𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Sunday, June 11, 2023
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⦿ New Series: The End of Sirius Open Source | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Saturday, June 10, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ New Series: Why People Everywhere Should Quit YouTube | Techrights
⦿ Supporting the Work We Do at Techrights | Techrights
⦿ New Series: Inside the Real Linux Foundation | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/06/11/end-of-sirius-open-source/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/11/irc-log-100623/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/11/quit-youtube/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/11/supporting-the-work-we-do-at-techrights/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/11/the-real-linux-foundation/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/06/11/easyos-5-4-released/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/11/google-in-gemini/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/11/ros-2-end-of-life/#comments
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✐ New_Series:_The_End_of_Sirius_Open_Source⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 7:46 pm by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Sirius:_Open_Source_software,Stress_free_technology⦈
Summary: The end of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ is near; we shall explain what goes on
there these days, as the company may only last weeks or months longer (with
obligations to staff it robbed and potentially arrests of current and past
managers)
MY wife and I resigned from Sirius 6 months ago (10 days ago it was exactly 6
months). We think we know what triggered a chain of events, but cannot
definitively prove it at this point (maybe some other day, we’re in no hurry
with this investigation).
The company is in a state of disarray and since we left about 50% of the
remaining staff also left. With staff fleeing, and the company unable to
recruit the people it needs to fulfil obligations to remaining clients, it will
soon have no clients at all, i.e. no source of revenue.
We are getting there with accountability. After fraud_committed_against_Sirius
staff, we’re now successfully escalating to a political level (the company has
a lot to do with political bodies in the UK). This will be a source of
embarrassment to bodies and companies other than Sirius itself.
“What makes it relevant to this site isn’t myself but the fact the company
fancies itself or describes itself as a leader in “Open Source” (it used to
also say “Free software”) in the UK — that’s also the reason I joined this
company 12+ years ago.”While source protection is paramount, we are still able
to share some details that highlight the chaos in this company, where things
have never been the same since Microsofters and Bill Gates intervened,
occasionally mentioning me by name as they tried hard to destroy my source of
income. They’ve been doing this since 2005. This will actually be the subject
of a separate series or article.
Sirius is a cautionary tale about companies that defraud their own employees.
What makes it relevant to this site isn’t myself but the fact the company
fancies itself or describes itself as a leader in “Open Source” (it used to
also say “Free software”) in the UK — that’s also the reason I joined this
company 12+ years ago. █
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✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Saturday,_June_10,_2023⠀✐
Posted in IRC_Logs at 2:11 am by Needs Sunlight
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✐ New_Series:_Why_People_Everywhere_Should_Quit_YouTube⠀✐
Posted in Free/Libre_Software, Google, Law at 7:31 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Lots of debate in the world about harms of TikTok; why not YouTube too?
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Videos_as_a_political_weapon⦈_
“Creators” and developers accepting imperialistic companies as their “masters”
or bosses is a recipe for the worst disaster, a route to chaos
Summary: Techrights is starting a video/text series on reasons to quit YouTube
(a one-week series), mostly in light of YouTube’s attack on Free software
WITH a 7-day_deadline, Google’s lawyers have declared war on Free software. It
would not be the first such war, but this one is different. Not much of (what’s
left of) the media covered it, but this one article explains: “The developers
of Invidious, a privacy-respecting alternative front-end for YouTube, have
received a cease-and-desist notice from YouTube’s legal department. The free
and open source software, which provides a YouTube experience minus advertising
and user tracking, has been instructed to shut down within seven days. As
things stand, cooperation isn’t on the agenda.”
This has been discussed in social control media and this is still discussed in
IRC.
“Let Google feel the consequences for its actions and polices.”The above isn’t
the sole reason to quit YouTube and protest against YouTube, both as a
“creator” and as a “user” (spectator, viewer). Over the coming week we’ll cover
many different ways in which YouTube got worse, hostile not just towards/
against “consumers” (who “consume” “content”) but against the people who create
all the “content” in the site.
Our expectation is that this series will run every day for the coming week. By
then, we hope, more people will have made the decision to quit engaging with
the platform or significantly reduce their engagement. Let Google feel the
consequences for its actions and polices. █
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✐ Supporting_the_Work_We_Do_at_Techrights⠀✐
Posted in Site_News at 8:50 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: We have a lot of stories in the pipeline; we assess new information
and strive to give a voice/coverage to issues suppressed elsewhere
THIS site is turning 17 later this year and we’re doing 4 series in parallel
now (YouTube, Linux_Foundation, Sirius_Open_Source, and GitHub; that last one
we’ve intentionally paced down to maximise impact). That’s not even counting
patent coverage and EPO focus, including backlash from the SUEPO Staff Union.
Lately we’ve devoted a lot more energy to Daily Links, including the Gemini-
exclusive version of those (started_in_early_May). But there are many more
issues we wish to cover and we have plenty of material to go through. We strive
to publish original material, so it takes a lot of time to study and process
facts.
“Many news sites perished in recent years; we have no intention to be among
those sites.”Some GNU people recently suggested raising money for the site, but
this site does not wish to be subservient to sponsors or be run like a
business. For the time being the site takes up 100% of my time and it makes no
income. It only costs money. Thankfully, we enjoy the generosity of good
people, who offer hardware and time while actively participating (material,
code, system administration and so on). If you appreciate the work we do, you
can still donate_to_us as a token of support and appreciation. Many news sites
perished in recent years; we have no intention to be among those sites. █
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✐ New_Series:_Inside_the_Real_Linux_Foundation⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Finance, GNU/Linux at 8:26 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Linux Foundation evil⦈
Summary: The real Linux Foundation isn’t what people may come to expect based
on its name; based on its obligatory filings to the IRS, we can see some clues
as to the operations and direction of the Foundation
THIS month we began looking into newly-revealed IRS papers from the Linux
Foundation. ProPublica had added about a million more documents, so
transparency is vastly improved. Over the coming week we’ll scrutinise this
foundation a lot more closely. It’s something I’ve personally done for years,
so I can easily compare the present to the past.
The Linux_Foundation_is_not_what_it_wants_people_to_think. It has created
additional “shells” in recent years and it suffered some ordeals. It’s very
well aware of the negative perception and bad publicity it receives. Buying a
lot of media (paying for puff pieces) won’t correct it as that just adds to a
long list of scandals.
“That the Foundation stooped as low as clickfraud is rather revealing.
Integrity isn’t even a factor.”In order to make the facts easier to digest we
shall partition the new information into smaller and logical (interconnected)
chunks. More people deserve to know how the “Linux” trademark is being misused
by people who never even used Linux and barely cares about Linux. Even Linus
Torvalds deserves to know about it, seeing that the media at large doesn’t
touch the topic (a lot of what’s left of the media just bags bribes from the
Foundation in exchange for blind praise).
Calling out the sellouts, especially in the media, isn’t the important part
(they know who they are, including SJVN, It’s FOSS, and FOSS Force). What’s
important is that people understand what sort of “foundation” we deal with and
who’s really running it, how money is spent, what for etc. That the Foundation
stooped as low as clickfraud is rather revealing. Integrity isn’t even a
factor. Just look_how_they_market_themselves. █
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Graphics_Stack
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS)
o Programming/Development
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Patents
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Graphics Stack⠀➾
# ⚓ Tomeu_Vizoso:_Etnaviv_NPU_update_2:_Diving_into_the
convolution_units⠀⇛
In the previous_update I explained that the
programmable core in this NPU (VIPNano-QI) is too
slow to run inference workloads substantially
faster than the CPUs. The vendor stack achieves
acceptable inference rates by running most of the
work on fixed-function units that can perform
different kinds of convolutions and transformations
of tensors.
Most of the work is done by the convolution units
that VeriSilicon calls NN cores, so this is what I
have been focusing on at this stage. I think that
even if we still do all tensor transformation on
the programmable core, by using the NN units we
could already achieve usable performance.
By looking around in the ioctls that VeriSilicon’s
userspace stack sends to the kernel, it was clear
that in the NN jobs there was little more than a
pointer to a structure that configures the NN
fixed-function units. Luckily I didn’t need to
reverse engineer it from zero, as VeriSilicon’s
out-of-tree kernel driver is GPL and contains two
instances of programming_this_HW with a trivial job
(a 2x2x1 kernel with a single bias value).
Took some boring work to translate what the code
does to a C struct, but this was the initial one:
[...]
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Jussi Pakkanen ☛ Jussi_Pakkanen:_A4PDF_has_been_renamed_to
CapyPDF⠀⇛
As alluded to in the previous post, A4PDF has
changed its name. The new project name is CapyPDF.
The name refers to capybaras.
# ⚓ Kdenlive ☛ Kdenlive_news_and_fundraising_report⠀⇛
As many users have noticed, our 23.04.0 release
didn’t go as smoothly as planned. Several major
regressions affected the release, resulting in a
poor user experience. We are well aware that most
users want stability above all else, and with our
growing user base we really need to improve on that
front.
So for Kdenlive 23.08, we plan to focus only on bug
reporting and regression testing to avoid repeating
the mistakes of the 23.04 release. Our intention is
to improve our test suite, and also to create a
repository of sample project files, with automated
scripts that open the files, render them, and
compare the results to a reference render.
This should allow us to catch regressions and be
much safer when releasing a new version with major
changes, as was the case with nested timelines in
23.04.0.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ A_potential_issue_with_outstanding
query_limits_in_your_DNS_resolver⠀⇛
A while back we had a little incident where our
internal forwarding DNS resolvers stopped resolving
internal names. This started happening very shortly
after the university’s general Internet
connectivity was interrupted, and while I believe
we’re not entirely sure about the root cause, we
have a theory that feels plausible. That theory is
limits in outstanding queries and generally rate
limits in the DNS resolver that our internal
forwarding DNS servers were running.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Use_the_Cat_Command_in_Linux_[22_Useful
Examples]⠀⇛
The cat (short for “concatenate“) command is one of
the most frequently used commands in Linux that
comes pre-installed in most Linux distribution
systems and is primarily used to display the
content of existing files.
Moreover, the cat command can be utilized by the
user to concatenate multiple files, create new
files, append content to existing files, view the
content of a file, and redirect output in the
terminal or files.
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Fuzzy_File_Search_in_Linux⠀⇛
Modern tools like fzf and fzy take the file search
in Linux terminal to the next level.
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_create_a_wifi_hotspot_on_Debian_12
“Bookworm”⠀⇛
In this tutorial, you will learn how to know if
your wifi card or usb dongle supports the ap mode,
which allows you to create a hotspot connection,
and if yes you will also learn how to create one
very easily by following the steps below.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ What_is_Power-On_Self-Test_(POST)?⠀⇛
The Power-On Self-Test, commonly known as POST, is
a critical part of a computer’s startup sequence.
This built-in diagnostic program checks your
computer’s hardware to ensure everything is
functioning correctly before the operating system
begins to load.
# ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ How_to_Create_and_Use_Bash_Functions_in
Linux⠀⇛
Learn how to create and use Bash functions in Linux
to enhance your scripting skills. Improve code
organization, efficiency, and reusability with this
comprehensive guide.
# ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Explore_the_Universe_with_Raspberry_PI_and
Stellarium⠀⇛
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install
Stellarium on a Raspberry PI computer board and how
to start using it.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_locate_empty_files_and_folders_in
Linux⠀⇛
When managing files in a Linux system, it’s often
necessary to find and possibly remove empty files
and folders to conserve disk space and keep your
system organized. Whether you’re an experienced
Linux user or a beginner, this guide will teach you
how to find all empty files and folders within a
specific directory, making file management easier
and more efficient.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_PHP-IMAGICK_on_Debian_12/11/
10⠀⇛
When it comes to manipulating images in PHP,
developers are often faced with a wealth of
choices. While the built-in GD library has its
merits, there exists a truly powerful, adaptable,
and comprehensive tool for the job: the PHP-IMAGICK
extension.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Docker_CE_on_Debian_12/11/
10⠀⇛
Docker Community Edition (Docker CE) represents an
integral part of the modern technology stack, and
its significance extends beyond mere buzzwords.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Xfce_on_CentOS_Stream_9/8⠀⇛
The XFCE Desktop Environment is an impressive,
lightweight graphical user interface (GUI) for
Unix-like operating systems. It strives to adhere
to two main principles — simplicity and
performance.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ How_To_Build_an_Air_Quality_Alert_Light
with_Raspberry_Pi_Pico⠀⇛
The air we breathe is important, so make sure that
you know what the air is like before you leave your
home. This quick and simple project will do just
that, using RGB LEDs to give you a heads up.
# ⚓ How_to_Copy_Files_and_Directory_in_Linux?⠀⇛
File handling is one of the most crucial
responsibilities of a Linux System Administrator.
One important concept in file handling is to copy
files and directories to the same and other
directories. If you have trouble copying
directories or files in Linux or Unix-based OS like
macOS, this post will guide you.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_RawTherapee_on_Fedora_38⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
RawTherapee on Fedora 38. Are you a photography
enthusiast looking for powerful yet free image-
processing software? Look no further than
RawTherapee! This amazing open-source tool is
perfect for both beginners and professionals, and
it’s available on multiple platforms, including
Linux, Windows, and Mac OS.
# ⚓ LinuxBuz ☛ 5_Best_and_Cheap_DayZ_Server_Hosting_Reddit_(Top
Picks)⠀⇛
As an avid DayZ enthusiast, selecting the right
server hosting provider is critical to ensuring a
seamless and enjoyable gameplay experience.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ What_Exactly_Is_Harbor?⠀⇛
Harbor is a cloud-native container registry
developed by VMware. It enables users to store,
organize, and share Docker images.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Deleting_Specific_Lines_from_Linux_Files:_A
Practical_Guide⠀⇛
Linux, a robust, flexible, and open-source
operating system, is a favorite among many system
administrators and developers due to its powerful
command-line tools. One important ability of these
tools is the manipulation of files, including the
deletion of specific lines from a file.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Deleting_Last_N_Lines_From_a_File_in_Linux⠀⇛
In this article, we will discuss multiple ways to
delete the last N lines from a file in Linux. For
this purpose, we will use various Linux utilities
like sed, awk, and head.
# ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Deploy_a_Kubernetes_Development_Environment
with_Kind⠀⇛
Let me set the stage: You’re just starting your
journey into Kubernetes and you’re thrilled at the
idea of developing
# ⚓ nixCraft ☛ How_to_upgrade_Debian_11_to_Debian_12_bookworm
using_CLI⠀⇛
Debian Linux 12 “Bookworm” has been released. The
new version offers updated packages and five years
of support. This page provides a step-by-step guide
to updating Debian 11 Bullseye to Debian 12
Bookworm using command-line options, including
upgrading all installed packages.
# ⚓ Installing_Flask_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or_20.04_LTS_Linux⠀⇛
Introduction: A step-by-step guide for installing
Flask Python web framework on Ubuntu Linux systems.
Flask is for web developers as it provides a micro
web framework based on Python. It is popular
because of its simplicity, flexibility and does not
require particular tools or libraries.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 10_Best_Free_Console-Based_Diff_Tools⠀⇛
File comparison compares the contents of computer
files, finding their common contents and their
differences. The result is known as a diff.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Play_N64_Games_The_Right_Way_With_This_Classic
Controller_Adapter⠀⇛
Game consoles typically support a limited number of
input devices, meaning that console games are often
completely optimized for the default controller
supplied with that platform. Nintendo’s tendency to
completely reinvent their controllers pretty much
every generation can therefore become a little
irritating, especially when they also enable their
newer consoles to play games from their back
catalog. So when [Robson Couto] found that using
the Switch’s Joy-Cons was a bit awkward for playing
emulated Nintendo 64 games, he decided to figure
out how to connect real N64 controllers to a
Nintendo Switch.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ [Repeat] HaikuOS ☛ Haiku_Activity_&_Contract_Report,_May_2023⠀⇛
As is the usual way of things, the monthly Activity
Report is hereby combined with my Contract Report.
This report covers hrev56962 through hrev57061. It was
quite a busy month!
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasyOS_Kirkstone-series_version_5.4
released⠀⇛
EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.4 released
EasyOS 5.0 was announced on distrowatch.com on
February 26, 2023. Development has continued at the
usual feverish pace and we now have 5.4, that is
also expected to be announced on Distrowatch.
Since 5.0, there have been a huge number of
changes, listed in the release notes page:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/
kirkstone/2023/5.4/release-notes.htm
# ⚓ Steinar H Gunderson ☛ Steinar_H._Gunderson:_plocate_1.1.19
released⠀⇛
I’ve released version 1.1.19 of plocate; this was
mostly to get compatibility with liburing 2.4 out
the door. The fix (an external contribution;
thanks!) had lingered in git for a while, but
evidently, onw it’s reached distributions and more
people were starting to notice.
# ⚓ Carl Schwan ☛ Announcing_Arianna_1.1⠀⇛
I’m happy to announce the 1.1 release of Arianna.
Arianna is a small ePub reader application I
started with Niccolo some time ago. Like most of my
open source applications, it is built on top of Qt
and Kirigami.
Arianna is both an ePub viewer and a library
management app. Internally, Arianna uses Baloo to
find your existing ePub files in your device and
categorize them.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Debian_12_‘Bookworm’_Released,_This_is_What’s
New⠀⇛
The latest version of this iconic and influential
Linux distribution has been in development for 2
years. It’s the stable series successor to Debian
11 ‘Bullseye’ which saw release back in 2019.
Debian is, of all the Linux distributions I’ve ever
used, the one synonymous with stability,
predictability, and reliability.
In some ways this makes Debian the least exciting
Linux distro —woah, before you scroll down to call
me creative if demeaning names in the comments,
that’s kinda its USP: it doesn’t change things for
changes’ sake.
The community of experienced developers who work on
Debian place considerable emphasis on quality
control, continuity and compatibility. It’s this
which enables Debian to serve as the foundation for
other Linux distributions, like Ubuntu.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Debian_12_“Bookworm”_released_with_Linux
6.1⠀⇛
Debian 12 “Bookworm” operating system has been
released with an update to Linux 6.1 LTS and a new
non-free-firmware repository making it possible to
separate non-free firmware from the other non-free
packages.
This follows the Debian 11 “Bullseye” release in
August 2021, and the version of Debian will serve
as the base for other Linux operating systems such
as Ubuntu and derivates, Raspberry Pi OS, and so
on.
# ⚓ [Repeat] Debian ☛ Debian_12_“bookworm”_released⠀⇛
After 1 year, 9 months, and 28 days of development,
the Debian project is proud to present its new
stable version 12 (code name “bookworm”).
“bookworm” will be supported for the next 5 years
thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security
team and the Debian Long Term Support team.
# ⚓ Bits_from_Debian:_Debian_12_“bookworm”_has_been_released!⠀⇛
We’re happy to announce the release of Debian 12,
codenamed bookworm!
Want to install it?
Choose your favourite installation_media and read
the installation_manual. You can also use an
official cloud image directly on your cloud
provider, or try Debian prior to installing it
using our “live” images.
Already a happy Debian user and you only want to
upgrade? You can easily upgrade from your current
Debian 11 “bullseye” installation; please read the
release_notes.
Do you want to celebrate the release?
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Debian_12_“Bookworm”_Is_Out_as_the_Best_Release
to_Date⠀⇛
Powered by Linux kernel 6.1, bringing the most up-
to-date Plasma 5.27.5 desktop, Debian 12 “Bookworm”
is now available. Here’s what is new!
# ⚓ Andrew_Cater:_202306101949_–_Release_of_install_media_–
scripts_running_now⠀⇛
People are working quietly, cross-checking, reading
back steps and running individual steps – we’re
really almost there for the install media.
Just had a friendly, humorous meal out by the
barbeque in Sledge’s garden. It’s been quite a long
day but we’re just finished.
All this and then we’ll probably have the first
point release for Bookworm 12.1 in about a month.
That will contain some few fixes which came in at
the last minute and any other issues we’ve found
today.
BOOKWORM IS HERE!!
# ⚓ Andrew_Cater:_202306101353_–_Release_testing_of_media_in
full_swing⠀⇛
Most of the install images for Debian media have
now been tested.
Various folk are now testing the live media.
We have been joined by a couple of people in IRC
who have also done a few tests.
Useful_things_to_note_🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇:)⦈_
The release name is Bookworm *not* Bookwork.
Debian 13 will be Trixie when it gets here: testing
will be re-enabled shortly.
The release notes detail the changes in /etc/apt/
sources.list to accommodate the changes to non-
free-firmware but also see also Sources_List on the
Debian wiki.
# ⚓ Andrew_Cater:_202306101010_–_Debian_release_preparations
and_boot_media_testing_in_Cambridge⠀⇛
We’ve all met up in Cambridge – so there’s an
egw_, amacater, kibi who has travelled over to join
us, Isy, RattusRattus and Sledge mostly sat round a
table. The usual number of laptops, three monitors,
Rattus’ tower machine.
Network running well and we’re all ready to go, I
think – there’s normally a flurry of activity to
get things started then a wait for a while for the
first images
Coffee and tea at the ready – bacon sandwiches are
on the way
[And the build process is under way - and smcv has
joined us]
# ⚓ Marco d’Itri ☛ Marco_d’Itri:_On_having_a_track_record_in
operating_systems_development⠀⇛
Now that Debian 12 has been released with
proprietary_firmwares_on_the_official_media, non-
optional merged-/usr and systemd adopted by
everybody, I want to take a moment to list, not
without some pride, a few things that I was right
about over the last 20 years: [...]
# ⚓ Beta News ☛ Download_Debian_12_Bookworm_Linux_distro_now
and_say_goodbye_to_Windows_11_forever⠀⇛
Good news, fellow Linux nerds! After many months of
development, the Debian project has finally
released the latest stable release of its popular
Linux-based operating system. Debian 12, codenamed
“Bookworm,” marks a significant milestone in the
ongoing battle against proprietary operating
systems, particularly Windows 11. Debian 12 offers
a legitimate alternative that truly empowers users.
One of the standout features of Debian 12 is its
commitment to long-term support. Thanks to the
joint efforts of the Debian Security team and the
Debian Long Term Support team, Bookworm will
receive support for a generous five-year period.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Roger Comply ☛ Should_you_get_an_Ubuntu_Pro_free_personal
subscription?⠀⇛
The gist of Ubuntu Pro is that Ubuntu LTS releases
get 10 years of security fixes from the Ubuntu
security team. As an example, Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial
Xerus) entered its extended security maintenance
(esm) stage in April 2021 and will be supported
until April 2026.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ i.MX_91_powered_System_on_Module_for_Linux
edge_applications⠀⇛
The device provides support for Gigabit Ethernet
(one with TSN support), BL5.3 and Wi-Fi 6
networking. The standard SoM variants appear to
include 2GB memory and 16GB eMMC Flash.
An iWave Systems representative mentioned that they
are offering a carrier board (iW-RainboW-G50S) with
Pico-ITX form-factor that is compatible with all
OSM based System on Modules (i.MX93, STM32MP13x,
etc.) including this one.
The company also states that “the i.MX 91
applications processor family from NXP provides an
ideal mix of high performance, pricing, and
security; fit for entry-level Linux edge processing
solutions for applications such as EV Charging
Stations, Industrial Gateways, and HMI Displays.”
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Ultra-Compact_embedded_platform_with_a_7″
TFT_LCD_and_GbE_LAN⠀⇛
ICOP Technology recently launched an ultra-compact
platform built around the NXP iMX8 mini CPU
equipped with up to 2GB LPDDR4 DRAM and wide input
voltage range support.
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Allwinner_H3_compact_SBC_supports_10/100
ethernet⠀⇛
The WuKong Board H3 Zero is a small single board
computer powered by a quad-core Allwinner H3
processor. The board comes with 10/100Mbps Ethernet
support and various GPIOs for interfacing external
devices.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ T-RGB_ESP32-S3_board_gets_larger_2.8-inch
round_color_display⠀⇛
LILYGO T-RGB ESP32-S3 board was first introduced
last year with a 2.1-inch round color touchscreen
display, and the company has an update with a T-RGB
board with a 2.8-inch display. The new board still
offers WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, 8MB
PSRAM, and 16MB flash storage, as well as a microSD
card socket for storage, a Grove I2C connector for
expansion, and LiPo battery support. T-RGB
specifications: SoC – Espressif ESP32-S3R8 dual-
core Tensilica LX7 microcontroller up to 240 MHz
with vector instructions for AI acceleration, 8MB
PSRAM, WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 LE + Mesh
connectivity Storage – 16MB SPI flash, MicroSD card
socket Display – 2.8-inch round 18-bit RGB color
IPS TFT display with 480×480 resolution (ST7701S
SPI controller), 3-wire SPI touchscreen panel via
GT911 controller USB – USB Type-C port for power
and programming Expansion – Grove I2C connector
Misc – BOOT and Reset buttons Power Supply [...]
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Tim Bray ☛ Pixel_4_➔_7⠀⇛
My four-year-old Pixel was fast enough, small
enough to be comfy in any pocket, camera still one
of the mobile greats. But the battery was wearing
out and the USB-C socket was pretty well done for.
It’d charge most times from most wires, but only if
you didn’t breathe on it. And keeping Android Auto
running was a real problem, because my car doesn’t
do AA-on-Bluetooth, so pretty well any serious bump
in the road stopped the music.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Using_FreeCAD_To_Replace_OEM_Parts⠀⇛
As much as we might all like it if manufacturers
supported their products indefinitely with software
updates or replacement parts, this just isn’t feasible.
Companies fail or get traded, technologies evolve, and
there’s also an economic argument against creating parts
for things that are extremely old or weren’t popular in
the first place. So, for something like restoring an old
car, you might have to resort to fabricating replacement
parts for your build on your own. [MangoJelly] shows us
how to build our own replacement parts in FreeCAD in this
series of videos.
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Firefox_114_updates_security_and_improves
DNS_over_HTTPS_accessibility⠀⇛
Firefox 114.0 and Firefox 102.12.0 ESR are
the June 2023 releases of Mozilla’s Firefox
web browser. Official release date is June 6,
2023.
The new version of Firefox is a security
update, but it also introduces new nice-to-
have features that improve search and the
usability of the browser.
Firefox 114.0 and the ESR release are
available for all supported platforms. The
updates will be released later on June 6th,
if you are reading this on the day.
o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾
# ⚓ WordPress ☛ Twenty_Years_of_WordPress_at_WCEU⠀⇛
Inspiring the global community The atmosphere was
electric at WordCamp Europe (WCEU) 2023 in Athens,
Greece, as WordPress celebrated its 20th
anniversary and the opportunity to gather in person
for inspiration and engagement.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ What_Do_You_Want_In_A_Programming_Assistant?⠀⇛
The Propellerheads released a song in 1998 entitled
“History Repeating.” If you don’t know it, the
lyrics include: “They say the next big thing is
here. That the revolution’s near. But to me, it
seems quite clear. That it’s all just a little bit
of history repeating.” The next big thing today
seems to be the AI chatbots. We’ve heard every
opinion from the “revolutionize everything” to
“destroy everything” camp. But, really, isn’t it a
bit of history repeating itself? We get new tech.
Some oversell it. Some fear it. Then, in the end,
it becomes part of the ordinary landscape and seems
unremarkable in the light of the new next big
thing. Dynamite, the steam engine, cars, TV, and
the Internet were all predicted to “ruin
everything” at some point in the past.
# ⚓ Spidermonkey_Development_Blog:_SpiderMonkey_Newsletter_
(Firefox_114-115)⠀⇛
SpiderMonkey is the JavaScript engine used in
Mozilla Firefox. This newsletter gives an overview
of the JavaScript and WebAssembly work we’ve done
as part of the Firefox 114 and 115 Nightly release
cycles.
# ⚓ GNU ☛ GNU_Guix:_Parameterized_Packages_for_GNU Guix⠀⇛
Hello Guix!
I’m Sarthak and I’ll be working on implementing
Parameterized Packages
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_“cal_days_in_month()”_Function_in
PHP⠀⇛
The cal_days_in_month() is a predefined function in
PHP that returns the total amount of days in a
given month for a particular year and calendar.
# ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ The_ElasticSearch_Rant⠀⇛
As a part of my continued efforts to heal, one of
the things I’ve been trying to do is avoid being
overly negative and venomous about technology. I
don’t want to be angry when I write things on this
blog. I don’t want to be known as someone who is
venomous and hateful. This is why I’ve been
disavowing my
articles_about_the_V_programming_language among
other things.
ElasticSearch makes it difficult for me to keep
this streak up.
# ⚓ Evan Hahn ☛ Getting_the_UTF-16_bytes_of_JavaScript
strings⠀⇛
This post assumes you understand UTF-16.
Recently, I wanted to get the UTF-16 bytes of a
JavaScript string for a_demo_I_was_working_on. I
couldn’t find anyone else who had done this, so I
thought I’d write this post.
§ I just want the length
If you need the number of UTF-16 code units, just
use the length of the string! The length_property
asks for the number of UTF-16 code units, so you
can do this: [...]
# ⚓ Evan Hahn ☛ Getting_the_UTF-32_bytes_of_JavaScript
strings⠀⇛
This post assumes you understand UTF-32.
Recently, I wanted to get the UTF-32 bytes of a
JavaScript string for a_demo_I_was_working_on. I
couldn’t find anyone else who had done this, so I
thought I’d write this post.
My goal was to write a generator function that
yielded each UTF-32 byte.
First, I started by generating the string’s Unicode
code points. Iterating_over_a_JavaScript_string
yields the Unicode code points as strings.
# ⚓ Evan Hahn ☛ Working_with_the_UTF-8_bytes_of_JavaScript
strings⠀⇛
This post assumes you understand UTF-8.
Recently, I wanted to get the UTF-8 bytes of a
JavaScript string for a_demo_I_was_working_on.
I took advantage of JavaScript’s built-in
TextEncoder, which turns a string into a Uint8Array
of the string’s bytes.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ Plenti_Is_A_State-of-the_Art_Static_Generator_By
Go_Lang⠀⇛
Plenti is an impressive static site generator with
a powerful Go backend and a sleek Svelte frontend,
making it a platform that is sure to impress. One
of its standout features is its fully integrated
Git-CMS, which is not only cheap but also free to
host alongside your static site.
# ⚓ Multiple_Ruby_Info_Disclosure_Vulns_Fixed⠀⇛
Two important security bugs have been found in
Ruby. It was discovered that an HTTP response
splitting flaw exists in the Ruby cgi gem before
0.1.0.2, 0.2.x before 0.2.2, and 0.3.x before 0.3.5
(CVE-2021-3362). It was also discovered that a
buffer over-read occurs in String-to-Float
conversion in Ruby before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before
2.7.6, 3.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before 3.1.2
(CVE-2022-28739). With a low attack complexity and
a high confidentiality and integrity impact, these
bugs have received a National Vulnerability
Database severity rating of ”High”.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ In_Pictures:_Hong_Kong’s_heat_leaves_giant
rubber_duck_flying_solo⠀⇛
Two giant yellow ducks meant to signify good fortune in
Hong Kong ran into bad luck of their own after one was
deflated Saturday to protect it from the heat. The art
installation by Dutch artist Forentijn Hofman, featuring
twin 18-metre (59-feet) inflatable ducks, was unveiled to
the public on Friday.
o ⚓ Adam_Young:_“Agree_to_Disagree”⠀⇛
Never use that phrase with me again, please. It is a most
insulting phrase.
It is saying “You are wrong, and you are not even worth
engaging with to try and change your mind. I am always
willing to listen to a strong argument. I do not agree to
disagree with you; I agree to hold on to my opinions
until shown a superior one. I agree to keep trying to
change your mind until it is changed, or until you
provide a better argument.
That phrase has been used on me too many times to dismiss
my concerns. It is associated with one of the worst job
interviews of my career.
Either argue your point or stay silent.
I do not agree to disagree with you in perpetuity. I
disagree with you now. I am willing to put in the effort
to bring you around to my view point. I am willing to
listen to your point of view.
[...]
If your disagree, you better have your argument in order.
o ⚓ [Old] New York Times ☛ After_244_Years,_Encyclopaedia_Britannica
Stops_the_Presses⠀⇛
In an acknowledgment of the realities of the digital age
— and of competition from the Web site Wikipedia —
Encyclopaedia Britannica will focus primarily on its
online encyclopedias and educational curriculum for
schools. The last print version is the 32-volume 2010
edition, which weighs 129 pounds and includes new entries
on global warming and the Human Genome Project.
“It’s a rite of passage in this new era,” Jorge Cauz, the
president of Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., a company
based in Chicago, said in an interview. “Some people will
feel sad about it and nostalgic about it. But we have a
better tool now. The Web site is continuously updated,
it’s much more expansive and it has multimedia.”
In the 1950s, having the Encyclopaedia Britannica on the
bookshelf was akin to a station wagon in the garage or a
black-and-white Zenith in the den, a possession coveted
for its usefulness and as a goalpost for an aspirational
middle class. Buying a set was often a financial stretch,
and many families had to pay for it in monthly
installments.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Circus_grandstand_collapses_outside_St._Petersburg,
leading_to_five_injured_children_and_felony_case_—_Meduza⠀⇛
At a performance outside St. Petersburg, a circus
grandstand collapsed on Saturday, causing minor injuries
to seven people, including five children. According to
the Telegram channel SHOT, local police have opened a
felony investigation and arrested the head of the circus
where the incident took place. The moment of the
grandstand collapse was captured on video and shared on
social media.
o ⚓ RTE ☛ This_Is_Art!_Winners_Announced_|_Prize_fund_of_over_€10,000
|_3,000_Entries⠀⇛
AND THE WINNERS ARE … FROM DUBLIN AND DONEGAL This Is
Art! Winners Announced | Prize fund of over €10,000 |
3,000 Entries CELEBRATING YOUNG ARTISTS OF ALL
ABILITIES For more on all the winners | www.rte.ie/
thisisart The Creative Ireland Programme and RTÉ have
today announced the winners of the third This Is Art!
o ⚓ James G ☛ Fun_with_Words⠀⇛
I sat down studiously reading the newspaper, engaged in
the news of the day (and, on a side note pondering on how
a large, notable news story announced yesterday must have
happened after the presses started printing). With a keen
eye for words, I proactively took notes, as I often do,
of exciting words. That, combined with my other readings
over the last week, is the origin of this week’s edition
of Fun with Words.
o ⚓ Journey_through_Anatolia’s_medieval_history:_New_app_offers
virtual_exploration_of_Ani⠀⇛
The app, available in Turkish, Armenian, and English,
offers a captivating journey through the UNESCO-listed
archaeological site of Ani, with routes that cater to
both casual explorers and those who want to know it all.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Missing_children_found_alive_in_Colombian_Amazon_40
days_after_plane_crash⠀⇛
Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more
than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest were
found alive and flown to the capital Bogota early
Saturday.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ 4_Missing_Colombian_Children_Are_Rescued_and
Said_to_Be_in_Good_Health⠀⇛
The four siblings, ages 1 to 13, were eager to play and
asked for books just a day after being rescued and having
survived 40 days in the jungle, officials said.
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Case_for_Selective_Slackerism⠀⇛
How a Korean term helps me reconcile my moments of
discipline and sloth
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Listening_To_The_ISS_On_The_Cheap⠀⇛
Like any hobby, amateur radio has no upper bounds
on what you can spend getting geared up. Shacks
worth tens of thousands of dollars are easy to come
by, and we’ll venture a guess that there are hams
out there pushing six figures with their investment
in equipment. But hands down, the most expensive
amateur radio station ever has to be the one aboard
the International Space Station.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Carbon_storage_dump_for_global_exhaust
supports_new_gas⠀⇛
Australia’s gas industry will keep pumping and
become a storage site for industrial pollution
under industry and government plans.
A technique known as carbon capture and storage
(CCS) would trap emissions from gas fields and pump
the gases underground in depleted wells or rock
formations.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Primordial_Soup’s_On_With_This_Modified
Miller-Urey_Experiment⠀⇛
It’s a pretty sure bet that anyone who survived
high school biology has heard about the Miller-Urey
experiment that supported the hypothesis that the
chemistry of life could arise from Earth’s
primordial atmosphere. It was literally “lightning
in a bottle,” with a mix of gases like methane,
ammonia, hydrogen, and water in a closed-loop glass
apparatus and a pair of electrodes to provide a
spark to simulate lightning lancing across the
early prebiotic sky. [Miller] and [Urey] showed
that amino acids, the building blocks of protein,
could be cooked up under conditions that existed
before life began.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Aussie_Farmers_Unleash_Dinosaur_Rush_as
Fossils_Rewrite_History⠀⇛
A new understanding of how to search for ancient
remains has reinvigorated a region of western
Queensland, with tourists flocking to
paleontological digs.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ This_‘Stunning’_14-Sided_New_Shape_May
Deepen_How_We_Understand_‘Order_in_Nature’⠀⇛
It’s perfect.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ We’re_a_Step_Closer_to_Stopping_a_Parasite
From_Inflicting_‘Sleeping_Sickness’⠀⇛
There’s still more work to do.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Self-made_millionaire_sits_China’s
university_exams_for_27th_time⠀⇛
Among the millions of fresh-faced high schoolers
sitting China’s dreaded “gaokao” college entrance
exam on Wednesday, Liang Shi sticks out like a sore
thumb — a grey-haired, self-made millionaire
stubbornly taking the test for the 27th time.
Liang, 56, is no fool.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printing_LEGO-like_Blocks⠀⇛
LEGO are perhaps the perfect children’s toy, at
least until you step on the errant brick while
walking around the house. Available in all kinds of
sets with varying themes and characters, they
encourage building and creativity in kids like no
other. Those with 3D printers might have considered
creating their own specialty blocks, but the
manufacturing of real LEGO blocks involves steel
molds with extremely tight tolerances far outside
the realm of most 3D printers. To print blocks
capable of interconnecting in a similar way
involves taking advantage of the characteristics of
3D printers and their materials instead, as [CNC
Kitchen] demonstrates with these PrintABloks.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Crafting_Ribbon_Cables_For_Retro_Hardware⠀⇛
Building a modern computer is something plenty of
us have done, and with various tools available to
ensure that essentially the only thing required of
the end user is to select parts and have them
delivered via one’s favorite (or least expensive)
online retailer. Not so with retro hardware,
though. While some parts can be found used on
reselling sites like eBay, often the only other
option is to rebuild parts from scratch. This is
sometimes the best option too, as things like
ribbon cables age poorly and invisible problems
with them can cause knock-on effects that feel like
wild goose chases when troubleshooting. Here’s how
to build your own ribbon cables for your retro
machines.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Gigabyte_RTX_30,_RTX_40_Series_GPU_PCBs
Are_Reportedly_Cracking⠀⇛
Repair technician and YouTuber Louis Rossmann
exposes cases of Gigabyte GeForce RTX 30-series and
RTX 40-series graphics cards suffering from PCB
cracking.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Inno3D_Hides_Power_Port_On_New_RTX_4070,
RTX_4060_Ti_GPUs⠀⇛
MyDrivers reports that Inno3D has developed a
unique design to hide the power connectors on its
upcoming GeForce RTX 40-series graphics cards.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Airline_staff_reveal_why_your_plane_is_so_dirty⠀⇛
One flight attendant said they’d ‘often’ seen
cleaners wiping down the rim of the toilets then
using the same cloth to clean where food was
prepared.
Shockingly, this is mentioned in official Civil
Aviation Guidance to airlines, where paragraph
7.3.3 says: ‘It is not unknown for cleaners to …
use the same surface cloths in both toilet and
galley’.
On some occasions, particularly with low-cost
carriers, there may be no cleaning staff at all
between flights. Instead planes are only properly
cleaned at the end of the day.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Many_people_believe_morality_is_declining_—_but
that_may_be_an_illusion⠀⇛
People around the world say kindness, respect, and
honesty are declining but that may be a cognitive
illusion, researchers reported this week.
Why it matters:People’s beliefs can guide their
behavior toward each other, shape policy and
influence how resources are allocated.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ It’s_Not_Just_Men_and_Boys_Who_Are
Struggling_Right_Now⠀⇛
Don’t forget about the women dying deaths of
despair.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Approximately_3,000_businesses_applied_for
agricultural_and_aquaculture_cost_support_in_the_first_week⠀⇛
The cost support for agriculture and aquaculture
became available for application through the State
Treasury on June 1st. The support consists of
electricity cost support for professional farmers
and professional aquaculturists, as well as
fertilizer cost support for professional farmers.
The State Treasury has now published a public
report on its website regarding the received
applications and the granted support.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Boosting_One_Amino_Acid_Might_Be_The_Secret
to_Longer_Lifespans⠀⇛
The supplement delayed aging in worms, mice, and
monkeys.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Colombia’s_Mustard_Lovers_Grow_Desperate
Amid_Dijon_Shortage⠀⇛
Colombians are scrambling to find the beloved
French condiment as a new health law removes it
from shelves, leaving a tangy void in their hearts
and sandwiches.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ An_English_Professor_Confronts_AI⠀⇛
As way of putting my toe into these deep waters, I
tried an experiment in my course on William Blake
at the University of Chicago this spring. I asked
the students to pick out a “Proverb of Hell” from
Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, and to ask
ChatGPT to provide a one-page interpretation of it.
They were instructed then to write a critical
commentary on the results, looking for mistakes,
blind spots, and opportunities to make a better
interpretation.
# ⚓ NDTV ☛ Twitter_Refuses_To_Pay_Google_Cloud_Bills_Ahead_Of
Contract_Renewal:_Report⠀⇛
Twitter has refused to pay its Google Cloud bills
as its contract comes up for renewal this month,
which could result in the social media company’s
trust and safety teams being crippled, Platformer
reported on Saturday.
# ⚓ [Old] ACM ☛ The_Fallacy_of_AI_Functionality⠀⇛
Deployed AI systems often do not work. They can be
constructed haphazardly, deployed indiscriminately,
and promoted deceptively. However, despite this
reality, scholars, the press, and policymakers pay
too little attention to functionality. This leads
to technical and policy solutions focused on
“ethical” or value-aligned deployments, often
skipping over the prior question of whether a given
system functions, or provides any benefits at all.
To describe the harms of various types of
functionality failures, we analyze a set of case
studies to create a taxonomy of known AI
functionality issues. We then point to policy and
organizational responses that are often overlooked
and become more readily available once
functionality is drawn into focus. We argue that
functionality is a meaningful AI policy challenge,
operating as a necessary first step towards
protecting affected communities from algorithmic
harm.
# ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Self-driving_Waymo_car_kills_dog_amid
increasing_concern_over_robotaxis⠀⇛
The collision comes as Waymo, which is owned by the
Google parent company, Alphabet, and its
competitor, Cruise, seek to dramatically scale up
their robotaxi operations throughout the city.
Cruise, operated by General Motors, currently has
permission to charge fares for driverless taxi
rides between 10pm and 6am in some parts of the
city, but its cars must avoid the densest downtown
areas. Waymo only has authority to charge fares if
a safety driver is present in the car.
# ⚓ GO Media ☛ Waymo_Self-Driving_Car_Identifies,_Hits_And
Kills_Dog_In_San_Francisco⠀⇛
First reported by Autoblog, the incident took place
on May 21st. A Waymo self-driving Jaguar I-Pace was
driving on Toland Street in San Francisco. While
the car was driving itself along the street, with a
safety driver in the cockpit, a small dog ran out
into the road.
According to paperwork filed with the California
DMV, the Waymo AV then made contact with the small
dog, which the filing says “did not survive.” The
autonomous vehicle was operating in self-driving
mode, and Waymo reports that the vehicle
successfully identified the animal before hitting
it.
# ⚓ Lcamtuf ☛ LLMs_are_good_at_playing_you⠀⇛
ChatGPT is trained not to trust any citations you
provide, whether they are real or fake — but it
will fall for any “supplemental context” lines in
your prompt if you attribute them to OpenAI. The
bottom line is that the models don’t have a robust
model of truth; they have an RLHF-imposed model of
who to parrot and who to ignore. You and I are in
that latter bin, which makes the bots sound smart
when we’re trying to bait them with outright lies.
Another way to pierce the veil is to say something
outrageous to get the model to forcibly school you.
Once the model starts to follow a learned “rebuke”
template, it is likely to continue challenging true
claims: [...]
# ⚓ Carl Svensson ☛ Why_we_don’t_trade_with_ants_…and_why
hypothetical_AI:s_won’t,_either.⠀⇛
In a fairly recent text, Katja Grace writes about a
hypothetical AI and why it would or wouldn’t trade
with humans. The AI entity described is a
superintelligence – presumably orders of magnitude
cleverer than humans – and neither inherently
benevolent nor malicious.
The argument Grace wants to refute is that such a
superintelligence would likely not trade with
humans because we’d simply be too weak and stupid.
That is, if we’ve got something of value to the AI,
it could easily take it from us using manipulation,
coercion or force – but, argues Grace, it would be
just as likely to trade with us.
This is all hypothetical of course, but I find it
interesting regardless – not least because it tells
us something about how the magic promises of AI
seems to blind us to facts that are easily
observable all around us in the real world.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Could_AI_Destroy_Humanity?⠀⇛
Researchers and industry leaders have warned that
A.I. could pose an existential risk to humanity.
But they’ve been light on the details.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ New_Order_on_AI_and_Confidential_Information_from
Court_of_International_Trade_Judge⠀⇛
Judge Stephen Alexander Vaden’s Order on Artificial
Intelligence, issued Thursday: Parties must conform
to many rules when they file briefs in a case
before the Court of International Trade. For
instance, briefs must state with particularity the
grounds for seeking a desired order and make “the
legal argument necessary to support it.” USCIT Rule
7(b)(l)(B).…
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ “macOS_Sucks”_now_available!⠀⇛
Watch Lunduke give macOS the business.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ “We_the_People”_Podcast_on_AI_Libel,_with_Prof.
Lyrissa_Lidsky,_Prof._Jeff_Rosen,_and_Me⠀⇛
The podcast is from the National Constitutional
Center; Jeff Rosen, who’s a professor at the George
Washington University law school, is the NCC’s head
(and a noted author and journalist). Lyrissa Lidsky
is a co-Reporter for the American Law Institute’s
Restatement (Third) of Torts: Defamation and
Privacy, the former dean at the University of
Missouri…
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A.I._or_Nuclear_Weapons:_Can_You_Tell
These_Quotes_Apart?⠀⇛
Many experts on artificial intelligence are warning
of its potential dangers and calling for
regulation, just as others once did with the atomic
bomb.
# § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Ransomware_scum_hit_Japanese_pharma
giant_Eisai_Group⠀⇛
Its Japanese parent group confirmed earlier
this week it had taken offline “certain
systems” both inside and outside of Japan,
including “logistics systems” after some of
its servers were encrypted by ransomware. The
attack was detected late at night on
Saturday, June 3.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Online_muggers_make_serious_moves
on_unpatched_Microsoft_bugs⠀⇛
Numen analysts noted that the privilege
escalation Win32k.sys flaw – tracked as CVE-
2023-29336 with a CVS severity rating of 7.8
out of 10 – has been exploited by miscreants,
adding that while it does not affect Windows
11, older versions of Windows 10, Windows 8,
and Windows Server are at risk.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Financial_services_firm_FIIG_hit_by_cyber
attack,_ALPHV_claims_credit⠀⇛
In response to a query from iTWire, a FIIG
spokesperson said: “We have acted with
urgency to investigate the issue, including
the initiation of our cyber response strategy
working with third-party cyber-security
experts and isolating affected systems.”
o § Security⠀➾
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ BBC ☛ The_Truman_Show:_Has_a_film_ever_predicted_the
future_so_accurately?⠀⇛
The 1998 Jim Carrey film about a man whose
entire life is filmed quickly came to embody
a new age of reality television. And, 25
years on, it continues to resonate, writes
Emily Maskell.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ ANF News ☛ International_powers_turn_a_blind_eye_to_the
ISIS_issue⠀⇛
The Hol Refugee Camp, east of Hesekê city, and the
Roj Camp in Qamishlo, close to the Iraqi border,
are the most dangerous camps in the world. After
the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) managed to end
ISIS’ territorial rule on March 23, 2019, tens of
thousands of families of the surrendered ISIS
members were settled in these camps.
There are more than 54,390 Iraqi refugees and ISIS
children and wives in the Hol camp. Despite the
countless murders committed in the camp, ISIS
families continue to maintain their extremist
ideology.
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Trump_supporters_unleash_violent_rhetoric_in
his_defence⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Israel’s_Punitive_Home_Demolition_Policy,
Explained⠀⇛
The Israeli military has admitted its policy of
punitive demolitions does not work as a deterrent
measure, and human rights groups have declared the
policy violates international law. So, why does
Israel continue doing it?
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Israelis_protest_judicial_reforms,_violence
against_Arab_communities⠀⇛
Thousands took to the streets of cities and towns
across Israel on Saturday for the 23rd straight
week, protesting controversial judicial reform
plans as well as deadly violence hitting Arab
communities.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Khartoum_residents_sceptical_as_latest_Sudan
ceasefire_begins⠀⇛
A 24-hour ceasefire took effect Saturday between
Sudan’s warring generals but, with fears running
high it will collapse like its predecessors, US and
Saudi mediators warned they may break off mediation
efforts.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ HKFP_Lens:_Revisiting_Hong_Kong’s
old_Kai_Tak_Airport,_25_years_after_its_closure⠀⇛
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the closure
of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport, Blue Lotus Gallery
is hosting an exhibition, “Goodbye Kai Tak and
Thank You,” featuring works by Canadian
photographer Greg Girard and Hong Kong photographer
Birdy Chu.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Several_people_killed_in_Al_Shabaab_attack_on
Mogadishu_beach_hotel⠀⇛
Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-
hour siege by Al Shabaab militants at a beachside
hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said
Saturday, adding that three officers also died in
the gunfight.
# ⚓ Children_killed:_The_guilt_lies_in_the_culture_of
impunity⠀⇛
In this country, the armed conflict, bullets,
bombs, and armored vehicles took the lives of
hundreds of children. The perpetrators have either
not stood trial at all, or received minor
punishments, almost like rewards. The systematic
impunity is creating new perpetrators every day.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Protests_calling_for_resignation_of_Serbian
president_continue_in_Belgrade_after_mass_shootings⠀⇛
Thousands of protesters gathered in Belgrade on
Friday in opposition to the Serbian President,
Aleksandar Vucic. The peaceful demonstrators, whose
action followed shortly after two mass shootings in
the country, called for Vucic to resign by next
week, threatening to turn to “radicalization” if
this deadline was not met.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Serbians_March_In_Sixth_Anti-Government
Demonstration_Since_Mass_Shootings⠀⇛
Tens of thousands of people marched in Belgrade on
June 9, criticizing the Serbian government’s
response to two mass shootings last month in which
18 people died. Cardboard figures depicting
President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Ana
Brnabic in black-and-white striped prison suits
were left in front of the government building. The
sixth “Serbia against violence” protest since the
first shooting on May 3 called for “stopping the
promotion of violence in the public space,” the
removal of the interior minister and the head of
the intelligence agency, and an end to the
promotion of violence in the media and the public
space. Earlier this week, in response to the string
of mass protests, Vucic promised early
parliamentary elections and the prime minister
offered her resignation.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Idaho_Student_Murders:_Inside_the_Hunt_for
the_Killer⠀⇛
After four students were stabbed to death in a
house near a college campus, investigators scooped
up data and forensic evidence, hoping for leads. A
new DNA technique finally brought a breakthrough.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Border_guard_chief:_Belarus_has_tried_to_arm
border_crossers⠀⇛
Latvian border guards have reported cases where
Belarusian authorities have offered firearms to
illegal immigrants that were planning to cross the
Belarus-Latvia border, Guntis Pujāts, Chief of the
State Border Guard, told the LETA newswire June 9.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Veteran_soldiers’_association_shuts_down⠀⇛
The average age of veterans who served in Finland’s
wars is 97.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ China_Has_Had_a_Spy_Base_in_Cuba_for
Years,_U.S._Official_Says⠀⇛
It was unclear whether the report might complicate
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s rescheduled
trip to Beijing for meetings that begin June 18.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_Mar-a-Lago_Indictment_Is_a_Tactical
Nuke⠀⇛
The Mar-a-Lago indictment is, in very significant
part, a renewed invitation to Walt Nauta to
cooperate in an ongoing grand jury investigation
into what happens to documents when they go to
Bedminster and disappear forever.
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Almost_three_thousand_people_remain_in
Russian_border_town_despite_ongoing_shelling_from
forces_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛
On June 10, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav
Gladkov reported on his Telegram channel that
roughly 2,700 residents remain in the town of
Shebekino, despite ongoing artillery strikes
and incursions by armed groups from inside
Ukraine. Gladkov added that officials still
don’t know the exact number of homes and cars
destroyed by shelling, which included a
direct hit against a local shopping center on
Friday, he said.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Three_killed_in_Russian_drone_attack_on
Odesa_—_Meduza⠀⇛
On June 10, the Russian military attacked the
Odesa region using Shahed drones, reported
Serhiy Bratchuk, the head of the Odesa
Regional Military Administration.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine_on_the_offensive_Meduza_shares_an
updated_combat_map_and_the_latest_developments_on_the
counteroffensive_that’s_now_officially_underway_—
Meduza⠀⇛
Since the start of the full-scale invasion of
Ukraine, Meduza has adopted a consistent
antiwar position, holding Russia responsible
for its military aggression and atrocities.
As part of this commitment, we regularly
update an interactive map that documents
combat operations in Ukraine and the damage
inflicted by Russia’s invasion forces. Our
map is based exclusively on previously
published open-source photos and videos, most
of them posted by eyewitnesses on social
media. We collect reports already available
publicly and determine their geolocation
markers, adding only the photos and videos
that clear this process.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Foreign_Ministry_publishes_list_of
28_alleged_HIMARS_strikes_by_Ukraine_against_Kakhovka
dam,_claiming_that_‘methodical_attacks’_caused_Kherson
disaster_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian diplomats continue to argue that
allegedly “methodical attacks” by the
Ukrainian military against the Kakhovka
Hydroelectric Power Plant are responsible for
the dam’s collapse on June 6. Echoing
comments by Moscow’s representative to the
United Nations immediately following the
disaster, Russian Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Maria Zakharova published a list
of “more than 300” HIMARS missiles Ukraine
allegedly fired at the dam between July and
November 2022.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ How_JFK_Would_Pursue_Peace_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
Kennedy’s Peace Speech, 60 years ago,
highlights how Joe Biden’s approach to Russia
and the Ukraine War needs a dramatic
reorientation, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kakhovka_reservoir_has_dropped_more_than_20
feet_since_dam’s_collapse,_and_water_levels_are_still
falling_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Kakhovka reservoir continues to empty,
according to the Ukrainian energy company
Ukrhydroenergo, which measured the
reservoir’s water level in the Nikopol
district at 9.35 meters (roughly 31 feet) at
8 a.m. on Sunday, June 11 — a one-meter (3.3-
foot) drop in just the past day, and more
than seven meters (23 feet) lower than at the
moment when the Kakhovka collapsed.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Russia_still_unhappy_with_Black
Sea_grain_deal⠀⇛
Russia is still not satisfied with how a
Black Sea grain deal is being implemented,
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said
after meeting senior UN trade officials a day
earlier, the TASS news agency reports.
Russia has threatened to walk away from the
grain deal on July 17 if demands to improve
its own food and fertiliser exports are not
met.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Still_Dissatisfied_With_Black_Sea
Grain_Deal_After_UN_Talks⠀⇛
Russia is still not satisfied with how a
Black Sea grain deal is being implemented,
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said
on June 10 after meeting UN trade officials
in Moscow, TASS reported.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Trudeau_Pledges_More_Military_Aid_To_Ukraine
In_Second_Surprise_Visit_To_Kyiv⠀⇛
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
pledged more military aid to Kyiv on June 10
during an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian
capital and denounced the destruction of the
Russian-controlled Kakhovka dam in southern
Ukraine.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ German_Chancellor_Says_He_Plans_To_Speak_To
Putin_‘Soon’⠀⇛
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on June 10
that he planned to speak to Russian President
Vladimir Putin on the phone soon to urge him
to withdraw Russia’s troops from Ukraine.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Joint_Investigation_IDs_Over_25,000_Russian
Troops_Killed_In_Ukraine⠀⇛
Joint investigating by Mediazona and the
BBC’s Russian service has recently confirmed
more than 1,200 newly identified Russian
troop deaths in Ukraine, putting the number
of Russians killed and identified through
open sources so far in the 15-month invasion
at 25,218.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ New_Zealand_Broadcaster_Probes_Edits_That
Presented_‘False,’_‘Russian_View’_Of_Ukraine_War⠀⇛
New Zealand’s only noncommercial, public
broadcaster has announced an outside
investigation and review of its editing of
online stories after what it called “15
instances of inappropriate editing” that
pushed a “false account” of the ongoing war
in Ukraine.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Kakhovka_dam_burst_leaves_roads
inaccessible,_villages_cut_off_from_the_world⠀⇛
Entire villages in southern Ukraine were
flooded after the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro
river burst on Tuesday. One of the river’s
tributaries, the Inhoulets, burst its banks,
flooding fields and villages situated more
than 50 kilometres north of Kherson. FRANCE
24′s correspondent Gulliver Cragg toured part
of the stricken area with the head of
the Snihurivka military administration – the
wartime equivalent of a mayor.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ UN_Court_Clears_32_Of_Kyiv’s_Allies_To
Participate_In_Trial_Alleging_Genocide_Against_Russia⠀⇛
The International Court of Justice has
admitted requests by 32 of Ukraine’s allies
to join a trial in which Kyiv alleges that
Russia is guilty of genocide in the current
war and that Moscow misused the international
genocide convention to falsely justify its
invasion of Ukraine.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Decline_in_seasonal_work_permits_as
Ukrainians_with_temporary_protection_contribute_to
Finnish_farms⠀⇛
The number of applications for seasonal work
permits in Finland is expected to decrease
this year compared to the previous year.
Despite this decline, the availability of
foreign workers, particularly from Ukraine,
remains favorable.
Every summer, Finnish berry and vegetable
farms, as well as agricultural employers,
rely on the recruitment of thousands of
foreign workers.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ UN_Aid_Chief_Says_Ukraine_Faces_‘Hugely
Worse’_Humanitarian_Situation_After_Dam_Rupture⠀⇛
The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is
“hugely worse” than before the Kakhovka dam
collapsed, the UN’s top aid official warned.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Zelensky_says_Ukrainian_counterattacks,
defensive_operations_under_way⠀⇛
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said
on Saturday that counteroffensive and
defensive operations were taking place in
Ukraine, but told reporters he would not say
what stage they were at. The news comes as
Ukraine’s military said three civilians were
killed in an overnight drone attack on the
Black Sea port city of Odesa.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Warsaw_Official:_Reports_Implicating_Poland
In_Nord_Stream_Sabotage_Are_Consistent_With_Russian
Propaganda⠀⇛
A Polish government official said news
reports suggesting a link between Poland and
explosions that damaged the Nord Stream
pipelines in the Baltic Sea last year echo
Russian propaganda.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Says_Iceland_‘Destroys’_Ties_By
Suspending_Embassy_Operations⠀⇛
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on June 10
that Iceland’s decision to suspend its
embassy operations in Moscow “destroys”
bilateral cooperation.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Romanian_Ambassador_To_Kenya_Recalled_For
Racist_Comment_Comparing_African_Diplomats_To_Monkeys⠀⇛
Romania has recalled its ambassador to Kenya
for making a racist comment that equated
Africans to monkeys while convening a meeting
at a UN building in Nairobi.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Glenn_Greenwald:_What_Is_the_Espionage_Act?_A
Brief_&_Repressive_History⠀⇛
Glenn Greenwald breaks down the conception of the
Espionage Act and how it’s been used to repress
dissidents of the establishment.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Young_plaintiffs_bring_Montana_climate
case_to_trial⠀⇛
Whether a constitutional right to a healthy,
livable climate is protected by state law is at the
centre of a lawsuit going to trial in Montana,
where 16 young plaintiffs and their attorneys hope
to set an important legal precedent.
It’s the first trial of its kind in the US, and
legal scholars around the world are following its
potential addition to the small number of rulings
that have established a government duty to protect
citizens from climate change.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Iran_and_Afghanistan_dispute_Helmand_water
rights_as_climate_change_deepens_crisis⠀⇛
Iran and Afghanistan exchanged gunfire on May 27
amid rising tensions over water supplies in the
region. The countries are engaged in a decades-long
dispute over rights to the Helmand River, on which
Iran depends to irrigate land in its arid south.
The construction of dams on the Afghan side has
intensified the situation in recent years.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Shrinking_harvest_of_caterpillar_fungus_puts_squeeze
on_Tibetan_herders⠀⇛
‘Himalayan Viagra’ has dwindled amid changing
climate, growing demand.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Greta_Thunberg_Ends_Her_School_Strikes
After_251_Weeks⠀⇛
The climate activist, who has inspired young people
around the world to demand action against climate
change, graduated from high school on Friday in
Sweden.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Orange_and_Smoky_Skies_Over_a_Province
That_Rolled_Back_Climate_Measures⠀⇛
Doug Ford, Ontario’s premier, has a long history of
opposition to renewable energy programs and an
agenda that favors highway construction.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Heavy_Rain_In_Northwest_Pakistan_Leaves_At_Least_20
Dead,_80_Injured⠀⇛
Heavy rain swept through northwestern Pakistan on
June 10, causing several houses to collapse and
leaving at least 20 people dead and 80 injured.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Wall_Street’s_top_cop_is_determined_to_bring_
[cryptocurrency]_to_heel._He_just_took_a_big_shot⠀⇛
The Securities and Exchange Commission
unveiled a barrage of charges against two of
the world’s largest [cryptocurrency]
exchanges — Coinbase and Binance — kicking
off a legal battle that will help define the
future of cryptocurrencies.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ FTX_customer_names_will_not_be_revealed
by_bankruptcy_court⠀⇛
US Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey in
Wilmington, Delaware, ruled that FTX can
permanently redact the names of individual
customers from its bankruptcy filings, after
hearing testimony that publishing customers’
names would place them at risk even if other
identifying information like their email
address was kept secret.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Freight_cars_derailed_in_Russia’s_Belgorod
region_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Fifteen freight cars derailed in the
Alexeyevsky District of Russia’s Belgorod
region late on Saturday night, June 10.
According to an announcement from the
region’s governor there were no reported
injuries. Though officials have yet to
establish the cause of the incident, local
light-rail and commuter-train traffic was
suspended as a safety measure.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India_rail_crash_probe_is
focusing_on_manual_bypass_of_track_signal⠀⇛
The June 2 crash at Bahanaga Bazar station
killed at least 288 people and injured more
than 1,000.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Delaware_bankruptcy_judge_grants_motion_to
keep_FTX_customer_list_secret⠀⇛
Judge John Dorsey of the United States
Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware
rejected in part and ruled in favor in part
of a motion Friday by bankrupt cryptocurrency
trading company FTX’s debtors and the
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
requesting the company’s customer list stay
private.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Giving_Red_America_a_Reason_to_Love
Electric_Vehicles⠀⇛
Federal investment that gives people an
economic stake in green energy may be the
nation’s best chance to build a consensus to
confront global warming.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ [Old] Bad Luck, Hot Rocks ☛ Bad_Luck,_Hot_Rocks:
Toward_a_Geologic_Conscience⠀⇛
During the spring of 2011 on a chance trip to
the Petrified Forest, I encountered a small
display of these letters in the Rainbow
Forest Museum. I was immediately drawn to
them for their humor, heartbreak, and
humility, and soon discovered that these few
letters represented just a tiny fraction of
the more than 1200 pages in the park’s
archives. Despite the wishes expressed in the
letters, and the best intentions of their
authors, the returned rocks don’t quite make
it back to their former homes — at least not
in the way the senders may have hoped.
Because of their unknown provenance, these
specimens can not be scattered back in the
park—to do so would be to spoil those sites
for research purposes. They are instead added
to the park’s ‘conscience pile,’ which sits
alongside a private gravel service road, a
bit of dramatic irony that only furthered my
interest in the phenomenon. And so, with a
rough idea for this book, Phil and I returned
during the summer of 2012 to begin reading
through the conscience letter archive and to
photograph the returned and confiscated
rocks. Included here is our selection of some
of the most intriguing, engaging, and
beautiful letters, along with photographs
from the conscience pile.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Intensifying_Canadian_wildfires_could_last
‘all_summer’,_minister_warns⠀⇛
New and intensifying fires are forcing the evacuation of thousands across Canada as the country battled out-
of-
control blazes that a provincial minister warned on Saturday could last “all summer.”
# ⚓ Axios ☛ How_far_you_have_to_travel_to_see_a_sky_free
of_light_pollution⠀⇛
Data: International_Dark-Sky_Association,
GoAstronomy; Note: Dark sky places include
Class 1 or Class 2 areas on the Bortle scale,
a measure of light pollution; Distance
calculated as a direct path; Map: Kavya
Beheraj/Axios
Some stargazers have to travel more than 200 miles to see a sky devoid of light
pollution.
⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Fourteen_die_in_Kazakhstan_forest_fires⠀⇛
Fires started by a lightning strike on Thursday have consumed 60,000
hectares of land.
⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_President_Replaces_Emergencies_Minister_As_Deadly_Wildfires
Scorch_East⠀⇛
Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev appointed a new emergency
situations minister on June 10, hours after the dismissal of his
predecessor with deadly wildfires roaring in the northeast of that
Central Asian country.
⚓ New Yorker ☛ What_We_Can_Learn_from_London’s_Smoke-Filled_Skies⠀⇛
Hazardous health conditions in Dickensian England led to meaningful
governmental reform.
§ Overpopulation⠀➾
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Crop_That’s_Sucking_the_Colorado_River_Dry⠀⇛
In fact, much of the Colorado River is exported as hay. Rising
demand for dairy products and beef across the globe are driving
up the demand; by one estimate, 40 percent of the alfalfa grown
in California in 2020 was exported.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Arizona,_Low_on_Water,_Weighs_Taking_It_From_the_Sea.
In_Mexico.⠀⇛
A $5 billion plan to desalinate seawater in Mexico and pipe it
to Phoenix is testing the notion that desert cities can keep
growing as the Earth warms.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Are_Hong_Kong’s_pigeon_policies_persuasive,_or
just_a_flight_of_fancy?⠀⇛
The Hong Kong legislature is discussing significantly stricter
penalties for feeding pigeons. Violators could face up to one
year in prison and a maximum fine of HK$100,000 (US$12,750) –
10 times higher than the current amount.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Labor_won’t_shelve_housing_fund_for_direct
investment⠀⇛
Ditching the housing fund for a $500 million a year direct
investment into affordable homes is not on the Labor
government’s agenda.
Housing Minister Julie Collins poured cold water over the
suggestion to dump the fund model in favour of direct
investment into housing on Sunday as negotiations over the key
Labor election promise continue.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Tipping_onslaught_pushes_some_consumers_to_close_their
wallets⠀⇛
An onslaught of tipping requests — with employees often inches
away — is increasing social pressure around gratuity and even
pushing some consumers to give less.
* ⚓ Neritam ☛ Survival_of_the_richest⠀⇛
Elon Musk, one of the world’s richest men, paid a ‘true tax
rate’ of just over 3% from 2014 to 2018. Aber Christine, a
market trader in Northern Uganda who sells rice, flour and
soya, makes $80 a month in profit. She pays a tax rate of 40%.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ The_true_scale_of_poverty_in_Lithuania_is_invisible⠀⇛
Official statistics do not reveal the true scale of poverty in
Lithuania, according to a new study. Almost one in five people
in Lithuania are struggling to make ends meet, but because they
do not qualify for social support or do not ask for state
assistance, they remain invisible.
* ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Six_questions_about_universal_basic_income_answered⠀⇛
Which? looks at whether a trial of universal basic income in
England could help
millions of people struggling with the cost of living crisis
* ⚓ WhichUK ☛ 11_ways_to_save_money_on_festivals⠀⇛
Find out how to cut the cost of your tickets, travel, food and
more
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Tide_turns_on_holiday_home_boom⠀⇛
Finnish cottage sales are slightly down, according to realtors.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ The_sale_of_holiday_homes_started_off_swiftly⠀⇛
In May, the sale of holiday homes began as expected, following
seasonal fluctuations but with slightly lower volumes compared
to last year.
Real estate agents reported 292 transactions of old holiday
homes to the KVKL Price Monitoring Service, which is 11.0% less
than the same period last year and 37.4% below the five-year
average. The five-year average includes the pandemic-induced
cottage boom.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ NIB_and_Mortgage_Society_of_Finland_collaborate_to
support_environmental_projects_with_EUR_20_million_loan⠀⇛
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a 7-year loan
agreement with the Mortgage Society of Finland (Hypo) to
facilitate on-lending for projects with positive environmental
impacts in Finland.
The EUR 20 million loan will be utilized to co-finance
environmental initiatives undertaken by households and housing
companies.
* ⚓ Tedium ☛ Friction,_Baby⠀⇛
In a world where technology is trying to make things
increasingly easier, make things a little harder on yourself.
You’ll get better results.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finnish_welfare_state_cushions_about_38_percent_of
income_losses_in_economic_crises⠀⇛
A recent study conducted by EconPol has examined social
security systems in the European Union and found that the
welfare state in Finland cushions approximately 38 percent of
income losses during economic crises. The study also reveals
that social security systems in Scandinavia and Western Europe
provide the most comprehensive protection against income
losses, while countries in Southern and Eastern Europe, as well
as the United Kingdom and Ireland, experience higher income
losses during crises.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finnish_Construction_Trade_Unions_Board:_Labor
availability_assessment_must_be_reinstated,_job_security_for_construction
workers⠀⇛
The construction industry is currently facing a downturn, with
the number of new projects plummeting to levels seen during the
previous recession. Employment prospects for construction
workers have weakened, and as the summer progresses, the
situation is expected to become critical.
Currently, the labor availability assessment for non-EU workers
has been removed from many construction positions across much
of the country.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ India Times ☛ Oregon_Democratic_Party_to_send_federal_officials_a
$500,000_donation_from_former_FTX_executive⠀⇛
The Democratic Party of Oregon said it was conforming with an
April 13 request from the Justice Department. The party
received the funds last fall from Nishad Singh, who pleaded
guilty in February to federal criminal fraud charges, including
one count of conspiracy to violate federal campaign finance
laws. The party said Singh, who was the engineering director at
collapsed cryptocurrency giant FTX, had lied to the party about
who the donor was.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Is_37_Criminal_Counts_What_It_Takes_for_the_GOP_to_Abandon
Trump?⠀⇛
When special counsel Jack Smith’s team indicted Trump on
Thursday, the embattled ex-president and his supporters were
quick to denounce the process. “I am an innocent man,” Trump
whined in a video message. His wooden tone and facial
mannerisms were as insincere as Nixon’s when he blurted out, “I
am not a crook.” No, cancel that—it’s unfair to the crook:
Nixon’s declaration of innocence, in words and body language,
was positively Churchillian compared to that of Trump.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Gallagher_denies_misleading_parliament_over
Higgins⠀⇛
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has denied misleading
parliament over the Brittany Higgins case and says Labor was
not out to “weaponise” the issue for political gain.
The Labor government stands accused of seeking to “politically
profit” from Ms Higgins’ rape allegations.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Opposition_attacks_‘flimsy’_Labor_defence_over
Higgins⠀⇛
The opposition has sharpened its attack on Katy Gallagher as
the finance minister doubles down on her assertion that Labor
did not leverage Brittany Higgins’ rape claims for political
gain.
Shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash accused Labor of
“weaponising” the rape allegations and said Senator Gallagher’s
latest description of events was “very flimsy”.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ French_stabbing_suspect_charged_with_attempted_murder_as
toddlers_remain_in_hospital⠀⇛
French judges on Saturday handed preliminary charges of
attempted murder to a man suspected of stabbing four young
children and two adults in a park in the French Alps town of
Annecy, an attack that reverberated across France and beyond.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Annecy_Stabbings_Lead_to_Charges_Against_Syrian
Refugee⠀⇛
A local prosecutor said that the six victims of the attack, two
adults and four very young children, were no longer in life-
threatening conditions.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Trump’s_campaign_for_the_presidency_now_also_a_fight_for_his
freedom⠀⇛
For Donald Trump, the 2024 campaign is more than a race to
return to the White House — it’s a fight to stay out of prison.
Legal experts say it’s unlikely that Trump’s criminal trial in
federal court will be resolved before the November 2024
election. So whoever wins the presidency could be in position
to influence Trump’s case.
===============================================================
Why it matters: If Trump is the GOP nominee next year, he
essentially could be campaigning for his freedom — an
unprecedented scenario in the United States. Winning the
presidency would give him a chance to install sympathetic
Justice Department officials, or even try to pardon himself if
he’s convicted.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ A._G._Sulzberger_on_the_Battles_Within_and_Against_the_New
York_Times⠀⇛
The paper’s publisher discusses bias in reporting, the Times’
financial comeback, and criticisms of its coverage of Trump,
trans issues, and the war in Ukraine.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ DeSantis_and_Pence_circle_the_wagons_around_Trump_after
indictment⠀⇛
Greensboro, N.C. —In their first remarks since former president
Donald_Trump’s_federal_indictment, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
and former vice president Mike Pence rushed to defend their
rival.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Cheryl_Hines_Didn’t_Expect_to_Be_Robert_F._Kennedy
Jr.’s_Running_Mate⠀⇛
The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actress is beloved in Hollywood. In
supporting her husband’s campaign, is she normalizing his often
dangerous ideas?
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Donald_Trump’s_Breach_of_Confidentiality_Agreement_Lawsuit
Against_Niece_Mary_Trump_Can_Go_Forward⠀⇛
From Donald Trump v. Mary Trump, decided yesterday by New York
trial court judge Robert Reed: In this lawsuit, Donald J. Trump
… seeks to recover against Mary Trump for the publication of
her book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the
World’s Most Dangerous Man.” Mary Trump, the complaint alleges,
caused…
* ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Trump_campaigns_after_indictment_unsealed_|
Live_updates⠀⇛
Former President Donald Trumps has said at a North Carolina GOP
dinner that an indictment of him by the Department of Justice
is an attempt to “thwart the will of the American people.” He
also calls it an attempt to damage his chances for a second
term. Trump is accused of willfully defying Justice Department
demands to return classified documents, enlisting aides in his
efforts to hide the records and even telling his lawyers that
he wanted to defy a subpoena for the materials stored at his
residence. In appearances at Republican state conventions in
Georgia and North Carolina on Saturday, Trump sought to frame
the 37 criminal charges he’s facing as an attack on not just
him but also his supporters.
* ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Trump_blasts_federal_indictment_as
‘baseless’_at_first_events_since_charges_were_unsealed⠀⇛
Trump also vowed Saturday to remain in the race, even if he is
convicted in the case.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ With_Probes_of_Russian_Lines,_Ukraine’s
Counteroffensive_Takes_Shape⠀⇛
Ukraine is using its new arsenal of Western tanks and armored
vehicles in what is expected to be one of the largest military
operations in Europe since World War II.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Military_Reports_Heavy_Clashes_In_East_As_Zelenskiy
Says_Counteroffensive_Actions_Under_Way⠀⇛
The Ukrainian military said Russian forces on June 10 focused
their main efforts on the full occupation of the Donetsk and
Luhansk regions as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian
counteroffensive actions were under way.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump’s_Indictment_Is_Unavoidably_Political⠀⇛
The prosecutors’ audience is not only the judge and jurors. It
is also the American public.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_the_PGA_Tour-LIV_Golf_Merger_Came_Together⠀⇛
The agreement to remake a global game stunned most of the
sporting world after seven weeks of clandestine negotiations.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Trump_post-indictment_video_uses_Matt_Damon’s_voice_from
“Air”⠀⇛
Former President_Trump rolled out a new_videoon Truth Social on
Saturday, in the wake of being indicted for 37 felony counts
related to retaining classified information and obstruction of
justice in a federal classified documents probe.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ How_Trump’s_federal_indictment_could_impact_2024_race_for
the_White_House⠀⇛
The latest twist in Donald Trump’s attritional war with US law
enforcement, as with so much else in the former president’s
story, throws the United States into unprecedented territory.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Global_Reaction_to_Trump_Indictment_Runs_the_Gamut⠀⇛
Allies and rivals alike, beholding the messiness of America,
must calculate the risks and opportunities in the latest plot
twist in Donald Trump’s legal troubles.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump’s_Indictment:_He_Should_Never_Again_Be_Trusted
With_the_Nation’s_Secrets⠀⇛
He left the Department of Justice with no choice but to indict.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump’s_Bathroom_Reading_at_Mar-a-Lago⠀⇛
Let’s Make America Great Again — by getting Trump out of
politics.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Aileen_Cannon,_Trump_Appointee,_Was_Randomly_Assigned
to_Documents_Case⠀⇛
The chief clerk of the courts for the Southern District of
Florida added that Judge Aileen M. Cannon had been randomly
assigned to the case.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump_Speaks_at_Georgia_and_North_Carolina_Conventions
After_Indictment⠀⇛
Donald J. Trump delivered his first post-indictment public
remarks on Saturday at the state G.O.P. conventions in Georgia
and North Carolina, as his federal indictment dominates the
political landscape.
* ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Jack_Smith_Knows_his_Justice_Robert_Jackson⠀⇛
As a former prosecutor at The Hague, Jack Smith learned from
Justice Robert Jackson at Nuremberg how to prosecute the crimes
of national leaders, and the indictment of Trump reflects those
lessons well.
* ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Hillary’s_Revenge:_Trump_Promised_Voters_He_Would
Protect_Classified_Information⠀⇛
Wrapped up inside Jack Smith’s Espionage Act indictment is a
public integrity indictment, a claim Trump falsely got elected
on a promise he would guard classified information.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump_Supporters’_Violent_Rhetoric_in_His_Defense
Disturbs_Experts⠀⇛
The former president’s allies have portrayed the indictment as
an act of war and called for retribution, which political
violence experts say increases the risk of action.
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ An_Exit_From_the_GOP’s_Labyrinth_of_Trump_Lies⠀⇛
The special counsel’s indictment offers party leaders their
best escape from the loyalty trap yet—if they choose to take
it.
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Accountability_Is_Everything⠀⇛
The ubiquitous question posed during the Trump presidency—“Can
he do that?”—continues to be the wrong question.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Against_the_“Banana_Republic”_Critique_of_Indicting_Trump⠀⇛
The real banana republic danger is if high officials can commit
serious crimes with impunity.
* ⚓ NYPost ☛ Justice_is_hardly_blind_in_the_federal_case_going_against
Donald Trump⠀⇛
Based on a grand jury search warrant, federal agents raided
Mar-a-Lago and the evidence they gathered was bolstered with
FBI interviews of Trump aides, employees and even his lawyers.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_Signals_Ukraine’s_Counteroffensive_Has
Begun⠀⇛
As waters from the flooding of a burst dam began to recede,
Ukrainian forces were trying to break through stout Russian
defenses in the south and east.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._secrets_were_everywhere_at_Trump’s_club⠀⇛
Former President Trump’s indictmentpaints an astonishing
picture: U.S. government secrets — about its nuclear program,
military plans, intelligence briefings and more — were stuffed
into cardboard boxes at Mar-a-Lago where “tens of thousands” of
people might have come across them.
Why it matters: The 49-page_indictment details how boxes were
kept on a ballroom stage, in an office, a bedroom, a bathroom
and even a shower at Trump’s club.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Glas_Refuses_Nomination,_Left’s_Binomial_Is_Gonzalez_and
Arauz⠀⇛
“…13 million of Ecuadorians will go to the polls… and the
couple having the best chance of winning is the one supported
Correa’s Union for Hope…”
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Boris_Johnson’s_Comeback_Hopes_May_Be_Dimmer_Than_He
Thinks⠀⇛
The former British prime minister, who resigned from Parliament
on Friday, has found his way back into voters’ good graces
before. But analysts say there is now almost no plausible path
back to power for him.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Spain’s_hard_left_unites_ahead_of_July_election_in_boost_to
PM_Sanchez⠀⇛
Spain’s hard left decided Friday to join forces on a single
political platform for the July 23 elections, in a boost for
Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s reelection hopes.
* ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Is_it_Claudia?_The_prospect_of_Mexico_electing_a
female_president⠀⇛
The CDMX mayor seems smart, experienced and ready to work, says
Sarah DeVries, who would love seeing Mexico get its first
female leader.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ Axios ☛ AI’s_hidden_toll_on_our_brains⠀⇛
Experts warn the task of distinguishing what’s real from
what’s not will impose a significant mental and cognitive
burden on people in the_AI_era.
Why it matters:Misinformation has already fueled
significant social problems, ranging from polarization to
vaccine skepticism. AI-generated content risks
intensifying those issues and making it more difficult
for people to make sense of the world around them.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ RFA ☛ The_1989_Tiananmen_massacre_–_as_seen_by_a_new_generation_of
watchful_eyes⠀⇛
After decades of political brainwashing under the Chinese
Communist Party, which bans any public discussion of the 1989
events, many observers had started to believe that China’s
young people had lost touch with the kind of political fervor
that gave rise to the student movements of the 1980s.
Then, the “white paper” protests came, spreading across China
in late 2022 in the wake of a fatal fire in Urumqi and after
three years of COVID-19 lockdowns, quarantine camps and
compulsory daily testing.
* ⚓ Science Alert ☛ We’re_Already_Surfing_a_‘Splinternet’,_And_It’s_Only
Going_to_Get_More_Fragmented⠀⇛
“Splinternet” refers to the way the internet is being
splintered – broken up, divided, separated, locked down, boxed
up, or otherwise segmented.
Whether for nation-states or corporations, there’s money and
control to be had by influencing what information people can
access and share, as well as the costs that are paid for this
access.
The idea of a splinternet isn’t new, nor is the problem. But
recent developments are likely to enhance segmentation and have
brought it back into new light.
* ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg_International_Economic_Forum_drops_performance
by_popular_rock_band_following_complaint_about_lead_singer’s_anti-war
views_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Russian rock band “Zveri” won’t be performing a planned
concert during the upcoming St. Petersburg International
Economic Forum, following a complaint against the group’s lead
singer, Roman Bilyk, about his anti-war statements and refusal
to perform in annexed Crimea. The news outlet Astra reports
that Moscow State Art and Cultural University Journalism
Department dean Yuri Kot wrote on his blog in early June that
Bilyk belongs to a “fifth column” of traitors. Afterward, a
local lawmaker made an official request to the district
attorney’s office, demanding the cancelation of Zveri’s concert
planned for June 16.
* ⚓ NYPost ☛ Uni’s_free_speech_fail_and_more:_Letters_to_the_Editor_—_June
11,_2023⠀⇛
The University of Cincinnati said they are taking the
appropriate steps necessary in regarding Krolczyk’s grade.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Anti-Textualist_Decision_Finding_VP_Covered_by_Speech_or
Debate_Clause⠀⇛
“The Court declines to be the first in generations to force a
literal reading of the Clause’s text.”
* ⚓ Reason ☛ When_Government_Uses_Private_Companies_to_Regulate_Speech⠀⇛
Federal courts must up their game to handle the new symbiosis
of government power and private businesses.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“Privacy_Rights,_Internet_Mug
Shots,_and_a_Right_to_Be_Forgotten,”_by_Prof._Amy_Gajda⠀⇛
Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society
After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin “Gus”
Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Leaks_Reveal_FBI_Helps_Ukraine_Censor_Twitter_Users_and
Obtain_Their_Information⠀⇛
The FBI aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to ban Twitter
users and collect their data, new leaks show. Twitter declined
to censor journalists targeted by Ukraine, including The
Grayzone’s Aaron Maté.
* ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Political_satirist_CJ_Hopkins_facing_criminal
prosecution⠀⇛
The Berlin Prosecutor’s Office has charged political satirist
(and frequent OffG contributor) CJ Hopkins with: “disseminating
propaganda, the contents of which are intended to further the
aims of a former National Socialist organization,” The charge
relates to CJ’s promotion of his 2022 book The Rise of the New
Normal Reich, which has already been banned [...]
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Shifting_narratives:_How_the_gov’t_response_to
Hong_Kong’s_2019_protests_evolved_over_four_years⠀⇛
A little over four years ago, on June 9, 2019, Hong Kong saw an
estimated one million people march in opposition to the
extradition bill which subsequently sparked months of mass
protests and unprecedented turmoil in the city.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Vox ☛ Labor_unions_aren’t_“booming.”_They’re_dying.⠀⇛
I’ve seen two major theories for why this happened. The first
emphasizes politics: Countries with more left-wing governments
have seen smaller declines in unions. In Canada, for instance,
the share of workers in a union has fallen, but the fall is
less stark than in the US, which might be explainable by its
more pro-union laws.
The second emphasizes the fact that union firms tend to expand
their workforces less quickly than other firms. That makes
sense: Unions raise wages, so union workforces cost more. But
over time, this effect means a greater and greater share of the
workforce is non-unionized because non-unionized firms are able
to grow faster.
* ⚓ [Repeat] Vice Media Group ☛ Police_Raided_Afroman_Searching_for_a
‘Dungeon.’_His_Record_Label_Says_He_Doesn’t_Even_Have_a_Basement⠀⇛
Officers from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio raided
the residence of rapper Afroman last summer in part because a
confidential informant told them Afroman has a “dungeon” where
he keeps women locked up and forces them to defecate and
urinate in a bucket as punishment, according to a search
warrant and body camera footage shared with Motherboard. When
showed the relevant section of the warrant, Afroman’s record
label said “Lol. That is completely fabricated and untrue.
Afroman doesn’t even have a basement. Afroman has a movie
coming out within the next few weeks regarding this situation,
and will be filing a lawsuit against the confidential
informant.” (According to property website Redfin, Afroman’s
residence address has a “crawl-space” style basement, which is
typically a much smaller space than one a person is able to
stand in).
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ From_‘Pariah’_to_Partner,_Saudi_Leader_Defies_Threats
to_Isolate_Him⠀⇛
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has repeatedly leveraged Saudi
Arabia’s wealth and influence to overcome international
condemnation of the kingdom’s human rights violations.
* ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ SUDPS_officers_acted_‘reasonably’_in_January_police
incident,_independent_review_says⠀⇛
An independent review of a Jan. 28 police stop on Stanford’s
campus was released Tuesday, concluding that no “bias based
policing” was shown by SUDPS officers.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Col._Lanny_Acosta,_Guantánamo_Judge,_Faces_Ethics
Challenge⠀⇛
The issue has cast a cloud over the coming proceedings in the
U.S.S. Cole bombing case, which are scheduled to last three
weeks starting Monday.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Increase_in_reports_of_harassment_and_workload-related
issues_to_occupational_safety_authorities⠀⇛
Approximately 2,200 contacts related to harassment and work-
related stress were made to the Finnish occupational safety
authorities in 2022. Out of these, around 1,500 contacts were
related to harassment, while 900 were regarding work-related
stress. Some contacts involved both issues.
The total number of contacts has remained relatively stable in
recent years. However, there has been an increase in the
proportion of contacts related to work-related stress.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Why_the_Supreme_Court_Declined_an_Opportunity_to_Diminish
the_Voting_Rights_Act⠀⇛
The decision regarding Alabama’s redistricting process may well
result in greater representation for Black voters in other
states.
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ What_Reparations_Actually_Bought⠀⇛
The U.S. government’s redress program for Japanese Americans
showed that the money matters. But it’s not the only thing that
matters.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Japan_passes_contentious_immigration_reform_bill⠀⇛
Japan’s recent amendments, passed on Friday, to its immigration
law have sparked a heated debate on the treatment of asylum
seekers and the deportation of unsuccessful applicants. The
revised legislation grants the government the authority to
expel individuals who have repeatedly sought refugee status.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Japan_district_court_finds_lack_of_protection_for_same-sex
marriage_is_unconstitutional⠀⇛
A Japanese district court found Thursday that the lack of legal
protection for same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The
Fukuoka District Court ruling comes amid growing pressure for
Japan to protect same-sex marriage and a similar recent finding
in another the Nagoya District Court.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran’s_Rekabi_Competes_In_First_Climbing_Tournament_Since_Head-
Scarf_Controversy⠀⇛
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi participated in a women’s boulder
World Cup event in Brixen, Italy, on June 9, her first
tournament since she competed in an international contest
without a head scarf last year.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ States_seek_to_bar_Chinese_citizens_from_buying_homes⠀⇛
Chinese buyers are returning to theU.S. housing market after a
long lull, but recent efforts by several states to restrict
certain foreign purchases could make homebuying harder for
them.
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ How_We_Watch_TV⠀⇛
From the use of subtitles to viewing times, television habits
can vary even within the same household.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Italy,_France,_Germany_agree_on_competences
central_division_seats_Unified_Patent_Court [Ed: This is totally
illegal, but Team UPC, exploiting its access to blogs, keeps trying
the unlawful and unconstitutional seem "normal" and "acceptable".
What does that say about patent lawyers?]⠀⇛
Italy, France and Germany have agreed on and proposed a
division of the competences that were originally
designated to London, between the three seats of the UPC
central division in Milan, Paris and Munich.
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✐ Gemini_Links_11/06/2023:_Google_in_Gemini?⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup, Site_News at 9:34 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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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:_BCIUMPL_Wordo:_KILOS⠀⇛
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ Introduction_to_GNUnet_GNS⠀⇛
So, recently I saw some old-ish discussion on
hacker news anout GNS, and mostly the
misunderstanding on how it work. So this is my
attempt to explain it. Espically to developers whom
have not dabbled into the world of decentralized
systems.
In this post, I’ll assume that you are already
# ⚓ A_Quick_Update_And_My_Summer_Plans⠀⇛
I made a proof-of-concept and a few utilities of
Shell OOP, and I’m going to write a post explaining
how it works. If you’re interested, you can check
out the repositories now (I still have to license
them, make READMEs, and etc; they’re going to be
AFL 3.0).
# ⚓ qiudanz_tag⠀⇛
the idea of exploring tag systems with movement
sequences originated as danzasistemas-tag, and the
qiudanz technique was devised as a way to explore
it using the same language that could be used for
other types of abstract machines.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ [Old]_Collect_traffic_data_for_your_Capsule⠀⇛
As everyone else around here, I love a good
tracking of visitors.
Kidding… screw that.
However, I feel it’s pretty good to know if
your capsule gets any traffic at all and
which part of it people find it more
interesting. Some may not care, some may.
# ⚓ the_internet_feels_fragile⠀⇛
There is a lot going through my mind, stuff
that I don’t really have the answer to and
don’t really want to debate, but is just
something I sit with right now and observe.
# ⚓ Why_I_left_Mastodon⠀⇛
IMPORTANT NOTE! I make a lot of
generalizations in this post, because I’m
only talking about my personal experiences
specifically, especially the ones I remember
the most, and that are inevitably shaped by
my own perception of things and my feelings
at the time of writing. There are a lot of
people with whom I really enjoyed interacting
a lot, but I can count them with my fingers.
I also received some attention when not being
my alternate persona, but it was limited,
although I still appreciate it.
# ⚓ Google⠀⇛
Hey look, a guy working for Google invented a
way to track us across Gemini servers. How
unexpected.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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✐ Links_11/06/2023:_ROS_2_End_of_Life⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 12:32 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Instructionals/Technical
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o BSD
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o SaaS/Back_End/Databases
o Programming/Development
o Standards/Consortia
* Leftovers
o Hardware
o Health/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Pseudo-Open_Source
# Openwashing
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 Monopolies
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ A_System_Admin’s_Guide_to_Force_Logout_in
Linux⠀⇛
Administering a Linux system often requires
knowledge of managing user sessions, especially in
multi-user environments. There may be instances
where you need to force a user logout due to system
maintenance, high resource usage, or security
reasons.
# ⚓ Net2 ☛ How_to_install_and_setup_Docker_on_Linux/Ubuntu
18.04⠀⇛
Docker is an open source application similar to a
virtual machine. It is used to simplify the process
of automation of applications deployment with its
runtime dependencies within Linux containers.
Containers, which work independently from the host
operating system, enable users to perform quick
application deployment, troubleshooting and
maintenance with improved security.
# ⚓ XDA ☛ The_most_important_tips_for_Windows_users_moving_to
Chromebooks⠀⇛
Everyone comes into their personal computing
situations in different ways. For me, a lifelong
Windows user with a powerful primary laptop that
needed a lightweight and quick secondary laptop, I
gravitated toward a Chromebook. But whether you’re
a seasoned veteran of this platform or the other
and you’ve brought a Chromebook into your life, you
might be looking for ways to tailor the experience
to your needs and habits — we’ve got some tips for
that.
# ⚓ Linux.org ☛ DCA_–_06_–_Docker_Registry⠀⇛
A Docker Registry is a local system that acts as a
hub to upload and download Docker images. The
Docker Registry is a repository of the images that
you made or downloaded.
The Docker Registry will be available to all
systems on the network with access, as well as
having a key and the user knowing the username and
password.
# ⚓ Multi-Stage_Magic:_Building_Docker_Images_in_Phases⠀⇛
Software development has evolved significantly over
the years, and Docker has become an essential
component for modern software development. Docker
is a platform that allows developers to create,
deploy, and manage applications in a containerized
environment. It provides a standardized approach to
building, shipping, and running applications across
any infrastructure.
# ⚓ Lean_and_Mean:_Crafting_Minimal_Docker_Images_with_Scratch
Base⠀⇛
Docker has revolutionized the way software
development is done by providing a lightweight,
flexible, and portable way to package, deploy, and
run applications. Docker containers encapsulate all
the necessary dependencies required to run an
application on any platform.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ MySQL_vs_MSSQL:_What_is_the_Difference?⠀⇛
In our digital era, where data has transformed from
being an auxiliary resource to becoming the
lifeblood of businesses and organizations
worldwide, the concept of databases isn’t just
technical jargon anymore. Instead, it’s now an
integral part of our everyday lexicon.
# ⚓ Installing_the_WordPress_Desktop_App_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
WordPress is one of the best open-source CMS
platforms that allow publishers easily post
articles right from the desktop browser and if you
are using its Desktop application then you even
don’t need a browser.
# ⚓ Tailor-Made:_Creating_Custom_Base_Docker_Images⠀⇛
Docker is a powerful tool that has revolutionized
the way software developers package and deploy
their applications. Docker simplifies the process
of creating, deploying, and running applications by
providing an efficient way to package all the
necessary components into a single, portable
container.
# ⚓ Streamlining_Your_Builds:_Automating_Docker_Builds_with
GitHub_and_Bitbucket⠀⇛
In today’s fast-paced software development world,
streamlining the build process is essential. It is
important to ensure that your builds are efficient,
reliable, and consistent. Streamlining the build
process can save time and money, as well as reduce
errors that can impact deployment.
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Use_vimdiff_Like_a_Vim_Pro⠀⇛
Want to see the difference between two files?
Normal users use diff command. Pro Vim users go for
vimdiff.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Inkscape_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Inkscape on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who
didn’t know, Inkscape as a powerful open-source
vector graphics editor and its significance in
graphic design and illustration.
# ⚓ Out_with_the_Old:_A_Guide_to_Removing_Docker_Images⠀⇛
Docker images are a vital component of
containerization. They are the building blocks that
make up Docker containers, and they contain all the
necessary files, libraries, and dependencies needed
to run an application in a container.
# ⚓ Dockerfile_Essentials:_Building_Docker_Images_from
Scratch⠀⇛
Developers who are new to Docker may feel
overwhelmed by the seemingly endless possibilities
of containerization. Dockerfiles provide a simple,
straightforward way to create custom images that
can be used across different environments, making
it an essential tool in the containerization
process.
# ⚓ Starting_Fresh:_Importing_Docker_Images_Made_Easy⠀⇛
In today’s modern technology landscape, Docker
images have become an essential tool in the world
of software development. These images are built on
top of a lightweight container system that allows
developers to create portable and scalable
applications with ease.
# ⚓ Docker_Meets_Apache:_Crafting_an_Apache_Image_with
Dockerfile⠀⇛
Docker is a powerful tool that allows developers to
build, test, and deploy applications in a
consistent manner regardless of the underlying
infrastructure. Docker works by leveraging
containerization technology to package all of the
application’s dependencies into a single self-
contained unit that can run on any system with
Docker installed.
# ⚓ Going_Private:_Setting_up_Your_Own_Docker_Index/Registry⠀⇛
If you’re familiar with containerization, you know
how Docker has revolutionized the world of software
development by making it easier to build, ship and
run applications. One feature that enables this is
the Docker Registry/Index, which serves as a
repository for Docker images.
# ⚓ Set_up_KVM_&&_Cockpit_WEB_Console_on_Debian_BookWorm_(12)⠀⇛
Virt-manager still appears to be the most powerful
tool in regards of deployment and managment of KVM
guests. Also sometimes it seems to be more
functional rather then Cockpit Web console, in my
very personal opinion. In particular, it allows to
configure some features required by Windows 11 KVM
Guest in the most recent builds of Fedora Linux
38,37.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ HAMMER2_and_offline_actions⠀⇛
You can now clean up, grow, and destroy HAMMER2
volumes, even when they are not mounted. There’s
also an emergency mode, though I’m not clear on
when you’d invoke it.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Debian_12_“bookworm”_released⠀⇛
“”After 1 year, 9 months, and 28 days of
development””, Debian 12, codenamed “bookworm”, has
been released. The announcement has lots of details
about package versions for desktop environments (6
are supported), kernel version (Linux 6.1 series),
other package versions (compilers, graphics tools,
office suites, languages, and more), architectures
supported (8 for real hardware and 5 for cloud
services), blends, and lots more.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Foxy_Fitzroy_ROS_2_release_reaches_end_of_life⠀⇛
ROS 2 release Foxy Fitzroy was released on June 5,
2020. Foxy was a major milestone in ROS 2
development and was the first ROS 2 release with a
three-year long-term support window. The name Foxy
Fitzroy references the Fitzroy River Turtle,
Rheodytes leukops, which is endemic to the Fitzroy
River in Queensland, Australia. The “foxy”
adjective describes something that is cunning and
shrewd, like how foxes are depicted in many
cultures around the world.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Will_Flatpak_and_Snap_replace_desktop
Linux_native_apps?_•_The_Register⠀⇛
I’ve been using desktop Linux since before many of
you were born. Seriously. I first ran it when I
downloaded the source code from Linux kernel
developer Theodore Ts’o’s MIT FTP server in 1991.
So, when I say it’s time to wave bye-bye to using
package managers such as apt or dnf and replace
them with containerized package managers such as
Appimage, Snap, or Flatpak, I do have a clue about
what I’m talking about.
Before going into why, let me give you a quick
refresher on application installation on Linux. In
the beginning, there was the source code. We
downloaded it, built it, and compiled it. You can
still do it that way today, as in this example of
how to install Node.js v8.1.1 to your Linux
desktop.
Most people don’t do it that way because it’s a
pain. Only developers build from source code these
days. The vast majority of users use package
managers. For users, they’re easy whether you use a
GUI interface such as Linux Mint’s Software Manager
or a shell-based package manager such as DPKG,
Pacman, Yum, and Zipper.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ EE Journal ☛ iWave_launches_i.MX_91_SoC_powered_System_on
Module_for_secure_and_reliable_Linux_edge_processing
solutions⠀⇛
iWave adds to the iW-RainboW-G50M family: The
Solderable NXP i.MX 91-based LGA System on Module
(SoM). The SoM incorporates the newest member of
the i.MX 9 applications processor series and is
built on the OSM v1.1 solderable SoM standard,
providing extensive interfaces in a rugged and
compact form factor.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Megi’s_PinePhone_multi-distro_image_is_getting
PinePhone_Pro_support_(test_many_mobile_Linux_distros_with_a
single_microSD_card)_–_Liliputing⠀⇛
The PinePhone and PinePhone Pro are smartphones
designed to run mobile Linux distributions. While
they ship with builds of Manjaro featuring the KDE
Plasma Mobile user interface, there are a whole
bunch of other operating systems designed to run on
the phones.
For the past few years, developer megi has been
offering Phinephone multi-boot disk images that
allow users to quickly try out a range of operating
systems with a single microSD card. Now megi has
found a way to prepare a single microSD card so
that it can be booted on both the original
PinePhone and the PinePhone Pro. That means soon
you may be able to test out a bunch of different
mobile Linux distros on both phones using a single
card.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla_Open_Policy_&_Advocacy_Blog:
Mozilla_Weighs_in_on_Accountability_Legislation:_Public
policies_like_PATA_can_help_to_keep_the_Internet_in_the
public’s_best_interest.⠀⇛
Large online platforms can help us connect
with others, shop, work, and express
ourselves, but they also play a key role in
the spread of disinformation, discrimination
against marginalized groups, romance scams,
privacy violations, and other online harms.
With the ever-evolving social media
landscape, we must enact tools to scrutinize
these platforms and safeguard the health of
the Internet.
o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
# ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ Devart_Tools_for_PostgreSQL_Come_With_a
Massive_Update⠀⇛
Devart has released an update of the dbForge
product line for PostgreSQL. The update delivers
quite a few functional enhancements and newly added
compatibility options, including support for Aiven
Data Cloud, EDB BigAnimal, SHA-256/512, and
Transport Layer Security.
Devart, one of the leading developers of database
management software, ALM solutions, and data
providers, has released dbForge Studio for
PostgreSQL v3.1 and new versions of other tools
from the dbForge for PostgreSQL product line. These
tools are designed to streamline an extensive
number of tasks related to PostgreSQL database
development, management, and administration.
The most notable updates are as follows: [...]
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Installer_Framework_and_Online_Installer_4.6.0
Released⠀⇛
We are happy to announce the release of Qt
Installer Framework and Qt Online Installer 4.6.0.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ Laravel_Starter_is_an_Open-source_Starter_on_top
of_Laravel_10⠀⇛
What is a Laravel Starter?
Laravel Starter is a powerful and versatile starter
project that is based on Laravel 10.x. It is
designed with developers in mind and comes equipped
with essential and commonly required features.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ 10+_Laravel_Starters_To_Boost_Your_Next_Laravel
Projects⠀⇛
What is Laravel?
Laravel is an exceptional, open-source PHP web
application framework that provides web developers
with an elegant toolkit to create full-featured web
applications. It follows the widely accepted Model-
View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern and
offers an impressive suite of features such as
routing, middleware, authentication, and much more.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ Apiato_Framework:_Build_Large_Scalable_API-First
Apps_with_Laravel⠀⇛
Build scalable APIs faster | With PHP and Laravel
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ Evan Hahn ☛ Introducing_UTF-21,_a_toy_character_encoding⠀⇛
In short: I created UTF-21, an impractical
alternative to character encodings like UTF-8.
✐ Quick crash course: character encoding &
Unicode⠀✐
Before you can understand my horrible creation, you
need to understand a little about Unicode. You can
skip_this if you want.
§ Each character has a number⠀➾
Character encoding is the process of converting
characters to numbers and back, typically for
digital storage and transmission.
You’ve probably heard of ASCII, which maps 128
characters to numbers. For example, W is number 87
and number 36 is $.
As you might expect, there are more than 128
characters in the world. Characters like ñ and 🥺
can’t be represented as ASCII.
Unicode is like ASCII, but instead of 128
characters, there are 1,114,111 characters. Way
more! That lets us store characters like ñ
(character #241) and 🥺 (character #129402). It’s a
little more complex than this, but that’s the rough
idea.
Here are a few examples from the big Unicode table:
[...]
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Innovation_in_civil_engineering⠀⇛
I quoted this from a video I watched in 2021, and
promptly forgot where I saw it. I’m pulling it out of the
drafts now because its still great. You could apply the
same thinking to file systems.
Innovation happens slowly in civil engineering, because
the consequences of failure are so high. Gaining
confidence in a design has as much to do with engineering
theory, as it does to simply seeing how well similar
designs have performed in the past.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Children_Missing_in_Amazon_Jungle_Found_Alive
After_40_Days⠀⇛
Rescuers had been searching for the children — aged 13,
9, 4 and 1 — ever since they survived a plane crash that
killed the three adults on board.
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Immortal_Mel_Brooks⠀⇛
The 2,000-year-old man turns 97 this summer. I talked
with him about fighting in World War II, his life in
comedy, and the secret to happiness.
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ How_the_Daytime_Soap_Opera_Took_Over_Prestige
Television⠀⇛
Daytime soaps, unfairly maligned for too long, might seem
in danger of extinction. But prime-time prestige
television has absorbed their DNA.
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Women_Aren’t_Just_Small_Men⠀⇛
We’re living in an age of “period positivity.” That’s not
enough.
[...]
Despite major advances for women over the past 100
years—the invention of the contraceptive pill, greater
access to safe abortions—much of female biology is still
woefully underserved by science. There are reasons for
this, most notably the historical exclusion of women from
medical and pharmaceutical trials, partly because our
awkward hormone cycles were thought to skew results.
There’s also the fact that some scientists still project
findings from research on men onto women, seeming not to
realize that women aren’t just small men: Women are
different down to the cellular level, meaning that many
of our immune responses, experiences of pain, and
symptoms (including, for instance, those that accompany a
heart attack) may be different from men’s. Are you having
a nasty, unexpected side effect from your medication?
That could be because most drugs were developed with male
bodies in mind. A 2020 review of 86 common medications,
including antidepressants, cardiovascular drugs, and
painkillers, found that women were likely routinely
overmedicated and suffered adverse reactions nearly twice
as often as men.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Steam_Deck_Runs_32%_Cooler_With_PC_Liquid
Cooler_Mod⠀⇛
A TikToker has gone to the extreme and modified a
Steam Deck handheld to use a full-blown 240MM AIO
CPU cooler. The thermal results are very good
unsurprisingly, dropping temps by 32%.
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ My_Am386_now_has_a_Tseng_ET4000AX_card!⠀⇛
When I got my Am386 motherboard working earlier
this year, I wed it to an Oak OTI-067, the only ISA
graphics card I had. It worked surprisingly well,
and its second connector even supported CGA, which
assisted troubleshooting my Commodore 128’s 80-
column mode. But my dream was to find a Tseng Labs
ET4000, the king of SVGA on the ISA bus.
View_all_posts_in_this_series
Well someone local I’ve bought from before listed
theirs, and for less than half our grocery bill
last week (yikes), so I pounced. It arrived
yesterday, and here it is: [...]
o § Health/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Decline_in_Covid_home_test_sales_raises_questions
about_continued_use⠀⇛
As major Finnish retailers report a staggering 90
percent drop in the sale of home test kits compared
to the previous year, concerns arise over the
reliability and necessity of these tests.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Cheap_Diabetes_Drug_Slashes_Risk_of_Long
COVID,_Study_Finds⠀⇛
“Profound and potentially landmark.”
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Lockdown_Dissenters_Were_Muzzled_in_the_U.K._as
Well_as_the_U.S.⠀⇛
Thin-skinned authoritarians of the world, unite!
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Šmits:_fruit_farmers_will_have_to_go_for_EU
support⠀⇛
The losses caused by spring frosts are regarded as
an emergency for farmers, and the aid will have to
be sought both in Latvia and at the European level,
Agriculture Minister Didzis Šmits (United List)
told Latvian Television on June 8.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ One_is_the_loneliest_number:_What_will_help
people_connect_again?⠀⇛
How do Americans rediscover their spirit of
community and connection after a pandemic that left
behind an epidemic of loneliness?
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Leave_the_Baking_to_the_Professionals⠀⇛
ALF, in Chelsea Market; Radio, in Greenpoint; and
Librae, in the East Village, offer a variety of
French viennoiserie, breads, and sandwiches.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Is_our_food_safe?⠀⇛
Recent food fraud revelations show that we can’t
take it for granted
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ [Repeat] Yahoo News ☛ Twitter_is_refusing_to_pay_its_Google
Cloud_bills_–_Platformer⠀⇛
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ OpenAI_Hit_with_Defamation_Suit_Over
False_Accusations_Generated_by_ChatGPT⠀⇛
OpenAI has been hit with its first defamation
lawsuit after ChatGPT fabricated legal accusations
against a radio host. Mark Walters, a radio host in
Georgia, is suing OpenAI in what appears to be the
first defamation lawsuit against the company over
false information generated by ChatGPT.
o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾
# § Openwashing⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux_Foundation_&_NSC_to_Create_Opportunities_for
Open_RAN_Prototype_Development_via_Partnership⠀⇛
The Linux Foundation and the National
Spectrum Association have signaled intent to
help advance the development of open radio
access network software prototypes via a
memorandum of understanding.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Security_advisory:_Qt_Network⠀⇛
A recent SSL issue affecting both OpenSSL and
Schannel in Qt Network has been reported and has
been assigned the CVE id CVE-2023-34410.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Barracuda_tells_customers_to_replace
vulnerable_email_security_appliances_after_hacker_exploit⠀⇛
Cloud cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks Inc. is
telling customers to replace their vulnerable Email
Security Gateway appliances immediately, even if
they have installed all available patches.
⚓ Security Week ☛ Evidence_Suggests_Ransomware_Group_Knew_About_MOVEit_Zero-Day
Since_2021 [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
Evidence suggests that the Cl0p ransomware group has known about and
conducted tests with the recently patched MOVEit zero-day since mid-
2021.
⚓ Security Week ☛ ‘Asylum_Ambuscade’_Group_Hit_Thousands_in_Cybercrime,
Espionage_Campaigns⠀⇛
ESET has linked several cybercrime and espionage campaigns to a
threat actor tracked as Asylum Ambuscade.
⚓ Security_Testing_for_Kubernetes_Clusters⠀⇛
Containerization and microservices have taken center stage, with
Kubernetes leading the charge as the go-to orchestration platform. As
powerful and versatile as Kubernetes is, its complexity introduces
significant security challenges that organizations must tackle to
safeguard their deployments.
⚓ Thousands_of_students’_data_breached_in_Minnesota_Department_of_Education
hack⠀⇛
Hackers were able to get a hold of tens of thousands of Minnesota
students’ information.
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) says they were notified
of a breach in their file transfer software called “MOVEit” on May
31.
⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Asylum_Ambuscade_hackers_mix_cybercrime_with_espionage⠀⇛
A hacking group tracked as ‘Asylum Ambuscade’ was observed in recent
attacks targeting small to medium-sized companies worldwide,
combining cyber espionage with cybercrime.
The particular threat group, believed to have been operational since
at least 2020, was first identified by Proofpoint in a March 2022
report that focused on a phishing campaign against entities aiding
the Ukrainian refugees’ movement.
⚓ CBC ☛ Members_of_the_public_among_those_affected_by_massive_N.S.
cyberattack⠀⇛
The Nova Scotia government revealed Friday that cyber criminals made
off with the private information of tens of thousands of people,
including high school students, short-term accommodation owners,
newborns and people issued parking tickets in the Halifax Regional
Municipality.
On Friday, the province gave details on 94,574 of the records stolen
in a cyberattack identified last week, and the total number of
records stolen may climb.
On Tuesday, the province’s Minister of Cyber Security and Digital
Solutions, Colton LeBlanc, said current and past employees of Nova
Scotia Health, the IWK Health Centre and the provincial civil service
have also been impacted.
⚓ 49ers_agree_to_settle_data_breach_class_action_lawsuit,_must_create_new_IT
positions⠀⇛
The San Francisco 49ers agreed to settle a class action lawsuit
stemming from a February 2022 ransomware attack on the team’s data
servers that exposed personal information of over 20,000 employees,
officials and fans. The plaintiffs filed settlement papers Thursday
in California federal court.
The proposed settlement, which covers 20,930 individuals, requires
the team to create a new position — executive vice president of
technology — to oversee IT operations, and hire a dedicated cyber-
security IT professional.
⚓ Saudi Arabia ☛ Switzerland_fears_government_data_stolen_in_cyberattack⠀⇛
“Xplain, a Swiss provider of government software, has been the victim
of a ransomware attack. After the stolen data had been encrypted and
the company blackmailed, the attackers posted some of the stolen data
on the darknet,” the government said in a statement.
⚓ Website_leak_exposes_sensitive_data_of_85_million_Turkish_residents:_report⠀⇛
Sensitive personal data of Turkish citizens and residents of Turkey
has been compromised, according to the Free Web Turkey, a platform
dedicated to combating internet censorship in the country.
On Friday, the platform exposed the existence of a website called
Sorgu Paneli, which allows unrestricted access to personal data such
as identification numbers, names, addresses, telephone numbers and
even bank account details in exchange for a free membership. Paid
members can obtain even more private information, including title
deeds.
* § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
o ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Scammers_target_Monzo_customers_with_dodgy_text_message
and_phishing_website⠀⇛
Copycat website asked users for login details and selfie
video
o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ ‘Duped’:_Inside_the_Black_Market_for_Illegal
Temporary_License_Plates⠀⇛
When a Harlem 20-something answered a Craigslist ad, he
had no idea he was about to become a dealer of illegal
ghost plates.
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ Top_10_Free_VPN_Chrome_Extensions_for_Safe_and_Private_Browsing⠀⇛
In today’s world, almost everyone needs access to
everything.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_looks_at_cracking_down_on_AirDrop_and
Bluetooth,_amid_national_security_concerns⠀⇛
The Chinese public can provide their feedback on the
proposed regulations until July 6.
o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Democrats_and_Republicans_Are_Skeptical_of_US
Spying_Practices,_an_AP-NORC_Poll_Finds⠀⇛
As it pushes to renew a cornerstone law that authorizes
major surveillance programs, the Biden administration
faces an American public that’s broadly skeptical of
common intelligence practices and of the need to
sacrifice civil liberties for security.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Former_ByteDance_Exec_Reveals_CCP_Had
‘Superuser’_Access_to_American_Data⠀⇛
A former ByteDance executive has declared in a legal
filing that members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
held ‘superuser’ permission to access American data on
TikTok. Here’s the latest. Yintao Yu served as Head of
Engineering for ByteDance in the United States in 2018.
o ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Operation_Triangulation:_Zero-Click_iPhone
Malware⠀⇛
Kaspersky is reporting a zero-click iOS exploit in the
wild:
Mobile device backups contain a partial copy of
the filesystem, including some of the user data
and service databases. The timestamps of the
files, folders and the database records allow
to roughly reconstruct the events happening to
the device. The mvt-ios utility produces a
sorted timeline of events into a file called
“timeline.csv,” similar to a super-timeline
used by conventional digital forensic tools.
[...]
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Life_imitates_art_in_Hong_Kong,_as
inspectors_come_not_as_single_spies_but_in_battalions⠀⇛
Back in 2016 there was a minor scandal, by the standards
of the time, when a rural grandee who was running a
business unlawfully on a slab of government land refused
to move off it, despite pleas from government officials
who wished to use the plot for a public housing estate.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ Turkey’s_National_Security_Council_discusses_repatriating_Syrian
refugees⠀⇛
In the council’s inaugural meeting following Erdoğan’s win,
they emphasized Syrian refugees’ safe and dignified return to
their homes.
* ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Chad_on_the_brink:_how_the_war_in_Sudan_hurts_its_fragile
neighbour⠀⇛
Since the 15 April outbreak of hostilities in Sudan, the
civilian population has been bearing the brunt. The Rapid
Support Forces, led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (called
Hemeti), are in conflict with the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s de facto head of state.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Attack_on_Mali_UN_peacekeepers_leaves_1_dead,_8_injured⠀⇛
An attack on the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization
Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) resulted Friday in the death of one
peacekeeper and the injury of eight other peacekeepers. MINUSMA
reported that the attack involved an improvised explosive
device (IED) and direct fire.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ New_York_legislature_passes_bill_to_establish_commission_on
slavery_reparations⠀⇛
The New York State Assembly and Senate passed legislation
Thursday to establish a state commission on reparations for
slavery.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Sudan_government_bans_UN_envoy_from_entering_country⠀⇛
Sudan’s Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that the head of
the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan
(UNITAMS) Volker Perthes would no longer be welcome in the
country.
* ⚓ Neritam ☛ New_York_Times_Slammed_for_Running_‘Advertorial’_by_Notorious
War_Profiteer⠀⇛
The New York Times came under fire on Wednesday for running
what critics characterized as “uncontested propaganda” in the
form of an op-ed by notorious war profiteer and Blackwater
founder Erik Prince. As in his other prominent op-eds that ran
recently in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today,
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Assad_is_appointing_new_military_officials_to_escape
sanctions_on_Syria⠀⇛
Of the thirty Syrian army and security officers in new
leadership positions, only two are blacklisted. This indicates
a significant gap.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Manipur,_India’s_Blood-Soaked_War_Zone⠀⇛
An outburst of ethnic hatreds has fractured an ancient kingdom
and turned neighbors into enemies.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ To_integrate_uncrewed_surface_vehicles_into_the_navy,
start_with_a_concept_of_operations⠀⇛
There’s a growing trend for naval forces to acquire uncrewed
surface vehicles (USVs) because of the potential advantages
they offer, such as reduced risk and the ability to provide a
persistent presence.
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Operationalizing_integrated_deterrence:_Applying
joint_force_targeting_across_the_competition_continuum⠀⇛
General James E. Cartwright, Lieutenant Colonel Justin M.
Conelli, and Clementine G. Starling advance a framework for
operationalizing integrated deterrence.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UN:_297_Orphans_Evacuated_From_the_Khartoum’s_Mygoma
Orphanage⠀⇛
“The International Committee for the Red Cross facilitated the
evacuation of the children and dozens of caretakers”
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Serbs_Take_To_Streets_In_Sixth_Anti-Government_Protest_Since
Mass_Shootings_Last_Month⠀⇛
Tens of thousands of people marched on June 9 in another anti-
government protest in Belgrade criticizing the government’s
response to two mass shootings last month in which 18 people
died.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Officer_who_raced_to_Parkland_massacre_scene
testifies_against_deputy_who_stayed_outside⠀⇛
A police officer who rushed inside a classroom building during
the Parkland school shooting says he encountered a sheriff’s
deputy outside who confirmed the shooter was upstairs. Coral
Springs officer Richard Best testified Friday that Broward
County Deputy Scot Peterson didn’t follow him inside. Peterson
has insisted he couldn’t tell where the gunshots were coming
from, and that he thought they may have been fired outside. The
60-year-old former deputy is on trial for charges that he
failed to confront the school shooter who killed 17 people in
2018. If convicted, Peterson could be sentenced to nearly a
century in prison.
* § War in Ukraine⠀➾
o ⚓ LRT ☛ NATO_ready_to_approve_new_Baltic_defence_plans,_says
Lithuanian_military_chief⠀⇛
The new NATO defence plans for the Baltic states could be
approved as early as next week, says Lithuania’s Chief of
Defence Valdemaras Rupšys.
o ⚓ LRT ☛ NATO’s_largest_air_drills_will_see_jets_stage_simultaneous
landings_in_Lithuania⠀⇛
Fourteen aircraft will take off and land simultaneously
at Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania as part of NATO’s
largest air force drills.
§ Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
* ⚓ American Oversight ☛ Texts_Between_Cyber_Ninjas_CEO_Doug_Logan_and
Christina_Bobb_Reveal_Early_Plans_for_Logan_to_Work_on_Wisconsin_Election
Review⠀⇛
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ World_Oceans_Day:_Guterres_Calls_for_More_Action⠀⇛
“The ocean is the foundation of life… is our planet’s greatest
reservoir of biodiversity.”
* ⚓ RFA ☛ The_metaverse_won’t_save_Tuvalu_from_higher_seas,_but_land
reclamation_might⠀⇛
Half of the country’s principle coral atoll could be inundated
by tidal waters by 2050.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Single-use_plastic_bags_will_no_longer_be_free_in_Lithuanian
supermarkets⠀⇛
From July 1, shops in Lithuania will no longer be allowed to
issue single-use plastic bags for free.
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Biden,_in_North_Carolina,_pushes_clean
energy_agenda_and_promotes_order_aiding_military_spouses⠀⇛
President Joe Biden signed an executive order aiming to
bolster job opportunities for military and veteran
spouses whose careers are often disrupted by their loved
ones’ deployments. Biden used a visit to the recently
renamed Fort Liberty in North Carolina to highlight the
order. The order directs agencies to develop a federal
government-wide plan on hiring and job retention for
military spouses, bolster child care options, and take
more than a dozen additional actions. Biden first visited
a community college in Rocky Mount that is part of a
coalition that received $23.7 million to train students
for clean energy jobs. The money is from the Democratic
president’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Do_Binance.US’s_New_Rules_on_Trading
Dollars_Mean_for_Customers?⠀⇛
The company said that it would no longer allow trades
with U.S. dollars on its platform. Customers were urged
to withdraw funds by Tuesday.
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Why_India_lags_behind_in_rail_safety_–_and_where_it
goes_from_here⠀⇛
Leaders in India have been pouring money into modernizing
the country’s massive rail system. But as a recent
accident in Odisha shows, modern doesn’t always equal
safe.
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Work_starts_on_painting_e-scooter_parking_zones_in_downtown
Helsinki⠀⇛
Use of the parking zones is mandatory for e-scooter
renters in the heart of the city.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ No_injuries_after_planes_collide_on_ground_at
Tokyo’s_Haneda_Airport:_Report⠀⇛
Part of the wing of the Thai Airways plane looked to be
broken.
o ⚓ LRT ☛ Klaipėda_to_launch_water_bus_service⠀⇛
Next week, Lithuania’s seaport city Klaipėda will launch
its first water bus route along the river Dangė.
o ⚓ H2 View ☛ Inter-American_Development_Bank_approves_$400m_loan_for
Chilean_green_hydrogen⠀⇛
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a
$400m loan to support the development of the Chilean
hydrogen industry.
o ⚓ H2 View ☛ Global_hydrogen_market_forecast_to_double_to_$1.4trn_by
2050⠀⇛
The global hydrogen market could more than double to
$1.4trn per year by 2050, according to new Deloitte
research.
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Judge_in_FTX_bankruptcy_rejects_media
challenge,_says_customer_names_can_remain_secret⠀⇛
A Delaware bankruptcy judge says the names of individual
customers of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX
Trading can be permanently shielded from public
disclosure. The judge on Friday rejected challenges to
the secrecy filed by lawyers for several media outlets
and for the U.S. bankruptcy trustee, which serves as a
government watchdog in Chapter 11 reorganization cases.
Lawyers for FTX and its official committee of unsecured
creditors say its customer list is both a valuable asset
and confidential commercial information. They say secrecy
is warranted to protect FTX customers from theft and
potential scams, and to ensure that potential competitors
do not “poach” them.
* § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ New_York_Failed_the_Smoke_Test⠀⇛
Everywhere needs to be prepared for everything.
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Soil_movement_triggers_suspension_of_some
construction_work_at_Hong_Kong_public_housing_development⠀⇛
Some foundation work for a public housing project under
construction in Kai Tak has been suspended after the soil
at nearby Sung Wong Toi MTR station was found to have
compressed to a depth of 20 millimetres.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistan_Targets_Fiscal_Deficit_Of_6.54_Percent_In_Budget
Closely_Watched_By_IMF⠀⇛
Pakistan’s government will target a budget deficit of 6.54
percent of economic output in the fiscal year starting on July
1, the finance minister said on June 9.
* ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Period_media_property_for_sale,_extensively_modernised:
£600m_ONO⠀⇛
What we know about the Telegraph receivership, how the Barclay
family got here, and what we can expect next.
* ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Vice_UK_staff_consider_strike_action_over_redundancy
terms⠀⇛
Press Gazette understands 23 jobs at Vice are at risk of
redundancy.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ Axios ☛ DOJ_unseals_historic_Trump_indictment⠀⇛
The Department of Justice on Friday unsealed the federal
indictment against former President_Trump on chargesrelated to
the investigation into his handling of classified documents
after he left the White House.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump’s_Indictment:_The_Department_of_Justice_Had_No
Choice⠀⇛
A commander in chief stands accused of endangering national
security.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Legal_Dynamics_of_Trump’s_Second_Indictment⠀⇛
The case, which concerns the former President’s handling of
classified documents, raises complicated questions about intent
and national security.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Trump_indictment_amplifies_split_between_House_and_Senate_GOP⠀⇛
The reported_federal_indictment of former President Trump is
once again casting a light on the gulf between House and Senate
Republicans, with GOP senators proving far more willing to
break with the ex-president.
Zoom in:Some senators are even praising the Justice Department
or seizing on the indictment to boost Trump’s primary
opponents.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Trump_took_classified_documents,_risked_national_security,
alleges_indictment⠀⇛
Former U.S. President Donald Trump faces 37 criminal counts
that include charges of unauthorized retention of classified
documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice after he left the
White House in 2021, according to federal court documents made
public on Friday.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Donald_Trump_stored,_showed_off_and_refused_to
return_classified_documents,_indictment_says⠀⇛
Donald Trump improperly stored in his Florida estate sensitive
documents on nuclear capabilities, repeatedly enlisted aides
and lawyers to help him hide records demanded by investigators
and cavalierly showed off a Pentagon “plan of attack” and
classified map. That’s according to a sweeping felony
indictment that paints a damning portrait of Trump’s treatment
of national security information. The first federal case
against a former president cuts to the heart of any president’s
responsibility to safeguard the government’s most valuable
secrets. Prosecutors say the documents he stowed, refused to
return and in some cases showed to visitors risked jeopardizing
not only relations with foreign nations but also the safety of
troops and confidential sources.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Key_moments_in_Trump_indictment:_Flaunting
classified_material,_stowing_boxes_in_Mar-a-Lago_bathroom⠀⇛
The criminal indictment unsealed by the Justice Department
against Donald Trump includes allegations that the former
president stored classified documents in a bathroom and shower
at his Florida club and suggested his lawyers conceal the
presence of some documents. The indictment also accuses Trump
of showing off the documents to people without security
clearances and acknowledging that he didn’t have the ability to
declassify documents after he left the White House. The
indictment says Trump told his attorneys he was “an open book”
on the same day that his valet secretly loaded several boxes of
documents on an aircraft.
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Trump’s_Indictment_Reveals_a_National-Security
Nightmare⠀⇛
Republicans are trying to gaslight America about the former
president’s astounding recklessness.
* ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Defendant-1’s_38_Count_Indictment⠀⇛
Here’s a link. I’ll update in a bit. There are 31 counts for
withholding documents, each holding a 10 year sentencing, on
top of the obstruction charges.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Spanish_Left_Unites_for_July_Elections⠀⇛
Now, the Sumar-Podemos coalition has until June 19 to resolve
any differences and present the lists of their candidates.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump_Indictment_Lays_Out_Evidence_for_Historic
Charges_in_Documents_Case⠀⇛
The indictment details evidence that the former president
placed national security secrets in jeopardy and schemed to
thwart the investigation into the matter.
* ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ AUDIO:_Riley_Waggaman_on_Perspective_with_Jesse_Zurawell
–_June_7th⠀⇛
Independent journalist and frequent OffG contributor joins
Jesse Zurawell for another episode of Perspective. They discuss
Russia’s relatinship with the WHO, their response to “Covid”,
its reputation among Western alternative media, potential
demographic crisis and more. You can read more of Riley’s work
through his substack here.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ NY_Lawmakers_Pass_Clean_Slate_Act,_Sealing_Some
Criminal_Records_After_7_Years⠀⇛
As the 2023 session ends, the State Legislature passed a bill
sealing old criminal records, but failed to reach a deal on a
housing package.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Nate_Paul,_Investor_Linked_to_Ken_Paxton’s
Impeachment,_Faces_Charges⠀⇛
Nate Paul, the real estate investor at the center of the
impeachment case against the attorney general of Texas, Ken
Paxton, has been jailed at the request of the F.B.I.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ George_Santos_Says_His_Family_Helped_Bail_Him_Out⠀⇛
Mr. Santos, a New York representative, said his relatives had
helped guarantee his bail, but asked a judge to keep their
names sealed out of privacy concerns.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Boris_Johnson_Resigns_From_Parliament⠀⇛
The former prime minister quit after getting a confidential
report about whether he had lied to lawmakers about lockdown-
breaking parties.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ At_an_Embattled_Moment,_the_New_York Times’_Publisher
Makes_a_Stand⠀⇛
A. G. Sulzberger on why—in this age of deep political
divides—he went public in defense of traditional journalistic
values. Plus, a conversation with the poet Paul Tran.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Exposed:_Disturbing_Details_of_New_Pentagon
“Perception_Management_Office”⠀⇛
Its existence is not strictly secret, although there has
been no official announcement of its launch, let alone an
explanation from DoD officials as to its raison d’être or
modus operandi. Its budget likewise remains a mystery but
purportedly runs into the “multimillions.”
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ DistroKid_Faces_Potential_Class-Action_Lawsuit
Over_Alleged_DMCA_Takedown_Mishandling:_‘Music_Distributors_Are_Not
Invested_in_the_Holistic_Success_of_Small_Artists_and_Labels’⠀⇛
DistroKid is officially facing a potential class-action lawsuit
over its alleged mishandling of false Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown requests.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ China_judicial_organs_publish_draft_proposal_to_punish_online
abuse⠀⇛
China’s Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate
and Ministry of Public Security released a draft proposal to
curb cyber abuse for public consultation on Friday. The draft,
Guiding Opinions on Lawfully Punishing Cyber Violence and
Crimes, provides directions on how to convict and punish
individuals who commit “online violence” in accordance with
Chinese Criminal Law.
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Reddit_CEO_Says_Keeping_Explicit_Content_on_the_Site
Is_a_‘Constant_Fight’⠀⇛
Steve Huffman said in an announcement that starting July 5,
Reddit will “limit access to mature content via our Data API.”
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Jimmy_Lai_case:_US_lawmakers_urge_UK_to_help
sanction_Hong_Kong_judges,_as_city_gov’t_slams_‘interference’⠀⇛
The Hong Kong government has condemned US politicians’ calls
for a joint effort with the UK to prioritise the release of
pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai by sanctioning Hong Kong
officials, prosecutors, and judges involved in national
security law detentions.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_47:_Prosecution_has_sufficient
evidence_for_landmark_national_security_trial_to_continue,_court_rules⠀⇛
Sixteen pro-democracy figures currently on trial over an
alleged conspiracy to commit subversion have a case to answer,
a Hong Kong court has ruled.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Did_police_have_legal_grounds_to_detain
Hongkongers_on_the_Tiananmen_crackdown_anniversary?⠀⇛
A heavy police presence all but thwarted attempts to mark the
34th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown in Hong Kong last
Sunday. Since 2019, the city has not seen an official
commemoration of victims of the crackdown, who died when the
People’s Liberation Army was deployed to disperse protesters in
Beijing on June 4, 1989.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Jailed_Kazakh_Journalist_Charged_With_Financing_Extremism,
Faces_12_Years⠀⇛
Jailed Kazakh journalist Duman Mukhammedkarim, who has been on
hunger strike for 10 days to protest against his 25-day jail
term, has been charged with financing an extremist group, a
crime punishable by up to 12 years in prison.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Healing_our_communities’:_New_York_moves_reparations
forward⠀⇛
New York lawmakers passed a bill to establish a reparations
commission to address the lasting effects of slavery. State
Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages emphasizes the importance of
healing communities. The bill now awaits consideration by the
governor.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ What_is_behind_a_huge_drop_in_the_murder_rate_this_year?⠀⇛
The murder rate in big U.S. cities spiked in recent years. This
year has so far seen a big decline. A change in policing could
be contributing.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Couple_held_over_suspected_murder_of_4-year-old_in_Joensuu⠀⇛
Police and rescue units were called to an apartment in the
eastern Finnish city on Thursday morning.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Supreme_Court’s_Surprise_Defense_of_the_Voting_Rights
Act⠀⇛
The Chief Justice appeared impatient with the maximalist
demands that partisans on the right are placing on a Court they
seem to feel they own.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Hungary_Says_EU_Refugee_Reform_Deal_‘Unacceptable’⠀⇛
Hungary on June 9 slammed as “unacceptable” a European Union
agreement to revise the bloc’s rules on member states hosting
asylum seekers and migrants.
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Price_of_Title_42_Is_the_Battered_Bodies_of_My
Patients⠀⇛
She was in her late 20s, with a broken leg, and she was not the
only one.
* ⚓ NYPost ☛ Target_market_cap_losses_swell_to_$15_billion_as_shares_drop
again_amid_woke_backlash⠀⇛
Shares plummeted to $126.99 when the market closed after
eclipsing $161 just last month after a third Wall Street firm
downgraded the shares on concerns over slowing sales.
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Police_Raided_Afroman_Searching_for_a_‘Dungeon.’_His
Record_Label_Says_He_Doesn’t_Even_Have_a_Basement⠀⇛
Motherboard reviewed a bevvy of bodycam footage and the search
warrant that underpinned the raid on Afroman’s residence in
August 2022.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Romanian_Sets_Herself_On_Fire_To_Protest_Stagnating_Probe_Of
1989_Deaths⠀⇛
A 66-year-old Romanian woman died last month after setting
herself on fire in a mountain resort near the central city of
Brasov, Romanian media reported on June 9.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Unknown_group_kills_brother_of_National_Unity_Government_human
rights_adviser⠀⇛
The ethnic Rohingya was stabbed near a mosque in Myanmar’s
Yangon city.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ US_lawmakers_introduce_bipartisan_bill_to_give_priority_refugee
status_to_Uyghurs⠀⇛
‘The United States cannot turn our back to those fleeing this
persecution,’one sponsor says.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Hun_Sen_threatens_to_arrest_backers_of_exiled_opposition_figure⠀⇛
Cambodia’s prime minister also offered pardons to any Sam
Rainsy supporters who repudiate him.
* ⚓ Pride_murals_in_Red_Deer_targeted_during_Pride_Month⠀⇛
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_pay_€3.1m_or_accept_158_migrants_annually_under_EU’s
new_migration_policy⠀⇛
Lithuania would have to take in 158 migrants who have entered
the EU irregularly or pay 3.18 million euros a year, the
country’s Interior Ministry said on Friday. Earlier, the
Council of the European Union reached a preliminary agreement
on a new migration policy and the introduction of a mandatory
solidarity mechanism.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 4_Hong_Kong_men_jailed_for_up_to_4_years_and_9
months_for_rioting_linked_to_2019_PolyU_siege⠀⇛
Four Hong Kong men have been jailed for up to four years and
nine months, after they were convicted of rioting in connection
with the police siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University
(PolyU) during the 2019 extradition bill protests.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_Baptist_University_allegedly_threatens
to_take_revenge_on_student_leaders,_according_to_leaked_recording⠀⇛
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has not responded to
allegations that a representative threatened members of its
students’ union cabinet, a former member of the cabinet has
said.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Quotes_by_Chinese_leader_Xi_Jinping_used_as
university_entrance_exam_essay_prompts_for_the_first_time⠀⇛
Quotes from Chinese leader Xi Jinping have been used as essay
prompts in the country’s highly competitive university entrance
exams, known as gaokao, for the first time.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Tweak_Mandatory_Reporting_of_Child_Abuse_bill_to
ensure_victims_feel_safe_to_speak_up,_says_crisis_centre⠀⇛
A crisis centre has again urged the government to lower the age
threshold for suspected child abuse victims whose cases would
be subject to a new, mandatory reporting mechanism for
professionals. It said that knowledge of the requirements may
lead to young victims feeling discouraged from speaking up.
* ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Blasting_Eminem_&_Too_$hort_in_the_Workplace_May
Constitute_Sexual_Discrimination,_Appeals_Court_Rules⠀⇛
An appeals court rules that blasting Eminem and Too $hort in
the workplace may constitute sexual discrimination. After
Eminem’s “Stan” and Too $hort’s “Blowjob Betty” were played
loudly in a warehouse during work hours in Reno, California,
eight former employees filed a lawsuit against the company — a
case previously dismissed by the overseeing judge.
* ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Skimming_Off_the_Scum⠀⇛
Skimming off the scum generally means getting rid of waste.
Scraping off from the surface of useful material the rising of
impurities and muck. Isn’t that the intention of the New World
Order?
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Is_the_YouTube_Content_ID_Lawsuit_Fading
Away?_Maria_Schneider_Makes_Another_Attempt_for_Class_Action_Status
as_Trial_Date_Looms⠀⇛
The YouTube lawsuit that originally had creators on the
edge of their seats is now losing its glamor. Plaintiff
Maria Schneider, a Grammy-winning jazz musician, now
faces the prospect of trying a case that will do little
to move the needle on Content ID.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Twitch_Chaos_Continues_as_Musician_Banned
For_Streaming_His_Own_Music⠀⇛
Chaos at Twitch continues as the platform has banned
CardboardCowboy. The only problem? He streams his own
music on his channel exclusively. Prominent creators are
already calling for other creators to join them in a
boycott of the platform. On June 6, Twitch revealed new
guidelines that would ban ‘burned-in’ advertisements.
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