𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Monday, May 15, 2023
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⦿ IRC Proceedings: Sunday, May 14, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ IBM Has Killed OpenSource.com, Rejecting the Open Source Way | Techrights
⦿ Almost Nobody Reporting What IBM is Doing to the Free Software Community | Techrights
⦿ It’s Time to Leave YouTube (It’ll Only Get a Lot Worse) | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/05/15/irc-log-140523/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/15/opensource-com-archived/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/15/video-ibm-and-community/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/15/youtube-is-not-free-hosting/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/05/15/linux-6-4-rc2/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/15/red-hat-refugees/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/15/rosy-crow-gemini/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/15/turkiye-runoff/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/15/yak-shaving/#comments
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✐ IBM_Has_Killed_OpenSource.com,_Rejecting_the_Open_Source_Way⠀✐
Posted in IBM, Red_Hat at 7:28 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: IBM seems to have shut down OpenSource.com (it’s online but inactive;
nobody works on it anymore). The Linux_Foundation did_the_same_to_Linux.com_in
2019 and then_trashed_it (because it doesn’t care about Linux, except as a
brand to milk).
THIS does not shock us, but it certainly saddens us. IBM doesn’t seem to mind
the fact that Red Hat revenue is growing, according to IBM. Red Hat is
suffering layoffs and too little information is provided about what or who is
impacted.
It has been sad to see this as we’ve noted both the_layoffs and the_fate_of
opensource.com. Now it is becoming increasingly confirmed that IBM does to
“Open Source” what it did to CentOS a couple of years ago.
“Wikipedia says that in December last year IBM had 288,300 employees.”To
explain our allegation quite succinctly, bear in mind opensource.com (where Ben
Cotton played a prominent role) has not been active for quite some time, which
is extremely unusual. The timing gave a clue because of the announcement of
layoffs. Days ago Ben Cotton wrote a blog post saying he was among those who
had been deemed “redundant” (that’s absurd as he’s a very essential worker).
“No activity since April 23, i.e. the layoffs.”My wife has been reading
opensource.com every day for nearly a decade and Cotton is one of the first
people who came to her mind in relation to this site because he used to be very
active there (a lot less in recent years). She says she loved his articles, so
it’s a tragic loss for IBM. Could they find nothing else at their oversized
company to ‘cut’? Wikipedia says that in December last year IBM had 288,300
employees. So why give Ben Cotton the pink slip? He too is baffled by this.
Yesterday Phoronix also mentions Ben Cotton being laid off (50 or more comments
there, but we’d rather not link to Phoronix).
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He’s the only one (so far) that we saw speaking about this in public. Did IBM
offer them some severance package that mandates silence (other opensource.com
people probably also lost their job)?
Seeing that the opensource.com Web site has not been active for quite some
time, we’re taken a look at the_Twitter_account, which is stale.
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇opensource.com_in_Twitter⦈_
And they only link to old articles, nothing new. Even a bot could do this. They
post only about one “tweet” per day and the stuff isn’t new. Notice that the
profile links to a Mastodon instance.
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Mind the dates. Yes, that’s right. No activity since April 23, i.e. the
layoffs. So we’ve checked if they reply to someone, e.g. question/s about site
stoppage, but no replies can be found in either_Twitter or the_Fediverse. No
response to anybody. That does not look too good. █
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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣧⣬⣤⣿⣷⣿⣿⣦⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣾⣦⣦⣼⣴⣼⣬⣤⣶⣼⣤⣿⣷⣿⣾⣷⣽⣿⣷⣿⣾⣿⣧⣽⣿⣾⣾⣿⣶⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣍⣯⣭⣽⣯⣯⣿⣻⣬⣭⣧⣿⣏⣿⣟⣯⣬⣝⣯⣽⣭⣭⣽⣿⣫⣻⣿⣟⣯⣽⣯⣻⣭⣭⣭⣿⣵⣧⣬⣭⣯⣿⣿⣩⣭⣽⣿⣟⣿⣻⣭⣿⣭⣿⣿⣩⣹⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣭⣫⣝⣯⣍⣙⣹⣙⣍⣏⣝⣹⣋⣹⣫⣙⣽⣿⣽⣿⣯⣩⡫⣹⣯⣯⣯⣯⣿⣏⣍⣉⣩⣋⣏⣍⣉⡉⣙⣍⣭⣿⣋⣙⣉⣝⢍⣽⣽⣿⣯⣟⣿⣛⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿
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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⡭⣩⣬⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣷⣃⣋⣹⣨⣿⣿⣫⣍⣿⣿⣯⣟⣍⣟⣩⣻⣿⣿⣯⣽⣿⣛⣫⣿⣿⣏⣟⣍⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
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⣿⣿⣿⣾⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣼⣾⣟⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡟⠀⠀⢸⣿⡿⠋⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⣾⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡤⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⢟⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡀⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⢡⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣯⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀
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⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⡀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠊⠊⠛⠛⠛⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠓⠿⠆⠭⠷⠨⠿⠏⠸⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⡀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠁⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠋⠊⠛⠛⠛⠓⠃⠛⠓⠛⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⣤⢤⠄⠠⣤⣤⣄⢀⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⣁⢁⢀⣈⣀⣀⣁⡈⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠁⠋⠈⠋⠉⠈⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀
⠀⠸⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠳⠶⠾⠶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠶⠶⠶⠆⠶⠶⠾⠰⠶⡶⠿⠶⠶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠾⠶⠾⠷⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⢠⢤⣄⣄⣤⣠⣠⣄⣠⣄⣄⢀⣄⣤⡤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⢤⠀⡄⣀⡀⣠⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠘⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠓⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠘⠉⠋⠁⠘⠐⠁⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⢿⣪⣺⣪⣿⡅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⢲⢐⡆⣶⢶⣶⢶⡔⣶⡆⣖⣶⣶⣶⣶⢲⣶⣶⢰⣴⣶⢲⣶⢰⡰⣦⡔⢢⡔⢖⣶⢰⣶⣶⣶⡆⣴⣔⢄⣶⣖⣶⢰⣶⡢⡦⢢⣆⣲⣶⡦⡢⡆⢔⢔⢴⣶⡔⣶⣶⡢⣲⢴⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⢠⢠⣠⢨⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠢⠿⠽⠦⠽⠧⠯⠿⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢠⡠⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣄⣠⣀⣀⣠⣀⢠⣄⣀⣤⡀⡤⣀⣀⢀⣀⣤⣄⢀⣀⣀⣀⡀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠈⠉⠀⠉⠉⠋⠉⠈⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠈⠉⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠁⠉⠉⠛⠈⠉⠉⠉⠈⠙⠉⠉⠁⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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✐ Almost_Nobody_Reporting_What_IBM_is_Doing_to_the_Free_Software_Community⠀✐
Posted in IBM, Red_Hat at 7:15 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum 7fb515e7322d72b20a16ed1370af628f
Not the Open Source Way
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/redhat-opensource-com.webm
Summary: The most disturbing aspect of what IBM does to the community (users of
CentOS, volunteers in Fedora, readers of OpenSource.com etc.) is the lack of
media coverage; IBM has captured a number of ‘news’ sites that mindlessly
promote IBM (barely disclosing the sponsorship) and almost nobody questions
IBM’s motives
THIS year we did_not_write_much_about_IBM, but over a week ago we noticed that
last month’s layoffs had_an_effect_on_OpenSource.com_(Open_Source_Way) and
other sites of Red Hat.
Knowing that the media barely_covers_or_doesn't_cover_IBM_layoffs (the layoffs
are not reported until/unless they are very, very considerable), we decided to
write about it and today we publish a video. That’s not unlike Microsoft by the
way. Microsoft must have fired 20,000-30,000 people this year alone (4.5
months) if one counts temps and contractors. Microsoft is collapsing but it is
rigging/cheating the market, bribing the media, defrauding shareholders, and
worse. Where’s the media?
“Microsoft is collapsing but it is rigging/cheating the market, bribing the
media, defrauding shareholders, and worse. Where’s the media?”Generally
speaking, the only community IBM understands is the “shareholders community”.
Earlier today we wrote about Ben Cotton and his important role in Fedora, not
just his past role in OpenSource.com. Why did IBM let him go? Why is
OpenSource.com, among other sites, inactive? By now, we think, dozens of blogs
or news site should have written something about this. The same is true for
Linux.com, which back in 2019 became inactive. Where was the media back then?
That just comes to show what sort of “media” is left… a lot of defectors
(journalists-turned-marketers). SJVN too has become a stenographer of the Linux
Foundation because that’s where the money is.
“The video above speaks about the track record of IBM before ranting about the
lack of media scrutiny.”So we’ve ended up with ‘news’ sites that fail to
investigate/report Microsoft layoffs, fail to condemn massive bank bailouts,
and while Microsoft keeps attacking Linux nobody says a thing, except lies
(“Microsoft loves Linux”). 20+ years ago when SCO filed the infamous lawsuit
there was still media online. The same was true when Iraq was invaded. When
important news goes under the radar society is worse off. When it comes to the
EPO, we’ve become almost a sole voice. Why don’t news sites explain what’s
going on there? A decade ago they used to actually cover scandals, but they
suddenly stopped mentioning the EPO except when EPO management paid them to
produce/reprint some piece.
When sites like OpenSource.com and Linux.com just die so quietly (no pushback)
one has to wonder to what degree corporations’ sheer power squashed the press
and the Web. The video above speaks about the track record of IBM before
ranting about the lack of media scrutiny. █
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Posted in Google, Videos at 7:36 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum 4184f491056ffe03e287b7f838fbcb45
YouTube is Not Free
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/youtube-closing-down.webm
Summary: YouTube is becoming increasingly unacceptable, both for viewers and
“creators” (what Google calls people who do all the actual work); it’s time to
get out because Google/Alphabet is “farming” people for money, it’s not “free
hosting”
THIS Web site started publishing videos routinely way back in 2020 (the second
lockdown in the UK). The motivation was explained at the time (scarce resources
like time had been freed up by the pandemic response) and we spent several days
researching how or where to publish videos rapidly. We checked a number of
options; YouTube barely was one, even though we previously (about a decade ago)
filed hundreds of videos there, as mere copies of what was published here in
Techrights.
“It’s barely even a site anymore, it’s a JavaScript “webapp” that returns
invalid pages until proprietary scripts are being fully allowed.”YouTube has
gotten worse and worse over the years.
Spamification of YouTube, being a video-centric social control media, was
covered here many times before, especially in early 2022 when we saw channels
defecting to the marketing ‘industry’ and more ads being imposed while actual
creators get de-monetised and lose viewers. The goal was becoming money-making,
but the revenue has since decreased and the longtime chief of YouTube stepped
down (she was one of the first employees in Google).
“YouTube is generally a moving target. If you settle in YouTube today, you
don’t know what it will be tomorrow.”Invidious no longer works for all videos
and some browsers, especially with particular extensions, cannot render the
site. It’s barely even a site anymore, it’s a JavaScript “webapp” that returns
invalid pages until proprietary scripts are being fully allowed.
Now there are plans [1,2] to prevent people from watching videos unless/until
they watch ads. Think that’s bad? Wait for what comes after that. Some
possibilities are explained in the video above. YouTube is generally a moving
target. If you settle in YouTube today, you don’t know what it will be
tomorrow. One day it will be offline for sure. █
Related/contextual items from the news:
Premium?⠀⇛
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✐ Links_15/05/2023:_Linux_6.4_RC2_and_KeePassXC_2.7.5⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 2:18 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈
§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Server
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
* Devices/Embedded
* Open_Hardware/Modding
* Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o FSFE
o Programming/Development
# Perl_/_Raku
* Leftovers
o Education
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o YouTube
o Monopolies
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Linux_Weekly_Roundup
#234⠀⇛
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Improve_Kubernetes_network_performance_with
Cilium_and_eBPF_|_TechTarget⠀⇛
Learn how the Cilium Kubernetes plugin and eBPF
framework can improve network efficiency and
security, then walk through installing Cilium on a
K3s cluster with sample code.
# ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Can_you_use_Kubernetes_without_Docker?_|
TechTarget⠀⇛
Although Docker and Kubernetes are often used
together, the two serve different roles in IT
environments — and Docker containers aren’t the
only option for Kubernetes deployments.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Stop_Updating_Your_Linux_Computer_Within
The_GUI⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Relatable?_🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇:P⦈__Also
i’m_sure_someone_would_find_the_show_nostalgic_🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴
🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇:)⦈_⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Kubuntu_23.04_Quick_Overview_#shorts⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-12_[Older]_How_to_install_Ubuntu_Kylin_23.04⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Did_you_know_the_ROG_Ally_ships_with
Windows,_guys?_👀👀_Not_sus_at_all…⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Enterprise_Linux_Security_Episode_66_–
Job_Security⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Is_NOBARA_really_better_than_FEDORA?
benchmarks,_experience,_apps,_controllers…⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Ubuntu_Kylin_23.04_|
Easy•Excellent•Expert•Elaborate⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Interesting,_isn’t_it?🐧⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_How_to_install_Minetest_on_MX_Linux
21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Is_Protestware_Healthy_For_Free_and_Open
Source⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Demystifying_the_Top_Command_in_Linux_|
Linux_Crash_Course_Series⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_How_to_install_Inkscape_on_MX_Linux
21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_How_to_install_Ubuntu_MATE_23.04⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Episode_58:_Power_Up_&_Freak_Out_|_The
Linux_For_Everyone_Podcast⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Linux_Dot_Files_Were_Never_Meant_To
Exist⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Of_Course_It’s_Hard!If_It_Were_Easy,
Everyone_Would_Do_It.⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_MSI_Data_Leak_Is_More_Serious_Than_We
Thought⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Ubuntu_MATE_23.04_overview_|_For_a
retrospective_future.⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_STOP_using_SOCIAL_MEDIA_for_News,_RSS_is
MUCH_BETTER!⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Building_a_Powerful_Raspberry_Pi_NAS
with_the_Argon_EON_Pi_Case_&_OpenMediaVault⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_How_to_install_Audacity_on_MX_Linux
21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ SANS ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Wait_Just_an_Infosec:_Podcast
with_Lori_Brumm,_Jacob_Gray_and_Johannes_Ullrich._Tuesday
10am_EDT_https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=lqBGwlZLdFk,_(Mon,
May_8th)⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Edubuntu_Makes_Triumphant_Return_With
23.04_(Back_After_9_Years!)⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Xubuntu_23.04_Quick_Overview_#shorts⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-08_[Older]_How_to_install_Flightgear_on_Linux_Lite
6.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Linux_Was_Almost_Destroyed_By_This
Lawsuit⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Why_this_new_Steam_feature_could_hint_at
a_Steam_Controller_sequel…_|_Press_Steam_to_Start_Ep_6⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-07_[Older]_How_To_Install_Linux_Mint_21.1_for
Someone_Else_(OEM_Install)⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Swearing_In_Your_Code_Make_You_A_Better
Developer??⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-07_[Older]_How_to_install_Toontown_Rewritten_on
Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ Open Source Security (Audio Show) ☛ Episode_375_–_The
market_forces_of_left-pad,_Episode_77_remaster_part 2⠀⇛
Josh and Kurt finish up the leftpad discussion. We
spent a lot of time talking about how the market
will respond to these sort of events, and the
market did indeed speak; very little has changed.
There is an aspect of all these security events
where we need to understand the cost vs benefit
just isn’t there. it may never be there. Rather
than whine and complain, we need to work with our
constraints.
# ⚓ 2023-05-10_[Older]_FLOSS_Weekly_731:_Confidential_Computing
–_Dan_Middleton,_Confidential_Computing_Consortium [Ed: FLOSS
Weekly is shilling fake (anti) privacy, which is actually
outsourcing and thus a form of security breach. Corporate
media insists that people do not need any servers of their
own, and they say the same about personal computers, phones
etc. After all, who would want to own anything? Let the
billionaires own and control everything, then pay them
monthly rents, like in feudal times, except now it's
digital.]⠀⇛
# ⚓ The TLLTS Podcast ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_The_Linux_Link_Tech
Show_Episode_1004⠀⇛
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.4-rc2⠀⇛
It's Mother's Day, which obviously means that you
can surprise her
with a brand new kernel. And you're in luck, since
I just happened to
push out the very newest one: 6.4-rc2 is out there
in all the usual
places.
This being rc2, it's been a fairly calm week as
people are only
starting to find any issues from the merge window,
but it all looks
fine. The stats are unusual, in that it's about a
third drivers
(mostly gpu, some media and networking), a third
filesystems (ext4,
btrfs, and xfs), and a third "miscellaneous"
(mostly selftests and
documentation updates, but there's some arch
updates and some core
kernel code too).
The shortlog is appended, it's easy enough to just
quickly scroll
through it to get a flavor of the kinds of fixes
have been going
around..
Now, back to our regularly scheduled Mother's Day
kernel compiles,
Linus
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Kernel_prepatch_6.4-rc2_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
The second 6.4 kernel prepatch is out for testing.
“”This being rc2, it’s been a fairly calm week as
people are only starting to find any issues from
the merge window, but it all looks fine.””
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Neowin ☛ KeePassXC_2.7.5⠀⇛
KeePassXC is a community fork of KeePassX, a native
cross-platform port of KeePass Password Safe, with
the goal to extend and improve it with new features
and bugfixes to provide a feature-rich, fully
cross-platform and modern open-source password
manager.
KeePassXC currently uses the KeePass 2.x (.kdbx)
password database format as its native file format
in versions 3.1 and 4. Database files in version 2
can be opened, but will be upgraded to a newer
format. KeePass 1.x (.kdb) databases can be
imported into a .kdbx file, but this process is
one-way.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_The_8_Best_Media_Players
for_the_Steam_Deck⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_A_Complete_Guide_to
Privacy_on_the_Steam_Deck⠀⇛
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Why_I_use_separate_lexers_in_my
recursive_descent_parsers⠀⇛
As someone who’s written a number of recursive
descent (RD) parsers over the years, I had a
reaction on the Fediverse. You see, when I write
recursive descent parsers, I always write a
separate lexer.
# ⚓ MJ Fransen ☛ Create_texinfo_files_with_org-mode_for_your
personal_notes⠀⇛
Let your computer do the work for you, where
possible.
Use a snippet system like yasnippet with a template
for your org-files
Create a Makefile to run the shell script with the
substitution for uref lines and run makeinfo and
install-info command.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_and_Set_Up_Snort_IDS_on_Linux
to_Secure_Your_Network⠀⇛
Snort is one such famous, free-for-personal use and
open-source IPS/IDS solution. Let’s learn how you
can install and set up Snort on Linux to defend
your network from cyber-attacks.
# ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Use_Jupyter_Notebook_in_Linux,_Windows
and_Mac⠀⇛
If you are looking for a robust tool that can
assist you with scientific computing, and
interactive computing, Jupyter Notebook is an ideal
choice for you, as it supports multiple programming
languages and can make it more suitable for a wide
variety of data analysis operations.
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_How_to_install
Minetest_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_How_to_install
Inkscape_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_How_to_install
Audacity_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_How_to_install
Flightgear_on_Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_How_to_install
Toontown_Rewritten_on_Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ Write_and_append_to_.txt_file_using_the_terminal_in_Linux⠀⇛
To write and append to a .txt file using the
terminal in Linux, first create a new textfile on
your desktop using the touch command…
# ⚓ How_do_I_enable_the_top_menu_bar_in_Firefox⠀⇛
I recently installed Kubuntu, which came with
Firefox already installed. I have not used Firefox
as my main browser for quite a few years. One thing
I did notice,was that the top menu bar was not
enabled.
# ⚓ AddictiveTips ☛ How_to_Set_Up_a_PostgreSQL_Database_on
Ubuntu⠀⇛
PostgreSQL is an outstanding choice for SQL
databases on Ubuntu. In this guide, we will guide
you through the process of installing and
configuring a PostgreSQL database on Ubuntu Server.
Whether you’re a newcomer to Linux databases or
knowledgeable about PostgreSQL, this step-by-step
guide will help you install and configure a
database on Ubuntu Server.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Monitor_User_Logins_on_Linux⠀⇛
Whether you are a Linux admin with servers and
multiple users under your watch or a regular Linux
user, it is always good to be proactive in securing
your system.
One of the ways you can actively secure your system
is by monitoring user logins, especially currently
logged-in users and failed logins or login
attempts.
# ⚓ Despite_Layoffs,_Open_Source_and_Linux_Skills_are_Still_in
Demand_–_Slashdot [Ed: SJVN as parrot of Zemlin, indirectly
paid by him and thus by monopolies]⠀⇛
ZDNet reports that Jim Zemlin, executive director
at the Linux Foundation, recently noted rounds of
tech-industry layoffs “in the name of cost-
cutting.” But then Zemlin added that “open source
is countercyclical to these trends. The Linux
Foundation itself, for instance, had its best first
quarter ever.”
# ⚓ Web_Penetration_Testing_with_Kali_Linux:_A_Comprehensive
Introduction⠀⇛
Cybersecurity has become a major concern for all
organizations in today’s digital age. With the rise
of web-based applications, web penetration testing
has become a crucial step in ensuring the security
of online assets. Kali Linux, a popular operating
system, provides various tools that can be used for
web penetration testing. In this article, we will
discuss the importance of web penetration testing
with Kali Linux and how it can be done effectively.
# ⚓ Network World ☛ Taking_advantage_of_the_grep_command’s_many
options⠀⇛
The grep command offers interesting options to help
you find what you want from text files.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_and_Set_Up_Snort_IDS_on_Linux
to_Secure_Your_Network⠀⇛
Protect your network from intruders and unsolicited
attacks by installing and setting up Snort IDS.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Use_the_split_Command_to_Split_Text
Files_in_Linux⠀⇛
Learn how to split a large file into multiple
smaller files using the split command on Linux.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Use_gomphotherium:_A_Complete
Fediverse_Client_for_Your_Linux_Terminal⠀⇛
Want a terminal-friendly way to scroll through your
fediverse toots? Consider installing gomphotherium,
a terminal-based client for the fediverse.
# ⚓ Run_Oracle_Database_23c_with_Podman_Desktop⠀⇛
Podman Desktop is an open source graphical tool
enabling you to seamlessly work with containers and
Kubernetes from your local environment. On this
blog I will share all the steps to get Podman
Desktop running on an Oracle Linux 9 system to then
run one container with Oracle Database 23c Free
Edition.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Reviews⠀➾
# ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ Review:_Rhino_Linux_(Beta)⠀⇛
I want to underline that Rhino Linux is in its
early stages of development. The snapshot I was
using was a development release of a rolling
platform, built on Ubuntu’s development branch. In
other words, we should expect some issues and
unpredictability. In fact, I would have been
surprised if there had not been a few problems.
Early on there were a few glitches. The live media
wouldn’t boot in UEFI mode which is a problem on
newer hardware. I also found Calamares was prone to
crashing during its clean-up phase, preventing the
system from booting. I could work around these
problems, but it would be a barrier for anyone not
familiar with using the command line and chroot
environments.
After those initial issues, things actually became
pretty comfortable for me while using Rhino. The
distribution is a pleasantly medium weight, I like
the initial welcome wizard which helps us configure
a few things, and Xfce offers a pleasant, stable
user interface. The application menu is lightly
populated, encouraging us to install software we
need beyond the bare basics. Apart from some issues
with Firefox, the included software worked well.
The key feature though of Rhino Linux is its
package manager. I found it worked quite well.
Really, this is just glue binding together multiple
package managers behind the scenes, but it works
unusually well. It’s fairly quick, the packages and
their sources are neatly organized, and it makes
upgrading software much more streamlined for the
user.
It’s still early days for Rhino Linux, but it’s off
to a good start. If the developers can sort out a
few issues with the start-up process and maybe
remove GNOME Software so people aren’t tempted to
use it over the prescribed package manager, I think
it will be a good experience.
A lot of people have been saying they’d like to see
a rolling flavour of Ubuntu and now it is here.
It’s not an entirely smooth experience yet, but
it’s close. The one thing I feel is missing is a
method to rescue or rollback system upgrades,
perhaps using Btrfs snapshots, so that following
Ubuntu’s development branch doesn’t break the
system. Once some rollback method is in place, I
think it will make Rhino a very appealing, Ubuntu-
compatible rolling release platform.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_Delivers_Latest_Releases_of_Red
Hat_Enterprise_Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ AlmaLinux Official ☛ AlmaLinux_9.2_–_Now_Available⠀⇛
Hello Сommunity. The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is
proud to announce the general availability of
AlmaLinux OS 9.2 codenamed “Turquoise Kodkod”!
# ⚓ EuroLinux ☛ EuroLinux_9.2_released⠀⇛
On May 11, 2023, we released version 9.2 of the
EuroLinux operating system. It maintains
compatibility with Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 9.2.
EuroLinux 9.2 repositories have been expanded to
include Python 3.11, Nginx 1.22, PostgreSQL 15, new
versions of Performance Co-Pilot, updated toolsets:
Rust v1.66, Go v1.19 and LLVM v15. The new version
of the system also introduces a variety of
improvements to the web console (cockpit). The
Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.14.0-
284.
# ⚓ SJVN ☛ CIQ_Mountain:_SysAdm,_DevOps,_and_Secure_Rocky_Linux
Images ⠀⇛
With CentOS 7 coming to the end of its days, CentOS
Linux clones such as AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux are
rapidly gaining in popularity for business users To
help f=graner more of an audience, CIQ has expanded
its Rocky portfolio with the introduction of a new
service: CIQ Mountain.
CIQ Mountain is both a SysAdmin tool, somewhat like
Red Hat Satellite, and a DevOps program. It’s meant
to make life easier for businesses, whether they’re
in a home office or a Fortune 500 company.
o ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Fedora_Won’t_Adopt_GNOME’s_New_Console_App_Anytime
Soon⠀⇛
Despite this modern replacement for GNOME Terminal being
decent (especially since gaining a fancy tab overview)
the bods overseeing what’s included in Fedora remain
unconvinced by its appeal, citing missing features and a
lack of a definitive “USP”.
Thus, they plan to “stick with GNOME Terminal
indefinitely”.
* § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ SolidRun_launches_TI_Sitara_AM64x_embedded_modules
starting_at_$55.00⠀⇛
SolidRun’s new industrial System-on-Module features the
AM64x Sitara family of processors from Texas Instruments.
The embedded products provide support for multi-protocol
industrial ethernet with TSN and they are compatible with
new the HummingBoard-T carrier boards also from SolidRun.
o ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ SBC_boasts_i.MX_8M_Plus_processor_for_machine
learning⠀⇛
The eDM-SBC-iMX8MP is a Single Board Computer that runs
Linux on the NXP i.MX8M Plus quad-processor with an
integrated Neural Processing Unit and HiFi4 DSP.
* § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
o ⚓ Jonah Brüchert ☛ Connecting_an_electric_typewriter_to_a_modern
computer⠀⇛
When we talked about teletype technology at my local
university hackerspace, Spline, I remembered the
typewriter had a 26-pin connector. After some research, I
learned that the machine is basically an Erika S3004, one
of the most popular typewriters of the GDR, in a
different case. With this new knowledge, I was able to
find a table of commands which can be sent and received
from the device.
The 26-pin connector is a port used in the GDR, which
speaks a faily standard rs232 protocol, with a baud-rate
of 1200. In fact, the USB TTL adapter I usually use for
routers, worked on it after some creative wiring.
o ⚓ Ken Shirriff ☛ The_Group_Decode_ROM:_The_8086_processor’s_first
step_of_instruction_decoding⠀⇛
A key component of any processor is instruction decoding:
analyzing a numeric opcode and figuring out what actions
need to be taken. The Intel 8086 processor (1978) has a
complex instruction set, making instruction decoding a
challenge. The first step in decoding an 8086 instruction
is something called the Group Decode ROM, which
categorizes instructions into about 35 types that control
how the instruction is decoded and executed. For
instance, the Group Decode ROM determines if an
instruction is executed in hardware or in microcode. It
also indicates how the instruction is structured: if the
instruction has a bit specifying a byte or word
operation, if the instruction has a byte that specifies
the addressing mode, and so forth.
o ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Pimoroni_Inventor_HAT_Mini_Review:_Great_for
Making_Robots⠀⇛
This diminutive board features a range of outputs for
servos, GPIO, motors, sensors, serial communication and
of course there are eight bright RGB LEDs.
* § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
o ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Bitdefender_adds_real-time_protection_to_its
Android_security_software⠀⇛
o ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_Contacts_for_Android_rolling_out_birthday
notifications⠀⇛
o ⚓ Giz China ☛ Motorola_Android_Auto_Adapter_to_UK_and_Europe_–
Gizchina.com⠀⇛
o ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Cheap_Android_Phones_You_Should_Avoid_Buying⠀⇛
o ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_14_will_automatically_make_Google_Photos
pix_look_brighter_and_more_realistic_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
o ⚓ Forbes ☛ Stunning_Android_14_Feature_Will_Bring_A_Massive_Google
Photos_Upgrade⠀⇛
o ⚓ PC Mag ☛ Put_Down_the_Phone:_How_to_Unplug_With_Google’s_Digital
Wellbeing_for_Android_|_PCMag⠀⇛
o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Are_Dynamic_System_Updates?_How_to_Run_a_New
Version_of_Android_as_a_Guest_OS⠀⇛
o ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Cheap_Android_Phones_You_Should_Avoid_Buying⠀⇛
o ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Android_Apps_That_Are_Worth_The_Money⠀⇛
o ⚓ SlashGear ☛ These_5_Android_Apps_Use_AI_To_Help_You_Learn_A_New
Language⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § FSFE⠀➾
# ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_EU_Parliament_wants_to_protect
Free_Software_in_AI_regulation⠀⇛
# ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Look_back_with_us_on_Konrad’s
amazing_‘Youth_Hacking_4_Freedom’_project⠀⇛
# ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Tack_foss-north_2023!⠀⇛
# ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Chaos_Communication_Camp:_Call
for_Participation⠀⇛
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Python_interpreter_vs._IDE:_What_network
engineers_should_know_|_TechTarget⠀⇛
In the network automation era, Python is the de
facto language to automate repetitive network tasks
on a global scale. Network engineers can use a
plethora of tools during their automation journey,
including interpreters and integrated development
environment, or IDE, tools.
# ⚓ Ciprian Dorin Craciun ☛ Learning_before_dabbling_in_applied
cryptography⠀⇛
I’ve been for a long time an “applied cryptography
passive enthusiast”, following various blogs and
reading various introductory articles on the
subject, but I have newer dug deeper or tried to do
anything myself (hence the qualification
“passive”).
However, since a year or so, I’ve started playing,
first in my mind then in proof-of-concept code,
with various ideas, especially related to long term
encryption or encryption in automation scenarios,
thus leaning towards “applied cryptography active
hobbyist”.
About at the same time, I’ve started following
closer some of the most prominent public writers on
the topic. They might not necessarily be
cryptographers themselves, however they are able to
translate the various primitives, schemes,
constructs, and their properties, into plain
English.
Thus, for anyone seriously wanting to start
experimenting with cryptography (which has nothing
to do with “crypto”, that is yet another alias for
ponzi-schemes), I wanted to highlight some of these
information sources.
Following that, I will also list a few articles
that I consider are good introductory topics, or
generic enough to be applicable in a broader sense.
# ⚓ Jack Kelly ☛ The_Maddest_My_Code_Made_Anyone⠀⇛
As Half-Life modding matured, some really
interesting inventions appeared. MetaMod was a C++
framework that interposed itself between the server
binary and the actual mod DLL, allowing you to
inject custom behaviour into an existing mod. I
didn’t understand enough C++ to write MetaMod
plugins, but that didn’t matter: AMX Mod and later
AMX Mod X let you write custom plugins using a
simpler C-style language called Pawn (known back
then as “Small”). This enabled an explosion of ways
for operators to tweak their game servers: quality-
of-life improvements for players, reserved player
slots for members, and delightfully bonkers
gameplay changes. I remember having my mind blown
the first time I stumbled upon a game of CS with a
class-based perks system, inspired by Warcraft 3,
and that was just one instance of the creativity
that came from the AMX(X) modding scenes.
And with the Half-Life-specific background covered,
we are now ready to talk about NS: Combat and my
gloriously dumb contribution to the AMXX world.
# ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ The_Power_of_Fast_Feedback_Cycles⠀⇛
Having code you can inspect, poke at, tweak, and
then immediately run is a kind of super power.
Fast, iterative feedback loops are incredibly
empowering. This is what I was getting at when I
wrote about cheating entropy by writing vanilla
HTML, CSS, and JS: [...]
# ⚓ Nicolas Fränkel ☛ Working_on_an_unfamiliar_codebase⠀⇛
In our profession, it’s common to work on an
unfamiliar codebase. It happens every time one
joins a new project or even needs to work on a
previously untouched part in big ones. This
occurrence is not limited to a developer having to
fix a bug; it can be a solution architect having to
design a new feature or an OpenSource contributor
working on a GitHub issue in their free time.
Hence, I want to describe how I approach the
situation so it can benefit others.
# ⚓ MaskRay ☛ Relocation_overflow_and_code_models⠀⇛
Certain groups prefer static linking or mostly
static linking for the sake of deployment
convenience and performance. In scenarios where the
distributed program contains a significant amount
of code (related: software bloat), employing full
or mostly static linking can result in very large
executable files. Consequently, certain relocations
may be close to the distance limit, and even a
minor disruption can trigger relocation overflow
linker errors.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Model_Misspecification_and_Linear_Sandwiches⠀⇛
Details can be found in the mentioned reference.
The rest of the post illustrates with examples how
to compute “sandwich” estimates in R, and why you
may want to do so.
# § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Welcome_new_contributors
with_the_first-timers-only_tag⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_216:
Registration_Number⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_PTS_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Require_in_Perl,_what
should_I_pay_attention?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_PTS_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Perl_Toolchain_Synergy⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_How_to_Send_and_Receive
Email_with_Perl⠀⇛
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ The Unix Heritage Society ☛ The_Gnome_and_Its_“Secret_Place”⠀⇛
So a different modification of the Sixth Edition text, we
still have “to UNIX” and the continuous “is gathering…and
saving”. What does change is we no longer know where the
gnome is saving those characters. We’ve now lost the
secret place, research and BSD carry on knowing the real
story, and MERT 0 kept this intact as well. Taking a look
further afield, in the System III manuals, originally
produced in 1980, we see the same as PWB, a merged intro
document (now just named intro again), and the same text,
the Sixth Edition text minus the secret place commentary.
So whatever merges of documentation took place between
PWB 1.0 and 3.0, it seems the updated text from the
Seventh Edition was never picked up, and the modified
line persisted through to this point. Checking forward,
this text persists into the release of PWB 5.0. The first
release of System V only changes “UNIX” to “the UNIX
System”, consistent with nomenclature changes throughout
documentation in the PWB 5.0->System V transition.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Lusaka ZM ☛ Digital_training_for_100,_000_teachers_by
Indian_Institute_Launched⠀⇛
Minister of Education Douglas Syakalima commented
on JAIN Group of Institutions for the timely
partnership, especially with the introduction of
Information Communication and Technology (ICT)
subjects in schools.
In a speech read for him by Ministry of Education
Universities Director Amos Mumba, during the
launch, Mr Syakalima noted the urgent need to train
staff with the latest technology to enhance
efficiency and service delivery to pupils across
the country.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Eat_more_beans._Please.⠀⇛
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Stack_Overflow_Layoffs:_Question_and_Answer_Website_Sacks
10%_Employees,_CEO_Prashanth_Chandrasekar_Says_‘Weighs
Heavily_on_Me’⠀⇛
“I’ve made the very difficult decision to reduce
our workforce by about 10 per cent per cent or 58
employees. This is painful for them, and we are
supporting those employees through this transition
with severance packages, extensions of healthcare
benefits, and outplacement services,” the CEO said
in a statement.
# ⚓ Daniel Miessler ☛ AI’s_Next_Big_Thing_is_Digital
Assistants⠀⇛
There’s about to be a huge difference, and that
difference will come from context. Specifically,
your Digital Assistant (DA) will know almost
everything about you. Not just a few things like
your name and your favorite color. No. It’ll know
everything. We’re talking about: [...]
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ I_Created_a_Biased_AI_Algorithm_25_Years_Ago—Tech
Companies_Are_Still_Making_the_Same_Mistake.⠀⇛
The dangers of bias and errors in AI algorithms are
now well known. Why, then, has there been a flurry
of blunders by tech companies in recent months,
especially in the world of AI chatbots and image
generators? Initial versions of ChatGPT produced
racist output. The DALL-E 2 and Stable Diffusion
image generators both showed racial bias in the
pictures they created.
# ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Production_of_Polestar_3_and
Volvo_EX90_pushed_to_2024_to_develop_software⠀⇛
Swedish automaker Volvo and its subsidiary Polestar
have announced delays in the production and
delivery of their highly anticipated vehicles, the
Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3.
Originally scheduled for release in 2023, the
production start date has been pushed to the first
quarter of 2024. The companies attribute the delays
to the additional time needed for software
development and testing, aiming to ensure a high-
quality vehicle introduction and maximize customer
benefit from the advanced technology.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Toyota’s_bungling_of_customer_privacy_is
becoming_a_pattern⠀⇛
The exposed data belongs to almost the entire
Japanese customer base that had signed up for
Toyota’s T-Connect driver assist product, and users
of the G-Link service – a similar product for
Toyota’s luxury subsidiary Lexus.
[...]
We’ve reached out to Toyota to learn more about
this latest incident but haven’t heard back.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Twitter_says_a_‘security
incident’_led_to_private_Circle_tweets_becoming_public⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Hitachi_Energy_MSM⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Siemens_Siveillance_Video_Event
and_Management_Servers⠀⇛
# ⚓ Computing UK ☛ FBI_dismantles_‘Snake’_malware_network
created_by_Russian_spies⠀⇛
Russian intelligence agency leveraged the Snake
tool to infect computers in over 50 countries
The FBI has successfully disrupted a sophisticated
malware network that had been used by Russian spies
for nearly two decades to gather sensitive data
from hundreds of computers across 50 countries…
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-05_[Older]_Uber’s_Ex-Security_Chief
Leaves_Court_With_No_Jail_Time_for_Covering_Up_Massive_Hack⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ CISA_Adds_Seven_Known_Exploited_Vulnerabilities_to
Catalog⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-05_[Older]_Achieving_Kubernetes_Security_Posture
Management_(KSPM)⠀⇛
# § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ Jan Schaumann ☛ Whose_Cert_Is_It_Anyway?⠀⇛
Screengrab from the TV show ‘Whose Line Is It
Anyway?’ with ‘line’ replaced by ‘cert’.
Remember the X.509 PKI? You know, the one
that gave us such hits as “Oh wait,
certificate revocation is basically all
broken”, The One Where That Dutch CA Issued A
Fraudulent *.google.com Cert, and of course
my all-time favorite, Honest Ahmed’s Used
Cars and Certificates? It’s great, because it
secures virtually all web traffic, and all
you have to do is get a certificate from a
certificate authority – any one at all!
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ New Statesman ☛ The_memeification_of_George_Orwell⠀⇛
The publishers’ proud claim that this is the
first full-length study for 20 years is not
true. The best reason for a second try is
that Orwell is worth it. Born as he was into
a world at war, a biography of Orwell is
almost a running history of that world in 46
years – years in which he hammered himself
into a writer of monstrous talent, enormous
breadth, and enduring significance. In spite
of old colonial money on both sides of the
family – sugar and opium on the English side,
Burmese teak on the French – it was as a man
of the left that Orwell took a sharp and
personal interest in struggle wherever he
found it. At the same time, for someone who
swept so wide (his Eastern Service BBC
wartime scripts were outstanding) he also
ground exceeding small. One moment we find
him discussing nationalism and imperialism as
great historical tides, the next moment he is
an imperial policeman lying flat on his
belly, shooting an elephant he didn’t want to
shoot in a village he didn’t want to police.
A jeering crowd and a man at bay – it was in
small things such as these that Orwell lifted
his sights and found his range.
In recent times, the appeal has gone beyond
the writing. He has become a trope, a meme, a
signifier, a symbol, a moral force, a patron
saint of lost causes and begetter of hopeful
ones. He thought working for the BBC was a
lost cause, but that didn’t stop the
corporation sticking a statue of him at the
front door. There he stands outside
Broadcasting House, like a doorman spoiling
for a fight or looking for a light, however
you see him. His deeply etched face, like Big
Brother himself, has become part of our
culture. Taylor reckons Orwell is not now
just a popular writer “but someone who has
quarried his way down into the heart of the
human condition”. Want to give your op-ed a
bit of moral welly? Reach for George.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-13_[Older]_Serbian_protesters
demand_improved_security_after_shootings⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Don’t_Read_This_If_You
Have_a_Security_Clearance⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ ‘300_more_madrassas…’:_In_Telangana,
Himanta_Sarma’s_message_to_Owaisi⠀⇛
In March, the Assam chief minister said he had
closed 600 madrassas and intended to close all of
them as he wanted to build colleges, schools and
universities instead.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ RTL ☛ ‘The_days_when_environmental_policies_were_simply
pushed_through_are_over’⠀⇛
Regarding the European Union’s target of reducing
CO2 emissions by 55% by 2030, Welfring expressed
confidence in Luxembourg’s progress, affirming that
the Grand Duchy is “on the right track.” However,
she stressed the urgent need for concrete measures
to be implemented to achieve this ambitious goal.
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ Good_day,_sunshine⠀⇛
We’ve covered this before on the blog — Ulrich
Speidel investigated the risks of solar storms to
the modern Internet. In his post, Ulrich explains
how solar storms can release charged particles that
can interact with Earth’s magnetosphere and disrupt
power grids, satellite communications, and other
technological systems, including the Internet.
He discussed the 1859 Carrington Event. Widely
considered a catastrophe, the Carrington Event had
significant impacts on telegraph systems, which
were the primary means of long-distance
communication at that time. The Carrington Event
spiked electric currents in telegraph lines,
causing widespread disruptions, damaging telegraph
equipment, and even leading to some telegraph
offices catching fire. However, the event did not
have significant impacts on other aspects of
society, as the infrastructure at that time was
relatively simple compared to today.
Ulrich also explored the challenges of mitigating
the impacts of solar storms on the Internet,
including the need for better monitoring,
forecasting, and resilience measures. It’s a great
outline of the issues in CME events.
# ⚓ Gannett ☛ Scientists_warn_an_El_Niño_is_likely_coming_that
could_bring_scorching_heat_to_Earth⠀⇛
Climate scientists are especially concerned about
the potential for hotter temperatures. Given things
already are warmer than normal, they say a strong
El Niño could send global average temperatures
soaring to a record high.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Big_Oil’s_Outrageous_Spending_in_California⠀⇛
If you thought the $18 million that Big Oil spent
on lobbying California officials in 2022 was
outrageous, the gusher of money the oil and gas
industry is spending in their campaign to control
the regulatory apparatus is even worse this year.
Big Oil spent $9.4 million attempting to influence
the California Legislature, Governor’s Office and
agencies in the first quarter of 2023, according to
lobbying disclosures by the oil and gas industry
now posted on the California Secretary of State’s
website.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Rooftop_Solar_Panels_Could_Power_a_Third_of
U.S._Manufacturing,_Study_Finds⠀⇛
Researchers used a survey from the Department
of Energy and compared states to understand
where rooftop solar could best supply
electricity needs for manufacturing. They
found that companies that focus on textiles,
apparel, and furniture would benefit the most
from transitioning to solar energy. Their
work is published in the journal
Environmental Research: Sustainability and
Infrastructure.
# ⚓ IOP Publishing ☛ Technical_feasibility_of_powering
U.S._manufacturing_with_rooftop_solar_PV⠀⇛
The use of renewable electricity is vital for
the decarbonization of industry. Industrial
firms source renewables through off-site
power purchase agreements or on-site
installations, though the latter currently
supplies <0.1% of industrial electricity
demand in the U.S. Manufacturing buildings
typically have large, flat rooftops that are
ideal for solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays.
This study investigates the feasibility of
using rooftop solar PV to cover the net
annual electricity needs of industry across
all U.S. states and manufacturing sectors.
Modeled electricity supply intensity for
solar PV arrays is compared with the
electricity demand per unit of floorspace for
average manufacturing buildings derived from
the U.S. Department of Energy Manufacturing
Energy Consumption Survey. Results show that,
depending on geographical location, rooftop
solar PV can completely fulfill the
electricity requirements of 5%–35% of
manufacturing sectors considered on a net
annual basis (assuming net metering).
Furniture, textiles, and apparel
manufacturing can be powered through on-site
means in nearly every location, representing
2% of U.S. manufacturing electricity use and
6% of floorspace. Considering seasonal
potential during summer months expands the
list of feasible sites, particularly in the
U.S. Southwest. Compared to off-site sourcing
of renewable energy, pursuing on-site PV
installations can also enable manufacturers
to maintain limited operations during periods
of grid disruption, especially when coupled
with on-site energy storage. Overall, the
results indicate a substantial physical
opportunity for industrial firms to expand
rooftop solar PV from currently low levels to
help meet decarbonization goals.
# ⚓ The Economist ☛ The_aviation_industry_wants_to_be_net
zero—but_not_soon⠀⇛
The trouble is that the technology that might
help Mr Calhoun meet this goal is barely
perceptible on the horizon. As the jet age
nears its centenary, even the historic pace
of improvement is becoming tougher to
sustain. “Every leap in tech makes the next
one harder,” says Andrew Charlton of Aviation
Advocacy, a consultancy. And not just for
Boeing and its European arch-rival, Airbus.
Take engines. CFM, a joint venture between GE
and Safran, two engine-makers, has nearly
1,000 engineers working on Rise, an open
rotor-engine that does away with the cowling
the covers the fan blades. Rolls-Royce and
Pratt & Whitney, two other big engine-makers,
are also beavering away on their own ideas.
But neither engine is likely to provide the
efficiency gains that Boeing is after.
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ RTL ☛ Seven_people_living_in_a_single-family_property
–_if_that’s_our_vision_of_the_future,_count_me_out⠀⇛
One professor Florian Hartweck from the
University of Luxembourg argued that “three
bedroom, two bathrooms and a view of nature”
isn’t feasible and doesn’t meet the needs of
today.
Urban architect Christine Muller chimed in
that while everyone wants a single-family
home, “it is not possible.”
# ⚓ [Repeat] Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Mother’s_Day:_‘Why
would_anyone_want_a_kid?’_–_How_Hong_Kong’s_fertility
rate_sank_to_the_world’s_lowest⠀⇛
A 2023 survey by the Hong Kong Women
Development Association (HKWDA) showed that
over 70 per cent of respondents aged 18 or
above told researchers they had no plans to
give birth.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Drought_in_Europe_and_water
conflicts_on_the_rise⠀⇛
The water battle brewing in Letur is a
harbinger of conflicts that will play out
elsewhere, and whatever happens to Spain’s
farming industry — a major source of
groceries for its neighbors — will be felt
throughout the region.
“Spain is Europe’s breadbasket and the lack
of water there, the lack of agricultural
production, is a matter of survival,” said
Nathalie Hilmi, an environmental economist at
Centre Scientifique de Monaco. “It becomes a
financial problem too, because more money
needs to be spent finding food.”
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_We_Need_an_Economic
Bill_of_Rights⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ Does_Canada_really_need_a_digital_loonie?⠀⇛
Rogers says more transactions are being done
digitally. Only about 20 per cent of retail
transactions are done in cash. And, she says,
there’s been a surge in interest in various digital
currencies.
When most people think of a digital dollar, they
first think of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or
Ethereum. What the bank is looking at is not quite
[cryptocurrency], but it’s not quite what we
generally think of as cash either.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ India Times ☛ New_listing_reveals_Microsoft_job_cuts_may
cross_10,000⠀⇛
Citing a new filing with the state Employment
Security Department (ESD), a report by Geek Wire
said that Microsoft is slashing 158 jobs in
Redmond, Washington state, where it is
headquartered. The layoff start date was May 5. The
development comes a day after Microsoft CEO Satya
Nadella reportedly told employees that they won’t
be getting salary hikes this year.
# ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Ex-ByteDance_Executive_Claims_Company
Shared_Data_on_U.S._Users_With_Chinese_Government⠀⇛
A wrongful termination suit filed by Yintao Yu, who
was head of engineering for the company’s U.S.
offices five years ago, alleges that Chinese
government maintained a special unit within
ByteDance referred to as the “Committee” that
“guided how the company advanced core Communist
values,” according to an amended complaint filed on
Friday in San Francisco Superior Court. He says
that ByteDance served as a “useful propaganda
tool,” pointing to instances when the company was
“responsive to the Chinese Communist Party’s
requests to share information, and even to elevate
or remove content.”
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Australia’s_Aristocrat_Leisure_to_buy
software_firm_NeoGames_for_$1_billion⠀⇛
Aristocrat Leisure said it would pay a cash [sic]
price of $29.50 per share to the shareholders of
NeoGames to buy 100% of the Nasdaq-listed software
firm.
The takeover would give Aristocrat entry into the
attractive iLottery market, “which is a highly
regulated … and can facilitate further penetration
across other online Real-Money Gaming (RMG)
verticals,” the company said.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ China_jails_US⠀⇛
John Shing-Wan Leung, an American passport holder
and Hong Kong permanent resident, “was found guilty
of espionage, sentenced to life imprisonment,
deprived of political rights for life”, a statement
from Suzhou Intermediate People’s Court read.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ China_jails_US_citizen_for_life_on_spying
charges⠀⇛
Such investigations and trials are held behind
closed doors and little or no information is made
public.
Relations between Washington and Beijing have hit a
historical low amid disputes over trade,
technology, human rights and China’s increasingly
aggressive approach toward its territorial claims.
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ China_sentences_US_citizen_to_life_in
prison_for_spying⠀⇛
The court said in a statement that Leung “was found
guilty of espionage, sentenced to life
imprisonment, deprived of political rights for
life.”
While the court announced Leung’s sentence, no
further details were given relating to what he had
been charged with.
# ⚓ BIA Net ☛ İstanbul,_Ankara_mayors_claim_Kılıçdaroğlu_ahead
of_Erdoğan⠀⇛
They pointed out that 10 million votes have not yet
been counted which corresponds to 20 percent of the
total votes.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ As_Net_Tightens,_Iranians_Pushed_to_Take_Up
Homegrown_Apps⠀⇛
Banned from using popular Western apps, Iranians
have been left with little choice but to take up
state-backed alternatives, as the authorities
tighten [Internet] restrictions for security
reasons following months of protests. Iranians are
accustomed to using virtual private networks, or
VPNs, to evade restrictions and access prohibited
websites or apps, including the U.S.-based
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
The authorities went as far as imposing total
[Internet] blackouts during the protests that
erupted after the September death of 22-year-old
Mahsa Amini, following her arrest for an alleged
breach of the Islamic republic’s dress code for
women.
# ⚓ El País ☛ Marina_Ovsyannikova:_The_Russian_journalist_who
condemned_Putin’s_war_live_on_TV⠀⇛
It was the “golden age” of Russian journalism, she
recalls in her recently-published book, Between
Good and Evil: How I Finally Opposed the Kremlin
Propaganda. The situation, however, began to change
gradually. In the interviews she has given, the
journalist often refers to the 2008 invasion of
Georgia as a turning point in the control exercised
by the Kremlin over the media. At that moment,
Ovsyannikova decided to ignore what she later
decided to denounce.
# ⚓ The Print ☛ China_censors_citizens_from_discussing_Pakistan
protest._Political_revolt_is_a_sensitive_topic⠀⇛
Hashtags related to the protests in Pakistan were
suppressed from trending by Chinese censors on
Weibo. Despite some hashtags generating attention,
news about the violent protests did not generate
significant discussion on Chinese social media. The
hashtag “Pakistan ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan
arrested” was viewed over one million times on
Weibo, and the hashtag “Arrest of ex-Pakistani PM
Imran Khan sparks violent protests” did not trend
heavily, likely due to Chinese censors’ control.
# ⚓ Vanity Fair ☛ Twitter’s_Elon_Musk_Defends_Decision_To_Limit
Tweets_in_Turkey_During_Tight_Presidential_Election⠀⇛
Over his 20 years as president, Erdoğan has
methodically tightened his grip on power,
undermining key democratic institutions. The
election is largely seen as a referendum on whether
Turkey will continue its slide into one-man
authoritarian rule. Polls closed at 10 a.m. ET this
morning, and preliminary results are expected by
the evening.
“The day before a critical election in Turkey,
Twitter appears to be acquiescing to the demands of
the country’s autocratic ruler, Erdogan, and is
censoring speech on the platform,” tweeted
California congressman Adam Schiff in response to
the news. “Given Twitter’s total lack of
transparency, it is hard to avoid the conclusion
that Musk’s promises of free speech have again
fallen away.”
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Graduate_Workers_at_the_University_of
Michigan_Have_Been_on_Strike_for_Over_a_Month⠀⇛
The graduate student workers walked out after
rejecting the university’s original pay-raise
offer, which would amount to a pay decrease under
inflation. The union is also demanding better
protections and support for international students,
a reformed campus police (including an unarmed
response team), and more help with childcare. Four
GEO members sat down with Jacobin’s Peter Lucas to
discuss the strike and how the university has
responded so far.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Remembering_late_Tibetan_film_director_Pema_Tseden’s
‘weighty’_life⠀⇛
Pema Tseden, the renowned Tibetan director, died of
a heart attack on May 8th, and many hearts
worldwide are broken. As a professor of Chinese
politics (and Tibet) at Cornell University I have
shared his films with my students, and when I
informed the current ones of this news they too
were pained by his passing. To better understand
why Pema Tseden’s death is so significant one can,
fittingly, turn to one of his most important films,
Tharlo.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Lesson_I_Wish_I_Never_Had_to_Learn_About
Motherhood⠀⇛
It is 2 a.m. I am sitting up awake in the quiet
hell of night, worrying about my sister and wishing
you were here. I don’t know when this everlasting
winter will end. It is hard to keep our ground-
floor apartment warm with its high ceilings. I am
writing to you from our dining table, where we have
never feasted, thousands of miles away from you. It
is one of those cursed nights when I can’t sleep.
The traffic of my thoughts overwhelms me. You know
how much I used to love sleeping, Mom, but now I
don’t remember the last time I rested peacefully.
Maybe a year ago? Maybe more. Maybe since my sister
and I escaped from the Taliban and left Kabul
behind. Maybe since I left you behind.
# ⚓ BBC ☛ The_Nigerians_lured_into_a_trap_and_for_being_gay⠀⇛
When Nigeria passed some of the toughest anti-
homosexuality laws in Africa, the [Internet] became
a place for the LGBT community to connect with
others more safely – until criminal gangs went
digital too. BBC Africa Eye investigates how
blackmailers pose as potential dates on popular
dating apps, only to extort, beat and even kidnap
people.
# ⚓ [Old] Gothamist ☛ What_you_need_to_know_about_NYC’s
upcoming_street_homeless_count⠀⇛
Started in 2005, the HOPE survey — also known as
the HOPE count— is an annual survey of the street
homeless population in New York City. It is not a
literal count of every homeless person living on
city streets, in the subways and other public
spaces. It’s a point-in-time sampling of homeless
people living in certain neighborhoods and certain
streets in the five boroughs.
o § YouTube⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_YouTuber_Pleads_Guilty_to
Intentionally_Crashing_an_Airplane [Ed: Social control media
encourages and rewards dangerous, reckless behaviour]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_YouTuber_pleads_guilty_to
intentionally_crashing_his_plane_for_a_wallet_sponsorship⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Google
set_to_ban_YouTube_ad_blockers,_time_to_sign_up_for_YouTube
Premium?⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_YouTuber
fakes_plane_crash_for_views_and_sponsorship⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_YouTube_Is_Forcing_Some_Users
to_Disable_Adblockers⠀⇛
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Anti-Piracy_Outfit_Wipes_ACE’s_‘Watch
Legally’_Page_From_Google⠀⇛
ACE, the world’s leading anti-piracy
coalition, is facing an unexpected setback
after Google removed a page that advises
‘pirates’ where they can watch content
legally. The removal is the result of an
erroneous takedown notice from a competing
anti-piracy organization, and was likely
triggered by an ACE domain name seizure.
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-13_[Older]_[Guest_post]_Hong_Kong_–
Amendments_to_Copyright_Ordinance_with_effect_from_1
May_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Mr_Justice_Zacaroli_finds
manufacturing_software_copyright_infringed_and
confidence_breached_in_ex-employee_fight⠀⇛
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Adding_a_glass_canopy_to
a_mosque_infringes_architect’s_copyright_and_the_canopy
must_be_removed,_says_Cologne_Regional_Court⠀⇛
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Audio_book_narrators_say_AI_is_already
taking_away_business⠀⇛
As people brace for the disruptive impact of
artificial intelligence on jobs and everyday
living, those in the world of audio books say
their field is already being transformed.
AI has the ability to create human-sounding
recordings — at assembly-line speed — while
bypassing at least part of the services of
the human professionals who for years have
made a living with their voices.
Many of them are already seeing a sharp drop
off in business.
# ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ Free_Ed_Sheeran!_Songwriters_Explain
Why_the_‘Let’s_Get_It_On’_Case_Was_a_Near-Disaster⠀⇛
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music
Now, songwriters Jenna Andrews (who co-wrote
BTS’ “Butter” and “Permission to Dance,” and
has written for Noah Cyrus and Jennifer
Lopez), and Jamie Hartman (who’s written for
the Backstreet Boys, Lewis Capaldi, Jennifer
Hudson, and Calvin Harris), along with JHart,
discuss the Sheeran lawsuit’s potential
ramifications, the limits of musical
originality in pop music, the continuing
fallout from the “Blurred Lines” case (in
which Robin Thicke’s song — written by
Pharrell Williams — was found to have
infringed on Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It
Up,” based solely on groove and vibe) and
more.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Server
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Events
o Licensing_/_Legal
o Programming/Development
# Rust
o Standards/Consortia
* Leftovers
o Proprietary
o Security
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Software_Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ System76’s_COSMIC_Desktop_Already_Looks_Out_of
this_World⠀⇛
It’s not that I doubt the company’s software
development prowess or engineering nous (the
stellar success of Pop!_OS with its homegrown
embellishments prove they’re capable). It’s more
that desktop environments are beastly, sprawling,
labyrinthine affairs.
But judging by the progress they’re making thus
far, it seems there’s little for me to worry about!
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ Revolutionizing_Data_Analytics:_The_Evolution_of_Hue_with
Kubernetes_Technology⠀⇛
Introduction In today’s era of big data, data
analytics platforms play an indispensable role in
the decision-making process. One such platform that
has gained significant popularity over the years is
Hue.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Thinking_in_Decades_|_LINUX
Unplugged_510⠀⇛
The push for free software takes years, maybe even
generations. Brent gets the inside story from the
Free Software Foundation Europe. Special Guest:
Matthias Kirschner.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ KeePassXC_2.7.5_Released!_Option_to_Allow
Screenshot_&_Botan_3_Support⠀⇛
The KeePassXC password manager application released
version 2.7.5 today! Here are the new features and
how to install guide for Ubuntu / Linux Mint users.
KeePassXC 2.7.5 add a new “Allow Screen Capture”
option under “View” menu, though it seems to be for
Microsoft Windows only. By enabling this option,
allows to temporarily take screenshot of the app
window.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_history⠀⇛
history is a command which displays or manipulates
the history list. We recommend alternatives to this
command.
# ⚓ Holger_Levsen:_How-To_use_fwupd⠀⇛
As one cannot use fwupd on Qubes_OS
to update firmwares this is a quick How-To for
using fwupd on Grml for future me.
# boot into Grml.
# mount /boot/efi to /efi or set
OverrideESPMountPoint=/boot/efi/EFI if you
mount to the usual path.
# apt install fwupd-amd64-signed udisks2
policykit-1
# fwupdmgr get-devices
# fwupdmgr refresh
# fwupdmgr get-updates
# fwupdmgr update
# reboot into Qubes OS.
# ⚓ Steinar H Gunderson ☛ Steinar_H._Gunderson:_Joining_files
with_FFmpeg⠀⇛
Joining video files (back-to-back) losslessly with
FFmpeg is a surprisingly cumbersome operation. You
can’t just, like, write all the inputs on the
command line or something; you need to use a
special demuxer and then write_all_the_names_in_a
text_file_and_override_the_security_for_that_file,
which is pretty crazy.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Plasma_Sprint_2023⠀⇛
As you probably have seen from other people’s
blog posts there was the 2023 Plasma Sprint
last week. It was generously hosted by TUXEDO
Computers in their offices in Augsburg,
Germany. Many thanks to TUXEDO for that!
Other people have already well summarized
what happend there, so let’s have a look at
what I have been doing:
Together with Kai Uwe, Volker, and Ismael I
looked at notifications. This includes
internal simplifications in KNotifications,
API design questions, a proposed V2 for the
notification portal API, and a new UI for
per-event configuration in the notification
settings module.
Together with Marco I looked into some API
design topics around the Applet class in
plasma-framework, and worked on a proposed
new API for applet actions.
# ⚓ KDE Videos ☛ Interview_–_KDE_Plasma_Sprint_2023⠀⇛
The KDE Plasma Sprint 2023 took place this
time at TUXEDO’s offices. Developers have
made headway towards #Plasma6. We asked a few
developers for a personal interview – enjoy!
# ⚓ KDE_Plasma_6_Gets_Better_Default_Settings_to_Improve
Out-of-the-Box_Experience_–_Slashdot⠀⇛
KDE developer/QA manager Nate Graham
describes the week-long development sprint
for the next major release of Plasma desktop
environment. And one big focus was “better
default settings” to “improve the UX out of
the box.”
# ⚓ First_Blog_Post_for_[Krita]_GsoC_2023!⠀⇛
§ About Me – I am Groot.
I’m Srirupa Datta, about to finish my
undergraduate Electrical Engineering degree
at Jadavpur University, India, in June. This
year, I got selected for Google Summer of
Code and will be working on improving the
Bundle Creator in Krita.
§ My Introduction to Krita…
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ An_unexpectedly_fresh_blast_from_the
past,_Freespire_9.5_has_landed⠀⇛
A descendant of one of the oldest desktop Linuxes
around surprises… both by existing at all, as well
as by being impressively good.
The newly released Freespire 9.5 is the latest
version of the free member of the Linspire family.
It’s based on Ubuntu 22.04.2, including GNOME 42.5,
heavily customised to resemble Windows via a suite
of GNOME extensions. Linspire removes Ubuntu’s Snap
packaging system and replaces it with Flatpak, but
has no Flatpaks preinstalled.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ AlmaLinux_9.2_Now_Available_for_Download⠀⇛
AlmaLinux is a community-driven alternative to RHEL
and with the 9.2 (codenamed “Turquoise Kodkod”)
release, it brings an updated toolchain, security
improvements, and plenty of other additions to make
this an outstanding option for workloads,
applications, and services for multiple
environments.
AlmaLinux is a server-centric Linux distribution,
and 9.2 includes Linux kernel 5.14, GCC 11.3.1,
Glibc 2.34, Binutils 2.35.2, Python 3.11, NGINX
1.22, PostgreSQL 15, Git 2.39.1, GDB 10.2, elfutils
0.188, PCP 6.0.1, Grafana 9.0.9, Rust 1.66, Go
1.19.6, OpenSSL 3.0.7, SELinux 3.5, the realmd
system role, a SCAP profile, Ansible content for
enhanced system checks, an enhanced web console,
and tools for improved development and management
of containerized deployments.
# ⚓ CentOS ☛ CentOS_Board_Meeting_Recap,_May_2023⠀⇛
The recording of the May CentOS Board meeting is
now available. Watch the recording Read the minutes
The recording has timestamps so you can skip to the
parts that interest you.
# ⚓ Michael_Meeks:_Welcoming_Caolán_McNamara_to_Collabora [Ed:
Did IBM lay off Caolán McNamara, the GNOME and LibreOffice
contributor?]⠀⇛
For anyone that doesn’t know him – Caolán has
contributed amazing work on the LibreOffice code-
base for over two decades, latterly for RedHat.
# ⚓ Fedora_Infrastructure_Status:_server_update/reboots⠀⇛
We will be applying updates and rebooting various
servers as well as re-installing some. Services may
be up and down in the outage window and package
maintainers are advised to avoid submmiting builds.
# ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Magazine:_The_Community_Platform
Engineering_F2F_2023_Experience_–_Part_II⠀⇛
If you have not already – now is the best time to
read through the first_part of the event report
before getting into the second part here.
Day 2
Wednesday, 22nd March 2023
The team members decided to start a bit late on the
second day to ensure that everyone gets enough rest
after the adventurous first day. Once the joint
breakfast was completed in the hotel restaurant,
the members started heading off to the office by 10
in the morning. They were were gracefully served
Catalonian snacks by Lenka_Segura, Japanese
souvenirs by David_Kirwan, and German sweets by
Julia_Bley for the duration of the meeting. Matthew
Miller started the second day with his talk about
the Fedora Project strategy and how Community
Platform_Engineering fits into the picture. This
talk was followed by the one by Tomas_Hrcka about
how the Fedora_Release_Engineering_team addresses
its responsibilities. The team took a short break
after the first couple of sessions, before heading
into the next set.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ Multipass_–_Launch_and_Run_Virtual_Ubuntu
Instances_in_Linux⠀⇛
Multipass is a cross-platform, lightweight Ubuntu
virtual machine (VIM) manager that runs on Linux,
Windows, and macOS. It builds cloud-style Ubuntu
VMs, allowing developers
# ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_787⠀⇛
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 787
for the week of May 7 – 13, 2023. The full version
of this issue is available here.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue
787⠀⇛
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 787
for the week of May 7 – 13, 2023.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ Linux_Lite_–_A_Beginner-Friendly_Linux
Distribution_for_Windows_Users⠀⇛
Linux Lite is a free, easy-to-use, and open-source
Linux distribution based on the Ubuntu LTS series
of releases. By design, it is a lightweight
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Orange_Pi_800_vs_Raspberry_Pi_400:_The_Differences⠀⇛
Single-board computers (SBCs) have transformed the
world of electronics, offering an inexpensive,
versatile, and accessible means of creating
projects ranging from home automation systems to
robots.
Most SBCs are credit card-sized or smaller, fitting
a complete computer onto a single board. Unlike
microcontroller boards such as the Arduino, which
are designed for specific tasks, SBCs like the
Raspberry Pi and Orange Pi serve as general-purpose
platforms, so they’re capable of running a full
operating system and a wide range of applications.
It’s worth noting that there are a variety of
formats when it comes to Orange Pi and Raspberry Pi
SBCs, like the Orange Pi 5 and the Raspberry Pi 4,
among others, all of which offer different
functionalities.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Free_up_storage_space_on_your_Android_with_this_updated_app
|_Fox_News⠀⇛
# ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ Android_users_are_about_to_lose_a_handy
Sonos_feature_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ Sonos_is_ending_support_for_local_file_playback
on_Android_|_Engadget⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Verge ☛ Sonos_will_stop_playing_local_files_on_Android
devices_later_this_month_–_The_Verge⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_just_now_realizing_there’s_a_hidden
Android_camera_trick_that_feels_like_an_instant_free_upgrade
|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_tablets_to_get_a_split_keyboard_with
two_different_Gboard_options_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_users_warned_of_cheap_phones
that_come_with_unexpected_bank-emptying_risk_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Gboard’s_split_keyboard_is_now_on_Android
tablets⠀⇛
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Oppo_A77_and_the_Oppo_A57_to_get_Android_13
update_this_month_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛
# ⚓ The_Xperia_10_V_is_Sony’s_New_Affordable_Android_Phone_–
Phandroid⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 11_Open-source_Free_TailwindCSS_Based_UI_Plugins_and
Frameworks⠀⇛
Tailwind is a utility-first CSS framework that helps
developers create responsive and scalable user
interfaces. It is designed to simplify the process of
styling HTML elements by providing pre-defined classes
that can be easily applied to the markup.
Tailwind’s key advantage is its flexibility. It allows
developers to create custom
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Tutti_Quanti_Shelf_Is_a_Free_Open-source_Developer
Oriented_Tool_Set⠀⇛
What is Tutti Quanti Shelf?
Tutti Quanti Shelf is a collection of miscellaneous
developer-oriented utilities wrapped into one single app,
built with Electron.
This desktop application works on macOS, Linux and
Windows operating systems.
o ⚓ Fudzilla ☛ Open_saucers_have_job_security [Ed: Jim_Zemlin_rejects
Open_Source, so who is he to lecture people on it? Also, he and his
wife take_money_from_Microsoft. Jim_is_the_voice_of_Microsoft’s
GitHub,_not_“Open_Source”. Let’s_all_adore_Jim’s_contributions; did
nothing for Open Source, got a job that pays about 1.3 million
dollars a year, bossing the people whose work he is robbing.]⠀⇛
While tech companies are laying off staff claiming that
they are cutting costs because of “economic headwinds”
they do not seem that keen to let their open saucers go.
o § Events⠀➾
# ⚓ Petter Reinholdtsen ☛ Petter_Reinholdtsen:_The_2023
LinuxCNC_Norwegian_developer_gathering⠀⇛
The LinuxCNC project is making headway these days.
A lot of patches and issues have seen activity on
the_project_github_pages recently. A few weeks ago
there was a developer gathering over at the Tormach
headquarter in Wisconsin, and now we are planning a
new gathering in Norway. If you wonder what
LinuxCNC is, lets quote Wikipedia: [...]
o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Sourceware_becomes_an_SFC_member_project [Ed:
Sourceware to contribute towards Karen Sandler's $250,000
salary while her org bashes the founder of Free software and
GPL, which she's monetising]⠀⇛
Sourceware.org, which has long played host to many
important projects, has announced that it has
become a member project of the Software Freedom
Conservancy — a move that has been in the works for
some time.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppSimdJson_0.1.10
on_CRAN:_New_Upstream⠀⇛
We are happy to share that the RcppSimdJson
package has been updated to release 0.1.10.
RcppSimdJson wraps the fantastic and genuinely
impressive simdjson library by Daniel_Lemire and
collaborators. Via very clever algorithmic
engineering to obtain largely branch-free code,
coupled with modern C++ and newer compiler
instructions, it results in parsing gigabytes of
JSON parsed per second which is quite mindboggling.
The best-case performance is ‘faster than CPU
speed’ as use of parallel SIMD instructions and
careful branch avoidance can lead to less than one
cpu cycle per byte parsed; see the video of the
talk_by_Daniel_Lemire
at_QCon.
# ⚓ Live_streaming_LibreOffice_bug_triaging_–_your_experiences_
(part_2)⠀⇛
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.
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Rust_Basics_Series_#8:_Write_the
Milestone_Rust_Program⠀⇛
In the final chapter of the Rust Basics
Series, recall the concepts you learned and
write a somewhat complex Rust program.
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Apple
could_face_ban_in_Europe_if_iPhone_15_USB-C_port_doesn’t_work
with_all_cables⠀⇛
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Microsoft_Tests_Sticking_Ads
in_Windows_11_Settings_Menu⠀⇛
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian
(golang-websocket, kernel, postgresql-11, and
thunderbird), Fedora (firefox, kernel, libreswan,
libssh, tcpreplay, and thunderbird), SUSE (dcmtk,
gradle, libraw, postgresql12, postgresql13,
postgresql14, and postgresql15), and Ubuntu
(firefox, nova, and thunderbird).
# ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Warnings_over_NHS_data_privacy_after
‘stalker’_doctor_shares_woman’s_records [Ed: Do not give
information to NHS, nothing beyond what is absolutely
necessary. Their systems routinely suffer security breaches
too (Microsoft).]⠀⇛
The confidentiality of NHS medical records has been
thrown into doubt after a “stalker” hospital doctor
accessed and shared highly sensitive information
about a woman who had started dating her ex-
boyfriend, despite not being involved in her care.
The victim was left in “fear, shock and horror”
when she learned that the doctor had used her
hospital’s medical records system to look at the
woman’s GP records and read – and share – intimate
details, known only to a few people, about her and
her children.
“I felt violated when I learned that this woman,
who I didn’t know, had managed to access on a
number of occasions details of my life that I had
shared with my GP and only my family and very
closest friends. It was about something sensitive
involving myself and my children, about a family
tragedy,” the woman said.
# ⚓ North_Korean_Crypto_Thefts_Surpass_$2.5_Billion⠀⇛
North Korean hackers have stolen $721 million from
Japan since 2017, accounting for 30% of the crypto
thefts worldwide. According to a study by a U.K.-
based compliance specialist, North Korea employs
hacking and ransomware to steal crypto assets,
especially in Japan, Vietnam and Hong Kong, the
leading Asian crypto hubs.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ Philadelphia_Inquirer_hit_by_cyberattack_causing
newspaper’s_largest_disruption_in_decades⠀⇛
The Philadelphia Inquirer experienced the most
significant disruption to its operations in 27
years due to what the newspaper calls a
cyberattack.
The company was working to restore print operations
after a cyber incursion that prevented the printing
of the newspaper’s Sunday print edition, the
Inquirer reported on its website.
# ⚓ SDx Central ☛ CrowdStrike_finds_new_ransomware-as-a-service
group_targeting_VMware_ESXi_servers_(5_tips_to_fight_back)⠀⇛
CrowStrike discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service
(RaaS) group — MichaelKors (formerly Qilin) —
targeting VMWare ESXi servers since last month.
The VMWare ESXi is a hypervisor that runs and
manages virtual machines (VMs) directly on a
dedicated host’s hardware. The products associated
with the ESXi platform include VMware vSphere
Hypervisor, vCenter, ONE Access or Identity Manager
and Horizon.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Ransomware_corrupts_data,_so_backups_can
be_faster_and_cheaper_than_paying_up⠀⇛
Ransomware actors aim to spend the shortest amount
of time possible inside your systems, and that
means the encryption they employ is shoddy and
often corrupts your data. That in turn means
restoration after paying ransoms is often a more
expensive chore than just deciding not to pay and
working from our own backups.
# ⚓ Our_Definition_of_Harm_Is_Harmful_–_FunnyMonkey⠀⇛
In April 2023, the class action lawsuit against
Illuminate Education was thrown out because the
judge in the case determined that the people whose
data was impacted by the breach could not show any
harm, or any instances of identity theft, from the
breach. This decision is both fully in line with
past situations where companies have been let off
the hook, and completely misrepresents and
underestimates the various, different ways people
get hurt by data breaches.
To put it in a different way: the judge’s decision
shows how, in some cases, things that are defined
as legal don’t come close to what is right. The way
we define harm is harmful.
Some background on the Illuminate data breach, and
what can only be described as an epically inept
response stretching across months. The impacts of
this breach were first observed in New York City
public schools in early January.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Only_months_after_dealing_with_one_problem,
Academy_Mortgage_gets_hit_with_a_ransomware_attack⠀⇛
Months after agreeing to pay $38.5 million to
settle federal charges it violated the False Claims
Act by improperly originating and underwriting
mortgages insured by the Federal Housing
Administration, Utah-headquartered Academy Mortgage
now finds itself in the also-unenviable position of
having its sensitive files dumped on the dark web
by the AlphV (BlackCat) ransomware group.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Bonaire_residents_and
Greenpeace_demand_Netherlands_step_up_climate_change_fight⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Netherlands’_climate_targets
at_risk_as_EU_blocks_sustainable_aviation_fuels_ambitions⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Will_RBI’s_green_push
help_India_meet_climate_change_goals?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Rwanda_floods,
landslides_fueled_by_climate_change⠀⇛
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Alberta_Energy_Regulator
warns_Imperial_Oil_about_more_wastewater_problems_at
Kearl_oilsands_mine⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Dutch_central_bank_says
inflation_still_“worrying,”_despite_falling_energy
prices⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-05-13_[Older]_Parents_save_on_bills
from_energy_efficient_home⠀⇛
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_South_Tyrol
grapples_with_mass_tourism⠀⇛
Adapters galore https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-could-
face-ban-europe-if-iphone-15-usb-c-port-doesnt-work-
all-cables-1715673
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_U.S._financial
system:_722_banks_under_threat_of_bankruptcy⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ Tech_layoffs:_Cred-owned_Happay_lays_off_15%
workforce⠀⇛
Cred-owned startup Happay has reportedly laid off
15% of its workforce. Cred’s Kunal Shah acquired
the business expense management solutions Happay in
2021. The company has laid off the employees in a
restructuring exercise. As reported by The Economic
Times, the exact number of impacted employees is
not known right now. However, the company has
reportedly laid off about 10 to 15% workforce.
The job cuts have impacted employees across
product, operations and marketing teams. Happay had
a headcount of about 450-500 before the layoffs.
“Over the last four to five months, Cred has been
cutting costs while actively looking to reduce its
overall cash burn… Now this exercise has reached
people centers, with the focus first on the
headcount of acquired entities,” mentioned the
report.
# ⚓ LG_Electronics_Sees_Low_Demand_For_Home_Entertainment
Products,_TV_Factory_Ran_at_75%_Capacity_Last_Quarter:
Reports⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_AustralianSuper_to_refund
$70_million_after_overcharging_100,000_people⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Westpac_profits_jump_22%_to
$4b_as_it_dumps_cost-cutting_target⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_A_Certain_Form_of
Thieving:_The_US_Banksters_Strike_Again⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Danish_banks_‘broke_rules’_to_collect
overdue_repayments_from_customers⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Mississippi
Rep._Banks_Charged_With_Felony_False_Tax_Return⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Hundreds_of_investors_fear_for
savings_after_Victoria_mortgage_broker_put_in_receivership⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Bank_of_Canada_asks_for
public_feedback_about_a_national_digital_currency⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-13_[Older]_Why_China_is_unlikely
to_rescue_the_world_economy_again⠀⇛
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Former_ByteDance_exec_claims
company_used_bots_to_inflate_TikTok_engagement⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-05-13_[Older]_Fired_TikTok_exec_says
Chinese_government_had_access_to_app_user_data⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Meet_the_Radical
Right-Wing_Group_Seizing_Power_in_Canada’s_Conservative
Heartland⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Elon_‘I_Hate_Advertising’_Musk
Names_NBC_Ad_Exec_as_Twitter_CEO⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Elon_Musk_names_NBCU_ad_exec
Linda_Yaccarino_new_Twitter_CEO⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-05-12_[Older]_Elon_Musk
says_WhatsApp_cannot_be_trusted,_ends_his_chaotic_reign_as
Twitter_CEO⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_British_man_confesses_to
massive_2020_Twitter_hack;_Geert_Wilders_among_affected⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_A_graphic_video_on_Twitter_of_the
Texas_mall_shooting_is_spurring_debate_—_and_disgust⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Texas_Massacre_Images_Posted
on_Twitter_Spark_Outrage⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNET ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Elon_Musk_Says_Twitter_Will_Purge
Inactive_Accounts,_Which_Could_Give_You_the_Handle_You’ve
Always_Wanted_–_CNET⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Twitter_is_going_to_purge_and
archive_inactive_accounts⠀⇛
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Fact_check:
Turkey’s_Erdogan_shows_false_Kilicdaroglu_video⠀⇛
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_A_B.C._comedian_prank-called_Alex
Jones._Now,_Jones_has_threatened_legal_action⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_Censoring_Away_A
President’s_Criminal_Activity⠀⇛
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-05-10_[Older]_In_Turkey,_cautious_optimism_that
tough_election_could_be_good_for_press_freedom⠀⇛
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Amgen_v._Sanofi_and_Regeneron:
Japan_IP_High_Court_overrules_its_own_decision_on
validity_of_Amgen_patent⠀⇛
On January 26, 2023, Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., who sought to
invalidate Amgen Inc.’s Japanese patent
(JP5705288) covering an isolated monoclonal
antibody used as cholesterol medication, won
an appeal case in the IP High Court (Case No.
2021 (Gyo-ke) 10093).
# ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ A_New_Horizon:_Design
Patent_Practitioner_Bar_Proposed_by_USPTO⠀⇛
The United States Patent and Trademark Office
has proposed a rule to create a separate
design patent practitioner bar. The USPTO is
publishing this proposal in the Federal
Register on May 16, 2023 (link below to the
prepub).
As it stands today, there is a single patent
bar that applies to those practicing in
patent matters before the USPTO, covering
utility, plant, and design patents. And,
even though design patents cover
ornamentally, the current rules require that
the design patent practitioner be an
engineer or scientist.
# ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-05-07_[Older]_Disclaimers,
excuses,_evasive_answers:_EU_SEP_Regulation_lacks
evidentiary_basis,_Brussels_event_primarily_about
GROWing_IPlytics’_business [Ed: Microsoft_Florian
lobbying the EU; who else does he lie for now?]⠀⇛
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-09_[Older]_BREAKING:_In-person
proceedings_are_still_the_“Gold_Standard”_–_Boards_of
Appeal_start_to_diverge_on_ViCo_(T_2432/19)⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-05-09_[Older]_Amicus_Briefing_in_Amgen_v.
Sanofi:_The_Rest_of_the_Story⠀⇛
# § Software Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Certiorari_Denied_in
Eligibility_Cases [Ed: Boosters of software patents are
devastated today]⠀⇛
In spite of robust amicus backing, including
from the US Solicitor General, the Supreme
Court has declined to review two pending
patent-eligibility petitions: Interactive
Wearables v. Polar and Tropp v. Travel
Sentry. These cases contended that the Alice/
Mayo framework produced (1) instability and
unpredictability in the law; (2) facilitated
non-evidence based judgments by district
courts; and (3) prohibited patenting of
subject matter that has traditionally been
eligible for patents.
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Small_models,_big_trouble
–_Can_model_cars_and_buildings_infringe_trade_marks?⠀⇛
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Meta_Doubles_Down_on
Threats_to_Block_News_on_Facebook_and_Instagram_in
Canada⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-05-08_[Older]_Meta_has_team_working_to
block_news_on_Facebook,_Instagram_from_Canadian_users⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-05-11_[Older]_Adidas_to_sell
off_Yeezy_shoes_after_ditching_Kanye_West⠀⇛
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Gemini*_and_Gopher
# Personal
# Technical
# Internet/Gemini
# Announcements
# Programming
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
# § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Perturbations⠀⇛
Well, folks, I finally took out my Harley
(She/Her) this morning. For an ethereal ride
through town. It was sensational! I’ve been
waiting for this all winter. Wrenching and
quenching… my desire to face the music. Will
she purr (like a newborn kitten) or will she
whirr (like an old angry bird)? My rapid-eye
motion instantly pushed me into a sapid sly
notion of euphoria, grasping for air… do I
dare take the next turn without ending up in
a fucking churn (of things)? Perturbations,
man, one emotion on top of the other, that’s
all! Nothing else. Stay calm, breathe, look
ahead… and just dance-a-long with the fucking
dead!
# ⚓ Holy_shit_it’s_Monday⠀⇛
Made lots of progress in thinning out and
reorganizing paper documentation that’s been
accumulating for years. Huge relief.
Great carry out pizza for dinner.
# ⚓ Finally_Budding_2023-05-15_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA)⠀⇛
I felt like the trees took a really long time
this year to release their leaves, though
since this is the first spring I started
watching for it, this may just be the “a
watched pot never boils” effect.
# ⚓ Today_is_known_for_Yellow/Rose_Day_in_South_Korea…⠀⇛
It’s often a quirky list of romance related
holidays in those Asian countries, where the
14th of every month has a special day for
those in love (or seeking love).
This one has couples dress up in yellow
clothes and exchange roses to each other,
while single people eat yellow curry (so to
spice up their chances to find love).
# ⚓ Moving_right_along⠀⇛
Pleasantly productive day, here, Silent Dev
Nullsters! 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇;-)⦈
Sprayed select placed with weed/grass killer,
reorganized a few things in the garage, mowed
the lawn, acquired some boat motor 2-stroke
oil and spark plugs, and got a finicky boat
motor to start and stay running unassisted.
# § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ What_makes_your_entity_unique?_What_can_you_routinize
(outsource,_automate,_etc)?/a>⠀⇛
There are patterns which pervade all
practice, whether they be policies,
processes, roles, or duties. Where these
patterns interface with one another, they
interact, sometimes reinforcing one another,
sometimes interfering with one another. Most
of all, at scale, they form functioning
entities, whether a team, department, or
company. Many of these patterns are common to
most, or all, entities of a type. Some of
these patterns are unique to an entity. These
unique patterns are proprietary and
differentiating.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Thinking_about_doing_a_Goodreads_like_app_on
Gemin⠀⇛
Thinking about doing a Goodreads like
app on Gemini. User reviews and star
ratings. Maybe linking over to
Geminispace for discussions, not sure.
Need some API where I can get a feed
for book releases.
# ⚓ Here_we_go_’round_the_Gemini_bush⠀⇛
There seems to be a separate (from all
else) being sitting in a chair, fuzzy
vision peripheral to the tight little
area of visual focus on the screen of a
Chromebook, eyes following the
appearance of words in that area,
something allegedly in the head
agonizing over whether those words re-
present those which said something
entertained just before directing
fingers to make them so in said little
visual space, a perpetual repaint of
all the notions making up all that,
including ambient temperature, sounds
of wife typing on a different keyboard
in bed about 15 feet to the right, a
jet passing somewhat far away,
automobile traffic sounds, the right
ankle becoming stiffly sore for
supporting the other leg on a foot rest
a couple feet beyond this chair.
# ⚓ Feeds_are_a_dark_pattern⠀⇛
I definitely agree that the structure
of feeds doesn’t scale past ‘tiny’ very
well. A new view on posts might be
enough to get me off my butt to
actually contribute some code the
gemini universe.
# ⚓ CircaDian:_Who_Likes_The_Likers⠀⇛
I agree that it’s nice to get a
“heavyweight” reply on someone’s
capsule.
But I do think there is a problem with
barrier to entry for that. Maybe having
both “lightweight” and “heavyweight”
options will work nicely.
So, here is a response to your response
posted to Bubble. Let’s see what
happens! (If anything).
# ⚓ Re:_CircaDian:_Who_Likes_The_Likers⠀⇛
Bubble looks pretty cool. And yet it’s
also true that, for now, I don’t see it
adding value to my browsing experience,
because I honestly value following
links between responses from people who
made the effort to “heavyweight reply”.
My auto-assumptive tendency is to
assume those who make a greater
intelligence-requiring effort will
likely create more interesting text
arrangements for me to read.
# § Announcements⠀➾
# ⚓ Introducing_Rosy_Crow⠀⇛
Hi Gemini folks, Rosy Crow is a Gemini
client for Android that I’ve been
working on for the past few months. I
finally have it at a point where I’m
comfortable making it available to the
public.
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ CircaDian:_The_Trouble_With_IDEs⠀⇛
This whole discussion kicked off with
me advocating for coding in a
proportional font; then one of the
various replies mentioned the trouble
with IDEs, and it’s a great topic so I
posted about that.
Then there were some more replies and I
thought we were done, but a few more
drifted in; linked above.
The latecomers appear to share my
appreciation for what VSCode and LSP
(Language Server Protocol) have
achieved; thanks for chiming in! It
great to hear from people who disagree
with me, but I’m happy to also hear
some agreement.
=> =============================================================================
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Server
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Standards/Consortia
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Monopolies
# Software_Patents
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Internet/Gemini
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_May_14th,_2023⠀⇛
This has been a terrific week with lots of goodies,
especially for fans of the KDE Plasma desktop
environment. Apart from all the KDE goodies that landed
this week, we also got a new Firefox release, a new major
Mesa graphics stack release for gaming, and several new
distro and software releases.
On top of that, I tell you about some of the upcoming
features of Firefox 114 and QEMU 8.1, and invite you to
try out Ubuntu on a new RISC-V board. Check out the
hottest news of this week and access all the distro and
package downloads in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for
May 14th, 2023, below.
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ My_CNCF_LFX_Mentorship_Spring_2023_Project_at_Kubescape⠀⇛
Project Link: CNCF_–_Kubescape:_Release
engineering:_add_Kubescape_to_commonly-requested
package_managers
# ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Kubernetes_1.27:_updates_on_speeding_up
Pod_startup⠀⇛
How can Pod start-up be accelerated on nodes in
large clusters? This is a common issue that cluster
administrators may face.
This blog post focuses on methods to speed up pod
start-up from the kubelet side. It does not involve
the creation time of pods by controller-manager
through kube-apiserver, nor does it include
scheduling time for pods or webhooks executed on
it.
We have mentioned some important factors here to
consider from the kubelet’s perspective, but this
is not an exhaustive list. As Kubernetes v1.27 is
released, this blog highlights significant changes
in v1.27 that aid in speeding up pod start-up.
§ Parallel container image pulls
Pulling images always takes some time and what’s
worse is that image pulls are done serially by
default. In other words, kubelet will send only one
image pull request to the image service at a time.
Other image pull requests have to wait until the
one being processed is complete.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_512⠀⇛
**PyQt5** , **QtAV** , and a bunch of **SDL2**
packages from the Slackware
**l** software series.
shasum -
a256=81b0478c5e9401e14ec186e850157d6c21e6cdb8a55b9fa2f2acf6bab776f60a
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_Imaginer_–
generate_images_with_AI⠀⇛
Our Machine Learning in Linux series focuses on
apps that make it easy to experiment with machine
learning.
Imaginer is GTK4 software which lets you generate
pictures using AI. You supply a text prompt,
consisting of a collection of words to describe an
image, and an AI model creates an image based on
the words. Imaginer uses Stable Diffusion and other
deep learning, text-to-image models to generate the
images.
An extremely interesting area of research relates
to these deep learning text-to-image models. We’ve
published reviews of software that uses Stable
Diffusion. Our reviews of Easy Diffusion, Stable
Diffusion web UI, and InvokeAI noted each software
program requires downloading large models. The
software performs best when using a machine with a
good dedicated graphics card. That’s not the case
with Imaginer.
# ⚓ 9_Best_Open_Source_Firewalls_For_Windows_and_Linux_in_2023_
(Free_Firewall_Software_List)⠀⇛
Firewalls are made to protect the network from any
threat by filtering both the in and outbound
traffic and ensuring network security as well.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KeePassXC_2.7.5_Password_Manager_Adds_New
Option_to_Allow_Screenshots,_Botan_3_Support⠀⇛
New features in KeePassXC 2.7.5 include a new
“Allow Screen Capture” option in the View menu to
enable the ability to capture screenshots for a
temporary period of time, as well as support for
the latest Botan 3 C++ cryptography library.
This release also improves the layout of the HTML
export feature, increases the max TOTP step to 24
hours, adds keyboard shortcuts for app and database
settings, enhances the look of KeePassXC’s logo and
icons, and disables the “search reset off” feature
by default to be more user-friendly, especially to
newcomers.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Seeed_Studio_launches_Jetson-based
“reComputer_Industrial”_fanless_Edge_AI_computers
⠀⇛
The computer comes with the latest Ubuntu 20.04-
based Jetpack 5.1 SDK including CUDA-X accelerated
libraries, a Linux Driver package for the Linux
kernel, the bootloader, NVIDIA drivers, flashing
utilities, sample filesystem, and toolchains. The
fanless computer also works with frameworks such as
the NVIDIA DeepStream SDK, TAO Toolkit, and NVIDIA
Riva Speech AI applications for AI-based multi-
sensor processing, model training acceleration, and
speech recognition.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Upscale_Image_Size_with_Upscayl⠀⇛
Viewing low-resolution images on the big screen
looks blurry, right? Then it’s time to introduce
with Upscayl, which helps you to increase the
resolution of the image which is powered by
advanced AI models.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_digiKam_on_Linux_Mint_21/
20⠀⇛
In the vast world of digital imaging and
photography, there’s a multitude of software
available to help you manage, edit, and share your
photos. However, if you’re a Linux Mint user, one
tool stands out from the rest: DigiKam.
# ⚓ Flock_to_Clustered_Storage:_A_Comprehensive_Guide_on_Using
Flocker_as_a_Container_Data_Volume_Manager⠀⇛
Introduction As technology continues to advance,
the amount of data being generated has increased
exponentially. With this increase in data comes the
need for storage solutions that can handle large
volumes of information and also provide high
availability and fault tolerance. Enter clustered
storage.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Make_Apps_Always_Open_on_the_Active_Screen_in
KDE_Plasma⠀⇛
Improve your KDE Plasma workflow by always opening
apps on the active screen. Check out this guide for
a simple and easy solution.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Best_Steam_Deck_Games_Released_in_the_Past
Week_with_Bramble:_The_Mountain_King,_Tape_to_Tape_and
Volcano_Princess_–_2023-05-14_Edition⠀⇛
Between 2023-05-07 and 2023-05-14 there were 154
new games validated for the Steam Deck. Out of
those, we use numerous ways to elaborate this Best
Steam Deck Games list, such as reviews, popularity
and other metrics.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Australia’s_Aristocrat_Leisure
to_Buy_Software_Firm_NeoGames_for_$1_Billion⠀⇛
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ TecMint ☛ 8_Best_Lightweight_Linux_Distributions_For_Older
Computers⠀⇛
Lightweight Linux distributions share similar
characteristics with their desktop-oriented counterparts.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Industrial_Robot_Gets_Open-Source_Upgrade⠀⇛
Industrial robots are shockingly expensive when
new, typically only affordable for those running
factories of some sort. Once they’ve gone through
their life cycle building widgets, they can be
purchased for little more than scrap value, which
is essentially free compared to their original
sticker price. [Excessive Overkill] explains all of
this in a video where he purchased one at this
stage to try to revive, but it also shows us how to
get some more life out of these robots if you can
spend some time hunting for spare parts, installing
open-source firmware, and also have the space for a
robot that weighs well over a thousand kilograms.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Arduino-Powered,_Robotic_Serving_Tray
Won’t_Spill_Your_Beer⠀⇛
This serving tray stays upright thanks to a little
help from an Arduino Nano and a custom script that
makes adjustments in real-time.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Tarot_Card_Reader_Uses
EM_Noise_to_Tell_Your_Future⠀⇛
Echo-Lalia has created a Pico-powered tarot card
reader that picks cards based on EM Noise and
sometimes has spooky glitches.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Artemis_II_Will_Phone_Home_From_The_Moon_Using
Laser_Beams⠀⇛
[NASA] Astronauts will be testing the Orion Artemis
II Optical Communications System (O2O) to transmit
live, 4K ultra-high-definition video back to Earth
from the Moon. The system will also support
communication of images, voice, control channels,
and enhanced science data.
# ⚓ TechRadar ☛ How_to_make_Android_more_child_friendly_|
TechRadar⠀⇛
# ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ How_to_use_Nearby_Share_on_Android_|_Tom’s
Guide⠀⇛
# ⚓ OnePlus_Pad_Review:_Android_tablets_get_a_flagship_killer_–
TechPP⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Gboard_split_keyboard_rolling_out_on_Android
tablets⠀⇛
# ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Google_Chrome_to_get_Android_14′s_Predictive
Back_gesture_feature_–_SamMobile⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Libre Arts ☛ LibreArts_Weekly_recap_—_14_May_2023⠀⇛
This is a very brief recap. Highlights: further steps
towards non-destructive editing in GIMP, new features in
Krita, new releases of OpenToonz and PlugData.
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ MediCheck:_Desktop_App_for_Medical_Diagnosis⠀⇛
MedicCheck is a free open-source electron-based Medical
Healthcare System that provides diagnosis on the basis of
symptoms.
Not that self-diagnoses is not recommended, and we highly
advise you to use this app as it meant to be
experimental.
Features
* Quick and easy symptom-based diagnosis
* User-friendly interface
* Access to a wide
o ⚓ 6_Best_Alternative_Open_Source_Router_Firmware_in_2023⠀⇛
Firmware is basically the OS that comes on the router
pre-installed. Now each manufacturer carries its own
version. Just like OS there on your phone device or
personal PC, it controls all the inner workings of the
device. It performs the following 3 main tasks: Router
communicated with the device wirelessly.
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Prize_2023:_Eye-Tracking_Wheelchair
Interface_Is_A_Big_Help⠀⇛
For those with quadriplegia, electric wheelchairs
with joystick controls aren’t much help. Typically,
sip/puff controllers or eye-tracking solutions are
used, but commercial versions can be expensive.
[Dhruv Batra] has been experimenting with a DIY
eye-tracking solution that can be readily
integrated with conventional electric wheelchairs.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_New_Mother,_an_Old_Mother,_a_Love_Story⠀⇛
We travel with our ghosts. Who better to lead us to what
comes next?
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Anodizing_Titanium_In_Multiple_Colors⠀⇛
[Titans of CNC Machining] wanted to anodize some
titanium parts. They weren’t looking for a way to
make the part harder or less prone to corrosion.
They just wanted some color. As you can see in the
video below, the resulting setup is much simpler
than you might think.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Toxicology_Expert_Switched_Cosmetics
After_Checking_The_Label._Here’s_Why.⠀⇛
Keep your eyes open.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ NASA:_We’d_Have_a_30-Minute_Warning_Before
a_Killer_Solar_Storm_Hits_Earth⠀⇛
Time is short.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Western_Diet_Identified_as_Risk_Factor_For
Alzheimer’s_Disease,_Scientists_Warn⠀⇛
What you eat makes a big difference.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ You_Won’t_Believe_What_Scientists_Found_in
an_Ancient_Roman_Ruin⠀⇛
Keep your distance.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Sammy_Goes_to_School⠀⇛
We know the story. The absent father who leaves
when his son is five-years-old and moves back to
Puerto Rico. The single mother, rarely at home
because she works long hours to keep her three
children fed and pay the rent. The poverty.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Oppo_to_close_chip_design_unit_as_smartphone
sales_fall⠀⇛
The Zeku unit, which was set up four years ago,
makes the MariSilicon X neural processing unit
which is used in the flagship Oppo Find X5 devices.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ YLE ☛ The_sauna_is_good_for_your_heart,_science_says⠀⇛
Taking a sauna after exercising can boost the
cardiovascular benefits of moving your body.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ A_Pandemic_of_Narcissistic_Abuse⠀⇛
Narcissism and its associated abuse; control,
manipulation, greed, exploitation of power, an
audacious sense of entitlement to name a few
traits, has been the bedrock of our societies for
thousands of years.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ COVID_Vaccines_May_Fade_Quicker_if_You’re
Obese,_Evidence_Shows⠀⇛
A new vulnerability emerges.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ How_inflation_is_driving_up_breakfast_on_Mother’s
Day_and_beyond⠀⇛
Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Axios
Visuals
The Mother’s_Day breakfast spread is more expensive than last year — even as
falling grocery prices bring some relief from inflation.
⚓ New Yorker ☛ Turns_Out_Everything_in_Your_Home_Is_Toxic⠀⇛
“All natural,” my ass!
⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Think_You_Need_an_Opioid?_Here_Are_Questions_to
Ask_Your_Doctor⠀⇛
⚓ New York Times ☛ What’s_the_Point_of_Your_20s?_Ask_the_Patron_Saint_of
Striving_Youth.⠀⇛
Meg Jay knows it’s confusing to figure out what to do with your life.
She also knows you need to get on with it.
⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Stanford-affiliated_medical_center_banned_from_treating_some
of_state’s_sickest_children⠀⇛
John Muir Medical Center has been banned from treating some of
California’s most seriously ill children, according to investigations
by The San Francisco Chronicle. The hospital is Stanford-affiliated.
§ Security⠀➾
* ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_to_up_cybersecurity_of_national_e-services [Ed: Latvia
dumping Microsoft?]⠀⇛
The National Health Service has already warned that e-Health
will no longer be accessed by online banking identification
tools from next year. The ministerial representatives
responsible for IT systems say that online banking
identification will also gradually disappear from other
national e-services, the De Facto broadcast of Latvian
Television, aired May 14, reported.
* ⚓ How_Secure_Is_Linux?⠀⇛
It is no secret that the OS you choose is a key determinant of
your security online. After all, your OS is the most critical
software running on your computer – it manages its memory and
processes, as well as all of its software and hardware. The
general consensus among experts is that Linux is a highly
secure OS – arguably the most secure OS by design. This article
will examine the key factors that contribute to the robust
security of Linux, and evaluate the level of protection against
vulnerabilities and attacks that Linux offers administrators
and users.
* ⚓ How_To_Secure_Against_WordPress_Vulnerabilities_with_Predictive
Analysis_Detection_&_Automated_Remediation⠀⇛
WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems
in the world due to the ability it gives non-technical,
inexperienced users to create professional, effective websites.
According to data from W3Techs, WordPress was used by 43% of
all websites on the Internet in 2022.
This widespread usage, combined with persistent security
vulnerabilities, has put a target on WordPress’s back.
Malicious hackers have come to view attacks exploiting
WordPress vulnerabilities as an easy and effective way to gain
access to valuable credentials and infect systems with harmful
software.
Securing WordPress sites against damaging attacks is a
challenge, as new vulnerabilities are constantly being
discovered, and even sites that are considered secure are
frequently breached with emerging attacks. In this article, we
introduce a minimum impact solution that leverages predictive
analysis detection and automated remediation, and demonstrate
its effectiveness in securing WordPress sites against attacks
exploiting both new and known flaws.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Philadelphia_Inquirer_Hit_by_Cyberattack
Causing_Newspaper’s_Largest_Disruption_in_Decades⠀⇛
The Philadelphia Inquirer has experienced the most significant
disruption to its operations in 27 years due to what the
newspaper calls a cyberattack
* ⚓ SANS ☛ VMware_Aria_Operations_addresses_multiple_Local_Privilege
Escalations_and_a_Deserialization_issue,_(Sun,_May_14th)⠀⇛
* ⚓ SANS ☛ DShield_Sensor_Update,_(Sun,_May_14th)⠀⇛
This week I was reminded the web logs stored in DShield sensor
were no longer using the correct location and configuration.
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Guard_Bot_For_Your_Home_Assistant⠀⇛
While fixed sensors, relays, and cameras can be helpful
in monitoring your home, there are still common scenarios
you need to physically go and check something.
Unfortunately, this is often the case when you’re away
from home. To address this challenge, [PriceLessToolkit]
created a guardian bot that can be controlled through
Home Assistant.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Syria’s_Return_to_Arab_World_Proves_Declining_US
Interference⠀⇛
Syria received an invitation from Saudi Arabia to attend the
upcoming Arab Summit on May 19.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Time_for_the_Quad_to_bare_its_teeth_on_regional
security⠀⇛
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will soon host his counterparts
from India, Japan and the US for the most significant leaders’
gathering in Australia since the Cold War.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Mali_military_operation_responsible_for_death_of_500_people,
according_to_UN_report⠀⇛
Malian forces backed by foreign military personnel are believed
to have killed at least 500 people over several days in a
village last year, the UN said Friday. The announcement comes
just months after Mali expelled the UN peacekeeping mission
from its borders.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Israel_and_Gaza_reach_ceasefire,_ending_five_days_of
fighting⠀⇛
Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militant group
in the Gaza Strip arrived at ceasefire on Saturday, which put
an end to five days of fighting that resulted in approximately
33 Palestinian casualties and two Israeli casualties.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Brief_Rocket_Fire_Disrupts_Gaza_Cease-Fire._How_Long
Can_the_Truce_Last?⠀⇛
Another violent escalation in Gaza ended in another cease-fire.
But it did not completely halt the rocket fire and the region’s
instability means the next conflagration is never far away.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Israeli_cease-fire_with_Gaza_militants_appears_to_hold,
despite_tensions⠀⇛
While the cease-fire appeared to bring relief to Gaza’s people
after days of bombing, the agreement did nothing to address the
underlying issues that have fueled Israeli-Palestinian fighting
over the years.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Serbs_Surrender_13,500_Pieces_Of_Unregistered_Weapons_After
Mass_Shootings⠀⇛
People in Serbia have handed over some 13,500 unregistered
weapons and explosive devices to police in an amnesty following
two mass shootings this month, President Aleksandar Vucic said.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Armenia,_Azerbaijan_Leaders_Meet_In_Brussels_As_Tensions
Simmer⠀⇛
Armenia and Azerbaijan’s leaders met on May 14 for talks in
Brussels amid heightened tensions on the tense border between
the two countries over control of a contested enclave.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rules_for_Pentagon_Use_of_Proxy_Forces_Shed_Light_on_a
Shadowy_War_Power⠀⇛
Newly disclosed documents include Special Operations forces
directives for managing counterterrorism and irregular warfare
surrogate fighters.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Satellite_image_reveals_16_Russian_strategic_bombers_deployed
near_border_with_Finland_and_Norway_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia deployed two Tu-160 and 14 Tu-95 strategic bombers,
which are capable of carrying conventional and nuclear cruise
missiles, to the Olenya Air Base on the Kola Peninsula,
according to the Barents Observer. The news outlet referred to
a satellite image of the air base taken on May 7.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ A_month_since_Sudan’s_brutal_war_erupted,_no_end_in_sight⠀⇛
One month since Sudan’s conflict erupted, its capital is a
desolate war zone where terrorised families huddle in their
homes as gun battles rage in the dusty, deserted streets
outside.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Sudan’s_Doctors_Are_Fighting_the_Good_Fight⠀⇛
Real heroes stay behind.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Sudan_Announces_to_Extend_Airspace_Closure⠀⇛
Airports in Port Sudan, Wadi Seidna, and Khartoum, however,
will serve as entry points for humanitarian aid.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Leader_Skips_Official_Event_Amid_Rumors_Of
Hospitalization⠀⇛
Belarus’s authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, failed
to attend events to mark the National Flag, Coat of Arms, and
Anthem Day on May 14 amid rumors of ill-health.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine_shoots_down_25_drones_and_three_cruise_missiles
launched_by_Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian armed forces attacked Ukraine on the night of May 14,
reports Ukraine’s Air Force Command. The Ukrainian military
said it destroyed three cruise missiles and 25 unmanned aerial
vehicles, including 18 Shahed drones.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prigozhin_comments_on_downed_military_aircraft_in_Bryansk
region,_suggests_involvement_of_Russian_air_defenses_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Evgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner Group, said that Russian
air defense systems may have been involved in the downing of
four military aircraft in Russia’s Bryansk region. Prigozhin’s
comments were made in response to a question from the outlet
NewsInfo.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Defense_Ministry:_Two_Russian_military_commanders
killed_in_Donetsk_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that two Russian military
commanders had been killed in combat in the Donetsk region. The
two commanders killed were Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov,
commander of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade, and Evgeny
Brovko, deputy commander of the Army Corps for military-
political work.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_Visits_Germany,_Praising_Weapons_Pledge_and
Seeking_Jets⠀⇛
The Ukrainian president was received with military honors in
Berlin, where he thanked Germany’s leaders for standing with
his country.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Zelenskiy_in_Berlin:_We_Can_Make_Russia’s
Defeat_‘Irreversible’⠀⇛
By Pavel Polityuk and Sarah MarshKYIV/BERLIN (Reuters) -
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday Kyiv and
its allies could make a…
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Sweden_Celebrates_Eurovision_Win;_Ukrainian
Duo_Defiant_After_Russian_Strike_on_Hometown⠀⇛
Liverpool is cleaning up after the Eurovision Song Contest, as
Sweden celebrates victory
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Zelenskiy:_Ukraine,_West_Can_Make_Russia’s
Defeat_‘Irreversible’_This_Year⠀⇛
KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday
that Kyiv and its Western supporters could make Russia’s defeat
in the war in Ukraine…
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia_Says_Two_Commanders_Killed_as_Kyiv
Wages_Bakhmut_Offensive⠀⇛
(Reuters) -Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday that two of
its military commanders were killed in eastern Ukraine, as
Kyiv’s forces renewed…
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Zelenskiy_Collects_Charlemagne_Prize_on
Behalf_of_Ukrainian_People⠀⇛
BERLIN (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy collected the
prestigious Charlemagne Prize on behalf of the Ukrainian people
on Sunday in honour…
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ France_Pledges_More_Military_Aid_as
Ukraine’s_Zelenskyy_Makes_Surprise_Paris_Visit_to_Meet_Macron⠀⇛
France has pledged additional military aid, including light
tanks, armored vehicles, training for soldiers and other
assistance for Ukraine as it gears up for a counteroffensive
against Russian forces
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Top_Chinese_Envoy_to_Visit_Ukraine,_Russia
on_‘Peace’_Mission⠀⇛
BEIJING (Reuters) – A top Chinese envoy will begin a tour of
Ukraine, Russia and other European cities on Monday in a trip
Beijing says is aimed at…
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Top_Chinese_envoy_to_visit_Ukraine,_Russia_on
‘peace’_mission⠀⇛
Mr Li Hui will also visit Poland, France, Germany on the multi-
day trip.
* ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ France_pledges_more_military_aid_as
Ukraine’s_Zelenskyy_makes_surprise_Paris_visit_to_meet_Macron⠀⇛
In a statement, France described its support for Ukraine’s
independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity as
“unwavering” and promised that its political, economic,
humanitarian and military aid will continue “for as long as
necessary.”
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Travels_To_Paris_After_Being_Hailed_In_Germany_For
Contributions_To_European_Unity⠀⇛
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on May 14 flew to Paris
for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a
tour of European capitals after accepting the Charlemagne Prize
at a ceremony in Aachen, Germany.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ US_Unlikely_to_Sanction_South_Africa_in
Russia_Weapons_Dispute_–_Bloomberg_News⠀⇛
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Iranian_FM_Lauds_Progress_in_Tehran-IAEA_Cooperation⠀⇛
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs has
also expressed satisfaction with the report he received from
the IAEA on cooperation with Iran.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Summons_Iraqi_Envoy_Over_Kurdish_Opposition_Groups⠀⇛
Iran has summoned Iraq’s ambassador to protest the presence of
Iranian opposition groups at an official ceremony in Iraq’s
autonomous Kurdish region.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Moldova_Minister_Says_Russia’s_Gazprom_Only
Interested_in_Separatist_Region⠀⇛
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Exclusive-G7_Leaders_to_Target_Russian
Energy,_Trade_in_New_Sanctions_Steps_-Sources⠀⇛
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ U.S._Fighter_Jets_Intercept_Russian_Planes
Near_Alaska⠀⇛
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia_Says_European_Armed_Forces_Treaty
Contrary_to_Its_Security_Interests⠀⇛
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Guest_Nations_at_the_G-7_Reflect_Outreach_to
Developing_Countries,_Worries_Over_China,_Russia⠀⇛
During this week’s summit of the leaders of the Group of Seven
wealthy democracies in Hiroshima, you’ll also see eight other
guest nations engaging in a flurry of diplomacy with Japan and
others
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Zelensky_makes_surprise_visit_to_Paris_for_talks_on
Ukraine’s_urgent_needs⠀⇛
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to
Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel
Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited
fresh pledges of military support as his country gears up for a
counteroffensive against Russian occupation forces. The two
leaders will discuss Ukraine’s military and humanitarian needs.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ What_the_invasion_of_Ukraine_means_for_unity_in
Southeast_Asia⠀⇛
Lim Jock Hoi, ASEAN’s former secretary-general, has said the
organisation’s ability to function effectively relies on
whether its members can align their national interests with
regional goals.
* ⚓ European Commission ☛ Speech_by_President_von_der_Leyen_on_the_occasion
of_the_International_Charlemagne_Prize_of_Aachen_2023_for_H.E._Volodymyr
Zelenskyy,_President_of_Ukraine,_and_the_people_of_Ukraine⠀⇛
European Commission Speech Aachen, 14 May 2023 Dear President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy,
Chancellor Olaf Scholz,
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki,
Dear Lord Mayor Sibylle Keupen,
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Sentences_78-Year-Old_US_Citizen_to
Life_in_Prison_on_Spying_Charges⠀⇛
China has sentenced a 78-year-old United States citizen to life
in prison on spying charges
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ 12_Million_People_Are_Under_a_Heat_Advisory_in_the
Pacific_Northwest⠀⇛
Extreme weather on Saturday broke heat records in Oregon and
Washington State as forecasts predicted temperatures to reach
into the 90s on Sunday.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Myanmar_dispatch:_cyclones_and_political_change⠀⇛
Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to
the rule of law in their country under the military junta that
deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February
2021.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Flood_warning_network_launches_in_disaster-prone
Qld⠀⇛
A national flood warning network to improve protection for at-
risk communities and potentially save lives will be launched in
Queensland – the state most prone to natural disasters.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Powerful_cyclone_Mocha_makes_landfall_in_Myanmar_after
hitting_parts_of_Bangladesh⠀⇛
Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries,
pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that
slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing roofs off buildings
and killing at least three people.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Cyclone_Mocha_Makes_Landfall,_Killing_at_Least_6⠀⇛
The storm, which made landfall near Myanmar’s border with
Bangladesh on Sunday, has so far not led to the humanitarian
catastrophe that officials feared.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Six_dead_as_Cyclone_Mocha_makes_landfall_in_western_Myanmar
coast⠀⇛
U.N. had warned of ‘a nightmare scenario’ in Bay of Bengal
region home to crowded refugee camps.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Flood_warning_network_aims_to_help_at-risk
communities⠀⇛
A national flood warning network will be set up in a bid to
better protect at-risk communities from natural disasters. The
federal government will spend $236 million in the next decade
to set up the network, with the Commonwealth to buy and upgrade
flood gauges from local, state and territory governments.
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Industry_maps_‘net-zero’_future_for_gas
supply,_exports⠀⇛
Gas producers have mapped nine industrial zones to
“carpool” greenhouse gas emissions and give the sector a
future in a net-zero economy. Using shared transmission
and pipelines, the zones proposed in a new report would
plug gas, renewable energy, carbon capture, and hydrogen
production into manufacturing, refineries and new
industries.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australian_business_delegation_heads_to
PNG⠀⇛
A delegation of Australian businesses is heading to Papua
New Guinea to strengthen trade ties, including in clean
energy, agriculture and rugby league. Assistant Trade
Minister Tim Ayres, who is leading the delegation, says
it sends a strong signal of Australia’s intent to broaden
and deepen the economic relationship.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Kerry_Challenges_Oil_Industry_to_Prove
Its_Promised_Tech_Rescue_for_Climate-Wrecking_Emissions⠀⇛
Oil and gas producers talk up technological breakthroughs
they say will soon allow the world to drill and burn
fossil fuels without worsening global warming
* § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Meet_‘Chonkosaurus,’_the_Thick_Snapping_Turtle
Stealing_Hearts⠀⇛
The gargantuan animal has enthralled thousands online
after a kayaker on the Chicago River recorded it sitting
on a rusted chain.
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Kenyan_Conservation_Efforts_Hit_by_Death_of_Six_Lions⠀⇛
The incident happened after a group of nine lions broke
into a livestock enclosure near Mbirikani, killing 12
goats and a dog.
* § Overpopulation⠀➾
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Launches_Projects_to_Build_‘New-
Era’_Marriage,_Childbearing_Culture⠀⇛
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_launches_projects_to_build_‘new-era’
marriage,_childbearing_culture⠀⇛
Promoting marrying and curbing high “bride prices” are
the focus of the projects.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Google_Australia_pays_pittance_in_tax,_pays_media
moguls_instead⠀⇛
Taxpayers stump up for “man shot in buttocks” story as Google
Australia pays a pittance in tax again thanks to “world first
media reforms”. Michael West reports on a joke.
As predicted here last year, Google Australia has gone back to
paying belly-button lint in income tax. This shabby performance
despite payments from Australian customers surging to a record
$8.4bn last year.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australian_shares_edge_lower_as_banks_drop⠀⇛
The local share market is edging lower ahead of a busy week of
economic data releases. At noon AEST on Monday, the benchmark
S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.7 points, or 0.13 per cent,
at 7,248.8, while the broader All Ordinaries was down 12.5
points, or 0.16 per cent, at 7,440.7.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Middle-income_households_tighten_belts_after
surprise_rate_hike_by_Malaysia’s_central_bank⠀⇛
Middle-and high-income households in Malaysia will be the
groups most affected by the central bank’s surprise decision to
raise the overnight policy rate (OPR) on May 3.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Case_for_Violating_the_Debt_Limit_Is_Dangerous
Nonsense⠀⇛
The president does not have the authority to exceed the limit,
regardless of what his advisers are telling him.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Greatest_Wealth_Transfer_in_History_Is_Here,_With
Familiar_(Rich)_Winners⠀⇛
In an era of surging home and stock values, U.S. family wealth
has soared. The trillions of dollars going to heirs will
largely reinforce inequality.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Treasurer_begins_cross-country_budget_sales
pitch⠀⇛
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is setting off on a countrywide trip to
pitch his second budget, as a poll shows not all voters are
convinced of its merits and debate continues on how to best
support those on welfare payments.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Borrowers_to_be_squeezed_as_latest_rate_hikes
land⠀⇛
When the latest interest rate hike finally hits, borrowers
could find themselves with little as $57 a day left over once
they make their mortgage repayments. New analysis by comparison
firm RateCity has revealed the damage interest rate hikes are
doing to borrower bank accounts.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ President_Biden_‘optimistic’_on_US_debt_talks_with
Republicans⠀⇛
President Joe Biden and congressional leaders will likely
resume talks on Tuesday at the White House over the debt limit,
the president said Sunday, as the nation continues to edge
closer to its legal borrowing authority with no agreement in
sight.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Turkey_election:_Erdoğan_leads_but_runoff_likely⠀⇛
Turkish President Recep TayyipErdoğan and opposition leader
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu appear to be headed to a runoff as
preliminary results show neither candidate reaching the
majority of votes needed to win Sunday’s election outright.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkey_braces_for_momentous_first_runoff_after_election
drama⠀⇛
Turkey braced Monday for its first election runoff after a
night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
edging ahead of his secular rival but failing to secure a
first-round win.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Türkiye_Goes_to_Runoff_in_Presidential_Election⠀⇛
191,885 ballot boxes were installed for the elections, which
had an average turnout of 88.82%.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Trade_minister_vows_to_persevere_on_China_ban
removal⠀⇛
Trade Minister Don Farrell has vowed to persevere with Chinese
counterparts in a bid to get billions of dollars worth of trade
restrictions removed from Australian products.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Advisory_firms_on_alert_after_China_raids_and
arrests,_as_experts_say_data_crackdown_will_hinder_int’l_investment⠀⇛
An advisory firm in China has asked their staff to review each
source they obtain data from, after Chinese authorities raided
three firms in the sector, an executive from the company has
told HKFP.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Policy,_Guns_and_Money:_Beijing’s_propaganda,_climate
change_and_Australia’s_defence_budget⠀⇛
In 2022, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan,
despite threats of retaliation from Beijing.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Turkey_presidential_runoff_vote_likely_as_ballot
count_continues⠀⇛
Turkey voted in key presidential and legislative elections on
Sunday that could either extend President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan’s two-decade grip on power or put the nation on a more
liberal, secular course. According to state-run news agency
Anadolu, turnout reached 88.47 percent in what has effectively
turned into a referendum on Turkey’s longest-serving leader and
his Islamic conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP).
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ In_Turkish_Election,_Some_Voters_Return_to
Quake_Zone_to_Cast_Ballots⠀⇛
* ⚓ France24 ☛ As_French_mayors_are_targeted_in_violent_attacks,_many_feel
abandoned⠀⇛
Less than two months after losing his home in an arson attack,
the mayor of a town in western France resigned this week,
citing, among other things, a “lack of support from the state”.
Amid an increasingly tense political environment, attacks
against mayors in France are multiplying. And some say they
have been left to fend for themselves.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Eric_Adams_Says_He’s_a Progressive._Democrats_Beg_to
Differ.⠀⇛
Left-leaning New Yorkers say the mayor is moving the city in a
more conservative direction on issues like policing, rent and
providing shelter to those in need.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Erdogan_Faces_Runoff_in_Turkish_Presidential
Election⠀⇛
After two decades in power, a struggling Recep Tayyip Erdogan
now has two more weeks to persuade Turkish voters that he is
the best choice to lead the country.
* ⚓ Balloting_committee_chair_in_custody_for_tampering_with_a_ballot,
İstanbul’s_CHP_Chairperson_states⠀⇛
Canan Kaftancıoğlu shared some instances of irregularities on
her social media accounts. She reported that a person was
caught attempting to vote twice, and a chair of a balloting
committee was caught attempting to stamp the ballot while
handing it to a voter.
* ⚓ Green_Left_voters_registered_as_Patriotic_Party_balloting_committee
members⠀⇛
Around a thousand citizens in Antep cannot cast their votes
because they have been registered as balloting committee
members under the Patriotic Party.
* ⚓ Presidential_candidates_urge_ballot_box_safety_while_awaiting_results⠀⇛
Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu,
and Sinan Oğan all urge to protect the ballot boxes.
* ⚓ CHP_and_HDP_spokespeople_accuse_state-run_news_agency_of_deception_as
election_results_pour_in⠀⇛
The state-run Anadolu Agency has been previously accused of
favoring the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the
2019 local elections.
* ⚓ İstanbul,_Ankara_mayors_remain_confident_Kılıçdaroğlu_will_win,_accuse
state_agency_of_‘manipulation’⠀⇛
The two mayors who will become vice presidents if Kılıçdaroğlu
is elected have reassured the voters that he will win.
* ⚓ Kılıçdaroğlu_hopes_for_spring,_Buldan_for_peace,_İnce_repeats_alleged
slander_as_leaders_cast_votes⠀⇛
Political party leaders are casting their votes, conveying
messages, and expressing hopes as the ballot boxes opened at
08:00 this morning for today’s elections.
* ⚓ AKP_spokesperson_questions_opposition’s_willingness_to_respect_election
results⠀⇛
“What is this fuss about in the CHP circles? Will you respect
the results of the elections, whatever they are?” Justice and
Development Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik asks.
* ⚓ İmamoğlu_and_Yavaş:_AKP_is_making_objections_where_we_are_ahead⠀⇛
İstanbul and Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayors made a
joint statement in which they said that the election results
are being delayed because the ruling party makes objections to
the results at the ballot boxes where they are ahead.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 3rd_Presidential_Candidate_Sinan_Ogan_Votes_in_Ankara⠀⇛
“Neither Kılıçdaroğlu nor Erdoğan should expect me to
withdraw…”
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Real_Scandal_Surrounding_Clarence_Thomas’s_Gifts⠀⇛
Supreme Court Justices, alone in our system, are not truly
regulated by anyone other than themselves.
* ⚓ Kılıçdaroğlu_warns_of_sleepless_night_as_tampering_accusations
persist⠀⇛
”We will not sleep tonight,” Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint
candidate of the Nation’s Alliance, states on his social media
account. Amid allegations of manipulation, the margins between
the opposition leader and the incumbent President Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan remain incredibly narrow.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ President_Erdoğan_Casts_Vote_in_P_&_P_Elections⠀⇛
“My hope to God is that after the counting concludes this
evening, the outcome is good for the future of our country, for
Turkish democracy”
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Elections_in_Türkiye_Run_Without_Incident⠀⇛
The influx of voters occurs normally even in the southeastern
provinces, which were devastated by two earthquakes that caused
some 50,000 deaths in February.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘The_Diplomat’_vs._Reality⠀⇛
A popular show on Netflix is about the glamorous job of a U.S.
ambassador. But is it realistic?
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Greek_PM_Rules_Out_Cooperation_With_Socialists_After
Elections⠀⇛
Prime Minister Mitsotakis reiterated a call to voters to give
his party a strong mandate to continue its agenda.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s_Election_Appears_Headed_to_a_Runoff⠀⇛
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing the fiercest political
challenge of his 20 years in power. He and his main challenger
said they were ready for a runoff after neither seemed to win a
majority of votes on Sunday.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Who_Will_Win_Turkey’s_Election?_Astrologers_Find
Answers_in_the_Stars⠀⇛
Amid economic uncertainty and the most competitive elections in
years, interest in fortune tellers has surged in Turkey.
* ⚓ Live_results_from_Turkey’s_presidential_and_parliamentary_elections⠀⇛
Stay up-to-date with the latest results from Turkey’s highly
anticipated presidential and parliamentary elections. Our live
results page features real-time graphics and data from across
the country. Please use Ctrl+F5 to refresh the results.
* ⚓ TURKEY_ELECTIONS:_Erdoğan’s_alliance_poised_to_win_parliament,_boosting
his_advantage_in_runoff_for_presidency⠀⇛
Final results are yet to come, with both Erdoğan and
Kılıçdaroğlu apparently failed to reach the 50 percent
threshold to win the presidential election in the first round.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Pita_Limjaroenrat:_Leading_Thailand’s_political
earthquake⠀⇛
He has capitalised on his youth and energy to reach voters
disillusioned by military-backed rule.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Blow_to_Junta,_Thai_Voters_Overwhelmingly_Back
Opposition_Parties⠀⇛
Thais on Sunday cast votes against their military leaders,
backing instead a populist political mainstay and a progressive
upstart bent on shaking up the status quo.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thai_election:_Opposition_parties_look_set_to_win
after_trouncing_parties_allied_with_military⠀⇛
The liberal Move Forward party and the populist Pheu Thai Party
were far out in front with 99% of votes counted.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Thais_reject_military,_vote_overwhelmingly_for_democracy
parties⠀⇛
Thai voters have delivered a clear rejection of nearly a decade
of military-aligned rule, election results showed Monday,
backing two pro-democracy opposition parties.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ From_the_Community_|_When_misinformation_is_free
speech⠀⇛
Comparative literature professor David Palumbo-Liu
addresses the recent Faculty Senate meeting, which
inappropriately condoned Rupert Murdoch’s spreading of
misinformation about the 2020 presidential election. He
writes, “It is remarkable to me how quickly, easily, and
absolutely Tessier-Lavigne and Rice erase the fact that
the “speech” they are so passionately attached to
protecting is speech that incited an attack against the
democratic process and an assault on the peaceful
transfer of power, one of the signal points of pride our
country celebrates.”
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Türkiye_users’_access_to_Twitter_restricted_ahead_of
presidential_election⠀⇛
Ahead of Türkiye’s upcoming election, Twitter suspended access
on Sunday to some forms of election-related content. The news
came hours ahead of the results of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s most
recent presidential campaign, which some commentators believe
will mark the end of Erdoğan’s 20 years in power.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘We’re_a_community’:_These_Groups_are_Working_to_Bail_Out
Incarcerated_Women_in_Time_for_Mother’s_Day⠀⇛
The National Bail Out effort is a collective of local and
national Black-led organizations that plan Mama’s Day Bail Out
events around the country.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ France_high_court_extends_jurisdiction_over_human_rights
violations_committed_abroad⠀⇛
The Court of Cassation (Cour de Cessation) Friday recognized
the universal jurisdiction of the French Judicial System to
“prosecute and judge acts of torture, crimes against humanity
or war crimes where the acts were committed abroad and neither
the perpetrator nor the victim is French.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ He_Called_for_His_Mother⠀⇛
Tyree Nichols called for his mother.
The 29-year-old was on his way from work in Memphis when the
police stopped him. The body-cam video showed a group of
officers brutally beating him—kicking him, pepper-spraying him,
even delighting in his pain. By the time his family got to him,
he lay unrecognizable in a Memphis hospital, his face bruised
and bloated. Nichols died from his injuries several days
later.2This essay will be featured in the upcoming anthology,
We Refuse to Be Silent, out in April 2024 from Broadleaf Books.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Poor_People’s_Campaign_Launched_on_Mother’s_Day_2018⠀⇛
On Mother’s Day five years ago, we at Repairers of the Breach
and the Kairos Center launched the Poor People’s Campaign: A
National Call for Moral Revival with 40 days of moral fusion
direct action. Some historians called those six weeks of
actions at dozens of state capitals across the country
simultaneously the largest and most expansive wave of
nonviolent civil disobedience in history. That Mother’s Day of
2018, we gathered for a mass meeting at National City Church in
Washington, D.C., and highlighted the devastating reality that
140 million poor and low-income people live in the richest
country in the history of the world. We lamented the fact that
700 people die each day from poverty and inequality, that more
than half of all kids are living in food insecure homes, and
that too many moms have to bury their children because they
lack health care, or because of gun violence and other forms of
policy failure, while others struggle to keep a roof over their
heads and all the essentials of life. None of this is natural
or unavoidable—it is the result of b
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ There_May_Be_More_‘Chinese_Police_Stations’
in_Canada,_Minister_Says⠀⇛
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ When_the_Rule_of_Law_Fails_Us⠀⇛
This was a preventable tragedy.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Conservative_Support_Surges_for_Daniel_Penny_After
Killing_of_Jordan_Neely⠀⇛
Mr. Penny, who has been charged with killing Jordan Neely, has
been called a “hero” and a good Samaritan by conservative
political figures.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Arrests_Eight_Over_Workers’_Strike_At_Southern_Gas_Field⠀⇛
Iranian authorities have arrested eight people for “leading” a
workers’ strike at a key gas site in the south of the country,
local media reported.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Former_Pakistan_PM_Imran_Khan_calls_for_nationwide_protests
following_arrest⠀⇛
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan called for
nationwide protests Sunday. In an online live stream, Khan
urged his supporters to take to the streets and villages to
fight for freedom in Pakistan.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Remembering_late_Tibetan_film_director_Pema_Tseden’s_‘weighty’
life⠀⇛
The widely acclaimed filmmaker was able to depict Tibetans’
struggle as Beijing became more authoritarian.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Some_Companies_Are_Saying_‘Diversity_and
Belonging’_Instead_of_‘Diversity_and_Inclusion’⠀⇛
The changing terminology reflects new thinking among some
consultants, who say traditional D.E.I. strategies haven’t
worked out as planned.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Title_42_Is_Gone_But_What_Happens_to_Migrants_Heading
to_the_U.S.?⠀⇛
Economic hardship, climate change, political instability and
gang violence will continue to spur emigration from many
corners of the world.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ US_Homeland_Security_Chief_Says_Border
Crossings_Are_Down_50%_Since_Title_42_Expiration⠀⇛
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Software Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Missing_DR-DOS_Power_Management_Source_Code_Found_In
Patent⠀⇛
Modern processors come with all kinds of power management
features, which you don’t typically notice as a user
until you start a heavy program and hear the CPU fan spin
up. Back in the early 1990s however, power management was
largely unheard of, meaning that a CPU with nothing to do
would run through an idle loop that dissipated about as
much power as a real computing task. [Michal Necasek]
noticed this while experimenting with DR-DOS 6.0 in a
virtual machine – his laptop fan would start running on
full blast whenever he opened the VM. His search for a
solution to this annoyance led him down a fascinating
journey into the intricacies of DOS power management.
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Reason ☛ Ed_Sheeran,_Vanilla_Ice,_and_a_Monkey_Walk_Into_A.I.
Copyright_Law⠀⇛
If government officials and lawyers create a new legal
framework for A.I.-generated content, society risks
losing the potential benefits of the next tech
revolution.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Personal⠀➾
o ⚓ A_set_of_Haiku⠀⇛
My thoughts about her
Drift across the distances
undersea cabling
A big smile
joyfully shown
petrichor sun
o ⚓ 5_🔤SpellBinding:_ARGMNOF_Wordo:_FOGEY⠀⇛
o ⚓ Happy_Mother’s_Day⠀⇛
Took my mom some lunch.
Got pizza for dinner.
Time for a drink.
* § Technical⠀➾
o ⚓ KILL_MY_PARACOSMS⠀⇛
help me. i’m genuinely losing hours of my life just
thinking about game UI and polyptyches for 3/5 of my
paracosms; not even doing something else, i’m just lying
in bed worlding (re: ian cheng emissaries guide) all the
time. trying to write write write down as much of all of
them as i possibly can (this is one such iteration, if
you’ll forgive me) BASICALLY i need to place it gently
outside of my skull so i can start all my work on all my
work (which is to say, you can ignore this if you want;
i’ve said similar on my other posts):
1a. Citizen Sleeper/CultSim narrative roguelike, rendered
in lowpolyscapes of a mutating, slipshifting city,
overlaid with windows and wheels of Kentucky Route Zero
UI, those thin white lines of imaginative, seemingly
ritual interfaces(still in love with how their highway
was designed as a puzzle/lock you navigate by folklore
than map)… Because here you are, the laws of this
alternate multiverse a form of ritual magic; a procession
of processes. Illustrations in the Joao Ruas(too lazy to
find the diacritic).
o ⚓ Games_Showcase:_Zendo⠀⇛
Zendo is a multiplayer game of inductive logic that runs
on very low spec hardware; to be precise, lego bricks or
similar.
You also need three types of small marker: for example
black, white and green stones.
o ⚓ Setting_up_the_soju_IRC_bouncer_on_OpenBSD,_and_using_it_with
Emacs’_ERC⠀⇛
Setting up the soju[a] IRC bouncer[b] on my OpenBSD
server was fairly straightforward. It’s not currently in
ports, so i downloaded a release from sourcehut…
o ⚓ Emulators_in_Debian_Buster_and_Bullseye⠀⇛
The first game I tried is not an emulator but the remake
of the 90′s game **Command & Conquer Red Alert**, it’s
called
o ⚓ S4A’s_chat_with_an_AI_20230514⠀⇛
Recently, “Socialism For All” asked Google Bard to give a
plan to bring the Revolution in the USA. The results were
rather surprising. What follows is the transcript of the
section of S4A’s live stream they posted to Youtube on
20230510, where they shared the results of the
“conversation”, and discussed them (note: I did my best
to ‘clean up” the transcript, as it was pulled from the
Auto CC, which isn’t the most precise transcriptionist.
Some “nonsense” can still be found in this text. Please
ignore it.
o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Shaving_thoughts⠀⇛
I read some thoughts about shaving on the smol web
and was very glad because even though I have shaved
for years, I recently realized that I had no clue
what I was doing and just learning a bit has
improved exponentially the experience!
# ⚓ Re:_Who_Likes_the_Likers⠀⇛
The gamification of social media and the resulting
negative downstream effects are something we all
should be keenly aware of. The larger a network
becomes, the more the forces multiply and this
becomes bigger and bigger of a problem.
When it comes to Bubble/GS.org, scale-wise there’s
plenty of time to consider appropriate
improvements. I’m thinking the classic Like
mechanism isn’t too bad in this context, but making
it a step more private — and perhaps
psychologically healthy — is to hide the names of
the likers from everyone except the post author.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Speaking_of_music…⠀⇛
While the pub does not seem to attract fellow
watchers of it, the – at least where I was born –
unavoidable disaster called “Eurovision” was
blasting through the televisions, laptops and
tablets in the homes of millions of people. For
some reason, it’s quite hilarious how this show is
more corrupt and scandalous than your average World
Cup game, and this contest is not even a truly
global song competition!
# ⚓ Illuminations⠀⇛
While going for a slow walk down Writer’s Lane, on
this fine Sunday, I suddenly remembered the first
free verse poem I ever wrote, back in the mid 90s
(later published as the leading poem in my first
book of poetry, Ormmänniskan [Serpent Man], in
2015).
My father had died the year before, in 1994, and I
was utterly lost. He was my mentor, my introduction
into the arts, into literature and specifically
poetry (he was an aspiring poet back in the early
1940s, but got desillusioned [to say the least] by
the war, stationed on the Swedish-Norwegian border
all through-out his active service, and started
drinking at an early age, found his “safe place”,
his own steady pace in life – a periodic abuse of
alcohol, a slowly progressing disease that
eventually took his life at the age of 74). The
overwhelming grief I felt was double-edged. I had
been there myself, drank far too much in my early
twenties, later went into a self-imposed exile in
the U.S. and Mexico and fell into an addictive
world of mescalin, DMT and psilocybin. I came out
of it, in the early 90s, and never went back. My
father stood by me. And my mother, of course.
Without them, I wouldn’t be here. And that’s that.
Illuminations. And anxiety, passion, fright,
darkness, pain, sorrow, love and hope.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Migration_to_TrueNAS⠀⇛
My homelab now runs TrueNAS. I have FreeBSD jails
for my Gemini server and Mastodon instance,
Transmission instance, and Borg backup
repositories. Each jail has its own ZFS dataset
within the main storage pool.
TrueNAS offers automatic snapshot scheduling and
replication. With this, I’ve replaced three Borg
backup tasks that were carried out over SSH and
were rather slow. I have a separate jail and ZFS
dataset that contains a Borg repository that my
Fedora PC backs up to over SSH.
# ⚓ Re:_CircaDian:_Who_Likes_The_Likers⠀⇛
The mechanics can be awkward, but to me that kind
of reply effort constitutes a genuine like.
# ⚓ Meditation_on_ed⠀⇛
It felt more appropriate to meditate on ed, the
standard text editor, in a tty rather than in a GUI
terminal. 90s memes aside, here’s what I learned
about ed.
# ⚓ (Un)free_public_service⠀⇛
“Awesome!” I thought, “maybe I can download things
to watch offline!” I had no account previously, so
there I go create an account, add all my personal
details[^0], and it even accepted my 30+ characters
long randomly generated password[^1]!
# ⚓ Ex_Over_Ed⠀⇛
ex(1) has several advantages over ed(1), notably
the ability to run filters, and can switch over to
vi(1) via the “:vi” command if you get in over your
head. Switching to a visual editor might be
cheating if the goal is to learn a line editor
properly.
# ⚓ Even_here_I_find_yaks_to_shave⠀⇛
I was going to add a little thing to my server to
receive messages from people. Not that anyone is
likely to send me messages here, but it would have
been fun to work on anyway, right?
I haven’t done it yet. That’s because I figured I
should probably add support for client
certificates, since that’s what Gemini uses for
authentication and identity (very neat). Adding
support for client certificates seemed like it
would be easy. rustls supports it, so all I need to
do is change ClientCertVerifier in the
configuration object to be an instance of
AllowAnyAnonymousOrAuthenticatedClient instead of
an instance of NoClientAuth. Easy.
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