠀⇛
Modern insulin pumps are self-contained devices that attach to
a user’s skin via an adhesive patch, and are responsible for
administering insulin as needed. Curious as to what was inside,
[Ido Roseman] tore down an Omnipod Dash and took some pictures
showing what was inside.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ WHO_Official_Warns_Occupation_of_Sudanese_Lab_Poses
‘Huge_Biological_Risk’⠀⇛
Amid a 72-hour truce in Sudan, a United Nations official
revealed Tuesday that that one of the warring parties had
seized control of a national laboratory in the capital Khartoum
that holds samples of multiple diseases, posing a public health
threat.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Your_dog_can_join_you_for_outdoor_dining,_FDA_says⠀⇛
It’s OK for diners to bring dogs to restaurants’ outdoor
seating areas if state and local laws — and the restaurant —
allow it, the Food and Drug Administration says in new
guidance.
Why it matters: The agency weighed in on this hot-button issue
just in time for spring, the high season for disputes over
Fido’s right to dine alfresco — and as cities grapple with
whether to extend COVID-era outdoor dining rules.
§ Proprietary⠀➾
* ⚓ New Zealand Herald ☛ Amazon_NZ_staff_brace_for_layoff_news_today,
expected_to_focus_on_AWS⠀⇛
Amazon New Zealand staff have been called to a midday meeting,
where they expect to hear how they will be impacted by the
multinational’s latest round of layoffs.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Will_AI_Lead_to_Human_Extinction?⠀⇛
It gets worse: In a survey of AI experts conducted last year,
almost half said the chance that AI would lead to human
extinction was 10 percent or more. Even Elon Musk, a founding
member of OpenAI and someone rarely seen as concerned about
consequences, said last week that AI “has the potential of
civilization destruction.”
We are at an inflection point with AI. New technology demands
new regulations. But AI development is outpacing regulators’
ability to act, or even to understand. To avert the worst
possible outcomes, leaders need to listen to the experts who
can anticipate the ramifications, and regulate now—before it’s
too late.
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ A_Refuge_From_Internet_Algorithms_Is_Hiding_in_Plain
Sight⠀⇛
Google Maps’ main purpose is to enable people to get directions
and look up businesses. But along the way, it has become a
social space too. Sort of. To fill out the world map it
created, Google invited people to add snippets to all the
digital places. You upload your photos; you leave your reviews;
you look at the artifacts others have left behind. The pictures
of a restaurant on Google Maps are often a mismatched
succession of interior-design shots, flash photos of messy
plates, and outdated menus. There’s plenty of detritus too:
irrelevant photos, businesses that don’t exist, three-star
reviews without an explanation.
§ Security⠀➾
* ⚓ Google ☛ Release_of_a_Technical_Report_into_Intel_Trust_Domain
Extensions⠀⇛
Today, members of Google Project Zero and Google Cloud are
releasing a report on a security review of Intel’s Trust_Domain
Extensions (TDX). TDX is a feature introduced to support
Confidential_Computing by providing hardware isolation of
virtual machine guests at runtime. This isolation is achieved
by securing sensitive resources, such as guest physical memory.
This restricts what information is exposed to the hosting
environment.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ Attackers_Abuse_Kubernetes_RBAC_to_Deploy_Persistent
Backdoor⠀⇛
Threat actors have been observed abusing Kubernetes RBAC to
create backdoors and hijack cluster resources for
cryptocurrency mining.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ External_Signs_of_Narcissism_–_Raising_Awareness_to
Avoid_Collateral_Damage⠀⇛
Learning how to spot the signs of narcissism and identify
narcissists will help us ensure that we do not bring these
people into our security and fraud teams, or our enterprises.
* ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ To_combat_cybercrime,_US_law_enforcement
increasingly_prioritizes_disruption⠀⇛
Rather than focusing on arrests, U.S. law enforcement is trying
to prevent additional victims of online crime.
* ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Collaboration_between_CISA,_Cyber_Command_thwarted
dangerous_cyberattacks,_officials_said⠀⇛
During the 2023 RSA Conference, top officials provided rare
insight into sharing information to protect U.S. networks from
malicious hackers.
* ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Industrial_security_vendors_partner_to_share
intelligence_about_critical_infrastructure_threats⠀⇛
The biggest companies working in industrial cybersecurity are
building an early-warning platform called ETHOS to share threat
intelligence.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ 38_Countries_Take_Part_in_NATO’s_2023_Locked_Shields
Cyber_Exercise⠀⇛
More than 3,000 participants from 38 countries took place in
NATO’s 2023 Locked Shields cyber defense exercise.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ Critical_Flaw_in_Inea_ICS_Product_Exposes_Industrial
Organizations_to_Remote_Attacks⠀⇛
Critical vulnerability found in Inea RTU can be exploited to
remotely hack devices and cause disruption in industrial
organizations.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ North_Korean_Hackers_Target_Mac_Users_With_New
‘RustBucket’_Malware⠀⇛
North Korea-linked hacking group BlueNoroff/Lazarus was seen
using the RustBucket macOS malware in recent attacks.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ SolarWinds_Platform_Update_Patches_High-Severity
Vulnerabilities⠀⇛
SolarWinds has patched two high-severity vulnerabilities that
could lead to command execution and privilege escalation.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_Data_Sharing_Platform_Serves_as_Early_Warning
System_for_OT_Security_Threats⠀⇛
Several OT cybersecurity firms have teamed up to create an
information sharing platform designed to serve as an early
warning system for critical infrastructure.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ Huntress:_Most_PaperCut_Installations_Not_Patched
Against_Already-Exploited_Security_Flaw⠀⇛
Researchers warn that majority of Windows and macOS PaperCut
installations still vulnerable to critical vulnerability
already exploited in malware attacks.
* ⚓ How_To_Secure_Against_WordPress_Vulnerabilities_with_Predictive
Analysis_Detection_&_Automated_Remediation⠀⇛
WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems
in the world due to the ability it gives non-technical,
inexperienced users to create professional, effective websites.
According to data from W3Techs, WordPress was used by 43% of
all websites on the Internet in 2022.
This widespread usage, combined with persistent security
vulnerabilities, has put a target on WordPress’s back.
Malicious hackers have come to view attacks exploiting
WordPress vulnerabilities as an easy and effective way to gain
access to valuable credentials and infect systems with harmful
software.
Securing WordPress sites against damaging attacks is a
challenge, as new vulnerabilities are constantly being
discovered, and even sites that are considered secure are
frequently breached with emerging attacks. In this article, we
introduce a minimum impact solution that leverages predictive
analysis detection and automated remediation, and demonstrate
its effectiveness in securing WordPress sites against attacks
exploiting both new and known flaws.
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ EFF ☛ Internal_Documents_Show_How_Little_the_FBI_Did_to_Correct
Misuse_of_Section_702_Databases⠀⇛
Section 702 allows the government to conduct surveillance
inside the United States by vacuuming up digital
communications so long as the surveillance is directed at
foreigners currently located outside the United States.
It also prohibits intentionally targeting Americans.
Nevertheless, the NSA routinely (“incidentally”) acquires
innocent Americans’ communications without a probable
cause warrant. Once collected, the FBI can search through
this massive database of information by “querying” the
communications of specific individuals.
In 2021 alone, the FBI conducted up to 3.4 million
warrantless searches of Section 702 data to find
Americans’ communications. Congress and the FISA Court
have imposed modest limitations on these “backdoor
searches,” but according to several recent FISA Court
opinions, the FBI has engaged in “widespread violations”
of even these minimal privacy protections.
After a string of scandals, these newly released
documents demonstrate some of the steps the FBI took to
train personnel who apparently did not understand how to
stay within the law’s extremely broad mandate. Namely, to
query the collected communications of U.S. persons only
if they are investigating foreign intelligence, a crime,
or both, still without judicial review. According to FBI
director and media reports, these guidelines led to a
significant drop in unauthorized searches, but even this
“dramatic” drop still allegedly resulted in over two
hundred thousand warrantless searches of Americans’
private communications in 2022 alone. That’s two hundred
thousand too many; Congress should close the “backdoor
loophole” and require the FBI to get a search warrant.
o ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_164:_Teresa_Scassa
on_the_Latest_Canadian_Court_Ruling_on_Facebook_and_What_It_Might
Mean_for_Privacy_Reform⠀⇛
The controversy over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica was
back in the spotlight in Canada as the Federal Court
sided with Facebook and against the Privacy Commissioner
of Canada in a decision arising from a 2019 investigation
into the matter.
o ⚓ EDRI ☛ EU_plans_allow_Big_Tech_to_exploit_your_medical_records,
without_permission⠀⇛
The EHDS also proposes to legally compel hospitals or
physicians to hand out your medical records to a newly
created government agency, which in turn, can allow
access to anyone who claims a research interest. That
includes not only academics but also pharmaceutical
companies, wellness app startups and even data harvesting
Big Tech corporations like Google and Facebook.
o ⚓ Cryptography Engineering ☛ Book_Review:_Red_Team_Blues⠀⇛
This became obvious in the middle of the first chapter,
when a character began explaining the operation of a
trusted execution environment and its various digital
signing keys. While it’s always fun to read about
gangsters and exploding cars, there’s something
particularly nice about a book whose plot hangs around a
piece of technology that most people don’t even think
about. (And if that isn’t your thing, there are exploding
cars and gangsters.)
This still leaves the question of how a cryptography blog
reviews a work of fiction, even one centered on
cryptography. The answer is pretty simple: I’m not going
to talk much about the story. If you want that, there are
other reviews out there. While I did enjoy the book
immensely and I’m hopeful Cory will write more books in
this line (with hopefully more cryptography), I’ll mainly
focus on the plausibility of the core technical setup.
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Russia_tracks_visiting_Finns_via_smartphone_IMEI_codes,_Yle
finds⠀⇛
The visitors noted that Russian authorities recorded the
IMEI codes of their smartphones as they crossed the
border. The 15-digit IMEI codes are device-unique,
allowing mobile phone service providers to identify
individual devices on mobile phone networks. That code is
attached to the device itself and is not changed if a
different SIM card is used, for example.
o ⚓ EDRI ☛ Retrospective_facial_recognition_surveillance_conceals
human_rights_abuses_in_plain_sight⠀⇛
Following the burglary of a French logistics company in
2019, facial recognition technology (FRT) was used on
security camera footage of the incident in an attempt to
identify the perpetrators. In this case, the FRT system
listed two hundred people as potential suspects. From
this list, the police singled out ‘Mr H’ and charged him
with the theft, despite a lack of physical evidence to
connect him to the crime. The judge decided to rely on
this notoriously discriminatory technology, sentencing Mr
H to 18 months in prison.
o ⚓ RTL ☛ Speed_cameras_that_can_detect_mobile_phones_to_be
introduced_in_border_region⠀⇛
In the future, every police headquarters in Rhineland-
Palatinate will be equipped with such a mobile speed
camera system.
The Minister of the Interior announced that in the next
amendment of the Police and Public Order Act, “we will
draw up a proposal, the legal basis of which will allow
the permanent use of the Monocam. We will of course also
take into account data protection issues.”
The Monocam system, developed in the Netherlands, detects
in real time when a car or lorry driver grabs their
smartphone or tablet while driving and automatically
takes a picture.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Practice_makes_perfect:_What_China_wants_from
its_digital_currency_in_2023 [Ed: Such a currency would harm many
people in a lot of ways. The problem isn't that regimes want people
to carry computers around; the problem is that they want these
computers to be remotely controlled by the regimes. Carrying
computers around can be OK (PDAs, hand calculators), but this is
not how regimes envision the future. They want instruments of
control over people.]⠀⇛
The e-CNY network has expanded over the last year, and
China’s goals have only become clearer. Domestically, the
People’s Bank of China is still in test-and-learn mode,
globally, China is more focused on setting defining
international standards.
o ⚓ Reason ☛ Fourth_Circuit_Affirms_Two_Decisions_Denying
Pseudonymity_for_Plaintiffs_Alleging_Disabilities⠀⇛
Monday’s Fourth Circuit opinions from Judges Robert King,
Marvin Quattlebaum, and Henry Floyd (Smith v. Towson
Univ. and Doe v. ABA Accredited Univ.) were
nonprecedential, and upheld the lower court decisions
under an “abuse of discretion” standard.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Germany:_Russian_fighters_flew_over_Baltic_with_transponders
turned_off⠀⇛
A German air force tweet included a number of photographs of
the Russian jets.
* ⚓ RTE ☛ RTÉ_documentary_series_The_Silent_Civil_War_uncovers_never-
before-heard_testimonies_of_Irish_Civil_War_revolutionaries⠀⇛
An upcoming documentary series The Silent Civil War will share
the epic, poignant and often challenging testimonies of family
members of a number of those who were involved in the Civil War
in Ireland between 1922 and 1923. The two-part series will
begin on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player on Wednesday 26th April at 9:
35pm.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Reshaping_the_ADF_to_meet_our_strategic_challenges⠀⇛
When the incoming Albanese Government tasked former Defence
Minister Stephen Smith and former Chief of Defence Force Sir
Angus Houston with writing the Defence Strategic Review (DSR),
they spelled out the clear need for prioritisation…
* ⚓ LRT ☛ New_NATO_defence_plans_meet_Lithuania’s_expectations_–
president⠀⇛
New NATO Baltic defence plans, which have been presented to
member states, meet Lithuania’s expectations, President Gitanas
Nausėda has said.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Drone_Laden_With_17_Kilos_Of_Explosives_Reportedly_‘Found’_Near
Moscow⠀⇛
A drone loaded with 17 kilos of C-4 explosives was found on the
outskirts of Moscow, Russian state news agency TASS reported on
April 24, quoting an unnamed source in law enforcement.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ At_Security_Council,_Lavrov_Faces_Blistering_Condemnation_From
West,_UN_Chief⠀⇛
Moscow has come under blistering attack at the United Nations
over its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that the world was at “a
dangerous threshold.”
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Crimean_Tatar_Jailed_For_Fighting_With_Ukrainian_Forces⠀⇛
A court in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea has
sentenced a local resident, whose identity was not disclosed,
to four years in prison for taking part in the activities of an
illegal armed group.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Appeal_Of_Suspect_In_Russian_Cafe_Bombing_That_Killed_War
Blogger_Denied⠀⇛
The Moscow City Court has rejected an appeal filed by Darya
Trepova against her pretrial detention for her alleged role in
the assassination of a prominent Russian war blogger at a St.
Petersburg cafe earlier this month.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Student_Faces_Prosecution_At_Home_For_Joining_Russia’s
Wagner_In_Ukraine⠀⇛
A Kazakh student at Tomsk State University in Siberia who
joined Russia’s private mercenary group Wagner in March, may
face up to nine years in prison for being in a mercenary group
if he returns home.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Russia_demolishes_monument_to_Lithuanian,_Polish_deportees⠀⇛
A monument to Lithuanian and Polish victims to Stalin’s
deportations has been demolished in Russia’s Perm region, the
Russian NGO Memorial said.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Baltic_states_summon_Chinese_envoys_to_protest_statements
questioning_their_sovereignty⠀⇛
The foreign ministries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on
Monday summoned the heads of their respective Chinese embassies
to protest a statement by the Chinese ambassador to France that
former Soviet Union countries “do not have effective status
under international law”.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Despite_visa_bans,_Russian_residents_in_Lithuania_on_the_rise⠀⇛
Even though the Lithuanian government suspended visas for
Russian and Belarusian nationals soon after the start of the
Ukraine war, more of them moved to the country last year than
before. Are they a threat to national security, as the
government claims?
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Private_helicopter_barred_from_taking_off_from_Lithuania_to
Russia⠀⇛
A private helicopter has been prevented from taking off from
Kaunas Airport for a flight to Pskov in Russia on suspicion of
circumventing international sanctions, the Lithuanian Transport
Safety Administration (LTSA) said on Monday.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_officials_eager_to_‘remove_obstacles’_for_developing
arms_industry⠀⇛
Lithuania should remove regulation in order to encourage the
development of arms industry, several officials said on Monday.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_summon_Chinese_rep_over_statements_by_Beijing’s
ambassador_to_France⠀⇛
The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry is summoning the chargé
d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Vilnius to demand
explanations about the statements made by the Chinese
Ambassador to France on the national sovereignty of the Baltic
states.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ China_says_it_respects_sovereignty_of_post-Soviet_states
following_outcry_over_ambassador’s_statements⠀⇛
China said on Monday that it respects the sovereign status of
all former Soviet countries, walking back on the statements of
its ambassador to France who seemingly questioned their
sovereignty.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Chinese_Diplomat’s_Comments_On_Post-Soviet_Nations_Sparks
Outcry,_Demands_For_Explanation⠀⇛
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have summoned Chinese envoys in
their countries to explain recent comments by Beijing’s
ambassador to France that questioned the sovereignty of former
Soviet states amid Russia’s war against Ukraine.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_says_it_respects_ex-Soviet_states’
sovereignty_after_envoy_sparks_outrage⠀⇛
China said it respected the “sovereign state status” of all ex-
Soviet countries on Monday, after Beijing’s ambassador to
France sparked outrage in Europe by questioning the sovereignty
of those nations.
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Assessing_China’s_approach_to_technological
competition_with_the_United_States⠀⇛
This past winter, the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and
Security and the Global China Hub convened experts and
officials in a private workshop to discuss how China views
technological competition with the United States.
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ What_the_ICJ_ruling_on_the_Central_Bank_of_Iran
means_for_the_US_and_the_Islamic_Republic—and_those_seeking_reparations
for_state-sponsored_atrocities⠀⇛
On March 30, the International Court of Justice issued its
final judgment on a case between the Islamic Republic of Iran
and the United States on the fate of “Certain Iranian Assets.”
The judgment contains wins and losses for both sides.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ French_court_halts_controversial_migrant_expulsions_from
Mayotte_slum⠀⇛
A French court halted the controversial clearance of a slum due
Tuesday aimed at expelling migrants from its Indian Ocean
island territory of Mayotte — a plan that has sparked clashes
between locals and security forces and sparked tensions with
neighbouring Comoros.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ US_says_Sudan_warring_parties_agree_to_72-hour_ceasefire
after_hundreds_killed⠀⇛
Sudan’s battling generals have agreed to a three-day ceasefire,
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, after 10 days
of urban combat killed hundreds, wounded thousands, and sparked
a mass exodus of foreigners.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Haiti_insecurity_‘comparable’_to_nations_at_war,_says_UN⠀⇛
Insecurity in Haiti’s capital has reached levels similar to
countries at war, the United Nations said Monday in a report
that highlighted a surge in murders and kidnappings in the
country.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Comoros_refuses_boats_carrying_undocumented_migrants
expelled_from_France’s_Mayotte⠀⇛
Comoros said Monday it had refused to allow a boat carrying
migrants from Mayotte, where French authorities have announced
a controversial operation against illegal migrants, to dock.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Guatemala_leader_vows_to_stand_by_‘solid’_ally
Taiwan⠀⇛
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Tuesday pledged
support for “solid diplomatic ally” Taiwan during a visit to
the self-ruled island that has been slammed by China.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ ‘Fierce_Battles’_In_Bakhmut_As_The_City_Remains_Under_Sustained
Russian_Attack⠀⇛
Russian forces unleashed more waves of assaults on Bakhmut over
the past day, but neither side managed to make critical
advances in the monthslong battle for the city in the eastern
region of Donetsk, the Ukrainian military said on April 25.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ US_aircraft_carrier_arrives_in_Thailand_after_crossing_South
China_Sea⠀⇛
The USS Nimitz performed a dramatic U-turn en route for unknown
reasons.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Estonian_PM_Backs_Kyiv’s_Bid_For_NATO,_EU_Membership⠀⇛
During a visit to Ukraine, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas
said she backed Kyiv’s efforts to join NATO and the European
Union “as soon as conditions allow.”
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Explosions_At_Pakistan_Anti-Terror_Office_Kill_At_Least_15;
Stored_Ammunition_Suspected⠀⇛
Pakistani police say at least 15 people were killed and dozens
injured after two explosions destroyed an anti-terrorism police
headquarters in the Swat Valley in the northwestern Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Province, but officials said the blasts were caused
by stored ammunition and not terrorism.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Sheriff’s_Office_in_Rural_Kentucky_Hires_Detective_Who
Killed_Breonna_Taylor⠀⇛
Myles Cosgrove, who was fired by the Police Department in
Louisville, Ky., after the fatal raid on Ms. Taylor’s
apartment, has a new job in Carroll County in northern
Kentucky.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s_Spring_Offensive_Comes_With_Immense_Stakes
for_Future_of_the_War⠀⇛
Without a decisive victory, Western support for Ukraine could
weaken, and Kyiv could come under increasing pressure to enter
serious peace talks to end or freeze the conflict.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia’s_Lavrov_Leads_U.N._Peace_Meeting,_Drawing
Accusations_of_Hypocrisy⠀⇛
Taking advantage of its turn as president of the Security
Council, Moscow sent Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov to
preside over a session on peace and diplomacy.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Junta’s_second_bombing_of_Sagaing_village_meant_to_destroy
evidence,_rebels_say⠀⇛
Meanwhile, reports emerge that the latest airstrike killed
nearly 20 of junta’s own troops.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Weekend_attacks_in_Cambodia’s_capital_target_two_more_opposition
party_members⠀⇛
One activist was assaulted by men with metal batons; another
was rammed into by a car while driving.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ China_backs_away_from_‘wolf-warrior’_remarks_on_Ukraine’s
national_sovereignty⠀⇛
As its ambassador sparks a diplomatic row, Beijing says it
respects the sovereignty of former Soviet Union states
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Troops_arrest_around_100_villagers_in_Myanmar’s_Tanintharyi
region⠀⇛
Locals say around 80 of them are still being interrogated by
the junta.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_court_orders_arrest_in_absentia_of_second_suspect_in
Daria_Dugina_murder_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A Moscow court arrested Bogdan Tsyganenko in absentia.
Tsyganenko is the second suspect in the murder of Daria Dugina,
a pro-war pundit and the daughter of Eurasianist philosopher
Alexander Dugin.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Scam_artist_signs_up_Sakhalin_resident_for_contract_army
service_without_his_knowledge_—_Meduza⠀⇛
An unknown suspect has accessed a 50-year-old Sakhalin
resident’s personal account on the government electronic
paperwork website Gosuslugi (“State Services”) and signed up
the victim for contract service in the Russian army.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Justice_isn’t_for_people_like_me’:_Criminal_defendant_charged
with_‘spreading_fakes’_about_Russian_invasion_can’t_afford_to_pay_fine,
requests_prison_sentence_instead_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The 65-year-old Marina Novikova from the Tomsk region of
Western Siberia is a defendant in one of the first two criminal
cases opened in Russia since a new law against “fakes” about
Russia’s combat operations was adopted in 2022.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘State_Services_R_Us’_Building_a_‘digital_gulag’_for_draft-
eligible_Russians_is_turning_into_a_major_headache_for_the_government_IT
contractor_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Earlier this month, Russia’s State Duma and Federation Council
passed a new military conscription law. The bill, approved on
an expedited basis, was designed to close the remaining
loopholes that until then permitted the most determined of
draft-dodgers to escape military duty. The new law enables the
Defense Ministry to distribute digital summonses, also
restricting the draft evaders’ ability to leave the country.
Russia is now set to develop a unified digital register
containing comprehensive personal data on every male citizen
subject to military duty. Observers were quick to call the new
system a “digital gulag,” but government officials greeted the
new data project with enthusiasm, not least thanks to its
gargantuan anticipated budget. Meduza’s correspondents Andrey
Pertsev and Svetlana Reiter investigate who will benefit from
building a new digital system of mass control.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Red_Square_to_be_closed_for_two_weeks_prior_to_May_9_parade_—
Meduza⠀⇛
Red Square will be closed to the public from April 27 to May 10
due to preparations for the parade in honor of the 78th
anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, said the
Russian Federal Guard Service.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_court_seizes_assets_of_Oksana_Marchenko,_wife_of
Viktor_Medvedchuk_—_Meduza⠀⇛
According to Ukrainian intelligence (SBU), a Ukrainian court
has seized assets from Oksana Marchenko, wife of Viktor
Medvedchuk, worth more than one billion hryvnias (~$27
million).
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Ministry_of_Education_puts_together_new_history
textbook_with_section_on_war_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia has put together a new history textbook for 11th graders
which contains a section on the “special military operation”
(the Kremlin’s official term for the 2022 invasion of Ukraine).
Russian Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov presented the
textbook on April 24 at the educational marathon “Knowledge.
Firsts.”
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Defense_Ministry_says_drone_attacks_in_Crimea_threaten
extension_of_grain_deal_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Russian Defense Ministry said on the evening of April 24
that another extension of the grain deal is in jeopardy due to
the attacks by “unmanned boats” in annexed Sevastopol and
Crimea. The Russian military blamed Ukrainian authorities for
the attacks.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Targeting_Mental_Illness_Will_Not_Prevent_Mass
Shootings⠀⇛
As the trial begins for the mass shooting at a synagogue in
Pittsburgh that killed 11 people in 2018, hearts and lives are
still shattered from the recent mass shootings at an Alabama
birthday party and the Louisville bank. Ongoing are calls for
gun reform along with cries to “deal with mental illness” by
lawmakers, as happened in Nashville. In the January California
shootings, a congresswoman speculated that if older Asian
Americans were able to access appropriate mental health
treatment, “things could have been different.”
* ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Jeffrey_Sachs_on_China’s_“Historic”_Push_for_Multipolar
World_to_End_U.S._Domination⠀⇛
China is taking an increasingly assertive role in world
affairs, helping to broker a restoration of relations between
Iran and Saudi Arabia, offering a 12-point peace plan for
Ukraine, and strengthening its relationships with European and
Latin American powers. Last week, China continued its
diplomatic outreach by offering to hold talks between Israel
and Palestine. “China doesn’t want the United States to be the
preeminent power. It wants to live alongside the United
States,” says economist Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center
for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and
president of the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions
Network. He has also served as adviser to three U.N.
secretaries-general and currently serves as a sustainable
development solutions advocate under Secretary-General António
Guterres. His latest article is headlined “The Need for a New
US Foreign Policy.”
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ What_the_World_Should_Know_About_Sudan⠀⇛
There are more pyramids in Sudan than there are in Egypt;
there’s a network of them in Meroe, about an hour-and-a-half
drive from Khartoum. Although smaller than the pyramids in
Egypt, Meroe’s pyramids are older, built as crypts for the
Kingdom of Kush that once stretched across the region.
Historians say that these are the prototypes for the pyramids
of Giza, and they are inscribed with drawings and
hieroglyphics, though they have images of people with curly
hair instead of the straight locks featured in Egypt.
* ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ 18_Hungarian_soldiers_from_Transcarpathia_may_have
died_in_the_fighting_in_Ukraine_so_far⠀⇛
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Scott_Ritter:_Syria_Comes_in_From_the_Cold⠀⇛
After the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Araba
and Iran, another diplomatic coup is unfolding in the Middle
East. This one is orchestrated by the Russians.
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Afghanistan_Watchdog_Says_‘You’re_Gonna_See_Pilferage’_of
Ukraine_Aid⠀⇛
Responsible Statecraft interviewed the Special Inspector
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction on Ukraine aid.
* ⚓ The Hill ☛ Pentagon_Papers_leaker:_DOD_records_show_Ukraine_at
stalemate,_‘very_similar_to_Vietnam’⠀⇛
Daniel Ellsberg, the man behind the largest and perhaps most
consequential disclosure in U.S. history, said the latest
intelligence leaks show that the war between Russia and Ukraine
is at a “stalemate,” drawing similarities to the Vietnam War.
* ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Unprecedented_staff_ride_helps_U-M_ROTC_candidates
process_the_reality_of_D-Day⠀⇛
But nearly eight decades after the invasion that led to the
liberation of Western Europe, the students are learning
something new about the wartime experience as they embark on an
unprecedented staff ride with the University of Michigan
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
“You read about the Allies’ invasion in the books and learn
details about this specific operation, the high cliffs, but you
don’t think much of it,” said Army Cadet Alexis Gonzalez, one
of 30 cadets and midshipmen who explored the Normandy site this
spring as part of a unique military staff ride. “Once you step
in here, you see—in person—the masses of the cliffs, their
height and the difficult terrain the rangers had to climb; it’s
kind of a shock.”
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ ‘High_Risk_of_Biological_Hazard’_In_Sudan_After
Fighters_Seize_Biolab,_WHO_Says⠀⇛
Now, lab workers are unable to return to the facility and
secure the hazardous materials. “This is the main concern: no
accessibility to the lab technicians to go to the lab and
safely contain the biological material and substances
available,” Nima Saeed Abid, the WHO’s representative in Sudan,
told reporters on Tuesday.
* ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Opinion_|_Realities_lost_to_genocide_and_genocide_denial
at_Stanford⠀⇛
Makaryan attempts to educate the Stanford community about the
Armenian genocide of 1915 and its generational impact on
Armenian students at Stanford.
* ⚓ ADF ☛ CAR_Mine_Massacre_May_Be_Linked_to_Wagner_Mercenaries⠀⇛
Who killed nine Chinese nationals at the Chimbolo gold mine in
the Central African Republic (CAR)? The government of CAR
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has promised to investigate
the murders at the mine owned by China’s Gold Coast Group,
which was attacked by gunmen a few days after it opened in
March.
§ Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
* ⚓ NPR ☛ In_Oklahoma,_a_woman_was_told_to_wait_until_she’s_‘crashing’_for
abortion_care⠀⇛
To conduct the research, several young women called 34
hospitals in the state with a script, saying they were pregnant
for the first time, trying to decide which Oklahoma hospital to
go to for care, and wanting to understand the hospital’s
policies and processes for providing abortions if pregnancy
complications arose. “It’s called the ‘secret shopper’
methodology – we called it a ‘simulated patient’ methodology,”
says Dr. Michele Heisler, professor at the University of
Michigan and medical director of Physicians for Human Rights,
who is one of the study’s authors.
“What we hadn’t anticipated is what we found – the confusion,
the contradictory statements, the misinformation,” Heisler
says. “Three of the 34 hospitals said they’d just never provide
abortions,” for example, even though there are exceptions
written into the laws. Four hospitals said doctors needed to go
through an approval process to be able to provide a medically
necessary abortion, and 14 hospitals provided unclear answers
about whether there was such an approval process.
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Amsterdam_airport_set_to_ban_private
jets,_overnight_flights⠀⇛
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam has announced plans to
discontinue private jets and small business planes from using
its runways. Private jets, a luxury form of travel, are quite
noisy and are very bad for the environment.
* ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ What_Does_Biden’s_Executive_Order_on_Environmental
Justice_Mean_for_Frontline_Communities?⠀⇛
As President Biden officially announces his reelection bid for
2024, we look at his recent executive order establishing a new
Office of Environmental Justice within the White House and
requiring all federal agencies to weigh the environmental
impact of policies on marginalized communities. Environmental
groups welcomed the announcement but cautioned that Biden
remains a major supporter of fossil fuels, including the
controversial Willow project in Alaska, and that he has
approved drilling projects on federal land faster than Trump
did during his first two years in office. For more, we speak
with Jade Begay, director of policy and advocacy at the NDN
Collective. She is on the White House Environmental Justice
Advisory Council and joins us today in a personal capacity.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Senate_Democrat_Slammed_for_Pushing_‘Unprecedented
Giveaway’_to_Mining_Industry⠀⇛
Green groups on Tuesday blasted U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez
Masto for introducing legislation that would reverse a recent
judicial decision and alter federal mining policy in ways
welcomed by industry but lambasted by land defenders.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Banks_Accused_of_Placing_‘Profit_Over_People_and_Our
Planet’_as_Investor_Climate_Resolutions_Fail⠀⇛
Activists on Tuesday lamented their failure of various climate
and Indigenous rights resolutions at the annual shareholder
meetings of some of the nation’s biggest banks, with one
campaigner accusing the financial institutions of prioritizing
“profit over people and our planet.”
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Ocean_Warming_Study_So_Distressing,_Some_Scientists
Didn’t_Even_Want_to_Talk_About_It⠀⇛
Scientists are so alarmed by a new study on ocean warming that
some declined to speak about it on the record, the BBC reported
Tuesday.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ SpaceX_Explosion_Sparks_Environmental_Concerns_After
Coating_Texas_Community_in_Ash⠀⇛
Experts and community members say that particulates from the
Thursday explosion of Elon Musk’s Starship spacecraft and Super
Heavy rocket rocket spread much farther than SpaceX predicted,
raising concerns about the impact on human health and
endangered species.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Climate_Solutions_We_Can’t_Live_Without⠀⇛
The climate crisis is full of interconnected problems—but some
are more connected than others.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ For_Many_Young_Voters,_Biden’s_Support_of_Drilling_in
Alaska_Casts_Pall⠀⇛
Despite his aggressive moves to try to slash greenhouse gas
emissions, President Biden has angered young climate voters
upset by a drilling project in Alaska.
* ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Earth’s_Largest_Logjam_Holds_3.4_Million_Tons_of
Carbon,_Study_Finds⠀⇛
Some logs are centuries old.
* ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Yet_Another_Study_Warns_We’re_On_Track_To_Hit_3_Degrees
of_Warming⠀⇛
We’re not quitting coal fast enough.
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ France24 ☛ European_summit_aims_to_scale_up_wind_energy
production_in_North_Sea⠀⇛
Nine European countries held a summit on Monday aimed at
scaling up wind power generation in the North Sea,
spurred by the fallout of the Ukraine war and the push
for renewables.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Ecofascism_Leads_to_Hate_and_Destruction,_Not_a
Greener_World⠀⇛
It’s not often that conservative lobbyists beat the drum
for increased environmental oversight and regulation. But
that’s what happened this month when the far-right
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR),
through its legal arm, filed a brief in federal court
demanding that the Department of Homeland Security
conduct an extensive environmental impact study
examining, of all things, immigration policy.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 100+_Groups_to_NY_Gov._Hochul:_Don’t_Allow
Radioactive_Waste_Dumping_in_Hudson_River⠀⇛
Ahead of a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday evening
regarding Holtec International’s plan to discharge 1
million gallons of wastewater from the former Indian
Point Energy Center in Buchanan, New York, more than 100
organizations wrote to Gov. Kathy Hochul this week
demanding she take action to stop the plan for good.
o ⚓ The Hindu ☛ 34_railway_stations_in_Kerala_will_be_upgraded_to
world_class_standards:_Vaishnaw⠀⇛
In reply to a query, Mr.Vaishnaw said a decision would be
taken on the Silver Line project only after resolving the
environmental and technical hurdles and after
consultation with the State government.
o ⚓ H2 View ☛ Stanford_researchers_make_ammonia_from_water_droplets
and_nitrogen_from_the_air⠀⇛
The research team zeroed in on a catalyst – that they
suspected could help blaze a chemical pathway toward
ammonia – which consisted of an iron oxide, magnetite,
and a synthetic membrane invented in the 1960s that is
composed of repeating chains of two large molecules.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_imperative_of_the_Versatile_Test_Reactor
for_nuclear_innovation⠀⇛
In this report, “The imperative of the Versatile Test
Reactor for Nuclear Innovation,” authors Jackie Toth and
Khalil Ryan argue that the US will lose its competitive
edge against adversaries (especially Russia) if it lacks
a fully realized nuclear energy innovation ecosystem, of
which the VTR is a crucial component.
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_declines_to_hear_oil_company_petitions
to_move_climate_change_cases_to_federal_court⠀⇛
The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear five appeals
from fossil fuel companies requesting to have their cases
moved from state to federal courts. All five petitions
concern whether federal common law, which is law
developed over time by courts, or state law applies to
lawsuits over greenhouse-gas emissions that cross state
lines.
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_approves_coal_power_surge_despite
pledging_to_reduce_emissions,_Greenpeace_says⠀⇛
By Poornima Weerasekara China has approved a major surge
in coal power so far this year, prioritising energy
supply over its pledge to reduce emissions from fossil
fuels, Greenpeace said Monday.
o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Electric_cars_aren’t_a_silver_bullet⠀⇛
Willem_Klumpenhouwer’s_article_in_the_Globe_and_Mail
But there’s just one nagging issue that no amount of
technical innovation can solve: Electric cars are still
cars. Outside of tailpipe emissions, they come with all
the problems of cars, whether those problems relate to
the environment, social equity or public health. The
focus on electric cars stands in the way of truly
transformative change: better public transit and better
laid-out cities that encourage active modes of getting
around, such as cycling.
* § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thai_zoo_breeds_endangered_vultures,_hoping
to_see_them_soar_again⠀⇛
The pinkish chick is the first Asian king vulture to be
bred in Asia and second in the world.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Seahorses_Have_an_Insanely_Powerful_‘Gulp’_That
Lets_Them_Suck_Down_Food_Fast⠀⇛
We feel seen.
* § Overpopulation⠀➾
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India_to_pass_China_this_week_as_world’s_most
populous_nation:_UN⠀⇛
The projection announced on Monday is based on more
recent data.
o ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ Making_media_seriously_discuss_population_growth
and_its_consequences_–_a_case_in_Sweden⠀⇛
In a recent Op-Ed in Göteborgs-Posten (GP) we pointed out
that Swedish ‘Public Service’ (national state-financed
TV, ‘SVT’, and radio, ‘SR’) is silent on population
growth and its effects. For instance, SR had only
positive comments in November when humanity passed 8
billion people, and they even had people joke about it.
After writing to several journalists (without answers) it
nevertheless appears that our and other op-eds have been
influential. On April 13, SVT had a 10-minute discussion
of population growth in ‘Aktuellt’, a news program
typically viewed by about a million Swedes.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ The_latest_from_Arte_Weekly:_Tensions_rise_among
farmers_in_Eastern_Europe_over_cheap_grain_from_Ukraine,_while_Sweden
grapples_with_highest_inflation_in_decades⠀⇛
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ German_inflation_relief_agreement_announced_for_public_service
workers⠀⇛
The United Services Union (Ver.di) Saturday announced that it
has reached a bargaining agreement with the German government
for over 2.5 million workers in the federal and public
services. The agreement comes after a lengthy dispute for pay
raises in reponse to high inflation, which reached 7.4 percent
in March.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Oil_Workers_Join_Labor_Unrest_Over_Wages,_Living
Conditions⠀⇛
Workers from several industries in Iran, including the oil
sector, continue to strike in protest of inadequate wage
increases and deteriorating living conditions amid spiraling
inflation and a widening gap between household income and
expenses.
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Tenable_shares_drop_on_weak_guidance⠀⇛
Shares in the cybersecurity exposure management firm Tenable
Holdings Inc. dropped significantly in late trading after the
cybersecurity company issued guidance below analysts’
estimates.
⚓ France24 ☛ French_bang_pots,_pans_in_fresh_protest_against_Macron’s_pension
reforms⠀⇛
A country renowned for its cuisine is turning to pots and pans to
express discontent with French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension
reforms.
⚓ YLE ☛ Gigantti_announces_56_layoffs⠀⇛
The move comes following the conclusion of restructuring talks aimed
at dealing with a worsening global business environment.
⚓ Quartz ☛ First_Republic_lost_more_than_$70_billion_in_deposits_in_the_first
quarter⠀⇛
First Republic, which found itself at the center of a brief banking
panic in March following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and
Signature Bank, now holds $104.5 billion in deposits, down more than
40% from the $176.4 billion it held at the end of last year.
⚓ New York Times ☛ First_Republic_Bank_Lost_$102_Billion_in_Customer_Deposits⠀⇛
The regional bank received a $30 billion lifeline from big banks last
month, but depositors and investors remain worried about its
prospects.
⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Dollar_softens_as_investors_weigh_earnings,_data⠀⇛
Stocks fell broadly, while the US dollar also weakened early on
Tuesday, as investors weigh corporate earnings and economic growth
outlooks in a busy week. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares
outside Japan was down 0.7 per cent by 0220 GMT.
⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Juniper_shares_drop_as_networking_giant_warns_of_ongoing
supply_chain_issues⠀⇛
Shares in Juniper Networks Inc. dropped in late trading after the
networking company warned that it was experiencing ongoing supply
chain challenges that are leading to extended lead times and higher
logistics and component costs.
⚓ The Nation ☛ Private_Equity_Is_Killing_Your_Pets⠀⇛
In 2015, a private equity firm called BC Partners bought PetSmart,
the ubiquitous pet supply chain, and began a campaign of, in its
words, “improving corporate efficiency.” As detailed by Vice News,
these efficiencies came from understaffing PetSmart shops, which had
a gruesome effect. With too few employees to transport animals that
died in stores, carcasses allegedly piled up in PetSmart freezers
across the country. One employee shared a photo that she said was
filled with two months’ worth of dead animals; another employee said
their store had a freezer with 10 months’. A third said that, for
lack of time, she would simply throw bodies away. “Sometimes I was
doing it weekly because we didn’t have staff to take a vet trip to
properly dispose of them, so I was instructed to dispose of them
myself,” she told Vice.
⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Breaking_Down_Your_Tax_Bill⠀⇛
Our tax dollars should make life better — not go to waste on bloated
military contracts and Pentagon boondoggles. Here’s what the numbers
show.
⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Washtenaw_County_applies_for_funding_to_fight_rising_housing
insecurity⠀⇛
As Washtenaw County faces increased housing insecurity in recent
years with a surge this past winter, county officials and nonprofits
around Ann Arbor are hoping for relief in the form of funding from
the American Rescue Plan.
⚓ Quartz ☛ How_Bed_Bath_&_Beyond_lost_the_fight_to_stave_off_bankruptcy⠀⇛
After months of trying to avoid bankruptcy, Bed Bath & Beyond filed
for Chapter 11 proceedings yesterday (April 23).
⚓ New York Times ☛ Bed_Bath_&_Beyond_Shoppers_Rush_to_Use_All_Those_Coupons⠀⇛
The retailer is closing its stores, leaving many longtime customers
scrambling to make sure they get their goods — at a discount.
⚓ Quartz ☛ Zomato’s_new_pay_structure_has_prompted_1,000_delivery_workers_to
quit⠀⇛
A revised pay structure has reportedly upset Zomato’s Blinkit
employees so much that around 1,000 of its instant delivery
executives have quit in Delhi and its neighbourhood.
⚓ Axios ☛ Fight_over_ethanol_threatens_Kevin_McCarthy’s_debt_ceiling_bill⠀⇛
A fight over ethanol is putting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the
unhappy position of accepting revisions to his debt_ceiling_bill — or
offering future promises to members who privately don’t trust him.
⚓ Quartz ☛ Credit_Suisse_reported_its_last-ever_quarterly_results—and_it’s
still_leaking_money⠀⇛
Credit Suisse is still bleeding—even after its rival UBS_promised_to
buy_it_out.
⚓ Turkey_considering_prison_sentence_to_tackle_excessive_rent_increases,_says
minister⠀⇛
President Erdoğan had promised to solve the problem after the May
elections.
⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ S&P_500_“Earnings_Season”_Off_to_Weak_Start_as_Bonds
Reverse_Losses⠀⇛
The S&P 500 is off to a relatively tepid start for “Earnings Season”
while the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregated Bond Index continues to
reverse last year’s losses. While it is perhaps too soon to take a
victory lap, the first two days of the week didn’t go over so well
for the stock market.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Authorities_Detain_Fugitive_Ex-Leader_Of_Uzbek_Culture
Center_In_Osh⠀⇛
Police in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city, have detained
a former leader of the city’s Uzbek culture center, Karamat
Abdullaeva, who was sentenced in absentia to 16 years in prison
for her alleged role in deadly ethnic clashes more than a
decade ago.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Dodik_Says_He_Wants_Bosnian_Serb_Entity_To_‘Unite’_With
Serbia⠀⇛
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has again called for a union
between Serbia and Republika Srpska — one of Bosnia-
Herzegovina’s two entities — amid already high tensions in the
region.
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Is_This_Elon_Musk’s_Burner_Twitter_Account?⠀⇛
Musk tweeted a screenshot on Monday evening which appeared to
show him signed into a second account. That profile photo
pointed to another account on the platform.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Former_UN_Sec-Gen_Ban_Ki-moon_meets_with_junta_leaders_in
Myanmar⠀⇛
Visit comes after shadowy anti-junta group assassinates deputy
head of Election Commission.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Meager_Turnout_Amid_Serb_Boycott_Of_Local_Elections_In_Northern
Kosovo⠀⇛
Ethnic Serbs have boycotted en masse local elections in four
municipalities in northern Kosovo with ethnic Serb majorities
where local mayors resigned in November 2022 to protest a
cross-border dispute over vehicle registrations.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hong_Kong’s_Memory_Is_Being_Erased⠀⇛
History and reality are being altered to suit Beijing.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Three_Workers_Die_While_Repairing_Auxiliary_Dry_Dock_In
Russia’s_Far_East⠀⇛
Three workers died on April 24 while repairing an auxiliary dry
dock at the Korsakov port on Russia’s Pacific island of
Sakhalin.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ EU_sanctions_cousins_of_Syria’s_Assad_for_alleged_drug
trafficking⠀⇛
The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on cousins of
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the trafficking of
stimulant drug captagon, a key source of income for the regime.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ UK_toughens_sanctions_on_Iran’s_Revolutionary_Guard_over
crackdown_on_protesters⠀⇛
The UK government on Monday toughened its sanctions against
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as part of new
restrictions on Tehran for alleged human rights violations.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘Patriots’_appointed_by_‘multiple_channels’_to
lead_Hong_Kong’s_District_Councils,_leader_John_Lee_says⠀⇛
Hong Kong’s district-level administration will be overseen by
“patriots” appointed through “multiple channels,” Chief
Executive John Lee has said, following a two-month review of
the District Council system.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Japanese_woman_of_Uyghur_origin_wins_seat_in_Japan’s_parliament⠀⇛
Arfiya Eri’s election gives hope to second-generation Uyghurs
living in exile, advocates say
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Navalny_Given_Just_Over_A_Day_To_Review_New_700-Page_Case
Against_Him⠀⇛
Jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has been
given just over one day to get acquainted with 700 pages that
form a new criminal case launched against him, the details of
which have yet to be made public.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Kazakh_National_Security_Committee_Chief_Gets_18_Years
In_Prison⠀⇛
Karim Masimov, the former chief of Kazakhstan’s National
Security Committee (KNB), has been sentenced to 18 years in
prison over his role in deadly events that followed
unprecedented anti-government protests in the Central Asian
country in January 2022.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Sweden_expels_five_Russian_diplomats_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that it is
expelling five Russian diplomats for engaging in activities
considered to be incompatible with their diplomatic status.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘So_Blatant’:_Gorsuch_Failed_to_Disclose_He_Sold_Home
to_CEO_of_Major_Law_Firm⠀⇛
As calls grow for the impeachment or resignation of U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over undisclosed gifts
from a billionaire Republican megadonor, one of his right-wing
colleagues came under fire Tuesday following a report that he
sold a property to the head of a law firm subsequently involved
in over 20 cases before the court.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Clarence_Thomas_and_Democratic_Fecklessness⠀⇛
Earlier this month, ProPublica released a report documenting
decades of undisclosed lavish gifts Justice Clarence Thomas and
his family received from Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow.
These gifts included a yacht trip around Indonesia, flights on
Crow’s private jet, free stays at Crow’s private country club,
and more. One week later, the news outlet published a follow-up
report detailing how Thomas also sold property to Crow without
disclosing it. Thomas’s mother has continued to reside at that
property rent-free while Crow funds significant renovations.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Jane_Mayer_on_the_Ethical_Questions_About_Justice_Clarence
Thomas⠀⇛
The staff writer discusses the latest financial-disclosure
scandal involving the judge, and the decline in public trust in
the Supreme Court.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Progressive_Young_Voters_to_Biden:_Energize_Us_and_Win
or_Ignore_Us_and_Lose⠀⇛
In response to U.S. President Joe Biden’s Tuesday announcement
that he is seeking reelection in 2024, four youth-led advocacy
groups urged the incumbent to push for progressive priorities
during the remainder of his first term and campaign on policies
that motivate young voters to cast ballots for him.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Susan_Rice_Steps_Down._Make_Way_for_Neera_Tanden.⠀⇛
The departure of Susan Rice from the Biden White House and news
of her likely replacement—senior adviser and staff secretary
Neera Tanden—may have triggered a flash of campaign-themed PTSD
for left-aligned veterans of the past two Democratic primary
cycles. Rice has captained the White House’s Domestic Policy
Council, coordinating reform agendas in a host of arenas, from
immigration to LBGTQ+ rights; prior to that, she had served as
UN ambassador and national security adviser in the Obama
administration. Tanden had long helmed the Center for American
Progress—the think tank that eagerly advances the agendas of
Democratic White Houses in power, and served as a prime
recruitment arm for the incoming Obama and Biden
administrations. But she was best known for her extramural
baiting and trolling of Bernie Sanders supporters on social
media—a colorful digital paper trail that upended her
nomination to serve as Biden’s director of the Office of
Management and Budget back in 2021.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ America:_Great⠀⇛
* ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ We_Need_to_Make_Government_Bigger_(It’s_Not_What_You
Think)⠀⇛
* ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Courts_Are_Beginning_to_Prevent_the_Use_of_Roadside_Drug
Tests⠀⇛
One morning in September 2017, Judge Christopher Plourd opened
an unusual hearing at the Imperial County Superior Courthouse,
a half-hour north of the California-Mexico border. It involved
three illegal drug possession cases that were unrelated to one
another.
Each of the cases had relied on the results of chemical field
test kits used by corrections officers at nearby state prisons.
The kits indicated crumbs and shreds of paper that guards found
on the inmates contained heroin and amphetamine. But a state
forensic laboratory later analyzed the debris utilizing a far
more reliable test and found no trace of illegal drugs. The
defendants were factually innocent.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Is_Donald_Trump’s_Luck_About_to_Run_Out_in_a_Manhattan
Court?⠀⇛
It’s a tabloid banner day in Manhattan today as jury selection
begins in E. Jean Carroll’s civil suit against Donald Trump.
Carroll’s case, accusing Trump of sexual assault in a Manhattan
department store dressing room in the 1990s, serves as a
bookend to the Access Hollywood tape, which cemented Trump’s
reputation for both sexual assault and immunity to
consequences. But it also raises the question: Will Trump
slither away again?1
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Arizona_Democrats_Want_the_National_Party_to_Join_Their
Fight_to_Oust_Kyrsten_Sinema⠀⇛
Even though Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema left the Democratic
Party and registered as an independent last December, she
remains awkwardly aligned with the Senate Democratic Caucus. As
frustrated as they may be with Sinema, top Democrats in
Washington, conscious of the fact that the party maintains only
a narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate, have been notably
reluctant to criticize the filibuster-backing, Wall
Street–friendly senator. That’s been the pattern since, after
Sinema announced her split from the party, Senate majority
leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) declined to say whether he would
support her or an actual Democrat for the Arizona seat.1
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Experts_Warn_Musk’s_Misleading_Celebrity_Twitter_Blue
Check_Are_FTC_Violation⠀⇛
“False endorsements violate FTC rules, legally exposing Musk,”
said Tim Karr of the advocacy and watchdog group Free Press.
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_Force-Marching_the_Europeans⠀⇛
Am I the only American to travel overseas and feel embarrassed
by the conduct of the diplomats Washington sends abroad to
speak for our republic? It is pretty strange to find yourself,
an ordinary citizen, apologizing for the intrusive, cajoling,
bullying, badgering and otherwise crude utterances….
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ralph_Nader:_Scranton_Joe_Nevermore_—_It’s_Always_Been
Delaware_Joe⠀⇛
By Ralph Nader In early March 2023, President Joe Biden
embedded in his proposed 2024 budget to Congress revenue
increases through tax measures that the rich and corporations
do not like. Like his predecessors Barack Obama and Bill
Clinton, he doesn’t really mean what he says. Biden’s four
proposed increases are significant because they would […]
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ What_the_UK’s_Arrest_of_a_French_Publisher_Means_for
Public_Intellectuals_the_World_Over⠀⇛
The detention of Ernest Moret raises urgent questions about
British authorities’ targeting public intellectuals at the
request of other nations.
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_American_Dream⠀⇛
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FCC_Commissioner_Brendan_Carr_Continues_To_Enjoy_Oodles_Of
Free_Press_For_Fear_Mongering_About_TikTok⠀⇛
The great TikTok moral panic of 2023 shows no sign of slowing
down.
* ⚓ The Economist ☛ Rupert_Murdoch_prepares_to_hand_over_his_media_empire⠀⇛
The next chapter will be trickier. Start with Fox, the larger
company, with a market capitalisation of $24bn. The pandemic
has speeded the decade-long decline of American cable TV. Last
year cable subscriptions fell by 7.3%, to levels not seen in
nearly 30 years. Fox, whose gross operating profit in the last
financial year was $2.8bn, has been insulated from this trend
by its focus on news and sport, which streaming companies have
yet to snatch. But something has changed. Whereas Fox used to
trade at a premium to ViacomCBS and Discovery, two cable
rivals, it now trades at a nearly 30% discount (see chart 1).
* ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ Secret_grand_jury_has_probed_post-2020
examination_of_voting_machines_in_Michigan⠀⇛
The status of the investigation was unclear Monday, but the
grand jury could represent one of a handful of opportunities
nationally for criminal charges related to the push to overturn
the 2020 presidential election.
* ⚓ Monday Note ☛ Apple_Rumor_Hallucinations._Human_Ones.⠀⇛
Of late, Apple has been remarkably calm, even-keeled, no big
layoffs. The upcoming June 5th Worldwide Developer Conference
is likely to quell some rumors — and perhaps kindle new ones.
* ⚓ RTL ☛ EU_designates_TikTok,_other_online_platforms_for_stricter_rules⠀⇛
The list — on which services from Amazon, Google, Meta,
Instagram and Microsoft also feature — all have more than 45
million monthly active users.
That puts them in a category under a new EU law, known as the
Digital Services Act (DSA), imposing measures from August such
as annual audits and a duty to effectively counter
disinformation and hate content.
In four months’ time, “these platforms and search engines will
not be able to act as if they were ‘too big to care’,” Thierry
Breton, the EU’s internal market commissioner, said in a
statement.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ IPSO_clears_The_Times_over_investigations_into_PR
chief_Paul_Blanchard⠀⇛
IPSO did not uphold Paul Blanchard’s complaints in
relation to two Times articles.
o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ SANDF_working_to_evacuate_77_South_Africans_in
Sudan⠀⇛
As the situation in Sudan continues to be volatile,
Department of International Relations and Cooperation
(DIRCO) spokesperson, Clayson Monyela, says the latest
number of verified South African nationals stuck in the
country is 77. “They’re all in a WhatsApp group with
embassy staff who are also still stuck there,” Monyela
said on Sunday.
o ⚓ The Strategist ☛ CCP’s_increasingly_sophisticated_cyber-enabled
influence_operation⠀⇛
Last week, the US Department of Justice unsealed a
significant criminal complaint.
o ⚓ New Eastern Europe ☛ “Whose_side_is_Facebook_on_in_this_war?”
Lithuanian_activists_ask⠀⇛
Compared to pro-Russian users, pro-Ukrainian activists
and bloggers from Lithuania have experienced account
restrictions and blocking by Facebook owner Meta on a
more frequent basis. The most common reason justifying
such measures is content being labelled as “hate speech”.
Lithuanian Chancellor of the Government Giedrė Balčytytė
has stated that the most active punitive measures
occurred in November and December of 2022. This included
the blocking and restriction of accounts belonging to
fundraisers, influencers and activists raising money for
victims of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Expressions of
criticism towards the Kremlin have also been used as the
basis for restrictions and bans. Former Lithuanian member
of parliament Nijolė Oželytė announced on February
22th 2023 that Facebook had warned her she was going to
be blocked for a post dated October 3rd 2022. The
platform’s moderators deemed Oželytė’s contribution
about a pro-war meeting at a Moscow stadium to contain
“hate speech”. The former MP issued a strong response:
“Facebook admins – are you on the side of the terrorists
or those who fight them?”.
o ⚓ NBC ☛ Tucker_Carlson_is_out_at_Fox_News_but_welcome_on_Russian
TV⠀⇛
Russia’s propaganda aims are not necessarily to persuade
people to accept its position, Roozenbeek said, but to
“sow doubt or uncertainty or to raise pulses and raise
emotions” and make sure the Russian position is heard as
much as possible in mainstream discussion.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tucker_Carlson_and_the_Tragedy_of_Fox_News⠀⇛
It could have steered conservatives in a better
direction.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tucker_Carlson’s_Great_Replacement⠀⇛
Resentment and contempt catch up to Fox News’s No. 1
demagogue.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Has_Fox_News_‘Found_Religion’_by_Firing_Tucker
Carlson?⠀⇛
Tucker Carlson got fired!
o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Fox_News_‘parts_ways’_with_Tucker_Carlson,_and
Don_Lemon_out_at_CNN⠀⇛
Fox’s share value dropped 4% after the announcement.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Controversial_TV_host_Tucker_Carlson_leaves_Fox_News
after_Dominion_lawsuit⠀⇛
Fox News Media and top-rated host Tucker Carlson have
agreed to part ways, the media company said, less than a
week after it and its parent Fox Corp settled a
defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5
million.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ CNN_host_Lemon’s_job_‘terminated’_by_cable
news_network⠀⇛
Longtime CNN host Don Lemon is out at the US cable news
network a little over two months after apologising to
viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential
candidate Nikki Haley, CNN has announced.
o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Why_Did_Fox_Fire_Tucker_Carlson?_Far-Right_Host
Helped_Fox_Mainstream_Hate,_Conspiracies_to_Millions⠀⇛
In a surprise announcement, Fox News said Monday it was
cutting ties with its top-rated host Tucker Carlson,
effective immediately. Although a precise reason wasn’t
given, the move came just days after the cable network
settled a $787.5 million defamation suit brought by
Dominion Voting Systems over lies propagated by the cable
network about the 2020 presidential election. Since
taking over the primetime slot in 2016, Carlson has also
spread far-right talking points about immigrants, Black
people and the LGBTQ community. For more, we speak with
Madeline Peltz of Media Matters for America, where she
has helped to expose Carlson’s extremism. “It creates a
major vacuum in the right-wing media ecosystem,” Peltz
says of Carlson’s departure.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Don_Lemon_Ousted_From_CNN_in_Move_That_Left_Him
‘Stunned’⠀⇛
Mr. Lemon, one of the network’s most recognizable stars,
had been under scrutiny since an uproar over on-air
remarks he made about women and aging in February.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ NBCUniversal’s_Jeff_Shell_Was_Fired_After
Harassment_Complaint⠀⇛
Hadley Gamble, a correspondent at CNBC, produced messages
to investigators that documented instances of harassment
by Jeff Shell, according to her lawyer.
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ NBCUniversal’s_CEO_has_quit_after_having_an
“inappropriate_relationship”_with_a_colleague⠀⇛
Jeff Shell, the head of US media giant NBCUniversal, has
stepped down following a probe into his misconduct with a
female colleague.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Tesla_investors_are_worried_Elon_Musk_enjoys_operating_“above
the_law”⠀⇛
A group of Tesla investors asked CEO Elon Musk for more
commitment to the electric vehicle (EV) company in an open
letter published last week, specifically requesting that he
spend less time posting “derogatory tweets.”
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Short_film_screening_axed_after_failing_to_get
censors’_approval_despite_adding_nat’l_security_poster_to_‘seditious’
scene⠀⇛
An independent short film has been withdrawn from a Hong Kong
film festival after it failed to gain approval from censors.
Independent short film group and film festival organiser Phone
Made Good Film released a statement last Friday announcing the
cancellation of the screening of its nine-minute film Wake In
Silence.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ United_Nations_rights_expert_urges_China_to
review,_reconsider_Hong_Kong_national_security_law⠀⇛
China should conduct a “review and reconsideration” of Hong
Kong’s national security law to ensure it is “in compliance
with China’s international human rights obligations,” A United
Nations (UN) human rights expert has said.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Words_can_be_weapons,_says_Hong_Kong_head_of
prosecutions,_as_security_chief_says_protests_at_risk_of_being
‘hijacked’⠀⇛
Hong Kong’s security chief has criticised the organisers of a
proposed Labour Day march for making “irresponsible” comments
that played down the “safety risks” of public rallies. The duo
had earlier urged the police not to “exaggerate” the risk of
demonstrations being “hijacked.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_to_hear_two_cases_about_public_officials
blocking_users_on_social_media⠀⇛
The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear two cases concerning
public officials’ First Amendment rights on social media
platforms under the US Constitution.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ China_tightens_border_controls,_slaps_travel_bans_on_blacklisted
dissidents⠀⇛
Border guards are asking people bound for Hong Kong whether
they have onward travel plans, and why.
* ⚓ EFF ☛ Texas_Should_Leave_Its_Anti-SLAPP_Law_Alone⠀⇛
Sometimes lawsuits are filed to chill speech or harass people,
rather than resolve legitimate legal disputes. These types of
censorious lawsuits have been dubbed Strategic Lawsuits Against
Public Participation, or SLAPPs. Those who bring SLAPPs hope
that the time and money people need to defend themselves
against the claims—and the stress that results—will intimidate
them into silence. Anti-SLAPP laws such as the TCPA protect
people from this kind of harassment. For example, thanks to the
TCPA’s protections, a Texas court in 2016 dismissed a $1
million lawsuit that a pet-sitting company filed against a
Dallas couple just for leaving the business a one-star Yelp
review.
Effective anti-SLAPP laws like the current TCPA allow judges to
quickly review whether someone’s been hit with a lawsuit for
speaking out on a matter of public concern. During that time,
other court proceedings are put on hold. If it’s determined
that the case is a SLAPP, the lawsuit gets thrown out and the
SLAPP victim can recover their legal fees. HB 2781 would remove
this automatic stay if a motion to dismiss a SLAPP suit is
found to be frivolous, untimely, or subject to a statutory
exemption.
This is a mistake. Courts, after all, are not always right.
Recent Texas Supreme Court cases such as Kinder Morgan v.
Scurry County and Montelongo v. Abrea show that both trial
courts and courts of appeal considering anti-SLAPP motions can
easily decide timeliness issues incorrectly.
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Ninth_Circuit_Says_A_Horn_Honk_Isn’t_Protected_Political
Expression_Even_When_That’s_The_Honk’s_Entire_Point⠀⇛
Nearly five years ago, California resident Susan Porter sued
local law enforcement for deciding her honk in support of anti-
Rep. Darrell Issa protesters was worth citing her for. When she
expressed her support for the protesters in a way people have
always considered to be an appropriate display of support, she
was pulled over by Deputy Klein of the San Diego County
Sheriff’s Department.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Win_for_Artistic_Freedom’:_as_Court_Reverses_Frankfurt
Ban_on_Roger_Waters_Concert⠀⇛
A German court on Monday ruled that the city of Frankfurt
cannot cancel an upcoming Roger Waters concert amid accusations
of antisemitism stemming from the Pink Floyd co-founder’s
outspoken criticism of Israeli apartheid and other crimes
against Palestinians.
* ⚓ NPR ☛ Judy_Blume_was_banned_from_the_beginning,_but_says_‘It_never
stopped_me_from_writing’⠀⇛
Blume says having her books banned is a “very emotional”
experience — particularly when she was just getting started. “I
was a new-ish, young-ish writer and it was hard to take,” she
says. Still, she adds: “It never stopped me from writing.”
In the new documentary Judy Blume Forever, she describes how
she went from trying to fit in the role of conventional
suburban wife, homemaker and mother to a literary superstar. At
one point, Blume was receiving 2,000 letters from young readers
each month — many of whom were pouring their hearts out to her.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Short_film_screening_axed_after_failing_to_get
censors’_approval_despite_adding_nat’l_security_poster_to_‘seditious’
scene⠀⇛
The group stated that the Office for Film, Newspaper and
Article Administration (OFNAA) had refused to issue a permit
for the scheduled screening, allegedly because the film showed
a flag containing “potentially seditious intent.” Wake In
Silence contained a scene in which a flag with the words “100%
freedom” could be seen.
The scene was then modified by the film crew, who replaced the
flag in post-production with a government national security
poster. However, they later withdrew their screening
application after being asked to seek permission from the
government for using the poster.
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Canadian_Court_Allows_Distance_Learning_Spyware_Seller_To
Continue_Silencing_One_Of_Its_Many_Critics⠀⇛
A worldwide pandemic in 2020 altered the contours of pretty
much everything. Entire cities shut down. Retailers shrunk
hours to time periods normally only witnessed prior to the
introduction of the 24-hour clock. Shit got exceedingly weird.
* ⚓ İzmir_Bar_executives_acquitted_for_condemning_Diyanet’s_anti-LGBTİ+
sermon⠀⇛
The former chair and ten board members of the İzmir Bar
Association have been acquitted of “openly insulting religious
values.”
* ⚓ DİYARBAKIR_CENTERED_OPERATION:_:_Theater_players_also_detained_in
today’s_police_operations⠀⇛
Police carried out raids on Amed City Theater, Dicle Culture
and Arts Association, Mezopotamya Culture and Arts Association
and BKM also in today’s Diyarbakır centered operations and
taken many into custody.
* ⚓ Ex-chief_editor_of_bianet_acquitted_in_‘libel’_case⠀⇛
“It is not necessary to be a lawyer to understand that there is
no crime in this news report,” said Nazan Özcan’s lawyer in the
hearing. Özcan was acquitted by the court.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ Journalists,_lawyers,_politicians_detained_across_Turkey_in_raids
targeting_pro-Kurdish_groups⠀⇛
The police raided homes and offices across 21 cities. Theater
artists are among the detained.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_condemns_US_denial_of_Russian_journalist_visas_ahead_of
UN_visit⠀⇛
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Sunday condemned the US
for prohibiting Russian journalists from covering Lavrov’s
speech before the UN in New York. Lavrov called the decision “a
really stupid thing” in an appearance before reporters in
Russia.
* ⚓ Ten_journalists_among_detainees_after_massive_crackdown_across_Turkey⠀⇛
Some 126 people were detained in police raids in 21 cities.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ BuzzFeed’s_Epic_Fail_Is_Bad_News⠀⇛
Last week, BuzzFeed CEO and founder Jonah Peretti stunned the
Internet by announcing the closing of BuzzFeed News. In a memo
to staff, Peretti blamed “a pandemic, a fading SPAC [special
purpose acquisition company] market that yielded less capital,
a tech recession, a tough economy,” etc., while feebly
acknowledging his own responsibility for the disaster (“I could
have managed these changes better”). Presumably, though, the
decision to take his company public through an ill-fated SPAC
sits squarely on Peretti’s shoulders. (SPACs, a risky IPO
alternative, give investors the option, but not the obligation,
to buy shares in a newly formed public company.) The eventual
sale realized only $16.2 million from a $288 million equity
offering, and the stock has steadily tanked, losing more than
90 percent of its value since the company went public in
December 2021.
* ⚓ VOA News ☛ Family:_Chinese_Journalist_Faces_Espionage_Charges⠀⇛
As a non-Communist Party member, he was one of the most pro-
reform voices at Guangming Daily and wrote articles in favor of
an independent legal system, his family said. He was awarded a
Nieman fellowship at Harvard University in 2006-07 and became a
visiting fellow at Keio University in Japan in 2010. Four years
later, he served as a visiting professor at Hokkaido University
in Japan.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_formally_charges_journalist_with_spying,
media_rights_group_says⠀⇛
“His family didn’t share any details about his detention with
the public for more than a year, because they feared it would
affect the outcome,” a former colleague told AFP.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ True_crimes_of_Asia:_Years_after_S.Korea’s_online
sex_slavery_expose,_digital_sex_crimes_still_rife⠀⇛
Activists attribute the prevalence of the crime to the low
status of women and fast-developing technology.
* ⚓ Demirtaş:_‘What_may_have_Erdoğan_asked_for_in_İmralı_island,_sending
there_a_delegation?’⠀⇛
Imprisoned ex-chairperson of People’s Democratic Party referred
to the claim made by journalist Amed Dicle that a delegation
from President Erdoğan’s AKP talked to Abdullah Öcalan in the
İmralı prison but was not able to get the answer they desired.
* ⚓ Protests_against_mass_detentions_across_Turkey⠀⇛
Members of the groups targeted in the raids and other rights
defenders protested the detentions in several cities.
* ⚓ [Repeat] Vice Media Group ☛ A_Group_of_Amazon_Drivers_Just_Joined_One
of_the_Biggest_Unions_in_the_US⠀⇛
Drivers in California have joined the International Brotherhood
of Teamsters, in one of the first driver-specific unionization
efforts in the company.
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ SEGA_of_America_Workers_Are_Unionizing⠀⇛
Workers at Sega of America would form the first multi-
departmental video game union in the U.S.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_considers_case_concerning_bankruptcy_code,
sovereign_immunity_of_Native_American_tribes⠀⇛
The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments in Lac du
Flambeau Band v. Coughlin, which focuses on the effect of the
Bankruptcy Code on the sovereign immunity of Native American
tribes.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ US_sends_first_deportation_flight_to_Cuba_since_2020⠀⇛
The United States on Monday sent its first deportation flight
to Cuba since 2020, months after Cuba agreed for the first time
since the COVID-19 pandemic to accept flights carrying Cubans
caught at the US-Mexico border.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Venezuelan_opposition_figure_Guaido_expelled_from_Colombia,
slams_‘persecution’⠀⇛
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó said he was expelled
from Colombia hours after he crossed the border from Venezuela
to try to meet with some participants at an international
conference Tuesday to discuss his country’s political crisis.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Professor_Educated_In_U.S._Says_Fired_For_Supporting
Protests⠀⇛
A professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the
University of Tehran says he has been fired from the university
after he came out in support of nationwide protests over the
death of Mahsa Amini in police custody.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ India_bar_council:_legal_recognition_of_same-sex_marriage
better_left_for_legislative_determination⠀⇛
The Bar Council of India (BCI) Sunday passed a resolution to
urge the Supreme Court of India to leave the issue of same-sex
marriage for legislative consideration. The resolution came
after a joint meeting of the BCI and all State Bar Councils.
* ⚓ ACLU ☛ Idaho_Attorney_General’s_Abortion_Opinion_Shows_Overturning_Roe
Was_Only_the_Beginning⠀⇛
When the Supreme Court overturned a half-century of precedent
last June and eliminated the federal constitutional right to
abortion first recognized in Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion
politicians claimed that the court was doing nothing more than
sending the issue back to the states, allowing each to decide
for itself how to regulate abortion. Late last month, Idaho
Attorney General Raúl Labrador made crystal clear just how
false that claim was.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Civil_liberties_group_petitions_Russia’s_Constitutional_Court
to_repeal_misdemeanor_law_on_‘discrediting’_military_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A group of pro bono civil liberties lawyers working with the
advocacy group OVD-Info have petitioned Russia’s Constitutional
Court to repeal a law that currently makes it a misdemeanor to
criticize the Russian military and its combat operations.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ State_Duma_withdraws_bill_on_30-percent_income_tax_withholding
for_Russians_working_from_abroad_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s State Duma has withdrawn a proposed bill on taxing
remote workers “for clarifications,” according to the State
Duma press service. The bill was first submitted for
consideration on April 24.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Legendary_Performer,_Civil_Rights_Champion_Harry
Belafonte_Dies_at_96⠀⇛
Harry Belafonte, the beloved singer and civil rights activist
who never wavered from his commitment to a better and more just
world, has died at the age of 96.
* ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Where_Did_the_Met_Get_Its_Native_American_Artwork?⠀⇛
Stepping into the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Shyanne Beatty
was eager to view the Native American works that art collectors
Charles and Valerie Diker had been accumulating for nearly half
a century. But as she entered the museum’s American Wing that
day in 2018, her excitement turned to shock as two wooden masks
came into view.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_DOJ_Is_Using_“Foreign_Agents”_Accusations_to_Repress
Black_Liberation_Organizers⠀⇛
On July 29, 2022, Omali Yeshitela and his wife, Ona Zene, awoke
at 5 o’clock in the morning to the sound of flash grenades and
drones, as heavily armed FBI agents stormed into their home
searching for evidence of organizational ties to the Russian
government. Yeshitela is the 80-year-old chair of the African
People’s Socialist Party, a pan-Africanist political party
founded in 1972 and headquartered in Florida. His wife is the
deputy chair.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_World_According_to_Anna_Badkhen⠀⇛
“It seems more and more that we live in a world of moral
dislocation,” Anna Badkhen writes in the preface to her new
essay collection, Bright Unbearable Reality. In the essays,
Badkhen roams across that world, tracing a line from a protest
against police violence in Philadelphia to the war-torn region
of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus, from the Mauritanian
Sahara to the dacha outside St. Petersburg where she spent her
childhood summers, from the military cemetery in Oklahoma where
Geronimo is buried to the Sierra Madre mountains of northern
Mexico where his Apache descendants now live. As her preface
signals, this expansive range is accompanied by a stark sense
that something is wrong: Violence and suffering haunt the
people who make the book’s many journeys. Yet Badkhen is
insistently attentive to small, marvelous details: The kitchens
of the Sierra Madre, she notes at one point, are laid out
exactly like the ones in the dachas of her youth.1
* ⚓ VOA News ☛ Iran_Charges_Two_Actors_for_Not_Wearing_Headscarves⠀⇛
Police in Tehran have referred the case against Katayoun Riahi
and Pantea Bahram to Iran’s judiciary, accusing them of “the
crime of removing the hijab in public and posting photos on the
[Internet],” the Tasnim news agency said late Monday.
If prosecuted, the pair could face fines or prison terms.
Earlier this month police said they would begin using “smart”
technology in public places to crack down on women defying
Iran’s compulsory dress code.
* ⚓ NPR ☛ When_your_boss_is_an_algorithm⠀⇛
University of California College of the Law professor Veena
Dubal says that’s exactly what’s going on. In a recent paper,
she says rideshare apps promote “algorithmic wage
discrimination” by personalizing wages for each driver based on
data they gather from them. The algorithms are proprietary, so
workers have no way of knowing how their data is being used,
Dubal says.
“The app is their boss,” Dubal told Morning Edition’s A
Martinez. “But unlike a human boss who you can negotiate with
or withhold information from, the algorithms know so much about
these workers.”
* ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Harry_Belafonte’s_Promising_Career_as_a_Film_Star
Ended_Before_It_Really_Began⠀⇛
I put script after script before people who just rejected them
out of hand, and I just said there’s no point in trying to
change this monster. . . . Hollywood was symptomatic, and the
problem was the nation: I figured unless you change the
national vocabulary, the national climate, the national
attitude, you’re not going to be able to change Hollywood.
But before he left, Belafonte made a defiant last stand,
forming his own company called HarBel Productions in order to
make two compelling films in rapid succession: Odds Against
Tomorrow (1959), and The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959).
Both are tough urban films, mostly set in New York City, and
both tackle racism head-on.
* ⚓ Crackdown_on_Kurdish-linked_groups_leads_to_detention_of_Green_Left_MP
candidate⠀⇛
More than 120 people from political parties, media outlets and
lawyers’ groups were detained in 21 cities.
* ⚓ International_reactions_to_mass_raids_targeting_Kurdish_groups⠀⇛
Seventeen rights and journalism groups have released a joint
statement condemning yesterday’s raids where 126 politicians,
journalists, lawyers and artists were detained.
* ⚓ Bar_associations_condemn_detention_of_lawyers⠀⇛
Twenty-five lawyers were among over 120 who were detained in
simultaneous raids in 21 cities yesterday.
§ Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Google_releases_new_cybersecurity_features_for
ChromeOS⠀⇛
The tool allows administrators to block users from copying and
pasting data, taking screen captures or using screen-sharing
tools. Printer access can be disabled as well. According to
Google, ChromeOS Data Controls provides the ability to
customize how and when each usage restriction is applied.
Administrators can configure ChromeOS to block copying and
pasting only when employees interact with a particularly
important business application. It’s also possible to apply
usage restrictions to specific URLs. A company could, for
example, prevent employees from pasting data into a cloud-based
file storage service not approved by administrators.
* ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Is_AI_Spamming_Streaming_Services?_One_‘Song’
Appears_Over_50_Times_on_Spotify_and_Elsewhere⠀⇛
Are AI-powered bots attacking Spotify? That’s the question some
are asking after one listener uncovered what appears to be a
single track uploaded north of 50 times under various titles
and connected to an array of artist profiles.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ How_Amazon_makes_everything_you_buy_more_expensive,_no
matter_where_you_buy_it⠀⇛
Amazon is very proud of its “flywheel”: at first, the company
offered subsidies to customers, which lured in sellers. Then,
it demanded that those sellers lower their prices, which lured
in more customers. With more customers, more sellers piled in.
Faster and faster, the flywheel spins, creating the “everything
store”: [...]
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ UK_bill_aims_to_tackle_big_tech’s_dominance_in_digital
markets⠀⇛
The U.K. announced today that its Digital Markets, Competition
and Consumers Bill will crack down on the dominance of some of
the world’s leading tech companies. Despite mammoth efforts by
big tech to stop the bill from going through, their lobbying
has not produced any significant changes.
⚓ Techdirt ☛ Once_Again,_Epic_Fails_In_Its_Antitrust_Quest_Against_Apple⠀⇛
As we noted two and a half years ago when Epic filed its antitrust
lawsuit against Apple, it seemed like a pretty big uphill climb
legally speaking. The whole thing seemed more like “contract
negotiation via antitrust judicial battle” rather than a legitimate
antitrust claim. And, so far, it looks like we were correct. The
district court ruling a year and a half ago mostly sided with Apple,
noting that “the Court cannot ultimately conclude that Apple is a
monopolist under either federal or state antitrust laws.”
⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Hrdy &_Seaman:_Are_NDAs_unenforceable_when_they
protect_more_than_trade_secrets?⠀⇛
Are NDAs unenforceable when they protect more than trade secrets? The
standard answer is no. NDAs can prevent disclosure of contractually-
defined “confidential” information that is shared in the course of a
confidential relationship, even if it is not technically a trade
secret. NDAs can, in other words, go beyond trade secrecy.
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Philip_Morris_and_BAT_continue_heat-not-burn_patent_saga
at_UK_High_Court⠀⇛
British American Tobacco (BAT) had attempted to revoke
two Philip Morris patents, EP 3 266 323 and EP 3 741 225,
on the grounds of added matter and obviousness over the
prior art.
o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Guidance_on_Patenting_Inventions_with
AI_Contributions⠀⇛
Members of the USPTO, and fellow participants of this AI
Listening Session, thank you for inviting me here today
and for taking time to consider these important issues.
I want to also thank the prior speakers who have done a
great job laying out many of the issues. I am also happy
to work with any of you to help figure this out and reach
a workable system that truly encourages innovation.
My name is Dennis Crouch, and I am a law professor at
Mizzou and author of Patently-O. It is my privilege to
discuss the role of generative AI in the realm of
intellectual property and the need for clear guidance
from the USPTO.
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Indian_Music_Industry_Rep_Inks_‘Historic’
Deal_With_Singers_Association,_Sets_Sights_On_Tackling_‘The_Growing
Menace_of_Digital_Piracy_and_Non-Recognition_of_Copyright’⠀⇛
India’s recorded music representative has inked a
“historic agreement” with the Indian Singers Rights
Association (ISRA), and the involved parties say that the
pact will help the nation’s music industry to “become a
global force.”
o ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Jessemusse_Cacinda_—_Open_Culture_VOICES,
Season_2_Episode_12⠀⇛
Open Culture VOICES is a series of short videos that
highlight the benefits and barriers of open culture as
well as inspiration and advice on the subject of opening
up cultural heritage. Jessemusse is a Mozambican author
who previously co-founded a publishing house in
Mozambique focused on underrepresented languages and
cultures in publishing. His work has evolved into more
creative writing where his true passion lies.
o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ “Though_Silent,_I_Speak”:_A_Book_of
Sundial_Mottoes_(1903)⠀⇛
Time has no voice, but sundial inscriptions pretend
otherwise.
o ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Yet_again,_the_copyright_industry_demands_to_be
shielded_from_technological_progress_–_and_the_future⠀⇛
The new AI systems certainly have massive problems, not
least in the sphere of privacy, as I have written about
elsewhere. But the response by the copyright world to
generative AI is increasingly extreme, rather as a Walled
Culture post back in February warned it might be. The
latest manifestation of that tendency is a “Call for
Safeguards Around Generative AI in the European AI Act”
from “over 40 associations and trade unions that joined
the Authors’ Rights Initiative”. It is a typical anti-
technology, anti-progress set of demands from the
copyright industry. Its signatories “demand” regulation
of generative AI, and they demand it “NOW” (sic).
o ⚓ European Commission ☛ Delegated_Regulation_on_data_access
provided_for_in_the_Digital_Services_Act [iophk: see PDF accessible
only via web "app"]⠀⇛
The new framework for vetted researchers’ access to data
from very large online platforms and very large search
engines is a key measure of the Digital Services Act, to
increase platforms’ transparency and accountability. The
Commission is to adopt delegated acts to further specify
the conditions under which sharing of data should take
place and, the purposes for which the data may be used
and relevant procedures, taking into account the rights
and interests of the actors involved and, if necessary,
independent advisory mechanisms.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Jury_Selection_Begins_in_Ed_Sheeran’s_‘Let’s
Get_It_On’_Copyright_Infringement_Lawsuit⠀⇛
Jury selection begins in Ed Sheeran’s ‘Let’s Get It On’
copyright infringement lawsuit in New York, which alleges
that the 32-year-old singer’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ bears
more than a passing similarity to the Marvin Gaye
classic.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ What_Happened_with_Gimme_Radio?_Major
Investors_Contributed_Millions,_Now_It’s_Kaput⠀⇛
Gimme Radio launched more than five years ago with the
goal of building global fan communities around genres of
music. Now the service is shuttering on April 29. What
happened? Gimme Media was founded in San Francisco in
June 2017 by Tyler Lenane (CEO), David Rosenberg (COO),
Jon Maples (CPO), and Andrew Gilliland (CCO).
o ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ Joe_Brockmeier:_Copyright_consistency⠀⇛
I keep thinking about the arguments around content being
used for AI data sets and the arguments around content
being archived/offered by sites like Internet Archive.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Personal⠀➾
o ⚓ gratitude_issues⠀⇛
Something that I really struggle with in regards to
gratitude is how different it is as an adult vs a child.
The naivety and optimism of childhood is a blessing.
Simply not knowing how bad life can get pays off.
Back as a child, I feel like anything you’d say you felt
gratitude for was heartfelt, because it really did make
you feel grateful and blessed to have it. But as an adult
it’s hard not to associate gratitude with fear. Knowing
so much, being bombarded with bad news even when you
shield yourself from most of it, knowing how bad life can
really be.. gratitude is suddenly so much about fear.
About loss. You’re thinking about what to be grateful for
and realize “I know some people have lost their legs,
some people are homeless and starve, some people are
currently enduring war.” and now you’re scared you could
be next in all of this. One day it could happen to you.
So you’re telling yourself you’re grateful – grateful to
be healthy, to be able to walk, to have food and a roof
over the head, no war..
o ⚓ You_might_just_be_incompetent⠀⇛
Theres a lot of talk about imposter syndrome. But no one
ever really acknowledges the possibility that people can
just suck at their jobs and be aware of it.
o ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_BGOPRUS_Wordo:_GAILY⠀⇛
o ⚓ 26_April_2023⠀⇛
Normality is setting in… at least for now. After my
mother-in-law
has left for home last week we had quiet a few stressfull
days with
our son (he had his first vaccinations which lead to some
even more
sleepless nights), but now things have quieted down a
bit.
Its also about a week since i discarded Fedora Silverblue
(which i
still find to be a very nice distribution) for MX Linux
on the Acer
Aspire Switch because Fedora turned out to be just too
heavy for the
quiet limited space on the Acer. So, why MX Linux? Its
because the
Acer has a weird 32 Bit UEFI system which is not
supported by many
distributions and without so much expendable time anymore
i took what
i did know to work out of the box. This is also my first
attempt after
a long time to ditch GUI completely. Why? Perhaps a bit
of masochism,
a bit of nostalgia and the realisation that i live mostly
in the
terminal anyway regardless of running an window manager.
o ⚓ Poet_Voice_and_Membership⠀⇛
I’m ten years old. Sitting quietly in church with my
mother and sister. I might be dressed up; or, my family
might have abandoned that practice by then. Sitting
quietly. I’ve practiced all week. The hymns are
finishing, and it’s time for me to read the first lesson.
o ⚓ Every_day_she_takes_a_morning_bath,_she_wets_her_hair⠀⇛
My wife will be awake soon, and she’s so in the throes of
“all this” that we’re talking serious trepidation trying
to complete this sentence before hearing the bedroom door
open. Soon I’ll be hearing about her girls, siblings,
rants over political news, how so-and-so “looked at her
funny” yesterday. There are times I wish I could become
so lost in all the drama. And yet I can’t imagine it
being a place of peace. But, then, neither is sitting
back frustrated for not being able to let go of “all
this” – starting, of course, with the alleged self
allegedly expire-iencing it….
o ⚓ in_stillness_lies_a_calm_so_true⠀⇛
In stillness lies a calm so true,
A peace that’s felt, not seen in view.
Between the words, a silence reigns,
A space where nothingness sustains.
The rhythm of this quietude,
A tempo slow, yet never crude.
A gentle beat, a steady flow,
A cadence that we come to know.
This hush that fills the empty air,
A melody beyond compare.
A symphony of tranquil grace,
A song that time cannot erase.
o ⚓ It’s_become_a_somber_kind_of_a_day⠀⇛
Nothing has ever rang more true to me than Sartre’s “hell
is other people”.
I don’t see how it could be otherwise. Imagine utterly
separate be-ings modeling an alleged objective reality in
their own utterly separate ways – i.e. in accord with
their distinct experiences/biases/learnings – and said
alleged objective reality with communication delays,
slightly different meanings for the same word symbols,
misspeaks, attempts to backup going awry, blah-die-
fucking-blah-blah.
Perhaps it would be better (in terms of locating the
problem more locally) to say “hell is seemingly being a
separate individual/self”.
* § Technical⠀➾
o ⚓ Disappointing_Gigabits⠀⇛
It needed a router change, and different fibre optics
(SFP+) module; apparently the faster connection is over a
different wavelength of light. And then, nothing worked.
Given that I was working from home at the time this
quickly became an urgent problem, since the slower
connection had been switched off to provide the new one.
After much experimenting I discovered that it was a
problem with the port settings on the router; turning off
speed negotation and some other arbitrary setting I can’t
remember were enough to fix it. Mostly; more on that
later.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Trying_for_Sunrises_2023-04-26_(Fairbanks,_AK,_US)⠀⇛
The sunrise times are now reaching the point where
it is possible for me to capture shots in the hour
before work. One of the tricky parts, however, is
that in Fairbanks it is difficult to find good,
unobstructed views to the north-east, from where
the sun is now rising. There is one place south of
the airport which is decent, if you don’t mind a
lot of airport equipment in your photo. However,
the clouds were not quite right for good sunrise
photos, and this is the best I could manage this
morning:
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