𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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⦿ “LINUX” or “UNIX” Sites That Promote Windows Products? Follow the Money... | Techrights
⦿ Confirmed: IBM is Shutting Down Sites of Red Hat (Staff Writers Discarded) | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ MIT Technology Review is About 80% Microsoft ’India’ Spam This Week (Sponsored ‘Content’) | Techrights
⦿ The World Wide Web, and Even Some “LINUX” or “UNIX” Sites, Become Spamfarms | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/follow-the-money/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/ibm-has-shut-down-sites-of-red-hat/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/irc-log-160523/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/mit-tech-review-is-spamfarm/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/spamfarms/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/another-illegal-upc-manoeuvre/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/contact-juggling/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/debian-installer-bookworm-rc-3/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/gemini-related-news/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/vice-media-is-dead/#comments
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✐ “LINUX”or“UNIX”_Sites_That_Promote_Windows_Products?_Follow_the_Money…⠀✐
Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 8:31 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇CNX Software⦈ Summary: CNX Software is still shilling a
bunch of Microsoft and Windows products sometimes; it’s because of money
THE tragic story of Phoronix aside, yesterday we noticed this_article from an
author who said: “GEEKOM sent us a sample of the AS 6 mini PC with [...] the
pre-installed Windows 11″ (not the first time).
“Due to greed, GNU/Linux sites and their audiences are exposed to promotion of
the competition.”We gave more examples of this (about four articles in the
past) regarding the same site.
A day later they did_it_again. Promoting Windows products for gifts (“review”
units)?
This saddening trend is hurtful. Due to greed, GNU/Linux sites and their
audiences are exposed to promotion of the competition. I exchanged some E-mail
with the editor of the above site earlier this month. To be fair, it was a lot
worse last year [1, 2]. But the problem remains largely unsolved.
Phoronix is even worse, but an issue for another day… █
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✐ Confirmed:IBM_is_Shutting_Down_Sites_of_Red_Hat(Staff_Writers_Discarded)⠀✐
Posted in IBM, Red_Hat at 1:18 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Thank_you,_Enterprisers!:_Over_the_years,_we_have_had_the
honor_of_sharing_your_knowledge,_insights,_and_ideas_with_readers_through_this
publication._It_has_been_a_wonderful_journey—nearly_ten_years_in_the_making._We
must_share_the_news_that_The_Enterprisers_Project's_funding_has_come_to_an_end.
What_that_means_for_the_future_is_not_yet_clear._Publication_of_new_articles
must_end,_although_the_site_will_remain_online_indefinitely._The_Enterprisers
Project_has_always_been_a_space_where_IT_leaders_and_executives_could_learn
from_each_other._It_has_been_a_pleasure_to_be_a_part_of_this_vibrant_community,
and_we_are_proud_of_what_we_have_built_together._As_we_part_ways,_we_want_to
take_a_moment_to_thank_you_all_for_your_contributions,_support,_feedback,_and
engagement._Your_passion_and_dedication_to_innovation,_leadership,_technology,
and_how_it_all_fits_together_has_been_an_inspiration_to_us._We_are_confident
that_the_conversations_and_relationships_we_have_built_here_will_continue_to
thrive_and_grow.⦈_
Summary: It is now confirmed_that_IBM_(Red_Hat)_is_shutting_down_long-running
sites that focus on community, GNU/Linux, and so on; but OpenSource.com is
still_silent_on_the_matter
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Review on Monday and Tuesday
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✐ The_World_Wide_Web,and_Even_Some“LINUX”or“UNIX”_Sites,_Become_Spamfarms⠀✐
Posted in Deception at 8:17 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: The Web is rotting (we will mention this in an upcoming video that
gives 4 new examples of that); consider the example of www.unixmen.com, one of
many “Linux” sites that recently became a spamfarm (some had become inactive or
even went offline instead); we took_note_of_this_trend_in_April and things have
gotten only more out of control since. This_is_the_latest_example_of_webspam —
with the word “Linux” thrown in to make it seem relevant. Going to the front
page, about 90% of the “content” from the past 6 weeks is webspam, with the
word “Linux” added to make it harder to notice (last month we explained how it
figure out the SEO spam parts).
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Spam_in_Unixmen⦈_
What will be left of the Web? More clickfraud_spamnils?
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
* Applications
* Instructionals/Technical
* Desktop_Environments/WMs
o K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
o GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o SaaS/Back_End/Databases
o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra
o FSF
o GNU_Projects
o Programming/Development
# C_/_C++
# Python
# Java
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Software_Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Quantum_firms_team_up_for_hybrid_computing_under_Linux_…⠀⇛
QMware GmbH (Saint Gallen, Switzerland) and QuiX Quantum
NV (Enschede, The Netherlands) have agreed to collaborate
build a hybrid quantum-classical computing platform in
Enschede.
The hybrid architecture integrates high-performance
computing (HPC) infrastructure with native quantum
computing technology and is expected to be fully
operational for commercial applications in August 2023.
QMware offers a hybrid approach to quantum computing
through its software framework. This will be used to
integrate different hardware types with shared memory
access. This will be operated under a unified Linux
operating system. The companies say this will be the
first of a new kind of data center and aims at a ten-fold
increase in processing power.
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ This_official_Ubuntu_Spin_might_just_be_the_perfect
intro_to_Linux⠀⇛
There are so many Linux distributions that claim to
be the best for those looking to try out the open
source operating system. Many of them, such as
Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Deepin Linux, and
Elementary OS, are very well designed for that very
purpose. They all offer unique takes on Linux and
each has some special to offer.
But there’s a lesser-known, official Ubuntu spin
that really hits all the marks for new users. That
distribution is Ubuntu Budgie. Not only is this
take on the Linux desktop very user-friendly, but
it’s also quite beautiful as well.
[...]
The development team is certainly backing up that
statement. I’m always on the lookout for Linux
distributions that are ideal for new users and with
the release of Ubuntu Budgie 23.04, I can
wholeheartedly say that this distribution might be
the perfect introduction to Linux. It has the
simple underpinnings of Ubuntu (including Snap
packages), and a UI that makes working with Linux
as easy as using Windows or MacOS.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu_Podcast_from_the_UK_LoCo:_Soaking_Up_the_Cider⠀⇛
We discuss switching to Apple Music on desktop
Linux, sideloading homebrew on the Steam Deck, and
finding note-taking nirvana.
# ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Destination_Linux_323:_Reviewing_The_Most
Popular_Linux_Distro_In_The_World⠀⇛
This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we take a
look at Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster.
# ⚓ 323:_Reviewing_The_Most_Popular_Linux_Distro_In_The_World⠀⇛
# ⚓ mintCast Podcast ☛ mintCast_412_–_Coldpause⠀⇛
First up, in the news, Mint News for April, Mozilla
Thunderbird is adding paid features and services,
Raspberry Pi OS updates, sudo and su get Rusty,
Flatseal gets GTK4, new Framework laptop gets Ryzen
7040 series, Kingston firmware contains lyrics,
YouTube tests blocking adblock, Star5’s Vision 2
RISC-V gets Ubuntu, and Microsoft wants Firefox to
switch to Bing
In security and privacy, India bans open-source
messaging apps “for security reasons”;
Then in our Wanderings, Bill tells a story, Joe
gets political, I conquered wifi, and Majid goes
back in time.
Download
# ⚓ Luis_Villa:_Announcing_the_Upstream_podcast [Ed: They_are
connected_to_rogue_companies_including_Microsoft]⠀⇛
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.3.3⠀⇛
I’m announcing the release of the 6.3.3 kernel.
All users of the 6.3 kernel series must upgrade.
The updated 6.3.y git tree can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/
stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.3.y
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web
browser:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/
linux-s…
thanks,
greg k-h
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.2.16⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.29⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.112⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.180⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.4.243⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.19.283⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.14.315⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.2_Reaches_End_of_Life,_Users
Urged_to_Upgrade_to_Linux_Kernel_6.3⠀⇛
TLinux kernel 6.2 arrived less than three months
ago on February 19th, 2023, and it introduced new
features like protective load balancing (PLB) for
the IPv6 stack, a new FineIBT control-flow
integrity mechanism for x86, support for the Intel
“asynchronous exit notification” mechanism, and
more Rust infrastructure.
Being a short-lived kernel branch, Linux 6.2 has
now reached end of life (EOL) with the Linux 6.2.16
release that was announced today by renowned kernel
developer and maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman, who
urges users to upgrade to the latest Linux 6.3
kernel series as soon as possible.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Excellent_Linux_Console_Audio_Grabbers⠀⇛
CD audio grabbers are designed to extract (“rip”)
the raw digital audio (in a format commonly called
CDDA) from a compact disc to a file or other
output.
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Rhythmbox_3.4.7_Released_–_Party_Mode_Removed,
Bugs_Fixed⠀⇛
A new version of Rhythmbox music player is out.
# ⚓ Net2 ☛ Best_Project_Management_Software_for_Linux⠀⇛
Linux users understand the power and flexibility of
this open-source operating system, making it a go-
to platform for professionals, including project
managers. In this guide, we’ll explore top project
management software options specifically designed
for Linux, helping streamline workflows and enhance
project management capabilities.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ 17_Top_Open-source_Free_DICOM_Viewers_For_Medical
Professionals⠀⇛
What is DICOM?
DICOM, which stands for Digital Imaging and
Communications in Medicine, is a standardized
format that enables medical professionals to access
and share medical images regardless of their
location or the devices they use. DICOM images
require specific software known as DICOM viewers to
read and display the
# ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ credcheck_v1.2.0_released⠀⇛
§ PostgreSQL credcheck extension
The credcheck PostgreSQL extension provides few
general credential checks, which will be evaluated
during the user creation, during the password
change and user renaming. By using this extension,
we can define a set of rules: [...]
# ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pg_track_settings_4.1.2_is_out!⠀⇛
§ pg_track_settings 2.1.2
I’m pleased to announce the release of the version
2.1.2 of pg_track_settings, an extension that helps
you keep track of postgresql settings
configuration.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Setting_up_an_SFTP_Server_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is a secure
protocol for transferring files between local and
remote servers. Unlike standard FTP, it uses SSH
(Secure Shell) to encrypt all data transfers,
protecting against common threats like data
interception and packet sniffing. In this guide, we
will detail the steps to set up an SFTP server on
[...]
# ⚓ RoseHosting ☛ VPS_vs._VPN:_Unraveling_the_Mystery_Behind
These_Tech_Buzzwords⠀⇛
In today’s digital world, privacy, security, and
performance are of utmost importance.
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Linux_security:_What_is_sudo_and_why_is_it_so
important?⠀⇛
Sudo stands for “superuser do” and effectively
gives a regular user access to administrator-like
powers. Here’s how to use this powerful tool.
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Beginner’s_Guide_to_System_Updates_in_Linux
Mint⠀⇛
New to Linux Mint? It has an excellent system
updater tool. Learn about this tool and the best
practices you should follow.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Web Pro News ☛ Asahi_Linux_Chooses_KDE_Plasma,_Citing
‘Configurability’⠀⇛
Asahi Linux lead Hector Martin took to
Mastodon to explain the decision to use KDE
as the default desktop environment (DE),
citing its “configurability.”
Asahi Linux is a project aimed at bringing
Linux to Apple’s custom silicon chips. The
project has chosen KDE Plasma as its default
DE due to the degree of customization it
offers. As we pointed out in our review of
KDE Plasma, the DE is hands-down the most
customizeable and powerful available.
# ⚓ Plasma_Sprint_2023_in_Augsburg⠀⇛
Finally a sprint again! The 2019 the Plasma
Sprint in Valencia was my first in person KDE
event and I was hooked instantly. However
something mysterious happened in the next
years that and in person meet ups stopped
happening. While Akademy 2022 happened in
person again, a sprint has different
atmosphere and I was awesome to see people
that couldn’t make Akademy or for whom it was
their first sprint. Other attendees have
blogged about the sprint as well, check them
out too. Either on the planet or over on
discuss Carl created a collection_of_a_bunch
of_them.
So what did I do? Aside from the usual
talking, discussion, planing which the others
already blogged about. (And of course the
live bug investigations on fellow developers’
machines who always seem to attract the
weirdest issues.) I am afraid I spent the
rest of the time on boring backend stuff.
# ⚓ KDE Official ☛ KDE_&_Google_Summer_of_Code_2023⠀⇛
By Benson Muite
This year KDE will mentor 9 projects in the
Google Summer of Code (GSoC). GSoC is a
program in which contributors new to open
source spend between 175 and 350 hours
working on an open source project.
Meet the projects and contributors for 2023:
[...]
⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ KDE’s_GSoC_2023_Projects_Include_New_Digikam,Kalendar&_Krita
Features⠀⇛
A swathe of well-known free software projects are taking part in this
year’s Google Summer of Code, and KDE is among them.
/blockquote>
⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_as_a_Career_–_Mapping_your_own_path_into_coding [Ed: But Qt is
proprietary and only one company controls it]⠀⇛
In this series, we’ll be bringing you a variety of career stories
from people working with Qt.
§ GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
* ⚓ Sam_Thursfield:_Status_update,_16/05/2023⠀⇛
I am volunteering a lot of time to work on testing at the
moment. When you start out as a developer this seems like the
most boring kind of open source contribution that you can do.
Once you become responsible for maintaining existing codebases
though it becomes very interesting as a way to automate some of
the work involved in reviewing merge requests and responding to
issue reports.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Distrobox_–_use_Linux_distributions_in_your
terminal⠀⇛
Distrobox is software which creates and manages
container-based development environments without root
privileges. It lets you run a wide range of Linux
distributions on a single host system.
It’s not reinventing the wheel. Distrobox is merely a
rather sophisticated wrapper around Podman or Docker.
Podman is a daemonless tool designed to find, run, build,
share and deploy applications using containers and
container images. Docker is a set of platform as a
service products that use OS-level virtualization to
deliver software in packages called containers.
What’s a container? A container is an operating-system-
level virtualization method for running multiple isolated
Linux systems on a control host using a single Linux
kernel.
o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Alpine_Linux_3.18_fixes_DNS_over_TCP_issue,_now
ready_for_all_the_internet’s_problems
⠀⇛
The latest update to the ultra-lightweight Alpine Linux
distro, as widely used for hosting Docker containers,
fixes an important issue.
There are many relatively small new features in Alpine
3.18, but one of them, while niche, could prove
significant. One of several unusual things about Alpine
Linux is that it doesn’t use glibc, the standard C
library that is the basis of almost all other Linux
distros. Instead, Alpine is based on the smaller, lighter
Musl libc.
For many years, and by design, Musl did not support DNS
over TCP, only over UDP.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Innovation_in_uncertain_times._Join
SUSE_at_SAP_Sapphire_Barcelona_Spain,_May_24-25,_2023 [Ed:
Even after the SAP salesperson left as CEO the company SUSE
is beholden to proprietary software]⠀⇛
Organizations today are facing a myriad of
challenges. An uncertain macroeconomic climate,
rising capital costs, the continued increase in
global cybersecurity threats, supply chain issues,
and skill shortages all impact their ability to
innovate.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Rocky Linux ☛ Rocky_Linux_9.2_Available_Now⠀⇛
We are pleased to announce the general availability
of Rocky Linux 9.2. This release is currently
available for the x86-64, aarch64, and s390x
architectures. Please review the release notes in
the Rocky Linux Documentation – These notes contain
important information including known bugs and more
comprehensive details about changes in this
version.
Important Notices
9.2 Release for PowerPC (ppc64le) architecture held
back
During testing, we discovered an architecture-
specific issue on ppc64le systems with the bundled
version of Python 3.9. This issue not only prevents
installing, but may break existing installations.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ AppArmor_vs._SELinux:_What’s_The
Difference?⠀⇛
Mandatory Access Control (MAC) systems such as
AppArmor and SELinux are essential tools for system
administrators. They provide the ability to manage
access to resources and control systems within the
Linux kernel. While they share a common goal, how
they operate and offer features vary significantly.
# ⚓ Cockpit_Project:_Cockpit_292⠀⇛
Cockpit is the modern_Linux_admin_interface.
We release regularly.
Here are the release notes from Cockpit 292 and
cockpit-machines 290:
§ Metrics: Add disk I/O per service
The “Disks” usage metrics card now shows the active
read and write bandwidth for the top 5 consumers by
systemd unit. This is similar to the already
existing per-service CPU and RAM usage.
# ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Fedora_at_SCaLE_20x
Community_Linux_Event⠀⇛
Our team provided help, outreach, and swag items
during the SCaLE_20x 2023 Linux community event.
# ⚓ Packit_Team:_Packit’s_pre-commit_hooks⠀⇛
pre-commit # pre-commit is a wonderful tool that
saves you a lot of time by automatically checking
your changes before you commit and/or push them
out.
For example, in our packit repo we run various
hooks upon each commit: Black (Python code
formatter), Prettier (code formatter), Flake8
(Python source code checker), Mypy (static type
checker for Python), and several other pre-commit
hooks.
Our pre-commit hooks # We also have a few hooks
which we’ve created and which you might find useful
as well.
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ The_benefits_of_Fedora_38_long_double_transition
in_ppc64le⠀⇛
Fedora 38 will have a new feature for ppc64le.
Clang has begun using the IEEE 128-bit long double
by default instead of the IBM 128-bit long double
format. This allows Clang to behave the same way as
GCC, which switched to IEEE 128-bit long double on
ppc64le on Fedora_36. This floating point format
benefits from the hardware implementation available
on IBM® Power9® processor-based servers and IBM®
Power10™ processor-based servers.
✐ Background of the floating point format⠀✐
The IBM_System/360_Model_85 was released in 1968
and supported a 128-bit extended precision floating
point format. A few decades later this format
became known in the open source communities as IBM
128-bit long double or IBM double-double.
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasySetup_and_Flapi_fixes⠀⇛
There was a little bug in EasySetup, reported here:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/
viewtopic.php?p=88979#p88979
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Ubuntu_23.10_To_Bring_Security_Enhanced_PPAs⠀⇛
Ubuntu upgrades constantly enhance functionalities
and add security fixes.
However, it is not often that you see some changes
to some of the core mechanisms.
With Ubuntu 23.10, the PPA functioning gets better.
At least, you’ll see fewer warnings in the
terminal.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Ensure_DC_motor_performance_with_anomaly
detection_based_on_energy_monitoring⠀⇛
The challenge Optimizing manufacturing processes is
a requirement in any industry today, with
electricity consumption in particular representing
a major concern due to increased costs and
instability.
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Stop_snoring_in_its_tracks_with_this_helpful
device⠀⇛
For those who have to put up with a snoring partner
or roommate, the scourge of listening to those
droning sounds can be maddening and lead to a
decrease in the quality of one’s sleep.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ 10_Gboard_Keyboard_Features_You_Should_Be
Using_on_Android⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ One_of_the_best_Android_phones_—_the_Pixel_6
—_is_on_sale_with_Amazon_right_now_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ What_is_Android_System_Intelligence?_Is
it_safe_to_remove?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Express ☛ Samsung_faces_new_Android_competition_from_an
iconic_smartphone_rival_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛
# ⚓ Giz China ☛ Google_ignored_Android_14_for_the_first_time_in
Google_I/O⠀⇛
# ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Android_14′s_Ultra_HDR_feature_may_be_limited
to_select_Samsung_phones_–_SamMobile⠀⇛
# ⚓ Behind_the_Scenes:_How_Android_Updates_Reach_Your_Phone?_|
NextPit⠀⇛
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ How_free_GTA_5_APK+OBB_download_links_can
jeopardize_your_Android_mobile_devices⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_S9_Ultra_renders
leak:_The_best_Android_tablet_of_2023?⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
# ⚓ SQLite ☛ SQLite_Release_3.42.0⠀⇛
1. Add the FTS5 secure-delete command. This option
causes all forensic traces to be removed from the
FTS5 inverted index when content is deleted.
2. Enhance the JSON SQL functions to support JSON5
extensions.
3. The SQLITE_CONFIG_LOG and
SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE_HDRSZ calls to sqlite3_config
() are now allowed to occur after
sqlite3_initialize().
4. New sqlite3_db_config() options:
SQLITE_DBCONFIG_STMT_SCANSTATUS and
SQLITE_DBCONFIG_REVERSE_SCANORDER.
o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾
# ⚓ LibreOffice_7.6_Alpha1_is_available_for_testing⠀⇛
LibreOffice 7.6 will be released as final in mid
August, 2023 ( Check the Release Plan ) being
LibreOffice 7.6 Alpha1 the first pre-release since
the development of version 7.6 started in mid
December, 2022. Since then, 4670 commits have been
submitted to the code repository and more than 754
bugs were set to FIXED in Bugzilla. Check the
release notes to find the new features included in
this version of LibreOffice.
# ⚓ Month_of_LibreOffice,_May_2023_–_Half-way_point!⠀⇛
So far, 202 sticker packs have been awarded in the
Month of LibreOffice, May 2023.
o § FSF⠀➾
# ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_News:_The_FSF_board_candidate_discussions_will
start_on_May_29⠀⇛
o § GNU Projects⠀➾
# ⚓ Mark_J._Wielaard:_Sourceware_joins_Software_Freedom
Conservancy⠀⇛
For almost 25 years Sourceware has been the long-
time home of various core toolchain project
communities. Projects like Cygwin, a UNIX API for
Win32 systems, the GNU Toolchain, including GCC,
the GNU Compiler Colection, two C libraries, glibc
and newlib, binary tools, binutils and elfutils,
debuggers and profilers, GDB, systemtap and
valgrind. Sourceware also hosts standard groups
like gnu-gabi and the DWARF Debugging Standard. See
the full list project hosted and services provided
on the Sourceware_projects page.
As the fiscal host of Sourceware, Software Freedom
Conservancy will provide a home for fundraising,
legal protection and governance that will benefit
all projects under Sourceware’s care. We share one
mission: developing, distributing and advocating
for Software Freedom. Together we will offer a
worry-free, friendly home for core toolchain and
developer tool projects.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ “Climate_spiral”_–_Plotting_GISS_Surface
Temperature⠀⇛
NASA has been collecting surface temperature for
more than over 100 years, and the GISS Surface
Temperature analysis from 1888 onward. It is an
estimate of global surface temperature change.
# ⚓ The_RedMonk_Programming_Language_Rankings:_January_2023
[Ed: Microsoft-sponsored fake "analyst" (RedMonk) uses
Microsoft data to only assess projects that choose to be
imprisoned by Microsoft and by proprietary trap (GitHub).
What sort of research is this????]⠀⇛
The data source used for the GitHub portion of the
analysis is the GitHub Archive.
# ⚓ ArchLinux ☛ Git_migration_announcement⠀⇛
This Friday morning (2023-05-19) the Git packaging
migration will start until Sunday (2023-05-21). The
Arch Linux packaging team will not be able to
update packages in any of the repositories during
this period.
Notification when the migration starts, and when it
is completed, will be published on the [arch-dev-
public] mailing list.
# § C / C++⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Using_the_Std::Cout⠀⇛
Practical tutorial on how to implement and
use the cout statement to see the output on
the console in C++ and chain together
multiple output statements.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Setw_Field_Width_in_C++⠀⇛
Comprehensive tutorial on how to implement
and set the setw() function in C++ to modify
the output stream’s field width and manage
the output of your program.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Sorted_Linked_List_in_C++⠀⇛
Guide on how to sort the linked list in C++
programming language to organize the data in
a network of nodes to organize it
alphabetically by a given key value.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Make_and_Use_Enum_in_C_Language⠀⇛
How to declare and use an enumerator in C and
its constants and assign a value to each of
them using the default enumeration or by
defining them yourself.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Syslog-ng_Python_Packaging⠀⇛
In version 4 of syslog-ng, the role of Python
became even more important. Previously, all
parts of syslog-ng could be extended using
Python code, but no actual Python code was
provided with syslog-ng. Version 4.0 added a
Kubernetes module implemented in Python,
while version 4.2 added support for Hypr. But
how can we ensure that all Python
dependencies are met?
# ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_Syslog-ng_Python_packaging⠀⇛
Of course, Python modules add their own long
list of dependencies. There are three ways
how these dependencies can be installed:
On the system using the package management of
the OS. This is the preferred way of many
organizations, but unfortunately not all
dependencies are available for all operating
systems as ready-to-install packages.
On the system using Python tools. This is not
recommended, unless you really know what you
are doing, as mixing OS-maintained packages
with manually installed components can easily
lead to chaos.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn_Grouped_Bar_Plot⠀⇛
The “sns.barplot()” method can be used for
grouped bar plots when users have multiple
categorical variables and want to plot
together at once.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn_Heatmap_Size⠀⇛
To resize the Seaborn heatmap in Python, the
“plt.set()” method, “plt.figure()” method,
and “plt.gcf” method can be used.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Matplotlib_Figure_Title⠀⇛
The “matplotlib.pyplot” library is used to
add titles in graphs for identification and
explanation. It is also used to change font,
alignment, color, and location.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ 10+_Python_Scrapping_Libraries_and
Frameworks_For_Data_Engineers_and_Data_Scientists⠀⇛
Python is a popular general purpose
programming language for building desktop
apps, games, and mobile apps. It is also the
primary choice for many data engineers and
data scientists for its scripting capability
and vast collection of open-source libraries,
tools, and frameworks.
In summary, it is an immensely powerful
programming
# § Java⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Jungle ☛ Java_17_Now_GA_for_IBM_i_and_WebSphere
Gets_Company⠀⇛
Java 17 is now available on IBM i, IBM
announced last month, bringing the first
major Java enhancement since Java 11 to the
platform. The Java-based Web application
server environment is also evolving on IBM i,
as Big Blue adds more options besides
WebSphere.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Julia_Child,_Jane_Austen,_and_sleuths_of_a_certain
age⠀⇛
In need of some armchair travel? Curl up with spring’s
new mysteries where adventure abounds in San Francisco,
Paris, and England.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ On_an_Austrian_Train,_Hitler’s_Voice_Played_Over
the_Loudspeakers⠀⇛
Two men have been questioned in the bizarre case, where
Hitler could be heard over an express train’s P.A.
system. The episode has led to outrage and head-
scratching.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ German_Court_Convicts_Five_Men_for_Green_Vault
Jewel_Heist⠀⇛
The trial brought to light the extraordinary story of how
members of a notorious crime family broke into one of the
most secure museums in Germany.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Cherelle_Parker_Wins_Democratic_Mayoral_Primary
in_Philadelphia⠀⇛
She drew support from prominent Democratic politicians
and trade unions. She is all but assured of becoming the
city’s first woman mayor.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Chinese_fishing_vessel_capsizes_in_Indian
Ocean,_39_missing⠀⇛
No missing persons have been found so far.
o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ A_Few_Thoughts_on_Quentin_Tarantino’s_Plan_to
Retire⠀⇛
The director has said that his tenth film will be his
last. What does this mean for his cinematic legacy?
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Indy,_Scorsese_and_an_African_revival:_What_to_expect
from_Cannes_2023⠀⇛
The Cannes Film Festival is poised to launch a
blockbuster 76th edition on Tuesday stacked with
celebrated auteurs and Hollywood star power, confident
that it has weathered the Covid pandemic and upheld its
status as the guardian of the big screen. In a belated
and welcome sign of change, this year’s line-up features
more female directors and a sizeable contingent of
African entries, while the return of Hollywood
silverbacks Harrison Ford (in his final appearance as
Indiana Jones) and Martin Scorsese will provide the
festival’s marquee premieres.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Researchers_look_at_genetic_maintenance_of
same-sex_sexual_behavior⠀⇛
LSA professor Jianzhi Zhang and graduate student
Siliang Song are exploring why the many genes
associated with same-sex sexual behavior have not
been purged from the human genome over time.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Literacy_skills_declining_among_Finnish_kids,_global
study_finds⠀⇛
The Progress in International Reading Literacy
Study (PIRLS) examines the reading comprehension of
fourth grade students around the world every 5
years.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Gigadevice_GD25LE128EXH_is_a_tiny_3x3mm
128Mbit_SPI_NOR_flash⠀⇛
GigaDevice Semiconductor has just launched the
GD25LE128EXH 128Mbit SPI NOR Flash in a tiny ultra-
compact 3x3x0.4mm FO-USON8 package designed for
IoT, wearables, healthcare, and networking
products. The GD25LE128EXH supports up to 133MHz
frequency with four channels delivering up to
532Mbit/s data throughput. GigaDevice also
highlights the low power consumption of just 6mA
when reading, or a reduction of power consumption
by 45% compared to previous devices.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Japan_PM_Kishida_to_Meet
Executives_From_Top_Chip_Firms_-Sources⠀⇛
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Oxford_University_Removes_Sackler_Name
From_Buildings⠀⇛
The elite British university has become the latest
in a long series of institutions to publicly
distance themselves from the family because of some
of its members’ ties to the opioid crisis.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ I’m_a_Couples_Therapist._Something_New_Is
Happening_in_Relationships.⠀⇛
For more and more of Orna Guralnik’s patients, the
ideas behind Black Lives Matter and #MeToo are
leading to breakthroughs at home.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Warning:_6_products_that_could_pose_a_serious
safety_risk_to_your_baby_or_child⠀⇛
We round up the potentially dangerous baby products
featured in safety recalls or Which? investigations
# ⚓ Axios ☛ North_Carolina_Republicans_pass_12-week_abortion
law⠀⇛
Most abortions will no longer be legal in North
Carolina after_12_weeks_of_pregnancy.
Driving the news:The state’s GOP-controlled
legislature Tuesday nightcarried out a razor-thin
override of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of_a
46-page_bill that tightens restrictions on abortion
care here.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_U.S._Experiment_on_Single-Payer_Care
Just_Ended⠀⇛
The system for one disease, Covid, had similarities
to “Medicare for all.”
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Brazil’s_Bolsonaro_Denies
Tampering_of_His_Vaccination_Records⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Bird_Flu_Vaccine_Authorized_for_Emergency
Use_in_California_Condors⠀⇛
More than 20 of the birds, which are critically
endangered, have died in recent months.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ High-Top_Shoes_Can_Actually_Increase_Injury
Risk,_Experts_Warn⠀⇛
Here’s what the science says.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Japan’s_Economy_Rebounds_on
Healthy_Consumption_as_COVID_Restrictions_Ease,_Tourists
Arrive⠀⇛
Japan’s economy has grown at an annual pace of 1.6%
in the quarter through March
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_appeals_court_allows_religious_discrimination
complaint_over_government-mandated_COVID-19_vaccines⠀⇛
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled
Monday that former government employees can sue the
city of San Francisco, California for infringing on
their religious freedom after they were denied
exemptions from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ex-Audi_Chief_Pleads_Guilty_in_Dieselgate_Trial⠀⇛
Over 10 million Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat and
Mercedes vehicles were sold with manufacturing
defects worldwide.
# § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Keeping_a_competitive_edge_in_the
cybersecurity_‘game’ [Ed: "This article was produced by
Microsoft Federal, for CyberScoop." So a site that
claims to be for security prints crap from a back doors
proponent.]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ White_House_plan_to_implement
cyber_strategy_includes_ambitious_digital_education
effort [Ed: But not deleting Microsoft and Windows?]⠀⇛
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ WordPress ☛ WordPress_6.2.1_Maintenance_&_Security
Release⠀⇛
WordPress 6.2.1 is now available! This minor
release features 20 bug fixes in Core and 10 bug
fixes for the block editor. You can review a
summary of the maintenance updates in this release
by reading the Release Candidate announcement. This
release also features several security fixes.
# ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ It’s_always_DNS,_here’s_why…⠀⇛
# ⚓ XSAs_released_on_2023-05-16⠀⇛
The Xen_Project has released one or more Xen
security_advisories_(XSAs).
The security of Qubes OS is not affected.
Therefore, no user action is required.
# ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ Another_issue_with_the_Cyber_Resilience_Act:
European_standards_bodies_are_inaccessible_to_Open_Source
projects⠀⇛
Europe’s standards bodies have no functional
relationships with Open Source charities and do not
consult them.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ We_need_more_breach_transparency,_but_a_lot
of_obstacles_are_in_the_way⠀⇛
# ⚓ Freexian_Collaborators:_Monthly_report_about_Debian_Long
Term_Support,_April_2023_(by_Roberto_C._Sánchez)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Teltonika_Vulnerabilities_Could_Expose
Thousands_of_Industrial_Organizations_to_Remote_Attacks⠀⇛
Critical vulnerabilities found in Teltonika
products by industrial cybersecurity firms Otorio
and Claroty expose thousands of internet-exposed
devices to attacks.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_Babuk-Based_Ransomware_Targeting
Organizations_in_US,_Korea⠀⇛
An emerging ransomware gang called RA Group is
targeting organizations in the US and South Korea.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Lancefly_APT_Targeting_Asian_Government
Organizations_for_Years⠀⇛
A threat actor tracked as Lancefly has been
targeting government organizations in South and
Southeast Asia for at least three years.
# ⚓ Improvements_to_PPA_management_in_23.10⠀⇛
We’re excited to announce the release of software-
properties 0.99.37, just uploaded to mantic-
proposed! This update brings a significant change
to how PPAs are managed on Ubuntu systems, thanks
to the hard work of @enr0n.
In previous versions of Ubuntu, PPAs were managed
through a traditional .list file located at /etc/
apt/sources.list.d/, accompanied by a gpg keyring
at /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ Commissioner_Johansson’s_speech_at
the_High_level_meeting_with_the_Western_Balkan_partners_on
Small_Arms_and_Light_Weapons_control⠀⇛
European Commission Speech Brussels, 16 May 2023
Guns kill people.
We were reminded of this reality by two deadly
attacks within 48 hours. In and near Belgrade.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Reeling_in_illegal_fishing_is_crucial_to
Australia’s_maritime_security⠀⇛
Combating illegal, unreported and unregulated
fishing (IUU fishing) is key to the integrity of
the international legal framework and the rules-
based international order.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Philippines:_‘Stronger_security_cooperation’_with
Japan_essential_for_regional_peace⠀⇛
Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo says both
countries believe in rules-based resolution of
disputes.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Seven_Things_Not_Mentioned_in_the_Durham
Report⠀⇛
If John Durham closed just a handful of enormous
gaps in his shoddy report, it would all fall apart.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ U.S._to_make_million-dollar_investment_in_Latvian
border_security⠀⇛
The United States Department of Energy has
announced a $1.3 million investment in
strengthening border security and radiation
detection in Latvia, the U.S. embassy in Rīga said
in a release May 16.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Republican_Leaders_and_Right-Wing_Media
React_to_the_Durham_Report⠀⇛
Conservative leaders and right-wing outlets say the
special counsel report, which produced no startling
revelations, lends credence to their conspiracy
theories about the F.B.I.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Japan’s_Kishida_to_push_for_a_‘world
without_nuclear_weapons’_at_G-7,_but_faces_impossible_task⠀⇛
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants to use
the Group of Seven (G-7) Leaders’ Summit in his
home constituency of Hiroshima this weekend to
“promote a world without nuclear weapons”.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Rival_Groups_Firing_in_NW_Pakistan:_16_Killed_and
4_Injured⠀⇛
“…The police said that the event occurred because
of a long-standing dispute between the two tribal
groups…”
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ At_Least_16_Killed_In_Tribal_Clashes_Over_Coal_Mine
In_Northwestern_Pakistan⠀⇛
At least 16 people have been killed and three were
wounded in armed clashes triggered by a dispute
over the ownership of a coal mine in northwestern
Pakistan, police said.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Anglophone_Separatists_Step_Up_Attacks_in_Cameroon⠀⇛
A recent attack less than 40 kilometers west of
Cameroon’s largest city, Douala, has citizens
feeling unnerved and insecure. On May 1, at least
15 heavily armed Anglophone separatists attacked a
military post in the farming village of Matouke.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ At_Hiroshima_G7,_Bomb_Survivors
Grapple_With_a_Disarmament_Dream_Deferred⠀⇛
# ⚓ ADF ☛ ‘Wet_With_Blood’:_Survivors_Describe_Burkina_Faso
Massacre⠀⇛
ADF STAFF The brutal attack lasted about six hours.
When it was over, at least 156 people were dead.
Some of the victims were blindfolded, some were
babies under a month old, killed on their mothers’
backs.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ War_in_Sudan_Unleashes_New_Wave_of
Violence_in_Darfur⠀⇛
The war in Sudan has unleashed a new wave of
violence in the western region of Darfur, sending
tens of thousands into neighboring Chad, where a
new humanitarian crisis is looming.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ With_Weapons_and_Gold_Mining,_Wagner_Cashes_In_on
Sudan_Chaos⠀⇛
While Sudan’s rival generals battle for control of
the country, Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries
continue to cash in despite the chaos. As other
mining companies suspended operations in the
country, Wagner’s affiliate Meroe Gold continued
operation of its gold mines.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Experts:_Could_Sudan’s_Fate_Resemble_Divided_Libya?⠀⇛
Cease-fires have failed. Rival sides seem evenly
matched. The men at the top are increasingly
entrenched in their opposition to each other.
Regional players are choosing sides. Observers say
they’ve seen these factors before, and they wonder
whether Sudan could be headed for the kind of
division that has crippled Libya for years.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Arab_states_see_a_path_to_progress_through
Syria._It_could_be_bumpy.⠀⇛
Fresh diplomacy in the Middle East is reforging
Syria’s ties to the Arab world. Each has something
the other wants. But will Damascus play ball?
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Syrian_refugees_fear_normalization_with
Assad._Because_it_means_they_will_have_to_return—and_not_by
choice.⠀⇛
Syrian refugees fear that “normalization” of ties
will boost the narrative that “Syria is safe now,”
giving further justification to rid Syrian refugee
populations.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_Arab_League_thinks_readmitting_Syria
will_push_out_Iran._They’re_wrong.⠀⇛
The logic of drawing Bashar al-Assad back into the
Arab League is unsound, founded on the faulty
premise that there remains such a thing as an
independent Syrian regime to woo back from Tehran.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ UN:_Africa’s_Sahel_Desperately
Needs_Help_to_Fight_Violent_Extremism_and_Stop_Its_Spread⠀⇛
Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for
violent extremism, but the joint force set up in
2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State,
al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their
inroads
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Several_dead_in_Senegal_clashes_as_opposition
leader_Sonko’s_rape_trial_adjourned⠀⇛
Three people died during clashes between Senegalese
police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane
Sonko, the authorities said on Tuesday, amid
flaring tensions triggered by a legal showdown.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Global_executions_surge,_with_China,_Iran
leading_the_way,_Amnesty_says⠀⇛
Recorded executions worldwide reached 883 last
year, the highest level since 2017, according to an
Amnesty International report published on Tuesday
that decried the Middle East and North Africa in
particular.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ UN:_Africa’s_Sahel_needs_international_support
to_fight_extremism⠀⇛
Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for
violent extremism, but the joint force set up in
2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State,
al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their
inroads, and a senior UN official warned Tuesday
that without greater international support and
regional cooperation the instability will expand
toward West African coastal countries.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Belarus_State_Media_Release_a_Photo_of
Lukashenko_Amid_Ill_Health_Rumors⠀⇛
Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a Kremlin ally, had not
been shown since he attended events last week
celebrating the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi
Germany in 1945.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ She_Killed_the_Man_Raping_Her.
Now_Mexican_Woman_Faces_6_Years_in_Prison⠀⇛
A Mexican woman who killed a man defending herself
when he attacked and raped her in 2021 was
sentenced to more than six years in prison, a
decision her legal defense called “discriminatory”
and vowed to appeal
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Team_to_Counter_Tech_Espionage
Unveils_Cases_Involving_China_and_Russia⠀⇛
A new division set up by the government to pursue
sanctions evasion and technology espionage
announced arrests of individuals with ties to
foreign governments.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_Faces_Military_Setbacks_and
Disunity⠀⇛
The problems that have hindered Russia’s 15-month
war are still festering: stretched resources and
disunity in the ranks. Still, Mr. Putin’s resolve
augurs a willingness to prosecute a long war.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Durham_report_criticizes_FBI_role_in_Trump-
Russia_probe⠀⇛
A four-year investigation into the possible
misconduct of the FBI’s probe into ties between
Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential
campaign has concluded. Prosecutor John Durham’s
report has identified major flaws in the FBI’s
investigation.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Russia’s_top_mercenary_leader_turns_on
Kremlin._What’s_behind_rift?⠀⇛
Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has been
engaged in very public criticism of Russia’s war
effort. Experts say that it’s not a challenge to
Vladimir Putin, but positioning for the post-war
order.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Russian_Embassy:_Border_guards_cancelling_Finns’
visas_are_‘isolated_cases’⠀⇛
Last week, Russian border authorities began
annulling some visas carried by Finnish citizens,
refusing their entry and turning them back to
Finland.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Durham_Report_Takeaways:_A
‘Seriously_Flawed’_Russia_Investigation_and_Its_Lasting
Impact_on_the_FBI⠀⇛
A 306-page report by Justice Department special
counsel John Durham is refocusing negative
attention on one of the most politically
significant investigations in FBI history: the
probe into whether Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential
campaign was colluding with Russia to tip the
outcome of the election
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Gessen_Resigns_From_PEN_America
Board_Over_Canceled_Panel_With_Russian_Dissidents⠀⇛
The author and journalist Masha Gessen has resigned
as vice president of the board of PEN America,
citing their unhappiness with the literary and free
expression organization’s cancellation of an event
that would have included Russian panelists
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Moldovan_Region_Headed_for_Clash
With_Pro-European_Government⠀⇛
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Georgian_Airways_To_Resume_Direct_Flights_To_Russia
From_May_20⠀⇛
Georgia’s flag carrier, Georgian Airways, will
resume direct flights to Russia from May 20, the
Georgian Civil Aviation Agency said on May 16,
after Russia lifted a flight ban last week.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Justice_and_Commerce_Department_‘strike
force’_target_theft_of_quantum,_autonomous_technologies⠀⇛
A series of criminal cases took aim at individuals
seeking to help China, Russia and Iran gain access
to sensitive U.S. tech.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Hidden_terror:_Clearing_unexploded_bombs_from_Laos
hits_snag⠀⇛
Workers wait for funding to clear bombs dropped by
US during Vietnam War.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Officials_Who_Cast_Doubt_on_Hunter_Biden
Laptop_Face_Questions⠀⇛
Dozens of former intelligence officials signed a
letter discounting the laptop’s contents.
Republicans say the missive was part of a Biden
campaign operation.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Q&A:_Yi_Cui_discusses_climate_change,
‘Flagship_Destinations’_and_his_new_position_as_Director_of
the_Sustainability_Accelerator⠀⇛
Shortly after the controversial announcement of
greenhouse gas removal as the first “Flagship
Destination” for the Doerr School and the
Sustainability Accelerator within it, Director Yi
Cui sat down for a Q&A with The Daily.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Manchin_Clashes_With_Biden_Administration
Over_Climate_Law⠀⇛
Senator Joe Manchin III, the conservative West
Virginia Democrat who faces re-election next year
and is flirting with a presidential run, has
threatened to repeal the measure he helped write.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ In_Photos:_Africa_holds_huge_potential_in
geothermal_energy_generation⠀⇛
Africa’s geothermal potential is huge, particularly
in the Rift Valley, which extends from the Horn of
Africa to Malawi.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Five_Killed_After_Cyclone_Mocha_Hits_Myanmar⠀⇛
Mocha damaged 864 houses, 11 religious buildings,
16 monasteries, 64 schools, 14 hospitals and
clinics, 7 telecom towers, 71 lamp posts, and 38
departmental buildings
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Nearly_400_feared_dead_after_Cyclone_Mocha_hit
Myanmar’s_Rakhine_state⠀⇛
The majority of victims were staying in camps for
the displaced described as ‘open-roof prisons.’
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ On_solar_energy,_a_top-down_push_meets
bottom-up_doubts⠀⇛
Solar power is a growth industry and a
national priority. But that doesn’t mean
solar projects are easily built. One problem
may be a lack of dialogue between investors
and local communities.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_EV_Sales_Pick_up_Pace,_Electric
Commercial_Fleets_Lag⠀⇛
Passenger cars dominate the electric vehicle
market, but light delivery trucks could
benefit from the cost savings and range E.V.s
offer.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Vetoes_Legislation_That_Would
Reinstate_Tariffs_on_Some_Solar_Panels⠀⇛
President Biden announced a two-year pause on
the tariffs last year after importers
complained that the penalties would threaten
broader adoption of solar energy in the
United States.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Trudeau_Says_Canada_Ready
to_Partner_With_South_Korea_on_Critical_Minerals,
Security⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Musk_Warns_Tesla_Shareholders_to
Expect_“Challenging”_Year⠀⇛
Tesla will not escape the effects of a global
economic downturn, Mr. Musk said at the
carmaker’s annual meeting. But he insisted
Tesla would emerge stronger.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Gas-rich_NT_‘key_player’_with
new_carbon_capture_hub⠀⇛
A proposed emissions storage hub in the
Northern Territory will take carbon waste
from gas plants and provide a feedstock for
making fertiliser and other products. Chief
Minister Natasha Fyles said the creation of a
carbon capture, utilisation and storage
(CCUS) industry will be an important part of
the Middle Arm industrial precinct on Darwin
Harbour.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Report:_EV_battery_making_riddled_with_rights
violations,_environmental_threats⠀⇛
Companies including Panasonic, Tesla, and
Toyota should check their supply chain,
rights group says.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ More_than_a_dozen_people,_3
dogs_rescued_from_apartment_fire_in_downtown_Portland,
Oregon⠀⇛
Firefighters rescued more than a dozen people
and three dogs Tuesday from an apartment
building blaze in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Portland Fire & Rescue tweeted about the fire
at 10:45 a.m. and shortly after said rescues
were underway. Fire officials later told The
Oregonian/OregonLive the agency was confident
that everyone got out of the building, which
was built in 1910 and has about 50 units.
Around 1 p.m., officials said the fire had
“maxed out” but likely would burn until
Wednesday. Photos and video posted online
showed heavy, black smoke pouring out of the
four-story building. The smoke also
temporarily closed Interstate 405. The cause
of the blaze wasn’t immediately known.
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Indonesia_to_lose_spot_as_4th
most_populous_country_by_2045⠀⇛
The fall in the birth rate can be attributed
to the country’s family planning campaign.
# ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ Adversity_for_Biodiversity:_A
Reflection_on_My_Experience_at_COP15⠀⇛
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity
Framework1 adopted in December 2022 by
representatives of most of the world’s
national governments is inadequate to halt
and reverse the disturbing loss of
biodiversity globally. Concerted efforts to
increase the new Framework’s ambition were
dismissed and ultimately ignored.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Rural_Australians_told_to_look_beyond
big_four_banks⠀⇛
Regional Australia “can’t put the genie back in the
bottle” as banking services move online and local
branches shut their doors. But community banks
could be one option to keep rural economies alive
and give locals the face-to-face services they
need, a federal inquiry has been told.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron’s_tax_cuts_attempt_to_woo_the_French
middle_class⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on
Monday evening tax cuts of up to €2 billion for the
French people. The announcement targets France’s
middle class, which has borne the brunt of high
inflation and stagnating salaries over the past few
months.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Argentina_Hikes_Benchmark_Interest_Rate_to_97
Pct⠀⇛
The decision seeks to reduce inflation, stabilize
the exchange rate and guarantee consistent levels
of economic activity.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_investor_of_Big_Short_fame_is_making_a_huge
bet_on_Chinese_tech_stocks⠀⇛
Short seller Michael Burry is playing the long game
in China’s tech sector.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Biden_Blew_It_on_the_Debt_Ceiling⠀⇛
Doesn’t anyone here know how to play this game?
# ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_Rent_control_works_(16_May
2023)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Democrats_float_scheme_to_protect_McCarthy_from
debt_ceiling_revolt⠀⇛
A group of dozens of House Democratic moderates is
quietly telling Republicans they could provide
House Speaker Kevin_McCarthy (R-Calif.) the votes
he needs to survive a right-wing effort to oust
him.
Why it matters:The development could further
complicate matters for McCarthy as he tries to
hammer out a debt_ceiling_deal with the White House
without alienating members on his side of the
aisle.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_agrees_to_direct_debt_ceiling_talks_with
House_GOP⠀⇛
Congressional leaders on Tuesday said President
Biden agreed to have the White House negotiate the
debt_ceiling directly with House Speaker Kevin
McCarthy’s office.
Why it matters:Biden is acceding to a key demand by
Republican lawmakers – for the White House to
acknowledge the House GOP majority’s leverage in
the process and act accordingly.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Banks_leaving_rural_Oz_despite
billion-dollar_future⠀⇛
Rural Australians need banks to be “a rising tide
that lifts all boats”, as the regions become the
centre of billion-dollar green energy projects and
an expanding agriculture sector. But the increasing
closure of local branches in regional areas does
nothing to boost confidence in country communities,
a federal inquiry is set to hear.
# ⚓ MoneyControl ☛ Google,_Meta,_Amazon_hiring_low-paid_H1B
workers_after_US_layoffs:_report⠀⇛
# ⚓ ABP ☛ Google,_Meta,_Amazon,_Other_Tech_Giants_Hiring_Low-
Paid_H1B_Workers_After_Massive_Layoffs:_Report⠀⇛
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Google,_Meta,_Amazon_hire_low-paid_foreign_workers
after_US_layoffs:_report⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_and_McCarthy_Show_Optimism_on_Debt
Ceiling_but_Remain_Far_Apart⠀⇛
The negotiations at the White House came a day
after the Treasury Department said the government
could run out of money to pay its bills by June 1.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Asian_shares_tentative,_US_debt
ceiling_talks_loom⠀⇛
Asian shares were subdued on Wednesday and the US
dollar hovered around a five-week peak as investors
remained risk averse, with the US debt ceiling
talks and a mixed set of economic data weighing on
sentiment.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ YLE:_Finns’_purchasing_power_to_start
improving_in_2024⠀⇛
THE PURCHASING POWER of Finns is projected to
neither decrease nor increase this year, reports
YLE.
Meri Obstbaum, the head of forecasting at the Bank
of Finland, stated to the Finnish public
broadcaster yesterday that the purchasing power is
expected to start improving next year, returning to
the upward trajectory it had been on – barring a
couple of exceptions – for the past couple of
decades.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Nearly_half_of_Finns_consider_taxation_too
high_–_Tax_revolt_brewing_in_the_Finns_Party⠀⇛
According to a recent values and attitudes survey
by the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA, 49%
of Finns believe that taxation in Finland is too
high, while 32% disagree. The harshest critics of
taxation levels are Finns Party voters, of whom 83%
believe that taxation in Finland is too harsh.
Additionally, a majority of National Coalition
Party voters (71%) think that taxation in Finland
is too harsh, as do a significant number of Liike
Nyt (58%), Christian Democrats (41%), and Centre
Party (47%) voters.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Which?_urges_Rishi_Sunak_to_act_as_some_food
prices_double⠀⇛
The Prime Minister should use today’s Downing
Street food summit to tackle soaring grocery costs
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Commodity_prices_have_brought_inflation_to_its
lowest_in_months_in_India⠀⇛
Easing global commodity prices have begun to
reflect on inflation in India, at both the
wholesale and consumer levels.
# ⚓ Breach Media ☛ Canada_has_the_tools_it_needs_to_make_a
wealth_tax_work⠀⇛
To fight 21st-century inequality, Canada needs
21st-century taxes that force billionaires and
corporations to pay their fair share
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Peso_hits_7-year_high_against_US
dollar⠀⇛
The Mexican peso continues its strong performance
this year, hitting 17.42 against the U.S. dollar on
Monday.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_economic_data_for_April_falls
short_as_low_demand,_youth_unemployment_see_patchy_post-
pandemic_recovery⠀⇛
China’s economic data for April missed expectations
last month, official figures showed Tuesday, as low
demand and high youth unemployment led to a patchy
recovery after lifting strict Covid rules. Retail
sales — a key indicator of domestic consumer
activity — grew 18.4 percent on-year, data released
by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_record_one_in_five_young_people_are_unemployed
in_China⠀⇛
Another troubling sign has emerged in China as the
country seeks to regain its economic footing
following three years of strict covid curbs.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ ‘They_were_showing_up_at_my_mum’s_house_looking
for_me’⠀⇛
Leeds man endures three-year fraud saga after his
wallet is stolen and he falls victim to identity
theft
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Reddit_Is_Full_of_DoorDashers_Begging
Customers_for_Tips⠀⇛
DoorDash only provides a base pay of $2 per order,
so some Dashers have resorted to asking customers
to give them bigger tips.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ People_Are_Organizing_to_Fight_the
Private_Equity_Firms_Who_Own_Their_Homes⠀⇛
How tenant unions are taking back power from their
megalandlords.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Twitter_makes_first_acquisition_of_Elon_Musk_era⠀⇛
Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the
Elon Musk era: Buying a job-matching_tech_startup
called Laskie, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: This is the company’s first known
acquisition under Musk’s leadership, as well as a
transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire’s
aspirations to turn Twitter into a “super-app” that
offers users multiple functions — including
payments.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Why_are_Lithuanian_IT_companies_expanding_to
Africa?⠀⇛
In recent years, more and more Lithuanian companies
have been expanding to Africa. The continent offers
not only a growing market but also a greater supply
of workforce than Lithuania, businesses say.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ Statement_by_President_von_der_Leyen
at_the_joint_press_conference_with_Icelandic_Prime_Minister
Katrín_Jakobsdóttir⠀⇛
European Commission Statement Reykjavik, 16 May
2023 Dear Katrín,
Thank you for having me here, and I want to
congratulate you and your country on the very
successful Presidency of the Council of Europe. I
am very…
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ Keynote_speech_by_President_von_der
Leyen_at_the_opening_session_of_the_Council_of_Europe_Summit
‘United_around_our_Values’⠀⇛
European Commission Speech Reykjavik, 16 May 2023
Prime Minister, dear Katrín,
First of all, thank you so much for hosting us in
this lively and vibrant city of Reykjavík.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_student_jailed_for_5_years
under_national_security_law_to_take_appeal_to_city’s_top
court⠀⇛
A Hong Kong student who was denied a jail term
reduction under the national security law has been
granted permission to appeal his five-year sentence
at the city’s top court.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ State-backed_media_take_aim_at_Hong
Kong_housing_and_urban_planning_NGOs⠀⇛
State-backed newspapers have accused a research NGO
and six advocacy groups of “smearing” government-
led projects such as the Light Public Housing
initiative, and large-scale infrastructure projects
including the Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands,
previously known as Lantau Tomorrow Vision.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Afghanistan_dispatch:_Taliban_directives_on_aid
leave_humanitarian_crisis_largely_unaddressed⠀⇛
Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are
filing reports with JURIST on the situation there
after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff
Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reflects on the
humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and internal
and international concerns about the Taliban
government’s capacity or willingness to address the
situation.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Daniel_Cameron,_Ally_of_Mitch_McConnell,
Wins_GOP_Primary_for_Kentucky_Governor⠀⇛
Daniel Cameron, the attorney general, will face
Andy Beshear, a popular Democrat who is seeking re-
election in a typically deep-red state.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Cambodia_Disqualifies_Main_Opposition
Party_Ahead_of_Election⠀⇛
Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose grip on power has
lasted 38 years, has said he wants his son to
succeed him, laying the groundwork for a new
political dynasty.
# ⚓ Kılıçdaroğlu_vows_to_fight_till_the_end⠀⇛
Despite trailing behind Erdoğan in the presidential
election and failing to win the majority in
parliament, the opposition leader remains steadfast
in his assertion that he will emerge victorious in
the upcoming runoff.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Kilicdaroglu_faces_‘real_uphill_battle’_after
Erdogan_nearly_clinched_first-round_win⠀⇛
Recep Tayyip Erdogan surprised many observers yet
again by nearly winning the Turkish presidential
election in Sunday’s first round, defying the polls
putting opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu
ahead. So the stage is set for the May 28 second
round – but analysts say Kilicdaroglu’s route to
victory is very narrow indeed.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Peru:_AMLO’s_statements_about_President
Boluarte_‘irresponsible’⠀⇛
Peru has reacted angrily to Mexico’s claims that
Boluarte is a usurper, as the row over the
presidency of the Pacific Alliance deepens.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Without_Tucker_Carlson,_Far_Right_Loses_a
Foothold_in_the_Mainstream⠀⇛
For years, Mr. Carlson used his Fox News show to
bring right-wing ideas into Americans’ living
rooms. Playing the same role in his next chapter
will be much harder.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Interested_in_Polyamory?_Check_Out_These
Cities.⠀⇛
Laws granting rights to people in polyamorous
relationships are being recognized in more cities.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Yemen_Gov’t_Reinstates_+52,000_Dismissed_Southern
Employees⠀⇛
“The decisions involve the approval of procedures
for a previously formed committee…”
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Wife_Of_Bosnian_Ex-President_Loses_Position_After
Academic_Titles_Annulled⠀⇛
Sebija Izetbegovic, the wife of the former Muslim
member of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s tripartite
presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic, was fired from her
position as a professor at Bosnia’s top medical
school last month, Sarajevo University head Rifat
Skrijel told RFE/RL.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarus_Bans_Travel_Abroad_For_Persons_Facing
‘Political_Charges,’_Top_Officials,_Police⠀⇛
Belarus has banned citizens facing “political
charges,” top officials, and law enforcement
officers from traveling abroad.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ DeSantis’s_Candidate_for_Kentucky_Governor
Loses_to_Trump-Backed_Rival⠀⇛
The 2024 hopeful made a dramatic, election-eve show
of support in the Kentucky governor’s race, only
for his chosen candidate to get clobbered. Another
favored candidate in Jacksonville, Fla., lost, too.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_President’s_visit_to_Australia
officially_cancelled⠀⇛
US President Joe Biden’s planned visit to Australia
next week has been cancelled. The leaders of
Australia, the US, Japan and India were all
scheduled to meet in Sydney on May 24 for a Quad
meeting. Mr Biden was due to address the federal
parliament in Canberra the day before.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Australia_Cancels_Quad_Meeting
in_Sydney_After_Biden_Postponement⠀⇛
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_shortening_overseas_trip_ahead_of_debt
ceiling_deadline⠀⇛
President_Biden is shortening his overseas trip
next week to focus on the debt_ceiling
negotiations.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ US_officials_‘re-evaluating’_Biden
Australia_visit_plan⠀⇛
United States officials have indicated President
Joe Biden’s planned visit to Australia for the Quad
meeting may not go ahead. The leaders of Australia,
the US, Japan and India are scheduled to meet in
Sydney on May 24 and Mr Biden was expected to
address the federal parliament in Canberra the day
before.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Biden_Cancels_Trips_Due_To_Debt_Impasse⠀⇛
Biden will travel to Japan tomorrow to attend the
G7 summit, but will return to Washington ahead of
schedule.
# ⚓ Voting_period_first_shortened,_then_restored_in_countries
where_Kılıçdaroğlu_is_ahead⠀⇛
The voting period was dropped from five days to two
days in the US, Great Britain, Canada, Australia,
and Japan in the second round of the presidential
elections. It was later announced that the voting
period was restored to five days after the
objection by CHP.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Mirror_publisher_pays_‘significant’
damages_to_Lady_Colin_Campbell_over_Epstein_claim⠀⇛
The Mirror misquoted a claim made by the
royal commentator on Good Morning Britain.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ BBC_and_Evening_Standard_win_right_to
identify_man_in_‘dirty_money’_trial⠀⇛
The “highly successful businessman” referred to the
Bloomberg v ZXC case to try to prove his right to
anonymity.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ RTE ☛ RTÉ_Announces_New_Editor_of_RTÉ_Investigations_Unit⠀⇛
RTÉ today announced the appointment of David Doran
as the new Editor of the RTE Investigations Unit.
David is a highly experienced producer / director
and film journalist with over 15 years’ experience.
He has delivered groundbreaking programmes for RTÉ
Investigates on Ireland’s National Ambulance
service, abuse of children in state care,
whistleblowers, domestic abuse…
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Guatemala’s_elPeriodico_Closes_After
Government_Jails_Publisher⠀⇛
On Monday, elPeriodico, an investigative daily in
Guatemala, published its final edition after more
than 26 years. Its executive editor is in jail and
some of its reporters are in exile.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ CNET_Workers_Unionize_as_‘Automated
Technology_Threatens_Our_Jobs’⠀⇛
Around 100 workers have organized in response to
the company’s restructuring plans, massive layoffs,
and plans for AI content.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Helsinki_police_detain_3_climate_protesters_at_UPM
headquarters⠀⇛
A total of about 50 people took part in the
Elokapina-organised demonstration.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Big_border_surge_didn’t_happen._But_calls
persist_for_an_overhaul.⠀⇛
Many were bracing for a ballooning of already
record-high levels of illegal immigration last
week, sparking renewed efforts to address border
security and a broken immigration system.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Rights_groups_welcome_early_prison_releases_of
Vietnamese_environmental_activist⠀⇛
NGOs credit foreign pressure, but it may have been
because her family paid tax in question.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Police_suspect_immigrant_assistance_association_boss
of_financial_offences⠀⇛
Investigators believe that during an eight-month
period before filing for bankruptcy in 2018, the
association handed over about 18,000 euros to third
parties without reasonable cause.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Social_services_unions_issue_new_strike_warning⠀⇛
The proposed action is in addition to the walkout
by about 70,000 social care workers scheduled for
next week.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Global_Executions_Highest_in_5_Years,
Amnesty_International_Says⠀⇛
Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia carried out 90 percent
of the executions recorded last year, the rights
group said. The numbers did not include estimates
of “thousands” in China, it said, citing a lack of
transparency.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ It’s_Time_for_Biden_to_Out-Trump_Trump_on
Immigration⠀⇛
The only way to have a rational discussion about
immigration is to do everything possible to secure
the southern border like never before.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Leading_Chinese_advocacy_group
Beijing_LGBT_Center_closes_down,_citing_‘unpreventable
circumstances’⠀⇛
The Beijing LGBT Center, one of China’s leading
organisations offering support for the queer
population, has announced the end of its
operations. The group, founded in 2008, provided
the local gay, lesbian and transgender community
with mental health therapy, medical resources and
social support.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Same-sex_Couples_Will_Be_Able_To_Adopt_Children
In_Taiwan⠀⇛
The self-ruled island legalized same-sex marriage
in 2019.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ THL:_Child_welfare_reports_up_5%_last_year⠀⇛
Increasing numbers of children are subject to
intervention from social workers in Finland.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Life,_not_death,_as_the_standard_of_justice⠀⇛
A new report measures global progress toward a
universal defense of dignity and compassion in the
rule of law.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Black_Jesus?_How_a_church_window_is_stirring
discussions_of_race.⠀⇛
One of the earliest public examples of Christ
portrayed as a person of color was rediscovered
recently in a renovated Rhode Island church. The
stained glass window was commissioned in 1878 in
memory of two women whose families had ties to the
slave trade.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ North_Carolina_Legislature_Reapproves
Abortion_Ban,_Overriding_Governor’s_Veto⠀⇛
Republicans used their supermajority to uphold a
12-week ban, overruling the Democratic governor’s
attempt to stop the bill and preserve wider
abortion access.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_the_Comstock_Act_Law_Is_Key_to_the
Abortion_Fight⠀⇛
The Comstock Act, named for a public-morals
crusader on a mission to “sanitize” the U.S. in the
1870s, makes a comeback in the abortion-pill
battle.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Can_Reparations_Bring_Black_Residents Back
to_San_Francisco?⠀⇛
San Francisco has proposed the nation’s most
ambitious reparations plan, including $5 million
cash payments and housing aid that aims to bring
people back.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Brutal_Past_and_Uncertain_Future_of
Native_Adoptions⠀⇛
The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 sought to keep
Native children in tribal communities. The Supreme
Court may change that this spring.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_protests_Texas’_resumption_of
truck_border_inspections⠀⇛
The Economy Ministry urged Texas to halt its
checkpoints at the Matamoros-Brownsville crossing,
saying it’s costing both nations money.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Three_Iranian_Protesters_Facing_Execution_Have
Amnesty_Denied,_Families_Say⠀⇛
The families of three Iranian protesters facing the
death sentence have reported that they have been
told there is no chance for an amnesty and that the
city prosecutor of the central Iranian city of
Isfahan “is seeking their execution.”
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Baku_Detains_Seven_Men_Allegedly_Recruited_By_Iran
To_Sow_Discord⠀⇛
Azerbaijani authorities said on May 16 that they
apprehended a group of individuals allegedly
recruited by Iran to disrupt Azerbaijan’s
constitutional order and establish Shari’a law in
the nation.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Protesters_Who_Received_Amnesty_Face_New
Cases,_Activist_Group_Says⠀⇛
Several Iranian protesters who had been detained
and then released under an amnesty granted by
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February
have been summoned by Iran’s judiciary to face new
charges.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ US$4_for_a_NetOne_sim,_symptoms_of_a_looming_sim
shortage⠀⇛
NetOne sim cards gained quite some popularity
thanks to Econet’s service outage that left their
subscribers stranded. Even now there are some
reports that Econet’s data service is not fully
restored in some areas.
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ Open_Resolvers:_Understanding_security_risks_and
best_practices⠀⇛
Guest Post: Managing the security risks of open
resolvers with best practices.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_DOJ_charged_a_former_Apple_engineer_for
stealing_autonomous_car_technology_and_fleeing_to_China⠀⇛
The US Department of Justice has filed_charges
against_a_former_Apple_software_engineer, for
alleged theft of information about the company’s
autonomous driving technology for a Chinese self-
driving car company.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ DOJ_charges_former_Apple_engineer_with
stealing_self-driving_car_technology_for_China⠀⇛
The Department of Justice today charged a former
Apple Inc. engineer with stealing autonomous
technology and giving it to a Chinese self-driving
car company.
⚓ IT Wire ☛ Australians_urged_not_to_depend_on_iPhone_emergency_SOS_while_out
exploring [Ed: Apple became notorious for sending false alarms to emergency
services, too]⠀⇛
The company which claims to be Australia’s leading outdoor safety and
communication brand has cautioned Australians that the new iPhone
feature, which allows for communication outside cellular and Wi-Fi
coverage, should is not failproof.
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ $2,000_for_Dialect_communications_patent_prior
art⠀⇛
A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was
added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S.
Patent_8,140,327, owned by Dialect, LLC, an NPE. The ‘327
patent generally relates to a system and method for
filtering and eliminating noise from natural language
utterances to improve speech recognition and parsing.
o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Munich_and_Paris_will_divide_competencies
London_seat_Unified_Patent_Court,_no_Milan_(yet?) [Ed: This is
illegal. This is a stain on the EU. They violate conventions, break
laws etc. Is this what Europe has become? Making up kangaroo courts
in violation of nations' constitution because EPO granted loads of
fake patents?]⠀⇛
The Unified Patent Court has formally announced that, for
the time being, competencies which were originally
assigned to the London seat of the UPC central division,
will be divided between Munich and Paris.
o ⚓ Provisional_allocation_of_UPC_central_division_cases_to_Paris_and
Munich [Ed: This is outright illegal. They now tacitly admit they
do something illegal and try to find ways to justify it. EU is now
openly controlled by the patent mafia, violating constitutions and
conventions with impunity.]⠀⇛
o ⚓ Some_problems_filing_UPC_opt-outs [Ed: Distracting from the
bigger problem. The UPC is illegal. They're doing something
illegal. The EU has become an anarchy like EPO.]⠀⇛
o ⚓ UPC_Code_of_Conduct_for_judges [Ed: This is more CoC nonsense,
distracting from the fact those are patently illegal kangaroo
courts and their very existence is a violation of any standard of
ethics.]⠀⇛
* § Software Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Broadphone_tracking_patent_challenged_in
reexam⠀⇛
On May 12, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte
reexamination proceeding against U.S._Patent_8,594,698,
owned and asserted by Broadphone LLC. The ‘698 patent
generally relates to determining the location of a device
based on the relative signal strength for each of a
plurality of nearby, identified “antenna stations” and
determining whether the device is within the proximity of
a “device-specific target location”.
* § Trademarks⠀➾
o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTAB_Denies_Petition_for_Cancellation_of_LITTLE_NOTES
Registration:_Petitioner_Failed_to_Prove_Rights_in_the_Mark_Via
Acquired_Distinctiveness⠀⇛
The Board denied a petition for cancellation of a
Supplemental Registration for the mark LITTLE NOTES for
address books, greeting cards, calendars, note paper, and
the like, rejecting Petitioner Comptime’s claim of
likelihood of confusion with its alleged common law
rights in the same mark for overlapping goods. Comptime
failed to prove that the mark LITTLE NOTES had acquired
distinctiveness, and consequently it had no prior rights
in the mark.
Comptime,_Inc._DBA_Comptime_Digital_Printing_v._E.
Francis_Paper,_Inc., Cancellation No. 92073884 (May 10,
2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Peter W.
Cataldo).
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Ed_Sheeran_Beats_Second_Copyright
Lawsuit_Over_‘Thinking_Out_Loud’⠀⇛
o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Peking_Opera_Characters_(ca._1900)⠀⇛
Painted by an unidentified artist, these opera characters
are gathered from literature, military history, and myth.
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✐ Gemini_Links_17/05/2023:Contact_Juggling_and‘Debt_Ceiling_Bullshit’⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 8:18 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Politics
o Technical
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Contact_Juggling⠀⇛
Contact Juggling is a physical skill and
performance art that is close to juggling, except
the balls stay in contact with your body.
It’s much less well known than juggling.
When I saw performers contact juggling in the
background in an episode of Deep Space Nine I had
no idea what it was called, even, but I thought
“That looks great! It must be possible to learn.
I’ll do that.”
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AEKMVRO_Wordo:_TWATS⠀⇛
# ⚓ Parallels⠀⇛
Some things related to my experiences of being a
trans woman, experiences i feel parallel another
area of my life: one which should be a source of
joy, but is actually a source of painful exclusion
for me. No, i won’t elaborate here; the situation
is difficult enough as it is.
o § Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Debt_Ceiling_Bullshit⠀⇛
Once again mainstream media is escalating the last-
minute debt ceiling
doomsday propaganda.
The so-called debt ceiling is complete bullshit. A
piece of paper is signed, and for no good reason at
all the state can borrow trillions of dollars. This
was done 78 times since 1960, more than once every
year. It’s a joke.
Every now and then, a ‘crisis’ develops. A bunch of
morons can’t sign a piece of paper, and we can’t
pay our bills… The world might end at the end of
the month.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Reflecting_on_Recent_Experiences⠀⇛
The last several weeks have been extremely
consequential for me. Back in April, I had the
privilege to travel to California as a result of
participating in a group project involving the
career technical organization my IT class is a part
of, which was frankly a fantastic experience. I
also finally passed the CCNA, if slightly
surprisingly given my 30% in Automation and
Programmability (thankfully it is only 10% of the
test itself). I am now failing at obtaining a job
within IT Networking :D. Beyond that, I am also
graduating from both my trade school and HS soon
and already had my last day of school. At this
point, I’m looking to start CS50 at the behest of a
good friend that did it and is planning to take the
exam for an amateur radio license soon.
# ⚓ Capsule_Update:_New_Tools_Section⠀⇛
I’ll have a more detailed post on this coming up,
but I have completed the initial CGI support for
smolver, the server running this capsule. Right now
there’s only one script, an IP address checker, but
more will be incoming eventually.
# ⚓ Musings_on_Gemini_Server_GUI⠀⇛
What if there were a Gemini server with a graphical
user interface (GUI) for administration?
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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✐ Links_17/05/2023:_New_Tails_and_Debian_Installer_Bookworm_RC_3⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 8:22 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o SaaS/Back_End/Databases
o Education
o Programming/Development
# Python
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Linux_Foundation
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Monopolies
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ Remmina_–_A_Feature_Rich_Remote_Desktop_Sharing
Tool_for_Linux⠀⇛
Remmina is a free and open-source, feature-rich,
and powerful remote desktop client for Linux and
other Unix-like systems, written in GTK+3. It’s
intended for system administrators and travelers,
who need to remotely access and work with many
computers.
It supports several network protocols in a simple,
unified, homogeneous, and easy-to-use user
interface.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_MusicBrainz_Picard_on_Ubuntu
22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛
Picture this: your music library is a sprawling,
unorganized mess of songs, albums, and artists —
it’s practically impossible to navigate. Finding
that one special track is like seeking a needle in
a haystack.
# ⚓ Adam_Young:_Acronym_Challenge_Programmatic_Interface⠀⇛
How do you know what is inside your computer? There
are a couple tools. If the hardware is on the PCI
bus, from the command line you can run lspci, which
will in turn enumerate the discovered devices on
that bus. But what if the hardware is not on the
PCI bus? And how does the Kernel discover it in the
first place? For the hardware that I have to work
with, the answer is that it is enumerated by the
Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface_(UEFI)coded
embedded in the device and exposed via the Advanced
Configuration_and_Power_Interface_(ACPI). This
world is full of four letter acronyms. Here are my
notes on some of them.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_CUDA_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
In the realm of high-performance computing, CUDA
(Compute Unified Device Architecture) stands as a
revolutionary technology. Developed by Nvidia, CUDA
is a parallel computing platform and application
programming interface (API) model that leverages
the power of Nvidia GPUs (Graphics Processing
Units) to boost the computational speed and
efficiency of software applications.
# ⚓ [Repeat] APNIC ☛ RFC_9234_observed_in_the_wild⠀⇛
Route leaks occur when Border Gateway Protocol
(BGP) prefixes are propagated in a way that goes
against the expected topology relationships of BGP.
For example, this can happen when a route learned
from one transit provider is announced to another
transit provider or a lateral peer (peer-peer-
peer), or when a route learned from one lateral
peer is announced to another lateral peer or a
transit provider (see RFC 7908). These leaks often
result from misconfiguration or the absence of BGP
route filtering, or from inadequate coordination
between Autonomous Systems (ASes).
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Clean_Up_Junk_Files_In_Ubuntu_Using
Ubuntu_Cleaner⠀⇛
Ubuntu Cleaner is a tool that helps you to clean up
your Ubuntu or derivative system by removing old
kernels, package configurations, and other
unnecessary files to free up space.
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Restore_Vanilla_GNOME_Desktop_With
Flatpak_Support_In_Ubuntu⠀⇛
As you may already know, starting from the Ubuntu
18.04 version, the default desktop environment is
GNOME. Prior to that, Ubuntu used a custom desktop
environment called Unity. GNOME is one of the most
popular desktop environments which is known for its
simplicity, accessibility, and ease of use. While
Ubuntu uses the GNOME DE by default, it’s important
to note that Ubuntu’s version of GNOME is heavily
customized. Some of you may not like the customized
version of GNOME in Ubuntu. If you’re one of them,
this tutorial will help you to restore Vanilla
GNOME desktop with flatpaks support in Ubuntu, much
like what you’d find in a fresh Fedora
installation.
# ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ The_limits_of_CSS_styling_select_options⠀⇛
As you can see, it’s possible to do some pretty
extravagant styling of the individual <options> you
can even change how they look when they’re
selected.
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Optimize_Laptop_Battery_Life_With_TLP_In
Linux⠀⇛
There are quite a few tools exists to power saving
and battery life extension in Laptops. We already
have looked at two tools namely Laptop Mode Tools
and Powertop that improves the Linux Laptop battery
performance. Today we will discuss yet another
Laptop power management utility named TLP. TLP is a
feature-rich commandline tool to optimize Laptop
battery life in Linux.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Zim_Wiki_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
Zim Wiki is an innovative piece of software
designed to cater to your need for a well-organized
digital notebook. It’s a desktop application that
combines a notepad’s simplicity with the power of a
Wiki, offering a unique blend of convenience and
functionality.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ How_to_Scrap_Webpages_using_Using_Node.js_and
Cheerio⠀⇛
Web scraping is a process of extracting useful
information from web pages. Node.js is a popular
backend language that can be used for web scraping.
In this tutorial, we will learn how to use Node.js
for web scraping.
Prerequisites
Before we start, make sure you have the following
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_enable_HSTS_in_Nginx⠀⇛
Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to
enable HSTS in Nginx. This is simple and useful in
configurations made to increase security.
Introduction – What is HSTP? HSTS is short for HTTP
Strict Transport Security, which in its best
translation means HTTP Strict Transport Security.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Enable_or_Disable_AppArmor_on_Linux
Mint_21/20⠀⇛
AppArmor, short for Application Armor, is a Linux
Security Module (LSM) that provides a set of tools
to protect your system at the application level.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_PuTTY_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
PuTTY on Rocky Linux 9. Are you a system
administrator, network engineer, or software
developer in search of a reliable and versatile
tool for connecting to remote systems and managing
them securely?
# ⚓ Storage_Unleashed:_Achieving_Seamlessness_in_Kubernetes_and
Enterprise_Storage_Integration⠀⇛
Introduction Enterprise storage has become an
essential component of many modern businesses.
# ⚓ Volume_Projection:_Advanced_Techniques_in_Kubernetes⠀⇛
Introduction Kubernetes is a container
orchestration platform that allows developers to
effortlessly manage and scale their applications.
One of the most crucial elements of Kubernetes is
storage management. Kubernetes provides developers
with a flexible and scalable way to store data
using its volume abstraction layer.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Examples_of_Creating_an_Index_in_PostgreSQL⠀⇛
Guide on the different examples of creating a
single or multi-column indexes in PostgreSQL to
eliminate the duplicates and concurrent indexes to
avoid locking.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ PostgreSQL_BPCHAR_Data_Type⠀⇛
Practical guide on understanding how CHAR(n) and
VARCHAR(n) work to understand how BPCHAR works and
how it affects the characters when working with
PostgreSQL.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Find_the_Array_Length_in_Bash⠀⇛
Tutorial on the methods of counting the length of
an array in Bash using the “#” symbol or loop, or
using the “wc” or “grep” commands along with
examples.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_Does_Docker_Registry_Differ_from_Docker
Repository?⠀⇛
Docker Registry is the storage system for Docker
images, while Docker Repository is a way to
organize and manage images within a particular
registry.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_dig_and_nslookup
Commands_in_Linux_for_DNS_Lookup⠀⇛
Well, if you have any problems with DNS resolution
or want to check the DNS information, you can
always look for that information with the dig and
nslookup commands in Linux.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Firefox_Beta,_Nightly_on
Ubuntu_22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛
Welcome to the world of Mozilla Firefox, where the
future of internet browsing is continuously being
shaped and refined. Within this vibrant ecosystem,
you’ll discover two unique, feature-packed
browsers: Firefox Beta and Firefox Nightly.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_gThumb_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
Meet gThumb, an advanced image viewer and browser
tailor-made for the GNOME desktop environment. This
open-source application is a favorite amongst many
Ubuntu users due to its impressive array of
features and simplistic design.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Fix_“sudo_unable_to_open_read-only_file
system”_Error⠀⇛
The Linux filesystem is a built-in layer that
manages how files are stored and retrieved on a
Linux system and other storage devices. It provides
a directory structure that defines the location of
files on the system, and without it, your system
would be a complete mess.
The health of a filesystem is therefore crucial for
the integrity of data. For this reason, the error
“sudo unable to open read-only file system” can be
particularly disturbing and ominous.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_gets_game_trials_with_Dead_Space
being_first,_plus_Valve_dumps_Google_Analytics⠀⇛
Two bits of Steam news for you here, as Valve
continue iterating on Steam features for players
and developers.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fanatical_offering_a_new_Premium_Steam_Deck
Bundle⠀⇛
With a whole bunch of games that are Steam Deck
Verified, the new Play on the Go Premium Edition
Bundle from Fanatical may be worth a look. No need
for me to give you a breakdown on compatibility
this time, since every single game should be click
and play (same for Linux desktop too).
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Valheim_has_a_performance_boost_patch_in
Beta⠀⇛
Valheim is a fantastic game but it could do with
some optimisations, especially when you’re building
up a big castle and whatever else people come up
with. Thankfully Iron Gate have put out some
improvements.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Emberbane_is_an_epic_pixel_art_metroidvania
inspired_by_Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender⠀⇛
Any Avatar: The Last Airbender fans around? Hamlet
Games are developing Emberbane, an action-packed
epic metroidvania platformer inspired by Avatar.
With plans for Linux, macOS and Windows support
it’s looking really great.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ TecMint ☛ A_Detailed_Comparison_Between_Deepin_vs_Elementary_OS⠀⇛
Linux comes in numerous distributions or flavors, each
suited for a particular purpose. Distributions such as
RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), SUSE Enterprise Linux,
Debian, Rocky, and AlmaLinux are recommended for server
and data center environments.
Others such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, MX Linux, Manjaro, and
Zorin are some of the best desktop distributions you can
install on your laptop or PC.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Confidential_computing_use_cases [Ed:
IBM/Red Hat pushing data breach (outsourcing) as privacy or
"confidential computing"]⠀⇛
This article is the third in a six-part series (see
our previous blog), where we present various usage
models for confidential computing, a set of
technologies designed to protect data in use—for
example using memory encryption—and the
requirements to get the expected security and trust
benefits from the technology.
In this third article, we consider the four most
important use cases for confidential computing:
confidential virtual machines, confidential
workloads, confidential containers and confidential
clusters. This will allow us to better understand
the trade-offs between the various approaches, and
how this impacts the implementation of attestation.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Release:_Tails_5.13⠀⇛
We will provide a migration plan from LUKS1 to
LUKS2 for existing Persistent Storage in Tails 5.14
(early June).
# ⚓ Debian ☛ Debian_Installer_Bookworm_RC_3_release⠀⇛
The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce
the third release
candidate of the installer for Debian 12
"Bookworm".
Improvements in this release
============================
* finish-install:
- Adjust APT cache cleaning to avoid breaking
bash completion
(#1034650).
* grub-installer:
- Detect EFI boot variables with hexadecimal
digits, not only
decimal digits.
* hw-detect:
- Restore support for firmware license prompts
(#1033921).
* linux:
- Build against updated dwarves, reducing its
size and memory
footprint (#1033301).
* partman-base:
- Add support for input submitted using power-
of-two units: kiB,
MiB, GiB, etc. (#913431). Note that sizes are
still output using
power-of-ten units: kB, MB, GB, etc.
- Add support for bigger prefixes: petabyte
(PB), pebibyte (PiB),
exabyte (EB), and exbibyte (EiB).
- With many thanks to Vincent Danjean!
* preseed:
- Make sure netcfg considers DHCP-provided
hostnames, only using
the hostname parameter on the kernel command
line as a fallback
(#1035349).
Hardware support changes
========================
* debian-installer:
- Ship dedicated DRM modules for bochs and
cirrus to avoid broken
graphics under UEFI/Secure Boot (#1036019).
* linux:
- Work around black screen on ppc64el
(#1033058).
* xorg-server:
- Ship modesetting_drv.so in the udeb again,
fixing graphical
installer support on UTM (#1035014).
Localization status
===================
* 78 languages are supported in this release.
* Full translation for 41 of them.
Known bugs in this release
==========================
* There seems to be no known major bug as of yet.
See the errata[2] for details and a full list of
known issues.
Feedback for this release
=========================
We need your help to find bugs and further improve
the installer, so
please try it. Installation images, and everything
else you will need
are available at our web site[3].
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ A_brief_history_of_MicroStack⠀⇛
OpenStack is no doubt a wonderful and successful
piece of software. It allows you to create your own
cloud infrastructure, and thanks to its open-source
nature, it’s free to use for everyone. But as with
many giant software projects, all that power comes
with a challenge: it is reasonably complex to
install and configure. A number of OpenStack
distributions do exist that intend to make
engineers’ life a lot easier, but those also tend
to be more complex than a non-experienced user
would like them to be.
To solve this problem once and for all, Canonical
created a simplified and easy-to-install
distribution of OpenStack called MicroStack.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Bugg.xyz_acoustic_monitoring_for
conservationists⠀⇛
Bugg wildlife traps record the sounds of the
forest, and are AI-trained to listen to the
quietest creatures, as well as those that broadcast
their whereabouts to all and sundry. In fact, it’s
more of an acoustic census, creating detailed
records of the particular soundscapes of
contrasting habitats, noting changes that may
indicate deforestation or a natural disaster
leading to depleted biodiversity. Dr Sarab Sethi,
an environment research scientist at Imperial
College London, developed the Bugg acoustic
monitoring system, which is now being used to
record the sounds of forests from Norway to Taiwan,
as well as Bali and Borneo.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ MIDI_Interface_For_NeXTcube_Plugs_Into_The
Past⠀⇛
[Joren] recently did some work as part of an
electronic music heritage project, and restored an
80s-era NeXTcube workstation complete with vintage
sound card, setting it up with a copy of MAX, a
graphical music programming environment. But there
was one piece missing: MIDI. [Joren] didn’t let
that stop him, and successfully created hardware to
allow MIDI input and output.
# ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ DJI_Agras_T20P_finally_available_outside
Asia⠀⇛
The announcement coincides with Brazil’s Agrishow
which occured last week and is one of the largest
agricultural technology trade shows in the world.
# ⚓ Purism ☛ Is_Advanced_AI_a_Reason_to_Decouple_from_The
Centralized_Internet?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Is_this_the_world’s_first_Raspberry_Pi_Pico
birthday_card?⠀⇛
We know Kevin McAleer best for his robots, but a
big birthday in his family inspired him to pivot to
greetings cards. He has created what we’re loosely
billing as the world’s first Raspberry Pi Pico-
powered birthday card. This interactive build
guides the recipient to press buttons and play
their personalised greeting.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ [Repeat] Stacey on IoT ☛ Are_we_sure_we_want_a_smarter
smart_home_and_gadgets?⠀⇛
And when it comes to the smart home and consumers,
I have to ask: Do we really want to make fully
visible what we currently keep invisible to tech
companies, data brokers, and the companies and
governments that buy from them?
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Google_could_transform_your_Android_phone_into_a
dashcam_with_future_update⠀⇛
# ⚓ Google_Could_Activate_Dashcam_Mode_on_Android_and_Pixel
Soon_|_NextPit⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Central ☛ Google_launches_Live_tab_for_Android_TV
with_international_programming_|_Android_Central⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_13_QPR3_Beta_3.2_is_rolling_out_to
Pixels_addressing_more_minor_bugs_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Android_13_QPR3_Beta_3.2_update_brings_plenty_of
connectivity_fixes_to_Pixel_devices⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_warns_Android_owners_to_delete_apps_right
now_–_they_silently_‘steal’_from_you_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9 to 5 Toys ☛ Today’s_Android_game_and_app_deals:_Dead
Cells,_Almost_Gone,_Streets_of_Rage_4,_more⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Plane:_Open_Source_Project_and_Issue_Management_Tool
for_Teams⠀⇛
Open-source, self-hosted project planning tool[...]
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Analytics:_An_Open-source_Self-hosted_Web_Analytics⠀⇛
Lightweight analytics abstraction layer for tracking page
views, custom events, & identifying visitors
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Nextein:_Yet_Another_Markdown_Blog_and_CMS_Next.js
Generator⠀⇛
A static site generator with markdown + react for Next.js
o ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Building_an_Infinite_Spreadsheet⠀⇛
As of late, I’ve been working on Quadratic: an infinite
canvas spreadsheet that runs code. Think Figma (infinite
canvas) meets Excel (spreadsheet) meets VSCode (IDE). In
addition to formulas (e.g. SUM(A1:A5)) every cell in
Quadratic can be the result of code (right now it’s
Python only, which means I’m learning more Python, but
JavaScript is on the roadmap too).
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ Mozilla ☛ The_Mozilla_Blog:_Pocket’s_new_features
make_it_even_easier_to_discover_and_organize_content
[Ed: Mozilla hired managers from Facebook and Twitter.
Now it's turning Firefox into social control media
instead of a browser.]⠀⇛
§ Stay Up to Date and Informed On the Topics
You Care About ⠀➾
Pocket’s latest updates make it simpler than
ever to discover and organize high-quality
content that aligns with your unique
interests and passions. As you may have
noticed, Pocket has been rapidly evolving and
growing; we’re listening to our users so that
we can continue to make Pocket the go-to
destination to stay informed and keep up to
date with the topics you love. Starting
today, Pocket is rolling out a new mobile and
web experience so you can easily find the
stories and topics you care about. In
addition, Pocket is launching a new feature
called Lists(at launch just on web, with the
feature coming to Pocket mobile later this
year), which will make it simpler to organize
saved content.
o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
# ⚓ Peter Eisentraut ☛ Overview_of_ICU_collation_settings⠀⇛
ICU use is becoming more prominent in PostgreSQL.
One of the benefits that ICU offers is a lot of
customization options for collations. Some of these
are given as examples in the PostgreSQL
documentation, but I have always found it hard to
get complete and easily-accessible information
about this.
So for this article, I dug deeper and looked up all
the collation settings that there are and tried to
work out examples for each one.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Olimex ☛ TuxCon_the_open_source_hardware_and_software
conference_in_Plovdiv_is_June_10_and_11!⠀⇛
On June 10, at the Technical University in Plovdiv,
there will be a series of 9 talks starting at 11
o’clock. Following the talks, there will be a quiz
with prizes and lightning talks, during which
visitors can share something interesting they have
discovered or are working on in the field of Open
Source. The first day will conclude with the FOSS
beer event at Fabric bar.
On June 11, the traditional soldering workshop will
take place at the Olimex Training Building.
Participants can choose between soldering kits or
creating art using broken electronic components.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Erlang ☛ Erlang/OTP_26_Highlights⠀⇛
A list of all changes is found in Erlang/OTP 26
Readme. Or, as always, look at the release notes of
the application you are interested in. For
instance: Erlang/OTP 26 – Erts Release Notes –
Version 14.0.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Adafruit ☛ CircuitPython_8.1.0_Release_Candidate_0
Released!_@circuitpython⠀⇛
This is CircuitPython 8.1.0-rc.0, a release
candidate for 8.1.0. We believe it is stable,
and are making a release candidate for
further testing before final release.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Self-Driving_Library_For_Python⠀⇛
Fully autonomous vehicles seem to perennially
be just a few years away, sort of like the
automotive equivalent of fusion power. But
just because robotic vehicles haven’t made
much progress on our roadways doesn’t mean we
can’t play with the technology at the
hobbyist level. You can embark on your own
experimentation right now with this open
source self-driving Python library.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Troy Patterson ☛ Web_Site_Prophecy⠀⇛
So, I ended up taking troypatterson.me. Little did I know
that in a way, that would turn out to be prophetic. See,
now I live in Maine, where the state abbreviation is ME.
So, I guess I now have Troy Patterson of Maine as my
website address.
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Last_Cosmopolitan⠀⇛
Elias Canetti belonged to Europe’s 20th century. It was a
period of extreme horrors that gave way to a slow but
determined effort to heal. The scale of the suffering
that he and millions of others witnessed in the first
half of the century led to the pledge—“Never again!”—that
was supposed to define its second half. But history has a
way of relapsing. While no conflict since then has
matched the violence of World War II, and no catastrophe
has found its equal in the more than 50 million people
who died—including in extermination camps—Europe in the
21st century has seen a reawakening of the far-right
nationalist and racist ideologies that engulfed the
continent during that horrible era. Authoritarian
governments, nationalism, racism, anti-Semitism, anti-
immigrant sentiments, the scapegoating of minorities, and
the fight over territory have all gained a new intensity
over the past decade.1
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Surprise!⠀⇛
The critics agree: Beau Is Afraid is a Freudian farce, a
nightmarish horror-comedy, a tragicomic Oedipal odyssey.
But what does all this mean—that it’s about mommy issues?
That it’s funny and scary? That the protagonist takes a
long journey; that the film itself is long? Ari Aster’s
latest begins in a birth canal and ends with a passage
through a murky birthlike tunnel. We cut from newborn
Beau’s perspective of the birthing room to his spot on a
therapist’s couch. This is a movie in which everything is
expelled and nothing is left out.1
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Proper_Fat⠀⇛
o ⚓ Buttondown ☛ Mostly_announcements_and_plans_but_also_some_fun
floating_point_trivia⠀⇛
This is a really busy week for me, so light newsletter
this time. Let’s start with obligatory stuff and then get
into fun newsletter stuff.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Two_Stage_Refrigerator_Is_Chill⠀⇛
Every time we check in with [Hyperspace Pirate] he’s
trying to make things cold. Really cold. His recent two-
part video shows a propane vapor compression system that
can go down to -37° C as well as a two-stage system using
homemade ethylene that can get to -83° C. He’s trying to
get to -100°, so he’s close, and we have no doubt he’ll
get there.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Prize_2023:_Learn_DSP_With_The_Portable_All-
in-One_Workstation⠀⇛
Learning Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques
traditionally involves working through a good bit of
mathematics and signal theory. To promote a hands-on
approach, [Clyne] developed the DSP PAW (Portable All-in-
one Workstation). DSP PAW hardware and software provide a
complete learning environment for any computer where DSP
algorithms can be entered as C++ code through an Arduino-
like IDE.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Bicycle_Powered_By_A_Different_Kind_Of_Eddy⠀⇛
When you think of a bicycle and an Eddy, you’d be
forgiven for thinking first of Eddy Merckx, one of the
most successful competitive cyclists to ever live. But
this bicycle, modified by [Tom Stanton] as shown in the
video below the break, has been modified by ditching its
direct drive gearing in favor of using the friction-like
eddy currents between magnets and copper to transfer
power to the wheel.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Human_DNA_Is_Everywhere:_A_Boon_For_Science,
While_Terrifying_Others⠀⇛
Environmental DNA sampling is nothing new. Rather
than having to spot or catch an animal, instead the
DNA from the traces they leave can be sampled,
giving clues about their genetic diversity, their
lineage (e.g. via mitochondrial DNA) and the
population’s health. What caught University of
Florida (UoF) researchers by surprise while they
were using environmental DNA sampling to study
endangered sea turtles, was just how much human DNA
they found in their samples. This led them to
perform a study on the human DNA they sampled in
this way, with intriguing implications.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Open_letter_reveals_fourth_Novosibirsk_scientist
hit_with_treason_charges_in_last_year_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Valery Zvegintsev, a chief scientist at the
Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at
the Russian Academy of Sciences’s Siberian branch,
was arrested for treason earlier this year,
according to an open letter in support of multiple
Novosibirsk scientists accused of treason that was
released on Monday.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Phil Eaton ☛ Two_books_I_recommend_to_developers⠀⇛
These are the books I recommend to developers
wanting to improve their skills as professional
programmers because of high information density,
believable premises/examples, and being well
edited.
You don’t need to read books to improve as a
developer but they are unparalleled in quickly
helping you gain depth in a subject.
# ⚓ Chris ☛ Reading_Slightly_More_Incrementally⠀⇛
Some people have asked how I can learn so much from
what I read. I don’t believe I do – in fact, I
believe I squander most of what learning potential
does exist. I’m trying to change that, and this is
how. Starting back up with spaced repetition has
afforded me to also read non-fiction books
differently.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Loongson_Begins_to_Enable_CPUs_That_Could
Rival_AMD_and_Intel_Offerings⠀⇛
Loongson has started posting its first Linux
patches for the upcoming 3A6000-series processors,
which promise to rival AMD’s Zen 3-based CPUs.
[...]
Loongson shared details about the progress of its
3A6000-series CPU development last November when it
revealed that the design phase of the project had
been concluded and that samples of the processors
would be available in the first half of 2023.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Asus_Responds_to_AM5_BIOS_Controversy:
Warranty_Covers_Beta_Fixes,_EXPO_Presets⠀⇛
In a statement that went out via email and press
release, Asus affirms that, despite repeated claims
elsewhere last week, its AM5 motherboard warranty
covers not only recent BIOS updates to Ryzen 7000
boards designed to fix voltage issues that led to
chip and/or board failures for some users, but also
all AMD EXPO, Intel XMP, and (Asus’ proprietary)
DOCP memory presets. It also stated that all recent
BIOS updates follow AMD’s voltage guidelines for
Ryzen 7000 CPUs.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Loongson_Begins_to_Enable_CPUs_That_Could
Rival_AMD_and_Intel_Offerings⠀⇛
# ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Bell_Labs_wants_to_turn_existing_fiber_into
a_networked_sensor⠀⇛
Mikael Mazur, a member of the technical staff at
Bell Labs, said he is looking to turn the existing
fiber optic cables along the sea floor, in
buildings, and strung along telephone poles as a
sensor to detect temperature changes, weather,
earthquakes — even structural changes in buildings.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Russian_CPUs_Double_the_Price_Due_to
Deficit_and_Logistics:_Report⠀⇛
Prices on Russian CPUs are increasing, due to the
deficit and logistics issues. Also surprising is
that some foundries may still be producing CPUs for
Russian companies, if a report is to be believed.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_to_Think_About_the_New_Breast_Cancer
Screening_Guidelines⠀⇛
A breast cancer surgeon’s take on the new mammogram
advice.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Congress_Questions_Cigna’s_Large-Scale_Denial
of_Insurance_Claims⠀⇛
A key congressional committee asked insurance giant
Cigna on Tuesday to provide corporate documents so
that lawmakers can examine the company’s practice
of denying health care claims without ever opening
a patient file.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce joined
several state and federal regulators in
scrutinizing the legality of Cigna rejecting the
payment of certain claims using a system known as
PXDX.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Minnesota_Board_of_Nursing_Weighs_Terminating
Executive_Director⠀⇛
The Minnesota Board of Nursing has called an
emergency meeting to consider removing its
beleaguered executive director over an unspecified
“personnel issue.”
In an email to board staff Tuesday morning,
President Laura Elseth said Executive Director
Kimberly Miller was on leave “effective today.”
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ In_East_Palestine,_Norfolk_Southern_Hired_a
Company_With_a_Long_History_of_Ignoring_Hazards⠀⇛
Before February 3, East Palestine, Ohio, was the
kind of place that balanced bucolic idyll with the
convenience of urban living. The town, home to
fewer than 5,000 people, is both far enough from
Pittsburgh and close enough to it for residents to
be able say, “We’re a bit in the city, but we’re a
bit in the country.” That was before a portion of a
150-car freight train slipped off a track and burst
into flames.1Additional reporting and research by
Andrea Navarro and Jesse Newman.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Time_Is_Running_Out_for_Texas_Republicans_to
Clarify_Exceptions_in_Their_New_Abortion_Law⠀⇛
Amanda Zurawski and her husband were “beyond
thrilled” to soon welcome their first child, a
daughter named Willow, last fall following more
than a year of “grueling” fertility treatments.
However, things took a tragic turn for the Texas
couple. During her second trimester, Zurawski began
experiencing odd symptoms and, after a medical
exam, learned that she had dilated prematurely
because of a condition known as cervical
insufficiency. Shortly after the diagnosis, her
water broke at just 17 weeks, leading doctors to
inform the aspiring mother that the loss of her
daughter was inevitable.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Pay_No_Attention_to_the_GOP_“Debate”_on
Abortion⠀⇛
Last month, I fell for a kayfabe. The far-right
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA) “broke”
with disgraced former president Donald Trump over
his opposition to a national abortion ban and his
preference to return the issue to the states. The
group called it a “morally indefensible position
for a self-proclaimed pro-life presidential
candidate” and pledged not to support any candidate
“who refuses to embrace at a minimum a 15-week
national standard.”
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Microbubbles_And_Ultrasound:_Getting_Drugs
Through_The_Blood-Brain_Barrier⠀⇛
The brain is a rather important organ, and as such,
nature has gone to great lengths to protect it. The
skull provides physical protection against knocks
and bumps, but there’s a lesser-known defense
mechanism at work too: the blood-brain barrier.
It’s responsible for keeping all the nasty stuff –
like bacteria, viruses, and weird chemicals – from
messing up your head.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Wikipedia_Grapples_With_Chatbots:_Should_It
Allow_Their_Use_For_Articles?_Should_It_Allow_Them_To_Train
On_Wikipedia?⠀⇛
We know Kevin McAleer best for his robots, but a
big birthday in his family inspired him to pivot to
greetings cards. He has created what we’re loosely
billing as the world’s first Raspberry Pi Pico-
powered birthday card. This interactive build
guides the recipient to press buttons and play
their personalised greeting.
# ⚓ Wladimir Palant ☛ Malicious_code_in_PDF_Toolbox_extension⠀⇛
The PDF Toolbox extension for Google Chrome has
more than 2 million users and an average rating of
4,2 in the Chrome Web Store. So I was rather
surprised to discover obfuscated code in it that
has apparently gone unnoticed for at least a year.
The code has been made to look like a legitimate
extension API wrapper, merely with some convoluted
logic on top. It takes a closer look to recognize
unexpected functionality here, and quite some more
effort to understand what it is doing.
This code allows serasearchtop[.]com website to
inject arbitrary JavaScript code into all websites
you visit. While it is impossible for me to tell
what this is being used for, the most likely use is
injecting ads. More nefarious uses are also
possible however.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Vulnerability_in_Telegram_for_macOS_lets_malware
access_user_mic_and_camera_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Telegram messenger has confirmed that a
vulnerability has been detected in its macOS app
available via the App Store. The desktop app that
can be downloaded from the company’s website
doesn’t have this problem, Telegram clarified in a
tweet.
# § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Ransomware-as-a-service_groups_rain
money_on_their_affiliates⠀⇛
Researchers with cybersecurity firm Group-IB
infiltrated the Qilin gang in March and this
week analyzed its operations in a report that
detailed its inner workings and the economic
model that keeps it churning.
# ⚓ Hearst Communications ☛ New_York_audit:_School
districts_unprepared_for_cyber_attacks⠀⇛
The Education Department “has not taken the
fundamental steps or improved the technical
controls needed to secure its own critical
systems,” the auditors said.
Auditors also went to four school districts
and scanned their systems for
vulnerabilities. What they found was so
concerning that the districts took immediate
action, they said.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Russian_man_charged_over
ransomware_attacks,_including_against_D.C._police⠀⇛
The 30-year-old Mikhail Matveev, who is based
in Kaliningrad, Russia, is also charged with
ransomware incidents affecting law
enforcement in New Jersey, as well as several
victims in the health care sector, according
to newly unsealed indictments from the
Justice Department. Along with the criminal
charges, the Treasury announced sanctions
barring Matveev from conducting financial
transactions in the United States, and the
State Department issued a $10 million reward
for his arrest.
The investigation into Matveev involved the
FBI, IRS and local law enforcement in D.C.
and New Jersey, as well as authorities from
Japan, the U.K., France, Germany and the
European Union.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Ransomware_group_claims_2.5
terabytes_of_stolen_data_less_than_a_month_after
emerging_online⠀⇛
A new cybercrime outfit calling itself RA
GROUP is just the latest to take advantage of
leaked Babuk ransomware source code.
The post Ransomware_group_claims_2.5
terabytes_of_stolen_data_less_than_a_month
after_emerging_online appeared first on
CyberScoop.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ 5.8M_records_stolen_in_ransomware
attack_on_pharmacy_company_PharMerica⠀⇛
Fortune 1000 company and pharmacy services
provider PharMerica Corp. has been struck by
a ransomware attack, with data from 5.8
million patients stolen and published online.
The theft of data was first disclosed in
a breach notice filed with the Office of the
Maine Attorney General.
⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Russian_Hacker_“Wazawaka”_Indicted_for_Ransomware⠀⇛
A Russian man identified by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2022 as a
prolific and vocal member of several top ransomware groups was the
subject of two indictments unsealed by the Justice Department today.
U.S. prosecutors say Mikhail Pavolovich Matveev, a.k.a. “Wazawaka”
and “Boriselcin” worked with three different ransomware gangs that
extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from companies, schools,
hospitals and government agencies.
§ Linux Foundation⠀➾
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Next-gen_open-source_technologies_are_breaking_barriers
[Ed: Notice the dash; proprietary software pushers, fronting by ''Linux
Foundation, in media that gets paid to produce these puff pieces (it's
obligatory)]⠀⇛
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Navigating_the_data_deluge:_Open_source_makes_waves_in
climate_change_sphere⠀⇛
At its heart, tackling climate change is a data problem. It
requires the right data, the right infrastructure and the right
tools to make sense of it all, according to Erik Erlandson,
senior principal software engineer at Red Hat Inc. Open source
is proving to be a key player in navigating this data deluge.
⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_use_the_new_OpenShift_quick_starts_to_deploy_JBoss_EAP⠀⇛
In the articles, How_to_migrate_your_Java_applications_to_Red_Hat
OpenShift and How_to_deploy_JBoss_EAP_applications_with_OpenShift
Pipelines, we covered the technologies utilized to build and deploy
Red_Hat_JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform images on OpenShift.
These technologies include Source to Image (S2I), Helm charts, build
configs, deployment configs, tekton pipelines, and ingress routes.
While these technologies will be familiar to developers experienced
with Kubernetes and containerization, a Jakarta EE developer coming
from a traditional JBoss EAP background may be new to these tools.
§ Security⠀➾
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Discord_suffers_data_breach_after_third-party_agent_was
compromised⠀⇛
The popular messaging platform service Discord Inc. has
suffered a data breach after a third-party agent was
compromised. In a message to affected users first shared May
11 on Reddit,
⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Re-Victimization_from_Police-Auctioned_Cell_Phones⠀⇛
Countless smartphones seized in arrests and searches by police forces
across the United States are being auctioned online without first
having the data on them erased, a practice that can lead to crime
victims being re-victimized, a new study found. In response, the
largest online marketplace for items seized in U.S. law enforcement
investigations says it now ensures that all phones sold through its
platform will be data-wiped prior to auction.
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Bill_Would_Require_Manufacturers_to
Enable_Porn_Filters_on_Phones,_Tablets⠀⇛
Alabama lawmakers advanced anti-pornography legislation
Tuesday that would require phones and tablets to
automatically block sexually explicit content or
pornography until the purchaser changes the device
settings.
The House of Representatives voted 70-8 for the bill by
Republican Rep. Chris Sells, of Greenville. The bill now
moves to the state Senate.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Neighborhood_Watch_Out:_Cops_Are_Incorporating
Private_Cameras_Into_Their_Real-Time_Surveillance_Networks⠀⇛
Police have their sights set on every surveillance camera
in every business, on every porch, in all the cities and
counties of the country. Grocery store trips, walks down
the street, and otherwise minding your own business when
outside your home could soon come under the ever-present
eye of the government. In a quiet but rapid expansion of
law enforcement surveillance, U.S. cities are buying and
promoting products from Georgia-based company Fusus in
order to access on-demand, live video from public and
private camera networks.
o ⚓ Thompson Reuters Foundation ☛ Privacy_or_safety?_U.S._brings
‘surveillance_city_to_the_suburbs’⠀⇛
Fusus technology is being operated in over 60 different
cities and counties across more than a dozen states, by
police departments, school districts and sheriffs as part
of public safety initiatives, according to public records
requests and announcements seen by the Thomson Reuters
Foundation.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ What_the_defence_strategic_review_got_right—and_got
wrong⠀⇛
The central guidance in the defence strategic review is the
introduction of the concept of deterrence by denial.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_sees_overall_crime_rise_by_almost_50%
in_first_quarter_of_2023_–_fraud_and_violent_crime_up⠀⇛
The overall crime rate in the first quarter of this year has
increased by 48.4 per cent compared to the same period last
year. A
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Unseen_Soldiers_of_America’s_Privatized_Wars⠀⇛
In 2020, retired Army Officer Danny Sjursen offered an
interesting explanation for how the War on Terror was then
becoming ever more privatized: the Covid-19 pandemic had
changed the Pentagon’s war-making strategy as the public began
to question how much money and how many lives were being
expended on war abroad rather than healthcare at home. As a
result, Sjursen argued, the United States had begun deploying
ever more contractors, remote drones, CIA paramilitaries, and
(often abusive) local forces in that War on Terror while US
troops were redeployed to Europe and the Pacific to contain a
resurgent Russia and China. In other words, during the
pandemic, Washington placed ever more dirty work in corporate
and foreign hands.
* ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Commissioner_for_refugees_fleeing_to_Hungary_from
Russian-Ukrainian_war_appointed⠀⇛
Norbert Pál has been appointed Government Commissioner for
individuals fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian war to Hungary, the
Hungarian Gazette announced on 15 May.
* ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungary_blocks_EU_from_giving_Ukraine_€500_million
for_weapons⠀⇛
Hungary has blocked the release of the eighth installment of
the European Peace Facility (EPF) for arms to Ukraine, the
Italian newspaper ANSA reports.
* ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Immiserated,_humiliated,_yet_resilient:_how_Syrians
survive_America’s_economic_siege⠀⇛
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Ja_Morant_and_This_Country’s_Sick,_Hypocritical,_and
Racist_Relationship_to_the_Gun⠀⇛
Ja Morant has the attention of the sports media world for all
the wrong reasons. Morant’s friend livestreamed the 23-year-old
All-Star Memphis Grizzlies guard brandishing a gun while
laughing and listening to music in the passenger seat of a car.
Just two months ago, the NBA suspended Morant and pushed him
into counseling after he showed off a gun on social media. That
came on the heels of a series of accusations that Morant had,
among other things, flashed a gun during an alleged assault.
Now, he has been suspended indefinitely from the Grizzlies.
Morant—the $200 million point guard, the face of the franchise,
the person that Daily Memphian columnist Chris Herrington told
me is “the most important person to the city since Al Green”—is
in danger of throwing his career away.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Vigilante_Killings_on_the_Subway_Are_Not_Legal_or_Moral⠀⇛
Daniel Penny, the man who choked another man to death on the F
train on May 1, was finally arrested and charged with a crime
late last week. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged
Penny with manslaughter in the second degree for killing Jordan
Neely. In New York, second-degree manslaughter occurs when a
person “recklessly causes the death of another person.”
* ⚓ Confrontation_in_Şırnak:_Two_soldiers_lost_their_lives⠀⇛
Two soldiers lost their lives, one soldier and one village
guard were injured in the armed fight that took place in Besta,
Şırnak.
* ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_West’s_Economic_War_on_Russia_Has_Failed⠀⇛
The US with its EU vassals in tow has carried out a two-pronged
attack on Russia. The first is Joe Biden’s cruel proxy war on
Russia, with its cynical use of Ukrainians as cannon fodder.
The second prong is the sanctions war designed to destroy
Russia’s economy.
* ⚓ AntiWar ☛ With_Upgraded_Missiles,_Ukraine_Prepares_To_Strike_Russian
Heartland_Despite_Assurances⠀⇛
It’s a pattern Ukrainian officials have commented on before: be
patient. The West says no to more advanced weapons and then
comes around to sending them. It happened with HIMARS rocket
systems, tanks, and fighter jets. The pattern seems to have
been repeated again.
* ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ AUDIO:_Iain_Davis_on_Perspective_with_Jesse_Zurawell_–
May_13th⠀⇛
Regular OffG contributor Iain Davis returns to Perspective this
week to talk about what it means to be part of the “alternative
media”, widespread failures in covering the “special military
operation” in Ukraine and much more. TNT Radio is a 24/
7 internet radio station, available here.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_Ukraine_war_and_European_identity⠀⇛
The European Parliament elections are still a year away, but
political parties across the EU have already shifted to
campaign mode.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Wrangling_China_to_influence_Russia_in_Ukraine_is_a
fool’s_errand⠀⇛
Pressing Chinese President Xi Jinping to ‘bring Russia to its
senses’ in the forlorn hope of ending the war in Ukraine is all
the rage among European statesmen.
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Atlantic_Council_statement_on_alleged_poisoning⠀⇛
An independent Russian news website today reported on an
alleged poisoning incident of John Herbst, the senior director
of our Eurasia Center and former US ambassador to Ukraine.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ UK,_Netherlands_pledge_to_provide_fighter_jet_support_to
Ukraine⠀⇛
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Dutch Prime Minister
Mark Rutte on Tuesday pledged to build an “international
coalition” to provide fighter jet support for Ukraine. Earlier
in the day, a Ukrainian deputy defence minister said that
Kyiv’s troops had pushed Russian forces from chunks of
territory around the embattled city of Bakhmut, in the eastern
part of the country. Follow our blog to see how the day’s
events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Council_Of_Europe_Summit_Seeks_To_Hold_Russia_To_Account_For
Waging_War_In_Ukraine⠀⇛
Leaders from across Europe are laser-focused on holding Russia
to account for its invasion of Ukraine and were poised to
approve a system that would precisely establish the damages
Moscow would have to pay to rebuild the nation and compensate
victims.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Court_In_Russia’s_Karelia_Sentences_Man_To_Six_Years_In_Prison
On_Treason_Charge⠀⇛
A court in Russia’s northwestern region of Karelia has
sentenced a 34-year-old man to six years in prison for high
treason.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Founder_Of_Czech_Group_Of_Frontline_Medics_In_Ukraine_Dies_From
Wounds⠀⇛
The 38-year-old founder of a group in the Czech Republic that
sends volunteer medics to treat Ukrainian soldiers injured
during battle against invading Russian forces has died of
wounds suffered in March while working on the front lines of
the battlefield in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ African_Leaders_to_Seek_a_Solution_to_the_Ukrainian
Conflict⠀⇛
“I will present this initiative on behalf of the heads of state
of Zambia, Senegal, Congo, Uganda, Egypt and South Africa,”
President Ramaphosa said.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Mines_Could_Ruin_Ukraine_Farmland_For_Years,_Red_Cross_Says⠀⇛
Unexploded bombs, shells, and mines not only threaten human
life in Ukraine but also risk rendering swaths of fertile
farmland unusable for years, the Red Cross said
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Lifts_Barriers_To_Exports_Of_Some_Farm_Goods⠀⇛
Ukraine has removed barriers to the export of some agricultural
commodities, imposed last year to prevent food shortages, in a
bid to boost foreign currency income, the government said.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kremlin_Says_‘Unanswered_Questions’_Remain_Over_Ukraine_Grain
Deal_Extension⠀⇛
Russia said on May 16 it was still undecided on the extension
of a landmark grain export deal with Ukraine, brokered by the
UN and Turkey and due to expire on May 18.
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Sadly,_Russian_‘SuperCum’_Aircraft_Are_Just_a_Typo⠀⇛
The three drones Ukraine shot down are actually large
reconnaissance UAVs.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ NATO_countries_slow_to_increase_defense_spending⠀⇛
Despite the recent aggressive actions by Russia in Ukraine,
many NATO countries are lagging behind in increasing their
defense spending. According to a press release by the ifo
Institute, the majority of NATO members are falling short of
the goal of allocating 2 percent of their economic output to
defense expenditures in 2023. This news raises concerns about
the collective defense capabilities of the alliance and the
commitment of its members to ensuring their own security.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Out_of_the_cold?_After_Arab_League_summit,_UAE_invites
Syria’s_president_to_COP28⠀⇛
Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad received an invitation
to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this
year, even as the yearslong war in his country over his rule
grinds on.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Patriot_Missile_Defense_System_in_Ukraine
Likely_Damaged_-US_Sources⠀⇛
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Says_It_Shot_Down_Hypersonic_Russian_Missiles
Over_Kyiv⠀⇛
A Russian barrage also damaged a U.S.-made Patriot air-defense
system, but officials said it was still working.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Your_Wednesday_Briefing:_Ukraine_Says_It_Shot_Down
Hypersonic_Missiles⠀⇛
Also, a dim outlook for Cambodia’s opposition.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s_First_Lady_Visits_Seoul,_Requesting
Nonlethal_Military_Aid⠀⇛
Tools such as equipment to detect and remove mines are needed,
Olena Zelenska said.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ African_Leaders_Plan_‘Peace_Mission’_to_Russia_and
Ukraine⠀⇛
South Africa’s president said officials from six nations would
visit Kyiv and Moscow as part of the initiative. The time frame
remained unclear.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ European_leaders_gather_in_Iceland_to_discuss_human
rights_and_support_for_Ukraine.⠀⇛
* ⚓ European Commission ☛ Remarks_by_Executive_Vice-President_Dombrovskis
at_the_ECOFIN_press_conference⠀⇛
European Commission Speech Brussels, 16 May 2023 Thank you
minister. Good afternoon, everyone.
I will start with sanctions, where the EU has been part of the
global response to condemn Russia…
* ⚓ Latvia ☛ Goodbye_Kaliningrad,_welcome_back_Königsberg⠀⇛
The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea has got a
new name – or rather, it is returning to its old names, at
least as far as Latvian-speakers are concerned.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s_Push_Around_Bakhmut_Presents_Russia_with
Tough_Decisions⠀⇛
Kyiv’s forces have reclaimed ground near the city that it took
Russian forces months to seize, raising pressure on Moscow to
devote more fighters and equipment there.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Vice-President_of_Writers’_Organization_(PEN)_Resigns_Because
of_Panel’s_Excluding_Russian_Writers⠀⇛
UPDATE: Added response from PEN.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ For_$6.5_Million,_Durham_Report_Finds_FBI_Didn’t_Have_Solid
Dirt_on_Trump_and_Russia⠀⇛
Plus: Reexamining the roots of qualified immunity, who’s really
hurt by business regulations, and more…
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ukraine_Aid_Funding_Expected_to_Run_Out_by_Mid-Summer⠀⇛
The last massive aid package Congress authorized for Ukraine
has about $6 billion left, which is expected to be used up by
mid-summer, POLITICOreported Monday. So far, the US has
authorized about $113 billion in spending on the war in
Ukraine, which includes military aid, direct budgetary aid,
training, funding for […]
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Death_Outlives_War’:_Analysis_Estimates_Post-9/11_US
Conflicts_Killed_Over_4.5_Million⠀⇛
“The United States government, while not solely responsible for
the damage, has a significant obligation to invest in
humanitarian assistance and reconstruction in post-9/11 war
zones,” said the author of a new report.
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Reflections_on_the_75th_Anniversary_of_a_Nakba_That_Never
Ended⠀⇛
In the decades since the event Palestinians know as “the
Catastrophe,” dispossession has become a timeless theme of the
Palestinian experience.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Journalists_say_‘spy’_in_new_FSB_video_is_Ukrainian_woman_who
was_arrested_en_route_to_visit_sick_father_in_Crimea_last_year_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has released a video
that it says shows a “detained Ukrainian spy.” The clip was
published on Tuesday by the state-run media outlet RIA Novosti,
which reported that the 25-year-old “spy” was “transmitting
information about Russian military facilities and equipment
belonging to the Eastern group of forces.” The woman has
reportedly been arrested and charged with espionage.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Defense_Ministry_says_it_destroyed_Patriot_missile
defense_system_in_Kyiv_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily briefing on
Tuesday that it successfully used a Kinzhal missile to strike a
U.S.-made Patriot missile defense system in Kyiv on Monday
night.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Bryansk_authorities_report_Ukrainian_drone_shot_down_overnight
—_Meduza⠀⇛
Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz reported Tuesday that
Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian drone in the town of
Klintsy the previous night. He said that nobody was injured but
that the balcony of a residential building was damaged.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kyiv_authorities_report_Russian_air_attack_‘exceptional_in
density’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Kyiv authorities declared an air raid alert on Monday night
as Russian forces attempted to carry out large-scale missile
and drone strikes on the city, according to Ukrainian
officials.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_launches_new_strikes_on_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Air raid alerts sounded in many regions of Ukraine, including
Kyiv, on the evening of May 16.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ It’s_not_just_Wagner_At_least_three_Gazprom-linked_private
military_companies_now_have_fighters_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Evgeny Prigozhin, founder of Wagner Group, a private military
company, is already infamous for taking on Russia’s Defense
Ministry. For several weeks, war bloggers have reported that
the war-mongering catering tycoon is now in conflict with
several other private military companies who have sent fighters
to Ukraine in recent months. BBC News Russian investigated the
new groups fighting in Ukraine, and discovered that at least
three have links to Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom. The
groups evidently emerged from the private security structures
Gazprom subsidiaries created to protect its infrastructure
projects in Russia and its overseas operations in places like
Syria. Meduza is sharing an abridged, English-language report
on BBC News Russian’s findings.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_Vladimir_family_named_their_son_Putin_in_2016;_now_they_want
to_rename_him_—_Meduza⠀⇛
In 2016, the Juraev family from the Vladimir region decided to
give their son the first name Putin. Now, they’ve decided to
rename him, says Yekaterina Belous, head of the regional
registration office.
* ⚓ Defence Web ☛ SA_Army_Chief’s_visit_to_Russia_not_out_of_the_ordinary_–
SANDF⠀⇛
SA Army Chief Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha is in Moscow
for a bilateral visit between the two military establishments
in what the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said
is a normal and long-planned engagement. The three-star’s visit
is, according to SANDF Corporate Communication Director
Brigadier General Andries Mahapa, in line with “a longstanding
arrangement”.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Turning_away_from_the_West,_Russia_seeks_to_strengthen
economic_ties_with_the_Muslim_world⠀⇛
The Russia-Islamic World Forum will begin in Kazan, southwest
Russia, on Thursday. The two-day event was first held in 2009
and aims to strengthen economic ties between Russia and Muslim
countries. In the wake of a rupture between Russia and the
West, these ties are now part of a shifting world order.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ DOJ_announces_five_criminal_cases_over_China-_and_Russia-led
efforts_to_steal_US_technologies⠀⇛
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday five
new criminal cases and four arrests in connection with a multi-
agency US task force, known as the Disruptive Technology Strike
Force, to keep sensitive technology away from “hostile nation-
states.”
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Bill_Banning_Uranium_Imports_From_Russia_Passes_U.S._House
Subcommittee⠀⇛
A bill banning Russian uranium imports to the United States
gained momentum on May 16 by passing a committee in the U.S.
House of Representatives.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Charges_Russian_National_In_Ransomware_Attacks_On_Law
Enforcement_Agencies,_Hospitals⠀⇛
The United States has charged a Russian national with multiple
federal crimes related to ransomware attacks in the United
States and around the world that netted tens of millions of
dollars in ransom payments.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_German_Chancellor’s_Wife_Loses_Job_After_Attending
Victory_Day_Event_At_Russian_Embassy⠀⇛
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s wife has lost her
job at NRW.Global Business, a trade and investment agency of
North Rhine-Westphalia, after she and her husband attended a
Victory Day event at the Russian Embassy in Berlin on May 9.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Colombian_citizen_sentenced_to_five_years_in_prison_for
sending_SMS_with_‘fakes’_about_Russian_army_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A Moscow district court has sentenced Colombian citizen Alberto
Enrique Giraldo Saray to five years and two months in a penal
colony for spreading “fakes” about the Russian army, writes
Mediazona.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Former_Putin_envoy_reportedly_spotted_in_Israeli_migration
department_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A man resembling Russian politician and economist Anatoly
Chubais, who is the highest ranked government official to have
left Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, was spotted in
Israel’s Internal Affairs Ministry. A Facebook user posted
photos taken inside the ministry, writing that Chubais’ wife
Avdotya Smirnova, a screenwriter and literary critic, was with
him.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_officials_welcome_CIA’s_new_Telegram_channel_as
‘convenient_resource’_for_tracking_wannabe_spies_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Central Intelligence Agency has created a Russian-language
Telegram channel for recruiting informants. In particular, it
is targeting the Russian military, secret services, foreign
service, science and technology, and other key spheres.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_decided_not_to_hide’:_The_war_and_anti-LGBTQ+_laws_forced
much_of_Russia’s_queer_community_to_leave,_many_choosing_to_resettle_in
Turkey_—_Meduza⠀⇛
After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
much of Russia’s queer community chose to move abroad. While
life had been difficult even before the invasion, the complete
ban on what the authorities call “LGBT propaganda,” introduced
in 2022, made life in conservative Russian society even harder.
Photographer Sergei Stroitelev talked to queer people who left
Russia for Turkey, capturing their new lives, their feelings
about moving abroad, and their plans for the future.
* ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Deplorable”:_Former_Sen._Doug_Jones_Slams_Tuberville
for_Defending_White_Nationalists_in_Military⠀⇛
As President Biden warned Saturday that white supremacy is the
“most dangerous terrorist threat” facing the United States, and
members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front marched
Sunday on the National Mall, we look at how Republican Senator
Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is under fire for expressing
support for white nationalists in the U.S. military. Tuberville
is a major backer of Donald Trump. In 2020, he defeated
Democrat Doug Jones, who served in the Senate from 2018 to 2021
and was a U.S. attorney who successfully prosecuted two members
of the Ku Klux Klan involved in the 1963 Birmingham, Alabama,
church bombing that killed four girls. We get response to
Tuberville from Jones and look at white supremacists in the
military and more with Southern Poverty Law Center senior
investigative reporter Michael Edison Hayden.
* ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ A_Neo-Nazi_Working_in_Congress:_Aide_to_Rep._Gosar
Pledged_Loyalty_to_White_Supremacist_Nick_Fuentes⠀⇛
We look at a newly confirmed direct connection between a white
supremacist leader and a staffer for one of Trump’s staunchest
supporters in Congress. The digital director for right-wing
Arizona Congressmember Paul Gosar has been revealed as a
prominent follower of neo-Nazi online influencer Nick Fuentes.
Gosar himself is linked to organizers of the January 6
insurrection and was censured for posting an animated video on
social media where he murdered Congressmember Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez and attacked President Biden. We speak with
Talking Points Memo reporter Hunter Walker about his exclusive
report, which he says “removes that veil of plausible
deniability” from Gosar about his office’s ties to extremists.
* ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ How_Viktor_Orbán_angered_his_closest_friends_in
Europe⠀⇛
Newly-elected Hungarian president Katalin Novák tried to put
her best foot forward on her first official foreign visit to
Warsaw in May 2022. She was wearing one of Poland’s national
colors, red, and managed to arrange a meeting not only with
President Andrzej Duda, but also with Prime Minister Mateusz
Morawiecki, who is more directly involved in the day-to-day
political operation of the country.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We’ve_targeted_quite_a_few_people’_Ukraine’s_military
intelligence_chief_Kyrylo_Budanov_gets_frank_in_a_new_interview_—
Meduza⠀⇛
In an interview with the Ukrainian YouTube channel Rizni Lyudi,
Ukraine’s defense intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov shared his
views of the combat situation, Wagner Group’s role in the
larger scheme of the war, and the Ukrainian secret services’
work on Russian territory. Meduza summarizes Budanov’s key
points from the interview. The senior officer’s remarks have
been abridged and edited for clarity. Here’s the gist of what
he said.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_State_Duma_denounces_Treaty_on_Conventional_Armed
Forces_in_Europe_—_Meduza⠀⇛
State Duma deputies have unanimously voted in favor of
denouncing the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
(CFE), following Vladimir Putin’s directive, issued on May 10.
§ Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Playing_chicken_to_the_detriment_of_democracy_and
cost_to_the_taxpayer⠀⇛
Far too often, government departments and its agencies deny
Freedom of Information requests without good reason. It leads
to unnecessary delays, costs, and the withholding of
information that the public deserves to know. What’s the scam?
The scam is that in so many Freedom of Information (FOI)
matters, the Government’s decisions have been very poorly
thought out, or been deliberately contrived. The decisions are
made by official who receive their pay cheque from the public.
When I appeal their decisions, as I will do when they are
bizarre, the Government often backflips at the 11th hour.
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ Brownshirts_vs_climate⠀⇛
Pit-in-the-stomach feeling reading the news today as the
brownshirts in Sweden are gearing up to delay climate solutions
even harder, through outright denial. This is a horror show
since the other parties are already bad and insufficient at
climate stuff. We definitiviely can’t afford to add a big old
stinking Overton magnet in the opposite direction.
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ DOJ_crypto_enforcement_director_calls_for
crackdown_on_illicit_behavior_by_exchanges⠀⇛
The U.S. Department of Justice is increasing its efforts
to stop illicit and criminal activities on crypto trading
platforms, according to a report published by the
Financial Times.
* § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_animal_NGO_appeals_for_help
after_halting_new_intakes_amid_post-Covid_adoption_slump⠀⇛
An animal welfare charity, Team for Animals In Lantau
South (TAILS), has said that they will stop accepting new
animals for adoption as they are “full.” The founder has
said there were fewer foster carers and adoptions after
the Covid-19 pandemic.
* § Overpopulation⠀➾
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ The_latest_from_Arte_Weekly:_Europe_experiences
severe_water_shortages_caused_by_drought,_while_Ukrainian_refugees
consider_returning_home⠀⇛
Record-breaking droughts force Spain to take emergency
measures. We look at the wider picture regionally, where
droughts are occurring at an alarming frequency causing
severe water shortages. Meanwhile, since the war began,
8.2 million Ukrainians have fled to the EU. Arte Europe
weekly learns why many are asking whether to stay or
return home. Lastly, we turn to Serbia, where a handful
of female comic book artists are challenging the status
quo in their field.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_US_debt_ceiling_stalemate_threatens_money_market
funds—and_financial_stability⠀⇛
Money markets would be the first to react to a debt ceiling
breach, heightening market turmoil at the wrong time and
helping to raise the odds of a severe recession.
* ⚓ Latvia ☛ ‘How_to_recognize_corruption’_available_in_English⠀⇛
Latvia’s Corruption Combating and Prevention Bureau (KNAB) has
published an English-language version of a corruption-spotting
handbook it published in Latvian in 2022.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Glimmers_of_Hope_for_a_Debt_Deal⠀⇛
Also, a leader in A.I. asks for regulation. Here’s the latest
at the end of Tuesday.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Meet_the_Federal_Judge_Who_Could_Decide_Whether_or_Not
the_US_Defaults⠀⇛
As the possibility of a government default on the national debt
which could tank the global economy looms, the National
Association of Government Employees (NAGE) has sued the
government in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts claiming
that the debt ceiling law is unconstitutional and
unenforceable. According to its complaint, NAGE asks the court
to “declare that the Debt Limit Statute is presently
unconstitutional and of no force and further seeks to enjoin
[President Biden and Treasury Secretary Yellen] from refusing
to borrow to meet the operations of government approved by
Congress and the debts and obligations that also must be paid
pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment…”
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ “Hi_Babe”_Case:_ASIC_witnesses_mauled_in_court,
Commbank_embarrassed,_evidence_ends_abruptly⠀⇛
The credibility of witnesses was tested severely in ASIC’s case
against bank victim advocate Geoff Shannon yesterday, and case
evidence was brought to an abrupt close amid talk of perjury.
Lisa-Jane Roberts reports from Southport.
The cross-examination of ASIC’s star witness in the case
against bank victims advocate Geoff Shannon concluded yesterday
at Southport Court on the Gold Coast, and the trial was
adjourned until 22 August 2023, when both parties will present
their final submissions to the court.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Innovation_Evangelist:_Stockland_and_Mirvac_roped,
bound_by_Bricklet_property_rorts⠀⇛
As far as property scams go, it’s a slick one, although you
might say it began with good intentions. Giuseppe Porcelli, the
Maserati-driving tech entrepreneur from Manly on Sydney’s
Northern Beaches, even managed to rope in the bluest of blue
chip property types, enticing no less than Stockland and Mirvac
into his Bricklet venture as cornerstone investors. Michael
West reports.
Bricklet is a new variant of the “property fractionalisation
model”. Fractionalisation means selling bits of a property –
rather than the whole property. It is designed to appeal to
those who can’t afford their own house or apartment.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Bernie_Sanders_Progressive_Could_Be_the_Next_Leader_of
One_of_America’s_Largest_Counties⠀⇛
Bernie Sanders started his career in elected office as the
mayor of the largest city in Vermont. Though he eventually
became a member of the US House, a US senator and, finally, a
presidential contender whose 2016 and 2020 campaigns
transformed debates about economic inequality in America,
Sanders has always recognized that, while big policy decisions
are made at the federal level and in the nation’s statehouses,
the implementation of those policies takes place primarily at
the local level. That’s one of the reasons Sanders has gone out
of his way to make endorsements of progressives running in
mayoral races and contests for county executive posts across
the country.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Turkish_Election_Aftershock:_Despite_Unity_on_the_Left,
the_Opposition_Falls_Short⠀⇛
Istanbul, Turkey—Sunday started sunny and cheerful in Turkey’s
most populous city. Scores of families headed to secondary
schools to cast their ballots and have their say in Turkish
politics. That the country’s longtime president Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan would lose in this first round of presidential
elections seemed a historical inevitability to the smiling,
hopeful people lining the streets in my upper-middle-class
neighborhood. In a few hours, we would be proven terribly
wrong.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s_Opposition_Struggles_to_Chart_Path_as_Runoff
Nears⠀⇛
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks likely to benefit most
from the votes that went to an ultranationalist candidate
eliminated in the first round.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ 4_Takeaways_from_Turkey’s_Nail-Biting_Presidential
Election⠀⇛
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is headed for his — and his country’s —
first presidential runoff vote. But the first round showed the
longtime leader’s continued strength.
* ⚓ Election_calendar_in_the_second_round⠀⇛
With none of the candidates receiving more than 50 percent of
the votes, the second round of Turkey’s presidential elections
will be held on May 28.
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Federal_Court_Rejects_FBI’s_Attempt_To_Glomar_Its_Way_Out_Of
A_Trump-Related_FOIA_Lawsuit⠀⇛
After Donald Trump was forced to vacate the Oval Office to make
way for its newest tenant, he apparently decided to cement his
legacy by walking off with boxes full of classified documents.
When the National Archive and Records Administration began
filing away the records Trump actually deigned to turn over to
it, it found a bunch of classified information. This led to an
investigation by the DOJ and, ultimately, a raid of Trump’s
Mar-a-Lago residence to recover any other classified documents
the ex-president might have taken with him.
* ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Report_from_U.S.-Mexico_Border_as_Title_42_Ends:_Human
Rights_Violations,_Funerals_&_Makeshift_Camps⠀⇛
We host a roundtable discussion on the human rights crisis
unfolding at the U.S.-Mexico border and the impact of President
Biden ending the Trump-era pandemic policy known as Title 42
last Thursday, after it had been used to expel nearly 3 million
migrants without due process. Guerline Jozef is co-founder and
executive director of Haitian Bridge Alliance, an immigrant
advocacy organization that provides humanitarian assistance to
Haitians and other Black immigrants from the Caribbean and
Africa; Erika Guevara-Rosas is a human rights lawyer and
Americas director for Amnesty International; and Erika Pinheiro
is an immigration attorney and the executive director of Al
Otro Lado, a binational nonprofit helping immigrants on both
sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Orthodox_Patriarch_Kirill_says_he_only_asked_to_borrow
Rublev’s_‘Trinity’_from_Tretyakov_Gallery,_but_Putin_gave_it_back_to
church_outright_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Patriarch Kirill, the head of Russian Orthodox Church, says he
didn’t ask President Vladimir Putin to give Andrey Rublev’s
“Holy Trinity” ikon back to the church.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_FSB_develops_instructions_for_conducting_searches
without_court_order_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has released a set of
proposed instructions for how agents should conduct home and
automobile searches without court orders.
* ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Budapest_mayor_tells_EP_Budgetary_Control_Committee
about_government_measures_detrimental_to_capital⠀⇛
The European Parliament’s Budgetary Control Committee is in
Budapest for a three-day visit. Members of the delegation also
met the Mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony. The committee
asked about the recovery plan submitted by the government and I
also made some suggestions, Gergely Karácsony said at a press
conference after the meeting.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ And_They’re_Off:_GOP_Sets_Bar_So_Low_and_Weird_It’s
Underground_and_Babbling_About_Mermaids⠀⇛
Hoo boy. The GOP primary season got off to a bonkers start in
first-in-the-nation Iowa, where smarmy Li’l Ron wowed by
keeping his big-boy pants on and taking timid digs at he-who-
shall-not-be-named, in absentia ’cause a non-tornado might’ve
mussed his hair. They were joined by a ragtag band of bigots,
felons, liars, crackpots, fascists and charlatans – Pastors For
Trump! Missing Informants! Seductive Seducing Spirits! – who
make Kesey’s trippy Merry Pranksters look like Lutheran
astrophysicists. Oh, democracy.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Hiring_Tucker_Carlson⠀⇛
Fox thought his prime-time spot was now a blot, But other
networks craved him for that slot. Imagine all the feelers that
he’s got. The Racist-Preppy Market seems red-hot.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Tucker’s_Hot_Air,_Off_Air⠀⇛
* ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Churches’_Role_in_TX_Election_Prompts_Calls_for
Investigations⠀⇛
Voters in West Texas have decisively rejected three
conservative Christian candidates who campaigned on infusing
religious values into local decision making. But the support
the candidates received from local churches during the race has
prompted calls for state and federal investigations and
triggered a local political reckoning.
“I think there should definitely be some penalties,” said
Weldon Hurt, a two-term Abilene City Council member who won his
race for mayor against one of the candidates. “I don’t know how
severe it should be, but I think there has to be a way to
curtail this from happening again,” he added. “I think there
should be some discipline to these churches.”
* ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Statement_by_the_Child_Protection_Association_(Der
Kinderschutzbund_Bundesverband_e.V.)_on_the_Public_Hearing_of_the_Digital
Affairs_Committee_on_“Chat_Control”⠀⇛
The EU initiative sends a clear signal to all EU states to take
stronger action against sexualised violence against children.
We strongly welcome this. To implement this important goal, the
directive proposes necessary and correct measures, but goes too
far at crucial points.
* ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Summary_of_Statement_by_the_Federal_Commissioner_for
Data_Protection_and_Freedom_of_Information_on_the_public_hearing_of_the
Committee_on_Digital_Affairs_of_the_German_Bundestagon_the_topic_of_“Chat
Control”⠀⇛
The fight against child sexual abuse is an extremely important
social task that must be fulfilled with all suitable and
appropriate means at our disposal. The so-called chat control,
however, significantly exceeds the goal of this task. It hardly
offers greater protection for children, but instead it would be
Europe’s and Germany’s entry into a disproportionate,
unconditional and comprehensive surveillance of private
communication.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ ChatGPT_chief_warns_US_Senate_committee_to_regulate_artificial
intelligence⠀⇛
CEO of OpenAI Samuel Altman appeared before the US Senate
Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on Tuesday for
a hearing about how the US might regulate the use of artificial
intelligence (AI) platforms like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Altman
called on the US “to develop regulations that incentivize AI
safety while ensuring that people are able to access the
technology’s many benefits.”
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ RFA ☛ Using_fake_Facebook_account,_Hong_Kong_police_trolled_pro-
democracy_activists⠀⇛
Revelations emerge after a police officer gives details
of the account during an ongoing ‘subversion’ trial
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ The Fire ☛ FIRE_to_Uvalde:_Lift_ban_on_father_who_questioned_school
safety_or_we’ll_sue⠀⇛
Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
demanded the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District
lift its ban against Adam Martinez, a father of two students in
the district. The district banned Martinez from all district
property for two years, including from school board meetings.
FIRE’s letter to UCISD threatens litigation if the district
does not lift the unconstitutional ban by May 22, 2023.
“My community counts on me to be their voice, but the district
wants to shut me up,” said Martinez. “My fight has always been
for the 21 people who no longer have a voice and for those who
are too scared to speak up about social injustice.”
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Twitter_‘Shadowbans’_Bellingcat_After_Musk_Attacks_Them,
Then_Tries_To_Retcon_A_Nonsense_Explanation⠀⇛
Remember, according to Elon Musk, one of the worst things that
old Twitter did was “shadowban” people. There was a whole
“Twitter Files” about the practice, which Musk insisted was a
horrible practice that was censorship. Except… at the same time
he had no problem using it to silence accounts he personally
disliked. Hilariously, he announced this as part of his “new
Twitter policy” back in November, even though it had been
existing Twitter policy since 2018.
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Age_Verification_Laws_Are_Terrible⠀⇛
Free Speech Coalition, a trade group representing the adult
entertainment industry, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District
Court for the District of Utah to overturn Senate Bill (SB)
287 – the new law that requires age verification for all adult
websites. As I wrote about in my last entry for this site, SB
287 prompted the leadership of Pornhub and its network of porn
websites to block the whole state of Utah from accessing it in
order to avoid potential civil penalties outlined by the new
law.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Pacific_media_needs_more_support_to_protect_the
truth⠀⇛
Media freedom is an essential pillar of democracy. In Pacific
island countries, this pillar is under threat from financial
and capacity constraints.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ Why_Child_Labor_in_America_is_Skyrocketing⠀⇛
* ⚓ Reason ☛ When_This_Uvalde_Parent_Complained_About_a_New_Police_Hire,_He
Was_Banned_From_School_Property⠀⇛
Adam Martinez’s youngest son was at Robb Elementary on the day
of the shooting—though thankfully he was physically
unharmed—and, like many other parents, he became a vocal critic
of the police department. However, in retaliation for his
criticism, the school district banned him from school
property—and school board meetings—for two years.
On Monday, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
(FIRE) sent a demand letter requesting that the school lift its
two-year ban on Martinez or face a lawsuit.
“The First Amendment exists so that people can use their voices
to advocate for social and political change,” FIRE attorney
Jeff Zeman said in a Monday press release. “Criticizing the
government is protected speech, and Uvalde can’t police it.”
* ⚓ Site36 ☛ Police_violence_in_Germany_is_mostly_male_and_more_often_goes
unpunished,_research_project_finds⠀⇛
The findings presented in KviAPol shed light on the so-called
dark field of police assaults, i.e. cases that have not become
known and have not been denounced. Under the direction of
Tobias Singelnstein, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Law,
the researchers Laila Abdul-Rahman, Hannah Espín Grau and Luise
Klaus surveyed more than 3,300 participants online and
conducted more than 60 qualitative interviews with members of
the police and judiciary, victim counselling centres and
lawyers.
* ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Trial_By_Jury⠀⇛
When I started this blog I never envisaged I would be forced to
write a defence of the use of juries in Scotland. We live in
troubling times indeed.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Chief_of_Ukraine_Supreme_Court_Is_Arrested_and_Accused
of_Bribery⠀⇛
‘This is a dark day in the history of the court,’ its judges
said.
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Hollywood_Writers_Have_a_Word_for_It:_Inequality⠀⇛
From Cocaine Bear to Panda Express, the fight for a living wage
is the same.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Halts_Release_Of_Iranian_Film_On_Serial_Killer_Of_Sex
Workers⠀⇛
Russian authorities have suspended the release of an award-
winning film about a serial killer who targets sex workers in
Iran.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Homes_Of_Russian_Activists,_Journalist_Searched⠀⇛
Police in Russia’s Tatarstan region have searched the homes of
three rights activists, Vera Otreshko, Zulfia Sitdikova, an
unspecified member of the unregistered Libertarian party, and
the home of journalist Nailya Mullayeva.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kremlin_Critic_Says_She_Experienced_Possible_Poisoning
Symptoms;_Report_Says_Others_Also_Fell_Ill⠀⇛
Natalia Arno, the U.S.-based chief of the Free Russia
Foundation, says there are suspicions she may have been
poisoned, “possibly by some nerve agent,” after falling ill
during a recent trip to Europe, amid reports that at least two
other Kremlin critics have experienced similar episodes since
2020.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Kelly_Hayes_and_Mariame_Kaba_on_Their_New_Handbook_for
Radical_Organizing⠀⇛
In Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of
Reciprocal Care, Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes combine decades
of scholarship, countless interviews with activists, and
insights from movements across the globe to deliver a
utilitarian and practical guide for youth organizers coming
into their own. Kaba, a longtime abolitionist organizer and
educator, has led numerous organizations to battle the prison-
industrial complex and empower young activists, including
Project NIA, the Chicago Freedom School, and Interrupting
Criminalization. Her blog Prison Culture as well as her
anthology We Do This Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing
and Transforming Justice have garnered international acclaim.
Hayes is an organizer and journalist whose work in outlets like
Truthout and Movement Memos has chronicled some of the most
important grassroots fights of our time. Kaba and Hayes sat
down with Sarah Emily Baum to discuss their new book. This
interview has been edited for length and clarity.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Warner_Bros._Discovery_CEO_David_Zaslav’s_‘Punishment’_For
Disastrous_Megamerger?_$39_Million.⠀⇛
We’ve noted in detail how the AT&T/Time Warner/Discovery
mergers have been an apocalyptic mess that aptly demonstrates
the U.S. obsession with utterly pointless megadeals and a
“growth for growth’s sake” mindset. Hundreds of billions of
dollars later and the companies have produced a product that’s
notably shittier than when they started, laying off thousands
of people, cancelling popular brands, killing popular
magazines, and leaving streaming catalogs with new, weird
gaps due to a refusal to pay residuals.
* § Trademarks⠀➾
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Taco_Bell_Seeks_To_Liberate_‘Taco_Tuesday’_For_Itself,
The_Masses⠀⇛
There is a long history of trademark silliness concerning
the phrase “Taco Tuesday.” As with many trademark
stories, the original sin in all of this was committed by
the USPTO , which in the ’80s somehow managed to grant
the Taco John’s chain a trademark on the term, despite it
being both very descriptive and, after years of lax
enforcement, absolutely generic at present. What you will
find missing in the stories that we’ve done on this topic
in the past is an entity with real weight behind it
attempting to invalidate Taco John’s trademark entirely.
Sure, everyone from restaurant trade associations to
LeBron James (seriously!) have gotten involved, but what
we need here is a good old fashioned Goliath to come and
stamp out David when he’s misbehaving.
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Michal_Čudrnák_—_Open_Culture_VOICES,_Season_2
Episode_15⠀⇛
“If you’re considering opening up, start small” says
Michal Čudrnák, the Head of Digital Collections at the
Slovak National Gallery. When you open up just a small
part first you will see what unfolds and can learn in the
process what works for your community and what they
interested in and how your community wants to use the
cultural heritage in your collection. This episode dives
into issues of legislation as well as the unique ways
public domain material is re-used.
o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ISPs_Block_‘Uptobox’_to_Fight_Piracy,_Platform_&
Users_Probably_Prepared⠀⇛
A French court has ordered ISPs to block veteran file-
hosting/streaming platform Uptobox. French internet users
made roughly 10 million visits to Uptobox last month and
are unlikely to give up easily. Meanwhile, blundering
efforts to block other content led to the entire Telegram
platform being blocked in France last weekend. French
visitors were diverted to a government website where code
linked their visit to serious crime.
o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Manga_Publisher_Wants_Cloudflare_to_Expose
Operators_of_Popular_‘Piracy’_Sites⠀⇛
Manga publisher Shueisha has obtained a subpoena at a
California federal court that requires Cloudflare to
expose the operators of several piracy-related sites. The
targets include 13dl.to, manga-zip.is, wupfile.com and
hexupload.net. Each of these sites has millions of
monthly users and are predominantly popular in Japan.
o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Google_traffic_worth_less_than_£75m_per_year_to
UK_publishers_says_NMA⠀⇛
Publishers and platforms disagree over how much they each
benefit from each other.
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Bungie_Wins_Default_Judgment_Against_Danish_Cheat
Purveyor_In_Ruling_That_Encourages_More_CFAA_Abuse⠀⇛
A lawsuit [PDF] against a cheat creator has swung almost
completely in Bungie’s direction, mainly thanks to the
Danish defendant being unwilling to travel across the
pond to defend himself in court. The claims are numerous,
ranging from copyright infringement to trademark
infringement to CFAA violations to the ever-popular (but
rarely successful) RICO.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Internet/Gemini
# Announcements
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ And_all_of_a_sudden_it’s_Wednesday⠀⇛
I can’t believe anyone still believes “the news”.
Then again, we’re talking about people, here.
I mean, for the love of separate selfhood hypnosis,
right?
# ⚓ Toasting_the_End_of_Amatonormativity⠀⇛
I noticed this was removed from library.inu.red at
some point (presumably also removed from The
Anarchist Library). Personally I found it to be a
fantastic read, and was frustrated when it could no
longer be found. As far as I know it’s not anywhere
on the Geminispace, and happens to be hard to find
on the world wide web. I believe it also poses some
interesting questions given its age, and I also
happen to partially disagree with some parts of it.
# ⚓ Album_#267:_Jeru_the_Damaja_–_The_Sun_Rises_In_The_East⠀⇛
It was nice to hear a new album for a change. My
backlog has filled with the 60s and 70s rock albums
that are the mainstay of this book. Peter Frampton
and Iron Butterfly are Classic Rock staples that
would also appear in “1001 Albums You Will Almost
Certainly Have Heard Before You Die”.
# ⚓ The_simple_joys_of_the_humble_slide_rule⠀⇛
A bunch of scales printed on three rulers, the
middle one of which can slide relative to the other
two. Then finally, a glass box around the outside
with a thin (“hairline”) mark down the middle, held
perpendicular to the rulers.
Yet with this simple contraption you can perform
all calculations normally reserved for a
calculator, all the way through most Americans’
high school math. I’m forever amazed by the
ingenuity that enables trigonometry, powers,
logarithms, and more to be calculated by rubbing
two sticks together. This simple action was
actively being performed in outer space by the
pioneers taking part in the space race.
# ⚓ even_alleyway_pubs_have_their_bar_bellars⠀⇛
I recall Ozzy Osbourne saying in an interview
(Rolling Stone?) that he had his first drink when
he was 14 in Liverpool, England. Him and a friend
would go to a bar, and get a “Bellar”, which was
half lemonade, half beer. (The bartender likely
justified that if it was 51% lemonade and 49% beer,
age limits didn’t matter – but I speculate). And
they (Ozzy and his friend) called that drink a
Bellar because he said there were always two old
ladies at the end of the bar, who would “bellar” at
Ozzy and his friend (“bellaring” meaning yelling
at, or talking down to, I am guessing).
# ⚓ Album_#264:_Sonic_Youth_–_E.V.O.L⠀⇛
This album came out 37 years ago. That guy at the
record store who snubbed you for not having
struggled through E.V.O.L. doesn’t work there any
more. He retired. The record store closed. You’re
free. Skip it.
o § Technical⠀➾
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Notes_on_the_Last_Two_Days⠀⇛
As these things sometimes do, the poem
prompted another one, this one a proper
ghazal. Well, a proper Canadian ghazal,
anyway, in the form made famous by Thompson
and then expanded by so many others (Phyllis
Webb and Isabella Wang being my favourites).
I’ve been saying that I’m bouncing off
cohost. That’s not entirely true. I still
check my feed every day, and I’m glad I do.
Today I saw a post about someone setting up a
BBS basically for messages only – no doors,
and only a few files (someone uploaded Doom
and Keen!). After work yesterday, I made
supper for us, played with the younger dog,
had some cherry cider. Sat down, and logged
in. The second BBS I’ve called (logged into?
telnetted? what’s the term in this modemless
age?) in the last couple years, the first,
Seabreeze BBS, really just for doors: some
LORD, some Tele-Arena, the odd game of
Yahtzee.
# ⚓ Coming_up_on_noon⠀⇛
In way, finding older Gemini posts feels a
bit like chancing upon tasty leftovers.
# ⚓ RE:_Are_we_rebuilding_the_centralized_web,_minus
tracking?⠀⇛
A central place encourages:
1. Frequent polling, to see if there’s
anything new
2. Frequent polling, to see if your posts
have many “likes”
3. Frequent polling, to see if you have many
“followers”
4. Competition for attention, which is
generally bad for an inclusive community that
promotes free expression, and also leads to …
5. … short and shallow content optimized for
maximum buzz and short attention span
6. An “A-list” of users popular enough to
discourage others from sharing unpopular
opinions or participating in general
(see Shirky’s essay, IMO awesome and still
very very very relevant)
# ⚓ One_year!⠀⇛
It has been one year since I set up this site
on smol.pub on May 16, 2022.
# ⚓ Net_News⠀⇛
I decided to install a mall net news server
for Campaign Wiki. That’s the site I use to
host all sorts of role-playing related stuff.
I installed sn because I already knew that I
couldn’t get INN to work.
# § Announcements⠀➾
# ⚓ GeminiLoggBookOberDadaisticus:_[ANN]_Strange
Bedfellows⠀⇛
The new Oberdada album Strange Bedfellows has
now been released. Fourteen tracks of
conventional music, following existing and
novel conventions, guide the listener from
beginning to end, unless you are listening in
reverse order. The songs are thematically
linked, often in subtle ways that may reveal
themselves as Easter eggs only after a few
listenings. Superficially, the album covers
several styles such as tango, jazz fusion,
and progressive rock, yet circles around the
core of interconnected themes.
As most of the instrumental parts have been
actually performed, as opposed to programmed,
the music is far from the slick and perfected
production ideals in vogue. Still, what may
sound spontaneous is the result of meticulous
attention to details and long hours of
editing.
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World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Server
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Hardware/Modding
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Programming/Development
# Perl_/_Raku
# Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Pseudo-Open_Source
# Openwashing
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Software_Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ Sven_Hoexter:_GCP:_Private_Service_Connect_Forwarding_Rules
can_not_be_Updated [Ed: Clown computing limitations]⠀⇛
PSA for those foolish enough to use Google Cloud
and try to use private service connect: If you want
to change the serviceAttachment your private
service connect forwarding rule points at, you must
delete the forwarding rule and create a new one.
Updates are not supported. I’ve done that in the
past via terraform, but lately encountered strange
errors like this: [...]
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ QEMU_vs._VirtualBox:_Which_Is_the_Best
Solution_for_Your_Virtual_Machine?⠀⇛
QEMU or VirtualBox is a difficult decision to make.
You might have heard that QEMU is more powerful
than VirtualBox. QEMU might also intimidate you
because of how difficult it is rumored to be. It’s
easy to wonder a few things: what is QEMU, what is
VirtualBox, and how can you decide between them?
QEMU and VirtualBox are both similar hypervisors,
but they both offer completely different strengths
when it comes to features like ease of setup and
performance. Here’s a full comparison of QEMU and
VirtualBox.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ How_to_Use_the_Linux_tr_Command⠀⇛
Do you need a no-frills method for manipulating a
stream of text in Linux? Look no further than the
tr command, which can save you time in replacing,
removing, combining, and compressing input text.
This is how it’s done.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Setting_up_an_SFTP_Server_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is a secure
protocol for transferring files between local and
remote servers. Unlike standard FTP, it uses SSH
(Secure Shell) to encrypt all data transfers,
protecting against common threats like data
interception and packet sniffing.
# ⚓ How_to_install_PIP_in_Linux_without_sudo?_–_Linux_Shout⠀⇛
Just like every Linux system has its own package
manager to manage all system packages, similarly
Python also has a package manager to install and
manage its various library and modules without
using sudo.
Let’s take an example of Ubuntu Linux where the
default package manager is APT but needs sudo
access or rights to install any package. But what,
if we don’t want or have rights to use sudo to
install PIP, if not installed already on your
system? In that, case we can go for a script to set
up PIP for us in our local directory.
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_permanently_mount_a_drive_in_Linux_(and_why
you_should)_|_ZDNET⠀⇛
If you plug external drives into your Linux machine
or add secondary internal drives, you’ll want to
make sure they are automatically mounted when you
boot.
# ⚓ IT Pro Today ☛ How_To_Copy_Directories_in_Linux_|_ITPro
Today:_IT_News,_How-Tos,_Trends,_Case_Studies,_Career_Tips,
More⠀⇛
Need to copy a directory from one Linux system to
another? This guide will show you how, with tips
and tricks for getting the job done quickly and
efficiently.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Is_chroot_in_Linux_and_How_Does_It
Work?⠀⇛
Are you looking to run applications or services in
an isolated space on Linux? Or maybe you want to
test and debug an application without it
interfering with the rest of your system? If so,
you’ll want to learn about chroot, a powerful
mechanism built into Linux that allows you to
create a separate environment within your system.
Let’s explore chroot in detail, learn about its
benefits, use cases, how to set it up on a Linux
system, and if needed, how to escape it.
# ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Change_Password_in_Linux_(2023_Guide)_|
Beebom⠀⇛
In today’s digital age, protecting your sensitive
personal information is more important than ever.
And having strong passwords definitely helps
protect your personal data from prying eyes. In
this article, we will discuss two different methods
to change passwords in Linux for both yourself as
well as for other users.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Rhino_Linux_Brings_the_Rolling_Release_Model_to
Ubuntu⠀⇛
Want a new Linux experience? Rhino Linux, still in beta,
gives users a rolling Ubuntu experience with an Arch AUR
taste.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Everything_You_Need_to_Know_About_Using_Nala
on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Advanced Package Tool (APT) is everyone’s favorite
go-to package management tool when working on
Debian-based distros. However, despite its rich
feature set, it’s not a convenient way of managing
packages for beginners.
A prominent drawback of APT is that it makes the
content on your terminal screen look haphazard, and
there needs to be semblance within the text on your
Linux terminal.
Here comes Nala, with its streamlined containers
and multicolored demarcations to make your terminal
output look neater and well-structured. Here’s what
you should know about Nala.
o § Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ This_robotic_beer_tray_keeps_servers_from
spilling_suds⠀⇛
Experienced servers are masters of balance and
coordination, being able to carry several full
glasses on a tray without spilling a drop. But many
of us lack that skill and can’t carry even a single
glass across a room without splashing half of it on
our feet.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Review_of_MaTouch_ESP32-S3_4-inch_Display
Demo_Kit_with_sensors,_Arduino,_LVGL_graphics_library⠀⇛
Makerfabs MaTouch_ESP32-S3 4-inch Display Demo Kit
is an ESP32-S3 development board with a 4-inch
touchscreen display, a TVOC sensor, and a thermal
camera.
# ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Unleash_the_Potential_of_the_Internet:_10
Essential_IoT_Starter_Kits_to_Kickstart_Your_Journey⠀⇛
End your search for the ultimate, cost-effective
IoT starter kits designed to help you construct
innovative IoT solutions. With these exceptional
smart device kits, your
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Seeed_Studio_launches_Jetson-based
“reComputer_Industrial”_fanless_Edge_AI_computers⠀⇛
We covered the actively-cooled reComputer J4012
Edge AI mini PC powered by Jetson Orin NX system-
on-module last January, but Seeed Studio has now
launched four fanless “reComputer Industrial”
variants with an aluminum case, two Gigabit
Ethernet ports, three USB 3.2 ports, an RS232/
RS422/RS485 serial port, and a terminal block with
four DI, four DO, and a CAN Bus.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ STMicro_unveils_STM32MP2_Arm_Cortex-A35/M33
MPU_family_starting_with_STM32MP25⠀⇛
STMicro has introduced its second generation of its
STM32 MPUs (microprocessors) with the STM32MP2
moving to a 64-bit Arm architecture with Edge AI
acceleration, multimedia features, graphics
processing, and digital connectivity targeting
industrial and IoT edge applications.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Working_with_Dates_and_Times_Pt_2:_Finding_the_Next
Mothers_Day_with_Simplicity⠀⇛
Mother’s Day is a special occasion to honor and
appreciate the incredible women in our lives. As
programmers, we can use our coding skills to make
our lives easier when it comes to important dates
like Mother’s Day.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ 30+_Open-source_Free-to-use_Calendar_Libraries
for_React,_Vue,_jQuery_and_Plain_JavaScript⠀⇛
A JavaScript calendar library is a tool that allows
developers to create interactive calendars on
websites using JavaScript. These libraries provide
pre-built functions and styles for creating a
calendar that can be customized to match the
website’s design and requirements.
There are several JavaScript calendar libraries
available, including FullCalendar, DayPilot,
# § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ Rakulang ☛ rakudoweekly_2023.20_SO_Survey⠀⇛
The 2023 Stackoverflow Developer Survey is
now live. That in itself is not really Raku
related, but that the Raku Programming
Language is one of the options you can select
for your programming language, is! Taking the
survey will only take a few minutes of your
life, and be your chance to boost the
visibility […]
# § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Getting_Tomorrow’s_Date_in_Bash:_A
Practical_Walkthrough⠀⇛
In the world of system administration and
shell scripting, the ability to manipulate
dates and times is crucial. Whether it’s for
scheduling tasks, log rotation, or simply
timestamping files, an understanding of how
to work with dates in your scripts can save a
lot of time and effort.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Getting_Yesterday’s_Date_in_Bash:_A
Practical_Walkthrough⠀⇛
Bash, the Bourne-Again SHell, is an
incredibly flexible and powerful command
language interpreter, commonly used in Unix
and Unix-like operating systems.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ How_a_Disaster_Expert_Prepares_for_the_Worst⠀⇛
Lucy Easthope, who has worked on major emergencies since
9/11, says that small interventions can make a
significant difference.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Quantum_Experiment_Shows_How_Einstein_Was
Wrong_About_One_Thing⠀⇛
A new record!
# ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ ‘106’_surprises_audiences_with_a
philosophical_discussion_of_technology⠀⇛
Theater & Performance Studies’ capstone project
production of “106″ portrayed a thoughtful
exploration of the ethics of technology through
four vignettes, writes Anthony Martinez Rosales.
The play was written, rehearsed and produced all
during spring quarter.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ CDC:_First_US_Cases_of_Severe_Drug-
Resistant_Ringworm_Identified⠀⇛
A potentially hidden outbreak uncovered.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Over_60_Unknown_Moons_Have_Been_Identified
Orbiting_Saturn⠀⇛
It’s official: Saturn has the most moons in the
Solar System.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Patient_M:_The_Man_Who_Was_Shot_in_The_Head
And_Woke_Up_Seeing_The_World_Backwards⠀⇛
This will really mess with your head.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Aims_for_Better-Skilled
Population,_to_Improve_Childcare⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_aims_for_better-skilled
population,_to_improve_childcare⠀⇛
The Chinese government has urgently embarked on
measures to lift the country’s birth rate.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO_announces_8.2%_salary_increase_for
Mexico’s_teachers⠀⇛
President López Obrador has announced a pay raise
and pension increase for all public-sector teachers
in Mexican schools.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Asus_Responds_to_AM5_BIOS_Controversy:
Warranty_Covers_Beta_Fixes,_EXPO_Presets⠀⇛
Asus has issued an official response addressing
concerns regarding its AM5 motherboards, confirming
that its BIOS updates fix Ryzen 7000′s SoC issues
and its warranties cover AMD EXPO enablement.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Kioxia_and_Western_Digital_Intensify
Merger_Talks:_Report⠀⇛
Kioxia and Western Digital advance merger talks as
prices and demand for flash memory fall.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Exclusive-LG_Display_to_Supply
OLED_TV_Panels_to_Samsung_Elec_–_Sources⠀⇛
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_US_ordered_a_recall_of_67_million_airbag
inflators,_but_the_supplier_is_refusing_to_comply⠀⇛
A major Tennessee-based airbag manufacturer is
butting heads with US regulators.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ SMIC_Removes_Mentions_of_14nm_Node:_US
Sanctions_at_Work?⠀⇛
SMIC may lose ability to offer FinFET services due
to U.S. export restrictions.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Human_DNA_Is_All_Over_The_Planet,_And
Scientists_Are_Worried⠀⇛
Are we prepared for this?
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Toxic_Contaminant_in_Water_Linked_to_Sharp
Increase_in_Parkinson’s_Risk⠀⇛
A disturbing pattern from decades ago.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ World_Health_Organization_Warns_Against
Using_Artificial_Sweeteners⠀⇛
Continued consumption doesn’t reduce weight and
could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes,
cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults,
the W.H.O. said on Monday.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Biden_Nominates_Head_of_National
Cancer_Institute_to_Run_NIH⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Mississippi_Podiatrist_Gets_2-
Year_Sentence_in_Health_Fraud_Scheme⠀⇛
A Mississippi podiatrist has been sentenced to two
years in federal prison for his role in defrauding
Medicare and the military insurer Tricare by
prescribing and dispensing medically unnecessary
foot bath medications
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Court_Order_That_Could_End_US
Health_Law’s_Preventative_Care_Mandate_Put_on_Hold⠀⇛
A federal judge’s ruling striking down a key part
of the Affordable Care Act has been temporarily put
on hold by a federal appeals court in New Orleans
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Washington_Lawmakers_Reach_Deal
on_Drug_Policy,_Avoid_Automatic_Decriminalization⠀⇛
Democratic and Republican leaders in the Washington
Statehouse have reached a tentative deal on a major
new drug policy, one that would avoid making the
state the second to decriminalize the possession of
controlled substances
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ US_Court_Halts_Ruling_Blocking
Obamacare_for_Some_Preventive_Healthcare⠀⇛
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Access_to_STI_testing_not_meeting
recommendations_in_health_clinics_–_Infection_rates_on_the
rise⠀⇛
Sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing is not
being carried out according to recommendations in
public health centers, and as a result, STI rates
are increasing. This was the conclusion of a study
conducted by Hivpoint in the fall of 2022, which
aimed to assess access to STI testing in public
health centers across Finland. The study found that
only two out of 20 health centers provided adequate
guidance for STI testing.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Cough_Syrup_Can_Be_Dangerous_For_Kids,_Even
Deadly._Here’s_Why.⠀⇛
Know the risks.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ World_leaders_in_Japan,_China_as_a
negotiator,_and_grain_deal_deadline:_What_to_watch_for_this
week.⠀⇛
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Mind Matters ☛ Sorry_Mark,_but_the_Metaverse_Failed_|_Mind
Matters⠀⇛
Given Zuckerberg’s devotion to his fantasy project,
it’s probable he will keep trying to push for its
success.
# ⚓ Hacker News ☛ New_‘MichaelKors’_Ransomware-as-a-Service
Targeting_Linux_and_VMware_ESXi_Systems [Ed: No, it targets
proprietary software of VMware, not Linux]⠀⇛
A new ransomware-as-service (RaaS) operation called
MichaelKors has become the latest file-encrypting
malware to target Linux and VMware ESXi systems as
of April 2023.
# § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ #StopRansomware:_BianLian_Ransomware
Group⠀⇛
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency (CISA), and Australian Cyber Security
Centre (ACSC) are releasing this joint
Cybersecurity Advisory to disseminate known
BianLian ransomware and data extortion group
IOCs and TTPs identified through FBI and ACSC
investigations as of March 2023.
# ⚓ USDOJ ☛ Russian_National_Charged_with_Ransomware
Attacks_Against_Critical_Infrastructure⠀⇛
The Justice Department today unsealed two
indictments charging a Russian national and
resident with using three different
ransomware variants to attack numerous
victims throughout the United States,
including law enforcement agencies in
Washington, D.C. and New Jersey, as well as
victims in healthcare and other sectors
nationwide.
# ⚓ CSO ☛ Insured_companies_more_likely_to_be_ransomware
victims,_sometimes_more_than_once⠀⇛
Companies with cyber insurance are more
likely to get hit by ransomware, more likely
to be attacked multiple times, and more
likely to pay ransoms, according to a recent
survey of IT decision makers.
# ⚓ USDOJ ☛ Ransomware_Charges_Unsealed_Against_Russian
National⠀⇛
An indictment was unsealed today in the
District of Columbia charging a Russian
national with participating in a global
ransomware campaign which deployed ransomware
variants against victims in the District of
Columbia, the United States, and around the
world. Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, alleged to
use the online monikers Wazawaka, m1x,
Broriscelcin, and Uhodiransomwar, 30, of
Kaliningrad, Russia, is charged with
intentional damage to a protected computer
and threats relating to a protected computer.
# ⚓ Franklin_County_Public_Schools_hit_by_ransomware
attack⠀⇛
Franklin County Public Schools were closed
Monday following a ransomware attack that is
still impacting the school division.
# ⚓ NVISO Labs ☛ Introducing_CS2BR_pt._I_–_How_we_enabled
Brute_Ratel_Badgers_to_run_Cobalt_Strike_BOFs⠀⇛
If you know all about CS, BRC4 and BOFs you
might want to skip this introduction and get
right into the problem statement. You can
also jump right to the solution. Introduction
When we conduct Red Team assessments at
NVISO, we employ a wide variety of
proprietary and open source tools.
o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾
# § Openwashing⠀➾
# ⚓ SDx Central ☛ How_Dent_brings_open_source_innovation
to_networking_infrastructure⠀⇛
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Open_source_helps_speed_up_the
decarbonization_of_energy_systems [Ed: Mindless
greenwashing sponsored by the 'Linux' Foundation to be
"covered" by a publication that's paid by the 'Linux'
Foundation]⠀⇛
To address climate change and global warming
concerns, worldwide energy grid systems
require an overhaul. The Linux Foundation
Energy is leading efforts to help
organizations realize decarbonization goals
by bringing together energy producers,
researchers, policymakers and traditional
vendors.
⚓ Medevel ☛ How_to_optimize_business_processes_with_Axelor’s_open_source
platform [Ed: Marketing spam again; this one also spreads Microsoft
propaganda]⠀⇛
Growing pains are something every business experiences at some point,
regardless of size or industry. If your business is struggling with
unstructured workflows, miscommunication between departments, or
general feelings of stagnation and unproductivity, this is likely a
sign you need a new solution to help optimize your business
processes.
§ Security⠀➾
* ⚓ Qt ☛ Security_advisory:_Qt_SVG⠀⇛
A recent potential divide by zero in Qt SVG has been reported
and has been assigned the CVE id CVE-2023-32573.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ Brightly_Software_Notifying_3_Million_SchoolDude_Users
of_Data_Breach⠀⇛
Brightly Software has started informing roughly three million
users that their personal information was compromised in a
recent data breach.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ Discord_Informs_Users_of_Data_Breach_Involving_Customer
Support_Provider⠀⇛
Communications and social platform Discord is notifying users
of a cyber incident involving a third-party services provider.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ WordPress_Field_Builder_Plugin_Vulnerability_Exploited
in_Attacks_Two_Days_After_Patch⠀⇛
PoC exploit targeting an XSS vulnerability in the Advanced
Custom Fields WordPress plugin started being used in malicious
attacks two days after patch.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ PharMerica_Discloses_Data_Breach_Impacting_5.8_Million
Individuals⠀⇛
The personal information of more than 5.8 million was
compromised in a data breach at national pharmacy network
PharMerica.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ Capita_Cyberattack_Hits_UK_Pension_Funds⠀⇛
The recent ransomware attack on Capita may impact millions of
customers of hundreds of pension funds in the UK.
* ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla_Privacy_Blog:_Mozilla_weighs_in_on_the_EU_Cyber
Resilience_Act⠀⇛
Cybersecurity incidents and attacks have been on the rise in
the past years. Enhancing security and trust is more relevant
than ever to protect users online. Legislators worldwide have
been contemplating new rules to ensure that hardware and
software products become more secure, with the latest example
being the EU’sCyber_Resilience_Act. Below we present our
concrete recommendations on how legislators can ensure that the
CRA can effectively achieve its objectives.
In recent years, the European Commission has taken concrete
steps to boost its cyber security capabilities across Europe.
After successfully adopting theNISD2 and theEU_Cybersecurity
Act, the last missing piece of the puzzle is the Cyber
Resilience Act (CRA). This latest proposal aims to bolster the
security capabilities of hardware and software products in the
EU market while ensuring a more coherent framework that
facilities compliance.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ 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 a cyberattack
on Sunday, May 14, 2023.
* ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian (epiphany-browser,
python-ipaddress, and sqlparse), Fedora (python-django3 and
qemu), Red Hat (apr-util, autotrace, bind, bind9.16, container-
tools:4.0, container-tools:rhel8, ctags, curl, device-mapper-
multipath, dhcp, edk2, emacs, freeradius:3.0, freerdp, frr,
gcc-toolset-12-binutils, git, git-lfs, go-toolset:rhel8,
grafana, grafana-pcp, gssntlmssp, Image Builder, kernel,
kernel-rt, libarchive, libreswan, libtar, libtiff, mingw-expat,
mysql:8.0, net-snmp, pcs, php:7.4, poppler, postgresql-jdbc,
python-mako, python27:2.7, python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8,
python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9, samba, sysstat, tigervnc,
unbound, virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel, wayland, webkit2gtk3,
xorg-x11-server, and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), SUSE
(dmidecode, postgresql13, prometheus-sap_host_exporter, python-
cryptography, rekor, and thunderbird), and Ubuntu (firefox,
matrix-synapse, and mysql-8.0).
* ⚓ SANS ☛ Ongoing_Facebook_phishing_campaign_without_a_sender_and_(almost)
without_links,_(Mon,_May_15th)⠀⇛
At the Internet Storm Center, we often receive examples of
current malspam and phishing e-mails from our readers. Most of
them are fairly uninteresting, but some turn out to be notable
for one reason or another. This was the case with several
messages that Charlie, one of our readers, has submitted to us
since the beginning of 2023.
* ⚓ USDOJ ☛ Man_Pleads_Guilty_to_Conspiracy_to_Sell_Stolen_Financial
Information_on_Dark_Web⠀⇛
According to court documents, Michael D. Mihalo, aka Dale
Michael Mihalo Jr., 40, of Naperville, was the founder of a
darknet “carding” site called Skynet Market, which was used to
sell stolen financial information on the internet. Operating
under the moniker ggmccloud1, Mihalo and his co-conspirators
were also prominent vendors on additional darknet markets,
including AlphaBay Market, Wall Street Market, and Hansa
Market. Each market required users to conduct transactions in
digital currencies, including Bitcoin. Through these markets,
Mihalo and his co-conspirators sold the stolen financial
information, primarily the credit and debit card numbers and
associated information, of tens of thousands of U.S. victims
between Feb. 22, 2016, and Oct. 1, 2019.
* ⚓ Patients_concerned_after_local_allergy_clinic_closes_its_doors_because
of_alleged_data_breach⠀⇛
A local asthma and allergy clinic has closed its doors because
of an alleged security data breach.
Patients are now concerned that their medical records may have
been compromised.
Several patients have told KOCO that they are in need of asthma
medication from the Oklahoma Institute of Allergy Asthma and
Immunology but have been turned away because of a sign on the
door that claims a security data breach at the clinic happened
nearly two weeks ago.
“I went one day to get an allergy shot, and all of a sudden,
like the door was locked, and there was a sign on the door,”
said patient Kristen McMurray.
* ⚓ Hearst Communications ☛ New_York_audit:_School_districts_unprepared_for
cyber_attacks⠀⇛
Student data, including names, birth dates and addresses, are
not always kept secure by school districts or the state
Education Department, the state Comptroller’s Office found in
an audit issued Tuesday.
The Education Department “has not taken the fundamental steps
or improved the technical controls needed to secure its own
critical systems,” the auditors said.
Auditors also went to four school districts and scanned their
systems for vulnerabilities. What they found was so concerning
that the districts took immediate action, they said.
* ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ HHS_Office_for_Civil_Rights_Settles_HIPAA_Investigation
with_Arkansas_Business_Associate_MedEvolve_Following_Unlawful_Disclosure
of_Protected_Health_Information_on_an_Unsecured_Server_for_$350,000⠀⇛
As background: this case began with Justin Shafer finding an
unsecured FTP server owned by MedEvolve. He reported it to
DataBreaches. This site first reported on the leak in 2018.
This site also reported when MedEvolve issued a statement
months later, and again two years later when HHS got them to
notify patients.
* ⚓ USDOJ ☛ Justice_Department_Announces_Five_Cases_as_Part_of_Recently
Launched_Disruptive_Technology_Strike_Force⠀⇛
The Disruptive Technology Strike Force is co-led by the
Departments of Justice and Commerce to counter efforts by
hostile nation-states to illicitly acquire sensitive U.S.
technology to advance their authoritarian regimes and
facilitate human rights abuses. The Strike Force’s work has led
to the unsealing of charges against multiple defendants in five
cases accused of crimes including export violations, smuggling
and theft of trade secrets.
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Your_DNA_Can_Now_Be_Pulled_From_Thin_Air.
Privacy_Experts_Are_Worried.⠀⇛
Environmental DNA research has aided conservation, but
scientists say its ability to glean information about
human populations and individuals poses dangers.
o ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ Small_Boats_and_Silent_Protest:_Prior_Restraint
in_the_Online_Safety_Bill⠀⇛
Under new rules created by the Online Safety Bill, all
illegal content must be removed from social media
platforms. The government position is clear that this
content ‘has to go’, but the way the platforms will do it
creates a new and dangerous threat to free speech. What
is Prior Restraint?
o ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Are_we_sure_we_want_a_smarter_smart_home_and
gadgets? [Ed: It was all along preying on the gullible and insure,
who were sold a false dream]⠀⇛
This story was originally published on Friday May 12, in
my weekly newsletter. To receive the newsletter, sign up
here. Apple wants to build a health coach with the
ability to track people’s vital signs as well as their
emotions.
o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Human_DNA_Is_All_Over_the_Place,_Raising
Privacy_Concerns⠀⇛
The sheer volume of human “genetic bycatch” could be used
for surveillance, commodification, and other nefarious
activities.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Africa_Land_Forces_Summit_(ALFS)_seeks_solutions_to
African_terrorism_problems⠀⇛
To address drivers of instability in Africa, prevailing
regional threats, and solutions to Silafi-jihadists on the
continent of Africa, Africa’s defence force chiefs met in West
Africa last week where the United States supported the annual
four-day Africa Land Forces Summit (ALFS).
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Imai_in_The_Diplomat⠀⇛
On May 12, Kyoko Imai authored an article, “Momentum Building
in the Japan-South Korea Partnership,” for The Diplomat. She
argues that Asia’s two leading democracies must put their
historical differences aside to advance mutual interests and
counter shared challenges.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Opposition_Says_Be_‘Prepared’_Amid_Rumors_That
Lukashenka_Is_Ill⠀⇛
Self-exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana
Tsikhanovskaya has called on the Belarusian public and the
international community to “be prepared for every scenario” as
Minsk and state media have avoided responding to rumors that
Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka is ill.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Five_More_Belarusian_Activists_Face_Trials_Amid_Crackdown_On
Dissent⠀⇛
Four more activists have gone on trial in Minsk on charges of
inciting hatred as authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s
regime continues its crackdown on dissent.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Belarus_State_Media_Publish_Photo_of
Lukashenko_Following_Health_Speculation⠀⇛
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Siberian_Court_Sends_Man_Suspected_Of_Setting_Military_Plane_On
Fire_To_Pretrial_Detention⠀⇛
A Siberian court has sent to pretrial detention a man suspected
of setting an out-of-service Su-24 military plane on fire at
the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant in early May.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Fighting_in_Darfur_Kills_280_Sudanese:_NRC⠀⇛
This escalation of violence occurs despite the fact that the
Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces signed an new
agreement on Thursday.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Demonstrations_in_the_occupied_West_Bank_to_mark_75_years
since_‘Catastrophe’⠀⇛
Thousands from across the occupied West Bank demonstrated
Monday, waving Palestinian flags to mark the 75th anniversary
of the “Nakba” or “catastrophe” which they associate with
Israel’s creation.
* ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ 18-Year-Old_Pop_Smoke_Murderer_Pleads_Guilty_in
Juvenile_Court⠀⇛
An 18-year-old charged in the murder of Pop Smoke has confessed
in juvenile court to fatally shooting the rapper in February
2020 during a home invasion.
* ⚓ Latvia ☛ Final_day_to_apply_for_first_draft_of_Latvia’s_defense
service⠀⇛
Monday, May 15, is the last day to apply for the first draft
into the State Defense Service (VAD). At least 315 volunteers
have applied, LSM’s Latvian-language service reports.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ A_police_station_or_a_high_school?_Deadly_clashes_in_Senegal
as_locals_and_gendarmes_dispute_land_use⠀⇛
Violent clashes between the gendarmerie and the Lebu community
erupted on May 8 and 9 in Ngor, a district of Senegal’s capital
Dakar. The conflict began over a land dispute: the gendarmes
want a police station while locals want to build a high school.
According to four eyewitnesses who spoke to the FRANCE 24
Observers team, the gendarmes fired live bullets during
protests. A 15-year-old girl lost her life, in circumstances
that remain under investigation.
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Tropical_Cyclone_Mocha’s_rapid_intensification_fits_climate-
driven_pattern⠀⇛
Tropical Cyclone Mocha, which struck_Myanmar_and_Bangladesh as
a high-end Category 4 storm on Sunday, is a catastrophic
example of a rapidly strengthening storm — one that leaps
multiple intensity categories.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Afghanistan_humanitarian_crisis_fueled_by_climate_change_and
economy:_UN_report⠀⇛
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(UNOCHA) released a report Monday regarding Afghanistan’s
humanitarian needs in 2023. The Humanitarian Needs Overview
(HNO) highlighted that among the economic crisis and
discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan, climate
change has also contributed to the humanitarian needs of the
country.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ India’s_top_bank_has_cut_oil_and_gas_lending—but_isn’t_turning
down_risky_projects⠀⇛
The State Bank of India (SBI) is among several global lenders
to have poured billions of dollars into fossil fuel firms amid
clarion calls to combat climate change.
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_average_US_car_on_the_road_has_never_been_older [Ed:
Maybe "new" or "smart" became too bad and too expensive]⠀⇛
The average age of light vehicles—cars, utility vehicles,
and light trucks—on American roads has risen to a record
of 12.5 years, according to new data from S&P Global
Mobility.
o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ How_to_Quit_Cars⠀⇛
They crowd streets, belch carbon, bifurcate communities,
and destroy the urban fabric. Will we ever overcome our
addiction?
o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Long-delayed_wind_farm_to_begin_operation_in
QRO⠀⇛
The 30 turbines at the Eólica Huimilpan site are
currently in the final testing phase, after almost five
years of delays.
o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_in_Numbers:_Electric_vehicles⠀⇛
Electric vehicle manufacturing in Mexico has made for big
headlines but how are national sales of EVs going? Learn
more in this data dive.
o ⚓ H2 View ☛ South_Australia_Premier_reveals_details_of_Hydrogen_and
Renewable_Energy_Act⠀⇛
Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas, revealed
more details of the state’s anticipated Hydrogen and
Renewable Energy Act at the World Hydrogen Summit in
Rotterdam last Thursday (May 11).
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Gas_‘open_for_business’_as_energy_transition
fires_up⠀⇛
Oil and gas executives are doubling down on telling their
low-carbon story as governments push ahead with cutting
emissions from heavy industries and the power grid.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Gas_‘open_for_business’_during_global_energy
transition⠀⇛
There will be no more tinkering with taxes on the
offshore gas industry, according to federal Resources
Minister Madeleine King.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Carbon_capture_and_storage_project_on_track
in_SA⠀⇛
Oil and gas company Santos is on track to commission its
carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at Moomba in
South Australia next year. The project is about 60 per
cent complete with the imminent arrival of a compressor
and turbine, considered two of the most critical
components.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Energy_savers_centre_stage_in_Chalmers
budget_roadshow⠀⇛
Cheap loans for solar, modern appliances and other energy
upgrades announced in the federal budget are expected to
help thousands of Australian households save on power
bills.
* § Overpopulation⠀➾
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ China_is_renewing_efforts_to_push_young_people_to_marry
and_have_several_children⠀⇛
China has renewed the push to create a “new era” of
marriage and childbearing culture after recording a
population decline for the first time in 2022.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ BRICS_Attracts_Interest_From_a_Number_of_Countries:_Pandor⠀⇛
“The BRICS countries support a strong multilateral system and
the United Nations Security Council reform,” South African FM
pointed out.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_president_signs_banks’_windfall_tax_bill_into_law⠀⇛
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda on Monday signed into law
the “temporary banking solidarity contribution” bill, adopted
by the parliament last Tuesday.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Czech_Workers_Go_on_Strike_Against_Spending_Cuts⠀⇛
Among the measures designed to trim the budget deficit is an
increase in VAT from 10 percent to 21 percent on almost all
items.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Americans_have_more_of_a_hankering_for_gold_than_stocks_for
the_first_time_in_a_decade⠀⇛
For the first time in a decade, Americans think that gold is a
safer bet than stocks for long-term investment, according to
the results of a new Gallup poll. In fact, as 2022 proved a
brutal year for the stock markets—the worst since the financial
crisis in 2008—Americans’ favorable perception of gold nearly
doubled.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ The_US_Heads_Towards_Debt_Default⠀⇛
Emergency measures are taken by The U.S. Government takes,
after reaching the debt ceiling.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Biden,_McCarthy_prepare_for_critical_debt_ceiling_talks_at
the_White_House⠀⇛
President Joe Biden and Republican House of Representatives
Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday prepared for critical debt-
ceiling talks, with a little more than two weeks to go before
the U.S. government could run short of money to pay its bills.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Israeli_Cities_on_Strike_Over_Controversial_Property_Tax
Law⠀⇛
“It is not our duty to take care of budgetary sources for
solving national crises”
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Political_Cartoons_on_Inflation_in_the
U.S.⠀⇛
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ RBA_minutes_to_provide_insights_into_May_hike⠀⇛
The minutes from the Reserve Bank board meeting should offer
some more context behind the last interest rate hike. The May
interest rate increase threw many experts who expected the RBA
board to keep the cash rate on hold following a pause in April
and weakening inflation data for the March quarter.
* ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_GDP_growth_to_run_ahead_of_EU_average [Ed: If
inflation is factored in, then it's not growth at all but massive
degrowth; If one halves the purchasing power of one's currency and judges
growth by this currency, then one may claim the economy "doubled" when it
was in fact stagnant. But by all means keep giving fake 'Nobel' prizes to
so-called 'economists' who spread the propaganda du jour for capitalism
under the guise of "science".]⠀⇛
Latvia’s economy will grow by a modest 1.4 percent in 2023,
according to the latest Spring forecasts of the European
Commission, published May 15.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Entrepreneurship_poll:_Companies’_outlook_dampened,
many_report_declining_profitability⠀⇛
A recent survey conducted by the Finnish Federation of
Entrepreneurs, called the Yrittäjägallup, has revealed that
many Finnish businesses have reported a weakening in
profitability. The study, which took place between April 18th
and April 28th, surveyed 1,041 small and medium-sized business
representatives across Finland.
According to the results, expectations for the economic
development of businesses over the next year have weakened
since March.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Survey:_Many_middle-income_earners_unsure_about
ability_to_cover_€1,000_in_unexpected_costs⠀⇛
RISING CONSUMER PRICES have left more and more middle-income
earners unsure about their ability to cope with an unexpected
expense of 1,000 euros, such as replacing a broken fridge or
repairing a damaged car, reveals a survey commissioned by Lähi-
Tapiola.
The Finnish insurance provider reported last Friday that 75 per
cent of respondents earning 35,000–50,000 euros a year
estimated that they could not cover an additional expense of
1,000 euros.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Don’t_Believe_Donald_Trump:_A_Failure_to_Raise_the_Debt
Ceiling_Would_Be_Disastrous⠀⇛
The ex-President’s intervention has made a fraught situation
even more complicated.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Saudi_First’:_Why_kingdom’s_bailouts_of_allies_now_carry
a_price_tag⠀⇛
For decades, Saudi Arabia served as Arab nations’ go-to
destination for emergency bailouts. But as the kingdom moves
toward a post-oil economy, it’s taking a more transactional
approach to aid.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Ecuadorean_Authorities_Detain_Former_Energy
Minister_in_Bribery_Probe⠀⇛
* ⚓ Axios ☛ The_world_is_surviving_a_stronger_dollar [Ed: A lot of this is
false and wishful thinking. s Did this 'reporter' speak to oligarchs?]⠀⇛
The globe has, so far, been able to weather higher interest
rates without the devastating consequences that some had
anticipated.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Fed_budget_‘slightly_expansionary’:_former_RBA
governor⠀⇛
Interest rate rises last year were a “no-brainer” but it’s
become difficult to know when to stop, according to a former
Reserve Bank governor. Central banks are in a “once-in-a-
generation battle with inflation”, Glenn Stevens, RBA governor
from 2006 to 2016, told a gas industry conference.
* ⚓ European Commission ☛ Spring_2023_Economic_Forecast:_An_improved
outlook_amid_persistent_challenges [Ed: They publisher this on the same
day they said OK to Microsoft monopoly abuse]⠀⇛
European Commission Press release Brussels, 15 May 2023 The
European economy continues to show resilience in a challenging
global context. Lower energy prices, abating supply constraints
and a strong labour market supported moderate growth in the
first quarter of 2023, dispelling fears of a recession.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Thanks_to_Brexit,_the_UK_paid_an_extra_$1.4_billion_in_energy
bills_in_2022⠀⇛
As a direct result of the UK’s departure from the European
Union, British energy bills swelled by as much as £1.1 billion
($1.4 billion) last year, and complications of the post-Brexit
system might also hamper the UK’s development of new renewable
energy. /blockquote>
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Canada’s_Trudeau_to_Visit_South_Korea;_Focus
on_Minerals,_Security⠀⇛
* ⚓ Breach Media ☛ Despite_NDP_promises,_industry’s_grip_on_B.C._government
is_tight_as_ever⠀⇛
Coal and fossil fuel companies enjoy a constant influx of
staffers from B.C.’s government. One Green MLA wants to change
that.
* ⚓ European Commission ☛ Statement_by_President_von_der_Leyen_at_the_joint
press_conference_with_President_Michel_ahead_of_the_Council_of_Europe,_G7
and_EU-Republic_of_Korea_Summits⠀⇛
European Commission Statement Brussels, 15 May 2023 President
von der Leyen, together with President Michel, laid out the
EU’s priorities ahead of the international summits in which she
will participate this week.
* ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Before_Rand_Paul_Went_to_Moscow,_He_Was_in_a_White
House_Meeting_Discussing_Lisa_Page,_Peter_Strzok,_and_Andrew_McCabe⠀⇛
Along with a note showing that Trump discussed firing Lisa
Page, Peter Strzok, and Andy McCabe in February 2018, Strzok
just docketed another note John Kelly took as Chief of Staff,
showing that Rand Paul was discussing the FBI officials between
the Helsinki meeting and his trip to Moscow to carry a letter
from Trump to Putin.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Kim_Jong_Un_gains_a_new_title_among_youth:_‘Respected_Father’⠀⇛
Move generates resentment among young people who see it as
inappropriate and clueless
* ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ OffG’s_Quick_Take:_“Patriot_Front”⠀⇛
Yesterday, the group calling themselves “Patriot Front” marched
on Washington DC. They wore perfectly coordinated uniforms,
carried shields and batons, and were masked up to make Tony
Fauci proud. Perhaps you saw the “chilling footage”. Nobody is
quite sure why they were there, or what they wanted.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ South_Korea_and_Japan_Use_G-7_to_Push
Improvement_in_Ties_Long_Marked_by_Animosity⠀⇛
Amid the high-level efforts to settle global crises, this
weekend’s Group of 7 summit of rich democracies will also see
an unusual diplomatic reconciliation
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_capitalist_establishment_is_poised_to_take_control_of
edgy,_non-conformist_Vice⠀⇛
A group of asset managers is poised to take over Vice Media,
once a brash disruptor of the digital space but now a much-
shrunken company.
* ⚓ Erdoğan_lost,_Erdoğan_Won:_headlines_in_Turkey_after_elections⠀⇛
Different newspapers give different perspectives on Sunday’s
election results.
* ⚓ Election_calendar_in_the_second_tour⠀⇛
With none of the candidates receiving more than 50 percent of
the votes, the second round of Turkey’s presidential elections
will be held on May 28.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Twitter_Caved_to_Censorship_Requests_From_Turkey’s
Authoritarian_Government⠀⇛
Plus: Flight attendants report dad as human trafficker, the
suburbs are thriving, and more…
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Four_questions_(and_expert_answers)_about_the
Turkish_presidential_election_runoff⠀⇛
Neither Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan nor top
challenger Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was able to reach 50 percent of
the vote on May 14. Here’s what to expect now.
* ⚓ TURKEY_ELECTIONS:_Erdoğan’s_alliance_poised_to_win_parliament,_boosting
his_chances_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.
* ⚓ Erdoğan_secures_strong_victory_in_Turkey’s_earthquake-hit_regions⠀⇛
The devastating quakes that claimed over 50,000 lives did not
affect the popular support of the president and his People’s
Alliance.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ 4_Takeaways_from_Turkey’s_Nail-Biting_Presidential
Election⠀⇛
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is headed for his — and his country’s —
first presidential runoff vote. But the first round showed the
longtime leader’s continued strength.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Erdogan’s_Grip_on_Power_Is_Loosened_but_Not_Broken,
Vote_Shows⠀⇛
Despite a struggling economy, the disastrous earthquakes in
February and Turkey’s drift toward one-man rule, President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in the lead ahead of a runoff.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ What’s_Next_for_Turkey?⠀⇛
Also, college graduates flee coastal cities. Here’s the latest
at the end of Monday.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Your_Tuesday_Briefing:_A_Runoff_in_Turkey⠀⇛
Also, Thailand’s opposition parties agreed to form a coalition.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Thailand’s_Move_Forward_Party_upends_status_quo
in_seismic_victory⠀⇛
Thailand’s Move Forward Party was never supposed to win. But on
Sunday night the upstart opposition rode a dramatic wave of
support to take the lead position in national polls and upend
decades of Thai politics.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ President_Erdoğan_leads_Turkey’s_election,_headed_into
runoff⠀⇛
Turkey’s presidential elections are heading for a runoff.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has ruled his country with
a firm grip for 20 years, holds a momentary lead over his
challenger but has fallen short of outright securing a third
decade.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Sinan_Ogan:_The_‘kingmaker’_Turkey’s_Erdogan_doesn’t_need⠀⇛
Turkish politician Sinan Ogan shot from relative obscurity to
international fame after finishing third in the first round of
the presidential election on Monday. But even as the ultra-
nationalist candidate was basking in the potential kingmaker
spotlight, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fared better than
expected in the final score, proving that the man who has ruled
Turkey for 20 years doesn’t need anybody to win his toughest
electoral challenge yet.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkey_presidential_poll_set_for_May_28_runoff_as_Erdogan
wins_49.51%_of_vote,_Kilicdaroglu_44.88%⠀⇛
Turkey’s presidential election will be decided in a runoff,
election officials said Monday, after incumbent Recep Tayyip
Erdogan pulled ahead of his chief challenger, but fell short of
an outright victory that would extend his increasingly
authoritarian rule into a third decade.
* ⚓ European Commission ☛ Statement_from_President_von_der_Leyen_on_the
resignation_of_Commissioner_Gabriel⠀⇛
European Commission Statement Brussels, 15 May 2023
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel has informed me that today she will
be presented to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria…
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ San_Francisco_DA_Releases_Video_of_Walgreens
Security_Guard_Fatally_Shooting_Alleged_Shoplifter⠀⇛
San Francisco’s district attorney has released surveillance
video of the shooting death of a suspected shoplifter by an on-
duty Walgreens security guard
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Virginia_congressman_says_staff_attacked_by_assailant_who_was
looking_for_him⠀⇛
Two members of Rep. Gerry Connolly’s (D-Va.) staff were
hospitalized on Monday morning after an assailant attacked them
with abaseball bat, according to the Virginia congressman and
law enforcement.
Driving the news:Connolly said the attacker entered his
Fairfax, Virginia, office and “asked for me before committing
an act of violence against two members of my staff.”
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ UN_Chief_in_Jamaica_Urges_International
Response_to_Haiti’s_Spiraling_Crisis⠀⇛
U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is warning that Haiti’s
“tragic situation” threatens the security of the Caribbean
region and beyond as he pressed the international community for
a response
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Right-Wing_Coalition_GERB-UDF_to_Form_Government_in
Bulgaria⠀⇛
President Radev handed the exploratory mandate to Mariya
Gabriel, the GERB-UDF’s nominee for prime minister.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Presidential_Plane_Bought_By_Tajikistan_From_Mexico_For_$92
Million_Arrives_In_Dushanbe⠀⇛
A presidential plane bought by Tajikistan from Mexico last
month for $92 million has arrived in Dushanbe.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mexico’s_Lavish_Presidential_Plane_Arrives_at_Its_New
Home_in_Tajikistan⠀⇛
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, who had
called the jet an example of excess, had spent years trying to
find a suitor for it.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_security_chief_evades_question_over
legality_of_Tiananmen_crackdown_mourning⠀⇛
Hong Kong’s security chief has refused to say whether publicly
mourning victims of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown is a violation
of the Beijing-imposed national security law.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Florida_Teacher_Arrested_for_Showing_Disney_Movie
Featuring_Boy_Character_with_Girl’s_Name⠀⇛
The teacher claimed that she thought it was “O.K.” to show the
incendiary film because the character in question was a deer.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Case_for_Journalistic_Independence⠀⇛
The Times’s publisher makes the case for journalistic
independence — and we give you the latest on Turkey’s election.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US_lawmakers_urge_sanctions_on_Hong_Kong_judges,
as_city_gov’t_decries_‘shameless,_sinister,_malicious’_interference⠀⇛
Hong Kong authorities have condemned calls on the US government
to sanction 29 Hong Kong judges in order to “counter the
erosion of democratic freedoms.” Such appeals amounted to
making a “shameless, sinister and malicious” attempt to
interfere with the city’s judicial process, it said.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Families_Of_Three_Iranian_Detainees_Lead_Protests_As_Execution
Fears_Grow⠀⇛
Relatives and supporters of three detained Iranian protesters
have rallied outside the prison in Isfahan where they are being
held in a desperate bid to halt their possible executions.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_jails_US_citizen_for_life_on_espionage
charges⠀⇛
China has sentenced a 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison
for espionage, a court said Monday, but revealed few details
about the case that had previously gone unreported.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ China_Sentences_a_U.S._Citizen_to_Life_in_Prison_for
Espionage⠀⇛
A court in southeastern China handed down a guilty verdict to
John Shing-Wan Leung, a Hong Kong resident, as the authorities
ramp up a crackdown on spying.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ China_jails_78-year-old_US_citizen_for_life_on_spying
charges⠀⇛
China sentenced a 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison
Monday on spying charges.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ China_jails_American_citizen_formerly_lauded_as_‘overseas
patriot’_for_spying⠀⇛
Head of a U.S.-based overseas Chinese association with close
ties to Beijing is jailed for life.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ US_Virgin_Islands_says_it_can’t_find_Elon_Musk
to_serve_a_subpoena_in_Jeffrey_Epstein_lawsuit⠀⇛
The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is asking a federal
judge to help it serve billionaire Elon Musk with a subpoena
for documents in its lawsuit seeking to hold JPMorgan Chase
liable for sex trafficking acts committed by businessman
Jeffrey Epstein. Lawyers asked Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan on
Monday to let it serve the subpoena on Tesla Inc. because it
has not been able to give the papers to Musk or his lawyers.
The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands said it believes
Epstein may have referred or tried to refer Musk to JPMorgan.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ China,_Myanmar_criticized_for_attacks_on_religious_freedom_in
annual_U.S._report⠀⇛
Beijing is trying to “Sinicize” all religious activities in
line with Communist Party doctrine
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Smashing_window_and_sending_death_threats,_landlord_tries_to
evict_Beijing_lawyer⠀⇛
Police say the actions are part of a ‘civil dispute’ to be
resolved by ‘negotiation’ or a lawsuit.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Bright_spots:_Dark_sky_in_China,_and_TV_lessons_for_Afghan
girls⠀⇛
Progress roundup: The BBC creates educational TV shows for
Afghan girls stuck at home; a Chinese community gets certified
by the Dark-Sky Association.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ House_GOP_lawmaker_readies_contempt_charge_over
Afghanistan_dissent_cable⠀⇛
The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
is threatening to push forward a legislative effort to hold
Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress next
week. Rep. Michael McCaul wants Blinken to release a classified
cable sent from U.S. diplomats in Kabul shortly before the
chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. McCaul says the House
Foreign Affairs Committee could vote on the contempt charges at
a hearing May 24. The State Department has said it is trying to
provide Congress with “appropriate” information on the cable
while protecting its employees. The so-called dissent channel
has for decades provided a way for diplomats to discreetly
voice concerns about strategy.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Washington_lawmakers_reach_deal_on_drug_policy,
avoid_automatic_decriminalization⠀⇛
Democratic and Republican leaders in the Washington Statehouse
have reached a tentative deal on a major new drug policy, one
that would avoid making the state the second to decriminalize
the possession of controlled substances. Lawmakers will
consider the compromise Tuesday when they return to Olympia for
a special session. Gov. Jay Inslee called them back to work
after they failed to pass a new drug policy before adjourning
late last month. A temporary, 2-year-old law that makes
intentional drug possession illegal is due to expire July 1. So
unless the compromise passes, drug possession — even of
fentanyl and other dangerous opiates — will become
decriminalized under state law.
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Telstra_announces_hike_in_post-paid_mobile_plan_prices⠀⇛
A statement from Brad Whitcomb, group executive, Consumer and
Small Business, on Monday said the increases, in line with CPI,
would be between $3 and $6 depending on the plan.
As iTWire reported, the telco has already indicated that
prepaid plan rates will increase, also from 4 July.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Joel_Embiid_Became_an_NBA_Superstar_by…Watching_YouTube?⠀⇛
The amount of knowledge that’s freely available on the internet
is staggering. Politicians shouldn’t try to restrict that.
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Archive_Team_Races_to_Save_a_Billion_Imgur_Files
Before_Porn_Deletion_Apocalypse⠀⇛
It’s not just porn: As a major deadline hits, archivists are
speeding up their efforts to backup Imgur, and are asking for
help from the community to archive the last batch of images.
* ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Fallout_continues_from_‘fake_net_neutrality_comment’
claims_•_The_Register⠀⇛
§ Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
* ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Micro-Star_International_Signing_Key_Stolen⠀⇛
[Ed: UEFI does not offer security; it's a sham for Microsoft monopoly]
Micro-Star International—aka MSI—had its UEFI signing key
stolen last month.
This raises the possibility that the leaked key could
push out updates that would infect a computer’s most
nether regions without triggering a warning. To make
matters worse, Matrosov said, MSI doesn’t have an
automated patching process the way Dell, HP, and many
larger hardware makers do. Consequently, MSI doesn’t
provide the same kind of key revocation capabilities.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Shenzhen_Comen_and_Maucher_Jenkins_overturn_PI_at
Düsseldorf_Regional_Court⠀⇛
Chinese companies Shenzhen Comen Medical Instruments and
Shenzhen Mindray Medical Instruments are currently
fighting over a patent for a valve used in respiratory
devices. In November 2022, the latter company had accused
Shenzhen Comen of infringement after it exhibited its
products at the Medica trade fair in Düsseldorf.
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ K._Mizra_GPS_patent_held_invalid⠀⇛
On May 11, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC
v. K. Mizra LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S.
Patent_7,394,423 unpatentable. Owned and asserted by K.
Mizra LLC, the ‘423 patent generally relates to a device
for initiating and handling an emergency IP request using
an IP enabled device having GPS capability.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Natera_Wins_$19_Million_US_Verdict
From_ArcherDX_in_Cancer-Detection_Patent_Case⠀⇛
* § Software Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Interdigital_3GPP_patent_revoked_by_EPO⠀⇛
On May 12, 2023, the European Patent Office revoked all
claims of EP_3497866. Owned by InterDigital, the EP’866
patent relates to wireless transmission methods for
supporting multiple numerology blocks or bandwidth parts
on a carrier signal, which is related to 5G wireless
technology.
* § Trademarks⠀➾
o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ USPTO_Proposes_Increase_in_Trademark-Related_Fees_–
Effective_November_2024⠀⇛
On May 8, 2023, the Director of the USPTO notified the
Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) of its
intention to set or adjust trademark-related fees. The
Office submitted a preliminary trademark fee proposal
with supporting materials: the proposed fee schedule and
associated materials may be found here. Anyone wishing to
present oral testimony at the hybrid public hearing
scheduled on Monday, June 5, 2023, from 1-3 p.m. ET, must
submit a request in writing no later than May 26, 2023.
Written comments on proposed trademark fees will be
accepted until June 12, 2023.
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Big_Three_vs_ISPs_—_$47M_Piracy_Decision
Against_Grande_Communications_ISP_Upheld_by_Federal_Court⠀⇛
Last year after a Texas jury found the ISP Grande
Communications liable for contributory copyright
infringement, it was ordered to pay $47 million to record
labels. Now the ISP must appeal if it seeks to overturn
it. In March 2023, Grande Communications filed a renewed
motion for judgment.
o ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_167:_Inside_My
Senate_Committee_Appearance_on_the_Many_Risks_of_Bill_C-18⠀⇛
Bill C-18, the Online News Act, has now shifted to the
Senate, where the Transportation and Communications
committee, is reviewing a bill that has led Meta to say
it plans to block news sharing in Canada altogether in
the bill passes in its current form.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ SIAE_Works_Return_to_Facebook_and_Instagram
With_‘Transitional_Agreement’_As_Long-Term_Licensing_Talks
Continue⠀⇛
About two months after Italian Society of Authors and
Publishers (SIAE) works were pulled from Instagram and
Facebook due to a rights dispute, the organization has
hugged it out with Meta and brought its members’ creative
efforts back to the social platforms with a “transitional
agreement.” SIAE revealed the partial resolution of the
much-publicized impasse…
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