𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Thursday, June 08, 2023
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⦿ EPO Management is Still Bullying the Staff (While Breaking the Law and Violating the European Patent Convention) | Techrights
⦿ The Need to Evolve on the Internet | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, June 07, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Not Responding After 20 Days (Well-Founded Report of Tax Fraud) and British Police Pretending Not to Exist | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/06/08/epo-management-breaking-the-law/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/08/evolve-on-the-internet/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/08/irc-log-070623/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/08/left-hand-washes-the-other-hand/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/06/08/bbs-comments-on-cosmos/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/08/emacs-and-thoughts-on-bubble/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/08/freeipmi-1-6-11/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/08/leap-15-5-release-mature/#comments
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Posted in Europe, Patents at 1:32 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Overloaded_EPO_worker⦈_
Summary: Overloaded or overworked EPO workers are complaining about further
deterioration at the workplace and their representatives say “this management
style may well contribute to feelings of disengagement, depression, or even
burn-out”
THE EPO is a lawless institution that routinely breaks the law. The European
Commission helps facilitate this law-breaking, as we habitually note in Daily
Links (in relation to the UPC). Put another way, the corruption of the EPO has
officially spread to the European Union, so any time EU officials berate
countries (e.g. Poland) for unconstitutional behaviour we can and perhaps
should bring up what happened with the UPC.
This post is not about the UPC however. We’ll have plenty to say about it in
future posts, as challenges mount (the whole system will potentially get tossed
out). What Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos did to the office is, to put
it bluntly, deliberate sabotage. They got rid of some of the best workers,
quality of patents fell (many patents aren’t even compliant with the law),
salaries and pensions fell (relative to purchasing power), and people are being
recruited who have no prior experience in patents, let alone specialised
knowledge. Maybe the EPO thinks that it can maintain_the_bubble by granting
loads of European_software_patents using buzzwords. Well, guess what?
Applicants are upset, existing workers are fed up, and recruitment prospects of
the Office are grimmer than ever.
Last year we mentioned calls of distress about managers_bullying_the_staff and
this month LSCTH, elected staff representatives in the EPO’s second-largest
branch, wrote this:
Colleagues put under scrutiny – Call to stop unhealthy management
style
Dear colleagues,
We have been receiving feedback from some of you being summoned for a
meeting by their Principal Director and / or Director to allegedly
re-assess the yearly objectives and evaluate progress. The reports of
such a meeting which reached us are far from being positive and raise
major concerns about this practice.
In particular, colleagues reported being targeted and shamed for
their performance, and being put under undue pressure. We fear that
this management style may well contribute to feelings of
disengagement, depression, or even burn-out, and we do not believe
that this is a healthy direction for the Office to take in terms of
the organisational culture. We therefore call on the administration
for an immediate stop to this practice, and invite everybody to
respect the dignity of our staff.
We are confident that the President and VP1 will promptly put an end
to this unhealthy managerial style.
Kind regards,
Your Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH)
PS: We thank our colleagues for sending feedback, and invite
everybody to contact their staff representation immediately if
summoned to such a meeting.
EPO applicants need to know this. German, Dutch and EU politicians need to know
about it. But will they do anything? The government of the country is embroiled
in a corruption (bribery) scandal connected to the EPO. This is white-collar
crime right next door to the ICC. █
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✐ The_Need_to_Evolve_on_the_Internet⠀✐
Posted in Protocol at 2:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Handycat:_Let_me_tell_you_about_tuxmachines.org⦈_
Summary: Tux Machines is one year away from its twentieth birthday and its
increased focus on protocols aside from HTTP/S is paying off; Tux Machines also
weaned itself off all social control media, including Mastodon and Diaspora
(they’re not the future, they’re the past)
On June 10th 2004 the Web site Tux Machines, or tuxmachines.org, was born
(domain registered) in Tennessee. On Saturday it’ll be 19 years since then. In
2013 Rianne and I started running it. That was 10 years ago. And here we are
after all this time. The site is alive and well. There’s even a Gemini capsule
for it and it is thriving. We’ll almost certainly make it to 20, but making it
to 30 is speculatively assuming the Web will still be a “a thing” so far down
the line…
“There’s even a Gemini capsule for it and it is thriving.”This is relevant to
us because most of the stuff we post in Daily Links under GNU/Linux and Free/
libre software is also posted in tuxmachines.org (Tux Machines) and it is
almost always posted faster there than in here. Owing to the way we developed
the CMS, the Gemini_Edition_of_the_Tux_Machines_domain/site is updated at the
same time as the Web and there is content parity. Those who use the Gemini
interface don’t miss anything that exists in the Web version.
If the World Wide Web drowns in its own garbage (it_is_happening_already),
we’ll devote more effort to Gemini and other such protocols. The Internet is
changing, but not for the better. We must evolve constantly. Tux Machines quit
social_control_media and today we checked the offline archive, which is final.
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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⡇⢠⣾⠋⢻⣆⠀⢹⣿⠁⣸⣿⠀⣿⡄⢹⣿⠀⢿⣇⠀⣾⣇⣀⣿⡆⠐⢶⠀⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣤⠿⠇⠀⣿⣇⠀⣿⣿⠸⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⣇⢸⣿⠒⠚⠛⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⢻⣿⠁⣤⡄⠐⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⠀⢰⡆⠀⣿⣿⠀⢹⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⢠⣿⣿⣿⣯⡛⣻⣿⣿⣿⠯⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣀⡉⠘⣿⡆⣸⡿⠀⢸⣿⣀⢹⣿⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⠿⠀⠘⠿⠤⠿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠙⠛⠂⠈⠛⠒⠛⠁⡀⣙⡛⠀⠘⠉⠀⠻⠛⠃⢹⣿⡟⠉⠝⠿⣿⡟⠿⠛⢶⣿⠇
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣈⣉⣉⣁⣠⣬⣉⣉⡀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣼⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣾⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⢤⠀⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⠰⡞⢛⣋⠉⣉⡀⠀⣶⣆⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⠓⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⢠⣤⠀⢠⡄⠈⣠⡴⢶⣄⠁⢰⣶⠀⢶⣶⢸⣿⡏⢰⣾⠛⣷⡄⠀⣿⡇⠹⣿⡆⢠⣿⡏⢹⣷⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⠀⢹⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣧⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⣿⡄⢸⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⢸⣿⣧⢈⣩⠔⣿⡇⠀⣿⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⢿⣧⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⢿⣿⣷⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⢸⣇⣸⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠇⢸⣿⡇⢸⣿⠸⣿⣇⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⠀⣿⣷⢀⣿⡇⠀⢿⣇⣸⡿⠀⠸⣿⡄⢸⡿⠀⠸⠿⠄⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢀⣿⣿⠃⣧⡙⠳⠞⢋⣴⣄⡛⢓⣘⣛⣀⣿⣿⣬⣉⣉⣩⣥⣤⣭⣥⣬⣭⡔⡁⠀⡠⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣴⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣾⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣨⣭⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣛⡛⣿⣿⣿⢉⣉⠉⣿⣿⣿⡷⢟⡥⠀⠀⠀⠀⢾⣿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠋⠋⠉⠀⠀⢀⠂⠀⠀⣀⡀⢀⠀⢀⣀⡀⣀⡀⠀
⡟⢛⣛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣛⠛⢛⣛⠻⡿⢛⣉⣉⡛⢿⠟⣩⣭⣍⠻⠀⣿⡇⢤⣤⠙⢠⣤⡄⠀⣴⡄⢶⣦⠀⢀⣶⠒⣶⡄⠀⣴⡟⠻⡶⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⠉⢻⣧⠀⢹⣿⠾⠀⢾⣿⠀⣿⡇⠀
⡆⢾⣿⠂⠀⣶⡆⢰⣾⠀⠸⣧⢠⣿⠀⢸⣿⠈⣿⣗⠉⣿⡇⠀⠿⠇⢹⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⠿⠃⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⡆⠘⣿⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⠤⠼⠿⠀⠙⠷⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⠀
⣿⢸⣿⡀⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⡄⡆⣿⣿⡇⢸⢸⣿⠀⢹⣿⠀⣿⡇⠀⣤⡖⢹⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⢩⡍⠀⣿⡇⠈⣿⡇⠀⣿⡇⠀⣿⡇⢸⣿⡄⠸⣿⡀⢰⣶⠀⢰⣆⢈⣿⠂⢠⡄⠈⣿⣇⣸⡿⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠘⠛⠂⣿⡇⠀
⣿⠸⣿⡇⠀⣿⡇⠈⣿⡇⢀⣿⠙⣿⡌⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⠀⣿⡇⠀⢿⣧⣼⣿⠀⡘⠿⠦⠾⠃⡀⠿⠇⠀⠿⠇⠀⠛⠃⠀⠛⠃⠈⠛⠃⠀⠉⠛⠋⠁⠀⠀⠉⠉⠁⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⠋⠁⠀
⣿⣄⣙⣛⣀⣙⣋⣀⣉⣁⣈⣭⣤⣭⣥⣤⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡤⠴⠂⠄⠀⢶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣶⣿⣷⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣅⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣤⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡟⠿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢛⣿⣿⡟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡍⠉⠛⠲⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠞⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡠⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣶⣆⣈⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠟⠉⠁⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣫⣽⠿⡟⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠧⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣤⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⠿⠆⢠⠄⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⠟⠙⠉⠉⠉⠙⢂⠀⠀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣯⡿⡛⠹⡿⠿⢛⣹⣾⣧⣽⣷⠊⠁⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠟⠉⠉⠀⢀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣟⣿⣧⣽⣳⣿⣯⣿⠿⠦⠀⠀⠈⠀⠈⠒⠁⠀⠀⠀⠒⠂⠀⠀⠀
⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⡿⠿⠻⢿⢟⠅⣀⣠⣤⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣗⣿⣿⣿⣷⣭⣳⣝⣟⠁⢿⣒⡺⣺⣇⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣾⠟⠛⢫⣹⠿⡿⡎⡡⠕⣀⣀⠀⠉⠉⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡒⢻⣿⣻⣷⡿⣛⠯⢭⡄⠀⠈⠁⣕⣀⡰⣾⡭⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣭⣿⡿⣿⡷⠊⠋⠉⠡⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠿⢷⢁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣯⡛⢋⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠴⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠃⠄⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⡿⢟⣓⣒⣶⣖⣿⡶⣄⠀⠐⣞⠃⠰⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Gemini_version_available_♊︎
✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Wednesday,_June_07,_2023⠀✐
Posted in IRC_Logs at 2:37 am by Needs Sunlight
Also available via the Gemini protocol at:
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#techrights_log_as_text #boycottnovell_log_as_text
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Gemini_version_available_♊︎
✐ His_Majesty’s_Revenue_and_Customs_(HMRC)Not_Responding_After_20_Days(Well-
Founded_Report_of_Tax_Fraud)_and_British_Police_Pretending_Not_to_Exist⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Finance, Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 12:19 am by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
Still no action concerning tax fraud and pension fraud… with connection to the
British government. We’ll publish a lot more details at a later date.
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Millions_spent_on_protecting_them_at_taxpayers'expense
(they_don't_live_here);_His_Majesty's_Revenue_and_Customs_ignoring_tax_fraud_of
UK_government_contractor⦈_
Summary: The crimes of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ have helped unearth a profound
problem in the British law enforcement authorities; What good is a monopolistic
taxman (called after the British Monarchy even in 2023) that cannot assess its
own tax abuses? Or abuses connected to it via a contractor? Meanwhile, as per
what I was told, the police is not responding to my MP and that’s ANOTHER
scandal (police not only refusing to act against crimes, committed against many
people, but moreover not responding to elected politicians)
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⠀⣀⣀⢈⡉⢈⢉⣁⣉⡉⣉⣉⣁⡉⣁⣉⣈⡀⣉⣀⣀⠉⣀⣉⡒⡉⣁⣙⣉⣈⣑⢛⢊⣉⡚⣑⡡⢀⣉⣀⡉⣈⣀⢉⣀⣈⣁⠉⣁⣉⢁⣈⡁⣈⢉⢁⣁⣈⠉⣀⠈⡁⣈⣉⣁⣉⠉⣁⢉⢁⣈⢁⣉⠉⣘⣁⡀⠀
⠀⢸⡇⣿⣿⢸⣿⢸⡯⢧⣿⡏⣿⠃⣿⢼⡧⡇⠻⣭⢨⡄⣿⠄⣿⡇⣿⠿⣿⠤⣿⣾⠸⢯⡅⡯⠄⢸⠀⣿⠀⣿⣿⢸⡧⢹⡟⠀⣿⢸⣾⣿⡇⣿⣾⠈⢸⡇⠀⣿⠀⡇⣿⣿⢸⡧⠀⣿⢾⢸⡧⢸⣿⡃⡯⠄⡇⠀
⣶⡘⠃⠛⠛⠚⠙⠛⠃⠘⠋⠓⠛⠀⠛⠚⠃⠃⠛⢛⣼⣇⣛⡒⣋⡓⠛⡀⡛⣒⣛⣛⣘⡛⠃⢓⠂⠘⠂⡛⠀⠛⠛⠘⠓⠘⠃⠀⠛⠚⠙⠛⠃⠛⠛⠀⠘⠃⠀⠛⠒⠃⠘⠛⠘⠓⠀⠛⠘⠘⠓⠘⠛⠃⠓⠒⠃⠀
⠘⠿⢆⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢧⣴⣴⣿⡟⠟⡿⢹⡿⠇⣾⡷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡐⡇⠀⣀⡀⠀
⠶⣶⣿⣿⣿⡦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⣿⣧⠮⠁⠼⠂⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣀⣤⣤⣦⣦⣤⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_BCEKOPT_Wordo:_OUTIE⠀⇛
# ⚓ Stop_and_smell_the_roses⠀⇛
Work has been positively draining recently, sapping
all my energy. I am exhausted at the end of each
day. There is so much work to do, and so much work
that is waiting to be done, and we don’t have
nearly enough people to do it all. Weekends, being
only two days, are not enough to allow me to
unwind. As the saying goes though, I need the eggs.
I need to stop and smell the roses when I can.
Yesterday’s equivalent of such was while I was
making tea, during a moment of quiet, hearing the
sound of a small piston engine aircraft somewhere
off in the distance.
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ When_/ChatGPT/_would_actually_be_so_smart_and_help_the
small_net⠀⇛
Since today’s large network is based largely on
average-quality content, you can imagine how it
fills up automatically based on responses from /
ChatGPT/. Reportedly, legislative work is underway
to [require marking of the automatic content
generated].
# ⚓ When_/ChatGPT/_would_actually_be_so_smart_and_help_the
small_net⠀⇛
AI would remove decorations, interactive scripts,
adverts, cookie pop-ups, affiliate texts, and so
on. AI would merge all scattered information into a
single content. AI could detect the real sources of
copy-pasted text, and show the original and
nondistracted content. AI finally will lay out that
data into a gemtext form. It would be a kind of
magic.
# ⚓ Sourcehut_looks_really_good⠀⇛
I’ve talked about software forges previously on
this gemlog. I host pretty much everything I write
on Codeberg and I’ve been overall happy with it,
but I find myself more and more thinking sourcehut
might have been a better choice.
I’m definitely oldschool when it comes to
computers. My first box was a Tandy TRaSh80, which
is to say my earliest computer experience was with
a DOS interpretor on an 8-bit POS. I still prefer
command line interfaces a lot of the time, even
when a gui is really full featured. Codeberg runs
Forgejo, a light fork of Gitea. Gitea has obviously
been designed from the ground up to be as much like
GitHub and GitLab as possible, which makes it
immediately comfy for younger devs. In contrast,
Sourcehut gives you a really minimal web interface
that can fairly be described as “spartan” or even
“ugly”. But what it does give you, and I like this
a lot, is a more traditional way of working that is
centered around the command line and email rather
than the web browser.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Gemini_Identity⠀⇛
Bubble moved to bbs.geminispace.org; I
learned about identity certificates!
Initially I just created a new certificate
for `bbs.geminispace.org`, then realized that
this was the wrong thing to do: it meant I
was effectively creating a new “account” and
could not make use of my post history or keep
using the “Morgan” display name.
Of course I then discovered that Lagrange
makes it easy to reuse certificates across
sites.
Not really understanding how to use
certificates effectively I’ve been creating
them all over the place, and with random
expiry years.
# ⚓ BBS_Comments_on_Cosmos⠀⇛
There is a new update to Cosmos: posts on
bbs.geminispace.org that link to aggregated
Cosmos feed entries now appear as comment
entries in Cosmos. This behaves pretty much
exactly like logs on Station.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Science
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ The_Garden⠀⇛
I awake from my daily prayer sitting in my garden,
the sun hitting my skin and covering me with its
radiant warmth before it is pushed away by a
passing breeze.
The finches chirp overhead before the greedy jay
bird chases them off, wanting all the riches of my
feeder to herself. I tend to my plants, filling
their cups until they can drink no more, plucking
any sickly leaves, and ensuring their health.
# ⚓ 5k_in_29:30_(wohoo!)⠀⇛
today marks the first time i completed a 5k run
without stopping. not just that, but even in
suboptimal conditions, i managed to get a time
below my target of 30 minutes. the sun had been
blasting the soil for a couple weeks. we were only
a couple degrees away from what i’d call proper
summer weather. two days ago, it started raining
and it hasn’t quite stopped. there’s a couple of
hours of rain, broken by a couple hours of
sunlight, rinse and repeat. so what we’re left with
at the moment is a very humid heat which is,
arguably, the worst kind of heat. i was sweating
during my warmup at home and i was already thinking
that i’d be happy hitting my 3k target at the very
least.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ “Schöner_Thrombus”⠀⇛
Blood clots… some patients know about them, and
have a sense that blood clots can mean trouble. On
the other hand healthcare workers, especially those
dealing with acute illness, are on average
positively horrified by this entity.
There are arterial and venous clots. The former is
something like what happens with many types of
heart attacks and strokes, but can also travel to
and block arterial blood flow in the kidneys,
spleen, other organs, or the arms and legs. I will
leave those for other discussions and the pertinent
specialists (cardiologists, neurologists, vascular
surgeons…).
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ Imitation⠀⇛
Imitation is a common way to learn. An urge could
be good, or bad. The experience could be
educational, or might land you a job. Or it could
go down the barren rabbit hole, again. One way to
defuse fad following is to toss the task onto a
TODO list and let the subconscious chew on it. If
it’s still interesting after a while, or has been
reinforced by something else, then give it a spin.
You may also need to free up a block of time for
dedicated study: no internet, no distractions. Or
it could end up being deleted off the TODO list
after a while.
# ⚓ Emacs:_Bookmarks_in_Registers⠀⇛
This sounds like just what you need. However, the
problem with these is that if the buffer in-
question changes, then running register-to-point
will not take you where you want to go. E.g., if
you run point-to-register inside an *info* buffer,
and then move the buffer to some other info page,
then this will not take you back to the original
info page.
Of course, you can just use a regular bookmark
instead, but then you must name the bookmark, and
then the bookmark clutters up your list of
bookmarks. What I want is to be able to store an
anonymous bookmark in a register, which is handy if
you only need a bookmark for a little while.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Thoughts_on_Bubble⠀⇛
So I’ve been away from geminispace for a
while, only really using it to check the
weather on my phone. I was busy with Game Boy
Showdown (I placed roughly middle of the
pack, but I’m just glad I finished a thing),
and there’s always work (ugh), and the last
couple of weeks I somehow talked myself into
doing savage raiding in FFXIV (not sure if
this was a mistake).
But I have seen some chatter about Bubble,
which looks like a neat project. The only
complaint I have about it is that
geminispace.org is way too similar a URL to
geminispace.info.
I get the concerns about centralization, but
it would be really cool if multiple people
ran their own Bubble instances for different
interests. The Reddit-esque format is good
for writing prompts, for example.
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World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈
§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o WINE_or_Emulation
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o SaaS/Back_End/Databases
o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra
o GNU_Projects
o Licensing_/_Legal
o Programming/Development
# PHP
# Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh
# Java_and_JavaScript
# Rust
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Linux_Foundation
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ The_best_Linux_laptops_of_2023⠀⇛
ZDNET has researched the best Linux laptops
available based on performance, design, cost, and
more to help programmers find the right fit for
their needs.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ KDE Videos ☛ Akademy_2023_Interview:_In_conversation_with
Eleftherios_Kosmas_–_Libre_Space_Foundation⠀⇛
Eleftherios will be delivering a_keynote at
#Akademy2023 where he will be talking about Libre
Space_Foundation and the value of free software in
space.
In this interview he tells us about how he got
started in the space industry, and how his love for
open source shaped his choice of career.
# ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Linux_Out_Loud_65:_Immutable_File_Systems⠀⇛
This week, Linux Out Loud chats about yay or nay
for immutable file systems. Welcome to episode 65
of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected
those headphones as we searched the community for
themes to expound upon. We kept the banter
friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and
had fun doing it.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Announcing_Istio_1.18.0⠀⇛
We are pleased to announce the release of Istio
1.18. This is the second Istio release of 2023, and
the first to ship with Ambient mode! We would like
to thank the entire Istio community for helping get
the 1.18.0 release published. We would like to
thank the Release Managers for this release, Paul
Merrison from Tetrate, Kalya Subramanian from
Microsoft and Xiaopeng Han from DaoCloud. The
release managers would specially like to thank the
Test & Release WG lead Eric Van Norman (IBM) for
his help and guidance throughout the release cycle.
We would also like to thank the maintainers of the
Istio work groups and the broader Istio community
for helping us throughout the release process with
timely feedback, reviews, community testing and for
all your support to help ensure a timely release.
# ⚓ Istio_1.18.0_Change_Notes⠀⇛
§ Deprecation Notices
These notices describe functionality that will be
removed in a future release according to Istio’s
deprecation_policy. Please consider upgrading your
environment to remove the deprecated functionality.
# ⚓ Istio_1.18_Upgrade_Notes⠀⇛
When you upgrade from Istio 1.17.x to Istio 1.18.0,
you need to consider the changes on this page.
These notes detail the changes which purposefully
break backwards compatibility with Istio 1.17.x.
The notes also mention changes which preserve
backwards compatibility while introducing new
behavior. Changes are only included if the new
behavior would be unexpected to a user of Istio
1.17.x.
# ⚓ Top_17_Penetration_Testing_Tools_You_Need_to_Know_in_2023⠀⇛
The idea behind penetration testing is to identify
security-related vulnerabilities in a software
application. Also known as pen testing, the experts
who perform this testing are called ethical hackers
who detect the activities conducted by criminal or
black hat hackers.
Penetration testing aims in preventing security
attacks by conducting a security attack to know
what damage can a hacker cause if a security breach
is attempted, the outcomes of such practices help
in making the applications and software more secure
and potent.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ 15_Useful_Performance_and_Network_Monitoring
Tools_for_Linux⠀⇛
If you’re working as a Linux/Unix system
administrator, sure you know that you must have
useful monitoring tools to monitor your system
performance.
As monitoring tools are very important in the job
of a system administrator or a server webmaster,
it’s the best way to keep an eye on what’s going on
inside your Linux system/server.
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Track_Upcoming_Events_with_‘Countdown’_App_for
Linux⠀⇛
I try to stay on top of upcoming events but when
things are due to happen a little way down the
line, it’s a struggle.
# ⚓ Net2 ☛ Five_best_screen_recorders_for_Linux⠀⇛
Screen recording comes in handy when creating a
video tutorial, recording gameplay, live streaming
or even something cool you just did and want to
showcase it to others. Uses of a screen recorder
are diverse and there are a ton of reasons to have
one installed on your PC.
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Intel’s_New_Open_Source_Mono_Font_is_Pretty
Decent⠀⇛
Between IBM Plex Mono, Hack, Fira Code, and
JetBrains Mono I think we Linux users are spoilt
for choice when it comes to open-source monospace
fonts that look good and work great. Still, there’s
always room for more, right? Intel thinks so, hence
the release of Intel One Mono.
# ⚓ Sam_Thursfield:_State_of_screen_reading_reading_on_desktop
Linux⠀⇛
Reading a computer screen wears out your delicate
eye-balls. I would like the computer to read some
web-pages aloud for me so I can use my ears
instead.
Here’s what I found out recently about the
available text-to-speech technology we have on
desktop Linux today. (This is not a comprehensive
survey, just the result of some basic web searches
on the topic).
§ The Read Aloud browser extension
Read_Aloud is a browser extension that can read web
pages out for you. That seems a nice way to take a
break from screen-staring.
I tried this in Firefox and, it worked, but sounded
like a robot made from garbage. It wasn’t pleasant
to listen to articles like that.
Read Aloud supports some for-pay cloud services
that probably sound better, but I want TTS running
on my laptop, not on Amazon or Google’s servers.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Users_Can_Now_Take_Advantage_of_Flathub’s_New
Documentation⠀⇛
Flathub’s users’ documentation has been revamped
and is now available. So dive into it to enhance
your Flathub experience.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Guide_to_Install_Rust_and_Use_Cargo_Package
Manager_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛
In this guide, we’ll take you through the
installation process of Rust programming language
on an AlmaLinux 9. You will install Rust with two
different methods and learn the basic usage of the
Cargo package manager for creating and managing the
Rust project.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Dealing_with_‘Failed_to_Retrieve_Share_List’
Error_in_Linux_SMB_Share⠀⇛
The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is commonly
used for file sharing between Linux and Windows
machines. It’s not uncommon, however, to run into
errors such as ‘Failed to retrieve share list from
server: Invalid argument.’ This error typically
indicates a problem with accessing shared
resources, which can be caused by various issues
such as network misconfigurations, firewall
restrictions, or outdated SMB versions.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ Install_Able2Extract_Professional_on_Ubuntu_/
Debian⠀⇛
Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to
install Able2Extract on Debian / Ubuntu. This tool
is a marvel if you work with many PDF files. What
is Able2Extract Professional? Able2Extract
Professional is a proprietary tool for working with
and manipulating PDF files.
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Disable_GUI_on_modern_Debian⠀⇛
This is how you disable the GUI after logging in
and launching a shell:
sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
sudo systemctl reboot
I inadvertently installed a graphical environment
installing a new Debian Xen test server. This will
let you reboot to a tty.
For fellow BSD people, remember that the systemctl
(8) command has also kudzu’d shutdown(8) on most
Linux distros now. I wonder how long it’ll take for
sudoedit(8) to be replaced with systemctl text-
editor-edit.
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ What_are_AppImages_and_how_do_you_use_them_on
Linux?⠀⇛
This unique format for distributing Linux
applications keeps it simple — mostly.
# ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Qubes_OS_dom0_files_workflow_using_fossil⠀⇛
Since I’m using Qubes OS, I always faced an issue;
I need a proper tracking of the configuration files
for my systemthis can be done using Salt as I
explained in a previous blog post. But what I
really want is a version control system allowing me
to synchronize changes to a remote repository (it’s
absurd to backup dom0 for every change I make to a
salt file). So far, git is too complicated to
achieve that.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_VMware_Tools_on_Debian_11⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
VMware Tools on Debian 11. Are you using VMware
virtualization technology for your virtualized
environment? If so, then you should definitely
consider installing VMware Tools.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_UFW_on_Linux_Mint_21/20⠀⇛
The Uncomplicated Firewall, or simply UFW, is a
widely embraced network security tool that provides
an intuitive interface for managing Linux IPTables
firewall rules. It offers a user-friendly platform
to manipulate the usually complex IPTables
commands, making the process of administering a
firewall seamless for both beginners and
experienced users alike.
# ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_check_command_version_on_Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_say_YES_to_ALL_with_cp_command⠀⇛
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_display_currently_mounted_file_systems
in_Linux⠀⇛
Understanding the currently mounted file systems in
your Linux machine is crucial for system management
and troubleshooting. Mounted file systems include
disk partitions, device drivers, and remote servers
that your Linux system recognizes and uses.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Oracle_Java_17_on_Linux_Mint
21/20⠀⇛
Java, the robust and versatile programming language
has always been a preferred choice of developers
worldwide.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Xfce_on_Debian_12/11/10⠀⇛
XFCE stands as a remarkable desktop environment in
the Linux ecosystem. Its core philosophy orbits
around balance to provide a modern and user-
friendly environment that does not compromise on
performance or consume excessive resources.
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ I_should_read_the_Vim_help_more
often⠀⇛
A while back I wrote about handling numbers in Vim
when they have a dash in front of them, and in a
comment, Seth pointed me to a special option in
visual mode, ‘g Ctrl-A’, which will increment a
column of numbers the way I wanted here. Since this
is visual mode, I can select the numbers without
the leading dashes.
# ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ LibreOffice_Calc_Basics_IX:_MIN_and_MAX⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ How_To_Add_XLOOKUP_Function_to_LibreOffice
Calc⠀⇛
This tutorial will explain in short how to make
LibreOffice Calc able to do XLOOKUP by adding an
extension called Lox365. It will give you abilities
of xlookup and more features like Excel. We would
love to say thank you very much to the developer,
Goose Pirate, for creating it.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ 10_Commands_to_Collect_System_and_Hardware_Info
in_Linux⠀⇛
It is always a good practice to know the hardware
components of your Linux system running, this helps
you to deal with compatibility issues when it comes
to installing packages, and drivers on your system
using yum, dnf, or apt.
In this article, we shall look at some useful Linux
commands that can help you to extract information
about your Linux system and hardware components.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Enable_Nginx_HTTP/3_and_QUIC⠀⇛
HTTP/3 is the third version of the Hypertext
Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which is used for data
communication on the World Wide Web. Compared to
its predecessor, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 operates over QUIC,
a transport layer protocol, instead of TCP. This
change reduces latency and improves the browsing
experience.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Falkon_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
Falkon, previously known as QupZilla, is an open-
source, cross-platform web browser that combines
the prowess of KDE technology and the robustness of
the QtWebEngine rendering engine. Designed with an
intuitive interface, Falkon caters to power users
seeking a reliable, efficient browsing experience
while providing a customizable platform for the
more technical folks.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_GoLand_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
JetBrains GoLand is a robust integrated development
environment (IDE) for Go programming, offering a
comprehensive suite of features and tools tailored
specifically for Go developers. It was meticulously
developed by JetBrains, a renowned software company
famous for creating leading IDEs for various
programming languages.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Rider_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04 [Ed: .NET is a poor choice for technical and legal
reasons; explore the alternatives]⠀⇛
If you’re on a quest for a powerful, flexible, and
intelligent development environment for .NET, look
no further than JetBrains Rider.
# ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_extract_text_from_PDF_document⠀⇛
# ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_locate_and_set_JAVA_home_directory_on
Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ Bash_base64_decode_and_encode_on_Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_Git_With_VisualSVN_Server?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_“git_status”_for_Inspecting_Git
Repository⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_“git-archive”_Command_in_Git⠀⇛
The “git archive” command permits the developers to
package the entire history of a particular Git
repository into a single archive file.
o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾
# ⚓ Lutris_0.5.13_has_been_released⠀⇛
With this release, we’re adding back the ability to
run games with Proton. While this can be an useful
thing for testing compatibility, it is still
recommended to stick with the builds provided by
Lutris. We are now using @GloriousEggroll’s Proton
based builds by default, which makes using Steam’s
proton an even narrower edge case.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients
with_Tears_Fall_Low,_Noxious_Weeds_and_Eigenbrau_–_2023-06-07
Edition⠀⇛
Between 2023-05-31 and 2023-06-07 there were 26 New
Steam games released with Native Linux clients.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KDE_Gear_23.04.2_Is_Out_to_Improve
Dolphin,_Kdenlive,_and_Other_KDE_Apps⠀⇛
KDE Gear 23.04.2 is here less than a month
after KDE Gear 23.04.1 and improves the
Dolphin file manager to remember opened tabs
on launch if it is configured this way by the
user. It would appear that this functionality
broke recently during the process of fixing a
bug.
The Spectacle screenshot tool has been
updated so that its sidebar can accommodate
long button text in some languages and the
Gwenview image viewer now opens the specified
app when using the “Open With” menu instead
of a different one.
# ⚓ KDE ☛ KDE_Gear_23.04.2⠀⇛
Over 120 individual programs plus dozens of
programmer libraries and feature plugins are
released simultaneously as part of KDE Gear.
Today they all get new bugfix source releases
with updated translations, including…
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ openSUSE_Leap_15.5_is_Now_Available_to
Download⠀⇛
It’s a big day for Linux fans as an all-new version
of the iconic Linux distro openSUSE is available to
download.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ openSUSE_Leap_15.5_Is_Out,_Setting_the_Bar
High⠀⇛
Plasma 5.27.4, Xfce 4.18, Linux kernel 5.14, and
tons of improvements are among the new features in
openSUSE Leap 15.5. Here’s what’s new!
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#23.23:_openSUSE_15.5,_GNOME_45_New
Features,_Tail_Command_and_More⠀⇛
Get familiar with tail and cowsay commands. Learn
new tips and tricks on GNOME desktop along with all
the major Linux news this week.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ openSUSE_releases_new_version_with_several_new
technologies⠀⇛
In a statement, the group behind open SUSE said
version 15.5 had several new inclusions like
container technologies, immutable systems,
virtualisation, embedded development, and other
high-tech advances.
The new release will receive maintenance and
security updates until the end of 2024. The old
version, 15.4, have its end-of-life six months from
the date of the latest release.
Douglas DeMaio, a leader of the openSUSE project,
said in a statement: “This release brings newer
packages like Mesa and others, but Leap 15.5 is a
non-feature release. Some of these newer packages
to highlight include KDE Plasma 5.27, which is a
Plasma Long Term Support version until the next one
rolls out in 2024.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Armbian_23.05_is_Now_Available⠀⇛
Based on Debian 12, the latest version of the ARM/
RISC-V distribution is now available to download
and install.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Charmed_MLFlow_Beta_is_here._Try_it_out_now!⠀⇛
Canonical’s MLOps portfolio is growing with a new
machine learning tool. Charmed MLFlow 2.1 is now
available in Beta. MLFlow is a crucial component of
the open-source MLOps ecosystem. The project
announced it had passed 10 million monthly
downloads at the end of 2022. With Charmed MLFlow
users benefit from a platform where they can easily
manage machine learning models and workflows.We are
looking for data scientists, machine learning
engineers and AI enthusiasts to take Charmed MLFlow
Beta for a drive and share their feedback with us.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Radek Koziel ☛ How_I_Hacked_my_Car_Part_5:_How_I_Hacked_my
Car_Again⠀⇛
But why does this post exist if I already hacked
it?
Because Hyundai
Sometime in late July 2022, Hyundai removed the
links to all of their DAudio2 firmware downloads.
Leaving only a message that said the updates would
return on Sepember 1st. If I had to guess, someone
at Hyundai/Mobis read my blog and they wanted to
fix their issues. In anticipation of that I started
to gear up to hack the latest firmware.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ reTerminal_DM_–_A_Raspberry_Pi_CM4-powered
10.1-inch_HMI_controller⠀⇛
Seeed Studio’s reTerminal DM is an upgrade to the
Raspberry Pi CM4-powered reTerminal with a larger
10.1-inch touchscreen display and a greater range
of features and interfaces for various industrial
applications.
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Raspberry_Pi_detects_factory_defects_with
machine_learning⠀⇛
A Raspberry Pi Camera Module acts as the eyes of
the production line monitor, feeding real-time
images from the production line. A computer vision
model analyses the images to detect broken teeth,
scratches, and dents in 3D-printed spur gears as
they roll through on the homemade “conveyer belt”.
When the model detects a defect, Modzy’s system
updates and timestamps a log, recording what was
wrong with the spur gear and exactly when it rolled
past the detection point on the production line.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Android:_How_malicious_Android_apps_are
generating_revenue_for_hackers_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛
# ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Of_The_Best_Open_World_Games_On_Android_To
Check_Out_In_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ Connect_on_the_go_and_learn_new_skills_with_new_Android
features⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_scraps_Android_TV_13,_releases
Android_TV_14_beta⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_14_makes_it_extra_clear_that_your
phone_is_charging⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Android_TV_14_phone_calls:_Support
incoming?_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛
# ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ This_cheap_Android_phone_is_one_of_the
best_I’ve_used_in_2023_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Open Source Security (Audio Show) ☛ Rocket_ships_and radishes⠀⇛
There’s been something in the back of my brain that’s
been bothering me about talks at the big conferences
lately but I just couldn’t figure out how to talk about
it. Until I listed to this episode of The Hacker Mind
Podcast on Self Healing Operating Systems (it’s a great
podcast, like and subscribe). The episode was all about
this incredibly bizarre way to store operating system
state in a SQL database (yeah, you read that right). The
guest made no excuses that this is a pretty wild idea and
it’s not going to happen anytime soon. But we need weird
research like this, it’s part of the forward march of
progress.
[...]
In the academic days (like our operating system example
from the opening), it would be well understood that this
was rocket ship research. It almost certainly wouldn’t go
anywhere anytime soon, but was a step as part of the
larger story of progress. As the arrow of time drags us
all into the future, so does the path of progress, as
long as you don’t live in Florida.
o ⚓ Linux Journal ☛ Minarca:_A_Backup_Solution_You’ll_Love⠀⇛
Data backup is a crucial aspect of information
management. Both businesses and individuals face risks
such as hard drive failure, human error or cyberattacks,
which can cause the loss of important data. There are
many backup solutions on the market, but many are
expensive or difficult to use.
That’s where Minarca comes in. Developed by Patrik
Dufresne of IKUS Software, Minarca is an open source
backup solution designed to offer a simplified user
experience while providing management and monitoring
tools for system administrators. So let’s take a closer
look at how Minarca came about and how it compares to
other solutions.
o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
# ⚓ Turso ☛ Database_migrations_made_easy_with_Atlas⠀⇛
Database migrations is one of the thorniest
subjects there is. In short, they happen when a
database schema must change to accommodate new or
updated data. One simple example of a database
migration is adding or removing columns from a
table.
There are many tools available to help the process
of database migration, following a variety of
approaches. In this article we will look at Atlas,
a declarative tool for managing database schemas,
that draws inspiration from infrastructure-as-code
tools to manage migrations in a novel way.
o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ LibreOffice_7.5.4_Office_Suite_Released_with
More_Than_80_Bug_Fixes⠀⇛
Coming a little over a month after the LibreOffice
7.5.3 point release, LibreOffice 7.5.4 is here to
address a total of 83 bugs that have been reported
by users or discovered by the LibreOffice
developers in the LibreOffice 7.5 series.
The Document Foundation recommends all LibreOffice
7.5 users to update their installations to the new
point release as soon as possible for better
stability, reliability, and security.
o § GNU Projects⠀➾
# ⚓ GNU ☛ freeipmi_@_Savannah:_FreeIPMI_1.6.11_Released⠀⇛
o Fix double free corner case in ipmiseld.
o Support ISO 8601 date inputs to date range
options in ipmi-sel.
o Support Xilinx OEM FRU records.
o Fix corner case in libipmimonitoring, support
sensor if units
is "RPM per minute", but just return "RPM" as the
units.
o Fix portability compilation on cygwin.
o Fix typo in fiid template field that could lead
to packet
interpretation errors.
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freeipmi/freeipmi-
1.6.11.tar.gz
o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ How_Attorneys_Are_Harming_Cybersecurity
Incident_Response⠀⇛
So, we’re not able to learn from these breaches
because the attorneys are limiting what information
becomes public. This is where we think about
shielding companies from liability in exchange for
making breach data public. It’s the sort of thing
we do for airplane disasters.
# ⚓ USENIX ☛ Lessons_Lost:_Incident_Response_in_the_Age_of
Cyber_Insurance_and_Breach_Attorneys⠀⇛
Incident Response (IR) allows victim firms to
detect, contain, and recover from security
incidents. It should also help the wider community
avoid similar attacks in the future. In pursuit of
these goals, technical practitioners are
increasingly influenced by stakeholders like cyber
insurers and lawyers. This paper explores these
impacts via a multi-stage, mixed methods research
design that involved 69 expert interviews, data on
commercial relationships, and an online validation
workshop. The first stage of our study established
11 stylized facts that describe how cyber insurance
sends work to a small numbers of IR firms, drives
down the fee paid, and appoints lawyers to direct
technical investigators. The second stage showed
that lawyers when directing incident response
often: introduce legalistic contractual and
communication steps that slow-down incident
response; advise IR practitioners not to write down
remediation steps or to produce formal reports; and
restrict access to any documents produced.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ A_retrospective_on_my_thesis_about
language_niches,_fifteen_years_later⠀⇛
The obvious niche that I missed was ‘languages that
run in web browsers’, which started out being
JavaScript and has spiralled outward from there
(first with other languages that transpile to
JavaScript and more recently with WebAssembly
(WASM)). This niche became a massive thing over the
past fifteen or so years and even spilled out from
web browsers proper, with applications being
written in ‘web shells’ such as Electron (which I
consider basically browsers because, as I
understand it, the API is primarily the browser’s
DOM API).
# ⚓ Alexandru Nedelcu ☛ Scala_3_Significant_Indentation_Woes:
Sample⠀⇛
Here’s a fairly straightforward Scala 3 sample,
using significant indentation. Can you spot the
compilation error?
# ⚓ DataGeeek ☛ JAGS_Simulation_with_Multivariate_State-Space
Model:_The_G7_on_Food_Security⠀⇛
The 49th G7 summit was held recently in Japan.
Ukraine was one of the most critical issues at the
meeting; most of the session topic was related to
problems stemming from Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine. One of the problems, aforementioned is
food security. Because of the war, energy prices
have been up. And that has stimulated food
inflation. Of course, that is not the only reason
but one of the important ones, like the disruption
of the food supply chain.
In this article, we will model the food and energy
inflation of the G7 countries since the 1990s and
make their 5-year projection. We will use the
multivariate state-space model with JAGS simulation
for that purpose.
First, we will build our data set for the model. We
will use food and energy annual CPI rates with the
2015 base-year, from OECD.
# ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ How_to_enable_API_requests_in_Fresh⠀⇛
We can’t trust browsers because they are designed
to execute arbitrary code from website publishers.
One of the biggest protections we have is Cross-
Origin_Request
Sharing (CORS), which prevents JavaScript from
making HTTP requests to different domains than the
one the page is running under.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ uniform_spacings⠀⇛
A riddle on uniform spacings!, namely when
considering eight iid Uniform (0,1) variates as
visiting times and three further iid Uniform (0,1)
variates as server availability times, with unit
service time, the question being the probability a
server is available for a ninth visiting time, T⁹.
# ⚓ Gentoo ☛ Weekly_report_1,_LLVM_libc⠀⇛
Hey! I had to start GSoC on sunday last week due to
school, and I didn’t
think that I’d write a weekly report for the first
week but I decided to
do it anyways.
My plan for week 1 was:
>This week I will set up a LLVM toolchain and
sysroot for compiling
>programs targeting LLVM libc. I will also start
setting up a
>“llvm-libc/Linux from Scratch” chroot.
Because I played with LLVM libc before last week I
had already completed this
goal. Going forward I will only work in the sysroot
until setting up
crossdev because it’s simple and gives me
everything I need to fix
dependencies like Python.
This far the project has been going pretty smooth,
but I’ve also ran
into some issues which I will comment on.
catcream
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Introduction_to_Propensity_Score_Analysis_with_R
workshop⠀⇛
Learn how to use propensity score analysis in R!
Join our workshop on Introduction to Propensity
Score Analysis with R which is a part of our
workshops for Ukraine series.
# § PHP⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_filter_var()_Function_in
PHP⠀⇛
The filter_var() function is used in PHP to
filter a variable with a specified filter.
For more details, follow this guide.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_Die()_Function_in_PHP⠀⇛
The die() function in PHP is used to handle
fatal errors by displaying the message before
terminating the script.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_Dechex()_Function_in_PHP⠀⇛
The dechex() function in PHP is used to
convert the decimal value into hexadecimal
value. For more details, follow this guide.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_Calendar_Functions_in_PHP?⠀⇛
PHP offers a wide range of calendar functions
that are useful for managing and displaying
date and time data. Follow this guide to
learn about them.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_ucfirst()_Function_in_PHP⠀⇛
The ucfirst() function is a built-in PHP
function that allows users to change the
first letter of a string to uppercase,
without modifying the rest of the string.
# § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ A_User’s_Guide_to_Understanding
Redirection_Operators_in_Bash⠀⇛
The command line is one of the most powerful
tools at your disposal as a Linux user. While
it may initially appear daunting, with the
right knowledge, it can become an incredibly
powerful asset. One key aspect of mastering
the command line involves understanding
redirection operators in Bash.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Setting_Up_a_Port_Forwarding_Using
Iptables_in_Linux⠀⇛
In computer networking, port forwarding is a
technique that allows an outside user to
reach a service on a private network that’s
otherwise inaccessible from the outside.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Getting_Started_with_Linux_Mint:_Your
Download_Guide⠀⇛
In the realm of open-source operating
systems, Linux Mint has become a beloved
choice for many. Renowned for its
versatility, Linux Mint boasts an intuitive
and user-friendly environment that makes it a
perfect gateway for those transitioning from
other systems like Windows or MacOS.
# § Java and JavaScript⠀➾
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Deploy_Quarkus_applications_directly_to
OpenShift_using_S2I⠀⇛
Quarkus is a Kubernetes-native Java framework
that offers a great developer experience,
providing extensions for most modern
development and management needs while
enabling you to write imperative and reactive
code. Red_Hat_OpenShift is a unified platform
to run your applications at scale while
offering a great developer experience for
managing applications and their
infrastructure. Quarkus and OpenShift are a
great combination. Simply put, the
combination of OpenShift and Quarkus helps
application engineering teams to become
highly productive and have a reliable runtime
for their applications at scale.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_Bulk_ConcurrentHashMap
Operations_in_Java?⠀⇛
Three Bulk operations, the forEach(), search
(), and reduce() methods used to retrieve all
or specific elements, or to apply the same
operation on elements.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_Autoboxing_and_Unboxing_in
Java?⠀⇛
Autoboxing converts selected primitive class
data into wrapper class automatically and for
Unboxing the wrapper class gets converted
into the primitive class.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_Collectors_groupingBy()
Method_in_Java?⠀⇛
The “groupingBy()” method accepts a
classifier function as a parameter, and this
function determines the grouping key for each
element in a stream.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_Dollar_Sign_and_Curly_Braces
in_a_String_Using_JavaScript⠀⇛
The placeholder “${}” is used as template
literals to specify JavaScript expressions
i.e., arithmetic operations, variables, call
functions, etc.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Install_Tailwind_CSS_with_Laravel⠀⇛
Create a Laravel project, install Tailwind
CSS in it using the “npm”, configure the main
CSS, write the code with Tailwind CSS, and
build it.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_Container_Queries_Plugin_in
Tailwind?⠀⇛
To use container queries plugin in Tailwind,
install the container queries plugin and add
them to the “tailwind.config.js” file. Then,
us
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_an_Opacity_Modifier_in
Tailwind?⠀⇛
The opacity modifier is a utility class that
allows users to adjust the transparency level
of an element, such as text, button,
background, etc.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_a_Plugin_for_Typography_in
Tailwind?⠀⇛
To use a plugin for typography in Tailwind,
install the typography plugin and add them to
the “tailwind.config.js” file. Then, use them
in the HTML program.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_a_Plugin_for_Forms_in
Tailwind?⠀⇛
To use the forms plugin in Tailwind, install
the forms plugin and add them to the
“tailwind.config.js” file. Then, use them in
HTML code.
# ⚓ Geeks For Geeks ☛ NodeJS_Interview_Questions_and
Answers_–_Set_2⠀⇛
NodeJS is an open-source and cross-platform
runtime environment built on Chrome’s V8
JavaScript engine for executing JavaScript
code outside of a browser.
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in
Rust_498⠀⇛
Hello and welcome to another issue of This
Week in Rust!
This Week in Rust is openly developed on
GitHub and archives can be viewed at this-
week-in-rust.org.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Books_You_Should_Read:_Prototype_Nation⠀⇛
Over the years, I’ve been curious to dig deeper into the
world of the manufacturing in China. But what I’ve found
is that Western anecdotes often felt surface-level,
distanced, literally and figuratively from the people
living there. Like many hackers in the west, the allure
of low-volume custom PCBs and mechanical prototypes has
me enchanted. But the appeal of these places for their
low costs and quick turnarounds makes me wonder: how is
this possible? So I’m left wondering: who are the people
and the forces at play that, combined, make the gears
turn?
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Plastic_Welding_Revisited⠀⇛
Last time we talked about a video that purported to do
plastic welding, we mentioned that the process wasn’t
really plastic welding as we understood it. Judging by
the comments, many people agreed, but it was still an
interesting technique. Now [Inventor 101] has a video
about plastic repair that also talks about welding,
although — again, we aren’t sure all of the techniques
qualify.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Stunning_Merger_Angers_Athletes [Ed:
Sportwashing by Saudi Arabia will ruin more sports]⠀⇛
A professional golf merger is a victory for Saudi Arabia
and another sign that money can overwhelm almost any
other force in sports.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Saudi_Arabia’s_LIV_Golf_Deal_Is_a_Triumph_That
Transcends_Sports [Ed: Triumph? Associating sports with crimes
against women, gays, and more is no "Triumph"]⠀⇛
The deal to merge LIV Golf with the PGA Tour is a big win
for the oil-rich kingdom, headlining a banner week that
also includes a visit from the American secretary of
state.
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_PGA_Tour’s_Stunning_Hypocrisy⠀⇛
The preeminent golf league suddenly decided that Saudi
Arabia’s many sins are not a problem.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_US_should_pay_close_attention_to_Saudi
Arabia’s_domestic_policy⠀⇛
Riyadh’s foreign priorities today are little more than a
shadow of its plans at home. US officials should factor
this reality into their plans to stabilize relations with
the kingdom.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Norway_Rescues_Russian_By_Helicopter_Near_North_Pole⠀⇛
Norway rescued a Russian in need of emergency medical
assistance on board a scientific vessel stuck in ice near
the North Pole in a spectacular helicopter operation, its
rescue services said on June 7.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Artificial_Photosynthesis_Could_Be_The
Secret_to_Colonising_Space⠀⇛
Life beyond Earth may depend on this.
# ⚓ Computers Are Bad ☛ 2023-06-07_something_up_there_–_nasa
and_uaps⠀⇛
✐ A brief note on Grusch⠀✐
First, a disclaimer of sorts: I am posting another
article on UAPs, yet I am not addressing the recent
claims by David Grusch. This is for a couple of
reasons. First, I am skeptical of Grusch. He is not
the first seemingly well-positioned former
intelligence official to make such claims, and I
think there’s a real possibility that we are
looking at the next Bob Lazar. Even without
impugning his character by comparison to Lazar,
Grusch claims only secondhand knowledge and some
details make me think that there is a real
possibility that he is mistaken or excessively
extrapolating. As we have seen previously with the
case of Luis Elizondo, job titles and
responsibilities in the intelligence community are
often both secretive and bureaucratically complex.
It is very difficult to evaluate how credible a
former member of the IC is, and the media
complicates this by overemphasizing weak signals.
Second, I am hesitant to state even my skepticism
as Grusch’s claims are very much breaking news. It
will take at least a month or two, I think, for
there to be enough information to really evaluate
them. The state of media reporting on UAP is
extremely poor, and I already see Grusch’s story
“growing legs” and getting more extreme in the
retelling. The state of internet discourse on UAP
is also extremely poor, the conversation almost
always being dominated by the most extreme of both
positions. It will be difficult to really form an
opinion on Grusch until I have been able to do a
lot more reading and, more importantly, an
opportunity has been given for both the media and
the government to present additional information.
It is frustrating to say that we need to be
patient, but our first impressions of individuals
like Grusch are often dominated by our biases. The
history of UFOlogy provides many cautionary tales:
argumentation based on first impressions has both
lead to clear hoaxes gaining enormous hold in the
UFO community (profoundly injuring the credibility
of UFO research) and to UAP encounters being
ridiculed, creating the stigma that we are now
struggling to reverse. In politics, as in science,
as in life, it takes time to understand a
situation. We have to keep an open mind as we work
through that process.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Craft_Has_Flown_Close_Enough_to_The_Sun
to_Detect_The_Source_of_Elusive_Solar_Winds⠀⇛
Hello, Icarus.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Julia Evans ☛ Some_blogging_myths⠀⇛
A few years ago I gave a short talk (slides) about
myths that discourage people from blogging. I was
chatting with a friend about blogging the other day
and it made me want to write up that talk as a blog
post.
# ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ She_Was_Falsely_Accused_of_Cheating_With_AI
—_And_She_Won’t_Be_the_Last⠀⇛
However, Stivers points out that the allegation of
cheating is something she’ll have to self-report to
law schools during the application process. State
Bar associations, she says, are known to ask
similar questions about academic history, meaning
this misunderstanding could shadow her for years.
Indeed, U.S. News & World Report advises law school
and State Bar applicants to “err on the side of
disclosure” and proactively report any
“disciplinary procedures at their college” on the
assumption that these can turn up in background
checks. And, she says, the decision in her favor
came down without an apology or acknowledgement of
the mistake from her professor or the college
itself. (The UC Davis Office of Student Support and
Judicial Affairs did not respond to a request for
comment.)
# ⚓ Alex Ewerlöf ☛ Meeting-free_days⠀⇛
An unwanted side effect of hybrid work is more
frequent and longer meetings. This leaves less time
for focused work.
Meeting-free days acknowledge that issue and aims
to provide undisturbed time for focused work.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Op-Amp_Challenge:_Virtual_Ball-in-a-Box_Responds
To_Your_Motions⠀⇛
With the incredible variety of projects submitted
to our Op-Amp Contest, you’d almost forget that
operational amplifiers were originally invented to
perform mathematical operations, specifically
inside analog computers. One popular “Hello World”
kind of program for these computers is the “ball-
in-a-box”, in which the computer simulates what
happens when you drop a bouncy ball into a rigid
box. [wlf647] has recreated this program using a
handful of op amps and a classic display, and added
a twist by making the system sensitive to gravity.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Moving_The_Snail_Mail_To_WiFi⠀⇛
[Zak] loves getting a notification on his phone
when he gets physical mail. Enough to wire his
mailbox slot with an ESP8285 to send him alerts.
Previously, [Zak] used a cellular-based solution as
the mailbox slot was not within WiFi range.
However, the network provider for the A9G GPRS
module decided to move to different towers, and
suddenly the module didn’t work. Unable to find a
provider that had sensible pricing, he got to work
redesigning the module.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Well_Documented_Code_Helps_Revive_Decades-Old
Commodore_Project⠀⇛
In the 1980s, [Stephen] was working on his own RPG
for the Commodore 64, inspired by dungeon crawlers
of the era like Ultima IV and Telengard, both some
of his favorites. The mechanics and gameplay were
fairly revolutionary for the time and [Stephen]
wanted to develop some of these ideas, especially
the idea of line-of-sight, even further with his
own game. But an illness, a stint in the military,
and the rest of life since the 80s got in the way
of finishing this project. This always nagged at
him, so he finally dug out his decades-old project,
dusted out his old Commodore and other antique
equipment, and is hoping to finish it by 2024.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Royal_Navy_Tests_Quantum_Navigation⠀⇛
GPS has changed the way we get around the globe.
But if you command a warship, you must think about
what you would do if an adversary destroyed or
compromised your GPS system. The Royal Navy and
Imperial College London think a quantum navigation
system might be the answer. Of course, Heisenberg
says you can’t know your speed and position
simultaneously. But at the real-world level, you
can apparently get close enough. The quantum
sensors in question are essentially accelerometers.
Unlike conventional accelerometers, though, these
devices use ultracold atoms to make very precise
measurements using a laser optical ruler, which
means they do not drift as rapidly as, say, the
accelerometer in your phone. Navigating with
accelerometers is well understood, but the issue is
how often you have to correct your computed
position with an actual reference due to drift and
other error accumulation. You can see a Sky News
report on the trial below.The tests were done in a
rapid prototyping pod carried onboard XV Patrick
Blackett, a fitting name for an experimental ship
since Lord Blackett was a Nobel laureate and head
of the physics department at Imperial College for a
decade ending in 1963.The underlying tech came out
of the university back in 2018, but making it work
in a real-world environment onboard a ship is
another matter. You probably won’t have the
cryonics and lasers needed for such a quantum
compass anytime soon in your smartphone, but the
tech could have civilian applications for larger
vehicles.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ U.S._Semiconductor_Fab_Boom_Kicks_Off⠀⇛
Spending on fab equipment continues to grow,
despite macroeconomic challenges.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ El País ☛ Psychologist_and_Harvard_professor_Rebecca
Rolland:_‘We_are_turning_children_into_people_who_act
robotically’⠀⇛
A. There are many things that steal children’s
time. That’s partly because we fill their schedules
with so many things to do. Instead of talking to
them, we load them up with experiences and don’t
give them time to reflect. We are turning them into
people who act robotically, and they are not
creative people and do not follow their interests.
Another very clear component [of this] is that
there are children who are very focused on social
media and using the internet. Of course, technology
can be put to good use with children, but when they
are too focused on searching [the internet] or
looking at one perfect picture after another they
don’t realize how much time they spend doing that.
For example, I know of a case where a child was
interacting only through social media. And I think
we can’t have them lose those experiences as
children and let their lives be focused only on the
likes they get.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Air_Quality_This_Week_Gives_U.S._a_Glimpse
of_the_World’s_Air_Pollution⠀⇛
Air-quality readings like the ones expected across
parts of New York State on Wednesday would not be
seen as particular cause for alarm in some parts of
the world.
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ Opening_remarks_by_Vice-President
Schinas_and_Commissioner_Kyriakides_on_a_comprehensive
approach_to_mental_health⠀⇛
European Commission Speech Brussels, 07 Jun 2023
Remarks by Vice-President Schinas:
Today, we are here to present a comprehensive,
anthropocentric approach to mental health.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ When_Politics_Saves_Lives:_a_Good-News
Story⠀⇛
The decision to fund medications to treat H.I.V.-
AIDS patients in sub-Saharan Africa and the
Caribbean flew in the face of expert advice. But
the U.S. did it anyway.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Tight_construction_schedules
stopping_Hong_Kong_workers_from_following_heatstroke
guidelines,_union_says⠀⇛
Construction workers at both government and private
sites have been unable to properly follow new
guidelines for working under extreme heat, a union
has said, saying tight schedules prevented proper
rest periods. Last Saturday, a construction worker
died after being found unconscious while an amber
warning was in place.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ [Repeat] Light Blue Touchpaper ☛ Will_GPT_models_choke_on
their_own_exhaust?⠀⇛
In our latest paper, we show that using model-
generated content in training causes irreversible
defects. The tails of the original content
distribution disappear. Within a few generations,
text becomes garbage, as Gaussian distributions
converge and may even become delta functions. We
call this effect model collapse.
Just as we’ve strewn the oceans with plastic trash
and filled the atmosphere with carbon dioxide, so
we’re about to fill the Internet with blah. This
will make it harder to train newer models by
scraping the web, giving an advantage to firms
which already did that, or which control access to
human interfaces at scale. Indeed, we already see
AI startups hammering the Internet Archive for
training data.
After we published this paper, we noticed that Ted
Chiang had already commented on the effect in
February, noting that ChatGPT is like a blurry jpeg
of all the text on the Internet, and that copies of
copies get worse. In our paper we work through the
math, explain the effect in detail, and show that
it is universal.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Humans_Still_Needed:_‘Firmament’_Players
Complain_About_Game’s_Lore_Content_Written_By_AI⠀⇛
You can’t walk out of your front door these days
without tripping over someone ready to tell you
about the next great thing in artificial
intelligence. And, hey, it’s for good reason. The
last few months have seen an explosion of new tools
that have come online and are capable of some
seriously amazing things. But for all of the hand-
wringing over where humanity will even fit into the
world any longer now that ChatGPT can write me a
three stanza poem about how great encased meat is
(yes, I did this for real), the current generation
of AI tools are not such that they globally apply
to replacing human work anywhere and everywhere.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Security_professional’s_tweet_forces_big
change_to_Google_email_authentication⠀⇛
“This issue stems from a third-party security
vulnerability allowing bad actors to appear more
trustworthy than they are,” a Google spokesperson
told CyberScoop in an email Monday. “To keep users
safe, we are requiring senders to use the more
robust DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
authentication standard to qualify for Brand
Indicators for Message Identification (blue
checkmark) status.” Advertisement
The DKIM requirement should be fully in place by
the end of the week, the Google spokesperson said,
marking a change from the previous policy that
required either DKIM or a separate standard — the
Sender Policy Framework — both of which are used by
email providers, in part, to determine whether
incoming email is likely to be spam and to
theoretically authenticate that a sender is who
they claim to be. The spokesperson added that
Google appreciated Plummer’s work to bring the
problem to their attention.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Lawyer_Explains_How_He_Used_ChatGPT_to_Produce
Filing_“Replete_with_Citations_to_Non-Existent_Cases”⠀⇛
“Can you show me the courts opinion in Varghese v
China Southern Airlines”? “Certainly! … I hope that
helps!”
# ⚓ The Verge ☛ Microsoft_has_no_shame:_Bing_spit_on_my
‘Chrome’_search_with_a_fake_AI_answer⠀⇛
Microsoft just gave itself a full-screen ad in
search results by faking an AI interaction. This
“search result” is juicing Microsoft’s own product
instead of respecting its users’ intent.
# ⚓ DroidGazzette ☛ Maryland_becomes_first_state_to_offer
driver’s_license_in_both_Apple_and_Google_mobile_wallets⠀⇛
Anyone with a valid Maryland driver’s license can
upload their ID into the digital wallet. These can
be used at airport checkpoints at BWI Marshall
Airport and the Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport.
# ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Apple_WWDC_2023_–_My_Thoughts⠀⇛
Yesterday was the Apple 2023 WWDC conference. There
were some big announcements, here’s my thoughts…
I caught up on the Apple event last night, and for
the most part, I thought it was all a bit meh.
# § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ US_cyber_officials_offer_technical
details_associated_with_CL0P_ransomware_attacks⠀⇛
The CL0P ransomware variant evolved from
CryptoMix ransomware, according to the FBI
and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency’s Wednesday advisory. It
started as a typical ransomware as a service
platform — where a core group of developers
lease access to the malware and other
infrastructure to “affiliates” and split any
profits — and was known for its double
extortion method of stealing and encrypting
data and then publishing that data on its
leak website. The group is also known to sell
access to compromised networks to others —
known as an initial access broker — as well
as operating a large botnet spcecializing in
financial fraud and phishing attacks, the
advisory said.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Clop_gang_uses_MOVEit_vulnerability
to_target_BBC,_British_Airways_and_Boots⠀⇛
The BBC, itself a victim of the attack,
reported today that the Clop group posted a
notice on its dark web site warning firms
affected by the MOVEit hack to email them
before June 14 or stolen data will be
published. The report says more than 100,000
staff at the BBC, British Airways Plc and the
pharmacy chain Boots UK Ltd. may have had
payroll data stolen.
The commonality between them is that they use
a company called Zellis UK Ltd. for payroll
and it was Zellis that was compromised, as
opposed to the companies directly.
“This is announcement to educate companies
who use Progress MOVEit product that chance
is that we download a lot of your data as
part of exceptional exploit,” a post
purportedly by Clop stated. SiliconANGLE
could not confirm the message because Clop’s
dark website was down at the time of writing.
The reported message went on to urge victims
to email the group to begin negotiations for
payment for the nondisclosure of stolen data.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ BBC,_British_Airways,_Novia_Scotia
Among_First_Big-Name_Victims_in_Global_Supply-Chain
Hack⠀⇛
The Cl0p cyber-extortion gang’s hack of the
MOVEit file-transfer program popular with
enterprises could have widespread global
impact.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_Russian_cyber_gang_is_threatening_to
publish_the_payroll_data_of_100,000_people [Ed: But
it's Microsoft Windows that gave away the data in the
first place; quit blaming everything on "Russia"]⠀⇛
A cybergang believed to be based in Russia
has demanded ransom from some 100,000 victims
of a hack it orchestrated recently.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Hackers_Issue_‘Ultimatum’_Over
Payroll_Data_Breach⠀⇛
The Clop ransomware gang issued “an
ultimatum” companies targeted in a recent
large-scale hack of payroll data
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Verizon_report_finds_business_email
compromise_attacks_have_almost_doubled [Ed: Conflating
attacks with breaches, i.e. one can safely assume it's
about Microsoft/Exchange/Outlook]⠀⇛
A new report from Verizon Communications Inc.
detail the growth in data breaches over the
last year, finding that business email
compromise attacks have almost doubled and
now represent more than half of all social
engineering incidents.
§ Linux Foundation⠀➾
* ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Join_the_PyTorch_Foundation:_Membership
Now_Open [Ed: This is what LF exists to serve… billionaires]⠀⇛
The annual fee is $150,000 + an LF Silver Membership.
* ⚓ Open_Mainframe_Summit_Call_for_Papers_Now_Open [Ed: LF as openwashing
front group for patented IBM trap. The Linux.com_new(s)_entries_get
barely_30_views_after_a_day_of/since_publication. Linux Foundation lost
all the following of that domain. The RSS feed was broken for years,
which does not help.]⠀⇛
§ Security⠀➾
* ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hacking_A_Hyundai_Ioniq’s_Infotainment_System_Again_After
Security_Fixes⠀⇛
These days modern cars are nothing if not a grouping of
networked software held together by bits of hardware. This is
reflected not only in the rapidly increasing number of ECUs,
but also infotainment systems and all-glass cockpits. For
better or worse, this offers many exciting hacking
possibilities, which [greenluigi1] was more than happy to
explore with their new 2021 Hyundai Ioniq SEL last year.
Naturally, Hyundai then proceeded to ‘fix’ these
vulnerabilities, offering the exciting chance to test the
Hyundai engineers’ homework, and proceed to bypass it again.
* ⚓ The_State_of_Cloud-Native_Security⠀⇛
Cloud native is becoming the defacto development method for new
applications and workloads. Yet, the cloud-native trend also
brings accelerated deployment timelines, which could leave
security gaps in CI/CD. Studies also find a rise in time to
remediate security incidents and uncertainty concerning cloud-
native security tooling adoption. The cloud-native also
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ VMware_Plugs_Critical_Flaws_in_Network_Monitoring
Product⠀⇛
VMware ships urgent patches to cover security defects that
expose businesses to remote code execution attacks.
* ⚓ Security Week ☛ Android’s_June_2023_Security_Update_Patches_Exploited
Arm_GPU_Vulnerability⠀⇛
Google’s June 2023 security update for Android patches more
than 50 vulnerabilities, including an Arm Mali GPU flaw
exploited by spyware vendors.
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ WHO_launches_new_“digital_health_initiative”⠀⇛
Kit Knightly On Monday, the World Health Organization and
European Union announced the launch of their new
“partnership”, building on the EU’s “highly successful”
digital certification network, which was introduced
during the “pandemic”. From the WHO’s website [emphasis
added]: WHO will take up the European Union (EU) system
of digital COVID-19 certification…
o ⚓ Privacy International ☛ PI’s_comments_on_Bureau’s_text_of_the
WHO’s_Pandemic_Treaty_(WHO_CA+)⠀⇛
o ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ AI_Act:_For_a_Europe_free_of_dystopian_mass
surveillance!⠀⇛
Contrary to a conservative myth, there is not a single
example of biometric real-time surveillance ever having
prevented a terrorist attack or other events of this
kind. With false alarm rates as high as 99%, these
technologies are not nearly reliable enough to be of any
use. Requiring a court order as proposed by conservative
hardliners is a mere formality, a smokescreen for mass
surveillance. Their proposed ‘exceptions’ to the ban
would in fact justify the pervasive deployment of facial
surveillance technology to search for thousands of
“victims”, “threats” and suspects of “serious crimes” who
are wanted at any given moment. We must not normalise a
culture of mistrust and side with authoritarian regimes
that use AI to suppress civil society!
o ⚓ Reason ☛ Why_Are_So_Many_Younger_Americans_Okay_with_Big_Brother
Monitoring_Their_Homes?⠀⇛
The good news is that “only” a minority of younger
American adults favor Big Brother-style surveillance of
our home life. The bad news is that we’re discussing this
because it’s a disturbingly large share supporting such a
totalitarian intrusion. Worse, the idea seems to be
gaining acceptance. We either need to get a handle on
what’s going on here, or else potentially suffer lives
monitored by unblinking eyes of the state, imposed by
popular demand.
“Americans under the age of 30 stand out when it comes to
1984‐style in‐home government surveillance cameras. 3
in 10 (29 percent) Americans under 30 favor ‘the
government installing surveillance cameras in every
household’ in order to ‘reduce domestic violence, abuse,
and other illegal activity,’” the Cato Institute’s Emily
Ekins and Jordan Gygi wrote last week. “Support declines
with age, dropping to 20 percent among 30–44 year olds
and dropping considerably to 6 percent among those over
the age of 45.”
o ⚓ [Repeat] Quartz ☛ Microsoft_has_been_fined_$20_million_for
retaining_children’s_data_without_parents’_consent⠀⇛
US regulator Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found the
tech behemoth to have breached sections 312.5 and 312.10
of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. This law
“prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in
connection with the collection, use, and/or disclosure of
personal information from and about children on the
Internet.”
The company illegally collected data on children who used
its gaming platform Xbox—it asked parents for consent
only after collecting their full names, dates of birth,
and email addresses to set up accounts.
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Snowden_Revelations_Reconsidered⠀⇛
I did not know the identity of the person we were to
meet. He or she had sent a “welcome pack,” a sample of
classified documents that appeared genuine—but I was
still uncertain, wondering whether the potential story
might be an elaborate fraud or the work of a disgruntled
crank. The source turned out to be no hoaxer but a
contractor with the National Security Agency: Edward
Snowden.
Then age 29, Snowden had become disillusioned by what he
had seen inside the NSA of the scale of intrusion into
privacy in the post-9/11 U.S.—some of it illegal—and
around the world. He had decided to become a
whistleblower. We spent almost a week interviewing him
during the day in his cluttered room, in the Mira Hotel
in Kowloon, and then writing stories late into the night.
At the end of one of the interviews, I asked Snowden for
evidence showing the involvement of the NSA’s British
surveillance partner, the Government Communications
Headquarters. The next morning, he gave me a memory
stick. I expected it to contain one or two examples;
instead, it stored tens of thousands of documents,
covering both the NSA and GCHQ. These were to form the
basis for subsequent reporting by The Guardian, The New
York Times, and ProPublica, which became partners in
investigating and publishing the story. Snowden had given
even more material to Poitras and Greenwald. In sheer
quantity, this was the biggest leak in intelligence
history.
o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ 10_years_after_Snowden’s_first_leak,_what_have
we_learned?⠀⇛
These same folks tell us that while public awareness of
the harms posed by mass surveillance has increased over
the past decade, there’s still much room for improvement.
And all of them point to the upcoming battle to reform
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
(FISA) as the next big test, but more on that later.
“I warned in 2011 that ‘When the American people find out
how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot
Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry.’ I was
right, as Edward Snowden’s revelations proved,” US
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) told The Register.
Wyden was one of two US senators who had sounded the
alarm about the Obama administration’s surveillance
programs even before the Snowden leaks came to light.
o ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ 10_years_after_the_revelations_of_Edward
Snowden:_Let‘s_defend_anonymity_and_secure_communication_online!⠀⇛
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the day Edward
Snowden revealed the mass surveillance programmes of
intelligence agencies worldwide. EU lawmaker and privacy
activist Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) acknowledges this
milestone as a key moment for the right to privacy and
the defence of fundamental rights. At the same time, he
calls for protecting the anonymity and encryption that
whistleblowers need to expose such abuses of power.
Breyer comments, “For the Pirate Party, Edward Snowden is
a hero: By revealing the mass surveillance practices of
the U.S. intelligence agency NSA and its partners, he
selflessly defended the privacy of all and sacrificed his
freedom. Even today he relentlessly fights for our
fundamental right to privacy.
o ⚓ NBC ☛ Microsoft_to_pay_$20_million_FTC_fine_over_storage_of_Xbox
information⠀⇛
Xbox encourages players, including children, to sign up
for a Microsoft “gamertag” account to play online. The
company gathers information including players’ email
addresses, first and last names and birthdays when they
sign up.
According to the FTC, Microsoft stored information from
2015 until 2020 on around 10 million people, including
children, who started to create accounts and gave some
information but never completed the process.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Senators_Say_TikTok_May_Have_Misled_Congress_on
Handling_of_U.S._User_Data⠀⇛
The lawmakers said recent reports from The New York Times
and Forbes raised questions about statements made during
congressional testimony in March by Shou Chew, TikTok’s
chief executive, and in an October 2021 hearing involving
Michael Beckerman, TikTok’s head of public policy for the
Americas. TikTok is owned by the Chinese company
ByteDance.
“We are deeply troubled by TikTok’s recurring pattern of
providing misleading, inaccurate or false information to
Congress and its users in the United States, including in
response to us during oversight hearings and letters,”
the senators wrote.
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Safety_Last:_AI_Weapons_Scanners_Sold_To_US_Schools
Routinely_Fail_To_Detect_Knives⠀⇛
We’ve done all we can we’re willing to do to make schools
safer. We’ve added more cops, something that sounds like
safety but just means we’ve offloaded school discipline
to people trained in the art of violence. We’ve locked
more doors, added more machinery, and opened up our
students to all sorts of pervasive surveillance.
o ⚓ Tor ☛ Empowering_human_rights_defenders_in_Brazil,_Ecuador_&
Mexico⠀⇛
Back in 2017 we established the Global South Strategy to
further our mission of promoting human rights and
internet freedom across the Global South. As part of this
initiative, the Tor Project’s user feedback program was
created – which aims to improve the user experience of
our products by conducting usability research with at-
risk communities alongside digital security training.
In 2021, as part of a new grant, we expanded this program
to Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico. We also partnered with two
other organisations who, like the Tor Project, are
committed to defending human rights and internet freedom
with privacy preserving technology: the Guardian Project
and Tails. During the past two years we have
collaborately closely to combat internet censorship and
surveillance, and are pleased to share some of our
findings in this report.
o ⚓ EFF ☛ Victory!_New_Jersey_Court_Rules_Police_Must_Give_Defendant
the_Facial_Recognition_Algorithms_Used_to_Identify_Him⠀⇛
Facial recognition is being used around the country to
identify suspects, and we hope other courts recognize
that the constitutionally protected right of due process
demands that defendants be allowed to examine and
question the reliability of this often faulty technology.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ France24 ☛ UN_court_finds_top_Rwandan_genocide_suspect_Kabuga_‘unfit’
for_trial⠀⇛
A UN court has ruled that ageing Rwandan genocide suspect
Felicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial, calling instead for an
‘alternative’ legal procedure that would not end in a
conviction.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.N._Tribunal_Finds_Defendant_in_Rwanda_Genocide_Unfit
to_Stand_Trial⠀⇛
Judges at a special U.N. tribunal said they would create a
procedure to allow them to hear evidence in the case against
Félicien Kabuga, who has dementia, without the possibility of a
conviction.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Darfur,_Blighted_by_Genocide,_Faces_a_New_Catastrophe:
War⠀⇛
Hundreds have been killed in the western Darfur region since
the nationwide conflict in Sudan began, raising fears of
protracted warfare in an area already torn by decades of
genocidal violence.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Jury_Finds_Moscow_Anti-War_Activist_Not_Guilty_Of_Attempted
Murder⠀⇛
A jury at the Moscow City Court has found 45-year-old Moscow
activist, Vitaly Koltsov, not guilty of attempting to murder 12
Russian National Guard officers.
* ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Were_Vladimir_Putin’s_Years_in_Germany_Less_Thrilling_than
the_Stories?⠀⇛
Wild stories have circulated for years about Vladimir Putin’s
time with the KGB in Dresden. There are even rumors he helped
orchestrate a murder carried out by German terrorists. But
reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the Russian leader was
more of a pen-pusher than a top agent.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Wife,_Teenage_Son_Of_North_Korean_Diplomat_Go_Missing_In
Russia’s_Far_East⠀⇛
Russia’s Investigative Committee said on June 7 that it has
started investigating the disappearance of the wife and teenage
son of the North Korean Council Choi En Nam in the Far Eastern
city of Vladivostok.
* ⚓ Defence Web ☛ War_in_Sudan_puts_South_Sudan_in_danger_too:_the_world’s
youngest_nation_needs_a_stable_neighbour⠀⇛
Twelve years after independence, South Sudan remains extremely
poor and underdeveloped. A peace deal brokered in 2018 has
failed to end conflict. And the government has failed to engage
the people in state reconstruction, leaving the country without
genuine and effective institutions of self-government.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Democracy_at_stake,_say_Senegalese_youths_protesting
controversial_arrest⠀⇛
Senegal on Tuesday shut down several of its overseas consulates
including in Paris and New York after they were targeted by a
fresh wave of protests that has rocked the West African country
domestically and abroad. Young protesters clashed with security
forces last week, resulting in at least 16 deaths and hundreds
of arrests, after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was sentenced
to two years in jail.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ At_least_21_people_killed_in_suspected_terrorist_attacks_in
Burkina_Faso⠀⇛
Twenty-one people, most of them members of the security forces,
have been killed in Burkina Faso in attacks by suspected
jihadists, security sources said on Wednesday.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ UK_orders_China_to_shut_unofficial_police
stations_on_British_soil,_as_Beijing_denies_their_existence⠀⇛
The UK government has ordered China to shut unofficial police
stations operating on British soil, Security Minister Tom
Tugendhat told parliament on Tuesday.
* ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Pressman:_Hungary_stubbornly_continues_to_maintain
and_even_deepen_its_connectivity_with_Russia⠀⇛
“Hungary stubbornly continues to maintain and even deepen its
“connectivity” with Russia. (…) To continue to double-down on
reliance on Russia while it attempts to decapitate your
democratic neighbor is wrong” – this was one of the topics
discussed by US Ambassador David Pressman at a reception held
on Wednesday evening in honour of US-Hungarian scientific
cooperation.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ A_truth_verdict_against_state-backed_Rambos⠀⇛
A U.N. court links former Serbian officials to militias that
killed civilians in the 1990s Balkan wars. That’s a lesson for
the war in Ukraine.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ China-U.S._military_near-misses_may_point_to_new_Chinese
‘brinkmanship’_strategy⠀⇛
“They want the U.S. to make concessions, but no matter how much
the U.S. concedes, they will not be completely satisfied,” said
Chang.
RFA was unable to confirm that China has intentionally altered
its strategy to amplify the risk of escalation in order to
deter freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea
and the Taiwan Strait.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ China_pays_Tibetans_to_receive_blessings_from_Beijing-backed
Panchen_Lama⠀⇛
Tibetan Buddhists believe that the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama
are reincarnated as children when they die. After the 1950-51
Chinese invasion and annexation of Tibet, Beijing has made an
effort to influence Tibetan affairs including the selection of
a spiritual successor to the 10th Panchen Lama who died in
1989.
In 1995, the exiled Dalai Lama chose 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi
Nyima to be the 11th Panchen Lama, recognizing him as the
reincarnation of his predecessor.
The Panchen Lama’s responsibilities include leading a council
of high lamas to find the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama after
the current one dies.
The 1995 recognition of the 11th Panchen Lama by the 14th Dalai
Lama angered Chinese authorities, who three days later took the
boy and his family into custody. They have since disappeared.
Beijing then installed another boy, Gyaltsen (in Chinese,
Gyaincain) Norbu, as their own candidate in his place.
* ⚓ CBC ☛ Ex-TikTok_executive_says_Chinese_government_used_app_to_locate,
identify_Hong_Kong_protesters⠀⇛
Yintao Yu, formerly head of engineering for ByteDance in the
United States, says those same people had access to U.S. user
data, an accusation that the company denies.
Yu, who worked for the company in 2018, made the allegations in
a recent filing for a wrongful dismissal case filed in May in
the San Francisco Superior Court. In the documents submitted to
the court, he said ByteDance had a “superuser credential” —
also known as a “god credential” — that enabled a special
committee of Chinese Communist Party members stationed at the
company to view all data collected by ByteDance, including
those of U.S. users.
* ⚓ ANF News ☛ ‘One_of_the_plans_to_annihilate_the_Yazidi_people_is_to
prevent_their_return_to_Shengal’⠀⇛
Emphasizing that one of the plans to annihilate the people is
to prevent their return, Sado stated, “As the people return to
their land, the Turkish state targets the region with aircraft
and seeks to portray Shengal as unstable. However, these
attacks will not be able to prevent the return of the Shengal
people because they know that if they do not return home, they
will be destroyed. They are aware of the Turkish state’s goal
of leaving Shengal without Yazidis.”
* ⚓ Site36 ☛ How_Frontex_oils_the_EU_deportation_machine⠀⇛
Voluntary return is the „preferred type“, Frontex writes on its
website, but this is only the case for 40 % of those concerned.
Overall, „returns“ under Frontex mandate are steadily
increasing. In the Corona year 2020, there were around 12,000
people, in 2021 already 18,000 and last year around 25,000.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ New_SA_trade_office_in_US_to_grow_defence
opportunities⠀⇛
South Australia will open a trade office in Washington to
pursue opportunities flowing from the AUKUS submarine pact and
other defence programs.
Funding for the office will be included in next week’s state
budget, taking the number of SA trade offices in the United
States to four. Others already operate in New York, San
Francisco and Houston.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US,_Taiwan,_Japan_drone_fleets_to_share_real-time
data:_Report⠀⇛
This would enable the US and its partners to observe all
information gathered by the aircraft.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_post-American_Middle_Eastern_order⠀⇛
May was a busy month for diplomats in the Middle East. Twelve
years after the Arab League suspended Syria’s membership,
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was officially welcomed back
into the fold.
* § War in Ukraine⠀➾
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Flood_Deepens_Misery_in_War_Zone⠀⇛
“We were getting used to the shelling, but I’ve never
seen a situation like this,” said one woman rescued in
Kherson after a dam upstream was destroyed.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Forced_To_Cope_With_Disastrous_Flooding_After
Rupture_Of_Kakhovka_Dam⠀⇛
Thousands of people sought shelter after escaping rising
flood water amid an unfolding humanitarian and ecological
disaster caused by the rupture of a major dam on the
Dnieper River in southern Ukraine.
o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania’s_Klaipėda_overtakes_St_Petersburg_in_container
traffic,_says_port_CEO⠀⇛
Klaipėda has become one of the largest container ports in
the eastern Baltic Sea region following a collapse in
shipments in Russia’s St Petersburg, according to the
port’s CEO Algis Latakas.
o ⚓ RFA ☛ North_Korean_diplomat’s_wife_and_son_go_missing_in_Russian
far_east⠀⇛
Case is viewed as possible defection attempt ahead of
border reopening that would force them to return home.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Leader_Pardons_Russian_Jailed_After_Forced
Landing_Of_Commercial_Flight⠀⇛
Authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka has pardoned
Sofia Sapega, a Russian citizen who was serving a six-
year prison term in Belarus on charges related to civil
disturbances that followed a disputed 2020 presidential
election.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Lukashenko_pardons_Russian_citizen_Sofia_Sapega,_who_was
arrested_after_forced_Ryanair_landing_in_2021_—_Meduza⠀⇛
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko pardoned
Russian citizen Sofia Sapega, who was previously
sentenced by a Belarusian court to six years in prison,
reports the Belarusian state-run news agency Belta.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Local_Official_Throws_Molotov_Cocktails_At_Military
Recruitment_Center_In_Russia⠀⇛
A local official in the Russian city of Vladimir, 200
kilometers east of Moscow, was detained on June 7 after
she threw Molotov cocktails at a military recruitment
center.
o ⚓ LRT ☛ In_response_to_sanction-busting,_Lithuania_changes_flight
rules⠀⇛
Under a new procedure approved in May, non-scheduled
flights to Lithuania will now need to be arranged in
advance after several private jets flying to Russia were
intercepted at Lithuanian airports earlier this year.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ NATO_Allies_Prepare_Unprecedented_Air_Deployment_Exercise
Over_Europe_In_Show_Of_Force_To_Russia⠀⇛
Germany is preparing to host the biggest air deployment
exercise in NATO’s history, a show of force intended to
impress allies and potential adversaries such as Russia.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Launches_Case_Against_Poland_Over_‘Russian_Influence’
Panel⠀⇛
The European Commission said on June 7 that it is
launching legal action against Poland over its creation
of a controversial body probing “Russian influence,”
which is seen as targeting the opposition
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poland_Deports_Former_FSB_Officer_To_Russia_After
Rejecting_His_Asylum_Request⠀⇛
Poland has deported to Russia a former officer of the
Federal Security Service (FSB), Emran Navruzbekov, who
fled the country in 2017 and claimed the FSB fabricated
terrorist cases against residents of the North Caucasus.
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russian_President_Talks_With_Saudi_Crown_Prince⠀⇛
The last phone call between the Russian President and the
Saudi Crown Prince took place on April 21.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_and_Saudi_Arabia’s_Oil_Partnership_Shows
Strain⠀⇛
Analysts said the countries’ mutual need to keep energy
prices high would help them maintain close ties, despite
signs that Moscow has undercut previous deals.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Europeans_Now_See_Russia_as_an_Adversary,_but
Not_China,_Poll_Says⠀⇛
An extensive poll of 11 European countries finds citizens
less eager for competition and rivalry with China than
Washington — or European elites — have become.
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia_to_Invest_24_Billion_to_Develop_Northern_Sea
Route⠀⇛
Construction of 50 icebreakers, ports, terminals, and
emergency rescue centers is planned.
o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Haavisto:_Finland_prepared_for_Russia’s_response
to_diplomat_expulsions⠀⇛
MINISTER for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto (Greens) has
refrained from shedding more light on the roles of the
nine_Russian_diplomats_who_are_to_be_expelled_from
Finland.
“Unfortunately I can’t comment on what the people have
done or how they’ve acted, but there’s justification for
the expulsions. We’ve received an overall report on them
and [the cases] have been discussed at a meeting of TP-
Utva,” he stated to YLE on Wednesday.
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Haavisto_on_diplomats’_expulsion:_Finland_is_braced_for
Russian_countermeasures⠀⇛
The Finnish foreign minister declined to provide details
about the nine Russian embassy staff members who are
being expelled, such as what posts they held or how long
they have been in Finland.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_Dam_Destruction_in_Ukraine,_Thousands_Flee
for_Water_and_Shelter⠀⇛
As rescue efforts plucked people from rooftops, and
offered fresh water and shelter, Turkey’s president
called for an international investigation into what
caused a dam to fail.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rishi_Sunak_to_Talk_Tech_With_Biden,_but_Ukraine
Is_Likely_to_Surface⠀⇛
While economic corporation the challenges posed by
artificial intelligence are on the agenda, Russia’s
invasion presents immediate threats.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Your_Thursday_Briefing⠀⇛
Residents along the Dnipro River face devastation after
the destruction of a key dam.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Your_Thursday_Briefing:_A_Dangerous_Haze_Across
North_America⠀⇛
Also, evacuations from flooding in Ukraine.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Japan_voices_‘serious_concerns’_over_joint_China-
Russia_air_patrols⠀⇛
China completed a second phase of joint air patrols with
Russia over the Western Pacific on Wednesday, following
flights on the previous day over the Sea of Japan and
East China Sea, sparking concerns in Japan over national
security.
o ⚓ LRT ☛ A_new_migration_crisis_is_brewing_on_border_with_Belarus.
This_time,_the_trail_starts_in_Russia⠀⇛
A new migration crisis is brewing on the border between
Belarus and the European Union. According to a report by
the Belarusian Investigative Center, the scheme first
launched by the Minsk regime in 2021 will now involve
Russia.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Dam_Collapse_Brings_Floodwater_to
Kherson⠀⇛
Low-lying areas of Kherson were a panorama of water and
floating debris. One man stood on a cabinet in his living
room waiting for hours for help.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Deliberate_Explosion_Inside_Ukraine_Dam_Most
Likely_Caused_Collapse,_Experts_Say⠀⇛
With Russia and Ukraine blaming each other for the
collapse of the Kakhovka dam, experts say that an
external attack or even structural failure might explain
the disaster, but that it is not likely.
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ China_Voices_Concern_Over_Destruction_of_the_Kakhovka
Dam⠀⇛
“What has just happened shows once again that anything
can happen in a conflict situation,”
diplomat Zhang pointed out.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_army_on_the_offensive,_shifting_frontline_by
Bakhmut._Russia_claims_to_have_‘deflected’_all_assaults._—_Meduza⠀⇛
Ukraine’s armed forces have seized the initiative in the
vicinity of Bakhmut and are now on the offensive, said
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar on
Telegram.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kursk_governor_blames_Ukraine_for_drone_attack_on_power
substation_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Roman Starovoyt, governor of Russia’s Kursk region, has
reported a drone attack on a power substation in the
village of Popovo-Lezhachi. After two bombs were dropped
onto the facility the night before June 7, power was cut
off from both Popovo-Lezhachi and Tetkino, another nearby
village.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_calls_destruction_of_Kakhovka_dam_‘barbaric_act’
by_Kyiv_—_Meduza⠀⇛
In a phone call with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the destruction
of the Kakhovka dam a “barbaric act,” according to the
Kremlin’s press service.
o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Canada’s_Only_Answer_in_Ukraine:_More_Weapons,_More
War⠀⇛
“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls
the present controls the past.” ~ George Orwell The
Canadian government recently expanded Operation Unifier.
The military training mission has been an important
element in an escalatory dynamic that needs to be
reversed to end the horrors in Ukraine.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Military_Says_Forces_Making_Advances_In_Bakhmut
Area⠀⇛
Ukrainian forces have gone on the offensive in Bakhmut,
the Donetsk city that has been the epicenter of the war
in eastern Ukraine, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar
said on Telegram on June 7.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_directs_Russian_emergency_services_to_organize_aid
efforts_in_flooded_Kherson_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Vladimir Putin has directed Alexander Kurenkov, head of
Russia’s emergency services, to organize aid efforts for
residents of the Russian-annexed part of Ukraine’s
Kherson region that’s in the flood zone following the
destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the order.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_Kakhovka_dam_disaster_unfolds_Submerged_minefields
and_hazardous_pathogens_are_just_some_of_the_dangers_posed_by
flooding_in_Ukraine’s_Kherson_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Around 5,000 residential buildings in the Kherson region
are standing in water, following the destruction of the
Kakhovka hydropower dam. 1,852 houses and residential
buildings are flooded on the western bank of Dnipro,
where 1,457 residents had to evacuate, as reported by the
regional governor, Oleksandr Prokudin. In the Russian-
annexed part of the region, 2,700 residential buildings
are flooded, and close to 1,300 people have already
evacuated, as reported by TASS.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Both_sides_of_the_river:_The_aftermath_of_the_Kakhovka
dam_disaster_from_Ukrainian_and_Russian-held_territory._In_photos.
—_Meduza⠀⇛
The dam at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, a key
piece of infrastructure in the Russian-occupied part of
Ukraine’s Kherson region, has been
destroyed. Video shared online early Tuesday morning
showed water streaming through the broken barrier.
Ukraine’s Operational Command South, Kherson Governor
Oleksandr Prokudin, and the Ukrainian President’s
Office said that Russian forces were responsible for
blowing up the critical facility.
o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Four_Big_Reasons_Not_To_Green_Light_Strikes_on_Crimea⠀⇛
In just an eight day period in May, the West authorized
sending both long range Storm Shadow cruise missiles and
F-16 fighter bombers to Ukraine, reversing a war long
policy of not providing Ukraine with weapons that can
strike inside Russia.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine’s_summer_counteroffensive_will_aim_to
keep_the_Russians_guessing⠀⇛
Speculation is mounting that Ukraine’s hotly anticipated
summer counteroffensive may be underway but initial
stages are likely to feature probes and diversionary
attacks rather than a big push, writes Peter Dickinson.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Has_Ukraine’s_counteroffensive_really_begun?⠀⇛
Atlantic Council experts share their insights on the
intensifying war in Ukraine.
o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ African_Heads_of_State_to_embark_on_peace_mission
to_Ukraine_and_Russia⠀⇛
>President Cyril Ramaphosa along with five African Heads
of State will in the coming weeks travel to Ukraine and
Russia on an African Peace Initiative concerning the war
in Ukraine.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ France_to_send_aid_to_Ukraine_for_dam_disaster,_says
Macron⠀⇛
France will send aid to Ukraine “within the next few
hours”, said President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday
following a phone call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr
Zelensky. A day after the destruction of the Kakhovka
dam, rescue teams rushed to evacuate people as
floodwaters peaked. Read our live blog to see how all the
day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
o ⚓ France24 ☛ As_casualties_mount,_mobilisation_tests_Ukraine’s
social_fabric⠀⇛
Ukraine declared a full mobilisation at the start of
Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, banning
military-age men from leaving the country so that they
could be called up to fight at any time. Days after
Russia attacked, so many people were lining up to head to
the front line that military commissariats were turning
some away. But not everyone wants to fight. As the war
drags on and the casualties mount, many are looking for
ways to avoid it.
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_expresses_‘serious_concern’_over
‘humanitarian,_economic_and_ecological_impacts’_of_Ukraine_dam
destruction⠀⇛
China expressed “serious concern” Wednesday over the
destruction of a major Russian-held dam in Ukraine, with
Beijing saying it feared the “humanitarian, economic and
ecological impacts” of the incident.
o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_send_humanitarian_aid_to_Ukraine_following_dam
destruction⠀⇛
Lithuania will send humanitarian aid to Ukraine in
response to the destruction of the Kakhovka dam earlier
this week, Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė has said.
o ⚓ RFA ☛ Media_Watch:_China’s_mixed_signals_on_Russo-Ukrainian_war⠀⇛
China has portrayed itself as neutral player, sympathetic
to Moscow and peacemaker
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine’s_Prosecutor_To_Provide_ICC_With_Data_On_Kakhovka
Dam_Destruction⠀⇛
Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Andriy Kostin on June 7
signed a decree on providing the prosecutor’s office at
the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague with
data related to the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Claims_Ukrainian_‘Saboteur’_Group_Blew_Up_Ammonia
Pipeline,_Kyiv_Yet_To_Comment⠀⇛
Russia’s Defense Ministry claims a Ukrainian “saboteur
group” blew up a segment of the Tolyatti-Odesa pipeline,
the world’s largest ammonia conduit, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
region.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Banks_In_Kazakhstan,_Armenia,_Hong_Kong_Block_Payments
For_Electronics_Deliveries_To_Russia⠀⇛
Banks in Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Hong Kong have started
blocking payments for deliveries of electronics to Russia
to avoid U.S. sanctions for helping Moscow evade Western
penalties imposed over its full-scale invasion of
Ukraine.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Another_Resident_Of_Russia’s_Far_East_Detained_On_Treason
Charge⠀⇛
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on June 7
that a resident of the country’s Far East had been
detained on a charge of high treason amid a growing
number of such cases in recent months.
§ Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
* ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ After_Delay,_Texas_Public_Records_Bill_Heads_to
Governor’s_Desk⠀⇛
After a week’s delay, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has forwarded
to the governor legislation that aims to increase the
transparency of the state’s public records law.
Patrick had been holding up the bill amid increasingly frayed
political relations between him and his Republican counterparts
in state leadership, House Speaker Dade Phelan and Gov. Greg
Abbott.
* ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Why_We’re_Supporting_Climate_Whistleblowers⠀⇛
The climate crisis is worsening by the day. Despite growing
pledges to act, greenhouse gas emissions are breaking records.
Climate change, pollution and extinctions are intensifying,
causing instability, displacement and conflict. To quote U.N.
Secretary-General António Guterres, we’re on the “highway to
climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.”
* ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Texas_Appellate_Court_Refuses_to_Lift_‘Gag_Order’
Covering_Astroworld_Litigation⠀⇛
A Texas appellate court has officially refused to lift a gag
order covering hundreds of lawsuits filed against Live Nation
over the Astroworld tragedy. A three-justice panel just
recently rejected a challenge to the seemingly far-reaching gag
order, which Judge Kristen Hawkins implemented back in February
of 2022.
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ CNN ☛ Russia’s_war_in_Ukraine_is_undermining_global_efforts_to_tackle
the_climate_crisis,_new_report_finds⠀⇛
The war in Ukraine has brought an enormous human toll:
Thousands of civilians have been killed, millions have been
forced to flee overseas, it has destroyed homes, schools and
hospitals. But beyond the immediate, visceral impacts, the
conflict is also causing a climate disaster at a time when the
world is already struggling to meet climate goals, according to
a new report.
A team of carbon accounting experts has evaluated the climate
impact of the first year of the conflict, which started in
February 2022.
They found that a total of 120 million metric tons of planet-
heating pollution can be attributed to the first 12 months of
the war, according to the report published Wednesday. That’s
equivalent to the annual emissions of Belgium, or those
produced by nearly 27 million gas-powered cars on the road for
a year.
* ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Arctic_Sea_Ice_Is_Melting_Way_Faster_Than_Previously_Thought,
Study_Finds⠀⇛
In a new study published in the journal Nature Communications,
researchers outlined how the Arctic could experience rapid sea
ice loss as early as the 2030s. It’s a decade earlier than a
2021 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
report, which predicted that the region would lose its sea ice
by the middle of this century, researchers wrote. And even if
world leaders create policies that successfully lower earth-
warming global emissions, the Arctic would still lose September
sea ice by the 2050s, the study explained.
* ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘About_That_Climate_Emergency?’:_Northeastern_US_Chokes
on_Wildfire_Smoke⠀⇛
Environmental groups are demanding that world leaders take
urgent action as smoke from Canadian wildfires fueled by the
climate crisis continued to smother eastern regions of the
United States on Wednesday, pushing the Air Quality Index (AQI)
in both nation’s capitals to “unhealthy,” with at least 16
states issuing air quality alerts affecting millions of people.
* ⚓ European Commission ☛ Readout_of_meetings_of_President_von_der_Leyen,
Executive_Vice-President_Timmermans_and_High-Representative/Vice-
President_Borrell_with_the_COP28_President⠀⇛
European Commission Statement Brussels, 07 Jun 2023 Today in
Brussels, Commission President von der Leyen, Executive Vice-
President Timmermans and High-Representative/Vice-President
Borrell met with COP28 President Designate Dr Sultan Al-Jaber
to discuss preparations for COP28, the 2023 UNFCCC climate
conference
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Moldova_needs_an_energy_overhaul⠀⇛
If energy security is national security, then Moldova is
one of the most vulnerable countries in the world and is
in need of a comprehensive energy sector overall, writes
Suriya Evans-Pritchard Jayanti.
o ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Replace_fossil_fuels_—_with_more_fossil_fuels?_That’s
one_major_utility’s_plan.⠀⇛
By Katie Myers, Grist. This story was originally
published in Grist, and is republished here as part of
Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration
strengthening coverage of the climate crisis.
Austin Wall was attending an environmental law conference
at the University of Tennessee not long ago when, during
a discussion of natural gas pipeline projects, a map
appeared on the screen and gave him a surprise.
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Replacement_plane_for_diverted_Air_India
flight_leaves_Russia_for_San_Francisco_with_all_aboard⠀⇛
A replacement plane for an Air India flight diverted to
Russia has left for San Francisco, carrying all
passengers and crew. The original plane had been forced
to landed in Siberia on Tuesday because of an engine
problem. It had departed New Delhi carrying 216
passengers and 16 crew members. The airline said Thursday
that the replacement plane is expected to arrive in San
Francisco just after midnight. The U.S. State Department
has said fewer than 50 American citizens were on the
plane. One of the passengers said they were barred from
leaving the hostel where they were staying and were
unable to use their credit cards because of sanctions
over Russia’s war on Ukraine.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Air_India_flight_passengers_diverted_to_Magadan_stay_in
local_school_building_after_emergency_landing._San_Francisco_flight
to_resume_Thursday._—_Meduza⠀⇛
Passengers from an Air India flight traveling from Delhi
to San Francisco and diverted to Magadan are staying in a
public school building guarded by the Russian military.
The emergency landing took place on June 6, due to
aircraft malfunction.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ NRL_great_joins_race_for_carbon-free
commercial_flight⠀⇛
A new alliance plans to launch Australia into carbon-
neutral commercial flight, and an airline owned by rugby
league great Johnathan Thurston is a key playmaker.
The goal is the first focus of the Hydrogen Flight
Alliance, a group of aviation and green energy players
that wants to fly the country’s first commercial
emission-free hydrogen-powered aircraft between Brisbane
and Gladstone in 2026.
o ⚓ Latvia ☛ New_pedestrian_bridge_faces_criticism_for_design⠀⇛
On June 5, Latvian Railways solemnly unveiled a new
railway crossing – a pedestrian bridge on Ezera Street.
However, on the first day, it has already been sharply
criticized, and complaints have been made on social
networks, because some people could not cross the bridge
when they came to it, Latvian Television reported on June
6.
o ⚓ Vox ☛ Can_[cryptocurrency]_survive_in_Biden’s_America?⠀⇛
In the Coinbase lawsuit, the SEC claims that certain
tokens exchanged on the platform qualify as securities
and are therefore subject to the SEC’s regulations,
including a requirement for Coinbase to register as a
securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency.
Coinbase also, the SEC says, sells securities through its
“Earn” staking program. At the heart of all of this is
Gensler’s unwavering belief that most [cryptocurrency]
assets are securities, so they fall under his agency’s
purview and are subject to its rules. Coinbase says the
tokens aren’t securities, but it sure would love some
legislation that makes all of this clear (preferably that
Coinbase helps write) rather than being in the middle of
a years-long turf war between the securities and
commodities agencies over who is in charge of what. The
SEC maintains that it has oversight here and that
Coinbase knows it.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Crypto_Firms_Start_Looking_Abroad_as_U.S._Cracks
Down⠀⇛
As the country becomes one of the world’s strictest
crypto regulators, companies are exploring plans to
expand internationally and possibly leave entirely.
o ⚓ H2 View ☛ Meld_Energy_to_build_green_hydrogen_facility_in_UK⠀⇛
The hydrogen-friendly east coast of England has received
another fillip today with news that px Group’s Saltend
Chemicals Park in Hull will house a green hydrogen
facility.
o ⚓ European Commission ☛ Opening_remarks_by_Commissioner_Simson_at
the_International_Energy_Agency’s_8th_Annual_Global_Conference_on
Energy_Efficiency⠀⇛
European Commission Speech Paris, 07 Jun 2023 Your
Excellencies,
Dear Ministers,
Dear Fatih,
Let me first thank the IEA for hosting us here today at
the 8th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Natural_gas_reduced_China’s_urban_air
pollution._Can_it_be_a_global_climate_solution?⠀⇛
Greater uptake of natural gas has helped substantially
reduce urban air pollution in Beijing. Ahead of COP28
discussions this year, the United States, China, and
other countries should encourage responsible natural gas
production as a solution for reducing global emissions
and urban air pollution.
o ⚓ Spiegel ☛ The_Global_Competition_for_Raw_Materials:_Europe_at
Risk_of_Losing_the_Lithium_Race⠀⇛
Without lithium, copper and rare earths, our mobile
phones, electric cars and wind turbines wouldn’t
function. Currently we are almost exclusively dependent
on China for these critical raw materials. But there
might be a way out.
* § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
o ⚓ The Revelator ☛ What_City_Birds_Around_the_World_Have_in_Common⠀⇛
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ CS Monitor ☛ Bird_migration’s_robust_history_–_and
fragile_future⠀⇛
In “Flight Paths,” author Rebecca Heisman lays out the
secrets of avian migration, as revealed over centuries of
study by enterprising scientists.
⚓ New York Times ☛ New York Times ☛ Orange_Skies_and_Burning_Eyes
as_Smoke_Shrouds_New_York_City⠀⇛
New Yorkers are accustomed to dealing with weather. This
was something very different.
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Smoke_From_Wildfires_In_Canada_Reaches_US_East_Coast⠀⇛
More than 400 wildfires have been raging across Canada
for days, and smoke from the provinces of Nova Scotia,
Quebec, and Ontario has reached the northeastern U.S.
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Northeast_Gets_a_Taste_of_Fire_Season⠀⇛
A guide to what comes next—and what this moment explains
about our warming planet
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Canadian_wildfire_smoke_has_given_New_York_the_worst_air
quality_of_any_major_city⠀⇛
New York City is shrouded in a smoky, apocalyptic haze,
which will persist all day today (June 7).
o ⚓ Axios ☛ Smoke_from_Canadian_wildfires_leads_to_record_poor_air
quality_in_eastern_U.S.⠀⇛
Wildfires_burning_across_Canada are pouring_smoke_into
the_Great_Lakes,_Northeast_and_Mid-Atlantic_states again
Wednesday, with alerts up from New York State to
Washington, D.C.
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Wildfire_Masking_Is_Just_Different⠀⇛
The not-COVID reason to mask is here.
o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Day_That_Wildfire_Smoke_Shrouded_New_York_City⠀⇛
As the world warms and Canada burns, what once seemed
unprecedented is becoming familiar.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Canadian_Smoke_Darkens_the_New_York_Sky,_The
Future_is_Clear⠀⇛
There’s nowhere to escape the harm from wildfires.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Quebec_Wildfires_Contribute_to_Extreme_Fire
Season_in_Canada⠀⇛
Massive plumes of smoke from hundreds of Canadian fires,
enveloped millions in smoke, triggering dangerous air
quality warnings in both countries and turning skies an
ashen orange.
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Photos:_Smoke_From_Canada’s_Wildfires_Drifts
South⠀⇛
Images of the fires in Canada and the surreal skies
caused by the drifting smoke
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Colorado_River_Carved_Grand_Canyon;_Humans
Dented_It⠀⇛
A rafting trip yields insights about a national treasure
that seems permanent but is always being changed, lately
by humans.
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Supreme_Court_throws_out_climate_case⠀⇛
The case was brought after the last government’s final
climate report.
* § Overpopulation⠀➾
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Droughts_in_East_Africa_stoke_tension_between
herders_and_lions⠀⇛
A prolonged drought in East Africa has increased lions
targeting livestock and causing significant financial
losses for herders. In retaliation to recent attacks near
Kenya’s Amboseli Park, the Maasai people have killed six
wild lions.
o ⚓ NYPost ☛ 6_lions_in_Kenya_speared_to_death_in_retaliation_after
killing_goat_herd⠀⇛
The Big Life Foundation, which has run the compensation
program for 20 years, said it cannot afford to pay the
market price but asserted that the amount cannot be
disregarded because it at least expresses solidarity with
herders for their loss.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ Turkish_Lira_continues_to_weaken_after_elections⠀⇛
The lira plummeted to yet another all-time low against the US
dollar and the Euro. Despite overall stability in global gold
prices, gold prices also reached record highs.
* ⚓ David Rosenthal ☛ Flash_Loans⠀⇛
I have been generally skeptical of claims that blockchain
technology and cryptocurrencies are major innovations. Back in
2017 Arvind Narayanan and Jeremy Clark published Bitcoin’s
Academic Pedigree, showing that Satoshi Nakamoto assembled a
set of previously published components in a novel way to create
Bitcoin. Essentially the only innovation among the components
was the Longest Chain Rule.
But, for good or ill, there is at least one genuinely
innovative feature of the cryptocurrency ecosystem and in Flash
loans, flash attacks, and the future of DeFi Aidan Saggers,
Lukas Alemu and Irina Mnohoghitnei of the Bank of England
provide an excellent overview of it. They:
analysed the Ethereum blockchain (using Alchemy’s archive node)
and gathered every transaction which has utilised the
‘FlashLoan’ smart contract provided by DeFi protocol Aave V1
and V2. The Aave protocol, one of the largest DeFi liquidity
providers, popularised flash loans and is often credited with
their design. Using this data we were able to gather 60,000
unique transactions from Aave’s flash loan inception through to
2023
Below the fold I discuss their overview and some of the many
innovative ways in which flash loans have been used.
* ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ Busting_the_“Paid_What_You’re_Worth”_Myth⠀⇛
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Retail_recession_hits_and_services_could_be_next⠀⇛
Australia has ushered in a “retail recession” and recorded its
second quarter in a row of declining spending in inflation-
controlled terms.
Real retail turnover has recorded a 0.6 per cent fall in the
March 2023 quarter, hot on the heels of a 0.3 per cent fall in
the December quarter.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Young_students_brave_grueling_college_exams_amid_job_crisis_in
China⠀⇛
A record 13 million students are taking the national college
admissions exam.
* ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ May_inflation_in_Hungary_at_21.5_percent⠀⇛
Consumer prices in Hungary were on average 21.5 percent higher
in May than a year earlier. Over the past year, household
energy and food prices have risen the most, the Hungarian
Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Thursday.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Small_businesses_granted_amnesty_on_overdue_tax
returns⠀⇛
Small businesses with overdue tax and fringe benefits returns
dating back almost four years are being granted amnesty.
The Australian Taxation Office is encouraging small businesses
with an aggregated turnover of less than $10 million at the
time lodgements were due to file the overdue returns.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Households_fretting_over_power_bills_as_costs
rise⠀⇛
Australian households are fretting about keeping the lights on
and many have little confidence new technologies will ease the
cost burden in the years ahead.
Some 52 per cent are concerned about how they are going to pay
their power bills, up from a year ago, a sentiment survey
published by Energy Consumers Australia shows.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ A_quarter_of_homes_are_bought_mortgage-free⠀⇛
More than a quarter of homes were bought without a mortgage
last year, suggesting there’s a sizeable cohort insulated from
aggressive interest rate rises.
Roughly 25 per cent of all sales in the eastern states – both
dwellings and land – were made without a mortgage, according to
property data firm PEXA.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Macquarie_Bank_not_so_green_with_billions_dipped
in_oil⠀⇛
Macquarie Group has been accused of touting green
credentials while taking stakes in high-growth oil and gas
companies.
Billions of dollars in oil and gas undermine the investment
bank’s net zero commitments, according to a report by the
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_$1_Trillion_Borrowing_Binge_Looms_After_Debt_Limit
Standoff⠀⇛
The government has avoided default, but the effects of the
debt-ceiling brinkmanship may still ripple across the economy.
* ⚓ Breach Media ☛ Organized_tenants_are_racking_up_wins_against_landlords
and_politicians⠀⇛
Instead of “succumbing” to their landlords’ whims, Canadian
tenants are coming together to fight rent increases and
evictions
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turkey’s_Lira_Falls_to_New_Low_as_a_New_Economic
Policy_Forms⠀⇛
The lira plunged 7 percent against the U.S. dollar, as a new
finance minister promising “rational” economic policy takes
charge
* ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ US_sanctions_CJNG_leaders_and_money_laundering
network⠀⇛
The U.S. government has sanctioned alleged senior leaders in
the Mexican cartel, as well a woman accused of laundering money
for it in Mexico.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Cornel_West_on_Running_for_President,_Ending_Ukraine
War_&_Taking_on_“Corporate_Duopoly”_of_Dems_&_GOP⠀⇛
Cornel West, the iconic academic and social critic, has
declared his candidacy for president of the United States in
the 2024 election. He is running with the People’s Party, a
progressive alternative to the two major parties that grew out
of Bernie Sanders’s 2016 campaign. With 2024 shaping up to be a
rematch between “neofascist” Donald Trump and “milquetoast
neoliberal” Joe Biden, West says voters need a real alternative
focused on tackling inequality, racism, war and corporate
greed. “There’s an indifference to the plight of the
vulnerable,” West tells Democracy Now! He also discusses the
war in Ukraine, censorhip, right-wing extremism, and
allegations of sexual harassment and assault against People’s
Party founder Nick Brana, among other topics.
* ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ British_media_protected_pro-war_serial_sex_pest_Nick
Cohen_for_decades⠀⇛
* ⚓ Bert Hubert ☛ The_Dutch_government_wants_to_automatically_and
administratively_gain_permission_to_target_victims_of_hackers⠀⇛
The Dutch government is proposing adding a lex specialis to its
existing intelligence and security services act. This addition
significantly changes the scope of many powers and also extends
who they can be applied to.
[...]
On this page I’d like to go over just one specific element of
this new law: automatic extension of warrants to hacking
victims (’non-targets’). Under the new law, the criteria for
targeting non-targets actually become more lenient than for
targeting actual targets. I would also hope to hear from
experts on what the ECtHR might imply for this automatic
extension and the newly proposed oversight. At the very end of
this article you will find the original text of the articles,
and my best stab at a translation.
* ⚓ Mandiant ☛ A_Peek_Behind_the_Curtain:_Examining_the_Dimensions_of_a
National-level_Cyber_Program⠀⇛
In the past year, Mandiant Intelligence has been thinking of
new ways to help organizations scale their defenses to outpace
and outmaneuver state-sponsored cyber programs—all in a format
that is widely accessible. This led us to developing “Inside
the Mind of an APT,” an on-demand course that shares our more
than ten years worth of insights on state-sponsored cyber
programs to tip the scale in favor of the blue team. This
course focuses heavily on exploring what we call the Big Four:
Russia, China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(DPRK), and Iran.
* ⚓ Alex Ewerlöf ☛ Less_meetings,_more_focused_work⠀⇛
At most companies, meetings are the cost of doing business, not
a product that’s directly sellable to the customer.
Customers don’t pay us to go to meetings. They don’t even pay
us for making the right decision. They only pay for the right
execution. And that just happens to happen outside those
meeting rooms!
* ⚓ Variety ☛ Reddit_Laying_Off_5%_of_Workforce,_Cuts_Back_Hiring_Plans⠀⇛
The job cuts, which will span companywide, were announced by
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman in an email to staffers Tuesday.
“We’ve had a solid first half of the year, and this
restructuring will position us to carry that momentum into the
second half and beyond,” Huffman wrote. Along with the layoffs,
Reddit is reducing its hiring plans for the rest of 2023 to
about 100 additional employees (previously it expected to hire
300). Reddit currently has around 2,000 employees worldwide.
A Reddit rep confirmed the job cuts, which were first reported
by the Wall Street Journal. According to the company, as of May
2023, more than 57 million daily active unique visitors engage
with more than 100,000 active communities on Reddit. Users on
the site have contributed more than 13 billion posts and
comments worldwide to date.
* ⚓ India Times ☛ Regulation?_AI,_says_OpenAI_CEO_Sam_Altman⠀⇛
Altman, who was previously president of Silicon Valley’s famed
Y Combinator accelerator, said he’s cognizant of the advantages
and dangers of OpenAI, including potential misuse by dictators
leading to serious geopolitical implications. He pointed out
that generative AI will need more regulations, with parallels
to nuclear power and the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA).
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Sam_Altman_Stormed_Washington_to_Set_the_A.I.
Agenda⠀⇛
But Mr. Altman, 38, has run toward the spotlight, seeking the
attention of lawmakers in a way that has thawed icy attitudes
toward Silicon Valley companies. He has initiated meetings and
jumped at the opportunity to testify in last month’s Senate
hearing. And instead of protesting regulations, he has invited
lawmakers to impose sweeping rules to hold the technology to
account.
* ⚓ India Times ☛ Google,_Meta_using_‘bullying_tactics’_against_Canada’s
news_bill,_says_PM_Trudeau⠀⇛
Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms are using “bullying
tactics” against a Canadian push aimed at ensuring financial
support for news publishers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said
on Wednesday.
The proposed legislation is designed to compel internet giants
like Google and Meta’s Facebook to negotiate commercial deals
and pay publishers for their content.
The U.S. firms say proposals in the bill, dubbed the “Online
News Act,” are unsustainable for their businesses.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ David_Zaslav_Picked_Chris_Licht_to_Revamp_CNN._Now
What?⠀⇛
Mr. Zaslav, the head of Warner Bros. Discovery, must find a new
leader who shares his vision for the network and can figure out
its financial future.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ CNN_head_Licht_quits_US_news_network_after_one
year⠀⇛
Chris Licht is out after a year as chief executive at CNN,
following a series of missteps and plunging ratings.
David Zaslav, the CEO of CNN parent company Warner Bros
Discovery, announced the leadership change on CNN’s morning
editorial call on Wednesday.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Chris_Licht_Is_Out_at_CNN,_Leaving_Network_at_a
Crossroads⠀⇛
Mr. Licht’s turbulent time running the 24-hour news
organization lasted slightly more than a year.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ ‘Nothing_to_hide’_on_Higgins_compensation,_Labor
says⠀⇛
The attorney-general has rejected claims the Albanese
government has questions to answer about a compensation payment
to Brittany Higgins.
The former Liberal staffer reached a confidential
settlement with the Commonwealth in December 2022 after she
launched legal action against her employers in the previous
coalition government.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Former_JPMorgan_exec_rejects_bank’s_Epstein
accusations⠀⇛
The former JPMorgan Chase & Co executive accused of shepherding
the bank’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has formally
denied involvement in the disgraced financier’s sex trafficking
and blamed JPMorgan for keeping him as a client.
In Wednesday night filings in a New York federal court, Jes
Staley said his dealings with Epstein were not the “proximate
cause” of any damages JPMorgan might incur in two lawsuits it
faces over its work with Epstein, a client from 1998 to 2013.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Hey_Philip_Lowe,_it_ain’t_the_wages._Best_regards
from_Mathias_Cormann_and_the_OECD⠀⇛
The latest OECD report is out, confirming higher profits are
the leading component of recent inflation in Australia and
elsewhere. Yet Philip Lowe and the RBA keep raising interest
rates to curb inflation with wages growth as the culprit.
What’s the scam?
The scam is that they don’t know any better ways, and their
policy options are limited, so they have to blame something.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australia_willing_to_walk_away_from_EU_deal:
minister⠀⇛
Australia was willing to walk away from a possible free trade
deal with the European Union despite there being a “lot at
stake”, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has admitted.
The EU has been pushing for geographic indicators, which would
stop Australian producers from using names like parmesan,
prosecco or feta to label products.
* ⚓ ‘Hakan_Fidan_stands_at_a_crucial_point_for_the_Kurdish_question’⠀⇛
bianet has talked to academician Adnan Çelik about the new
cabinet and the “Kurdish Ministers” in the cabinet.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ House_grinds_to_halt_as_GOP_rebels_push_McCarthy_for_new_deal⠀⇛
The House continued to postpone votes on Wednesday as a group
of right-wing lawmakers pushed to renegotiate a deal they
struck in January with Republican leadership.
Why it matters:House Speaker KevinMcCarthy’s (R-Calif.)
detractors have the numbers to kill any efforts by leadership
to pass party-line legislation, meaning they effectively
control the House floor.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ House_GOP_tensions_erupt_as_standoff_hamstrings_agenda⠀⇛
Frustrations from establishment House Republicans spilled out
into the open on Wednesday after right-wing lawmakers succeeded
in blocking nearly a week’s worth of House votes.
Why it matters:The latest bout of infighting has reignited
concerns about GOP leadership, all but helpless to stop right-
wing agitators from hijacking the legislative process.
===============================================================
o “The Dysfunction Caucus does what it does best,” Rep. Don
Bacon (R-Neb.) told Axios. “This hurts the GOP
conference, Congress and the Country.”
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Eleanor_Catton_talks_about_‘Birnam_Wood’_and_‘the
seduction_of_certainty’⠀⇛
New Zealand writer Eleanor Catton brings her reading of
“Macbeth” to bear on contemporary politics in her novel “Birnam
Wood.”
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Pacific_Northwest_states_search_for_gun_control
solutions⠀⇛
Gun control advocates in Washington state are hailing victory
after a federal judge rejected a request to block a new state
law. The new law bans the sale and manufacture of more than 50
types of guns, including AR- and AK-style rifles.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ No_more_‘faceless_bureaucracy’?_How_cities_are_deepening
trust.⠀⇛
Most Americans think favorably of local government. Still,
citizens academies try to deepen trust by getting past
“faceless bureaucracy.”
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘After_the_Miracle’_spotlights_Helen_Keller’s_political
crusades⠀⇛
The story of Helen Keller’s childhood is inspirational. As an
adult, her uncompromising political views – she was an avowed
socialist – made some people uncomfortable.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Prosecutors_Tell_Trump’s_Legal_Team_He_Is_a_Target_of
Investigation⠀⇛
The notice from the office of the special counsel Jack Smith
suggested that an indictment was on the horizon in the
investigation into the former president’s handling of
classified documents.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ House_Is_Paralyzed_as_Far-Right_Rebels_Continue_Mutiny
Against_McCarthy⠀⇛
Members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus refused
to surrender control of the floor, forcing G.O.P. leaders to
scrap votes for the week and leaving the speaker facing what he
conceded was “chaos.”
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ From_a_galaxy_far,_far_away_to_Cape_Town:_Star_Wars_re-
imagined⠀⇛
“Aau’s Song” is an African reimagining of the famous fantasy
universe.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Reports:_Blinken_to_visit_Beijing_within_weeks⠀⇛
The reports come as the chief of U.S. naval operations said he
is ‘encouraged’ by a change in tone in ties.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Charlie_Pappalardo:_‘Shemy’_Schembechler_and
accountability_in_the_Twitter_age⠀⇛
On Tuesday, Glenn “Shemy” Schembechler published an op-ed
in The Michigan Daily in which he apologized for his
social media activity. Such interactions — primarily in
the form of liking racist and insensitive tweets on
Twitter — led to his resignation after public backlash,
just two days after his hiring.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Tucker_on_Twitter’_Is_Equal_Parts_Fox_News_and
Fox_Mulder⠀⇛
The low-fi “Tucker on Twitter” finds the former prime-
time host at the intersection of Fox News and Fox Mulder.
o ⚓ Axios ☛ Scoop:_Fox_News_says_Tucker_Carlson_breached_his
contract⠀⇛
Fox News Wednesday notified Tucker_Carlson‘s lawyers that
the former prime-time anchor violated his contract with
the network when he launched his own Twitter show on
Tuesday, according to a copy of a letter obtained by
Axios.
Why it matters: A breach of contract claim sets Fox News
up to explore potential legal action against Carlson, a
move that would intensify the already_thorny_public
battle between the two parties.
=========================================================
Carlson’s lawyers told Axios that any legal action by Fox
would violate his First Amendment rights.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_Indian_internet_has_taken_a_massive_and_malicious_turn_in
recent_months⠀⇛
Tanu Kapoor, a 30-year-old media employee from Noida, has
blocked 15 international numbers from which she has been
receiving calls and WhatsApp messages offering “jobs” since
May.
* ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Leaks_reveal_FBI_helps_Ukraine_censor_Twitter_users_and
obtain_their_info⠀⇛
* ⚓ Index On Censorship ☛ Tiananmen_Square?_Don’t_mention_it⠀⇛
Words or symbols that reference the massacre are notoriously
scrubbed from the internet by the Chinese authorities. Last
week, this censorship extended to the Sitong Bridge in Beijing,
when Chinese language online searches of the bridge yielded no
results. It comes after a banner was unfurled on the bridge in
2022 calling for the removal of Chinese president Xi Jinping. A
Weibo post by the British Embassy in Beijing showing how the
Chinese state media originally reported the massacre (namely in
more detail than the silence now, with state media making
reference to mass casualties in hospital at the time) was
removed by the authorities. The anniversary is sometimes known
as “internet maintenance day” because of the number of websites
taken offline.
* ⚓ The Print ☛ Pakistani_Generals_have_a_history_of_censoring_media._Imran
Khan_is_just_the_latest_victim⠀⇛
The trial ended in a few minutes: Four lashes would fall on the
body of Khawar Naeem Hashmi, accused of defacing the mausoleum
of Mohammad Ali Jinnah on Pakistan’s independence day in 1977.
He was, arguably, lucky — the other journalists who had joined
him in a public protest against military dictatorship were
sentenced to five lashes each. Lines were drawn on their backs
to ensure the whip would fall with precision; army officers,
Hashmi later recalled, would amuse their families by bringing
them along to watch.
* ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Beijing_proposes_rules_to_stop_Wi-Fi_and_Bluetooth
networks_going_rogue⠀⇛
The Cyberspace Administration (CAC) floated the guidelines on
Tuesday, framing them as applicable to operators of “short-
distance ad hoc networks” – providers of technologies that
might enable local networks to promote non-socialist values or
not abide by existing laws.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Remembering_a_Massacre_That_China_Keeps_Trying_to
Erase⠀⇛
In all my decades of reporting, one of my most searing
experiences came in 1989 in Beijing when I watched the Chinese
People’s Liberation Army unleash weapons of war on throngs of
unarmed pro-democracy protesters.
So I was appalled on the 34th anniversary of that citywide
massacre a few days ago when apologists for the Chinese
government insisted that it had never happened. Even worse, I
discovered that one of the eyewitnesses they cited to buttress
their denial was me.
All this reflects the Chinese government’s effort to rewrite
history, so it seems useful to push back and say what I
actually saw that terrible night of June 3-4, 1989.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_journalists_are_calling_on_Big_Tech_companies_to_help
stop_the_Kremlin_from_blocking_YouTube_and_Telegram_Read_their_message_to
Mark_Zuckerberg,_Tim_Cook,_and_Elon_Musk._—_Meduza⠀⇛
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and independent Russian
journalists are calling on Big Tech to help put an end to
Russia’s informational shutdown.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ No_place_in_Australia_for_Nazi_symbols:_Dreyfus⠀⇛
Nazi symbols will be publicly banned nationwide and people who
display the “evil” insignia could face up to a year in jail.
The ban will include flags, armbands, T-shirts, and will extend
to posting the symbols online.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Jewish_groups_welcome_federal_ban_on_Nazi
symbols⠀⇛
Jewish organisations have applauded a planned nationwide ban on
Nazi symbols, following a rise in their use amongst far-right
groups.
New federal laws will see people displaying Nazi insignia face
up to a year in jail.
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ A_Natural_History_Of_Trust_&_Safety⠀⇛
In the beginning, there were harms.
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Research_Shows_Twitter_Was_Missing_Known_Child_Sex_Abuse
Material⠀⇛
Soon after Elon Musk took over Twitter, he insisted that
stopping child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was his top
priority, and while some of his fans insisted that he had
magically done so, the fact is that he fired nearly the entire
team that was handling that issue, meaning that CSAM was
running rampant on the site, and the company seemed to be doing
little about it.
* ⚓ Turkey’s_media_authority_fines_TV_outlets_over_election_coverage⠀⇛
RTÜK penalized FOX TV, Halk TV, TELE1 and Flash Haber.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ The_Insubmissive_Left_to_Try_to_Censor_the_French
Government⠀⇛
This decision arose as a result of pro-government legislators
refusing to vote on any amendment aimed at repealing the
pension reform.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Free_speech_or_homophobia?_French_soccer_dips_into_the
scrum.⠀⇛
How do you balance the demands of a sports league that’s
promoting a social agenda with the rights of players wanting to
express their personal beliefs?
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Kat_Timpf:_Make_America_Funny_Again!⠀⇛
The You Can’t Joke About That author says that free speech and
dark humor can bring a fragmented country together.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“Beyond_the_Watchdog:_Using_Law_to
Build_Trust_in_the_Press,”_by_Prof._Erin_Carroll⠀⇛
Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society
After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin “Gus”
Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
* ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Conspirators_for_the_Constitution:_When_Anti-Government
Speech_Becomes_“Sedition”⠀⇛
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
attributed to George Orwell Let’s be clear about one thing:
seditious conspiracy isn’t a real crime to anyone but the U.S.
government.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hong_Kong_Asks_Court_to_Stop_Protest_Anthem_From
Circulating_Online⠀⇛
Efforts to ban “Glory to Hong Kong,” a song popularized during
pro-democracy protests in 2019, could set up a legal battle
between tech giants and Hong Kong.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Protest_song_‘Glory_to_Hong_Kong’_dominates
local_iTunes_top_10,_hours_after_gov’t_sought_ban⠀⇛
Protest song Glory to Hong Kong dominated all positions in
Apple’s Hong Kong iTunes Top 10 on Wednesday, a day after the
government sought to ban “unlawful acts” relating to the song,
its melody, lyrics and all derivations.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Downloads_of_protest_song_‘Glory_to_Hong_Kong’_spike_after
government_seeks_court_ban⠀⇛
Injunction would outlaw the dissemination of the song on any
platform.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hong_Kong_government_applies_for_injunction_against_protest
song_‘Glory_to_Hong_Kong’⠀⇛
The Hong Kong Department of Justice applied to the High Court
on Monday for an injunction to prohibit any activity in
relation to the song “Glory to Hong Kong” with unlawful intent.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Attorneys,_Journalists_Who_Visited_Assange_Respond_To
CIA_Push_To_Dismiss_Their_Lawsuit_Against_Alleged_Spying⠀⇛
* ⚓ [Repeat] CS Monitor ☛ Journalists_walk_out:_Hundreds_strike_against
major_paper_chain⠀⇛
Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the United
States walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful
cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett,
the country’s biggest newspaper chain.
The strike involves hundreds of journalists at newspapers in
eight states, including the Arizona Republic, the Austin
American-Statesman, the Bergen Record, the Rochester Democrat &
Chronicle, and the Palm Beach Post, according to the NewsGuild,
which represents workers at more than 50 Gannett newsrooms.
Gannett has said there would be no disruption to its news
coverage during the strike, which will last for two days at two
of the newspapers and one day for the rest.
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Daily_Caller_Says_It_Will_Use_Buffy_Wicks’_Journalism
Bill_To_Make_Sure_Google_Pays_It_To_Produce_More_Nonsense⠀⇛
It seems the propaganda peddlers are no longer even trying to
pretend any more how they plan to abuse the bills being pushed
by Democrats to “regulate” social media. It would be nice if
some of the Democratic politicians actually listened to them.
First, we had the story of how the Heritage Foundation, the
main think tank of the GOP, flat out said they intended to use
the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to censor LGBTQ content as
“harmful” to children.
* ⚓ Journalist_Fırat_Can_Arslan_detained⠀⇛
The Mezopotamya Agency reporter was apprehended during a raid
at his residence in Ankara.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Police_Almost_Beat_Him_To_Death._After_His_Conviction_Was
Dismissed,_Prosecutors_Are_Recharging_Him.⠀⇛
Joesph Zamora spent nearly two years in prison after being
convicted of assaulting police officers. The Washington Supreme
Court overturned his conviction, but local prosecutors want to
charge him again to show him the “improperness of his
behavior.”
* ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ Protest_Song_Of_The_Week:_‘Indignation’_By_Divide_and
Dissolve⠀⇛
Reed is descended from “indigenous people of the so-called
United States.” The duo also collectively stated: “Our music is
helping carve out space where it isn’t supposed to be. Heavy
music is apparently supposed to look, sound, and feel a certain
way. Divide and Dissolve is and will continue to be a point of
difference.”
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Pride,_in_Freedom_and_Equality⠀⇛
* ⚓ Eleven_killed_and_thirty-two_injured_in_‘celebrations’⠀⇛
The Umut Foundation announced a record-high number of
casualties and injuries with firearms in celebrations for the
election results, for the championship of Galatasaray, and in
wedding ceremonies in only eight days.
* ⚓ ECtHR_convicts_Turkey_in_case_of_imprisoned_HDP_politicians⠀⇛
The most recent European court ruling adds to the previous
judgments against Turkey concerning Selahattin Demirtaş and
Figen Yüksekdağ.
* ⚓ Workers’_Party_launches_nationwide_protests,_demands_release_of
imprisoned_MP⠀⇛
Can Atalay, a lawyer and a human rights advocate, was
imprisoned after the Gezi Park trial. He has not been released
despite being elected as an MP.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Canada_dispatch:_Indigenous_women_and_girls_still_suffering
disproportionate_violence_four_years_after_government_report⠀⇛
Canadian law students are reporting for JURIST on national and
international developments in and affecting Canada. Mélanie
Cantin is JURIST’s Chief Correspondent for Canada and a rising
3L at the University of Ottawa.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Important_Federal_District_Court_Decision_on_Racial
Classifications_and_Affirmative_Action⠀⇛
On Tuesday, in Nuziard v. Minority Business Development Agency
(MBDA) federal district court judge Mark T. Pittman issued an
injunction against the MBDA’s Business Center Program. These
Centers may give assistance only to businesses owned by
socially or economically disadvantaged individuals. A Business
owned by a “Black, African American, Hispanic, Latino, American
Indian, Alaska Native,…
* ⚓ Latvia ☛ ‘Baltic_anti-fascists’_named_a_criminal_organization_by
Security_Service⠀⇛
The State Security Service (VDD) in the so-called “Baltic anti-
fascists” criminal case has changed the crime’s qualification
to a more severe one – the conduct of a criminal organization
and participation in crimes committed by such an organization,
the VDD said in a statement on June 7.
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ APNIC ☛ RIPE_86_bites_—_QUIC_and_active_network_management⠀⇛
What is challenging active network management?
* ⚓ APNIC ☛ [Podcast]_Failed_Expectations:_40_years_of_network_history⠀⇛
How the failures and successes of technology deployment offer
valuable lessons.
* ⚓ [Repeat] Quartz ☛ An_Indian_state_is_offering_free_hi-speed_internet_to
2_million_of_its_poor⠀⇛
Fourteen thousand poor households and 30,000 government offices
of the southern Indian state of Kerala today (June 5) were
provided with high-speed [Internet]. But the aim is higher.
The state’s new service, called Kerala Fibre Optic Network
(KFON), is the first such in India and aims to uplink its 35
million citizens, especially 2 million of those considered
poor. Launching the project in 2019, chief minister Pinarayi
Vijayan’s government declared access to the [Internet] a basic
right.
When completed, it will function on 35,000 kilometres of
optical fibre network across Kerala’s 14 districts.
* ⚓ Techdirt ☛ $400_Million_Later_And_The_FCC_Is_JUST_Starting_To_Map
Broadband_Accurately._Sort_Of.⠀⇛
We’ve noted for decades how, despite all the political lip
service paid toward “bridging the digital divide” (and the
billions in subsidies thrown at telecom giants to solve the
problem), the U.S. never had any real idea where broadband is
or isn’t available. You can probably imagine that’s a problem
given the decades of policy proposals and billions of dollars
thrown at the problem.
§ Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Universal_Says_On-Demand_Film_Strategy_Has_Increased
Audience⠀⇛
The studio let viewers rent or buy movies earlier for a higher
price. This made more than $1 billion in less than three years,
with nearly no decrease in box-office sales.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Meta_will_let_you_keep_your_Instagram_and_Facebook_accounts
separate_after_German_antitrust_concerns⠀⇛
The German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) announced that Meta will
introduce a new overview of data sharing regulations for users
of Facebook and Instagram, addressing concerns by EU antitrust
regulators over the company’s data collection services.
* ⚓ European Commission ☛ Antitrust:_Commission_carries_out_unannounced
inspections_in_the_synthetic_turf_sector⠀⇛
European Commission Press release Brussels, 07 Jun 2023 The
European Commission is carrying out unannounced inspections at
the premises of companies active in the synthetic turf industry
in several Member States.
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Viktor_Orbán:_We_have_begun_preparations_for
the_EU_Presidency [Ed: Orbán running EU with his mates will just
about right given how much corruption EU has been involved in
lately, inc. the illegal Unified Patent Court (which Hungary ruled
unconstitutional)]⠀⇛
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on
Wednesday that Hungary has begun preparations for the EU
Presidency, the Hungarian State News Agency, MTI reports.
Referring to Hungary’s turn to hold the rotating
presidency in the second half of 2024, he said that there
was no shortage of experience and preparation, as his
government was preparing for its second presidency, which
was almost unprecedented in Europe.
o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Court_Finds_that_it_would_be
Inconvenient_for_Major_Multinational_Corporation_(Microsoft)_to
Litigate_in_Texas⠀⇛
In the recent case of In re Microsoft, 23-128 (Fed. Cir.
2023), the Federal Circuit once again granted a writ of
mandamus, ordering a patent infringement case to be
transferred out of Judge Albright’s courtroom in the
Western District of Texas (WDTX). This decision was made
under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), which allows
for the transfer of cases for the convenience of the
parties and in the interest of justice.
Microsoft, a multinational corporation with a significant
presence in many U.S. states, including Texas, is no
stranger to litigation in the Lone Star state. The
company’s substantial business activities in Texas, which
include marketing, selling, and servicing the accused
products, did not significantly impact the 1404(a)
jurisprudence in this case.
* § Trademarks⠀➾
o ⚓ Variety ☛ Why_Prince_Changed_His_Name_to_an_Unpronounceable
Symbol_30_Years_Ago,_and_What_Happened_Next⠀⇛
GOLD: At one point he was in my office, and he’s kind of
complaining that Warner Bros. won’t let him release all
the albums he wants to release, basically saying, “Let me
get off the label and finish the contract by just
delivering a bunch of music” [which is essentially what
he ultimately did]. He knows exactly what he’s doing and
he knows we know exactly what he’s doing, so I say to
him, “You know, we paid you a huge amount of money for
each one of these records as an advance, and we need to
be able to market them and release two and three singles
and give the marketplace some space between them. We
can’t just release a record every three months.” And it
was really one of the few times he broke character with
me, he says something like, “You know that everybody
thinks these albums are carefully crafted, conceptualized
things? I’m in the studio constantly, and when I get
enough songs that I think, hey, together, there’s a
record, it’s a record. So I have a lot of inventory and I
want to release a lot of albums.” That was the one time
we had a real conversation, rather than him kind of
fronting one of those almost pantomime things he was
famous for.
It never got contentious with any of us — it might have
gotten contentious with his lawyers talking to the
business affairs people and things like that. But he was
kin of doing his talking by press release, and he was
showing up still at Warner Bros.’ offices and even at a
marketing meeting — with the “slave” thing on his face!
But there was never a time that he wasn’t talking to us
or I couldn’t get him on the phone.
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Vox ☛ How_streaming_caused_the_TV_writers_strike⠀⇛
At the core of this dispute is streaming and how it has
revolutionized the industry. Companies like Netflix,
Hulu, Apple TV+, and more have given consumers an
unprecedented array of films and TV shows and opened the
door to new voices that don’t have to adhere to
mainstream network formats. On the other hand, it has
also changed how television gets produced, the role
writers play, and how they get paid.
We interviewed four television writers and showrunners
about how streaming has changed how they work, how their
incomes have taken a hit, and why it has become harder
than ever to build a career.
o ⚓ Axios ☛ Hollywood’s_hot_strike_summer⠀⇛
This fall might be a great time to catch up on your
streaming list — Hollywood has one_union_on_strike, and
studios are facing more labor strife that could result in
further shutdowns this summer.
Why it matters:The streaming era has fundamentally broken
the industry, and that has Hollywood’s_biggest_unions
united to a degree we haven’t seen in decades.
=========================================================
State of play:The Alliance of Motion Picture and
Television Producers, which represents the studio side in
union negotiations, is trying to use the same playbook it
did to end the last writers strike in 2007-08:
[...]
o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ What_Remains_of_Content_ID_Lawsuit_Seems_Unlikely
to_Change_YouTube⠀⇛
Maria Schneider’s lawsuit against YouTube began with
great ambitions to vastly improve the copyright
enforcement landscape on YouTube to the benefit of
artists everywhere. With a jury trial just days away, but
with class-action status already denied, what’s left of
the lawsuit could still deliver a win for the plaintiffs.
Fulfilling ambitions will probably have to wait until
another time.
o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Goodbye_Astrud_Gilberto_♡⠀⇛
She was my introduction to bossa nova and latin jazz,
which have since become my favourite genres of music. I
had a poster of her in my bedroom as a teenager. I bonded
with my parents over her music, and it got me through
some rough years.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Reviews
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o SaaS/Back_End/Databases
o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS)
o Programming/Development
o Standards/Consortia
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Patents/EU
# Software_Patents
# Trademarks
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Zoned_storage_and_filesystems⠀⇛
a discussion of a few issues around using zoned
storage for filesystems.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Cloud-storage_optimizations⠀⇛
discussion on I/O hints for cloud-based emulated
block devices—and how to see them get implemented
relatively quickly.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Atomic_block-write_operations⠀⇛
discussion on support for atomically writing data
in sizes that are multiples of a device’s block
size.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Flexible-order_anonymous_folios⠀⇛
the page cache can handle folios of multiple sizes;
work is underway to bring the same flexibility to
anonymous memory.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Optimizing_single-owner_memory⠀⇛
a proposal to optimize the management of memory
that will never be shared.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Mitigating_vmap_lock_contention⠀⇛
allocations in the kernel’s vmap area can be
subject to significant lock contention; this
session looked at the problem and a proposed way to
improve the situation.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Improving_page-fault_scalability⠀⇛
the 2023 version of this regular LSFMM+BPF
discussion.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Code_tagging_and_memory-allocation_profiling⠀⇛
for the second year in a row, the memory-management
developers consider the code-tagging patches.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_Introducing_sngbench:_a_shell_script_to
performance_test_your_syslog-ng⠀⇛
One of the returning questions I receive is how
many log messages can a given hardware handle. My
typical answer is that it depends on the
configuration. I have now an answer, or rather a
tool to answer your question sngbench.sh. It is a
shell script that runs from localhost and uses
loggen, the bundled benchmarking and testing tool
of syslog-ng. It comes with two configurations: a
performance-optimized and a realistic one. You are
also free to extend sngbench with your own
configurations.
# ⚓ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Introducing_sngbench:_a_shell_script
to_performance_test_your_syslog-ng⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ HPLIP_3.23.5_Released_with_Driver_for
Many_More_HP_Printers_&_Scanners⠀⇛
HPLIP, the HP developed Linux driver for HP
printers and Scanners, released version 3.23.5 this
Monday! The new release features many new HP
devices support.
# ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Compare_two_Linux_security_modules:_SELinux
vs._AppArmor⠀⇛
Use SELinux or AppArmor to protect Linux servers,
but examine the differences between them. AppArmor
is easier to use but does not give admins as much
control as SELinux.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Share_folder_between_Windows_11_guest_and_Fedora_38_host_
(KVM_Hypervisor)_using_virtiofs⠀⇛
Web Cockpit Console on Fedora 38 was used to manage
Win11 KVM Guest
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Elasticsearch_on_Fedora_38⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Elasticsearch on Fedora 38. For those of you who
didn’t know, Elasticsearch is a distributed,
RESTful search and analytics engine built on top of
the Apache Lucene library.
# ⚓ Michael_Ablassmeier:_updating_to_bookworm⠀⇛
Just updated to bookworm. Only thing that gave me
headaches was OpenVPN refusing to accept the
password/username combination specified via “auth-
user-pass” option..
Mystery was solved by adding “providers legacy
default” to the configuration file used.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ SQL_Queries_to_Change_Domain_Name_for_WordPress
Site⠀⇛
There are times when you might need to change the
WordPress URL in your website’s database. This
could be due to moving your site to a new domain,
changing your domain’s structure, or fixing a
broken site after an update.
# ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Getting_Started_with_Linux:_Tips_for_Complete
Beginners⠀⇛
Linux is an open-source operating system that has
gained significant popularity in recent years.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Secure_Linux_Systems_Effectively_Using
YubiKey⠀⇛
You’re not alone if you worry about the ever-
increasing threat of hacking. While authentication
prompts and 2FA are sufficient to ward off most
would-be hackers, thousands of breaches still
succeed every day.
One of the most commonly touted solutions to the
authentication issue is YubiKey. But what is
YubiKey, and how does hardware authentication work?
Can you secure your Linux PC with YubiKey?
# ⚓ Network World ☛ Waiting_for_things_to_happen_on_Linux⠀⇛
There are always things to wait for on a Linux
system—upgrades to complete, processes to finish,
coworkers to log in and help resolve problems,
status reports to be ready.
Fortunately, you don’t have to sit twiddling your
thumbs. Instead, you can get Linux to do the
waiting and let you know when the work is done. You
can do this with a script or you can use the wait
command, a bash built-in that watches for processes
running in the background to complete.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Dokku_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
Dokku is a pioneering platform as a service (PaaS)
solution, designed to streamline the software
deployment process. Enabling developers to push
their code directly to the server, it automates the
process of building the application environment,
removing the painstaking configuration typically
associated with deployment. .
# ⚓ IT Pro Today ☛ How_To_Check_Linux_Disk_Space_Usage:_Classic
SysAdmin_Tips_and_Commands⠀⇛
This guide explains Linux commands and utilities
for checking disk space and usage.
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Using_tail_Command_in_Linux⠀⇛
The tail command is one of the several ways to
display file contents or part of it. You can also
live monitor changes made to files with it. Here
are some common examples.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Backup_and_Restore_a_PostgreSQL_Database
in_Linux⠀⇛
In a production environment, no matter how large or
small your PostgreSQL database may be, regular
backup is an essential aspect of database
management.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_lsof⠀⇛
We explore free and open source alternatives to
lsof, a utility that lists file information about
files opened by processes.
# ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ What_Is_Parabola_Linux_and_How_to
Install_It⠀⇛
Parabola is a Linux distribution that focuses on
producing a secure and Libre version of Arch Linux.
Unlike a regular distribution, Parabola
distinguishes itself by only including software and
libraries that you can inspect yourself.
# ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ Deleting_Files_and_Directories_in_Linux:
Step-by-Step_Instructions⠀⇛
Learn about the best practices and methods for
deleting files on Linux. Explore various
techniques, including the rm command, graphical
file managers, and secure deletion methods. Regular
file cleanup helps maintain system efficiency and
data organization.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Grub_Customizer_on_Ubuntu
22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛
Grub Customizer is an indispensible tool for Linux
users, particularly those on Ubuntu-based systems.
Acting as a comprehensive interface for managing
the GRUB bootloader, this utility streamlines
various processes, enabling users to tweak and
adjust system startup options with precision and
efficiency.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Solving_the_‘Cannot_Find_LVM_Volume_Group’
error_in_Linux⠀⇛
Logical Volume Management (LVM) offers a flexible
and efficient way of managing disk space in Linux,
but it can sometimes throw perplexing errors. One
such error is ‘Cannot find LVM volume group,’ which
typically arises when the system can’t detect or
access the LVM volume group during the boot
process. Causes can range from an incorrectly
defined boot configuration to problems with the
physical volume.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_WebStorm_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
In the realm of web development, WebStorm stands
out as a powerhouse Integrated Development
Environment (IDE). Developed by JetBrains, a
company recognized globally for crafting quality
software tools, WebStorm offers a highly
specialized platform tailored to the needs of web
developers.
# ⚓ How_to_Install_a_Debian_File_in_Linux?⠀⇛
If you are new to Linux Operating System and having
issues installing new applications using their
Debian package on your PC, this guide has got you
all covered. Installing Applications and Packages
in Linux can be done using the Software Center,
which can be called the store for Linux. However,
not every application is present in the software
center. That is why, oftentimes, you need to
download the “deb” package file of the application
from their download center. But once the Debian
file is downloaded, installing the application may
seem daunting to new Linux Users.
# ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Install_NixOS_with_Gnome_Desktop_on
VirtualBox⠀⇛
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install
NixOS with Gnome Desktop on VirtualBox.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Extract_initrd/initramfs_to_View
Content_in_Linux⠀⇛
It takes a few simple steps to extract the
initramfs files on your Linux system to view their
contents. There may be a couple of reasons why you
need to extract initramfs or initrd images, such as
to find the reason for boot issues or to explore
what content is in them.
# ⚓ Seamless_Sharing:_Exchanging_Data_between_Hosts_and_Docker
Containers⠀⇛
Docker containers are a form of virtualization that
allows users to run applications on any
environment, regardless of the underlying operating
system. Containers are lightweight, portable, and
can be easily moved across different hosts without
requiring much configuration or setup.
# ⚓ Exploring_Docker:_A_Comprehensive_Introduction_to_Use
Cases⠀⇛
Brief overview of Docker and its popularity in the
tech industry Docker is a platform that allows
developers to easily create, deploy, and run
applications in containers. Containers are
lightweight virtualization units that package
software and all its dependencies into a single
unit, ensuring consistency across various
environments.
# ⚓ Docker_in_Action:_Streamlining_Testing_for_Your_Projects⠀⇛
With the growth of software development, testing
and delivering high-quality software has become
increasingly important. Docker is one of the most
popular tools in the field of software development
that has made a significant impact on how
developers build and deploy applications.
# ⚓ CI/CD_Excellence:_Leveraging_Shippable_and_Heroku_with
Docker⠀⇛
The software development process is a complex and
ever-changing endeavor that requires continuous
innovation and optimization to keep up with the
demands of modern businesses. In recent years, CI/
CD has emerged as a key strategy for achieving
faster, more reliable, and cost-effective software
deployments.
# ⚓ TravisCI_Meets_Docker:_Enhancing_CI/CD_Workflows⠀⇛
TravisCI is a popular continuous integration (CI)
tool used by developers to automate the testing and
building of software projects.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_CLion_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
Specifically engineered for C and C++ developers,
CLion has cemented its status as an industry
favorite due to a potent combination of ingenious
features and an intelligent design approach.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Neowin ☛ Steam_Client_Beta_update_fixes_crashes_on_Linux
when_using_Nvidia_GPUs⠀⇛
The latest Steam Client Beta update fixes a crash
on Linux that was being caused by Nvidia GPUs when
hardware acceleration was switched on. There were
also a bunch of other non-related fixes.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Humble_Bundle_have_a_Pixel_Pride_Bundle
up⠀⇛
Here’s a collection of wonderful inclusive games to
celebrate Pride Month, with Humble Bundle putting
up the Pixel Pride Bundle. Here’s what to expect
for compatibility on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Hearts_of_Iron_IV:_Arms_Against_Tyranny_to
focus_on_Scandinavia_and_Finland⠀⇛
Scandinavia and Finland are a big focus in the
newly announced Hearts of Iron IV: Arms Against
Tyranny expansion releasing later this year.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ GOG_made_it_simpler_to_publish_on_their
store,_plus_their_Pride_Month_celebration⠀⇛
GOG announced today they’ve taken a step towards
making it easier to get games onto their store, and
more clear on what they won’t accept.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Roguelite_vehicle_combat_game_REDLINE
CROOKS_is_pure_chaos⠀⇛
REDLINE CROOKS from developer Alexander Golke is a
top-down 2D roguelite about smashing vehicles into
more vehicles. It’s pure unfiltered chaos and I
love the idea.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ GE-Proton_8-4_is_out_now_with_game_fixes
and_other_upgrades⠀⇛
GE-Proton 8-4 is the latest release of the
community-made compatibility layer for Steam Deck
and desktop Linux gaming. Here’s what’s new and
changed.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Bullet_hell_game_Survivors_of_the_Dawn
features_mini_campaign,_text_events⠀⇛
“Embark on a glorious odyssey where survival
depends on tactically combining diverse weapon
classes to annihilate the hordes. Beware of your
choices traveling through the stars, the next
combat can determine your destiny.”
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Using_Kirigami_built_with_Qt6_without_kdesrc-build⠀⇛
I have a few blog posts planned, but the one
I wanted to post involving KDE color schemes
isn’t finished yet (it’s enormous and
tedious). So instead, today I’m showing you
how simple it is to compile Kirigami with Qt6
so you can start playing with it ahead of
time.
Kirigami, KDE’s library that extends QtQuick,
is a Tier 1 KDE Framework. The cool thing
about it is that it has effectively no
dependency on any KDE libraries.
# ⚓ KDAB ☛ Object_Lifetime⠀⇛
Last_time we discussed Value Semantics.
However, I missed one topic that is super
important for a better understanding of basic
building blocks of C++. Today, we are going
to talk about an object. Without further ado,
let’s dive deeper!
✐ Object⠀✐
What is an object? According to the C++
standard, part 3.9.8 under the name of
[basic.types]
An object type is a (possibly cv-qualified)
type that is not a function type, not a
reference type, and not a void type.
Now is int i an object? Yes.
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ postmarketOS_//_v23.06:_From_the_GNOME_Mobile_2023
Hackfest⠀⇛
Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for
smartphones
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Cinnamon_5.8_Desktop_Released_with
Gestures,_Dark_Mode,_Styles,_and_More⠀⇛
The Cinnamon 5.8 desktop environment has been
released and it’s already available in the
stable software repositories of Arch Linux,
so I wanted to give you guys a first look at
the new features and improvements.
There are several cool new features in
Cinnamon 5.8 and one of them is XDG Desktop
Portal support to provide better
compatibility for Flatpak apps, as well as
GNOME/libadwaita apps. This makes it possible
for these apps to take screenshots.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Reviews⠀➾
# ⚓ Russell Coker ☛ Russell_Coker:_PinePhonePro_First
Impression⠀⇛
§ Hardware
I received my PinePhone_Pro_[1] on Thursday, it
seems in many ways better than the Purism_Librem_5_
[2] that I have previously written about. The
PinePhone is thinner, lighter, and yet has a much
longer battery life. A friend described the Librem5
as “the CyberTruck phone” and not in a good way.
In a test I had my PinePhone and my Librem5 fully
charged, left them for 4.5 hours without doing
anything much with them, and then the PinePhone was
at 85% and the Librem5 was at 57%. So the Librem5
will run out of battery after about 10 hours of not
being used while a PinePhonePro can be expected to
last about 30 hours. The PinePhonePro isn’t as good
as some of the recent Android phones in this regard
but it shows the potential to be quite usable. For
this test both phones were connected to a 2.4GHz
Wifi network (which uses less power than 5GHz) and
doing nothing much with an out of the box
configuration. A phone that is checking email,
social networking, and a couple of IM services will
use the battery faster. But even if the PinePhone
has it’s battery used twice as fast in a more
realistic test that will still be usable.
Here_are_the_passmark_results_from_the_PinePhone
Pro_[3] which got a CPU score of 888 compared to
507 for the Librem 5 and 678 for one of the slower
laptops I’ve used. The results are excluded from
the Passmark averages because they identified the
CPU as only having 4 cores (expecting just 4*A72)
while the PinePhonePro has 6 cores (2*A72+4*A53).
This phone definitely has the CPU power for
convergence_[4]!
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Leap_15.5_Release_Matures,_Sets_Up_Technological
Transition⠀⇛
The release of openSUSE’s latest 15-series version
marks years of maintenance and security that began
more than five years ago..
The maturity of Leap 15.5 comes into play as new
technological changes of the last five years have
been introduced, such as container technologies,
immutable systems, virtualization, embedded
development, and other high-tech advances.
Entrepreneurs, hobbyists, professionals and
developers use Leap as a go-to Linux distribution
as seen by the increase in usage from each minor
release. Traversing from legacy software to more
modern systems is imminent.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ openSUSE_Leap_15.5_released⠀⇛
Version 15.5 of the openSUSE Leap distribution has
been released. This is not intended as a feature
release, but brings updated versions of many
packages. The project has also announced that there
will be one more 15.x release before that series
ends and users have to migrate to whatever its
successor will be.
# ⚓ OpenAPI_3.0.0_Specification_for_the_Open_Build_Service_HTTP
API⠀⇛
Starting today, the OpenAPI Specification presented
through Swagger UI becomes the official API
documentation for Open Build Service 🎉 Find it at
https://api.opensuse.org/apidocs/ With OpenAPI we
now provide an industry standard way to maintain
the specification and with Swagger UI a tool that
makes consuming the documentation easier for people
who want to make use of the OBS API in their code.
Now our journey to remake the API documentation has
come to an end,…
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Digital_Provenance_Product
Chronicle_Arrives_in_SUSE_Rancher_Marketplace⠀⇛
SUSE guest blog authored by: Csilla Zsigri, Chief
Strategy Officer at BTP & Digital provenance is a
force for good as it can bring trust and
transparency to a wide range of markets.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Spend_to_save? [Ed: So The Register is
not funded by a company it's supposed to be covering. Out
goes unbiased coverage.]⠀⇛
Sponsored by Red Hat.
# ⚓ Weekly_status_of_Packit_Team:_June_2023⠀⇛
Week 22 (May 30th – June 5th) # Packit will now
filter the pull requests based on the target branch
if the branch is specified in the particular job
configuration. (packit-service#2074) Packit now
supports manual_trigger in the configuration that
allows you to make jobs run only when explicitly
triggered by a comment. (packit-service#2069)
# ⚓ Filipe_Rosset:_Fedora_rawhide_–_fixed_bugs_2023/05⠀⇛
# ⚓ Remi Collet ☛ Remi_Collet:_PHP_8.3_as_Software_Collection⠀⇛
Version alpha1 is planned to be released this week.
It’s still in development and will enter soon in
the stabilization phase for the developers, and the
test phase for the users.
RPM of this upcoming version of PHP 8.3, are
available in remi repository for Fedora 37, 38 and
Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9 (RHEL, CentOS, Alma,
Rocky…) in a fresh new Software_Collection (php83)
allowing its installation beside the system
version.
As I (still) strongly believe in SCL potential to
provide a simple way to allow installation of
various versions simultaneously, and as I think it
is useful to offer this feature to allow developers
to test their applications, to allow sysadmin to
prepare a migration or simply to use this version
for some specific application, I decide to create
this new SCL.
I also plan to propose this new version as a
Fedora40 change (as F39 should be released a few
weeks before PHP 8.3.0).
# ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Flock_2023_CfP_open
now_until_20_June⠀⇛
Flock to Fedora returns in-person again after four
years. This year is in Cork, Ireland from 2-
4 August 2023. The CfP is open now. Will we see you
there? This article introduces the new Flock CfP
system and how to submit your proposal as a
presenter this year.
Apply now for the Flock 2023 Call for Proposals
(CfP) at cfp.fedoraproject.org. This year, Flock is
using a new CfP system. If you have ever submitted
a proposal for a DevConf event, it will feel
familiar. The deadline to submit is by Tuesday,
June 20th, 2023.
# ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Community_Blog
monthly_summary:_May_2023⠀⇛
This is the latest in our monthly_series
summarizing the past month on the Community Blog.
Please leave a comment below to let us know what
you think.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Armbian_23.05_Released,_Based_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
A new version of Armbian, a Debian-based Linux
distro built for ARM and RISC-V hardware, is
available to download.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Linux_Mint_Finally_Receiving_Support_for
Gestures⠀⇛
If you use the Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop, you’ll
be thrilled to know that 21.2 is getting support
for gestures on touchscreen devices and touchpads.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Oh_Snap…_Desktop_Ubuntu_Core_to_arrive_in
2024⠀⇛
Initially leaked in a forum comment, it has been
confirmed in a blog post: Canonical will soon
snappily jump aboard the immutable distro
bandwagon.
Lead Snap developer Oliver Grawert casually dropped
the announcement in a comment in a story on the
popular OMG Ubuntu site, but the news was confirmed
the very next day in a lengthy and very detailed
blog post by Ubuntu desktop product manager Oliver
Smith. As of the next LTS release, which will
appear next April, numbered as version 24.04, the
standard Ubuntu desktop distro will be joined by a
new immutable desktop version, based on the
existing Ubuntu Core immutable distribution.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ GEEKOM_launches_AS_6_and_AS_5_AMD-based
mini-PCs⠀⇛
The company GEEKOM launched today two mini-PCs
built around the Ryzen 9 and Ryzen 7 AMD
processors. The AS 6 supports DDR5 memory, 8K video
output, up to 2TB of storage and multiple I/
O ports. The product page states that these new
products were co-developed with ASUS.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_releases_Android_TV_14_Beta,_ditches
Android_13⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_14_Beta_3_is_here_with_finalized
APIs_and_the_latest_tweaks⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_14_Beta_3_for_Pixel_phones_rolling
out,_7a_included⠀⇛
# ⚓ SlashGear ☛ Unihertz_Jelly_Star_Review:_A_Small_Android
Phone_Made_To_Be_Basic⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Google_issues_official_warning_to_all_Android
users_over_‘battery_problems’_that_won’t_go_away_–_4_steps_to
boost_charge_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Imply_Data_gives_Apache_Druid_schema_auto-
discover_capability⠀⇛
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ On_theCUBE_Pod:_The_MongoDB_stock_explosion
and_the_continued_AI_debate⠀⇛
# ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pgAdmin_4_v7.3_Released⠀⇛
The pgAdmin Development Team is pleased to announce
pgAdmin 4 version 7.3. This release of pgAdmin 4
includes 5 bug fixes and new features. For more
details please see the release_notes.
# Ensure that SSH Tunnel should work properly
after upgrading to 7.2 from 7.1.
# Ensure that the master password dialog should
not be visible if the parameter
MASTER_PASSWORD_REQUIRED is set to False.
# Fixed an issue where Foreign Key with 3 or
more columns are shown in the wrong order in
SQL and Properties.
# Fix an issue where editing a database object
de-selects it on the browser tree.
# Fixed an issue where pgadmin is unable to
take the defined role.
o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾
# ⚓ Kiwi_TCMS:_Kiwi_TCMS_12.4⠀⇛
We’re happy to announce Kiwi TCMS version 12.4!
# ⚓ WordPress ☛ The_Month_in_WordPress_–_May_2023⠀⇛
May has been a month of celebrating WordPress and
the open source community that makes it possible.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ How_to_improve_your_storytelling_with_R⠀⇛
Your success as a Data Scientist isn’t because of
your coding skills. Your success is determined by
how well you can persuade decision-makers to take
action. And that’s a powerful skill that I’m going
to help you with today: It’s called Storytelling.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Simplifying_Data_Transformation_with_pivot_longer()
in_R’s_tidyr_Library⠀⇛
In the world of data analysis and manipulation,
tidying and reshaping data is often an essential
step. R’s tidyr library provides powerful tools to
efficiently transform and reshape data. One such
function is pivot_longer().
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Meeting_the_Stars_of_the_R-Universe:_PEcAn,_an_Open
Source_Project_to_Take_Care_of_the_Planet⠀⇛
A new post of our interview series “Meeting the
stars of the R-universe”. We aim to introduce the
teams and people behind the development of software
and packages many of us use and which are available
through the R-Universe.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Three_useful_(to_me)_R_patterns⠀⇛
I’m happy to report that I thought “oh but I know a
better way to write that code!” a few times lately
when reading old scripts of mine, or scripts by
others.
# ⚓ Peter_Hutterer:_snegg_–_Python_bindings_for_libei⠀⇛
After what was basically a flurry of typing, the
snegg_Python_bindings_for_libei are now available.
This is a Python package that provides bindings to
the libei/libeis/liboeffis C libraries with a
little bit of API improvement to make it not
completely terrible. The main goal of these
bindings (at least for now) is to provide some
quick and easy way to experiment with what could
possibly be done using libei – both server-side and
client-side. [1] The examples_directory has a
minimal EI client (with portal support via
liboeffis) and a minimal EIS implementation. The
bindings are still quite rough and the API is
nowhere near stable.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ 18_Open-source_and_Free_Next.js_Full-stack
Starters_For_Enterprise_and_Startups⠀⇛
What is Next.js?
Next.js is an open-source React-based framework
used for building server-side rendering (SSR) web
applications. It provides an efficient and easy-to-
use environment for developing web applications
with minimal setup and configuration.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Julia_1.9_brings_more_speed_and_convenience⠀⇛
Version 1.9 of Julia, which is an open-source
programming language popular in scientific
computing, was released in early May. There are a
number of interesting new features this time
around, including more work addressing the startup-
time complaints and a number of improvements to the
package system. Beyond that, there are a few
interesting features from the Julia 1.8 release to
catch up on.
Julia is a general-purpose programming language
which is just-in-time (JIT) compiled by the LLVM
compiler. Since its public release in 2012, it has
rapidly been adopted for scientific research, due
to execution speed similar to Fortran combined with
the convenience of REPL-based development. Julia
has an expressive syntax as well as a high degree
of composability of library code.
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ American_Car_Companies_Push_Back_on
Proposed_AM_Radio_Requirements⠀⇛
Lobbyists in the U.S. auto industry are pushing
back on lawmakers over proposed AM radio
requirements in new vehicles. After bipartisan
lawmakers introduced a bill requiring automakers to
retain AM radio functionality in their 2024 model
year vehicles, the lobbyist group Alliance for
Automotive Innovation (AIA) is pushing back,
arguing that the functionality is unnecessary.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Miriam_Silverman_on_Her_Tony-Nominated_Role_in
‘The_Sign_in_Sidney_Brustein’s_Window’⠀⇛
In “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” the Tony Award
nominee inhabits her character, a racist Upper Manhattan
snob, in all her flaws.
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Otkes:_Many_deficiencies_in_collapsed_Espoo_footbridge⠀⇛
Many parts of the footbridge were weak, according to
investigators.
o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ ‘Your_Balls_Are_Back_Online:’_The_$55_Semen
Release_‘Ritual’_Where_Bros_Platonically_Cum_Together⠀⇛
A look inside Will Blunderfield’s Manhood Academy session
for “harnessing sexual energy” revealed a lot of dick-
swinging, grunting, and vibrating of the balls.
o ⚓ Dhole Moments ☛ On_Furries_and_the_Media⠀⇛
Recently, there has been a lot of misinformation and
propaganda flying around the American news media about
the furry fandom. Unfortunately, this seems to be
increasing with time. Consequently, there are a lot of
blanket statements and hot takes floating around social
media right now about whether or not furries should talk
with journalists.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Turkmen_Students_Forced_To_Buy_Theater_Tickets⠀⇛
Students at the Turkmen Cultural Institute in Ashgabat
have been forced by their teachers to go to theaters at
least once a week.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Steinar H Gunderson ☛ Steinar_H._Gunderson:_Faster_accurate
range_reduction⠀⇛
Pretty much everybody who learns geometry and
trigonometry starts off by representing angles in
degrees. One circle is 360 degrees; it’s a bit of a
strange number, but it’s highly composite (so a lot
of fractions can be represented as whole numbers)
and has traditions supposedly going back to the
Babylonians.
However, there’s nothing “natural” about 360; you
could just as well use e.g. 3600 and nothing would
really get easier or harder. When going into
trigonometry, thus eventually most people will end
up into radians, where one circle is 2π radians.
This does have a natural justification; angles are
represented by their arc lengths on the unit
circle, and using radians for the argument means
the Taylor series of sin(x) becomes x – x³/3! + x⁵/
5! – …, which is pretty much as nice as it gets.
(Both facts independently mean that sin(x) ≈ x for
small angles, whereas for degrees, it would mean
we’d get sin(x) ≈ πx/180; hardly as elegant!)
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ OK,_WTF_Is_Going_on_With_the_‘Intact
Craft_of_Non-Human_Origin’_Allegedly_Recovered_by_the_U.S.
Government?⠀⇛
There are currently no public details on what
evidence or documentation, if any, the
whistleblower may have.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Archaeologists_Discover_Remnant_of_Lost
Village_Buried_Under_the_Ocean_for_600_Years⠀⇛
The main church of Rungholt, a Medieval settlement
that has been called the “Atlantis of the North
Sea” because it was wiped out in a flood, has been
found.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Millions_of_Chinese_students_sit
gruelling_college_entrance_exams⠀⇛
A record nearly 13 million students are registered
to take the exams in 2023.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Oklahoma_school_board_approves_nation’s_first
religious_charter_school⠀⇛
The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board
voted on Monday to accept the application for the
establishment of the Isidore of Seville Catholic
Virtual School. The school will operate as a public
charter school, paid for by taxpayer dollars.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ ReelyActive_is_making_Bluetooth_sensors
enterprise-friendly⠀⇛
Middleware is so extremely boring that if I’m
bothering to cover a company’s middleware product,
it must be doing something pretty important. And in
the case of ReelyActive, it really is. ReelyActive
was formed in 2012 as a Bluetooth expert that built
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) location apps and
services.
# ⚓ Russell Coker ☛ Russell_Coker:_Dell_32″_4K_Monitor_and
DisplayPort_Switch⠀⇛
After determining_that_the_Philips_43″_monitor_was
too_large_for_my_taste_as_well_as_not_having_a
clear_enough_display_[1] I bought a Dell 32″ 4K
monitor for $499 on the 1st of July 2022. That
monitor has been working nicely for almost a year
now, for DisplayPort it’s operation is perfect and
32″ seems like an ideal size for my use. There is
one problem that both HDMI ports will sometimes
turn off for about half a second, I’ve tested on
both ports and on multiple computers as well as a
dock and it gives the same result so it’s
definitely the monitor. The problem for me is that
the most casual inspection won’t reveal the problem
and the monitor is large and difficult to transport
as I’ve thrown out the box. If I had this sort of
problem with a monitor at work I’d add it to the
list of things for Dell to fix next time they visit
the office or use one of the many monitor boxes
available to ship it back to them. But for home use
it’s more of a problem for me. The easiest solution
is to avoid HDMI.
A_year_ago_I_blogged_about_using_DDC_to_switch
monitor_inputs_[2], I had that running with a cheap
USB switch since then to allow a workstation and a
laptop to share the same monitor, keyboard, and
mouse. Recently I got a USB-C dock that allows a
USB-C laptop to talk to a display via DisplayPort
as opposed to the HDMI connector that’s built in.
But my Dell monitor only has one DisplayPort input.
/blockquote>
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ ‘TSMC_Village’_Arizona_Repeatedly_Targeted
by_Hoodlums⠀⇛
Reports of crime and poor security at these
residential communities won’t be good for TSMC,
which has reportedly had difficulty hiring
engineers in Arizona.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘Folded_boy’_in_China_starts_surgery_in
hopes_of_standing_straight_for_the_first_time_in_10_years⠀⇛
Mr Jiang Yanchen has a disease that left him
bending forward horizontally.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Subway_plans_to_open_4,000_new_locations_in
China⠀⇛
Subway, one of the world’s largest fast-food
chains, has announced a sprawling deal with a
Shanghai development company to open nearly 4,000
new restaurants in mainland China over the next 20
years.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Missing_Piece_of_the_Foraging
Renaissance⠀⇛
My attempt to harvest hyperlocal produce led me to
something perhaps even better.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_is_the_Air_Quality_Index?_Here’s_How
to_Stay_Safe⠀⇛
Here’s what we know about pollution and a few tips
to protect yourself.
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Avoiding_coffee_namespace_collisions⠀⇛
Speaking of coffee shops, I noticed something else
fun recently.
I was ordering takeaway for myself and a few
others, like a gentleman. Two of them wanted a skim
flat white, and another wanted soy. As the barista
was writing the orders on the cups, she wrote B for
me, S on two more, and Y on the other.
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Weight-loss_medications_need_to_be
affordable⠀⇛
Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic have been
garnering a lot of attention lately. With recent
events such as Saturday Night Live opening with a
sketch poking fun at Ozempic (no pun intended) or
2023 Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel making jokes about
the medication in his opening monologue, weight-
loss drugs certainly have become a hot topic…
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ AISR_Says_Influenza_Cases_Increase_in_Australia
as_Winter_Comes⠀⇛
“…children represent a significant part of the
total number of infections…”
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Get_Phones_Out_of_Schools_Now⠀⇛
They impede learning, stunt relationships, and
lessen belonging. They should be banned.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ YLE:_Arrival_of_Thai_berry_pickers_to
Finland_in_doubt_this_summer⠀⇛
YLE on Thursday revealed that on 1 June not a
single Thai worker had been confirmed to come to
the country for the upcoming picking season.
Finnish berry companies recruited nearly 4,000
pickers from Thailand in 2022.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Light Blue Touchpaper ☛ Will_GPT_models_choke_on_their_own
exhaust?⠀⇛
Until about now, most of the text online was
written by humans. But this text has been used to
train GPT3(.5) and GPT4, and these have popped up
as writing assistants in our editing tools. So more
and more of the text will be written by large
language models (LLMs). Where does it all lead?
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ The_Apple_Vision_Pro:_designed_to_make_you
less_happy⠀⇛
Creepy. Dystopian. And more than a little like a
drug dealer.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Apple’s_Vision_Pro_Is_a_$3,500_Ticket_to
Nowhere⠀⇛
A decade after Facebook bought Oculus, VR still has
no appeal except as an expensive novelty toy.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Microsoft_has_been_fined_$20_million_for_retaining
children’s_data_without_parents’_consent [Ed: Small fine and
not a single person sentenced to prison, so they can do it
again (more secretly)]⠀⇛
Microsoft, which wants to lead the AI revolution,
is struggling with a children’s online privacy
protection problem.
# ⚓ Reuters ☛ Microsoft_to_pay_$20_mln_to_settle_US_charges_for
violating_children’s_privacy⠀⇛
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle U.S.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the
tech company illegally collected personal
information from children without their parents’
consent, the FTC said…
# ⚓ Reuters ☛ Microsoft_365_services_back_up_after_hours_of
outage [Ed: The real news is that it was down for a very long
time, not that it is "back up"]⠀⇛
Microsoft Corp said on Monday that it had restored
its online services after an outage affected
thousands of users of its 365 software suite,
including Teams and Outlook…
# ⚓ Techstrong Group ☛ Microsoft’s_9th_Outage_in_2023_¦_RISE_of
RISC-V_¦_Meta_Ends_WFH⠀⇛
First up this week: The yo-yo nature of Microsoft
365 is causing great dissatisfaction. How can you
avoid emulating the same mistakes?
# ⚓ MoneyControl ☛ Over_1,000_applications_but_not_1_job_offer:
Tech_engineer_on_life_after_Microsoft_layoff [Ed: Nobody
wants to hire Microsofters?]⠀⇛
A former Microsoft employee, who was laid off last
week, has shared how difficult it has been to
secure a new job in the last two months. Nicholas
Knowlton has been on the job hunt ever since the
tech giant announced the first round of layoffs,
but even after sending out more than 1,000
applications. On his last day at work, the cloud
solution engineer from North Carolina, US, wrote,
“Today is my official last day after being impacted
by the Microsoft layoffs in March. I’ve been on a
journey for the past two months, giving my all to
secure a new job.
# ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ The_AI renaissance_and_why_Open_Source_matters
[Ed: Microsoft staff still writing_Microsoft_propaganda
pieces_in_the_OSI’s_Web_site, falsely characterising chatbots
as “AI”]⠀⇛
# ⚓ MoneyControl ☛ ‘Felt_sad_to_see_Meta,_Google_lay_off
friends._Then,_Microsoft_laid_me_off’⠀⇛
Samantha Dorai was feeling bad about her friends at
Google and Meta when the tech giants began their
mass layoffs. Little did she know that soon, she
too would be laid off by Microsoft. The executive
assistant to the general manager at Microsoft
Singapore then took to social media to share how
“real” the job loss felt. “After hearing my
colleagues turned friends at Meta affected by the
Meta layoffs, and then hearing friends from Google
being affected by the Google layoffs to my current
colleagues at Microsoft affected by the Microsoft
layoff, I felt so sad to see them go and the
layoffs were affecting them all,” Dorai wrote on
LinkedIn.
# ⚓ India ☛ Layoffs_Continue:_Now_This_Company_Is_Reducing_3%
Jobs_From_Its_Global_Workforce⠀⇛
ZoomInfo, a US-based marketing technology company,
has announced plans to reduce its global workforce
by around 3%. In a clear sign of the layoff trend
that is being witnessed across the globe, the
company in a filing with the US Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC), stated its employees
about its intentions to streamline the
organisational structure, expedite decision-making,
and allocate resources to strategic growth
opportunities while maintaining profitability.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Reddit_lays_off_5%_of_its_workforce,_to
reduce_hiring⠀⇛
Internet community discussion platform Reddit has
laid off 90 employees, or about 5% of its
workforce.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the
development, citing an email from chief executive
Steve Huffman to his employees.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Reddit_to_layoff_5%_of_its_workforce,_slow
hiring_process:_Report⠀⇛
Citing a report by Wall Street Journal, news agency
Reuters said that company CEO Steve Huffman sent an
email to employees saying that the layoffs will
affect teams in multiple departments across the
company.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Wind_River_Security_Scanning_Service_for_Linux
CVEs_Offers_Path_to_Remediation_and_Long-Term_Maintenance
Through_the_Full_Lifecycle⠀⇛
# ⚓ The_Machine_Keyring [Ed: Oracle attacking_the_freedom_of
Linux]⠀⇛
UEFI Secure Boot provides a security feature that
ensures only trusted digitially signed binaries are
executed in the boot chain. Secure Boot validates
each digital signature before allowing anything to
load during boot. Linux kernel modules are one of
the final components of the boot chain. To maintain
the signing validation requirement, all kernel
modules must be signed and validated. Linux
distributions enforce integrity lockdown mode when
booting with Secure Boot enabled. Within lockdown
mode, kernel module signature validation is
enforced. With the mainline kernel, users who
wanted the extra flexibility to load their own
kernel modules had to go through a complex process
to enroll their own keys. This is a thing of the
past, as there is now a much simpler process which
this blog will explain.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian (c-
ares), Fedora (curl and firefox), Oracle (cups-
filters, kernel, and webkit2gtk3), Red Hat (emacs
and kpatch-patch), Slackware (mozilla), SUSE
(kernel and openssl-1_0_0), and Ubuntu (firefox and
libreoffice).
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Barracuda_says_hacked_ESG_appliances
must_be_replaced_immediately⠀⇛
Email and network security company Barracuda warns
customers they must replace Email Security Gateway
(ESG) appliances hacked in attacks targeting a now-
patched zero-day vulnerability.
“Impacted ESG appliances must be immediately
replaced regardless of patch version level,” the
company warned in an update to the initial advisory
issued on Tuesday.
“Barracuda’s remediation recommendation at this
time is full replacement of the impacted ESG.”
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Perhaps_victims_shouldn’t_be_so_quick_to
claim_“no_evidence_so_far…”⠀⇛
In November 2022, Pearland ISD in Texas informed
parents and employees about a breach and told them
that ongoing investigation so far had shown no
evidence that any sensitive information had been
accessed by anyone outside of the district.
In June 2023, Pearland sent letters to 55,486
people whose personal information had been accessed
or acquired by the unidentified threat actor(s).
The information affected may have included name,
date of birth, address, and Social Security number.
# ⚓ Senate_committee_approves_Phillips-Hill’s_measure_to
protect_student_data,_privacy⠀⇛
The Senate Education Committee approved the Student
Data Privacy and Protection Act, according to the
measure’s sponsor Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-
York).
Senate Bill 565 modernizes Pennsylvania law to
accommodate student information being stored
online, as well as students learning and attending
school online. As is currently stands, student-
related data is being generated, collected, and
stored within our school systems, with no current
protocols.
# ⚓ Data_on_as_many_as_100,000_Nova_Scotia_healthcare_staff
stolen_in_MOVEit_breach⠀⇛
Data on at least 100,000 employees in Nova Scotia’s
healthcare sector were stolen as the result of the
vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit file
transfer application, the province said Tuesday.
Data stolen includes Social Insurance numbers,
addresses and banking information of employees of
Nova Scotia Health, the public service and the IWK
Health Centre, which is a major pediatric hospital
and trauma centre.
The provinces uses MOVEit for transferring payroll
information. It has begun notifying victims.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Ascension_Seton_reports_data_breach_of_websites⠀⇛
The Austin hospital system Ascension Seton
experienced a data breach of two websites earlier
this year, potentially exposing the personal
information of certain users.
Ascension Seton issued a statement Tuesday saying
its legacy websites — Seton.net and
DellChildrens.net — were breached on March 1 and 2.
The hospital system said it has been working
alongside Vertex, the third-party vendor that
managed the sites, to understand the scope of the
security violation. Vertex also alerted law
enforcement and hired a forensic investigator to
study the event.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ The_2023_Verizon_DBIR_is_out_—_get_your
copy_now⠀⇛
74% of all breaches include the human element
through Error, Privilege Misuse, Use of stolen
credentials or Social Engineering
# ⚓ Mayberry_clients_urged_to_increase_vigilance_after
cyberattack⠀⇛
With no indication of the extent of a data breach
and cyberattack at investment firm Mayberry, the
company yesterday urged clients to take immediate
steps to protect themselves “against any possible
adverse consequences”.
In its second notice to its clients since Friday
night, Mayberry yesterday asked them to actively
monitor all accounts and contact their financial
institution if they notice any suspicious and/or
unusual activity. They were also asked to change
passwords to all accounts that they operate.
[…]
Mayberry says the data breach resulted in
unauthorised access and the stealing of data to
include personal data. The company also confirmed
that some clients data has been put on the dark
web, an area of the Internet where fraudsters lurk
as they trade in stolen data to the highest bidder.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ Houston_ISD_investigating_how_students’_personal
documents_ended_up_on_the_street⠀⇛
Several students’ records were found scattered on
the road and sidewalks outside an elementary school
in southwest Houston on Tuesday. Houston ISD is now
working to learn how paperwork with personal
information like student addresses ended up there.
Documents like report cards, folders of completed
field trip forms, parent phone numbers, and
students’ personal information ended up outside Red
Elementary School in the Willow Meadows area.
# § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ HMRC_issues_scam_warning:_how_to_spot_a
dodgy_email_or_phone_call⠀⇛
Tax agency reports rise in scams ahead of tax
credits renewal deadline
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Zoom_Expands_Privacy_Options_for
European_Customers [Ed: Zoom is the opposite of
privacy; this is marketing junk at best]⠀⇛
New options allow paid Zoom customers to
specify certain data for meetings, webinars,
and team chat to be stored within the EEA.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ByteDance_‘god_credential’_used_to_help
China_track_Hong_Kong_activists:_Former_executive⠀⇛
Bytedance also worked with the CPC to promote
propaganda, said a former company executive in a
court filing.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ DR_Congo:_Satisfaction_of_President’s_Visit_to
China⠀⇛
“Many things were done on the sidelines of this
visit…”
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Philippine,_US,_Japanese_coast_guards_carry_out_anti-
terror_drill_in_disputed_waters⠀⇛
The trilateral training focuses on collaborative
mission planning – not China – Philippine Coast
Guard says.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ How_does_northern_Australia’s_population
affect_the_nation’s_defence?⠀⇛
In 2022, demographers demonstrated that parts of
the north of Australia are among the most remote
and sparsely populated areas in the world.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Setting_the_scene_for_closer_defence
cooperation_in_the_Indo-Pacific⠀⇛
Being Australia’s foreign minister and then defence
minister over six years gave Stephen Smith an
opportunity to see changes coming in the region,
and to assess the risks and opportunities they’d
bring.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_monarchies_end⠀⇛
Stephen R. Grand flips the analytical script on the
spate of notable books covering “How Democracies
Die.” Democracies can corrode and crumble, but so
can autocracies. Why are there no books being
published about how kings and queens, emperors and
caliphs, cease to rule—either because their throne
is transformed into a more ceremonial post or
because they lose power entirely? For Arab
monarchs, there are several apparent lessons to be
learned.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Protesters_call_for_arrest_of
white_woman_who_fatally_shot_Black_neighbor⠀⇛
A Florida sheriff says detectives must investigate
self-defense claims before any criminal charges can
be brought against a white woman who fatally shot
her neighbor last week in the violent culmination
of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud.
Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said Monday that
he’s not legally able to arrest the shooter unless
he can prove that she did not act in self-defense
when she shot Ajike Owens, a 35-year-old mother of
four last Friday night. The women lived in a
neighborhood in the rolling hills south of Ocala in
north Florida.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ China_military_watch⠀⇛
During China’s high-level ‘two sessions’ (两会)
meetings this year, defence ministry spokesperson
Tan Kefei (谭克非) disclosed that ¥1.58 trillion ($338
billion) had been allocated in the 2023 national
budget for defence [...]
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Stop_Piling_Charges_on_Mom_of_6-Year-Old_Shooter⠀⇛
Plus: Michigan Supreme Court takes up case on
warrantless drone spying, Obamacare legal battles
continue, and more…
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Levies_Sanctions_On_Iranian,_Chinese_Companies
Over_Ballistic_Missile_Programs⠀⇛
The United States has sanctioned seven individuals
and six entities from Iran, China, and Hong Kong
who the U.S. Treasury Department says have helped
Tehran get key technology for ballistic missile
development.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ 7_Shot_Outside_High_School_Graduation_in
Richmond,_Virginia⠀⇛
Another five people were shot, the authorities
said, and others were hurt in the ensuing chaos. A
19-year-old male suspect was in police custody.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Ancient_Sahel_Trade_Routes_Used_to_Traffic_Illegal
Weapons,_Drugs⠀⇛
Crime organizations and terrorist groups have woven
a complex trafficking network moving illicit goods
such as assault-style rifles, ammunition,
explosives and fake medicine throughout the Sahel
region. Once used for legitimate trade, the routes
cross porous borders in Burkina Faso, Cameroon,
Chad, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger,
Nigeria and Senegal.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Both_Sides_in_Sudan_Fight_Seek_Additional_Weapons⠀⇛
Sudanese military officials reported on May 26 that
they had intercepted a cache of weapons as they
were being smuggled from an unspecified foreign
country through the Red Sea region to rebels in the
eastern part of the country.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Guinea_Junta_Turns_to_Military_to_Face_Protesters⠀⇛
ADF STAFF Less than two years after Guinea’s
military seized power from then-President Alpha
Condé, the junta is facing a wave of protests.
Violence erupted in the capital of Conakry in May
with anti-junta demonstrators throwing stones and
burning makeshift barricades and tires. Police
opened fire with tear gas and bullets.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_orders_closure_of_all_China-run_‘police
stations’_and_calls_their_operations_‘unacceptable’⠀⇛
UK Minister for Security Tom Tugendhat updated
Parliament on Tuesday about Chinese “overseas
police service stations” on commitments made in
parliamentary statements last November and
reiterated by Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire
Chris Philp in April.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Rudd_foresees_‘seamless’_AUKUS_defense_industry⠀⇛
Australia’s new ambassador in Washington says the
security pact is about more than submarines.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Group_Suspected_Of_Planning_To_Seize_Power
Apprehended,_Officials_Say⠀⇛
Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee of National Security
(UKMK) said on June 6 that a group of men and women
suspected of plotting to seize power had been
apprehended.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Shaking_Australia’s_‘state_vs_state’
attitude_to_innovation⠀⇛
We need to address the elephants in the room. Yes,
elephants. There are eight of them—each state and
territory, and they are competing at the expense of
improving Australia’s innovation economy and
strategic objectives.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_Shangri-La_dialogues—20_years_of
agenda_setting⠀⇛
The Asia-Pacific’s premier defence dialogue uses
the name of the mythical place ‘Shangri-La’, a
utopia of peace high in the mountains in the 90-
year-old novel Lost Horizon.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Dwindling_junta_defections_pose_challenge_for_Myanmar
opposition⠀⇛
Defections are a key part of opposition strategy,
while the junta works to stop troops from switching
sides.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Junta_helicopter_attacks_school_in_Myanmar’s_Sagaing
region⠀⇛
The military also shelled a nearby village,
injuring locals.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Kazakhstan_is_Interested_in_Joining_BRICS:_FM
Umarov⠀⇛
At the meeting of foreign ministers in the BRICS+
format, they discussed prospects for cooperation
and joining the alliance.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_to_review_car_plate
searches_after_journalist_wins_final_appeal_against
conviction_over_accessing_info_for_doc.⠀⇛
Hong Kong authorities will review the top court’s
judgement that saw journalist Bao Choy’s conviction
quashed to “improve” procedures related to
accessing vehicle records, Chief Executive John Lee
has said.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Summer_Without_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Could_Come
a_Decade_Sooner_Than_Expected⠀⇛
In a new study, scientists found that the climate
milestone could come about a decade sooner than
anticipated, even if planet-warming emissions are
gradually reduced.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ D-Day’s_Historic_Beaches_Face_a_New
Onslaught:_Rising_Seas⠀⇛
As climate change speeds coastal erosion in France,
can memory be preserved if the famous landing sites
of the Allied invasion disappear?
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Uninsurable_America:_Climate_change_hits_the
insurance_industry⠀⇛
Decisions by two major insurers to stop_offering
new_homeowner’s_policies in California highlight
the growing portion of America that’s becoming
close to uninsurable.
Why it matters:The threat of climate_change-related
disasters is a large factor driving up consumer
costs and putting insurers out of business in parts
of California, Florida, Louisiana and elsewhere.
===================================================
# It is also bedeviling regulators. “I never
thought I would see in my lifetime houses
that are flat-out uninsurable,” says Robb
Lanham, chief sales officer for insurance
brokerage HUB Private Client, which works
withabout 500 insurers.
Driving the news:The recent moves by State Farm and
Allstate to stop offering new homeowner insurance
policies in California have kicked off a national
conversation on insuring risk in an_increasingly
perilous_climate.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Bridging_Ecology,_Statistics,_and_Data_Science_with
R_for_Biodiversity_and_Climate_Change_Research⠀⇛
Francisco Rodríguez Sánchez shared with the R
Consortium how the R language has changed and
improved his work as a computational ecologist,
leading him to become a passionate advocate,
professional,…
# ⚓ H2 View ☛ Shipping_bodies_team_up_to_bridge_digitalisation
and_decarbonisation_gap [Ed: An exercise in greenwashing]⠀⇛
The Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) has
signed a Knowledge Partnership Agreement with
the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation
(GCMD) to help bridge the transparency gap between
digitalisation and decarbonisation.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Global_Action_Needed_to_Reduce_Plastic_Pollution:
Guterres⠀⇛
“…the annual global production of plastic exceeds
400 million tons…”
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Mongolia:_Dried_Lake_Restored_After_Several
Decades⠀⇛
“The Khodon River changing its course due to a
heavy flood in 1971 negatively impacted the
ecosystem of a group of lakes in Darkhad Valley…”
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ SEC_Sues_Coinbase,_Accuses_Crypto
Platform_of_Breaking_Market_Rules⠀⇛
The S.E.C. said the cryptocurrency platform
allowed users to trade unregistered
securities, a day after it accused the crypto
platform Binance of mishandling funds.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Couchbase_stock_falls_on_wider_loss
and_soft_guidance⠀⇛
Database company Couchbase Inc. beat
expectations today thanks to solid revenue
growth, but it offered light guidance for the
coming quarter that sent its stock down
after-hours. The company reported a wider
loss for the first quarter of $21.8 million,
compared with a loss of $19.8 million one
year earlier.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ SEC_Sues_Coinbase_for_Violating
Securities_Law,_Exposing_Customers_to_‘Significant
Risk’⠀⇛
The crackdown on crypto continues just one
day after the SEC sued competitor Binance.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Thai_authority_cuts_electricity_to_2_regions_in
southeastern_Myanmar⠀⇛
An armed ethnic Karen group threatened to
close border crossings with Mae Sot in
retaliation.
# ⚓ Erdoğan’s_free_gas_pledge_impacts_inflation_numbers,
undermines_wage_negotiations⠀⇛
TurkStat’s reported annual inflation rate of
39.6% in May will have implications for
upcoming wage deal talks, a trade union
asserts.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Natural_gas_reduced_China’s_urban
pollution._Can_it_be_a_global_climate_solution?⠀⇛
Greater uptake of natural gas has helped
substantially reduce urban air pollution in
Beijing. Ahead of COP28 discussions this
year, the United States, China, and other
countries should encourage responsible
natural gas production as a solution for
reducing global emissions and urban air
pollution.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ SEC_sues_Coinbase_alleging_that_it’s
operating_an_unregistered_exchange⠀⇛
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
sued Coinbase Global Inc. today in the
Southern District of New York, alleging that
the cryptocurrency exchange has been
operating as an unregistered securities
exchange and broker. The SEC also charged
Coinbase over its crypto asset staking
rewards program, which it said the company
failed to register with the regulator.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ No_Immediate_Risk_to_Zaporizhzhia_Plant
After_Dam_Damage:_IAEA⠀⇛
Earlier in the day, energy operator
Energoatom said that the destruction of the
dam may have negative consequences for
the nuclear plant.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Gas_prices_for_consumers_in_Lithuania_to
decrease⠀⇛
On Tuesday, Lithuania’s National Energy
Regulatory Council approved plans to cut
natural gas prices for households by 4-
5 cents per cubic metre for the second half
of the year.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Drop_in_cogeneration_energy_production_in
Latvia_in_2022⠀⇛
The latest data compiled by the Central
Statistical Bureau show that 2 015.8 gigawatt
hours (GWh) of electricity were produced by
combined heat and power (CHP) plants in 2022,
which is 974.4 GWh or 33 % fewer than in
2021.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Government_mulls_state_aid_in_case_of_energy
crisis⠀⇛
If energy prices were to rise rapidly during
the heating season, the government is
planning support for households whose total
expenditure on housing, including energy,
exceeds 30% of household income per person
declared, the government agreed on June 6.
# ⚓ H2 View ☛ US_unveils_National_Clean_Hydrogen_Strategy
and_Roadmap⠀⇛
The US on Monday (June 5) unveiled its long
awaited National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and
Roadmap, offering a framework in the hope to
accelerate the production, processing,
delivery, storage and use of the energy
carrier.
# ⚓ Shirish_Agarwal:_Odisha_Train_Crash_and_Coverup,
Demonetization_2.0_&_NHFS-6_Survey⠀⇛
Just a few days back we came to know about
the horrific Train Crash that happened in
Odisha (Orissa). There are some things that
are known and somethings that can be inferred
by observance. Sadly, it seems the incident
is going to be covered up 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽
⦇😦⦈ . Some of the facts that have not been
contested in the public domain are that there
were three lines. One loop line on which the
Goods Train was standing and there was an up
and a down line. So three lines were there.
Apparently, the signalling system and the
inter-locking system had issues as
highlighted by an official about a month
back. That letter, thankfully is in the
public domain and I have downloaded it as
well. It’s a letter that goes to 4 pages. The
RW is incensed that the letter got leaked and
is in public domain. They are blaming
everyone and espousing conspiracy theories
rather than taking the minister to task.
Incidentally, the Minister has three
ministries that he currently holds. Ministry
of Communication, Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MEIT), and Railways
Ministry. Each Ministry in itself is
important and has revenues of more than 6
lakh crore rupees. How he is able to do
justice to all the three ministries is beyond
me…
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Why_is_it_so_smoky_outside?
Canada_wildfires_lead_to_air-quality_alerts_in
northeastern_US⠀⇛
Canada is dealing with a series of intense
wildfires that have spread from the western
provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest
fires burning. Wind has carried smoke from
the fires southward, triggering air quality
alerts throughout the United States. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday
issued a poor air quality alert for New
England, a day after parts of Illinois,
Wisconsin and Minnesota received a similar
advisory. Last week, U.S. officials as far
south as Maryland, Baltimore, Virginia and
Pennsylvania reported being impacted by the
wildfires. Fine-particle pollution — known as
“PM 2.5” — is what’s being measured. The tiny
particles are small enough to get past airway
defenses and cause breathing problems.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Mayor_urges_vulnerable_New_Yorkers_to_wear
masks_as_smoke_from_Canada’s_fires_chokes_city⠀⇛
Air_quality across the northeastern U.S. and
Canada has plummeted to unhealthy levels due
to smoke from wildfires burning from Yukon to
Nova Scotia, which caused a thick haze in New
York and many other cities.
Why it matters: Because of the smoke that
drifted over Tuesday and other forms of air
pollution, New York City, Detroit and Toronto
had among the worst air quality of all cities
around the world overnight.
# People hundreds of miles away from
wildfires can still be negatively
affected by hazardous_microscopic
particles they produce, which can
trigger inflammation in the lungs when
inhaled and can worsen medical
conditions like asthma and heart
disease.
Threat level:Air quality advisories were
affecting up to 100 million across the U.S.
Tuesday, from the U.S. Northeast to the
Midwest and Texas.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_stronghold_of_Guinea-Bissau,
endangered_vultures_soar_again⠀⇛
In rare good conservation news from the
African continent, Guinea-Bissau’s hooded
vulture population is slowly recovering.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_moves_to_ban_fur_farming⠀⇛
On Tuesday, the parliament voted approved a
proposal to ban the breeding, rearing and
killing of animals for their fur, with a
transitional period and compensation for
businesses. Seventy-nine MPs voted in favour,
11 against and 30 abstained.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ What_if_We’re_Thinking_About_Inflation_All
Wrong?⠀⇛
Isabella Weber’s heterodox ideas about government
price controls are transforming policy in the
United States and across Europe.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ French_pension_protests_enter_day_14:_Fatigue
high,_thousands_remain⠀⇛
French unions hope to reignite resistance to
President Emmanuel Macron’s higher retirement age
with what may be a final surge of nationwide
protests and scattered strikes. Despite minor
disruptions, turnout was much lower than in
previous protests.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Get_a_job:_After_100_years,_states_loosen
child_labor_laws⠀⇛
For the first time in history, both red and blue
states are engaged in a nationwide discussion over
relaxing rules around children’s work.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Students_in_Finland_worry_about_escalating_debt:
“I’ve_fallen_off_the_property_ladder”⠀⇛
Young adults face financial distress over their
student loans in the face of rising interest rates
and living costs.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ As_Chinese_Loans_Come_Due,_African_Borrowers_Face
Economic_‘Midnight’⠀⇛
After more than a decade of heavy borrowing from
China, the bill is coming due for some African
countries that find themselves teetering on the
brink of economic collapse. China ranks as the
largest single lender to African countries, holding
more than $73 billion in debt across the continent.
# ⚓ Turkey’s_currency_woes_exacerbate_following_recent
elections⠀⇛
For the first time, the Euro/TRY exchange rate
surpassed 23.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Peso_hits_new_7-year_high_against_the
US_dollar⠀⇛
The Mexican peso hit its strongest level against
the U.S. dollar in more than seven years on
Tuesday, reaching 17.37 pesos to the greenback.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Expenses_scandal_broke_Britain,_will_it_also_break
Lithuania?⠀⇛
British MPs were caught spending thousands on
second homes, bath plugs, light bulbs, and even a
“duck island”. At the time of the post-financial
crash austerity, it resulted in a wave of anger,
landing nine politicians in prison. Now, a scandal
of a similar scale has reached Lithuania.
# ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Gold_tokens_have_already_surpassed_gold_coin
sales,_the_interbank_rate_empowered_to_succeed_and_more
monetary_policy_tweaks⠀⇛
Day by day, the Zimbabwe government is admitting
that the forex auction was a mistake. It is the
main reason for the Zimdollar tanking. They won’t
come out right and say that but their changing tune
when it comes to monetary policy is revealing.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UK_Strikes_Continue_as_Pay_Disputes_Escalate⠀⇛
Households have felt the squeeze amid a worsening
cost-of-living crisis. Widespread strikes broke out
in summer 2022 and still continue.
# ⚓ After_the_Goldman_Rush⠀⇛
At Goldman Sachs, high-level departures are a
normal course of business, and part of the reality
of ascending Wall Street’s greasiest pole. But the
firm is on its third round of layoffs since last
September, and a number of recent exits have turned
more heads than usual. Somehow, this feels
different.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hard_Right_Grinds_House_to_a_Halt,
Rebuking_McCarthy_for_the_Debt_Deal⠀⇛
Members of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus
effectively shut down the House floor for several
hours, calling the speaker’s fiscal compromise with
President Biden a betrayal.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mark_Meadows_Testified_to_Grand_Jury_in
Trump_Special_Counsel_Investigation⠀⇛
Mr. Meadows, the final White House chief of staff
under Donald Trump, is seen as a potentially key
witness in the documents and Jan. 6 inquiries.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_Dog_Drained_My_Pool_to_Try_to_Destroy
Surveillance_Video⠀⇛
Jack Smith reportedly wants to know whether Trump’s
long-time maintenance guy drained the swimming pool
in an attempt to destroy surveillance footage.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Does_R.F.K.,_Jr.,_Need_a_Time-Out?⠀⇛
He’s been a very naughty and disruptive scion.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ From_Tel_Aviv_to_Riyadh⠀⇛
My recent journey through the Middle East was
unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in a region
that has long been my second home.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Through_Ties_to_Saudis,_Golf_Deal_Promises
Benefits_to_Trump⠀⇛
The new alliance between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf
is the latest example of how the former president’s
relationship with Saudi Arabia has yielded gains,
and criticism, for both.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ PGA_Tour_and_LIV_Golf_Agree_to_Deal_to_End
Fight_Over_Sport⠀⇛
In a stunning announcement, the tour, along with
the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign
wealth fund, said the rivals had agreed to create a
“new, collectively owned, for-profit entity.”
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Senate_Democrats_rip_PGA_Tour-LIV_Golf_deal,_call
on_regulators_to_examine_merger⠀⇛
Senate Democrats on Tuesday blasted the PGA Tour’s
shocking decision to merge with the Saudi-funded
LIV Golf league, calling on US regulators to probe
the deal.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_PGA_Tour-LIV_Golf_merger_is_anything_but_a_win
for_competition⠀⇛
In a stunning about-face, the PGA Tour is merging
with_LIV_Golf, ending both the flamewar between the
two tours and an ongoing antitrust_battle over the
PGA’s market dominance.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Grand_Jury_in_Florida_Hints_at_Unknown
Complexities_in_Trump_Documents_Inquiry⠀⇛
Prosecutors have started calling witnesses to a
federal grand jury in Miami after months in which
activity in the investigation was centered on a
separate grand jury in Washington.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Stopping_culture_wars_in_their_tracks:_How_one
city_did_it⠀⇛
In Middletown, Ohio, the day-to-day work of
building trust in the community set the stage for
defusing the culture wars confronting the city’s
public schools.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Mike_Johnston_Declares_Victory_in_Denver’s
Mayoral_Election⠀⇛
Mr. Johnston, a former Colorado state senator,
benefited from far more outside spending than his
opponent, who conceded on Tuesday night.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Iran_Reopens_Its_Embassy_In_Saudi_Arabia⠀⇛
The two nations announced last March 10 an
agreement to resume diplomatic relations.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Embassy_Reopens_In_Saudi_Capital⠀⇛
Iran reopened its embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
on June 6, Saudi media reported, months after the
two regional rivals agreed to end a diplomatic rift
under a China-mediated deal.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ US_Secretary_of_State_Blinken_visits_Saudi
Arabia,_meets_Crown_Prince_Bin_Salman⠀⇛
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived
Tuesday in Saudi Arabia and later met Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman amid strained relations between
Riyadh and Washington.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_US_has_learned_to_work_with
governments_that_the_president_isn’t_close_to._Saudi_Arabia
is_no_different.⠀⇛
Given their different historical experiences,
relations between Saudi Arabia and the United
States will always be a work in progress.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Eritrea’s_Iron-Fisted_Leader_Marks_Three_Decades_in
Power⠀⇛
Few countries are controlled as tightly by one man
as is Eritrea. Having recently marked 30 years of
independence, Eritrea has never held a national
election and has only ever known one head of state
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Chinese_Training_for_Foreign_Police_Raises_Human
Rights_Concerns⠀⇛
In 2021, Kenya launched a program to send 400
police officers each year to China for training,
despite concerns that China’s authoritarian
approach to policing conflicts with Kenyan laws
protecting free speech and human rights. In recent
years, China has signed policing agreements with 40
African countries to train thousands of law
enforcement…
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_MP_charged_with_racially-aggravated_speech
regarding_statements_to_Bahrain_national⠀⇛
The UK Metropolitan Police Service confirmed Monday
that they charged a conservative member of the UK’s
Parliament (MP), Bob Stewart, with two public order
offenses. Stewart is charged with racially-
aggravated speech in relation to statements he made
at an incident outside of a Bahraini embassy event
in 2022.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ What_the_new_US_visa_policy_for
Bangladesh_means⠀⇛
The US visa restrictions alone will not guarantee a
free and fair election or restore democracy in
Bangladesh. However, the new policy sends a loud
and clear message.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Bulgarian_Parliament_Approves_Coalition_Government
After_Five_Elections_In_Two_Years⠀⇛
Bulgaria’s parliament on June 6 approved a
coalition government led by Prime Minister Nikolay
Denkov, giving the Balkan member of the EU and NATO
a new government after five elections within two
years.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ FBI_issues_warnings_about_explicit
deepfake_images⠀⇛
Deepfake still photos and videos have plagued
the online world for several years, but now
the stakes are getting higher.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Why_Macron_is_reading_sci-fi_thrillers_to
prepare_for_the_wars_of_the_future⠀⇛
As parliament gears up for a vote Wednesday
on plans to boost military spending, the
French Armed Forces look set to continue
hiring science fiction authors to imagine
future threats to national security. So far,
sci-fi novelists from the Red Team Defense
project have written more than a dozen
stories and published two books dealing with
warfare based on mass disinformation,
bioterrorism and a pirate nation – and even
President Emmanuel Macron is reading them.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Big_Tech_rolls_back_misinformation_measures
ahead_of_2024⠀⇛
Ahead of the 2024_election_cycle, the_world’s
largest_tech_companies are walking back
policies meant to curb misinformation around
COVID-19 and the 2020 election.
Why it matters: Social media platforms are
arguing that the risk of harm no longer
outweighs the benefits of political dialogue,
drawing concerns from lawmakers and consumer
advocacy_leaders.
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ The_epidemic_of_self-diagnosing⠀⇛
Recently, I have been subject to a lot of
conversations in which people announce that
they have Attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder. This declaration, however, is
almost always prefaced or followed by, “I
haven’t been diagnosed, but I definitely have
it.” In the past few years, millions of
people have sought comfort in social media
posts…
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok_Loosening_Its_Paywall_and
Access_to_20-Minute_Videos⠀⇛
TikTok is loosening its paywall and access to
20-minute videos with its Series
functionality, initially open only to select
creators. Users can charge money for access
to exclusive content. TikTok is
expanding access to its Series feature,
initially unveiled in March and available
only to select creators.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“The_New_Gatekeepers?:
Social_Media_and_the_‘Search_for_Truth,’”_by_Prof._Ashutosh
Bhagwat⠀⇛
Just published as part of the symposium on Media
and Society After Technological Disruption, edited
by Profs. Justin “Gus” Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 2_arrested_by_Hong_Kong_national
security_police_over_alleged_‘seditious’_posts,_forged
signatures⠀⇛
Six people have been arrested by Hong Kong national
security police for allegedly conspiring to forge
signatures, two of whom were also suspected of
breaching the colonial-era sedition law over
allegedly “seditious” online posts.
# ⚓ Neritam ☛ Example_of_Google_censoring_free_speech⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Accounts_of_Hong_Kong_opposition
party_members_terminated_by_HSBC_and_other_banks,_League_of
Social_Democrats_says⠀⇛
Four members of the pro-democracy League of Social
Democrats (LSD) party have seen their personal bank
accounts terminated by Hong Kong’s HSBC, Hang Seng
Bank and the Bank of China, the party has said. It
came after the party said that HSBC closed three
bank accounts they had used for receiving donations
without specifying reasons.
# ⚓ AccessNow ☛ #KeepItOn:_Community_feedback_on_data
collection_and_verification⠀⇛
As the #KeepItOn campaign enters into its eighth
year, Access Now is committed to revamping the
Shutdown Tracker Optimization Project (STOP). In
order to improve our collective advocacy and rapid
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnam_court_sentences_music_teacher_to_8_years_in
prison⠀⇛
He was convicted of spreading propaganda after
anti-corruption posts on social media.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Prosecutors_Seek_25_Years_In_Prison_For
Self-Exiled_Activist⠀⇛
Prosecutors have asked the Minsk City Court to
sentence self-exiled opposition activist Vadzim
Prakopyeu to 25 years in prison on multiple
charges,/
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Jailed_Kazakh_Journalist’s_Father_Joins_Son’s
Hunger_Strike⠀⇛
Jailed Kazakh journalist Duman Mukhammedkarim’s
father, Almaz Tilepov, has joined his son’s hunger
strike to demand his immediate release.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_court_quashes_conviction_of_journalist_who
probed_Yuen_Long_attacks⠀⇛
Bao Choy had used license plate records to
investigate perpetrators
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Journalists_walk_out:_Hundreds_strike_against
major_paper_chain⠀⇛
Hundreds of journalists across two dozen local
papers owned by Gannett, the biggest newspaper
chain in the U.S., went on strike on Monday. They
demanded an end to painful cost-cutting measures
and a change of leadership at their parent company.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Reporter_Investigated_Sexual_Misconduct.
Then_the_Attacks_Began.⠀⇛
After publishing an exposé, journalists in New
Hampshire faced broken windows, vulgar graffiti and
a legal brawl, with important First Amendment
implications.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ China_Exporting_State-Controlled_Media_Model_to
Africa⠀⇛
As a journalist in Kenya, a doctoral student at the
Communication University of China and a professor
in South Africa, Dr. Bob Wekesa has decades of
intimate experience with China’s media and
information landscape.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hong_Kong_court_quashes_conviction_of_award-
winning_journalist⠀⇛
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal quashed the
conviction of journalist Choi Yuk-ling on Monday
regarding her investigation into the 2019 Yuen Long
attack. The court unanimously quashed Choi’s
conviction by adopting a more liberal approach,
which took into account Choi’s journalistic
background.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Uzbek_Supreme_Court_Denies_Appeals_Of_Karakalpak
Journalists⠀⇛
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan has rejected
appeals by Karakalpak journalists Dauletmurat
Tajimuratov and Lolagul Kallykhanova against the
lengthy prison terms they were handed over mass
anti-government protests in the country’s
Karakalpak Autonomous Republic last year.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Restaurant_poster_deemed_misogynistic
reignites_debate_about_sexism_in_China⠀⇛
Advertising laws in China ban gender discriminatory
content, but enforcement remains challenging.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Students_Say_Authorities_Ratcheting_Up
Pressure_On_Campus_Over_Dress_Code⠀⇛
Iranian student organizations have reported a
significant wave of summonses at the University of
Science and Technology in Tehran in a continued
tightening of supervision of the dress code after
months of unrest sparked by the death of a young
woman for allegedly wearing a head scarf
improperly.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ There_Is_One_Group_the_Roberts_Court
Really_Doesn’t_Like⠀⇛
It is difficult to overstate the court’s hostility
to organized labor and the rights of American
workers.
# ⚓ ACLU ☛ How_Housing_Segregation_Shaped_America’s
‘Gayborhoods’⠀⇛
For much of the last century, the “American dream”
has centered on homeownership by married, white
families. Alongside explicitly_racist_policies like
racial segregation enforced by redlining, banks and
realtors routinely rejected applications for
mortgage loans and housing from single or divorced
adults of any race, prizing the married
heterosexual white man as the most “deserving”
debtor and homeowner. The further away from this
ideal someone happened to live — by virtue of their
race, gender, marital status, or sexuality — the
less likely they were to find housing outside of
the country’s growing and strictly segregated urban
centers.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Atlanta’s_“Cop_City”_approved_after_marathon_city
council_meeting⠀⇛
Atlanta’s_controversial_police_and_fire_training
center got the green light just before sunrise
Tuesday as city council voted to approve $31
million in public funding for the project.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Moving_Toward_a_Global_Empire:_Humanity
Sentenced_to_a_Unipolar_Prison_and_a_Digital_Gulag⠀⇛
David Skripac “COVID is critical because this is
what convinces people to accept, to legitimize,
total biometric surveillance.”
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ The_Truth_About_Britain’s_“Grooming
Gangs,”_with_Ella_Cockbain⠀⇛
Dr. Ella Cockbain, associate professor at
University College London, exposes the dangerous
rhetoric behind British Home Secretary Suella
Braverman’s false claims about Britain’s so-called
“grooming gangs.”
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ North_Macedonia_police_arrest_10_suspected_members
of_international_people_smuggling_ring⠀⇛
The Police of North Macedonia announced Monday they
arrested ten men who are suspected members of an
international people smuggling ring. The arrests
were the culmination of an investigation that
lasted from July 2021 to May 2023.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Protesters_in_Poland_decry_government’s_recent
actions_as_anti-democratic⠀⇛
Large crowds gathered in Warsaw, Poland on Sunday
to protest against the nation’s government. The
protest, led by former Prime Minister Donald Tusk
and his party the Civic Coalition (KO), gathered to
protest a recently proposed law, the cost of
living, inflation and women’s rights—among other
issues.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Chinese_officials_met_Elon_Musk_to
discuss_AI_risks,_Tesla_chief_says⠀⇛
Top Chinese officials told Elon Musk about plans to
launch new regulations on artificial intelligence
on his recent trip to the Asian giant, the tech
billionaire said Monday, in his first comments on
the two-day visit.
# ⚓ Supreme_Court_upholds_decision_stopping_UberXL’s
activities⠀⇛
Uber will continue its activities with its taxi
hailing application in Turkey.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ California’s_Newsom_threatens_Florida’s_DeSantis
with_kidnapping_charges_over_migrant_flights⠀⇛
California Attorney General Rob_Bonta (D) accused
Florida officials on Monday of misleading migrants
over their transportation from the Texas border to
Sacramento.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Adidas_Quickly_Selling_Remaining_Yeezy
Stock,_Analyst_Reports⠀⇛
Adidas is now selling through its remaining Yeezy
stock at a rapid pace. It seems the rapper’s
controversial statements and acrimonious split with
several institutions haven’t put a damper on public
demand. Adidas recently launched a website selling
through its remaining Yeezy stock it produced in
2022 for 2023.
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ ULAM_employee_fired,_alleges_hostile_work
environment⠀⇛
Erika Ventura, former animal husbandry technician
at Michigan Medicine’s Unit for Laboratory Animal
Medicine, was terminated from her position on May
8. Ventura alleges the termination was a result of
her discussing LGBTQ+ issues in the break room
while at work.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_must_expand_radio_spectrum_to
bridge_digital_divide,_say_experts⠀⇛
High franchising costs are deterring investment in
Mexico’s 5G network, and deepening the urban/rural
technology gap, say experts.
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Spam_about_emotional_intelligence⠀⇛
I got an email this morning describing a new
management course. It was a bit eye opening:
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is now widely
recognised as the fundamental quality of effective
leadership and management.
Delegates explore topics that fall under the two
main areas: social awareness and social facility.
Within these two areas a range of EI competencies
are explored such as empathy, attention, rapport
building, understanding others, influencing, acting
and more.
o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Spotify_Podcast_Layoffs_Will_Affect_Gimlet
and_Parcast_Workers⠀⇛
Spotify said it was cutting 2 percent of its work
force and absorbing two popular podcast studios,
Gimlet Media and Parcast, into Spotify Studios.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Podcasting_Unions_Slam_Spotify_for
Parcast,_Gimlet_Mismanagement_—_‘Whether_Spotify_Studios_Has
a_Vision_Remains_to_Be_Seen’ [Ed: Spotify loses a billion
dollars a year. Is this the beginning of the end?]⠀⇛
Podcasting unions for Gimlet and Parcast slam
Spotify mismanagement as the company lays off 200
employees: “Whether Spotify Studios has a vision
remains to be seen.” Streaming
giant Spotify announced Monday its plans to lay off
around 200 employees, including workers at much-
loved podcast studios Gimlet Media and Parcast.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents/EU⠀➾
# ⚓ UPC’s_PPI_to_come_into_force_for_Slovenia [Ed: UPC is
illegal. This law firms spent years lobbying for a
crime and spread lies to mislead politicians into
becoming participants in the crime.]⠀⇛
# ⚓ All_local_UPC_divisions_offer_English_as_a_language
option [Ed: This is still unconstitutional. They're
still trying to sell an illegal system that will
explode and harm the EU's reputation on law.]⠀⇛
# ⚓ JUVE ☛ President_of_the_Austrian_Patent_Office_moves
to_the_EPO [Ed: Europe's most corrupt institution, EPO,
receives puff piece from a Team UPC-bribed publisher in
Germany that spent years promoting a crime (UPC)]⠀⇛
The Austrian Patent Office is looking for a
successor for long-time president Mariana
Karepova (53), who is moving to the European
Patent Office as of July 1. She has held the
position in Vienna since 2015, during which
time she sustainably reformed the authority.
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ Opening_statement_at_the_4th
debate_on_rule_of_law_issues_“Pravo_na_pravdu”,
Sarajevo [Ed: They have the audacity speak speak of
"rule of law issues" after what they did with Unified
Patent Court, in effect violating laws, constitutions
and conventions in order to appease lobbyists. EU/EC
has severe corruption issues of its own.]⠀⇛
European Commission Speech Brussels, 06 Jun
2023 Distinguished guests [...]
# ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Nike’s_Patent_Saga
Highlights_Controversial_PTAB_Practices⠀⇛
However, the case intrigue has recently
heightened due to a somewhat chaotic saga
involving the PTAB. Key figures involved
include former PTAB Chief Judge Ruschke,
current Chief Judge Boalick, and Judge
Michael Fitzpatrick, who was recently
justified as a wronged-whistleblower.
The Supreme Court petition was submitted
amidst revelations of secretive maneuvers
within the Board. These questionable
practices include an abrupt panel expansions
and judge replacement without notifying
involved parties. Specifically, in the Nike
v. Adidas IPR, the Board panel was first
expanded to include Chief Judge Ruschke and
then Deputy Chief Judge Boalick after all
parties had finished their arguments and
opinion writing had begun.
# ⚓ Further_Extension_of_Non-DOCX_Filing_Fee_Date
Highlights_USPTO’s_Lack_of_Compliance_with_Paperwork
Reduction_Act [Ed: Watchtroll is pushing USPTO to fine
and financially penalise people who aren't Microsoft
customers, using mindless greenwashing tactics; the
Director of the USPTO used to work for Microsoft]⠀⇛
Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark (USPTO)
published a pair of documents in the Federal
Register regarding due dates on new document
formatting requirements for patent
applications filed with the Office. The
USPTO’s decision to delay the implementation
of new filing fees for non-DOCX patent
applications highlights issues that the
agency has had in complying with the terms of
the Paperwork Reduction Act by failing to
properly represent to the Office of
Management and Budget the burden that the
USPTO’s proposed rule changes will have on
agency stakeholders.
# § Software Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ VDPP_video_codec_patent_challenged
in_reexam⠀⇛
On June 5, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex
parte reexamination proceeding against U.S.
Patent_9,699,444, owned and asserted by VDPP
LLC, an NPE. The ’444 patent generally
relates to processing image frames from a
video stream and generating bridge frames for
motion smoothing.
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_Is_EL_BURRO_BORRACHO
Confusable_WIth_EL_BURRO_for_Restaurant_Services?⠀⇛
El Burro, Inc. petitioned to cancel a
registration for the mark EL BURRO BORRACHO,
claiming priority and likelihood of confusion
with its registered mark EL BURRO, both for
restaurant services. Well, the marks are
awfully close and the services identical, so
this looks like a no-brainer, right? What do
you think? El_Burro,_Inc._v._Knuckle_Sandwich
LLC, Cancellation No. 92075933 (May 26, 2023)
[not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Frances
S. Wolfson).
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_takes_trademark_case_on
using_names_and_likenesses_of_public_figures⠀⇛
The US Supreme Court announced Monday it will
take up the trademark case Vidal v. Elster,
to determine whether the application of
Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act to political
figures violates the First Amendment.
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