𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Tuesday, July 11, 2023
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⦿ IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 10, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ [Meme] Getting a Promotion at Microsoft | Techrights
⦿ Links 11/07/2023: Mint Release Soon | Techrights
⦿ WHERE ARE THE JOURNALISTS? | Techrights
⦿ In YouTube, Google May Have Defrauded Advertisers (Cheated to the Tune of Billions of Dollars Per Year) | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/07/11/irc-log-100723/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/07/11/microsoft-professional-liars/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/07/11/mint-release-soon/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/07/11/where-are-the-journalists/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/07/11/youtube-advertisers/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/07/11/mastodon-blog-comments-automation/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/07/11/media-already-lies-about-layoffs/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/07/11/microsoft-layoffs-ireland/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/07/11/neil-mcgovern-problems-again/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/07/11/suse-rhel-fork/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/07/11/waning-world-wide-web/#comments
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✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Monday,_July_10,_2023⠀✐
Posted in IRC_Logs at 2:51 am by Needs Sunlight
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* gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-100723.gmi
* gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-100723.gmi
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✐ [Meme]_Getting_a_Promotion_at_Microsoft⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 2:07 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Calling Mr. Redmond, calling Mr. Redmond…
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇There_are_no_layoffs;_OK,_there_are_layoffs,_but_hardly_any;
Nadella:_good_job,_lads⦈_
Summary: Microsoft has high demand for workers right now… professional_liars on
demand
Bonus: The fate of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ was sealed when a pathological liar was
appointed as CEO. Employees who are technical could not stand the lies.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o BSD
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Events
o GNU_Projects
o Programming/Development
# Python
# Java
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_237⠀⇛
Will finds a domain registrar with a terrible name,
Graham baffles us with 3D graphics, Félim discovers
hidden python tools, and Joe does some maths to
reveal how many Linux users there are on Steam.
Plus bulletin boards, free hot water, music from /
dev/urandom, and more.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.4.3⠀⇛
I'm announcing the release of the 6.4.3 kernel.
All users of the 6.4 kernel series must upgrade.
The updated 6.4.y git tree can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/
git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.4.y
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web
browser:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/
linux-s...
thanks,
greg k-h
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Stable_kernel_6.4.3_released⠀⇛
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 4_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_eBook_Web_Apps⠀⇛
The popularity of digital e-books has been
accelerated by a number of dedicated portable e-
book readers. The various Amazon Kindle are
extremely popular devices which have enabled
readers to conveniently access a huge library of
books, magazines and newspapers on the move. What
is particularly noteworthy is that Linux is the
operating system that runs the devices.
However, Linux is also an attractive way of reading
e-books on a desktop computer or notebook. Linux
has a good range of open source software which
helps users to organize their e-book collection,
catch up on a novel, or even to create and publish
their own e-book.
This article selects our pick of the available
eBook web apps. We only explore free and open
source software here.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ Clifm:_Command_Line_File_Manager_For_Linux,
Windows,_macOS⠀⇛
No GUI, no TUI, AND no menus. Just you and a
powerful, file-management oriented command line.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ BlazeRAT:_Control_Your_Linux_Desktop_Using
Telegram_Bot⠀⇛
BlazeRAT is a free and open-source Telegram Bot
written in Python that allows anyone to control his
Linux directly by sending messages to the bot.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ Katalog:_Manage_Your_Catalog_and_Files_on_Windows
and_Linux⠀⇛
Katalog is an innovative desktop application that
simplifies the management of storage and catalogs
of files. With Katalog, users can create catalogs
from various sources and devices, enabling them to
easily access their files without having to search
through each individual device.
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ gFTP_and_rtw89_version_bumps⠀⇛
It was reported that sftp mode does not work in
gFTP:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=8960
It was reported that the rtw89 kernel module does
not work for
“be” hardware variants:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=9077
There was a report that ‘fbxkb’ keyboard layout
switcher tray-app
does not work:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/
viewtopic.php?p=93154#p93154
I think that the gFTP problem is fixed. I have
compiled the
latest source from here, in OE:
https://github.com/masneyb/gftp
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_enable_Remote_Desktop_and_SSH_access_to
Kali_Linux⠀⇛
Kali Linux, renowned for its advanced penetration
testing and security auditing features, is a
versatile operating system. However, there may be
situations where you need to access your Kali Linux
system remotely. Whether it’s from a different room
or a different part of the world, enabling Remote
Desktop and Secure Shell (SSH) access will give you
the control you need.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Python_3.7_on_Debian_12/11/
10⠀⇛
Python 3.7, a significant milestone in the history
of Python, was officially retired in December 2022
with the release of Python 3.7.16. This marked the
end of life for the 3.7 series, concluding its
journey with a final security bugfix.
# ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ 5_Simple_and_Easy_Uses_for_Netcat_in
Linux⠀⇛
Netcat is a powerful command line network utility
in Linux that can send and listen for TCP and UDP
packets. Unlike other network tools, netcat is
extremely basic. However, its simplicity also
allows it to do almost any type of activity over a
network.
# ⚓ I_want_a_clean_config_directory!⠀⇛
And it can be done easily, ackshually.
But what is that all about?
The problem It has been a longstanding complaint
that the ~/.config/ directory on Linux systems can
get riddled with configuration files. This is the
case with KDE software as well.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Apache_CouchDB_on_Ubuntu_22.04
LTS⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Apache CouchDB on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of
you who didn’t know, Apache CouchDB is a NoSQL
document-oriented database system that is known for
its simplicity, scalability, and fault tolerance.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Composer_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Composer on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t
know, Composer has become an essential tool for PHP
developers, enabling efficient management of
package dependencies in their projects.
# ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ How_to_install_Kanboard_on_OpenBSD⠀⇛
Let me share an installation guide on OpenBSD for a
product I like: kanboard. It’s a Kanban board
written in PHP, it’s easy of use, light, effective,
the kind of software I like.
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_deploy_a_MSSQL_database_using_Ansible
Vault⠀⇛
Deploying and configuring a database can be a
challenging task, especially when sensitive data
such as passwords and API keys are involved.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_install_and_use_Neovim_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Neovim is an extendable, highly configurable text
editor designed for efficient coding. As a fork of
Vim, Neovim retains the same mode-based usage while
introducing new features, such as improved GUI,
better integration with external tools, and
asynchronous job control. If you are using Ubuntu
and looking for a powerful, customizable text
editor, Neovim could be the perfect solution.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Python_PIP3_or_PIP2_on
Debian_12/11/10⠀⇛
Python PIP, short for “PIP Installs Packages,” is a
crucial tool that every Python programmer should be
familiar with. As the de facto package manager for
Python, PIP allows users to install and manage
software packages written in Python.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_CUDA_Toolkit_on_Linux_Mint
21/20⠀⇛
The Nvidia CUDA Toolkit offers a comprehensive
development environment for creating high-
performance GPU-accelerated applications. With its
suite of compilers, libraries, and debugging tools,
developers can exploit the power of Nvidia GPUs
more efficiently and effectively.
# ⚓ LinuxTuto ☛ How_to_Install_WordPress_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
WordPress is a popular content management system
(CMS) used for creating and managing websites.
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Install_Metasploit_Framework_on_Linux
via_Terminal⠀⇛
Want to install the Metasploit Framework on Linux?
Look no further! Follow these simple steps to get
started: The Rapid7-powered Metasploit Framework
is the world’s leading penetration testing
framework. The Project is a collaboration between
the open-source community and Rapid7 to provide a
tool for developing and executing exploit code
against a target machine.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ GNOME_May_Reduce_Number_of_Nautilus’
Sidebar_Entries⠀⇛
Ever look at Nautilus’ sidebar and think
there are a few too many entries? GNOME devs
have.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ IPFire Official Blog ☛ IPFire_2.27_–_Core_Update_176
released⠀⇛
We are pleased to announce the release of IPFire
2.27 – Core Update 176. It features a large amount
of package updates which include a security fixed
and updated microcode for Intel processors as well
as a couple of bug fixes.
Before we start talking about the changes in
detail, we would like to ask for your donation. We
have put a lot of effort into building and testing
this update and could not do any of this without
you. Please, if you can, donate to the project
helping us to put more resources to bring you more
and better updates. It is very much appreciated by
all of us here!
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Solus_4.4_is_Now_Ready_for_Prime_Time⠀⇛
Latest release includes plenty of software updates,
a new default file manager, and even better
hardware support.
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Advocating_at_Events:_May_2023_FreeBSD_Dev_Summit
and_BSDCan⠀⇛
The May 2023 FreeBSD Developer Summit and BSDCan
2023 marked the return of in person events for a
number of FreeBSD community members, myself
included. It was such a great experience to see
everyone in person again. In person events,
especially ones like the Developer Summit are such
an integral part of the FreeBSD community.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat:_Building_a_quantum-ready
world⠀⇛
As the world’s leading provider of enterprise-ready
open source software, Red Hat is uniquely
positioned to help prepare the widely varying users
of its embedded platform cryptography for the
transition to a post-quantum world.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Simon Josefsson ☛ Coping_with_non-free_Debian⠀⇛
Debian‘s contributions to the free software
community has been tremendous. Debian was one of
the early distributions in the 1990’s that combined
the GNU tools (compiler, linker, shell, editor, and
a set of Unix tools) with the Linux kernel and
published a free software operating system. Back
then there were little guidance on how to publish
free software binaries, let alone entire operating
systems. There was a lack of established community
processes and conflict resolution mechanisms, and
lack of guiding principles to motivate the work.
The community building efforts that came about in
parallel with the technical work has resulted in a
steady flow of releases over the years.
From the work of Richard Stallman and the Free
Software Foundation (FSF) during the 1980’s and
early 1990’s, there was at the time already an
established definition of free software. Inspired
by free software definition, and a belief that a
social contract helps to build a community and
resolve conflicts, Debian’s social contract (DSC)
with the free software community was published in
1997. The DSC included the Debian Free Software
Guidelines (DFSG), which directly led to the Open
Source Definition.
# ⚓ Shirish_Agarwal:_PLIO,_Mum,_Debconf,_Pressure_Cooker,_RISC-
V,⠀⇛
There is an RFP for it. While playing with it, I
also discovered another benefit of the viewer, a
sort of side-benefit, it tells you if any images
have gone corrupt or whatever and you get that
info. on the CLI so you can try viewing that image
with the path using another viewer or viewers
before deleting them. One of the issues is there
doesn’t seem to be a magnify option by default.
While the documentation says use the ^ key to
maximize it, it doesn’t maximize. Took me a while
to find it as that isn’t a key that I use most of
the time. Ironically, that is the key used on the
mobile quite a bit. Anyways, so that needs to be
fixed. Sadly, it doesn’t have creation date or
modification date sort, although the documentation
does say it does (at least the modification date)
but it doesn’t show at my end. I also got Warning:
UNKNOWN command detected! but that doesn’t tell me
enough as to what the issue is. Hopefully the
developer will fix the issues and it will become
part of Debian as many such projects are. Compiling
was dead easy even with gcc-12 once I got
freeimage-dev.
§ Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
* ⚓ [Repeat] OMG Ubuntu ☛ Canonical’s_Leading_LXD_Engineer_Quits⠀⇛
Stéphane Graber has announced their resignation from Canonical
after 12 years of working at the company, mostly on LXD. The
decision follows news last week that Canonical has taken the
LXD project in-house after years of it existing as a community
endeavour under the Linux Containers (LXC) umbrella. Stéphane’s
engineering expertise and enthusiasm for LXD (and containers in
general) has arguably made them the “face” of LXD. In social
media replies to their (somewhat unexpected) decision, many
have commented on this and thanked them for their contributions
and help over the years.
* ⚓ Neowin ☛ Linux_Mint_21.2_final_ISOs_being_tested⠀⇛
Linux Mint 21.2 ISOs are undergoing final testing.
* ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_795⠀⇛
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 795 for the week
of July 2 – 8, 2023. The full version of this issue is
available here.
* ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_795⠀⇛
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 795 for the week
of July 2 – 8, 2023.
§ Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
* ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ Building_a_tiny_6-drive_M.2_NAS_with_the_Rock_5_model
B⠀⇛
The Rockchip RK3588 SoC on the Rock 5 packs an 8-core CPU (4x
A76, 4x A55, in a ‘big.LITTLE’ configuration). This SoC powers
a PCIe Gen 3 x4 M.2 slot on the back, which is used in this
tiny 6-drive design to make a compact, but fast, all-flash NAS:
[...]
* ⚓ Arduino ☛ Add_peripheral_lighting_to_improve_VR_immersion⠀⇛
The entire purpose of virtual reality (VR) is to improve
immersion beyond what can be achieved with a regular TV or
monitor. So it can be frustrating to VR users when the darkness
in their peripheral vision reminds them that they are, in fact,
wearing a headset.
§ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
* ⚓ Ali Reza Hayati ☛ How_to_Kill_a_Decentralised_Network_(such_as_the
Fediverse)⠀⇛
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse)
* § Events⠀➾
o ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ Registration_open_for_PGDay_UK_2023,_September_12th,
London,_England⠀⇛
PGDay UK 2023 will take place in London on September 12th
at the Hallam Conference Centre in Marylebone!
* § GNU Projects⠀➾
o ⚓ Libre Arts ☛ LibreArts_Weekly_recap_—_10_July_2023⠀⇛
Week highlights: new releases of GIMP, Godot, Armory3D,
libjpeg-turbo, fancy new features in Ardour, update on
Inkscape v1.3 release status.
§ GIMP 2.99.16
The new version is finally_out. This is not the
development stage where things get super fancy. The major
news is that the GTK3 port is finally done. The rest is
mostly quality-of-life improvements, improved file
formats support, and suchlike.
The next release is likely to be along these lines,
except probably less new features (on-canvas alignment
and distribution will hopefully be in v2.99.18, unless
things go really wrong).
o ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ GIMP_2.99.16_is_out_with_Full_GTK3_Port,
Client-Side_Decoration⠀⇛
GIMP image editor announced a new development release for
next major 3.0 this Sunday!
* § Programming/Development⠀➾
o ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Some_recent_Programming-y_and_Linux-y_comic
strips⠀⇛
Like, you know, about Python and compiler warnings and
stuff.
o ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppSpdlog_0.0.14_on_CRAN:
Upstream_Update⠀⇛
Version 0.0.14 of RcppSpdlog is now on CRAN and has just
been uploaded to Debian. RcppSpdlog more at the nice
package_documention site.
o ⚓ Robert_Kaiser:_Integrating_Magento_2_Shop_With_FreeFinance_and
Custom_Merchandise_Management⠀⇛
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 15_Open-source_Flutter_App_Starters_For_Your_New
Project⠀⇛
Flutter is a mobile app development framework created by
Google. It allows developers to build high-quality apps
for iOS and Android using a single codebase. Flutter has
gained popularity in recent years due to its ease of use,
fast development cycle, and strong community support.
o § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Overwrite_a_File_in_Python⠀⇛
Python, a versatile and powerful programming
language, offers a plethora of methods for
manipulating files. One such operation is
overwriting a file, which involves replacing the
existing data with new information. This guide will
delve into the various methods Python provides to
overwrite a file, offering a detailed explanation
and examples for each.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Get_a_Position_of_Element_in_Python?⠀⇛
In Python, various functions/methods, such as the
“index()”, and “find()” methods are used for
getting the exact position of an element.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn_Catplot⠀⇛
In Python, the “seaborn.catplot()” method of the
“seaborn” module is used to create a variety of
categorical plots, including strip plots, swarm
plots, etc.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Pandas_Get_Most_Frequent_Value⠀⇛
To get the most frequent value in pandas, use the
panda series “mod()” method or the “value_counts()”
method followed by “idxmax()” method.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Seaborn_Regplot⠀⇛
In Python, the “seaborn.regplot()” method of the
“seaborn” module takes the “Datasets” and draws/
constructs the regression plot.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Scipy_Tplquad⠀⇛
The “scipy.integrate.tplquad()” method is used to
perform triple integration of simple to complex
functions over a range of variables in Python.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_Thread_Sleep⠀⇛
The “time.sleep()” method of the “time” module is
used in Python to suspend the execution of the
current thread for a given number of seconds.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Python_bytearray_example⠀⇛
In Python, the inbuilt “bytearray()” method is
utilized to retrieve a bytearray object which is an
array of specified bytes.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Python_Datetime:_Your_Guide_to_Date_and
Time_Manipulation⠀⇛
Python, a versatile and powerful programming
language, offers a wide array of modules to handle
different tasks. One such module is the datetime
module, designed to manipulate dates and times.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Calculate_a_Percentage_in_Python⠀⇛
Python, a versatile and robust programming
language, offers a plethora of methods to perform
mathematical operations, including the calculation
of percentages. This article aims to provide an in-
depth guide on how to calculate percentages in
Python, with a focus on simplicity and clarity.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Understanding_Python_String_Concatenation⠀⇛
Python, a dynamic and versatile programming
language, is celebrated for its powerful string
manipulation capabilities. Among these, string
concatenation—a fundamental operation in
Python—stands out as a critical skill for
developers. This comprehensive guide offers an in-
depth exploration of Python’s string concatenation
techniques, providing you with the knowledge to
join strings in your code seamlessly.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Understanding_Matplotlib_Log_Scale_in
Python⠀⇛
Matplotlib, a Python library, is a powerful tool in
the field of data visualization. Among its many
capabilities is the ability to plot data on a
logarithmic scale, a feature that is particularly
useful when dealing with data that spans several
orders of magnitude.
o § Java⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael_Ablassmeier:_Java_timezone_sheanigans⠀⇛
While running CI tests for a application that is
implemented in C and Java, some configuration
scripts set the current timezone. The C implemented
parts catch the change just nicely, but the java
related parts still report the default image
timezone.
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✐ WHERE_ARE_THE_JOURNALISTS?⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 1:50 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
JOURNALISTS, not parrots
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Daniel_Ellsberg,_speaking_at_a_press_conference,_New_York
City⦈_
Summary: Despite it being crystal clear that the latest wave of Microsoft
layoffs is international, the corporate media pretends it’s limited to just two
cities in one single state and that these layoffs are just routine and nothing
out of the ordinary
The ‘media’ coverage regarding the_latest_Microsoft_layoffs is, as expected,
worse than disappointing. We just see a bunch of Microsoft PR reps (or
Microsoft’s media operative inside newsrooms), not reporting, and we’ve gives
some examples with editorial comments in our latest_Daily_Links and in_Tux
Machines. Where’s the actual research? One parrot parroting another parrot,
parroting/citing Microsoft or a Microsoft spinner in a Microsoft-sponsored
‘news’ site?
What is the job of a reporter or the job of a journalist anyway? A journalist
should expose to the public facts_previously_unknown, e.g. suppressed by the
powerful, not a bunch of “tweets” or what some PR department issues in a media
statement. Otherwise, there’s no real value in the work. “That was the old way
of journalism,” my wife has just reminded me. Now they just wait to see “what’s
happening in TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, there’s no investigation…”
It’s not that hard to find/fish out the facts, especially with some budget that
publishers used to allocate for such work. Phone Microsoft in London, then ask
something like, “hi, it’s John from The Times, do you have any layoffs this
week? OK, thank you, bye.” “Hallo, Microsoft Deutschland, [same routine]“… try
to gather information this way. If they don’t want to respond, then be clever.
One step up: “Can you DENY that you have layoffs this week?” Non-response means
something is amiss. Be creative. And if they lie, report that too.
So far we’ve seen that aside from the “AI” spin they try_to_pretend_this_is
some_kind_of_normal_or_routine_or_annual_thing (we saw those same lies in prior
years). That’s a lie. It’s easy to disprove. They’ve shut_down_entire_units.
Look at the WARN pages for years such as 2010-2020. The latest post in
Techrights was entitled “Media Already Lies About the Scale of Microsoft’s
Latest Wave of Layoffs” because they_only_count_the_first_batch_in_only_two
cities like it is the global total. The mainstream_media_wrote_about_it_one
hour_ago. This one says “The Redmond-based tech giant on Monday disclosed the
cuts, affecting 276 local employees, in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification filing Monday with state of Washington.”
But we know there are more layoffs in other states, cities, countries, and
continents. We also know they split the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification (WARN) filings to make the numbers seem smaller. We showed an
example of that yesterday. The article then says “Microsoft announced in
January that it would lay off 10,000 workers globally, joining other companies
in an industrywide headcount-cutting trend. Microsoft’s reductions affected
over 2,700 local employees.”
The part about “10,000 workers globally” is false. They repeat the claims from
Microsoft! Then, what they mean by “local employees” is just_workers_in
Seattle, not Redmond (as in “Redmond-based tech giant”) or even the United
States as a whole. They get very basic facts wrong. Is this the best
“professional journalism” can yield? Seems more like Microsoft propaganda/
stenography, not journalism. █
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢋⣄⣀⣀⣄⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣷⣿⣿⡄⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠶⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢹⣿⣦⣀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣼⣿⣿⡟⣵⡄⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⡹⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠛⠟⠋⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣛⣛⡻⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⡌⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣦⡙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣷⣍⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡒⡄⠉⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠋⠙⢉⣭⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠾⣟⢿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⢡⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠣⡹⣿⡧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣾⣟⢿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⣀⣢⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠗⢝⢿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣏⣿⣿⣠⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢪⢿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠁⠉⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⠿⠿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⡽⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⢀⢠⡀⠀⠀⠒⠛⣀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢪⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⡀
⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢲⣾⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⣶⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣠⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣵⣽⣭⣤⣤⡴⡾
⠀⠀⠘⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢣⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠽⠽⠽⠽⠯⠧⠂⠐⠚
⠀⠈⢀⣰⣿⠏⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣼⣸⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⣋⡀
⠀⣰⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠟⠉⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢾⠷
⣼⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⡀⠀⠸⠻⡿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⢿⡿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠔⠊⠀⢻
⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠀⠼⠄⠀⠀⠔⠾⠻⠷⠷⠟⠙⠺⠿⠾⠿⠷⠽⠪⠏⠿⠛⠻⠿⠟⢹⠁⠀⠀⠐⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⡛⠀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣦⣤⡄⣰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⡿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠁⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣶⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⠿⠿⣿⡿⠿⠿⢿⠿⢿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠉⠹⠹⡿⣿⣫⣿⢿⡽⢷⢩⣀⢼⠾⠴⡄⠀⡡⠁⠛⠈⣛⠙⢬⡶⡒⠛⠃⠄⠀⠀⠟⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠁⠀⠁⠁⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠈⠈⠄⠀⠀⠀⠉⣿⡮⠁⡹⠟⠝⣿⢿⠿⣿⡿⢿⢿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠁⠀⠈⠀⠈⠂⠀⠀⠈⠀⠊⠂⠂⠈⠑⠈⠈⠀⠈⠄⠠⠩⠡⠉⢸⠍⠉⠉⠩⠩⠀⠌⠐⠨⠄⠠⣆⠄⠀⠀⠈
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Billions_of_Dollars_Per_Year)⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Google, Microsoft, Videos at 6:58 am by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
This_new_report can doom not just YouTube’s latest_plans but YouTube as a whole
(it can go offline or remove a lot of material/access in order to lower cost of
operations)
Summary: YouTube may have much bigger problems than the Linux_Foundation and
Spamnil (whose “views” are about 95% fake/bots/spam; that_stopped_only
temporarily, then resumed); on a much broader scale it seems like people and
companies have been fed false numbers, causing them to spend money on something
worthless
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✐ Gemini_Links_11/07/2023:_Old_Computer_Challenge_and_Mastodon_Blog_Comments
Automation⠀✐
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Politics_and_World_Events
o Science
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ Chorale⠀⇛
Except it isn’t really a chorale, more like four
voice harmonic practice, except it isn’t really
harmonic practice as not much attention is paid to
chord progressions nor are fancy chords used
(except in passing). What is going on here is some
counterpoint, Dorian mode (-ish), vague modulation
to dominant, and a some harmonic sequences, in
particular the ground bass from Pachelbel’s Canon
which is a -4 +2 sequence though can be modified
with inversions so the bass line is somewhat less
jumpy and not so bleedingly obvious.
# ⚓ Sinclair_A-Bike⠀⇛
I once owned this thing [1]. It was around 2008, I
think. It was the
second, updated model with larger (inflatable to 90
psi) wheels.
If I remember correctly I was very unsatisfied with
it – it wasn’t as
small as I expected and it was rather uncomfortable
when carried in its
dedicated backpack. But as a bike it was quite a
disaster. It rode well
only on ideally flat surfaces (like corridors in
buildings). And I
wasn’t able to climb anything (there are no ideally
level surfaces in
the real world). The final problem was that one of
plastic parts broke
after a few weeks of use. So I sold it.
o § Politics and World Events⠀➾
# ⚓ Abdullah_Öcalan,_And_All_the_Other_Political_Prisoners_Must
Be_Released!⠀⇛
Abdullah Öcalan, also known as Apo (“uncle”), is
born 4 April 1949, in eastern Turkey. He is a
founding member of the militant Marxist-Leninist
“Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)” in 1978, which was
based in northern Syria from 1979 to 1998 as a
sanctuary, and led part of the Kurdish political
movement from there.
During the 1980s, the Turkish state began a program
of forced assimilation of its Kurdish population.
In protest against this fascist act, the PKK began
an armed rebellion against the Turkey, and in
connection with it began attacking its military
forces.
# ⚓ Why_I_am_an_Anarchist⠀⇛
Like so many others, I used to think that
anarchists were violent pricks who enjoy throwing
Molotov cocktails and destroy property. As usual,
the propaganda machine _reverses_ reality
completely.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Agfa_Click_II⠀⇛
I have got this old film camera. It wasn’t
expensive. Actually it is an
interesting piece of German engineering. It’s
fairly simple, it’s made
mainly from plastic materials (including its faux
leather case) yet if
produces relatively nice images [1].
# ⚓ Thinking_about_how_to_teach_logic⠀⇛
I’m starting my full-time teaching load in a little
under three months and while I was full of
confidence and vigor before now a lot of the self-
doubt is creeping in.
I’m teaching multiple sections of the intro to
computer science class, CS 160, and CS 250 the
intro to math/logic for CS. I’m also supposed to
work on revising CS 205, the intro to C and
assembly programming class so I can start teaching
it the following term. That one is the one I’m
weakest on in terms of practical experience but, I
mean, I still know this stuff I just need to
practice specifically x86-64 programming instead of
risc ISAs used in teaching compilers classes such
as MIPS. I’m rusty on C but not incompetent at it,
if you get what I mean.
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ Going_online_forward⠀⇛
That reminds me of how as a kid (roughly 50 years
ago) I’d hide notes/messages in library books:
sometimes in the cover flaps, sometimes in the
spine, sometimes just between pages. It would
surely be nice to know if any were ever found.
Makes me wonder if I can shift my posting
motivation from “to meet and interact with
interesting others” to “to bless others with
serendipitous finds”? Because the former seems
essentially impossible.
# ⚓ I_give_you:_Serendipitous_Finds⠀⇛
Since I obviously suck at being texturally edgy in
ways engendering interaction, I’m shifting my
motivation for writing to reporting on placing
messages on paper scraps, 3×5″ cards, etc. in
somewhat hidden public places, making such messages
what I want to call “serendipitous finds”.
I’ll likely post their content, and then go on to
report on whether or not a message has been found.
That’ll be obvious if/when a message is gone. But I
suppose I should place things in ways recognizable
to me as having placed by me in case people
carefully re-place them. So I should also log the
details of their placement to make evidence of
having been found unambiguous.
# ⚓ Christina’s_5_questions⠀⇛
written on GPD Win 1 via PuTTY as first daughter
mumbles herself to sleep: “this a-way, this a-way”
(from the song 500 Miles)
# ⚓ My_Computer_Challenge⠀⇛
I am not actively participating in Solene’s “Old
Computer Challenge”^ this year–I only heard about
it yesterday evening and am not in a position to go
all in at the moment. However, I do want to follow
the spirit of the challenge this week by reducing
my energy and technology footprint.
There are two ways I’m approaching it. The first is
using a smaller machine with more limitations and
requiring more active configuration, and the second
is reducing the amount of content I passively
consume.
# ⚓ OCC_Update⠀⇛
All my notes regarding the old computer challenge
are now here…
# ⚓ Day_2⠀⇛
I’m a bit busy today celebrating my birthday so I
won’t have time to do anything for the challenge,
but I’m writing this from the old computer.
# ⚓ (No)_Old_Computer_Challenge⠀⇛
I just have spent a nice half of hour by reading of
other people’ Old
Computer Challenge Entries [1]. Pretty interesting
but some computer -
while really old by today standards – dot’s seem to
be old to me.
# ⚓ Pin-Bored⠀⇛
Some weeks ago, I submitted a support request to
change my Pinboard username. I still haven’t heard
back!
And today, I happened to run across people on
HackerNews (yeah, I know) talking about how
Pinboard has been broken for them, how their paid
archival functions haven’t been working (I don’t
have an archival account, so I didn’t notice that),
how the owner, Maciej, has been completely
incommunicado on the Pinboard blog for *years*… And
yet every time someone makes a complaint on HN,
he’s right there in the comments with some snarky
response.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Announce:_OMG_[dot]_Pebcak_[dot]_Club_certificates
changed!⠀⇛
This is a brief announce to let anyone know
that for a colossal pebcak I deleted my VPS,
and therefore I had to create a brand new VPS
and to create new self-signed certificates.
# ⚓ Server_updates_and_Gemini_with_lowdown⠀⇛
What I’ve been up to since the last blog
posts in this server? Not much, but there’s
been changes. Notably it’s running off some
old bottom-tier Intel Celeron laptop from
~2007 now instead of the Raspberry Pi 2B as
some minor-ish enough updates has been
causing it to no longer boot properly, and
this issue wasn’t even new, I’ve known it
since the last 2 years when trying it with
Alpine Linux and wondering why that happens
also. This time it’s Debian so I guess better
to just throw in the towel with that hardware
and just use the laptop I had laying around
instead. It was already having troubles
anyway before that and giving “illegal
instructions” errors when just trying to
setup some files for some few packages during
apt install. It’s probably the SD card issue,
or maybe armhf architecture is too niche and
left underlooked, or both, but for sure I
don’t want to deal with it anymore. I can at
least say that laptop was able to do a major
upgrade from Debian 11 bullseye to 12
bookworm sucessfully, so it certainly doesn’t
have that issue. I did managed to hastly move
some services and datas over to the laptop,
only leaving out setting up a Gopher server
mostly because I still haven’t bothered to
have my site generator setup to do Gopher
yet, and the Debian repository, cause I
somewhat can’t be bothered to set that back
up.
# ⚓ Mastodon_Blog_Comments_Automation⠀⇛
When I post here I usually also put the link
out on Mastodon where people will sometimes
comment. I’ve always done this by hand but,
since I know just enough bash to be
dangerous, I recently started thinking of
ways to automate this step for me and also
link back to the Mastodon post from the
original blog post while I’m at it.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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✐ Leftover_Links_11/07/2023:_Media_Already_Lies_About_the_Scale_of_Microsoft’s
Latest_Wave_of_Layoffs⠀✐
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Leftovers
o Science
o Hardware
o Layoffs
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
# Copyrights
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Government_predicts_2_million_tonnes_more
domestic_corn_in_2023⠀⇛
The agricultural ministry has cited federal support for
farmers as the catalyst for increasing crop yields
throughout Mexico.
o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Health_Ministry_proposes_ban_on_GM_corn_use
in_tortillas⠀⇛
The federal government published a draft proposal Monday
to modify Mexico’s regulatory standards governing
products made from corn dough.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ New_report_highlights_the_stress_of
being_a_tech_executive⠀⇛
Everyone knows that being a tech executive comes
with a certain level of stress, but the ostensible
payoffs seem to be worth it. Well, a new report
(via Business Insider) highlights how bad it can
actually get. It seems that most tech executives’
jobs are causing them extreme mental distress and
bodily harm because of unhealthy coping mechanisms.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Two_Psychologists_Say_Your_Climate_Anxiety
Isn’t_Actually_About_Personal_Risk⠀⇛
This is bigger than us.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ JWST_Photographs_a_Fiery_Spiral_Galaxy_With
an_Unexpectedly_Violent_Past⠀⇛
What happened here?
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Should_DNA_Ancestry_Kits_Come_With_a
Warning?_Here_Are_Five_Risks_to_Consider.⠀⇛
“He was horrific!!”
# ⚓ Bill_Ackman_is_shocked_that_people_think_he’s_antivax [Ed:
In the COVID-19 era this label became laughably overused;
anyone who doubts the safety of things that did not pass
clinical trials (or only tested on mice) is being frame as
anti-science]⠀⇛
I must confess that, before I first encountered him
lending tactical air support on Twitter to Robert
F. Kennedy, Jr. and Joe Rogan’s performative
“challenge” to Dr. Peter Hotez to “debate”
vaccines, I hadn’t heard of Bill Ackman,
billionaire hedge fund manager and Twitter blue
check. As you might recall, after Dr. Hotez had
Tweeted out a link to an article by Anna Merlan
critical of Spotify for letting Joe Rogan continue
to host credulous puff interviews with antivaxxers
like Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that allow them to spew
the worst antivax misinformation to a large
audience, Rogan and RFK Jr. “challenged” Dr. Hotez
to appear on Rogan’s podcast to “debate” him,
complete with a promise to donate $100,000 to Dr.
Hotez’s favorite charity, which resulted in a
social media (and, truth be told, legacy media)
pile-on full of hate aimed at Dr. Hotez. To that
offer, Ackman couldn’t resist adding his own:
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ The_morning_coffee_ritual:_Is_it_just_a
placebo?⠀⇛
For many individuals, the day doesn’t truly begin
until they’ve had their morning cup of coffee.
Coffee is widely believed to boost alertness,
prompting people to rely on it to wake up and
enhance their productivity. However, researchers
from Portugal have delved into the effects of
coffee consumption to determine whether the
perceived wakefulness is a result of caffeine or
simply the experience of drinking coffee itself.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Scientists_Found_Ripples_in_Space_and_Time.
And_You_Have_to_Buy_Groceries.⠀⇛
We’ve just learned that the whole universe is
humming around us. Now what?
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ For_The_First_Time,_Starlight_From_Quasar
Galaxies_Has_Been_Detected_at_The_Dawn_of_The_Universe⠀⇛
Less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Starlight_From_Quasar_Galaxies_Has_Been
Detected_at_The_Dawn_of_The_Universe⠀⇛
Here, there be monsters.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Life_After_Death?_Scientists_Discover_a
Planet_That_Shouldn’t_Exist⠀⇛
How did it survive?
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ CubicleNate ☛ LG_DualUp_Monitor_Plus_USB-C_Dock_Station⠀⇛
Monitors are getting Crazy Cool I am not sure if it
is crazy or cool or some sort of mix of crazy and
cool or maybe it is completely innovative and 100%
practical.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Chips_Make_It_Tough_for_the_U.S._to_Quit
China⠀⇛
Chipmakers are finding it increasingly hard to
operate in China but say doing business in the
country is still key to their survival.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ The_Bee_Data_Logger_ESP32-S3_board_comes
with_RTC,_microSD_slot,_and_two_Qwiic_connectors_for
sensors⠀⇛
A few months ago, SparkFun released the “Datalogger
IoT – 9DoF” no-code platform based on ESP32 with
some built-in sensors, a microSD card, and two
Qwiic connectors to add sensors in order to perform
data logging with minimal to no coding. Smart Bee
Designs looks to have shrunk the design, removing
the built-in sensors in the processor, with the Bee
data logger ESP32-S3 board that offers most of the
same features plus a built-in DS3231 RTC and back
battery for timekeeping, and the ability to
leverage the vector extension in the ESP32-S3 for
machine learning applications.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Allwinner_A523_octa-core_Cortex-A55
processor_to_show_up_in_tablets,_SBCs⠀⇛
Allwinner A523 is an octa-core Cortex-A55 processor
clocked at up to 1.4/1.8GHz in big.LITTLE (DynamIQ)
configuration and mainly designed for tablets with
multiple display interfaces such as two 4-lane MIPI
DSPI interfaces, two MIPI CSI camera interfaces, a
Mali-G57 GPU, and more. But the block diagram below
also shows two Gigabit Ethernet (GMAC) interfaces
and HDMI 2.0 output among other interfaces meaning
it will likely be used in Smart Home products as
the Allwinner R828/MR828, and possibly automotive
products as the Allwinner T527. I first discovered
the Allwinner A523 last March via a tweet by 柚木 鉉
(GLGH_), but there was little information at that
time. We now have further details about the
processor and upcoming products such as the Teclast
P26T, and a potential Allwinner A523 single board
computer or module.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Link_Pi_ENC5_v2_video_encoder_supports_up_to
5_4Kp30_HDMI_inputs⠀⇛
The Link Pi ENC5 v2 is a video encoder with five
HDMI inputs up to 4Kp30, one HDMI output, two audio
jacks, Gigabit Ethernet, and a USB 3.0 port that
supports RTSP, ONVIF, SRT, and NDI streaming
protocols. The system appears to be based on the
Hisilicon Hi3531DV200 quad-core Cortex-A53
processor and features 8GB eMMC flash for the OS,
plus 4GB RAM.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Thermochromic_Treatment_Keeps_Solderless
Breadboards_Smokeless⠀⇛
There’s a point in a component’s thermal regime
that’s between normal operation and overloaded to
the point of obvious failure. That’s a dangerous
region, because the component isn’t quite hot
enough to release the Magic Smoke, but hot enough
to singe any finger you poke around with the see if
everything’s running right. So if you’re looking to
keep your fingerprints unmodified, but you don’t
want to invest in a thermal camera, you might want
to let this thermochromic breadboard point the way
to overloaded components.
o § Layoffs⠀➾
# ⚓ Evernote_announces_a_massive_layoff_that_affects_almost_all
its_employees_and_changes_its_headquarters:_it_moves_to
Europe⠀⇛
Evernote was the first notes app for many. Some
stopped using it and others still trust it, but the
situation within the developer is far from ideal.
With other alternatives on the table, such as
Google Keep, Microsoft OneNote, Notion, and even
the native iOS app, Evernote faces a huge challenge
in keeping paying users and finding new ones.
“The company has not been profitable for years and
the situation was unsustainable in the long term,”
acknowledged Bending Spoons, the new owner of
Evernote after materializing 129 dismissals in
February of this year. The cut plan, however, has
ended up becoming a large-scale restructuring that
includes the dismissal of almost all of Evernote’s
workers and the transfer of its headquarters.
# ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Evernote,_leading_app_of_the_smartphone
revolution,_lays_off_last_US_staff⠀⇛
Evernote, the app that has sought for two decades
to find a large paying audience for its “external
brain,” is moving its operations to Italy, home of
its parent company Bending Spoons. It’s yet another
big shift for a company that’s been useful, but not
quite profitable, since at least 2004.
Bending Spoons, which acquired Evernote in November
2022, had laid off 129 workers in February 2023,
stating that Evernote had been “unprofitable for
years” and “unsustainable in the long term.”
Whatever unspecified number of remaining employees
remain in the US (and Chile) received notice of the
move on June 23, then the layoff on July 5,
according to a company blog post. Staffers
typically received 16 weeks of salary, one year of
health insurance, and a pro-rated performance
bonus, along with assistance for those working on
visas.
# ⚓ Morningstar US ☛ Microsoft_is_cutting_more_jobs,_after
laying_off_10,000_earlier_this_year [Ed: The title is false,
it was vastly more than 10,000]⠀⇛
Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request
for comment.
# ⚓ RTE ☛ Microsoft_to_cut_up_to_70_more_jobs_from_Irish
workforce [Ed: Ireland also impacted by the Microsoft
layoffs]⠀⇛
Microsoft has announced additional job cuts which
could result in up to 70 redundancies at its Irish
operation.
In February, the company said it would cut 120 jobs
from its Irish-based workforce as part of a global
cost-cutting plan.
In March, a further 60 redundancies were announced.
# ⚓ CNBC ☛ Microsoft_confirms_more_job_cuts_on_top_of_10,000
layoffs_announced_in_January [Ed: Microsoft's media operative
(liar) Jordan Novet; he just repeats a bogus number, 10000]⠀⇛
The cuts are in addition to the downsizing
announced in January that resulted in 10,000
layoffs. The software maker also disclosed a small
number of cuts this time last year. GeekWire
reported on the latest cuts earlier on Monday.
# ⚓ CRN ☛ More_Microsoft_Layoffs_As_Vendor_Starts_2024_Fiscal
Year⠀⇛
The layoffs appeared to hit solutions associates,
direct sales associates, program managers and
success managers.
# ⚓ More_Microsoft_layoffs_as_vendor_starts_2024_fiscal_year⠀⇛
A review of LinkedIn posts by Microsoft workers who
said they were caught up in the layoffs reveals
that some of the eliminated jobs include solutions
associates, direct sales associates, program
managers and success managers.
# ⚓ India Today ☛ Microsoft_lays_off_more_employees_in_addition
to_10,000_job_cuts_in_January [Ed: Loaded headline (lie)
followed by another lie. Microsoft fired a lot more than
10,000 and it's firing way more than what's specified in this
shallow 'article' (they only count initial layoffs in two
cities; those are international layoffs)]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Business Today ☛ Microsoft_job_cuts_continue_as_276_laid
off_from_customer_service,_support,_and_sales_teams [Ed: Fake
numbers. In just two cities alone this number is much
higher.]⠀⇛
In an internal announcement on Monday morning,
Microsoft revealed a new round of job cuts that
will affect various roles in customer service,
support, and sales. These cuts extend beyond the
10,000 global layoffs that Microsoft had previously
announced on January 18.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ Whose_certificate_is_it_anyway?⠀⇛
Guest Post: How Certification Authority
Authorization is used globally.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ EU_proposes_to_establish_legal
framework_for_potential_digital_euro [Ed: Surveillance
agenda from EU again]⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Recent_Chinese_cyber_intrusions
signal_a_strategic_shift⠀⇛
On 25 May, Australia and its partners in the
Five Eyes intelligence-sharing
network—Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the
US—made a coordinated disclosure on a state-
sponsored cyber hacking group dubbed ‘Volt
Typhoon’.
# ⚓ Site36 ☛ A_letter_from_hell:_EU_Commission_President
outlines_new_border_surveillance_for_North_Africa⠀⇛
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ All_the_red_flags_in_the_Threads_privacy
policy⠀⇛
Threads, Meta’s competitor to Twitter,
launched globally today (July 6)—except in
the European Union, where privacy concerns
have put its release on pause.
# ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ Meta_on_the_Fediverse:_Thread_or
Opportunity⠀⇛
Threads.net, Meta’s competitor to Twitter, is
launched today, outside of the European
Union. It is apparently, “soon” (within a few
months) going to work with other Federated
social media services such as Mastodon. This
is raising fears and hopes for those of us
who believe that federation is a huge
opportunity.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Threads’_Instagram_‘Trap’_Shows
Why_Facebook_Should_Have_Been_Broken_Up_Years_Ago⠀⇛
To delete Meta’s new Twitter rival, you also
have to delete Instagram.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Something_Stupid_This_Way_Comes:_Twitter
Threatens_To_Sue_Meta_Over_Threads,_Because_Meta_Hired
Some_Of_The_People_Elon_Fired⠀⇛
Just fucking fight it out already.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Meta_Launches_Threads,_And_It’s_Important
For_Reasons_That_Most_People_Won’t_Care_About⠀⇛
As you may have heard, yesterday Meta finally
launched Threads, its Twitter-like
microblogging service, built on ActivityPub,
but using Instagram account credentials for
login. The reaction from across the internet
has been fascinating. I’ve seen everything
from people insisting that this will clearly
finally be the one single “Twitter killer”
everyone’s been waiting for, to this is the
microblogging equivalent of Steve Buscemi
saying “how do you do, fellow kids.”
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Meta’s_Threads_an_illegal
‘copycat’_app,_Twitter_says⠀⇛
Twitter has threatened legal action against
Meta over its new, text-based app called
Threads, according to a letter obtained by
Semafor.
In a Wednesday letter addressed to Meta CEO
Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney
representing Twitter, accused Meta of
unlawfully using Twitter’s trade secrets and
other intellectual property by hiring former
Twitter employees to create a “copycat” app.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Uber,_Facebook_linked_to_PwC
Australia_tax_schemes_based_on_leaked_government
plans⠀⇛
Uber and Facebook on Friday said they had
received advice from PwC Australia about the
law.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Attack_of_the_Twitter_Clones⠀⇛
Plus: Groups ask Supreme Court to say public
officials can’t block people, latest jobs
report shows openings down, and more…
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Twitter_faces_uphill_battle_to_prove_Meta
stole_trade_secrets_for_Threads,_legal_experts_say⠀⇛
Twitter’s claim that Meta Platforms stole
trade secrets to build its new microblogging
site may be the first volley in a legal
battle between the social media giants, but
experts say Twitter would have to clear a
high hurdle if it sues.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ As_Threads_Hits_70_Million_Subs,
Twitter_Launches_a_Legal_Counteroffensive⠀⇛
Twitter is squaring up for a fight with Meta
over its Threads app, which gained 70 million
new users this week. According to news
reports, Twitter’s legal team delivered a
cease and desist letter to Meta on July 5.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Twitter_Sues_Law_Firm_Over_$90
Million_Payment_in_Elon_Musk_Deal⠀⇛
The lawsuit targeted Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen
& Katz, a well-known Wall Street law firm,
for “unjust enrichment” related to Mr. Musk’s
$44 billion purchase of Twitter.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Sonko_urges_Senegalese_to_‘come_out_en_masse’
ahead_of_president’s_speech⠀⇛
Popular Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko
called on the public to “come out en masse” on the
eve of a speech in which President Macky Sall is
expected to announce whether he will seek a third
term.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Senegalese_President_Macky_Sall_rules_out_third
term_after_public_backlash⠀⇛
Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Monday ended
months of tense uncertainty by saying he would not
seek a third term next year, clearing the way for
open elections in the West African nation, long
considered a bastion of democracy in a troubled
region.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Senegal’s_opposition_leader_Sonko_warns_of
‘chaos’_if_barred_from_election⠀⇛
Senegal’s main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko told
FRANCE 24 the country would face “indescribable
chaos” if he is unable to contest next year’s
presidential election, in his first comments since
President Macky Sall confirmed he would not seek a
third term in office.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ How_Syria_Profits_from_Trafficking
Captagon,_Highly_Addictive_Amphetamine_Propping_Up_Assad
Regime⠀⇛
We speak with BBC Arabic correspondent Rasha
Qandeel, whose new documentary investigates Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad’s role in producing the
highly addictive amphetamine known as Captagon and
how this is impacting his relations with other
states in the region. “This is going to be a main
factor in a lot of changes in the Middle East,”
says Qandeel, who notes that curbing the drug trade
has already played a role in recent moves by Arab
states to normalize relations with Syria.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ PGA_Tour_policy_board’s_Randall_Stephenson_resigns
after_LIV_merger:_Can’t_‘in_good_conscience_support’⠀⇛
The PGA Tour’s newfound alliance with the Saudi
Arabian Public Investment Fund bothered one PGA
Tour policy board member so much that he resigned.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Iran_challenges_Canada’s_jurisdiction_in_alleged
terrorism_civil_cases_at_ICJ⠀⇛
Iran filed a case at the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday challenging Canada’s
jurisdiction over civil damages cases related to
alleged terrorism. Iran claims that Canada has
adopted and implemented a series of legislative,
executive and judicial measures against Iran and
its property in breach of Canada’s international
obligations.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Iran_sues_Canada_for_allowing_victims_to_pursue
terror_charges⠀⇛
Iran has taken Canada to the International Court of
Justice for allowing victims of alleged terror
attacks to claim damages from Tehran, the UN’s top
tribunal said on Wednesday.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ UN_warns_Sudan_nearing_‘full-scale_civil_war’_as
air_raid_kills_at_least_22⠀⇛
Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a “full-
scale civil war” that could destabilise the entire
region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an
air strike on a residential area killed around two
dozen civilians.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ At_least_22_killed_in_airstrike_in_Sudan_as
fighting_continues⠀⇛
An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed
at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one
of the deadliest air attacks yet in the weekslong
fighting between Sudan’s rival generals.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ African_Feminism_A_Look_From_Sudan⠀⇛
Showing the struggles of Sudanese women necessarily
leads to revealing a historical perspective that
goes back to the time of slavery and colonialism.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Narrating_our_own_story’:_Amid_war_in_Sudan,
art_lovers_take_a_stand⠀⇛
Patrons of Khartoum’s Downtown Gallery have
collected money for Sudanese artists, joining a
movement of thousands of small-scale aid projects.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Paris_police_ban_planned_protest_against_police
violence⠀⇛
The Paris police department banned a planned
protest against police violence on Saturday. This
came after a series of protests over the fatal
police shooting of a 17-year-old North African boy,
Nahel Merzouk on June 27, which have evolved into a
civil movement similar to the Black Lives Matter
protests in the US.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Inflection_Point”:_Uprising_over_French
Teen’s_Killing_in_Traffic_Stop_&_Pattern_of_Racist_Policing⠀⇛
In France, more than 3,000 people have been
arrested after a week of nationwide protests
following the police killing of Nahel Merzouk, a
teenager of North African descent, captured on
video. Nahel’s family and friends held his funeral
Saturday at a mosque in Nanterre. We speak with
Rokhaya Diallo, a French journalist in Paris, who
explains this killing is part of a long pattern of
racist policing that has divided the country. “I
wish there was a real and profound discussion about
police brutality, about racialized policing,” says
Diallo.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Wagner_Support_for_RSF_Leads_to_Carnage_in_Darfur⠀⇛
Bodies lie scattered across El Geneina, the capital
of West Darfur in Sudan. According to reports from
the Darfur Bar Association, the dead lie in their
homes, in public buildings and in the streets —
where the bodies are sometimes piled into makeshift
barricades.
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ What_should_SA,_at_the_least,_be_saying_about
the_Wagner_Group?⠀⇛
The goals of South African foreign policy in Africa
are stability, peace and growth. If Africa does
well, South Africa should do well. South Africa
contributes to United Nations peacekeeping missions
in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, and
South Sudan.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_US_sanctioned_gold_and_diamond_companies_that
illegally_fund_the_Wagner_Group⠀⇛
One of the sources of funding for the mercenary
Wagner Group is illegal gold trade in Africa. The
US treasury yesterday (June 27) sanctioned four
companies and one individual connected to the
Wagner group and its founder and owner Yevgeny
Prigozhin.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnam’s_communists_are_constrained_domestically_in
choice_between_the_US_and_China⠀⇛
Even in a one-party, communist state, ordinary
people can exert power.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ US_sanctions_are_driving_Myanmar_into
China’s_arms⠀⇛
A recent joint statement by US President Joe Biden
and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘expressed
deep concern about the deteriorating situation in
Myanmar’ and called for a constructive dialogue…
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Blinken_to_press_Asean_to_take_tougher
line_on_Myanmar,_China⠀⇛
He will travel to Indonesia to participate in a
meeting of foreign ministers from the Asean
regional bloc.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ US_Raises_Pressure_on_China_to_Combat
Fentanyl_Crisis⠀⇛
The Biden administration push comes after
cooperation on halting the flow of the drug into
the United States was derailed by wider
geopolitical tensions.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Iraq’s_Climate_Crisis⠀⇛
America’s War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian
Dustbowl.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ America_Has_Just_Destroyed_a_Great_Empire⠀⇛
Herodotus (History, Book 1.53) tells the story of
Croesus, king of Lydia c. 585-546 BC in what is now
Western Turkey and the Ionian shore of the
Mediterranean. Croesus conquered Ephesus, Miletus
and neighboring Greek-speaking realms, obtaining
tribute and booty that made him one of the richest
rulers of his […]
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Niinistö_optimistic_Swedish_Nato_bid_will
progress_at_Vilnius_summit⠀⇛
Turkey and Hungary are the only Nato member
states yet to ratify the Swedish application
to join the alliance.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Says_He_Is_‘Anxiously’_Waiting
for_Sweden_to_Join_NATO⠀⇛
In an Oval Office meeting, President Biden
again backed the plan for Sweden to join the
military alliance, but movement has been
stalled by Turkey’s opposition.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_NATO_Summit_Looms,_but_Sweden
Can’t_Join_Yet⠀⇛
NATO leaders wanted to welcome Sweden as a
new member at next week’s summit, but
stalling by Hungary and objections from
Turkey have made that nearly impossible.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_will_discuss_the_grain_deal
with_Turkey’s_president,_with_a_NATO_bid_in_mind,
too.⠀⇛
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ A_looming_US-Turkey_F-16_deal_is
about_much_more_than_Sweden’s_NATO_bid⠀⇛
The long-awaited fighter jet deal is a puzzle
piece in a broader strategic calculation
about Ankara’s role in NATO’s Southeast.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ NATO’s_Welcome_Party_for_Sweden_Is
Back_on_Ice⠀⇛
Alliance leaders wanted their summit next
week to celebrate the arrival of a new
member, but stalling by Hungary and
objections from Turkey have made that nearly
impossible.
o § Environment⠀➾
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Toyota_says_new_solid-state_battery_will
have_1200km_range,_charge_in_10_minutes⠀⇛
“We are promoting external sales of fuel
cells using the Mirai’s hydrogen units and
have received offers for external sales of
100,000 units by 2030. Most of them are
commercial vehicles.
“To respond to the rapid changes in the
market, we will establish a new organisation
called Hydrogen Factory in July, which will
be able to make immediate decisions under one
leader, from sales to development and
production, all at once. The Hydrogen Factory
will promote business on three axes.
“The first is localising R&D and production
in countries within the major markets. We
will accelerate our efforts by establishing
local bases, mainly in Europe and China.
“The second is strengthening alliances with
leading partners. We will do our best to
deliver affordable fuel cells to our
customers by consolidating sufficient
quantities through alliances. The third is
competitiveness and technology.”
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Final_gas_code_to_take_effect;
sector_warns_of_shortage⠀⇛
A mandatory gas code of conduct has been made
law to prevent future price shocks for
struggling households and businesses.
Energy minister Chris Bowen said the
finalised gas code released on Monday will
secure more gas at reasonable prices for
Australian gas users.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Human_Rights_Watch_calls_for_halt_to
‘disaster’_TotalEnergies_oil_project_in_Uganda⠀⇛
Human Rights Watch on Monday urged a halt to
a major East African oil project led by
French giant TotalEnergies, warning of dire
consequences for the environment and local
communities.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Ugandans_sue_TotalEnergies_in_France_for
reparations_over_‘human_rights_violations’⠀⇛
Twenty-six Ugandans on Tuesday sued French
oil giant TotalEnergies in Paris for
reparations over alleged human rights
violations at its massive megaprojects in the
country.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Fukushima_water_release_plan_clears_last
regulatory_hurdle_in_Japan⠀⇛
Plans to discharge treated water from the
Fukushima nuclear plant cleared their last
regulatory hurdle in Japan on Friday, as
China said it would ban some food imports
over the move.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ El_Niño_Threatens_Australia’s_Great_Barrier
Reef,_Experts_Warn⠀⇛
“…marine heatwave caused by the climate
driver could trigger a mass coral bleaching
event…”
# ⚓ Study:_Invasive_species_cost_more_than_100_billion
dollars_to_Turkey⠀⇛
Situated at the crossroads of continents with
long borders, Turkey is among the countries
that will be significantly affected by
invasive species, according to a new study.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Canada_fires_set_area_burned,
evacuation,_cost_records⠀⇛
Fire season is only halfway finished but
wildfires raging across Canada have already
broken records for total area burned, the
number of people forced to evacuate their
homes and the cost of fighting the blazes,
officials say.
“It’s no understatement to say that the 2023
fire season is and will continue to be
record-breaking in a number of ways,” Michael
Norton, director general of the Northern
Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service,
told reporters on Thursday.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ How_Long_Will_Canada_Burn?⠀⇛
One thing is certain: More extreme smoke days
are coming.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Smoke_from_Canada_wildfires_is
increasing_health_risks_in_Black_and_poorer_US
communities⠀⇛
Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires is
shrouding broad swaths of the U.S. from
Minnesota to New York and Kentucky. That’s
led to warnings to stay inside and has
exacerbated health risks for people already
suffering from industrial pollution. The
impacts are particularly hard on poor and
minority communities that are more likely to
live near polluting plants and have higher
rates of asthma. Detroit had the worst air
quality in the U.S. on Wednesday. The
Environmental Protection Agency warned
residents of the mostly Black city that
“everyone should stay indoors.” Chicago,
Indianapolis, Cleveland, Ohio; and Pittsburgh
all have “very unhealthy” air. A wider circle
of unhealthy air spread into St. Louis and
Louisville, Kentucky.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Unhealthy_U.S._Air_Quality_as
Wildfire_Smoke_Covers_Chicago_and_Midwest_Cities⠀⇛
Across the nation’s middle, unhealthy air
from Canadian wildfires sent summer campers
home and left residents coughing, and asking
when this would end.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Smoky_haze:_Air_quality_warnings_persist
as_Canada’s_fires_continue⠀⇛
Canada’s wildfires have yet to be contained,
and cities across the United States are
seeing hazy skies as a result. Experts say
Americans from the Midwest to the Southeast
should remain prudent in poor air quality
conditions.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Author_Delia_Owens_and_Her_Husband
Tried_to_Save_Elephants_in_Zambia._What_Happened?⠀⇛
A visit to a remote conservation park reveals
the long-term impact on villagers of a
crusade by the novelist Delia Owens and her
husband to protect animals from poachers.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Canada_wildfire_carbon_emissions_hit
record_high_in_first_six_months_of_2023⠀⇛
Wildfires raging across Canada, made more
intense by global warming, have released more
planet-warming carbon dioxide in the first
six months of 2023 than in any full year on
record, EU scientists said Tuesday.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Canada_wildfire_CO2_emissions_hit_record
high_in_first_six_months_of_this_year⠀⇛
Wildfires raging across Canada, made more
intense by global warming, have released more
planet-warming carbon dioxide in the first
six months of 2023 than in any full year on
record, EU scientists said Tuesday.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Chicago_and_Midwest_Air_Quality
Declines_as_Canada_Wildfire_Smoke_Lingers⠀⇛
Chicago residents were warned to stay indoors
or wear masks, and the popular paths along
Lake Michigan were quiet.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Canada_Wildfires_and_U.S._Air
Quality:_What_to_Know_and_How_Long_the_Smoke_Will
Last⠀⇛
The ongoing outbreak of fires in Canada is
sending new waves of smoke into the American
Midwest, and the pollution has been seen as
far away as Europe.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Sun_Valley_‘summer_camp_for_billionaires’_looms
after_tough_year_for_tech,_media_moguls⠀⇛
Fourth of July has come and gone — and that means
the swanky Sun Valley ski resort in Idaho is set to
host A-list moguls from across tech, media and
business at Allen & Co.’s annual “summer camp for
billionaires.”
# ⚓ Billionaire_Retreat:_Exclusive_Sun_Valley_‘Summer_Camp’
Resurfaces_following_Challenging_Year⠀⇛
The exclusive Sun Valley ski resort in Idaho is
preparing to welcome high-profile individuals from
the tech, media, and business industries for Allen
& Co.’s annual “summer camp for billionaires.”
Private jets will line the runway of the nearby
Hailey, Idaho airport, as media moguls like
Disney’s Bob Iger and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg arrive
in style, sporting their shades, golf shirts, and
power vests, or perhaps a bold, lizard-print,
button-down shirt like Berkshire Hathaway Chairman
Warren Buffett wore last year. While the private
events at the conference are kept secret,
participants may be more serious this year as they
navigate the uncertain landscape of mergers and
acquisitions in the midst of a still-unpredictable
outlook. Despite the recovery of the markets from
last year’s sell-off, tech giants such as Google,
Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft are still feeling the
effects of significant layoffs as they cut spending
and focus on dominating the artificial intelligence
race. Well-known figures like Bob Iger and Tim Cook
are regular attendees at Sun Valley.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ ANZ_leads_big_four_on_climate-aligned
banking:_report⠀⇛
ANZ Banking Group is the leader among Australia’s
“big four” in reducing exposure to big polluters,
according to an international report.
The report issued on Monday found ANZ was in front
on scaling back exposure to companies that
are unwilling to engage on climate change, compared
to Westpac, NAB and CBA.
# ⚓ Turkey’s_statistical_authority_under_fire_as_inflation_at
lowest_level_in_18_months⠀⇛
While the official inflation rate has dropped to
38.21 percent, the food inflation for the poorest
segment of the public was measured at over 84
percent by a labor union confederation.
# ⚓ Turkey’s_inflation_rate_over_108_percent,_says_ENAG⠀⇛
While the ENAG has released its calculations, the
announcement of the official inflation figures,
which will affect the pay rises for civil servants
and retirees, has been delayed.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Teaching_assistant_fired_after_OnlyFans_account_to
cover_terribly_low_salary_discovered_by_school:_‘I’m_not
hurting_anybody’⠀⇛
Kristin MacDonald, 35, was fired after eight years
as a teaching assistant in Canada when she received
a letter from board officials issuing her
termination.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Canadian_port_workers_in_BC_strike_against
automation_and_outsourcing⠀⇛
Canadian unionised port workers in the Pacific
coast province of British Columbia went on strike
on Thursday. The International Longshore and
Warehouse Union (ILWU) are currently undergoing
negotiations on behalf of the workers with the
British Columbia Maritime Employers Association
(BCMEA).
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Canada_Is_Poaching_America’s_High-Skilled_Foreign
Workers⠀⇛
It’s an entirely predictable consequence of an
inhospitable immigration system.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ South_Africa_Women’s_World_Cup
players_given_more_money_after_standoff_over_pay_disparity⠀⇛
A foundation set up by African soccer president and
billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe has stepped
in to resolve a pay dispute between South Africa’s
Women’s World Cup players and their national
association. It should ensure that the reigning
African champions get on a plane and head to the
World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The dispute
caused the entire squad to sit out a game on Sunday
and was an embarrassment to the South African
soccer association and a country bidding to host
the next Women’s World Cup in 2027.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Nigeria:_The_Crisis_of_a_Gigantic_African
Economy⠀⇛
From being Africa’s largest oil producer, Nigeria
has become an importer of this product, which its
industry cannot meet domestic demand.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Price_of_stamps_increases_for_second_time_in_2023
starting_Sunday⠀⇛
The cost_of_postage_stamps is going up by 3 cents
on Sunday, the third price hike in the last 12
months.
Why it matters:It’s the 17th rate change since 2000
and the shortest time between stamp increases in
the Postal Service’s history.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Much_Debt_Does_China_Have?⠀⇛
A major lender abroad, China is facing a debt bomb
at home: trillions of dollars owed by local
governments, their financial affiliates, and real
estate developers.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ US_to_defund_scientific_research_for_Israeli
universities_in_West_Bank⠀⇛
The United States said Monday it would stop funding
scientific research with Israeli academic
institutions in the West Bank, taking a new step
away from validating the occupation of Palestinian
territories.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Zuckerberg_launches_Threads_to_lock_horns_with
ailing_Twitter⠀⇛
“Everyone who is under 16 (or under 18 in certain
countries) will be defaulted into a private profile
when they join Threads,” the announcement said.
“You can choose to follow the same accounts you do
on Instagram, and find more people who care about
the same things you do. The core accessibility
features available on Instagram today, such as
screen reader support and AI-generated image
descriptions, are also enabled on Threads.”
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_government_‘spends_millions’_to_advance
Beijing’s_interests_in_Washington⠀⇛
Report: Chinese Communist Party has been ‘ramping
up efforts’ to influence U.S. politics, media and
society
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Trump_Staffers_Claim_to_Be_Shocked_That_He
Sexualized_Ivanka⠀⇛
I am so, so sorry for these former Donald Trump
staffers who’ve now found a conscience, of sorts.
Apparently, they were disgusted by Trump
describing, in vivid anatomical detail, how he’d
like to have sex with his adult daughter, Ivanka
(who, by the way, worked in the White House with
him, and some of them).
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_police_arrest_five_for_helping_exiled
activists⠀⇛
Arrests appear linked to warrants issued for eight
prominent overseas activists
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_disinformation_landscape_in
West_Africa_and_beyond⠀⇛
A look at West Africa’s information
environment, with particular emphasis on
local and international disinformation
campaigns targeting the region and beyond.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Have_Smart,_Nonobvious_Things_to_Say_in_Law_Review
Article_Form_About_Court’s_New_First_Amendment_Decisions?⠀⇛
Submit them to the Journal of Free Speech Law;
we’ll tell you within 14 days whether we’ll accept
the submission, and then we can publish it very
quickly, if you’d like.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Solution_to_Chinese_Censorship_Is_Not_Show
Hearings⠀⇛
Government bullying won’t fix censorship caused by
government bullying.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Sixth_Circuit_Stays_Preliminary_Injunction_Against
Tennessee_Law_Limiting_Gender-Affirming_Treatments_for
Minors⠀⇛
A divided panel concludes the plaintiffs are
unlikely to prevail on the merits and pledges to
expedite the appeal.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Journalists_Outraged_That_a_Judge_Would_Dare_Limit
Biden’s_Censorship_Powers⠀⇛
Unfortunately, there is reason to doubt that the
judge’s decision will meaningfully constrain the
feds.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Delay_in_Wuhan_rights_activist’s_case_sparks_fears_of
incommunicado_detention⠀⇛
Zhang Hai hasn’t been allowed to meet with a lawyer
since his detention following February’s ‘silver’
protests.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Almost_70%_of_journalists_have_self-
censored,_83%_say_conditions_have_worsened_–_Hong_Kong_press
club_survey⠀⇛
Almost 70 per cent of journalists in Hong Kong say
they have self-censored in their own writing, a
survey conducted by the Hong Kong Foreign
Correspondents’ Club (FCC) has found. The results,
released on Wednesday, surveyed members of the
press club on working conditions in the city.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Mexico_reporter_found_dead_amid_string_of_media
murders⠀⇛
The body of 59-year-old Mexican journalist Luis
Martín Sánchez Iñiguez, who has been missing since
Wednesday, was found in the Mexican state of
Nayarit on Saturday. At the time of his
disappearance, Sánchez Iñiguez was working as a
correspondent for the Mexico City newspaper La
Jornada.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg’s_Dying_Wish:_Free_Julian
Assange,_Encourage_Whistleblowers_&_Reveal_the_Truth⠀⇛
Whistleblower Dan Ellsberg joined us after the
Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage
Act for publishing U.S. military and diplomatic
documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Assange is
locked up in London and faces up to 175 years in
prison if extradited and convicted in the United
States. Ellsberg died in June, and as we remember
his life and legacy, we revisit his message for
other government insiders who are considering
becoming whistleblowers: “My message to them is:
Don’t do what I did. Don’t wait ’til the bombs are
actually falling or thousands more have died.”
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Roadblocks_still_in_place_for_Saudi_women_after
five_years_of_driving⠀⇛
It has been five years since Jawhara al-Wabili
became one of Saudi Arabia’s first women drivers –
a reform she saw as revolutionary, even as some
activists dismissed it as window-dressing.
# ⚓ Site36 ☛ Germany_accepts_torture:_Authority_knows_evidence
in_Turkey_but_wants_to_deport_a_Kurdish_man⠀⇛
# ⚓ Summer_water_cuts_in_prison_in_one_of_Turkey’s_hottest
cities_trouble_prisoners⠀⇛
A Green Left MP has addressed the issue at the
parliament, submitting a prliamentary question to
the justice minister.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ BBC_Suspends_Male_Staff_Member_After
Report_of_Payments_for_Sexual_Images [Ed: But BillBC
continues taking bribes from Bill Gates in spite of Jeffrey
Epstein, which is far worse]⠀⇛
A report in The Sun newspaper said that an unnamed
male presenter at the BBC had paid tens of
thousands of pounds to a teenager in exchange for
“sexually explicit photographs.”
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.K._Plan_to_Send_Asylum_Seekers_to_Rwanda
Is_Unlawful,_Court_Rules⠀⇛
A three-judge court of appeals said the African
country was not a safe country for migrants seeking
asylum. The government is now expected to appeal to
the Supreme Court.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Texas,_New_York_Diverge_on_“Miranda_Warning”
For_Parents_in_CPS_Cases⠀⇛
Starting this September, child protective services
agents across Texas will be required to read
parents their constitutional rights, the same way
that police do for criminal suspects. Under a new
law enacted by the state Legislature, caseworkers
there will be informing parents under investigation
that they have the right to remain silent, to have
a lawyer present and to decline searches of their
home or of their children without a court order.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Gambling_ads_should_be_banned_in_three
years:_report⠀⇛
All ads for online gambling should be banned within
three years, a parliamentary inquiry has
recommended.
The inquiry examining online gambling harm in
Australia put forward 31 recommendations in a new
report, cracking down on an industry that is
“manipulating an impressionable and vulnerable
audience”.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 18_Mln_Doses_of_Child_Malaria_Vaccines_for
African_Countries [Ed: Make these affordable, no
patents]⠀⇛
Malaria kills nearly half a million children
under the age of five annually in the sub-
Saharan African region.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Creative_Commons_Announces_New
Board_Members:_Marta_Belcher,_James_Grimmelmann_&_Luis
Villa⠀⇛
We are at a pivotal moment in the development
of Creative Commons. As we focus on CC’s
strategic goal of accelerating better sharing
and prepare for the first CC Global Summit
since 2019 in Mexico City this October, the
insights of Marta, James, and Luis will be
invaluable.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Leftovers
o Science
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)
o Linux_Foundation
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ APNIC ☛ Optimizing_power_consumption_in_high-end_routers⠀⇛
Guest Post: The power consumption of high-end routers is
a hot topic. Who’s to blame for all this heat?
o ⚓ Ali Reza Hayati ☛ We’re_afraid_of_being_called!⠀⇛
I’ve been training myself to not care about being called
names. I don’t care if people try to hurt or insult me
with words. I don’t care about their insults, they can’t
upset me, and won’t be able to affect me in any way.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ How_to_Silence_Your_Thoughts_And_Drift_Off
to_Sleep:_An_Expert_Explains⠀⇛
6 important things you need to know.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Glorious_New_Saturn_Image:_JWST_Has_Now
Captured_All_4_Giant_Planets⠀⇛
The Solar System has never looked so amazing.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ It’s_Possible_to_Identify_Someone’s_Sex
With_96%_Accuracy_With_Just_a_Sniff_of_Their_Hand⠀⇛
A huge deal for forensic science.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Computer_Speed_Gains_Erased_By_Modern_Software⠀⇛
[Julio] has an older computer sitting on a desk,
and recorded a quick video with it showing how fast
this computer can do seemingly simple things, like
open default Windows applications including the
command prompt and Notepad. Compared to his modern
laptop, which seems to struggle with even these
basic tasks despite its impressive modern hardware,
the antique machine seems like a speed demon. His
videos set off a huge debate about why it seems
that modern personal computers often appear slower
than machines of the past.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ bitswrt_NHX53X2_WiFi_7_system-on-module
features_Qualcomm_IPQ5332_SoC⠀⇛
bitswrt NHX53X2 is a WiFi 7 system-on-module (SoC)
powered by a Qualcomm IPQ5332 quad-core Cortex-A53
SoC and equipped with the QCN6274 commercial grade
WiFi 7 chipset. The IPQ5332 processor looks to be
the little brother of the IPQ9574 quad-core Arm
Cortex-A73 processor found in the AL02 WiFi 7
reference router board from Qualcomm. The module
comes with up to 3GB RAM, 1GB NAND flash, and
exposes plenty of I/Os with multiple 2.5GbE
interfaces, 10GbE, PCIe Gen 3.0, USB 3.0, GPIOs,
and more.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Tentacle_Robot_Is_Like_An_Elephant_Trunk⠀⇛
It sounds like bad science fiction or anime, but
researchers are creating helical-artificial fibrous
muscle structured tubular soft actuators. What? Oh,
tentacle robot arms. Got it.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Retailers_seek_to_shake_up_clinical_trials
business⠀⇛
Big retailers expanding_into_health_care_delivery
increasingly see a growth opportunity tapping their
huge customer bases to recruit participants into
clinical trials.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ The_FDA_is_being_asked_to_look
into_Logan_Paul’s_energy_drink,_which_has_the_caffeine_of_6
Coke_cans⠀⇛
An influencer-backed energy drink that has earned
viral popularity among children is facing scrutiny
from lawmakers and health experts over its
potentially dangerous levels of caffeine. Senator
Chuck Schumer on Sunday called on the Food and Drug
Administration to investigate PRIME. The beverage
brand was launched last year by YouTube stars Logan
Paul and KSI and has become something of an
obsession among the influencers’ legions of young
followers. Schumer said the drink contains nearly
twice as much caffeine as Red Bull and poses a
health risk to children. Representatives for PRIME
have said the drinks are clearly marked as not
recommended for minors. They did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Health,_wealth_and_security_mapped_in
wellbeing_index⠀⇛
As the federal government puts the finishing
touches on its national wellbeing index, the
treasurer has revisited his vision to mesh
Australia’s economic goals with its social ones.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers took aim at the former
coalition government’s approach to budget
management that saw economic and social objectives
“in conflict, not concert”.
# ⚓ Now_Steve_Kirsch_wants_to_“collaborate”_with_provaccine
scientists?⠀⇛
So now Steve Kirsch wants to “collaborate” with
vaccine scientists, claiming that the “best way to
settle an argument about ‘what the science says’ is
with a collaborative experiment”? Maybe I should,
as Kirsch likes to say a lot, “talk about it.”
First, however, a little background is in order to
explain why I find Kirsch’s offer to “collaborate”
so risibly silly.
o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾
# ⚓ India Today ☛ Tech_layoffs_continue_in_2023 [Ed: Microsoft
layoffs went on every month this year, they don't just
"continue" all of a sudden]⠀⇛
Tech layoffs continue in 2023 as Microsoft,
Evernote and others announce more job cuts.
# ⚓ Market Watch ☛ Microsoft_is_cutting_more_jobs,_after_laying
off_10,000_earlier_this_year [Ed: Loaded headline because
many more than 10k were fired, more are being laid off this
week (more than media talks about it), and many more to come
soon]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Investopedia ☛ 5_Things_to_Know_Before_Markets_Open⠀⇛
The technology company didn’t confirm how many
additional layoffs are coming, though salespeople
and customer representatives have confirmed they
have lost jobs.
# ⚓ Bank_of_America_agrees_to_pay_$250M_over_junk_fees,_other
violations [Ed: It was a lot more than 10,000, but they're
parroting Microsoft's face-saving lies]⠀⇛
Microsoft to increase layoffs on top of the 10,000
announced earlier this year
# ⚓ Seeking Alpha ☛ Microsoft_said_to_lay_off_sales,_customer
support_staff_as_new_fiscal_year_begins⠀⇛
While the total number of employees impacted was
not disclosed, 276 workers at Microsoft (MSFT)
offices in Redmond and Bellevue in Washington were
laid off, according to the state’s Employment
Security Department.
# ⚓ 10,000_Microsoft_employees_affected_by_July_2023_layoffs
[Ed: We suspect the article is CG spew]⠀⇛
While the official statement confirmed the layoffs,
it left a lot to speculation. Neither the number of
affected workers nor an insight into whether these
layoffs would continue in subsequent rounds was
divulged by Microsoft.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Black_Artists_Say_A.I._Shows_Bias,_With
Algorithms_Erasing_Their_History⠀⇛
Tech companies acknowledge machine-learning
algorithms can perpetuate discrimination and need
improvement.
# ⚓ CNBC ☛ Jim_Cramer’s_top_10_things_to_watch_in_the_stock
market_Tuesday⠀⇛
3. Club name Microsoft (MSFT) confirms new job cuts
on top of announced downsizing in January that led
to 10,000 layoffs. CNBC reports that salespeople
and customer success representatives posted
messages on social networks to announce they lost
their jobs.
# ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Microsoft_announces_more_job_cuts_after
January_layoffs [Ed: They intentionally belittle the scale of
this by parroting Microsoft]⠀⇛
A filing with the Washington state Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)
system shows 276 layoffs in Redmond, where its
headquarters is located, and Bellevue.
# ⚓ Nasdaq ☛ Daily_Markets:_Amazon’s_Prime_Day_a_Litmus_for
U.S._Consumer_Spending⠀⇛
Microsoft (MSFT) announced fresh layoffs impacting
an undisclosed number of employees in customer
service, support, and sales, according to multiple
media sources. Layoffs are not uncommon for
Microsoft as it restructures part of its businesses
at the start of its new fiscal year.
# ⚓ Major_blow_as_big_tech_firm_set_to_cut_up_to_70_jobs_from
Irish_workforce [Ed: For now. It'll increase over time, just
like in January-March.]⠀⇛
The company first announced they were cutting 120
Irish jobs in February.
And in March, an extra 60 job cuts were revealed.
It is understood that Microsoft’s latest layoffs
may be less than 70 if some workers are redeployed
to other areas.
The company employs around 3,500 people in Ireland
in areas including engineering, sales, operations
and product development.
# ⚓ Seattle Times ☛ Microsoft_cuts_276_Seattle-area_jobs,_but
no_hint_of_broader_layoffs [Ed: This title is a lie from Bill
Gates-funded “media”; RTE ☛ there_are_also_layoffs_in_Europe
and_it’s_not_a_secret]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Game Rant ☛ Microsoft_Hit_With_More_Layoffs⠀⇛
Now, Microsoft has announced a new round of
layoffs, as originally reported by Geek Wire.
According to the media outlet, the areas that will
be affected include customer service, support, and
sales. This comes on the heels of the end of the
company’s fiscal year, which happened in June, and
it’s deemed a common practice in the industry.
Notably, the layoffs are quite smaller than the
ones that happened at the beginning of 2023,
affecting 276 employees and this time it does not
seem that anyone in the gaming sector is affected.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Microsoft’s_10,000_job_cuts_didn’t_quite
do_the_trick [Ed: Well, it was never 10k]⠀⇛
A WARN notice posted in Washington shows 276 being
let go in the state alone, but the global total is
likely to be much higher and the cuts are much more
widespread than the software giant’s home state.
Typically at Microsoft, a round of layoffs happen
in early July following Redmond’s June 30 fiscal
end of year. Microsoft laid off about 1,000 people
this time last year as it kicked off fiscal 2023.
At the time, the company insisted the move was not
related to fears about recession.
Anecdotally, The Reg noticed Microsoft workers all
over the world posting #OpenToWork status notices
on LinkedIn within the last few hours from various
other US states including Arizona, Texas, Florida,
Philadelphia, Illinois, and Michigan, as well as
places as far afield as Canada and Denmark. Most
appear to be in sales, support, and customer roles.
# ⚓ Barrons ☛ Microsoft_Cuts_Hundreds_More_Jobs._Tech_Layoffs
Are_Slowing_but_Not_Stopping.⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Tech_execs_turn_to_drink_and_drugs_as_job
losses_mount⠀⇛
During the first half of 2023, which included job
losses and share price pressures, tech execs turned
to drink and drugs to help them cope, at least
according to one research firm.
In a survey of over 500 tech execs, nearly 80
percent of tech workers told researchers they were
taking medications, either under a doctor’s
supervision or otherwise. To perform better and
cope with long work hours and high stress, 32
percent said they consumed controlled substances,
and 45 percent said they used painkillers including
Codeine, Vicodin, and other opiate derivatives.
Thirty-four percent of tech executives used
stimulants, including amphetamines like Adderall,
Dexedrine, and Concerta, the survey of 501 tech
leaders found.
o § Linux Foundation⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ More_than_500_Winners_from
80_Countries_Selected_for_the_2023_Shubhra_Kar_Linux
Foundation_Training_Scholarship [Ed: Sensitive subject, but
did he use Linux or just cash in a lot of money?]⠀⇛
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Exploit_Code_Published_for_Remote_Root_Flaw
in_VMware_Logging_Software⠀⇛
VMware confirmed that exploit code for CVE-2023-
20864 has been published, underscoring the urgency
for enterprise network admins to apply available
patches.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Apple_Ships_Urgent_iOS_Patch_for_WebKit
Zero-Day⠀⇛
Apple rolls out urgent iOS and iPadOS software
updates and warned that zero-day exploitation has
already been detected.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Critical_Vulnerability_Can_Allow_Takeover
of_Mastodon_Servers⠀⇛
A critical vulnerability in the Mastodon social
networking platform may allow attackers to take
over target servers.
# ⚓ Linux_VPN_Myths_Exposed:_Separating_Fact_from_Fiction_for
Enhanced_Online_Security⠀⇛
With online privacy and security becoming
increasingly critical concerns, VPNs have gained
immense popularity recently. Nevertheless, an
abundance of false information about this tool for
safeguarding online privacy is circulating.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Hackers_stream_anti-NATO_broadcasts_in_Lithuania
after_cyber_attacks⠀⇛
Lithuania’s National Cyber Security Centre (NKSC)
has recorded two cyber incidents when
disinformation was broadcast on a regional radio
station and in a shopping centre following a
hacking of a music streaming service.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ A_Cybersecurity_Wish_List_Ahead_of_NATO
Summit⠀⇛
Assuming NATO can play a greater part in the
cybersecurity of its members, possibly through a
more formal NATO Cyber Command, the question then
becomes ‘what should we hope for?’
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Apple_issues_emergency_patches_to_fix_10th_zero-
day_for_2023⠀⇛
Apple has issued emergency updates to fix zero-days
in its iOS, iPadOS and macOS Ventura operating
systems, the 10th fix for zero-days being exploited
in the wild issued this calendar year.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Apple_Rapid_Security_Update_Patches_Three_Exploited
Vulnerabilities,_(Mon,_Jul_10th)⠀⇛
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Australian_infrastructure_firm_Ventia_breached_in
online_attack⠀⇛
“Ventia’s operations are continuing. We are
maintaining vigilance across our systems. We will
not hesitate to take further protective action if
required as operations return to normal in the days
ahead.”
Ventia operates in both Australia and New Zealand
and is one of the bigger essential services
providers in the two countries.
In 2022, it pulled_in_revenue of $5.1 billion, an
increase of 13.4% on the previous calendar year.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ PoC_Exploit_Published_for_Recent_Ubiquiti
EdgeRouter_Vulnerability⠀⇛
PoC exploit has been published for a recently
patched Ubiquiti EdgeRouter vulnerability leading
to arbitrary code execution.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Honeywell_Boosting_OT_Cybersecurity
Offering_With_Acquisition_of_SCADAfence⠀⇛
Industrial giant Honeywell wants to extend its OT
cybersecurity portfolio with the acquisition of
Israel-based OT/IoT security firm SCADAfence.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Critical_Infrastructure_Services_Firm
Ventia_Takes_Systems_Offline_Due_to_Cyberattack⠀⇛
Critical infrastructure services provider Ventia
has taken some systems offline following a
cyberattack.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Federal_Judge_Sets_Hearing_Date
for_TikTok_Preliminary_Injunction_Motions_As_Montana
Ban_Looms⠀⇛
Last week, TikTok moved to prevent a much-
publicized Montana law (which is expected to
ban the short-form app’s use beginning on
January 1st) from going into effect as
planned. Now, a hearing has officially been
scheduled for the ByteDance subsidiary’s
preliminary injunction motions.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Europe_Signs_Off_on_a_New_Privacy
Pact_That_Allows_People’s_Data_to_Keep_Flowing_to_US⠀⇛
The EU signed off on a new agreement over the
privacy of people’s personal information that
gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to
ease European concerns about electronic
spying by American intelligence agencies.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ TikTok_admits_‘serious
misconduct’_in_surveilling_press⠀⇛
TikTok officials concede “serious changes”
are needed at the social media company in the
wake of a spying scandal.
The admission from Australian general manager
Lee Hunter came during a fiery hearing on
Tuesday of a parliamentary committee probing
foreign interference through social media.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Key_aid_crossing_to_rebel-held_Syria_closes_as
UN_fails_to_extend_authorisation⠀⇛
A UN-brokered agreement that allows for the
delivery of aid overland from Turkey into rebel-
held areas of Syria expired on Monday after the
Security Council failed to hold a vote to
reauthorise it.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UN_Secretary-General_says_Taliban_must_restore
freedom_of_speech,_stop_corporal_punishment_before_admission
to_global_community⠀⇛
In the UN Security Council’s latest quarterly
report regarding life in Afghanistan, released last
week, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated
that Taliban authorities must ensure “inclusive
governance,” allow freedom of speech and stop
handing out corporal punishment in order to enter
the global community.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Australia_must_investigate_war_crimes
allegations,_says_ADF_chief⠀⇛
Investigating allegations that Australian soldiers
committed war crimes in Afghanistan is ‘utterly
critical’ to the nation regaining moral authority
at home and with its allies, says Australian
Defence Force chief Angus Campbell.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ UK_Ministry_of_Defense_confirms_UK_Special_Forces
at_center_of_Afghanistan_war_crimes_inquiry⠀⇛
United Kingdom (UK) Defense Secretary Ben Wallace
announced Wednesday that UK Special Forces are the
focus of an inquiry into allegations of “unlawful
activity” in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ 22_tourists_missing_in_Perm_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Rescuers are trying to find a group of 22 tourists
who went rafting on the Usva River in the Perm
region, RIA Novosti reports, citing the Ministry of
Emergency Situations. The group includes 11 adults
and 11 children.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ North_Korean_police_complain_to_Pyongyang_about
uncooperative_state_security_agents⠀⇛
Agents refused to share case data with local police
prompting official letter to Central Committee.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Killed_former_submarine_commander_in_Krasnodar
could_have_been_tracked_through_Strava_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Baza writes that person who killed Stanislav
Rzhitsky, deputy head of mobilization for
Krasnodar, could have tracked his movements using a
jogging app.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_prepares_massive_security_operation_ahead_of
Biden_visit⠀⇛
The US president is to attend a US-Nordic Leaders
Summit in Helsinki on Thursday, but details about
the visit are being kept under close wraps.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Six_Iso_Omena_security_guards_suspected_of_negligent
homicide⠀⇛
Police are wrapping up their preliminary
investigation into the death of a 35-year-old woman
in January.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Iran_Urges_Pakistan_to_Ensure_Border_Security
After_Attack⠀⇛
The armed attack was carried out by Jaish ul-Adl,
which is a Salafi Islamist militant organization
that operates mainly in southeastern Iran.
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Türkiye_Gives_Green_Light_to_Sweden’s_NATO
Accession⠀⇛
“…Sweden and Türkiye have worked closely
together to address Türkiye’s legitimate
security concerns…”
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_war_bloggers’_reactions_to_news_of
Putin’s_post-rebellion_meeting_with_Prigozhin_range
from_mockery_to_approval_—_Meduza⠀⇛
On July 10, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry
Peskov confirmed reports that the president
met with Yevgeny Prigozhin and multiple
Wagner Group commanders just days after the
mercenary leader’s armed rebellion against
the Russian Defense Ministry. “Putin listened
to the commanders’ explanations and proposed
options for their further employment and
combat deployment,” Peskov told journalists.
“The commanders gave their version of events,
emphasizing that they are committed
supporters and soldiers of the head of state
and the supreme commander, and expressed that
they are ready to continue fighting for the
motherland.”
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Parliamentary_speakers_warn_against_stalling
Ukraine’s_NATO_membership_bid⠀⇛
The speakers of the parliaments of Latvia,
Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany and
Ukraine have adopted a joint statement on
Ukraine’s future membership of NATO in which
they ask for allance members attending
the Vilnius NATO summit “to commit to Ukraine
becoming a NATO member” with a clear path
towards that goal.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ What_if_Russia_Is_Winning_America’s_Proxy
War_in_Ukraine?⠀⇛
Reprinted with permission from the American
Conservative. Washington is a world apart. A
war the United States supposedly isn’t waging
hangs over the imperial city.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Stop_Biden_From_Sending_Cluster_Bombs_to
Ukraine⠀⇛
President Biden may have crossed a new red
line for the Democratic Party when he
announced he would send banned cluster
munitions to shore up Ukraine’s slow counter-
offensive against Russian troops.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ AUDIO:_Iain_Davis_on_Perspective_with
Jesse_Zurawell_–_July_5th_2023⠀⇛
Iain Davis joins host Jesse Zurawell to
discuss the recent Wagner mutiny in Ukraine,
“interoperability” and its implications for
global digital ID and currency, plans for
future of G7, the nature of conflict in
“multipolar” world and more.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Cluster_Bombs_Aren’t_the_Only_Weapons_That
Kill_People_After_a_War_Is_Over⠀⇛
Progressive Democrats’ opposition to sending
cluster bombs to Ukraine is welcome. Their
arguments apply to much of the military aid
the U.S. is sending the country.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Why_Ukraine_needs_cluster
munitions⠀⇛
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Can_Washington_Be_Saved_from_Itself_at_the
NATO_Summit?⠀⇛
Several crucial decisions likely will be made
at this week’s NATO summit meeting.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ What_a_Negotiated_Settlement_to_the_Ukraine
War_Could_Look_Like⠀⇛
It’s time. If the goal is for Ukraine to
emerge from this horrible situation in as
strong a position as possible, then the time
has come to stop the war and negotiate a
settlement.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Australia’s_message_for_NATO⠀⇛
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese heads to
Vilnius for this week’s NATO summit needing
to deliver the clear messages that Australia
continues to be a serious supporter of
Ukraine [...]
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Moldova_must_seize_opportunity_to
end_energy_dependence_on_Russia⠀⇛
With the Russian army struggling in Ukraine
and Putin weakened on the domestic front,
Moldova may never have a better opportunity
to end its energy sector dependence on
Russia, writes Suriya Evans-Pritchard
Jayanti.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Prigozhin_was_a_torpedo_to_the
idea_that_the_West_must_not_humiliate_Putin⠀⇛
The Wagner Group founder punctured a number
of myths about the Kremlin, its leader, and
its ongoing war in Ukraine.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Why_local_officials_must
participate_in_Ukraine’s_reconstruction⠀⇛
As the international community continues
preparations for the postwar reconstruction
of Ukraine it is vital to maximize engagement
with Ukrainian local authorities, write
Zachary Popovich and Michael Druckman.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Ukraine_seeks_security_guarantees
as_NATO_members_gather_in_Vilnius⠀⇛
NATO members gather Tuesday for a two-day
summit in Vilnius amid calls from President
Volodymyr Zelensky to confirm Ukraine as a
de-facto member. Sweden’s NATO bid appeared
set to go forward after a last-minute
reversal from Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, one of the last obstacles to Swedish
membership. In Ukraine, air defences fended
off an overnight Russian drone attack on
Kyiv.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_military,_allies_ready_to_ensure_24/
7_security_of_Vilnius_NATO_Summit⠀⇛
The Lithuanian Armed Forces and their allies
have reached “full operational capability”
and are carrying out all of their tasks for
NATO’s summit starting in Vilnius on Tuesday,
according to the press release.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkey’s_Erdogan_agrees_to_back_Swedish
NATO_bid⠀⇛
Turkey agreed Monday to allow Sweden to join
the NATO alliance, setting the stage for the
allies to showcase their unity at a summit
focused on securing support for Ukraine’s
battle against Russia’s invasion.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Biden_meets_British_PM_Rishi_Sunak,_King
Charles_ahead_of_NATO_summit⠀⇛
US President Joe Biden dropped in for tea and
climate change talks with King Charles III on
Monday, after a garden meeting with UK Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak before a NATO leaders’
summit on Ukraine.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_warns_of_potential
‘humanitarian_problems’_as_US_approves_transfer_of
cluster_bombs_to_Ukraine⠀⇛
China warned on Monday that the
“irresponsible transfer” of cluster munitions
could lead to “humanitarian problems”, after
the United States approved the shipment of
the weapons to Ukraine. Washington’s decision
drew “widespread attention from the
international community, with many countries
expressing opposition”, Chinese foreign
ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russian_attack_near_Ukraine_humanitarian_aid
center_kills_5,_wounds_11⠀⇛
A Russian airstrike on Sunday hit a building
in Zaporizhzhia, southeast Ukraine, that was
next to a humanitarian aid center. The
building collapsed on the center and trapped
at least 15 people under the rubble. Five
people died and 11 were injured as a result
of the strike.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Live_updates:_NATO_leaders_assemble_in_Vilnius
for_two-day_summit⠀⇛
NATO leaders are meeting in Vilnius on
Tuesday for a two-day summit where allies
will discuss the prospects of Ukraine’s NATO
membership and defence funding.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘Western_Europe_is_moving_closer_to_the
Baltics’._What_can_Lithuania_expect_from_Vilnius_NATO
summit?⠀⇛
The NATO summit in Vilnius was supposed to be
an uneventful transition event between the
other key meetings. However, Moscow’s
invasion of Ukraine changed the plans,
forcing NATO to think – again – about a
potential war with Russia.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Allies_agree_that_Ukraine_will_be_NATO_member,
but_it_must_win_first_–_Stoltenberg⠀⇛
All allies agree that Ukraine will become a
NATO member, but first it must win the war
against Russia, NATO Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg said in Vilnius on Monday.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Call_Russia_posters_in_Vilnius_spark_protests,
campaign_suspended_ahead_of_NATO_summit⠀⇛
A campaign promoting the Call Russia
initiative has angered people in Vilnius, who
say that the project first launched after
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sends the wrong
message to NATO leaders.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Strikes_Kyiv_With_Drones_Hours_Before
Key_NATO_Summit_For_Ukraine⠀⇛
Russia launched a fresh wave of kamikaze
drones on Kyiv early on July 11, Ukrainian
officials said, hours before the start of a
crucial NATO summit in Lithuania where the
military support for Ukraine in its defense
against Russian aggression and its future
ties with the alliance top the agenda.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Biden,_Sunak_Discuss_Ukraine_Ahead_Of_NATO
Summit_In_Lithuania⠀⇛
U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak on July 10 reaffirmed
their “steadfast support” for Ukraine as they
discussed the upcoming NATO summit, the White
House said.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kremlin_Says_Putin_Met_With_Prigozhin_In
Russia_On_June_29,_Days_After_Mutiny⠀⇛
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the private
Wagner mercenary group, on June 29, just five
days after the group had marched to within
200 kilometers of Moscow in a short-lived
mutiny.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Media_Investigation_Says_War_Deaths
In_Ukraine_At_Least_47,000⠀⇛
The total number of Russian soldiers killed
in the war against Ukraine was at least
47,000 by the end of May, a joint
investigation by the Russian media outlets
Mediazona and Meduza showed.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ahead_Of_Key_NATO_Summit,_Ukraine_Says_It_Has
Made_Advances_In_Southern_Counteroffensive⠀⇛
Ukrainian forces have continued to make gains
in the south, liberating an area roughly the
size of the city of Odesa since the start of
its counteroffensive, the General Staff of
Ukraine’s military said on July 10.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia’s_Top_General_Shown_In_Video_For_First
Time_Since_Failed_Wagner_Mutiny⠀⇛
Russia’s most senior general, Chief of the
General Staff Valery Gerasimov, was shown
ordering subordinates to destroy Ukrainian
missile sites in a video released on July 10,
in what would be his first appearance in
public since a failed June 24 Wagner
mercenary mutiny.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ NATO_Uses_Ukraine_as_Sacrificial_Pawn_in
Defeating_Russia⠀⇛
By delivering weapons and deploying military
advisors in Ukraine, NATO is now waging a
proxy war against Russia, said the chairwoman
of the Left Party parliamentary group.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Russian_mercenary_leader
Prigozhin’s_commanders_met_Putin_after_short-lived
mutiny,_pledged_loyalty⠀⇛
The Kremlin says mercenary chief Yevgeny
Prigozhin’s commanders met with Russian
President Vladimir Putin five days after
staging a short-lived rebellion. Kremlin
officials say the commanders pledged loyalty
to the Russian government. The announcement
Monday about the meeting in Moscow was the
latest twist in a baffling episode that has
raised questions about the power and
influence held by both men. A Kremlin
spokesman said the three-hour meeting took
place on June 29. It involved not only
Prigozhin but commanders from his Wagner
Group military contractor. Putin gave an
assessment of Wagner’s actions on the
battlefield in Ukraine and of the revolt
itself.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Turkey_Clears_the_Way_for_Sweden’s
Entry_to_NATO_on_the_Eve_of_Summit⠀⇛
The announcement allows the military alliance
to project unity, which is getting harder to
sustain as the war in Ukraine goes on.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Tangled_Past_Complicates_Poland’s
Welcome_to_Ukrainian_Refugees⠀⇛
Polish memories of ethnic pogroms by
Ukrainian nationalists in the 1940s jostle
with the trauma left by Russia and its war in
Ukraine.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Meets_With_Sunak_in_the_U.K.
Ahead_of_NATO_Summit⠀⇛
The two men met briefly in London on the eve
of a summit of NATO leaders in Lithuania.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_a_Distant_War_Is_Threatening
Livelihoods_in_the_Arctic_Circle⠀⇛
The fighting in Ukraine has disrupted a
region in northern Norway that had thrived on
cross-border trade and cooperation with
Russia.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ NATO_members_divided_over_whether_and_when_to
admit_Ukraine⠀⇛
NATO members are sharply dividedheading into
this week’s_summit_in_Vilnius, Lithuania,
over how to handle the delicate question of
Ukraine’s future membership.
Why it matters:Ukraine’s most fervent
backers, including the Baltic states and
Poland, want to send a clear signal that
Kyiv’s accession is a matter of when, not if.
But the U.S. and Germany are intent on
avoiding any such definitive statements.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Putin_met_with_Wagner_boss_days_after_short-
lived_mutiny⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir_Putin met with
Yevgeny_Prigozhin less than a week after the
Wagner boss launched a short-lived rebellion,
the Kremlin said on Monday.
Why it matters:Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry
Peskov told reporters that Putin, Prigozhin
and other Wagner commanders met for three
hours in Moscow on June 29 — the first known
meeting between the Russian president and
mercenary chief since the brief mutiny.
=============================================
# The uprising was the biggest threat to
Putin’s rule since he came to power
more than two decades ago.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Hungarian_Farm_Minister_To_Visit_Turkey_For
Talks_On_Black_Sea_Grain_Deal⠀⇛
Hungarian Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy
will go to Turkey on July 11 for talks with
his Turkish counterpart about extending the
deal that allows Ukraine to export grain from
its Black Sea ports, the minister said on
Facebook.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ More_help_for_Ukraine_as
Albanese_prepares_for_NATO⠀⇛
Anthony Albanese will provide NATO leaders
with an Indo-Pacific perspective on global
security as he unveils further military
support for war-torn Ukraine.
The prime minister has landed in the
Lithuanian capital Vilnius for a NATO summit
on Tuesday afternoon (AEST) after announcing
the deployment of an Australian
reconnaissance aircraft to Europe during a
visit to Germany.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s_Struggles⠀⇛
The much-anticipated counteroffensive is off
to a slow start.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_Turkey_Agrees_to
Support_Sweden’s_NATO_Bid,_Clearing_Main_Obstacle⠀⇛
The decision clears the way for Sweden to
join the defense alliance, a move that had
been held up by Turkey’s demands.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Now_playing_at_Odesa’s_opera_house:
Renewal_and_hope⠀⇛
How relevant is opera? In the Ukrainian Black
Sea port of Odesa, what has been dismissed as
elitist elsewhere has emerged as a pillar of
community strength and support.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ NATO_summit_boosted_by
Turkey’s_decision_to_end_opposition_to_Sweden’s_bid_to
join_alliance⠀⇛
NATO opened its summit Tuesday with fresh
momentum after Turkey withdrew its objections
to Sweden joining the alliance. It’s a step
toward the unity that Western leaders have
been eager to demonstrate in the face of
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision by
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a
significant step toward Sweden’s membership.
It also will alleviate tension in Vilnius,
Lithuania’s capital. NATO Secretary-General
Jens Stoltenberg called it a “historic day”
late Monday evening as he announced the
agreement. U.S. President Joe Biden is
scheduled to meet separately on Tuesday with
the leaders of Turkey and Sweden.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Four_big_takeaways_from_the_new
Czech_national_security_strategy⠀⇛
Prague approved a new national security
strategy on June 28. Here’s what stands out
in the document on Russia, China, and more.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Deputy_Chief_Of_Mobilization_In_Krasnodar
Shot_Dead_While_Jogging,_Russian_Media_Reports⠀⇛
A deputy chief of the department for
mobilization in Krasnodar has been shot dead
in the southern Russian city, Russian media
reported on July 10.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poland_Detains_Russian_Spy,_Says_Interior
Minister⠀⇛
Poland has detained another member of a
Russian spy network, bringing the total
number of people rounded up in an
investigation to 15, Interior Minister
Mariusz Kaminski said
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Chinese_President_Meets_With_Russian
Federation_Council_Speaker⠀⇛
Valentina Matviyenko visits the Asian nation
at the invitation of Zhao Leji, Chairman of
the Standing Committee of the National
People’s Congress of China.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Putin_met_with_Prigozhin_days_after
rebellion,_Kremlin_says⠀⇛
Days after a short-lived rebellion by a
private army, Russian President Vladimir
Putin met with mercenary chief Yevgeny
Prigozhin, the Kremlin said. Mr. Prigozhin’s
fate and whereabouts are currently uncertain.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Future_of_Prigozhin’s_Vast_Empire_Is
Clouded_After_Rebellion⠀⇛
Over decades, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin amassed
considerable clout in Russia and built
businesses in at least 15 countries. His
whereabouts and the future of his extensive
portfolio are now uncertain.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘If_Russia_sets_foot_here,_it_will_be_pushed
out’_–_NATO_approves_Baltic_defence_plans_on_eve_of
summit⠀⇛
A deal on new regional defence plans was
reached in Vilnius on Monday evening. It is a
major achievement of the NATO summit that
kicks off on Tuesday, commented Deividas
Matulionis, Lithuania’s ambassador to the
alliance.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_mobilization_official_Stanislav
Rzhitsky_killed_in_Krasnodar_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The deputy head of mobilization for
Krasnodar, Stanislav Rzhitsky, was killed,
report the Telegram channels Shot, Baza, and
Mash.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Quiet_fears_hang_over_Russia’s
newest_border_with_a_NATO_nation.⠀⇛
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Canada_will_significantly_increase_its_troop
presence_in_Latvia⠀⇛
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in
Latvia July 10 en route to the NATO summit
taking place in Vilnius this week.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Trudeau_opens_Canada’s_embassy_in_Vilnius⠀⇛
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
announced on Monday the opening of his
country’s embassies in Vilnius and Tallinn.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Monday’s_Shocking_Record_For_Hottest_Day
May_Have_Been_Broken_Already⠀⇛
Don’t expect this one to last, either.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ HK_Express_flight_giveaway
opens_on_Tuesday,_with_free_fares_from_Hong_Kong_to
Japan,_South_Korea,_Taiwan⠀⇛
Airline HK Express will launch its free
flight giveaway at 10.30 am on Tuesday, with
round-trip tickets to destinations in Japan,
South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan on
offer – the latest phase of a campaign aimed
at rebooting tourism after years of Covid
travel restrictions.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Unsold_electric_cars_are_piling_up_on_dealer
lots⠀⇛
The auto industry is beginning to crank out
more electric_vehicles (EVs) to challenge
Tesla, but there’s one big problem: not
enough buyers.
Why it matters: The growing mismatch between
EV supply and demand is a sign that even
though consumers are showing more interest in
EVs, they’re still wary about purchasing one
because of price or charging concerns.
# ⚓ European Commission ☛ Eurobarometer:_Europeans_show
strong_support_for_the_EU_energy_policy_and_for_EU’s
response_to_Russia’s_invasion_of_Ukraine_and_more
optimism_regarding_economy⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Music_Monday,_and_Antranig_tries_LXC⠀⇛
In a situation in which I’m well familiar… am
familiar with… am with a familiar because I…
man, English, isn’t it great? Fellow FreeBSD
aficionado and friend of the Internet
Antranig Vartanian required the provisioning
of a Linux host for a client.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hong_Kong_Targets_Dissidents
Overseas_With_Bounties⠀⇛
The rewards of $128,000 for information
leading to the prosecution of dissidents who
have fled Hong Kong reflect stepped-up
pressure to intimidate activists beyond the
reach of the government.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Drone_video_shows_disastrous_flooding_in
Ludlow_after_torrential_rain_hits_Vermont⠀⇛
Ludlow, Vermont, was one of the hardest hit
areas Monday after torrential rain caused
catastrophic flash flooding.
# ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Relentless_rain_causes
floods_in_Northeast,_prompts_rescues_and_swamps
Vermont’s_capital⠀⇛
Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced
evacuations in the Northeast, especially in
Vermont and New York. One woman in New York’s
hard-hit Hudson Valley drowned as she was
trying to leave her flooded home. In Vermont,
search crews from North Carolina, Michigan
and Connecticut helped rescuers get to towns
that had been unreachable since torrents of
rain began belting the state. Swift water
rescue crews also have evacuated people stuck
in homes. The slow-moving storm reached New
England after hitting parts of New York and
Connecticut. Officials say the storm has
already wrought tens of millions of dollars
in damage and canceled hundreds of flights in
the New York and Boston airports.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ China_battered_by_torrid_heat_and_floods⠀⇛
Soaring temperatures and torrential rains are
testing China’s readiness for extreme weather
events, experts warn.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Torrential_rains_kill_at_least
15_in_southwest_China⠀⇛
Fifteen people have been killed and four are
missing after torrential rain in southwest
China, state media said Wednesday. “The
latest round of torrential rains since Monday
had killed 15 people and left four others
missing in southwest China’s Chongqing
Municipality as of 7 am Wednesday”, state
news agency Xinhua said, citing local
authorities. The […]
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_warns_of_‘multiple_natural
disasters’_including_floods,_typhoons_in_July⠀⇛
July 04, 2023 2:12 PM
Dozens of homes and roads were damaged in
north-west China by torrential rains on the
weekend.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Hundreds_evacuated_in_South_Korea
amid_torrential_rain;_baby_caught_in_landslide_dies⠀⇛
June 30, 2023 2:20 PM
A landslide buried the baby’s home in the
south-eastern city of Yeongju overnight.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Torrential_rain,_floods_kill_22
across_northern_India⠀⇛
July 10, 2023 6:35 AM
The authorities have ordered schools to be
shut in New Delhi on Monday.
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ UN:_43_Mln_USD_To_Mitigate_Drought_Impact
in_Somalia⠀⇛
“Recovery from a drought of this magnitude
will take years”
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Drought_menacing_Thailand
threatens_global_supply_of_sugar,_rice⠀⇛
Authorities have asked farmers to restrict
rice planting to a single crop to conserve
water.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Warning:_Student_loan_cliff_ahead⠀⇛
There’s a big economic shock coming this fall for
both the economy and millions of American
households — the resumption of student_loan
payments.
Why it matters: For millions of individuals that
means real and often painful cuts to spending
— cuts that will translate to a slowdown for the
economy overall.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ US_banks_are_bracing_for_losses_on_bad_loans_by
filling_their_coffers⠀⇛
The largest US banks kick off their earnings season
this week, starting with JPMorgan, Wells Fargo,
Citigroup, and BlackRock on Friday (July 14), and
their peers to follow the week after. And even
though things may look calm on the surface, the
financial seas are on the verge of getting rough.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ China’s_deflation_alarm_bells_are_ringing⠀⇛
Prices in China are plunging, and the risk of
deflation is rising. Consumer inflation fell to 0%
in June from a year earlier, according to the
Chinese National Bureau of Statistics.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Inflation’s_fear_factor_ebbs⠀⇛
Data: Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Chart:
Axios Visuals
Inflation is not looking quite so scary to American consumers, according to new
data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that suggests a broader cooldown
could be on the way.
⚓ YLE ☛ Student_housing_rush_bigger_in_some_cities_than_others⠀⇛
The upcoming weeks are expected to be the busiest period in the
rental market, especially in major university cities.
⚓ New York Times ☛ Social_Class_Is_Not_About_Only_Race⠀⇛
Class diversity has been a blind spot for many colleges. Will that
now change?
⚓ Cost_of_living_in_İstanbul_rises_64_percent_in_a_year⠀⇛
The highest rise in June was in the price of meat, compared to last
December. The price of meat and minced meat has risen 68.64 percent
in the last six months.
⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Rates_and_inflation_keeping_clamp_on_consumer
sentiment⠀⇛
Consumers are not convinced the Reserve Bank has finished hiking
interest rates, despite leaving the cash rate unchanged.
The mood as captured by Westpac and the Melbourne Institute every
month soured further after the July rate pause, with the weekly index
assembled by ANZ and Roy Morgan also falling after last week’s
decision.
⚓ Breach Media ☛ End_the_billionaire_tantrum_over_news—tax_Big_Tech⠀⇛
Google and Meta have already killed hundreds of journalism
jobs—they’re back for round two, and there’s no need to play nice
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ Axios ☛ House_GOP_wants_to_ban_foreigners_from_donating_to_political
non-profit_organizations⠀⇛
House Republicans are working on new legislation to prevent
foreign nationals from influencing_America’s_political_process,
Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The last two presidential elections have been
colored by allegations that foreign_influence_helped_the_GOP.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Foreign_tourists_return_to_Finland,_but_more_slowly_than
elsewhere_in_Europe⠀⇛
The gap left by Russian tourists is being filled by visitors
from the US and western Europe, while tourism from Asia has
slowly started to recover as well.
* ⚓ The Nation ☛ Gus_Newport_Showed_Bernie_Sanders_How_to_Be_a_Socialist
Mayor_in_the_Age_of_Reagan⠀⇛
Former Berkeley mayor Eugene “Gus” Newport was an indefatigable
activist who proudly identified as “an avowed socialist” in the
age of Ronald Reagan—a fact that The New York Times noted in
its rare and not always generous coverage of his two terms as
the anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist, anti-racist, peace-and-
justice championing mayor of the Left Coast city. Newport, who
died on June 17 at age 88, spent decades on the front lines of
radical struggles for economic, social, and racial equity,
working with Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Harvey Milk, and his
friend and ideological ally Bernie Sanders.
* ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Calls_Grow_for_a_New_Investigation_Into_the_Mysterious
Death_of_NYC_Anti-Corruption_Crusader⠀⇛
A 911 caller reports that a man had been walking with a
pedometer in his hand when he collapsed. A veteran NYPD
precinct detective provides that account to an NYPD
investigator working with the medical examiner’s office.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Uzbek_President_Shavkat_Mirziyoyev_cements_power_with
election_win⠀⇛
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev won a third term that will
keep him in charge of the gas-rich country until 2030 as
international observers said Monday the vote had lacked
“genuine” competition.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ South_Sudan_to_Hold_First_Elections_Since_Independence⠀⇛
The world’s newest country has spent nearly half of its
existence at war.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ Axios ☛ How_AI_will_turbocharge_misinformation_—_and_what_we_can
do_about_it⠀⇛
Attention-grabbing warnings of artificial intelligence’s
existential threats have eclipsed what many experts and
researchers say is a much more imminent risk: A near-
certain rise_in_misinformation.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Meta_reassures_on_Threads_misinformation
policies⠀⇛
Officials for Facebook’s parent company have sought to
reassure its new social media platform Threads will be
monitored for misinformation in the same way as its other
sites.
Meta executives appeared before a parliamentary committee
examining foreign interference through social media on
Tuesday, which is examining how Australian elections and
government agencies can be safeguarded from online
threats.
o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Sun_BBC_presenter_sex_scandal_scoop_prompts
Twitter_libel_actions⠀⇛
Allegations over an unnamed BBC presenter prompt legal
concerns for innocent stars.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ University_Fires_Russian_Opposition_Politician,_Academic⠀⇛
Opposition politician and academic Mikhail Lobanov says he was
fired from his position as an associate professor at Moscow
State University.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ From_militia_leader_to_refugee:_The_backstory_of_the_man_who
burned_a_Koran_in_Sweden⠀⇛
Soon after a Chrisitan Iraqi man named Salwan Momika burned a
Koran in front of Sweden’s largest mosque on June 28, 2023, it
was reported that he was a member of a Swedish ultra-
nationalist party. Then videos from Momika’s past in Iraq
started to surface. This footage showed him wearing the uniform
of an Iraqi militia with close links to Iran – a militia that
has been accused of war crimes. Momika apparently burned the
Koran just a few months after his application for citizenship
was denied.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Sentences_Rapper_Salehi_To_Prison_For_Supporting
Protests⠀⇛
Prominent Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, considered by many as
the voice of the unrest that has rocked the country’s Islamic
leadership for almost a year, has been sentenced to six years
and three months in prison on charges of “corruption on Earth”
over tweets he posted supporting protesters.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Activist_Nathan_Law’s_family_taken_away_by_Hong
Kong_national_security_police_–_reports⠀⇛
Hong Kong national security police have taken away the parents
and brother of activist Nathan Law for questioning, according
to several local media outlets citing sources. Law is among the
eight self-exiled activists wanted by the Hong Kong national
security police, with authorities offering a bounty of HK$1
million for each of the democrats.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_justice_minister_files_complaints_to
legal_bodies_against_2_wanted_democrats⠀⇛
Hong Kong’s justice minister has filed complaints to the city’s
legal professional bodies against two pro-democracy activists
wanted by the police under the Beijing-imposed national
security law over alleged collusion with foreign forces.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Treat_Hong_Kong’s_8_wanted_democrats_like
‘street_rats’_who_should_be_‘avoided_at_all_costs,’_leader_John_Lee
says⠀⇛
The eight overseas democrats wanted by national police should
be treated like “street rats” that people should “avoid at all
costs,” Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee has said.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_47:_Pro-democracy_group_aimed_to
uphold_Chinese_sovereignty,_ex-chief_says_at_nat._security_trial⠀⇛
One of the missions of the grassroots pro-democracy group Hong
Kong Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood (ADPL)
was to uphold Chinese sovereignty, the organisation’s ex-
chairman – one of the 47 democrats accused of conspiring to
commit subversion – has said at a high-profile trial under the
national security law.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ HRW:_Tunisia_must_cease_expulsions_of_Africa_migrants_and
grant_humanitarian_aid_access⠀⇛
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Tunisia on Thursday to cease
the collective expulsions of sub-Saharan African migrants. HRW
also urged that Tunisia should allow migrants, which its
government has sent to a dangerous area of the Tunisia-Libya
border, access to humanitarian services. According to HRW,
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Atlantic_Council_partners_with_UN_Women_to_advance
gender_equity_and_security_in_the_Caribbean⠀⇛
The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center
(AALAC) announced today a new partnership with the UN Women
Multi-Country Office – Caribbean to tackle the most pressing
gender-based challenges in the Caribbean, which will focus
particularly on Guyana and Jamaica.
* ⚓ Explosion_at_industrial_cleaning_facility_in_Trabzon_claims_life_of_one
person⠀⇛
The person, identified as a citizen of Afghanistan, had come to
the facility as a daily visitor, according to the authorities.
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ ACLU ☛ Biden_Knows_Section_702_is_Unconstitutional,_Yet_His
Administration_Still_Defends_It⠀⇛
Fifteen years ago this week, then Senator Joe Biden voted_no on
the FISA Amendments Act, which legalized a secret mass
surveillance program that allows the government to collect
Americans’ international phone calls, text messages, emails,
and other digital communications — all without a warrant. At
the time, Biden correctly identified this amendment to the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which created a new
authority known as Section 702, as “constitutionally infirm.”
Yet today, his own administration is defending this very same
law at his request.
Upon passage, then-Sen. Biden stated he was voting no because
Section 702 “would be a breathtaking and unconstitutional
expansion of the President’s powers and it is wholly
unnecessary to address the problems the administration has
identified.” He added that he would “not give the President
unchecked authority to eavesdrop on whomever he wants in
exchange for the vague and hollow assurance that he will
protect the civil liberties of the American people.”
* ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ An_interesting_time_for_(text?)_social_media_again⠀⇛
Who’d have thought 2023 would be the year where text-forward
social networks would get a shake up? It seemed that for years
the Internet dust had settled on a handful of sites, and
everyone had resigned themselves to this bland, dystopian
reality.
I qualify my description with text-forward, because image and
video sharing sites have been in flux for a few years now. It’s
interesting to think about, given you’d expect the barrier to
entry for a social network based around text would be so much
lower. Encoding text is what the web was designed for, but
images and video introduce formats, scaling, encoding, and vast
storage and bandwidth requirements.
(I work at a small cloud infrastructure company that deals with
petabytes of data. This already seems unfathomably large, but
the space these latest video sites must use? It’s beyond my
ability to even comprehend).
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Ask_Sydney_image_search_patent_challenged⠀⇛
On July 7, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte
reexamination proceeding against U.S._Patent_10,474,705,
owned and asserted by Ask Sydney, LLC, an NPE. The ‘705
patent relates to analyzing tags associated with a
sequence of images presented to a user to guide a user to
a current interest.
o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Shell_and_Norton_Rose_invalidate_Ensygnia_mobile_payment
patent [Ed: Fake patents in the UK, reported by a bribed mouthpiece
of Team UPC (breaking the law)]⠀⇛
In a case concerning a patent which covers a mobile app
payment system, the UK High Court has rejected technology
company Ensygnia’s claims of infringement against oil
company, Shell. GB 2 489 332 C1 concerns a method and
system for identifying a user via QR code, allowing them
to obtain accss to a registered service.
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ IPVal_entity,_DataCloud_Technologies,_network
patent_reexam_granted⠀⇛
On July 3, 2023, less than six weeks after Unified filed
an_ex_parte_reexamination,the Central Reexamination Unit
(CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new
questions of patentability on the challenged claims of
U.S._Patent_8,762,498, owned by DataCloud Technologies,
LLC, an NPE and an IP_Investments_Group entity.
o ⚓ All_the_winners:_European_Inventor_Award_and_Young_Inventors
Prize_2023 [Ed: Criminals who run the EPO exploit "young people" to
seem benign and helpful to science]⠀⇛
Women inventors feature prominently, winning inventions
reflect shift towards sustainability
o ⚓ EPO_publishes_results_of_latest_User_Satisfaction_Survey [Ed:
Trying hard to distract from the backlash and the crime; the
applicants are extremely unhappy]⠀⇛
Independent survey indicates high levels of satisfaction
with the EPO’s core services
o ⚓ EPO_Annual_Review_2022_highlights [Ed: The EPO ought not even
exist anymore, due to the corruption. But some dark corporate
forces let it carry on.]⠀⇛
The EPO published its Annual Review 2022 today,
accompanied by a video highlighting an Office that’s fit
for a more sustainable future.
o ⚓ EPO_and_European_Innovation_Council_strengthen_ties_to_advance
European_breakthrough_innovation [Ed: EPO stands for corruption,
not innovation. It's rather telling that the EPO buys itself puff
pieces.]⠀⇛
EPO and EISMEA sign letter of intent
* § Trademarks⠀➾
o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_How_Did_These_Three_Appeals_from
Section_2(d)_Refusals_Turn_Out?⠀⇛
By my count, the TTAB has affirmed about 88% of the
Section 2(d) refusals it has reviewed on appeal this
year. How do you think these latest three appeals came
out? Results will be found in the first comment.
Samjen_of_Tampa,_Inc., Serial No. 90501168 (June 29,
2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Christen M.
English). [Refusal to register BLACK BELT for “advisory
services relating to building construction” and
“construction project management services,” in view of
the registered mark BLACKBELT for real estate management,
real estate brokerage services and investment advisory
services].
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Canadian_PM_likens_fight_over_Online_News_Act_to_World
War_II⠀⇛
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stepped up the
rhetoric over the recently enacted Online News Act,
likening the fight with Facebook and Google to defending
democracy in Ukraine or during World War II.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ YouTube_Content_ID_Claims_Reach_All-Time
High_—_826_Million_Claims_in_Just_6_Months⠀⇛
YouTube’s recent transparency report shows the number of
Content ID copyright system claims has reached a new high
— 826 million claims in just six months. YouTube’s
latest transparency report reveals that the number of
Content ID system claims has hit a new high during the
latter half of 2022.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Sarah_Silverman_Sues_OpenAI_and_Meta_for
Copyright_Infringement,_DMCA_Violations_Amid_Continued_Artificial
Intelligence_Boom⠀⇛
Sarah Silverman has officially filed class-action
complaints against both ChatGPT developer OpenAI and
LLaMA developer Meta for allegedly training their
artificial intelligence products on copyrighted works
without permission.
o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Germany’s_New_Copyright_Exception_For_Pastiche_Applied
For_First_Time⠀⇛
Although overall the EU Copyright Directive is bad news
for the digital world because of things like its need for
the use of automated upload filters, it does contain a
few glimmers of good sense. For example, it rectifies a
failing of the previous EU legislation in this area,
the 2001 Infosec Directive. The 2001 law allowed Member
States to implement an exception or limitation for the
use of copyrighted material “for the purpose of
caricature, parody or pastiche”. Because it was vague and
optional, this exception was not widely implemented by EU
countries.
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ “Shadow_libraries”_are_at_the_heart_of_the_mounting
copyright_lawsuits_against_OpenAI⠀⇛
Comedian and author Sarah Silverman is one of three
writers to file a class-action lawsuit against the
technology company OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, for
copyright infringement.
o ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Google_quietly_changes_privacy_policy_after_iTWire
query_on_copyright_infringement⠀⇛
“For example, we may collect information that’s publicly
available online or from other public sources to help
train Google’s languageAI models and build products and
features like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI
capabilities. Or, if your business’s information appears
on a website, we may index and display it on Google
services.”
Given that, iTWire made the following queries:
“What about the copyright that applies to public
information? Does this mean that Google plans to infringe
on individual copyright with no respect for copyright
laws?
“Or does Google plan to pay for people’s copyright before
blithely using their IP?”
Google is very quick to acknowledge media queries, doing
so almost instantaneously and saying it will send a
response provided the query comes from a genuine media
outlet.
o ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ ccMixter:_A_Collaborative_Music_Community⠀⇛
Starting in 2009, ccMixter’s marks, terms of use, and
format were managed by both Creative Commons and
ArtisTech Media, an organization that supports global
open music communities. Going forward, ccMixter will be
operated independently by ArtisTech Media alone, with
Creative Commons’ enthusiastic support.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Government/Security
o Programming/Development
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ If_you’re_looking_to_up_your_desktop_computer
security,_Linux_might_be_your_best_bet⠀⇛
I’ve been espousing this hot take on Linux for a
very long time. It seems, however, that the phrase
“there’s no time like the present” is more apropos
today than it has ever been.
Threats to security and privacy seem to never
abate. They are constant and they grow more
widespread and effective with every passing attack.
Bad actors are savvy and know the best ways to hit
you. One of the reasons for this threat is because,
most likely, you use Windows as your primary
desktop and laptop operating system.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Race_To_Immutability_|_LINUX
Unplugged_518⠀⇛
Can Ubuntu make a great immutable desktop? We’re
trying the brand-new “Everything is a Snap” Ubuntu
Core Desktop.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ Linux_Kernel_Update_Resolves_Intel_Hybrid_CPU
Frequency_Scaling_Issue_with_Disabled_E-Cores⠀⇛
The fix for Intel hybrid CPU frequency scaling when
disabling E-Cores has been implemented in the Linux
kernel. This fix addresses an issue where the
frequency scaling of hybrid CPUs was not
functioning correctly when some of the E-Cores
(Efficiency Cores) were disabled.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ OpenRGB_0.9_Released_with_Segments_Support⠀⇛
Many desktop computers now have RGB lighting with a
variety of options. How about instead of having a
multitude of vendor-specific tools, you have a
single one to tidy them up?
Look no further because OpenRGB is here to address
that problem. It is a cross-platform, open-source
application that auto-detects and displays RGB-
enabled devices, allowing you to control them from
a centralized interface.
The just-released OpenRGB 0.9 version brings some
new exciting features, so let’s look at them.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 9_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Subtitle
Editors⠀⇛
A subtitle is a text representation of the dialog,
narration, music, or sound effects in a video file.
Subtitles are available in multiple formats.
Mangled subtitles can anger viewers. Fortunately,
there is a good range of open source software that
lets you make subtitles with Linux. These editors
help you preview how the subtitles appear on the
video, and listen to the dialog. Additionally, they
offer the ability to make entering and editing text
easy, with good control over text formatting and
positioning.
We make the following recommendations captured in a
legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. Only free
and open source software is eligible for inclusion.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ 30_Open-source_and_Free_Self-hosted_Server_and
Hosting_Control_Panels⠀⇛
A Server Dashboard is an open-source server control
panel that helps users manage their websites and
servers efficiently. It provides a user-friendly
interface to monitor and control various aspects of
the server and its associated services.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_GCC_(GNU_Compiler_Collection)_on
Debian_12⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) on Debian 12. GCC, an
essential part of the GNU toolchain, offers
numerous advantages for developers. It is a
versatile compiler that supports multiple
programming languages, including C, C++, and
Fortran.
# ⚓ How_to_map_LUN,_Disk,_LVM_and_FileSystem_in_Linux⠀⇛
There are situations where you want to map storage
LUN (Logical Unit Number), Block Device, LVM (LV &
VG names) and File System (FS) information for FS
expansion [...]
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_ReactJS_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
ReactJS on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t
know, In the world of modern web development,
ReactJS has emerged as a powerful and popular
JavaScript library.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-07-09_How_to_Install_Ubuntu_on_a_USB
Drive⠀⇛
# ⚓ Lisandro_Damián_Nicanor_Pérez_Meyer:_Open_question:_Podman
and_user/group_IDs⠀⇛
Here is an open question for Podman users: is there
a (ideally simple) way to keep the user/group ID
between the real system and the container?
Let me be more verbose.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Podman_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Podman on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t
know, Podman is a container management tool that
allows you to run, manage, and deploy containers
effortlessly. Unlike Docker, Podman does not
require a separate daemon, making it more
lightweight and secure.
# ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Hands_on_Raspberry_PI_Zero_2_W:_Every_Beginner
Will_Love_this_Computer⠀⇛
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you my very
first impressions of Raspberry PI Zero 2 W, the
ultra-low-cost computer from Raspberry PI
Foundation.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-07-06_[Older]_How_to_SSH_Into_a
Raspberry_Pi_for_Remote_Access⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-07-05_[Older]_How_to_Run_Ubuntu_as_a
Docker_Container⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_a_KVM_in_Arch_Linux_and
Configure_Your_Virtual_Machine⠀⇛
Want to run different operating systems on top of
your Arch Linux installation? You can always use
VirtualBox or VMware to create a virtual machine,
but KVM wins the game with its high performance and
flexible set of features.
Setting up a new virtual machine on Arch Linux
using KVM and QEMU can seem daunting at first. But
don’t fret, as it’s a breeze once you learn how to
do it.
Here’s everything you need to know about installing
a KVM in Arch Linux and configuring your first
virtual machine.
# ⚓ Medium ☛ Unleashing_the_Power_of_Aircrack-ng:_Strengthening
Wireless_Network_Security_with_Kali_Linux⠀⇛
Welcome, esteemed cyber warriors, to the highly
anticipated seventh installment of our awe-
inspiring “Unleashing Kali Linux” series, right
here at Cyber Tsunami! Today, we embark on an
exhilarating journey into the fascinating realm of
Aircrack-ng, a powerful tool that will
revolutionize your understanding of wireless
network security. Prepare to immerse yourself in
the capabilities of Aircrack-ng, unearth advanced
techniques for network penetration testing, and
fortify your defenses against the relentless
onslaught of Wi-Fi vulnerabilities. But before we
dive into this captivating exploration, we have an
electrifying announcement to make regarding our
next blog post. Brace yourselves for an insightful
voyage into the captivating world of database
security as we uncover the secrets of the renowned
SQL injection tool, sqlmap. So, gather your
courage, sharpen your wits, and let’s unlock the
secrets of Aircrack-ng together!
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 5_Easy_Ways_to_Check_for_Open_Ports_on
Linux⠀⇛
Know your network inside out by regularly checking
for open ports with these Linux commands.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Quickly_Reset_a_Forgotten_Password_on
Ubuntu⠀⇛
If you’ve somehow forgotten your Ubuntu password,
don’t worry, it’s easy to log back in to your
system by resetting the password.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-07-04_[Older]_How_to_Install_the_Epic
Games_Launcher_to_Play_Games_on_Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-07-04_[Older]_Reviving_an_Old_PC?_Here’s
Why_You_Might_Want_to_Ditch_Windows⠀⇛
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Best_Steam_Deck_Games_Released_in_the_Past
Week_with_Mars_First_Logistics_and_Tyrion_Cuthbert:_Attorney
of_the_Arcane_–_2023-07-09_Edition⠀⇛
Between 2023-07-03 and 2023-07-09 there were 84 new
games validated for the Steam Deck.
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ The_Steam_Deck_Will_Have_A_Booth_at_the
Bitsummit_2023_in_Kyoto_(July_14_to_16)⠀⇛
The Bitsummit 2023 will open in a few days in
Kyoto, the old capital of Japan.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ New_Steam_Client_Stable_Update_Fixes_UI_Issues
on_Linux_for_Intel/AMD_Users⠀⇛
The new Steam Client update appears to fix the
window flashing and focus-stealing issues that
occurred when closing a Steam window for Intel/AMD
users. This issue was the side-effect of a
workaround for NVIDIA GPU users that prevented a
crash. In this version, the workaround will only
activate when an NVIDIA GPU is detected.
Also for Linux users, the new Steam Client update
adds a new “Enable context menu focus compatibility
mode” setting under Settings > Interface to improve
compatibility with certain window managers that
send an unfocus event before every pointer, such as
Openbox, preventing dropdown menus from being
unclickable.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ GsoC_2023_Mid_Evalution⠀⇛
As per the prescribed instructions, I intend
to incorporate a copy menu and a paste menu,
specifically designed to handle the
duplication and subsequent transfer of
metadata. Additionally, I have dedicated
considerable time in the past weeks to
familiarize myself with the fundamental
aspects of Digikam, enabling me to leverage
its properties effectively. I am particularly
interested in exploring possibilities for
enhancing its functionality by incorporating
new menu options.
In the app section, it is imperative to
integrate a ContextMenuHelper file section,
which assumes the role of a centralized
repository for housing all the properties
pertaining to the app. These properties
encompass a wide range of actions, including
the addition of tags and the provision of
comprehensive details regarding the tags. The
primary objective of this section is to
achieve the following:-
Introduce a copy functionality that empowers
users to replicate both the name and
corresponding value of a tag, subsequently
allowing them to paste the copied tag. It is
important to note that this particular
capability should be applicable to all file
sections that are associated with the given
tag.
Effectuate the implementation of
addActionNewTag file section, a function that
follows a predefined pathway, outlining the
essential steps required to accomplish the
desired functionality. Instead of simply
adding a new tag the path same use for the
paste, this particular functionality is
primarily focused on offering users the
option to paste the previously copied tag. By
copying the pertinent data and generating a
paste option, the system stands poised for
execution through the employment of a boolean
function.
# ⚓ GSoC’23_Week_6_–_KCalendarCore_work_almost_done!⠀⇛
Over the past weeks, I’ve focused on to bring
RFC7953 support to kcalendarcore codebase.
This would help bring availability feature to
the kalendar app (along with other calendar
clients that use KCalendarCore). The progress
was slower than expected due to some rewrites
after improving the class design.
Here is the current class design:
# ⚓ GsoC_2023_Fourt_Post⠀⇛
During the course of this week, significant
progress has been made in completing the copy
section pertaining to the labels section.
The systematic approach I have undertaken
involves a series of steps. Primarily, within
the metadata section, one encounters multiple
files, such as colorlabel, picklabel, and
rating, all of which necessitate seamless
integration with the Digikam application
manager,
the platform housing the image album.
# ⚓ Long_Post_Alert!!⠀⇛
§ Caution: Technical Jargon Zone!
If you had been following my earlier blog
posts, you would know that I rarely include
any code in them. My focus has primarily been
on explaining how things work rather than
delving into the specifics of how I
implemented them. But this time I will be
taking a deeper dive into the code, so in
case you want to skip code today, you better
not start reading this. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽
⦇;)⦈
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ Beta News ☛ Kick_Microsoft_Windows_11_to_the_curb_and
switch_to_Linux_Lite_6.6_RC1_today!⠀⇛
In a move that puts further pressure on Microsoft’s
Windows, Linux Lite has just launched the Release
Candidate 1 (RC1) for its 6.6 version. The
significant improvements and additions signal Linux
Lite’s commitment to staying at the forefront of
user-centric operating systems, making Windows seem
more restrictive and less accommodating by
comparison.
The 6.6 version of Linux Lite doesn’t merely push
boundaries; it obliterates them by incorporating
thousands of new code lines that extend language
support across its entire Menu and Sub-Menu system.
From Afrikaans to Chinese, Hindi, and Dutch, Linux
Lite now supports a total of 22 languages.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ SUSE_shares_slump_on_wider_loss_and
stalling_revenue_growth⠀⇛
Shares of the enterprise software firm SUSE SA fell
12% today as it reported a wider after-tax loss for
its fiscal second quarter. The Germany-based
company reported a basic loss from continuing
operations of 20 cents per share, similar to its
loss in the same period one year earlier.
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ AWS_Summit_New_York_&_Sao_Paulo!⠀⇛
With so much happening this year (did you see our
NeuVector on AWS announcement?), I’ve been remiss
in not giving a shout out to this year’s AWS
Summits.
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Announcing_Our_New_Strategic
Partnership_for_Ceph_Users:_SUSE_&_Clyso⠀⇛
At SUSE, we have always believed in the
transformative power of open-source technology and
its potential to redefine the world of enterprise
software. As part of this journey, we have had the
privilege of contributing significantly to the Ceph
project, while also offering an enterprise storage
solution based on it.
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ SUSE_Embedded_Program⠀⇛
The SUSE One Partner Program has evolved recently
to provide a flexible and modern structure within
specific Specializations. These specializations
allow partners to focus on their business
objectives. One specialization area of the program
that has evolved significantly is the Solution
partner.
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ The_SUSE_Graduate_Program_in_South
Africa⠀⇛
SUSE Graduate Program 2023 The local SUSE Team in
South Africa are planning to run a unique graduate
program for previously disadvantaged youths.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Neil_McGovern_&_Ruby_Central_part_ways⠀⇛
n May 2023, the Fellowship bloggers examined the
murky circumstances of Neil McGovern’s departure
from his job at GNOME Foundation in 2022.
Barely four weeks later and McGovern has been
removed from his new job at Ruby Central.
While GNOME is still looking for a replacement, the
Ruby Central board has immediately appointed Adarsh
Pandit.
7 June snapshot: Neil McGovern as Executive
Director.
9 June snapshot: Neil McGovern removed, Adarsh
Pandit is now Executive Director.
Will Ruby Central publish a Statement on Neil
McGovern in the style of Debian lynchings?
Was the termination or expulsion of McGovern based
on the evidence published by the Fellowship in May
2023?
# ⚓ Kentaro_Hayashi:_Upgraded_fabre.debian.net_to_Debian_12_
(bookworm)⠀⇛
fabre.debian.net – an experiment service that tries
to improve user experience with finding Debian
related bugs was now upgraded to Debian 12
(bookworm)
Not only migrating to Debian 12, but the backend E-
mail subscription and importing bug report
mechanism is also a bit modified.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Canonical’s_Leading_LXD_Engineer_Quits⠀⇛
The decision follows news last week that Canonical
has taken the LXD project in-house after years of
it existing as a community endeavour under the
Linux Containers (LXC) umbrella.
Stéphane’s engineering expertise and enthusiasm for
LXD (and containers in general) has arguably made
them the “face” of LXD. In social media replies to
their (somewhat unexpected) decision, many have
commented on this and thanked them for their
contributions and help over the years.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_could_have_your_phone_prepared_for
take_off_automatically_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Threads:_Similarweb_detects_nearly_42
million_active_users_on_Android_alone⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_Docs_for_Android_wants_to_save_you
a_tap_when_editing_a_document⠀⇛
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ Free_GTA_5_APK_download_links_for_Android_in
2023:_What_you_need_to_know⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ The_7_Best_Twitter_Apps_for_Android_–
Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛
# ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ Amazon_Fire_Max_11_review:_an_Android
tablet_you_should_buy_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛
# ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Fairphone_3_and_Fairphone_3+_get_Android_13,
support_window_might_expand_to_2026_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Fairphone_releases_Android_13_for_the
Fairphone_3_and_3+_–_Liliputing⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Fairphone_3_gets_seven_years_of_updates,
besting_every_other_Android_OEM_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Fairphone_3_gets_two_extra_years_of_support,
Fairphone_4_launches⠀⇛
# ⚓ TechRadar ☛ These_Android_apps_could_be_sending_your_data
to_China_without_you_knowing_|_TechRadar⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Government/Security⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian
(firefox-esr, fusiondirectory, ocsinventory-server,
php-cas, and thunderbird), Fedora (dav1d, perl-
CPAN, and yt-dlp), Red Hat (python39:3.9 and
python39-devel:3.9), Slackware (mozilla), SUSE
(prometheus-ha_cluster_exporter and prometheus-
sap_host_exporter), and Ubuntu (ghostscript, linux-
azure, linux-intel-iotg, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, and
ruby-doorkeeper).
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ HCA_Healthcare_releases_statement_while
hacker_puts_data_up_for_sale_on_deep_web⠀⇛
On July 5, while some folks were cleaning up from
fireworks and barbecues, DataBreaches broke the
news that HCA Healthcare data was up for sale on a
deep web forum if the company didn’t meet some
unspecified demands. Since that time, DataBreaches
has remained in some contact with the seller, who
has occasionally provided additional details
(although not as many as this site would have
liked). Of note, the seller informed DataBreaches
that they were also the hacker, that this was a
hack, not a leak, and that they had contacted HCA
Healthcare on July 4 and given them until July 10
to respond to demands.
HCA Healthcare did not reply to DataBreaches’
inquiries at the time, later telling a third party
that the emails had been caught up in some DMARC-
related filter.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Scoop:_Razer_hacker_tells_DataBreaches_he’s
making_no_attempt_to_extort_Razer⠀⇛
popular hacking forum. When DataBreaches contacted
Razer on Saturday to find out if they were aware of
the listing and had any comment, a spokesperson
responded that they were aware of a potential
breach and were investigating. The forum listing
was picked up on Twitter on Sunday and from there,
some Singapore news outlets have reported on the
claims.
Today, DataBreaches can provide some additional
details about the incident after hearing from the
hacker over the weekend.
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-07-06_[Older]_CISA_and_Partners_Release_Joint
Cybersecurity_Advisory_on_Newly_Identified_Truebot_Malware
Variants⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-07-06_[Older]_Mozilla_Releases_Security
Advisories_for_Thunderbird,_Firefox,_and_Firefox_ESR⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-07-07_[Older]_CISA_Adds_One_Known_Vulnerability
to_Catalog⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-07-07_[Older]_Progress_Software_Releases
Service_Pack_for_MOVEit_Transfer_Vulnerabilities⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-07-06_[Older]_CISA_Releases_Three_Industrial
Control_Systems_Advisories⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-07-06_[Older]_PiiGAB_M-Bus⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-07-06_[Older]_ABUS_TVIP⠀⇛
# ⚓ Circles.Life_denies_allegations_of_toxic_work_culture,
internal_politics_&_recent_layoff⠀⇛
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_digest_0.6.33_on
CRAN:_Bugfix⠀⇛
Release 0.6.33 of the digest package arrived at
CRAN today and has been uploaded to Debian already.
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Posted in News_Roundup at 8:56 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈
§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Licensing_/_Legal
o Openness/Sharing/Collaboration
# Open_Access/Content
o Programming/Development
# Python
* Leftovers
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Overpopulation
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Monopolies
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.5_Enters_Testing_Stage_with
RC1:_Discover_What’s_New⠀⇛
The merge window for Linux Kernel 6.5 is now
closed, followed by the two weeks of merge window
since Kernel 6.4 release. While announcing, Linus
mentioned that it is normal cycle with some minor
issues, however the testing phase may drag a little
more due to vacation seasons in Europe.
Let’s take a look at briefly what’s new in this
Kernel release.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Multi-vendor_RGB_controller_app_OpenRGB
v0.9_is_out_now⠀⇛
Cross-platform open source RGB controls continue
getting better, with OpenRGB version 0.9 now
available so here’s what’s new. Since RGB can be a
huge mess (even on Windows), with many vendors
doing their own proprietary apps, OpenRGB can save
the day.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ TLDR_–_Simplifying_Linux_Commands_with_User-
Friendly_Man_Pages⠀⇛
One of the most commonly used and reliable ways of
getting help under Unix-like systems is via man
pages, which are the standard documentation for
every Unix-like system and they correspond to
online manuals for programs, functions, libraries,
system calls, formal standards, and conventions,
file formats and so on.
However, man pages suffer from many failings one of
which is they are too long and some people just
don’t like to read too much text on the screen.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Amazon_Games_support_is_coming_soon_to
Heroic_Games_Launcher⠀⇛
The Heroic Games Launcher currently supports GOG,
Epic Games and manual side-loading but Amazon Games
support is also being worked on.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fanatical’s_Platinum_Collection_for_July
has_Tails_of_Iron,_Floppy_Knights_and_more⠀⇛
Fanatical put up another good looking bundle with
their newest Platinum Collection for July 2023,
here’s all the games and what compatibility to
expect on Steam Deck and desktop Linux. Another
nice way to build up your game collection and spend
a bit less.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ I’ve_spent_way_too_much_time_playing_Lost
for_Swords⠀⇛
Lost for Swords is an in-development turn-based
roguelike card game with a unique twist, playable
in your browser via itch.io it has sucked away a
fair amount of my time recently. It has downloads
for Windows, which I haven’t checked via Wine,
because it works great in the browser.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Free_sandbox_game_inspired_by_Minecraft
‘MineClone2′_v0.84_is_out_now⠀⇛
MineClone2 continues getting better and better as a
free and open source replacement of Minecraft, with
version 0.84 out now. Here’s a run over what’s new
and improved. To play it you need Minetest.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ SteamVR_improves_controller_support_in
v1.26⠀⇛
SteamVR will now play better with various types of
controllers, thanks to the release of SteamVR
version 1.26 bringing with it automatic controller
rebinding.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ SUSE_Announces_RHEL_Fork_to_Preserve_Choice_in
Enterprise_Linux⠀⇛
In light of the Red Hat/IBM drama happening these
days after Red Hat announced that it will restrict
access to its public repositories limiting the
forking of RHEL by community distributions like
AlmaLinuxOS or Rocky Linux, SUSE announced today
that it plans to offer a free alternative to RHEL
and CentOS users.
SUSE already develops SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE),
a commercial RPM-based distribution for businesses
who want to invest in Open Source technologies, but
now that company announced that it will fork Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) using publicly
available sources and develop a RHEL-compatible
distribution that will be available to everyone
without any restrictions.
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ SUSE’s_$10_Million_Gamble:_Announced_Official
RHEL_Fork⠀⇛
SUSE, a leading global provider of enterprise open-
source solutions, made a significant announcement
today. The company revealed its plans to fork Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), a widely used Linux
distribution, and develop its own version. This
move aims to create a RHEL-compatible distribution
that will be accessible to all users without any
restrictions. SUSE has committed to investing more
than $10 million into this ambitious project over
the next few years.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ SUSE_says_it_will_fork_RHEL_source_code_for_use
by_world+dog⠀⇛
German open source vendor SUSE has said it will
invest more than US$10 million (A$14.97 million) to
fork the publicly available source code for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux and make it available to world+dog
with no restrictions.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ An_introduction_to_smart_home_business_models⠀⇛
Smart homes are changing. A modern smart home
typically isn’t a self-contained, set-it-and-
forget-it, custom installation. It’s a hyper-
connected set of devices that work together to
automate and enhance the users’ living space.
Today’s smart homes contain devices from many
manufacturers, running dozens of protocols,
interfacing with multiple cloud backends.
Navigating this ecosystem is challenging both for
the consumer and for businesses determining their
optimal business model in the space.
Smart homes evolve constantly; the business models
associated with them should, too. Device
manufacturers need to find sustainable business
models that work for their customers, while
matching the technology landscape as it evolves. In
this blog, I’ll highlight a few approaches to smart
home business models as well as tradeoffs and use
cases associated with each.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ As_the_industrial_IoT_looks_more_like_IT,
security_must_change⠀⇛
2. Vendors need to rethink how they handle their
quality assurance testing for their gear in the
wake of vulnerabilities.
3. With remote access to systems becoming
essential, companies operating essential
infrastructure need to think about how to allow
remote access safely.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ VOIPAC_iMX8M_Industrial_Development_Kit
Review_–_Part_1:_Specs,_Unboxing,_and_first_boot⠀⇛
The rest of the packages include a product brief
for the module, a Quick Guide for the development
kit, a USB-A to USB-C cable, an Ethernet cable, and
two antennas with SMA connectors for WiFi and
Bluetooth. The Quick Guide provides extra details
about the hardware and instructions to flash Linux
to the board, but we won’t need the latter as the
board comes preloaded with Linux.
You’ll note that the devkit does not come with a
power supply by default, but I found a 5V/3A power
supply that should do the job for most use cases. I
also connected the board to a TV through HDMI,
added an Ethernet cable, and two RF dongles for a
mouse and keyboard…
and pressed the power switch, and within a few
seconds, some Linux-based interface showed up on
the TV display. Please ignore the vertical lines on
my test TV, as it’s just a problem with my LG
42UB820T 4K television which has been that way for
close to 7 years…
Now that we are in the terminal, we can get some
information about the board and the Yocto-based
Linux distributions installed on the board.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ This_electronic_compass_guides_you_using_LEDs_and
OLED_display⠀⇛
This is a very simple device to build and it only
requires four components: an Arduino Nano board, an
HMC5883L compass module, a ring with 60 WS2812B
individually addressable RGB LEDs, and an OLED
screen. If you want to use it on the go, a standard
9V battery will provide portable power. Those
components fit into a basic 3D-printable case that
protects the electronics and puts everything in the
correct orientation.
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Apply_for_a_free_UK_teacher’s_place_at_the
WiPSCE_conference⠀⇛
We’re inviting all UK-based teachers of computing
subjects to apply for an ‘all expenses paid’ place
at the WiPSCE 2023 conference in Cambridge.
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Tech_in_front_of_our_eyes⠀⇛
Raspberry Pi itself is shaking off the effects of
the supply chain problems that have plagued
everybody for the last couple of years. There is
now steady supply of Raspberry Pi Zero, Raspberry
Pi 3A+, and an increasing supply of Raspberry Pi 4
models.
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Upcoming_low_cost_RISC-V_breakout_boards
start_at_$1.99⠀⇛
AnalogLamb is set to release three affordable RISC-
V breakout boards. These boards are based on the
CHV32 Series microcontrollers offering support for
standard interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, CAN,
DMA, among others.
# ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Old_Computer_Challenge_v3:_day_1⠀⇛
With this challenge, in its first hour, I realized
my current workflows don’t allow me to use
computers with 512 MB of memory, this is quite sad.
A solution would be to use the iBook G4 laptop that
I’ve been using since the beginning of the
challenges, or my T400 running OpenBSD -current,
but they have really old hardware, and the
challenge is allowing some more fancy systems.
I’d really like to try Alpine Linux for this
challenge, let’s wrap something around this idea.
# ⚓ Low Tech Mag ☛ Human_Powered_Air_Compressor_and_Energy
Storage_System⠀⇛
When I look around my motorcycle shop, pneumatic
tools are everywhere. From handheld tools such as
impact guns, sanders, shears, saws and grinders to
large equipment including a sandblast cabinet and
tire machine; air is a vital part of taking on a
wide variety of tasks.
The air compressor I’ve used since the 1990’s uses
a 220V, 7hp electric motor to turn a two stage air
pump at 800 rpm, which fills the 80 gallon tank to
150 psi in about five minutes. It has been a very
reliable machine, to the point where I hardly ever
think about it. Only when there is a power outage
do I realize how much I rely on a ready supply of
compressed air.
In a rapidly changing world where inexpensive and
reliable energy going forward is no longer a given,
I set out to build a system to fill my air tanks
without the use of electricity or fuel. My design
would be free of electronics of any type, and with
minimal maintenance the components should last a
lifetime. I wanted to use as many second hand parts
as possible, in an effort to reduce costs and
inspire recycling and repurposing.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ Don’t_make_the_same_mistakes_I_made_buying_a
second-hand_phone._Do_this_first!⠀⇛
I love using the most bleeding-edge tech and I have
spent all my life doing the best I can to get my
hands on the most advanced toys. But we all know
that this can fast become a very expensive hobby
and to still be able to manage this, there are some
corners I personally cut. I buy my smartphones
second-hand just like 26.4% of Zimbabweans. So far
my success rate has been really great but I
recently had the biggest inconvenience as a result
of buying a second-hand phone.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Oracle_“offers”_to_ease_the_burden_of_RHEL
development_and_takes_a_swipe_at_IBM.⠀⇛
Oracle, who maintains an RHEL Clone as “Oracle
Linux”, has responded to Red Hat’s decision to
restrict public access to its source code by
promoting openness, collaboration, and
compatibility. Oracle offers to maintain binary
compatibility with RHEL while extending support to
independent software vendors (ISVs) and ensuring a
seamless transition to Oracle Linux. This blog post
takes a subtle dig at IBM, who recently
discontinued the public release of RHEL source
code.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Oracle_pours_fuel_all_over_Red_Hat_source
code_drama⠀⇛
We leave it as an exercise for the reader to puzzle
out the rationale for Oracle’s failed $10 billion
lawsuit against Google over Android’s use of
copyrighted Java APIs.
Oracle launched what’s now called Oracle Linux back
in 2006, and the plan was to provide an RHEL-
compatible Linux distribution, in order not to
fragment the Linux community and to support a
common platform for customers and independent
system vendors (ISVs).
Now that RHEL compatibility is uncertain, Screven
and Coekaerts say Oracle Linux will maintain
compatibility through version 9.2 and after that
Big Red plans to work with customers and ISVs to
fix any issues that arise.
o § Openness/Sharing/Collaboration⠀➾
# § Open Access/Content⠀➾
# ⚓ Preparing_Editors_for_Emerging_Challenges⠀⇛
At the start of a recent webinar, the
moderator invited the panellists to identify
the biggest challenge for editors. While my
fellow panel members were sharing some
diverse, crucial, and lasting (as well as
emerging) challenges, I was struck by the
geographical aspects of editors’ challenges.
We all understand that the challenges of the
editors from the Global South are different
from those in the Global North. Or, do we?
For example, while the editors and their
journal publishers in the North are
struggling to address increasing demand for
open access by experimenting with different
business models, in the South, open access is
not an emerging issue since most of society
and institutional journals are already
Diamond open access journals. Here the
challenge is around recognition.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ CER ☛ A_Scaffolded_Approach_into_Programming_for_Arts_and
Humanities_Majors:_ITiCSE_2023_Tips_and_Techniques_Papers⠀⇛
I am presenting two “Tips and Techniques” papers at
the ITiCSE 2023 conference in Turku, Finland on
Tuesday July 11th. The papers are presenting the
same scaffolded sequence of programming languages
and activities, just in two different contexts. The
complete slide deck in Powerpoint is here. (There’s
a lot more in there than just the two talks, so
it’s over 100 Mb.)
When I met with my advisors on our new PCAS courses
(see previous blog post), one of the overarching
messages was “Don’t scare them off!” Faculty told
me that some of my arts and humanities students
will be put off by mathematics and may have had
negative experiences with (or perceptions of)
programming. I was warned to start gently. I
developed this pattern as a way of easing into
programming, while showing the connections
throughout.
# ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ How_It_All_Connects⠀⇛
I don’t need any expensive plugins, or fancy (read:
complicated) code to make this all work. It’s all
just RSS, and it’s lovely.
# ⚓ MWL ☛ Testing_Podcast_Setup,_RSS_Unstable⠀⇛
Fortunately my subscribers are technically
literate, and I’m certain you all have their RSS
readers set to check my feed every day or so rather
than every fifteen minutes. If you catch posts
appearing and disappearing while I sort this out,
maybe check your reader’s settings?
# ⚓ Yoshua Wuyts ☛ bridging_fuzzing_and_property_testing⠀⇛
It’s been over three years since Fitzgen published:
“Announcing Better Support for Fuzzing with
Structured Inputs in Rust”, and a little over two
years since arbitrary 1.0 was released. A few years
agoI wrote a property-testing crate based on
arbitrary, but never ended up writing about it. So
I wanted to take a moment to change that. We’ll
start by taking a look at automated testing, then
cover the different approaches to it, explain how
to work with structured inputs, and finally
introduce heckcheck – a small property-testing
library.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Python Speed ☛ The_easiest_way_to_speed_up_Python
with_Rust⠀⇛
However, if you just want to prototype a Rust
extension, packaging and integration
boilerplate can get in the way: every extra
bit of friction prevents you from just doing
the experiment of whether or not Rust will
help.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Megan_Rapinoe_Era_Only_Ends_When_We_Stop
Fighting_Back⠀⇛
Megan Rapinoe, the most important US soccer player of the
last 20 years, is retiring. The 38-year-old with a goal-
scoring flair as striking as her kaleidoscopic coif
announced that she will be saying goodbye after the 2023
World Cup. In telling the world now, Rapinoe has created
the possibility of a dramatic sendoff, driving even more
interest in what will be a rollicking tournament.
o ⚓ Cendyne Naga ☛ A_Precious_Side_Project_—_This_Website⠀⇛
Mendoza enabled my own consistent site-wide style. When I
needed to rewrite the HTML for different CSS styling, I
did not have to rewrite or edit any of the prior
documents.
This level of customization in combination with my
writing style — using lots of stickers and other media
along the way — came at a significant cost.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Here’s_who_controls_the_$50_billion_opioid_settlement
funds_in_each_state⠀⇛
In 14 states, these councils have the ultimate say
on use of the money, which comes from companies
that made, distributed, or sold opioid painkillers,
including Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson, and
Walmart. In 24 other states, plus Washington, D.C.,
the councils establish budget priorities and make
recommendations. Those will affect whether opioid
settlement funds go, for example, to improve
addiction treatment programs and recovery houses or
for more narcotics detectives and prisons.
# ⚓ “No_saline_placebo-controlled_vaccine_trials”:_An_old
antivax_trope⠀⇛
This week, I could not avoid thinking yet again how
much it is the case with antivaccine messaging
since the COVID-19 pandemic hit that “everything
old is new again.” Unfortunately, this would appear
to be more the case than ever since longtime
antivaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy,
Jr. announced that he was challenging President
Joseph Biden for the 2024 Democratic nomination for
President. Unfortunately, his move has led to more
publicity than ever before for his antivaccine
beliefs and conspiracy theories. (Just Google his
name if you don’t believe me.) While it is true
that some media outlets are appropriately
reporting his antivaccine conspiracy theories
(and many other conspiracy theories and lies) for
what they are, totally bonkers, much of the media
is also being unduly respectful of his tinfoil hat
worthy ideas—even stories that report on his
conspiracy theories also can’t resist the Kennedy
allure enough not to include photos of him as a
child with his father and/or President John F.
Kennedy and portray the ostracism that he
experiences because of his antivaccine views as him
“sacrificing” to speak up for what he
believes—while RFK Jr. has also managed
to attract what Judd Legum appropriately
characterizes as a “pernicious obsession” by
elites. Despite his previous reputation as a lefty
environmentalist RFK Jr. also epitomizes the far
rightward shift of the political center of the
antivaccine movement over the last decade or
so, having embraced issues besides resistance to
vaccine mandates that traditionally championed by
the right, such as cryptocurrency, antimask and
anti-“lockdown” views, and even free market
fundamentalism. The interesting thing is that
initially RFK Jr. assiduously avoided the issue of
his long history of antivaccine activism but of
late seems to have not just acknowledged it but
made it a centerpiece of his campaign, leading to
vigorous discussions about how the media has
failed and can “ethically” and responsibly cover
his campaign.
o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾
# ⚓ New Statesman ☛ The_algorithms_quietly_stoking_inflation⠀⇛
The same is true of almost everything else we buy –
not just online, but in supermarkets and high-
street shops; when we pay our rent and our bills.
Pricing has become a game played by machines, which
analyse millions of data points and can adjust
prices many times a day, maximising the possible
returns with a constant stream of feedback. These
systems are becoming the focus of a growing body of
research which suggests they could upend our ideas
about competition, make inflation hit consumers
faster, and keep prices higher for longer.
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Why_everyone_is_mad_about_New
York’s_AI_hiring_law⠀⇛
What’s more, it’s not clear exactly what
independent auditing will achieve, as the auditing
industry is currently so immature. BSA, an
influential tech trade group whose members include
Adobe, Microsoft, and IBM, filed comments to the
city in January criticizing the law, arguing that
third-party audits are “not feasible.”
# ⚓ Julia Evans ☛ Lima:_a_nice_way_to_run_Linux_VMs_on_Mac⠀⇛
This post is very short, it’s just to say that Lima
seems nice and much simpler to get started with
than Vagrant.
# ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Fruit_Of_The_Poisonous_LLaMA?⠀⇛
A group of authors are suing various vendors of
Large Language Model AIs. The authors claim that
the AIs are trained on material which infringes
their copyright.
Is that likely? Well, let’s take a quick look at
the evidence presented.
# ⚓ Vox ☛ What_1,000_years_of_history_can_teach_us_about_making
the_economy_of_AI_work_for_everyone⠀⇛
The book traverses a millennium of disruptive
technologies, from medieval agriculture and ship
design all the way up to the foothills of
generative AI. Along the way, they argue that
innovation has proven just as likely to cause
misery as it has prosperity. On their list of
examples is the cotton gin, which turned the United
States into the world’s largest cotton exporter,
while also deepening a system of enslavement that
spread across the American South. When prosperity
does win out, it’s usually because citizens
organized to demand more equitable arrangements
than those enriching a narrow elite.
# ⚓ Microsoft_laying_off_staff_again_after_January’s_mass_cuts
|_NASDAQ:MSFT [Ed: This is misleading. They've been laying
off every month since January. These people just parrot
Microsoft. "Microsoft says" is not a legit source for
facts.]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Microsoft_fires_employees_in_the_US [Ed: No, in Europe
also. Lies by omission.]⠀⇛
Microsoft to downsize further, cutting 276 jobs in
Washington. Part of typical restructuring at start
of new fiscal year, similar to last year.
# ⚓ Morningstar US ☛ North_American_Morning_Briefing:_Beijing
Boost_Supports_Mood;_CPI_Still_The_Main_Event⠀⇛
Microsoft (ticker: MSFT) is cutting at least 276
jobs, according to a local government filing in
Washington. The layoffs look to be largely focused
in customer service, support and sales according to
technology-news website GeekWire, which first
reported the cuts, and appear to be on top of the
10,000 jobs which Microsoft said it would cut
earlier this year.
# ⚓ India Dot Com Pvt Ltd ☛ Microsoft_Lays_Off_276_Employees_In
New_Job_Cut_Round [Ed: Far more have been laid off, but they
only count the first wave in two cities in the same]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Microsoft_(MSFT)_confirms_additional_job_cuts_–_GeekWire
[Ed: This perpetuates the false number, 10,000. Far more have
been culled.]⠀⇛
In a response to an inquiry by the GeekWire
magazine, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has confirmed
it’s implementing a new round of layoffs,
reportedly affecting customer service, support, and
sales teams.
# ⚓ India Today ☛ Microsoft_employee_loses_job_after_a_year_of
joining,_says_layoffs_have_nothing_to_do_with_capabilities⠀⇛
While some people manage to maintain a calm
demeanour during the layoffs and take it like a
decision that the company had to take, others tend
to take things to the heart. Some people also
revealed how emotional the entire layoff process
has been for them.
# ⚓ Microsoft_Layoffs:_Firm_Announces_To_Fire_276_Employees
After_10,000_Jobs_Cut_in_January [Ed: They lay off a lot more
than these, the figure 10,000 is bunk, and they've laid off
every month this year]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Newsletter_|_Hundreds_of_Microsoft_employees_get_pink
slips;_Why_understanding_population_curve_is_important_&_more
[Ed: Probably thousands, not "hundreds"]⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Europe_Azure_users_hit_when_freak_storm
took_out_fiber_link_•_The_Register⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ziff Davis ☛ Microsoft_Starts_New_Round_of_Layoffs,_Hits
Sales_and_Support_Staff [Ed: This overlooks many other rounds
of layoffs and this one is not limited to the US]⠀⇛
Microsoft confirmed another round of job cuts,
starting a potentially challenging 2024 fiscal
year. The 276 new cuts are substantially smaller
than the January layoffs, which resulted in
approximately 10,000 job losses.
The move aligns with the general atmosphere in the
tech industry, with other tech giants, including
Amazon and Google, cutting into their workforce
during the COVID-19 pandemic. The threat of a
recession in the U.S. and cost-cutting by clients
has pushed these job cuts throughout the industry.
# ⚓ Xbox_Parent_Company_Microsoft_Confirms_New_Round_Of_Layoffs
[Ed: Did you ask Microsoft if "gaming division does not
appear to be impacted"? Making the false assumption that only
two cities are impacted.]⠀⇛
The gaming division does not appear to be impacted
# ⚓ Microsoft_to_Sack_More_Employees_Six_Months_After_10,000
Job_Cuts [Ed: This is nonsense. Microsoft has been laying off
additional people every month since January.]⠀⇛
Microsoft has announced it is embarking on a new
round of job cuts internally which is expected to
impact an unknown number of employees in customer
service, support, and sales…
# ⚓ India ☛ Microsoft_Announces_New_Round_Of_Layoffs,_Customer
Service,_Support,_Sales_Staff_Affected [Ed: It's neither
limited to this nor is there nothing more to come shortly]⠀⇛
Tech Giant Microsoft announced a new round of
layoffs that would affect various positions in
customer service, support and sales, GeekWire
reported on Monday. The report stated that
Microsoft laid off 276 employees out of which 210
were sacked from the company’s Redmond, Wash and
Bellevue locations while 66 employees worked
remotely.
# ⚓ Microsoft_Announces_New_Layoffs_after_Completing_2023
Financial_Year [Ed: The "financial year" nonsense if face-
saving spin]⠀⇛
Microsoft will begin layoffs affecting over 270
people including remote workers after thousands of
other layoffs since last year.
# ⚓ India ☛ Microsoft_Layoffs:_Firm_Announces_To_Fire_276
Employees_After_10,000_Jobs_Cut_in_January [Ed: 5 months of
additional layoffs not even mentioned here]⠀⇛
Software giant Microsoft, in an internal
announcement, revealed a new round of job cuts that
will affect various roles in customer service,
support, and sales. These cuts extend beyond the
10,000 global layoffs that Microsoft had previously
announced on January 18.
# ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Microsoft_layoffs_July_2023:_Customer_service,
sales,_support [Ed: They should not focus on just one state.
There's more of it going on this week, in other countries
too.]⠀⇛
Microsoft layoffs July 2023 have hit the
departments of customer service, sales, and
support. Announced by Microsoft on January 18, the
cuts are expected to go over 10,000 jobs.
# ⚓ India Today ☛ Tech_job_market_getting_better?_Indian_IT
sector_records_increase_in_hiring_during_June_2023 [Ed:
Microsoft is firing in India as well, so this is mindless
spin]⠀⇛
Earlier today, it was reported that Microsoft had
announced yet another round of layoffs. The company
showed the exit door to 276 employees based out of
Washington, USA. The impacted employees reportedly
belonged to customer service, support, and sales
departments. 66 of these employees were working
remotely.
# ⚓ Evernote_has_announced_a_layoff_in_the_US_and_a_move_to
Europe⠀⇛
Evernote, the once popular note-making service,
which at one time was included in the list of
“unicorns” – startups from with a capitalization of
more than $1 billion, announced significant layoffs
as it prepares to move its operations from the US
to Europe, reports SFGate. The company has been
based in Redwood City, California for the past
decade, but declining demand for its core product,
an online note-taking service and mobile apps, led
to the sale of Evernote to Italian firm Bending
Spoons last November.
# ⚓ Dukaan_Layoffs:_Indian_SaaS_Platform_Hires_AI_Chatbot,_Lays
Off_90%_of_Its_Customer_Support_Staff⠀⇛
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ The_8_Best_Free_Anti-Virus_Programs_for_Linux⠀⇛
Although Linux operating systems are fairly stable
and secure, they may not completely be immune to
threats. All computer systems can suffer from
malware and viruses, including those running Linux-
based operating systems.
However, the number of critical threats to Linux-
based operating systems is still way lower than
threats for Windows or OS X.
# ⚓ 2023-07-10_[Older]_diaspora*_security_release_0.7.18.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-07-08_[Older]_So_you_gave_personal_info_to_a
company_caught_in_a_data_breach._Now_what?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Seth Michael Larson ☛ 2023-07-07_[Older]_Security
Developer-in-Residence_–_Weekly_Report_#2⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-07-07_[Older]_As_the
NHS_hit_the_75-year_mark,_people_call_for_cybersecurity_&
long-term_policymaking_to_restore_the_system [Ed: The high
toll of Microsoft Windows]⠀⇛
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-07-04_[Older]_Facial
recognition_technology_could_soon_be_everywhere_–
here’s_how_to_make_it_safer⠀⇛
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ Ten_years_after:_What’s_changed_since
Snowden?⠀⇛
It’s this mix of backgrounds that makes the
draft so interesting. Stephen is the IETF’s
Security Area Director concerned with
reviewing drafts and proposals for their
security context and risks, as well as the
documents focusing on security as their main
topic. Farzaneh is a human rights advocate,
and Bruce is a cryptographer and a
cryptography advocate. He was one of the
people selected to sift through the cache of
materials in the ‘Snowden Revelations’
released to the media 10 years ago now.
Steven is an academic in cryptography and law
and has also been a Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) commissioner.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ San_Francisco_Police_Are_Using
Driverless_Cars_as_Mobile_Surveillance_Cameras⠀⇛
“As companies continue to make public
roadways their testing grounds for these
vehicles, everyone should understand them for
what they are—rolling surveillance devices
that expand existing widespread spying
technologies,” said Chris Gilliard, Visiting
Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School
Shorenstein Center. “Law enforcement agencies
already have access to automated license
plate readers, geofence warrants, Ring
Doorbell footage, as well as the ability to
purchase location data. This practice will
extend the reach of an already pervasive web
of surveillance.”
# ⚓ NYOB ☛ New_Trans-Atlantic_Data_Privacy_Framework
largely_a_copy_of_“Privacy_Shield”._noyb_will_challenge
the_decision.⠀⇛
Third attempt of the European Commission to
get a stable agreement on EU-US data
transfers will be likely back at the Court of
Justice (CJEU) in a matter of months. The
allegedly “new” Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy
Framework is largely a copy of the failed
“Privacy Shield”. Despite the European
Commission’s public relations efforts, there
is little change in US law or the approach
taken by the EU. The fundamental problem with
FISA 702 was not addressed by the US, as the
US still takes the view that only US persons
are worthy of constitutional rights.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ EU_adopts_more_robust_data_privacy
agreement_with_US⠀⇛
The European Commission decided that the U.S.
has provided adequate protections to E.U.
citizens’ data after Washington implemented
safeguards for Europeans against U.S.
surveillance, including redress in front of a
new data protection review court for E.U.
citizens who believe American intelligence
collected their personal data in a way that
violates the agreement.
The agreement is the result of years of
diplomatic negotiations between the U.S. and
EU over differences in privacy standards and
clashing over America’s spy programs.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._and_E.U._Complete_Long-Awaited
Deal_on_Sharing_Data⠀⇛
The decision adopted by the European
Commission is the final step in a yearslong
process and resolves — at least for now — a
dispute about American intelligence agencies’
ability to gain access to data about European
Union residents. The debate pitted U.S.
national security concerns against European
privacy rights.
The accord, known as the E.U.-U.S. Data
Privacy Framework, gives Europeans the
ability to object when they believe their
personal information has been collected
improperly by American intelligence agencies.
An independent review body made up of
American judges, called the Data Protection
Review Court, will be created to hear such
appeals.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ Celebrating_33_Years_of_EFF⠀⇛
We are elated to celebrate the Electronic
Frontier Foundation’s 33rd anniversary today.
EFF has officially been working toward
internet freedom longer than many people have
been online. I’m grateful to EFF’s supporters
for ensuring that digital rights remain
important and vital, even as the internet
itself becomes a crucial yet often overlooked
fact of life for most.
What would the world be without any privacy
or free expression online? You can see
examples of that dark dimension in the
battles we continue to fight every day: the
rules that keep you from controlling the
services you use and devices you own;
corporate policies that censor the powerless;
rampant data collection by both companies and
governments; and laws that would break
encryption.
That’s why EFF works so carefully to nurture
a web that puts civil liberties and human
rights at its center. It’s with great pride
that EFF takes on court and legislative
battles that may last years. But
simultaneously, our team works on—and
wins—immediate policy and legal fights while
we develop rights-enhancing technologies to
bridge the gap. We’re committed to defending
your digital freedom for as long as
technology changes and grows. With support
from people like you, we’re not going
anywhere.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ U.S._Marine_Corps_in_Historic
Leadership_Limbo_Due_to_Republican_Block⠀⇛
Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said last time
the Marine Corps had an acting Commandant was from
December 1, 1910 to February 2, 1911.
“The longer these unprecedented holds remain, the
greater risk the Department runs in experiencing
knowledge and expertise gaps in certain critical
and often difficult to fill positions,” Singh said.
# ⚓ BBC ☛ Stradey_Park_Hotel:_Llanelli_asylum_seeker_demo
arrests⠀⇛
“The idea that we simply close out the hotel in
full and make 95 members of staff and employees
(redundant), to me, is unforgivable, particularly
in this context of a cost of living crisis.”
The Home Office has previously said the number of
people arriving in the UK in need of accommodation
had reached record levels.
# ⚓ Montreal Gazette ☛ Man_sentenced_in_France_for_Ubisoft
Montreal_hostage_hoax⠀⇛
While he serves the sentence, he is required to
compensate victims, undergo treatment for a mental
health problem and either work or undergo training.
During a previous hearing, the court was informed
that Ouahioune had been treated by a psychiatrist
for years before he committed his crimes.
# ⚓ Site36 ☛ “Force_majeure”:_EU_tightens_laws_for_migration
defence,_with_even_external_borders_to_be_sealed⠀⇛
The Crisis Regulation now being discussed by the
interior ministers is intended to relieve the
burden on the particularly affected countries of
arrival of refugees in the EU. The prerequisite
would be that the Commission determines a “crisis”,
“force majeure” or “instrumentalisation” of
refugees by a neighbouring third country or a “non-
state actor” with regard to increasing migration.
Other EU states could then be obliged to take over
protection seekers and process their asylum
applications – or provide financial resources for
“managing the situation”, including for migration
management in “relevant third countries”. However,
the redistribution of asylum seekers would also go
over the heads of the people concerned, because
they would not be able to decide which countries
they would be sent to. This is not the only reason
why the crisis regulation is heavily criticised
from various sides. For it would also allow border
procedures to be extended to up to five months
under conditions similar to detention. Moreover,
the protection quota stipulated in the Asylum
Procedures Regulation would be raised to 75
percent, thus forcing even more people into the
controversial border procedure. “This is a crisis
of humanity and a crisis of human rights. It is
also a crisis of the rule of law in the EU,” 55
organisations from Germany have therefore stated in
an open letter.
# ⚓ Janes ☛ Equatorial_Guinea_negotiating_Chinese_frigate
acquisition⠀⇛
Mangue’s office announced the second visit to the
CSSC subsidiary Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding on 9
July to “negotiate the acquisition of a frigate and
a civilian ship”. The PDGE added that the frigate
will have state-of-the-art technology, but an order
will not be placed before establishing its price,
payment terms, and construction quality.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Gun_Violence_in_the_USA⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Ron_DeSantis,_American_Psycho⠀⇛
Patrick Bateman, the main character of Brett Eaton
Ellis’s incendiary 1991 novel American Psycho, is
one of the most loathsome characters in literary
history: an investment banker whose mind flits
between delighting in the most shallow forms of
consumerism and planning grisly acts of violence,
including cannibalism, sexual defilement of the
dead, and mass murder. In the novel, as in Mary
Harron’s 2000 film adaptation starring Christian
Bale as Bateman, it’s left unclear whether the
sociopathic stockbroker actually acts on his vile
fantasies or merely entertains them as a logical
outgrowth of his antisocial worldview. The novel
and movie remain hotly debated because of another
ambiguity: Are they satirizing Bateman’s
pathological violence, or reveling in it?
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Cluster_Bombs_Are_“War-Crime”_Weapons⠀⇛
Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, when
reports circulated regarding the Russian use of
cluster bombs, a reporter asked then–White House
Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the Biden
administration’s response to an action that was
“potentially a war crime.”
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Madness_of_Militarism”:_Biden_OKs_Cluster
Bombs_for_Ukraine_Despite_Risk_of_Civilian_Casualties⠀⇛
The Biden administration is drawing outrage after
announcing it will send cluster bombs to Ukraine as
part of a new weapons package. When deployed,
cluster munitions spread smaller “bomblets” across
a wide area and regularly kill civilians, either on
initial impact or from unexploded segments that go
off later. Their use has been banned by 123
countries that signed the Convention on Cluster
Munitions, but the United States, Russia and
Ukraine are not signatories to the treaty. This
comes as a new Human Rights Watch report documents
how Ukrainian civilians have been killed or injured
by cluster munitions, including by Ukrainian
forces. We speak to Mary Wareham, advocacy director
of the Arms Division at Human Rights Watch, who
calls the Biden administration’s decision
“appalling,” and to writer and activist Norman
Solomon, author of War Made Invisible: How America
Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine, who
says the U.S.’s military hypocrisy demonstrates a
“willingness to sacrifice human beings and human
rights on behalf of [its] strategic interests.”
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Vilnius_‘NAFO_summit’_draws_criticism_from
Navalny’s_associates_and_Russia’s_Foreign_Ministry_—
Meduza⠀⇛
On July 8 and 9, ahead of the NATO Summit in
Vilnius, another event took place: the NAFO
(North Atlantic Fellas Organization)
“summit.” According to NAFO’s founders, the
organization was created to counter Russian
propaganda and to troll Russian diplomats and
propagandists.
o § Environment⠀➾
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ GO Media ☛ Fed_Up_Citizens_Disable_San_Francisco’s
Self-Driving_Cars_With_Traffic_Cones⠀⇛
An anti-car activist organization called Safe
Street Rebel seeks to return the streets to
the people posted this compilation of folks
placing traffic cones on the hoods of self-
driving cars, disabling the vehicles.
Safe Street Rebel have some very legitimate
complaints about the self-driving cars,
including concerns about pollution, traffic,
mining issues (all of the self-driving cars
are EVs) and accountability. They note that
self-driving cars don’t get tickets when they
commit moving violations, for instance.
Stalled self-driving cars blocking buses and
bike lanes contributes to the weight of such
testing shifting on to poorer people, or
those who choose not to have a car at all.
# ⚓ CNBC ☛ Self-driving_cars_from_GM’s_Cruise_block_San
Francisco_intersection_in_latest_problem_for_autonomous
vehicles⠀⇛
The incident is another example of how
difficult it is to develop and deploy self-
driving vehicle fleets. Commercializing
autonomous vehicles has been far more
challenging than many predicted even a few
years ago. The challenges have led to a
consolidation in the autonomous vehicle
sector after years of enthusiasm touting the
technology as the next multitrillion-dollar
market for transportation companies.
The San Francisco Department of Emergency
Management was notified and contacted Cruise
about the problem, San Francisco Police
Department public information officer Kathryn
Winters told CNBC. She said no officers were
dispatched to the scene.
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ El País ☛ Montevideo_is_dying_of_thirst⠀⇛
The prolonged climatic setback has wreaked
havoc in the countryside. It has also caused
the main water supply in the south of the
country – the Paso Severino Dam reservoir –
to reach its lowest levels. The latest
official report indicates that, at the
moment, the reserve doesn’t exceed 1.1
million cubic meters of water, when it has
the capacity to store 67 million. This means
that less than 2% of the reserve water supply
remains.
Along with this data, the report presents
another problematic statistic: the
inhabitants of Montevideo and the
metropolitan area – 1.7 million people in
total, half of the country’s population –
consume approximately 500,000 cubic meters of
water per day. That is, half the amount that
is available in the reservoir.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Taliban_Endorses_Twitter_Over_Threads⠀⇛
Twitter has fallen out of favor with many people
since Elon Musk took over the company last year.
Musk’s changes to verification and slackening
moderation policy have led a lot of subject matter
experts, advertisers, and regular users to flee the
platform. The Taliban, however, seems to love it.
Two Taliban officials even bought blue verification
check marks after Musk started selling them in
January.
Haqqani noted that the biggest draw of Twitter was
this lax moderation policy. After the American
withdrawal from Afghanistan and the collapse of the
U.S.-backed Afghan central government in 2021, the
Taliban became the legitimate leaders of the
country. The Taliban is aggressive about using
social media to push its message. Some former
fighters have even bemoaned the amount of time they
spend on the computer compared to their
freewheeling past. Facebook and TikTok both view
the Taliban as a terrorist organization and
disallow them from posting. It’s a ban that
persists to this day.
# ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ In_defense_of_Deliverism⠀⇛
That’s not how it worked out. Prior to ACA’s
passage, 85% of Americans had health insurance.
Today, it’s 90%. That’s not nothing! 5% of the US
is more than 16m people. But what about the 85% –
282m people – who were insured before the ACA?
Their insurance costs have doubled – from an
average of $15,609 for a family of four in 2009 to
$30,260 today. Obama promised that ACA would lower
the average family’s insurance bill by $2,500/year
– but instead, insurance costs increased by some
$15,000.
# ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Caving_on_Bill_C-18:_Government_Outlines
Planned_Regulations_that_Signal_Willingness_to_Cast_Aside
Core_Principles_of_the_Online_News_Act⠀⇛
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has
insisted for months that Bill C-18, the Online News
Act, is a market-based approach that would leave it
to the Internet platforms and Canadian media
outlets to negotiate deals based on the principle
of mandated payments for links. Faced with the
prospect of Meta and Google’s recent announcements
that they would block news links in order to comply
with the legislation, it would appear that the
government has caved on the bill as it searches for
a face-saving compromise. Rodriguez and Prime
Minister Trudeau had tough talk last week, but
behind the scenes they were seemingly ready to cast
aside the core principles that they claimed were
essential to the legislation.
Earlier today, Canadian Heritage released a “next
steps” document that outlines the planned
forthcoming regulations. Those new regulations will
effectively rework the legislation by shifting from
mandated payments for links with uncapped liability
to a threshold contribution customized for each
company established by government regulation.
Moreover, the contributions will incorporate
existing deals and other contributions such as
marketing dollars. The specific language from the
government states: [...]
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Wisconsin_Governor_Hacks_the_Veto
Process⠀⇛
In my latest book, A Hacker’s Mind, I wrote about
hacks as loophole exploiting. This is a great
example: The Wisconsin governor used his line-item
veto powers—supposedly unique in their
specificity—to change a one-year funding increase
into a 400-year funding increase.
# ⚓ Robert Reich ☛ Republicans_Don’t_Own_Patriotism⠀⇛
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Iranian_rapper_given_6-year_prison
sentence_over_protests⠀⇛
A prominent rapper who backed the large-scale
protests that shook Iran last year has been jailed
for six years and three months, his lawyer said on
Monday.
Toomaj Salehi was charged with “corruption on
earth” — an accusation that covers a broad range of
offenses including those related to Islamic
morality and can carry the death penalty.
The judicial decision to not put the prominent
musician to death saved Salehi from the fate that
led to the execution of at least seven other
protesters.
# ⚓ El País ☛ Belarusian_journalist_faces_up_to_6_years_in
prison_for_opposition_reporting⠀⇛
Journalists and activists in Belarus have faced
large-scale repression since the August 2020 vote
that handed a sixth term to President Alexander
Lukashenko. Following the election, which was
rejected as fraudulent by the opposition and the
West, Belarus was swept by massive protests, some
of which drew more than 100,000 people.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Activist_Dies_In_Custody_At_Urmia_Detention
Center,_Second_In_Two_Days⠀⇛
Human rights activists say Peyman Golvani, a
Kurdish political activist, has died while in
custody at the Intelligence Detention Center at the
northwestern Iranian city of Urmia, where another
political prisoner, Mousa Esmaili, died less than
24 hours earlier.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Computers Are Bad ☛ the_tragedy_of_beatrice_foods⠀⇛
Occasionally, research into the history of
telephony takes you into some strange places. There
are conspiracy theories, of course, and there are
people who insist on their version of events so
incessantly that details of dates and places can
become heated arguments. There is also the basic
nature of the internet: the internet has a health
of historical information but it is scattered
across many sources of varying quality. Part of the
role of the historian has always been assessing the
credibility of sources, but this is particularly
difficult in fields like technology history where
so much information comes from archived AOL
customer homepages (perhaps the best sources there
are) and Usenet discussions (rarely correct about
anything).
And then there is the Beatrice Foods Company.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-07-09_[Older]_Book_review:_Copyright_in
the_street._An_Oral_History_of_Creative_Processes_in
Street_Art_and_Graffiti_Subcultures⠀⇛
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-07-06_[Older]_[Guest_post]_Lidl_on
price,_big_on_copyright⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-07-09_[Older]_Philips_and_Lidl_have
to_go_to_court_again_for_copyright_infringement_of
razors⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-07-02_[Older]_Valve_won’t_publish
games_that_feature_copyright-infringing_AI_assets⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vintage Everyday ☛ The_Copyright_Expires:_The
Original_Mickey_Mouse_is_Entering_the_Public_Domain_in
2024⠀⇛
But the copyright on the Steamboat-Willie-
version will run out in 2024 after 95 years.
Initially, copyrights only lasted 28 years.
But, due in large part to Disney’s lobbying
and legal efforts, copyrights were first
extended to 75 years, then later to 95 years.
Yet now that 95-year protection is about to
run out on Steamboat Willie.
Although the original Mickey Mouse’s
copyright protection will expire at the end
of 2023, Disney will still be able to protect
the Mickey Mouse brand through trademark law.
Mickey Mouse is protected as Disney’s
property because it is a registered
trademark. Trademark protection can
theoretically last forever if Disney can
continually show that Mickey Mouse is
associated with its company. Disney will
likely be able to continually show an
association with Mickey Mouse.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Comedian_Sarah_Silverman_sues_OpenAI
and_Meta_over_copyright_infringement⠀⇛
The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI and Meta
trained their LLMs based on a large dataset
of books from what is known as a “shadow
library” of copyrighted works around the
internet sourced from websites such as
Library Genesis (also known as Libgen), Z-
Library, Sci-Hub and Biblotik. Shadow library
websites provide access to research papers,
magazines, nonfiction and fiction books,
images, comics and audiobooks without regard
to copyright for mass download through link
aggregation.
The Meta complaint explains how authors
believe that their books were included in one
of these shadow libraries and assembled by a
research organization called EleutherAI
consisting of a dataset called ThePile. The
data was then included in the training set
for Meta’s LLaMA large language model. “These
shadow libraries have long been of interest
to the AI-training community because of the
large quantity of copyrighted material they
host,” the complaint read. “For that reason,
these shadow libraries are also flagrantly
illegal.”
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ACE_Shuts_Down_Another_‘Cuevana’_But
the_Whac-a-Mole_Persists⠀⇛
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment
(ACE) has shut down 22 domains linked to the
popular South American pirate streaming site,
Cuevana. The anti-piracy group tracked down
the Peruvian operator of the site that served
hundreds of millions of visits over the past
several years. While this Cuevana variant is
a big fish, another popular Cuevana site
remains online.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Global_Anti-Piracy_Coalition_Eyes
Polish,_Hungarian_&_Bulgarian_Targets⠀⇛
Poland’s leading anti-piracy group has
appeared in the media several times over the
past few days to condemn IPTV piracy. The
Signal Association shares several members
with anti-piracy groups ACE and AAPA. Court
documents obtained by TorrentFreak show that
ACE is investigating a well-known Polish IPTV
service plus Hungarian and Bulgarian domains
worth millions of views each month.
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* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
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o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_CDESLPK_Wordo:_JOCKS⠀⇛
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ BESM_Multiverse_and_Uresia:_Grave_of_Heavan_arrived!⠀⇛
My physical copies of the BESM Multiverse Maps,
BESM Multiverse, BESM Uresia: Grave of Heavan, and
Ikarion Gate, the BESM Multiverse LitRPG novel
arrived today. I really like having physical books
for things that are information dense: settings or
rules; I find it helps my comprehension when
learning the material. (I’m this way about
technical material as well: I try to get computer
books in print as well.)
# ⚓ Having_fun_with_NixOS⠀⇛
I decided to run NixOS on my personal laptop,
replacing an Arch Linux installation that I’ve had
for years. The idea of a declarative OS has a
strong appeal to me, since I’m a big fan of
declarative languages — SQL probably being the main
one.
[...]
On the other hand, I realized I don’t have to
install pyenv in order to create isolated Python
environments for development. I can just use a Nix
shell to spawn a new Python version where I do my
development.
# ⚓ Software_and_services_I_use⠀⇛
# ⚓ Day_1⠀⇛
First day of the Old Computer Challenge. I’ve spent
most of the day at work so I’ve been using new
computers for that. For travel, I’m trying to
reduce the amount I use my phone as it’s more
powerful than the limit. I’ve now booted up the old
computer and the WiFi is failing to connect. Not
sure why. I may have to reboot.
# ⚓ Getting_into_Flash⠀⇛
So I’m slightly younger and I got into flash in two
ways. Firstly, I “”””obtained”””” a copy of
Macromedia Flash 5 on CD. But more importantly,
secondly, I only got into it because of Newgrounds.
It was the early 2000s and Newgrounds was where it
was at. Watching videos playing games I loved it.
So yeah. It’s 2000 and somehow a CD ended up on my
desk with a marker scribbling of “Flash 5″ on it.
The interface for flash was a paint canvas and it
primarily was an animation platform (I guess). You
had a timeline where you could drop in different
pieces of art and even animate using keyframes. You
could type into the web “stock sound library” or
something of that nature and find just an archive
of stock, royalty free: punches, gunshots, etc. It
was glorious.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Japanese⠀⇛
Anyone interested in forming a study group to
go through the Genki books for learning
Japanese? I’m interested in meeting weekly,
perhaps via Discord or another client, if you
prefer.
# ⚓ Retiring_geomaticblog.net⠀⇛
Vicente[2], Pedro-Juan[3], and me started
this blog in 2006[4]. Back then blogs were
the best way to create content and share
knowledge. It was the times of RSS, Google
Reader, social bookmarking through
`del.icio.us`, and pictures on `Flickr`. Very
different from these days of micro-blogging,
quick videos, influencers moving from one
platform to another chasing their viewers’
attention and money, newsletters under
paywalls, etc.
[...]
I will keep the blog code and content on a
GitHub repository at https://github.com/
jsanz/geomaticblog/[9] where we have posts in
Markdown since 2007, and everything is
hopefully for ever available in the web
archive at https://web.archive.org/web/
20130801000000*/http://geomaticblog.net/[10].
I will probably copy my posts to my website
[11].
# ⚓ We_Can’t_Go_Back_to_What_We_Had:_Olia_Lialina’s_“From
My_to_Me”_and_the_Loss_of_the_Personal_Web⠀⇛
Despite being active on the web for more than
twenty-five years, I had never heard of Olia
Lialina. A net artist, professor, and
archivist, Lialina has written extensively
about the web-that-was. In the mid to late
1990s, she created the art piece “My
Boyfriend Came Back From the War”. Stark,
high contrast white-and-black images and text
playing out across frames, the art piece (to
me) echoes the sorts of ideas and techniques
I’d see in twine-based hypertext years later.
[...]
As a researcher with the One Terabyte of
Kylobyte Age archive (which holds GeoCities
sites “built and abandoned by amateur
webmasters between 1995 and 2009), Lialina is
in a unique position, sitting on what could
well be the largest archive of GeoCities
sites outside of the Wayback. And as an
artist and amateur webpage creator herself,
Lialina has seen designs coalesce, colours
harmonize, and the enthusiasm associated with
those days, with the creation of something
innately personal, slowly fade away.
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