𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Monday, August 28, 2023
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⦿ Oligarchs’ Quest to Erase Information and Rewrite History Starts by Burning Digital Libraries | Techrights
⦿ In the Month of August GNU/Linux Continued Growing on Desktops/Laptops | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 27, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ The Downfall of Microsoft (and Also the World Wide Web’s) | Techrights
⦿ White Tech Oligarchs, Including Bill Gates, Load Up on Farm Land Near Military Bases and Fuel Anti-Chinese Sentiment Through Oligarch-Owned News Channels/Sites | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/08/28/burning-of-digital-libraries/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/28/gnu-linux-growing-on-desktop/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/28/irc-log-270823/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/28/the-downfall-of-microsoft/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/28/vertical-xenophobia-tactics/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/08/28/brute-forcing-cheat-codes/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/28/linux-6-5/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/28/mozilla-firefox-117-released/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/28/synapse-room-cleaner/#comments
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/28/burning-of-digital-libraries/#comments
Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/28/burning-of-digital-libraries/
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✐ Oligarchs’_Quest_to_Erase_Information_and_Rewrite_History_Starts_by_Burning
Digital_Libraries⠀✐
Posted in Courtroom, Deception, Intellectual_Monopoly, Law at 7:23 pm by Dr.
Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum 3ff2fed4a4e8f1970e5f95605b0d3bb5
Attack on the Commons Online
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/internet-archive-legal-risk.webm
Summary: The world’s culture and historical data (information belonging in the
public domain) is being purged or under constant attacks by litigation;
consolidation of power and wealth puts at risk even the Internet Archive (IA),
probably the Web’s biggest and by far most important site
WE first did a video about the Internet Archive (IA) and Wayback_Machine early
on in 2021 (months after we had started making these videos) because we_have
some_archives_there and we make extensive use of the archives. In order to
avoid repetition today we revisit the topic and emphasise that the Internet
Archive is a highly important site that makes available material in the public
domain (without access to it, does it exist?). The copyright cartel does not
give, so we must take what’s ours to have (it’s akin to patent evergreening).
“CNET started published computer-generated garbage and in addition to that it
started removing many old articles, including decades-old archives and detailed
articles about Microsoft.”The IA has long been a convenient way to fight
disinformation, especially revisionism (people who burn the past and try to
rewrite history, lying about what actually happened). The above video mentions
the history of UNIX, BSD, GNU and Linux, taking note of Groklaw.
“Groklaw got squeezed via attacks on PJ [Pamela Jones, the editor] upfront,”
one associate recalls, whereas the “IA is being attacked over copyright, but I
suspect that those attackers really are going after the commons. I also suspect
that there is an additional layer underneath that one which wants to completely
remove all traces of old magazines and newspapers. Note that some sites have
started to go out of their way to delete selected older material.”
CNET started published computer-generated garbage and in addition to that it
started removing many old articles, including decades-old archives and detailed
articles about Microsoft. We covered_this_earlier_this_month.
“Google and its allies already put more and more DRM in the Web, gradually
denying access to it.”“There are several overlapping interests which really try
to eliminate the public’s awareness of the public domain as well as the public
domain commons itself,” the associate adds.
What would the Web be like without the Wayback Machine? What would culture be
like without Commons or the public domain? What if Fair Use doctrine did not
exist at all? The public needs to constantly push back, as time might be
running out. Google and its allies already put more and more DRM in the Web,
gradually denying access to it. WEI means doom [1, 2, 3, 4] and hopefully a
boon/opportunity_for_alternatives.
We cannot win in information warfare if our information (or our stories) gets
deleted all the time. █
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/28/gnu-linux-growing-on-desktop/#comments
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✐ In_the_Month_of_August_GNU/Linux_Continued_Growing_on_Desktops/Laptops⠀✐
Posted in GNU/Linux at 8:11 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
GNU/Linux share (in %) over time:
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Source_data_and_chart_as_OpenDocument_Format_(ODF)
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Windows and many adopt GNU/Linux; In India, for instance, GNU/Linux has more
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Down Goes Microsoft
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http://techrights.org/videos/netcraft-and-microsoft-2023.webm
Summary: The number of hostnames on the Web fell from nearly 2 billion to just
over 1 billion in a matter of 5 years; moreover, Microsoft’s relative share has
collapsed by about an order of magnitude (in some cases it’s more than 10 times
smaller than it used to be)
THE month of August is nearly over and many people return from vacation. We
wrote a great deal about Microsoft’s_layoffs_last_month (it was one_heck_of_a
bloodbath, lots of ‘Quiet_Cutting’ as explained in this_video_about_‘Quiet
Layoffs’).
“Putting aside the Web’s slow demise, watch what happened to Microsoft.” The
latest_Web_server_survey that’s released every month came out hours ago. It
shows rather appalling performance in the market by Microsoft. The numbers did
not just go down, they collapsed!
Putting aside the Web’s slow demise, watch what happened to Microsoft.
Microsoft’s numbers at the client side and the server side are both decreasing
in absolute terms and relative terms. But on the server side it’s getting to
the point where it just makes sense for Microsoft to throw in the towel and
quit the market altogether.
“Losing 10% in just one month is very significant.”Recent reports (press/media)
said that GNU/Linux now commands about 80% or 90% of servers (soon_this_won't
be_mentioned_anymore), so the “Microsoft loves Linux” PR lying campaign was
part of an effort to hijack and control the competition which was winning,
mostly through Azure, which is failing and cheating_shareholders (while hiding
the endless layoffs and other significant cuts).
To quote the latest report from Netcraft (already in our Daily Links):
Microsoft saw the largest loss this month, losing 3.1 million sites
(-9.52%), 123,295 domains (-1.74%) and 10,571 computers (-0.89%).
Microsoft now accounts for 2.73% of sites seen by Netcraft, down by
0.27pp.
Losing 10% in just one month is very significant. Is there a story behind that?
Netcraft does not tell. █
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Posted in Bill_Gates, Free/Libre_Software, Microsoft at 12:15 am by Guest
Editorial Team
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White tech oligarchs, including Bill Gates, are loading_up_on_farm_land near
military bases and fueling anti-Chinese sentiment through oligarch-owned news.
The oligarch media, which mostly lies to and gaslights Americans, who are
vulnerable to repetitions_of_false_statements which even use identical wording
over and over again, has been spewing a narrative about Chinese people buying
farm land near American military bases, as a front for the Communist Party to
spy on us.
That hysteria has led to dozens_of_American_states_to_pass_racist_anti-Asian
laws_stopping_foreign_citizens_from_owning_property. In some cases, these laws
are flat-out illegal, since Lawful Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) can
have as much land as they can buy.
Even my father, a man who spent his life working as an educated man. An
engineer, with 9 US patents on television components, who has recently suffered
two heart attacks and may not be around very much longer, is wasting what time
he has left, ranting about the “Chinese farm land” issue.
It’s a fiction being given to us as a distraction, with very real and gruesome
consequences which I will get to.
Now state legislators have embraceda novel, locally focused tactic
aimed at China’s domestic investments: restrictions on Chinese land
ownership.
[…]
Lawmakers in 33 states have introduced 81 bills this yearthat would
prohibit the Chinese government, some China-based businesses and many
Chinese citizens from buying agricultural land or property near
military bases, according to a Washington Post analysis of data
compiled by Asian Pacific American Justice, an advocacy group. A
dozen of the bills are now law in states such as Alabama, Idaho and
Virginia.
The Washington Post
In the case out of California, where_a_“shadowy”and“even_possibly_Chinese”
acquisition of all of the farm land around Travis Air Force Base, it turned out
that Flannery Associates was actually a group of White tech oligarchs, and the
media has been foaming at the mouth with anti-Asian sentiment for weeks,
sparking a federal investigation which turned up nothing, except an actual
problem, which I will return to in a moment.
A mysterious investment company is buying up large tracts of land
around a California Air Force base, raising questions about who is
behind the firm — and its intentions — amid growing fears about
Chinese businesses acquiring land near American military sites.
The investment firm Flannery Associates has bought around $800
million worth of land around Travis Air Force Base in northern
California’s Solano County, which is midway between Sacramento and
San Francisco.
[…]
Garamendi, a House Armed Services Committee member, told The Hill
that he has been investigating the land acquisitions for nearly two
years and has come up with few answers to his questions.
“We have no idea who they are,” Garamendi said. “Flannery Associates
is opaque. We have no idea where the nearly $900 million dollars has
come from. They bought well over 55,000 acres of land in the area and
[the purchase] raises a major concern.”
The Hill could not immediately contact Flannery Associates for
comment. The firm claims that 97 percent of its investors are U.S.-
based, but Garamendi said there is no way to verify that claim.
-The Hill
Well, in the end, it turned out to be mostly backed by these people.
The project was spearheaded by Jan Sramek, a 36-year-old former
trader for the investment banking firm Goldman Sachs, and is backed
by prominent Silicon Valley investors including Michael Moritz, a
venture capitalist; Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of Linkedin; Laurene
Powell Jobs, the founder of the philanthropic group Emerson
Collective and wife of Steve Jobs; Marc Andreessen, an investor and
software developer; Patrick and John Collison, the sibling co-
founders of the payment processor Stripe; and the entrepreneurs
Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman, the Times reported.
-The Guardian
Yes, Marc Andreeson, who made his money in the DotCom Bubble, largely from
Netscape Communications, and a bunch of other rich White people, are definitely
“invaders from China”.
Most of the rest of these people are affiliated with Microsoft (Nat Friedman,
GitHub, Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn, and of course there’s someone from Goldman
Sachs, a megabank that got bailed out by your tax money in 2008 and pretty much
continuously since then while you lost your jobs).
After months of stirring up racist anti-Asian, and particularly anti-Chinese
sentiment among Americans, many of whom are so stupid at this point that they
don’t even know there’s a difference, the media admits it was a bunch of rich
White dudes.
But the damage is already done. These anti-Asian laws are now on the books in
many states, and the Republican Party in particular isn’t going to let the
revelation that it’s not even Chinese people who are a threat stop them from
passing more.
What is a threat is that “Creepy Uncle” Bill_Gates_has_been_“investing”_in_farm
land. A lot of it, and now his rich buddies are joining him.
Why? Are they going to get some tractors and start milking cows and harvesting
the corn?
I’m so glad you asked. Nope. They’re basically planning to just own it and
sponge off of tenant farmers and drive up your grocery and fast food bills
while they get you hopping mad at Asian people.
Sam_Waterston who played Prosecutor Jack_McCoy, a favorite of mine on Law &
Order, gave one of his best lines ever in one episode, which bears repeating
here.
“Today’s ‘philanthropists’ are yesterday’s robber-barons.”
-Jack McCoy, Law & Order
Only he was wrong. Bill Gates never “retired” from being a robber-baron, none
of them really do. They figure out a way to rape and exploit hard-working every
day Americans with more Gordon_Gekko business tactics.
“I create nothing. I own.”
-Gordon Gekko, Wall Street
If you thought that Creepy Uncle did most of the damage he would ever do to
humanity while he was aggressively and illegally hawking terrible software at
Microsoft, you need to guess again.
This farm land thing really is a problem. Maybe states can ban rich White
people from buying so much of it.
Then after that, they can make the news apologize for the anti-Chinese lies
they’ve been spreading so much of, which_are_getting_people_killed.
It’s not just a reckless and racist disregard for the truth, it’s deliberate
and it is vile!
An 18-year-old Indiana University student was stabbed multiple times
in the head while riding a local bus in Bloomington, Ind., this past
week.
The suspect told police she stabbed the victim because the victim was
“Chinese,” adding that it “would be one less person to blow up our
country,” according to an affidavit shared with NPR.
Indiana University in Bloomington confirmed that the victim was a
student enrolled there and said it was an incident of “anti-Asian
hate.” Police did not provide details about the victim except that
she was from Carmel, a city north of Indianapolis.
[…]
The suspect, Billie R. Davis, 56, has been charged with attempted
murder, aggravated battery and battery with a deadly weapon,
according to court documents.
Since the attack, Asian American students and staff at Indiana
University have been grappling with grief, anger, anxiety, and fear,
according to Melanie Castillo-Cullather, the director of the school’s
Asian Culture Center.
[…]
Local police said surveillance footage from the Bloomington Transit
bus showed that the suspect and the victim had no interactions prior
to the assault. The victim appeared to be getting off the bus when
another passenger struck her repeatedly in the head with a knife,
according to the affidavit. The attacker then left the bus and walked
away.
-NPR
I am aware that I’ve quoted at least three oligarch-affiliated media sources
along the way, because if you read closely and monitor them enough, some truth
permeates for those who can follow what they are doing, and the real story
starts to emerge.
There is a national crisis involving farm land, and the unprovoked and
murderous attacks on Asian people in America are simply a byproduct of a
revolting distraction.
The crisis is….Bill Gates and his rich criminal buddies, and the farm land they
buy. █
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✐ Gemini_Links_28/08/2023:_Sometimes_Everything_Goes_Wrong_and_Brute_Forcing
Cheat_Codes⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 7:44 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ 1970′ish⠀⇛
I felt very confident and competent that day. I
made my way across the long, dark hallway with
impossibly-high ceiling. Past the scary round cast-
iron ash cleanout door on the wall, large, rusty
locking handle taunting me to turn it and release
the horror insided. Hugging the far wall to keep
away from it, I got past, without waking up the
scary abandoned-furnace-demon, fear pooling in my
feet like a liquid.
My destination: Unkle Kostya’s room at the end of
the hallway. I considered him a friend — he had
talked to me on several occasions, and I really
liked his looks (resembling a mustachio’ed old-
timey circus strongman from one of my books, but
really, really old, maybe 50 or 76).
I stood against the door in total silence,
wondering if he had died in his sleep, like my
grandpa.
# ⚓ 2023_Week_34:_Status_and_Photos⠀⇛
The weather has been extremely hot in the American
Midwest this past week. Beginning in the previous
weekend, temperatures have regularly reached 100 F
(38 C) or higher. Our front lawn was due to be
mowed in the middle of the week, and I went cycling
the evening after; these. combined with my air show
visit last weekend, meant that I began adjusting to
the heat. My wife, however, was absolutely
miserable.
We wanted to put a couch in our basement den, but
both of the sectionals we brought from our previous
house were too big to fit through the 29-inch
basement door. We had to buy a new couch with a
modular design and removable legs in order to get
it downstairs. After three months of waiting, the
couch finally arrived on Monday.
# ⚓ Straw_bales⠀⇛
Part of our long-term plan is to get some land and
build our own house(s) on it, in a manner that’s
suitable for self-sustainable living. Building
houses is hard work, of course, and the modern
building industry is rather problematic, so I’ve
been looking into “alternative” methods of building
for a few years.
The Centre for Alternative Technology is a bit of a
hub for that in the UK, and I was signed up to both
their “Natural Housebuilding” short course and
“Green Building” MSc pre-pandemic and pre-baby.
This year, things felt stable enough for me to get
back to it, so a friend and I went on their
“Building with Straw Bales” course last week. Five
rather intensive days of theory and practice that
left me feeling quite capable of.
I’ll detail the main things I learned day by day,
but there’s a canonical book if you want a
reference manual, which I shall link to here as
well.
# ⚓ Caterpillar_(publ._2023-08-28)⠀⇛
At one point I put a stick close to him, and then
he retracted his head inside his body and puffed
out his fake head, and after that remained stiff
and motionless in that position. Unfortunately, I
didn’t think to get a photo of that.
I captured these recordings as well. Warning, large
file size (49MB and 120MB). I made a brief effort
to convert them to some more compact format but was
losing a lot of image quality in the process. The
first video is kind of blurry, but it gives a
better exhibition of the interesting “walking”
motion.
# ⚓ Impatient,_Ascetic,_Awesome⠀⇛
I’m moving from a one bedroom apartment to a three
bedroom apartment barely a kilometre away. I was
supposed to get the keys to the new apartment on
Friday 1/9 (that’s the first of September — stop
putting the month first; you’re doing it wrong),
and since I have my kids this weekend I’ve planned
the move for Saturday 9/9 (the day is still before
the month, even if you can’t tell). I’ve booked a
truck and organised a few friends to help me.
But as luck would have it I got the keys today at
15:30. And I just can’t wait for two weeks before
starting. That’s just too long.
I packed the car full and drove over. Then did that
two more times. Then I parked the car at my old
(current?) home and took my bike to the new flat
and unpacked the few boxes I’d moved over there and
re-assembled the furniture. And in just three hours
I had moved a third of my belongings by myself.
Because I don’t own much, and I don’t own a single
thing that I can’t fit into my car and haven’t
carried alone before.
# ⚓ Sometimes_Everything_Goes_Wrong⠀⇛
On Thursday I knew I’d be done the next day at the
plant. So I changed my flight to leaving Friday at
1600. Well, before we were supposed to board, the
pilot called maintenance. Maintenance never showed
up so I missed my connecting flight in Houston. I
had United buy me a ticket on American Airlines. I
left the secure area of the Lubbock Airport, go my
checked luggage, and rechecked in at the American
Airlines counter. I had to pay $130 for my checked
bags since I do not have status on that airline. I
went back through security and waited.
# ⚓ 28th_August_2023_–_A_Week_Away⠀⇛
Today is the August bank holiday Monday for Wales,
England and possibly Northern Ireland. Scotland has
a bank holiday earlier in the month due to schools
starting earlier in the year. This is why I think
Northern Ireland might do the same as Scotland as
their schools have similar term times. It is often
a recipe for disaster thanks to rubbish weather and
SO MUCH TRAFFIC. However, I decided to brave it
this time and had the past week off work too.
The first part involved being in Plymouth to see my
parents and rest of the family. My parents were
holding a party to celebrate their 40th Wedding
Anniversary. That was fun in many a strange way and
I did spend most of the night in the garage with
the drinks. It was cooler and had fewer people
hanging around. Always makes for a better time.
Then it was my neice’s first birthday. She passed
the ‘not a hulk’ test by not smashing her cake.
Instead, she daubed herself in the cream and licked
away. There was a bit of a face smashing into the
cake but I think she just toppled over while trying
to lick in fairness.
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ Brute_Forcing_Cheat_Codes⠀⇛
Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 sent me down a pretty
unexpected rabbit hole this last weekend.
I had just beaten the main game on PSP and unlocked
a bunch of stuff, including one of the levels from
Pro Skater 3 I had really enjoyed as a kid. But
there were a lot more levels still locked and I
realized that the game expected me to complete all
the other difficulties to fully unlock everything.
I didn’t think this was much of a problem, I’d just
look up cheat codes (remember those?) and check out
all the locked levels that way. But for reasons
that only the game devs will ever know, it wouldn’t
be that simple.
# ⚓ Adding_a_fan_to_my_OrangePi_5+⠀⇛
I wasn’t expecting this to be so hard. I ordered an
RK3588 based Orange Pi 5+ a while back as a
development platform. It’s great. A good
combination CPU and GPU power. As well as a very
competitive price to performance ratio. I also
bought a large heat sink for it. However it kept
hitting thermal limit under heavy use. Yet, I
wasn’t able to find a 5V fan that would fit on top
of the heat sink. Even more so, I can’t find any
documentation about the GPIO pins.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ TIL_Bad_Habits_Can_Create_Unforeseen_Insights⠀⇛
I have the bad habit to many tabs open in my
browsers, on the Web and on Gemini. And by
many I mean hundreds. Yes, seriously.
I think I started this habit in the late
1990s while still being on dial-up. Pages
loaded slowly and I rather clicked one
promising link after the other on a SERP to
load in a new tab in the background than to
follow a link, navigate back, and follow
another link.
For various reasons, every once in a while I
have to save all those tabs in bookmark
folders to be able to close them and open
them later again. Sometimes I forget to
delete those bookmark folders and save the
tabs again after a couple of weeks or months,
depending on the circumstances.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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✐ Links_28/08/2023:_Linux_6.5⠀✐
Posted in News_Roundup at 4:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Reviews
o New_Releases
o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o FSFE
o Programming/Development
# Perl_/_Raku
* Leftovers
o Science
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Patents
o Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_August_27th,_2023⠀⇛
This week was Linux 32nd’s birthday and many of you
celebrated it in style with some very nice releases like
the LibreOffice 7.6 office suite, QEMU 8.1 virtualization
software, and Linux kernel 6.5.
Several distros were also released this week, including
Bodhi Linux 7.0, Kali Linux 2023.3, and Mageia 9. Below,
you can read this week’s hottest news and access all the
distro and package downloads in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly
roundup for August 27th, 2023.
o ⚓ 2023-08-21_[Older]_Linux_Love_Affair:_Discovering_the_Top_10_Best
Linux_Distros_of_All_Time⠀⇛
o ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_Linux_Weekly_Roundup
#249⠀⇛
o ⚓ Linux On Mobile ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_Weekly_GNU-like_Mobile_Linux
Update_(33/2023):_Maemo_Leste_turns_5_and_a_new_tablet⠀⇛
o ⚓ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Linux_vs._macOS:_Choosing_the_Best_OS_for_Your
Needs⠀⇛
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.5⠀⇛
So nothing particularly odd or scary happened this
last week, so there
is no excuse to delay the 6.5 release.
I still have this nagging feeling that a lot of
people are on vacation
and that things have been quiet partly due to that.
But this release
has been going smoothly, so that's probably just me
being paranoid.
The biggest patches this last week were literally
just to our
selftests.
The shortlog below is obviously not the 6.5 release
log, it's purely
just the last week since rc7.
Anyway, this obviously means that the merge window
for 6.6 starts
tomorrow. I already have ~20 pull requests pending
and ready to go,
but before we start the next merge frenzy, please
give this final
release one last round of testing, ok?
Linus
# ⚓ LWN ☛ The_6.5_kernel_has_been_released⠀⇛
Headline features in 6.5 include faster booting on
large x86 systems, Arm Permission Indirection
Extension support, Rust 1.68.2 support, unaccepted
memory handling, “mount beneath” support for
filesystems, the cachestat() system call, the
ability to pass a pidfd via a SCM_CREDENTIALS
control message, scope-based resource management
for internal kernel code, the deprecation of the
SLAB allocator, and more. See the LWN merge-window
summaries (part 1, part 2) and the (in-progress)
KernelNewbies 6.5 page for details.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.5_Officially_Released,_This_Is
What’s_New⠀⇛
After seven weeks of RCs, Linux kernel 6.5 is here
with new features like MIDI 2.0 support in ALSA,
ACPI support for the RISC-V architecture, Landlock
support for UML (User-Mode Linux), better support
for AMD “Zen” systems, as well as user-space
support for the ARMv8.8 memcpy/memset instructions.
Also new in Linux 6.5 is Intel TPMI (Topology Aware
Register and PM Capsule Interface) support for the
power capping subsystem and a TPMI interface driver
for Intel RAPL, and the “runnable boosting” feature
in the EAS balancer to improve CPU utilization for
specific workloads.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Three_stable_kernels [Ed: Updated below]⠀⇛
Update: 6.1.49 has also been released. “”This
upgrade is only for all users of the 6.1 series
that use the x86 platform OR the F2FS file system.
If that’s not you, feel free to ignore this
release.””
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.5_Released_With_Initial_Support
for_Wi-Fi_7_and_USB4⠀⇛
Linux 6.5 kernel is here and builds upon the work
of the previous Linux 6.4 kernel, along with some
notable changes and additions.
Linus Torvalds mentioned that this was a smooth
release overall…
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Linux_6.5_release_–_Notable_changes,_Arm,
RISC-V_and_MIPS_architectures⠀⇛
Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of
Linux 6.5 on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)…
The earlier Linux 6.4 release was outed about 2
months ago bringing us x86 linear address masking,
support for Apple M2 Arm SoC, new ptrace()
operations, the ability for unprivileged processes
to poll for pressure-stall information, a detailed
tutorial explaining how to build a trimmed kernel,
among many other changes.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Linus_Torvalds_couldn’t_find_an_excuse_to
hold_back_Linux_6.5,_so_here_it_is [Ed: The Register still
coming up with negative-sounding clickbait about Linux
releases]⠀⇛
Whatever the reason for this release appearing on
schedule, with no notable ructions, it has produced
a version of the kernel unlikely to be regarded as
particularly significant. Perhaps the most notable
inclusion is default enablement of P-State on some
AMD CPUs – meaning the kernel can manage cores more
efficiently to balance performance and power
consumption.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ GNU_Linux_Libre_6.5_Kernel_Released_for_Those
Seeking_100%_Freedom_for_Their_PCs⠀⇛
Based on the just-released Linux 6.5 kernel series,
the GNU Linux-libre 6.5 kernel is here to rework
the cleaning up of the iwlwifi driver to reflect
the revamp of blob names in it and adjust the
cleaning scripts to account for cleaned-up ARM dts
files that were moved in the “source” tree.
The GNU Linux-libre 6.5 kernel also cleans up the
usual assortment of new dts files that declare
dependencies on binary blobs, updates the cleaning
up of the amdgpu, adreno, rtl8xxxu, and x86
touchscreen drivers, as well as of the atomisp
docs, and cleans up new drivers for rtw8851b and
the TAS2781 speaker.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_Top_10_Note-Taking_Apps_for_Linux⠀⇛
In this digital age, where ideas flow like a river,
note-taking has evolved from scribbled scraps of
paper to fantastic applications that help you to
add and organize notes. From the simplest tools for
quick reminders to comprehensive platforms designed
for collaborative projects, you can use note-taking
apps as per your preferences.
We will discuss the top 10 note-taking apps that
can transform the art of jotting down thoughts on
your Linux system.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_5_Best_Linux_Package_Managers⠀⇛
As a new Linux user, you may be completely
overwhelmed with the sheer number of choices you
have regarding distributions you can install on
your computer. What is the difference between
Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, and Arch? Ultimately, the
short answer is package management.
Each Linux distro offers users a unique method of
installing and maintaining their system, with
varying degrees of user-friendliness and usability.
This guide will serve as a short primer on
performing basic tasks in each package management
system, so you can decide which is right for you.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Change_gedit_Color_Schemes_on_Linux⠀⇛
Want to change gedit’s default color scheme on your
Linux PC? There are plenty of ways to do so,
including creating your own color scheme.
# ⚓ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Linux_User_Privileges:_Adding_Users_to
sudoers_Group_in_CentOS,_Debian,_and_Ubuntu⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_How_to_Configure_a
Firewall_on_Debian_With_UFW⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Access_Linux_Files_on_iOS_and_Android
With_Network_Share⠀⇛
Set up a network-shared folder using Samba but
don’t know how to access it from your Android or
iOS smartphone? Here’s how to get started.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Change_Desktop_Wallpaper_on_a
Chromebook⠀⇛
If you’re fed up with the default wallpaper on your
Chromebook, consider changing it to something you
fancy.
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ Behavioural_differences_of_IPv6_subnet-router
anycast_address_implementations⠀⇛
The subnet-router anycast address is a unique IPv6
address that is autoconfigured on a device that is
a router (meaning net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1 in
Linux context) when the subnet prefix length is
shorter than a /127. In theory, when a host on the
subnet/local link sends a packet to this address,
it reaches the closest router in the subnet from
the host; this can mean the host itself if IPv6
forwarding is enabled. This implies the initial
leading zero address of an IPv6 subnet (::) is
going to be auto-injected into the host’s (router)
local routing table as an address of type, anycast.
So, for example, if 2001:db8::/64 is your subnet,
then 2001:db8:: is the subnet-router anycast
address.
# ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Adding_two_more_12TB_drives_to_the_mirror⠀⇛
As mentioned in several previous posts, I’m moving
a server from one chassis to another. None of the
hardware is coming over. Just the jails and data.
Recently, I’ve been trying out two new 12TB drives.
I’m looking forward to the reduced noise level, as
well as the reduced power consumption and heat.
# ⚓ Nicolas Fränkel ☛ Send_your_logs_to_Loki⠀⇛
Loki provides a RESTful API to store and read logs.
Let’s push a log from a Java app. Loki expects the
following payload structure: [...]
# ⚓ 2023-08-22_[Older]_How_to_Install_Sketchup_on_Ubuntu_for_3D
Modeling⠀⇛
# ⚓ HoneytreeLabs ☛ 2023-08-25_[Older]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_How_to_disconnect
and_connect_your_Google_Drive_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_How_to_install_Wire
Desktop_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_How_to_install_the
Brave_browser_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_How_to_install
Intellij_Idea_Community_on_a_Chromebook_in_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_How_to_install
CrossCraft_SurvivalTest_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_How_to_install_the
Opera_browser_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_How_to_install
RStudio_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_How_to_install_the
Cemu_emulator_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_How_to_install
Google_Chrome_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_Linux_Weekly_Roundup
#249⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-18_[Older]_How_to_install_the
itch.io_app_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Changing_Hostname_in_Ubuntu:_A_Step-by-
Step_Guide_for_Beginners⠀⇛
# ⚓ HoneytreeLabs ☛ Fast-lane_to_Real-Time_Linux:_How_to_Set_Up
Your_System⠀⇛
After that, reboot the system. Make sure to enter
the BIOS (typically, using the F2, F8, F10, or F12
keys). As someone who cares about low power
consumption (reduced carbon footprint), I never
thought I’d share this tip: turn off all power
management or energy saving options. Typical
keywords for this are “ACPI”, “APM” or anything
that has “power” in its name. This is important to
make sure the system is ready to execute all
commands at the right time (literally).
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ GNOME_45’s_Nautilus_File_Manager_Gets_a
Modern_Full-Height_Sidebar_Layout⠀⇛
Nautilus in GNOME 45 already received a
search performance boost, support for
dropping images directly from web pages, an
improved Grid View that now indicates starred
files too, the ability to display bytes size
as a tooltip for folder properties, and a
more adaptive design for the sidebar.
But there’s room for more new features as
Nautilus now received new “Search Everywhere”
buttons to expand the search scope and a
modern full-height sidebar layout, along with
refined sidebar sizing and folding threshold.
This is what Nautilus looks like in GNOME 45.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Ghana ☛ Pioneering_a_New_Era:_Groundbreaking_cybersecurity_Linux
Distribution_unveiled_in_West_Africa⠀⇛
In a remarkable stride towards technological advancement
in West Africa, the ingenious collaboration between
Professor Dr. Edward Danso Ansong and research assistant,
Dominic Damoah has birthed an epoch-making breakthrough –
Trend OS…
o § Reviews⠀➾
# ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ Review:_Void_20230628⠀⇛
Void certainly stands out in the Linux community.
In a world with dozens of spins of Arch Linux and
Ubuntu, Void is a rare gem, trying different
approaches and offering an unusually clean and
capable experience. The project is light on
resources, blazingly fast, and (in my experience)
stable.
Since the last time I tried Void, the developers
have fixed the sound issues I experienced in the
past and managed to keep everything else running
well without introducing any new problems. In fact,
Void seems to be error-free. I can’t recall running
into any error messages, glitches, or crashes
during my trial and that’s quite unusual.
Void is a capable distribution and, while it uses
some lighter, custom tools, it provides a great
deal of functionality.
I am a fan of what Void is doing and how it is
accomplishing its goals. The distribution is light,
fast, clean, stable, and well documented. If I had
any concerns it would be just two things. First,
the distribution requires a degree of familiarity
with Linux. This is not a beginner-friendly
project. People using Void need to be comfortable
with the command line, documentation, and text
menus. In this way, Void shares some style elements
with Arch or OpenBSD. The other warning I would
share is Void has a smaller repository of software.
All the basics are there, but there are some niche
tools, alternative web browsers, and such which are
missing. These can often be supplied through other
means, such as Flatpak or a container.
In short, for people with a bit of Linux experience
who want a clean, efficient distribution and who
don’t mind using the command line, Void is one of
the best options I’ve encountered in recent years.
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ Bodhi Linux ☛ Introducing_Bodhi_Linux_7.0:_A_Landmark
Release⠀⇛
The Bodhi team is thrilled to announce the long-
awaited release of Bodhi Linux 7.0. Built on the
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) base, Bodhi 7.0
is a momentous step forward. With a strong
commitment to improving user experience,
performance, and adhering to its core values of
minimalism and customization, this release marks a
significant milestone in the evolution of Bodhi
Linux.
o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Mageia_9_Is_Here,_Get_Ready_to_Be_Impressed⠀⇛
Mageia is a user-friendly, stable, and versatile
Linux distribution, originally forked from the
Mandriva Linux in 2010, focusing on ease of use for
new users.
It is a community-driven project offering a choice
of several desktop environments, including KDE
Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, and LXQt, which uses RPM for
software packaging and distribution.
With roots traced back to Mandrake Linux, Mageia
and OpenMandriva, who just recently released ROME
23.08, are the two modern successors to this once-
legendary distribution.
# ⚓ Beta News ☛ Mageia_9_offers_a_fresh_Linux_alternative_for
Microsoft_Windows_11_users⠀⇛
Today, Mageia 9 (which comes with Linux kernel 6.4)
is finally released. The operating system stands as
a comprehensive update, catering to both the
everyday user and the technically savvy. Whether
you’re into productivity, creativity, or just
exploring, Mageia 9 has something for you. In fact,
this Linux distribution should be an excellent
choice for those wanting to switch from Microsoft’s
Windows 11.
Firstly, Mageia has poured meticulous care into the
installation process. Those upgrading from Mageia 8
will appreciate the seamless transition, with the
RPM database shifting from Berkeley DB to SQLite.
Installation geeks might appreciate being able to
utilize different ports with an HTTP server and the
myriad of bug fixes.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ IBM Old Timer ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_What_Small_Children_Can
Do_that_AI_Doesn’t_Know_How_to_Do_(Yet)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_YAML_explained_for
Red_Hat_OpenShift_Service_on_AWS_(ROSA)_users⠀⇛
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_BPF_Type_Format
support_in_libabigail_2.3⠀⇛
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Alan Pope ☛ i386_in_Ubuntu_won’t_die⠀⇛
tl;dr In a recent thread on Mastodon, it was
revealed that Ubuntu 23.04 users can’t install the
Steam deb package from the Ubuntu archive without
jumping through some technical hoops. It turns out
this was a mistake, a bug was filed, and future
builds shouldn’t have this problem.
It’s not immediately apparent whether the
(currently ‘broken’) ISO images for Ubuntu 23.04
will be rebuilt (unlikely) or if this will stay
broken in 23.04, and users will need to ‘cope’.
To check if you’re affected in Ubuntu 23.04 on a
64-bit (x86_64) installation, run this command…
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Banana_Pi_board_equipped_with_Quad-core
Rockchip_RK3308B-S⠀⇛
This Banana Pi device doesn’t have a dedicated GPU,
but it includes diverse audio interfaces including
a built-in audio Codec, 1x I2S, 8x ADC, 2x DAC, 1x
3.5mm audio jack and various MIC pins via the 40-
pin expansion header. The company suggests that
this device can be used for speech-recognition or
IoT applications.
The 40-pin expansion header provides support for
GPIOs, I2S, MIC, Line-in, Line-out and ADC.
Similarly, the 12-pin header offers support for
GPIOs, UART, I2C, SPI, PWM and JTAG.
The Banana Pi wiki provides instructions to get
started with this board in addition to Buildroot
and Debian images.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 7_Linux_Smartphone_Operating_Systems_to
Install_on_Your_Device⠀⇛
Sick of Android? Don’t want to be locked to a
proprietary ecosystem? Security and privacy are
becoming increasingly important for smartphone
users, but what is the answer?
Is it possible to abandon Android and iOS for
another mobile operating system?
When you want an alternative operating system,
Linux is usually the answer. But which Linux phone
OSes are available to install today? When you want
to replace Android with Linux, here are the Linux
mobile distros you should try.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § FSFE⠀➾
# ⚓ FSFE ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Liability,_Interoperability_&
Free_Software_in_EU:_what_we_are_expecting⠀⇛
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Komodo_IDE_is_now_Open
Source⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_This_week_in_PSC_(113)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_#231
–_Not_Going_to_Extremes_but_Accepting_Senior_Citizens⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_231:
Min_Max⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_231:
Senior_Citizens⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_Next_stable_DBD::SQLite
will_be_released_in_the_middle_of_September⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_#230
–_Turning_Numbers_into_Characters_and_Words_into
Numbers⠀⇛
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_How_to_be_a_good_listener_–
and_how_to_know_when_you’re_doing_it_right⠀⇛
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_How_the_moon_may_become_our_cosmic
junkyard⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_New_research_reveals
that_Ötzi_the_iceman_was_bald_and_probably_from_a_farming
family_–_what_else_can_DNA_uncover?⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_We’re_talking_about
AI_a_lot_right_now_–_and_it’s_not_a_moment_too_soon⠀⇛
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_How_the_COVID_pandemic
changed_the_travel_industry⠀⇛
o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾
# ⚓ India Today ☛ Ex-Meta_employee_says_many_talented_workers
were_fired,_calls_layoffs_a_challenging_phase⠀⇛
A recent report by IANS revealed that on an
average, around 3,000 techies were being fired
every day in January. Major tech giants like Meta,
Google and Microsoft announced large-scale layoffs
at the beginning of this year, causing panic
amongst tech workers across the globe. As a result,
thousands lost their jobs and many families were
affected. Even though reports now say that the pace
of tech layoffs has slowed down, those people who
lost their jobs earlier this year continue looking
for new opportunities.
One such Meta employee, who was notified of his
layoff along with 10,000 others earlier this year,
shared his layoff story on LinkedIn. Saying that he
lost his job as part of Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘year of
efficiency’, the former Meta employee said that
layoffs have been a challenging phase of his life.
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-08-19_[Older]_Is_the_AI_boom_already_over? [Ed:
It was not a boom. It was a dump-and-dump-driven hype,
manipulated (bribed) media campaign.]⠀⇛
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_CISA_Adds_Two_Known_Exploited
Vulnerabilities_to_Catalog⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_CISA_Releases_Six_Industrial
Control_Systems_Advisories⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_KNX_Protocol⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_OPTO_22_SNAP_PAC_S1⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_CODESYS_Development_System⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_CODESYS_Development_System⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_CODESYS_Development_System⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Rockwell_Automation_Input/Output
Modules⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_CISA_Adds_Two_Known_Exploited
Vulnerabilities_to_Catalog⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_CISA_Releases_Four_Industrial
Control_Systems_Advisories⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Hitachi_Energy_AFF66x⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Trane_Thermostats⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Rockwell_Automation_ThinManager
ThinServer⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_CISA_Adds_One_Known_Exploited
Vulnerability_to_Catalog⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_CISA,_NSA,_and_NIST_Publish
Factsheet_on_Quantum_Readiness⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Schools
are_being_urged_to_prioritise_cybersecurity_learning_with_the
industry_expanding⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_NCSC
launches_expanded_Cyber_Incident_Response_Scheme_to_enhance
cybersecurity_support⠀⇛
# ⚓ RIPE ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_Route_Origin_Authorisation:
Enhancing_Network_Security_and_Unveiling_Critical_Insights⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Court_Finds_That_Teenage
Hackers_Were_Central_to_Data_Breaches_of_Uber,_Nvidia,_and
Rockstar_Games⠀⇛
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Discord’s_March_data
breach_only_affected_180_users,_but_it’s_worth_a
security_checkup⠀⇛
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_Saudi_Arabia:_Mass_Killings_of
Migrants_at_Yemen_Border⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Report_alleges_Saudi_Arabia
migrant_killings⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_China
Investigates_Citizen_Accused_of_Spying_for_CIA_-Security
Ministry⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_On_Military_Coups_and
Starvation:_Is_Western_Media’s_Perception_of_Africa_Racist?⠀⇛
# § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_US_Says
It_Does_Not_Support_Ukrainian_Strikes_Inside_Russia⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Embraer
Jet_That_Crashed,_Reportedly_Carrying_Prigozhin,_Had
Good_Safety_Record⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Russian
Mercenary_Boss_Yevgeny_Prigozhin_Challenged_the_Kremlin
in_a_Brief_Mutiny⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Russian
Mercenary_Chief_Prigozhin_Dead,_Channel_Affiliated_With
Wagner_Says⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Wagner
Mercenary_Leader,_Russian_Mutineer,_‘Putin’s_Chef’:_the
Many_Sides_of_Yevgeny_Prigozhin⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Putin’s_War_Against
Ukraine_Is_Slaughtering_Dolphins_in_the_Black_Sea⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Russia_warns_F-16s
delivered_by_the_Netherlands_and_Denmark_will_escalate
the_war⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Brazil_looks_to
gain_from_Russia’s_war_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]
Ukraine’s_Anti-Graft_Police_Zero_in_on_Major_Wartime
Corruption⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_Netherlands,_Denmark_commit
to_giving_F-16_fighter_jets_to_Ukraine⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_Ukraine_updates:
F-16_training_has_begun,_Kyiv_says⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_Ukraine_updates:
Netherlands,_Denmark_to_send_F-16s_to_Kyiv⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-19_[Older]_Egypt_resists
U.S._calls_to_arm_Ukraine⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Trudeau_‘disappointed’
Ukraine_not_invited_to_G20,_vows_to_bring_Kyiv’s
concerns_to_the_table⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_German_accused_of
selling_to_Russian_weapons_firm⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Russia_extends
detention_of_WSJ_reporter_Gershkovich⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]
Russia_continues_to_charge_Ukrainian_Prisoners_of_War
in_unofficial_courts⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Russian
Geneticist_Gets_Probation_for_DNA_Smuggling._Discovery
of_Vials_Prompted_Alarm_at_Airport⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-25_[Older]_US
Sanctions_11_Russians_and_2_Re-Education_Facilities
Involved_in_Forced_Transfer_of_Ukrainian_Kids⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Russian
Mercenary_Yevgeny_Prigozhin’s_Plane_Appeared_Fine_on
Radar_Until_Last_30_Seconds⠀⇛
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Peru’s_Manuel_Calloquispe_faces
threats_and_assaults_to_expose_environmental_damage_from
illegal_Amazon_mining⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-08-25_[Older]_Violence_restraining_orders
issued_against_Woodside_climate_protesters⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Disaster_Capitalists
Are_Circling_Maui_Like_Buzzards⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Down_the_drain_lies_a
promising_climate_and_nature_solution_–_UN_report⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-08-24_[Older]_CLIMATE_CRISIS:_Report:_Extreme
temperatures_now_five_times_more_likely_in_most_of_Europe,
including_Turkey⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Cutting_Climate_Change
Research⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_The_Dangerous
Contrivance_of_“Climate_Change”⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_The_US_and_China_Must
Unite_to_Fight_the_Climate_Crisis⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Warning_letters_sent_to
people_who_claim_they_did_not_attend_Schiphol_climate
protest⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Climate_Change
Litigation:_The_Montana_Precedent⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_Technocrats_Won’t
Solve_the_Climate_Crisis⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Hurricane_Hilary_soaked_an_already
wet_California._Is_the_drought_over?⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Climate_change_made_weather
conditions_that_powered_Quebec_fires_twice_as_likely,
scientists_say⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Canadian_wildfires
fueled_by_climate_change,_study_shows⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Climate-fueled
wildfires_lead_to_rethink_on_fire_tactics⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Germany’s_climate
policy_insufficient,_expert_group_says⠀⇛
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_The_push_to_turn
climate_culprit_CO2_into_a_green_force⠀⇛
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Ecuadorians_Vote_to_“Keep
the_Oil_in_the_Soil”_in_the_Amazon⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_Coalition’s_campaign
for_nuclear_energy_implausible,_experts_say⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-18_[Older]_What_on_Earth_is
dark_energy?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Truthdig ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_To_Adapt_to_Climate
Change,_California_Pays_the_Banks_That_Are_Part_of_the
Problem⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Energy_giant_feels
chill_of_falling_prices_after_war_boost_wears_off⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-25_[Older]
What_does_‘renewable_energy’_truly_mean_in_2023?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Geothermal
energy:_Are_we_entering_a_golden_age?⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Renewable_energy_pause
welcome_in_parts_of_rural_Alberta_as_some_say_review
long_overdue⠀⇛
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_Canada’s
Housing_Crisis_Demands_Action,_Not_Words⠀⇛
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_GCSE_results:_a_day_to
congratulate_students_and_teachers_but_also_to_address
attainment_gap⠀⇛
# ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Greens_repeat_call_for
10:1_pay_ratio_to_help_create_fairer_greener_country⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_Meta_Putting
Profit_Ahead_of_Safety_by_Blocking_Wildfire_News,_Says
Trudeau⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_Prime
Minister_Justin_Trudeau_Slams_Facebook_for_Blocking_Canada
Wildfire_News⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Facebook_and_Instagram_will
offer_chronological_Stories_and_Reels_to_comply_with_EU_law⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_Thailand
Threatens_Facebook_With_Legal_Action_Over_Alleged_Scams⠀⇛
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Facebook’s_‘state-controlled
media’_labels_appear_to_reduce_engagement⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Verge ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_Little_Musk_Who_Cries_‘Wolf’
Daily_Claims_X_Will_‘Delete’_the_Block_Feature,_But_No_One
Knows_What_That_Even_Means⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_X_is_fixing_a_‘bug’_that
wiped_out_Twitter_images_from_before_2014⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Twitter_Promises_It_Fixed_the
Bug_That_Wiped_Photos_From_Before_2014⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Elon
Musk’s_X_is_fixing_a_bug_that_deleted_photos,_links_shared_on
Twitter_before_2014⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_Elon_Musk’s_X_is_Testing_User
Verification_That_Requires_Government_ID⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Musk_Plans_to_Kill_Link
Headlines_on_Twitter⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Even_Twitter_Can’t_Kill
Twitter_|_Letter_From_the_Editor⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Even_Elon Musk_can’t_fully_wreck
Twitter’s_one_great_superpower⠀⇛
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ In_America,_Can_You_Purchase_a
Clean_Record?⠀⇛
Buying your record clean only works if you aren’t
that bad to begin with.
Lefty lunatics only have the luxury of believing in
what they say either because they can afford to
live somewhere else and not look at the problem or
because they live with their parents and don’t have
to want for things.
They certainly don’t need to buy a gun, because
they can hire a private security army to guard the
gate of their housing addition after they move
behind a wall. So your Second Amendment Rights can
go right in the garbage as far as they’re
concerned.
These people are too dangerous to give power to.
That’s why I always vote to “impeach and remove the
judges”.
I think the judges have all grown too comfortable
where they are based on what I see unfolding in the
real world, where I live.
Many people blame the bad economy for crime.
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_2023_Campus_Project
features_musicians_from_Afghanistan_and_Iran⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-25_[Older]_Canada_probes_Walmart,
Hugo_Boss_over_forced_labor_concerns⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_Amazon_Is_Investing
in_AI-Assisted_Apartheid_in_Palestine⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_McDonald’s,
CEO_Must_Face_Ex-Security_Executive’s_Race_Bias_Claims⠀⇛
o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Apple_Has_Finally_Found_a
Right_to_Repair_Bill_That_It_Likes⠀⇛
# ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ 2023-08-25_[Older]_Apple_Lends_Support_to
California_‘Right_to_Repair’_Bill [Ed: PR stunt like Apple
"fighting" for privacy (while actually fighting against it at
every turn)]⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Apple
Endorses_California_Bill_on_‘Right_to_Repair’⠀⇛
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_UK_Competition_&
Markets_Authority_rightly_declines_to_support_Apple,_auto
industry_efforts_to_devalue_standard-essential_patents_and
legitimize_collective_holdout_through_licensing_negotiation
groups⠀⇛
# ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-08-23_[Older]_Competition_Appeal
Tribunal’s_role_in_keeping_UK_open_for_business_is_vastly
underestimated:_Microsoft’s_acquisition_of_Activision
Blizzard_may_now_be_cleared_on_modified_basis [Ed: Does
Microsoft Florian intend to disclose that Microsoft paid him
for lobbying (lying)?]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_Amazon,_Meta_and_others_face
scrutiny_for_allowing_sellers_to_list_recalled_products⠀⇛
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-08-19_[Older]_Big_Law-sponsored
conference_on_standard-essential_patents_attracts
first-rate_speakers_to_Poland_in_September:
underexploited_non-UPC_enforcement_opportunity [Ed: UPC
is illegal. Even those pushing it know that UPC is
unlawful, but they don't care about the law, it's a
massive cartel of corruption sweeping across EU courts
now.]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_Not_a_single
patent_injunction_has_been_denied_or_tailored_by_German
courts_based_on_two-year-old_‘reform’_statute,_but
plaintiffs_need_to_adjust_to_new_reality_of_preliminary
invalidity_opinions [Ed: German government breaking
laws and constitutions in an effort to become the
"Eastern District of Texas" in EU]⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-08-21_[Older]_USPTO_Shares_Data_on_Multiple_IPR
Challenges [Ed: USPTO, run by Microsoft and pressuring
everybody to use OOXML (because that's how corrupt it
has become)]⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Guest_Post_by_Professors_Aneja,
Subramani,_and_Reshef:_Why_Do_Women_Face_Challenges_in
the_Patent_Process? [Ed: Patents are monopolies, not a
gender issue. The robber barons try to muddy the water
by misframing the core issue.]⠀⇛
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-08-24_[Older]_Keeping_up_with_Belgian
patent_litigation:_Year_case_law_review_2022⠀⇛
o § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_Judge_rules_that_AI-generated
art_isn’t_copyrightable,_since_it_lacks_human_authorship⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_YouTube_wants_to_benefit_from
AI-generated_music_without_the_copyright_headaches⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-21_[Older]_AI-Generated
Art_Cannot_Receive_Copyrights,_US_Court_Says⠀⇛
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-08-22_[Older]_[Book_Review]_Implied_licences
in_copyright_law⠀⇛
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-08-20_[Older]_When_is_an_artist_entitled_to
refuse_attribution_of_an_artwork?_Italian_Supreme_Court
provides_(final)_guidance_in_long-running_dispute_over_Jeff
Koons’s_The_Serpents⠀⇛
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Server
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Gentoo_Family
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Debian_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS)
o Programming/Development
# Rust
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Photography
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ You_Don’t_Have_to_Leave_Windows:_8_Ways_to
Start_Using_Linux⠀⇛
If the technical work or fiddly nature of all the
previous options doesn’t appeal to you, you can
always just buy a computer with a Linux
distribution reinstalled. These let you forget
about the nonsense of installation media and
virtualization layers and just get to work. You buy
it like you would any computer, only when you power
it on, instead of Windows or macOS, you get Linux.
Linux computers are a niche market, so it may not
seem obvious where to start looking for one. Small
retailers like System76 and Star Labs design and
sell laptops and desktop PCs specifically with
Linux in mind. We’ve reviewed some of them, in
fact, like the System76 Gazelle and the Kubuntu
Focus Ir14. Some manufacturers you’re probably
familiar with also let you configure one of their
models with Linux pre-installed, like our favorite
Linux laptop, the Dell XPS 13 Plus.
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Kubernetes_1.28:_A_New_(alpha)_Mechanism
For_Safer_Cluster_Upgrades⠀⇛
This blog describes the mixed version proxy, a new
alpha feature in Kubernetes 1.28. The mixed version
proxy enables an HTTP request for a resource to be
served by the correct API server in cases where
there are multiple API servers at varied versions
in a cluster. For example, this is useful during a
cluster upgrade, or when you’re rolling out the
runtime configuration of the cluster’s control
plane.
# ⚓ August_2023_Web_Server_Survey⠀⇛
Microsoft saw the largest loss this month, losing
3.1 million sites (-9.52%), 123,295 domains (-
1.74%) and 10,571 computers (-0.89%). Microsoft now
accounts for 2.73% of sites seen by Netcraft, down
by 0.27pp.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ This_Week_in_Linux_231:_Bodhi_Linux,_Kali
Linux,_LibreOffice,_GNOME,_KDE_&_more_Linux_news!⠀⇛
On This Week in Linux (231), we’ve got a jam-packed
show for you. Libre Office 7.6 and Bodhi Linux 7.0
have been announced. Hold onto your hats, whatever
color they may be, because Kali Linux 2023.3 is
out.
# ⚓ Open Source Security (Audio Show) ☛ Free_Software_Security
Podcast_Episode_390_–_Rust_shipping_binaries_doesn’t matter⠀⇛
Josh and Kurt talk about a blog post that explains
how C and C++ compilers prioritize performance over
correctness. This is the class story of security vs
usability. Security is never the primary goal. If a
security requirement doesn’t also enable other
business goals it will fail. We also touch on the
news of a Rust package containing binary files. It
doesn’t really have anything to do with security,
it’s all about convenience.
# ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Beating_Apple_to_the_Sauce_|_LINUX
Unplugged_525⠀⇛
We daily drive Asahi Linux on a MacBook, chat about
how the team beat Apple to a major GPU milestone,
and an easy way to self-host open-source ChatGPT
alternatives. Special Guest: Neal Gompa.
# ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_527⠀⇛
**gsl** , **gstreamer** and plugins, a bunch of
**gtk** libs, and **gvfs**
from the **l** software series of Slackware.
shasum -
a256=7ca272717d660a768d3bbcba6249e3e6fb4f3675e361e96185774e2574010659
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Linux_Kernel_6.5:_Deep_Dive_into_Features_&
Enhancements⠀⇛
The Linux community is abuzz with excitement and
for a good reason. Just days after celebrating its
32nd anniversary, the much-anticipated Linux Kernel
6.5 has been unveiled.
# ⚓ Bootlin ☛ Linux_6.5_released,_Bootlin_contributions⠀⇛
Linux 6.5 was released yesterday, with as usual
over 10,000 commits from a large number of
contributors. We recommend reading LWN.net articles
on the merge window (part 1, part 2), but also the
CNX Software page that focuses on embedded-related
improvements.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 7_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Graphical_Linux
Diff_Tools⠀⇛
Linux has many good GUI tools that enable you to
clearly see the difference between two files or two
versions of the same file.
These utilities are an essential software
development tool, as they visualize the differences
between files or directories, merge files with
differences, resolve conflicts and save output to a
new file or patch, and assist file changes
reviewing and comment production (e.g. approving
source code changes before they get merged into a
source tree). They help developers work on a file,
passing it back and forth between each other. The
diff tools are not only useful for showing
differences in source code files; they can be used
on many text-based file types as well. The
visualizations make it easier to compare files.
Here’s our ratings chart capturing our verdict.
Only free and open source software is eligible for
inclusion. DiffPDF is different from the other
tools, as it compares two PDF files.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Awesome_Linux_Game_Tools:_noise-suppression-
for-voice⠀⇛
noise-suppression-for-voice is a noise suppression
plugin based on RNNoise, a noise suppression
library based on a recurrent neural network.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ diskover:_Open-source_File_Search_and_Indexer
Tool_For_Data_Engineers⠀⇛
Diskover is an open source file system indexer that
uses Elasticsearch to index and manage data across
different storage systems. This means that Diskover
is a powerful tool for system administrators to
manage their storage infrastructure and make
informed decisions about new infrastructure
purchases.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ 35_Free_Open-source_Data_and_Files_Recovery_and
Forensic_Apps,_and_Scripts⠀⇛
Data recovery is the process of retrieving lost,
corrupted, or deleted data from a storage device
such as a hard drive, USB drive, or memory card.
Data recovery is often used to restore important
files that have been accidentally deleted or lost
due to hardware failure or other issues.
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ KDE_Video_App_Haruna_Adds_Some_Neat_New
Features⠀⇛
When I watch videos on KDE Plasma I do so using
Haruna, a Qt-based media app with a pleasant UI and
a potent feature set.
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Nautilus_Has_a_New_Look_in_GNOME_45⠀⇛
The latest nightly builds of the Nautilus file
manager sport a split header-bar look.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to
Corel_WinZip⠀⇛
WinZip is a file archiver and compressor. What are
the best free and open source alternatives?
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Using_Finger_Command_in_Linux⠀⇛
The finger command is a user information lookup
utility that allows users (mostly system admins) to
list logged-in users including login time, terminal
type, and more.
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ Manage_multiple_social_media_accounts_with
Rambox_on_Linux_Mint⠀⇛
Rambox is a an app that allows you to connect
multiple social media sites into one application.
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_Ansible_lint_improves_playbook_debugging⠀⇛
Ansible lint is a command line tool that checks
Ansible Playbooks for errors and suggests
improvements for the code written in the playbooks.
This helps the users adhere to certain standards to
follow while writing the playbooks to maintain the
integrity of their code.
This article demonstrates how to install Ansible
lint. We will also explore use cases and how to
prevent errors during execution of playbooks and
save debugging time.
# ⚓ How_to_Install_MySQL_Workbench_on_Linux⠀⇛
MySQL Workbench is a GUI front-end (or IDE) tool
that integrates SQL development, enabling
developers to easily design, model, and manage
MySQL databases in a visual and efficient manner.
# ⚓ nixCraft ☛ How_to_install_vim_in_Alpine_Linux⠀⇛
Learn how to install Vim, the most popular text
editor for server-based environments, on Alpine
Linux using the command “apk_add_vim” command and
Docker or LXD (Linux container) image.
# ⚓ How_to_Configure_Network_Bonding_or_Teaming_on_RHEL⠀⇛
Bonding is a Linux kernel feature that allows
multiple network interfaces (such as ens192,
ens224) to be aggregated into a single virtual
network interface called channel bonding (bond0).
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Using_Your_Phone_as_Camera_and_Mic_in_Ubuntu
Linux⠀⇛
You can use your smartphone if you don’t have a
webcam and dedicated mic with your desktop system.
Here’s how to do that in Ubuntu Linux.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ What_You_Need_to_Know_About_HTTP_Requests⠀⇛
Welcome to the comprehensive guide to HTTP
Requests! As a web developer, understanding how
HTTP Requests work is crucial for building
efficient and secure web applications. In this
article, we will delve deep into the world of HTTP
Requests, exploring their structure, functionality,
and best practices.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Redis_on_Fedora_38⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Redis on Fedora 38. For those of you who didn’t
know, Redis is more than just a database; it’s an
efficient and versatile in-memory data structure
store.
# ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_To_Install_Canon_Printer_Driver_In_Ubuntu
22.04_LTS⠀⇛
Canon Printer is one of the most widely used
printers right now. Due to its increasing usage,
Canon started to provide support for Linux users
too.
# ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_To_Install_Grub_Customizer_On_Ubuntu
22.04_LTS_And_Linux_Distros⠀⇛
Grub Customizer is a software package that allows
the user to customize the Grub boot menu.
# ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_to_Fix_the_“sudo:_command_not_found”
Error_on_Linux⠀⇛
\sudo is installed by default in most of the Linux
but this might not be the case on all distros.
# ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_create_and_manage_snippets_in_Vim_with
Ultisnips⠀⇛
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Gentoo Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Gentoo ☛ Final_Report,_Automated_Gentoo_System_Updater⠀⇛
✐ Project Goals⠀✐
Main goal of the project was to write an app that
will automatically handle updates on Gentoo Linux
systems and send notifications with update
summaries. More specifically, I wanted to: [...]
# ⚓ Gentoo ☛ gentoo_update_User_Guide⠀⇛
§ Introduction
This article will go through the basic usage
of gentoo_update CLI tool and the mobile app.
But before that, here is a demo of this project:
[...]
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Anaconda_F39′s_Advanced_Partioner_(Bivet-GUI)_vs_Calamares
3.2.61⠀⇛
Sequence of snapshots down here demostrates F39WKS
KVM Guest setup via Fedora-39-20230827.n.0
(netinst-everything boot ISO image).
[...]
In my very personal opinion Anaconda F39′s Advanced
Partioner (Blivet-GUI) behaves pretty much the same
way as the most recent versions of Calamares on
SparkyLinux 7, Manjaro 22.1, Ubuntu 23.04 DDE Remix
. However , at the moment I was forced to perform
manual inputs of names of filesystems like /boot/
efi in Anaconda Blivet-GUI environment versus
picking them up from drop-down Calamares’s menu and
setting to partitions required flags.
`
§ Debian Family⠀➾
* ⚓ Jonathan_McDowell:_OMGWTFBBQ_2023⠀⇛
As is traditional for the UK August Bank Holiday weekend I made
my way to Cambridge for the Debian UK BBQ. As was pointed out
we’ve been doing this for more than 20 years now, and it’s
always good to catch up with old friends and meet new folk.
* ⚓ Steve McIntyre ☛ Steve_McIntyre:_We’re_back!⠀⇛
It’s August Bank Holiday Weekend, we’re in Cambridge. It must
be
the Debian UK OMGWTFBBQ!.
We’re about halfway through, and we’ve already polished off
lots and lots of good food and beer. Lars is making pancakes as
I write this, 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:-)⦈ We had an awesome game
of Mao last night. People are having fun!
* ⚓ Andrew_Cater:_20230826_–_OMGWTFBBQ_–_Breakfast_is_happening_more_or
less⠀⇛
And nothing changes: rediscovered from past Andrew at his
first Cambridge BBQ and almost the first blog post here:
“Thirty second rule on sofa space – if you left for more than
about 30 seconds you had to sit on the floor when you got back
(I jammed myself onto a corner of the sofa once I realised I’d
barely get through the crush 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈ )
[Forget students in a mini / UK telephone box - how many DDs
can you fit into a very narrow kitchen 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈
]
It’s a huge, dysfunctional family with its own rules, geeky
humour and in-jokes but it’s MINE – it’s the people I want to
hang out with and, as perverse as it sounds, just being there
gave me a whole new reaffirmed sense of identity and a large
amount of determination to carry on “wasting my time with
Linux” and Debian”
The *frightening* thing – this is from August 31st 2009 … where
have the years gone in between.
* ⚓ Debian_12_templates_available⠀⇛
The following new templates are now available:
Qube OS 4.1
[...]
§ Devices/Embedded⠀➾
* ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Sipeed_unveils_RISC-V_tablet,_portable_Linux_console,
and_cluster⠀⇛
Sipeed has unveiled three new hardware platforms based on the
LM4A RISC-V system-on-module found in their LicheePi 4A SBC,
namely the Lichee Cluster 4A cluster for native RISC-
V compilation, the Lichee Pad 4A 10.1-inch tablet running
Android 13 or Debian, and the Lichee Console 4A a portable
Linux console with a small 7-inch display and a built-in
keyboard.
As a quick reminder, the Sipeed LM4A SoM is based on the
Alibaba T-Head TH1520 quad-core RISC-V processor @ 1.8 to 2.5
GHz that has just gotten some support in Linux 6.5, comes with
up to 16GB RAM and up to 64 GB eMMC flash, integrates two
Gigabit Ethernet PHY, and exposes all I/Os through a 260-pin
SO-DIMM connector. We’ve previously noticed the TH1520 module
delivers performance similar to the Raspberry Pi Compute Module
4 and even more when using a customized toolchain.
§ Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
* ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Card/IO_Is_A_Credit_Card-Sized,_Open_Source_ECG_Monitor⠀⇛
Of all the electrical signals generated by the human body,
those coming from the heart are probably the most familiar to
the average person. And because it’s also quite simple to
implement the required sensors, it makes sense that
electrocardiogram (ECG) machines are a popular choice among
introductory medical electronics projects. [Dániel Buga], for
instance, designed a compact ECG system the size of a credit
card, cleverly dubbed Card/IO, that clearly demonstrates how to
implement a single-lead ECG.
* ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ How_to_Send_Alerts_From_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_W_to_a_Phone
or_Tablet⠀⇛
Want to send notifications, messages, files without the hard
work? With a Raspberry Pi Pico W and ntfy.sh we can do that,
and more.
* ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Tasty_Raspberry_Pi_Project_Cooks_Up_Actual_Raspberry
Pie⠀⇛
Steve Kasuya is using a Raspberry Pi to bake an actual
Raspberry Pie with his Pi-powered temperature-controlled oven.
§ Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
* ⚓ Network 18 Media and Investments Ltd ☛ InMobi’s_Glance_Launches_In
Japan,_Aims_For_40_Percent_Of_Android_Market_–_Forbes_India⠀⇛
* ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Android’s_Find_My_Device_likely_to_get_a_major
upgrade_soon:_Track_anything,_anywhere,_safely_|_Tech_News⠀⇛
* ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ Android_14_brings_a_feature_that_iPhones_have_had_for
ages_—_here’s_how_to_turn_it_on_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛
* ⚓ Android Police ☛ How_to_bookmark_all_Chrome_tabs_on_Android⠀⇛
* ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ How_to_Change_Instagram_Privacy_Settings_on_Android?⠀⇛
* ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Create_More_Helpful_Notes_in_Google_Keep_on
Android⠀⇛
* ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ YouTube_tests_a_new_hum-to-search_feature_on_Android
|_Tech_News⠀⇛
§ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
* ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Mosh_supports_.ssh/config⠀⇛
I’ve recently started using Mosh. It’s a clever bit of software
that keeps your SSH sessions running, even if your client goes
offline or changes IP address.
* ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Explore_FFmpeg_From_The_Comfort_Of_Your_Browser⠀⇛
If you’re looking to manipulate video, FFmpeg is one of the
most powerful tools out there. But with this power comes a
considerable degree of complexity, and a learning curve that
looks suspiciously like a brick wall. To try and make this
incredible tool a bit less obtuse, [Sam Lavigne] has developed
a web interface that lets you play around with FFmpeg’s vast
collection of audio and video filters.
* § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
o § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Mozilla_Firefox_117_Is_Now_Available_for
Download,_Here’s_What’s_New⠀⇛
During the beta phase, Firefox 117 offered an
awesome new feature that other browsers already
have, namely a built-in and automatic translation
engine for websites, but that’s privacy-aware as it
does all the translation locally in your web
browser. Unfortunately, the final release doesn’t
ship with this long-anticipated feature!
For Linux users, the Mozilla Firefox 117 release
appears to remove the screen-sharing indicator on
Wayland systems. According to Mozilla, the screen
sharing indicator never worked well on other
platforms, including Wayland.
* § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾
o ⚓ Medevel ☛ AuroraCMS:_Open-source_CMS_for_Australian_Businesses
That_can_Manage_Farms⠀⇛
AuroraCMS is an exceptional and completely free
Australian open source content management system that is
specifically designed to cater to the needs of
businesses. The CMS is built using PHP, jQuery, and
iCONS.
* § Programming/Development⠀➾
o ⚓ Rlang ☛ How_to_make_Data_Visualizations_THAT_GO_VIRAL_(with
ggplot2_in_R)⠀⇛
Quit “storytelling with data”. There’s a reason your data
visualizations aren’t working. Hear me out.
o ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ How_to_use_Tailwind_CSS_in_your_Go_programs⠀⇛
When I work on some of my smaller projects, I end up
hitting a point where I need more than minimal_CSS
configuration. I don’t want to totally change my
development flow to bring in a bunch of complicated
toolkits or totally rewrite my frontend in React or
something, I just want to make things not look like
garbage. Working with CSS by itself can be annoying.
o ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ Reaching_the_Unix_Philosophy’s_Logical_Extreme_with
Webassembly⠀⇛
Good morning Berlin! How’re you doing this fine morning?
I’m Xe and today I’m gonna talk about something that I’m
really excited about:
WebAssembly. WebAssembly is a compiler target for an
imaginary CPU that your phones, tablets, laptops, gaming
towers and even watches can run. It’s intended to be a
level below JavaScript to allow us to ship code in
maintainable languages. Today I’m gonna be talking about
fun ways you can take advantage of WebAssembly, but first
we need to talk about the other main part of this
subject: [...]
o ⚓ Akshay_Warrier:_GSoC_2023_Final_Project_Report⠀⇛
§ Project Title⠀➾
Make GNOME Platform demos and create offline
documentation viewer for Workbench
§ Mentors⠀➾
Sonny Piers, Andy Holmes
§ About The Project⠀➾
Workbench is an application that lets you experiment and
tinker with GNOME technologies. It’s aimed at beginners
who want to get into GTK development or developers who
want to prototype a feature for their apps.
o ⚓ Felipe_Borges:_An_update_on_GNOME_Settings⠀⇛
There’s no question that GNOME_Settings is important to
the overall GNOME experience and I feel flattered to
share the responsibility of being one of its maintainers.
I have been involved with Settings for almost a decade
now but only in the last few months I have started to
wear the general maintainer hat “officially”.
o § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ Dave_Patrick_Caberto:_GSoC_2023:_Rust_and_GTK_4_Bustle
Rewrite_(Final_Overview)⠀⇛
Over the summer, I worked on rewriting Bustle in
Rust and GTK 4 as part of the Google Summer of Code
(GSoC) 2023 program. This post is an overview of
the work done and the future plans for the project.
# ⚓ From_tui-rs_to_Ratatui:_6_Months_of_Cooking_Up_Rust_TUIs⠀⇛
Let’s take a look at what is new in the new version
of “Ratatui” and how it became the successor of
tui-rs.
§ Leftovers⠀➾
* ⚓ India Times ☛ Steve_Jobs’_handwritten_ad_sells_for_over_Rs_1.4_crores⠀⇛
A handwritten advertisement penned by Steve Jobs has recently
fetched a remarkable sum of over $175,000 (Rs 1.4 crores) in a
notable sale. This document offers a revealing glimpse into
Jobs’ visionary creativity and unparalleled attention to
detail, qualities that set him apart from others in the
industry at that time. The item, auctioned by Boston RR
Auction, holds significant historical value as an original
piece written by Steve Jobs himself specifically for the Apple
1 computer. Through this artefact, the embryonic stages of
Apple’s genesis within Jobs’ garage, as well as his
entrepreneurial zeal and meticulous nature, come to light.
* ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Using_what_you_have_is_better_than_not!⠀⇛
I’ve caught myself making another logical mistake over, and
over, and over again, and thought I’d share it.
I was trying to figure out why I’m able to work through and
resolve technical issues for clients at work so quickly, yet
things I have at home languish for weeks, months, or even
years. We’ve all heard the phrase that the cobbler’s children
walk barefoot, but I wanted to know why.
* ⚓ Shirish_Agarwal:_FSCKing_/home⠀⇛
There is a bit of context that needs to be shared before I get
to this and would be a long one. For reasons known and unknown,
I have a lot of sudden electricity outages. Not just me, all
those who are on my line. A discussion with a lineman revealed
that around 200+ families and businesses are on the same line
and when for whatever reason the electricity goes for all. Even
some of the traffic lights don’t work. This affects hardware
more than hardware. And more specifically HDD’s are vulnerable.
* ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_pushback_against_productivity_hacks⠀⇛
Remember the early 2010s when it seemed everyone was getting
into #productivity? The idea that all these emergent tools
could be used to unlock a new, more productive, and happier
you? Heck, maybe even more handsome or beautiful, because you’d
be disruptively synergising all those nuanced paradigms with
such orthogonal elegance.
More than a decade on, and most people are still living out of
text editors and glorified #TODO lists. In the words of moral
philosopher Curtis Stigers, I wonder why?
* § Science⠀➾
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Text_Compression_Gets_Weirdly_Efficient_With_LLMs⠀⇛
It used to be that memory and storage space were so
precious and so limited of a resource that handling
nontrivial amounts of text was a serious problem. Text
compression was a highly practical application of
computing power.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Physicists_Visualize_Quantum_Yin-Yang_in
Entangled_Light_Experiment⠀⇛
A new way of measuring quantum states.
* § Education⠀➾
o ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Massive_Wi-Fi_outage_at_UMich_affects_all_three
campuses⠀⇛
With the fall semester beginning tomorrow, the University
is working toward restoration this evening. In an email
to The Michigan Daily, a university spokesperson
encouraged students to stay updated via the U-M ITS X
account.
* § Hardware⠀➾
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Turning_Soviet_Electronics_Into_A_Nixie_Tube_Clock⠀⇛
Sometimes you find something that looks really cool but
doesn’t work, but that’s an opportunity to give it a new
life. That was the case when [Davis DeWitt] got his hands
on a weird Soviet-era box with four original Nixie tubes
inside. He tears the unit down, shows off the engineering
that went into it and explains what it took to give the
unit a new life as a clock.
o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Configuring_Adaptec_SCSI_CD-ROMs_on_DOS⠀⇛
I’ve been experimenting with various CD-ROMs in my
Am386’s cute but weird AT case. The vertical orientation
makes traditional tray loading drives difficult to use,
even ones sporting those special clips. I found a slot-
loading SCSI Pioneer drive that might do the trick, so
this weekend I set about configuring it.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ When_Does_Impedance_Matching_A_PCB_Trace_Become
Unavoidable?⠀⇛
A common joke in electronics is that every piece of wire
and PCB trace is an antenna, with the only difference
being whether this was intentional or not. In practical
terms, low-frequency wiring is generally considered to be
‘safe’, while higher frequency circuits require special
considerations, including impedance (Z) matching. Where
the cut-off is between these two types of circuits is not
entirely clear, however, with various rules-of-thumb in
existence, as [Sebastian] over at Baltic Lab explains.
* § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
o ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ Screen_time_contributes_to_sleep_deprivation
in_tweens,_teens._Rest_is_critical_to_mental_health.⠀⇛
A growing body of research is finding strong links
between sleep, mental health and screen time in teens and
tweens — the term for pre-adolescent children around the
ages of 10 to 12. Amid an unprecedented mental health
crisis in which some 42% of adolescents in the U.S. are
suffering from mental health issues, teens are also
getting too little sleep.
And it is a vicious cycle: Both a lack of sleep and the
heightened activity involved in the consumption of social
media and video games before bedtime can exacerbate or
even trigger anxiety and depression that warrant
intervention.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Covid_Closed_the_Nation’s_Schools._Cleaner_Air
Can_Keep_Them_Open.⠀⇛
Scientists and educators are searching for ways to
improve air quality in the nation’s often dilapidated
school buildings.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Not_Over_Yet:_Late-Summer_Covid_Wave_Brings
Warning_of_More_to_Come⠀⇛
Hospitalizations are still low but are on the rise in
recent weeks, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
* § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾
o ⚓ Simon Willison ☛ Making_Large_Language_Models_work_for_you⠀⇛
I gave an invited keynote at WordCamp 2023 in National
Harbor, Maryland on Friday.
I was invited to provide a practical take on Large
Language Models: what they are, how they work, what you
can do with them and what kind of things you can build
with them that could not be built before.
o ⚓ Axios ☛ AI_could_choke_on_its_own_exhaust_as_it_fills_the_web⠀⇛
The internet is beginning to fill up with more and more
content generated by artificial intelligence rather than
human beings, posing weird new dangers both to human
society and to the AI programs themselves.
o § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ Texas Public Radio ☛ System_outage_crashes_Texas’_vehicle
inspection_system⠀⇛
DPS said in a release the outage was ongoing and
did not allow stations in “safety-only” counties to
conduct proper inspections.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Analysis_of_RAR_Exploit_Files_(CVE-2023-38831),_
(Mon,_Aug_28th)⠀⇛
My tool zipdump.py can be used to analyse the
latest exploits of vulnerability CVE-2023-38831 in
WinRAR.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ 3_Malware_Loaders_Detected_in_80%_of
Attacks:_Security_Firm⠀⇛
QakBot, SocGholish, and Raspberry Robin are the
three most popular malware loaders, accounting for
80% of the observed incidents.
* § Security⠀➾
o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Juggalos_Are_the_Targets_of_Clownish
Discrimination_and_Police_Harassment⠀⇛
The SACB was abolished in 1972, but the damage was
already done — Congress had set the standard for
military and federal law enforcement agencies, who
continue to use the act, officially known as
Security Act 50 U.S.C. § 797, as a framework for
group surveillance to this day.
And if state investigations of the Left were a
farce, the investigation into Juggalos was a clown
show.
In recent years, a large dossier on the now-
abandoned investigation has been unclassified. The
ultimately fruitless 2011 National Gang Threat
Assessment linked Juggalos to a number of
nonviolent crimes such as narcotics possession and
graffiti. Almost half the dossier is dedicated to
reports of “Juggalo gang action” perpetrated by
groups as small as three — though most alleged gang
crime was carried out by a lone actor. Perpetrators
become “button men” based on loose associations,
while Juggalo friends become “shot callers.” Those
Juggalos who have engaged in physical violence are
mostly those who are also members of actual gangs,
like the Crips or the Aryan Brotherhood.
* § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
o ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ It’s_Never_a_Bad_Time_to_Remind_Ourselves_That
Henry_Kissinger_Is_a_Murderous_War_Criminal⠀⇛
Unlike other war criminals from Richard Nixon to George
W. Bush, Henry Kissinger’s reputation has never received
public rehabilitation. He hasn’t needed it — despite his
murderous rap sheet, the media and political
establishment has always fawned over him.
o ⚓ CBS ☛ Kentucky_high_school_teens_charged_with_“terroristic
threats”_after_TikTok_challenge⠀⇛
Investigators said that three separate incidents at
Oldham County High School on Aug. 14, 15, and 17 were
related to the TikTok challenge, which encourages
students to record a video of themselves telling a
teacher there was a bomb or gun in their backpack as a
“joke.”
o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Kias_and_Hyundais_Keep_Getting_Stolen_by_the
Thousands_and_Cities_Are_Suing⠀⇛
A viral Tiktok trend that began in 2021 demonstrated how
the companies failed to install a basic anti-theft
technology that made them trivially easy to steal.
o ⚓ VOA News ☛ US_Airstrike_Kills_13_Al-Shabab_Militants⠀⇛
Meanwhile, al-Shabab militants raided the recently
liberated village of Cowsweyne in the central Galmudug
state, killing government soldiers early Saturday,
security sources told VOA.
o ⚓ NPR ☛ Islamic_State_group_almost_doubled_its_territory_in_Mali_in
under_a_year,_U.N._says⠀⇛
Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the
territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and
their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the
deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that
signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts
said in a new report.
o ⚓ VOA News ☛ Iran_Says_Uranium_Enrichment_Continues_Based_on
Domestic_Law⠀⇛
In 2020, Iran’s hardline parliament passed a law
requiring the government to take measures such as
stepping up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under
Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal if other parties did not fully
comply with the deal.
o ⚓ India Times ☛ France_to_ban_wearing_Islamic_abayas_in_schools⠀⇛
“When you walk into a classroom, you shouldn’t be able to
identify the pupils’ religion just by looking at them,”
the minister said.
France, which has enforced a strict ban on religious
signs in state schools since 19th century laws removed
any traditional Catholic influence from public education,
has struggled to update guidelines to deal with a growing
Muslim minority.
o ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ France_to_ban_Muslim_abaya_dresses_in_schools⠀⇛
The Education Ministry at the time issued a circular
including the abaya in a group of items of clothing which
could be banned should they be donned “in a manner as to
openly display a religious affiliation.” The circular
also singled out bandanas and long skirts.
The controversy surrounding the abaya intensified in
2020, when a radicalized Chechen Muslim beheaded a
teacher. The teacher had shown students caricatures of
Muslim prophet Mohammed.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Knew_Saudis_Were_Killing_African_Migrants⠀⇛
Last fall, American diplomats received grim news that
border guards in Saudi Arabia, a close U.S. partner in
the Middle East, were using lethal force against African
migrants who were trying to enter the kingdom from Yemen.
o ⚓ Site36 ☛ What_is_Frontex_doing_in_Senegal?_Secret_services_also
participate_in_their_network_of_“Risk_Analysis_Cells”⠀⇛
o ⚓ Site36 ☛ Second_Frontex_drone_crashed_near_Crete:_Airbus_was
allowed_to_fly_the_“Heron_1”_alongside_civilian_aircraft⠀⇛
o ⚓ Reports_of_torture,_ill-treatment_rise_in_2022,_says_rights
group⠀⇛
The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey has released its
annual report on torture and ill-treatment based on the
submissions received by the organization.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Aleppo_airport_out_of_service_after_Israeli_strike,
says_Syrian_media⠀⇛
An Israeli airstrike hit the international airport in the
city of Aleppo in northern Syria early on Monday,
damaging a runway and putting it out of service, Syrian
state media said.
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ French_ambassador_stays_in_Niger,_defying
junta,_as_Macron_defends_French_policy⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron says France’s ambassador
is staying at his post in Niger despite being asked to
leave by the ruling junta. Macron spoke out firmly
against the coup leaders while insisting Monday that
France is not Niger’s enemy. The junta has been
exploiting grievances among the population toward former
colonial ruler France, and has turned to Russian
mercenary group Wagner for help. Macron dismissed
concerns that standing up to the junta could be
dangerous. French Ambassador Sylvain Itte was asked to
leave Niger within 48 hours in a letter Friday from the
Nigerien Foreign Ministry. France has consistently
acknowledged only the authority of Bazoum..
o § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Baltics_and_Poland_demand_Wagner_mercenaries_leave
Belarus⠀⇛
Interior Ministers from Poland and the Baltic
States met in Warsaw August 28 to discuss further
coordination of their border security efforts in
view of the Belarusian regime’s hybrid warfare
people-smuggling operation and the threat posed by
aggressor state Russia
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Remotely_Stopping_Polish_Trains⠀⇛
Turns out that it’s easy to broadcast radio
commands that force Polish trains to stop:
…the saboteurs appear to have sent simple
so-called “radio-stop” commands via radio
frequency to the trains they targeted.
Because the trains use a radio system
that lacks encryption or authentication
for those commands, Olejnik says, anyone
with as little as $30 of off-the-shelf
radio equipment can broadcast the command
to a Polish train—sending a series of
three acoustic tones at a 150.100
megahertz frequency—and trigger their
emergency stop function…
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poland,_Baltics_Warn_Of_Further_Border_Closures
Over_Wagner_Fears⠀⇛
Poland and the Baltic states of Lithuania and
Latvia say they will completely seal off their
borders with Belarus if a “critical incident”
involving Wagner mercenaries occurs.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Two_Russian_Soldiers_Incarcerated_For_Refusing_To
Return_To_War_In_Ukraine⠀⇛
A military court in the Russian city of Sochi has
sentenced two soldiers to terms of at least two
years in penal colonies for refusing to return to
the war in Ukraine.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_starts_training_drone_pilots⠀⇛
Finland has been closely monitoring the use of
unmanned drones in Ukraine, according to the
Finnish Defence Forces.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Charges_Former_U.S._Consulate
Employee_for_Collecting_Information_About_the_War⠀⇛
Robert Shonov, a Russian national, faces up to
eight years in prison. The U.S. has said the
allegations against him are “wholly without merit.”
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Sweden_Charges_Man_Arrested_Last_Year_In_Predawn
Raid_With_Spying_For_Russia⠀⇛
A Russian-born Swedish citizen was charged August
28 with collecting information for the Russian
military intelligence service GRU for almost a
decade.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Sweden_charges_man_arrested_last
year_in_predawn_raid_with_spying_for_Russia⠀⇛
A Russian-born Swedish citizen has been charged
with collecting information for Russia’s military
intelligence service GRU for almost a decade.
Sweden’s Prosecution Authority said Monday that 60-
year-old Sergey Skvortsov is accused of “gross
illegal intelligence activities against Sweden and
against a foreign power.” Prosecutor Henrik Olin
later said the other foreign power was the United
States. Skvortsov and his wife were arrested in
November in a predawn operation in Nacka, outside
Stockholm. Swedish media earlier reported that
elite police rappelled from two Black Hawk
helicopters to arrest the couple. Skvortsov has
been held in custody since his arrest and denies
any wrongdoing. The trial is to start Sept. 4.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Thousands_of_Russians_may_be_asked_to_leave_Latvia
from_September⠀⇛
It is possible that several thousands of Russian
citizens living in Latvia may have to leave Latvia
in the near future because they have not done
anything to extend their residence permit status,
as is required by law.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_plans_to_close_two_more_border_checkpoints
with_Belarus_–_minister⠀⇛
Lithuania is planning to close two more checkpoints
on the border with Belarus, Interior Minister Agnė
Bilotaitė said on Monday.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ An_evacuation_order_finds_few
followers_in_northeastern_Ukraine_despite_Russia’s_push_in
the_region⠀⇛
Neighborhood children frolic in a playground in the
village of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, seemingly immune to
the war unfolding a short distance away on a front
line where Russia has assembled combat troops. The
mother of a 5-year-old says the thunder of mortar
fire that punctuates the monotony of daily life is
normal, but Ukrainian authorities have advised
residents of 37 villages and towns in Kharkiv
province to evacuate. Most people near the renewed
hostilities are ignoring calls to leave as the
battle inches closer to their backyards. Some are
paralyzed by indecision, while others say they
can’t bring themselves to face the hardships of
displacement.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Ukraine_says_it_has_liberated_strategic
southeastern_settlement_Robotyne⠀⇛
Ukraine said on Monday its troops had liberated the
southeastern settlement of Robotyne and were trying
to push further south in their counteroffensive
against Russian forces.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Second_civilian_cargo_ship_from
Ukrainian_port_reaches_Istanbul⠀⇛
A second civilian cargo ship to sail from Ukraine
since Russia withdrew from a UN-backed Black Sea
grain export agreement safely reached Istanbul on
Monday, marine traffic monitors said. The news came
after Ukraine said its troops had liberated the
southeastern village of Robotyne and were trying to
advance further south in their counteroffensive
against Russian forces. Follow our liveblog for all
the latest developments on the war in Ukraine..
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Even_the_establishment_is_in_shock’:_Meduza
examines_the_rise_and_fall_of_Grigory_Melkonyants,_Russia’s
leading_electoral_observer_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Grigory Melkonyants, co-chairman of the independent
voter protection movement Golos and one of the
foremost figures in Russian electoral monitoring,
has been arrested in Moscow. The case is far from
credible. The Russian authorities brought criminal
charges on the grounds that Golos has ties to the
“undesirable” European Network of Election
Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO), despite that
relationship having been severed a few years ago.
Meduza how Melkoyants, who long maintained a
consistent dialogue with the Kremlin, dared to stay
in Russia following the start of the full-scale
war, despite the obvious danger, and what could
become of him now.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Investigative_Committee_confirms
Prigozhin’s_death_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s Investigative Committee announced that it
has established the identities of the 10 people who
died in an August 23 plane crash in the Tver
region, saying the identities correspond to the
flight’s passenger list.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Margarita_Simonyan,_editor-in-chief_of_RT,_says
two_drones_have_come_down_near_her_house_this_week_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Propagandist and Editor-in-chief of RT Margarita
Simonyan told Russian state news agency RIA Novosti
that a second drone this week came down near her
house outside of Moscow.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Source_in_Ukraine_intelligence_reports_drone
attack_on_military_airfield_in_Russia’s_Kursk_region_—
Meduza⠀⇛
Ukrainian counterintelligence launched a drone
attack on a military airfield in Russia’s Kursk
region, a source in Ukraine’s special services told
the publication RBC Ukraine.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Ukraine’s_best_high_jumper_wins_gold
for_her_country_at_world_championships⠀⇛
Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh won a
gold medal to bring an emotional close to the track
and field world championships. The very last person
competing in the final event of the nine-day meet,
Mahuchikh cleared 2.01 meters to win her first
major outdoor title and set herself up as a
favorite at the Olympics next year. Her evening
came to a close moments after Femke Bol of the
Netherlands, whose fall cost her team a medal in
the mixed 4×400 relay on opening night, made up
some 20 meters down the homestretch to win the
women’s version of the race.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine_upgrades_digital_education
efforts⠀⇛
The full-scale Russian invasion has thrust
Ukraine’s vibrant tech sector into the limelight
and led to an upgrade of the country’s flagship
digital education and training initiative, writes
Valeriya Ionan.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Wind⠀⇛
He founded what is apparently the oldest continuing
Russian rock band, Time Machine, in 1969, and has
continued to record and perform to this day.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Ukraine_has_‘liberated’_Robotyne_village
in_Zaporizhzhia_region,_says_official⠀⇛
Ukraine on Monday said its troops had liberated the
southeastern village of Robotyne and were trying to
advance further south in their counteroffensive
against Russian forces. The announcement came hours
after Russia said it destroyed a drone approaching
Moscow and two others in the Bryansk region
bordering Ukraine.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Corruption_and_‘wild_mobilisation’:_Ukraine_vows_to
shake_up_military_enlistment_system⠀⇛
For months following Russia’s full-scale invasion,
the phrase “volunteered to fight” kept coming up in
casual conversations and in the media as hundreds
of thousands of Ukrainians joined the war effort to
resist the unprovoked aggression despite the
uncertain future and immense risks.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Migrants_Reportedly_Being_Forced_To_Sign_Contracts
With_Defense_Ministry_To_Obtain_Russian_Citizenship⠀⇛
Rights activists says migrants from Central Asian
countries are being pressured into signing
contracts with Russia’s Defense Ministry as the
Kremlin tries to bolster the pool of recruits to
help fight its war against Ukraine.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_Ukraine_Claims_to
Retake_a_Small_Southern_Village⠀⇛
Reclaiming the village of Robotyne would suggest
Ukrainian forces have pushed through initial
Russian defenses, but tougher terrain lies ahead.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Predicts_‘Powerful_September’_As_Ukraine
Fends_Off_Latest_Russian_Air_Attacks⠀⇛
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he
expects “a powerful September for Ukraine,”
including key decisions from Western allies
regarding the provision of important weapons and
equipment.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ World_Athletics_President:_No_Change_In_Ban_On
Russian_Athletes_‘Anytime_Soon’⠀⇛
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said he
would not be changing his views “anytime soon” when
it comes to welcoming Russia back into the fold.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_To_Propose_Legislation_Equating
Corruption_With_Treason_During_War⠀⇛
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says
corruption can be equated with treason and he will
ask parliament to increase penalties for people
found guilty of corruption during wartime.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ LTV’s_De_Facto_looks_at_businesses_continuing
exports_to_Russia⠀⇛
Despite sanctions and other risks related to
business with Russia, many Latvian companies still
export to this country. Recently, the Central
Statistical Bureau (CSB) published a list of
businesses continuing exports to Russia after the
war began, and Latvian Television’s De Facto
attempted to take a closer look at it on August 28.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ For_whom_the_BRICS_toll⠀⇛
Last week’s BRICS summit—bringing together the
leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
Africa—was touted as a pivotal event that could
change the contours of international relations.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Who_Worked_At_U.S._Consulate_In_Vladivostok
Accused_Of_Spying_For_Washington⠀⇛
Russia’s top domestic security agency said a
detained former employee of the U.S. Consulate in
Vladivostok is accused of collecting information
about Russia’s action in Ukraine and related issues
for U.S. diplomats.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Dead,_Wounded_In_Russian_Attack_On_Poltava_As_Kyiv
Confirms_Liberation_Of_Robotyne⠀⇛
Russia struck Ukraine’s eastern region of Poltava
overnight, causing deaths and damage, regional
authorities reported on August 28, as Russia
reported more drone attacks on its territory.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_journalist_detained_in_Russia_appeals_latest
extension_of_pre-trial_detention⠀⇛
US journalist Evan Gershkovich appealed the latest
extension of his pre-trial detention in Russia on
espionage charges Saturday, according to Russian
state media. This is Gershkovich’s third appeal,
having appealed his previous extension of pre-trial
detention and his original arrest and detention in
April.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Interior_minister_asks_president_to_strip_Russian
businessman_Kudimov_of_Lithuanian_citizenship⠀⇛
Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė has formally asked
President Gitanas Nausėda to strip Yuri Kudimov, a
Russian businessman, of his Lithuanian citizenship
granted to him by way of exception.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Father_takes_child_from_mother,_flees_Lithuania_for
Russia⠀⇛
A father with restricted custody took his child
from the mother and crossed to Russia by boat, the
Lithuanian Police reported on Monday.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Head_Of_Yeltsin_Administration_Dies_Aged
87⠀⇛
The former head of the administration of Russian
President Boris Yeltsin, Sergei Filatov, has died
at the age of 87.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Probe_finds_Indian_national_died_of_hypothermia_on
Lithuania-Belarus_border⠀⇛
A migrant found dead earlier this year in
Lithuania’s Ignalina District bordering Belarus
died of hypothermia, a law enforcement forensic
examination showed.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ With_Prigozhin_Dead,_Russia’s_Wagner_Faces
an_Uncertain_Future⠀⇛
It could be hard for the Kremlin to find a way to
neutralize the mercenary group after Yevgeny
Prigozhin’s death while retaining its fighting
power and geopolitical links.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_Prigozhin’s_Death,_Mourners_Gather
at_Wagner_Memorial_in_Moscow⠀⇛
Visitors, some tearful, left flowers and other
tributes to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the
Wagner private military company, at a sidewalk
memorial.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Man_Arrested_In_Russia_After_Al-Jazeera_Journalist
Beaten_While_Reporting_On_Wagner⠀⇛
Igor Berdov, a 36-year-old resident of Russia’s
Karelia region, was arrested on August 28 for
allegedly assaulting Al-Jazeera journalist Rania
Dridi near the building where the Wagner mercenary
group has offices in St. Petersburg.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Wagner_chief_Prigozhin’s_death_in_plane_crash
confirmed_by_genetic_tests,_Russian_inquiry_says⠀⇛
Russian investigators said on Sunday that genetic
tests had confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief
of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10
people killed in a plane crash last week.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Who_Killed_Yevgeny_Prigozhin?⠀⇛
Although Wagner leader Yevgeni Prigozhin had
reportedly been banished to Belarus after his brief
and spectacularly unsuccessful rebellion, he
seemingly enjoyed a surprising freedom of movement.
He apparently traveled between Belarus and Africa
and traveled frequently between St. Petersburg and
Moscow.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ PM_Orpo:_Russian_instability_poses_threat_to
Finland⠀⇛
Finland’s Prime Minister said that various forces
within Russia are engaged in an ongoing power
struggle and that Russian President Vladimir Putin
no longer has full control over the situation.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Authorities_Confirm_Death_Of_Wagner_Leader
Prigozhin⠀⇛
Russia’s Investigative Committee has confirmed the
death of Wagner mercenary group head Yevgeny
Prigozhin in a private-jet crash north of Moscow on
August 23.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Putin_orders_members_of_Wagner_Group_to_swear_oath
of_allegiance_to_Russia⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an
executive order on Friday ordering military units
to swear an oath of allegiance to the Russian
state.
* § Environment⠀➾
o ⚓ Local World ☛ Activists_deflate_tyres_on_more_than_80_‘gas
guzzlers’_in_Falmouth_and_St_Mawes⠀⇛
The poster reads: “We have deflated one or more of your
tyres. You’ll be angry, but don’t take it personally.
It’s not you. It’s your car. We did this because driving
around urban areas in your massive vehicle has
consequences for others.” It goes on to state that urgent
action is needed to reduce emissions and that SUVs are
likely to cause more pollution than smaller cars.
o ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ Cornwall_holidaymakers_warned_over_tyre
slashing_attacks_by_eco-activists⠀⇛
According to the post, flyers left on cars read:
“Attention – Your gas guzzler kills… We did this because
driving around urban areas in your massive vehicle has
consequences for others. SUVs cause more air pollution
than smaller cars. SUVs are more likely to kill people
than normal cars in collisions. SUVs are unnecessary and
pure vanity.”
o ⚓ Express ☛ Cornwall_tourists_warned_after_tyres_left_with_‘gaping
holes’_after_being_slashed⠀⇛
The group said in a statement: “SUVs are a danger for the
climate, safety and our health, all so that a privileged
few can flaunt their wealth in their shiny status
symbols. This is an act of retaliation, and is intended
as a peaceful and non-violent demonstration to draw
attention to the presence of grossly inappropriate
private vehicles in our town.”
o ⚓ Wales UK ☛ Climate_activists_deflate_tyres_on_more_than_80_‘gas
guzzler’_SUVs_in_rampage⠀⇛
“SUVs are a climate disaster: If SUV drivers were a
country, they would be the sixth largest emitter on the
planet, International Energy Agency researchers were
shocked in 2019 to find that SUVs are the second-largest
cause of the global rise in carbon dioxide emissions over
the past decade – more than shipping, aviation or heavy
industry.
o ⚓ Associated Press ☛ Maui’s_fire_became_deadly_fast._Climate
change,_flash_drought,_invasive_grass_and_more_fueled_it⠀⇛
Flash droughts are so dry and hot that the air literally
sucks moisture out of the ground and plants in a vicious
cycle of hotter-and-drier that often leads to wildfires.
And Hawaii’s situation is a textbook case, two scientists
told The Associated Press.
o ⚓ Indian Express ☛ Wildfires_ravage_Hawaii’s_Maui_island:_How
climate_change_has_a_link_to_the_fires⠀⇛
“Over the past few decades, wildfire has been increasing
in Hawaii as a result of changing climate, as a result of
increases in invasive species, and a lot of our active
agriculture going out… and becoming fallow. And so we
have invasive species, we have fuels on the ground, we
have all the conditions that make for a ripe wildfire
environment…,” Elizabeth Pickett, co-executive director
of the Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization, told Sky
News in an interview.
o ⚓ CNN ☛ Why_did_the_Maui_fire_spread_so_fast?_Drought,_nonnative
species_and_climate_change_among_possible_reasons⠀⇛
While scientists are still trying to fully understand how
the climate crisis will affect Hawaii, they have noted
that drought will get worse as global temperature
increases. As heat sets in, the dried-out land and
vegetation can provide fuel for wildfires, which can
swiftly turn deadly if strong winds fan the flames into
communities.
Maui has moderate drought covering more than one-third of
the island, with some areas seeing severe drought,
according to the US Drought Monitor. And the areas in
drought coincide with some of the fires.
o ⚓ VOA News ☛ Scientists_Report_Mass_Antarctic_Penguin_Die-Off⠀⇛
Warming seas prematurely melted the ocean ice, killing
baby penguins before they were mature enough to survive.
Scientists say when the ice breaks up too soon because of
global warming, the chicks fall into the water and drown
or freeze. The study by the British Antarctic Survey, the
national polar research institute, was published Friday
in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
o ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ oxygen⠀⇛
“As the temperature in the water increases, the amount of
oxygen available decreases. And too little oxygen spells
trouble for fish. It’s hard to imagine, but a fish can
drown,” explained Martin Grosell, professor and chair of
the Department of Marine Biology and Ecology at the
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine,
Atmospheric, and Earth Science.
o ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ How_dangerous_is_extreme_heat_to_humans?⠀⇛
Perhaps more alarmingly, “the UK may become too hot to
endure within three decades”, which would surely be a
concern to the 97% of humanity who live in places with
hotter summers than the UK.
The good news: Britons won’t have to move to Sweden by
2050. The bad news: deadly heat is already here, is
getting worse, and soon may become a vastly bigger
problem than it is even now in nearly every part of the
world.
o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd ☛ Letter_to_the_editor:_Public
light-rail_system_would_be_helpful⠀⇛
That said, we are strongly of the opinion that the
long-term sustainable solution for everyone to
travel is actually European-style light-rail
networks across city, state and region. The origins
of light-rail transit systems were electric
trolleys.
I think Vermont’s late Marty Jezer wrote the best
history of how General Motors systematically
purchased and destroyed the electric trolley
systems of cities across the U.S., beginning almost
a century ago. (His book is “The Dark Ages: Life in
the United States 1945-1960.”)
# ⚓ [Old] Internet Archive ☛ The_dark_ages,_life_in_the_United
States,_1945-1960⠀⇛
o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Irish Times ☛ Healthy_hedgerows_are_nature’s_kitchen
larder,_bedroom,_livingroom,_secret_chamber_and_funeral
parlour⠀⇛
It’s hard to overstate the importance of diverse,
flowering hedgerows to wildlife – they are where
species nest, breed, feed, hide, hibernate and die.
For birds of prey such as the sparrowhawk and the
barn owl, vibrant hedgerows are like a restaurant.
When allowed to thrive, they are nature’s kitchen
larder, bedroom, livingroom, secret chamber and
funeral parlour all in one.
* § Finance⠀➾
o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Nearly_900_ATMs_operating_across_Latvia⠀⇛
Nearly 400 million non-cash payments were processed by
banks in Latvia during the first six months of the year,
according to latest data from the Latvian central bank
(Latvijas Banka, LB)
o ⚓ Reason ☛ Did_Banks_Hand_Private_Financial_Data_to_the_FBI_Without
Legal_Process?⠀⇛
Banks routinely snitch on customers and even deny
services to people politicians don’t like.
* § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_firm_Stora_Enso_bans_Tiktok_from_company_phones⠀⇛
A growing number of companies and organisations have
banned the social media platform from their devices due
to cybersecurity concerns.
o ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Daniel_Pocock:_Will_Fowles,_the_ALP,_women_&
Parliament_culture_scandal⠀⇛
Victorians have been scratching their heads for the last
few weeks wondering what is really behind the mysterious
resignation of Will_Fowles. The premier, Daniel Andrews,
told us he was personally notified of an accusation late
on Friday, 4 August. The following day, Saturday, 5
August, Dan asked Will to resign from the parliamentary
caucus. Furthermore, Dan’s public statements suggest he
is taking sides with an anonymous accuser.
Will’s_Wikipedia_page gives some basic facts about Will’s
career up to this point but I felt it would be useful to
fill in some gaps, going right back to student politics,
while simultaneously looking at the problems of the
Victorian parliament. Let’s not forget where_the_name
Victoria_comes_from.
To put it in perspective, here are some photos I took in
Canberra. The man speaking to the group is the_highly
distinguished_leader_of_the_party_at_that_time,_Kim
Beazley. In the second photo, Will is the student holding
a coffee cup and Mr Beazley appears to be looking
directly at him. The student on Will’s left, not visible
in the photos, would become one of the Premier’s most
trusted advisors before moving into the private sector.
As noted in a previous blog, I was fortunate enough to
receive_my_first_reference_letter_from_Mr_Beazley_after
creating_a_web_site_about_Native_Title.
Mr Beazley has no connection with the current problems in
Victoria. These pictures show us how Australian political
parties have opened their doors to young people and given
people opportunities, for better or for worse.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Zimbabwe’s_opposition_leader_Chamisa_alleges_‘gigantic
fraud’_in_presidential_vote⠀⇛
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on
Sunday alleged “blatant and gigantic fraud” after the
country’s electoral commission said President Emmerson
Mnangagwa had won a second term. International observers
reported an atmosphere of intimidation against voters.
FRANCE 24′s Erin Bates reports from South Africa.
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Zimbabwe’s_opposition_alleges_‘gigantic
fraud’_in_vote_that_extends_the_ZANU-PF_party’s_43-year_rule⠀⇛
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has alleged “blatant
and gigantic fraud” after President Emmerson Mnangagwa
was declared the winner of another troubled election in
the southern African nation. Returns were announced
Saturday night, two days earlier than expected.
International observers reported an atmosphere of
intimidation against voters. Opposition leader Nelson
Chamisa’s Citizens Coalition for Change party said it
would challenge the election results as “hastily
assembled without proper verification.” The announced
outcome of the voting on Wednesday and Thursday extends
the ruling ZANU-PF party’s 43-year hold on power in
Zimbabwe.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok_Shop_Isn’t_Profitable—Will_Outside_E-
Commerce_Links_Be_Banned?⠀⇛
TikTok Shop isn’t profitable and is on track to lose $500
million this year. Will the social media giant ban
outside e-commerce links to create a walled shopping
garden?
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Billionaire_Foxconn_founder_Terry_Gou
announces_Taiwan_presidential_bid_as_independent⠀⇛
Foxconn’s billionaire founder Terry Gou announced Monday
that he will run for president of Taiwan as an
independent candidate. Gou made his fortune turning
Foxconn into the world’s largest contract producer of
electronics, including for Apple’s iPhones.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistan_Court_Drops_Sedition_Charges_Against_Former_PM
Imran_Khan⠀⇛
A court in Pakistan on August 28 dismissed a sedition
case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his lawyer
said on the messaging platform X, formerly known as
Twitter.
* § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Burmese_hip-hop_artist_sentenced_to_20_years_for
criticizing_Myanmar_military_leadership⠀⇛
On Thursday, 38-year-old Burmese hip-hop artist Byu Har
was sentenced to 20 years in prison for purportedly
critiquing the present military-administered state. A
family member of Har shared the verdict details with the
Associated Press (AP).
o ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ In_some_schools,_dread_over_the_new_year:
‘We’re_scared_to_teach’⠀⇛
Across the country, teachers are reporting to their
unions and principals what they describe as a list of
accruing traumas from their classrooms. From disruptions
to hallway melees to pushy parents to anxieties around
censorship and the increasingly political nature of their
jobs, many educators say they are starting this school
year on edge.
The concerns differ, in kind and degree, from district to
district. But the growing disrespect some teachers feel
is a unifying theme.
o ⚓ Book Riot ☛ Library_Bomb_Threats_Continue_to_Increase:_Book
Censorship_News,_August_25,_2023⠀⇛
It’s not just the Chicago area dealing with an increase
in library bomb threats, but it makes for an important
point about what’s happening that needs to be emphasized
again and again. Bad actors aren’t just in states that
folks like to malign; they’re even in “good” states where
there are new laws protecting libraries from book bans.
The belief that we should only care about “good” states
plays right into the very systems that the christian
nationalist book censors create. They’ve done enough
gerrymandering and disenfranchised voters so deeply that
saying “this is what Florida/Texas/fill-in-the-blank”
state voted for only adds fuel to their fire. It also
deeply harms those living in those states who, through no
choice of their own, have had their voting power stolen
from them.
o ⚓ VOA News ☛ Iran_Files_Legal_Case_Against_Singer_Urging_Veil
Removal⠀⇛
Authorities in Iran have begun legal proceedings against
a prominent pop singer over his latest song urging women
to take off their mandatory headscarves, the judiciary
said Sunday.
The action against Mehdi Yarrahi comes almost a year
after the death in custody of Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini,
22, triggered months of protests around the country.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Free_Speech_and_Willful_Blindness_Will_Play
Out_in_the_Trump_Prosecution⠀⇛
The First Amendment and the former president’s claim he
that believed he won won’t help him.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Biden_and_Harris_to_meet_King’s_family_on_‘I_Have_a
Dream’_speech_anniversary⠀⇛
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will
meet with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family to
mark Monday’s 60th anniversary of the March on
Washington, where King delivered his famous “I Have a
Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
* § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_sanctions_China_officials_over_Tibetan_assimilation
policies⠀⇛
The US Department of State announced visa restrictions on
Chinese officials linked to the alleged systematic
assimilation of over a million Tibetan children in state-
operated boarding schools. This decision is part of a
broader strategy by the Biden administration to address
China’s treatment of its ethnic minorities, with a
particular focus on the Tibetan and Xinjiang Uighur
regions.
o ⚓ India Times ☛ The_Taliban_say_security_forces_will_stop_women
from_visiting_Afghan_national_park⠀⇛
The Taliban will use security forces to stop women from
visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national
parks, according to information shared by a spokesman for
the Vice and Virtue Ministry. The ministry alleges that
women have not been observing the proper way to wear the
hijab, or Islamic headscarf, when going to Band-e-Amir in
the central Bamiyan province.
This comes a week after the minister, Mohammad Khalid
Hanafi, visited the province and told officials and
religious clerics that women haven’t been adhering to the
correct way of wearing the hijab, asking security
personnel to stop women from visiting the tourist
hotspot.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Taliban_Says_Security_Forces_Will_Stop_Women_From
Visiting_Afghan_National_Park⠀⇛
[...] The ministry alleges that women have not been
observing the proper way to wear the hijab, or Islamic
head scarf, at Band-e-Amir in Bamiyan Province. [...]
* § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
o ⚓ !_Avi_Alkalay_¡:_Handling_Inbox_spam⠀⇛
I’m a serial unsubscriber — absolutely ruthless when it
comes to keeping my inbox in order. If I get a new ad or
newsletter on my inbox I immediately scroll to the end of
it to click on the tiny “unsubscribe” link. I admit I
have great pleasure doing this without even seeing the
ad.
I also never ever give my personal e-mail address in
account registrations. Instead, if an e-mail address is
absolutely necessary, I have my own mail relay service
that creates a unique address for each account
registration. If you think about it, real people do not
communicate through e-mail anymore, only chat nowadays.
You keep your e-mail address to communicate mostly with
companies only, not friends and family.
o ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ Message_media_(IRC)⠀⇛
Because I wanted to change some messaging settings for
Calamares, I needed to connect to IRC again.
[..]
Given the available emotional energy (e.g. lack of desire
to monitor two chat applications), it is really likely
that IRC is going to fall by the wayside.
o ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ A_Pigeon_is_still_faster_than_the_Internet⠀⇛
In 2009, a company in South Africa proved_a_homing_pigeon
was_faster_than_an_ADSL_connection, flying a 4 GB USB
flash drive to prove it.
Besides IEEE’s_speculative_work, nobody’s actually re-run
the ‘bird vs. Internet’ race in over a decade.
* § Monopolies⠀➾
o § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ 9th_Circuit_Revives_False_Claims
Act_Action_for_Fraud_on_the_Patent_Office⠀⇛
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
recently issued a pair of decisions in the qui tam
case Silbersher v. Valeant Pharmaceuticals
concerning the False Claims Act’s (FCA) public
disclosure bar. The case sets significant
precedent in linking FCA claims to patent
prosecution and fraud upon the patent office. The
case can be contrasted with Silbersher v. Allergan,
Inc., 21-15420, — F.4th — (9th Cir. Aug. 25, 2022)
[21-15420], that Silbersher lost.
o § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog_Test:_Which_of_These_Section_2(d)
Refusals_Was/Were_Reversed?⠀⇛
Here are three recent appeals from Section 2(d)
refusals. At least one of the refusals was
reversed. How do you think these came out? Answers
will be found in the first comment.
In_re_Neptune_Eyewear_Pty._Ltd., Serial No.
90544913 (August 22, 2023) [not precedential]
(Opinion by Judge Christopher C. Larkin). [Section
2(d) refusal of the mark AVANTI for “Frames for
spectacles and sunglasses, excluding frames for
protective eyeglasses,” in view of the registered
mark AVANTÉ for “protective eyeglasses.”]
o § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Major_Labels_Demand_$46.8_Million
Payment_—_Plus_Interest_—_from_ISP_Grande_Communications⠀⇛
Back in November of 2022, a jury awarded the major
labels over $46.76 million in damages as part of
their copyright infringement lawsuit against Grande
Communications Networks. Now, with the decision
having been upheld by a federal court, the Big
Three have officially moved to assure that the
internet service provider (ISP) will in fact cough
up the sizable sum if its ongoing appeal falls
short.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Selling_‘Handmade’_USB_Drives_with_Pirated
Movies_is_a_Thing⠀⇛
A quarter century ago, computer aficionados had to
spend a lot of time and effort to get the latest
warez. That’s no longer the case today. Pirates can
get nearly everything they want on demand. And for
those who prefer something tangible, there are
opportunistic online sellers of ‘handmade’ USB
drives or hard drives, preloaded with pirated films
and TV shows.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Photography⠀➾
o ⚓ Billsmugs’s_Photography:_Photos_(14)⠀⇛
* § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ the_web_revival_space_as_a_refuge_for_harmful_ideas:_part
II⠀⇛
I’ve recently written a bit about how the web
revival scene (used as an umbrella term for the
indie web, the small web, the retro web and so on)
can be used as a refuge by some who have harmful
and dehumanizing views.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Politics_and_World_Events
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ Sunday,_Complicated⠀⇛
We’ve been playing Yahtzee with the in-laws for
well over three years, now: a pandemic activity
that became just a standard weekly thing. Two more
games today (two Ls for me), but a neat little
surprise as well. During the pandemic, meetings for
free accounts didn’t have limits; then a limit of
40 minutes was added, forcing us to split things up
and do two calls.
Now, today, another surprise: free accounts now
have to wait ten minutes between meetings.
So we got around it by jumping between accounts and
doing it that way, but whew, what a pain in the
butt. And I get it, they want to convert some of
the endless free accounts people are using, but
it’s a no from me. So I’m going to look at other
options. Needs to be easy enough to be launched
from a tablet by a cou
# ⚓ Billsmugs’s_Photography:_Photos_(38)⠀⇛
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_CLMOSUY_Wordo:_DUFUS⠀⇛
o § Politics and World Events⠀➾
# ⚓ History_Of_The_World_Part_III⠀⇛
So the lion and the dolphin had come to opposite
views (across the channel, for one); the French had
the placid sediments of Paris (where else?) and the
aqueous dominated. The British had been at the
highlands (these sometimes more unicorn than lion)
and Italian volcanoes, probably for a change of
weather. This account simplifies or distorts;
Neptunism actually originated in Germany. And some
Neptunists did end up in Edinburgh. Moreover, it
was an Italian studying volcanoes in Italy who
booted Plutonism—but see how easy it is to cast
this as English versus the French? There was a
notable political contrast at the time; certain
ideas in France had proven too radical (the reign
of terror, the calendar system, etc) so a more
conservative approach was supported in England,
which bled into the sciences. This was Burkean
conservatism, not the modern things that happen to
have the same name. Radical change also found
support in Catastrophism, assisted by various
stories of floods, or to solve the Neptunist
problem of where did the magic water go? What
happened to that process? Not all flood myths are
negative, by the way. Consider Egypt and the Nile.
# ⚓ The_state_will_not_save_us_from_climate_catastrophe⠀⇛
CW: Bad vibes about the future in here. Go ahead
and skip this one if you’re looking for
hopefulness.
I don’t understand why smart people keep fooling
themselves about what the state is, and what it’s
capable of.
The state is a tool for imposing minority rule on a
majority. Full stop. Well-meaning people have been
deluding themselves about using the state to
achieve benevolent ends since the 18th century. It
will never happen. It can never happen. That’s just
not what states are for.
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ Manipulate_PDF_files_easily_with_pdftk⠀⇛
I often need to work with PDF, sometimes I need to
extract a single page, or add a page, too often I
need to rotate pages.
Fortunately, there is a pretty awesome tool to do
all of these tasks, it’s called PDFtk.
# ⚓ Some_explanations_about_OpenBSD_memory_usage⠀⇛
I regularly see people reporting high memory usage
on OpenBSD when looking at some monitoring program
output.
Those programs may be not reporting what you think.
The memory usage can be accounted in different
ways.
Most of the time, the file system cache stored in-
memory is added to memory usage, which lead to
think about a high memory consumption.
# ⚓ Synapse_Room_Cleaner⠀⇛
After running my Matrix Synapse server for several
years, joining and leaving several large rooms, and
playing around with bridges, my server accumulated
quite a few orphaned, empty, and broken rooms.
Software developer wisdom says: “Why spend 10
minutes doing something if you can automate in 10
hours?”. Thus, I built a small web-based tool that
lets you get and/or delete rooms from your Synapse
server.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Re:_The_Devil’s_Advocate⠀⇛
Slondr just about summed up exactly how I
feel about Gemini and how it should move
forward.
In short, this is working. Warts and all,
it’s working. Maybe there are some things to
fix. Maybe we’ll eventually fix them, and
maybe we’ll just continue. But I can’t help
but feel like Gemini is a roaring success by
the only measure that really counts – there
actually is a community here that is growing,
vibrant and (mostly) healthy.
# ⚓ Fire_Update⠀⇛
There’s been more smoke again for the last
few days, but rain is in the forecast for
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The 12mm of rain we had last Tuesday was the
most we’d had all year. Some parts of the
Bush Creek fire got over 20mm, so that was
good. On the other hand, a typical summer
used to bring 3 or 4 really hard rainfalls,
which doesn’t seem to be happening any more.
Solderpunk mentioned in his latest phlog post
that he has started worrying about summer in
advance.
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