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⦿ Recommendation of The Cyber Show | Techrights
⦿ Windows is Already Down Below 15% Market Share in India. An Import Ban Will Worsen Things for Microsoft. | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 04, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ Why UEFI is an Attack on Security and on Computing in General | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
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http://techrights.org/2023/08/05/india-is-linux/#comments
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http://techrights.org/2023/08/05/why-uefi-is-an-attack-on-security-and-on-computing-in-general/#comments
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http://techrights.org/2023/08/05/godot-4-0-4/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/05/guppy-protocol/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/05/hospitals-vandalised-by-microsoft/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/05/rust-holes/#comments
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Posted in Free/Libre_Software, Security at 7:49 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Andy Farnell and friends⦈ Summary: A new security-centric
show was recently started; it deals with ethics, software freedom, and digital
rights
I RECENTLY learned about the launch_of_a_new_show by Andy Farnell and friends/
colleagues. He told me he had quit Solent University on ethical grounds, so a
new “Cybershow” has been his focus. “We’ve got a remarkably productive and
talented little team who are all minded towards technology in the public
interest,” he told me.
“While preference for GNU/Linux and BSD is a given (at least in Farnell’s
case), it helps to ‘rope in’ people who are on the fence or the other side of
the fence.”For those who are longtime readers of Techrights Dr. Farnell needs
no introduction. But for those who aren’t familiar with his literature and
articles, let’s just say he’s a specialist in tech ethics, not just a lecturer
on topic like cyber security and audio. Now he combines his passions and
specialty. His_“Cyber_Show” (or Cyber|Show) is well worth subscribing to.
“Friday was international sysadmins day,” he said last week, “so we released a
special_episode_for_that. My hope was to contrast a mainly Unix/Linux
organisational system with a commercial Microsoft/Apple set up.”
“That didn’t work out with the interview schedule, so instead we ended up
contrasting two ages/career stages – but there will be more in that mini-series
and the Linux vs Microsoft one will be surely be fun and of interest to you
when we run it.”
“Companies or universities which abandon ethics are doomed to fail.”While
preference for GNU/Linux and BSD is a given (at least in Farnell’s case), it
helps to ‘rope in’ people who are on the fence or the other side of the fence.
Then there’s investment in the “undecided” or the young.
“We’ve also started a_Cybershow_Kids, with loads of amazing stuff in the
pipeline for that,” he told me.
“And you might like some our “On the Go” and psychoanalytical forays like these
ones [1, 2]”
“It seems like the education sector and the private sector (even contractors
for the public sector) get a lot worse over time.”Everything I’ve listened to
so far is very good and neatly relates to topics we routinely cover. Even
before I knew about pension_fraud my wife and I left our job. In fact we both
left our job on ethical grounds, just like Dr. Farnell did. Sirius_‘Open
Source’ has since then lost about half the remaining staff. Companies or
universities which abandon ethics are doomed to fail. They will quickly lose
critical staff and resort to desperate measures that cannot live up to past
reputation or expectations.
Despite its age, I strongly recommend this_episode_from_one_month_ago. “A big
clue is in this episode when Ed and I talk about how I felt like the flight
instructors before 9/11 who were concerned about students who wanted to learn
to take off but not landing,” Dr. Farnell told me. “For ages I raised serious
concerns about the national security problems of us training overseas students
in red-team, who didn’t want to learn defensive… and admitted they basically
were sent by their governments to probe UK cybersecurity and gain the what they
could through learning.”
“Universities are morally bankrupt and concerned only with taking money from
kids. I think they are no longer fit places for teaching and learning. So I
quit to build something better. Cybershow is one step along that path.”
I worked as a postdoc for a couple of years a decade ago, so I understand
universities as staff, not just as an undergraduate and postgraduate student. I
left to join Sirius in 2011 and that too was a bummer. It seems like the
education sector and the private sector (even contractors for the public
sector) get a lot worse over time. It’s not just about the money; the working
conditions deteriorate. Those who can afford to quit just quit. Health is more
important than financial rewards/compensation.
“They’re a relatively young show and they want to know their listeners.”Having
reached out to an older friend, he said that he had similar experiences and
recalled “when the administrators tried to give out passing grades to students
who had never set foot in the classroom and probably never set foot on the
campus.”
He also recalled “when the administration tried to force faculty members to
fill out their time sheets such that project money was burned on unrelated
administrivia.”
“These comments are pretty much describing my ex-university,” another person
recalled. So we all saw more or less the same thing.
If you choose to listen to any of the above episodes, be sure to provide_them
with_some_feedback. They’re a relatively young show and they want to know their
listeners. █
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⠀⠁⠈⠋⠁⢱⡂⡜⠈⣽⢫⣿⣮⠏⠉⠀⠘⡈⡟⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠓⠚⠳⡳⠀⢐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣠⣉⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⣬⣭⣽⣚⣛⣛⣛⡻⠟⠾⠿⠇⠀
⠀⠤⠄⠠⡞⠃⠘⠀⠱⢠⢽⣻⢏⡅⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣫⣿⣿⣷⣶⠀⠀⠄⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡵⣌⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠄⢤⡀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠈⠽⣿⣹⣾⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠈⡇⣿⣿⡇⢀⣐⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⡁⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⣛⠛⢸⡿⠿⠃⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⢀⠈⠉⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⡀⠚⠂⠀⣿⠏⢙⣟⣛⣛⠃⠀⣉⣟⣻⡟⠿⠀⠀⣇⣿⣿⠏⣯⠇⠀⠀⢈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⣄⡀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⢄⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⣿⣀⢀⠀⠇⣀⠀⠀⠀⣲⣾⣇⡁⠀⠀⠀⠊⠈⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠀⠀⢀⣤⣼⣾⣿⣿⡗⠂⣹⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠃⡆⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡿⠀⢀⣀⡀⠔⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⢻⣻⠿⢿⡿⠛⠉⠁⠀⢀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⠏⠁⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⢲⢶⣾⣿⢻⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠇⠀⢺⡶⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠩⣿⠀⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡿⡖⠀⣾⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣷⣾⡍⠉⠁⠀⣀⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⡿⢿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⢰⣿⡅⠀
⠀⠀⠙⠣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠢⠄⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠉⠻⠋⠹⠡⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣶⡿⠿⠟⠛⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣿⣶⣶⣾⣬⣽⣛⣃⣚⣻⠇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠠⠀⠀⠂⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣟⣻⣟⢿⣿⣿⢹⣿⠿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠄⢀⣄⠠⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⣬⣾⣛⣻⣼⠽⣿⣟⡆⠀
⠀⠀⣿⡃⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣏⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢳⣶⠂⠀
⠀⠀⠛⠑⠁⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⣟⣛⣸⣻⠿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠏⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⣀⠀⠒⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⠲⠖⠁⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠁⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Posted in Asia, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 8:25 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Operating_System_Market_Share_India⦈_
Summary: Linux commands_about_80%_of_the_Indian_computer_market (client side)
if_one_counts_Android and reports of an impending (now postponed, not immediate
effect) import ban will destroy companies like Microsoft, Intel, and AMD;
meanwhile, GNU/Linux_market_share_in_South_Africa_(SA)_jumped_to_5%_this_year.
Compare that to South_Korea; there’s a notorious ActiveX dependence there and
Microsoft vendor lock-in (monopoly abuse) preventing adoption of GNU/Linux. The
global south or BRICS is sailing away from Microsoft.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣶⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⢀⡤⠠⡦⠀⢤⡀⡦⠄⡠⠄⡠⢄⢠⡄⡄⣠⢤⠠⡦⢀⠤⡀⣄⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⣿⣿⣿⣯⠀⠠⠽⠂⠧⠰⠽⠇⠧⠌⠧⠄⠣⠼⠙⠧⠇⠿⠸⠀⠧⠘⠭⠅⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠁
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⡟⠏⠀⢠⠒⡀⠠⠄⡆⡄⣠⠀⠖⢠⢠⡄⡄⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠒⠒⠂
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠁⠈⠀⠁⠉⠈⠀⠀⠈⠈⠁⠁⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠠⢀⣀⡀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣄⡀⠀⣀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠉⠉⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠉⠀⠀⠈⠁⠁⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠐⢒⠂⠔⠂⠀⠀⠒⡀⠔⠂⡔⡄⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⢰⠒⠀⠖⠂⠐⡄⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠄⠀⠄⠀⠀⠒⡀⠒⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠌⠀⠅⠐⠀⠠⠀⠃⠄⠐⠈⠈⠅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠓⠒⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠐⠈⠍⠇⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡉⠆⠀⠀⠀⠈⠨⠁⠩⠹⠸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠀⠀⠠⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠀⠀⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠄
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠠⠀⠠⠶⠴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠷⠀⠂⠰⠦⠒⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⠅⠇⠐⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⢀⢀⠀⠀⡀⡀⢀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⡀⡀⠀⢀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⢀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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✐ Why_UEFI_is_an_Attack_on_Security_and_on_Computing_in_General⠀✐
Posted in Site_News at 8:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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UEFI Still Sucks
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/uefi-and-complexity.webm
Summary: While UEFI_boosters go by the name “Semen” (minutes ago in IRC) the
grown-ups with actual computer background caution against UEFI
THE UEFI_fiasco has been covered here for over a decade I spoke to Intel
executives about it (they invited me to speak to them when I was in my 20s).
Every negative thing I had said about UEFI turned out to be true, including the
security flaws, as noted in our daily links [1, 2] and some recent posts. Even
the US government now formally cautions about the attack surface of UEFI.
The video above covers the latest twist and provides some necessary background,
so it is a tad long. █
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Posted in News_Roundup at 2:04 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra
o Education
o FSFE
o Licensing_/_Legal
o Programming/Development
# Python
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ PC World ☛ Linux_overtakes_Macs_on_Steam_thanks_to_the_Steam
Deck⠀⇛
No, Macs have never been a serious gamer’s first choice.
But when even Linux-based systems are climbing past
Apple’s computers on Steam’s hardware list, you start to
wonder.
Steam’s monthly hardware report shows that more gamers
are using Linux devices than Apple Macs, to the tune of
1.96 versus 1.84 percent (the vast majority of course run
Windows PCs). The explanation? Probably Valve’s own Steam
Deck gaming handheld. The breakout device runs on Valve’s
custom Linux-based Steam OS and intensely marketed (and
praised) over the past year.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Content
Control_Software⠀⇛
These are two areas where parental control software
plays an important role in enabling parents to
protect their family from undesirable content, and
to make sure that the internet does not become an
addiction. There are very few Linux content control
solutions which are high quality and maintained.
Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary
LinuxLinks-style ratings chart.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ 15_fun_activities_to_try_on_your_Linux
terminal⠀⇛
So you’ve been using your Linux terminal for your
regular chores, be it web development, systems
administration, or simply browsing files in your
system. But have you ever thought about having fun
with it? Well, if you’re looking for a break from
the mundane, you are at the right place.
Here are 10 fun and quirky things you can do right
on your Linux terminal. As a bonus, these
activities also help to sharpen your Linux skills!
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ John Goerzen ☛ Try_the_Last_Internet_Kermit_Server⠀⇛
What is this mysterious protocol? Who uses it and
what is its story?
This story is a winding one, beginning in 1981.
Kermit is, to the best of my knowledge, the oldest
actively-maintained software package with an
original developer still participating. It is also
a scripting language, an Internet server, a
(scriptable!) SSH client, and a file transfer
protocol.
And my first use of it was talking to my HP-48GX
calculator over a 9600bps serial link. Yes, that
calculator had a Kermit server built in.
But let’s back up and talk about serial ports and
Modems.
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ On_Linux,_NFS_v4_mounts_are_a
different_filesystem_type_than_NFS_(v3)_mounts⠀⇛
For more or less historical reasons, we currently
use NFS v3 to mount filesystems from our
fileservers. We’re likely going to (slowly) move
over to NFS v4 (after successful experiments), so
I’ve been working on various preparations for that,
such as making sure our automounter system doesn’t
specifically force NFS v3 but instead leaves it up
to the system to pick a version. In the process of
this, I’ve discovered a surprise.
On Linux, NFS v4 mounts have the filesystem type
‘nfs4′, not ‘nfs’; the ‘nfs’ filesystem type is for
NFS v3 (and NFS v2, if you’re using that, which you
probably shouldn’t be). Linux’s normal ‘mount’
program will accept ‘mount -t nfs …’ and do a NFS
v4 mount if the server supports it, but listing
mounts with ‘mount -t nfs’ will only list NFS v3
ones, and the actual filesystem type in /proc/
mounts (aka /proc/self/mounts) and other things is
‘nfs4′.
# ⚓ Aolium ☛ Try_installing_from_source_first⠀⇛
A good reason to use package managers when
installing software is that it normally just works.
And while that’s a very compelling reason, I still
think developers should first try installing
software from source when possible. The two main
advantages of installing from source are: learning
and control. Control over how the package is built,
what’s included, where it goes, how it’s managed
and the flexibility to apply patches and versions
possibly not available in your package manager.
Now, I’ll be quick to admit that you probably
shouldn’t spend a huge amount of time trying to
install something from source. For many packages
the best case scenario is a complicated process
requiring specific build tools and dependencies
with their own complications. The worst case
scenario is poor or lacking documentation and no
idea how to even get started.
But, you can try.
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Prometheus_scrape_failures_can
cause_alerts_to_be_‘resolved’⠀⇛
Prometheus expressions act as filters, or to put it
another way, we’re doing set operations. What an
alert rule expression really yields is some number
of individual time series, each with its own set of
labels. Each time series will become an alert (with
its labels taken from the time series), either a
pending alert or a firing alert depending on
whether or not the alert rule has a ‘for:’ (see my
entry on delays and timings for alerts). As long as
the alert rule expression continues to produce that
time series, the associated alert will stay active.
When the alert rule expression stops producing that
time series, the associated alert goes away (unless
you’ve set ‘keep_firing_for’ on it).
# ⚓ IT Tavern ☛ Getting_started_with_Fail2Ban_on_Linux⠀⇛
I want to show you how to get started with Fail2Ban
to keep your Linux servers more secure. For this
blog post, I’ve used Ubuntu 22.04 LTS as a
reference and will use it to secure my SSH service
with iptables as the firewall. I assume that you
already installed it on your system.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Nextcloud_Desktop_Client_on
Fedora_38/37_Linux⠀⇛
In the rapidly evolving realm of cloud computing,
the Nextcloud Desktop application stands as a
beacon for those seeking a harmonized approach to
data management and synchronization. This guide
aims to walk readers through the meticulous steps
required to install the Nextcloud Desktop client,
employing Fedora’s esteemed RPM repository.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Gitea_on_Fedora_38⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Gitea on Fedora 38. For those of you who didn’t
know, Gitea is a lightweight, self-hosted Git
service that allows teams and individuals to
collaborate efficiently and manage version control
for their software projects.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Lutris_on_Fedora_38/37
Linux⠀⇛
In today’s era of gaming, diverse platforms and an
assortment of game titles have made managing one’s
gaming library a crucial aspect for enthusiasts.
Enter Lutris, a comprehensive game manager tailored
for Linux. This guide will demonstrate how to
install Lutris on Fedora Linux utilizing Fedora’s
RPM repository.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Git_Fedora_38⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Git on Fedora 38. For those of you who didn’t know,
Git revolutionized version control systems with its
distributed nature, allowing developers to work
offline and collaboratively on the same project.
# ⚓ Linux_Head_Command:_View_Top_of_Files_&_Command_Output⠀⇛
In Linux, the head command is a commonly used
command-line utility that allows you to view the
top portion of a large file or the output of the
command.
# ⚓ Vitux ☛ Install_OpenNMS_Network_Monitoring_system_on
Ubuntu⠀⇛
OpenNMS, also known as “Open Network Management
System”, is a free, open-source, and powerful
network management and network monitoring solution.
An enterprise network management system monitors
and manages various services and devices from a
central location. OpenNMS can be installed on
Windows and Linux-based operating systems.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ ps_Command_in_Linux_with_Examples⠀⇛
The ps command in Linux stands at the forefront of
powerful command-line utilities, offering critical
insights for system administration and monitoring.
Short for “process status”, it delivers detailed
information about the currently running processes,
including their process identification numbers
(PIDs).
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Grafana_on_Fedora_38⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Grafana on Fedora 38. In today’s data-driven world,
the ability to visualize and analyze data
effectively is paramount. Grafana, an open-source
tool, empowers users to create stunning
visualizations and monitor systems with ease.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Install_Java_on_Debian_12_(Bookworm)⠀⇛
Learn how to easily install Java on Debian 12
(Bookworm) with our step-by-step guide. Enhance
your system for powerful Java applications!
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_Discord_on_Debian_12
“Bookworm”⠀⇛
Discord is one of the most popular chatting
software that gamers use. Even though Discord was
created mainly for gamers, nowadays many companies
use Discord for different purposes.
There are several different methods to install
Discord on Debian 12.
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_Paru_to_manage_AUR
packages_on_Arch_Linux⠀⇛
Paru is a new AUR helper that you can use to
install and download packages from AUR repository
on Arch Linux.
Paru is based off Yay. However, the difference is
that, Paru is written in Rust, while Yay is written
in go.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ rmdir_Command_in_Linux_with_Examples⠀⇛
The Linux operating system is admired for its
robust command-line utilities, offering users
profound flexibility and control. One such utility
is the rmdir command. The rmdir command, an
abbreviation for “remove directory”, is an
essential tool for users aiming to maintain an
organized filesystem.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Laravel_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Laravel on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t
know, Laravel has emerged as one of the leading PHP
frameworks for web development, offering an elegant
and efficient approach to building web
applications.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ cd_Command_in_Linux_with_Examples⠀⇛
In Linux, the “cd command” is pivotal for
navigating the open-source operating system’s vast
filesystem. This seemingly simple command, standing
for “change directory,” is a cornerstone of user
navigation and file management, showcasing the
depth and power of Linux’s command-line utilities.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ sed_Command_in_Linux_with_Examples⠀⇛
Linux, a versatile open-source operating system,
offers various command-line utilities for various
tasks. The sed command, standing for Stream Editor,
holds a significant place among these utilities.
It’s specifically tailored for parsing and
transforming text in a data stream or file.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Discord_on_Linux_Mint_21/
20⠀⇛
Discord is a popular communication platform
designed for gamers, but it has since become widely
used for various purposes, including business,
education, and personal communication.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_GIT_on_Linux_Mint_21/20⠀⇛
Git is an incredibly powerful and popular version
control system (VCS) developers worldwide use to
manage and track changes in their codebases. It was
created by Linus Torvalds, the same person behind
the Linux operating system, in 2005.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_SeaMonkey_on_Linux_Mint_21/
20⠀⇛
If you’re a Linux Mint user seeking an alternative
to mainstream Internet suites, SeaMonkey could be
your next destination. This integrated Internet
application suite might not get the same buzz as
Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, but it has a
unique charm that’s all its own.
# ⚓ Creating_and_Extracting_Archives_with_the_tar_Command_in
Linux⠀⇛
How to Use tar Command in Linux Objective The
objective of this article is to explain various
steps of creating backup data…
# ⚓ Creating_Directories_in_Linux:_A_Beginner’s_Guide_to_the
mkdir_Command⠀⇛
If you are looking at how to make a directory in
Linux then you are at the right place…
# ⚓ Real Linux User ☛ How_to_use_Linux_Mint_without_installing
on_a_Mac_–_Linux_Mint_21.2_edition⠀⇛
In a previous tutorial I explained how to create a
Linux bootable USB drive in macOS.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ GE-Proton_8-11_is_out_now_for_Linux_desktop
and_Steam_Deck⠀⇛
Glorious eggrolls! There’s another release of GE-
Proton available for Linux desktop and Steam Deck,
so here’s the details on what’s changed. Actually,
there’s two releases, with the very latest just
fixing up a woops.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ My_favourite_Tower_Defense_game_Bloons_TD_6
is_free_on_Epic⠀⇛
Bloons TD 6 is an absolutely wonderful family-
friendly Tower Defense game, and if you don’t own
it already you can grab it free on Epic Games and
it works great on Linux.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Oxygen_Not_Included_has_a_new_animated
short_and_free_content_upgrade⠀⇛
More content for your colony? Absolutely. Klei has
put out the latest free update for Oxygen Not
Included and there’s another of their fancy
animated shorts.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Automate_a_kitchen_with_programmed_robots
in_Neon_Noodles_out_now⠀⇛
After being in Early Access since 2019, Neon
Noodles – Cyberpunk Kitchen Automation has now
fully released and it looks great. I liked it when
I tried it out some time ago so it’s good to see
the developer finish it up.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_some_racing_sims_and_party_games_with
these_two_big_bundles⠀⇛
Two bundles of games? That’s right, an easy way for
you to fill up that games library because a few
more couldn’t hurt. Humble Bundle have two new
bundles full of games for you.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ This_week_in_KDE:_porting,_Dolphin,_and
KWin⠀⇛
I wrote about all the porting work done
recently for Plasma in yesterday’s Plasma 6
update. That work consumed a lot of time due
to a big push to get it all done, so this
week there isn’t as much feature work and UI
polishing to report. Nevertheless, some good
fixes and improvements made it in, especially
for KWin and Dolphin!
Copying and pasting files to the desktop that
won’t fit there because there’s not enough
space now shows a notification explaining the
problem (Thenujan Sandramohan, link)
In the Plasma Wayland session, cursors now
look better when using fractional scale
factors (Vlad Zahorodnii, link)
# ⚓ Volker Krause ☛ June/July_in_KDE_Itinerary⠀⇛
Since the last update two month ago we added
new import options, public transport mode
preferences and many more improvements to KDE
Itinerary, and it got featured prominently on
the awesome new KDE for Travelers page.
The various options to import data into
Itinerary have been consolidated behind a
single global menu action.
A new way to import online railway tickets
has been added as well. Using the booking
reference and passenger name or the
corresponding app import URLs we can now
retrieve the booking details from the
operator directly.
This is currently only available for Deutsche
Bahn and SNCF. For adding more operators we
again rely on your input in identifying the
corresponding APIs and URLs of operators
offering that feature.
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ GNOME ☛ Developing_in_GNOME_OS:_systemd-sysext⠀⇛
In the old age, developing the desktop was
simple™️. You only had to install a handful
of toolchains, development headers, and tools
from the distribution packages, run make
install, execute say_prayer.sh and if you had
not eaten meat on Friday you had a 25% chance
for your system to work after a reboot.
Well, if you are an application developer
Flatpak makes this very simple. Applications
run against a containerized runtimes, with
their own userspace. The only thing they need
from the host system is a working Desktop
Environment, Flatpak, and Portals. Builder
and flatpak-builder along with all the
integration we built into the Desktop make
sure that it will be a breeze.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Systemd-Free_Immutable_Distro_Nitrux_2.9.1_Is_Out
Powered_by_Linux_Kernel_6.4⠀⇛
Even if the version number makes it look like a small
point release to last month’s Nitrux 2.9 release, Nitrux
2.9.1 get a major kernel bump from Linux 6.3, which
reached end of life on July 11th, 2023, to the latest
Linux 6.4 kernel series. Nitrux 2.9.1 comes with a
Liquorix-flavored Linux kernel 6.4.8.
On top of that, this release ships with the very latest
KDE software, including the KDE Plasma 5.27.7 LTS desktop
environment, as well as KDE Frameworks 5.108 and KDE Gear
23.04.3 software suites, all built against the Qt 5.15.5
LTS open-source application framework.
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ IPFire Official Blog ☛ IPFire_2.27_–_Core_Update_177
released⠀⇛
It is time for another release of IPFire: IPFire
2.27 – Core Update 177. A brand-new update which
brings enhanced hardening for the IPFire OS on
modern processors, a large number of package
updates and fixes various security vulnerabilities
in the Linux kernel, AMD processors, OpenSSH and
more.
Before we start talking about the changes in
detail, we would like to ask for your support. We
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!
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Behold,_Incus:_Check_out_this_fork_of
Canonical’s_LXD_‘containervisor’⠀⇛
SUSE developer Aleksa Sarai has created Incus, a
fork of Canonical’s LXD code, with the backing of
the now-former lead developer of the container-
manager-cum-hypervisor.
A month ago, Canonical announced LXD would not be
independent any more, and the Ubuntu maker was
withdrawing it from the Linux Containers project
and taking development in-house.
Soon afterward at least one potential reason for
Canonical’s move became public: the former lead
engineer of LXD, Stéphane Graber, declared that he
had left the Linux distro developer. He stated he
planned to continue contributing to the project and
will be working under the handle Zabbly…
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Orange_Pi_teases_low-cost_SBC_based_on
Rockchip_RK3566⠀⇛
Orange Pi has just unveiled their latest single-
board computer, featuring the high-performing
Rockchip RK3566 SoC. This new SBC comes equipped
with a wide range of peripherals useful for various
embedded applications. Key features include a GbE
port, multiple display interfaces, and seamless
wireless connectivity.
As previously mentioned, the Orange Pi 3B features
the Rockchip RK3566 System-on-Chip with 22nm
process similarly as the Boardcon RK3566 seen last
month.
In terms of operating system compatibility, the new
SBC supports a wide range of options, including
Android 11, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 11,
Debian 12, OpenHarmony 4.0 Beta1, Orange Pi OS
(Arch), Orange Pi OS, etc.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Orange_Pi_3B_–_A_Rockchip_RK3566_SBC_with_an
M.2_NVMe/SATA_SSD_socket,_up_to_8GB_RAM⠀⇛
Orange Pi 3B is a new Rockchip RK3566 SBC that’s
like a supercharged Raspberry Pi 3B board with the
same form factor, but with a faster processor, up
to 8GB RAM, and support for multiple storage
options with a microSD card slot, an eMMC flash
socket, an M.2 Key-M socket for NVMe (PCIe 2.1) or
SATA III SSDs, as well as an SPI flash that should
enable features like network boot.
The board also features HDMI 2.0 and eDP display
intefaces, a Gigabit Ethernet port, a WiFI 5 and
Bluetooth 5.0 wireless module, four USB ports, MIPI
DSI and CSI connector, and the 40-pin Raspberry Pi
GPIO header. It’s powered through a USB-C port
taking 5V instead of the micro USB port found in
the Raspberry Pi 3B.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Raspberry_Pi_is_this_church’s_new_organist⠀⇛
A few months ago, Eugene Olsen’s church lost its
organist when they moved out of the area, but
Eugene noticed that the organ happened to have a
MIDI interface. He used a Raspberry Pi 4 and
grabbed MIDI files of the hymns, then wrote a
custom hymn player in C++.
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ DIY_force_feedback_steering_wheel_receives_motor
from_an_old_power_drill⠀⇛
Racing simulators these days are very good, thanks
to incredibly realistic graphics and physics.
Developers have recreated the effects of everything
from tire composition to asphalt temperature. But a
lot of that effort goes to waste when you’re
playing with a standard gamepad, because that can’t
probably any feedback other than some vibration. To
make the most of racing sims, Jason Winfield built
a DIY force feedback steering wheel using the motor
from an old power drill.
Force feedback steering wheels act as both input
devices and output devices. As input devices, they
monitor the angle of the wheel to provide a
steering value to the game. As output devices, a
motor forces the steering wheel to rotate based on
what occurs within the simulation. In a hard turn,
it might provide resistance. If you spin out of
control, the wheel might move around wildly.
Because that has to overcome the player’s own grip
on the wheel, the force feedback motor needs a lot
of torque and that’s why Winfield chose to scavenge
the motor from a power drill.
# ⚓ Hackster ☛ Sine_Wave_generator⠀⇛
This project visualizes a sinusoidal function on an
OLED screen, and a LED can simulate these
fluctuations, with a bit of trigonometry. It is
easy to understand the code, although the LED may
seem to increase and decrease its brightness, in
reality, this process is digital and not analog,
using a process called PWM.
# ⚓ Josh Justice ☛ Highlights_from_Vintage_Computer_Festival
Southeast_2023⠀⇛
Last weekend I went to my first vintage computer
festival: Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 2023.
There are a number of Vintage Computer Festivals
around the US throughout the year. Check out the
VCF web site for a list.
Here are some of the highlights of what I saw.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Forbes ☛ Android_Circuit:_Galaxy_Z_Secrets,_Pixel_Sales
Success,_Oppo_And_Honor_Tablets⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Verge ☛ Your_Android_phone_may_soon_read_QR_codes_from
across_the_room_–_The_Verge⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_malware_apps_master_list_—_stay_away
from_these_titles_at_all_costs_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ Beware_of_CherryBlos,_the_Android_malware_that_steals
passwords_|_Fox_News⠀⇛
# ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ There’s_a_big_problem_with_Samsung’s_new
Android_tablets_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛
# ⚓ SlashGear ☛ The_5_Best_Audio_Recording_Apps_For_Android
Phones⠀⇛
# ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Of_The_Best_Android_Auto_Wireless_Adapters
For_Your_Car⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ Celebrating_25_years_of_Open_Source_at_Campus_Party
[Ed: Microsoft mole (“community manager”), funded_by_Microsoft_too_
(Nick_Vidal), to dominate event exploiting the “Open Source” brand,
pushing GPL violations under the guise of “HEY HI”. OSI is
thoroughly infiltrated and bribed by Microsoft. How many Microsoft
moles does it take to destroy an organisation? One. But Microsoft
already has at least 3 inside OSI.]⠀⇛
OSI has been celebrating 25 years of Open Source at tech
conferences around the world.
o ⚓ Why_Open_Source_Matters [Ed: Microsoft mole, bribed by both
Microsoft and GitHub (i.e. Microsoft twice over), cites Asay as
authority on "Open Source". Asay brought Microsoft to the OSI after
he had attempted to work for Microsoft (job interview). Moles
galore.]⠀⇛
Is it “open source”? The question doesn’t really matter.
– Matt Asay When we as an industry talk about whether the
term open source matters, we need to talk about that
question on more than one level. There’s the obvious
question of the licensing for a given project.
o ⚓ Ben_Cotton:_Does_open_source_matter? [Ed: The person whom IBM
fired (he led Fedora) cites Asay, who rejects Open Source (he uses
Apple and works for proprietary software companies, has no
technical background) as "authority"]⠀⇛
Matt Asay’s article “The_Open_Source_Licensing_War_is
Over” has been making the rounds this week, as text and
subtext. While his position is certainly spicy, I don’t
think it’s entirely wrong. “It’s not that open source
doesn’t matter, but rather it has never mattered in the
way some hoped or believed,” Asay writes. I think that’s
true, and it’s our fault.
To the average person, and even to many developers, the
freeness or openness of the software doesn’t matter. They
want to be able to solve their problem in the easiest
(and cheapest) way. Often that’s open source software.
Sometimes it isn’t. But they’re not sitting there
thinking about the societal impact of their software
choices. They’re trying to get a job done.
o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾
# ⚓ LibreOffice_project_and_community_recap:_July_2023⠀⇛
Here’s our summary of updates, events and
activities in the LibreOffice project in the last
four weeks – click the links to learn more… We
started July by welcoming Michael Weghorn to The
Document Foundation, the non-profit behind
LibreOffice. Michael is a developer and will
initially focus on accessibility improvements.
# ⚓ Czech_translation_of_LibreOffice_Draw_Guide_7.4_–_and_more
news⠀⇛
Zdeněk Crhonek (aka “raal”) from the Czech
LibreOffice community writes: The Czech team has
finished its translation of the LibreOffice Draw
Guide 7.4.
# ⚓ Try_our_updated_Extensions_and_Templates_site!⠀⇛
LibreOffice includes a wide range of features,
covering most use-cases. But it also supports
extensions for more functionality, and our
worldwide community has submitted hundreds of great
extensions (and templates).
# ⚓ Getting_Started_Guide_updated_to_LibreOffice_7.5⠀⇛
The LibreOffice Documentation Team is proud to
release the latest version of the Getting Started
Guide updated to the features available in
LibreOffice 7.5. This book is for anyone who wants
to get up to speed quickly with LibreOffice 7.5.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Multilingual_Publishing⠀⇛
As global movements, Open Source and Open Science
face language-based exclusion as most resources are
in English. This affects scientists and research
software engineers working in R, particularly those
who don’t have English as their first language.
rOpenSci multilingual efforts aim to lower access
barriers, democratize quality resources, and
increase the possibilities of contributing to open
software and science. We successfully piloted our
Spanish-language peer review and the localization
to Spanish of our comprehensive guide to software
development, with Portuguese translation underway.
o § FSFE⠀➾
# ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ FSFE_admits_losing_funds_from_bequest_by
insulting_and_ignoring_Fellowship_representative⠀⇛
As Fellowship representative, I had tried to start
a discussion about these funds at the 2017 annual
meeting. I put forward several motions for
discussion. Each motion was submitted as a separate
topic for the meeting agenda. Spitefully, the FSFE
president, Matthias Kirschner, merged all the
motions into a single motion and had the group vote
it away.
o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾
# ⚓ Sentry ☛ Let’s_Talk_About_Open_Source⠀⇛
Yesterday we announced that Codecov is now “Open
Source”, and we messed up in two ways:
We wrongly used the term Open Source; while
unintentional, we should have known better
We let our emotions get the best of trying to
explain our position, rather than stepping back and
addressing the problem
I want to talk about both of these, how we made the
mistake, why it’s important to us, and what we plan
to do about this to improve the conversation in the
future.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Alex Ewerlöf ☛ Throwing_money_at_point_A_to_get_to_D⠀⇛
Sadly, it doesn’t work like that. You cannot solve
the problem with the same mentality that created
it. Sometimes money is not the solution. Sometimes
bringing in new people is not the solution.
Sometimes, we have to start from the within and be
honest about why one environment stayed at point A
while others went to point C.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Drawing_a_tubular_path_with_Julia⠀⇛
I implemented the framed closed curves exposed in
this blog post, in Julia and R. In fact it is
useless with R, because the rgl function cylinder3d
is faster and better.
Here is the Julia implementation: [...]
# ⚓ Earthly ☛ An_Introduction_to_Rust_Generics⠀⇛
Rust’s use of generics enables developers to write
flexible and reusable code. Generics allow
functions, structs, and enums to be defined without
specifying the type of data they will operate on.
This means that a single implementation can work
with various types of data, making the code more
versatile. Additionally, generics provide better
type safety and reduce the likelihood of errors.xs
# ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Focus_On_What_Could_Go_Right_(Not_Wrong)⠀⇛
In startups, focus on what could go right instead
of wrong.
Startups are call options in more ways than one.
The extreme downside is capped at zero — the
startup fails. You’ve lost time and effort, but the
company wasn’t worth much (if anything) in the
nascent stages. The fewer users you have, the fewer
that will remember the product even existed.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Julia Evans ☛ Behind_“Hello_World”_on_Linux⠀⇛
But behind the scenes, there’s a lot more
going on. I’ll describe some of what happens,
and (much much more importantly!) explain
some tools you can use to see what’s going on
behind the scenes yourself. We’ll use
readelf, strace, ldd, debugfs, /proc, ltrace,
dd, and stat. I won’t talk about the Python-
specific parts at all – just what happens
when you run any dynamically linked
executable.
# ⚓ Seth Michael Larson ☛ Security_Developer-in-Residence
–_Weekly_Report_#6⠀⇛
I shared this newly published database with
the OpenSSF Vulnerability Disclosures WG and
received lots of feedback and tips for
managing an OSV advisory database. Madison
Oliver of GitHub Security gave advice on
being a CNA and guidance for hosting first-
party and third-party advisories as a CNA.
Also received helpful feedback from Oliver
Chang and Andrew Pollock. Thanks everyone!
Being a participant in the distributed
vulnerability database for OSV requires
choosing an ID prefix for advisories. I chose
PSF as the prefix and the prefix was accepted
into the OSV schema specification. After the
prefix was selected I configured automation
in the database to automatically assign IDs
for the PSF prefix.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Linux_Magazine’s_Latest_Issue
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o BSD
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Fedora
o IBM
o Debian_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Chromium
o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra
o GNU_Projects
o Programming/Development
# Python
# Rust
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Linux Magazine’s Latest Issue⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ FOSSPicks⠀⇛
In what might be either the onset of tin foil hat
disease, or a nagging conscience, Graham has
recently started to move as many of his SaaS
accounts to servers under his control, as you’ll no
doubt read in these pages.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ We_study_some_lightweight_Linux
distributions⠀⇛
Are you ready to escape the bloat of mainstream
Linux? We look at four lightweight, but general-
purpose Linux distributions: Puppy Linux, Tiny Core
Linux, antiX Linux, and Alpine Linux.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ A_web-based_math_entry_system⠀⇛
MathLex lets you easily transform handwritten math
formulas to digital format and use them on the web.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Kernel_News⠀⇛
Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the little links
that bring us closer within the Linux kernel
community.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Create_disposable_virtual_machines_for
Debian_releases⠀⇛
Debvm lets you quickly create a temporary virtual
machine with a small memory footprint, ideal for
testing scripts or mixing repositories.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ License_Matters⠀⇛
Things have been pretty quiet in Free Software for
a few years now. When I started this job, Linux and
the little mystery ship we call Open Source were
fighting for survival.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ This_month_in_Linux_Voice.⠀⇛
This month in Linux Voice.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ This_Month’s_DVD⠀⇛
10 Small Distro ISOs and 4 Small Distro Virtual
Appliances
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ A_desktop_car_racing_game_in_Go⠀⇛
The fastest way through a curve on a racetrack is
along the racing line. Instead of heading for
Indianapolis, Mike Schilli trains his reflexes with
a desktop application written in Go, just to be on
the safe side.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Not_your_father’s_Debian⠀⇛
Debian 12 features install options, new packages,
and a new position on non-free firmware, making it
more accessible to the average user.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Tipi_home_server_manager⠀⇛
Tipi gives you complete control of more than 100
applications and services. A mouse click is all it
takes to install the apps.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ News⠀⇛
SUSE Goes for the Fork After Red Hat’s RHEL
Announcement; Solus 4.4; Ubuntu Will Show APT News
in the Software Updater App; Nitrux 2.9.0; Ubuntu
22.10 EOL; Nobara Project Releases New Version of
Its Modified Fedora Distribution; English
Translation of Children’s Book Ada & Zangemann; and
Steam Client Features Hardware Acceleration on
Linux.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Edit_photos_with_Krita⠀⇛
Not many people are aware that Krita, the popular
open source painting program, is also great for
editing photos.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Central_system_updates_with_Topgrade⠀⇛
Topgrade detects all the package managers installed
on a system and executes them one by one at the
command line.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ URL_filtering_with_Pi-hole⠀⇛
Supporting browser plug-ins, network-based DNS
blockers like Pi-hole help protect you against
online tracking and unwanted content.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Lightweight_specialty_distributions⠀⇛
In the Linux world, form follows function. A
specialty distro is a Linux-based system designed
to serve a specific role. We look at some classic
examples.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Identity_Ownership⠀⇛
A trademark verifies to customers that a product
really is yours, which also helps them trust
they’ll get the quality associated with your brand.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Vanilla_OS_focuses_on_new_strategies⠀⇛
Vanilla OS, an immutable filesystem, seamlessly
integrates applications from other distributions
with an innovative container-based package manager.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Adding_scripts_and_tools_to_SystemRescue⠀⇛
You can do more with SystemRescue than just repair
broken systems. By adding tools and scripts, you
can create a custom rescue environment that meets
your needs.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Lightweight_distributions_for_the
Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛
The Raspberry Pi is a Linux machine, and its
default distribution is Raspberry Pi OS. But Linux
is all about choices….
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Manage_your_greenhouse_with_a_Raspberry_Pi
Pico_W⠀⇛
You can safely assign some greenhouse tasks to a
Raspberry Pi Pico W, such as controlling
ventilation, automating a heater, and opening and
closing windows.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Sudo_Show_64:_Let’s_Talk_Backups⠀⇛
Brandon, Bill and Neal have a chat about backup
strategies and tools.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ Kernel_updates_available_for_PCLinuxOS⠀⇛
kernel-6.4.8-pclos1-1-1pclos2023.x86_64.rpm kernel-
6.1.43-pclos1-1-1pclos2023.x86_64.rpm kernel-
5.15.124-pclos1-1-1pclos2023.x86_64.rpm
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Flatsweep_Cleans_Leftover_Data_from
Uninstalled_Flatpaks⠀⇛
Anyone who’s been using computers for a while (any
OS, not just Linux) will be aware that uninstalling
an app doesn’t always remove all data associated
with it.
# ⚓ LinuxSchools_Client_V8.0.1⠀⇛
The Linux Schools Client is now available for
download from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/
karoshi/files The client is built from an automated
script.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 19_Delightful_Free_and_Open_Source_ASCII_Art
Tools⠀⇛
ASCII art is a graphic design technique that relies
primarily on computers for presentation and
consists of pictures.
# ⚓ GNOME ☛ Christian_Hergert:_Writing_Fast_Search⠀⇛
The problem we encountered in my last writing was
that gnome-clocks was taking about 300 milliseconds
to complete a basic search query. I guess the idea
is that if you type “paris” into GNOME Shell you’ll
get the time in either Paris, France or one of the
Paris’ in the United States. I guess 300
milliseconds wouldn’t be so bad if it didn’t also
consume 100% of the CPU during that time.
Thankfully in my career I’ve had plenty of
opportunity to work with database search indexes.
So I have some practical experience in making that
stuff fast(er).
So this morning I put together a small search index
which can be generated from the Locations.bin using
the libgweather API. That search index contains the
serialized document form and a series of trigrams
for the GWeatherLocation textual representation.
That search index is meant to be static and
installed along side Locations.bin.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_the_Notepad++_Editor_on
Ubuntu⠀⇛
Notepad++ is every coder’s delight, given its
various functions, utilities, and editing
abilities. Notepad++ for Ubuntu offers features
like auto-save, indentation, macros, and speed;
moreover, it’s open-source.
On Ubuntu, Notepad++ offers support for 90
programming languages, and its compact size has
filled a void in the hearts of Windows users.
Notepad++ for Linux is still available, even though
it’s a Windows native app.
# ⚓ How_to_Install_Stable_Diffusion_on_Linux_in_3_Easy_Steps⠀⇛
When it comes to making the most out of your
operating system, choosing the right applications
is key. One such application is Stable Diffusion, a
powerful tool powered by artificial intelligence
(AI). Stable Diffusion is available on all
operating systems. However, its optimal performance
has been noted, particularly on Linux. Now you
might wonder: How to install Stable Diffusion on
Linux
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_FreeRADIUS_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
FreeRADIUS on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. In the rapidly
evolving landscape of technology, network security
is of paramount importance. To safeguard sensitive
information and ensure secure access to resources,
organizations need robust authentication and
authorization systems.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Step-by-step_guide_to_installing_CentOS_Stream
on_VirtualBox⠀⇛
VirtualBox, a powerful open-source software, allows
you to run nearly any operating system (OS) on a
single machine without the need for dual booting or
partitioning. One such OS that you can run within
VirtualBox is CentOS Stream, an innovative platform
that serves as the upstream (development) branch of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It is designed for
developers who need a rolling-release distribution
to stay on the cutting edge of Enterprise Linux
development.
# ⚓ Snap_in_Linux:_Features,_History,_Controversies,_and
Installation_Guide⠀⇛
In this comprehensive article, you will learn what
Snap is in Linux, discovering its remarkable
features, intriguing history, and the controversies
that surround it.
# ⚓ Linux Journal ☛ Add_a_User_to_sudo_Group_in_Debian_12
Linux⠀⇛
In Linux systems, including Debian 12, the sudo
group grants users the ability to execute
administrative commands. This provides them with
the privileges to install, update, and delete
software, modify system configurations, and more.
Administrative permissions are vital for
maintaining and controlling the operating system.
They allow you to perform tasks that regular users
cannot, ensuring security and overall system
health.
This article is intended for system administrators,
advanced users, or anyone responsible for managing
Debian 12 systems.
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Run_Sudo_Commands_Without_Password_In
Linux⠀⇛
Learn how to run specific commands without sudo
password in Linux. Understand the benefits, risks,
and best practices for secure implementation.
# ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Create_A_VPN_in_Linux_with
Tailscale⠀⇛
Tailscale is a lightweight, yet powerful
decentralized Virtual Private Network (VPN)
service. It allows you to connect multiple devices
across different connections in a single logical
network. As a result, you can use Tailscale to host
any local service across the internet without
forwarding any ports.
This article will show you how you can set up
Tailscale and route traffic between two Ubuntu
Linux machines.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Artificial_intelligence_on_the_Raspberry
Pi⠀⇛
You don’t need a powerful computer system to use
AI. We show what it takes to benefit from AI on the
Raspberry Pi and what tasks the small computer can
handle.
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Easy_Way_to_Fix_“Target_Configured_Multiple
Times”_Error_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
When I run apt update on my Ubuntu laptop it prints
a stream of errors about W: target packages/repos/
DEP-11 being ‘configured multiple times’. These
errors do not prevent apt from working (so it’s not
an issue in that sense) but the lengthy printout
looks messy, is annoying to see, and clearly (since
I’m being told about it) is something I should fix.
# ⚓ LinuxStans ☛ Vulnerability_Patching_Without_Reboots_on
Linux?_Welcome_to_the_World_of_Live_Patching⠀⇛
Imagine a city buzzing with life, a web of highways
humming with vehicles during peak rush hour.
Without warning, an urgent call reverberates
through the air: “Everyone stop what you’re doing!
We have to fix a pothole!”
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Django_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Django on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t
know, Django, a powerful Python web framework,
empowers developers to build dynamic and
sophisticated web applications with ease.
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_remove_a_repository_on_OpenSUSE
“Tumbleweed”⠀⇛
If you don’t want to receive updates for a software
that is not installed on your system anymore, you
need to remove its repository from your system.
To remove a repository on OpenSUSE is quite simple.
You can remove a repository by using the terminal,
and by using
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Blocking_IP_Address_Using_Iptables,_UFW,_&
Firewalld⠀⇛
Managing the flow of network traffic in and out of
a Linux system is vital for maintaining system
security. This can be achieved through various
tools that are bundled within most Linux
distributions, including iptables, UFW
(Uncomplicated Firewall), and firewalld.
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_Install_warpinator_on_Debian_12
“Bookworm”⠀⇛
Warpinator is a tool that you can use to share
files between computers on the same network. It
allows you to share files easily without having to
upload your files on a third party cloud hosting.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_check_PHP_Version_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used
scripting language that is especially suited for
web development. It’s an essential component in a
typical LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack.
Knowing your PHP version is critical, especially
when installing new software or troubleshooting
compatibility issues, as different applications may
require specific PHP versions to function
correctly.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_set_up_virtual_machines_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Virtualization allows you to run multiple operating
systems simultaneously on a single computer,
providing an environment for testing, development,
and partition-free system upgrades. Two popular
software choices for creating virtual machines
(VMs) are VirtualBox and VMware Player.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_install_and_use_ssh-agent_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Secure Shell (SSH) is a protocol used to securely
connect to remote systems, and ssh-agent is a
crucial part of this process. ssh-agent is a
program that holds your private keys used for SSH
authentication, providing a secure and convenient
method of accessing these keys when connecting to
an SSH server.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Maintenance_release:_Godot_4.0.4⠀⇛
A fresh pack of stability and documentation
improvements for teams still using Godot 4.0 is
officially out!
# ⚓ The_Rise_of_Steam_Deck:_A_Shift_in_Gaming_Operating
Systems⠀⇛
The Steam Deck has become immensely popular,
causing a significant shift in the gaming landscape
among the three major operating systems.
Steam Deck, a handheld PC, has gained a growing
number of users. Its appeal lies in the ability to
access your Steam library on the go. However,
unlike its competitors, the Steam Deck does not run
on Windows. Valve, the company behind the Steam
Deck, decided to implement their Linux plans
instead.
# ⚓ AppleInsider ☛ For_the_first_time,_Linux_gamers_outnumber
Mac_in_Steam’s_game_census⠀⇛
The Mac has taken a back seat to Linux as the
number two operating system in use by customers of
Valve Software’s Steam gaming service, according to
the company’s most recently polled survey data.
Windows is still far and away the most commonly
used OS by Steam players, capturing 96.21% of the
total. Linux totaled a 1.96% share, with macOS
pulling up the rear at 1.84%.
This marks the first time Linux has edged out the
Mac. Valve polls its Steam users monthly as a way
to “make decisions about what kinds of technology
investments to make and products to offer.”
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ Can_you_play_Payday_3_on_Linux?⠀⇛
Payday 3 is a new entry in the Payday video game
franchise. It is a direct sequel to the second game
and is available to play right now via its closed
beta test on the PC and Xbox Series X/S. With the
rising popularity of Linux as a desktop operating
system, many players have been curious as to
whether the game is supported by it.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Updated_How_and_Why_EasyOS_is_Different_page⠀⇛
This page is a checklist of what makes EasyOS unique:
https://easyos.org/about/how-and-why-easyos-is-
different.html
The only change that I have made is added “sudo-sh
replaces sudo”. ‘sudo-sh’ is a major difference from
other Linux distributions, so needs to be in that page.
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasyOS_review_at_It’s_FOSS_News⠀⇛
Ramachandran sent me an email informing about this:
https://news.itsfoss.com/easyos/
A very nice positive review!
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ MJ Fransen ☛ OpenBSD_7.3_on_a_twenty_year_old_IBM_ThinkPad
R31⠀⇛
I used my old IBM ThinkPad R31 for the 2023 edition
of the
Old Computer Challenge.
§ Old Computer Challange
The Old Computer Challenge started in 2021 with
this_post_from_Solene.
Solene announced the 2023 edition with this_post.
You can read more about the Challenge on
occ.deadnet.se.
There are also a Gopher hole and a Gemini capsule
on occ.deadnet.se.
An IRC channel for the challenge participants was
created in 2021. This channel is still active today
and is the place to be
for people interested in or participating in the
challenge. Just join #oldcomputerchallenge on
Libera.Chat.
§ IBM ThinkPad R31
This is a very solid build laptop, that still
function fine.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Revolutionizing_Industries:
Unleashing_the_Power_of_Industrial_IoT_and_Edge_Computing⠀⇛
Welcome to the first in our series of articles
focusing on the Industrial Internet of Things
(IIoT), manufacturing, and real-world applications.
Our goal is to enrich your understanding of these
transformative technologies, and how you could
adopt them.
o § Fedora⠀➾
# ⚓ Fedora_Asahi_Linux_for_Apple_Silicon_Macs_–_FOSS_HUT_–_All
Open_Source⠀⇛
Asahi Linux project, bringing the power of Fedora
Asahi Remix to Apple silicon-powered Macs. Unleash
the potential of Linux on your Mac.
o § IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ The New Stack ☛ How_Red_Hat’s_License_Change_Is
Reinvigorating_Enterprise_Linux_Distros [Ed: Obvious conflict
of interest here (bias)]⠀⇛
Oracle and Red Hat are sponsors of The New Stack.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ben_Hutchings:_FOSS_activity_in_July_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky_unstable_repo_deactivated⠀⇛
Due to misunderstanding of purpose of Sparky
‘unstable’ repo by many Sparky users, specially new
ones, the Sparky unstable repo have been
deactivated.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Lilbits:_Cortana_for_Windows_is_dead,_Brave
Search_doesn’t_rely_on_Bing_anymore,_and_a_DIY_handheld_Linux
PC⠀⇛
This is a neat little handheld computer with an
ortholinear keyboard, a 5 inch, 800 x 480 display,
10,000 mAh battery and a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A7
quad-core processor and 512MB of RAM courtesy of a
removable NanoPi Neo Air single-board computer.
# ⚓ Business Wire ☛ KIOXIA_Announces_the_First_Samples_of
Hardware_that_Supports_the_Linux_Foundation’s_Software-
Enabled_Flash_Community_Project⠀⇛
KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the
availability of the first hardware samples that
support the Linux® Foundation’s vendor-neutral
Software-Enabled FlashTM Community Project, which
is making flash software-defined. The company is
expecting to deliver customer samples in August
2023. Built for the demanding needs of hyperscale
environments, Software-Enabled Flash technology
helps hyperscale cloud providers and storage
developers maximize the value of flash memory. The
hardware from KIOXIA is the first step to putting
this working technology in the hands of developers.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Home_Assistant-compatible_5-24V_LED_strip
controller_ships_with_Sound_Reactive_WLED_firmware⠀⇛
SMLIGHT A1-SLWF-03 is a Home Assistant-compatible
addressable RGB LED strip controller based on an
ESP32 WiFi and Bluetooth microcontroller that
supports 5V to 24V LED strips. The unit is equipped
with a built-in digital microphone used by the
Sound Reactive WLED firmware to make the RGB LED
strip follow the rhythm and tempo of the music, an
IR receiver, and a sensor button. SMLIGHT A1-SLWF-
03 specifications: SoC – ESP32 dual-core
microcontroller with WiFi 4, Bluetooth 4.2/5.x, and
16Mbit flash 4-pole terminal block for RGB LED
strips Supported strips – WS2812B, WS2811, WS2813,
WS2815, APA102, LPD8806, WS2801, SK9822. Voltage
Range – 5-24V DC Up to 2,000 LEDs are supported at
35 fps with two outputs or 3,000 LEDs at 25 fps
with two outputs (about 33 to 50-meter LED strips
with 60x LEDs per meter) Multiple A1-SPWF-03
controllers can be synced together for controlling
even more LED strips.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Hailo-8L_13_TOPS_AI_accelerator_targets
entry-level_edge_devices⠀⇛
Hailo introduced the Hailo-8 AI accelerator
offering up to 26 TOPS in 2020, and we’ve found it
integrated into many designs since then. The
company has now launched a cost-down version with
the Hailo-8L AI accelerator delivering up to 13
TOPS for more cost-sensitive entry-level edge
devices, or workloads that do not require the more
powerful Hailo-8. Hailo says the Hailo-8L offers
low-latency, high-efficiency processing, and is
capable of handling pipelines with multiple real-
time streams and concurrent processing of multiple
models and AI tasks. The new Hailo-8L is compatible
with the Hailo-8 and relies on the same Hailo-
8 software suite, so they could be integrated into
existing designs for cost savings.
# ⚓ What_is_Embedded_Linux?⠀⇛
Embedded Linux is a specialized version of Linux OS
designed for gadgets we use daily. Devices like
smart watches, fitness trackers, and smart home
applications pose some restrictions during
development.
The demand to create a flexible operating system
that will help address a device’s peculiarities
resulted in the launch of a new version of Linux OS
called embedded Linux.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ eModGATE_Moduino_X0_–_An_ESP32-based
industrial_IoT_controller_with_battery_support⠀⇛
TECHBASE eModGATE Moduino X0 is an industrial IoT
control based on a choice of ESP32 modules from
Espressif and Pycom, equipped with a battery slot
for remote installations, and various interfaces to
connect sensors or actuators via RS232, RS485, and/
or digital I/Os. We first wrote about TECHBASE
Moduino-X series ESP32 IoT endpoints almost six
years ago with the X1 and X2 models, but since then
the company has added more models such as the large
X3 and X4 devices with more I/Os, and the new
entry-level Moduino X0 that’s similar to the X1,
but with battery support instead of a
supercapacitor.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 30_Free_and_Open-source_Lightweight_ERP_for_Small_and
Medium_Size_Businesses_(2023)⠀⇛
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a type of business
management software that provides an integrated view of
core business processes. ERP software is designed to
streamline and automate business operations, such as
finance, human resources, procurement, inventory, and
supply chain management.
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Chromium⠀➾
# ⚓ Techstrong Group ☛ 2024—Year_of_the_Linux_Desktop?
ChromeOS_Reflects_its_Inner_Penguin_¦_GNOME_Rethink⠀⇛
First up this week: Google finally splits
ChromeOS into Chrome and the OS. This is the
Lacros project (née LaCrOS), which lets
ChromeOS ship with only a standard Linux
version of the Chrome browser.
# ⚓ Slashdot ☛ ChromeOS_Is_Splitting_the_Browser_From_the
OS,_Getting_More_Like_Linux⠀⇛
Google’s long-running project to split up
ChromeOS and its Chrome browser is currently
in beta and should be live in the stable
channel later this month. The flags that turn
on the feature by default were spotted by
Kevin Tofel from About Chromebooks.
# ⚓ Google ☛ Redesigning_Chrome_downloads,_to_keep_you
productive_and_safe_online⠀⇛
With the latest release of Chrome for desktop
we are introducing a redesign of the Chrome
downloads experience to make it easier for
you to interact with your recent downloads.
Let’s go behind the scenes and learn more
about this redesign from Chrome Senior
Product Manager Jasika Bawa.
o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾
# ⚓ The_Document_Foundation’s_Annual_Report_2022⠀⇛
The Annual Report of The Document Foundation
describes the foundation’s activities and projects,
especially in regards to LibreOffice and the
Document Liberation Project.
o § GNU Projects⠀➾
# ⚓ Riccardo_Mottola:_GNUStep_now_has_badges⠀⇛
Finally I got around implementing and committing
badge support in GNUStep! I think it is one of the
fine additions Apple did to the original OpenStep
spec
While Apple had it since MacOS 10.5, GNUstep didn’t
and GNUMail had to manage 3 different code paths:
One for GNUstep, one for 10.4 Mac and one for 10.5
and later which I implemented myself, since GNUMail
originally didn’t have it.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Collabora ☛ Triple_Threat:_The_Power_of_Transcription,
Summary,_and_Translation⠀⇛
At Collabora, we’re committed to bringing people
together. That’s why we’re pushing state-of-the-art
machine-learning techniques like Large Language
Models, Speech Recognition, and Speech-Synthesis
techniques.
# ⚓ Adrian_Gaudebert:_Dawnmaker’s_endless_conundrum_of_infinite
replayability⠀⇛
Over the last few months we’ve had the opportunity
to show Dawnmaker to a lot of people, and notably a
few publishers. We had the good fortune of
receiving very valuable feedback on the game, which
allowed us to identify two important problems with
it, or at least, with its demo. The first problem
is that our artistic direction isn’t compelling
enough, but that will not be today’s topic — though
we are, of course, working on it.
The problem we’re going to discuss today it that of
replayability. Some of our players, and most of the
publishers we talked to, have expressed that they
do not feel inclined to restart a game after they
lose. Once you’ve understood the patterns of the
game, restarting a new game feels like doing the
same thing again, and it is boring. That feeling
was especially pronounced for players losing in the
2nd or 3rd region of the demo: you have to restart
at level one, a level that you have already
mastered and don’t feel like going through again.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Louis-Philippe_Véronneau:_pymonitair:_Air_Quality
Monitoring_Display_with_MicroPython⠀⇛
I’ve never been a fan of IoT devices for
obvious reasons: not only do they tend to be
excellent at being expensive vendor locked-in
machines, but far too often, they also end up
turning into e-waste after a short amount of
time. Manufacturers can go out of business or
simply decide to shut_down_the_cloud_servers
for older models, and then you’re stuck with
a brick.
Well, this all changes today, as I’ve built
my first IoT device and I love it.
Introducing pymonitair.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Python_Program_to_Find_the_Factors_of_a
Given_Number⠀⇛
Python, a versatile and powerful programming
language, has grown to be a favorite among
beginners and experts alike due to its
readability and efficiency. This
comprehensive language isn’t only restricted
to web development or data analysis.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Modulus_Operator_(%)_in_Python⠀⇛
The modulus operator (%) in Python is one of
the arithmetic operators, serving a unique
purpose unlike more familiar operations such
as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division. It returns the remainder of a
division operation. This article explores the
usage and applications of the modulus
operator in Python programming.
# ⚓ Python’s_sub()_Function:_Enhancing_Text_Manipulation
with_Regular_Expressions⠀⇛
Programming languages offer various methods
for manipulating text, whether it be to
extract data, format text, or make
replacements. Python is a popular programming
language known for its simplicity and
versatility.
# ⚓ Splitting_Strings_with_Python:_A_Guide_to_the_split()
Function_and_Regular_Expressions⠀⇛
Programming languages like Python are used
for a wide range of applications, from data
analysis to web development. One of the most
common tasks in programming is manipulating
strings, which are sequences of characters.
# ⚓ Python_Regex_Flags:_An_Advanced_Guide_to_Regular
Expressions⠀⇛
Exploring the world of Regular Expressions
Have you ever felt the need to extract
specific information from a large data set or
search for patterns in text?
# ⚓ The_Ultimate_Regex_Cheat_Sheet:_A_Python_Programmer’s
Essential_Companion⠀⇛
Regex, or regular expression, is a powerful
tool for text processing that allows
programmers to search and manipulate strings
with complex patterns.
# ⚓ Unit_Testing_in_Python:_A_Comprehensive
Introduction⠀⇛
Python is a popular programming language used
by developers for a variety of purposes such
as web development, data analysis, and
machine learning. With the rise of agile
methodologies in software development, unit
testing has become an essential practice for
ensuring the quality of code written in
Python.
# ⚓ Optimizing_Test_Processes:_The_Role_of_Test_Fixtures
in_Python⠀⇛
Software development is a complex process
that requires multiple stages of testing to
ensure the quality of the final product.
Testing plays a crucial role in software
development, as it helps identify and fix
errors and bugs before a product is released
to the market.
# ⚓ To_Skip_or_Not_to_Skip:_An_Insight_into_Skipping
Tests_in_Python⠀⇛
Testing is an essential part of the software
development process. It involves running a
program with the specific intent of
identifying errors, bugs, and other issues in
the code. It helps to ensure that the
software functions correctly and meets its
requirements.
# ⚓ Running_Unittests_in_Python:_A_Step-by-Step_Guide⠀⇛
Unit testing is an essential part of the
software development process that involves
testing individual units or components of
code to ensure they function correctly.
# ⚓ Exploring_Assert_Methods:_The_Building_Blocks_of
Python_Testing⠀⇛
Testing is a crucial part of software
development that helps ensure the quality and
reliability of code. Without proper testing,
software can have bugs and errors that cause
it to perform poorly or even crash.
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ Rust Blog ☛ The_Rust_Programming_Language_Blog:
Announcing_Rust_1.71.1⠀⇛
The Rust team has published a new point
release of Rust, 1.71.1. Rust is a
programming language that is empowering
everyone to build reliable and efficient
software.
If you have a previous version of Rust
installed via rustup, getting Rust 1.71.1 is
as easy as:
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* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_EILOPSV_Wordo:_MULLS⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perhaps_They_are_Evolved_Motile_Barnacles⠀⇛
I listen to Arve Henriksen as I sit in the *Sala de
Estar* in Frezzie. The house and its surroundings
are brimming with various in-laws. There must be
over a thousand here. I’m not sure what the food
and / or water is laced with that allows them to
breed in such a fashion. Now that I think of it, it
may not be the food and / or water at all, but the
over-exposure to radiation which is present in the
Mediterranean environs. Whatever it is, in-laws
sprout from every crevice. They don’t even have to
pipe each other to create offspring. I suppose this
is also an aftereffect of the radiation. Many of
them breed by spores and / or budding. Perhaps they
are evolved motile barnacles.
Though I’ve waited until now to write about it,
over the epochs I’ve considered what simplicities I
need to stay content with life – to, as it were,
keep the existential beast at bay. What is my
metaphorical anti-depressant medication? Jesus and
Allah and Ba’al help me were I ever to take the
real things. They suck away individuality like a
fat dude living in Myrtle Beach sucks away the meat
of an oyster, leaving only its lustrous shell.
Lustrous, maybe, but still a thing of pure surface
aesthetic. Ah, but that is a subject for a future
time, or, in fact, maybe for no time at all as I
think I just summed up my opinion of anti-
depressant medication. So!
# ⚓ A_sizzling_weekend⠀⇛
It was easily in the triple digits here yesterday
and today. A ten minute walk down the street
yesterday was brutal. It was only slightly better
today. In the sun it’s terribly hot, in the shade
it’s terribly humid. Take your pick.
# ⚓ T-storm⠀⇛
FINALLY a break in this monotonous weather: just
before lunch time today the skies darkened and we
had a thunderstorm. I had gotten a notification on
my phone shortly before it started, that lightening
may strike. Then I got rain warnings and then the
skies opened up. It wasn’t a quick storm either: it
was dark and thundered for several hours.
# ⚓ U-turn⠀⇛
Typhoon #6 has been in the news recently. It came
up from the south and battered the Okinawan islands
and then went west towards Taiwan. Then it made a
u-turn and it is now heading back towards Okinawa
again. The prediction for the 7th is that it’s
going to hook a left and head north to Kyushu and
then the Korean penninsula.
# ⚓ For_your_I’s_only⠀⇛
The best humor/comedy/religion/philosophy/way hones
in on the sorrowful hilarity of the ridiculousness
of individuality.
My condolences if you’re still taking that ‘lil
mind-only monster seriously.
By their victimhood shall ye know them, for surely
victimhood is the Nth degree of individuality.
# ⚓ The_truth_about_art⠀⇛
Around 1990 I would often engage in heated
discussions with my two close friends and fellow
musicians about art and its revelatory potential.
They both defended serious art and its truth
content. I never quite got what that might mean,
and still have some problems with the concept. One
way to pose this thesis is that serious or high art
is able to convey truth, but entertainment or light
art is not. At the time, I wasn’t in favour of
elitist conceptions of art that would debase
popular expressions and entertainment. It
definitely wasn’t about any kind of revulsion
against “high art” – I enjoyed Tarkovskij, Boulez,
and Joyce for good measure. The idea of truth in
art seems to involve the romantic notion of the
artist as visionary, as someone who is better
equipped to see certain things clearly, which the
rest of us would only be able to discover through
the work of art.
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ All_the_time_in_the_world⠀⇛
And “just like that” you awaken as though it never
happened!
(Save “in mind only”, of course.)
Wonderful leftovers transported from another
dwelling on the heels of a super fun performance
attended by people you love for the feeling being
mutual.
# ⚓ Generating_calendar_events_from_emails⠀⇛
I am not the most innately organised person, so I
am a fan of using a (digital) calendar to keep
track of my personal life: when I am traveling,
when I am meeting up with friends or going to the
cinema, etc. It helps ensure I don’t miss
appointments or double-book myself.
But if you have a lot of bookings–for example, if
you are planning a vacation and booking multiple
flights, trains and hotels–it can be tedious to
manually create calendar events for each booking
with the correct times, location and other details.
The problem is compounded when you are dealing with
different timezones. Some service providers give
you the option to add bookings to your calendar,
but often they don’t, and even when they do, it
doesn’t always work properly (for example, British
Airways give you the option to add flights to a
calendar, but in my experience they don’t get the
timezones correct).
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ The_Guppy_Protocol_Specification_v0.1⠀⇛
(I don’t know if anyone is interested in
this, but let’s give it a try. It started as
a thought experiment, when I looked for
‘lighter’ protocols I can implement on the
Pico W. I see Spartan mentioned here and
there, and I wonder if there’s any interest
in going even more … spartan. If you find
this interesting, useful or fun, and have
ideas how to improve this protocol, I’d love
to hear from you at my-first-
name@dimakrasner.com!)
[...]
In Guppy, all URLs can be (theoretically) be
accompanied by user-provided input. The
client must provide the user with means for
sending a request with user-provided input,
to any link line.
Server and content authors should inform
users when input is required and describe
what kind of input, using the link’s user-
friendly description.
If input is expected but not provided by the
user, the server must respond with an error
packet.
Clients may cache the returned error and
present it to the user on attempt to access
the same page without providing input.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Leftovers
o Science
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Copyrights
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ When_Phallocrats_Go_Limp⠀⇛
Ben Tanaka, the anti-hero of Adrian Tomine’s bleakly
hilarious graphic novel Shortcomings (2017), has a secure
place in the great American literary tradition of bad
boyfriends. This is a crowded lineage that runs from
Ernest Hemingway’s Nick Adams to Norman Mailer’s Stephen
Rojack, from Saul Bellow’s Moses Herzog to John Updike’s
Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom. Philip Roth just by himself
created a veritable squadron of undesirable mates—chief
among them Alexander Portnoy, Nathan Zuckerman, and the
incandescently wicked Mickey Sabbath.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Rocket_Stove_Efficiently_Heats_Water⠀⇛
Rocket stoves are an interesting, if often overlooked,
method for cooking or for generating heat. Designed to
use biomass that might otherwise be wasted, such as wood,
twigs, or other agricultural byproducts, they are
remarkably efficient and perform relatively complete
combustion due to their design, meaning that there are
fewer air quality issues caused when using these stoves
than other methods. When integrated with a little bit of
plumbing, they can also be used to provide a large amount
of hot water to something like an off-grid home as well.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Voyager_2:_Communication_Reestablished_With_One_Big
Shout⠀⇛
You could practically hear the collective “PHEW!” as NASA
announced that they had reestablished full two-way
communications with Voyager 2 on Friday afternoon!
Details are few at this point — hopefully we’ll get more
information on how this was pulled off, since we suspect
there was some interesting wizardry involved. If you
haven’t been following along, here’s a quick recap of the
situation.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ A_Treatment_Plan⠀⇛
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘A_Compassionate_Spy’_Opens_Today⠀⇛
The film opens at The Laemmle Royal in LA August 4.
o ⚓ Tedium ☛ Turn-On’s_Turning_Point⠀⇛
The infamous cancelled-during-the-first-episode show, a
lost-media legend, is on YouTube, which makes it the
perfect time to analyze its legacy.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Swiss_Bronze_Age_arrowhead
possibly_forged_from_Estonian_Kaali_meteorite⠀⇛
A rare late Bronze Age arrowhead made from meteoric
iron was discovered in Swiss archaeology
collections two years ago. The team is now
convinced that the arrowhead is made from Estonia’s
Kaalijarv meteorite, which fell on the island of
Saaremaa around 1,500 BCE.
# ⚓ Pravesh Koirala ☛ Manifesto:_Code_as_an_alternative_to
Mathematics⠀⇛
I truly believe that Coding can adequately be used
to teach difficult subjects like Physics,
Chemistry, Electronics, Economics, and so much
more. Methods of sampling and simulations can
easily model probability distributions and calculus
can also be modeled by small time-step
computations. Just these two small approximations
can make many subjects instantly accessible.
Similar tricks to approximate other Mathematical
tools can undoubtedly be designed or discovered.
The end result, I believe, has the potential to
become glorious!
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Repairing_A_Home_Injection_Molding_Machine⠀⇛
When [Michael] over at the Teaching Tech YouTube
channel bought a hobby injection molding machine a
long time ago, one of the plans he had with it was
to use it for grinding up waste bits of PLA
filament for injection molding. Since the machine
was bought from a US shop and [Michael] is based in
Australia it required some modifications to adapt
it to the local 220+ VAC mains, followed by adding
a PID temperature controller and a small compressor
to provide the compressed air rather than from a
large shop compressor.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Print_Your_Best_Friend_A_Wheelchair⠀⇛
We all know that 3D printing has been a boon for
people with different life challenges. But the Ford
Motor Company in Mexico wants to help dogs that
need mobility assistance. They’ve designed and
released P-Raptor (we presume the P is for perro),
a wheelchair for pooches with rear legs. The web
page is in Spanish, and translating it didn’t seem
to work for some reason, but if you have any
Spanish, you can probably work it out, or cut and
paste just the text into your favorite translator.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Prize_2023:_One-Handed_Soldering_With
The_Solder_Sustainer⠀⇛
For a lot of us, soldering has become so ingrained
that it’s muscle memory. We know exactly when the
iron is hot enough, how long to leave the tip in
contact with the joint to heat it up, and exactly
where to dab in the solder to get it to flow. When
you’re well-practiced it can be a beautiful thing,
but for those who don’t do it frequently, soldering
can be frustrating indeed.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ If_The_Shoe_Doesn’t_Fit,_Print_It!⠀⇛
Usually when we talk about flip-flops here we mean
the circuit. But in this case, it is [Jeandre
Groenewald’s] 3D-printed shoe design called
Sloffies. The shoes use TPU, and the matching
package prints in PLA. Of course, you have to pick
the size to fit your feet, and there’s an OpenSCAD
file that allows you to customize the strap.
# ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ China_is_set_to_restrict_exports_of
drones._Here’s_what_that_means_for_DJI_(and_you)⠀⇛
The move is a response to Russia’s war in Ukraine,
it and stems from concern that even consumer or
industrial-grade drones might be used for military
purposes. For what it’s worth, Chinese leader Xi
Jinping’s government says it is neutral in the war.
But in response to reports that both sides might be
using drones in battle and for reconnaissance,
China has turned to export controls on certain
types of drones in an effort to prevent either side
from using its drones.
Many of the major drone manufacturers including
Autel and Yuneec are based in China. And then
there’s no ignoring the largest of them all: DJI.
Products from those companies (as well as other
Chinese drone makers) could be affected.
# ⚓ Associated Press ☛ China_restricts_civilian_drone_exports,
citing_Ukraine_and_concern_about_military_use⠀⇛
Export controls will take effect Tuesday to prevent
use of drones for “non-peaceful purposes,” the
Ministry of Commerce said in a statement. It said
some drone exports still will be allowed.
China is a leading developer and exporter of
drones. DJI Technology Co., one of the global
industry’s top competitors, announced in April 2022
it was pulling out of Russia and Ukraine to prevent
its drones from being used in combat.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ EPA_Approved_Chevron_Fuel_Ingredient_With
Sky-High_Cancer_Risk⠀⇛
The Environmental Protection Agency approved a
component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic
that the agency’s own risk formula determined was
so hazardous, everyone exposed to the substance
continually over a lifetime would be expected to
develop cancer. Current and former EPA scientists
said that threat level is unheard of. It is a
million times higher than what the agency usually
considers acceptable for new chemicals and six
times worse than the risk of lung cancer from a
lifetime of smoking.
Federal law requires the EPA to conduct safety
reviews before allowing new chemical products onto
the market. If the agency finds that a substance
causes unreasonable risk to health or the
environment, the EPA is not allowed to approve it
without first finding ways to reduce that risk.
# ⚓ GO Media ☛ Idaho_Republicans_Are_Directly_Asking_Hospitals
for_Abortion_Records⠀⇛
The Idaho Hospital Association and Idaho Medical
Association didn’t immediately respond to requests
for comment. But speaking to NPB, a spokesperson
for the Idaho Hospital Association characterized
the letter as unexpected. “It really seemed like an
unusual request going around the Department of
Health and Welfare to get information that is
protected by state law,” they said. “Other than
that, we really don’t have a comment.”
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Brain_Function_Can_Still_Be_Affected_by
COVID_Years_After_Infection,_Study_Finds⠀⇛
You’re not imagining it.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ New_RSV_shots_could_give_parents_peace_of_mind_—_or
confuse_them_more [Ed: Why did COVID-19 experimental products
(patent monopolies), which failed to stop the pandemic and
had not been properly tested, get integrated into other
things? So that people don't get to turn them down?]⠀⇛
The arrival of two shots_that_protect_infants
against_respiratory_syncytial_virus could give
parents some peace of mind from the leading cause
of hospitalization of U.S. children under the age
of 1.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Three_Shots_for_Fall:_What_You_Need_to
Know [Ed: They're mixing experimental vaccines with stuff for
which vaccines existed for already. This should not be
done.]⠀⇛
Here’s what we know about who should get the flu,
Covid and R.S.V. vaccines, and when.
o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾
# ⚓ [Old] Computer World ☛ Goodbye_BIOS,_hello_UEFI⠀⇛
UEFI is a mini-operating system that sits on top of
a computer’s hardware and firmware. Instead of
being stored in firmware, as is the BIOS, the UEFI
code is stored in the /EFI/ directory in non-
volatile memory. Thus, UEFI can be in NAND flash
memory on the motherboard or it can reside on a
hard drive, or even on a network share.
# ⚓ [Old] Roderick W Smith ☛ Managing_EFI_Boot_Loaders_for
Linux⠀⇛
Most computers today boot using Extensible Firmware
Interface (EFI) firmware, or its version-2.x
variant, Unified EFI (UEFI). The way EFI computers
boot is very different from the way older computers
based on the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) boot.
This fact is both positive and negative. On the
plus side, the EFI boot method is much more
flexible and, in theory, easier to configure than
is the BIOS boot method. On the minus side, EFI
skills and documentation still lags BIOS skills and
documentation, so people experienced in the BIOS
method of booting often make mistakes when dealing
with newer EFI-based computers. Even EFI support in
Linux distributions continues to be a source of
occasional problems, particularly with respect to
obscure or unusual situations.
I’ve written this set of Web pages with the goal of
explaining some of the basics of the EFI boot
methods, most notably including how to install and
manage EFI boot loaders. This document is broken
into a number of sections, as detailed below.
# ⚓ [Old] Lifewire ☛ What_Is_UEFI?_(Unified_Extensible_Firmware
Interface)⠀⇛
In 2005, the Unified EFI Forum expanded the
original specifications developed by Intel to
produce a new standard for updating the hardware
and software interface. This consortium includes
companies such as AMD, Apple, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel,
Lenovo, and Microsoft. Two of the largest BIOS
makers, American Megatrends and Pheonix
Technologies, are also members.
# ⚓ [Old] ECStuff4U ☛ Disadvantages_of_UEFI⠀⇛
A computer firmware and operating system are
connected by a software program called Unified
extensible firmware interface(UEFI), Which is a
specification(OS). Although it is compatible with
BIOS, UEFI is expected to eventually replace it.
The letter UEFI is most frequently used to
pronounce the specifications. So let us check out
the Disadvantages of UEFI to know more about UEFI.
# ⚓ IONOS Inc ☛ UEFI_(Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface)⠀⇛
As the development of computer technology has
progressed, it has become increasingly obvious that
the traditional way of booting up the system with
BIOS and Master Boot Record, introduced back in the
1980s during the era of the MS-DOS operating
system, is no longer able to meet modern
requirements. So, several companies including
Microsoft and Intel started to develop a modern
successor. It was around 2000 when the first
specification for Extensible Firmware Interfaces
(EFI) was developed. In the years that followed –
after the Unified EFI Forum was founded in 2005 –
the current UEFI standard gradually emerged.
# ⚓ Variety ☛ Union_Contract_Just_First_Step_Toward_Actor
Protections_Around_AI⠀⇛
Central to the conflict around studios’ use of AI
is actors having “informed consent,” which would
require studios to request consent for an actor’s
AI likeness to be used in any future project by
informing them about each intended use before it
occurs — and then compensating them for any
consented use.
But without informed consent, even contractually
acceptable uses might allow for actors’ digital
replicas to appear in content in ways actors don’t
want but may not have the rights to deny.
Yet that’s not where talent concerns end. Actors’
other fight will be against those — whether
internet users, brands or businesses — who might
misappropriate, manipulate and distribute their
visual or audio likeness with AI. Unauthorized
deepfakes are likely to proliferate on the internet
as off-the-shelf AI tools enable anyone to produce
progressively richer and more realistic replicas.
# § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ American Hospital Association ☛ Ransomware_Attacks_on
Hospitals_Have_Changed⠀⇛
Hospitals may feel powerless to stop
[successful] cyberattacks and their
motivations, but that is far from the case.
Hospitals can improve their cyber defense and
resilience by appreciating the new foes and
risk levels they face, updating cybersecurity
and enterprise risk management practices to
correlate to the elevated threat level, and
communicating the nature and seriousness of
ransomware threats to staff, business
partners, public policy organizations, law
enforcement agencies and legislators.
# ⚓ New Statesman ☛ [NATO]’s_cybersecurity_chief:_“We’re
always_on_the_back_foot_in_cyber_defence”⠀⇛
[NATO] deployed its first serious
cybersecurity defences in 2004. “We quickly
realised that we’re always on the back foot,”
West said. Nato, like other organisations,
mostly relies on commercially available
software and applications – all of which have
vulnerabilities. “We’re constantly evolving
our defences trying to keep up with the
evolving threats.”
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_5×5—Cyber_conflict_in
international_relations:_A_policymaker’s_perspective⠀⇛
In last month’s edition of the 5×5, we
featured a group of leading scholars to share
their views on cyber conflict in
international relations. Contributors
discussed the important interplay between the
scholarly community and the policymaking
sphere, as scholarly debate over cyber
conflict’s place in international relations
has driven seminal government strategies. For
instance, key underpinnings of US Cyber
Command’s 2018 decision to shift its strategy
away from a deterrence-based approach and
toward the concepts of Defend Forward and
Persistent Engagement—which has improved
effectiveness since—can be traced back to a
series of scholarly articles embodied in a
recent book by Michael Fischerkeller, Emily
Goldman (featured below), and Richard
Harknett (featured in last month’s 5×5).
This time around, we brought together a group
of distinguished individuals with past and
present cyber policy experience across a
range of government organizations to share
their perspective on the topic. They address
cyber conflict’s fundamental place in
international relations, some of their
recommended readings for aspiring
policymakers, disconnects between scholars
and policymakers, and ideas for how both
communities can more effectively engage one
another.
# ⚓ [Repeat] IT Wire ☛ Tenable_chief_says_no_way_to
verify_Microsoft_claims_about_fixing_Azure_flaw⠀⇛
Microsoft claims it has completely fixed a
critical security issue in its Azure cloud
platform, found in March by researchers from
security firm Tenable, who then told
Microsoft about it. Tenable chief executive
and chairman Amit Yoran had claimed in a blog
post on Wednesday that it took more than 90
days for Microsoft to effect a partial fix.
[...]
“When we find vulns in other products,
vendors usually inform us of the fix so we
can validate it effectively. With Microsoft
Azure that doesn’t happen, so it’s a black
box, which is also part of the problem. The
‘just trust us’ lacks credibility when you
have the current track record.”
# ⚓ CBS ☛ Cyberattack_causes_multiple_hospitals_to_shut
emergency_rooms_and_divert_ambulances⠀⇛
The ransomware attack happened at Prospect
Medical Holdings of Los Angeles, which has
hospitals and clinics in Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas.
Prospect Medical is investigating how the
breach happened and is working on resolving
the issue, the company said in a statement
Friday.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ A_cyberattack_has_disrupted_hospitals_and
health_care_in_several_states⠀⇛
A cyberattack has disrupted hospital computer
systems in several states, forcing some
emergency rooms to close and ambulances to be
diverted, and many primary care services
remained closed on Friday as security experts
worked to determine the extent of the problem
and resolve it.
The “data security incident” began Thursday
at facilities operated by Prospect Medical
Holdings, which is based in California and
has hospitals and clinics there and in Texas,
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ A_Cyberattack_Has_Disrupted_Hospitals
and_Health_Care_in_Five_States⠀⇛
A [computer breach] has disrupted hospital
computer systems in several states, forcing
some emergency rooms to close and ambulances
to be diverted.
# ⚓ Associated Press ☛ A_[computer_breach]_has_disrupted
hospitals_and_health_care_in_several_states⠀⇛
Hospitals and clinics in several states on
Friday began the time-consuming process of
recovering from a [breach] that disrupted
their computer systems, forcing some
emergency rooms to shut down and ambulances
to be diverted.
Many primary care services at facilities run
by Prospect Medical Holdings remained closed
on Friday as security experts worked to
determine the extent of the problem and
resolve it.
# ⚓ Conneticut Public ☛ A_[computer_breach]_has_disrupted
hospitals_and_health_care_in_five_states,_including
Connecticut⠀⇛
The “data security incident” began Thursday
at facilities operated by Prospect Medical
Holdings, which is based in California and
has hospitals and clinics there and in Texas,
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.
“We have a national Prospect team working and
evaluating the impact of the attack on all of
the organizations,” Jillian Menzel, chief
operating officer for the Eastern Connecticut
Health Network, said in a statement.
# ⚓ Gannett ☛ Cyberattack_on_Prospect_Medical_Holdings:
Hospitals,_health_care_disrupted_in_5_states⠀⇛
Elective surgeries, outpatient appointments,
blood drives and other services were
suspended, and while the emergency
departments reopened late Thursday, many
primary care services were closed on Friday,
according to the Eastern Connecticut Health
Network, which runs the facilities. Patients
were being contacted individually, according
to the network’s website.
Similar disruptions also were reported at
other facilities systemwide.
# ⚓ The Hill ☛ Hospital_computer_systems_in_multiple
states_hit_by_cyberattack⠀⇛
The attack began at facilities operated by
Prospect Medical Holdings. The company’s
facilities in California, Texas, Connecticut,
Rhode Island and Pennsylvania were affected
by the [computer breach].
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Teach_a_Man_to_Phish_and_He’s_Set_for
Life⠀⇛
One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the
frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-
and-true methods that really have no business
working these days. Like attaching a phishing email
to a traditional, clean email message, or
leveraging link redirects on LinkedIn, or abusing
an encoding method that makes it easy to disguise
booby-trapped Microsoft Windows files as relatively
harmless documents.
# ⚓ Reproducible_Builds:_Reproducible_Builds_in_July_2023⠀⇛
Welcome to the July 2023 report from the
Reproducible_Builds project. In our reports, we try
to outline the most important things that we have
been up to over the past month. As ever, if you are
interested in contributing to the project, please
visit the Contribute page on our website.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ NBC ☛ Google_users_can_now_ask_to_have_their_explicit
photos_removed_from_search_results⠀⇛
One exception to the removal policy is if the
user is actively commercializing their
explicit images, Sullivan said.
Google previously allowed people to request
the removal of explicit images that were
shared without their consent.
The company also introduced a new dashboard
Thursday that tracks when a person’s personal
contact information appears in its search
results, which the company says will make it
easier for users to monitor and request the
removal of information about themselves from
Google search results. The tool will now
alert users when new results pop up
containing their contact information.
# ⚓ Forbes ☛ Why_You_Should_Never_Share_Your_Boarding
Pass_On_Social_Media⠀⇛
“The risk of being [abused] increases
drastically when you share too much
information about your vacation online,” says
Robinson Jardin, head of social media and
digital for NordVPN, a cybersecurity software
company. “When it comes to boarding passes,
the real issue is barcodes. They can be read
by pretty much anyone with free software
online.”
The vast majority of airline boarding passes
now contain barcodes or QR codes. “And on
these barcodes, there’s a lot of information
that [malfeasants] can use,” says Jardin.
Along with personal identification and
contact details, the code will typically
contain your reservation number and frequent
flier number. It may even include your
passport or driver’s license number. This
kind of data can be sold on the dark web and
ultimately used to steal the victim’s
identity, open credit card accounts or make
unauthorized purchases.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ The_Impending_Privacy_Threat_of_Self-Driving
Cars⠀⇛
People’s aggregate movements–their commutes,
visits to friends or loved ones, and trips to
the doctor’s office or an attorney– could be
compiled over time by a fleet of driverless
vehicles, which pedestrians don’t suspect can
be deputized by police.
Autonomous vehicles rely on more than a dozen
cameras and sensors situated around the car
in order to detect other vehicles, traffic
signs, obstructions, and pedestrians. Because
the most visible autonomous cars are operated
by private companies, there is a lot that we
do not know about the storage, security, and
access regarding this footage. It is unclear,
for instance, how detailed the footage is of
pedestrians on the street or whether that
footage is run through any image recognition.
What capabilities do these vehicles have to
collect audio? How long is this footage
stored for? Who has access to it? What
protections are in place to keep the footage
private and safe? How do these companies
comply with local and state-wide privacy laws
like the California Consumer Privacy Act?
Another major line of questioning is the
relationship between autonomous vehicles and
law enforcement agencies. Bloomberg found at
least nine warrants served to a self-driving
car company in both San Francisco and
Maricopa County, Arizona. According to a
training document received by Vice in 2022,
the San Francisco Police Department wrote:
“Autonomous vehicles are recording their
surroundings continuously and have potential
to help with investigative
leads…investigations has already done this
several times.”
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Another_City_Ditches_ShotSpotter,_Says_It
Can’t_Show_The_System_Helped_Reduce_Violent_Crime⠀⇛
ShotSpotter has routinely claimed its system
of mics and location info is crucial to
reducing gun crime. The theory is that if you
can hear it, you can respond to it, even if
officers can’t physically hear these gunshots
themselves.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Gannett ☛ ‘I’m_coming_after_you:’_Donald_Trump_threatens
rivals;_prosecutor_seeks_protective_order⠀⇛
As Donald Trump made more threats against opponents
in the wake of a third indictment, special counsel
Jack Smith asked a judge late Friday for a
protective order against the ex-president, seeking
to prevent him from publicizing evidence from
witnesses.
“All the proposed order seeks to prevent is the
improper dissemination or use of discovery
materials, including to the public,” Smith said in
a late-night court motion, essentially arguing that
Trump’s rantings could have a chilling effect on
witnesses in the case.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Starts_New_Diplomatic_Push_to
Weaken_Russia⠀⇛
When Saudi agents killed Jamal Khashoggi, a
Washington Post columnist critical of the monarchy,
in 2018, it briefly rendered the crown prince an
international pariah. But he has since sought to
demonstrate that he is too powerful to ignore and
has rebuilt his relationship with the United States
and other allies.
# ⚓ [Repeat] Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_Orthodox_leader
Patriarch_Kirill’s_unholy_war_against_Ukraine⠀⇛
Patriarch Kirill has continued to defend the
invasion despite mounting evidence of Russian war
crimes committed in Ukraine. He has remained
unmoved by the atrocities uncovered in liberated
towns such as Bucha, or the seemingly endless
accounts of mass killings, sexual violence, torture
chambers, child abductions, and forced deportations
throughout Russian-occupied Ukraine. He is silent
regarding the constant missile and drone assaults
against civilian targets including homes, apartment
buildings, shopping centers, churches, hospitals,
schools, and grain storage facilities.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘In_the_fight_against_jihadist_groups,_Niger_has
no_better_allies_than_France_and_the_US’⠀⇛
On Thursday, Niger’s ambassador to the USA Kiari
Liman-Tinguiri called on the junta to “come to
reason” and warned that if Niger collapses, the
“entire Sahel” region could fall to jihadists.
He went on to say jihadist groups could “control
Africa from the coast to the Mediterranean” [and
thus Europe].
# ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ ‘I_am_coming_for_you’,_Trump_tweets_after
Judge’s_warning_on_arraignment⠀⇛
On Thursday, Upadhyaya let the former president
leave his second arraignment in federal court
without imposing any travel restrictions or a cash
bond on him. But, she also reminded him of the
terms of his release and warned him not to break
them.
She also scheduled the next court hearing in the
case for Aug. 28.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Niger_coup_plunges_Africa’s_Sahel_into
anarchy⠀⇛
France also believed that Niger differs from
neighbors’ countries, being a stable country in a
turbulent region, as it believes that the ousted
President Mohammad Bazoum has the ability to polish
the image of the West in front of the Nigerian
people.
# ⚓ PLOS ☛ Videos_about_older_adults_on_TikTok⠀⇛
Besides being one of the fastest growing platforms
since entering the social media fray in 2016,
TikTok is notably monopolized by teenagers, which
makes it a veritable source of information not to
be overlooked by gerontologists. Currently, most
studies regarding age stereotypes on social media
have examined content on Twitter and Facebook. Our
study explores how older adults are portrayed on
TikTok and the factors associated with these
portrayals. We analyzed 673 videos with the
hashtags #Boomer and/or #OkBoomer that received
over 5.4 billion views and categorized them into
nine topics. Five of these topics (e.g., ’Warmth/
Coldness’) were extracted from previous studies on
age stereotypes. The remaining four topics were
unique to our dataset (e.g., ‘Wealth Gap’). The
outcome variable was ‘Negative Age Stereotypes’
which was rated on a binary scale. One in two
videos about older adults featured negative
content. As hypothesized, videos containing
negative age stereotypes were more likely to be
about the ‘Values and Beliefs of Older Adults’ (7
times), ‘Negative Encounters with Older Adults’ (8
times) or ‘Older Adults Antagonizing the Young’ (13
times). Conversely, videos which portrayed older
adults as ‘Warm’ were 43% less likely to contain
negative stereotypes. As the phenomenon of an aging
population fast unfolds, it is imperative that
society relinquishes its tendency to stereotype
individuals on the grounds of age. By examining the
possible mechanisms driving negative stereotypes of
older adults on TikTok, our study provides the
basis upon which such stereotypes can be
counteracted. In doing so, it paves the way both to
improve the well-being of older persons and to
foster intergenerational solidarity.
# ⚓ [Old] Oxford University Press ☛ Hostility_Toward_Baby
Boomers_on_TikTok⠀⇛
Findings reveal that the usage of the hashtags
#OkBoomer and #Boomer is highly nuanced, at times
explicitly ageist, and at others, emblematic of a
phenomenon far more complex than ageism. There is a
need to leverage social media as a space to foster
interaction between older and younger people.
Society is ultimately well served by
intergenerational interaction.
# ⚓ ANF News ☛ Beneath_the_Veil:_Exposing_phone_content_of
foreign_ISIS_women⠀⇛
Foreign ISIS women are often depicted as naive
wives who followed their husbands to Syria.
However, they play a crucial role within the so-
called Islamic State. In detention camps in North-
East Syria, many are educating their kids in order
to keep the “caliphate” alive.
The Information and Documentation Office of the
Women’s Defense Units (YPJ) published footage
containing images from illegally possessed phones
of detained foreign ISIS women in camps in North
and East Syria.
The footage is accompanied by a statement by YPJ
which warns that ISIS is not over just because
their territory was defeated and the threat against
the whole of humanity continues as long as their
ideology is spread and passed down to the next
generation.
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Hate_preacher_Anjem_Choudary_faces_trial_charged
with_terror_offences_after_he_‘encouraged_support_for
militant_group’⠀⇛
Choudary appeared at the Old Bailey today via
videolink charged with directing a terrorist
organisation.
He is also accused of being a member of the
proscribed organisation Al-Muhajiroun (ALM) and
addressing meetings to encourage support for the
banned group.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ Radical_British_preacher_Anjem_Choudary_faces_May
trial_on_terrorism_charges⠀⇛
The trial of radical British preacher Anjem
Choudary on a charge of leading a terrorist
organization will start in May of next year, a
judge said Friday.
Choudary, 56, is also charged with two other counts
under the Terrorism Act: membership in a banned
organization, the radical Muslim group al-
Muhajiroun, and addressing meetings to encourage
support for the organization over the past year.
The British government outlawed Al-Muhajiroun in
2010. The group has since operated under many
names, including the Islamic Thinkers Society,
prosecutors said.
# ⚓ The United Kingdom ☛ RAF_completes_NATO_air_policing
mission_in_the_Baltic_after_intercepting_50_Russian
aircraft⠀⇛
Royal Air Force personnel have returned to the UK
after leading NATO’s Baltic air policing mission in
Estonia for four months, during which pilots
intercepted 50 Russian aircraft and flew for a
combined total of more than 500 hours.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ A_Brief_Neocolonial_History_of_the_Five_UN
Security_Council_Permanent_Members⠀⇛
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_warship_in_appears_damaged_after
naval_drone_attack_on_Novorossiysk_port_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Two sea drones carried out an attack on
Russia’s Novorossiysk naval base on the Black
Sea Friday morning.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_signs_law_raising_maximum_conscription
age_to_30_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law Friday
that raises Russia’s official conscription
age ceiling from 27 to 30 and leaves the
minimum age at 18.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Journalists_confirm_29,217_Russian
servicemen_killed_in_Ukraine_since_invasion’s_start_—
Meduza⠀⇛
Journalists from BBC News Russia and
Mediazona, working with a group of
volunteers, have used open sources to confirm
the identities of 29,217 Russian soldiers who
have been killed in Ukraine since the start
of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Plitsas_quoted_in_Daily_Kos_on
attacks_on_Ukrainian_ports_and_their_impact_on_grain
exports⠀⇛
# ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Russian_chemical_tanker_hit_by
Ukrainian_drones_near_Crimea⠀⇛
A Russian tanker was damaged in an attack by
Ukrainian drones in the Kerch Strait, briefly
halting traffic on the strategic bridge
linking Crimea to Russia’s mainland, a
government agency and Russian media reported
early Saturday. The incident did not result
in any casualties.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Russia_says_it_thwarted_Ukraine_drone
attack_on_Black_Sea_port_of_Novorossiysk⠀⇛
Russia’s defence ministry said early on
Friday that it had thwarted an overnight
drone attack by Ukraine on Novorossiysk, a
Russian naval base on the Black Sea. A
Ukrainian intelligence official told Reuters
that a Russian vessel was damaged in the
attack, although the regional governor had
earlier stated that there had been no damage
or casualties.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Ukraine_investigating_Russia_grain_strikes
as_potential_war_crimes⠀⇛
Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General
announced Friday it would investigate whether
recent Russian attacks on Odessa and other
Black Sea ports constitute war crimes,
according to a report from Reuters. The ports
are major exporters of grain, a key food
source for some of the world’s poorest
countries.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_forced_citizenship_upon_Ukrainians_in
occupied_territories,_new_report_finds⠀⇛
The Conflict Observatory released a new
report on Wednesday that found that Russia
has promulgated a series of laws to
accelerate the application process for
Russian citizenship while simultaneously
penalizing those who did not apply for
citizenship in Russian-occupied territories
of Ukraine.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania’s_support_to_Ukraine_includes
helicopters,_anti-aircraft_guns,_APCs⠀⇛
Lithuania provided Ukraine with helicopters,
anti-aircraft guns and armoured vehicles in
2023, the Defence Ministry said on Friday.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Tanker_Damaged_By_Explosion_In_Kerch
Strait,_Moscow_Says,_As_Saudi_Talks_On_War_Due_To
Start⠀⇛
An oil tanker was damaged in what Moscow said
was a Ukrainian drone attack overnight in the
Kerch Strait, close to a bridge that links
Moscow-annexed Crimea with Russia.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Rights_Watchdog_Calls_For_Probe_Of_Deadly
Attack_On_Ukrainian_Town_Citing_Evidence_Of_Cluster
Munitions⠀⇛
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for an
investigation into an attack last month on
the Ukrainian town of Lyman that killed nine
people and injured a dozen others, saying the
apparent use of cluster munitions in the
attack make it a possible war crime.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Soprano_Netrebko_Sues_Met_Opera_Over
Its_Decision_To_Cut_Ties⠀⇛
Russian soprano Anna Netrebko on August 4
sued the Metropolitan Opera in New York and
general manager Peter Gelb, alleging
defamation, breach of contract, and other
violations related to the opera’s decision to
drop her following Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ UN_Nuclear_Watchdog_Says_It_Did_Not_Find
Explosives_Or_Mines_On_Rooftops_Of_Two_Zaporizhzhya
Reactors⠀⇛
A team from the International Atomic Energy
Agency has “observed no mines or explosives
on rooftops of Unit 3 & 4 reactor buildings”
of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Journalists_Identify_Almost_30,000_Russian
Military_Members_Killed_In_Ukraine⠀⇛
Journalists from the BBC and Mediazona have
identified the names of 29,217 Russian
military members killed in Ukraine since
February 2022.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Drone_Attack_On_Russian_Black_Sea
Base_Damages_Warship,_Intelligence_Sources_Say⠀⇛
A Ukrainian naval drone carrying 450
kilograms of TNT struck the Russian Navy base
at Novorossiisk in the Black Sea, causing
extensive damage to a Russian warship docked
there, sources in the Ukrainian Security
Service (SBU) told RFE/RL.
# ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Germany:_Secret_Messages_Document_Moscow
Contacts_with_Staffer_of_Far-Right_AfD⠀⇛
A pro-Russian activist who works for a
politician from the far-right AfD party,
sought support from Moscow for a lawsuit
against the German government, DER SPIEGEL
has learned. They aim of the legal complaint
was to delay German arms deliveries to
Ukraine.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Estimated_Number_of_Ukrainian_Casualties_in
Counteroffensive⠀⇛
Ukraine has also suffered the destruction of
a large number of its weapons.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ No_Explosives_Found_on_Rooftops_of
Zaporizhia_Nuclear_Plant⠀⇛
Previously, Ukrainian President Zelensky
accused Russia of planning an attack against
the plant, but provided no evidence to
support his accusation.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Ukraine_Attempted_to_Attack_Russia’s_Black
Sea_Base⠀⇛
Nevertheless, Putin and leaders of seven
African countries involved in a peace mission
on Ukraine agreed to continue their dialogue.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Western_Diplomats_Need_to_Stop_Whining
About_Ukraine⠀⇛
Allies can be exasperating. But try being
invaded by your neighbor and lectured by
everyone else.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Hits_a_Distant_Russian_Ship,
Showing_Reach_of_Naval_Drones⠀⇛
The attack damaged the warship hundreds of
miles from Ukrainian-held territory, as Kyiv
increasingly tries to bring the war home to
Russia.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ What_to_Know_About_Novorossiysk,_the
Russian_Port_Attacked_by_Ukraine⠀⇛
The seaport is one of Russia’s largest by
volume and among the biggest in Europe,
crucial to the export of Russian grain, oil,
and other products to countries around the
world.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Putin_critic_Navalny_receives_new_19-year
sentence⠀⇛
A Russian court on Friday sentenced
imprisoned opposition leader Alexei_Navalny
to 19 more years in prison after convicting
him of several extremism-related charges that
the Putin critic says are politically
motivated, AP reported.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Kazakhstan_dispatch:_new_law_is_designed_to
repatriate_assets_illegally_hidden_abroad⠀⇛
Aidana Tastanova is a Kazakhstan national and
a 3rd year law student attending the Moscow
State Institute of International Relations
under a Kazakh government scholarship. On
July 12,
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Lithuania_Declares_More_Than_1,000
Belarusians_And_Russians_To_Be_National_Security
Risks⠀⇛
Lithuania declared more than 1,000 citizens
of Russia and Belarus living in the country
to be threats to national security on August
4 and said it was stripping them of their
permanent residency status.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_deems_1,164_Belarusian_and_Russian
nationals_a_threat,_revokes_residence_permits_and
visas⠀⇛
Some 1,164 Belarusian and Russian nationals
have been deemed a threat to Lithuania’s
national security, meaning they were not able
to renew or claim their residency permit or
visa.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moscow_Court_Imprisons_Man_Wanted_In_Dubai
For_Alleged_Involvement_In_Murder_Of_Kadyrov_Foe⠀⇛
A military court in Moscow has sentenced
Zelimkhan Mazayev, who is wanted in the
United Arab Emirates on suspicion of
involvement into 2009 killing in Dubai of
Sulim Yamadayev, to eight years in prison on
a terrorism charge.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Signs_Into_Law_Bill_Raising_Maximum_Age
For_Mandatory_Military_Service⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a
bill into law on August 4 that raises the
maximum age for mandatory one-year military
service for men to 30 from 27.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Attacks_Russian_Oil_Tanker
off_Crimea⠀⇛
The strike, near a bridge vital to Russia, is
the second Ukrainian sea drone assault on one
of the country’s ships in two days.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Journalists_Identify_Almost_30,000_Russian_Military
Members_Killed_In_Ukraine⠀⇛
Journalists from the BBC and Mediazona have
identified the names of 29,217 Russian military
members killed in Ukraine since February 2022.
[...]
# ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Secret_Messages_Document_Moscow_Contacts_with
Staffer_of_Far-Right_AfD⠀⇛
The exchange, written in Russian, is part of a
record that includes Sergiyenko’s emails, documents
and messages. The documents were leaked to DER
SPIEGEL and the investigative platform The Insider.
At first glance, the communication seems like
harmless banter between acquaintances. But before
long, formulations begin to appear that even
Western intelligence agencies may find interesting.
“Has anything happened in terms of active
measures?” the mysterious contact asked a few weeks
later. “Not easy, but we’re getting there,”
Sergiyenko replied.
“Active measures” is the term Russia has used for
clandestine attempts to influence the policies of
other countries through disinformation, propaganda
and other dishonest methods since Soviet times. And
that is precisely the kind of operation described
in the documents supplied to DER SPIEGEL. They
indicate that Germany was the target.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ RTL ☛ Greta_Thunberg_pulls_out_of_book_festival_over_fossil
fuel_ties⠀⇛
Climate activist Greta Thunberg pulled out of a
much-anticipated event at the Edinburgh
International Book Festival on Friday, citing a
sponsor’s “heavy” investments in fossil fuel and
accusing them of “greenwashing”.
# ⚓ [Old] Omicron Limited ☛ Scientists_trying_to_determine_what
will_happen_to_massive_carbon_stores_as_rainforests_dry_out⠀⇛
“Tropical forests can be really sensitive to
reductions in rainfall,” said Daniela Cusack, lead
author and an associate professor in the Department
of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, “and they
have some of the largest stores of carbon on Earth.
As climate is drying, that carbon is vulnerable.”
Climate change is reducing rainfall in some places
and causing more year-to-year variation. Some
tropical forests already have been documented as
drying.
“All of that carbon that’s stored in rainforests
right now is like a bank,” Cusack said. “We’re
banking all that carbon and anything that releases
that carbon is going to exacerbate climate change
and impact everybody.”
# ⚓ CBC ☛ What_you_won’t_learn_about_in_Oppenheimer:_the
potential_effects_of_a_nuclear_winter⠀⇛
According to a 2007 paper, a nuclear war between
the U.S. and Russia would send 150 million tonnes
of black soot into the stratosphere, resulting in
global average surface cooling of 7 C to 8 C that
would persist for years. Even after a decade, the
world would still be 4 C cooler.
This would be a massive problem for global food
production. Countries at higher latitudes, like
Canada, would be particularly hard hit by nuclear
winter, since much of the country is already too
cold for significant agriculture.
# ⚓ El País ☛ Waves_grow_up_to_13_feet_tall_in_California_as
Earth_warms,_research_finds⠀⇛
“Until I stumbled upon this data set, it was almost
impossible to make that comparison with any kind of
reliability,” Bromirski said.
To go back further, Bromirski gathered a team of
undergraduate students to analyze daily seismic
readings covering decades of winters. It was a
slow, painstaking process that took years and
involved digitizing drums of paper records. But he
said it was important in learning how things have
changed over nearly a century along California’s
coast.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Seven_people_found_dead_after_mudslide_at_Shovi
mountain_resort_in_Republic_of_Georgia_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Rescue workers have recovered seven dead bodies
after a Thursday evening mudslide that descended on
Shovi, a mountain resort in the Racha region of the
Republic of Georgia.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Office_for_Students_Chair_Condemned_for_Role
With_Oilfield_Firm⠀⇛
The chair of the Office for Students (OfS),
Conservative peer Lord Wharton, has been
urged to “immediately” cut ties with a major
oilfield inspection company.
Lord Wharton is a consultant for OES Oilfield
Services, which describes itself as “one of
the world’s leading oilfield inspection
companies”. He was also formerly an adviser
to Consumer Choice Center – a US-based
pressure group with links to the Koch fossil
fuel empire that has come under fire for
advocating against green reforms in the EU
without being registered as a lobbying firm.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_must_get_serious
about_protecting_cetaceans_after_whale’s_death⠀⇛
However, these laws and regulations cannot
adequately protect cetaceans. There are three
main problems.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Protect_Our_Oceans⠀⇛
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Conflict_between_humans_and
wildlife_in_Tanzania_is_being_poorly_managed—and
climate_change_is_making_things_worse⠀⇛
I asked them about what drives human-wildlife
conflict, in their view, when and how they
experienced it, how it affected their
livelihood or well-being, and what could be
done to prevent it in the future.
Incidents of human-wildlife conflict had
become common in the two villages, but I
found that the victims’ experiences were
underreported. I also found that the conflict
was driven by habitat losses that pushed wild
animals from the park to seek food and water
outside. Changing weather patterns also
played a role in tensions between wild
animals from the park and residents of Kiduhi
and Mbamba. Other research has linked
changing patterns like this to climate
change.
# ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Drought-hit_Panama_Canal_must
‘adapt_or_die’_as_water_levels_drop⠀⇛
The canal relies on rainwater to move ships
through a series of locks that function like
water elevators, raising the vessels up and
over the continent between the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans.
However, a water shortage due to low rainfall
has forced operators to restrict the number
of vessels passing through, which is likely
to result in a $200 million drop in earnings
in 2024 compared to this year, canal
administrator Ricaurte Vasquez said Thursday.
# ⚓ [Old] Rainforest Foundation US ☛ In_Eastern_Panama,
Indigenous_Peoples_Fight_Deforestation_as_they’re
Scapegoated_for_it⠀⇛
There’s mounting evidence that indigenous
peoples are the best protectors of
rainforests in the world, regularly
outperforming forest protection entities like
national parks. And scientists have found
that the Darien’s rainforests capture an
unusually high amount of carbon, a key
component to neutralizing the effects of
greenhouse gas emissions in the fight against
climate change. But it’s one thing for this
evidence to appear in scientific studies, and
another for it to be accepted as an ironclad
truth by the policymakers and government
officials with the power to determine land
titles.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ MWL ☛ Patreon_has_stopped_paying_me⠀⇛
If you’re flexible on where you back me, I built my
own Patreon at https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/
product-category/patronizer/. I usually do a soft
sell on the whole “ditch the middleman” thing
because lots of you have reasons for using Patreon,
but this latest mess impels me to bring it up.
# ⚓ The Verge ☛ Patreon_issues_are_causing_paused_payouts_and
canceled_subscriptions⠀⇛
Two simultaneous issues with payments on Patreon
are causing problems for both creators and fans.
Some Patreon creators are unable to access their
earnings due to an issue with a payout provider.
The issue first began earlier this week with
creators saying their payout attempts were failing.
At the same time, some Patreon subscribers are
getting notices that their payments are being
flagged as fraudulent by their banks. As a result,
fans are seeing canceled subscriptions, with some
saying they’re unable to see the list of creators
they were subscribed to before. On Reddit, one
creator said they suddenly lost hundreds of
subscribers on August 1st.
# ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Fighting_junk_fees_is_“woke”⠀⇛
There is no broad constituency for junk fees. Scam
artists (including scam artists in the C-suites of
Fortune 100 companies) love them, sure, but junk
fees make everyone else furious.
What’s a plutocrat to do? Well, it turns out that
culture war bullshit can make right wingers point
(metaphorical) guns at their own junk – all
plutocrats need to do is put the word out that
getting rid of junk fees is “woke” and low-
information right-wing thumbsuckers will demand the
right to be charged junk fees.
Here’s an example: one especially pernicious form
of junk fee is the “swipe fees” that credit-card
companies charge merchants. In an increasingly
cashless age, these companies – dominated by the
Visa/Mastercard duopoly – have figured out how to
scrape 3-5% out of every single retail transaction
in the entire fucking economy.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Retired,_widowed_76-year-old_commits_suicide_after
scam_artists_force_him_to_sell_his_apartment_and_to_set_draft
office_on_fire_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A 76-year-old retired former engineer was found
dead in his apartment in Russia’s Leningrad region
on Thursday, the day after he tried to set the
local draft office on fire.
# ⚓ ABC ☛ CEOs’_pay_climbed_before_layoffs_at_tech_giants_like
Alphabet_and_Microsoft,_data_shows⠀⇛
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ FSFE_admits_losing_funds_from_bequest_by
insulting_and_ignoring_Fellowship_representative⠀⇛
As Fellowship representative, I had tried to start
a discussion about these funds at the 2017 annual
meeting. I put forward several motions for
discussion. Each motion was submitted as a separate
topic for the meeting agenda. Spitefully, the FSFE
president, Matthias Kirschner, merged all the
motions into a single motion and had the group vote
it away.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Sam_Altman_is_already_nervous_about_what_AI_might
do_[to]_elections⠀⇛
Altman isn’t the only tech leader to warn about the
influence of AI on elections. In June, Eric
Schmidt, the former CEO of Google’s parent
Alphabet, expressed his fears that next year’s US
elections will be “a mess” because of AI and
misinformation. Misinformation around the election,
Schmidt said, will be rampant as new tools are
continually making more advanced AI much more
accessible.
It wouldn’t be the first time AI has caused trouble
in the run-up to an election. Meta was implicated
in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a firm
improperly gained access to Facebook user data and
used AI to deploy targeted advertising to influence
voting patterns in the 2016 US presidential vote.
To stave off a similar threat, Rep. Yvette Clarke
introduced a bill in May that would require
politicians to disclose when they use AI in
political ads.
As humans become more AI-dependent, the technology
holds the potential to undermine democracy and
collective decision-making. AI development is the
most exciting thing in tech, but it could quickly
become the biggest problem in global politics.
# ⚓ Broadband Breakfast ☛ Nokia_Fiber_Electronics_Facility
Likely_to_Alleviate_‘Buy_America’_Concerns,_Industry_Says⠀⇛
On the same day as Nokia’s announcement of a
manufacturing facility with Sanmina Corporation, a
research note from New Street Research Policy
Advisor Blair Levin, the Nokia plant, a new Corning
plant and a limited waiver of Buy America rules for
the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program
expected later this summer will now make it
possible for BEAD subrecipients to comply with the
Buy America mandates.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Facebook_parent_Meta_starts_blocking_news_content
in_Canada⠀⇛
Facebook’s parent Meta has started blocking access
to news feeds in Canada, something it threatened to
do after the country passed an online news law that
forces digital platforms to cut deals with
publishing firms.
Google has said it will wait until the law is in
place — expected by the end of the year — before it
starts removing links to Canadian news from its
platform.
# ⚓ [Repeat] IT Wire ☛ India_bans_import_of_laptops,_tablets
with_immediate_effect⠀⇛
The notice gave no reason why the ban was being put
in place, but India has been touting its mantra of
“make in India” for a while now and looking to step
up manufacturing within the country.
# ⚓ Shirish_Agarwal:_License_Raj_2.0,_2023⠀⇛
The most interesting thing is that the whole thing
will be produced in Hunan, China. Then 3 days later
India mandates a licensing requirement for Apple,
Dell and other laptop/tablet manufacturers. And all
of these in the guise of ‘Make in India’. It is
similar how India has exempted Adani and the Tatas
from buying as much solar cells as are needed and
then sell the same in India. Reliance will be
basically monopolizing the laptop business. And if
people think that projects like Raspberry Pi,
Arduino etc. will be exempted they have another
think coming.
# ⚓ India Today ☛ Explained:_Why_India_restricted_laptop,
tablet_imports_with_immediate_effect⠀⇛
The primary objective behind the move seems to
provide a push for local manufacturing as the
country aims to become the global manufacturing hub
of the world.
By restricting imports of these high-demand
electronic devices, the government is not only
focused on reducing reliance on foreign markets but
also boosting local manufacturing capabilities.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_State_Duma_speaker_says_parliamentary
deputies_will_start_driving_domestically_made_vehicles_—
Meduza⠀⇛
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said Friday
that the body’s members support President Vladimir
Putin’s idea that all public officials should drive
Russian-made vehicles.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Blowback_in_Africa:_U.S.-Trained_Officer
Overthrows_Pro-U.S._Leader_in_Niger,_Site_of_U.S._Drone
Base⠀⇛
Last Wednesday, Nigerien military officers
announced they had overthrown President Mohamed
Bazoum, a close ally of the United States and
France. ECOWAS, an economic bloc of West African
countries, has threatened to take military action
unless the coup is reversed by Sunday. But the
leader of Niger’s new military junta has vowed to
defy any attempts to restore the former president
to power, while Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea —
all, like Niger, former French colonies that have
undergone military coups in the past three years —
have warned against any foreign intervention in
Niger. Meanwhile, Niger’s new leaders have
announced the country will end military cooperation
with France, whose outsized presence in its former
colony is a major source of resentment in the
resource-rich but still poverty-stricken nation. We
speak to Nick Turse, an investigative journalist
and contributing writer for The Intercept. He
recently revealed that one of the leaders of the
coup in Niger, Brigadier General Moussa Salaou
Barmou, was previously trained by the U.S.
military, as were the leaders of nearly a dozen
other coups in West Africa since 2008. We also
speak to Olayinka Ajala, a senior lecturer in
politics and international relations at Leeds
Beckett University, who says Niger and its
neighbors must tread carefully in order to avoid a
“very bloody” military conflict.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Trump_&_the_KKK_Act:_Carol_Anderson_on
Reconstruction-Era_Voting_Rights_Law_Cited_in_Trump
Indictment⠀⇛
On Thursday, former President Donald Trump pleaded
not guilty to trying to overturn the results of his
2020 election loss. Trump appeared before a
magistrate judge in Washington’s federal courthouse
two days after he was indicted. A key part of the
election interference charges Trump faces relates
to a Civil War-era rights law that protects the
right of citizens to have their vote counted. We
speak with Carol Anderson, author of One Person, No
Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our
Democracy and White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our
Racial Divide, about Trump’s attempt to wipe out
the votes of Americans of color and the
intimidation of Black voters and election workers.
“This is the kind of terror that is reminiscent of
what happened during Reconstruction that led to the
KKK Act that Trump is charged with,” says Anderson.
“That kind of terror was the intimidation of Black
people who were exercising the right to vote.”
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ As_Petition_Deadline_Looms,_Stop_Cop_City
Organizers_Win_More_Time_and_Volunteers⠀⇛
A federal lawsuit has extended the deadline and
opened the process to DeKalb County residents, but
the city is fighting back.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ What_It’s_Like_to_Have_an_Abortion_Denied_by
Dobbs⠀⇛
Dobbs will throw many lives into disarray. Lationna
Halbert’s is one of the first.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Israel_Cancels_Early_Release_Policy_for
Palestinian_Administrative_Detainees⠀⇛
Over 1,000 Palestinians are currently being held
under Israel’s administrative detention policy
without charge or trial.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Alex_Winter:_Is_The_YouTube_Effect_Good_or
Bad_on_Balance?⠀⇛
A new documentary film argues that the
second-largest website on the planet is
flooded with misinformation. Is that right?
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Kai_Cenat_Faces_Riot_Charge_After
PlayStation_Giveaway_Causes_Chaos⠀⇛
Thousands of people descended on the
Manhattan park after Kai Cenat, a popular
YouTube and Twitch streamer, promised to hand
out free game consoles.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Chinese_security_ministry
attempts_to_mobilise_the_masses_to_fight_espionage_with
new_social_media_account⠀⇛
Through its WeChat account, people could
easily connect to a platform run by the
Ministry of State Security that allows anyone
to submit reports of potentially criminal
activities. The platform is available in
Chinese and English versions, and allows
“informants” to remain anonymous if they
wish.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia’s_War_With_Ukraine
Has_Generated_Its_Own_Fog,_and_Mis_and_Disinformation
Are_Everywhere⠀⇛
Disinformation, misinformation and absent
information all cloud civilians’
understanding. Officials from each side
denounce devious plots being prepared by the
enemy, which never materialize. They claim
victories that can’t be confirmed — and stay
quiet about defeats.
None of this is unique to the Russia-Ukraine
conflict. Any nation at war bends the truth —
to boost morale on the home front, to rally
support from its allies, to try to persuade
its detractors to change their stance.
But Europe’s largest land war in decades —
and the biggest one since the dawn of the
digital age — is taking place in a
superheated information space. And modern
communications technology, theoretically a
force for improving public knowledge, tends
to multiply the confusion because deceptions
and falsehoods reach audiences instantly.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ New Statesman ☛ The_meaning_of_Alexei_Navalny’s
conviction⠀⇛
The day before the sentencing, Navalny’s team
released a statement by him on social media in
which he said he was expecting a long, “Stalinist”
sentence and instructed people to “think about why
such a demonstratively huge sentence is needed. Its
main purpose is to intimidate. You, not me. I will
even say this: you personally, reading these
lines.”
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_court_jails_opposition_figure_Navalny
for_19_years⠀⇛
A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition
leader Alexei Navalny of extremism charges and
sentenced him to 19 years in prison Friday. Navalny
is already serving a nine-year term on a variety of
charges that he says were politically motivated.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Alexei_Navalny_sentenced_to_19_years_on
‘extremism’-related_charges⠀⇛
Longtime Russian dissident and critic Alexei
Navalny was sentenced to an additional 19 years in
prison Friday on а number of extremism-related
charges after a closed-door hearing. The sentence
prompted condemnation from multiple countries,
international organizations and human rights
groups.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ As_Expected,_Navalny_Found_Guilty_On_Extremism
Charges,_Sentenced_To_19_Years⠀⇛
A Russian court has found imprisoned opposition
politician Aleksei Navalny guilty on charges of
extremism after a closed-door trial.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Aleksei_Navalny,_Jailed_Russian_Opposition
Leader,_Receives_19-Year_Sentence⠀⇛
Aleksei A. Navalny, who is already in prison, was
sentenced for supporting “extremism,” amid
intensified suppression of dissent in Russia.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Court_Of_Appeals_Cancels_Sentence_Of
Musician_Convicted_For_Anti-Putin_Graffiti⠀⇛
A court of appeals in Russia’s southwestern city of
Krasnodar has canceled the sentence of pianist
Mikhail Selitsky for the “Putin Is A Thief”
graffiti he painted on a building in the city.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Kremlin’s_anti-trans_law_leaves_many_Russians
asking,_‘Who’s_next?’⠀⇛
The Kremlin’s ban on gender-affirming care signals
an acceleration of Russia’s authoritarian drift,
with treatment of trans people as a signal to
distinguish Russia from the West.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Signs_Decree_Criminalizing_Working_With
Unregistered_NGOs,_Analysts_Warn_Of_Effects⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on
August 4 that introduces penalties for people who
work with unregistered international or
nongovernmental organizations.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Alexey_Navalny_reportedly_sentenced_to_19_years_in
prison_—_Meduza⠀⇛
A Moscow court sentenced Russian opposition leader
Alexey Navalny to 19 years in prison Friday on
charges of “creating an extremist organization” and
“inciting extremism,” among others, according to
Mediazona.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_prosecution_wants_to_send_Alexey_Navalny_to_a
‘special_regime’_prison_colony_How_do_they_differ_from_other
kinds_of_colonies?_—_Meduza⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Jailed_Russian_opposition_figure_Alexey_Navalny
receives_new_19-year_prison_sentence_for_‘extremism’_—
Meduza⠀⇛
A Moscow court sentenced opposition figure Alexey
Navalny to 19 years in prison on charges of
“extremism” on Friday, Russian state media
reported. He will serve his sentence in a “special
regime” prison colony, the category of correctional
institution with the toughest conditions for
inmates in Russia.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ An_elaborate_murder_attempt:_Meduza’s_statement_on
Alexey_Navalny’s_19-year_prison_sentence_—_Meduza⠀⇛
On August 4, Alexey Navalny was sentenced to 19
years in a “special regime” prison colony for
activities that the Russian authorities classify as
“extremism.” A Moscow court deemed Russia’s most
popular opposition leader a “particularly dangerous
recidivist” and shaved just one year off the
sentence state prosecutors had requested.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Draconian_is_the_new_normal:_A_political_scientist
explains_how_Russia’s_flagrant_injustice_protects_the
political_status_quo_that_might_well_outlive_Putin_—_Meduza⠀⇛
At the conclusion of Alexey Navalny’s trial
(arranged to take place right at the penal colony
where Russia’s most popular opposition figure is
currently imprisoned), the politician was sentenced
to what many call a “Stalinesque” and draconian
prison term: 19 years. Yet no one seems to be
surprised by the harshness of the sentence, since
it fits neatly into a pattern of similarly inhumane
sentences for other opposition figures, like Ilya
Yashin or Vladimir Kara-Murza. Meduza’s special
correspondent Margaria Liutova spoke with a Russian
political scientist specializing in the study of
post-Soviet authoritarianism, who agreed to share
his thoughts about political persecution in today’s
Russia on condition of anonymity. In our condensed
translation, his remarks have been edited lightly
for clarity.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Wikipedia_Fighting_Overseas_SLAPP_Suit_Because
Someone_Didn’t_Like_The_Factual_Info_Posted_About_Them⠀⇛
Lots of discussion about Wikipedia’s public utility
has occurred since its inception. On one hand, it’s
true: just about anyone can make edits to the
information, unlike physical encyclopedias or
websites owned by the former purveyors of these
informative hardbound reams of paper.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Will_Browsers_Be_Required_By_Law_To_Stop_You
From_Visiting_Infringing_Sites?⠀⇛
Mozilla’s Open Policy & Advocacy blog has news
about a worrying proposal from the French
government:
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Texas_Sued_Over_Age_Verification_Law_And_Porn
“Public_Health_Warnings”⠀⇛
The state of Texas was sued in a federal district
court by the Free Speech Coalition, a trade group
representing the adult entertainment industry, and
a slate of other companies including subsidiaries
of Canadian firm MindGeek (owner of Pornhub). Other
plaintiffs include the parent companies of popular
adult sites like XVideos and Bang Bros, and a “Jane
Doe” representing the adult content creator
community. The lawsuit is seeking to block the
implementation of House Bill 1181, a measure that
would implement mandatory age verification and
require porn sites to plaster “public health”
warnings as if users are trying to access a beer or
e-cigarette website.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ‘Free_Speech_Absolutist’_Elon_Musk_Hides
Effective_Political_Ad_That_Calls_Out_GOP⠀⇛
A few weeks ago, the Progress Action Fund released
a political ad in Ohio that went somewhat viral on
social media. I saw one person refer to it as “the
most effective political ad” they’d ever seen.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Judge_Tosses_Donald_Trump’s_Half-Billion-Dollar
Bogus_‘Big_Lie’_Defamation_Lawsuit_Against_CNN_(While_Whining
About_The_Media_&_Internet)⠀⇛
Donald Trump can’t win consecutive elections. And
he certainly can’t win lawsuits. Pretty much every
bit of litigation Trump has engaged in since he was
elected president has been tossed out on its
proverbial ear, the completely expected outcome for
lawsuits engaged in angrily, but not coherently.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_to_“aggressively”_push_to_reduce_remote_work
for_federal_employees [Ed: Biden is an idiot (Trump is worse,
of course). The Democratic Party needs to kick him to the
curb and find a person who appeals to workers, not
oligarchs.]⠀⇛
President Biden is calling for his Cabinet to
“aggressively execute” plans for federal employees
to work more_in_their_offices this fall after years
of working remotely, according to an email sent
Friday to every Cabinet member and obtained by
Axios.
# ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ Michigan_tribes_race_to_save_their
language_from_extinction⠀⇛
For generations, many of Michigan’s Native American
children were shipped to one of five boarding
schools in the northern half of the state where
they weren’t allowed to speak Anishinaabemowin, the
root language of what are now the 12 federally
recognized tribes based in the state.
Today, Anishinaabemowin is considered an endangered
language. There are pockets of native speakers in
Minnesota and the Dakotas, but among Michigan’s
roughly 130,000 tribal-affiliated residents, there
may be no one born in Michigan still alive for whom
the language is their native tongue.
# ⚓ Variety ☛ How_the_SAG-AFTRA_Strike_Catches_Creators_in_the
Crossfire⠀⇛
Influencers have been able to join SAG-AFTRA since
2021, when the guild ratified its Influencer
Agreement. Though it’s unclear exactly how many
influencers are actually guild members, the
contract offers social media creators who meet
certain criteria a navigable path toward union
representation. For these creators, their
responsibility to the union is clear: They should
abide by union rules, including not working for or
promoting struck companies or their projects.
But even non-union influencers — who significantly
outnumber those who are members — have been
conscripted into the bid to starve out Hollywood.
SAG-AFTRA recently stated that non-union creators
who promote a struck company could be blocked from
joining the guild at a future date.
Creators now face a challenging predicament, as
they find themselves torn between a need or
interest in earning money today and their potential
future in the union as actors taking on Hollywood
roles.
# ⚓ Variety ☛ Amazon’s_Entertainment_Business_Has_Multiple
Generative_AI_Initiatives_Underway,_CEO_Says⠀⇛
Generative AI has been at the forefront of the
ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, as the unions
repping Hollywood’s writers and actors want
specific guarantees from studios (including Amazon
Studios) about limiting AI’s use in productions.
For example, SAG-AFTRA leaders have accused studios
of wanting to scan background actors and then use
their AI-generated likeness without consent in
perpetuity. The Alliance of Motion Picture and
Television Producers denies that, saying its
proposal includes a provision requiring producers
to obtain a performer’s consent for any use of a
“digital replica” or alterations to their
performance.
# ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ US_tightens_visa_waiver_after_Hungarian
passport_fraud⠀⇛
The United States imposed restrictions on Tuesday
for Hungarian passport holders under its Visa
Waiver Program amid concerns that foreign nationals
have used fraudulently obtained travel documents,
the Washington Post reports. Electronic System for
Travel Authorization (ESTA) validity for Hungarian
passport holders will be reduced to one year, and
it will only be valid for a single use.
“According to the American authorities, there are
criminals who have obtained Hungarian passports
because the verification of the identity of those
applying for Hungarian citizenship was not adequate
prior to 2020,” Matthew Miller, spokesperson for
the U.S. State Department, said during a press
conference on Tuesday. “We were trying to work with
the government to give them an opportunity to
correct the situation. It is not a step we wanted
to take today. We engaged with them for multiple
years (…) working through possible changes they
could make, and they refused, “Miller added.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Members_Of_Iranian_Musical_Group_That_Performed_At
Grave_Of_Slain_Protester_Forced_To_Apologize⠀⇛
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the director of the
Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights, told RFE/RL
upon viewing the videos that they served as a
reminder of “statements made under pressure.”
“Unfortunately, forced televised confessions or
statements are not uncommon in the Islamic
Republic,” said Amiry-Moghaddam, whose organization
documents executions, rights violations, and the
systematic crackdown on human-rights defenders in
Iran.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_forced_citizenship_upon_Ukrainians_in
occupied_territories,_new_report_finds⠀⇛
Forced passportisation violates established
international humanitarian law principles. Article
45 of the Hague Convention (IV) stipulates that the
occupying power shall not compel the inhabitants of
the occupied territory to swear allegiance to the
hostile power. Article 69 of the Additional
Protocol I also provides that the occupying power
shall ensure the provision of clothing, bedding,
means of shelter and other supplies essential to
the survival of civilians of the occupied
territory. International human rights treaties such
as the International Convention on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights, and the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights also provide for the recognition of
legal, national identity and the associated rights
of a national identity.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Nurses_Fight_Godzilla⠀⇛
The severe nursing shortages in hospitals across
the country has turned one of the most important
jobs in the medical profession into a nightmare.
Nurses at a major hospital in New Jersey fight bac…
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 2_Dead_Bodies_Found_Stuck_to_Buoys_Texas
Officials_Were_Ordered_to_Take_Down⠀⇛
The Biden administration had ordered Texas
officials to take down the buoys due to
humanitarian concerns.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Lessons_From_Gramsci_for_Social_Movements
Today⠀⇛
From Gramsci’s political thinking and practical
strategizing come a set of ideas that arguably have
only grown more salient with time.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Constitution_Still_Betrays_Women⠀⇛
Fordham law professor and constitutional law expert
Julie C. Suk argues that women’s full emancipation
will require changing the legal and political
institutions created by our Constitution.
# ⚓ Shirish_Agarwal:_Birth_Control,_Consent,_Rape_&_Violence.⠀⇛
This again would be somewhat of a mature post. So
children, please refrain from reading.
When I hear the above words, my first thought goes
to Aamir Khan’s Season 1 Episode 2 in Satyamev
Jayate. This was the first time that the topic of
child sexual_abuse was bought in the forefront in
the hall rather than a topic to be discussed in the
corner. Unfortunately, that episode is still in
Hindi and no English subtitles available even today
shows a lack of sensitivity in Indian’s part to
still come to terms with Child abuse that happens
in India.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ Mat Duggan ☛ IPv6_Is_A_Disaster_(but_we_can_fix_it)⠀⇛
IP addresses have been in the news a lot lately and
not for good reasons. AWS has announced they are
charging $.005 per IPv4 address per hour, joining
other cloud providers in charging for the luxury of
a public IPv4 address. GCP charges $.004, same with
Azure and Hetzner charges €0.001/h. Clearly the era
of cloud providers going out and purchasing more
IPv4 space is coming to an end. As time goes on,
the addresses are just more valuable and it makes
less sense to give them out for free.
So the writing is on the wall. We need to switch to
IPv6. Now I was first told that we were going to
need to switch to IPv6 when I was in high school in
my first Cisco class and I’m 36 now, to give you
some perspective on how long this has been “coming
down the pipe”. Up to this point I haven’t done
much at all with IPv6, there has been almost no
market demand for those skills and I’ve never had a
job where anybody seemed all that interested in
doing it. So I skipped learning about it, which is
a shame because it’s actually a great advancement
in networking.
Now is the second best time to learn though, so I
decided to migrate this blog to IPv6 only. We’ll
stick it behind a CDN to handle the IPv4 traffic,
but let’s join the cool kids club. What I found was
horrifying: almost nothing works out of the box.
Major dependencies cease functioning right away and
workarounds cannot be described as production
ready. The migration process for teams to IPv6 is
going to be very rocky, mostly because almost
nobody has done the work. We all skipped it for
years and now we’ll need to pay the price.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Comcast,_Centurylink_Fail_To_Derail_Community-
Owned_Gigabit_Fiber_Network_In_Bountiful,_Utah⠀⇛
More than 600 communities across the U.S. have
decided to build their own broadband networks after
decades of predatory behavior, slow speeds, and
high prices by regional telecom monopolies.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_to_9th_Circuit:_App_Stores_Shouldn’t_Be_Liable
for_Processing_Payments_for_User_Content⠀⇛
The case is actually three consolidated cases where
the plaintiffs sued the leading app stores: Google
Play, Apple’s AppStore, and Facebook. The
plaintiffs’ claims relate to the app stores
offering “social casino” apps, where users can buy
virtual gambling chips with real money but can’t
ever cash out any chips they win. The plaintiffs
argue that these apps amount to illegal gambling.
The app stores not only offer and promote these
social casino apps, they also facilitate the in-app
purchases (also called microtransactions) for the
virtual gambling chips.
At issue on appeal is the part of Section 230 that
provides immunity to internet websites, apps, and
services when they are sued for user-generated
content. Section 230 is the foundational internet
law that has, since 1996, created legal breathing
room for online intermediaries (and their users) to
host or share third-party content. Online speech is
largely mediated by these private companies,
allowing all of us to speak online, access
information, and engage in commerce, without
requiring that we have loads of money or technical
skills.
In this case, the plaintiffs are arguing that
Section 230 should not apply to the app stores for
promoting or recommending the social casino apps,
nor for facilitating the in-app purchases for
virtual gambling chips. Both the apps and the chips
are types of third-party content.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Academic_Book_About_Emojis_Can’t_Include
The_Emojis_It_Talks_About_Because_Of_Copyright⠀⇛
Ah, copyright. Eric Goldman alerts us to to a
new bit of copyright nonsense. Jieun Kiaer,
an Oxford professor of Korean linguistics,
recently published an academic book called
Emoji Speak: Communications and Behaviours on
Social Media. As you can tell from the name,
it’s a book about emoji, and about how people
communicate with them:
# ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Meet_CC’s_2023_Global_Summit
Committee_Members⠀⇛
After years of gathering online, the CC
community is clearly eager to gather in
person for CC’s 2023 Global Summit during 3–6
October in Mexico City, demonstrating that
the work to open knowledge and culture is
more popular and important than ever. We
received 184 compelling responses to our call
for proposals and over 300 requests for
funding assistance to attend. Now people are
receiving notifications about the success of
their session proposals and scholarship
applications and starting to plan their
travel.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Twitter/X_Might_Have_a_New_DMCA
Subpoena_Controversy_On_Its_Hands⠀⇛
When a Twitter user posted copyrighted photos
for the purpose of criticizing a private-
equity billionaire, Twitter stepped in to
challenge a DMCA subpoena that aimed to strip
that person of their anonymity. A new DMCA
subpoena targeting three Twitter users,
including one who isn’t anonymous at all, is
certainly controversial. The demands listed
in the subpoena are nothing short of
extraordinary.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Z-Library_Rolls_Out_Browser
Extensions_in_Anticipation_of_Domain_Name_Troubles⠀⇛
Pirate eBook repository Z-Library has
launched browser extensions that should make
it easier for users to find the site if its
current domains are seized in the future.
While the site doesn’t explicitly mention the
U.S. Government crackdown, it likely plays a
key role in the decision to make these
extensions available.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Leftovers
o Education
o Hardware
o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Some_thoughts_about_alcohol_stove_design⠀⇛
o ⚓ David Revoy ☛ Study_of_the_GoToSocial_mascot⠀⇛
Character study of the GoToSocial sloth, a future new
member, when I’ll be drawing the group of mascots of the
Fediverse.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Parents_accuse_Bellevue_School_District_of_favoring_rich
kids_in_school_closures⠀⇛
When the Bellevue School District (BSD) opened its
newest, state of the art elementary school on
pristine wetlands and powered by geothermal energy
in 2018, at a cost of $49 million, its principal
did a welcoming dance in a video to show off the
school.
As she led the camera through the Microsoft
Showcase school, showing classrooms that could be
converted to learning pods for smaller or larger
groups, she also pointed to teachers in a large
group, waiting to teach kids.
Today, however, issues of equity are dampening the
shining reputation of the school—and raising
questions about the district’s commitment to
fairness.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ India_bans_import_of_laptops,_tablets_with
immediate_effect⠀⇛
The directorate-general of trade on Thursday said
the government said the ban would also extend to
all-in-one PCs and ultra-small form factor PCs and
servers.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ India_moves_to_restrict_PC_and_server
imports⠀⇛
A new regulation in India will require companies to
obtain a license before importing personal
computers, tablets and certain other electronics.
India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry
announced the new rule today. It’s effective
immediately, but an exception will reportedly be
made for electronics that have already been
ordered.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Apple,_Samsung_halt_laptop_imports_to
India_after_sudden_curbs⠀⇛
The sudden licensing imposition has caught tech
firms off guard.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Apple_revenue_falls_and_it_expects_decline
to_continue_in_the_current_quarter⠀⇛
Apple Inc. beat modest Wall Street expectations for
sales and profits in its fiscal third quarter, with
strong iPhone sales in China helping compensate for
a global decline in the smartphone market, but its
third consecutive quarter of declining revenues was
the longest losing streak the company has had since
2016.
o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Political_Milestones_for_AI⠀⇛
ChatGPT was released just nine months ago, and we
are still learning how it will affect our daily
lives, our careers, and even our systems of self-
governance.
But when it comes to how AI may threaten our
democracy, much of the public conversation lacks
imagination. People talk about the danger of
campaigns that attack opponents with fake images
(or fake audio or video) because we already have
decades of experience dealing with doctored images.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ InfoSecurity Magazine ☛ Threat_Actors_Use_AWS_SSM_Agent_as
a_Remote_Access_Trojan⠀⇛
Threat actors have been observed using Amazon Web
Services ( AWS ) ‘s System Manager (SSM) agent as a
Remote Access Trojan (RAT) on Linux and Windows
machines.
# ⚓ Rust Blog ☛ The_Rust_Programming_Language_Blog:_Security
advisory_for_Cargo_(CVE-2023-38497)⠀⇛
This is a cross-post of the_official_security
advisory. The official advisory contains a signed
version with our PGP key, as well.
The Rust Security Response WG was notified that
Cargo did not respect the umask when extracting
crate archives on UNIX-like systems. If the user
downloaded a crate containing files writeable by
any local user, another local user could exploit
this to change the source code compiled and
executed by the current user.
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ SUSE_and_IBM:_Enhancing_Data
Security_(a_Technical_Reference_Documentation_Getting_Started
guide) [Ed: "confidential computing" is a sham that
encourages companies and governments to outsource their
operations and data based on false premises of
confidentiality]⠀⇛
The Essence of Confidential Computing At its core,
confidential computing addresses the vital need of
safeguarding data while it is in use. SUSE and IBM
work together to deliver advanced technical
capabilities, like confidential computing. IBM Z®
and LinuxONE systems provide key hardware
capabilities for the trusted execution environment.
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Hackers_can_abuse_Microsoft_Office
executables_to_download_malware⠀⇛
The list of LOLBAS files – legitimate binaries and
scripts present in Windows that can be abused for
malicious purposes…
# ⚓ SANS ☛ From_small_LNK_to_large_malicious_BAT_file_with_zero
VT_score,_(Thu,_Aug_3rd)⠀⇛
Last week, my spam trap caught an e-mail with LNK
attachment, which turned out to be quite
interesting.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Tenable_chief_says_no_way_to_verify_Microsoft
claims_about_fixing_Azure_flaw⠀⇛
Microsoft claims it has completely fixed a critical
security issue in its Azure cloud platform, found
in March by researchers from security firm Tenable,
who then told Microsoft about it. Tenable chief
executive and chairman Amit Yoran had claimed in a
blog post on Wednesday that it took more than 90
days for Microsoft to effect a partial fix.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Are_Leaked_Credentials_Dumps_Used_by_Attackers,_
(Fri,_Aug_4th)⠀⇛
This is a classic problem: One day, you create an
account on a website (ex: an online shop), and
later, this website is compromised. All credentials
are collected and shared by the attacker. To reduce
this risk, a best practice is to avoid password re-
use (as well as to not use your corporate email
address for non-business-related stuff).
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Exploitation_of_Ivanti_EPMM_Flaw_Picking_Up
as_New_Vulnerability_Is_Disclosed⠀⇛
Exploitation of the Ivanti EPMM flaw CVE-2023-35078
is picking up as a new critical vulnerability
tracked as CVE-2023-35082 is disclosed.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Five_Eyes_Agencies_Call_Attention_to_Most
Frequently_Exploited_Vulnerabilities⠀⇛
Five Eyes government agencies have published a list
of the software vulnerabilities that were most
frequently exploited in malicious attacks in 2022.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ 670_ICS_Vulnerabilities_Disclosed_by_CISA
in_First_Half_of_2023:_Analysis⠀⇛
CISA disclosed 670 ICS vulnerabilities in the first
half of 2023, but roughly one-third have no patches
or mitigations from the vendor.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by CentOS (bind
and kernel), Debian (cjose, firefox-esr, ntpsec,
and python-django), Fedora (chromium, firefox,
librsvg2, and webkitgtk), Red Hat (firefox),
Scientific Linux (firefox and openssh), SUSE
(go1.20, ImageMagick, javapackages-tools,
javassist, mysql-connector-java, protobuf, python-
python-gflags, kernel, openssl-1_1, pipewire,
python-pip, and xtrans), and Ubuntu (cargo, rust-
cargo, cpio, poppler, and xmltooling).
# ⚓ USDOJ ☛ Nigerian_National_Pleads_Guilty_to_$1.25_Million
Business_Email_Compromise_Scam_Impacting_U.S._Company⠀⇛
Onwuchekwa Nnanna Kalu, 39, a Nigerian National
from Rivers State, Nigeria, pleaded guilty today to
stealing $1.25 million from an investment firm
located in Boston, through a business email
compromise (“BEC”) scam. The plea was announced by
U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Acting Special
Agent in Charge David Geist, of the FBI Washington
Field Office’s Criminal and Cyber Division.
Nnanna Kalu pleaded guilty in the District of
Columbia to one count of wire fraud. U.S. District
Court Judge Randolph D. Moss scheduled a sentencing
hearing for November 29, 2023. Kalu was arrested in
2022 and has been detained by the Court as a risk
of flight.
# ⚓ Gray Media Group ☛ Massive_data_breach_could_impact_many
who_attended_or_worked_for_public_schools_in_Colorado⠀⇛
A news release issued by the Colorado Department of
Higher Education is notifying the public of a “data
incident.”
KKTV 11 News is working to learn more about the
situation, but the release reads as follows:
The Colorado Department of Higher Education
(“CDHE”) is providing notice of a cybersecurity
incident that may involve the personal information
of certain individuals. CDHE is providing
information about the measures it has taken in
response to the incident, and steps impacted
individuals may take to protect themselves against
possible misuse of information.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Online_Privacy_at_Risk_from_Awful_U.K.
Internet_Regulation_Bill⠀⇛
The legislation is also terrible on free
speech and poses global risks.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Singapore_executes_second_prisoner_in_one_week
despite_international_outcry⠀⇛
Singaporean authorities executed Mohamed Shalleh
Bin Abdul Latiff, a 39-year-old former delivery
driver, Thursday for trafficking 54.04 grams of
diamorphine, a controlled drug, which is four times
the amount required to trigger the mandatory death
penalty under Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act.
Shalleh is the second person executed by the
country in the last week.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ US_military_may_put_armed_troops_on
commercial_ships_in_Strait_of_Hormuz_to_stop_Iran_seizures⠀⇛
The U.S. military is considering putting armed
personnel on commercial ships traveling through the
Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of
action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and
harassing civilian vessels. That’s what five
American officials told The Associated Press on
Thursday. If implemented, it would be an
extraordinary step by the Pentagon as it grapples
with a renewed effort by Iran to harass and seize
ships traveling in the strait, through which 20% of
all the world’s crude oil passes. Iran’s mission to
the United Nations did not immediately respond to a
request for comment from the AP about the U.S.
proposal.
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_to_use_€243m_bank_‘solidarity’_tax
revenue_to_fund_military_projects⠀⇛
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry will use 243
million euros raised from the so-called
solidarity tax on banks to fund military
infrastructure projects.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Small_city_southeast_of_Beijing
typifies_plight_of_flood-hit_region_as_top_official_vows_to
serve_as_‘moat_for_the_capital’⠀⇛
A small city in China’s Hebei province, where some
130,000 people have been hit by torrential
flooding, illustrates the plight of residents in
the region around Beijing, which recorded its
heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years after
Typhoon Doksuri swept through.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Heat_wave_just_won’t_quit,_with_more_record-
breaking_high_temperatures_to_come.⠀⇛
The heat_wave that just won’t quit is bringing
dangerously hot conditions from the Southern Plains
to parts of the Mississippi River Valley, Gulf
Coast, and increasingly, the Southwest, through the
weekend.
The big picture: Heat alerts are in effect for
about 70 million people from Georgia to Kansas, as
well as an area in Arizona and southeastern
California.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Axios ☛ HackerOne_lays_off_12%_of_workforce⠀⇛
Popular bug bounty program HackerOne is laying off
12% of its workforce, CEO Mårten Mickos told
employees earlier this week.
# ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Daniel_Pocock:_Conflicts_of_Interest:
Extinction_Rebellion_&_Rishi_Sunak,_Greenpeace_&_Donald
Trump⠀⇛
There have been many rumors about conflicts of
interest in the Debian Google Summer of Code and
Outreachy_internships. The only case where evidence
has appeared is the former_leader_himself,_the_very
person_who_started_rumors_about_other_mentors_and_I
included.
Yet conflicts of interest can come in many forms.
One of the most bizarre cases I’ve seen was a
pensions industry meeting in the UK.
Representatives of pension administrators and
government officials gathered in the town of
Swindon. Rishi Sunak, who has recently become Prime
Minister, attended the meeting in his former role
as local authorities minister.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ The_lesson_for_the_Fed_in_“early_hiker”_monetary
policy⠀⇛
One reason to be optimistic that U.S. inflation can
fall without a recession: Many smaller nations that
did move earlier than the Federal Reserve to hike
interest rates have done exactly that.
Why it matters: The unusual dynamics of a post-
pandemic global economy appear to be making a so-
called “immaculate disinflation” — one with minimal
pain — more plausible than it once seemed based on
the historical record.
===================================================
What they’re saying: “There are other economies we
can also look to to get some sense of what’s likely
to happen in the U.S. — other economies that were
actually a lot faster in tightening monetary
policy,” Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman
Sachs, said on a call with reporters last month.
# ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Tech_Giants_Slash_Marketing_Budgets,_Bruising
Major_Ad_Firms⠀⇛
After massive layoffs earlier this year, technology
giants have found one more item to slash: marketing
budgets.
Several large advertising companies reported a
sharp cutback in spending from US tech and telecom
companies, which had recently become some of the
largest marketers in the world.
# ⚓ Telus_slashing_6,000_jobs_in_order_to_remain_competitive⠀⇛
According to news outlets, including CBC News, the
company plans to cut approximately 6,000 jobs.
4,000 roles will be eliminated at Telus’ main
business, with the remaining 2,000 affecting Telus
International.
President and CEO Darren Entwistle claimed that the
reduction is being made with “a very heavy heart”
and was prompted by the “evolving regulatory,
competitive and macroeconomic environment.”
“Against the backdrop of rapid transformation in
our industry and the ways in which our customers
want to engage with us, today we are announcing a
significant investment in an extensive efficiency
and effectiveness initiative across Telus,”
Entwistle said in a news release obtained by CBC
News.
# ⚓ Study_after_study_shows_that_working_from_home_leads_to
more_efficiency_and_higher_quality_work_—_so_why_do_companies
want_people_back_in_the_office?_Here_are_3_possible_reasons⠀⇛
Employees overwhelmingly love the option to work
from home. More than nine in 10 prefer it
exclusively or as a hybrid arrangement, a Gallup
study shows.
Employers, on the other hand, don’t appear fully on
board, as many are calling employees back into the
office.
In some ways, employers’ resistance to remote work
is a mystery. After all, eliminating commutes gives
the average U.S. employee almost one extra hour to
work each day, according to research from the
University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute.
Plus, staff forced to work in-office are more
likely to experience burnout and low engagement,
per Gallup.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Young_Malaysians_are_livening_up
politics_on_YouTube [Ed: They help Google control the
political affairs of Malaysia]⠀⇛
Many political leaders are happy to show their
softer, funnier side on these infotainment shows to
engage the youth.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ No_signal?_How_to_continue_watching_and_reading
FRANCE_24_in_Africa⠀⇛
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_media_tycoon_Jimmy_Lai
ordered_to_pay_costs_of_‘unreasonable’_challenges_in_national
security_case⠀⇛
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has
been ordered to cover the costs of two legal
challenges linked to his high-profile national
security trial , after a local court ruled that his
litigation conduct was “unreasonable.”
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ JUVE ☛ Panasonic_and_Kather_Augenstein_launch_first
major_SEP_campaign_at_UPC_against_Oppo_and_Xiaomi [Ed:
UPC is illegal and unconstitutional, but JUVE is a
highly corrupt propaganda mill funded by Team UPC to
promote truly illegal agenda and try to "legitimise"
the crime]⠀⇛
Panasonic filed the claims at the end of
July. A UPC search website run by patent
attorney Joeri Beetz shows seven claims are
now pending at the court of first instance.
According to JUVE Patent information,
Panasonic has filed the cases at the local
divisions in Mannheim and Munich.
# ⚓ EPO_Form_1201_(“Entry_into_the_European_phase”)
discontinued_as_of_1_November_2023 [Ed: The EPO is
organised crime. This "formality" is irrelevant when
the institution already operates outside the rule of
law and breaks many laws.]⠀⇛
Information for PCT applicants on the steps
for entering the European phase will be
available on the EPO website
# ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ $2,000_awarded_for_Dominion_Harbor
entity,_Monument_Peak_Ventures,_automotive_imaging
patent_prior_art⠀⇛
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL
crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta_Aswal and
Dinesh Swamy, who split a cash award of
$2,000 for their prior art submissions on
U.S._Patent_8,836,784, owned by Monument_Peak
Ventures, an NPE and Dominion_Harbor entity.
The ‘784 patent generally relates to
automotive imaging systems employing digital
cameras that automatically transmits digital
images in response to detecting an exception
event.
# ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Injunctions_granted_in_Denmark
in_Fingolimod-cases⠀⇛
As with many other jurisdictions the fight
over Novartis’ contested Fingolimod-patent
(EP 2 959 894) (the “patent-in-suit”) is
raging on in Denmark. Two recent cases from
June and July yielded positive results for
the patent proprietor in cases against
Viatris and Zentiva respectively.
# ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ BRPTO_New_Report_on_5G_Patent
Applications_in_Brazil⠀⇛
The Brazilian PTO (BRPTO) released, on July
20, 2023, the report “5G Technology: Patent
overview in the World and in Brazil”, with an
overview of 5G Standard Essential Patent
(SEP) applications.
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_How_Did_These_Three
“Colorful”_Section_2(e)(1)_Mere_Descriptiveness_Cases
Turn_Out?⠀⇛
Here are three recent decisions under the
mere descriptiveness prong of Section 2(e)
(1): one opposition and two ex parte appeals.
How do you think they came out? Answers will
be found in the first comment.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ By_Rebranding_Twitter_as_X,_Elon
Musk_Creates_Social_Media_Confusion⠀⇛
With Elon Musk’s rebranding of the app, is
Twitter’s name really retired? What about
tweets? We unravel the terminology puzzle.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Facebook_parent_Meta_starts_blocking_news
content_in_Canada⠀⇛
Google has said it will wait until the law is
in place — expected by the end of the year —
before it starts removing links to Canadian
news from its platform.
Andy Stone, a spokesman for Meta, said in a
tweet on Wednesday: “As we’ve always said,
the law is based on a fundamentally flawed
premise. And, regrettably, the only way we
can reasonably comply is to end news
availability in Canada.”
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* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ Venom_is_not_a_good_sage’s_charge⠀⇛
In short, none of Spidey’s strengths apply at all.
Venom is sensitive to sound and fire, so someone
like The Human Torch, Banshee, Siryn, or Firestar
would be a good match for him.
Spidey could just ask one of them to “swap villains
for a day” and it’d be all sorted quickly and
easily.
Another clearcut case is over on the DC side.
# ⚓ Tanana_River:_Cranberries_and_Willow_(publ._2023-08-04)⠀⇛
I couldn’t leave the building for lunch today, so
instead I upload a few more photos from the pile.
These are from my Tanana River walk last Monday
(July 31 2023) I went to check on “my” high bush
cranberry patch.
# ⚓ What_a_shame⠀⇛
We’re performing at an adult birthday party tonight
for an age group in our wheelhouse in the sky keeps
on turning: our own.
House ready for short-term renters this weekend.
Had to muck with the outside light by the sidewalk
along the road in sun, heat, and humidity. One way
or another, wires even inside connectors tightly
wrapped with electrical tape still allows water in,
leading to wire rust that compromises connectivity.
Extra not fun due to old legacy attempts at various
lighting solutions, so I had to sort through a mass
of wires in the pole leading up to the latest light
figure. Electrocution was slightly on the table
given there doesn’t seem to be a switch controlling
it, and I can’t figure out which circuit breaker
covers it.
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ DSN_Note⠀⇛
I had some time to check out the log for DSN and
noticed a few folks were submitting articles but
the page wasn’t showing anything. I then realized
folks are trying to submit individual articles and,
unfortunately, Antenna as a whole does not
currently support individual articles. You still
need to submit a gmisub or atom feed with your non-
technical articles.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ My_Stupid_Brain_Won’t_Shutup:_Duolingo/Unrivaled⠀⇛
Most accomplishments on Duolingo aren’t
competitive – you can earn them yourself at
your own pace. One series, which involves
moving up the leagues, involves some
competition, but isn’t a big deal if you put
in 15-20 minutes a day.
And then there’s “Unrivaled”, which requires
placing 1st in the Diamond league, the
highest league.
These accomplishments are very well designed,
hooking me in even though I know I don’t want
them. It’s why most games I play don’t have
accomplishments – I don’t like getting drawn
into stuff like this, and I know I will if I
play games like that. So I generally don’t.
# ⚓ Social_Spaces⠀⇛
Do you know why I like coming here,
Bartender? The upholstery, the wood, the low
ceilings. Save for the murmur of
conversations and the occasional clink of a
glass or scraping of a chair, it’s quiet.
This isn’t the case in most establishments
any longer. Restaurants have decided to be
unbearably noisy in the last decade or so,
either for architecturally fashionable
reasons or to make it so unpleasant for
people to be in the space that they will eat
and drink faster, allowing for more ‘turns’
in a night.
We went to a retirement party for one of my
wife’s friends at a local Mexican joint. I
was actually excited to go, as we only eat
out once or twice a year. Alas, it was…well,
representative of what our social spaces have
turned into. The NIOSH sound level app on her
phone showed 89 dBA, and that was before the
mariachi band started up. ‘Conversations’
involved shouting and straining to hear the
reply. It wasn’t as loud as the nightclubs of
my youth, but the vibe was reminiscent of
those days.
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