𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Saturday, May 20, 2023
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⦿ IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 19, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ London Police Chief Publicly Admits the System is Failing Victims | Techrights
⦿ [Meme] Illegally and Unconstitutionally Starting ’Unified Patent Court’ in Violation of Numerous Conventions | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/05/20/irc-log-190523/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/20/system-failing-victims/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/20/unified-patent-court-milan/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/05/20/ascension-day/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/20/codeweavers-without-jeremy-white/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/20/gstreamer-1-22-3/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/20/ipfire-2-27-core-update-175/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/05/20/the-other-wiki/#comments
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✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Friday,_May_19,_2023⠀✐
Posted in IRC_Logs at 11:35 am by Needs Sunlight
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✐ London_Police_Chief_Publicly_Admits_the_System_is_Failing_Victims⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 8:29 pm by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
In the news (2 days ago): UK_Metropolitan_Police_Chief_accuses_Crown
Prosecution_Service_of_failing_victims_and_‘cherry-picking’_cases
In Techrights: Good_Morning_Britain_Host_Martin_Lewis:_“Action_Fraud_is
Pointless”
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Service_of_failing_victims_and_‘cherry-picking’cases⦈
Summary: It has now been over 28 days since crimes of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ were
reported to the police (Action Fraud in London) and no action has yet been
taken, just as we expected all along (they_cannot_even_be_contacted)
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✐ [Meme]Illegally_and_Unconstitutionally_Starting‘Unified_Patent_Court’_in
Violation_of_Numerous_Conventions⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Europe, Law, Patents at 8:41 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Milan_is_in_London?⦈_
Summary: Team UPC has privately decided that Milan is in London and it’s time
to start a_kangaroo_court for the EPO’s aristocrats, who granted lots_of_fake
patents, which need fake judges to approve them
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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⢠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠰⠋⠙⣻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣀⠈⠻⢦⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⠐⠛⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢠⠀⢀⠀⢠⠇⠀⡜⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⡀⠙⠯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣅⣀⢀⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠈⠉⡙⡟⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣧⣀⡆⢠⠂⢠⠏⠀⡼⠁⢠⣿⠟⠀⠈⢹⡟⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠈⠉⠛⠛⠿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡿⠋⠽⠿⠿⠿⠿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⡼⠀⢸⠏⢛⣿⣿⣿⣦⣾⣀⡰⠁⠀⢿⠏⠀⡌⠀⡟⠀⠀⠃⢨⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⣀⣀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠉⠉⠀⣤⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⡀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⣸⠁⠀⠈⢀⣾⣿⠃⢈⣿⠿⠿⣿⣶⣦⣎⣀⡤⠀⠸⠁⡀⠀⢀⣾⣿⠃⢀⠞⠉⠙⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠈⡉⠉
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⢿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣦⣴⡃⢠⠁⠀⣼⣿⠃⠀⣼⠏⠀⡄⠀⣿⠛⢻⢿⣿⣶⣧⣠⡇⠀⣾⣿⠃⠀⣾⡀⠘⢤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠸⠂
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣀⡀⠀⣠⣤⣤⣶⣶⣶⡄⠈⠉⠉⠛⠛⠻⠿⣷⣤⡀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣼⣿⡏⠀⠸⡏⠀⡜⠀⢰⠃⠀⠘⠀⡼⠉⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣀⣼⠀⠸⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠲
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣠⣞⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠦⡀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣧⣀⠁⣠⠇⢀⠀⠀⡸⠁⢠⠃⠀⡟⠉⡉⠻⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢠
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣷⡏⣉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣁⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣾⣀⣰⠃⢀⠎⠀⡜⠀⢰⠁⢀⠏⠀⡹⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⣾
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣤⣼⠁⠠⠃⢀⡞⠀⠀⠁⢠⣋⢀⠄⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⢠⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⡹⣿⣼⣿⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣤⣤⣶⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣤⣞⠀⡸⠀⢠⡏⠉⠛⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⢀⣾⣿
⣿⠙⠏⠉⠃⠈⠫⢻⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣞⡈⣼⣶⣶⣿⣿⡿⠟⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿
⢿⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⡼⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⠟⠛⠋⠉⠁⢀⡀⠠⠀⣦⠠⡄⠈⠉⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⢀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠓⠓⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣶⣆⣀⡀⢸⣧⡁⠨⣷⡌⢀⣅⣶⣦⣄⢀⠈⠉⠙⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠉⢁⣀⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡏⠀⢀⢘⣷⠙⣿⣿⣿⣯⡆⢤⣾⣷⣶⣦⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⠚⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣄⢸⣿⠉⠹⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢼⠇⠀⠈⣫⡍⡄⣸⣿⣿⣾⡠⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠟⠉⣾⣿⣴⣀⢠⣼⣿⣿⡿⠛⠟⠀⠀⠀⡾⠉⠋⣸⣿⣿⡛⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⠯⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⠁⠐⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣇⣄⢶⢟⣛⡟⡇⠠⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠿⠿⢿⣟⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠸⣿⡿⣿⡶⠶⠛⠛⠛⠓⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⣿⡦⢤⣿⣇⡍⠀⠀⠀⠀⡟⠛⠙⢻⡿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛
⠛⠓⠶⣀⠉⠢⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠙⣿⣿⣿⣂⣈⣀⣀⣀⡀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣿⠵⣻⣿⣟⡇⠀⠀⣀⡠⠇⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠄⠀⠀⢱⣿⣿⠟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣇⡀⣄⣄
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⢿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠎⠀⠀⠀⠏⣺⣸⣍⡋⠄⢰⣿⣿⣦⡐⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣄⢶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣖⣶⣶⣾⣿⣦⡺⣿⣿⣿⣷⡾⣿⣿⣿
⠄⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣠⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠟⠋⢻⣾⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⡇⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⢗⠵⣿⢁⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠁⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢹⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠋⠿⠻⠻⠛⠛⠛⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⣀⡀⣀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⣖⣄⣲⠒⣰⣶⣶⡦⠠⠖⣱⣿⣧⣦⡵⢋⣼⣿⣾⣂⡟⣶⣿⣾⣷⣔⢫⡚⣿⢻
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⠻⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠈⢓⣐⢗⣈⢭⣿⣿⣶⢖⣀⣻⣿⣿⡿⣿⣎⡳⣯⢹⣝⣑⣝⠻⢥⡾⠢⣦⡻⣾⣓
⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⢿⣦⣌⣿⣷⣄⠀⠙⢿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣆⠀⠙⢿⣶⣾⣇⣹⢯⣥⣫⣋⣿⣽⢛⣷⣿⣿⣽⠟⢫⣾⣿⣿⣶⡇⣶⣿⣿⣿⣌⢵
⠀⠐⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡝⣵⣹⣿⣿⡅⠀⠈⠻⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢀⠄⠀⠀⠙⢿⠿⢿⣜⠿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣾⡿⣿⣿⣿⣲⣮⡺⣽⣻⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢛⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⢤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⢿⣿⣮⡻⣛⠻⡇⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⠿⣵⣶⣦⣄⠀⠈⣣⣜⣶⢶⣾⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣽⣿⣿⣿⣾⣫⣟⣻⣿⣿⣟⣥⣽⣷⣿⣤⠱⠿⣿⢟
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠒⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣯⣴⠈⣴⡇⠀⠀⠈⢿⠁⠈⠉⠙⣂⣭⣀⡀⢀⣀⡀⠀⠙⠀⠻⡻⡿⣿⣿⣥⣐⢿⡇⢭⢻⣿⣝⠟⠻⣟⡹⣷⣽⣻⢿⣷⣿⢤⢹⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠄⠈⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣛⣿⠿⠫⡶⠎⠛⢶⣤⡿⣿⣿⣦⠝⠿⡿⣻⣿⣏⣂⠉⠁⢉⣘⣫⢿⣾⠿⣫⣿⣿⢋⣬⡫⢶⣄⣉⡈⢤⡠⣛⡓⠢⢀⢁⠈⢛⣘⢿⣓⠈
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⢤⣶⣏⠷⣾⡶⢨⣶⣾⢿⣷⣦⣄⢸⣭⣭⣽⣿⣶⣼⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⠿⣮⣶⣄⡠⣾⣋⣴⣿⡯⣻⡷⣫⣼⠷⠿⠿⣪⣿⢻
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠈⠩⠻⠦⣤⢛⣷⣶⡝⠿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣧⣼⠻⡿⣋⣻⣿⣇⣌⡿⣫⣯⢉⣻⡿⡟⠽⠛⢉⡳⣿⢋⢾⣾⣿⠷⡿⠘⠓⢿⣿⡟⣦⡽⢿⠓
⠀⠀⠛⠀⠢⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢻⣿⣮⡗⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡏⣴⣶⣮⣽⣷⠿⠘⠋⠛⣿⣿⣟⣣⡙⠿⣯⡭⢔⣵⣦⡰⣾⡟⣂⠾⢶⣭⡡⠜⣭⣿⠷⠤⠜⡗⡾⢿⠻⠣
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣆⣴⠋⣐⣿⠋⠛⣛⣻⣩⣻⠷⠙⢛⣘⢋⣲⣶⣔⣔⡟⣻⣾⢡⣤⣄⡀⡁⠳⢤⢭⡿⠋⢷⣬⣧⣰⣗⢂⢀⢥⠜⡅⢠⠘⠓⠋⢩⢩⣴
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✐ Gemini_Links_20/05/2023:_Ascension_Day_and_Closed_Registration_for
flounder.online_(Small_Web)⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 4:15 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Science
# Internet/Gemini
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Introducing_the_Broad_Framework⠀⇛
* Pointers on how to get a starter that is more
yeast-y (use a “stiff” starter, maybe 50%
hydration) or with more lactic acid bacteria (drown
the starter in 500% hydration). Also that the
drowning can help with mold problems.
# ⚓ Summer_Springing_Up⠀⇛
For the past two summers in Sacramento, by the time
May rolled around it was hot, IE 90+ degrees most
days. I moved here May 24Th 2021 and slept on top
of the covers every single night until mid
September since it would stay hot late into the
night. In 2022 it was regularly into the 90s by
April and stayed hot late into October, a long, hot
Summer. This year we had a pretty brutal Winter,
the most rain I’ve seen in California in all my
life. The rain wasn’t actually all that hard, it
was the strong winds that came with it that brought
down so many trees. However the rain did last for a
long time. Normally we would get 2 or 3 days of
rain like walls of water when you step outside, and
then a couple sprinkles here or there, which almost
always wasn’t enough water for the year. Now we’ve
gotten more than we possibly can imagine, lakes are
filling back up, rivers are higher than ever,
everything is so green. The multi-week long light
to moderate rain showers was not the California I
was used to.
# ⚓ Driving_in_England⠀⇛
I live in the United States, but this weekend the
family have traveled to the UK to attend a wedding.
I have visited other countries in Europe before,
but not England.
We decided to rent a car for the duration of our
stay. I’ve never driven a right-hand drive vehicle
before, much less driven in left-hand traffic. Of
course that meant that we, jet-lagged and very
tired, had to drive to the inn with everything on
the opposite side from that to which I’m
accustomed.
# ⚓ Ascension_day_ponderings⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ascension_day_ponderings⠀⇛
Yesterday was a public holiday here, Ascension day.
It’s one in a long list of Christian holidays which
I had never heard of in my life before moving to
Europe. Also in this list are All Saint’s Day,
Epiphany, Reformation Day, and Whit Monday. It made
me realise how incredibly watered-down religion is
in Australia (maybe in the Anglosphere in
general?). I’m sure there are people in Australia
who observe these days, but they certainly do not
feature prominently in the public consciousness.
Easter and Christmas are the whole shebang when it
comes to religious holidays. I even attended an
overtly religious high school and have no memory of
these days being recognised. Maybe some of them are
specific to certain denominations? I mean,
obviously Reformation Day is. I don’t even know
what denomination was my school was supposed to be,
if anything. Amongst all the hymns and services,
that never came up. It was just generic,
unspecified Christianity. At the time I didn’t even
question this.
# ⚓ Saturn,_Hacking_2023-05-19⠀⇛
It basically amounts to a glaring admission by NASA
(back in 2019) of the many ways that the things
that we know about Saturn’s moons don’t line up
with what we would expect based on the popular
solar system formation myth. Of course, NASA wasn’t
meaning to present it that way. Rather, these are
“mysteries” that will one day be solved by
brilliant scientists. But I challenge the reader to
consider an alternative — that the naturalistic
model doesn’t fit, because the solar system was
formed supernaturally about 6000 years ago.
# ⚓ Hello,_it’s_me⠀⇛
Pleasant day. Did some grandchild sitting, started
wading through our performance hints/lyrics for a
June 3rd performance at a zoo, rain on and off
keeping me out of the yard work zone. Sipping a bit
of Cuervo over ice at the moment.
I can’t due wordy justice the joy of getting out of
the car, and the face of a really young human is
lighting up to see you coming their way.
# ⚓ Long_Weekend⠀⇛
Today it’s a long weekend across the country.
Monday is Victoria Day, something of a complicated
day honouring Queen Victoria, who ruled for
decades, directly or indirectly, over a very
sizable swath of the world. In that way of empires,
whether people asked for it or not.
Canadians call this weekend a lot of things.
Victoria Day, May Two-Four, Picnic Day, May Long.
For some people, it’s the first weekend at the
cottage. But I don’t have that kind of lifestyle.
For me, it’s the weekend to get the first bit of
heavy yardwork done. Mow the lawn, get the
vegetables in, start planting.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Writing_Hello_world_from_scratch_Part_III⠀⇛
In the last post[1], I connected a CPU to a UART to
print “Hello, world over this serial link. Even if
the endeavor is quite fun, it’s not as impressive
as writing it on a screen. To do so, we would need
some sort of GPU.
# ⚓ Asus_L210MA_lid_screen_issue_with_XFCE4_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
I tested several combinations and followed various
ancient and modern workaround, none of those worked
out; eventually I found my recipe, perhaps many
steps are even unnecessary, however this
combination seems to have the highest rate or
reliability.
# ⚓ Asus_L210MA_lid_screen_issue_with_XFCE4_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
# ⚓ Unit_Testing_&_TDD,_A_Love/Hate_Relationship⠀⇛
For most of my latest developments on smolver, my
Gemini server, I have been practicing Test Driven
Development (TDD), with which I have a love/hate
relationship. In a previous post about a month back
I mentioned this and wanted to expand on it.
# § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Guarded_Commands⠀⇛
Guarded commands have a pretty math-
y definition, courtesy Dijkstra.
[...]
Anyways, the code is terrible; the mkdir and
chdir calls are not checked for failure.
Guarded commands may not care whether a
command fails. Rather, there is a test
associated with each command; if the test
passes then the command is not run, and if
the test fails after the command is run, the
script halts or otherwise signals an error. A
benefit of all this testing is that a script
that fails somewhere can be restarted without
issue (besides the CPU cost of doing various
tests). If the above script fails and then is
re-run, “foo” or “bar” might be appended
multiple times, which might be really bad.
Someone might have to manually clean things
up, which will take time and effort, or may
have to wipe the system and retry from a
clean slate, which also takes time and
effort. Instead, one could use what I’m
calling guarded commands. This may differ
from what Dijkstra cooked up.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ On_Bubble,_centralization_and_federation⠀⇛
I’m going to break my own rule about posting
on Gemini about Gemini because I think we’re
at an important moment right now. I don’t
want to rehash the entire discussion right
now because you would have had to be offline
for the past week or living in a cave to have
missed it. There have been a lot of great
points brought up, and the civility and
thoughtfulness of the discussion is a credit
to everyone involved. Thank you everyone, for
proving my faith in Gemini as a community to
be well founded.
At any rate, Bubble is off to such a roaring
start that it’s blaringly obvious this is
something that people want. Don’t get me
wrong, I’m not giving up my own capsule any
time soon, and I’ll still be pushing my feed
to Antenna for each and every post. But
Bubble is off to a roaring start. Having
tried it I have to say it really is pretty
slick. From a technical standpoint, bravo to
Skyjake for pulling this off so quickly.
# ⚓ Closed_Registration_for_a_Small_Web⠀⇛
I have been running a web service,
flounder.online, with a relatively small
active user base, since 2020. I remain happy
with it, and administering it takes up a
relatively small amount of my time. One
reason I am able to sustainably run it,
despite having a lot of other obligations and
a relatively demanding full-time job, is that
I keep its scale intentionally limited. This
is through a relatively simple mechanism:
closed signups.
[...]
Signing up for an account on the web is
generally pretty low-friction, but I question
whether it ought to be. If we think about web
infrastructure at its foundational level,
signing up for an account puts you into a
pretty strong relationship of trust between
me (a systems administrator) and you (someone
using my system). Your data lives on my
computer, and I allow you to put your data on
my computer. Is this really something that
should be open to anyone?
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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✐ Links_20/05/2023:_CodeWeavers_Without_Jeremy_White⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 4:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Instructionals/Technical
o WINE_or_Emulation
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
o Licensing_/_Legal
o Programming/Development
o Standards/Consortia
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Pseudo-Open_Source
# Openwashing
o Linux_Foundation
o Security
# Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
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 Monopolies
# Patents
# Copyrights/Music
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ System76_refresh_the_ultra-portable_Lemur
Pro_14″_laptop⠀⇛
System76 just gave their ultra-portable laptop the
Lemur Pro a nice upgrade, here’s what’s now
included with it.
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ System76_Lemur_Pro_is_a_2.5_pound_Linux_Laptop
with_a_14_inch_display_and_up_to_Core_i7-1355U⠀⇛
The System76 Lemur Pro is a thin and light Linux
laptop that ships with either Ubuntu or Pop!_OS
software, weighs just 2.54 pounds, and measures
just 0.65 inches thick. But despite its compact
size, it has a reasonably high capacity 73 Wh
battery.
System76 has been selling Lemur Pro models for a
few years, but now the company has launched a new
model powered by 13th-gen Intel Core chips. It’s
available now for $1149 and up.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Nikita Prokopov ☛ Humble_Chronicles:_Managing_State_with
Signals⠀⇛
After the previous post, I figured that the best
way to decide on the direction for Humble UI is to
make an experiment.
And I did. I implemented a reactive/incremental
computation engine (signals) and wrote a simple
TodoMVC in it. Following are my thoughts on it.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Improve_Gaming_Performance_on_Linux⠀⇛
Linux is increasingly becoming a strong choice for
PC gaming as a realistic alternative to Windows.
With Wine, improved GPU driver support, SteamOS,
and many other enhancements, Linux gaming is now a
reality.
But as with Windows, things may not be perfect from
the off. Here’s how to improve gaming on Linux with
these top tips to tweak performance.
# ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ GIMP_Tutorial:_Colorizing_A_Black_&
White_Photo⠀⇛
On YouTube, I have found several tutorials for
colorizing a photo. Michael Davies Design has one,
as well as Logos By Nick and others. I also found
one by JBColourisation. I also did an article on
colorizing a photo back in 2013, but there are
several methods, so we’ll do a different method
this time.
We’ll be using layer masks for this, and I just
heard an easier description of a layer mask. It’s
like “a window that’s been blacked out” so you
can’t see what’s inside, and when you paint the
layer mask, you’re “making a hole” that shows what
you want seen.
# ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ GIMP_Tip:_Join_Text⠀⇛
When I first registered for PCLinuxOS and started
getting more involved in the community, I noticed
how in the artwork of the distro logo, two letters
in the middle are cleverly ‘joined’ to look like
only one letter or character. The U and the N look
like they are merged or magically melted together.
Being a fan of graphics, in time when I needed to
use the logo, I wasn’t sure how to go about joining
the two letters. I asked in the forum, but the
answers I got didn’t yield a good enough result.
There was always something sticking out of place,
or something didn’t look quite right. In time, I
eventually figured out how to join the two letters
seamlessly. Here, in this Gimp tip, we’ll see how I
made it work for me. I am sure there are many other
different ways to accomplish the same task, but
this is how I do it. (See samples A1, A2, A3)
# ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ How_to_Add_and_Remove_Users_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
The system administrator role includes creating
users, deleting users, and reviewing existing
users. They also control who can, and cannot, use
root’s elevated powers.
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Fix_“invalid_or_corrupted_package_(PGP
signature)”_Error_In_Arch_Linux⠀⇛
When you install or upgrade packages on an Arch
Linux system, pacman checks the digital signatures
of the packages against the keys in the archlinux-
keyring package. This verification process ensures
that the packages you download and install are
unmodified and come from trusted sources.
If you have not updated your Arch Linux system for
a longer period, then the digital signatures of
various packages may mismatch. The changed keys may
not match what you have in your system. Here’s how
to fix this error.
o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ CodeWeavers_partners_of_Valve_on_Proton
move_to_an_Employee_Ownership_Trust⠀⇛
After 27 years, Jeremy White is leaving
CodeWeavers, the company who oversee and fund Wine
development and also work on Proton with Valve for
the Steam Deck and Linux desktop.
# ⚓ CodeWeavers_Now_Controlled_By_An_Employee_Ownership_Trust_–
Slashdot⠀⇛
After leading CodeWeavers for 27 years, Jeremy
White has decided to leave the company, prompting
the transition to an employee ownership trust.
CodeWeavers is known for its CrossOver software and
contributions to the Wine project.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_Outlast_Trials_out_now_–_amazing_on
Steam_Deck_(and_desktop_Linux)⠀⇛
Ready to scare yourself silly? The Outlast Trials
has hit Steam Early Access and it’s Steam Deck
Verified right out of the gate. This is a single-
player and online co-op survival horror mixing
together gory action with plenty of psychological
stuff thrown in to really make you sweat.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Last_Christmas,_a_short_and_‘not_so_sweet’
adventure_gets_a_Linux_version⠀⇛
For fans of point and click adventures with a
twist, you may want to take a look over at Last
Christmas that recently added a Native Linux
version. The game released on Steam in April, with
the Linux version arriving May 17th.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Do_some_mining_with_machine_guns_in_BORE
BLASTERS⠀⇛
8BitSkull developer of the awesome Void Scrappers
and Fates of Ort has announced BORE BLASTERS, a
game all about drilling with machine guns.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Sci-fi_colony_building_sim_Stardeus_gets_a
big_planetary_expansion⠀⇛
If dwarves aren’t your thing and you want to do
some building in space, Stardeus is worth a look
and it just recently had a pretty huge upgrade. As
a reminder: Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a
broken starship manned by drones and hibernating
human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair
your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in
this beautiful simulation.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Dwarven_colony_builder_Mountaincore_is_out
now⠀⇛
Enjoy games like RimWorld, Dwarf Fortress and The
Settlers? You’ll likely quite enjoy dwarven colony
builder Mountaincore as well. It’s just hit Early
Access and works well on Linux desktop and Steam
Deck with full support.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_II_recreation
fheroes2_adds_widescreen_support⠀⇛
Want to play the classic Heroes of Might and Magic
II on modern platforms, with plenty of
enhancements? Well the fheroes2 just keeps getting
better – now with widescreen support.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾
# ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ [PCLinuxOS]_Screenshot_Showcase⠀⇛
# ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ [PCLinuxOS]_From_The_Chief_Editor’s
Desk…⠀⇛
I’ve discussed my son, Ryan, before in this
magazine. In my article in November 2020, I laid
out the challenges he faces. He continues to
improve in all aspects of his “challenges.” Just
get him talking about Transformers, Minecraft, or
Sonic the Hedgehog, and he’ll talk your ears off.
You’ll probably learn WAY more than you ever
thought possible and more than you probably wanted
to know about any of those topics. His reading is
coming along fantastically, although we are now
focused on improving reading comprehension. Math
remains his favorite school subject. His new
favorite reading material involves the graphic
novel adventures of Dog Man and Cat Kid.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Latest_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Release_Brings_New_Features
to_Streamline_IT_Management_Tasks⠀⇛
Red Hat has recently announced the general
availability of Enterprise Linux 9.2 and the
upcoming release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8.
The latest release brings new features to
streamline complex Linux platform tasks across
hybrid cloud environments.
“The latest versions of the world’s leading
enterprise Linux platform bring greater automation
to help IT teams extend their reach across the
hybrid cloud while at the same time making it
easier to embrace innovation, whether containers or
new hardware architectures,” said Gunnar Hellekson,
VP and GM of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Red Hat has introduced a new realmd RHEL system
role that should make it easier for IT admins to
manage security and compliance within their
organizations. It allows administrators to automate
the integration of RHEL systems with Azure Active
Directory (Azure AD). Moreover, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux (RHEL) 9.2 adds support for Ansible DevOps
content to improve system checks following the
guidelines established by the Center for Internet
Security (CIS).
# ⚓ SJVN ☛ Red_Hat_cuts_Fedora_Program_Manager⠀⇛
I was surprised when Red Hat laid off 4% of its
staff. It was a bad move. But, I never saw Red Hat
laying off community Linux distro Fedora Program
Manager Ben Cotton, until I saw his blog post about
leaving Red Hat.
Cotton has played a major role in making Fedora an
outstanding Linux community both for users and Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) developers. He was also
the CentOS Stream program manager. And, he authored
Program Management for Open Source Projects. In
short, he was a major mover and shaker in open-
source circles and in RHEL development.
Or, in other words, he was not the kind of person I
saw Red Hat, or any other tech company, getting rid
of.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Unravelling_complexity_in_software-
defined_vehicles⠀⇛
§ Software-defined: an industry U-turn
With the advent of software-defined vehicles
(SDVs), cars are rapidly evolving to become more
connected, autonomous, shared, and electric. These
four features have eventually become so prominent
that everyone in the industry can recognise them as
the popular acronym CASE.
Constantly growing customer expectations also drive
the SDV concept and impose challenges both on
automotive hardware and software. To accommodate
CASE trends and consumer needs, traditional vehicle
architectures need revisiting and redesigning.
Along with many other requirements, the new
architecture must ensure upgradability,
performance, and security.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Sipeed_launches_Tang_Nano_20K_FPGA_dev_kit⠀⇛
Sipeed launched yesterday the Tang Nano 20K
development board powered by a GowinSemi FPGA from
the GW2A series. This compact embedded platform
offers the same amount of logic units as the Tang
Primer 20K launched last year.
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Computer-on-Module_with_Tiger_Lake_CPUs_runs
on_Linux⠀⇛
The EmETX-i92U0 is an industrial Computer-on-Module
designed with the 11th Generation Intel Core
processors. This customizable board delivers Ultra
HD display, codec support, up to 12x USB ports and
wide expansion ports.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Streams_Zelda:_Tears_of
the_Kingdom_to_Nintendo_64⠀⇛
Konrad Beckmann is using a Raspberry Pi Pico to
interface with a Nintendo 64 through the cartridge
port.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Sumolink_Erhu_RP2040_is_a_$3.60_Raspberry_Pi
Pico_Clone_with_a_USB-C_port⠀⇛
The Sumolink Erhu RP2040 is a Raspberry Pi Pico
clone with the exact same features except the micro
USB port has been replaced by a USB-C port that may
be preferred by some people, and the Wisdpi claims
it is one of the world’s cheapest RP2040 MCU boards
at $3.60, although that price does not include
shipping.
# ⚓ Collabora ☛ Radxa_Rock-5B_PCIe_and_RTL8125B_networking_in
U-boot⠀⇛
Work continues on the Radxa ROCK5B RK388, as PCIe
and RTL8125B networking support in U-boot have now
been added. Publishing code as Open Source can
benefit many different other projects, and allows
anyone to benefit.
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ DIY_spectrum_analyzer_is_an_easy_project_for
beginners⠀⇛
For a spectrum analyzer to work, it needs to be
able to break an electrical signal down into a
series of frequency ranges. In an audio signal,
frequency is pitch. That means that higher
frequency ranges correspond to higher notes in the
audio. This spectrum analyzer utilizes an MSGEQ7
IC, which is an equalizer filter, to pull seven
frequency ranges from an audio signal. It outputs
the peak of each band, giving a real-time reading
of each band’s amplitude.
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ What_can_you_buy_at_our_May_and_June
Raspberry_Pi_pop-up_stores?⠀⇛
We will have stock of all Raspberry Pi boards at
both the Birmingham and Leeds pop-up stores. This
includes incredibly limited numbers of Compute
Module 4, which will be sold on a first-come,
first-served basis and limited to one per customer.
So if you really want a CM4, we advise getting into
the queue early on the first day of the pop-up
you’re visiting.
# ⚓ Olimex ☛ ESP32-POE_and_ESP32-POE_now_can_be_ordered_with
WROVER_module_with_8MB_PSRAM⠀⇛
ESP32-POE and ESP32-POE-ISO are the most popular
ESP32 boards with Power over Ethernet features.
They are supported by ESPhome, Arduino,
MicroPython, PlatformIO and of course Espressif
SDK.
# ⚓ Old VCR ☛ The_KIM-1_that_sounds_like_Stephen_Hawking_(or:
“jitbanging”_DECtalk)⠀⇛
The KIM-1′s serial lines are connected to the last
and smallest member of Digital Equipment
Corporation’s true DECtalk hardware speech
synthesizers, the 1994 DECtalk Express. The
DECtalk’s classic default voice heard in this video
is Perfect Paul, which (with adjustments) was the
voice of Dr Stephen Hawking as produced with the
1988 Speech Plus CallText 5010.
The 15 keys we can read off the KIM’s hexadecimal
keypad are polled by a “talker” program that sends
the DECtalk Express words and phrases to speak.
However, although the KIM-1 has 20mA current loop
output you can turn into RS-232 serial, its built-
in ROM routines can’t reliably communicate at the
9600 baud rate the DECtalk Express demands.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_to_remove_SIM_card_on_Android
devices⠀⇛
# ⚓ Forbes ☛ Android_Circuit:_Samsung’s_Folding_Success,_Pixel
8_Pro’s_Hot_Sensor_Leaks,_Google’s_Android_Dashcam_Revealed⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_warns_billions_of_Android_users_over
feature_they_should_never_turn_off_–_it_helps_stop_bank-
draining_apps_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_14_is_making_some_practical
upgrades_to_screen_recording⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_14_drag_and_drop_works_across_apps⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ The_long_life_of_Apache_httpd_2.4⠀⇛
This isn’t entirely new in the Apache (httpd)
project, since the initial releases of 2.2 and 2.4
were almost seven years apart, but it still feels
like we’ve been using Apache 2.4 forever and are
going to keep on using it for the foreseeable
future. This isn’t particularly a bad thing; for
example, I’ve certainly got a lot of use over the
years out of Apache 2.4 expertise. But it does feel
a little bit peculiar that such a core part of the
web has stayed so stable for so long (I know that
Apache is no longer the trendy web server, but we
love it and I think it’s still reasonably commonly
used).
o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ As_‘code_pollution’_grows,_licensing
becomes_crucial,_Grafana_expert_says⠀⇛
Every time there is an infection point in
technological innovations, the licensing dynamic
comes up.
With things becoming more open with data, licensing
code should be simplified using a specific method,
such as a reference file, according to Richard
Hartmann (pictured), director of community at
Raintank Inc. (dba Grafana Labs).
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Bryce Vandegrift ☛ Stop_Saying_C/C++⠀⇛
For as long as I can remember, I have heard people
say C/C++ when referring to a project written in C
and or C++. A lot of programming/developer jobs
also refer to C/C++ when they need a programmer who
knows either C or C++. To most people who have
never touched C or C++ this might not seem like a
big deal. However, the problem is that when people
say this term (C/C++) they make it seem like C and
C++ are similar or closely related programming
languages. That is not true. Although C++ was based
off of C when it was first created, these two
languages have slowly drifted apart over the years
to the point where they share less and less in
common.
# ⚓ Pulumi ☛ Read_Every_Single_Error⠀⇛
At Pulumi we read every single error message that
our API produces. This is the primary mechanism
that led to a 17x YoY reduction in our error rate.
You’re probably wondering how reading error
messages make them go away.
Doesn’t common wisdom tell us that we need a fancy
observability toolchain, or to follow the Google
SRE model? I can confidently say that you don’t.
I’ll go a step further and state that throughout my
career, every system I’ve worked on that relied on
aggregate views of errors was a complete dumpster
fire. In every team where we instead chose to read
all the errors, reliability naturally improved over
time.
I offer a concrete process that will drive your
error rates down over time with math to back it up.
# ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ The_absurd_cost_of_finalizers_in_Go⠀⇛
The Go programming language makes it easy to call C
code. Suppose you have the following C functions:
[...]
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Matter_1.1_is_here,_but_it’s_not_a_big
deal⠀⇛
The first update to the Matter smart home
interoperability standard is here. When the Matter
standard launched in October of last year, the
Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) promised that
it would release updates every six months or so.
Surprisingly, they delivered (it took much longer
to get the initial standard out).
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Museum_admission_prices_up_5%_in_2022⠀⇛
In 2022, the prices of visiting visiting museums,
libraries and zoological gardens in Latvia rose by 5.3%,
according to data published May 18 by Eurostat.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ The_Oldest_Recorded_Kiss_Happened_4,500
Years_Ago,_Scientists_Say⠀⇛
“In the earliest texts in the Sumerian language,
kissing was described in relation to erotic acts,”
according to researchers.
# ⚓ Scientific American ☛ Physicists_Create_Biggest-Ever
Schrödinger’s_Cat_–_Scientific_American⠀⇛
Scientific American is the essential guide to the
most awe-inspiring advances in science and
technology, explaining how they change our
understanding of the world and shape our lives.
# ⚓ Raw Story ☛ Formidable_asteroid_to_hurl_past_Earth_Sunday,
4_others_approaching_this_weekend⠀⇛
An asteroid by the name of 2023 JK is expected to
zip past Earth on Sunday, missing our planet by
just a little more than a million miles. According
to NASA, 2023 JK is roughly the size of a
commercial jet. Or, as The Jerusalem Post measures
it, the length of 18 adult male Pacific walruses.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ First_Full-Size_3D_Scan_of_Titanic_Reveals_Wreck
Like_Never_Before⠀⇛
Unveiled on Wednesday, the 3D scan was the result
of a six-week expedition to the North Atlantic
wreck site in summer 2022, during which researchers
used two remotely operated submersibles — named
Romeo and Juliet — to map the entire shipwreck and
the surrounding 3-mile debris field.
The researchers took more than 700,000 images from
every angle to create a virtual, exact 3D
reconstruction.
# ⚓ NBC ☛ First_full-size_scan_reveals_Titanic_wreck_as_never
seen_before⠀⇛
The first full-size digital scan of the Titanic has
revealed the world’s most famous shipwreck as never
seen before, and experts hope that it will provide
more insight into how the liner came to sink in
1912.
Created using deep-sea mapping, the unique 3D view
of the entire vessel could break through “a
century’s worth of human interpretation” about what
happened to the liner as it made its maiden voyage
from Southampton, England, to New York, Parks
Stephenson, a Titanic analyst and historian, told
NBC News on Wednesday.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Fight_for_the_Soul_of_a_School_Board⠀⇛
In a small Missouri town, a campaign to remove
literature from the high-school library forced
members of the community to reckon with the meaning
of “parents’ rights.”
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Nearly_a_third_of_Latvian_teachers_plan_to_leave
job,_survey_shows⠀⇛
A survey “Teachers’ voice” on how teachers feel and
see themselves in the profession has been carried
out in Latvia for the second time. The survey data,
published on May 18, show that in 2022, the number
of teachers who do not feel good in their job and
are planning to leave has risen significantly.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ New_College_of_Florida_students
attend_‘alternative_commencement’⠀⇛
Hundreds of New College of Florida students, family
members and friends gathered at an off-campus art
gallery for an “alternative commencement” in
defiance of state officials working to change the
character of the traditionally progressive school.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that Thursday evening’s
ceremony preceded Friday’s official graduation on
the school’s Sarasota campus. The college had less
than 700 students enrolled this year. It has become
the focal point of Gov. Ron DeSantis to rid higher
education in the state of what the Republican
governor calls left-leaning “woke” indoctrination
on campuses ahead of his expected presidential
candidacy.
# ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Get_You_Some_Practical_Accessibility⠀⇛
I watched Chapter 1 last night and, if it’s
foreshadowing the rest of the course, my
expectations have already been exceeded.
Here are a few of the things I took notes on
through Chapter 1: [...]
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ TV_Industry’s_Idea_Of_Innovation:_A_Free_TV_With
A_Second_Small_TV_That_Constantly_Shows_You_Ads⠀⇛
For years all I’ve ever wanted from TV
manufacturers is a “dumb” TV that has a whole bunch
of HDMI inputs, but no “smart” internals. Since I
know the real money is increasingly made from
spying on users and monetizing their every fart
(while failing to properly secure the collected
data), I’ve even been willing to pay extra for
simplicity, quality, and privacy.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Cincoze_DX-1200_fanless_Alder_Lake-
S_embedded_computer_targets_machine_vision,_industrial
automation⠀⇛
Cincoze DX-1200 is a fanless embedded computer
powered by a choice of 12th gen Intel Core (Alder
Lake-S) Celeron up to Core i9 CPUs whose mainboard
is housed in a rugged and compact chassis designed
for industrial edge AI and machine vision
applications. The DX-1200 supports up to 64GB of
4800MHz DDR5 memory with ECC, and the Intel Xe
architecture of the UHD 770 graphics chip is said
to deliver image classification inference
performance that is 2.8 times the speed of the
Comet Lake-S platform. The embedded computer also
offers a wide range of I/Os and as well expansion
capabilities for up to four 10GbE, DIO, and COM
ports, and M.2 and mPCIe sockets for WiFi, GNSS,
4G, and Bluetooth connectivity.
# ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ ‘We_are_losing_money’:_companies_in
Apple’s_repair_program_say_they_can’t_compete_with_tech_giant
|_Apple_|_The_Guardian⠀⇛
Slow response times and high cost of parts make
program unviable, third-party repairers say
# ⚓ TechSpot ☛ Samsung_will_cut_DDR4_memory_production_to
endure_harsh_market_conditions_|_TechSpot⠀⇛
Being one of the largest DRAM chip manufacturers in
the world, Samsung is experiencing a rather
critical moment in its recent history.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Online_trolls_that_encourage
self-harm_will_face_up_to_5_years_in_prison⠀⇛
The updated Online Safety Bill will include
prosecuting online abusers who try to manipulate
people on the web into causing themselves injury or
grievous bodily harm (GBH), regardless of whether
or not the victims do inflict this pain onto
themselves.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ EU’s_Thierry_Breton:_TikTok_still_a_long_way
from_EU_rules_compliance⠀⇛
The EU last month singled out 19 large online
platforms, including TikTok, which will be subject
to the Digital Services Act (DSA), a set of new
online content rules from August.
The rules require the companies to do risk
management, conduct external and independent
auditing, share data with authorities and
researchers and adopt a code of conduct.
# ⚓ El País ☛ France_finalizes_law_to_regulate_influencers:
From_labels_on_filtered_images_to_bans_on_promoting_cosmetic
surgery⠀⇛
France is finalizing a law that seeks to regulate
the commercial activities of influencers and
protect consumers from possible fraud or scams. The
regulation, which has already been approved by the
National Assembly and the Senate, prohibits
promoting cosmetic surgery and subscriptions to
sports betting applications. It also forces
influencers to state whether they have been paid to
promote a product, if images have been retouched or
if a person’s figure or face have been created with
the help of artificial intelligence. If a person
breaks the rules, they may face up to two years in
prison, a €300,000 ($320,000) fine and be banned
from carrying out commercial activities on social
media.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ When_Denying_an_Abortion_Clashes_With_Federal
Law⠀⇛
Mylissa Farmer knew her fetus was dying inside of
her. Her water broke less than 18 weeks into her
pregnancy last August, and she was desperate for an
abortion.
But according to federal documents, during three
emergency room visits over two days in Missouri and
Kansas, doctors repeatedly gave Farmer the same
chilling message: Though there was virtually no
chance her fetus would survive and the pregnancy
was putting her at high risk for life-threatening
complications, there was nothing they could do for
her.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Gonorrhea_infections_double⠀⇛
Finland recorded an exceptionally high number of
gonorrhea cases last year.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Jia_Tolentino_and_Stephania_Taladrid_on_a_Year
Without_Roe_v._Wade⠀⇛
The staff writers return to The Political Scene to
discuss the state of abortion rights and what has
changed since the Dobbs decision.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Can_you_recycle_toothpaste_tubes?⠀⇛
Increasingly, yes. But not necessarily in your home
recycling. Here’s what to do with empty toothpaste
tubes
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Family_and_medical_leave_bill
wins_final_approval_in_Minnesota_Legislature⠀⇛
Advocates say one-third of Minnesota workers —
about 900,000 people — don’t have any paid time
off.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Walz_signs_agriculture_bill_that
funds_rural_internet,_safety_net_for_farmers_on_grain_sales⠀⇛
The bill includes $10 million to establish the
state’s first grain indemnity fund, providing
protections for farmers who might be owed money
when grain buyers or elevators become financially
insolvent
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Zimbabwe:_Suspected_Cholera_Cases_Surpass_1,000⠀⇛
“As of May 16, 2023, a cumulative total of 1,017
suspected cholera cases, six laboratory confirmed
deaths…”
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Tajik_Woman_Arrested_On_Suspicion_Of_Deliberately
Infecting_Men_With_HIV⠀⇛
Tajik authorities say a 52-year-old woman has been
arrested in the northern district of Bobojon
Ghafurov on allegations that she deliberately
infected nine men with HIV by having sex with them.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Walgreens_will_pay_another_record_settlement_for
its_hand_in_the_opioid_crisis⠀⇛
Walgreens reached a $230 million settlement deal
with San Francisco for its role in the opioid
epidemic, after a landmark trial last year that
found the pharmacy giant liable for fueling the
crisis.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Farmers_announce_crisis_in_dairy_sector_in
Latvia⠀⇛
The Dairy Industry Working Group of the
Agricultural Organizations Council (LOSP) decided
on May 18 to ask the government to immediately
announce a state of emergency in the dairy sector
in Latvia due to a prolonged fall in milk buying
prices, and to implement intervention in the dairy
market.
# ⚓ Researchers_treat_depression_by_reversing_brain_signals
traveling_the_wrong_way⠀⇛
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Debt_Collectors_Want_To_Use_AI_Chatbots
To_Hustle_People_For_Money⠀⇛
The collections industry is pushing GPT-4 as a
dystopian new way to make borrowers pay up,
replicating the debt system’s long history of
racial bias.
# ⚓ Brad Taunt ☛ My_Robotic_Mower_Woes⠀⇛
I’m no stranger to robotic lawnmowers. When my wife
and I moved into our rural home just over five
years ago, we picked up the Husqvarna 450X
Automower since I was far too lazy to manually mow
my property and the cost was equal to that of a
standard riding mower. It was a no-brainer.
Fast-forward five years. Everything is still going
great with the Automower. Some minor repairs were
needed but that was mostly my fault since I was
allowing the mower into places it shouldn’t have
been (ie. root systems and dirt “craters”). Then
lightning struck our backyard at the beginning of
April this year. The mower was fine, since we stow
it away inside for the winter but the charging
station, charging brick and perimeter wire we not
so lucky…
The lightning traveled along the main perimeter
wire and went straight to the charging station.
Boom. The charging dock was quite literally blown
up into a million tiny pieces and scattered across
my backyard. Giant trenches were carved up where
the perimeter wire had been embedded in the lawn.
This surge also followed the path towards the main
power adapter and exploded that as well. All of
this happened even with the charging station /
adapter turned off and unplugged from any outlet.
At least my mower was safe…
# ⚓ ABC ☛ Twitter_accuses_Microsoft_of_misusing_its_data,
foreshadowing_a_possible_fight_over_AI⠀⇛
In other respects, the letter primarily laid out a
series of vaguely worded allegations. For instance,
it noted that while Microsoft was required to
inform Twitter about its intended use of the data,
it failed to do so for six of the eight Microsoft
apps that drew on information from the Twitter
database.
Similarly, the letter asserted that at least one
Microsoft app had supplied Twitter data to a number
of virtual locations that “reference a government
entity or agency.” That apparently violated
Microsoft’s agreement with Twitter, the letter
stated, which prohibited the company from
retrieving Twitter data “on behalf of ‘any
government-related entity’” without first notifying
Twitter.
# ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ On_Regulating_AI⠀⇛
ChatGPT just turned 6 (months old). So why does Sam
Altman want OpenAI to be regulated? A few
hypotheses.
# § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ CNN ☛ Apparent_cyberattack_forces_Philadelphia
Inquirer_office_to_close_ahead_of_mayoral_primary⠀⇛
An apparent cyberattack forced the
Philadelphia Inquirer to close its office
through Tuesday, the newspaper’s spokesperson
Evan Benn told CNN in an email on Monday.
That means the Inquirer’s journalists won’t
be in the office on Tuesday as they cover a
key election: Philadelphia’s Democratic
primary for the mayoral race.
# ⚓ The Philadelphia Inquirer ☛ The_Philadelphia
Inquirer’s_operations_continue_to_be_disrupted_by_a
cyber_incident⠀⇛
The Inquirer had been unable to print its
regular Sunday newspaper, and it was not
clear until late Sunday afternoon that it
would be possible to print Monday’s editions
of The Inquirer and Daily News newspapers.
Online posting and updating of stories to
Inquirer.com continued, though sometimes
slower than normal.
It was unclear when systems would be fully
restored, and Inquirer publisher Lisa Hughes
said in response to emailed questions that
“we are currently unable to provide an exact
time line.” The incident was the greatest
publication disruption to Pennsylvania’s
largest news organization since the blizzard
of Jan. 7-8, 1996, and it came just days
before Tuesday’s mayoral primary election.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Possible_Cyberattack_Disrupts_The
Philadelphia_Inquirer⠀⇛
Ms. Mastrull, who was working as an editor
over the weekend, said that staff members had
noticed on Saturday that they could not log
on to the content management system.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ Philadelphia_Inquirer_hit_by_cyberattack
causing_newspaper’s_largest_disruption_in_decades⠀⇛
The cyberattack has caused the largest
disruption to publication of Pennsylvania’s
largest news organization since a massive
blizzard in January 1996, the Inquirer
reported.
The cyberattack precedes a mayoral primary
election scheduled for Tuesday. Hughes said
the operational disruption would not affect
news coverage of the election, although
journalists would be unable to use the
newsroom on election night.
Hughes said other Inquirer employees will not
be allowed to use offices through at least
Tuesday, and the company was looking into
coworking arrangements for Tuesday, the
Inquirer reported.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Attempted_cyber_attack_responsible
for_3-week_Newport_News_library_computer_outage⠀⇛
A failed cybersecurity attack is responsible
for Newport News Public Library branch
computers being out of operation the past
three weeks.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ FIN7_returns_with_new_ransomware
attacks⠀⇛
FIN7 has a long history in the cybercrime
world. According to the FBI, the group’s
operations date to at least 2015, and FIN7
has targeted some 100 U.S. companies with
attacks designed to steal payment credentials
and other data that can be used or sold for
profit. The group is believed to have
developed the ransomware strain that was used
to attack Colonial Pipeline in 2021, an
incident that resulted in fuel deliveries
being disrupted along the Eastern Seaboard
and drew attention to the widespread problem
of ransomware attacks.
o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾
# § Openwashing⠀➾
# ⚓ Futurism ☛ Facebook_Has_Crowbarred_Open_the_Pandora’s
Box_of_AI,_Experts_Warn⠀⇛
Meta is cracking the AI arms race wide open.
Literally.
According to a report from The New York
Times, Meta-formerly-Facebook is doubling
down on its decision to make its large
language model called LLaMA (Large Language
Model Meta AI) — which competes with the
likes of OpenAI’s GPT-4 — open source.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Battle_Over_A.I.,_Meta_Decides_to
Give_Away_Its_Crown_Jewels⠀⇛
Its actions contrast with those of Google and
OpenAI, the two companies leading the new
A.I. arms race. Worried that A.I. tools like
chatbots will be used to spread
disinformation, hate speech and other toxic
content, those companies are becoming
increasingly secretive about the methods and
software that underpin their A.I. products.
o § Linux Foundation⠀➾
# ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ Linux_Foundation_&_Meta_Launch_new_“LF
Connectivity”_Project_Umbrella_to_Improve_Enhanced_Access_to
Networks⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux_Foundation_&_Meta_Launch_new_“LF_Connectivity”
Project_Umbrella_to_Improve_Enhanced_Access_to_Networks [Ed:
'Linux' Foundation as an openwashing front group of malicious
corporations that pay for it (millions for seats); this only
disgraces the Linux brand]⠀⇛
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ CyberRisk Alliance LLC ☛ New_Linux_flaws_included_in_CISA
vulnerability_catalog [Ed: These are very, very old; is the
Microsoft-connected_CISA misusing its perceived authority for
FUD?]⠀⇛
Seven actively abused Linux-related security flaws,
most of which are years old, have been added by the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to
its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog,
according to SiliconAngle.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Fedora (cups-
filters, kitty, mingw-LibRaw, nispor, rust-ybaas,
and rust-yubibomb), Mageia (kernel-linus), Red Hat
(jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins), SUSE (openvswitch
and ucode-intel), and Ubuntu (linux-azure, linux-
azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke,
linux-gke-5.15, linux-gkeop, linux-oracle-5.15,
linux-ibm, linux-oracle, and linux-oem-6.0).
# ⚓ Dark Reading ☛ Microsoft_Azure_VMs_Hijacked_in_Cloud
Cyberattack⠀⇛
A threat actor known for targeting Microsoft cloud
environments now is employing the serial console
feature on Azure virtual machines (VMs) to hijack
the VM to install third-party remote management
software within clients’ cloud environments.
Tracked as UNC3844 by researchers at Mandiant
Intelligence, the threat group is leveraging this
attack method to skirt traditional security
detections employed within Azure with a living-off-
the-land (LotL) attack ultimately aimed at stealing
data that it can use for financial gain, Mandiant
researchers revealed in a blog post this week.
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ KeePass_exploit_helps_retrieve
cleartext_master_password,_fix_coming_soon⠀⇛
The popular KeePass password manager is vulnerable
to extracting the master password from the
application’s memory, allowing attackers who
compromise a device to retrieve the password even
with the database is locked.
The issue was discovered by a security researcher
known as ‘vdohney,’ who published a proof-of-
concept tool allowing attackers to extract the
KeePass master password from memory as a proof-of-
concept (PoC).
# ⚓ Attempted_cyber_attack_responsible_for_3-week_Newport_News
library_computer_outage⠀⇛
A failed cybersecurity attack is responsible for
Newport News Public Library branch computers being
out of operation the past three weeks.
Public computers and printing, faxing and scan-to-
email services have all been unavailable since
April 25. Library patrons who tried to use public
computers at library branches were greeted with
signs taped over the screens that say “out of
order.”
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Phishing_attack_affects_Texas_patients;_at
least_130,000_impacted⠀⇛
DataBreaches.net has noted some reports this week
involving an unnamed business associate that
discovered a phishing attack in January of this
year. The most recent disclosure was spotted on the
website of South Texas Health System for its South
Texas Health System – Edinburg facility.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Health_Breach_Notification_Rule:_FTC_wants
your_insights_into_proposed_changes⠀⇛
The Health Breach Notification Rule has been in
place since 2009. Given the pace of innovation,
that seems like a century in tech years. Since
then, we’ve seen an explosion in the popularity of
health apps, fitness trackers, and other health-
related monitors. To keep up with technological
developments and evolving business practices, the
FTC is proposing changes to the Rule and welcomes
your comments.
The Health Breach Notification Rule applies to
certain businesses that aren’t covered by HIPAA –
specifically, vendors of personal health records
(PHR), PHR related entities, and third party
service providers. When there’s been an
unauthorized acquisition of a person’s unsecured,
personally identifiable health information, PHR
vendors and PHR related entities must (among other
things) notify the FTC, consumers and, in some
cases, the media. If your company is a third party
service provider to a PHR vendor or a PHR related
entity, you have notice requirements under the
Rule, too. (Read Complying with FTC’s Health Breach
Notification Rule for details.)
# ⚓ Hearst Communications ☛ Rackspace_gets_San_Antonio_federal
judge_to_toss_proposed_class-action_suit_over_ransomware
attack⠀⇛
Rackspace Technology Inc. won’t have to face
proposed class-action litigation in San Antonio
over a December ransomware attack that hobbled the
cloud computing company.
U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez on Thursday
sided with Rackspace in dismissing litigation that
had been brought by 37 plaintiffs from across the
U.S. who lost access to email and related data as a
result of the attack. More than 30,000 customers
were allegedly affected, the judge noted in his
ruling.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ A_Quick_Survey_of_.zip_Domains:_Your_highest_risk_is
running_into_Rick_Astley.,_(Thu,_May_18th)⠀⇛
A week ago, I wrote about Google starting to offer
“.zip” domains and the possible risks associated
with this. Earlier today, I quickly surveyed
registered .zip domains to see what people are
doing with them.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ ‘Infostealer’_malware_evolves_to_become
even_more_lethal⠀⇛
The class of malware called infostealers continues
to evolve into a more lethal threat. These threats
are software that can steal sensitive data from a
victim’s computer, typically login details, browser
cookies, saved credit cards and other financial
information.
⚓ TechSpot ☛ Google’s_new_registered_domains_include_.zip_and_.mov_for_a_more
“exciting”and_insecure_internet|_TechSpot⠀⇛
Google Registry has recently introduced 8 new top-level domains for
“dads, grads, and techies,” adding .dad, .phd, .prof, .esq, .foo,
.nexus, .zip, and .mov…
⚓ TechTarget ☛ CrowdStrike_warns_of_rise_in_VMware_ESXi_hypervisor_attacks⠀⇛
As enterprise adoption of virtualization technology increases,
CrowdStrike has observed a rise in ransomware attacks on servers
running VMware’s ESXi bare-metal hypervisors.
⚓ Computer Weekly ☛ Scality_pushes_anti-ransomware_features_in_Artesca_object
storage
⠀⇛
Object storage specialist announces v2.0 of Artesca, with a heavy
focus on functionality that can protect against ransomware such as
object locking, sharding, backup to object etc
⚓ TechTarget ☛ SBOMs_and_security:_What_IT_and_DevOps_need_to_know⠀⇛
By integrating software bill of materials creation into the software
development lifecycle, IT and DevOps teams can build more secure and
maintainable applications.
* § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
o ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Responsible_Disclosure:_arXiv_–_redirect_on
login⠀⇛
The fix is pretty simple. Any redirection logic should
ensure that users can only be redirected to an internal
page not an external site.
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ Don’t_use_Beyonce_to_normalise_live_facial
recognition⠀⇛
Its deployment is nothing more than our demise from
democracy. It may be all anyone can talk about this
morning, but Beyonce’s nothing short of incredible
performance (I’m sure) in Cardiff was marred by the
disappointing news that Cardiff police were deploying
live facial recognition to “support” the concert. What is
live facial recognition?
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_press_group_chief_Ronson_Chan
feared_privacy_breach_when_asked_for_ID_by_police,_court_hears⠀⇛
The head of Hong Kong’s largest journalists’ group said
he feared a privacy breach when he was asked to show his
identity card by a plainclothes officer, a court has
heard.
o ⚓ The North Lines IN ☛ CCTV_Cameras_in_mini_&_school_buses_being
made_mandatory_in_Doda⠀⇛
Taking in account certain complaints and apprehension
raised in the DRSC meeting, Chairman (DC) ordered the
installation of CCTV cameras in all the School buses, and
Matadors registered with ARTO Doda.
The executing agencies were directed to install glow
signage, speed limit boards and boards with Emergency
Response Team contact numbers on all the roads. The DRSC
also instructed the concerned authorities to raise
memorials at accident sites to alert the commuters. The
agencies were also asked to remove the encroachments from
all the roads.
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_police_unveil_new_traffic_sign⠀⇛
Finnish police announced on Friday that they will
increase technical surveillance and use the newly
unveiled road sign I16 to designate when it is in use.
The police said that the new sign — which is blue and
white with a device that appears like a camera — will
notify drivers when the police and other authorities are
using technical surveillance in a given area.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Malcolm_X_at_98:_Angela_Davis_on_His_Enduring_Legacy_&
the_“Long_Struggle_for_Liberation”⠀⇛
We dedicate the show to remembering Malcolm X on what would
have been his 98th birthday Friday. We begin with an address by
world-renowned abolitionist, author and activist Angela Davis
on Malcolm’s legacy, attacks on the teaching of Black history
by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and more. “This is a time to
reflect deeply on the long struggle for liberation,” Davis
said. “And Malcolm asked us to keep our eyes on the future,
future worlds, radical democratic futures for all beings who
inhabit this planet.”
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ NY_Times_Is_Wrong_on_Dedollarization:_Economist_Michael
Hudson_Debunks_Paul_Krugman’s_Dollar_Defense⠀⇛
Economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments
against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul
Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the
dollar system.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_targets_Kyiv,_Kryvyi_Rih,_and_Lviv_in_new_wave_of
attacks_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian troops launched out a new series of airstrikes on
Ukrainian cities on Thursday night.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ FSB_officers_search_homes_of_Perm_human_rights_advocates,
including_two_Presidential_Human_Rights_Council_members_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers searched the
homes of multiple human rights advocates who work for Perm’s
Historical Memory Center (the legal successor to the Perm
branch of the Nobel Prize-winning human rights group Memorial)
on Friday morning.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_outlaws_Greenpeace_International._NGO_condemns_decision
as_‘absurd,_irresponsible,_and_destructive.’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s Prosecutor General has designated Greenpeace
International an “undesirable organization,” banning its
activities across the country.
* ⚓ ANF News ☛ ‘We_will_make_Erdoğan_and_fascism_lose_in_the_second_round
of_election’⠀⇛
Despite all the attacks by fascism, the Green Left Party
succeeded in becoming the third largest party in the parliament
of Turkey following the 14 May elections. The European Election
Coordination of the Green Left Party said that the targeted
outcome was, however, not achieved. The European Election
Coordination vowed to make fascism and Erdogan lose in the
second round of the presidential election.
The Coordination issued the following message: [...]
* ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Are_Muslim_religious_conservatism_and_political_
[sic]_Islam_making_a_comeback?⠀⇛
In response, Indonesian Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil
Qoumas and his home affairs and education counterparts
threatened to sanction state schools seeking to impose
religious garb in violation of government rules and
regulations.
* ⚓ [Repeat] IT Wire ☛ Microsoft_looks_to_extend_its_tentacles_further_into
Pentagon_networks⠀⇛
Thus, for Newsweek to detail doubts over the Pentagon’s
decision to abandon a long-running cyber-security program
protecting its global IT network and replace it with off-the-
shelf tools from Microsoft certainly merits comment.
Newsweek’s Shaun Waterman wrote that the criticism of the shift
had come both from outsiders and insiders, with experts saying
it would make the US “more vulnerable to foreign hackers, enemy
cyber-warriors and online spies”.
His effort is well worth a read; he quotes both anonymous and
named sources in mounting the argument that sourcing everything
from a single software vendor isn’t the wisest thing to do. One
source says: “I was completely against it. A lot of us were,
for the same reason: It felt like we were further embedding
ourselves into this monopolistic (Microsoft) monoculture.”
* ⚓ Newsweek ☛ Pentagon_Hacking_Fears_Fueled_by_Microsoft’s_Monopoly_on
Military_IT⠀⇛
DOD’s decision to push ahead with the move to Microsoft
security tools, based on an assessment from the National
Security Agency, has cast a new light on long-standing
questions about the security of the software produced by the
Redmond, Wash.-based technology giant, and the impact of its
dominance in government technology markets. It could also run
counter to the White House’s new cybersecurity strategy, which
calls on software companies to offer secure products in the
first place rather than selling additional security measures on
top.
* ⚓ VOA News ☛ Al-Qaida_Frees_Australian_Doctor_Held_for_Seven_Years⠀⇛
Kenneth Elliott, 88, is safe and well and has been reunited
with his wife, Jocelyn, and their children, Australian Foreign
Minister Penny Wong said.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ iStories:_Russia_circumvents_sanctions_by_buying_drones_and
microchips_via_Kazakhstan_—_Meduza⠀⇛
According to a joint investigation by iStories, Der Spiegel and
the OCCRP, Russia has been making monthly purchases of drones
and microchips via Kazakhstan worth millions of dollars, in
order to bypass sanctions.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_subservient_nation?_Russia_seems_prone_to_authoritarian
rulers._Meduza_unpacks_one_theory_about_why._—_Meduza⠀⇛
Given the mental anguish and, in some cases, brutal repression
endured by the many thousands of Russians who oppose Putin and
Russia’s war on Ukraine, everyone wants to know why the Russian
opposition hasn’t managed to stop him. One theory holds that it
has something to do with an innate Russian national character —
whatever that might mean — of subservience, that the Russian
people bring dictatorship on themselves by not desiring liberty
and democracy enough. Since the fall of the Soviet Union,
sociological studies from both within Russia and outside the
country have shown that Russian citizens value democratic
ideals as much as citizens of much freer states. But the idea
that Russians are a “subservient nation” is, it turns out, both
old and durable, lasting from the early imperial era, into the
Soviet Union, and down to the present day. Meduza explains the
history of the idea and why it’s, at best, overly simplistic
and, at worst, dangerous.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ At_Least_18_Killed_in_Bandit_Attack_in_Chad⠀⇛
“These provisional figures could change quickly. Some sources
even mention 28 deaths,” outlet Tchadinfos reported.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Bolstering_defence_innovation_in_Australia’s_north⠀⇛
The story of Darwin really begins with the necessity to
establish a support route for the Overland Telegraph to the
southern states of Australia.
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ A_conversation_on_the_transformational_potential_of
decentralized_and_distributed_technologies_for_Pakistan⠀⇛
Uzair Younus talks to Amir Husain, founder and chief executive
officer of SparkCognition, about current and emerging trends,
what countries like Pakistan can do to take advantage of
seismic advances in technology, and how individuals can better
prepare themselves for the future.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Israel_deploys_heavy_police_presence_for_annual_flag_march
through_Jerusalem⠀⇛
Israel deployed over 2,000 police on Thursday for a march by
flag-waving Jewish nationalists through the main Palestinian
thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Old City, a contentious event that
comes as tensions are already running high.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Death_Toll_Rises_to_7_After_US_Convoy_Attack_in_Nigeria⠀⇛
The bodies of the victims were set ablaze, together with their
vehicles, by the gunmen.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_President_Warns_Afghanistan_To_Abide_By_Treaty_On_Water
Flows⠀⇛
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned the de facto Taliban
regime in Afghanistan that its noncompliance with joint
agreements on water rights in regions along their shared border
is escalating tensions between Tehran and Kabul.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Former_minister_confident_Defence_chiefs_were_unaware
of_Afghanistan_atrocities⠀⇛
Australia’s detailed investigation into allegations that
members of its special forces committed war crimes in
Afghanistan demonstrated the nation’s commitment to the rule of
law, says former defence minister Stephen Smith. In a video
interview …
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US_National_Security_Experts_Call_for_Peace_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies amplify upon a full-page
ad in The New York Times on Tuesday calling the war an
“unmitigated disaster” and urging Biden and U.S. Congress to
help bring it speedily to an end.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar_enacts_Weapons_Law_aimed_at_keeping_guns_away_from
resistance⠀⇛
Junta threatens prison and death penalty for those who bear,
sell and distribute weapons.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_military_tests_NASAMS_system_for_first_time⠀⇛
The NASAMS air defence system has been used for the first time
during a field tactical exercise, the Lithuanian military said
on Thursday.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_parliament_declares_local_Communist_Party_responsible
for_Stalinist_repressions⠀⇛
The Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, has passed a resolution,
saying that Lithuanian Communist Party was responsible for mass
deportations in the wake of the country’s Soviet occupation.
* ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Disarmament,_demobilisation_and_re-integration_training
for_SANDF_at_Peace_Mission_Training_Centre⠀⇛
Seventy-seven SA National Defence Force (SANDF) staffers made
good use of the facilities and expertise of the Peace Mission
Training Centre (PMTC) to boost peacekeeping skills in
disarmament, demobilisation and re-integration (DDR).
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Diplomats_in_Sudan_Shredded_Passports,_Stranding
Sudanese⠀⇛
Officials destroyed Sudanese passports on security grounds as
they evacuated the Khartoum embassy. Now the passport owners
are trapped in a war zone.
* ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ Hungary_blocks_€500_million_military_aid_to_Ukraine⠀⇛
Hungary will block EU military aid for Ukraine as well as new
sanctions against Russia, unless Hungarian OTP Bank is removed
from list of war sponsors, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto
said in Vienna on Wednesday. The blocked tranche is worth €500
million and was due by next Monday.
“The [Hungarian] government will not approve the next tranche
of the European Peace Facility until Ukraine removes OTP from
the list of international sponsors of the war,” Szijjarto said.
He added that partially this is the reason Hungary does not
support new sanctions. According to the Hungarian Foreign
Minister the eleventh sanctions package “goes against common
sese as the previous ten also failed.”
§ Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
* ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Read_the_Facebook_Papers_for_Yourself⠀⇛
In November 2021, Gizmodo partnered with a group of independent
experts to review, redact, and publish the Facebook Papers.
This committee serves to advise and monitor our work and
facilitate the responsible disclosure of the greatest number of
documents in the public interest possible. We believe in the
value of open access to these materials. Our collective goal is
to minimize any potential harms that could result from the
disclosure of certain methods by which Meta tackles sensitive
issues like sex trafficking, disinformation, and voter
manipulation. The documents, which have not previously been
published, additionally contain both personal and private
details about low-level Facebook employees and many of the
users included in the company’s studies and internal
discussions. The risks associated with publishing this
information outweighs the value of disclosure.
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd ☛ India_Achieves_47%_Growth_In_Coal
Production_In_Last_9_Years⠀⇛
The Ministry of Coal in a statement said that the major leap in
coal production of 893.08 MT in FY 2023 is the highest in the
history of the country.
* ⚓ CBC ☛ Canadian_forest_fires_are_the_latest_costly_climate_disaster_that
public_accounts_fail_to_capture⠀⇛
While federal budgets include all the costs of fighting climate
change, the other side of the ledger, the notional income from
the benefits of you not breathing smoke, or at least breathing
less, remain blank. Since there is no benefit, it is harder to
justify spending the money.
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Coral_reefs_are_dying._Desperate_scientists_are_turning_to
high-risk_strategies⠀⇛
Corals grow like plants, but their branches are made of rock.
They contain algae, but are animals. Their cells seethe with
innumerable bacteria and viruses carrying out mysterious tasks.
It is perhaps easier to describe their role in the world’s
oceans: absolutely vital. They support about one-quarter of the
ocean’s fish stocks.
Their future is easier still to predict: unless we do
something, they will all soon die. Nearly all tropical reefs
will become extinct even if global warming is kept to 1.5
degrees.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ New_Caledonia_lifts_tsunami_warning_after_7.7-
magnitude_quake⠀⇛
Tsunami waves of one-to-three metres above tide are possible
along some coastal areas of Vanuatu.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ New_Caledonia_lifts_tsunami_warning_triggered_by_Pacific
Ocean_earthquake⠀⇛
New Caledonia has lifted a tsunami warning triggered after
a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Friday in the Pacific Ocean
southwest of the island.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Death_toll_rises_from_Italy_floods_as_thousands_wait_to_come
home⠀⇛
The death toll from floods that devastated an area of
northeastern Italy rose to 11 Thursday after the bodies of two
more people were found, authorities told AFP.
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_nuclear_plant_throttles_production_as_electricity
price_plunges⠀⇛
Electricity production must also be profitable for
nuclear power plants, according to the facility’s
operator Teollisuuden Voima (TVO).
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Chevron_tallies_new_investment_for_Gorgon
carbon_trap⠀⇛
Australia’s biggest carbon capture project is working but
not at the rates Chevron promised, leaving the gas giant
open to criticism. The vast Gorgon project on Barrow
Island about 60 kilometres off the northwest coast of
Western Australia is the largest single-resource project
in Australia’s history.
o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ UK_Treasury_report_asks_government_to_regulate
crypto_as_gambling⠀⇛
Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and Ethereum should be
regulated as gambling, according to a committee of
lawmakers in the United Kingdom who claimed that the
assets “pose significant risks to consumers.”
⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Congress_Introduces_Bill_to_Keep_AM_Radio_In_Every
Vehicle⠀⇛
Congress is considering mandating automakers to include AM receivers
in vehicles as a safety issue. The news comes as many automakers have
plans to phase out AM receivers on vehicles sold in the U.S.
⚓ H2 View ☛ California_submits_Hydrogen_Hub_funding_proposal⠀⇛
California has its hydrogen hub wheels in motion with fuel cell-
powered buses spearheading its funding proposal.
⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Why_is_AOC_Parroting_Nuclear_Industry_Propaganda?⠀⇛
During a visit to Japan, including to the destroyed Fukushima-Daiichi
nuclear power plant site, US Representative, Alexandria Ocasio-
Cortez, an outspoken Democrat from Queens, New York, made a series of
Instagram posts.
⚓ H2 View ☛ Italy,_Austria,_Germany_tie_up_on_hydrogen_pipeline_project_that
could_deliver_40%_of_Europe’s_imported_hydrogen_demand⠀⇛
Companies in Italy, Austria and Germany have revealed plans to
combine hydrogen pipeline projects to establish a 3,300km hydrogen-
ready corridor which they say could deliver 40% of Europe’s imported
hydrogen demand in 2030.
⚓ The Nation ☛ BP_Is_Posting_Its_Highest_Profits⠀⇛
⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Ministry:_Rail_Baltic_route_will_not_be_changed⠀⇛
“It (using existing Tartu or Pärnu railways – ed.) would require
changing all domestic and international decisions and launching a
completely new planning process,” Sander Salmu, the ministry’s
undersecretary for transport, said in a reply to NGO Eesti Metsa
Abiks.
He explained that it was found in the planning process in 2018 that
having Rail Baltic follow the existing 1,520-mm track gauge railway
between Tallinn and Pärnu would not be justified, while earlier
analyses (AECOME 2011) had not supported having it run through Tapa
and Tartu.
⚓ Russell Graves ☛ Idaho_Power_Proposed_Solar_Net_Metering_Changes_2023_–_IPC-
E-23-14⠀⇛
If you’re in the process of having solar installed in Idaho Power’s
territory, or already have it installed, you recently got a letter in
the mail informing you about their proposed changes to net metering
for “non-legacy” systems under Schedule 84. This is the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission case IPC-E-23-14. It relates to changing from
kWh for kWh net metering to a new, generation-credit based system.
And while the documents are fairly easy to read, they’re also quite
long – so I thought I’d be helpful and summarize the changes and my
thoughts on them here!
§ Overpopulation⠀➾
* ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ The_World’s_Lakes_Are_Shrinking⠀⇛
Lake and reservoir levels can change quickly and significantly,
something the U.S. has experienced recently—drought last year
emptied many critical lakes, but extreme winter storms refilled
them this year. The water loss noted in the study was
attributed to climate change and increased human activity,
including greater water demands.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Next_Debt_Ceiling_Showdown⠀⇛
The negotiations around the pending approach of the debt
ceiling limit are shrouded in media-driven intrigue, but they
boast as much creative and original thinking as the latest
installment in the Fast and Furious franchise. And like each
new entry in that steal-chase-crash-and-repeat Hollywood
empire, the debt ceiling drama is long on senseless mayhem and
short on coherent plotting.
* ⚓ India Times ☛ Japan_‘seriously_thinking’_of_joining_India’s_UPI
system⠀⇛
Japan is “now seriously thinking about joining Indian UPI”, the
payments system and also, it is contemplating how it can
mutually recognise e-ID, for increasing interoperability,” the
country’s digital minister Kono Taro has said in a media
interview.
The Centre thanked Japan for its interest in UPI (unified
payments interface) and said it is working to recognise a
common e-ID for better interoperability.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘I_have_nothing_now’:_Indonesians_fall_prey_to_fake
shaman_‘magic_money’_scams⠀⇛
These scammers claim to be spiritual figures, promising to turn
small investments into immense wealth.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Three_grocery_shops_close_in_central_Helsinki,_re-
kindling_debate_about_downtown_vitality⠀⇛
THREE Alepa grocery shops have recently closed or are about to
close their doors in downtown Helsinki, Helsingin Sanomat
reported on Wednesday.
The grocery shops that closed their doors earlier this month
were located in Forum and on Iso Roobertinkatu. Alepa Eliel at
Helsinki Central Station, meanwhile, is set to cease operations
next month.
* ⚓ WhichUK ☛ State_pension_underpayments_hit_£670m_–_are_you_owed_money?⠀⇛
Six in 100 claims were underpaid in 2022-23
* ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Financial_Times_sells_Pensions_Expert_brand_to_DG
Publishing⠀⇛
The FT Group had planned to close the Pensions Expert brand.
* ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Here’s_what_you_need_to_know_about_the_United_States
debt_default⠀⇛
President Joe Biden met with congressional leaders May 9 in
hopes of coming to an agreement to raise the country’s debt
limit, or the cap on how much the federal government can borrow
to pay for its functions and programs.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Influencers_warned_as_ATO_cracks_down_on_side
business⠀⇛
media influencers and people with side hustles will come under
scrutiny this tax season as the Australian Taxation Office
cracks down on businesses amid the cost-of-living crisis. From
July 1, tax officials will use sophisticated data-matching and
analytical tools to catch taxpayers who under-report their
income.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Business_to_pay_higher_WorkCover_premiums_in_shake
up⠀⇛
Businesses will be slugged with higher premiums under changes
to Victoria’s WorkCover, with the state government overhauling
a system it says is broken. Premier Daniel Andrews announced
businesses would pay an average of 1.8 per cent of remuneration
from July 1, increasing from 1.27 per cent.
* ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Audacy_Stock_Is_Being_Delisted_from_the_NYSE_Due
to_‘An_Abnormally_Low_Selling_Price’⠀⇛
Philadelphia-headquartered Audacy is being delisted from the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) due to “an abnormally low
selling price” – though the digital radio and podcasting
company intends to appeal the decision. Audacy confirmed its
NYSE exit, which follows several disappointing earnings reports
and a Q3 2022 layoff round, via a general release.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_rules_IRS_does_not_need_to_notify_delinquent
taxpayers_of_summons_to_collect_outstanding_taxes⠀⇛
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) does not need to provide notice to delinquent
taxpayers of summons made against them to collect outstanding
federal taxes. This does not apply to summons to determine
whether a taxpayer owes an outstanding amount, only summons to
collect.
* ⚓ Geeks For Geeks ☛ Amazon_Lays_off_500_Employees_in_India,_Tech_Layoffs
Continue_in_Q2⠀⇛
The tech layoff continues as the e-commerce giant Amazon is
reportedly firing almost 500 employees in India across
departments…
* ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Rail_Workers_Decry_Biden’s_Push_to_Impose_Strike-
Breaking_Labor_Deal⠀⇛
President Biden is warning that a looming rail strike could
have devastating economic consequences, and has called on House
lawmakers to vote today to block the strike and force through a
contract deal that raises wages by nearly 25% but includes no
paid sick days and is opposed…
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ ‘I_Got_to_Break_Free’:_Laid-Off_Tech_Workers_Search
For_New_Purpose_Outside_Silicon_Valley⠀⇛
Free of the tech industry’s “golden handcuffs,” laid-off
workers are finding more meaningful work at fashion startups,
wineries, and neighborhood retail shops. “I’m not above
anything or below anything,” one laid-off tech manager said.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Xinjiang’s_involuntary_autoworkers⠀⇛
* ⚓ Reuters ☛ Italy_allocates_funds_to_shield_workers_from_AI_replacement
threat_|_Reuters⠀⇛
Italy on Monday earmarked 30 million euros ($33 million) to
improve the skills of unemployed people as well as those
workers whose jobs could be most at risk from the advance of
automation and artificial intelligence.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ TikTok_influencers_file_lawsuit_to_block_Montana
ban⠀⇛
Under the state’s ban, TikTok will be fined if it operates
within the state, while app store providers such as Google and
Apple also face fines if they allow Montana-based users to
download it.
* ⚓ ABC ☛ What_to_know_about_the_Montana_TikTok_ban⠀⇛
The Montana ban, which takes effect in January 2024, does not
prevent current users from accessing the app or penalize them
for doing so.
Instead, the ban targets the availability of the app by
threatening entities such as TikTok, Google and Apple with a
$10,000 fine for each day that the platform remains accessible
in app stores for users in Montana.
“This is not doing anything with respect to existing users,”
Sarah Kreps, director of Cornell University’s Tech Policy
Institute, told ABC News, noting however that the law will
hinder current users eventually as they fail to download new
updates to the app.
* ⚓ The Hill ☛ Montana_is_banning_TikTok._But_can_the_state_enforce_the_law
and_fend_off_a_lawsuit?⠀⇛
Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed it into law
Wednesday expecting a legal fight would follow. The law, which
isn’t scheduled to take effect until Jan. 1, 2024, also faces a
litany of questions over whether the state can even enforce the
law.
The new rules in Montana will have more far-reaching effects
than TikTok bans already in place on government-issued devices
in nearly half the states and the U.S. federal government.
There are 200,000 TikTok users in Montana as well as 6,000
businesses that use the video-sharing platform, according to
company spokesperson Jamal Brown.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_Mayor_Sergey_Sobyanin_to_run_for_re-election_on_United
Russia_ticket_for_first_time_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin will run on the ticket of the
ruling United Russia party in the city’s upcoming election in
September, Russian state media reported on Friday. The party
will reportedly nominate him at a conference whose date has not
yet been finalized.
* ⚓ The Register UK ☛ UK_government_prays_that_size_doesn’t_matter_as_it
chips_in_£1B_for_semiconductor_sector⠀⇛
The official strategy coincided with the G7 Summit in Japan,
where Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Japan premier Fumio
Kishida unveiled a global strategic partnership on
semiconductors between the two nations.
* ⚓ India Times ☛ EU_regulators’_group_sides_with_Big_Tech_against_telcos’
network_fee_push⠀⇛
The comments from The Body of European Regulators for
Electronic Communications (BEREC) to the European Commission
which is now looking into the issue underscores the high-stakes
battle between Big Tech and Europe’s major telecoms operators.
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Verge_Rightly_Calls_Out_Online_Age_Verification_Laws_As
A_Threat_To_Your_Privacy_&_The_Open_Internet⠀⇛
It’s frustrating how few news organizations these days are
willing to call out nonsense for being nonsense. Too many feel
they need to do one of those “view from nowhere” things where
they pro/con everything. That’s why I appreciate The Verge, a
news site that has spent years actually taking a stand. Its
latest is a piece by Emma Roth, calling out the spate of age
verification laws, and what a disaster they are for privacy
online.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Former_Yekaterinburg_Mayor_Evgeny_Roizman_fined_260,000_rubles
for_‘discrediting’_military_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A Yekaterinburg court imposed a fine of 260,000 rubles ($3,260)
against the city’s former mayor Evgeny Roizman on Friday for
allegedly “discrediting” the Russian military, granting the
request made by prosecutors on Thursday.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Liberals_Balk_at_G.O.P._Push_for_Stricter_Work
Requirements_in_Debt_Limit_Talks⠀⇛
A G.O.P. demand to impose stricter work requirements on
recipients of food stamps and other public benefits has drawn a
Democratic backlash, underscoring the tricky politics at play
in the negotiations.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ The_kindredness_of_kindness⠀⇛
The persistence and breadth of generosity, a new study shows,
matter far more than identity in shaping human interaction.
* ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ John_Durham,_High_Priest_of_the_Cult_of_the_Coffee
Boy⠀⇛
In an attempt to sustain his argument that the FBI was overly
hasty in opening an investigation into Trump’s Coffee Boy, John
Durham whitewashed many of the details about George
Papadopoulos, including that he himself found the Coffee Boy’s
communications with Sergei Millian to be “creepy.”
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Why_Erdoğan_Prevailed_in_a_Battle_of_Competing_Turkish
Nationalisms⠀⇛
As the country heads to a Presidential runoff, will the
aftermath of a devastating earthquake hold more sway than old
narratives of grievance?
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Despite_Challenges,_Negotiators_Optimistic_About_Next_Steps_Of
Western_Balkan_Countries_Toward_EU⠀⇛
Top U.S. negotiators who have been working to de-escalate
tensions and implement reforms in the Western Balkans told a
U.S. Senate committee on May 18 that they remain optimistic
about progress in the region toward EU membership despite
“considerable” obstacles.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar’s_junta_shuts_down_3_Mandalay_hospitals⠀⇛
It claims the institutions used members of the civil
disobedience movement.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_civil_and_disability_rights_groups_ask_federal_court_to
block_provisions_of_Georgia_voting_law⠀⇛
A coalition of civil and disability rights organizations filed
an emergency injunction with the Northern District of Georgia
on Wednesday asking the court to block two provisions of a
Georgia voting law, SB 202, due to their impact on people with
disabilities’ access to voting.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Namibia_Supreme_Court_rules_in_favor_of_recognizing_foreign
same-sex_marriages⠀⇛
The Supreme Court of Namibia ruled the country’s authorities
must recognize foreign same-sex marriages for immigration
purposes, potentially signaling a major policy shift in a
country where homosexuality is criminalized. The decision came
out of a consolidated appeal involving two foreign nationals in
same-sex marriages with Namibian citizens.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ Salon ☛ Beware_Joe_Biden,_Donald_Trump_has_got_his_hands_on_AI⠀⇛
The obviously faked video of President Biden is part of a
much larger operation by the Republican Party and larger
neofascist movement to use AI and other disruptive
technologies to undermine the very idea of objective
reality and empirical truth as part of their broader war
on democracy and civil society.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ Stockholm Center For Freedom ☛ Turkish_court_bans_access_to_2021_report
on_[Internet]_censorship_in_Turkey⠀⇛
A Turkish court has banned access to the 2021 annual report of
the Freedom of Expression Association’s (İFÖD) EngelliWeb
initiative, which focuses on the growing [Internet] censorship
in Turkey in 2021, Turkish Minute reported, citing EngelliWeb.
The report, which was drafted by Professor Yaman Akdeniz from
İstanbul Bilgi University’s law faculty and researcher Ozan
Güven, was published in October 2022. It said Turkish courts
blocked access to 107,706 websites and domains, including 5,436
URLs containing news items, in Turkey in 2021.
* ⚓ NPR ☛ Penguin_Random_House_and_5_authors_are_suing_a_Florida_school
board_over_book_bans⠀⇛
A new federal lawsuit alleges that recent decisions by
officials in a Florida county to ban and restrict access to
books in school libraries violates constitutional rights to
free speech and equal protection under the law.
Over the past year, officials in western Florida’s Escambia
County have banned more than a dozen books in the county school
district’s libraries and classrooms in response to a wave of
challenges by conservative teachers and parents.
* ⚓ VOA News ☛ Iran_Executes_3_Linked_to_Amini_Protests⠀⇛
Iranian authorities on Friday executed three men convicted of
violence against the Islamic republic’s security forces during
protests triggered by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody last year,
the judiciary said.
* ⚓ VOA News ☛ Hong_Kong_Libraries_Ax_Books_Amid_National_Security_Fears⠀⇛
Hundreds of political books have been pulled from Hong Kong
libraries in a move that analysts say is part of an ideological
drive to purge “harmful” influences from the city that was once
the bastion of freedom in Asia.
This week, Hong Kong media reported that a number of books
related to the 1989 military crackdown on the Tiananmen pro-
democracy movement in Beijing, along with books by authors seen
as pro-independence or pro-democracy, can no longer be found in
libraries.
* ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ ‘I’ve_left_cycling_–_losing_to_a_trans_rider_hurts
on_a_million_different_levels’⠀⇛
And so today, she is finally speaking out, too scalded by the
sense of injustice to choose the path of least resistance. It
is a move of considerable courage, given the febrile climate in
which sport’s trans debate is conducted. The fear of being
denounced as transphobic is so acute that at the elite level,
no active female athletes dare put their names to their
disquiet over fairness. Only last week, Inga Thompson, a
retired three-time US Olympian, found herself accused by
cycling team Cynisca of “affecting its brand and reputation”
for opposing the presence of post-puberty males in female
sport.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Police_Detain_Singer_Who_Refused_Lukashenka
Scholarship_In_2020⠀⇛
Police in Belarus have detained singer Patrytsia Svitsina, who
in 2020 refused to accept scholarship from authoritarian ruler
Alyaksandr Lukashenka, citing her moral principles.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_has_a_duty_to_identify_books_with_‘bad
ideologies’,_leader_John_Lee_says_as_political_titles_purged_from
libraries⠀⇛
The Hong Kong government has a duty to identify books with “bad
ideologies,” Chief Executive John Lee has said at a Q&A session
at the legislature on Thursday, after hundreds of political
titles were purged from the city’s libraries.
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Supreme_Court_declines_to_address_Section_230_in_new
rulings⠀⇛
The U.S. Supreme Court didn’t discuss the question of whether
Section 230 should be reinterpreted in two closely anticipated
rulings it issued this morning. Section 230 is part of the
Communications Decency Act, a law that Congress enacted in
1996.
⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Supreme_Court_Decision_in_Gonzalez_Confirms_Section_230’s
Value_in_Promoting_Free_Expression⠀⇛
Court rules that there is no reason to consider the case further.
Congress should take note and focus their attention on addressing the
power of digital platforms.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Salman_Rushdie_attends_PEN_America_gala,_his
first_in-person_appearance_since_stabbing_last_summer⠀⇛
Last August, Rushdie was appearing at the Chautauqua
Institution, a nonprofit education and retreat center in
western New York, when he was assaulted by a young man dressed
in black and carrying a knife. Rushdie sustained multiple
wounds, leaving him blind in his right eye and struggling to
write.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Int’l_media_leaders_voice_support_for_detained
media_tycoon_Jimmy_Lai,_as_Hong_Kong_gov’t_condemns_petition⠀⇛
Over 100 international media leaders around the world have
expressed support for detained Hong Kong pro-democracy media
tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in a joint statement on Tuesday
organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ “Socialism_Is_the_Future”:_Inside_the_2023_YDSA
Conference⠀⇛
Last year, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade., ignoring
decades of precedent with the Dobbs v. Jackson Health
Organization decision. Republicans have used majorities in
statehouses to curtail civil rights and liberties for queer and
transgender communities. Tennessee Republicans were expelled
Democratic lawmakers for calling for gun control in the wake of
a school shooting in Nashville. Billionaire funded think tanks
have drafted legislation that could erase decades of child
labor law and protections.
* ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Sean_Penn_Derides_the_“Human_Obscenity”_of_AI_Amid
WGA_Strike⠀⇛
Film and TV screenwriters went on strike at the beginning of
this month. The WGA is seeking better pay, new contracts for
the streaming era, and safeguards against the use of AI-
generated scripted shows.
Sean Penn’s comments about AI echo those of Sting, who believes
AI is a battle every creative will have to fight “in the next
couple of years.” “The building blocks of music belong to us,
to human beings,” Sting told the BBC in an interview. “The
tools are useful, but we have to be driving them,” the singer
says of AI. “I don’t think we can allow the machines to just
take over. We have to be wary.”
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Case_Against_Casey_DeSantis._Really?⠀⇛
Apparently, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis uses they/them
pronouns.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘It’s_Still_an_Emergency’:_The_Vulnerability_of_Queer
Orthodox_Jews⠀⇛
Seeking help, L.G.B.T.Q. members of religious communities may
end up in conversion therapy without even realizing it.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ 8-year-old_migrant_dies_in_US_custody_following_expiration_of
Title_42⠀⇛
US border authorities confirmed Wednesday that an eight-year-
old girl died while in their custody along the US southern
border. Her death is the second reported incident of a child
dying in US custody since the lifting of Title 42, a Trump-era
immigration policy that has been widely criticized by human
rights groups.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Migrant_Housing_Plans_in_NYC_Are_Repeatedly_Met_With
Outrage⠀⇛
First the city tried hotels, then tents, then a cruise ship
terminal, then school gyms. As migrants have continued to cross
the border, the mayor pleaded on Wednesday for understanding —
and ideas.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Bosnian_Prison_Camp_Supervisor_Arrested_In_U.S.⠀⇛
Kemal Mrndzic, the former supervisor of the notorious Celebici
Bosnian prison camp where Serbs were held and tortured during
the bloody breakup of the former Yugoslavia, has been arrested
in Boston.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Uzbek_Man_Who_Killed_Eight_In_NYC_Terrorist_Attack_Gets_10_Life
Sentences_Plus_260_Years⠀⇛
An unrepentant and defiant Islamic extremist received 10 life
sentences and another 260 years in prison on May 17 for killing
eight people with a truck on a bike path in Manhattan.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Three_Jailed_Iranian_Protesters_Send_Plea_For_Help_Fearing
Their_Executions_Are_Imminent⠀⇛
Three jailed Iranian protesters who fear their execution is
imminent have appealed to the public for support in a
handwritten note saying, “Don’t let them kill us.”
* ⚓ RFA ☛ No_word_on_six_miners_missing_after_lift-cage_accident_at_Tibet
mine⠀⇛
Mining has increased dramatically on the Tibetan Plateau – and
with it pollution and degradation.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Rohingya_struggle_in_Myanmar_camps_devastated_by_cyclone⠀⇛
* ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Stanford_resident_physicians_unionized_a_year_ago._They
say_their_demands_still_aren’t_heard⠀⇛
One year after successful unionization efforts, Stanford
resident physicians held a unity break on Wednesday to demand
that the University offer a “fair” contract for better pay and
working conditions.
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Supreme_Court_Has_Decided_Not_to_Break_the
Internet—Yet⠀⇛
The two cases were called Google v. Gonzales and Twitter v.
Taamneh. Both cases were brought by the families of victims of
ISIS terrorist attacks who claimed that social media companies
(namely Twitter and the Google-owned YouTube) helped the group
carry out the attacks. Normally, Section 230 of the
Communications Decency Act of 1996 protects Internet companies
from liability for defamatory or illegal content posted on
their platforms. In the Google case, families argued that
YouTube’s algorithm actively promotes terrorist content to
users it thinks might be interested in such activity, and thus
the company should not be protected by Section 230. In the
Twitter case, families argued that a different law, the Justice
Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), allowed them to sue
Twitter for “aiding and abetting” terrorism and “providing
substantial assistance” to ISIS.
* ⚓ Variety ☛ Supreme_Court_Hands_Tech_Industry_Win_by_Leaving_Section_230
Internet_Shield_Law_in_Place⠀⇛
The decisions left untouched Section 230 of the 1996
Communications Decency Act. As currently interpreted, Section
230 grants [Internet] companies broad legal protections for
user-posted content on their services.
The two related cases, which had been appealed to the Supreme
Court, threatened to erode the protections of Section 230. In
the first case, Twitter v. Taamneh, plaintiffs claimed that
Twitter was liable for allegedly “aiding and abetting” an
attack in Istanbul by ISIS because Twitter failed to adequately
block or remove content promoting terrorism (even though
Twitter had no specific knowledge that any particular post
furthered a terrorist act). In its ruling, the Supreme Court
held that hosting, displaying and recommending videos, without
more, is not aiding and abetting terrorism. The court noted
that all content is sorted by algorithms and that using
content-agnostic recommendation algorithms is insufficient to
create liability.
* ⚓ Broadband Breakfast ☛ Supreme_Court_Sides_With_Google_and_Twitter,
Leaving_Section_230_Untouched⠀⇛
In Twitter v. Taamneh, the court ruled that Twitter could not
be held liable for abetting terrorism by hosting terrorist
content. The unanimous decision was written by Justice Clarence
Thomas, who had previously signaled interest in curtailing
liability protections for online platforms.
“Notably, the two justices who have been most critical of
Section 230 and internet platforms said nothing of the sort
here,” said Ari Cohn, free speech counsel at TechFreedom.
* ⚓ NPR ☛ Supreme_Court_unanimously_sides_with_Twitter_in_ISIS_attack
case⠀⇛
The U.S. Supreme Court handed social media companies a major
victory Thursday in the first test case involving the immunity
from lawsuits granted to [Internet] platforms for the content
they publish online.
In two separate cases, one against Twitter, the other against
Google, the families of people killed in terrorist bombing
attacks in Istanbul and Paris sued Twitter, Facebook, Google
and YouTube, claiming that the companies had violated the
federal Anti-Terrorism Act, which specifically allows civil
damage claims for aiding and abetting terrorism.
The families alleged that the companies did more than passively
provide platforms for communication. Rather, they contended
that by recommending ISIS videos to those who might be
interested, the internet platforms were seeking to get more
viewers and increase their ad revenue, even though they knew
that ISIS was using their services as a recruitment tool.
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Google’s_Plan_to_Delete_Inactive_Accounts_Shows_the
Internet_Isn’t_Forever⠀⇛
The company’s strategy of killing inactive accounts after two
years shows the real risk of having one account for everything
if the goal is to keep your content online forever.
* ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Econet_–_full_statement_on_power_failures_that_caused
network_challenges⠀⇛
We discussed that Econet’s recent outage was caused by multiple
power failures at their network operations centre. Here is
their full statement on what happened. We sincerely regret the
challenges that our customers experienced over the past week,
which were precipitated by power outages at our National
Operations Centre (NOC) in Harare.
* ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Applauds_FCC_Vote_To_Find_More
Spectrum_for_Digital_Inclusion⠀⇛
The FCC moves to potentially open 1000 MHz of spectrum to new
commercial uses.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Venture_predation⠀⇛
For monopolists and other predators, the Manne Seminar was an
excellent return on investment. After attending a Manne
Seminar, the average judge’s legal decisions tipped decidedly
in favor of monopoly, operating on the Chicago bedrock
assumption that monopolies are “efficient,” and, where we see
them in nature, we should celebrate them as the visible
manifestation of the entrepreneurial genius of some Ayn Rand
hero in a corporate boardroom: [...]
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Even as post-Chicago
economists showed that predatory pricing was both possible and
rampant, a “rational” and effective strategy for cornering
markets, suppressing competition, crushing innovation and
gouging on price, judges continued to craft tortuous,
unpassable tests that any predatory pricing case would have to
satisfy to proceed. Economics moved on, but predatory pricing
cases continued to fail the trial-by-ordeal constructed by
Chicago-pilled judges.
* ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Microsoft_to_let_Internet_Explorer_11_haunt_Windows
some_more⠀⇛
Microsoft hinted as much in February when it began pushing a
patch to disable IE 11 via a Microsoft Edge update. It exempted
the IE platform – IE11′s Trident/MSHTML browser engine, Web
Object Control (WebOC), and Component Object Model (COM)
automation – in order to permit the continuance of IE mode, a
way to render websites that depend on the legacy browser using
the IE platform. And that exemption is scheduled to last until
at least 2029.
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ European Commission ☛ Intellectual_[sic]_property_[sic]_–_revised
framework_for_compulsory_licensing_of_patents⠀⇛
EU countries currently regulate and implement the
framework for compulsory licensing of patents in the EU
using different, fragmented procedures. This means it is
not efficient enough to tackle EU-wide crises.
Also, the efficiency of the current EU procedure on
compulsory licensing of patents for export to countries
with public health problems (Regulation 816/2006) should
be examined.
This initiative aims to revise the framework so it is
adequately prepared & coordinated to tackle future
crises.
o ⚓ Information_on_UPC_CMS_capacity_and_availability [Ed: UPC is
illegal, but promoters of illegal agenda try to distract from it
with bogus little niggles such as "CMS capacity and
availability"]⠀⇛
* § Copyrights/Music⠀➾
o ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Memories_and_media:_Remembering_loved_ones_through
art⠀⇛
My sister does this thing where she creates playlists for
every season of her life.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Battle_Over_Lisa_Marie_Presley’s_Estate
Resolved_—_“There_Was_Never_Any_Lawsuit”⠀⇛
Following the death of Elvis’ only daughter, Lisa Marie
Presley, a dispute ensued over control of the family
trust. Now that “dispute” has been resolved. Priscilla
Presley and her granddaughter Riley Keough reached a
settlement over the control of the family trust.
o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Piracy_Bots_Channels_Are_Rampant_on_Telegram,_But
For_How_Long?⠀⇛
Telegram is an essential communication tool for millions
of people. For some, it’s a source of the latest piracy
releases too, with channels reaching hundreds of
thousands of pirates each. Chasing Telegram pirates
remains a cat-and-mouse game but behind the scenes,
progress is being made.
o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Anti-Piracy_Program_Accused_of_Violating
Citizens’_Fundamental_Rights⠀⇛
Since 2010, France has monitored and stored data on
millions of internet users as part of anti-piracy scheme
featuring warning letters, fines, and ISP disconnections.
Europe’s highest court will soon decide whether the
program is permissible under EU law. Digital rights
groups insist that as a general surveillance and data
retention scheme, it violates fundamental rights.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printing_Blueprints_And_Other_Wall_Art⠀⇛
Today if you want to reproduce a big schematic or a
mechanical drawing, you just ask it to print or plot from
the CAD model. But back in the day, you drew on big
sheets at a drafting table. How do you make copies? Sure,
there were a few large-format copiers, but they were
expensive. A more common method was to use a heliographic
copier which, often but not always, resulted in a
blueprint — that is a blue page with white lines or vice
versa. These days, you are more likely to see a blueprint
as an artistic wall hanging, and since [Basement
Creations] wanted some, he figured out how to make them
with a 3D printer.
o ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Andy_Warhol_Ruling_Limits_Fair_Use_for
Copyrighted_Images,_With_Far-Reaching_Hollywood_Implications⠀⇛
After Prince died in 2016, Vanity Fair’s parent company
Condé Nast ran an image from the series on the cover. It
paid the Andy Warhol Foundation, which assumed ownership
of the series, $10,250. Goldsmith got nothing. When she
claimed that the work infringed on her copyright and
asked for compensation, the foundation sued her seeking a
court declaration that the work is protected by fair use.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Early_Computer_Art_From_The_1950s_And_1960s⠀⇛
Modern day computer artist, [Amy Goodchild] surveys a
history of Early Computer Art from the 1950s and 1960s.
With so much attention presently focused on AI-generated
artwork, we should remember that computers have been used
to created art for many decades.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Building_A_Breath-Controlled_MIDI_Device⠀⇛
When we think of MIDI devices, we typically jump straight
to drum machines, rack synths, and keyboard controllers.
However, there’s nothing saying you can’t build your own
MIDI controllers that use the magic of breath to do their
musical duty. That’s precisely what [Xavier Dumont] did
with this unique 3D printed build.
o ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Altered_Reality:_AI_Generated_Images⠀⇛
We’ve all most likely heard at least one of the above
common sayings in describing images or pictures, if not
all of them. And, until just very recently, there was a
high level of “truth” in those sayings. But now, that
line between what’s real and what’s not real has been
blurred beyond distinction, blurring our perception of
what is real and what is “Memorex.”
o ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ How_We_Think_About_Copyright_&_AI_Art⠀⇛
Artists are understandably concerned about the
possibility that automatic image generators like Stable
Diffusion will undercut the market for their work. We
live in a society that does not support people who are
automated out of a job, and being a visual artist is an
already precarious career.
o ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ AI_Art_Generators_&_The_Online_Image
Market⠀⇛
Now that computer-generated imaging is accessible to
anyone with a weird idea and an internet connection, the
creation of “AI art” is raising questions—and lawsuits.
The key questions seem to be 1) how does it actually
work, 2) what work can it replace, and 3) how can the
labor of artists be respected through this change?
o ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ ICYMI:_Musk,_Tech_Leaders_Call_For_AI
“Pause”⠀⇛
A portion of the Twitter site’s source code was posted on
GitHub shortly after widespread layoffs at Twitter,
according to an article on TechRepublic. Twitter has
taken down a GitHub listing in which a significant amount
of the social media site’s source code was leaked,
according to a legal finding on March 24, 2023 acquired
by The New York Times. The leaked code appeared to have
been available on GitHub for several months before
Twitter sent a copyright infringement takedown. It
included “proprietary source code for Twitter’s platform
and internal tools,” according to the filing. The code is
no longer available on GitHub since that time. Meanwhile,
one week earlier, on March 17, 2023, Musk tweeted that
all code used to recommend tweets would be open sourced
on March 31.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Server
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra
o Programming/Development
# Python
* Leftovers
o Science
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Linux_Foundation
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Google_ChromeOS⠀⇛
ChromeOS is Google’s cloud-connected desktop
operating system (OS). This web-app-focused OS
powers mostly inexpensive Chromebooks—low-cost
laptops for people with basic computing needs.
Because it runs on affordably priced laptops and is
easy to use with tie-ins to Google’s online
productivity apps, ChromeOS is excellent for
students and casual computer users. ChromeOS’s
Android app compatibility has given the OS new life
and access to millions of new software choices, and
the support for those apps is improving. It doesn’t
have the power of Windows or macOS, but not
everyone needs that power. For the right user,
ChromeOS is a strong choice.
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ Allianz_ditches_mainframe_for_scale_and_innovation_|_CIO⠀⇛
Germany’s largest insurer has jettisoned its
mainframes in favor of Linux for its core
applications and petabyte database. Allianz
Technology CTO Axel Schell and team lead Sebastian
Pongratz explain how ‘one of the riskiest and most
difficult projects‘ of their careers came together.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ GStreamer:_GStreamer_1.22.3_stable_bug_fix_release⠀⇛
The GStreamer team is pleased to announce the
second bug fix release in the stable 1.22 release
series of your favourite cross-platform multimedia
framework! This release only contains bugfixes and
it should be safe to update from 1.22.x.
Highlighted bugfixes:
# avdec: fix occasional video decoder deadlock
on seeking with FFmpeg 6.0
# decodebin3: fix regression handling input
streams without CAPS or TIME segment such as
e.g. udpsrc or pushfilesrc
# bluez: a2dpsink: fix Bluetooth SIG
Certification test failures
# osxvideosink: fix deadlock upon closing
output window
# qtdemux: fix edit list handling regression
and AV1 codec box parsing
# qtmux: fix extraction of CEA608 closed
caption data from S334-1A packets
# rtspsrc: Fix handling of * control path
# splitmux: timestamp handling improvements
# v4l2videodec: Rework dynamic resolution
change handling (needed for IMX6 mainline
codec)
# videoflip: fix regression with automatically
rotating video based on tags
# d3d11: many d3d11videosink and
d3d11compositor fixes
# webrtc, rtp: numerous data race fixes and
stability fixes
# cerbero: Add support for RHEL9 and Rocky
Linux; build timecodestamper plugin with
libltc support
# various bug fixes, memory leak fixes, and
other stability and reliability improvements
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Want_to_Hide_the_Top_Bar_in_Ubuntu?_Here’s
How⠀⇛
Want to hide the top bar in Ubuntu when a window is
placed near it? With a nifty GNOME extension you
can! It works like this: Simple, huh? Ubuntu makes
it easy to auto-hide the Ubuntu dock (the icon bar
that sits on the left-hand side of the screen by
default) out-of-the-box. You just open the Settings
app, go to the Ubuntu Desktop section, and flick a
switch.
# ⚓ Boot_Ubuntu_Server_22.04_LTS_from_USB_SSD_on_Raspberry_Pi
4⠀⇛
This is a guide for configuring Raspberry Pi4 to
boot Ubuntu from external USB SSD drive instead of
SD card. SSD drives are much faster than SD cards,
more reliable and now lower cost than SD cards for
larger memory sizes.Instructions for Ubuntu server
22.04 LTS are provided.
# ⚓ Migrate_Plex_Server_–_Ubuntu⠀⇛
To migrate your Plex server to a new Ubuntu server,
you can follow these steps: 1. Set up the new
Ubuntu server: Install Ubuntu on the new server and
ensure that it is up to date with the latest
updates and packages.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Change_the_Default_Screen_Resolution_in
Ubuntu:_A_Step-by-Step_Guide⠀⇛
Ubuntu, a popular open-source operating system
based on Debian, offers a variety of customization
options to suit your needs. One of these is the
ability to change your screen’s resolution. The
screen resolution determines how much information
can be displayed on your screen.
# ⚓ EasyGUI_Python_library_Installation_on_Ubuntu_with
example⠀⇛
EasyGUI is another library of Python that helps the
developer to create simple GUI (Graphical User
Interface) windows and dialogs with ease. It offers
an intuitive and straightforward way to create
interactive applications without complex code.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_tree⠀⇛
This article spotlights alternative tools to tree,
a utility that lists the contents of directories in
a tree-like format.
# ⚓ Can’t_Open_Terminal_in_Ubuntu:_How_to_Fix⠀⇛
The Terminal app in Ubuntu is a text-based method
of controlling your Linux machine. Terminal gets
its name from the days before personal computers,
when a ‘dumb terminal’ would be connected to a
mainframe computer to allow you to enter commands.
The Terminal app on your Linux computer is actually
a terminal emulator, allowing you the same ability
to pass commands to your computer.
# ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Install_zsh_and_Oh_My_Zsh_on_Linux_|
Beebom⠀⇛
While working with Linux, you must have heard of
some strange names like bash, zsh, csh, etc., but
never got to know about them. So you head over to
the internet to read about the various shells in
Linux. On Unix and Linux-based systems, the default
shell that ships with the systems is bash, but zsh
catches your attention right away. zsh is a
customizable Linux shell that supports plugins and
helps increase your productivity vastly. In this
article, we will explain what is zsh and how to
customize it using Oh My Zsh in Linux.
# ⚓ Network World ☛ How_to_quickly_make_minor_changes_to
complex_Linux_commands_|_Network_World⠀⇛
Linux provides a number of easy ways to move back
and forth on the command line, make minor changes,
and execute the altered command.
# ⚓ TechSpot ☛ “BugCheck2Linux”_lets_you_run_Linux_after
Windows_goes_BSOD⠀⇛
WTF?! Someone designed an experimental tool that
can run a program or even a tiny operating system
after a Windows crash. It has many limitations, but
the ability to keep working on a PC even after a
BSOD might come in handy in many situations.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Street_Fighter_6_Proton_update_brings_fixes_for_Steam_Deck
–_Linux_–_Dexerto⠀⇛
A new update to Proton has brought a few fixes for
particular games, with Street Fighter 6 getting a
key update before the game’s launch next month.
With just mere weeks away from launching across
every platform, developers are ensuring just about
every aspect is perfect before Street Fighter 6
launches on June 2. This includes the developers
over at Valve, who have worked to ensure that a
massive bug was squashed in a new Proton
Experimental update.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ SUSE_Attains_Dell_Technologies’
Telecom_Certification⠀⇛
SUSE, a global leader in innovative open-source
software solutions, has achieved a significant
milestone by receiving Telcom Certification from
Dell Technologies. This certification reinforces
the strength of the longstanding partnership
between SUSE and Dell Technologies, showcasing
their joint commitment to delivering cutting-edge
solutions for the telecommunications industry.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu_on_VisionFive_2_RISC-V_single_board_computer⠀⇛
VisionFive 2 is the world’s first high-performance
RISC-V single board computer (SBC) with an
integrated GPU. Compared with its last generation,
VisionFive 2 has been fully upgraded with
significant improvements in the processor work
frequency, multimedia processing capabilities and
scalability. Its superior performance and
reasonable price make VisionFive 2 the leading
affordable RISC-V development board to date.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ The_Emotion_Aid_is_a_wearable_device_that
communicates_its_user’s_emotions⠀⇛
Many people (especially those with autism spectrum
disorder) have difficulty communicating with others
around them. That is always a challenge, but
becomes particularly noticeable when one cannot
convey their emotions through body language.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ Firefox_Nightly:_A_Bountiful_Blend_of_Browser
Betterments_–_These_Weeks_in_Firefox:_Issue_138⠀⇛
§ Highlights
o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾
# ⚓ Attracting_New_Contributors:_TDF’s_Annual_Report_2022⠀⇛
Bringing new community members on board and helping
them get started is an essential part of our work.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ [Older] Software_Development_Ethics⠀⇛
Computers can do great things for people, but like
any other tool, they can also be used for evil.
So we, as software developers, need an ethical
code.
Basically, it is a commitment that we will not
build evil things for evil people. That is, when we
sit down to build some software, we always do so
with ethical standards. If someone asks us to
violate those standards, we refuse or we walk away.
For this to work, the ethics have to be simple and
clear.
First, no matter how many instructions are executed
for any type of automation, the code must always be
triggered by humans. Not someone, or anyone, but
the actual people involved.
# ⚓ [Older] Pulumi ☛ Read_Every_Single_Error⠀⇛
At Pulumi we read every single error message that
our API produces. This is the primary mechanism
that led to a 17x YoY reduction in our error rate.
You’re probably wondering how reading error
messages make them go away.
# ⚓ [Older] Mark Seeman ☛ On_trust_in_software_development⠀⇛
On the surface, the trust framing seems to be about
belonging, or its opposite, exclusion. It implies
that if you don’t trust your co-workers, you
suspect them of malign intent. Organisational
dysfunction, it follows, is a Hobbesian state of
nature where everyone is out for themselves: Expect
your colleague to be a back-stabbing liar out to
get you.
# ⚓ [Older] Pablo Meier ☛ “Boring”_is_just_one_strategy⠀⇛
With all that said, I think we should challenge
these from time to time. I sincerely like “boring”:
these are prudent approaches to risks many tech
companies, especially in the late aughts, run into.
My main challenge to this is that these are about
risk management and avoiding the floor, rather than
reaching for (or breaking) a ceiling. “Boring” is a
good strategy if you think the bigger existential
risk for your company is that Product & Engineering
will flop around, enamored with their cleverness,
and fail to ship a reliable product on a reliable
schedule. But if you’re more afraid of the business
risks of shipping average product, at an average
cadence, over the course of years, you should
consider deviating, at least sometimes, from the
playbook whose entire definition is “optimized for
safety.”
# ⚓ Andy Dote ☛ Expand_Contract_for_Databases_and_Services_|
Andy_Dote⠀⇛
I haven’t seen Expand-Contract written about in
some years, and I think it is a great way of
performing database schema migrations without the
need for application downtime. I also realised that
it also applies to microservices and service-to-
service communication in general.
# ⚓ Stack Overflow ☛ You_should_be_reading_academic_computer
science_papers_–_Stack_Overflow_Blog⠀⇛
As working programmers, you need to keep learning
all the time. You check out tutorials,
documentation, Stack Overflow questions, anything
you can find that will help you write code and keep
your skills current. But how often do you find
yourself digging into academic computer science
papers to improve your programming chops?
While the tutorials can help you write code right
now, it’s the academic papers that can help you
understand where programming came from and where
it’s going. Every programming feature, from the
null pointer (aka the billion dollar mistake) to
objects (via Smalltalk) has been built on a
foundation of research that stretches back to the
1960s (and earlier). Future innovations will be
built on the research of today.
# ⚓ Introducing_DevPod_–_Codespaces_but_Open_Source⠀⇛
If you have used Codespaces before, you know how
powerful an automated development environment can
be. The downside of CodeSpaces is that you can’t
control everything and run your development
environment anywhere you want. Have you ever
thought – what if I had complete control and could
do this on my cloud provider or locally, and what
if the tool was Open Source?
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ PyPI_new_user_and_new_project_registrations
temporarily_suspended.⠀⇛
Identified – New user and new project name
registration on PyPI is temporarily
suspended. The volume of malicious users and
malicious projects being created on the index
in the past week has outpaced our ability to
respond to it in a timely fashion, especially
with multiple PyPI administrators on leave.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ PyPI_suspends_new_user/project_registrations_
[LWN.net]⠀⇛
The PyPI Python module repository has
temporarily suspended acceptance of new users
and project names.
# ⚓ Real_Multithreading_is_Coming_to_Python_–_Learn_How
You_Can_Use_It_Now_|_Martin_Heinz_|_Personal_Website_&
Blog⠀⇛
Python is 32 years old language, yet it still
doesn’t have proper, true parallelism/
concurrency.
# ⚓ Properties_|_Pydon’t_🐍_|_Mathspp⠀⇛
Learn how to use properties to add dynamic
behaviour to your attributes.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ An_Intimate,_Lived-In_Début_Feature_from_Cambodia⠀⇛
Kavich Neang’s “White Building” dramatizes private lives
and public conflicts in contemporary Phnom Penh.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Earthquake_of_magnitude_7.1_strikes_near_New
Caledonia⠀⇛
The earthquake hit at a depth of about 36km.
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Confessions_of_a_rapid-fire_texter⠀⇛
Group texts may help families and friends stay in touch,
but sometimes the ability to respond instantly poses its
own problems, our essayist writes.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Largest_‘Marsquake’_Ever_Recorded_Might
Shake_Up_The_Mystery_of_Mars’s_Crust⠀⇛
It’s thick.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Ancient_Humans_in_Europe_Started
Controlling_Fire_Far,_Far_Earlier_Than_We_Thought⠀⇛
So lit.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Major_Hypothesis_on_How_The_Continents
Rose_Up_Was_Just_Struck_Down⠀⇛
Snakes and ladders.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Laird_RM126x_LoRaWAN_modules_and_development
kits_feature_Silicon_Labs_EFR32_MCU,_support_P2P
communication⠀⇛
Laird Connectivity has launched the RM126x series
of ultra-low power LoRaWAN modules with the RM1261
based on SX1261 RF transceiver compliant with
regulations in Europe, UK, Taiwan, Japan, India,
and other countries, and the RM1262 based on
Semtech SX1262 for USA, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, etc. The RM126x modules partially achieve
their low power consumption through the use of a
Silicon Labs EFR32 series microcontroller, and
should be integrated into products for industrial,
agriculture and forestry, smart cities, utilities
monitoring, transportation, logistics, supply
chain, healthcare monitoring, and retail.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Intel_NUC_13_Rugged_“Bravo_Canyon”_fanless
Alder_Lake-N_mini_PC_is_designed_for_24/7_operation⠀⇛
The Intel NUC 13 Rugged, codenamed Bravo Canyon, is
an upcoming fanless and dust-resistant mini PC
powered by an Alder Lake-N processor and designed
for 24/7 operation suitable for business and
industrial applications, albeit just in a 0°C to
40°C or 50°C temperature range.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ NXP_S32K344_evaluation_board_for_mobile
robots_offers_one_100BaseT1,_six_CAN-FD_interfaces⠀⇛
MR-CANHUBK344 is an evaluation board based on NXP
S32K344 Arm Cortex-M7 automotive general-purpose
microcontroller designed for mobile robotics
applications such as autonomous mobile robots (AMR)
and automated guided vehicles (AGV) with a
100baseT1 Ethernet interface and six CAN-FD ports.
The six CAN bus connectors come in three pairs of
CAN-FD, CAN-SIC (signal improvement), and CAN-SCP
(secure) interfaces using NXP chips.
# ⚓ Databases ☛ The_Great_CPU_Stagnation⠀⇛
For at least five decades, Moore’s law consistently
delivered increasing numbers of transistors.
Equally significant, Dennard scaling led to each
transistor using less energy, enabling higher clock
frequencies. This was great, as higher clock
frequencies enhanced existing software performance
automatically, without necessitating any code
rewrite. However, around 2005, Dennard scaling
began to falter, and clock frequencies have largely
plateaued since then.
# ⚓ WCCF Tech ☛ Intel_NUC_13_Rugged_Mini_PCs_With_Alder_Lake-
N_CPUs_Spotted:_Passive_Designs_In_6-12W_TDPs,_Competitive
Pricing⠀⇛
The PC will come with Windows 10 IOT Enterprise
LTSC, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 9 operating systems support.
# ⚓ DeckHD:_Waitlist_open_for_upgraded_Steam_Deck_screen_at_$99
–_Dexerto⠀⇛
FX Technology has opened a waitlist for its 1200p
resolution screen for the Steam Deck, DeckHD. As
well as better resolution, it also offers a few
other upgrades.
The Steam Deck has been a massive boon for
tinkerers and those wanting to push the hardware in
new, weird directions. Even the Ukrainian army has
taken to it for controlling a turret.
However, screen replacements are far and few
between. iFixit has kits for such a purpose, but
the DeckHD will be the first screen to offer a DIY
upgrade to the Steam Deck’s panel.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ More_than_100_killed_as_herders,_farmers_clash
in_central_Nigeria⠀⇛
More than 100 people in central Nigeria have died
in several days of intercommunal violence that have
destroyed hundreds of homes and caused thousands to
flee, local officials said on Friday.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ US_CDC_issues_alert_over_fungal
meningitis_outbreak_in_Tamaulipas⠀⇛
The CDC advised anyone who underwent a procedure
involving a spinal block in Matamoros since Jan. 1
to monitor for meningitis symptoms.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Lawmakers_split_nursing
requirements_from_larger_health_bill,_exempt_Mayo_Clinic⠀⇛
A source said there are indications that another
bill opposed by Mayo — a proposed Health Care
Affordability Board — is dead for this session.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Judge_Orders_Washington_AG’s
Office,_DSHS_to_Pay_More_for_Evidence_Withholding⠀⇛
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s
office and the Department of Social and Health
Services have been ordered to pay more than
$122,000 in attorney’s fees for withholding
evidence in a continuing lawsuit
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Obesity_Drug_Brings_Heart_Health
Benefit_Alongside_Weight_Loss_–_Study⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 4th_Death,_More_Vision_Loss
Cases_Linked_to_Tainted_Eyedrops⠀⇛
U.S. health officials are reporting another death
and several more cases of vision loss linked to
eyedrops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Experts:_Finnish_healthcare_two-tiered⠀⇛
A division in the quality and accessibility of
social and medical services is creating a two-
tiered system, according to several major
institutes.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Fast Company ☛ Researcher_Meredith_Whittaker_says_AI’s
biggest_risk_isn’t_‘consciousness’—it’s_the_corporations_that
control_them⠀⇛
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, a 75-year-old computer
scientist known as “the Godfather of AI,” has made
waves this week after resigning from Google to warn
that AI could soon surpass humans in intelligence
and learn how to destroy humanity on its own.
o § Linux Foundation⠀➾
# ⚓ Terragraph,_Evenstar_software_moves_over_to_the_Linux
Foundation⠀⇛
The Linux Foundation launched a new open-source
project that brings together Meta’s Terragraph and
some software from Meta’s Evenstar under a new
project umbrella called “LF Connectivity.”
Meta’s Terragraph is a fixed wireless access (FWA)
service that delivers multi-gigabit-speed data
using 60 GHz unlicensed millimeter wave spectrum.
Terragraph works by using its transmitters, which
are typically deployed on street-lights or
rooftops, to create a distributed network. It can
extend a fiber network wirelessly through these
nodes to provide last mile connectivity.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Revealed:_the_traps_antivirus_companies_use_to
get_you_to_overpay [Ed: Just don't use Windows. With Windows,
you overpay.]⠀⇛
Make sure you don’t get caught out with antivirus
software – Which? explains the hidden traps that
could cost you hundreds of pounds
# ⚓ InfoQ ☛ Learning_eBPF_for_Better_Observability⠀⇛
This article shares insights into learning eBPF as
a new cloud-native technology which aims to improve
Observability and Security workflows. The entry
barriers can feel huge, and the steps to using eBPF
tools to help debug in production can be many.
Learn how to practice using the tools, and dive
into your own development. Iterate on your
knowledge step-by-step, and follow-up with more
advanced use cases later. Lastly, we will discuss
ways to automated development in CI/CD and its
challenges.
# ⚓ San Diego ☛ San_Diego_Unified_students’_medical_data
compromised_in_October_cybersecurity_breach,_school_district
says⠀⇛
An October data breach of San Diego Unified School
District’s network involved students’ medical
information, the district told families in a letter
sent this month.
Dennis Monahan, executive director of risk services
for the district, said an investigation into the
breach has revealed that the names and medical
information of students were compromised.
Staff and students were issued new passwords.
# ⚓ National Law Review US ☛ Client_Update:_Pennsylvania_Breach
of_Personal_Information_Notification_Act_(BPINA)⠀⇛
In December 2005, Pennsylvania enacted the Breach
of Personal Information Notification Act (the “2005
BPINA”). Known as the 2005 BPINA Act, its purpose
is to provide “for security of computerized data
and for the notification of residents whose
personal information data was or may have been
disclosed due to a breach of the security of the
system.”
# ⚓ Wired ☛ The_Underground_History_of_Russia’s_Most_Ingenious
Hacker_Group [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
Ask western cybersecurity intelligence analysts who
their “favorite” group of foreign state-sponsored
hackers is—the adversary they can’t help but
grudgingly admire and obsessively study—and most
won’t name any of the multitudes of hacking groups
working on behalf of China or North Korea. Not
China’s APT41, with its brazen sprees of supply
chain attacks, nor the North Korean Lazarus hackers
who pull off massive cryptocurrency heists. Most
won’t even point to Russia’s notorious Sandworm
hacker group, despite the military unit’s
unprecedented blackout cyberattacks against power
grids or destructive self-replicating code.
Instead, connoisseurs of computer intrusion tend to
name a far more subtle team of cyberspies that, in
various forms, has silently penetrated networks
across the West for far longer than any other: a
group known as Turla.
# ⚓ Cybersecurity_attack_against_Amazon-owned_online_pharmacy
PillPack_exposed_user_health_data⠀⇛
Amazon-owned PillPack reported a cybersecurity
attack affecting the accounts of nearly 20,000
customers.
An unauthorized person used customer emails and
passwords to log into PillPack customer accounts,
over 3,000 of which contained prescription
information. Social Security numbers and payment
information were not involved in the attack,
according to the online pharmacy.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Norton_Healthcare_update_on_cyberattack⠀⇛
Norton Healthcare has six hospitals in Kentucky and
one in Indiana. Since May 9, they have been working
on recovering from a cyberattack. They don’t call
it a ransomware attack but if they received faxed
threats and demands as they state in their update,
it was likely either a ransomware attack or someone
skipped the malware and just exfiltrated data and
then made extortion demands.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Peachtree_Orthopedics_alerts_patients_to
cyberattack;_third_patient_data_breach_in_seven_years⠀⇛
Karakurt threat actors recently added Peachtree
Orthopedics in Atlanta (Peachtree Orthopaedic
Clinic, P.A.) to their leak site. As often seems to
be the case with Karakurt listings, the date on
Karakurt’s post is somewhat confusing, and they
make inconsistent claims about how much data they
stole. In the screencap below, the date May 17
appears with “181 GB DATA” in red. In the post
itself, which first appeared on or about May 12,
they claim to have 194 GB of data, none of which
has been leaked.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Amsterdam_court_hears_case_against_alleged
hacker,_“DataBox”⠀⇛
DataBreaches previously reported that Dutch police
arrested a 25-year-old man from Almere in November
of 2022. Erkan S., known as “DataBox” on
RaidForums, has been in custody since then. He was
charged with dumping the GIS (Gebühren Info Service
GmbH) data of nine million Austrians and listing it
for sale on RaidForums in May 2020. But that wasn’t
his only listing.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Prosecutor_and_Vastaamo_CEO_both_appeal_court’s
verdict⠀⇛
The Helsinki District Court sentenced the
psychotherapy firm’s CEO to a 3-month
suspended prison sentence for a data
protection offence.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_police_call_for_surveillance_cameras
in_classrooms⠀⇛
Teachers say the proposed measures are
disproportionate and spark fears over future
political monitoring
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ FBI_Misused_Intelligence
Database_in_278,000_Searches,_Court_Says⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ F.B.I._Violated_Surveillance_Program
Rules,_Court_Ruling_Says⠀⇛
The bureau made changes after the newly
revealed violations of rules for querying
messages intercepted under an expiring
warrantless surveillance law.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ What_does_self-defense_mean_in_US?_Subway
killing_shows_divide.⠀⇛
The killing of Jordan Neely in a New York subway
has revealed a chasm between stand-your-ground
states and states like New York with a legal duty
to retreat.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s_growing_nuclear_arsenal_a
‘concern_for_global_stability,’_G7_leaders_say⠀⇛
China’s rapidly growing nuclear arsenal is a
“concern to global and regional stability”, Group
of Seven leaders said Friday after talks on nuclear
disarmament in the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Philippines_test-fires_new_missile_decoys_in_South
China_Sea⠀⇛
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was on hand to watch
the firing of the “Bullfighter.”
# ⚓ RFA ☛ British_government_under_fire_for_backing_away_from
tough_China_stance⠀⇛
A U.S. congressional delegation warns of ‘global
aggression’ from Beijing amid concerns over
Confucius Institutes
# ⚓ RFA ☛ At_Central_Asia_Summit,_Beijing_seals_trade_and
investment_deals_with_5_nations⠀⇛
But China’s repression of Uyghurs is ignored,
rights groups say.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Experts_react:_Assad_gets_warm_reception
at_Arab_summit._Where_does_that_leave_the_US_and_its
allies?⠀⇛
Atlantic Council experts react to Syrian dictator
Bashar al-Assad’s attendance at the Arab League
summit in Jeddah and explain its significance
below.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Can_Arab_League_states_‘get_something’
for_readmitting_Assad?⠀⇛
Pre-summit conversations centered around three
issues: the return of refugees, countering
narcotics, and the reestablishing the state
authority and institutions in Syria.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rockets_Sent_Israelis_Running_From_the
Beach._A_Rare_Seal_Brought_Them_Back.⠀⇛
The incongruous arrival of a large and endangered
monk seal has distracted Israelis from a period of
violence and political unrest.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Video_Shows_Greece_Abandoning_Migrants_at
Sea⠀⇛
Video evidence shows asylum seekers, among them
young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and
abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Assad_gets_warm_welcome_at_Arab_League_summit
after_years_of_isolation⠀⇛
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was given a warm
welcome at an Arab summit on Friday, winning a hug
from Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince at a meeting of
leaders who had shunned him for years, in a policy
shift opposed by the U.S. and other Western powers.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Syrian_President_Present_at_the_Arab_League
Summit_Opening⠀⇛
After receiving the presidency of the Arab League,
the Saudi crown prince welcomed Syria’s return to
the League.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Syria’s_Assad_Rejoins_Arab_League_for
First_Time_in_13_Years⠀⇛
President Bashar al-Assad was shunned over
atrocities committed in Syria’s civil war, but on
Friday he is expected to join an annual summit of
Arab leaders for the first time in 13 years.
# ⚓ Tele_1_TV’s_editor-in-chief_gives_statement_for_sharing
claim_of_plan_to_assassinate_Kılıçdaroğlu⠀⇛
Merdan Yanardağ had shared in a post the claim that
a group entered from Georgia to Turkey to
assassinate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on May 12.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ North_Korea_prepares_to_launch_new_spy_satellite,
state_media_reports⠀⇛
Experts say the launch site will be ready in June
or July.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ 1923:_Germany_Seizes_French_Plane⠀⇛
Paris claimed a violation of the Treaty of
Versailles after the German authorities impounded
an aircraft that been forced to land outside
Nuremberg because of engine trouble.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_People_Executed_In_Iran_in_Monthslong
Protest_Crackdown⠀⇛
The three executions added to the number of
Iranians who have been hanged in a crackdown over
protests last fall.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Pays_Silent_Tribute_to_Victims_of
Hiroshima_Bomb⠀⇛
The president joined other leaders in laying
wreaths at a memorial to the first wartime use of a
nuclear weapon, amid growing fears that one could
be used again.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Search_for_4_kids_missing_after
deadly_Amazon_plane_crash_leaves_Colombia_on_edge⠀⇛
Colombians are on edge as authorities search for
four Indigenous children who were on a small plane
that crashed in the the Amazon jungle this month
but have not been found. The three adults aboard
died. The crash happened May 1 and soldiers on
Tuesday found the wreckage and the bodies of the
pilot, an adult guide and the children’s mother.
But there were no signs of the youngsters, who are
ages 13, 9, 4 and 11 months. Colombian President
Gustavo Petro took to Twitter to announce that the
four children had been found alive but he deleted
the tweet and acknowledged that the children had in
fact not been found.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘War_is_not_an_option,’_says_Taiwan
President_Tsai_amid_China_tensions⠀⇛
She said Taiwan is in discussions with Washington
on sending US$500 million worth of weapons aid to
the island.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ ‘War_Is_Not_an_Option’,_Taiwan
President_Says_Amid_China_Tensions⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ White_House_Says_G7_Will_Align
on_Shared_‘De-Risk,_Not_Decouple’_Approach_to_China⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ G7_Aims_to_Rein_in_Risks_From
China,_Awaits_Zelenskiy⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ White_House_says_G-7_will_align_on
shared_‘de-risk,_not_decouple’_approach_to_China⠀⇛
Mr Sullivan said nothing in the G-7 joint statement
should come as a surprise to China.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Liz_Truss,_Britain’s_Briefest_Prime
Minister,_Meets_Taiwan’s_Leader⠀⇛
Liz Truss, the former British prime minister, met
Taiwan’s leader, who has sought to push back
against China’s efforts to isolate the island
democracy.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_opposes_G-20_meeting_in_Indian-
ruled_Kashmir_and_will_skip_it⠀⇛
Ties between New Delhi and Beijing have been
strained since a clash in Ladakh in 2020 in which
24 soldiers were killed.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Over_1,000_now_face_charges_in_connection_to_Jan._6
riots⠀⇛
In the 28 months since a mob of Trump supporters
breached_the_Capitol, more than 1,030 people have
been charged in connection to the insurrection and
around 570 have pleaded guilty, the Department of
Justice said this week.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Oil_billionaire_Mukesh_Ambani_and_famed_activist
Sunita_Narain_are_both_on_the_COP28_board⠀⇛
The UAE has appointed 31 people to the advisory
board for the upcoming COP28 climate summit. The
group represents a mix of former executives of oil
companies, climate campaigners, energy experts, and
corporate leaders such as BlackRock’s CEO Larry
Fink and Siemens’s supervisory board chairman Joe
Kaeser.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Floods_in_Northern_Italy_Kill_at_Least
14⠀⇛
At least 14 people died and thousands were left
homeless after some areas received half their
annual rainfall in 36 hours in a region that had
only recently finished rebuilding after a 2012
earthquake.
# ⚓ Daily Maverick ☛ Why_mining_is_an_insult_to_the_young
people_of_Limpopo_–_Venda_environmentalist⠀⇛
I am Adivhaho Nengwekhulu, and I am from Thengwe
Muledzhi. The place I stay in is full of life. In
our village, we have beautiful indigenous plants
and animals and natural resources. Limpopo, at
large, has lots of natural resources and the whole
Vhembe Biosphere is so full of life. We have got so
many trees, such as the baobab and marula. Here in
Limpopo, the marula trees make so many seedlings
that spread all over. Just like the baobab.
I don’t think other places have so many trees and
natural resources like in Limpopo. Limpopo is my
favourite place in the world.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ CYBER:_Crime_and_Crypto_with_Cory
Doctorow⠀⇛
Talking with author Cory Doctorow about his
new book: ‘Red Team Blues’
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Could_‘unreliable’_be_the_new
normal_for_energy_users?⠀⇛
Another couple of lucky winters should see
Australia through the exit of coal-fired
power without blackouts. But we may be
fooling ourselves that the electricity grid
can cope, Joshua Stabler, managing director
of system specialists Energy Edge, warns.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Gas_code_of_conduct_in_June_to
enforce_fair_prices⠀⇛
A gas code of conduct by June will enforce
fair prices and support a reliable power
supply, energy ministers say. Price relief
and energy reliability were front of mind at
the meeting of Australia’s energy ministers
in Alice Springs on Friday.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 9_EU_States_to_Work_on_Mediterranean_Green
Energy_Hub⠀⇛
“…The alliance will prioritize the
advancement of offshore renewable energy
sources…”
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_watchdog_looks_into_possible
electricity_price_manipulation_by_Vattenfall⠀⇛
The Finnish Energy Authority is investigating
whether the Swedish energy giant tried to
artificially raise the market price of
electricity last year. The company says its
actions occurred by mistake.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Oil_to_Renewables:_Hawaii
Utility_Aims_to_Transform_85-Year-Old_Power_Plant⠀⇛
Hawaii’s largest electric utility aims to
transform an 85-year-old oil-fired power
plant into one that will run on renewable
energy
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ California_Governor_Seeks
to_Speed_up_Water,_Clean_Energy_Projects_Delayed_by
Lawsuits,_Permits⠀⇛
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pledged to
fast-track hundreds of billions of dollars’
worth of construction projects throughout the
state
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Pedal_power:_Global_cities_expand_bike
lanes_as_cycling_grows⠀⇛
Bike to Work Day is Friday, May 19, in the
United States, but countries around the world
have also experienced growth in cycling over
the past few years. Cities have responded to
the demand by reducing spaces for cars to
create even more bike lanes.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Canada_Wildfires_Rage_in_Alberta_and
British_Columbia⠀⇛
Wildfires raging in Alberta and British
Columbia have created a sense of panic and
fear, and forced thousands of residents to
evacuate from their homes.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Cheetah_Deaths_Mar_India’s_Efforts
to_Reintroduce_the_Big_Cats⠀⇛
The animals had been extinct for more than 70
years in the country, which has just begun a
program that brought 20 cheetahs from Africa
to a wildlife sanctuary.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AI_conservation_project
identifies_jaguars_in_Yucatán_reserve⠀⇛
The project, in partnership with Huawei, has
helped to identify undiscovered jaguars
living in the Dzilam Bravo nature reserve in
Yucatán.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Debt_limit_talks_start,_stop_as
Republicans,_White_House_face_‘serious_differences’⠀⇛
Debt limit talks between the White House and House
Republicans have stopped and started and stopped
again at the Capitol. The dizzying series of events
Friday came amid high-stakes negotiations to avoid
a potentially catastrophic default.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Biden_Meeting_With_Indo-Pacific
Leaders_at_G7_Summit_While_Confronting_Stalemate_Over_US_Debt
Limit⠀⇛
President Joe Biden is seeking to rally regional
cooperation against China on the margins of the
Group of Seven summit in Japan, while confronting a
stalemate back in Washington over how to ensure the
U.S. avoids default
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Averting_a_Debt_Limit_Crisis⠀⇛
Both parties seem more willing to compromise on the
debt limit.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India_to_withdraw_2,000-rupee_notes
from_circulation⠀⇛
The notes will remain legal tender but people will
be asked to deposit and exchange them for smaller
denominations.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_truth_about_debt_sets_a_nation_free⠀⇛
To help relieve the massive debts of poor nations,
a G-7 summit seeks honesty in financial statistics.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Whiplash_Day_of_Debt_Limit_Talks_Ends
Without_a_Breakthrough⠀⇛
Republicans returned to the negotiating table on
Friday evening after briefly walking out, though
the evening talks lasted only an hour.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ If_Debt_Ceiling_Standoff_Can’t_Be
Resolved,_Both_Parties_Will_Share_the_Blame⠀⇛
While each party tries to blame the other for the
crisis, some acknowledge that they would both share
responsibility for a default.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ White_House:_“real_differences”_in_debt_talks⠀⇛
The White House has acknowledged “real differences”
with Republicans in the budget_and_debt_ceiling
talks and warned that negotiations will be
“difficult,” according to a White House official.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Slow_build_for_timber_trade_take-off
with_China⠀⇛
Expectations of a quick resumption of the $600
million timber trade deal with China have been
tempered as Australia works towards getting bans
lifted on other lucrative sectors. Agriculture
Minister Murray Watt says it may take a few months
before the timber industry starts getting the
benefit of restrictions being lifted.
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ The_Inevitable_De-Dollarization_of_the
Global_Economy,_with_Ben_Norton⠀⇛
Ben Norton returns to the Watchdog to shed light on
the rapid decline of the U.S. dollar and its
implications for American empire as countries
worldwide shift away from the dollar in favor of
regional currencies and China’s rise challenges
Washington’s global dominance.
# ⚓ Central_Bank_lifts_new_restrictions_on_cash_advance
withdrawals_from_credit_cards⠀⇛
According to the new instructions that the Central
Bank has sent to the banks, there will not be any
new requirements for cash advance withdrawals from
credit cards. On Thursday, many banks in Turkey
suspended cash advances from credit cards after new
requirements were imposed.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Alibaba,_Baidu_and_Tencent_Signal_First
Steps_in_Bumpy_Recovery⠀⇛
The economy is open again, helping Alibaba, Baidu
and Tencent claw back in the first quarter from a
miserable 2022, though they are likely to face
continuing skepticism from investors.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Philippine_VP_Sara_Duterte_Resigns_From_Lakas-
CMD⠀⇛
“I am here today because of the trust of the
Filipino people…”
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ DOJ_Arrests_Enrique_Tarrio’s_Cop_Buddy,
Shane_Lamond⠀⇛
For years, I’ve said that certain steps in the
January 6 investigation had to wait on the Proud
Boys verdict. One of those things was the arrest of
Enrique Tarrio’s DC Cop buddy, Shane Lamond.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Turkish_opposition_clings_to_election_hopes
against_the_odds⠀⇛
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is well
placed to win the second round of presidential
elections, but his opponents are not giving up
hope.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Greek_economy_finally_finds_its_strength._But
how_will_elections_go?⠀⇛
As Greeks prepare for elections on Sunday, their
economy is the best it has been in over a decade.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking a
second term as spending limits end and Greece has
lower unemployment.
# ⚓ ACLU ☛ Here’s_How_Georgia’s_New_Voting_Law_Harms_Voters
With_Disabilities⠀⇛
Empish Thomas is a 51-year-old voter from DeKalb
County, Georgia who is blind and needs help filling
out and mailing in an absentee ballot. In 2020, she
was able to get that help from a sighted friend she
trusted. But after the state of Georgia passed a
law that made it a felony for anyone other than a
“caregiver” or certain family members to help her
return her ballot, she doesn’t know if she will be
able to find anyone to help her vote absentee. She
feels she has no choice but to try to vote in
person, even though she can’t drive and has to rely
on rides from others or public transportation to
get to the polls.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ John_Durham_Committed_the_“Crime”_of
“Inferring”_of_Which_He_Accused_Rodney_Joffe⠀⇛
In his attempt to implicate Rodney Joffe in his
conspiracy theories, John Durham criminalizes
private citizens making inferences.
And then he makes two inferences of his own.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Kidnapped_Australian_Doctor_Freed_After_7_Years⠀⇛
“We extend our thanks to the Australian officials
who have worked over many years to secure Dr
Elliott’s release…”
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Purra:_No_government_deal_without_“clear_changes”_to
immigration⠀⇛
After three weeks of negotiations, the nationalist
Finns Party leader said that significant
immigration reform is a prerequisite for her party
to join the next cabinet.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Jamaal_Bowman_Speaks_Out_on_Marjorie
Taylor_Greene_Spat⠀⇛
The Democratic congressman has made a habit of
brashly confronting Republicans like Marjorie
Taylor Greene, often in public displays meant to
attract attention.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Dianne_Feinstein,_Like_Many_Before
Her,_Refuses_to_Resign⠀⇛
A life in Congress comes with power, prestige and
perks that can be hard to leave behind. For some
lawmakers who view their job as their identity, the
prospect is unthinkable.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ G7_Countries_Borrow_China’s_Economic
Strategy⠀⇛
Wealthy democracies rev up an effort to spend
trillions on a new climate-friendly energy economy,
while stealing away some of China’s manufacturing
power.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Watch:_Sanna_Marin_delivers_commencement_speech_at
NYU⠀⇛
The Finnish Prime Minister was among the honorary
doctorate recipients from the university.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO_issues_new_decree_in_response_to
Supreme_Court_ruling⠀⇛
The Supreme Court ruled against the 2021 decree
fast-tracking AMLO’s major infrastructure projects
like the Maya Train and the Tulum airport.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Foreign_students_in_Northern_Cyprus:_False
promises_and_disillusion⠀⇛
In Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus, education
has become the leading economic sector. No less
than 23 universities are concentrated in the small
self-declared state recognised only by Turkey,
which has occupied it since 1974. They attract
students from developing countries by offering
affordable courses with a “European” stamp of
approval. But some of these students are soon
disappointed. After falling victim to false
promises made by their recruiters, they can end up
in desperate situations. FRANCE 24′s Corentin
Bainier, Erika Olavarria and Derek Thomson report.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_the_Leaders_of_Turkey_and_Thailand
Have_an_Interest_in_Elections⠀⇛
Turkey and Thailand held two huge elections this
week, both with uncertain outcomes. Each shows some
of the benefits that elections can hold for leaders
who have amassed power with the tools of the state.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ He_Promised_Change_in_Thailand._But_Will
He_Be_Allowed_to_Lead?⠀⇛
Pita Limjaroenrat led his party to victory in the
Thai election and seems poised to become the next
prime minister, unless the military blocks him.
# ⚓ AKP_official_implies_İstanbul_mayor_may_be_dismissed_after
presidential_runoff⠀⇛
İmamoğlu, who was nominated as a vide presidential
candidate by Kılıçdaroğlu, was given a prison
sentence in December. He will be banned from
politics for five years if the verdict is upheld.
# ⚓ Main_electoral_body_rejects_objection_to_Gergerlioğlu’s
parliament_membership⠀⇛
The objection was raised by the ruling Justice and
Development party (AKP) due to the Koceali MP’s
previous prison sentence.
# ⚓ INTERIOR_MINISTER_POINTED_AT_POLLSTER_AS_A_TARGET_ON_TV_:
Common_Life_Network_stands_by_pollster_Bekir_Ağırdır⠀⇛
The serving Interior Minister had said on a TV
program, “There is a poll mafia in Turkey, and
Bekir Ağırdır is carrying out an operation in
Turkey. This man is the influence spy of the
international system in Turkey. “
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Canadian_PM_Trudeau’s_‘manner_legs’
pose_steals_limelight_during_visit_in_South_Korea⠀⇛
Mr Trudeau spread his legs apart and appeared to be
at the same height as Mr Kim.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ What_is_the_‘manner_legs’_pose_that
Canadian_PM_Trudeau_did_in_South_Korea?⠀⇛
In South Korea, a person who is taller, will spread
their legs to match the height of those who are
shorter.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ With_Feinstein_Ailing,_Newsom’s_Vow_Looms
Over_California_Senate_Race⠀⇛
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California promised in 2021
that he would appoint a Black woman to replace
Senator Dianne Feinstein if she were to resign
early.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ George_Santos_Must_Be_Held_Accountable_by
Republican_Leaders⠀⇛
Deceiving voters undermines public faith in
Congress.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Four_Freedoms,_According_to
Republicans⠀⇛
This is not what Franklin Roosevelt had in mind.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Guangdong_court_jails_veteran_dissident_for_3_years
over_foreign_media_reports⠀⇛
Court finds Wang Aizhong guilty of ‘picking
quarrels and stirring up trouble’
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Today_is_Malcolm_X_Day._Why_don’t_we_celebrate
him_like_King?⠀⇛
A recent debunking of Martin Luther King Jr.’s
famous criticism of Malcolm X offers an opportunity
to consider the mission they shared.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Elon_Musk_told_Twitter_employees_to_sleep_in_the
office,_and_now_San_Francisco_is_investigating_if_he_broke
the_law⠀⇛
The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection
(DBI) announced on Friday (May 19) it had opened an
investigation into allegations by former Twitter
employees that CEO Elon Musk broke the law by
turning company office space into bedrooms,
according to the Associated Press.
# ⚓ ACLU ☛ This_Week,_Anti-Abortion_Extremists_Showed_Us_Who
They_Really_Are⠀⇛
This week was a heartbreaking one for those of us
who believe in the freedom to fully control our
bodies, lives, and futures. Anti-abortion
legislators pushed their extremist agenda in three
states simultaneously, and as they did they showed
the world exactly who they are: legislators bent on
cutting off access to health care who won’t let
public opinion or democratic principles get in
their way.
Just a few weeks ago, we saw the will of the 59
percent of Nebraskans who support access to
abortion prevail as legislators rejected_a_proposed
abortion_ban. But not content with regular process,
anti-abortion extremists turned around and proposed
an_amendment_to_an_existing_bill, attaching an
abortion ban to legislation that would ban gender-
affirming care for youth. With this move, they
confirmed what we have long_known. Anti-abortion
and anti-trans movements have the same goal: to
deny us the ability to make our own decisions and
define our own path. This is about control, plain
and simple.
# ⚓ ACLU ☛ Justice_and_Safety,_Not_Fear,_Continue_to_Win_at_the
Ballot_Box⠀⇛
On Tuesday, voters in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania sent a resounding message: They want
solutions to prevent crime in the first place, not
just politicians stoking fear after it happens.
By an 11-point margin in the primary election,
voters chose the reform candidate for district
attorney, Matt Dugan, who offered an affirmative
vision for safety and justice that starkly
contrasted with the tough-on-crime approach of the
defeated 24-year incumbent, Stephen Zappala.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Mexico_Moving_Migrants_Away_From
Borders_to_Relieve_Pressure⠀⇛
Mexico is flying migrants south away from the U.S.
border and busing new arrivals away from its
boundary with Guatemala to keep migrants from
massing in its border cities
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 30_years’_jail_for_couple_in_South
Korea_who_starved_toddler_to_death⠀⇛
The girl died in March 2022 due to severe
malnutrition and brain haemorrhage.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Cultural_pride:_Native_American_high_school
grads_ask_to_wear_regalia⠀⇛
Native American students often wear tribal regalia
at graduations to signify community identity.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill earlier
this month that would have allowed any public high
school student to wear regalia.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Amazon’s_Delivery_Network_Is
Vulnerable_to_Labor_Strife⠀⇛
For years, the e-commerce giant could shield its
vast archipelago of warehouses against disruptions
from workers. Then it got even bigger.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ 95-Year-Old_Australian_Woman_Is_Tasered_by
Police⠀⇛
She was holding a knife, but weighs 95 pounds and
uses a walker. The episode, which took place in a
care facility, prompted outrage, questions and a
police investigation.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Your_digital_life_isn’t_as
permanent_as_you_think_it_is⠀⇛
Robyn Caplan understands the fragility of digital
memories intimately. After tragically losing both
of her parents in recent years, Caplan treasures
the digital possessions she inherited. She
cherishes her mom’s iPad, access to their email
inboxes, and message threads with both of them. It
allows her to see the world through the eyes of
her…
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ JetBlue-American_Partnership_Struck_Down
by_Federal_Judge⠀⇛
An alliance begun in 2021 at four airports in the
New York area and Boston allowed the airlines to
sell tickets on each other’s flights and share
revenue.
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Third_Unified_Patent_Court_central_division_branch_to
go_to_Milan [Ed: The lobbyists are trying to set up
illegal and unconstitutional courts. This won't end
well. It'll lead to chaos and the patent system will
discredit itself.]⠀⇛
# ⚓ JUVE ☛ Italian_government_confirms_Milan_will_host
third_UPC_central_division [Ed: This is illegl.
Governments are doing illegal things. Lobbying such as
this will destabilise the EU, reinforcing the idea that
the courts lack merit because they're constructed by
and for litigation giants.]⠀⇛
Following months of discussion, Milan has
been confirmed as the third and final seat
for the UPC central division. According to a
statement released late yesterday by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation, the Italian Ministries of
Foreign Affairs and Justice negotiated the
agreement with representatives from France
and Germany.
# ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ The_Adoption_and_Benefits_of
Royalty-Free_Licensing⠀⇛
As part of the efforts ofUnified_Edge,John
Jaroszand his team of economists at
theAnalysis_Grouphave published a paper on
the benefits of royalty-free licensing. Read
the abstract below and follow the link to
download the paper.
# ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Better_Browsing_web_browser_patent
challenged_in_reexam⠀⇛
On May 16, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex
parte reexamination proceeding against U.S.
Patent_8,838,736, owned and asserted by
Better Browsing LLC. The ’736 patent relates
generally to a zoom feature for an internet
browser and has been asserted against Opera
Norway_AS.
# ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Entangled_Media_file_sharing_patent
reexam_granted⠀⇛
On May 16, 2023, the Central Reexamination
Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding
substantial new questions of patentability on
the challenged claims of U.S._Patent
8,484,260, owned by Entangled Media LLC. The
‘260 patent relates to operating on files
located on multiple devices using a singular
file system and is being asserted against
Dropbox.
# ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Connect_&_Collaborate:
Unpacking_the_NAPP_2023_Annual_Meeting_&_Conference⠀⇛
As a member and supporter of the National
Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP), I
am looking forward to the NAPP Annual Meeting
and Conference scheduled for July 19-21 in
Alexandria, Virginia at the USPTO
Headquarters. I invite all those invested in
protecting intellectual property rights to
attend, especially folks who are deep in the
day-to-day business of protecting patent
rights. We have a remarkable line-up of
speakers this year, including the USPTO
Director, Kathi Vidal.
Delving deeper into the conference agenda, we
kick off on July 19th with an optional tour
of Old Town Alexandria, followed by expert-
led discussions on a broad range of topics
from the current USPTO Pilot Programs to how
to protect your practice from cyber-attacks.
Thursday, July 20th, will offer another full
day of sessions covering everything from
responding to prior art rejections, to
cultivating diversity in patent law, and best
practices for PTAB appeals. My patent law
update is Thursday morning.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Twitter’s_new_2-hour_video_feature_is
already_making_it_a_hub_for_pirated_movies⠀⇛
On Thursday, May 18, Elon Musk announced that
subscribers to Twitter Blue—Twitter’s $8 a
month premium service—are now able to upload
two-hour videos, up to eight gigabytes in
size….
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Twitter_Blue_Enables_Two-Hour
Video_Uploads_—_And_the_Piracy_Ensues⠀⇛
The nebulous benefits of Twitter Blue have
acquired a new perk—the ability to upload
two-hour videos. Perhaps unsurprisingly,
piracy ensued. The newest feature for
Twitter Blue subscribers is the ability to
upload two-hour length videos.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A.I.-Generated_News,_Reviews_and
Other_Content_Found_on_Websites⠀⇛
The findings in two new reports raise fresh
concerns over how artificial intelligence may
transform the misinformation landscape
online.
# ⚓ [Repeat] Lcamtuf ☛ LLMs_and_plagiarism:_a_case
study⠀⇛
A random opinion like that is worth what you
paid for it — but this weekend, I came across
some concrete evidence of just how heavily
LLMs rely on reciting scraped website content
nearly verbatim.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Instructionals/Technical
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Debian_Family
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Programming/Development
# Rust
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# 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
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Bad_Voltage_3×58:_Large_Langridge_Model⠀⇛
Jeremy Garcia, Jono Bacon, and Stuart Langridge
present Bad Voltage, in which there is unsceptical
intensity, we are all eaten by a T-1000, and we
have collected a list of concerns about Large
Language Model-based AI, which we’re going to dive
into!
# ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Tempted_by_the_Fruit_of_Another_|
Self-Hosted_97⠀⇛
Alex tempts Chris with his Obsidian ways, our
thoughts on Drobo going bankrupt, and Photoprism
adding paid tiers. Plus, the slick suite of tools
you’ll want to run on your LAN.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Logwatch_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
Logwatch is an open-source log analyzer that scans
through system logs and sends out a summary report
of important system activity via email or other
channels. This makes it easy to monitor and manage
system logs, and quickly identify potential
security threats or other issues.
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_customize_Terminal_on_Linux_Mint⠀⇛
You can launch terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T,
or by using the GUI and the search box on the
dashboard menu.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Enable_X11_and_Disable_Wayland_Window
System⠀⇛
While accessing a remote machine, if you’re getting
“remote display server is not supported”, then you
need to enable X11 and disable Wayland to resolve
the issue.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Open_PDF_Programmatically_Using
Intent_in_Android⠀⇛
Not only show you how to open pdf programmatically
but also show you how to fix
android.os.FileUriExposedException: exposed beyond
app through Intent.getData() error.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Tixati_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
Tixati is a lightweight and feature-rich BitTorrent
client that enables fast and efficient downloading
of files on Linux systems. If you are using Ubuntu
22.04 LTS and prefer installing software using
Debian packages (deb), this article will guide you
through the installation process of Tixati.
# ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ Joe_Brockmeier:_Everything_you_need_to
know_about_Vim_and_text_on_Linux_(Slides)⠀⇛
Last week I had the opportunity to present at Open
Source Summit North America (2023) in the Open
Source On-Ramp track. I promised to upload my
slides by Monday of this week (oops) but didn’t
factor in getting COVID. Apologies to anybody who
came looking for the slides previously, I was
pretty much under the weather all week.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Spigot_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS [Ed:
But Minecraft is proprietary and, being controlled by
Microsoft, it ought to be avoided completely; use Minetest
instead]⠀⇛
Spigot is a popular and customizable server
platform for Minecraft. If you’re running Ubuntu
22.04 LTS and want to set up a Spigot server to
host your own Minecraft world, this article will
guide you through the installation process.
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ Bash_script_to_show_the_public_IP,_city,_region
and_timezone⠀⇛
In this tutorial, you will learn how to show the
public IP, location and the timezone of your
server/computer in a bash script, and then save the
output into a text file.
There are a lot of sites where you can just visit
them and they will show your
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Spack_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
Spack is a powerful package manager designed to
simplify the installation and management of
software packages in scientific computing and high-
performance computing environments. In this
article, we will walk you through the process of
installing Spack on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, enabling you
to leverage its capabilities for managing your
software dependencies efficiently.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure_OrientDB_on_Ubuntu
22.04_LTS⠀⇛
OrientDB is a NoSQL, multi-model database
management system that combines the flexibility of
documents with the power of graph databases. In
this article, we will walk you through the process
of installing OrientDB on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS,
enabling you to leverage its capabilities for
building robust and scalable applications.
# ⚓ How_to_install_Basemap_Python_Library_in_Ubuntu_Linux⠀⇛
Basemap is a Python library for developers who want
to create maps and perform various geographical
plotting tasks.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Element_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
Element is an open-source, privacy-focused, and
highly customizable messaging platform that puts
the user in control. As a project from the prolific
team at Element.io, it provides a secure
alternative to mainstream messaging apps by
enabling users to host their own servers while
retaining a high degree of usability and feature
richness.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Neofetch_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
Delving into the vast, exciting realm of Linux can
be both thrilling and somewhat daunting. However,
software utilities like Neofetch can make the
journey much more enjoyable and insightful.
Neofetch is a remarkable command-line system
information tool designed for Linux systems.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Remove_Firefox_Snap_from_Ubuntu
Linux⠀⇛
Ubuntu Linux, a robust, user-friendly, and popular
Linux distribution, has long embraced the potential
of Snapcraft, a universal packaging system
developed by Canonical, the very creators of Ubuntu
itself.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ A_Practical_Guide_to_Extracting_Compressed_Files
in_Linux⠀⇛
As an open-source operating system, Linux provides
an array of tools to manage, compress, and
decompress files. Compressed files, used to reduce
storage space and maximize data transfer, are
commonplace in the Linux world.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Fix_Docker:_Unable_to_Prepare
Context:_Unable_to_Evaluate_Symlinks_in_the_Dockerfile_Path⠀⇛
Let’s learn how to fix the “docker unable to
prepare context: unable to evaluate symlinks in
Dockerfile path errors” on your Windows or Linux
machine. Are you trying to use the Docker file to
automate the configuration on docker-compose? If
so, you might be plagued by this issue, which you
can fix in no time.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Change_Your_Default_Crontab_Editor⠀⇛
In the realm of Linux, “crontab” is a term you may
come across fairly often. This utility, available
on Unix-like operating systems, is used to schedule
tasks that are automatically executed at predefined
times and intervals. This is highly beneficial for
administrators and power users, allowing them to
automate various system tasks.
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Fix_“invalid_or_corrupted_package_(PGP
signature)”_Error_In_Arch_Linux⠀⇛
A simple guide to fix the “invalid or corrupted
package” error in Arch Linux. I have a few Arch
Linux systems in both physical and VM setup, which
I access when needed. After almost two months, when
I tried to upgrade the Arch Linux in one of them
using sudo pacman -Syu,
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ What_are_the_difference_between_ZSH_and_BASH?⠀⇛
As we navigate through the world of Unix-like
operating systems, we come across different shell
environments, each with its unique features and
capabilities. Two commonly used shell environments
are Bash (Bourne Again Shell) and Zsh (Z Shell).
# ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ WordPress_Deployment_Made_Easy:_Docker
Compose,_Nginx,_Apache,_SSL_Setup_Guide⠀⇛
Simplify the deployment of your WordPress website
with our easy-to-follow guide. Use Docker Compose,
Nginx, Apache, and SSL for a seamless installation
process.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Composer_on_Fedora_38⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Composer on Fedora 38. Composer is a powerful
dependency management tool for PHP that simplifies
the process of including external libraries and
packages in your PHP projects.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ This Week in GNOME ☛ Felix_Häcker:_#96_Polished
Settings⠀⇛
Update on what happened across the GNOME
project in the week from May 12 to May 19.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Hectic Geek ☛ Top_Linux_Distros_for_Web_Development_in_2023⠀⇛
Linux is the ideal choice for developers and programmers
looking for a more practical operating system.
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ IPFire Official Blog ☛ IPFire_2.27_–_Core_Update_175_is
available_for_testing⠀⇛
The forthcoming update, IPFire 2.27 – Core Update
175, is available for testing! Most noteworthy, it
updates OpenSSL to the 3.1.0 branch, features a
kernel update as well as other package updates and
a variety of bug fixes are also included in this
update.
IPFire makes heavy use of this cryptography
library, which is why keeping it up to date
(without causing any interference to existing
installations) is an important task for the
development team. Core Update 175 updates OpenSSL
to version 3.1.0, for which some work under the
hood was necessary, such as ensuring all dependent
packages were ready for using OpenSSL’s API, which
has changed from the 1.1.x series.
To avoid breaking any custom software IPFire users
may run on their installations, OpenSSL 1.1.1′s
files remain untouched on existing installations
until the release of Core Update 176. However,
please note that OpenSSL 1.1.1 is scheduled for end
of life on September 11, 2023, and ensure any
custom changes are made compatible to OpenSSL 3.1.0
as soon as possible.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_CPE_Weekly_update_–
Week_20_2023⠀⇛
This is a weekly report from the CPE (Community
Platform Engineering) Team. If you have any
questions or feedback, please respond to this
report or contact us on #redhat-cpe channel on
libera.chat.
We provide you both infographics and text versions
of the weekly report. If you just want to quickly
look at what we did, just look at the infographic.
If you are interested in more in depth details look
below the infographic.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Craft_your_journey_at_Red_Hat_Summit⠀⇛
Build your own experience at the premier open
source technology event, which features an
accessible and inclusive format geared to IT
leaders and professionals. With new sessions and
tracks covering a variety of topics such as
automation, hybrid cloud, and edge, this year’s
event is designed to give you the tools you need to
help define the future of open technology—as well
as the flexibility needed to choose the topics most
relevant to your business challenges.
# ⚓ DXC’s_Luxoft_partners_with_Red_Hat_to_enable_car
manufacturers_to_accelerate_the_development_of_software-
defined_vehicles⠀⇛
Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company (NYSE: DXC), has
announced a collaboration with Red Hat to
accelerate the transformation of software-defined
vehicles (SDVs) with open source technologies.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_empowers_customers_to_take
charge_of_their_learning_journey_through_personalized_skills
assessments⠀⇛
According to IDC, IT staff trained on Red Hat
technology get up to speed faster on projects and
can more easily apply their knowledge. The end
results are higher performance and cost-saving
efficiencies. Assessing your own skill set and
identifying areas for growth is essential to stay
ahead in the fast-paced technology industry. With
numerous courses available, determining the most
suitable one for you or your team can be
challenging – this is where Red Hat’s Skills
Assessment tool comes in.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Petter Reinholdtsen ☛ Petter_Reinholdtsen:_wmbusmeters,
parse_data_from_your_utility_meter_–_nice_free_software⠀⇛
There is a European standard for reading utility
meters like water, gas, electricity or heat
distribution meters. The Meter-Bus_standard_(EN
13757-2,_EN_13757-3_and_EN_13757–4) provide a cross
vendor way to talk to and collect meter data. I ran
into this standard when I wanted to monitor some
heat distribution meters, and managed to find free
software that could do the job. The meters in
question broadcast encrypted messages with meter
information via radio, and the hardest part was to
track down the encryption keys from the vendor.
With this in place I could set up a MQTT gateway to
submit the meter data for graphing.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 6_Android_Apps_to_Help_You_Create_Device
Mockups_for_Your_Screenshots⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Verge ☛ Xgimi_MoGo_2_Pro_Android_TV_projector_review:
automatic_entertainment_–_The_Verge⠀⇛
# ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Android_14_will_make_the_screen_recording
feature_more_privacy-friendly_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛
# ⚓ Nokia Power User ☛ Nokia_T10_officially_confirmed_as
Android_13_compatible_now_–_Nokiapoweruser⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Funny_Programming_Pictures_Part_XXXIII⠀⇛
I feel like mocking CSS and Agile today…
# ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Maintenance_release:_Godot_4.0.3⠀⇛
A fresh portion of stability improvements and
bugfixes for Godot 4.0 projects, 4.0.3 covers
almost every area of the engine. It also comes with
a massive bump in documentation coverage thanks to
the newly updated rendering docs!
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Mastering_File_Manipulation_with_R’s_list.files()
Function⠀⇛
Introduction
When it comes to working with files in R, having a
powerful tool at your disposal can make a world of
difference.
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ Philip_Chimento:_December_of_Rust_Project,_Part_2:
The_Assembler_Macro⠀⇛
Welcome back! This is the second post of a
series which turned out to be more occasional
than I thought it would be. You might
remember that I originally called it December
of Rust 2021. Look how that worked out! Not
only is it not December 2021 anymore, but
also it is not December 2022 anymore.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Out_of_Sight,_Out_of_Mind⠀⇛
o ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ E-creator_–_this_criminal_enterprise_is_running_a
scam,_stay_away⠀⇛
There’s a Shona proverb that roughly translates to
‘Things should be tested, an old lady from Chivi cooked
rocks and drank soup.’ In challenging times, we all try
to cook rocks at some point. Just a shot in the dark, a
prayer into the ether, hoping against hope that we will
catch a lucky break.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Jeff_Bezos_and_Elon_Musk_are_now_competing_on_the
Moon⠀⇛
NASA chose a team led by Jeff Bezos’s space company
Blue Origin to build a vehicle that will safely
transport astronauts to the surface of the Moon and
back again.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ NASA_Picks_Jeff_Bezos’_Blue_Origin_for
Artemis_Moon_Mission⠀⇛
After losing out to SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ rocket
company will get a chance to carry astronauts to
the moon’s surface on a mission scheduled for 2029.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Giant_Study_Identifies_Dominant_Force
Driving_Evolution_on_Earth_Today⠀⇛
“There has never been a field study of evolution of
this scale.”
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Radiation_Belt_Identified_Outside_The_Solar
System_For_First_Time_Ever⠀⇛
This has never been done before.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_California_Teachers’_Strikes_Have_a_Vital
Lesson_for_the_Labor_Movement⠀⇛
As a teacher of more than 20 years, and now as the
president of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA),
one of the largest educator unions in the country,
I know full well that school districts tend to
undervalue the safety and health of staff and
students. How many stories of educators juggling
multiple jobs merely to survive, or students
experiencing homelessness, need to be told to
elicit the support we are asking our employers to
provide?
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Hungarian_Students_Push_For_Higher_Teacher_Wages_In
Protest_March⠀⇛
Thousands of students, teachers, and supporters
demonstrated in Hungary’s capital on May 19 for
improved pay and working conditions for educators,
the latest expression of frustration with the
right-wing government’s education policy by a
growing student movement.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Faster_Glacier_Melting_Mechanism_Could_Cause
Huge_Sea_Level_Rises⠀⇛
When it comes to the issue of climate change,
naysayers often contend that we have an incomplete
understanding of the Earth’s systems. While
humanity is yet to uncover all the secrets of the
world, that doesn’t mean we can’t act on what we
know. In many cases, as climate scientists delve
deeper, they find yet more supporting evidence of
the potential turmoil to come.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Spy_Transceiver_Makes_Two_Tubes_Do_The_Work_Of
Five⠀⇛
Here at Hackaday, we love following along with
projects as they progress. That’s especially true
when a project makes a considerable leap in terms
of functionality from one version to another, or
when the original design gets more elegant. And
when you get both improved function and decreased
complexity at the same time? That’s the good stuff.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ $99_Steam_Deck_Screen_Jumps_to_1200p⠀⇛
FX Technology has created a 7-inch replacement
screen for the Valve Steam Deck with 1920 x 1200
resolution, 400 nits peak brightness and better
colors.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Podcast_219:_Lots_Of_Lasers,_Heaps_Of
Ham_Radio,_And_Breaching_The_Blood_Brain_Barrier⠀⇛
Elliot and Dan teamed up for the podcast this week,
bringing you the week’s sweetest hacks. And news
too, as the ESA performed a little percussive
maintenance on a Jupiter-bound space probe, and we
learned about how to get an Orwellian free TV that
exacts quite a price. We talked about Bitcoin
mining two ways, including a way to put all that
waste heat to good use — just don’t expect it to
make good financial sense. Why would you stuff zip
ties into a hot glue gun? It might just help with
plastic repair. Lugging a tube transmitter up a
mountain doesn’t sound like a good idea, but with
the right design, it’s a lot of fun — and maybe
you’ll be better able to tap into Schumann
resonances while you’re up there.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ The_effectiveness_of_favipiravir_is_in
question_–_yet_those_in_Hungary_who_have_expressed_concerns
have_been_prosecuted⠀⇛
The National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition
announced on January 31 2022 that it is filing
charges for scaremongering in connection with
several newspaper articles questioning the efficacy
of favipiravir against Covid-19. According to the
NIPN, these articles can undermine the fight
against the pandemic by eroding trust in medicines.
The move has provoked a backlash, as it is
unprecedented for a public body to respond to
statements by respected scientists with criminal
charges.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Hawaii’s_Governor,_Who_Is_Also_a
Doctor,_Stops_to_Help_at_Site_of_Crashed_Vehicle⠀⇛
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green was one of the people who
stopped to help when his security detail spotted a
vehicle upside down in a lava field
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Meet_the_gov’t_veterinarian_keeping
Hong_Kong_–_and_a_‘bubble’_in_mainland_China_–_free_of_horse
diseases⠀⇛
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, even when humans
hoping to cross Hong Kong’s border with mainland
China were subject to at least 21 days of
quarantine, one group was able to travel into and
out of the city with relative ease: racehorses.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ THL:_Finland_in_midst_of_spring_coronavirus_wave⠀⇛
The Covid situation is, however, relatively calm
compared to last year, according to the Finnish
Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Indian_numerals:_Crystal_meth,_fake_numbers,_and
travel_bugs⠀⇛
On May 13, the Indian navy, along with the
Narcotics Control Bureau, seized roughly 2,500 kg
of contraband crystal meth from a ship sailing in
Indian waters near the southern city of Kochi. A
Pakistani national was arrested during the haul,
worth_$1.8_billion. The case recalled another large
recent drug bust.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ One_billion_people_at_risk_of_cholera,_UN
warns⠀⇛
One billion people in 43 countries are at risk of
cholera — a “pandemic killing the poor” — despite
prevention and treatment being relatively
straightforward, the United Nations warned on
Friday.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ From_#LLM_regulation_to_Pizzas:_the_#reflexiveGPT_agent
experiment⠀⇛
I did a quick experiment having #GPT chat with
itself as Alice and Bob… At each step, agent Alice
answers agent Bob (and vice versa) along with the
reinjection of recent context.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Prompt_Injection:_An_AI-Targeted_Attack⠀⇛
For a brief window of time in the mid-2010s, a
fairly common joke was to send voice commands to
Alexa or other assistant devices over video. Late-
night hosts and others would purposefully attempt
to activate voice assistants like these en masse
and get them to do ridiculous things. This isn’t
quite as common of a gag anymore and was relatively
harmless unless the voice assistant was set up to
do something like automatically place Amazon
orders, but now that much more powerful AI tools
are coming online we’re seeing that joke taken to
its logical conclusion: prompt-injection attacks.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Apple_Patches_3_Exploited_WebKit_Zero-Day
Vulnerabilities⠀⇛
Apple has patched 3 zero-days, two of which are the
vulnerabilities patched with the tech giant’s first
Rapid Security Response updates.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Kia/Hyundia_Settle_Class-Action
Lawsuit_Over_Security_Flaw_in_Vehicles⠀⇛
Hyundai Motor America and Kia America will resolve
class-action lawsuit prompted by a surge in vehicle
thefts with a settlement agreement that could be
valued at $200 million
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Kia_and_Hyundai_settled_a_class-action_lawsuit
accusing_their_cars_of_being_too_easy_to_steal⠀⇛
Kia and Hyundai have agreed to settle a class-
action lawsuit accusing the automakers of failing
to install basic anti-theft measures.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ When_the_Phisher_Messes_Up_With_Encoding,_(Fri,_May
19th)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Online_voting:_Yes_or_no [Ed: Terrible idea as a
lot of modern computing is back-doored by design]⠀⇛
In the US, voting is seen as a civic duty. It’s
voluntary, but it’s an act of patriotism and a
democratic responsibility. But there are many
barriers to voting—one might have to take off from
work, find childcare, or travel long distances to
cast a ballot.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Could_online_voting_become_mainstream_in_the_US?
[Ed: Just pushing really bad ideas for companies that do not
solve any real issue and create many new issues]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ US_Teenager_Indicted_for_Credential
Stuffing_Attack_on_Fantasy_Sports_Website⠀⇛
Wisconsin teen Joseph Garrison is charged with
launching a credential stuffing attack that
affected roughly 60,000 user accounts.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Pimcore_Platform_Flaws_Exposed_Users_to
Code_Execution⠀⇛
Security researchers are warning that newly patched
vulnerabilities in the Pimcore platform bring code
execution risks.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Botched_Asus_Update_Kicks_Routers_Offline
Worldwide,_Company_Apologizes⠀⇛
Asus’ routers mysteriously went offline earlier
this week, and Asus initially went radio-silent.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Researchers_Identify_Second_Developer_of
‘Golden_Chickens’_Malware⠀⇛
Security researchers have identified the second
developer of Golden Chickens, a malware suite used
by financially-motivated hacking groups Cobalt
Group and FIN6.
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# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Japan’s_Toyota_discloses_improper
crash_tests_at_Daihatsu_subsidiary⠀⇛
Toyota has found improper crash tests for a model
and suspended shipments, in the latest in a series
of embarrassing woes plaguing Japan’s top
automaker. The latest problem, affects 56,111
Toyota Raize hybrid vehicles, produced by Daihatsu,
a manufacturer specializing in small models, wholly
owned by Toyota. It also affects 22,329 vehicles
sold as the Daihatsu Rocky. The vehicles were all
sold in Japan. Just a week ago, Toyota acknowledged
there had been data breach at its online Connected
service, spanning a decade, putting information on
more than 2 million vehicles at risk for leaks. No
breaches were reported.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Japan’s_Toyota_Discloses
Improper_Crash_Tests_at_Daihatsu_Subsidiary⠀⇛
Toyota has found improper crash tests for a model
and suspended shipments, in the latest in a series
of embarrassing woes plaguing Japan’s top automaker
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Security_Risks_of_New_.zip_and_.mov
Domains⠀⇛
Researchers are worried about Google’s .zip and
.mov domains, because they are confusing. Mistaking
a URL for a filename could be a security
vulnerability.
# ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ All_your_building_are_belong_to_us⠀⇛
TL;DR Building Management Systems (BMS) bring new
risks to businesses that haven’t had previous
experience of securing Operational Technology (OT)
While there might not be direct financial gain from
hacking [...]
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ EFF ☛ 10_Years_After_Snowden:_Some_Things_Are_Better,
Some_We’re_Still_Fighting_For⠀⇛
Groups like EFF had been fighting since long
before 2013 to reveal and stop the dangerous
mass surveillance conducted within the heart
of the secretive national security apparatus.
But after that summer, Snowden’s revelations
acted like a flood light, allowing everyone
to better see and understand what happens
inside the black box of government
surveillance of millions of innocent people
in the US. and around the world. The
tremendous amount of evidence slowed, if not
stopped, the disingenuous denials that the
government had made both publicly and
privately in response to our allegations. The
actual documentary evidence also helped us to
better pinpoint our demands, our questions,
and our legal tools.
There’s still much work to be done to rein in
our overzealous national security state,
break political gridlock, and end the extreme
secrecy that insulates some of the
government’s most invasive tactics.
Now, ten years after those pivotal
revelations, what has changed? Some things
are undoubtedly better–under the intense
scrutiny of public attention, some of the
National Security Agency’s most egregiously
illegal programs and authorities have
shuttered or been forced to end. The
Intelligence Community has started
affirmatively releasing at least some
important information, although EFF and
others have still had to fight some long
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) battles.
Outside of government, companies and
organizations have worked to close many of
the security holes that the NSA abused, most
prominently by encrypting the web.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ New_York_State_Legislature_Pushing_Bill
That_Would_Criminalize_Recording_Children_Without_Their
Consent⠀⇛
This is definitely more “for the children”
thinking. That is, the kind of thinking that
figures anything is ok, so long as it can be
portrayed as making children safer. This bill
making its way through the New York state
legislature probably won’t make many (or
any!) kids safer, but it’s already gathered
the sort of attention politicians truly
crave: the endorsement of a celebrity.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Ben_Crump,_Attorney_for_Malcolm_X’s_Family:
“We_Refuse_to_Let_Anybody_Exterminate_Black_History”⠀⇛
We hear from civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who
filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit this
year on behalf of the family of Malcolm X against
the FBI, the CIA, New York City and state, the NYPD
and the District Attorney’s Office for concealing
evidence of their involvement in Malcolm X’s 1965
assassination.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “By_Any_Means_Necessary”:_Watch_Malcolm_X’s
Speech_on_Racism_&_Self-Defense_at_Audubon_Ballroom⠀⇛
Malcolm X was born 98 years ago today, on May 19,
1925, and assassinated at age 39 on February 21,
1965, as he spoke before a packed audience in the
Audubon Ballroom in New York City. We end today’s
show remembering his life and legacy with an
excerpt of a speech Malcolm X gave at the Audubon
Ballroom about half a year earlier called “By Any
Means Necessary.”
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Absolutely_Intolerable’:_China’s_Military
Responds_to_US_Military_Aid_for_Taiwan,_Troop_Deployments⠀⇛
The PLA says it will ‘firmly crush Taiwan
independence attempts and external interference’
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ICC_Prosecutor_Karim_Ahmad_Khan_placed_on_Russia’s
federal_Wanted_list_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s Interior Ministry has placed the British
jurist Karim Ahmad Khan, who serves as a prosecutor
of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on the
federal Wanted list.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Belarus_reportedly_constructing_anti-tank
fortifications_near_border_with_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The monitoring group Belaruski Gayun has discovered
defensive structures being constructed in the Gomel
region of Belarus. Construction equipment was
visible near the exit from the village of Kalinino.
Next to the equipment, a line of “dragon’s teeth”
anti-tank barriers had already been installed. The
fortifications are located approximately 20
kilometers (12.4 miles) from the border with
Ukraine.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Cop_Actually_Admits_He_Was_Wrong_To_Brutalize_A
Man_Who_Thought_He_Was_Being_Assaulted_By_Criminals⠀⇛
I don’t often highlight the things that cops do
right. That’s for several reasons. First, I don’t
think it’s worth applauding officers for managing
to do their jobs without violating anyone’s rights.
Second, I don’t think it’s cute when cops pull over
people to give them Thanksgiving turkeys or aid and
abet marriage proposals. That’s just hideous. And
third, cops generally don’t go above and beyond too
often, so there’s a limited amount of content to
work with.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_the_Right_Embraces_Military-Veteran
Vigilantes⠀⇛
“The war comes home” is a misleading phrase that we
should probably abandon. America’s endless foreign
wars usually reflect violent economic, social, and
political currents already within our borders and
that stretch as far back as settler colonialism,
chattel slavery, and the birth of racial
capitalism.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Iran_executes_three_men_linked_to_Mahsa_Amini
protests⠀⇛
Iranian authorities on Friday executed three men
convicted of violence against the Islamic
republic’s security forces during protests
triggered by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody last
year, the judiciary said.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ At_least_20_killed_in_raids_on_villages_in
Burkina_Faso’s_troubled_north⠀⇛
At least 20 people were killed in a series of raids
on villages in Burkina Faso’s troubled north,
security sources and local residents told AFP
Friday.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ G7_Summit_Opens_in_Japan’s_Hiroshima_Amid_Waves
of_Protests⠀⇛
Protesters rallied around the summit venue,
chanting slogans such as “U.S. Imperialists, Number
One Terrorist!” and “Stop NATO Alliance!”
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_Metropolitan_Police_Chief_accuses_Crown
Prosecution_Service_of_failing_victims_and_‘cherry-picking’
cases⠀⇛
Metropolitan Police Service Chief Sir Mark Rowley
on Thursday accused the Crown Prosecution Service
(CPS) of failing victims by ‘cherry-picking easy
cases’ to fast-track through courts. The CPS
reacted by saying the comments “risk damaging
public confidence.”
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar’s_junta_threatens_media_that_don’t_report
official_cyclone_death_numbers⠀⇛
Junta says 100 Rohingya died from Cyclone Mocha,
but others have counted more than 400.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Signs_of_desperation_as_the_Myanmar_junta_rotates
commanders⠀⇛
The rotation will bring in new commanders showing
even less restraint in targeting civilians to
please the junta.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Anti-junta_militia_members_escape_from_prison_in
Myanmar’s_Bago_region⠀⇛
Guards killed 1, while 9 fled into the jungle.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Tens_Of_Thousands_In_Serbia_Again_Protest
Government_Response_To_Violence,_Vucic_Holds_Own_Rally⠀⇛
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of
the Serbian capital, Belgrade, on May 19 to join
the third opposition-led protest against the
government’s response to two mass shootings earlier
in the month
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ It_took_just_two_mass_shootings_for_Serbia_to
impose_gun_controls⠀⇛
After two mass shootings in Serbia this month, tens
of thousands gathered in Belgrade to demand gun
control. Within days, Serbia’s president,
Aleksandar Vucic, announced a “general disarmament”
of the country, with high penalties for anyone who
possesses a gun without a permit.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S.,_British,_French_Naval_Commanders_In_Mideast
Transit_Strait_Of_Hormuz_In_Show_Of_Force_Against_Iran⠀⇛
The Mideast-based commanders of the U.S., British,
and French navies transited the Strait of Hormuz on
May 19 aboard an American warship, a sign of their
unified approach to keep the crucial waterway open
after Iran seized two oil tankers.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ethnic_Serb_Leaders_Slam_Swearing-In_Of_Mayor
Elected_During_Boycotted_Vote⠀⇛
Ethnic Serb leaders in Kosovo have protested the
swearing-in of a mayor from the ruling party of
Prime Minister Albin Kurti, calling it the
beginning of an “invasion of the north.”
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranians_Commemorate_Death_Of_Protester_Mokhtari,
Shout_Anti-Government_Slogans⠀⇛
Iranian protesters have gathered to show their
anger at the government as they commemorate the
anniversary of the death of Jamshid Mokhtari, one
of the protesters killed in unrest last spring
sparked by deteriorating living standards and
rising food prices.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Kenya_Starvation_Cult_Death_Toll_Tops_200⠀⇛
“Fourteen bodies were exhumed and one was found in
the forest.”
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Sudan:_RSF_Leader_is_Removed_From_Sovereign
Council⠀⇛
Following the 2021 coup against Prime Minister
Abdala Hamdok, Al Burhan and Hemedti established a
military government whose highest body is the
Sovereign Council.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Illegal_migrant_group_crosses_Latvia’s_border⠀⇛
On Friday, May 18, an immigrant group succeeded in
illegally crossing the Latvian border, as reported
to LRT+ by an eyewitness who wanted to remain
anonymous.
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ President_von_der_Leyen_at_G7_Session
II_–_“Ukraine”⠀⇛
European Commission Statement Japan, 19 May 2023
Quotes from President von der Leyen at the second
session of the G7 Summit,on Ukraine.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ NATO_Stratcom_center_offers_podcast_about
Ukraine⠀⇛
The Rīga-based NATO Strategic Communications Center
of Excellence (STRATCOMCOE) is back with another
podcast.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_Radio_probes_local_company_linked_to
Ukraine_sanctions_list⠀⇛
Latvian Radio’s investigative strand ‘Open Files’
on May 18 included a report on a company registered
in Latvia, asking if it had been directly or
indirectly involved in providing support to the
Russian military.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ World_leaders_warn_China_and_North
Korea_on_nukes_as_Ukraine’s_Zelenskyy_travels_to_G7_summit⠀⇛
Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies
warned China and North Korea against building up
their nuclear arsenals, pivoting to major northeast
Asian crises ahead of the arrival later Saturday of
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The focus
on Asia at the Group of Seven summit comes as
leaders tighten sanctions meant to punish Moscow
and change the course of its invasion of Ukraine.
Japan said Zelenskyy’s decision to attend the G7 in
person stemmed from his “strong wish” to
participate in talks that will influence his
nation’s defense against Russia. U.S. National
Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said President Joe
Biden and Zelenskyy would have direct engagement at
the summit, a day after Biden announced his support
for training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Survey:_Latvians_still_donate_to_Ukraine⠀⇛
The donating activity of Latvian residents to
Ukraine and refugee support has not decreased over
the last year, according to data published on May
19 from the survey conducted by the market and
public opinion study center SKDS and newswire LETA.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Japan_says_Zelenskyy_will_visit
Hiroshima_to_join_G7_summit_session_on_Ukraine⠀⇛
Japan says that Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy will travel to Japan to join Group of
Seven leaders in a session on Ukraine. Zelenskyy is
expected to arrive in Hiroshima, the site of the
world’s first atomic attack in western Japan, later
Saturday. The Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a
statement Zelenskyy will join leaders of the G7
wealthy nations at a session on Ukraine on Sunday.
He was originally scheduled to join a session
online on Friday, but that plan changed after
Zelenskyy expressed a “strong wish” to participate
in person.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Did_the_Pentagon_Just_Make_a_$3_Billion_Accounting
Error—or_Did_It_Do_Something_Even_Worse?⠀⇛
The Pentagon’s “accounting error” will allow
President Joe Biden to send an extra $3 billion in
military aid to Ukraine without congressional
approval. Was this deliberate?
# ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Birds_in_a_cage’?_Logistical_challenges_on
cards_when_Ukraine_gets_F-16s⠀⇛
In a major U-turn, President Joe Biden said on
Friday the US will back giving Ukraine advanced
fighter jets including F-16s – days after Britain
and the Netherlands promised an “international
coalition” to send Kyiv the US-made jets it has
long demanded. But analysts warn this will be an
immense logistical challenge – from ensuring
Ukraine has weapons to carry on the planes to
ensuring their delivery does not escalate the
conflict beyond Ukraine’s borders.
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Chris_Hedges_on_Weapons_to_Ukraine,
Military_buildup_to_China_and_Pentagon_Spending⠀⇛
Join MintCast hosts Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod to
discuss Washington’s permanent drive to war with
author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chris
Hedges.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_adds_ICC_prosecutor_to_wanted_list⠀⇛
Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs added
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim
Khan to their wanted list, according to a Friday
report from Mediazona, an independent Russian news
outlet. Khan’s addition to the wanted list follows
Khan’s visit to Ukraine and the ICC’s issuance of
an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir
Putin.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ G7_leaders_discuss_China_‘economic_coercion’
threat⠀⇛
Leaders from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies
are meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, Friday with
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expected to
join the group in person on Sunday.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Biden_backs_F-16_fighter_jets,_pilot_training
for_Ukraine⠀⇛
US President Joe Biden told G7 leaders that
Washington will support providing advanced
warplanes including F-16s to Ukraine and will back
efforts to train Kyiv’s pilots, senior White House
officials said on Friday. Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky, who is set to attend the G7
summit in Japan, hailed the move as a “historic
decision”. Follow our blog to see how the day’s
events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poland_Urges_China_To_Pressure_Russia_To_End_War_In
Ukraine⠀⇛
Poland called on China to exert pressure on Russia
to end its war in Ukraine during a meeting between
two top officials in Warsaw, the Polish Foreign
Ministry said on May 19.
# ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Interview_with_NATO_Secretary_General
Stoltenberg:_“Two_Percent_Is_the_Minimum_of_What_We_Need”⠀⇛
In an interview, NATO Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg calls on Germany to quickly increase
its defense spending and says he expects there will
be a debate soon on whether to supply Ukraine with
fighter jets.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ UK_announces_new_sanctions_on_Russia
targeting_86_individuals_and_entities⠀⇛
UK on Friday announced new sanctions against Russia
targeting 86 individuals and entities, including
theft of Ukrainian grain, advanced military
technology, and remaining revenue sources.
“The UK has today (Friday 19 May) announced a new
wave of sanctions against Russia, targeting
businesses and individuals connected to Russia’s
capacity to fund and wage the war,” read UK
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office press
release.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Anti-War_Activist_Flees_Russia_After_Leaving
Flowers,_Note_At_Ukrainian_Monument⠀⇛
An anti-war activist from Russia’s southwestern
Krasnodar region has fled the country fearing for
her safety.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kremlin_Critic_Roizman_Fined_For_‘Discrediting’
Russian_Armed_Forces⠀⇛
A court in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg has
ordered the city’s former mayor and outspoken
Kremlin critic, Yevgeny Roizman, to pay a fine of
260,000 rubles ($3,230) for “repetitively
discrediting the armed forces” involved in the
invasion of Ukraine.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Issues_Arrest_Warrant_For_International
Criminal_Court_Prosecutor_Who_Charged_Putin⠀⇛
Russia has issued an arrest warrant for the
International Criminal Court prosecutor who
prepared a warrant for the arrest of Russian
President Vladimir Putin, accusing the Kremlin
leader of being responsible for the illegal
deportation of children from Ukraine, which
constitutes a war crime.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Bars_500_U.S._Citizens,_Including_Former
President_Obama⠀⇛
The Russian Foreign Ministry has banned some 500
U.S. citizens from entering the country, including
former President Barack Obama, in retaliation for
the latest series of sanctions announced by the
United States against Moscow for its invasion of
Ukraine.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Adds_71_Companies_To_Trade_Blacklist_As_G7
Widens_Russia_Sanctions⠀⇛
The U.S. administration added 71 companies to a
trade blacklist for supporting Russia on May 19, as
the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced new
sanctions on Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ G-7_summit:_Can_Ukraine_President
Zelensky’s_appearance_stiffen_resolve_to_punish_Russia?⠀⇛
Summit host Japan seeks to wean global fence-
sitters economically off Moscow.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Sanctions_Against_Russia_and
What_the_G7_May_Do_to_Fortify_Them⠀⇛
The Group of Seven advanced economies are expected
to announce more sanctions against Russia to
further hinder its war effort in Ukraine during
their summit in Hiroshima, Japan
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_PM_To_Visit_Beijing_As_China_Renews
Criticism_Of_Western_Arms_To_Ukraine⠀⇛
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit
Beijing next week for talks, China’s Foreign
Ministry said on May 19, marking the latest
exchange in a relationship in which Russia is
becoming increasingly reliant on China for economic
and diplomatic support.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_says_its_defense_minister_visited
the_Zaporizhzhia_area_of_southern_Ukraine.⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_Attends_Arab_League_Summit_in
Saudi_Arabia⠀⇛
Addressing an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia,
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine urged Arab
nations to stand with him against Russia and called
out their reluctance to take sides in the war.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Targets_Kyiv_for_10th_Time_This
Month⠀⇛
The attacks come as a widely anticipated Ukrainian
counteroffensive looms.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_backs_plan_to_provide_Ukraine_with_advanced
fighter_jets⠀⇛
President Biden on Friday told his fellow_leaders
at_the_G7_summit that the U.S. will support a joint
plan to train Ukrainian pilots on advanced fighter
jets, including U.S.-made F-16s, a senior U.S.
official confirmed to Axios.
Driving the news:After the training commences, the
U.S. and its allies “will decide when to actually
provide jets, how many we will provide, and who
will provide them,” the U.S. official said.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ With_Prospect_of_F-16s_Closer,_Zelensky
Heads_to_the_G7_Summit_Strengthened⠀⇛
The Ukrainian president, heartened by a U.S. shift
that creates a path to supplying Kyiv with the
American-made warplanes, will be in Japan for the
G7 meeting.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_a_Sharp_Reversal,_Biden_Opens_a_Path
for_Ukraine_to_Get_Fighter_Jets⠀⇛
The president told allied leaders that he would
allow Ukrainian pilots to be trained on American-
made F-16s, and is prepared to approve other
countries’ transferring the jets to Ukraine.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Here_Come_More_Sanctions:_How
Effective_Are_They_Are_Stopping_Russia’s_Invasion_of
Ukraine?⠀⇛
The U.S. and other Group of Seven nations are
rolling out a new wave of global sanctions on
Russia over its invasion of Ukraine
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ UN_Envoy_Reportedly_Meeting
Russian_Official_Accused_of_War_Crimes_for_Deporting
Ukrainian_Children⠀⇛
The U.N. envoy charged with trying to protect
children caught in conflicts is in Moscow, where
she is reported to be meeting Russia’s children’s
rights commissioner, who is charged with war crimes
for deporting children from Ukraine
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ President_von_der_Leyen_at_the
Session_IV_of_the_G7,_‘Strengthening_engagement_with
partners’⠀⇛
European Commission Statement Hiroshima, 20 May
2023 Quotes by President von der Leyen on
strengthening engagement with partners:
The global pandemic and the knock-on effects of
Russia’s war concerning energy…
# ⚓ H2 View ☛ G7_Hiroshima_Summit:_Where_France,_Germany,_Italy
and_UK_stand_on_hydrogen⠀⇛
With the G7 Summit being held in Hiroshima, Japan,
this weekend (May 19-21), H2 View has been diving
deeper into the hydrogen-related activities of each
country.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ World_Leaders_Warn_China_and
North_Korea_on_Nukes_as_Ukraine’s_Zelenskyy_Travels_to_G7
Summit⠀⇛
Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies
warned China and North Korea against building up
their nuclear arsenals, pivoting to major northeast
Asian crises ahead of the arrival later Saturday of
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ White_House:_Biden_to_Discuss
Ukraine_With_Brazil’s_Lula,_India’s_Modi⠀⇛
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ “Pro-Russia”_does_NOT_mean_anti-globalist⠀⇛
Catte Black For the first six years of our eight-
year existence OffG was routinely described as
“pro-Russian” by detractors and supporters alike.
We were cited on RT and one editor was invited to
work for them (they declined).
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Remains_of_Marine_Veteran_Killed
in_Ukraine_Flown_Home_to_US⠀⇛
The remains of a U.S. Marine veteran who was
missing in Ukraine for more than a year have
returned to the United States and are headed to his
hometown in eastern North Carolina
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Zimbabwe_gets_new_VIP_jet,_Russian
helicopters⠀⇛
Zimbabwe’s government is taking delivery of dozens
of new aircraft, including a new VIP jet and up to
50 Russian helicopters. Eighteen Ansat helicopters
handed over at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International
Airport on 18 May during a ceremony presided over
by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which was also
attended by Rostec Director General Sergey
Chemezov.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_War_Report:_Russia_fires_barrage
at_Kyiv_while_UK_promises_‘kamikaze’_drones⠀⇛
A series of Russian missile strikes directed at
Kyiv were largely intercepted while the UK promises
hundreds of drones. In Poland, a missile “cover up”
controversy.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Britain_Slaps_Fresh_Sanctions_On_Russia_That
Include_Diamond_Ban⠀⇛
Britain has announced new sanctions against Russia
aimed at advanced military technologies and imports
of diamonds to cut Moscow’s “sources of income.”
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Greenpeace_Environmental_Group_To_Shut_Russia
Operation_After_Kremlin_Declares_It_‘Undesirable
Organization’⠀⇛
The Greenpeace environmental group said it is
shutting down its Russia operation after the
Kremlin declared it an “undesirable” organization
amid the government’s ongoing crackdown on civil
society and independent organizations.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ G7_agrees_to_impose_new_sanctions_on_Russia⠀⇛
G7 leaders agreed to impose new sanctions on Russia
Friday at their annual summit. G7 leaders stated
that their countries are prepared to “starve Russia
of G7 technology, industrial equipment and services
that support its war machine” and will continue
their sanctions on petroleum, metals, and diamonds,
which Russia has exported to fund its war.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Russian_prime_minister_to_visit
China_next_week_following_Xi’s_March_trip⠀⇛
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit
China from May 23 to 24, Beijing’s foreign ministry
and the Kremlin said on Friday.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Biden:_U.S._Supports_Training
Ukraine_on_F-16s,_Lifts_Objection_to_Transfer_of_Fighter
Jets⠀⇛
The move comes as the U.S. separately agreed not to
block the transfer of U.S. fighter jets from other
countries into Ukraine.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ How_the_US_Helping_Ukraine
Acquire_F-16s_Shows_That_for_Military_Aid,_‘No’_Can_Become
‘Yes’⠀⇛
The U.S. has once again buckled under pressure from
European allies and Ukraine’s leaders and agreed to
provide more sophisticated weapons to the war
effort
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Japan_Says_Zelenskyy_Will_Visit
Hiroshima_to_Join_G7_Summit_Session_on_Ukraine⠀⇛
Japan says that Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy will travel to Japan to join Group of
Seven leaders in a session on Ukraine
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Biden_to_Announce_$375_Million
Military_Aid_Package_for_Ukraine_Including_Ammunition_-US
Official⠀⇛
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ ISS:_SADC_prepares_to_go_back_to_the_future
in_eastern_DRC⠀⇛
Deep misgivings and differences about the mandate
and intentions of East Africa’s force in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lie behind the
Southern African Development Community’s (SADC)
decision to deploy its troops into the turbulent
region.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_Biden’s_curtailed_trip_affects_his_goals
for_Asia_and_democracy⠀⇛
In Japan, President Joe Biden is pursuing two
pillars of his foreign policy: revitalizing U.S.
alliances and demonstrating democracy’s virtues.
Hanging over both is the debt ceiling crisis he
left behind.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Sudan:_Desperate_civilians_take_up_arms_to
defend_themselves_against_militias_in_Darfur⠀⇛
As clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid
Support Forces (RSF) continue to rock Sudan,
Janjaweed fighters – affiliated with the RSF – have
been spreading terror in West Darfur, particularly
in the city of Geneina. Several waves of attacks
have been reported, resulting in hundreds of
civilian casualties, especially among non-Arab
tribes. In the absence of military protection, some
of them have taken up arms to defend themselves.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Unauthorized_Disclosure:_Antony
Loewenstein⠀⇛
# ⚓ American Oversight ☛ News_Roundup:_Threats_to_Election
Administration,_Attacks_on_Civil_Rights,_and_New_Lawsuit
Against_DHS⠀⇛
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_prosecutors_argue_airman_suspected_of_leaking
classified_documents_should_remain_in_government_custody⠀⇛
US government prosecutors argued in court filings
Wednesday that Jack Teixeira, the US airman
suspected of leaking classified US intelligence
documents, should remain detained ahead of his
criminal trial.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Myanmar_reports_145_deaths_caused_by_Cyclone
Mocha,_most_among_Rohingya⠀⇛
The death toll from Cyclone Mocha has reached 145
in Myanmar, its junta said Friday, with most of the
dead from the persecuted Rohingya minority.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 145_Deaths_From_Cyclone_Mocha_In_Myanmar⠀⇛
Mocha made landfall Sunday near Sittwe in Myanmar’s
western Rakhine state with winds of up to 209 km/h.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ New_Caledonia_lifts_tsunami_warning_triggered_by
Pacific_Ocean_earthquake⠀⇛
A tsunami warning in the Pacific has been lifted
after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday,
sending many islanders fleeing the coast.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Tsunami_Warning_Triggered_by_7.7_Quake_in_New
Caledonia⠀⇛
“…Tsunami waves ranging from 0.3 meter to 1 meter
above the tide level are possible for some coasts
of Vanuatu…”
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Italy_flood_death_toll_rises_amid_calls_for
action_to_mitigate_natural_disasters⠀⇛
The toll from floods that have devastated the
Emilia Romagna region in Italy rose to 14 Friday,
amid calls for the government to revive an
abandoned project to mitigate the impact of natural
disasters.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Brazil_is_foregoing_oil_wealth_in_favor_of
environmental_goals⠀⇛
Brazil’s top environmental regulator rejected_a
planned_offshore_oil_drilling_project by the state-
owned oil company Petrobras near the origin of the
Amazon River in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday (May
18), showcasing the government’s commitment to
environmental conservation.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Cleaning_Up_After_the_North_Sea_Oil_Industry
Will_Cost_Billions_–_But_Nobody_Wants_to_Pay⠀⇛
This story is the start of The North Sea
Investigations, a multi-year international
reporting project on the battle for the
future of the North Sea, led by Dutch
investigative journalism platform Follow the
Money in cooperation with Norwegian
broadcaster NRK, Belgian newspaper De Tijd
and DeSmog.
Skimming across the waves in inflatable
dinghies, activists closed in on their
target: An abandoned steel hulk looming 40
storeys above the surface of the North Sea.
Encircling the platform, tugboats fired
plumes of seawater in a spectacular but
futile attempt to stop the protesters scaling
its sheer sides.
# ⚓ H2 View ☛ KONGSTEIN_develops_compressed_gaseous
hydrogen_carrier_vessel_for_OffsH2ore_project⠀⇛
KONGSTEIN has developed a compressed gaseous
hydrogen carrier vessel for the direct
transport of hydrogen from an offshore wind
farm.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ All_Hong_Kong_residential
accounts_to_receive_HK$1,000_electricity_subsidy_in
coming_year,_as_prices_rise⠀⇛
The government will introduce an electricity
subsidy totalling HK$1,000 for the coming
year starting from June 1, following price
hikes earlier this year, according to a
Friday press release.
# ⚓ H2 View ☛ Uruguay_funds_green_hydrogen_project_with
$10m⠀⇛
With $10m of funding from the Uruguayan
Government, Italian automotive firm and local
Saceem will develop a green hydrogen
production plant in the country.
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Angola_Needs_Infrastructure_to_Facilitate
Growing_Population⠀⇛
Luanda Province has the highest population
concentration in the country, with over 9
million people residing in an area of 18,826
square kilometers.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Cannes’s_‘essential_workers’_stage_Carlton
protest_as_French_pension_battle_hits_festival⠀⇛
A relentless downpour threw a wet blanket on the
world’s premier film festival on Friday, but it did
not stop Cannes’s “essential workers” from staging
a protest outside the Riviera town’s most
emblematic palace hotel – a prelude to a larger
rally scheduled on Sunday.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Debt_limit_talks_halt_as_Republicans,_White
House_face_‘serious_differences’⠀⇛
Debt limit talks between the White House and House
Republicans stopped, started and stopped again
Friday at the US Capitol, a dizzying series of
events in high-stakes negotiations to avoid a
potentially catastrophic federal default.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Debt_ceiling_deadlock_centers_on_2024_spending
levels⠀⇛
White House and House Republican negotiators are at
a stalemate over capping spending levels in the
2024 budget.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Scoop:_Janet_Yellen’s_private_debt_ceiling_warning
to_Wall_Street⠀⇛
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned the
country’s biggest bankers that a potential debt
ceiling default will have repercussions beyond the
financial system and insisted that the early June
X-Date_is_real, Axios has learned.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Debt-Ceiling_Fight’s_Collateral_Damage⠀⇛
Last week, dozens of members of ADAPT, the
disability-rights group, forced their way into
Kevin McCarthy’s office to protest his proposed
cuts to the social safety net.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ US_Republicans_pause_debt_crisis_talks,_weeks
before_potential_default⠀⇛
Republicans have paused crunch US debt talks less
than two weeks before a possible catastrophic
default, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday,
citing lack of movement from Democrats.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Debt_limit_talks_halted_again_at
Capitol_as_Republicans,_White_House_face_‘real_differences’⠀⇛
Debt limit talks have stopped again at the Capitol
after having suddenly resumed Friday night. Two top
Republican negotiators to House Speaker Kevin
McCarthy say talks are done for the night. Next
steps are uncertain. The quick succession of events
came after McCarthy earlier in the day had said it
was time to “pause” negotiations. A White House
official acknowledged there are “real differences.”
Then talks started anew in the evening, only to
quickly halt again. President Joe Biden is racing
to strike a deal with Republicans as the nation
careens toward a potentially catastrophic debt
default if the nation fails to pay its bills. A top
Biden adviser said the White House remains hopeful.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_US_Treasury’s_pile_of_cash_is_dwindling⠀⇛
While President Joe Biden, House SpeakerKevin
McCarthy, and other politicians in Washington
strive_to_reach_a_deal to raise the US federal
government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, the US
Treasury’s cash balance fell_to_$87_billion on
Monday (May 15), the lowest it’s been since April
12.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia’s_2nd_Largest_Bank_Plans_to_Open_Office_in
Iran⠀⇛
Iran and Russia have recently expanded bilateral
political and economic relations, particularly in
the banking sector, to counter the U.S. arbitrary
sanctions.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia_Responds_to_US_Sanctions_Announced_at_the
G7_Summit⠀⇛
Washington set over 300 sanctions against companies
and individuals located in more than 20 countries
or jurisdictions.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia_To_Resume_Regular_Flights_To_Cuba⠀⇛
Currently, only tourist charter flights are
conducted between the two countries
# ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Interview_with_Jordanian_Foreign_Minister_Safadi:
“Russia_in_Syria_Is_a_Stabilizing_Factor_Compared_To_the
Alternative”⠀⇛
The Arab League is coming to terms with Syrian
dictator Bashar Assad despite all the atrocities
committed in his country’s civil war. In an
interview, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi,
61, discusses the delicate balancing act in an
explosive region.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Business_SA_backs_tax_cut_for_regional
companies⠀⇛
Payroll tax discounts for regional businesses
should be included in the upcoming South Australian
budget, the state’s peak business group says. In a
submission ahead of SA’s latest financial
blueprint, the organisation said regional companies
should get a 50 per cent discount to ease costs and
help them compete.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Worker_shortages_still_the_reality_for
many_businesses⠀⇛
Finding staff hasn’t gotten any easier for small
businesses despite signs of a slightly less
competitive labour market. Attracting and keeping
workers remained a top concern across all sectors,
said the chairman of the peak industry group for
small businesses.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Young_Laotians_eye_Thai_election’s_potential_for
stability,_higher_migrant_wages⠀⇛
Lao merchants hope for a stronger kip vs Thai baht
and more tourism from across the border.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Can_FedNow_bring_the_US_closer_to_real-
time_payments?⠀⇛
This year, the US will launch its FedNow instant
payment network. But even after FedNow launches,
the US will still have a ways to go before
consumers can access instantaneous digital
payments.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ AI_To_Replace_10,000_BT_Group_Telecom_Workers_by
2030⠀⇛
“We will be a huge beneficiary of AI,” BT Chief
Executive Jansen said, adding that “AI is a huge
leap forward.”
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_‘dual-purpose’_goods_market_too_hot_for
Leica_to_resist_Even_after_the_invaders’_atrocities_in_Bucha
shocked_the_world,_Leica_Camera_continued_exporting_military-
grade_rifle_scopes_to_Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The German camera manufacturer Leica Camera AG
announced its withdrawal from Russia shortly after
the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of
Ukraine. Afterwards, it turns out, Leica never made
good on this commitment. The Insider, an
independent Russian investigative project, has
established that not only did Leica never leave the
Russian market, but it also increased its range of
imports to Russia. This was part of Leica’s
apparent effort to capitalize on the potentially
lucrative “dual-purpose goods” market for optical
equipment suited for general consumers and the
military alike. Leica now supplies Russia with
binoculars equipped with laser rangefinders and
with night-vision rifle scopes.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Papua_New_Guinea_PM_potentially_linked_to
Australia_businessman_facing_corruption_investigation⠀⇛
Papua New Guinea police launched an investigation
into the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James
Marape after an international investigation on
Wednesday exposed his potential links to Don
Matheson, an Australian Businessman being
investigated for corruption.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tensions_Flare_in_Georgia_as_Direct
Flights_Resume_With_Russia⠀⇛
Moscow also eased visa requirements for Georgians.
But its actions have stirred fears in Georgia,
which was invaded by Russia in 2008.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Dubai’s_lunar_dream:_A_$5_billion_leap_to_the
skies⠀⇛
Dubai’s $5 billion real estate project plans to
build a 900-foot replica of the moon to elevate the
city’s grandeur even further. Fueled by pandemic
refugees and Russians escaping conflict, Dubai’s
hot real estate market supports ambitious
architecture.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia_and_Cuba_Ink_Deals_to
Revitalize_Communist-Run_Island’s_Ailing_Economy⠀⇛
By Nelson Acosta and Dave SherwoodHAVANA (Reuters)
– Russian officials and business leaders have
signed multiple deals with Cuban counterparts at a…
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Azerbaijan,_Armenia_Close_to
Deal_on_Ending_Transport_Blockade_–_Russia⠀⇛
(Reuters) – Armenia and Azerbaijan are close to
agreeing an end to a blockade of transport links
but more work is needed to seal a peace deal…
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ President_von_der_Leyen_at_the_G7
Session_V,_Economic_resilience_and_economic_security⠀⇛
European Commission Statement Brussels, 20 May 2023
Quotes by President von der Leyen on economic
resilience and economic security…
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ President_von_der_Leyen_on_our
policies_towards_China_at_Session_III_of_the_G7,_Foreign_and
Security_Policy⠀⇛
European Commission Statement Japan, 19 May 2023
Quotes by President von der Leyen on our policies
towards China at Session III of the G7, Foreign and
Security Policy…
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Direct_flight_from_Russia_lands_in_Georgia_for
first_time_since_2019,_met_with_protests_at_Tbilisi_airport_—
Meduza⠀⇛
On May 19, a plane from Russia-based airline
Azimuth departing from Moscow landed in Tbilisi,
marking the first direct flight between the two
countries in four years.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court_To_Donald_Trump:_Journalists_Encouraging
Someone_To_Break_A_Confidentiality_Agreement_Is_Protected
Speech⠀⇛
Lame duck president and serial bad faith litigant
Donald Trump has yet again been told his arguments
are bad and he should feel bad. The Man Who
Couldn’t Stop Suing sued multiple times over the
publication of a book by his niece, Mary Trump,
which detailed plenty of stuff the on-his-way-out-
the-door president didn’t want published.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Is_This_the_End_of_Russiagate?_John_Durham’s
Dud_Report.⠀⇛
With the release of special counsel John Durham’s
report on the origins of the Trump-Russia
investigation, one of the strangest scandals in
American history has ended not with a bang but with
the most simpering possible whimper. Although
Donald Trump and his supporters on the right claim
that the report vindicates their long-held theories
of a “deep state” conspiracy against the former
president, on examination it offers little more
than a rehashing of old arguments that were long
ago made irrelevant by the passage of time.1
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Pieces_of_Hate⠀⇛
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Noted_Belarusian_Educator,_Family_Members,
Associates_On_Trial_Over_2020_Anti-Lukashenka_Rallies⠀⇛
A court in Minsk has started the trial of noted
Belarusian educator Yauhen Livyant, along with
members of his family and associates who are all
accused of charges related to mass rallies over a
disputed August 2020 presidential election that
kept authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka in
power.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Opposition_Politician_Zhasaral_Quanyshalin
Dies_Of_Heart_Attack⠀⇛
Prominent Kazakh opposition politician Zhasaral
Quanyshalin has died of a heart attack at the age
74 in a hospital in Almaty, his colleagues said
late on May 18.
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ EU-Kazakhstan_strategic_partnership
becomes_operational⠀⇛
European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 May
2023 Today, Commission Executive Vice-President
Valdis Dombrovkis and Alikhan Smailov, Prime
Minister of Kazakhstan, announced a set of concrete
actions that will implement the Memorandum of
Understanding between the EU and Kazakhstan on a
strategic partnership
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Georgians_Dismayed_At_Renewed_Direct_Flights_From
Russia⠀⇛
Hundreds gathered at the main airport in Tbilisi,
Georgia, on May 19 to protest the return of direct
flights from Russia. A ban had been unilaterally
imposed by Moscow in 2019 after a wave of anti-
Kremlin protests in Georgia. It was lifted on May
10 by President Vladimir Putin, who also signed a
decree allowing Georgian nationals to enter Russia
without visas. Georgian opposition activists
protested against any warming of relations with the
Kremlin because of its full-scale invasion of
Ukraine and the 2008 war against Georgia.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ TikTok_Users_Waste_No_Time:_Sue_Montana
Same_Day_TikTok_Ban_Was_Signed⠀⇛
We noted yesterday that Montana’s
embarrassment of a governor, Greg Gianforte,
was about to cost the state a ridiculous
amount of taxpayer money having to defend his
obviously unconstitutional ban on TikTok.
What I hadn’t realized was that by the time
I’d published that article, the first such
lawsuit had already been filed.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Russian_news_show_mixes_up_Sanna_Marin_and_Kaja
Kallas⠀⇛
In a diatribe against Finland on a Russian
talk show, a guest referred to Estonia’s PM
Kaja Kallas as Finland’s leader.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Montana_TikTok_users_file_lawsuit_to_stop
state_ban_from_going_into_effect⠀⇛
Five TikTok users filed a lawsuit in a
federal Montana court on Wednesday to stop
the state’s newly enacted TikTok ban from
going into effect.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Montana’s_TikTok_ban_is_already_facing_its
first_legal_challenge⠀⇛
At least five TikTok users have filed a
lawsuit in federal court seeking to block
Montana’s new ban on the Chinese-owned
platform.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Thailand_releases_15-year-old_royal_defamation
detainee⠀⇛
Thailand’s Central Juvenile and Family Court
ordered Thursday the release of Thanalop “Yok”
Phalanchai, a 15-year-old girl who was detained in
the Ban Pranee Juvenile Vocational Training Centre
for Girls.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Iran_executes_3_men_on_charges_of_‘enmity_against
god’⠀⇛
Iran executed three men accused of carrying out a
terrorist attack during last year’s nationwide
protests surrounding the death of 22-year-old Mahsa
Amini. According to Mizan, a state-run news agency
for Iran’s judiciary, Iranian officials executed
Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi and Saeed Yaghoubi
based upon their conviction on charges of
moharebeh, or enmity against god.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘The_struggle_continues’:_Rushdie_makes_first
public_appearance_since_stabbing⠀⇛
British writer Salman Rushdie attended a New York
gala on Thursday night in his first public
appearance since a knife attack that nearly took
his life last year.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Section_230_Is_Safe_(for_Now)_After_Supreme_Court
Rules_on_Google_and_Twitter_Terrorism_Cases⠀⇛
Plus: A new lawsuit in Montana over the state’s
TikTok ban, the economic realities of online
content creation, the rights of private companies,
and more…
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Private_investigators_tell_court_of_‘dark
arts’_but_ex-Mirror_news_editor_says_Chelsy_Davy_article
‘obtained_legitimately’⠀⇛
Steve Whittamore told the High Court journalists
must have known his information was obtained
illegally.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Afghan-American_Journalist_Reportedly_Detained_By
Taliban_In_Kabul⠀⇛
Ali Latifi, an Afghan-American journalist, has been
detained by the Taliban in Kabul for what a police
spokesman said was “suspicious behavior.”
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Seymour_Hersh:_The_Ukraine_Refugee_Question⠀⇛
Ukraine’s neighbors push for Zelensky to pursue
peace as millions of displaced people flow into
Europe.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Midwest_Academy_Is_Still_Training_the
Organizers_Who_Make_Another_World_Possible⠀⇛
In 1973, at one of the most turbulent moments in
American history, veterans of the civil rights and
anti-war movements were facing the reality that
changing the status quo would not come as easily as
they had hoped. Luckily, some of them had a great
idea for how to keep fighting, and to start
winning. They started the Midwest Academy.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistani_Ex-PM_Imran_Khan_Refuses_Home_Search_By
Police,_Sets_Own_Terms⠀⇛
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 19
refused police permission to search his Lahore home
for suspects involved in this month’s attacks on
state and army buildings and laid out his own terms
for any such operation.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_arrests_a_top_judge_as_the
country’s_corruption_scandal_grows.⠀⇛
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Police_Search_Homes_Of_Rights_Activists_In
Perm⠀⇛
Police have searched the homes of at least seven
members of the Memorial human right group’s
successor — the Center of Historic Memory — in the
Russian city of Perm.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Gorsuch_Condemns_‘Breathtaking’_COVID_Emergency
Powers_That_Crushed_Civil_Liberties⠀⇛
“Since March 2020, we may have experienced the
greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the
peacetime history of this country,” Gorsuch wrote.
That might be an exaggeration, but it isn’t far
off.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ EFF ☛ States_Should_Not_Skirt_Federal_Rules_on_Fiber
Infrastructure⠀⇛
Both the Treasury Department’s Capital Projects
Fund and the National Telecommunications
Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband
Equity Affordability and Deployment grant programs
provide clear guidance to prioritize fiber-based
infrastructure. Under the Treasury rules that
govern rescue dollars, the “presumptively eligible
projects” for broadband infrastructure must
reliably deliver 100/100 mbps connectivity. While
there is an exception for lower speeds, there is a
general expectation that these projects can scale
higher for future needs. Specifically, “recipients
are encouraged to prioritize investments in fiber-
optic infrastructure where feasible” to emphasize
that projects should consider fiber first. The NTIA
program also directs states to follow the statutory
text of the IIJA. Under that law, projects must be
scalable, able to facilitate 5G and beyond, able to
evolve with community needs, and build fiber-based
infrastructure with limited exceptions for
“extremely high-cost areas.” Arguably, options such
as fixed wireless and satellite broadband could be
considered for extremely high-cost areas—which
unfortunately are not future-proofed like fiber.
But states relying on federal dollars alone will be
forced to deliver less than states that are
matching the federal investment with their own
local dollars.
# ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ MeitY’s_response_to_our_RTI
requests_on_GAC:_delayed,_denied,_deficient.⠀⇛
MeitY responded to our 1st appeal on the RTI
application pertaining to the functional and
operational processes of the Grievance Appellate
Committees (GAC). This post summarises the
Ministry’s response (or the lack thereof) to our
1st appeal, and elaborates on our concerns denied
information.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ JetBlue_and_American_Airlines_were_ordered_by_a
judge_to_end_their_alliance_in_the_Northeast_US⠀⇛
A federal judge in Massachusetts struck_down_a
partnership_between_JetBlue_and_American_Airlines
to coordinate routes and schedules in the Northeast
US, which had effectively combined the Boston and
New York operations of the two carriers.
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ DynaIP_entity_WirelessWerx_IP
location_tracking_patent_challenged_in_reexam⠀⇛
On May 19, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex
parte reexamination proceeding against U.S.
Patent_7,317,927 owned by WirelessWerx IP
LLC, an NPE and Dynamic_IP_Deals_LLC entity.
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_Is_CLAIM_WATCHER_Confusable
With_CLAIM_WATCH_&_Design_for_Certain_Insurance_Claim
Services?⠀⇛
So far this year, the Board has affirmed a
mere 83% of the Section 2(d) refusal it has
reviewed – a drop from its 89% average over
the past decade. Here’s the latest decision.
The USPTO refused to register CLAIM WATCHER
for “Health benefit plan services, namely,
insurance administration services, namely,
assisting others with adjusting insurance
claims in the nature of repricing health
insurance claims” (Class 36) and for “Legal
services, namely, legal consulting and
defense relating to health insurance claims”
(Class 45) (CLAIM disclaimed), finding
confusion likely with the registered mark
shown below, for “Tracking and monitoring the
status of insurance claims for business
purposes.” How do you think this appeal came
out? In_re_Homestead_Strategic_Holdings,
Inc., Serial No. 90263580 (May 17, 2023) [not
precedential] (Opinion by Judge Christopher
Larkin).
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Supreme_Court_Warhol_Ruling
Shouldn’t_Hurt_Artists._But_It_Might.⠀⇛
The Supreme Court decision over Andy Warhol’s
use of Lynn Goldsmith’s Prince photograph was
decided on the narrow grounds of a licensing
issue. But it could still have a chilling
effect.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Swedish_daily_prototypes_‘cringey’_AI
rap_to_tell_news_stories⠀⇛
Aftonbladet’s deputy editor said the paper
hoped to “provoke a debate” with the AI rap
music.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ ASCAP_and_BMI_Form_Joint_Task
Force_Targeting_‘Suspicious_Registrations’_Amid_An
‘Explosion_of_Music_Being_Uploaded_to_Digital
Platforms’⠀⇛
With AI tracks debuting in droves,
performance rights organizations (PROs) ASCAP
and BMI have established “a joint task force”
designed “to address suspicious registrations
associated with musical works across the
collective management ecosystem.”
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Retro_Tech
# Internet/Gemini
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AYGISTC_Wordo:_EIDER⠀⇛
# ⚓ “hey_hey_mama,_have_you_read_the_news…”⠀⇛
I heard Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison for her
fraudulent Silicon Valley co (and yea, I will
forever mistakenly call her “Katie Holmes”), so, I
figure “hey, let’s amuse ourselves with some visual
irony, and look up the photo where she is with the
“30 under 30″ crowd with Zuckerberg and other
Silicon Valley tech captains of industry”.
I search, I scroll, I re-search, scroll more – that
photo is fxxxing buried. What I DID see (all over
the front page of DDG) was the news news news that
she is, in fact, being imprisoned and not remaining
free until an appeal, or whatever. Not even a
Wikipedia entry on her. Not even an “insider hot
take” about what the malicious/malignant culture
Silicon Valley portrays and upholds means for
“tech” at-large. She isn’t the only bad character
in the Bay Area, she just got caught.
# ⚓ I_NEED_HELP_OUT_OF_A_VERY_BAD_SITUATION⠀⇛
A little more than a decade ago, after CAPITALISM
handed my ass to me (the 2008 crash, and subsequent
fallout), and I was left with pretty much nothing,
I agreed to be sent to TX to be with my mother and
sister.
# ⚓ Blueberries⠀⇛
I love blueberries. I bet you like them too. If you
don’t, you probably haven’t been eating very good
ones. Lowbush blueberries are the best – they’re
small, sweet, and packed with flavor!
# ⚓ something_something_yardwork_makes_beer_sweeter⠀⇛
Today’s been busy. Got tomato plants, carrot and
cucumber seeds, bags of compost. Took the dogs to
the vet for their shots and heartworm/tick
medication, then got down to business. Weeded the
vegetable garden, turned the soil with a garden
fork, poured out the compost, worked it in. Found a
few potatoes from last year I must’ve missed, and
which had started sprouting. Planted those, came
inside, had a shower and poured a beer.
o § Retro Tech⠀➾
# ⚓ Spring_time,_nature_observations_and_lo-fi_log⠀⇛
Spring is here, beyond all doubt. It can’t have
been much more at all than one month ago that I
remarked to my wife how very happy I was that,
without having planned it at all, I had placed my
comfy next-to-the-CD-player-and-bookshelf chair in
just the right place that in the evenings I could
watch the sunset out one of our windows (three
stories up). Not the whole glorious thing, just a
little slice through a break in the buildings and
trees down the end of the street that window faces
down. Still enough to be really nice. I was shocked
just the other day to notice that this is no longer
possible. The reason is that the trees lining that
street have now all grown so much green foliage
that they collectively block my view of the sky. I
am still not, and possibly never will be, used to
such rapid and visible seasonal change. Growing up
closer to the equator, in a land without many
deciduous trees, and then moving to the Nordics is
like a mole rat emerging into full midday sun for
the first time after years of subterranean living.
You never quite get used to it. I am slumming it
down at 50-something degrees North these days,
alas, but still find the seasonal change striking.
[...]
With spring in full force and all this greenery at
our doorstep, we’ve been taking lots of walks
lately, and I’ve taken to bringing my little Ricoh
GR digital compact camera with me. Pushing 20
years, this little fellow is still an absolute
delight. At some point I’ll write a long-overdue
post about my photography taking a bit of a digital
turn, but that isn’t this post. I have been
collecting photographs of the tremendous variety of
wild flowers that have been springing up recently,
in the park, in the forest, along the river banks.
My wife has the PlantNet app on her phone which
seems to do a pretty good, but not infallible, job
of identifying them. Even as a digital retrogrouch,
it’s hard for me to deny how cool this is. I have
learned the names of dozens of flowers over the
past couple of weeks. Some of them are beautiful.
Some of the plants are edible! I have read
astonishing things on Wikipedia. Shepherd’s purse
(Capsella bursa-pastoris) is “proto-carnivorous”:
its seeds attract and kill (I’m not sure how)
nematodes, microscopic worms, so that their
decomposed bodies enrich the soil. The Garden Star-
of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) is
“thermoperiodic”: its seeds will not germinate
unless their temperature falls below a certain cold
temperature threshold and then subsequently rises
above reach a certain warm temperature threshold.
You won’t find them in a spring following a mild
winter because the cycle hasn’t completed.
[...]
I have started keeping a “Lo-fi nature log” on my
Gemini capsule.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ The_Other_Wiki⠀⇛
There is a vast Wiki that is not Wikipedia;
and it describes the greatest achievements of
humanity.
The greatest achievements being, of course,
contained in works of fiction; where they are
not bound by the constraints normally placed
upon us.
It’s called TV Tropes, it bills itself as
“the all devouring pop-culture wiki”, and I
recommend a read if you have too much spare
time…
[...]
Or starting from “Anathem” we find that it
holds an example of “Recursive Canon”, in
which a story mentions its own existence; and
that Sherlock Holmes is an example of the
same trope, with Watson well known as the
writer and publisher of Sherlock stories.
# ⚓ Hello_others⠀⇛
Thought I was at a capsule front page, but
saw no “activate a client certificate”
option/path.
(That’s what I get for generally being in
favor of barriers to entry, right? 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴
🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇;-)⦈ )
I still like the process of writing a post,
uploading it and a new index.gmi, and
pointing Antenna to that. Way more than
activating a client certificate, for example.
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