𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Thursday, May 11, 2023
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⦿ [Meme] Smokescreens and Secrecy for Corporate Obfuscation While Your Colleagues Disappear | Techrights
⦿ EPO Abuses ’Data Protection’ to Hide Its Own Abuses | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
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http://techrights.org/2023/05/11/epo-hiding-its-own-abuses/#comments
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http://techrights.org/2023/05/11/almalinux-9-2/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/11/dev-nullification/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/11/libreoffice-7-4-7/#comments
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Posted in Deception, Europe, Patents at 8:38 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Why now?
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Madame_'efficiency':_HR_will_get_rid_of_plenty_of_staff;_OK,
well_just_ensure_staff_doesn't_know_what's_happening⦈_
Summary: The EPO is removing_harmless_information about who’s coming to the EPO
and who’s leaving (perfectly normal for organisations to tell people about
that, especially insiders); meanwhile workers_lose_their_desks
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Posted in Europe, Patents at 8:26 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
“Changes to the Staff Changes List: Less transparency at the Office”
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇All_the_things_the_Office_does_not_want_you_to_know⦈_
Vampires dislike sunshine
Summary: The EPO‘s overt corruption is still being concealed; under Benoît
Battistelli and António_Campinos data protection or privacy at the EPO was
routinely violated but now they champion the term “data protection” to censor
evidence of the abuse
THE EPO is still a den of lies and abuse. We respond to many of them in Daily
Links. We still see European_software_patents getting thrown out in European
courts. Of course the EPO is just trying to replace those courts, even if
that’s both illegal and unconstitutional. This profound abuse will cost the EU.
It will damage the EU’s reputation like it did the EPO’s. But this isn’t the
subject of today’s post.
Circulating in the EPO this month is the following document. It’s not from the
union but from staff representatives. It contains many references and it also
contains some names (apparently not pseudonyms), so we’ve chosen to obfuscate
them in this public (HTML/GemText/plain text) version, which is preceded by an
introductory message:
The Office will discontinue publishing the following information on
the monthly Staff Changes List.
- entry grade of newcomers,
- reasons for termination of service – i.e. retirement, end of
contract, resignation
- citizenship
In this paper, we explain why we are against this. The Office should
become more transparent, not less.?
Here’s the full (3-page) text:
Zentraler Personalausschuss
Central Staff Committee
Le Comité Central du Personnel
Munich, 28.04.2023
sc23045cp
§ All the things the Office does not want you to know⠀➾
The Office will discontinue publishing important information on the
monthly Staff Changes List. We explain why we are against this. The
Office should become more transparent – not less.
What is it all about?
The “Staff changes” lists are published monthly on the Intranet. The
lists include dates of appointments and confirmation thereof,
promotions, transfers, unpaid/family/parental leave, and termination
of service. It appears that the Data Protection Officer (DPO)
believes that some information is not strictly required for
publication and should not be published to protect the interest of
the data subjects.
What will change?
The Office proposes in GCC/DOC 10/2023 to discontinue publishing the
following information:
a) entry grade of newcomers,
b) reasons for termination of service – i.e. retirement, end of
contract, resignation, and
c) citizenship.
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What is the opinion of Staff Representation?
In our view, the Office should become more transparent and
accountable – not less. We are against these changes for two reasons.
First, the staff change list is based on Article 31 ServRegs. It is
titled “Communication to staff” and guarantees transparency and
information by providing that:
“All specific decisions regarding appointment and
confirmation thereof at the end of the probationary period,
promotion, transfer, determination of administrative status
and termination of service of an employee shall be
communicated to the staff.” (Article 31 ServRegs)
“Right to be informed infringed”We believe that data a) to c) are an
essential part of the specific decisions listed in the above article.
For example, the entry grade is a part of the decision regarding
appointment. Not publishing data under a) to c) would breach this
article and, consequently, staff at the EPO would be adversely
affected as their right to be informed would not be fulfilled.
“Transparency empowers staff”Second, it is essential that staff at
the EPO knows what is happening in their vicinity and their
department and are in a position to be able to compare the dynamics
of different departments. For example, whether the ”end of service”
of a colleague was due to a resignation or retirement (hence, a
choice of the colleague), or whether the end of service was due to
the non-renewal of a contract (hence, decision of the Office) is
information staff and their representatives should be aware of. The
information in the staff change list empowers all of us and enables
us to make informed judgements and decisions about our work and life
at the EPO.
Why is transparency important?
Transparency is crucial for international organisations because it
empowers members of the organisation to become more aware of and gain
a broader and deeper understanding of what is happening. Transparency
also helps to build trust, which is critical for efficient
collaboration. It establishes an organisation’s reliability and
trustworthiness and improves internal and external relationships. It
is also a barrier against favouritism.
“Staff change list: no problem for over 14 years”The staff change
list as we know it today has existed at least since 2009. In over 14
years, no data protection officers ever identified any problem or
breach of data protection rules or guidelines.
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Mr Campinos considered changing the list for the first time in May
2019. At that time, the changes were presented “in order to enhance
the clarity and readability” of the list and it did not occur to
anyone to justify the changes with data protection. Employee
empowerment is one of the visions, and transparency is one of the key
initiatives of the Strategic Plan 2023. Article 31 ServRegs enhances
the services of the EPO and has been part of the Service Regulations
since they were adopted 45 years ago in 1977. The reason was to give
transparency to a newly born international organisation.
Conclusions
“Data protection “abused” to render EPO less transparent?”What should
be avoided at all costs is to give the impression that the EPO Data
Protection Rules are used as a pretext to render the internal working
at the EPO less transparent. On the contrary, it is important in our
view that the EPO becomes more transparent and accountable. This is
essential for the trustworthiness and reputation of the EPO towards
its staff and the public. For example, the publication of step
assignments and functional allowances would contribute to that goal.
For all these reasons we invited the Office to withdraw this
proposal.
The Central Staff Committee
[redacted]
It’s quite revealing; the EPO is run by unqualified thugs who break the law,
including privacy laws, and now they leverage “privacy” to silence their
critics and exposers. The problem is that to me, as an EU proponent, this seems
like an embarrassment and a risk to the EU. Not only are we witnessing inaction
but active facilitation (e.g. with UPC). The EPO’s corruption, which is deeply
connected to EUIPO_corruption, puts Europe at risk, not just its patent system.
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# ⚓ Ubuntu Studio ☛ Ubuntu_Studio:_We_Need_Your_Help⠀⇛
It’s not very often that we come to you, our users,
asking for financial donations, yet here we are. We
have fallen on some rough times here at the Ubuntu
Studio project.
First of all, donations have dropped considerably.
We understand the world financial climate has not
been easy for any of us, and it has become harder
for all of us to live. However, we do believe that
if we all work together, we can help each other
out.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Ubuntu_23.04_welcomes_three_more_flavors,
but_hamburger_menus_leave_a_bad_taste⠀⇛
The “Lunar Lobster” release of Ubuntu has welcomed
two new official remixes, as well as the first
updated Ubuntu Kylin in a year or so.
The 38th release of Ubuntu debuted late last month,
and while this is an interim release which goes
end-of-life next January, there are some
significant changes to make it notable. The most
visible are two new official flavors: Ubuntu
Cinnamon and Edubuntu.
All use the new Flutter-based “Subiquity”
installer, which is a little prettier than the old
“Ubiquity.” However, it’s not really much more
functional. Like the old one, the new installer’s
window still can’t be resized – so, for example, if
you have lots of disk partitions, you can’t make
the window big enough to see them all at once
without scrolling. To use an existing partition,
you must first choose the existing format – a
redundant extra step. We’d hoped that the final
version of the new installer would fix these minor
issues, but we were disappointed.
# ⚓ Lenovo_Refreshes_ThinkStation_and_ThinkPad_Workstations⠀⇛
Windows 11 Pro / Ubuntu Linux / Red Hat Enterprise
Linux
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ A_kernel_without_buffer_heads⠀⇛
No data structures found in the Linux kernel — at
least, in any version that escaped from Linus
Torvalds’s development machine — are older than the
buffer head. Like many other legacies from the
early days of Linux, buffer heads have been
targeted for removal for years. They persist,
though, despite the problems they present. Now,
Christoph Hellwig has posted a patch series that
enables the building of a kernel without buffer
heads — but the cost of doing so at this point will
be more than most want to pay.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ 6.4_Merge_window,_part_1⠀⇛
As of this writing, nearly 7,500 non-merge
changesets have been pulled into the mainline
repository for the 6.4 kernel release. The 6.4
merge window is thus clearly off and running, with
a number of significant changes merged already.
Read on for a summary of the most significant
pulled so far.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Unprivileged_BPF_and_authoritative_security_hooks⠀⇛
When the developers of the Linux security module
(LSM) subsystem find themselves disagreeing with
other kernel developers, it tends to be because
those other developers don’t think to — or don’t
want to — add security hooks to their shiny new
subsystems. Sometimes, though, the addition of new
hooks by non-LSM developers can also create some
friction. Andrii Nakryiko’s posting of a pair of
BPF-related security hooks raised a couple of
interesting questions, one of which spurred a fair
amount of discussion, and one that did not.
# ⚓ Extreme Tech ☛ Linux_Patch_Adds_Support_for_Intel_Meteor
Lake_Desktop_CPUs⠀⇛
Intel’s 14th generation Meteor Lake CPUs are
inching closer to reality. If you recall, a little
while ago, it was unclear whether the company would
cancel it or just offer it as a mobile-only part.
Those rumors were followed by information
indicating there would indeed be a desktop part,
but it might only be midrange and budget CPUs. Now
we have confirmation that desktop Meteor Lake
exists, though its specs are still unknown. Proof
has arrived via an unlikely source: Linux patch
notes.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Lighttpd_1.4.70⠀⇛
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Magazine:_Use_FIDO_U2F_security
keys_with_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛
A FIDO U2F security key is a small USB and/or NFC
based device. It is a hardware security token with
modules for many security related use-cases. There
are several brands of FIDO compliant keys,
including NitroKey, SoloKey v2, and YubiKey. FIDO,
in contrast to proprietary protocols like Yubico
OTP, is hardware token agnostic and the tools used
are manufacturer independent.
This post introduces the FIDO protocol(s) and shows
how to install and enable a FIDO U2F security key
as an alternative authentication factor for logging
into a terminal, GDM, or authenticating for sudo.
# ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_To_Enable_RPM_Fusion_Repository_In
Fedora,_RHEL,_Rocky_Linux,_AlmaLinux⠀⇛
Last Updated on May 11, 2023 by itsubuntu How To
Enable RPM Fusion Repository In Fedora, RHEL, Rocky
Linux, AlmaLinux RPM Fusion repository is a
community-maintained third-party software
repository. RPM Fusion provides packages that is
not available to Fedora project and Red Hat due to
the issues like propriety, closed-source, or any
legal issues.
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ How_To:_Build_and_run_Serenity_OS⠀⇛
(In 5 easy steps)
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_sSMTP_on_Debian_11⠀⇛
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install
ssmtp on Debian 11. ssmtp is a mail transfer agent
(MTA) that you can use to send emails to a smtp
server from your server or computer.
For example, If you want to be notified in real
time about tasks on
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_Monit_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
Monit is a versatile and powerful open-source
utility for managing and monitoring Unix-based
systems. It can be used to monitor system
resources, services, and applications, allowing you
to ensure that they are running optimally and
remain available. Monit can also be configured to
automatically restart services and send
notifications when certain conditions are met.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Brightness_Controller_on
Ubuntu_22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛
Brightness Controller is an innovative, open-source
software solution designed specifically for Ubuntu
users who seek enhanced control over their display
settings. It enables users to manipulate the
brightness levels of their screen to suit their
specific needs or preferences, a feature often
overlooked in many other systems.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_LibreCAD_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
LibreCAD is a free, open-source 2D Computer-Aided
Design (CAD) software that offers a feature-rich,
high-quality alternative to other premium CAD
software. With a robust suite of tools, LibreCAD
enables users to create technical drawings such as
plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts,
or schematics and diagrams.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_SMPlayer_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
SMPlayer is a versatile, user-friendly, and open-
source multimedia player that’s made quite an
impact in the sphere of digital media. Crafted on
the MPlayer engine, SMPlayer provides a robust
platform for all your audio and video playback
needs.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Visual_Studio_Code_on
Pop!_OS [Ed: Visual Studio Code is Microsoft's proprietary
spyware that helps violate GPL; it oughtn't be promoted to
GNU/Linux users in any shape or form]⠀⇛
Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a multifaceted and
versatile editor from Microsoft that brilliantly
combines the simplicity of a text editor with the
power of an Integrated Development Environment
(IDE).
# ⚓ LinuxTuto ☛ How_to_Install_Portainer_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
Portainer is an open-source container management
tool that provides a web-based graphical user
interface (GUI) for managing Docker containers,
images, networks, and volumes.
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ BGP_route_leak_prevention_and_detection_with_the
help_of_RFC_9234⠀⇛
Route leaks can be accidental or malicious but most
often they arise from accidental misconfiguration.
By creating a route leak, the leaker becomes a link
between different regions without obtaining income,
but the main problem is not even the lost profit.
First, packets must traverse a longer distance when
a route leak happens in a third economy. And as we
understand, it results in much bigger delays.
Secondly, packets can be lost due to insufficient
settings if they don’t get to the receiving party.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure_VNC_Server_in_CentOS
and_RHEL⠀⇛
In this guide, we’ll explain how to install and
configure VNC Remote Access in CentOS 7/8 and RHEL
9/8/7 desktop edition via the tigervnc-server
program to access remote desktop machines.
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a server-client
protocol that allows user accounts to remotely
connect and control a distant system by using the
resources provided by the Graphical User Interface.
# ⚓ Unix Men ☛ A_Guide_To_Implementing_Segregation_of_Duties_
(SoD)_in_Linux_Environments⠀⇛
In today’s ever-evolving cyber threats,
organizations must implement robust security
measures that safeguard their valuable data and
resources. One such essential measure is the
Segregation of Duties (SoD). It plays a critical
role in mitigating the risks associated with
unauthorized access, fraud, and errors.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ 8_Cut_Command_Examples_[Cut_Sections_of_Line_in
File]⠀⇛
As Linux users, we interact with the text files on
a regular basis. One of the common operations we
perform on these files is text filtering. Linux
provides many command-line utilities for text
filtering, such as – grep, fgrep, sed, awk, and the
list goes on.
However, in this guide, we will discuss one more
text-filtering utility called cut, which is used to
remove a particular section from the input line.
The cut command performs filtering based on the
byte position, character, field, and delimiter.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_Google_Chrome_in_Linux_[RHEL-based
Distros]⠀⇛
Google Chrome is a most popular, fast, secure, and
easy-to-use free cross-platform web browser
developed by Google, and was first released in 2008
for Microsoft Windows, later versions were released
to Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android.
Most of Chrome’s source code is taken from Google’s
open-source software project Chromium, but Chrome
is licensed as proprietary freeware, which means
you can download and use it for free, but you
cannot decompile, reverse engineer, or use the
source code to build other programs or projects.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ Install_Google_Chrome_on_Ubuntu,_Debian_and_Linux
Mint⠀⇛
Google Chrome Browser developed by Google Inc. is a
freeware web browser licensed under Google Chrome
Terms of Service.
As per Wikipedia (as of February 2023) statistics
and trends Google Chrome Browser has a 65.76% usage
globally and we can say it’s not an ideal
alternative browser but it’s the best and most
widely used internet browser, which uses the WebKit
layout engine.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_Ubuntu_Restricted_Extras⠀⇛
Ubuntu Restricted Extras is a software bundle for
the Ubuntu operating system that allows users to
install software that isn’t currently included for
ethical or copyright reasons, such as regularly
used media codecs and fonts.
The Ubuntu Restricted Extras is a metapackage that
has the following dependencies: [...]
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Integrating_Ghost_SSO_With_Discourse
Forum⠀⇛
Ghost is an open source CMS focused on membership
and newsletter.
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ LHB_Linux_Digest_#23.06:_Syslogs,
Processes_and_Troubleshooting_Slow_Website⠀⇛
Would you like to have a community forum for Linux
Handbook? A place where you could seek advice and
share your Linux server experience with other LHB
members?
# ⚓ Klara ☛ OpenZFS_–_Understanding_ZFS_vdev_Types⠀⇛
The most common category of ZFS questions is “how
should I set up my pool?” Sometimes the question
ends “… using the drives I already have” and
sometimes it ends with “and how many drives should
I buy.” Either way, today’s article can help you
make sense of your options.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2_Easy_Ways_to_Capture_Bluetooth_Traffic_on
Linux⠀⇛
Bluetooth-powered devices surround us everywhere.
From smart home appliances to speakers in a mall,
you find Bluetooth being used everywhere.
Although Bluetooth devices are now ubiquitous, not
all devices are of the same quality, and you may
experience trouble connecting to devices,
especially if one of them is a Linux machine.
Instead of repeatedly trying to connect to the
device hoping for a miracle, a smart and quick way
to troubleshoot Bluetooth errors is to inspect the
Bluetooth traffic generated and received by your
device. Let’s learn how to capture and inspect
Bluetooth traffic on Linux.
# ⚓ Network World ☛ Four_ways_to_view_files_and_file
permissions_on_Linux_|_Network_World⠀⇛
Viewing the content of files and examining access
permissions and such are very different options.
This post examines a number of ways to look at
files on Linux.
# ⚓ Mac Observer ☛ How_to_Install_Kali_Linux_on_an_M1_or_M2_Mac
–_The_Mac_Observer⠀⇛
Kali Linux is a popular choice for penetration
testing or ethical hacking. It includes a number of
tools for testing your network’s vulnerabilities as
well as those of your computers and other devices.
The Debian-based Linux distribution has long been
run on Macs, but has become more difficult in
recent years. Let’s dive into how you can install
Kali Linux on an M1 Mac, or any other Apple
Silicon-based computer.
# ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Check_System_Uptime_in_Linux_(5_Methods)_|
Beebom⠀⇛
About 80% of all electronics in the world run on
Linux, which speaks volumes about how well-
optimized the Linux kernel really is. One of the
areas where Linux is extensively used is servers,
and you might have seen Linux server administrators
using the command line instead of a GUI. Their
daily task involves checking the uptime of these
electronics. If you’re new to Linux, let’s look at
how to check the uptime of your Linux system in
this guide.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ ArcRunner:_Roguelike_+_Cyberpunk,_Reviewed
on_Linux⠀⇛
ArcRunner is a roguelike over the shoulder third-
person shooter set in a Cyberpunk universe,
developed by Trickjump Games Ltd and published by
PQube. It works well with Proton, on both PC and
Deck.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_MONSTER_HUNTER_RISE_and_Dragon’s_Dogma:
Dark_Arisen_in_this_game_bundle⠀⇛
Need even more games? You can’t possibly, you
already have hundreds (thousands?) but a few more
can’t hurt right? A fresh Humble Bundle is up to
help you save some monies. This time it’s the
Capcom Heroic Collection!
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Dead_by_Daylight_gets_Steam_Deck_Verified⠀⇛
Well, I’ve been waiting to see what the public
official word would be on Dead by Daylight and now
it’s official. Dead by Daylight is now Steam Deck
Verified.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_Last_of_Us_closer_to_playable_on_Steam
Deck,_but_the_Deck_still_has_RAM_problems⠀⇛
The Last of Us Part I from Naughty Dog has another
big performance patch out, and the result on Steam
Deck is quite surprising. But the Steam Deck still
suffers from a major problem.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Direct3D_8_to_Vulkan_translator_D8VK
‘production-ready’_1.0_is_out_now⠀⇛
D8VK translates Direct3D 8 to Vulkan, just like
DXVK for Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 and VKD3D-Proton for
Direct3D 12 used with Wine and Proton on Linux and
Steam Deck. Fantastic to see the progress on this.
I reported on an earlier release, but now the
“production-ready” 1.0 is available for you to play
with.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Humble_Store’s_Spring_Sale_2023_has_tons_of
great_deals⠀⇛
Here’s your next chance to pick up some absolute
bargains, as Humble Store are running their Spring
Sale for 2023 which is live until May 23rd. Every
two days they will be putting up extra special
discounts too, so keep checking back.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Stellaris:_Galactic_Paragons_released,
along_with_free_3.8_update_adding_co-op_modes⠀⇛
A big one for Stellaris is here with the Stellaris:
Galactic Paragons expansion launched along with the
3.8 “Gemini” patch for all players. Stellaris:
Galactic Paragons expands the political system
quite a bit with some new features, allowing for a
fair bit more role-play with specialized abilities.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Open_source_evolution_sim_Thrive_adds
prototypes_for_going_on_land⠀⇛
Thrive is a free and open source in-development
evolution sim, a bit like a more scientific version
of EA’s Spore and Thrive 0.6.2 expands the gameplay
even more with some new prototypes.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ RollerCoaster_Tycoon_2_re-implementation
OpenRCT2_now_lets_trains_go_backwards⠀⇛
Another wonderful update to OpenRCT2 is live, the
re-implementation of the classic RollerCoaster
Tycoon 2 bringing some new features and plenty of
fixes. While it’s already fully playable and quite
popular, that hasn’t stopped the community of
developers constantly working to improve it
further.
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Game_Over_for_Roblox_on_Linux:_The_New_Anti-
Cheat_Blocks_Wine_Usage⠀⇛
Roblox is a popular game platform that has been
around since 2006; it gained popularity for the
freedom of creativity it provides players, letting
them create their games using the proprietary
engine.
For years, Linux users could play it by using
workarounds and the Wine compatibility layer.
But that is all set to change as new anti-cheat
software, ‘Hyperion’ is rolled out into Roblox.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ Plasma_6:_“Better_defaults”⠀⇛
The 2023 Plasma sprint is now finished! KDE
Patron Tuxedo Computers were kind enough to
open their offices to us for a full week to
do the sprint. We had some great
conversations with Tuxedo employees, who were
very friendly and excited to work with us,
and made us thoroughly aware of just how much
more complicated modern keyboard backlighting
is than we had imagined! I’d like to thank
KDE’s Software Platform Engineer Nicolas
Fella for organizing this sprint, and Tuxedo
Computers for providing the space and free
pizza for lunch yesterday.
This won’t be a retrospective of the entire
sprint, because I don’t want to steal anyone
else’s thunder! People will be blogging and
making videos about their own personal work
and experience, so this one will be about
mine.
The first thing was to get a Plasma 6 session
working for daily driving. My colleagues have
been working unbelievably hard on this, and
I’m happy to report that I was able to live
on Plasma 6 for the entire sprint without
major showstoppers (from the perspective of a
technical developer, of course). Almost
everyone else there was as well, and I expect
this to lead to extremely rapid stabilization
despite the heavy code refactoring underway.
I plan to continue living on Plasma 6 until
its eventual release, and I encourage any
adventurous developers to do so as well. If
you try it out and submit any bug reports,
make sure to add the “qt6” keyword to it.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KDE_Plasma_6_to_Ship_with_Floating_Panel
by_Default,_Double-Click_for_Opening_Files⠀⇛
Yes, that’s right, we’re talking about KDE
Plasma 6, a massive update to the Plasma
desktop environment that will bring numerous
new features and improvements. During the
Plasma 6 sprint event, the devs managed to
make some interesting changes for the
upcoming Plasma release.
These changes are related to the way you will
be interacting with the Plasma 6 desktop. For
example, Plasma 6 will default to double-
click for opening files rather than a single
click, and the Floating Panel introduced in
Plasma 5.25 will be enabled by default as
well.
# ⚓ KDE ☛ KDE_Gear_23.04.1⠀⇛
Over 120 individual programs plus dozens of
programmer libraries and feature plugins are
released simultaneously as part of KDE Gear.
Today they all get new bugfix source releases
with updated translations, including…
Distro and app store packagers should update
their application packages.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KDE_Gear_23.04.1_Is_Out_to_Improve
Kdenlive,_Spectacle,_Dolphin,_and_More⠀⇛
KDE Gear 23.04.1 is here to improve the
Kdenlive video editor by fixing an issue
causing project files to be corrupted when
opened, a recent regression where sequence
clip duration was not updated, various
sequence issues, a crash when the speech
engine was left configured, as well as a
concurrency crash in thumbnails.
The Spectacle screenshot utility has been
improved in this release by fixing the
Rectangular Region selector to work as
expected on multi-monitor setups where one of
the displays has a scale factor below 100%.
Moreover, Spectacle will no longer affect the
window below it when it’s closed with the Esc
key.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ nixCraft ☛ FreeBSD_List_and_Find_Out_All_Installed_Hard
Disk_Size_Information⠀⇛
How do I find out all installed hard disk drive
names under a FreeBSD operating system without
rebooting the server? How do I use the equivalent
of fdisk -l in Linux, with FreeBSD to list all hard
disks drives? How can I find hard disk size in
FreeBSD?
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Business Wire ☛ Red_Hat_Delivers_Latest_Releases_of_Red_Hat
Enterprise_Linux⠀⇛
Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open
source solutions, today announced the general
availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and
the forthcoming availability of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 8.8. These new releases further Red Hat’s
efforts to simplify and streamline complex Linux
platform tasks across the hybrid cloud, from
datacenters to public clouds to edge deployments,
helping IT teams to better overcome staffing and
skill shortages and improve efficiency in critical
infrastructure areas.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ What’s_new_in_the_web_console_in_RHEL
9.2_and_8.8⠀⇛
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) web console is
a simplified web-based management tool that lets
you manage many aspects of RHEL more efficiently.
For more information on the web console and how to
get started with it, refer to the Managing systems
using the RHEL 9 web console documentation.
RHEL versions 9.2 and 8.8 have a number of new
features and enhancements related to the web
console, including:
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Speed_innovation_with_new_features_in
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_9.2_and_8.8⠀⇛
It’s no secret that IT organizations are asked to
do more than ever before. While earlier digital
transformation efforts were often limited in scope
to a single business unit or platform, today’s
initiatives are frequently far more expansive. IT
teams are now expected to execute end-to-end
transformation projects, connecting technology,
people and processes across their organizations.
These projects encompass a broad spectrum of
infrastructure, tools, operations and requirements,
significantly increasing complexity and risk.
That’s where Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) comes
in. Trusted by IT organizations for more than 20
years, RHEL provides a more flexible, stable and
consistent platform for building and deploying
applications and services across hybrid
environments with less effort. And, with RHEL 9.2
and 8.8, we’ve added more features and capabilities
to help you innovate more quickly, streamline your
infrastructure, better protect your workloads and
data, and operate with confidence. RHEL 9.2 is
available today on the Red Hat Customer Portal for
all customers with active Red Hat Enterprise Linux
subscriptions. RHEL 8.8 will be available soon.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_for_SAP
Solutions_9.2_–_Just_Use_It⠀⇛
In the 1990s, Nike staked its claim on innovative
athletic performance with the iconic marketing
campaign Just Do It. Today, many memes exist with a
throwback to this vintage slogan with visions of
brains and the command of Just Use It. Those of us
working on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) think
the same thing for optimal performance without
worry when it comes to RHEL for SAP Solutions and
our 9.2 release.
The new capabilities in RHEL are dedicated to
helping organizations attack the complexity of the
hybrid cloud, with features that deliver a more
repeatable, scalable, easy to manage Linux estate
across the footprint-agnostic, multi/hybrid cloud.
This alone makes the life of the administrator
easier and more efficient, and lowers the bar to
entry for new administrators.
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_the_new_RHEL_9.2_improves_the_developer
experience⠀⇛
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux (RHEL) 9.2 is now
Generally Available (GA). This release provides a
flexible and stable foundation to support hybrid
cloud innovations. Build, deploy, and manage
applications and critical workloads faster and more
efficiently with a consistent experience across
physical, virtual, private, public cloud, and edge
deployments. You can download_RHEL_9.2 at no cost
as part of the Red Hat Developer program
subscription.
In this article, you will learn what’s new in RHEL
9.2 and how it improves the developer experience.
§ Latest language runtimes and tools
# ⚓ CIQ_Mountain_Launch_Enables_Rocky_Linux_Users_to_Securely
Manage_Solutions_Throughout_the_Software_Lifecycle⠀⇛
CIQ, the company behind Rocky Linux, added a new
service to its portfolio aimed at enhancing how
organizations manage complex software
infrastructure and solutions.
CIQ Mountain is a “mountain of solutions” that
provides software and artifact delivery and
lifecycle management for turnkey solution
management at any scale.
From small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises
with large fleets of diverse infrastructure, CIQ
Mountain provides capabilities for efficient
management of your software infrastructure whether
on premise or in the cloud, allowing more mission
focus, according to the company.
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ AlmaLinux_9.2_Released,_with_Enhanced_Security
and_Performance⠀⇛
AlmaLinux 9.2 brings security updates, enhanced
application streams, streamlined system management,
containerization capabilities, and updated
components, empowering users to optimize their
infrastructure.
The AlmaLinux OS Foundation has announced the
release of AlmaLinux 9.2, the latest version of its
free and open-source enterprise-grade operating
system. Being a binary compatible with the recently
released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 (RHEL 9.2),
this release brings a few improvements and updates.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ AlmaLinux_9.2_Is_Now_Available_for_Download,
Here’s_What’s_New⠀⇛
Just 24 hours after RHEL 9.2 release AlmaLinux 9.2
followed suit, offering expanded capabilities,
security updates, and other fixes
AlmaLinux has become a popular replacement for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux’s free version since CentOS’s
entry into the “stream.”
The new stable AlmaLinux 9.2 release for x86_64,
aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures, powered
by Linux kernel 5.14, is ready for production and
to power the computing needs and workloads. So
let’s see what’s new.
* § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
o ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Lubuntu_is_Linux_for_those_looking_to_simplify_and_speed
up_their_desktop_experience_|_ZDNET⠀⇛
The LXQt desktop might not be one of the most popular
Linux desktops, but it’s one that any user, regardless of
experience, would feel right at home on. It’s simple,
fast, keeps the effects and animations to a minimum, and
is as reliable a desktop as any you’ve used.
And it can be found as the default desktop on the
official Ubuntu spin, aptly named Lubuntu.
Because Lubuntu is an official spin, you can rest assured
it has all the usual Ubuntu underpinnings. That means it
includes the Snap universal package manager, all the
repositories you could need, a stable kernel, and most of
the pre-installed software you’ll need to be productive.
But is this official spin the right operating system for
you? Let’s dive in and find out.
* § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
o ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Ubuntu_Now_Available_on_the_World’s_First_High-
Performance_RISC-V_SBC_with_GPU⠀⇛
Single-board computers (SBC) have been rising in
popularity ever since the likes of Raspberry Pi, and
Arduino came into the spotlight.
These boards are relatively compact and have varying
levels of processing power that both tinkerers and
hobbyists alike enjoy exploring.
And now.
Canonical has announced that Ubuntu is available on the
World’s first high-performance RISC-V SBC with an
integrated GPU, called the StarFive VisionFive 2.
Let’s dive in and take a look at more details.
o ⚓ peppe8o ☛ How_to_use_Heart/Pulse_Rate_Sensor_with_Arduino_Uno⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will use a heart rate sensor with
Arduino Uno. The heart rate sensor uses to measure the
pulse. The finger places
o ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ HDDs_Will_Be_Extinct_by_2028,_Says_Pure_Storage
Exec⠀⇛
HDDs will go the way of the dodo before the decade is
over, predicts a top exec at Pure Storage. a flash,
software, and cloud storage company. Shawn Rosemarin is
the VP of R&D within the Customer Engineering unit at
Pure, and in discussion with Blocks & Files he predicted
that “no more hard disk drives will be sold after 2028.”
This controversial prediction from Pure, a flash-centric
storage tech company, might be little more than wishful
thinking, but warrants a closer look at issues which
might shorten the lifespan of HDD technology.
o ⚓ Kenneth Finnegan ☛ Building_the_Micro_Mirror_Free_Software_CDN⠀⇛
How Linux distros get around this budget issue is that
they host a single “golden” copy of all of their project
files (Install media ISOs, packages, repository index
files, etc) and volunteers around the world who are
blessed with surplus bandwidth download a copy of the
whole project directory, make it available from their own
web server that they build and maintain themselves, and
then register their mirror of the content back with the
project. Each free software project then has a load
balancer that directs clients to nearby mirrors of the
content they’re requesting while making sure that the
volunteer mirrors are still online and up to date.
At the beginning of 2022, one of my friends (John Hawley)
and I were discussing the fact that the network who used
to be operating a Linux mirror in the same datacenter as
us had moved out of the building, and maybe it would be
fun to build our own mirror to replace it.
o ⚓ Arduino ☛ Training_embedded_audio_classifiers_for_the_Nicla_Voice
on_synthetic_datasets⠀⇛
The task of gathering enough data to classify distinct
sounds not captured in a larger, more robust dataset can
be very time-consuming, at least until now. In his write-
up, Shakhizat Nurgaliyev describes how he used an array
of AI tools to automatically create a keyword spotting
dataset without the need for speaking into a microphone.
o ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ Acorn_Archimedes_A3000:_Restoration_Part_2⠀⇛
In the first post of this series I removed the leaky
battery and cleaned up underneath. Now it is time to see
if this machine boots and if there are any hardware
issues before going further.
o ⚓ Gabriel Sieben ☛ Sorry_Purism,_I’m_not_investing._It’s_(possibly)
not_even_legal._–_Gabriel_Sieben⠀⇛
Excuse me… does this almost look like some form of Ponzi
scheme if the anecdotes are true? Purism raised $2.1
million from orders from the Librem 5. Then they sold
this form of “stock” to get more cash in 2019, and 2021,
and now 2023. They are openly saying right now the cash
raised will go to ordering parts for a large production
run, which will complete orders from 2019.
[...]
Now, I can’t go on anything more than a hunch. But my
hunch is that Purism is using investor funds to subsidize
orders, and selling “convertible notes” to do the job. Is
that illegal? I am not a lawyer, and at least it’s pretty
clear if you really go digging, so it probably is legal.
But is it shady? Or at least Unsustainable? Plus, if I am
an investor… how does it feel, knowing your cash is most
likely just going to dig them out of a money pit and not
actually work on growing the company otherwise? Is that
not just a tiny bit misleading, for being a morally
superior “Social Purpose Company”?
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Supercon_2023_Is_On,_We_Want_You!⠀⇛
We’re absolutely excited to be able to announce that the
Hackaday Supercon is on for 2023, and will be taking
place Nov 3 – Nov 5 in sunny Pasadena CA. And with that,
we’d like to open the floodgates: we’d like to hear your
proposals for talks and workshops! The Call for Speakers
and Call for Workshops forms are online now, and you’ve
got until July 18th to get yourself signed up.
* § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
o ⚓ Express ☛ Android_users_must_delete_these_popular_apps_now_or_pay
a_very_high_price_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛
o ⚓ Giz China ☛ Google_AI_now_creates_Android_apps_without_having_to
learn_to_code⠀⇛
o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Google_Pixel_7a_vs._Samsung_Galaxy_A54:_Which_Mid-
Range_Android_Phone_Is_Better?⠀⇛
o ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_14′s_beta_program_is_now_open_to_more
phones⠀⇛
o ⚓ India Times ☛ This_is_the_first_foldable_smartphone_to_get
Android_14_beta_update_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛
o ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ NPad_X_Android_13_tablet_with_MediaTek_G99_SoC
now_shipping_for_US$149_–_NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛
o ⚓ Sony_Xperia_1_V_sounds_like_the_perfect_Android_phone_for_content
creators_|_Trusted_Reviews⠀⇛
o ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Control_Your_Screen_Time_on_Android_–
Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛
o ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_will_debut_Wear_OS_4_for_Android
smartwatches_this_fall⠀⇛
o ⚓ CNET ☛ Google_Unveils_Android_14_for_Phones,_Wearables_and
Tablets_–_Video_–_CNET⠀⇛
o ⚓ Engadget ☛ Android_14_will_add_more_customization_to_your_home
and_lock_screens_|_Engadget⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ BBC ☛ Carnegie_Mellon_University_researchers_place_among_$1
million_top_spot_in_XPRIZE_Digital_Learning_Challenge⠀⇛
Science researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are
among a team of winners that won the $1 million national
XPRIZE Digital Learning Challenge. UpGrade, a free and
open-source platform developed by Pittsburgh-based
Carnegie Learning, also placed as one of two finalists in
the competition.
o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾
# ⚓ Live_streaming_LibreOffice_bug_triaging_–_your_experiences_
(part_1)⠀⇛
LibreOffice’s QA (Quality Assurance) community
helps to identify and fix bugs in the software.
Every week, Ilmari Lauhakangas from The Document
Foundation (the non-profit entity behind
LibreOffice) live-streams bug triaging sessions, so
that others can see how he works on bug reports,
and ask him questions.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Sumana Harihareswara ☛ Maintainer_Burnout:_PyCon_US_2023
Followup⠀⇛
At PyCon US 2023, David Lord facilitated an open
space discussion of “maintainer burnout, how to
survive it, and maybe how to prevent it.” Here are
some notes (incorporating his; thanks, David!), my
analysis, and useful links.
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Mailing_lists_versus_forums,_some
thoughts⠀⇛
In theory, mail clients can group messages by
thread, let people mute entire threads that aren’t
of interest to them, and layer on additional things
for topic areas and so on. In practice this relies
on mail clients both being pretty sophisticated and
doing the right thing on replies, which means that
in practice it can be fragile. The default
experience of an active mailing list with a mail
client is a steady rain of relatively
undifferentiated email. By contrast, forums don’t
give you any choice about the matter; your message
or reply will be associated with a specific,
distinct thread (and possibly in a specific topic
area). This is more or less enforced by both the
software and the social expectations; even if you
can technically do otherwise with enough work, it
won’t get you the results you want.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ The_future_of_open_source_in_the_age_of_AI:
Analysts_break_down_Open_Source_Summit_insights⠀⇛
The recent surge in artificial intelligence
presents a challenge to open source and could
potentially topple generations of open-source work.
“No one wants to bet against open source,” said
industry analyst John Furrier (pictured, left).
“However, open source is in trouble right now
because of the AI wave. We’re seeing a lot of
signals where there are pressure points coming in
this tornado of open source that puts a lot of
things at risk.”
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ OpenInfra_Summit_Vancouver_2023_is_coming⠀⇛
The Canonical booth (B11) will see a number of
exciting demos on a new open source project – K8s-
native OpenStack. We will demonstrate how to
quickly spin up OpenStack on Kubernetes, including
both single-node installations and multi-node
clusters. Another round of demos will walk you
through the concept of leveraging an integrated
open infrastructure stack consisting of OpenStack,
Kubernetes and Kubeflow for AI/ML purposes. Our
cloud experts will be happy to answer any questions
about those technologies as well as discuss the
current stage of your cloud migration strategy.
# ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ A_Weekend_At_The_Open_Hardware
Summit⠀⇛
SparkFun alum Priyanka Makin gives us a firsthand
account of her experience at The Open Source
Hardware Association’s Open Hardware Summit. Learn
about the talks, demos, workshops, and more here!
# ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Unix_Philosophy_for_AI⠀⇛
Text processing was the initial pitch for the
development of Unix at Bell Labs (see An Oral
History of Unix). It became more than that. Spell
checkers in ed used the sort command. Then there
was AWK, the text processing language used by the
awk tool by Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan. Then
there were Unix pipes — the development that made
the Unix philosophy a reality.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Sean Conner ☛ Proportional_fonts_for_coding?_No_thank_you⠀⇛
There’s some back and forth in the Gemini community
about coding with a proportional font. You can pry
my monospace font from my cold dead hands.
I’ve been coding for nearly 40 years now, and it’s
always been some form of a monospace font, some
pretty, like the character set for VGA on IBM PCs,
and some not to pretty, like the character set on
the TRS-80 Color Computer. Code in a proportional
font just looks weird to me.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Build_an_R_package:_the_workshop⠀⇛
With the “Build an R package” workshop, starting
from a set of R scripts and functions, you will
develop an R package along the way using usethis
and devtools packages, you will learn how to deal
with package dependency applying renv to the
package framework, you will document functions
using roxygen2, you will learn about unit tests and
how to integrate them in your package using usethis
and testthat.
# ⚓ Devever ☛ Binary_formats_and_protocols:_LTV_is_better_than
TLV⠀⇛
In my view, LTV — Length-Type-Value — is the better
construction. One reason for this is that if you
arrange the fields like this, you can define the
LTV construction as a composition of two different
constructions: [...]
# ⚓ Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky ☛ Visualizing_the_FIDE_World_Chess
Championship⠀⇛
The day was structured nicely to help you push
yourself to create something even if you haven’t
done it before. (Which is great, because I
haven’t!) The general structure was a kick-off
call, then some hanging out together while we
worked, and at the end we had presentations. The
kick-off call was where we could meet each other
and ask for help and share ideas. For me, this was
a great place to validate that the idea I was
working on was valid and interesting. Then in the
hangout time, we just shared little updates (I was
very excited when I got a line to draw) and could
have some accountability by seeing someone else
also working. The presentations at the end give you
a nice target. They motivated me to finish
something, which gave me a nice time constraint.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Earthly ☛ Mastering_the_Art_of_Logging_in_Python:_A
Complete_Guide⠀⇛
Python’s logging module provides a powerful
and flexible framework for implementing
logging in software applications. With a wide
range of built-in features and configuration
options, the logging module enables
developers to log events at different levels
of severity, control the format of log
messages, and route logs to different
destinations such as files or email. By using
the logging module, Python developers can
easily integrate logging into their code and
ensure that their applications are stable and
reliable.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Ruff:_a_fast_Python_linter⠀⇛
Linters are tools that analyze a program’s
source code to detect various problems such
as syntax errors, programming mistakes, style
violations, and more. They are important for
maintaining code quality and readability in a
project, as well as for catching bugs early
in the development cycle. Last year, a new
Python linter appeared: Ruff. It’s fast,
written in Rust, and in less than a year it
has been adopted by some high-profile
projects, including FastAPI, Pandas, and
SciPy.
Linting tools are often part of an integrated
development environment, used in pre-commit
hooks, or as part of continuous-integration
(CI) pipelines. Some popular linters for
Python include Pylint, Flake8, Pyflakes, and
pycodestyle (formerly called pep8), which are
all written in Python as well. Each linter
checks whether the code violates a list of
rules. Ruff reimplements a lot of the rules
that are defined by these other popular
Python linters, and combines them into one
tool.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Namespaces_for_the_Python_Package_Index⠀⇛
The Python packaging picture is generally a
bit murky; there are lots of different
stakeholders, with disparate wishes and
needs, which all adds up to a fairly large
set of multi-faceted problems. Back in the
first three months of the year, we looked at
various discussions around packaging, some of
which are still ongoing. A packaging summit
was held at PyCon 2023 to bring some of the
participants of those discussions together in
one room. One of its sessions was on adding a
namespaces feature to the Python Package
Index (PyPI). It provides a look into some of
the difficulties that can arise, especially
when trying to accommodate a long legacy of
existing practices, which is often a
millstone around the neck of those trying to
make packaging improvements.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Warning_of_AI_Threat_to_‘Human_Existence,’
Health_Experts_Urge_Halt_to_Unregulated_Rollout⠀⇛
While many experts agree that artificial
intelligence holds tremendous potential for
advancing medical science and human health, a group
of international doctors and other specialists
warned this week that AI “could pose an existential
threat to humanity” and called for a moratorium on
the development of such technology pending suitable
regulation.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Exploring_The_Early_Days_Of_QRP_Radio⠀⇛
Morse code might seem obsolete but for situations
with extremely limited bandwidth it’s often still
the best communications option available. The code
requires a fair amount of training to use
effectively, though, and even proficient radio
operators tend to send only around 20 words per
minute. As a result of the reduced throughput, a
type of language evolved around Morse code which,
like any language, has evolved and changed over
time. QRP initially meant something akin to “you
are overloading my receiver, please reduce
transmitter power” but now means “operating radios
at extremely low power levels”. [MIKROWAVE1]
explores some of the earlier options for QRP radios
in this video.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Open_source_at_America’s_famous_Los
Alamos_Lab:_Pragmatism_as_its_nucleus⠀⇛
“Some of this is arm’s length measurement to look
at capabilities and failure modes. The fact that
the code is inspectable, that it’s open source, is
it quite a big deal.”
The choice of MariaDB, as opposed to the related
open-source alternatives such as MySQL or
PostgreSQL, was also influenced by its ability to
execute “fine-grained locking.”
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Fee-free_courses_to_train_our_way_out
of_skill_shortage⠀⇛
Hundreds of thousands of Australians will be able
to upskill for free as the Albanese government
looks to drag the country out of a skills shortage.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Judy_Eledge_Resigns_From_Anchorage_Public
Library_After_Recorded_Comments_Surface⠀⇛
The deputy director of the Anchorage Public Library
is resigning, less than three weeks after the
Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica published an
article that documented her history of inflammatory
comments and social media posts.
Mayor Dave Bronson announced Judy Eledge’s
resignation Tuesday and said her last day will be
Monday.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Helen_Gym_Has_a_Plan_to_Make_Philadelphia
Safe⠀⇛
Cook County commissioner and former public school
teacher Brandon Johnson won an upset victory last
month over establishment favorite and former
Chicago schools superintendent Paul Vallas in the
Chicago mayoral contest. The election was a
referendum on the direction of public safety and
education. Chicago has been long afflicted by the
stiff cocktail of poverty, violent crime, and
hyper-segregation. Over the past decade, the city
has seen the single largest school closure in
American history, the ballooning of charter schools
(privately managed, publicly funded institutions),
the shuttering of most of its public mental health
clinics, and the brutal murder of teenager Laquan
McDonald and other acts of police violence. Powered
by a multiracial coalition of labor unions and
progressive groups and endorsements from Senator
Bernie Sanders and Representative Jesús G. García,
Johnson championed a tax-the-mansions-and-
corporations agenda to pay for social and economic
programs that address the root causes of crime and
inequality and create a city where “no one is too
poor to live.” He drew a sharp contrast to the
revanchist, law-and-order demagoguery of Vallas,
who called for hiring more officers in a city with
one of the country’s biggest police forces per
capita.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Op_Amp_Contest:_Magnetic_Core_Memory_The_Dr
Cockroach_Way⠀⇛
No matter how memory technology marches on,
magnetic core memory is still cool. Radiation-hard,
nonvolatile, and so pretty. What’s there not to
love? [Mark Nesselhaus] is no stranger to fun in-
your-face electronics builds — judging from his
hackaday.io projects — and this entry to the
Hackaday Op-Amp contest is no outlier. This is a
sixteen-bit magnetic core RAM demonstrator built
upon glass using copper tape and solder, which
always looks great and is actually not all that
hard to do yourself provided you grab a new scalpel
blade from the pack before starting.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Exploiting_Hardware-Level_Parallelism_In_The
Manticore_Hardware-Accelerated_RTL_Simulator⠀⇛
Before a chip design is turned from a hardware
design language (HDL) like VHDL or Verilog into
physical hardware, testing and validating the
design is an essential step. Yet simulating a HDL
design is rather slow due to the simulator using
either only a single CPU thread, or limited multi-
threading due to the requirements of fine-grained
concurrency. This is due to the strict timing
requirements of simulating hardware and the various
clock domains that ultimately determine whether a
design passes or fails. In a recent attempt to
speed up RTL (transistor) level simulations like
these, Mahyar Emami and colleagues propose a custom
processor architecture – called Manticore – that
can be used to run a HDL design after nothing more
than compiling the HDL source and some processing.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Low-Frequency_DC_Block_Lets_You_Measure_Ripple
Better⠀⇛
We all know how to block the DC offset of an AC
signal — that just requires putting a capacitor in
series, right? But what if the AC signal doesn’t
alternate very often? In that case, things get a
little more complicated.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Tiny_Microcontroller_Uses_Real-Time_Operating
System⠀⇛
Most of the computers we interact with on a day-to-
day basis use an operating system designed for
flexibility. While these are great tools for
getting work done or scrolling your favorite sites,
they have a weakness when it comes to interacting
quickly with a real-world environment. For these
kinds of low-latency, high-reliability systems you
may want to turn to something like freeRTOS which
is optimized for this kind of application and which
[Parikshit Pagare] has used to build his home
automation system.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Prize_2023:_65uino_6502_Learning_In_A
Familiar_Package⠀⇛
[Anders Nielsen] presents his entry for the 2023
Hackaday Prize: The 65uino. Which as you might be
able to guess, is a 6502-based microcomputer wedged
into an Arduino Uno form factor (well, almost
wedged in, but we’ll let it slide) The premise is
simple, older micros are easier to understand, the
board can be build up from new-old or salvaged
stock, and that’s more chips on boards and less
sitting on a dusty shelf. After all, even though
the 6502 in its original form is long obsolete,
it’s far better to be pushing some electrons
around, than sitting there decaying.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_donate_5,000_coronavirus_vaccines_to
Azerbaijan [Ed: But what's the efficacy and safety of these?
So far the ones we've seen did not curb COVID-19, they just
made a lot of money for patent stakeholders.]⠀⇛
Lithuania’s government decided on Wednesday to
donate nearly 5,000 coronavirus vaccines to
Azerbaijan.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ What_Happens_When_the_COVID-19
Public_Health_Emergency_Ends_on_Thursday [Ed: Well, people
die_in_huge_numbers_and_the_government_does_not_check_why]⠀⇛
Many will have to start paying for rapid
coronavirus testing, and the controversial Title 42
immigration policy will end.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ They’re_Coming_To_Take_You_Away⠀⇛
Suppose I tell you in advance that the essay you
are reading is meant to startle you. And suppose I
suggest, by way of demonstration, that two people
as loosely connected as the leader of the “COVID
Crisis Group” and Joe Biden’s “Special Envoy To
Monitor and Combat Antisemitism”…
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_to_drop_mandatory_7-day
quarantine_for_Covid-19_patients_from_June⠀⇛
Health authorities will still recommend five days
of self-isolation for infected people.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Former_IRS_Agent_in_California
Charged_in_$3M_Pandemic_Relief_Fraud_Scheme⠀⇛
Federal prosecutors say a former Internal Revenue
Service agent and Oakland tax enforcement officer
has been charged with a scheme that stole $3
million in COVID-19 pandemic relief money
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Saving_African_babies’_lives_by_banking
mothers’_milk⠀⇛
Facilities that donate breast milk could save tens
of thousands of babies and young children in Africa
every year.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Illinois_Gov._Pritzker_Signs_Law
That_Gives_Benefits_to_Chicago_First_Responders_Disabled_by
COVID⠀⇛
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law
providing full disability benefits to Chicago
police officers and firefighters struck by COVID-19
before vaccines were available
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Health_Insurance_Claim_Denied?_See_What
Insurers_Said_Behind_the_Scenes⠀⇛
When a health insurance company is deciding whether
to pay for your medical treatment, the company
generates a file around your claim. All the records
associated with your case should be part of your
file. This includes documents explaining the
reasons your claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file. Federal
regulations require most health insurance plans to
give people an opportunity to review documents
related to their claim for free. So if your insurer
talks to your doctor, if a nurse takes notes, or if
two people speak about it on the phone, all of
those records should be available to you.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Indigenous_Corn,_Indigenous_Resistance⠀⇛
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ YouTube,_Waze,_Zoom_and_other_apps_are
coming_to_Android-powered_cars⠀⇛
Cars that have Google LLC’s Android Automotive
operating system built-in will soon be able to
access apps such as YouTube, Waze and Zoom through
their in-car infotainment systems.
# ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Anti-Social_Update⠀⇛
I was feeling a bit shitty about social media.
Honestly, I wasn’t getting a lot from it, so I
decided to make some changes to the way I do
things. In my last post on the topic I said:
I don’t think I could follow in the footsteps of
Nicolas and Manu [removing social media
completely], as I do enjoy my time on the
Fedi…sometimes. But something has to change.
Well, something has changed and, true to form, I’ve
contradicted myself. I’ve pretty much gone full
Nicolas/Manu and stopped using social media.
# ⚓ Teen Vogue ☛ Cancer_Alley:_Pollution_Is_Making_Louisianans
Sick,_and_They’re_Fighting_Back⠀⇛
My name is Kamea and I am 10 years old. I live in
Sulphur, Louisiana near the Gulf Coast with my mom
and my brothers and sisters. I love my home, but
I’ve also learned that pollution from oil and gas
is making me and the environment sick and it is
also contributing to climate change.
I had everything planned for my tenth birthday
party. I had picked out the decorations and a cake.
I was so excited. But one week before my party,
everything changed. My skin started to burn, itch,
and break out. We went to the doctor and they told
me I had a skin disease that I can’t even
pronounce. They told me that I couldn’t have my
party, but that my skin would get better. It
didn’t. The doctors ran more tests and they told me
that my skin condition is caused by my environment—
the air around me is peeling off my skin.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Compact_no-bathroom_flats_increasingly
popular_among_young_in_Japan⠀⇛
Some seem to prefer a life without a lot of
possessions.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Insurers,_banks_take_interest_in_ADHD_diagnoses⠀⇛
Finland’s ADHD association says some people may
hesitate to seek help for ADHD symptoms if having a
diagnosis becomes a hurdle in accessing insurance.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Microsoft_Portugal_talks_about_“organizational_adjustments”
to_justify_layoffs⠀⇛
# ⚓ Microsoft_will_lay_off_in_Portugal⠀⇛
The US technology company has a plan to cut jobs in
the Portuguese market, confirmed an official
source. More than a hundred jobs may be at stake.
However, another source familiar with the
technology’s plans said that more than a hundred
jobs may be at stake. Observador mentions 112 jobs
affected by the cut.
“We do not take decisions like this lightly. We are
working closely with impacted employees to ensure
they are treated with respect and have our full
support during these transitions,” Microsoft’s
official source said.
# ⚓ Computer World ☛ Steve_Wozniak:_ChatGPT-type_tech_may
threaten_us_all⠀⇛
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been touring the
media to discuss the perils of generative
artificial intelligence (AI), warning people to be
wary of its negative impacts. Speaking to both the
BBC and Fox News, he stressed that AI can misuse
personal data, and raised concerns it could help
scammers generate even more effective scams, from
identity fraud to phishing to cracking passwords
and beyond.
# ⚓ New Atlas ☛ Wendy’s_to_begin_replacing_drive-thru_staff
with_AI_chatbots⠀⇛
The company has been working with Google on a
number of machine learning and AI tools behind the
scenes, and is now extending that partnership to
begin deploying a Large Language Model (LLM)
generative AI system built on the Vertex AI
platform, that’s custom-trained to take over from
human workers, taking drive-thru orders and talking
with customers.
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Google_is_throwing_generative_AI_at
everything⠀⇛
Billions of users will soon see Google’s latest AI
language mode, PaLM 2, integrated into over 25
products like Maps, Docs, Gmail, Sheets, and the
company’s chatbot, Bard. For example, people will
be able to simply type a request such as “Write a
job description” into a text box that appears in
Google Docs, and the AI language model will
generate a text template that users can customize.
# ⚓ Teleport ☛ Explore_the_New_Teleport_13_Features!⠀⇛
Once again it’s time for everyone’s favorite
announcement: a brand new Teleport release! This
release marks version 13 of Teleport and is packed
with features, including a brand new UI makeover.
Let’s dive in!
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ The_world_of_work_is_broken_and_it’s
Microsoft’s_fault⠀⇛
As an eminent producer of “workplace productivity”
tools, Microsoft is well placed to understand how
they are used thanks to its data-harvesting
proclivities.
However, the software giant’s annual Work Trend
Index report for 2023 [PDF] has revealed that
“workplace productivity” could be a misnomer –
think “massive timesuck” instead.
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Microsoft’s_CEO_Says_No_Raises_for_Full-Time
Employees_This_Year⠀⇛
News of Microsoft’s decision was relayed to
managers in an email from CEO Satya Nadella, whose
yearly salary ballooned by 10% to $55 million last
year, this morning, Insider reports. According to
the email, Nadella informed managers that raises
would not be granted to full-time employees this
year, but hourly employees are still eligible to
receive increased compensation. Likewise, the CEO
wrote that while bonuses and stock awards are still
on the table, they will not be “overfunded,” and
employees will still be able to pursue promotions
within the company.
# ⚓ GeekWire ☛ Microsoft_won’t_give_raises_to_full-time
salaried_employees_this_year [Ed: Way to distract from many
Microsoft layoffs this week?]⠀⇛
# ⚓ The_Halo_franchise_is_dying_as_fans_are_crying⠀⇛
With so much controversy surrounding the beloved
franchise, fans are left wondering where it all
went wrong and many have been vocal about their
displeasure with Halo: Infinite’s developer, 343
Industries. 343 took the reins on the franchise
after original developer Bungie parted ways
following the release of Halo: Reach in 2009.
The studio itself has gone through many twists and
turns throughout Infinite’s lifecycle, with a
constant shift of leadership and staff alike. A
recent round of lay-offs around Microsoft has put
the studio in a tough bind.
# ⚓ [Repeat] New York Times ☛ LinkedIn_Will_Cut_Over_700_Jobs
Worldwide_and_Shut_Its_China_App⠀⇛
The company, owned by Microsoft, said it will lay
off 716 employees worldwide, including teams
dedicated to engineering and marketing in China,
because of slumping demand. It did not say how many
of those layoffs will be in China.
LinkedIn will also shut its China job posting app,
a bare-bones version of its international service,
by August. Users of the app, called InCareer, could
only search for jobs and not post or share articles
the way they can on LinkedIn.
# § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ [Repeat] Bruce Schneier ☛ PIPEDREAM_Malware_against
Industrial_Control_Systems⠀⇛
Another nation-state malware, Russian in
origin: [...]
# ⚓ Wired ☛ Feds_Uncover_a_‘Swiss_Army_Knife’_for_Hacking
Industrial_Control_Systems⠀⇛
On Wednesday, the Department of Energy, the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency, the NSA, and the FBI jointly released
an advisory about a new hacker toolset
potentially capable of meddling with a wide
range of industrial control system equipment.
More than any previous industrial control
system hacking toolkit, the malware contains
an array of components designed to disrupt or
take control of the functioning of devices,
including programmable logic controllers
(PLCs) that are sold by Schneider Electric
and OMRON and are designed to serve as the
interface between traditional computers and
the actuators and sensors in industrial
environments. Another component of the
malware is designed to target Open Platform
Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA)
servers—the computers that communicate with
those controllers.
# ⚓ CISA ☛ APT_Cyber_Tools_Targeting_ICS/SCADA_Devices⠀⇛
In addition, the APT actors can use a tool
that installs and exploits a known-vulnerable
ASRock-signed motherboard driver,
AsrDrv103.sys, exploiting CVE-2020-15368 to
execute malicious code in the Windows kernel.
Successful deployment of this tool can allow
APT actors to move laterally within an IT or
OT environment and disrupt critical devices
or functions.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Capita_Says_Ransomware_Attack_Will
Cost_It_Up_to_$25_Million⠀⇛
UK-based business process outsourcing and
professional services company Capita said on
Wednesday that it expects to incur costs
ranging between roughly £15 million ($19
million) and £20 million ($25 million) as a
result of the recent cybersecurity incident,
but it has not clarified whether that
includes a ransom payment to the [attackers].
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Dragos_Says_Ransomware_Gang_Accessed
Limited_Data_but_Failed_at_Extortion_Scheme⠀⇛
Industrial cybersecurity vendor Dragos on
Wednesday said a known ransomware group
breached its defenses and accessed threat
intel reports, a SharePoint portal and a
customer support system but ultimately failed
in an elaborate extortion scheme that
included private messages to company
executives.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Ranking_ransomware:_The_gangs,_the
malware_and_the_ever-present_risks⠀⇛
These are just two of the known ransomware
attacks that occur daily around the world
targeting small and large businesses,
government organizations, nonprofits and
medical facilities. Names like Royal and PLAY
apply to both the strain of malware used in
the attacks and the groups that create and
operate the platforms behind them, but those
names may signify little else to executives
and other decision-makers on the frontlines
of defending against ransomware.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Exploratory_Data_Analysis_with_CISSM_Cyber_Attacks
Database_–_Part_2,_(Tue,_May_9th)⠀⇛
§ Part 2 of 2⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Former_Uber_Security_Officer_Won’t_Go_To_Prison
For_Covering_Up_A_2016_Data_Breach⠀⇛
A rather strange prosecution of a former Uber
executive finally comes to an end. And the first
tech company executive to be convicted of criminal
acts related to a data breach won’t be going to
prison, as Joseph Menn reports for the Washington
Post.
# ⚓ UK_Man_Pleads_Guilty_To_Hijacking_Twitter_Accounts_Of_Elon
Musk,_Joe_Biden_And_Others [Ed: Rich people were threatened
by this, so the US government took action. Only to protect
rich people.]⠀⇛
A British man has admitted to his role in a high-
profile social media hack, a scheme that involved
stealing the Twitter accounts of prominent U.S.
political and corporate figures like Elon Musk, Joe
Biden, Bill Gates, Barack Obama and others.
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ New_Linux_kernel_NetFilter_flaw_gives
attackers_root_privileges [Ed: NetFilter showing the cost of
adding far too much into a kernel]⠀⇛
A new Linux NetFilter kernel flaw has been
discovered, allowing unprivileged local users to
escalate their privileges to root level, allowing
complete control over a system.
# ⚓ Dark Reading ☛ Royal_Ransomware_Expands_to_Target_Linux,
VMware_ESXi [Ed: The issue here is proprietary VMware, not
"Linux"]⠀⇛
The ransomware gang has also started using the
BatLoader dropper and SEO poisoning for initial
access.
# § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Scammer_Made_Thousands_Selling
‘Leaked’_Frank_Ocean_Tracks_That_Were_Fake,_AI-
Generated⠀⇛
A scammer has managed to sell multiple leaked
Frank Ocean tracks for thousands of dollars,
but the tracks weren’t recorded by the famous
R&B singer-songwriter. The tracks were made
with AI and sold as leaked tracks on a
bustling community of underground music
collectors, according to Discord messages and
forum posts reviewed by Motherboard, as well
as interviews with victims and the scammer
themselves.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Wladimir Palant ☛ Online_Security_extension:
Destroying_privacy_for_no_good_reason⠀⇛
These days it’s typical for antivirus vendors
to provide you with a browser extension which
is meant to improve your online security.
I’ll say up front: I don’t consider any such
browser extensions recommendable. At best,
they are worthless. At worst, they introduce
massive security issues.
As an example I took a brief look at the
Online Security extension by ReasonLabs. No,
there is no actual reason beyond its 7
million users. I think that this extension is
a fairly typical representative of its craft.
# ⚓ EDRI ☛ Do_you_trust_the_police?_CJEU_Advocate_General
accepts_access_to_phones_for_any_type_of_crime⠀⇛
A case (C-548/21) pending before the Court of
Justice of the European Union (CJEU) may shed
light on whether EU law can offer the
protection of fundamental rights that’s often
missing in the current legal framework and
practices of Member States.
Advocate General (AG) Campos Sánchez-Bordona
published his opinion on the case on 20 April
2023. AG opinions are non-binding but
influential on the final judgment of the
Court.
The dispute in the case stems from the
seizure of and attempt by the Austrian police
to access the data stored in a phone
belonging to a person whose postal package
containing 85g of cannabis was intercepted by
the customs authorities. AG opinions are non-
binding but influential on the final judgment
of the Court.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Google_Now_Lets_US_Users_Search_Dark
Web_for_Their_Gmail_ID⠀⇛
Gmail users in the US can now run scans to
find out whether their Gmail ID appears on
the dark web, Google announced today at
Google I/O, its annual developer conference.
The feature was initially announced in March,
when the [Internet] giant released it for
Google One users only.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Google_expands_dark_web_reporting
service_to_US_Gmail_users⠀⇛
Google LLC is expanding its “dark web”
reporting service to all Gmail users in the
U.S. amid other new online safety features
announced at its annual I/O conference today
in Mountain View, California.
The service was first announced for Google
One subscribers in March and generates a
report identifying stolen information listed
on hacking sites and marketplaces on the dark
web, a shady part of the internet reachable
with special software. If any matching
information is found on the dark web, the
service provides guidance to users on how
they might protect that information.
# ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Now_you_can_use_your_face
and_fingerprint_to_access_and_drive_this_EV⠀⇛
The GV60 is the first pure electric model to
be released by Genesis, the luxury vehicle
arm of the Hyundai group. The variant
features services called ‘Face Connect’ and
‘Fingerprint Authentication System’, with
which the carmaker aims to offer convenience,
security, and personalization, thereby
enhancing the overall driving experience.
# ⚓ NYOB ☛ Clearview_AI_data_use_deemed_illegal_in
Austria,_however_no_fine_issued⠀⇛
The Austrian data protection authority has
decided: Clearview AI, the company that sells
facial recognition software to law
enforcement agencies in the U.S. is no longer
allowed to process biometric data of the
complainant and must delete their existing
data. The US based company scrapes photos
from websites to create a permanent
searchable database of biometric profiles.
The decision follows similar decisions in
Italy, the UK, France and Greece, however no
fine was issued.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ The_STOP_CSAM_Act:_Improved_But_Still
Problematic⠀⇛
The amendments to the STOP CSAM Act make the
bill similar to the EARN IT Act, which is to
say, still highly dangerous for encryption.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ Dangerous_EARN_IT_Bill_Advances_Out_of
Committee,_but_Several_Senators_Offer_Objections⠀⇛
In the name of fighting crime, the EARN IT
Act treats all internet users like we should
be in a permanent criminal lineup, under
suspicion for child abuse. If enacted, EARN
IT will put massive legal pressure on
internet companies both large and small to
stop using true end-to-end encryption and
instead scan all user messages, photos, and
files.
The bill could now be voted on by the full
Senate at any time, or worse, included as
part of a different “must-pass” legislative
package. We need you to contact your
representatives in Congress today to tell
them to voice their opposition to this bill,
along with the STOP CSAM Act – another piece
of legislation before the Senate Judiciary
Committee that would treat all encrypted
messages as possible evidence of a crime.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ Android_TV_Boxes_Sold_on_Amazon_Come_Pre-Loaded
with_Malware⠀⇛
By looking at the traffic being sent by these
devices, the researcher was surprised to find
a number of DNS requests being sent for
domains publically known to be botnet Command
and Control (C&C) servers. The researcher
also extracted a Stage-1 payload for the
malware and contacted Linode, who had been
hosting some of the C&C servers, getting them
to shut them down. Having reached out to
AllWinner, the researcher received a response
denying the presence of malware and
attributing the malicious traffic observed to
the presence of Logcat on the system—a fact
which is wholly unrelated. EFF was able to
independently confirm the researcher’s
findings.
What’s more, the T95 smart set-top box came
out-of-the-box with the Android Debugger
(adb) wide open and available over WiFi. The
Android Debugger gives access to control a
device, including issuing commands and
installing apps. The device firmware was
signed with a testing key, and no clean or
production-ready firmware was made available
to consumers. Without access to a clean
version of the system firmware, consumers are
left without a clear way to clean their
system of the malware.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Quillette ☛ World_War_Z⠀⇛
Garner’s book is titled Z Generation: Into the
Heart of Russia’s Fascist Youth. The “Z” in the
title refers to a symbol that has become something
like an equivalent of the Nazi swastika since the
day Russia invaded Ukraine. Today, it represents a
sign of support for the Russian army, displayed
everywhere and employed prominently in Russian war
propaganda.
# ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Former_policeman_shocked_he_can_so_easily
find_school_kids_dealing_cocaine_in_Copenhagen⠀⇛
“Why keep up with school when you can earn 10,000
kroner a week,” questions Andersen.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Extremist_Groups_in_Mali_Drive_Cattle_Rustling_to
Unprecedented_Levels⠀⇛
As groups such as the Islamic State in the Greater
Sahara (ISGS) and Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal
Muslimin (JNIM) compete to extend their spheres of
influence and control supply lines in the country,
they are turning to cattle rustling, according to a
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized
Crime (GI-TOC) report.
“Cattle rustling is directly linked to the current
armed conflict, as communities launch retaliatory
attacks and counter attacks in Mali and in the
border areas,” a village chief in northern Mali’s
Timbuktu region told GI-TOC.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Budget_reveals_pressures_on_Defence_for
savings_to_fund_nuclear-powered_submarines⠀⇛
All arms of Defence are under pressure to make
savings to help fund the nuclear-powered submarine
(SSN) program while dealing with impact of
inflation.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Suspect_in_Natalee_Holloway_Disappearance
to_Face_U.S._Charges⠀⇛
Joran van der Sloot has been a suspect in the
disappearance of the teenager, Natalee Holloway, in
2005.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ How_Australia_and_India_can_collaborate_in
the_western_Indian_Ocean⠀⇛
Deepening strategic and defence cooperation with
India is one of Australia’s regional priorities, as
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s recent visit to
India clearly demonstrated.
# ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Freedom_of_Speech:_Elbit_and_Fascist
Policing⠀⇛
Update: Back protesting again today. I learn that
46 protestors who have been arrested have been
released on the bail condition that they leave
Leicestershire. Yes, the entire county.
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Orbán’s_good_cop,_who_crosses_doctors_and
teachers_but_pardons_a_terrorist⠀⇛
“Those who say I will be a puppet in this office
are not actually underestimating me, but women.
They do not suppose that a woman can be a sovereign
public figure capable of making independent
decisions.” These were the words that launched
Katalin Novák’s career as head of state after she
was catapulted from the front ranks of Fidesz to
the Presidential Palace, the seat representing the
nation’s unity.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Four_detained_by_dismantled_Soviet_monument_in
Uzvaras_Park,_Rīga⠀⇛
During the night to Tuesday, May 9, four young
people were detained in Rīga at the dismantled
monument in Uzvaras Park, where flowers were
placed, the Chief of State Police Armands Ruks said
in an interview with Latvian Radio on May 9.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Southeast_Asian_leaders_‘deeply_concerned’_about
Myanmar_violence⠀⇛
Southeast Asian nations said Wednesday they are
“deeply concerned” about the violence ravaging
Myanmar, and condemned a recent attack on a convoy
of diplomats delivering humanitarian aid in the
country.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ ASEAN_at_a_‘crossroad’_as_escalating_Myanmar
violence_looms_over_summit⠀⇛
Southeast Asian nations are at a “crossroad”, a
senior Indonesian minister warned Tuesday, as
escalating violence in junta-controlled Myanmar
loomed over a regional summit.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Team_Navalny_finds_luxury_real_estate_in_Czech
Republic_belonging_to_family_of_Russian_Tactical_Missiles
Corporation_CEO_—_Meduza⠀⇛
According to a report by Anti-Corruption Foundation
chairwoman Maria Pevchikh, the family of Boris
Obnosov, the head of Russia’s Tactical Missiles
Corporation, owns luxury real estate in the Czech
Republic worth more than eight million euros. The
report found his family members to own a four-story
house worth six million euros, a penthouse worth
over one million euros, and several other
properties in Prague.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Security_forces_will_put_a_stop_to_it’_Meduza’s
sources_say_the_Kremlin_is_losing_patience_with_Evgeny
Prigozhin’s_outbursts_—_Meduza⠀⇛
In recent weeks, Wagner paramilitary cartel founder
Evgeny Prigozhin has begun publicly denouncing
Russia’s military leadership more frequently and
more furiously than ever before. In a May 5 video
addressing Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and
General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov, Prigozhin
released a stream of obscenities, accusing the men
of letting Russians die so they could “get fat in
their offices of rich mahogany.” Four days later,
on Tuesday, he posted a much longer video, this
time accusing a Russian army unit of abandoning its
positions in Bakhmut before referring to a “happy
grandpa” who’s failing to save his country. Meduza
has learned from sources close to the Putin
administration that Kremlin officials are running
out of patience for Prigozhin’s erratic behavior,
which might be the result of his inability to keep
a “personal promise” he made to the president.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ No_more_compromises_How_Evgeny_Roizman_went_from_a
radical_anti-drugs_crusader_to_Yekaterinburg’s_last_mayor_and
an_outspoken_critic_of_Russia’s_invasion_of_Ukraine_—
Meduza⠀⇛
# ⚓ France24 ☛ More_than_600_people_killed_in_Haiti_gang
violence_in_April,_UN_says⠀⇛
More than 600 people were killed last month in
violence in the capital of Haiti, which is in the
grip of a political-economic crisis, the United
Nations said on Monday.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Australia_state_police_commissioner_apologizes_to
Indigenous_people_for_police_harm⠀⇛
Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police Shane Patton
Monday apologized to the Indigenous people of
Victoria, Australia for harm they have experienced
at the hands of Victorian police.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Australia_capital_state_to_raise_age_of_criminal
responsibility⠀⇛
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government
Tuesday introduced a bill to raise the minimum age
of criminal responsibility from 10 years old to 14.
The Justice (Age of Criminal Responsibility)
Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 has been
introduced in the Legislative Assembly…
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_military_division_to_be_formally
established_this_year,_says_defence_minister⠀⇛
A division-level unit will be formally established
in the Lithuanian Armed Forces this year, Defence
Minister Arvydas Anušauskas has said.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Despite_struggling_to_field_full_brigades,_Lithuania
to_create_a_military_division⠀⇛
On Monday, Lithuania’s leadership approved plans to
set up a division – the country has never fielded a
military unit such size. Although the move looks
good on paper, defence experts say the country’s
military now resembles a one-battle army and much
needs to be done for the plans to become a reality.
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ America_is_better_than_the_death_penalty⠀⇛
I first discovered Keith LaMar’s story on a visit
to the Michigan State University Broad Art Museum,
where a large sculpture of his is displayed. He
dealt drugs as a teenager and was sent to prison
after killing a man in 1989.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Indian_villages_in_north-eastern
Manipur_state_burnt_to_ashes_in_ethnic_violence⠀⇛
May 10, 2023 11:23 AM
More than 50 people have been killed between the
majority Meitei people and the Kuki tribe.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Texas_Patrols_Its_Own_Border,_Pushing
Legal_Limits⠀⇛
Gov. Greg Abbott is expanding state law enforcement
on the border as some state leaders appear eager to
test the waters on how far Texas can go in
enforcing immigration law.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Jordan_Neely’s_Death_Tells_Us_About
the_Subway⠀⇛
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Canada_and_Latvia_to_jointly_train_Ukrainian
officers⠀⇛
Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand and the
Minister of Defense of Latvia, Ināra Mūrniece,
announced May 10 that Canada and Latvia will
jointly train Ukrainian combat leaders on Latvian
soil, starting next week.
# ⚓ Russell_Brand⠀⇛
Russell_Brand.
Ukraine’s_Future_Lies_in_the_Great_Reset.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine’s_friends_must_show_‘we’ve_got_the
grit’_in_supporting_its_fight,_says_UK_foreign_secretary⠀⇛
James Cleverly argued at an Atlantic Council Front Page
event that if the West is saving its stockpiles in its
“military cupboard” for a rainy day, “this is the rainy
day.”
o ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_France_opens_war_crime_probe_into_journalist’s
death in_Ukraine⠀⇛
The French judiciary has launched a war crime
investigation into the death of AFP journalist Arman
Soldin, who was killed in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas
region, prosecutors said Wednesday. The reporter’s death
comes as a senior Ukrainian military official said
Russian forces had pulled back from some areas near the
battleground city of Bakhmut after counter attacks by
Kyiv’s forces. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates on the
war in Ukraine.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ AFP_‘devastated’_by_loss_of_French_journalist_Arman
Soldin_in_eastern_Ukraine⠀⇛
AFP’s Ukraine video coordinator Arman Soldin was killed
on Tuesday by rocket fire near Chasiv Yar in eastern
Ukraine, AFP journalists who witnessed the incident said.
o ⚓ LRT ☛ Heraldry_authority_urges_Lithuanian_state_bodies_to_stop
using_Ukraine_flags_on_social_media⠀⇛
The Lithuanian Heraldry Commission has urged government
institutions to stop using Ukrainian symbols on Facebook
and other social media accounts, saying it creates
unintended meanings.
o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_MPs_propose_equating_Russia’s_Ukraine_invasion
to_Nazi,_Soviet_crimes⠀⇛
Six conservative members of the Lithuanian parliament
have proposed legislation equating Russia’s actions in
Ukraine with the crimes of the USSR and Nazi Germany.
o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Journalists_under_attack_in_Ukraine:_AFP
journalist_Arman_Soldin_killed_by_rocket_strike⠀⇛
A round-up of all the journalists’ lives lost, and others
injured, while reporting from Ukraine.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Attorney_General_OKs_Transfer_Of_Russian_Oligarch’s
Funds_For_Use_In_Ukraine⠀⇛
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has authorized the
first transfer of forfeited Russian assets for use in
Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_War_Will_Increasingly_Pit_Quantity_Against
Quality,_Top_NATO_Official_Predicts⠀⇛
The war in Ukraine will increasingly pit large numbers of
poorly trained Russian troops with outdated equipment
against a smaller Ukrainian force with better Western
weapons and training, NATO’s top military official said
on May 10.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Poet_Gets_Four_Years_In_Prison_For_Reciting
Verses_Against_Ukraine_War⠀⇛
A Moscow court has sentenced a poet to four years in
prison for publicly reciting verses condemning Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kremlin_Calls_Polish_Decision_To_Rename_Kaliningrad_A
‘Hostile_Act’⠀⇛
The Kremlin said on May 10 that Poland’s decision to
rename the Russian city of Kaliningrad in its official
documents was a “hostile act,” as bilateral ties continue
to fray over the war in Ukraine.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Survey_Shows_Americans_See_Russia_As_An_Enemy,_With
Positive_Views_Of_Ukraine,_NATO⠀⇛
The majority of adult Americans have favorable views of
Ukraine and the NATO military alliance while also seeing
Russia as an enemy rather than a partner or competitor, a
survey conducted by the Pew Research Center shows.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zaporizhzhya_Nuclear_Plant_Warns_Of_‘Catastrophic_Lack’
Of_Workers_Amid_Russian_Evacuation_Plans⠀⇛
Enerhoatom, the operator of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya
Nuclear Power Plant, has warned that Russia plans to
forcibly “evacuate” about 3,100 employees of Europe’s
largest nuclear station, which already faces a
“catastrophic lack of qualified personnel.”
o ⚓ Ballots_from_a_war_zone:_The_journey_of_votes_from_Ukraine_to
Turkey⠀⇛
For three days, I worked as a ballot box keeper from 9 am
to 9 pm and along with a team, we delivered the votes in
İstanbul.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Will_Provide_Ukraine_With_$1.2_Billion_Aid
for_Military_Use⠀⇛
A Pentagon spokesman also confirmed that Ukrainian troops
using a U.S.-made Patriot air-defense system shot down a
hypersonic Russian missile.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ U.S._Attorney_General_OKs_Transfer_of
Forfeited_Funds_From_Russia_Oligarch_for_Use_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Ground_the_Killer_Drones_and_End_the_War_Too⠀⇛
As the Russian military intensifies its drone attacks on
Kyiv and Ukraine’s troops increase usage of homemade
drones to hit Russian targets, the region and the world
acutely need a proposal calling on both sides to
negotiate an end to the war. A first step could be for
both sides to agree to stop using weaponized drones.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Death_Is_Everywhere’_in_a_Once-Jubilant
Kherson⠀⇛
No city in Ukraine has suffered the reversal of fortunes
that Kherson has. Liberated in the fall, it was a symbol
of hope. Now it is a kill zone.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Claims_Gains_Near_Bakhmut_as_Deadly
Fighting_Continues⠀⇛
Ukraine’s military said it had reclaimed about three
square miles outside the eastern city of Bakhmut, which
would be its first significant gains there in weeks.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Makes_Gains_Near_Embattled_Bakhmut,_a
First_in_Months⠀⇛
The leader of Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group
confirmed the Ukrainian advance, and continued to air
divisions among Moscow’s forces.
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ At_Ukrainian_training_ground,_growing_confidence
about_coming_battle⠀⇛
Ukrainian forces training for the critical spring
counteroffensive know what they lack and need, but also
what they have. Among their assets is growing confidence.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Yellen,_at_G7,_to_Underscore_U.S.
Commitment_to_Ukraine_for_‘As_Long_as_It_Takes’⠀⇛
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Ukraine_Says_It_Routs_Russian_Brigade,
Kremlin_Acknowledges_‘Very_Difficult’_Campaign⠀⇛
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_US_claimed_a_cyber_victory_against_a_Russian_malware
network⠀⇛
A two-decade old Russian cyber espionage network has
finally been dismantled.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ What_is_the_G7_still_exporting_to_Russia?⠀⇛
One year into the Russia’s invasion G7 nations continue
to export nearly $5B a month to Moscow. A new proposal by
the US at the G7 could greatly reduce this.
o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ DA_goes_PAIA_route_for_answers_on_Russian_ship_and
aircraft_in_SA⠀⇛
Last week’s arrival of a Russian Il-76 transport aircraft
at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof was the proverbial
straw that broke the camel’s back for Democratic Alliance
(DA) parliamentarian Kobus Marais.
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_withdraws_from_the_Treaty_on_Conventional_Armed
Forces_in_Europe⠀⇛
Russia announced on Wednesday it withdrew from the Treaty
on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe in a declaration
that was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Judo_Spectators_Ejected_For_Wearing_Russian_Military
Emblem⠀⇛
The International Judo Federation (IJF) said on May 10
that it had ejected a group of spectators from the World
Judo Championships in Doha, Qatar, for refusing to remove
a Russian military symbol from their clothing.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ UN_Expert_Calls_For_Urgent_Medical_Care_For_Russia’s
Imprisoned_Navalny⠀⇛
The UN’s special rapporteur on torture has called on
Russia to provide jailed opposition leader Aleksei
Navalny with “urgent and comprehensive” medical care
following reports that his health is deteriorating.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Turkey,_Syria,_Russia,_Iran_In_Highest-Level_Talks_Since
Syrian_War⠀⇛
The foreign ministers of Turkey, Syria, Russia, and Iran
met on May 10 in Moscow, marking the highest-level talks
so far on rebuilding ties between Ankara and Damascus
after years of animosity during Syria’s civil war.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Prosecutors_Seek_Suspended_Sentence_For_Russian_Woman
Charged_With_‘Desecrating’_Grave_Of_Putin’s_Parents⠀⇛
Prosecutors have asked a court in Russia’s second-largest
city, St. Petersburg, to convict and hand a suspended
three-year prison term to a 60-year-old woman charged
with the hatred-based desecration of the grave of the
parents of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Attempted_Murder_Trial_Starts_For_Moscow_Activist_Who
Threw_Molotov_Cocktails_At_National_Guard_Bus⠀⇛
A 45-year-old Moscow activist, Vitaly Koltsov, went on
trial on May 10 on a charge of attempting to murder 12
officers of Russia’s National Guard.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Popular_Rock_Musician_Leaves_Russia_After_Publicly
Supporting_Girl_Who_Drew_Anti-War_Picture⠀⇛
The leader of Russia’s popular Naiv rock group, Aleksandr
Ivanov, has left Russia for an unspecified country after
he supported a 13-year-old girl, Masha Moskalyova, whose
anti-war picture helped lead to her father’s prosecution,
media reports said on May 9.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poland_Summons_Russian_Ambassador_Over_Fighter_Jet
Incident⠀⇛
Poland has summoned Russia’s ambassador over an incident
involving a Russian fighter jet and Polish border guard
aircraft over the Black Sea on May 7, the Polish Foreign
Ministry said.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Youngest_Brother_Of_Self-Exiled_Chechen_Opposition
Bloggers_Added_To_Russia’s_Wanted_List⠀⇛
Baisangur Yangulbayev, the youngest brother of self-
exiled Chechen opposition bloggers Ibragim and Abubakar
Yangulbayev, has been added to Russia’s federal wanted
list.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Military_Object_Found_In_Polish_Forest_Was_Reportedly
Russian_Missile⠀⇛
The military object found in a Polish forest in April was
a Russian CH-55 missile, Polish private media outlets RMF
FM and Polsat News reported on May 10, citing unnamed
sources.
o ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ FBI_Disables_Russian_Malware⠀⇛
Reuters is reporting that the FBI “had identified and
disabled malware wielded by Russia’s FSB security service
against an undisclosed number of American computers, a
move they hoped would deal a death blow to one of
Russia’s leading cyber spying programs.”
…
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_roll_out_electronic_military
summonses_in_some_regions_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Andrey Kartapolov, head of the Russia’s State Duma
Defense Committee, says draft summonses for citizens in
the military reserves will arrive electronically in a
number of Russian regions.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Don’t_stress,_I’m_doing_fine,’_Zhenya_Berkovich_writes
her_supporters_from_pre-trial_detention_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Theater director Zhenya Berkovich, who was arrested in
connection with a case on “justifying terrorism” arising
from her production of the play Finist the Bright Falcon,
has written a letter from pre-trial detention.
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Hunt_Murderers,_Not_Poets⠀⇛
On May 4, Russian poet and film and theater director
Evgenia Berkovich was arrested with her colleague
Svetlana Petreychuck. The charge was “excusing
terrorism.” Their new play Finist The Bright Falcom
allegedly led to their detention and arrest.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Singer-songwriter_Alexander_Rosenbaum_defends_Berkovich
and_Petriychuk_at_Victory_Day_concert_—_Meduza⠀⇛
During a Victory Day concert in St. Petersburg, popular
Russian singer-songwriter Alexander Rosenbaum defended
the theater director Zhenya Berkovich and playwright
Svetlana Petriychuk, two theater artists arrested and
jailed last week in Moscow.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Transneft_reports_attempted_attack_on_Druzhba_oil
pipeline_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The pipeline operator Transneft reported an attempted
“terrorist attack” on the Druzhba pipeline system, at a
fueling station in the Bryansk region.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ At_least_10_servicemen_injured_in_drone_strike_on
military_base_in_Russia’s_Voronezh_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Two UAVs targeted the Pogonovo military base in Russia’s
Voronezh region in the early hours of May 10. The
Telegram news channel Astra reported on the incident.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_moves_to_formally_denounce_Treaty_on_Conventional
Armed_Forces_in_Europe_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Vladimir Putin has issued a decree appointing a
presidential representative to take part in parliamentary
proceedings on the issue of Russia officially denouncing
the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE).
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘He_said_there_was_nothing_special_about_it’_Putin
reportedly_comments_on_Kremlin_drone_attack_in_closed_meeting_with
journalists_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Andrey Kolesnikov, a special correspondent for the
Russian newspaper Kommersant and a member of the Kremlin
press pool, said in his report on Moscow’s May 9 Victory
Day parade that Vladimir Putin has privately commented on
last week’s drone attack on the Kremlin. The Russian
president reportedly spoke about the incident during a
closed meeting with the heads of Russian media outlets on
May 8. Independent journalist Farida Rustamova drew
attention to Putin’s reported remarks in a Telegram post
on Tuesday.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Men_sitting_by_Putin_in_Victory_Day_parade_were
reportedly_former_NKVD_and_KGB_officers,_not_WWII_veterans_—
Meduza⠀⇛
The veterans who sat next to Vladimir Putin in Russia’s
Victory Day parade in Red Square on Tuesday did not fight
in World War II but served in the Soviet Union’s security
agencies, the independent outlet Agentstvo has reported.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ 26_people_arrested_in_Latvia_for_celebrating_Victory_Day
—_Meduza⠀⇛
Latvian police arrested 26 people for celebrating Victory
Day on Tuesday, the Latvian outlet Delfi reported.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Azov_Regiment_founder_Andriy_Biletsky_says_Ukrainian
forces_defeated_Russian_brigade_in_Bakhmut_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Andriy Biletsky, the founder of Ukraine’s Azov Regiment
and the far-right National Corps party, said Wednesday
that Ukrainian forces have eliminated Russia’s 72nd
Motorized Rifle Brigade in Bakhmut.
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ One_shouldn’t_side_with_the_aggressor_in_a_war
–_Polish_ambassador_outraged_by_Hungarian_Chief_of_General_Staff’s
“pro-peace”_falsification_of_history⠀⇛
The Polish ambassador in Budapest was shocked by the
statement of Gábor Böröndi, Chief of the Hungarian Army
General Staff, on 9 May, the anniversary of the end of
the Second World War and the European Day of Peace.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Provocation_Is_Not_an_Innocent_Act⠀⇛
Provocation is not an innocent act. Under specific
circumstances, provocation constitutes a tort or even a
crime, especially when it deliberately generates a
violent response.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US_Announces_$1.2_Billion_in_Long-Term_Military_Aid
for_Ukraine⠀⇛
The arms include additional 155mm ammunition and air
defense systems.
* § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
o ⚓ EFF ☛ Court_Accepts_EFF’s_Amicus_Brief_on_the_Right_to_Publish
Code_in_Tornado_Cash_Case⠀⇛
We are urging the court to recognize these actions for
what they are—unconstitutional violations of the First
Amendment—and hold the government to the appropriate
higher standard.
* § Environment⠀➾
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ US_Has_Already_Seen_7_Different_Billion-Dollar
Weather_Disasters_This_Year:_NOAA⠀⇛
Seven different billion-dollar or more extreme weather
events struck the U.S. during the first four months of
2023.
o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_adopts_‘green’_fuel_taxes_in_bid_to_access
EU_funds⠀⇛
Lithuanian lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a “green”
package fuel excise duties. The new law will raise
excise duty rates on polluting fuels, introduce
additional pollution taxes and scrap exemptions.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Why_airline_flyers_are_fuming⠀⇛
Customer satisfaction with air travel is way down
for the second year in a row, heading into what
could be another_summer_of_nightmare_travel, J.D.
Power found in its annual survey.
Why it matters:J.D. Power’s North America Airline
Satisfaction Study — released today — sums up what
most passengers have experienced: higher ticket
prices, crowded planes and limited options.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Dutch_University_Just_Set_a_Powerful
Precedent_for_Climate_Research⠀⇛
As part of its commitment to furthering an energy
transition, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, a
research university in the Netherlands, announced
on April 20 that it would reject research
collaborations with any fossil fuel company that
fails to demonstrate a commitment to the goals of
the Paris climate accords.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ EV_maker_Rivian_takes_bold_bet_with_higher-
priced_vehicles_amid_heating_competition⠀⇛
For now, he said, Rivian’s focus is on ramping up
production and driving costs down even though the
company said supply chain issues, sparked by the
pandemic, continued to be the main limiting factor.
# ⚓ [Repeat] New York Times ☛ Battery_Factories_Are_Driving
Chinese_Investment_in_Europe⠀⇛
Battery makers from China are rapidly expanding in
Europe, responding to a growing market for electric
vehicles while bucking an overall contraction in
Chinese investment on the continent.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ When_it_comes_to_cars,_there_is_no_housing_crisis_
(just_an_existential_one)⠀⇛
Grabar lists some of the things we’ve sacrificed in
order to create parking: front porches, more
affordable housing, and plenty of time spent
looking for a spot in the neighborhood.
In fact, his research shows that by square footage,
there is more housing for each car in this country
than there is housing for each person. In 2016,
Bloomberg reported that there were more three-car
garages being built than one-bedroom apartments.
# ⚓ Is_100_thousand_barrels_of_production_possible_in_the_newly
discovered_oil_reserve_in_Gabar?⠀⇛
The president of the Petroleum Engineers Chamber
said, “This figure announced now will become
clearer and will be updated as we have more data
from the field. It may come down or increase after
such updates.”
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Japan’s_Shinkansen_train_operators
dream_up_ideas_to_attract_passengers⠀⇛
JR Tokai allows passengers to charter a train car
for various purposes such as having a wedding
ceremony.
o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Youths_to_G7:_Protect_Our_Generation⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Earthquake_hits_Japan’s_Chiba
prefecture,_jolts_greater_Tokyo_area⠀⇛
>
There is no danger of a tsunami, according to the
Japanese authorities.
* § Finance⠀➾
o ⚓ France24 ☛ President_Biden_says_US_‘default_is_not_an_option’⠀⇛
President Joe Biden said Tuesday he made clear in a
meeting with top Republican lawmakers that a US default
“is not an option,” as both sides failed to reach a
breakthrough on the country’s debt limit.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Debt_Limit_Chicken’:_Is_a_Direct_Result_of_Anti-
Democratic_US_House_Elections⠀⇛
Amid rising fears that Republican lawmakers could soon
force a catastrophic U.S. default, Fix Our House on
Wednesday released a report arguing that “Congress lacks
the incentive structure necessary to responsibly handle
crucial tasks like raising the debt limit.”
o ⚓ Reason ☛ Inflation_Ticks_Higher_in_April_as_Rents_Keep_Rising⠀⇛
Is this the new normal, and will Joe Biden pay a
political price for it?
o ⚓ Axios ☛ Consumer_price_index_rises_0.4%_in_April,_pushed_up_by
higher_auto_prices⠀⇛
The consumer price index rose at a quicker monthly pace
in April, pushed up by soaring costs for used cars and
trucks — the latest sign of lingering_inflation pressures
across the economy.
Why it matters: The CPI rose 0.4% in April, faster than
the 0.1%_rise_the_previous_month. The measure that
excludes energy and food prices continued to rise at a
fairly quick pace.
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ US_inflation_rose_slightly_slower_than_expected_in
April⠀⇛
>US consumer prices increased by 0.4% from March to
April, marking a sustained increase in the cost of
living. Year on year, the rate of inflation rose to 4.9%,
slightly lower than the 5% recorded in March, according
to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Finally_a_surplus,_but_Budget_fine_print
reveals_tough_times_to_continue_for_households [Ed: But there is
poverty in Australia and this "surplus" is only hypothetical or
prospective; seems like gaslighting]⠀⇛
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has scraped together a budget
surplus for one year thanks to raging commodity prices,
but the prospect of an economic downturn makes the
prognosis for households bleak.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Treasurer_Chalmers_plays_down_second_surplus
prospect⠀⇛
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is playing down the prospect of a
second consecutive budget surplus as he pitches his
economic blueprint. The government expects to book a
$4.2 billion underlying cash surplus in this financial
year – the first in 15 years. This will be followed by a
better-than-expected deficit of $13.9 billion in 2023/24.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Amid_Soaring_Poverty_and_Hunger,_Amnesty_Demands
‘Universal_Social_Protection’_Worldwide⠀⇛
With global poverty and hunger rising amid the
intertwining crises of war, public health emergencies,
and climate change, Amnesty International on Wednesday
issued an urgent call for governments worldwide to
implement universal social protections to ensure that
healthcare, childcare, pensions, disability payments, and
other benefits are available to all who need them.
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ The_latest_from_Arte_Weekly:_King_Charles_gets
crowned,_while_pan-European_crackdown_on_drug_trade_gets_underway⠀⇛
King Charles’s coronation raises questions about the
monarchy’s role, including its colonial history and
staggering wealth at a time of economic crisis for the
UK. In the wake of massive police raids targeting the
Italian mafia ’Ndrangheta, we look into Europe’s drug
trade. In culture, we learn about the iconic Danish
illustrator Ib Antoni, who put Copenhagen on the map.
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ April_inflation_in_Hungary_at_24_percent,_while
energy_prices_40_percent_higher_than_a_year_ago⠀⇛
In April this year, consumer prices in Hungary were on
average 24% higher than a year earlier. Over the past
year, household energy and food prices have risen the
most. In the last month, consumer prices rose by 0.7
percent on average, the Central Statistical Office (KSH)
said on Wednesday.
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hemorrhaging_and_oligarchs_mentioned_in_EP
report_criticising_the_Hungarian_government⠀⇛
A delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on
Budgetary Control is to visit Hungary between 15 and 17
May, where they will meet Tibor Navracsics, the Minister
of Regional Development, László Windisch, the President
of the State Audit Office of Hungary, Gergely Karácsony,
the Mayor of Budapest, and investigative journalists,
Népszava reports, based on sources in Brussels.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Plonk_in_the_Room:_Budget_2023_tax_elephant
and_the_third_degree_on_Stage_3⠀⇛
Government revenue, and the startling Budget surplus, are
bolstered by surging commodity prices driving up company
tax returns. Still, a quarter trillion-dollar tax
elephant lurks in the corner and inflation menaces.
Callum Foote on the Budget and tax.
This Budget’s revenue results were higher across the
board than forecasted in the October mini-budget,
increasing by $46.7bn from $621bn to $668 billion. Almost
$30bn of the increase came from company tax receipts
bolstered by windfall commodity prices.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Jenny_Craig’s_Australian_customers,_staff
await_answers⠀⇛
Jenny Craig’s Australian customers and workers have been
told to sit tight as administrators try to restructure
the company. FTI Consulting was on Tuesday appointed to
lead the voluntary administration of the weight
management brand’s Australian and New Zealand operations.
It came after the Melbourne-founded business last week
filed for bankruptcy in the United States.
o ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ US_inflation_falls_as_Britain_is_left_further
behind⠀⇛
Prices in Britain are rising twice as fast as in the US,
according to official data released on Wednesday as the
Bank of England prepares to raise interest rates again to
cool the UK economy.
US inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index
(CPI), rose 4.9pc in the year to April, down from 5pc in
March, according to the US Labor department.
The decline was driven by falling food prices, including
fruit, vegetables, meat and milk. By contrast, food
prices in the UK continue to rise at the fastest pace in
45 years, while the headline rate remains stubbornly high
at 10.1pc in March.
The tenth consecutive slowdown in US price rises will
raise expectations that the Federal Reserve will pause
its programme of interest rate rises just as Britain
braces for more hikes.
o ⚓ Wall_Street’s_Hiring_Binge_Turns_Into_Bloat_—_The_Information⠀⇛
Morgan Stanleyâs decision to cut roughly 5% of its
staff, or 3,000 people, has drawn headlines as a sign of
how banks are responding to the near-dead initial public
offering and deal markets.
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ US_inflation_is_once_again_about_used_car_prices⠀⇛
For three years now, used cars have been at the center of
inflation dynamics in the US. In 2020, there were several
months where used cars kept the US from entering into
disinflation. Then, in June 2021, as inflation began to
kick off, used cars made up a third of the year-on-year
inflation rate.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_GOP_Debt_Ceiling_Threat_to_Social_Security_Is
Real⠀⇛
In a May 4 article about the so-called debt ceiling
crisis, the New York Times made this declaration about
the looming showdown between House Republicans and the
White House:
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Very_Specific_Ways_the_GOP_Budget_Will_Deeply
Harm_Hundreds_of_Millions_of_Americans⠀⇛
There are a lot of things you could say about the GOP’s
proposed plan to reduce the deficit. But if we want to be
more expansive than just calling it “batshit crazy” and
washing our hands of the whole clown show, as we think
Biden can and should,then we could point out that the GOP
plan is an expression of profound hostility to the idea
of a federal government that serves anyone besides war
profiteers.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ A_Legal_Exploration—and_An_Answer—to_the_Debt
Ceiling_Crisis⠀⇛
The United States is on course to a catastrophic default
on its public debt within a matter of weeks if steps are
not taken soon to head off that result. Speaker McCarthy
and the House Republican caucus continue to hold the
necessary increase to the public debt limit hostage to
their bad faith demand for unacceptable budget cuts to
discretionary programs such as Social Security, Medicare
and Medicaid.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Big_Food_Raking_in_Huge_Profits_From_Price_Hikes
as_US_Hunger_Persists:_Analysis⠀⇛
As the U.S. government on Wednesday released its latest
inflation report, the watchdog Accountable.US put out a
new analysis detailing how Americans face food insecurity
while major food corporations are padding their profits
with price hikes.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Fed_Warned_to_Stop_‘Needless_Rate_Hikes’_as
Inflation_Cools_for_10th_Straight_Month⠀⇛
Progressive economists on Wednesday welcomed newly
released U.S. inflation data as further evidence that
price increases can be brought under control without
crushing the labor market and throwing millions out of
work.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Sanders_Grills_Big_Pharma_CEOs_Over_Years_of
Deadly_Price_Gouging⠀⇛
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday paid his respects
to the victims of insulin price gouging in front of the
Big Pharma CEOs who are responsible and reiterated the
need to make all lifesaving prescription drugs
affordable.
o ⚓ Forbes ☛ Spring_2023_Layoff_Tracker:_Akamai_Technologies_Cuts
Hundreds_Of_Employees,_Report_Says⠀⇛
Internet and cybersecurity company Akamai Technologies
announced plans this week to cut nearly 300 employees,
while biotech startup Twist Bioscience plans to slash a
quarter of its workforce—making them the latest companies
to reduce their head counts this year, following major
cuts this week at Novavax, LinkedIn and Paramount Media
Networks.
May 9Tom Leighton, the CEO of Boston-area internet
company Akamai Technologies, announced plans in a call
with analysts this week to lay off roughly 3% of the
company’s nearly 10,000 employees, or 300 staff members,
the Boston Globe reported.
o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Dell_reneges_on_remote_work_promise,_tells
staff_to_wear_pants_at_least_3_days_a_week⠀⇛
Less than three years after an exec promised the majority
of Dell staff would forever work mostly from home, the
company has called workers back into the office for at
least three out of five days per week.
The Register has confirmed that an internal memo from
chief operating officer Jeff Clarke to workers this week
stated that those living within an hour’s commute to a
major Dell office should come in for those minimum three
days.
o ⚓ GO Media ☛ Some_Blizzard_Devs_Worry_Departures_Could_Hurt_World
Of_Warcraft_And_Other_Games⠀⇛
A return-to-office mandate is being blamed for loss of
talent
[...]
Blizzard faces no shortage of new challenges right now
following a 2021 workplace reckoning and in the lead-up
to a possible acquisition by Microsoft. Brian Birmingham,
a 17-year veteran and co-lead on WoW Classic, was fired
in January after protesting the company’s new stacked-
ranking system that forces managers to give a certain
percentage of employees bad performance reviews.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Treasurer_seeks_to_soothe_budget_relief
inflation_worry⠀⇛
The treasurer maintains his second budget will not nudge
inflation higher and trigger another interest rate hike
next month.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Chalmers_defends_budget_criticism_of_not
enough_support⠀⇛
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended the federal budget
from criticism it didn’t go far enough to help middle
Australians during a period of high inflation. Dr
Chalmers said his second budget, which delivered a $4.2
billion surplus in 2022/23, had directly targeted
Australians who were the most vulnerable to the rising
cost of living.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Farmers_warn_budget_will_not_curb_rising
food_prices⠀⇛
Farmers warn the federal budget will not stop the price
of food from rising. National Farmers’ Federation
president Fiona Simson said Tuesday’s budget was a missed
opportunity to address food price inflation. “The budget
does nothing to get to the heart of rampant food price
inflation,” she said.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Fed’s_Barkin:_Inflation_Still
‘Stubbornly_High’_and_Isn’t_Easing_Fast_Enough_Toward_2%_Target⠀⇛
Inflation remains “stubbornly high” and is no longer
making much progress toward the Federal Reserve’s 2%
target, a top Fed official said Wednesday, hours after
price data for April were released
o ⚓ Axios ☛ TPG’s_Winkelried_says_he’s_scared_of_debt_default⠀⇛
The prospect of a U.S. debt default is scarier now than
it’s ever been, said TPG chief Jon Winkelried, speaking
at the Axios BFD event in San Francisco on Wednesday.
* § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
o ⚓ [Report] EDRI ☛ Will_MEPs_ban_Biometric_Mass_Surveillance_in_key
EU_AI_Act_vote?⠀⇛
The EDRi network, along with our wide range of partners
in the Reclaim Your Face campaign, have advocated for
over three years for the EU to ban biometric mass
surveillance practices – and now, our call is one step
closer to becoming a reality.
Warning of the severe chilling effects on free
expression, the threats of discrimination, and the
wholesale violation of our democratic right to privacy,
tens of thousands of people in the EU have joined us to
reject these mass surveillance systems that treat us all
as walking barcodes.
Thursday 11th May 2023 promises to be a historic moment,
as Members of the European Parliament’s internal markets
(IMCO) and civil liberties (LIBE) Committees vote on
whether they are willing to put human rights and freedoms
first – or if they will prioritise surveillance, control
and profits. In line with an October 2021 vote where MEPs
across the political spectrum promised to ban biometric
mass surveillance, we are counting on them to do the
right thing once again.
o ⚓ Gannett ☛ GM_hires_former_Apple,_Twitter_exec_Mike_Abbott_to_run
its_entire_software_development⠀⇛
GM announced Tuesday that Mike Abbott, the former vice
president of engineering for Apple’s Cloud Services
division, will join GM as executive vice president of
software starting May 22. Abbott will report to CEO Mary
Barra.
“His team will be responsible for the entire software
ecosystem, from inception and development of both
consumer and enterprise solutions through to the delivery
of new exciting digital services and features,” GM
spokesman Darryll Harrison told the Free Press.
o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Advertising_on_Twitter_Means_You_Support_Tucker_Carlson
Now⠀⇛
In other words, if you buy an ad on Twitter, the money
could go directly into Carlson’s pocket. Potentially a
lot of money, if Carlson attracts a lot of viewers. At
the very least, any advertiser on Twitter is keeping the
lights on at Tucker’s new home. Recent history shows
that’s an association that big brands don’t want.
o ⚓ Positech Games ☛ Is_the_age_of_big_tech_growth_over?⠀⇛
What I find interesting is the divide between many
mainstream media reports of the potential catastrophe
around firing 50% of the staff….and both the reality, and
the barely-heard discourse from some experienced
developers who took a different view. Those views are
often shared in private, between friends, because sharing
any opinion other than ‘firing people is awful’ online is
an invitation to horrendous abuse…
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_New_Southern_Strategy_to_Repair_Our_Democracy⠀⇛
The decades-long Republican stranglehold on power and
policy in the South is a product of manipulation
masquerading as mythology. When President Lyndon Johnson,
a Southern Democrat, signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964,
he famously declared that it meant his party had “lost
the South” for a generation. But it’s not that
Southerners, universally, didn’t support civil
rights—it’s that white conservative Southerners, the
people with the most political and financial power in the
region, didn’t support civil rights.
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_gov’t_lashes_out_at_Ming_Pao
cartoon_satirising_small-circle_committees⠀⇛
A Hong Kong government bureau has lashed out at a
newspaper cartoon which satirised small-circle government
committees that will hold District Council seats under a
proposed reform of the city’s local-level administration.
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ CNN_Showcases_Trump._He_Brutalizes_One_of_Its
Stars—and_the_Truth.⠀⇛
“That’s not true, Mr. President, and you know that.”—CNN
Donald Trump town hall moderator Kaitlan Collins.
o ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ The_First_Step_to_Fixing_the_Electoral_College⠀⇛
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Is_This_the_Most_Dangerous_Right-Wing_Think_Tank
You’ve_Never_Heard_Of?⠀⇛
Republicans want nothing more than to strip vulnerable
Americans of their hard-won rights—but they can’t get
that done at the federal level. Instead, they rely on the
states to advance their unpopular extremist agenda.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Jury_Finds_Twice_Impeached,_Indicted,
Insurrectionist,_Lying,_Losing,_Degenerate_Creep_Is_A_Convicted
Sexual_Predator⠀⇛
Amidst the world’s sorrows, we celebrate the small legal
and moral victory of a civil jury – which even included
one MAGA-ite – finding crooked, loathsome former
President McCheeto liable for sexually abusing and
defaming E. Jean Carroll, which leaves unpunished only
his crimes against at least 26 women, human decency,
financial accountability and democracy itself. Still,
social media echoed the sentiment of Joe’s famed Big
Fucking Deal: The GOP’s presumptive candidate to lead the
country is now officially a rapist.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Senate_Finance_Chief_Blasts_Clarence_Thomas’
Billionaire_Friend_for_Obstructing_Gift_Probe⠀⇛
The Democratic chair of the Senate Finance Committee said
Tuesday that billionaire GOP megadonor Harlan Crow is
trying to obstruct the panel’s investigation into his
gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who is
facing growing calls to resign for failing to disclose
luxury vacations and other largesse from an individual
with business before the high court.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ $5_Million_in_Damages⠀⇛
Donald Trump has been found liable for sexual abuse.
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_officials_leave_District_Council
meeting_mid-way,_after_councillors_try_to_discuss_electoral
reform⠀⇛
Government officials prematurely exited a meeting of the
Sham Shui Po District Council on Tuesday after
councillors attempted to discuss the proposed reforms of
the district-level elections. They claimed the discussion
was “out of the scope” of the District Councils’ remit.
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ New_York_jury_rules_Trump_sexually_abused_writer,
assesses_$5M_damages⠀⇛
A New York jury on Tuesday found US President Donald
Trump liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll
in the 1990s and found that he defamed her by branding
her a liar, assessing the damages at $5 million.
o ⚓ Axios ☛ #MeToo’s_legacy_lives_on_in_the_E._Jean_Carroll_verdict⠀⇛
E. Jean Carroll’s win in her lawsuit against former
President Trump is also a victory for a #MeToo-era New
York_law that temporarily lifted the statute of
limitations on sexual abuse complaints.
Why it matters:Carroll’s success in court will likely
lead to more litigation — victims have until November
2023 to file civil lawsuits against their alleged abusers
— and possibly even more state laws modeled on New
York’s.
o ⚓ Axios ☛ Trump_calls_E._Jean_Carroll_a_“whack_job”_at_CNN_town
hall_after_lawsuit_loss⠀⇛
Former_President_Trump mocked writer E._Jean_Carroll as a
“whack job” Wednesday evening in his first TV appearance
since a jury found him liable of sexual abuse and
defamation in a civil lawsuit she brought against him.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Jury_finds_Trump_sexually_abused,_defamed_writer_E.
Jean_Carroll_in_civil_case⠀⇛
A New York jury on Tuesday found former US president
Donald Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll and
then defamed her with his denials, awarding her $5
million in damages. The nine-member jury reached a
unanimous verdict in the civil trial.
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ E._Jean_Carroll’s_Big_Win_for_Women⠀⇛
The first time disgraced former president Donald Trump
faced genuine legal consequences for his many crimes over
the years came just this March. He was charged with
falsifying business records to cover up hush money he
paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels, so she wouldn’t
reveal their affair on the eve of the 2016 election. He
wasn’t charged in connection with his treatment of the
woman he mocked as “Horseface,” too unattractive to merit
attention from the wealthy windbag, even though she told
believable details of a brief and crude 2005 dalliance
with Trump that occurred only months after his third
wife, Melania, gave birth to his son Barron. The charges
had to do with business fraud and campaign finance rules.
o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “The_World_Finally_Knows_the_Truth”:_Jury_Finds
Trump_Sexually_Abused_&_Defamed_E._Jean_Carroll⠀⇛
A Manhattan jury on Tuesday sided with the writer E. Jean
Carroll in her civil case against former President Donald
Trump, finding him liable for sexually abusing and
defaming Carroll, and awarding her $5 million in damages.
The jury did not find that Trump had raped her, as she
has claimed. Trump says he will appeal. The closely
watched trial stemmed from an incident in the 1990s, when
Carroll says Trump sexually assaulted her in a department
store dressing room in New York. “Today, the world
finally knows the truth,” Carroll said in a statement,
reacting to the verdict. “This victory is not just for me
but for every woman who has suffered because she was not
believed.” We speak with columnist Moira Donegan, who
covers gender and politics for The Guardian and who calls
it “a really significant moment for American women, and
specifically for the #MeToo movement.”
o ⚓ Q&A_WITH_HDP’S_DANIŞ-BEŞTAŞ:_‘We_will_celebrate_the_end_of_a
long-lasting_coup’⠀⇛
The well-known Kurdish politician, who narrowly avoided a
life-threatening traffic accident while on the campaign
trail, reflects on her “virtual election campaign,” as
well as Erdogan’s rhetoric and his attacks on the
opposition.
o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Trump_Accuser_Jessica_Leeds_“Really_Pleased”_with
Verdict_After_Testifying_in_E._Jean_Carroll_Case⠀⇛
A jury on Tuesday found Donald Trump liable for sexual
abuse and defamation against E. Jean Carroll, the writer
who accused him of raping her in a department store
dressing room in the 1990s. We speak with one of the
people who testified at trial: Jessica Leeds, a retired
businesswoman who says Trump sexually assaulted her on an
airplane in the 1980s — one of dozens of women who has
accused him of sexual misconduct over the years. Leeds
tells Democracy Now! she is “really pleased” with the
verdict and that she hopes it will encourage other
survivors of sexual abuse to come forward, although she
is not personally interested in bringing a case against
Trump. “This was a good outcome, and I’m very thankful,”
says Leeds.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Fury_of_#MeToo_Finally_Comes_for_the_Man_Who
Inspired_It⠀⇛
After more than a dozen allegations of sexual abuse,
Donald Trump is held accountable.
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ George_Santos_pled_not_guilty_to_13_criminal_charges,
including_claiming_covid_benefits_fraudulently⠀⇛
New York’s Republican congressman George Santos pled not
guilty to 13 federal criminal charges, including money
laundering and wire fraud, at a Long Island federal
courthouse on Wednesday (May 10).
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ GOP_Rep._George_Santos_Arrested_on_Charges_of
Wire_Fraud,_Money_Laundering,_and_More⠀⇛
Republican Rep. George Santos of New York, whose brief
tenure in Congress has been dominated by scandal, was
arrested by federal authorities Wednesday on a slew of
criminal charges including money laundering, wire fraud,
theft of public funds, and lying to Congress.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ George_Santos_Is_Charged_With_Fraud⠀⇛
Also, Inflation slowed again. Here’s the latest at the
end of Wednesday.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ US_bolsters_border_as_pandemic-era_asylum_rule
expires⠀⇛
Tens of thousands of US law enforcement personnel have
been deployed to the border with Mexico, officials said
Wednesday, as waiting migrants voiced confusion and anger
over a looming change to entry rules.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Feinstein_Returning_to_Senate,_Bringing
Democrats_Back_to_Full_Majority⠀⇛
The monthslong absence of the California Democrat, 89,
who was hospitalized for shingles in February, threatened
to deprive her party of the votes to advance President
Biden’s judicial nominees.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Asean_must_stay_cohesive_and_united,_given
troubled_external_environment,_says_PM_Lee⠀⇛
PM Lee stressed that economic integration must always
remain Asean’s priority.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Court_Reduces_Sentence_Of_Activist_Arash_Sadeghi
After_Retrial⠀⇛
After holding a retrial, the Islamic Revolutionary Court
of Tehran has reduced the sentence for Iranian rights
activist Arash Sadeghi, who has been diagnosed with
cancer, to four years and three months in prison on
charges for his activities related to nationwide
protests.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Students,_Teachers,_Activists_Team_Up_In_Rallies
Decrying_State_Of_Education⠀⇛
Students and teachers’ rights activists across Iran
joined forces to stage nationwide rallies on May 9
against what they call the deteriorating state of the
educational system and the systematic suppression of
students, teachers, and parents.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_TikTok_Trend_is_Driving_Americans_to_Smuggle
Fruit_Roll-Ups⠀⇛
Travelers have attempted to sneak in hundreds of pounds
of the snack after a TikTok trend drove up demand and
emptied store shelves.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Do_You_Have_Something_to_Share_About_TikTok?⠀⇛
The Times would like to hear from current and former
employees, avid TikTok users, educators and parents.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ State_of_Florida_Bans_TikTok_for_Government
&_Educational_Institutions⠀⇛
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that bans
TikTok and other ‘foreign-controlled’ apps on government
and educational institution devices.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Lifts_Ban_On_Direct_Flights_To_Georgia,_Cancels
Visas⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir Putin has lifted a ban on
direct flights between Russia and Georgia after Tbilisi’s
de facto withdrawal of direct support for Ukraine.
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russian_President_Restores_Visa-free_Regime_With
Georgia⠀⇛
Russia has decreed the reestablishment of a visa-free
regime and the resumption of flights with Georgia.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_eases_travel_restrictions_on_Georgian
nationals,_in_the_latest_sign_of_thawing_ties.⠀⇛
President Vladimir V. Putin on Wednesday ordered the
restoration of direct flights from Russia to Georgia and
abolished visas for Georgian nationals.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_cancels_visa_requirement_for_Georgian_citizens_and
removes_ban_on_direct_flights_to_Georgia_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Vladimir Putin has signed decrees canceling the visa
requirement for Georgian citizens to travel to Russia and
removing the ban on flights from Russia to Georgia that
was imposed in June 2019.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Wagner_Leader_Escalates_Criticism_of
Russia’s_Military_Leadership⠀⇛
Yevgeny V. Prigozhin has recently recorded expletive-
laden videos accusing senior generals of denying his
forces necessary supplies, but he has denied criticizing
President Vladimir V. Putin.
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Trump_digs_in_on_election_lies,_insults
accuser_during_CNN_town_hall_event⠀⇛
Former President Donald Trump dug in on his lies about
the 2020 election during a tense CNN town hall. He also
downplayed the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, and repeatedly
insulted the woman whom a civil jury this week found him
liable of sexually abusing and defaming. During the
contentious back-and-forth Wednesday night in early-
voting New Hampshire, Trump also refused to say whether
he wants Ukraine to win the war against Russia’s invasion
and said the U.S. “might as well” default on its debt
obligation, despite the potential devastating economic
consequences. The former president was cheered on and
applauded by an audience of Republican and unaffiliated
voters.
o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Popularity_of_EU_membership_remains_at_record-
high_level_in_Finland⠀⇛
OVER 60 PER CENT of Finns feel positively and 17 per cent
negatively about the Finnish membership in the EU,
reveals a_value_and_attitude_study conducted by the
Finnish Business and Policy Forum (Eva).
The popularity of the membership has thus remained at the
record-high level it climbed to after Russian launched
its unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine in
February 2022.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ When_it_Comes_to_the_Suffering_of_Palestinians,
Which_Side_Is_Biden_On?⠀⇛
Just last week, a few representatives in Congress
introduced a bill that would require Israel to disclose
its operations in the West Bank, along with the intention
of U.S. taxpayers’ money not being used for assistance in
war crimes.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘We_Will_Not_Be_Silenced’:_Tlaib_Headlines_DC
Nakba_Event_Despite_McCarthy_Meddling⠀⇛
An event featuring U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
commemorating the Nakba—the ethnic cleansing of hundreds
of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland during
Israel’s War of Independence 75 years ago—went ahead as
scheduled Wednesday evening in Washington, D.C, despite
an attempt by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to derail it.
o § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Variety ☛ Donald_Trump_Opens_CNN_Town_Hall_by_Repeating
False_Claims,_Calls_Moderator_Kaitlan_Collins_‘Nasty’⠀⇛
Trump’s comments were repeatedly punctuated by
Collins’ interjections, fact-checking the former
president’s claims about the election. Asked by an
audience member if he would suspend “polarizing
talk of election fraud” during his campaign, Trump
answered: “Yeah, unless I see election fraud.”
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ In_Town_Hall,_Trump_Digs_in_on_Election_Lies,
Downplays_Capitol_Riot⠀⇛
During the contentious back-and-forth in early
voting New Hampshire — where moderator Kaitlan
Collins sometimes struggled to fact-check his
misstatements in real time — Trump continued to
insist the election had been rigged, even though
state and federal election officials, his own
campaign and White House aides, and numerous courts
have rejected his allegations.
# ⚓ Broadband Breakfast ☛ Overreporting_on_State_Broadband_Maps
Could_Hinder_Spread_of_Connectivity_to_Communities⠀⇛
Providers tend to inflate coverage claims, which
represents the most fundamental issue of broadband
coverage maps, Hunt claimed. Unfortunately, the
areas in which speed claims are inflated are left
out of funding opportunities, he said.
* § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Twenty-six_detained_in_relation_to_May_9_in_Latvia⠀⇛
Until Tuesday 23:30, police had detained a total of 26
persons throughout Latvia in relation to May 9
provocations. 38 administrative and four criminal cases
have been launched, the State Police said.
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ India_Continues_Its_Attacks_On_Free_Speech_By_Banning
Element⠀⇛
The Indian government really is showing the world what
government censorship is all about lately. The country
used to be somewhat better about speech issues online,
but for years now we’ve been following the country’s
descent towards censorship. Things really ramped up with
the Modi government, where he seems ridiculously thin-
skinned and unable to deal with even mild criticism.
Under Modi, India has passed a series of increasingly
draconian laws that have increased censorship online.
o ⚓ Variety ☛ Heather_Armstrong,_Blogger_Known_as_‘Dooce,’_Dies_at
47⠀⇛
She had returned to her maiden name Heather Hamilton, but
used her married name Heather Armstrong for much of her
career. She became known as “queen of the mommy
bloggers,” with a large audience of readers across the
country. But before she had children, she was fired in
2002 from her Los Angeles web development job for
blogging about her company and co-workers. The internet
dubbed her firing for blogging as getting “dooced,” which
became shorthand for being dismissed for writing about a
workplace. Her co-workers had given her the nickname
“Dooce” for a typo she made while writing “dude.”
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Heather_Armstrong,_‘Queen_of_the_Mommy
Bloggers,’_Is_Dead_at_47⠀⇛
A year later, her blog candor got her fired, an
experience that inspired a popular internet phrase,
“Dooced,” referring to people who find themselves
scanning job listings after posting ill-advised comments
online. The term even found its way onto “Jeopardy!”
[...]
Feeling pressure from all sides, she scaled back her
blogging efforts and put more focus on her mental health.
* § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ National_newswire_AAP_receives_$5m_in
federal_budget⠀⇛
Australia’s national newswire will work with the
government to develop a long-term plan for the news media
sector after the federal budget earmarked $5 million for
the agency.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ New_Defamation_Suit_Against_Fox_Signals
Continued_Legal_Threat⠀⇛
The suit, brought by a specialist in Russian
disinformation, cites parallels with the recently settled
Dominion Voting Systems case against Fox.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Glenn_Greenwald:_Reflections_on_Family_Health
Crisis⠀⇛
ScheerPost is deeply saddened by the news of David
Miranda’s passing and we offer our heartfelt condolences
to Glenn Greenwald and his family. In remembrance of
David, we are publishing this reflective piece from
Glenn, which was written in November 2022.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ David_Miranda,_Who_Went_From_Rio’s_Slums_to
Brazil’s_Congress,_Dies_at_37⠀⇛
Before he pursued politics, he helped Edward Snowden
reveal classified documents and lobbied for his asylum in
Brazil. In Congress he was a leading gay-rights advocate.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ukraine’s_‘Press_Freedom’_Score_Increases_Despite
Martial_Law,_Banned_Media⠀⇛
Changing the standards because Ukraine has been invaded
endorses the idea that freedom of the press ought to be
limited in times of danger.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ France_opens_war_crime_probe_into_journalist’s_death
in_Ukraine⠀⇛
The French judiciary has launched a war crime
investigation into the death of AFP journalist Arman
Soldin, who was killed in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas
region, prosecutors said Wednesday. The reporter’s death
comes as a senior Ukrainian military official said
Russian forces had pulled back from some areas near the
battleground city of Bakhmut after counter attacks by
Kyiv’s forces. Follow FRANCE 24 blog to see how the day’s
events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). xs
o ⚓ VOA News ☛ Taliban_Release_4_Journalists_Detained_for
Entertainment_Shows⠀⇛
Sakhi Sarwar Miakhil, editor in chief of Gharghasht TV;
Pamir Andish, editor in chief of Cheenar Radio; Abdul
Rahman Ashna of Nan FM, and Mohammaduddin Shah Khiali,
editor in chief of Wolas Ghag Radio were released by the
Taliban, according to a statement by the Afghan
Journalists Safety Committee.
AJSC stated that these journalists were detained Monday
by the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and
Prevention of Vice after they were summoned for “a
seminar.”
“Officials at the Directorate of the Promotion of Virtue
(of the Taliban) in Khost Province told the Afghan
Journalists Safety Committee that the editors of the
mentioned outlets were summoned for a reform seminar,”
added AJSC’s statement.
* § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Scotland_lawyers_to_boycott_plans_to_conduct_rape_trials
without_juries⠀⇛
Lawyers in Aberdeen, Scotland Monday stated they will
join a boycott of plans to pilot rape trials without
juries in Scotland.
o ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ Protest_Song_Of_The_Week:_‘I_Know_How_It_Feels’_By
Dropkick_Murphys⠀⇛
After discussions with Woody’s daughter Nora, the band
recorded an entire album of Guthrie lyrics in 2022 called
“This Machine Still Kills Fascists.” During the same
session, they also recorded a second album of Guthrie-
penned lyrics, Okemah Rising, which will be released on
May 12, 2023.“Every night, when the audience is singing
along with Woody’s words, his steadfast defense of the
working class, and his fight against social injustice and
the abuse of political power comes across loud and
clear,” said vocalist Ken Casey, the band’s founder. “So
as long as Dropkick Murphys are involved, Woody’s message
will always be heard.”
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Critics_Warn_Biden_Is_‘Finishing_Trump’s_Job’
With_New_Attack_on_Asylum-Seekers⠀⇛
U.S. President Joe Biden’s newly unveiled plan to crack
down on asylum-seekers, which his administration is
expected to implement following the scheduled expiration
of the pandemic-era Title 42 policy on Thursday, is being
denounced for entrenching a bipartisan abandonment of
international human rights law.
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_congressional_committee_seeks_disclosure_of_gifts_to
US_Supreme_Court_Justice_Thomas⠀⇛
The US Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday sent a letter
asking conservative billionaire Harlan Crow to reveal
previously undisclosed gifts he and his companies made to
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Crow is a well-
known Republican mega donor who built his fortune through
real estate development.
o ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Atlanta_Photojournalist_Arrested_While_Covering
‘Black_Lives_Matter’_Protests_Receives_Settlement⠀⇛
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ South_Dakota_Journalist’s_Extremely_Ill-Advised_Prank
Call_Being_Treated_As_A_Criminal_Act⠀⇛
First off, full disclosure: I live in this state. It’s
one of those upper Midwestern states no one seems to live
in and yet they do. I continue to endure the Trump-loving
antics of our current governor, Kristi Noem, who somehow
managed not to kill off a large percentage of the state’s
population with her years of inaction during the COVID
crisis.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ NYPD_Arrest_Photojournalist_Who_Was_Covering_Their
Response_to_‘Justice_for_Jordan_Neely’_Vigil⠀⇛
Independent photojournalist Stephanie Keith, who was
covering the New York Police Department’s response to a
planned “Justice for Jordan Neely” vigil, was arrested by
police on May 8, 2023.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ New_Report_Shows_Mass_Incarceration_Doesn’t_Stop_at
the_Prison_Walls⠀⇛
Report ranks states’ use of “correctional control” to
provide the full picture of mass supervision in the U.S.
o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Solito”:_Salvadoran_Writer_Javier_Zamora_Details
His_Solo_4,000-Mile_Journey_to_U.S._as_a_9-Year-Old⠀⇛
As President Biden ends Title 42, the Trump-era policy
blocking asylum seekers, and plans stronger enforcement
measures on the border, we speak with Salvadoran poet and
writer Javier Zamora, whose best-selling memoir, Solito,
details his odyssey as a 9-year-old child traveling
unaccompanied through Guatemala, Mexico and eventually
through the Sonoran Desert, before he makes it to Arizona
and reunites with his parents with the aid of other
migrants. “We’re all just human beings trying to have a
chance at a better life,” says Zamora about his work
humanizing the people caught in the migrant crisis.
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Another_Side_of_W.E.B._Du_Bois⠀⇛
One of the most significant American political thinkers
of the 20th century, W.E.B. Du Bois is perhaps best known
for his books The Souls of Black Folk (1903) and Black
Reconstruction in America (1935). The former is
considered a classic sociological study of the Black
experience in the United States, while the latter is a
landmark history of the Reconstruction era. Du Bois was
also one of the founders of the NAACP in 1909. As all
this suggests, Du Bois is principally known for his
domestic activism and his works addressing racial
inequality in the United States. But his criticism of
racial inequality at home was always rooted in the
international realities of European and US economic
imperialism. Indeed, a recent collection of Du Bois’s
writings, edited by Adom Getachew and Jennifer Pitts,
shows him to be an essential thinker of international
relations. W.E.B. Du Bois: International Thought consists
of 24 of his essays and speeches on international themes,
spanning the years from 1900 to 1956. In them, readers
will encounter Du Bois’s unique perspective on the
relationship between empire and democracy, the
development of his anti-imperial thought, and his vision
for transnational solidarity. To further understand this
side of Du Bois’s thinking, I interviewed Getachew and
Pitts about their new book. This exchange has been edited
for length and clarity.1
o ⚓ VOA News ☛ As_More_Women_Forgo_the_Hijab,_Iran’s_Government
Pushes_Back⠀⇛
Authorities have made legal threats and closed some
businesses serving women not wearing the hijab. Police
and volunteers issue verbal warnings in subways, airports
and other public places. Text messages have targeted
drivers who had women without head coverings in their
vehicles.
However, analysts in Iran warn that the government could
reignite dissent if it pushes too hard. The protests
erupted at a difficult time for the Islamic Republic,
struggling with economic woes brought on by its standoff
with the West over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.
* § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvians_call_and_text_less,_browse_Internet_more⠀⇛
Last year, mobile Internet users consumed an average of
42 GB per month – 18% more than in 2021, while the
duration of call minutes and the number of SMS messages
sent decreased, according to data published on May 9 by
the Public Utilities Commission (SPRK) on the figures of
electronic communications operators in 2022.
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Appeals_Court_Tosses_Another_Dumb_FOSTA_Lawsuit
Against_Twitter⠀⇛
Over the last few years we’ve covered a number of
different very, very questionable civil lawsuits brought
against internet companies under FOSTA. We had predicted
that there would be these vexatious lawsuits, looking to
hold companies liable in a sort of cash grab, where
people would just go after the companies with the deeper
pockets, rather than whoever was actually responsible for
whatever bad thing had happened.
o ⚓ APNIC ☛ [Podcast]_How_much_buffer_is_enough?⠀⇛
How do we maximize the use of a given network path,
without knowing everything about its size along the way?
o ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Two_principles_to_protect_[Internet]_users_from
decaying_platforms⠀⇛
Internet platforms have reached end-stage
enshittification, where they claw back the goodies they
once used to lure in end-users and business customers,
trying to walk a tightrope in which there’s just enough
value left to keep you locked in, but no more. It’s ugly
out there.
* § Monopolies⠀➾
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FCC_Low_Income_Broadband_Program_A_Huge_Windfall_For
Monopolies_Causing_The_Broadband_Affordability_Problem_We’re
Pretending_To_Fix⠀⇛
During the COVID crisis, the FCC launched the Emergency
Broadband Benefit (EBB program), giving lower income
Americans a $50 ($75 for those in tribal lands) discount
off of their broadband bill. Under the program, the
government gave money to ISPs, which then doled out
discounts to users if they qualified.
o ⚓ Tedium ☛ News_of_the_Monoculture⠀⇛
While this network and this show was supposedly about
popular music, MTV News and The Week in Rock quickly
became about culture at large. Soren, a former NYU
student who appeared briefly in one of MTV’s most famous
videos, The Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight for Your
Right (to Party),” often found herself doing political
coverage. As a 1992 New York Magazine article noted, the
fact that MTV was doing campaign trail coverage caught
fellow journalists off-guard at times:
o § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ JUVE ☛ Haseltine_Lake_Kempner_grows_patent_litigation_team
with_Gowling_partner [Ed: JUVE is still reposting PURE SPAM
for its sponsors. It's meant to look like an article, but it
doesn't cover anything important, it's just mindless
marketing. Sites like these perish and go offline faster due
to a lack of audience.]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Opening_ceremony_local_division
Unified_Patent_Court_in_The_Hague [Ed: Unified Patent Court
is illegal. What is being celebrated? A crime? This
delegitimises the EU.]⠀⇛
o § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ NYC_Musician_Coalition_Announces_Fair
Pay_at_SXSW_Protest_at_Penske_Media_Offices⠀⇛
A coalition of music groups and allies have
announced a May 31 protest outside the NYC offices
of the SXSW festival, Penske Media Corporation
(PMC). The coalition includes the Union of
Musicians and Allied Workers, Music Workers
Alliance, New York Working Families Party, NYC-DSA,
Bandcamp United, and Secretly Group Union.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Bungie_Wins_$16.2m,_Destiny_2_Cheat_Dev
Violated_DMCA,_RICO,_CFAA⠀⇛
With the ink yet to dry on a $6.7m judgment against
LaviCheats this week, Destiny 2 developer Bungie
hit the jackpot Tuesday with a damages award of
$16.1m in another case. A court in the U.S. found
that a defendant behind the ‘Wallhax’ cheat
violated the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions,
the copyright act, and the Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ Federal_Appeals_Court_Gets_It:_Fair_Use_Protects
Security_Research_Tools⠀⇛
Here’s how the case came about: Corellium, the
defendant, created a software platform that
simulates an iPhone, allowing developers and
researchers to test Apple’s iOS operating system
for vulnerabilities without having to get
permission from Apple or pay for the privilege of
finding flaws in the system. Corellium’s platform
lets researchers peer closely into the workings of
iOS in ways that can’t be done on an actual iPhone.
Apple sued for copyright infringement, and lost in
district court on fair use grounds. Apple appealed.
EFF, along with Public Knowledge and a number of
security experts, filed an amicus brief supporting
Corellium. We explained that the public can’t
protect itself from security flaws if independent
testers aren’t allowed to find them—or if Apple
gets to control who can do research.
The court begins by calling out the purpose of
copyright: the “utilitarian goal” of stimulating
the production of new works. This is a necessary
rebuke to ongoing efforts to frame copyright’s
limited but lengthy monopoly as a kind of natural
right or reward. After all, the Constitution
defines copyright’s purpose as promoting progress.
Fair use serves this purpose by giving follow-on
creators the ability to build on what has come
before.
Turning to the merits, the court concludes that
while Corellium’s use is clearly commercial, it is
also (moderately) transformative because it adds
features that are designed to serve the needs of
researchers, rather than consumers. Apple had
argued that Corellium might integrate consumer-
oriented features down the line; the court rightly
declined to speculate about these hypothetical
facts. The court also rejected Apple’s complaint
that security research wasn’t the only use of
Corellium’s software, noting that that the purpose
of a use may overlap at least partially with that
of the original creator, as long as the work has
some new and different purpose.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Appeals_Court_Sides_With_Corellium_in_Apple
Copyright_Case⠀⇛
The lawsuit was initially filed by Apple against
Corellium in 2019, when the tech giant accused the
Florida-based virtualization company of copyright
infringement related to a product that replicates
the iOS operating system.
Corellium provides a virtual iPhone — including the
graphical interface and the underlying code for the
iOS operating system — that is advertised as a tool
designed for finding vulnerabilities and other
types of bugs, as well as for testing mobile
applications on different versions of devices and
operating systems.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Court_Sentences_Man_for_Selling_Pirated
Textbook_PDFs⠀⇛
Danish anti-piracy group Rights Alliance is
reporting more success in its crackdown on textbook
piracy. In a criminal proceeding, a 25-year-old man
was found guilty of selling pirated textbook PDFs
to 12 people. Ironically, the total fine appears to
be lower than the cost of purchasing all of the
books legally.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ On_What_Basis_Can_Coachella_Issue_A_Takedown_Of
Stitched_Together_Frank_Ocean_Concert?⠀⇛
Last month there was a lot of attention paid to
Frank Ocean’s performance at Coachella, which has
been described as “so bizarre.” Apparently there
was supposed to be an elaborate ice rink involved
in the set, which was scrapped at the last minute,
and then everything about the actual performance,
including that it was difficult to see Ocean, went
off… weirdly.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Stung_By_‘Zelda’_Leak,_Nintendo_Decides_To_Go_To
War_With_Switch_Emulation⠀⇛
And here we go. Fresh after Nintendo got a pie in
its face when, by intent or by confused retailers,
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom leaked early, you just
knew that the company would completely wig out. At
first the company took the sort of useless actions
it always takes in the face of leaks: DMCA the
leaks, DMCA the listings for the game, and DMCA to
hell anyone that streamed any content from the
unreleased game. That’s the normal playbook,
despite none of it really working all that well.
Once the leak is out, it’s out and bottling up the
leak on the internet is an exercise in futility.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Microsoft_can’t_stop_injecting_Copilot_AI
into_every_corner_of_its_app_empire⠀⇛
Copilot has been injected into things like Word,
Excel and PowerPoint, as well as a Business Chat
bot. Now Microsoft is putting Copilot in Whiteboard
for Teams, with participants being able to ask the
AI system to generate and organize ideas, create
designs, and summarize the content of a meeting or
session.
Copilot in Outlook will help with clarity and tone
in emails, we’re promised. It’s also coming to
OneNote (drafting plans, generating ideas,
organizing information for customers), Loop
(summarizing content on a Loop page), and Viva
Learning (which will include a national language
chat interface).
Redmond also bringing DALL-E, an AI image
generation technology from OpenAI, into PowerPoint
to help users create custom images for
presentations.
# ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Why_Neighborhood_T_was_robbed_of
‘Truffula’⠀⇛
Despite winning its students’ votes for
Neighborhood T during the naming process, the name
“Truffula” was blocked by copyright ties to the
Seuss estate, according to an email from Senior
Director of Communications for Student Affairs Pat
Lopes Harris. Neighborhood T’s second-most popular
tree name, “Hyperion,” has entered official use
instead.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ life_update⠀⇛
At work, I have successfully prepared and went
through with the launch of the new database we’ve
been building for a while.
My boss is supportive and encouraging of my plans
to further my education and certification and get
some interesting side projects I wanted. Same with
her boss. They’re putting a lot of trust in me and
it feels good to be seen as competent and valuable.
I now also have better access to database
development and some learning material, and a
project in mind that will help me increase my
development skills while also doing something to
alleviate a problem we have. I feel a little bit of
impostor syndrome. I feel infantilized and
patronized by my coworkers a lot of times due to
age difference and only working there for 2 years.
# ⚓ Quotes⠀⇛
“Everyday life,” properly speaking, first comes
into being only at the moment, midway through the
nineteenth century, when European cities began to
swell with the arrival of large numbers of
newcomers, the moment—and this is crucial—when Marx
conceptualized and systematized the “work day” of
the wage laborer. When the lived experience of
those new urban dwellers became organized,
channeled, and codified into a set of repetitive
and hence visible patterns, when markets became
common between the provinces and the capital, when
everything—work hours, money, miles, calories,
minutes—became calculated and calculable, and when
objects, people, and the relations between them
changed under the onslaught of such quantification,
then and only then and only there, in large Western
metropolises, did the world, in Lefebvre’s words,
“turn to prose.”
# ⚓ The_Horror_of_Life⠀⇛
I remember the first time in my life when I
understood. It was a powerful experience, and a
huge shock to my 3- (or maybe 4-) -year-old mental
system. I am not sure I ever got over it.
I was busying myself looking at a tear-off calendar
– leafing through the pages and looking at numbers
and pictures. What are these pictures of? — I asked
someone, most likely my grandmother who spent more
time with me than anyone else. It was the Moon, I
was told, and the pictures represented the phases
of the Moon I saw in the sky.
# ⚓ Bad_Investments⠀⇛
The first thing to know about investing your hard-
earned money is how to avoid bad investment advice.
Fortunately, there is a simple principle that you
can use to cut through 99.999% of it.
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_DEFYITG_Wordo:_PODIA⠀⇛
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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✐ Gemini_Links_11/05/2023:_Years_of_Gopher_in_Hindsight_and_Dev_Nullification⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 7:52 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈
§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Science
# Internet/Gemini
# Programming
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Alaska_Range_Photos_2023-05-11_(Fairbanks,_AK,_US)⠀⇛
Last evening I was headed home from prayer service,
and I saw the Alaska range was visible. So I drove
up to the lookout point on the west side of UAF and
took a few photos with the S5300 and the tripod. I
did not do any post-processing of these photos,
except that I cropped them to emphasize the most
interesting features of each photo.
# ⚓ Many_bodices_were_ripped_to_bring_you_these_killer_moon
plans⠀⇛
The ##forth crumudeons were talking about the
(supposed) recent decline of writing in books and
TV series. One might expect this (supposed) trend
to continue, especially if something begins to
regurgitate a (supposedly) endless stream of
statistically relevant Mammon-enhancing prose.
Hence the cringe title of this posting.
o § Technical⠀➾
# § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Re:_Rob_S:_Two_Energy_Crises⠀⇛
I suspect the reliance on machines factor is
negligible compared to the too-bad-we-can-no-
longer-bring-ourselves-to-say-it gluttony
forbid.
But there’s nothing new about humanity
diverting itself from actual root causes to
avoid personal responsibility.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Six_years_of_gopher⠀⇛
Today is the sixth anniversary of my phlog!
For some reason, this year I am totally on
top of noticing my various online
anniversaries coming far enough in advance
that I can prepare a little fanfare. I did it
for the fifth anniversary of the Zaibatsu
back in March, and I’ll do it again in June
for the fourth anniversary of Gemini. It
blows my mind that I’ve been active in both
gopherspace and Geminispace simultaneously
for longer, now, than I was active in
gopherspace alone. That doesn’t match up at
all with how large those times loom in my
mind, but I guess that makes sense when we
consider how active I was then, and how
active I have been lately.
[...]
But, really, these numbers are a silly thing
to be paying attention to anyway, and after
this paragraph I pledge never to do this kind
of tedious introspection regarding my posting
rate ever again. Nuts to this! Quality over
quantity, for one thing. But for another,
looking at the last three years as a unified
block of time is severely misleading. I spent
a good chunk of that time in a really bad
headspace, though that situation was more or
less entirely limited to personal use of
computers or the internet. That sounds weird,
but it’s true. My life was otherwise fine, at
least as much as life in 2021/2022 was “fine”
for anybody. I was fully functional,
professionally and privately, I did stuff and
and went places and met people and I got
plenty out of all that. It was just that most
days I genuinely couldn’t face the prospect
of opening my laptop and checking my email,
never mind anything more socially demanding
than that. I have, obviously, managed to turn
this around of late. I am surprised by how
suddenly and with how much enthusiasm I have
managed to do this, but it’s not at all
unwelcome. I’m wary of overdoing it and
burning out again, but right now I honestly
feel pretty good. I have written more posts
in 2023 so far than I did in all of 2022 or
in all of 2021, and it’s not even June yet.
So I don’t think my phlog is in terminal
decline, far from it. If anything, I feel
like it is about to enter a new phase.
# ⚓ Oxymoronistic_tinylog:_Oxymoronist:_Top_50_fact
checkers⠀⇛
The Censorship-Industrial Complex is the new
monicker for those sprawling startups in the
business of reality-perception curators. Matt
Taibbi (et al) just published a top 50 list,
out of which only a handful have been
dissected here in the media guide (part 4).
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Re:_CircaDian:_No_Buses_All_Morning⠀⇛
But I can imagine the textural real estate
being bought back by a proportional font
being extremely pleasant to experience.
# ⚓ Dev_nullification⠀⇛
I’m tired of humanity.
Tired of the news, because it’s about
humanity.
Except it isn’t. It’s humanity making up
stories about humanity.
That’s how fucking pathetic humanity is: that
it can’t even just say what it actually is
and/or is actually doing.
[...]
Gemini has been a little bit of an escape
from that. It doesn’t seem nearly the
incessant barrage of lies. Feels more like
accurate accounts of actual daily lives, and
the inner worlds going through them.
# ⚓ Dev_nullification⠀⇛
Regarding the convenience of communication, I
too initially found it challenging. My brain,
accustomed to the instant gratification of
social networks, protested against the
leisurely, Ent-like conversations of the
Gemini space. I advise you to simply relax
and perceive the emptiness of solitude as the
cosmos. Distant beacons of gemini-capsules,
akin to celestial abodes, eagerly await your
messages.
# ⚓ Re:_Lightjammer_feed:_–_Re:_Dev_Nullification⠀⇛
It’s rough oscillating between that
understanding, and being lost in samsara, so
to speak.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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✐ Links_11/05/2023:_LibreOffice_7.4.7_and_GNOME_Core_Apps_Update⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 7:56 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈
§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Server
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Debian_Family
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Events
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra
o Programming/Development
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Pseudo-Open_Source
# Openwashing
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 8_Linux_Concepts_That_Are_Older_Than_You_Think⠀⇛
You’d be surprised at how old some parts of Linux
culture, like dual-booting and open-source software, are.
A lot of peculiarities of Linux can be explained by how
they originated in Unix.
One example that confuses a lot of people new to the
Linux command line is how odd the commands seem. Why are
they so short? The reason is that they were originally
designed to run on teleprinter machines rather than
screens.
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Blog:_Kubernetes_1.27:_Avoid_Collisions
Assigning_Ports_to_NodePort_Services⠀⇛
In Kubernetes, a Service can be used to provide a
unified traffic endpoint for applications running
on a set of Pods. Clients can use the virtual IP
address (or VIP) provided by the Service for
access, and Kubernetes provides load balancing for
traffic accessing different back-end Pods, but a
ClusterIP type of Service is limited to providing
access to nodes within the cluster, while traffic
from outside the cluster cannot be routed. One way
to solve this problem is to use a type: NodePort
Service, which sets up a mapping to a specific port
of all nodes in the cluster, thus redirecting
traffic from the outside to the inside of the
cluster.
§ How Kubernetes allocates node ports to Services?
When a type: NodePort Service is created, its
corresponding port(s) are allocated in one of two
ways:
Dynamic : If the Service type is NodePort and you
do not set a nodePort value explicitly in the spec
for that Service, the Kubernetes control plane will
automatically allocate an unused port to it at
creation time.
Static : In addition to the dynamic auto-assignment
described above, you can also explicitly assign a
port that is within the nodeport port range
configuration.
The value of nodePort that you manually assign must
be unique across the whole cluster. Attempting to
create a Service of type: NodePort where you
explicitly specify a node port that was already
allocated results in an error.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ ThinkPad_X13_Gen_3_AMD_Review⠀⇛
The X13 Gen 3 AMD review from the standpoint of a
professional Linux user.
# ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Linux_Out_Loud_62:_Disappearing_DE⠀⇛
This week, Linux Out Loud chats about what happens
if our favorite DE goes away. Welcome to episode 62
of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected
those headphones as we searched the community for
themes to expound upon.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.3.2⠀⇛
I'm announcing the release of the 6.3.2 kernel.
All users of the 6.3 kernel series must upgrade.
The updated 6.3.y git tree can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/
git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.3.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_6.2.15⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.28⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.111⠀⇛
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Dedoimedo ☛ MX_Snapshot_–_Superb_system_imaging_and_backup
tool⠀⇛
We’re gonna have some nerdy fun today. This be a
review and mini-tutorial of MX Snapshot system
imaging and backup tool and MX Live USB Maker ISO
writing utility, part of the MX Tools set in the MX
Linux distribution, explaining how to create
bootable editions of user’s installed MX Linux
system for backup and redeployment purposes,
including customization, data exclusion, optional
encryption, cloning, live media persistence,
practical example and testing, and other cool
tricks. Enjoy.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Scan_and_Repair_Disk_Errors_on_Linux⠀⇛
In this article, you will learn how to scan and
repair disk errors on Linux with our step-by-step
guide. Hey there! Are you tired of facing disk
errors in your Linux system?
# ⚓ Structured_Success:_Implementing_Customization_for_Cluster
Hierarchies_in_Kubernetes⠀⇛
Introduction Kubernetes has become one of the most
popular container orchestration platforms in recent
years, providing users with a range of tools to
manage their infrastructure. One of the key
benefits of Kubernetes is its ability to customize
cluster hierarchies, which allows users to
configure their clusters to meet specific
requirements.
# ⚓ Mastering_Kubernetes:_Exploring_Advanced_Scheduling
Techniques⠀⇛
Kubernetes is an open-source platform that
automates the deployment, scaling, and management
of containerized applications. It was initially
developed by Google and is now maintained by the
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). With the
increasing popularity of microservices and
containerization, Kubernetes has become the de
facto standard for container orchestration.
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ Bash_script_to_create_an_alias_on_Linux⠀⇛
In the previous tutorial, we covered how to create
an alias on Linux, and I thought why not write a
bash script that will do all the job for you,
instead of writing commands and editing bashrc
file, especially if you are not familiar with all
this process.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ A_complete_guide_to_installing_KDE_Plasma_on
Ubuntu⠀⇛
KDE Plasma is a popular, highly customizable, and
feature-rich desktop environment that provides a
visually appealing and user-friendly experience for
Linux users. If you’re using Ubuntu and want to
switch from the default GNOME desktop environment
to KDE Plasma, you’re in the right place.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients
with_Endless_Monday,_Bare_Butt_Boxing_and_Swarm_Grinder_–
2023-05-10_Edition⠀⇛
Between 2023-05-03 and 2023-05-10 there were 29 New
Steam games released with Native Linux clients.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ KDE_Plasma_6_Plans_Revealed:_Includes_5
New_Exciting_Default_Settings⠀⇛
KDE Plasma 5.27 was an interesting release
marking the end of the 5.x series.
We are eagerly waiting for KDE Plasma 6, but
we do not have any concrete information on
what to expect.
That changes now.
Right after the 2023 Plasma Sprint event, in
collaboration with the folks at TUXEDO in
Germany, Nate Graham from KDE shared some
important highlights on KDE Plasma 6 on his
blog.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 8_Things_You_Can_Do_With_KDE_Connect_on
Linux⠀⇛
With KDE Connect, you can maximize your
productivity by pairing your smartphone and
Linux PC. KDE Connect lets you receive phone
notifications on your computer and makes it
possible to respond to them without picking
up your phone and ruining your workflow.
Besides keeping track of notifications, you
can do a lot more with KDE Connect if you
have it paired to your Linux PC. Here’s what
you can do with KDE Connect on Linux.
# ⚓ KDE ☛ What_is_Sustainable_Software,_After_All?⠀⇛
§ Understanding Sustainability in the
Software Context
One of KDE’s current strategic goals is the
“Sustainable_Software”_goal. There is a bunch
of activities around that, but sometimes
people still ask, “What does ‘Sustainable
Software’ actually mean?” Let’s try to break
it down.
In general, sustainability means living and
acting in a way that endures over time,
without depleting resources or harming the
environment and its inhabitants.
What does that mean in the context of
software?
§ Technical Aspects: Minimizing Resource
Consumption
First of all, software indirectly consumes
natural resources. It requires hardware to be
built on which the software can run, and
running software consumes energy. The way
software is written has a significant
influence on resource consumption.
An extreme example is Bitcoin, where the
algorithm to secure the network requires an
enormous use of computing resources and
related energy consumption. Another example
is software-induced hardware obsolescence,
where hardware vendors drive sales of new
hardware through software updates
incompatible with older hardware, resulting
in electronic waste and consumption of
resources and energy in producing new
hardware.
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 8_Things_You_Should_Do_After_Switching
to_GNOME⠀⇛
GNOME isn’t quite like any other desktop
interface. If you already have ingrained
computing habits that you’re perfectly
comfortable with, you might not like the
GNOME way of doing things.
But if you’re explicitly looking for
something different, or you’re looking for a
desktop to give someone who’s learning how to
use a computer for the first time, you may
find GNOME to be precisely what you’re
looking for.
# ⚓ GNOME ☛ Michael_Catanzaro:_GNOME_Core_Apps_Update⠀⇛
It’s been a while since my big core_app
reorganization_for_GNOME_3.22. Here is a
history of core app changes since then:
# GNOME 3.26 (September 2017) added
Music, To Do (which has since been
renamed to Endeavor), and Document
Scanner (simple-scan). (I_blogged_about
this_at_the_time, then became lazy and
stopped blogging about core app
updates, until now.)
# To Do was removed in GNOME 3.28 (March
2018) due to lack of consensus over
whether it should really be a core app.
As a result of this, we improved
communication between GNOME release
team and design team to ensure both
teams agree on future core app changes.
Mea culpa.
# Documents was removed in GNOME 3.32
(March 2019).
# A new Developer Tools subcategory of
core was created in GNOME 3.38
(September 2020), adding Builder, dconf
Editor, Devhelp, and Sysprof. These
apps are only interesting for software
developers and are not intended to be
installed by default in general-purpose
operating systems like the rest of
GNOME core.
# GNOME 41 (September 2021) featured the
first larger set of changes to GNOME
core since GNOME 3.22. This release
removed Archive Manager (file-roller),
since Files (nautilus) is now able to
handle archives, and also removed gedit
(formerly Text Editor). It added
Connections and a replacement Text
Editor app (gnome-text-editor). It also
added a new Mobile subcategory of core,
for apps intended for mobile-focused
operating systems, featuring the dialer
app Calls. (To date, the Mobile
subcategory has not been very
successful: so far Calls is the only
app included there.)
# GNOME 42 (March 2022) featured a second
larger set of changes. Screenshot was
removed because GNOME Shell gained a
built-in screenshot tool. Terminal was
removed in favor of Console (kgx). We
also moved Boxes to the Developer Tools
subcategory, to recommend that it no
longer be installed by default in
general purpose operating systems.
# GNOME 43 (September 2023) added D-Spy
to Developer Tools.
# ⚓ Akshay_Warrier:_GSoC_2023:_Introductory_Post⠀⇛
Hi!
I’m Akshay Warrier, a second-year student
from the Indian Institute of Information
Technology Kottayam, India studying
Electronics and Communication Engineering.
This summer I’ll be working on Workbench with
my mentors Sonny Piers and Andy Holmes.
§ Me, Linux, and GNOME
It was about two years ago, I decided to give
Linux a try on a whim. I installed Ubuntu and
played around with it for a bit and it wasn’t
long before I had completely switched over.
Everything was new and different to me but I
remember really liking the unified look and
feel of the UI. There were still things I
wasn’t accustomed to, such as using the
terminal.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ User_customization_added_to_Flapi⠀⇛
Flapi, the Flatpak Installer, was in need of this: the
user is
now able to add entries.
Before getting onto that though, a report on more apps
added to
Flapi. Here is the previous report:
https://bkhome.org/news/202305/more-flatpaks-added-to-
the-installer.html
Have added some more: [...]
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ What_to_expect_during_Red_Hat_Summit:_Join
theCUBE_May_23-24 [Ed: Disclosing that under the guise of
"theCUBE" this company will be issuing mandatory puff pieces
for Red Hat, basically paid-for fake 'journalism']⠀⇛
The IT landscape is constantly shifting, with new
trends emerging around automation for DevOps and
container management, as well as serverless
reemerges. Open-source transformations, in
particular, are a big part of this shift. The
future of open-source technology will be a main
subject of discussion during this year’s Red Hat
Summit in Boston.
⚓ Red_Hat_Extends_Scope_of_Podman_Container_Tool_for_IT_Admins [Ed: Some
Microsoft promotion by Red Hat her;e publisher paid by Red Hat for puff
pieces]⠀⇛
Red Hat today added a systems roles capability to its Podman tool for
developing, managing and running containers on Linux platforms.
⚓ Red Hat ☛ What’s_new_in_Red_Hat’s_migration_toolkit_for_applications_6.1⠀⇛
Red Hat’s migration_toolkit_for_applications helps development
teams modernize and migrate their applications to Red_Hat_OpenShift,
offering tools and best practices to accelerate the journey to
Kubernetes. Developers can get access to the migration toolkit for
applications with an OpenShift subscription.
§ User experience improvements
Building on the success of the migration toolkit for applications
6.0, the 6.1 release adds more new features to make the user
experience better. We’ve highlighted a few of these enhancements
below.
§ Debian Family⠀➾
* ⚓ Freexian_Collaborators:_Debian_Contributions:_DEP-17,_Debian
Reimbursements_Web_App,_and_more!_(by_Utkarsh_Gupta,_Stefano_Rivera)⠀⇛
Contributing_to_Debian is part of Freexian’s_mission. This
article covers the latest achievements of Freexian and their
collaborators. All of this is made possible by organizations
subscribing to our Long_Term_Support_contracts and consulting
services.
§ DEP-17 progress, by Helmut and Emilio
We posted a proposal for modifying dpkg to better cope with
directory aliasing. After an initial period of silence, the
discussion took off, but was mostly diverted to a competing
proposal by Luca Boccassi: Do not change dpkg at all, but still
move all files affected by aliasing to their canonical location
and thus removing the bad effects of aliasing. We facilitated
this discussion and performed extensive analysis of this and
competing proposals highlighting resulting problems and
proposing solutions or workarounds. We performed a detailed
analysis of how aliasing affects usage of dpkg-divert, dpkg-
statoverride and update-alternatives. Details are available on
the debian-dpkg_mailinglist_thread.
§ Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
* ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Your_Android_Texts_Will_Soon_Get_an_AI_Helper⠀⇛
* ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_reveals_huge_free_Android_perk_that_could_save_you
hundreds_–_check_your_device_now_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
* ⚓ Giz China ☛ TECNO_CAMON_20_Series_to_Roll_Out_Android_14_Beta_–
Gizchina.com⠀⇛
* ⚓ India Times ☛ Google:_Google_introduces_new_safety,_security_features
for_Android,_Maps_and_more_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛
* ⚓ India Today ☛ Nokia_C22_with_Android_13_Go_and_dual_cameras_launched_in
India,_price_starts_at_Rs_7,999_–_India_Today⠀⇛
* ⚓ India Times ☛ Android_14_Beta_Update:_This_is_the_first_foldable
smartphone_to_get_Android_14_beta_update_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛
* ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Android_14_Beta_2_update_now_available_as_Google_announces
more_features_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛
§ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
* § Events⠀➾
o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ India_Bans_Open_Source_Messaging_Apps_for
Security_Reasons._FOSS_Community_Says_Good_Luck⠀⇛
India’s government has reportedly banned 14 messaging
apps on national security grounds, including some open
source services.
* § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
o § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ Firefox_Developer_Experience:_Geckodriver_0.33.0_Released
[Ed: Mozilla is outsourcing to proprietary software and to
Microsoft (again)]
⠀⇛
We are proud to announce the next major release of
geckodriver 0.33.0. It ships with some new features
that have been often requested by the WebDriver
community, and as such brings geckodriver closer to
the full WebDriver classic compatibility.
[...]
§ Downloads⠀➾
As usual links to the pre-compiled binaries for
popular platforms and the source code is available
on the GitHub_repository.
# ⚓ Charles_Plessy:_Upvote_to_patch_Firefox_to_render
Markdown⠀⇛
I previously_wrote that when Firefox receives a
file whose
media type is text/markdown, it prompts the user to
download it, whereas
other browsers display rendered results.
Now it is possible to upvote a proposal on
connect.mozilla.org asking that Firefox renders
Markdown by default.
* § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾
o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ LibreOffice_7.4.7_Is_Here_as_the_Last_Update_in_the
Series,_Upgrade_to_LibreOffice_7.5_Now⠀⇛
Arriving two months after LibreOffice 7.4.6, the
LibreOffice 7.4.7 update is here to address a total of 50
bugs that improve the overall stability and reliability
of the LibreOffice 7.4 office suite, which will reach end
of life in exactly one month from the moment of writing
this article, on June 12th, 2023.
If you’re still using the LibreOffice 7.4 series, it is
highly recommended that you update your installations to
the LibreOffice 7.4.7 point release, but also consider
upgrading to the latest LibreOffice 7.5 series.
o ⚓ Announcement_of_LibreOffice_7.4.7_Community⠀⇛
The Document Foundation releases LibreOffice 7.4.7
Community, the seventh and last minor release of the
LibreOffice 7.4 line, which is approaching the end of
life [1]. The new release is immediately available from
https://www.libreoffice.org/download/ for Windows (Intel
and Arm processors), macOS (Apple and Intel processors),
and Linux.
LibreOffice offers the highest level of compatibility in
the office suite market segment, with native support for
the OpenDocument Format (ODF) – beating proprietary
formats for security and robustness – to superior support
for MS Office files, to filters for a large number of
legacy document formats, to return ownership and control
to users.
* § Programming/Development⠀➾
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ AI_Creators_Are_Still_Making_The_Same_Mistake
This_Programmer_Made_25_Years_Ago⠀⇛
Oh dear.
o ⚓ Mike_Blumenkrantz:_Debugging_Primer⠀⇛
§ Release Pending
If nothing goes wrong, Mesa 23.1 will ship in the next
few hours, which means that at last everyone will have a
new zink release.
And it’s a big_one.
Since I’m expecting lots of people will be testing zink
for the first time now that it should be usable for most
things, I thought it would be useful to have a post about
debugging zink. Or maybe not debugging but issue
reporting. Yeah that sounds right.
§ How2Debug
Zink is a complex driver. It has many components: [...]
§ Leftovers⠀➾
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Bridging_worlds_with_words:_Vietnamese_poet,_translator
Duong_Tuong⠀⇛
The determination and generosity of Vietnamese poet and
translator Duong Tuong still resonate with this American
photographer, bridging their different worlds.
* § Science⠀➾
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Cosmic_Object_10_Million_Times_Brighter_Than_The
Sun_Seems_to_Defy_Physics⠀⇛
Where’s the kaboom?
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Mystery_Rock_That_Damaged_a_New_Jersey_Home_Could
Be_a_Shooting_Star⠀⇛
Make a wish!
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ There’s_One_Critical_Thing_We_Can_All_Do_to_Keep
Alzheimer’s_Symptoms_at_Bay⠀⇛
Start tonight.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Road_Built_7,000_Years_Ago_Found_at_The_Bottom_of
The_Mediterranean_Sea⠀⇛
Caution: slippery when wet.
* § Education⠀➾
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ It’s_not_just_conversation—Gen_Z_is_missing_some
essential_nonverbal_skills,_too⠀⇛
Gen Z’s having a harder time around the water cooler, and
their conversation skills aren’t to blame.
* § Hardware⠀➾
o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Energous_2W_PowerBridge_transmitter_doubles
wireless_power_for_IoT_devices⠀⇛
Energous has launched the 2W PowerBridge transmitter that
doubles the energizing capability of Energous’ 1W
transmitter found in WattUp 1W active energy harvesting
developer kit, the “Wirelessly powered sensor evaluation
kit“, and various deployments in the field. Energous
wireless transmitters are used in IoT applications across
the supply chain, logistics, retail, industrial and
agricultural industries, which benefit from lower
maintenance and wiring costs, and the new 2W transmitter
will provide better RF coverage and power levels.
o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ LILYGO_T-Track_ESP32-S3_board_combines_1.1-inch
AMOLED_display_with_trackball⠀⇛
After the T-Display-S3 AMOLED board, LILYGO has launched
another ESP32-S3 board with an AMOLED display named the
T-Track that features a smaller 1.1-inch AMOLED display
and a trackball that allows the user to navigate any menu
or user interface shown on the display. The rest of the
board’s specifications are very similar with an ESP32-
S3R8 dual-core chip with 8MB PSRAM providing WiFi and BLE
connectivity, a 16MB SPI flash for storage, two rows of
pins for up to 18x GPIOs, a Qwicc connector for module
expansion, and support for USB-C charging and a LiPo
battery for power.
* § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
o ⚓ Axios ☛ FDA_experts_unanimously_endorse_over-the-counter_birth
control_pills [Ed: One casualty of COVID-19 is the FDA. Now it is a
prolific rubber-stamper, dominated by the industry it is meant to
regulate.]⠀⇛
An FDA_advisory_panel on Wednesday unanimously endorsed
making daily birth control pills available over-the-
counter for the first time, following two days of
deliberations over whether patient misuse could lead to
more unintended pregnancies.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ F.D.A._Advisers_Say_Benefits_of_Over-the-Counter
Birth_Control_Pill_Outweigh_Risks⠀⇛
The agency is expected to decide this summer whether to
allow the first nonprescription sales of an oral
contraceptive in the United States.
o ⚓ uni MIT ☛ Air_pollution_troubles_Chess_players⠀⇛
Here’s something else chess players need to keep in
check: air pollution.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ French_gastronomy_facing_logistical_challenge_for_2024
Paris_Olympics⠀⇛
France’s vaunted gastronomy will be put to the ultimate
test when organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics have to
feed 15,000 athletes.
o ⚓ Breach Media ☛ On_frontlines_of_social_crisis,_librarians_resist
fortress_mentality⠀⇛
Increasingly the ‘first responders’ to homelessness and
the overdose epidemic, library workers are struggling to
maintain a welcoming space in the face of policing
solutions
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_to_cull_cattle_after_outbreak_of
foot_and_mouth_disease⠀⇛
The cases mark the first confirmed outbreak since January
2019, according to media reports.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ A_Skin_Patch_to_Treat_Peanut
Allergies?_Study_in_Toddlers_Shows_Promise⠀⇛
A new study finds an experimental skin patch shows
promise to treat toddlers who are highly allergic to
peanuts
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Skin_Patch_Allows_Toddlers_With_a_Mild_Allergy_to
Eat_A_Few_Peanuts_Safely⠀⇛
Good news!
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Pancreatic_Cancer_Vaccine_Shows_Promise_in_Small
Trial [Ed: More mRNA patents; lots of hype and patent monopolies.
Weaker regulation of vaccines, too.]⠀⇛
Using mRNA tailored to each patient’s tumor, the vaccine
may have staved off the return of one of the deadliest
forms of cancer in half of those who received it.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Addiction_Treatment_Medicine_Is_Vastly
Underprescribed,_Especially_by_Race,_Study_Finds⠀⇛
Black patients with opioid use disorder were far less
likely to fill prescriptions for the most effective
addiction treatments than white patients. But strikingly
few patients of all races got the medicine.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ New_Synthetic_Blood_Clotting_System_Could_Help
Stop_Internal_Bleeding⠀⇛
This could be a lifesaver.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_First_Draft_of_The_Human_Pangenome_Has
Arrived._Here’s_Why_It’s_So_Important.⠀⇛
Not so average.
* § Proprietary⠀➾
o ⚓ Forbes ☛ Spring_2023_Layoff_Tracker:_Microsoft,_Ochsner_Health
Cut_Hundreds⠀⇛
Microsoft unveiled another round of layoffs this week,
following a massive round of cuts in January, while
health care company Ochsner Health is conducting its own
round of cuts—making them the latest companies to reduce
their head counts this year, following major layoffs this
week at Novavax, Akamai, LinkedIn and Paramount Media
Networks.
* § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾
o § Openwashing⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ AWS_open-sources_snapshot_fuzzing_and
policy_authorization_tools⠀⇛
Amazon Web Services Inc. said today that it’s open-
sourcing two new projects, including a new fuzzing
tool for finding vulnerabilities in software and an
authorization policy language for controlling
application access.
§ Security⠀➾
* ⚓ 8_Tips_for_Successful_Container_Vulnerability_Scanning⠀⇛
Container vulnerability scanning is a critical part of
container security. .
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ IBM_Delivers_Roadmap_for_Transition_to_Quantum-safe
Cryptography [Ed: "Quantum-safe" is mostly meaningless hype. IBM has been
trying to sell this stuff for decades and still isn't succeeding.]⠀⇛
IBM’s Quantum Safe Roadmap was designed to help federal
agencies and business meet the requirements and the deadlines
for quantum safe cryptography.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ SAP_Patches_Critical_Vulnerabilities_With_May_2023
Security_Updates⠀⇛
SAP released 18 new security notes on May 2023 Security Patch
Day, including two that resolve critical vulnerabilities in 3D
Visual Enterprise License Manager and BusinessObjects.
* ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Sec_firm_Dragos_says_threat_actor_failed_in_extortion_bid
after_attack⠀⇛
The threat actor claimed in a post on the dark web that more
than 130GB of data was exfiltrated from the company. The post
was included in a tweet from vx-underground which publishes
data about malware source code, samples, and papers.
* ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_issues_optional_fix_for_Secure_Boot_zero-
day_used_by_malware⠀⇛
Microsoft has released security updates to address a Secure
Boot zero-day vulnerability exploited by BlackLotus UEFI
malware to infect fully patched Windows systems.
>
* ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Microsoft’s_May_Patch_Tuesday_Fixes_38_Flaws,_Including
Active_Zero-Day_Bug [Ed: Newer bug doors ready to deploy on PCs]⠀⇛
Microsoft has rolled out Patch Tuesday updates for May 2023 to
address 38 security flaws, including one zero-day bug that it
said is being actively exploited in the wild.
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Extradited_UK_hacker_pleads_guilty_to_2020_celebrity
Twitter_hack⠀⇛
The U.K. hacker behind the infamous hack of Twitter Inc. in
2020 that compromised the accounts of famous users has been
extradited to the U.S., where he has pleaded guilty to various
cybercrime offenses.
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Equifax_Releases_Security_and_Privacy_Controls
Framework [Ed: Face-saving spin after massive failure and epic
fines]⠀⇛
Equifax released its security and privacy controls
framework to provide a public blueprint to help
organizations to build or enhance their own cybersecurity
programs.
o ⚓ Utah_Passes_Bill_for_Digital_IDs_With_Blockchain⠀⇛
Utah is taking a major step toward the future by not only
investing in digital IDs, but utilizing blockchain
technology to do it. It’s an innovative approach that
shows United States governments modernizing processes
while making security and privacy more of a priority.
Utah Governor Signs Historical Bill Utah has become the
first state in the United States to sign a bill to create
blockchain digital IDs. It’s just a pilot program at the
moment, but it’s an impressive first step in merging
government and blockchain.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Delaware_Judge_Refuses_to_Dismiss
Facebook_Shareholder_Suit_Over_User_Data_Privacy_Breaches⠀⇛
A Delaware judge has refused to dismiss a shareholder
lawsuit alleging that Facebook officers and directors
violated both the law and their fiduciary duties in
failing for years to protect the privacy of user data
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Is_Myanmar_an_existential_threat_for_ASEAN?⠀⇛
While the defence strategic review shows Australia is focused
on building capability through AUKUS, its declassified version
fails to note a significant threat to regional
security—Myanmar.
* ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Almost_10_000_African_police_officers_trained_by_the_US
in_anti-terrorism_over_the_last_five_years⠀⇛
Thousands of African police officers have received help from
counterterrorism training provided by the United States Bureau
of Counterterrorism and the US Diplomatic Security Service
(DSS) under the US Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) programme.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ China_targets_foreign-linked_consultancy_firm_for_‘endangering
national_security’⠀⇛
The raids come as lawmakers widen the definition of ‘espionage’
to include sharing data on ‘national interests.’
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Costa_Rica_President_Removes_Minister,
Security_Chiefs_Amid_Record_Murders⠀⇛
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ McConnell_Opposes_Alabama_Republican’s
Blockade_of_Military_Nominees_Over_Pentagon_Abortion_Policy⠀⇛
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he won’t support
a fellow GOP senator’s blockade of military nominees, backing
Democrats and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who have said that
the holdup is harming national security
* ⚓ European Commission ☛ Sudan:_EU_launches_Humanitarian_Air_Bridge_to
provide_essential_supplies⠀⇛
European Commission Press release Brussels, 10 May 2023 In view
of the rising humanitarian needs due to the raging conflict in
Sudan, the EU launched a Humanitarian Air Bridge transporting
critical supplies to our humanitarian partners in Port Sudan.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ 2_Visitors_Killed_at_Synagogue_in_Tunisia_by_Naval
Guardsman⠀⇛
The guardsman, who the authorities said was shot dead by
security officers, killed two visitors and two guards at an
ancient temple on the island of Djerba. He also killed a guard
at his base.
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Atlantic_Council_announces_new_experts’_coalition_to
promote_nonpartisan_solutions_to_the_United_States’_border_and
immigration_challenges⠀⇛
The Atlantic Council today announced the formation of a new
coalition of experts in border and immigration security and
cross-border trade who will work together to advance
nonpartisan, pragmatic solutions to the United States’ border
and immigration challenges.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Saudi_Arabia_invites_Syria_to_attend_first_Arab_League
summit_since_war⠀⇛
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received an invitation to next
week’s Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, the presidency said
Wednesday, the first such invitation since the country’s war
began.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ No,_this_isn’t_a_recent_video_of_Bashar_al-Assad_walking
freely_through_Damascus⠀⇛
A video said to show Syrian President Bashar al-Assad walking
without escort through a joyous crowd in Damascus has been
circulating online since April 25. However, this is an old
video and one that actually shows the president during an
orchestrated event in a secure location.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Iran_Ready_to_Facilitate_Rapprochement_Between_Syria_&
Türkiye⠀⇛
Iran believes that Syria and Türkiye can adopt a forward-
looking approach, resolving disputes through dialogue and
enhancing cooperation.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Syria_Receives_Saudi_Invitation_to_Attend_Arab_Summit⠀⇛
On Sunday, Arab foreign ministers decided during a meeting in
Cairo to readmit Syria to the Arab League after 12 years of
suspension.
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Saudi_Arabia_should_consider_the_‘Just_Do_It’
strategy_for_normalizing_ties_with_Israel⠀⇛
Acting on one’s terms when pursuing national interests is
always a better strategy. Saudi Arabia is completely capable of
dealing with Israel on its own.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Cash_for_carbines:_Myanmar’s_junta_offers_reward_to_fighters_who
turn_in_weapons⠀⇛
Observers say the offer smacks of desperation as military
losses mount on the battlefield.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Tunisia_launches_investigation_after_several_killed_in
shooting_near_synagogue⠀⇛
Tunisian authorities were Wednesday investigating a shooting
spree by a police officer that claimed five lives and sparked
mass panic during a Jewish pilgrimage at Africa’s oldest
synagogue.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘We_Don’t_Want_This_War’:_Trapped_in_Khartoum_as
Combat_Rages⠀⇛
Sudan’s capital city has become an arena for a battle between
two generals vying for power, while residents brave shelling,
looting and dwindling supplies of food, water, medicine and
electricity.
* ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Sudan’s_conflict_will_have_a_ripple_effect_in_an_unstable
region_–_and_across_the_world⠀⇛
Sudan, Africa’s third largest country by land mass, shares
borders with seven countries in an unstable region. This means
that Sudan’s current conflict will have economic, social and
political ripple effects across a number of countries,
including the Central African Republic, Egypt, Libya, Chad,
South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ When_it_comes_to_great_power_competition_in_Africa,
one_competitor_is_missing:_Iran⠀⇛
One area the United States completely ignores is Iran’s growing
influence on the African continent and the need to formulate a
policy that will work to limit Tehran’s freedom of action
there.
/blockquote>
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania’s_parliament_speaker_says_MP’s_post_on_Israel_is
‘casual_anti-Semitism’,_calls_for_probe⠀⇛
The Lithuanian parliament must evaluate MP Remigijus
Žemaitaitis’ recent Facebook post, in which he criticised
Israel’s policies in the West Bank, according to Speaker
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, who called her fellow MP’s
statements “casual anti-Semitism”.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Kiel-Qingdao_Sister_City_Plan_Stalled_Amid_German
Wariness_of_China⠀⇛
The German port of Kiel and the Chinese port of Qingdao have a
lot of things in common. Unfortunately, submarines are among
them.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Will_Host_India’s_Prime_Minister_for_State
Dinner⠀⇛
For President Biden, next month’s visit will be an opportunity
to draw India even closer, especially when it comes to
countering China’s growing influence.
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Top_French_court_orders_government_to_adopt_new_climate
measures⠀⇛
France’s top administrative court on Wednesday ordered the
government for a second time to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
within a year, in a case brought by a town threatened by rising
sea levels.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Judicial_review_of_climate_regulations_filed_in_New_Zealand
High_Court⠀⇛
A climate change advocacy group has filed an application for
judicial review on Tuesday in the New Zealand High Court
following claims that recent climate regulations fail to meet
emissions reduction targets. Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Inc
(LCANZI) filed the statement of claim against the Minister of
Climate Change…
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ A_Supreme_Court_Ruling_the_Fossil-Fuel_Industry_Doesn’t
Like⠀⇛
Communities can now sue in state courts for compensation for
the costs of climate change—something oil companies have fought
against for years.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_a_Climate_Trade-Off,_Biden_Backs_Manchin’s_Fossil
Fuel_Plan⠀⇛
The White House hopes that the approval of some oil and gas
projects will speed the expansion of transmission lines for
renewable energy.
* ⚓ Young_climate_activists_file_lawsuit_against_Erdoğan_over_‘inadequate
emission_goals’⠀⇛
Launching an online petition, the activists said, “We are suing
Turkey for violating our human rights by pursuing a goal that
lacks scientific basis and is actually a ‘greenhouse gas
increase decision’.”
* ⚓ European Commission ☛ Remarks_by_Vice-President_Maroš_Šefčovič_on
launch_of_first_tender_for_joint_gas_purchases_under_the_EU_Energy
Platform [Ed: EU is not green. EU is greed.]⠀⇛
European Commission Speech Brussels, 10 May 2023 Good morning,
I am glad to inform you that today, the Commission has launched
the first international tender for joint gas purchasing…
* ⚓ Reason ☛ New_Study:_Nuclear_Power_Is_Humanity’s_Greenest_Energy_Option
[Ed: This file does not disclose who is funding it; because it's a
massive conflict of interest.]⠀⇛
Land-hungry biomass, wind, and solar power are set to occupy an
area equivalent of the size of the European Union by 2050.
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ H2 View ☛ US_DOE_selects_two_nuclear-based_hydrogen_production
projects_for_funding⠀⇛
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $22.1m to
10 industry-led projects.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Green_light_for_Core_Lithium_to_expand
newest_NT_mine⠀⇛
Northern Territory-based Core Lithium is celebrating the
loading of its first big shipment to China and approval
for an expansion of mining operations.
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Guyana’s_environmental_protection_agency_is_coming_to
Exxon’s_defense⠀⇛
Guyana’s environmental protection agency (EPA) has
appealed a court ruling made against oil giant
ExxonMobil.
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Chinese_battery_investments_in_Europe_nearly_tripled_in
2022⠀⇛
Chinese outbound investments fell to an eight-year low in
2022.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Greener_grid_powered_by_new_big_battery_in
WA_coal_town⠀⇛
One of the world’s biggest battery storage systems will
be built in Western Australia as the state weans itself
off coal-fired power. The 2023/24 budget will feature
$2.8 billion for energy storage, wind power generation
and transmission network upgrades on the state’s main
electricity grid, which is separate to the rest of the
country.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Call_for_energy_rules,_not_cheap_loans,_for
landlords⠀⇛
Home owners may welcome cheap loans for double-glazing or
battery-ready solar but making negative gearing
conditional on upgrades has been suggested as more
effective for landlords.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ New_Mexico_Constitution_Focus_of_Legal
Fight_Over_Oil_and_Gas_Drilling⠀⇛
The nation’s No. 2 oil-producing state is being sued over
its alleged failure to meet constitutional provisions
meant to protect against pollution from the industry
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ New_Mexico_constitution_focus_of_legal
fight_over_oil_and_gas_drilling⠀⇛
A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit
Wednesday in New Mexico district court, marking the first
time the state constitution’s pollution-control clause
has been the basis of such a legal claim. The 1971
amendment mandates that New Mexico prevent the
despoilment of air, water and other natural resources.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ New_Hampshire_Utility_Proposes
Transmission_Line_From_Canada_to_Carry_Renewable_Power_to_New
England⠀⇛
A New Hampshire electric utility is offering a new
proposal for an electrical transmission line from Canada
that would carry renewable power to New England
* § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ New_Mexico_Officials:_FEMA_Delays_Lead
to_Mistrust_Among_Wildfire_Victims⠀⇛
Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are
criticizing federal emergency managers for missing
deadlines as residents seek recovery assistance following
the largest wildfire in the state’s recorded history
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ China_wants_100,000_Sri_Lankan_macaques⠀⇛
Crop raids by wild animals are increasing in Sri Lanka,
and with them, the human-animal conflicts and related
discourse. But a fresh debate on wildlife exploitation
has arisen in the country following a recent request from
a Chinese company asking for 100,000 toque macaques.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Uncovered_Evidence_of_What_Could_Be
Earth’s_First_Mass_Animal_Extinction⠀⇛
A deadly signal we never detected.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Guanajuato_largest_recipient_of_foreign_direct
investment_from_Asia⠀⇛
More than 53% of the state’s foreign investment in 2022 came
from nations on the continent, according to the Ministry of
Economy.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Business_groups_call_out_missed_chance_to_boost
growth⠀⇛
Business groups say the federal budget was a missed opportunity
to turbocharge productivity growth and investment needed to
underpin future surpluses. The Albanese government was
balancing several competing demands as it handed down its
second budget, including keeping a lid on inflation, providing
cost of living relief to the most vulnerable…
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Falling_earth_digger_sales_in_China_are_dashing_hopes_of_a_big
economic_rebound⠀⇛
They are vivid, familiar sights in China: stationed in
construction lots, clawing earth out of the ground so that
office towers or apartment blocks can sprout on site.
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Senior_Fellow_Jeremy_Mark_interviewed_on_the_German
Marshall_Fund’s_China_Global_podcast_on_sovereign_debt_restructuring⠀⇛
Listen to the full interview here.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Struggling_with_debt,_local_governments_across_China_call_for
help_from_Beijing⠀⇛
Analysts say there is a risk that regional governments could
start declaring bankruptcy, one after the other.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ US_debt_default_risk,_EPS_contraction:_How_markets_will
react⠀⇛
* ⚓ Why_Africa’s_workforce_is_not_safe_from_layoffs⠀⇛
This article compares European and African labour laws about
layoffs. It examines why the African workforce does not have
strong employment protection and also provides recommendations.
* ⚓ InfoWorld ☛ Developer-focused_portal_Stack_Overflow_lays_off_10%
staff⠀⇛
Stack Overflow, a question-and-answer portal for developers,
would lay off 10% of its workforce, the company announced on
Thursday.
The job cuts, which will affect at least 58 employees, are a
result of the company’s renewed focus on profitability due to
macroeconomic concerns, CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar said in a
blog post.
“Our focus for this fiscal year is on profitability and that,
along with macroeconomic pressures, led to today’s changes.
They were also the result of taking a hard look at our
strategic priorities for this fiscal year as well as our
organizational structure as we invest in the continued growth
of Stack Overflow for Teams and pursue agility and
flexibility,” Chandrasekar said.
* ⚓ ABC ☛ Weekly_US_jobless_claims_highest_since_2021,_but_companies_avoid
risk_of_being_caught_short-handed⠀⇛
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last
week rose to its highest level in a year-and-a-half, though
jobs remain plentiful by historical standards even as companies
cut costs as the economy slows.
Applications for jobless aid for the week ending May 6 rose by
22,000 to 264,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s
up from the previous week’s 242,000 and is the most since
November of 2021. The weekly number of applications is seen as
roughly representative of the number of U.S. layoffs.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ Supreme_Election_Council_bans_the_police_from_collecting_election
results⠀⇛
YSK ruled that the police and gendarmerie assigned to ballot
boxes by the Ministry of Interior will not be able to record
the election results in files on the Security and Emergency
Coordination Center Presidency page of the Ministry.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s_Election:_What_You_Need_to_Know⠀⇛
With the economy in crisis, the vote on Sunday is shaping up to
be one of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s toughest fights to
hold onto power in his 20 years as the country’s premier
politician.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Feinstein_Returns_to_Senate,_Casting_First
Vote_in_Months⠀⇛
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has been away on a prolonged health
absence since February, sparking calls for her resignation –
even among her own party.
* ⚓ Turkey’s_unemployment_rate_sees_small_uptick_in_March,_says_TurkStat⠀⇛
The narrow unemployment rate was 10 percent and the broad
unemployment rate was 21.8 percent, according to the official
statistics.
* ⚓ PACE_to_send_delegation_to_observe_Turkey_elections⠀⇛
A 33-member delegation will be in Turkey between May 12 and 15.
* ⚓ Latvia ☛ Pīlēns’_presidential_candidacy_officially_submitted⠀⇛
On Wednesday, May 10, the nomination of businessman Uldis
Pīlēns for presidential office has been submitted to the
Saeima, the head of the United List parliamentary faction
Edgars Tavars said on Twitter.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Rep._George_Santos_pleads_not_guilty_to_federal_criminal
charges⠀⇛
Embattled_Rep._George_Santos (R-N.Y.) pleaded not guilty
Wednesday to 13 federal criminal charges, U.S. attorney for the
Eastern District of New York spokesperson Danielle Hass told
Axios.
Driving the news:Santos was released on a $500,000 bond, per
Hass, after he was charged earlier Wednesday for alleged wire
fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and lying to
Congress.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ All_the_GOP_lawmakers_who_have_called_for_George_Santos’
ouster⠀⇛
More than a dozen of Rep. George Santos’ (R-N.Y.) fellow
members of Congress have demanded he resign or be expelled from
Congress – calls that ticked up after he was charged and
indicted by the Justice Department.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ The_trust-nothing_election⠀⇛
Brace yourself for a new, scary dynamic in American politics:
the trust-nothing era.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Kindergarten_teacher_in_China_quits_job_after
making_10_years’_worth_of_salary_in_one_live_stream⠀⇛
She gained popularity online from videos of her teaching
students to sing nursery rhymes.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Beijing_asks_rights_group_to_withdraw_award_to_jailed_Hong_Kong
barrister⠀⇛
The move comes as Hong Kong plans to ban ‘insults’ to the city
flag, hits out at satirical cartoon.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Authorities_shut_down_artwork_referring_to_China’s_‘last
generation’⠀⇛
Amid youth unemployment and disenchantment, Xi Jinping calls on
young people to do agricultural labor
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Analysis-China_Keeps_up_Campaign_to_Pressure
Critics_Abroad_Despite_Western_Backlash⠀⇛
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Korean_NGO_says_Chinese_officials_visited_office
after_they_awarded_rights_prize_to_detained_Hong_Kong_Tiananmen
activist⠀⇛
Three officials from the Chinese embassy in South Korea have
visited the office of a Korean organisation after it awarded a
rights prize to a detained Hong Kong Tiananmen crackdown vigil
activist, the NGO says.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Latvia ☛ Two_police_officers_accused_of_assaulting_detainee⠀⇛
The Internal Security Bureau (IDB) has sent a case
for prosecution against two Daugavpils municipal police
officials who are alleged to have abused their position of
service by exerting undue physical force against an individual,
the IDB said on May 10.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_lawmakers_unanimously_vote_to_let_city
leader_restrict_overseas_lawyers_from_national_security_cases⠀⇛
Hong Kong’s legislature unanimously passed a bill on Wednesday
which essentially allows the chief executive to decide whether
overseas counsel can take part in the city’s national security
cases. The Legislative Council (LegCo) passed the Legal
Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2023 on Wednesday with no
opposing votes.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Biden_Administration_Acknowledges
‘Challenges’_Ahead,_Defends_Post-Title_42_Plans⠀⇛
The secretary of homeland security blamed Congress for decades
of inaction on immigration reform, while admitting the
administration is ‘clear-eyed’ about what’s coming.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Warns_Migrants_Before_End_of_Pandemic
Restrictions_That_‘Border_Is_Not_Open’⠀⇛
Officials are bracing for an increase in illegal border
crossings as Title 42, a pandemic-era health policy that
allowed officials to expel migrants quickly, ends on Thursday.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_Biden_administration_is_preparing_for_the_end_of_Title
42⠀⇛
A controversial immigration policy—Title 42—is finally set to
be lifted three years after it was implemented as the Biden
administration prepares_to_roll_out a new immigration policy.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mexico_Allows_Tens_of_Thousands_of_Migrants_to_Travel
to_U.S._Border⠀⇛
In April, nearly 30,000 humanitarian visas were issued to
migrants, according to government data, more than triple the
monthly average in the first three months of the year.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Aboard_‘the_Beast’_Train_on_a_Journey_From_Mexico_to
America⠀⇛
Migrants slip onto a freight train in Mexico headed north to
Ciudad Juárez, where most will try to cross into the United
States.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Cake-throwing_protesters_called_for_an_audit_of_Volkswagen’s
Xinjiang_plant⠀⇛
Activists interrupted an annual Volkswagen (VW) shareholder
meeting in Berlin on Wednesday (May 10), according_to_a_report
from_Reuters.
* ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO,_Biden_share_phone_call_as_US_Title_42’s_end
looms⠀⇛
The two presidents pledged to work on solutions for migration,
fentanyl smuggling and arms trafficking in a one-hour phone
call on Tuesday.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ The_US_Gets_Ready_to_Arrest_Thousands_of_Migrants_at_Its
Border⠀⇛
The Biden administration announced that a first group of 550
troops will be sent to the U.S.-Mexico border to support
immigration enforcement.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mayor_Adams_Says_Jordan_Neely’s_‘Life_Mattered’_in
Speech⠀⇛
Mayor Eric Adams, whose response to Jordan Neely’s death has
angered other city leaders, said the killing “never should have
happened” but that “we have no control” over the legal process.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Kurdish_voters_dream_of_country_‘without_discrimination’
ahead_of_Turkish_polls⠀⇛
As Turkey prepares to go to the polls on May 14 to choose
between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the challenger Kemal
Kilicdaroglu, Turkey’s 15 to 20 million Kurdish voters could
well be the kingmakers. FRANCE 24 reports.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Protesters_disrupt_Volkswagen_shareholder_meeting_over_alleged
Uyghur_forced_labor⠀⇛
Inside and outside, activists chant, throw cake and impersonate
China’s president.
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Files_Comments_Urging_FCC_To_Help
Keep_Incarcerated_People_Connected⠀⇛
We join comments on the FCC’s proceeding to end predatory
pricing for calling incarcerated people.
§ Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Whose_Queen?_Netflix_and_Egypt_Spar_Over_an_African
Cleopatra. [Ed: Turning culture into DRM should be the bigger scandal.]⠀⇛
Egyptians say the influential streaming service is dragging an
ancient queen into a modern, and decidedly Western, debate —
about Black representation in Hollywood — in which she has no
real place.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* ⚓ Reuters ☛ UK_restricts_Microsoft,_Activision_from_buying_interest_in
each_other_|_Reuters⠀⇛
Britain’s competition regulator has published an interim order
restricting Microsoft and Activision from acquiring an interest
in each other without its consent, weeks after it blocked their
$69 billion merger.
* ⚓ EU_Likely_To_Approve_Microsoft’s_$69B_Acquisition_of_Activision
Blizzard [Ed: But it is blocked by then UK, so no-go]⠀⇛
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Report:_EU_expected_to_approve_Microsoft’s_Activision
Blizzard_acquisition⠀⇛
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Judge_Newman_vs._Chief_Judge_Moore⠀⇛
The lawsuit stems from the move by the Chief along with
other members of the court to forcibly remove Judge
Newman from office pursuant to the Judicial Conduct and
Disability Act of 1980. Of course, the Constitution
indicates that impeachment is the process for removing a
Federal Judge, not some internal process, even if
authorized by Congress.
The lawsuit asks for the Act to be held unconstitutional;
any ongoing proceedings held unconstitutional; declare
any secrecy order on Judge Newman to be a violation of
her rights; etc. The complaint also reveals some
previously unreported allegations.
o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Comments_on_USPTO_Proposed_Fee
Changes⠀⇛
The USPTO has proposed a major set of patent fee
revisions. One purpose of the new fees is to raise
revenue. It is also clear that the proposal is designed
to shift patent applicant behavior along certain fronts.
You can read more at the following links.
[...]
I submitted a brief comment arguing that before any fee
shifting occurs, it is essential to conduct an economic
analysis to forecast the impact on USPTO revenue and on
innovator behavior. In the commentary, I outline four
general categories of fees, including (1) fees designed
to raise money for the USPTO, (2) fees that create a
costly screen, (3) fees that shift behavior without
substantially shifting rights or raising overall costs,
and (4) fees that discourage certain behaviors that
result in a loss of rights for users.
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ EDAM_Entertainment_Issues_Statement_on_IU
Plagiarism_Allegations⠀⇛
EDAM Entertainment has issued a statement on allegations
that singer-songwriter IU has plagiarized elements from
six of her songs. South Korean singer-songwriter IU has
been anonymously accused of plagiarizing six songs from
other artists, to which EDAM Entertainment, her agency,
has issued a statement.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ How_Much_Does_a_Successful_Pop_Group_Signed
to_a_Major_Label_Make_on_Spotify?_Not_That_Much,_According_to_a_New
Study⠀⇛
How much does a commercially prominent pop group make
from Spotify royalties when signed to a major label?
That’s one of several questions that industry researcher
Daniel Johansson attempts to answer in a new
“quantitative analysis of Swedish artists on Spotify.”
o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Indian_Sign_Talk_(1893)⠀⇛
An early guide to communicating in the language now known
as Plains Indian Sign Language.
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