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⦿ EPO Staff Points Out That as the European Patent Convention Turns 50 It is Grossly Being Violated by Corrupt EPO Management | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ [Meme] European Union (EU) and Commission (EC) Talking a Lot About Poland, Not About the EPO, Which Obliterated the Rule of Law | Techrights
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http://techrights.org/2023/06/21/irc-log-200623/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/21/meme-breton-battistelli-on-upc-and-poland/#comments
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Posted in Europe, Law, Patents at 4:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: The EPO’s Central Staff Committee points out that the European Patent
Convention (EPC) is still routinely being violated by Europe’s second-largest
institution and Europe’s largest patent office, which is meant to be strictly
governed by the EPC; The European Union (EU) and Commission (EC) do nothing to
tackle this rapid departure from the rules of Europe, instead hypocritically
deflecting to Poland
THE EPO‘s insiders have long complained that parts of the EPO were managed by
people without suitable qualifications in the field they were entrusted to
manage. This actually predates Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos; one
glaring example was provided in the area of software_patents last_year.
Battistelli used to boast to the media about three examiners being assigned to
each application and last summer we rebutted such lies told in a talk by
Campinos. The fact of the matter is, today’s EPO is governed by incompetent
idiots and sometimes utterly corrupt officials. Examiners have become cynical
about their “managers”. They now try to rely on kangaroo patent courts to
authorise their abuses, even if such courts are both illegal and
constitutional. Such ‘courts’ ought not exist and conventions were deliberately
violated to ratify them with help from the EU (the EC had long been infiltrated
and was complicit in this, as was the German government).
“The fact of the matter is, today’s EPO is governed by incompetent idiots and
sometimes utterly corrupt officials.”As the 50th anniversary of the European
Patent Convention (EPC) approaches we can expect EPO insiders to keep sounding
off, reminding people of the many ways today’s EPO violates the EPC, its very
founding document.
Today we managed to get a copy of a message to EPO staff, authored by staff
representatives, the Central Staff Committee.
Here is what they told staff:
§ 50 years EPC: The right files to the right people?⠀➾
Dear colleagues,
Following various initiatives, EPO management concluded that a
decreasing number of examiners in certain technical fields could only
manage the workload with the creation of a “Digital File Marketplace
(DFM)”, i.e. a DG1-wide, open and transparent marketplace where
workload or examiner capacity can be offered to other examiner teams.
In the years 2020 to 2022 search and examination files were
transferred between teams of different technical fields attached with
a DFM marker, indicating the quality-ensuring composition of
Examining Divisions or possible future Examining Divisions. However,
in the same period much more search and examination files were
transferred between teams of different technical fields without_a_DFM
marker.
It is thus questionable whether VP 1’s promise to the members of the
Industry Patent Quality Charter (IPQC) to further enhance the patent
quality could be achieved by redistributing patent applications among
different technical teams. Especially as many thousand files had
already been redistributed in the period leading to the IPQC’s
concerns. It rather appears that an Examining Division composed of
members not qualified for the technical field of an application would
rather tend to quickly grant patents of lower quality.
The figures show that far too many files are treated by Divisions
outside the appropriate technical field. Instead, the right file
should go to the right people. But here it is necessary to walk the
talk:
* Better capacity planning is indispensable.
* New colleagues with the necessary expertise are to be
recruited.
* More technical training must be offered to colleagues who want
to change their technical field.
Here is a plain text/GemText/HTML version of the more detailed version, which
includes some graphics (for HTML):
Munich, 15.06.2023
sc23065cp
50 years EPC, part I
“An Examining Division shall consist of three technically qualified
examiners. …”
Article_18(2)_EPC (warning: epo.org link)
§ The right files to the right people?⠀➾
Does redistributing the search and examination files
among different technical teams enhance patent quality?
Already in 2010 a closer involvement of national patent offices into
the patent granting procedures of the EPO was envisaged. This
discussion led to a controversial debate on the fundamental legal
question of whether, by joining the EPO and ratifying the EPC, the
Contracting States of the EPC ceded sovereign rights to the EPO and
only to the EPO1. It was argued that because of the cession of rights
each Contracting State may also expect that all essential procedural
steps of patent examination be carried out by the EPO. In this
context – and this brings us back to the initial question of patent
quality and the redistribution of files – European industry
associations also warned of a loss of patent quality since it was
questioned how and whether small national patent offices could be
involved in the examination of patents in deeply specialised areas of
technology. It was – and still is – regarded as one of the EPO’s
essential guaranties for high patent quality that, due to its high
number of patent examiners unrivalled by any national patent office,
particularly specialised examiners treat patent applications of a
rather narrow technical field.
The Digital File Marketplace
Following the Office’s initiatives “early certainty”, “boosting the
production2” and “soft landing” in combination with a conservative
recruitment policy, the conclusion came up that the workload on a
decreasing number of examiners in certain technical fields could only
be managed by introducing a “Digital File Marketplace (DFM)” – i.e.
“a DG1-wide, open and transparent marketplace where workload [e.g.
patent application files] or examiner capacity can be offered to
other examiner teams”. As the work within the Examination Division
was regarded as a key to maintaining the EPO quality standards, the
DFM initiative thus aimed at Examining Divisions composed of an
entrusted examiner from the workload receiving team, a technically
qualified chairperson and a second examiner from the workload
offering team. At least the two members from the workload offering
team are therefore specialised experts from the technical field to
which the patent application was originally assigned.
_____
1 See for example Dem Europäischen Patentamt droht Entmachtung,
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 19.05.2010
2 Also known under “getting there faster”
=====================================================================
In the years 2020 to 2022 more than 3.500 examination files (i.e.
1,0% of all finished examination files treated in the same period)
and more than 4.300 search files (i.e. 0,6% of all finished search
files treated in the same period) were transferred between teams of
different technical fields under this DFM initiative attached3 with a
DFM marker, indicating the quality-ensuring composition of Examining
Divisions or possible future Examining Divisions.
However, in the very same period more than 21.600 examination files
(i.e. 6,4% of all finished examination files treated in the same
period) and more than 106.600 search files (i.e. 15,6% of all
finished search files treated in the same period) were transferred
between teams of different technical fields without_DFM_marker.
Therefore, on top of the reduction in available examination and
search time due to the Office’s conservative recruitment policy, more
than 21.600 applications were apparently not examined by an Examining
Division composed of members of a team qualified for the technical
field of these files. Furthermore, 106.600 applications were
apparently not searched by members of the technical teams to which
the files had originally been allocated.
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DFM_marker_without_DFM_marker;_3500_vs_21600:_Transferred_examination
files_/_with_DFM_marker_without_DFM_marker⦈_
The right file to the right people?
It is thus questionable whether VP 1’s promise to the members of the
Industry Patent Quality Charter
(IPQC) to further enhance the patent quality could be achieved by
harmonising the examining
procedures by redistributing patent applications among different
technical teams. Especially as many
thousand files had already been redistributed in the period leading
to the IPQC’s concerns. It rather
appears that an Examining Division composed of members not qualified
for the technical field of an
application would rather tend to quickly grant patents of lower
quality, as already feared by European
industry associations back in 2010.
The Central Staff Committee fully supports the idea that the right
file should go to the right people.
But here it is necessary to walk the talk. The figures show that far
too many files are treated by
Examining Divisions outside the appropriate technical field. Better
capacity planning is indispensable.
New colleagues with the necessary expertise are to be recruited. More
technical training must be
offered to colleagues who want to change their technical field.
Your Central Staff Committee
_____
3 Detailed statistics show the number of transferred files that were
treated under the Digital File Marketplace (DFM) initiative, and the
number of files that were simply transferred
By the looks of it, as per above, EPO staff intends to repeatedly protest the
deviation from the Rule of Law as well as key conventions at the EPO. This
institution is now run for and by patent litigators and monopolies (their
clients), not for science or by scientists (don’t be misled by the latest puff
piece in the “news” section of the EPO’s site; imagine actual criminals
awarding you a “Lifetime Achievement laureate” to distract from their crimes by
‘science-washing’). █
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✐ [Meme]European_Union(EU)and_Commission(EC)_Talking_a_Lot_About_Poland,
Not_About_the_EPO,_Which_Obliterated_the_Rule_of_Law⠀✐
Posted in Courtroom, Europe, Law, Patents at 4:37 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Poland is actually the only EU member state which bothered doing an economic
analysis of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), concluding it would be very harmful
to Polish people and businesses
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rule of law and 'insult' the UPC?⦈
Summary: The European Union (EU) and Commission (EC) discredited Europe by
backing the EPO’s corruption and supporting the assault on the European Patent
Convention (EPC), which even predates the EU
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✐ Links_21/06/2023:_Rusty_Gophers_and_Back_from_Web3⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 12:56 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈
§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Politics_and_World_Events
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
# Programming
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ABCXOSH_Wordo:_TELLS⠀⇛
# ⚓ Brassy_tacky⠀⇛
Who amongst us is going to become selfless enough
to show other selves sufficient path to
selflessness that the things you’re talking about
*might* be possible? I mean, one fellow allegedly
died on a cross to accomplish such, and most modern
bastions of putting themselves first mock – if not
despise – that guy.
o § Politics and World Events⠀➾
# ⚓ Books_for_conservative_teenagers⠀⇛
Winter World by A.G. Riddle was weird. I wouldn’t
have finished it if it hadn’t listened to it as an
audiobook.
That said, these days I don’t finish most books as
I’m easily bored and have a vivid imagination so as
soon as I think I know what the author is going to
write, I loose interested very fast.
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ Another_day_on_planet_stupid⠀⇛
Case in point: a water bill “auto pay” set up
correctly that has led to non-payments and threats
of the water being shut off instead of alleged
convenience.
More cases in point: pick a “news” story, any
“news” story.
“The news” in my lifetime has been primarily – if
not exclusively – an advertising delivery
mechanism. Accuracy is irrelevant relative to sell,
sell, sell.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Rusty_Gophers⠀⇛
I’ve started building a Gopher server in
Rust. Nothing fancy, just a way to learn Rust
and dig into the Gopher protocol. Eventually
want it to support simultaneous serving of
Gopher, Gemini, Nex and HTML. Maybe it uses
gmi files as a default and converts to the
rest?
it’s gotten me thinking, what would be a next
step with the advancement of Gemini. This
protocol has made me appreciate reading and
having actual conversations through BBS &
replies to my logs.
# ⚓ Back_from_Web3⠀⇛
My last post was about spending some time in
Web3 and … what can i say… after my first
overly excitement i now just want to see
everything regarding this burn down.
But let me tell you how i ended up in that
place. About a month ago i stumbled upon
nostr, a peer to peer microblogging protocol
that lead me down the Web3 rabbit hole. On
nostr i encountered tons of interesting
people and read about their projects, i
started exploring the “internet computer” and
the whole world of blockchain. It was really
exciting…
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ there_may_be_some_useful_information_about_VCS_in
here⠀⇛
Someone remarked that for the authentic rogue
programming experience™ one should use RCS.
Actually, it is worse than that; rogue (1980)
predates RCS (1982) and used SCCS, or the
Source Code Control System (1973). Computers
are beginning to have History!
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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✐ Links_21/06/2023:_Titanic_Darwin_Award_and_Juneteenth⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 6:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈
§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Reviews
o BSD
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS)
o Programming/Development
# Perl_/_Raku
# Python
# Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh
# Rust
* Leftovers
o Science
o Darwin_Award
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)
o Security
# Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Ex-teacher_seeks_old_laptops_to_help_London_kids_without
one_|_London_Free_Press⠀⇛
Woods replaces existing operating systems with the
system Ubuntu Mate 20.04 LTS.
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ Enabling_IPv6_support_for_IPv4-only_apps_on_Linux⠀⇛
To prove that IPv6 is ready for production use,
I’ve been using an IPv6-only setup on my Ubuntu PC
for more than four months. To access the legacy
IPv4 Internet, I use a NAT64 gateway based on Tayga
deployed on a RockPro64 SBC in my cupboard: [...]
# ⚓ Linux.Chat_Set_to_Disrupt_the_Market_by_Launching
Linux.Chat_Support_Forums,_Expanding_the_Multi-Platform
Community.⠀⇛
Linux.Chat, the renowned multi-platform online
community, is pleased to announce its new launch
Linux.Chat Support Forums on Linux.Forum offers a
space for Linux enthusiasts to connect, share
knowledge, and seek support.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 7_Tips_to_Organize_Files_on_Linux_and
Declutter_Your_PC⠀⇛
On Linux, a file does not only refer to regular
files but also to directories, pipes, network
sockets, devices, etc. Actually, the phrase
“Everything is a file” is a common principle on
Linux. Left unchecked, files can clutter your
system and reduce productivity.
To improve your workflow and make it easy to
navigate your PC, it is important to organize your
files properly and be consistent and decisive in
organizing files.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Create_and_Configure_404_Error_Page
in_NGINX⠀⇛
# ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Step-by-Step_Tutorial:_Install_Minikube_on
Debian_12⠀⇛
I want to run a single node Kubernetes cluster on
my local machine.
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Cannot_open_URL_in_browser_from_flatpak
app⠀⇛
This is discussed somewhere on the Puppy Forum.
Forum member
dimkr posted that ‘xdg-desktop-portal’ and
‘xdg-desktop-portal-gtk’ packages are required.
I have compiled those in a running EasyOS, but no
joy. Tested
starting the daemons. Tested KeePassXC flatpak,
when click on a
URL, nothing happens, nothing output to the
commandline either.
This problem is reported so many times on the
Internet, did a
quick google, can’t see a solution. Will have to
troubleshoot it
more thoroughly later. Might bring out Easy 5.4.2
and try to fix
the this problem afterward.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Change_the_Timezone_in_a_Docker
Container⠀⇛
Docker has revolutionized the software development
world with its concept of containerization,
providing lightweight, standardized, and
reproducible environments. While Docker containers
can be exceptionally useful, they also come with
their own set of intricacies, one of them being
timezone management. T
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Getting_Started_with_Terraform:_A_Step-by-Step
Guide_for_Beginners⠀⇛
In the realm of DevOps and Infrastructure as Code
(IaC), Terraform has emerged as a leading tool,
allowing engineers to manage and provision their
infrastructure in a predictable and efficient way.
This guide aims to help beginners get started with
Terraform, using practical examples.
# ⚓ Unix Men ☛ Open_Source_Screen_Reader_Orca_3.17.3_is_out
now,_Install_it_on_Ubuntu_15.04_GNOME⠀⇛
Orca is well known open source screen reader
application which is part of ubuntu GNOME desktop
environment, ubuntu is operating system for every
kind of users, such apps help people with visual
impairments to use the operating system with ease.
Orca has been facilitating large number of such
users from over years now. It is available for both
GNOME and Unity desktops. Today, Orca 3.17.3 beta
has been released . GNOME development team is busy
with finalizing the new releases of this awesome
desktop environment, 3.17 and 3.18, Orca also got
some fantastic updates in this proess. Orca 3.17.3
has been revamped and many new features have been
added. In this article, we will be reviewing its
important new features and installation process on
ubuntu 15.04 GNOME.
# ⚓ Chen HuiJing ☛ State_of_CSS_survey_2023_is_live!⠀⇛
I’m excited to share with everyone that the State
of CSS survey for 2023 has gone live! Yes, it is
slightly earlier in the year than last year’s
iteration, but given the number of CSS features
that have shipped in the meantime, we’d love to see
if and how folks are using them. Or at least, help
bring awareness of them to the broader web
developer community.
# ⚓ Rohan Kumar ☛ De-federating_P92⠀⇛
Facebook (“Meta”) is launching a Twitter
alternative that will interoperate with the
Fediverse, currently codenamed “Barcelona” and
“P92” (and likely to be known as “Threads”). We
don’t know the extent to which this will or won’t
interoperate; admins who’ve met with Facebook/Meta
employees to discuss P92 have signed non-disclosure
agreements. Most discussion can be framed in two
ways:
1. Whether P92 in particular is worth defederating
from, should it involve an ActivityPub server.
2. Whether Facebook/Meta projects in principle
would be worth proactively blocking, should they
attempt to interoperate with a Fediverse instance.
I’m going to focus on the latter topic, as we know
little about the former.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Disable_Automatic_Updates_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Regularly updating your applications is important
to protect your system from vulnerabilities and
keep it updated with the latest features and
security patches.
In Ubuntu, automatic updates are enabled by default
and keep your system updated without needing to
manually update packages. Some users prefer to have
manual control over updates as it gives them the
flexibility to install updates according to their
preferences.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ RetroDECK_got_a_lot_bigger_and_better_for
emulation_on_Steam_Deck⠀⇛
RetroDECK is just one of the ways you can set up
your Steam Deck for emulation and their team
recently put up a rather great sounding upgrade in
v0.7.0b. During the Beta period their focus is on
the Steam Deck but it will eventually expand fully
onto desktop Linux too.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Valve_moving_away_from_the_Battle_Pass_in
Dota_2⠀⇛
As Dota 2 comes up to the 10 year anniversary,
Valve developers have put up a blog post going over
some of their thoughts on the future.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Pixel_art_RTS_TFC:_The_Fertile_Crescent
adds_in_factions_and_dynamic_music⠀⇛
TFC: The Fertile Crescent is a great fast-paced
pixel-art take on an RTS, a little in the spirit of
Age of Empires and similar games. The latest update
is the biggest yet adding in a faction system.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Crusader_Kings_III:_Wards_&_Wardens
releases_August_22_focusing_on_child_rulers⠀⇛
Crusader Kings III is expanding again with a new
event pack in Crusader Kings III: Wards & Wardens
releasing on August 22nd that will focus on your
children. Time to carefully steer your heir.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fanatical’s_Diamond_Collection_has_some
worthy_games_to_pick_up⠀⇛
Fill up your cart to sit inside and play games this
Summer. Fanatical’s Diamond Collection build your
own bundle has some interesting picks for you. I’ll
be listing each title along with the expected
compatibility on Steam Deck and desktop Linux as
well. Either Native Linux or ProtonDB ratings to
save you some clicking around. Each is also a Steam
link in case you need more info first.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ DLC_announced_for_beat-’em-up_Teenage
Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Shredder’s_Revenge⠀⇛
Announced on June 7th (so a little bit late on this
one – oops!), the native Linux beat-’em-up Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge will be
getting a DLC expansion titled “Dimension
Shellshock” later this year.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KDE_Plasma_5.27.6_Is_Out_to_Improve
Plasma_Wayland_Session,_Support_for_Flatpak_Apps⠀⇛
KDE Plasma 5.27.6 is here one and a half
months after the KDE Plasma 5.27.5 point
release and further improves the Plasma
Wayland session by fixing a source of crashes
in the Powerdevil daemon when the screen is
sleeping and cursor handling bugs causing
muse cursors to look weird in XWayland apps.
Also for Plasma Wayland, the KDE Plasma
5.27.6 update improves fractional scaling so
you no longer see line glitches all over the
place and fixes some issues with blurred and
transparent Breeze-themes context menus
causing weird visual glitches.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Reviews⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Pro ☛ Kali_Linux_review_|_ITPro⠀⇛
With the current shortage of skills, there are
plenty of career opportunities for people
interested in cybersecurity. Luckily, there are
plenty of tools too. One of the most respected is
Kali, a secure Debian Linux-based distribution
specifically targeting penetration testers and
digital forensics experts. The company that makes
it, Offensive Security (Offsec), unveiled it in
2013. It recently released the tenth-anniversary
edition of the distro, 2023.1, so we thought it was
time we took a look.
You don’t need to use Kali for penetration testing.
It’s essentially Debian with a collection of third-
party tools, all of which you can install yourself
from elsewhere. However, this distro offers some
distinct advantages.
The first is convenience. Offsec has bought
hundreds of tools together in this OS, organizing
them neatly in a thoughtfully designed menu system.
Another advantage is Kali’s focus on its own
security. It uses a minimal, trusted set of
repositories to host additional programs. It also
has a customized version of the kernel, fitted with
a patch to support wireless injection for pen
testing, along with support for many external
wireless cards. The default installation also comes
with network services disabled so that you don’t
accidentally announce yourself to your target
network when you turn it on.
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ Undeadly ☛ shutdown/reboot_now_require_membership_of_group
_shutdown⠀⇛
It is entirely possible other ports need to be
updated too, so please test your favorite (and
maybe some not-so-favorite) software on the latest
snapshot you can get your hands on!
# ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Celebrating_30_Years_of_FreeBSD:_Security⠀⇛
Today’s Theme: Security
Whether it’s using FreeBSD to create security
focused products or strengthening security for the
FreeBSD Operating System, we all know that the
effort to keep any type of technology secure is
extensive and never-ending.
So how do folks within FreeBSD handle the gigantic
task? By focusing on several different areas of
security within the Project. Take minute to find
out more in: Keeping FreeBSD Secure: Learn the Whys
and Hows with the FreeBSD Sec Team
# ⚓ InfoWorld ☛ Happy_30th,_FreeBSD!_Why_the_FreeBSD_open
source_project_has_endured⠀⇛
FreeBSD’s 30th birthday presents an opportunity to
look back and examine why this open source
operating system has not only endured, but thrived
across many organizations and use cases for so
long. While open source projects are born out of
different circumstances, FreeBSD grew from a mold
of its own. The path the project took has
everything to do with its longevity and why, 30
years after FreeBSD launched, you’ll find FreeBSD
code helping to power everything from your content
on Netflix to your games on PlayStation.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Latest_SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_goes_all_in
with_confidential_computing⠀⇛
According to SUSE, the latest version of its
enterprise platform is designed to deliver high-
performance computing capabilities, with an
inevitable mention of AI/ML workloads, plus it
claims to have extended its live-patching
capabilities.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ OnLogic_Connects_Contemporary_and_Heritage_Systems⠀⇛
The OnLogic Helix 511 Edge Computer has been
deployed to the manufacturing, automation, energy
management, and other edge and IoT markets. The
solution is ideal for designers looking for
contemporary and heritage connectivity options that
simply interface with onsite systems.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Espressif_ESP_Thread_Border_Router_board
combines_ESP32-H2_&_ESP32-C3_wireless_chips⠀⇛
Espressif Systems has launched the ESP Thread
Border Router/Zigbee Gateway board based on ESP32-
H2 (802.15.4) and ESP32-C3 (WiFi + BLE) modules
following the contention of the Thread
Interoperability Certificate V1.3 for the board and
associated ESP Thread Boarder Router SDK built on
top of the ESP-IDF framework and the open-source
OpenThread protocol stack. The ESP Thread Border
Router supports the protocol functions of the 1.3
Thread standard such as bidirectional IPv6
connectivity, Service Discovery Delegate, Service
Registration Server, Multicast Forwarding, NAT64,
and more, as well as product-level features such as
a Web GUI for device configuration, automatic RCP
(Radio Co-Processor) upgrade, RF coexistence, and
so on.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ $5_Ai-M62-12F-Kit_RISC-V_development_board
features_BL616_WiFi_6,_BLE_5.2,_and_Zigbee_MCU,_plenty_of_I/
Os⠀⇛
Ai Thinker Ai-M62-12F-Kit is a development board
based on Bouffalo Lab BL616 RISC-V microcontroller
with 2.4 GHz WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 LE, and an
802.15.4 radio (Zigbee/Thread), plus thirty I/O pin
for expansion.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Generates_Speech_Using
Hand_Gestures⠀⇛
If there’s one thing the Raspberry Pi is good at,
it’s bridging connections. It’s common to see
models like the Raspberry Pi Pico used to make
things like adapters. Today we’ve got a wonderful
project demo put together by SVSEmbedded that
bridges a communication gap not between devices but
between people. Using a Raspberry Pi Pico, they’ve
created a system that allows users who are speech
impaired to relay messages using hand gestures.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Your_phone_is_probably_a_CDO⠀⇛
I’m not sure how many people know this, but I
thought I’d share something I learned a few years
ago when I worked for a mobile phone seller.
Most modern smartphones are too expensive for
people to purchase outright. At the most extreme
end, the iPhone 14 Pro Max costs £1,2001. So a
typical customer elects to pay £50 per month for 24
months.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾
# ⚓ WordPress ☛ WP_Briefing:_Episode_58:_A_New_Wave_for
WordPress_Events⠀⇛
Hear special guest host Chloé Bringmann and special
guest Angela Jin in the WordPress Briefing as they
discuss the next generation of WordCamps.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppArmadillo
0.12.4.1.0_on_CRAN:_New_Upstream_Bugfix⠀⇛
Armadillo is a powerful and expressive C++ template
library for linear algebra and scientific
computing. It aims towards a good balance between
speed and ease of use, has a syntax deliberately
close to Matlab, and is useful for algorithm
development directly in C++, or quick conversion of
research code into production environments.
RcppArmadillo integrates this library with the R
environment and language–and is widely used by
(currently) 1079 other packages on CRAN, downloaded
29.6 million times (per the partial logs from the
cloud mirrors of CRAN), and the CSDA_paper)
(preprint_/_vignette) by Conrad and myself has been
cited 543 times according to Google Scholar.
# ⚓ 3_weeks_of_coding_for_KDE!⠀⇛
Hello again!
In my last_post, I talked about starting off my
open-source journey with KDE’s Kalendar –
specifically, adding support for calendar
invitations within Kalendar. Three weeks in, here
are some updates on the project:
# Calendar now has support for Free/Busy
information retrieval and publishing.
# Additionally, you can configure the number of
days of info to publish (or email to select
contacts), and whether to upload it
automatically and at what intervals.
# Note that Kalendar does not yet allow you to
make use of others’ Free/Busy information
while scheduling a meeting – more on that in
the coming weeks!
Now, what is free/busy information, and why should
you care? Essentially, it’s a little database
keeping track of the time slots for which your
calendar is marked free or busy. This information
(should you choose to share it), which does not
include any details about why any slots are busy,
can help meeting organizers keep track of when
participants are available, and thus when a meeting
might be scheduled. If you use Kalendar, meeting
management should get a lot more doable from within
the app once this is fully implemented 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴
🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈
Oh and, here’s a quick look at what the changes
look like: [...]
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ 16_Open-source_and_Free_SQL_Query_Managers_for
PHP,_C#,_Python,_Go,_and_JavaScript⠀⇛
SQL Query Managers are software tools that allow
users to interact with databases using SQL
(Structured Query Language) queries. These tools
provide an interface for users to write SQL queries
and execute them against a database.
# ⚓ Fred Herbert ☛ Embrace_Complexity;_Tighten_Your_Feedback
Loops⠀⇛
The official talk title was “Embrace Complexity;
Tighten Your Feedback Loops”. That’s the
descriptive title for the talk that follows the
conference’s guidelines about good descriptive
titles. Instead I decided to follow my gut feeling
and go with what I think really explains my
perspective and the approach I bring with me to
work and even my life in general: [...]
# ⚓ Marcin Juszkiewicz ☛ Searching_on_a_static_website⠀⇛
It is over four years since I moved this website
from being powered by WordPress to being static set
of HTML files generated by Pelican. One of side
effects was lack of search option. But not any
more.
# § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ Rakulang ☛ Rakudo_Weekly_2023.25_Recollections⠀⇛
Jonathan Worthington returned to blogging
after having attended the Raku Core Summit…
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Earthly ☛ Building_Python_Microservices_with_Docker
and_RabbitMQ⠀⇛
Microservices are a software architectural
style where an application is composed of
small, independently deployable services.
Each microservice has a single, narrowly
defined responsibility and communicates with
other microservices through APIs.
In this article, we will learn how to convert
a monolith recipe API into microservices. We
will use an already-built Django and Flask
application and make them communicate with
each other as one.
# § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Check_if_Variable_is_Empty_in_Bash⠀⇛
There are several reasons why one would want
to check whether the variable is empty, such
as checking for input validation.
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ The_Rust_Leadership_Council⠀⇛
The Rust project has announced the formation
of the Rust Leadership Council, which will
take the place of the existing Core Team and
Leadership Chat groups.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Smart_Sphere_Or_Magnetic_Magic⠀⇛
Sometimes a coworker sees something on your desk,
and they have to ask, “Where can I get one of
those?” and that has to be one of the greatest
compliments to a maker. [Greg Zumwalt] nailed it
with his “Marblevator Line Follower.” Roboticists
will immediately recognize a black line on a white
surface, but this uses hidden mechanics instead of
light/dark sensors. Check out the video after the
break to see the secrets, or keep bearing with us.
# ⚓ Vox ☛ The_summer_solstice_is_Wednesday:_7_things_to_know
about_the_longest_day_of_the_year⠀⇛
The summer solstice is upon us: Wednesday, June 21,
is the longest day of 2023, and the start of the
summer season, for anyone living north of the
equator.
Technically speaking, the summer solstice occurs
when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer,
or 23.5 degrees north latitude. This will occur at
exactly 10:57 am Eastern Wednesday. If you’re a fan
of sunlight, wearing shorts, eating ice cream, and
enjoying all summer has to offer, this is likely a
big day for you.
Below is a short scientific guide to the longest
day of the year.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Discover_a_Weird_Material_Made
of_Subatomic_Particles⠀⇛
Redefining ‘exotic’.
o § Darwin Award⠀➾
# ⚓ Futurism ☛ CEO_Who_Said_Safety_Is_a_“Waste”_on_Board_Lost
Submarine⠀⇛
“You know, at some point, safety is just pure
waste,” Rush told CBS’ David Pogue during an
episode of his “Unsung Science” podcast. “I mean,
if you just want to be safe, don’t get out of bed,
don’t get in your car, don’t do anything. At some
point, you’re going to take some risk, and it
really is a risk-reward question.”
“I think I can do this just as safely while
breaking the rules,” he added at the time.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Why_Did_the_Missing_Titanic_Sub_Use_a
$40_Video_Game_Controller?⠀⇛
Since the submarine disappeared, people have been
mocking OceanGate’s use of a mid-tier games
controller. But it has become increasingly common
for serious military equipment, including tanks and
submarines, to be controlled using off-the-shelf or
slightly modified video game controllers.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Race_against_time_to_find_missing_Titanic_wreck
sub_with_5_on_board⠀⇛
US and Canadian ships and planes searched on Monday
for a submarine that went missing more than a day
earlier off the coast of southeastern Canada while
taking tourists to explore the wreckage of
the Titanic, officials said.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tourist_Submersible_Vessel_Vanishes_on_Its
Way_to_Titanic_Wreckage⠀⇛
A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard said the five
people on the submersible theoretically had 70 to
96 hours of oxygen before the situation became
dire.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ What_to_know_about_search_for_Titanic_tourist
vessel_that_vanished_with_5_people_on_board⠀⇛
A tourist submersible has gone missing while on a
diving trip to the wreck of the_Titanic, sparking a
massive search and rescue operation in the North
Atlantic.
Driving the news:U.S. Coast Guard officials said
five people were on board the submersible when it
lost_contact with the vessel one hour and 45
minutes into the dive on Sunday afternoon and it
was reported overdue some 900 miles off
Massachusetts’ Cape Cod.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Tourist_submarine_exploring_Titanic_declared
missing,_search_ongoing⠀⇛
A submersible vessel used for taking tourists to
see the wreckage of the Titanic in the North
Atlantic has gone missing, triggering a search-and-
rescue operation, the US Coast Guard said Monday.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Deep-sea_craft_carrying_5_people
to_Titanic_wreckage_reported_missing,_search_underway⠀⇛
The search is being led by the U.S. Coast Guard.
# ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ A_search_and_rescue_operation_is_underway
for_a_submersible_touring_the_wreckage_of_the_Titanic⠀⇛
CNN — The US Coast Guard launched a search and
rescue operation for a submersible with five people
on board that went missing during an expedition to
the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic
Ocean. The military branch received a phone call
Sunday informing them the Canadian research ship
Polar Prince had lost…
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Deep-sea_craft_carrying_5_people_to
Titanic_wreckage_reported_missing,_search_underway⠀⇛
A search is underway for a missing submersible that
carries people to view the wreckage of the Titanic.
Canadian officials say the five-person submersible
was reported overdue Sunday night about 435 miles
south of St. John’s, Newfoundland. The search is
being led by the U.S. Coast Guard. The owner of the
ship that launched the submersible confirmed that
it was operated by OceanGate Expeditions. That
company has been operating annual voyages since
2021 to the wreckage of the iconic ocean liner. In
a statement, the company said it is working to
bring the crew back safely.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ 5_aboard_missing_Titanic-bound_sub_likely
experiencing_‘very_uncomfortable,_dark_experience’⠀⇛
The record-breaking depth and remoteness of the
location are making the search particularly
challenging.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_are_undersea_rescues_so_difficult?⠀⇛
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Rescue_of_lost_Titanic-bound_sub_would_be_deepest
recovery_mission_in_history⠀⇛
“While the submersible might still be intact, if it
is beyond the continental shelf, there are very few
vessels that can get that deep, and certainly not
divers.”
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Titanic_Tourist_Sub_Goes_Missing_in_the_Atlantic
Ocean⠀⇛
The submersible had a 96-hour supply of oxygen,
according to David Concannon, a consultant for
OceanGate Expeditions.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_British_explorer_and_businessman_is
among_those_on_the_missing_submersible.⠀⇛
Hamish Harding holds several Guinness World
Records, including one for the longest time spent
traversing the deepest part of the ocean on a
single dive.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Behind_The_X86_Pipeline_Curtain⠀⇛
We’ve often heard that modern x86 CPUs don’t really
execute x86 instructions. Instead, they decode them
into RISC instructions that are easier to schedule,
pipeline, and execute. But we never really looked
into that statement to see if it is true. [Fanael]
did, though, and the results are very interesting.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Creating_Lithography-Free_Photonic
Reprogrammable_Circuits⠀⇛
The field of photonics has seen significant
advances during the past decades, to the point
where it is now an integral part of high-speed,
international communications. For general
processing photonics is currently less common, but
is the subject of significant research. Unlike most
photonic circuits which are formed using patterns
etched into semiconductor mask using lithography,
purely light-based circuits are a tantalizing
possibility. This is the focus of a recent paper
(press release, ResearchGate) in Nature Photonics
by [Tianwei Wu] and colleagues at the University of
Pennsylvania.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ What’s_In_A_Slip_Ring?⠀⇛
We know that when [Big Clive] puts up another
video, the chances are we’re in for another
fascinating look into a piece of tech on his bench.
The latest is a slip ring assembly, and he gives it
a teardown to reveal its secrets.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Keebin’_With_Kristina:_The_One_With_The_Mouse-
cropad⠀⇛
Okay, so you built a macropad or even a keyboard.
What now? Well, most people use some kind of mouse
to go along with it, but no one uses a mouse like
this creation by [Joe_Scotto].
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Germany_to_contribute_a_third_for_Intel_wafer
fabrication_unit_in_Magdeburg⠀⇛
German Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for
Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck
said: “Today’s agreement is a milestone for Germany
as a location for innovation and investment, for
jobs, resilience and competitiveness.
“Intel’s investment will raise semiconductor
production in Germany to a new level and is an
important contribution to growing European
sovereignty.”
The project is expected to create 7000 construction
jobs during the first phase of the build, about
3000 permanent high-tech jobs at Intel and tens of
thousands of additional jobs across the industry
ecosystem.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Intel_has_finally_cleared_an_obstacle_to_its
European_chip_plant_expansion⠀⇛
Intel has secured almost $11 billion in subsidies
from the German government.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Cisco_launches_AI_networking_chips_to_take_on
Broadcom,_Marvell⠀⇛
Cisco said the chips could help in carrying out AI
and machine learning tasks with 40% fewer switches
and a lesser lag, while being more power efficient.
# ⚓ BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd ☛ Cisco_To_Challenge
Broadcom,_Marvell_Technology_With_New_Networking_Chips_For_AI
Supercomputers⠀⇛
The announcement comes after Broadcom introduced
its Jericho3-AI chip in April, which also boasted
the capability to connect up to 32,000 GPU chips
together. This development indicates the escalating
competition within the industry as major players
vie for dominance in the rapidly growing AI
supercomputing market.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Taiwanese_semiconductor_manufacturers
visit_Mexico⠀⇛
The business delegation will inspect possible
investment sites in Mexico, which seeks a share of
the industry dominated by Taiwan.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_Reaches_Agreement_to_Build_New_Fabs
in_Germany_and_Israel⠀⇛
Intel to get €10 billion subsidies from German
government, plans expansion in Israel.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Chinese_investigators_admit_to_smelling_a_rat_in
college_canteen_food_scandal⠀⇛
A provincial-level probe shuts down canteen, vows
to punish college, local officials for ‘wrong
conclusion’
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Health_violations_found_in_assisted_living_in
Kandava,_Latvia⠀⇛
The social services of Kandava and Tukums have long
placed seniors and people with functional
disabilities in an institution providing services
similar to long-term social care and
rehabilitation, but it has not been registered and
does not meet the minimum requirements to be
provided in such institutions, the Ombudsman’s
office said on June 19.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Demand_for_donated_food_grew_20%_this_winter,_says
Samaritan_movement⠀⇛
Demand for donated food increased by 20% in the
autumn and winter, according to the Samaritan
Association of Latvia. This spring, rules on
products that can be donated after expiry changed
providing for a broader range of foods to be
donated, Latvian Radio reported on June 19.
# ⚓ A_“not_antivax”_COVID-19_contrarian:_“RFK_Jr._makes
‘reasonable’_points”⠀⇛
Having just recounted yet again Robert F. Kennedy,
Jr.’s 18+ year history of being not just rabidly
antivaccine, but a leader in the antivaccine
movement, all for the benefit of those who still
labor under the delusion that his claims that he is
“not antivaccine” but rather “for safe vaccines”
are not a product of delusion or deception, I had
not expected to discuss him again so soon.
Unfortunately, since announcing his candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for President, RFK Jr.
has been riding the tide of antivax activism
spawned by the pandemic, and wealthy tech bros have
been promoting his antivax views. Thanks to his
candidacy, he is also getting way more press than
he has ever gotten before in his entire life.
Unfortunately, much of it is overly favorable—the
Kennedy mystique isn’t dead, I guess—and glosses
over his long history of antivaccine activism,
first in the hypothesis that mercury in vaccines
was responsible for an “epidemic” of autism but
then, when that hypothesis failed, in the service
of general antivaccine conspiracy theories, which
has led some of us to express frustration like:
[...]
o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Spotify_for_Artists_is_Deleting
Historical_Song_Data_on_July_1st_—_Here’s_How_to_Download
Your_Data_Before_Then⠀⇛
Historical artist data is often used to research
previous tracks and trends in order to make
informed decisions when planning the marketing of a
new release. Spotify notes that your historical
data from December 31st, 2020, and earlier is now
available to download from Spotify for Artists
until June 30th, 2023.
# ⚓ Riccardo Mori ☛ Apple_Vision_Pro_—_Further_considerations⠀⇛
In my previous article I wrote about how Apple’s
constant mantra when they introduce something — We
can’t wait to see what you’ll do with it! — annoys
me because it actually feels like a cop-out on
Apple’s part. It signals lack of ideas, and lack of
a truly thought-out plan for how to take advantage
of the product’s potential. It also shows… how can
I put it? Lack of proactivity? Show me a wider
range of use cases, but most importantly tell me
why this product should matter to me — what seems
to be the problem you have identified and how this
product was created to address it.
But even more annoying is the response from many
tech enthusiasts, that this is a first-generation
product, that you have to imagine it three
iterations later, five iterations later… This is an
awful excuse that further normalises this idiotic
status quo in tech, where everything is in a
constant ‘beta state’. When you’re at your next job
interview, try telling the interviewer (clearly not
impressed by your résumé) that they shouldn’t look
at your qualifications today, that this is just the
1.0 version of you, that they should imagine what
you’ll become in the company three years from now,
five years from now. Good luck with that.
# § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Suffering_from_ransomware_is_a_reason
to_fire_more_than_half_of_the_workforce._The_National
Court_endorses_it⠀⇛
One of the great fears of any company is that
it will be affected by a cyber attack. The
presence of malware on a company’s computer
equipment can be fatal by producing stoppages
in production, the impossibility of accessing
their records and even the danger of the
personal data of its clients. But now a new
fear comes into play: the possibility of
employees losing their jobs.
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Lockbit_ransomware
still_poses_persistent_threat_to_businesses,_warn
international_agencies⠀⇛
The advisory reveals that Lockbit was the
most prevalent ransomware variant deployed
globally in 2022. Moreover, its activities
have persisted throughout 2023, with
incidents observed as recently as late May.
In response to this alarming trend, the
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a
division of GCHQ, collaborated with agencies
from the United States, Australia, Canada,
France, Germany and New Zealand to provide
guidance aimed at reducing the likelihood and
severity of future attacks.
# ⚓ [Repeat] IT Wire ☛ Alphv_ransomware_gang_wants_Reddit
to_withdraw_change_in_API_pricing⠀⇛
On their web site on the dark web, the group
said that it had sought a US$4.5 million
(A$6.56 million) from Reddit in exchange for
deleting the stolen data.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Power_LED_Side-Channel_Attack⠀⇛
This is a clever new side-channel_attack:
The first attack uses an Internet-
connected surveillance camera to take a
high-speed video of the power LED on a
smart card readeror of an attached
peripheral deviceduring cryptographic
operations. This technique allowed the
researchers to pull a 256-bit ECDSA key
off the same government-approved smart
card used in Minerva. The other allowed
the researchers to recover the private
SIKE key of a Samsung Galaxy S8 phone by
training the camera of an iPhone 13 on
the power LED of a USB speaker connected
to the handset, in a similar way to how
Hertzbleed pulled SIKE keys off Intel and
AMD CPUs…
# ⚓ Beebom ☛ 5_Best_VPNs_for_Linux_in_2023_(Free_and_Paid)⠀⇛
A VPN aka Virtual Private Network can protect your
privacy online by keeping you anonymous on the
internet. The way a VPN works is by routing your
network to a different private network and server
present somewhere across the globe, thereby
protecting your online activity from trackers and
phishing websites. If you are on Linux, you’re
already a privacy-conscious user and you would want
to use a VPN. In this guide, let’s look at the 5
best VPNs for Linux.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian (libxpm
and php7.3), Fedora (chromium), Mageia (kernel,
kernel-linus, and sysstat), Red Hat (c-ares), SUSE
(libwebp), and Ubuntu (cups-filters, libjettison-
java, and libsvgpp-dev).
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Iowa’s_largest_school_district_confirms
ransomware_attack,_data_theft⠀⇛
“The cyberattack against DMPS included a ransom
demand. No ransom has been or will be paid in
response to this attack based on the advice of our
cybersecurity experts and what is in the best
interest of the school district and community,” Des
Moines Public Schools said.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ FTC_Says_Genetic_Testing_Company_1Health
Failed_to_Protect_Privacy_and_Security_of_DNA_Data_and
Unfairly_Changed_its_Privacy_Policy⠀⇛
The Federal Trade Commission charged that the
genetic testing firm 1Health.io left sensitive
genetic and health data unsecured, deceived
consumers about their ability to get their data
deleted, and changed its privacy policy
retroactively without adequately notifying and
obtaining consent from consumers whose data the
company had already collected.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Over_100,000_compromised_ChatGPT_accounts
found_for_sale_on_dark_web⠀⇛
Singapore-based threat intelligence outfit Group-IB
has found ChatGPT credentials in more than 100,000
stealer logs traded on the dark web in the past
year.
[...]
The amount of stolen accounts steadily climbed from
74 in June 2022 to 26,902 in May 2023. April 2023
was an outlier – a moderate decline was seen in the
number of accounts, before peaking the very next
month.
# ⚓ Ransomware_affects_emergency_radiology_workflows [Ed:
Microsoft Windows is killing people]⠀⇛
Ransomware attacks have a significant effect on
emergency radiology workflows, as well as on acute
care delivery and the personal well-being of
healthcare providers, according to a study
published June 15 in the Annals of Emergency
Medicine.
Researchers led by Liselotte van Boven, MD, from
VieCuri Medical Center in Venlo, the Netherlands,
found several common themes among interviewed
personnel, including limited preparedness by
emergency departments for such attacks. They also
found that many attacks occur during the acute care
and recovery phases.
“[The] interviews underscore the importance of
preparation in reducing the marked clinical effect
of cybercrime,” van Boven and colleagues wrote.
Many ransomware attacks occur at hospitals,
disrupting medical care. Previous reports suggest
that healthcare workers, including radiologists,
experience longer emergency department shifts,
delayed testing and treatment, higher complication
rates, and increased need for patient transfers.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Ransomware_affects_emergency_radiology
workflows⠀⇛
Many ransomware attacks occur at hospitals,
disrupting medical care. Previous reports suggest
that healthcare workers, including radiologists,
experience longer emergency department shifts,
delayed testing and treatment, higher complication
rates, and increased need for patient transfers.
# ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Ransomware_Gang_Haunted_US_Firms_Long_Before
MOVEit_Hack [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
Shell Plc, IAG SA’s British Airways, the British
Broadcasting Corp., the state of Minnesota’s
Department of Education, multiple federal agencies
— they’re among the victims of the latest data
breach launched by Clop, a Russian-speaking hacking
group that’s attacking targets around the world in
both the public and private sectors.
The Clop gang, also known as Cl0p, is known for
“driving global trends in criminal malware
distribution,” according to the US Cybersecurity
and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA.
# § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ NPR ☛ A_3-hour_phone_call_that_brought_her_to_tears:
Imposter_scams_cost_Americans_billions⠀⇛
Law enforcement agencies across the country
are warning about imposter scams. The Federal
Communications Commission has made YouTube
videos and tip sheets for people to learn how
to spot caller ID spoofing. The agency says
it’s best to hang up and call back.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ The_FCC_launches_a_privacy_task_force
focused_on_wireless⠀⇛
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
wants to get back into the business of
regulating privacy. On Wednesday, Chairwoman
Jessica Rosenworcel announced the agency
had created a Privacy and Data Protection
Task Force that will be led by Loyaan Egal,
the head of the enforcement bureau.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ More_than_adequate:_New_directions
in_international_data_transfer_governance⠀⇛
What is the future for transatlantic and
international data transfer mechanisms? Can
existing efforts achieve greater policy
coherence across the global ecosystem?
# ⚓ FSF ☛ We_have_nothing_to_hide,_only_everything_to
protect⠀⇛
“I have nothing to hide.” That’s what most
people say when I start a conversation about
privacy. Have you ever wondered why you
should use software that protects your
privacy and the privacy of the people you
communicate with? To understand this better,
I recommend watching the first talk in our
LibrePlanet 2023 lightning talk series. In
her five minute talk, the speaker will
convince you that you are worthy of all the
privacy you want and need. For people who
claim that they have nothing to hide, she has
a persuasive reply: “I have nothing to hide,
only everything to protect.”
If you don’t use free software for the sake
of your own privacy, then use it to protect
your loved ones; if you don’t value yourself
enough to make sure that information that’s
yours — and only yours — stays with you, then
at least honor the privacy of the most
vulnerable people in our society. History
shows that even societies that are considered
to be free have areas in which they struggle
to exercise equal treatment and fail to
guarantee human rights for everyone who lives
within them. In the above-mentioned lightning
talk, the speaker cites the example of the
Underground Railroad, a network of secret
routes and safe houses that helped enslaved
African Americans in the 19th century escape
from slavery. The Underground Railroad would
not have been possible without privacy!
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Palantir’s_deals_with_NHS_England
top_£60M_–_without_competition⠀⇛
NHS England, the health department quango,
first started working with the US data
analytics company during the height of the
pandemic, when a £1 award [PDF] led to a £1
million ($1.7 million) deal, and then a £23
million ($29.2 million) contract signed in
December 2020 without competition for a
COVID-linked data store and related
analytics.
That deal was subject to the threat of
judicial review from campaigners, who argued
the contract represented such a change in
data usage it warranted public consultation
under British data protection law. NHS
England later agreed not to extend Palantir’s
contract beyond the pandemic without
consulting the public.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Oreo_cookie_maker_says_crooks
gobbled_up_staff_info [Ed: Microsoft Windows]⠀⇛
Considering Mondelez was among the global
companies hit in the NotPetya outbreak — and
it recently settled its lawsuit against
Zurich American Insurance Company, which it
brought because the insurer refused to cover
Mondelez’s $100-million-plus cleanup bill —
the fact that this was a third-party privacy
breach probably provided a small bit of
relief somewhere. Bryan Cave, we note, did
not represent Mondelez in the NotPetya
insurance legal battle.
# ⚓ Banks,_Institutions_Pay_Over_N200m_Fines_for
Breaching_Privacy_Rights_of_Nigerians⠀⇛
The Federal Government has collected a total
sum exceeding N200 million from at least
seven banks and various institutions. The
Federal Government collected these payments
from these financial institutions as a
consequence of their infringement upon the
data privacy rights of Nigerian citizens.
Read more: https://www.legit.ng/business-
economy/technology/1540251-banks-
institutions-pay-n200m-fines-exposing-
privacy-rights-nigerians/
# ⚓ 16,000_Vermont_health_insurance_customers_affected_by
data_theft,_more_than_previously_known⠀⇛
The personal information of at least 16,000
Vermont health insurance customers was stolen
in a cyberattack in January — more than twice
the number originally reported.
The affected people included over 14,000
Vermont residents, of whom 13,700 were
members of Vermont Blue Advantage health
insurance plans, the state Attorney General’s
Office said in response to a VTDigger
inquiry.
It said the other residents were on different
insurance plans: nearly 300 with Aetna ACE
and about 50 with UAW Retiree Medical
Benefits Trust.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Canada’s_Political_Elites_Are_Climate
Criminals_in_the_Pocket_of_Big_Oil⠀⇛
It is only to be expected that Trudeau would want
to distance himself from his conservative rivals at
both the federal and provincial level. Their crude
efforts to downplay the significance of the
wildfires, often bordering on outright climate
denial, are not for him. He is careful to say all
the right things about environmental issues, even
as he serves the interests of fossil fuel
companies. And he is not alone — parties from
across the political spectrum greenwash their
public statements while courting Big Oil.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ DOJ_establishes_cybercrime_enforcement
unit_as_U.S._warnings_mount_over_Chinese_[cracking]⠀⇛
The National Security Cyber Section — NatSec Cyber,
for short — has been approved by Congress and will
elevate cyberthreats to “equal footing” with other
major national security issues, including
counterterrorism and counterintelligence, Assistant
Attorney General for National Security Matt Olsen
said in remarks at the Hoover Institution in
Washington.
The new section enables the agency to “increase the
scale and speed of disruption campaigns and
prosecutions of nation-state cyberthreats as well
as state-sponsored cybercriminals, associated money
launderers, and other cyber-enabled threats to
national security,” Olsen said.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ US_Hypocrisy_About_Chinese_Spy_Base_in_Cuba⠀⇛
Reports that the People’s Republic of China (PRC)
was constructing a base in Cuba devoted to spying
on the United States immediately generated concern
among members of America’s foreign policy
establishment. Now that U.S. intelligence agencies
contend that Beijing is expanding a small facility
that has operated since 2019, concern has risen
toward outright alarm.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Micronesia_as_headline_fodder_in_the
US–China_contest⠀⇛
In the context of world events, an announcement
that US President Joe Biden would sign agreements
with Pacific island nations may not seem to be
headline news.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Experts_react:_Blinken_makes_the_rounds
in_Beijing._Will_there_be_a_US-China_thaw?⠀⇛
The US secretary of state has just wrapped up
meetings with top Chinese officials in Beijing.
Read insights from Atlantic Council experts on what
was revealed and what to look for next.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ New_Chinese_premier’s_visit_to_Germany,_France
highlights_strained_relations_with_EU⠀⇛
China’s new Premier Li Qiang is currently
on a visit to Germany, his first trip
abroad since taking office in March. With France
lined up as the next stop on his agenda,
Li’s Western European excursion is the subject of
much speculation amid strained relations between
China and the EU.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Xi_hosts_Blinken_for_talks,_sees_‘progress’_in
stabilising_US-China_ties⠀⇛
President Xi Jinping hosted Antony Blinken for
talks in Beijing on Monday, capping two days of
high-level discussions between the US secretary of
state and Chinese officials.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s_Xi_tells_US_Sec._of_State
Blinken_he_hopes_visit_makes_‘positive_contribution’_to
ties⠀⇛
President Xi Jinping hosted Antony Blinken for
talks in Beijing on Monday, capping two days of
high-level discussions between the US secretary of
state and Chinese officials. Blinken’s visit is the
highest-level trip by a US official to China in
nearly five years with ties severely strained
between the world’s two largest economies.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ INTERVIEWS:_Hong_Kongers_overseas_keep_alive_their
struggle_for_freedom_and_democracy⠀⇛
‘We who can still do something do what we can,’
says one.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Blinken_Meets_Xi_as_China_and_the_U.S._Try
to_Ease_Tensions⠀⇛
U.S. diplomats visited Beijing to try to ensure
that competition “does not veer into conflict.” The
talks pave the way for a possible Biden-Xi meeting.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Blinken’s_Visit_to_China:_What_to_Know⠀⇛
There’s much to talk about, but it’s not clear if
it will be constructive. Meetings in Beijing will
offer clues as to whether the two nations can
smooth over tensions.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_president_meets_top_US_diplomat_in_Beijing⠀⇛
Despite low expectations, Xi and Blinken’s last-
minute meeting suggests a thawing in relations.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ We_Need_a_Peace_President⠀⇛
Most people agree that we are closer to nuclear war
than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile
Crisis. Some would even argue that we are closer
now than we were in those fateful days, when Soviet
missiles in Cuba almost triggered a nuclear war
between the US and the USSR.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar’s_ousted_president_receives_medical_treatment
in_prison⠀⇛
A doctor was brought in to treat Win Myint for an
unspecified disease.
# ⚓ Juneteenth_Can_Be_a_Call_to_Action_on_Climate_and_More⠀⇛
Building community resilience was clearly born out
of necessity, but more importantly, it was grounded
in a shared African cultural ethos of Ubuntu,
meaning, “I am because you/we are.” Ubuntu uplifts
our oneness and recognizes that well-being flows
from caring relationships with each other, our
community, and nature. Ubuntu maintained us through
enslavement and reconstruction, and while somewhat
eroded over time through assimilation into western
culture, it is finding a resurgence. The
cooperative spirit of Ubuntu is central to the
Juneteenth story, and provides a way forward in
this new era of climate, political, economic, and
social disruptions.
# ⚓ Juneteenth:_Meet_the_first_and_last_racist⠀⇛
To sustain such longevity and diversity, Kemet
embodied the Ubuntu spirit — wisdom, science,
inclusiveness, and tolerance fostered by
polytheism.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Settler-Colonialist_Alliance_of_India_and
Israel⠀⇛
In 1962, after a series of border conflicts over
the disputed territory of Aksai Chin—which both
China and India claimed, and still continue to
claim, as their own—the two countries fought a one-
month war. India’s troops in Namka Chu Valley were
considerably weaker and the state of Israel quickly
responded to India’s request for assistance.
Then–Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion wrote to his
Indian counterpart, Jawaharlal Nehru, emphasizing
his country’s “fullest sympathy and understanding”
and offering to provide weapons to Indian forces.
Nehru requested that the weapons be sent in
unmarked ships, aware that accepting Israeli
assistance could affect India’s relations with Arab
nations. Ben-Gurion declined and said, “No flag. No
weapons.” Eventually, India relented and accepted
arms transported in ships with the Israeli flag.
And though India lost the conflict, the country was
now aware that in times of need, Israel could be
counted on as a potential ally.1
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Juneteenth!⠀⇛
# ⚓ ACLU ☛ Reparations,_in_Our_Lifetime⠀⇛
Once dismissed by many as impractical, the quest
for reparations for the descendants of African
people enslaved in the United States is now being
embraced as a legitimate concept to be taken
seriously. The remedy is not only being sought to
address harms from the enslavement era, but also
for lingering impacts which manifest today. The
illegal kidnapping, cultural assault, and nearly
300 years of forced free labor, followed by 100
years of convict leased labor, Black codes,
sharecropping, the peonage system, lynchings, mass
murders, systemic racism, Jim Crow, gerrymandering,
redlining, educational inequities, health
disparities and mass incarceration, still
reverberate within the collective genes of Black
people in this country.
These harms were multi-faceted; thus, remedies must
be as well. Indeed, reparations can be fashioned in
as many ways as necessary to equitably address the
countless manifestations of injustice emanating
from America’s original sin.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Juneteenth_draws_attention_to_sites_linked_to
enslavement_after_decades_of_neglect.⠀⇛
Historic sites linked to enslavement and
emancipation are getting new attention — and
funding for preservation — after years of neglect.
The big picture:The popularity_of_Juneteenth and
the racial reckoning after George_Floyd’s_murder in
2020 led several cities and states to rethink how
they commemorate difficult chapters of American
history, including slavery.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_urges_Europe_to_find_alternatives_to
German-led_air_defence_plan⠀⇛
President Emmanuel Macron said he made some
progress on Monday in convincing some of France’s
EU allies to look at a more home-grown defence
strategy, in contrast to a German-led effort to
jointly procure air defence systems from outside
Europe.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Americans_mark_Juneteenth_with
parties,_events_and_quiet_reflection_on_the_end_of_slavery⠀⇛
Americans observed the relatively new Juneteenth
federal holiday with festivals, parades, cookouts
and other gatherings.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Six_Essential_Reads_to_Understand
Juneteenth⠀⇛
Spend time with beautiful pieces of writing that
highlight the fortitude of Black Americans.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Juneteenth_Celebrates_a_Great_American
Achievement⠀⇛
The emerging culture war over the holiday is
misguided. In reality, Juneteenth celebrates one of
the greatest triumphs of America and its founding
principles.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Uruguay’s_President_Halts_Plan_to_Turn
Bronze_Nazi_Eagle_Into_Peace_Dove⠀⇛
President Luis Lacalle Pou said that he was
canceling a project to melt down and recast a 700-
pound relic of World War II after thousands signed
a petition calling for it to be preserved in a
museum.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Americans_mark_Juneteenth_with
parties,_events_and_quiet_reflection_on_the_end_of_slavery⠀⇛
Americans across the country are observing the
relatively new Juneteenth federal holiday with
festivals, parades, cookouts and other gatherings.
On a long holiday weekend seen by many as a reason
for a party, others are urging quiet reflection
about the end of slavery and the treatment of Black
Americans throughout U.S. history. In Fort Worth,
Texas, the woman known as the “grandmother of
Juneteenth,” Opal Lee, led her annual Walk for
Freedom on Monday. The 96-year-old former teacher
and activist is largely credited for rallying
others behind a campaign to make Juneteenth a
federal holiday. This year, Lee became only the
second Black person to have her portrait hung in
the Senate chamber of the Texas Capitol.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Juneteenth_is_celebrated_on_June_19._But_do
you_know_why?⠀⇛
Juneteenth marks June 19, the day when the last
enslaved people in the United States learned they
were free. For generations, Americans have
celebrated the day with parades and cookouts, but
knowledge of its history is also important.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Celebrating_Juneteenth_by_Emancipating
History⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ These_Cowboys_Build_a_New_Juneteenth
Tradition_at_a_Rodeo_in_Portland⠀⇛
The cowboy is “a shorthand for independence and
grit and all of these things about America,” an
organizer said. “But then you combine it with Black
culture, and it just wiggles your brain.”
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Celebrating_Juneteenth_by_Emancipating
History⠀⇛
Several years ago my dad, Gerald Lenoir, discovered
the plantation where our family was enslaved.
Through his extensive genealogical research, he
determined that my great-great-grandfather Thomas
H. Lenoir was born into slavery on the Lenoir
Plantation in Morgantown, Miss., in March of 1844.
After the Civil War, Thomas married my great-great-
grandmother Laura; together they had 17 children.
Thomas died on March 1, 1929, at the age of 84 in
Sartinville, Walthall County, Miss. My dad also
discovered that the white Lenoir enslavers were
originally French and had traveled to New York and
then the Carolinas before settling in Morgantown,
where they established a cotton and tobacco
plantation.
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ NPR ☛ How_Ukraine_created_an_‘Army_of_Drones’_to_take
on_Russia⠀⇛
Second, the Ukrainians have employed drones
creatively for both reconnaissance and
attacks. The drones have nowhere near the
firepower of fighter jets. Hence, Ukraine has
sought U.S. F-16s since the war began, and
now has pledges that it will receive them in
the coming months. Still, the drones have
allowed Ukraine to surveil and harass Russian
troops in ways that would otherwise not be
possible.
[...]
Ukraine, in turn, says it’s working on
software that can prevent Russian electronic
jamming.
Russian drone use has been more limited and
less effective than Ukraine’s. In recent
months, Russia has relied heavily on military
drones from Iran, called Shaheds. By one
recent count, Ukraine has shot down more than
900 of the 1,200 Shahed drones fired by
Russia, a rate of more than 75%.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ IFV_repair_workshop_completed_in_Lithuania’s
Rukla⠀⇛
A repair workshop for the Vilkas (Wolf)
infantry fighting vehicles and other military
transport equipment has been completed in
Lithuania’s Rukla, the Defence Ministry said
on Monday.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania’s_Customs_intercepts_more_than
€27,000_smuggled_from_Belarus⠀⇛
Customs officers at Lithuania’s Raigardas
road post have intercepted Belarusian
citizens as they attempted to smuggle over
27,000 euros into the country, the Customs
service’s Kaunas territorial office said on
Monday.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_expects_to_set_up_100_km_of_patrol
trail_along_Belarus_border_this_year⠀⇛
Lithuanian Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė
expects a 100-kilometre-long patrol trail
along the border with Belarus to be set up
this year.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_blocks_UN_from_delivering_aid_to
areas_flooded_after_Kakhovka_dam_collapse_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Russian authorities have refused to allow
UN representatives to enter the Russian-
controlled areas in Ukraine’s Kherson region
that were flooded after the destruction of
the Kakhovka dam to deliver humanitarian aid,
according to Denise Brown, the organization’s
Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine’s_Deputy_Defense_Minister_Hanna
Maliar_reports_on_counteroffensive_in_progress_—
Meduza⠀⇛
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna
Maliar reports that the Ukrainian army has
liberated the village of Pyatykhatky in
southern Zaporizhzhia.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_mystery_of_Evgeny_Prigozhin_Why_does
Putin_let_Wagner_Group’s_founder_make_statements_that
would_land_anyone_else_in_court?_—_Meduza⠀⇛
In recent months, Wagner Group paramilitary
cartel founder Evgeny Prigozhin has
repeatedly made statements that nobody else
in Russia would be able to get away with. As
the independent outlet iStories recently
noted, Prigozhin frequently refers to
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine as a
war, rather than the Russian government’s
preferred (and legally-mandated) term,
“special military operation”; he regularly
insults the country’s military leaders
publicly; and he’s openly acknowledged that
the war against Ukraine has failed miserably
to bring the changes Vladimir Putin intended.
What’s more, he’s spoken positively about
jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny and
his ability to expose corruption in the
Russian government, and he’s raised the
prospect of the Russian people lifting the
country’s elites on pitchforks. Any one of
these comments would have been enough to land
anybody else in court, if not behind bars,
but Prigozhin is currently touring around the
country giving press conferences. To better
understand why the firebrand tycoon is
allowed so much leeway, journalists from
iStories spoke to former Russian intelligence
officers, a person close to the Russian
Defense Ministry, and a business owner close
to Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. Meduza is
publishing translations of their
explanations.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Jailed_Putin_critic_Alexey_Navalny_announces
new_project_to_‘turn_people_against_the_war’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Alexey Navalny has announced the launch of a
new project that he referred to as an
“electoral campaign against the war and
against Putin.” A statement outlining the
initiative appeared on Navalny’s website on
Monday as the politician attended the first
hearing in a new “extremism” case that could
see an additional 30 years added to his
prison sentence.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_worst_of_the_worst_Russia’s_Defense
Ministry_is_recruiting_prisoners_whose_crimes_would
have_disqualified_them_from_Wagner_Group_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The independent outlet Verstka has identified
multiple people with past convictions for
violent crimes serving in the Russian Defense
Ministry’s Storm Z unit, which contains
former inmates from Russian prisons that the
ministry recruited following the model first
used by the Wagner Group paramilitary cartel.
These convicts-turned-soldiers include a man
sentenced to 26 years in prison for murdering
a 91-year-old woman and previously convicted
of rape, an offense that would have
disqualified him from joining Wagner Group.
Meduza summarizes Verstka’s findings.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Loving_Truth-Teller_That_Was_Daniel
Ellsberg⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg_and_the_Endless_Federal
Lies⠀⇛
Ellsberg was an antiwar icon for more than 50 years
after the Justice Department failed to destroy his
life in the early 1970s. As a former Marine
lieutenant and a Harvard Ph.D., Ellsberg was hired
by John McNaughton, the assistant secretary of
Defense, and started work in August 1964 on the day
the Gulf of Tonkin crisis erupted. Ellsberg relates
receiving the “flash” wire dispatches from the
U.S.S. Maddox. Within hours after the U.S.
destroyer reported being attacked by North
Vietnamese PT boats, the ship’s commander had wired
Washington that the reports of an attack on his
ship may have been wildly exaggerated: “Entire
action leaves many doubts.”
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ What_happened_to_Tank_Man,_China’s_most_famous
Tiananmen_Square_protester?⠀⇛
It’s also possible that Tank Man may have been
simply a regular citizen in Beijing who had seen or
heard of the brutal government crackdown that left
students, workers, children, doctors and passers-by
dead, many of them shot in the back. According to
film footage and witnesses, he was walking alone
along the six-lane avenue, holding a bag of
shopping, when he saw the tanks and decided to do
something.
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ The_Company_Behind_the_Missing_Tourist_Sub_Fired
an_Employee_After_He_Expressed_Safety_Concerns⠀⇛
OceanGate Expeditions, which charters insanely
expensive aquatic trips like the one that went awry
this weekend, was previously the subject of a
lawsuit involving its former director of marine
operations. The exec in question, David Lochridge,
lost his job at the company in January of 2018
after he delivered a “scathing” report to the
company’s senior management that highlighted
numerous safety concerns with its business model,
TechCrunch reports.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Using_Trash_To_Keep_Plastic_Trash_Out_Of_Oceans
By_Kabooming_Them⠀⇛
For a few years now, [Richard] of Tropical Ocean
Cleanup fame has been working hard to clean the
Philippines of the plastic trash that litters
everything, and washes down the canals and rivers
into the ocean. Using nothing but what is
essentially trash – old car tires, rope and empty
soda bottles – he creates ‘kabooms’ that prevent
this trash floating in the canals from polluting
the beaches, kill wildlife and gather in the
oceans. In a recent video he covers how he creates
these systems, and the basics of how they are
installed.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Montana_officials_downplay_first-of-
its-kind_climate_trial⠀⇛
Montana officials are seeking to downplay a first-
of-its-kind trial over a state’s obligations to
protect residents from climate change. State
officials said Monday that a victory by the young
plaintiffs would not change approvals for fossil
fuel projects. The 16 plaintiffs range in age from
5 to 22 years old. They say they’re being harmed by
wildfire smoke, excessive heat and other effects of
climate change. They’re asking a state court to
declare unconstitutional a Montana law that
prevents agencies from considering the effect of
greenhouse gases when they issue permits for fossil
fuel development.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Only_One_State_in_America_Includes_the
Study_of_Climate_Change_for_All_Grades⠀⇛
Schools can teach children how important it is for
everyone to help.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rising_Temperatures_Speeding_Up_Himalayan
Glacier_Loss⠀⇛
Glaciers in the region melted faster between 2010
and 2019 than in the previous decade. “Things are
just happening so fast,” one researcher said.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ “Blistering”_heat_wave_fuels_deadly_storms_and
power_outages_across_southern_U.S.⠀⇛
An extreme, prolonged heat wave from Texas_to
Louisiana is helping fuel deadly southern storms
that have resulted in the deaths of at least six
people and left hundreds of thousands without
power.
State of play:A series of tornadoes hit Mississippi
overnight, killing at least one person, wounding
almost two dozen others and leaving over
49,000without power, officials said. The severe
weather also caused outages for nearly 187,000
people in Oklahoma, almost 79,000 others in Texas
and some 69,000 in Louisiana as of Monday evening,
per utility tracker poweroutage.us.
===================================================
# An estimated 26,000 people in Arkansas also
experienced outages, where a flash flood
emergency was issued in the state’s
southwest:
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Defense_arguments_are_set_to_open_in_a_landmark
climate_case_brought_by_Montana_youth⠀⇛
Vlases and her co-plaintiffs are asking the state
to set a limit on greenhouse gas emissions. Montana
is America’s fifth largest coal producer. The
plaintiffs say both the legislature and executive
branch continue to prioritize fossil fuels.
# ⚓ RTL ☛ What_does_the_UN_high_seas_treaty_mean_for_protecting
the_ocean?⠀⇛
The UN treaty, which will open for signatures on
September 20, will go into force 120 days after 60
countries have ratified it.
Here are the key points of the text approved in
March. [...]
# ⚓ Truthdig ☛ Canada_May_Become_Ground_Zero_for_a_Fire_Age⠀⇛
You might think that a place so vast, and so
combustible, would be filled with fire traditions,
a fire literature and fire art, fire institutions,
a fire culture in the fullest sense. But while
colonized Canada has a first-world fire
establishment, and displays developed-world fire
pathologies, it shows a remarkable disconnect
between fire’s presence on the land and its
manifestation in the culture. This is particularly
true among elites who live in cities, not the bush.
Only over the past couple of decades has fire
entered common currency. Canada may be a firepower,
but it punches below its weight internationally.
Its muted presence makes a striking contrast to
Australia.
# ⚓ RIPE ☛ Environmental_Impact_of_Internet:_Urgency,_De-
Growth,_Rebellion⠀⇛
Second, what follows is an (edited) transcript of a
talk I gave during RIPE 86 called The Environmental
Impact of Internet: Urgency, De-Growth, Rebellion.
The slide deck from that presentation are available
in the archives, and the video is included here
below.
Finally, in the original talk and so here also, I’m
approaching this hugely, colossally important topic
from a high level of abstraction. Some of you might
think of this as a political piece, or as a stab at
cultural perpetuity – so if you’re more used to a
more technical read, please bear with me as there
won’t be many numbers in here.
# ⚓ Gannett ☛ If_global_warming_isn’t_controlled,_Himalayan
glaciers_could_lose_80%_of_volume,_study_finds⠀⇛
Among the key findings from Tuesday’s report are
that the Himalayan glaciers disappeared 65% faster
since 2010 than in the previous decade, and that
reducing snow cover due to global warming will
result in reduced fresh water for people living
downstream. The study found that 200 glacier lakes
across these mountains are deemed dangerous, and
the region could see a significant spike in glacial
lake outburst floods by the end of the century.
# ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Montana’s_Narrow_Defense_in_Youth_Climate_Trial
Was_Devoid_of_Climate_Science⠀⇛
The historic youth climate trial in Montana
concluded today ahead of schedule, after the state
presented a condensed defense on Monday that
steered clear of disputing climate science. It also
excluded testimony from witnesses it had previously
planned to call upon, including a neuropsychologist
who admitted she had no expertise on climate
change’s mental health impacts on youth and
climatologist-turned-climate-denier Judith Curry,
who had been billed as the state’s star witness.
Curry’s withdrawal came unexpectedly on Friday.
Phil Gregory, an attorney for the youth plaintiffs,
informed Judge Kathy Seeley that Curry’s
anticipated court appearance had been canceled. The
precise reason for the cancellation is unclear, and
the Montana attorney general’s office did not
respond to DeSmog’s inquiry.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Danielle_Smith’s_False_and_Misleading
Statements_at_Global_Energy_Show⠀⇛
Recently elected Alberta Premier Danielle
Smith provided the lunch hour address on the
first day of the 2023 Global Energy Show,
held in Calgary on June 13. Smith was one of
three representatives from her new government
to make statements at the conference’s
opening day, along with newly minted energy
minister Brian Jean, and environment minister
Rebecca Schulz. Smith was followed by
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.
In the roughly 15-minute prepared speech
Smith made several misleading statements, in
addition to taking a potshot at Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau’s apparent hostility
to the fossil fuel sector. In fact, not even
two weeks ago the Trudeau government
announced $3 billion (CAD) in loan guarantees
for the expansion of the Trans Mountain
pipeline, which it bought in 2018. The
pipeline brings Alberta crude oil and refined
petroleum products to Canada’s West Coast.
# ⚓ H2 View ☛ Labour_leader_wants_UK_to_lead_global
hydrogen_from_Scotland_energy_HQ⠀⇛
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has placed his
full support behind hydrogen during an event
to mark Scotland’s central role in the
party’s UK-wide clean energy push.
# ⚓ NBC ☛ Four_killed_in_a_fire_that_started_in_a_New
York_City_e-bike_shop⠀⇛
Electric bikes have become popular, non-
gasoline-burning ways to make deliveries,
commute and zip around a city that has
promoted cycling in recent decades. Many run
on lithium-ion batteries, which have been
blamed for numerous fires.
# ⚓ The Hill ☛ [Cryptocurrency]_[breach]_alarms_ramp_up
as_authorities_crack_down_after_$3.7_billion_stolen⠀⇛
The rapid growth of cryptocurrency theft over
the past few years has become a major concern
for U.S. authorities, who are ramping up
efforts to crack down on [attackers] and
illicit [cryptocurrency] schemes.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Public_outrage_after_guide_dog_not_allowed
on_airBaltic_flight⠀⇛
Social media in Latvia has been inflamed
following an account of a woman who was not
allowed to take her guide dog with her on
board an airBaltic flight.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Cathay_Pacific_is_making_amends_after_being
accused_of_discriminating_against_mainland_Chinese
passengers⠀⇛
Cathay Pacific reportedly announced today
(June 19) it will hire more Mandarin-speaking
employees from mainland China and launch
“culture training” on the language beginning
in July.
# ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Confronting_Big_Oil_at_Cannes_Lions:_The
Viral_Moment_That_Exposed_the_Ad_Industry’s_Complicity
in_the_Climate_Crisis⠀⇛
There is something uniquely intimidating
about standing a few feet away from somebody
working in a senior position in a company
that is in part responsible for fueling the
climate crisis that keeps you up at night,
worried for your future. Add a heatwave to
this scenario, and the discomfort of feeling
like an outsider amidst a crowd who’ve jetted
in from across the globe creates the perfect
cocktail for a panic attack — which is
precisely what I experienced this time last
year when I asked Dean Aragón, chief
executive officer of Shell Brands, a
disruptive question during an event at Cannes
Lions 2022.
I was in Cannes as part of my campaigning
work with Clean Creatives — an organization
calling on the advertising industry and its
agencies to stop working with fossil fuel
clients. Our efforts generated some of the
festival’s most viral social media content: a
significant accomplishment at a gathering
brimming with globally renowned, award-
winning creative talent.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘A_fighting_chance’:_UN_adopts_first-ever
treaty_to_protect_high_seas_marine_life⠀⇛
Members of the United Nations adopted the
first-ever treaty to protect marine life in
the high seas on Monday, with the UN’s chief
hailing the historic agreement as giving the
ocean “a fighting chance.”
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_tax_authority_reports_record_gross
revenue_made_by_Russian_businesses_in_2022,_even_as_real
profits_shrank_—_Meduza⠀⇛
According to Russia’s Federal Tax Service, the
gross revenue made by Russian businesses in 2022
exceeded a quadrillion rubles, setting a historic
record. Based on the 2022 corporate tax filings,
gross business revenue came to an unprecedented
1.268 quadrillion rubles (or roughly $15.1
trillion), as reported by the Russian news outlet
RBC.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Asia_shares_fall_on_China’s_modest
rate_cut⠀⇛
Stocks in Asia have fallen in early trade as
investors worry China’s latest rate cut is not
enough to boost confidence in the weakening economy
as they await a wider stimulus package by Beijing.
China, in a highly anticipated move, cut two key
benchmark lending rates for the first time in 10
months on Tuesday, with its one-year loan prime
rate (LPR) lowered by 10 basis points to 3.55 per
cent and the five-year LPR cut by the same margin
to 4.20 per cent.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ RBA_says_jobs_market_too_tight_to
control_inflation⠀⇛
The jobs market is too strong and the unemployment
rate too low for the Reserve Bank to stamp down
inflation.
RBA deputy governor Michele Bullock says an
unemployment rate of around 4.5 per cent is roughly
the lowest possible level that’s consistent with
the RBA’s two-to-three per cent inflation target.
# ⚓ Union_confederation_expresses_concerns_over_Turkey’s
ongoing_minimum_wage_talks⠀⇛
These worries come amidst contentious official
inflation statistics and a rapidly depreciating
lira.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Fed_Won’t_Save_Us_From_the_Inflation_Iceberg⠀⇛
Plus: Was Gerald Ford right to pardon Richard
Nixon?
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ China’s_Central_Bank_Cuts_Loan_Prime
Rates⠀⇛
The reduction in the rates, which are used to set
corporate loans and home mortgages, signal concern
that the country’s post-pandemic rebound is
stalling.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finland’s_Stora_Enso_mulling_widespread
staff_cuts⠀⇛
STORA ENSO is mulling over a series of structural
changes that could result in the termination of
more than 1,000 jobs in Finland, Estonia, Poland
and the Netherlands.
The Finnish paper and packaging materials company
revealed last week it is considering the permanent
closure of its pulp mill in Kotka, Finland, a
containerboard plant in the Netherlands, one of the
production lines at its plant in Poland and a
sawmill in Estonia.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Coca-Cola_HBC_to_buy_Finlandia_vodka_brand_for
€200m⠀⇛
The deal is subject to regulatory approval but is
expected to be completed later this year.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Study:_Banning_Investors_From_Buying_Homes_Leads
to_Higher_Rents,_More_Gentrification⠀⇛
Home prices were unaffected by a ban on buy-to-rent
housing in the Netherlands, but more affordable
rental housing disappeared.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_economy_not_in_recession,_just_in_‘short-
term_dip’_–_prime_minister⠀⇛
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė insists Lithuania’s
economy is not in recession, despite indicators
suggesting the country’s GDP is contracting this
year.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ PM_considers_timing_of_Indigenous
voice_referendum⠀⇛
Australians will soon know when they will vote on a
referendum to recognise Indigenous people in the
constitution.
A day after parliament endorsed a bill setting out
the question and constitutional change, Prime
Minister Anthony Albanese has begun working with
advisers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
leaders to settle on a date for the vote.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ [rewind]_Julian_Bond_Was_a_Radical_Long_Before
MLK⠀⇛
This Feb. 2020 episode of the SI podcast brings two
relevant topics into light: Black history and the
anti-war movement.
# ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ Redacted:_Massachusetts_Withholding_Plans_For
New_Women’s_Prison⠀⇛
When the state House and Senate passed a five-year
moratorium on building any new prisons and jails
last year, those who had spent years fighting
against the construction of a new women’s prison
thought that the Legislature was finally listening.
But, in one of his last moves in office last
August, former Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed the bill.
Now, under Gov. Maura Healey, the new women’s
prison is back on the table. What’s more, the state
agencies in charge of prisons and public
construction are blocking public records requests
from activists opposed to the project for meeting
minutes and other planning documents.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ The_UAE_and_Qatar_reopen_embassies
as_Gulf_Arab_relations_improve_after_a_yearslong_rift⠀⇛
The United Arab Emirates and Qatar have reopened
their embassies following a yearslong rift. The two
countries issued statements on Monday saying the
Qatari Embassy in Abu Dhabi and a Qatari Consulate
in Dubai, as well as an Emirati Embassy in Qatar’s
capital, Doha, had resumed operations. The UAE
joined Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt in imposing
a boycott and blockade of Qatar in 2017 in large
part over its support for Islamist groups across
the Middle East that the other Arab countries
consider terrorist organizations. The boycott was
officially lifted in January 2021.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ British_MPs_endorse_report_finding_Boris_Johnson
lied_over_‘Partygate’⠀⇛
Britain’s parliament delivered another blow to the
political career of former prime minister Boris
Johnson on Monday when it endorsed a report that
concluded that he deliberately lied over rule-
breaking parties.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_ally_causes_stir_with_proposal_to_abolish
presidential_term_limit⠀⇛
One of French President Emmanuel Macron’s closest
political allies caused a stir on Monday by backing
constitutional changes to enable the head of state
to seek a third term in office.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_magistrate_rules_evidence_cannot_be_made_public
in_Trump_classified_documents_case⠀⇛
A federal magistrate in Florida ruled in favor of a
protective order, forcing former President Donald
Trump and his attorneys not to release evidence
in the federal criminal case surrounding Trump’s
storage and maintenance of classified documents.
District Court Southern District of Florida
Magistrate Bruce Reinhart ordered: Defendants and
Defense Counsel shall not disclose the Discovery
Materials…
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Levits_wants_law_on_Latvia’s_de-russification⠀⇛
The outgoing President of Latvia, Egils Levits,
urged the Saeima to adopt a law on the renaming of
places where the impact of the Communist
totalitarian regime and russification policies
remains, according to a release from his office on
June 19.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg’s_Dying_Wish:_Free_Julian
Assange,_Encourage_Whistleblowers_&_Reveal_the_Truth⠀⇛
Whistleblower Dan Ellsberg joined us after the
Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage
Act for publishing U.S. military and diplomatic
documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Assange is
locked up in London and faces up to 175 years in
prison if extradited and convicted in the United
States. Ellsberg died Friday, and as we remember
his life and legacy, we revisit his message for
other government insiders who are considering
becoming whistleblowers: “My message to them is:
Don’t do what I did. Don’t wait ’til the bombs are
actually falling or thousands more have died.”
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Honor_Daniel_Ellsberg_by_Abrogating_the
Espionage_Act⠀⇛
Under the Espionage Act of 1917, Ellsberg could
have faced a faced a potential 115-year prison
sentence. Fortunately, the Nixon administration’s
illegal harassment of Ellsberg led a federal judge
to dismiss all charges against him because of
“gross prosecutorial misconduct” so severe as to
“offend the sense of justice.”
The Obama administration invoked the Espionage Act
more than any other administration in history.
Whistleblowers Chelsea Manning and Reality Winner
were tried under the Act and received long prison
sentences. Julian Assange is facing charges under
the Espionage Act, and former Times’ reporter James
Risen was charged for doing his job. Former
president Donald Trump is guilty of numerous acts
of obstruction of justice and theft and retention
of government property, but he shouldn’t be tried
under the Espionage Act.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Biden_administration_taps_Google_chair_for
chips_research_effort⠀⇛
Hennessy and the other selected individuals are set
to be announced by the Commerce Department on
Tuesday, according to a statement seen by Reuters.
They will be responsible for picking a board of
trustees to run the National Semiconductor
Technology Center.
That public-private partnership was authorized to
lead research on next-generation chips as part of
last year’s bipartisan $52.7 billion semiconductor
manufacturing and research law, which also
subsidizes new chip plants. The nonprofit board is
expected make politically sensitive decisions,
including where in the United States to locate the
center’s research facilities.
# ⚓ Computer World ☛ UK_targets_new_funding_to_support_the
development_of_‘responsible_AI’⠀⇛
These include $126 million in funding for a
Foundation Model Taskforce, which aims to support
the development of secure and reliable AI models
that can be used in industries such as healthcare
and education, and a new AI research award which
will offer $1.2million per year to the company that
has achieved the “most groundbreaking British AI
research.”
# ⚓ The Hill ☛ Biden_to_meet_with_AI_experts_on_managing
risks⠀⇛
The president will be joined by Jim Steyer, the CEO
of Common Sense Media, Tristan Harris, the co-
founder of the Center for Human Technology, Joy
Buolamwin, the founder of the Algorithmic Justice
League, and Oren Etzioni, the former CEO of the
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, among
others. The president is in San Francisco until
Wednesday.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ Homeland_Security_deputy_secretary_retiring⠀⇛
“After 26 years of combined federal service
including three combat tours in Iraq and living
apart from my family for the last two years, I have
decided to return to Atlanta to re-join them
there,” Tien said to the Department workforce in an
email. “When I depart from DHS on July 20, 2023, I
will most fondly remember what the Secretary and I
tried to do for the workforce to vastly improve the
lives of our fellow employees in terms of pay,
training, facilities, and technology support, all
essential to improving morale.”
# ⚓ Paolo Melchiorre ☛ 2023_Python_Software_Foundation_Board
Nomination⠀⇛
So this year, for the first time, I decided to
answer the call from the Python Software Foundation
and run for a seat on the Python Software
Foundation (PSF) board.
# ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ As_Government_Moves_to_Cut_Off_Bill_C-18
Debate,_the_Reality_is_Artificial_Intelligence_Renders_Bill
Already_Out_of_Date⠀⇛
The lion’s share of attention on Bill C-18 has thus
far focused on the response of the two internet
companies, as both have raised the prospect of
blocking news content on their platforms if faced
with new financial liability for linking. Yet my
Globe and Mail op-ed argues that focus ignores a
vital new reality that may already render the bill
out of date. Several witnesses before the Senate
committee studying the bill pointed to the
emergence of generative artificial intelligence and
its impact on the news business. They included The
Logic’s David Skok and Globe and Mail publisher
Phillip Crawley, who warned that links to news
content on Google – a primary portal for consuming
news for many – “could be disrupted in the next six
to 12 months quite significantly by the difference
that ChatGPT and generative AI is already making in
only six months.”
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Reddit_CEO_Steve_Huffman_is_fighting_a_losing
battle_against_the_site’s_moderators⠀⇛
While Reddit management has a long history of
warring with its mods, this particular skirmish
isn’t likely to break its way. Reddit’s quest for
more income jeopardizes the free labor it’s built
on—the entire structure of the company. It’s
betting that the financial windfall from invoicing
AI companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google
will exceed any losses from sticking it to its
mods. But in going head-first against its army of
free labor, Reddit might be betting the house on
this proposition.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Was_‘Philip_Cross’_an_AI?⠀⇛
Walter Bragman, author of Important Context,
recently wrote about leaked emails from a
Brownstone internal discussion that he had
viewed. In one of these emails, I had
mentioned the story of a strange pattern of
edits that had been systematically applied to
the Wikipedia pages of anti-war activists.
The story is an important one.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“How_Local_TV_News_Is
Surviving_Disruption_as_Newspapers_Fail:_Lessons_Learned,”_by
Prof._Laurie_Thomas_Lee⠀⇛
Just published as part of the symposium on Media
and Society After Technological Disruption, edited
by Profs. Justin “Gus” Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
# ⚓ PRIDE_MONTH:_İstanbul_MP_faces_criminal_complaint_for
calling_police_‘occupiers’_at_Trans_Pride_March⠀⇛
Police barricades and detentions marred the 9th
edition of the march, which was banned due to
concerns about its ‘threat to the family
institution’.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_opposition_party_League_of
Social_Democrats_urges_HSBC_to_reverse_unexplained_account
closures⠀⇛
The pro-democracy League of Social Democrats (LSD)
has written to HSBC, urging the bank to reverse a
decision to close their accounts. The opposition
party – one of the city’s last – had been using the
accounts to receive donations.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Composer_reuploads_‘Glory_to_Hong
Kong’_to_Spotify,_as_gov’t_seeks_blanket_ban_on_protest
song⠀⇛
Pro-democracy protest anthem Glory to Hong Kong has
been reuploaded to streaming platforms KKBox and
Spotify, days after the latter told HKFP that it
had been removed by the distributor. It came as the
government seeks to ban all forms of the song and
its derivatives.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Shadowy,_Israel-Linked_Group_Attempts_to
Censor_Pro-Palestine_Spotify_Artists⠀⇛
Alan Macleod uncovers how a shadowy pressure group
linked to Israel is attempting to silence artists
advocating for Palestinian liberation on Spotify.
# ⚓ PRIDE_MONTH:_LGBTI+_breakfast_gathering_in_İzmir_faces
harassment_by_group_chanting_‘Allahu_Akbar’⠀⇛
A pro-government secular party and an Islamist
group jointly protested the gathering organized by
the provincial bar association. The lawyers
criticized the police for their lenient approach
towards those harassing the event.
# ⚓ AKP-run_municipalities_persist_in_concert_bans_following
artists’_support_for_LGBTI+,_opposition⠀⇛
One mayor defended the concert bans on Melike Şahin
and Hüseyin Turan, stating that they will continue
with artists who respect ‘the national will and
society’s values.’
# ⚓ İstanbul_Trans_Pride_March:_Detained_activists_released⠀⇛
Ten people, including a minor, were detained during
the event, whcih was banned by the authorities.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ 261_ways_to_refer_to_the_Tiananmen_Square_massacre
in_China⠀⇛
China Digital Times (CDT), a news site affiliated
with the University of California, Berkeley, has
assembled a list of 261 distinct terms that have
been used on the Chinese internet to refer to the
Tiananmen massacre, and have at some point been
blocked by censors. The list includes
straightforward terms like ”Tiananmen” and “June
4,” as well as more absurd examples of linguistic
acrobatics that can circumvent censors, like “May
35” (meaning four days after May 31, or June 4).
Most of the terms are in Chinese, but sometimes to
evade censors internet users write in English or
Romanized Mandarin. Some terms—like “25th
anniversary” and “24 years”—were only blocked
temporarily, during a period of particularly heavy
use, and may be allowed online today.
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ Turkish_journalist_Sinan_Aygül_hospitalized_after
attack_by_Tatvan_mayor’s_bodyguards⠀⇛
Aygül told CPJ that he believed Geylani had ordered
the attack in response to his recent coverage of
alleged corruption in the municipality. He said
that Baysal told him, “You will die if you write
about the mayor once more.” In a statement released
shortly after the attack, Geylani denied any
involvement.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Chris_Hedges:_The_Imminent_Extradition_of
Julian_Assange_and_the_Death_of_Journalism⠀⇛
Julian Assange’s legal options have nearly run out.
He could be extradited to the U.S. this week.
Should he be convicted in the U.S., any reporting
on the inner workings of power will become a crime.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ PR_expert_who_met_with_jailed_WSJ_reporter_Evan
Gershkovich_before_his_arrest_released_from_prison_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Yaroslav Shirshikov, a public relations expert who
met with jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan
Gershkovich shortly before the latter’s arrest and
was himself arrested several weeks later, has been
released on his own recognizance, according to the
Yekaterinburg news outlet It’s My City.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Tom_Olsen_Lecture_2023:_How_good_journalism
can_save_the_world_from_generative_AI_threat⠀⇛
Dominic Ponsford marks 20 years at Press Gazette
with the 2023 Olsen Lecture.
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# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Top_50_biggest_news_websites_in_the_world
in_May_2023:_Year-on-year_traffic_slump_at_every_top_ten
site⠀⇛
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news
websites in the world, using Similarweb data.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Kamal_Ahmed:_Publishers,_don’t_dump
‘unreliable’_tech_platform_‘boyfriends’⠀⇛
BBC, The News Movement and Reuters leaders respond
to Digital News Report findings.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Tunisian_Judge_Bars_Broadcast_Media_From
Opposition_Conspiracy_Cases⠀⇛
A Tunisian judge has barred radio and television
news programs from covering the cases of prominent
opposition figures accused of conspiring against
state security in recent months, official news
agency TAP said Saturday.
The order fuels concerns over rights in Tunisia
since President Kais Saied seized extra powers in
2021, moving to rule by decree and then assume
authority over the judiciary.
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ Algerian_appeals_court_increases_prison_sentence_of
journalist_Ihsane_el-Kadi⠀⇛
On Sunday, June 18, an appeals court in Algiers
increased from five to seven years a sentence for
el-Kadi, editor-in-chief and director of local
independent broadcaster Radio M and news website
Maghreb Emergent. Two years of that sentence are
suspended, according to news reports.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ ABC ☛ Using_loophole,_Seward_County_seizes_millions_from
motorists_without_convicting_them_of_crimes⠀⇛
It’s a practice, they say, that allows police and
prosecutors to avoid going after drug kingpins and
instead prey on individual citizens – who may or
may not have done anything wrong.
“Citizens can have their property taken from them
without ever being accused of a crime, or convicted
of a crime, and that is simply not our American
system of justice,” said Louis Rulli, a law
professor at the University of Pennsylvania. “It’s
led to so many abuses.”
# ⚓ Vox ☛ The_hottest_new_perk_in_tech_is_freedom⠀⇛
Smaller tech companies have since picked up the
mantle of remote work. They are much more likely
than their larger peers to allow people to work
fully remotely, with 81 percent of those with fewer
than 5,000 employees either allowing remote work or
only having remote options, according to new data
from Scoop Technologies, a software firm that
builds tech to help hybrid teams coordinate and
also tracks the office policies at major companies.
Meanwhile, just 26 percent of companies with more
than 25,000 employees are fully flexible.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Canada_Places_Sanctions_On_Iranian_Judges_Over
Alleged_Rights_Abuses⠀⇛
The Canadian government on June 19 said it imposed
sanctions on Iranian judges over alleged human
rights abuses, adding that the step would prohibit
dealings with them and freeze any assets they may
have held in Canada.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Toxic_masculinity’:_Macron_criticised_for
downing_beer_with_rugby_champions⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron has created a
brouhaha in France after being filmed downing a
bottle of beer with Toulouse’s rugby players after
they clinched the domestic league title at the
weekend.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ More_Iranian_Teachers_Summoned_Amid_Government
Clampdown⠀⇛
Five more teachers who supported anti-government
protests in Iran have been summoned to the
Revolutionary Court, the latest in a series of
similar moves, including trials, of teachers in
other cities across the country.
# ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ Disbanding_Windrush_unit_further
undermines_trust_in_Home_Office⠀⇛
Open Rights Group has responded to a Guardian
report that the Home Office has “quietly disbanded”
the unit created to reform the department after the
Windrush scandal, which saw thousands of people
from Commonwealth countries incorrectly classified
as illegal immigrants.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Bitter_Truth_About_the_Bud_Light
Boycott⠀⇛
The right-wing backlash against a promotion
involving a trans influencer has cost Bud Light
millions. What made America’s best-selling beer so
vulnerable?
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Student_Groups_Issue_Warnings_As_Policing
Of_Dress_Code_Rises⠀⇛
Students from at least a dozen universities across
Iran have issued statements of solidarity with
their peers protesting at Tehran’s Art University
as anger builds over the increased enforcement of
dress codes on campuses across the country.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Amnesty_International_Flags_Pakistan_Over_Treatment
Of_Afghan_Refugees⠀⇛
The Amnesty International rights group has appealed
“urgently” to Pakistan to stop “arbitrarily
arresting and harassing” Afghan refugees, many of
whom are running from ill-treatment by Taliban
militants in their own country.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ More_Than_600,000_People_Have_Fled_Bosnia-
Herzegovina_In_Past_Decade⠀⇛
An umbrella group on migration to and from Bosnia-
Herzegovina (BiH) says the hobbled Balkan state
that’s still governed under a nearly three-decade-
old peace deal has seen more than 600,000 people
emigrate in the past 10 years.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia’s_gender_pay_gap_grew_in_2022⠀⇛
Provisional estimate published on June 19 by the
Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB) shows
that in 2022 the average hourly gross earnings of
women were 17.1 % lower than those of men.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Rule_by_Decree:_The_Emergency_State’s_Plot
to_Override_the_Constitution⠀⇛
Justice Neil Gorsuch We have become a nation in a
permanent state of emergency.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Julia_Evans_posts_about_blogging_myths⠀⇛
Julia_Evans
A few years ago I gave a short talk (slides) about
myths that discourage people from blogging. I was
chatting with a friend about blogging the other day
and it made me want to write up that talk as a blog
post.
There are some great points here, including the
myth that you need be original, an absolute expert,
that you must explain every concept, and that page
views matter. She also raises the counter-intuitive
idea that writing feels harder as you get more
experienced, with which I can relate.
It was this comment she wrote about writing
“boring” posts I most appreciated:
# ⚓ James Brown ☛ On_“enshittification”_and_the_future_of
knowledge⠀⇛
A few months ago, Cory Doctorow wrote a very
memorable blog post about the enshittification of
social-media platforms, focused on TikTok. I’ve
been thinking since then about how prevalent this
trend is and how much it makes me worry for our
future.
It’s mentioned in Doctorow’s piece, but I really
want to emphasize how deleterious this effect has
been on Google Search. I remember when Google was
introduced! By the time I first had access to the
Internet in school (perhaps 1998 or 1999), there
were two options for finding things you didn’t
already have a link to: Yahoo (which had terrible
free-form search but a passable directory you could
click through like the index to some giant poorly-
edited encyclopedia), and Ask Jeeves (which was
pretty good at letting you type a query into a box
and get results). Then, some time around 2000 or
2001, Google entered into the public consciousness,
and it was like crack. Anything you wanted to know
about, you could just put into the box and get
real, high-quality results from legitimate sources!
Unbelievable!
Now, though, Google is a shell of its former self.
Results for technical queries are overwhelmed by
low-quality content farms, and anything even
slightly commercial is dominated by ads. How did we
get here? I find it unbelievable that literally any
person working on Google Search thinks that the
often-inaccurate, ad-filled W3Schools is a better
result for web-development, but nearly every search
results in W3Schools at the top, with much-better
secondary source MDN below it, and primary sources
10 or 20 items down, below the fold. Similarly,
searches for Python builtins often feature low-
quality content farms like geeksforgeeks with the
actual documentation falling below the fold. And
don’t even try using Google to search for something
you can buy because literally everything above the
fold is sponsored content (a.k.a. ads).
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Gannett ☛ Gannett_CEO:_Here’s_why_we_are_suing_Google_for
deceptive_business_practices⠀⇛
This morning, Gannett, the largest news publisher
in the United States including USA TODAY and
hundreds of local newspapers, filed a lawsuit in
federal court against Google for monopolization of
advertising technology markets and deceptive
commercial practices.
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ Wired ☛ Apple_Is_Taking_On_Apples_in_a_Truly_Weird
Trademark_Battle⠀⇛
While the case has left Swiss fruit growers
puzzled, it’s part of a global trend.
According to the World Intellectual Property
Organization’s records, Apple has made
similar requests to dozens of IP [sic]
authorities around the world, with varying
degrees of success. Authorities in Japan,
Turkey, Israel, and Armenia have acquiesced.
Apple’s quest to own the IP rights of
something as generic as a fruit speaks to the
dynamics of a flourishing global IP rights
industry, which encourages companies to
compete obsessively over trademarks they
don’t really need.
# ⚓ AppleInsider ☛ Apple_wants_to_control_every_image_of
an_apple,_says_Swiss_fruit_firm⠀⇛
“We have a hard time understanding this [case
with Apple], because it’s not like they’re
trying to protect their bitten apple,” said
Mariethoz. “Their objective here is really to
own the rights to an actual apple, which, for
us, is something that is really almost
universal… that should be free for everyone
to use.”
“We’re concerned that any visual
representation of an apple — so anything
that’s audiovisual or linked to new
technologies or to media — could be
potentially impacted,” continued Mariethoz.
“Theoretically, we could be entering slippery
territory everytime we advertise with an
apple.”
# ⚓ Gizmodo Australia ☛ Apple_(the_Company)_Reportedly
Wants_to_Own_the_Trademark_of_Apples_(the_Fruit)⠀⇛
And this is just… Strange, right? To own the
trademark rights behind an image so benign
and common as an artistic representation of
an apple sounds like a non-issue, but it’s
actually not without precedent. Back in 2010,
as pointed out by Wired, Apple entered into
an out-of-court agreement with a small
grocery cooperative in Switzerland to not add
a bite mark to the co-op’s apple logo. Apple
has also, in recent years, decided to get up
in arms with the creators of an app with a
pear logo and musician Frankie Pineapple, for
similarities to the Apple name and image.
This action from Apple has companies in
Switzerland, such as The Fruit Union Suisse,
which uses a red apple with a white cross on
the inside as its logo, worried.
# ⚓ Essel Group ☛ Apple_now_wants_to_trademark_whole
fruit_as_it_takes_on_111-year-old_Swiss_firm⠀⇛
According to reports, Apple is looking to
trademark the full apple fruit. It has sued a
111-year-old farmer’s organisation called
Fruit Union Suisse which has been using apple
(fruit) as its official emblem.
The Fruit Union Suisse uses a logo featuring
a red apple with a white Swiss cross
superimposed on it.
The organisation’s director, Jimmy Mariéthoz,
said they are baffled by the tech firm’s
approach.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Forbidden_fruit_|_Apple_wants_111-year-
old_company_to_change_its_logo:_report⠀⇛
Fruit Union Suisse said Apple is not just
contesting its trademark apple logo, but also
wants to get exclusive rights to all
depictions of actual apples.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_171:
What_Just_Happened?_–_A_Half-Year_Report_on_Canadian
Digital_Policy⠀⇛
With Parliament set to break this week for
the summer, this week’s Law Bytes podcast
provides a half-year report on what happened
over the past six months. At the start of the
year, I focused on five issues in 2023
preview: the role of Canadian Heritage, the
increasing tensions over digital policy, the
emergence of private members bills, wireless
policy disputes, as well as privacy and AI
regulation. The episode revisits these issues
with an examination of how Bills C-11 and C-
18 were pushed through the legislative
process, the battles over wireless regulation
in light of the Rogers-Shaw merger, and the
failure to advance privacy and AI regulation.
# ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Talking_to_the_wall:_Portugal’s
shameful_approach_to_implementing_the_EU_Copyright
Directive⠀⇛
Let that sink in: one of the most important
modern laws has been passed in Portugal
without the public being told what its final
form would be: [...]
# ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Stephen_Wyber_—_Open_Culture
VOICES,_Season_2_Episode_20⠀⇛
Open Culture VOICES is a series of short
videos that highlight the benefits and
barriers of open culture as well as
inspiration and advice on the subject of
opening up cultural heritage. Stephen Wyber
is the Director of Policy and Advocacy at
IFLA which coordinates meetings and
collaborations between GLAM institutions,
namely libraries, around the world. He works
to co-create meaningful understanding of the
needs of libraries and what role libraries
play in society and community.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Korea_Will_Deploy_‘Anti-Piracy_AI’
After_Major_Piracy_Site_Reincarnation⠀⇛
With tens of millions of regular monthly
visitors, South Korean piracy site Noonoo TV
made powerful enemies. The stand-off reached
the boiling point in March when broadcasters
formed a new anti-piracy coalition and warned
of punishing legal action. Noonoo TV
responded by throwing in the towel but after
clone site ‘Noonoo TV Season 2′ appeared
online, the government says it will develop
an AI anti-piracy system that will stop any
‘Season 3′ variants in their tracks.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Copyright_Claims_Board_Celebrates
First_Anniversary_Without_a_Troll_Party⠀⇛
The US Copyright Claims Board allows
rightsholders to file damages claims outside
of the federal court system. Since its
official launch last year, hundreds of cases
have been presented to the board. Typical
copyright trolls were noticeably absent and
thus far there’s been just one award for
damages, as the vast majority of all claims
are dismissed.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Reviews
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Events
o Programming/Development
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)
o Linux_Foundation
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Darktable_4.4_Open-Source_RAW_Image_Editor
Released,_Here’s_What’s_New⠀⇛
New features in darktable 4.4 include the ability
to define multiple automatically applied presets
against a single processing module, revamped
default parameters of various processing modules,
image metadata-based default parameters for many
modules, and support for chromatic adaptation
workflow setting and the Sigmoid display transform
module in the default workflow configuration
option.
Furthermore, the Scopes module received a new color
harmony overlay option in RYB vectorscope mode with
support for nine different color harmonies, and a
new right-click-and-drag global operation promises
to allow image rotation to be corrected without the
need to first open the Rotate and Perspective
module.
# ⚓ GStreamer:_GStreamer_1.22.4_stable_bug_fix_release⠀⇛
The GStreamer team is pleased to announce another
bug fix release in the stable 1.22 release series
of your favourite cross-platform multimedia
framework!
This release only contains bugfixes and security
fixes and it should be safe to update from 1.22.x.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 10_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Document
Processors⠀⇛
A document processor is a document preparation
system. We recommend the best document processors
for Linux.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Jellyfin_Media_Server_on
Debian_12/11/10⠀⇛
In the realm of digital entertainment, Jellyfin
Media Server stands as a powerful, flexible, and
open-source tool. Its purpose? To manage, stream,
and organize multimedia content with ease.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Yarn_on_Rocky_Linux⠀⇛
In the universe of software development, Package
Managers are pivotal tools, simplifying the process
of managing system libraries, dependencies, and
even the software itself. Navigating this cosmos,
you’ll likely encounter two prominent
constellations: NPM (Node Package Manager) and
Yarn.
# ⚓ 4_Different_commands_to_Shutdown_or_Restart_Ubuntu_Linux⠀⇛
Restarting your Ubuntu computer is not some
Sisyphean task and is quite easy using its
graphical user interface. But what if you are using
the command line server of Ubuntu and want to shut
it down or restart using the terminal?
# ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ How_To_Install_NextGenerator,_An_Inkscape
Extension_for_Mail_Merge_with_Photos⠀⇛
This tutorial will help you add mail merge features
to Inkscape by using NextGenerator extension. Its
purpose is to automatically generate items like
cards intended for different recipients with
different photos, colors and more. Licensed under
GNU GPL just like Inkscape, it is historically a
successor to an extension named InkGenerator. Now
let’s do it.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_VeraCrypt_on_Fedora_38⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
VeraCrypt on Fedora 38. In today’s digital
landscape, data security, and encryption play a
crucial role in safeguarding sensitive information.
VeraCrypt, a powerful open-source disk encryption
software, provides robust encryption capabilities
for protecting your data.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Install_Google_Chrome_on_Debian_12_
(Bookworm)⠀⇛
Are you looking to install Google Chrome on Debian
12? Follow our comprehensive tutorial and enjoy
faster and more secure web browsing.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Set_Up_ElasticSearch_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
Elasticsearch is a real-time, distributed, and
scalable search engine based on Lucene, enabling
users to store, search, and analyze massive volumes
of data swiftly. It’s often used for log and event
data analysis in IT environments. In this guide, we
will explain how to install and configure
Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 22.04.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Create_HTTPS_Server_in_Node_Js⠀⇛
How do I create an HTTPS server forNodeJS? Then
let’s learn how to create an HTTPS server because
this is the most frequently asked question by
Node.js developers. HTTPS is a secure protocol for
web applications where all communication between
your browser and the server is encrypted and
decrypted only by using a private key.
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Using_cd_Command_in_Linux⠀⇛
Learn about using one of the basic but essential
Linux commands that is used for switching
directories.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ The_Ultimate_Guide_to_Handling_Filenames_with
Special_Characters_in_Linux⠀⇛
We come across files and folder names very
regularly. In most of the cases file/folder name
are related to the content of the file/folder and
starts with number and characters.
Alpha-Numeric file name are pretty common and very
widely used, but this is not the case when we have
to deal with file/folder name that has special
characters in them.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Download_and_Install_John_the_Ripper
on_All_Platforms⠀⇛
One of the best-known tools in the community for
cracking passwords is “John the Ripper,” so let’s
learn how to download and install it on your Linux,
macOS, and Windows systems. John the Ripper is
open-source software that comes preinstalled in
Kali Linux, but you can also install it on your
favourite operating system.
# ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ How_to_use_Janitor_AI_for_Free⠀⇛
Learn how to use Janitor AI for free in this
comprehensive guide. We will cover everything you
need to know, from what Janitor AI is to how to use
it for free.
# ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ How_to_Rename_a_File_in_Linux⠀⇛
Learn how to rename a file in linux using commands
like mv and rename. Effortlessly manage and
organize your files by following these step-by-step
instructions.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_remove_empty_files_and_directories_in
Linux⠀⇛
Having a clutter-free file system is essential for
smooth operation and efficient navigation in Linux.
It’s common to end up with empty files and
directories during daily operations, and they can
sometimes cause confusion or take up unnecessary
space.
# ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ 11_Bash_Script_Examples⠀⇛
Let’s have a look into some of the amazing bash
scrip examples that can be handy for you. Bash
scripts are normally used for executing a shell
command or running multiple commands together and
also for the automation of the work.
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Install_and_Use_Flatpak_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Ubuntu may come with Snap by default but you could
still enjoy the Flatpak universal packages on it.
# ⚓ Adam_Young:_LED_Keyboard⠀⇛
xset led on
# ⚓ Peter ‘CzP’ Czanik ☛ Peter_Czanik:_What_I_learned_about
syslog-ng_performance_using_sngbench⠀⇛
A few weeks ago, I posted about sngbench, a shell
script to measure syslog-ng performance. The
performance of syslog-ng is influenced by many
factors, including the hardware and OS it runs on,
and syslog-ng itself. This blog summarizes some of
my findings using the script.
# ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_What_I_learned_about_syslog-ng_performance
using_sngbench⠀⇛
A few weeks ago, I posted about sngbench, a shell
script to measure syslog-ng performance. The
performance of syslog-ng is influenced by many
factors, including the hardware and OS it runs on,
and syslog-ng itself. This blog summarizes some of
my findings using the script.
✐ Before you begin⠀✐
The sngbench.sh script was born several years ago,
but we made it public only last month. This is
because it was ugly as hell and difficult to use,
but now, after a refactor, it is ready for public
use. It is a synthetic benchmark, so while it is
not fully realistic, it is good to measure peak
performance, and compare how your choice of
hardware, OS or syslog-ng version and configuration
influences syslog-ng performance.
# ⚓ Storage_APIs:_Partitioning_with_Ansible_Storage_Role:
Encryption⠀⇛
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Etherpad_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Etherpad on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who
didn’t know, Etherpad is a valuable tool for teams
that rely heavily on text-based content.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ Enable/Disable_Auto_Updates_&_Upgrade_from
Unattended-Upgrades_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Learn how to disable auto-updates and upgrade from
unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu 22.04 and later to
have more control over system updates. Unattended
Upgrades software helps us auto-update and upgrade
system packages in the background without user
interaction to keep up to date with the latest
features and security patches.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Modular_Keyboard_And_Custom_Game_Controller⠀⇛
Most video games, whether on console or PC, have
standardized around either a keyboard and mouse or
an analog controller of some sort, with very little
differences between various offerings from the
likes of Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, or even Valve.
This will get most of us through almost all video
games, but for those looking to take their gameplay
up a notch or who are playing much more complex
games, certain specialized controllers are
available, but they might not meet everyone’s
specific needs. Thanks to this custom, modular
keyboard anyone should be able to make exactly the
controller they need.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ KDE ☛ KDE_Plasma_5.27.6,_Bugfix_Release_for_June⠀⇛
Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE
Plasma 5, versioned 5.27.6.
Plasma 5.27 was released in February 2023
with many feature refinements and new modules
to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds two months’ worth of new
translations and fixes from KDE’s
contributors. The bugfixes are typically
small but important and include…
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ KeePassXC_2.7.5_compiled_in_OE⠀⇛
KeePassXC is a password manager. Homepage:
https://keepassxc.org/
Project page:
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc
I compiled KeePassXC in OpenEmbedded/Yocto, here is the
recipe:
https://github.com/bkauler/oe-qky-kirkstone/blob/main/
quirky/meta-quirky/recipes-quirky/keepassxc/
keepassxc_2.7.5.bb
As well as lots of dependencies. The package repository
has been updated, and in PKGget click the “Configure”
button then “Update” then update ‘Packages-oe-kirkstone-
official’ database file. I did that, then chose to
install KeePassXC: [...]
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Compiled_Secrets_password_manager_but_it_crashed⠀⇛
Secrets, formerly known as PasswordSafe, project is here:
https://github.com/falkalexander/PasswordSafe
There is also a Windows “Password Safe”, which has no
connection with this one. Secrets is compatible with
KeePass database, and requires gtk4.
The latest version is 7.3; however, it requires a later
‘glib’ package than is in Easy. So I went back to 6.5.
It requires a few python3 modules, and also ‘cracklib’
and ‘libpwquality’ that I compiled in OE.
It started OK, created a database, but when attempted to
create an entry, it crashed. So much for that.
o ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Why_one_would_use_Qubes_OS?⠀⇛
Hello, I've been talking a lot about Qubes OS lately but
I never explained why I got hooked to its offer. It's
time to tell why I like it.
o ⚓ HaikuOS ☛ [GSOC_2023]_Progress_on_perspective_transformation⠀⇛
While the change_request_to_add_reference_images was
being reviewed, I started working on ticket_#18415, which
suggests adding shear and perspective transformations. I
decided to implement the perspective transformation since
I still need to figure out which way I’m going to
implement the shear transformation. Hopefully the
experience in implementing the perspective transformation
will give me information that will help me decide how to
implement the shear transformation.
o § Reviews⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ SparkyLinux_7_“Orion_Belt”_Review:_Blending
Stability_and_Freshness⠀⇛
We review the fresh SparkyLinux 7 “Orion Belt”,
bringing the latest and greatest Debian 12
packages.
SparkyLinux, the renowned Debian-based desktop
Linux distribution, is back with its latest
release, SparkyLinux 7 “Orion Belt.” This major
release is coming up after almost two years of
development since SparkyLinux 6.0. This eagerly
awaited version combines the strengths of Debian
12’s stability with SparkyLinux’s cutting-edge
features, promising an exceptional user experience.
Let’s delve into the details of this major release
and find out its performance and other distro
aspects.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ New_C++_features_in_GCC_13⠀⇛
The latest major version of the GNU_Compiler
Collection (GCC), 13.1, was released in April 2023.
Like every major GCC release, this version brings
manyadditions,_improvements,_bug_fixes,_and_new
features. GCC 13 is already the system compiler
inFedora_38. Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux (RHEL) users
will get GCC 13 in the Red Hat GCC Toolset (RHEL 8
and RHEL 9). It’s also possible to try GCC 13 on
godbolt.org and similar web pages.
Like the article I wrote aboutGCC_10 and GCC_12,
this article describes only new features
implemented in the C++ front end; it does not
discuss developments in the C++ language itself.
Interesting changes in the standard C++ library
that comes with GCC 13 are described in a separate
blog post: New_C_features_in_GCC_13
# ⚓ Adam_Williamson:_DevConf.CZ_2023,_Rawhide_update_test
gating,_ELN_testing_and_more!⠀⇛
I’m in Brno, working from the office for a few days
after the end of DevConf.CZ. It was a great
conference, good to see people and feel some
positive energy after all the stuff with RH layoffs
and so on. It was really well attended, and there
were a lot of useful talks. I presented on the
current state of openQA and Fedora CI, with
Miroslav Vadkerti kindly covering the Fedora CI
stuff (thanks to Miro for that). The segmented talk
video hasn’t been updated yet, but you can watch it
from the recorded live stream starting here (at 6:
04:32).
# ⚓ Fedora_Infrastructure_Status:_pagure.io_outage⠀⇛
A networking device pagure.io uses to communicate
with the world needs an urgent reboot to correct
errors. pagure.io will be down for 10-20min as this
device is fixed.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Linux_Mint_21.2_“Victoria”_BETA_is_Out_for
Testing⠀⇛
The highly anticipated release of Linux Mint 21.2
is almost here, and the testing copy of Linux Mint
21.2 BETA is now available for download for three
official versions (“Cinnamon”, “Xfce”, and “MATE”).
Download links to the BETA copy are at the end of
the article.
# ⚓ Neowin ☛ Linux_Mint_21.2_Beta_ISOs_appear_on_official
mirrors_for_download⠀⇛
You can now download the Linux Mint 21.2 Beta from
official third-party mirrors. The Mint project is
still to officially announce the release, but we
believe it will do so very soon.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ This_Star_Wars-inspired_display_shows_volumetric
objects_in_3D_space⠀⇛
A little over a year ago, Maker Mac70 set out to
build an inexpensive DIY version of a volumetric
display — a system which enables users to view
objects in 3D, without the need for special glasses
or extremely fancy components.
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ James_Bruton_builds_a_walking_AT-AT_robot⠀⇛
Was there anything more exciting than watching AT-
ATs walk across Hoth towards the Rebel base for the
first time? Those massive machines were iconic and
helped to solidify The Empire Strikes Back as the
best movie set in the Star Wars universe.
# ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Zephyr_Project Welcomes
Analog_Devices,_Arduino_and_Technology_Innovation_Institute
as_it_Launches_the_3.4_Release⠀⇛
Today, the Zephyr® Project announced that Analog
Devices (ADI) has joined as a Platinum member as
well as Arduino and Technology Innovation Institute
(TII) as Silver members. Zephyr, an open source
project at the Linux Foundation that builds a
secure, connected and flexible RTOS for future-
proof and resource-constrained devices, is easy to
deploy and manage. It is a proven RTOS ecosystem
created by developers for developers.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Events⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) ☛ Linux_Plumbers
Conference:_Real-time_and_Scheduling_Microconference_CFP⠀⇛
The real-time and scheduling micro-conference joins
these two intrinsically connected communities to
discuss the next steps together.
Over the past decade, many parts of PREEMPT_RT have
been included in the official Linux codebase.
Examples include real-time mutexes, high-resolution
timers, lockdep, ftrace, RCU_PREEMPT, threaded
interrupt handlers, and more. The number of patches
that need integration has been significantly
reduced, and the rest is mature enough to make
their way into mainline Linux.
The scheduler is at the core of Linux performance.
With different topologies and workloads, giving the
user the best experience possible is challenging,
from low latency to high throughput and from small
power-constrained devices to HPC, where CPU
isolation is critical.
The following accomplishments have been made as a
result of last year’s micro-conference: [...]
# ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Free_Software_Directory_meeting_on_IRC:
Friday,_July_07,_starting_at_12:00_EDT_(16:00_UTC)⠀⇛
Join the FSF and friends on Friday, July 07, from
12:00
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Bash_Basics_Series_#2:_Using_Variables_in
Bash⠀⇛
In this chapter of the Bash Basics series, learn
about using variables in Bash scripts.
# ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ So_much_boilerplate⠀⇛
While looking through my box-of-hardware-bits for
some stuff I need to put together my RISC-V build
farm (a topic for another day), I found an NFC card
reader from some time ago. O yeah, I remember
wanting to do a little project with that at some
point. No time like the present! But just getting
to a first commit takes so much boilerplate.
# ⚓ nixCraft ☛ Alpine_Linux_fatal_error:_ncurses.h:_No_such
file_or_directory_fix⠀⇛
When I try to compile a program on Alpine Linux, it
fails with the following error:
app.c:1:10: fatal error: ncurses.h: No such file or
directory
1 | #include <ncurses.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Chu_Lai,_Vietnam,_1966:_My_life_lesson_in_leaping⠀⇛
“Our sergeant knew what lay ahead for us new guys – as
well as a way to help us face that future,” our essayist
writes.
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ English_has_many_rules,_some_of_them_valid⠀⇛
Some rules of English you know, some you don’t, and –
despite what you might have been taught in grammar school
– some aren’t rules at all.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Scientists_on_Twitter_head_for_the_exit⠀⇛
A feud broke out on Twitter over the weekend
between popular podcaster_Joe_Rogan and prominent
vaccine researcher Peter Hotez, with the podcaster
challenging the scientist to a debate about
vaccinesin an online skirmish that drew fire from a
few billionaires.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_the_New,_Low_Test_Scores_for_13-Year-
Olds_Say_About_U.S._Education_Now⠀⇛
But the ages of 10 to 13 are also a crucial period
for mastering foundational skills, from
multiplication to recognizing a character’s
feelings in a short narrative passage.
“The bottom line — these results show that there
are troubling gaps in the basic skills of these
students,” said Peggy Carr, commissioner of the
National Center for Education Statistics, which
gives the NAEP exam. “This is a huge-scale
challenge that faces the nation.”
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ What_Can_We_Do_About_Pandemic-Related_Learning
Loss?⠀⇛
Remote school was devastating for many students. In
Richmond, Virginia, a plan to switch to a year-
round calendar brought promise and pushback.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Broadcom_unveils_2nd_generation_WiFi_7
chipsets:_BCM6765,_BCM47722,_BCM4390⠀⇛
Broadcom has announced its second generation WiFi 7
chipsets: the BCM6765 residential WiFi 7 access
point chip, the BCM47722 enterprise WiFi 7 access
point chip with dual IoT radios that support
simultaneous operation for Bluetooth Low Energy
(BLE), Zigbee, Thread, and Matter protocols, and
the BCM4390 low-power Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth, and
802.15.4 combo chip designed for use in mobile
devices.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Medicaid_trim:_States_review_rolls_to_cut
ineligible_recipients⠀⇛
Roughly 1.5 million Americans have lost Medicaid
coverage since the COVID-era ban on removing
recipients was lifted in April. Many are losing
coverage because of a lack of paperwork or old
contact information. Critics say the review is too
hasty.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ When_Dying_Patients_Want_Unproven_Drugs⠀⇛
Patient-advocacy groups mobilized to demand access
to a controversial new drug called Relyvrio. But
hasty approval comes at a cost.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Ken_Paxton_Allied_with_Troubled_Businessman
to_Push_Opioid_Program⠀⇛
A year after persuading Texas lawmakers to buy
millions of child identification kits that had no
proven record of success, a businessman with a
troubled history found an in with the state’s
attorney general.
Last fall, Kenny Hansmire was tapped by Republican
Attorney General Ken Paxton to be part of a
coalition to combat opioid abuse that Paxton
declared would “be the largest drug prevention,
education, abatement and disposal campaign in U.S.
history.”
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Respiratory_disease_registry_seeks_to
combat_silicosis⠀⇛
A national registry will be set up to detect and
combat deadly workplace respiratory diseases as the
federal government seeks to tackle the prevalence
of silicosis.
If passed, the law will require mandatory reporting
of the disease which affects nearly one-in-four
engineered stone workers in the industry prior to
2018.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ramzan_Kadyrov’s_20-year-old_daughter_Khutmat
Kadyrova_awarded_Order_of_Chechnya_for_‘immense_contribution
to_development_of_medicine’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Khutmat Kadyrova, the 20-year-old daughter of the
head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, has been presented
with the Order of Chechnya, a state award
instituted in honor of her grandfather, Akhmat
Kadyrov. The Chechen Minister of Information and
Print Akhmed Dudayev announced Kadyrova’s award on
Telegram.
# ⚓ Ben Congdon ☛ Mental_Models:_Slack⠀⇛
Two of my all-time favorite articles about managing
one’s energy and time relate to the notion of
maintaining “Slack” in one’s life. The first,
Slack, by Zvi Mowshowitz, directly describes the
Slack concept that I refer to in this post. The
second,
Sabbath_hard_and_go_home, expands on this notion in
the context of the author’s Jewish upbringing.
I’ve been wanting to write about this concept for a
while, but (ironically) haven’t ever found the time
to do so.
Slack (proper noun) is your buffer. It’s your
buffer of mental energy, physical energy, and time.
It’s the ability to get sick for a day or two
without significant interruption to one’s
commitments. Slack means you can have an off day
without missing an important deadline. Slack allows
you to to explore something you’re curious in,
without worrying about wasting time. It’s writing a
blog post about Slack, when there are assuredly
more “valuable” things one could do with one’s
time.
o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ OpenAI_Lobbied_European_Commission_to
Water_Down_A.I._Regulations,_Documents_Reveal⠀⇛
OpenAI has repeatedly lobbied European regulators
to water down the E.U.’s AI Act—thereby reducing
its regulatory burden. A new report from Time
suggests that despite CEO Sam Altman’s public calls
for AI regulation, his company wants to define said
regulation. Time examined documents about OpenAI’s
engagement with E.U. officials about the law.
# ⚓ Beta News ☛ AI-powered_Opera_One_web_browser_now_available
for_Linux,_Windows,_and_macOS⠀⇛
Opera One, an innovative web browser that utilizes
Artificial Intelligence, is finally here. With its
integration of Aria, the first-ever browser AI,
Opera One takes browsing to the next level. Aria is
easily accessible through a new command line and
the browser sidebar, allowing users to tap into a
leading generative AI service and stay up-to-date
with real-time web information. Opera has been at
the forefront of generative AI advancements, aiming
to provide users with an exceptional browsing
experience that boosts productivity and creativity.
Unlike other browser companies, Opera didn’t simply
add AI services as an afterthought.
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Opera_One,_an_AI-infused_Web_Browser,_Hits
Linux⠀⇛
I haven’t used the Opera web browser since… Well,
forever – but I’m well aware it remains a popular
option with folks. Today, June 20, Opera hit
version 100 and, through the power of marketing,
transforms itself into Opera One.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ In_new_AI_hype_frenzy,_tech_is_applying_the_label
to_everything_now⠀⇛
At this peak moment in the tech world’s artificial
intelligence craze, anything that tech companies
can slap an “artificial intelligence” label on,
they will.
Why it matters: The more our understanding of a new
technology is distorted by hype, the less
thoughtfully we can apply it — and the more likely
it is we will cause harm with it.
===================================================
The big picture:Real advances in machine-learning
based pattern- recognition and -completion have
sparked a new bubble in tech-industry investment,
encouraging companies to apply the “AI” label to
anything that moves.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Microsoft_to_Remove_Multiple_Folder
Options_from_File_Explorer⠀⇛
Microsoft to ‘streamline’ File Explorer menus by
removing ‘legacy’ features from menu.
# ⚓ PC Gamer ☛ Microsoft_says_latest_Windows_Kernel_fix_might
actually_break_more_things⠀⇛
Microsoft rolled out 63 patches as a part of its
June 2023 update for Windows 11 and Windows 10 last
Tuesday.
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_shares_workaround_for_Outlook
freezes,_slow_starts⠀⇛
Microsoft is working to address a known issue
affecting Outlook for Microsoft 365 customers,
causing slow starts and freezes as if Offline
Outlook Data Files (OST) [...]
# ⚓ The Record ☛ Microsoft_resolves_‘dangerous’_new_Azure
vulnerabilities⠀⇛
Microsoft recently fixed two vulnerabilities
affecting two Azure-related tools that would have
allowed hackers to access a victim’s data and make
changes to their virtual environment.
o § Linux Foundation⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ FINOS_Announces_2023_State
of_Open_Source_in_Financial_Services_Survey [Ed: LF, in
partnership with Microsoft, uses proprietary software to run
"survey" on "Open Source"]⠀⇛
FINOS, the fintech open source foundation, Linux
Foundation Research, and partners GitHub, Red Hat,
and Scott Logic are conducting their third annual
survey as part of their ongoing research on open
source adoption, contribution, and readiness in the
financial services industry.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ InfoQ ☛ Article:_Debugging_Production:_eBPF_Chaos⠀⇛
This article shares insights into learning eBPF as
a new cloud-native technology which aims to improve
Observability and Security workflows. You’ll learn
how chaos engineering can help, and get an insight
into eBPF based observability and security use
cases. Breaking them in a professional way also
inspires new ideas for chaos engineering itself.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ VMware_Confirms_Live_Exploits_Hitting_Just-
Patched_Security_Flaw [Ed: Maybe they can try to blame it on
"Linux" like before; company controlled by sociopaths from
Microsoft]⠀⇛
VMware updates a critical-level bulletin: “VMware
has confirmed that exploitation of CVE-2023-20887
has occurred in the wild.”
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Researchers_Flag_Account_Takeover_Flaw_in
Microsoft_Azure_AD_OAuth_Apps⠀⇛
Businesses using ‘Log in with Microsoft’ could be
exposed to privilege escalation and full account
takeover exploits.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Norton_Parent_Says_Employee_Data_Stolen_in
MOVEit_Ransomware_Attack [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
Gen Digital, which owns Avast, Avira, AVG, Norton,
and LifeLock, said employee data was compromised in
the MOVEit ransomware attack.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_‘RDStealer’_Malware_Targets_RDP
Connections [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
Bitdefender finds new malware capable of monitoring
incoming RDP connections and infect the connecting
clients that have client drive mapping enabled.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Australian_Government_Says_Its_Data_Was
Stolen_in_Law_Firm_Ransomware_Attack [Ed: Microsoft Windows
TCO]⠀⇛
The Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner (OAIC) says some of its files were
stolen in a ransomware attack on law firm HWL
Ebsworth.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Fulfilling_Expected_SEC_Requirements_for
Cybersecurity_Expertise_at_Board_Level⠀⇛
Nobody doubts the need to increase board level
cyber expertise, but there is no single preferred
route.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Analyzing_a_YouTube_Sponsorship_Phishing_Mail_and
Malware_Targeting_Content_Creators,_(Wed,_Jun_21st)⠀⇛
One of our Stormcast listeners, Kevin, wrote in to
share that his friend Jon had received a direct
spear-phishing e-mail. We requested for more
information, and Jon kindly provided us with the
corresponding e-mails and data to analyze.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Prize_2023:_Sleek_Macro_Pad_Makes_2FA_A
Little_Easier⠀⇛
We all know the drill when it comes to online
security — something you know, and something you
have. But when the “something you have” is a two-
factor token in a keyfob at the bottom of a
backpack, or an app on your phone that’s buried
several swipes and taps deep, inconvenience can
stand in the way of adding that second level of
security. Thankfully, this “2FA Sidecar” is the
perfect way to lower the barrier to using two-
factor authentication.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ OT:Icefall:_Vulnerabilities_Identified_in
Wago_Controllers⠀⇛
Forescout Technologies has disclosed the details of
vulnerabilities impacting operational technology
(OT) products from Wago and Schneider Electric.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Texas_Legislature_Convinced_First
Amendment_Simply_Does_Not_Exist⠀⇛
Over the past two years, there has been a
concerted push by state legislatures to
regulate the Internet, the likes of which has
not been seen since the late 90s/early
aughts. Content moderation, financial
relationships between journalists and
platforms, social media design and
transparency, “national security,” kids being
exposed to “bad” Internet speech—you name it,
a state legislature has introduced an
unconstitutional bill about it. So it’s no
surprise that the anti-porn crowd seized the
moment to once again exhibit a creepy and
unhealthy interest in what other people do
with their pants off.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Uganda_Police_Arrest_Suspected_Collaborators_in
School_Massacre⠀⇛
The assailants reportedly fled to the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Journalist_Who_Wrote_About_Human_Rights
Killed_In_Georgia⠀⇛
Kazakh and Georgian officials say Kazakh journalist
Zhanbota Tolegen was killed in the Georgian city of
Telavi in late May.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Tajik_Police_Colonel_Detained_On_Suspicion_Of
Abducting_University_Teacher⠀⇛
A top Tajik police officer has been detained on
suspicion of abducting a university teacher who has
been missing since June 12.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Myanmar_dispatch:_A_red_rose_for_Aung_San_Suu
Kyi⠀⇛
Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on
challenges to the rule of law in their country
under the military junta that deposed the civilian
government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Flirting_With_Armaggedon—Again⠀⇛
An oddity of our times is the cavalier manner by
which analysts of public issues ignore acquired
understanding and history. Their motto seems to be:
the world begins anew when I first take note of it.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Israel_announces_plans_to_expand_West_Bank
settlements_despite_international_pressure⠀⇛
Israel’s nationalist government lodged plans on
Sunday to approve the construction of thousands of
new buildings in the occupied West Bank, despite
growing pressure from the US to halt settlement
expansion. The move raised concerns about achieving
a lasting resolution in the region, as it hinders
peace negotiations between Palestine and Israel.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Justice_Department_expands_cybersecurity
efforts_with_new_NatSec_Cyber⠀⇛
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_way_for_the_US_to_ensure_Gulf
security_is_through_partnership,_not_policing⠀⇛
As the United States continues to work with the
Gulf on security, expect blips. Despite that,
Washington can get this partnership back on course.
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ SA,_France_sign_anti-cyber_crime_agreement⠀⇛
South Africa and France have entered into a
cooperation protocol agreement to improve the
Special Investigating Unit’s cyber forensic
capabilities. The agreement is expected to also
yield the establishment of an anti-corruption
academy in Tshwane, which will serve the SIU and
other law enforcement agencies and anti-corruption
agencies within the Southern African Development
Community (SADC)…
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_police_watchdog_sees
uptick_in_complaints_but_none_against_officers_on_Tiananmen
crackdown_anniversary⠀⇛
Hong Kong’s official police watchdog dealt with a
nearly 70 per cent increase in complaints against
officers in the first five months of this year, an
uptick that authorities attributed to the
resumption of normal life after Covid-19 rules were
relaxed.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ The_U.S_and_Chinese_militaries_still_aren’t_talking
to_each_other⠀⇛
U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken’s trip_to
China restored high-level dialogue between
Washington and Beijing, but failed_to_persuade
China’s leaders to reopen communications that could
help avert a potential military crisis.
Why it matters:The failure to establish a military-
to-military crisis communications channel prolongs
the risk of miscalculation and conflict in the
region, experts say.
===================================================
State of play:The U.S. military regularly engages
in lawful “freedom of navigation” operations
through international waters, including the South
China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, over which China
claims sovereignty.
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ 11_more_confiscated_vehicles_to_be_sent_to
Ukraine⠀⇛
Latvia’s government on June 20 approved the
sending of 11 more confiscated vehicles to
Ukraine.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Interview:_a_Latvian_volunteer_in_Lviv’s
soup_kitchen⠀⇛
Dita Krauze is a Latvian living in the UK who
has spent her vacation in Lviv, Ukraine,
doing volunteer work at a soup kitchen.
Latvian Radio’s Tālis Eipurs spoke to Dita
about her experience.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Russian_APT_Group_Caught_Hacking
Roundcube_Email_Servers⠀⇛
A Russian hacking group has been caught
hacking into Roundcube servers to spy on
government institutions and military entities
in Ukraine.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ OFAC_publishes_settlement_with_Swedbank
Latvia_on_Crimea_sanctions_breach⠀⇛
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC) published a settlement statement on
June 20 with Swedbank Latvia related to
Crimea sanctions breaches.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Western_companies_are_still
financing_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine⠀⇛
Despite tremendous business interest in
Ukraine’s reconstruction and development, a
large number of Western companies continue to
undermine Kyiv’s efforts by contributing to
the Kremlin’s war chest.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Western_allies_seeking_private
funds_to_rebuild_Ukraine_at_London_conference⠀⇛
Diplomats from dozens of countries are
meeting Wednesday in London to drum up funds
to rebuild Ukraine, a mammoth task whose cost
is estimated by the World Bank at more than
$400 billion – a figure rising daily
alongside the human toll of the 16-month war.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Italy_and_France_will_support_Ukraine_for
‘as_long_as_necessary’,_says_PM_Meloni_on_Paris_visit⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed to work
more closely together as they met on Tuesday
in Paris for talks aimed at patching up ties.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Vilnius-based_company’s_equipment_falls_into
Russian_snipers’_hands_–_LRT_Investigation⠀⇛
Yukon Advanced Optics Worldwide, a
Belarusian-owned group that has been
operating in Lithuania for almost two
decades, condemned Russia’s aggression in
Ukraine and said it was shutting down its
factory in Russia’s Smolensk. However, data
obtained by the LRT Investigation Team and
its partners from Scanner Project show that
the company has not left Russia yet, while
its equipment is falling into the hands of
Russian soldiers.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Vilnius_NATO_summit_will_be_historic_‘for
achievements_or_missed_opportunities’_–_Lithuanian_FM⠀⇛
The NATO summit in Vilnius next month will be
historic either for its achievements or
missed opportunities, Lithuanian Foreign
Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says, after
it became clear that Ukraine will not be
offered a membership plan.
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ How_US_and_UK_Government_Propaganda
Specialists_Collaborated_with_Nazis_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
The prominent role of Banderite Neo-Nazis in
Ukraine’s government propaganda operations
suggests that Nazi apologism has spread into
the core institutions of its government –
perhaps more than the dominant Western view
is able to admit.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyiv,_Ukrainian_Regions_Again_Under_Air
Attack_As_Military_Reports_‘Partial_Success’_In_South⠀⇛
Russia launched a fresh wave of missile and
drone strikes on several Ukrainian regions
and the capital overnight, Ukraine’s air
defense and regional officials said, as the
Ukrainian military reported some “partial
success” in their counteroffensive operations
in the southern region of Zaporizhzhya.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ UN_Chief_Calls_For_Acceleration_Of_Grain
Exports_Under_Black_Sea_Deal⠀⇛
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called
for an acceleration of Black Sea grain
shipments from Ukrainian ports under a deal
allowing safe wartime exports.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Prepared_To_Raise_Russian_Oil,_Arms
Purchases_Even_While_Feting_Modi_During_State_Visit⠀⇛
White House National Security Council
spokesman John Kirby said there will be
“deliverables” on the defense cooperation
front when Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi visits Washington later this week, but
declined to provide details.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ EU_Proposes_Allocating_€50_Billion_in_Aid
to_Ukraine⠀⇛
Since the start of the armed conflict, the
European Union has provided Ukraine with
€14.7 billion in macro-financial assistance.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_RFE/RL_Correspondent_In_Siberia
Rejects_Offer_To_Sign_Military_Contract⠀⇛
A former RFE/RL correspondent in Siberia who
was sentenced in March to eight months of
correctional work over his online posts about
Russian forces attacking civilian
infrastructure in Ukraine was offered a
contract to join Russia’s armed forces
involved in the invasion of Ukraine.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Putin_Talks_Tough_While_Ukraine_Makes
Gains⠀⇛
Ukraine’s counteroffensive is on the move,
but so are Putin’s nuclear weapons.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia_to_Respond_to_Ukrainian_HIMARS_&
Storm_Shadow_Attacks⠀⇛
“The use of these missiles outside the zone
of the special military operation will mean
the full involvement of the U.S. and the UK
in the conflict,” Russian Defense Minister
Shoigu warned.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Behind_Ukraine’s_front_lines,_a_battle
to_manage_expectations⠀⇛
Russian forces are well dug in to fend off
Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive.
So even as Ukrainian civilians speak of
eventual victory, many soldiers are concerned
that such hopes not reach unrealistic
heights.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Freed_Ukrainian_P.O.W.s_Report
Abuses_in_Russian_Captivity⠀⇛
Ukrainian captives released in prisoner
exchanges say that beatings were common, and
that they suffered from woefully inadequate
health care and food.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Presses_Attack_in_East_as
Ukraine_Pushes_South_to_Recapture_Territory⠀⇛
Russian forces are trying to seize more land
in eastern Ukraine even as they fend off a
Kyiv’s counteroffensive, portending a long
fight ahead, officials and military experts
said.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Months_Before_Death,_Daniel_Ellsberg
Warned_Crisis_over_Ukraine_&_Taiwan_Could_Lead_to
Nuclear_War⠀⇛
Over the past 50 years Daniel Ellsberg
remained an antiwar and anti-nuclear activist
who inspired a new generation of
whistleblowers. In his last interview with
Democracy Now! in April, he spoke about the
war in Ukraine and why it required a
diplomatic solution, and about the latest
leak of Pentagon documents by Air National
Guard member Jack Teixeira, who has been
indicted on six counts of willful retention
and transmission of classified information.
We asked Ellsberg about what the leaks say
about the war in Ukraine, and discussed his
decision in 2021 to leak a classified
government report that he had kept in his
possession for decades, which revealed the
U.S. had drawn up plans to attack China with
nuclear weapons during the 1958 Taiwan Strait
Crisis. Ellsberg warned the possibility of a
nuclear first strike by the United States was
an “insane” policy that would end most life
on Earth. “The belief that we can do less bad
by striking first than if we strike second is
what confronts us in Ukraine with a real
possibility of a nuclear war coming out of
this conflict,” Ellsberg said.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_man_pleads_not
guilty_to_inciting_assault_of_TVB_staff_over_online
comments⠀⇛
A Hong Kong man charged with inciting assault
over online comments about staff from local
broadcaster TVB has pleaded not guilty. Fan
Shi-man appeared at District Court on Monday
morning for the first day of the trial./
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# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ RIP_Daniel_Ellsberg:_“Most_Dangerous
Man_in_America”_on_Leaking_Pentagon_Papers,_Exposing
Gov’t_Lies⠀⇛
We remember the life and legacy of Pentagon
Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who
died Friday at the age of 92, just months
after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, then a top military
strategist working for the RAND Corporation,
risked life in prison by secretly copying and
then leaking 7,000 pages of top-secret
documents outlining the secret history of the
U.S. War in Vietnam. The leak would end up
helping to take down President Nixon,
accelerate the end of the War in Vietnam and
lead to a major victory for press freedom.
Henry Kissinger once called Ellsberg “the
most dangerous man in America.” Over the past
50 years, Ellsberg remained an antiwar and
anti-nuclear activist who inspired a new
generation of whistleblowers. We mark his
death with excerpts from some of our
interviews with Ellsberg over the years about
Vietnam, as well as Ukraine, tensions with
China, the threat of nuclear war and working
toward a more honest discourse about U.S.
policy. “To this day, the very idea that the
U.S. is … an empire is a taboo, and a very
unfortunate one, because it makes it
impossible to understand what’s going on,”
Ellsberg said.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Sends_Attack_Drones_Across
Ukraine,_Targeting_Kyiv_and_Lviv⠀⇛
Moscow’s forces also shot and killed a rescue
worker in the flood-stricken city of Kherson,
Ukrainian officials said, as both sides
battled for territory in the south and east.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ German_Spy_Agency_Says_China_and
Russia_Are_After_Its_Secrets⠀⇛
The country is a growing target for foreign
espionage, the agency said, amid rising
tensions over the war in Ukraine and
rivalries between Washington and Beijing.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Popular_Russian_TV_series_disappears_from
streaming_service_after_its_lead_actress_speaks_out
against_war_—_Meduza⠀⇛
“Olga,” a popular Russian TV series whose
last season was released in May, has been
removed from the site of the channel that
aired it, as well as from the channel’s
streaming service, just weeks after the
show’s star, actress Olga Troyanova, spoke
out against the invasion of Ukraine. The show
is considered to be one of TNT’s most
successful shows.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_activists_reportedly_interrupt
journalist_Dmitry_Muratov’s_Global_Media_Forum_speech
with_recording_of_air_raid_sirens_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The sound of air raid sirens began playing
during a speech by Novaya Gazeta editor-in-
chief Dmitry Muratov at the Deutsche Welle
Global Media Forum in Bonn on Tuesday, TV
Rain reported. The sound was accompanied by a
voice saying to “take cover” in Ukrainian.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ State_Duma_passes_law_exempting_participants
in_Russia-Ukraine_war_from_liability_for_some_crimes_—
Meduza⠀⇛
State Duma deputies have passed a law that
would make soldiers, both professionals and
conscripts, who have fought in Ukraine exempt
from liability for petty crimes and
misdemeanors.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Taiwan_war_’50_times’_worse_than
Ukraine:_Morrison⠀⇛
Former prime minister Scott Morrison has
warned a breakout of war from China invading
Taiwan would dwarf the conflict in Ukraine.
His comments came as a new poll showed
Australians remain wary of conflict in the
region.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Pentagon_Ukraine_accounts_error
doubles_to_$A9_billion⠀⇛
The Pentagon has found it overestimated the
amount of funding for ammunition, missiles
and other equipment it sent to Ukraine by
$US6.2 billion ($A9.2 billion) due to an
accounting error – more than double the
amount previously disclosed.
The value of the accounting error was revised
up from the $US3 billion ($A4.4 billion)
first reported by Reuters in May, the result
of assigning a higher-than-warranted value to
US weaponry shipped to Ukraine.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_CIA’s_New_Nord_Stream_Narrative_Is
Terrifying⠀⇛
The United States is heavily invested in the
Ukraine-Russia conflict—not just in financial
terms but also in shared risk. Washington has
given more than $75 billion in aid to
Ukraine, a serious chunk of change, yet far
less than the possible consequences for the
world if the war were to spiral out of
control. After all, Russia might be a
decrepit superpower, but it still possesses a
massive nuclear arsenal and the ability to
inflict damage well beyond Ukraine. In its
public rhetoric, the Biden administration has
walked a tightrope, insisting that it is
balancing the moral necessity of helping
Ukraine defend itself against external
aggression with caution in making sure the
war doesn’t ramp up into a broader conflict.
Yet the administration’s claim of working to
forestall escalation has a major loophole:
Will the United States be able to stop
Ukraine (or elements of the Ukrainian
government) from escalating?
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Scholz_Calls_On_China_To_Raise_Pressure_On
Russia_Over_Ukraine_War⠀⇛
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he called
on China to use its influence over Russia
more in regards to the war in Ukraine.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘Tough_balancing_act’:
Chinese,_German_leaders_hold_talks⠀⇛
Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosted Premier Li
Qiang for talks on Tuesday, seeking to
recalibrate cooperation between Germany and
China after Berlin branded Beijing a
“systemic rival”. Li is on his first trip
abroad since he was named premier in March
and tasked with shoring up China’s sputtering
post-Covid economy. But unlike previous
visits by Chinese […]
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Defense_Minister_Warns_Kyiv_Of
Repercussions_If_It_Attacks_Crimea_With_Western
Missiles⠀⇛
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu warned
Ukraine on June 20 of “immediate retaliation”
if Kyiv attacks Crimea with Western missiles.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Rinkēvičs_champions_‘Register_of_Damage’_for
Russian_crimes⠀⇛
On June 20, Latvian Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Edgars Rinkēvičs, in his capacity of
the Chair of the Council of Europe’s (CoE)
Committee of Ministers, addressed the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE) over the priorities of the
Latvian CoE Presidency and current political
issues addressed by the CoE Committee of
Ministers.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU,_Kazakhstan_In_Contact_On_Preventing
Russia_Sanctions_Evasion,_Steinmeier_Says⠀⇛
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told
reporters after talks with Kazakh President
Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev in Astana that the EU
and the energy-rich Central Asian nation are
in close contact on preventing the evasion of
Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its
invasion of Ukraine.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Bulgaria’s_New_Defense_Minister_Signals
Possible_Tack_To_Help_Arm_Ukraine⠀⇛
Bulgaria’s defense minister, Todor Tagarev,
has signaled a likely break from the previous
caretaker government’s reluctance to provide
lethal aid to Ukraine by pledging an imminent
announcement on a fresh package of military
assistance, a move that could increase
tensions with Bulgaria’s president.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Investigation_suggests_Latvian_connection_to
sanctioned_Russian_oligarch_Rotenberg⠀⇛
A major new investigation by the Organized
Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
(OCCRP) in association with the Baltic Center
for Investigative Journalism (Re:Baltica)
delves into the murky world of Russian
sanctions evasion – and identifies a Latvian
citizen who might be involved in helping one
of Russia’s richest men dodge Western
sanctions.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Explosion_At_Major_Russian_Gunpowder_Plant
Kills_Four⠀⇛
An explosion hit a major gunpowder plant in
Russia’s southwestern region of Tambov on
June 20, killing four people.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_parliament_moves_to_strip_ice_dancer
Drobiazko_of_citizenship_over_performing_in_Russia⠀⇛
Lithuanian MPs have initiated the process of
stripping ice dancer Margarita Drobiazko of
her Lithuanian citizenship as she continues
to perform in Russia, LNK TV reported on
Tuesday.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ At_the_beginning_of_the_war,_Moscow_seemed
frozen._A_year_and_a_half_later,_it’s_not_the_same_city
it_was_before_February_24,_2022._This_is_the
continuation_of_Alexander_Gronsky’s_photo_project_—
Meduza⠀⇛
A year ago, Meduza published a series of
photographs by one of Russia’s most famous
landscape photographers, Alexander Gronsky,
about how Moscow had changed a few months
into the war. Then, it was almost impossible
to see the changes, but behind his photos you
could feel that something had happened:
February 24, Bucha, the bombing of the
Mariupol Drama Theater and maternity
hospital. A year later, Gronsky has shot a
sequel to the project which he has shared
with Bereg, a cooperative of independent
journalists. With Bereg’s permission, Meduza
is publishing the series.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg_paper_publishes_photos_of
Russian_general’s_grave._His_death_has_not_been
officially_confirmed._—_Meduza⠀⇛
St. Petersburg publication Fontanka reports
that Sergey Goryachev, Chief of Staff of
Russia’s 35th Combined Arms Army, has been
buried in the city’s historic Serafimovskoe
cemetery.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ If_Donald_Trump_Went_to_Jail_for_Violating_the
Espionage_Act,_He’d_Be_an_Exception⠀⇛
Sitting in his isolation cell in United States
Penitentiary Marion—a hulking edifice of cement,
bars, and razor wire in Illinois built to take the
place of Alcatraz—Daniel Hale could be forgiven if
he felt little sympathy for Donald Trump. Unlike
the former president, who flew to his arraignment
in his private jet and celebrated afterward with a
gala party at his New Jersey country club, Hale was
brought to the courthouse in steel handcuffs and
then quickly thrown in a dank jail cell. Although
both faced charges related to national security,
Hale was a courageous whistleblower and Trump is an
egotistical politician.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australia_shivers_as_winter_freeze
forecast_to_drag_on⠀⇛
Temperatures have plummeted to below-average across
Australia, with the freezing conditions set to
continue.
Canberra shivered through minus 5.6C just before
6am on Tuesday, with drivers warned to take extreme
care because of icy conditions.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Tropical_Storm_Bret_Forms_in_the
Atlantic⠀⇛
The storm formed Monday east of the Windward
Islands, the National Hurricane Center said. It is
forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by the end
of the week.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Greenwash_claim_as_miner_pledges_to
stay_away_from_town⠀⇛
Environmentalists have dismissed a pledge by
alumina giant Alcoa not to mine near a tourist town
home to ancient jarrah forests.
The company says it will not seek to mine within
three kilometres of Dwellingup, in the Darling
Range southeast of Perth, committing to an
exclusion zone across its bauxite mining lease more
than four times the size of Rottnest Island.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Water_retailer_breached_family
violence_provisions⠀⇛
A public water retailer will review its policies
and compliance after the Victorian regulator found
it breached family violence obligations by sharing
the personal information of two customers.
The Essential Services Commission on Tuesday
accepted a two-year court enforceable undertaking
from South East Water after a probe found the
government-owned retailer failed to protect two
separate customers in 2021 and 2022.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Himalayan_glaciers_melting_65%_faster
than_previous_decade:_Study⠀⇛
The glaciers could lose up to 80% of their current
volume by the end of the century.
# ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Our_Summer_Reading_List:_Birding,_Climate,
Animal_Rights_and_Justice⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ East_Coast_Wildfires_Put_Incarcerated_People
on_Frontlines_of_Climate_Crisis⠀⇛
More than 150 detention facilities experienced
“hazardous” air last week, according to an analysis
by The Appeal. As wildfires have gotten worse,
prisoners are facing a unique threat.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Himalayan_glaciers_melting_faster_than_ever,
endangering_critical_water_source,_scientists_warn⠀⇛
Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to
nearly two billion people are melting faster than
ever before due to climate change, exposing
communities to unpredictable and costly disasters,
scientists warned Tuesday.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ France_to_shut_down_activist_climate_group_after
clashes_with_police⠀⇛
The French government said Tuesday that it would
soon shut down an activist climate group over a
series of recent demonstrations including one that
led to fierce clashes with police over a
controversial irrigation project.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Bumpy_route_to_net_zero_for_BHP
after_‘good_progress’⠀⇛
Mining giant BHP says it is on track to
reduce emissions across the business by at
least 30 per cent this decade but warns
progress beyond that won’t go in a straight
line.
Early action, including offloading the
petroleum business to Woodside Energy, means
the global company has already reduced the
size of its carbon footprint.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Electrifying_call_for_national
ban_on_gas_to_new_homes⠀⇛
Clean energy advocates are calling for
practical help to make sure renters,
apartment dwellers and poorer households
don’t miss out on electrification.
Independent MP Allegra Spender on Wednesday
urged federal Labor to show courage and ban
gas connections to all new homes and set a
date for ending residential use of gas across
Australia.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Jobs_jackpot_from_national
critical_minerals_strategy⠀⇛
Taxpayers will invest $500 million in
critical minerals projects in northern
Australia under a long-awaited federal
strategy.
The plan released by Resources Minister
Madeleine King on Tuesday aims to position
Australia to play a leading role in the
supply chain for electric cars and renewable
energy.
# ⚓ H2 View ☛ Exclusive:_UK_hydrogen_funding_essential_or
it’s_‘game_over’_warns_Hydrogen_UK_Chief_Executive⠀⇛
Hydrogen UK’s Chief Executive has told H2
View that if the UK does not pass an Energy
Bill with an “appropriate funding mechanism”
for hydrogen, “it’s game over for the UK’s
place at the table.”
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Nigeria_Looks_To_Reduce_State_Role_in_Energy
Sector⠀⇛
The new administration plans to end the state
monopoly on oil and gas.
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ Opening_address_by_Commissioner
Simson_at_the_launch_of_the_report_by_the_International
Renewable_Energy_Agency_“Innovation_landscape_for_smart
electrification”⠀⇛
European Commission Speech Brussels, 20 Jun
2023 Good afternoon everyone,
Let me start by thanking the International
Renewable Energy Agency for choosing the
European Commission…
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Australian_firm_will_develop
Pemex’s_Trion_deepwater_oil_field⠀⇛
Woodside Energy Group, which holds a 60%
stake in the Gulf of Mexico field, will
invest US $4.8 billion to start extracting
oil by 2028.
# ⚓ H2 View ☛ European_Commission_formally_adopts
renewable_hydrogen_definition_legislation⠀⇛
The European Commission has today (June 20)
formally adopted two delegated acts outlining
its detailed rules on the EU definition of
renewable hydrogen.
# ⚓ H2 View ☛ Airbus_UpNext_plans_to_trial_hydrogen_fuel
cells_for_auxiliary_power_onboard_A330⠀⇛
Airbus UpNext has today (June 20) announced
plans to trial the use of hydrogen fuel cells
for auxiliary power onboard aircraft.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ BBC_exposes_global_network_of
sadistic_monkey_torture;_at_least_20_people_being
investigated⠀⇛
The network stretches from Indonesia to the
United States.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_data_on_40_years_of_California_wildfires
is_alarmingly_clear⠀⇛
Wildfires in northern and central California
increased fivefold between 1971 and 2021,
according to a new study published by the
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences (PNAS).
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Chinese_e-commerce_giant_Alibaba
announces_CEO,_chair⠀⇛
China’s Alibaba Group has announced a major
management reshuffle as the e-commerce giant
restructures into six different business divisions
to adapt to fast-changing technologies.
The moves also are aimed at spurring growth at a
time when the Chinese economy is slowing despite an
end to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions a half-year
ago.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Foreign_companies_are_shifting
investment_out_of_China_as_confidence_wanes,_business_group
says⠀⇛
A business group says foreign companies are
shifting investment and their Asian headquarters
out of China as confidence plunges following the
expansion of an anti-spying law and other
challenges. The report by the European Union
Chamber of Commerce in China is one of many signs
of growing pessimism despite the ruling Communist
Party’s efforts to revive interest in the world’s
No. 2 economy. Companies are uneasy about the anti-
spying law, government protection of Chinese rivals
and lack of action on reform promises. They also
are being squeezed by slowing Chinese economic
growth, despite the country’s exit from its “zero-
COVID” policies, and by rising costs.
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ President_von_der_Leyen_presents_the
European_economic_security_strategy_and_the_revised
multiannual_EU_budget⠀⇛
European Commission News Brussels, 20 Jun 2023 On
20 June, President of the European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen presented the new European
economic security strategy. She also spoke about
the main aims of the revision of the EU’s long-term
budget.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Racial_Wage_Gap_Is_Shrinking [Ed:
American economy collapsing, but Wall Street Times is
twisting this as "social justice"]⠀⇛
Though still enormous, the gap has shrunk over the
past five years.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Alibaba’s_Daniel_Zhang_Will_Leave_Top
Post,_Replaced_by_Joseph_Tsai⠀⇛
In a shake-up, Joseph Tsai, an Alibaba veteran and
executive vice chairman, will take over as
chairman. Another Alibaba executive, Eddie Wu, will
become C.E.O.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Business_conditions_turn_sour_and
likely_to_worsen⠀⇛
Insolvency levels are trending up and expected to
continue rising as business conditions diminish.
External administration was up 35 per cent in the
year to May despite a seasonal dip between March
and April.
# ⚓ With_1,000_jobs_cut_at_Grab,_another_reality_check_for_on-
demand_services⠀⇛
Sooner or later, the venture capitalists will want
their money back. Surely, these on-demand or
sharing platform companies cannot keep giving
incentives to drivers and delivery people while
handing out endless discounts to consumers.
The latest reality check came yesterday in the form
of 1,000 job cuts at Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading
ride-hailing and food delivery operator.
The deepest cut for the company since the start of
the pandemic, the retrenchment of 11 per cent of
its workforce is meant to manage costs and ensure
more affordable services long term, according to
chief executive Anthony Tan.
# ⚓ EuroNews ☛ Four-day_week:_Which_countries_have_embraced_it
and_how’s_it_going_so_far?⠀⇛
Portugal has become the latest country to announce
a trial of a four-day week, following the example
of the likes of Belgium, the UK, and others.
Conversations around the four-day workweek were
first reignited by the COVID-19 pandemic, with
workers and employers rethinking the importance of
workplace flexibility and benefits.
The idea is simple – employees would work four days
a week while getting paid the same and earning the
same benefits, but with the same workload.
Companies reducing their workweek would therefore
operate with fewer meetings and more independent
work.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Let_this_be_my_protest’_Yulia_Alyoshina,_Russia’s
first_openly_trans_politician,_has_decided_to_run_for_Altay
governorship_—_Meduza⠀⇛
In September 2023, Russia’s Altay region will hold
gubernatorial elections. Yulia Alyoshina, Russia’s
first transgender politician, plans to run for
governor. She was the head of the Altay regional
division of the Civic Initiative party, but
resigned in 2022 following Russia’s passage of new
laws against “LGBT propaganda.” Nonetheless, the
party’s regional branch suggested that she run in
this year’s elections. Alyoshina spoke to Novaya
Gazeta Europe about why she’s running. Meduza
summarizes the conversation in English.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ ‘No_involvement’:_Liberal_MP_responds
to_wife’s_funding⠀⇛
Liberal MP Warren Entsch has fended off questions
about a $214,000 grant awarded to his wife while
the Morrison government was in power.
The public money was released under an Indigenous
Languages and Arts program, to teach pottery in a
remote Aboriginal community.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ All_details_not_necessary_for
referendum_vote:_advocate⠀⇛
A key figure behind the push for an Indigenous
voice says it is common for issues to be put to a
referendum without the fine detail.
One of the main arguments used by the ‘no’ case for
an Indigenous voice in the constitution is that the
structure and processes behind the voice have not
yet been spelled out.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Voice_advocates_ready_for_real
discussion_with_Aussies⠀⇛
The path has been cleared for a wider conversation
on an Indigenous voice as a leading advocate
declares there is no hidden agenda behind the plan.
After parliament passed legislation enabling a
referendum, Uluru Dialogue co-chair Pat Anderson
said it was time for politicians to step back from
the referendum debate.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ All_options_on_table_as_housing_fund
held_up_in_Senate⠀⇛
The proposed $10 billion housing fund may be
shelved by the federal government after it was
pushed back to later this year.
The Greens successfully delayed the bill until
October – with the support of the opposition – in
the Senate on Monday.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ South_Australia_looks_to_ride_boom_in
fishing_tourism⠀⇛
With more than 800,000 South Australian
holidaymakers casting a line each year, the move is
on to cash in on the state’s boom in fishing
tourism.
A statewide survey is being launched to help plan
for the sector’s growth and deliver on an election
commitment to develop an integrated strategy.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Once_Scorned,_Far_Right_Secures_Foothold
in_Spanish_Cities⠀⇛
Local alliances between the center-right Popular
Party and the far-right Vox may foreshadow a
broader coalition agreement at the national level.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Another_Blow_to_Boris_Johnson_as_U.K.
Parliament_Ratifies_Damning_Report⠀⇛
The former prime minister will lose his pass to
Parliament, another stinging penalty from the
fallout of lockdown-breaking parties during the
pandemic.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ UK_Parliament_votes_to_back_‘partygate’_report
that_slammed_Boris_Johnson⠀⇛
The censure strips the former prime minister of his
lifetime access to Parliament, after lawmakers
voted by 354 votes to 7 to approve a scathing
report by the Privileges Committee.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Alito_Took_Unreported_Luxury_Trip_With_GOP
Donor_Paul_Singer⠀⇛
In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a
riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme
Court justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing
lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day, and
after catching a king salmon nearly the size of his
leg, Alito posed for a picture. To his left, a man
stood beaming: Paul Singer, a hedge fund
billionaire who has repeatedly asked the Supreme
Court to rule in his favor in high-stakes business
disputes.
Singer was more than a fellow angler. He flew Alito
to Alaska on a private jet. If the justice
chartered the plane himself, the cost could have
exceeded $100,000 one way.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Reframing_the_West:_New_Fiction_Makes_Room
for_Voices_Long_Denied⠀⇛
A wave of novels is drawing from wellsprings of
race, class and gender to expand the genre.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Russia_Uses_Local_Voices_to_Spread_Propaganda⠀⇛
Russian flags have become a fixture of
rallies and public protests in Burkina Faso,
the Central African Republic and Mali — an
indication of the way Russia is pushing its
propaganda and disinformation by filtering it
through local influencers.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moscow_Court_Fines_Viber,_Telegram_Over_Content
Related_To_War_In_Ukraine⠀⇛
A Moscow court has ordered Viber and Telegram to
pay fines for failing to delete information about
Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
# ⚓ COMIC_MAGAZINE_COVER_CRITICIZES_ARREST_OF_CHILD:_A_16-year-
old_was_arrested_for_drawing_mustache_on_Erdoğan’s_face_on_an
election_poster⠀⇛
The popular comic magazine LeMan came out this week
with a caricature on its cover related to the 16-
year-old student who was first taken into custody
and then arrested.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Journalist_Sinan_Aygül_injured_in_assault_by_mayor’s
bodyguards⠀⇛
The two individuals, including a police officer,
have been remanded in custody. Meanwhile, the mayor
has denied any involvement in the attack.
# ⚓ Journalists_convicted_over_reporting_on_bribery_allegations
against_Erdoğan’s_former_lawyer⠀⇛
While the court acquitted Doğan Ergün and İzel
Sezer of “insult” and “libel,” it convicted the
journalists of “disclosure of personal data.”
# ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Barred_From_Considering_First_Amendment,
Jury_In_North_Carolina_Convicts_Reporters_Of_‘Trespassing’⠀⇛
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Deconstructing_Marianna_in_Conspiracyland_–
Part_1⠀⇛
In the introduction to this exposé of “Marianna in
Conspiracyland” we discussed the evidence which
proves that the BBC is a state broadcaster. It is
not “independent,” as it falsely claims; its
“reporting” spreads disinformation on behalf of the
government and, as we shall see, the government’s
“partners.”
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia-Installed_Police_In_Crimea_Detain_Two
Crimean_Tatar_Brothers⠀⇛
Russia-imposed police in Ukraine’s Moscow-annexed
Crimea have detained two Crimean Tatar brothers —
Dzhafer and Alim Alyustayev, for unspecified
reasons after searching their homes on June 20.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Sisters_Die_In_‘Traffic_Accident’_After
Another_Sister_Committed_Suicide⠀⇛
Police in Russia’s North Caucasus region of
Kabardino-Balkaria are investigating the deaths of
three sisters who died after their car fell off a
cliff and caught fire days after their sister
committed suicide.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_police_recruitment_day
results_in_490_applications_after_entry_requirements
lowered⠀⇛
About 1,500 people attended a recruitment day for
the Hong Kong Police Force on Sunday, around a
month after police announced they would relax
several requirements for new recruits. Over 490 job
applications were received on the spot, according
to the Force.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Juneteenth⠀⇛
It is a real holiday now, so celebrate! Long ago,
if not that far away, we built a new office and
moved in. Came to work one day and could barely get
into our parking lot. People and cars everywhere.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_WaPo_Shows_There_Should_Be_More
Scrutiny_of_Steve_D’Antuono⠀⇛
The WaPo’s story that many are taking as a
condemnation of Merrick Garland is mostly a story
about Steve D’Antuono’s obstruction of the
investigation.
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ How_to_fight_the_culture_war⠀⇛
I wrote an article several months ago arguing that
the two sides of the political aisle live in
entirely separate, borderline fictitious realities.
I said that, beholden to their most radical wings,
their differences are nearly irreconcilable.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ In_memory_of_Salanieta_Tamanikaiwaimaro⠀⇛
Sala Tamanikaiwaimaro, widely known for her work in
Internet governance, sadly passed away in June
2023.
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_4th_ICANN_APAC-TWNIC_Engagement_Forum
and_39th_TWNIC_OPM⠀⇛
APNIC actively participated in the 4th ICANN APAC-
TWNIC Engagement Forum and 39th TWNIC OPM, held
from 22 to 24 May 2023 in Taipei.
o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Spotify_Reportedly_Preps_‘Supremium’
HiFi_Tier,_Plans_to_Add_Audiobook_Credits_to_Premium [Ed:
Spotify does not know how to make money. It loses a billion
bucks a years.]⠀⇛
Two months ago, following price increases from
Amazon Music and Apple Music, Spotify head Daniel
Ek signaled that he intended to raise the cost of
his platform’s subscription plans. Now, the
Stockholm-headquartered company is reportedly
preparing to roll out a more expensive tier
(complete with Spotify HiFi) known internally as
“Supremium.”
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Reframing_ITC’s_Role:_The
Advancing_America’s_Interests_Act⠀⇛
This essay focuses on proposed Advancing America’s
Interests Act (H.R.3535) which aims to limit NPE
access to the ITC by refining the economic prong of
the domestic industry requirement and by adding a
stronger public interest consideration prior to
issuance of an exclusion order.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) is a
branch of the U.S. government focused on protecting
domestic industry against undue foreign
competition. The ITC’s power extends in to several
areas, but primarily by enforcing the laws of (1)
intellectual property rights; (2) anti-dumping; and
(3) countervailing duties.
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ [TH]_[SUEPO]_Upcoming_events:_22/06:_climate_justice
&_working_time_–_28/06:_workshop_toxic_workplace⠀⇛
Please consider coming to the SUEPO office
(Veraartlaan, 8 in Rijswijk, opposite the
EPO) to connect together and subsequently
discuss the following webinars which are
being organized by unions affiliated to ours:
[...]
# ⚓ JUVE ☛ BMS_and_Gide_x_Regimbeau_repel_Teva_invalidity
case_against_apixaban_patent [Ed: Here we go again,
dealing with European Patents that are likely fake, as
explained by a propaganda apparatus funded by criminals
who attack the law, attack constitutions, and shorehorn
kangaroo courts]⠀⇛
On 8 June 2023, the Judicial Court of Paris
handed down a decision in which it rejected
Teva Santé’s request to invalidate EP 14 27
415, which belongs to innovator
pharmaceutical company, Bristol-Myers Squibb
(case ID: 21/112727).
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court_Finally_Dismisses_Bananas_Copyright
Lawsuit_Over_Bananas_Taped_To_Walls⠀⇛
A year ago, we wrote about an unfortunate
decision by a judge rejecting a motion to
dismiss in a copyright lawsuit regarding
bananas taped to walls. There was, of course,
the high profile “banana taped to wall”
artwork by Maurizio Cattelan that got tons of
public attention at Art Basel in 2019 when it
sold for $120,000 (and when someone walked
over and pulled it off the wall and ate it,
in a bit of counterprograming). Cattelan was
the defendant in this lawsuit as some other
guy, Joe Morford, claimed that he had done it
first with an artwork called “Banana &
Orange” and that Cattelan’s banana (which,
officially, was called “Comedian”) infringed
on his work.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ “I_Write_Things_I_Cannot_Play”:_The
Secret_of_Liz_Phair⠀⇛
In 1992 and 1993, an unknown singer-
songwriter named Liz Phair recorded her debut
album in Chicago, not knowing that it would
become one of the most influential records of
the decade. Exile in Guyville hit the music
scene with the stiff, stinging rush of the
Lake Michigan wind as Phair sang frankly and
clearly about sex and young life as a woman.
Her album immediately became revered as
evocative of a time of economic insecurity
and as part of a new generation of women
striving to express themselves in more
sexually open and emotionally raw ways. Since
then, the album’s legend has only
grown—crisis and misogyny haven’t gone
anywhere. When Guyville was released,
besotted critics were reductively focused on
seeing it as some kind of feminist response
to the Rolling Stones classic Exile on Main
Street. Now, with decades of increasing
stature, it stands alone, the Stones album
barely a footnote. In 2023, Liz Phair is
going on tour for the 30th anniversary of
Guyville and will perform every song off the
album. I spoke to her about a tour that is a
testament to the timelessness of a truly
great album.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“From_Hot_News
to_Link_Tax:_The_Dangers_of_a_Quasi-Property_Right_in
Information,”_by_Paul_Matzko⠀⇛
Just published as part of the symposium on
Media and Society After Technological
Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin “Gus”
Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
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