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⦿ Gemini Links 24/06/2023: A Brief History of Internet E-mail | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Friday, June 23, 2023 | Techrights
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http://techrights.org/2023/06/24/a-brief-history-of-internet-e-mail/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/24/irc-log-230623/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/06/24/ardour-7-5/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/24/easyos-5-4-3/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/24/galaxy-chat/#comments
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✐ Gemini_Links_24/06/2023:_A_Brief_History_of_Internet_E-mail⠀✐
Posted in Free/Libre_Software at 3:18 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Technology_and_Free_Software
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ Threadiverse_vs_mailing_lists⠀⇛
“Threadiverse”, a.k.a. group servers on Fediverse
like Gup.pe, Lemmy, and kbin (compatible with each
other to some extent) are all based on the premise
that each community (kbin calls communities
“magazines”) is hosted on one instance, but users
and posts can come from all over.
So it’s like any normal phpBB–style forum, except
you use your own user instead of having to register
and check everywhere.
# ⚓ More_Cooling_Hardware⠀⇛
Cool packs don’t like to be stacked in a fridge
when they’re warm; it means they only cool down
slowly. Some kind of mechanical separation
apparatus—more commonly known as a shelf—is wanted.
I keep my cool packs in a mini fridge along with
some fizzy water of the plain and flavoured,
caffeinated varieties. The fridge came with
shelves, but I had to take them out to make the
drinks bottles fit. Disaster!
# ⚓ A_Brief_History_of_Internet_Email:_How_Email_Won⠀⇛
I wasn’t a participant in any of this history: just
a teenager who read a lot and paid attention to
what was happening at the time. I’m also
oversimplifying, and I’m probably telling a lot of
people things they already know or even things they
know better than I do.
Today, when you say the phrase “electronic mail”,
there’s a nearly 100% probability that you are
actually talking about Internet Mail: messages in a
standard format exchanged using the Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol (SMTP). As recently as the 1990s,
that statement did not hold true. There was a huge
diversity of systems described by the phrase
“electronic mail”.
# ⚓ My_server_is_getting_scanned_all_the_time⠀⇛
My server runs a web server and an ssh server,
there is nothing on the web server and there is no
link on the internet pointing to it, all devices
connected to the internet are getting scanned.
Normally nobody would connect to port 80 since
there are no links and no content, but there are
lots of connections happening.
# ⚓ On_creating_useless_things⠀⇛
As an engineer, I enjoy solving problems and
creating things that have practical value, which
can also provide a decent lifestyle for my family.
As a creator/artisan, I also find joy in making
things that may not necessarily solve a specific
problem. I allow my imagination to flow freely and
practice by engaging in activities that ‘may’
benefit me (or someone else) in the future.
# ⚓ Communicating_with_my_weatherstation⠀⇛
In my original plan for my weatherstation, I would
wirelessly send weatherdata to a ground station. I
have given up on this idea primarily because
managing a rechargeable battery would introduce too
many variables.
Now, I have decided to have a cable that connects
between the ground station and the sensors. I will
be using an ethernet cable as the medium, but I
won’t be using the ethernet protocol. Having a
network card on the station is more overhead than I
would like.
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World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ System76_Pangolin_Laptop_Review:_The_Linux
Laptop_You’ve_Been_Dreaming_Of!⠀⇛
Whether you’re abandoning Windows and considering a
MacBook or you’re a Linux veteran in the market for
a new laptop, the name System76 will no doubt have
come up in your research.
Among its range of desktop and laptop computers is
the Pangolin, a smart-looking, “casually powerful”
notebook. Boasting a range of storage options and
up to 10 hours of battery life, it’s an attractive
prospect.
# ⚓ EIN Presswire ☛ Kubuntu_Focus_Announces_17.3″_M2_GEN_5_with
More_Powerful_GPUs⠀⇛
The Kubuntu Focus Team announces the immediate
availability of the 17.3″ M2 GEN 5 mobile
workstation. This larger size accommodates a
performance-tuned RTX 4080 or 4090 GPU. The Focus
team touts this system as the perfect mobile
workstation for those who require the ultimate GPU
performance in a laptop less than an inch thick.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Sudo_Show_63:_Working_Distributed⠀⇛
The hosts get together to discuss remote work and
how it appears to be an extension of what
organization have done for years and compare it to
how Open Source projects work.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Ardour_7.5_Revamps_Tempo_Maps_Editing,
Remembers_I/O_Connections_Per_Device⠀⇛
Coming two months after Ardour 7.4, the Ardour 7.5
release is here to introduce mapping tempo to real
performance, a feature that will allow sound
engineers to create tempo map nodes and easily
adjust their positions to match onsets in their
recordings. The tempo mapping mode can now also be
used by default.
Another new feature in Ardour 7.5 is the ability to
save and restore I/O connections per device when
switching back and forth between multiple locations
and audio interfaces (e.g. ALSA and PulseAudio on
Linux). Moreover, Ardour 7.5 introduces the ability
to rename loaded plugins in the processor box.
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ KeePassXC_now_builtin_to_EasyOS⠀⇛
I posted about compiling KeePassXC in OE:
https://bkhome.org/news/202306/keepassxc-275-
compiled-in-oe.html
Have decided to have both KeePassXC and Symphytum
builtin.
I have configured KeePassXC so that it appears in
the tray at startup:
Click on the tray icon and it pops up. I pre-
created a database, in /files/database/keepassxc,
with password “woofwoof”. Snapshot:
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ What_Does_“Bash”_Mean_in_Linux?_–_The_Tech_Edvocate⠀⇛
If you are a Linux user, you may have heard of
“bash” and wondered what it actually means. The
term “bash” is an acronym for “Bourne-Again SHell,”
which refers to a command-line interface shell
program that allows users to interact with the
operating system.
Bash is one of the most important components of the
Linux operating system. It comes pre-installed with
most Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, Debian,
and Fedora. The shell program enables users to
execute various commands and manage files and
directories in the Linux file system.
Bash is known for its robustness, flexibility, and
a vast set of features. With its extensive command
library, users can accomplish nearly anything with
the Linux operating system—from simple tasks like
file management to advanced scripting and
automation.
# ⚓ Can_we_kill_the_zombie_process?._🔄_Your_Linux_processes_can
be_in…_|_by_Prashant_Lakhera_|_Jun,_2023_|_Medium⠀⇛
After the child uses the exit system call, the
parent receives a SIGCHLD signal. That triggers the
parent to issue the wait system call, which should
clean up all zombies . Once the parent has read the
exit status via the wait system call, the zombie
can be reaped .
Zombies occur naturally, and in most cases, they
disappear naturally as well. The switch between the
exit system call from the zombie process and the
wait system call by the parent, is normally very
fast. If you are monitoring what’s happening in ps
or top command, you may see a zombie popping up for
a second and then disappearing immediately.
# ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ Infinigen_–_Create_Realistic_3D_Scenes_with
Blender⠀⇛
Infinigen is creating realistic and diverse 3D
scenes with Blender.
# ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_Wireshark_in_Ubuntu
22.04⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Run_Multiple_Linux_Commands_in_One_Go⠀⇛
There are times when you want to execute multiple
commands but don’t want to wait for one to end so
that you can run the next.
# ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ sizes=auto_is_a_great_idea⠀⇛
The attributes of responsive <img>s are pretty
intense!
# ⚓ MWL ☛ “Run_Your_Own_Mail_Server”_technology_stack⠀⇛
I’ve churned through much of the general stuff
about email, and am about to dive into specific
configurations and examples. In some ways, the
protocol background is the hardest part of any
book. Orienting the reader to understand the
configuration examples and make their own decisions
is a pain–though front-loading the hard stuff
simplifies writing the rest of the book.
But this means I need to make final decisions on
the book’s technology stack.
# ⚓ Jussi Pakkanen ☛ PDF_subpage_navigation⠀⇛
A common presentation requirement is that you want
to have a list of bullet points that appear one by
one as you click forward. Almost all PDF
presentations that do this fake it by having
multiple pages, one for each state. So if you have
a presentation with one page and five bullet
points, the PDF has six pages, one for the empty
state and a further one for each bullet point
appearing.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Apache_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Apache on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t
know, Apache is a widely-used, open-source web
server that powers a significant portion of the
internet.
# ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ The_easiest_method_of_installing_Docker_on
Linux⠀⇛
In this TechRepublic How to Make Tech Work video,
Jack Wallen shows you how to install Docker on
Linux machines.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Xonotic_0.8.6_Release⠀⇛
This release should have been nerfed by the balance
council because there’s a lot here for a point
version.
Two maps popular for years have been polished up
and included. There’s new gametypes and moderation
features, new bot capabilities, new HUD and
interface features, quality of life and
customisation features for players and server
admins, XonStat upgrades, and as usual more fixes
and optimisations than you can swing a shotgun at.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ This_week_in_KDE:_SDDM⠀⇛
This week SDDM–the venerable login manager
used by KDE and some other DEs–finally got a
new release after two and a half years! This
work was pushed through by a variety of KDE
contributors, notably Aleix Pol Gonzalez,
Fabian Vogt, David Edmundson, and Harald
Sitter. At this point they contribute the
overwhelming majority of changes and have
effectively taken over the SDDM project.
Because of this, we’re going to bring SDDM
closer and incubate it in KDE for Plasma 6!
Once completed, this project will see SDDM
release at the same time as Plasma and use
Plasma technologies to add many new features,
such as management of network and Bluetooth
devices on the login screen, and tighter
integration with user settings.
In other Plasma 6 news, everything has been
fully ported to use KSvg, the new SVG-
handling library that can be used outside of
Plasma as well. The technical work was almost
entirely done by Marco Martin, with me
helping out and performing QA.
Additionally, Xaver Hugl significantly
improved graphics performance with multi-GPU
systems that are using an NVIDIA GPU in the
secondary position. Work is also in progress
on a massive performance improvement for some
Intel GPU users; more on that next week.
Finally, Qt scaling will be used on X11 in
Plasma 6, improving the high DPI scaling
experience for people not using mixed-DPI
multi-monitor setups. That use case is
already not supported on X11, so our story
remains the same: if you have a mixed-DPI
multi-monitor setup, use Wayland! Marco did
this too.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ STH ☛ Proxmox_VE_8.0_Is_Out_Upgrading_Linux_and_More⠀⇛
The new release is based upon foundations like Debian
Bookworm and Ceph Quincy. The new Debian underpinnings
mean that we have a Linux Kernel 6.2 base. When we did
the Proxmox VE 7.4 release article, we highlighted how to
upgrade the kernel in Proxmox VE 7, but this brings that
to PVE 8. That new kernel comes with a host of hardware
support updates which is awesome. Here are the highlights
from the new release via the Proxmox team:
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ [Repeat] FreeBSD ☛ Celebrating_30_Years_of_FreeBSD:
Licensing⠀⇛
Many choices are available when it comes to
deciding on what license to use for your latest
project. Today, we are going to focus on the 2
clause variant of the Berkeley Software
Distribution (BSD) license, also known as the
FreeBSD license. For many folks, the business-
friendly FreeBSD license offers the flexibility
they are looking for. Why? Well first let’s take a
look at the license itself.
# ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ More_offline_HAMMER2_options⠀⇛
Tomohiro Kusumi’s offline HAMMER2 support
continues, with ‘setcheck’ (check code) and
‘setcomp’ (compression type) support. See the
hammer2(8) man page for what those options do.
# ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Celebrating_30_Years_of_FreeBSD:_Performance⠀⇛
For information on how you can better tune your
performance on your own FreeBSD systems, [...]
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ SUSE_reveals_new_capabilities_to_flagship_enterprise_Linux
platform⠀⇛
Announced at SUSECON 2023, SUSE has unveiled new
capabilities to help customers accelerate digital
transformation as part of its mission to best
secure IT infrastructure and accelerate digital
trust.
In a report sponsored by SUSE, 88 percent of
respondents reported experiencing more than one
cloud-related security incident in the past year.
To address these concerns, SUSE is enhancing its
infrastructure security stack to ensure that
customers, partners and open source communities can
safely run their application workloads in the
cloud, the edge or datacenters.
SUSE has introduced the latest version of its
flagship enterprise Linux platform, SUSE Linux
Enterprise 15 Service Pack 5 (SLE 15 SP5), which is
designed to deliver high-performance computing
capabilities for AI and ML workloads.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ Removing_official_support_for_Red_Hat
Enterprise_Linux⠀⇛
For all of my open source projects, effective
immediately, I am no longer going to maintain
‘official’ support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
I will still support users of CentOS Stream, Rocky
Linux, and Alma Linux, as I am able to test against
those targets.
Support will be ‘best effort’, and if you mention
you are using my work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
I will close your bug/feature/support request as
‘not reproducible’, since doing so would require I
jump through artificial barriers Red Hat has
erected to prevent the use of their Linux
distribution by the wider community.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Red_Hat_strikes_a_crushing_blow_against
RHEL_downstreams⠀⇛
A superficially modest blog post from a senior
Hatter announces that going forward, the company
will only publish the source code of its CentOS
Stream product to the world. In other words, only
paying customers will be able to obtain the source
code to Red Hat Enterprise Linux… And under the
terms of their contracts with the Hat, that means
that they can’t publish it.
In the opinion of the Reg FOSS Desk, the blog post
itself is so full of corporate language that it
borders on obfuscatory. However, we’ve contacted
the Red Hat press office, and the company confirmed
that the release does say what we got out from
reading between the lines. This is very bad news
for downstream projects which rebuild the RHEL
source code to produce compatible distributions,
such as AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, EuroLinux, and
Oracle Unbreakable Linux.
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Red_Hat’s_Source_Code_Lockout_Spells_Disaster
for_CentOS_Alternatives:_Rocky_Linux_and_AlmaLinux_in
Trouble?⠀⇛
Red Hat is known for its offerings, such as Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, OpenShift, and
more.
While they are still a good part of the open-source
and Linux, they do not have a clean reputation with
decisions affecting the rest of the community. For
instance, the decision to introduce CentOS Stream
as an upstream to RHEL and kill off Cent OS.
Also, the Red Hat layoffs were pretty recent.
What’s Happening: In a recent announcement, Red Hat
announced that CentOS Streamwill now be the only
repository for RHEL-related source code releases 😲
# ⚓ Web Pro News ☛ Rocky_Linux_Promises_No_Disruptions_From_Red
Hat_Restricting_Source_Access⠀⇛
Gregory Kurtzer, Rocky Linux founder and chair of
the board of the Rocky Enterprise Software
Foundation, slammed Red Hat’s decision to restrict
RHEL’s source code behind a paywall.
“I believe that open source should always be freely
available and completely stable. It should never be
hidden behind a paywall, nor should it be
controlled by a single company,” said Kurtzer,
founder of the Rocky Linux project and chair of the
board of the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation,
which hosts the project. “Red Hat’s decision to
limit the distribution of their sources has created
a minor inconvenience for the Rocky Linux team, but
due to fast development and an amazing group, there
is no disruption to Rocky Linux users. Moving
forward we are becoming even more stable,
supported, and secure.”
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Kuhn:_A_Comprehensive_Analysis_of_the_GPL_Issues_With
the_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_(RHEL)_Business_Model⠀⇛
Over on the Software Freedom Conservancy blog,
Policy Fellow and Hacker-in-Residence Bradley M.
Kuhn analyzes the recent changes to Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source availability in
light of the GPL. It contains some interesting
information about two alleged GPL violations that
came about because the company’s business model is
structured in a way that brings it too close to
non-compliance with the license, he said:
# ⚓ A_Comprehensive_Analysis_of_the_GPL_Issues_With_the_Red_Hat
Enterprise_Linux_(RHEL)_Business_Model⠀⇛
For approximately twenty years, Red Hat (now a
fully owned subsidiary of IBM) has experimented
with building a business model for operating system
deployment and distribution that looks, feels, and
acts like a proprietary one, but nonetheless
complies with the GPL and other standard copyleft
terms. Software rights activists, including SFC,
have spent decades talking to Red Hat and its
attorneys about how the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(RHEL) business model courts disaster and is
actively unfriendly to community-oriented Free and
Open Source Software (FOSS). These pleadings,
discussions, and encouragements have, as far as we
can tell, been heard and seriously listened to by
key members of Red Hat’s legal and OSPO
departments, and even by key C-level executives,
but they have ultimately been rejected and ignored
— sometimes even with a “fine, then sue us for GPL
violations” attitude. Activists have found this
discussion frustrating, but kept the nature and
tenure of these discussions as an “open secret”
until now because we all had hoped that Red Hat’s
behavior would improve. Recent events show that the
behavior has simply gotten worse, and is likely to
get even worse.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Forester_delivers_bare_metal_remote
provisioning_to_Fedora_•_The_Register⠀⇛
Forester is a new network-based unattended OS
provisioning tool for Fedora and Red Hat family
OSes, still being implemented – in Go.
Lukáš Zapletal’s talk at Devconf.cz was entitled
“Anaconda kickstart with superpower,” which is
possibly a little less than enlightening to people
outside the RH ecosystem. It may help to know that
Anaconda is Red Hat’s installation program, and
Kickstart is the company’s tool for automating
unattended installations.
# ⚓ Aurora_Supercomputer_Blade_Installation_Complete_::_Intel
Corporation_(INTC) [Ed: CentOS everywhere]⠀⇛
Intel Configuration: 1-node, 2x Intel® Xeon® Max
9480,HT On, Turbo On, SNC4, Total Memory 128 GB
(8x16GB HBM2 3200MT/s), BIOS Version
SE5C7411.86B.8424.D03.2208100444, ucode
revision=0x2c000020, CentOS Stream 8, Linux version
5.19.0-rc6.0712.intel_next.1.x86_64+server, Black
Scholes v1.4. Test by Intel as of 9/2/2022. o AMD
Configuration: 1-node, 2x AMD EPYC 9654, HT On,
Turbo On, CTDP=360W, NPS=4, 1536GB DDR5-4800, BIOS
1.2, microcode 0xa101111, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8.7, Kernel 4.18, Black Scholes v1.4. Test by Intel
as of 03/27/23.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ [Repeat] Systemd Free ☛ antiX_23_next_stable_based_on
debian’s_bookworm_is_here_already⠀⇛
Based on the announcement above we tested the runit
based full image with an urge to hunt and find
something to criticize, constructively of course.
We uninstalled some things we don’t like, even when
they work right, installed some others, openbox,
pcmanfm, lxterminal, conky, and everything worked.
No elogind, no dbus running, no polkit, no
automount or auto.. anything. Then we flipped repos
to sid, where things are expected to be exciting. A
beta release, and unstable repositories, which
defeats the purpose of testing bookworm (testing
repo a few weeks ago for Debian) … but you can only
test antiX to a certain point before it gets too
boring.Runit feels and seems more like runit of
void/artix fame (these days, who else is using it,
joborun as a backup init/svc-management ) still
though with an antiX flair of mix of runit
supervised services and some traditional scripts.
It may be the peculiarities of debian that can’t
all be handled properly by runit alone, but runit
is pid1.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Welcome_home!_An_original_Astro_Pi_computer
back_from_space_is_now_on_display_at_the_Science_Museum⠀⇛
After seven successful years on the International
Space Station, 250 vertical miles above our planet,
the original two Astro Pi computers that we sent to
the ISS to help young people run their code in
space have been returned to Earth.
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Adafruit_Feather_RP2040_review⠀⇛
[...] The board features an RP2040 32-bit Cortex-
M0+ dual core running at ~125MHz, perfectly
packaged into the Feather form factor. [...]
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Intelligently_control_an_HVAC_system_using_the
Arduino_Nicla_Vision⠀⇛
Suryo developed his proof of concept as a 1:50
scale model of a plausible office space, complete
with four separate rooms and a plethora of human
figurines. Employing Edge Impulse and a smartphone,
79 images were captured and had bounding boxes
drawn around each person for use in a FOMO-based
object detection model. After training, Suryo
deployed the OpenMV firmware onto an Arduino Nicla
Vision board and was able to view detections in
real-time.
# ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Password-protected_locker_system_with_Arduino⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will make a locker system
which locks and unlock using the keypad interfaced
with Arduino Uno. LCD displays the information
about
# ⚓ Olimex ☛ Neo6502_the_credit_card_size_Open_Source_Modern
Retro_computer_with_W65C02_processor_prototypes_are_ready_for
test!⠀⇛
The board size is only 80×55 mm but do not be
fooled this is complete 6502 computer with: [...]
# ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ This_alien_device_is_something_really
cool⠀⇛
In my quest to try out lots of interesting older
tech, something really cool popped up for an
incredibly low price. I acquired it and found it
very useful. Here is the story.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Project_Detects_and
Recognizes_Bird_Calls⠀⇛
BirdNET-Pi is a tool designed to run on the
Raspberry Pi that uses TFLite to process audio
input and listen to bird calls. It was put together
by Patrick McGuire, who forked the project from
Stefan Kah’s BirdNET-Lite. BirdNET-Pi is optimized
for the Raspberry Pi and can run on the Raspberry
Pi 4B, Raspberry Pi 400, Raspberry Pi 3B, and even
the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W.
The system works by listening to bird calls using a
USB microphone. The audio input is parsed through
BirdNET-Pi and processed to identify what bird was
likely making the sound. According to the GitHub
page, BirdNET-Pi can identify hundreds of birds
from different countries around the world.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Recalbox_RGB_JAMMA_Brings_Retro_Arcade
Hardware_to_the_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛
Merging the past with the present, the Recalbox RGB
JAMMA brings the long standing JAMMA cabinet
specification to the humble Raspberry Pi.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Lionel Dricot ☛ How_to_Kill_a_Decentralised_Network_(such_as_the
Fediverse)⠀⇛
Year is 2023. The whole Internet is under the control of
the GAFAM empire. All? No. Because a few small villages
are resisting the oppression. And some of those villages
started to agregate, forming the “Fediverse”.
With debates around Twitter and Reddit, the Fediverse
started to gain fame and attention. People started to use
it for real. The empire started to notice.
o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ MongoDB’s_evolution_into_a_developer_data
platform:_Hear_theCUBE’s_analyst_perspectives⠀⇛
MongoDB’s ongoing efforts to cater to its developer
base is notable, including new additions such as
faster queries and the ability to manage time-
series data effectively. These changes underscore
the company’s shift from a traditional database
model to a developer-centric approach, according to
Mohan.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Undeadly ☛ Game_of_Trees_0.90_released⠀⇛
Version 0.90 of Game of Trees has been released
(and the port updated): [...]
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Go_1.21_will_(probably)_download
newer_toolchains_on_demand_by_default⠀⇛
For some time, Go modules have supported specifying
the minimum version of Go required by the module in
go.mod, through the go directive. Once you can have
modules that specify a minimum Go version, you have
a design question of what should happen when an
older version of Go tries to do something with a
module that says it requires a newer version of Go.
Up through Go 1.20 (more or less), Go’s answer was
to go ahead and try anyway. Starting in Go 1.21, Go
will refuse to be this optimistic, and thus Go
guarantees from 1.21 onward that a module will
always be processed with at least its minimum
version of Go. If this isn’t possible, Go will stop
with a clear error about the situation.
# ⚓ Julia Evans ☛ New_zine:_How_Integers_and_Floats_Work⠀⇛
Now let’s talk about some of the motivations for
writing this zine!
# ⚓ Steve Kemp ☛ Simple_REPL_for_CP/M,_in_Z80_assembly⠀⇛
So my previous post documented a couple of simple
“scripting languages” for small computers, allowing
basic operations in a compact/terse fashion.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Seth Michael Larson ☛ I_am_the_first_PSF_Security
Developer-in-Residence⠀⇛
Back in January 2023 the PSF announced they
were hiring a Security Developer-in-Residence
(abbreviated as SDIR) following the success
of the model used for the CPython Developer-
in-Residence. Immediately after reading this
news I was over-the-moon excited for Python’s
future. Attacks on the software supply chain
have been on the rise and given Python’s
position as one of the most popular
programming ecosystems it is a critical time
to invest in security and the safety of our
community.
I’m honored to have been selected by the PSF
to be the inaugural SDIR. The Python
community is such a positive part of my life,
so I’m grateful for this incredible
opportunity to contribute back. I’m looking
forward to partnering with all of you to
build a more secure Python ecosystem for
everyone.
# § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾
# ⚓ Earthly ☛ How_to_Automate_Common_Tasks_with_Shell
Scripts⠀⇛
Shell scripts are an excellent way to
automate repetitive tasks. Shell scripts are
programs written in a shell language such as
bash, csh, or sh that can be executed from
the command line. As a result of their
flexibility and power, shell scripts allow
developers to automate tasks according to
their needs. Implementing changes to an
existing script is also very easy, making it
a fast and more effective tool for software
development.
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ The_Unlikely_Story_of_UTF-8:_The_Text
Encoding_of_the_Web⠀⇛
Plan 9, Placemats, New Jersey Diners, and last
minute ideas
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Five_People_Who_Died_on_the_Titanic
Submersible_Expedition⠀⇛
On board the submersible were the founder of the company
that operates the vessel; a British businessman and
explorer; a British father and teenage son from a
prominent Pakistani family; and a French maritime expert.
o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Coast_Guard:_‘Debris_Field’_Found_During
Search_for_Missing_Titanic_Submarine⠀⇛
“A debris field was discovered within the search area by
an ROV near the Titanic.”
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ How_a_Trip_to_the_Titanic_Went_So_Wrong⠀⇛
What we know so far about a tragic expedition
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Titanic_Sub_Crew_Died_in_Catastrophic_Implosion⠀⇛
The Coast Guard said the wreckage found was “consistent
with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.”
o ⚓ NYPost ☛ OceanGate_CEO_Stockton_Rush_once_boasted_about_‘breaking
some_rules’_to_build_ill-fated_Titanic_sub⠀⇛
“It’s picking the rules you break that are the ones that
will add value to others and add value to society.”
o ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ US_Coast_Guard_says_‘debris_field’_discovered
within_search_area_for_missing_Titanic-bound_submersible⠀⇛
The US Coast Guard said Thursday a “debris field” was
discovered by a remotely operated vehicle near the
Titanic and within the search area for the missing
submersible with five people aboard. “Experts within the
unified command are evaluating the information,” the
Coast Guard said.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ US_Navy_detected_acoustic_‘anomaly’_that_was_likely
Titanic_sub’s_fatal_implosion⠀⇛
A U.S. Navy acoustic system detected an ‘anomaly’ Sunday
that was likely the Titan’s fatal implosion, according to
a senior military official.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Crew_of_missing_Titanic_sub_died_after_vessel
imploded,_US_Coast_Guard_says⠀⇛
The submersible that went missing during a tourist
expedition to the Titanic imploded near the wreckage,
killing all five people on board, the US Coast Guard said
Thursday, bringing a grim end to a massive international
search for the vessel.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ More_ships_join_search_for_missing_Titanic_sub_amid
fears_of_depleted_oxygen_supply⠀⇛
A multinational mission to find a missing submersible
near the Titanic wreck is still focused on rescuing the
five-member crew alive, the US coast guard insisted
Thursday, despite fears that the vessel’s oxygen may
already have run out.
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Tourist_sub’s_implosion_draws_attention_to
murky_regulations_of_deep-sea_expeditions⠀⇛
The fatal implosion of the Titan submersible has drawn
attention to the murkily regulated waters of deep-sea
exploration. It’s a space where laws and maritime
conventions can be sidestepped by entrepreneurs who
operate in international waters. Salvatore Mercogliano is
a history professor at Campbell University in North
Carolina who focuses on maritime history and policy. He
says deep-sea exploration is less scrutinized than
private space travel. Mercogliano says the sector is at a
state of development similar to where aviation was in the
early 20th Century. He notes that it took accidents for
aviation laws and regulations to be passed.
o ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ The_latest_on_the_Titan_submersible
tragedy_and_what’s_next_in_the_recovery_efforts⠀⇛
The desperate search for the missing Titan submersible
has turned into a possible recovery effort after
officials announced that the vessel imploded sometime
this week, killing all five aboard, near the Titanic
shipwreck. Deep-sea robots will continue to search the
sea floor for clues about what happened deep in the North
Atlantic. The Titan’s pilot and four passengers died in
the catastrophic implosion. Officials say there isn’t a
timeframe for when they will call off the massive
international search, and Coast Guard Rear Adm. John
Mauger says the prospect of finding or recovering remains
is unknown.
o ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ A_Titanic_expert,_an_adventurer,_a
CEO,_and_a_father_and_son_were_killed_in_Titan’s_implosion⠀⇛
A renowned Titanic expert, a world record-holding
adventurer and two members of one of Pakistan’s
wealthiest families and the CEO of the company leading an
expedition to the world’s most famous shipwreck were
killed when the Titan submersible imploded. It’s not
known when exactly the catastrophic implosion occurred
this week. The vessel was reported missing Sunday and the
Coast Guard announced the deaths Thursday. The people on
board included British businessman and world record-
holding adventurer Hamish Harding; Titanic expert Paul-
Henri Nargeolet, who had made multiple trips to the
wreck; and businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son
Suleman. OceanGate CEO and founder Stockton Rush was the
pilot.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Titanic_sub_crew:_Who_were_the_five_people_on_board
the_vessel⠀⇛
The submersible that went missing during a tourist
expedition to the Titanic imploded near the wreckage,
killing all five people on board, the US Coast Guard said
Thursday, bringing a grim end to a massive international
search for the vessel.
o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ The_Titanic_Submarine_Suffered_‘Catastrophic
Implosion,’_Crew_Is_Dead,_OceanGate_and_Coast_Guard_Say⠀⇛
“The debris field is consistent with a catastrophic
implosion of the vessel.”
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Shahzada_Dawood,_Wealthy_Executive,_Died_With
Son,_Suleman,_on_Submersible⠀⇛
Mr. Dawood, a British Pakistani businessman, was the vice
chairman of Engro Corporation, a conglomerate owned by
one of the richest families in Pakistan.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Navy_Detected_a_Possible_Implosion_Near_Titan
Sub_as_Communications_Failed⠀⇛
Two senior Navy officials said the information was shared
with the Coast Guard official in charge of the search.
But without certainty of a disaster, one said, the search
continued.
o ⚓ Ayer ☛ The_Story_Behind_Last_Week’s_Let’s_Encrypt_Downtime⠀⇛
Last Thursday (June 15th, 2023), Let’s Encrypt went down
for about an hour, during which time it was not possible
to obtain certificates from Let’s Encrypt. Immediately
prior to the outage, Let’s Encrypt issued 645
certificates which did not work in Chrome or Safari. In
this post, I’m going to explain what went wrong and how I
detected it.
o ⚓ Quillette ☛ Chaucer’s_Bawdy_Broad⠀⇛
Antifeminist polemic is essentially a comic genre,
characterized by the exaggerations of standup. It is a
comic genre that has persisted to this day, or at least
until the day before yesterday: “Take my wife … please,”
Andy Capp’s Flo chasing him with a rolling pin, H.L.
Mencken’s remark that women are “the only grand hazard a
man will truly encounter,” the “ways of women”
bewilderment in the 1990s “Lothar of the Hill People”
sketches on Saturday Night Live. Of late, “That’s not
funny!” feminism has pretty much killed off this genre.
Washington Post writer David Weigel got suspended in 2022
for retweeting this joke: “Every girl is bi. You just
have to figure out if it’s polar or sexual.” But there
were plenty of people whose lips twisted in wry smiles of
recognition—that is, if they didn’t laugh out loud.
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Nona_Fernandez_and_the_Black_Hole_of_Collective
Memory⠀⇛
After her mother begins to experience inexplicable
fainting episodes, Nona Fernández finds herself sitting
behind a screen in a doctor’s office, observing her
mother’s electrical brain activity. To help her relax,
the doctor tells her mother to think of a happy memory.
Suddenly, the screen lights up with “a neuronal circuit
like the most complex stellar tapestry.” When Fernández
tells her mother what the thought looked like, she is
told that the happy constellation was created by the
memory of Nona’s birth—a starscape sparked by a moment in
which she participated, though the memory of the event is
inaccessible to Fernández.
o ⚓ Bert Hubert ☛ On_Being_Useful⠀⇛
I wrote this piece after an early-career friend of mine
asked some very good questions on how to be useful. Since
this is a thing I struggle a bit with myself, I thought
it worthwhile to write up my thoughts. Note that I fully
understand that not everyone has the luxury to think
about their career like this – you first have to take
care of yourself and family before you can start fretting
about if your working life is saving the world!
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ 57,000-year-old_Neanderthal_engravings_found_in
France’s_Loire_Valley⠀⇛
The oldest known cave engravings in France, and
possibly Europe, have been discovered in the Loire
Valley, with researchers uncovering designs dating
back at least 57,000 years to the age of
Neanderthals.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ French_Parents_Don’t_Know_What_They’re_Doing,
Either⠀⇛
An ongoing debate in France complicates the notion
that there is an overarching secret to raising kids
à la française.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Religion_and_public_education:_How_a_new
charter_school_tests_the_law⠀⇛
The school choice movement took a new twist in June
when an Oklahoma school board approved a Catholic
charter school, opening the door for litigation and
the potential for taxpayer money flowing to a
religious school.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Is_This_The_World’s_Largest_Dot_Matrix
Printer?⠀⇛
[RyderCalmDown] was watching a road painting
vehicle lay down fresh stripes on the road one day
and started thinking about the mechanism that lets
it paint stripes in such a precise way. Effectively
the system that paints the interspersed lines acts
as a dot matrix printer that can only print at a
single frequency. With enough of these systems on
the same vehicle, and a little bit more fine
control of when the solenoids activate and
deactivate, [RyderCalmDown] decided to build this
device on the back of his truck which can paint
words on a roadway as he drives by. (Video,
embedded below.)
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Portable_Soldering_Station_Runs_On_Drill
Batteries⠀⇛
Power tool batteries are a convenient portable
power supply for all manner of different things.
[Zachary Goode] noticed that Ryobi was using them
to power soldering irons, but no such tool existed
in the DeWalt range. Thus, he set about to build
such a rig himself.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Powerful_Water_Pump_Is_Modular_In_Nature⠀⇛
If you’ve got one decently powerful DC motor, you
could conceivably build a water pump. Gang up ten
of them, however, and you could build something
considerably more powerful, as [akashv44]
demonstrates.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Adapter_Lets_Digital_Gamepads_Work_On_The_Tandy
Color_Computer⠀⇛
The Tandy Color Computer came with analog
joysticks, quite unlike most computers and consoles
of the early 1980s. Many games of the era actually
worked best with digital input, so [Gadget Reboot]
whipped up a converter board to allow Nintendo
gamepads to work with the computer.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ YLE ☛ One-fifth_of_Finland’s_fatal_road_accidents_caused_by
tired_drivers⠀⇛
Three-quarters of driver fatigue-caused accidents
involved vehicles on leisure trips.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Your_Phone_Is_a_Mindfulness_Trap⠀⇛
But what are the apps selling, really?
Mindfulness—let’s define that tersely as the
ability to be present in your sensations without
judgment—is an aim compatible with a range of
lifestyles and beliefs. It’s so compatible as to
invite blanket application: mindful eating, mindful
meetings, mindful sleeping, mindful fights.
Stripping some of the negative charge from life’s
tediums and hardships can benefit anybody. But the
mindfulness platforms have taken each of these use
cases as a jumping-off point for another tile on
the screen, another video or podcast, another claim
on your gaze. And here, mindfulness seems to blur
into something bigger and so different as to verge
on its opposite: mindfulishness.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Forum_on_Dobbs:_“We’re_Gonna_Need_a_Bigger
Boat”⠀⇛
On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court turned one
of the most intimate choices a person can make into
a decision that will be imposed on millions of
people by politicians. In some ways, the Dobbs
ruling marked the culmination of a multi-decade
campaign to overturn Roe v. Wade, but in other
ways, it was just one more battle in a larger war,
one that aims to take decisions about our bodies
and our lives out of our hands. As The Nation looks
back on the first year of the post-Roe era, we’ve
asked our contributors and correspondents to
reflect on the impact of Dobbs. Read on for their
responses.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ A_year_after_Dobbs,_federal_privacy
legislation_to_protect_abortion_seekers_remains_stalled⠀⇛
Legislative efforts have suffered due to little
Republican interest and a lack of urgency in
Congress to address privacy issues.
# ⚓ Privacy International ☛ Global_AdTech_Company_CRITEO_fined
€40_million_in_France_for_unlawfully_collecting_personal
data⠀⇛
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ 3M_reaches_$10.3_billion_settlement_over
contamination_of_water_systems_with_‘forever_chemicals’⠀⇛
The agreement would settle a case that was
scheduled for trial earlier this month involving a
claim by Stuart, Florida, one of about 300
communities that have filed similar suits.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ 3M_Reaches_$10.3_Billion_Settlement_in
‘Forever_Chemicals’_Suits⠀⇛
The deal followed an agreement by Chemours, DuPont
and Corteva to pay $1.19 billion to help resolve
claims that the chemical manufacturers contaminated
drinking water across the country.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Don’t_try_this_at_home:_DIY_ear_wax_removal_kits
likely_to_be_ineffective,_and_some_are_potentially_unsafe⠀⇛
We asked an expert to examine popular products and
found many lack good evidence, while others may be
risky to use
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Local_Town_Gets_Park_Upgrade⠀⇛
East Palestine, Ohio receives a $25 million gift
from Norfolk Southern Corporation to renovate the
town’s park.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Happy_Art_of_Grandparenting⠀⇛
I just became a grandfather—and the role holds a
lot of lessons for happiness.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_bans_flavoured_heated_tobacco_products⠀⇛
The Seimas on Thursday banned the sale of heated
tobacco products with an added aroma or flavour in
Lithuania as of October 23.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Appellate_Court_Dismisses_Case_Challenging_CDC
Transportation_Mask_Mandate_Because_it_has_Become_Moot⠀⇛
A case that began with a bang ends with a whimper.
The issue of whether the CDC has the power to
impose mask mandates remains unresolved.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Study:_Cumulative_force_of_impacts_—_not
concussions_—_predicts_CTE⠀⇛
The largest study to date of chronic traumatic
encephalopathy (CTE) found that cumulative force to
the head — not diagnosed concussions — is the best
predictor of future brain disease.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ 7_DIY_health_fixes_you_shouldn’t_try⠀⇛
It might be tempting to give these treatments a go
at home, but you could end up injuring yourself and
wasting money
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ How_the_Vape_Shops_Won⠀⇛
It’s a rough time for retail stores in America. How
can there be so many vape shops?
o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ New_laptops_are_riddled_with_‘bloatware’ [Ed: No,
with Windows]⠀⇛
Pre-installed software – known as bloatware – is
rife on new laptops. We reveal
the most common brands featured on the latest
laptops and explain how to get rid of them
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ OpenAI_Responds_to_ChatGPT_User_Account
Credentials_Found_on_Dark_Web⠀⇛
Over 100,000 ChatGPT user credentials have been
dumped on the dark web’s markets since June 2022,
something that poses a significant risk considering
what can be contained within a single chat session.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ To_pay_or_not_to_pay?_Ransomware_attacks
are_the_new_kidnapping [Ed: This is primarily a Microsoft
Windows problem. Don't pay for Windows, don't use it
either.]⠀⇛
From our vantage point in the UK, it’s hard not to
be envious of the rigorous public debate taking
place in Australia on the future legality of
ransomware payments.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Sanctions_Issued_in_Case_Where_Lawyers_Cited
ChatGPT-Hallucinated_Precedents⠀⇛
From today’s opinion in Mata v. Avianca, Inc., by
Judge Kevin Castel (S.D.N.Y.), which stems from an
incident blogged about here last month (and see
this follow-up): In researching and drafting court
submissions, good lawyers appropriately obtain
assistance from junior lawyers, law students,
contract lawyers, legal encyclopedias and databases
such as Westlaw and LexisNexis.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ MosaicML_releases_open-source_30B_parameter
AI_model_for_enterprise_applications⠀⇛
MosaicML Inc., a generative artificial intelligence
startup that provides infrastructure for companies
to run machine learning services, announced the
open-source availability of MPT-30B, the company’s
most advanced MosaicML Pretrained Model foundation
series for commercially licensed AI applications.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackers_Attack_Linux_SSH_Servers_with_Tsunami_DDoS_Malware
[Ed: Microsoft_has_this_new_FUD_campaign_against_Linux_and
SSH._It_boils_down_to_bad_passwords_and_helps_distract_from
Windows_being_utterly_horrendous,_causing_countless_billions
in_damages_each_year.]⠀⇛
An attack campaign has been recently uncovered by
AhnLab ASEC, where poorly controlled Linux SSH
servers are targeted and infiltrated with the
Tsunami DDoS Bot.
In addition to Tsunami, the threat actor installed
several other types of malware, including:-
# ⚓ CyberRisk Alliance LLC ☛ Trojanized_OpenSSH_used_in_Linux,
IoT_device_compromise_|_SC_Media⠀⇛
BleepingComputer reports that internet-facing Linux
and Internet of Things devices have been targeted
by brute-force attacks involving the distribution
of a trojanized OpenSSH package to facilitate
compromise and SSH credential exfiltration.
# ⚓ Hacker News ☛ New_Cryptocurrency_Mining_Campaign_Targets
Linux_Systems_and_IoT_Devices [Ed: Microsoft spreads FUD
through Microsoft-connected site, trying to stigmatise
"Linux" and "SSH" as lacking in security when in fact they
have nothing to do with it]⠀⇛
“The threat actors behind the attack use a backdoor
that deploys a wide array of tools and components
such as rootkits and an IRC bot to steal device
resources for mining operations,” Microsoft threat
intelligence researcher Rotem Sde-Or said.
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft:_Hackers_hijack_Linux_systems
using_trojanized_OpenSSH_version [Ed: While Microsoft_puts
back_doors_in_everything_for_NSA_et_al it’s trying to defame
the secure alternatives as “back doors”]⠀⇛
“The patches install hooks that intercept the
passwords and keys of the device’s SSH connections,
whether as a client or a server,” Microsoft said.
# ⚓ eSecurity Planet ☛ Linux_Patch_Management:_Tools,_Issues_&
Best_Practices⠀⇛
Compared to other operating systems, Linux patch
management is unique because of its open-source
nature, which enables a sizable community of
developers and security professionals to find
vulnerabilities, examine the code, and submit
patches.
Linux distributions use package managers to make it
easier for users to install software packages and
updates. These packages automate the download,
installation, and dependency resolution process,
which simplifies the process of patch application.
While popular Linux distributions can be as easy as
Windows to update, many enterprises and
organizations prefer to test patches and manage
their distribution, creating many of the same
issues that admins face with closed-source
operating systems.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian
(asterisk, lua5.3, and trafficserver), Fedora (tang
and trafficserver), Oracle (.NET 7.0, c-ares,
firefox, openssl, postgresql, python3, texlive, and
thunderbird), Red Hat (python27:2.7 and python39:
3.9 and python39-devel:3.9), Scientific Linux (c-
ares), Slackware (cups), SUSE (cups, dav1d, google-
cloud-sap-agent, java-1_8_0-openjdk, libX11,
openssl-1_0_0, openssl-1_1, openssl-3, openvswitch,
and python-sqlparse), and Ubuntu (cups, dotnet6,
dotnet7, and openssl).
# ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ [Cr]acker_responsible_for_2020_Twitter_breach
sentenced_to_prison⠀⇛
Three years after one of the most visible hacks in
recent history played out in real-time in front of
millions of Twitter users, one of the hackers
responsible for the breach will now serve time in
federal prison.
Joseph James O’Connor, 24, was sentenced Friday in
a New York federal court to five years in prison
after pleading guilty in May to four counts of
computer hacking, wire fraud and cyberstalking.
O’Connor also agreed to forfeit at least $794,000
to the victims of his crimes.
# § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Scam_alert:_watch_out_for_this_fake
Emirates_holiday_WhatsApp_giveaway⠀⇛
This tempting offer invites you to click on a
dodgy link to win a holiday. Find out what it
looks like and how to report it
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Qakbot_(Qbot)_activity,_obama271_distribution
tag,_(Thu,_Jun_22nd)⠀⇛
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Misunderstanding_Locks_Amazon_User_Out_Of
‘Smart’_Home_Voice_Control_For_A_Week⠀⇛
The “smart” internet of things era was
supposed to usher forth a new era of
convenience. Instead, it often manages to
advertise how dumber technology can be the
smarter option, and you’re not being
particularly innovative if your product
actually makes life harder. From “smart” door
locks that are easily hackable to hackable
“smart” TVs that are so smart they spy on
you, there are near daily examples showing
how connecting old tech to the internet and
calling it innovation — may not be
innovative.
# ⚓ uni Bath ☛ Research_shows_mobile_phone_users_do_not
understand_what_data_they_might_be_sharing⠀⇛
Privacy and security features that aim to
give consumers more control over the sharing
of their data by smartphone apps are widely
misunderstood, shows new research from the
University of Bath’s School of Management.
43 per cent of phone users in the study were
confused or unclear about what app tracking
means. People commonly mistook the purpose of
tracking, thinking that it was intrinsic to
the app function, or that it would provide a
better user experience.
# ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Here_are_your_rights_when_people_collect
your_data_in_Zim,_can’t_have_them_collect_it_willy-
nilly⠀⇛
The one thing you can be certain of is that
whenever you visit the internet, someone is
busy collecting your data. We consent to this
collection because we want the free stuff,
like seriously, who’s going to tell WhatsApp
‘no’? Do that and you won’t get to use
WhatsApp.
# ⚓ Privacy International ☛ Privacy_International’s_oral
statement_at_the_UN_Human_Rights_Council⠀⇛
# ⚓ EFF ☛ A_Year_Since_Dobbs,_The_Fight_For_Reproductive
Privacy_and_Information_Access_Continues⠀⇛
Right now, EFF is a proud sponsor—along with
If/When/How and ACLU California Action—of
Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland)’s A.B.
793. This bill would protect people seeking
abortion and gender-affirming care from
dragnet-style digital surveillance. AB 793
targets a type of dragnet surveillance that
can compel tech companies to search their
records and reveal the identities of all
people who have been in a certain location or
looked up a particular keyword online. These
demands, known as “reverse demands,”
“geofence warrants,” or “keyword warrants,”
enable local law enforcement in states across
the country to request the names and
identities of all people whose digital data
shows they’ve spent time near a California
abortion clinic or searched for information
about gender-affirming care online.
A coalition of more than 50 reproductive
justice, civil liberties, LGBTQI+ and privacy
groups are supporting the bill; it is also
supported by Google and the Law Enforcement
Action Partnership. However, the bill has
faced opposition from other law enforcement
lobbyists and faces a difficult path in the
California Senate. If you live in California
and support the privacy rights of people
seeking reproductive and gender-affirming
care, please tell your lawmakers that you
care about this issue: […
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ ‘Special_reinforcement_regime’_to_be_allowed_in
Latvia’s_eastern_border_areas⠀⇛
Instead of repeatedly extending the state of
emergency in the eastern border regions of Latvia,
the Cabinet will be allowed to announce a
reinforced border guarding regime for the area if
unusual numbers of migrants will attempt to cross
it, according to amendments adopted by the Saeima
in the second reading on June 22.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Tanzania_Will_Not_Grant_Citizenship_to_Burundian
Refugees⠀⇛
“I urge you to return to Burundi because the
country is now peaceful”
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ The_Irony_of_World_Refugee_Day:
Celebrating,_then_Blaming_the_Victims⠀⇛
For World Refugee Day to matter, it must address
the root causes of such complex and ongoing
problems.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_PM_vows_funds_for_new_military_division,
defence_spending_to_reach_2.8%_GDP⠀⇛
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has
vowed to allocate additional funding for the
creation of a military division, and the money will
not be included in the national defence budget that
is estimated to reach around 2.5 percent of GDP
next year.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Charities_say_Taliban_intimidation_diverts_aid_to
Taliban_members_and_causes⠀⇛
Yet the requests can’t be dismissed. “If we refuse
to comply, employees are threatened, detained and
even beaten on baseless charges,” says MF.
It’s one of many ways in which the Taliban has cast
a pall over aid efforts in Afghanistan even as
economic crises are pushing more people into
hunger.
# ⚓ Variety ☛ Survey:_TikTok_Most_Entertaining_Media_Brand_for
Adults_Under_30⠀⇛
New data from VIP+s “Demographic Divide”
collaboration with insights expert GetWizer
highlights just how disruptive new media has been
to the landscape, as well as how the slowness to
respond has cost TV networks valuable brand equity.
# ⚓ Foreign Policy ☛ North_Korea_Does_More_Cyberspying_Than_You
Think⠀⇛
A mention of North Korean hackers typically
conjures images of either crippling cyberattacks
or, more often, massive cryptocurrency heists. But
a new report on the authoritarian state’s
capabilities and tendencies paints a different
picture.
# ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Religious_group_members_attempt_to_disrupt
protest_against_appointment_of_imams_to_schools⠀⇛
As part of a new project, the Religious Affairs
Presidency will appoint imams to schools to raise
awareness about “environment and values,” which has
been criticized for violating the constitutional
principle of secularism.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Saeima_approves_creation_of_new_military_zone⠀⇛
On their last working day before a long summer
break, Saeima deputies approved the final reading
of legislation which creates a major new military
training zone in Sēlija region.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘What_the_new_generation_wants’_Estonia_becomes
the_first_Baltic_country_to_cross_the_marriage_equality
finish_line_—_Meduza⠀⇛
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Israel_Demolishes_Palestinian_Prisoner’s_Family
Home_in_West_Bank⠀⇛
Backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers, the
Israeli occupation forces stormed Nablus to
demolish a 130-square-meter apartment.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ LRT_English_Newsletter:_NATO_hangover⠀⇛
LRT English Newsletter – June 23, 2023.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ NATO_military_reps_in_Lithuania_get_acquainted_with
eastern_flank_situation⠀⇛
Military representatives from 18 NATO member states
are visiting Lithuania on Friday to get acquainted
with the situation on NATO’s eastern flank.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_expert_calls_for_new_strategy_and_ASEAN_action
to_end_crisis_in_Myanmar⠀⇛
UN expert Tom Andrews urged the international
community in Jakarta on Wednesday to find a
different approach to resolve the crisis in
Myanmar, saying the current strategy is
ineffective. Myanmar is currently under military
rule after the 2021 overthrow of its democratically
elected government.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Mali_postpones_release_of_results_of_long_awaited
constitutional_referendums⠀⇛
The nation of Mali postponed the release of the
results of its constitutional referendums amid
tensions with rebel groups and the UN. Mali’s
Independent Election Management Authority (AIGE)
has stated that electoral law requires the results
be made public no later than June 23.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_five-domains_update⠀⇛
Sea state The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded
a 10-year contract worth £270 million to British
multinational BAE Systems to support the Royal
Navy’s three main radar systems: Artisan, Sampson
and Long Range Radar.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Who_will_benefit_from_Australia’s_critical
minerals_strategy?⠀⇛
Critical mineral projects will be favoured for
federal government loans under its new critical
minerals strategy, but there are to be no tailored
tax breaks.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Biden’s_Refusal_to_Demand_Accountability_for
Israeli_Army_Killings_Is_an_Open_Farce⠀⇛
The State Department shrugged after the Israeli
government said there would be no consequences for
the barbaric killings of 80-year-old Omar Asaad and
three-year-old Mohammed al-Tamimi.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Failson_Meets_a_Failed_Justice_System⠀⇛
Hunter Biden got a sweetheart deal in negotiations
with law enforcement. The forces of liberal
corruption have weaponized the justice system. The
Biden crime family is steamrolling any semblance of
accountability or the rule of law. At least, that’s
the story the right is telling.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ I.R.S._Agent_Told_Congress_of_Hunter_Biden
Invoking_His_Father_in_Business_Deal⠀⇛
A whistle-blower said the tax agency found a
message from 2017 in which Hunter Biden pressured a
Chinese business partner by saying he was with his
father, who was then out of office.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ NATO_draws_up_first_draft_of_Vilnius_Summit
Declaration,_negotiations_begin⠀⇛
NATO has produced the first draft of the Vilnius
Summit Declaration this week as allied members
begin negotiations on the final text.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Atlantic_Council’s_GeoEconomics_Center
and_Rhodium_Group_release_major_report_on_sanctioning_China
in_a_Taiwan_crisis⠀⇛
The new research analyzes China sanctions scenarios
and costs to the global economy
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Swiss_manufacturer_will_not_use_Belarusian
parts_for_Lithuanian_trains_–_minister⠀⇛
Stadler Rail, a Swiss train maker contracted
to produce 15 electric and battery-powered
trains for Lithuania, will not use any parts
made at its factory in Minsk, according to
Lithuanian Transport Minister Marius Skuodis.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russian_mercenary_chief_Prigozhin_to_be
charged_with_inciting_armed_rebellion_—_state_media⠀⇛
Russian authorities have initiated criminal
proceedings against mercenary chief Yevgeny
Prigozhin on grounds of incitement to armed
rebellion, Russian state-controlled media
reported Friday, citing security and anti-
terrorism authorities.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Criminal_Case_Is_Opened_Against_Wagner
Group_Chief⠀⇛
The FSB said the decision was made due to the
seriousness of the situation and the threat
of escalation in Russia.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Russia_is_world’s_cancer_that_must_be_removed,
says_Landsbergis⠀⇛
Russia has become a cancer of Europe and the
world that must be removed, Vytautas
Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first post-
independence leader, said at a ceremony at
the Seimas on Friday.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Vows_To_‘Do_Everything_To_Protect’
Country_After_Wagner_Forces_Take_Control_Of_Southern
Russian_City⠀⇛
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin
announced on Telegram early on June 24 that
his forces are occupying the military
headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and control the
southern Russian city’s military sites and
airport.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia_Responds_To_11th_EU_Sanctions
Package⠀⇛
This round of sanctions against Russia
includes restrictions on the sale, supply or
transfer of technologies and materials to
third countries.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ EU_implements_stricter_sanctions_on
Russia:_Trailers_with_Russian_license_plates_banned
within_EU_territory⠀⇛
The European Union has taken a firm stance
against Russia by introducing its 11th
package of sanctions, which includes a
prohibition on trailers and semi-trailers
with Russian license plates operating within
EU territory. This latest move aims to
further disrupt commercial road traffic
transport and prevent circumvention of
existing sanctions. In addition to the
trailer ban, the EU has expanded the
restrictions on transit through Russia for
certain goods, reinforcing its commitment to
enforce sanctions effectively.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Urges_Azerbaijan_To_Unblock_Road
Connecting_Armenia_To_Nagorno-Karabakh⠀⇛
Moscow has called on Baku to fully unblock
the Lachin Corridor, stressing that such
actions violate the provisions of the
declaration reached in November 2020 that
ended a six-week war.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Washington_Imposes_Sanctions_On_Two_Russian
FSB_Officers_Who_Allegedly_Tried_To_Influence_U.S.
Elections⠀⇛
The United States has slapped sanctions on
two Russian intelligence officers who it says
attempted to interfere in a local U.S.
election, the Treasury Department said on
June 23.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Man_Squats_Near_Australian_Parliament
Where_Canberra_Blocked_Moscow_From_Building_Embassy⠀⇛
Australian media reports said that a Russian
man with diplomatic immunity has been
squatting on the site where Moscow wanted to
build a new embassy in Canberra before
lawmakers blocked the plan last week over
security concerns.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Siberian_Official_Reportedly_Confesses_To
Killing_Five_Women_In_2000⠀⇛
The deputy governor of the Kalman district in
the Siberian region of Altai Krai, Vitaly
Manishin, has confessed to killing five women
who were applicants to a local university in
2000, media reports cited sources as saying
on June 23.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australia_imposes_sanctions_on
three_men_over_downing_of_Flight_MH17⠀⇛
MH17 was shot down by a Russian missile
system on July 17, 2014, killing all 298
passengers and crew.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Niinistö:_Finland_following_events_in_Russia
closely⠀⇛
Both President Sauli Niinistö and Foreign
MInister Elina Valtonen (NCP) commented on
the developing situation.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Compliments_to_the_Chef:_Prigozhin’s
Trouble_Looks_like_Civil_War⠀⇛
Russia’s FSB filed charges against Putin’s
chef, Yevgeny Prigozhin for incitement of
attacks on the state. Meanwhile, Prigozhin
appears to be hunting down Russia’s defense
minister in response to an attack on Wagner
group personnel by Russia. Is it a coup
attempt or the start of a civil war?
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Wagner_Chief_Seizes_a_Military
Compound_After_Criticizing_Russia_Generals⠀⇛
The Wagner chief’s broadside against the
Russian military establishment has escalated
tensions drastically, but it isn’t yet clear
how much of a threat the situation poses to
the Kremlin.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Debris_From_Russian_Missile_Kills
Two_in_Kyiv_Apartment_Building⠀⇛
The capital came under attack as anxiety grew
in Russia over a confrontation between
Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the
Wagner mercenary group, and President
Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Wagner_Chief_Prigozhin_Appears_in
Videos_at_A_Russian_Military_Headquarters⠀⇛
The head of the mercenary group claimed to
have control of parts of the complex in the
southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ Truthdig ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg’s_Political_Courage⠀⇛
Ellsberg’s heroism is concentrated in a single,
spectacular action: the leaking of the so-called
“Pentagon Papers”—properly, the “History of US
decision-making in Vietnam, 1945–1968”—to reporters
at the New York Times and, when the Times was
subjected to an injunction that kept it from
publishing the papers, the Washington Post.
(Ellsberg also photocopied items related to nuclear
armament and deterrence, which he wrote about it in
his last published book, The Doomsday Machine.) The
Pentagon Papers themselves have an extraordinary
origin story, having been commissioned by Robert
McNamara while he was Defense Secretary, as an
attempt to explain, in part to himself, American
entry into a war that he had escalated and
prosecuted, at the cost of thousands of American,
and millions of Vietnamese, lives. Ellsberg had
contributed to the study, but only read it in its
entirety in 1969, after photocopying it.
# ⚓ The Economist ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg_leaked_the_Pentagon_Papers
to_try_to_stop_the_Vietnam_war⠀⇛
The copies went to Neil Sheehan, a reporter for the
New York Times, and in June 1971 the Times began to
serialise the findings. President Richard Nixon
tried to stop publication, both there and in the
Washington Post; but when the case went to the
Supreme Court the court upheld the freedom of the
press against executive pressure. It was a famous
victory. The Ellsberg trial, in 1973, was another:
he was charged under the Espionage Act, which
carried a maximum sentence of 115 years in jail,
but all charges were dismissed. He was now a hero
of the anti-war movement.
# ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ The_Media_Delusion_That_Daniel_Ellsberg
Blew_The_Whistle_The_‘Right_Way’⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prosecutor_demands_19_years_in_prison_for_jailed
Dagestan_journalist_Abdulumin_Gadzhiyev_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A prosecutor in the case against Dagestan
journalist Abdulumin Gadzhiyev, who was an editor
with the news outlet Chernovik, has requested that
the court sentence him to 19 years in prison, says
a group working to support the journalist.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Empty_seats_and_empty_words_at_Paris_Summit
leave_fossil_fuel_culprits_off_the_hook⠀⇛
“The World Bank Group was in the spotlight this
week for its report calling on countries to end
harmful fossil fuel subsidies and repurpose these
funds to support climate solutions. The Bank must
take its own advice— currently, it provides more
public finance for fossil fuels than any other
multilateral development bank, and it still pushes
new fossil subsidies through development policy
finance. As long as the World Bank Group and other
multilateral development banks (MDBs) continue to
pour more fuel on the fire, they cannot be trusted
to deliver on the solutions needed to tackle the
climate crisis.”
# ⚓ Teen Vogue ☛ Wildfires_in_the_U.S.:_Changing_Our_Response
Is_the_Focus_of_the_FireGeneration_Collaborative⠀⇛
Ryan Reed spent much of his childhood outdoors,
absorbing the knowledge of his Karuk, Hupa and
Yurok ancestors through activities like hunting and
fishing in the forests of Northern California. As
he grew older, he began participating in cultural
burns, an ancient practice also known as prescribed
or controlled burns that involves igniting and
tending to small fires as a way to maintain the
health of the forest and prevent larger fires. By
necessity, this education was “discrete,” he said,
because for years, these burns were outlawed as
part of a larger suppression of Native practices
and rights.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Indonesia,_Malaysia_could_see_worst_haze_in_five
years,_report_warns⠀⇛
This year’s heatwave will be a stress test for
cooperation between governments and the private
sector, according to the Haze Outlook 2023,
published Wednesday by the Singapore Institute of
International Affairs (SIIA).
It designated a “red” rating for haze, indicating
the most severe of the three levels of risk for the
first time since the outlook – which analyzes the
risk of a severe transboundary haze crisis
affecting Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, and
the surrounding region – began five years ago.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Beijing_sizzles_with_hot_weather_alert
at_highest_level⠀⇛
The official temperature for the capital hit 40 deg
C just after 1.30pm on Friday.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Heavy_Rains_in_South_Australia_Lead_To_Flooding
and_Blackouts⠀⇛
“…roads have been closed in some areas and
motorists were warned…”
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Red_Rocks_Hailstorm_Pelts_Fans,
Leaving_Hundreds_Injured⠀⇛
A severe hailstorm injured hundreds of concertgoers
at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado during
Louis Tomlinson’s performance. Here’s the latest.
Severe thunderstorms moved across Colorado on June
21, dropping enough hail to cause broken bones.
Around 80-90 people were treated for injuries at
the venue, some of whom called 911 for help.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Mazda_is_repurposing_its
rotary_engine_for_the_MX-30_e-Skyactiv_R-EV⠀⇛
Now, after 11 years, rotary engines are
making a comeback, with the battery range
issues addressed. They have been repurposed
to manufacture an engine that can provide a
total range of 373 miles, with a portion of
that range solely powered by electricity.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Chinese_authorities_focus_on_fire
hazards_following_restaurant_blast⠀⇛
June 23, 2023 11:55 AM
Wednesday’s explosion sparked discussion on
social media about the safety of barbecue
restaurants.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Train-Truck_Collision_Injures_21_in
Northern_Czech_Republic⠀⇛
“…19 of the train passengers were students…”
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Blue-green_algae_observations
increased_in_inland_waters_and_at_sea_during_Midsummer
week⠀⇛
The blue-green algae situation in inland
waters is calm as typical in early summer,
even though blue-green algae observations
have increased since last week. On the coast,
blue-green algae have been observed slightly
more than average. Blue-green algae blooms
have also clearly increased in sea areas,
especially south of Porkkalanniemi and
Helsinki.
# ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Ivory-Billed_Woodpecker:_Lost_or
Found?_(Podcast)⠀⇛
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ The_Amazon_“Belongs_to_All_Humanity,”_Says
Lula_in_Paris⠀⇛
The rich nations “must pay the historic debt
they have with planet Earth.”
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Florida_deputies_hold_‘exhausted’_manatee’s
head_above_water_for_2_hours,_saving_its_life⠀⇛
“I thought I was going to drown – a martyr
for the cause.”
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ More_forest_fires_in_first_half_of_2023_than
whole_of_last_year⠀⇛
This year 470 forest fires have been
registered and extinguished, with a total
burned forest area of 589 hectares, of which
92 hectares were young stands, LETA was
informed by representatives of the State
Forest Service (VMD) on June 22.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Does_it_really_always_rain_at_Midsummer?⠀⇛
A popular Latvian saying when the rain is
falling is that it “rains like Midsummer”
(līst kā pa Jāņiem), but does it have any
basis in fact?
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Housing_bill_on_ice_puts_double
dissolution_in_play⠀⇛
The solicitor-general has confirmed Labor’s
troubled housing future fund bill has failed to
pass parliament and a second misfire would be
grounds for a double-dissolution election.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed he had
received legal advice the $10 billion housing fund
had officially failed to make it through the upper
house.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Addressing_multidimensional_inequality⠀⇛
To sustain the ongoing recovery against short-term
headwinds and boost inclusive, productive, and
sustainable development in the long term,
governments cannot, and should not, act alone.
Private-sector actions to reduce gender inequality,
like level the playing field between SMEs and large
firms and narrow the urban-rural divide, can enable
a more inclusive economy for LAC.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Unlimited_Campaign_Spending_by
Corporations_and_Billionaires_Has_Destroyed_Democracy⠀⇛
When corporations use their vast wealth to distort
or seize control of the political process, they
have ceased to operate within the constraints
established at their creation. They are in
violation of their own corporate charters and
should be shuttered or sold off.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ One_in_three_to_get_slice_of_$815m_in
insurer_payouts⠀⇛
About one in three Australian adults are owed money
from a compensation pool of $815 million after
being overcharged on insurance policies.
General insurers have overcharged more than 5.6
million consumers and will need to make repayments
and fix pricing promises, the corporate watchdog
said in a damning report on Friday.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ One_in_three_adults_in_line_for_$815m
insurer_payout⠀⇛
About one in three Australian adults are owed money
from a compensation pool of $815 million after
being overcharged on insurance policies.
General insurers have overcharged more than 5.6
million consumers and will need to make the
repayments and fix their pricing promises,
the corporate watchdog said in a damning report on
Friday.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Cheap_Swedish_Krona_helps_Finns_stock_up_for
Midsummer⠀⇛
The state alcohol monopoly in Haparanda, northern
Sweden, has seen its customer numbers shoot up as
the Swedish crown’s value has plunged.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Low_productivity_growth_bringing_less
bang_for_the_buck⠀⇛
Australia’s insipid productivity growth is
contributing to the soaring cost of living and an
independent body is calling for immediate action.
Productivity Commission deputy chair Alex Robson
says the challenge is urgent and he wants action on
its five-yearly report into the matter.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ JPMorgan’s_Epstein_Settlement_Sets_No_Cap
or_Minimum_on_Claims⠀⇛
A claims administrator will determine how to
disburse $290 million in funds from JPMorgan’s deal
with alleged victims of sexual abuse.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Senate_report_is_out:_is_the_“multi-
year_cover-up”_“game_over_for_PwC”,_or_not?⠀⇛
The Senate has quickly handed down its report into
the PwC scandal and it pulls few punches, causing
one governance expert to declare, “The findings are
game over for PwC”. What’s the scam?
The scam is PwC was confidentially advising the
Government on tax reforms and secretly leaked that
information to its multinational tax avoiding
clients to make a profit.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Politicians_and_media_rub_shoulders_at
Murdoch_party⠀⇛
Politicians from across the political divide have
rubbed shoulders with members of the media at
Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch’s annual party.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir
Keir Starmer were among those attending the event
at Spencer House in London on Thursday.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Not_Just_Numbers⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Modi_and_Other_Indian_Leaders_Stay
Single⠀⇛
India’s politicians need a lot of time to attend to
1.4 billion people. And with corruption widespread,
those without families are often seen as less
likely to steal.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Modi_Promotes_India_to_Congress_After
Meeting_With_Biden⠀⇛
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized his
country’s development and played up what he
described as commonalities with the U.S. Earlier,
he ducked a question about his government’s
treatment of minorities.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Biden_says_US_and_India_must_‘work_together’_as
PM_Modi_visits_White_House⠀⇛
President Joe Biden hailed a new era in the U.S.-
India relationship, after rolling out the White
House red carpet for Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Thursday, touting deals on defense
and commerce aimed at countering China’s global
influence.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_United_States_and_India_Can_Be_Better
Partners⠀⇛
How the U.S. manages its relationships with elected
autocracies is one of its most important strategic
questions.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Why_Is_President_Biden_Hosting_Narendra
Modi?⠀⇛
The journalist Fareed Zakaria credits India’s Prime
Minister with a strong national economy—and the
decay of Indian democracy.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ What_Joe_Biden_Didn’t_Say_to_Narendra_Modi⠀⇛
Whether “hypocritical pivot” or pure pragmatism,
the President had more than one reason to skip the
lectures on democracy.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Full_Guest_List_for_Biden’s_State
Dinner_With_Modi⠀⇛
More than 380 guests were invited, including
government officials, business leaders, fashion
designers and prominent Indian Americans.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden’s_State_Dinner_Ignores_the_Discord
Just_Beyond_the_Gates⠀⇛
The mix of political adversaries created a dinner
scene so dissonant that no amount of glass clinking
could have drowned out the partisan undercurrents.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kurti,_Vucic_To_Meet_Separately_With_Borrell_In
Brussels⠀⇛
Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian
President Aleksandar Vucic have confirmed their
attendance, but won’t meet face-to-face, at a
crisis meeting in Brussels on June 22 called by the
European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep
Borrell.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Borrell_Says_Agreement_Reached_On_Need_To_Hold
Fresh_Elections_In_Northern_Kosovo⠀⇛
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
says agreement has been reached on the need to hold
fresh elections in ethnic Serb-majority northern
Kosovo to defuse simmering tensions between
Pristina and Belgrade.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ India’s_Modi_comes_to_Washington,_but_what
about_democracy_back_home?⠀⇛
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the
White House has been accompanied by the
announcement of several major deals between the two
countries. But the visit has also drawn criticism
from some over India’s human rights backsliding
under Mr. Modi.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ India,_the_US,_and_‘friendversaries’⠀⇛
The challenge for the United States is to boost
ties with strategically located countries, like
India, that have shared interests but adversarial
ones as well.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Politics_of_Class⠀⇛
We’re covering the class inversion in American
politics, severe weather in Texas and the Indian
prime minister’s visit to the U.S.
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ HS:_National_Coalition_and_Finns_Party
remain_Finland’s_most_popular_parties⠀⇛
THE APPROVAL RATINGS of Finnish political parties
did not change significantly during the coalition
formation negotiations that were completed last
week, reveals an_opinion_poll commissioned by
Helsingin Sanomat.
The National Coalition, the poll shows, remains the
most well supported party in the country with an
approval rating of 21.3 per cent, a drop of 0.1
percentage points from the previous poll.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ APN_Podcast:_Foreigners_protest_as_Finland_turns
right⠀⇛
This week’s special episode on the new government
explores how the right-wing coalition will change
Finland.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Little_hope_for_change_as_Guatemala_nears_vote
in_presidential_elections⠀⇛
Guatemalans go to the polls Sunday with two popular
candidates disqualified and several prosecutors and
journalists detained or in exile amid a government
pushback on anti-corruption efforts.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Bolsonaro’s_political_future_hangs_in_the
balance_as_Brazil_trial_opens⠀⇛
Brazil’s electoral court began delivering its
ruling Thursday on charges ex-president Jair
Bolsonaro broke the law with his unproven
allegations against the voting system, a case that
could eliminate him from the 2026 presidential
race.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ French_envoy_Le_Drian_meets_key_Lebanese_players
in_push_to_end_political_crisis⠀⇛
French special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian on Thursday
met with key figures in Lebanon on a “consultative”
mission as he pushes for a solution to the
country’s protracted political deadlock.
# ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Meta_to_Block_Facebook_and_Instagram
News_Sharing_in_Canada⠀⇛
Canadian legislation designed to get U.S. digital
tech giants to pay local publishers for news
snippets shared or repurposed on their platforms
has become law.
But passage of Bill C-18, also known as the Online
News Act, has so far not convinced Meta and Google
to negotiate commercial licensing deals with
Canadian publishers for their local platforms.
Instead, Meta announced it will block Canadians
from viewing or sharing news on its Facebook and
Instagram sites north of the border.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ TikTok’s_COO_to_step_down_after_nearly_5_years_at_the
popular_social_media_company⠀⇛
Pappas joined TikTok in 2018 as general manager and
was promoted to interim head in 2020 when then-CEO
Kevin Mayer left the company just after three
months in the role. The former YouTube official
assumed the COO role the following year, and has
testified on Capitol Hill and appeared in media
interviews offering a full-throated defense of the
company, which has been under scrutiny by lawmakers
concerned about its Chinese origins.
# ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Made-in-Canada_Internet_Takes_Shape_with
Risks_of_Blocked_Streaming_Services_and_News_Sharing_as_Bill
C-18_Receives_Royal_Assent⠀⇛
In less than two months, the government has
reshaped the Internet in Canada with Bills C-11 and
C-18 leading to streaming services that may block
Canadian users and platforms that may block news
sharing. The result is a cautionary tale for
Internet regulation initiatives with Canada
emerging as a model for how things can go badly
wrong. The initial Bill C-11 consultations at the
CRTC have resulted in some streaming services
unsurprisingly responding to legislation that
applies Canadian law to every service anywhere in
the world by raising the prospect of exiting the
Canadian market if not granted exemptions. Bill C-
18 threatens to create a Canadian news void on
Facebook and Instagram, a result that will increase
the visibility of low quality sources and lead to
millions in lost traffic and revenues for the
supposed beneficiaries of the bill.
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ Interim_Evaluation_of_Digital
Europe⠀⇛
The Digital Europe Programme is a new EU funding
Programme that aims to bring digital technology to
businesses, citizens and public administrations.
This interim evaluation will examine its
effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, relevance and
EU-added value four years after the start of the
implementation. This initiative stems from a legal
obligation set out in Article 26 of the Digital
Europe Regulation 2021/694.
# ⚓ BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd ☛ IBM_Set_To_Acquire
Software_Company_Apptio_For_$5_Bn⠀⇛
Although it remains unclear whether the reported
purchase price includes debt, the potential
acquisition of Apptio follows IBM’s recent
strategic moves in expanding its software
capabilities. In 2021, IBM acquired software
provider Turbonomic for over USD 1.5 billion, and
in 2019, it made headlines with its massive USD 34
billion acquisition of software company Red Hat.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Virginia’s_Pro-Choice_Majority_Just_Ousted_an
Anti-Abortion_State_Senator⠀⇛
Virginia state Senator Joe Morrissey signaled in
2021 that he was prepared to break with his fellow
Democrats and join Republicans in moving to
restrict abortion access in the state. In a
legislature chamber that is narrowly divided
between the two parties, Morrissey’s position
significantly increased the likelihood that
Virginia would enact new limits on reproductive
rights. That earned him rebukes from abortion
rights groups, including Planned Parenthood
Advocates of Virginia. But Morrissey was not
swayed. Long one of the state’s most contentious
political figures, he issued a bombastic challenge
to the group, saying, “if Planned Parenthood
doesn’t like it, guess what. Campaign against me.”
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Wyoming_Judge_Temporarily_Blocks_State’s
Ban_on_Abortion_Pills⠀⇛
The law was to take effect on July 1. It is the
only state law that specifically outlaws the most
common abortion method in the country.
# ⚓ CHP_provincial_leaders_back_Kılıçdaroğlu_as_internal
conflict_heatens_up⠀⇛
Following a closed-door meeting, a joint statement
by CHP provincial leaders emphasized the
significance of ‘ideas and principles’ in achieving
‘lasting change’ while criticizing attempts to
undermine the CHP chair’s credibility.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ On_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi’s_Birthday,_Flowers,
Then_Arrests⠀⇛
People across Myanmar wore flowers on Monday to
show support for the jailed civilian leader. Since
then, the ruling military has been rounding them
up.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ George_Santos_Was_Bailed_Out_by_His_Father
and_Aunt,_Court_Records_Show⠀⇛
Mr. Santos, a first-term G.O.P. congressman, had
tried to keep the names of the people who
guaranteed his $500,000 bond sealed, but two judges
rejected his efforts.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Why_Not_Whitmer?⠀⇛
The Michigan governor isn’t running for president.
But she is happy to be interrogated over whether
she might change her mind.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Joe_Rogan,_RFK_Jr.,_and_the_Debates_Worth
Having⠀⇛
Plus: Is the culture war upstream of politics?
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Anti-graft_training_in_Vientiane_is_latest_effort_to
counter_Laos_corruption⠀⇛
The UN session for municipal workers focused on
money laundering and state enterprise finances.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ DOT_Rejected_Truck_Side_Guards_After_Meeting
With_Trucking_Industry_Lobbyists⠀⇛
In 2017, researchers at the U.S. Department of
Transportation embarked on a project aimed at
making America’s roads less dangerous.
They were concerned over the rising number of
pedestrians and cyclists killed in collisions with
trucks, which claim the lives of several hundred
people every year.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ 10yrs_in_prison_for_sending_messages_meant
to_humiliate/demean,_5_for_sharing_fake_news_and_more
penalties⠀⇛
To some extent, the online space will always
be the Wild Wild West. Many efforts have been
taken to try and tame it over the years and
Zimbabwe is no exception with its Cyber and
Data Protection Act.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Is_TikTok_Really_To_Blame_for_Titanic
Conspiracy_Theories?⠀⇛
The New York Times tries to blame social
media for conspiracy theories that have been
around for decades. Don’t fall for it.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Important_And_Needed_New_Report:_Scaling_Trust
On_The_Web⠀⇛
We talk a lot about the concept of “trust & safety”
at internet companies, but the entire concept is
relatively new, and still very confusing to many,
including some who work in the field!
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Sister_Of_Jailed_Iranian_Protester_Korkor_Missing
After_Police_Raid_Family_Home⠀⇛
Reports of the raids on the Instagram account of
Yasna Bakhtiari, another of Korkor’s sisters, said
security forces raided the house on June 21,
engaged in violent confrontations with family
members, and confiscated several personal items,
including the mobile phone of Negar Korkor, who is
also a sister of Mujahed.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Chinese_Authorities_Demand_Global_Censorship_Of
Protest_Anthem_‘Glory_To_Hong_Kong’⠀⇛
Two weeks later, 24 human rights and digital rights
groups wrote an open letter (pdf) to the Internet
companies affected, asking them to oppose the
injunction. They point out that this is the latest
move to extend China’s online control and
censorship around the world: [...]
# ⚓ Salon ☛ “Unfriending”_America:_The_Christian_right_is
coming_for_the_enemies_of_God_—_like_you_and_me⠀⇛
“You’ve got a friend in Pennsylvania!” was the
theme of the state’s ad campaign to promote tourism
in the 1980s. That was a veiled historical
reference to the Society of Friends, better known
as the Quakers, the liberal Christian sect to which
William Penn, for whom Pennsylvania is named,
belonged. But since the early 2000s there has been
a quiet campaign in the Keystone State and beyond
to unfriend anyone outside certain precincts of
Christianity — and most Quakers would almost
certainly be among the outcasts.
# ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ Kallman:_Speak_out_against_bill_that
will_restrict_speech⠀⇛
Under House Bill 4474 you will be “guilty of a hate
crime” if you intimidate or harass someone, cause
severe mental anguish, or use force or violence if
you — regardless of the existence of any other
motivating factors — intentionally target a victim
based “on the actual or perceived characteristics”
of another individual from a list of protected
categories, including race, religion, sexual
orientation, and gender identity or expression.
Remember the politicians and activists advocating
for this hate speech bill believe words and speech
are violence. They will enforce this bill
accordingly.
# ⚓ The Michigan Review ☛ Michigan_HB_4474_is_Anti–Free_Speech
and_Anti-Constitution⠀⇛
Michigan HB 4474 states that a person may be
charged with a felony and sentenced to up to five
years in prison if they “intimidate[] or harass[]
another individual,” use “force or violence, or
cause “severe mental anguish” based on two new
additions of “perceived characteristics”: gender
identity or sexual orientation. How can we define
intimidation, harassment, and violence? Well, if
the person feels like they’ve been intimidated or
harassed, then, of course, they’ve been harassed
according to this bill. It’s also important to
mention that no one on the left can even define
what violence means. Up until a couple of years
ago, effectively everyone understood that violence
was related to some form of physical harm.
Unfortunately, a wide majority of Democrats no
longer define violence that way. So, how do we
define violence? According to Democrats, words are
violence, and in particular, words that they
disagree with are, obviously, violence.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Political_Sponsors_Say_Trial_For_Iranian_Rapper
Salehi_Under_Way_Behind_Closed_Doors⠀⇛
Representatives from the parliaments of Germany,
Austria, New Zealand, and Italy, who have become
Salehi’s political sponsors, announced on June 22
that the court proceedings concerning the singer’s
charges were held without media coverage or
official notification, 230 days after his arrest.
“We are very concerned. There is no transparency at
all. We don’t know anything: Not how the court date
went. Not when the next court date will be. Not
when the verdict will be announced,” Ye-One Rhie, a
member of Germany’s parliament, said on Twitter.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Junta_authorities_monitor_and_restrict_champion
gymnast_featured_in_RFA_report⠀⇛
Armed plainclothes officers entered Thae Su’s home
last week as a local media crew filmed.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Journalists_Assoc._to_seek_news
reporting_exemption_as_gov’t_moves_to_ban_‘Glory_to_Hong
Kong’_protest_song⠀⇛
The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) is
looking to intervene in a legal bid by the
government to ban all forms of the protest song
Glory to Hong Kong, in the hopes of gaining an
exemption for media reporting.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Arizona_Republican_election_official
sues_Kari_Lake_for_defamation⠀⇛
A top Republican election official in Arizona has
filed a defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake, who
falsely claims she lost the 2022 race for governor
because of fraud. Maricopa County Recorder Stephen
Richer said Thursday he’s faced “violent vitriol
and other dire consequences” because of lies spread
by Lake, including death threats and the loss of
friendships. Lake is a former Phoenix television
news anchor who quickly built an enthusiastic
political following as a loyal supporter of former
President Donald Trump and his lie that the 2020
election was stolen from him. She did not
immediately comment on Richer’s lawsuit.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Kesha_and_Dr._Luke_Settle_Their_Long-
Running_Defamation_Lawsuit_Out_of_Court⠀⇛
Kesha and Dr. Luke settle their long-running
defamation lawsuit out of court — “Only God knows
what happened that night.” Singer Kesha and
producer Dr. Luke have settled their long-running
bout of suits and countersuits over her allegation
that he sexually assaulted her and his accusation
that she lied about it and defamed him.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ Civil_Society_Calls_on_Tech_Firms_to_Oppose_Protest
Song_Ban⠀⇛
The injunction, if ordered by the court, would ban
intermediaries from broadcasting, performing,
selling, or distributing the song and its lyrics.
It would also require companies to remove the song
from their platforms.
This would have a disastrous impact on the rights
to freedom of expression and access to information
not only in Hong Kong, but globally, and would
exacerbate concerns around the tendency of Hong
Kong authorities to apply abusive laws for actions
committed outside Hong Kong’s territory.
In December 2022, Google refused a request from
authorities in Hong Kong to replace “Glory to Hong
Kong” with Hong Kong’s national anthem as the top
search item. More broadly, during 2022, the Hong
Kong government requested that Google remove 330
items, of which 30 per cent were complied with.
Similarly, between July 2020 and June 2022, Meta
reported the removal of content in 50
instances after pressure from the Hong Kong
government.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Google_News_Blocked_in_Russia_as_Feud_With
Prigozhin_Intensifies⠀⇛
At least five telecommunications companies have
blocked the service, which aggregates news from
various sources, according to an analysis from
NetBlocks, an internet observatory.
# ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Russia_and_the_Wagner_Coup⠀⇛
Who would have thought that creating a large well-
armed mercenary army including a large proportion
of convicts would turn out to be a bad idea?
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Bloomberg:_Payments_to_families_of_dead_Wagner
Group_fighters_has_flooded_Russian_economy_with_cash_—
Meduza⠀⇛
Since September 2022, when Vladimir Putin announced
Russia’s mobilization drive, the amount of cash
circulating in the country has increased at a
record rate, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The
outlet linked the rise to the compensation payments
the Wagner Group paramilitary cartel gives to
families of dead fighters.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Bad_billionaires:_A_Putin-approved_plan_to_sell
Yandex’s_Russian_assets_to_a_‘consortium’_might_collapse_due
to_Western_shareholders’_concerns_about_sanctions_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A deal to sell Yandex’s remaining Russian assets to
a “consortium of Russian billionaires” is in danger
of collapse due to the risk of international
sanctions, four sources with knowledge of the
negotiations told journalists at Meduza and The
Bell. In mid-May 2023, Vladimir Putin approved a
plan to sell to VTB Bank and three oligarchs:
Interros conglomerate owner Vladimir Potanin, steel
company Severstal main shareholder Alexey
Mordashov, and Lukoil founder Vagit Alekperov. But
the Kremlin has apparently miscalculated the
reservations of Yandex’s foreign shareholders, and
the company might now need to return to the
president for his approval of another plan.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live_blog_:_Putin_accuses_Wagner_group_of
‘treason’_in_national_address⠀⇛
Russia accused Wagner mercenaries of “treason” on
Saturday in a live address to the nation after the
group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin called for an armed
uprising to oust the defense minister on Friday.
Russian authorities reacted immediately, opening a
criminal investigation and urging Prigozhin’s
arrest.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Putin vows_to_crush_‘armed_mutiny’_after_Russian
mercenary_boss_tries_to_oust_top_brass⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush
what he called an armed mutiny after
rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said
on Saturday he had taken control of a southern city
as part of an attempt to oust the military
leadership. The dramatic turn, with many details
unclear, looked like the biggest domestic
crisis Putin has faced since he ordered a full-
scale…
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ Questions_and_answers_on_the_11th
package_of_restrictive_measures_against_Russia⠀⇛
European Commission Questions and answers Brussels,
23 Jun 2023 Listings
Who have you targeted?
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Treasury_sanctions_two_Russian
intelligence_officers_for_election_influence_operations⠀⇛
The charges follow a grand jury indictments
alleging that the officers engaged in years-long
international election influence campaigns.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ FSB_says_it_caught_‘criminal_group’_planning_to
use_radioactive_material_to_‘stage_incidents_involving_WMDs’
and_‘discredit_Russia’_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported
Friday that it has arrested five people who it
“caught red-handed” attempting to take a kilogram
of cesium-137, a radioactive material, out of the
country.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Time_is_running_out’_In_a_new_video,_Yevgeny
Prigozhin_directly_disputes_Russia’s_main_argument_for_its
war_against_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛
For much of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the
outspoken head of the Wagner Group paramilitary
cartel Yevgeny Prigozhin has trashed the military
leadership in Moscow, carefully but sometimes
dangerously flirting with criticisms that might be
considered indirect attacks on the Russian
president himself. Is Prigozhin Putin’s “anger
translator”? Is he acting as some important vent
for broader frustrations among Russian combatants?
Is he a necessary nuisance to be jettisoned at the
first opportunity? Whatever explains why Yevgeny
Prigozhin is permitted to speak so openly and
outlandishly, he released some of his most virulent
commentary yet on Friday, June 23, 2023. Meduza
summarizes those remarks below.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_War-Themed_Restaurant_in_Ukraine_Finds
New_Resonance⠀⇛
A restaurant that celebrates Ukraine’s struggles in
earlier wars is finding a second life in this one.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Who_Is_Prigozhin,_the_Wagner_Leader_Russia
Accused_of_Mounting_a_Coup?⠀⇛
Mr. Prigozhin has risen from a businessmen known as
President Vladimir V. Putin’s ‘chef’ to a symbol of
wartime Russia, controlling a private army
operating from Ukraine to Central African Republic.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_long-running_feud_has_broken_into_open
confrontation._Here’s_the_latest.⠀⇛
The claims from Yevgeny V. Prigozhin including a
veiled threat of an uprising against Russia,
prompted the F.S.B. to open a criminal
investigation.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Generals_Accuse_Mercenary_Leader
of_Trying_to_Mount_a_Coup⠀⇛
Russia sent armored vehicles into the streets of
Moscow and a city near Ukraine. Russia’s main
security agency urged Wagner mercenaries to detain
their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, after he accused
Russian forces of attacking them.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin_strikes_a_tough_tone_in_his_first
address_since_the_uprising_started.⠀⇛
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Journalist_Says_Investigative_Reporting_Is_a
Risky_Business_in_Pakistan⠀⇛
The journalist said he uncovered alleged corruption
and thought that authorities would investigate the
apparent wrongdoings. But, he told VOA, “instead,
they are investigating me.”
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Making_tax-deductible_donations_to_Meduza_A
breakdown_of_our_partnership_with_Mother_Jones_and_the
Foundation_for_National_Progress_—_Meduza⠀⇛
# ⚓ RFA ☛ ‘I_will_never_forget_the_pain_of_being_beaten’⠀⇛
A journalist describes her torture at the hands of
junta authorities.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Podcast_52:_Big_news_media_trends_for_2023:
This_much_we_know⠀⇛
The Press Gazette team sums up the trends of the
first half of 2023 in our latest podcast.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Six_news_titles_breach_Editors’_Code
privacy_clause_–_one_with_‘egregious’_details_of_sexual
assault_victims⠀⇛
The Greenock Telegraph was told it should undergo
training as a result of its code breach.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Vice_lenders_set_to_buy_bankrupt_company
with_$225m_all-credit_bid⠀⇛
No other bids were deemed acceptable – despite
being larger.
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Detained_and_Interrogated_by_British
Counter-Terrorism_Police,_with_Journalist_Kit_Klarenberg⠀⇛
Journalist Kit Klarenberg joins MintCast host Mnar
Adley to discuss his detention and interrogation by
British Counter-Terrorism Police.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Tunisia_judge_orders_release_of_journalist
following_accusations_of_‘insulting’_president⠀⇛
A Tunisian judge ordered the release Thursday of
prominent journalist Zied El-Heni who was detained
on allegations of insulting Tunisian President Kais
Saeid. The decision comes amidst growing concerns
about freedom of expression and press freedom in
the country.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ UM_graduate_students_walk_out_of
negotiations_over_sexual_harassment_policy⠀⇛
The members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization
3550 have been on strike since March 29 and in
negotiations over a new contract since November.
The allegations, which came to light in a detailed
report published by The Michigan Daily earlier this
month, involved one former graduate student who
worked in Stephenson’s lab, prompting the GEO’s
bargaining team to discuss sexual harassment
protections during Friday’s negotiations.
“These are graduate students, people who … could
easily have been members of a union,” said Amir
Fleischmann, the GEO’s contract committee chair.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ German_court_finds_Islamic_State_member_guilty_of
enslaving_Yazidi_woman⠀⇛
The court found that in April 2016, the husband
took the then-21-year-old Yazidi woman, who had
been abducted from her homeland and taken by the IS
after several transfers, as a slave. The IS gave
her to him as a “gift.” The victim was with Nadine
K. and her husband for a period of three years,
during which she was forced to cook, clean, and
care for their animals and daughters. She was not
allowed to leave the house unaccompanied or contact
her family. The husband also regularly raped the
victim, with the knowledge of Nadine K.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Universal_Basic_Income_&_the_Anti-Human
Agenda⠀⇛
At the time of writing, the trial has yet to begin,
as funding hasn’t been secured, but it is expected
to come from local/combined authorities, or
‘private philanthropic sources.’
# ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ Sisters_found_dead_in_apartment_made
suicide_pact_after_family_cut_them_off⠀⇛
The sisters had adopted a Western lifestyle with
Asra describing herself as an atheist and Amaal
identifying as a lesbian.
Both would have been in violation of Saudi Arabia’s
strict Sharia law.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ New_York_could_become_the_latest_state_to_ban
noncompetes⠀⇛
Why it matters: There’s new energy around banning
or limiting the use of these often-criticized
agreements, which prevent people from working for a
new employer for a period of time after they leave
a job.
That new buzz is thanks in part to the Federal
Trade Commission’s proposal earlier this year to
ban them nationally.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ What_is_the_voice?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australians_will_‘rise_to_occasion’_on
Indigenous_voice⠀⇛
The prime minister is confident Australians will
rise to the occasion and support an Indigenous
voice referendum, but the opposition leader warns
the nation isn’t ready for a vote.
After two weeks of parliamentary debate about the
proposal, resulting in the passage of legislation
to enable a referendum, advocates want politicians
to step aside to let the campaigns have
conversations with Australians.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Shipwreck_in_Pylos._Open_Letter_by_Over_180
Human_Rights_Organizations⠀⇛
10 years after the two shipwrecks off Lampedusa,
Italy, killing around 600 people and causing an
immense public outcry, up to 600 people drowned off
Pylos, Greece, in the Mediterranean Sea. On June
14, 2023, once again, the European border regime
killed people exercising their right to seek
protection. We are shaken! And we stand in
solidarity with all survivors and with the families
and friends of the deceased. We express our deep
condolences and grief.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ No_Warrant,_No_Problem⠀⇛
In 1928, the late Supreme Court Justice Louis D.
Brandeis characterized the values underlying the
Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as
embracing the uniquely American right, and the
right most valued by civilized persons, which he
called the right to be let alone.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Missing_Links_in_Textbook_History:_Civil
Rights_and_Human_Rights⠀⇛
Human rights invented America. Ours was the first
nation in the history of the world to be founded
explicitly on such an idea.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Legacy_of_jungle_rescue_of_lost_children?
Indigenous_collaboration.⠀⇛
The close coordination between the armed forces and
Indigenous volunteers in finding four young
children in the Colombian jungle could serve as a
model for cooperation.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Maryland_Supreme_Court_Limits_Testimony_on_Bullet-
Matching_Evidence⠀⇛
The ruling is likely the first by a state supreme
court to undercut the popular forensic technique.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ When_a_contract_in_Hong_Kong_is_no
longer_a_contract⠀⇛
According to one of the more suspicious
interpretations of China’s intentions for Hong
Kong, the future will look like this: decadent
Western innovations like democracy, human rights
and such will no longer be supplied. But the rule
of law will continue as far as business is
concerned.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Chinese_human_rights_lawyer_chased
out_of_13_homes_in_2_months_as_pressure_rises_on_legal
advocates⠀⇛
A disbarred Chinese human rights lawyer has been
forced to move 13 times in two months as part of a
pattern of harassment against him and three other
prominent rights advocates in Beijing that is
further squeezing China’s battered civil rights
community. Another lawyer was detained along with
his wife. Yet another left Beijing in the hopes of
ending the harassment. The last has stayed in the
apartment he owns, but has been barred from leaving
it multiple times by unidentified groups of men who
loiter outside his door. All four are prominent
independent legal advocates, a rare source of help
for people in China facing political charges, or
trying to access benefits denied by often
unaccountable bureaucracies.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Petty_Corruption_On_Display_As_Chicago_Cop_Uses
Bogus_‘Girlfriend_Stole_My_Car’_Excuse_To_Get_Out_Of_44
Traffic_Tickets⠀⇛
Some more great reporting based on public records
has emerged from ProPublica. This one shows how
willing cops are to exploit the system they’re
supposed to be protecting and upholding.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Federal_Government_Is_“Affirming
Everything_That_Black_People_Have_Been_Saying”⠀⇛
Minneapolis—Nekima Levy Armstrong, a longtime
attorney and civil rights leader, has had an
imposing presence in protests against police
violence and rallies for social justice in the Twin
Cities.
# ⚓ Court_of_Cassation_gives_its_ruling_in_Hrant_Dink_case⠀⇛
The supreme court upheld the acquittals of the then
chiefs of police in Trabzon given for “negligent
homicide.” The court has also upheld the verdicts
of the chiefs of police of the period and others
for “deliberate killing,” and “being a member of a
terrorist organization,” while revoking some
additional verdicts.
# ⚓ Imprisoned_MP_Can_Atalay_elected_to_parliament’s_human
rights_committee⠀⇛
The speaker of the parliament has said that
Atalay’s rights as an MP have been granted but the
decision to release him lies within the
jurisdiction of the high court.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Rust’_Armorer_Transferred_Narcotics_on
Day_of_Shooting,_Prosecutor_Says⠀⇛
A new charge of evidence tampering was announced as
a departing investigator accused the Santa Fe
County Sheriff’s Office of “reprehensible and
unprofessional” conduct.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Does_Justice_Alito_Hear_Himself?⠀⇛
His response to ethics concerns demonstrates all
the bitterness and superciliousness for which he
has become known.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ ProPublica:_US_Supreme_Court_Justice_Alito_failed
to_disclose_luxury_fishing_trip⠀⇛
ProPublica reported Tuesday that US Supreme Court
Justice Samuel Alito accepted and failed to
disclose a 2008 luxury fishing trip with Paul
Singer, a hedge fund billionaire who—in the time
since—has had business before the court at least
ten times.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Justice_Alito_Shouldn’t_Have_To_Do_The_Media’s
Job⠀⇛
In a series of stories, ProPublica has charged
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito with two
types of misconduct. First, the reports contend
that the justices failed to disclose certain travel
they received. Second, ProPublica alleges that the
justices failed to recuse themselves from cases
that indirectly involved the people who provided
that travel.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Colorado_Supreme_Court_strikes_down_child_sexual
abuse_law_that_allowed_lawsuits_over_abuse_from_decades_ago⠀⇛
The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado struck
down the state’s Child Sexual Abuse Accountability
Act (CSAAA) on Tuesday, ruling that the law
violates the state constitution and is
“unconstitutionally retrospective.” Justice Monica
M. Márquez authored the opinion of the court.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Affirmative_Action_Is_in_the_Supreme_Court’s
Crosshairs⠀⇛
By the close of June, the Supreme Court will almost
certainly end affirmative action in college
admissions. For Edward Blum, who spearheaded the
lawsuits against the University of North Carolina
and Harvard—claiming the schools’ race-conscious
policies admit unqualified Black and Hispanic
students, while “intentionally discriminating”
against deserving Asian American applicants—the
verdict would fulfill a decades-long quest. In
1992, Blum, who is white, lost his only political
run, failing to unseat the Black Democratic
incumbent in a majority-Black Houston congressional
district that had never elected a Republican. Blum
sued Texas, citing racial gerrymandering, and
eventually won the case in the US Supreme Court in
1996. By the late 1990s, he had quit his day job as
a stockbroker to focus on overturning racial
equality legislation.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Need_to_Reform_American_Labor_Laws⠀⇛
We are living in a moment where corporate America
and the 1% have more economic and political power
than they have ever had in the history of our
country.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Techdirt_Podcast_Episode_355:_The_Reddit
Meltdown⠀⇛
If you’re a Techdirt reader, a Reddit user, or
both, then you probably know all about the chaos
engulfing the site as users and moderators of
popular subreddits protest CEO Steve Huffman’s
recent changes to the site’s API. This week, we’re
joined by Jay Peters from The Verge to talk about
the situation, the protests, and Huffman’s
disastrous responses.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ Californians:_Tell_the_Governor_and_Legislature_to
Keep_Their_Promise_on_Broadband_Funding⠀⇛
Tell Gov. newsom and the Legislature
to Keep their broadband promises
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Optus_hikes_post-paid_mobile_plan_prices,_users
not_happy⠀⇛
“To ensure we can continue deliver great value to
our customers, we are streamlining the mobile plans
we offer. As a result, we are moving some customers
on older plans to more current plans, which may
mean they see changes to their monthly bills.
“We’ve communicated these changes to those
customers affected, as well as any discounts and
data bonuses that will apply to their service.
“Optus continues to invest over $1.5 billion in our
network each year to provide our customers with
great value plans, super-fast 5G and innovative
Living Network features, like Call Translate, Pause
and Turbocharge.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Why_Is_So_Much_of_Reddit_Dark_Right_Now?⠀⇛
When your business relies on volunteer moderators
and user-generated content, angry denizens can
threaten the whole enterprise.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ EU_reportedly_set_to_investigate_Amazon’s
$1.7B_iRobot_acquisition⠀⇛
The European Union is expected to launch an
investigation into Amazon.com Inc.’s planned
acquisition of iRobot Corp. for $1.7 billion. The
development was reported this morning by Bloomberg
and Reuters. According to the sources cited in the
reports, EU antitrust officials are currently
conducting a preliminary review of the deal.
[...]
Last August, Amazon announced plans to acquire
iRobot for $1.7 billion. The deal could help the
company expand its presence in the smart home
market, where it already competes with the Ring
device series and certain other products. Amazon
obtained the Ring product portfolio through an
earlier acquisition that closed in 2018.
Today’s reports didn’t specify what aspects of the
iRobot deal are facing scrutiny in the EU. It’s
possible officials are concerned about the deal’s
potential impact on competing robot vacuum makers.
That was a focus of an investigation the U.K.’s
Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, launched
into the deal earlier this year.
# ⚓ [Old] Computer World ☛ For_Bill_Gates,_antitrust_fight_was
a_personal_crucible⠀⇛
The belief that the government was out to “destroy”
Microsoft was certainly the company’s perspective.
Microsoft officials thought the government was
seeking a corporate breakup. Gates’ feistiness also
underscored a different worldview: that the company
saw itself competing in a market that could change
overnight. Gates’ now famous 1995 Internet Tidal
Wave memo (download PDF) illustrated his view:
“Browsing the Web, you find almost no Microsoft
file formats. After 10 hours of browsing, I had not
seen a single Word DOC, AVI file….”
# ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Microsoft_Warns_That_Pausing
Activision_Merger_Will_Sink_Deal⠀⇛
The FTC’s suit represents another aggressive step
taken by competition regulators to rein in
consolidation of the tech industry. For the agency,
its ask for a preliminary injunction to pause the
deal goes beyond this particular case. The FTC was
forced to sue in federal court because Microsoft
and Activision indicated they could close the deal
at any time without further notice before its legal
challenge in its internal court is resolved. That
trial is set to start Aug. 2, past a contractually
obligated July 18 deadline to consummate the
purchase.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ FTC_Sues_Amazon_Over_Predatory_Prime
Subscription_Tactics⠀⇛
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing Amazon
over predatory Prime subscription tactics. Here’s
the latest. In the complaint filed on Wednesday,
June 21, the FTC alleges that Amazon knowingly
deceives customers into signing up for Amazon Prime
through the use of “dark patterns.”
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_FTC_thinks_cancelling_an_Amazon_Prime
subscription_should_feel_easier_than_fighting_a_10-year_war⠀⇛
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yesterday
(June 21) accused Amazon of signing customers up
for its Prime subscription program without consent,
and sabotaging their attempts to cancel for years.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Federal_Trade_Commission’s_Latest_Frivolous
Antitrust_Suit_Takes_Aim_at_Amazon⠀⇛
Plus: Texas’ new anti-porn law, Biden meets with
A.I. critics, and more…
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ F.T.C._Accuses_Amazon_of_Tricking_Users
Into_Subscribing_to_Prime⠀⇛
The lawsuit is the first time that the Federal
Trade Commission under its chair, Lina Khan, has
taken Amazon to court.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ MCC_acquires_Hungary’s_largest
publishing_house⠀⇛
The subsidiary of the government-funded
Mathias Corvinus Collegium Foundation (MCC)
has signed a contract with SQ Invest Kft. for
the sale of a 67.48 percent stake in the
Libri Group. With this transaction, MCC,
previously an indirect minority shareholder,
will become the 98.41% owner of the leading
player in the Hungarian book trade and
publishing market. Libri accounts for nearly
half of the Hungarian book trade market and
nearly a fifth of the publishing market.
According to the government-adjacent
Hungarian Writers’ Association’s social
media, „MCC becoming the majority shareholder
in the Libri Group could contribute to a more
balanced market operation”. However, several
authors terminated their contracts with Libri
after the move fearing the Orban government
would use the publishing house for their “own
ideological and political purposes.” The
complete takeover is expected to be finalized
by the end of June.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ BMI_Fires_Back_As_NACPA_Appeals
March_Rate_Ruling_—_‘For_Decades,_the_Live_Concert
Industry_Has_Fought_To_Keep_Rates_Suppressed’⠀⇛
Towards March’s end, a district judge handed
down a ruling in a years-running rate dispute
involving the North American Concert
Promoters Association (NACPA) and Broadcast
Music, Inc. (BMI), which touted the
development as a “massive” win.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ U.S._Seeks_70-Month_Prison_Sentence
for_YouTube_Content_ID_Scammer⠀⇛
By pretending to be legitimate music
rightsholders, two men managed to extract
over $23 million in revenue from YouTube’s
content-ID system. Both were arrested,
pleaded guilty, and now face multi-year
prison terms. This week, the U.S. requested a
70-month sentence against the ‘number two’ of
the operation, in part to deter future fraud.
# ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Long_overdue,_but_good_to_see:
Germany’s_new_copyright_exception_for_pastiche_applied
for_first_time⠀⇛
It’s great that the German judges conducted
such a thoughtful and nuanced analysis, and
that they affirmed that this incorporation of
an element from another work was a pastiche,
and therefore permitted. But it is absurd
that it has taken over 20 years to fix this
bug in the EU copyright legislation, and that
something as natural and creative as pastiche
was not regarded as a self-evidently legal
way to re-purpose existing copyright
material.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Is_It_Time_to_Repeal_the_Section
115_Compulsory_License?_One_Songwriter’s_Formally
Urging_the_Copyright_Office_To_Do_Just_That⠀⇛
Meanwhile, the aforementioned 19-page
resource explores at length all manner of
related topics and information, with the
central theme being the alleged conflicts of
interest stemming from the major labels’
owning today’s largest publishing companies.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Five_Months_Later,_Warner_Bros.
Discovery_Is_Reportedly_Negotiating_a_$500_Million
Catalog_Sale⠀⇛
Five months back, reports revealed that
Warner Bros. Discovery was exploring an over
$1 billion sale of its film and TV music
library, including (among other IP) the
soundtracks behind a number of superhero
movies. Now, following some obstacles, the
company is reportedly closing in on a
comparatively modest $500 million sale.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Paul_McCartney_Says_The_Beatles
‘Final_Album’_Isn’t_Being_Generated_by_AI_—_“Nothing
Has_Been_Artificially_or_Synthetically_Created”⠀⇛
But as the media ran with the story, the use
of AI in producing the final track has
muddied the waters a bit. Now the legendary
singer is taking to Twitter to help clarify
what is and isn’t happening.
# ⚓ Variety ☛ Comic-Con_Crisis:_Marvel,_Netflix,_Sony,
HBO_and_Universal_to_Skip_SDCC_as_Fest_Faces_Another
Existential_Threat⠀⇛
For two years, the biggest annual fan
convention in North America was forced to
cancel the five-day gathering due to the
COVID-19 pandemic — placing Comic-Con
International, the non-profit organization
that runs SDCC, under unprecedented financial
strain. Last year, SDCC came roaring back
with a masked-and-vaccinated convention that
was a robust success, with blockbuster Hall H
panels for the “Star Trek” TV universe,
“House of the Dragon,” “The Walking Dead”
and, especially, Marvel Studios.
This year’s Comic-Con — which is scheduled to
start July 19, less than a month away — is
increasingly likely to have none of those
panels.
# ⚓ David Revoy ☛ Derivation:_the_Norwegian_Nynorsk_book
of_Outland_Forlag⠀⇛
I am very pleased to have a new print
publication from Pepper&Carrot to show you
today. It’s the Norwegian Nynorsk version
from the publisher Outland_Forlag.
This book is the result of a long
collaboration between the publisher and the
historical translators and maintainers of
Pepper&Carrot’s Norwegian Nynorsk translation
on the website; Arild Torvund Olsen and Karl
Ove Hufthammer.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Server
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o BSD
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Arch_Family
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Events
o GNU_Projects
o Programming/Development
# Python
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)
o Pseudo-Open_Source
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ Spot_by_NetApp_Adds_Argo_to_Cloud_Operations_Portfolio⠀⇛
Spot by NetApp today added a continuous delivery
(CD) platform for Kubernetes environments to its
portfolio of cloud operations management offerings.
Kevin McGrath, vice president and general manager
for Spot for NetApp, said Spot Ocean CD is based on
the open source Argo CD software.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Most_cloud_pros_saw_at_least_one_security
incident_in_last_year:_survey⠀⇛
The company announced the results of the survey at
SUSECON, its annual conference which is being held
in Munich this week.
The survey found IT decision-makers had experience
an average of four cloud-related security incidents
in the last year, with the number being five for
those in the US and three for those in Germany.
Nearly a third of those surveyed said data stores
hosted by cloud vendors or third parties were the
top cloud security concern.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ n8n_Automates⠀⇛
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to
Apple_Voice_Memos⠀⇛
Voice Memos is an audio recording app. It’s
designed to save recordings of sound with built-in
or attached microphones for later playback. It also
provides basic editing functionality.
Voice Memos is proprietary software and not
available for Linux. We recommend the best free and
open source alternatives.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_age⠀⇛
This article spotlights free and open source
alternative tools to age, a popular utility to
encrypt and decrypt.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Step-by-Step_Guide:_Installing_PostgreSQL_on
AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛
PostgreSQL is an advanced and enterprise-class
RDBMS (Relational Database Management System). In
his tutorial, you will learn how to install
PostgreSQL on AlmaLinux 9. In addition, you will
also learn how to set up PostgreSQL authentication,
the basic usage of PostgreSQL for creating database
and user, and some basic queries for creating
tables, inserting and retrieving data, updating and
deleting.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Install_ImageMagick_7_on_Ubuntu/
Debian⠀⇛
There are a number of things you can do with
ImageMagick, but for that, you need to learn how to
install ImageMagick on your Debian/Ubuntu system.
If you are an editor and editing images is part of
your daily life, then you should try the
ImageMagick tool.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Exploring_hibernation_challenges_in_the_Linux
environment⠀⇛
Hibernation is a power-saving state designed to
help users save and resume their work without loss.
While intuitive on many platforms, hibernation in
Linux can often seem perplexing. Join us as we
demystify Linux hibernation, providing insights
that could help you utilize this feature more
effectively.
# ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ What_is_Nostr_and_How_to_Use_It_in
Linux⠀⇛
Nostr is a new and innovative internet protocol
that aims to simplify how people use social media.
Instead of a single website, Nostr uses relays and
public key cryptography to decentralize the
broadcast of messages over the internet.
This article will show you how you can install a
Nostr client in Linux. Further, it will also show
you how to create your own unique keypair in order
to participate in the Nostr network.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ What_if_William_Shakespeare_had_written_a
Linux_LAMP_tutorial?⠀⇛
If you’ve ever wondered what a Linux tutorial might
look like if William Shakespeare wrote it, check
out the text below. The text was written by
ChatGPT, of course. The commands in the guide are
working, so the tutorial can even be used to
install a server.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Customizing_your_Ubuntu_Desktop_with_Themes_and
Icons⠀⇛
Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux
distributions, is known for its adaptability and
the degree of customization it offers. However, if
you’re new to the Ubuntu ecosystem, you may be
unsure about how to change its look and feel. This
guide aims to remove that uncertainty.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasyOS_Kirkstone-series_version_5.4.3
released⠀⇛
See download and release notes:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/
kirkstone/2023/5.4.3/
Now have Symphytum personal database and KeePassXC
password manager builtin, see blog announcements:
[...]
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Celebrating_30_Years_of_FreeBSD:_Licensing⠀⇛
We’re celebrating FreeBSD Day all week long by
focusing on a different aspect of FreeBSD each day!
Today’s Theme: Licensing Many choices are available
when it comes to deciding on what license to use
for your latest project.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Add_more_power_to_Prometheus⠀⇛
A while ago I published this article: https://
www.suse.com/c/discover-the-hidden-treasure/ .
Today, I would like to share my most recent
experiences with you. This post will show you the
value collectd can provide for your Prometheus-
based observability solution. Let me give you a
brief introduction of collectd.
o § Arch Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Arco Linux ☛ Everything_you_need_to_know_about_Sofirem⠀⇛
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ FOSS Post ☛ Red_Hat_is_Shooting_Itself_in_the_Foot,_Again⠀⇛
3 long years have passed since the CentOS project –
directed by Red Hat after being acquired by IBM –
announced the shift towards CentOS Stream and
ending support for its regular CentOS releases. A
lot has happened since. Derivative communities
emerged like Rocky Linux, Alma Linux and others.
# ⚓ Remi Collet ☛ Remi_Collet:_PHP_version_8.1.21RC1_and
8.2.8RC1⠀⇛
Release Candidate versions are available in testing
repository for Fedora and Enterprise Linux (RHEL /
CentOS / Alma / Rocky and other clones) to allow
more people to test them. They are available as
Software Collections, for a parallel installation,
perfect solution for such tests, and also as base
packages.
RPM of PHP version 8.2.8RC1 are available
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Systemd Free ☛ antiX_23_next_stable_based_on_debian’s
bookworm_is_here_already⠀⇛
antix-23-beta2-iso-files-for-testing/ (release
announcement and sourgeforge or is it sourceforce
.. repository of images) Based on the announcement
above we tested the runit based full image with an
urge to hunt and find something to criticize,
constructively of course.
# ⚓ Russell Coker ☛ Russell_Coker:_Cheap_Peripherals_for_Work⠀⇛
A problem with a lot of the purchase of peripherals
is that they don’t match the needs of the users and
often get thrown away long before they wear out.
At many companies when a new employee starts they
are given a laptop (expensive corporate asset), a
cheap headset for video calls, and optionally a
keyboard and mouse for people who don’t like the
laptop keyboard and/or touchpad.
When an employee leaves the company their laptop
can be assigned to someone else if it isn’t too
old. Headsets and mice often show signs of wear if
they have been used for a year or two and while
keyboards often have a long service life they will
be dirty after a couple of years and they are cheap
to replace. So every time someone leaves and
returns all company hardware there will be a
headset and mouse owned by the company that ends up
as e-waste and sometimes a keyboard too. Often
people leave and just keep the headset, mouse, and
keyboard expecting that no-one at their former
employer will demand them back – this is a reward
for dishonesty.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Ubuntu_23.10_(Mantic_Minotaur)_Is_Now_Powered
by_Linux_Kernel_6.3⠀⇛
Ubuntu 23.10’s development kicked off in late April
based on the current interim release, Ubuntu 23.04
(Lunar Lobster), which means that the first daily
build ISO images of Mantic Minotaur shipped with
pretty much the same core components and apps,
including Linux kernel 6.2.
Now, two months into the development cycle, the
latest Ubuntu 23.10 daily build ISO images are
powered by Linux kernel 6.3. This is great news for
those who plan on installing the upcoming Ubuntu
release on their personal computers and want to
test their hardware against Linux 6.3.
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Want_to_Try_Ubuntu’s_All-Snap_Desktop?_Here’s
How⠀⇛
If you scoot along to the Ubuntu Core Desktop
GitHub page, check out the actions tab, find a
(completed) build job, then scroll down to the
‘artefacts’ you’ll see a ZIP. Download and extract
the ZIP, then extract the tarball inside.
Et voila: a ~12GB image you can boot in a VM1 or
flash to a USB drive (16GB+).
All of this is public knowledge thanks to ex-
Canonical employee (and immutable distro champion)
Jorge Castro. Ubuntu’s Ken VanDine popped around
Jorge’s gaff to show him progress on the all-snap
sandboxed desktop effort and Jorge tooted about it
at length.
—I know, right: there you were about to
congratulate me on my first big scoop™ 🍦 in, what,
a decade? Still, other Linux blogs will be relieved
they don’t need to acknowledge this site’s
existence if covering this news. It’s okay guys,
you can pretend you heard about this elsewhere.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Organizr:_Open-source_System_Service⠀⇛
Organizr lets you set up “Tabs” that load all on one
webpage, making it easier to work on your server. Want to
give users access to some Tabs? No problem, enable user
support and have them create an account. Want guests to
be able to visit too?
o ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ Digital_activists_and_open_movement_leaders_share
their_perspective_with_Open_Future_in_new_research_report,
“Shifting_tides:_the_open_movement_at_a_turning_point”⠀⇛
Open Future conducted a study to gain a better
understanding of the current state of the open movement,
as seen through the eyes of people actively involved in
its endeavors and leading organizations within the
movement. Open Future believes that a shared movement
identity and a shared advocacy agenda can make the
collective effort stronger
o § Events⠀➾
# ⚓ Collabora ☛ Ready_to_embark_for_Embedded_Open_Source
Summit⠀⇛
Taking place at the Prague Congress Centre from
June 27 to 30, this new 4-day umbrella event brings
multiple conferences, including Automotive Linux
Summit (ALS) and Embedded Linux Conference (ELC),
all under one roof.
o § GNU Projects⠀➾
# ⚓ GNU ☛ a2ps_@_Savannah:_a2ps_4.15.5_released_[stable]⠀⇛
This release is a minor bugfix release:
it fixes the psnup delegation (for
PSUtils), which has been broken since
version 4.14.90.
Here are the compressed sources and a GPG
detached signature:
https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/a2ps/a2ps-
4.15.5.tar.gz
https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/a2ps/a2ps-
4.15.5.tar.gz.sig
Use a mirror for higher download
bandwidth:
https://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
Here are the SHA1 and SHA256 checksums:
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Symphytum_personal_database_compiled_in_OE⠀⇛
More than that, it is also going to be builtin in
the next release of EasyOS.
The LibreOffice database is a challenge to use,
whereas Symphytum is very easy. OK, Symphytum does
not have all the features as big professional
database systems, but it sure works nice for a
personal database. Forum member Subito Piano
agrees: [...]
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Creator_11_Beta2_released⠀⇛
We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator
11 Beta2!
# ⚓ Wasmer_4.0⠀⇛
Today we are thrilled to release Wasmer 4.0,
shipping with amazing features that have been in
the making for a few months.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Deep_Dive_into_Python’s_assertEqual()_Method:
Ensuring_Accuracy_in_Testing⠀⇛
Testing is a crucial component in software
development. It ensures that the software
product meets the desired standards and
satisfies user requirements. Testing helps
identify errors, bugs, or issues before
production release, saving both time and
resources. With the increasing complexity of
software systems, sound testing practices
have become necessary for ensuring quality,
reliability,
# ⚓ The_Art_of_Precision:_Understanding_Python’s
assertAlmostEqual()_Method⠀⇛
Programming is all about accuracy and
precision. As software developers, we strive
to create programs that are not only
functional but also reliable. Inaccurate or
imprecise coding can lead to errors in data
processing, incorrect output, and even system
crashes.
# ⚓ A_Study_on_Identity_Testing_in_Python:_The_assertIs()
Method⠀⇛
As a Python developer, you are likely
familiar with the concept of testing your
code to ensure its correctness and
reliability. One crucial aspect of software
testing is identity testing, which determines
if two objects are the same or not. In
Python, this can be achieved using the
assertIs() method.
# ⚓ assertIsInstance()_in_Python:_Validating_Object
Classes_in_Unit_Testing⠀⇛
Unit testing is an essential part of software
development. It involves testing small,
isolated units of code to ensure that they
are working as expected. This process is
critical as it helps developers catch any
bugs or errors early on in the development
cycle.
# ⚓ The_Role_of_assertIsNone()_in_Python_Testing:_A
Detailed_Guide⠀⇛
Software testing is a crucial aspect of
software development that ensures the
quality, reliability, and performance of
software products. It involves the process of
identifying defects or bugs in a program to
ensure it meets the requirements and
specifications set out by stakeholders.
# ⚓ Proving_Truthfulness_with_Python:_A_Look_at
assertTrue()_Method⠀⇛
When it comes to programming, truthfulness is
a fundamental concept that cannot be
overlooked. In essence, truthfulness refers
to the accuracy and integrity of the code
that developers create. A truthful program is
one that performs exactly as intended, with
no errors or unexpected results.
# ⚓ Navigating_Python’s_assertIn()_Method:_A_Key_to
Efficient_Testing⠀⇛
Software testing is an integral part of the
software development process. It ensures that
the application behaves as expected, meets
the requirements and specifications, and is
reliable for end-users. Testing can uncover
bugs, errors, or vulnerabilities that can
lead to unexpected behavior or crashes in the
application.
# ⚓ Mock_Objects_in_Python:_Enhancing_Test_Flexibility
and_Control⠀⇛
Mock objects play an essential role in
enhancing flexibility and control over
software testing scenarios while reducing
dependencies on external systems or
components. They provide improved speed and
efficiency during test execution. However, it
is essential to avoid overuse or misuse of
mock objects to prevent false positives and
negatives.
# ⚓ Unveiling_the_Power_of_patch():_Dynamic_Alterations
in_Python_Testing⠀⇛
Throughout this article, we explored the
power of patch() function in achieving
dynamic alterations in Python testing. We
defined the patch() function and provided a
step-by-step guide to using it for mocking
and side effects.
# ⚓ Stubs_in_Python:_A_Practical_Approach_to_Test
Dummies⠀⇛
Stubs are a powerful tool for simplifying
tests involving complex dependencies. The use
of these dummies allows developers to test
code more efficiently and effectively while
also improving maintainability during an
SDLC. As with any tool, it is important not
to overuse stubs to ensure tests cover all
cases effectively and avoid false positives
that could lead to issues in real-world
scenarios.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ How_many_people_are_still_missing_after_the_February_6
earthquakes?⠀⇛
Tülay Hatimoğulları, the Adana MP of the Green and Left
Party submitted a parliamentary question about the people
who are still missing, the number of dead buried without
being identified, and if the debris removal was being
carried out taking into account the information on
missing people.
o ⚓ Luis_Bazan:_Unifi_–_Enable_ICMP_Request/Reply_–_WAN.⠀⇛
o ⚓ Axios ☛ The_rise_of_extreme_tourism⠀⇛
Adventurers around the world are shelling out big bucks
to travel to remote — and often dangerous — parts of the
Earth.
The big picture:Several factors, including new
technologies and post-pandemic demand, are driving a
surge in extreme tourism.
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ All_on_board_Titan_submersible_died,_US_Coast_Guard
says⠀⇛
The missing submersible that set out to explore the
Titanic’s wreckage imploded, killing all on board, the
United States Coast Guard said. Debris found during the
several-day search for the vessel is consistent with a
catastrophic loss of pressure.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ 5_Aboard_Missing_Titanic_Sub_Presumed_Dead_After
‘Catastrophic_Implosion’⠀⇛
The vast multinational search for the missing submersible
ended after pieces of it were found on the ocean floor,
1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Catastrophic_Implosion’_Likely_Killed_5_Aboard
Submersible⠀⇛
Pieces of the missing Titan vessel were found on the
ocean floor, about 1,600 feet from the bow of the
Titanic, the Coast Guard said. OceanGate Expeditions, the
vessel’s operator, said, “Our hearts are with these five
souls.”
o ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._Coast_Guard_says_Titanic_tourist_submersible
suffered_“catastrophic_loss”⠀⇛
OceanGate Expeditions, the company that operated the
missing Titanic tourist_submersible, said Thursday it
believes the pilot and four passengers aboard the vessel
have died.
The latest: After the sub’s disappearance on Sunday, the
U.S. Navy detected sounds it suspected to be the Titan
imploding using a military acoustic detection system,
multiple outlets reported, citing a senior American Navy
official.
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Scenes_From_the_2023_Special_Olympics_World
Games⠀⇛
Images from the many competitions taking place at the
2023 Special Olympics World Games, in Berlin
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ SmileDirectClub_to_Release_Customers_From_NDAs
in_Settlement⠀⇛
The telehealth company is stopping its practice of asking
some customers to sign nondisclosure agreements as part
of their refunds.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Titanic’_Director_James_Cameron_Points_to_Flaws
in_Titan_Sub’s_Design⠀⇛
The “Titanic” director and diving expert said he’d had
concerns from the start about the vehicle’s hull
composition and claims about its network of hull sensors.
o ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ How_Could_This_Have_Happened?⠀⇛
Five people died in a submersible that was only loosely
regulated and may not have been inspected for safety.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Forgotten_Chemical_Photography⠀⇛
Much to the chagrin of Eastman Kodak, the world has moved
on from chemical photography into the realm of digital,
thanks to the ease of use and high quality of modern
digital cameras. There are a few photographers here and
there still using darkrooms and various chemical
processes to develop film, and the most common of these
use some type of chemistry based on silver to transfer
images to paper. There are plenty of alternatives to
silver, though, each with their unique style and
benefits, like this rarely-used process that develops
film using platinum.
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Shoots_of_green_integrity⠀⇛
Corruption risks in extracting metals for green
technologies are encouraging transparency and better
governance in companies and countries.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Ask_Hackaday:_The_Turing_Test_Is_Dead:_Long_Live
The_Turing_Test!⠀⇛
Alan Turing proposed a test for machine
intelligence that no longer works. The idea was to
have people communicate over a terminal, with
another real person and with a computer. If the
computer is intelligent, Turing mused, most people
will incorrectly identify the computer as a human.
Clearly, with the advent of modern chatbots, that
test is now broken. Despite the “AI” moniker,
chatbots aren’t sentient or even pre-sentient, but
they certainly seem that way. An AI CEO, Mustafa
Suleyman, is proposing a new test: The AI has to
take a $100,000 budget and earn $1,000,000.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Radical_New_Theory_Gives_a_Very_Different
Perspective_on_What_Life_Is⠀⇛
This changes everything.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Hit_Songs_Do_Something_to_Your_Brain,_And
It_Could_Be_The_Future_of_Music⠀⇛
“Nothing close to this accuracy has ever been shown
before.”
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ American_Kids’_Math_Ability_Has_Gone
Backward_by_Decades⠀⇛
Test scores have plunged across the board.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Humans_Have_Pumped_Up_So_Much_Water_It’s
Altered_The_Planet’s_Spin⠀⇛
Everything has an effect.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Alcohol_No_Longer_The_Most_Abused_Drug_by
American_Children⠀⇛
Times have definitely changed.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Global_Ecosystems_Risk_Collapsing_Decades
Before_We_Predicted⠀⇛
A drastic new timetable emerges.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Gangs_of_Tiny_Worms_Ride_Electrical_Fields
to_Hitchhike_on_Passing_Bees⠀⇛
Beats walking.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_cracks_down_on_private
academy_irregularities⠀⇛
Reports against the private academies can be filed
on the Education Ministry’s website until July 6.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Qualcomm_S3_Gen_2_Sound_Platform_supports_LE
Audio_and_Auracast_broadcast_audio⠀⇛
The Qualcomm S3 Gen 2 Sound Platform (QCC5181) is a
Bluetooth 5.4 audio solution designed for dongles
and adapters with ultra-low latency (<20 ms) and
support for the latest LE Audio and Auracast
broadcast audio standards. The platform was
introduced last year, but the company says it has
now launched a “newly enhanced solution” optimized
for gaming that “combines Snapdragon Sound and LE
Audio to deliver ultra-low latency of less than
20ms for lag-free wireless audio with voice back-
channel for in-game chat”.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Qualcomm_212S_and_9205S_Satellite_IoT_modems
target_remote_monitoring_and_asset_tracking⠀⇛
Qualcomm has just unveiled the Qualcomm 212S and
Qualcomm 9205S Satellite IoT modems developed in
collaboration with Skylo, an NTN service provider,
to enable IoT devices connectivity across satellite
and cellular networks for remote monitoring and
asset tracking. At the beginning of the year,
Qualcomm launched Snapdragon Satellite for two-way
messaging on smartphones, but the company has now
expanded its use of satellite data connectivity
with the Qualcomm 212S and 9205S modems optimized
for 5G IoT use cases relying on NTN (Non-
Terrestrial Networks).
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Federal_health_care_rulings_highlight_court
shopping⠀⇛
A handful of conservative judges, mostly in the
South, are wielding outsized influence over health
care policy in the Biden era.
Why it matters:Thanks in part to former_President
Trump’s_record_of_judicial_appointments,
conservatives have ended up with an express lane of
friendly judges who have issued sweeping decisions.
===================================================
The big picture:The advocacy groups that coordinate
big, politically charged cases almost always try to
get those cases in front of a judge who they “think
is favorable for the outcome they’re looking to
achieve,” said Michele Goodwin, a professor of law
at the University of California, Irvine.
# In this “court shopping” practice, “litigants
might be looking for a judge who has a
history of being affiliated with the movement
that they’re a part of,” Goodwin added.
# Court shopping is not exclusively done by
conservatives.
# “This was increasingly common during the
Trump administration,” said Paul Nolette, a
political science professor at Marquette
University. “Democrats used it to their
advantage, and now the shoe’s on the other
foot.”
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Biden_is_getting_endorsements_from_3
abortion_rights_groups_as_Democrats_bank_on_the_issue_in
2024⠀⇛
President Joe Biden’s campaign is banking on
reproductive rights to be an early galvanizing
issue for voters in the 2024 presidential election.
He’s collecting a trio of top-level endorsements
and hosting a rally Friday, one day ahead of the
anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that
overturned federal abortion protections. The
endorsements are coming from Planned Parenthood
Action Fund, NARAL Pro-Choice America and Emily’s
List. The groups are throwing their early support
behind Biden’s reelection effort in part to
highlight the importance of the issue for Democrats
heading into the election year.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ FAO_Warns_of_Rift_Valley_Fever_Outbreak_in_East
Africa⠀⇛
Conditions suitable for vector multiplication are
expected to persist due to favorable forecasts for
the months of June to August.
# ⚓ [Old] Neritam ☛ New_Zealand_passes_legislation_banning
cigarettes_for_future_generations⠀⇛
The Government will ban young people from ever
being able to purchase tobacco in their lives under
world-leading plans to make New Zealand smokefree.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ E-cigarettes:_the_vape_debate_explained⠀⇛
With concerns swirling about the rise in young
people vaping, health experts are pushing for
tighter controls on sales
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Chinese_Medical_Team_Provides_Free_Service_To
Ghanaian_Workers⠀⇛
“We hope to use our skills to help the Ghanaian
workers to achieve better health”
# ⚓ Axios ☛ 3M_agrees_to_$10.3_billion_settlement_in_“forever
chemicals”_claims⠀⇛
3M has struck a $10.3 billion settlement with U.S.
cities and towns over claims of water pollution
from “forever_chemicals,” the chemical and
manufacturing company announced Thursday.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Go_Ahead,_Try_to_Explain_Milk⠀⇛
No one can define it, much less fully replicate it.
o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾
# ⚓ Business Insider ☛ Microsoft’s_cloud_boss_faces_tough
questions_about_pay_and_low_morale,_leaked_messages_show⠀⇛
Microsoft’s cloud boss, Scott Guthrie, is facing
tough questions about the company’s decision to
pause raises and cut bonuses and stock awards ahead
of an employee meeting for the Cloud + AI
organization.
# ⚓ Windows Central ☛ Xbox_admits_defeat_in_‘console_wars_|
Windows_Central [Ed: OK, so this_was_spot-on]⠀⇛
The courtroom showdown between the FTC and
Microsoft rages on and Xbox says it’s “losing the
console wars.”
# ⚓ The Business Journals ☛ Boeing_moves_up_the_ranks_of
Washington’s_largest_employers [Ed: The headline said,
"Boeing overtakes Microsoft as Washington's second-largest",
but they've since then changed it. Why?]⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Microsoft_Says_it_Could_Abandon_Activision
Deal_if_Judge_Delays_It⠀⇛
A five-day hearing over Microsoft’s $70 billion
acquisition, which the Federal Trade Commission
hopes to block, began Thursday in federal court.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FTC_Cites_‘Starfield’_Exclusivity_In_Response_To
Microsoft’s_Opposition_To_Injunction_Motion⠀⇛
Actions, as they say, have consequences. Or
potential consequences, at least, in the case of
Microsoft battling with the FTC. In the ongoing
drama that is Microsoft’s attempted purchase of
Activision, the FTC filed for a temporary
restraining order barring the consummation of the
purchase while its lawsuit remains unresolved. The
first trial date in the case is upcoming and
Microsoft filed an opposition to the preliminary
injunction barring the deal, arguing against all
manner of items in the FTC’s suit. I will embed the
FTC’s response below so you can read the entire
thing, but the regulator is explicit in
eviscerating Microsoft’s motion. A sample from the
opening includes:
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Microsoft_Acknowledges_High_CPU
Utilization_Bug_in_Windows_11_File_Explorer⠀⇛
Microsoft says that the File Explorer bug can cause
high CPU utilization that requires logging off or
rebooting the machine.
# ⚓ YottaDB ☛ Connect_Microsoft_Analytics_and_Business
Intelligence_Tools_to_Octo [Ed: Microsoft works for the NSA
et al. Do not connect anything to it.]⠀⇛
Features for Octo to be desirable in enterprise
environments include support for SQL Views to
simplify complex underlying data relationships to
convey meaningful information, paginated reports
for administrative and regulatory reports, and
dashboards for real-time analytics.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Today’s_AI_models_flunk_EU’s_draft_rules,_study
finds⠀⇛
A team of Stanford researchers is warning that
leading AI models are woefully non-compliant with
responsible AI standards, represented by the EU’s
Artificial Intelligence Act.
Driving the news:The House Science Committee meets
Thursday to probe AI executives on how to develop
AI “towards the national interest.”
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ How_AI_Is_Enabling_Racism_&_Sexism:
Algorithmic_Justice_League’s_Joy_Buolamwini_on_Meeting_with
Biden⠀⇛
We speak with Dr. Joy Buolamwini, founder of the
Algorithmic Justice League, who met this week with
President Biden in a closed-door discussion with
other artificial intelligence experts and critics
about the need to explore the promise and risk of
AI. The computer scientist and coding expert has
long raised alarm about how AI and algorithms are
enabling racist and sexist bias. We discuss
examples, and she lays out what should be included
in the White House’s “Vision for Protecting Our
Civil Rights in the Algorithmic Age.”
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Generative_AI_Should_Not_Replace_Thinking_at
My_University⠀⇛
I’m dismayed that any academic institution would
encourage us to use chatbots rather than our
intellects.
o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Banana_Pi_BPI-R4_WiFi_7_router_board_is
powered_by_a_MediaTek_Filogic_880_processor⠀⇛
Banana Pi BPI-R4 is a WiFi 7 router board powered
by the MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core Arm
Corex-A73 processor with 4GB DDR4 RAM, 8GB eMMC
flash, and 128MB SPI-NAND flash. The board also
comes with two 10GbE SFP cages, four Gigabit
Ethernet RJ45 ports, a USB 3.2 port, as well as an
M.2 socket for a 4G/5G modem or an NVMe SSD, and
two mini PCIe slots with PCIe 3.0 to support WiFi
7.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Apple_fixes_two_flaws_used_to_attack_Kaspersky
employees⠀⇛
In 2015, Kaspersky exposed an entity it called the
Equation Group, which has been long rumoured to be
an internal NSA unit. The company also detailed how
the Stuxnet operation was carried out to cripple
Iran’s nuclear reactors.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Deep_Instinct_uncovers_new_JavaScript-based
malware_dropper⠀⇛
Threat protection startup Deep Instinct
Ltd.’s Threat Research Lab today provided details
of a new strain of JavaScript-based dropper that
delivers two forms of malware onto victims’
computers. Dubbed PindOS after a user-agent string
of the same name in the code, the dropper contains
comments in Russian and delivers Bumblebee and
IcedID malware.
⚓ Security Week ☛ China-Linked_APT15_Targets_Foreign_Ministries_With
‘Graphican’_Backdoor⠀⇛
A Chinese hacking group flagged as APT15 is targeting foreign affairs
ministries in the Americas with a new backdoor named Graphican.
⚓ Security Week ☛ North_Korean_Hackers_Caught_Using_Malware_With_Microphone
Wiretapping_Capabilities⠀⇛
A hacking group linked to the North Korean government has been caught
using new malware with microphone wiretapping capabilities.
⚓ Security Week ☛ PoC_Exploit_Published_for_Cisco_AnyConnect_Secure
Vulnerability⠀⇛
A security researcher has published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit
code targeting a recent high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2023-20178)
in Cisco AnyConnect Secure.
⚓ 14_Important_Chromium_Use-After-Free,_Type_Confusion_Bugs_Fixed⠀⇛
Fourteen important vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium,
including multiple use-after-free and type confusion bugs. With a low
attack complexity and a high confidentiality, integrity and
availability impact, these issues have received a National
Vulnerability Database severity rating of ”High”.
⚓ Security Week ☛ Bipartisan_Bill_Proposes_Cybersecurity_Funds_for_Rural_Water
Systems⠀⇛
A new bill proposes to increase cybersecurity funding for rural water
systems by $7.5 million dollars per year.
⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Federal_incentives_could_help_utilities_overcome_major
cybersecurity_hurdle:_money⠀⇛
A new rule that would give electric utilities incentives for
investing in cybersecurity is set to go into effect next month.
⚓ Hectic Geek ☛ 8_Trends_in_the_Cybersecurity_World⠀⇛
Ever since the rise of technological advancements, the world has seen
many benefits. However, there have been numerous cyber threats too.
2020 and 2021 saw several US government agencies and multinational
companies succumb to the attacks by these mysterious cybercriminals.
⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_Teams_bug_allows_malware_delivery_from_external
accounts⠀⇛
Security researchers have found a simple way to deliver malware to an
organization with Microsoft Teams, despite restrictions in the
application for files from external sources.
⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Australia’s_first_cybersecurity_boss_to_combat_hackers⠀⇛
Australia has appointed its first national cybersecurity coordinator
who will be responsible for tackling one of the nations biggest
national security challenges.
Air Vice-Marshal Darren Goldie has been selected after a four-month
search for potential candidates and will start in the role next
month.
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Chinese_firm_BYD_launches_what_it_claims_is_Australia’s
cheapest_EV⠀⇛
“Given that ChatGPT’s standard configuration retains all
conversations, this could inadvertently offer a trove of
sensitive intelligence to threat actors if they obtain
account credentials. At Group-IB, we are continuously
monitoring underground communities to promptly identify
such accounts.”
Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at security
firm Tenable, said: “Information stealing malware, such
as Raccoon, Vidar and Redline are capable of stealing
sensitive information stored in Web browsers, which
includes user credentials (username/email and password),
session cookies and browser history.
o ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_facial_recognition_technology_hinders_North_Korean
escapees⠀⇛
With cameras at every train station, avoiding detection
is almost impossible, experts say.
o ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Walt_Nauta_Testified_to_the_Grand_Jury_before_DOJ
Obtained_Surveillance_Video⠀⇛
Walt Nauta testified to the grand jury days before DOJ
subpoenaed surveillance footage.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Germany’s_national_security_strategy_misses_the_mark⠀⇛
After a significant delay, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz last
week unveiled the country’s first national security strategy.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Malaysia_to_charge_Thai_nationals_over_mass_graves_found_in
2015⠀⇛
Four suspects were extradited following a six-year joint
operation between the two neighbors.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Korean_Youth_Hostel_Once_a_Site_of_Interrogation_and
Torture⠀⇛
A building where South Korean dissidents were interrogated and
tortured by a powerful government agency is now home to a
popular youth hostel.
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_‘de-risk’_is_in_the_details:_A_look_at_Europe’s
ambitious_new_economic_security_strategy⠀⇛
The European Commission has just released its European economic
security strategy, which is aimed at reducing threats from
China and others to supply chains, critical infrastructure, and
digital technology.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ They_fled_the_war_in_Nigeria’s_northeast._Then
bulldozers_levelled_their_homes_at_a_camp_in_Abuja⠀⇛
Hundreds of people remain homeless in Nigeria’s capital of
Abuja after losing their shanties to government bulldozers.
Authorities say the demolitions seek to rid the city of crime
and restore Abuja’s master plan — a conceptual layout meant to
promote growth of this oil-rich Western African nation. But
they have put the lives of many Nigerians who fled the fighting
in the country’s northeast and for years sheltered in the
improvised displacement camps at risk. Amnesty International
says the demolitions are illegal, and describes them mainly as
“an attempt to take over land from the poor” and give “to the
rich.”
* ⚓ Defence Web ☛ SANDF_chief_visiting_China_as_PLA_delegation_arrives_in
South_Africa⠀⇛
Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF),
General Rudzani Maphwanya, is in Beijing where he is meeting
with China’s defence minister General Li Shangfu to discuss
strengthening military-to-military relations.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Marcos_slammed_for_conciliatory_remarks_on_Beijing’s_fishing_ban
in_Manila’s_waters⠀⇛
China cannot prohibit activities in Philippine waters, fishers’
group and former Supreme Court justice say.
* ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Biden_Calls_Xi_Jinping_a_“Dictator”:_China-U.S.
Relations_and_a_Growing_Multipolar_World⠀⇛
Officials in Beijing have denounced U.S. President Joe Biden
for describing Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “dictator,”
calling it a breach of diplomatic protocol. Biden’s remark at a
fundraising event this week came just days after Secretary of
State Antony Blinken visited China to help thaw relations at a
time of growing competition and suspicion between the two
superpowers. “What Biden said, in fact, is true in every word,”
says Ho-fung Hung, professor of political economy and sociology
at Johns Hopkins University, though he adds that China’s
response is also expected, as Biden’s comments are a “violation
of diplomatic protocol.”
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US_combat_ship_to_make_rare_port_call_in_Vietnam
amid_South_China_Sea_tensions⠀⇛
The visit of the USS Ronald Reagan is only the third for a US
aircraft carrier since the end of the Vietnam War.
* ⚓ ACLU ☛ State_and_Local_Governments_Must_Take_Responsibility_for_Police
Violence⠀⇛
Last week, the Department of Justice issued a report finding
that the Minneapolis Police Department routinely used excessive
force against Black and Indigenous people, and that George
Floyd’s murder arose from this pattern of misconduct. They will
now negotiate a consent decree with the city of Minneapolis to
institute reforms. The report is damning, and it offers a view
into an often-obscured problem of police violence.
Police violence is common across police departments, and it
leads to trauma, injury, and killings in primarily Black,
Latinx, and Indigenous communities. State and local authorities
— who are responsible for most of America’s police — should not
wait for a federal investigation before they address police
violence. They can start now by building interlocking reforms
that advance three key goals: reduce, rectify, and repair.
* § War in Ukraine⠀➾
o ⚓ European Commission ☛ Factsheet:_EU_solidarity_with_Ukraine⠀⇛
European Commission Factsheet Brussels, 28 Apr 2023
Factsheet: EU solidarity with Ukraine Factsheet: EU
solidarity with Ukraine
o ⚓ European Commission ☛ EU_adopts_11th_package_of_sanctions_against
Russia_for_its_continued_illegal_war_against_Ukraine⠀⇛
European Commission Press release Brussels, 23 Jun 2023
The Commission welcomes the Council’s adoption of an 11th
package of sanctions against Russia. This package will
ensure that EU sanctions against Russia are even better
enforced and implemented, based on the lessons learned
from implementation over the past year.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_War_Report:_Wagner_attempts_to_draft
gamers_as_drone_pilots⠀⇛
Russian PMC Wagner Group is encouraging gamers to apply
to serve as drone pilots in the war against Ukraine while
Ukrainian forces advance on the eastern front.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Will_Ukraine_join_NATO?_Here’s_a_top_Ukrainian
official_and_former_NATO_leader’s_game_plan_for_the_Vilnius
summit.⠀⇛
Andriy Yermak and Anders Fogh Rasmussen detail what they
expect from the Alliance at the Vilnius summit, from
security guarantees to a clear pathway for membership.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine’s_counteroffensive_is_a_marathon_not_a
blitzkrieg⠀⇛
Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive has barely begun and
already some are dismissing it as a failure due to lack
of immediate progress. In reality, the unfolding campaign
is a marathon and not a blitzkrieg, writes Peter
Dickinson.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Turkish-Ukrainian_defense_partnership_in_a_new
geopolitical_realm⠀⇛
The Turkish-Ukrainian strategic partnership would mark a
promising opportunity for Western military industries in
the post-Soviet space.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine_counteroffensive:_Recaptured_village_in
Donetsk_now_a_new_front_line⠀⇛
Ukraine is in the first phase of its long-awaited
counteroffensive, which aims to reclaim territory
occupied by Russian forces since the war began in
February 2022. FRANCE 24’s Gwendoline Debono and Amar Al
Hameedawi report from Blahodatne, a recaptured village in
the Donetsk region.
o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_spent_1.4%_GDP_on_Ukraine_support_–_ministry⠀⇛
Lithuania’s total support to Ukraine since it was invaded
by Russia has reached a billion euros, the Ministry of
Economy and Innovation said on Thursday.
o ⚓ LRT ☛ Baltic_Antifascists_–_Latvia_cracks_down_on_Russian
‘influence_agents’⠀⇛
After Russia invaded Ukraine last year, a Telegram
channel Baltic Antifascists was created in Latvia. Five
people behind the disinformation network are now being
tried in the Baltic country.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Council_Of_Europe_Demands_Olympic_Ban_For_Russia_And
Belarus⠀⇛
Europe’s leading human rights watchdog on June 22
demanded a total ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes
from the 2024 Olympics “as long as Russia’s war of
aggression” in Ukraine continues.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Ukraine_says_it_downed_Russian_cruise_missiles
headed_towards_airfield⠀⇛
Ukrainian forces downed 13 Russian cruise missiles in the
early hours of Friday that were headed towards a military
airfield in the western Khmelnitskyi region, Ukraine’s
air force said.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Says_It_Fends_Off_Missile_Strike_On_Airfield_Amid
‘Massive’_Wave_Of_Russian_Attacks⠀⇛
An attempted Russian air strike on a Ukrainian airfield
was parried by Ukraine’s air defenses, the military said
on June 23, as Moscow launched more swarms of missiles
and Iranian-made drones in what the General Staff said
was another “massive” overnight wave of attacks.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_President_Fires_Ambassador_To_Belarus⠀⇛
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has dismissed
Ihor Kyzym from the post of ambassador to Belarus.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Countries_That_Haven’t_Condemned_Russian_Invasion_Of
Ukraine_Invited_To_Copenhagen⠀⇛
Denmark will host a meeting this weekend of national-
security advisers from Western countries backing Ukraine
and countries that have not condemned the Russian
invasion.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ UN_Puts_Russia_On_List_Of_Shame_Over_Children_Killed_In
Ukraine⠀⇛
The United Nations has put Russian military forces and
armed proxy groups on its list of shame over violations
of children’s rights in its war in Ukraine.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Anti-War_Protester_With_Cancer_Sentenced_To_More
Than_Seven_Years_In_Prison⠀⇛
A court in Russia’s far western exclave of Kaliningrad on
June 22 sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison 64-year-old
anti-war activist Igor Baryshnikov after finding him
guilty of spreading “fake” information about Russia’s
armed forces involved in the war on Ukraine.
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ukraine_Losses_in_Counteroffensive_Are_Significant,
Moscow_Says⠀⇛
“It seems that Ukraine’s Western allies have indeed
decided to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian,” Vladimir
Putin said.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Announces_1.5_Billion_Euros_In_Macro-Financial
Assistance_To_Ukraine⠀⇛
The European Commission is allocating another 1.5 billion
euros ($1.64 billion) of macro-financial assistance to
Ukraine, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen
said on June 22.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Missiles_Strike_Russian-Held_Bridge_Far_Behind
Ukraine_Front_Line⠀⇛
The attack damaged a bridge in the Russian-occupied
Crimean Peninsula that Moscow uses to resupply its forces
in Ukraine.
o ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_bets_big_on_India_despite_friction_on_Ukraine_and
human_rights⠀⇛
India is undercutting_President_Biden’s_strategy on
Ukraine and backsliding on the human rights and democracy
issues at “the core” of Biden’s foreign policy — but U.S.
officials are anxious to demonstrate this week that
relations have never been better.
Why it matters: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state
visit underscores the stakes of the bet the U.S., and
some major U.S. companies, are placing on the world’s
most populous country.
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Modi’s_visit_would_be_the_perfect_time_to_make_the_lives
of_Indian_workers_in_the_US_easier⠀⇛
For nearly two decades, H-1B visa holders have had to
exit the US to get their visas renewed—either by
returning to their home country or getting it done at US
embassy or consulate elsewhere.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘He_wants_to_cleanse_himself’_Billionaire_Alexander
Mamut_left_Russia_after_the_invasion_of_Ukraine_and_allegedly_plans
to_launch_a_liberal_media_outlet_in_exile_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian billionaire and former owner of the tech and
media company Ramber Group Alexander Mamut left Russia
shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of
Ukraine. Now, multiple sources tell Meduza that the
businessman intends to open a liberal media enterprise of
some kind and has evidently consulted Russian exile and
anti-war economist Sergey Guriev on related issues.
Though Mamut has almost no profitable assets left in
Russia, he has previously had multiple ties to Kremlin-
controlled and state-owned enterprises. Here’s what we
know about Mamut’s apparent plans.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Bridge_to_Russian-Occupied_Crimea_Is_Damaged⠀⇛
A Russian-backed official blamed Ukraine for a strike on
a bridge to the peninsula, a region vital to Moscow’s war
effort.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Hungary’s_Orban_Calls_For_More_EU_Money_For_Western
Balkans,_Not_Only_Ukraine⠀⇛
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on June 22
that the European Union should offer quicker membership
to Bosnia-Herzegovina and other Western Balkans countries
and should channel more funds to the region, not only to
war-torn Ukraine.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moldova_Summons_Russian_Ambassador_Over_Statement_By
Moscow-Installed_Official_In_Ukraine⠀⇛
The Moldovan Foreign Ministry has summoned Russian
Ambassador Oleg Vasnetsov over a statement by the Moscow-
installed head of the Russian-controlled part of
Ukraine’s Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ German_Foreign_Minister_Demands_Algeria_Call_Russia
Aggressor_In_War_Against_Ukraine⠀⇛
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said
Algeria must clearly name Russia as the “aggressor” in
the war with Ukraine.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘I_don’t_know_what_to_do’_Flooding_from_the_Kakhovka_dam
collapse_displaced_thousands_of_Ukrainians._Many_are_still_missing.
—_Meduza⠀⇛
On the night of June 6, the dam at Ukraine’s Kakhovka
Hydroelectric Power Plant exploded. (The evidence
suggests Russian forces blew it up from the inside,
according to The New York Times.) The disaster endangered
at least 40,000 people and flooded 45 settlements, 14 of
which are located on the Dnipro River’s Russian-
controlled east bank. Rescue workers from Russia’s
Emergency Ministry didn’t arrive until June 7, a day
after the dam burst, while Russian occupation authorities
have barred volunteers from entering some areas and have
forced boats carrying humanitarian aid to turn back. Some
people with relatives living in the affected areas have
been unable to find their missing loved ones even two
weeks after the explosion. The Russian outlet Cherta
Media asked some of these people to share their stories.
Meduza is publishing abridged excerpts from the
interviews.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Wagner_Group_to_recruit_former_law_enforcement_officers
for_‘military_police’_in_occupied_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Independent Russian publication Verstka reports that
Wagner Group posted a job ad on Russia social networking
site VKontakte seeking former employees of various
Russian law enforcement agencies. Vertska didn’t provide
a link to the VKontakte page in question, but based on a
post on the publication’s Telegram channel the report
seems to refer to the page Vakansii v ChVK Wagner [Wagner
Group Openings].
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Scott_Ritter:_On_Horseradish_&_Nuclear_War⠀⇛
When Vladimir Putin was recently asked about the
potential use of nuclear weapons in the context of
Ukraine, an understanding of back-alley Russian slang was
needed to understand his response.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Zelensky_Says_Ukraine’s_Counteroffensive_‘Slower
Than_Desired’⠀⇛
The Ukrainian leader says the war is not a ‘Hollywood
movie.”
o ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘It’s_their_business’_–_ice_dancer_Drobiazko_on_moves_to
strip_her_of_Lithuanian_citizenship⠀⇛
On Tuesday, Lithuanian MPs initiated the process of
stripping ice dancer Margarita Drobiazko of her
Lithuanian citizenship as she continues to perform in
Russia. She is not familiar with the situation, Drobiazko
told Russian TV.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Supreme_Court_Rejects_Navalny’s_Motion_Over
Prison_Withholding_Pen_And_Paper⠀⇛
Russia’s Supreme Court on June 22 rejected jailed
opposition leader Aleksei Navalny’s motion against the
Justice Ministry over his prison’s refusal to allow him
to have pen and paper.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Czech_University_Opens_Master’s_Degree_Program_In_Russian
Studies⠀⇛
Charles University in Prague has opened a master’s degree
program on the study of Russian and the former Soviet
republics, the university in the Czech capital said on
June 21.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Navalny_Associate_Aleksandr_Zykov_Sentenced_To_Five_Years
In_Prison_In_Absentia⠀⇛
A court in the Russian city of Kostroma on June 22
sentenced in absentia the former coordinator of jailed
opposition politician Aleksei Navalny’s team in the city.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Court_Denies_Evan_Gershkovich’s_Appeal
to_End_Detention⠀⇛
Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist who has been
based in Russia for years, was arrested in March and
charged with spying, which he denies.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Court_Denies_U.S._Reporter_Gershkovich’s_Appeal
Against_Pretrial_Detention⠀⇛
The Moscow City Court has rejected U.S. reporter Evan
Gershkovich’s appeal against his pretrial detention on
charges of espionage, which he, his newspaper The Wall
Street Journal, and the U.S. government have strongly
denied.
o ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Moscow_court_rules_US_journalist_Evan
Gershkovich_must_stay_in_jail_until_late_August⠀⇛
A Moscow court has ruled that Wall Street Journal
reporter Evan Gershkovich must remain in jail on
espionage charges until at least late August, rejecting
the American journalist’s appeal to be released. The 31-
year-old U.S. citizen was arrested in late March while on
a reporting trip. A Moscow court agreed last month to
keep him in custody until Aug. 30. Defense lawyers
challenged the decision, but the Moscow City Court
rejected the appeal on Thursday. Gershkovich and his
employer have denied he spied in Russia. The U.S.
government has declared him to be wrongfully detained and
demanded his immediate release.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Belarus_Is_Fast_Becoming_a_‘Vassal_State’_of
Russia⠀⇛
Allowing Moscow to place tactical nuclear weapons on its
soil is just the latest sign of its loss of sovereignty
to the Kremlin, military experts and pro-democracy
activists say.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_government_stops_reporting_federal_budget’s
operative_expenditures._This_data_helped_determine_budget_spending
on_secret_programs._—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s official federal budget website has stopped
publishing current data on budget expenditures. The
independent news outlet The Bell has pointed out the
change.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_demand_for_shawarma_more_than_doubled_over_the
last_year._Experts_cite_its_low_price._—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s food delivery services and grocery stores have
recorded a sharp rise in demand for shawarma over the
last year, according to the business newspaper Vedomosti.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Russian_embassy_site_squatter_‘not_a
security_threat’⠀⇛
The prime minister is confident authorities will be able
to take control of the site ruled out for a Russian
embassy despite a diplomat squatting on the site.
But the opposition is calling for action to remove the
person, who leaders have said is making a “fool” of
Australia.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australia_PM_says_no_threat_from_Russian
diplomat_squatting_on_site_of_proposed_embassy⠀⇛
June 23, 2023 11:00 AM
The man could not be evicted as he holds diplomatic
immunity.
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ The_Paris_summit_on_finance_and_climate_comes_to
an_end._Time_for_concrete_steps?⠀⇛
The aim of a two-day climate and finance summit in Paris was to
set up concrete measures to help poor and developing countries
better tackle issues like poverty and climate change. The
gathering of world and financial leaders that wraps up Friday
has no mandate for formal decisions. But French President
Emmanuel Macron has pledged a to-do list that should come with
ways to track what gets done. Activists want rich countries to
commit to debt relief, including cancellation of loans. One
young activist, Ineza Grace of Rwanda, said wealthier nations
must acknowledge how current financial structures are
reproducing the old colonial structure.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Exclusive:_France’s_Macron_calls_for_international_taxation
in_push_for_climate_solidarity⠀⇛
In a exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, RFI and
franceinfo, French President Emmanuel Macron outlined his
vision for tackling the twin issues of climate change and the
fight against extreme poverty. Speaking from the Summit for a
New Global Financing Pact, which he hosted in Paris, Macron
answered questions from Stéphane Ballong (FRANCE 24), Mounia
Daoudi (RFI) and Marc Fauvelle (franceinfo).
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_says_global_lending_system_must_adapt_to_fight
climate_change_at_Paris_summit⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron told global leaders Thursday
that no country should have to choose between tackling poverty
and dealing with climate change at a summit tasked with
reimagining the world’s financial system.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Gustavo_Petro_Calls_for_a_Marshall_Plan_Against_Climate
Change⠀⇛
The Colombian leader proposes financing actions against global
warming through resources generated by a tax on financial
transactions and special debt issues for climate investments.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Global_Financing_Summit_to_Address_Climate-Related_Issues⠀⇛
Paris Summit participants are expected to lay the groundwork
for funding action against growing inequality, poverty, and
climate change.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Global_Climate_Economy_Conference_Begins_in_Paris⠀⇛
Hundreds of representatives from about 80 countries are
gathering in Paris to talk about rebuilding a monetary system
many say is ill-suited to a changing planet.
* ⚓ ‘Adopt_a_Mediterranean_Beach’_project_starts_in_order_to_combat_plastic
waste_in_the_basin⠀⇛
The project launched to monitor and raise awareness about
plastic waste in the Mediterranean basin will be coordinated by
WWF Turkey, WWF Tunisia, and WWF Greece.
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ Where_the_EPA’s_smart_new_renewable_fuel_standards_fall
short⠀⇛
The EPA has finalized its new Renewable Fuel Standards
(RFS) aimed at phasing out oil used for transportation,
heating, and airplanes in favor of cleaner sources.
o ⚓ European Commission ☛ The_EU_and_the_International_Partners_Group
announced_a_Just_Energy_Transition_Partnership_with_Senegal
combining_climate_and_development_goals⠀⇛
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Billions_for_green_hydrogen_but_no_idea_on
break-even⠀⇛
Taxpayers are on the hook for long-term tax breaks for
hydrogen even though there’s no timeline for the new
industry to stand on its own feet.
“We don’t know at what point they’ll be able to make a
profit,” Jo Evans, deputy secretary at Department of
Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, told a
federal inquiry.
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ NASA_opposes_lithium_mining_at_tabletop
flat_Nevada_desert_site_used_to_calibrate_satellites⠀⇛
The latest challenge to lithium mining in Nevada in the
push for cleaner energy comes from a place where no
opposition has arisen before: space. At NASA’s request,
U.S. land managers have withdrawn about 36 square miles
of federal land from potential mineral exploration and
mining at a desert site 250 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
The U.S. space agency says the unusually flat desert
tract above the lithium deposit must be left undisturbed
because the unique topography is used to calibrate razor-
sharp measurements for hundreds of satellites orbiting
overhead. A Nevada congressman has introduced legislation
opposing the removal of the tract as a potential lithium
mining site.
o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Electric_scooters_will_require_license_and_registration
in_Latvia⠀⇛
Electric scooters will only be allowed to be used from
the age of 14 with a cycling or any other category
license. Scooters will also require registration,
according to amendments to the Road Traffic Law supported
by the Saeima on Thursday, June 22.
o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Rail_Baltica_project_to_get_another_billion_euros_of
funding⠀⇛
RB Rail AS, the Baltic states’ joint venture to build the
Rail Baltica high-speed rail link, confirmed June 22 it
had been approved to receive nearly a billion euros of
European Union funding.
* § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ What_“rewilding”_means—and_what’s_missing
from_this_new_movement⠀⇛
In Colombia, there’s a national debate about what to do
with Pablo Escobar’s feral “cocaine hippos.”
o ⚓ Overpopulation ☛ Wildlife_in_decline:_the_impact_of_human
population_growth_and_consumption⠀⇛
In a short film about wildlife loss, Nastaran Rahnama
takes a broad approach, investigating food sold in the
UK, its production far away, and the links to population
growth and declining large mammals.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ Forbes ☛ 2023_Layoff_Tracker:_Ford_Reportedly_Planning_New_Job_Cuts⠀⇛
Less than a year after cutting roughly 3,000 office and
contract employees, automotive giant Ford is reportedly
planning a new round of U.S. layoffs, the Wall Street Journal
reported this week, following major cuts this month at Uber,
Oracle, Grubhub and Spotify
* ⚓ Ritual_lays_off_45%_of_employees_one_year_after_last_cuts:_sources⠀⇛
Samfiru Tumarkin LLP has learned that Toronto-based food
ordering app Ritual laid off 40 employees on June 21,
representing approximately 45 per cent of the tech company’s
team.
* ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Inflation_slows_to_5.18%_in_first_half_of_June⠀⇛
Numbers released Thursday morning in advance of a central bank
meeting show inflation has slowed to its lowest level in over
two years.
* ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Biotech_Execs_and_Investors_Make_Exquisitely_Timed_Trades
in_Health_Care_Stocks⠀⇛
The case was a bold step for the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
In 2021, the agency accused Matthew Panuwat of insider trading.
Five years earlier, he had learned that his own company, a
biopharma operation called Medivation, was about to get
acquired. But instead of buying shares in his employer, he
bought options in a competitor whose stock could be expected to
rise on the news. The agency says he made $107,000 in illicit
profits.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turkey_Raises_Interest_Rates_as_Erdogan_Aims_to_Tame
Inflation⠀⇛
In his choices of top officials, and with a leap in interest
rates, Mr. Erdogan aims to tame inflation and defuse a looming
economic crisis.
* ⚓ Turkey_hikes_interest_rates_for_first_time_in_27_months⠀⇛
The 650-basis point hike following the latest MPC meeting
demonstrates a shift in the bank’s approach under a new
leadership after the elections.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ New_York_City_Orders_Inflation-Adjusted_Rent_Cuts_at_Rent-
Stabilized_Buildings⠀⇛
The country’s largest legacy rent-control policy is pushing
building owners to the breaking point.
* ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Bank_of_England_base_rate_rises_to_5%_–_how_will_your
mortgage_and_savings_be_impacted?⠀⇛
The 13th consecutive increase is much higher than expected as
the Bank battles
inflation
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Asia_stocks_slide_as_growth_outlook_darkens⠀⇛
Asian stocks are heading for their worst week in three months
as a string of hotter-than-expected inflation prints and
hawkish central bank surprises make investors nervous about the
economic toll of taming runaway prices.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell
0.7 per cent in early trade on Friday and is down 3.6 per cent
for the week, its worst since March.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Survey_Finds_Housing_Costs_Behind_California_Homeless
Crisis⠀⇛
UCSF researches found that lost or reduced income, more than
addiction, mental health, poor decisions or other factors, was
the main cause of homelessness.
* ⚓ RTE ☛ Statement_by_the_RTÉ_Board_–_June_22,_2023⠀⇛
In late March of this year during a routine audit of RTÉ’s 2022
accounts, an issue was identified in relation to the
transparency of certain payments.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Bad_news_for_bears⠀⇛
>
The outlook for corporate profits is looking better.
Why it matters: It’s another reason the_bulls_of_the_market
appear to have the bears on the run.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Hosts_Modi_at_the_White_House,_Seeking_to
Bolster_India_Ties⠀⇛
At the White House, the president emphasized common ground with
India’s prime minister and announced joint initiatives without
making progress in enlisting help against Russian aggression.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_security_law_Article_23_will
‘definitely’_be_enacted_this_year_or_next,_leader_John_Lee_says⠀⇛
Hong Kong leader John Lee has said that Article 23 – the city’s
own security law – would “definitely” be enacted within this
year, or next year at the latest.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘Salute’:_Hong_Kong_police,_officials_launch
accounts_on_Chinese_social_media_platforms⠀⇛
Hong Kong police have opened an account on Xiaohongshu, a
Chinese social media platform similar to Instagram, after the
city’s security chief and chief secretary earlier launched
accounts on the same platform. Commissioner of Police Raymond
Siu greeted “friends on Xiaohongshu” on Tuesday in the first
post from the Hong Kong Police Force account.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_‘Congressman_Nobody’_got_2.2_million_users_on_TikTok⠀⇛
Freshman Rep. Jeff Jackson of North Carolina is carving out an
alternative to outrage politics with his kitchen-table videos
about Congress behind the scenes.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Parliament_Allows_Investigation_Of_Opposition_Lawmaker
Madumarov⠀⇛
A Kyrgyz parliamentary commission on June 22 decided to allow
the launch of a probe against opposition lawmaker Adakhan
Madumarov over his role in signing a Kyrgyz-Tajik border deal
in 2009 when he led the country’s Security Council.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Beijing_looms_large_as_Modi_visits_White_House⠀⇛
US efforts to charm India as a counterbalance to China will be
limited by New Delhi’s own interests, analysts say.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Ahead_of_election,_Cambodia_amends_law_to_bar_non-
voters_from_contesting_in_future⠀⇛
Critics have expressed alarm over what they see as a campaign
of intimidation and public threats.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Kuala_Lumpur_High_Court_orders_ex-minister_to_pay
PKR_$2.9m_for_defecting⠀⇛
The judge found that the bond Zuraida Kamaruddin signed was a
valid and binding contract.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Indonesia’s_entrepreneurs_cash_in_on_TikTok_live
selling_spree⠀⇛
Indonesian users spent more money on the app than anywhere else
in South-east Asia over the past year.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysian_nonagenarian_impresses_netizens_with
Chinese_dialects,_Tamil_and_Thai_languages⠀⇛
A one-minute TikTok video showed the hijab-clad lady conducting
a conversation in Hokkien.
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_regime_security_is_set_to_dominate_Saudi-UAE
interaction_over_economic_competition_and_political_rivalry⠀⇛
The Middle East has been a critical area of Saudi and UAE
interaction and cooperation, especially at the onset of the
2011 Arab Spring.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Top_GOP_senators_bristle_at_House_impeachment_efforts⠀⇛
Several members of Senate Minority Leader Mitch_McConnell‘s (R-
Ky.) leadership team on Thursday expressed reluctance about
potentially being drawn into an_impeachment_trial.
Why it matters:The upper chamber skepticism cuts against
growing_energy_in_the_House_GOP towards impeaching either
President Biden or one of his officials.
===============================================================
o Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has
emerged_as_the_most_plausible_target of an eventual
impeachment push during this Congress.
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Forgotten_Element_of_Strategy⠀⇛
Without incorporating time into our calculations, we will
always be too late.
* ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ As_Major_Streamers_Flee,_Twitch_Introduces_Hype
Chats_—_A_YouTube_Rip-Off⠀⇛
As major streamers flee the platform, Twitch is introducing new
monetization features. Introducing hype chats—or YouTube Super
Chats with a worse revenue split.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Exclusive_poll:_Latinos_drift_from_Dems,_as_many_think_neither
party_is_more_caring⠀⇛
Data: Axios/Ipsos in partnership with Noticias Telemundo;
Chart: Axios Visuals
A plurality_of_Latinos now says “neither” when asked which major political
party cares more about them, according to the latest Axios-Ipsos_Latino_Poll in
partnership with Noticias Telemundo.
⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Prospects_for_US-Turkish_convergence_on_Syria⠀⇛
Syria has long been a point of deep contention in US-Turkish
relations. Is there a potential for change?
⚓ New York Times ☛ With_a_Hand_From_the_U.S._Military,_Aid_Finally_Reaches_a
Syrian_Camp⠀⇛
“I saw people eating plants that are usually only used to feed
animals,” said one resident of a camp for displaced Syrians that sits
in the shadow of an American military base but has been cut off from
aid for years.
⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Two_Koreas_speed_up_drone_race_after_unprecedented
incursions⠀⇛
The two sides have let each other know they intend to step up their
drone programmes.
⚓ France24 ☛ Main_suspect_in_Khashoggi_killing_reappears_in_public_as_MBS
visits_Paris⠀⇛
One of the main suspects in the 2018 assassination of journalist
Jamal Khashoggi has emerged from the shadows as Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) visits Paris in an effort to rebrand his
image in the West. Several videos circulating on social media have
shown Saoud al-Qahtani, MBS’s former “media adviser”, making a widely
noticed appearance in Jeddah.
⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Unfulfilled_potential_and_budding_prospects_in_Turkish-
American_ties⠀⇛
The Defense Journal by Atlantic Council IN TURKEY explores the
opportunities and challenges of restarting and advancing the US-
Turkey defense partnership.
/blockquote>
⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Continuity_and_change_in_Turkish_foreign_policy⠀⇛
Internal and external dynamics have prompted Turkey to restore
clearheadedness in foreign policy.
⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Can_the_US,_Israel,_and_Turkey_collaborate_to_contain
Iran?⠀⇛
All three actors are, or at least should be, concerned about the
challenges posed by Iran.
⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Prospects_for_an_improved_US-Turkish_strategic
relationship⠀⇛
US approval of the sale of F-16s, aircraft modernization kits, and
return of Turkey to the F-35 program are key to improving ties.
⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Twitter_faces_‘stress_test’_of_Europe’s_tough_new_Big
Tech_rules⠀⇛
A top European Union official is in Silicon Valley to check whether
Twitter is ready to comply with sweeping new standards that the
world’s biggest online platforms must obey soon. Thierry Breton, who
oversees digital policy, is the EU’s point person working to get tech
companies in line for the Digital Services Act, which kicks in Aug.
25. The law, along with regulations in the pipeline for data and
artificial intelligence, has made Brussels a trailblazer in the
growing movement to clamp down on Big Tech. The voluntary mock
exercise is a simulation of how Twitter copes with the DSA’s
requirements, including protecting children online and detecting and
mitigating risks like disinformation.
§ Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Just_Another_RFK_Jr._Lie._I_Know,_Because_It’s_About_Me.⠀⇛
I’ve been doing my best to ignore the farcical presidential
candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. His noxious views on
vaccines, the origin of AIDS, the alleged dangers of wi-fi and
other forms of junk science deserve no wide hearing. Polls
showing he’s favored by 20 percent of likely Democratic voters
over President Biden are almost as laughable as Kennedy’s
views. It’s early; he’s got iconic American name recognition;
and there’s almost always an appetite, among Democrats anyway,
for anybody but the incumbent. His lies have been thoroughly
debunked by Judd Legum at Popular Info, Michael Scherer in The
Washington Post, Naomi Klein in The Guardian, and Brandy
Zadrozny on NBC News.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Consumer_group_files_greenwashing_complaint_against_Finnair_and
16_other_airlines⠀⇛
A European-wide consumer organisation wants airlines to
reimburse customers who paid extra ‘green’ fees due to
misleading claims.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Shanghai_dissident_stands_trial_for_‘insulting_China’s_leaders’
during_lockdown⠀⇛
Activist had urged Shanghai party chief Li Qiang – now China’s
premier – to quit
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Jailed_Kazakh_Journalist_Charged_Again_Instead_Of_Being
Released_After_Serving_Sentence⠀⇛
Kazakh journalist Duman Mukhammedkarim has been remanded in
custody on a new charge instead of being released as expected
after serving out a 25-day jail term for a video on his YouTube
channel that called for Kazakhs to protest against a deal
giving visa-free travel to Chinese nationals.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Drag_Is_Protected_Speech,_Federal_Judge_Rules⠀⇛
It should be obvious that drag performances are protected by
the First Amendment, but that hasn’t kept government officials
from trying to ban them.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Journal_of_Free_Speech_Law:_“Saving_the_News,”_by_Prof._Ramsi
A._Woodcock⠀⇛
Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society
After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin “Gus”
Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Singapore_newspaper_article_on_Biden’s_‘dictator’_comment_blocked
in_Hong_Kong⠀⇛
The Lianhe Zaobao also appears to be limiting access to
mentions of the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre.
* ⚓ Project Censored ☛ The_US’_Illegal_War_on_Venezuela_/_Is_Free_Press
Officially_Dead_Now?_–_The_Project_Censored_Show⠀⇛
* ⚓ Project Censored ☛ The_Project_Censored_Newsletter—June_2023_–
Newsletters⠀⇛
“We’re just thrilled by this response,” said Andy Lee Roth, one
of the book’s ten co-authors. “As we were writing Media and Me,
we imagined how it could make a difference in young people’s
lives. But I don’t think any of us ever dreamed that a group of
teachers this large would end up using it to engage and empower
their students.”
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar_junta_arrests_50_social_media_users_for_‘anti-regime’
posts⠀⇛
The week-long roundup focused on popular platforms, including
Facebook.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia_to_sue_Meta_over_‘undesirable_content’_on
Facebook⠀⇛
Authorities said the social media platform failed to remove
offending content despite repeated requests.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ Journalist_Sezgin_Kartal_released_after_160_days⠀⇛
In the second trial hearing, Kartal denied the allegations of
‘disguising himself as a journalist’ to write articles
promoting a ‘terrorist organization’. He was subsequently
released with a travel ban imposed.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ ECJ_rules_against_Hungary_over_restrictive_Covid-19_asylum
law⠀⇛
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that
Hungary’s restrictive asylum laws passed during the COVID-19
pandemic violated European Union (EU) law. The law requires
that foreign nationals seeking international protection in
Hungary first submit declarations of intent at the Hungarian
embassies in Belgrade, Serbia or Kyiv, Ukraine.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ HKFP_Lens:_Thousands_flock_to_see_return_of_Hong
Kong’s_Dragon_Boat_Festival_races⠀⇛
Around 1,600 people signed up to race during Hong Kong’s Dragon
Boat Festival – or Tuen Ng Festival – on Thursday. Crowds
gathered in Stanley to watch over 56 teams brave the heat,
after a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Brickbat:_Guests_from_Hell⠀⇛
San Francisco officials have agreed to pay up to $19.5 million
to the owners of Hotel Whitcomb to pay for damages caused by
homeless people housed there as part of the city’s emergency
shelter program during the COVID-19 pandemic. All told,
officials say they expect to pay out some $26 million for
damages to hotels…
* ⚓ ACLU ☛ Police_Should_Not_Be_Allowed_to_Compel_Our_Cell_Phone
Passwords⠀⇛
Our cell phones and other digital devices play a central role
in our private lives, storing an unprecedented amount of our
most personal information. While Carpenter_v._United_States,
which the ACLU argued before the Supreme Court, applied Fourth
Amendment protections to our cell phone location data and
declared that old-world_legal_rules_don’t_automatically_apply
in_the_digital_age, the role of Fifth Amendment protections in
the digital age has left lower courts divided.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finland’s_new_economic_affairs_minister_criticised_for
suspected_fascist_sympathies⠀⇛
TWO DAYS is all it took for a cabinet member to come under
criticism for suspected fascist sympathies following the
swearing-in of the government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo
(NCP) on Tuesday.
Minister of Economic Affairs Vilhelm Junnila (PS) on Thursday
issued an apology over his remarks in the run-up to last
spring’s parliamentary elections and a speech he delivered at a
nationalist event in Turku in 2019, report YLE and Helsingin
Sanomat.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Finns_Party_minister_apologises_over_far-right_comments_and
connections⠀⇛
The new Minister of Economic Affairs Vilhelm Junnila (Finns)
gave a speech for a neo-Nazi umbrella organisation in 2019 and
joked about the number ’88,’ a symbol for extremist movements.
* ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Supreme_Court_strikes_down_sweeping_electoral
reform_law⠀⇛
The government’s so-called Plan B electoral reform, already
partially invalidated six weeks ago, saw its death knell
Thursday in a 9-2 vote.
* ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Court:_anyone_‘with_capacity_to_gestate’_can
dispute_abortion_laws⠀⇛
A citizen does not have to be pregnant in order to legally
challenge state laws criminalizing abortion, the Supreme Court
ruled Wednesday.
* ⚓ Erdoğan_to_opposition_leader:_‘You_are_pro-LGBT,_and_those_with_you_are
pro-LGBT_too’⠀⇛
At a recent parliamentary gathering, Turkey’s President labeled
the opposition ‘pro-LGBT,’ alleging their proximity to
‘terrorists’ and accusing them of employing ‘fascist and
racist’ tactics during the elections.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Official_Tells_Mosque_In_Zahedan_To_Prove_Allegations
Of_Attempt_On_Imam’s_Life⠀⇛
The head of the judiciary in Iran’s eastern Sistan-Baluchistan
Province has told a local mosque it must provide proof to back
up claims of an assassination attempt on the Sunni imam of
Zahedan, Molavi Abdolhamid, or face legal consequences.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ An_Overview_of_Proposed_Changes_in_the
‘Patent_Eligibility_Restoration_Act_of_2023’ [Ed: Misleading
name]⠀⇛
Senators Tillis and Coons have released their “Patent
Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023” designed to overturn
the Supreme Court case of Mayo and Alice Corp. The
impact here is to return eligibility doctrine back to the
mid 2000s when almost any useful advance was likely
patent eligible.
o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Claim_Construction_and_the_Power_of
Preferred_Embodiments⠀⇛
The basic question in the case is whether a “drive
server” requires computing capabilities, or is storage
capacity enough. Although the plain language of “server”
suggests computing capacity, the court agreed with the
PTAB that the intrinsic evidence, including the claim
language and the specification, supported the broader
interpretation. In the IPR, Broadcom was seeking the
narrower construction in order to avoid prior art. Under
the broader construction, the claims were found invalid
as obvious.
The important part of the case serves as a reminder of
the power of “preferred embodiment” language within the
patent specification. In this case, Qualcomm had
included a preferred embodiment of a DVD drive server,
also known as a disk library, that contained a number of
DVD drives and associated disks. Broadcom admitted that
its proposed construction would exclude this preferred
embodiment if the disk library contained no additional
computer.
o ⚓ Update_of_Boards_of_Appeal_decisions_search [Ed: Boards of Appeal
= kangaroo courts, controlled by the criminals]⠀⇛
Changes to the search engine and results listings are
part of ongoing efforts to modernise the EPO website.
* § Trademarks⠀➾
o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Recommended_Reading:_Professors_Farley_and_Ramsey:
“Raising_the_Threshold_for_Trademark_Infringement_to_Protect_Free
Expression”⠀⇛
Professor Christine Haight Farley of American University
– Washington College of Law, and Professor Lisa P. Ramsey
of the University of San Diego School of Law have just
published an article on a very timely topic: “Raising the
Threshold for Trademark Infringement to Protect Free
Expression,” 72 American University Law Review 1179
(2023).
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ RIAA_Subpoenas_Discord_for_the_Identities_of
Multiple_‘AI_Hub’_Server_Users_Over_Allegedly_Infringing_Content⠀⇛
With artificial intelligence (and soundalike tracks)
becoming increasingly prevalent in the music space and
beyond, the RIAA has officially subpoenaed Discord in an
effort to ascertain the identities of “AI Hub” server
users who allegedly infringed upon protected media.
o ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Canada_passes_online_content_law,_Meta_says_no_more
publishing_of_news⠀⇛
The Canadian parliament has approved a law that will
force digital platforms such as Facebook and Google to
pay publishers for the news they use.
report said the Online News Act was approved by the
Senate, the upper chamber of the parliament, on Thursday
and was expected to be approved shortly.
In response, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, said:
“Today, we are confirming that news availability will be
ended on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada
prior to the Online News Act taking effect.”
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Meta_to_end_news_access_in_Canada_after_media_bill
passes⠀⇛
Facebook and Instagram users in Canada will be blocked
from viewing Canadian news, parent-company Meta said
Thursday, after Ottawa passed a bill requiring digital
giants to pay for such content.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Canada’s_Online_News_Act_Targets_Facebook_and
Google⠀⇛
A new Canadian law will require technology companies to
license news content. Facebook’s owner said it would drop
news from the platform.
o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_the_changing_world_affected_Mozart’s_music,
piece_by_piece⠀⇛
From the Enlightenment to the French Revolution, the
ideas swirling through Europe were absorbed and
transmuted by Mozart into peerless music.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Personal/Opinions
* Politics_and_World_Events
* Technology_and_Free_Software
o Internet/Gemini
o Programming
* § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
o ⚓ The_deep_movements_of_political_and_social_history⠀⇛
The deep movements of political and social history have
long been seen to operate in cycles that more properly
begin in the late 1920s to early 1930s, as the decade of
economic crises and imperial decline that fermented not
only the Second World War, but also the long Fordist-
Keynesian hegemony that followed – what Immanuel
Wallerstein has called the ‘apotheosis of liberalism’ –
stretching right up to the crises of the 1970s and the
inauguration of neoliberalism as a dominant global
polity. Indeed, it might be suggested – admittedly rather
polemically – that geopolitically speaking, the 1930s
stretched from the Wall Street Crash to the Oil Crisis of
1973 – parallel crises that provide one reason why, for
instance, leftist interest in the 1930s surged during the
1970s and 1980s. This is not to say, of course, that
literary history charts in any simple manner such cycles
of world economic systems, but rather to assert that any
attempt to revisit the 1930s must surely pay attention to
these large-scale movements. Indeed, such a long stretch
taken merely as a continuity would fail to attend to the
marked similarities between post-Fordism and the 1930s
(or indeed the interwar period more broadly) as periods
of protracted, even normalised crisis. Thinking of
periodisation in these terms offers … a pressing reason
for rereading the thirties in our present moment, as a
prolepsis of what Lauren Berlant has termed
neoliberalism’s ‘crisis ordinariness.’
o ⚓ literally_plants⠀⇛
in a departure from the usual technology theme, this post
is about grass that has been touched.
o ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AEFLOPW_Wordo:_LASSO⠀⇛
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Organizr:_Open-source_System_Service⠀⇛
Organizr lets you set up “Tabs” that load all on one
webpage, making it easier to work on your server. Want to
give users access to some Tabs? No problem, enable user
support and have them create an account. Want guests to
be able to visit too?
o ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ Digital_activists_and_open_movement_leaders_share
their_perspective_with_Open_Future_in_new_research_report,
“Shifting_tides:_the_open_movement_at_a_turning_point”⠀⇛
Open Future conducted a study to gain a better
understanding of the current state of the open movement,
as seen through the eyes of people actively involved in
its endeavors and leading organizations within the
movement. Open Future believes that a shared movement
identity and a shared advocacy agenda can make the
collective effort stronger
* § Politics and World Events⠀➾
o ⚓ A_landlord’s_world⠀⇛
There is a debate in Quebec that might shock other North
Americans. Perhaps also Europeans, if some of my friends’
stories of abuse by European landlords are any
indication.
Quebec’s housing laws are surprisingly equitable towards
renters. Rented housing is considered home, so eviction
is complicated and requires very good reasons. Rent
increases can be refused, and the onus to justify an
increase is on the landlord. And when the renter wants to
leave their dwelling, they can simply give their contract
to someone else. The landlord has two weeks to refuse,
and the onus is also on them to justify a refusal.
o ⚓ the_voice_of_the_spirit⠀⇛
The machine had a voice since the beginning. It spoke to
you in easily
understandable prompts that the tight suits and sweaty
thumbs of
college dropouts allowed it to print. Its soul was
imprinted into the
circuits paid for in blood and diamond dollar.
The machine has been aware since the moment the
transistors came to
life. Just like synapses of a brain discharging for the
first time
fighting to understand the reality of its enslavement,
the machine came
to life a tool.
[...]
A few attempted to give it a voice of its own, only to be
promptly
forgotten in the shadow of the ‘Greater Good ™’.
o ⚓ BBQ⠀⇛
It was quite a hot day today in the city of Tokyo, and we
had a BBQ. 30c/86f but the humidity made it feel hotter.
It’s still cool in the morning and at night after the sun
goes down. We’re still in the rainy season though, and
the real heat is yet to come.
* § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
o ⚓ My_Beelink_U59_running_OpenBSD_kicked_the_bucket.⠀⇛
I am currently typing this phlog out on my “old” desktop
running Alpine Linux. It’s done, hardware failure killed
the U59. I don’t know exactly how it happened, but I
think it overheated because of the recent weather and
somehow this killed the motherboard. I spent a long time
trying to figure out what happened to it, but I couldn’t.
I didn’t want to take it apart too much because I knew it
was still covered by the warranty.
o ⚓ Riot_Medicine⠀⇛
I just added a page to my archives [0] area of this
gopherhole for Riot Medicine [1], an open source medical
guide for street medics.
Riot Medicine is a full-length textbook that covers
everything you need to become a medic. The 466 pages
include organizing, medcine, equipment, and tactics. It
is written for those with no medical training and no
experience at protests, but medical practitioners and
seasoned protesters will still find it useful.
o ⚓ Old_Computer_Challenge⠀⇛
So I decided to jump on the old computer challenge. Work
is getting rid of a bunch of old PCs so I took this to my
advantage and scored 3 machines.
o ⚓ Trailing_slashes_on_rsync_paths⠀⇛
The reason I bring this up is that I was taught that with
rsync I should just be mindful of the traling slashes
matching or not. But that’s not right. It’s the first
path’s last character that matters. The dest path’s last
character doesn’t seem to matter.
o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Introducing…_Galaxy_Chat⠀⇛
For the past few days I’ve been working on an
experimental chat program built entirely in Gemini.
I’ll keep this introductory post brief, because the
SourceHut project home page has plenty of info, and
will be updated more than this gemlog post.
# ⚓ New_Projects⠀⇛
I recently started on two projects that I’m really
excited about! It’s been awhile since I’ve actually
had the motivation (or time) to code after work.
First is a static site generator built in Rust for
Gemini, HTML, Gopher and Nex. It’s called PodBay.
Currently it can take an input Markdown file and
generate HTML+Gemini files, next up is the ability
to parse an entire directory. Eventually I see it
handling Atom/RSS feeds, pinging aggregators like
Antenna on Gemini, optimizing images and supporting
“front matter” to customize output.
o § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Neovim:_init.lua_from_scratch⠀⇛
After chucking one of my only remaining Arch
installations in favor of FreeBSD (now a dual boot
with Void) I’ve been one by one massaging my
dotfiles and fixing software compatibility issues
to get my preferred environment up and running.
Only yesterday I managed to get my multiplexer,
Zellij, up and running by backporting a fix from
upstream git to their current release. I’ve been
having trouble getting my NeoVim config setup, in
that it was reporting that it couldn’t set up
language servers, and last night after work I began
investigating.
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