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⦿ Why You Should Quit YouTube - Part 3: Google Exploits Creators, It’ll Get Even Worse | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 11, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ What the 2022 Tax Filing (From 7 Months Ago, for Tax Year 2021) Teaches Us About the Linux Foundation | Techrights
⦿ The Real Linux Foundation - Part 3: How It Splits Into Subgroups, Including New Ones | Techrights
⦿ Sirius Open Source Cannot Retain Staff and Clients (Many of the Remaining Ones Leave the Company) | Techrights
⦿ Police Out of Control (or Oversight) - Part 3: Action Fraud and Reports of Sirius Fraud | Techrights
⦿ Juggling Topics This Month | Techrights
⦿ YouTube’s New Management: Time’s Up, Start Paying and Watch Ads, Don’t Use Free Software | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/06/12/google-exploits-creators/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/12/irc-log-110623/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/12/linux-foundation-tax-filing/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/12/linux-kernel-organization/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/12/many-of-the-remaining-ones-leave-sirius/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/12/reports-of-sirius-fraud/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/12/techrights-org-juggling-topics/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/12/youtube-vs-freesw/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/06/12/linux-6-4-rc6/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/12/opal-1-7-0-and-more/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/12/scikit-survival-0-21-0/#comments
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✐ Why_You_Should_Quit_YouTube_–_Part_3:_Google_Exploits_Creators,_It’ll_Get
Even_Worse⠀✐
Posted in Free/Libre_Software, Google, Videos at 8:22 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Google’s rationale or explanation that it needs to make money out of
YouTube (on the backs of people who actually do all the hard work) is no
justification for technical and legal assaults on the Free software community
THE previous_part of this_series was more of an exploratory overview of
problems with YouTube, focusing on the latest escalation, which is a blunder
for the relationship between Google and Free Software (Google’s Summer of
Underpaid Labour, or GSoC, is discredited by this).
Today, in this third part (with video to come soon as well), we begin to
enumerate the issues with YouTube.
“Financial aspects aside, in the next part we’ll explain the connection between
the financial ambitions of YouTube and why Google is lawyering up against non-
profit Free software projects and volunteers/activists.”First of all, it’s not
even clear if YouTube is profitable. Sure, it has revenue, but lots of expenses
on top of that (including paying some “creators”, not just YouTube staff,
hardware, bandwidth). We’ve done these calculations for years (in IRC mostly)
and we always reach the conclusion that operational costs rise over time. We
also know there’s a financial woe for YouTube; its revenue is actually
decreasing while costs of storage skyrocket because the catalogue is growing
and newer uploads can be very large (HD) files.
Does this justify turning the site into a malicious “app” (with DRM,
proprietary JavaScript, malicious ads etc.) or is it a sign that it’s time to
jog on and find another place for video hosting?
Financial aspects aside, in the next part we’ll explain the connection between
the financial ambitions of YouTube and why Google is lawyering up against non-
profit Free software projects and volunteers/activists. █
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✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Sunday,_June_11,_2023⠀✐
Posted in IRC_Logs at 4:21 am by Needs Sunlight
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✐ What_the_2022_Tax_Filing_(From_7_Months_Ago,_for_Tax_Year_2021)_Teaches_Us
About_the_Linux_Foundation⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux, Kernel at 1:14 am by Dr.
Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum 1196701c7066069493c03905ccd58f36
Reality Behind Linux Foundation
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/lf-reality-series.webm
Summary: Our new_series looks into the bosses of Linus Torvalds and what
actually drives their agenda, based on the structural and financial aspects
T
HE video above goes through the Linux_Foundation_wiki under June 2023 and then
discusses what the Linux Foundation does with its money, in turn taking note of
this_latest_IRS_filing.
At a later point we’ll focus on events as a source of revenue, the latest new
shells/offshoots, and organisational charts etc.
As noted along the way in the video, Jim Zemlin has this attitude of, “I’m the
boss of Linus Torvalds, hence I’m important.”
Reality, however (based on facts), shows that he’s not important and despite
that he somehow became the boss of Torvalds. Cui bono? The evil companies
wanting to control Torvalds via Zemlin and his corrupt wife, who takes
Microsoft money and defrauds loads of people. It’s “all in the family”…
pretenders oppressing the world’s achievers. Does money ruin everything? Is it
OK for Linux to be controlled by companies that loathe the licence of Linux and
sometimes Linux itself? █
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✐ The_Real_Linux_Foundation_–_Part_3:_How_It_Splits_Into_Subgroups,_Including
New_Ones⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux, Kernel at 8:44 pm by Dr.
Roy Schestowitz
This is what it looked like last year, based on IRS filings:
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Summary: With a subgroup now devoted to the kernel (Linux), why is the Linux
Foundation still boasting “Linux” in its name? The Linux Foundation now
actively promotes operating systems and kernels that aren’t Linux and compete
against Linux.
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N THE previous_part of this Linux_Foundation series we said we’d explore
structural and financial aspects of the Foundation.
The Linux Foundation isn’t what it seems anymore and its name has been
misleading for years already. As shown above, there’s now a “LINUX KERNEL
ORGANIZATION”, based in the address of the same overpriced office (about 6
million dollars a year as of years ago). In the next part we’ll show how the
Linux Foundation makes its money. It has little to do with the kernel it is
called after. The “LINUX KERNEL ORGANIZATION” is what the Linux Foundation
should have been. Not pursing money from military contractors and thugs like
Microsoft (to fake “growth”). █
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Ones_Leave_the_Company)⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software at 7:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum deb923a8340805a0040d08074d87dd02
Sirius Cannot Retain Anything
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/sirius-crisis-latest-twists.webm
Summary: The crimes of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ aside, it seems like the company
has no chance of surviving; its 25th anniversary is later this year, but it’s
understaffed and running out of clients
THE company that once upon a time sponsored the Free Software Foundation and
KDE resorted to defrauding its own staff in 2011 if not even earlier. Former
staff is finding out and coming to grips with it.
“There are things we cannot publicly state at this moment, but sooner or later
it will be safe to blurt them out.”The company has meanwhile lost several more
clients (the ones it openly admits losing; usually it lies about that loss or
keeps it secret for a long time… for the sake of ‘morale’). Many people,
including managers, are mortified to discover what went on. Some leave and some
are preparing to sue (albeit the company is in hiding, so it’s not easy).
Perhaps none of this should be particularly shocking. I know and I’ve seen
attrition crises in the company over the years (dating back to 2011). But this
one is different. This one the company cannot recover from and the fake
‘founder’ might even up in a jail cell. This is the first part of a series_that
we_hope_can_become_daily in the installments sense. There are things we cannot
publicly state at this moment, but sooner or later it will be safe to blurt
them out. █
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✐ Police_Out_of_Control_(or_Oversight)_–_Part_3:_Action_Fraud_and_Reports_of
Sirius_Fraud⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Fraud, Free/Libre_Software at 8:01 pm by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
Summary: Sirius_‘Open_Source’ scandals have opened a can of worms; why isn’t a
government contractor being held accountable for crimes committed against its
staff?
THE company that once upon a time sponsored the Free Software Foundation (FSF
and KDE among other things) might cease to exist any day now. In the previous
part (with_video) of this_mini-series we argued that, based on the hard
evidence, Sirius loses staff and clients rapidly. There’s almost nobody to
actually run what’s left of the company. If the company tries to recruit
people, they lack the interest. We have evidence of this too.
“As noted above, it’s relevant to Free software advocacy because what we have
here is a former FSF sponsor basically robbing (defrauding) Free software
advocates, who were exploited and subjected to “value extraction” for many
years, grossly underpaid and moreover embezzled behind their backs with a
pension that never existed.”Tomorrow morning we’ll release a video to explain
how British police is failing to respond not only to reports of a crime but
also messages from British MPs. This will lead to further escalations that
generally embarrass the system and there’s room for suspicion that the
“Establishment” (government) is using one hand to wash the other and in turn
wash the face.
This series will hopefully coincide with breakthrough in the progress sense. As
noted above, it’s relevant to Free software advocacy because what we have here
is a former FSF sponsor basically robbing (defrauding) Free software advocates,
who were exploited and subjected to “value_extraction” for many years, grossly
underpaid and moreover embezzled behind their backs with a pension that never
existed.
We’ll hopefully be able to illuminate what’s happening behind the scenes by
disclosure of some redacted communications. █
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✐ Juggling_Topics_This_Month⠀✐
Posted in Site_News at 2:34 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum c493231d83f3a65d8b0eacf526b3d16a
Topics Covered This Month
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/techrights-topics-overview.webm
Summary: Some of the topics and themes we plan to cover this week or this month
TODAY we started a number of new series ("Why_People_Everywhere_Should_Quit
YouTube", "Inside_the_Real_Linux_Foundation", and "The_End_of_Sirius_Open
Source"), adding those on top of existing and long-running ones (GitHub for two
years now and EPO for 9 years already).
“…we’re trying to take up the pace of blogging, which means more regularly
writing news/updates on strategic topics, maybe more videos, and perhaps multi-
part series that are investigatory in nature.”The video above explains the
direction and priorities not only of the site; we have IPFS, capsules, IRC and
so on. Daily Links still matter a lot as well. But we’re trying to take up the
pace of blogging, which means more regularly writing news/updates on strategic
topics, maybe more videos, and perhaps multi-part series that are investigatory
in nature. Talking to politicians and former colleagues took up a lot of time
lately, but that will pay off (deferred).
The next couple of videos will focus on YouTube and on Sirius_‘Open_Source’.
Articles about Sirius might even last until the end of this year, seeing the
pace at which things are progressing (British authorities are very slow). █
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✐ YouTube’s_New_Management:_Time’s_Up,_Start_Paying_and_Watch_Ads,_Don’t_Use
Free_Software⠀✐
Posted in Free/Libre_Software, Google, Videos at 5:31 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum 30b8c412c39299bcb12dcc6bc184dd43
For YouTube Time is Out (running out_of_time)
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/youtube-boycott-thoughts.webm
Summary: YouTube is getting very sinister very fast; we urge people to drop
YouTube, both as viewers (to the extent feasible) and as “creators” (people who
upload their work there)
THE issues with YouTube are rapidly increasing and today we started_a_series
about_it. We’re going to deal with one major issue at the time and at the end
we”ll take stock of the whole.
“This series will likely carry on every day for the coming week.”As noted
earlier today (and also in the video above), one major problem with YouTube is
that after management change it ‘wasted’ no time and immediately cracked down
on people who want an experience that works for them, including Free software
such as Invidious. This is just the start. It’ll get worse.
There’s also a lesson to be learned here about GitHub (Microsoft) hosting for
code, a lesson that wasn’t learned by enough people after the youtube-dl saga.
This series will likely carry on every day for the coming week. We have many
other issues to cover and we’ll explain why YouTube has no future (for people
who value their freedom and their work). █
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✐ Links_12/06/2023:_Linux_6.4_RC6_and_Ultramarine_Linux_38_is_Out⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 8:35 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈
§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Reviews
o New_Releases
o BSD
o Debian_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o FSF
o FSFE
o Programming/Development
# Perl_/_Raku
* Leftovers
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-04_[Older]_Linux_Weekly_Roundup
#238⠀⇛
o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_June_11th,_2023⠀⇛
This week was full of awesome releases, starting with the
long-anticipated Debian 12 “Bookworm” and openSUSE Leap
15.5 operating system, and continuing with the Firefox
114 web browser, Cinnamon 5.8 desktop environment, as
well as new KDE Frameworks and KDE Gear releases for KDE
fans.
On top of that, I give you a first look at the new
features in the upcoming Firefox 115 web browser,
Thunderbird 115 email client, and blendOS 3 immutable
distribution. Read the hottest news of this week and get
access to all the distro and package downloads in
9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for June 11th, 2023,
below.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ The TLLTS Podcast ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_The_Linux_Link_Tech
Show_Episode_1007⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-07_[Older]_FLOSS_Weekly_735:_FLOSS_Without_Borders
–_Ahmed_Sobeh,_Open_Source_in_Developing_Countries⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Debian_12_“Net_Install”_Installation
Walkthrough⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Debian_12_–_The_First_12_Things_You
Should_Do_After_Installation!⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Debian_12_“Bookworm”_is_the_Best_Release
of_Debian._Ever.⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-10_[Older]_Arrested_for_using_Linux,_Windows_11
loses_users,_Better_FOSS_Firmware_–_Linux_&_Open_Source
News⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-10_[Older]_Debian_12_First_Look_|_The_Biggest_Linux
Release_of_the_Year!_(2023)⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-10_[Older]_Linux_Package_Distribution_Model_Is
Changing⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Diablo_4_debuts_on_Steam_Deck_as_Linux
market_share_reaches_all-time_high_due_to_SteamOS!⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-09_[Older]_How_to_install_Viber_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Installation_and_First_Look_of_Garuda
MATE_Edition⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-08_[Older]_How_to_install_FlightGear_on_MX_Linux
21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Truth_Behind_Ballmer_And_“Linux_Is_A
Cancer”⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-08_[Older]_10_Ways_to_Use_the_Neofetch_Command_in
Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-08_[Older]_How_to_install_Intellij_Idea_Community
on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-08_[Older]_DEBIAN_12:_more_relevant_than_ever_as_a
Linux_desktop⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-07_[Older]_Netdata_–_A_Free_(and_Powerful)
Monitoring_Solution_for_your_Linux_Servers_(Full_Review)⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-07_[Older]_Netdata_Overview_and_Getting_Started
Guide⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-07_[Older]_Red_Hat_Unalives_LibreOffice_RPM_From
RHEL_&_Fedora⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-06_[Older]_15_LINUX_FACTS_that_your_loved_ones_will
never_tire_hearing_about⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-06_[Older]_Transferring_files_with_the_scp_Command_
(Linux_Crash_Course_Series)⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-06_[Older]_QMMP_Is_A_Modern_Cross_Platform_Winamp
Alternative⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-06_[Older]_Ubuntu_Snap_Desktop_Is_Canonical’s_Final
Form⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Legacy_Linux_Apps_Are_A_Dotfile
Nightmare⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-05_[Older]_How_to_install_the_Vivaldi_browser_on_MX
Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-04_[Older]_How_to_install_Lightworks_on_MX_Linux
21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-04_[Older]_Maybe_Linux_Isn’t_Really_About_Choice⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-04_[Older]_Brave_Browser_And_Search_Engine_Keep
Getting_Better⠀⇛
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux mailing lists ☛ Linux_6.4-rc6⠀⇛
It's Sunday afternoon, and we all know what that
means.
I don't think we've had anything hugely interesting
happen the last
week, and the whole 6.4 release really does feel
like it's going
fairly smoothly. Knock wood, famous last words, you
know the drill.
The diffstat and the commit logs all looks fairly
normal. We've got
perhaps a bit more filesystem changes than usual,
mostly due to some
xfs fixes. But even that looks larger than it is -
it's mostly due to
code movement, not because of any fundamentally big
changes per se.
There's some architecture fixes too, but most of
that is just arm64 dts files.
And the bulk of things is driver updates, with gpu
and networking
being most noticeable. As is tradition. We have
some other networking
changes outside of drivers too.
For people interested in the nitty-gritty details,
the shortlog is
appended, but nothing there looks all that
interesting. Which is
obviously just how I like it. The interesting stuff
should happen
during the merge window, and the later release
candidates should be as
boring as possible.
Linus
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Effective_Linux_Process_Management:_How_Processes_Work⠀⇛
Linux is a powerful and flexible operating system
that comes with a strong process management system
that lets users handle and make the best use of
their system’s resources. System stability,
security, and efficiency depend on knowing how
processes work and being able to manage them well.
This blog post will go into the details of Linux
process management, talking about important ideas
and methods. We will also look at how process
management fits into the larger subject of Linux
permission escalation.
# ⚓ Pocket Lint ☛ How_to_delete_or_uninstall_any_app_on_your
Chromebook [Ed: Better delete the whole OS and put proper
GNU/Linux on it instead]⠀⇛
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ The_potential_risks_of_using_
(Open)ZFS_On_Linux_with_at_least_NFS⠀⇛
With a convention NFS server filesystem stack, such
as ext4 on LVM on software RAID, everything is in
the kernel and you can ask kernel people for help,
report issues you see, and so on. If something is
going wrong that creates sub-par performance, the
kernel people will probably want to fix it. But
(Open)ZFS On Linux is outside the kernel, so Linux
kernel people have little reason to particularly
help out and ZoL people may not have the
capabilities to dig into the kernel NFS and disk IO
stacks to understand what’s going on (it’s a bit
out of scope), and even if a problem can be
identified there may not be any good fix. One
reason for this is that the actual code of ZFS On
Linux is also mostly Solaris/Illumos code, which
creates a mismatch between the kernel and ZFS (one
of the areas where this is still quite visible is
memory issues with ZFS’s ARC).
# ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ CSS!_CSS!_CSS!⠀⇛
After the first day, I was chatting about CSS in a
bar with some friends. Stephan said it’s great that
browsers are shipping so many new features, but we
need people to use them in real projects, share
their experiences in talks and articles, and show
the world what CSS is capable of.
I agree because most of us still need to understand
how groundbreaking some of these additions to the
language are. That can only change if we’re curious
and experiment, share what we’ve learned, and
discuss it, but it’s not enough to rely on people
like Stephanie Eckles, Ahmad Shadeed, Michelle
Barker, Adam Argyle, Bramus Van Damme, Una Kravets,
or Kevin Powell to do that. Especially with CSS-
Tricks dying slowly*, we need more people to give
CSS a stage.
We also agreed that we need more people to push CSS
to its limits and explore what else we can get from
Grid, custom properties, :has(), container queries,
etc., beyond the obvious use cases.
# ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ The_Last_Innings_of_Web_2.0⠀⇛
But interoperability has evolved. There are a
magnitude (or two) more programmers in the world
who want to use APIs to interact with a platform.
Platform changes and product sunsetting highlight
the stress points of these Web 2.0 companies where
users realize they can’t take their data with them.
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Install_Debian_12_Bookworm_[A_Step-by-
Step_Guide]⠀⇛
Welcome to this comprehensive guide on installing
Debian 12, the latest release codenamed Bookworm!
Debian 12 brings a multitude of enhancements,
including updated software packages, improved
hardware support, and increased stability. This
step-by-step tutorial will walk you through the
steps to install Debian 12 bookworm, ensuring a
smooth and successful setup of Debian 12 on your
system. Let’s dive in and get Debian 12 up and
running on your machine!
Wondering what’s new in Debian 12 bookworm edition?
Refer our Debian 12 Release Notes guide in the link
below. [...]
# ⚓ IT Tavern ☛ Getting_started_with_tcpdump⠀⇛
In this blog post, I assume that tcpdump is already
installed since the installation method can vary
from system to system, and basic Linux and CLI
skills already exist. I’ll try to keep it as short
as possible while providing all the necessary
information.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ 8_Mysterious_Uses_of_(!)_Operator_in_Linux
Commands⠀⇛
The ‘!’ symbol or operator in Linux can be used as
a Logical Negation operator as well as to fetch
commands from history with tweaks or to run
previously executed commands with modification.
Most of the following Linux commands usage with ‘!’
symbol can vary between different shells. While the
examples I provided are commonly used in the bash
shell, some other Linux shells may have different
implementations or may not support certain uses of
the ‘!’ symbol at all.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ IPTraf-ng_–_A_Console-Based_Network_Monitoring
Tool⠀⇛
IPTraf-ng is a console-based Linux network
statistics monitoring program that shows
information about IP traffic, which includes
information such as:
The IPTraf-ng utility can be used to find out the
type of traffic on your network, and what kind of
service is the most heavily used on what systems,
among others.
# ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Install_Debian_12_(Bookworm)_Step-by-
Step⠀⇛
# ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Upgrade_Debian_11_to_Debian_12_
(Bookworm)_via_CLI⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_How_to_Manage_Your_Docker
Containers_Easily_With_lazydocker⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Want_to_Try_Kali_Linux?
Here’s_How_to_Install_It_in_VirtualBox⠀⇛
# ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Kubernetes_networking_101:_Best_practices_and
challenges⠀⇛
Before jumping into the landscape of CNI plugins
for Kubernetes, it’s important to understand the
basic elements of Kubernetes networking. Follow
this guide to get started.
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-09_How_to_install_Viber_on_MX
Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_How_to_install
FlightGear_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_How_to_install
Intellij_Idea_Community_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_How_to_install_the
Vivaldi_browser_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-04_[Older]_How_to_install
Lightworks_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-06-10_[Older]_How_to_Fix_the_VMware
"Sound_Device_ID_Out_of_Range"_Error_on_Linux⠀⇛
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hyundai_Is_Doomed:_Porting_The_1993_Classic_To_A
Hyundai_Head_Unit⠀⇛
In the natural order of the world, porting DOOM to
any newly unlocked computing system is an absolute
given. This a rule which [greenluigi1] understands
all too well, leading to presumably the first
Hyundai to be equipped with this all-time classic
on its infotainment system. This follows hot on the
trail of re-hacking said infotainment system and a
gaggle of basic apps being developed for and run on
said head unit (being the part of the infotainment
system on the front dashboard). Although it is a
Linux-based system, this doesn’t mean that you can
just recompile DOOM for it, mostly because of the
rather proprietary system environment.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Reviews⠀➾
# ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ Review:_openSUSE_15.5_Leap⠀⇛
This release of openSUSE is relatively tame, it’s a
minor evolution from the previous 15.4 version from
last year. Which is to be expected, this release is
supposed to offer minor improvements and bug fixes,
not exciting new features. In other words, this
release does what it says on the label.
Of note, I think it’s worth pointing out both
Discover and System Settings work better on
openSUSE than most other distributions I’ve tried
recently. Both were more stable and performed
faster. In fact, the entire Plasma experience feels
a little more responsive on openSUSE than on most
other distributions I’ve tried recently.
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ Debian_12_Bookworm_Released!_Debian_12
‘Bookworm’:_A_Look_at_the_Freshly_Released_OS⠀⇛
After a development period spanning 1 year, 9
months, and 28 days, the Debian project is thrilled
to announce the release of its new stable version,
Debian 12, codenamed “bookworm” on June 10, 2023.
Yes! Debian 12 ‘Bookworm’ has been officially
released and is available to download!
Thanks to the combined efforts of the Debian
Security and the Debian Long Term Support teams,
Debian 12 “bookworm” will be supported for the next
5 years.
Debian 12 ‘Bookworm’ succeeds the stable series
Debian 11 ‘Bullseye’, which was previously released
in 2019.
# ⚓ IPFire Official Blog ☛ IPFire_2.27_–_Core_Update_175
released⠀⇛
Finally, the next update, IPFire 2.27 – Core Update
175, has been released! It updates OpenSSL to the
3.1 branch, features a kernel update as well as a
large number of package updates and a variety of
bug fixes.
Before we start talking about the changes in
detail, we would like to ask for your support. This
update has taken a lot of effort to put together
and we can’t do it without you. So please, if you
can, donate to the project helping us to put more
resources to bring you more and better updates. It
is very much appreciated by all of us here!
# ⚓ Ultramarine_Linux_38_Sets_Sail
⠀⇛
Ultramarine Linux 38 (Tortuga) is here! Let’s take
a peek at what’s new.
# ⚓ Proxmox_VE_8.0_(beta)_released!⠀⇛
#1
We are pleased to announce the first beta release
of Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.0! The 8.x family
is based on the great Debian 12 “Bookworm” and
comes with a 6.2 kernel, QEMU 8.0.2, LXC 5.0.2,
OpenZFS 2.1.11.
Note: The current release of Proxmox Virtual
Environment 8.0 is a beta version. If you test or
upgrade, make sure to first create backups of your
data. We recommend Proxmox Backup Server to do so.
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. [...]
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Debian_12_“bookworm”_released_with_Linux
kernel_6.1_and_a_new_non-free_firmware_repository⠀⇛
Debian is one of the oldest GNU/Linux
distributions, and it continues to serve as the
foundation for many other Linux-based operating
systems including Ubuntu, Kali, MX, and the
Raspberry Pi OS, among others.
The operating system is also known for emphasizing
stability over flashy new features, and it can take
a long time for new releases to arrive. Case in
point: Debian 12 “bookworm” is now available, after
nearly 20 months of development.
# ⚓ Slashdot ☛ 2023-06-11_Debian_12_‘Bookworm’_Released⠀⇛
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ 10_Things_to_Do_After_Installing_Debian_12
“Bookworm”⠀⇛
Iam sure you have already installed Debian 12
Bookworm or planning to upgrade. Debian 12 was
released on June 10, 2023, after more than a year
of development. It brings the latest packages,
upgrades and replaces some key modules as well.
If you use Debian on your laptops or desktops, here
are a few steps you might want to do after
installing or upgrading to Debian 12.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Tiny_STM32MP135_system-on-module_comes_with
up_to_512MB_RAM,_256MB_NAND_flash_or_4GB_eMMC_flash⠀⇛
MYiR provides a Linux 5.15 BSP for the module with
the source code for all drivers, U-boot, and Linux,
as well as two root file systems built with the
Yocto project: a core image without GUI, and a
full-features image.
The company also designed the MYD-YF13X development
board as an evaluation platform for the MYC-YF13X
CPU module. The carrier board brings out two
Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, RS232, RS485, and CAN
bus interfaces, USB 2.0 host and OTG interfaces, a
mini PCIe socket for 4G LTE USB modules, as well as
an LCD interface, a camera interface, an audio
jack, as well as extension headers.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Herman Õunapuu ☛ How_I_blew_up_my_backup_server_(Valve_pls
fix)⠀⇛
After trying to recover the backup server and
giving up as soon as I found that I cannot log in
as root or use sudo, I gave up on doing that over
the network and decided to get physical acccess to
the server. One reinstall and Ansible run later,
the server is okay again.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ Top_7_ways_to_fix_a_corrupted_Android_SD
card⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ How_to_use_wireless_ADB_on_your_Android
phone_or_tablet⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_to_share_your_Android_screen_on_any
device_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛
# ⚓ SlashGear ☛ How_To_Change_The_Brightness_On_Your_Android
Phone⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Central ☛ How_to_change_the_audio_output_on_Android
|_Android_Central⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Android_users_warned_over_bank_raiding_‘copycat’
apps_–_but_there’s_four_ways_you_can_protect_yourself_|_The
US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Why_Most_Android_Manufacturers_Are_Building
Their_Own_Ecosystem⠀⇛
# ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ Android_14_Beta_adds_a_handy_feature_to_make
your_battery_last_longer_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛
# ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ vivo_X90_gets_May_2023_Android_security_patch
and_camera_optimizations_with_new_software_update_–
comments⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_6_Best_Cricket_Games_for_iPhone_and
Android⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Every_Google_app_with_an_Android_tablet_UI_
[Updated]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ GTA_San_Andreas_APK_+_OBB_download_links_for
Android:_Real_mobile_game_or_fake?⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ New_Battery_Saver_feature_in_Android_14_Beta_3_could
further_extend_battery_life_on_Pixels⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § FSF⠀➾
# ⚓ Support Stallman ☛ A_Call_to_The_Community_from
Chrystalleni_Loizidou⠀⇛
by Chrystalleni Loizidou – June 2023
There is clear dissonance between the person
described in the attacks against Richard Stallman’s
character, and the Richard Stallman I know and have
been in conversation with for the last 5 years.
There is an error here that is harmful not only to
him as an individual (I am deeply saddened by this,
what a phenomenon to experience, what strange times
we live in) but is also harmful more broadly: it is
a distraction from what he stands for and the work
we must do to reverse the hold of exploitative
technologies on the future of humanity.
I call on fellow feminists not to get carried away
by aggressive and divisive defamation campaigns,
and to focus our energy against oppression where it
is really played out: in the collusion of the non-
free technology industry with the edu-war-health
industrial complex and the expansion of its
domination to nearly all aspects of life. Let wise,
kind and meaningful activism prevail.
Chrystalleni Loizidou, PhD.
Organiser of the Free/Libre Technologies, Arts and
the Commons Unconference,
an event with keynotes by Richard Stallman and
Silvia Federici,
University of Nicosia, Cyprus, 2019.
o § FSFE⠀➾
# ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_Germany:_dPhoenix_on_the_road_to
failure?⠀⇛
# ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_AI_Act_and_Interoperability_+++
Router_Freedom_Survey_+++_Podcasts,_YH4F_&_Ada⠀⇛
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-09_This_Week_in_PSC_(109)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-08_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_220:
Squareful_Arrays⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_MooseX::Extended_versus_the
debugger⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_220:
Common_Characters⠀⇛
# ⚓ Olaf Alders ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Using_Docker_to_Fix
a_Perl_5.37_Test_Failure⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-04_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_#219
–_Squaring_Up⠀⇛
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ CBC ☛ Is_map-reading_a_lost_art?_In_an_era_of_GPS,_here’s_what
map_fans_say_we’re_losing⠀⇛
In many ways, maps are more embedded in our day-to-day
lives than they’ve ever been, he said, noting how much we
all use GPS, satellite view and google maps. And in
cartography, they tend to use geographical information
systems — databases that produce dynamic maps. Online and
dynamic maps are still maps, even if you can’t hold them.
“It would be very much like saying that because we no
longer use film cameras, we’re not doing photography
anymore. In fact, we’re doing more photography,” Bevan
said.
“For sure, the map is still there, but the medium has
certainly profoundly changed.”
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Former_premier_shares_national_stage_with
comedy_legend⠀⇛
An “emperor” who transformed an Australian state and a
dame who delighted global audiences for decades are
together in lights for the King’s Birthday Honours List.
Former West Australian Liberal premier Colin Barnett and
legendary late comedian Barry Humphries are among 1191
Australians recognised.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Soccer_star_and_musical_pioneer_help_women
make_history⠀⇛
Women are at the heart of the King’s Birthday Honours
list for the first time in its history.
From artists to scientists and ex-politicians, more than
1000 Australians have been recognised, with women making
up more than 50 per cent of appointments.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_First_Search_Engines,_Built_By_Librarians⠀⇛
Before the Internet became the advertisement generator we
know and love today, interspersed with interesting
information here and there, it was originally a network
of computers largely among various universities. This was
even before the world-wide web and HTML which means that
the people using these proto-networks, mostly researchers
and other academics, had to build things we might take
for granted from the ground up. One of those was one of
the first search engines, built by the librarians who
were cataloging all of the research in their
universities, and using their relatively primitive
computer networks to store and retrieve all of this
information.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Gannett ☛ ‘Unabomber’_Theodore_Kaczynski’s_ties_to
University_of_Michigan_continued_into_prison_term⠀⇛
In 1999, U-M’s Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
announced it had reached an exclusive agreement to
receive Kaczynski’s prison correspondence. “A 5-
foot stack of hundreds of letters written by people
around the world to Kaczynski and his responses to
some of the letters” were delivered to the library
in fall 1999 after two years of negotiations, a
university spokesperson said. Kaczynski agreed to
provide the letters at no charge.
Kaczynski also tried to donate the writings left in
his Montana cabin to the university, but a 2004
federal court ruling said Kaczynski had “no right
to donate his writings” and that the government
legally possesses the papers on behalf of
Kaczynski’s victims.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ NPR ☛ To_rebuild_Notre_Dame’s_fire-ravaged_roof,_carpenters
use_centuries-old_techniques⠀⇛
At Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry
company in France’s Loire Valley — one of the two
chosen to restore the roof — you don’t hear the
whirring of electric saws. It’s the chopping of
axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees
into long, rectangular beams by hand.
Carpenter Joseph Canuel explains.
“We made cathedral roofs well before saws and
sawmills existed, and this is how it worked,” he
says. “You got the wood in the nearby forest like
we’re doing. And sure, we could easily cut these
logs into two boards, but keeping the wood fibers
the whole length of the beam gives it more
resistance.”
# ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ The_secret_driving_every_tech_innovation
in_history…_porn⠀⇛
It won’t be the first time pornography has been a
key driver of sales of new technology. Throughout
history, the adult entertainment business has been
an engine for tech innovations – from camcorders to
videocams, paywalls to better broadband speeds.
Nevertheless, it poses an awkward question for
Apple: is pornography the key to the future of a
company that prides itself on its family-friendly
image?
The importance of porn to the success of new
technologies was a phenomenon observed by the US
commentator John Tierney in 1994, the early days of
the world wide web. “Sex has had a peculiarly
creative impact on communications,” Tierney wrote.
“Sometimes the erotic has been a force driving
technological innovation; virtually always, from
Stone Age sculpture to computer bulletin boards, it
has been one of the first uses for a new medium.”
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Modern_Brownie_Camera_Talks_SD_And_WiFi⠀⇛
If you’re at all into nostalgic cameras, you’ve
certainly seen the old Brownie from Kodak. They
were everywhere, and feature an iconic look.
[JGJMatt] couldn’t help but notice that you could
easily find old ones at a good price, but finding
and developing No. 117 film these days can be
challenging. But thanks to a little 3D printing,
you can install an ESP32 camera inside and wind up
with a modern but retro-stylish camera. The new old
camera will work with a memory card or send data
over WiFi.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Time_Machine_Mk._8_Is_A_Sleek_Smartwatch
With_Retro_Styling⠀⇛
The primary purpose of a wristwatch is to tell the
time, which pretty much any watch does perfectly
fine. It’s in the aesthetics, as well as features
other than time-telling, where a watchmaker can
really make their product stand out from the rest.
Watchmaker and electronic artist [Eric Min] focused
on those two areas when he designed the Time
Machine Mk.8, which combines exquisite design with
simple, offline smartwatch functionality.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Peek_Inside_A_747_Fuel_Gauge⠀⇛
It isn’t that often that we civilians get the
chance to closely examine the fantastic internals
that make up the modern marvels of avionic
engineering. Luckily for us, [Glen] got his hands
on a 747 fuel gauge and tore it down for our
benefit. Not only does he tear it down, but he also
builds a controller to display values.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Why_understanding_how
spiders_spin_silk_may_hold_clues_for_treating_Alzheimer’s
disease⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ The_Great_Grift:_How_Billions_in
COVID-19_Relief_Aid_Was_Stolen_or_Wasted⠀⇛
An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters
potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-
19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted
or misspent. Combined, the loss represents 10% of
the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has so far
disbursed in COVID relief aid.
# ⚓ Connor Tumbleson ☛ Superfund_Sites⠀⇛
So for those unaware Superfund is the informal term
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). This in
basic English means the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) may identify and clean up contaminated
sites – while finding and forcing the associated
party to pay or clean it up themselves.
So lets turn back the clock and see why this
started and some of the big reasons it began.
# ⚓ 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%.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China’s_Covid-positive_test_rate_jumped
to_40%_in_May,_neared_end-2022_peak⠀⇛
The country also reported 164 deaths in May among
those who contracted Covid-19, out of 2,777 severe
infections.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Part_of_social_security_could_go_to_health
insurance_in_Latvia⠀⇛
In the future, part of social security
contributions to the state budget could be paid
into a person’s health insurance, Latvian
Television reported on June 11.
# ⚓ Steve_Kirsch:_From_anti-COVID_vaccine_to_irredeemably
bonkers_antivax⠀⇛
One consistent theme that I’ve been harping on
since COVID-19 vaccines were granted emergency use
authorization (EUA) by the FDA in December 2020,
thus sparking a tsunami of antivaccine conspiracy
mongering far beyond anything seen before the
pandemic, it’s that everything old is new again in
terms of the claims made by antivaxxers spreading
misinformation. Basically, very old antivax tropes
were rapidly repurposed to be wielded against the
new COVID-19 vaccines, examples including:
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Characterizing_Singular_Atoms_Using_X-Ray
Spectroscopy_And_Scanning_Tunneling_Microscopy⠀⇛
Scanning Tunneling Microscopes (STMs) are amazing
tools which can manipulate singular atoms, but they
cannot characterize these atoms as they act only on
the outer electron shell. Meanwhile X-ray
spectroscopy is a great tool for characterizing
materials, but has so far been unable to scale down
to singular atoms. This is where a recent study
(paywalled, see summary article) by Tolulope M.
Ajayi and colleagues demonstrates how both STM and
X-rays can be combined in order to characterize
singular atoms.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Business Insider ☛ A_Microsoft_worker_who_successfully
unionized_sees_a_‘wave_of_labor_organizing_that_will_take
over_the_country.’⠀⇛
That’s according to Skylar Hinnant, a senior QA
tester at Microsoft’s ZeniMax, who supported a
successful union campaign at the gaming unit of the
software giant.
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_British
Cybersecurity_Agency_urges_vigilance_as_major_companies_fall
victim_to_software_hack⠀⇛
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Twitter_reportedly_refusing_to_pay_Google
Cloud_bills⠀⇛
The report comes from Platformer, which said today
that Twitter recently refused to pay Google Cloud
ahead of its June 30 cloud contract renewal data.
Back in 2018, Twitter signed a $1 billion multiyear
contract to host some of its services on Google
Cloud, but is now said to be rushing to move those
services back onto its own, on-premises data center
infrastructure before the contract expires.
However, Platformer says the effort is running
behind schedule, and could lead to some of its
moderation tools, such as Smyte, which Twitter
acquired in 2018, going offline.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ Russian_[crackers]_claim_responsibility_for_theft_of
data_from_Australian_bond_broker_FIIG⠀⇛
Russian cybercriminal group AlphV, also known as
BlackCat, has claimed responsibility for the
attack, posting to the dark web what appears to be
evidence of drivers licences, passports and reports
stolen from the broker.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_How_a_carmaker’s_mistake_created
the_ultimate_internet_challenge⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_VMware_Releases_Security_Update
for_Aria_Operations_for_Networks⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_VMware_Releases_Security_Update
for_Aria_Operations_for_Networks⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_CISA_Releases_Two_Industrial
Control_Systems_Advisories⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Atlas_Copco_Power_Focus_6000⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Sensormatic_Electronics_Illustra
Pro_Gen_4⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_CISA_Adds_One_Known_Exploited
Vulnerability_to_Catalog⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_CISA_and_FBI_Release
#StopRansomware:_CL0P_Ransomware_Gang_Exploits_MOVEit
Vulnerability⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_CISA_and_Partners_Release_Joint
Guide_to_Securing_Remote_Access_Software⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_CISA_Releases_Two_Industrial
Control_Systems_Advisories⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_Delta_Electronics_CNCSoft-
B_DOPSoft⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_Mitsubishi_Electric_MELSEC_iQ-
R_Series/iQ-F_Series⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_CISA_Adds_Two_Known_Exploited
Vulnerabilities_to_Catalog⠀⇛
# ⚓ Computer Weekly ☛ Bishop_Fox’s_Vinnie_Liu_talks_offensive
security_skills
⠀⇛
There is growing demand for offensive security
testing, but it needs a multi-layered skillset that
can be hard to quantify. Bishop Fox’s CEO and co-
founder explains why and some potential mitigation
strategies
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Singapore_regulator_decision_reminds
entities_of_duty_to_monitor_vendors⠀⇛
On May 11, the Singapore Personal Data Protection
Commission (PDPC) issued a decision involving
Kingsforce Management Services Pte Ltd.
On January 31, 2022, the firm had notified the PDPC
that on or about December 27, 2021, data from its
jobseeker database had been seen for sale on
RAIDForums. According to the decision released by
the PDPC, that database held approximately 54,900
jobseeker datasets, comprising name, address, email
address, telephone number, date of birth, job
qualifications, last and expected salary, highest
qualification, and other data related to job
searches.
Outdated website coding technology, with critical
vulnerabilities, was determined by external
investigators to be the cause of the Incident.
# ⚓ Two_arrested_following_warrants_as_part_of_cyber
investigation⠀⇛
Two people have been arrested in connection with an
investigation into cyber offences following
warrants executed yesterday (8/6).
A 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, both
from Camarthenshire, were arrested after South East
Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) officers
carried out warrants at addresses in Bletchley,
Buckinghamshire and Newcastle Emlyn, Wales.
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Ukrainian_hackers_take_down_service
provider_for_Russian_banks⠀⇛
A group of Ukrainian hackers known as the
Cyber.Anarchy.Squad claimed an attack that took
down Russian telecom provider Infotel JSC on
Thursday evening.
Among other things, Moscow-based Infotel provides
connectivity services between the Russian Central
Bank and other Russian banks, online stores, and
credit institutions.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_No,_Arms_Dealers
Don’t_Count_as_“Environmentally_and_Socially_Responsible”
Investments⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_The_microchip
industry_would_implode_if_China_invaded_Taiwan,_and_it_would
affect_everyone⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_How_to_Blow_up_a
Pipeline:_An_Interview_with_Director_Daniel_Goldhaber⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_South_Korea_hopes_to
win_UN_Security_Council_seat⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_EU_eyes_greater_Asia
security_role_amid_China_tensions⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_British
ministers_attend_IISS_Shangri-La_Dialogue_to_promote_security
in_the_Indo-Pacific⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gannett ☛ People_with_Nazi_flags,_signs_supporting_Florida
Gov._DeSantis_gathered_outside_Disney_World⠀⇛
Multiple people waved red and black flags with
swastikas, and at least one person held a poster of
DeSantis, according to photos and videos
circulating on social media and obtained by USA
Today.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim_vows_to_‘hold_hands’
with_Putin_for_strategic_cooperation⠀⇛
Kim made the pledge in a message to Putin marking
Russia’s National Day.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UN_Chief_Condemns_Attack_on_Peacekeepers_in
Mali⠀⇛
“…attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may
constitute war crimes under international law…”
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ J4S:_WaPo_Nord_Stream,_Ukraine_and
Nuclear_War_(w/_Ray_McGovern)⠀⇛
Joining co-hosts Max Jones and Diego Ramos
this week is Ray McGovern.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Two_drones_crash_in_Russia’s_Kaluga_region_—
Meduza⠀⇛
On June 11, two drones crashed in Russia’s
Kaluga region, reported the region’s governor
Vladislav Shapsha.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_military_reports_liberating
village_of_Blahodatne_in_Donetsk_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The village of Blahodatne in the Donetsk
region has been liberated by the 68th
Separate Jaeger Brigade “Oleksa Dovbush” and
other units of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Explosion_reported_on_railway_tracks_in
Crimea_—_Meduza⠀⇛
In Crimea’s Kirovske region, railway traffic
was suspended after damage to the railway
tracks, reported Sergey Aksyonov, the
Kremlin-appointed governor of annexed Crimea.
According to him, there were no casualties.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Catastrophe_in_Kherson_Ukraine’s_rescue
operations_and_the_aftermath_of_the_Kakhovka_dam
disaster._In_photos._—_Meduza⠀⇛
Since the Kakhovka dam collapsed on June 6,
Ukraine has been working to rescue residents
from flooded parts of Ukraine’s Kherson and
Mykolaiv regions. More than 70 settlements
and thousands of homes are estimated to be
located downstream from the Kakhovka HPP.
Thousands of local residents have already
been evacuated. According to reports by both
the Ukrainian authorities and the Russian
occupation authorities, at least 13 people
have died in the flooding. Volunteers who
have evacuated residents from Russian-
occupied territory estimate that the number
of dead is actually much higher. The dam
breach has also caused an ecological
catastrophe, which could lead to (or may have
already led to) a mass death of animals.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_places_flooded_city_of_Hola_Prystan
under_quarantine_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian forces have decided to place the
flooded city of Hola Prystan under
quarantine, Ukrainian volunteers told Meduza.
The city is located in the part of the
Kherson region controlled by Russia.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_forces_attack_evacuation_boat_in
Kherson,_killing_three_and_injuring_at_least_20_—
Meduza⠀⇛
The Head of the Office of the President of
Ukraine Andriy Yermak said that the Russian
military fired at a boat evacuating civilians
from the Russian-controlled left bank of the
Dnipro River in the Kherson region. According
to Yermak, the civilians were able to reach
the city of Kherson, which is controlled by
Ukrainian forces.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland,_Nato_allies_monitor_Russian_air
activity_in_the_Finnish_Gulf⠀⇛
Several Russian planes flew over the Baltic
Sea and the Gulf of Finland this week,
according to the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF).
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Citizen_Detained_In_Moscow_On_Drug
Charges⠀⇛
A Moscow court has detained a U.S. citizen on
charges of drug trafficking, Russian media
reported.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Wagner_Founder_Rebuffs_Order
Requiring_Contract_With_Russia’s_Defense_Ministry⠀⇛
Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the
private military force, said he would not
comply with an order that would require it to
sign a formal contract with Russia’s defense
ministry by July 1.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_U.S._Citizen_Has_Been_Arrested_in
Russia,_State_Department_Says⠀⇛
The man, Michael Travis Leake, has been
accused of drug trafficking, according to
Russian state media.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistan_Receives_First_Ever_Russian_Crude
Oil_As_Moscow_Seeks_New_Energy_Markets⠀⇛
Pakistan has received its first ever cargo of
Russian crude oil as Moscow seeks out new
markets in Asia amid Western sanctions.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ NATO_Begins_Unprecedented_Air_Drill_In_‘Show
Of_Strength’⠀⇛
NATO will begin the largest air-force-
deployment exercise in Europe in the
alliance’s history on June 12 in a display of
unity toward partners and potential threats
such as Russia.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistan_PM_Says_First_Discounted_Russian
Crude-Oil_Cargo_Arrives_In_Karachi⠀⇛
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says
the first cargo of discounted Russian crude
oil arranged under a new deal struck between
Islamabad and Moscow has arrived in Karachi.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ German_Shepherd_wounded_on_front_lines_in
Ukraine_gets_new_start_with_Hungarian_police⠀⇛
A German Shepherd who was severely wounded
during a rocket attack on the front lines in
Ukraine is starting a new life working with a
Hungarian police department.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russia’s_failing_Ukraine_invasion
is_exposing_Putin’s_many_weaknesses⠀⇛
Vladimir Putin’s disastrous invasion of
Ukraine is exposing all of his personal
weaknesses as a ruler and casting an
unforgiving light on the extensive damage he
has done to Russia, writes Anders Åslund.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine’s_counteroffensive_will
likely_create_new_reintegration_challenges⠀⇛
If Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive is
successful, Kyiv will be faced with the
significant challenge of reintegrating
communities that have lived under Russian
occupation for extended periods, writes Lesia
Dubenko.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_NATO_to_begin_largest-ever
European_air_drill_in_‘show_of_strength’⠀⇛
NATO will launch its largest-ever aerial
drill in Europe on Monday, coordinated by
Germany, in a show of unity from the military
alliance against potential threats – notably
from Russia. Ukraine said on Sunday it
had made territorial advances on three
villages in its southeast, marking the first
liberated settlements since its military
launched a counteroffensive this past
week. Follow our live blog for the latest
updates on the war in Ukraine. All times are
Paris time (GMT+2).
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Why_the_Red_Cross’_crisis_is_causing_aid
groups_to_rethink_their_financing⠀⇛
The International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) last month announced it would lay off
nearly 10 percent of its global staff and
roll back dozens of its operations across the
world. Although the ICRC’s crisis can partly
be blamed on the war in Ukraine and resulting
inflation, it also reflects a much more
worrying problem plaguing the world’s
humanitarian aid groups: with the world more
in need of humanitarian action than ever
before, donations are failing to keep up with
demand.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_officials:_Ukraine_dam_destruction
severely_worsens_humanitarian_crisis⠀⇛
The United Nations secretary general for
humanitarian affairs said in a series of UN
reports on Friday that Ukraine’s humanitarian
crisis has been made severely worse by the
Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant’s
destruction.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Says_It_Retook_Two_Villages_As
Counteroffensive_Gathers_Steam⠀⇛
Ukrainian forces claim to have retaken two
villages in the Donetsk region as a days-old
counteroffensive to push Russian forces out
of the country gathers steam.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Wagner_Chief_Refuses_To_Obey_Decree_In_Latest
Spat_With_Russian_Defense_Minister⠀⇛
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the
notorious Wagner mercenary group, said he
will not obey a new Russian Defense Ministry
decree obliging all volunteer formations to
sign a contract directly with the ministry in
his latest spat with the nation’s military
leadership.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Tourists_Avoid_Crimea_Once_Again_As
War_Takes_Toll_On_Local_Economy⠀⇛
Russian tourists are expected to skip Crimea
for the second year in a row as Moscow’s
invasion of Ukraine takes its toll on the
Black Sea peninsula’s economy.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ France_Warns_Iran_On_Drone_Deliveries_To
Russia⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron warned
Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on June 10
about the consequences of delivering drones
to Russia,
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Claims_First_Gains,_if
Slight,_in_Counteroffensive⠀⇛
Three small settlements in the eastern region
of Donetsk have been taken back from Russian
occupiers, Ukrainian officials say.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Dam_Destruction_Threatens
Those_Upstream,_Too⠀⇛
A disaster unfolds in slow motion after an
explosion destroyed the dam at the Kakhovka
Reservoir, emptying its waters and
threatening livelihoods and crucial
industries.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Iceland_suspends_Moscow_embassy_and_requests
Russia_limit_Reykjavik_embassy⠀⇛
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland
announced on Friday that it will suspend
operations of its embassy in Moscow starting
August 1, 2023.
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Ukraine_updates:
Zelenskyy_calls_for_Russia_to_be_held_accountable⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_DOJ_charges_Russian
nationals_with_laundering_bitcoin_in_2011_Mt._Gox
hack⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-03_[Older]_Russian_wineries
maintain_production_despite_EU_sanctions⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-04_[Older]_Sanctions
against_Russia_like_a_“tiger_without_fangs”⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Ukraine_updates:
Russia_says_attack_in_Donetsk_thwarted⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Russian_TV_and
radio_stations_hacked_with_fake_Putin_message⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Pistorius:
Russian_arms_for_India_not_in_German_interests⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Russian_authorities_detain
suspect_over_St._Petersburg_cafe_blast⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_The_China-
Central_Asia_Summit_Downsizes_Russian_Role_in_the
Region⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_South_Korea
scrambles_jets_after_Russia,_China_incursion⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_Judges_slam
Russia_over_Navalny_poisoning_probe_failings⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_What_to_know_about_the_major
dam_destruction_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_Cologne_court
fines_pro-Russia_Ukrainian_in_Germany⠀⇛
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_Top_Russian_Human_Rights
Defender_on_Trial⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Putin_claims_Russia_is
heading_off_Ukraine’s_counteroffensive,_but_little
evidence_to_show_advance_is_failing⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_Russian_authorities_detain
suspect_over_St._Petersburg_cafe_blast⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_How_Russia’s_War
in_Ukraine_Has_Created_A_War_on_Nature_and_Killed
Environmental_Policy_Reforms⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Why_the_Ukraine_dam
destruction_is_a_massive_disaster_—_now_and_in_the
future⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Polish
militants_join_armored_assaults_into_Russian
Territory⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Conflict,
Migration_and_Demography_in_Russia_and_Its_Border
Regions⠀⇛
# ⚓ Truthdig ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Fighting_the_Patriarchy
in_Mother_Russia⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Cuba_Counts_On
Russia’s_Economic_Support⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Saudi-Russian
concord_at_OPEC+⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_South_Africa
Values_its_Relations_with_Russia_and_BRICS⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-06-10_[Older]_A_guide_to_understanding_the
Ukrainian_counteroffensive⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-10_[Older]_Kherson_flooded:
Rescues_continue_under_Russian_fire⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-10_[Older]_Why_the_Rest_of
the_World_Has_Not_Aligned_with_the_West_Against
Russia⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-10_[Older]_Why_the_Rest_of
the_World_Has_Not_Aligned_with_the_West_Against
Russia⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-10_[Older]_Kherson_flooded:
Rescues_continue_under_Russian_fire⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Russia-Africa
Cooperation_Still_Faces_Policy_Approach_and_Financing
Challenges⠀⇛
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Ukraine_journalists_say
opaque_accreditation_process_hampers_war_coverage⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Hundreds_of_Ukrainian
refugees_arrive_in_the_Netherlands_per_week,_but_influx
levels_off⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-10_[Older]_Kakhovka_Dam
breach:_The_partners_assigned_Ukraine_the_role_of_a
“kamikaze”_country⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-10_[Older]_White_House
anxiously_watches_Ukraine’s_counteroffensive_-Biden’s
reputation_at_stake⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-06-10_[Older]_Amsterdam_museum_must
return_Crimean_art_treasures_to_Ukraine,_Supreme_Court
rules⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_How_US_weapons
firms_influence_the_Ukraine_debate⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Russo-Ukrainian
War_and_the_Indigenous_Arctic_Population’s_Human
Security⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_A_War_Long_Wanted:
Diplomatic_Malpractice_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Annals_of_the
Ukraine_War:_Year_Two⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Volodia_Artiukh_on
the_Ukraine_War⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Ukraine’s
Zaporizhzhia_power_plant_is_not_at_risk_for_now⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]
Ukraine_dam_collapse_may_poison_Black_Sea,_affect_the
world,_claims_Zelenskiy⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Local SE ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Ukrainian_soldiers
trained_at_secret_locations_in_Sweden⠀⇛
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_Donald_Trump_and_Reality_Winner_Have
in_Common⠀⇛
Perhaps the most famous defendant sent to prison by
federal prosecutors with violating the Espionage
Act while Mr. Trump was president is Reality
Winner, an Air Force veteran who was working for a
military contractor when, not long after Mr. Trump
became president, she printed out a single
classified document, took it home and mailed it to
the news website The Intercept. The report, which
was classified top secret, stated that Russian
hackers had gained access to voter registration
rolls during the 2016 election. She was charged by
federal prosecutors with a violation of the
Espionage Act and, after pleading guilty to a
single count of unauthorized transmission of
national defense information, was sentenced to 63
months in prison.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ False_Info,_Faked_Documents_Disqualify_A_Chinese
Company_From_Building_A_Tunnel_In_Bosnia⠀⇛
A Chinese company was disqualified from
participating in a major infrastructure project in
Bosnia-Herzegovina after it submitted false
documents and incorrect information in its bid to
build a key tunnel in the country’s mountainous
south.
Autoceste — the state highway company that vetted
contracts for the project — told RFE/RL’s Balkan
Service that the Gezhouba Group submitted incorrect
and doctored documents in its offer to construct
the 11-kilometer Prenj tunnel, a crucial part in
the construction of a new highway across the Balkan
country of some 3.48 million people.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Foreign Policy ☛ Ukrainians_Are_Accusing_Russia_of_Ecocide.
What_Does_That_Mean?⠀⇛
“Brutal ecocide,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky tweeted on Tuesday in reference to the
explosion, also calling it an act of “Russian
aggression,” a “war crime,” and “an act of
terrorism.” Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office has
launched an ecocide probe into the effects of the
dam’s destruction, and climate activist Greta
Thunberg is using the same term to describe the
event. This is not the first time Ukrainians have
used the term to describe Russian actions: Ecocide
gained traction earlier this year when Ukraine
hosted a panel on “prosecuting environmental war
crimes” at the United for Justice conference in
March.
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_New_York_air_pollution:
How_to_protect_yourself_from_smoke⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_How_to_build_a_box_fan_air
filter_to_escape_the_Canada_wildfire_smoke⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_How_to_understand_the_Air
Quality_Index⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Germany_records_580
offenses_committed_by_climate_activist_group⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Greta_Thunberg’s_school
climate_strikes_come_to_an_end_after_251_weeks⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Requiem_for_Our_Species⠀⇛
The effects of the climate crisis intrude with
increasing regularity into our lives and yet we do
not act. We are as paralyzed as past civilizations
were when facing catastrophic destruction.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ [Cryptocurrency]‘s_insecurity_complex⠀⇛
This past week, the SEC filed lawsuits
against Binance and Coinbase, the largest
cryptocurrency exchanges in the world by
volume. In considerable part, the SEC’s
actions against Coinbase hinge what on
cryptocurrencies actually are. Gensler has
frequently said that the vast majority of
cryptocurrencies are, in fact, unregulated
securities that his agency should have
authority over. Accordingly, the SEC has
accused Binance and Coinbase of operating
illegally as unregistered brokers, exchanges,
and clearinghouses for securities.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Crocodile’s
‘virgin_birth’_is_a_first_for_science’s_history_books⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Children_ate_cassava_flour,
berries_during_40_days_in_Amazon_jungle_after_plane
crash⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ ‘I_made_a_pilgrimage_to_see
Britain’s_greatest_trees_–_all_2,700_of_them’⠀⇛
Martin Hügi is a man on a pilgrimage – he is
walking from Land’s End to John O’Groats,
visiting (at least) 2,700 trees on the
Ancient Tree Inventory (ATI) – on the way.
He’s just turned 50 and the somewhat indirect
route he is taking – which spans 2,077 miles
– took a year to plan.
Over the past 10,000 years the world has lost
half of its forest, and most of that went in
the previous century. The UK is relatively
rich in ancient trees, but, says Hügi, we
take them for granted and they are not well
enough protected, if at all.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Former
JPMorgan_Executive_Staley_Rejects_Bank’s_Jeffrey_Epstein
Accusations⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Turkey’s_Erdogan
appoints_Wall_Street_veteran_to_head_central_bank⠀⇛
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Housing_affordability,_access,_top
concerns_amid_crisis⠀⇛
Finding adequate housing is one of the top
challenges for disadvantaged Australians as
concerns about affordability highlight a backward
trend for the nation’s most disadvantaged.
Getting access to shelter with basic utilities has
become harder in most states and territories except
Victoria, with Tasmania, Queensland and South
Australia ranking lowest on the latest social
progress index in terms of shelter.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Greens_call_for_tighter
windfall_tax_on_oil_and_gas_companies⠀⇛
# ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Caroline_Lucas_will_not
re-stand_in_next_General_Election_–_Green_Party_statement⠀⇛
# ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-06-10_[Older]_Influence_of_intelligence_in
Turkey’s_foreign_policy⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_View_Turkey’s_Life
Following_the_2023_Elections⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Who_is_Alexander_Soros?_George_Soros
hands_over_$25_billion_empire_to_his_‘more_political’_son⠀⇛
Billionaire investor and liberal donor George Soros
has handed over his multi-billion-dollar foundation
to his son, Alexander Soros, who will now run his
father’s philanthropic enterprise. Back in 1992,
the now 92-year-old financier notably made $1
billion after betting against the British pound and
“breaking the Bank of England.” He had previously
claimed he does not wish to hand over his Open
Society Foundations (OSF) to any of his five
children.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ George_Soros_cedes_control_of_empire
to_a_younger_son⠀⇛
Billionaire investor turned philanthropist George
Soros is reportedly ceding control of his empire to
a younger son, Alexander Soros.
Soros’ $US25 billion ($A37 billion) in business
holdings include his nonprofit Open Society
Foundations, which is active in more than 120
countries.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Trump’s_survive-the-unsurvivable_plan⠀⇛
Never in the history of American politics has one
man survived and even thrived off more terrible
news than Donald_Trump.
Why it matters: The former president has racked up
impeachments, investigations, and indictments at a
pace never seen in America. Yet he persists — and
often comes out stronger.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Montenegro’s_Europe_Now_Movement_Wins_Snap_Vote,
According_To_Preliminary_Results⠀⇛
Montenegro’s Europe Now Movement (PES) won 25.7
percent of votes in a snap election on June 11,
according to preliminary results communicated by
the Center for Monitoring and Research (CEMI)
pollster on the basis of a projection of results
from a sample of polling stations.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Montenegro’s_Europe_Now_Movement_Expected_To_Win
Snap_Vote,_Polling_Shows⠀⇛
Montenegro’s Europe Now Movement (PES) won 25.5
percent of votes in a snap election on June 11, the
Center for Monitoring and Research (CEMI) pollster
said on the basis of a projection of results from a
sample of polling stations.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_Ex-ByteDance_Exec_Claims
TikTok_Gave_Communist_Party_‘God_User’_Status⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_NYC_sues_Hyundai_for
negligence_in_wake_of_TikTok_car_thefts⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_EU_Demands_Facebook,
TikTok,_and_Google_Start_Labeling_AI_Content_to_Fight
Deepfakes⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_YouTube
‘Reckless’_to_Stop_Policing_False_Claims_on_Election
Fraud_-Biden_Campaign⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meta_Plans_Big_For_AI_But_Employees’_Confidence_In
Mark_Zuckerberg’s_Leadership_Is_Declining:_Survey⠀⇛
An internal survey conducted by the Meta
revealed that only 26 per cent of employees
who responded have faith in the leadership.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_Philly
Cops_Fired_Over_Offensive_Facebook_Posts_Can_Pursue
First_Amendment_Claim,_Court_Rules⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_Facebook’s_Supreme_Court
Receives_an_Appeal_Every_24_Seconds⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_Watch_Mark_Get_Zucked_to
the_Mat_in_Recent_Jiu-Jitsu_Match⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]
Recalled_Pillows_Linked_to_10_Infant_Deaths_Still_Being
Sold_on_Facebook_Marketplace,_US_Agency_Says⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Instagram_Bans,_Unbans
Facebook_Critic,_and_It_Won’t_Say_Why⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Do_You_Have_Video_of
Mark_Zuckerberg_Getting_Choked_Out?⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Los
Angeles_County_DA’s_Office_Quits_Twitter_Due_to_Barrage
of_‘Vicious’_Homophobic_Attacks⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Linda_Yaccarino_Takes
Over_Hot_Mess_Twitter_as_Ad_Revenue_Plunges⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-06-09_[Older]_After_oil_exec_named_COP28
president,_fake_accounts_rally_to_his_defence⠀⇛
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_UK
Government_appoints_Director_for_Freedom_of_Speech_and
Academic_Freedom⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Their_Reports_About_a_Woman’s_Death_Set
Off_a_Revolt._Iran_Put_Them_on_Trial.⠀⇛
The protests, which lasted for months, have long
since fizzled, dispelled by a violent government
crackdown that killed at least 573 people,
according to human rights groups. But for many of
those involved, an official reckoning goes on: The
authorities have executed seven protesters, and at
least eight more are on death row. At least 95
journalists have been arrested, according to the
Committee to Protect Journalists.
# ⚓ Faculty Focus ☛ The_Censored_and_the_Curious:_Using_Banned
Books_to_Foster_Connections_and_Critical_Thinking_in
Freshmen⠀⇛
Freshmen often have not yet decided what their
major would be, nor should they! Having an
opportunity to explore interests without yet being
pigeonholed into one discipline can be an important
and sometimes life-altering experience. Our class,
“Banned Books and School Policy,” related to
education, of course, but also touched on
sociology, political science, history, English
literature, religion, and public policy. This
allowed students with varied interests to hear each
other interact in a way they might not again get
the chance to. When a history major and a religious
studies major read the same homework assignment,
they bring different perspectives to the reading,
and therefore illuminate the subsequent class
discussions that benefit from heterogeneous
viewpoints.
# ⚓ SCMP ☛ Hot_Topics:_Hong_Kong_public_libraries_are_clearing
shelves_of_sensitive_books_–_here’s_why_some_are_worried⠀⇛
The Post checked with 29 stores and found that
books about Tiananmen Square crackdown were not
available
Libraries’ action to remove titles that may violate
national security law has caused fear among readers
and the publishing industry
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Newspapers_Printed_Unabomber’s_Manifesto
in_1995._It’s_Still_Fiercely_Debated.⠀⇛
The manifesto provided critical clues to his
identity, and six months and two weeks later, the
Unabomber — Theodore Kaczynski, who died in a
federal prison cell on Saturday — was captured. But
to many in the profession, acceding to Mr.
Kaczynski’s demands set a terrible precedent,
undermining journalistic independence and doing the
bidding of law enforcement.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ Salon ☛ AI_and_the_threat_of_“human_extinction”:_What_are
the_tech-bros_worried_about?_It’s_not_you_and_me⠀⇛
What should you make of it? A full dissection of
the issue — showing, for example, that such
statements distract from the many serious harms
that AI companies have already caused — would
require more time and space than I have here. For
now, it’s worth taking a closer look at what
exactly the word “extinction” means, because the
sort of extinction that some notable signatories
believe we must avoid at all costs isn’t what most
people have in mind when they hear the word.
Understanding this is a two-step process. First, we
need to make sense of what’s behind this statement.
The short answer concerns a cluster of ideologies
that Dr. Timnit Gebru and I have called the
“TESCREAL bundle.” The term is admittedly clunky,
but the concept couldn’t be more important, because
this bundle of overlapping movements and ideologies
has become hugely influential among the tech elite.
And since society is being shaped in profound ways
by the unilateral decisions of these unelected
oligarchs, the bundle is thus having a huge impact
on the world more generally.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Estonia_may_become_first_Baltic_country_to_legalise
same-sex_marriage._Interview_with_president_of_Estonian
parliament⠀⇛
Estonia may become the first Baltic country to
legalise same-sex marriages. According to Lauri
Hussar, the newly elected president of the
parliament, the changes are the result of a more
united country. In an exclusive interview with LRT,
Hussar discusses the same-sex legalisation law, the
future of digital Estonia, and Russia;s threats to
the Baltic states.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_Sisvel_announces
standard-essential_patent_license_agreement_with
Microsoft_covering_5G-capable_Surface_devices:_first_
(known)_‘blue_chip’_licensee_of_new_program⠀⇛
# ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-06-08_[Older]_Intellectual
Ventures_sues_Volvo_over_patents_on_day_of_infringement
notice,_points_Western_District_of_Texas_to_overlap
with_General_Motors_litigation [Ed: Microsoft_shill_
(Florian) on Microsoft’s troll Intellectual_Ventures]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-06-07_[Older]_Nokia_obtained
patent_injunctions_against_12_German_resellers_of_OPPO,
OnePlus_devices:_Mannheim_Regional_Court [Ed: Microsoft
shill_(Florian) again Microsoft’s_troll/patent_proxy
Nokia]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-06-06_[Older]_Smartphone_maker
vivo_exits_German_market_after_Nokia_starts_enforcement
of_standard-essential_patent_injunction [Ed: Legacy of
Microsoft proxies]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-06-04_[Older]_EU-only_SEP
register_can’t_serve_as_basis_for_global_FRAND
determinations:_proposed_EU_regulation_on_standard-
essential_patents_suffers_from_incongruent_provisions
[Ed: More Microsoft lobbying from him]⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_USPTO_Program_on_Relationship
between_IP_and_Climate_Change_Innovation [Ed: Grotesque
greenwashing of monopolies]⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_USPTO_WE_Event_on_Addressing
Global_Challenges⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Webinar_on_Attracting_and_Winning
New_Clients [Ed: Monopoly front groups shilling their
"services" ]⠀⇛
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-06-05_[Older]_Shape_trade_marks:
Italian_Supreme_Court_confirms_that_Tic_Tac_box_shape
is_a_yes⠀⇛
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Plagiarism_Engine:_Google’s_Content-
Swiping_AI_Could_Break_the_Internet⠀⇛
Even worse, the answers in Google’s SGE boxes
are frequently plagiarized, often word-for-
word, from the related links. Depending on
what you search for, you may find a paragraph
taken from just one source or get a whole
bunch of sentences and factoids from
different articles mashed together into a
plagiarism stew.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Science
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
# Software_Releases/Announcements
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ Funeral_For_a_Friend_–_Casually_Dressed_&_Deep_In
Conversation⠀⇛
I’ve talked about this album a lot. Every now and
again I’ll feel in the mood to just be 12 again:
sad confused and angry.
Disclaimer: This kinda got away from me! Bare with
what is basically a listen along once I get into
the song breakdowns. I highly recommend listening
along if you want to! Back to the gemlog!
# ⚓ Introduction_to_the_series_(no_album)⠀⇛
The CS nerd in me is sad number 0 isn’t an actual
entry. But I figure this requires its own
introduction!
For the longest time I have considered a few albums
I love “perfect”. A perfect album to me is one I
can press play on and I never get bored, tired, or
that urge to “ugh let me skip this track” (cough
uncough Drive by Incubus). But especially those
that once I start listening I can’t stop. I just
want to keep listening or if a track comes on I
have to just continue forward. That doesn’t
necessarily mean they have to be “album albums”
where they require that context and ordering – but
just an overall solid album through and through!
# ⚓ the_art_of_letting_go⠀⇛
late at night, i’m the most productive. and when
you used to be able to smoke inside, writing,
smoking, and drinking is probably the best
combination for successful prose on paper since
liber and mercury bestowed us with their gifts. but
even still, there is not much cooler a vibe than a
writer at the end of the bar at a local pub,
scribbling in a notebook in between sips of their
beverage of choice—and it does say a lot about
them, doesn’t it?
a pint: probably a more lover of language who
writes for the hell of it. a dirty martini: some
emotions are a bit built up in that one, there. an
old-fashioned: who are you kidding? i see
~bartender shaking his head; i must’ve gotten that
all wrong, but generalizations are more fun to
write.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Problematic_Monoculture_Reductivism_in_Literary_Analysis⠀⇛
In reading opinions of literary analysis, I
sometimes come across large sweeping claims with
little justification. Statements such as “Western
stories focus on a singular power fantasy hero,
while Eastern stories focus on unity to overcome
threats.” Usually they try to tie this in as a
cultural analysis.
They’ll point to examples like *John Wick* to
demonstrate their idea of Western stories, then
*Sailor Moon* for Eastern stories. This ends up
painting the stories of both cultures as one
singular idea. It over-simplifies to a point where
the the nuances of the cultures are ignored for the
sake of the author’s thesis statement.
# ⚓ the_little_things⠀⇛
i tend to speak very openly about my mental health.
about three to four years ago, i was at my absolute
worst. i got stuck in really dangerous thought
patterns, things like “if i were to jump out this
window then i could knock myself out for a week at
least at best”. i was fortunate enough to (almost)
never pull through with these ideas and sought help
when i was at my lowest. within two weeks i got a
first appointment with a psychotherapist in
training. preliminary diagnosis: f32.1 moderate
depressive episode. five months later i found
myself in group therapy. i filled out a
questionnaire at the beginning of every session
which had me reflecting on my mental state of the
past two weeks. the result was a score
representative of the severity of my depression.
before my first session i got a score of 33 out of
63, thinking it wasn’t that bad. we weren’t given
the scale until late into therapy where we had the
opportunity to look at our past scores and reflect
on our mental growth. as it turned out, a score of
29 and above is classified as a severe depressive
episode. it hadn’t dawned on me just how messed up
my mind was until then. at my last session, i got a
score of 5. the scale didn’t speak of depression up
until a score of 8.
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ Bad_Loops⠀⇛
A bad loop might be “10 open up reddit, read all
the posts, close reddit, open hacker news, read all
the posts, close hacker news, GOTO 10″. Sure, you
might learn a few things, and put even more things
into the ever-growing list of things to get to, but
then where did the day go? Where were the other
things you wanted to do?
# ⚓ Yet_Another_Homelab_Setup⠀⇛
I have a new homelab setup. I’ve been homelab-
hopping for the past year or so, and with each new
setup, something or other just never sit right with
me. It always felt like there was something that
could be made better or more effcient with the
resources I had. I recently discovered the
wonderful world of LXD, and I was excited over how
robust the technology is, so I endeavored to make
my homelab setup with it.
# ⚓ so_many_standards⠀⇛
This is also a way of identifying a URL as the
location of an avatar, and works pretty decently as
just an extra class that can be added to
what would otherwise be a normal HTML page
containing information about a person.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Identity_Again:_Visual_Hashing⠀⇛
Feedback on my ideas around identity on
Gemini has emphasized the need for
decentralizaton and privacy.
# ⚓ I_am_Spartacus_—_Anonymous_Identities_on_Gemini⠀⇛
After a few days of musing, I am of the
opinion that Morgan’s Gemini identity
proposals are fundamentally flawed and I am
not going to implement them in Bubble.
# ⚓ gemini_client_testing⠀⇛
The original torture tests that were up at
=> gemini://gemini.conman.org/test/torture
had been taken down some time ago, and I
started writing some new ones
for shits and giggles and talked about it in
# § Software Releases/Announcements⠀➾
# ⚓ Opal_1.7.0_–_now_with_Titan!⠀⇛
Last night I finished the initial
implementation of support for the Titan
protocol in Opal.
Opal is a Gemini client library written for
the C# world (.NET Standard 2.0 and .NET 7).
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o Debian_Family
o Devices/Embedded
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Programming/Development
# Python
# Rust
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Software_Releases/Announcements
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_516⠀⇛
**atk** , **atkmm** , **audiofile** , **babl** ,
**boost** , **brotli** ,
**cairo** , **cairomm** , **cfitsio** , **chmlib**
, **clucene** , and
**cryFS** from Slackware software series **l**.
shasum -
a256=c37767e9be0e1391b54abd5e73b218e055cabff7ef10f16d14022173c8e5e29a
# ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Connection_Established_|_LINUX
Unplugged_514⠀⇛
We get the inside scoop on SouthEast LinuxFest, and
share a few stories from the early days of the
Linux community. Special Guest: Noah Chelliah.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ Doug Brown ☛ Upgrading_my_Chumby_8_kernel_part_5:
graphics⠀⇛
At this point in my Chumby kernel upgrade project
(parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 here), I had made a ton of
progress but there wasn’t really much to show for
it because I didn’t have the LCD working.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Sebastian_Pölsterl:_scikit-survival_0.21.0_released⠀⇛
Today marks the release of scikit-survival 0.21.0.
This release features some exciting new features
and significant performance improvements: [...]
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Troubleshooting_Load_key_‘~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub’:
invalid_format⠀⇛
Secure Shell (SSH) is a secure protocol used in
networking to connect to and communicate with
remote servers. It uses a pair of cryptographic
keys, namely a private key and a public key, which
form the basis for the identity of a client or a
server.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ A_Practical_Guide_to_Disabling_SSH_Timeout⠀⇛
As we delve into the world of network
administration, we frequently encounter SSH (Secure
Shell) for secure data communication, remote
command-line login, remote command execution, and
other secure network services between two networked
computers. SSH provides robust authentication and
secure data communication over insecure channels,
making it a favorite among system administrators.
# ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Quick_Way_to_Upgrade_Debian_11_to_Debian_12⠀⇛
Are you looking for a quick way to upgrade Debian
11 to Debian 12?
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Nvidia_CUDA_on_Debian_11⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Nvidia CUDA on Debian 11. In the world of high-
performance computing, NVIDIA CUDA has emerged as a
powerful framework that leverages the parallel
computing capabilities of NVIDIA GPUs.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Downloading_APT_Package_Dependencies_Without
Installing_Them⠀⇛
In the world of Debian-based Linux distributions,
the Advanced Package Tool (APT) is the go-to
package management system. It automates the
retrieval, configuration, and installation of
software packages on Linux systems. However, there
may be times when you need to download all package
dependencies without actually installing them.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Downloading_DNF_Package_Dependencies_Without
Installing_Them⠀⇛
When working with Linux, especially Fedora, CentOS,
or RHEL distributions, the DNF or “Dandified YUM”
is an indispensable tool. DNF is the next-
generation version of the Yellowdog Updater,
Modified (YUM), a package manager for .rpm systems.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_uniq⠀⇛
We explore free and open source alternatives to
uniq, a venerable utility that reports or omits
repeated lines.
# ⚓ 2_ways_install_Element_Desktop_Client_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|
20.04⠀⇛
Introduction: A step-by-step guide showing two ways
to install the Element messaging client on Ubuntu
22.04 or 20.04 using the command terminal. Element
is an open-source application that uses Matrix
protocol for offering an end-to-end encrypted
messaging and collaboration platform.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_hexdump⠀⇛
We spotlight alternative tools to hexdump, a
utility that displays file contents in hexadecimal,
octal, or ascii.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Deleting_Lines_with_Matching_Pattern_from_a
Linux_File⠀⇛
Manipulating files is a fundamental part of
mastering Linux, and knowing how to delete lines
matching a specific pattern can be especially
useful. This can be achieved using several command-
line tools, such as grep, sed, and awk.
# ⚓ Real Linux User ☛ How_to_use_Applets_in_Linux_Mint_Cinnamon
–_Linux_Mint_21_edition⠀⇛
Linux Mint is great out of the box, which is why it
is so popular among novice Linux users.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Htop_on_Debian_12/11/10⠀⇛
htop is an open-source, interactive system
monitoring tool and process viewer for Unix-like
systems. With a user-friendly interface that
utilizes colorful text to differentiate different
values, it’s a visually appealing, dynamic
alternative to traditional command-line utilities
like “top”. Salient Features and Key Differences 1.
Comprehensive and Real-Time System Overview 2.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Oracle_Java_17_on_Debian_12/
11/10⠀⇛
Emerging as a significant milestone in the Java
landscape, Oracle’s Java 17 LTS (Long-Term Support)
is the newest addition to Oracle’s Java SE
platform. As an LTS release, it pledges extended
support and stability that enterprise users and
developers alike can depend on for years to come.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_PyCharm_on_Debian_12/11/10⠀⇛
Python, a versatile and ubiquitous programming
language, necessitates a powerful and user-friendly
integrated development environment (IDE) to empower
developers to code more effectively. Among the
myriad of options available, PyCharm IDE, a product
of JetBrains, stands out as a top-tier choice.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_MariaDB_10.5_on_Rocky_Linux
9/8⠀⇛
MariaDB, a renowned name in the world of open-
source relational database management systems
(RDBMS), has once again made a significant stride
with the release of MariaDB 10.5 LTS.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_WordPress_with_Docker
Compose⠀⇛
WordPress is the most popular blogging platform in
the world. This tutorial will teach you how to
install WordPress using Docker/Docker Compose.
Using Docker, the process of installing the
preferred stack becomes a lot easier. You can use
the same configuration to install WordPress quickly
on multiple servers. We will also install the
phpMyAdmin tool for managing databases along with
the Nginx proxy server to serve the site via SSL.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_upgrade_from_Debian_11_to_Debian_12⠀⇛
But now you will learn how to upgrade from Debian
11 to Debian 12. It’s simple, but you have to be
careful. Upgrading from Debian 11 to Debian 12
Debian 12 comes as always with many new features,
thousands of updated packages and revamped desktop
environments.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Allow_Only_SSH_Access_Using_Iptables⠀⇛
IPTables is a user-space utility program that
allows system administrators to configure the
packet filter rules of the Linux kernel firewall.
One of the typical usages of IPTables is to secure
a Linux server by restricting incoming and outgoing
traffic.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Upgrading_to_Debian_12_from_Debian_11:_A_Step-
by-Step_Guide⠀⇛
This step-by-step guide shows you how to safely
upgrade to Debian 12 “Bookworm” from Debian 11
“Bullseye” to enjoy the latest features!
# ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_To_Fix_HP_Printer_got_Detected,_But_Not
Printing_Error_In_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
This blog post is for you if you are using HP
printer in your Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and unable to
print it despite of printer being detected.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ [Quick_Fix]_HP_Printer_got_Detected,_But
Not_Printing_in_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
I got a HP printer that is working good with my
Ubuntu laptop. But, in new Ubuntu desktop PC, it
does nothing when trying to print anything. The
printer is automatically detected and added in the
settings page, and shown in the Document Viewer’s
Print dialog.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Best_Steam_Deck_Games_Released_in_the_Past
Week_with_Street_Fighter_6,_System_Shock_and_We_Love_Katamari
–_2023-06-11_Edition⠀⇛
Between 2023-06-04 and 2023-06-11 there were 126
new games validated for the Steam Deck. Here’s a
quick pick of the most interesting ones: Steam Deck
Verified CRIMSON GRAY Released on 14 Jul, 2017,
developed by Sierra Lee, self-published.
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Nobara_is_the_Fastest_Growing_Linux_Distro
for_Gaming⠀⇛
We have received the freshest batch of ProtonDB
data and we are back with an analysis of how the
distros have been doing over the past few years.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Evolution_Email_App_Wants_Flatpak_Beta
Testers⠀⇛
Users of the Evolution Flathub build are
being asked to consider switching to beta
builds to help ramp up testing of future
releases.
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Donation_Links_Added_to_GNOME_Extension
Website⠀⇛
Want to show appreciation to the developer of
your favorite GNOME Shell extensions?
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasyOS_translation_page_updated⠀⇛
The tutorial page “Translate EasyOS to your language” was
written in January 2020. There have been major changes
since then, and the page was overdue for an update. Now
done:
https://easyos.org/dev/translate-easyos-to-your-
language.html
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ antiX Linux ☛ antiX-23-beta2_iso_files_for_testing⠀⇛
Debian 12 Bookworm was released today so I thought
it a good idea to make available some up to date
beta2 iso files. We have had great feedback from
our alpha1 and beta2 64 bit runit release. Many
thanks to all who participated in testing.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael Prokop ☛ Michael_Prokop:_What_to_expect_from
Debian/bookworm_#newinbookworm⠀⇛
Debian v12 with codename_bookworm was released as
new stable release on_10th_of_June_2023. Similar to
what we had with #newinbullseye and previous
releases, now it’s time for #newinbookworm!
I was the driving force at several of my customers
to be well prepared for bookworm. As usual with
major upgrades, there are some things to be aware
of, and hereby I’m starting my public notes on
bookworm that might be worth also for other folks.
My focus is primarily on server systems and looking
at things from a sysadmin perspective.
# ⚓ Thomas_Lange:_New_FAI_ISO_images_for_bookworm_available_and
FAI_Live_ISO⠀⇛
After Debian 12 aka bookworm was released
yesterday, I’ve also created new FAI ISO images
using Debian 12.
# ⚓ Petter Reinholdtsen ☛ Petter_Reinholdtsen:_What_did_I_learn
from_OpenSnitch_this_summer?⠀⇛
With yesterdays release_of_Debian_12_Bookworm, I am
happy to know the\ application firewall OpenSnitch
is available for a wider audience. I have been
running it for a few weeks now, and have been
surprised about some of the programs connecting to
the Internet. Some programs are obviously calling
out from my machine, like the NTP network based
clock adjusting system and Tor to reach other Tor
clients, but others were more dubious. For example,
the KDE Window manager try to look up the host name
in DNS, for no apparent reason, but if this lookup
is blocked the KDE desktop get periodically stuck
when I use it. Another surprise was how much
Firefox call home directly to mozilla.com,
mozilla.net and googleapis.com, to mention a few,
when I visit other web pages. This direct
connection happen even if I told Firefox to always
use a proxy, and the proxy setting is ignored for
this traffic. Other surprising connections come
from audacity and dirmngr (I do not use Gnome). It
took some trial and error to get a good default set
of permissions. Without it, I would get popups
asking for permissions at any time, also the most
inconvenient ones where I am in the middle of a
time sensitive gaming session.
# ⚓ Neowin ☛ Debian_12_forsakes_ethics_for_a_more_delightful
installation_experience⠀⇛
Debian 12 landed over the weekend. It comes with
lots of updated software packages and desktop
environments plus support for many architectures.
For the first time, it ships with non-free
firmware.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Quadruped_Provides_Low-Cost
Research_Solution⠀⇛
Nathan Ferguson and Alexander Calvert have created
a quadruped robot from scratch called the Dingo
that uses the Raspberry Pi.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Inkplate_5_–_A_5.2-inch_wireless_e-paper
display_programmable_with_Arduino_or_MicroPython_
(Crowdfunding)⠀⇛
The team at Soldered Electronics has been designing
Inkplate ESP32-based e-paper displays ever since
the first 6-inch model was launched in 2019. The
latest Inkplate 5 comes with a recycled 5.2-inch E-
Ink (e-paper) display with refresh times of only
0.19 seconds, and programmable with the Arduino IDE
or MicroPython firmware. The WiFi-connected display
offers a 960×540 resolution, or 213 DPI pixel
density, integrates an RTC with battery for
accurate timekeeping, two buttons for power and
wake/user, and I/O expansion via headers and an
easyC/Qwicc connector.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_sanitizers_0.1.1_on
CRAN:_Updated_and_Expanded⠀⇛
The second release of the sanitizers package is now
on CRAN. sanitizers provides ‘true positives’ for
programming errors detected by Address Sanitizers
and friends. This permits validation of the setup
when chasing such bug reports: it allows us to
ascertain that the compiler (and instrumented R
version) are correctly set up and the errors we
expect to be reported are in fact reported.
# ⚓ Gentoo ☛ Week_2_report_on_porting_Gentoo_packages_to_modern
C⠀⇛
This is my week 2 report for my SoC 2023 project
“Modern C porting of
Gentoo packages” at Gentoo Linux.
– I’ve stuck to my proposal and mainly worked on
the
“Wincompatible-function-pointer-types” bugs.
Honestly, nothing much
interesting did happen.
– I was not able to work for 2 days, due to some
personal health issues, I
plan on making up for them in the following weeks/
days.
– MUSL testing environment (chroot) is set up and
bugs are being tested
against it. There are some bugs that still need
improvements/fixes on
musl
– Got more of my bugs reviewed by my mentor/s,
while I do need to work
on those updates.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Append_to_string⠀⇛
The “+=” operator, “join()” method, “f-
String” method, “string.format()” method, and
“Concatenation Operator +” are used to append
one string to another.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ IndexError_List_Assignment_Index_Out_of
Range_Solved⠀⇛
When a new value is assigned to an index that
does not exist in the list, Python raises the
“list assignment index out of range” error.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ What_is_R_String_in_Python?⠀⇛
A “Raw String” provides a convenient way to
work with strings containing special
characters in Python. It is created by
prefixing the string literals with “r”.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn_Violin_Plot⠀⇛
In Python, to display the distribution of
quantitative data across different levels of
one or multiple categorical variables,
“seaborn.violin()” method is used.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_U_Before_String_Meaning⠀⇛
Python “2.x” used the symbol “u” before the
string notation in order to handle Unicode
strings, but Python “3.x” uses Unicode by
default.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Scipy_Nquad⠀⇛
The “scipy.integrate.nquad()” function of the
“Scipy” library is used to determine the
numerical integration of functions of any
dimension.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Converting_Python_String_to_Date⠀⇛
The “datetime.strptime()” method, the
“dateutil” module, or the “pandas.to_datetime
()” method is used to convert a Python string
to a datetime object.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Acos_Python⠀⇛
The “math.acos()” function of the “math”
library is used to determine the inverse
cosine of the specified numbers in radians.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Check_If_a_List_Is_Empty_in
Python⠀⇛
The “if/else”, “bool()” and “len()”
functions, “not” operators, “NumPy” module,
or comparison with an empty list is used to
check if a list is empty in Python.
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ Dave_Patrick_Caberto:_GSoC_2023:_Rust_and_GTK_4
Bustle_Rewrite_(Week_1_&_2)⠀⇛
Before the GSoC coding period started, I
started implementing the diagram used to
display DBus activity with the help of the
template repository made by my mentor,
Maximiliano. One of the first challenges is
figuring out how to load the PCAP files,
which is the format Bustle uses to store the
DBus messages. Without implementing that
first, it would be difficult to test how the
diagram will look like.
The Rust pcap library was used to load the
packets from the PCAP file, which contains
the bytes of a DBus Message. It is nice to
use, though it is missing an async API for
loading files. That could be fixed in the
future, but this week mainly focused on a
basic diagram implementation. The bytes can
then be parsed through GDBus into a
GDbusMessage, which contains the information
to implement the diagram.
Through the parsed message, the diagram can
be implemented. It uses ListView to display
the rows as, aside from having a nice
separation of view and model, it is more
efficient because it recycles widgets,
especially since PCAP files could possibly
contain thousands of messages. Each row
contains the elapsed time, path, destination,
interface, and member of the message.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘There_Is_NO_Neutral_When_It_Comes_To_Supporting
Your_Child’⠀⇛
By Kate Schatz / Substack Dear Reader, This installment
of I Love What You’re Doing is…oh, it’s so many things,
but I guess what I want you to know at the outset is that
it’s important. And I REALLY want you to read the whole
thing. I mean, I always hope you take the time […]
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ New_force_in_South_Korean_entertainment
industry:_Middle-aged_women⠀⇛
With more time and money to spare, new fans in their 50s,
60s and above take the lead with active engagement.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Female_South_Korean_live_streamer_found_dead
in_Cambodia;_Chinese_couple_arrested⠀⇛
The woman in her 30s was found dead on June 6, wrapped in
a blanket and dumped in a pond.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Man_caught_72_floors_up_while_trying_to_climb
South_Korea’s_Lotte_World_Tower⠀⇛
The man was climbing the tower with his bare hands.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Physicists_Conduct_The_Most_Massive_Test
Ever_of_The_Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen_Paradox⠀⇛
Hundreds of entangled atoms were involved.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ UFO_Mystery:_Controversy_Swirls_Around
Report_of_Retrieved_‘Craft’⠀⇛
Wait, what?
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ New_Device_Detects_Radiation_at_a
Trillionth_of_The_Usual_Scale⠀⇛
Barely a whisper of power.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_May_Have_Figured_Out_Why_Your
Eyebrows_Look_Like_That⠀⇛
Your face wouldn’t be the same without them.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ White_Dwarf_Star_Enters_Its_Crystallization
Era,_Turning_Into_A_‘Cosmic_Diamond’⠀⇛
Biggest. Engagement ring. Ever.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Indiana_teacher_challenges_state_law_banning
instruction_on_‘human_sexuality’_in_grades_K-3⠀⇛
Licensed public school teacher Kayla Smiley sued
Dr. Katie Jenner in her official capacity as the
Indiana Secretary of Education on Friday over a
newly passed state law that bans “instruction” on
“human sexuality” to students in kindergarten to
third grade.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Here’s_What_GM’s_“Awesome”_Dex-
Cool_Will_Do_to_Your_Engine⠀⇛
Here’s What GM’s “Awesome” Dex-Cool Will Do to Your
Engine So, you think you found a good deal on an
old Buick, and one of the few nits is that the last
owner didn’t change her coolant and now there’s a
bunch of crap in the radiator?
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Gigabyte_GPU_Design_Details_Emerge_About
PCB_Cracking⠀⇛
Twitter user 0xcats, who reportedly has experience
with PCB design, shares a theory on why the PCBs on
Gigabyte graphics cards are experimenting with
cracking.
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ A_near-mint_1999_IBM_Aptiva_desktop⠀⇛
I appreciate from the outside this is starting to
look a bit silly, but I could stop buying these at
any time! Am I trying to convince you, or me?
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I harbour
tremendous affection for 1980s home computers, and
1990s PCs. The former are fascinating snapshots of
an era I wish I could have lived through, and the
latter are… what I lived through. Having a salary
in my 30s has given me the opportunity to buy some
of the things I so badly aspired to have at the
time, which has let me live out some of my sillier
childhood dreams. If we’re going to spend most of
our lives working, why not?
Well, other than for the reason that those of us
living in tiny apartments don’t have space! But
I’ll get back to that.
Late 1990s beige boxes haven’t quite reached the
cult-like following that earlier retrocomputers
have, but prices are ticking up. Generic-looking
Pentium III towers or Apple boxes that would have
been recycled even five years ago are now fetching
low three figures on eBay. As the supply starts to
dwindle, and more people gut them for sleeper PC
cases, I expect these prices to shoot up further.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Intel_Atom_C1100,_C1110,_C1130_“Arizona
Beach”_CPUs_target_low_power_network_appliances⠀⇛
Intel Atom C1100, C1110, and C1130 “Arizona Beach”
processors have been discreetly launched last year
for low-power network appliances and customer-
premises equipment (CPE). The C1100 is a dual-core
processor clocked at up to 2.10 GHz, the C1110 a
quad-core at up to 2.10 GHz, and the C1130 is an
octa-core processor running at up to 2.5 GHz. All
are manufactured with an Intel 7 process, support
up to 32GB LPDDR5 memory with ECC, and offer up to
twenty PCIe Gen 4 lanes. You’ll find a more
detailed comparison on Intel Ark. They serve the
same markets as the Atom Denverton processors
introduced several years ago.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Forklift_used_to_move_300kg_Indonesian
man_to_hospital⠀⇛
The 27-year-old has to be hospitalised after
developing complications from being bed-bound for
eight months.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Growing_Battle_Over_Infant_Milk
Allergies⠀⇛
More parents are buying anti-allergy formula. Do
their babies really need it?
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Half_The_Gut_Microbes_In_Our_Primate
Ancestors_Abandoned_Us⠀⇛
Why’d they jump ship?
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Open Source Security (Audio Show) ☛ Free_Software_Security
Podcast_Episode_379_–_Will_open_source_save_the
world, again?⠀⇛
Josh and Kurt talk about some new open source
projects that aim to start taking back some of our
privacy and rights. It’s a huge hill to climb, but
it seems like there is some hope. Open source
doesn’t care about growth, or numbers, or anything
really, so it can’t ever lose.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ DShield_Honeypot_Activity_for_May_2023_,_(Sun,_Jun
11th)⠀⇛
It is always interesting to review what my DShield
honeypot has stored the previous month, what is
also interesting is how the activity vary from week
to week. Beside the graph, it is the Top 10 IPs for
May.
# ⚓ Matthew_Palmer:_Private_Key_Redaction:_Redux⠀⇛
I have_spoken_before about why it is tricky to
redact private keys.
Today’s post is another real-world case study, with
some rather unfortunate real-world consequences.
Meet Sven_Shen.
He attempted to do a very good thing: he wrote a
blog post about using_HashiCorp_Vault_to_store
certificates_and_their_private_keys.
In his post, he included some “test” data, a
certificate and a private key, which he redacted.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_indicts_ex-Samsung
Electronics_executive_for_alleged_data_leak_to_China⠀⇛
The defendant is accused of illegally
acquiring Samsung data to build a factory in
Xi’an.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_police_fire_2_shots_at_car
as_driver_arrested_for_drug_trafficking⠀⇛
Two Hong Kong police officers fired one shot each
at a car carrying around 42 grams of a substance
believed to be cocaine, with the driver apprehended
on suspicion of drug trafficking, dangerous driving
and other charges.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysian_Customs_seize_300kg_of
cocaine_in_Port_Klang_in_container_loaded_with_beans⠀⇛
The value of the haul is estimated at $17.4 million.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnam_police_arrest_22_people_after_police_stations
attacked⠀⇛
An armed gang killed 6 people and injured others,
official reports say.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 27_Children_Die_in_Blast_in_Somalia,_UNICEF
“Deeply_Shocked”⠀⇛
“…the children were playing with remnants of
weapons, bombs and landmines…”
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Australia’s_opportunity_to_help_close_the
Pacific’s_digital_divide⠀⇛
In 2011, venture capitalist and dot.com pioneer
Marc Andreessen famously declared that ‘software is
eating the world’.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Making_Friends_With_Iran⠀⇛
The US has had an incredibly difficult time making
friends with Iran. Other countries seem to be
having a lot less difficulty. The primary obstacle
to American friendship with Iran is allegedly
Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Supreme_Leader_Says_‘Nothing_Wrong’_With_A
Nuclear_Deal_With_West⠀⇛
Iran’s supreme leader said on June 11 that a deal
with the West over Tehran’s nuclear work was
possible if the country’s nuclear infrastructure
remained intact.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Suspicious_object_found_before_hearing
of_man_accused_of_killing_Japan’s_ex-PM_Shinzo_Abe:_Reports⠀⇛
The site was evacuated after what appeared to be an
“unidentified bag” was delivered to the court
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Taiwan’s_US_Representative_Not_‘Satisfied’_With
Biden’s_Support⠀⇛
Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s Representative in the
United States, is a familiar figure in the halls of
power but she does not often make public speeches.
So a recent talk and press conference by Ms. Hsiao
deserve some attention.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Taiwan_sents_fighter_jets_after_10_Chinese
warplanes_cross_strait’s_median_line⠀⇛
Taiwan’s air force scrambled into action on Sunday
after spotting 10 Chinese warplanes crossing the
sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as the
island’s defence ministry said four Chinese
warships also carried out combat patrols.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Fighting_resumes_in_Sudan_after_24-hour
ceasefire_ends⠀⇛
Shelling and gunfire resumed Sunday in the Sudanese
capital, witnesses said, at the end of a 24-hour
ceasefire that had given civilians rare respite
from nearly two months of war.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_removes_Central_African_Republic_peacekeepers
after_sexual_assault_allegations⠀⇛
The UN announced Friday that a Tanzanian unit of
peacekeeping forces deployed with the United
Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization
Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)
was removed after sexual exploitation and abuse
(SEA) allegations. The UN said that eleven members
of the unit were found to have credible allegations
from four victims.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_grows_nuclear_arsenal_as
geopolitical_tensions_rise,_study_finds⠀⇛
The nuclear arsenals of several countries,
especially China, grew last year and other atomic
powers continued to modernise theirs as
geopolitical tensions rise, researchers said
Monday.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Honduras_opens_China_embassy_after
cutting_ties_with_Taiwan⠀⇛
Honduras officially opened an embassy in China on
Sunday, months after the Central American country
switched its diplomatic allegiance from Taipei to
Beijing. China considers self-ruled Taiwan as part
of its territory and has vowed to take control of
the island one day.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ China_human_rights_lawyer_sentenced_to_three_and_a
half_years_in_prison⠀⇛
Chang Weiping, a Chinese human rights lawyer, was
sentenced to three and a half years in prison on
Thursday shortly after he was found guilty of
“subversion of State Power.” He is known for
defending marginalized groups and those facing
discrimination, and for speaking out about his
treatment at the hands of Chinese police.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Cuba_spy_base_revelations_may_jeopardize_Blinken
China_visit⠀⇛
White House official says eavesdropping facility
was in operation since at least 2019.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ China’s_Coast_Guard_and_the_Fight_to
Control_Asia⠀⇛
Beijing’s patrol vessels often resemble warships.
Now other nations are trying to compete with
tougher coast guards of their own.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ French_townspeople_gather_to_honour_those_who
intervened_in_Annecy_knife_attack⠀⇛
Hundreds of residents of the French town of Annecy
gathered Sunday to honour the people who rushed to
stop a man accused of stabbing six people,
including four toddlers, at a playground last week.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Imprisoned_pilot’s_human_rights
breached,_family_claims⠀⇛
Solitary confinement is among alleged human rights
breaches against a former US military pilot held in
a NSW prison as he awaits extradition proceedings.
A complaint to the NSW Ombudsman alleges Daniel
Duggan, an Australian father and former US military
pilot, was held in maximum security isolation for
more than 230 days despite his lack of convictions
or violence.
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Rep._Jamaal_Bowman_Supports_Military_Aid
for_Ukraine_but_is_Unfamiliar_With_the_Donbas_and
Crimea⠀⇛
A congressional Squad star seems to have no
idea how or why the Ukraine proxy war
started. But he he says he’s voting for
military aid to Kiev anyway.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Trump_lawyer_says_docs_were_de-classified_files,
personal_‘mementos’⠀⇛
Donald Trump’s indictment on federal charges of
mishandling secret documents is a politically
motivated prosecution based on de-classified files
and personal “mementos,” one of the ex-president’s
lawyers argued Sunday, days before his scheduled
arraignment in a Florida court.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ As_Canada_Burns,_Docs_Reveal_Oil_Giant_Weighed
In_on_Government_Carbon_Plan⠀⇛
“Carbon capture and storage is a scam, and as these
documents show, the call is coming from inside the
house,” said one campaigner.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Wind,_Heavy_Rains_Kill_At_Least_27_In_Pakistan⠀⇛
Heavy rains followed by strong winds killed at
least 27 people, including eight children, in
northwest Pakistan, officials said on June 11.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Winds_and_heavy_rains_kill_at_least_27_in
northwest_Pakistan⠀⇛
Heavy rains followed by strong winds killed at
least 27 people, including eight children, in
northwest Pakistan, officials said Sunday.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Wildfire_smoke_gives_America’s_most_powerful_a
close-up_of_climate_change⠀⇛
The harmful_veil_of_smoke that enveloped the
country’s economic and political power centers this
week presented bankers and lawmakers with an in-
your-face demonstration of what climate_change
looks, feels and smells like.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Canada_officials_warn_historic_wildfires_could
“last_all_summer”⠀⇛
Some 435 wildfires_were_burning across Canada
overnight as smoke from the blazes lingered in New
York City and other parts of the U.S.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ 40_days_after_plan_crash,_children_found
alive_in_Colombia⠀⇛
The four Indigenous children who survived 40
days in the Amazon jungle after their plane
crashed are recovering in a military hospital
in Colombia.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Children_who_survived_for_40_days_in
Colombian_jungle_recover_as_details_emerge⠀⇛
Details continued to emerge Sunday of the 40-
day ordeal that four siblings in Colombia
experienced after a plane carrying them
crashed in the dense Amazon jungle, as their
father and rescuers spoke to media about what
the children recounted.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Firefighter_Drowns_After_Rushing
into_the_Sea_to_Save_His_Daughter⠀⇛
There were no lifeguards on duty at Avon-by-
the-Sea, along the New Jersey shore, on
Friday.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ 10_dead,_25_injured_after_bus_carrying
‘fairytale’_wedding_guests_crashes_in_Australia⠀⇛
“For a joyous day like that, in a beautiful
place, to end with such terrible loss of life
and injury is so cruel and so sad and so
unfair,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony
Albanese said.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Ten_people_killed_in_wedding_bus_crash_in
Australia⠀⇛
A wedding party bus crash killed 10 people in
Australia’s Hunter wine region north of
Sydney, police said Monday, announcing the
arrest of the 58-year-old driver.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australia_bus_accident_kills_10,
driver_arrested⠀⇛
Police said some people could be trapped
beneath the bus.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ I-95_Interstate_Overpass_Collapses
in_Philadelphia_After_Tanker_Fire⠀⇛
Officials urged commuters to be patient as
Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania warned that
repairs might last “some number of months.”
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Philadelphia_highway_collapses_following
oil_tanker_blaze⠀⇛
An overpass on one of America’s busiest
highways collapsed early Sunday after a
tanker crossing underneath burst into flames,
Pennsylvania’s governor said, predicting it
will take months to fully restore the
“critical artery.”
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Section_of_I-95_collapses_in_Philadelphia
after_vehicle_fire⠀⇛
One section of Philadelphia’s busy I-95
collapsed Sunday morning after a tanker truck
“carrying a petroleum-based product” caught
on fire underneath an overpass, officials
said.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ India’s_Train_Crash_Killed_Mainly
the_Poor_Packed_in_Cheapest_Cars⠀⇛
In India’s worst railway disaster in decades,
nearly all of the 288 dead were in three
crowded cars where passengers stand for long
stretches.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Last_Reactor_at_Zaporizhzhia_Nuclear
Plant_Shuts_Down_After_Dam_Collapse⠀⇛
The lone reactor that was still operating at
Europe’s largest nuclear plant was shut down
because of the threat to its water supply.
The reactor had been helping supply energy to
the plant itself.
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Ann_Arbor_community_members,_city
officials_celebrate_decarbonization_progress_in_Bryant
Neighborhood⠀⇛
Dozens of Bryant Neighborhood residents, city
officials and volunteers for the Community
Action Network gathered at the Bryant
Community Center Friday evening for an open
house showcasing the community center’s new
sustainable technology.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ YLE ☛ IS:_Large_whale_sighted_in_Finnish_waters⠀⇛
The mammal was spotted off the Åland Islands
this weekend, reports Ilta-Sanomat.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Giants_cancel_Thursday,
Friday_practices_due_to_poor_air_quality_in_New_Jersey
practice_facility_due_to_Canadian_wildfires⠀⇛
The Giants canceled Thursday’ s and Friday’ s
OTA practices due to the air quality inside
their indoor practice facility in East
Rutherford, N.J.. Smoke from raging wildfires
in Canada, combined with a low pressure
weather system, continue to impact daily life
in the Northeast. But head coach Brian Daboll
said some Giants players mentioned the hazy
indoor…
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Wild_elephants_barge_into
Malaysian_school,_leaving_trail_of_damage⠀⇛
Six elephants had entered the school
compound, likely looking for food.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Half_The_Planet_Was_in_Lockdown,_And
Wild_Animals_Seized_The_Moment⠀⇛
The world was paused, but not for them.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_Origins_of_Mountains_Could_Lie
Much_Deeper_in_Earth_Than_We_Thought⠀⇛
Hidden forces are at work.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Why_thousands_of_dead_fish_have_been_washing
ashore_along_Texas_Gulf_Coast⠀⇛
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Marriages_in_China_slump_to
historic_low_amid_falling_birth_rate⠀⇛
Only 6.83 million couples tied the knot last
year, down about 800,000 from the previous
year.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Bangladesh_tea_workers_struggle
as_heat_and_drought_scorch_fields⠀⇛
Climate change is slashing Sreemangal’s tea
harvests and driving away tourists.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ The_problem_with_PWC_and_the_Big_4_–
treason_is_the_business_model⠀⇛
Attached is a note from PwC to its big clients
telling them how to dodge the new tax laws shortly
before they were passed in Parliament in 2015. PwC
was advising the Government on the design of these
laws while advising its clients how to avoid them.
Michael West reports.
It’s all in plain sight. You can find this on the
internet. “Let’s talk” it says at the end of the
missive, displaying the contact details of PwC’s
International Tax Partners in the US and Australia,
including Peter Collins, the man at the centre of
the scandal, the man the other partners tried to
scapegoat as the rogue culprit who was entirely at
fault for the whole caper.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Insurance_issue_flagged_before_Porter
Davis_collapse⠀⇛
The Victorian government was told its home building
insurance platform needed to be improved five
months before construction company Porter Davis
collapsed.
About 1700 homes across Victoria and Queensland
were left in limbo when the company went into
liquidation in March.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Nicola_Sturgeon,_Scotland’s_Former_Leader,
Is_Arrested_in_Financial_Inquiry⠀⇛
The arrest of Ms. Sturgeon, who resigned as leader
of the Scottish National Party in February, follows
that of her husband, previously the party’s chief
executive, and of its former treasurer.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Former_Scotland_first_minister_Nicola_Sturgeon
arrested_in_relation_to_party_finances⠀⇛
Police Scotland announced on Sunday that former
first minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested in
relation to party finances. In the statement they
said that “a 52-year-old woman has today, Sunday,
11 June, 2023, been arrested as a suspect in
connection with the ongoing investigation into the
funding and finances of the Scottish National
Party.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Former_Scottish_leader_Nicola_Sturgeon_maintains
innocence_after_‘deeply_distressing’_arrest⠀⇛
Scotland’s former leader Nicola Sturgeon insisted
on Sunday that she had done nothing wrong after
police arrested her as part of an investigation
into the finances of the country’s ruling party.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ France_pension_reform_opponents_fail_to_pass
repeal_bill⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed pension
reform survived opposition attempts to block the
repeal bill following the National Assembly’s vote
on Thursday. The controversial reform, which seeks
to replace the current 42 pension schemes with a
single, universal points-based system, has sparked
widespread protests and strikes across the country.
# ⚓ Neritam ☛ How_Capitalism_Exploits_You⠀⇛
Richard Wolff
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ LTV’s_De_Facto:_exceptions_considered_in_state
company_donation_ban⠀⇛
State JSC Latvenergo has expressed a wish to donate
more than half a million euros to the government to
be transferred to various projects. This has caused
some debate since the government recently decided
that such donation practices should be stopped,
Latvian Television’s De Facto reported on June 11.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ OP:_Regional_differences_in_unemployment
have_narrowed_in_Finland⠀⇛
OP FINANCIAL GROUP has published its first-ever
region-specific_economic_forecast, highlighting
that regional differences in the unemployment
situation have narrowed considerably in the past
decade.
Unemployment in Kanta-Häme and Ostrobothnia, for
example, is already lower than in Uusimaa, the most
populous region of Finland.
# ⚓ U.S._Chamber_of_Commerce_Sues_HHS_Over_Constitutional
Defects_in_Inflation_Reduction_Act’s_Medicare_Negotiation
Program⠀⇛
On June 9, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several
affiliate organizations filed a lawsuit in the
Southern District of Ohio raising a series of
constitutional challenges to provisions of the
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). At issue in the
lawsuit are several statutes granting the U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) the
authority to set prices for Medicare drugs. The
U.S. Chamber is challenging a lack of oversight for
so-called “negotiation” procedures as well as an
onerous excise tax on several grounds, including
separation of powers and due process violations.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Germany_Refuses_to_Increase_Subsidies_for
Intel’s_Fab⠀⇛
Germany does not have budget money to provide extra
funding for Intel’s fab.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Nigeria_intelligence_agency_arrests_country’s
Central_Bank_Governor⠀⇛
The Nigerian Department of State Services (DSS),
Nigeria’s top intelligence agency, announced
Saturday that Governor of the Nigerian Central Bank
Godwin Emefiele was arrested. The arrest comes just
hours after recently elected President Bola Ahmed
Tinubu suspended Emefiele from his position.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Greens_refine_demands_on_$10_billion
housing_fund⠀⇛
The Greens are holding firm on their demands for
renters as talks on the multi-billion-dollar
housing bill continue.
Crunch time is approaching for the government’s $10
billion housing future fund – due to hit the Senate
during the upcoming sitting fortnight – with the
Greens laying out where they are willing to
compromise and where they plan to dig in.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Exporting_Occupation:_Israeli_Business_is
Booming_in_Morocco-Occupied_Western_Sahara⠀⇛
On December 22, 2020, Israel and Morocco officially
normalized relations after former President Donald
Trump’s administration declared occupied Western
Sahara as Moroccan. In the years following, Israeli
companies have boosted their business involvement
in Western Sahara, suggesting the pair’s
cooperation is fueling each other’s land theft.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_governments_walks_back_resignation_pledge
following_expenses_scandal⠀⇛
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has
backed away from plans to resign after the council
of the Homeland Union (TS-LKD) decided the cabinet
of the three-party coalition must continue working.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Montenegro_Holds_Parliamentary_Vote_To_Secure
Reforms,_EU_Path⠀⇛
Montenegrins head to the polls on June 11 for a
snap elections many hope will bring in a new
government to implement economic reforms, improve
infrastructure, and take the NATO member state
closer to European Union membership.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Montenegro’s_pro-EU_Europe_Now_Movement_polling
ahead_in_snap_election⠀⇛
Montenegro’s Europe Now Movement (PES) won 25.5% of
votes in a snap election on Sunday, the Center for
Monitoring and Research (CEMI) pollster said on the
basis of a projection of results from a sample of
polling stations.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ EU_considering_major_Tunisia_aid_package_to
boost_economy,_deal_with_migration_crisis⠀⇛
The European Union said on Sunday it may loan
Tunisia over 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) to
help develop its battered economy, rescue state
finances and deal with a migration crisis, with
most funds contingent on it agreeing economic
reforms.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Now_Political_Polarization_Comes_for
Marriage_Prospects⠀⇛
This is bad news for marriage.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Tsai’s_foreign_policy_a_success_but
mixed_domestic_record_could_hurt_her_party_at_2024_election⠀⇛
The growing international focus on Taiwan is a mark
of Ms Tsai’s foreign policy success, experts said.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Rehearsed_Lives_and_Planned_History⠀⇛
“The technical achievement of advanced industrial
society, and the effective manipulation of mental
and material productivity have brought about a
shift in the locus of mystification. . . . the
rational rather than the irrational becomes the
most effective vehicle of mystification.” Herbert
Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man “General, man is very
uselful.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ This_Week_in_the_New_Normal_#65⠀⇛
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This
Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the
progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and
economic restructuring around the world. 1.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ G.O.P._Faces_Trump_Indictment:_Loyalty_or
Law_and_Order⠀⇛
The candidates challenging Donald Trump have to
decide how to run against the indicted former
president. And it could determine where the party
goes from here.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Notes_by_M._Evan_Corcoran,_a_Trump_Lawyer,
Gave_Prosecutors_a_Road_Map⠀⇛
M. Evan Corcoran, who was hired to represent the
former president after the Justice Department
issued a subpoena for classified documents at Mar-
a-Lago, could be a key witness in the trial.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ How_Will_the_G.O.P._Field_Respond_to_Donald
Trump’s_Indictment?⠀⇛
Trump is not only the first former President to
face federal charges but also the most confounding
front-runner ever in a Presidential primary.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Three_Biggest_Obstacles_to_Convicting
Trump⠀⇛
Although Special Counsel Jack Smith has brought a
strong case, he still faces significant challenges.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Congressman_Telling_Trump_Supporters_to
‘Buckle_Up’⠀⇛
Their civil war is imaginary, but there really are
men with guns, more now than I’ve seen in 20 years
of reporting on the right.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Biden_deserves_same_treatment_as_Trump_for_his
classified_documents_scandal⠀⇛
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan
should demand that the special counsel and the FBI
produce a general description of the documents
Biden maintained in unauthorized locations.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Mind_the_Gap:_It_Was_the_Musician,_in_the
Storage_Closet,_with_the_Five_Eyes_Secrets⠀⇛
The Trump indictment reveals why investigators were
asking most of the questions that made the press
coverage. But it doesn’t reveal when the
surveillance gaps are, who put them there, and why.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_LIV_Golf,_What_Will_Be_the_Next
Saudi_Sports_Bet?⠀⇛
The kingdom’s enormous sovereign wealth fund, which
backed the golf series, has an appetite for sports.
Its deal with the PGA Tour may pave the way for
more investments.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ James_Boasberg_Likens_Trump’s_Demands_on
Pence_to_a_Bribe⠀⇛
James Boasberg’s logic for rejecting most of Mike
Pence’s Speech and Debate claims to avoid
testifying in the January 6 grand jury suggests he
believes Trump met one of the elements of the
offense for obstructing the vote certification.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Canada_foreign_interference_rapporteur_resigns
amid_partisan_atmosphere⠀⇛
Canada’s foreign interference special rapporteur
David Johnston resigned on Thursday amid
accusations of partiality, citing the intense
politicization of his appointment and work.
Johnston, a former governor-general of Canada, was
appointed as the country’s first special rapporteur
on foreign interference in 2020.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ New_Zealand_PM_Hipkins_to_visit_China
at_end_of_June⠀⇛
The New Zealand delegation would include
representatives from a wide range of sectors.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Witty_folk_rant_on_the_dark_side_of_the_news_goes
missing_from_China’s_internet⠀⇛
“Red Boy’s 18 Wins” by Slap is now only available
outside the Great Firewall
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Hong_Kong_bid_to_ban_protest_song_spurs
fear_of_Google_pullout⠀⇛
The authorities also asked the court to ban 32
videos of the song on YouTube.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_tells_last_Indian_journalist_in
nation_to_leave_this_month⠀⇛
June 12, 2023 2:10 PM
The reporter’s departure will wipe India’s media
presence from China.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_should_be_‘very_sensitive’
when_drafting_local_security_law_to_safeguard_nat’l_security,
justice_sec._says⠀⇛
The Hong Kong government should expedite the
legislation of the city’s own security law,
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam has said, adding
that “some achievement should be made within this
year, otherwise no later than next year.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Did_California_Voters_Reject
Affirmative_Action_With_Proposition_16?⠀⇛
The Supreme Court will soon rule on race-conscious
college admissions, a core Democratic issue. But an
analysis of a California referendum points to a
divide between the party and voters.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ If_the_Supreme_Court_Abolishes_Affirmative
Action,_Here’s_What_Women_Need_to_Do⠀⇛
These programs have historically benefited women
more than anyone else. Now they must help others in
underrepresented communities.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Migrant_kid_labor_brutality_wrought_by_Vice
President_Kamala_Harris⠀⇛
The explosion in illegal-migrant child labor at
work sites across the nation is the direct result
of an anti-enforcement policy created by Vice
President Kamala Harris.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._tells_UNESCO_it_has_decided_to_rejoin_agency
Trump_quit⠀⇛
The U.S. last week privately notified the UN
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) that it has decided to rejoin the agency
nearly six years after the Trump administration
announced it was withdrawing U.S. membership, a
State Department spokesperson told Axios.
Why it matters:Rejoining UNESCO is one of the Biden
administration’s foreign policy goals — mainly in
an effort to counter what it sees as the growing
influence of the Chinese government on the UN
agency’s agenda.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_Parliament_Human_Rights_Committee_condemns
controversial_migration_bill⠀⇛
The UK Parliament’s Human Rights Committee on
Sunday condemned the country’s proposed Illegal
Migration Bill in their latest report and urged the
government “not to breach its legal obligations to
refugees, children and victims of modern slavery,
and to play its part in the global system of
refugee protection.”
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ South_Korea_police_arrest_dozens_for_corporate
spying_after_probe⠀⇛
South Korean law enforcement have apprehended 77
individuals as part of an investigation of a
suspected network of industrial espionage, per
exclusive reporting from the Yonhap news agency.
The individuals were allegedly involved in 35
distinct incidents, exposing the concerning
magnitude of this unlawful operation.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ John_Kiriakou:_The_Insanity_of_Solitary
Confinement⠀⇛
The research on its effects on mental health is
clear: Nothing good comes of solitary. It is a
living example of the failure of the both the U.S.
prison system and the U.S. mental healthcare
system.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ From_coding_to_training:_Philippines
tackles_online_child_sexual_abuse⠀⇛
The Philippines was named the world’s top source of
online child sexual exploitation content in a 2020
study.
# ⚓ HDP_officials_detained_in_Şırnak_police_raids⠀⇛
HDP local district co-chair Zarife Borak as well as
district administrator Emrah Yacan have been
apprehended during house searches.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Female_Hainan_Airlines_attendants_who
are_‘overweight’_will_be_grounded,_sparks_public_outcry_in
China⠀⇛
The airline also hires male flight attendants, but
it is not clear if the guidelines apply to them.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ US_pride_celebrations_forced_to_scale_back_amid
growing_backlash⠀⇛
A spike in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and threats has
taken a heavy toll on pride celebrations in the
United States this year, organizers say –
especially in states where politicians want to
curtail rights.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ The_multiple_roles_IPv6_can_play_in_today’s
Internet⠀⇛
Guest Post: IPv6′s large addressing space allows us
to reconsider how IP addresses can be used to
improve,
simplify, and scale the Internet.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ The_Supreme_Court_to
Decide_if_Trump_is_Too_Small⠀⇛
As Dennis reported, the Supreme Court has
granted certiorari in the case of Vidal v.
Elster to determine if the PTO violated Steve
Elster’s First Amendment right to free speech
when it declined to federally register his
trademark TRUMP TOO SMALL in connection with
T-shirts. The PTO had denied registration
under 15 U.S.C. § 1052(c), which provides
that a mark cannot be registered if it “
[c]onsists of or comprises a name, portrait,
or signature identifying a particular living
individual except by his written consent.”
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ How_Premier_League’s_IPTV_Piracy
Blocking_Was_Undermined⠀⇛
Pirate IPTV subscribers in the UK face a
continual threat of their streams going down
during a crucial Premier League game or a big
boxing event. VPNs can mitigate these outages
but behind the scenes IPTV providers also
work hard to prevent streams being blocked.
Until now, these efforts have never been
discussed in public but today we can reveal
how Flawless IPTV was able to undermine the
Premier League’s blocking program and remain
online.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Universal_Music_Group,
SoundCloud_Discuss_Music_Royalty_Overhaul⠀⇛
Universal Music Group is in talks with
SoundCloud to overhaul music royalty
payments. Here’s the latest. A Bloomberg
report details talks among the companies
encompassing changes to the standard industry
royalty structure. Those familiar with the
matter said the two companies are likely to
reach a conclusion before the end of the
year.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AJLUORN_Wordo:_COWLS_*⠀⇛
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# § Software Releases/Announcements⠀➾
# ⚓ Lagrange_v1.16.4_Release_Notes⠀⇛
I don’t usually post individual release notes
here on the gemlog but this one should have
some director’s commentary.
Version 1.16.4 is a desktop-focused patch
that addresses several issues with window and
UI behavior. When you have a custom GUI
toolkit that aims to target a wide range of
desktop and mobile operating systems, it is
sometimes a little difficult to keep
everything straight especially when the
underlying library (SDL) is not uniformly up-
to-date everywhere.
This was one of those releases where you keep
finding little problems every time you make a
candidate build. Did I catch them all?
Perhaps!
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